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How you ended up in this situation you didn’t know… Well you know how you got to this specific point in time, but how you ended up with the three of them all together in a happy relationship that is where things got confusing. You remember how it all happened but at the same time it was rather confusing you had been blessed with such luck. At least you saw it as luck, but that was something to think about another time. For now you had bigger things to worry about.. Like how you were going to introduce your three boyfriends to your massive… massive.. Family.
It honestly scared you thinking about it. The big day was tomorrow. It wasn’t called a family reunion but it might as well have been. Everyone on your mother’s side was getting together to celebrate your grandmother’s birthday. Which included your grandmother’s five other sisters and their family. Then there was your family, which was hosting the whole event at their house. Well your parents were hosting it at their house. It had been a long time since your sister and you called it home. You had moved away to South Korea, while your sister remained in the same state as your parents.
It had been a rather long time since you have seen your direct family so the fact that you were seeing your extended family too had you rather anxious. There was also the fact that your family was not opened minded like your sister was. One boyfriend was fine but two others on top of that? Who the hell knew how they would react and that is what scared you. Hell you haven’t even told your own parents about the whole relationship situation. As far as any of your family was concerned they knew you were in a relationship and that was it.
As much as you wanted to appear in front of your family tomorrow and introduce them to your three boyfriends you knew deep down you couldn’t do it. You couldn’t bring yourself to tell your family anything. It had been that way since you lived with your parents and it would continue to remain that way even if you were far away from all of them. So when you parents invited you to celebrate your grandmother’s birthday with the family and asked you to bring your boyfriend along, you said yes. You don’t know why but you said yes.
At the time you wanted to slap yourself for that one because while yes they had the time off, you couldn’t bring just one of them to your home.. They were all important to you, they deserved to see what your home town was like. Another reason why you wanted to slap yourself at the time was because you didn’t even ask if they wanted to go. They were on vacation after all they probably had better plans with their own families! So it was a big shock to you when all three of them said yes to going, all that anxiety over a no was for nothing. You were relieved that all three of them wanted to accompany you but that is were the real challenge begun.
When you found out all three of them were going now, with the flight and hotel booked and everything you had found a solo spot to call and tell your mom that you were in fact bringing your boyfriend but also bringing along two other close friends. She wasn’t too sure why you were bringing along two others but she happily accepted it, saying she was excited to see you and meet the people that you had become close to over your time in Korea.
Your eyes looked at your own phone reading over the english conversation with your mother as you snuggled yourself further into Yoongi. The first of your three boyfriends. The two of you were sitting on a couch in the hotel room, nothing but silence between the two of you as you enjoyed each other's company. It was never odd to sit in silence with Yoongi. It was comforting. Sometimes comforting enough that the two of you would end up napping against each other after cuddling for a while. This time though your anxiety about tomorrow was eating at you preventing such. Your eyes flicked over to Yoongi for a moment before looking to his phone. A small smile tugged at your lips when you saw he was looking at some things ARMY had posted on social media.
After a moment of looking at things on his phone together you turned away and bit your lip, finding no courage in breaking the silence. The thing was.. You didn’t tell him or your other two boyfriends for that matter about the whole lie you had set up with your family. In fact you were afraid. You didn’t want to make it seem like you were ashamed of any of them, having to choose one as your boyfriend while the other two were forced to be seen as friends. That simply wasn’t the case, no matter how much your brain wanted to think it was. You loved all of them deeply, but you knew your family wouldn’t see it as love and would turn it into something bad. It was best this way for your mentality, and hopefully it would be good for them as well. It was bad enough they were going to be subjected to your family’s nosiness. It would only get worse with some name calling thrown in there if they were to know the real truth.
You let out a small sigh, before shifting slightly to run your hand through you hair, not knowing that Yoongi had looked up at you with some concern in his eyes at the sound of your sigh. He wasn’t one to normally pry into what was bothering you, but rather letting you tell it to him yourself when you were finally pushed back your anxiety, but he couldn’t help but be concerned this time. He knew how this whole family thing had been eating at you ever since you mentioned it to them. Now that it was here, he could only imagine your anxiety was ten times worse. He watched as you shifted, getting comfy once again, your gaze returning back to your phone. He opened his mouth to speak but closed it. If something was eating at you he knew one of the other two would bring it out of you. For now he was going to do his best to help you relax. Maybe once food was in your system, you would be more willing to speak. Yoongi adjusted his arm a little bit, going back to his phone, but intertwining his free hand with yours, giving out a small sigh of content. The comforting silence taking over once again.
