#taekookau #taekook a/b/o (FICTION) The sound of many cameras clicking and blinding him with their lights are something he gets surprised for even though he has been a model since forever.But the omega smiles, a soft, sweet one as he walks, pulling the leather jacket

closer to him so the collar of the jacket falls infront of him nose so he could sniff the musky scent wafting from it strongly- his mate had scented this particular leather jacket thoroughly just before he left for the airport, making sure his scent would remain even though

they wouldn't see each other for two weeks. The omega will miss him but as always he is okay with it because thats how hectic their lives are. He hears whispers as he goes past the reporters, whispers that he used to get scared hearing but even though it scares him a bit still,

he is mostly in terms with it, people never actually do find out. "That style is a bit dark for Kim Taehyung isn't it?" "The leather jacket is not his style /at/ all" "Do you think it might be his alpha's?" "The one he never showed the world?" Jokes on them, they

see his mate everyday, if not every hour because of how much they admire the alpha but well, the connection is never made thus why he doesn't get scared as much anymore. Because Jeon Jungkook and him don't come from the same world- they are from very different worlds

actually, no matter how much people keep on guessing who put that mating mark on /the/ Kim Taehyung, the only male Victoria's Secret angel and the highest paid model for years, they would never take Jeon Jungkook's name, they would never take the older, very famous, very

scandaled politician's name with him ever because the stretch is too far. And it was better this way because he would never want their relationship to be outed because Jungkook's position is a very sensitive position, his mate would carry a lot of power and he didn't want to

be known as the "wh*re* who put a blindfold over Jungkook and neither did the other because Jungkook was hell bend on keeping him safe. Jungkook is known to wear these kind of leather jackets- never been one for the rule like any Jeon before him never was so he wore it too,

partly because Jungkook wanted other alphas to leave him alone and partly because despite wanting to be a secret, the omega always wanted to show even these little parts of who he belonged to. "Who wears leather jackets? Which idol? Taehyung-ssi, is this your mate's, the

one you spent last full moon with?" He just nods and keeps on walking. "Taehyung-ssi!" "Taehyung-ssi, who is he?" "Is he Min Yoongi? The rapper who is known to wear leather jackets?" He wanted to scoff but he still kept walking.

Not noticing that the scent on his jacket might have been too strong for people who knew Jungkook(read: stalked Jungkook) enough to know whose scent that could be.

— a/n, this will be a short story kind of thing so let me know by quoting if you guys want it or not If you want to support my writing:- ko-fi.com/lockedkv

— okay so I come with a proposition my darlings, so idk if you guys know this but I already said this before I opened kofi and everything that I haven't yet gotten to buy a BTS album yet due to you know what even though I have stanned them since 2018. Since I have opened up kofi+

I really want to buy my first bts album: RM's Indigo, without feeling guilty. So if you guys could help me buy my first album I will write this alongside my ongoing ones and updates will be regular, otherwise it will be a prompt for now and I will come back to it after I finish

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— I am going to cry but I am in class, I can't even do that, you guys are so so sweet. Thank you so much !! I will update this with Cherry blossoms tonight and so forth.

— Its not until he reaches Paris that he hears something that makes him freeze as if ice cold water had been poured on him. He turns to look at his manager slowly, "what did you just say?" His manager sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose, "one of the reporters that was

following you at the airport kind of recognized Jungkook-ssi's scent on you and posted an article speculating that Mr. Jeon could be your mate and everyone is all over it- since its the only and if not the most scandalous news out at the moment, its burning like fire even without

fuel but the reporter put it on substantial evidence which is basically non existence so HR said they will take it down in no time but what the boss is concerned about is, if the news will die out or not, because you know what kind of news it is...", The manager trails

off as he points at in general with his eyes slightly widening, "so you might have to post something provocative later on to shift their attention" He shakes his head, utterly surprised, "he-he recognized Jungkook's scent from a /jacket/?"

"yeah", the manager nods tiredly, "so we are to-" "No", he snaps all of a sudden, startling the poor beta, "there is no need to even take the article down because its utter nonsense, how can the reporter just make a guess about my and Jungkook's life? There is no reason for

the company to react so no need to take it down, let them think its bullsh*t if we don't pay it any attention at all", he says firmly, angered out of his mind that even such a thing would have to be dealt with. The beta scratches the back of his neck as he looks at him,

"Taehyung-ah, you know we wouldn't have if it didn't involve Jungkook-ssi, the HR would never want to get in trouble with his team snd the upcoming elections coming up might make all these things more controversial for him-" "He is /my/ mate, don't you think I would know?"

“I know you would Taehyung but his team wouldn't understand because this does sounds as the beginning of a scandal and they do not want to deal with any conflicts so near to the elections.” “So what? We are going to give them more fuel to act on? The article being taken down

would imply there is something to hide-” His manager sighs, “Taehyung-ah, let us take care of that. Tell you what, you don’t have to post anything provocative either, just focus on the shoot and we will get it handled. Do not demand anything from Jungkook-ssi either because

his team will burn HR’s alive.” The omega lets out a noise of distress as he shakes his head, “but it's just a jacket” “You and I know very well why we even need to take care of one single reporter so don’t fret about it too much otherwise you will start getting anxious again.”

He does know but knowing sometimes is not always better than not knowing. He hates how he even needs to think about wearing an article of clothing from his mate when it was considered as sacred to wear his alpha’s cloth as a sign of respect and devotion towards his alpha

but he also knew the rules of being mated to such a high scale politician- that the basic rights of being a mated omega had to be hidden. But it was fine he guesses, it was what his alpha wanted too. So no matter how sad it made him feel, he would do anything for Jungkook,

no questions asked. He nods slowly and tugs his robe closer to him to go make himself a cup of chamomile tea. The omega sits on the single sofa overlooking the whole of Paris spread out and twinkling in front of him with the steaming cup of tea, wondering how was it that he

had actually started to feel bored of this twinkling view. From his position, he could even see a large billboard with his face on it beside on of the perfume’s he advertised for; it was a foreign city but he would bet the city of love had more of his pictures than any other

model’s and at one time, it had made him feel so arrogant, had put him on a pedestal but now, it started to feel as if it was just not enough for him. The twinkling lights, afterall, did not compare to his mate’s eyes. The thousands of eyes on him on a daily basis never

could ever compare to the burning red gaze from his mate. He wanted Jungkook’s eyes on him, always like all these other alphas had their gazes on him. Now, he only wanted Jungkook’s gaze. His phone rang beside him and he picks it up without looking at the caller, “Hi?”

𝘛𝘢𝘦, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵. Taehyung closes his eyes, that news did spread like a fire even though it was only one article. “Jiminie, his

elections are coming, you know he can’t do that.” 𝘈𝘴*𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥

𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦. His eyes stings but he breathes out and tries to take the tears back so that they don’t ruin the glass skin skincare routine he did just after landing, “you know I can’t do that.”

"𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘛𝘢𝘦, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘥𝘢. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶-” there is a pause that makes Taehyung sit up and keep the cup down- “ 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘺𝘦𝘵?” He shakes his head but then grips his phone tightly

as he stands up completely, “I didn't, I-I don’t know how to.” He can hear his best friend, his only solace right now, click his tongue. The omega’s voice softens then, “𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘛𝘢𝘦.”

He gives a series of nods as he smiles slowly, glad that the omega is trusting him, “I promise” “𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”

Taehyung shakes his head as he sits back down, “we just met before my flight, Jiminie” “𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘔𝘪𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”

“Yeah”, he says, biting his lips, “see you then.” “𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.” He cuts the call and puts it away, resuming staring at the skyscrapers. His phone remained silent for the rest of the day.

_ “Taehyung-ah, your health has been getting worser, are you sure we shouldn’t go to the doctor?” He shakes his head, his eyes shut closed tightly as he stands in front of the toilet bowl, heaving tirelessly once every few seconds, “its normal before my heat, hyung.”

His manager has his face pinched in worry, “does Jungkook-ssi know about this?” “Have you seen him calling me in the last 24 hours?”, he retorts, his heart twisting painfully even as he says the words. The manager shakes his head, “what can I do then?”

“Nothing”, he says as he breathes out, finally, and goes to brush his teeth, “I saw the article was taken down and it caused an uproar.” The beta shrugs. “Jungkook-ssi’s team will take care of it. I am actually more worried about them starting to dig your past out to see any

connection between Jungkook-ssi and you.” “Yeah well, they are not going to find Jungkook anywhere in it.” The beta tilts his head, “yeah but they might find your exes…”,he trails of as the omega’s eyes widen suddenly, a bit of fear seeping in, “and I know Jungkook-ssi

doesn’t know about them or one so I would rather avoid them digging into our past.” He shakes slightly, and tries to smile, “Jungkook is really busy, I doubt he will look at fan discourse about my things.”

“But he is going to want to check your cover shoots, you know that, he will want to monitor if you are showing too much of your skin and then he might see something-” “I am a /Victoria’s Secret/ model, of course I will show my skin, he knows that and I told him not to go

searching-” “Send him your pictures before he does then, he only does that because you try to hide them from him” “Don’t put me as the villain here, it's because he made me feel like I can’t send these to him.” His manager shakes his head, “yeah but he also

supports all your shoots.” “Sending me a bouquet of tiger lilies to my shoots doesn't count when he never visits.” The beta shakes his head, “you know he can’t do that and honestly we are not discussing this together, you need to discuss this with Jungkook-ssi but what I do

know is he just wants to see your shoot pictures, just send him them this time and keep him away from your fandom.” He nods, looking up and closing his eyes as they glow blue- he is praying to their moon goddess so that Jungkook never finds out about his exes- or ex

in this case, no matter what goes to hell. Because this was the only thing he needed Jungkook to be away from and he wanted to keep it that way. He finishes brushing and gets out of the bathroom as if nothing happened.

_ Jeon Jungkook is standing for the head alpha position this time. Though a lot of wolves considered him as really young- being only thirty- he thinks he is in the right position to take over their pack and be able to rule it seamlessly,

in a better way. He doesn’t like the now head alpha because of certain rules he has imposed but he also knows he has to suck up to him simple because he was the current head alpha. So he was here, overseas, in a meeting with him and another pack leader to discuss the treaty

they wanted to form. The elder pack leader, Kim Jongsun, coughs slightly as he smiles at the other head alpha, “I think our future leader is already determined, Baekhyun-ssi, there is no need to worry if it will continue on after the leader changes.”

Jook Baekhyun is a an older alpha too- someone who has gone way past his retirement age, reluctant to leave the position as he had no alpha heirs to take over- their pack was led in a dictatorship way and Jungkook’s pack needed their support because of how rampant this

specific head alpha could be. Jungkook leans back and crosses his leg over the other, “And you have my word it shall.” The other leader raises an eyebrow, “If you don’t mind, Jungkook-ssi, your pack is in the hands of the mere wolves, a democratic /parliament/, what makes you

confident, they will choose you as the leader?” Jungkook’s jaw ticks as he gives him a thin lipped smile, “that is right but then we would have to rely on statistics and statistics rely more towards”, he pauses, briefly looking at their head alpha to see him nodding his head

slightly, “me and that is enough for you right?” Baekhyun-ssi’s eyes narrow, “the other candidate isn’t so fond of me, Jongsun-ssi, Jungkook-ssi, if he does become the leader, I might have to go back on my words because I don’t really prefer having any loose ends.”

