Bound by Blood

Chapter 96- waking up feeling better

(Y/N) POV:
When I next awake it's because Kookie shifts closer and mumbles gently in my ear, hand shaking me lightly.

"(Y/N)... (Y/N) wake up." his sleep-deepened voice calls, lips grazing against the shell of my ear. My eyes blink open slowly, squinting at the way the light floods the room, my enhanced senses allowing me to be able to see clearly after a few long moments. Across from me Minnie is asleep, his hand still splayed across my back, the two of us unconsciously having shifted closer to each other- his head is curved towards mine and like this I can see his eyelashes rest against his cheek, see the way his plump lips are parted just the slightest in his sleep. 

Around us, however, is the quiet flurrying of movements as the others try to bustle about the nesting room, eyes tinged red with panic and gestures both hurried and careful as they lift items from the room. Ornaments being lifted from the shelves, from the drawers, cupboards opened and hands rifling through them, curtains pushed aside to peer behind them and I even see Joonie oppa sink to the floor to peer under the bed.

What are they looking for?

"Taehyung-ah, where are you?" Hobi oppa murmurs as he continues to search around the room.

Ahh...more who are they looking for.

"Oppa." I call gently to him but the word draws the attention of all four of them, even Joonie oppa who's head collides with the bed frame as he attempts to straighten immediately, he appears rubbing his head with one hand. Hobi oppa draws him up, brushing a kiss against it and smiling when Joonie oppa's face clears up of the slight pain before turning to give me attention.

"What is it my flower?" Joonie oppa asks. The term of endearment makes my cheek warm and soul twist happily inside, and it distracts me from what I'd been intending to say.

The pet name spoken in a soft deep voice and paired with a small dimpled smile had made me lose my train of thought.

"Oh...uh are you looking for Tae?" I ask.

Jinnie oppa nods, a pinched look between his brows.

"He sometimes has the habit of shifting during the night but not always in bed, so he must be around here somewhere- I can't sense him in any other place in the house." He says, looking slightly panicked.

It makes me feel bad, especially because I know where Tae is- it makes Kookie startle and sit up, alertness coming into the very doe eyes that had been sleepy moments ago- he'd probably just woken me up because it was time to, not knowing his mate was missing.

I shift onto my back, propping myself up slightly against the headboard- the movement dislodges Minnie's hand but instead it just snakes out from under me to go sprawling against the low of my waist instead.

My hand had carefully cradled Tae's sleeping form against me, careful not to dislodge him or have him tumbling out all of a sudden.

"I know where he is." I say.

Their eyes become focused, alert.

"Where? Where did he end up hiding and sleeping this time?" Yoongi oppa says, a small fond smile on his lips, mouth opening to probably make a remark about one of the weirdest places they'd found him.

But nothing comes out of his mouth, instead none of them speak and only stare in shocked silence as rather than verbally elaborating, I just go to raise my pyjama top, shifting the fabric up to show the bottom half of my stomach, where above my waist Tae had managed to curl against and sleep.

Their eyes fall to the sight of Tae happily curled up; wings wrapped around him cocooning him within the warmth of his own body.

And when my eyes raise to meet theirs, expecting to see relieved smiles, I see the red in them flicker and darken, see the intensity their eyes look at the scene with.