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Yoongi grew up in a hilly environment, where the grass would grow with the sun shining on them through a clear sky. The nature surrounding their pack was beautiful, different to how their pack was running.

It was at an early age he was disgusted by Alphas, not having presented yet. They would claim Omegas against their will and mate to their advantage only (the higher ranked did this surely enough), the ‘less’ powerful side having almost no choice in those decisions.

His brother had presented as an Alpha – but Geumjae was so so different from the others. Yoongi’s brother would never force someone to submit to him against his will. Besides, his brother also had a gift. A gift that was protecting his whole family's status. Because of this, he had regained hope that maybe the younger of the two would present as an Alpha too. It was very likely he would.

Life played a cruel game on him the day he presented as an Omega. His father, his mother, his brother… everyone knew what this meant.

They didn’t want Yoongi to suffer, they could never, and this is why his mother forced him to wear the black-bead necklace right after he presented, a sweaty and sticky mess in the privacy of their family’s hut.

It would not take long before the pack would catch on about what happened and ask for Yoongi’s presentation. Because for them, an omega with gift would be a dream come true, the finest breeding stock.

“You need to go! Leave this pack, Yoongi. I can’t… I couldn’t bear to let you in their hands!”

Yoongi’s mind hadn’t even cleared from his painful presentation when his mother threw her arms around his heated and sweaty neck. She was sobbing, her shoulders shaking violently against her son. He barely registered his father at the door to his room, and when Yoongi glanced up at him, the newly presented omega saw the devastated look, the elder's eyes fixated onto the floor. He had never seen his father this pale.

The damp hair was brushed out of his forehead, cooling hands of his mother cupping his face as she forced him to look at her.

“My son. Do you hear me? You need to go. You need to, as soon as possible.”

She sighed and she closed her eyes, that always held a flame in them, as if she was in a physical pain. And maybe she was.

“The pack Alpha’s son… You know the rumours on what he wanted to do with you- if you ever were to present as an Omega.”

He understood. Him presenting as an Omega…

His family was gifted with fire. And to escape the fate of being a breeding object to claim this gift from him, to produce powerful offsprings while he would get taken against his will, to use his gift however they pleased with Alpha voices, Yoongi needed to go.

At 19 was when he presented, and for five years he was on the run now.

Every time he believed to have made them lose his tail and that he could finally settle down, those persistent bastards popped up again. Chasing him still, after all these years… That psycho Alpha had never ceased to look for him, to send his lap dogs in search for the omega he wanted to make a toy for himself.

The chase went on for so long, and years of running had brought him to the mountain regions. Currently, he was climbing one fully covered in snow.

His fur had learned to grow thicker and adjust to the environment, and his build wasn’t as weak as expected from omegas. Life had been hard on him, but Yoongi had overcome many struggles which made him stronger and the wolf he is today. It wasn’t a big deal to catch his own prey, something which wasn’t very omega-like on daily-basis. That wasn't easy at first, but his survival insticts made him acquire hunting skills in desperation.

It wasn’t typical to stroll around alone at all as a wolf. And most importantly, he was gifted with fire.

He used it too cook his meals, if he found a good place which covered the light and smoke of his flames, and also to keep himself warm against the harsh weather on the mountains. Using it on open, uncovered areas was too dangerous, because his chasers knew to look for it. A fire on a snow-covered mountain would out his location immediately.

Yoongi was walking on a snowy uphill path when he heard the cries. Several of them.

His ears shot up, head turning to the general direction of the screams- and soon enough  the sour distressed Omega scents reaches his snout, making him growl.

His reason told him to stay away; he was an Omega himself, no match for attackers if they were charging as a group.

But he also couldn't just pass by like nothing was happening. A group of omegas was getting attacked, right in his vicinity, and his wolf was on edge.

Shifting to his pitch-black wolf, the fur standing out starkly against the white under his paws, Yoongi jumped down the slope at the side of the path which led to a forest. He didn't know where he was, only followed the sounds and smells in his building rage.

When he arrived at the scene, the sight that greeted him was even worse than he had imagined.

Not only were omegas fleeing from their attackers- Alphas, Alphas of his previous pack he realized with horror- there were also terrified pups among them, desperately clinging to their mothers who tried to run with them into safety, some of them injured.

That was enough for the black wolf to let his rage overcome him completely in an instant, feeling the red burn of his gift in his eyes.

A giant firewall lit up in the middle of the forest, making even the trees under the thick snow they were covered under catch fire. The instant rage made Yoongi go blind to his actions, and his long-nurtured hate made him want to see the Alpha bastards burn in its literal sense.

An unlucky omega girl had already been in their hands before he had arrived. The Alpha's face was buried in her neck, shoving the material of her cloth forcefully down her shoulder.

Having a firewall bursting out right in the middle of the forest was of course enough of a distraction, and Yoongi didn't hesitate to jump out of his cover and sink his fangs into the Alpha's neck, very intent on killing. Having the advantage of surprise, he used all his strength to pull out the life of the Alpha who was now howling in pain, pushing him away from the female Omega in the process.

Two other wolves were already set to get to him as he released his first victim, lifeless and with only a occasional twitch of a muscle, into the blood stained snow.

Yoongi saw red, only one goal in mind: kill them all.

With a growl he set the first attacker on fire, the wolf whining instantly and rolling wildly on the ground to put it out.  Knowing he didn't have enough time to give the same treatment to the other, the smaller dashed head on to clash against him and both wolves fought for dominance with snapping jaws, seeking to sink their fangs into the others neck.

Though he was strong for his status, the Alpha was stronger regardless and had Yoongi under him soon - so once again he called to his gift and awakened his flames. What he missed was the previous wolf, who had already saved himself from the flames, clamping his sharp teeth into his hind leg, shooting a strong pain over the omega's body. Yoongi howled in pain, a slight panic arising at being caught.

No one expected the assaulted omega girl to crash her body against his attacker, the force enough to free his leg from the lethal fangs.

Yoongi was furious, with all his mind setting the wolf in front of him in flames, not caring that his energy was getting drained drastically from how much power he put into his gift. Soon, the nauseating stench of burned fur and flesh filled the air.

He pushed the wolf off him, the fire licking at his body and not harming him at all, and immediately jumped onto the other that had cornered the frail-looking omega, seemingly about to faint, against a tree. The clashing bodies made the snow from the crowns of the trees fall onto them and once again, Yoongi did not hesitate in letting his gift flowing inside his veins out of him in many heat waves, keeping the flames alive until the pain-filled whines from the last Alpha ceased long ago.

Only then, he allowed himself to step back from the heat, the death he created, back into the snow, where the cold and heavy exhaustion washed over him rapidly. He was out of breath, waiting to regain back a fraction of his stability.

Luckily, he hadn’t done much damage to the forest. The fire on the trees ceased to smokes floating towards the blue sky. This was not good at all, but he had won the fight for now.

The omega was panting heavily and his mind started to get dizzy, limps heavy, barely registering that other wolves arrived at the scene and what he had done. What had happened because wolves of his past pack were chasing him.

Looking over, he registered that the omega girl who helped him earlier indeed fainted, but before he could think further about her, another wolf was approaching him- an Alpha with a golden-brown fur. Not from his old pack, but also not closing in with a jolly mood, which he concluded from the madness that shone in his eyes, taking in Yoongi’s bloody state.

His angry growl was resonating dangerously in the area, golden-red eyes flashing and focused on Yoongi. Although his body was past his limits, the omega’s fur in his neck stood up defensively and he growled back, signaling the Alpha to back off.

Which he of course didn’t.

So he flamed up an area just before the Alpha, a warning, to show he can indeed be a threat.

However, if the bigger wolf was surprised even a bit, he did not show it at all. He simply surrounded the burning area, making Yoongi take a step back, and the move pained him due to his hurt and bleeding hind leg.

Admittedly, he was barely able to stand, and he knew the Alpha could end him in the blink of an eye now. Plus, there were other wolves of his pack, currently taking care of their pups and omegas, who would surely assist the Alpha soon.

Yoongi was brave, but not dumb. Before the Alpha reached him, he needed to run.

So he did.

Trying to ignore the pain, he tried to use the speed advantage of his smaller body, but his wounds and exhaustion were giving him a hard time.

The Alpha was chasing him fast, paws hitting the ground hard, not being so subtle with his deep and threatening growl.

Pathetically, the omega carried himself on three legs, focusing on running up back to his path, thinking of the impossible in his state -

He came so far, and it couldn’t end like this…

A heavy weight threw him off balance, and Yoongi whined in pain as his wounded leg couldn’t handle that much anymore.

The Alpha forced him on his back, securing a front paw on his chest and growling down at him. Even then, Yoongi was not going to give in to his instincts, still daring to growl back. Call him insane, but once the Alpha knew of his status, it was surely more than over.

Fangs snapped in front of his face, and he struggled madly under the weight and claws, not caring about submission.

Yoongi was panicking.

He knew submitting would be the better choice, but he didn’t do it. Couldn’t do it.

Seeing the smaller still struggling and thrashing madly, the Alpha was at the end of his patience and sank his fangs into his neck.

Taehyung sighed.

Now that little fire-spitting asshole even had the audacity to faint by just a little bite. The small wolf had shifted back to his human form after losing consciousness and he carried the naked body over his shoulder, securing him there with one arm.

This one needed to stay alive for him to have at least someone whom they could interrogate - to inquire what their intention had been.

Up where he got him in the forest before, he gladly would have snapped his neck right then, but his hyung would snap his in return if he dared to make such a dumb move.

“Whom do we got here?”

Jungkook, the youngest of their Alphas, approached them and tried to sniff the stranger, scrunching his nose as he weirdly enough couldn’t make out a distinct scent at all. He was fully clothed already and had brought Taehyung’s pieces with him.

“A beta. I cannot quiet guess what happened here, the one Alpha who didn’t get completely burned shares the same black fur as him. They seem to come from the same pack, and I cannot grasp why he should burn his own. He might be a feral?”

With a disgusted face, he let the black-haired man down into the snow that softened the fall. Immediately, the white around his leg darkened to a red, sucking in the blood.

“He is bleeding!”, the youngest shouted.

“If we want him alive, we should patch that up. Doesn’t look like his body got much for self-healing right now”, Jungkook explained.

The elder Alpha was putting on his pants when he let out an annoyed grunt.

“What kind of gifted wolf doesn’t self-heal quickly…”

Annoyed, he ripped the end of his pants and squatted down, grabbing the leg of the bleeding wolf.

While he was bandaging the injured area, Taehyung couldn’t help but notice how… delicate this beta’s legs were. Almost too delicate for a beta.

His touch on the other also made him realise that he was far too cold for an average wolf's body heat, so he grabbed the shirt from Jungkook’s hand and gestured towards the younger to help him put it on the beta. It reached him mid-thigh, making him look fragile, and the Alpha was questioning once again how such a small wolf could have created major and lethal damage.

He shouldn’t let his guard down. He knew the smaller had a fight in him, and powerful or not, he wasn’t allowed to underestimate the enemy.

“Let’s take him back to the pack.”

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Blurred voices echoed in his mind, but he couldn’t quite make out the words.

“Let’s take him back to the pack”, was the only full sentence he processed when he regained consciousness and felt a warm hand at his dangerously cold arm.

Without a warning, Yoongi jumped away from the unknown touch and started hissing, his world still spinning. He recognized the growl that was given in return despite the other having shifted into his human form- the Alpha from before, who was on him in an instant again and holding him by the wrists above his head, growling at him to force a submission. A repetition of what happened in the forest.

“Jungkook! Give me something to tie his arms and legs with! Quick!”

The younger obeyed as he dashed off to find what was asked for.

Yoongi wouldn't go down without a fight. The omega kicked at the Alpha's side with the bit of strength he could gather in his healthy leg, kept struggling, although he knew he had lost. When this didn’t work, Yoongi turned his face and bit down the veiny arm that held one of his wrists, feeling victorious only for a second when the Alpha withdrew his hand with a pained groan -

only to be slapped with the back the latter’s hand across his face that forced the air out of his lungs. The pain erupted a second later, his cheekbone aching from the impact. His eyes widened in shock while he tried to breathe in, which ended in letting out a short high-pitched squeak from how constricted his throat was.

“Hyung!”

Jungkook had ran back to Taehyung, halting by his side. “Hyung, what happened?”

“He bit me”, Taehyung grunted as he was offered cloths, with which he tied the now dazed wolf’s wrists, followed by the ankles. He was still alive. Good.

The young wolf didn’t shy away from voicing his concern:

“Did you have to slap him like that?” 

Setting his eyes on the young Alpha, Taehyung couldn’t believe that he found pity towards the small wolf in Jungkook’s eyes. His dongsaeng had much to learn, and one of the things was to not show mercy on any weak-looking wolf that he came across.

“Listen, he is an unfamiliar, dangerous wolf who was coincidentally here at the same time our omega’s were attacked. He IS one of the attackers, Suran’s blood and scent is on him, in case you haven’t noticed. 

I am being far too gentle, he should be dragged up the mountain until the snow burns his skin off, but I am worried that might kill him before we can get the information we want.”

Jungkook’s features melted to disgust, facing away and shaking his head before he looked at Taehyung once again. 

“I’m not sure I share those thoughts, but let's just get him to the pack safely, alright hyung?”

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Yoongi was only half conscious when he was thrown over the Alpha’s shoulder again, arms dangling down and occasionally brushing the bare skin on the strong back. He felt a numbing pain on his cheek that reached the corner of his mouth, and his body would have surely gone totally cold if not for the natural warmth he was carried on.

Words were exchanged between the two Alphas who soon joined another group of wolves, Alphas and Omegas, maybe even betas he couldn’t smell, but he couldn’t make out what was said.

He felt a hand brushing away his hair to take a look at his face, could only make out the words “looks bad” before the voices became a blur in his head again.

Only when cold hardness dug into his form under him did the omega came back to his senses slowly. His eyes focused on the tall figure that was securing a rope, which had replaced the clothing around his wrists. Yoongi pulled at it weakly. The omega realized he was in some kind of cave. He still didn’t get how he ended up in this situation, letting his bound hands rest on his chest, sighing in defeat.

“Why am I being tied up, when I did nothing to you?”, he finally croaked out.

The taller faced him now with raised eyebrows and a not so convinced face.

“You, a blood-tainted wolf, throwing out flames recklessly, in a scene where our omegas got attacked - did nothing? Who are you trying to deceive?”

Eyes hardened and the muscles in the brown-haired wolf’s jaw tensed as he bored his stare into Yoongi’s, marched up to him and squatted down. The omega wanted to turn his face away, but fingers tightened around his chin in a painful grip before he could do so. The pain in his cheek hurt like hell, and Yoongi couldn’t hold back a pained sound that escaped him.

“Now that you are awake, do tell!

What were you doing on our lands? 

Which pack do you belong to, and how come a gifted wolf like you runs around misusing his powers like that?” 

Yoongi tried to shake his head - how did the other know of gifted wolves? No matter what he would say, the other wouldn’t believe his words anyways. Of that, he was very sure by the look of the angry red eyes above him  and needles to say, by how he was treated in general. The grip turned really painful, and as his hands were useless, he couldn’t even will by the fire. 

“I didn’t- I didn’t attack your omegas! I was helping!”

“Spare your shit! I can smell Suran’s blood on you - You can’t tell me you are innocent!”

The red of the Alpha’s eyes turned even more intense, his pheromones settled heavily around them, so much that Yoongi choked on the excessive amount. He was gasping for air, which wasn’t easy with the hold on him.

“Hah. 

Look at how pathetic you are. You can’t prove your innocence. Now answer the other questions.”

A moment of silence passed. Yoongi would never tell him which pack he had belonged to, and why he didn’t have a pack now. It would equal in serving himself on a silver platter, all ready to be brought back or worse - if they knew he was an omega, who knows what they would do to him.

Taehyung laughed in disbelief at his muteness.

“Be that way then.

You will stay here until I know what to do with you further - or maybe you will be smart enough during that time to finally talk.

Until then, your little fire-spitting hands and legs will be tied.”

With that, the hold on him left, so cold fresh air streamed in again that burned his lungs, and the Alpha’s “No food or water for him!” resonated through the walls of the cave.

Now, the omega was left alone there, and it was cold, so cold . The piece of clothing on him did almost nothing to shield against it - the rough ground and cold breezes blowing occasionally in his direction made his body shiver. Yoongi’s energy was drained, and the omega didn’t know why his healing wasn’t as fast as it should be - his wounds were hurting and his body produced the bare minimum on body heat. Something was clearly wrong.

Knowing he would be cut off from nutrients now too, his willpower sank even further. The small wolf just laid there, staring at the greyish-black ceiling, and was waiting for what was probably his death.

He had tried. He ran away from the pack who only wanted to breed him for his gift for so long, only to land in the hands of an asshole Alpha who thought he attacked his pack. The list of why he hated Alphas grew even more. A smile crept up on his lips. 

If there was something to be proud of, it was that he was capable of being seen as a threat by the Alpha while being an omega. This was at least an accomplishment, Yoongi thought, and something which he had achieved before his death. It wasn’t much, but the thought comforted him nevertheless.

Shuffling as best as possible, an attempt to hug his knees was made, to save as much body heat as possible. And while shivering against the cold, he sometime seemed to have fainted or fallen asleep, he didn’t know which one for sure.

The next time Yoongi wakes up, his mind is still dizzy and way worse than before. He felt the sweat on his forehead and neck, how it clung to his black-bead necklace, and his body seemed to be burn and freeze at the same time. 

Feeling the bile rise up his throat, the omega turned his face in time to avoid throwing up on himself. His throat was sore and burning too now, and he felt disgusting, yet too weak to do anything besides shuffling away from the patch he had emptied onto the ground next to him. He groaned at the thumping pain in his skull, and his whole body was covered in cold sweat now.

He tried lighting up a flame, brought up all of his concentration and power in him to try and burn the ropes or light a flame on the ground, but nothing worked. His gift was almost impossible to will by with sheer willpower, being tied and drained of energy besides not healing properly certainly didn’t help with that either. The omega in him was getting desperate, whining at his helplessness.

Yoongi was sure there was someone guarding the entrance, and if the guard was hearing his pathetic sounds, they did not even bother to check if everything was alright. 

He fainted.

The Pack Alpha and his mate had been on a long run for two days, having left the responsibility over the pack to Taehyung. Their personal time had come to an end, Namjoon and Seokjin were returning to their pack - only to receive shocking news.

Their pack had been attacked, and even worse: their omegas and pups had been in danger. 

Naturally, both, especially their Pack Alpha, were outraged and had asked who was to be held responsible for such a horrendous deed. Their pack had lived peacefully in the safety of the mountains and snow, not on bad terms with neighbouring packs till this day. How come that suddenly someone was targeting them?

Taehyung came to meet Namjoon in the Pack Alpha’s hut, a guilty look on his face as he stepped in with eyes locked onto the wooden floor. Without hesitating, he went on his knees, bowed to his brother and apologised earnestly:

“I’m sorry, brother. 

I failed to look after our omegas and pups and keep them safe. I deserve any punishment.”

Namjoon was sitting on valuable fur that was spread on his slightly higher positioned wooden bench, with intricate designs adorning it, looking down and rolling his eyes at his younger brother. The Alpha came to his feet and sighed. 

“Nobody died Taehyung, and I don’t blame you for anything. Get up.

You did well in protecting them, and I heard you even captured one of the intruders - what did you do with the wolf?”

Taehyung looked up slowly, and studied his brother’s face to make sure he wasn’t joking. Only then he shuffled onto his feet. Namjoon’s mate emerged from their private room, eyes finding Taehyung, latter still being in a submissive stance, but not disrupting the two.

“I’m holding him captive inside the northwest hill’s cave. He has been there for a day and a half now.”

Hearing this, the Pack Alpha had no reason to wait any longer:

“Well then, show me this wolf you got in your hands then.”

-“I’m coming with you!”

Seokjin came to stand beside his mate and laced their fingers together,staring into the silver-haired Alpha’s in fake innocence as he was signaling that he won’t take a no on this one. After seconds of holding his gaze, Namjoon tightened his hold and sighed in defeat, turning to look at Taehyung.

“Lead the way, brother.”

Taehyung had no reason to doubt himself as he made his way up to the cave with a blank face, when suddenly his brother-in-law brushed past him, running up to the entrance. 

“Seokjin!” Namjoon called out with a sigh, thinking it was just another phase where his mate was overly hyped for no reason. Until he smelled the distress coming off him, his mate's body tensing the next second. Seokjin shouted:

“Don’t come near! Namjoon, Taehyung, stop!” 

The Alphas were only urged to go faster by that, smelling the distress in his pheromones fully now, but the omega almost shrieked:

“There is an omega in heat in there! I said: STOP!”

Both Alphas froze on the spot, then exchanged unsure glances. Namjoon shot a questioning glare at his brother, clearly judging him for holding an omega captive - if it was indeed the wolf they were seeking out right now.

“Omega?”

Taehyung shook his head and furrowed his brows. 

“No! He had no scent at all, he is not an Omega! There must be someone else...”, though thinking back on the wolf, Taehyung wasn’t so sure of what he believed himself anymore and cut off mid-sentence. 

The wolf had a small built, the Alpha had been able to carry him without any problems, and he had held his delicate legs in his hands…

Namjoon seemed to sense his brother's confusion and insecurity, confirming his own thoughts.

“We will talk about this later.”

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Seokjin had smelled the scent of an omega in heat from afar, but what he inhaled was… a very horrible scent. Distress, disease, desperation bled into it. And that’s when he pushed pass the Alphas, his omega instincts wanting to protect this wolf he didn't even know.

The beta who was supposed to be on guard was sleeping at the entrance. Seokjin was angry at the lack of responsibility, but he ran by without a word. The omega could have cried when he sighted the small figure on the ground.

The scent of an ongoing heat and distress covered the whole cave, and Seokjin didn’t even smell the vomit until he was near the bound black-haired omega. His mouth fell open in shock.

Said omega was groaning, but apparently not really conscious. His face was sickly pale, the wolf was covered in sweat which made the clothing piece clung like a second skin to his already thin body, and he didn’t act like an omega in heat should, be it seeking friction, or begging for something…

Slick was glistening on his thighs and pooling under his lower body parts.

Not able to hold back, Seokjin started to sob, clasping a hand in front of his mouth. He didn't even know the man before him but...

this was too horrible. This couldn’t be happening on their grounds!

“Healer! Call the healer! Now!”, he shouted at the beta guard, who startled awake at that and looked at the Pack Alpha's mate in confusion, latter shouting the order at him once again. The Omega felt the glow in his eyes, his inner wolf shining through.

Seokjin didn't feel the slightest pity when he saw confusion and a bit of fear in the beta's features as he sprang to his feet to follow his command.

He rushed to the omega’s side, pillowed his head on his lap and brushed away the damp strands on his forehead. The tall omega couldn’t believe that this wolf was someone who would harm others.

Maybe he was wrong in his intuition, but he couldn't bring it over himself to watch the smaller suffer through a heat like this. 

“Hey! Hey, come to your senses!” 

He lightly slapped his cheek - getting a pained and long whine as a response. A yellowish bruise had formed on the omegas cheekbone, and Seokjin frowned at the abuse this Omega must have went through. He attempted to soothe the omega, if only for a bit:

“Shhh. I’m so sorry.” 

The ropes were cutting into blood-crusted wrists, wounds that came to be when the omega struggled in them. Seokjin worked them open immediately.

By the time he was on the ones around his ankles, Hoseok rushed into the cave.

Looking over his shoulder to sight the said Alpha, Seokjin also saw Namjoon and Taehyung, who clearly ignored his command, and both were watching at the entrance in absolute shock to what was presented to them, Taehyung surely more than Namjoon.

Being an Alpha, Hoseok had to throw a scarf around his nose to block the heat pheromones as best as he could. He was very controlled, and this was not the first time he needed to tend to an omega in heat. Besides, this heat in particular was not as intensive with alluring pheromones as he had experienced in past heats with omegas. So lacking of it, that it concerned him actually.

Seokjin withdrew his hands from the omega as he gave Hoseok way to examine him, and the Alpha was already sweating with how much trained willpower he was holding his pheromones back. He knelt next to the omegas, took Yoongi’s blood-tainted wrist in his hand to check on his pulse, before checking his pupillary reflex and measuring his fever with his hand. The wound on the omega’s leg didn't go unnoticed, so he stood up and untied the cloth to have a better look. Luckily, it wasn’t infected, but the wound was not healing in a healthy pace, that much the healer could tell at first glance.

The broad shouldered omega was searching his eyes after his examinations came to an end, both looking at each other lost, yet set to help the unfamiliar omega. 

“I think he caught a bad cold before his heat hit him. His body lacks energy and nutrients. His wounds don’t heal as they should, and the heat is only making it worse. 

It costs him too much bodily fluids that he cannot reproduce without nutrients, and at the same time his body is fighting the cold.”

The healer rubbed the back of his hand against his forehead before continuing:

“We need to get him to eat, nest and rest properly. He needs a warm place, as fast as possible.”

The eldest admired how calm Hoseok explained the situation, knowing how bad the healer actually felt for the black-haired omega.

Hoseok frowned as he reached out and touched the black beads around Yoongi’s neck, eyes widening in recognition.

“Scent suppressants”, he concluded instantly. 

It explained why the heat wasn't smelled by surrounding wolves sooner, and Hoseok didn't dare to take it off him for now.

Taehyung's mind went blank. He froze still as Hoseok called one of them for help and the Pack Alpha rushed into the cave, soon coming back with the ill and in-heat omega in his arms. As a mated wolf, the heat didn't affect him.

The young Alpha glanced at the heavily sweating wolf, saw the large bruise on his face, and quickly looked away without showing any reaction.

“Bring him to my hut”, Hoseok requested as they passed Taehyung, who was still unmoving, not knowing what to do, not able to process everything yet. 

Seokjin, who already had the hint of the other omega’s distressed scent on him, had no mercy as he grabbed Taehyung by the collar and pulled him harshly to meet his eye.

“Go and bring firewood. Now.” 

The tall omega released him with a push, sending him a glare that could kill if able to, before he turned and followed the other two.

The Alpha wolf rubbed his palms harshly against his face and groaned. This all became a bigger mess than he anticipated.

The mates rushed to the hut and Hoseok had parted from them shortly to quickly gather what was needed for proper treatment.

Namjoon waited patiently for Seokjin, who was making a comfortable nest with the best materials provided in the hut. He then laid the Omega into the softness, into which Yoongi instantaneously snuggled with a quiet whine. His mate signalled him that he will take it from here, the Alpha nodded, kissing his omega's temple before leaving and attending to other pack matters.

The pack Alpha’s mate helped Yoongi out of the shirt and grabbed a cup of water, gently pressing it onto the omega’s lips, who scrunched his face first but parted his lips in defeat a few seconds after. 

Hoseok entered his working place, a bowl of clean water in one hand, a cloth filled with fresh towels and medicine in the other.

Grabbing the medicine, Seokjin filled another cup of water which he made the Omega drink with it. Hoseok instructed him on what to do as he tended to the wounds on the leg and wrists. When he checked Yoongi's fever again, someone knocked against the door and peeked inside.

"Good afternoon, Healer-nim. I came to grab the herbs you instructed me to take."

It was Suran, half of her face and her long brown hair was showing, not wanting to intrude too much on the Omega who was in heat and suffering in the nest. The distress in his scent was unbelievable, and she didn't ever smell someone like that in their pack, eyes involuntarily landing on the almost naked male. She sucked in a loud breath and entered the hut fully, eyes wide, not even waiting for the healer to answer.

The past days had been so harsh on her, she had been trying to cope with what occurred to herself and the others. But there was a certain wolf who saved her from worse of it, and that one might be...

"That necklace! The wolf who saved me had the same! Is that him? Does he have pitch-black fur??" 

She dared to take a few steps closer, watching Yoongi's face cautiously. Although the Omega male was nesting, the distress was still there.

"What is wrong with him?"

Her worry was genuine.

Hoseok and Seokjin shared yet another look of disbelief with each other, and finally the healer looked up to Suran.

"He went into heat while being sick, which is why the heat doesn't even smell as arousing as it should be, and doesn't trigger other heats or ruts. But he will make it."

The Omega girl was visibly relieved to hear that, her facial features became softer.

"I never imagined he was an Omega! The way he fought off those Alpha's, and he… I think he can control fire.

All this while I thought my mind had been making up things, but seeing him here in front of me, I'm sure it was him. That he was the one burning those Alphas to death. He is incredible!"

Running her shaky hand through her hair, Suran blew up her cheeks and let out a long breath.

"I don't want to intrude too much here, but I hope he gets well soon. He literally is my saviour, and I would like to thank him." 

She bowed to them. Hoseok smiled back at the good-willed female omega .

"You will get to it soon. The herbs you need are on the left shelf, on a blue cloth. I recommend drinking it before you go to sleep." 

He returned the bow as best as he could, and soon after she left - leaving behind a silence neither Seokjin nor Hoseok knew how to break.

"We should help him through this heat first before consulting Namjoon", the pack Alpha's mate provided finally, and Hoseok only nodded.

Yoongi was sure that he died. When he slowly regained consciousness, he didn't even remember being pain and was nestled heavenly among fur and blankets that kept him warm by a fire. He hummed at the soft feeling, barely heard the whispering and shuffling that followed it. A cold hand pressed on his forehead and he sighed as Alpha pheromones washed over him, soothing him even more. He couldn’t help but lean into the touch.

“He seems to like your scent, Hoseok!” a cheerful whisper reached his ears and another laughed quietly. 

“The worst is over. He needs to nest properly now, and after proper meals his body will surely regain strength.”

When the hand was removed, the omega couldn’t help but whine. Again, he heard a chuckle.

“Give him something of yours, your Alpha scent seems to soothe him.”

“Isn’t that going a bit too far?”

Finally, it dawned on Yoongi there were people next to him, speaking, and he didn’t know whom the voices belonged to. His eyes flew open, shifting wildly until they landed on the face closest to him, an Alpha with bronze hair smiling down at him.

“Hello! How are you feeli-”

Yoongi immediately sat up, grabbing a cover with him after realizing he was naked, and the omega backed up against a corner, also taking in the other figure in the hut who was watching him worriedly. A very handsome and tall omega bringing his hands up as if to tame Yoongi. The small male Omega looked from one to the other, not really sensing danger, but one could never be too cautious.

“Who are you two? And what am I doing here like this?” 

He glared at them for suspicious movements, not moving from his corner. 

Memories of the Alpha who slapped his face washed over him, said male had also bound him into a cave… and from there on he remembers nothing but the cold.

“Calm down, you don’t have to be scared”, the Alpha stated in a soothing voice, and Yoongi’s widened eyes caught his for a while. The Alpha intertwined his hands, pressing his lips to a thin line before speaking again.

“You went through a heat - What was your name again?”

“...Yoongi.”

“Yoongi. You went through a heat, and I know it came under horrible conditions as you also had a cold. It has been five days now - in case you want to know. You need to eat well to get up to your feet soon.” With that, the Alpha underlined his statement by pointing at a plate filled with various fruits in front of him. The words dawned on the omega and the realization made the blood rush to his cheeks.

No one had ever saw him in heat, not counting his presentation, and it was embarrassing to know complete strangers looked after him.

Someone suddenly entered the room. Recognizing him, Yoongi hissed loudly. His eyes flashed in the amber of his gift, his scent turned sour, turning Hoseok’s smile down.

The angry pheromones that actually filled up the place the most came from Seokjin.

“You are not getting us anywhere right now. I suggest you leave, Taehyung.”

Yoongi was shocked that an omega dared to command an Alpha in such a tone, but he knew the handsome wolf meant every single word.

Taehyung crossed his arms, his cold eyes only leaving the black-haired omega to take in his bandaged wrists while he leaned against the wooden wall of the hut. 

“I’m staying.”

Seokjin facepalmed, sighing loudly. He didn’t have the energy to deal with the younger’s childish behaviour, yet couldn’t help but notice that Taehyung seemed to be more closed off than ever as he eyed Yoongi. Not even a hint of anger seeped out in his scent.

The calm healer massaged his temple and sighed too, but he decided to ignore the intrusion and focus back on Yoongi, whose fangs were still showing, eyes holding Taehyung’s stare.

“Yoongi. Listen to me and ignore him for now.”

Hoseok snapped his fingers in front of the omega, which helped indeed. The hissing quieted down and the omega was blinking at him, his pheromone release was not as assaulting as a few seconds ago. 

The bowl of fruits was pushed towards him, and the healer patiently waited until Yoongi understood that he was waiting for him to eat. At last, Hoseok took a piece of an apple into his hand and offered it, again waiting patiently until Yoongi slowly reached his hand out and took the piece in between his finger tips.

The omega hesitated, another glance at the healer made him put it in his mouth and start to chew. He was feeling... dumb like this. Being watched while eating. Being taken care of. Hoseok moved a bit for comfort before continuing:

“I will ask you some questions now, and I hope you answer them truthfully. Alright?”

Calming pheromones reached out to the smaller, and normally Yoongi would never let that affect him in any way. But never did an Alpha, besides his close family, decide to soothe him like the one before him did at all. He had lived in solitude after his presentation. Now, he dumbfoundedly stared at Hoseok, an Alpha that didn’t fit his stereotype of Alphas at all.

After a bit of thinking, the omega concluded there wasn’t really another choice. He was at their mercy after all, so he nodded. A smile graced the healer’s face.

“Good. I know this is too sudden, but you have to understand we need to do this for our pack’s safety.

So.

We were a bit shocked to find unfamiliar wolves in our territory, including you. This is not very common on these lands.

That's why I need to ask: What exactly brought you here?

We are here to listen to your side, and will see where we go from there.”

The hut fell silent and three pairs of eyes were focused on Yoongi, who could only look at the floor while he still chewed audibly on the apple piece. The omega was not someone of many words and very self-conscious at that moment, so he decided to keep it short without straying much from the truth:

“I couldn’t ignore it when I smelled distressed omegas. I decided to intervene, saw the Alphas who attacked the pups and omegas, and killed them.”

Taehyung was snorting in annoyance and shook his head, all eyes turning to him expectantly now.

“What about the fact you all come from the same pack? We shouldn’t trust a wolf who burns his own and hides his scent”, he added, clear mistrust in his voice.

For once, the sceptical Alpha was right, and Yoongi’s silence didn’t help to his defence. He just glared at the young Alpha.

No one trusts a wolf who killed his own pack mates. In his case, they were not his pack mates anymore, but to explain that he would need to tell his past, the reason for his continuous move and why he hid his scent. He didn’t trust these wolves enough to do so.

“Just let me go in peace. I won’t trespass your lands again.”

It was the best he could offer, yet it made Taehyung laugh and push himself from the wall, gesturing wildly with his hands.

“So you can gather some other pack mates to go after us? Or maybe you will burn the village down when we least expect it? Don’t think I forgot about that little magic trick of yours - probably going to play Alpha somewhere else, huh?”

Before the situation could escalate, Hoseok stepped in:

“I think someone with ill intentions wouldn’t save a complete stranger from getting raped.”

He turned his face to look at Taehyung over his shoulder, who waited for him to elaborate. The healer shrugged his shoulders.

“You heard it. It was no other than him saving Suran from getting raped. She came by a few days ago and recognized him immediately by his necklace.”

The two Alphas held a staring contest, Hoseok clearly wanting Taehyung to back off. Now, it was the time for the handsome omega to intervene.

“Alright, you heard it, Taehyung. He saved Suran. She recognized him when she was getting medicine here during his heat. What else do you want to hear?”

“That little shi... -he threatened me with his fire. You can’t tell me he isn’t posing danger to us.”

A red glow filled Yoongi’s eyes at the attempted insult, growl building in his chest.

“I would have burned you down already if I could”, countered the tall omega, rolling his eyes. Two complete strangers were defending the omega against their own pack mate.

Taehyung’s eyes glowed in return at the daring omega, the latter wanting him gone already. With an angry growl, he turned and stormed out of the hut, almost breaking the door off its hinges as he pushed it open. Yoongi could swear that the whole hut, maybe even the ground outside vibrated fiercely at that.The pheromones left behind made his wolf be on edge.

Hoseok and Seokjin took a deep breath, relieved that the tension didn't escalate further than this. For now. 

The healer shifted towards the small omega again and smiled, a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. He gestured towards the door.

“I will leave the two of you alone now, an omega to omega talk may help more than me as a healer will ever be able to.”

The Alpha was very aware that deeper reasons were the cause of Yoongi’s sudden appearance on their lands, and not just their omegas who needed help. 

An omega which was gifted with fire, running around all alone was a weird image, even for someone as open-minded as him. He figured that giving the smaller male space and in Seokjin’s care was the best option, and maybe he should have a talk with Taehyung in private.

“Thank you, Hoseok. You did well”, Seokjin assured.

Standing up, the Alpha patted the handsome man on the shoulder before exiting the hut and leaving the two of them alone.

Another awkward silence spread in the hut. Normally, it wasn't hard for Seokjin to socialize, but he felt that pushing Yoongi wasn't the best idea.

Surprisingly, it was Yoongi who talked first:

“It won’t bring you any good to know more on me. If you are smart, you should let me continue my path. I shouldn’t be staying at a place for too long.”

Seokjin raised his eyebrows at that and cocked his head to the side.

“I shall hear why that is so.”

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Hoseok gave up on running after Taehyung. Anger made the young wolf shift and run out of the village - It wasn’t something bad, Hoseok knew. 

Taehyung was actually a social butterfly, everyone in the pack loved him and this is why it was hard to see him like this.

He was too proud to admit his misunderstanding and negligence to which the love and overprotectiveness over his pack had led him to. 

Jungkook had seen the healer go after him and jogged to his side. Seeing the elder Alpha always made him happy, his hyung just naturally spread a positive feeling, but now he was looking a bit concerned.

“Hoseok Hyung! Did something happen with the omega again?”

Sighing, Hoseok nodded, not really knowing what to say.

“Is he well?”

“Yeah. Yoongi’s heat broke recently and he is awake know. His body is still weak though, but I must say he is above the average for his kind.”

He looked at his doe-eyed dongsaeng who took the information in with slightly parted lips, allowing him a peek at his bunny teeth. Jungkook was a cute Alpha, but that’s not something he should say out loud. Might get the other competitive.

“So Yoongi is his name?

And him being above average - that, I can confirm. Taehyung is acting like an asshole, but he wouldn’t have treated the omega that way if he didn’t sense a great amount of danger from him. Well, no one really thought he was an omega, and no one cared while he was in Taehyung’s hands. Should have seen him struggle against Tae, even Alphas aren’t courageous as that.

Still, wasn’t he the one who hurt Suran?” 

The healer understood where the younger was coming from, and even why Taehyung acted the way he did. A horrible misunderstanding happened, but the past will not change anymore.

“No, Jungkook.”

His fingers combed through his hair, the Alpha frowned, not really looking anywhere specific when he continued:

“He actually saved her. And that’s how her blood got on him.”

Jungkook spluttered at those words and his eyes widened in realization, probably going through the same shock of connecting all the dots.

“Hyung-”, he addressed the elder, not really knowing what to say.

“I know. It doesn’t explain why the omega was in our lands in the first place, but I hope we will be smarter about that in the future.

I will head to the Pack Alpha now.”

The younger pursed his lips thoughtfully and nodded, eyes landing on the healer’s hut.

Yoongi didn't know if he could trust the other with his story. The tall omega didn’t even say a thing, yet his silence was pressuring. If he planned to sell Yoongi out, why even help him through his heat and recovering? His heat came earlier than expected. Something must have triggered it without him realizing in his ill-fallen state. He still felt slightly dizzy, though didn’t miss that his wounds have been tended to. Remembering Taehyung biting his neck back when he ran after the omega, Yoongi shot up his hand to his neck, but he didn’t feel anything which hinted to a wound.

His eyes fell on a smiling Seokjin. Sensing the other’s ice was melting, the handsome omega seized the opportunity:

“I think we should start from the very beginning.

Hello, I am Kim Seokjin, 25 years old, an omega who is mated to the Pack Alpha, Kim Namjoon, of this pack.”

This was surely unexpected information. Yoongi's eyes widened and he could only stare at the handsome omega. The pack Alpha's mate personally had been looking after him, and yet, as an omega, Seokjin was so… dominant. In his pack, omegas could never raise their voice against an Alpha, just like Seokjin did to Taehyung a few moments ago. Something akin to awe towards him settled in his chest. The handsome male held out his hand, and seconds later Yoongi finally gave in, holding it only with his fingertips as they shook hands, but that was more than enough for the elder.

“Min Yoongi. Omega, gifted with fire”, he mumbled shortly.

“24 winters old.”

“Nice to meet you, Yoongi. Your gift is pretty impressive, I must say.”

“It’s a curse.”

“How come?”

“...”

The gifted omega took a long breath, running his palm over his face, breathed out.

“It just is.”

“I don’t think being able to burn Alpha asses is a curse.”

Almost, he almost laughed, but Yoongi pressed his lips firmly together. The other omega had a point.

“I don’t know how you came to look at it like a curse. It certainly can be dangerous if you do not use it with care, but I don’t see you as someone who is damned just because you can manipulate fire.

Is that why you are here? Because you think you are being punished?”

Yoongi faced the taller omega now, brows furrowed.

“How can it not be, when all your pack expects from you is letting yourself get bred and mated against your will - just because you have this gift?”

The smile on Seokjin’s face vanished in an instant, his eyes losing their shine as he processed what he just heard. It didn’t take him long to come to the right conclusion.

“You ran away.”

Yoongi nodded.

“And the Alphas on our lands… were from the pack you ran away from? They were after you?”

Again, a confirmation with a nod.

“Dear God…”

So that’s why Taehyung had misunderstood everything, because he wasn’t wrong about them belonging to the same pack part. Neither Namjoon nor anyone else could really confirm this from the burned Alpha corpses, but Taehyung was there when they were freshly killed, and he was able to smell and see.

Still not believing what had been unraveled to him, the taller clasped a hand on his mouth. 

Since that much was out now, it wouldn't matter if Yoongi kept silent or held back details, so the smaller male started to tell: about the day of his presentation, about his old pack’s Pack Alpha having his eyes on him - on his family - for his disgusting son, for a long time. How said son had impregnated several omegas without mating any of them, taking them only for his pleasure. 

And some of those omegas didn't even see anything wrong with that, since it was desirable among them to bear the pup of a high-ranked wolf.

Yoongi was the one asset that could possibly birth him fire manipulating pups if he presented an Omega, since his brother presented an Alpha, like his whole family, and was out of question for breeding. Yes, he was actually suspected to present as an omega because of his delicate build and small body, but he had hopes to present as an Alpha who was just smaller than the average.

To demonstrate his gift, Yoongi lit up a little flame in his palm, fascinating the beautiful Omega to the point where his jaw dropped.

"So, they have been chasing me ever since my mom made me flee, and it has been years. 

That's why I need to move. They will find me if I don't - even tried to rape your omegas on their way to find me…

My presence here will only bring you misfortune."

The mated omega kept silent at first. It was indeed a matter that couldn’t be ignored. He knew others could easily blame this on Yoongi if they knew, but as someone who was brought up to not let yourself looked down upon because of your status or gender, Seokjin could totally understand Yoongi. Hell, he would have done the same. His thoughts were interrupted:

“I would appreciate if you kept this to yourself. But that’s just wishful thinking, isn’t it?”

Seokjin shook his head. 

“No, don’t think like that. Though it would be a lie if I told you we can keep this story from everyone. At least as the Pack Alpha, Namjoon, has to know how things came to happen. And please”, he saw the unsettled look on Yoongi’s face, “don’t be scared. My mate never makes decisions which intentionally harm others.

And I want you to know that none of this is your fault.”

Gracing the other with a warm smile and a gentle squeeze at his shoulder, the taller looked at him empathetically.

"It must have been hard on you, hiding away all those years.

Thank you. For trusting me.”

Not wanting to tire him any more than this, he gestured towards the nest for him to lay down again.

“Rest some more. I will bring you fresh clothes soon, try to gain some strength in the meanwhile. And don’t forget to eat and drink!”

Puffing his cheeks, Yoongi let out a long breath. He wasn’t sure how to feel about this all. Seokjin seemed like a nice person, he even was honest enough to tell him that the Pack Alpha needed to know. No matter how much Yoongi wished he wouldn’t, other packs would have killed him for trespassing their lands, or even worse… 

His mind provided him the image of Taehyung as the Pack Alpha, glowing red eyes, sentencing him to death in an instant, and he shook those thoughts away. He wasn’t the Pack Alpha. Thankfully.

In the end, Yoongi slowly crawled back into the nest and snuggled into it, slowly releasing pheromones of comfort.

“I am the one who should be thankful. I don’t think I would be alive now if the healer and you didn’t look after me.

But my decision stands: I shouldn’t be here longer than needed.”

“Don’t worry about that now, and rest. Hoseok should be back soon.”

Maybe Seokjin was imagining things, but the pheromones the smaller emitted grew even stronger at the mention of the healer. It wasn’t the sexual kind but… it was obvious that Yoongi had already taken a liking to Hoseok, and Seokjin couldn’t hold back a smile.

“Do you want one of Hoseok’s belongings?”

Yoongi’s head snapped up at that, looking at him in disbelief.

“Why would I want that?”

“Just asking.”

“Don’t.”

He brought his hands up, surrendering to Yoongi, not very successful in hiding his grin.

“Okay, I won’t.”

By the time Hoseok returned to the hut, Yoongi had fallen asleep and Seokjin left them to rush to his mate. Hoseok had told him where to find the Pack Alpha.

Namjoon went to the affected omegas and pups’ families more than once to assure they had everything and offer further help if needed. No one was affected as Suran. They were rather in a confusion about the horrible encounter, and most of them didn’t even witness Yoongi on that day until he appeared draped over Taehyung’s shoulders. It was common for their omegas to head out in a small group with their pups, letting them play outside under their watch. This incident left a traumatizing experience.

Namjoon was playing with the pups, letting them climb over him while he was on all fours when Seokjin found him.

Spotting his mate, the Alpha’s eyes sparkled and he gently brought the pups down, who now ran to their mothers sitting on wooden benches, waving at Seokjin. He gifted them with a handsome smile of his in return.

Namjoon came up to him and didn’t think twice on running his cheek against the omega’s, scenting his mate shortly before leaning back and taking in his beauty. Seokjin playfully raised his eyebrows. 

“I’ve got things to tell you. In private.”

So, he actually didn’t hesitate to tell his mate what he had heard from Yoongi. Because Seokjin was hoping for a very good outcome, he trusted his mate’s judgement on these matters more than he trusted himself.

After hearing about the issue, Namjoon rubbed his chin thoughtfully with a frown on his forehead, eyes not focusing anywhere specific.

“So that’s what happened, huh… I already hear that the unfamiliar omega - Yoongi - saved Suran. From Hoseok. We can’t thank him enough for that.”

Leaning back on his furs, he played with some strands of it as he asked Seokjin for his opinion:

“So, what do you think about this matter?”

The omega was sitting with crossed legs in front of his mate, hitting his own knee as if he had just waited for this question.

“I say we make him join our pack!

Yoongi has morals, he fears something will happen to us, even after what he had to go through in that cave... The worry isn’t coming out of nowhere, obviously. But he is a healthy omega with a gift, and saved one of our wolves when he could have just passed by. He has all the best traits to make him a pack member.”

Namjoon’s lips spread to a smile, making his dimple appear. The Alpha was not disappointed in the words he heard from his thoughtful mate.

“My thoughts went into that direction as well. We surely cannot ignore the danger his previous pack poses to ours though. I’m afraid we might need to hide it from others for now, especially Taehyung, to avoid unrest among the pack. But we owe him a big apology, for making him suffer such a heat, and in captivity at that. Him joining the pack surely won’t make that heal completely, but it offers him a home to come back to. From what I see, the good definitely overweighs the bad here.”

And that is what Seokjin loved about Namjoon. He valued each person individually, even those who were not from his pack. It was Yoongi’s trail which brought the ill-intentioned Alpha’s here, but Yoongi wasn’t the one who told them to do it, nor did he do such a thing himself. In fact, this was one of the reasons he escaped his old pack, and Namjoon was more than welcome to offer him a new, hopefully more loving pack. Because Namjoon saw the inner values the omega held, even without having a decent conversation him yet.

Yoongi was feeling much better than before after he got good hours of sleep, and judging by the light that came from outside, the sun was about to set. Rubbing the sleep from his eyes, he slowly sat up, blinking a few times. He smelled Hoseok before he saw him, but there was also another scent, familiar, but he couldn’t ascribe a face in his mind to it.

Hoseok was sleeping, head on a young Alpha’s shoulder. The omega was surprised to see how lovingly and gentle he stroked the sleeping healers head, as if he was delicate and precious to him, and Yoongi felt like he witnessed something he shouldn’t have. Still, it was a heart-warming sight.

Jungkook finally noticed that the omega woke up.

“You’re awake. How are you feeling? Anything you need?”

The omega shook his head. Then, he remembered his voice. He had seen the other with Taehyung, when he was captured. But there was no hostility in his voice or stance now, so Yoongi figured he was safe.

“I’m fine.”

Yoongi caught the small smile on the younger’s lips before it disappeared, the latter glancing down and frowning.

“I…

I’m sorry to have met you under the worst conditions. I’m Jungkook, by the way.

I know an apology cannot made the things undone, but I hope I can repay you somewhen in the future.”

At this, the omega couldn’t hold back a chuckle, waving his hand in negation.

“There’s no need. I won’t stay for too long anyways, hopefully.”

Now, the young Alpha smiled back again.

“We’ll see.”

Hoseok moved a little, their voices woke him from his nap. He buried his face in Jungkook’s neck, humming as he inhaled his comforting scent.

“Hyung, our omega guest says he won’t be staying. What to do?”, Jungkook inquired in a teasing tone.

“What?”

Now, his eyes fully opened. Hoseok turned his face and squinted at Yoongi in a judging way.

“Hey! You are not going anywhere, especially when you are not fully healed yet!” He paused to scratch his head.

“And our Pack Alpha has made a decision while you were asleep. You are staying.”

Staying? Yoongi’s eyes bulged, a shivering cold taking over his body. Why? Why was he staying?

“Am I being held captive?”, he asked, his voice involuntarily laced with worry and a hint of fear.

The Alpha spluttered, now realizing that his word could be interpreted in a totally wrong way.

“No! Nothing like that, but… the Pack Alpha wants to welcome you to this pack. As a packmate, as family.”

Yoongi relaxed visibly at those words, knowing his freedom wouldn’t be taken away completely again. 

“Namjoon is too kind to force it on you, but honestly, I don’t see a point in refusing”, Hoseok voiced his opinion.

Because you don’t know the whole truth, Yoongi added in his mind, a sigh leaving his lips.

“I cannot accept that offer.” His conscience wouldn’t let him.

Hoseok was going to say something again, but a gentle hand on his arm stopped him, and it was Jungkook who spoke next:

“How about you eat a bit, and if you feel well enough we will escort you to the Pack Alpha. You should meet him.

Believe me, you won’t regret it.”

He saw no point in arguing, well because - Yoongi was still in their pack. And beside that one Alpha, the others treated him well…

So he nodded, accepting the suggestion, and his heart started to beat faster. He wondered if the others heard how loud it became, too, excitement and anxiety rushing through his body at the same time.

“Perfect!

Oh! and - Seokjin hyung brought you fresh clothes before, feel free to change into them.”

It’s not that Yoongi didn’t want to believe in people, he really did. Just until now, nobody gave him a reason to do so, besides his family. So, why now?

It wasn’t healthy how he suspected an ulterior motive behind that offer, but he would keep that part for himself. He had been alone for five years. 

Trust. It wasn’t easy to gain, to give.

But Seokjin and Hoseok, he couldn’t deny the natural warmth they radiated made him want to trust them. Yoongi wanted to trust again.

-

Taehyung had ran out to clear his mind. He knew very well he fucked up somewhere - but that didn’t mean the omega was innocent and pure like the white snow beneath him. Out of breath, he halted on top of one smaller mountain surrounding their village, laying down while watching the village below. He closed his eyes for a while, panting from tiring himself out.

One thing he was glad for is that he actually didn’t kill the unfamiliar omega the moment he found him. Because he really wanted to do it at that time. 

Knowing now that the wolf himself didn’t actually harm the pack, the guilt would have eaten him alive. Taehyung was angry at him, and at himself.

He was an Alpha who wanted to protect nothing but his family, not someone who held omega’s captive while they were in heat. 

The Alpha stood up, tail hitting the snow as he swayed it deliberately and growled to himself.

Whatever it was, the omega arriving here was a bad omen for him. His pride wouldn’t let him let go of that suspicion, and maybe he wished it shouldn’t make much sense - but it did make sense that the omega’s appearance wasn’t just a casual encounter.

His bruised faced suddenly appeared in his mind, and how small the omega had looked while was carried by his brother…

But that’s exactly what shouldn’t get to him. The omega was dangerous and the whole situation itself was … just too suspicious. He was not going to let his guard down, no matter how bewitched the others already were over him. Even his Alpha almost crumbled.

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Namjoon radiated power, sitting on a bench with intricate designs in the Pack Alpha’s place, covered in nice furs - even the furs he was wearing did nothing to conceal his muscles and lean body. Though, Yoongi couldn't sense any danger from him at all, daring a peek at him every now and then from behind Seokjin.

Namjoon rubbed his chin, eyebrows furrowed as he looked at the smaller omega. He was wearing a grey Hanbok from Seokjin that was way too big for him, but it covered the necessary places well enough.

"We are deep in your debt, Yoongi-ssi", the Alpha finally addressed him.

Said omega's mouth dropped, how did the Pack Alpha even get to that conclusion? - and he tried to clarify:

"What?  No! I'm the one who caused all-"

Namjoon raised a hand to stop the Omega from talking further.

"Don't even dare to think that. 

It wasn't a path you preferred to choose, Yoongi, you were forced into this. Seokjin told me everything. And I can't express how amazed I am that you survived all the years in loneliness, and as an Omega at that.

I am not like your old pack’s leaders. We don’t force mating against someone’s will here."

Sighing heavily, the Pack Alpha stood up and bowed deep, shocking the Omega even more. It was actually hard to believe that not every pack was like his old one, but again, Yoongi had lived in isolation for a while. Had never seen another pack dynamics. And now, a Pack Alpha was bowing to him. To an omega.

"I am really sorry. My brother did cruel things to you, and I wish I could turn back time to never let you experience the pain you went through.

He is very protective of his family, all of it was done under the impression that you had ill intentions towards the pack. I won’t ask you to forgive him, but I thought you might at least want to know why Taehyung reacted… so harsh."

Yoongi understood. It didn’t make him empathise with the brutal Alpha, but he got it. If a strange wolf stood there in the middle of his territory, covered in blood and burning their forests - Yoongi would probably kill them. Taehyung didn’t kill him, even though he very much wanted to. 

Namjoon straightened himself again, honesty in his eyes as he offered:

"I want you to stay with us, and be part of my pack.

You protected our omegas and pups, and what else can one wish in a pack mate? 

I want you to end your years of hiding and wandering, and offer a place to settle and a new pack as a family. A family that will protect you from any harm in return."

With this, the pale-skinned male was rendered speechless, not knowing what to say. 

Yoongi was used to rejection and to hardships. To harsh living condition and having to hunt on his own every day. He was not used to kindness in the way Namjoon offered him now, life had never been kind to him. Why now? 

Why now?

Life truly had its ways with him, making hope bloom out of the cruelest things.

Sensing his inner confusion with his fixed stare, the Pack Alpha added empathetically:

“You don't have to decide immediately.

Think about it, calmly. We would be very glad if you accept our offer.” 

Again, Namjoon gifted him a dimpled smile, and the corner of Yoongi’s lips lifted slightly and he nodded. Namjoon was a good leader, he thought to himself. Only now he realized he wasn’t as tense as when he first entered this place. Seokjin’s and Namjoon’s presence caressed the tension away.

He would think about it. It was a too sudden and unexpected offer, but he really was going to.

Seokjin grabbed him by the shoulders with a worried expression, it's then Yoongi realized he was actually crying. Since when did he get so soft? He cursed at himself.

“Let me help him back to the healer's hut. I am sure Yoongi will consider this through seriously.”

Quickly, Yoongi nodded again, grateful for the offer to stop here and think everything over. He wiped the tears away on his sleeve, and he was utterly embarrassed. A feeling he didn’t feel in such a long time, yet here he was, crying in front of strangers and feeling embarrassed. Seokjin was right behind him as they headed out. The smaller was still limping a bit, but his wound was in a much better state now since his healing pace quickened, so Seokjin supported him lightly.

Before he could pass through the door, it flew open in a quick movement and Yoongi collided against someone. His world was spinning for a split second until hands reflexively caught his arms, he didn’t need to look up to know who stood before him as his scent was assaulting his nose.

His eyes flashed red, a colour not reserved for omega’s, and he hissed at the other. 

Taehyung’s own eyes glowed dangerously as he tightened his grip, facial features hardening, and started to growl at the Omega. With his pheromones encasing the smaller, he wanted to force out a submission.

Yoongi whimpered, fighting against the natural instincts to present his neck while he struggled in his hold, unsteady on his feet.

“Taehyung! Let him go, right this instant!”

The heavy voice of the Pack Alpha boomed through the room, making both of them freeze.

Taehyung slowly looked up, growling going quieter, but not stopping fully as his eyes still flashed red. He took a few steps forward, forcing Yoongi to move too in front of him, a wince escaping him involuntarily.

“What is he doing here?”, he asked the Pack Alpha in a strained voice.

Namjoon arched an eyebrow, hands on his hips, not one bit impressed of what his brother was doing.