It was about 15 minutes later when you heard a loud noise at the door to your hotel room, bursting open your other two partners came inside holding what looked to be all kinds of different food. You couldn’t help but let a small giggle escape you. You should have known they were going to go overboard without you there to help them make choices but you couldn’t complain. It kept you from going out later. This way you could stay at the hotel in a giant cuddle pile. You watched with amusement as the two of them set down the food they could on the counter space.
“Hobi, what did you do with her food?” You heard Namjoon asked as he shuffled around the different bags of different food.
You watched as Hoseok moved a bag before producing the white and red bag. “I have it right here!” You flinched a bit at his loud tone but then couldn’t help but giggle again. He was always a bit too loud, but you wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Gimme!” You said, hands being freed from the cuddle mess Yoongi and you had created on the couch. It was a tangle of limbs but very comfortable. You outstretched your arms hands reaching for the bag but making no effort to move anymore than you had. Your hands reflecting the word as you repeated once again, “Gimme!” Excitement sparkled in your eyes as Hobi walked towards the two of you on the couch, handing you the bag of your food before handing Yoongi what he had wanted. You quickly reached into the bag and shoved a fry into your mouth before smiling wide. “Thank you guys for being lovely and running all over the place for food! I hope the traffic wasn’t to bad.” You knew that traffic around here tended to be bad and with how everything seemed to change since you've been gone it probably only got worse.
Namjoon spoke up this time, the other two being caught up in food and all. “It wasn’t that big of a deal. Plus I would do anything to make our princess happy.” Your face lit up at the pet named he called you, despite you basically shoving food in your mouth. “Oh and maybe these two as well.” You couldn’t help but laugh at the look Namjoon had received from your partners.
Putting down your food for just one second you looked up at the other two who hadn’t settled into the living area of the hotel yet. You reached your hands out to them. “Come join the cuddle pile please!” You said dragging out the end of the please a little bit. You returned back to your food, getting comfy leaning against Yoongi once again. You knew the other two didn’t have to be asked twice. In a moment all of you were in a mess of limbs. All enjoying food and whatever was on tv at the time.
It was a couple hours after. Food had been eaten and the trash had been thrown away. You enjoyed poking fun a terrible tv show with your partners, laughter breaking out among all of you at something one of you said every so often. When the conversation started to fade into that comfortable silence, that is when your anxiety began to eat at you again. Your hands were grasping at the blanket on your lap twisting it slightly with every move as you tried to focus on something other than your anxiety. You couldn’t put off the bad conversation any longer.. You had to bring it up. You looked up from your hands to see Yoongi was looking at you with concern in his eyes. He was always the one that picked up on your anxiety first no matter what. The others knew the signs but they didn’t have the speed to pick up on it like Yoongi did.
You looked away from your boyfriend before inhaling deeply.. “So..” That simple statement caught the other two’s attention. Namjoon, and Hobi both turning to look at you a little bit better.
“What is it?” Yoongi’s voice had calmed you somewhat. It was always a soft reassurance for you that you could tell them anything. It gave you what you needed to speak again.
“So.. About tomorrow with my family..” You said, ringing the blanket in your hands a bit more than before. “They don’t exactly know that I have three boyfriends.. That I’m in a poly relationship.. And I kind of want to keep it that way.” You paused for a moment. The concern on the others features was as clear as day for you. You quickly spoke up again before one of them could say something. “It's not that I’m ashamed of what we have.. It's just that my family isn’t accepting.. Even if they care for me deeply, I don’t think they could accept us for what we are.. And they are very nosy on top of it so if we said something to them about it I feel like they would only say something that would hurt us all in the end..” You kept your gaze away from the three boys in the room with you. Your teeth digging into your bottom lip a little bit as you bit it. Your hands still messing with the blanket as you waited on a response this time.
Silence was all you heard for a moment, and it really bothered you. What were they going to say. Hoseok was the first one to speak. “So you want to hide our relationship from your family?” He asked. His tone remaining calm though you were sure there was something else in it but you couldn’t tell at the time.
“Yes..” You answered before realizing just how bad that sounded by itself. “It's not that I want to hide it! Not at all! I’m not ashamed of you guys.. I’m just scared of my family. If it wasn’t for my anxiety and how I was raised-” You continued to speak, your anxiety was starting to bubble over and probably would have lead to a break down if it wasn’t for Namjoon cutting you off.