An underlying threat; but that is very common in their positions. His smile is icily polite, “then we shall ensure, /together/, that I will then.” The other head alpha smirks, “now you are talking on my terms. Jungkook-ssi, tea?” After the meeting finishes, Jongsuk speaks up

just as they are about to part to their own cars, “Jungkook”, he calls out. The younger alpha straightens his spine and turns to look with a stoic but clear face. Jongsul smacks his lips together, “there are rumors going about you my team informed me and you should know that

rumors just a month before the election isn’t a good show. I am sure you will take care of them, but I would suggest you take care of the person who caused the rumor too.’’ Jungook stills and his alpha is forcing inside him to just come out and tear this alpha to pieces,

he feels red hot rage at the implication, he would so want to kil! this alpha right this instant but he has the same icy smirk in place, “I will, should I walk you to your car?” He holds his hands up, “it's okay. See you back in the pack”

With that the elder alpha turns while Jungkook watches him go, thinking of the time that once he does win this election, he would reduce this same alpha to nothing just for saying sh*t about his mate; a mate the elder alpha knew about. He gets in the car and closes his eyes as

his driver starts driving, many different black sedan following him at the front and at the back. A flash of a memory playing behind his eyelids: His mother is there and it's his wedding day. He is the same as he is now, if only a bit less crazed about being the head alpha

A flash of a memory playing behind his eyelids: His mother is there and it's his wedding day. He is the same as he is now, if only a bit less crazed about being the head alpha he wasn’t as near becoming one as he is now, he was only 28. His alpha mother is looking at him with

the doe eyes he got from her as she smiles down at him and kisses his forehead, “I need you to promise me something, Jungkook-ah” He tries not to frown, “I love Taehyung, I know I am making the right choice, I already mated him-”

“It's not about you, Jungkook, it's about him. Your father di*d trying to become the head alpha of this pack and left me mateless, I just don’t want Taehyung to end up the same as me, he is so young.” Taehyung was only 22 then. “Ma-”

“Your father made mistakes yes, but he also went to become the head alpha when he was way over his thirties, you are just in your twenties. We had a son, you don’t have anyone to leave behind except a really young widower, so please, keep yourself alive. Become ruthless,

become the corrupted leader you have to but do not, I beg, leave Taehyung mateless, because I know how it feels”, his mother tears up, “and I only survived because I am an alpha, he is a pureblood omega, the chances of him surviving are slim, so I beg-”

“Ma! No, it won’t come to that, i won’t let it and you know corruption is not something I want, I wouldn’t be able to face /him/, face my future pups-” “Then become ruthless”, her eyes reddens, “kil! anyone who tries to do you bad, but always make sure you keep your

responsibility as his alpha at the very front of your mind.” His own eyes redden as he nods, “I promise.” Her eye color dissolves to her normal eyes, “now go marry him.” He blinks as he looks up to find the car still driving; he tried, he tried so hard, he has been trying so

hard but he can finally claim him after he becomes the head alpha, a month later. He picks up the phone to give him a call, he can see himself in the camera, looking angry so he schools his face when his mate’s face pops on the screen and his decreases to a small box in the

corner of the screen. He stares. Taehyung is putting on his blush as he put his phone on the tile beside the basin so the omega could face the camera and see him at the same time. “A party tonight?”, he asks softly. The omega hums, “how was your meeting?” Jungkook gives him

a wry smile, “he promised to kil! my enemy for me.” Taehyung puts the brush down to look at him disapprovingly, he just shrugs, “were you worried? About the article?” The omega picks up another brush to dab at his eyebrows, “no”

“Baby”, he says, “I am not going to stop you from wearing my scent still.” Taehyung’s eyes widen slightly but he tries to mask the surprise, “y-you aren’t?” “No”, he shakes his head, “I rid everything from you that you should get as my mate, my scent I can’t”

“That’s right”, then he looks down at him with wide, innocent eyes that Jungkook knows he is going to use to demand something he knows he can’t have, “will you come to Paris tonight?” Jungkook breathes out, he knew he would ask something like this, something he can’t give,

especially now, “Baby, wait just for a month?” The omega is quick to nod, “I know, I know, with the jacket thing if you got caught coming to Paris, it would be declaring everything.” “Tae, baby, don’t be like that.” “I won’t be,”Tae says with a sour face- an expression

Jungkook just /hates/ on his mate, “if you let me join your campaign.” It has been something the omega has been wanting to do since forever because he himself was a famous person, if he could get his mate the votes than it would work out on both their favor and it would let

Taehyung cater to his husband for once but Jungkook has been saying ‘no’s’ from then and it just always pis*ed the omega off0- not in a bursting way, no, but in the meek, sad way that Jungkook hated more, “Baby..” “Please, Jungkookie, please? I promise to bring you loads of

vote” Jungkook wants to hold his face in his hand then but he can't so he just grips the phone tightly, “my love, you know the risk, people will not wait to-” “No”, the omega shakes his head, “let’s not talk about this now. Do you want to see my shoot pictures?”

Jungkook goes to sigh but then pauses, registering what he just said, “you want me to see them?”, he asks with an irk of his eyebrow. It makes the omega blush violently as he nods, “but you have to promise not to be an as*hole if you think I showed too much skin.”

The alpha holds one of his hand up, “come on, why can’t I complain about other alphas getting to see what’s mine” Taehyung wants that too, he wants only Jungkook to look at him too but he can’t give up just yet when Jungkook is the way he is. “Alpha, no-”

“Fine, I promise I won’t” Taehyung bites back a smile, “will send them as soon-”, he starts feeling queasy then. and holds his mouth as he goes to surge forward, towards Jungkook but nothing happens except the alpha's eyes widening in panic, he tries to reassure

tw//v*miting but then he actually does hurl on the basin, he is so used to it that it doesn't even affect him but he blinks, because Jungkook had seen that, dear lord, the time he had managed to hide this and now everything goes to hell.

_ “I didn’t get any calls from the HR so that means we are in the clear, you should have told Jungkook-ssi about your health before, Taehyung-ah”, his beta manager says as he leads him through the airport business class lounge. The omega doesn’t say anything as he just tilts

the versace sunglasses upper on his nose so it fits perfectly on top of his eyes- the flashes from the camera will surely blind him so late at night. He was sleepy so he would prefer not to ruin that. “Hyung, is he coming to pick me up?” The beta nods, amused, “I thought you

told him it was because of your heat?” He rolls his eyes and pulls the jacket that started all the chaos in the whole of their pack tightly against him- it has only been a week and a half but his mate’s scent on it is already faint. The omega knows it's not ideal, wearing it

right now but he took a red-eye flight to get here as soon as Jungkook demanded him and his whole team to; the alpha had panicked when he saw him hurling so he himself came back to their pack with the earliest flight and had caused a ruckus with Taehyung’s team to get him

back too- all because he was worried about him, all because he thought the omega wasn’t taking care of himself. “I didn’t get to, he wasn’t having it. It is!” He whines lightly and his manager leads him through another exit where he knows the reporters aren’t supposed

to be- they weren’t supposed to be at the main entrance either at this time because he never informed he was coming back plus it was really late at night. He straightens his mask; careful now. When they step outside, he sees him: Jeon Jungkook standing in the dark, leaning

against his car while his bodyguards stand meters away from him. The omega can’t see if he smiles because of his mask and hoodie but he straightens up when he sees him and waits as the omega runs to him to cup his hands around Taehyung’s small waist and lifts him up ever so

slightly, breathing the omega’s tiger lily’s scent mixed with the alpha's musky scent in, “Jungkookie” “Baby”, the alpha says, pressing a kiss on his cheeks and nose over their masks, “I missed you.” Taehyung hugs him tighter, pushing into the alpha’s chest more, “and I you.”

“You aren’t wearing your scent blockers, Tae,” the alpha pauses making the omega pause all of a sudden but then. “Does my scent make you feel safe?” “Yeah”, he nods meekly, “you know that.” “Sir, I think you should get in before anyone recognizes you”, a bodyguard of

Jungkook’s says. Jungkook parts from him to shake his manager’s hand, “thank you for looking after him, as always. One of my guards will drop you, have a goodnight Hyungwoo.” “Bye hyung”, he says too, leaning his head against Jungkook’s shoulder as the alpha opens the passenger

side of the door for him. His manager bids them adieu as Jungkook gets in and starts driving, swiftly pulling away from the parking lot and accelerating as a car ails him from behind. He carries his bag inside- the alpha looks tired too, donned in a black hoodie and black

heavily ripped jeans but he also follows him inside dutifully. They don't even make it to their bedroom from how exhausted they are so when Tae leans against the alpha to sniff him, they sit in the couch and fall asleep there, unable to even function as they both had a long day.

The next morning, Taehyung wakes up on his bed, wrapped up in pillows and their blankets, he sits up groggily when he doesn’t find his mate beside him. His clothes were changed as he is wearing his silk inner dress right now. He gets up with a yawn and wraps the robe around

himself to go wash himself before outside. There are already many wolves in the living room- the whole of Jungkook’s inner team is here as they all sit and type away in their laptops as the alpha is talking on the phone while an omega is tying his tie for him. He purses his

lips when he sees the omega stylist- he didn’t really like it when any other omega touched his mate like that, he hated it but he also knows its childish of him and the elder alpha will be sure to not like it, so he never told him that his skin burned underneath every time

another omega touched what was his. Feeling brave, he walks up to him and shoo’s the omega away with a flick of his hand as he stands in her place to tie his husband’s tie, Jungkook smiles when he sees him and kisses him on the corner of his lips as he resumes talking on the

phone. He is disheveled- he didn’t even change his clothes but his mate is looking at him with adoration even though he is not speaking to him. He ties it up and waits as the alpha’s hands come to rest on his hips, for Jungkook to keep his phone which he eventually does after

sometime, “good morning baby.” “Good morning”, he says back, looking at the alpha with wide eyes. “I already made Hyunwoo set up a doctor’s appointment for you-” “There is no need, Jungkookie, I am here with you now and I am fine.” The alpha brushes the dip under his eyes

with the pads of his thumbs as he looks at him worriedly, “but still. I am worried I won’t be able to take care of you because I am so busy.” Just then, a member from his team calls him, “Sir, the meeting with the board of directors from this company will start in a few,

setting up everything is over, we need to check your microphone.” Jungkook looks at him with an apologetic look as he just shakes his head to appease him. He kisses him by cupping his face, “go to the appointment and rest, baby, I will see you later.”

The later didn’t come until it's after midnight and Taehyung had been too tired to stay awake for the alpha to come so he had fallen asleep but Jungkook still hugged him from behind as he shifted in his sleep to put his head on his chest and slept again, only to find the alpha

gone the next morning. Though the alpha was here after his doctor’s appointment, waiting for him in their mansion like house with his legs crossed over the another. He smile at him brightly still and goes to sit on the alpha’s lap.

“What did the doctor say, Tae?” He bites his tongue as he looks at him, this would be the second and the last lie he would ever tell his husband, he promises himself as he clears his throat, a bit hesitant. “It’s just my heat.” The alpha doesn’t look like he believes him fully

but he gives him the benefit of the doubt as he nods and goes to kiss him then the omega starts talking about any and everything to distract the alpha and to let him know about everything that happened because they didn’t quite get the time to, the alpha listens as he hums and

kisses him from time to time, looking outside when Taehyung rests his head on his shoulder and continues speaking animatedly. It was then that they had Jimin coming in with a box of pastries and a set of narrowed eyes when Jungkook wasn’t looking.

“Hey Tae, your pictures were so good”,Jimin says in the leeway of greeting. Tae chuckles as he shifts in Jungkook’s lap. Jungkook pats his as* lightly, “He looked beautiful in them.” Jimin stills, looking at Jungkook incredulously, “how would you know? Did you go snooping on

twitter again?” Jungkook rolls his eyes but he doesn't take any offence because he knows Tae and Jimin's relationship and knows there are no secrets and respects it, “Taehyung sent them to me this time.” Jimin just narrows his eyes as his bestfriend avoids his gaze to look at

Jungkook, “with the promise that he wouldn’t complain.” “And I didn’t” Jimin sighs before he bites his lips and sits in front of them, “I wanted to tell you before you disappear again, as much as I don’t like you, I actually want you to win the election, is there

anything I can do?” They both pause to look at him, Taehyung with surprise and Jungkook with a raised eyebrow before the elder clears his throat, “No, an idol shouldn’t get involved in politics either.” It’s no shock but it still manages to anger Jimin as his senses fill up

with anger, does Jungkook always have to act like that? Like the entitled guy who always knows how much power he holds? It's like, to him, Taehyung and Jimin are mere pups he needs to protect; if you put it in the archaic way, Jimin would say he acts like he is the man of the

house and they need to listen to everything he says because he is the alpha and them omegas. Its why he doesn’t like Jungkook because the elder always tries to control his bestfriends life in every aspect, to the point that even Taehyung’s emotion goes up and down depending

on their relationship. He knows its not that bad and it is reciprocated because Jungkook loves him a lot too but he just wishes the elder wouldn't just hide their relationship- something that pains Tae- for his /politics/. “That should be my decision to make”, he says,

gritting his teeth, “I have lots of fans and they can vote-” “I know”, the elder insists and even though he is saying it quietly, it sounds condescending to him- why does he act like his father?- “and I really appreciate the thought but politics is where laws and real danger

is involved, I wouldn’t want you to get involved in danger just like I wouldn’t want Taehyung to get involved.” Jimin just sighs, all his anger flying out as he slumps back, tired, this alpha was so thickheaded, dear luna, “I need a drink.” “Jiminie, just listen to him will

you?” “Fine”, he snarls but he is no less angry with him. He doesn’t really like Jungkook because he thinks the elder is a bit too strung up, a bit too backdated- like the kind who is very controlling and only takes his own opinion into account but his relationship with

Jungkook was like that of ‘I hate you but I hope you don’t di* because my soulmate would di* with you too’-and even though he didn’t really like nor could he handle listening to him, he still got worried for the older- still got worried for his best friends family because

he knows Taehyung wouldn't survive if something were to ever happen to Jungkook and he knows the omega wants Jungkook to just let go off politics because he is scared he might end up like his father but Jungkook is too stubborn to leave. He needs to become the head alpha.

