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Sutures - Chapter Two: Conjugate

Genre: Soulmates AU, Idiots to Lovers, slight Enemies to Lovers

Pairing: Yoongi/Named Reader

Warnings (chapter specific): invasions of privacy

Synopsis: “A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” –Jean de la Fontaine

There was only one thing you and Min Yoongi had in common that night. You were both brokenhearted. You only intended to be together for one night, but when you both end up in the hospital the next day you discover that you are soulmates. It could kill you to be apart. As you and Yoongi attempt to sever the bond between you, will another be formed?

Notes: This was originally written and completed on Wattpad between 2018 and the beginning of 2020. I’ll be slowly posting the chapters here. I may make a tag list depending on if enough people want to follow along with updates. Leave me some feedback if you would like added to a tag list.

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You sighed as the nurse pulled the IV out of your arm. The muscles in your body relaxing for the first time in hours.

"There we are," the nurse said. "Looks like you'll be out of here in a few hours. Just make sure not to get too far from that man of yours."

You smiled up at her, not wanting to explain that he wasn't your man and that you'd only just learned his name from a news broadcast a few hours ago. When Eunji had texted you that he was an idol, you'd thought she was joking. She was drunk after all and probably would've called any guy flirting with you an idol.

"This is crazy," Eunji said. "What're you going to do?"

"I don't know," you said. "I guess I'll have to contact him somehow."

"Did you get his number?"

"No, we never intended to see each other again."

"Well, he's looking for you."

---

"Jang Sumi?" a man asked, knocking politely as he entered.

"Yes?"

He bowed politely as he entered.

"I'm Bang Sihyuk, CEO of BigHit Entertainment," he said.

Your eyes grew wide and you immediately bowed, feeling slightly embarrassed you hadn't recognized him and done so before.

"We would like to discuss a proposal with you. If you'd please sit down," he said, pointing to the newly made hospital bed.

You sat down and the man sat down in the chair Eunji sat when you first awoke. "We have reason to believe you are Min Yoongi's soulmate. I'm sure the doctors have already explained that this means the two of you must remain near each other."

You nodded.

"In order to protect his career, we would like you to move into the BTS dorm. We will pay you and compensate you for any trouble."

"What about my career?" you asked.

The man nodded, his shoulders relaxing as if he'd expected you to question him.

"We've done our research and you're an English tutor? You can continue online sessions and do occasional in-person sessions away from the dorm. We don't want to take away your livelihood by any means. We want to protect both of you."

Your mind overflowed with thoughts. You'd be living with seven guys. Seven idols. Would girls get jealous? Would their fans even know? You had too many questions for the man to possibly answer.

You could certainly use the extra money and without having to pay rent, it would allow you to begin saving money. Something you'd wanted since you'd moved out.

You'd have to work less though, but you were sure the compensation that BigHit offered would be more than enough to make up for the fewer hours.

"All right," you said. "As long as I can keep my job, I agree."

---

"Boys, this is Jang Sumi," Bang PD said.

You bowed to the seven boys in front of you, secretly wishing the much more charming Eunji hadn't gone home. Even though it was obvious they had rushed to the hospital based on the various array of sweatpants and messy hair, they all still looked gorgeous.

The boys bowed back and their gazes wandered down to your neck, their eyes wide. You hadn't noticed the bruises there from the night before. You shyly broke eye contact and looked over to Yoongi who sat with his feet dangling off the hospital bed.

You met his dark eyes. Instead of the mysterious and hungry look they'd held the night before, they now looked exhausted and slightly annoyed. His gaze left yours momentarily as his eyes looked down at the bruises on your neck. His face remained expressionless except for a small flick of his tongue between his lips.

"The doctors need to run a few more tests and talk with Yoongi and Sumi," Bang PD said. "We should leave them alone"

The six other boys filed out of the room and you took a seat on the bed next to Yoongi, leaving a large space between you, so that it would be nearly impossible to accidentally brush against one another.

"Hi," you said. "So, it's been an interesting day, huh?"

The boy didn't respond and before you could make more futile attempts to fill the silence two doctors walked into the room.

