For the next few days nothing eventful happens. The guys have filled in the questionnaire and I've already forwarded them towards Mee. They didn't mention it to me so they really think it's something to do with their work. I used the last few days in my alone time at home to shop online for the gifts I need to get. Jimin's father actually wrote down car three times, and he's very specific about which car he wants.
I don't care if he is misusing my generosity and purposefully wrote a very expensive car. He might think I won't get it for him, thinking I don't like him because he's been so negative towards me. I will get him his car, I'm not petty enough to hold out on him because of what happened so far between us.
Most want just simple things and are easy to get. Tae's sister wants a dance course at a prestigious dance school. His brother wants to attend law school which is expensive but I'll pay for it willingly. His parents want to go on another honeymoon to Hawaii, so I got two open tickets. Once they know when they want to go, I'll book their hotel room.
Yoongi's parents want to move to an apartment, with everything on one floor, making life easier. Those are the more elaborate gifts, the others are easy, like shoes, coats etc. And Tae's parents' gift made me decide to give every parents a second honeymoon. Now the gifts for my soulmates are funnily very alike and I mean very. Only Kookie wants something totally different. The other six want a weekend or a few days away with me, like a small vacation, just the two of us.
I did some research and then made a plan for the six weekends away and together with their manager I picked dates and then bought tickets, which I will give them soon. A few days on Jeju Island with Jin, Vietnam for Joonie, South Japan for Jimin, North Japan for Yoongi, Indonesia for Hobi and Cambodia for Tae. And Kookie wants a tattoo, designed by me and I think it's funny he picked this even though he hasn't gotten his memories back.
I think I know what I'm going to draw, but I need my right arm, I can't draw using my left arm. Write sure, not neatly mind you, but I could write using my left hand. But hopefully I'll get cleared today at my doctor's appointment. The guys are still hard at work and we barely saw each other in person, sure they're in my mind a lot so I'm barely alone.
Entering the kitchen for breakfast I open the fridge and I see a bowl with yogurt waiting for me, next to it are sliced strawberries and bananas. I grab both and mix them through the yogurt. I sit down on a stool and eat, thinking about the appointment later and what will happen once I know if I'm healed or not. If I am, I need to practice hard for the next five days to get ready for my comeback, if not then I will have some free time on my hands again.
That prospect fills me with dread. I've been so bored for the last few days, even though my days were filled with things to do, like ordering all the gifts. Scraping the last yogurt out of the bowl I hop off the stool and put it in the dishwasher. Next I grab my stuff, put on my shoes, grab my coat as it's getting chillier and leave the house.
Greeting Won-Shik I walk towards my car and climb in after he opens the door for me. He knows I need to go to the hospital today so the car drives away as soon as he sits down and pulls the door closed after him. The drive takes about 40 minutes due to traffic and I'm still early for my appointment. Filling the time reading on my phone, I stop after a few chapters, getting hot and horny. Not a state I want to be in visiting the doctor.
The car parks after ten more minutes of me looking out of the window, and Won-Shik gets out and then helps me, locking the car after. Together we walk towards the entrance.
"Are you nervous?" He questions me and I chuckle, shaking my head.
"No I wouldn't call it nervous, it's more like hoping it's healed so I can get back to normal." I answer. He nods as he smiles at me, then he pats my shoulder.
"I'm sure it's healed. You barely did anything. I was bored most of the time, guarding outside the house." He shares his thoughts with me, and I do feel a little guilty if I wasn't injured, we would be doing very different things. We walk through the entrance and inside are a few people waiting at the reception, here visiting family and friends.
I know where to go, bypassing the reception, walking on towards the elevators. I press the call button and doors open to my left, stepping inside the box, followed by Won-Shik. We ride up to the fourth floor and when the doors open, I lead my uncle towards the doctor's office. I have to wait for almost twenty minutes before it's time and they pass me slowly. Won-Shik is reading a magazine and I don't want to bother him, leaning my head back against the wall. I close my eyes and just relax.