There is nothing that would change that. Jungkook just blinks, “I think I need a drink too.” Sometime later, a maid brings them a bottle of whiskey, a bowl of ice and glasses. Jimin pours them drinks and eyes Taehyung as he hands him his glass. The omega gives him a tight

smile as he leans back onto the alpha’s chest with the alpha’s hand around him as he takes a drink with the other one. He sees the exact moment when Taehyung needs to go to the washroom so he ropes Jungkook into a heavy discussion about their current head alpha so the alpha

doesn’t notice his mate’s face twisting weirdly. “I am gonna be back, I think I need to take a shower”, Taehyung says and Jungkook just looks at his back briefly till the omega disappears into their room, “didn’t his scent look a bit off to you?”

Jimin shakes his head as he swirls his drink, “so this meeting..” They had a heated discussion for about an hour and since the omega didn’t come yet, the conversation veered towards any and everything, including Jimin getting slightly buzzed out and ranting about his crush on

Min Yoongi to Jungkook. The elder listens and he must have gotten more drunk then Jimin because then his eyes are reddening, “Min Yoongi…”, he says slowly as Jimin cuts himself off, thinking the alpha might have said something before, “What?”

The alpha’s gaze is completely red now even though the red is flickering hazily, he leans back and spreads his legs- now he looks like the epitome of someone so powerful that it makes Jimin pause his thoughts. He was wearing a white button down shirt with the sleeves pulls

upto his elbows, two buttons at the top popped open and some of his hair strands falling over his forehead made him look like how an head alpha should look, exuding so much power and something else, something Jimin couldn’t pinpoint just yet.

“You have a crush on Min Yoongi you say?” Jimin involuntarily straightens up as he nods. Sh*t, was he actually getting nervous around Jungkook? The alpha narrows his eyes as his eyes harden, making him think if he hated Yoongi or not, “what do you omegas have for alphas like

him?” Jimin shakes his head from confusion, looking away because Jungkook looked downright scary just then as his jaw tightened and fist tightened around the glass that looked like it was about to break, “w-what?” It's just Jungkook, for Luna's sake, why- he was going to be

the head alpha too so him getting slightly scared was justified he guesses. “I mean, he likes someone else, I was asking what you omegas have for an alpha who likes someone else.” Jungkook pauses as Jimin turns to look at him sharply, suddenly feeling sober. “H-he does? Who?”

“My omega”, Jungkook says, whispers it like its a dirty secret, making something crack inside Jimin because it looks like a bad dream as he has already doubted that before and if Jungkook noticed it then he wasn’t wrong. Jimin stutters, he tries because he couldn’t

mean- “he is his friend, of course he likes him-” “Nah, he wanted him as his omega”, the alpha gives him a smirk, “and you wanna know a secret?” He gets pale, Jungkook has always been a tad too jealous but then how did he know whatever the alpha was going to say next stemmed

from his jealousy, he asks himself, did he notice something unconsciously too? “I think my omega likes him like that a bit too, you know?”,Jungkook pauses but then the alpha continues, “or I think so at least because it doesn’t make sense to keep someone who wants you as his

mate so near you, does it? Tell me, you are an omega too, why would you just give in to your alpha bestfriend whims if you didn’t want him as a mate too?” The omega shakes his head, “he only hangs out with him. Jungkook, you are drunk.” The alpha shrugs, “I got my omega and

he is going to stay right beside me, I know but you have some things to go over don’t you?” Jimin can’t breath because his feelings for Yoongi had grown steadily from the time he met him and Tae never told him about this and they never hid anything from each other,

why didn’t he tell him then? “Tell you what, I will owe you one if you manage to take Min Yoongi away from my omega-” “Jungkook”, Taehyung says and the omega’s eyes are narrowed and sharp as he stands there with a cold look, Jimin’s heart stutters at that- from what he

doesn’t know- but he just stares as Taehyung comes to stand in front of his alpha with hands on his waist. Cold anger radiating off of him. The alpha looks up innocently enough and gives him a bunny toothed smile, “hey baby”

Tae just sighs as the alpha hugs his waist, pushing his nose onto the dip of his hip as he puts a kiss there. the omega is so soft for him still that just irks Jimin like always. Taehyung doesn’t look at his best friend as he

says, “Yoongi hyung doesn’’t like me, Jiminie, Jungkook is just drunk.” He wishes he could believe that without feeling a sliver of doubt but he still nods, “I know Tae.” But do they really? oh Jungkook.

_ Seokjin’s lips shine as he purses them and crosses his legs, putting his elbows on the arm rest of the chair he is sitting on, “it was only time.” Taehyung sighs as he flips a page of the magazine cover he is trying to read; Elle Korea was outdoing themselves this season,

“but that doesn’t mean he would just go and tell Jiminie that, what is he going to think?” “You let him mate you.” “Because I love him and only him but it doesn't mean he is any less irritating.”

Seokjin huffs out a snort, “but he wasn’t wrong, at least he didn’t tell him the whole thing.” Taehyung goes silent as he just flips the magazine and pauses at a spread where he sees his mate photographed in a black and white photoshoot with the title, ‘will Jeon Jungkook be

our next head alpha?’ He stares as his finger caresses his face and his hair and his suit. His finger is still on his mate’s photo as he reads the paragraph. Seokjin raises an eyebrow, “when we are talking, you should respect your elders, Taehyung, especially

when you are talking to your boss.” The younger omega hums, his eyes and attention never straying away from the paragraph but Seokjin takes it negatively as his eyes widen a bit, “you didn’t tell him yet did you?” “Hmm?”, he asks; the article was very very insistent about

why Jungkook should be their next head alpha and only states on the pros and they are not wrong at all, they even talk about how handsome he is, how he is the most wanted supposed ‘bachelor’ of South Korea. When he reads that line, he pauses reading as he takes in a

heavy breath because reading that hideous word getting associated with Jungkook never ever gets better. It fills his nerves with this anger that just fires up his rage in the worst way possible. He gets jealous, so jealous because he doesn’t like omegas thinking they

have a chance with Jungkook, he doesn’t like it when they thirst over him because he is only his, and has been his since forever- at least he considers that even though they technically have been together for three years. His eyes flicker blue and he only snaps out of it when

Seokjin flicks his fingers. The younger omega looks up, “did you say something?” Seokjin sighs, “yeah, you didn’t tell Jungkook about Yoongi I am assuming?” His eyes widen a bit as he shakes his head adamantly, “no, no, I would rather never have him find that out.”

“I know, I am your boss but,” Seokjin is his boss, an omega who inherited the company from his father, or at least the fashion and the entertainment side of the Kim industries and he has been working under him since the start so he is more his hyung than his boss, which

is why he knows about every aspect of his life so he just nods, “don’t you think Min Yoongi is a part of your life that Jungkook, as your mate, should know about?” Tae shakes his head again, looking down at his mate. He caresses the photo again, “no, he can’t know because

he will flip.” “Tae, he was your ex, your /only/ ex before Jungkook. And he is still a close friend of yours who we both know is clearly not over you, your mate has to know.” “He doesn’t like Yoongi /at all/-” “Because Yoongi likes you!” “Thats what you know, he /thinks/

that-” “That means he can clearly read in between the lines. Taehyung, if you do not want your relationship to get into trouble, just tell him. It's already been three years you have been hanging out with Yoongi without telling your mate who he really is to you,

he will find out.” “He won’t” the omega says stubbornly, he can’t let Jungkook know, he can’t tell Jungkook because the alpha would go batsh*t crazy if he does. He would think he betrayed him or something and he is so scared he is going to leave him that he would rather

just hide this little detail. For some reason, his mate even think he likes Yoongi, and he is already doesn’t trust him like he used to because of the little thing the omega hid from him, like his shoots, he is definitely going to think the omega broke his trust completely

if he gets to know this, its better if he doesn’t know and its in the past anyways. He just shakes his head as Seokjin palms his face. The older omega knows if he himself were to hide something like this from his alpha, his alpha would not take it very well.

And Namjoon is just a rapper who is younger than him and also works under him, he wouldn't be able to come at Seokjin but when it came to Taehyung alpha, Jeon Jungkook, it would be so much more harsher because Jungkook was older

than Taehyung. He had more pride and he was a politician who is set to run for the head alpha election. He would not take this lightly and he just doesn't want Taehyung, who is so weak when it came to his mate, to break because its not going to be nice.

"you have a shoot at 7 today, don't forget to take a writer with you." Taehyung nods slowly before getting up, "thank you for understanding hyung" The older shakes his head, "ultimately its between you and Jungkook-ssi, I was just suggesting because I care about you."

The omega nods, "I know hyung, I promise I will think about it" "as long as you are happy." He nods again, "can I take this magazine with me?" "didn't Elle send you this month's edition?" he asks, amused, he has an inkling why Taehyung wants it actually.

The omega flusters, "yeah but Jungkook-" "He is in the magazine?" Jin asks with a huge smile now at how the omega looks shy even though they have been mated for more than two years. He has been taking every single magazine

he finds Jungkook's anything on since he started working here so Seokjin is familiar with this habit of his. "Its yours then, he is your mate anyways." The omega smiles brightly at him and comes around to hug him, "see you later hyung." "bye."

_ Taehyung is fifteen when he joins the agency, the Kims, and he is a bright faced- hot blooded omega who would stop at nothing to achieve what he wants with his alpha boyfriend beside him. They met when Taehyung was in middle school and from then on hit it off with

Yoongi starting to court him soon after. It has been his dream ever since he was little to flaunt around in pretty clothes, he has liked attention on himself since he could remember and with his parents encouraging him with everything, they only catered to increases his

confidence in himself; something he needed to be able to show of his beautiful body to the world. First thing first for his personality, he liked attention, some might even call him an attention seeker but he didn’t mind because he knew he had to be one to be successful,

he knew he had to want everyone’s attention always on himself to become famous, to get to wear pretty clothes and jewelries. And because he was chosen by a company who was led by an omega, he didn’t face much of a discrimination but he had to suffer from the lack of money

and anxiety from not getting the attention- therefore not getting the deals he wanted, not getting the money to even pay for one small plastic wardrobe fo the room the agency let the rookie models stay in together. He struggled so much that he doesn't even want to remember

that time but he also did not have to face alphas coming at him, trying to make him sell his body, no he didn't because of his boss and his boyfriend. So he considers himself lucky in one way. It was then too when he first got to know about Jeon Jungkook. He is fifteen and

he was already been courted by Yoongi, an alpha just two years older than him, for a year. Jungkook was 21 then and he had just graduated fresh out of college and the media was raving about him- because he was some de*d politician’s son and he was noticeable- getting

out small articles about him and how he aspires to become a politician like his father too. That time, the articles were so small and only one or two in a month could be found in the newspapers- the magazine being far away- but Taehyung had seen him in the newspaper once

while he was waiting for Yoongi’s training to finish and a little crush started to develop. It was nothing at first, anyone gets a crush or takes a liking to handsome alphas they see in the newspaper. It usually meant nothing and to Taehyung too, Jungkook was just

an older guy he thought was hot and someone who looked like he would do great in his life. However, as the years started to go by, more and more articles started to surface- by then everyone in their agency, everyone who worked in the agency, knew about Taehyung’s

fascination towards Jungkook so they always lets him have all the newspapers he could have so he take them home and cut out the pictures to put in his scrapbook or wall. Yoongi knew too but he could only shake his head and support his lover because it was just a celebrity

crush right? As more articles started to surface, Taehyung got more and more interested in Jungkook- the older becoming his means to escape the struggle he was going through then, till he wanted to find out everything about the older, powerful alpha who looked devilishly

handsome in everything he wears, everything he does for the public. The omega watched Jungkook grow into the fierce politician he was. But it was still just a crush because he didn't really know him did he? Then Taehyung's career took of when he was 18.