“I am inviting him to our pack.”
He watched as the confusion settled in Taehyung’s eyes, who looked down at the omega now. Namjoon was not used to his dongsaeng being so out of it, so hostile towards someone else that he couldn’t help but think there was something he was missing in this picture.

“We don’t even know how he smells like, and you want him”, Taehyung nodded to Yoongi, jostling him lightly, “to join our pack? What are you thinking, hyung?”

“Taehyung-”, before Namjoon could finish, the younger Alpha grabbed the necklace around Yoongi’s throat without a warning, the omega struggling wildly in his hold as he realized what was going to happen. He pulled up, taking the necklace off of the omega. Seokjin couldn’t do anything in worry that a rash action from him might trigger Taehyung to harm Yoongi, who was now standing there frozen, shocked out of his mind.

Within seconds, the room was filled with a sweet scent, something which they only got a sour version from during the omega’s terrible heat. This new smell clearly belonged to Yoongi - he smelled like vanilla, and a hint of cherry. 

Taehyung instantly regretted taking the bead-necklace from the omega, because Yoongi was the only thing his wolf was focusing on now, not even registering how Namjoon and Seokjin exchanged looks. He saw the omega clearly; his small figure, his black lashes that contrasted against his pale skin, the beautifully formed nose… and for the first time, he took in his unfiltered smell.

His Alpha was drugged immediately.

Without thinking, he buried his nose in the omega’s neck, filling his lungs with the dizzying fragrance and… he didn’t want to let go, even though his grip was softening on the omega’s arms. The scent was seeping into his senses and clouding his mind, and his wolf wanted more.

A hard push sent him backwards. He looked up, blinked, his mind cleared. To see the omega with a shocked expression.

Freeing himself completely from the Alpha, Yoongi stepped back and growled, trying to look threatening by displaying his fangs. There was unmistakingly anger and fear in his scent, and the young Alpha felt something heavy settle in his chest

What the hell was he thinking? His wolf acted on instinct, but why even was his wolf reacting to his scent? 

Quickly, Namjoon pushed Yoongi behind him, serving himself as a human wall between the two. He held his arm out, signalling Taehyung to stay where he was.

“Go outside, Tae.” It was clearly a command.

Balling his shaking hands into fists, the younger closed his eyes, his wolf retreating only with his will-power, and he nodded. Breathed out a long exhale. He let his hyung place a palm on his chest and push him out of the hut, with the younger taking his steps backwards.

Once they passed the tall omega, Seokjin rushed to Yoongi’s side, latter shaking with the force of his anger and fear. He took him in his arms and whispered that everything was alright, that the Alpha was away and no one would harm him. And he was glad that Yoongi wasn’t pushing him away, because the handsome omega wouldn’t be surprised if that were the case. 

His instincts provided him with an urge, so he was going to do something, a very daring move for wolves who didn’t know each other that well. Yet, Seokjin brought his wrist to Yoongi’s neck and rubbed his soothing scent on him, scenting him gently.

“You are alright. I’m sorry I couldn’t intervene faster, but you are alright, Yoongi.”

Yoongi, shaking but visibly calming down, closed his eyes and allowed Seokjin’s scent to mix with his own. It was extremely comforting, a feeling which he had to grow accustomed to, because something was tightening in his throat at the gentle movement against his scent gland. After scenting him thoroughly, Seokjin once again wrapped his arms around the omega. 

Namjoon had pushed him a good distance away from his home, never letting his brother out of his sight. When he deemed the distance safe enough, he took a few steps back and crossed his arms on his chest, silently gave Taehyung the chance to explain himself. After a few moments passed, he knew the younger would stay silent. And Taehyung could really be stubborn if he wanted to. The Pack Alpha sighed.

“At least, give back what doesn’t belong to you.

And don’t ever touch it again, since it keeps you from jumping the omega.”

At that, Taehyung's head snapped up so fast, which made his brother raise his brow, unimpressed. He clenched his hands tighter around the necklace that was still in his hold. He didn’t even realize he still had it - the scent had messed with his mind that much.

“I was not going to do anything to him”, he pressed out, before he shoved the necklace in front of him so his brother could take it.

“Sure, if you say so. Your wolf definitely feels different about that matter though. Don’t even try to deny it.”

With that, Namjoon grabbed the accessory, shook it demonstratively in front of Taehyung’s nose with one raised brow and turned to go back, before he halted in his steps and looked at his brother. Taehyung had never shown interests in omega’s until now, or in any other wolf at that, which was pretty interesting considering the fact how much he loved pups. Namjoon decided against saying something and resumed his walk back to his home.

After receiving the necklace from his mate, Seokjin brought Yoongi back to the hut he spent his heat in. He made sure Yoongi was well before he accompanied him there.

Hoseok immediately smelled his hyung’s scent on the smaller and it surprised him that Yoongi wasn’t wearing the necklace. Seokjin was holding it in his hands. Looking up from his notes, he watched as the handsome Omega carefully lowered Yoongi back onto the furs, smiling at him encouragingly as he held his hands.

“How unfair - Seokjin hyung got to scent him first!”, Hoseok pouted and got the attention of both omega’s on him now.

The eldest chuckled, stood up and took a pear in his hand which he started to peel.

“Of course I did. I am privileged, you must know.”

The Alpha smiled, putting his work away.

“Does that mean he is one of ours now? I am allowed to scent him too then!”

Yoongi spoke up, his nervousness audible in his voice:

“I haven’t decided yet.” He wasn’t looking at anyone but simply staring at his hands, missing how Hoseok’s eyes scanned his posture.

“Maybe my scent can convince you!”

“-To do what?”

Jungkook entered the hut, looking at his hyung questioningly. Crossing his arms behind his head, Hoseok leaned back and pointed his chin to Yoongi.

“Jin hyung scented him, but he is still saying he didn’t decide to join us. Figured I scent him too, to convince him.”

A chuckle filled the room. Jungkook was clearly amused by the idea.

“I can help with that too!”, he provided.

Yoongi’s blood rushed to his cheeks at how easily these two were ready to scent him. Were these Alpha’s crazy? Despite his thoughts, a warm feeling settled in his chest, knowing they wanted him to consider them as family, as a pack, and that is why they welcomed him so warmly.

Like an excited puppy, Jungkook dropped on his knees in front of him, making Yoongi flinch and blink - earning a shriek from Seokjin - as he intently looked into his eyes.

“Come on, Yoongi hyung! Let us scent you too!”

“Yah, don’t scare him!” The younger earned himself a smack on the head by the healer who had stood up from his chair and was standing beside them now.

“Ouw! 

What? I want to bond with our newest member too!” He was quick to stand up and wrestle the healer down, and Hoseok half-heartedly fought back.

Seokjin was shaking his head as he cut the pear into smaller pieces now.

“You’re all so childish.”

Yoongi watched the two Alpha’s as they were wrestling amusedly, Hoseok was grinning the whole time until Jungkook pinned him down and started to rub his cheeks against Hoseok’s, scenting the other.

“YAH! Don’t try to assert dominance by scenting me, you brat!” 

At this, Jungkook only started to scent the other more. It was uncommon among Alphas, but with Hoseok, he wouldn’t hesitate for a bit and contrary to his words, the healer’s hand settled gently on Jungkook’s neck, letting him be.

“I see I’m not missing out on much.”

That comment earned Yoongi the attention of both Alphas, whose face turned smug when they looked at each other again mischievously. He knew they were not going to harm him, which is why he didn’t fight back when they climbed onto the furs and started scenting him with their wrist to do both, annoy and bond with him. Yoongi never knew a day would come where he will hear an Alpha making childish, high pitched and incomprehensible noises. Jungkook scrunched his face while he executed the ‘evil’ act.

“No! Oh my God-” They cornered him from both sides, tickling his neck as they spread their scent on him. It was ticklish, and he couldn’t help a little giggle escaping him.

“Too late - you share a scent with us now”, Jungkook declared proudly.

The Alpha’s would never force themselves on anyone. It was because they were aware of how much assurance Yoongi needed right now that they scented him. Something akin to anxiety, confusion and fear was prominent in Yoongi’s scent, so the Alpha’s released calming pheromones as they scented him. At some point Yoongi even closed his eyes and let it happen without any protest.

“Now disperse, you stink up the palace!” Seokjin shooed them away with a gesture.

“We don’t!”, Jungkook grunted, but him and Hoseok pulled back, satisfied by their scents mixing with Yoongi’s. It felt right.

Yoongi opened his eyes again, still staring at his hands, and he wasn’t really sure of what he could say now. He should thank them. Yeah, he should.

Faintly nodding into their direction, avoiding eye contact, he uttered a quiet “thank you” to them.

These Alpha scents weren’t disgusting him… his omega actually felt safe. He was happy to share their scent in a way pack mates would, and a momentary sadness settled in him when he thought about the long time his wolf was deprived of this. From the feeling of safety, of Alpha’s who actually cared and weren’t just thinking with their dick.

While the other three chattered, Yoongi enjoyed their conversation in silence and ate some pear pieces that were put on a plate for him.

Seokjin was going to stay, so he send both Alpha’s to their homes, though judging by Jungkook’s scent the young Alpha wanted to end up in the same house and bed with the healer tonight. And poor Hoseok seemed to be oblivious how the younger checked him out when they were leaving the hut.

-

Taehyung finds himself at Jimin’s place. His thoughts were a jumbled mess, and he just needed to spend time with someone who didn’t circle around Yoongi for the time being. He needed his soulmate.

His friend was currently busy with making arrows on his porch, analysing the wood piece in his hand as he worked on it’s tip. The omega was talented to do many hand-crafted works, reaching from weapons like arrows to harmless object like a mug, and they never failed to strike Taehyung’s love for art. Sensing the Alpha nearing, Jimin lowered his hands and looked up smiling at him, eyes almost disappearing behind his lids. The work was put away and the blonde omega opened his arms. It’s been a few days since they had spent time together.

Sighing, Taehyung quickly came up onto the porch and let himself fall unceremoniously into the arms of his friend, puffing out against his small chest. The nose on his body tickled Jimin, making him giggle and ruffle the Alpha’s hair.

“What’s wrong, Tae?”

The Alpha shook his head, not wanting to talk right now.

“I just need energy from my soulmate”, he mumbled against the smaller, rubbing his face and squishing his cheek in the process on him. Jimin carded his hands through Taehyung’s hair, knowing how much his friend loved it and earned a pleased hum.

Taehyung turned, resting his head on Jimin’s lap as he watched the clouds in the sky while Jimin kept playing with his brown strands.

“Is this about the omega you found?”

His breathing stopped, body tense. Even Jimin? Even his friend knew of him? He didn’t really talk to him in peace since this whole mess happened, but news travelled fast it seems. When he didn’t reply, Jimin went on:

“Everybody is curious, you know. Why that omega is here.”

Closing his eyes, Taehyung took a deep breath and sighed. There was literally no reason why he should hide things from his soulmate. He, too, was curious. 

“Namjoon wants him in our pack.”

Jimin’s hand stopped at that, leaning over the Alpha’s face with a curious stare.

“Oh? If Namjoon wants him, that must be good then?” 

Again, the Alpha sighed. He had to tell his friend what he had missed from him the past days.

Jimin’s eyes widened. The Alpha had told him his side of the story, and Jimin was aware of that. That it was Taehyung’s side of the story.

“Woah. An omega who controls fire”, he said in awe, much to Taehyung’s annoyance.

“That’s not the point! For goodness sake… Why is such an omega on our grounds? Is no one questioning that part?” Taehyung exclaimed with his arms stretched from him, as if to push everyone’s dumbness away.

“You really think Namjoon didn’t consider that?”, Jimin countered, which made the Alpha draw his eyebrows together. As always, what his friend said did make sense. And he didn’t like it this time.

“Then why is he taking him in just like that?”

“Because he seems to be a fine omega?”

Taehyung groaned and pressed a palm against his face. Why the hell was everyone so smitten with that omega and not seeing the bigger picture?

“Fine, my ass. He only knows how to hiss and burn things here and there. There is nothing of the elegance of omegas on him.”

And that’s when Jimin knew without seeing the other omega, that he had caught Taehyung’s attention. He was an omega too, but they never considered each other as potential mates, even when others were convinced of this, and Taehyung never spoke of omegas and their ‘elegance’. Until now, it seems.

Jimin had a point. Namjoon never made decisions without thinking them through, which made the whole situation even more suspicious. Was it that easy to accept this unknown omega into the pack? He remembered his malnourished state, a mess in Namjoon’s arms- a complete opposite of how feral he was when he captured him. No matter how much he tried to deny it - Taehyung’s guilt sat deep within him.

Even earlier, he couldn’t control his anger nor his wolf - and his wolf, in his primitive state, was enticed by his scent. This omega was occupying his thought more than he would like to admit, and he couldn’t help but think that he was going to be the doom of the alpha.

The furs were snug against him. Surprisingly, Yoongi slept well, and he knew the new scents that had mixed with his the day before lead to his peaceful sleep, despite having met Taehyung. And it gave a spark of hope to the omega - would Yoongi be able to fit in? He feared the rejection, didn’t want to admit it actually, so maybe he shouldn’t consider this offer at all.

Or maybe... he could give it a try. See how it worked, how he fit in… Namjoon would surely let him leave if he couldn’t find his place here, and he laughed at the thought that Seokjin would actually be the one to hold him back. And his omega, his wolf wanted to stay too. No matter how much of a rational person Yoongi was, he couldn’t help but think that this was a sign that his wolf found his place.

Not even for a second did he forget about his chasers, but for once, after five long years, someone stopped him, offered to take a weight off his shoulders. And he felt it. 

So much.

How lighter the burden got, even though it was solely his to bear - Namjoon’s words repeated in his mind and those were enough to let the omega be off guard for a short while. A wolf wasn’t meant to live alone, and he hadn’t slept this peaceful in five years. He wanted to be selfish and try, knowing also well there was an Alpha out there who hated his guts.

Well, his fire wasn’t only there for show, was it? 

Welcoming the energy that surged through his body, Yoongi sat up and checked on his wounds that almost completed the healing process. Taehyung didn’t trust him, and the omega understood him actually too well. He wouldn’t trust himself either if he was someone else.

So he told Seokjin. Gathering his courage, he told the other omega of his thoughts after the little breakfast the taller prepared, and he couldn’t believe that it was all it took. Needless to say, Seokjin was glad to hear that Yoongi wanted to try, squeezing him into his arms.

Soon, the message was relayed to the Pack Alpha, who was obviously delighted by it, and there was only one thing to be solved: Where should Yoongi stay? 

The pair didn’t have to think long to decide - Jin had shared his home with an omega before he mated the Pack Alpha and moved out, leaving his omega house mate alone in their shared hut. The omega was described as sweet, calm and kind. His name was Jimin.

“Though be warned… you might come across Taehyung from time to time if you stay with him. They declared each other as soulmates. Jimin is a smart omega though, so don’t worry about a thing. I am sure you will like him.”

In fact, Yoongi wasn’t worried about this Jimin liking him and vice versa. Most of the time, it was himself that made it hard for other people, he knew this.

The three of them stepped out of the Pack Alpha’s home into the fresh morning. It caressed Yoongi’s arms, making him feel the new part of his life that was about to begin.

On their way to Jimin’s place, a female omega with baskets dangling on her arms crossed their path - and he recognized her immediately, she did too. The baskets were dropped gently, gentle eyes on him, before she made her way to stand in front of Yoongi who could only stare at her with wide eyes.

Suran didn’t wait to voice her gratefulness, just as she had announced before:

“You! You don’t know how thankful I am to you!” 

Suran bowed deep in front of him, whereas Seokjin and Namjoon stepped aside to give them space. It was a nice scene which they didn't want to interrupt, with the omega leaning his head on his Alpha’s shoulder.

The female omega felt Yoongi’s awkwardness, but she didn’t let it get it to her:

“Thank you for saving me. I’m so glad you are healthy again! 

I am Suran, please, if you need anything don’t hesitate to come to me.”

Mouth agape, Yoongi brought his hands up to stop her.

“You are not the only one who is thankful. You also saved me - if not for you, I would missing a leg now, probably.”

He scratched his neck, looking down and trying to find the right words. Socializing definitely wasn’t his strong side.

Without a warning, she took one of his hand in hers, and stared at him with a genuine smile. Her hands were warm, and so was her whole presence.

“You are my life saviour. Had you ignored our calls, it would be me missing completely now.” A short silence fell between them, then the female omega turned to the mated pair.

“Am I allowed to ask where you are headed?”

A proud smile spread on Jin’s face as he nodded to the direction they were headed to.

“Say hello to our new pack member. You may have all the time in the world to cuddle him later, but we need to settle him properly first.”

Eyes widened in surprise, Suran’s stare found Yoongi again and her mouth was shaped an ‘o’. Gently, she let go of him and started clapping her hands excitedly.

“This is the best news I have received in a while! Please, go on, go on! Don’t let me hold you back. Oh my!” She took her baskets, bowed to them a few times faster than necessary, before leaving with a smile and a scent which didn’t mask her happiness.

A certain omega didn’t miss the opportunity to tease him:

“Who knows, Yoongi, maybe you two-”

“Don’t even finish that thought”, the omega countered.

He wasn’t here for too long, but had already caught on that Seokjin was trying to couple him in his own way into the pack. Namjoon could only laugh at the puffed cheeks of his mate, poking at them before he signaled them to move on.

The blonde omega received them with a smile, didn’t even seem to be surprised to see a stranger among the mates. Seokjin hugged his former housemate, scenting each other lightly before they let go of the other.

“Jimin! It’s been a few days, how have you been?”

They exchanged pleasantries and it wasn’t too long before Seokjin came to the main topic.

“I guess you already heard of Yoongi?”

Jimin nodded as his eyes found said omega with a smile.

“Taehyung told me things, I already guessed that he must be the new omega.”

“His big mouth saved us some explaining then! Long story short- Since I mated and moved in with Namjoon, this hut had a vacant room. Yoongi is a pack member now, so he is going to reside here with you.”

Contrary to what Yoongi expected, Jimin’s smile grows even brighter as he takes in Yoongi’s form. Why was everyone in this pack so goddamn kind? He couldn’t help but think that it was too easy.

“I would gladly accept another companion. Just make sure to not burn it down, you know…” Jimin moved his fingers suggestively in front of him.

Seokjin couldn’t contain his laughter at that, clapping like a seal as his squeaky laugh was heard. The gifted omega didn’t know how to response to that - but Jimin had humour, that he wouldn’t deny. And Taehyung really did seem to have a big mouth. Asshole.

“We want Yoongi adjust to the pack life a bit before introducing him officially to everyone” Namjoon provided. “I would be glad if you assisted him during that time.”

Waving his hand, Jimin’s brows furrowed as if Namjoon just insulted him. 

“Of course I will!”

“You’re not a man of words, huh?” Jimin went on as Yoongi silently followed him while the other omega showed him his work in the hut. Seokjin and Namjoon had left them a few moments ago. It was evident the objects had fine hands working on them, hands that belonged to the blonde omega. Yoongi’s eyes landed on the wooden arrows, their tip no doubt deadly if shot expertly. There were also those with a metal tip, but obviously less than the wooden ones. They continued to look at the plates and mugs, before Jimin showed him his room.

“We will arrange some furs in no time, so don’t worry about that”, he assured Yoongi and the latter needed to hold back to comment on how this was way better than anywhere else he slept the past years.

“Thank you, Jimin.” It was the least he could say.

The other turned around with obvious surprise on his face, but he smiled nonetheless.

“Nothing to thank for. It felt so lonely here when Jin hyung moved out - And I won’t force you to talk to me, don’t worry. I can already see that talking isn’t your thing”, Jimin chuckled shortly at his own words, “but find me whenever you need something.”

Yoongi nodded.

Jimin was smart and caught onto things pretty fast. How did he end up with declaring Taehyung as his soulmate? Maybe that was the omega’s only flaw, he told himself. Something itched at his nose, making Yoongi scrunch it,

Speak of the Devil.

“I will retreat into the room now” was all he said before the black-haired omega went in there, gently closing the door. He felt bad for leaving Jimin so suddenly, but the confused omega soon understood why Yoongi reacted like that. 

Taehyung’s Alpha scent was unmistakingly coming closer, so he quickly went to meet him at the door, hoping to create at least a bit of a distance between the two.

“Jimin-ah!”

Yoongi almost flinched in the room. The black-haired male didn’t know that the Alpha was able to produce such a delightful tone with his voice when calling his friend, and he felt almost disgusted with himself how much he liked to hear it.

“Taehyungie!”, Jimin reciprocated, but before Taehyung could wrap his arms around his smaller soulmate he stopped in his tracks, nostrils flaring as he took in Yoongi’s sweet scent. The Alpha’s voice tone got lower and more serious, almost feeling betrayed.

“Why is he in there, Jimin?”

Yoongi heard the whole conversation, eyes bulging and his hand flew to his neck. He didn’t put the necklace back on when it was brought back, and it was probably still in the healer’s hut. How could he forget his only protection?

Jimin blinked, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly.

“He is living with me now.”

Groaning, Taehyung rolled his eyes and mumbled a curse under his breath.

“It seems like those two are set on shoving him into my face in every damn opportunity, I can’t believe this. Weren’t there other huts that were suitable enough for him?”

Now it was Jimin rolling his eyes, hands on his hips when he countered:

“Stop being a child and let’s go somewhere else if it bothers you that much. We reside together now. Deal with it.”

“Traitor.”

That deserved him a slap on the shoulder.

“Now that you are here- I think you might be useful to me right now. Let’s go to your place, I need something from you.”

That was definitely suspicious, but Taehyung couldn’t deny Jimin a favor, so he let it be.

Arriving there, his friend immediately instructed him to bring his unused furs. The Alpha’s brows furrowed in confusion. Jimin had his own furs, what did he need them for? So asked exactly that:

“What do you need the furs for-”

But then it clicked.

“No way I’m giving them so that little fire-spitter can sleep on them. Are you crazy?”

Taehyung earned yet another slap, this time on his chest while Jimin pointed a finger at him accusingly.

“It is no secret you are the best hunter and keep this around, not using them at all. Why are you fussing over it?”

“He can just warm up his ass with his own fire.”

“You know very well that’s not how gifts work.”

“Jimin! Namjoon and everyone else might have accepted him, but I didn’t.”

The Alpha didn’t know it was that easy to make his friend stop talking and look at him judgingly. He couldn’t believe they were in this situation, all because of him . Fights with Jimin were the last things on his list he wanted to have in his life, but here they were, some kind of awkward tension between them and the Alpha didn’t see why he should be in the wrong.

Then, the blonde male turned his gaze away and sighed.

“Well then, so be it.” He started to make his way out.

“Where are you going now?”

“I’m sure Hoseok hyung has some spare fur around too, and has the capability to share it.”

It shouldn’t, but the words weirdly stung inside his chest. He saw how obedient the omega got around Hoseok, and furs with his scent would only make it more heavenly to him here. The thought made him angry.

“Fucking… Wait! Stop, okay, take these.

I’m giving them, happy?”

Jimin halted and turned around to eye him sceptically. Taehyung opened his wooden wardrobe, but didn’t intent to give his spare furs before scenting them properly.

“Are you scenting the fur right now?”, his friend asked him disbelievingly. He watched him do it for a while like he would stare at a suspicious mushroom in their forests, but it didn’t take Jimin long to understand why he did it, and the omega groaned in annoyance.

“You are so fucking childish, Tae! I’m going to Hoseok-hyung, I had enough.”

In the blink of a second, the Alpha blocked his friends path and shoved the pile of furs into his hands, making him almost vanishing behind it.

“No need for that anymore. Take these, and up you go!” He gave Jimin a gentle shove, earning himself a glare again, but the omega didn’t protest anymore.

Jimin shuffles on his feet awkwardly when he hands them to Yoongi, feeling bad for the look the scent caused on the omega’s face.

“These are his”, the black-haired omega stated dryly, looking at the furs as if he saw them for the first time in his life, and seemed considered to burn them or not.

“Well, technically, not really, he never used them.”

“They stink of him.”

“I’m sure the smell will go away once we wash them properly! I rushed it here so you could get comfortable as quickly as possible. I promise to do the washing with you soon, if you want to.”

Yoongi sighed, but nodded.

“Nothing more I wish for right now.”

The omega was disgusted with himself, again. His wolf actually welcomed the Alpha scent that was covering the furs, but Yoongi’s rational side knew better than to give away to his wolf when it concerned Taehyung. He put the furs aside for now. Actually, they were of great quality, so he decided he didn’t want to burn them yet.

Chapter Text

6

[after Jungkook and Hoseok left the healer's hut]

"Hyung."

"Hm?"

Hoseok turned to look at Jungkook, his scent still covering him from his earlier marking. This is where they needed to part and go back to their homes, but there was something expectant in Jungkook's eyes - until he could smell it in his scent. Hoseok stopped in his tracks.

Jungkook wanted to lay with him, arousal growing even stronger when they locked their eyes, and he didn't even try to hide it one bit. At the realization, Hoseok grinned to himself.

These two were an unusual pair - two male Alpha's aren't meant to find each other attractive or arousing, yet Jungkook declared his desire to the whole world right now because he wanted to lay with the healer. It had been a long way to come to where they were now, and although the pack already guessed that those two were together, they decided to keep everything as quiet as possible. Except, nothing escaped Seokjin’s eyes, but that was a story for another day. Almost everyone knew now, and they didn’t bother to mask their scents on each other anymore.

Hoseok couldn't help the urge to tease:

"You should head home and prepare yourself for a cold bath, young man."

A growl ripped out of Jungkook's throat at the implied rejection and before the healer could blink, he had grabbed him by his hips and pulled him flush against himself.

"How about you come with me?", Jungkook suggested, growl still audible in his voice and his hands travelled lower, caressing the backside of his lover.

The elder Alpha chuckled against his neck, his own instincts mixing his growl into it at the dominance Jungkook was asserting over him, but he could never hurt him. It had been hard, learning to submit to another Alpha willingly, and besides Jungkook he wouldn't submit to any other. Hoseok bared his neck and intertwined their hands, enjoying the lips on his throat. The vibrations of Hoseok’s growl was felt under his lips, and his hands squeezed the other even tighter. The healer pulled them into the direction of his home instead, a insistent nose poking his neck and temple continuously to take in his scent.

As soon as the door closed, Jungkook pressed him against it, nosing along his neck, lapping at his scent gland, making shivers run down his whole body. His dominating scent from earlier was getting impossibly stronger, and it pleased the Alpha wolf inside to have his lover submitting to him. Hoseok growled - no matter how much he enjoyed this, his Alpha wolf also still wanted to assert his dominance too. Which made Jungkook growl back louder.

He kissed the healer fiercely, overpowering him, hands wandering down his body and feeling him all over. The younger was like a starved wolf, licking into his lover's mouth and pulling at his bottom lip, just to press his lips harshly on Hoseok's again.

Jungkook kissed him until the healer needed to lean back and gasp for air. Not losing a second, the younger squatted down, grabbed him by his thighs and lifted him up to bring them to his sleeping quarters.

Contrary to his previous fierceness, the younger Alpha laid the healer down gently on the furs and started to undress him, before getting rid of his own clothes. Sliding his eager hands down on the male underneath him, he appreciated the sight. There were days where the young wolf took his time before getting on with it, and then there were the ones, like today, where he would become impatient and just wanted to drown in his lover.

Grabbing a glass filled with an oily fluid, it didn't take him long to stretch the other's entrance up to four fingers, stroking the Alpha's arousal in the process to distract him, and slick up his own hard arousal. It happened rather often than not that Jungkook knotted the Alpha, and he wasn't going to take risks by not preparing his partner carefully before their mating.

Feeling the fingers inside his intimate place, Hoseok squirmed a bit, knowing he was already stretched enough. Without hesitation or shame, the Alpha obscenely spread his legs more, inviting the younger one take him. His Alpha instincts reaction to his submission showed in his red, glowing eyes and the low growl vibrating in his chest. His hands were clutching the pillow under his head. The healer had the strongest willpower on his wolf in the pack, Jungkook was the one who knew and witnessed it the best. Especially when he had him at his mercy. 

Finally, he pulled his fingers out of the stretched entrance, climbing impatiently on top of the other. Only a moment was needed to look into Hoseok's eyes, searching for any signs of discomfort - solely finding trust and love in the dangerously glowing orbs. He propped himself up with his arms on each side of the pillow, pressing a quick kiss on his growling lover’s lips.

With a growl of his own, Jungkook let his arousal brush over the slicked up crack, tickling the Alpha's sensitive hole, until his head catched onto the entrance, and pushed in. 

Even after stretching him carefully, Hoseok was still too tight and the younger needed to go slow, inching further and further patiently while Hoseok's walls clenched around him needily.

"Mmmh. You don't need to be so gentle, Kook…"

Admittedly, the healer had expected things to go more rough. But Jungkook, despite his biological nature, always impressed him with how collected he was.

He slowly eased into the heat until he bottomed out, rolling his hips to make his lover adjust to his size, earning him quiet moans and whimpering. The growling stopped.

Hoseok tried to relax and adjust to the stretch. Sweat gathered on his forehead because Jungkook was big. He breathed in and out audibly for a few moments, chest rising and falling, staring at the ceiling as his arms came up to cling onto the dominating Alpha's shoulders.

Slowly, he started to roll his hips against Jungkook's with quiet moans, giving him the encouragement he needed.

"Move."

And Jungkook wouldn't let that be told him twice.

He carefully pulled out and thrusted right back in, making Hoseok close his eyes and moan louder. The young Alpha repeated the motion several times, slowly at first, until he was met with almost no resistance. It's then he started to pick up his pace, fucking into the tightness with less restraint.

"J- Jungkook!"

Hoseok's eyes rolled back when the younger hit a particularly sweet spot, walls clenching around him at the sensation and making the younger groan. His leg came up across the younger's lower back, slipping slightly as they were both covered in sweat. The force of Jungkook's thrusts were shaking both of their bodies. A hand grabbed Hoseok under the knee, and Jungkook pulled his upper body away, pushing Hoseok’s leg further up and his other hand pushed the other by the inner thighs sideways down, stretching the Alpha's hole even more in the process as he didn't stop pounding into him. In this position, he even had a better view on Hoseok - on his flushed face, his toned, jerking body and angry arousal, and he couldn't help but stare at how his cock continuously thrusted in and out of the Alpha's tight hole with wet noises.

The Alpha under him suddenly started screaming and thrashing, challenging his strength in keeping his legs spread. His eyes were shut, brows furrowed at the pleasure and pain, and his nails dug and dragged along the muscled back. The younger smirked in victory, biting his lower lip. Jungkook hit his sensitive spot with every thrust at this angle now. He was aiming for it, thrusting in even harder, and he let go of the legs in order to pull the other down by the hips on his cock - to slam on the bundle of nerves, growling possessively at the sight. 

He was making the Alpha scream his name, legs now spread and resting on the furs underneath them, voice cracking at some instances. The young Alpha loved every second of it.

Hoseok's wet walls clenched perfectly around him, so so tight, and Jungkook groaned just at how good it felt. He shortly closed his eyes.

"Hoseok… fuck."

He lost his rhythm at the squeezing tightness on his cock, mouth going slack at the sensation. Hoseok was making it hard to hold back his release, and Jungkook wanted the other to scream and thrash on his cock more before he came. His hands gripped the well-formed thighs as he pulled out, the sticky substance of the ointment creating slick sounds. Hoseok whined at the loss of warmth, wanting Jungkook back inside him.

The younger chuckled lovingly at his lover's whiny state. Gently grabbing him by his waist, he manhandled him onto his stomach first before helping him up on his fours, angling his hips the right way.

He squeezed the Alpha's cheeks, bringing his lips to his ear.

"I want to knot you this way", he announced quietly. Jungkook already knew he was going to knot and that it wasn't in his hands anymore.

He pressed his chest against the Alpha's back under him, turning his head to share a short kiss before he pulled back and positioned his knees so that he could find a comfortable position to fill the other with his cock again.

Jungkook entered him, making both Alpha's groan at the same time, and he immediately picked up a brutal pace, totally in opposite to the gentle hands coming on top of Hoseok's and intertwining their fingers.

The healer went fully submissive now, baring his neck and giving up his dominance unconsciously, moaning with every thrust the other delivered into him. Gathering a bit of strength, he looked up and tried to push back with the same eagerness the Alpha above was giving. The meeting of their skin added obscene slapping sounds to their mating, and when Jungkook's knot started to swell, both thrusted even more violently against the other, their moans and groans getting louder as both were eager to lock it inside the submissive Alpha. 

"Jungkook, don't stop! Harder - go harder- AH!" 

The pain of the stretch made the Alpha cry out and search for something to hold on.

Unlike omegas, Alphas weren't made to take knots, which is why it could only be locked into the alpha male with more force than when mating with an omega. 

There was no way it would be painless, but Hoseok and Jungkook learned to prepare well. The younger would never knot the Alpha if he hadn't explicitly told him that that was exactly what he wanted.

Which is why the brutality of their joining made the wooden floor under them creak, the furs under them crumpling and moving slightly from their original position. Hoseok's arms gave out so Jungkook had to catch him around the middle to pull him back up, still pounding into his heat. 

"Almost… there", he breathed hotly against his neck, licking up a stripe from his nape to his ear. 

“Yes.. p-please…”

Hoseok walls squeezed around him with intent, making him snarl into his ear. His knot expanded even more and the submissive Alpha leaned back onto the toned chest, head resting on Jungkook’s shoulder.

He let go of Hoseok's waist, tightly grabbing his hips and slamming him down on his knot with force, losing his rhythm. The younger male growled loudly, a surge of possessiveness going through him, ramming his cock brutally against the other’s ass.

He repeated the motion four times, making Hoseok cry out with every single one, until his knot finally locked inside the Alpha, stretching him from the inside. The submissive wolf started whining and Jungkook immediately ran his nose along his neck and scent gland, caressing his sides when his release finally hit him with a blinding surge. Hoseok's walls quivered at the feeling of being filled with cum, and it made him cum seconds later in his untouched state, vision going blank.

Still blinded by pleasure, Jungkook somehow managed to move them carefully on their sides as his knot was still pumping his release into his lover, and he kissed him wherever he could reach, running his cheek and nose on his scent gland to soothe him. At that, the tension in the healer's body visibly eased, and he snuggled against Jungkook with a sigh. A muscular arm draped across his middle and pulled him back against the younger’s warmth.

Now that their heated session was over, exhaustion was settling on their bodies and Hoseok’s eyes were already closing, pleasure still surging in his veins.

“‘’m going to sleep…”, he informed, and Jungkook shifted slightly to place a kiss on his temple.

“Don’t worry, go to sleep hyung. I will clean up once my knot goes down.”

And Hoseok did, letting the gentle caress on his stomach and arm, the gentle nudging of the younger’s nose on his neck and cheek soothe him to sleep.

Jimin patiently showed Yoongi around the village - where the pack went to fetch water, explaining how some omega’s preferred to cook while the others rather preferred to sew clothes for the pack, and obviously that Alpha’s were the main provider for food by hunting and protecting their territory. Yoongi saw similarities in how the tasks were split between this and his old pack.

“As you already know, I also have an occupation which isn’t very omega-like, so I guess as long as you are good at something, you just go ahead and do it.”

This was something which had been missing in his former pack. Once again, the gifted omega was amazed at how things were running here with Namjoon’s leadership. They came by a stream with little fishes in it, and Yoongi’s eyes sparkled with excitement at the familiarity.

“I love fishing. I’m sure I can provide the pack with fish, if there is a suitable area for catching them.

I can hunt and cook too, whatever makes me helpful.”

Jimin cocked his head to the side, pursing his plump lips in thought while he scanned the pack’s ground in his head, until he snapped his fingers with a grin.

“I just know the perfect place for fishing! You just finished a heat and need to come back to strength, so I wouldn’t recommend hunting right now.

Come with me, we can take a break there too.

Oh, and by the way - Jin hyung loves fishing too, I am sure you two will make a great duo in that!”

The sight before him was stunning, a beautiful lake that mirrored the stones, pure white snow and mountains that surrounded it. Jimin jumped down onto a grey rock, turning to make sure the other was following.

“This place is beautiful”, Yoongi voiced his thoughts, also jumping down. The water was lapping at the rocks on this level, an he could see the life that swam beneath the surface. They walked along the stony shore, letting their eyes take in the beauty of nature until Jimin decided a spot good enough to sit down and enjoy the view, Yoongi following his example next to him.

Both omegas indulged in the silence. Yoongi shifted forwards, slipping his fingers into the cold water. There were so many fishes… and his wolf had missed this, the routine and familiarity he had lost, but now there was an opportunity to get part of it back.

He looked to the blonde, asking for permission:

“Is it alright if I try and catch some?”

Jimin shrugged his shoulders.

“Fine with me, we don't really have that many fishers anyways. Don’t overwork yourself though.”

At that, Yoongi started to take off his clothes, laying them on a dry spot before he started to shift. Clearly, Jimin wasn’t expecting him to do so - was he supposed to catch fish in human form? - a surprised look on his face. 

“Holy… your wolf is so beautiful!”

The omega wasn’t afraid to jump on his feet and jog to the other, stroking his black fur on his neck happily. His eyes disspeared with how brightly he was smiling. Yoongi turned his head, ears twitching while his nose nudged the blonde’s arm, causing Jimin to laugh more. He slipped away from the gentle hands, paws going into the water.

The wolf let his eyes and ears work, watching for the best opportunity to dive in for a successful catch. Jimin crouched down at the edge as he observed Yoongi during his little hunt.

Seeing and sensing movement, Yoongi assessed the best time to take action - and jumped. Ice-cold water swallowed him wholly, and he resurfaced soon with two fish in his mouth. The blonde omega clapped his hands, too excited for such a small deed in Yoongi’s opinion. He paddled over and laid his catch in a safe distance where the fish couldn’t jump back into the water, still thrashing for life. Just like this, Yoongi continued until he had fifteen, finally coming out and shaking the water off his fur.

Jimin scratched him under his jaw, praising the omega wolf with a warm smile gracing his face. The black wolf himself couldn’t believe he let the other, because he hated to be touched. The wolves in this pack didn’t seem to know personal space or boundaries, but his own wolf actually purred at the attention. Yoongi deemed him a traitor. He pressed his snout against the blonde’s chest, pushing him onto the ground while the other struggled against it with a laugh. Once he got Jimin to lay there, the wolf started to lick his face, not relenting even when begged to stop in between the other's laugh.

“Oh my God! It tickles, stop!

Ahahah!

Stop! Please stop!”

A growl made them both freeze, Yoongi’s paw stilling on Jimin’s chest when he looked up and saw the brown wolf that had his angry eyes already fixated on him. He let go of the other, Jimin immediately scrambling to his feet and standing before Yoongi to shield him at the sight of the Alpha, confused to what was happening. 

“He didn’t do anything, we were just fooling around”, he explained, but the Alpha was still coming down, walking towards them with calculated steps.

Once close enough, the wolf briefly sniffed Jimin, starting to scent him as he wasn’t pleased with his current scent, before nudging him to the side and standing in front of the smaller black wolf.

He still didn’t accept the other into the pack. Having three wolves scenting him already brought him to the edge, and now his best friend’s scent was also mixing in his. It bothered the Alpha immensely, and his presence obviously bothered the omega too, judging by how stiff he was standing.

Yoongi defied to step back, holding the stare of the Alpha that stood too close for comfort. Another growl was already building up the Alpha’s chest.

He needed this omega to submit, instincts urging him to force it out.

Jimin clasped a hand on his nose, staring at his friend in disbelief. The domineering pheromones increased immensely, bothering even his soulmate. Yoongi knew he couldn’t use his fire now - Jimin stood too close and he needed to earn the pack’s trust. He wasn’t going to risk hurting the omega.

But Taehyung didn’t stop there, moving forwards at the same time Yoongi ducked his head. The brown wolf rested his head atop of the other's, a sign of dominance - and he was very much pleased when the omega didn’t move and showed his submission that way. 

He allowed himself to mark his dominance further - by licking the omega’s ears and face - and even then, there was something that needed to be corrected. Yoongi gave in, letting his wolf reciprocate by closing his eyes, rubbing his snout where it rested against the other’s. His rational side was disappointed in himself, to have submitted to the Alpha. And it didn’t even feel wrong. Said Alpha was sniffing his neck now, growling at the other alphas he smelled there, and started scenting the smaller.

Yoongi’s wolf was entering a state of euphoria, taking in the Alpha’s scent and whining at the attention. His omega enjoyed this and the realization made his heart beat faster - if out of excitement, confusion or fear, he didn’t know. He just hoped this unfamiliar feeling would be over soon.

Meanwhile, Jimin was staring at the scene in front of him, trying to process what he was witnessing. Why was Taehyung scenting Yoongi? The omega was helpless, not knowing what to do except for that he should never ever try to separate the Alpha from the black wolf right now, their scents mixing together until Yoongi was fully covered in Taehyung’s. The latter was on the verge of raging, and if he didn't knew his friend he would think he was laying some sort of claim over the omega he seemed to hate so much.

He sighed in relief when Taehyung finally backed off, ears pointing up in attention while taking in the smaller wolf in front of him. His Alpha was satisfied, licking over his own snout - the black wolf had submitted, carrying his scent now. It had asserted its natural dominance.

Yet, slowly, Taehyung came to his senses, blinking at the scene one more time. Jimin saw clearly how he blanched metaphorically. Realization on what he had done dawned on him, and he stepped backwards, dark eyes fixed on the gifted omega's that were in a daze and confused.

He had only wanted to make sure Jimin was safe, having heard his cries while he was patrolling the area. How did he end up… end up scenting him?! Even worse - his Alpha was disgustingly satisfied with its work.

The brown wolf hurriedly turned and jumped up, sprinting away from his embarrassment as far as possible, leaving behind a dizzied Yoongi and confused Jimin.

The blonde was quickly by the black wolf's side, holding his face and looking at perplexed dark orbs.

“My God! - you both almost gave me heart attack.”

He started scratching the omega behind his ears. Yoongi startled from his daze and moved forward to hide his face under Jimin’s arm, at which the other couldn’t help but laugh.

“There there! I’m here!

How about you change back and we get these fishes back to the village?” He wanted to distract his companion from the situation, and it seemed to work.

Yoongi let out a high yelp, apparently agreeing with Jimin’s suggestion since he pulled back to come out of hiding and trotted to his clothes.

He was glad Jimin didn’t comment on his clumsiness when he dressed himself, limps still shaky from the recent encounter. His wolf was whining inside, but he pushed him away with his anger - if not for the weak omega, he could have defied the Alpha way better.

While he was busy catching fish, Jimin thought ahead and found a piece of rolled bark where they could place and carry them.

“I’m sorry I didn’t intervene. I feared his Alpha would get more agitated if I tried something”, he said apologetically while they placed the catch onto it. Because no matter how much he trusted Taehyung to not hurt anyone innocent, he couldn’t necessarily say that for a wolf which acted on instincts alone. The gifted omega heard the sincerity in the younger's voice, but it wasn't Jimin's apology that he needed.

“It’s no one’s but his fault. Don’t apologize for him.”

It was clear on Yoongi’s face how bothered he was with him submitting. It made Jimin frown, because he was at a loss of words too. But the blonde wanted to assure him:

“You know, your wolf did the right thing. Submitting, I mean. I know that would be the last thing your human would do, but sometimes instincts do really save us some trouble.”

His words made Yoongi feel less bad about himself. He couldn’t shut out his wolf or nature completely, it was a part of him. He knew Jimin was right. Yet, he was still troubled with what to feel: was staying here the right choice? If it all got too much, he could still leave this pack behind.

It hurt thinking about it. He hated to admit it, but he already started to grow attached to his omega dongsaeng, to the Alpha pair, the Pack Alpha's mate...  but his safety was his priority. He didn't suffer all these years to survive for his life to be ruined by some troublesome Alpha.

They silently made their way back to the village.

Jungkook was latched onto Hoseok, arms hugging from behind his waist as the healer moved around his working place, not even trying to pry the other off himself physically anymore. Even when he needed to sit down on his chair, the younger Alpha sat on it instead, pulling him on his lap. He pinched Jungkook’s thighs as a punishment, which the younger answered with a growl on the healer’s neck, making him shiver. 

“You are like a young hormonal wolf!”, Hoseok lamented, and Jungkook didn’t deny the statement:

“I am a young, hormonal wolf. But only for you.”

Hoseok was glad his back was facing the other, a blush creeping up his face. Someday, the younger would be the death of him.

The young Alpha only let go when they stepped outside. Jungkook poked his side, nodding in a direction the healer's eyes followed. 

Jimin and Yoongi were together, emerging from in between the snowy hills.They were carrying something between them.

Coming closer, both omega’s could immediately tell by their scents that the two Alphas laid together recently. Yoongi tried to keep a blank face while Jimin grinned and raised his eyebrows. The Alphas also smelled the potent scent of Taehyung on Yoongi, Jungkook’s nostrils visibly taking in the smell, with his big doe eyes widening even more.

“Some had a heated session during the night it seems”, Jimin blurted out, grinning at the pair.

At that, Jungkook grinned back and puffed his chest out, proud of the deed - earning him a slap on his chest by a red faced Hoseok who tried to change the topic:

“Care to explain why Yoongi smells like he bathed in Taehyung’s scent?”

Being mentioned so openly, Yoongi was glancing away out of embarrassment, looking like he wanted the ground to swallow him up. The healer’s eyes searched Jimin’s, finding that the omega was pressing his lips to a thin line. There was uncertainty in his eyes, as if the thought of whatever he was thinking about pained him.

“Well… that’s because Taehyung did scent him. Before you ask further - we both don’t know why he did it, he just came, scented and ran away.”

Jungkook bursted out laughing, was slapped again by Hoseok but he didn’t stop.

Not knowing what to do of that situation, the healer blinked, looking back at his lover who was equally confused yet laughing, before turning to the omega’s again and trying to aim for another distraction:

“What do you guys have there?”

This time the blonde's eyes beamed with excitement, happy at the change of topic.

“Yoongi caught all this earlier, so we are going to store them for the pack after taking our own share.”

Yoongi had the attention of both Alphas again. The omega wasn’t used to attention,  to receive praise for or to share his prey.

But he definitely didn't dislike it. He wanted to share with them all actually, it made his wolf feel safer, feel that he belonged here more.

“You should take some too” he offered in a low voice to the Alphas, still looking at the ground.

“We took us in some competent omega, didn’t we?”, Hoseok cheered, making Yoongi even more self-conscious, but he forced himself to look up and smile at the other shortly.

“I won’t say no to fish! We need to hunt for meat soon, too. Consider your share already provided.” Jungkook winked at the black-haired omega.

  *

“Surprised?”

They were on their way to the shared storage for the pack which Jimin had showed him earlier. Curious gazes were following their new addition, and Yoongi could even sense the mistrust in some of them. That much was to be expected. He came out of nowhere, some of them didn’t even know the story on how Taehyung had found and brought him here. Maybe even most of them.

He shook his head at Jimin’s question, knowing what he was referring to:

“I already assumed something was going on between them. I saw both sleeping and leaning against each other when I still needed to rest. They make a good pair.”

Maybe he didn’t think they had already progressed that far, but who was he to judge?

After they brought the fish to the storage, the omegas headed home. The exhaustion of the day settled over them.

Yoongi just focused his mind on the wood in the oven, creating a fire there before he started to prepare the fish he enjoyed later with Jimin for dinner.

Soon, it was time to sleep and both omegas retreated to their rooms. The black-haired omega didn’t even realize how he snuggled into the furs with a purr, scented by a certain Alpha. He was already covered in the scent, and the furs that embraced him felt just right, smelled right even.

Memories of how both wolves scented by the lake flashed in his mind. The omega groaned and hid his face further in his new bed. Despite everything, Yoongi felt safe when he fell asleep.

Chapter Text

7

“Good morning yo- 

WHY the hell does it stink like Taehyung in here?”

Wanting to check on the two omegas, Seokjin had made his way to the hut only to confirm how much of Taehyung’s smell clung everywhere.

Scratching his head, Yoongi came out of his room in a sleepy state, not really registering the new presence or what the handsome omega asked. Jimin was preparing breakfast, looking up at the taller shortly, before continuing to chop vegetables.

“Taehyung scented us. Both. And Yoongi’s new sleeping furs too.”

At the revelation, Seokjin’s eyes were bulged, his anger was building up quickly with shaking fists.

"He did what?!", turning to Yoongi, he quickly checked him over with a frown. Everything seemed fine, and the black haired Omega stared at him confusedly, sleepy-eyed.

"Did s'mthing happ'n?" he slurred, totally oblivious to what the topic was.

Clicking his tongue, the handsome omega shook his head. A rough idea of what was happening formed in his mind already, and his gut feeling was rarely wrong. That little ...

"Nothing Yoongi. Seems like Taehyung welcomed you to the pack?" Seokjin asked ironically, which made the Omega finally snap out of his sleepy state, realizing what was asked.

"W-what! 

No!"

However, the other didn’t cave in, waving him away with a gesture.

"Somehow I believe Taehyung will answer just like this. I will pretend I believe you both."

Attempts to convince Seokjin otherwise were in vain, the eldest omega kept teasing Yoongi, all the three of them bickering while joining in to help make breakfast.

It felt domestic, was what Yoongi thought.

The room was filled with a low rumble. 

The wolf was restless, and Taehyung was too. He made a mistake by scenting that Omega, and cursed at his wolf that let his primitive instincts take over.

Because there was no way his rational side would want that untamed Omega, be it in the pack or in any other way, whereas his wolf had enjoyed the display of submission. The warmth of the black wolf against his own…

The rumble turned into growling, and Taehyung threw his cushion against a wall with an angry cry.

That omega needed to go. He needed distance from him, or he would drive Taehyung mad. Namjoon and Seokjin had tried to talk to him, but he made it clear that he didn't want to see anyone right now. His brother could force his way in whenever he wanted, but the younger knew Namjoon wouldn't do that unless it was an emergency, so they left the Alpha in his hut, alone with his anger and tantrums.

It’s not that he didn’t want the other to justify his actions. But Taehyung was acting like a child, shutting Seokjin and the Pack Alpha out for the next days while he quietly fulfilled his duty of patrolling and protecting their village. Not only was he ignoring Yoongi, but all of his closest packmates besides a few alpha friends, making his brother worry for him.

The Pack Alpha was laying with his omega in the privacy and warmth of their home, sighing with an arm pressing his mate to himself.

“I don’t know what’s gotten into him. I really don’t.”

The omega’s head laid on his broad chest, leaning up to kiss the underside of his mate’s jaw.

“It’s actually pretty obvious, but let’s wait and see if he will calm down soon.

He has been avoiding us for a few days now, but the day for the next hunt is nearing. And Yoongi offered to help. What do you say?”

Namjoon’s fingers caressed his mate’s warm skin, thinking for a short while. The omega was doing great, providing the pack with his fishing and helping Jimin or Hoseok out with small errands. Yoongi was still opening up, but this was more than he had asked for. The only thing which made him hesitant to agree was that their omegas didn’t usually hunt with the alphas, and he was worried the other alphas might shun him.

“You know that I’m worried because he is an omega. I don’t want him out there unless Jungkook agrees to watch out for him. I can’t expect that from Taehyung or the other alphas.”

His mate understood, nodding to the words. Namjoon would never discriminate based on status, it was the situation and the danger it posed for Yoongi that had him worried.

“I agree. Yoongi is not immature, he will understand if you decide against it.

And Namjoon?”

“Yes?”

“I’m pregnant.”

“Alright.”

Seokjin burst out laughing.

Letting the words sink in, the Alpha suddenly sat up from the shock, eyes wide while he fell of their bed. He turned, trying to get back on with wide eyes.

“You’re… you’re what?!”

“Pregnant, Namjoon, pregnant.”

“You are pregnant?”

“That’s what I said.”

“With our pup?”

“No, with your dick. Of course our pup you idiot. I swear to God if you don’t come back here again I will-”

Seokjin didn't get to finish the sentence as his alpha jumped on top off him and squeezed the omega to himself with a childish cry.

“I’m going to be a Dad!”

He kissed his mate’s face several times, ignoring Seokjin’s half-hearted protests to push him back as he laughed at the reaction. The Pack Alpha was overjoyed by the news, smiling and hugging his mate while he imagined what their pup - maybe even pups? - was going to look like. But he was still confused.

“How did this happen? You weren’t in heat nor was I in a rut the past weeks?”

Seokjin stared at him with a judging expression, rolling his eyes.

“Namjoon, when we left the pack for two days for our ‘run’...

You literally pumped me full and knotted me endlessly, I stopped counting how much you came in me. I dare to say it was almost as bad as when you are in rut.”

The silver haired Alpha turned red, remembering their heated personal time. Yet, he couldn’t deny how proud he was of impregnating his mate outside of a heat or rut, a rumble vibrating in his chest at the thought, nipping possessively at his mate’s neck. His hand snaked under the cover towards his mate’s abdomen, caressing it lovingly while he was staring him.

“When did you know?”, he whispered.

Seokjin’s hand came to lay on his, tracing his knuckles.

“I was already feeling that something was different about my body, but what made me realize it was the fish. When Yoongi’s enthusiasm for fishing started, I suddenly felt disgusted by fish. And you know that I love fish. After eating them for a meal - remember I threw up in the morning? That’s when I knew.”

“Did you go see Hoseok yet?”

“No. But I will soon.”

Namjoon smiled down at his beautiful mate. The pair shared a tender kiss, and the alpha sighed in content. 

“We will go together.”

It didn’t take long for the news to spread within the pack, bringing along a joyous and cheerful atmosphere. At this, even omegas voiced their wish to participate in the hunt and bring at least a small catch as a gift to the Pack Alpha’s mate in order to celebrate his pregnancy and a potential future Pack leader.

Jimin tugged Yoongi with him when they visited the pregnant omega at an appropriate time, where no one would bother them. The blonde was all over his hyung within seconds when they entered the Pack Alpha’s home, congratulating and shaking him with too much love.

Yoongi congratulated rather timidly, and Seokjin crushed him against his body with a hug, making the smaller omega panic.

“You need to be careful of the pup!”

They let each other go again, Seokjin still radiantly smiling and waving him off.

“We’re not that fragile, my dear! Now come on in.”

Yoongi mostly sat there silently, yet not uncomfortable with the atmosphere while Jimin bombarded Seokjin with questions about his pregnancy, the blonde also earning himself a little cuff at a too personal question. The three omegas spend the rest of the evening until it was time for the two to head home.

It was the day of the hunt. The first group of wolves had already run into the forest while Jungkook was staying close to Yoongi, waiting for the second group to start the hunt.

In the distance, his alpha and Seokjin were standing next to each other and he waved back to them. Hoseok was an Alpha, but the healer’s skills were always needed within the pack, especially now that their leader’s mate was pregnant. Jimin’s abilities made it possible for him to create a gift for the omega in his own way, while Jungkook and Yoongi decided to join the hunt.

Yoongi shortly hid himself behind the trees to undress and shift into his wolf - Jungkook having not really anything that bothered him to do it boldly on the spot, and the omega looked away. Once both were standing besides each other in their wolf form, it didn’t take long for the signal to go off, and they sprinted into the hunting area. Although able to hunt independently, Yoongi listened to Seokjin’s advice to follow Jungkook’s lead and not to stray too far from him, understanding the implication behind the request.

They slowed down to a trot, fanning out a bit so both could silently watch for a prey. The omega sniffed the ground and trees, wanting to catch whiff and hint.

Coming onto a clearing, an Alpha he didn’t know personally came into his sight, growling at him to not step forward any further. Yoongi knew this was not something you would do to a packmate during such times, Alpha or not, so this was definitely someone who mistrusted him as the unknown omega who recently joined the pack, not wanting him there at all. He backed off, resisting the urge to challenge some irrational Alpha whom he could burn alive if he wanted to. 

The omega was back to sniffing the ground while he went through the forest, strained his ears for suspicious sounds that could hint to a prey. 

And there! He saw a rabbit, it was a  small catch, yet his first opportunity to proof that he, as an omega, could indeed hunt. He readied himself for the leap, focusing on the oblivious creature when, out of the blue, a big body jumped onto it, snapping its neck without mercy. With the lifeless rabbit in his mouth, Taehyung’s wolf turned to look at now annoyed omega, narrowing his eyes on him. He snapped his jaw to get a better hold of the rabbit, holding the eye contact a little longer before he vanished with his prey, leaving Yoongi without one. He rolled his eyes.

The omega decided to return to Jungkook’s side for now, who had already caught several rabbits by now, leaving him speechless. And the younger’s next prey was already in sight; the alpha was focusing on a deer, so the omega didn’t dare to disturb, sat back on his haunches, until several minutes later the deer joined the rabbits. Jungkook was excited, sniffing the omega in the process and wagging his tail. If possible, Yoongi would have laughed, so instead he opted to rub his snout against the younger’s as a praise, reciprocating his excitement. But he needed to find at least something for himself to hunt, too, so once again the omega started trotting around the snow-covered forest after he bumped his snout into Jungkook’s, climbing the nearest rocky hill not too far from the alpha.

Slowing down, he noticed the movement of another rabbit, and the omega would be happy if he could at least catch that one today, licking his snout in anticipation. He jumped, almost on his prey - before he was thrown back by colliding hard against something. The impact threw him on his back harshly, leaving his mind dizzy for a few seconds and a small whine left him. Scrambling back onto his feet, he growled at whoever dared to hurt him.

