The Gifted

Chapter Four

Namjoon hyung and I stumble through the door to his apartment to see Seokjin hyung waiting in the foyer with a worried look written across his face. He stands up abruptly the second he sees me holding Namjoon hyung up. He hurries to yank him from my arms as gently as possible and leads him to sit on the closest chair by the television. He lowers him down in the chair with a soft grunt. 

He starts to look his lover over with gentle hands, not caring if blood gets on him.

"Joon-ah." He whispers softly, love evident in his eyes, cradling his face as he blinks away tears rapidly. I look away from them as I continue to stand in the doorway, unsure of where to go- maybe I should just leave and give them privacy... I hear as he chokes out, "Why must you always scare me so? My heart might cease to beat if I hear you've been hurt again."

Before I can hear Namjoon hyung's response a large hand settles in between my shoulder blades. I jump as a deep voice cuts through the air, "You're not hurt too are you sweetheart?" Shaking my head I watch as Tae hyung walks through the door and then leads Jungkook hyung through the door. He nods before grabbing my wrist and gently dragging me to the couch. He sits me in between them and begins to caress my hair. I lean towards him as he runs his nails across my scalp in a soothing motion. I see Seokjin hyung cut them a look full of confusion and some other emotion I can't decode as he continues to heal Namjoon hyung. Tae hyung smiles brightly as he turns to me and says, "Good! I'm glad only one of you got hurt." Frowning he backtracks and says, "But I would have been perfectly fine if neither of you got hurt." He narrows his eyes at the newly healed Namjoon hyung who just winks slyly at him as he tacks on, "But we all know he loves the feeling of Jin hyung healing him too much."

I giggle as Seokjin hyung sputters and hides his blushing face behind his hands and turns into Namjoon hyung's shoulder. Namjoon hyung guffaws as he pulls Seokjin hyung closer to him with a smirk. Oh my gay... I did not need to know that. Jungkook hyung laughs before saying, "True. He loves how pliant Seokjinnie hyung is after he heals him."

Ew!!!

Just as everyone stops laughing Namjoon hyung excuses himself to get washed up and changed. Seokjin hyung putters into the kitchen (muttering about how he wishes Jungkook hyung would stop teasing him just because he's a bottom) as Tae hyung and Jungkook hyung start to check me over worriedly. I giggle when a warm hand accidently brushes over my side. Chuckling Jungkook hyung whispers in my ear, "Ticklish little one? Saving that for later."

What is that supposed to mean? My heart has to restart as I register the way his breath brushes over my cheek. Why do I always blush when I'm around them?

I bet they do this shit on purpose!

Blushing I hide my face behind my hands as Tae hyung teases, "Looks like you've embarrassed our sweet one." Sweet one? Oh... Sweetheart and little one together. Am I theirs? I mean if they call me theirs does that automatically make me theirs? And in what way? Like a friendship way? Or is it in a different way? It can't mean what I want it to because they're together. They're dating one another, there's no room for me. He moves my hands away and smiles at me sweetly while he stares into my eyes, "Did you use your Gift baby?"

Blinking I look down, away from his eyes just in case he accidently reads me. Did I? I stopped time. Like everything froze! I didn't realize what I did until I saw that Namjoon hyung was the only one alert. How did I do that? I've already got a shield, how can I also freeze time? Is it possible to have multiple Gifts? I've never heard of that before. I'm a freak among the Gifted society aren't I? Tae hyung would be so mad at me for thinking that but it's true. I mean it's taken this long to even develop my Gift and now I've got two. 

Should I tell them?

What if I tell them and they think I'm crazy? Or what if they don't believe me and think I'm lying? Then they won't want me around anymore. I've never really had anyone other than Hobi hyung. Hyung was all I had for years. I've not known anyone as wonderful as Jungkook hyung and Tae hyung. They accepted me immediately, but would this be too much?