My name calling pulls me from my half slumber and opening my eyes I see the doctor smiling at me. Smiling in return I get up and shake his hand and he leads me into his office, straight towards the examining table, so he can check me. His fingers feel soft when he presses next to my collar bone, it's all painless, making me very hopeful.
Next he makes me lift my right arm in every fashion imaginable, also without any pain. When he is finished, he holds his hand out for me to get off the examining table.
"Everything looks good so far. I just want to have another x-ray just to be 100 percent sure it's healed." He explains walking away from me. He opens the door and I follow him through the hospital until we reach radiology. Taking the x-ray doesn't take long and we get back to his office before he takes a closer look at my bones displayed on the photo.
"Well as you can see it's healed perfectly and I don't think you'll have any negative side effects. So you're free to do whatever you want. I'm guessing dance, right?" He questions me, a smile on his face.
"Of course I'm going to dance. My comeback is at the end of the week and I need to practice a lot. Thank you. And don't get me wrong but I hope this was the last time we see each other." I laugh and he laughs too. We say goodbye and I leave his office and meet Won-Shik. Together we get to the car and forty minutes later I'm home.
I take a quick shower and then dress in white stretch jeans, paired with a white crop top with Aquamarine streaks. Black Dr. Martens with stars finish my ensemble and I get back to the bathroom for a little makeup and perfume. Styling my hair is easy, just some product to hold the curls. I get back outside to the car and Won-Shik compliments me on my looks and then we get into the car.
The guys will drive separately from me to the festival and Lindsy will come with her two soulmates. Mike and Peter are invited too but they declined, preferring to spend time together, having tickets to an opera. And Mike is not too fond of the huge crowds we as idols can attract, but I'm hoping the people will just leave us to do our thing.
The guys don't know they're going to the festival, courtesy of their manager helping me again to surprise them. And they will come a little later, giving me and Lindsy some time to check the festival. The drive takes a small hour and I text with Lindsy to pass the time, and feeling the conversation I guess she's very hyper about the festival.
When the car gets to the festival I look out of the window and see Lindsy in the arms of Myung-Ki and Suck-Chin is looking at them. I hop out of the car before Won-Shik can open the door for me and rush over to them. Lindsy and I hug and then I greet the other two and they surprise me, hugging me too.
"Shall we get going? We have an hour before my men arrive." I query them and all three nod enthusiastically at me. Linking arms with Lindsy, we begin to walk and the two men follow us.
"So what do you want to do first?" I question Lindsy.
"I want the flowers. That's the reason why I wanted to visit in the first place." She answers me and I laugh.
"Okay. We can do that. I'll just go back once the guys are here." She nods and we walk the festival grounds towards the back. The old man and his black little tent are not in the same spot and it takes us a little while to find him. He's even more secluded than last time.
When he sees me his eyes light up and he claps his hands.
"I remember you. You have seven flowers. Is something wrong?" He inquires, looking a little worried.
Smiling, I shake my head at him, "My friend heard about the lilies and wanted to try it herself." He smiles as he looks at Lindsy who is inspecting his bucket of seeds, together with Suck-Chin and Myung-Ki.
"Are you guys ready to get your lilies?" I question them. All three stand up straight and turn to me, a smile on their faces.
"Okay, my treat. Go throw a small handful into the tub of water." I laugh and Myung-Ki goes first and one flower comes floating on the surface. Suck-Chin goes next and and my mouth drops open, just like Lindsy's when he gets two flowers. He himself is stunned and gazes down on them in his hands once the old man hands them to him.
Lindsy goes next and she takes my hand and I hear her holding her breath and unconsciously I do the same. The first flower is the same as one of the two in Suck-Chin's hands, the second flower is the same as Myung-Ki. Then another one sprouts and it's the same as the other one in Suck-Chin's hands. And those three are followed by numbers four and five. So I guess she's right about Joshua, Jeonghan and Yeonjun, and I'm guessing Suck-Chin is soulmate to one of the three too, having his flowers the same as two of Lindsy's.
