Jin POV:
"Fuck! That stupid fucking son of a bitch! That ignorant asshole! I hate that motherfucker!" As I paced and forth across the office, I couldn't stop them slew of profanities that were spilling from my lips. "Who the fuck does this piece of cat shit think he is?"
"J-Jin?" A worried voice cut through the air and I turned to see Yoongi standing behind me. His ears were flat against his head and his fuzzy tail was bristled. "You o-okay?"
At the look of concern on Yoongi's face, I dropped down in my desk chair. "No. Not really. Problems with Emery."
Yoongi's eyes narrowed at the sound of the other cat's name. "What happened with him now?" I could sense the irritation in Yoongi's voice, the same feeling that I had, that we all had when we saw Emery too close to our mate.
I hesitated not sure if I wanted to reveal what I had known. I was angry enough, but bringing Yoongi into the mix? That wasn't going to be good, but I knew I had to tell him.
Flashback
An hour earlier...
"Alright Kevin. Everything looks good. The arm has healed nicely and you are free to go." Sehun released the sloth hybrid's arm, letting it return to a more normal position. "Just be careful next time and remember to wear a seat belt."
"I always wear my seat belt Doc. I've seen too many drivers get hurt because of it and I don't want to be on the sidelines because of something that could be prevented." Kevin was a racecar driver, competing on the hybrid circuit, hoping to make his way to the professional circuit, where he would compete against humans. Currently there were no hybrids on the professional circuit, but Kevin hoped to change it. And the kid was damn talented so there was a good chance he would make it. I knew we were all rooting for him.
"Smart kid." Sehun grinned and turned to me. "You good to finish this up?" I nodded and Sehun faced Kevin. "Alright Kevin. Be good and stay out of trouble. If you need any help, please let me know." Sehun said his final goodbyes and left the room, leaving me alone with Kevin.
I finished filling out his paperwork and explained the medications that Sehun had prescribed, a pain reliever and a muscle relaxer, a combination of things that would help heal the shoulder he had wrenched while driving, trying to take a turn too fast.
"How's Y/N?" Kevin's question surprised me and I forgot he had met her when he came in a year ago for stitches in his forehead when he smacked his head on the steering wheel. Thankfully after that incident, the hybrid circuit had demanded the use of helmets and face shields for the drivers.
I smiled at the sound of my mate's name. "She's good. She is my mate, along with six others so we have a pretty large mate group now."
Kevin's eyes widened. "What the hell? Lucky! Y/N's so amazing." The wistful sound in Kevin's voice made me laugh.
"Yeah she really is." I signed the last paper and held them up. "Okay Kevin. I'm going to make a copy of these and I will be right back." Kevin nodded and I left the room, heading towards the copy machine in the room across the hall. I had just scanned Kevin's paper when a familiar laugh filled the room.
"So yeah I think things will be good. She's so pretty and that body is just...." The voice trailed off and I clenched my fists, wanting to put them through a wall or someone's face, whichever one was closer. Fucking Emery!
"So is she really your mate?" This voice was less familiar but one I still recognized. The deep tone belonged to Angelo, a bear hybrid that had come in a few days ago. He had been kicked out of his old home and needed a place to stay. He seemed like a nice young kid, a little nervous, but still pretty nice. He was Y/N's patient and took to her right away.
Emery laughed again. "Well I know her scent so what does that tell you?" It wasn't an admission to me, that much was obvious. "She's so sweet and kind, something I always imagined my mate would be."
It was quiet for a moment and I could tell Angelo was thinking. "What about her other mates? You know she has eight of them, right?"
"Ugh. Yeah I know." Emery's voice sounded irritated and I couldn't help but grin. At least he knew were going to protect her. "The wolf and the tiger make me a little nervous, but the others not so much. I can protect her much better than they can."
"You might want to be careful. After seeing Dr. Sehun and Nurse Jin with Y/N, I would be more worried about them. They are super protective of her. I mean, I overheard the story of when the Amur leopard hybrid came in. Nurse Y/N approached him and everyone thought Dr. Sehun was going to lose his shit. They said he was furious." I could hear the uneasiness in Angelo's voice as he spoke.
Emery scoffed at the mention of Sehun and me. "I'm not really worried about them. She is my mate, right? I keep imagining how nice it will be to breed her, fill her with my kittens, watch her belly grow round with my babies."