He met Jungkook once when he was 18 since the elder was invited to this party their company was holding. And he was mesmerized. The alpha was exactly how an alpha should be, an alpha who every alpha should look up to and aspire to be like. He was like the brightest star

among all of them when ironically he actually wasn’t a star, especially not when one counts the amount of famous people in the room, including himself and his boyfriend. His eyes look so good as he talks with everyone, while maintaining a certain boundary around himself that

just made him hotter since he could yield everyone away from him with just a glance and still appear amicable. He is wearing a charcoal black suit with the first two buttons popped open and has a hand in his pocket whilst his other hand clutches a glass of strong whiskey in

his hand. He is nodding and even his nod looked so toned and balanced- he was an alpha of great virtue. And Taehyung was staring as he stood in a corner- for the first time staying away from everyone and not talking as he couldn't bring himself to take his eyes away from him.

The omega is sure Yoongi must be looking for him because he told him he was going to go bring a drink but he never went back; he just wanted to muster up the courage to go talk to Jeon Jungkook by himself. Would he even talk to him?

Since he wasn’t really involved with politics? He gulps as he watches the alpha. He really wants to talk to him. At least once, he doesn’t know when he will meet him ever again. Then, as if by miracle, there came a time when there was a lull in the people coming to

Jungkook and the alpha was left alone, taking a drink by himself. The omega breathes in and check if his scent is rid of any sweetness- because it would be embarrassing to show the alpha that he is excited to meet him- he controls it. Then goes towards the alpha.

The omega watches the exact moment the alpha’s eyes catch him coming and sees his eyes slightly widening before he masks it with his go to friendly face. He speaks up first, “Jeon Jungkook-ssi, I am a huge fan.” Jungkook looks devilishly handsome as

he irks an eyebrow, “I can’t say I am not honored to hear that from the only male omega model to bag a Victoria’s Secret contract as soon as his career started, thank you”, he says kindly. It makes the omega’s heart stutter, Jeon Jungkook knows who he is? Oh my Luna.

He cools his heart down to gather up a small laugh, blushing violently, “th-thank you, you are too kind, alpha.” Jungkook’s eyes reddens slightly as he swirls the alcohol in his glass as the omega gasps lightly, he wasn't supposed to call him alpha, this was not allowed, an

omega was only supposed to call their own alpha as ‘alpha’, it's considered as such an intimate nickname. He blinks rapidly, “I-I am so sorry, alpha- I mean Jungkook-ssi, I w-wasn’t coming onto you or any of that weird sort, I am so sorry, I didn’t mean to”, he is ranting he

knows, he is ranting so bad and its so embarrassing, he feels it in the way his face and scent flushes more. The alpha for his benefit just shakes his head casually, “it's okay, Taehyung-ssi”- he knows his /name/? But it wasn’t okay, he didn’t want Jungkook, an alpha he has

been crushing on for years, his celebrity crush to think that he was a pervert, luna no so he panics again and stutters, “I-Its just you are just so handsome”, he whispers lightly, earnestly, “and I just admire you so much.” Jungkook bites his lips as a smile involuntarily

makes its way on his lips, “I don’t have anything to admire except my speeches so don’t you think you should focus more on say, Min Yoongi, the rising rapper of the industry you belong in?” Min Yoongi is his boyfriend though that's not public information and he thinks

Jeon Jungkook still deserves being admired more than anyone. He makes a small sound at the back of his throat, “I don’t think so. Even though you haven’t become anything important, you are still someone to be admired highly because

you are just so powerful and the way you carry yourself is just-” he cuts himself off, was he coming off as too obsessed with the alpha? The alpha takes a sip from his drink, “very well then, Taehyung-ssi”, the alpha pauses when one of his manager come to him to whisper

something while the omega just watches. Jungkook nods at him and looks apologetically at the omega, “Taehyung-ssi, I believe I have to cut our conversation short, it seems I have duties to fulfill. See you.”

With that, the omega watches with wide eyes as the alpha leaves, more star struck then ever because wasn’t Jeon Jungkook just awesome? He doesn't meet him again until he is 21. This time he is so much more attuned with himself, this time he also doesn't have a boyfriend.

Because their relationship went to naught with the amount of time they were spending away from each other. He loved Yoongi, he was his first love after all and one never forgets his first love do they? He has been dating him since he could remember but the more famous

they got, the more toll it took on them. By that time, their relationship was made public and keeping up with everything was just so tiring. Their breakup was a mutual one though because they loved each other still. Just the time they spent with each other was so scarce

that even keeping up with each other like boyfriends felt like a burden to them. So they decided they were better off without being in a relationship so as Taehyung turns 21, they break up. Publicly too. At that time, seeing Jungkook being the politician he was, and

supporting him, listening to his talks, had kept him sane, grounded to reality so it doesn't come as a shock to him when he sought out the said alpha as soon as he spotted him in the party.

- now, we enter a bit of a grey area which will be explored further down the line, but let me know your thoughts till now, see you in next update the day after tomorrow If you want to support my writing, (the updates will come faster;)): ko-fi.com/lockedkv

— "It was an arranged relationship yes?" Jungkook asks. He paused, his mind going a mile a minute, "y-yes, yes it was. A company play if you will, for publicity." Jungkook smirks lightly, raising an eyebrow, "hard to believe a butterfly like you would be single all his life."

He laughs breathily and hopes the alpha does not get it and maybe all the people who complimented on his charm had been correct because he was. "Yeah, you can say that", he bats his eyelashes. Jungkook watches him as he takes a sip.

Taehyung smiles back, a tad bit too sultrily as he veers the conversation away. — "Hey, when will you come home?" Taehyung asks as he looks at Jungkook through his phone. The alpha stares at him, looks all over his face, "are you home, baby?"

Taehyung shakes his head. "I am still at the shoot." Jungkook glances at his neck then. "I wish you would wear a scarf. Your neck.." he trails off. Taehyung purses his lips as he pulls his collars up; he likes it when Jungkook feels possessive but he also hates how the

alpha nags him because of it. He is a /model/. He is required to show skin and it was not like the alpha claimed him in front of the whole world that he could tell off the world into not staring at his neck so it was just irritating to him right now.

"we have had this conversation before. You knew what you were getting into when we started this-" "Taehyung do not speak like this is not something I cannot ask from you. You are a mated omega, it should not be required for you to hide your mark like this and show off an

unmarked neck just for shooting. There are unmated alphas working around you, aren't there?" Jungkook asks, his voice stable through the speaker. The omega tries to suppress it but he can't as he huffs out, "the pictures I get-" "When did you get that?" Jungkook retorts.

He frowns, "Jungkook, no, let's not do this now." "Is Min Yoongi there?" The alpha fires again. He shakes his head pursing his lips, just then someone shouts out for him and he just says, "I will have to go now, they are calling me back for the shoot. You are going home?"

"I will be home by the time you are back." Jungkook says as Taehyung cuts the call without waiting. Jungkook pushes a tongue on his inner cheek as he meets his drivers eyes on the rearview mirror, "tell me that was not Min Yoongi's voice." The beta's gaze does not waver, "it

was his voice, Sir." "Motherfcker", he curses out as he throws the phone away beside him. "A goddamn leech." Jungkook stares outside in the dark. "Tell Jina to not move away from her position. Taehyung won't tell me sh*t." The driver nods and continues driving.

— "In all honesty, we should not look back on the past right before you go into a debate with your opponent, Jungkook-ssi." Hoseok, his team head says as he matches his eyes. "But it is a good question. Can I send Min Yoongi off of this pack when I do become the pack leader?"

He throws out, as he walks beside the other briskly. "None of the pack leader has come for a rapper before, Sir, but it could be tried, is that what you wanted to hear? You are not getting that, we need to prep you for the all the pointers he could throw at you-" Hoseok does

not stop walking still. "My mate." Jungkook offers as he nods at the people who bow down to him. "That is the only thing he could throw at me, Hobi-ah." Hoseok throws him a side glare, "it is also the one that you cannot answer as of yet. So? Can we start?"

"yes we can." Hoseok pauses all of a sudden as he throws his hands out and raises his voice, "as the unspoken rule, us head alphas are expected to have our omegas beside us right? I have my omega right beside me. I see you, all alone. What a shame" Jungkook pauses too. He

opens his mouth, looking like he is losing his cool. Hoseok snaps his fingers then, "you lost that debate right there, Sir." "That's an immoral question and I stand by that." Jungkook says, as he looks away. "That's a logical question, its their head alpha, a mate is important

we all know that as wolves. That is the only thing I would say is holding you back, head alpha." Jungkook throws him a wry smile at the way he addressed him, "fuxk him, he is going to get it from me. I am not even going to allow him to bring that question to the table."

"let's hope that isn't his first question then because by now, everyone is aware which button to press to get you all worked up" "Sometimes", Jungkook lowers his voice than. "I wish I could just shove it in his pudgy face that my omega is way better than his omega but-"

"you cannot do that." Hobi is shaking his head vehemently, "announcing Mr. Tae as your mate would be sui*ide, it would be the worst scandal. We cannot take that hit this close to the elections." Jungkook nods, "Trust me, Taehyung leaves no stone unturned for me to not know that"

It is the first question he asks, as if he had been waiting on Jungkook for that specific topic. Jungkook holds himself from gritting his teeth, as he takes a glance at the said mate of his opponent. Jungkook clears his throat. "Despite being known as one of the powerful

alphas." He pauses for effect. "I am a hopeless romantic. I believe in fated mates and the mate the moon goddess wishes for me is the one I am waiting for." Every bit of that is mastered and worded carefully but the awed gasps and the admired claps are deafening as he gives his

trophy smile as if he already won the election. After the shouts of admiration dies down, he glares back squarely at his opponent, "now, for the way you handled the stock exchange and mass incarceration rate in the pack under the current head alpha, you-"

He wins the debate but the happiness in him gets wiped out when he sees a lone message on his phone from his mate. Its funny, the universe, when everyone thinks it's him who is in control. Nobody noticed that even his emotions and thoughts go from here to the other side in

seconds just for this omega he has made his eternal mate. my omega; 'I wish I was fated to you by the Moon goddess, maybe then you would have shown me off, regardless of who I was' He huffs out, biting his lips, as he feels the tell tale sting in his eyes. He is

the pureblood alpha, a politician, the to be head alpha, he would be dead before he will allow himself to be caught crying but he can hold anything, anything, be strong for everything until it came to not being able to keep his omega happy.

He squares his jaw and smiles at his team that claps for him for winning the debate as soon as he enters, "we have done it", he says, strong voiced. They shout out choruses of 'yes's, "the question about the mate was worded perfectly, hats off to whoever wrote it."

That sentence had enough power to probably have created a small bamboo bridge between Taehyung and him, besides the bridge that is created by Min Yoongi and Taehyung's innate reasons to lie regarding the alpha, but it was there. The writer deserved the recognition.

An omega from his team, Jieun, blushes as other woots, "she is a hopeless romantic." She sure is, Jungkook thinks sardonically as he smiles, all bunny teethed. His silent phone is his pocket lies heavy. "I will see you guys tomorrow. Hoba, walk with me?" Hoseok turns to

attention and scurries after him as he briskly starts walking, his bodyguards following him. He does not talk because of the sheer amount of people that are looking at him as he passed but he finds himself getting impatient so he walks even faster. Hoseok has a hard time

keeping up, but he does until he sits in the seat beside him. Jungkook takes his phone out and shoves it at him. "The glass cracked today. Have it fixed and sent to me by tomorrow morning. Shift me to my home phone for now." "Will do sir." Hoseok nods and waits for him to say

something more. Jungkook looks out of the window when he speaks, "would it be possible to set up a team meeting between both mine and Taehyung's team tomorrow?" "You have to meet the head alpha of the united nations, it is a big meeting, we are required to stay on put for the

whole day-" "Make it possible", Jungkook pats Hoseok's shoulders, "I know you can. I want to clear some things between the teams as soon as possible." He pauses, sees Hoseok's narrowed eyes, "please?" The other alpha sighs as he leans back on the leather seat. "You ask

too much head alpha. I think we can squeeze something in late afternoon tomorrow, just before the meeting." "Perfect", Jungkook says tiredly, "now I will go home to my omega. You go to the team?" Hoseok gets out of the car, "will do, head alpha, will do"

The alpha in him grows restless the longer he is away from his phone, the longer he is away from his home. He needs to talk to Taehyung. He needs to make the onega understand, he just wishes he could clear everything up in between them but it sounded impossible because

he had fear clogging his mind, fear of Taehyung leaving him for Min Yoongi, fear of Taehyung leaving him because the younger discovered he has more things to look forward to than his political life. "Taehyung," he calls out as soon as he enters their house. The omega turns

and he looks tired, sulky with a downturn of his lips. “Jungkook.” “I got your message.” Jungkook says slowly as he stills stands, feets away from the sofa. Taehyung watches him, “Have you?” His tone sounds off. “It was written by my team because that fuxker always manages

to catch me off guard with that question and you know the public holds onto every debate-” “It was sweet.” Taehyung says silently, meeting his eyes. “What you said. You know I liked believing in ‘fated mates’ back then too. I would have swooned so hard.”

