Ruin Me, I Dare You | BTS Reverse Harem (21+) - HIATUS

3. Happy Birthday?

The music blared through the studio. There was no sound of rubber soles skidding on timber. There was no thumping as Jungkook's Timberlands impacted with the floor. Suga wasn't rapping over his lines as their music played through the stereo. Instead the heavy breathing that they were accustomed to when they rehearsed, the breathing they used to undertake in unison, a single entity in dance, had taken on a different pattern. A new rhythm.

The muffled chatter of the camera men who were filming behind the scenes footage for their comeback drew some of their gazes.

"What happened, Suga since when do you stop when Jungkookie screws up?"

Suga slowly raised his gaze to their choreographer releasing his grip on Jungkook's arm. The younger tried to straighten up, his own gaze snapping across to Taehyungs. The two of them exchanging signals.

Did you just?

I think I did. Did you?

I think so.

Hoseok stared at their reflections in the mirror. They all seemed to be in a state of shock.

"Sorry Hyung." Namjoon spoke up trying to defend the older man. "But -" and he hesitated.

They all looked around at each other. Curious and baffled faces stared back, chests rising not from rehearsal but from a quickening of the heart. "Did you all just -"

Jungkook and Taehyung nodded adamantly. Jin was about to speak up when Jimin cut in, turning toward Sungdeok. "I think they just had their first Switch."

Sungdeok was caught off guard. The cameramen exchanged glances.

"And you Jiminie." Hoseok had said, approaching his roommate, taking hold of his hand. The young man smiled, his eyes squeezing into two thin lines."No." The silver haired dancer replied, shaking his head. He squeezed Hoseok's hand back adding, "It doesn't matter Hyung. You did. You had your First Switch."

Jimin started bouncing, which caused Taehyung to bounce sending the Sunshine-Line into a spinning bouncing mess around the studio. And Jungkook couldn't be left out of the celebrations so the trio became a quad that Suga couldn't help but admire from afar. For about 12 seconds before his gummy smile appeared and he was joining in as the room erupted into chaos.

"You too Namjoonah?" Jin asked as he approached their leader, whose face was caught up in some form of struggle.

"That's 6 of us. 6 of us had our first switch. I need to get Sejin-hyung." But when Namjoon turned around to head to the door, Sejin was in the break room down the hall, Sungdeok had already walked out of it.

Jin waited, his conscious torn between joining in with his dongsaengs and being there for his leader. He was the oldest, he was supposed to be there for support when his members needed him. Jin had hoped he would be the first to become Tethered so he could be a supportive experienced hyung when their time eventually came. He hadn't expected to be joined by five of his members. He was elated for both himself and them, but ... Namjoon hadn't lost that look.

Sungdeok arrived a few minutes later, but only after the maknae's had collapsed into a pile of joy. Taehyung was rubbing his hands through Jungkook's long hair, Suga had given up dancing around the room with his dongsaengs and was reclining against the wall. They all fell silent when their performance director ordered the men to follow him from the room.

The maknaes were torn between giggles, laughter and a sense of dread as they followed their hyungs. They were never called to BangPDnim's office unless for something big, and the fact Sungdeok had been the one to instigate the meeting made them all feel worse. Jimin just tried to be a comfort to his members. Hoseok was forcing his excitement down into the deepest part of himself. It hadn't failed his notice that having 6 members of the same band in a Tethering period could get complicated.