"Emery stop. Nurse Y/N's a nice person. I... I don't like hearing this conversation. I'm going back to my room." Angelo's voice was laced with disgust and my respect for the bear grew, knowing he wouldn't stand there and listen to Emery disrespect Y/N. His footsteps faded away and I took that moment to step out of the office, Kevin's papers in hand.
Emery's smile dropped at the sight of me, but he pulled himself together quickly and the innocent kitten look was back on his face. "Nurse Jin! I'm so happy to see you. It feels like it's been days."
"I've been busy working. This is my job after all." I couldn't help the frosty tone in my voice and I wanted nothing more than to punch Emery right in his handsome face.
"Of course. How's Y/N? I haven't seen her today. She usually has coffee with me in the café during her break." Emery's smile was smug as he spoke, almost as though he was trying to rile me up. Sorry cat. Not going to work. I knew Y/N was having coffee with him every day. It was actually Sehun's suggestion. He had told her it would be safer to give Emery that little bit of attention in a place that was completely public. It would keep her out of danger, at least for now. "Sorry Emery. She's been really busy today and she's supposed to be leaving early. One of our mates isn't feeling good so Y/N's leaving early to go take care of him."
Emery's eyes narrowed and I could see he didn't like the reference to the other mates, but he hid it well. Too well actually. "Oh that's too bad. I hope whoever it is feels better, but I'm not surprised that Y/N would go take care of him. She's so sweet, so loving that I'm sure she would make an excellent mother."
I had to stop myself from strangling the cat as he spoke. "Yeah it's something her mates have discussed. It's something that we all are excited for. Which reminds me, I have to get going. One of our previous patients fell in love with a human after his mate rejected him. Since they can't have children together, you know because of the whole mate thing, we're going to help them with adoption. SO exciting, right?"
Emery's smile dropped at my words and I could see right away he had no clue what I was talking about. "What mate thing?"
Seeing that I had him, I leaned in almost conspiratorially. "You know... since he's not really her mate, he's just shooting blanks. You know how it is."
"O-oh yeah. Right. Right. I... I just forgot." Emery stuttered through his reply and I had to stop myself from laughing.
"Well I better go. Lots to do." I leaned forward and squeezed his shoulder, maybe a little too tightly since he winced. "I'll tell Y/N you were looking for her when I see her at home later tonight."
Emery nodded and with a last grin, I walked away, knowing I had at least won this round.
End of Flashback
"So now we know for sure that Emery's not her fucking mate." Yoongi's eyes were filled with rage as I relayed the events that had taken place. "That's good to know."
I nodded. "Yeah but it took everything I had to not kill him for the way he talked about her. It made me fucking sick." I leaned my head back against the chair pressing the palms of my hands against my eyes. "I hate this so much!"
Yoongi's scent grew stronger and the sweet smell of sugar cookies filled my nose, helping to relieve some of the tension. Moving to sit on my desk, Yoongi reached out and stroked my hair and I leaned forward and laid my head on him, letting him soothe me. "It's going to be okay. You have all of us here and we also have Dr. Sehun. You know as well as I do that he's not going to let anything happen to her. He... he cares way too much about her."
Knowing Yoongi was right, I tried to push the incident from my mind. "I... I just don't know what he wants, why he's doing this and that's what scares me the most. What does he want from her?" I looked up at Yoongi and he leaned down, kissing my forehead.
"I don't know, but we are going to figure it out. We're not going to let him take away our mate. Not even a chance in hell of that happening." Yoongi's voice was determined and I couldn't help but think about how sexy his suddenly confident persona was. When he had first arrived, he had been nervous and on edge, something that came from years of abuse. However, with the love and care from all of us, that uneasiness was starting to fade and his inner tiger was being brought to the surface.
Standing up, I pulled him close and kissed his soft lips. "You're right. There's nothing we can do now so let's go home. I need something to distract me." I leaned in and nipped his bottom lip, making him grin.
Yoongi nodded, his eyes turning dark with need. "Come on then. I know just the thing."
Hoseok POV:
"How are you feeling now?" Y/N's eyes were worried as she studied me. I had come home earlier from the studio with a headache brought on by skipping too many lunches and practicing too hard. I was trying to get ready for the Fine Arts Festival and I had made that my priority over everything else, including my health. My class was doing well, but on top of the performance from my class, the director of the festival had asked Jimin and me to create a short number and the two of us had been working extra hard. We had agreed to keep it a secret from our mates, wanting it to be a surprise on the night of the show.
