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We walked out one by one back to the living room where she was sound asleep in Jay's arms. Tae signaled for us to be quiet and we were. 

"Take her up to her room, she might wake up with a cranked neck if she slept all night like this." I whispered to Jay and he nodded. Lifting her up in his arms bridal style and heading off to her room. Once she was tucked in safe and asleep, we walked out and filled Jay in with everything we knew.

"That man is ruthless, if he had the audacity to show up here, he wouldn't mind showing up at the company or on shooting sets. Don't leave her alone and make the same mistake we did." Taehyung said in a disappointed voice.

"It can genuinely be a coincidence, him showing up here." Bambam said, trying to calm the tense atmosphere.

"I'm not taking that risk. She's not leaving our side." Jay said.

"I know where you all are coming from but have you thought about her? And what she might think? We'd be suffocating her and she'd feel like a burden to all of us and that'll only make her feel worse." I truly believed that she'd feel more uncomfortable if we did that. I know her. "We're talking about the same girl who refused to file a report against the man who almost took advantage of her just because she didn't want to drag everyone she cared about along with him." I spoke my mind and hoped they'd understand. "I'm not saying we go back to normal. We'll keep an eye out, obviously. But we have to deal with this rationally."

"Meaning?" Jin hyung asked.

"Meaning, Tae will take this to the police and update them about how Jungwoo violated his restraining order. Namjoon should talk to their lawyers about the next step we should take. Since their lawyers took care of this in the first place." I glanced over at Tae as he nodded along with Namjoon.
"Jaebeom will speak to JYP himself, include him and our lawyers and ask him to assign a security guard for her. And make it seem like it's his idea since she's been appearing a lot with us and so on.." I glanced over at Jaebeom and he nodded in agreement.
"And lastly, try to act as you always would around her. Maybe not right away but as soon as you possibly can. She can cope if we can. She's stronger than we all think." I know she is. If she kept her pure heart through all of this mess, if she found it in her heart to love us all unconditionally, it only shows that she's way stronger than all of us combined.


(Lee's POV)
I woke up in the morning and saw my room was crowded. Jay was curled up on my bed next to me. Mark was on the sofa hugging the blanket that covered his body, Yugyeom on the floor next to his hyung, Youngjae was sleeping on the floor next to my side of the bed and Bambam sleeping quietly next to him. I slowly snuck out of bed and saw Tae sleeping on the floor on Jay's side of the bed.

He must've been so worried that he wanted to stay in for the night. I put him and the rest of the boys through so much last night, they have a lot on their plates already. My personal problems should not be added to their lists of concerns. I have to power through and suck it up for them.
I didn't feel weirded out or even freaked out having them laying around my room. In fact, I felt safe and loved. I know now that whatever happens, I'd have them to protect me, just as much as they know I will always protect each and every one of them.

I sighed and collected some clean clothes and walked into the bathroom to wash my face, get a quick shower and get ready for the day.

I walked out of the shower after I changed my outfit, dried my hair and braided it loosely to the side. Jay was out of bed, as well as Tae but the rest were still sound asleep. I tiptoed my way out of the room and towards the kitchen. I heard the guys' mumbles before going in.

"She's stubborn."

"She's the female version of you two. How and why are you surprised?"

"She shouldn't be up and getting ready for work."

"And what do you do when you need a distraction? Oh yes, you work."

"It's not the same."

"It is to her."

"It's rude to eavesdrop." I jumped at Kookie's whispering voice coming from behind me. He chuckled cutely showing his bunny smile. "You know they just want to protect you right?" He asked and I nodded.

"But I'm okay." I sighed.

"And it's okay if you're not. Don't bottle it up Lee. You always nagged and annoyed my ass to open up to you whenever I faced an obstacle in life. Let me return the favor." He said grinning like an idiot.

At least one of them is being normal around me.

