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Song Bird | 02

Title: Song Bird

Pairing: OT7 x Reader

Genre: Angst, Romance, Fluff, Slow burn

Characters: Siren!Reader, Human!Jin, Human!Yoongi, Human!Hoseok, Human!Namjoon, Human!Jimin, Human!Taehyung, Human!Jungkook

Word count: 7.3k

Summary: Sirens have been hunted for centuries. Imprisoned and killed for experimentation or to be used for their powers. When thinking about sirens, most envision half woman half fish. But what most people don’t know is that the true original sirens were half woman half bird. Beings far more powerful than the water sirens that most people know of. Beings so rare that many people believe they never existed. But they do. So if word got out that one was sighted and found… it’s only a matter of time before their lives no longer belongs to them, but to their captures.

Warning: May contain depictions of violence and mentions of abuse throughout the story.

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The first thing you hear when sleep begins to fade away is the sound of knocking on your door. You groan at the consistent pounding, turning over to bring a pillow over your head in hopes of drowning out the sound.

You vaguely hear someone go “I think she’s awake now,” before your door slowly begins to creak open, allowing the culprit to waltz right in shamelessly.

“Rise and shine birdie!”

You wince, normally your mood would brighten at Hoseok's voice, but when it’s nearly 7 in the morning and you’re woken up harshly by loud sounds… Let’s just say you’re thankful Hoseok can’t read your mind.

He grins down at a blob hidden under the blanket he can only assume is you. He taps on your shoulder, “birdie?” he peers over carefully, “it’s me, your ray of sunshine in the morning.”

“Hoseok I’m about to be your ray of death if you keep talking.”

All he does is chuckle, but nonetheless retracts his hand anyway.

Suddenly you hear another man sigh, “Y/n you can’t exactly threaten a person who would probably find joy in that,” he drones out in an unamused tone.

At the sound of Calvin’s voice, you peek your head from under the covers, “Cal?”

Hoseok looks highly offended at the action, “oh so you’ll look over for him but I’m the one getting death threats,” he exclaims with a bewildered expression, “this is favoritism!”

You roll your eyes, “yup it sure is.” You then proceed to ignore the noise that comes out of his mouth.

You give your full attention to the other man, “please, enlighten me on the reason you woke me up at this ungodly hour,” a slightly agitated tone in your voice.

Calvin raises a brow, “did you forget what day of the week it is?” At the tilt of your head, he just sighs. “It’s training day my dear, as in, it's time to wake up.”

You groan out loudly and raise the covers to hide yourself in retaliation.

You hear Hoseok chuckle and the next second he starts gently tugging your blanket. “Wakey wakey sweetheart.”

“Hoseok I swear I will bite off your finger.”

“Oh, birdie knows how to bite back,” he teases, the grin never once leaving his face as he now starts to play with your exposed hair, “could’ve been really helpful yesterday with your father.”

You pause at that before hesitantly looking over, “You know about that.” The sentence is more of a statement than a question.

Hoseok pauses for a moment, before gently caressing the top of your head as he fixes your bedhair, “everyone knows,” he clarifies with a half smile, “not sure if you know this but you’re everyone’s favorite topic around here,” he teases in hopes of lightening up the mood but when you barely give a reaction his smile slowly begins to fall.

“Don’t worry about it kid, a few of them are on your side,” Calvin tries to reassure but you couldn’t help but raise a brow at his word choice.

“A few of them,” you repeat in a whisper under your breath, but they both heard you loud and clear as they shared a look.

“Y/n, don’t take it personally, it’s just-”

“I’m a siren so everyone’s scared of me, I know, I’ve heard it all too well,” you mumble dejectedly, finally rising up from your bed to start your day.

Hoseok frowns as his eyes follow you, “Birdie-”

“It’s fine,” you interrupt, stretching your arms up in the air, “it’s not anything I’m not used to,” you try to ressaure them by sending them a small smile, but this does nothing to convince them you’re ok.

Even so, Calvin looks to Hoseok, “let’s get going while she gets ready,” he tilts his head to the door before walking out, not even so much as a glance back at you two.

Hoseok hesitates for a moment, standing there as though wanting to say more but turns to leave anyway.

When the door finally closes shut, you heave a sigh letting your shoulders relax. It shouldn’t come as a surprise to you that everyone knows, seing how rarely anything exciting happens around here. So the moment something does happen, it's like a wildfire with how quick information spreads from person to person.

You shake it off, it’s not like you’d be able to make a difference in people’s minds. To them, you’re a siren, and nothing about that will change.

Reluctantly, you get ready to start your day with a fresh change of clothes. Walking out the door and towards the training ground, you nod your head at the few staff members you run into who bow as they greet you.