“Hey, hey. Its okay. We understand.” By now the tall rapper was close to you, one of his hands coming up to your face to wipe away a stray tear that managed to fall from your eyes. “If you feel that it would be easier for all of us this way, then we can do that. We don’t want our princess to be stressed out tomorrow. You just have to tell us what you want us to do to make it easier for you okay?” You nodded in response to his question. A small sniffle escaping you. The hand that was on your face pulled you to look up at Namjoon. He pressed a small kiss to your lips before pulling away, giving you that dimpled smile that always made you feel better.
You couldn’t help but return the smile before looking at the other two that were waiting on your direction about what to do tomorrow. “Okay so…” you said as you thought for a moment. “One of you is going to be the boyfriend for tomorrow while the other two are just going to be close friends. I’m going to let you guys pick who does what because I don’t want this to be seen as me picking a favorite. There is also the fact that I love all three of you too much to be able to pick without feeling guilty.”
You heard a small ‘aww’ come from Hobi, while Namjoon gave you smile, and Yoongi looked away. A hand on the lower half of his face to cover the small blush that had formed from the confession. You have said it many times before but seeing how happy it made the three of them would never get old to you. Another smile was on your face in no time. Hobi adjusted in his spot before wrapping his arms around you, pulling you into a tight hug. “We love you too, love.” You couldn’t see it but you knew that he had that wide grin on his face, the one that made his heart shaped smile very apparent.
“Who is going to be the boyfriend though?” You could tell without looking that Yoongi had been the one to ask the question. A heavy silence fell between all of you. You knew that all of them wanted to claim that spot which is why you refused to pick. It would be better to let them sort it out themselves.
The silence lasted for a while. None of them wanting to say anything. None of them wanting to outright claim the spot for fear of hurting one another but something had to give, and give it did. Namjoon was the one who broke the silence. “I don’t mind acting as one of the close friends. As long as I get to be near our princess I will be fine. So that leaves you two to figure it out.” Well that was one sorted out. You have Namjoon a smile grabbing his hand in yours, giving it a squeeze of thanks.
You looked at the other two. Yoongi seeming lost in thought. Hobi appeared to be the same way. The silence wasn’t as heavy as it was a moment ago, though you had to wait before one of them speak again.
“I think Hoseok should be the boyfriend. He is Mr. Sunshine so I think that would be the best fit for the boyfriend. Probably would be able to make the better impression instead of me.” Yoongi had stated. You looked up at him in surprise, before looking back to Hobi.
“Are you sure Hyung? I was just about to give you the spot.” Hobi asked. He seemed a little unsure about the choice. You turned back to Yoongi for a moment before watching the older male nod. He was sure of his choice. You turned back to Hoseok, a beaming smile on his face. He pressed a kiss to your forehead as best as he could considering the position you two were in, him being behind you and all. “I will make sure to give a good impression to your family then, love.” You smiled at his thoughtfulness.
You turned your gaze back to the other two. “You two have to make a decent impression as well. You might not have as much pressure as Hobi, but you are still technically are my close friends tomorrow. Though I’m sure none of you will have any trouble at all.” You were confident they would get along with your family easily, as long as none of them knew the true status of your relationship.
“Oh and no extra affection tomorrow.” Namjoon and Yoongi looked at you funny, even as close friends they couldn’t hug on you? “That includes you Hobi.”
You heard a whine come from behind you. “Why not?” He asked shoving his face into your back.
“Because we are going to be around my family, and I kind of tormented my sister and her husband, as well as my parents, for years about being affectionate by saying ‘ew, gross’ anytime they kissed or did something cheesy. They promised revenge and I would rather not have them fulfil that tomorrow.” You couldn’t help but let out a small laugh at your families antics. It was one thing that wouldn’t go forgotten by your family, and you didn’t want to give them the ammo. You could hear the laughter from the other three in the room as they took in your words.
You couldn’t help the grin that grew on your face. “Look if you guys can get through the party without doing anything I will make it up to you tomorrow night. Sound like a deal?” You said to the three of them.
You watched as the three of them shared a look. A dark glint in their eyes before looking back to you. “Deal.” Namjoon said. You could hear the slight growl in his voice as he spoke, sending a shiver down your spine. Oh boy what had you gotten yourself into for tomorrow night?