pls pls don't kill me bc it took so long for this chapter I'm so sorry afkafnjafna

Meeting Taehyung had, surprisingly, not ended in your death. The overexcited hybrid hadn't hurt you at all, actually. He wasn't the most gentle, he definitely had never needed to be calm around someone before, but he was trying, and you appreciated that from him. You had even chanced a glimpse into his eyes, locking gazes with him for a split second before dropping your eyes to the floor again.

You, Taehyung, and Jimin sat on the floor of Yoongi's bedroom for what couldn't have been longer than twenty minutes before there was a soft knock on the door, and Seokjin's face peered into the room.

"Oh! Taehyung, are you supposed to be in here?" 

"Mhm! I asked first." Taehyung smiled proudly, hand darting out to grab your own. Your breath caught in your throat but you slowly relaxed, watching as Taehyung linked his fingers with yours.

"Okay, well I'm sure Yoongi wants to know that you're okay now, Y/N, and the others would like to meet you, if that's okay. We can go one at a time, and Yoongi can stay with you the whole time, if you want. You still haven't formally met Hoseok, Namjoon, or Jungkook. Hoseok is a deer hybrid, so he shouldn't be too intimidating for you, but Namjoon is a wolf. I'm sure you smelled him. He doesn't want to scare you, but he doesn't really know how not to. So let me know what you'd be most comfortable doing in terms of getting acquainted with him, and we'll make it happen. And Jungkook is a bunny, another one that shouldn't freak you out too much. He'll probably be more scared of you than you are of him." Jin grinned, raking a hand through your freshly washed hair and brushing over your ears. 

You shivered at the touch, nodding as your eyes threatened to slip closed. Panicking had taken a lot out of you.

"Who do you want to meet first?"

"Uhm," you thought for a moment, weighing the pros and cons of which person to meet first. You could get the scary one over with first, and then the other two would be easy, or you could get some practice in with the easy ones and prepare for the scary one. 

"How about," Seokjin stood straight, hand no longer buried in your hair and turned back towards the door, "I'll go get Yoongi, and you can have that time to think. When I get back, Yoongi can stay here and I'll run and get whoever you wanna meet."

You nodded, gaze dropping back to your lap as you fiddled with a loose thread on the clothes that you'd been lent. You finally decided that, after the chaos of the morning, you wanted to be careful with yourself, requesting that Seokjin start slow. He nodded, stepping aside to let Yoongi rush inside. Yoongi's eyes fell onto Taehyung's form that was still crouched on the floor beside you, and an eyebrow raised but said nothing, only sitting on your other side.

"You're okay?"

You nodded, eyes betraying you as they poured out all of your anxieties. Even if they were prey hybrids, what if they were still scary? What if they were six-five, burly, and perpetually angry?

Your thoughts were cut off as you heard a soft knock on the door, then Seokjin was entering again.

"Okay, this is Hoseok, he's the deer hybrid."

Your stomach was pooling with dread, head running wild with all of your assumptions about this man. Sharp antlers, the power to crush you with only one arm, hell, he'd probably picked up the tiger and the wolf's meat-eating habits, and now he was basically a predator too. 

You caught your first glimpse of the deer hybrid, seeing a tuft of dark red hair over Seokjin's shoulder. Red like blood. The man's face finally came into sight, revealing a blinding smile, and for once you weren't intimidated by someone showing their teeth. He just oozed happiness, safety, security, warmth, fun, he was a sunshine. Maybe you'd leave the overthinking to when you met the wolf. 

"Hi! I was worried about you, I really didn't think you were gonna make it. But you look really good now, you seem healthy. I heard you like fruits? Me too!"

You felt your cheeks heat up, ducking your head down and nodding as a soft smile crept onto your face. Yoongi grinned, gesturing for Hoseok to sit down with you all. 

"Your name is Y/N, right?"

"Mhm," You hummed, examining the velvet-colored locks that spilled messily over Hoseok's forehead. 

"Do you like it? I just dyed it the other day. It was hard, you guys remind me never to do it alone again."

"You did that? " You cocked your head to the side, wondering how he'd gotten the color distributed so nicely all by himself.

"Yeah! Usually I ask Seokjin to help me but now I don't trust him to style my hair."

You almost asked why but Seokjin was already groaning, "I cut my own hair one. time."

"Seokjin! It was insane! Now I have to get Taehyung to do it." Hoseok grinned at you, winking teasingly when Jin sighed.

A small smile wormed it's way onto your face, and Seokjin stood, excusing himself to go and get Jungkook. You let Hoseok talk your ear off about everything that he could think of, you even think you might have agreed to pick flowers with him from their garden later to make flower crowns for the other hybrids but you don't really remember. Halfway through his description of how jumpy he was, a knock sounded on the door, and as expected, Hoseok flinched. 

You bit your lip to keep a laugh in, giggling with him at how true his statement was. You didn't notice who had come in until the striking scent of wolf hit your nose and your chest tightened, your ears standing tall in alert.

"Y/N, is it okay if Namjoon comes in with Jungkook? Jungkook isn't really great with meeting new people either, he's a little nervous."

You would have gulped had your mouth not been bone dry, shakily nodding your head. It wasn't okay, but what else could you do?