Even if they weren’t exactly a fan of your kind, they at least had the decency to acknowledge and respect you as the daughter of their boss. For that, you’re thankful they don’t sneer at you like all the background characters you read about in your fantasy books.

Eventually, you arrive at the training grounds, already dreading the lesson when you find Lucas and Jungkook waving at you.

“Good morning dear, did you have a good night’s rest,” Lucas greets you with a wide smile, albeit too enthusiastic given how early it is in the day.

You shrug your shoulders, “I’ve had better sleep,” you grumble, your eye bags definitely showing how you had a great night's rest.

Jungkook, also looking half awake, can’t help but nod his head in agreement.

Lucas harshly claps his, the loud sudden sound causing you both to flinch. His eyes crinkle in amusement at the way you two are now much more wide awake. “Shall we get started now lady and gent.”

You begin to stretch, preparing your body for what it’s about to endure, “do I have much of a choice?” you ask rhetorically.

Lucas says nothing, but he brings out two pistols and hands it to the both of you. “Today’s shooting day,” he announces with a bright smile.

You groan, “I’m a siren, why must I need to shoot a gun.”

The older man raises a brow, “and when you lose energy what then? You’re completely vulnerable and have no way of defending yourself,” he puts the gun into your hands, “that’s why you learn.”

You can’t bring yourself to disagree.

Jungkook yawns, “can I ask why I’m here then?” He didn’t understand why he was present when it was your training session, so you can imagine how confused he was when Lucas had arrived at his quarters, forcing him to get up bright and early.

“Consider this punishment for what happened at dinner yesterday,” Lucas answers, refusing to look him in the eye.

At that, Jungkook’s mouth drops, “you’re punishing me for that?!”

Your gaze switches between the two in a confused manner, “what happened at dinner?”

“All I did was eat the last piece of cake the pastry chef made!” Jungkook answers with a bewildered look, unable to process in his mind that this was the reason he was being punished.

“You had two plates prior to getting the last one and I had none,” Lucas snaps, finally looking at him with narrowed eyes, pettiness dripping from his voice. “Be thankful this is as far as I’m going.”

Jungkook purses his lips into a straight line, “Sir, I feel as though you’re taking advantage of your status.”

“See me same time tomorrow morning, Jungkook.”

You can’t help but laugh at them, the two somehow always bickering like father and son. You wave your hands between them in hopes of dissipating the tension. “Can we please carry on with the lesson, the faster we get this done the faster I can go back to sleep.”

Lucas eyes you, “our princess sure does love her sleep,” he mumbles but nonetheless nods his head and motions for you to stare straight ahead.

He points ahead, following the direction, your eyes land on questionable painted animals on a wooden stand, “you see those targets?” he continues when both you and Jungkook nod your head. “Those targets will be moving by string and you two are going to compete against each other to see who shoots the most animals.”

At this, you two can’t help but widen your eyes.

“We’re competing?” Lucas nods his head, “I want to see how Y/n handles shooting under pressure,” he explains.

Jungkook can’t help but let out a laugh. “Oh I’m so going to enjoy beating you,” he says cockily.

And that one sentence was enough to spark the competitiveness within you.

You furrow your brows and cocked the pistol, “we’ll see who beats who,” you snap back, wanting to smack the smirk off his lips.

Lucas chuckles and with one blow from his whistle the ‘animals’ begin to move. You don’t even question how or who’s controlling it, your mind was focused on one thing.

You both raise your guns at the same time and all at once you shoot.

Shots ring out within the training grounds with pieces of wood flying in every direction. You don’t keep track of how many you’ve knocked down and you doubt Jungkook is either.

Your eyes just remain trained on any moving object it sees. Though you curse under your breath everytime Jungkook hits the animal you were aiming for. It’s gotten to the point where it seems like he was doing it on purpose to win this competition.

“Don’t get mad at me for winning Y/n dear,” Jungkook manages to shout through the multitude of shots ringing out.

Your eyes narrow dangerously, “don’t get too cocky on me dear, it’s not over just yet.”

And it was like a switch got turned on in your head and all at once your shooting rate seemingly increased, much to Jungkook’s surprise as it became apparent he was struggling to catch up.

Lucas smiles as he watches the scene before him with his arms crossed as he observes the way you hold the gun as well as the way your eyes seemingly calculate your target’s movements to hit them in the right spots.

He takes note of these things, especially your behavior when your mood shifts.

After many ‘animal’ deaths, it seemingly looks like you two demolished every single ‘animal’ Lucas had planned out.

You catch your breath as you turn to look at the older man expectantly. Waiting for him to announce the results.