His eyes sparkle a bit before dimming. “If I did not know that fated mates could be one sided too like love.” His gaze never leaving Jungkook’s. “It is not one sided.” Jungkook grits his teeth, angry at himself because of the look in the omega’s eyes.

— i will come back later because it looks like no one is reading it, see you!—

The omega laughs mirthlessly, extending his hand towards Jungkook. “Is it not, Jungkook? Come here and kiss me.” Jungkook shakes his head as he takes a step towards Taehyung. “It is not.” Taehyung frowns as the alpha does not come nearer, his hand falls.

“If you believe that, then am I not supposed to be your fated mate? Why am I not introduced to the world as your mate?” Jungkook cannot speak. The omega’s frown strengthens. “What? You said yourself you would introduce your fated mate to the world once you find him.

You say you did.” His voice cracked. “ Why does my profession matter still? I told you I am ready to give-” Jungkook takes those steps to his omega as he crushes him in his arms, shaking his head. “I will not be the reason for you to give up your dreams, Taehyung. If I do,

it would ki! me. You have been patient for so long, my love, just one more month, I will declare to the whale world that you are my mate. Hell, I will scream it to them.” Taehyung suppresses a giggle at the image of Jungkook screaming in front of so many people but he just nods.

“You promise?” “I promised already. Three years is a long time, baby and you have done so well. I will let your claiming mark proudly in the office everyday afterwards too if you want me too.” He actually giggles out loud then as he hits the alpha lightly. “Stop trying

to make me laugh when you made me cry just a few hours ago, alphas do not have claim marks from their omegas-” Jungkook’s heart breaks at the sentence but he just wills his guilt and tears back, “I would let you still because I believe you are my fated mate.”

Taehyung matches his eyes, growing somber. “You own me, Jeon Jungkook. My body, my soul, my heart, you own my everything. I would /d*e/ if you were to leave me one day-” “You are never d*ing on me, my love.” Jungkook says adamantly. Taehyung continues. “That sentence

really hurt me, you're saying this now.” Taehyung feels his eyes sting. “Do you really really mean it?” “I promise on my alpha. I really really mean it.” Jungkook says, shaking his head so the omega does not cry. Taehyung’s tears subsides as he nods.

“Then kiss me and heal me, alpha.” He can call Jungkook ‘alpha’ now. He got him as his alpha. Jungkook does kiss him, hard. _ Being a model meant he had to run to his stylist’s house in dire circumstances.

One such presented itself when the dress he was wearing had all its drapes coming loose one by one till it looked like a massive heap of clothes. He had to be taken to the stylist’s house in an emergency.

“I am so sorry, Taehyung-ssi. The babysitter has bailed on me and my alpha is at work.” He gives her a large smile. “It’s fine, I completely understand.” His manager nods behind him. She ushers them into her living room and makes Taehyung stand in the middle of it.

“Sorry it is a mess here. I was feeling a bit low yesterday so I made nests in my bedroom, here, everywhere.” She laughs. The smile dims in his face. The omega got to show off her nests consisting of her alpha, she was lucky. “Your nests look really comfortable.”

He compliments, staring at it with longing, something she sees as nothing as she blushes. “Yeah, my alpha helped me too, most of them are his worn shirts.” He looks away. Jungkook gives him his shirts too and lets him make a nest in their house- but just in their bed, not

their living room- not where they watch the television and snuggle against each other and Taehyung misses the warmth and the feel of his nest, but he cannot make one because there are people over in their house always.

He does not make nests anywhere but in their house. He does not get to talk about his alpha like her. He does not get to cherish a pup like her. He smiles, “The drapes?”, She gets on with the drapes as he watches her everything and tries to make sense of why he is feeling

so emotional. He has been okay living like this for three years, he did not complain because Jungkook had promised him already and he told him he was okay with it. But why was he not okay now? He suddenly feels nauseous as he cups his hand over his mouth, tasting bile.

He does not get to excuse himself as he rushes to the nearest bin along with his drapes and hurls, coughing violently. "Fuxk." "Taehyung-ssi!" "Taehyung, are you okay?" He nods, closing his eyes. "I am fine, its just-" "Oh," the designer says all of a sudden and

he just opens his eyes to look at her as she is looking at him with wide eyes, "oh you are, oh my Luna, CONGRATULATIONS!" She pulls him in a hug even as he is bent. He can only nod. "Your pup is going to be beautiful, I am sure, Taehyung-ssi, this is so precious. The whole

process of being pregnant-" He blocks off her words as soon as that word comes out of her mouth and he looks at his manager. The beta nods. He gently pries her off of himself to stand, shaky on his knees. He smiles, its a fake one but she doesn't get it. "Thank you

but I would like it if no one knows about it actually since I haven't being telling anyone yet." His manager comes forth. "Ofcourse Taehyung, I am sure Jihyun-ssi would comply by the privacy rules, she is after all a designer under our same label." It is an underlying threat,

pointing out her link to him to keep her mouth shut. Taehyung has learned this dirty trick from his mate's team and had his manager doing it too because to get his gain, he would have to pull up his strengths at a point. She laughs, a tad bit uncomfortably, "ofcourse, I would

not snitch. Your secret is safe with me." She has the audacity to wink. "Now chop, chop, we need to get this dress on properly to complete the shoot." He still looks at his manager, the beta nods again before going to make a call. He wishes he did not have to go through such

troubles for this, but his v*miting always causes problems. This is so tiring. He rubs his cheeks as he stands tall again, back as if he had never gotten sick just a few minutes ago. _ "If I was Jungkook-ssi, I would have worshipped the very ground you walk on, Tae."

Taehyung grows still, he turns to look at Yoongi with large eyes, "do not-" Yoongi narrows his eyes. "I let you go so you could be the happiest because you told me your happiness is with someone like him but you bave been anything but that for a long time now."

Taehyung looks away. "It is the pup-" "See?" Yoongi retorts with a scoff, eyes hardened. "He even made you call your own pup in a way that makes you sound detached. Do you not see what is wrong with that?" "M-my pup." Taehyung stutters, breathes

out, his heart a beating in fear of who might be listening and telling his husband about the conversation he is having with Yoongi. "Do not look like that." Yoongi says sternly, "I am going to kil! that alpha if you look like that.

You deserve to be worshipped, Tae. You deserve to be shown off, to be kissed, to be pampered." "That bastard does not even know how lucky he is that he got you to carry his pups. What would I have not given-" Taehyung holds his index finger over Yoongi's lips

them. "Please . hyung. Do not speak it. Do not dig up the past when our break up was mutual-" "You are so selfish, Kim Taehyung-" "It is Jeon Taehyung." "You are so selfish, /KIM TAEHYUNG/." Yoongi says through gritted teeth.

"It was not a mutual break up and you know it. You left me for that bastard, I did not want to keep you in a relationship when I knew you only had affections for a guy you did not even know outside of the media." "How could I not let you go when you were like that for him,

and not for me? I don't know what heavenly work he did in his previous life to get you so smitten by him without doing the bare minimum even, but he is one lucky bastard and I want him to see it." Taehyung bites his lips as he shakes his head adamantly, he holds

Yoongi's hand in his to calm him down which works like magic. "Hyung, that is where you are wrong with him. He is not the lucky one in this relationship, I am. I am the one who bagged the /head alpha/, an alpha older than me who only was known to court older omegas.

He is the coolest person out there who has suffered a lot to get to where he is. He mated me as soon as he got to know me- he did not let me feel the insecurity then. I became his permanently. So do not say that he is incompetent. His election is near, but he has

cancelled his campaign overseas for me because he knows something is wrong with me. It is I who do not deserve him because I am keeping his pup a secret from him-" Yoongi rolls his eyes. "Only because of his goddamn election." Taehyung pauses, he licks his lips as

he holds Yoongi's hand. "I am talking to you here in your studio as if he did not specifically request me not to do so." Yoongi glares at hjm. "He cannot take you away from me this time." "He will not." Taehyung assures the alpha, intertwining their fingers slowly.

"He cannot break our friendship. Hyung, please do not bring out our past anymore. You do not deserve it." He whispers. "You deserve to be loved and I cannot be that person." "Why-" Taehyung puts his hand over his lips this time because he is so afraid of

the words that he knows is going to come out of Yoongi, Yoongi who has sad eyes now. "You have one of the most famous idols pining over you, go grab him before anyone else does." Yoongi scoffs painfully as he looks away, moving Taehyung's hand

away from his mouth, "even if I grab him, there is no certainity that he qould not leave me for another alpha while we are in a relationship." Taehyung whimpers, "I beg you hyung." "Do not insult me by begging me Tae. Come back to me, I will always be here waiting."

Tears gather in the omega's eyes as he looks away, not being able to see Yoongi anymore. He closes his eyes and the tears fall. Tears that Yoongi wipe away with his nimble fingers. "Do not cry for me, Tae. Do not." He curls on himself, "you deserved so much better than me. I-"

There is a knock on his door then making Taehyung's eyes widen as he quickly wipes his eyes and looks presentable. Yoongi sighs as he mives away from Taehyung. "Come in." "Yoongi hyung." Jimin calls out softly, pausing in the threshold when he sees Taehyung there too, "Tae?"

"Hi Mimi, hyung was just making me listen to some of his songs. I can leave if you want-" "No, you", Yoongi watches him, "you stay. Jiminie, what is it?" Jimin hesitates before shaking his head, "I just wanted the raw copy of the song you are making for

me, my vocal coach wants to hear it." "I will send you the copy." "Sit here, Mimi, come give our grumpy hyung some love." Taehyung laughs lightly as he pats the space next to himself, ignoring Yoongi's glare. Jimin nods, for some reason Jungkook's words echoing in his head.

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 Does Taehyung? — Jungkook's study in their house is fully packed with people as

they all sit for a long meeting with the alpha. It is past 1 am now and Taehyung is starting to feel antsy at the thought of the amount of strangers in his alpha's den even though he is in their room, in his nest.

He whimpers as he presses Jungkook's worn shirt more to his scent gland. He wants Jungkook here and he wants the comfort of his alpha desperately. Taehyung calls for a maid and sends her to get Jungkook for him. Jungkook says he is coming as soon as he wraps it up.

But the more minute passes, the more impatient he grows- his hormones are really all over the place so he cannot control any of his doing just then as he rises up from the bed and makes his way to the study bare feet. Taehyung does not knock as he enters.

All the people turn to look at him with wide eyes as he only glares at Jungkook, the alpha's eyes reddening when he takes in the way his omega looks. "Jungkook." He calls out. Jungkook's eyes redden more as he gets up from his seat and

comes to him, "Taehyung. I told the maid I will come, you did not-" "I am tired of waiting-" Jungkook manhandles him outside the room and closes the door shut loudly behind them. He grabs him and pushes him against the door. "What the fuxk were you thinking going in between

so many people wearing nothing at as* o'clock?" Taehyung pouts as he whines, "I am wearing a t-shirt-" "That hugs your figure and without the innerwear, I can even see the shape of your di*k, omega", Jungkook growls low. "What was I to do? I /need/ you, alpha.

Please come sleep with me. I cannot sleep without you. My omega is yearning for you, please." Jungkook pauses before he sighs. It makes Taehyung feel like he has disappointed him somehow. Even though Jungkook kisses on his pout, he stills feels it.

"Okay, I am coming, my love." Taehyung nods as he goes and sits while kneeling in the middle of his nest, waiting. Jungkook comes after a few minutes and pauses in the threshold when he sees him. "Your nest looks beautiful." He comments slowly.

