Glow

Consequences pt 2

It's only when I hear a knock on my door that I consider what they might think of this.

'Are you okay?' I hear Namjoon murmur through the closed door.

Instead of answering I quietly pad over to open the door. I smile softly at finding him frozen in the position to knock again, eyes wide with shock and concern.

At a nod of my head he walks in, heading to sit on the edge of my bed. After closing the door I hear a shuffling sound on the other side of it, but instead of opening the door again I turn to focus on the man on my bed instead.

'So how bad is it?' I mumble.

'It's not good, at least from the company's point of view, but it's not as bad as some of our bigger slip-ups in the past, so they can handle the flack.' He admits, rubbing the back of his neck. I just nod.

A bit of an uncomfortable silence is broken by an obvious clearing of the throat on the other side, startling him into looking up at me, then nodding.

'The idea that I was positive about the soul bonds is actually more worrisome for the company. They are trying to divorce us from the spread of the bonds as much as possible in the media, so for me to bring it up...' he shifts uncomfortably as he realizes just how big a mouth he has.

'It's not like they can deny soul bonds altogether.' I point out, and he nods. I hear a hum at my point on the other side of the door. 'The reality of us spreading it not only is known to other ARMYs but is a fact that will come to light in the general public sooner or later. Heck, several nations suspect or have proof that it happened because of the tour.' He nods, not quite flinching at the point. 'I can't say I'm surprised that this topic is the bigger issue for them, your publicity is harder for them to control than a visual of a female behind the camera while being filmed. I could be written off as an employee, but you being blamed for a pandemic is SO very much harder to spin.' I nod, understanding issues he's focusing on. Twisting around I open the door... to a falling rapline. A quick chuckle from me at the pile of bodies on the floor and a giggle down the hall has me leaning over them to look around the door jamb. At the end of the hall huddled the other four, their worried eyes belying the hands over mouths in an attempt to stifle the giggles from watching the other two fall over.

Turning to look back in my room I eye Namjoon as he's standing up. With the two on the floor working themselves back into the hall to untangle and get back up I raise my voice. 'Let's head back out to the main room to talk. This topic needs everyone's thoughts.'

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They had cleaned up and reset the seating space, almost like the vlive didn't happen. The mostly filled bag of debris makes lie to that possibility, but otherwise it seems like they've tried to make it clean.

Once everyone is seated, Jimin and Yoongi sitting on either side of me, Jimin hugging me and Yoongi carefully holding the hand closest to him, Namjoon clears his throat and opens the discussion.

'So we know that Y/N was seen, at least as a reflection in the glass.' He starts.

'She looks like a female, no specific visual traits. The lighting was wrong for that.' Jungkook admits. 'I did a check of the recording. We were lucky the lighting was from behind. Female curves, not face.'

Nodding Yoongi adds in. 'Postings about it have people asking if she's a camera operator. There were a few thoughts about her being our soul bonded, but no names attached looked like hers, and the saesangs were only livid about there being a female in our quarantined living space, nothing else.'

'The company is pissed though, that Joon mentioned the soul bonds.' Hoseok says somberly. At the awkward nods all around I keep my mouth shut. This topic is more about them and the company than it has to do with me.