So here I was on Halloween night, snuggled on the couch with a blanket, a pillow, all the snacks I wanted and endless cuddles from my human mate. She would answer the door to trick or treaters, raving over their cute costumes, but then hurry back to my side, wrapping her arms around me and giving me all the love I needed. "I'm feeling much better. I know you worry about me, but I'm okay now. I promise."
Nodding her head, Y/N leaned her head against me. "Okay, but promise me that you will stop skipping lunch. You need your energy and you need to take care of yourself. I hate knowing that you're not feeling good." Y/N's voice was filled with concern and I hated knowing I made her worry.
"I promise little mate. No more skipping lunch." I wrapped an arm around her tightly, pulling her close to my side.
"Aww little Hobi getting spoiled?" I looked up to see Yoongi and Jin coming down the stairs. They had come home while Y/N was refilling my water, their hands and lips all over each other. I was shocked they even made it to a room, but surprisingly enough they did. Jin looked more relaxed than I had seen him in days and I was grateful that Yoongi was able to help him out.
They came into the room and flopped down on the other end of the sofa, Jin snuggling close to Y/N's side. I tugged her even closer, laughing when she squeaked out in protest. "Nuh uh. Snuggle with Yoongi. It's my time with her."
Jin went to speak, but the doorbell rang and Y/N pulled herself from my arms, opening the door to another round of trick or treaters. I could hear her talking to a child and I couldn't help but feel a fluttering in my heart as I imagined her talking that way to our own child, using that same sweet voice. Children were not something I had really though about but after meeting Y/, I knew I wanted them with her, wanted a baby with her. I looked over at Jin and Yoongi and could see the same look in their eyes. There definitely something was special about a human mate.
"You've always been so good with kids," Jin commented as she came into the room.
Y/N shrugged. "I like kids and I love Halloween. Seeing them all in their cute costumes is so much fun. I think about..." Her voice trailed off and I wondered what she had been about to say.
"Think about what little mate?" Yoongi's voice was gentle as he spoke, encouraging her to share what was on her mind.
Y/N shrugged again, her cheeks pink. "Um... about maybe having kids one day."
"You want kids with us?" I couldn't stop the question from spilling from my lips, needing to know how my mate felt about having a baby with me someday.
Picking up an empty water bottle, Y/N turned it around in her hands, her nerves clearly getting the better of her. "Um... yeah. I would... I would like that someday."
The grin stretched across my face so wide until I thought my cheeks would split. "I want a baby with you too."
"We all do. The idea of family to a hybrid is... is so important, so special. You're already my family, but to have a baby with you would be a dream come true." Jin's voice was filled with the love and adoration that was so clear in his eyes and I knew exactly what he meant.
"Well now that I know, it's definitely something to think about." Y/N set the bottle down then took her spot back in my arms.
Knowing that my mate was open to the idea of children made everything so much better and all the worry I had been feeling faded away. We sat there in silence for a little while, just enjoying being together when something that happened earlier in the day slipped into my mind. "So Jiminie was a little extra... peppy today. He was bouncing around, the biggest smile ever on his face. When I asked him about it, he just said that something happened with you." I turned to my human mate, my eyebrows raised in curiosity.
Y/N blushed, her eyes not meeting mine. "Um... I saw him yesterday when I brought you lunch. I brought him lunch too and we... we just spent some time together." Her voice was meek, as though there was something else going on.
"That's it? He was a little too happy just to have spent time with you." I knew there was something more to it, something that was enough to clearly affect him so positively.
"Well... Jimin confessed to me."
I heard gasps of shock from the other side of the sofa, sounds that mirrored the one that escaped from my own lips. "He what?" Jin's voice was filled with shock.
Y/N's eyes were filled with love as she turned to Jin. "Jimin? He confessed. He... he told me he loves me and I... I told him that I love him too."
I was stunned into silence by her words. She loves him? Y/N loves Jimin? From the silence, I could tell that both Yoongi and Jin were feeling the same thing I was. I couldn't stop the feeling of happiness that flooded my heart, filling me from my toes to the top of my ears. This was all I wanted, for all my mates to be happy, be in love, for us all to be together. It was everything I ever wanted.