Taehyung preens as he juts a hand out for the alpha to take. Jungkook takes it and is pulled towards the omega until Taehyung is lying down and Jungkook is hovering over him. "I am sorry." Jungkook whispers. Taehyung watches, with vulnerable eyes.

"I am sorry too, b-because of my c-condition-" "No no." Jungkook shaked his head. "This is our home, an omega is supposed to feel the safest in their alpha's den, in their nest and I brought in people here- it is for my election, after

this ends, everything will be alright okay?" Taehyung nods. Jungkook pushes his head on Taehyung's chest. "Even if I don't win, I will make sure to give you what I promised."

"You will win," Taehyung says confidently, breath hitching when he feels the way Jungkook's hands settle on his lower stomach. "What? Are you in pain here?" Jungkook asked, worried. He shakes his head as he closes his eyes. "Let's just go to sleep.

I have a hectic schedule tomorrow as I am sure you do too." Jungkook watches as Taehyung hugs his neck and gets Jungkook to roll sideways and sleep facing him. He narrows his eyes as he looks down at the omega's lower stomach, a troubled look on his face.

— Jungkook nods at the sheer amount of people who are cheering for him. His campaign in Busan has been running successfully. He has heard because it is his hometown, he might just get a 100% votes from here. It is the easiest city to handle for him.

He goes down the stage and pauses when he sees a certain omrga waiting for him there. Jimin takes his sunglasses off as he bows at Jungkook slightly- thr media takes loads of photos of that- so the omega had come to 'support' him despite him clearly saying no.

His jaw ticks as he goes forward. Jimin just smiles at him. "I am actually not here to defy you, hyung. I am here because I need to ask you something and I did not feel like going to your den." Jungkook nods as he gestures at him to walk with him to his car, his team

flocking them. The media continued taking pictures. They do not speak until they are inside Jungkook's Mercedes and even then the alpha eyes him until Jimin speaks. "How did you know that Yoongi likes Taehyung?"

Jungkook snorts, the omega came all the way to him to ask such a thing meant something had happened. "Isn't it right infront of you?" Jimin stares. "their interactions?" "Don't you see the way Yoongi clings to him? Like a goddamn leech?" Jimin looks away, "what about Taehyung?

Why do you doubt he might like him too?" Jungkook looks pained. "I have told him many times that I don't like him around Yoongi and he told me that he understands, that he won't hang out with him as much but he lied." "They hang out always- hell Yoongi sees my mate more

than I do- and what's worse is Taehyung tries to hide it from me, in a way that makes me think if he is guilty of something-" "What do you mean?" Jimin asks, a frown marring his expression. "He will not ever do that to you out of all the people, never you."

Jungkook irks an eyebrow, "then why do you ask?" Jimin looks away and fumbles for a response, "it might be because you are so aloof, hyung." "What?" The alpha snaps. "You", he looks at Jungkook, "you are aloof to him, hyung."

The alpha grits his teeth, "how am I aloof exactly?" "He is younger than you so you ignore the fact-" "I don't-" "Let me finish." Jimin requests. "have you ever wondered why am I so angry at you always? It is because of the way you treat him.

You treat him like he is not your mate, like he is not your equal. You take care of him yes, you love him too but you don't treat him well at all. You treat him like a child who can't take his own decisions, who can't go anywhere without your permission."

"You are aloof to his wants, to his needs as your mate-" "I-I do not. I am not" Jungkook seethes. "Yes you do. Maybe that's why you even see Yoongi as a threat because you know it too-" "How is this possible? He is literally my mate, why would I treat him as a child-"

"You tell me, Jungkook hyung. You tell me. You do not even let him act as a proper omega and don't say it's because of your election. You vowed /three years ago/ to protect his wishes before yours which you have done nothing of-" "Jimin-ssi", Jungkook's voice is icy, it

makes Jimin pause. "I am sure you did not come all the way to Busan to tell me all this when you could have done so many times we met before. You came here to satsify, to understand the insecurity you feel when you see Taehyung with that bastard crush of yours.

Do not bring in how I treat my mate here. I didn't agree to listen to you to get my relationship with my mate scrutinized." Jimin gulps as he nods. "I came here to visit my mum too, thought I would see you because I was free. You are right, I came here to

appease what I see in between them and looking at you I feel like I understand." Jimin's eyes tear up slightly as he inhales. "I will willingly sacrifice Min Yoongi to Taehyung if it means Taehyung will get to be happy, will get to feel a mate's love after years of nothing.

He deserves it. You deserved to be left alone because of what you did, do to him so I hope he actually leaves you to go choose Min Yoongi, because Min Yoongi is thousand times the mate you could never be."

With that, Jimin wears his sunglasses and steps out of the car. Jungkook looks shaky. "I knew I didn't deserve Taehyung from the start but sue me, I am a selfish, selfish alpha who always aims for things that are way out of his reach."

— "Wear my jacket." Jubgkook murmurs sleepily. Taehyung's heart scrunches up as he coos, squishing Jungkook's cheeks in between his hands, "you look so cute."

Jungkook pouts, "I am older than you, you are the child here." Taehyung smiles. "I know," he kisses the pout, "you sleepy baby, I know." Jungkook becomes alert at his tone. Why does he sound so melancholic? He gulps, "got everything for the airport? Your documents, passport-"

"I did," Taehyung nods. "Milan." He watches Jungkook. "Can we go to Milan after your elections?" Jungkook watches him for sometime before giving a nod. Taehyung's eyes lights up. "You mean it?"

"Have I ever not meant anything?" Taehyung shakes his head as he pulls the alpha closer to him by his neck. "Milan loves me as their model, I would love to show off my mate to them. I would love to show off the Head alpha of my pack to them."

Jungkook feels his cheeks heat up as he coughs. "Go. Be safe, Taehyung. Come back to me yes?" Taehyung nods as he kisses him for the last time and gets out of their house. Jungkook yawns as he makes his way back to the nest the omega made for them last night. He hears his

phone ringing when he is almost asleep, he picks it up. "Alpha." His hums, "Tae? Did you check in?" "No", Taehyung pauses, "I kind of forgot to bring this dress with me that I wanted to wear for a party there. Could you-" He hauls himself up, "which one is it?"

Taehyung squeaks in happiness, "sorry that-" "I am your mate." Jungkook stands still, "this is my duty, however it is. Tell me, my love" Taehyung describes the dress to him and tells him it is a new one so he did not get to hang it

in the throng of dresses he has in their walk in wardrobe so he needs to search for it in the dress drawers. He hums as he listens to the description and searches for it. When he is in the last drawer, he finds it, but along with it, his hand also touches something at the

very back of the drawer. He frows as he shifts the phone so it is between his shoulder and his ear as he takes out an envelope. Jungkook's eyes widen when he sees it is one from the hospital with Taehyung's name on it. He quickly opens it only to

tw//mentions of ab*rtion, mpreg. freeze as he sees the large words printed on top of the form. 𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝.

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So his /worst/ nightmare comes alive. Jungkook had been right. He has been right. Taehyung was pregnant…and he was going to get their pup /aborted/? He did not even tell him about the pup. His eyes tear up. The phone drops from his shoulder, Taehyung wanted

to get rid of his pup, without even telling him and suddenly he couldn't breath as his chest constricts. It is so painful. Jungkook had known about the pregnancy, had smelled the pup as his in Taehyung way before he even started vom*ting. He had just been waiting for

Taehyung to break the news to him about their pup but the omega never did. Just when he thought he would- when the omega got sick in front of him in that video call- Taehyung had lied to him and told him about a heat that is not supposed to happen because he was pregnant.

Jungkook knows he is not the perfect mate, but he has been trying, he had been trying so much to be that mate. For the pup, he thought he had found a way to bring their relationship out. He had been so happy that Taehyung was carrying their pup that people knowing was

starting not to matter to him even if it would be lethal to his goal. The people would be okay with them if their was a pup, they would understand their relationship. They would not point fingers at Jungkook for mating someone so young that it was easier to think

he had forced Taehyung. They would not point fingers at Taehyung for trapping Jungkook sensually. They were going to have a pup together! And now. He knows it is not enough but he has been trying. Just a month more and he would have given Taehyung

everything as he promised him to…and yet..the omega- He pauses in panic as he skims over the page, his eyes coming to a stop when he sees the slot the sign were going to go in was empty, meaning Taehyung had not gone through with it. Yet.

But he was thinking of getting rid of their pup…. More tears flood his eyes, he curls on himself as he cries silently, eyes reddened in the immense amount of pain he feels. It is numbing. He hears his phone ringing again. Jungkook tries to quiet his sobs, the shakiness

in his voice as he speaks. "Taehyung?" "Jungkook?" Jungkook knows the younger already detected something was wrong so he tries to stable his voice more. "Yes, my love." His heart breaks. His love, who wanted to get rid of something they made together.

"What happened, Alpha?" "Nothing, I am going to send the driver with the dress okay? I have a meeting to attend in a few." Taehyung is quiet for sometjme. "You are okay?" Jungkook wants to lie down on the cold floor again so he does. "I am okay.

I will be okay. Please be safe." He cuts the call without waiting for a reply. The pain in his chest does not disappear for the rest of the day. Only grows more intense.

He does not understand, he cannot understand. Does he love him really? If he wants to get rid if their pup? Or was it some other reason that Taehyung was trying to hide from Jungkook. He does not know and he cannot even think about it over the sound of his loud unsecured mind

screaming, if his heart breaking to pieces. He breaks. — Two more weeks till his election. Taehyung is meant to come back today and even though they have been talking a bit daily like they always did, Jungkook never breathed out or questioned about the pup.

Logically he knows that is his pup too so he should be told about their existence, about Taehyung's feelings about it but he also cannot bring himself to ask the omega. Because the omega did not tell him himself. It does not matter Taehyung was carrying something of his

and yet the omega did not even want to talk to him about it, as if his opinion on this matter did not even matter. A part of him thinks if he is worthy of asking the omega about the pup because he hasn't been the perfect mate- and another part of him, the masochist side,

thinks he deserves having a mate who would not be willing to carry his pup because he has kept them a secret, like it was something dirty, something cheap even though in his mind his mate is the most precious thing to him which was why he kept Taehyung hidden.

He was reluctant on telling the whole world about Taehyung partially because of his position yes but there was also a part of him that just wanted to keep the omega to himself even though Taehyung's career demanded the opposite of it.

Jungkook sighs as he sits in his office surrounded by mountains of paperwork. Taehyung is coming back home today. He does not know how he is going to face Taehyung knowing the omega hated the idea of having his pups but he loved him, didn't he? Did he at least love him?

Then he would not mind Taehyung giving up their pup whatever the reason might be, even if it will destroy him till the point of no return. He would be okay as long as Taehyung still loved him. Call him crazy but he is just someone so in love with Taehyung.

"sir?" A beta calls out, knocking on his door. "Come in." He says slowly and waits for the news with expectant eyes. The beta nods at him. "The doctor did not want to disclose it at first so we had to pull a few strings. Mr. Tae is pregnant- four months pregnant with the pup

and he has looked into the termination process with his bestfriend, the sole witness, but has not gone forward with it even though it has been more than two months." Jungkook breaths out and nods. "Very well. Thank you for your work." "Sir, you have an appointment with the

mayors in right about five minutes. Shall I sent them in?" He nods again. "Have you prepared everything?" The beta nods and leaves. Jungkook looks out the window and sighs, with the election so near things have become so hectic. He does not even know what to feel.b

- When he gets out of the meeting, he sees Hoseok’s grim face. It makes his heart freeze as he comes to a stop in front of the other. Hoseok just grimaces before he lightly shoves the ipad in his hand towards Jungkook.

Jungkook raises an eyebrow and looks down at the ipad, an article is enlarged on the whole screen and he narrows his eyes as he reads the title. Something drops in him, probably his consciousness, or his heart, he does not know as his eyes reddens and his scent

thickens in a kind of anger that has Hoseok taking a step away from him warily. “What the fu*k?” He does not know how loud his voice is until he notices the way all of the people surrounding him flinch and take a step back in fear. “What the fu*k is this?” He asks, snaps

as he looks at Hoseok, anger clouding his mind. Hoseok shivers slightly as he gulps, “T-Taehyung-ssi is waiting for you at home. He has just arrived.” Jungkook gives out a derisive laugh as hurt fills him, “he has the audacity to think I will go home to him after this?”