“There’s still one more kiddos,” Lucas calls out, much to your surprise and disappointment. This causes you two to look back one last time. You narrow your eyes trying to catch a glimpse of the last animal before him but with the way you both react at the same time shows you saw it together.

“A fucking hummingbird?!” you both shout in complete astonishment when you catch sight of the small ‘animal’ moving erratically in the air.

Lucas hums, an amused twinkle shining past his eyes, “a fucking hummingbird,” he repeats in confirmation with a bright smile.

“You’ve gotta be joking,” Jungkook mumbles under his breath as he cocks his gun once more.

You don’t even hesitate, your eyes remain trained on the target. Unlike the others, it seems like this one didn’t have a set route as it randomly and freely moves as it pleases.

This one was proving to be a challenge for the both of you, that much you can tell based on the multiple missed shots from both parties.

“Lucas this is impossible!” you shout out in frustration.

And what makes it even worse is it's impossibly small size.

“Not impossible if you just believe,” he replies back in a sing-song voice, irking you even more.

You take a deep breath knowing that letting your emotions get the best of you won’t do you any good.

You stare back at the fast-paced ‘animal’ with a more calm head as Jungkook continues to chase after it helplessly. Just when it seemed like it didn’t have a set route, the more you paid attention to it, the more you’ve come to realize it did go into somewhat of a pattern.

It goes in the same route but the way it moves differs from time to time making it seem like there was no way to predict its movements.

You memorize its movements and notice this one spot it always passes and then count in your head the length of time it passes by.

Lucas raises a brow as he observes the way you stopped following its movements altogether. He leans forward, as he watches you carefully.

He swears he sees you mouth the word ‘one’ right before letting out a shot.

The area goes silent as all three of you watch the bullet pierce right through the small piece of wood leaving Jungkook in disbelief.

Your eyes light up, surprised your method actually worked.

Lucas lets out a hearty laugh as he claps his hands. “Well done the both of you, it’s quite hard to delcare the winner I’ll be honest.”

“I clearly shot more of them though,” Jungkook argues.

The older man raises a brow, “while that may be so, shall we compare the accuracy?” he makes a motion with his hands, “Hoseok, Yoongi bring me two of their targets.”

You were surprised to find that the two were here. They must’ve been the ones controlling and throwing them around.

Hoseok and Yoongi smile at you, happily making their way with pieces of broken wood with holes drilled into them. When they finally stand before you, Lucas leans closer to inspect them carefully.

He hums, “there’s no denying that Jungkook did shoot more but not by a large margin. However every single one of Y/n’s hits was right on the bullseye, and if not, it was on the second line right next to it,” he looks back at you with a pleased smile, “Y/n’s accuracy beats Jungkook’s by a long shot, no pun intended.”

“So what does this mean?” you ask with slight hope in your voice.

“Jungkook is faster in terms of shooting, however it’s sloppy. His targets wouldn’t die in one shot, instead it’d probably take two to three shots to finish them. You on the other hand, do well in that aspect to the point it’s scarily accurate.”

Your eyes light up, you try not to act boastful knowing how competitive Jungkook is.

“I’ll consider Y/n the winner by a very small margin. Don’t take it personally Jungkook, you still did very well compared to others, Y/n is just an above average person.”

Jungkook sighs but nonetheless sends you a smile, “I should’ve known better than to think it’d be easy to beat you,” he extends an arm out, “good job.”

You happily accept his hand, “thank you, you did really good too.” You then turn towards Yoongi and Hoseok, “what I wanna know is which one of you was controlling the hummingbird one.”

Jungkook scowls, “yeah, with the size, that was nearly impossible.”

“Y/n managed to get it,” Yoongi points out, purposely wanting to annoy Jungkook even more, “and we weren’t the ones in charge of that,” he informs him while tilting his head to the side, motioning for you all to turn to look.

When you do, your eyes meet with the new guard you met yesterday, Taehyung.

“Good evening,” he greets you all yet his eyes only remain trained on you.

You can’t help but blush, acting shy from his intense stare. Jungkook raises a brow having noticed this and subconsciously rolls his shoulders back looking a tad bit more taller.

“You controlled the hummingbird?” When Taehyung nods his head Jungkook furrows his brows, “you nearly made it impossible to shoot that damn thing, did you have to go so fast?”

“Sir Lucas ordered me to make it go fast,” the man shrugs his shoulders, “I was just following orders that’s all, is it my fault that you couldn’t hit?”

You all raise a brow at the slight sass whereas Jungkook narrowed his eyes in slight agitation, “no, I suppose not,” he replies through gritted teeth. He refuses to let his emotions get the best of him, not with his supervisor, friends and most importantly you being right there.