Taehyung dropped the rabbit out of his mouth, growling back, but this time Yoongi snapped his jaw at him angrily, a fire ring framing him shortly before vanishing out of anger. He knew the alpha did it on purpose, to make him give up the hunt, but he also had his limits which Taehyung clearly crossed now. It feels like the earth vibrated at the same rhythm of Taehyung’s growl, the omega sensing it to his very core. He barked, wanting him gone from his space, the taller stepping dangerously closer to put the omega in his place. This time, Yoongi really was intent to let his anger out and show the Alpha he was not to be pushed around whenever he wanted - but the branches behind Taehyung rustled, slowly revealing two growling alphas who came out to stand behind Taehyung, obviously backing him up. Yoongi even recognized the wolves as the group he always hung out with - Jimin had told him about them - his close friends Seojoon and Hyungshik. 

As much as he wanted to attack Taehyung, Yoongi wasn’t dumb. Ears laying flat on his head, he whined, letting out that short signal of his distress before turning and sprinting to the opposite direction, behind the hill, and following the path up. Forgetting that he had to be near Jungkook.

The black wolf ran, even when he realized no one followed him he made sure to ran a good distance up the mountains to know himself safe.

His legs shivered slightly, the wind blowing through his fur when he came to a stop, panting from the strain. A tiny stream of water was leaking from between the stones, and the wolf trotted there to lap at it, coldly spreading on his tongue. He felt bad at leaving his assigned partners periphery, he knew Jungkook would worry and search for him soon. His reaction was impulsive, and the wolf already regretted it.

The hostility he felt was overwhelming, and it wasn’t like he didn’t believe that he could fight them off. Yoongi couldn’t harm them if he wanted to be accepted in the pack. Again, he was asking himself if he made the right choice, staring back over his shoulder.

His pride didn't allow him to submit this time, and here he was, on a snowy mountain, not knowing how long he was supposed to spend time there for everything to calm down, completely oblivious to the eyes that were following the omega intently in the shadows.

Finding a dry spot under a rock, the omega finally settled there. The sun was starting to set, and since the clouds were covering the sky it was almost dark quickly. He should head back soon, he thought.

His rest though didn't last - he was abruptly on his feet when he smelled them, a familiar scent shared by many, growling loud and angry at the danger.

It wasn’t long until two alphas and two betas were nearing his place from above, coming down from the mountain while carelessly rolling down small stones and snow with them. The Omega called to his gift that surrounded him like a warm blanket, this time with no intention of holding back, because these black wolves weren't his pack anymore. They were the enemy. He knew they were from his old pack even if he didn’t know them by name.

Seeming to underestimate his abilities, one beta barked and growled at him, running faster than the others to confront the gifted wolf in his excitement, causing the fur on Yoongi’s neck to stand up. 

He ignored Yoongi's warning snarl, and the Omega showed no mercy in directing his flames right at him, making his fur catch fire and torture the wolf alive to his death. Learning to watch themselves quick, the other three slowed down when they neared him with snarls and calculating steps, hungrily observing the dangerous loner. Maybe he was smaller than them and alone, but the gifted one didn’t lack in courage at all, his growl standing its ground against the others’. 

A pain shot up his neck, making him yelp in surprise and pain. Something heavy landed on him, he felt hands clutching brutally on his fur; he could sense that it was a human who was now barking orders. A voice he knew too well, from which he escaped all these years, making something akin to despair bloom in his chest.

Locked in his place from the shock and recognition, it served the needed distraction for his attackers to bring the omega down within seconds.

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8

Arriving with his kills as the last one, Jungkook, even in his wolf form, looked devastated and worried, whining when his concerned lover caught sight of him. Most of the pack was already done with the hunt, having dragged their catch home to make it presentable for the Pack Alpha’s mate.

Hoseok ran to the other with a blanket, letting Jungkook rub his head against his chest, ears down as he was still whining and releasing concerned and distressed pheromones. The healer knew immediately that something was wrong.

“Jungkook! What happened? Shhh.” He patted the dark fur on his head, Jungkook looking up with guilt in his eyes, tail snaking around himself like a puppy.

The younger started to shift back and a blanket was thrown over his bare form to shield him against the cold. Almost desperately, he grabbed the elder’s sleeves, still releasing the alarming scent.

“Yoongi! I can’t find him. I don’t even now when and where he left my side, I - I tried tracking his scent, there were just too many from the other wolves, I-”

Before he could ramble any more, Hoseok hugged him, trying to calm Jungkook down. Seeing the younger this distraught was an extreme rare sight, and his instinct told him to calm his lover, releasing his own comforting pheromones.

He knew the alpha felt guilty, tasked with watching over Yoongi, and failing his pack was every wolf’s greatest fear. 

The sun was already starting to set, also creating a restless feeling within Hoseok. They needed to search for the omega as soon as possible.

He was planning to tell Namjoon and avoid Seokjin in this matter; they couldn’t predict how the omega was going to react to this news, so after asking his sister Dawon for help to store Jungkook’s kills away, both alphas immediately headed to the Pack Alpha, asking for a private conversation. 

Taehyung was with his brother when they had arrived, Seokjin luckily out to spend time with Jimin for a while, and the brothers looked from one to the other, seeing how Jungkook didn’t even put on decent clothes, trying to guess what caused the urgency. Showing their respects by bowing, Hoseok immediately informed what occurred according to Jungkook after straightening himself.

“If I understood correctly, Yoongi was mostly in his vicinity most of the time during the day until he suddenly disappeared.”

Jungkook added his own words:

“Once I realized he wasn’t there, I searched for him immediately, but in vain.” His head hung in shame at his failure.

Surprisingly, it was Taehyung who reacted first:

“What do you mean, you can’t find him? Didn’t he ran to you earlier?”

At that, everyone in the room turned their heads to him, finding it odd for Taehyung to ask such a question.

The youngest was confused, but still answered:

“I’m not sure which time exactly you mean with ‘earlier’: We hunted alongside, not too far away from the other and he even came and watched me hunt down a deer for awhile before he disappeared.”

A hand grabbed the young Alpha’s, knowing it was Hoseok’s attempt to comfort him. Namjoon sighed and massaged his nose bridge, brows furrowed in concentration.

“Where did you last see him, Tae?”, was all he asked, although he would have rather bluntly inquired: ‘What did you do to him?’ There was no way the perfectly fine omega would have disappeared if he hadn’t met Taehyung.

“I saw him at the west mountain. He ran up there”, the younger sibling provided dryly. 

Jungkook jumped at that information.

“That’s where I lost his scent. There were far too many, and I ran around in the forest to find him. I should search him up on the mountain.”

Namjoon nodded at that. The Pack Alpha was worried, and he hoped this wouldn’t create even more undeserved mistrusts towards the omega than he already had. He quickly added:

“Don’t tell Seokjin.”

The alphas agreed immediately, knowing now that the omega was pregnant and the one he was fond of was currently nowhere to be found.

“I will help the search.”

Of course, no one expected that of him, all eyes turning to Taehyung once more.

The truth was that a heavy feeling settled inside of the alpha the moment he heard the omega didn’t make it back. He wanted to deny it, trying to persuade his mind that himself wanted him gone.

But not this way. He didn’t imagine it to be this way, and it was borderline disturbing.

Earlier, his pride just wouldn’t let the smaller have his catch, tried to push him from hunting in the future - make him lose hope with not having any prey today. He didn’t expect his friends to be near, who didn’t take the courage of the omega against their respected alpha well and made him flee. It wasn’t relief that filled him when he heard Yoongi wasn’t back from the hunt. Much to his own confusion, he was filled with worry. And guilt.

Thankfully, his blank face didn’t betray what he was feeling on the outside.

“I will check higher up the mountain, someone should search the surrounding forest completely. He might have come back.”

With this, Taehyung was already heading out, before he was stopped by Hoseok’s hand on his arm. Turning, the younger was faced with the healer’s concerned yet stern look.

“Take a coat with you, you never know...- so just in case, wear it around your neck. Jungkook, you too, wear the blanket around you”, the elder ordered.
The coat was provided by Namjoon, and Tae tied it around himself without hesitation. He was glad they didn’t question his motives and just let him head out with the younger Alpha, who didn’t leave before bowing to the Pack Alpha.

“I will send others to help the search”, Namjoon assured them, patting Jungkook’s shoulder. The young alphas shifted and, like during around noon, ran into the forest again.

Jungkook followed Taehyung, who was heading to the last place he had seen the omega. The place reeked of alpha, indeed making it hard to track down Yoongi’s scent. With a movement of his head, he signalled the younger to look around the area while Taehyung would go up where he saw Yoongi disappear to.

The further Taehyung ran up the path, the more he could smell a vanilla and cherry scent getting stronger, cleaner, with a hint of Taehyung’s scent from his scenting of a few days ago. The alpha almost whined at that, his instincts forcing him to run faster - because even though Yoongi’s scent was there, Yoongi wasn’t.

Despite his rejection of the omega, he knew Yoongi was smart and strong, and he could only pray that he kept himself away from danger. The alpha wanted to beat himself that moment for being unjust towards him, now that his missing presence made him realize…

Ears perked up when he caught onto Yoongi’s smell with full force, leading him to a rock which created the perfect shelter for a rest. The wolf sniffed the ground, the rock, concluding Yoongi had been here, and he started growling.

He smelled other wolves - wolves that didn’t belong to his pack and shouldn’t be within this territory.

All the reasons that made him push the omega away came rushing back to him, making his eyes glow. The wolf felt betrayed; did the omega lead other wolves into their territory? Was all the guilt he felt now for nothing, and all the mistrust he had justified? The thought made him growl even louder.

He threw his head back and howled, signalling his packmates that he had found a lead before tracking the scents further.

The trail was getting dangerously close to the borders, bringing his nerves to the edge with the thought of betrayal, so Taehyung started to rub his scent on the rocks and trees on his way, because if he needed to pass the border to find Yoongi and rip him apart - he would.

Though, it seemed that wasn’t needed anymore… He sighted them, on a path below where he stood, still within the territory of the Kim Pack.

There were wolves, fur unmistakingly black like Yoongi’s, but also humans whose voices reached up to where Taehyung stood. He immediately lowered himself in attention, and what the tree branches hid from his eyes until then was fully revealing itself:

His heart was aching at the sight, eyes wide when he took in the tied omega, still in his wolf form, and struggling against the ropes. His feet and snout were bound together, and a male human was pulling his head back with a brutal grip by the neck, making the omega wince.

“Turn into a fucking human right now. You can’t escape me anymore, little omega. Now turn!” He shook the fur in his hand wildly, making the wolf wince more, but Yoongi didn’t cave, even growled as he thrashed. Another one laughed.

“The omega is smart, Seung Ho. Seems like he would rather die than carry your mating bite! Haha!” 

And that was the moment everything clicked for Taehyung, but also when his mind shut off completely, letting his wolf take over in rage and anger.

Not bothering to hide anymore, he jumped from his cover with a deafening growl. The whole ground was shaking under him, and when he landed, a cracking sound could be heard. He leaped again, this time aiming for the human that had the omega by his neck, but latter was smart enough to let go and throw himself into safety fast. The brown wolf snapped at the other human who stood far too close, and even the wolves took a hesitant step back, assessing their new enemy who stood in front of the omega now.

Yoongi was breathing quickly, eyes widening so much that their whites was showing. Not expecting to see the alpha here, to his rescue, and the smaller whimpered.

“Heh! So this is the one who made you his whore, isn’t he? His smell is all over you. Though it seems like he abandoned you a few days ago, hm?”

The angry alpha turned his head, growling at the human daring to insult the omega. Hands on his hips, he grinned and provoked further:

“Too bad man, that one already belongs to me! I should decapitate you for touching him actually, but I will let this one pass, since everyone would want the fire-spitter begging under them-”

The young Alpha couldn’t take any more of the words and readied himself to tear the human apart, his anger and eyes burning wildly at these wolves having trespassed their lands and daring to speak to him, about the omega, like that. 

Another Alpha was brave enough to try Taehyung while the humans shifted into their wolf form; but they were all missing a crucial knowledge on him, something even Yoongi had yet to see.

Sensing the ground through the snow, the Alpha snarled and let the earth shape into a sharp form, piercing through the wolf that wanted to cut Taehyung’s way. The Alpha yelped and couldn’t move anymore, his body stuck and the intrusion making his breathing so hard that even his yelps of pain lost their sound within seconds.

Yoongi flinched involuntarily at the sight, everything piecing together in his mind, why he always felt as if his whole world was shaking whenever Taehyung had an outburst…

The alpha was gifted too, and he failed to notice.

Now, he was forming a wall of earth around the omega, breaking through the snow and shielding him from harm while he was facing the other way.

He made the earth retract from the wounded wolf, pulling the alpha’s body with it until he laid on the ground, panting heavily as blood pooled around him, tainting the snow in a dark red. One of the wolves whined for their packmate, yet Seung Ho wasn’t fazed by the loss at all, fully concentrating on Taehyung. Even now, he seemed to grin as he moved backwards and snarled, a signal for everyone to jump on the Alpha at once.

He threw a beta across the snow by the impact of the earth block that hit his body, and the alpha turned, facing the two others that closed on him from behind.

The intent to kill them glowed in his eyes, unfamiliar alpha scents edging him on, but the moment they heard another wolf’s howling and bark, Seung Ho, who was obviously the leader of their little group, snarled a command to his remaining pack and they took off in the blink of a second. The dominant alphas shortly made eye contact, and Taehyung tried to get him with blocking their way - Seung Ho was trained well and just jumped over the hurdles he made for him. Taehyung would have chased them if there wasn’t another he needed to tend to, and at that moment Jungkook’s wolf broke through the tree branches, doing the chase instead.

The brown wolf turned, nearing the earth cage he had shaped and made it crumble down, looking at the bound and wounded omega. He snapped the ropes with his fangs, releasing Yoongi with a relieved whine from him, and started sniffing the smaller for crucial wounds.

Puffs of warm breath hit the black wolves face, and the omega showed his gratefulness by licking the Alpha’s snout. The taller’s protective instincts heightened, reciprocating the action, continuing with scenting the omega with calming pheromones. Both wolves acted on their instincts, and there was not one bit of hostility between them at that moment.

Feeling protected and comforted made the pain Yoongi felt lessen.

They had held the omega down, tying the ropes on him, kicking him in the stomach to make the trashing wolf hold still. Their claws created lightly bleeding scratches on his face which the Alpha licked clean now, and the omega closed his eyes.

Seung Ho had found him. That bastard had been on the move too, explaining how he was so fast to make it to the mountains. Yoongi had been sure that this day he would die...

Taehyung leaned back a bit, nudging his snout and bringing him back from his thoughts, the alpha trying to convey something. Shortly after, his form started to change back into his human, yet his eyes were still glowing in alpha-red.

“You need to change back, so I can carry you back more easily”, he explained to him, and Yoongi did as he said, ignoring the pain.

The cold and rough ground was biting at his skin, causing him to hiss when he finally changed completely, but Taehyung was fast in taking the coat off himself, helping the omega sit up before he put it on him, not before his eyes took in the bruises on his stomach. 

The sound of paws hitting the ground could be heard, and they both looked up to see Jungkook appear from behind the rocks, mad at having lost the trespassers. Seeing the two, the wolf went to Taehyung and threw his head back, indicating to take his blanket too. Quickly, it was draped over the omega and Taehyung turned around, making Yoongi cling onto his shoulders, large hands holding his forearms. He wished he knew how to comfort with words, but with Yoongi, he was at a loss.

“Hold on tight, we will be home soon.”

Yoongi felt the warm, bare skin under his hands, not really in the state to be shy or embarrassed of the male being naked. The Alpha shifted, the omega’s hand on fur which he hold onto tighter now. Jungkook sniffed him over, also making sure everything was alright before the alphas started a light trot, careful not to harm the smaller any further.

There were too many thoughts running in his mind, but the one that settled deep down within him was guilt and regret. Taehyung tried to keep his emotions in check after the omega whined once at the distressed pheromones he released unconsciously while in thought. Jungkook howled into the night, signalling the other searching packmates to come back home - that they had found their omega.

Having heard the howl from the village, Namjoon and Hoseok were waiting for them, coats and blankets ready in the healer’s arms and the Pack Alpha also helped him to carry bandages and herbs in case an emergency case happened.

Jungkook and Taehyung emerged from the forest, running to the other two alphas whose face showed relief and worry at the same time. Something had happened, and the Pack Alpha was emanating angry and protective pheromones at the sight of the weak omega on his brother.

Not waiting, Namjoon stepped forward, grabbed the omega around the middle to help him down with a whimper, making Taehyung turn around and whine from the separation.

The Pack Alpha and Hoseok shared a confused look, the healer broke from the trance first to check on Yoongi, feeling him over while Namjoon helped him stand, checking his limbs, eyes, bones. The omega whimpered when he checked his stomach.

“He doesn’t seem to have life-threatening wounds, but let me make sure in the hut.”

Namjoon nodded, turning to Jungkook as Taehyung’s attentive eyes didn’t leave the omega, ears pointed straightly up. The Alpha was mentally gone.

“Jungkook, come with me and explain what happened after we bring Yoongi there. Seems like Taehyung will take a while to be able to.”

They young Alpha huffed, coming beside the leader. The Pack Alpha carried the omega to the hut, Taehyung trotting stubbornly after him, squeezing his wolf through the door, and when they laid Yoongi carefully on the furs, he laid down behind, not moving from his spot, eyes still on the omega.

“What the hell is happening?” Hoseok asked the pack alpha, but Namjoon only shrugged.

“Seems like Taehyung’s wolf’s instinct took over. Don’t get yourself killed man.”

Hoseok was gaping in shock at the last statement, but Namjoon only laughed and clapped on his shoulder, going outside where Jungkook waited for him, latter having hastily thrown on a blanket on himself after changing back.

Yoongi was aware that he wasn’t asleep, but he wasn’t fully awake either. His mind was dizzy. Gentle hands brushed over his body, a voice he recognized was speaking, but he couldn’t make out the words. A coldness spread on his body, he grunted at the sudden discomfort. But soon, a warmth covered him, and there was also a comforting presence because of which he turned on his side, burying himself deeper in its warm comfort. He felt a rumble, sighing against the vibration.

Hoseok was shocked, to say the least. Yoongi turned his body to the Alpha wolf who didn’t budge a bit when he tried to make him leave, worrying he would agitate the Omega once he was conscious enough. But said omega was snuggling into him, and the Alpha looked down, slowly leaning his head towards him and bumping his nose on a pale forehead. His body laid in a posture that screamed safety and protection, and the healer couldn't help but wonder what brought the change and make the alpha give in to his natural instincts like this.

Seokjin told him about his suspicions, how he knew Taehyung was in denial, but now that he was witnessing it with his own eyes, he saw what the omega meant.

No alpha would do this much for an omega they haven't set their eyes on, but he didn't utter that thought.

"Hey Alpha, I'm leaving now. Take care of Yoongi, alright?"

Taehyung's ears turned to Hoseok and he looked up, whining. His hyung chuckled.

"He will be up soon, give him time to rest." 

The wolf grunted, blinking lazily before shifting his attention to Yoongi again.

Slowly, he also laid his big body onto his side, throwing a leg around the Omega to keep him against his warmth. Yoongi’s scent filled his senses. Knowing the omega was safe and with him, the alpha closed his eyes too, releasing his own comforting pheromones. He wasn't ready to face the omega in his human form yet. There was much to think about, but right this moment, he was just relieved and glad, those sensations overcoming right after his adrenaline of fighting the trespassers off ebbed away.

Like that, they fell asleep, the omega snuggled into the comfort of the alpha wolf.

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9

When Yoongi moved, slowly waking up, the Alpha immediately snapped his eyes open, watching him stretch and wince at the pain coming from his stomach. The scars mostly faded away immediately when he had licked them. Opening his eyes, the Omega’s brown eyes with red hues took in how he was caged by the wolf, momentarily laying his head back on the furs to take in the comforting scent in his dazed state.

The moment his mind processed whom it belonged to, he tried to bolt up, though Taehyung was preventing him with his paw pressing down on his side gently, grunting his disapproval of the sudden move.

It wasn’t intentional, but the omega’s hands were buried in his thick fur, tightening and freezing in place. Yoongi wasn’t sure what was happening, everything was comfortable... the furs, the scent, even the touch-

But this was Taehyung! The one who always pushed him away, insulted him, and just recently chased him off of the hunting ground. Though his mind provided him all these things, Yoongi’s omega wolf was swooning over the Alpha’s presence, showing itself in the red glow in his eyes.

A hot wetness striped over his face, he realized the alpha started to lick his face and soon paid special attention to his scent gland which made him relax to the touch.

His rescue came in the form of Hoseok, who peeked into the hut to see both awake, grinning as he approached the two. Catching his eyes, Yoongi tried to silently scream for help with his own and the healer seemed to understand, as he started to cough until he had Taehyung's attention, the wolf watching him.

“Morning you two.

Now, big boy, how about you head out now so I can check on Yoongi once again?

I think he will appreciate a bit of privacy.”

Yoongi said nothing, waiting for the Alpha to move. He sensed the rumble in the wolf’s chest and instinctively his hand came up to scratch behind the alpha’s ear, soothing him.

“I- I’ll… It will be fine. Now go, you have other duties waiting for you.”

He felt the Alpha’s eyes on him while giving his best to avoid his stare. The wolf licked his arm some more before he stood up, swiping his tongue one last time over his own mouth and heading to the door. He rubbed his body on Hoseok’s side as he passed by, the healer running his hand through the goldish-brown fur to assure the younger that the omega was in safe hands.

Having the Alpha gone, Yoongi let out a deep breath he didn’t know he was holding in, his hand coming up on his chest. He already missed him, and was relieved at the same time. What was going on?

Hoseok was by his side fast, checking his pulse and temperature.

“How are you feeling?”

The omega breathed out, blinking.

“Great. I feel pain here”, he let his hand hover above his middle, “but I actually feel good. Isn’t that weird?”

The healer chuckled as he slowly removed the blanket until he saw enough of the omega’s stomach and gently checked the area.

“Actually, your stomach was much worse yesterday. It healed faster than average, and I would find it weird, if a certain Alpha hadn’t been here with you.”

This wasn’t what the omega expected to hear. What was meant by those words? He wanted to ask, but Hoseok already covered Yoongi’s body again, smiling down at the confused omega and patting him on his left chest.

“You were lucky. Rest a bit more, I will get you some fresh fruits and water. Jimin should be here soon, and you should be good to head home by then.”

So far, the Pack Alpha had heard Jungkook’s side of the story. No doubt the trespassers were wolves from Yoongi’s previous pack, judging from the description he got from the young alpha. It naturally made the leader worry, since he was hiding a crucial background information as to why their pack, especially Yoongi, was suffering these attacks. The other alphas that searched the area reported strange scents, another proof they had been wandering on their grounds for a while now. He would need to pay special attention to the mountain borders.

Until now, Taehyung thought the omega was an enemy send into their midst, and not even his friends, but other wolves were skeptical as to where the omega popped up from after the attack on their own packmates. Their trust in their leader held them pack from going further. the pack alpha insisted the matter of unfamiliar scents on their grounds was not to be spread in order to maintain the peace in the pack until he told them otherwise. Namjoon still needed to hear out Taehyung and Yoongi, receiving report that the alpha wolf had parted from the omega just recently by Hoseok. Jungkook had stayed the night by the Pack Alpha’s hut in case another attack happened, to provide support and protection. Now freshened up, the younger was sitting cross-legged on a cushion, waiting for further orders after Hoseok went outside again.

The Pack Alpha sighed. He knew the healer was waiting for the younger, their scents had spiked shortly when they saw each other.

“Jungkook, I am grateful for your hard work. I will send after you whenever help is needed. Go, enjoy your day.”

The young alpha tried to protest with big, innocent eyes:

“But hyung, it isn’t safe!”

“Nowadays, nothing is predictable or safe. Just make sure to keep your patrol duty, I will take the shift after yours.”

Finality was evident in the Pack Alpha’s tone, so Jungkook stood up, scrunching his nose and bowed before he left the hut.

His face broke into a smile when he spotted Hoseok, him going up the path that led to Jimin’s and Yoongi’s place. Catching him midway, the younger scared him when his arms winded around his middle. Hoseok cursed, but for Jungkook it was like love dripping out of those words and he kissed a soft cheek, laughing against it. The healer playfully resisted, but soon the young alpha turned his body to face him and rubbed his cheek along Hoseok’s, spreading his scent on him. 

There was a place the younger needed to visit too, after all he had seen yesterday, and Hoseok told him the other alpha already left the healer’s hut. He made his way towards Taehyung’s, not even knocking when he entered. Said Alpha was squatting down in the middle of his living space, hands buried in his hair with his back to Jungkook, only trousers on. Going around, he didn’t even notice when Jungkook stood right before him, the elder’s blank face staring nowhere particular.

“Yah!” Fingers snipped in front of his nose, finally getting a reaction in form of blinking eyes. Taehyung’s eyes were shining red when he looked up at him, mouth ajar.

“Jungkook.”

“Yes, hyung, it’s me. What are you doing? You look like shit.”

At any other time Taehyung would have snorted or chased the other for that remark, but today, he was missing the energy and strength.

He didn’t want to share what has been on his mind since earlier, not because he didn’t trust the younger. Speaking the thoughts out loud would make it the more real, which was what he was more scared of. But then again...

“I’m just… confused. I don’t know what I am doing.” He shakily breathed in and out, linking his hands above his knees. In the end, the words just made their way out of his mind:

“Jungkook, I… You know what I did. It never crossed my mind… I would have never thought his own pack would… do that!”

Taehyung’s scent was getting sour, alarming the younger alpha. He squatted down too, to be on eye-level with the troubled male, hands comfortingly on his knee. The words didn’t really make sense to him.

“What do you mean, hyung?”

Taehyung shakily inhaled,closing his eyes.

“Before you arrived. I heard them talking.

They… They wanted to mate him by force.” Jungkook’s hands gripped his knees tighter at the revelation. 

“The leader of that group - his name was… Seung Ho? He wanted him to turn so he could mate him, on the spot. Without a rut, heat, with no consideration of the pain that would come with it.”

“I was so convinced… That he had done something bad, was shunned by his pack because of something he did. I saw what damage he can do on that day we found him, how disgusted I was by his action…

by those burned alpha corpses, and only saw the danger his gift brought with him.

I never thought… I mean, look at our pack! Could you think of my brother letting someone force themself on someone else? We are a family, and I never imagined… God, I am so naive! If someone like him was born into our pack, they would carry him on their hands.

It never crossed my mind that he was escaping from his misery.”

Forming his hand to a fist, he hit his forehead with his knuckles.

“Now it all makes sense. They wanted the omega right from the start. Why he killed those alphas…”

Grasping Taehyung’s wrist, Jungkook stopped him from hitting himself any further. He had a clearer picture of what happened now, and of course the younger was shocked too. He never understood why Yoongi was a loner before, so what Taehyung explained made sense. But seeing him like this broke his heart.

“Stop that, hyung.

It is true that you were harsh to him. But literally beating yourself up won’t change the past.”

He tightened his grip to underline the meaning of his words.

“Now, try to calm down.

How about we go for a run? And you can talk to Namjoon hyung after?”

He waited for a few heartbeats before receiving a nod, assisted with a tired sigh.

“Yeah. Yeah, let’s do it like that.”

While the young wolves sprinted over the mountains, a past conversation with Jimin crossed Taehyung’s mind: Namjoon knew. He knew why Yoongi had been wandering alone, and he wanted him to join their pack for that reason. His brother had a big heart, so he couldn’t think of anything else that made the Pack Alpha handle things like he did. And he wasn’t trusted with that knowledge, which made his chest constrict more. The young alpha feared what else might be hidden from him, what his brother would tell him when they faced each other again…

After his detailed report, he went on his knees, forehead on the floor, apologizing over and over of bringing his misfortune over the pack, but Namjoon was fast by grabbing him by his arms and pulling the omega on his feet. He assured him more than once it wasn’t his fault, and that he was aware of what he was doing when he invited Yoongi to the pack.

The omega started crying. He always seemed to cry in front of the Pack Alpha, showing how weak he was, yet Namjoon never made him feel inferior or disgusting. Strong arms gathered him in a hug, calming pheromones filled his senses and his hands clung to the alpha’s silky hanbok as he smeared his tears on its front.

“You are one of ours now, Yoongi. Don’t let others tell you something different.”

The moment was disrupted when the door opened unannounced.

“Brother, I came to-”

A confused looking Taehyung entered the hut, his eyes wandering from Namjoon’s face to the omega in his arms. His scent turned sour immediately, making Yoongi flinch and step back so Namjoon gave him free.

The Pack Alpha was amused by his brothers reaction, yet he didn’t want the omega feel any more uncomfortable than he was.

“You are free to go now, Yoongi.”

Without a word, the smaller bowed and slipped pass Taehyung without looking at him. The urge to grab him by the arm and scent the other alpha’s scent away was strong within the younger, his alpha was growling inside, but he made him shut up. Namjoon already had an omega, he was mated. What was he getting so angry for?

Before he could gather more ridiculous thoughts, Taehyung stepped forth. He had things to tell, but also answers to seek.

Now lying back in his room, Jimin was fussing around him - if he should get the elder omega anything, if he was feeling well, if he-

“Jimin! My God, sit down kid. I’m fine.”

They younger closed his mouth and pouted. He was cute, Yoongi thought.

“You don’t know how worried I was! And by the way, you stink of Taehyung again, as if you freshly rubbed yourself all over him!”, he accused him, to which Yoongi blushed immensely. He turned around in his furs, back to Jimin and his face to the wall, trying to ignore the younger like that.

“Hyung! Why? Tell me what happened.”

“Nothing, happened, Jimin. Go away. I want to sleep.”

Despite being petite, Jimin’s weight settled heavily over him, snaking his limbs around the elder’s body and shaking the male with his own.

“You are so mean! Fine, I will ask Taehyung later, but I will stay here.”

Yoongi half-heartedly tried to get the younger off himself, but Jimin stuck to him with great strength, so he just sighed and tried to sleep, with the blonde wrapped around his body. The younger omega giggled and buried his face in his neck, and it was, he would never admit it aloud, nice to have another’s warmth around him. A comfort which helped him ignore the panic in his mind.

He didn't know how long he stood there, blankly staring at his brother, the words ringing in his ears:

“Would you have let him into the pack peacefully, Taehyung? I want you to be honest. Put yourself in the past. Wouldn’t you have chased him away, back then? Knowing his old pack was after him, posing danger for us?”

“You can call me a careless leader, but Yoongi protected our own without being a part of this pack. And that was enough for me too know he deserves protection, too.”

What’s worse is, Taehyung couldn’t deny it. If he had known, for whatever reason, the omega’s former pack was out for blood and chasing after him, the Taehyung from a few days wouldn’t have let him stay. The omega’s arrival brought this upon them in the first place, was what he would have thought. Namjoon was right, and he hated that it made sense.

It was only when he saw it with his own eyes, the hurt, despair and danger the omega was going through alive and in front of him, that he got a glimpse of the misery, when he started to realize what he was inflicting to the omega. He hurt him on purpose, but in the end, it all came back, stabbing right through his heart. Even now, his chest hurt.

Jaw tense, hands turned to fists and he was still holding Namjoon’s gaze. He nodded. He messed up - he was so sure of himself when he sensed that other wolves were also skeptical of the gifted omega.

Now, he was just feeling pathetic.

Minutes after he parted from his brother in silence, he came up to the omegas hut, hands full of meat and fruit.

He called for Jimin, knocking on the door and receiving no answer. He could smell them though, so he knocked one last time, before opening the door and looking inside. Finding no one there, he checked Jimin’s room next - also empty. The Alpha furrowed his brows, turning to Yoongi’s door. He gulped, it was the only room left and he felt their presence.

He still knocked, before he pushed the door open, and the omegas were indeed in this room. Jimin had draped himself over Yoongi, and both were sleeping peacefully. Until now. Yoongi mumbled something at his arrival, moving slightly, waking Jimin and himself in the process. Jimin rubbed his face on Yoongi’s neck, the older trying to swat him away sleepily and Taehyung could only stare, not even trying to hide.

Once Jimin rolled over and opened his eyes, he immediately shrieked at the sight of the taller, making Yoongi flinch at the sound and look back over his shoulder too.

“What the hell! Taehyung, what are you doing in here?”

“Can’t I even visit my soulmate anymore?”

The blonde rolled his eyes, sleepily standing up and trying to push him out with him.

“Let’s get out of this room then, we have no business in here.”

“I’ve been saying”, Yoongi mumbled into his arm as he settled back on the furs.

Yet, Taehyung didn’t budge when Jimin tried to get him out, earning him a frustrated sound and raised eyebrow.

“Could you… give us a moment?”, he asked in earnest. Jimin looked at him as if he grew a second head, then at the items in his arms.

Yoongi was immediately on alert, turning and sitting up, varily watching.

“I don’t want ‘a moment’ with you.”

The Alpha looked at him now, brows furrowed, then back again pleadingly at Jimin.

“Jimin.”
The blonde was clearly conflicted, but then he puffed his cheeks and combed a hand through his hair. He looked to Yoongi.

“I’m right outside. Call for me if you feel like it.”

Yoongi’s eyes were following him and asking to stay, but the omega knew this had to be something important, otherwise he would never leave him alone with Taehyung.

Once the door closed, silence spread in the room, and the omega refused to look at the Alpha. He was his life saver, but also the one who got him into danger in the first place, so he laid down again, back towards the other.

Taehyung was well aware that he deserved the cold shoulder, but wanted to at least try, staring at the small form. A sudden urge to hug surged through him. He held himself back.

Slowly, he kneeled and put down the food he brought in a cloth.

“You are probably wondering why I’m here… I will be straightforward. After this incident, I was able to see the bigger picture, and why you aren’t with your old pack anymore.”

He fumbled with the cloth before he continued:

“I am aware I did cruel things to you.” His voice broke at this point, almost wincing when he remembered the violence. 

“I did so while thinking I was protecting my pack - and no, I won’t ask of you to try to sympathise with my reasoning, because I didn’t do it either. 

I just…

Please, accept these as my first attempt to apologize.”

He sat there, on his knees, waiting for Yoongi to say something, or to move, anything.

Finally, the omega shuffled, and the angry, yet tear-filled eyes were yet another arrow to the alpha’s heart.

“Get out. And take these”, he gestured to the offered food, “with you.”

Taehyung registered the shaky hands on the fur, and he couldn’t imagine how hard the self-control was to keep for Yoongi. He couldn’t imagine it, but he felt it, very slightly. Sighing, he closed his eyes, his head hanging in shame. He needed to try harder. His alpha wanted nothing but to embrace the suffering omega, he didn’t expect the small separation to make his wolf so desperate. And maybe, Taehyung was agreeing with his wolf in this. Even before the realization hit him, the scenting his wolf forced upon the other… it was there for a while now, and his denial had turned him aggressive, made him to push the omega away for good.

After a few moments, he got up.

“I will come by again.”

“Please, don’t.”

But the alpha kept his word, visiting the hut everyday from then on, waiting with his offering as the start of an apology in front of the omega’s door, who most of the time refused to come out whenever he was there. 

It didn’t go by unnoticed by others, as Taehyung was the second-highest wolf in their pack and continuing to offer the newly arrived omega his self-caught and collected food, making the rumours of a courting go around. He didn’t care about it, but the omega did, and Seokjin and Namjoon of course weren’t spared of the news.

His brother-in-law came to visit the omegas, staring bemusedly at the Alpha who kneeled at the entrance, but slipped in without a word. Nobody dared to intervene with this, not even him. Seokjin was checking on them from time to time, oblivious to what happened in the mountains and just happy to see that Taehyung was trying to apologize, that he was showing his regret. He knew the younger wouldn’t court this way, but also that he was really stubborn.

Yet it didn’t stop him, once again, from teasing Yoongi who was helping Jimin with his fire to shape the iron tip of the arrows.

“Hey, when are you going to accept his courting?”, he started and Yoongi immediately groaned, face scrunching in annoyance.

“Please, remove him from there. Everyone is getting the wrong idea.” Jimin beside him chuckled, Jin joining him. He looked back at the closed door entrance, lips pursing before he focused on the younger omegas again, talking about the gifts he got. He thanked them for the cup with silver flower designs, he really appreciated it from his heart, something which Yoongi and Jimin worked on together, after the hunt attempt failed for one.

The gifted omega was more than willing to help Jimin with his work if he could, and his gift happened to be a perfect addition to this. On some days he would go with Jimin to assist their hyung in his pregnancy lessons from Hoseok, being among them helped to get distracted from what occurred, from erasing a certain bastards* face off his mind. When he came back home, it was to Taehyung waiting in front of his door, but the omega ignored him when he went into his hut.

After a week, Taehyung didn’t go home like he expected him to, but kneeled outside, even when it got dark and Yoongi physically tried to make him get up and go back. Determination burned in his eyes when he wordlessly looked at the omega, and Yoongi somehow knew he would find him exactly like this in the morning too. He tried not to let the thought of it get to him much. 

And indeed, the Alpha was still kneeling when he looked through the window of the hut.

The Alpha didn’t move an inch, staring blankly ahead, getting him frustrated.

“What the hell is he doing?”, he complained to Jimin, who pressed his lips to a thin line. The blonde was shocked as much as Yoongi, trying not to show. He never saw his friend like this, but he knew what Taehyung was attempting.

“He won’t move, eat or drink anything until you forgive him. Or, at least forgive him a tiny bit, give him some sort of chance?”

Yoongi’s eyes bulged at that, mouth opening and closing right back. He huffed.

“Can’t he just live with the fact that I don’t want him near me?”

And Yoongi knew, he was a hypocrite for asking that question.

His wolf had never ceased to whine for the Alpha, and he was aware the other was suffering just as much, maybe even more. Even on days he wore his necklace to cover his scent, there was no item which helped him block the tugging in his chest, pulling him towards the alpha. He caught Taehyung staring at it as if it insulted his whole pack.

Three days passed, and Taehyung was still kneeling. Yoongi would have let him continue kneeling, he wanted him to give up already and was good at ignoring the judging stares from the pack whenever he visited Hoseok and Seokjin, but then... 

Rain started to pour, making Yoongi’s heart sink with every drop that hit the wall of the hut. He must have gone home this time.

He must have, right?

Not being able to even wait a few minutes, he stared outside; Taehyung was already drenched, the mushy earth sticking to his legs. He didn’t move.

Anger seeped through him, and Yoongi grabbed a coat and dashed outside, stomping to the stubborn Alpha and throwing the coat right onto his face.

“Are you trying to get yourself killed? Go away, I don’t want your apology!”

It was probably the first movement he saw in the past three days when Taehyung slowly removed the coat from his face, staring into the omega’s eyes. He wasn’t angry at all - the shine in his eyes mirrored relief and hope.

Because if the omega didn’t care at all, wanted to really brush him off for good, he wouldn’t be out here, throwing a coat in his face to shield him from the rain.

Very slowly, the alpha moved to stand up, causing Yoongi to take a few steps back cautiously.

“Seriously, that was all it took? Had I know getting rid of you was this easy, I would have done it sooner.”

The alpha massaged his thighs, his strength wavering as he didn’t eat or drink during the time he was kneeling. Yoongi narrowed his eyes on the swaying form, their eyes finally locking when Taehyung straightened up fully. When he spoke up, his voice was hoarse:

“I want you to give me a chance to apologize.”

The rain was still pouring, and Taehyung opened the coat to drape it over the omega, dragging him forward by the grip on the clothing. A high sound of surprise left the shorter male at the unexpected move.

The Alpha hugged the omega, latter freezing in his hold from shock. Taehyung released pheromones which indicated his contentment, and once Yoongi caught himself he started to push against him, trying to break free.

“Let go. Taehyung, let go!”

But he only held him tighter. His alpha was finally free from his restraints, as if he could breathe again, not realizing how hard it was before until he had the omega in his arms. Making his walls break down.

“You! I hate you!”, he yelled at the taller, punching his chest.

Yoongi had been trying hard to forget, how he was assaulted, seeing Seung Ho, how he lost his hopes…

Taehyung was his doom and rescue, a big reminder of that day he feared would come, a day where he was in the hands of his old pack.

The omega couldn’t stop the sobs, his punches getting weaker, hands sliding to the Alpha’s arms.

“Let me go.” 

This time, his plea was weak. Because despite everything, his omega had found comfort, and it felt so right to be close to the taller, to let him hold him. Warmth spread all over his body, his omega purring in his mind, and Yoongi finally gave up pushing him away, making the Alpha hold him tighter and nudge his nose on his forehead.

He yelped when he was suddenly losing gravity from under him, Taehyung bringing them into the cover of the hut with the omega in his arms.

Jimin, who was gaping at them from his working place, was ignored as the Alpha carried them to Yoongi’s room, laying the omega on his furs. It was hard to leave for the short time he want back to Jimin and asked for a change of clothes while the omega whined at the lack of his presence; Yoongi was in a vulnerable state now, and his Alpha was restless, wanting to be by his side.

He changed quickly into loose pants, his chest still bare, and slipped back into the room, Yoongi involuntarily whining louder when he saw him enter. Taehyung recognized him struggling against his omega, the fight to hide his need and instincts, but when he laid beside him wordlessly and embraced him again, a gentle hand sliding up the omega’s spine, the fight was over. The black haired male relaxed against his bare and warm chest, his sobs fading as his nose buried into the strong neck, inhaling the dizzying scent. The Alpha's effect on him was instantaneous, putting the omega's mind in a euphoric haze, helping him forget about his pain and why he pushed the Alpha away in that moment.

Diligently, Taehyung scented the omega on whom his scent had faded the past days, trying to close the gap that came too soon after that traumatic event. 

The omega got sleepy, but he wasn’t falling asleep nor fully awake either, pushing his nose under the alphas chin, making the taller rumble in satisfaction. They laid there like that, not daring to move, for a long time.

It wasn’t until the Alpha’s embrace on him loosened in a way that made the omega alert and lean back to check on him: Taehyung was sweating, breathing slowly and heavily, dark circles under his eyes, and a hand on the taller’s forehead confirmed his suspicions. The Alpha was burning up, mumbling when he felt the omega’s cold hand. His scent turned sour in worry.

“J-Jimin! Jimin!”

The younger was rushing into his room within seconds, a scared look on his face as if he didn’t know what sight was awaiting him. Their eyes locked and Yoongi knew his fear was visible and evident in his scent.

“He is burning up! I don’t know what to do, he just got unconscious -

should I get Hoseok?”

At his jumbled thoughts, Yoongi started to push himself up, only to receive a pained whine at the lack of contact from the Alpha and he immediately froze. Jimin’s hand came up, signalling him to calm down. The scene rendered him speechless for a few seconds, but he broke out of his stupor.

“Woah. Alright. Stay here. 

Whatever it is between you two, separation doesn’t seem to do you good. I will get Hoseok hyung.”

Yoongi thanked him - Jimin was already heading out, covering himself up and sprinting to the healer’s home.

He returned his attention to Taehyung, a trembling hand brushing the strands from the face that was too pale. 

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10

Admittedly, the blonde was scared too to see his best friend in that state, and when the healer opened his door after his harsh banging, Jimin with a disheveled look and flushed face presented himself behind it.

Hoseok’s smile fell as soon as he saw, urging him inside with Jungkook attached to his back. The youngest let his lover go, both standing before Jimin who wordlessly let his hands gesture in the air before he spoke.

“Taehyung. I think he has a fever? He is in Yoongi’s room- I don’t know what exactly happened either, but the moment Yoongi tries to leave his side it pains him, and Yoongi is panicking too. I- I don’t know how to approach them right now?”

Hoseok nodded, as ever keeping a cool head while he carefully listened. He reached back, lovingly caressing Jungkook’s neck and whispered something. The Alpha immediately let go, following the request. Meanwhile, the eldest pushed the wet strands from Jimin’s face and tried to calm him with his pheromones.

“Don’t be scared, Jimin-ah. I will have a look at them. I asked Jungkook to bring some necessities. Do you want me to scent you?”

The omega usually didn't let himself get scented. But right now, Jimin really needed it, his Omega needed to feel some security from its pack mates, so he nodded. Gently, Hoseok started to scent him with his wrists - and they heard a harsh intake of breath, a jealous Jungkook joining in the scenting session soon after. Jimin started to laugh when they tickled his jaw and neck, Jungkook deliberately rubbing his cheek harshly against his.

Depending on the urgency of the situation, Hoseok would send Jungkook to the Pack Alpha. The trio ran through the rain to get to the two wolves.

Leaving their wet coats in the main room that was already filled with distress pheromones, Hoseok walked straight to their newest omega's room, cautiously opening the wooden door to peek inside.

The Omega had Taehyung's head cradled in his arms, and they were shaking.

He stepped inside, kneeling when he was in front of the pair. Yoongi was looking at the Alpha in his arms with wide eyes, like time had frozen him in that state. The eldest Alpha let out his calming scent before he approached the Omega with a hand on his. Yoongi's hand flinched.

"Yoongi, dear, let me. Alright?"

He was met with red glowing eyes, a colour that didn't flow as deeply as an Alpha's. The Omega sniffed the air, recognizing the scent before he let out a whine.

"Yes, it's me! I'm here to help."

Taehyung was sweating, even in his bare chested state his body was covered all-over. The healer excluded his rut from the symptoms- Taehyung wasn't releasing pheromones which made the other Alphas wary. He had heard of his kneeling, and judging how his hair wasn't only wet by sweat, it was very likely he caught a very bad cold in his starved state.

Yet, Jimin had told him something else. He needed to make sure.

"Yoongi. Can you let him go and try to go outside? I just want to confirm something."

A whine filled the room, and this time Jimin rushed from where he was standing with Jungkook at the door to soothe the elder Omega. Yoongi was shaking, and it was very obvious how confused the omega was at his own state.

"Hyung, I am here too. Nothing will happen to him, so try and stand up. I will help you."

The blonde made eye contact with Hoseok, because Yoongi's state and refusal was almost answer enough for what was going on.

With a shaky breath, Yoongi gave Taehyung free and laid him down with care, before getting pulled onto his feet. Again, a whine left him, and when Jimin slowly pulled him back, towards the door, a low growl resonated, mixed with occasional whines from Yoongi.

Even in his unconscious state, Taehyung's face scrunched up, feeling how the Omega was separated from him, his scent turning bitter.

"You can let him, Jimin. I saw enough."

Yoongi almost crawled back onto the furs, the presence of others making him hesitant to approach the gifted Alpha immediately.

Hoseok looked up at the other two who were waiting for his diagnosis. 

"It's actually pretty obvious. 

Taehyung's kneeling made him starve and so weak that he caught a cold from the rain, and add to that... an unexpected bond these two have formed. It must have strengthened pretty recently, seeing how it pains them to stay away even from such a short distance."

By now, Yoongi had came up closer to the taller, laying down and curling up beside him. The pain immensely dimmed, and he inhaled the Alpha's scent.

Hoseok sighed, standing up and pushing the others out with him. Once in the main room, he instructed Jimin on what he had to be careful of. Taehyung's wolf bonding now, after all this time, wasn't a trivial matter. Namjoon needed to know, and he knew without telling that the Pack Alpha, like his mate, were cautious of the tension between the two. He couldn't imagine how they would process this news, because bonding was not a joke. If the happiness multiplied in a bond - so did the pain. 

However, when Hoseok stood in front of the Pack Alpha's hut, his knocks didn't get a response. Frowning, he opened the door, seeing no one inside.

"Namjoon?"

Stepping further, Hoseok stopped in his tracks when he heard and smelled it - aroused alpha and omega pheromones, mixing in the air.

Somewhere, the noise of wood rattling could be heard, soon after a sudden growl and a moany "Namjoon-ah~!" in response.

Well, at least someone was getting the right treatment (because copulating with your mate is the best emotional support for a pregnant omega). The healer just didn't expect them to do it during daytime, so he headed out again with a sign, spotting his lover who waited for him under a tree. Seems like these matters had to wait a bit longer.

Seokjin was holding onto the headboard of their wooden bed as his Alpha took him from behind, moaning with every thrust. He felt extra aroused recently, the pregnancy making his pheromones go haywire, so he couldn't wait for the night to fall upon the village, releasing his pheromones uncontrollably - and it didn't take long until Namjoon pushed him towards their private room to take Seokjin like the Omega had wanted.

"Ah ah! - Namjoon-ah-"

The Alpha's cock was burning and bruising his insides in the best ways and pushing out the air from his lungs. Slick walls squeezed the massive intrusion, making the Alpha growl and bite onto his already bruised shoulder. Patches of purple were covering the omega's shoulders and neck, and he moaned with every new addition.

Seokjin's grip was weakening with every thrust, and one particular harsh one made him lose his hold, landing on to soft furs he was now fucked into.

Namjoon was gone - the Alpha's eyes were glowing red, seeing his mate so pliant and willing to take, even though he had a pup inside him already. He spread his legs wider, knees pushing against the back of Seokjin's, as he continuously plunged into the slick hole, letting out an occasional growl. His balls were slapping against wet cheeks, the sound urging him on even more. Hips flush against the plump ass, he grind with intent, rolling his hips in deep to make his cock brush over Seokjin's prostate over and over again. The omega screamed in pleasure, jerking his hips uncontrollably to push back more.

Namjoon grasped the slim hips, holding his mate still as he grind and thrusted hard into him, staying inside of the pleasant heat as he kept rolling his hips and growled at the sight.

Not being able to resist the continuous and delicious rub against his prostate, the Omega came with a high cry, earning himself a pleased rumble from the Alpha that started to piston his hips into him in a brutal pace again. The overstimulation made his toes and hands curl as he cried into the cushion, his body moving up and down from the force, but he soon felt the swell that rammed him against his rim. The Alpha pushed with a growl and locked his knot, releasing his seeds inside his mate. Blinded by pleasure, Namjoon needed a moment to catch himself and not collapse on the Omega.

The heated haze lingering in their minds slowly faded, and only now he heard their heavy breathing, his mate fucked into bliss underneath him, caged in his veiny arms.

He positioned them on their sides, a hand coming around to lay on the omega's stomach as the satisfied rumble in his chest continued. 

"Wow. Pregnancy pheromones surely make me horny. I can't believe it makes me this desperate…"

The taller laughed against the sweaty neck, play-biting and licking there.

"I think every Alpha will feel honoured to serve their horny Omega. No complaints here." He kept laughing.

Seokjin slapped his arm.

"Oh shut up!"

The sweet smell of the Omega helped to relax, and it was definitely what the Alpha needed right now with what was happening with the pack. The connection he felt to his mate was incredible, and Seokjin always made him feel alright, even when things were not. The Pack Alpha didn't know what he did to deserve such a treasure in his life.

Taehyung groaned, his body was aching and burning. Something cold was pressed against his lips, and he realized slowly that it was water. Eyes still closed, he gulped it down, and voices swirled around his head. He knew who they were, but his mind was still trying to clear up.

"It's best if he drinks some soup first", Jimin suggested, his footsteps getting distant.

The hand which offered him the water retreated. Eyes fluttered open, and Yoongi's face sharpened in his sight, and he felt something within his body relaxing. The Omega was frowning down at him, but safe.

Not really thinking, the Alpha draped an arm around his middle and pulled the male down on himself. Yoongi yelped in surprise, his hands catching his weight beside the Alpha's head so he didn't crash into him. Before he could push himself up again, the other arm draped around him too, almost squeezing him towards the bigger body. 

"Yah! What do you think you are doing?" Seriously, where even did he find the strength in that state?

"Feels good", was the sleepy responds he got, and Yoongi couldn't believe what was happening next. A large hand slowly came up to cup his face, and the touch send sparks through his body. Dark orbs were staring at him like in a trance, and he didn't even want to move away. 

A warm hand brought him down by the neck towards the Alpha- and he started to scent him by rubbing his cheek lazily against Yoongi's. He was sure that Taehyung wasn't fully conscious, and being so close to the Alpha's scent gland, the dominant scent dizzied his mind too, but the shocking fact was - Yoongi didn’t resist, even though he could. His omega enjoyed it for sure, and he couldn’t deny how nice it felt. He bared his neck by instinct, giving the Alpha access, which he gladly accepted. Once the omega was fully scented, Taehyung leaned back sleepily, eyes closing, still hugging the smaller body to himself.

Yoongi cautiously tried to get up, ignoring the nose nudging his head. But before he could even fully sit up into a straddling position - he felt something hard brush the underside of his thigh.

He almost shrieked at the realization, turning and seeing the bulge in the blanket that covered Taehyung from the middle down. Another glance at the Alpha gave him the assurance that he didn't seem to realize his own arousal, and the Omega tried his best to avoid brushing the horrendous thing. 

How… just how did they come to bond? There was no way he was going to let any Alpha take him, bond be damned - he tried to convince himself.

Blowing the steam off the soup bowl, Jimin entered the room and his head straightened at the spike of pheromones in the air. One look at Taehyung, and he also saw … what happened.

"Good lord, what did you do to get him so aroused?"

Yoongi threw up his arm in defense:

"I didn't do anything!"

Later, he made the younger swear to never tell anyone about what he saw in that moment.

After one day, it didn't hurt the Omega to go out of his room and walk around inside the hut. Taehyung was also looking healthier, occasionally waking up to drink water. They had to force him to eat, but the Alpha was definitely getting better and resting well judged by his complexion.

Both bonded wolves were still in a state where they couldn't go much further from the other, so the Pack Alpha and his mate needed to come by themself to take a look at their situation.

At first, Namjoon was immensely worried, feeling irresponsible for having neglected his brother. The Pack Alpha was checking on the sleeping Alpha, but once he got assurance from Hoseok that everything was going to be alright, he allowed himself to relax a bit, scratching the back of his neck. It was a lot to take in, and no matter that could be ignored.

"So… the their wolves bonded?"

The Pack Alpha sniffed the air.

"I'm pretty sure." Hoseok confirmed.

Namjoon rubbed his face, sighing deeply. 

"This kid… he surely is something else. He hadn't been using his gift for a while. He never kneeled in his life… and then again, the past days, he did. And now, he bonded…"

Staring up, Namjoon's eyes met Yoongi's, who immediately looked away as if he had been caught and to be blamed for it all. Because in the end, this all happened in some way due to his appearance.

"You didn't know he could control earth, did you?", Namjoon asked him softly. There was so much happening for the Omega too, but bonding was one matter the Pack Alpha had no power over. He needed to trust the omega and his brother to work it out by themselves.

"I didn't." 

Nodding, the Alpha turned his stare on his sleeping brother again while Seokjin came up to envelope Yoongi in a supportive hug.

And the Pack Alpha came to the conclusion: this wouldn't do. It also wasn't fair to Jimin, so until this bond… let the other two move around freely again, Namjoon had to order this:

"I'm sorry, Yoongi, but I think you need to move in with Taehyung for a while."

Before anyone could protest, he lifted his hand.

"Bonded wolves need their time in their own private space, and Taehyung's home will serve this purpose very well. This is a really sensitive matter, and I don’t want any of your wolves damaged by this."

Hoseok supported Namjoon's order, it was the healthiest thing to do for both. Close proximity was a must, and Jimin shouldn’t be the one to suffer for if something intimate happened which couldn’t be controlled. The healer had a apologetic face when he looked at Yoongi, but he assured it was best for his wolf, to not make him fall ill. So, no matter how conflicted the gifted omega was, he trusted his words the most.

Jimin and Jin stuck to his side all the way to the Alpha's home. If he was honest with himself, he was nervous, but not scared. He didn't realize how much he got used to Jimin until he was forced to move out for his wolf’s sake - and of course his Omega was over the roof while Yoongi just wanted to slap it right that instant.

Jungkook came by to carry Taehyung piggyback, and soon both wolves were settled in the Alpha's place. Taehyung’s satisfied sigh of being in his own home didn't escape any of them.

"Whenever you need me - just come by!" Seokjin squeezed Yoongi's shoulder, at the smaller gifted him a small smile. Jin explained to him to most crucial facts about bonding on the way, so Yoongi knew for sure… that anything could happen at any moment. Taehyung could hit a rut, himself a heat… and worst of all, he was so calm. Even Seokjin was shocked, seeing how calmly the omega took everything in. But it was what it was - the bond was there, confusing, but Yoongi didn’t feel threatened by it at all. So that’s that, and if something scared him, it was himself being so calm about it.

"Peh- last time I came over the bed was hitting the wall!" Hoseok added casually to the eldest’s remark and ran ducked away when Seokjin's hand reached out to hit him.

"Since when - when did you even come?!"

The Pack Alpha's face was red now, and he coughed, at which the youngest laughed.

"Don't worry hyung, I will make his own bed hit the wall too - hard and fast!"

"Can you horny people shut up now?" Jimin groaned.

"If you wouldn't be such a prude, you would have popped your cherry too by now." Jungkook countered and that's when Jimin started to chase him out of the hut. On the way, Jungkook swooped an unsuspecting Hoseok over his shoulder - the Alpha shrieking in surprise - and fled the scene. 

Yoongi was silent during all the interactions, not really sure what to say. The pair had shown him under which wooden board the Alpha’s storage was and where he would find extra fur if needed. 

Taehyung's home was full of them, and again, his Omega purred innerly, seeing how the Alpha was able to provide- 

He shook his head, and slapped his face with both hands. No. He shouldn't end that thought. It was the bond speaking - Yoongi needed to stay rational, no matter how good everything felt. Hoseok had repeatedly told him what he should and should not do as a bonded wolf too, emphasizing over and over that a rejection of the bond wasn’t to be taken lightly, and that they shouldn’t be stubborn and let the other touch if needed. Because depending on the circumstances, a rejection could even break the soul of a bonded wolf. Yoongi wasn’t sure how they were going to solve this situation, but he knew for sure that what they needed now was patience.

The last pair said their goodbye soon, making sure Yoongi was settled well, and the omega was left alone with a slumbering Alpha. He wished nothing else than to lazily lay beside him and feel his warmth. Yet, he forced himself up, looked at the food the others left prepared to ease his temporary stay. 