Hoseok blinks, “He has sent in a message to your phone saying he is tired and he needs his mate-” Jungkook scoffs again, loudly, shaking his head as he starts opening the jacket he is wearing, almost pulling the buttons off in his haze to get it off. He throws it away

somewhere as soon as he gets out of it, ‘Fucking fine, the princess shall get whatever the fuck he demands” His veins are throbbing with the red hot anger streaming in them. Something dark is coming over him, he knows and he feels it engulf him from everywhere, the picture

and the article title he just saw flashing in his eyes, repeating over and over again like a broken record. By the time he arrives home and to Taehyung, he is blind with rage, he can only see red and it is consuming him whole. He does not even notice it. When he sees Taehyung,

he gets more incensed. He rounds the living room to come to stand in front of the omega. The omega who has his head resting against the sofa rest looking every bit tired after the long flight, his eyes half lidded as he looks at Jungkook with something he could not pinpoint

then. But something he should have. "Taehyung." He snaps, standing rigid, anger shimmering all over him as his scent thickens around the air. He does not notice it is suffocating the omega. Taehyung just looks at him and gets up. "So you have already decided before

talking to me." Jungkook narrows his red eyes. "It's not about deciding anything. It's about you lying to me in the first place every single time I asked." He grits out. "Every. Single. Time. Without fail. No matter how many times I asked. What else is there to talk about?"

Taehyung just shakes his head as hurt shines all over his eyes, parallel to the bone tiredness he feels. "Am I that much of a /child/ to you, my opinion is that much insignificant to you that you don't even ask me what actually happened?" "You both were fuxking pictured

together! In /Milan/. He was literally caught fuxking kissing your forehead. What else is there for your to clarify?" He snaps, he has his hands in his hair, he is pulling at the strands crazed as he stares at the omega who is staring back at him with the same look as before.

But he does not say anything, does not appease Jungkook, does not deny the clear allegations that he hears in the alpha’s voice. It only manages to anger Jungkook more, “You blame me for treating you like a child? What the hell are you then? Why would you lie every time I

asked, like a /child/ as if you did something wrong? Huh?” His tone is so hostile that it actually manages to irritate Taehyung’s pheromones as the omega tears up, “because like a child, you never trusted me! Even now, you did not trust me on this. Came screaming at me like

I am a fuxking child. I am not a child, Jeon Jungkook, I am your mate!” Jungkook huffs, scoffs so derisively that it hurts Taehyung, makes him want to just drop down on his knees and ask for his forgiveness even though he does not know what he did wrong, makes him want to hide

in fear but he holds his ground because something in him just refuses to do those, because he actually betrayed by the alpha right now because he at least hoped in the way Jungkook treated him as a child he would have trusted him but Taehyung was wrong. He was so wrong.

“Is that it then? You proved to me that you are not a child by doing /this/. By hurting me this badly?” Taehyung's eyes tear up as he shoves at the alpha’s chest, “what? What have I done? What are you accusing me of here?”

Jungkook’s eyes sting as he looks away, “Min Yoongi.” He pauses, his eyes reddens, “was your boyfriend before we started our relationship, wasn’t he?” Taehyung freezes, his eyes widening. He is silent because he cannot speak, does not know what to say because the alpha

has caught him- red handed and it must look so bad, what- what was he- “You knew?” Jungkook has this huge weight growing over his chest, over his throat that makes his next breath hurt so much that he is afraid to breathe, “I am standing for the next head alpha. The most- if

not the only- powerful position in the whole of our pack and you expected me to not know?” Taehyung’s eyes fills with fear, “I don’t know what I was thinking when I decided not to tell you- you just asked, and I replied, thinking that I would have more chance with you if

you didn’t know-” “Taehyung”, Jungkook seethes, “Even if you told me you were in a relationship with Min Yoongi then, I would have fuxking waited for you. THIS”, he shouts, startling Taehyung, making him flinch, “this is why I am forced to treat you the way I do because you

don’t fuxking understand exactly how deep my feelings run for you. I mated you as soon as was appropriate, I did that to bind you with me forever because you are like quicksand in my hands. You could slip any moment, I felt it then, I feel it now.

You are like somebody I feel is going to slip right by my fingers as I give my life up to keep /you/.” “Jungkook….” Taehyung is surprised, shocked as he just stares at the alpha. Jungkook shakes his head, “I tried so fuxking hard and I still could not keep you as mine.”

“Jungkook, please don’t say that-” Taehyung pleads. “What else am I supposed to say?” Jungkook snaps, his voice booming across their living room, “what the fuxk am I supposed to say?” “I did not do anything with Yoongi hyung. He is just my friend-”, Taehyung goes to say.

Jungkook snaps his jaw shut, “Why did you not tell me this all these years? Why did you lie to me every single time I asked? And are only telling me after you got caught together in a fancy foreign article in a foreign place you always wanted me to go on a romantic getaway?”

“Because you wouldn't believe me, “Taehyung snaps, trying to hold the alpha’s biceps but the alpha pushes his hands off, “you wouldn’t-” Jungkook snorts painfully, schools his tongue for what he is going to say. Later he will realize how much of a grave mistake he is

committing but now, he does it anyway because he just wants to hurt, not knowing that hurting Taehyung would kil! him first before the omega because then he says something he himself didn't believe but has been something that has been keeping awake in the darkest nights

like our worst fear usually tends to do, “just like you did not believe me with you pup? Tell me Taehyung, since you only hide things about Min Yoongi from me, is that pup Min Yoongi’s that you hid about it from me for months?” He feels the slap before the last word is even out.

— I have to go on a small break because I have a class and its an organic chem one that I can't miss, but I will be back in an hour! Till then, enjoy?—

When he registers what he has said, his eyes widen and the red dissolves to give in his scared eyes as he looks at his mate, Taehyung looks positively enraged as he seethes, “How could you even say that?” “Taehyung- no- that’s not what I meant to say, that’s not-”

“You made me slap you! You made me slap you!” Taehyung repeats, he lets out a laugh that breaks Jungkook, “You never wondered, for a second, why I hid about the pup from you? You HIDE /ME/. I thought you wouldn’t want a pup. With everything going on. Then I thought I also

did not want to bring a pup to this world where he would be hidden,” the omega’s voice cracks, “because I know how much it hurts to be treated like a fuxking secret despite the fact that I /love/ to be flaunted."

Taehyung sniffles, "I am a model, hyung. You knew that, you knew that when you were courting me, mating me, and you still decided to hide me," Taehyung has tears filling his eyes as they tether on his lids dangerously, spilling over when he squeezed them shut painfully.

“Luna, I-”, The omega shivers, “becoming a model was my passion, models show off and here I am, kept hidden like some dirty secret. I would have bared it, I bared it because I could give my life up for you. You think you are the only one who is afraid of losing his love?

No." Taehyung eyes flashes blues. "I sleep with an eye open because I am afraid you won’t come back home to me one night with the amount of nights I have to sleep without you for your endless meetings. You.” He shoves his index finger on the alpha’s chest as Jungkook

stares at him with that crestfallen look, his own tears spilling everywhere. “Are so selfish, Jungkook hyung. How many things have I sacrificed for you?! If you knew about Yoongi, then you must have already known that I broke up with him, that I broke one of my closest

hyung’s heart for you, just so I could get the /chance/ to be with you, just for the chance I threw my childhood away and you still doubt me? It didn't matter to me then or now because I love you! Yes, I lied! Yes, I feel

so goddamn guilty that you found out about our /friendship/ this way but you are so in the wrong to just act like I cheated on you without even asking me. I am the one who gets treated like a child here and I say that because you keep on neglecting me-”

“Taehyung,” Jungkook grips his hands, "baby, please don't say I neglected you, you are my world-" "Then choose me," Taehyung says, whispering it out, a huge contrast from when he was shouting. His eyes look crazed as he clasps Jungkook's hands over his, "please, choose me

over your elections. For once. Please, alpha. I beg you-" Jungkook's eyes widens, "Taehyung! Don't you ever beg to me and I will choose you, just please. I told you to wait-" Taehyung laughs out, more of his tears spill out, his eyes get blurry,

“fuxk your elections! There I said it. You kept on choosing your elections over me for three years, I would be damned if I let you choose your elections over our pup-” Jungkook’s heart starts to beat loudly painfully as a kind of silent panic settles

in him, “-It’s good that you know now about the pup. For the matter of fact, he is yours, Jungkook”, he shouts, “but I refuse to name him as yours until you choose him, until you choose me too so I”, Taehyung takes a step back, his shoulder slump, it is not hitting him yet-

what he is about to do, he knows he is going to want to run back to Jungkook, he is going to want to beg him to forgive him but he cannot, not now, “I am leaving, I refuse to live with you until you accept me in front of the whole world.”

The panic actually settles in as his scent and pheromones gets everywhere, the alpha has his hands raised as if to hold Taehyung back, “it was for your safety-” “If you cannot keep me safe,” Taehyung’s voice breaks badly, so badly that Jungkook’s heart

starts to bleed, “then you do not deserve me.” “No, no no, Taehyung please, Tae please, I said it, only because I saw the pregnancy termination contract-” Taehyung flinches, - “that is the only reason, I was filled with doubt, thinking you didn’t want to keep our pup.

I shouldn’t have brought Yoongi here because I knew- I knew since you got pregnant”, Taehyung eyes widens as Jungkook nods, “I knew, I smelled our pup on you and I was just waiting for you to say it to me but you never did and when I found that I just got insecure and-”

“Its because of you!”, Taehyung comes up to him again to shout, “it is because of you I even looked at that process. I didn’t think you wanted a pup when you did not even want to associate with me in front of the world. So no, I

am going to stay away from you until you choose me. And our pup.” Jungkook cries, “Taehyung please of course I would want our pup, I would want litters of our pups, please-”

Taehyung stones himself to not look back once as he turns to leave and does leave, leaving behind his and Jungkook’s broken heart on the carpet in the living room. Their mating marks throbbing from the pain they have given each other.

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One week is left till Jungkook’s election and he feels dead inside. Like a part of him has shriveled up and has withered and it has, because Taehyung refuses to talk to him, to even look at him when he visits him religiously every morning in Jimin’s house.

Jimin always opens the door for him, pity shining in his eyes but he remains quiet and leaves him alone when he stands in front of Taehyung’s door. He keeps on begging to the door but the omega does not listen, does not even give him any acknowledgement. Jungkook had not being

used to being like this with Taehyung so for him, it was like he could not breathe. Or live. He is working on autopilot. The whole week he has actually become a shell of himself. His dark circles has darkened so much that it had become a HR concern- he had to wear makeup

everyday now to make him look not depressed- otherwise, the people would think he was worried about not winning- which they couldn’t have. Jungkook thinks he has not worried about his election for the first time in that whole week.

For the first time since he started all this he has not worried about his election. “I know what you are thinking, Sir,” Hoseok says, “I would not recommend it so near to the election. He was also caught with Min Yoongi, everyone now assumes he is the secret mate. Everything-”

Jungkook nods. His schedule keeps on piling up even though he is trying so hard to fulfill all his duties. To even keep his mind busy because he doesn't know what he would do otherwise. Jungkook’s mother calls, screams at him for repeating the same mistake his father did

which cost him his life. Jungkook was doing exactly the opposite of what she told him not to do. He stays silent throughout the call. His tears fall as he stands in front of the strings and strings of skyscrapers, a hand holding the phone lightly while the other is fisted

tightly in his hand, drawing blood. He is crying and bleeding but he does not feel the pain. His voice is broken as he whispers, "sorry's" to his mother until she gets tired of him saying it and cuts the call. He does not tell her about the pup, could not bring himself to hear

he knew she would say even though he knows he deserves it. The night gets darker as he steps out on the balcony. Jungkook closes his eyes as he feels the cool air against his face. “-Please don’t let me go, Jungkook, I will die if you do.” Jungkook had laughed, "why would

I let you go when I have mated you to keep you?” Taehyung had glanced back at him as he stood on the edge of the balcony, Jungkook held him tightly in his embrace- the railing was in front of him but Taehyung was scared of the height still, “you never know.” Jungkook shakes

his head, noticing the tone Taehyung was talking in. Jungkook cups his face with the other hand- Taehyung shivers at that- “I promised you forever, I am never letting you go.” “Even if you had to choose?” Taehyung whispered. Jungkook laughs, “I would choose you, always, baby.”