“It’s no surprise that you won Miss Y/n, I had my faith in you the entire time,” you couldn’t help but question his sincerity, however his good looks and deep voice really makes it hard to keep your heart calm. He then turns his attention towards Jungkook, “you did great too I guess,” he says not as enthusiastically as when he was addressing you.

“Gee thanks,” Jungkook replies sarcastically, dodging a nudge of your elbow, a punishment for acting rude.

Taehyung shrugs his shoulders, “don’t take it the wrong way, I just thought Y/n excelled in this aspect much more.”

“Well there’s no question about that, but I’m better at sparring than I am at shooting,” Jungkook replies back a bit more defensively.

“Is that so? I would love to see that for myself.” The confidence was nearly radiating off of him that it was hard to tell whether he was actually a really good fighter or he was just bluffing.

However, your father would never hire someone who was inadequate, so if he was here he must be good to some extent.

Yoongi observes from afar with narrowed eyes, clearly catching on to the fact that Taehyung was purposely trying to provoke Jungkook, but for what reason, he doesn’t know.

“I hope you dont mind losing again today,” Taehyung replies back cheekily, confidently declaring a challenge. One that Jungkook was ready to accept.

“I’ve been a guard here since the very beginning, there’s no way I’d lose to a rookie like you,” he scoffs, almost offended he would think that.

“Jungkook I hope you know I’ll never live this down if you lose,” Hoseok calls out from the sidelines with a lopsided smile, hoping that by joking it would dissipate much of the apparent tension in the air.

“Yeah, losing to a rookie has gotta be the lowest thing you can do,” Yoongi adds with a slight smirk on his lips, adding more fuel to the fire. If they were going to fight, he might as well enjoy the show. He’ll investigate further into Taehyung’s character later.

“Thanks for the words of encouragement guys, really helping me out here,” Jungkook calls out sarcastically, with a hint of agitation.

“No problem.”

Jungkook just sends Yoongi a scowl.

“Y/n can I get your words of encouragement?” Taehyung asks with a charming smile, successfully gaining your attention.

Jungkook whips his head in your direction, his scorching gaze boring into you, “Y/n I’ve known you longer,” the man was quick to remind you.

“Taehyung good luck,” you encourage with a shy smile, leaving Jungkook absolutely flabbergasted. You finally turn to him, unable to hide the amused grin at the sight of his pout, “Jungkook, good luck as well.”

His eyes nearly light up as he pulls his shoulders back, a bit more determined now. Taehyung couldn’t help but envision him as a puppy that got complimented by their owner.

“Softie,” Hoseok mumbles from beside you, nudging your shoulder gently with a small smile.

You nudge him back playfully, “shut it sunshine,” you hiss quietly, but he just chuckles at this, knowing he was right.

Lucas shakes his head in amusement at the scene before him, “well I’ll let you kids enjoy your time,” he says, starting to turn around to make his way out.

Your eyes snap in his direction, “is my training over? Wouldn’t father not approve of this,” you ask nervously. You weren’t prepared to get scolded again after yesterday. You try your best not to disappoint him but somehow you just can’t stop causing trouble for him.

He smiles softly at you before patting your head, “don’t worry about it kiddo, I’ll take the fall if he gets angry. You’ve been working hard all your life, it wouldn’t hurt taking a break every now and then.”

You can’t help but lean into his touch. Lucas has always treated you so kindly with so much affection that you had always wished he was the one you were calling father instead. But you don’t dare say that out loud, so you hope your actions display your gratitude instead.

“Thank you.” He just nods his head before leaving the area.

Yoongi gently grabs your forearm, guiding you towards the sidelines away from the two men radiating testosterone. “Let's get this show on the road fellas,” he calls out over his shoulder, “also Taehyung, do me a favor and beat him good, his ego gets the best of him sometimes.”

Jungkook lets out an offended noise as he stares at his friend with full on betrayal, “I get it, you all hate me and want to see me fail.”

“No we don't!” Hoseok shouts almost immediately, “I’m your best friend, we even shared a toothbrush once!” You and Yoongi turn to look at him in disgust.

Jungkook blinks, a now more horrified look on his face, “… I was not aware of that.”

You’re not at all surprised by the shameless look on Hoseok’s face despite announcing that in front of everyone.

“You have some very… interesting friends,” Taehyung replies as politely as he can.

“Yeah, very interesting,” Jungkook mutters, rolling his shoulders as he begins stretching to prepare for the fight.

Taehyung begins to stretch as well, “Y/n is definitely the most beautiful among your friends.”

Jungkook freezes at the mention of your name. He slowly raises his head to look at him seriously, “what do you want with Y/n?” He notices the way the man pauses for a moment, caught off guard at the question before reverting back to his charming expression.