"Min Yoongi and Jang Sumi?"

You both nodded and bowed.

"All right, I know this is all a bit overwhelming right now, but once we all discuss and decide on the various options, I'm sure you'll feel better." The doctor flipped a few pages on his clipboard before looking back up at you. "So, as you both know, this is still a fairly rare condition. Finding one's soulmate and having it cause heart attack like symptoms is not well understood. Due to this, we request at least monthly check-ups for at least the first year for both of you to ensure your heart is okay and to check your overall health. The rest depends on how the two of you choose to proceed. Are you two currently in a relationship?"

"No," you both answered.

The doctor nodded.

"The easiest and best way to proceed is to attempt a relationship. While it might be awkward at first, for your overall general health, it will be the best way to adjust and will allow the withdrawals to be less frequent and violent in the future. If--"

"No," Yoongi said. "We can't do a relationship."

"What do you mean?" you asked, your head whipping around to face him. The last thing you wanted was to be in a relationship with a man you barely knew, especially the day after you'd officially ended it with your ex. But if the doctors said it was the best way to deal with the situation, you were inclined to listen.

"It's for both of our own good," he said. "You have no idea what a relationship with an idol would be like."

"Well, there are other options," the doctor said, glancing between the two of you. "If you truly don't want to be together, we can work on trying to weaken or even sever the connection between you. It is rare and difficult to do, but it has been achieved. You will have to stay in the same building as the other person most of the time. There do seem to be some exceptions such as work or situations where the other absolutely can't be present. However, at first, these withdrawals will be powerful and you may not be able to leave the building without the other person at all. For the first week, we suggest not doing so.

"In order to attempt to sever the connection, we will have to monitor your mental health and work to keep the relationship on track. While you don't have to remain distant from each other, it is important to not have feelings for each other, or else it will not work. You will have monthly or bi-weekly appointments with a psychiatrist who is trained to work with cases like this.

"You will also experience something we like to call urges. These are instances of extreme attraction to one another. It will be extremely difficult to be apart from each other during these times. It is important that you be together in these times, but if you are choosing not to pursue a relationship, you must do your best to resist the attraction."

After the doctor was done explaining everything and had recorded your decision to attempt and sever the connection, they drew blood from both of you and allowed you to leave.

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You'd spent the rest of the day packing. Your things were going to be confined mostly to one room, meaning you had to downsize and choose what was most important to you.

You heard a knock on the door and before you could answer it, it was already open and Eunji and the entirety of BTS came through your door.

"Sorry if I scared you," Eunji said. "I let them in."

"Sumi," the tallest one said. He was the leader, Kim Namjoon, according to Google. You figured you should at least try to learn your new roommates. He introduced himself and the rest of the boys, other than Yoongi. "We decided to help you pack up before the movers get here. I'm sure it's quite overwhelming to have to move all of a sudden."

"Yes," you said. "This is very sweet. I guess, um, you could help clean up a bit? I haven't had a chance to clean the kitchen since I got home. And, maybe someone else wouldn't mind getting dinner?"

"No problem," Namjoon said, motioning to the members.

"I'll be in my bedroom if you have any questions or need me for anything."

Eunji was already bonding with the younger members of the band and showed them where all of the cleaning supplies were kept. You smiled at her ability to make friends quickly and headed back to your bedroom.

Your suitcase laid open on your bed as you sorted through your clothes, trying to decide what to keep. You'd already packed the essentials, the rest of your closet spread out around the suitcase.

You felt something soft beneath your foot. You bent down and picked up the fabric, recognizing it as the dress you'd worn out the night before. You hated to leave it behind it, but you weren't sure you would need such a nice dress again. And if you did, you could just borrow one of Eunji's. You folded the dress and were attempting to make a decision when a knock sounded on your door.

"Come in."

The door opened and Yoongi walked in. He wore a beanie, a sweatshirt, and a pair of jeans. You almost liked the more casual look on him more than the slightly more dressed up look he'd worn when you first met. You weren't sure if you truly liked it better or if it was just the connection between you talking.