Lindsy is speechless when she accepts the bouquet the old man gives her. I pay the man, giving him a huge tip and he thanks me, smiling widely. As we slowly begin to walk the festival grounds I check the time and see it's almost time for the guys to arrive.
"Are you guys okay on your own? They're almost here." I inquire and I see Lindsy shake her head, like she's coming out of a trance.
"Of course. We'll be fine. And we'll meet up to eat together. So we'll see you later, and have fun." Lindsy answers me. We walk together until the path splits and they go left and I walk straight, getting back to the parking lot. Reaching it I see no new arrivals and I find a spot to sit in the shade and wait for their van to arrive.
I'm not visible where I'm sitting but I can see the entrance of the parking lot and seven minutes later a black van drives on and then parks. I watch as the door opens and they file out one by one, looking around and on six faces I see surprise and on Yoongi's I see recognition. Love? Where are you?
I don't answer him immediately and watch as they don face masks and look around, when they spot Won-Shik, the other six turn on the spot, trying to find me. And my head is very loud with six voices at once asking me where I am.
I stand up and Kookie spots me first, running over instantly, pulling me into a hug. When I pull back I look into his sparkling orbs. The others come walking over and I look over at them.
"I guess the new looks are decided then with you all wearing a beanie?" I inquire and all seven nod their heads. Next to the hair being covered they're wearing face masks, but I guess with people recognizing me they'll also know who the seven men with me are. I don't point this out, I know my soulmates know they're recognized.
"Yes we all have new hair. We'll be shooting the MV tomorrow, so the new looks were done today." Joonie explains and then pries me out of Kookie's arms. After Joonie's embrace, I fill Jin's arms, then Hobi squeezes me tight. Tae lifts me a little and twirls on the spot, whereas Jimin buries his face in my neck, holding me tight. The last to hug me is Yoongi and he holds me longer than the others. A few weeks ago I saw the bouquet we got visiting last year, Love. You want new flowers right?
Yes, now that I have all seven marks, I want to replace the dead flowers. He releases me and lowers his mask for a quick kiss to my cheek. Once his mask is back in place, he takes my left hand and my right hand gets claimed by Jimin.
"Are you guys ready for some relaxing time and have fun?" I question them. I get yeses and Tae jumps on the spot in his excitement. Kookie and Tae take the lead and we follow and walking slowly over the grounds I realize Kookie is following his nose when we reach the food stalls.
"I'm sorry Kookie, We'll meet Lindsy and her two soulmates later so we can eat together." He stops and his eyes look pleadingly at me. "Oh go on ahead, you can eat an entire cow so you'll not ruin your appetite for later." I relent and his eyes sparkle.
"Anyone else want something to eat?" Kookie queries us. Jin, Tae and Hobi want something too and follow Kookie and we follow them slowly.
"I just realized. You're not wearing the sling anymore. Are you all healed, Love?" Yoongi questions me, lifting my left hand and placing a kiss on top.
"I saw the doctor today and yes everything is healed completely." I answer and Jimin immediately lifts my right arm and copies Yoongi, kissing the top of my hand. The guys found the stall they want to order food from and we stand a little to the side, waiting for them, Jimin telling me what they did at work this last week.
After ten minutes the hungry men walk away from the stall, looking for a place to sit so they can eat. Yoongi pulls on my hand because I'm watching Jimin and don't notice the guys walking away. Reaching the table, Kookie grabs my wrist and pulls me down on the bench next to him. I hear Jimin laugh and looking up at him, I see he's looking at Kookie, shaking his head, then he walks around the table and sits opposite me.
The four men dig into their food and Joonie and Yoongi are talking about one of their new songs. Jimin is staring at me with unreadable eyes and a mysterious half smile and I'm trapped and can't look away. Chopsticks with a piece of juicy spicy chicken enters my view and hovers in front of my mouth, releasing me from the prison of Jimin's eyes.