-But he didn't, did he? His eyes tear up, he did not and kept on choosing his dreams over his mate like the selfish alpha Taehyung called him out to be. He lets out a sob that nobody hears and wipes out the snot. Jungkook takes a step back and keeps on taking them till

he is away from the balcony. Sleep does not come to him since the night Taehyung has left. Two nights later, he does not expect anyone to call him out on how bad he looks- because everyone fears him too much anyways- but a stranger does. The stranger takes a double take

when he recognizes him and whistles as he takes a big bite out of the cup ramyeon he is having- just like Jungkook- in front of a dinghy convenience store. Jungkook looks away but the stranger still talks. “Never thought I would see you out of the TV.”

Jungkook’ jaw clicks in irritation, “then pretend you didn’t.” “Sheesh, who got your panties in a twist,” the strangers says, taking another bite and looking at his with raised eyebrows. When Jungkook glances at him, he pauses- the stranger looked familiar actually- he feels

like he has seen him somewhere so he looks at him carefully and he could tell just by the set of sweatpants and sweatshirt he is wearing that he is not from around this place but from the wealthier side. So he just glances away without saying his mind.

“Mate problems?” the stranger alpha says. Jungkook stills and looks back at him with narrowed eyes. He finishes chewing his bite, “How do you about my mate?” He doesn't deny about the said mate even though the public is not aware about the mate. The alpha shrugs, “only a mate

could be the reason behind an alpha like you looking like that and eating cup ramen at 1 am in front of a shady store like this.” “You too?” The alpha looks away, “Kind of. I’m here because my mate’s not home. He is too busy with the office. I mean, ruling an empire like

that is not easy but I just wish he would come home by midnight.” Jungkook looks away, somehow feeling this stranger’s words in his mate’s voice. “Running an empire is not easy, “Jungkook whispers. The strangers huffed out a laugh, “oh I know. His father gave me

the corporate side to rule as our wedding gift. I fuxking hate his father.” It makes Jungkook let out a dry laugh, “I bet. I hate /my/ father too, for giving me this dream to chase.” The stranger nods, “ah right, the elder Jeon was a politician too.”

Jungkook gets quiet, the stranger looks at him with a glint in his eyes. The alpha lets out a breath, “I know there is only one ultimate dream to chase like there can only be one love but is there any point to that ultimate dream if you can’t live it with the one you love?”

Jungkook stills, looking back at the alpha. The alpha is not looking at him but he has a clear look on his face, “I kept my dream of becoming a rapper aside to marry my mate- his father refused to have it any other way,” he gave out a laugh, “but he made losing my dreams so

easier even though he held onto my dreams-” the stranger’s eyes turn glossy as dimples come out with the shaky laugh he lets out, “He tells me to become a rapper now, we already have a pup and I want to try for my dream again /for/ him.”

He looks at Jungkook, “take it from me, your mate will choose your dreams for you but you have to choose him over your dreams first. Nothing is worth choosing over your mate.” Jungkook’s own eyes tear up, “I went to beg him everyday afterwards, he refuses to-”

“Well, did you choose him over your dreams then?” Jungkook does not realize how he knows to ask him, too in pain. “I-I want to-” “Then do it. It's that easy.” Jungkook shakes his head, “it isn’t-” “Choose him before he slips out of your hand for real,” the alpha

pauses, “you know that he will right?” Jungkook looks at him fearfully before nodding before an erratic, crazed expression comes on his face. He takes a step back, his hands shaking. The alpha takes the ramen from his hand, “what your team says might be right, but the public

loves him, so you never know until you do it.” Jungkook stares at him, “you know him, you know me, should I ask?” The alpha shrugs, “time is running out man, maybe if we meet again.”

Jungkook leaves without waiting anymore. _ The campaign is going to be the largest one yet and his team is nervous about it as they move around him in a hurry. Jungkook is nervous too but for a completely different reason. The text he sent to Taehyung has been seen but as

always he did not get any reply, it made it more nerve wracking. He looks at Hoseok and Hoseok actually looks a bit faint but he still manages to nod at Jungkook. A lot of them clap when he enters, he smiles at them- the small smile he always gives.

There is a lot of people who are looking at him like he hung their moon and he cares about them, he swore to care about them but he cannot really see the crowd then, he cannot as his eyes keep on scanning and scanning the faces to glance on that face of the person he has

never allowed in here but he still gets disappointed when he does not see his mate. Jungkook starts talking, showing his sincerity, telling them of the love he holds for this country- he does not lie, he cannot lie. He pauses when he talks about families.

His eyes deafen as the walls close in on him but he stands still. He then hears his heart beating fast as everything gets dark. "Families...I know I have never really talked about my family-", he never did, everyone just assumed he was a bachelor because they could not see his

mating mark as it was on his chest- right above his heart, he just never corrected them because of reasons he was bind to now. He could see almost everyone seating up in attention. The media clicking more pictures, almost blinding him from the light. "But

because of a certain rumor that has been going around, I have decided to talk about them. My mate-” an insane amount of people gasp audibly at that, he gives out a dry laugh pausing, “-has been angry with me for that. So here it goes. Hoseok-ssi, if you will.”

Hoseok’s hand shakes as he clicks on the clicker and a screen falls behind Jungkook, illuminating his face. More people gasp collectively as even the camera clicks get quiet in the silent hall. Nobody moves. Jungkook smiles and moves away to stand at the side, “and because

he is shown all over the world in huge billboards, I decided to show him from my own campaign billboard too." Jungkook nods. "It does not do him justice,” Jungkook says as he turns around to look at the huge photo of his mate- one he took- his mate’s feline eyes from the

picture stares back at him, at his whole team, at the whole country through the live broadcast. “But I could not bring him in person so his picture had to do. I present to you, Kim Taehyung, my mate." He pauses for the calmness, for the release of a weight form his shoulder

to overtake him. It is overwhelming but it makes him feel exhilarating like he is finally breathing, like he is finally living. “I hope you will take good care of him. He is one of the most famous model and frankly I have no idea how he chose me, but I am glad he did and I hope

you understand that what we hold is very precious, no matter what the rumors say.” He swiftly shifts the topic from there because that is all he needed to say, wanted to say and he does not want to veer that attention away from Taehyung.

— "You are not to stress so much," the doctor reprimands as he looks at the test results in his hand. Taehyung just looks away. Jimin clicks his tongue, nodding. "Sorry for such a notice, we did not want to take any risks when he started to feel those cramps."

The doctor nods, "he is in a delicate position. But Taehyung-ssi, if you keep on stressing to this amount, it pains me to say it but you might lose your pup." Taehyung gulps but still does not say anything. He has not said much since his fight with Jungkook,

Jimin guides the doctor out of his home and comes back to stare at Taehyung with an indignant look, Yoongi just shakes his head. "Are you going to /ruin/ for himself now?" "I just want to matter to him, is it that impossible for me to ask such a thing from him?" He says.

“You do,” Jimin says quietly, “you do matter to him. He comes here every morning and begs you to open the door-” “Should I go to him then?” Taehyung asks, his voice clear of any feelings. Yoongi winces, gets angry but none of them get to reply because then Taehyung’s phone is

ringing. Taehyung stares at it before sighing and picking it up. “Hello?” “I need a clear cut answer from you because Jungkook-ssi’s team is putting an insane amount of pressure on our team to deal with the millions of articles that got out in the last half an hour. We need

to release a statement asap. Did you know about this? Why wouldn't you at least warn me?" Taehyung scrunched his face in confusion as his heart started to beat a bit faster, others dissolving in the background as he focused only on the manager's voice, "what? I- I don't

understand. What articles? Why would his team go crazy on us? I didn't do anything-" Yoongi curses. Jimin takes his phone out in a hurry, typing furiously. He can bear a loud gasp but it becomes white noise- "Jungkooki-ssi announced about you being his mate in the biggest

campaign of the election and he did it quite dramatically- I kid you not, this was /huge/, thousands of articles-" But he cannot hear them anymore, cannot even hear his heart taking up speed, adrenaline pumping in his blood, he stutters, “J-Jungkook.” “Taehyung? Can you hear

me?” He cannot. He breathes out shakily, his eyes fluttering. The phone falls from his hand, “Jimin-Jiminie, switch on the TV, switch on the TV-” But he does not need to repeat it another time as Jimin hurries to switch the TV in the bedroom on. It is already on the news

channel since Taehyung has watched all of Jungkook’s other campaigns so what he sees on the screen as soon, numbs him because his eyes stare back at him as Jungkook stands on the side. The news channel is talking wildly about the incident they photographed but he does

not notice them as he stares at his mate’s face in the picture. Jungkook looks so much like the Jungkook he has seen the first time- the confident one with bright, strong eyes as if he was sure of what he was doing. Taehyung’s heart beat calms softly as he stares at Jungkook

looking /proud/ of himself, as if he was proud of having Taehyung as his mate. The news channel shifts onto the video recorded from the campaign- “𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍

𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚.

Jungkook is saying on the screen, Taehyung feels his eyes tearing up, clouding the tunnel vision he has gotten of his mate, he sniffles and starts sobbing. 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔…He did not speak about the pup, which meant the announcement was solely for Taehyung,

announcing only his mate. He snorts when he hears the sentence repeat because…Jungkook could not believe how Taehyung chose him? Hilarious when he has spent all his life wanting Jungkook, choosing Jungkook was not even an option for him.

Someone hugs him, “you deserve it, Tae, you deserve it, don’t you cry.” There is a huge weight on his throat even though he is crying, he hiccups as he lets out more tears, “W-why is he so dramatic, Jiminie” Yoongi hugs him over too, from the other side, cupping his neck to

push his head on the alpha’s neck, “you do not deserve any less, he should have begged for your forgiveness in front of everyone.” “Hyung,” Jimin admonishes, irritated, “stop hating on Jungkook hyung for a second, let Tae be.” Taehyung cries, his heart, his heart actually

feels full, feels /happy/, feels weightless from the weight he has been carrying since he said yes to being Jungkook’s secret. He finally feels like he belongs to Jungkook, his mating marks throbs. But it is not painful. For the first time in more than a week, it is not

painful. He feels like he could breathe again. Everything goes silent. _

“The articles are pretty in between honestly.” Hoseok says robotically, emotionlessly. Jungkook looks ahead with narrowed eyes, the sky gets darker under his gaze, “and, what does that mean?” Hoseok looks at their team with contemplative eyes, “show him the chart.”

The presentation opens up, Jungkook tilts his head to look at it, silent. “What are you thinking? I don’t need the stats Hoseok, not now.” Jungkook gestures at all the others to leave the office before he looks at Hoseok, pointedly ignoring the chart. Hoseok nods, licks his

lip, “with everything. Half of the responses was just like how we predicted but the other half,” he pauses, a bit of a smile seeping on his face, “is actually pretty good. They love the fact that you are already mated and with Kim Taehyung nonetheless with questions arising

about if he was your fated mate since you said you wanted your fated mate to mate. But there is also a little bit of that half which is angry at you for keeping your mating a secret but there is a catch because they don’t know when exactly you mated and we have made sure

with Taehyung-ssi team that it will remain as such.” Jungkook remains impassive, “tell me really, what is it? What do you think?” “As your friend, I would say you did a really good job because it was being unfair to Taehyung-ssi. As your team head, I would say it was a

very risky, very risky thing to do but I know you know it so you do not need me saying it. The people who are hating on you, they said you both are staging this for personal gain, that why did you have to reveal just before your election if not for that?”

“How are voting percentages looking though?” “They decreased slightly but it is still too early because it is tentative guessing.” Jungkook nods, he looks at his phone to check if Taehyung has replied to the messages he has left, it pains him when he sees the omega has not.

He sighs and gets up, then he has to go to Jimin’s house. He leaves his office with a nod towards Hoseok and gets driven to the idol’s house. He stands and knocks but nobody opens the door, he knocks again and then calls Jimin. The idol is breathless, as if he had been

dancing when he receives the call, “Hey, Jimin, where is Taehyung? Where are you? Nobody is opening the door to your house.” Jimin huffs, “Hey hyung, I am not home and if nobody is opening the house, it means Taehyung is probably out too-” With his heart in his mouth and

the disappointment spreading in him, “where?” “To eat,” Jimin pauses, “I think, yes. The pup was craving something to eat from the last time I talked to Taehyung which was, like two hours before." Jungkook clings to every single word about his family, pauses because he is

not sure if he should ask Jimin about them, if Jimin would tell him anything about them. He nods to himself and quiets down, “Okay. I will see myself out.” He goes to cut the call but pauses. “Jungkook hyung,” Jimin says slowly, “give him time, just give him time.”