"Sorry to intrude," he said. "I was just wondering if you needed any more help? The rest of the boys pretty much have it handled out there."

You tried to put aside the resentment you felt for the boy from earlier in the day when he so bluntly decided not to follow the best option and try the relationship.

"You can pack up my knitting stuff," you said pointing over to your desk in the corner where you kept yarn, knitting needles, and the various guides. "Just be careful not to tangle the different yarns together."

He nodded and grabbed an empty box and carefully placing each skein in the box. You turned back to the dress in your hands. You fingered the soft fabric and sighed as you went to set aside. Before you could set the dress with the rest of your discarded clothes, you felt a hand take it from you. You looked up at Yoongi, who held the dress and placed it into the suitcase.

"It looks good on you."

---

"You like to knit?" Yoongi asked, a few minutes later.

"Yeah," you said. "It calms me down when I'm stressed."

He nodded as he placed the rest of the items from the desk into the box.

"Sumi!" someone called from the hallway.

"What do you want us to do with this?" one of the boys asked, you believed his name was Jimin, followed by a blond-haired boy, Taehyung. Jimin dangled your stuffed cat in the air, a smirk across his face.

"Hey!" you said. "Don't hold Kitty that way!"

The boy laughed as you snatched the stuffed animal from him. One of Kitty's button eyes was loose and dangled slightly, causing her eyes to look uneven.

"You named it Kitty?" Jimin asked laughing.

Eunji came into the room. She seemed slightly annoyed with the two boys who had run off from their duties.

"I was four!" you said, looking down at the stuffed cat. "Besides, it's an English name!"

"All right, all right," Jimin said, relenting his taunts. "Do you want to take Kitty or not?"

You made eye contact with Eunji who's eyes were wide. She knew what Kitty meant to you, but Kitty was also falling apart. Her eye was the least of her trouble, you'd sewed the majority of her seams back together multiple times. You didn't want to risk Kitty getting lost or falling apart altogether. You knew it was time to let her go.

"She is pretty old and I'm getting too old for toys anyway. Um, I guess put her in with the donation pile." You handed the stuffed animal back to Jimin who took it and hesitantly walked from the room.

You felt tears pricking at your eyes, but you held them back and went back to sorting through your clothes. The task felt harder all of a sudden, but eventually, you finished, zipping up the suitcase.

---

It was late by the time you arrived at the dorm. It was huge, the biggest apartment you'd ever seen. It was surprisingly clean for being inhabited by seven boys, but you figured they were just too busy to cause much of a mess.

The extra bedroom they'd been using as storage was already clear for you. You made your bed and then opened your suitcase and began emptying it into the dresser.

"Need some help?" Namjoon asked, standing in the doorway.

You smiled at the boy as he began sorting your clothes, making it easier for you to put away.

"Thank you," you said. "I'm exhausted and I'm honestly dreading the rest of the boxes getting here tomorrow."

He nodded.

"We've moved a lot," he said. "Sometimes I feel more tired after moving than dance practice."

You both laughed lightly.

"They told me you're an English tutor?"

"Yeah," you said.

"It'll be nice having someone else who can speak English."

"None of the other boys can?"

He shook his head.

"No, they all understand a little. But none of them are fluent."

"We'll have to change that then," you said, laughing.

"How'd you learn it?"

"My mom grew up in the US. Her parents were from here but moved to the US when my mom was a baby. She met my dad when she was here visiting family and she ended up moving when they got married. So, I grew up speaking both Korean and English. My parents recently moved to the US actually, to be closer to my grandparents."

"Wow," he said. "That's a better story than mine. I just watched Friends."

You laughed.

"That's more impressive though. You taught yourself. I kind of just learned it the same time I learned Korean."

You felt some of the nerves you'd felt coming into the dorm beginning to leave you. While you were sure it would talk longer for you to adjust, the boys had all tried to be as helpful and welcoming as possible. Even Yoongi. Despite the fact he'd barely talked to you, he still helped pack up your apartment.

"Sumi," you heard another voice say. You turned around and saw Yoongi standing in the doorway, his eyes focused on his phone. "We have a problem."

