eight

We walked to his car and being chivalrous as he was, Nathan opened the car door for me with a little bow. I snickered and thanked him.

It took around 10 minutes for us to reach his house and he led me out of the car. The mansion was almost as big as mine and as Nathan said, the seven boys had lived there together since 2013.

The porch of the house had three steps and then a black door greeted us. There was a little mat at the foot of the door which had a grumpy-looking cat holding up middle fingers printed on it. It also said 'fuck off' in a cursive font.

Wow, never had I ever felt so welcomed in my entire life.

"Hey, don't worry they're not rude, they're just trying to be cool." I laughed at this and he knocked on the door. Soon enough, the door opened and a boy a little shorter than Nathan opened the door fucking shirtless. One arm and chest full of tattoos were on full display, hair disheveled with a thick chain around his neck.

"K! Wear something, we have guests!" Nathan turned me around so I was facing the car. While I bore an expression of surprise.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were bringing someone over." The boy said in a shy voice and pretty voice which brought a smile to my face.

"Okay, Bee, turn around, he went back in."

"I've seen multiple shirtless guys, don't worry." I joked nudging his side.

"Alright then, there might be a few more incidents like this one."

"I'm not complaining," I said as we entered the house.

The interior of the house was much prettier than the outside. A beautiful chandelier, leather couches and bean bags were arranged around the big LED screen. A staircase probably leading up to first floor and golden details were scattered all around the floor with a passage I assumed led to other rooms. For a house filled of 7 busy, bachelor guys, it was extremely clean.

"Hey Nat, I need new clothes, can we go toge-" A man appeared in the hallway buttoning up his black shirt, stopping when he spotted me.

"Ahem, Min, this is Bee. Bee this is Seok-Min, he's the oldest among us." Nathan says referring to the man standing barefoot in front of us. He quickly finishes buttoning up his shirt and offers me his hand but I couldn't really focus.

It was all too much for me, first Nathan, then that 'k' guy being shirtless, and now him.

He was too beautiful for my own good.

He had the face of an angel, beautiful eyes, beautiful skin, beautiful lips. His broad shoulders flexed when he extends a hand towards me and I slowly gave him my hand still in a daze. He placed a kiss on my knuckles bending down and I could practically feel the colour creep on my cheeks. No man so beautiful had treated me like this.

To top it all off, he was fucking tall. His lean figure made him appear even taller but not as tall as Nathan, the beanstalk standing to my right. He was as beautiful as Aurora, the goddess of dawn, except being a male he was like a prettier version of Eos.

"Uh, Hi, It's really nice to meet you, I'm Beatrice."

"A beautiful name for a beautiful girl." He said with a wink and I swear I saw Nathan roll his eyes. He was just jealous.

"Hyung Can you stop flirting? she's here for work," Nathan stated while dragging me to the couch. I complied and sat on the couch while Min came and perched down on the couch opposite me.

"So, what work would you have with us?"

"I'm here to know about Mr. Brown and his connections. Hopefully, his enemies too."

"Mr. Brown? Is it my place to ask how you know him?" He asked while getting up and walking towards the passage he appeared from.

"She'll tell you later, Nathan told me to wait too," A voice spoke from behind me and I turn around to face the same cute 'k' boy from earlier he was dressed in a hoodie now. And since, I didn't have skin to concentrate on, I observed his face.

His eyes were innocently big like a deer and his lips were pink, uneven with a little mole underneath and hair natural black, and long. Reaching up till the piercings in his ears. A red bandana was wrapped around his head to push his hair back a little. He was standing there at the foot of the staircase barefoot and I had never seen such a cute man before.

What is with all these men around me being insanely attractive?

"Hi, I'm Bee." I approached him first since he looked a little too shy.

"Kyle," he replied a little smile on his face. Eyes sparkling and nose scrunched up.

"You're very cute Kyle," I said and as soon as my sentence finishes, a loud gasp comes from my left and I faced Jin to find him standing with a hand on his mouth.

"You didn't call me cute. Wow. I can't believe this." He said and I furrowed my brows, Was he jealous or what?

"He likes being complimented a little," Kyle said now standing behind me giggling mischievously. Oh, so he wanted a compliment.

"I think you have the face of an angel," I said and soon enough he turned around to quickly nod and proceeded to wink at me again.

"Boys!" He yelled and Nathan's head popped out on top of the stairs.

"I'll be down with the rest of them in a minute, Hyung."

"Cool. Come let's get you some water, Bee."

Jin offered me coffee too but I politely declined and drank the water. We then walked back to the living room where from the sounds of it, all the boys must've been. I walked in beside Jin and look around the room.

From where I stood, I could see the back of a very familiar head. The head turned around and both of us just stayed there for a moment, staring at each other, wide eyes.

Jimin. It was weird to see him after so many days.

He rose up from the couch and walked towards me with slightly shaky hands. Min looked at us weirdly but left us alone when Jake nudged at him.

"Bee," He breathed out. I had been denying this for a month but I actually missed him. He was the first friend I had in such a long time. One part of me wanted to strangle him into a hug and let it all out while the other part was ready to punch him in the face.

"I'm so sorry. We shouldn't have ghosted you like that", He was right he shouldn't have and that brought me out of the soft mode I was slipping into. So instead of punching him or hugging him, I did something he wouldn't expect me to do.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know you", I said as softly and politely as I could.

"Huh?" By the time, he processed what actually happened I had softly shoved him aside to go and sat on the couch next to Min. He immediately looked at me with concern and I smiled softly, assuring him that I was fine.

"Where's Trevor?" Seok-min asked Nathan, my eyes immediately shot up at the familiar name and only then I noticed two new guys sitting there, one next to me and the other one next to Nathan. The one next to me had his head hung low under the hood of his jacket.

The one sitting with Nathan was quite handsome too. Aristocratic nose, chestnut brown hair small eyes, and a chiseled face. He was quite a vibrant person.

"There he is." I looked straight up to where everyone must me be looking and there he stood in all his glory looking at me with the same expression Jake had a few minutes back but he didn't last that long, instead he ran towards me, with full force while I stared at him with wide eyes and terror in my mind.

"Bee!" He whispered and picked me up in his arms.

"Trev-oof!" He entangled me into his arms and out of pure fear of being dropped or something, I wrapped my arms around his neck. He kept spinning me around and with every spin, I could see the other boys being a little more confused and Jimin's eyes getting softer. He settled his face into the crook of my neck and nuzzled there still hoisting my body in his arms.

"Trevor, you'll break your back," I said half-heartedly trying to push him away because I knew I was getting soft again.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." He whimpered and his whole body vibrated.

He was crying.