Ami came down, grabbed some food, and found a shady spot out by the pool. It had warmed up a lot outside and the dry heat felt good. She took off her sundress and adjusted her bikini before laying her lounge chair down flat so she could lay down. She just wanted to be by herself for a while but she knew they were probably wanting to talk soon, she was hoping to get her thoughts together so she could have a real conversation with them and not be so emotional. While it was an emotional topic for her, being emotional during the conversation wasn't going to help anything.
All the guys were in the house, watching her through the windows as she laid down outside and stretched out on the chair, and closed her eyes.
"Jesus, who bought her that suit?" Jin asked as he adjusted in his seat.
"Hobi found it," Jimin said, not feeling any more comfortable than the rest of them. Hobi was just smiling as he watched her, the white suit looked amazing against her skin. They all just watched her as she relaxed. "This is how vacation should have been the whole time." Namjoon let out a big sigh as he stretched back, trying to keep himself under control as well.
After a while, she rolled over onto her front. She undid her top and pulled it off and set it next to the chair as she settled back in, now just laying there in her bikini bottoms.
"Is she doing this on purpose?" Yoongi asked as he had to move to stay comfortable. "She grew up in Europe, she told me they use to go to Spain and they would sunbathe topless on the beaches." Jungkook was mindlessly running his hand around Tae's leg, not helping the situation.
Ami, on the other hand, was thinking about all her options. In the end, she knew what she didn't want to happen, so she was going to have to give in to something to make sure she kept what she wanted.
After about an hour, she sat up, tied her bikini top on, slipped back into her sundress, and wandered back inside for some water, noticing the guys all perched around the living room.
"What are you guys doing?" she asked as she took a big drink of water.
"Taking in the view." she heard Jungkook reply to her. She looked at them, then looked out the windows in front of them and noticed they all had a straight-line view of where she was resting outside. She just smiled at them.
"See anything you like?" she asked again, sipping her water.
She saw them all smirk at her, "Mmmm. I see." she said as she started to walk over to them.
"So, before that happens, do you guys want to talk?" Ami sat down on the couch and Namjoon sat next to her and took her hand in his.
"I wasn't lying when I said I do want to do things with you, all of you. I have for a long time. So, if we just decided to start living like 'normal' people and go out to the store, or whatever, how is it going to work?"
"What do you mean?" Jimin asked as he got comfortable in the oversized chair.
"Well, we are all dating and I'm not comfortable putting that news out there for the world to know, are you?" She looked over at them as they realized this was going to be more like a business meeting than the emotional crazy train that was this morning.
"No, I don't think that is anyone's business," Namjoon said, while he looked around everyone was nodding in agreement.
"OK, so are we just friends in public? Am I just dating one of you? That is something we need to work out. We don't have to decide now, I'm just putting it out there."
She took a big breath, "I am willing to let my concerns go, and just 'go with the flow', which, as you all know I'm really good at." she smirked at them, "but, as long as you all feel confident that it's the right thing, I will trust that it will be." Ami sat back and took a drink of water, they were all watching her as much as she was them.
"So, what concerns do you have?" Jin asked carefully.
"Well, nothing new really. Rumors will fly, but they always do. You all seem confident that you can weather any storm. I'm sure rumors will go around about me as well." She just shrugged her shoulders and then continued, "What it comes down to is this, we want to be together. We have been friends and more for a long time now and in the end, we can't hide away forever. That's not fair for any one of us. So, if everyone agrees, I guess we should do it."
"But you weren't in agreement earlier today." Yoongi leaned forward in his seat as he watched her, he still wasn't sure.
"Not really, but I was more upset that you thought I didn't want to do things with you. That I enjoy hiding and being a secret. That was never really the case, but the lack of drama it brought was worth it." Ami did find living like that hard, but the crap she saw online behind the scenes made it worth it for the time being.
"I don't think anyone thought that." Hobi looked around the room. Ami sort of smiled, that isn't what was said, but she didn't want to get into all that. It wasn't going to help anything at this point.
"What's your biggest worry?" Namjoon was sitting next to her and running his fingers around her hand.