I walked into the kitchen and silence filled the air as they all turned to look at me. Jackson, Namjoon, Tae, Jay and Jinyoung were there. "Oh stop treating me like I'm a fragile piece of glass." I broke the silence and they went back to doing whatever but the silence was still there in the thick air. "You stayed the night." I said as I poured coffee.

"Yeah, Tae was worried about you so we decided to stay. Hope you don't mind." Namjoon said.

"I don't mind." I said then took a sip of coffee.  "Well, until your manager hates my guts.." I said before taking another sip of my cup.

"Food.." Mark grumbled into the kitchen. I looked up at him expecting him to baby me or scold me for getting dressed and ready for work. "What?" He asked grumpily. I just giggled. Okay, so maybe he'll do that when he's full on awake?

"Nothing. Oppa made scrambled eggs." I said and gestured my cup towards Jackson. Earning a dramatic but cute gasp from Jackson once he heard the word 'oppa'. Mark just nodded snatching my mug out of my hand as he sat on the stool near the kitchen island like he does almost every morning. I pouted "Help yourself why don't you? Tsk." I gave him an annoyed face but couldn't fight the smile that appeared on my face afterwards. He's not treating me like I'm some fragile and vulnerable creature who might break at any second. He's being the way he's always been with me. I went up to him and hugged him from behind.

"Morning PDA?" He set down the cup and looked around the kitchen. "What did I do?" He asked as if afraid for his life. I hit his shoulder playfully.

"I love you." I whispered to his ear only for him to hear before I pulled away and hugged them one after the other. Mark had been smiling at me fondly the whole time. And when no one was looking he mouthed 'I love you more' making me blush.

"I've put you guys through a lot last night and I'm sorry." I said, still clinging onto Jackson like a sloth. "You don't have to protect me you know? I'm a big girl." I said while genuinely smiling because I know they'll always have my back. Seeing Jungwoo was a shock that came with a hurricane of horrible memories. But remembering what he said about ruining me to other men, I won't let him. He's not having his sick ways of winning and ruining me.

"Well, we're grown ass men but you still baby us." Mark mumbled after taking another sip of coffee.

"That's because some of you are actual babies who need to be hand-fed at times." I glanced over at Jay and he just made an annoyed face.

"Why must you bring that up now?" He retorted.

"Well done Jaebeommah. She'll always have a hurtful comeback because of you.." Jackson said before he sighed and moved to grab a plate to serve more scrambled eggs. I was still clinging. It felt right being near him. I felt safe and at peace. With all of them around, I no longer felt threatened or terrified. I felt the exact opposite. I felt protected, safe and genuinely happy.

"I wish you could all spend your nights here more often.." I sighed as I finally let go of Jack, only to surrender to the great smell of the freshly toasted bread and smoking hot scrambled eggs. Yum.

Seokjin walked in with wet hair newly and shaved face. And I punched myself in the head mentally because for a split second, I missed waking up to this view. "Careful what you wish for, Lee.."

"What do you mean?" I asked and looked back at Namjoon who just shrugged.

"We have nothing to do these days, the guys are welling to share rooms and Tae will only feel better if he stayed with you." Yoongi said as he poured a glass of orange juice.
When did he even come into the kitchen?

"So let me get this straight." I said with a full mouth before swallowing my bite. "This house will be filled with 14 men and 1 poor girl?" I asked.

"You're anything but a poor creature." Tae scoffed. I rolled my eyes and stuck my tongue out for him.

"Yes, and stop the sibling fight. I don't miss that part of having you around." Kookie said while looking at me before clinging onto Tae.

"I hope you don't mind." Jin said as he tried to contain his smirk.

"Why would we?" Jinyoung asked as he stood behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. Bangtan boys had question marks popping above their heads.

"Since you're staying.. You guys need to know something.." Jackson stated before the hyung line of Got7 approached me and I already felt small.

Oh, I hope Taehyung understands and won't throw random fists towards his Got7 hyungs.

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