Sunshine Someday // A BTS Soulmate AU [UPDATES SLOW]

Eleven

*A/N: Dedicated to @KaroneSakura, who has made my day on multiple occasions with their theories and kind words. Readers like you are the reason I write. Borahae!*

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Somewhere around 3 a.m., Zanna wakes up screaming.

This certainly isn't the first night since meeting the boys that she's had a nightmare, but it's the first time it's been this nightmare. This one always leaves her like this--screaming, crying, horrified; though she can't remember most of it, what she does remember is always the same, and she'd rather forget all of it.

She sobs, trying to remind herself that she's safe here when the door to her room flies open, making her jump and sit up. She'd forgotten that the boys were home and, in her half-asleep, terrified state, the intrusion feels like a real-life extension of the nightmare for a moment.

"Are you alright?" Taehyung's worried voice finds her, the light from the hallway making him a silhouette in the doorway.

"I-I'm fine, Tae, go back to-to sleep," she gasps, clutching a hand to her heart. It's just Taehyung. It's fine. I'm fine. It's just Tae.

"You don't sound fine." His voice softens as he steps closer to the bed, closing the door softly behind him.

She ducks her head in an attempt to hide her tears, but she can't stop the sob that rips itself from her throat.

"Hey, shh. It's okay," Taehyung whispers, sitting on the side of the bed next to her. "It's okay. You don't have to be scared, or ashamed... Did you have a nightmare?" Zanna nods, sniffling shakily. "Aish, I'm sorry. Nightmares are the worst." He brings his hand up instinctively and brushes a strand of hair from her face before cupping her cheek gently. Without thinking, she puts her hand over his.

With a gasp, they jerk away from each other. The static that zapped between them when she willingly touched him is all too familiar to Taehyung, but Zanna has never experienced it before, so it takes her a solid five seconds to realize what just happened.

"Fuck," she curses when it hits her, scooting backwards in the bed and pressing her back into the headboard. Taehyung stares at her, confused.

"Zanna...?" Her eyes flick from his face to his wrist. His custom-made wrap covers his Soulnames--he'd forgotten to take it off before he fell asleep--but now that his attention is on it, he can feel the tingle that indicates one of the names is changing colour. She can feel it, too, and both of them lower their eyes to their own wrists.

With a start, Taehyung pulls off his wrap. Sure enough, the name 'Holly Roberts' had changed from tattoo-black to a deep, rich purple. But... that's not... He lifts his head to stare at Zanna, who is slowly, hesitantly, unwrapping the bandage from around her arm.

'김 태형' is now in dark, foresty green. In the dim light of her bedroom, the colour is barely noticeable, but she knows it's changed.

"Fuck," Zanna repeats, refusing to look at Taehyung.

"You can say that again," he mumbles, in a daze. "... Your name's not Zanna, is it."

"Yes, it is," she answers fiercely, head snapping up to look at him. "In every way that matters, including legally, I am Zanna Plant."

"Every way but one," he says softly. "Holly..."

"Don't." She hisses forcefully. "Don't ever call me that."

"Why didn't you tell us you're our Soulmate?"

"Because it wasn't fair to you!" She exclaims, trying to keep her voice down so as not to wake the other sleepers in the apartment. "You already have a family, Taehyung. I'm nobody. I didn't want to throw a wrench in your lifestyle."