He brought some with him and placed the tray near the bed- in case the Alpha woke up and was hungry. Pre-bonding Yoongi wouldn't do this, but something inside him wouldn't sit well if he didn't look after the younger right now. Everytime he touched the Alpha, a warmth and feeling of safety spread from his fingertips to his whole being, and he checked with satisfaction that the cold-fever was almost gone.

Since he couldn’t go long distances yet, Yoongi once again curled on the heavy file of furs beside the Alpha - he couldn’t be as bold as to hug him, but … holding hands would do.

As long as their skins touched, anything worked, so the omega took one of the large hands and encased it with his own, bringing them close to under his chin.

The past days flashed through his mind. How Taehyung was always waiting for him outside, asking for a chance to apologize - and every single time, he had refused the Alpha, even though he knew the apology was sincere. He couldn’t have just accepted it without making him suffer.

And when he saw him suffer - still nothing compared to his own pain - he realized that didn’t bring him any satisfaction either. 

A tickling woke him from his slumber, the omega huffed out a sleepy breath. As his consciousness came back, he realized he must have fallen asleep without intending to - and a thumb was caressing the side of his hand. Looking up, he met the Alpha’s stare, and Yoongi didn’t know if he wanted to sprint out or just freeze on the spot. Apparently, it was to hold his breath.

Taehyung’s eyebrows furrowed alarmingly, his stare boring into him when he ordered:

“Breathe.”

The Alpha leaned in to nudge his nose against the pale male’s temple, and Yoongi complied - shakily started breathing in and out. He didn’t make another move, waiting for the other to say something. Five years of solitude didn’t really teach him to initiate conversations. A hand on his cheek startled the omega, his focus once again on the male in front of him.

“Yoongi.”

Eyes were searching his face, looking for a sign of discomfort, before Taehyung continued with a hoarse voice:

“No apologies in this world will suffice for what I have done, I know.” Fingers lightly curled against his cheek, and the Alpha swallowed.

The omega didn’t have the strength to look into those brown eyes anymore, casting his own down.

“And now, I tied you down - because my wolf bonded with you.

It isn’t in my hands… But Yoongi”

At this point, the Alpha grabbed the omegas chin and made him look back into his eyes. Unconsciously, the omegas hands around his tightened even more.

“I will accept it, if you decide to reject this bond.”

Now, Yoongi shot up and looked at the Alpha in disbelief. His mouth was agape, trying to find words to voice his wilding thoughts:

“Are you... out of your mind? Do you know what a rejection can do to you?”

“I’m fully aware.”

Both were now staring intensely at each other, Taehyung determined while Yoongi was confused. The omega shook his head, turning away.

“Your hunger must have gotten into your head. I will grab you something.”

He was starting to turn fully to get out of the fur-bed, when the alpha grabbed his arm and pulled him back enough for them to be face to face, startling Yoongi.

“I think you don’t understand, omega. If you don’t reject me, my wolf will want to touch you. To be near you. And those are only the mild things it will desire. Don’t you get it?”

Heavy, enticing Alpha pheromones permeated the air as an emphasis to his words, making the smaller almost whine. The omega shocked himself when his breathing quickened and his own pheromones intensified as a response to the alpha’s. The bond was tugging him towards the brown-haired male, telling him to let go of his restraints-

Yoongi freed himself, and this time the Alpha let him. To get calm, the elder male put a distance between them, trying to breathe the air which wasn't too filled with Alpha pheromones that blurred his reason.

Ignoring the boring stare, he went to grab the meal from before and came towards the Alpha once again. Wordlessly, he let the tray onto his lap, a silent order to make the alpha eat. Yet, the taller didn't make any move to do so.

"Eat first. We can talk later." The Omega ordered. He went to sit at a corner, drawing his knees to himself and keeping a healthy distance for a clear head. Being near the Alpha was heavenly, but this time, Yoongi didn’t trust himself. Not only did he want to scent the Alpha - he wanted to scent the whole place, cover everything up with his scent and make it his safe haven. Build a nest. His foot was tapping nervously against the wooden floor as he bit on his bottom lip. He was more scared of what he would do due to the bond, rather than the Alpha trying something funny. 

"Why aren't you eating anything?"

"I'm not hungry", he mumbled back. The Alpha didn't, luckily, question him any further and started to eat what he was presented. It didn't go unnoticed how his scent changed to a bitter dissatisfaction though, even as he filled his stomach. He had to ask:

"Why is your scent like that? Is the food bad?" There was actual worry in his voice that couldn’t be hidden. This whole situation was so weird, but they needed to get around it. The Alpha was honest:

"No. My wolf isn't happy… about keeping the distance."

He didn't even look up when the Omega stared at him with wide and guilty eyes, finishing the meal without seeming to be bothered. When he obviously was.

Yoongi was torn. His Omega would love to close the distance too, badly even. He was questioning his sanity, but then Hoseok's word rang in his ears and he closed his eyes. Right. They would feel the need to touch.

He huffed out, lazily standing up and moving onto the bed without a word. He sat down on the edge, in the same position he was in the corner before, and that's when the Alpha finally looked up. And shit - he didn't want to admit that the younger actually looked cute with his stuffed cheeks.

Taehyung put the tray aside and didn't hesitate to fully turn to him, catching his eyes.

"Why aren't you refusing me?"

Damn. The guy went straight to the point. Yoongi rolled his eyes at that, sighing audibly:

"I'm well aware what it can do to our wolves. And I'm not a monster, Taehyung. 

I really wish we weren't sitting here, under these circumstances, but I got my lecture on bonds. And now we have to deal with it. I, or you, can still refuse the other, but refusing freshly after the bond formed - and with you also falling ill - is the worst idea ever."

Taehyung stared at him blankly in silence for a long time, to the point it got the Omega squirming uncomfortably.

"What?"

And suddenly the Alpha was too close, his one arm supporting him on the furs as he leaned towards him, his gaze never wandering.

"You're too nice, Yoongi. You need to be more cruel."

Yoongi huffed and laughed unbelievingly at that.

"Like you?" 

He had to say, he was very much satisfied with the hurt expression on the Alpha's face. The latter’s eyes went onto his stomach, and the Omega didn't understand why - until he remembered that Taehyung had been with him at the healer's hut and saw his injuries. What he didn't expect at all was for him to lay a hand on the clothed area, and caress it almost non-visibly.

Yoongi tried to tell himself that this was the bond, and the Alpha was a slave to his instincts right now. Even when said male leaned in further, almost on top of him, the Omega didn't dare to react. He nudged his cheek, sliding his nose up and down there and his calming pheromones infiltrated Yoongi's senses. The omega closed his eyes and his body relaxed without him realizing. There were so many problems going on, yet none of it reached him at that moment. No old pack, no Seung Ho kept him from receiving this care.

The ticklish nose went down to his ear, where his hot breath hit him.

"I'm sorry", he whispered.

The Alpha started licking his cheeks, and his apology caused an emotional confusion within Yoongi. Tears rolled down the pale cheeks, and the Alpha didn't hesitate to lick them away gently. It felt incredible and he felt like he was betraying his own morals for feeling safe and cared for.

This was Taehyung. Even if his Alpha urged him to, it was Taehyung who gladly carried out the instincts now, sighing since his scent on the Omega intensified too.

"Taehyung"

Hands come up to grab the Alpha by his arms, serving as some kind of support for the smaller male. A warm sensation filled his body at the assurance of having the Alpha over him, giving him care in the most primal way. And then -

"Taehyung, I'm-" 

He felt warm slick leak from his hole. It didn’t take long for the Alpha to understand what happened. He immediately pulled away, making the Omega whine at the lack of warmth and attention.

This had never happened before - Yoongi hadn't been with anyone and his slick only started when he was in heat.

The Alpha stood up, gathering every bit of self- control he had as he backed away from the alluring omega, lips trembling in a growl. 

"Shit…"

He wanted the Omega. His body and mind wanted him so much, it was suffocating to think to not be with him, not being able to care for him in his weak state.

Yoongi squirmed, the distance was hurting, and he needed the Alpha back. The lack of his presence was a blow to his omega's self-esteem, and the insecurity made him whine more.

"Taehyung... "

His voice became higher and more desperate at the end.

The Alpha had never been this conflicted in his life. His Omega was leaking and calling him on his bed…

... his? What?

With a growl, Taehyung turned around and barged outside, ignoring the whines that came from his hut.

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11

Not knowing where to go while ignoring his arousal and slight fever, Taehyung sprinted outside and let the fresh air infiltrate his lungs with a loud intake. Everything in him pulled him back to the hut, his whole body was aching to be with the omega. His pheromones still tingled his senses.

He tried not to remember how he called for him, suppressing his wolf that would gladly take the offer. The Alpha would enjoy to let his hands wander over that body, feeling the omega under his fingers -

Taehyung groaned, feeling the burn of the slap he gave himself. He needed this to stop.

With the Alpha gone, Yoongi’s haze only lifted for a bit, but the pain in his chest didn’t stop. He was still leaking and his wolf felt down, making him curl in himself. Everything was uncomfortable, and the absence of the alpha only added to it. With a choked sob, the omega sat up. This wouldn’t do.

He started to shift the piles of fur around the bed, patting and folding them to his liking, moving the pillows to where he wanted them, and secretly wishing a certain Alpha would like it too. It cost him much energy and the painful tug was still there, but he made it to the extra pile which was stored and pulled them out, scenting the furs before he added them to the nest.

With a satisfied sigh, the omega laid down again, and he felt much better than before. It didn't stop him from whining and squirming in need.

His rational side knew why Taehyung bolted out, and he couldn’t deny that he was grateful for it, yet he also wanted to end his omega’s suffering. And he knew the Alpha was suffering too by ignoring his own instincts.

So he was surprised when after a while, the door opened and Yoongi immediately sat halfway up in alarm, not wanting someone to intrude into his safe place.

It was Seokjin who strided to his side, careful not to invade his nest. He saw the state in which the other Omega was in, examining him with his eyes in a worried expression.

“Yoongi. I brought something which might help you.”

The elder opened his palm, showing him dark green leaves in his hand.

"These are heat suppressors you take in pre-heat. Do you want to try?"

They mostly worked for the elder, he had successfully delayed some unexpected heats in the past until he could mate with Namjoon in a safe place.

Without much thinking, the smaller Omega nodded. He knew it must have been Taehyung who sent the omega to look after his state and he wasn’t going to reject an end to his suffering. No matter how much his Omega wanted something else, he was grateful. Neither of them expected to affect the other so suddenly, and this extremely… worse case, he would go into a full heat, get mounted by the Alpha and possibly get impregnated - which was definitely something both were not ready for at all.

A cup was pressed to his hand and he was ordered to chew on the leaves and drink water afterwards, which the Omega obediently did in his feverish state. Sweat was running down the face of his side and Yoongi laid back, waiting for the fog to clear and wailing quietly.

Seokjin soon knew it didn't take effect.

When the Alpha entered his place, after much urging by Seokjin, again, the omega’s pheromones fully charged at his senses again and Yoongi was covering himself with a fur, uncomfortably shifting under it. The Alpha himself let out a whimper from trying to stop himself from doing something both would regret later, nostrils flaring.

Sensing his presence now, the red eyes of the Omega peeked from under his cover, and he started to growl at the Alpha who was nearing his nest.

"Get out!"

Taehyung would have, if he didn't feel through the bond that he meant the exact opposite and how much he was suffering. The Omega was still growling at him when he knelt beside the furbed, both on the same eye level now. The closer he got, the more the pain ebbed away and his wolf internally breathed out, temporarily satisfied.

Seokjin had told the young alpha what to do in case the heat blocker might not work… 

He held out his hand, offering the omega his touch. The black haired male frowned, growl lowering to a rumble in his chest while hips shifted under the furs, but in the end he grabbed the hand and sniffed in his scent, still squirming.

The change in the omega’s scent was noticeable; the presence and touch of the Alpha made it much more satisfied and sweet. Taehyung swallowed audibly, his own arousal pulsing in its constraints. 

His eyes focused on the long black lashes, the button nose which nudged around his hand as he purred, those healthy lips… 

And he tortured himself like that for a while, acknowledging his stupidity once again for not recognizing Yoongi as an Omega immediately. In the end, the Alpha couldn’t watch anymore.

“Can I enter your nes-”

But the growl that cut him off got him an answer. Their situation would have been funny, them holding hands while the omega refused the alpha to join him in the nest, if he didn’t know that Yoongi was in pain. And Taehyung deserved worse than this, he knew. 

"Shhh. It's alright, I will only come if you allow me to. I want to …" the Alpha blinked at the thoughts they flashed his mind, his face burning up "help you as the Alpha you bonded to. I'm sorry I left so suddenly. I didn't want us to do anything we will... regret."

Yoongi stopped squirming, his breathing heavy as he searched the Alpha's eyes. His insides kept burning, seeking him - and there was no way it would stop anytime soon without help, he knew.  Either he suffered longer than comfortable, or he accepted whatever help the Alpha was giving. If even the smallest touch helped him this much… It felt like he already had some kind of addiction to it, and the euphoric surge that he received from only touches didn’t help to refuse the offer.

He silently tugged Taehyung’s hand, signalling him to come inside. With a racing heart, the Alpha climbed on it quickly, but in opposite to that he gently got the covers off the omega before enveloping him in his arms. Yoongi immediately buried his nose in the Alpha’s neck, almost moaning at the scent.

What Taehyung didn’t expect was to be pushed on his back, the omega still in his arms but now on top of him, sliding his nose up and down his neck. His hands smoothed over the omega’s spine, pressing him closer and sighing as he closed his eyes. Their scents started mixing, and the alpha could swear nothing in the world had been this comforting before.

However, he immediately forced them open when a moan slipped out of his mouth, eyes widening when he realized the omega started to shift his hips against his, their erections brushing and creating a much needed friction. Yoongi whimpered against his throat, but he didn’t seem to have any intentions to stop. His hands were on the alpha’s shoulders, and his breathing quickened as he sped up his rolls.

The Alpha saw red flashing before him. Sliding further down, he grabbed the omega’s cheeks through slick-coated pants to help him rut against him. Sweat was dripping down his temples, everything was too hot and confining, and he wished nothing more than to bring the omega under him and take him right there. He instead tried to solely focus on the delicious friction, the beautiful little sounds the omega made against his ear and Taehyung groaned when the omega nibbled at his neck and sucked harshly.

Cautiously, he let one hand slip under the soaked pants, feeling the heated skin there before reaching the slick-covered crack. Yoongi mewled in anticipation when he felt it, bringing his head up to look at him expectantly.

“Good Lord, stop looking like that”, Taehyung pleaded. Since when did the omega had such an impact on him? He didn’t stop though, fingers rubbing over the leaking rim and the omega pushed back, urging him to do more.

The Alpha complied immediately, prodding and pushing a finger inside the heat.

“...more…”, the omega demanded, not satisfied with one already.

The taller couldn’t help a chuckle but added the second, sliding his finger in and slowly out in an awkward angle, but the omega obviously loved the intimate touch. His scent turned even more alluring, pushing back and forth on his finger and erection. The alpha shifted and spread his fingers inside, eyes on the omega’s face as he rubbed them against the heated walls. And at one particular spot, the omega let out an unexpected loud moan, pushing back even harder. Without much thinking, he rubbed over and over the same spot, driving Yoongi crazy with pleasure in a way the omega forgot to mark his neck further and could only moan into his ear. He started to thrust  in harder and with final stuttering hip roll the omega came with a cry. His hips jerked against the Alpha’s and the friction and pleasure he felt through the bond made him release inside his constraints too.

Yoongi collapsed on his body, not minding the mess they made inside their clothes as they came down from their high with heavy panting. 

What Taehyung sensed first after the fog in his head cleared was that the sweet scent of heat pheromones was vanishing. He didn’t know if it was because of the release or the medication finally taking effect, but it was finally a  moment the alpha could lay there without having the fear of doing something to the omega.

Yoongi made himself comfortable above him, head on his shoulder and he was in no state to get up soon. Taehyung reached for the covers and draped it as best as he could over both of them in his position.

His hyung had been right. He didn’t specify how, but for an Alpha to pleasure and help an omega through his heat was the best way to tend to him, and he was glad that this short episode was over. The omega was curled up above him, sated and happy pheromones filling the room.

The Alpha took a mental note: They needed to talk before either of them went into a heat or rut.

When Yoongi was slowly coming to himself, the alpha held his breath. His reaction was something he couldn’t predict, and he was ready to be insulted, slapped - maybe even to be burnt. Yoongi froze, but it was only for a second before he shifted a bit more.

“Are you awake?”

He squeezed the Alpha’s shoulder, and Taehyung nodded. It surprised him that the omega handled the situation… without an outburst.

“Can we clean up?”

The Alpha breathed out, this time voicing his agreement:

"Sure."

Not giving the Omega a chance to sit up by himself, he scooped him up in his arms and brought them to his bathing room. Yoongi yelped at the sudden action, but didn’t protest.

Taehyung had a large tub which was heatable with fire, and the water was always readied for whenever the Alpha decided to bath again.

"Mind a little help with fire?", he asked the Omega, and once Yoongi took the structure of the room in, he understood what the Alpha requested of him.

He concentrated and set the fire place aflame. Taehyung slowly sat Yoongi on his feet, peeling him off the fur cover, hesitating at his clothes. 

Yoongi grabbed the ties of the Hanbok, watching him lazily.

"Not like we didn't see each other naked on day one."

Well, he surely had a point there. He really tried to look away, but Taehyung stood still like a rock when the Omega was fully naked - round, pale backside full in view when he turned to the tub. 

His hands balled into fists, but he determinedly shed his own clothes, joining Yoongi inside the tub.

They didn’t exchange much words. It seemed only natural that the Alpha helped the Omega clean up, avoiding his intimate places while he cleaned his back and arms. And Yoongi also hadn’t growled at him to get out. He concluded that was a good thing. Touching the delicate skin, he realized Yoongi was strong in built compared to other omegas. Through the bond, he felt how the omega relaxed under his touch, and he thanked his hyung in his thoughts. He would never touch him so boldly and share a tub if he hadn’t explicitly told him to do so, to be by his side, if needed intimately, even after the heat broke. They were lucky that no knotting was needed this time.

Yoongi moved a bit, head turned slightly to the side to speak over his shoulder:

“I don’t blame you for leaving the hut, just so you know.”

Taehyung’s movements stilled, and the water was sloshing against their chest while the omega cleaned his front. The Alpha broke from his state, coughing.

“Still, it wasn’t the right thing to do. I panicked, and I didn’t want any of us to hurt by what could have happened.”

At that, the omega only nodded. He didn’t know how experienced the alpha was, and based on their past it couldn’t get more awkward to go from hated person to bonded partner.

“Could we still…”

A hand came up to rub at his neck, back still turned to the Alpha.

“Could we keep nesting a bit more?”, the omega finally asked.

Yoongi felt his dignity suffer at the question, but his omega craved it, and for once, he didn’t want to hold back with everything he got. 

Taehyung let out a long breath, caught off guard - and recently this happened often.

“Let’s do that.” 

Later, Yoongi fell asleep quickly beside him in the nest. They agreed on holding hands, a skinship both of them were comfortable enough with for now. He watched the omega’s steady breathing rhythm, his mind replaying the events of the past days. The danger was not over, and the alpha was pretty sure Yoongi’s old pack wouldn’t give up on the omega. The best he could do was nurture this bond in a way it didn’t hurt Yoongi, and if he decided to break it, he would take it without any objections.

His old pack was following him. They found him - again! But why was he so short? He wasn’t very tall to begin with, but Yoongi felt so much smaller than usual, his steps bringing him forward in a much slower pace. Someone was running with him

 Namjoon?

He looked back, seeing his other packmates getting ripped apart, bloody fangs sinking into any flesh they came across. Black wolves raged everywhere, plundering and destroying everything their small pack had.

“Where is the little earth bastard?!” an angry voice shouted, and Yoongi recognized in terror his old Pack Alpha, but this man was much younger. 

And the moment he mentioned earth - he realized this wasn’t his dream. Not his old pack getting killed.

Yoongi was dreaming as Kim Taehyung.

In his little body, the pup was urged forward by the hand as his brother helped them escape the massacre. The earth under them was shaking madly, which was their mother’s last attempt to fight back the intruders, but even as pups both siblings knew she wouldn’t make it. The pack wouldn't make it. She was only buying them time-

Yoongi woke up with a start, almost hyperventilating as the scenes before him started to vanish. Tears were streaming down his cheeks into his hairline, and he turned his head to the side to have a look at the alpha. Taehyung was asleep with a frown on his face, the hand holding his jerking in a painful grip.

The omega was sure he saw a piece of the alpha dream, and he was still perplexed to have seen the tyrant of Pack Alpha. Was that dream real? If so, did that mean that his old pack killed Taehyung’s family?

Hearing a grunt, his eyes widened when he saw that the alpha was waking up now. The larger hand released his to rub at his frowning face. He blinked and met the omega’s confused yet worried face. Yesterday flashed within his mind, and the Alpha coughed his embarrassment down. Yoongi felt his cheeks flushing, but he didn’t say anything either.

Taehyung spoke first, words slurring: 

“We should get up and eat something.”

He nodded. It was actually something both of them needed right now after the cold and their little session from yesterday.

There was still food which Seokjin had left for them and that only needed to be heated up. Which was obviously no problem for Yoongi at all.

Both were sitting on their knees, silently eating the food at the table soon, when Taehyung coughed into the awkward silence again.

“So… Because of the bond. Just tell me wherever you want to go. Don’t let the bond hold you back, I will try my best to accommodate.”

Still chewing, Yoongi locked his eyes with the alpha’s, whose gaze shifted to his full cheeks. He swallowed the food down and that was when the other pointedly looked away. He raised an eyebrow at that, but didn’t question it.

“We will figure it out with time. We - let’s just wait and see how everything unfolds. I know you also have duties to fulfill in this pack, I’m not ignorant to the position you hold.”

Even a blind person would have felt how powerful Taehyung was compared to other alphas. Yoongi knew now why.

Taehyung sighed and nodded. The omega was glad that they finally could talk without a childish outburst - the alpha was dealing with this like a mature person. For the first time, probably.

“Another thing… What happened yesterday - and I’m not bringing this up to embarrass you. But we should set rules now, as best as we can, while we have a clear head.” The Alpha gestured between the two of them.

“On what we will do if suddenly a heat or rut is triggered through the bond.” 

Surely his face would be aflame if possible. He knew where the Alpha was coming from and that this was only to take precautions. He had to say something as this was no matter to be ignored, but no sound came out when he tried to contribute his thoughts. Because the omega himself didn’t know what to do.

“I’m not asking to be with you if I hit a rut, Yoongi. We can arrange it so that we will be separated when it happens.”

“But isn’t that the same as a rejection?” Having gathered enough courage, he looked up at the other now. He was scared. He had never been with someone else, but yesterday… even if that wasn’t the full extent of a heat, he felt safe when the Alpha attended to his needs. Getting rejected… it felt horrible. During the time his omega was alone, it felt like his being was carved out of him, leaving a big hole inside. 

“It might be, I don’t know. But I rather be rejected than force myself on someone because of primal instincts.”

The topic was heavy and made the omega conflicted. While he couldn’t imagine mating before at all, he was now in a bond. His circumstances had changed quickly, and both sides needed to be smart about it.

An idea formed in his mind. One that could only work if a heat or rut didn’t hit too soon or early.

“Maybe we should ask the others for advice how we can make us move in a safe distance from the other. That way we could stay away... if something happens?”

The Alpha seemed to think about this idea, biting his lip.

“If we can overcome the painful tug, maybe that can work.”

The omega pursed his lips, finishing his food.

Taehyung had promised to see Seokjin once they both sobered up, so they paid the pregnant omega a visit - also to seek advice after their conversation.

The eldest was talking to his belly when they entered, cradling the area. When he saw the two, obvious relief spread over his face.

“You! It seems like you are only there to make me worry!”, he accused the pair.

The smaller omega smiled shyly when he sat on his knees and gently touched the belly. 

“How are you two hyung?”

“We are hungry all the time, but other than that- perfectly fine!”

They smiled at each other and their mixed scents created a warm atmosphere.

Taehyung was surprised how… domestic the two omegas had become with each other, and asked himself how he had missed this. He was a fool to try hard and ignore everything that had involved the black haired omega.

Once the smalltalk was over, he decided to open up the serious matter. Seokjin was understanding and listening patiently - since both of the wolves were confused and fresh to bonding. The omega sat back. His brows furrowed and he explained them his thoughts in a serious tone:

“I will be brutally honest with you two: 

If you cannot imagine spending a heat or rut together, you better decide to break this off soon with a rejection. If not, you need to deal with the consequences for when you guys… unexpectedly end up spending a heat or rut together. However, I do strongly advise against a rejection. This bond was formed by your wolves for a reason, and I hope for you both that you work on it.”

The omega knew that most rejected wolves weren't expected to live a long life, but he didn’t tell that to his dongsaengs. His faith in them was strong, and for once Taehyung wasn’t acting like a complete idiot around Yoongi and taking responsibility. The eldest clearly saw where the youngest wolf’s interest laid, yet Taehyung’s human brain seemed to lag behind immensely. Maybe even for both of them.

Yoongi sighed and Taehyung scratched his temple.

“We will try our best.” 

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12

“We will try our best”, they promised, but the awkwardness between them couldn’t be denied. Their hyung's presence lightened up their mood, but the elephant was still in the room, and Yoongi would do his best to adapt but he surely won’t let himself any more down than he needed to, was what the Alpha thought. The omega was too selfless by not rejecting him right away.

And Taehyung was aware of this, knew he deserved worse. He was set to make it as comfortable as possible for the omega and ready to serve his needs. After he had helped him through the spontaneous heat and made him feel sated, he wasn’t sure if he could live with the fact to not satisfy said male himself anymore. His whole being was bonded to the smaller, and these thoughts scared him as the path led them to an unknown future for both.

They made sure both were well enough to go out - even before Yoongi’s small heat, Taehyung had felt well enough since the other's presence alone made his Alpha heal.

Now, both of their wolves were within the lake and Taehyung growled at the fishes inside the water which escaped his clumsy paws. He wasn’t made for this - he was a hunter in the woods, not water!

Now it was Yoongi growling at him, obviously annoyed by him scaring the fish away and he made it known by smacking a paw on his face.

The younger’s ears flattened and he whined apologetically. It was embarrassing to let the other see how incompetent he was with fishing, but the omega huffed and threw his head sidewards without any regrets, signaling him to go back to the shore and leave it to him. Taehyung grunted, nudging his snout to annoy him - and it worked. Yoongi snapped his jaw at him and the younger saw the opportunity to push his side, making him fall fully into the water. He jumped away excitedly, waiting for the fluffy black spot in the water to resurface anytime soon - and Yoongi did with red glowing eyes.

Taehyung jumped away from him with happy yelps, excited at the little game he started while making his way to the shore. He didn’t really give his best to escape, and by the time his front paws hit the stony shore the omega tackled him with his smaller body. Taehyung deliberately made himself fall onto his back, Yoongi’s paws caging his neck as he was growling and biting his ear with no malice. Pushing himself up a bit, he licked a stripe over the omega’s mouth and the elder once again bared his teeth to him for his bold move. The bigger wolf was panting happily, he didn’t even know himself where this energy came from. He brought his paws up to bring the smaller wolf down by his neck, this time licking all over his face.

Yoongi’s growling ceased at the soothing gesture, his body helplessly pressed against the alpha. No matter how hard he tried to keep the annoyance from a few seconds ago, it was all forgotten with Taehyung calming him and spreading his scent over the smaller male in the process. The tension left his limbs and his body slumped down onto the bigger wolf, closing his eyes for a short moment with a low rumble. The brown wolf allowed himself to bury his snout in his neck, eyes shortly glowing at the entrancing scent.

Registering that the Alpha was done, the smaller wolf nudged his face before he carefully stood up and turned to go into the water again. Remembering that the majority of the fish swam away from his position, he looked back and whined accusingly at the Alpha. 

Gathering himself back on his belly, the younger huffed in what seemed like a laugh which made the omega glare in annoyance again - because there the younger was, lazily lying there and laughing about scaring off their fish supply. 

Small waves started to ripple through the water and drew Yoongi's attention when suddenly a giant dark earth wall shooted up in the middle of the lake, involuntarily making him flinch back. The wall shaped into a half circle, and he only needed to look back shortly to know it was the Alpha’s doing - even though he seemed to just lay there, the fiery eyes gave him away. Why he did it, he didn’t know.

Turning back, he was shocked to see the giant wall moving towards him until it hit the shore on both ends.

But now - now he understood what Taehyung’s intention was. 

The fish were caged between the shore and the wall, having a much smaller area to escape and making it easier for him to catch them. 

Taehyung could feel that fishing wasn’t just a duty to Yoongi - it was actually fun to him, his happy mood flowed through the bond and suddenly the world around the alpha wasn’t so dull as it was before. Head on his paws, he watched the black wolf, how he stilled like a statue - and dived into the water in the next moment.

The tug was almost non-existent in this distance and their sated moods surely played a role in that.

Pearly water dripped from the night-black fur as he resurfaced, and what he once had avoided the alpha was trailing with his eyes now.

Yoongi shook the water off himself. Having filled the basket with fish, he looked up at him to signal he was finished, and the Alpha immediately got up. The water had washed away some of his scent, so he started licking the omega’s fur diligently again, starting behind his ear and working his way along his body.

The omega cautiously dared to sniff at his face before licking a few stripes on the Alpha’s mouth himself. The Alpha groomed him for a bit before the omega set himself in motion. He had a feeling that as long as they stood there, Taehyung would groom him until one of them passed out - he kind of trusted the Alpha with that ability.

The latter huffed when the omega slipped away, watching him take the basket into his mouth and heading to the village. After retracting the earth wall back into the grounds of the lake, he obediently trotted after him. 

There was a patrol duty to be fulfilled by any capable Alpha, but Taehyung was afraid of putting Yoongi into danger near the borders, and so was his brother. They brought the fish to the storage and before the sun began to set, they paid a visit to the Pack Alpha since they still needed to be in each other’s vicinity and couldn’t take on any duty like this.

Yoongi immediately interfered:

“I can assist him on the patrols. The possibility that they will attack us is even less when we are together, since other wolves are out there and patrolling too. If I learned something from them, it’s that they are cowards and let others do the dirty work before appearing themselves.”

Taehyung was sitting with his back to him, tensing visibly at those words and Yoongi felt his disapproval without a verbal utterance. Namjoon spoke before the other alpha could:

“I will not have you in danger, Yoongi. Listen to me - instead, I will assign you and Taehyung for hunting. How does that sound?”

The omega would have protested, but if he was honest to himself... hunting was also a honorable deed and something which they didn’t let omegas do much. He liked the idea, but hesitated to show it. When he turned his gaze to Taehyung, he found the Alpha already looking back at him with frowned eyebrows. They stared at each other for a while, the younger’s jaw tensing, and Yoongi noticed his large hands clenching to fists and opening back again.

“I’d be glad to assist”, he finally stated.

Namjoon gave him a reassuring smile and coughed, and that was when his younger looked to him and also mumbled his approval.

Taehyung would go hunting with Yoongi tomorrow.

The Alpha didn’t miss the curious eyes they got, not when they went and came back from fishing, nor when they left the Pack Alpha’s hut. Yoongi stood back when some of his friends greeted him on the way back home, sending him curious but also sceptical glances. When Taehyung noticed what was going on, he unconsciously stepped to the side to hide Yoongi  behind him, puffing his chest out a bit more. Bogum stared at him in amusement, trying to mask it with a smile but he soon made the other alphas leave with him as he got the message, while some didn’t.

Yoongi, too, didn’t miss the hateful glances from other omegas. Seeing him walk beside their most desiredpotential mate made him receive furious omegas hate. From a distance, he more often than not had seen them try to flirt with Taehyung before, but the younger had never really cared, evident in his posture and mimics - and he found that hilarious. He groaned internally and made a note to himself to check his meals for poisoning from now on. At least in his old pack, not only alphas were crazy. 

There was something which had stuck to his mind for a while now, the dream he saw as Taehyung. It seemed too intimate to casually ask about it, so the omega couldn’t find the courage or appropriate time to ask Taehyung, not even when they silently made their way back to his home.

It smelled like home when they stepped through the door, and that thought was kind of ... scary. Yoongi yelped when the Alpha suddenly buried his nose in his nape, taking a long breath. And then, he soothed his nose over the area, making him relax and Yoongi enjoyed the touch, his eyes widening at his own response. He didn’t realize how worried he was - until now, when the Alpha attempted to ease it all away. He had sensed everything and was naturally caring for the omega. 

As if nothing happened, Taehyung detached himself and went straight to the kitchen, rewarding himself with an apple and Yoongi knew he was avoiding the smaller male’s stare deliberately. He figured the other wasn't a good cook even though they hadn't spent that much time together yet. 

Sighing, he willed by the fire inside the stone oven with a snap of his fingers, getting out vegetables and meat from the storage. Taehyung eyed him curiously as he silently kept munching on his apple. Those eyes are too innocent for someone who just scented my neck out of nowhere, Yoongi thought to himself. But just like with his other packmates, Taehyung scenting him eased a lot of his worries. Their wolves naturally bonded at the lake, and the omega figured it was them in their human forms which made everything harder than it was.

He prepared stew for them both, and the Alpha couldn't help his watering mouth when he smelled the food, looking over the omega's shoulder as to what he was doing.

"A decent meal." Yoongi answered the silent question as he stirred the ingredients. He chuckled and Yoongi almost stiffened when he felt wrists slide down his arms - Taehyung was scenting him again. He didn't know why the Alpha was acting the way he was recently, and when he looked back he was already retreating, satisfaction seeping through the bond. The Omega bit his lip and a crease formed between his eyes. He should tell the other off, so why wasn’t he actually doing it?

When the meal was on the table, he was awed at how fast Taehyung devoured his share. Said person looked at him like a caught deer with his food stained mouth when he realized the questioning stare.

"There is still some left", was all Yoongi said before he concentrated on his own meal, trying his best not to think about the Alpha enjoying his cooking. But now it was the younger that didn't stop staring at him, not even during the process of wiping his mouth. The inner conflict he was having seeped into the elder’s senses, but judging by the younger’s face he wasn’t ready to talk about it. So he didn’t ask.

It was weird, having such an average day with Taehyung - and an average day with him is anything but normal in his life.

Night fell over the village, and the flame in the fireplace only helped so much to warm the place, the cold sifted through the hut.

Despite his gift, Yoongi's body heat wasn't connected to it. He could make fire to keep himself warm, but it didn't change his body resistance against cold weather in comparison to other wolves in any way - flames just couldn't hurt him.

He crawled under the furs to keep himself warm, slightly shivering and anticipating the next day. It was kind of ironic that Taehyung had chased him off the hunting grounds - and now he was to go with him. Taehyung had always treated him like shit - Yoongi sighed. 

He had also saved the omega. His old pack would have taken him away easily had he just let them, so Yoongi couldn’t quite understand why the alpha intervened when all he wanted was for him to vanish anyways. Apparently, it wasn’t what he wished then.

The furs shifted as the Alpha’s weight also added on them. He didn’t look. The omega was facing the wooden walls. The hesitance to shift closer and touch was almost tangible, but neither of them initiated it. Yoongi closed his eyes, breathing out loudly.

“Taehyung?”

The alpha shifted a bit before uttering a

“Hm?”

“Thank you. For bringing me back here.” Like a coward, he was still facing the wall as he lacked the courage to say it to the younger’s face. He actually wanted to say so much more; Taehyung didn’t only bring him back, but saved him from a future of forced mating and breeding. But even those few words costed him much courage, and he hoped the other got the message.

When he didn’t get an immediate answer, Yoongi’s heartbeat fastened and he thought his words were a mistake.

It all disappeared - or more like his thoughts went blank - the moment he felt a body pressing behind him and an arm snaking around his middle. A rumble resonated from the Alpha who was sliding his nose up and down his nape, spreading his heavy scent on the omega to ease the tension from him. His omega craved it, and instincts made him turn around, now facing the one whose scent naturally called to him.

Realizing that they were too close to comfort, Yoongi held his breath and started to back away, a hand on the alpha’s chest to push back. But he forgot the arm around him which pressed him more to the Alpha, making his nose bump against a strong neck. Taehyung laid his chin on top of his hair, the rumble still coming from his throat. Yoongi let his guard down, sensing the worry and happiness through their link at the same time, just like Taehyung must have sensed his insecurity and tension. 

“You should never thank me. Never.”

His eyes widened at the words, feeling the sadness in them. Neither of them said anything afterwards, silently feeling the other’s heartbeat as it lulled them to sleep.

He played with his older brother - literally with fire. Min Geum Jae was showing his dongsaeng how he could control his gift, both laughing with joy whenever the younger succeeded. His brother ruffled through his hair, and the younger gave him his gummy smile.

But it was one of those days where their Pack Alpha would pass by and eye both of them hungrily. Geum Jae instinctively tried to hide his brother behind him, glaring at the man. 

The Pack Alpha chuckled at the attempt, his own son peeking from behind his legs. 

Even when they were only children, Taehyung recognized the face - Seung Ho. The Alpha in him wanted to growl, jump and rip him to pieces. His anger rose immensely, seeing him so close to Yoongi.

“-yung!”

“Taehyung! Wake up!”

With a loud growl, Taehyung snapped his eyes open and he felt his claws buried in fur. Hands were gripping his shoulders tight, and he looked down to see a terrified look on the omega’s face. He almost cursed at himself when he realized the omega didn’t fear him - he was worried. The feeling flooded through the bond and he slowly brought his hand up from the ruined fur behind the omega to slide it up his spine, his alpha displeased at making him worry.

After breathing in and out loudly for a while, his nerves calmed down and he sighed.

“Those bastards had their eyes on you for a while, didn’t they?” 

It make him sick knowing for how long. Yoongi had looked years away from presenting, freshly out of pup years. The omega was confused at first, but when he understood that Taehyung saw his dream too, his face shifted to an unreadable mask.

“And still have”, the alpha added.

He kept silent. But for the younger that was enough of an answer. 

“I heard everything from Namjoon. You don’t need to explain me anything, and - as much as I wish I didn’t - I saw it with my own eyes that day.

Yet, I am still curious about something…”

At the last words, Yoongi peered up, waiting for the question.

“What happened to your brother?”

Did he fall into their hands? was the actual question. Yoongi shook his head, a sad smile on is face.

“He presented as an Alpha. He is safe to choose his own mate.”

Now, there was a distant look in the Alpha’s eyes, but he soon nodded, slowly let the omega go before he started to stretch himself and sit up. 

“I’m sorry for waking you up like that.”

Yoongi grunted, shifting too.

“You should be, I value my sleep.”

The sassy remark was unexpected, and his eyes narrowed on the figure that turned his back to him, cuddling back into the furs. He was really tempted…

“Ouw! What the hell?!”

Yoongi held his ear as the Alpha jumped out of the bed with a cocky grin - after creeping up on him with the silence of a predator and biting his ear. He loved to see how the omega’s sadness dissipated and annoyance at the younger took its place.

Wishing to wipe that grin off his face, Yoongi boldly let a fireball form in his hands. The taller’s face fell immediately, starting to stutter:

“Wha- hey! Not inside the house- OH MY GOD!”

The flames were coming his way and Taehyung jumped. Luckily, it didn't continue its way to the wooden wall but stopped mid-air, only to chase after the Alpha again.

Taehyung didn’t want his house in ashes, so darted out.

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“What the hell are they doing?”

Hoseok and Jungkook were sitting outside the healer’s hut, binding some herbs together as they saw the freshly bonded pair run through the village. He soon needed to do Seokjin’s share too. The healer squinted; More like, Yoongi was chasing Taehyung with little flames behind him.

“They are obviously bonding”, Jungkook answered, and he didn’t even sound sarcastic.

Hoseok glanced at him skeptically before he looked back at them - Taehyung barely dodged away from a flame attack.

“Looks more like we will have Taehyung’s meat on the table today.”

“Do you think it will be tasty?”

Hoseok smacked the younger’s head.

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Being in a safe distance from the village, he abruptly turned and barely saved himself with an earth wall that blocked Yoongi's flame. 

Admittedly, he enjoyed riling the Omega up like this. His Alpha wolf enjoyed the omega's attention way too much - even when it went rather roughly like now.

The Omega halted at the unexpected counter, and before he could gather his thoughts the Alpha caged him with earth walls protruding through the snow with a grin. He didn't give up though, shifting to his wolf at which Taehyung's eyes bulged.

"Woah!"

He followed his example, and once again both of them were dancing around each other while the Alpha dodged the angry omega's flames.

Taehyung let the earth under himself slide up diagonally and used it as a support for his leap over the Omega, landing behind him in the blink of an eye.

Before Yoongi could react, the Alpha tackled him down, playfully clamping his teeth over his neck while his triumphant feeling made him release strong pheromones.

Yoongi was struggling against him, his pride not letting him go down without a fight at least. He let his body squirm and tried to push the Alpha off - which was an impossible deed. Taehyung was a giant compared to him and unless he burned him for real, he stood no chance.

The Alpha growled against his neck, eyes flashing red at the fight he was still putting up.

That made his instincts kick in and the smaller wolf gave up his fight, baring his neck in submission to the alpha and admitting defeat. 

It fed to the Alpha's pride having the other submit to him. Taehyung laid down, his upper body half on the other as he started to lick his neck and face. The black wolf closed his eyes, enjoying the attention which showed in his purring. It was easier to shut his wolf in his human form, but now, Yoongi let his Omega free.

They laid there, the Alpha's body shielding him against the cold. His tail was wagging occasionally, sitting in the silence of the mountains and forest. After a while he let the Omega slip from under him,and the smaller laid down next to the bigger wolf, pressing their bodies together to keep the heat. It felt nice, their instincts were guiding them naturally and Yoongi didn’t fight it this time. He could almost feel how they nurtured their bond, and it felt more than great.

They still had hunting duty, so the Alpha led them home again soon to prepare themselves first. Changing back, Yoongi immediately wrapped a  blanket around his body and made a fire light up to warm up the hut. Taehyung changed into pants only, the Alpha's body heat making him resistant against the cold and he couldn't hold back his remark:

"You are freezing? Isn't that a bit ironic for someone gifted with fire?" 

Yoongi just glared at him.

"Do you eat your own shit?"

The omega’s words made Taehyung bark out a laugh. Yoongi tried to pass by him to snuggle back into the bed.

"Oh no, pretty Omega! You are not going back to sleep! We have a duty to fulfill."

The alpha stopped him by grabbing his arm, turning him so they were facing each other. He noticed the reddish ears, wondering why the other was lacking so much body heat.

"Your ears are so red."

Without thinking, Taehyung cupped the omega's ears with his large hands, chasing the cold away.

Touching Yoongi felt right, like the most natural thing as breathing to his whole being.

He felt the Omega stiffen in his hold and only then looked him straight in the eyes, which were dark and focused on him.

A memory he wished was never created formed in his mind, and the back of his hand caressed the pale cheek… His heart felt like a heavy stone in his body, and the mood shift didn't go unnoticed as Yoongi was grabbing his biceps and asking what was wrong.

The Alpha remembered the ugly bruises he not only gave his cheek, but to his wrists and ankles too, and he didn't really think when he brought up the omegas hands in his and started placing kisses and sliding his lips on the delicate wrists.

The elder male stuttered. He didn't know what triggered him, but the Alpha's touches were very welcome to his Omega.

"Taehyung, what's-"

Lips were suddenly sliding on his cheek and going dangerously near towards his own. The alpha let them caress the same spot over and over again.

"I'm sorry... for hurting you", was whispered against his skin, and it took a few seconds until the Omega knew what for.

He bumped his forehead against the Alpha's, making him look in his eyes.

"You were such an asshole.

But wait, you still are", yet contrary to his word he released calming pheromones to make the Alpha feel at ease.

Even though the sadness in his eyes didn't vanish fully, Taehyung managed a smile.

A heartbeat later, his lips were hovering near Yoongi's. The Omega could pull away now, he surely sensed the Alpha approaching and his intensifying pheromones. But he didn't.

Taehyung claimed his lips, and at first Yoongi didn't respond. He never did this, he didn't know how to reciprocate when he finally gathered courage to press a bit against the Alpha too. It seemed to snap something within the other as he angled his head slightly and kissed him harder now. 

"Mhpf!"

Yoongi leaned back to grasp some air, but that was all he could do when the Alpha pulled him back by the neck and slipped his tongue past his lips at the opportunity. And the Omega let him explore his mouth, Taehyung was gentle and eager at the same time. His hand slipped to his lower back to press him tighter against the Alpha.

He was panting by the time Taehyung gave him free and let his kisses trail along his jaw and neck instead, also sucking at his scent gland. All the sensations made him dizzy, not understanding how they ended up like this.

And that's when he felt it again…

A heat settled in his lower body and Yoongi felt slick gather at his hole, readying himself for the Alpha at an alarming pace. He felt the moment Taehyung wanted to pull away - again - but the Omega grasped him tightly this time. His wolf couldn't take another separation, not this time and he was almost hyperventilating. The heat spread all over his body, his pheromones leaking wildly in order to entice. He could feel the Alpha fully hard in his pants too, there was no denial in what they both wanted right now.

"Stop running away, and do something right for once!" He half whispered, half yelled at him. He couldn't believe what he was saying either, but he was both, desperate and wanting right now. The Omega in him glowed angrily through his red eyes. 

The younger was confused as to what the Omega meant. They had tried to stay apart for these things, didn't they?

But then again, his hyung said they shouldn't… and the Alpha was torn.

He wanted to take the Omega, more than he let on. The sweet scent was singing to him and he wanted to bathe in it. He wanted to feel the omega's body under his hands, but was he allowed to? Yoongi felt like something forbidden to him, too good to have with his tainted hands. 

His thoughts were interrupted when a bitter scent filled his nose too suddenly, and only then he realized that the Omega backed away, shivering. Feeling rejected. 

His Alpha growled - there was no way he would let the Omega feel like this again. He wanted Yoongi to feel safe, not rejected. Before he was out of reach, he pulled the Omega back, growling against his lips.

The scent of his slick was driving him mad, and the blanket didn't do anything to block it. Slick he produced only for him .

Still decently conscious, the Omega locked eyes shortly with him before turning his head to present his neck. 

And that did it to the Alpha.

Grabbing him by the waist, he backed the smaller male against the bedding until the back of his knees hit resistance and the Omega fell on his back. The Alpha helped him to get comfortable in the middle of the furs before diving to press his lips against the omega's. 

With a growl, he opened the blanket with which Yoongi had covered himself, having him already fully naked, leaking slick and precum.

Eyes fixated on the shiny hole, and the Alpha slid back and laid down on his chest, face close to the omegas crack.

Yoongi cried out when he felt the wet muscle licking up a stripe on his crack and the mouth attach on his hole. Taehyung was groaning at the dizzying taste. The omega's slick tasted heavenly, and he pushed his tongue carelessly into the hole, trying to lap and taste as much slick as possible. It was addicting, and he growled.

Yoongi's face heated up, his eyes were half lidded and he could only lay there, hand fisting the furs, whimpering as the Alpha sucked at his entrance. Everything felt so surreal.

He didn't want to come like this. His Omega needed something else.

Taehyung was still sucking at his hole when he grabbed the Alpha's locks and forced him to look up, and if what they were doing hadn't made him blush already, his face would be heating up now at the sight of the Alpha's slick covered cheeks and chin. He was lapping the excess up as best as he could, hooded eyes staring at the Omega.

"I don't want to come like this", Yoongi muttered and quickly looked away. It was embarrassing, but he wanted more. His omega needed more.

The Alpha chuckled, caressing both of his thighs before he moved on top of him and Yoongi could feel him stare at his face.

"So"

Hands wandered up his sides, stopping on his chest to play with his nipples. Yoongi yelped and Taehyung laughed again. He loved the smaller's responses, even the way he couldn't look him in the eye.

He wanted him.

Leaning down, he led his nose slide up the neck, and whispered to his ear:

"How do you want me to make you come?" he asked in a low whisper, and Yoongi gulped.

Taehyung continued sliding his nose up and down the neck.

"Preferably in a way where you don't wear any clothes", was what the Omega uttered and once again threw the Alpha in a laughing fit, making him bury his face in the alluring scent gland. His laugh turned into a moan.

"I shall please you that way", was all he said before he got back up and opened his pants to get rid of it.

While the Alpha was busy with his clothing, Yoongi's omega instincts guided him on his stomach, upper body down while his hips were raised to present himself.

Once Taehyung was finished, he choked at the sight that awaited him on the furs.

The omegas leaking hole and slick covered cheeks and thigh were presented at him in full glory, and he could see Yoongi peeking at him to see his reaction.

There was no way he could hold back anymore, so with a growl the Alpha climbed onto the bed and grabbed the omega's hips, pressing his massive cock against his crack.

He started to grind harshly, Yoongi mewling under him as he teased his hole. His whole length was soon covered fully in the omega's slick, but he was continuing to tease.

"Taehyung… Tae-" Yoongi was already out of breath, barely managing to say his name.

"Alpha, please"

The word boosted the Alpha's possessive and dominant side, making his head catch on the omega's entrance.

In his excitement and lack of experience,Taehyung pushed in fully in one go and groaned, not expecting the Omega to be so tight. The heated walls enclosed around his member and sucked him in.

Looking down, he saw how the omega stopped breathing, his head laid on his cheek with mouth agape as his walls tried to adjust to the penetration.

The Alpha pulled out immediately and the Omega silently whined at the loss. 

Worry overcome the Alpha's senses as he started caressing his stomach and kissing the scent gland, urging him:

"Breathe, Yoongi"

With his eyes closed, the Omega nodded, starting to breathe irregularly again, too fast for the Alpha's liking. A few moments passed before he spoke up:

"Sorry, I… I never did this." The Omega apologised, and Taehyung needed a few seconds to understand what the Omega was saying.

It's not like he took many omegas either; since the Alpha had a gift himself, he had avoided copulation in fear of passing down his gift by accidentally impregnating an Omega until now.

And this was Yoongi's first time too...

"Shit… I'm so sorry. You don't need to apologize for something like that, it's my fault. I got too excited."

He helped the Omega turn on his back and nudged at his jaw, to which he responded with his own. They scented each other, and it helped the omega to calm down.

Taehyung felt like a failure, not even able to serve his omega's needs.

"Just… enter slowly next time?"

The Alpha leaned a bit back and stared at the omega's eyes. Yoongi still wanted to continue, and a little bit of his fears died down. He didn't mess up completely.

Reaching between their bodies, his hand wrapped around the omega's member to stroke him. Yoongi moaned against his lips and he couldn't hold back to lean down and kiss him. He was still stroking him when he lined up and started to push in slowly, earning another muffled moan against his lips.

The omegas legs pressed against his sides, as he inched forwards carefully and soon bottomed out. 

Pale hands held onto tan shoulders as the omega tried to adjust - he broke free from the kiss, panting.

The alpha was big and he wondered how that all fit inside him.

Taehyung pulled out and entered slowly again, repeating the motion until the omega's hole was stretched enough for a faster pace. 

He braced himself on his hands next to the omega's head and started to pick up his pace. 

Slick walls clenched around him, making it impossible to hold back his groans, and the pleasure showing in the facial features of the Omega under him didn't help.

Yoongi's lips were slightly apart, brows furrowed and eyes closed as he let the Alpha take him. Holding on tighter, he tried moving to meet the Alpha's thrusts now, enjoying the cock that breached him open with a hum. 

Never had he imagined that mating would feel this incredible, and he didn't want the Alpha to stop. 

He ceased his movement, instead spread his legs and pressed his feet on the fur

Taehyung growled at the display, fucking harder into the omega now and Yoongi let out a yelp at a harsh thrust.

"You don't know what you do to me…fuck"

Grabbing the omega's hips, he guided his body to meet his thrusts.

The Alpha leaned down, now chest to chest with the omega, and buried his face in the enticing scent and Yoongi's hand automatically went to tangle in brown locks.

He growled against the skin as he kept thrusting into him. Slick was sticking on his own thighs now, making everything messy and wet.

The Omega was nosing at his scent gland, nipping and sucking on it, it drove the Alpha crazy.

Supporting himself on his knees, the Alpha was now pounding into him in a more brutal pace, and Yoongi could only moan and whimper - and when he let out a sharp cry, Taehyung knew it was not in pain but pleasure. He hit the same spot over and over again, the Omega mewled and started to cry at the sensation, tears streaming down his flushed face.

Yoongi couldn’t form a coherent thought, the Alpha’s cock dragged against his walls and made him high on pleasure. His grip on the brown locks was hard and he didn’t know if it pained the Alpha.

Though, Taehyung seemed lost in chasing his own pleasure, growling against his neck as his thrust became shorter but quicker, not caring at all how harsh the omega was pulling at his strands.

Hitting his sweet spot again, Yoongi came without a warning and a cry, his release hitting both of their stomachs. The Alpha realized what happened and a happy rumble came from his chest, still pounding into the omega through his orgasm. Yoongi’s toes curled at the overwhelming sensations, and with a final push the Alpha also came inside the omega. He kept grinding as he rode out his high and nosing the omega’s temple. 

Yoongi’s omega was enjoying being filled up, discovering the natural desires of his wolf. He was still panting when the alpha laid his whole weight on the omega and gathered him in his arms.

“Oof! Taehyung! You are heavy!”, the omega complained and without lifting his face from the omega’s neck, Taehyung pushed them with his foot onto their sides and rolled so the omega laid on him. Yoongi copied him, burying his nose in the alpha’s scent gland and he closed his eyes while he enjoyed the alpha’s scent.

His mind was clearing, but the satisfaction didn’t vanish. It felt right - he didn’t feel any pain nor regret. 

The omega curled on top of him, and Taehyung thought he could get used to this. Yoongi fell asleep, he could tell by his steady breathing. His breath hit his bare collarbones and the Alpha was still inside the omega, even though he didn’t form a knot. He still didn’t understand how their bond worked, but this time he was sure they took the right step. Or rather, the omega did and tagged him along.

Nothing made him feel more accomplished than the satisfaction the omega felt.

There was one thing they forgot though.

Someone knocked on his door, and Taehyung was back to their reality again. 

Hunting Duty! How could he let this happen -

He couldn’t have the person enter his hut now, whoever it was. His Alpha would tear him apart, no one was to see Yoongi in this state. He immediately grabbed the blanket and covered the omega above him, moving him gently to lay on the furs.

Yoongi mumbled a little complaint before going back to sleep, and Taehyung put something on to hide the minimum before nearing the door. 

He could smell the Pack Alpha behind it, and when he opened his door, it was only a crack, enough to peek through it.

“Taehyung! Why-”

The confused face of the Pack Alpha went emotionless within a blink of an eye and he stared blankly at his brother.

“Brother...”

The younger scratched his neck, not knowing how to explain. Namjoon, however, already put one and one together and rubbed his forehead.

“I can smell it, Tae. I will ask someone else to do it.”

The younger huffed, rubbing a hand on his face.

“I’m sorry, I will make it up to the pack. I promise.”

The Pack Alpha sighed, a little smile on his face and then he waved to say his goodbye.

Taehyung closed the door and returned to the bed. He laid down behind the omega and slid an arm around his waist, spooning him.

He really could get used to this. If Yoongi let him.

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13

Taehyung didn’t fall asleep. He was rejoicing in what had passed between him and the male in his arms. And said male was waking up from his short sleep, humming as he stretched and tried to move, only to realize he was being spooned.

Yoongi turned under the blanket, staring up at the Alpha with sleepy eyes. He had felt something hard against his aching bum, connecting the dots.

“Your little friend there was poking me”, was the first thing he said and of course, what else was Taehyung expecting. He laughed, because his erection was indeed bulging against his pants again. And maybe he was also relieved that the Omega didn't jump and ran away, realizing what they had done or how interested the Alpha was.

He hadn't washed up and was lying in their mess and mixed scents; Taehyung couldn't help it - that alone was too arousing.

“Can’t really blame him with the sight in front of me.”

The corner of Yoongi’s lips lifted slightly at that remark. They stared silently at each other for a while.

“I feel gross and dirty.” 

Taehyung chuckled.

“That’s what happens when you always fall asleep afterwards. Couldn't even hold on until a second round, you lazy wolf.”

He didn't actually mean it. Any moment with Yoongi was a gift, the younger knew this and teased.

Yoongi just hummed, closing his eyes and opening them again, a glint and sudden change the alpha didn’t miss.

"Let's go for the second round then."

Taehyung couldn't believe what he had heard, even more blood shooting down south when the Omega buried his face in his neck, his black hair tickling his jaw.

He groaned, still not moving.

"Yoongi… you can't just say things like that."

At that, the omegas eyes gleamed red, a smirk creeping up on those beautiful lips as he knew he had the Alpha wrapped around his fingers. Oh - how he enjoyed this, especially his omega.

Slowly, Yoongi detached himself, getting the covers off, still naked, and he lay down on his stomach next to the other. If he was thinking fully in his human rationality his embarrassment would have eaten him alive, but with the guidance of his Omega instincts the shame died down. His wolf was more than happy to have the Alpha's undivided attention, wanted that euphoric feeling to surge through his body again and he knew exactly how to tempt the other.

Predatory eyes looked into his, but even though they looked directly at each other he knew the taller wouldn't miss how he slid his knees under his body and raised his hips.

Taehyung growled in warning, the last time and if Yoongi didn't stop…

The omega's red eyes were still glowing when he intentionally released his pheromones and purred.

The other side of the bed was empty within a blink. 

Strong hands gripped the omegas hips and he could hear how the Alpha opened his pants and cursed as he struggled to pull it down. Taehyung couldn't hold it any longer, the desire and want was burning him and if the Omega called so openly, drowning him in arousing pheromones, there wasn't much he could do to hold back.