Ami sat and thought, she had a laundry list of concerns, but instead of running down the playlist, she chose one of the bigger ones.
"That I will have to move out." She was nervous about that, she didn't want to move away from them.
"Why would that happen?" Jin said quickly.
"Fans know where you live. They may or may not like me knowing you, you've told me that from the first week we met. If they put two and two together...it might be too much drama for your staff to manage." She just sort of looked over at Namjoon as he gave a knowing look at her, understanding exactly what she meant.
Everyone took in what she was saying, and all silently agreed it would be a problem. They all sat there, trying to think of a solution because her moving out was not an option for any of them.
"What if we move?" They heard Tae sort of mumble.
"What?" Ami looked at him confused.
"Well, we have been sort of talking about needing something bigger. Part of this vacation was because we needed more space, but also to take you somewhere." he smiled at her. "So, if we found somewhere bigger, but with better security options so our staff wouldn't be overwhelmed, would that work?"
Namjoon looked over at Jin, "That might be a good solution...what do the rest of you think? Should we seriously look into it?"
Ami just sat there, looking confused. Yoongi smiled, "Honey, you aren't moving out. If one of your biggest concerns is your safety, our safety, or that of our staff... we will just find a new place that has what we need for you."
She just sat there, with her mouth open, completely shocked they would just decide to up and move so quickly and just for her. Namjoon laughed and pulled her over, "I don't know if I've seen you speechless before."
"You would do that?" she still could barely get her brain to wrap around what they were proposing.
"Would that help solve your problem?" Hobi smiled, equally enjoying watching her speechless.
"Well, yeah... I guess..." she stammered.
"Great! Let's make a list!" Jimin jumped up to find some paper and a pen.
"A list? A list for what?" Ami's head was trying to get a grip as she watched Jimin run to look in the kitchen drawers.
"A wants and needs list for a new place." Jungkook smiled, "We need something to give to Su so he can help us find a place."
"I don't know what you pay him, but it needs to be doubled," she muttered. Namjoon just kissed her ear and said quietly, "What are your wants and needs for the new place?"
She looked over at him, "What do you mean?"
"Well, baby, this is your place too, so you have a say." he leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips while she just stared at him, barely blinking. She started hearing the guys yell out ideas...
"Everyone needs their own bedroom!"
"... and bathrooms..."
"Big kitchen!"
"Guest house.."
"Gated..."
"Studio space.."
The ideas just kept being shouted out while Jimin frantically wrote them down.
"Pool, so she had a place to wear those suits..."
"Hot tub!"
"Gaming room!"
"What do you want, Ami?" Hobi looked over at her as if he was asking what she wanted for dinner.
"Are there even places like this out there?" she stared at him. The place they were describing sounded like something you would only see in a movie. After they seemed to exhaust every possible option for a new home, Namjoon asked her again. "What do you want?"
"I honestly don't think you guys left anything out." she just shook her head at him.
"I know what she wants," Yoongi said with a big smile. She just looked at him confused, he pointed up the stairs, "She wants that bed." They watched her face turn into a big grin. "I do love that bed."
"Done, baby." Namjoon kissed her cheek and picked up his phone to call Su and put him on speaker phone.
"Su! Remember when we talked about wanting a bigger place?"
"I do, are you guys ready?"
"We are, Jimin's going to send you a list of wants and needs, and we are hoping to get as close as we can. Security is the most important thing for her." Jimin took a picture of the list and sent it to him.
"I just got the list... OK.. doesn't look too bad. I'll call you back."
"Thank you!" Namjoon hung up the phone and just turned and smiled at the group. Everyone was excited about the possibility of a new place, and one that she would be comfortable in.
Ami was still just looking like a deer in the headlight of what just transpired. "So, what happens next?"
"Now, we get back to you." Jin smiled at her.
"Me?"
"Yes, that's where we started this conversation, Love." Hobi sat back, "Do you have any other concerns?"
"I have no idea." she just stared blankly at him while Hobi smiled back.
"OK then, let's take a break and go swim! I want to see you up close in that suit." Jimin jumped up and pulled her out of Namjoon's arms, dragging her outside towards the pool.