“Is it wrong to admire her for her beauty?” Taehyung replies back with a shrug, “I just think she’s immensely gorgeous, nothing more nothing less.”

Jungkook remains unconvinced but nonetheless lets it go. He’ll just show this new guy through actions that he can’t get to you, not with him there.

“Enough talking, let's get started,” he says with a determined look.

Taehyung looks slightly surprised but smirks anyway, “thank goodness.”

Eyeing the way the two changed their stance, Yoongi nudges you to gain your attention, “they’re starting,” he says, taking you away from you and Hoseok placing bets on who's going to win.

Without any hesitation, Jungkook charges forward, always the type to run head first. And to your surprise, instead of bracing himself, Taehyung also runs forward.

You suck in a breath as they practically collide against one another. Fists and legs flying in the air as they aim at one another with precision and accuracy.

You three watch with bated breaths, the two fighting as if they were actual enemies wanting to kill each other.

The two were practially a perfect match as you watch the way Jungkook’s fists come straight for Taehyung’s shoulder, but the man professionally dodges the attack and retaliates with his own by kicking his feet under him. But Jungkook was skilled enough to dodge that attack as well.

Where Jungkook excels in strength, Taehyung excels in agility.

“This is getting really intense,” you mutter, flinching everytime someone’s fist collides with the other's skin, the sound not sitting right with you, “why are they trying so hard?”

Hoseok gives you a side eye with a knowing smile, “I wonder why.”

Yoongi hums in return, eyeing the two carefully, ready to intervene if it gets too messy.

Taehyung grunts as he braces himself for a jab from Jungkook, letting his forearms block the attack. He’s already not anticipating the bruises that are going to appear the next day throughout his body.

He ducks down, successfully dodging yet another one of his opponents hits, much to his annoyance. But to Jungkook’s surprise, Taehyung uses his legs to kick himself off the floor and with the momentum, collides his fist straight into his abdomen causing him to stumble backwards. Taehyung uses this to his advantage and kicks in the same spot until he falls to the ground.

“HAHAHAHAAH JUNGKOOK WHAT WAS THAT?!” Hoseok shouts as he nearly topples over while laughing his heart out. Meanwhile you and Yoongi couldn’t help but look away, trying to stiffle the laughter that was threatening to escape.

Jungkook growls and without wasting any time, flips over until he’s standing up on his feet once more. His stamina amazes Taehyung but he tells himself he needs to remain focused.

“Seems you do know how to fight,” he mutters.

Taehyung shurgs, “the boss wouldn’t hire me if I didn’t,” he points out, a statement that the other man couldn’t argue with.

Without another word, Jungkook surges forward and swings his fists in the air, switching between his two hands at lightning speed that you three on the sidelines could barely catch the movement. It was almost like he was moving like a blur.

Hoseok whistles, “wow he really is trying extra hard,” he mutters, “this new guy must be something else if he’s putting in this much effort to beat him,” he comments off to the side, more so to himself but you and Yoongi hear it loud and clear.

You can’t help but agree, despite Jungkook moving incredibly fast, Taehyung was surprisingly able to block or dodge each one.

However, Jungkook’s relentless attacks barely gives Taehyung any time to recover. So after some time, Taehyung noticeably has difficulty trying to catch up to the impressive speed, grunting as he tries his best to dodge his attacks. Although, he takes a misstep, and that one action was enough for Jungkook to take a strong jab at him.

Taehyung grunts from the pain, nearly toppling over. Jungkook uses this chance to swing his legs and kick his sides causing the man to fall to the ground from the impact.

All three of you gasp at the sight, waiting with bated breaths for Taehyung to stand back up, but much to Hoseok’s disapppointment, the man remains on the ground.

Yoongi frowns, “oh, looks like Jungkook won,” he announces, with absoultely zero enthusiasm in his voice.

Jungkook scowl’s, having taken note of his tone. “Thank you all so much for believing in me.”

“Kookie, I never once lost faith in you,” Hoseok smiles cheerfully with his thumbs up in the air.

“You’re a liar.”

“I sure am.”

Jungkook’s scowl never once left his face.

Taehyung lets out a hearty laugh, “it was my mistake to think I had a chance against you,” he says, succeesfully gaining his attention.

Jungkook can’t help but offer a small smile, “told you, I wasn’t planning on losing to a rookie,” he boasts, extending his hand out for him to take, “but nonetheless you put up a good fight.”

Taehyung gratefully accepts his hand and with his help, stands up from the floor. He returns the smile, “it’s quite an honor to lose to you, I’ve only heard great things about you.” He could practicaly see the way Jungkook’s entire demeener changed.

