An Indescribable Feeling

We Need to Talk

"What happened next?"

"Huh?"

Anna was surprised at the question, thinking they had moved on from that. Maybe Hobi wasn't going to do what I thought.

"How did you become ARMY?"

"Oh, I, uh, well, I looked up who was who, realised I was wrong and then I heard Jungkook sing."

Glancing up and seeing that Hoseok was still smiling at her, Anna continued.

"Then I searched YouTube, saw you perform ON and I was ARMY."

"Just like that?"

"Just like that."

"What did you like about ON?"

"The dance. I thought your dancing was amazing. Dance is something I wished I had learnt."

"I teach you."

"Oh, no, you don't have to."

Anna shook her head, but Hoseok grabbed her hands in his.

"I want to."

"But you don't have time, I don't want to bother you..."

"I make time, for you."

It must have been the most romantic thing anyone had ever said to Anna.

"Oh... okay."

Hoseok studied Anna.

"Are you happy?"

"Of course, I..."

Anna stopped at the sight of Hoseok frowning.

"Don't lie. You left early. The maknaes were worried."

"I'm sorry. I didn't think any of you would notice."

"Why would we notice our soulmate was missing?"

"Because you were busy?"

She watched as his frown deepened.

"It's okay! I understand. It has been two years since your last tour, since you performed for ARMY and ARMY is important to you. I get it."

"You are important to us too."

Anna hummed in agreement, but she couldn't help but think that they didn't know her, so how could she be important to them?

Hoseok wasn't satisfied with Anna's response. He decided that he need to talk to the others, they obviously needed to do something to show Anna they wanted her with them.

"Cuddles?"

Because he said it in Korean it took her a minute to translate. He was about to repeat himself in English when he could tell she had figured out what he had said. Anna hesitated, but she was starved for human contact, so she nodded her consent. Hoseok wrapped his arms around her gently, but firmly, basking as the feeling of invincibility washed over him. After a few minutes, Anna relaxed in his embrace and snuggled into his chest. She had fallen asleep.

-

After leaving Anna asleep, Hoseok messaged all the members of BTS to meet in his room. They needed to talk. Namjoon and Taehyung were the last to join the group. Namjoon had to practically drag Taehyung into the room and to the sofa. Apparently, he had already been asleep when Hoseok had messaged them.

"What is this about, Hoseok?"

"Yeah, Hyung, I'm sleepy."

Taehyung was snuggled up against Namjoon. He had almost fallen back asleep already.

"I think we've been neglecting Anna."

"What!"

Numerous cries of indignation and disagreement echoed the room.

"Hyung, how could you say that?"

"Because, Jimin, she didn't even think we would notice that she left the concert early this evening."

Those words shocked the other boys into silence.

"She really thought we wouldn't notice?"

"I'm afraid so, Jin-Hyung. Those were her exact words. She thought we were too busy."

Sniffles broke out from somewhere in the room.

"JK, are you crying?"

"No!"

"Oh, come here you overgrown bunny."

Yoongi wrapped his arm around the maknae and stroked his hair fondly.

"She must feel so alone!"

Yoongi gave the youngest a kiss on the top of his head.

"Don't worry. We will fix this."

"Yoongi-Hyung is right. We can fix this. I think we've never had this problem before because we spend all our time together anyway, so we have never needed to make an effort to do so. With Anna it is different. She is not a part of our work, so we must make an extra effort to keep her included. The next three weeks are busy with the Japan concerts, but afterwards, we should have some time. We can plan something nice for her."

"And in the meantime, we can do little things."

"Good idea, Jimin."

"Like making sure she never has to eat alone."

"Greeting her good morning and wishing her good night."

"Doing something with her that she likes."

This idea made them all pause.

"Umm, what does Anna like?"

They all glanced around at each other. Namjoon put his head in his hands and groaned.

"We are such bad soulmates!"