Stay (BTS x Reader-Polyamorous romance)

Chapter 27

Y/N POV:

"Can it be true Sehunnie?" I looked at the hybrid seated next to me on the sofa. "Is what Emery said true?"

Sehun shrugged and I couldn't help but be disappointed. "I... I don't know. I'm sure the guys have told you how mate groups work, right?" I nodded and Sehun continued. "So you know that in a mate group, everyone is mated together. So for your mates to not be able to know his scent is weird. It... it makes me uneasy about the whole situation."

Although Emery had seemed harmless at first, I was getting the same feeling and I hated it. I didn't want to be another human that either viewed hybrids as disgusting or terrifying. It just wasn't me, but there was something about Emery that made me uncomfortable.

"I can see what you're thinking. Stop it. Just because one hybrid makes you feel weird, it does not mean that you dislike them all. If you did, you wouldn't be sitting her with me, with your hand in my hair." Sehun's words were stern and when I looked up, I realized I had unconsciously reached out to stroke his ears. I went to pull my hand away, but Sehun stopped me. "No. Keep going. I like it."

As I sat there with Sehun, the soft sounds of his purrs filling the room, I couldn't help but feel comforted by him. Not only was he my boss, but also he was one of my best friends and I knew what he said was right. "What do I do?"

Sehun pulled me close, his long tail wrapping around my wrist. "I... I don't know honey, but I will tell you to be careful. There... there is something off about it all and I'm not sure what's going on."

"Can you... can you smell his Sehun?" I already knew the answer to that question, but I needed to ask him anyway, needed to find out what his role in this was. Sehun shook his head and I sighed, knowing this was going to get even more complicated without him being a part of it all.

"I can't smell the rest of your mates either so it's not the same with me as it would be anyway. You and me? We have a different bond than you have with your other mates. Do I wish it were the same? All the time. Why couldn't you have been my mate instead of Evie? Why would it have to be the one person that I knew that hated hybrids?"

Sehun's words shattered my heart. He didn't talk about Evie very often since just the mention of the bitch hurt him so much. No matter how much he tried to push it away, he still felt that longing for her. The longing he didn't want to feel. I hated Evie for what she did to him. We hadn't heard from her since the day she left the sanctuary and I was glad. I knew the bond called her, but with me near him, the strength of the bond wasn't nearly as strong. Most of his feelings were projected onto me and even though it was merely platonic, it kept him from falling apart without her.

"Me too Sehunnie. I'm happy with the ones I have, don't get me wrong, but I... I hate seeing you so sad. It hurts my heart so bad." Pulling him into a hug, I stroked his soft ears, smiling when the soft purrs once again filled the room, a rumbling that started in his chest, a vibration I could feel.

Nuzzling his nose into my neck, Sehun took a deep breath and I knew he was covering himself in my scent. He didn't do it often, but when he was exceptionally stressed, he needed the security, a security I was only too happy to provide. Most days he was okay, but there were others when the bond called him to me and this just happened to be one of those days. We sat there for a moment, enjoying the comfort the other provided, a comfort we both needed.

A knock on the door had us releasing each other and turning to the door to see Eric. "Dr. Sehun? They've arrived with the injured hybrid and it's... it's not going well. They had to strap him to the stretcher."

Eric's words made my heart sick. Anytime a hybrid came in injured hurt me, but knowing he was hostile enough to be strapped down made it worse. We were supposed to be a place that helped hybrids and having to restrain them was completely opposite of that.