Looking to my right I see Kookie smiling and then he moves the chicken in front of my face again, his eyes pleading me to eat it. I lean forward and take the bite, chewing the soft spicy treat, moaning at the taste and then swallowing. Kookie laughs, grabs my face with both hands and before I can lick the sauce off my lip, he leans in and does it for me, sucking my lip into his mouth and stroking it with his tongue. A tingle shoots straight to my core, moaning softly, making him turn it into a kiss, deepening it by pushing his tongue into my mouth.
Heartbeats later I break the kiss and smile at him and he gives me his bunny smile and then focuses back on his food. That looked hot little Minx. Now I want to kiss you too. Jimin whispers in my mind and my eyes find his face.
"So has anyone seen something here they have to do? I have, but we can do mine last." I question my men
"I haven't, but we can do yours first, since you know what you want to do." Hobi answers and Jin nods his head, chewing with gusto. Tae, Kookie and Jimin agree and it looks like Joonie and Yoongi didn't hear my question, still discussing the song. Okay we'll do the flowers first and when all the food is devoured, I get up and step over the bench. Tae and Hobi copy me and this seems to alert Joonie and he looks away from Yoongi, glancing at us.
"What is the plan?" Joonie inquires and Jin, Kookie, Jimin and Yoongi get up too. Jin and Hobi throw away the trash and I answer when they get back.
"I want to do something. You'll see what it is when we get there, okay?" Joonie nods and stands up too, stepping away from the table he stops next to me and takes my hand.
"Lead the way Dove. Show us what you want to do." Kookie takes my free hand and I begin to walk and the other five follow us and listening to them exclaim at the various stalls with games and cute romantic merchandise, a feeling of absolute content comes over me. This is how it should be, and I know it's practically almost always been like this, aside from the few speed bumps we encountered.
Thank you for making me the happiest person alive. I love you so much and things can only get better so long we stay together like this. Sending it to everyone, Joonie and Kookie squeeze my hands and seven lovely whispers float through my mind. It's all at the same time so I don't get what each of them answers but I get the meaning because they also send their emotions to me, swamping me in super warm love.
I walk them slowly to the back of the festival grounds and when the black tent comes into view I hear Yoongi mumble behind me, "Ah there it is."
I stop at the table and the old man smiles, "back again?" He queries me, smiling in return, I nod as Yoongi stands on my left while Jimin stands on my right. Kookie and Joonie stand next to Jimin and Hobi, Jin and Tae stand next to Yoongi, forming a half circle. Everyone except Yoongi is inspecting the bucket with seeds and the tub with water.
"So something is wrong?" He queries next.
Shaking my head, "No, nothing is wrong anymore, but you see, four flowers of the beautiful bouquet you made for me the first time we met, died. So I'm here for a new one." I explain.
"They died? How?" He sounds scared and I keep smiling.
"That's a long story. The short version is, someone stole my marks, hence the flowers died."
"Oh that's horrible. Are you okay?" He exclaims in horror.
Smiling to reassure him I nod, "Yes I'm fine. I got them back so all seven are marking my body like they should."
His shoulders slump in relief and then he looks at my soulmates, who by now have focused their attention on the old man.
"So these are the seven?" He questions me.
"Yes, these are my soulmates. And they will go first. Now let's do this according to age? Or do you want another order?" I address the guys.
"Oooh I get to go first?" Jin exclaims and looks expectantly at me. "How does it work?"
Chuckling I point at the bucket with seeds. "Grab a few seeds and throw them in the water and then wait. Very easy."
"Okay, here I go." And he grabs a small handful and throws them in the water. The seeds bob and some sink and then in the middle one blooms in the same colors as his mark. Jin plucks it out of the water and gazes down on it.
"It's beautiful." Jin whispers and then he looks at me, just like you, Flower. Yoongi goes next and we watch the seeds float and then his lily blooms, orange just as his mark. He takes it out of the water and gives me his gummy smile. Love, you're still more beautiful to me.
Hobi shoves his hand into the bucket and closes his hand around a few seeds, throwing them into the tub and seconds later a dark red soul lily floats atop the water. Angel, thank you for doing this with us.