Knowing Yoongi didn't exactly trust Jimin, I was nervous about his reaction. Turning to see his face, I was pleasantly surprised to see a soft smile on his face, no hint of animosity or hostility anywhere in sight. Yoongi caught my eye and grinned. "It's alright Hobi. I saw the three of them a few days ago. We had... we had a nice long talk. I may not trust Jimin completely, but I could see that he wanted to make things right so I'm willing to give him a chance, at least let him try to prove himself."
The feeling of happiness I was already experiencing increased by tenfold at Yoongi's words and I knew the rest of us were feeling the same. Knowing that he was going to give Jimin a chance made all the stress I was feeling fade away.
The door opening had us turning to see Namjoon coming in. He grabbed the candy bowl from the table by the door and turned to drop candy in a couple of buckets. He gave them smiles and we heard a chorus of 'thank you' before he shut the door. He turned to us, grinning. "I saw the kids coming up the walk. There sure are a lot of them out tonight."
Y/N nodded. "I know and I love it. All of their costumes are adorable."
Namjoon came all the way into the room and Y/N stood up to greet him. "Hello little mate." He kissed her lips then hugged her tight. "How was your day?"
Y/N and Namjoon caught up on each other's days but were interrupted by the doorbell ringing again. Jin waved a hand at them. "I got this one." He picked up the candy bowl and opened the door but this time the words trick or treat were not coming from kids. I looked up to see Jin ushering Jimin, Taehyung, and Jungkook into the house.
Jungkook lifted the pizza boxes in his hand. "Um Tae spoke to Joon and he said... said we could come over tonight. We brought food?" His voice was nervous as though he expected us to kick them out.
"Hi guys! Love the costumes!" Y/N's voice was happy and full of welcome as they came further into the house. Jungkook had a crown on, along with a red fur lined cape. Jimin was wearing a vampire cape and had fake blood dripping down his chin, while Taehyung had on cat ears and a pair of whiskers drawn on his face. The three of them grinned in delight at her compliments and I could see they all wanted to hurry to her side.
I knew Y/N saw the same thing and she made her way towards them, giving them hugs and kisses on the cheek. I noticed Jimin held on a little tighter and when he pulled back, I saw him mouth 'I love you' to her, making Y/N's cheeks flush pink. I was helpless to stop the tears that suddenly filled my eyes, knowing that this was real, my mates were all here, and we were all together.
Jin moved close to me and wrapped an arm around my shoulders. "It's all going to be okay."
Jungkook set the pizzas on the coffee table and turned to take Y/N in his arms. She had told me that they had a good conversation and things were good between them. I could hear the words of love pass between them and from the look on Jungkook's face, I knew he was in heaven when she gave him a sweet kiss. "I heard... heard the way to a girl's heart is with pizza."
Y/N laughed out loud and kissed his cheek then straightened his crown. "You didn't need to bring pizza. You already have my heart."
Jungkook's eyes lit up, her words clearly having an affect on him. "And you have mine, my princess." Reaching under his robe, Jungkook pulled out a sparkly plastic tiara and placed it on Y/N's hand. "There. Now it's official."
Tucking her hands under her chin, Y/N batted her eyes at him. "Do I look pretty now? Does this tiara go with my Halloween pajamas?"
Jimin moved back to her side, his eyes filled with gentleness. "You look perfect. You always... always do."
Blushing again at Jimin's words, Y/N reached out and took his hand, lacing her fingers with his. She reached up with the other hand and stroked an ear. "You're too sweet."
"You're my mate. I should be sweet to you." Jimin's words were quiet and I could hear the tinge of guilt coloring them. He went to say something else, but Y/N stopped him.
"No. Don't think about that. It's all in the past. Let's move on from here, okay?" After conversations with Y/N, I knew that she wanted the same thing I did, to have us all here together, to have everyone happy. It's really what we all wanted. She looked to us and we nodded, knowing what she was about to say. It was something we had talked about and decided on, even if Yoongi balked at the idea at first.
Leading Jimin to the sofa, Y/N tugged him down next to her. "Is... everything all right?" Taehyung's voice was nervous as he spoke and I could see the way his golden wings fluttered anxiously.
Y/N beckoned him over and he hurriedly sat down next to her, Jungkook taking up a spot at her feet, clearly wanting to be close. "We... we talked about it and we want to know if the three of you want to move in with us?"