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"Your soulmate. Are these matching tattoos? Does she have the same?" Jin asks, his touch hovering over Jungkook's neck. Jungkook licks his lips, shaking his head. "They are too detailed and too many for matching tattoos. Those are usually smaller, one or two somewhere. But yes, she has similar ones and I have no idea what they mean."

Jin nods, understanding and retracting his hand back. "So you haven't told anyone yet, right?"

"Yoongi hyung knows."

"Oh."

Jungkook smiles, wriggling his eyebrows, "What's with that face? Are you sad I didn't tell you first?" 

Jin scoffs, rolling his eyes. "I am going to confirm this first," Jungkook points vaguely at his tattoos, "Whatever they are...I am not even sure if that person is my soulmate or not."

"Oh and how do you plan to do that?"

Jungkook blurts out, "Naver."

"You need to meet her idiot," Jin hits his arm, "How would you know—"

"Caught red-handed!" Jungkook and Jin snap their heads towards the door, then look at each other. "That was Jimin and Arin, right?" Jin asks.

"From the kitchen?" Jungkook nods, and both of them immediately rush outside when Arin screams. Jin enters the kitchen first, abruptly stopping at the entrance, making Jungkook bump into his back. The younger groans, hiding his head behind Jin.

"I was just checking if they are edible or not," Jimin says and then looks at Jin who asks, "What's happening here?" 

Arin is currently latched upon Jimin who seems to have put his practice of three years on how to be a statue with a cookie in his hand in the air.

Jin smirks and leans on the wall. "Did we interrupt something?"

"Will you get off now? It was just a spider..." Jimin rolls his eyes, shaking Arin away.

"But spiders are creepy, not to forget that spider's soulmate was a cockroach...that means he is around here too..." Arin mumbles. Jimin scoffs. Was that supposed to be a joke?

He pushes her away before stuffing the whole cupcake inside his mouth. Arin whines about it. Jimin doesn't seem to have noticed Jungkook because he just mumbles a good night hyung before rushing back to his room.

Arin follows Jimin, without sparing Jin or Jungkook a glance. It's her last try, she's going to give up if Jimin doesn't try to make this work.

She has a feeling that their bond would turn out to be a breather, so it's a possibility that they would have to meet each other frequently to not die.

But she's been constantly trying, visiting dorms after her classes are over or even missing some. She wouldn't want to continue this way. Her soulmate doesn't want her, what can she do?

She knows it might be hard for him to digest the fact that she is his soulmate. After all, he is the Park Jimin and she is just Arin.

Midway up the stairs when she looks around, all she sees is an empty and silent dorm.

This is not the Bangtan she knows.

She doesn't know what bad luck is revolving around them, but she doesn't like it at all.

She wants to see the seven members perform again, sing again and be happy together again. Like before. She wonders if she's also part of this unhappiness in the group.

With the last string of hope, she knocks on the door. Door to Jim-In.

To her surprise, it clicks open. Arin gasps, she wasn't ready and she doesn't know what to say. But she doesn't get the think much before a hand pulls her in.

Her heart skips a beat when Jimin comes into her view and she's pressed against the closed door.

So this is how Y/N feels.

Jimin doesn't say anything to her, just leans closer, while not looking away from her eyes.

Omg, he is going to kiss me now. Just like it happens in the stories!

It feels like he's trying hard to keep his gaze there, and not let it fall onto her lips. His hold tightens, making her squirm slightly, uncomfortable.

But instead of making any advances, Jimin backs away to leave Arin whining.

"Why, why-"

"Nothing," he says. Arin licks her lips.

"It was an urge."

"Oh."

Jimin wonders why Arin's relatively calmer than him or other soulmates he has seen. She doesn't even seem to get any impromptu urges or needs like him. Why is that?

Then he recalls her warm body against her, her skin was too hot for a normal person and his hand instantly reaches out to check her temperature.

"You are burning up."

"Huh?" Arin touches her own forehead and shakes her head in a no. She wonders if this is a reaction to his touch or is she actually sick?

Jimin rolls his eyes but opens the door of his cupboard to take out a small box. He takes out a thermometer and checks her temperature while the self-claimed Y/N unusually remains silent.

"Say something or I will assume you are dead," Jimin says, sighing when the thermometer shows mild fever.

Are these symptoms of their bond being a breather? Is she getting sick because of it?

But Arin doesn't care because she smiles.

"Arin is dead, Long live Y/N,"

...

"No, why do I need to go with you?" Jin whines, covering himself with his hands when Jungkook swats away the blanket away from him.

"Because it was your suggestion." Jungkook deadpans, trying to wrestle Jin.

Jin stills, so does Jungkook. The elder gives the other a pointed look, "Yoongi told you to visit her first, why don't you go with him?"

"He is busy—"

"With what?" 

Jungkook furrows at the instant interruption by his Hyung but doesn't think much of it. Jin hisses at the almost slip out. He doesn't want to involve the members in any of this, Yoongi getting involved in it is enough.

"He said he has to meet someone important."

Jin stops at that. Someone important, who?

"Let's go Hyung, it would be their lunchtime soon," Jungkook whines.

"Why do you need me?" Jin whines, mimicking Jungkoo's tone. Jungkook brings his hands up, smiling sheepishly, "Because I don't even know what I would say to her!"

Jin rolls his eyes, then clears his throat before speaking in a raised volume."Salute, this is Jeon Jungkook of BTS reporting to his soulmate."

Jungkook starts throwing light punches at his arm, squirming as he says, annoyed. "I am serious, Hyung~"

"I am serious too," Jin says, getting back in his sleeping position. "Army people love such jokes, trust me."

"Hyung, I am going to take your car keys now," Jungkook says, determination firing in his eyes as he storms out of the room. Jin complains as he gets out of the bed to stop the younger one from taking his car keys.

He whines, trying to butter Jungkook up when he walks down the stairs. "Hyungnim, the keys—" but freezes when he sees Jungkook still on his spot. Jimin who was coming down the stairs, collides with Jin's back and groans. "What—"

He gasps when he sees Jungkook's side face. "Hyung, what are...woah." Jimin exclaims, almost falling down when Jin walks down the stairs. There's a woman covered in a scarf standing at the entrance of the door, with Hoseok and Namjoon standing at her back, mouth open in shock.

"Major Lee..." Jungkook whispers.

"Major Lee..?" Jin repeats, looking at Jungkook and then wide-eyed at the woman. 

"Do you know her Jungkook?" Namjoon asks, squeezing his way inside the house through the door. Hoseok raises his eyebrows. Jungkook doesn't say anything, instead parts his lips when the woman removes her scarf— revealing her tattoos.

Jin seems to blink dumbfoundedly at that. Jungkook who was still shocked gets elbowed by him and hisses. "What is it?"

Jin gives a pained smile to her before turning towards Jungkook to whisper, "Hey, you told me she has tattoos on her face, are you sure this is your Major Lee?"

Jungkook glares at him, thinking he is joking before he says back, "She has tattoos on her face, what the hell are you talking about?"

Jin shakes his head in the slightest manner while repeating, "Time to abort the mission, time to abort the mission." 

The woman stiffens up at all the eyes that were scanning her, the oldest-youngest duo making her feel embarrassed as they keep on whispering to each other. Hoseok, who had come inside by now, comes closer to him and says, "You two are being very rude right now.

"I don't see tattoos, Jungkook," Jin whispers before he side glances at the woman, and whispers again.

"I see scars."

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