Joonie is next and he throws me a dark, sexy look, grabs a handful of seeds and holds his closed fist in front of my face. Care to give it a kiss, Dove? Winking at him, I lean in and kiss his fingers. He smiles and then throws the seeds into the water.
His lily is dark deep purple, just as his mark and he takes it out of the water and holds it. Jimin is next and he bumps my shoulder with his and then walks around me so he can grab a handful. He comes back next to me and just like Joonie he wants a kiss on his closed fist.
He smiles at me and then deposits the seeds in the tub with water, they bob and then the teal and purple colored lily blooms.
"So he's the one?" The old man questions me, seeing the two-colored lily.
"The one what?" I counter and he smiles at me.
"The one whose mark you got after your kiss." He explains.
"How did you know?" I query him and he chuckles.
"Do you see a difference between his lily and the other four that preceded him?" He points at the four flowers in Jin, Yoongi's, Hobi's and Joonie's hands. I look closer and then I see it, the four flowers have a kind of silvery shimmer and Jimin's doesn't.
"You mean the shimmer?" I question him and he nods very quickly.
"Yes, yes. The last time with your seven flowers, only his flower had the shimmer. I told you, remember? The flowers either have a shimmer or not, and the ones with a shimmer will give you the mark, it's always been like this." He explains and the guys make noises of surprise and inspect their lilies closer.
"Can I go now?" Tae questions me in a whisper.
"Of course, Snuggles. Let's see yours." I answer him, holding my arm out for him and he squeezes my hand and then takes some seeds and throws them into the water. His lily when it blooms is just as dark pink as his mark is. He takes it out of the water and smiles all boxy at me. Kookie walks around me to reach the bucket with seeds, and when he passes me he pinches my ass, making me yelp involuntarily. The guys chuckle, Kookie the loudest, throwing me a mischievous glance.
Oh he's being a brat today, I like it. He gets back to his place in line and then adds his seeds to the water. His lily is purple too, just as Joonie's, it's just a different shade and the shimmer on it is beautiful, just like all the other flowers.
It's my turn and I grab a handful, throwing them in the water and I don't close my eyes now, not nervous in the slightest. As I watch, I see the flowers blooming in the order we sealed the bonds in, so Yoongi's is first, then Tae, Joonie, Jin, Kookie, Hobi and the last one to bloom is Jimin's, now with a shimmer.
"Oh, the order you kissed in is different then the order you sealed the bonds." The old man muses when he scoops the seven flowers out of the water to make it into a bouquet.
"You remember the order from last time?" I question him. I noticed it too, last time the flowers bloomed differently than now, Yoongi's was first too, as we already sealed the bond, then it was Jimin's, Kookie's, Joonie, Jin, Hobi and Tae.
"Yes, I remember every flower that has bloomed in my little tub of water. And I remember yours the most because you're the only one who has gotten seven flowers. Normally it's one, maybe two, so your friend today will be in my memory too with her five flowers." The old man explains and the guys make noises of surprise hearing Lindsy got five flowers.
The old man hands me the bouquet and I thank him and when I want to give him money he shakes his head. "It's on me. Thank you for talking to me, most people are too occupied with the lilies and each other to give me longer than a minute of attention." He looks a little sad and I don't know how to react to that.
"Thank you for your time and obviously the lilies. I hope you have all the happiness in the world." I answer and he smiles at me.
"You too, have a wonderful life with your soulmates." Waving at him I turn around and walk away followed by the guys.
"Love?" Yoongi questions me and I stop, turning around, facing him and the others.
"Would you mind finding Lindsy so we can walk around alone for a while?" He bites his lip and has fear in his eyes. I feel a spike of rejection but I don't let it show.
"No problem. How about we meet around 6 pm at the food section?" I question them.
"We can do the other games after we've eaten, Love. It's just, you keep surprising us and we feel like we need to catch up." Yoongi explains.
"You don't have to catch up. I like surprising you, so that's what I'll do when I feel like it, but that doesn't mean you need to repay the favour." I chuckle.
"We know that. It's just, we like to surprise you too, that's all." Joonie speaks before Yoongi can answer me.
