The Eight | A BTS Soulmate Fic |

Chapter 40

The Muse was feeling almost desperate for touch by the time they made it to their hotel in Brazil. That moment with Taehyung in the airplane did help a lot, but that was early in the trip.

Everyone was exhausted from traveling, and it was all they could do to eat before passing out for the night.

The first day of rehearsal in Brazil was different and interesting. Rehearsal itself went as it always does. But the fans were very different from what she saw in the US. The streets were lined with ARMY. It was intense. Being an empath, The Muse felt the excitement, happiness and love they were feeling when the caravan went by. There were so many interesting things to look at, too! The local shops and restaurants, museums and cafes. Local art, which she was sure that some would call graffiti, was also incredible to look at. She was hopeful that she would get to see some of it up close on this trip. But, she was to be disappointed. Her Warriors had their day off after the concert, but she was not allowed out. Or so Steve said.

Jinnie insisted they eat local fare, though. So she did get to experience Brazilian cuisine. Hoseok was a big fan of all things Latin, and they spent some time trying to learn a few latin dances together. It was fun and very sexy.

After rehearsal on that Wednesday, they were all in a conference room at the stadium. At least, The Muse thought it was a conference room. It was all concrete block walls, but it had a large oval table surrounded by chairs, and a few shelves against the walls with flower arrangements here and there. The flowers were very pretty. She wondered if they were something you could only find locally.

Hyun Soo came in, excitement and determination radiating from him. The Muse rolled her eyes at the weasel man and went back to thinking about the flowers. The colors were so bright and rich. Unfortunately, since she had reconnected with four out of seven of her Warriors, she was starting to understand a lot of Korean. It wasn't perfect, yet. But now she could catch on to most conversations, even if she would prefer not to know.

"I have great news!" said Hyun Soo boisterously. "As some of you may know, I have been in contact with the only best television shows in Korea, and have been busily setting up your big reveal show!"

That got The Muse's attention. "Reveal?" she asked. "What reveal?"

"You, of course." Hyun Soo said with his best used car salesman smile, "And your Husbands have agreed it would be best to announce their identities. For the best price, of course."

The Queen was looking at the weasel man now, head cocked to the side. "And when did you start working on this 'plan' with my Husbands?" she asked softly, slowly standing from her chair.

Completely ignorant of the ire he was arousing, Hyun Soo went on, "We started talking about it the day after your arrival, Your Highness."

She had started to pace, anger beginning to course through her. Seokjin, her Warrior that seemed to be more in tune with her emotional state, was on guard and all but trapped between everyone and their chairs on the opposite side of the table. Watching her every move.

"The day after my arrival?" she said, slowly pacing three steps to one side, and then three to the other, eyes never leaving her prey as she paced a little closer at every pass.

"When One Husband couldn't look at me." Jungkook blushed a light pink, "Another Husband was angry at my very existence," Jimin looked ashamedly at the floor, "One would stare but wouldn't talk," Taehyung nodded his head in sad acknowledgment "And the other would stare and speak very little to me," Yoongi also gave a curt little nod, "That is when you started talking about how to make money from my arrival?"

"Danger" she heard Seokjin speak up from his side of the table, but no one seemed to pay him any mind. They were all focused on the behavior of The Queen.

"Of course, Your Highness." Said Hyun Soo in a cocky tone, "We had to start getting ideas out there as soon as possible to ensure the highest bids."

"Let me make sure I have all the facts and am understanding you clearly," Said The Queen, still stalking her prey. Her anger crossing over into rage. She saw Seokjin stand in the corner of her eye, looking for a way around everyone. "While I was being whipped BLOODY" she yelled the last word, causing everyone in the room to flinch, "by an angry God because my Husbands were basically rejecting me, you were finding ways to make money off of me?" Her voice was rising and her movements were getting faster, jerkier, and Hyun Soo finally understood the danger.

"Instead of helping my Husbands find acceptance and peace with our new reality," she was all but yelling now, "You spent your time trying to use us to make more MONEY!" She shrieked the last word as she finally made her way in front of him. Everyone except for Seokjin was frozen, either in fear or curiosity at what was to happen next.

Hyun Soo had started to stutter, not able to account for his actions.

"You were there when I was beaten!" She yelled, "You were there to help hold me down so I didn't injure myself any more than necessary! You were covered in MY BLOOD!" Her shaking hands had grabbed the arms of the chair he had sat in, and she caged him in, making sure he could see the rage in her eyes as she pushed the rolling chair backward until it hit the concrete wall hard. Hyun Soo's head bounced, and he was trembling and babbling, trying to come up with the perfect excuse for his actions as a smell that was definitely more than pee started to rise. 

"HE BROKE MY BACK!" The Queen, livid, let go of the chair and turned back to pace to the wall as Seokjin gave up getting around the table and just started climbing over it to get to her. She stopped at a shelf, turned to Hyun Soo and shrieked, 

"NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO USE SOMEONE'S BLOOD TO MAKE MONEY, HOW ABOUT WE USE YOURS!" she grabbed one of the flower arrangements and with a feral scream threw the large glass vase at Hyun Soo's head, barely missing him. As the glass shattered she shrieked again and lunged for the man, who was trying his best to curl into a ball in the chair, screaming in terror as the Queen bared down on him. 

Seokjin jumped from the table as the rest watched and grabbed her around the waist, preventing her from reaching her goal. She continued to scream, clawing at Seokjin's arms and kicking at his legs to get him to let her go, her eyes never leaving her prey. Everyone in the room looked on in shock Seokjin picked her up and took her out into the hallway, her shrieks and screams changing into cries and wails as he continued to hold her.

"Take me away from here. Please Jinnie. Please take me away from here." she cried.

He looked up and found Steve down the hall, knowing he couldn't leave with her again without her security guard. They left, The Muse sobbing into Seokjin's chest the entire way back to the hotel.