The solstice coven

~ 4 ~

Taehyung's deep voice offers a possible explanation to our problem, and Jungkook takes that moment to join us by sitting next to him. He cuddles into our mate's side with a pout on his lips, and Taehyung wraps an arm around his back to pull him closer before staring at me.

"The bond doctors at the clinic said that if we manage to make them fall in love with us, then it might awaken their side of the bond. Meeting everyone in our coven might help too, as long as they feel welcomed. The problem here is that they don't know about the bond".

Jungkook frowns a little before looking up at him. "What's wrong with that? They'll feel it if they fall in love with us, right? I don't see the problem in that, we just need to court them like we did for each other".

Seokjin is the one to answer that question this time, and his gaze is on me as he does.

"Imagine meeting someone who already has mates and is part of a coven. Nothing needs to be said for you to naturally register that you are an outsider in that relationship. They are taken, and they love their mates, which you are not. How would you feel if you started to fall for them?".

My mouth turns dry as I understand what it is that he's trying to say.

"They'd feel bad for feeling that way. They'd keep a distance to get rid of those feelings".

Taehyung nods. "The one good thing right now that goes in our favour is that Y/N and Yoongi live together, and they both assume each other to be without mates. That means that should they fall for each other, there will be no concept of betrayal getting in the way".

Jungkook stares at us one at a time. "Are you saying that until then, we need to keep our distance? We can't court them yet?".

I look at Seokjin and Taehyung at that, because I too want to know what's the right thing to do here.

"Well..." our eldest mate begins with a focused frown. "The way I see it, we don't really gain from distancing ourselves from them. The best thing to do would be to tell them about the bond, then work on getting closer from there. Keeping secrets won't help here".

I bite on my lips before nodding my head slowly. He's right, that's probably what I should've done all those months ago, but I was so scared of messing up that I pushed back the inevitable.

"I'm sorry. If only I'd handled this better... maybe we wouldn't be having this conversation right now" I murmur with guilt weaving into every words spoken, but Seokjin smiles gently before caressing my face with tender love.

"You did your best, Hobi, there's nothing wrong with what you did. If anything, you created a foundation of trust with Y/N, I'm sure that it will make everything a lot easier. You did good, sunshine".

I close my eyes to better bask in his comfort, and my guilt dissipates slowly, the weight over my heart so not heavy anymore.

"Let's tell them after the weekend then. Hoseok can bring them to the coffee shop again since they already know Namjoon, the two of them should be able to handle it well, what do you think?" Taehyung says after thinking about it for a few minutes.

"Aww... but I want to be there when they tell them" Jungkook mumbles quietly, puppy eyes set on all of us to try and tempt us into adapting our plan around his schedule.

He's got classes at the Academy pretty much every day except for the weekends and Wednesdays, so if we wait for him, it's going to take a few more days before we can reveal the truth. Can I focus on work until then? I'm not so sure.

Taehyung pats his waist with an understanding smile.

"Another time, bunny, you can meet them another day, hm? It's important that we don't overwhelm them too much for now, having someone they don't know when learning that they're our mates might make them uncomfortable. It's already going to be a lot for them, they've spent so long being told that they're without mates after all".