“Taehyung please, that boy's ego is already big as is,” Yoongi drones out as you three approach the two sweaty boys.

“Wow handsome and knows how to flatter, you’ve got the whole package,” you comment with a small smile directed to the new guy.

When his eyes land on you, he smirks in return, “I wouldn’t mind extending this flattering to you princess,” he replies flirtatiously, causing the other boys to raise a brow.

“I might have to take you up on that offer,” to everyone’s surprise, you return the flirting.

Hoseok moves to wrap an arm around your waist, “birdie don’t joke like that,” he whispers lowly in your ear. He leans away with a bright smile yet, it didn’t quite reach his eyes.

Jungkook narrows his eyes, frowning as he wordlessly moves to stand in front of you.

You blink, “can I help you?”

He tilts his head, “I won,” he announces as if you weren’t just a few feet away and saw thw whole thing.

You nod your head, still slightly confused, “I know? I was watching.” He pouts but doesn’t say anything else. You try to rack your mind as to what he wanted from you before realizing he must’ve wanted you to congratulate him.

You nearly chuckle before giving him a bright smile, “you did really well Jungkook.” And almost instantly, his entire face lights up.

Yoongi scoffs, “are you a puppy now?” he mumbles in a bored tone.

“You’re just jealous that Y/n’s praising me,” Jungkook pettily responds, his bottom lip jutting out.

“Nothing to be jealous about when I can hug her as I please,” he states before moving behind you to wrap his arms around your waist, resting his head gingery on your shoulder as he eyes him, almost challenging him, and the younger man was never one to turn down a challenge.

“I can hug her as I please as well!” Jungkook defends, and moves towards you with determination, but he suddenly gets stopped when you raise a hand in front of you.

“Not with all that sweat you’re not,” you state in a serious tone,your lips in a straight line, almost disgusted at the thought of being covered in his sweat.

Yoongi smirks before sticking his tongue out, successfully aggrivating Jungkook even more.

And just to add more fuel to the fire, Hoseok joins in and one ups Yoongi by placing a chaste kiss to your cheek.

Needless to say, this left Jungkook speechless.

Taehyung watches the scene before him in amusement. But at the same time he was trying to understand the dynamic that you have with all three of them. At first he had thought you were all just very close friends but the more he watche your interactions, he can’t help but think otherwise.

He had initially only wanted to test his strength, but he completely underestimated the man seeing how he was barely able to catch up to his speed.

He realizes then that it might be a lot harder to get close to you if he has to go past these three.

Little did anyone know, three pairs of eyes were watching you all like a hawk.

Your father, along with Calvin and Lucas were all observing the show below them from the window of his office.

Lucas had arrived at your father’s office knowing he would make a scene if he hadn’t informed him that he ended training early. After getting berated for a few minutes, they were left watching you five.

Your father hums, crossing his arms, “what can you think of him,” he asks, clearly referring to Taehyung who was treating you much differently from the rest of the staff. Granted Jungkook, Yoongi, and Hoseok treat you as a dear friend, but that’s only because that was their main purpose in your life.

However, this Taehyung guy, unlike the three boys, has no obligation to befriend you.

Calvin hums, eyeing the boy carefully “he’s rather bold for a newbie,” he comments.

“I think he’s just a very flirtatious and open person,” Lucas chimes in, also staring at the boy, “I’ve spent the most time with him yesterday and from what I’ve gathered, he’s a rather very charming person. Even having the audacity to flirt with her right in front of me,” he informs his boss.

Your father can't help but hum, lost in thought, “keep an eye on him,” he orders the other two, “whether he’s just flirting or not, we can’t take any risks.”

The two nod their heads, making sure to keep a close eye on the man and his future interactions with you.

Just then, when it seems as though the conversation was coming to an end, Lucas clears his throat, “Sir, if I may, would it hurt to be a little gentle with Y/n? She’s still young and-“

“Enough-“

The guard clamps his mouth shut, slightly intimidated by the now heated glare pointed towards him.

“Haven’t I told you before,” his boss hisses, “you can’t baby her, if she’s not exposed to the harshness of this world, then how can you expect her to survive out there.”

“We wouldn’t know since you don’t permit her to go out there at all,” Calvin comments in a heartbeat. Lucas can’t help but shift his gaze towards his friend, shocked to see the normally quiet man speak up for once.

Their boss snaps his head in his direction, slightly surprised he spoke up but narrows his eyes even more, “and then what? Risk getting her kidnapped? Being used for personal gain?” he snarls, “is that what you want?”

Calvin raises a brow, not at all intimidated, “well is that not what you did and are doing?” he asks shamelessly, crossing his arms across his chest, “were you not the one who ordered us to find Y/n and her mom and bring her to you at all cost?”