Knowing what was about to happen, Yoongi's entrance was dripping with more slick in preparation. Taehyung had finally freed himself, not hesitating to line his length with the omega's hole, but unlike before he pushed in carefully, watching how the Omega took him in inch by inch. The stretch wasn't as painful, making the omega choke on a moan.

Taehyung groaned the same time Yoongi arched his back and let out pleased sounds. He caressed the omega's sides, pushed forward slowly, kneaded the flesh under his palms.

When Yoongi's head suddenly snapped up, Taehyung knew something happened and feared that he had hurt him again.

"Taehy- mmhmmm - the hunt! What about the hunt?"

Trying to look back, Taehyung saw the gorgeous side profile, how his eyes turned to brown and red the next second while trying to be rational about the duty they had been assigned to do.

His answer was inching forward until he bottomed out, leaning his body over the other so that his chest pressed against the back under him. He pressed a kiss between the pale shoulder blades while his arm winded around the slim waist to spread his hand over the omega's chest.

"Don't worry about any of that. We will do it some other time."

His lips caressed the omega's ears, both taking in heavy breath. If they had been on any other regular day, Namjoon would have his head for bedding someone whom he wasn't mated to - and on top of that, that he was doing it while on duty. 

But the Pack Alpha knew what bonding involved, and this was certainly a huge part of it. Which is why he left without any complaints, and Taehyung felt bad for letting his brother down. It all dissipated when he thought of how the Omega felt good - both, his feelings through the bond - also literally around him. Yoongi was still not convinced:

"But we promis- Ah!" 

The Alpha thrusted slightly, catching the Omega off guard. He didn't want them to think about other matters. Only them, their bond, mattered to him and his wolf now.

He started sliding in and out in a slow pace, his chest moving up and down the other's back. He took his sweet time, let his hands roam on the omega's chest and attached his lips to his nape.

"It can wait", he breathed against the hot skin.

Yoongi moaned when he sucked at his scent gland, eyes getting hazy as the Alpha pushed inside his heat, and he felt every drag of it.

Soon, dragging became thrusting in a steady pace, and with every thrust the air was pushed out more from the omega's lungs. Their scents heightened, mixing and filling their every senses. 

Forgotten were any thoughts on hunting, the omega’s mind only providing him with the pleasure the Alpha was giving.

Taehyung brought his hands back to the omega's hips, straightening his upper body so he could properly hold the Omega there while he fastened his pace. He closed his eyes, and barely kept a moan from escaping by biting down on his lip, concentrating on taking the Omega and making him feel good.

His hips met the wet cheeks and thighs of the male under him, their skin slapping against each other in a steady beat. Moaning, Yoongi held his hips still up when he spread his knees wider to give the Alpha better access. It pleased the latter immensely and he slid one hand down to caress the omega's thigh in appreciation as he kept his pace. 

The tickling sensation went straight to Yoongi's arousal, and with a moan he started to push his hips back to meet the Alpha's thrust. Taehyung set the pace while guiding him with a hand on his hip, grunting when the heated walls clenched around him. Not able to hold himself back, he slid both hands onto the pale cheeks and squeezed the soft flesh, unintentionally spreading Yoongi wider- and the Omega cried out.

It made him pound onto that one spot, and at the given opportunity he aimed his next thrusts right there again.

"Ah! There!! Yes, yes-"

Yoongi gripped the furs under him, knuckles turning wide as he tried not to slide up and come too quick. 

However, the Alpha bend down and sucked at his scent gland the same time he thrusted into him hard, and the omega felt his orgasm wash over him without a warning and sending his mind to a blank pleasure.

Yoongi came, mewling and clenching around the cock that was still doing him while the Alpha kissed and nibbled at his neck.

Taehyung's hips stuttered, quickening to short thrusts as he chased his own release. His lips left the heated neck, panting and grunting into Yoongi's ear as he worked himself to his own bliss. 

He felt the moment the Alpha's cum coated his walls, the excessive amount filling him up quickly. Taehyung pressed his hips flush against him with a grunt, every strength left his legs and he collapsed on the bed with the younger still pressing up against him and covering him with his body. Yoongi went limp, letting the rest of the work to the Alpha that was still grinding his hips against him.

A delicious ache settled over his body, and in between his heavy breathing he let out a sigh.

Taehyung pulled out to relieve the Omega of his weight, though judging by the whine he received that wasn't the best he could have done. 

He fell back on the furs, chest still lifting and falling from the exhaustion, but the Omega wasn't having it.

With a growl, he climbed on top of him and like earlier he curled up and buried his face in his chest. Yoongi was seeking his contact literally anyway possible, and having the Alpha like this, his scent surrounding him and mixing with his own, made him purr. The vibrations rumbled against his chest, a satisfying addition to the bliss they felt.

Taehyung watched Yoongi fall asleep again. He caressed the omega's nape, buried his nose in his crown and took in the sweet fragrance. This time, he covered both of them within the warmth of a blanket and held the omega close.

Whatever had sparked between their wolves today, it had been enough for Yoongi to let the Alpha approach him. He tried to sense for any regret or discomfort through the bond, but all he got was once again the feeling of a sated Omega, something which he didn't think he would ever experience. At that thought, he pressed the smaller more to himself and closed his eyes with a yawn.

Namjoon requested Bogum and Seojoon to take over the hunting duty as Taehyung was constrained to due his bonding.  While Bogum laughed at the implication, Seojoon rolled his eyes but there was no objection from either one of them, immediately taking on the task.

Back on his way home, he thought about how Yoongi went already deep into the bond in a way he couldn't image him to back out anymore. Himself couldn't see anyone else beside his Omega after their first mating, and how he had bowed to his every will. Still did. The first experience of bonding couldn't be put into words, a state of constant bliss, and he had wanted to take out the eyes of any Alpha that dared to look the omega's way.

The same attitude was taken on by Taehyung earlier. Not only did he smell their copulation, but how the domineering pheromones emanated from the young Alpha to keep other Alpha's away, eyes glowing dangerously while he tried to control his wolf.

Namjoon was glad to catch Jimin on his way. The blonde omega was headed to his brother, and he advised him to stay away from Taehyung's hut for now without providing details. Jimin was confused, pouting his plump lips but he nodded. Even if he saw nothing wrong with visiting his soulmate, the Pack Alpha surely had his reasons.

Waking up from his short sleep, Yoongi slowly blinked his eyes open. He felt their bare skin press against each other, and his cheeks blushed when he thought about what he did under the guidance of his instincts. They were still dirty with their bodily fluids, and no matter who much he just wanted to lay there on top of the Alpha and enjoy their bare skins touching, they needed to clean up. And those furs definitely needed a wash.

Sitting up slowly, he was held by hands on his waist the next second. In this position, he was straddling the Alpha's torso who woke up and looked at him with sleepy eyes. He shivered when Taehyung gently tightened his hold.

"We need to clean up", he told him and pushed himself up from the Alpha's chest. Taehyung furrowed his brows and let out a dissatisfied grunt, kicking with one leg in protest like a pup. The Omega didn't hesitate to slap his still covered leg, urging him to stand up too. The leaking release from his hole was another good reason to hurry up. 

He washed himself, the warm water doing wonders to his aching back, and returned to the bed to shake Taehyung awake and send him to clean up himself too while he took care of the furs. 

He had hung them up for drying when the Alpha also finished, now both awkwardly standing and staring in their dressed and clean state. He didn’t like how the furs had been washed of their scents.

The Omega scratched his neck. There was still an ache in his lower back... and then his stomach growled - they hadn't eaten yet. 

"That definitely calls for a meal", the Alpha finally said and turned to see what he would be able to provide. The topic was a good distraction, since eating was a necessity and he had a good reason to busy his hands.

"And now you're gonna make food? Should I really trust you with that?", the hungry omega said with a perked eyebrow. 

He stepped next to the Alpha, who had picked out potatoes and an onion.

"Not really, but I'm trying at least" Taehyung said with a smile. Yoongi didn't know if he was acting brainless or was just cute. He took the potatoes with a sigh from his hands and the Alpha started protesting.

"Fine. You can peel and cut them while I prepare the other vegetables and meat."

"No!" 

He took the items from the pale hands, waving him off.

"Go sit down. I will make us something."

Taehyung hadn't been blind to how stiff the Omega walked after he woke up. Yoongi needed to rest, and his Alpha was feeling great. He was the one who did that, needless to say also proud of it. He felt like he could do anything - even preparing something decent to eat.

Yoongi was still hovering behind him when he laid the vegetables out, and he sighed before he turned. Yoongi defiantly crossed his arms.

"Don't look at me like I am some frail Omega", he accused.

And it was actually the truth. Taehyung thought of him as fragile right now, as someone to protect from any harm and he couldn't deny the accusation. He was inwardly scoffing at himself. He had treated him as the complete opposite before, but after bonding for that short time and bedding him…

He felt like the biggest hypocrite.

The smaller just pushed past him and started working with the ingredients, and the Alpha huffed in defeat. Yoongi was so stubborn. So he decided to just copy what he did, taking and peeling potatoes, while Yoongi's remained the same size and the ones he worked on lost half of their form. The Omega worked and finished fast, also taking the last potato from Taehyung’s hands.

They boiled them and Yoongi prepared a salad while Taehyung pouted at the table. The meal was ready soon, enough to fill their stomachs, and even though he was still pouting Taehyung couldn't reject food the Omega made and offered. 

"So… what are we going to do about the duty we skipped?" Yoongi asked into the awkward silence while they ate.

Taehyung didn't seem bothered by the question, stuffing his mouth after adding salt on a potato. 

"I talked with Namjoon. He knows… we weren't able to go, so we'll take it on some other time."

At the implication that the Pack Alpha knew what happened between them, Yoongi felt his face burning up.

"Now that we are on that topic, I wanted to talk to you", the Alpha added with a wary tone.

Yoongi didn't feel prepared for this, but it was them that had decided to keep the intimacy at bay, and it was himself who exclaimed the wish to break those rules this morning.

He took a deep breath and looked up.

Taehyung coughed, shortly averting his eyes but facing the Omega again.

"I feel like it was bound to happen, at least my wolf was craving it for so long, and I feel that our bond is more healthy than before. I will respect your wish if you want to treat it as a mistake and keep your distance from me though, the final decision is up to you."

In his mind, his wolf growled when he heard the word mistake. It wasn't, he was conscious enough to know what was happening and Yoongi had wanted it. He was contemplating about how much of it was the bonds and his omega's influence, but in the end… those were a part of him too. He shook his head.

"I don't think of it as a mistake. I…” It was hard admitting the next words, buti t needed to be done.

“I wanted it.

But before making a final decision for future occurrences… I would like to talk to Seokjin about some things." It was for his own sanity.

Taehyung stared at him for a few seconds before nodding. He didn’t forget that it was the first sexual encounter for both, so if the omega was confused he would understand.

Since they gained some free time, Yoongi wanted to see how Jimin was doing before visiting his hyung. Maybe he could lend a hand with his weapons. Taehyung tagged along, he rarely went several days without seeing his soulmate. 

Jimin invited them in with a muffled "come in" after the knock, and the moment they entered his head shot up, nostrils flaring.

The pair stopped in their tracks, looking at Jimin then at each other at the blonde omega's reaction.

"You know, your scents are giving away what you did in the privacy of your hut", he provided as an explanation.

Yoongi began to stutter, the Alpha , however, stepped forwards and put his hands on his hips, hooking his chin on his shoulder.

"What's so surprising about that Jimin-ah! We're bonded." He grinned and winked at his friend. Yoongi smacked him lightly at the side of his head for talking so casually about it. A typical Alpha.

Taehyung growled and buried his face in his neck. It was a possessive reaction. Jimin blinked in surprise at the public display of affection and Yoongi attempted to distract him.

"Is there anything I can help you with?"

"I don't think you can calm your horny Alpha. Gosh, Tae!"

The aroused pheromones only reached the omega’s nose now and he sent a judging sidewards look at the taller. Taehyung, on the other hand, didn’t show any shame at all while still being attached to him. So this time, Yoongi grabbed his face and pushed him back, sitting down next to the blonde. The Alpha let out a surprised sound, staring at him accusingly. 

Jimin held out an arrow, and Yoongi knew immediately what to do. They didn’t let the Alpha disturb them as they fell into the routine they had build up over the time they lived together, muscles remembering every trained move and Taehyung just silently laid down next to Yoongi.

“Be careful, I am working with fire”, the omega warned him but the Alpha didn’t care, resting his head on the black haired male's thigh. He knew that the omega had enough control over his gift, there was no reason for him to worry about burns. Unlike this morning.

“Woah, seems like you tamed him well!”

Yoongi rolled his eyes at Jimin’s remark.

He didn’t know when it began, when he became so comfortable but sudden realization hit him that maybe… maybe this bond could survive a longer time. His eyes found the Alpha’s resting face, brown locks hiding his eyes from this angle. The Alpha was with no doubt good looking. He was able to hunt, to fight… though his approach to the omega had been the worst. He also didn't know if his anger towards the Alpha completely faded. Did it? Was he still expecting a prolonged apology?

The Omega was in a state of confusion. Things surely would clear up more and he would sort his feelings if he let the time flow.

He couldn’t help but think himself made both of them rush things - but between being claimed forcefully and choosing himself, of course this was way better. No matter how much his omega took over, it never had felt the desire to submit to Seung Ho or any other Alpha, unlike with Taehyung. 

The work was done for the day, and Yoongi suggested that Taehyung should stay at Jimin’s place so they could see how much of a distance their wolves could bear now while he went to visit Seokjin. The Alpha unwillingly agreed, and Jimin pushed him for being rude, because how was staying with him so unbearable?!

The omega was surprised how much progress they made when he stepped out of the hut and didn’t feel any pain on his way. Sure, there was the desire to stick to the Alpha, but no forceful tug that commanded him to go back and touch, not until he was almost at the Pack Alpha’s hut. It was a good distance and the tug bearable, which would surely also go away with more time and bonding. 

Namjoon was out, but he didn't have trouble finding Seokjin who was preparing tea with herbs that Hoseok to assist his pregnancy.

"Yoongi! Come in - oh, oh my God. Did you do what I imagine you did with Taehyung?" Seokjin sniffed the air.

The Alpha's smell was all over the Omega, but not only that. There was the distinct smell which told everyone that yes, this omega mated with Taehyung. The smaller male scratched his neck, embarrassment evident on his face and he looked down.

Long fingers tugged his sleeve, guiding him more into the living space and Seokjin motioned him to sit down on the cushions. He sat down on the opposite site, taking in Yoongi’s reaction.

"Sorry to come over so suddenly hyung. And, yes… what you think - it kind of... happened. I didn't know whom to turn to, so here I am." 

An intimate conversation between the two omegas started, the elder assuring him that what happened was natural and not something to be ashamed of. Indeed, it would be unhealthy to deprive the wolf of the one he was bonded to. If you decided to keep the bond, then avoiding intimacy in bed was unthinkable - the elder omega was just surprised that it happened so soon considering the circumstances of the pair. Otherwise he had expected this to happen, especially with how much Taehyung's wolf was already fixated on the Omega even before the bonding.

"You might not be prepared for pregnancy though. There are herbs which you should take regularly right before a heat to avoid it, I can tell Hoseok to provide some for you. The time you want a pup, you just won't take them."

Yoongi's eyes widened. Such a herb existed? It surely wasn't known in his old pack. He immediately agreed to the suggestion, because becoming  parent so suddenly didn’t sound smart in any way. He had nothing against pups, but he never thought himself would have the choice of conceiving or not - hell, especially not with Taehyung. Seokjin made him laugh by telling that sweet Namjoon was actually a beast in their privacy, and how he didn't expect to get pregnant at all since it happened outside of a heat. The omega hid his laugh behind his hand. His hyung continued complaining about how all the food he loved tasted disgusting to him now, pointing his finger to his abdomen and scolding the pup inside. Yoongi approached and kneeled down, touching the area.

"If your papa scolds you too much, you can come over to uncle Yoongi”, he promised the unborn.

"The pup isn't even born and you are already spoiling it!"

The omegas caught up, only to be interrupted by a grumpy Alpha named Taehyung in the afternoon. He just bowed to Seokjin before flopping down next to Yoongi, leaning into him and sighing. 

"Someone's got impatient, I see", Seokjin amusedly commented, and Taehyung just shrugged his shoulders.

"You two were taking way too long, I want my bonding time now."

Without a warning, he hooked his arm under Yoongi's knees and behind his back, lifting him up. The unexpected move made him yelp.

"Taehyung!"

The Alpha bowed to his brother-in-law again before heading out with the omega in his arms. Their hyung only laughed in his unique high pitch and waved.

"What the hell? What’s this for, you could just ask me to walk home with you."

"I wouldn't have an excuse to carry you then."

The Omega groaned. Great. Now the Alpha was acting cheesy too. But he couldn't deny how good it felt, since the ache in his lower back had been present throughout the whole day. He thought he was hiding it well, but the Alpha noticed and his touch alone was soothing. He opened the door with his foot, carried him right to the furs and put him down carefully.

After closing the door, he joined him on the furs, yet hesitant to move closer. Yoongi saw the expectant eyes, seemingly battling in his mind.

"Can I touch you?"

The Omega nodded, and Taehyung immediately threw his arm around the waist and pressed against the omega's side.

The little headache Yoongi had been feeling faded away, the touch was like a healing ointment to his wolf. He turned slightly to face the other properly before burying his nose in his scent gland.

Taehyung started to rumble, eyes closed, enjoying embracing the omega like this.

“I talked with Seokjin hyung”, Yoongi started a conversation. He didn’t see how the Alpha opened his eyes, waiting for him to continue.

“We… We can… spend our heats and rut together if there is no way around it. I heard there was a herb preventing pregnancy, and as long as I can take them, I’m fine with it.”

The Alpha let the information sink in - yes, he had heard of that herb, but didn’t know much. If his hyungs recommended it, there was no need for him to be too cautious. Though, he didn't miss the part where the Omega implied that only if they needed to, he was ready to do it.

“I see. If you still have a change of heart, just tell me. I’m fine with spending them together too.”

More than fine. The Alpha's head filled with dirty images of how he would take the Omega, submissive and needy under his big body, crying out his name. He yelped when he felt the pinch at his chest, looking down to see Yoongi glaring. 

"Your scent really doesn't hide your thoughts."

Taehyung pursed his lips. 

"You definitely didn't want me to hide them this morning."

And had he known how much his words would get to the omega, Taehyung would have shut up.

Yoongi's lips pointed down, a shocked expression as he stared at him with big eyes. He retreated his hand from the Alpha's chest, not sure if he should let himself get so clingy in the first place. The words were kind of an eye opener, just how much he let himself get taken over by his Omega this morning.

They created an uncertainty within his thoughts, that it was because of him the Alpha agreed to do this, that he led him on. 

Smelling the sour scent, Taehyung knitted his eyebrows and watched the Omega slip from his hands and stand up, making him also sit up in alert. 

"I'm sorry if my Omega led you on" Yoongi finally said, baffling the Alpha.

"What? No. Yoongi, what are you talking about?"

The Omega just shook his head.

"I acted like a needy Omega and clung onto you. I broke my own rules. But I will try my best to keep my wolf at bay from now on." 

Now he got out of the furs too, approaching the smaller who in response stepped back.

Taehyung halted, sighing.

"Look, I'm sorry if I worded it the wrong way. But there was nothing that bothered me about you this morning. I don't want you to hold back." He intentionally let out his pheromones, trying to push back the distress that surrounded the smaller.

He approached him again, Yoongi's back now hitting the wall. The younger leaned down, rubbing his cheek against the Omega without touching him anywhere else and scented him.

He was glad Yoongi let him.

What Taehyung didn't know was how he planned to go back once the bond had settled inside his whirlwind of thoughts. He let himself get carried away, but he would be back with sharing a place with another Omega if possible soon. Just for now, he would do everything needed to settle it. It sounded like a good plan in his head.

He didn't realize that the Alpha was pulling him onto the furs again, but he didn’t resist.

They laid down in silence, Yoongi curled up with the Alpha's arm around him, holding him against the strong body.

"Let's go for a run later to clear up our heads", Taehyung suggested after some time passed, but the Omega groaned.

"I've been on the run my whole life, let me rest for today."

"This is coming from the diligent Omega?"

"Who told you to… go so hard", he complained instead and Taehyung was happy to have cracked the shell. He chuckled, but this time he was wary of the words he chose.

"I'm really good at complying to requests it seems." Holding Yoongi was actually torture to him right now. All of his senses were telling him to increase his pheromones and make the smaller male pliant in his hands, but Taehyung suppressed his urges, tried to think of cold snow and waters.

The thoughts quickly turned to white snow that got stained red with a black haired omega's blood… the memories haunted him. 

Yoongi grunted, a hand slipping up to pull the Alpha's hair.

"Stop thinking about sad things!"

Of course he felt it. He looked up from where his face was buried in the Alpha's chest, seeing the desire and lust. The wolf in him reacted too, his hole body feeling electrified and suddenly heating up.

Slowly, he let his hand slip from the brown hair to his neck, sliding it on his chest and further down… and his pheromones invited the Alpha in the same way his eyes looked at him.

~

Taehyung was pounding into the omega from behind, Yoongi having lost his coherent thoughts for a while now as he let himself swirl in the pleasurable feeling, moaning and mewling.

The Alpha growled, there was nothing better that fed his pride in having his Omega let him take him, and he started to snap his hips faster and harder at the knowledge, wishing for it to create bruises on the omegas cheeks. He wanted to leave his mark, the evidence of their intimacy in any way possible.

Both of their eyes glowed in their shades of red, succumbing to their wolves and enjoying the pleasure.

Yoongi cried out and arched his back, the angle making the Alpha slip deeper into his heat and groan at the feeling.

"Fuck! You take it so well."

He palmed a cheek and spread it to the side, watching himself slide in and out as the other caressed the omega's side. Yoongi was perfect. His perfect omega. 

The smaller tried his best to support himself on his arms with his remaining strength to meet the Alpha's thrust, which the dominant male found cute. The ache from this morning hadn't even faded but the omega left no doubt in what he wanted when hands slipped under the Alpha's clothes earlier.

Taehyung pulled back and thrusted in hard in a way the Omega had no chance to support himself anymore, arms giving up and making him collapse flatly on the furs. He tried getting back up, but got pressed down by the bigger body that covered the smaller's frame like this, still pounding into his heat with short but harsh thrusts, making him moan. Taehyung was panting into his ear, he felt his stomach muscles strain whenever he pushed back in, but this time it went particularly harder. 

His knot started to swell and his wolf spoke the next words with a growl:

"I will breed you… I will fucking breed you, omega"

And the omega's only answer was a mewl at the thought of being filled with the Alpha's pups. His hole was stretched to its limits the more the knot expanded with each thrust, and he could only let out a little 

"please! "

Taehyung pushed his knot past the ring of muscles and it locked inside the Omega. After a few grinds, his release shot into the heated walls, and if Yoongi thought Taehyung coming in him before was an excessive amount, it had been nothing compared to how much he was filled right now. The feeling made him come too, and he could feel his hole being filled up so much that cum tried to dribble out past the knot.

The alpha started kissing his reddish skin and cheek, both panting and still coming down from their high. 

Yoongi started purring, a trait the Alpha loved about him. He was still releasing inside him and the Omega was more than satisfied. Taehyung carefully shifted, pressing the smaller around his middle to himself before he laid them both on their sides. His arm remained around the waist as he caressed the smooth stomach. He wanted his pups to grow there, and he couldn't berate himself because currently he knotted inside Yoongi, he was filling him with his release and the Alpha could only imagine him with his pups and his only . 

Still couldn't believe that he mated with the Omega three times in one day. He didn't want to let him go.

A moan left him when Yoongi shifted a little, clenching on his knot unintentionally. The Omega chuckled, then grabbed the blanket and threw it over their naked bodies.

"The run will have to wait."

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14

Taehyung woke up first to the slowly rising sun. They must have shifted in their sleep, the omega's face tucked in his neck and his chin was resting on the black crown.

He had no control over the pleased rumble that came out of his chest, because the Omega smelled like him - like he let the Alpha have him,  and that he enjoyed it. 

He laid there awake for a minutes, enjoying the omega's warmth against his body before he decided to start his day. 

It was hard though, not thinking about the first time he knotted inside Yoongi, and how well he had taken it. He wasn't sure if it was only his wolf that wanted to pin the Omega down and do him all day, the Omega was addicting and beautiful. He sure as hell wouldn't reject any intimacy the other offered.

Securing Yoongi well among the furs and blanket, the Alpha cleaned himself, went out and walked deliberately slow towards the hut of the Pack Alpha. It was still early, but there was a high chance his brother was already up so he might as well catch up with him.

~

Deciding for a spontaneous bonding time and patrol, the two Alphas went for a run, checking the territory for suspicious smells at the same time. Namjoon was leading, a big, greyish-blonde wolf, his younger brother right behind as they sprinted through the familiar snowy rocks and woods. He could feel how energised Taehyung was, and to their surprise Hoseok and Jungkook were also out for a run and joined them halfway.

Their youngest Alpha threw himself on Taehyung when they arrived at a clearing, sending them both toppling over and into a play-fight. Jaws snapped and their paws pushed at each other, their hyungs sat on their haunches and  just let them be. The Pack Alpha had his eyes closed, ears straining for anything alerting just in case. The healer laid down in front of him, panting as he watched the two youngers claw at each other.

Everyone knew that Taehyung would win any one on one fight if he just used his gift. The gifted Alpha was very strong and controlled, but never called for his gift unless in serious matters. Jungkook pushed him down with his muscular legs and became the winner of their little match.

How is Yoongi? He heard the healer ask in his head, and the thought of the Omega made him wag his tail happily, even when he was held down. Tongue out and panting, Taehyung assured him He is fine and sleeping right now. He loves sleep, so I didn't wake him. 

Namjoon huffed out a laugh. Because no matter how much sleep Yoongi loved, he was sure that other things tired him to another level of exhaustion the past day. And since he didn't make an effort to hide his thoughts, Hoseok and Jungkook started huffing out laughs too. Taehyung growled at them in annoyance, sending feelings of betrayal to his brother. But it ended as abruptly as it started, an uncertain feeling settling within his mind instead. Confusion. Even fear?

Something feels wrong, I need to go back. He informed his pack mates before he dashed back to their village, whirling up the snow beneath his paws with the force he was using to run. The others were following him in worry, but Taehyung could only focus on the painful tug that led him back.

Yoongi woke up, and the missing warmth of the Alpha was the first thing he noticed. Thinking he abandoned him, the Omega unintentionally whined due to his hurt feelings, wanting the Alpha back, next to him, among the furs and in their safe place. 

He sat up, the blanket sliding off his naked shoulders - but no, he didn't see, he couldn't feel nor smell Taehyung inside the hut or near. 

And then the tug inside his chest suddenly came back, making him choke on a sob. He didn't know where the Alpha went, and tears streamed down the pale cheeks in his helpless state. Trying to calm himself, he buried his hands in his hair while willing away the pain in his whole body, taking in deep breaths. How much time passed, he didn't know.

Only when the door slammed open, he broke from trance and his first instincts were to hide his vulnerable body under the blanket before he stared up.

There he was, the big golden-brown wolf, trotting towards him and jumping onto the bed. Yoongi's arms immediately shot out, clinging onto the thick fur as the Alpha started to lick his face and calm him. He didn't abandon him, the assurance slowly seeped through his omega's insecurities.

"Is everything alright?"

Hoseok's voice reached over and Yoongi peeked from behind where the brown wolf was shielding him. He had missed the smiley healer, realized it only now and tried to hide his sniffling.

"All fine, just some weird Omega feelings that mess with me right now."

Hearing the Omega joke lifted the worry from Hoseok and he laughed loudly, clapping his hands. 

"Well then! I'm closing the door, Taehyung looks like he is gonna rip me into pieces if I have a peek at your naked ankle." 

As if to highlight that statement, the young Alpha growled and barked at him. Hoseok was still laughing, even after he had shut the door and left.

Turning his head, the wolf was once again facing his Omega, and he didn't want to correct himself anymore for calling Yoongi his mentally. The Omega didn't have to know. For now. 

Yoongi averted his eyes in embarrassment, so the wolf continued licking wherever he could reach on his face. He groaned and in the end buried his face in the fur, not wanting Taehyung to see him like that. Said male waited patiently while releasing his calming pheromones. 

He whined and let himself flop onto the omega's lap, his wet nose nudging Yoongi's cheek. Finally, he looked at him with his mesmerising eyes, and his ears laid flat when a hand came up to caress him on the head.

"I'm sorry, I just… I don't actually know what came over me."

His other hand came up too, now taking the wolf's head gently into his hands, scratching him under the chin. The Alpha encouraged him to continue with a rumble in his chest.

"Not seeing you, it just made me feel empty and abandoned-"

At that, Taehyung huffed and stood up on all fours again, burying his snout in the delicate neck with a growl. He was angry that the thought crossed the other's mind at all.

"I know, I overreacted." The elder male gestured him to lay back down, and Taehyung hesitantly did. He leaned his head against the omega's stomach, a paw on his covered legs as long fingers brushed against the fur of his head. A sudden wave of fondness swelled inside the Omega and he hugged the wolf's head, squashing his cheek in between his ears. Taehyung slipped out his tongue to lick his arm a few times to reciprocate the gesture. 

Yoongi took the liberty to turn his head a bit and place a kiss behind one of his ears that flattened and flinched automatically. The wolf turned to face him, rubbing his face along the underside of his chin.

Any trace of fear left the Omega, and he was fully engaged in thoughts of the male in front of him. The warmth was comfortable and he closed his eyes, taking in the dizzying alpha scent. 

After debating mentally, Taehyung decided to shift, now fully naked lying with his head on the omega's chest. Slowly, he sat up and brought his arms around Yoongi's shoulders, turning the Omega so they were face to face. It was obvious he made the smaller speechless with his shift, but his strong gaze locked him in place and then fixated on those beautiful lips. His hand came up, cupping the omega's cheek and he leaned in to press his lips against Yoongi's, something which he should have done more and sooner. He was caught by surprise, but Yoongi kissed back and grasped him by the biceps. To get a better angle, Taehyung cocked his head to the side, parting his lips and the Omega did the same. He pressed in more eagerly and slipped his tongue inside, making him moan. This wasn't enough. Yoongi took in a confused breath when he broke the kiss, only to attach his lips on his neck. 

He felt the slick starting to leak, and the Omega honestly didn't know if he could take another round yet. But what the Alpha did felt so good, too arousing. His body's reaction was only healthy, and he moved his head to the side to give him full access. 

Taehyung explored his skin, licked and sucked bruises - giving special attention to his collarbones. He kissed along them, letting his lips slide smoothly before he came back to claim his lips. It was more demanding than before, lips parting only to get some air before he pressed on the swollen ones of the Omega again. By the time Taehyung broke the kiss, he buried his face in his scent gland, growling.

"What's wrong?" Yoongi was too dazed by alpha pheromones to move. He felt lips attack to the crook of his neck, sucking. Only this time, he could also feel the Alpha's canines.

"Taehyung-" 

"I know. 

I know, but it's so hard. I know mating is too soon for us, but I want to mark you so badly."

The tips of his canines grazed along the pale neck, causing Yoongi to shiver. 

Marking doesn't equal mating, but it was the first step to official commitment and a sign for other Alpha's to back off. 

Taehyung pulled back, turning the omega's head so they were looking at each other. His thumb brushed over his lower lip.

"Can you give me that chance? I want to mark you. And until it fades I want to prove myself to you."

Yoongi didn't need to ask what the younger was referring to. He wanted to mark him and by the time the scar faded, let the Omega decide if they wanted to go further. 

If he wanted to mate the Alpha officially.

He blinked, his thoughts wilding in his head and maybe he was also blushing.

"I need time to decide."

And he could see and feel how the Alpha's mood dropped at that, but Taehyung nodded. It wasn't a rejection, but of course it didn't feel good to be left with uncertainty.

Thinking they were done, Taehyung's eyes bulged when he felt a hand on his length, pumping him into full hardness with long drawn strokes. He groaned, grasping Yoongi's shoulders.

"Yoongi, what are you-"

But the omega's answer was to push his upper body down until he laid flat on the furs, eyes glowing. The Alpha couldn't believe what was happening as the omega's sweet fragrance was intensifying and caging him. Long fingers were wrapped around his cock, stroking him and rushing his blood south. 

"Fuck."

His pheromones leaked uncontrollably, and when the Omega leaned down onto his member, he couldn't help but let out a pathetic moan. He couldn't wait for what was to come.

Yoongi licked the tip, and the pleasant sound the Alpha let out was an encouragement to repeat it. He had seen many omegas do this to Seung Ho, since they didn't bother to hide from plain sight in his old pack… and never thought it would be an experience he wanted to put in use. He parted his lips, starting to take in more of the cock into his mouth while he inexperiencedly licked around it. Taehyung's thigh muscles strained, because fuck… at this rate he would come too fast. 

Yoongi pulled off, licking his spit-slick lips before going down on the Alpha again, and Taehyung's eyes rolled back with a groan. He was fighting with his self-control to not buck up his hips into the heat of his mouth, letting the Omega go at his own pace. After a few trials, Yoongi started to bob his head up and down, stroking the part of his length he couldn't take in. He went down and came up with a slight twist of his head, tongue sliding along the the underside of Taehyung's cock.

The Alpha's hands came up to grasp the black strands, guiding the Omega to take his length in his delirious state.

"Hah! Ah…"

However, before he could reach his climax, Yoongi pulled off and the Alpha snapped his eyes open. 

Was this some kind of punishment? He would rather suffer some burns than to be kept from his release right now.

Before his thoughts went to deep, the Omega had climbed on his lap, straddled his legs and looked down at him. Just this time, Taehyung felt like the prey instead of the predator. 

Supporting himself on the Alpha's chest with one hand, Yoongi lifted himself to line up with the Alpha's length which he grasped with his other behind himself. 

He might not be sure of being marked, but he sure as hell wanted to lift the Alpha's mood up. And his Omega loved to be filled up, which kind of added up.

He let himself sink down slowly. Once he was a good way down he brought his other hand on Taehyung's chest too. His breathing got heavier and he closed his eyes when he took the Alpha in fully, trying to adjust to the size.

Taehyung cursed under him, the tightness sending too much pleasure through his body.

Yoongi started to roll and grind softly, trying to feel and experience how he could do this. He lifted up his thighs, feeling the cock slip out and thinking it will do so fully, immediately sat back down - making the cock hit his prostate and the Alpha moan out at the clenching walls around him.

He tried it again, this time sitting up and sinking back down with a roll, making the cock perfectly slide in and out. Taehyung was already gone, eyes focused with a haze and sparkle in them on the Omega, mouth slightly ajar. His hands rested on his hips, and Yoongi looked at him with a hunger that made him even more excited. 

The Omega was still experimentally rolling his hips, finally slowly starting a rhythm in riding him. Slick was leaking down the alpha's balls and inner thighs, creating wet sounds whenever their skins met. Yoongi moaned and threw his head back, trying to find the best angle to let the cock hit his prostate. He clenched erratically around Taehyung, trying hard to pleasure both but Taehyung could see that the position tired the Omega out quickly. Planting both feet on the furs, he grasped the omega's waist firmly before thrusting up whenever the Omega came back down on him. Yoongi cried out, and the sudden pleasure made him quicken his pace in chase for more, which Taehyung mirrored without effort. 

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

Yoongi moaned and keened every time the Alpha's hips met his cheeks, making him bounce more eagerly, his hair lifting and falling with the motion. 

Their eyes met, the Alpha taking in how the black strands sticked to the pale and sweaty forehead, but seeing the lust in the omega's eyes he couldn't hold back. Once Yoongi's cheeks were flush on his thighs, he grabbed him tightly around the waist, and without pulling out, switched their positions.

The Omega was now laying under him, still trying to process what happened while Taehyung hooked his legs on his shoulders and started a fast pace. 

Yoongi's eyes rolled back, his face twisted in pleasure and he threw his head to the side as he moaned. He could feel every thrust to his bones, how the Alpha took him apart because he was the Omega Taehyung desired.

"You're doing so well for me, omega" Taehyung whispered with a strained voice, out of breath from how eager he pounded into Yoongi. The Omega mewled, hands trying to find purchase and clawing at the Alpha's back.

It didn't take long for him to come, his release hitting both of their chests.

His toes curled as the Alpha was still pounding into him and his knot started to form. Taehyung brought his legs down from his shoulders, spread them apart by pressing on his inner thighs before he locked himself inside the Omega, now grabbing him on top of his thighs to keep him in place and he rolled his hips with a grunt until his cum started to shoot out. Yoongi felt incredible around his cock and he needed a moment, just enjoying his orgasm and the slick walls that were clenching around him while he caught his breath. 

When he slowly came back to his senses, he leaned over Yoongi, his hand came up to push the hair out of the omega's face, both panting and looking at each other. 

"You're really something. At this rate I will spent more time in my furs than outside, and you are not even in heat yet."

He was adjusting his position, laying down and bringing the Omega on top with a hand around his middle without jostling too much.

"That doesn't sound like a complaint to me."

Yoongi murmured.

The Alpha laughed, caressing his spine while they waited for his knot to go down. Yoongi cannot deny that he had wanted to distract the Alpha this way, because he made him sad, if only for a short moment.

But his new found eagerness to mate the Alpha just worried him a little bit…

Which is why he found himself at the healer's hut after cleaning up and having breakfast. Hoseok invited him in with the biggest smile on his face, telling him how healthy he looked. 

They shooed Taehyung and Jungkook away, nothing painful happening to the bonded wolves since their bond seemed to be better now. The door closed and Hoseok turned to Yoongi who was already sitting on a cushion and nervously twirling his thumbs.

"It's good to see you. Do you want something to drink?"

The Omega shook his head and thanked for the offer, now scratching his neck.

"There is a reason for why I came so suddenly and unannounced. I have questions."

Hoseok took a cushion and sat down in front of him, nodding.

"Go ahead." Seeing how the Omega bit his lips nervously, he also added "no matter how embarrassing you think it is, it's better to ask if it concerns your health. I'm a healer, this is what I do on daily basis."

The smaller male nodded and looked him shortly in the eye before focusing back on the wooden floor.

"So I… I. Taehyung and I, we … were very intimate for the first time yesterday." 

Out of embarrassment, he couldn't even say that he let the Alpha mount him. 

"And I understand some part of it is because I'm an Omega, part because of the bond and also because I, myself wanted it. But I don't understand how we could do it three times in one day, and then again this morning. I don't know what is wrong with me, I'm not even in heat nor Taehyung in a rut."

He saw the healer watching his neck, eyeing the bruises but there seemed to be something else he was looking for.

"You didn't mate each other, did you? Did he bit your scent gland?"

Yoongi negated with shaking his head again.

"Did you mark each other?"

Again, a no.

Hoseok pursed his lips, nodding to himself.

"It's actually very simple. 

You haven't marked each other yet, but your wolf wants the Alpha's attention and Taehyung is your bonded, unmated partner. Your omega wants to keep the Alpha since it doesn't have the reassurance through a mark or a mating bite. And to achieve that the best way is to… get the Alpha do it through sex. Your omega's mating drive is going haywire because it chose him as its Alpha but doesn't have a mark or any form of claim to show that Taehyung is its Alpha." 

Remembering the Alpha's fangs on his neck, Yoongi started to chew his nails. It made sense.

"That makes sense."

The healer was grinning at him with a blinding smile and couldn't keep himself from hugging the Omega.

"You smell like Taehyung all over!"

Yoongi snuggled into the healer's chest, his Omega never forgot the first soothing scent he took in when he woke up in this village.

Hoseok could smell not only their mating, but how satisfied the Omega was and every sweet fragrance that hit his nose was an indicator that Yoongi was healthy and happy, every bitter and sick scent gone. He patted his head, truly glad that the Omega found some happiness.

It wasn't long before Taehyung peeked inside sceptically, seeing how cuddly the two were as the other Alpha fed his Omega fresh fruits.

"I can smell your jealousy from here, stop stinking up my working place."

The younger huffed and got shoved in unceremoniously by a laughing Jungkook. And to piss him off further, the youngest Alpha crawled behind the two and hugged the Omega from behind, rubbing his chin affectionately behind his ear.

Yoongi's wolf recognized his two pack mates and melted into their affections, which of course angered a certain Alpha.

Taehyung stepped forth, tightly grabbed his waist and hurled the Omega over his shoulder.

"What the-"

"Enough of your cuddle sessions, I'm taking him with me now!" Taehyung scowled at the pair that tried to keep themselves from snickering.

When he turned, they were presented with a red faced Yoongi now, waving him goodbye as the Omega tried to cover his face.

Outside, he listened to Taehyung's rant.

"Was that what it was about? You wanted to cuddle with Hobi hyung but I was in the way? My God-"

Yoongi punched his back.

"No! Stop twisting things, I actually asked him something about my wolf."

"Sure!"

Taehyung's anger didn't subside though, he kicked the door to his hut open and only then let the Omega down.

"You can't just snuggle into other Alphas like that!"

Yoongi pushed away from him, eyebrows furrowing in anger too.

"You can't tell me what I do to bond with my other pack mates! It's not like they don't scent with the others in the pack too, so why shouldn't I? Besides, I scented with them way before you!"

Taehyung dangerously stepped forward but the omega held his ground. He was taking no shit for this. The Alpha's voice vibrated with a slight growl:

"You're my Omega, stop letting other Alphas scent you."

And his Omega covered in fear, but Yoongi didn't show it. Maybe the Alpha could sense it, but right now, he didn't care.

"The hell I am! I'm not yours , Kim Taehyung. We are nothing, and how could you even think of calling me yours while you're being like this, despite us being nothing but bonded wolves?"

Taehyung's hands shifted into fists, a muscle straining in his face.

"You know very well what I mean, stop denying it."

The smaller shoves him back with and angry yell, showing his fangs.

"If you think you own me just because we are bonded, you are so wrong! Don't come near me until you get back to your senses!"

The Omega tried to shove past, but was grabbed by his arms and pinned harshly against the wall, making him whimper.

"Where are you going?" he asked with a low tone.

"Taehyung, let me go immediately. I will burn you alive if you keep this up"

The hold on his arms turned more painful, but even though he threatened to use his gift, the Omega couldn't. Even when being angry at the other, he couldn't hurt him.

He shook the hands off violently, stared daggers into the younger before leaving the hut. 

Jimin flinched when the door flew open and closed just as harshly. 

"Yoongi hyung?"

The elder huffed angrily before he stormed into his old room and shut himself there. The blonde stood up, knocking on his door.

"Is everything alright?"

"I'm fine! Just give me some time, I need to let out my anger" came the muffled voice through the door, and Jimin let it be. Seemed like a lovers quarrel.

Meanwhile Taehyung didn't only seethe with anger, but also regret the moment the Omega walked out of the door. He couldn't explain his overreaction, just smelling other Alphas on the Omega made him feel on edge and angry - even when the other Alphas were literally a pair. He already missed touching Yoongi. His fist connected to the wall, splattering the wood. What the hell was wrong with him?

Like that, the Omega successfully avoided him for over a week. His brother of course noticed and asked the younger, and Taehyung admitted his childish antics, expecting the elder to scold him. But what he got instead was:

"You really don't know why you acted like that?" 

The young Alpha looked at him questioningly, but Namjoon shook his head, coughing. 

"Whatever, I'm glad your bond let's you hunt regularly again, but don't stay apart for too long."

Taehyung sighed. He tried to approach Yoongi, but the Omega wouldn't open his door, ignore him blatantly when he was standing right beside him at the shared storage and the last time he tried to approach him was when he went fishing. Yoongi barked and growled at him and he gave up for the day.

Everyone knows his Alpha could make the Omega submit, but he wanted Yoongi to come to him by his own choice and let him apologise properly. It hurt, staying apart. Even though it was more bearable than before, it didn't make it any better. They were both being childish, because the bond stripped them off their outer act and bared their feelings. Despite missing the other, the Alpha would show he would patiently wait for the omega.

Sensing this as an opportunity, more omegas than before seemed to latch onto him which also made him more angry. He may be an Alpha, but he wasn't one to sleep around. His wolf and himself wanted only one Omega, and with that thought he even growled at one girl that praised him for his hunting when he came back with his kills, and pressed her breasts obscenely against his arm. They got some looks from surrounding packmates, but he couldn't care less about the shocked Omega when he bared his fangs at her. What even was her name again? Jennie? Taeso? 

After storing his kill, he went back to his home, wishing there was a certain Omega he could help with his clumsy hands to peel potatoes. Whom he could hold in his arms when they fell asleep. 

Yoongi was making a statement, but he had never been annoyed by other omegas this much. He could hear them giggling behind their hands, pointing fingers at him, calling him " Taehyung's whore ". It didn't escape him how they approached Taehyung even more than before, releasing sickening amount of pheromones to make the Alpha show interest.

He ignored it, because they wish they could be his whore at least. His jealousy would probably be more potent if he didn't sense the disgust of the Alpha. He was bonded to him, and not everyone needed to know.

Whenever they insulted him next to Jimin, his friend would silence them with a glare. Every two days, they went fishing, but today Jimin had promised to accompany Seokjin to Hoseok, asking him to come with him. Yoongi declined.

He already lost face enough, he wasn't ready to meet them yet. Maybe another time. Which is why he went fishing alone today, and that was ok. Some time to gather his thoughts.

Everything went by as always, he finished and got out of the water, putting his clothes on when he spotted a pair of Alphas. He paid them no mind, grabbed his basket and wanted to set for the village, when one of them boldly stood in his way, and the way he was grinning said nothing but trouble.

Yoongi glared at the red-headed one, before he stepped aside but the Alpha followed.

"Oh come on now, let's greet each other first. Stop acting so cold or I'm going to lose interest." Yoongi scowled.

"What the hell are you talking about? Move, I'm not interested in you."

The alpha's friend snickered while himself rolled his eyes, looking bored.

"Sure, why would you sent for us then? And where is your other friend? Seems like you won't get anything, Jaewok ~

Anyways, everybody knows you spread your legs, stop acting like a virgin" His friend clicked his tongue, obviously not happy that he didn't get an Omega.

If the words hadn't caught him by surprise, Yoongi would have slapped the Alpha, maybe even add some burn wounds to his face. Not only him - they had Jimin planned in this mess too, whatever it was.

"I never did sent for you. Whoever told you obviously lied, now move ." 

Once again, he stepped to the side, thoughts running wild while he tried to keep his composure. He wasn't feeling well at all, wanted to be far away from these two, his skin prickling with disgust. 

This time, a hand on his arm stopped him and Yoongi hissed, breaking away from the hold.

"Don't touch me!"

But the Alpha didn't stop, putting his hands firmly on his waist, grinning down at him.

"Why? Since Taehyung did you already, we can have our turn, can't we?"

His eyes raked down the omega's body, seeing the exposed pale legs from below the knees, licking his lips.

The basket fell from his hands, and Yoongi pushed the Alpha with all his strength, a fire circle illuminating shortly from the impact. The Jaewok guy squealed. 

Yoongi tried to keep the damage as low as possible. Killing these Alpha's would make him only more suspicious than he already was to the rest of the pack. He needed to take the harder route.

He started to run towards the village, and the sick Alpha was following him as if he was on a mate chase while his friend was in no hurry, fell back and laughed at the situation. Yoongi didn't want to be chased. Simply imagining other hands on his body made him sick and scared. 

There! The nearest hut he could go into…

Before he was by the door, it quickly opened to reveal a growling Taehyung, eyes flashing dangerously in their bloody red. Without hesitating, the Omega ran to him and the Alpha encased him in his arms, not wavering one bit when the smaller crashed into him and buried his nose in the black hair. Smelling the panic and distress. 

Looking up, he saw the source while the other Alpha finally came to a stop, thinking over what he wanted to do with the omega.

Taehyung pulled back a bit, leaning down to press a quick kiss on Yoongi's lips before he whispered:

"Stay inside."

~

Yoongi didn't know what happened, his whole body shivered and he sat down on the furs, waiting for the Alpha to come back. He could feel a great amount of anger coming from Taehyung, and could only draw his own conclusions by the blood he smelled on the younger once he returned. Luckily, he didn't smell like death.

He patiently waited as the Alpha cleaned and calmed himself before returning to the living area. Yoongi stood up the second him, but didn't take a step forwards, hands nervously entwined in front of his body. They stared at each other, taking in the scent they missed for a few heartbeats.

Finally, it was the Alpha that moved and pulled Yoongi into a firm hug.

He didn't hesitate to scent, leaving silent kisses on his cheek and neck, and Yoongi gladly let him. This was the Alpha he wanted to be with, a warm feeling capturing his body at the familiar touches. He had missed this, and he kept the Alpha's face on his neck by burying his hands in the golden brown strands, encouraging him to go on. His neck was caressed by Taehyung's lips, with occasional nips.

He pulled away to properly look at the Omega, a worried look in his eyes. 

"Are you hurt anywhere?"

Knuckles came up to caress his cheek, Yoongi shook his head.

"Now that I'm here, I am fine."

He was pulled into a hug again, the younger sighing in relief. He made sure Wonho would never come near the Omega again. 

Leaning back, he cupped Yoongi's cheek, looking deep into his eyes and speaking with determination:

"Let me mark you, Yoongi. It will be safer for you that way."

And he knew it was. Suddenly, all the anger and pettiness between them was forgotten, and he just wanted to lay safely in the Alpha's arms, who cared for him and his safety first. Besides, it wasn't permanent - if he was really relieved about that, he didn't know. He sighed, nodding.

"Mark me." 

And the finality was not only heard but felt by the younger through their bond. Taehyung kissed him a last time.

Their instincts made them act accordingly, the Alpha leaning down and grazing his fangs against the delicate neck as the Omega presented it in submission. Now the Alpha kissed the spot he chose for his mark before he sank them into it slightly, making the Omega gasp and whimper. Yoongi held onto his arms, trying to breathe calmly while Taehyung carefully pulled out his fangs and licked the wound. Thinking this was all, the Omega was ready to let go when the other presented him his own neck. What was this about?

"It works both ways, but the Alpha's never tell the omegas - to look more powerful and dominant", he explained the confused Omega.

Taehyung wanted Yoongi to mark him too. He slowly caressed the youngers arms thoughtfully, never expecting to be presented such a choice. And he liked the idea of marking the Alpha a lot.

"Will you be alright though?"

A chuckle filled the room.

"More than alright." As an assurance of his words, Taehyung placed a kiss on the mark he created.

Exhaling shakingly, Yoongi stepped closer, placing his lips on his neck, but not without groaning at the Alpha's excited scent. 

A few heartbeats later, he gathered enough courage and bit down, and while his fangs were buried in the spot the Alpha licked his mark and scented him gently. He repeated what the Alpha did to him, their scents mixing naturally. It created a content feeling, making him bury his face in the Alpha's chest. Holding onto each other, they enjoyed the warmth and presence that amplified with the mark now. In a tiny corner of his mind, Yoongi wondered how actual mating would feel like. 

Though they were right at the furbed, Taehyung took him in his arms, climbing onto it on his knees before laying the Omega down gently. Yoongi reached for him and the Alpha caged him in between his arms, letting the Omega touch him wherever he wanted. Long fingers appreciated his chest muscles, went to his shoulders and then behind his ears, burying in his hair. Their eyes locked for a short moment before Taehyung started to lick and kiss the omega's exposed neck and collarbones. It remained by kisses, nips and scenting this time, neither making a move for something more. The Omega just wanted to be held, and the Alpha gladly gave his affections. He saw Yoongi slowly giving in to sleep, covered his body and laid next to him. He almost laughed, because his Omega loved to sleep, no matter what time of the day. Shifting closer, the smaller male placed his head on his chest and threw an arm around his middle, letting out a content sigh.

~

Did Hoseok want to do this? Actually, no. If this Alpha was beat up by Taehyung into this state - bloody mouth, a broken nose and bruises forming all over his face - he wondered just what he did for the younger to go this far. Wonho cursed when the healer dabbed his blood away to clean his wound and he could hear him murmuring Taehyung's name - and something about a whore?

But alas, he was the pack healer, and even though he had trained nurses too, he didn't trust this Alpha. Faking a smile, he asked how this all happened.

"Y'know that new Omega which Taehyung fucked?" 

Even though Hoseok's smile remained, it got more dull than before. He just hoped Jungkook wasn't lurking outside the hut and eavesdropping, because he already didn't like where this was going and surely didn't want to clean a dead body in his working place that focused on healing .

"I wanted to have some fun time with him. Well, according to the omega who brought me his message, he was willing to do it with me. And that midget really had the audacity to pretend he wasn't willing to do it - do I look that easy?"

Wonho cried in pain when Hoseok deliberately pushed against his broken nose, lips pressing together into a menacing smile.

"Now listen, Wonho-ssi."

As he continues to tend to the broken bones and bruises, Hoseok carried on:

"Yoongi isn't an Omega YOU can handle. I normally don't butt into personal matters, but this crossed a line. They are BONDED wolves. If I hear you being near him again, I will be the one to rearrange your bones." 

As he was bandaging the Alpha's face, he stared at him in a threatening way, smile still present.

"Do you understand?"

The red haired Alpha stuttered, painfully nodding in the healer's hands, wishing to be anywhere but there. 

"I- I understand. I didn't know they were bonded-", but as the information sank in, the Alpha seemed to realize just how much he messed up. To have been wanting to mount their strongest Alpha's potential mate. 

He should be glad that he was still alive.

~

"Scum of earth, how did he dare to appear before my eyes", Hoseok muttered dangerously when he entered his home. Jungkook's scent was everywhere, the Alpha himself lazing on his fur cushions as he waited for him to come home after his patrolling duty. 

He immediately sprang up and latched onto the elder's back. 

"What got you this angry?" He asked his lover and scented him by rubbing his cheek on his scent gland. 

"I'm so-" the healer sighed, hands formed into fists.

"Someone really thought it was a good idea to chase Yoongi… to mount him." Hoseok felt Jungkook stiffen behind him, the immediate switch in his scent that went from alluring to one that screamed danger. 

"Who?"

The healer sighed once again, shaking his head. 

"Don't worry about it. Taehyung made sure he will never look at Yoongi again, but of course I was the one to clean up the medical part." 

The younger wanted to protest and ask again, but Hoseok turned and buried his nose in his scent gland and he could see how it all annoyed him. 

"Should we go check on them?" He suggested after a few minutes of silence. The healer shook his head again.

"I'm sure Tae is with his Omega now, they will need some time for themselves. Wouldn't appreciate Alphas now." 

Jungkook started caressing Hoseok's side, sneakily slipping a hand under his clothes.

"Then, we can bond too? Physically, with me inside of you " and Hoseok groaned once he heard the words, slapping blindly back at his muscular arm.

"You're horrible. Is there no such thing as being romantic in your mind?"

"I think me being with you is the most romantic act in this world." Hoseok laughed at the youngers sappiness and pinched his bum. 

"Yeah? How romantic are you going to get today?" 

A mischievous glint went over Jungkook's features.

A hand at the back of his neck pinned Hoseok onto the bed, his upper body laying flat while he stood naked on his legs, getting stretched with the other hand of the Alpha. Jungkook took his sweet time, which was both, torturous and heavenly. 

Hoseok sighed in relief when he finally pressed in, humming as he clenched around the cock. Jungkook was gentle. This time, it wasn't the rough coupling, which he didn't mind doing. Even if it was from behind, the younger forcing him down. This was his Alpha being gentle to the other Alpha. It wasn't that they didn't want to face each other, but Jungkook wanted Hoseok to feel everything he gave him, wanted to make him feel good, and not being able to see everything added to the thrill. His pace didn't pick up, sliding in and out while he squeezed one cheek as if he had all the time.

The younger smirked and closed his eyes, head tilting back as he thrusted into Hoseok, groaning when the walls squeezed particularly hard around him. He knew exactly why Hoseok squirmed, but kept up the torture. In this pace, his cock brushed Hoseok's prostate perfectly, but never hitting it hard enough like the submissive Alpha wanted to. 

"Jungkook, move faster!" He begged in the end, but the younger chuckled and just kept moving his hips slowly. 

Hoseok started growling, wanting to stand up but was forced down by the hand on his neck.

"Jungkook!"

A loud slapping sound filled the room, Jungkook soothing the area right after. The pain on his cheek that unfolded made Hoseok clench around him as he whimpered, and Jungkook groaned, involuntarily thrusted in harder than he intended to. 

It made the other Alpha moan, and this was exactly what he wanted. So he kept teasing Jungkook by clenching around him and trying to thrust back every time he thrusted in. 

The young Alpha stopped immediately, growling and leaning over to whisper:

"Know your place." 

Before he started to speed up his pace drastically. He took Hoseok's wrist into each hand and pinned them next to his head as he pounded into him brutally, making him cry out as always when he hit his prostate dead on. 

"Alpha! Like that, like that!" Hoseok managed to get out. The frame of the bed was creaking with the force he was pushed against it, cock trapped between his body and furs.

Jungkook's hands let his wrists free, instead grabbing the hair, pushing his face into the furs and the other securing on the small of his back as he pounded into him. Seeing the other Alpha in his mercy spoiled his dominant side, and Jungkook brought up one of his feet to position it on the bed, still pinning the other down as he pounded into him even harder with the new leverage. 

