y/n pov

I walked next to Hoseok and I realized that he had been quiet the entire day

     'Hey are you alright?' I asked as I inspected his face to see if I could read any emotion on how he was feeling.

He sighed and shook his head lightly

     'I am worried about hueningkai, I know they are with five and they are strong but still it feels weird that I don't know where he is or whether he is okay.'

      'I am really sorry how everything turned out Hoseok' I said because I had known Hoseok to be a very caring and protective person.

He would always be there for his friends when they needed him, and the past months I also had seen how protective he was over his little brother. Not too strange considering it was his only family, similar to Namjoon and me.

      'I bet we will meet them in Jeju and they will have loads of stories to tell us' I gave a comforting smile to him.

Jimin turned his head as he was walking right in front of us.

      'Who is hueningkai?' 

We decided two days ago to keep our translation devices on by standard, it could always be turned off but I guess Hoseok didn't mind. I had turned off mine for this moment but Hoseok hadn't so he was okay with Jimin hearing it.

     'my brother, we were one big group but when y/n was taken Yoongi looked for her and I didn't want to leave him alone' Hoseok calmly explained to Jimin.

     'I am sorry' Jimin looked down apologetically and I knew it had a double meaning. He was sorry that Hoseok didn't have his brother near but he was also sorry for the fact that because they kidnapped me Hoseok had to make that choice.

      'I can only hope they won't meet any others and if they do they will be more like you' Hoseok said. I am not sure how to explain it but I suddenly felt hopeful. If Hoseok even felt this way maybe there was hope to convince both our kinds to come to some form of peace.

It was clear the words affected Jimin as well and he stopped walking and embraced Hoseok. 

I also stopped walking, surprised to what happened in front of my eyes. The rest also noticed we stopped and all eyed landed on the two boys embracing each other.

     'Thank you Hoseok' Jimin let out

They both let go and we all stared in silence.

In the corner of my eyes I saw that Namjoon and Jungkook ran our way, they had gone ahead to see if everything was safe. Already from the look on my brother's face I saw something was wrong.

      'A group of humans is close by, luckily they didn't see Jungkook but you all need to hide' Namjoon urged us.

      'How big is the group?' Jin asked alerted

        'not big, only 5, so we can maybe talk to them, see if they encountered Seung Cheols group in any way.'

Namjoon suggested, he was always thinking about these next moves.

        'y/n you go with them' Namjoon instructed as soon as Taehyung was gathering his group.

There was a house not too far away

      'We will hide there' I said, pointing in the distance.

        'okay'

I looked at The Others 'let's go, follow me'

We checked the house, but as this area was pretty abandoned in the first place there was not really a chance there was someone in here anyway. We ended up going to the main bedroom upstairs. In that way we had some vision on Yoongi and my group in the distance.

     'Hopefully they can get some information about Seung Cheol' I said to the Others. They all sat down either on the bed or on the ground. I also sat down on the ground near the window. We also didn't want to constantly be in front of the window, the humans might spot us as well.

       'Yes, although I don't think so. If they did there probably wouldn't be survivors' Jungkook answered.

       'unless their group was initiallyvery big, and they lost everyone in the fight?' I replied

      'That could indeed be, but I still think that against Seung Cheol and his group you will need a lot of humans' he explained.

      'oh'

       'but I am wondering why do you need to hide? it's your own kind' Jungkook asked confused

       'because I am a girl' I let out annoyed because it was so unfair, the way the world sometimes worked. They still looked at me with a lot of confusion, it still didn't seem to be clear to them, would it really not be a thing on their planet?

I didn't even know how to start explaining this

     'so uhm a man and woman can have sex' I said trying to see if the device would translate. All of their eyes widened and they looked away embarrassed

       'yes it is often when you have feelings for each other' Zhora eventually said as an answer. I was happy that she helped me in this and I also now knew it worked the same for them.

       'yes but sometimes here on earth, a person, often a man, would force themselves on another person, often a woman, without their consent'

      'What?' Zhora let out with complete horror in her eyes

I swallowed 'yes and considering there aren't a lot of females around nowadays my brother and his friends prefer me to hide for my own safety'

     'That's awful, how can your own kind do that to you?' Jungkook asked disgusted

      'It has a long history in which man were never punished for it' I explained, 'there has been a lot of development though. Women have way more rights, not everywhere though but still compared to 100 years ago it's a big step forward. so it's different now'

      'if it's different now then why do you need to hide?' Jimin asked.

It was a valid question from their point of view.

      'because we had law enforcements like the police who would punish people for crimes, but that all turned into chaos the moment you bombed our planet'

I didn't intend it to sound like an accusation but I could see all their eyes looking down in guilt.

I mean before they arrived rape happened but I never felt unsafe to be by myself, or in a group especially not during the day, but now I had to hide whenever humans were near. 

We once encountered a group and I was too late to hide so I stuck to Namjoons side, we were still with Soobin's group and that was what helped a lot. We were with 10 while the other group of men were with seven. I am also pretty sure that yoongi scared them off with this swords and confidence.

It was clear though by the remarks those men made that I had been lucky to be protected by my group.

       'You should stay with us if your own kind is so terrible' Zhora let out

        'That's not entirely fair, not everyone is like that, plus I met Seung Cheol, he isn't a charmer either' I replied

       'Fair point, but he even him won't hurt our kind by his own hands'

        'never?' I asked because I could hardly believe that

She shook her head 'never'

         'Would it even be possible tostay with you as a human? you're not allowed to help us' I asked. 

       'maybe if you were one our soulmates and you'd marry' Jimin joked and there was an awkward silence

       'I was joking guys' he said with a laugh

I guess he wasn't really up to speed yet with everything.

       'yes yes of course' Zhora reassured him

I awkwardly looked away, scared that I might meet Taehyung's eyes.

Was that even possible though? It still wasn't really clear to me what they even meant with soulmates, I first thought it's just what they call their boy/girlfriend but maybe it worked differently?

Could a human even be that for an Other? 

Taehyung pov

     'I do wonder whether it's possible that a human is our soulmate'

Jimin was my best friend but he could be oblivious to the mood in the room sometimes.

      'It's not' I immediately answered, not because I knew the answer but because I didn't want to talk about the possibility. Especially not with y/n here.

      'how do you know?' Jimin said with questionable eyes

      'I just know okay, let it go' I answered shortly

       'okay, sorry' Jimin said, a little taken aback by my tone. It sends a feeling of guilt through my body. I didn't want to be harsh on him but

This time y/n did gaze at me and when our eyes met I quickly looked away.

The truth is that I wasn't sure, I cared for y/n but I also couldn't say this was the feeling my sister for example has when she is with Jimin.

It was confusing but the biggest part of me hoped it wouldn't be possible, because it was a painful thought to think y/n might be mine and I was too late in meeting her.