“I ordered you to bring them both to me, alive.”

“Well you know just as well as we do that things didn’t work out as planned.”

“Well maybe if you hadn’t missed a couple turns you could’ve gotten there quicker,” the man growls, slamming his fists angrily against his desk.

“If you could just barely protect her from that world, what makes you think that she’ll be able to survive out there without your protection.” At this, neither of the men can say anything else.

He just scoffs at their silence, “so go ahead, continue playing house with my daughter. You’ll only be digging her grave in the end.” He scowls at the both of them before turning on his heel and walking out the door without another look.

It goes silent for a moment, the two remaining men not knowing what to say next.

“Told you you’d never get through to him, even if we grew up with him,” Calvin nonchalantly comments as though he didn’t just go against his own boss.

Lucas raises a brow, “then why bother speaking up? You don’t normally do that.”

The man just shrugs his shoulders, “who knows.”

But Lucas gives him a mischievous grin, throwing an arm around his shoulders roughly as the other man grunts on impact. “I know, it’s because you think of her as a daughter, isn’t it.”

Calvin scoffs, shrugging him off, “no, you think of her as a daughter, not me.” His friend does nothing to deny that.

Lucas’s smirk does not once fall off his face. “Oh c’mon now, admit it, you would love to be her father.”

“I’ll admit that I’d be a better father to her than the one she has now,” he mutters in a low voice.

Lucas frowns, silently agreeing with him, “you know he cares for her.”

The other man scoffs, “with the way he’s acting, I have my doubts.”

“You and I both know why he’s acting like that,” Lucas mutters, sending him a knowing look. If he didn’t know the information he knows maybe he’d resent his boss much more for the way he’s been treating you.

Calvin rolls his eyes but says nothing.

He pushes himself off the wall and begins making his way out, “let’s get going, it’s getting late and I could drink some good alcohol.”

At the mere mention of alcohol, Lucas’s eyes nearly light up, “I’ll never say no to that.”

The two continue to joke around even as they exit the suffocating office. Unknown to them however, was that they had an eavesdropper.

“Y/n… was kidnapped?” Jin mutters in disbelief under his breath, a hand coming up to cover his mouth.

The man was just passing by when the sound of your name piqued his interest. He knew it was wrong to eavesdrop on a private conversation that could possibly have gotten him killed, but when your safety was mentioned he couldn’t help but lean into the door. Careful to make sure no one was around to catch him in the act.

And now, he was beginning to regret eavesdropping as he may have just heard information he was never meant to hear.

When he heard footsteps approaching the door, he scurried and quickly ducked into an empty room across the hall. Waiting patiently in silence as your father and both Calvin and Lucas left the room.

“Y/n’s not his real daughter?”

He’s heard stories about your arrival from the other servants in the manor. From their stories, their boss had supposedly arrived one day and announced that you were his child and was then going to live under this roof after finding out your mother had sadly passed away.

He then mentionned the fact that your mother was a siren, making you his siren child. Of course this information came as a surprise to everyone, definitely beginning to become much more wary of the small child in his arms.

But nonetheless, as per the request of their boss, they have always known you as his daughter and promised to protect you against the world who looks down on sirens.

Except now, someone found out about the truth, you weren’t his daughter at all. Jin can’t help but think of his boss as a complete hypocrite, claiming to protect you from the world, when the only evil here is him.

And apparently the two older men who have always treated you so kindly, are the ones responsible for killing your mother and kidnapping you.

His head was spinning, he didn’t know what to do with all this information. Should he tell you? Do you already know? Or does he forget ever hearing about it in the first place.

He steps out of the door, rubbing his temples in hopes of easing the headache slowly forming.

“Jin?”

The man jolts at the sound of your voice, whirling around with wide eyes. His reaction has you jumping back in surprise.

“Is everything alright?” you ask, concern laced in your voice.

Jin clears his throat, “Uh yeah, everything’s perfect. Where were you coming from?”

You raise a brow, clearly not convinced given the way he’s acting but you choose to let it go for now. “I just returned from the training grounds. Did you happen to see my father passing by?” you ask, trying to change the subject.

He pauses for a moment, but hesitantly shakes his head, “no I haven’t, I’m sorry.”

You nod your head, “oh alright, thanks anyway,” you offer him a bright smile before starting to make your way past him.

Jin gulps the closer you got, he closes his eyes shut, “actually Y/n-” he can’t help but blurt out when you were a step behind him.

You turn around to face him with a tilt of your head, “what’s wrong?” you ask curiously, waiting patiently for him to tell you.