The bed shifted slightly from the force - as always as he never could contain his composed demeanor through all of it so he pushed their bodies more forwards, Hoseok's legs almost giving in. He snapped his hips in a row of sharp and fast thrust before rolling them against the smaller male a several times. And then he picked up his brutal pace again. The stretched hole was already red and puffy from the abuse, but Hoseok welcomed the pleasure in all its forms. The furs created a much needed friction on his member, and he whined as everything felt too good - and then Jungkook yanked him by his hair, not too forcefully, but he got the message and supported himself on his arms. A more muscular one came around his middle and pressed his back flush to the Alpha who turned his head with the grip on his hair and started to kiss him. Hoseok's arm came out to reach behind him, caressing Jungkook's cheek innocently in contrasts to their filthy rough sex. Jungkook kissed the inside of his palm before he thrusted in hard and fast, grunting in chase for his release while Hoseok took it all, out of breath and moaning. 

"I'm knotting" Jungkook warned as his hips kept slapping up against the Alphas cheeks.

"Knot me", was all he needed to hear, so Jungkook grabbed his waist and fucked him back on his hard thrusts, Hoseok assisting him in sinking back down with all his strength, making them both moan as a clenched when he got back up and sat back down again. He bounced like that a few times, rolling his hips back to stimulate the younger in the best way.

Once the knot started to form, Jungkook waited for a bit before guiding his lover down and thrusting into him with a bruising force, getting his expanding knot past the Alpha's tightness. Without pulling his knot out, he rolled his hips into him, now hitting Hoseok's prostate even better and the submissive Alpha came with a shout, not long after Jungkook followed. 

Hoseok collapsed on the furs, Jungkook standing behind him and messaging his waist and cheeks with an appreciative hum as he continued to fill him up. His Alpha was happy to fulfill its breeding desires, even though Hoseok was not able to carry pups. Besides that, he was also happy to have distracted him from his anger.

Pulling Hoseok up by his middle was no hard feed, and he turned them to let himself gently fall into the furs on his back before laying the Alpha on his side in front of him.

"I can't feel my legs and butt", Hoseok groaned sleepily.

"That means I did everything right!"

Hoseok clenched around Jungkook for his bratty answer and the younger yelped before shifting his legs carefully.

"Hyung!"

"You deserved it!"

~

The rest of the day had went quietly, neither of them said much aside when they prepared food and went to sleep soon after. 

Taehyung woke up first, pressing the Omega against him with a hand on the small of his back. Yoongi's expression was peaceful, head laying on his shoulder and his small puffs of air hit the crook of his neck. 

Growling lowly, he lapped at the omega's mouth before kissing him and his newest mark gently, his Alpha providing him with lewd images as his hand slipped on a soft thigh. 

Shocked, he drew his hand and face back when it dawned on him. What Namjoon meant when he asked if Taehyung didn't know what was going on. 

The younger stared at the stirring omega, looking so healthy and ready to be bred in his arms, the unmated status not helping. His breathing quickened, but he was sure it wasn't the time yet. Not yet. But Yoongi needed to go.

So when the Omega opened his eyes, the Alpha didn't wish him a good morning, but instead said:

"Yoongi. I need you to go back to Jimin." 

The smaller male shot up, squinting at the Alpha and growling.

"What nonsense are you babbling first thing in the morning?"

Now, Taehyung sat up too, scooting back.

"Just… please do it. Give it ten days? Let's live together again after ten days."

The Omega just started at him, huffing angrily. 

"One condition."

"Which is?"

"We will go to hunt together."

"Fine! But please, I need you to do this."

The Omega looked at him unimpressed before throwing the blanket off him.

*

Taehyung hands buried in his hair, trying to shake the images out of his head.

Yoongi, presenting to him as he looked over his shoulder - and then the Alpha was on him, making him beg for his knot, making him take his knot. A hot, dirty mess.

Taehyung's rut was approaching, and he didn't realise it until this morning. He suspected that the marking triggered it, because his next cycle was due in two months. Yet, he had no doubts anymore - his Alpha showed pre-rut symptoms, wanting to mark and mount the Omega in any way possible. 

He didn't tell Yoongi the reason he sent him away.

The Omega made clear that he was only willing if there was no other way out, but their bond allowed a bit of distance now - he needed the Omega to stay away if they wanted this to succeed.

His wolf whined for his Omega, but Taehyung held on to his decision while his Alpha gave him a hundred and one reasons why he was acting as the dumbest Alpha that ever lived.

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15

The omega was annoyed. They had been fine, so whatever stick was up the Alpha's ass, he should pull it out soon. 

He huffed and mumbled angrily through the day, moping around even when Jimin dragged him to Seokjin and Hoseok. Both omegas and the Alpha forced him to join the stretching movements the healer made the pregnant Omega do, bending the stiff Omega to weird positions which made Jimin laugh.

He helped him while Hoseok tended to Seokjin, the elder complaining all the time while the healer went through it all with a never-wavering smile.

After their little session was over, Hoseok asked Yoongi to stay behind. The taller ruffled through his hair, smiling and the Omega couldn't help but smile back.

"You're not hurt, are you?"

"I'm fine. Why do you ask?" 

The Alpha sighed, his dimples showing when he pressed his lips together.

"I heard what happened yesterday. Wish I could have chopped his dick off instead of fixing his nose."

The healer was talking about the red-haired Alpha. Yoongi blinked. He knew for sure that Taehyung didn’t let him go unfazed, so curiosity won:

"What did Taehyung do to him?"

Hoseok chuckled.

"Beat him up black and blue, he came with a broken nose but some of the bruises were clearly worse before he entered here and started healing."

Maybe he shouldn't, but Yoongi laughed at the revelation. That Alpha deserved it - with the way he acted against his will. The healer threw his arms around Yoongi's shoulders, starting to chat about this and that. Then, his thumb softly brushed over the mark on his neck, making Yoongi shiver.

"I see Taehyung finally marked you. How are you feeling?" Maybe the omega was blushing at the question.

"At least I don't feel like I need to mate him every two hours."

Hoseok's laugh filled the whole hut, and even Yoongi pressed his lips together to suppress his own.

"Can I ask you something about Taehyung?" The healer pouted, shrugging his shoulders.

"Go ahead. What is it?"

Yoongi went through his thoughts, trying the best way to word it while he played with the seam of his hanbok.

"Before you ask where the question comes from: I saw a dream. When Taehyung and Namjoon were children, and I saw a village get burned from where they fled.

Was their village attacked when they were young? And I saw a woman, controlling the earth in my dream. I suppose that was their mother." He saved the details about his old pack leader being there for now.

Hoseok raised his eyebrows, clearly not expecting this topic. 

"You're right. Their former pack was killed, and I only know this because I also met the Kim siblings later, without their parents. But it's not my place to talk about the details. This is a conversation that Taehyung and you should have."

The Omega nodded. "I know. It's just that… I'm scared, Hoseok.

I'm scared, because I saw... my old pack leader in that dream. I don't want him to remember the past pain."

The healer wordlessly hugged the Omega, cooing.

"Yah! What about you? You also went through pain. And from what I see, the only asshole is your old pack leader and no one else. It wasn't you who did that to the Kim siblings."

The omega hummed in thought, receiving a kiss from the healer on his head.

"Don't think too much. Taehyung and you have a new family now, and what matters more than the past is the future."

Yoongi thought about those words a lot.

~

Taehyung promised Yoongi that they would hunt soon, but there were other matters which needed his attention first.

He barely could contain his anger when he entered the Pack Alpha's hut, seeing Wonho kneeling in front of his brother. Jungkook was also there, watching him. Probably to hold back Taehyung if things escalated.

With a disgusting satisfaction he took in the bandages that were secured around the red-haired Alpha's face and head.

Namjoon held out his hand, not wanting his younger brother to approach the culprit more than necessary. 

"So what you are saying is that Yoongi sent for you personally? To meet up in private?", the Pack Alpha inquired again, yet his tone implied that he didn't believe that Yoongi would do such a thing.

Wonho nodded. 

"Yes. I was passed the message by another Omega who told us the exact time and place, that the two omega males… wanted a 'fun time'." Silence filled the hut, before Namjoon carried on.

"So not only Yoongi, but Jimin was also supposedly requesting this?" Again, the red haired Alpha nodded. 

Namjoon sighed, rubbing his rough hands over his face.

"Let's say they did. Why didn't you stop when the Omega told you to?"

Wonho didn't have an answer to that. A growl ripped out of Taehyung's throat and he took a step forwards, but Jungkook was there immediately, pushing him back.

"Calm down, hyung."

How could he? Apart from Yoongi, they had also targeted Jimin! He wanted to rip them into shreds.

Wonho told them the omegas name, and together with Jaewok they brought in a female omega whom the younger of the Kim brothers immediately recognized as the one he growled at, when she had pressed up too close for comfort. Namjoon was determined in his final decision, but he couldn’t deny that the betrayal of his packmates hurt. He couldn’t believe that these people he once considered pack would lay hand on an innocent omega, and with a heavy heart he sealed their fate to be exiled from his pack, granting a few days to say goodbye to their families.

He didn’t want to be the Pack Alpha for unruly wolves.

The golden brown wolf was already waiting for him at the tree line to the forest, so the omega fastened his pace. The Alpha approached Yoongi halfway, licking the black fur of his Omega and Yoongi rubbed his snout under his to greet him.

The dominant smell of Taehyung was more prominent than before, and Yoongi figured that his wolf form was to blame for that. He would need to try hard to lose his trail with such an alluring scent. 

Taehyung observed how his Omega approached their prey, an unsuspecting deer. The black wolf ducked, frozen in place and the Alpha blinked- and the smaller was already gone in that second. The deer let out a painful cry, lethal fangs buried in its neck. Taehyung didn't miss how Yoongi killed his prey fast, keeping the process short without letting it feel much pain. Slowly, he let go of the neck. He looked back at the Alpha with a wagging tail and grabbed his kill, dragging it towards him. 

The bigger wolf licked his omega's snout in appreciation of his deed. Yoongi was truly an amazing Omega and hunter, and he felt proud.

It didn't take long for him to also hunt down another deer, soon after the pair dragged their successful kills back to their village. 

As a thank you, the omegas in the shared storage promised the Alpha to get them the best parts of the meat, since Taehyung was one of the best providers in the pack - plus, whom they assumed to be his omega soon, also contributed to that today. Yoongi followed the Alpha, both still in their wolf form and trotting through the village.

Why Taehyung wanted him to stay away was still a mystery to him. He led them further towards the back of his hut, and the wolves started to playfully nip at each other, rubbing their bodies together in affection. There was a natural pull that told him to get the Alpha's attention, making him rub his face against his and Taehyung excitedly threw his forelegs around Yoongi's neck, making them stumble. Yoongi played along, falling on his side and the Alpha stepped behind him before laying down and starting to groom him, licking behind his ears and his neck. The black wolf purred loudly, eyes closed as he received the care.

Contrary to his silent hopes, the Alpha walked him back once they were back in their human form and clothing, but had insisted for the omega to wear Taehyung's clothes. Yoongi hesitated to go inside once they arrived, and Taehyung didn’t miss his obvious reluctance. 

Taking a step forward, he leaned down to press a kiss on his mark he left on the Omega, a promise of protection and care as long as he was beside the other.

"I'm sorry. Time will be over more quickly than you realise."

Yoongi huffed.

"Who cares? Not like I want to see you every morning."

He pointedly looked away, mumbling something before he turned, wanting to leave the younger wordlessly. Strong arms embraced him around the middle, and yet another kiss was placed on the mark.

"I don't want us to regret anything. And I don't want to hurt you."

The hand on his stomach gripped him more tightly, and Yoongi sighed. 

"Let's go for a run tomorrow? Maybe train with our gifts in the mountains?"

The Alpha should actually stay away, yet here he was suggesting another time to spend together.

"Sure, whatever."

Yoongi shrugged and stepped forwards, the younger's arms falling to the sides as the Omega disappeared into the hut.

The Alpha was sighing on his way, running his hands through his hair. The sun was about to set, sending everyone to their homes. His wolf was literally flirting with Yoongi's omega, and the said omega wolf was reciprocating his advances, probably not even aware that this was to prepare him for breeding. The Alpha was just torturing them both at this point. Should he tell him? Then he would understand and stay away, maybe even reject his scenting and advances.

Taehyung fell asleep alone in his furs that night, his scent mixed with the omega's helping a lot to soothe his wolf that longed for a missing presence.

Yoongi, however, was restless. Jimin and him had rabbit meat for dinner, chatting a bit before going to sleep - but he just couldn't. There was a certain warmth, a certain scent missing in this room. This just wasn't right!

So he found himself, in the middle of the night, sneaking out to head towards the Alpha's hut. Taehyung didn't even lock the door, which made it easy for the Omega to slip in, and it seemed like invisible powers led him towards the furs. He was totally unbothered while sneaking into the Alpha's furs.

Before he could fully settle under the covers, a growl filled the place and Yoongi's heart set out for a moment, thinking he was caught. Instead, a strong arm came around his waist and pulled him towards the bigger body's heat. The Omega almost squealed and happily snuggled into the chest, taking in the strong scent before shutting his eyes. A warm feeling settled within him, his wolf recognizing his Alpha. This time, sleep claimed him really fast.

A thud woke Jimin from his sleep. The confusion of waking up so suddenly pushed him out of his furs and the blonde Omega went into the living space, rubbing his eyes.

"Hyung? Yoongi hyung?"

Blinking, he saw in the light the moonlight casted through the window that the door to Yoongi's  room was open. Maybe he couldn't sleep?

Jimin stepped towards the room, ready to inquire how the Omega was doing. 

What he didn't expect were the red Alpha eyes, with no hints of Alpha scents in the room, staring right at him, fangs bared. Before Jimin could run or even make a sound, his Alpha voice growled through the room:

"Don't make a sound and submit!"

Jimin whimpered, fear and despair engulfing him as his body reacted against his will. He fell on his knees, exposing his neck to the other in submission. 

The Alpha bound his eyes and carried him over his shoulder out of his home. Jimin was still paralyzed from the Alpha voice, but he could hear other feet shuffling and joining his captor. 

"This isn't the fire spitter!" Someone hissed at him and the Alpha growled.

"He wasn't in the fucking hut. But I've got something they wouldn't want to lose - an unmated male Omega." 

Jimin could hear the triumphant voice and when he felt the hand squeezing appreciatively at his thighs, he felt the bile rise in his throat.

"Look at these!" 

The group snickered.

Jimin was let down unceremoniously, he was sure his hip would bruise from the way he was let down harshly and landed on his side.

"What's this? This isn't Yoongi." A deep voice stated. 

"No, said omega wasn't where he was said to be. Instead, I took this unmated one - I thought we could strike a deal with the pack, but I didn't want to leave a note before rechecking here."

Jimin heard an angry scoff, and again steps that approached him.

"That's not him" someone said again, but the person approached him anyways and took off the cloth that covered his eyes.

Jimin stared at the face in front of him in a daze, his brain still foggy from the Alpha voice. He tried to squint - why was his face so familiar? Even the scent...

"You used your Alpha voice on him", he spoke while his eyes didn't leave the Omega, even sniffing audibly to take in his scent.

"Yeah, pretty sure he would have woke up everyone if I didn't shut him up somehow." 

The Alpha, he was sure it was an Alpha in front of him, sighed and stood up.

"You better not turn this into an unnecessary bloodbath, Seung Ho."

Now, another voice joined the conversation, laughing ironically. 

"Sure, would be much easier if we just attacked them right now -"

"I won't risk more of our pack mates getting shredded to death because of your hotheaded decisions."

He gestured towards Jimin.

"You brought him here, so tend to him. I will chop your dicks off if you try to mount him. You brought him as a valuable hostage, then let him stay as such, I don't wanna deal with an enraged Pack Alpha who wants revenge later."

"So noble~, looking at him closer now, it's such a waste. He would look really good under me~"

"You already fucked enough omegas Seung Ho, you can spare this one. Don't forget your father put me in charge now."

Laughter filled the room, and Jimin wished he was just living in a nightmare right now, that he wasn't kidnapped.

Except it really wasn't a nightmare. This was real. Once his mind started to clear, he couldn't stop his Omega from whining in panic, struggling in the ropes they secured around his limbs. They were in the shelter of an abandoned hut and rocks, and it was still night time.

"Shut up!" An angry beta shouted, but it only made him wince louder. This place was unfamiliar, this place wasn't home. He didn't want to be here.

Groaning, the beta stood up, rummaging until he came back with a cloth in his hand, stuffing it in Jimin's mouth not too gently.

"That's what you get, can't even imagine how loud you will be when fucked man."

Jimin still struggles in his restraints in vain. 

"I hope we never find out", came a deep but clear voice. Whoever it was, made the beta sit up straight and not let out any sound.

The Alpha scent assaulted Jimin's senses, but that wasn't what made his eyes bulge in their sockets.

In front of him stood - Yoongi?

Wait no, this man was clearly an Alpha. But he looked, even smelled like Yoongi - there was a hint of his Cherry mixed in the strong scent, and Jimin momentarily forgot he was strained, staring at the Alpha who unmistakably had to be related to Yoongi.

The Alpha held his gaze with a perked eyebrow, taking in the omega. Jimin was in his sleep wear, a loose shirt which showed his collarbones and delicate skin as it slid to the side, and his loose pants where his feet peeked out. His presence obviously distracted the Omega, and he squatted down, adjusting Jimin's shirt to cover his shoulder.

The Omega mumbled something, and Geumjae wanted to hear him, so he pulled out the gag. The blonde male coughed, breathing in and out a few times before lifting his gaze. The Alpha's features were shockingly similar to Yoongi, even the way they moved, the aura surrounding them.

"Are you related to Yoongi?" Was the first thing that came out of him, and Geumjae smiled lightly at that. The Omega caught on fast.

"What if I am?"

Jimin isn't dumb. If these people were on good terms with Yoongi, they wouldn't appear in the middle of the night to abduct him. 

"Why are you doing this then? What do you want from me?" It didn't hurt to play the naive Omega.

The smile he received put him on edge, the Alpha's knowing eyes boring into his.

"We're just taking back what belongs to us. So be a nice little Omega and don't make it harder on us, will you?"

Jimin wanted to protest. Yoongi was happy in his new pack. He didn't belong to them. But he knew better than to open his mouth, just glaring at the Alpha now.

"How is it fair that we let him untouched while our Omega is in their hands? Who knows what they already did to him" the beta from before mumbled.

"Hm." Was all the Alpha said, gaze still calculatingly on Jimin. He noticed that since he entered the room, the disturbing distress pheromones of the blonde reduced rapidly. Maybe him resembling Yoongi took away the panic, he thought. 

Some things didn't add up though, he noticed; This omega didn't seem to feel afraid of him for resembling Yoongi, didn't seem to feel guilty for doing something wrong. Had he treated his younger brother unjustly, Geumjae was sure the reaction would be different. Maybe this Omega was an exception. 

When he was told his brother was found, he didn't know how to react at first. He didn't want Seung Ho to touch his brother, but was him getting captured and used for pleasure by another Alpha different? It was the fate he had wanted to escape, and hearing that his younger brother was suffering in the hand of this Alpha made him want to bring him back.

It was not like he could back off; he was aware this was a test of loyalty towards his pack. Would the Alpha bring his runaway brother back? So that Seung Ho could mate, and breed him?

Geumjae only wanted his brother to be safe. And this Omega was only a strategy in his plan, but he didn't want to hurt more people than necessary. He could feel a smell similar to his on the smaller male - that was Yoongi's scent and he unconsciously squinted. Jimin squirmed when he stared for too long, looking to the side. Wordlessly, the Alpha stood up and left the narrow room.

It was incredibly hot, and Yoongi felt especially the side of his neck heating up in an unnatural way. Even before he opened his eyes, he realized that someone was on top of him, leaving hot kisses and nibbling on his skin. Taehyung was panting and nosing along his neck, something desperate in his moves. 

He pressed even closer to Yoongi, arousal evident in his scent, and maybe he would have let the younger mount him if he didn't feel that something was off.

"Taehyung" he croaked out, but the young Alpha didn't listen and kept his face buried in his neck.

"Taehyung, what's going on?"

Something akin to a whine left the Alpha, seemingly also confused and - in pain? He lightly pushed the other off him, and his heart skipped a beat when the Alpha growled at him.  The next second, horror settled in Taehyung's expression, and he could see his straining arm muscles.

"Yoongi, get out." 

The Alpha's hips bucked forward, not fully in rut yet, but if the Omega stayed here any longer he doubted it would continue this way. Slowly, but finally realizing what was going on, Yoongi's gaped at him, still not getting up.

"I said: get out.

I'm barely controlling my wolf, and having you here does not help!"

"But Taehyung - I - how can I-"

But the Alpha cut him off with a chuckle.

"You should have never come here."

His sharp gaze settled on Yoongi, filling the Omega with guilt. He knew what the other implied, it broke his heart that everything made sense now. Taehyung was keeping him at an arm's length because of his rut, and now his pheromones probably made it hit earlier than it was supposed to.

"Unless you want to be fucked senseless through a rut - get out, Yoongi."

Thousand thoughts whirled in Yoongi's mind, telling him to go, telling him to stay, to help, to run away, to submit- 

He scrambled out of the bed, leaving a heaving Taehyung behind, and the Alpha closed his eyes and sighed. He already missed the omega's presence, but this was for the best. Yoongi wasn't prepared, and he would have never forgiven himself for taking the Omega against his will. 

...only, the cherry vanilla scent grew more prominent and he heard items clattering next to him. Shocked, he looked to the side, seeing how the Omega brought plates filled with fruits and a bucket filled with water. 

His next task was to go to the spare blankets and cushions, and Yoongi started to scent them until they were heavily laced with his scent, his mind going dizzy with the heavy alpha pheromones in the hut.

He froze in place when two hands grabbed his hips and a nose pressed to his scent gland, inhaling his scent deeply. Taehyung rolled his hips against him, panting. But unlike the other times, he wasn't taking his time. The Alpha grunted, rutting harder against the omega whom he pressed against the wooden wall, kissing his neck fiercely, stimulating his heat pheromones and making him leak slick.

This wasn't Taehyung anymore, but his Alpha seeking the Omega. It was funny how Yoongi only realized now that all the previous times were initiated by him, giving the go ahead to the Alpha. But now, Taehyung had no control, whining and groaning into his ear, seeking his heat.

Yoongi almost gave in.

But before it progressed further, the door to their hut flew open, an angry Hoseok and Namjoon burst through the door. Yoongi knew they weren't angry at him or Taehyung, even in his daze he could tell that something was off, but now the two Alphas looked at the pair in horror, Namjoon even blushing.

"He'll go into rut if we don't stop him!" Hoseok yelled and Namjoon was clearly having a hard time to decide if they separated the pair or let nature take over.

Taehyung growled, turning Yoongi almost deaf and the whole hut was shaking as he didn't have full control of himself or his powers. His Alpha felt threatened by the other two.

The Omega in him didn't want to, but Yoongi's rational side sensed the urgency of the Pack Alpha and healer, reaching out a shaking arm.

"Stop him" was all he said with a strained voice, and the other two immediately reacted. 

Namjoon threw himself on his brother, pushing him deeper to the living space and Taehyung was going wild. He clawed at his brothers back, snapping his jaw with popping veins on his neck and when Hoseok took Yoongi's hand and guided the Omega out, a painful whine left the younger.

The ground was still shaking, hard enough to make them stumble on their way.

The pain and separation forced a sob out of Yoongi, and he couldn't hold back the tears which formed involuntarily. 

"Shhh don't worry, we will try to calm him down" Hoseok soothingly whispered and brought him to the Pack Alpha's hut. The Omega didn't even remember how they got here, but Hoseok assured they would take care of Taehyung and told him to wait for a bit, before leaving him in the warm embrace of Seokjin who seemed just as much confused about the alphas actions.

The healer was angry at the turns of events; this wasn't Taehyung's nor Yoongi's fault, but Taehyung's rut was about to hit at the worst time possible if they didn't try to repress it now. Rushing to his working place, he gathered the needed medicine before running back to Namjoon, how was holding Taehyung down by his neck on the bed. 

"Hurry!" 

Hoseok climbed on the bed and requested Namjoon to get some water while he took over and forced the younger to open his mouth.

He risked getting his fingers bitten off, but in the end shoved the medicine into the snapping wolf's mouth and a few seconds later Namjoon was holding out a bowl of water to him. 

Hoseok forced that down on the younger too, the angry alpha growling and coughing when it trickled down the wrong passage. 

"It should take effect in a few minutes if he didn't went into a full rut" Hoseok explained, and Namjoon nodded, sighing with hands on his hips. Taehyung trashed, growled, a beast that was deprived of its omega which showed in his occasional whines.

Namjoon flinched at the sound, but they had no other choice and he prayed the medicine worked.

 ~

"Shhh, it's alright Yoongi. It will be over." Seokjin was patting the younger male's hair who had his face buried in his neck. The pregnant omegas smell was calming, and so he continued to sob and try to calm down. He felt like he betrayed the Alpha by sneaking into his hut, triggering almost a rut and then leaving him in the middle of it. He could feel Taehyung's rage and longing, also irritation at whatever was happening to him right now.

"It's my fault. He told me to stay away, and I went and sneaked into his home." 

The handsome omega would have laughed at Yoongi's cute actions if the situation wasn't serious. 

"You like him that much, huh?"

Yoongi didn't have an answer to that. His breathing hitched, hands grasping the others shirt tighter, giving a disapproving grumble. 

The elder just chuckled and threw his arms around him, and the two waited like that until Namjoon and Jungkook rushed to the Pack Alpha's hut, Jungkook with obvious anger in his stance.

At his mate's questioning look, Namjoon pressed his lips to a thin line, before he announced:

"Jimin is gone. Suran and him were assigned for water duty this morning, and when he didn't show up she went to his place. She couldn't find him there. 

He was…" Namjoon looked worriedly at the omegas, especially his mate. Seokjin saw the plead in his eyes, the Alpha wanted him to keep calm, no matter what he was going to say next. 

"I think he was taken by force. And the perpetrators are most likely the same wolves who came for Yoongi during the hunt."

To calm Seokjin hadn't been an easy feed. Only now did he hear what really happened to Yoongi during the hunt, and he was insulting Taehyung, throwing even worse insults at the wolves who dared to abduct Yoongi and now even Jimin. 

Yoongi worried for the pup inside of him, so his instinct automatically made him cling onto the Omega and scent him. Seokjin was his pack, his family and the elder didn't deserve anything else but a peaceful mind. 

The youngest Alpha had retreated to a corner, despite his status fearing the anger of a pregnant omega. Namjoon wanted to hold his mate, but he knew he was angry at him for withholding such information.

One way or another, the smaller omega succeeded in calming him, and the elder turned and crossed his arms in front of his chest, giving his mate the cold shoulder. 

He was sulking.

"How do we find Jimin?", he asked with voice void of emotions, still not looking at Namjoon.

Jungkook fidgeted uncomfortably in his place, before stepping closer and retrieving something from his pocket.

"There was an arrow with a message stuck at the entrance door. They want Yoongi in exchange."

"We'll give them a day to gather their wits" he heard a voice, but it was unfamiliar. Jimin was slumped against the wall, having no energy for keeping himself up. He also refused to eat, which didn't make it easier to stay asleep and energised. Not that the guarding beta cared, sometimes looking back at him when his friends came and laughing at his pathetic state, making sexual jokes. 

The blonde tried his best to ignore their stares.

He must have fallen asleep, because he was dreaming that he was back in his home, Yoongi's and his scent mixing into the walls and creating a cozy atmosphere. Sighing, he buried into the comfort of a cushion in their living space, humming approvingly at the welcoming scent. Then, Yoongi leaned over him, his scent tingling in his nose. Jimin shifted, their noses brushed and he instinctively nudged the other Omega, having missed his presence.

"Yoongi hyung…" he grumbled sleepily. 

But laughter dragged him out his sleep, coming  from somewhere far yet loud enough, making him frown and push against the comfortable warmth even more. Jimin opened his eyes, but he couldn't really see.

Because his face was buried in a neck, and the scent almost sent him back to sleep if realization didn't hit him before. He pulled back, looking into the cold eyes of the Alpha in front of him and tried to scramble back further. 

"Just take him already, seems like he will open up easily for you!" Someone joked and Jimin's eyes hardened, looking away. 

"Oh my, now he is all shy. If you don't want him, can I please have a go?" Another offered, and it slowly dawned on Jimin that maybe they weren't so keen on keeping the rule of the leading Alpha unbroken. He could smell that some were indeed aroused.

He lifted his gaze, locking eyes with the Alpha who still stared at him as if he was some kind of mystery, and mumbled a "Sorry for that…" with a nod. 

Another round of laughter, and the person named Seung Ho stepped forth. He had the same bead necklace like Yoongi which surpressed his scent, the blonde omega noticed.

"Man, Geumjae! How can you let that sweet little thing untouched? He craves it, let us give him what he wants." 

And before the panic really started to settle within the omega, he was lifted from his position with two hands on his arms, then thrown over a shoulder. 

"No need for that. I will tend to him."

Laughter and shouts filled the room once again.

Jimin squirmed uselessly, hitting the Alpha's back and screaming to let him go. Shortly after, he was thrown on furs that heavily smelled of the Alpha who was now looking down at him. He could smell the panic in the omegas scent, backing up against a wall and eyeing him in alarm. Geumjae smirked at the smaller.

"Let's let them hear a show, shall we?"

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16

Only after few minutes, pleasured groans could be heard from the Alpha's room.

"Our lead Alpha sure didn't wait to taste him, did he"

Laughter filled the room, Seung Ho scoffing. "Bastard preached about not touching him, and now he goes and fucks him himself!"

As if to underline his statement, Jimin's muffled voice resonated once again from the room, followed by pleased humming. 

"The Omega seems to enjoy it though. Told you, he is a whore."

A few minutes ago, Jimin didn't know what the Alpha was doing, but he had untied the Omega, ordered him to lay on the bed and take off his shirt if he didn't want to be raped by the others outside.

However, when his hands were free, the first thing he did was shove the Alpha though it seemed like Geumjae already expected that. So he grabbed his middle and pushed him onto the furs, looking down at him nonchalantly while he gathered his wrists in one hand.

"Look, it's either you listen to me - or you hand yourself to those outside."

After a bit of struggling, Jimin puffed out his cheeks and looked defiantly at the Alpha. He didn't tell him to undress completely, so whatever it was, the omega hoped he was making the right choice. Of course he was nervous, and even if his face didn't show, his scent most definitely did.

"Fine. I will take off my shirt."

What he didn't expect was for the Alpha to start massaging his limbs, starting from his shoulders. Jimin laid down on his stomach. He was hyper-aware of the rough hands that roamed around his body, sliding on his sensitive sides and back up.

When he hit a good spot, working on the knot in his neck, Jimin couldn't help a pleased sound. He didn't even register how wrong it must have sounded for others outside as the Alpha massaged his body, stretched just the right spots, and elicited lewd sounds from him until Geumjae pointed it out.

"Exactly like that. Voice your pleasure, little Omega, would save us both some mess."

Only now Jimin realized what the other was aiming for. The Alpha even went ahead and scented him with his wrists, rubbing his scent, especially in excess on the small of his back. Jimin, much to his horror, reacted with releasing his own pleased pheromones, and their mixing scents were already enough for the misunderstanding the Alpha was trying to create.

The Omega honestly had expected to be mounted against his will, but the Alpha still kept massaging and scenting him for a good while.

"This will hurt a bit. Sorry." 

There wasn't even enough time to register what was said. Jimin shrieked when he felt the hands grab him tighter just above his hips, and the Alpha was leaving small bites across his back. Then, he turned him on his back, before throwing off his own shirt and leading the blonde’s arms around himself. An unspoken request was hovering  between them, which Jimin didn’t catch.

"Scratch my back in a way it will leave marks."

Of course he wanted to protest, but looking at the Alpha's eyes, it quickly died down on his tongue. So he tried to push his nail into the unmarked skin with all his might, dragging his fingers over a muscular back.

Geumjae chuckled. 

"I didn't say caress, pretty omega. Scratch me, like you would when someone fucks you good."

Jimin scoffed, putting more pressure into his fingers. He wouldn't tell the other he didn't fuck around unlike him, and forced his anger into the move. 

Geumjae heard footsteps approach his room and quickly manhandled Jimin with a squeak on the other side of the bed and onto the floor, away from the door. He opened his legs, motioning him to keep quiet before he grabbed the omega's hair and brought his face near his crotch.

Someone knocked on the door, and after a disapproving grunt Seung Ho opened the door, seemingly bored.

"I'm busy" the Alpha growled, looking back at him over his shoulder. Seung Ho only saw the naked shoulder that peeked out from behind Geumjae's figure and the blond strands in between the fingers of the Alpha. Saw also the fresh scratch marks on his back. He smirked.

"Just checking if the Omega was doing alright. Sounded like he wanted more cock."

At that, Geumjae's Alpha flickered red in his eyes, growling even louder at the challenge.

"My cock is more than enough for him. I don't share. Fuck off!"

And when Jimin understood what was going on, he leaned more towards the others crotch, fake sighing and whining. Something must be wrong with him… because the scent was so alluring to his Omega. He gulped. Geumjae's grip on his hair tightened.

"I see the bitch has taken a liking into it. If you get bored, pass him on to me."

Seung Ho winked and got out, slamming the door shut to the growling Alpha.

Geumjae waited a bit, making sure that no one else disturbed them, before guiding Jimin onto the bed again, sighing. 

He just wordlessly laid down afterwards, turning to his side.

"Just go to sleep. If any of us goes out now, they will get suspicious. The more you smell like me, the better."

Just like that, the Alpha closed his eyes and Jimin asked himself how he could be so careless. The ropes from before were still on the ground - a perfect weapon.

After a short slumber Geumjae heard rustling, and then very timid moves. The warmth of another person neared him, and Alpha snapped his eyes open in time to hold the omega's wrist that brought down a rope to choke him.

"Wow, got ourselves a wild one!", he chuckled up at Jimin, who pushed down with effort. However, the Omega played dirty by kneeing his crotch, and the Alpha's grip automatically loosened, gasping in shock and pain.

Jimin didn't wait.

He darted out, and to his luck, the entrance wasn't somewhere hidden but pretty much near this room. The only weird thing was the familiar scent in the air, just a hint of it, but Jimin couldn't remember where he smelt it before. 

Of course he wouldn't go unnoticed. The moment the other two in the hut saw him, chaos ensued. He fled outside, followed by the beta and Alpha. His feet hit the cold snowy ground, but he paid it no mind and kept running. The beta caught up first, grabbing his shoulder, but the Omega twirled around with the rope in his hand and snapped it with a perfect aim at his eye.

The beta let out an ugly cry, grabbing his injured eye while the Alpha lunged at him now. Jimin ducked away and tried to escape. But the Alpha jumped once more, grabbing his ankle and making the Omega fall, landing with his naked torso in the snow. The cold was biting at his skin and he didn't have a chance to get up as the other sat on him, straddling his hips and laughing. Then, he manhandled the Omega onto his back, laughing disgustingly as he tightened a hand around his chin.

"Thought you could win the lead Alpha over by giving him your hole and then escape? We didn't got a taste yet, sweetheart!" 

He grabbed the rope, pulling it taut for show. 

"Pretty little trick you used there. Let me try it out on you, hm?"

Jimin trashed, let out an angry cry. The Alpha was readying to bring his arm down on him, and his eyes widened in fear that of losing his eyesight. However, the rope caught fire before he could, making both of them flinch and cry out in surprise.

"Ah… fucking hell… I hope I can still father pups."

Geumjae was waddling to the scene, scratching his neck.

"Let him go, Huan. I will take care of it."

The Alpha on Jimin laughed mockingly and spat at that.

"We see what happened last time you did. And this bitch deserves punishment."

The Alpha, Huan, squealed when a flame burst in front of his face, toppling off Jimin.

"Don't question my orders." 

Geumjae approached their hostage, pulled him up with force and made him stumble after him.

Jimin was once again thrown onto his furs, the Alpha pressing his knee on his back as he tied up his hands and ankles.

"Nah nah, pretty thing, should have just taken a good nap while you could. And if you wanted to touch my balls, you just had to say so."

Jimin scoffed under him.

Murmur in front of his doorstep could be heard before Seung Ho just opened the door and marched in. He didn't wait to start rant:

"You seriously untied him, and couldn't think of tying him up again? That bitch injured Gon's eye."

Geumjae just shrugged his shoulders.

"That kinda happened, but I have him here again. Now, leave me alone and go back to your duty."

Needless to say, these two didn't like each other really well, and Geumjae never failed to remind Seung Ho of that fact. When Seung Ho growled, his own pheromones and growl burst out of him, because he for sure wouldn't let himself get threatened in his own territory (which wasn't really his, but still). 

The amount of dominant Alpha pheromones hit Jimin unexpectedly, infiltrating his senses and choking up. His Omega was shaking in fear because all of his senses screamed at him that the Alpha was danger . In his weakened state, the pheromones sent him to unconsciousness in the end.

The other two Alpha were too occupied to register, and after their staring contest, Seung Ho finally retreated without a word.

It took a bit for him to calm down, and the Alpha wasn't sure what got him so agitated in the first place. Turning, he saw that the Omega fainted and immediately checked his breathing, relieved that he was fine. Geumjaw chuckled.

“You really are something, huh.”

Since all they could do at the moment was wait, he laid down and pulled the omega towards him, leading his face to his scent gland. The effect was instantaneous: Jimin reacted with his own, even in his unconscious state.

Taehyung’s eyes fluttered open. His body felt like a giant stone and he groaned. It was cold, but sweat had build and was coating his skin regardless. 

Someone immediately pressed a water bowl to his lips, and the Alpha didn’t resist. His nose caught on before his eyes that it was Hoseok, the healer brushing his sticky strands behind his ear.

Once the omega flashed into his mind, Taehyung detached his lips, making the water drip down on him messily.

“Where is Yoongi?” He blinked up at the healer who looked tired. Hoseok's usual smile was gone.

“He is better than you for sure. Eat something and once you gather yourself we need to talk. It’s urgent.”

Seokjin's hand tightened painfully around Yoongi's, the handsome omega's sour scent filling the hut more than his. 

"Those immoral bastards dared to take Jimin?!" 

And then his eyes widened at a realization, when Yoongi had guiltily explained how he sneaked out to Taehyung's place, and he turned to the other in shock and relief.

"You… if you hadn't gone to Taehyung, they would have caught you."

Seokjin was without a doubt right. Seeking Taehyung's presence had saved him from getting kidnapped, but now another Omega was suffering in his place.

"What do you mean?" Namjoon asked his mate to elaborate.

"Taehyung wanted Yoongi to stay with Jimin. Due to his rut, maybe. Yoongi still went into his home during the night though. And I'm assuming his scent was still fresh in the omegas hut when they wanted to take him. So they thought he sleeps in there but found Jimin instead."

Jungkook crumpled the piece of paper in his hand, biting his bottom lip. The hyung he loved to tease was kidnapped so easily from their hands, and his whole body itched to bath in the blood of whoever touched Jimin.

"What's weird is that there is no scent to trace, so we have no clue where they are hiding. We also patrolled diligently-"

"They have the bead necklace", Yoongi provided. His voice was cold, not giving away what the Omega was thinking at that moment, but he looked into the young Alpha's eyes.

"Those are hard to obtain since you need to be an expert in handling fire. My old pack had more than any other. Because..." he looked down, shifting his feet. "...my mother is an expert in creating them."

Before they could speak further, the door opened and Hoseok accompanied Taehyung into the hut. The younger Alpha immediately walked towards the Omega. Yoongi's eyes widened, but he didn't move away when the Alpha cupped his cheek so openly and let his eyes wander over him for any injuries. Seokjin let the smaller's hand go in the process.

Finding no harm on the Omega, Taehyung sighed in relief. There was no trace of his rut pheromones in his scent anymore and the Yoongi assured him:

"I'm fine."

Taehyung obviously wanted to apologize and hold him longer, but Yoongi took his hands into his own with a serious look.

"There are matters which are more important now."

The Alpha watched him questioningly, but when Yoongi remained silent and looked down, he turned to his brother for help. What was going on? They even went as far as to suppress his rut for the time being.

Namjoon grimaced, knowing well how much Jimin meant to his younger brother and relayed to him calmly what happened. Taehyung was already seething, but when he heard the words " they want Yoongi ", his growl ripped through the air, shaking the whole ground as he grabbed the omega around the waist and pressed him to himself.

"We aren't taking Yoongi anywhere, Taehyung." As if to confirm Namjoon's words, Yoongi placed his hand on Taehyung's chest to soothe him. The Alpha was still growling, but the gesture was enough for him to bury his nose in the black hair and getting a lungful of his scent, shaking in anger.

It wasn't clear when or where the wolves wanted to meet, and how the 'exchange' was going to happen. Yoongi wasn't allowed to leave the hut as they send out alphas to search the territory for suspicious scents. Seokjin realized soon that a bit of privacy and bonding would do the pair good, and led them to their vacant guest room for now. While the other Alphas were assigned to their duties, Hoseok and Taehyung stayed back to watch over the village and the two omegas.

Taehyung spent hours of growling, scenting Yoongi violently and holding him with a rumble, his wolf telling him to protect and mark his Omega, not caring about the others presence outside.

Even though they had been intimate before, Taehyung's protective reaction still surprised the Omega. He kept thinking that maybe he would be sent back now, that this is it. The Alpha would be angry again for what his old pack did while chasing for him. Instead, he was already acting like they were mates and Yoongi's rightful Alpha, which send shivers through his body. They sat against cushions, the Alpha held him in between his legs, tightly against his chest. Yoongi laid his head silently on his shoulder as he cupped his cheek, conveying he was alright.

"Why didn't you tell me about your rut?"

Taehyung was in the process of scenting his wrists, but the question made him freeze. He turned his face so he could look at the feline eyes, hesitating to answer.

"We agreed to stay apart if possible during those times", he finally said, looking away.

Yoongi's brows furrowed. Yes, they did, but there was no don't-tell-the-other rule.

"You still could have told me."

Taehyung had no answer to that. He actually had his reasons, but he didn't want to admit them out aloud. He was afraid that if he told Yoongi he hid his rut because he didn't want the Omega worry - that Yoongi would deny his assumption, saying he was being absurd, and say he wouldn't care at all. 

The Omega sighed and didn't press further on the topic, but he wanted to apologize for triggering his rut.

"I'm sorry for not listening to you. I should've stayed with Ji-"

"No. Don't even think about it. I would rather have you with me and suffer alone through a rut than have you in their hands."

Yoongi wasn't used to this Taehyung, who not only cared so much about him but also let him feel it with his words. Said Alpha brushed his dark bangs back, his fingertips caressing his temple while he looked at the widened orbs.

"It's a miracle, that you came to me this night."

Hearing those words made the heat creep into his cheeks and he decided to look away, but Taehyung's hand gently turned his face back to him. Yoongi's heartbeat was shutting out every other sound. The Alpha kept looking at him, and then with hooded eyes to his lips. Slowly, so he could still pull back, he leaned towards the Omega and pressed his lips on his. Yoongi closed his eyes, spotted goosebumps, and he gripped the Alpha's shoulder as Taehyung tilted his head and continued to kiss him. They shortly parted to breathe in, and the Alpha claimed his lips again. This time, he also enjoyed the taste of the Omega with his tongue slipping past his lips. Yoongi's hand slid up the Alpha's shoulders and buried in his brown hair. Taehyung's thumb was caressing the pale cheek of the Omega absentmindedly, he pressed forward and earned the omega's muffled moan against his lips.

When they broke the kiss, the omega hid his face in the Alpha's chest, overwhelmed and embarrassed. He was glad the Alpha didn't pry him away, instead his arm on his back secured him more in his place. 

"They won't touch you."

Yoongi wished it would be that easy, but he knew it wasn't. 

"We need to save Jimin. And I won't let him suffer because of me."

Now, the Alpha tensed, obviously not liking where this was going.

"You won't go anywhere, Yoongi. We will save Jimin. He might look frail but he is a tough Omega too."

Because his friend was skilled with weapons - and not many alphas expect an Omega to come after them with deadly skills. Their conversation ended there.

The pair was waiting until the first search party reported back, and Taehyung was getting impatient. So was Yoongi. He didn't want to stay in there and keep waiting like a helpless Omega without contributing, but bonding with the Alpha helped to calm himself a lot.

The pack knew Taehyung was their best Alpha to fight against intruders, which is why they needed him to stay put and ready in case the worst happened- why his brother forced down his rut, keeping him not only ready to fight but also out of a state of vulnerability. 

There was a knock to the door, and Hoseok announced that Jungkook was back, stirring the pair from their position.

They still didn't know where Jimin was. His scent suddenly disappeared when they tried to track it, and no one was successful to track it yet. Taehyung's face hardened at the information. He couldn't bare to sit inside any longer, not knowing where his soulmate was, or how he was doing. The others wanted to protest when he went to storm outside, but he just shouted at Jungkook to follow him, rage taking over once more.

Yoongi let out an embarrassing whine when the Alpha left his side so suddenly, and it was only then the Alpha stopped in his tracks and turned to look at him. He could even feel the stare of Hoseok and Seokjin on his face.

Taehyung had a conflicted expression as he looked at the Omega. Then, he walked back and hugged him close, both taking in each other scent. The Alpha pulled back to kiss the Omega on his forehead before stepping back, holding his gaze as he said:

"Please take care of the omegas, Hoseok hyung."

Yoongi's expression went sour.

"No! Taehyung! Let me come with you!"

But the Alpha was already shaking his head, preparing to head out with Jungkook. Yoongi was held back by the healer when he wanted to follow them.

"Why won't you let me go! I can help, I have my gift and know my old pack!"

Hoseok pulled him back around his waist. The healer was also tired, but a command was a command and someone needed to be cool-headed.

"You're exactly what they want, and we won't hand you over, Yoongi." 

~

There was an uncomfortable sensation around his limbs, but other than that Jimin welcomed the warmth and scent around him. It made him believe he was safe, and even in his dreamy state he knew that wasn't true. But it made him want to just snuggle to the warmth and never wake up.

He felt a hand brushing aside his strands, and there was some kind of shifting which brought him back to reality.

His hands pressed against the warmth when he fluttered his eyes open, slowly regaining consciousness.

"You're finally waking up, beauty."

Startled, Jimin's first instinct was to put distance between the voice and himself, but and arm around his middle was holding him back, and he felt the vibrations of the Alpha laughing. 

He looked up, the Alpha was smiling down at him so he quickly averted his eyes again. He actually looked handsome like that, and he didn't need such thoughts right now. Geumjae laughed again, still playing with the strands on the omega's forehead.

"You're not easy to tame, hm? But you will need to eat something nevertheless, you aren't immortal."

This Alpha was too confusing for him. He left Jimin on his furs for a few minutes only to come back with meal that was gathered on a plate and a bowl of water. Putting those aside first, he helped the Omega up - to sit on his lap. Of course Jimin struggled to get off.

"Shhh. Now be nice, I'm trying to feed you."

He sat the Omega down once again, keeping him there until Jimin gave up struggling. Jimin pointedly didn't part his lips when Geumjae held a meat piece in front of him. It could be poisoned.

"So you think we won't kill you with bare hands but with food? Why would we even make that effort."

Sighing, Geumjae put the piece into his mouth, chewing it theatrically - and Jimin didn't even realize his face turned scandalized at the display. Shouldn't he try harder to feed him? Wait, why should he do that?

"What? If you don't want it, I will eat it. Need to be a healthy Alpha."

The blonde shook his head and averted his gaze, looking out of the window and waiting for this to be over - but his growling stomach disturbed the silence. Another piece was held in front of his nose.

"If you don't want me to use my Alpha voice, start eating now."

Geumjae's playful demeanor was gone, and Jimin couldn't deny that when he turned to look at him again, it was partly in fear. He was only greeted by cold eyes. When the Alpha offered to feed him again, he did without resistance.  Never ever did he want to be under the influence of an Alpha voice again. He couldn't look him in the eye when he chewed, but his body was grateful to taste something after a while again. After a few pieces, his throat became too dry. 

"Water" was all the Omega needed to say, and the Alpha held the bowl to his lips. 

Jimin was well aware that this was unusual. He could have been raped and used for pleasure, like the other Alphas wanted to do without a doubt. But here this Alpha was feeding him, and he didn't understand why. He doesn't believe that being returned starved counts as angering the Pack Alpha 'more than necessary'.

After he finished eating, Geumjae put everything aside with a sigh and seemed to be lost in thought while staring at the Omega. He almost looked sheepish.

"Yah. Even if you don't want to, at least act submissive around me in front of the others. Like I forced you to do things you don't like. It will make things a lot of easier for the both of us."

For a few seconds, the Omega just disbelievingly stared back at him.

"Why are you even doing this? Either kill me or let me go."

"It wasn't in my plan to get you abducted, pretty omega. You're an unplanned event."

As if to make sure Jimin understood, he booped his nose.

"But I can't release you. That would shatter everything. Can't have you out us yet."

Jimin blinked and leaned away, but Geumjae was already following him.

"One last thing!"

Grabbing the blonde Omega by the shoulders, the Alpha brought him closer and started scenting him heavily, releasing an abnormal amount of pheromones that filled the whole room in an instant. Jimin whimpered at the overwhelming scent, but couldn't do anything and let the Alpha do as he pleased. 

Taehyung cleared the ground of snow, the younger Alpha immediately coming to his aid. He settled his hand on the cool surface, concentrating and feeling his senses become one with the earth, letting himself be told what was happening. He could hear their pack mates' paws that hit the ground in several places around their territory, but he couldn't sense out of ordinary movements that connected with the earth. No unfamiliar movement that wasn't pack. It costed him much of his energy the wider areas he searched, but Taehyung was positive that it wasn't his senses nor his abilities that were lacking right now.

He looked up at Jungkook. "If my senses aren't deceiving me, they are not in touch with the ground right now. They must be hiding in between rocks… or a hut." Definitely something that disconnected them from the earth. 

Jungkook nodded, sighing in frustration. 

"There are many abandoned huts and caves outside of our territory too. If I were them, I would hide in such places. They are free to do what they want there", the youngest supplied. 

The search that day ended fruitless. Their opponents hid well, and once they were back in the Pack Alpha's hut Taehyung was relieved to see that Yoongi was still there, safe. The omegas had curled up on the cushions, but the moment he was seen the black haired male stood up, letting himself be embraced and scented. No one had commented on the closeness and intimate behaviour of the pair the past hours.

Hoseok only reminded Taehyung to take the suppressants again as they needed him as sober as possible without risking anything. The close proximity to Yoongi could easily trigger it back if he failed to take them.

Soon, Namjoon also came back - without any news. While he was relaying the latest state of the search to the rest, a loud impact against the hut resonated inside the wooden walls and had every alphas' eyes glowing red in alarm.

"Stay back", The Pack Alpha ordered the others while he carefully went outside. Taehyung was growling, pressing his Omega more to himself. He wished nothing else than to rip whoever stressed him into shreds.

The Pack Alpha came back quickly, holding another arrow with an attached message. No scent. 

Everyone seemed to hold their breath as he unfolded and read the message. Finally, he looked up, clearly disliking what he had just read.

"They want to exchange the omegas on the western neutral grounds. Yoongi in exchange for Jimin, and it only says we will know where to go around noon." 

Neutral grounds were dangerous. Any other pack with malicious motives could be lingering there, and Namjoon was risking his pack mates' safety if he ordered them to go there. Besides, it wasn't even clear that they were at the western neutral ground right now. The malicious wolves could be hiding under their noses and they wouldn't know, because there was no scent to track. He couldn't send them out during the night, that would be simply underestimating their opponents.

And now, Yoongi's distress and Taehyung's anger clogged up the air, making the Pack Alpha even more irritated.

"Taehyung. Take Yoongi home." Stressing these two wouldn't help any of them. "Jungkook. Tell Bogum to switch with you after the first shift to keep watch over the village." Everybody started shuffling around, Hoseok and Namjoon engaging in a conversation while Taehyung and Jungkook accompanied Yoongi outside. Yoongi was safe with Taehyung, but it didn't hurt to take extra precautions with having their alphas on vigilance. Besides, Taehyung gladly led them back - the Omega needed rest. Even though they both wouldn't have a peaceful mind, it was for the best to take a break before matters got too irritating. He trusted his brother and prayed for Jimin's safety. Nobody would be stupid enough to harm their hostage if they wanted to exchange them for another Omega.

~

Yoongi turned to look at the younger when they entered the hut. Taehyung closed the door and locked it, now facing the Omega. Those dark orbs sparkled even in the darkness and he could see the hesitance. So he stepped forward and pulled Yoongi in his embrace, nose pressing to his temple. The Omega let out a choked whine. His hands grabbed tightly onto the Alpha's Hanbok while he seeked his comfort. 

"It's alright, you're safe with me."

Taehyung caressed the omega's back, letting him bath in his warmth. He wanted to comfort the Omega, make him forget the impending danger. Make him understand that no one could take him as long as the Alpha was alive, and none of this was his fault.

Slowly, his hands slid down to the back of his thighs, and he hoisted the smaller up. Instinctively, legs wrapped around his hips, and Yoongi buried his face in Taehyung's scent gland as the Alpha made his way to their furs. The Omega was licking at his gland, intensifying the pheromones the Alpha was leaking and he was let down onto the furs gently, Taehyung crawling on top of him. There were still rut pheromones in the air, which only amplified their want.

Now, the Alpha was exploring the expanse of the omega's neck, and the smaller willingly gave him more access. It felt like it had been ages since he was allowed to taste Yoongi this freely. He nipped, kissed and sucked at his neck, working on colouring the pale skin with his marks as his hand cupped the soft cheek. When he nipped at the scent gland, a soft moan filled the room. Taehyung couldn't hold back a smirk when he felt the vibrations of Yoongi's purring against his lips, kissing the scent gland one last time before slightly leaning back. 

He didn't expect the Omega to sit up so suddenly, and Yoongi was already crawling around the furs before he could react, the Omega rearranging everything. Taehyung gaped as he watched him build his nest on his furs that carried the Alpha's scent. Yoongi even growled at him - he was in his way at one point, and the Omega kept doing his work with much concentration before lying down and curling in himself, purring inside his newly built nest. 

Taehyung cautiously approached him, his hand combed the black hair behind his ear, feline eyes finding his. Pushing the Omega gently by his shoulder, he made him lay down on his back, dark orbs staring expectantly at the Alpha. 

Without breaking the eye contact, Taehyung pulled at the ties on Yoongi's Hanbok, opening the upper part to reveal perfect porcelain skin. Not holding himself back, he leaned down and started trailing kisses along the exposed skin. He slid his lips further down, teasing the chest area before he started sucking gently at the nipple. Yoongi let out a surprised sound. His hands came up to clutch at the Alpha's hair.

"Taehyung!"

The Alpha just hummed as a response, rolling the bud between his lips and tongue, making the Omega flinch. The unmistakable scent of his slick started to permeate the room and stirred the Alpha's excitement. He grasped the Omega by the arms, pulling him into sitting position without detaching his lips. Sliding his hands under the clothing, he pulled it off the Omega. The material pooled around his hips, leaving the upper body bare. Yoongi was breathing heavily when the Alpha switched sides, now working on his other nipple and all he could do was hold onto the brown hair and leave sounds of pleasure as the hot tongue worked on his body. 

When Taehyung finally deemed it was enough, he pulled away, eyes meeting shortly before their lips found each other. The omega's hands caressed the younger's face, eagerly responding to the open-mouthed kiss before his hands settled around the shoulders of the Alpha. Said male was holding him around the waist, thumbs drawing circling patterns to the pale sides as Yoongi's scent and taste filled his senses, filling a warm sensation into his body. He broke the kiss shortly just to claim the omega's lips again, making Yoongi moan and dizzy from the lack of air. Yoongi broke the kiss soon once more by turning his face to the side, eagerly breathing in while the Alpha made his way to kiss his jaw and neck instead. His hands worked on freeing the covered part of the omega's body. 

"Why am I the only one naked?"

The Alpha laughed at the breathy complaint, kissing the side of the omega's now exposed knee before looking up to catch his eyes.

Yoongi didn't wait for permission - he went straight for Taehyung's ties, opening them without much effort. He placed small kisses along the strong jaw and under his chin as he pushed down the robe, appreciating the muscles under his fingertips.

After putting their clothes aside, Taehyung took the omega's hand into his, caressing the delicate pale knuckles while he held the omega's gaze. He leaned down and Yoongi closed his eyes as they kissed each other softly. Slowly, he pressed him onto his back again. Yoongi sighed against his lips when his body met the nest, purring loudly at the comfort. This was so adorable that the Alpha couldn't stop himself from leaning back and watching the purring Omega whose eyes were closed. He didn't even seem to be bothered that he broke the kiss, their hands intertwined next to his head. He freed one to caress the side of a milky white thigh, and instinctively the omega's legs spread further, inviting the Alpha for more intimate touches. Yoongi's hole was covered with shiny slick that was dripping onto the furs, telling the Alpha to plunge right in.

Though Taehyung was anything but rough when he guided himself to the entrance, one hand still holding the omega's. He rubbed his member along the crease to coat it in slick, and Yoongi's entrance fluttered at the tease. His half hooded eyes were staring at him, and Taehyung looked up when he finally placed his head at his hole. 

Yoongi couldn't keep his gaze when he started to push in, moaning and arching his back at the big intrusion, his hand grasping the Alpha's tightly. The Alpha didn't move immediately, leaning down to scent the Omega lightly, sliding his nose against his temple and making Yoongi purr again. It was a sign for Taehyung to continue, pulling back and sliding into the wet hole again. He didn't rush, his hips rocking like calm waves against the omegas, eyes never leaving his face. Yoongi blushed when he opened his eyes and caught the other staring, as if what they were already doing wasn't more intimate. His whole body was rocking gently with the pace the Alpha had set, and his hand glided over his defined chest.