"What?" you asked, your eyebrows knitting together.

"Someone found your shoes."

"My shoes? You mean, the ones I left at the bar last night?"

Yoongi nodded.

"Someone is selling them online. They're using the connection to me to get attention. The bidding ends tomorrow."

You grabbed onto the dresser and tried to steady yourself. You'd expected something like this to happen eventually, but just twenty four hours after you'd even met Min Yoongi?

You heard Namjoon say something to Yoongi, but you didn't catch what it was. You felt a hand on your shoulder and saw the leader looking straight at you.

"We're going to get this figured out."

All you could do was nod.

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"This is one of the extravagantly heroic compositions produced by Kuniyoshi in response to the government crack-down on more frivolous subjects. It is based on the novel by Kyokutei Bakin (1767-1848) 'Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki' and Hokusai's illustrations to it. Fleeing by sea from defeat in the Heiji Wars, Tametomo's party are overcome by a storm. His wife throws herself into the sea to placate the waves, while Kihei saves their child by climbing on to the back of a huge shark. Tametomo is stopped from killing himself by the spirits of mythical creatures called 'tengu', followers of the dead Emperor Sutoku. The signature is 'Painted by Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi'."

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1988

:refered from the British Museum's website.The original resource is in, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1906-1220-0-1339

ーAbout the original copy I usedー

In the case like this time that I never can get the true original print, Im usually to use the old reproduction or printed matter from a book or internet.

Since a reproduction print is normally difference from the original in the all point of lines, colors, etc.,so it's better to use a printed matter of the original print. However, I couldn't get to find the good copy of this one on books or databases of the internet. Those that were available there were not in good condition or too downsized that I couldn't use at all.But on the way I had been looking for, I in chance could find the old reproduction in the market. So I decided to buy and reproduce from that one since there hadn't seemed other way except that .The reproduction of this picture is really rare itself. It's highly probable that there have been ever just two reproductions .The one is by Inuki Tachihara and the other is by a publisher, Uchida Art. The reproduction I got was that Inuki Tachihara had reproduced in 1987. When I compared the print with the original copy as possible as I could after buying , there were not a few points of lines , colors, etc.,which were difference from the original in the edo period.But I decided to choose to refer only the Tachihara's reproduction for my reproducing work since making half adjustment and taking on half way to the original print without the good original copy made me feel something strange or inconsistentable.

So my this time reproducing work is reproducing of reproduction.

This is the reproduction by Inuki Tachihara in 1987, which I used as the original copy for this time .

（It's normal that a reproduction print has difference points from the original true print.Because it's impossible to make the exactly same print as long as it's handmade and reproducing basically haven't been aimed to pursue to reproduce the exactly same state of the original print in its history.For example, reproducing resembles classical music or entertainment. What I mean is that the player's aiming isn't to pursue reproducing exactly the same state of the first of the original era.But unlike the music or entertainment, there is the field of restoration in paintings. What Ive been aiming belongs the kind of there. Hopefully, I want that reproducing and restoring of ukiyoe will be separated to recognize a little more clearly as difference work in each, in people even including a traditional carver, printer or publisher.）

In the following link, you can look some original copies and the reproduction by Uchida Art. https://ukiyo-e.org/image/bm/AN00027972_001_l

Anyway, although Inuki Tachihar already died but he was the only guy who had done reproducing including materials restoration.Im going to post an article to introduce him here my blog in the near future.

ーThe materialsー

①woodblock : I for this reproducing used 16 pieces of plywood of cherry, Yamazakura山桜 , which its dimension is 27×40×2.5㎝ in each piece.

②pigment

Finding out and restoring the original pigment and paper are the important theme of my work.I have an idea that one of the main reasons why a reproduction commonly doesn't make me feel the reality of original print is the difference of use of pigments and paper between the reproduction and original . For example, there is not a few vintage reproductions which don't look to come to get closer to the original though they've already gotten quite aging change.I think this is also caused by the difference of materials .The pigments I used for this reproducing were sumi, turmeric, mercury vermilion, red iron oxide, prussian blue, safflower red, white lead and mica powder. I explain as the following some of them.I yet haven't gotten satisfied ones, but want to find and get someday in the future.

