Stigma Love's Algorithm [ A BTS x Reader Poly ]

Chapter 125: Breached, but Not Broken 🔥

"Lady Wacha, we beseech thee to rule fairly."

Wacha blinks, licks her paw, and then promptly knocks over the lamp.

"Told you," Jin oppa says.

Minnie giggles, nuzzling against Kookie's side. "She's the real head of security."

"I'm head of security," Yoongi mutters, coming out of his home office in sweatpants and a hoodie, his hair still tousled from hours of staring at firewalls and scripts.

He flops beside me and steals popcorn like it's his divine right.

"You're head of snuggles and doom warnings," I reply, giving him a soft peck on the cheek. "How's the system audit?"

"Stable," he murmurs, resting his head on my shoulder. "Nothing's moved. Still airtight."

His body relaxes a little, but I can feel it-tension just beneath the skin.

We all feel it. The air's been weird lately. Especially with Gabriel still around.

It's been four days since he arrived.

Four days of guarded smiles, polite conversations, and too-many-too-long breakfasts where we all pretended to be fine while internally calculating the frequency of his casual shoulder brushes with me.

But to be fair, he's been... okay. Supportive. Helping with the office build, respectful of boundaries, even charming in that innocent-architect way that's somehow more frustrating for the rest of my soulmates because he's trying.

But the home office project? It's thriving.

Between him, Yoongi, and Namjoon, it's become a masterpiece in motion.

Organized chaos, somehow perfectly balanced.

Tonight's the first time it's felt light again. Easy. Ours.

Then it happens.

*DING*

All our phones buzz at once.
Then again.
And again.

Except for jimin who has yet to activate his LoveMap app.

Everyone freezes.

"Was that...?" Jungkook starts, grabbing his phone. "Noona, did you push your Soulreach beta?"

"No." I'm already unlocking my phone. "That wasn't us."

A chilling silence falls over the room.

Yoongi sits up sharply. "What the fuck?"

On my screen:

💔 SYSTEM PING: "Are you sure your soulmates are really yours?" 💔

Identical across every device.

Worse-it's coming from the LoveMap app.

"It's live," Joonie mutters. "My team at Purple Hope got them too. I think It hit all users. Not just us."

"What?" I whisper. "How did it go through? That's impossible."

Jin oppa's already pulling out his phone, dialing someone.