Placing the free hand now against the furs, he used it as leverage to meet the thrusts, causing his breathing to get heavier at the exertion. Taehyung growled in appreciation, seeing his Omega eager to mate him like this. He supported himself above the omega's head on his forearm as he continued to make love to him. Yoongi leaned up for a kiss, his moves were uncoordinated and messy due to their mating, and who was Taehyung to deny such a thing? He kissed his Omega back, thrusted harder into him, whispered "mine" against his lips and made him mewl. The words sparked the red glow in the feline eyes. It wasn't filled with anger, but with surprise and recognition of the Omega wolf of his mate. Yoongi's whole body was shaking from pleasure, placing a trembling hand to the younger's face, still gently meeting the unrelenting hips. His thumb glided over plump lips, eyes locking onto them as if he couldn't believe what he just heard.

Not surprising for his stubborn nature, Taehyung repeated the word, stressing it with a harder thrust: "Mine."

The sudden surge of pleasure made Yoongi moan and he pressed his legs against the Alpha's sides. 

"Yours", he whispered back, mind already in a haze as he leaned back and let the Alpha take over. Said male buried his face in his neck and started to plunge into the omega hard and deep. He kept his thrusts short, melting his body wherever he could with the omega's. Their hands were still intertwined, pale legs pressed against a tanned torso and their bodies were connected in the most intimate way - Yoongi couldn't tell where he ended and Taehyung began. His free hand glided over the Alpha's heated back, felt the muscles shift and work, and that was enough to make him moan and clench around the cock inside of him. It got him a groan from his Alpha, who started to kiss his neck and jaw as he tried not to thrust too vigorously, drawing out the pleasure by dragging along the heated walls. Yoongi deliberately clenched harder, giggling when Taehyung almost ceased to move from the overwhelming sensations he made him feel.

When he caught the omega's gaze, Yoongi knew that he felt challenged. Before he could think more on it, the Alpha's arm snuck between his back and the furs, pressed him more against the hard body.

"AH! Ah! Tae-, hah, ung- AH!" 

His back arched from the force the Alpha put into his thrusts, but Yoongi's body merely moved from being caged between the Alpha and the furs. He threw his head from one side to the other, crying out in pleasure as the Alpha's hips snapped brutally against him, his cock hitting his prostate over and over. The loud and wet slapping of their skins was just a background noise in his head as he half-lidded laid there, humming and chanting a mantra of Alpha and Taehyung , yelping when Taehyung added a roll to his hips and grinded against him. His nails dug into the Alpha's back, tears clinging to his lashes from the intensity of their mating. 

The moment Taehyung's knot started to expand, his tears started to leave a beautiful trail on his flushed cheeks. The Alpha placed gave him a chaste kiss before concentrating on knotting the omega carefully, making sure the other enjoyed this as much as himself. He ceased his fast thrusting the more his knot expanded.

Yoongi’s eyes rolled back at the unbearable pleasure, and he climaxed from the delicious stretch of his walls, clutching at the Alpha's hand. Taehyung’s release hit him seconds after, his knot emptying into the omega with a loud groan. The omega blindly grabbed for him, still high on pleasure. His hand found the brown hair, pulled him down for a breathy kiss the alpha obediently gave him even when they were still trying to catch their breath. 

Knowing Yoongi’s preference by now, he slowly maneuvered them to be on his back and have the omega on top of him. Almost instantly, the smaller male snuggled his nose under the Alpha’s chin and draped himself around his upper body, purring. Taehyung loved it when Yoongi did that. In fact, his affection for the omega was on a new high, especially after their recent intimacy.

He was afraid to lose him. He loved him, an his feelings certainly didn’t stop him from making love to the omega amidst all the chaos. Yoongi needed to know. 

Craning his head up slightly, he kissed the mark on the omega's neck and soothed a hand over his back, a gesture of fondness and love. And Yoongi didn't miss this. He turned his face to connect their lips, muffling the Alpha's surprised sound. Taehyung was still knotted and releasing inside the Omega. His hands came up to to hold his face as he kissed him back, a gentle and unrushed dance of their lips. Soon after, he went on to leave little kisses all over Yoongi's face, making him giggle.

"Stop that!" 

He buried his face back und the Alpha's chin, and Taehyung let him. Because Yoongi deserved to be spoiled rotten. He kissed the crown of his head before settling a cover over their bodies, now drenched in their mixed scents, intentionally blocking out the looming danger outside. 

Exhaustion and sleepiness caught up to them soon, and strong arms wrapped more tightly around the smaller body.

"Lets have our own pups someday" was the last thing Taehyung said before he closed his eyes, yawned and let sleep take over. Leaving Yoongi wide-eyed and red on top of him. 

The first rays of sunshine broke through the ever-cloudy sky, one of them stirring Jimin from his sleep. He found himself snuggled up against the Alpha's chest, head laying on his outstretched arm. 

Even if he kept denying it, his Omega wolf was actually seeking comfort from him especially.

And they scared him, these feelings he had never experienced. His wolf had never been so restless and conflicted with his reason.

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17

The heat against his own body, radiating from the smaller male, was so inviting and heavenly. Taehyung didn't want to leave his omega's side. Both had fallen asleep without stirring from their positions, so he gently guided himself out, feeling his trapped release leak from the omega's entrance. Yoongi stirred on top of him, cheek squished against his chest and just so adorable, the Alpha almost groaned. 

He cocooned the Omega in the warmth of the blankets and went to clean himself. To avoid getting into his rut, he needed to take the medicine soon - he was lucky that his carelessness didn't trigger it during their intimacy. And he hoped that Yoongi was tired enough to sleep more because today they needed to get Jimin back. 

Taehyung washed himself reluctantly, the scent that had stuck to his body from his beloved Omega was fading and he didn't like it one bit.  His Alpha screamed for his mate's presence, his scent, and he laughed at himself because they weren't even mated. The only comfort was that the Omega bore his mark, a sign to back off for everyone else -  but it was still not a permanent promise. 

The Alpha prepared a meal and only when he almost finished did Yoongi stir, sitting up with squinted eyes and hair that stood up to all directions. He let out an annoyed whine once he was conscious enough of the mess his entrance had leaked. Taehyung couldn't deny that the messy sight of the Omega turned him on every single time, but today he wouldn't be able to act upon his thoughts, so he coughed them away.

"Good morning, I almost finished preparing food" the younger casually greeted him. 

Yoongi just grunted and made his way to clean himself quickly too. While he was busy, the younger wanted to gather the dirty furs and almost changed them for new ones - but this was the omega’s nest. Not wanting to destroy his comfort, he let it be for now and took only the one which was stained the most, in away it wouldn’t be comfortable to sleep in anymore. He laid out the food on a tray and waited for the Omega  in the nest. 

It didn't take long for said male’s approaching steps to be heard, his body only covered in a blanket. Yoongi shamelessly climbed into the nest and on his lap, eyes closed as he glided his lips on the corner of the Alpha's mouth. Taehyung’s eyes closed too, feeling the softness of those pouty lips against his. It was a move that showed submission, but also gratefulness- and it made the Alpha growl back in appreciation. They savored the moment within the hut filled with their mixed scents, and Taehyung licked across Yoongi’s lips before they separated.

Reluctantly, Yoongi leaned back. They didn't have to speak out the obvious to know that they didn’t have much of the peaceful time left.

~

The two Kim brothers were having a loud and hectic discussion. No one bothered to listen to the omega who didn't mind coming along for the exchange - it was Yoongi they wanted in the first place. But no one wanted to risk him being taken, yet there didn't seem to be a way around this condition. 

Taehyung was growling, his brother squeezing his shoulder, because Namjoon could fully understand him. No Alpha wants his Omega in danger.

Yoongi sighed. Jungkook and Hoseok gave the two brothers space and were silently waiting for them to calm down, while the two omegas were again seated on the cushions, Yoongi’s cheek resting in his hand because the Alphas ignored his stance on this. Though now he was not able to bear it any longer. The black haired male stood up and made his way to the angry Alpha. Smoothly, he went in between the brothers and took Taehyung's face into his hands and guided it to his scent gland. 

The Alpha went completely still, but after taking in one breath his hands were immediately on the small waist, eyes closing as the Omega released calming pheromones. Yoongi knew everyone's eyes was on them. Such intimacy wasn't supposed to be shown to others that lightly - but he knew the Alpha needed it.

Taehyung's agitated breath evened out as he pulled the Omega even closer to himself and lapped at his scent gland, before pushing his nose on it again.

Namjoon let out a long breath, helplessly turning to his mate who just shrugged his shoulders with a sympathetic smile.

"Listen to me, Alpha." 

Yoongi managed to relax him, but he didn't want to anger him again. 

"I need to come with you. We need to save Jimin, and they won't hand him unless you bring me there-"

He cupped Taehyung's face even harder when he leaned back a bit and wanted to protest.

"And you will be there, Taehyung. Jungkook will be there. Our Pack Alpha, Your Brother, too. I have my gift. I trust us."

A fire slumbered in the Alpha's eyes, Yoongi could see and feel his internal battle. Maybe it was a bad idea to sleep with each other the day before as that only affected the Alpha’s protectiveness over the omega the more. 

"There is no way around this, and I can't live with myself if I at least don't try to save Jimin. Please, don't argue on this longer, and let us go together."

Jaw tensed, Taehyung let out a long breath and closed his eyes. Namjoon stepped to the pair and squeezed his brothers shoulder sympathetically again.

"Yoongi is right. We shouldn't immediately assume the worst. Maybe we can solve this peacefully."

At that, Taehyung laughed mockingly, but waved his older brother off. 

"Last time they were trying to mate him on the spot. I have a huge doubt that anything will go peacefully."

Now, Seokjin's clear voice cut through the hut:

"And you have a huge chance to capture them all and make them pay for it. That's the least you can do after mistreating your now bonded partner in the past."

The words hurt, because they were true. The younger could just glare at the pregnant Omega, who held his gaze and even raised an eyebrow as if to challenge. A growl vibrates in his chest, and he buried his nose I'm Yoongi's hair who just froze in place. His hand cupped the cheek he had bruised once. When he thought about the toxic heat scent Yoongi had emanated in captivity, his heart dropped even more. All he had done was corner the Omega - even when he wanted to apologize. Yoongi had a big heart, and at the realization he buried his whole face in the dark hair, not wanting to let go. Was this a bad idea?

He didn't want to put him in danger anymore. But they had to try, for his soulmate. For Jimin.

The Omega hugged him back silently.

"We will save Jimin and make them suffer", he assured his Alpha, pushing his nose under his chin. At least Yoongi was sure that he wouldn’t be holding back his gift this time. 

 ~

Namjoon let Hoseok stay back in case another information was delivered through an arrow, while him, Jungkook, Taehyung and Yoongi headed to the western neutral grounds. All Alphas in the pack were on alert, watching the village while their Pack Alpha headed out. Some of Taehyung's friends were accompanying the group in the shadows, a risky move on their side but they couldn’t risk getting ambushed. 

After progressing more than half of the way to the western grounds, Taehyung huffed out from his snout, ears perking up. He could already feel slight movement, though his senses were dimmed as the snow blocked direkt contact to the ground. It didn't take long for them to smell the sweet scent of Jimin in the air, and both Taehyung and Jungkook growled at the same time, speeding up to follow its trail. Namjoon set a faster pace for him and Yoongi too, he knew his younger Alphas could be reckless sometimes. Yoongi silently ran next so him, proving once again how cool-headed and smart he dealt with dangerous situations unlike the younger ones.

Jungkook's howl sounded through the forest, adding to the tension everyone was feeling. 

Geumjae stood next to Jimin, waiting for the other pack to finally arrive after he let him mark some trees with his sweet scent under his supervision.

He would finally see his brother, and his thoughts kept him unusually quiet, making Jimin look at him curiously from the corner of his eye. He stared back, his lips lifting to a half smirk as he booped the confused Omega on the nose in front of everyone. 

A loud growl ripped through the area, and two pairs of eyes approached their group from within the forest. The Alpha held the blonde Omega by the waist, pressing him to himself. 

Emerging from the cover over the trees, one black and another brownish-golden Alpha came slowly closer to them. Geumjae’ eyes immediately locked on the brown Alpha who had an all too familiar scent mixed in his. And the Alpha was marked.

Seeing them so close, Jimin longed for his pack mates, he wished nothing more than to run into their safety. Yet, Geumjae stepped forth, blocking their view to the Omega.

"Where is our Omega?", he demanded.

His eyes flashed red before a dangerous growl build itself up from the brown Alpha. 

Taehyung actually knew who he was. There was no doubt that the Alpha holding Jimin captive was none other than Yoongi's brother, whom he saw in their shared dreams. Even their scent was similar. 

Judging by his look, he also seemed to smell Yoongi on him, because he didn't spare Jungkook another glance since they arrived.

Taehyung changed back into his human form and took the coat from his back, knotted its ends on his shoulder to cover himself. 

"You dare ask for ‘your’ Omega? Its you who took ours, and before things get out of hand, we advice you give him back to us."

"That's the asshole that can play around with mud, Geumie, just so you know",  chimed a voice that Taehyung knew all too well. 

His red eyes found Seung Ho, and he bared his teeth at him. The other spitted on the ground, laughing at him.

"You let yourself be marked? Is it Yoongi's? What a pathetic Alpha you are, you really don't know how to make an Omega submit, huh?" 

Before Taehyung could prepare to attack him a strong hand clasped around his arm, and Namjoon came forth to face their opponents. The Pack Alpha himself was wearing his mark proudly, the words not angering him a bit.

His presence was not one to be ignored, everyone’s eyes on him, and he introduced himself as calmly as possible, contrary to his red eyes that alarmed everyone of his dominance. 

"I'm his Pack Alpha, Kim Namjoon. Whatever grudge you have against my packmates, you will need to share with me. I do not tolerate terrorising my omegas like this. Do tell us how you want to deal with this so both sides can be satisfied."

Seung Ho annoyingly clicked his tongue.

"Well well, how about you give me my Omega back first, dear Pack Alpha Namjoon? That Shithead's scent is all over him, he defiled my Omega - so you should be grateful I'm willing to just take him back."

Instead of reacting to his insults, Namjoon replied calmly:

"Omega Yoongi joined our pack by his own free will. He is free to decide with whom he wants to mate with.

As for now, Kim Taehyung is his Alpha. He is carrying his mark."

"Tell that fucker to fight against me if he wants to claim Yoongi as his Omega so much." Taehyung's hands were balled into fists at his sides, glaring at Seung Ho whose face fell at the suggestion. Showing everyone the coward that he was. He looked at Geumjae, silently seeking help but the Alpha seemed not to listen to their little side argument.

He was focused on something else. There his little brother was, watching him behind the Pack Alpha with wide eyes, shock written all over his face. He also saw the mark that was adorning his neck: he was not mated yet, but claimed, like the Pack Alpha stated. 

Namjoon was watching Geumjae with a cool and calculating expression, the other didn’t say anything since they arrived, and right now he was the one separating them from Jimin. The Alpha was clearly in charge. 

"Long time no see, little brother", were the first words he uttered, and everyone turned to look at a wide-eyed Yoongi. And everyone, except for Taehyung, changed their expressions at the new revelation, Jimin inhaling loudly. 

Geumjae was Yoongi's brother? Despite all the confusion, it made so much sense yet his thoughts were a jumbled mess. How he mistook his scent once. How he knew he was related to the omega. The fire.

Yoongi gulped, stepping a bit closer and halting next to Namjoon. His eyes didn't break from Geumjae's, somehow longing and uncertainty inhabiting his dark orbs at the same time.

"Give us Jimin back. 

I didn't think you would go after innocent people, hyung."

A smile spread across Geumjae's face, letting out a mock laugh at his younger brothers words. A lot was on his mind, he needed to take every detail in. What the Pack Alpha, Namjoon said. The Alpha scent on his brother. The mark on his neck. His brothers scent and mark on the Alpha. The picture was so clear, now that every party involved stood in front of him, and he wouldn’t admit it aloud, but he felt pathetic.

He made his decision then.

"So Seung Ho, if you are so sure that fiery Omega is being held against his will, why don't you fight for your Omega like a true Alpha? Let's settle this fairly, like Pack Alpha Kim suggested."

Relief settled within the Pack Alpha at the words. If Taehyung won the duel, they had every right to claim Yoongi as their Omega. 

"What about Jimin?" 

No one noticed Jungkook turning back into his human form, but it was evident that he was holding his anger back. 

Geumjae lifted an eyebrow at him. 

"Is he yours?" He provoked the younger and got a growl as an answer. He laughed again. He would kill Seung Ho with his own hands after this, if the brown haired Alpha didn't do it himself. 

Said Alpha let out a frustrated yell. 

"That Omega is mine. Why the fuck do I need to take on that mutt who fucked with what's mi-" he interrupted his little speech with a shriek, as flames bursted out of the air in front of his face.

"I can take you on myself, you fucking coward."

Yoongi stepped even closer now, standing in front of the Alphas. 

"If not for your cowardice, I would have killed you long ago. All you can do is ambush people and tie them up AND fuck omegas all day. You good for nothing piece of shit! I will burn you alive!" His voice got higher by every word. He had all the intentions to take him on, but Taehyung was at his side in no time, pulling him back around his middle and pressing his nose to the smaller’s temple. 

Geumjae sighed. This wasn’t what he expected. There wasn’t a tortured and scared Yoongi, but only an angered and disappointed omega. He motioned Jimin to move in front, a hand on his back. 

"As you don't seem to be determined to fight for your mate, like a true Alpha, you are not deserving of the Omega." He addressed this to Seung Ho, who almost busted a vein on his neck at the Alpha's words. Their own packmates seemed hesitant at the exchange. Seung Ho was making them lose face.

Their leading Alpha patted Jimin's back.

"Go back to your pack."

Jimin turned his head so fast, he almost got whiplash. Was Geumjae joking? Why would he let him go now? His obvious hesitation wasn't missed by his packmates, but after and encouraging nod from the Alpha, he was sure he meant every word. When he took his first step away from him, he felt his heart already grow heavy, and there was a lump stuck in his throat. Was is possible to be relieved and sad at the same time?

"So you let the whore free now too? Fucking traitor!" 

Seung Ho growled, and in the blink of an eye he turned to his wolf, howling loudly. It was a command. Jimin stopped on the spot, once again confusion settling within his mind as he watched the scene unfold. He only had so much time to react when he saw a wolf sneaking from behind the Alpha, already leaning back to gain more momentum for his jump. 

The blonde Omega cried out, and without thinking, Jimin pulled Geumjae, who was solely focused on Seung Ho, to himself, making them both almost tumble over. The wolf missed his aim, but he quickly whipped his head to the side, biting down on the omega's arm. Jimin cried out of pain. Geumjae and his Alpha wolf saw red. Led by his instincts, his flames surrounded the wolf he recognized as Gon, burning him without mercy while he shielded Jimin from the heat. 

Completely caught off guard, Namjoon needed to make a quick decision.

"Protect them! Assist the Alpha!" 

The ground below them shook and an earthy wall separated the other pack from Geumjae and Jimin, who was bleeding from his arm. 

Geumjae had only heard about it, but seeing the outstretched arm of the brown-haired Alpha male, he was now positive that he was gifted too. He didn't lose time in hoisting Jimin into his arms and jumping down the rock towards the unfamiliar pack. 

As expected, Seung Ho's hounds came after him. A single gesture from Pack Alpha Kim gave the signal for their back up to get out of their cover and openly attack the hostile pack. Jungkook was immediately rushing to check up on the blonde omega. He shot Geumjae a sceptical glare before joining his other packmates - the younger took two wolves down already.

Either he did it now or never. Letting his anger getting the best of himself, Yoongi changed into his wolf and dashed at Seung Ho. Today, he wanted to see him dead, because hurting him was one thing - hurting his loved ones was another.

He heard his fellow packmates shout after him, but his mind was only focused on killing a certain Alpha.

The omega was being reckless, but Taehyung would not have him harmed. After a short glance towards Jimin, he knew he would be safe with Yoongi's brother as he could sense it in the older’s scent, and dashed after his Omega. He easily swept the wolves getting in his way away, shaping the ground into a wall they ran against. He wouldn't lose a loved one to this pack again. There were too many wolves surround him quickly, it was obvious they were trying to cut him off from getting to Yoongi. Though he barely dodged some attacks, because his opponents were wearing the bead necklace, his sense of smell being manipulated, having to rely on his gift and hearing instead. 

Namjoon eyed Geumjae suspiciously since the Omega wouldn't let him go. 

The Alpha placed his hand on the smaller's, giving him an encouraging smile yet Jimin's eyes didn't leave his, a deep worry settled within him and he didn't know why he wanted to stay by the Alpha when the familiar scent of his Pack Alpha surrounded him. A worried scent. Geumjae turned the smaller towards Namjoon, and that was the moment the Omega let go and buried his face in the Pack Alpha's chest instead, getting comfort from the familiarity and protection it promised. Namjoon soothed a hand over his back. His nose scrunched at the smell of an unfamiliar Alpha on the Omega, he couldn't help but think that something happened between the two. But his Omega, judging from the situation, looked pretty much healthy and safe. They bathed in each others familiarity for a few seconds.

They didn't have much time. After a short exchange of words between the Alphas, Namjoon ordered Jungkook back to watch over Jimin. The two other alphas dashed forwards in their wolf form, to keep the hostile ones back from getting near Jimin or any other of their loved packmates.

Even in his wolf form, Seung Ho seemed to grin like a maniac, and Yoongi just growled at him. He made a circle of flames, separating himself and Seung Ho from the rest so he could take him on without any disturbances. With the burning anger inside of him the Omega jumped, wanting to sink his teeth in his neck and drag the life out of him, see it die out from those dirty eyes. Seung Ho shifted to the side, going for the omega's neck instead, but he yelped when a flame burst in front on his snout, burning him slightly. Recovering from his initial shock, he pinned Yoongi down, but the omega clawed and snapped his jaw at him, eyes flashing red. He concentrated the heat into his paws, pressing them against the bulky Alpha. Seung Ho howled in pain, and his claws scratched blindly across the omegas face. Yoongi ignored the sting, getting back up as the other shook his furs and rolled on the ground to cool the burning of his furs. Seung Ho mirrored his actions soon, baring his teeth to the omega. It was done to distract the omega from to the two wolves that made their way into the fire circle by creating an opening with a pile of snow.

Yoongi whined in pain when a jaw locked around his ankle and pulled him backwards, his body falling flatly to the ground as he helplessly clawed at it. Looking back, he barely saved his neck by setting the fur of the second intruder on fire, who was about to attack him but was  now struggling to stop his fur and himself from burning completely. Though the omega was still trapped - Seung Ho was suddenly in front of him with an evil smirk, and didn’t hesitate to press his paw against Yoongi’s neck to cut off his air flow. The omega had no time to react and his flames lit up at his paws, but the lack of oxygen prevented him from creating a bigger fire.

He huffed, struggled and kicked, ripping the wound around his ankle even wider as the other wolf still didn't release him. He felt his consciousness slipping after a few seconds, but he didn’t miss the violent shaking of the ground below him. The next second, Seung Ho wasn’t pressing down on his neck anymore, the piercing fangs around his ankles were gone too. He felt the warm blood trickling over his hint legs. Before he had a chance to see how bad it was, his light was cut off by an earth wall - or rather, an earth cage.

Taehyung had caged him for his safety, just like he did before. Yoongi didn’t want the Alpha to fight alone, so he tried whining to let him free, knowing deep down it was in vain. No Alpha would risk his omega’s safety. All he could do was sense Taehyung’s destructive anger, maybe even more heated than his own. 

He saw flashes of the thoughts the Alpha had at the moment - of black wolves destroying his former village, killing his family. And the images shook him to his inner core - the reason Taehyung didn’t accept him at all at first. A deep hatred and grudge against his old pack, all created because of one greedy Pack Alpha. And now his son who wasn't an once better than him was in front of the Alpha that had harboured this hatred for so long. One had killed his family, the other was after his omega. Taehyung was seething.

He dashed with a ground-shaking growl onto Seung Ho, who was only trying to dodge his new opponent. He wasn’t keen on dying, knew very well he had no chance against the earth bastard alone, so he escaped the circle to see if he could gather more of his pack mates for aid. His head spinned from an unexpected crash against an earth block that suddenly emerged on his path, and that’s when the brown wolf sprang onto him. Taehyung saw red. His rationality was gone, his Alpha that had to eliminate the danger that was there, clawing into the chest of the black wolf and clamping his fangs deep down his neck. Seung Ho screamed, his claws dug deep into Taehyung's rips and across his stomach, but the young Alpha didn’t loosen his jaw one bit. 

More foreign claws dug into his back, trying to get him off of the dying Alpha. He blindly used his gift on them, knowing he was successful when he heard painful whines and hugs and the claws were gone. Yet, some were stubborn and attacked him again. Taehyung was numb to everything else but the flesh and blood he felt in between his fangs. His wolf flashed through his red eyes, keen on seeing the last breath leaving the other beast's body. 

Despite his attempts in blocking the others attacks, claws dug deeper into his back and sides - the Alpha growled in pain, feeling the thick hot liquid taint his fur while the black wolf under him lost the focus in his eyes. He no longer cared to shield himself, fully concentrating his remaining energy to keep the walls around Yoongi up while he was still conscious. 

Yoongi was still whining and clawing at the earthy walls, feeling the pain even through the numbed mind of Taehyung. His Alpha was in danger, and he howled to be let out. Dirt gathered under his claws as he tried to dig a way out from his confines, whining. 

He lost track of how long he was in there, losing hope with every second he felt more pain through the bond and yet the walls were unrelenting - until he heard them crack. Yoongi didn't hesitate to throw his body against the walls to deepen the crack, and when he tried it again, one side of his earth cage gave in, letting him out onto the snowy, burnt smelling field. Instincts took over, and they carried himself to his Alpha, getting closer to his presence. 

He barely acknowledged his Pack Alpha and brother who were fighting enemy wolves as his Alpha finally presented himself to his eyes, with a black wolf trapped underneath his big body. He laid there unmoving, more red then brown shading his fur.

The Omega let out a loud whine and rushed to the younger to try and groom him to get off all of the blood. He bled too much! Too too much! 

He licked his face clean, his whines never ceasing even when he frantically progressed along his body. The Alpha's breath were shallow, Yoongi tried pushing his own scent gland into his snout to ease his pain with his scent. All he got was a tired grunt and lick. In his panic, he only licked him back, trying to get more reactions out of him, nudging and huffing desperately at the Alpha. 

The moment Taehyung lost consciousness was evident, his muscles let loose and his body and neck went slack while his head rested half on the ground, half on Seung Ho's dead body. Yoongi felt the emotional bond die down right that instant.

His deafening and panicked whines resonated throughout the forest. The omega pushed his snout under the heavy Alpha to push his head back up.

But there was no movement, not even a flinch from the Alpha, his whines turned to growls and whines again.

A bigger, blood tainted body came in between him and his Alpha. It was his hyung,  pushing Yoongi back from the unconscious younger Alpha, pushing the smaller until he was caged by Jimin and Jungkook who were trying to calm the Omega down. Seeing how they struggled to do so, Geumjae decided he needed to put his last resort into use. 

The growl bubbled in his chest and he barked it out, directed at his younger brother, mixed with his Alpha voice. Involuntary, Yoongi froze on the spot with empty eyes, and Jungkook didn't hesitate grab him by the neck and pull him off the neutral grounds with Jimin, who was also slightly shaken by the Alpha voice. 

Yoongi could only helplessly watch how the fields and rocks bathed in blood got smaller and smaller in his vision as he was dragged away by his younger pack mates.

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When he opened his eyes again, Yoongi's eyelashes were almost glued together from the tears he had shed, and there was a disgusting stench in the air. It smelled of burned bodies… 

He whined, wanted to see Taehyung. Mixed voices approached him then suddenly vanished when someone came into his room- Jimin. The blonde's arm was bandaged, and within seconds he was on his knees next to Yoongi, his healthy hand gliding over the elder omega’s body, worried eyes settled on his face. They were in their home and Yoongi wondered how much the burnt smell must have stuck onto them to stench up the whole room. Jimin’s voice steadily filtered into his senses:

"You'll be fine hyung. Let me get you some water!" 

Before the younger could stand up fully, he grabbed his wrist, blood-shot eyes finding the younger's.

"What about him?"

Jimin knew whom he was asking about, and deliberately avoided eye contact. Because he didn't have a certain answer to give.

"I don't know hyung. Hoseok hyung is looking after him, but I really don't know." 

The pressure on Jimin’s wrist loosened, and the hand fell onto the wooden floor with a thud. Yoongi tried to sense Taehyung through the bond, probing at his senses.

He was still alive, he knew, but now his presence was like a dimmed light. Uncertain if it will shine brightly again, or get dimmed even further. Even he couldn’t tell.

Suddenly a bowl of water was pressed against his lips - he didn’t notice that Jimin went to fetch the water and came back already.

Yoongi felt numb. His dongsaeng helped him up with his healthy hand, and upon his insistence he washed himself thoroughly, refusing the younger’s help inside the bathroom though. His wounded ankle hurt, which is why Jimin had to help him to at least get there safely. The wound promised limping for days without a doubt. While he washed himself, his throat stung when he reached to clean it. Yoongi was sure that Seung Ho left an ugly bruise there, but knowing it was the last one he was able to give him gave him a certain satisfaction.

When he finished, cleaned off of all the blood and dirt, the omega limped to their living space. Jimin had prepared tea, and was now trying to get him to drink it. 

Yoongi was disconnected from his present. He tried to get himself together, but his omega was in sorrow. It was hard enough to concentrate on not letting the cup in his hand go. So the younger omega cuddled up to him, pulling him closer by the shoulders to share each other’s body heat for comfort. 

“Jungkook will tell us when we can see him. Hoseok hyung doesn’t want anyone to disturb him while he treats Tae”, he provided. At least that was something Yoongi could hold on to. Going mad and storming in to disrupt Hoseok’s work wasn’t the smartest thing to do, he knew. He trusted the healer, but he couldn’t help being emotionally drained.

They sat like that for what felt like an hour, their tea finished, until their front door creeped open. Yoongi’s senses recognized the familiar scent, but his mind didn’t acknowledge the male at first. The deep voice barely reached his ears - Jimin seemed to answer his words with his higher tone, a nice contrast of pitch. The other male stepped into their hut. Only when he knelt in front of the dazed omega did he recognize his brother, whose face was also decorated with battle wounds, like his.

They didn’t exchange any words. Geumjae took his hand, caressing the knuckles with his thumb. He noticed that Jimin was scooting away from the siblings, and his other hand shot out, placed on his thigh, to keep him where he was seated. The Alpha was emitting pheromones to soothe both omegas, and he felt the blonde’s eyes boring into his head.

He pulled Yoongi by the hand, and the smaller didn’t resist. The omega started to purr in distress and seeked comfort in the scent of his brother, burying his face in his chest. Jimin squatted next to them and soothed his hand over Yoongi’s back. 

“I’m glad you’re safe, Yoongi. I don’t know him for long, but your Alpha is strong. That much I know. Have faith.” 

He scented his little brother which relaxed his tensed muscles. The smaller body slumped in the Alpha’s hold, so that soon he carried him to his room with Jimin’s guidance. They secured a sleeping Yoongi under the covers, and for some reason Jimin didn’t have the courage to look into the Alpha’s eyes when he stood up again. Thinking back on what passed between them made him embarrassed and uncomfortable, even more so since he was Yoongi’s brother.

“You should stay here with your brother for the meantime”, he suggested and wanted to leave the room already, but Geumjae was faster. He grabbed him by his healthy arm, making the omega look up at him. The Alpha leaned into his scent gland, slow enough for Jimin to break free, asking silently for permission. When the omega didn’t resist nor move away, he gently started to scent Jimin, mixing his strong scent with his, covering him all over with his own. Jimin closed his eyes and instinctively craned his neck to give the Alpha more access, because the scenting was certainly working. Geumjae teased his neck lightly with the tip of his nose, giving playful licks before retreating.

"Lay down next to Yoongi. I will stay with you two." He whispered against the delicate neck, and Jimin answered by rubbing his temple against the Alpha's chin. 

Geumjae waited for him to snuggle up next to Yoongi before he undressed and turned into his wolf, laying down by the head of omegas in a half circle and sharing his body heat with them. The black alpha wolf licked the omegas faces, spread his calming pheromones into the room before he laid his head on his paws. 

Jimin was conflicted. He knew their pack wouldn’t just let Geumjae go, and once Namjoon had the most urgent matters off of his list, he would surely ask for the interrogation of the Alpha. The only reason they didn’t tie him up was that he showed no intention of abducting Yoongi any further, but was protecting his younger brother. Just for now, Jimin allowed himself to be lulled to sleep by the Alpha’s calming scent, hugging himself closer to Yoongi.

A whole evening and night passed, Yoongi slipped in out of sleep while Jimin and his brother shared their comfortable heat and took care of the seemingly lifeless Omega. He was bundled up with Jimin on the cushions in their living space while Geumjae was curled into himself in a corner when Jungkook finally knocked on their door and let himself in. He shot a distrusting look at the other Alpha that only escaped Yoongi, but the younger knew they had other priorities than to deal with the Alpha right now. The moment Yoongi registered his presence, he stumbled from his place, making Jimin shriek, and limped towards Jungkook. The young Alpha offered to assist the hurt Omega, and Yoongi held his hand like a lifeline while the younger guided him with the other hand on his back. 

"How is he doing?" Jimin asked before they stepped out fully. Jungkook stopped and sighed. He didn’t want to withhold such information, but it was still hard to be the one to relay it. 

"We still don't know, hyung. Hoseok hyung said it depends on Taehyung to fight for his life now. He lost too much blood, which slows his healing. We wanted Yoongi hyung to see him at least-  in case…"

The younger never finished his thought, but Jimin understood. His mood dropped immensely, while Yoongi's scent turned sour and acidic, making the Alpha flinch.

"Take me to him, Jungkook. Please." His voice almost choked on a sob, and the younger did as he was told. It was like Yoongi's whole physical being vanished and his heartbeat was the only thing he felt in the universe. He didn't even register his vision anymore, only concentrating on the bond that was connecting him to the sick and hurt Alpha as they approached him. He didn't know when or how they arrived, or how his knees didn't hurt when he let himself fall and crawl to his Alpha.

The Alpha that laid all bandaged up on the furs, eyes closed and his mouth a straight line. 

Yoongi didn't say anything. The Omega just curled up next to his Alpha, careful not to jostle him. With a feather-light touch, he caressed over his broad chest, felt the weak heartbeat under his palm, while taking in Taehyung's side profile and finally registering what he was seeing. How he seemed to look so carefree when he was sleeping like that, like a pup almost, and his dark lashes stood out on the honey-toned skin.

His hand came up to comb his fingers through the silky brown hair, and he hugged the Alpha's head to his chest, caressing over the silky strands, like a giant pup he had just put to sleep in his arms.

Hoseok watched the broken omega with a heavy heart. His young lover came up from behind to pull the healer to himself around his middle. 

"You did your best hyung." 

The younger was suffering too. Everyone was, but Jungkook wanted to stay strong in times where his hyungs were devastated and needed him. He silently prayed for Taehyung to win his battle for survival while he comforted his mate. 

They didn't leave the other two alone, watching over them in case something happened. Yoongi was whispering to Taehyung, not acknowledging any other presence within the hut, not even when Jimin and his brother came over.

Jungkook was still eyeing Geumjae sceptically. He wanted to cover the Alpha’s scent on Jimin away with his own or at least any other scent that was pack, but instead he let his aggression out by scenting a confused Hoseok, but the latter didn't comment on his strange behaviour. 

"They're a pair" Jimin explained silently when Geumjae was shocked at what he was witnessing. There had never been male Alpha pairs in his previous pack. 

Him and Jimin gently forced Yoongi to eat later, trying to ease the workload off the healer as best as they could while Hoseok also tended to others that seeked his care.

Hoseok explicitly gave orders to keep Jin away as he knew the older would want to help. He didn't want the pregnant Omega to get emotional and cause stress to the growing pup, and consequently to the whole pack. Since then Namjoon was with his mate and helped tend to others of the pack that weren’t in medical need. The past few days, he came to visit his brother shortly every evening, only to leave with a sad face. 

Another day passed. Yoongi was still asleep when he felt something nudge his temple, so he buried his face deeper into the warmth. A pleased growl filled his ears and he sighed. Having his Alpha pleased was the best way to his own satisfaction. 

When realization hit him, he opened his eyes and retreated his face from the strong neck. The Alpha was watching him intensively with red eyes. 

For the first time, the Omega started to wail, throwing his arms around the Alpha and crying into his shoulder. Yoongi's sobs were shaking his whole body, the other two Alpha's in the room were alerted by the sounds. Hoseok had been in a slumber, sitting on a chair, while Jungkook jumped in from outside, checking on the pair. Both of their eyes bulged at what happened next.

Taehyung growled at them, his claws were out when he rolled Yoongi over, still growling at the other two Alphas that were threatening his territory. His pheromones were immense and strong, and the moment they hit Jungkook, he growled back at him. If that wasn't enough of an indicator that Taehyung was in rut, said male licking at the omega's neck and rutting his hips into him was.

And Yoongi's body instantly reacted. He whimpered, feeling the slick leaking out of his entrance caused by the Alpha's pheromones. His mind was dizzy, and his Omega was ready to be taken. 

But the next moment, the Alpha on top of him was gone and Hoseok was dragging the omega out by his arm. He could only see for a second how Jungkook and Taehyung were entangled into a dominance fight, baring their fangs at each other and the whole hut was shaking from Taehyung's anger. 

The commotion didn't go unnoticed by others, and Hoseok requested some beta packmates to help him carry Yoongi back to Jimin's place. 

His brother wouldn't be affected since they were blood-related, and Hoseok was trained enough to not let Omega pheromones get to him. They needed to find another shelter for Jimin for the meantime though.

He couldn't risk the pair spending a rut together. Taehyung was a strong, but injured Alpha. He barely survived, and in his weak state his rut and wolf would completely take over his mind, there was no assurance that Yoongi would have been safe either as the omega was also injured and naturally submitting to him. Half of the village was shaking, and that was enough confirmation to the healer in his decision.

He didn't know when or where the other Alphas came from, but Taehyung snapped at them without discrimination. Every Alpha was his enemy, he wanted to tear them to shreds when they forcefully dragged him out and through the village, to finally dump him into his own home. 

As if lightning struck him, he froze on the spot and his mind focused on the smell in the place, totally forgetting to fight back. He progressed his way to the still-intact nest. Breathing was hard, not only because he was burning up, but his injuries stung and forced him to take cautious breaths while his body ached for his omega. Everything irritated him and hurt.

Jungkook and the other Alphas mumbled among themselves and threw something inside which he didn't pay much attention to. 

The Alpha embraced the sheets that smelled of his Omega and groaned. He wanted the Omega. The pain inside his and his Alpha's heart was stronger than his injuries or any other rut he had before. 

The scent of the Omega was relief and torture, making him want something more than a scent, something which wasn't possible to have at the moment. The Alpha rutted violently against the furs and blankets which were already torn at some places. He clawed at them, growled in pain because it wasn't enough. His body hurt, burned up, wanted to dominate over the delicate Omega that was torn away from him not long ago. 

Imagining Yoongi ripped a deafening growl from the Alpha, and the hut started to shake. The ground was vibrating, the furs getting shredded into pieces even more as his rut went on.

His mind suggested he find the Omega, but as he approached his door he could only smell Alphas in an abnormal amount, disgusting him and instinctively making him retreat back to the nest where he pathetically rutted against the furs that smelled of Yoongi. He growled, it hurt and he was too impatient to take off his clothes as his seeds shot into his confines, whining in pain because it was simply not enough. 

His wounds were itching at all places in his body, yet he stripped his clothes and some bandages along carelessly from himself and took his member in his hand to form a pseudo-hole that could never satisfy him. 

The Alpha moaned, trying to seek the wetness of his Omega but the beast didn't comprehend that his hand couldn't help him the way his omega's heated walls would. So he thrusted into his own hand with irritated sounds leaving his mouth. His knot formed and he squeezed the flesh to get at least a fraction of satisfaction.

It was terrible. The Alpha wolf saw his Omega before his eyes, on all fours for him as he took his knot and let himself still be fucked while they were locked. He growled at the image and started to rut into the furs again. His ruts had never hurt to this extent. This was going to be hell.

Yoongi was rushed to his room, Hoseok sent Jimin away for the meantime while he tried to calm the Omega down from going into a full heat. His brother held the Omega down so he wouldn't try to seek the healer's scent gland - to relieve a bit of his heated pain - and luckily he started to calm down after a few hours. Hoseok made him drink the heat prevention tea, and although he squirmed in pain from Taehyung's rut which he felt through the bond, he at least didn't feel the need to jump on any available Alpha anymore. 

Geumjae gathered his brother in his arms and stayed the night over to watch over him. Thankfully, the healer trusted him with the task, but his other half, Jungkook, wasn't sharing the same sentiment. The Alpha had placed himself in front of the hut, watching him and not even hiding his wariness. Geumjae thought that was fair, because in the end he was indeed a stranger that came from an enemy pack that had held their innocent Omega hostage.

Which is what was dealt with the next day. Taehyung was occupied with his rut, and the healer had people watch him to not leave his home in case he went and searched for Yoongi.  

Namjoon decided it was finally the day he should further progress into interrogation. 

Jimin wasn't supposed to be present, but the omega wanted to be. He felt that Geumjae would be at a disadvantage if they didn't hear what he had to say too. An he didn’t want to think too deeply why this bothered him. Luckily, Suran didn't question him much when he asked her to watch over Yoongi for a while. His Alpha brother was led away when the younger brother was sleeping, and it had already been half an hour since then when Suran came along. Jimin thanked her before rushing towards the Pack Alpha's hut.

The Alphas guarding the place were about to deny the Omega access when Jimin aggressively hissed at them.

"This is my case too. Don't you dare block my way!" And the bulky men couldn't do anything when the Omega stepped past them, staring at each other in surprise. 

Inside, Namjoon was sitting on his wooden throne, staring down at Geumjae whose hands were bound behind his back with metal chains. The Pack Alpha snapped his eyes to the Omega, lifting an eyebrow.

"Jimin. Why are you here?"

The Omega paid his respects by bowing to his Pack Alpha, before straightening his back and looking him directly into the eyes.

"Pack Alpha Kim. I think I have a right to be here as I was directly affected by this matter too. Please let me know what you are going to do with him."

Namjoon's face didn't give anything away, while Jungkook by his side looked just as perplexed as Bogum on Namjoon's other side. 

"Very well. Since you are here, we can confirm with you some matters which seem... doubtful."

A beat of silence passed before Namjoon spoke up again:

"Did the Alpha touch you?"

And Jimin knew he meant more than a simple touch. He asked if the Alpha had mounted Jimin during his captivity.

"No, he didn't."

"Then can you explain why his scent is radiating off of you so much?"

The Omega had to look down, heat rushed to his cheeks, he felt so exposed. But the Alpha didn't touch him.

"He made his pack mates believe we were… intimate, so they wouldn't try anything. He scented me deliberately in a way it would seem like we were."

Namjoon rested his temple against his index finger, now looking back at Geumjae.

"Why did you kidnap our Omega in the first place?"

Geumjae sighed. He had been trying to explain that he didn't lay a hand on Jimin in that way for almost half an hour now, and this was a question he could finally work with.

"I didn't kidnap him. The idiot Seung Ho and his hounds did. I was expecting Yoongi, not Jimin."

"That still means you planned on kidnapping one of our omegas."

"I was led to believe he was being mistreated in this pack. My brother left our old pack over five years ago. After all this time I hear from him - it's about him being abused by an Alpha. I know the reason he ran away. So I couldn't leave it be, because that was the fate he was exactly trying to escape."

For the first time, Namjoon showed his emotional exhaustion with a sigh.

"Even though I understand, your approach has dangered and hurt my pack. I can't let this slide."

Geumjae had nothing to say, because this was a Pack Alpha that cared about his pack. His own Pack Alpha wouldn't have even given him a chance to explain at all. Namjoon was pretty lenient. So he just nodded and awaited his punishment.

"No! He isn't the only responsible for this mess. Just because the other asshole is dead you can't push everything on him!"

Jimin stepped forth, accusatory eyes on his Pack Alpha. He looked like he had to say more, but Geumjae's voice reached him first.

"Jimin. I don't need an omega to defend me." 

And Jimin didn't know why but it hurt when he turned around and saw the cold eyes of the Alpha, as if the Omega was doing something wrong and not trying to help. The words got stuck in his throat, and his fists started to shake in anger by his sides.

It was childish, but his vision blurred from tears and he stormed out without paying any respects. He was so done with everyone in that hut.

Back in his own place, he thanked Suran again who thankfully didn't ask why he was so agitated before she left their home. The blonde snuggled into Yoongi's furs, who was barely aware of him, yet seemed to sense something was wrong. Yoongi reached around his waist with closed eyes to pull the younger closer to him and Jimin hid his face in the older omegas neck. He shed a few silent tears before sleep claimed him.

-

Hoseok had to stop himself from cooing loudly when he came to check on Yoongi again. The two omegas limbs were tangled with the other’s, with Jimin's face buried in the crook of Yoongi's neck. Jungkook had told him about what happened earlier, so he wasn't surprised that the blonde Omega seeked comfort. The healer brushed his hand over both of their foreheads, intuitively checking their temperatures and only leaving after he placed two bowls of water next to them.

The blonde omega avoided going out as much as possible, trying to keep himself from asking what was decided. He distracted himself by looking after Yoongi, though he didn't know if it wasn't the other way around. The elder omega sensed his discomfort and would quietly lead his head on his lap so he could card his fingers through Jimin's hair, successfully calming him for a while. 

This went on until the day Taehyung's rut ended, which lasted for five days. In the noon of the last day, Yoongi immediately knew because he felt like he could finally breathe freely again, and the dimmed light inside their bond was radiating much stronger now.

Jungkook came around in the evening, and it didn't take much to notice that Jimin didn't want to talk to the Alpha, or anyone else at that. Yoongi would have to ask what this all was about later - but right now, he just wanted to see his Alpha. His leg healed a bit over the past days and he could walk without needing help, his limp barely noticeable. Jungkook informed him that the Alpha was in his home, and the Omega almost sprinted. 

The door that separated him and Taehyung was opened with shaky hands, and Yoongi was hit with heavy pheromones that coated the air. He stepped inside, seeing the sleeping Alpha - with just one fur piece on the wooden bed? The omega assumed someone helped him clean up, because there were no suspicious stains or fluids anywhere, though he saw something entirely unexpected. The wooden floor was damaged and cracked at some places, sharp earthy edges peeking out from below in several places. It was the evidence of an aggressive rut the Alpha had been through. Strange enough, the bed seemed to be intact. He leaned over the edge to take in his Alpha's face, not quite healed but definitely healthier than before his rut. He couldn't help but place a kiss on his cheek, closing his eyes and sighing in relief. Taehyung would survive.

The Alpha groaned, and Yoongi leaned back to see him open his tired eyes, then reaching out to the Omega with his hand. Yoongi climbed onto the bed on his knees, immediately encasing Taehyung's hand in his.

"I'm here. I'm here, Alpha" He quietly whispered, and the Alpha tucked him down gently. The Omega laid down beside him, and Taehyung's hand pulled him closer by his waist. His eyes closed again, yet he moved closer to bury his nose in the omega's neck. Yoongi placed his hand on his strong nape to keep the Alpha there. It was ticklish, the way he started to run his nose up and down the length of his throat and licked on some spots. Taehyung didn't stop there. He mumbled something unintelligible under his breath, eyes still closed whereas his hand was pushing Yoongi's hanbok down his shoulder, exposing his pale flesh on the side he wasn't lying on. The Alpha ran his nose along the newly exposed skin now, kissing and licking the delicate body and scenting it at the same time. After a while he just appreciated the skin by running his lips over them in a light touch. A very welcome warmth enveloped Yoongi's whole body at finally being by the Alpha's side, and finally being able to touch each other. He carded his fingers through the brown strands, getting a pleased growl.

"My Omega", Taehyung whispered against his exposed chest and kissed him there too. Yoongi pulled the Alpha even more to himself, making him bury his face in his chest and kissed the younger's temple. 

"You did well Taehyung. You did well, Alpha. Now rest. I'm here now. I'm not going anywhere" he assured in the most soothing voice, and it worked indeed. Taehyung hummed, rubbing his face like a sleepy child against the omega's chest before he stilled and let sleep claim him. Yoongi wasn't sure when Jungkook had left them alone, but he was thankful for having privacy with his Alpha now. 

He kissed the younger’s eyebrow before tugging the Alpha's head under his chin.

Taehyung woke up to the smell of delicious cooking. Without a doubt, it was Yoongi preparing food. The Alpha cracked his eyes open, it was morning and he felt more liberated than ever before. His Omega was here, his scent was filling the area and his horrible rut was over. He gulped at the flashbacks of his rut, how destructive his beast had been, how out of control. He needed to thank Hoseok and Jungkook later for taking Yoongi away. 

"Morning", a low but soothing voice greeted, and Taehyung looked up at the most beautiful Omega he ever saw in his life. 

He wasn't one to be emotional, but seeing Yoongi at the edge of the bed, smiling down at him so sweetly despite all the scratches and wounds across his face, broke and healed his heart at the same time. Taehyung didn't say anything as his tears silently ran down his face. Yoongi placed the tray he was holding aside and immediately climbed onto the bed, pulling the Alpha like the evening before against his chest.

"Shhh, Tae. It's over. Thank you for saving me. You did good, Alpha." 

The younger cried silently in his arms, and Yoongi held him through all of it. 

When the Alpha calmed down, he shifted slightly so that he was sitting up a bit, facing the Omega. Yoongi watched him patiently, what he didn't expect was for the Alpha to claim his lips so suddenly, but the Omega wasn't complaining. 

Taehyung pressed him down onto the fur, his hot mouth moving against the omega's. The Alpha shifted to kiss him even deeper, making the Omega moan against the feverish lips. It was desperate and seeking. By the time they broke the kiss, Yoongi was already dizzy. The Alpha kept appreciating his jaw and neck with more kisses. 

The Omega didn't wait for Taehyung, opened the front of his Hanbok himself and spread his legs wider in invitation. 

Taehyung growled at how beautifully he presented himself to the Alpha, and in a blink of an eye he got rid of the pants that had his rock-hard member confined.

Yoongi felt the tip at his leaking entrance and his breath got heavier in anticipation. 

"Ah!" He couldn't help the small exclamation as the head breached him and his shaking hands came up to hold tightly onto the Alpha's shoulders, who was watching him attentively. Taehyung pushed forward, the omega’s back arched from the intrusion, mouth agape in a silent moan. The Alpha started moving immediately, his member gently pushing in and out of the wet entrance. He took his time kissing the omega's lips, eyes and nose, making Yoongi giggle as he was concentrating on adjusting to the intrusion with closed eyes. Taehyung started to move faster, pushing hard into the omega in one particular thrust and Yoongi's eyes snapped open with a high whimper. The Alpha kissed him again as he grinded his cock inside the omega's heated walls, but once he started to set a faster pace again Yoongi needed to break the kiss, panting his hot breath against the Alpha's lips.

"Taehyung!" 

The Alpha took the Omega with short and fast thrusts, bare skin meeting and creating wet sounds. He hummed and marked the omega's collarbones, whispering "mine" in between his marking and kissing.

With each thrust he took the Omega harder, making him cling onto the Alpha so keep wouldn't move up on the fur with the impact of his thrusts. Taehyung kissed any wounds and scars on the Omega he could reach, admiring his pleasured expression before he braced his hands on either side of the omega's shoulders to pound into him mercilessly, ripping out screams from the Omega as his strong thighs smacked against his already reddened cheeks. Yoongi gripped at the Alpha's hair, throwing his head back because the pleasure was just too overwhelming, and Taehyung made use of the opportunity to kiss the exposed neck, growling at the healing bruises that weren’t his. He rolled his hips, hit Yoongi's prostate and sucked on the omega's scent gland. It made Yoongi come without a warning as the pleasure rolled over him so suddenly, the scream stuck at his throat as the Alpha kept pounding into the omega through his high. White and black spots appeared in his vision, from pleasure and over-sensitivity, and his arms fell off the Alpha’s shoulders, not able to prevent his body from moving up and down on the furs anymore as he was taken eagerly. The Alpha pushed his hand under the omega's back and up to his shoulder, keeping him in place instead as he rammed his cock into the slick hole and started to form his knot with a growl.

With a few final, harsh thrusts, the Alpha shoved his knot inside the Omega and locked himself inside. His thick cum shot out from his tip, growls turning louder as he emptied himself into his Omega, still shallowly thrusting into him and making him whimper.

The sight under him was mesmerising and erotic. Yoongi was looking at him through tired, half-lidded eyes and there was a faint blush on his cheeks and neck. The pale chest was covered in sweat and cum, moving rapidly up and down as he took deep breaths. The Alpha leaned down to peck the pouty lips and Yoongi sighed, closing his eyes as he let himself feel the bliss of the moment.

Taehyung was still grinding against him, his knot had yet to be emptied so he carefully shifted them around, mindful of their injuries, so that Yoongi was on top of him. The Omega kissed his chest before laying his head on the spot and smiling up at the Alpha. It was so pure - the Alpha was lost in his beauty, as if he hadn't been pounding into him, causing him to scream in pleasure just a minute ago. 

Yoongi hummed thoughtfully, drawing lines on his chest.

"Guess breakfast needs to wait a bit longer."

Until now he didn't say much, but Taehyung chuckled at the comment and pushed the sweaty black strands out of the pale forehead. His tears from before were all forgotten, all that mattered was his omega's satisfaction, his content scent wafting everywhere.

"I think I can have something else for breakfast."

And Yoongi obviously got the innuendo, because he gave the Alpha's chest a slap.

"I will not let you eat me out for breakfast."

"What about dinner?"

Taehyung shrieked when he felt a pinch at his side, trying not to jostle their locked bodies too much when he flinched from the sensation.

"You seem just fine to me, seeing how you already talk so filthy."

A wide grin formed on his handsome face, and he kissed the omega's head. 

"It was hell without you." 

The Omega froze above him, and in the next moment the pale arms hugged his torso even tighter.

"I'm sorry for not helping you during your rut." Even though Yoongi knew why they were separated, he felt guilty. 

"My wolf wished nothing more than to take your Omega. But that doesn't mean I would risk you getting hurt, Yoongi. I never spent a rut with anyone, so another one spent alone doesn't make a difference."

Yoongi snapped his head up at the revelation. Taehyung never spent his rut with anyone? 

"Why? I mean, why would you… spend them alone? I'm sure there were and are omegas who would willingly help." In his old pack, an Omega needed to serve an Alpha during their rut if they were not mated to another already.

The Alpha shrugged.

"I didn't want to impregnate someone by mistake. I am well aware that some omega's simply present themselves so they can bear the gifted Alpha's pups in hope their pups are gifted too. And besides… our pack doesn't want Alphas to abuse their power, so we actually want people to be sure they are going to mate before they can engage… in further intimacy."

Yoongi's cheeks reddened. In his mind, he replayed how he let Taehyung take him so many times already, and he hadn't decided if he wanted to be his mate at that time. And Taehyung never complained, always made the Omega feel good whenever he wanted it despite the rules of his pack. 

"You already did so many things against your pack's beliefs. Because of me. I'm-"

Taehyung cut the Omega off before he could guilt-trip himself further:

"No. Don't apologize. Our wolves are bonded. It would be unbearable if we didn't approach each other, and I want you with me."

For some reason, Yoongi couldn't meet the Alpha’s eyes anymore, continuing to draw invisible lines on his chest. 

They were free of Seung Ho now, and he was beyond annoyed that the scum was emerging in his thoughts now, but his Alpha had finally put an end to his pathetic life. 

As he felt being filled, the imagination of himself being pregnant with Taehyung's pups came forth in his mind. Taehyung's hand caressed his back.

"What are you thinking about? Your scent turned sour for one second and the other its honey-sweet."

"Do you really want to know?"

With a quirked eyebrow, the Alpha nodded. 

"Tell me."

"Being pregnant with your pups."

Taehyung sputtered at the unexpected answer, his hand stilling on the omega's back.

"We aren't mated yet-"

"Yet ", the Omega emphasized, trying to give the Alpha an obvious hint.

Taehyung went silent. He was sure Yoongi was hinting at what he was thinking. Instead of answering him, he pulled the Omega by his head down for a kiss. Instead of words, he would show his Omega just how much he liked the idea, how much he appreciated this pale beauty. "You can't just say things like that and expect me to lay low from now on" he whispered and warned against the pouty lips, and he could feel the omega smiling. That was all the assurance Taehyung needed.

The Alpha was sure the Omega was torturing him. Yoongi forced him to eat his breakfast, and though he had cleaned the cum and slick off of them, the Omega was still emanating alluring pheromones while his Hanbok was half-heartedly fastened and sliding down his shoulder to show the freshly marked skin. The Alpha barely registered when or what he ate, eyes focused on the exposed skin only. When the rice almost fell out of his mouth once, Yoongi scolded him, and he shrunk into himself like a pup. 

Though by the end, he was rewarded with a lap full of the Omega. Yoongi cupped his face, dark eyes taking him in gently while he caressed the golden skin with his thumb. His wounds from the battle received gentle kisses, and Taehyung's chest rumbled low in pleasure. How much he wanted to mate him already...

But he patiently let Yoongi kiss and explore his injuries, let him quench his need to touch the Alpha. He knew he was just as touch-starved as him. They nudged each other's nose, rubbed their cheeks to scent the other. Yoongi purred and tucked his head under the Alpha's chin, letting himself be held through his new-found peace.