He clears his throat, “um well, the thing is,” he pauses, trying to find the right words to explain to you what he heard.

But when you furrow your brows in confusion, he just lets out a sigh, “there’s a flower bush that’s wilting really badly, I was hoping you could spread some magic on it,” he asks instead of what was really on his mind.

You raise your brows slightly before nodding your head, “of course, I’ll make sure to stop by later today. Is that all?” You notice the way he pauses for a moment before nodding his head slowly, “alrighty then, I’ll see you later,” you wave him goodbye.

He mimics the action, trying to smile but he swears it must’ve looked more like a grimace in your point of view. He watches as you slowly walk away from him.

He purses his lips into a line, he hated lying to you, but he needed to gather more information in order to confirm whether he heard correctly or not.

Only then can he fully protect you.

Taehyung groans as he slowly tries to lay down on his bed after a long day visiting the nurse to get his bruises treated.

“What’s with the groaning, you’re not doing any sinful acts are you?” Jimin’s voice goes through, no doubt sporting a disgusted look.

“No, I got beat up by her boyfriend you pervert,” he explains, wincing at a sudden stab in his ribs when he moves in the wrong direction, “he’s a lot stronger than I exected.”

“Aw damn she’s got a boyfriend.” Taehyung could almost hear the pout in his voice.

“As if you had a chance with her in the first place,” Namjoon chimes in

“I would if I spoke to her myself,” Jimin claims confidently, but then goes silent for a second, “hey Tae you mind switching places for a bit.”

“Fuck off,” Taehyung nearly growls back. He winces when he lays down wrong and accidentally bumps into a bruise on the side of his body he didn’t know he had. “She’s got three close friends,” he informs his teammates.

“And?”

Taehyung rolls his eyes, “must I explain everything Jimin, they’re all guys and they’re very protective over her, it’s going to be hard trying to gain her trust if she’s constantly being surrounded by them. Not to mention the two older men who treat her as if she's their own kid.”

He’s beginning to think this mission was a lot harder than he expected. Him getting beaten wasn’t exactly part of his plan.

“Did you think this was going to be an easy mission given the information we have. Her friends are the most skilled in that place and the two older men are the head guards,” Namjoon drones out, “not to mention she’s quite literally a siren who can kill you with one simple tune, don’t let your guard down,” he warns.

“You think I don’t know that?”

“What’s she like?” Jimin asks curiously, breaking the tension, “surely you got a good glimpse of her character.”

Taehyung hums, thinking back at the way your smile shined brightly among them all, “she’s not at all like what I’ve heard about her.”

“Elaborate,” Namjoon gently orders. From the other end, pages turning and a click of a pen can be heard, no doubt the man preparing to take notes on his observation.

“Everyone says she’s scary, or someone not to mess with,” Taehyung summerizes the multiple answers he’s received when he was snooping around and asking people about what they thought of you. “But when I saw how she was interacting with her friends, all I saw was a normal girl.”

From what he’s gathered, although the staff may have these thoughts, they don’t underestimate your strength, which is why they don’t try to get in your way, but in the process you barely have any friends despite the many years you’ve known them.

“Her friends, they’re the ones who are extremely protective of her?” Namjoon asks, more of a confirmation than a question.

“Precisely. Their names are Jeon Jungkook, Jung Hoseok, and Min Yoongi,” he informs both his teammates.

“Jung Hoseok,” Jimin mumbles with furrowed brows, “where have I heard that name before,” he mutters under his breath, more so to himself than to the others.

“That name sounds familiar to me too,” Namjoon adds. He hums as though lost in thought, putting a star by the man’s name to investigate further, “Jimin, try to find more information about this Hoseok guy.”

“Roger that.”

Satisfied by that answer, Namjoon asks, “have you encountered her ‘father’ yet?”

Taehyung purses his lips, “no I haven’t, it’s nearly impossible to run into the man ‘accidently’,” he groans, tilting his head back against the pillow, “it’s almost like he’s avoiding any other human being on purpose unless it’s his daughter or his closest men.”

He hears Namjoon sigh, “just make sure not to grab his attention in a way that it gets you targeted,” he warns.

Taehyung shuts his eyes, “don’t worry hyung, he never runs into me. I doubt he even remembers he hired me,” he waves his hands in the air in a carefree manner.

“Out of sight out of mind.”

A/N: I apologize for the long wait, I was on vacation for the entire month of July and I just recently moved into a new apartment so I never really had time to write this chapter. But it’s here now~

I also would just like to say that since I’m heading back to school, I will have even less time to write as I really want to focus on my studies. With that being said I hope you can all understand that I’m not sure when the next chapter will be released.

Thank you for reading and have a wonderful day :)

Love always, Liz

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