・turmeric

Printed turmeric color tends to permeate to the backside of sheet ,so I could distinguish the use from the backside of his reproduction. Mr. Tachihara basically had made the pigment of turmeric by drying its color extraced from the root by boiling .I this time followed that way. However, in the book published in the meiji period, it's written that the color is extrcted by boiled water or alcohol, etc. Actually, it hasn't yet been clear how it had been made in the edo period. Anyway, in the field of dying, changing the color by the use of some kinds of mordant have been done from the quite old days, so I think there is possibility that the turmeric pigment at a supply store in the edo may haven't been one kind. Hopefully, I in the future could find a materials book which provides evidence but I feel that probably couldn't be verified without doing scientific analysis for the pigment on the original prints in good condition.Anyway, the turmeric on his reproduction has a little more red color than mine. But since the turmeric is easy to get changing by aging and when I before time left its ingredient after using , it got red color , so I this time figured the red color of turmeric of his reproduction was caused by aging.(Although this isn't a case of this time, the turmeric color get the red color a little bit by being deepen. ) The color of turmeric is easy to be gotten since once it's boiled in water,the color comes out soon. However, the times of boiling we do, the color endlessly comes out being paler by paler like as a tea pack. How I could do extracting effectively had been a problem I had in these years, but I this time could find better way for that.I'll introduce that way in the future post.

・safflower red 細工紅

The red color of safflower can be gotten from hana-mochi紅花餅 which is dried petals of safflower after fermented , by alkali liquid from straw ash and acid from plum.For using as pigment, that dried color is dissolved by acid from plum.Since I hadn't been able to make this pigment well , I concentrately was doing experiments many times to make the good pigment in almost a couple of months for this time.As the result, I succeeded to make much better one than before. Although I think there isn't one true color of this pigment as restoring the one over 150years ago since the pigment color on making progress is changeable by the various reasons like the quality of ingredient, making method, climate condition or ph of the plum acid which is added as the use of pigment. But I this time could make the good one reaching the range of level being aimed.

According to the book "nishiki-e no hori to suri"錦絵の彫と摺written by Kendou Ishii石井研堂, as the use of safflower red pigment , acid from dried peeled plum called "kawa-muki"皮むき is used to dissolve the pigment. I this time tried to make and used it as just plum's season.

I'll post more detailed info of this pigment in the near future.

I was so impressed the red color when I printed it .Although I'd been using a red pigment of chemical carmine for a reproducing work from publisher or my second state work, which has been generally used in the traditional printers but I thistime realized deeply that the safflower red pigment looked similar but actually different from the chemical carmine.

Anyway, when Mr. Tachihara reproduced this in 1987, he didn't yet found the true safflower red pigment 細工紅. Reading his books , I think he had used the other kind of safflower red pigment called hon-beni 本紅 which was purer and made mainly for a lipstick from safflower petals.

・red iron oxide

It's said two kinds of red iron oxide had been used in the original prints in the edo period.I have made one of them by my self . However, the color on Mr. Tachihara's reproduction had much more red and dark than mine , so I this time used to mix my self made one with sumi and a ready made red irono xide sold with name of "natural soil", which had more red color .Although I don't know what kind of red iron oxide he used in his reproduction , but probably it would have been natural one from soil.

・mica

Mica powder was used mixing with other pigments for the colors of gradations on the huge shark or the waves. When I was a traditional printer, I had used ready made one. But I feel particle of those ready made ones are homogeneous and refined too much , and I didn't like much to use for my own reproducing .So , on this occasion that I used mica powder for my own one in the first time, I thought to try to make it by myself. In the beginning, I started to look for the natural domestic mineral on the internet, but run into difficulties.So I went to the mountain in Aichi prefecture, where had been the famous place of the production in the past.The mica I used for this reproducing was that I had gotten there and refined by myself. I'll introduce more detailed info of that in the near future post .

To be continued Description pt2.

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