Astrid Fraser has been looking for her soulmate since she received her soul mark at 10. After 18 years, she began thinking she'd never find him... until fate decided to step in.
Will he accept her knowing that she is different?
Will he accept her...
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"Since Astrid and Sophie have been living in Korea for a month now, we need to talk about your relationship. Hoseok and Mia, congratulations to you both too for finding each other," Bang Si-Hyuk said to the table, a wide smile on his round face. "As you know, for soulmate pairs who come from different countries, there are special visas that we need to apply for."
I instantly liked the rotund CEO. When I first met Bang Si-Hyuk, the memory of one of BTS' Rookie King episodes ran through my mind – the one where Yoongi exposed the CEO's lie of telling him he wouldn't need to do choreography. I had always loved that video and the love the older man had for his seven 'sons', so I was incredibly happy to see that he was like that also in person too.
We all listened as he described and outlined what needed to happen with the visas. Mia, Sophie and I were now living permanently in Korea, so we would need to apply for soulmate exemptions that would allow us to have the same rights as Koreans. We would hold onto our Australian citizenships, but would be considered Korean citizens now too; only soulmates were allowed this, since dual citizenships with South Korea were not allowed. Mia and I gave the go-ahead to proceed with the visas, both of us had no desire to leave our soulmates now that we had found them.
"Yoongi, in your message you said that you and Astrid were wanting to go public with your relationship. Is this still something you are both interested in doing?" the CEO questioned after a manager had taken away the signed visa paperwork to be processed.
I suddenly felt all the nerves and worry return to me. I had been excited while we were doing the visa paperwork, my future with Yoongi and Bangtan feeling more secure when the papers had been signed by us both. But now my heart thudded loudly in my chest, increasing in volume and temp with each shaky breath I took. I could hear my blood pounding in my ears, deafening all noise around me. My hands shook, feet tingled. All I could focus on was the worst-case scenario, that ARMY would not approve of me and would either demand that Yoongi breaks up with me, or worse yet leaves BTS.
I didn't realise I was trembling like a leaf until a calming pale palm came to gently rub my thigh, followed by his deep voice. "Hey, sweetheart look at me. You can do it my love, let me see your pretty green eyes."
It was little things like this that made me fall in love with Min Yoongi; his ability to read my emotions without fail and calm me when I began spiralling touched my heart.
"We don't have to do this if it's too much for you. I love you and that's never gonna change."
I assured him I was ok, just really nervous about how ARMY would take it with him being off the market.
"May I ask what it is in particular you're worried about, Astrid?" Bang PD asked gently and listened intently as I voiced my concerns. I managed to keep my composure as I spoke about my fears of the fandom turning on the group after the news that Yoongi and Hobi had met their soulmates. The room was quiet as my words flowed out of me, speaking about my insecurities that the media, sasaengs and anti's would undoubtedly use to paint me as unsuitable for their Suga.