"Okay. I'll see you guys later. Enjoy and I love you." I say goodbye and the guys whisper their goodbyes in my mind as I turn around and walk away from them. I slowly browse the merchandise stalls and smile at the cute romantic knick knacks.
I find Lindsy with her two soulmates playing a game at one of the stalls and I stop just next to them. I watch them play and they're so into it they don't notice me. Suck-Chin wins this round and Lindsy pouts at him and I laugh and hearing me she looks over, smiling instantly when she sees me.
She steps around Myung-Ki and hugs me. "Why are you here all alone?" She questions me, searching my face after breaking the hug. Myung-Ki and Suck-Chin walk towards another stall to give us some privacy.
"They wanted some alone time to........ buy gifts for me, I think. I don't really know. They just asked me to join you guys and we'll see them at dinnertime." I answer, shrugging my shoulders.
"I don't understand you." She muses and I look bewildered at her. "How can you just leave them without knowing what they are doing?" She questions me.
Laughing I shrug my shoulders again. "I trust them so I don't need to know everything. Besides, I don't want to control them like that. And if I know everything, how will they ever surprise me?"
She shakes her head at me and I get a little defensive but let it go after counting to ten. I don't want to fight with her. "So five flowers. How do you feel?" I change the subject and watch as her face transforms into a panicked state.
"I don't know. I guess I was right about the three. And I don't know how I'm going to cope with the second soulmate Suck-chin has. I know I won't be able to share him with another woman." She rattles off and I can't help it and laugh, making her cross her arms and glare at me.
"Relax, you do realize Suck-Chin's second soulmate is one of the three of yours?" I query her and her eyes shine with surprise.
"How do you know?" She wants to know and I point at her flowers.
"Suck-Chin's second flower is the same as that one." Indicating the soft pink flower in her bouquet. She looks over to him and then back at her flowers in her hands. She inspects it closer, holding it near her face more and then she slaps her forehead.
"How stupid, I didn't even see that they are the same." She chuckles.
"Can you deal with sharing him with a man? One of your soulmates?" I inquire, curious for her answer.
"Yes, I think I can handle that very well." She laughs and I join her. I link our arms and we begin to walk and her soulmates follow us. We chat and when they see another game they want to try, we stop and they play while I watch.
The time flies and after watching Lindsy play a lot of the games with Myung-Ki and Suck-Chin we make our way over to all the food stalls. Looking around I see my men sitting at a table and when they spot us, seven arms wave us over.
We stop next to them and Jimin gets up and comes over, taking my hand and pulling me to sit next to him.
"Hi, did you guys enjoy yourselves?" I question them as Lindsy, Suck-Chin and Myung-Ki sit down at the table too.
"Yes we did. And now it's even better." Joonie answers me and I smile at him.
"So are we ready to eat?" Jin questions the table and everyone answers with a yes.
"Okay. Shall we get some of everything?" Jin follows his question.
"That's a great Idea. Shall we get it?" I answer Jin and he nods and then gets up from the table. I follow him and when I want to walk away I hear Jin talk to Kookie, who whines so he doesn't have to help. Ah come on Tarzan. You can have me all to yourself for a few minutes. I entice Kookie and Jin halts his speech when Kookie jumps up from the table and joins us getting food.
It takes a small half hour and in the end the table is packed with all kinds of food. We chat and joke as we eat and I have fun just relaxing with my family. I do see flashes sometimes so I know pictures are taken but I don't care anymore. Everybody knows about us so I'm not going to hide anymore.
The talking and eating takes longer than planned and by the time we are ready to continue walking the festival grounds we realize most of the stalls are closing down. Guess we have to go back again to play the games.
"Shall we call it a night?" I question everyone and they agree so we walk slowly towards the parking lot. Reaching Lindsy's car we say goodbye and I hug her and then wave when their car drives away. The guys get to their car and I wave at them and then walk to my car, followed by Won-Shik and just before he can close the door, Kookie and Jimin climb into the car too.
"Okay, let's go home."