be my baby | ateez

                                    

                                          
you had always heard about the feeling you would get when you meet your soulmate, however; you had yet to experience it. deep down you were kind of scared of meeting your soulmate, thinking that they would reject you – even if there was only around a 20% chance that your soulmate would reject you. you still had a right to worry, even if your friends and family sort of made fun of you for being scared about something like that.
                          
you figured moving to a different country would lessen the chance of meeting your soulmate and possible delay the fated meeting. so you moved to south korea and managed to land a stable job five months after moving there. the job was a staff member at an entertainment company, kq entertainment, and you would be working more as tech. you thanked your past self for taking so many computer classes and learned how to do lights and sounds for your high school drama class. 
                          
kq trusted you with making sure that when their idols film, everything records smoothly. you had met the group's managers right before you were to meet the group themself. ateez. you had done some research about the rookie group and to say you were impressed by them would be an understatement. you were fan of kpop, but you tended to have listened to more of the older groups than the newer ones.
                          
when the boys stepped into the room, you felt like you got hit by a truck. your whole body felt hot and your hands started to clam up, what the hell was this feeling. your legs feel like jello and you start to wonder if you sudden got sick. you meet eyes with the leader of the group, hongjoong, and you notice how his eyes slightly widen before he covers the shocked look with the calm one he had on before. 
                          
hongjoong leans over to the male next to him, seonghwa if you remember correctly, and whispers into his ear. he looks shocked for a moment before turning to the leader and hongjoong just nods before seonghwa looks away. his eyes meet yours for a split second before you look away to one of the managers that were talking to the boys, introducing you to them. he then allows you to official introduce yourself.
                          
"hello, i'm y/n, i hope we can all get along," you say with a smile. all the boys smile at you and introduce themselves twice, once fully as a team and then a second with quick single introductions.

                          
"you'll be seeing y/n around a lot since she's helping with filming and other tech stuff, so you better treat her nicely when working with her," one manager says and the boys all nod before they are soon told to go to practice.

                          
when the boys were alone in the practice room, san was the first one to speak up, "did you all feel it too? when you looked her?" the other seven nodded.
                          
"do you think she felt it too?" mingi spoke up this time.

                          
"i think she did, but i'm totally sure," hongjoong said.

                          
"we should talk to her then!" wooyoung said and the other member except for the two oldest agreed.

                          
"i think if we all try to confess at once then it might scare her away," seonghwa says. the younger members didn't want to agree with what he said, but deep down they knew they couldn't just go and confess that 'hey, you're our soulmate!' especially after just meeting you. they would have to take everything slow if they wanted to do it right with you.

                          
。。。

                          
it's been around six months since you started working at kq, and you've continuously enjoyed every day of it. you've found yourself enjoying working with ateez and how all the boys have been nothing but nice to you. sometimes you would still get the feeling like you did when you first met them, but you simply brushed the feeling away thinking that your body was overreacting because they were good looking, nothing else.
                          
"y/n!" speaking of which, you turn to see wooyoung running over to you, "let's go each lunch! i bet you haven't eaten yet right?" his smile is so contagious, you just can't help but smile as well. 

                          
"i haven't yet, just let me finish this up and we can go eat," you say and wooyoung nods, his smile never falling. he sits down and watches as you mess around on the computer, uploading the footage that was shot yesterday. once it was done, you turned to wooyoung to let him know you were done.

                          
wooyoung was quick to drag you away and down to the cafeteria that the company had. having lunch with wooyoung was soon becoming a daily thing that the two of you did, sometimes the other members would join and other times it would just be you two. 
                          
"y/n," someone calls your name earning your attention away from wooyoung was telling you a story about mingi and yeosang. "i'm sorry to bother you but i'm having trouble with my computer, can you come help me. i really need to get this report done," it was another member of the stuff.

                          
"uh, sure. give me five minutes?" the male staff member nods his head before thanking you and turns to leave. you look back at wooyoung to notice him sending an unhappy glare towards the other male, a frown in place of his usually bright smile.

                          
"wooyoung?" said male quickly looks back to you, his smile returning but you take note that it might be a little forced unlike usual. "i'll see you later okay? sorry, our lunch got cut short today," you say, reaching out to lightly pat your hand on top of his. you feel a small jolt almost like a shock of electricity, but you brush off.

                          
"okay, see ya later, y/n," wooyoung says, a little sad at the fact you had to leave.

                          
once you leave, wooyoung is quick to make his way towards the others. "guys! i think– i think one of the staff members like y/n!"
                          
"what!?" seven voices shout in unison all looking at the black haired male in shock.

                          
。。。

                          
"wow, thanks y/n, you're a life saver," the male said once you had fixed the issue with his computer.

                          
"of course! its my job!" you say with a smile. "if that's all then i'll be on my way then!" you say getting ready to leave him to his work.
                          
"uhh, actually there is something i wanted to ask you," he says quickly stopping you in your tracks. you give him a nod for him to continue. "um, i was wondering if maybe you would like to–

                          
"y/n!" a rather loud voice calls scaring not only you two but some of the other staff members around you. you turn to see mingi speed-walking over to you and you're about to say something to him before he suddenly picks you up and throws you over his shoulder before running away. the sudden actions left the male staff member puzzled. 

                          
"mingi! put me down! what are you doing!?" you say, lightly smacking his shoulder as he continues to carry you through the building before ending up in the practice room with the other ateez members.

                          
once mingi puts you down, you are quick to smack his arm a few times, an annoyed look on your face. you sigh before turning to look at the other members, slightly surprised by what you were looking at.
                          
"um... what's this?" you ask, taking in the simple yet heartwarming decorations. san and wooyoung were holding two heart-shaped balloons and hongjoong is holding a small, cutely decorated cake which makes you wonder when they had the time to suddenly get these items. 

                          
"y/n, we've been thinking about doing this since our first meeting back when you joined the company, and the feeling we all get when look at you or gently brush hands makes only confirms what we've been hoping for..." hongjoong starts and you know the feel he's talking about. the warm sensation when you make eye contact and the jolts of electricity when you brush hands. 
                          
you had scared about meeting your soulmate, afraid you weren't good enough to be destined for someone. "we think your our soulmate," the youngest says taking you out of your thoughts.

                          
"i think... i think i am too," you say quietly, suddenly feeling your face heat up as you look away from them and down at the floor. "to be honest, i came to korea because i was scared of meeting my soulmate and not being good enough for them, but i guess coming to korea was only fated to happen because that's where i meet them."

                          
"does– does this mean you'll accept us?" it was the eldest this time to speak.

                          
"if that means you'll accept me as well."

                          
"of course we accept you," mingi was the one to speak as he picks you up and hugs you tightly. the others are quick to join in on the hug and you can't help but finally feel truly happy at knowing you found your soulmates and they found you.