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Neither Yoongi nor Taehyung left their home all day. It was as if his instincts forced him into a pseudo rut, he just couldn't get enough of the Omega as he took him over and over - on his knees, bend over the bed, underneath the Alpha and now even on top with his rough, big hands supporting the small body on the Alpha's thighs. 

There was no shame or holding back, and the Omega took everything he gave him so well, throwing his head back as he rode the Alpha, wet walls squeezing his cock. Strong and calloused hands gripped the slim hips, helping to guide the Omega up and down in a harsh pace to meet the Alpha's thrusts, creating a wet mess and sounds. 

"Too fast- Taehyung! Ah!" 

Taehyung thrusted up even faster. With each time he impaled the Omega on his cock, he earned a moany whimper and Yoongi covered his mouth in embarrassment. The Alpha growled, his one hand came up to push the omega's away. He halted only for a bit to sit up and gain leverage from his feet, pressing his lips to the omega's as he picked up his pace and swallowed the moans. Yoongi's arms clung onto the muscled shoulders, and his own member pressed between their bodies. Drawing his hips back farther, Taehyung sent the Omega with one final thrust over the edge, kissing him through his orgasm while he continued to give shallow thrusts to lock his forming knot inside him. 

Yoongi's head fell on his shoulder, eyes closed. The Omega was tired out from their intense mating sessions. Taehyung was a very vigorous Alpha, being able to take him for so long after fighting off death and a torturing rut.

"How will I ever keep up with you in a rut." He mumbled against the sweaty honey-toned skin and Taehyung's laugh vibrated through his body. 

"I can't help it if you are so alluring and beautiful. And ready to be taken only by me."

Yoongi just grunted and snuggled further into the Alpha, almost fully asleep now. 

He was by the time the Alpha's knot went down, and Taehyung carefully laid the Omega onto the fur, admiring the healthy blush on the pale cheeks while he cleaned his omega from their bodily fluids.. 

Namjoon couldn't bring himself to give the Alpha a harsher punishment than locking him up for three days, without providing him anything besides water. He was testing a certain packmate, though would never say this out aloud. By tasking Hyunshik to run his mouth loose in front of that certain packmate, he wanted to see his reaction. 

And Hyunshik did, gossiping with Suran while a certain blonde Omega was carrying weapons he made to the Pack Alpha's storage. Jimin visibly tensed at what he heard, yet didn't halt to ask further. 

He knew what starving meant to Alphas. Just recently he had seen what it did to his soulmate, when he knelt for Yoongi, and his Omega was panicking at the knowledge that Geumjae was in the same state.

He had no idea why the Alpha acted up on him the previous day, but that didn't make him forget his care of Jimin, when he fed him well even during his captivity. It felt unfair not to tend to the Alpha - but he would probably face consequences if he went against Namjoon's orders, so there was a big conflict inside his heart.

He burned his hands a few times while he went back to work on further hunting tools, an attempt of distraction from his thoughts that was more harmful than successful. 

At night, he couldn't sit still and hold back anymore. He shifted to his wolf, grabbed a piece of meat with his mouth and silently ran towards the cave where Taehyung had held Yoongi the first day in their pack. It was like fate was playing the Min brothers on their first days in the Kim pack.

The cold night wind was caressing his fur, and once Jimin arrived at the cave he saw that Seojoon was guarding it. Obviously about to fall asleep. The Omega lied down and put the meat piece on his paws, ears perked and waiting patiently for Seojoon to fall into a deep sleep.

When the small snores reached his ears, he silently shuffled on his legs again, sneaking past the guard and into the dark cave. 

Once he was deep enough, he could already see the golden shine of the Alpha's eyes that were on him the moment he was sensed. He looked tired, but his shape wasn’t too bad. There was a bowl of water, and Jimin put the meat beside it, huffing at Geumjae.

"You shouldn't be here, pretty omega."

Jimin huffed again, he would have rolled his eyes if he could, and nudged the meat piece.

"I'm not allowed to eat", Geumjae pointed out, and Jimin slapped his arm with his tail, growling at him.

"Are you seriously angry with me for following the rules?"

The omega rumbled, starting to circle the Alpha. He steppen on metal chains, seeing more clearly now that Geimjae was chained at his wrists and ankles. Said male started to laugh, and he couldn't figure what was so funny. 

"Come here."

Jimin fully circled the Alpha before standing in front of him again, sitting on his haunches. Geumjae patted his lap, legs crossed, and the wolf tilted his head in confusion. Jimin stepped forwards, sniffing him to see what it was about. He couldn't help the yelp that escaped him when the Alpha grabbed his middle and placed the wolf across his lap. And Jimin let him, his back hitting Geumjae's front as they were both facing the opening of the cave. The Alpha started to comb his hands through the omega's head, petting down the length of his body and after a few seconds Jimin relaxed and started to purr. 

"Silly omega. You should have stayed at home. But I can't lie and say I don't want you here."

Jimin rested his head against the inside Geumjae's elbow, and the Alpha caressed his cheek with his free hand as he continued to purr. Geumjae leaned down, growling low in his chest as he scented the Omega against his neck. Jimin closed his eyes as he was covered by the Alpha's scent, and he forgot his worries about any consequences at that moment. He turned on his back, belly facing up, and caged the Alpha's face as good as he could with his paws before he licked over his pale face, under his jaw and neck. The Alpha growled in satisfaction. 

He didn't mean to hurt Jimin's feelings the other day, but it was necessary that the Pack Alpha knew he was able to stand for himself, to protect his dignity. Namjoon was testing them both, and while Geumjae was aware of it, he doubted Jimin was. Geumjae made a life-changing decision when he went against Seung Ho, and he didn't know if their Pack Alpha would care enough to look for his incompetent son - but he knew that the Min brothers were enough of a reason to look for. His parents wouldn't  look for him, even though they would be worried sick. He hated that he left them too, their only son that was still with them, but Geumjae had told his father where they were headed to. There was just a tiny hope that maybe their parents would escape the hell-hole one day too. This mission just came in handy to leave the pack under the pretense of bringing their Gifted Omega back.

Granted, he had definitely more freedom than Yoongi would have ever had in that pack. He had, like everyone else, taken omegas to quench his Alpha's sexual needs, they were basically lining up to get pregnant by the fire-gifted Alpha. Too bad that he never knotted them, though no one would have judged him if he got several omegas pregnant for sure. The thought of others wanting to use Yoongi like a breeding stock held his beast restrained at all times when he was with omegas, made him never knot a litter into one. 

He liked how precious his brother or Jimin were treated by their packmates and Pack Alpha Kim. Jimin rolled onto his belly on his lap and hid his snout in between Geumjae's side and arm. The Alpha kept stroking his fur absentmindedly, until he could hear even puffs of breath - the sound of Jimin falling asleep.

*

"Seems like our little one has chosen his Alpha." 

Namjoon was standing at the entrance of the cave, Jungkook right next to him. Seojoon was leaning against the rocks, smirking knowingly at their Pack Alpha. Even though it was hard to admit for himself, Jungkook saw as clear as the daylight that Jimin was totally comfortable with the Alpha, having snuggled under his arm. Said male had also fallen asleep, cheek resting on the omega's head. And was that meat on the ground? -

"What shall I do with the omega who went against my orders", Namjoon mumbled more to himself, and Jungkook's doe eyes snapped to him.

"Hyung-" 

Namjoon quirked a brow, and Jungkook went silent. 

He marched with a straight posture towards the sleeping pair and it almost hurt just how relaxed the Omega wolf was against their prisoner. Geumjae's eyes snapped open in alarm and he immediately growled when sensing other Alphas scent, fixating on them. Namjoon stared back coldly.

"Wake up, Jimin." 

The command stirred the Omega awake, and Namjoon was really amused at how Geumjae was holding him in a staring contest. Jimin came to himself slowly, nosed at Geumjae's shoulder before rubbing his cheek against his chest to wake himself up and scent him at the same time. Opening his eyes, he finally saw the Pack Alpha and an immediate shiver run through him, pressing himself more to the Alpha. He was caught going against the Pack Alpha's commands, and he cowered under Namjoon's piercing eyes.

"Why would you feed our prisoner knowing it is not allowed, Jimin?"

Jimin could only bare his neck in submission. He didn't regret his actions, but feared their Pack Alpha. He couldn't deny anymore that he liked Geumjae.

For what felt like an eternity, he froze in his submissive state, waiting for Namjoon's punishment. 

The tension was broken when the dominant male simply rolled his eyes. 

"I knew you wouldn't be able to keep away from him. I was just making sure if he was manipulating you, or if our dear Omega was fond of the Alpha by his own will. Now I witnessed everything myself. Next time, don't be so dramatic and just admit that you like each other, you two."

Geumjae snorted. 

"Says the one who put on a whole show for an Omega."

"Better be quiet if you don't want me to take him away from you."

"You're an evil Pack Alpha." 

"I can be way more evil if you hurt him." And the fire in Namjoon's eyes was highlighting his promise to do so.

Geumjae wasn't allowed to stay with the blonde Omega. Namjoon ordered Jimin to go home, and didn't hide the fact that he was going to break down some rules to Geumjae before he could even think about going further with their Omega. If he wanted Jimin, he could only be with him under the condition that he will court and mate him properly only if Jimin accepted. The Pack Alpha was actually reassured when Geumjae agreed on the terms, and the Alpha had no problem in sleeping out in the forest as long as Namjoon allowed him to build his own home on his grounds while he was also courting Jimin.

Though, Namjoon would have other worries to stress about soon. 

[1 week later]

"You look even worse than after the battle", Hoseok remarked the next time he saw Yoongi, who came by for a final check up on his ankle. Hoseok didn't mean his ankle wound with his words, no. He meant the hickeys adorning Yoongi's collarbones and legs, and the Omega was too exhausted to even formulate a comeback to his teasing. The Alpha chuckled at his state, felt around his ankle and found nothing worrying. 

"So... just in case you were trying for pups outside of a heat or rut, I can recommend-"

Yoongi went red from embarrassment and waved his hand  in order to cut his words.

"No need. We are fine as we are now." 

The healer chuckled. 

"Your scent says otherwise." 

"Are you harassing my bondmate?", Taehyung joked when he entered the hut too. Yoongi's eyes immediately fixated on the Alpha's, the dark orbs were staring right back at him.

"Just telling him about how you can conceive outside of mating cycles. Though Yoongi's will come probably sooner than expected, just so you guys are prepared."

A mild alarm filled the smaller, his eyes widening. Though he wasn't against carrying pups as before, he didn't expect his heat to be so close. Taehyung didn't comment, just approached the omega who was sitting on the chair, winded his arm around his middle and placed a kiss on his head. 

Just a few seconds after the cozy scene, Jungkook was storming into the hut, eyes bulged and was borderline panicking. 

"Hyung! Jin hyung might be in labour! Hurry!" 

Not hesitating a second, the Alpha pair started grabbing the needed tools for birth, Hoseok having prepared the younger for situations like these in advance. The bonded pair in comparison was in confusion. How fast did the time pass for their hyung to already be in labour?

"Taehyung! Watch over the hut, help out anyone needing assistance!" 

The Alpha waved for his hyung to already go, eyebrows still lifted from the shocking news. He really didn't realize how much time had passed, that it was time for Namjoon's and Jin's pup to be welcomed into the world. The idea of being an uncle soon was exciting, he looked down at the Omega who was now leaning against his side. The lines on his face hinted that he was worried about what was said earlier. 

"We don't need to share your heat yet if it's too soon for you."

Yoongi's head snapped up at the words, he was still under the shock that Jin might be delivering soon and with how fast his heat was approaching. There was nothing but understanding and care in the Alpha's eyes, no fake assurance. The omega blinked a few times to sort his thoughts.

"I don't mind spending my heat with you."

The Alpha squatted down in front of him, taking his hands in his own.

"Then, you don't want to mate?"

Yoongi almost choked at the question. He squeezed the Alpha's hands.

"I do want to mate." 

His face was flushed, eyes locked onto the floor. Taehyung chuckled and rubbed his cheek against the omega's.

"What has your mind so occupied then?"

Closing his eyes, the smaller let out a tired sigh, breathing in the Alpha scent.

"Pups. I'm not sure if I'm ready yet - it's just that I never considered myself a parent in the near future. If my heat is around the corner and we mate, we will have a pup for sure. I'm just overwhelmed by time passing by so fast. We didn’t even realize that Seokjin’s pup is due anytime with all that was going on. I feel bad for not paying him a visit." 

Taehyung growled lowly, nosing along Yoongi's cheek.

"Whatever happens or you decide, I will support you. I totally wouldn't mind training for making pups though, like we did the past week."

Yoongi couldn't help the snort, shaking his head and pushing Taehyung playfully. 

“And don’t worry about Jin hyung. He is a strong omega, but knowing about our stressful events right before his labour wouldn’t have done him any good. He would definitely have bombarded you with questions to know everything, every detail. Hoseok hyung did good in instructing Namjoon to keep him safe in his home.”

Their hands stayed connected while the two of them just enjoyed the presence of the other. A few moments passed before Taehyung pulled the Omega out of the chair to fit him onto his lap, his nose buried in the Alpha's scent gland. 

The two fell into a slumber, waiting for the happy news. Though what woke them up was Jimin who peeked into the hut, and Taehyung immediately caught his scent.

"So, you finally found your Alpha too?", he teased his friend and Jimin sputtered at the entrance. Yoongi turned curiously in Taehyung's lap, trying to understand what was happening. The blonde exhaled audibly, blushing extremely.

"A lot happened while you two were busy among your furs." 

Taehyung laughed mischievously at the comment.

"Don't worry Jiminie, seems like you will be rolling among furs like us too soon." 

Yoongi slapped Taehyung’s chest for that.

"Who even is the Alpha?" 

The clueless omega asked, and Taehyung barely held in his laugh, shoulders shaking. Jimin sighed and gestured to his arm. 

"Stop laughing and help me with my arm." 

Although Taehyung still was, he gently put Yoongi on the furs with a kiss on his head to help his friend, and when Jimin entered the hut fully, it finally dawned on him. Jimin's scent was mixed with cherry and vanilla, a scent similar to his but much stronger. Geumjae's scent was rolling off the blonde, and as if to confirm his suspicion, his brother was marching through the entrance next. Yoongi made a note to leave their home more often if he was going to miss out on so much while he was occupied with his Alpha. It was just too much at once.

Jimin ducked his head in embarrassment. Seeing that Taehyung was already helping the Omega, the fire-gifted Alpha sat down next to his younger brother, eyeing his appearance.

"You look more beaten up than mounted by an Alpha", he said without any filter and Yoongi rolled his eyes. Taehyung growled, sending a warning glare into Geumjae's direction.

"You better work on that attitude if you want to mount Jimin", Yoongi gave back in a similar manner.

"Can you guys maybe not mention me being mounted-" 

"You talked about us rolling in furs first, you hypocrite" Taehyung silenced his friend and they bickered all over the place. 

Yoongi couldn't help but laugh when he heard what happened to his brother, reminding him of his own captivity. He was not angry at the pack at all, Geumjae's punishment was nothing compared to what they did in their old pack. Seeing him courting Jimin caught him completely off guard, but he was genuinely happy that his brother was given a chance by Namjoon. Though he would need to build his own home in the pack, which is why the Alpha was sleeping mostly in his wolf form out in the forest, he told Yoongi. The omega needed to do exactly that for five years, he knew his brother wouldn’t be bothered by this much at all. 

It was one of his tasks to prove himself as a reliable mate, and he thought it was fair. 

The wound on Jimin's arm visibly healed much, his friend bandaged it neatly. 

"I wish I could have helped Hoseok hyung, but he made it very clear that he didn't want an injured Omega to help with the birth" he told Taehyung, the Alpha chuckled. 

"Jin hyung is strong, I'm sure the both of them will handle it well as long as our Pack Alpha stays out of it." 

Jimin snorted and started laughing aloud, because he couldn't deny the truth those words held. 

*

Hoseok was exhausted. Him and Jungkook were taking the bloody clothes back to get them clean again. 

The pup, a boy, was born perfectly fine and had cried like a healthy pup should. Jin still had the energy to nurse him before the appa and the pup were asleep. Namjoon had been panicking and pacing outside of the room, kept in bay by Jungkook, and once everything calmed down the healer allowed him to enter to see his mate and newborn. The Alpha had immediately scented his mate and their newborn as tears streamed down his face, and the alpha pair decided by then that their work was done, giving the new appas their privacy.

Once the two reached their hut, it was to the two Min brothers, Taehyung and Jimin cuddled up on the furs, the two omegas asleep whereas the Alphas immediately snapped their eyes open to see who was entering. 

"Ah! I see Jiminah came to change bandages",  Hoseok noticed.

"How did it go?" Taehyung asked the healer, and gained an exhausted smile.

"Quite well. You are uncle to a nephew now!" 

Taehyung couldn't help the grin, unconsciously squeezing the blonde Omega in his arms. 

"Though give the pup a week or so to bond with the parents. I know packmates are eager to see newborns, but as a healer I'm screaming internally if people smooch all over newborns!"

Their voices woke Yoongi, who was slowly processing what was talked about and rubbing his eyes.

"Do you need our help?", he asked sleepily, and Hoseok pursed his lips.

"Actually, yes. I think it would be helpful if you could help them out with meals - better one Omega helping them than several wolves filling the hut with all their scents."

The black haired Omega stretched himself and nodded.

"That, I can help with."

Taehyung grabbed his outstretched arm and pulled the hand to his face, kissing the omega's fingers above Jimin’s head.

"Anything these hands cook is delicious." 

"I think I'm gonna puke."

"Not in the hut, Jungkook!"

Yoongi giggled. 

"Actually, my brother was always the better cook out of us two, though he may need to prove himself first before he can cook for anyone." He looked up at his brother who was holding the omega, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively. Geumjae pinched Yoongi’s side, making him squeak. It wasn't common for Alphas to do the cooking.

"I can help out with hunting the food", he provided instead. 

Hoseok shrugged.

"As long as you guys get the task done, I'm fine with anything - just the alphas should stay away from the newborn for sure. I suggest starting tomorrow morning, they are provided the necessities for now."

*

Yoongi, as always, went to go fishing with Taehyung accompanying him. They agreed that Geumjae would hunt for the meat, unsurprisingly followed by Jimin into the forest for assistance. 

Though, Yoongi had other worries at the moment. The basket was filled to the half before the Alpha decided to join the omega in the lake and push him against a rock. He groomed and scented him so excessively that Yoongi turned back into his human form giggling. His stomach pressed against the hard surface of the stone as the Alpha caged him against it, still in his wolf form as his wet fur tickled Yoongi’s bare skin, before finally shifting too.

Their bodies were hidden under the surface from their belly downwards. Instincts made Yoongi submit to his bonded partner, baring his neck as the Alpha lapped and kissed his exposed skin. His eyes shone red, and the dominant, intoxicating pheromones made the Omega ready his hole with slick. Though sudden eagerness surprised him, Yoongi didn't want to deny the Alpha his wants, and he could feel his hard member rubbing between his cheeks, making him anticipate what was about to happen. Bracing himself against the rock, the Omega jutted his bum more towards the Alpha, and Taehyung gripped his waist and hip with a growl, leaning his upper body back.

With one smooth thrust the Alpha slid inside him, making Yoongi whimper at the intrusion. The water around them splashed as the Alpha started moving, pulling the Omega back on his member with each thrust. Taehyung hummed, enjoying the wet heat around him while he threw his head back, closing his eyes. Like that, he took the Omega silently with a steady pace. Yoongi was panting from the effort to keep himself up, but eager to please the Alpha as he worked his cock with his walls. Suddenly, Taehyung crowded him against the rock again, leaving no space between their bodies as he picked up a faster pace, their wet bodies sliding against the other. The Omega moaned, a rough hand grabbing his face to turn him to the side so the Alpha could swallow his pleasured sounds as he pistoned his hips into him. He broke the kiss, and their hot breaths mingled as his low voice whispered:

"Want to breed you so bad, omega" 

Again, his eyes flashed red and Yoongi purred, pushing his hips back to meet the Alpha's. He claimed the Alpha's lips again, squeezing his member which made the rough hands grab him harsher. 

"Knot me, Alpha", he panted against the younger's lips.

And with that, Taehyung was a goner. A loud growl ripped from his throat as he brutally pushed into the Omega. Yoongi's arms gave in, so he had to put them quickly in front of his chest to avoid getting scratched while pressed against the rock. Taehyung's knot was hitting his rim, and after a few thrust it pushed past the muscle and locked the two together. The feeling of being filled up sent Yoongi to his climax, and white hot pleasure blinded him in his moment of bliss. If Taehyung didn't hold him, his legs would have given in long ago. He purred when the Alpha buried his nose in his scent gland, inhaling his scent while he still came inside. 

"What's gotten into you so suddenly?" The Omega asked in an amused tone. Taehyung groaned.

"You really underestimate how you affect me when you are moving around naked in the water, all wet." 

Yoongi's shoulders were shaking from his laugh.

"Perverted Alpha."

"Only for you."

Yoongi let himself be smothered with licks and kisses until the Alpha's knot went down. He needed to clean the release out of his entrance, and the younger seemed to read his thoughts as he was already slipping a hand down and cleaning his cum out of him. He also helped the Omega dress once they got out of the water, taking the basket in one hand and Yoongi's hand in his other while they headed back to their village. 

Geumjae was dropping off a deer, Jimin two rabbits at the storage when they arrived, adding their own fish supply. Yoongi selected some extra ingredients and meat to prepare a nutritious meal for the Pack Alpha's family, Jimin insisted on helping him. Since Taehyung's hut was damaged from his rut, they went to the Omegas previous home. Geumjae separated from the group from there, not wanting to disrespect an unmated omega he was trying to court by entering his home. Although he did before, it wasn’t under the same circumstances, so he opted to stay within vicinity, among the trees near the omega's hut in his wolf form. 

Taehyung was basically glued to Yoongi's back, hugging the Omega from behind while he cut the meat and vegetables. 

"You act like Jungkook after he does it with Hobi hyung" Jimin teased while he prepared pots and water. When he didn't get an answer but only a devil laugh from the alpha, it clicked and he looked horrified.

"I can't believe you guys."

Yoongi remained silent, the only reaction a blush from embarrassment.

"I can take my bonded partner and potential mate as long as he wants me too, don't be jealous." 

Yoongi wanted Taehyung to shut up. He turned his face to the side, but before he could utter a word the Alpha pressed his lips to his, successfully distracting the Omega while the knife in his hand clattered onto the wooden board. 

Yoongi grabbed the front of Taehyung’s Hanbok and pushed him back, panting from the lack of air.

"Yah! Not in front of others!"

The Alpha just pouted playfully, showing no regret at all, and Jimin groaned.

"You're so annoying Taehyung, stop hindering him from work!"

Though the Alpha ignored them both and started to scent Yoongi, rubbed his cheek against his and also scented his neck. The black haired Omega just continued to work while the Alpha licked and kissed his skin, needing every bit of self-restraint to have no pheromones or slick leaking out. 

They succeeded at cooking the meal at last, and the two omegas headed to see Seokjin after sending a clingy Taehyung home. 

*

The handsome omega was obviously still exhausted, but once he saw his two visitors he smiled brightly. 

"It's been so hard to see you guys these days! I'm sorry for not being able to, Hoseok gave clear instructions to stay at home and not to stress."

The bundle on his chest was wiggling, Seokjin sat up to reposition his pup on his arm, his blonde hair peeking out. Jimin cooed immediately, and Yoongi placed the meal aside while also admiring the addition to the Kim family.

"He is so cute! Look at those cheeks, my God!" 

Seokjin insisted they also take the pup in their arms, that Hoseok wouldn't mind: it was just to avoid a storm of packmates. Bonding with other omegas was nothing bad for the pup. Jimin and Yoongi did, holding the wiggling pup while also catching up on each other. Yoongi felt a warmth when he held the bundle close to himself, seeing the sleeping face of the pup.

"You have an Alpha courting you - and he is YOONGI'S BROTHER? I need to get out of this bed as soon as possible, by the heavens. And Yoongi, don't think I didn't notice how you reek as if Taehyung tried to breed you with all his being."

"Well, that probably isn't so wrong." Jimin added and now a flustered Yoongi was trying to deflect their statements. Though, Taehyung pretty much was trying to breed him.

The two didn't stay long so the little family could have their meal in peace, and Yoongi sent Jimin home without worrying as the alpha wolf within the forest was watching over him from afar. 

Taehyung was already lying in the furs with a bare torso, and the Omega slid off his Hanbok, only leaving on the thin piece of clothing underneath before joining the Alpha. His arm shot up immediately to grab the omega's waist and pull him to himself, placing a kiss on his scent gland. Yoongi snuggled up to him, enjoying the warm hand that slid up and down his side while he fell asleep.

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20

When he woke up in the morning, Yoongi found himself alone and his Omega instinctively whined for his mate, not even seeing the perfectly prepared breakfast at the bedside.

After a few minutes, his distress grew, his eyes teared up while choking out a sob.

Just like the morning a while ago, the Alpha barged into the hut in his wolf form, instantly crowding the Omega on the furs and licking him all over to soothe him, sniffing his temple and neck. Yoongi grabbed the thick fur, hiding his face in it while the Alpha kept grooming him.

"Don't go away without saying something!", he mumbled into the brown-silky neck and Taehyung grumbled, nudging his cheek. He leaned his head back, bumped the tray with the breakfast, made him finally see what he had prepared for the smaller.

“You prepared it?”, Yoongi asked with glossy eyes.

Taehyung nodded, licking his pale cheek for a good measure. He waited and cuddled Yoongi until the omega’s heartbeat and distress pheromones calmed down.

The wolf slipped down the bed a few minutes later and walked towards the entrance, leaving him all confused again. Taehyung barked from the outside for the omega to step out.

Sitting up carefully, the omega walked towards the door, the smell of blood tickling his nose. 

Outside, Taehyung was sitting behind a dead deer, wagging his brown tail and clearly waiting for the shocked Omega to accept his offering. He was panting excitedly, licked his snout before nudging the offering more towards the Omega. 

Taehyung was officially courting him. If he were to be honest, Yoongi didn't expect it. They were already sharing furs and intimacy, he assumed they didn't need the formalities of courting as bonded wolves. 

He sent a small smile in Taehyung's way, which made the Alpha's ears perk up and eyes glint in curiosity as the Omega retreated back to the hut, closing the door for a few seconds before he returned in his own wolf.

He dug his fangs into the deer’s neck, dragged it into the hut and officially accepted the Alpha's gift. Once he settled the offering, he ran out to tackle the Alpha, and Taehyung let himself fall back, panting happily as the omega's happy scent wafted over them. The younger wolf allowed the Omega to climb on top to scent him thoroughly and lay on the Alpha's bigger form. Playful bites tickled his cheeks, he gave a mock warning growl instead, making the omega so excited that his paw slipped from the Alpha’s chest and he fell fully on the bigger wolf. Instead of getting back up, Yoongi just buried his snout in the Alpha’s neck, the two wolves not moving except an occasional swaying of their tails. Leaning up a bit, the brown wolf closed his eyes as he made it his mission to lick all over the black wolf's head. Yoongi's ears twitched, a content purr rolling through his body.

Taehyung could smell now what Hoseok had warned them about - Yoongi was smelling more alluring by each day, each hour. He wanted to court Yoongi properly in  the remaining time, though he knew no matter what he did, it would be nothing compared to what the omega was giving him, and already gave him. The growl of Yoongi’s stomach had the Alpha nudging him to go back inside and eat his breakfast. 

In their home, Taehyung was laying around Yoongi, still as his wolf, while the omega ate in his human form and leaned against the bigger body, feeling safe. There was another kind of satisfaction to see the omega eat the meals he provided, and the content smell that came with it from both, mixing and spreading in their home. 

*

After two weeks of burying corpses and tending to the wounded wolves, Namjoon finally could sit down in his home with a high sigh, finding some time to relax after all that was unveiled the past days. He was doing his best to be there for his family at night at least, scenting his son and mate.

Sometimes, ignorance was truly a bliss. Namjoon didn’t want the others to know that it was actually Wonho and Jaewok that assisted to help the hostile pack to try and kidnap Yoongi, which lead to Jimin’s kidnapping instead. Hyunshik and Seojoon were the ones that had found and killed them in the battle. Other than those two, Geumjae, and the Pack Alpha, no one knew of their exiled packmates' fate yet. Namjoon ordered to bury them quietly, together with the rest of the dead wolves that could have led flourishing lives elsewhere, but instead ended up as Seung Ho’s and his father's pawns. 

Now, the Alpha really wanted to feel his mate with him, so after he gathered a bit of his thoughts Namjoon made his way to where his two most treasured were. Soobin was asleep at his appa’s chest, and Namjoon snuggled himself behind Jin.The omega sensed him, offering his neck and there was no way the Alpha would think twice about it before he buried his nose in his scent gland, taking in the sweet scent. 

“Everything will be fine, my Joonie.”

A laugh burst out from Namjoon at the endearment. He let his hands wander over the omega’s body, but the moment they went further below to intimate areas, the omega slapped at his hands. The Pack Alpha whined.

“Not when Soobin is right here!”

Dejected, Namjoon could only press himself more towards the omega, his frustration definitely felt against Jin’s bum. 

*

Yoongi was getting more needy each day, yet his Alpha seemed to know what he needed and was perfectly taking care of him. Taehyung scented Yoongi more than usual, and he never left his side when they went outside or fishing. The Alpha spoiled him with food and care, and Yoongi enjoyed every second of it, feeling his body store the fat he would need for his heat - much to Taehyung's pleasure who loved to knead his thighs and bum whenever they went to sleep. And he let him.

The next morning, the Alpha was missing again, but Yoongi knew by now that he most likely was preparing another step in his courting. He ate the prepared fruits and soup by the Alpha, and once he was fully awake, Taehyung was entering their home with a blue cloth in his hand, eyeing Yoongi with anticipation. Putting the item aside, he walked to the Omega first to scent and kiss him, before leading him on their furs. 

Yoongi sat down curiously, because the present of today didn't smell like food, but iron-like. 

"I've made these with my clumsy hands as best as I could. For you."

Yoongi looked at the Alpha, a silent question to see if it was okay to open the cloth, and when Taehyung nodded, he took it on his lap to unwrap it.

Slightly tangled silver chains shined into his view, and the Omega picked them up to untangle the knots and look more closely at his present. Taehyung knew it was nowhere near the fine artistry of his best friend, but he put his heart into this work, even carved out wood into shapes of fire and added silver details onto it with Jimin's suggestion. That one would make the necklace of the set.

Yoongi added the accessories to his Hanbok and limbs experimentally, observing the pretty chains in awe. His fingers gently picked up the necklace, eyeing the details carved into the wooden piece, and Taehyung took it from the Omega to guide it around his pale neck, where he tied the ends. He concentrated fully on the task, while Yoongi's eyes took in his furrowed brows, his handsome face, and he couldn't help but lean forward to peck the Alpha's lips. The corners of Taehyung's lips lifted slightly, but he only looked at the smaller once the necklace was settled against his sternum, giving him another, longer peck. 

"So, you made these for me?", Yoongi grinned against the soft lips.

Taehyung was biting on his own nervously, nodding. Everything in his stance was screaming self-consciousness. 

Accepting this gift meant the Omega was officially willing to get intimate with the Alpha - because these chains were usually worn more on naked skin than on clothes. Yoongi put them back into the cloth carefully and climbed onto the Alpha's lap, purring and scenting him. 

"I love them. I will cherish your gift, Alpha."

Arousal ignited inside Taehyung, and he nipped Yoongi's scent gland, making the Omega dizzy and submissive.

"Sleep some more now. Your heat is almost here and you need your energy."

Yoongi nodded.

"It might be here this night or next morning." A cold hand of the Alpha pushed back the strands on his forehead.

"I will have everything prepared, don't worry about anything else and sleep."

Taehyung made sure Yoongi did indeed fall asleep before he brought out the cleaned furs and laid them next to the bed for Yoongi to use for his nest whenever he wanted. He proceeded to spread the food out in their kitchen corner for whenever they had time to eat during the upcoming heat. Later, he needed to go out to refill their water storage to a more than average amount - he didn't know how long the omega's heat would last, since they both never shared a heat or rut with anyone, or each other. 

Soon, he carried bucket for bucket from the lake to add it to their own storage. 

On one of his tours back home, Hoseok caught him on his way, wiggling his eyebrows.

"I see some intense mating is approaching."

The younger smirked.

"You're right."

Without saying much, the healer handed him some kind of small box. Looking at it, Taehyung recognized it to be ointment. 

"Better be safe than sorry." 

And with that, he walked away without further explanation. The healer left the Alpha all confused, because he didn't know why his hyung was gifting him healing ointment now.

Though all thoughts about anything else but Yoongi vanished the moment he came back, pheromones metaphorically crashing on him when he entered their home. The young wolf slipped in fast and closed the door, smelling the Omega, his heat pheromones and slick everywhere. Taehyung put the bucket and ointment down while he still had some rationality left, before his instincts led him to the bed.

There the Omega was in his newly built nest, his body covered only in a thin white robe that barely covered his pale legs and chest. Yoongi was lying on his side and resting his head on his arm. He sensed the approaching Alpha, opened his eyes and for the first time, his eyes shined blue, mixed with the red of his gift and gave them a purple hue. 

He purred at the Alpha's sight, who just froze in his place as the Omega took off his only piece of clothing, the robe pooling around him on the furs, to reveal the artfully winded chains around his body and limbs. 

Taehyung cursed at the sight, his member probably hardening in a record speed as his instincts were slowly shutting out his rationality. His eyes focused especially on the chains that were winded around the omega's waist and under his buttocks, and he unconsciously started to take off his own clothes. 

"Alpha", his title was carried over by a sinfully low voice, and the Omega was positioning himself on his elbows and knees, presenting his slick-leaking hole while he looked back over his shoulder with hooded eyes, inviting him to take him already.

The Alpha ripped the last pieces of clothes from his body, there was no patience left. He only held himself back at the nest, growling and asking for permission by locking eyes with the Omega. It was unbearable, having the leaking hole only inches away.

Yoongi nodded frantically.

"Yes. Come and breed me, take me, make-"

His demands ended in a pleasured whimper when the Alpha entered the nest, parted his cheeks and started to lap and tongue and his entrance like a starved wolf. Taehyung was pushing his tongue into the never ending slick-release, and he might as well keep himself full with only Yoongi's slick at this rate. His Omega tasted heavenly, and he kneaded the healthy cheeks, his Alpha proud of having prepared his omega's body so well. 

"Just take me already", the Omega panted, wiggling his hips into his face and smearing more of his slick onto the Alpha's face. Not that he minded.

The Alpha growled, lapping one last time at the slick before he climbed on top of the Omega. Seeing the unmarked flesh, the dominant wolf in him stirred wildly and he bit down on the nape to keep the Omega submissive and under him while he positioned his hands next to the smaller's head, lubricating his member by grinding against the slick-leaking hole. There was only a warning growl before he thrusted without restraint into the heat, bottoming out, and Yoongi cried. Pleasure and pain were two clashing waves inside his body, and the intensity caused his eyes to roll back when the Alpha immediately started up a fast pace with harsh thrusts. The necklace was dangling from his neck, occasionally hitting against his sternum from how hard the Alpha was taking him.

Any other time he would be embarrassed, but now the Omega wasn't holding back on his moans and cries as he tried his best to meet the Alpha's thrusts while still being held down.

The Omega came, the white release coating the furs under them, but his member was still painfully hard and he was glad the Alpha kept pounding into him throughout his orgasm. His walls clenched around Taehyung, making the Alpha groan at the incredible feeling.

"Like that Alpha. Mhmm, want your knot."

The hands next to him moved to hold the omega's hips in a punishing grip.

"Fuck, look at you, pretty Omega. You want my knot?" 

Taehyung spoke against his nape and pointedly gave him a harsh thrust, the impact pushing the omega's body and stirring his pleasure. 

"Yes! Please!"

And Taehyung made it his mission to make the Omega cry in pleasure with his sharp thrusts before he would give him what he wanted. Tears streamed down the pale cheeks, and Yoongi's throat was already starting to feel sore from how much he cried out on his Alpha's cock. The latter lapped at the sweat that gathered on the pale shoulders and spine, and he could feel his first knot forming. Yoongi did too. The Omega was a begging mess under him, his cheeks were jiggling whenever they hit Taehyung's thighs and hips. He was so eager to lock the forming knot inside himself, pushing with all the strength he could muster impatiently against the Alpha. Once it breached his rim, their groans filled the room and Taehyung shot his release into the Omega who came for a second time, while he worked his hips in little circles against the Alpha and whimpered.

Taehyung soothed his palm over his shoulders and arms, making comforting noises before he stopped the omega's little movements by grabbing his hips and a kiss to his shoulder blade.

"You will hurt yourself if you move too much."

Yoongi's dazed eyes were turning to him, his face was shining from sweat and flushed. 

"But I want my Alpha's pups."

Taehyung growled and nipped at his neck, still soothing his hands over the pale body. "I will give you plenty, I promise."

Yoongi purred at those words, and the Alpha could finally move the Omega together with himself onto their sides as they stayed connected. Yoongi's scent was filtering into his every senses, and the Alpha never felt so light-headed yet energetic as this moment. He was in a haze, a servant for his Omega but full of energy at the same time. While they waited for the knot to go down with an occasional shuffling from Yoongi, the Alpha played with the chains on his thighs, trailing their path over the pale body.

"You look so beautiful", he whispered to the Omega, kissing his nape before he continued to let his fingers dance over the ethereal body. The Omega lived for the praise, his purrs getting louder. 

"Hold onto them next time you fuck me."

The sober statement shocked Taehyung out of his haze for a moment, looking down at the other.

"That might hurt you, I can't be gentle while in the haze of a rut, Yoongi."

"I don't want you to be gentle." 

The Omega underlined his point by turning his purple eyes to him and raising his eyebrows, letting him know that he wanted it. And he wanted it rough. 

The younger male soothed his hand over the side of the thighs, gulping. Before he could think about it further, the Omega reached a hand back to grab the Alpha's hair and bring him down for a kiss in an uncomfortable angle. It was messy, filled with want and lacked any finesse, but it got the message across. The Omega was wrapping the Alpha around his fingers and Taehyung let him, licking into his mouth as he still filled his release into the Omega. 

They kissed until the knot went down, and the Omega pushed the Alpha back, making himself some space to lay on his back and spread his legs. He guided Taehyung on top of him, his breath getting laboured with the new wave of heat that was about to hit, and Taehyung's hand were positioned over the chains that hugged his thighs right under his cheeks. The Omega gripped the furs beneath his heated body that was presented fully for the Alpha.

"Now hold me, Alpha"

Taehyung's eyes zeroed onto the slick that gushed out of the Omega and the fluttering hole that was also leaking his cum. He pulled on the chains, sliding the omega's body towards himself before he positioned his cock and pulled once more at the same time he thrusted forwards, inching into the slick hole until he bottomed out. 

"Yes! Yes!"

The omega's reactions were so lewd, the Alpha couldn't help but pull harder, started fucking him into the furs as his wet walls embraced his cock. The smell of something burnt reached his sensitive nose but in his rut he didn't pay it any mind, until the Omega decided to grab at his arm. 

Pain shot through that spot, and even when the Alpha saw the shocked expression of the Omega and the freshly burnt wound on his own arm, he didn't stop thrusting. On the contrary, the pain made him growl and he pounded more aggressively into the Omega with the surge of adrenaline, the bed shaking together with the sliding body of the omega, creaking dangerously.

"Taehyung! Ah! Your - your arm! Ah! Fuck, like that!"

Yoongi was slipping in and out of his heat daze, worried in one moment and caught up in pleasure the other. 

It made the Alpha angry, that he wasn't focusing on their mating - so he growled at the Omega, one hand supporting him on the furs as the other still clung on the chains while he thrusted relentlessly and pulled him down on his cock at the same time.

Yoongi wasn't sure if the bed or the whole place was shaking. Taehyung was doing him so hard that he couldn't tell apart what was happening around him as his body jostled from the harsh thrusts. He thought he heard a loud creak, but when the Alpha gave his final punishing thrusts with his growing knot, he knew it wasn't his imagination but his mind shut it out as pleasure overtook. The omega came all over his stomach and chest, mewling at the feeling of being filled. 

There were no coherent words exchanged, just hasty and messy kisses. The Alpha latched his lips onto the omega's chest, sucking at his sensitive nipples. Yoongi squirmed, also squeezing the Alpha's knot and earning himself a pleased growl. 

The Alpha waited patiently on top of the Omega for his knot to go down, worshipping the small body on every spot he could reach, not even taking the opportunity to lie down and rest. He kissed, and kissed, and kissed those lips, wanted to be one with the omega until his knot went down.

He manhandled Yoongi on his knees before entering him without a warning, both wolves totally lost in their pleasure, yet let their hips meet in perfect rhythm.

After a few minutes of continuous thrusting, the Alpha pulled the chains around the Omega's waist so that Yoongi's upper body lifted up from the furs, helping him brace himself against the wall as he continued to take him from behind on their shaky bed, Yoongi almost riding him in this position. Taehyung gripped the headboard, and this time the smell of burnt wood sifted through the air. He found it immensely hot how he made the Omega lose control, two bodies shifting in harmony with their incoherent minds.

He wasn't any better. The wooden headboard under his hands cracked, and he was taking the Omega with so much force that he also lost control of his gift, once again shaking the earth below them violently. The wooden structure of the bed gave in, and their bodies slipped down the wall and headboard. The Alpha pulled and held the Omega against himself as they landed softly onto the furs, under which their now destroyed bed was scattered.

The wolves didn't care though. A bit dazed from the sudden shift, the Omega just shortly let the cock of his Alpha slip out so he could turn and face him while he straddled his lap and sank down on him again. The Alpha watched him move his body alluringly, rolling his hips a few times before he pushed up and sank down on his length again, now riding him in earnest while hugging the Alpha close. The strong hands assisted him on his waist, feeling the Omega shift under his fingertips.

Taehyung could feel the dangerous heat in the palms of the Omega but he didn't care. His Omega was pleasuring himself on top of him, he would be damned if he missed this moment, watching the thighs strain from the movements as he leaked slick all over his balls and thighs, intoxicating and bathing him in his sweet scent. Yoongi came with a whimper, the Alpha grabbed the chain on his waist to keep him still as he thrusted up into his abused and oversensitive hole, pushing his knot into him a few moments later. The pleasure had driven Yoongi to tears, eyes red and shiny whereas his body shined from his sweat and slick. His stomach began to bulge from the seeds inside. 

Gaining back a bit of their rationality a few moments later, Taehyung's instincts told him that it was time to eat. He hugged the smaller closer to himself and stood up, Yoongi locking his legs around the Alpha's hips as he walked them to their nutritions, knot still locking them together. He made the Omega drink two bowls of water before he handed him fruits and dry meat, feeding himself with an apple while watching the smaller.

Once Yoongi felt full, he leaned his forehead on the Alpha's collarbone, enjoying the short peaceful moment before his heat would kick up again. Taehyung buried his nose in his hair, taking in the scent that screamed to breed him, and he lapped at the sweat on Yoongi's neck and cheek. 

He carried them back to the nest once his knot went down, and Yoongi immediately snuggled into the furs, rubbing his body and limbs all over them. Taehyung waited patiently, letting him enjoy the little scenting session before he was dragged down by the needy Omega into the nest.

Yoongi laid down, spread his legs and urged the Alpha to take him, more with his hands and scent than words. Accommodating himself between the pale legs, Taehyung pressed closer until his cock was lined with the wet entrance and they were chest to chest. The Alpha took him missionary again.

The Omega was far more relaxed and quiet in this session, even though his breathing was laboured. His eyes were focused on the Alpha only, and said male kissed his brows, his cheek, both more sober. 

"I want you to bite me first", Taehyung grunted in between his thrusts, kissing the Omega all over his heated face now. Yoongi didn't answer, but grabbed his face and kissed him with so much force that the Alpha needed a hand to brace himself so he wouldn't completely fall on top of the Omega. 

"My Alpha. Mine", were the only words Yoongi uttered before his eyes sparked blue and bled into purple. Said Alpha growled at the possessiveness, thrusting harsher so that their skins were slapping, to show the Omega he was worthy, he was able to breed him like a true Alpha and give him his knot. At the building pleasure, the Omega closed his eyes and  moaned sensually, linking his legs just above the Alpha's hips. 

Blinking the teary eyes open, he leaned up slightly, sniffed and nudged the Alpha's neck, and Taehyung craned his head as best as he could while he snapped his hips unrelentingly. Yoongi was now lapping at his scent gland, his fast breathing fanned out against his sweaty skin as he prepared the area for the mating bite. The knot formed, hips fastening even more to push it past the rim. Cum coated the omega's walls, Yoongi felt his orgasm approaching and that's when he bit down on the unmarked flesh. His fangs broke the flawless skin, and he tasted blood at the same time his orgasm washed through him. A whine left him, almost fainting from the electric pleasure.

He needed a few moments for the haze of his heat and release to clear before detaching his fangs and starting to clean the Alpha's wound on instinct, whining as he lapped the bleeding mark. But strangely Yoongi knew Taehyung wasn't feeling any pain, he was more sure of it than when they shared their usual bond. 

"Shhh." 

The Alpha was petting his hair and kissing his temple.

"You did so well. I'm yours, my little firespitter. Yours."

Too many feelings and sensations were filling Yoongi besides his heat. The Omega was in no way conscious enough to reply after the overwhelming orgasm, and now also the flood of the sensations by the mating bite. He nuzzled and lapped at his freshly created mark, scented the Alpha that was filling him with his cum. His rough hands caressed over Yoongi's growing bump lovingly, and the Omega purred at the gesture.

When he was about to fall asleep, Taehyung positioned them in his omega's most favourite position, bringing him on top as the smaller buried his nose under his chin. 

*

There was a shifting weight over him, and laboured breath rushed to his ears, before the Alpha felt the wetness covering and shifting over his cock. He had fallen asleep without intending to, and Yoongi was obviously not rational enough to wake him as he fought off the heat by riding his cock in his sleep. His mind was still waking up, yet Taehyung grabbed and guided the Omega by his hips, groaning at the velvety feeling around him.

He waited until the omega's thighs started shaking from exhaustion, before planting his feet on the furs and gaining leverage to thrust up into the slick leaking hole. Yoongi's moan made his Alpha pride shine and he thrusted up faster and harder, almost toppling the Omega over from the force. 

"Knot, Alpha! I need it- please, hah"

The smaller's eyes squeezed closed, but Taehyung stopped moving, and guided the Omega off his cock. 

Yoongi's eyes snapped open, tears filling them - because did the Alpha just reject giving him his knot? He felt empty, this was too sudden, the rejection was in full-speed covering his heart-

Before he could overthink more in his sensitive state, Taehyung pushed the Omega on his chest and pulled his hips up, himself positioned comfortably on his knees before plunging back into him again. 

Yoongi mewled, any dark thought flew away in an instant, happy that his Alpha didn't reject him and pushed back eagerly whenever Taehyung's hips snapped forwards. It was the perfect mating position, having the Omega underneath him, the unmarked neck just waiting to be claimed. Taehyung soothed his hands over Yoongi's chest, rubbing his nipples as he leaned down and licked a stripe up his neck to his ear. Another knot formed, and that was his cue to start preparing his mating bite, lapping at the omega's scent gland while the knot grew bigger, catching on the omega's stretched hole. A growl ripped from his chest, the wooden walls and floor shaking intensely the harder the Alpha pounded into the Omega, eyes zeroing onto his neck. He pushed and lodged the knot inside, biting down with a growl as his seed spilled into the Omega who was melting under him with a whine and milking his cock.

Again, the smell of burned furs was prominent, the Alpha only vaguely realizing that it was Yoongi who had lost control over his gift while holding onto the furs. 

Taehyung was still growling when he leaned back and started to clean the mark, trying to calm the omega down who was whimpering and spasming around his member from all the sensations. 

*

Their home looked like a war zone. The furs were not only covered in slick and cum, but had burning marks everywhere - the bed was destroyed from pounding the Omega into it, and many misformed earth shapes destroyed the wooden floor even more than before Taehyung's rut. 

Taehyung was putting ointment onto the burn wound on his arm, having left the nest for a few minutes as the Omega was asleep.

Yoongi's heat just recently broke, and there was cum leaking out of him endlessly, now having nothing to prevent it from escaping his hole. Taehyung didn't bother washing up, treated his wound and sneaked back to his Omega, lapping at his face in affection. Yoongi stirred in his sleep, but didn't wake up. His rear was bruised from the brutal pounding, yet the omega seemed more satisfied than ever before. Though, now his brows were furrowed. A whine left the smaller, eyes blinking open.

"Alpha! It's getting out!" 

The younger spooned the Omega to calm him before he slipped his cock into his heat again, blocking the cum from leaking out. 

Yoongi calmed instantly, sighing and slipping back to sleep.

Knocking on their door woke the Alpha up, and he grunted, holding the omega's naked body tighter while he found a fur to cover him and their intimacy fully from other eyes.

"Taehyung!"

It was Hoseok. Again, he just grunted in response, and the healer took it as his cue to enter, holding his nose. When he found the nesting pair, his eyes locked with the wary Alpha's. His Omega was still vulnerable, no Alpha would want another so close just after they shared a heat.

"Don't look at me like that, I'm not here for your mate. My God, there is a huge earth block paled into your wall from the outside, everyone was sick-worried something happened to you two!"

The younger just grinned, closing his eyes from his ongoing exhaustion. 

"I just got burnt a bit, other than that we are good."

"Taehyung, you're literally sleeping on the ruins of your bed."

"Whatever, we're mated now and that's what counts."

He smothered his omega's head to emphasize his point, the smaller sighed and buried his nose further into the crook of his neck.

The healer shook his head, massaging his temple.

"When your nesting time is over, please shape everything back the way it was. You scared half of the village - they feared we were having an earthquake!"

The Alpha laughed at the imagination, how the world was shaking during their mating, while he took and served his omega.

"That's what it felt like for sure."

Hoseok groaned, having enough of the younger's teasing and stepped out, closing the door. The brown earth was mixed with the white snow in this area, thanks to Taehyung's uncontrolled beast. And maybe he was just a bit affected from their scents too.

*

Trying to shape everything back as good as possible, the young Alpha was making an effort to repair the damage within their home and village.

He cleaned the stained furs and the Omega from their bodily fluids. Yoongi didn't wake up for a whole day, recuperating from his heat and mating.

Seeing how their wolves got carried away, the Alpha was deep in thoughts. Reflecting on their mating, he came to the conclusion that he could have seriously hurt the Omega. This home wasn't a suitable place to share their hearts and ruts as gifted wolves. He wanted to make them both a safe shelter.

Jimin brought them congratulatory gifts, some mugs and more accessory chains the Omega left in front of their door. The kind act made the Alpha laugh, thinking of how his own chains had looked so beautiful on his Omega, shaking on his pale skin as he was thrusting into him. Sometime along the heat, they had piled them onto the floor. He had washed them, but Taehyung made sure not to wash off their scents. 

Before he cuddled up with his mate - he still couldn't believe that they were, in fact, mates now - he prepared some food for when Yoongi woke up before him.

*

Geumjae had progressed much on his home - or rather, hut - in the past days he couldn't see his brother. He didn't fail to offer Jimin at least one animal every day before sunset, laying his kill on his porch while he waited patiently for the omega to come out. The Omega accepted his offerings.

Geumjae didn't stay for long when Jimin took his present, but made his way towards the forest to watch over the Omega during the night. Not that any potential danger was out there. But the Alpha needed to show that he could protect him as a mate, even stay outside in the cold for days if that was needed.

Today again, Jimin accepted the rabbit, smiling faintly at him before he went back inside. Geumjae trudged to his usual place among the trees, laid down and stood on watch.

What he didn't expect was for the blonde to step out again after about an hour, a delicious smell wafting through the air. Jimin stepped closer to the black wolf, a plate filled with various cooked meat. He recognized his various kills on it.

The black wolf lifted himself on his paws, nudging the Omega and huffing. 

He didn't kill for himself to be fed. He wanted to provide for the omega. 

"Stop with your Alpha honors, my God!" The Omega shoved the food towards Geumjae again.

"It goes both ways. You provide the food. I prepare you food, on my own free will." 

Geumjae went behind a tree for a second before he returned, a robe covering his body. He came to stand before the smaller, an eyebrow quirked as if he was judging.

"So you are courting me back?" He teased with an amused smile.

Redness crept up the cheeks of the Omega, and Jimin was making a frustrated noise.

"If you don't want to eat, I'm taking it back with me!"

And he was about to turn and bend down for the food, when the Alpha's hand grabbed his wrists and pulled him forwards. Jimin's smaller body fell towards the other's, and he looked up at him in surprise. The Alpha scent around him was intensifying, and before he could register what those amber eyes were planning, hot lips claimed his, making him let out a surprised noise. His hands were led to rest on the broad shoulders, and the Alpha placed his own around the omega's waist and cheek, pulling him even closer. 

This all was new to Jimin, the Alpha obviously dominating the kiss while the blonde closed his eyes, tilted his head experimentally to reciprocate, a warmth spreading through his whole body. It was nice to feel the calloused hand caressing his soft cheek, feeling the strong hold of the other on his back. He felt safe. And his Omega couldn't help but preen at that fact. Their lips danced almost shyly on each other, and the Alpha broke it gently with a peck onto the corner of his mouth. Jimin was dazed from what happened, blinking. Geumjae's hand was stroking up and down his back, his other tucking his hair behind his ear as he watched him with love-struck eyes. 

"I will eat it with pleasure if you grace me with your company" he almost whispered to him. Jimin gaped, trying to form words but he failed. It made the Alpha smile in amusement, and he took him by the hand, leading him to the spot he decided to settle on and brought the Omega onto his lap. 

When he picked up the meat and tried to feed Jimin first, the Omega squirmed and hid his face on his shoulder.

"This is so embarrassing!"

The elder chuckled. 

"I care for my potential mate. There is nothing wrong with that."

"By the heavens, stop talking and eat!"

A laugh vibrates through the gifted Alpha's body, but he didn't tease Jimin any further. He ate the delicious food, showing the Omega he enjoyed it. He wouldn't be able to lie as his scent was indicating how the food he was having tasted good. He pretended not to see how the Omega snuggled closer, probably unconsciously, and took in his scent, relaxing against him. 

Then, he felt a ticklish lick against his neck, and the Omega grew bolder and started scenting him by lapping at his gland. He turned his head to bury his nose in the blonde hair, and instinctively rubbed his cheek against Jimin's.

The blonde had fallen asleep in his arms that night. Carefully, Geumjae carried him back to his home, stepping into the omega's private room for the first time. It was, unsurprisingly, covered in the omega's scent, a cozy looking nest built in one corner. He laid the Omega down into it, covering him with furs. His wolf wanted to join him in the nest so bad, but he held his breath and stepped backwards out of the room. 

Jimin was stirring when the source of his comfort was distancing itself, and he whined in his sleep. That rooted the Alpha in his place, staring at the smaller body that was shifting restless now. He let his pheromones spread into the room, and the effect was instantaneous - Jimin sighed and stopped squirming.

His protective side brought him to the side of the nest again, kneeling down as he watched the angelic face in front of him. The Omega snuggled closer, unconsciously reaching for him, and the Alpha grasped the small hand. Silently, he laid his chin over his arm just outside of the nest, watching the blonde sleep. His steady breathing made the Alpha sleepy too. His mind was recalling the omega's lips on his, the blushing cheeks. And he happily fell asleep too.

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21

The blonde woke up with his hand intertwined with Geumjae's, who fell asleep in a rather uncomfortable position. Jimin stretched the sleep out of his limbs, his nose filling with the Alpha's scent that made him smile. It felt oddly peaceful.

Sneakily, he crawled closer and placed a kiss onto the Alpha's cheek, before he covered him with fur. He then went ahead to prepare breakfast, tiptoeing out in order to not wake the other. 

Being immersed in chopping vegetables, the arms around him made him yell in surprise. The peaceful scent spread around him, the body behind him rumbled, and he eased himself back against the warmth of the Alpha. 

"I need to go before Namjoon rips my head off", Geumjae mumbled against his neck with his sleepy voice.

"Have breakfast with me before you go." 

The Alpha hummed thoughtfully, rubbing his nose against the Omega's nape. Just a few minutes later he found himself sitting with the younger and scarfing down the food. 

"Slow down!", Jimin warned and laughed at his haste.

The food was delicious, and Geumjae said as much with stuffed cheeks. When he finished, Jimin was only halfway through his own meal.

The Alpha took the opportunity to appreciate Jimin's facial features, a moment where he let his eyes take in the smoothness of his skin, his sparkling eyes and his plump lips.

Sensing what he was doing, the omega flushed and stopped eating. 

"It's not polite to watch others while eating", he pointed out.

"I don't watch others. I only want to watch you."

The blonde groaned at the cheesy line, making Geumjae laugh. He crawled closer, the Omega eyed him expectantly. In a bold move, he pushed the smaller down, climbing on top of him.

Jimin's beautiful eyes were staring up at him in surprise, and Geumjae didn't wait before he captured those lips with his. Small hands found purchase on the wide shoulders, and Jimin released his pheromones into the room, his wolf telling the Alpha to continue, wanting to mark him with his scent to shout out- this Alpha was his. And Geumjae did, kissing his lips over and over, only taking short breaks for them to gain their breath before capturing the omega’s lips again. Their bodies pressed close, and Jimin unconsciously grinded his hips up, his crotch rubbing against the Alpha's, ripping out a deep growl from him. Geumjae grinded down with more force, luring out a high moan from the omega who spread his legs wider in submission.

Jimin's omega took over, and he could feel the slick building in between his cheeks while he offered Geumjae his neck. 

And that was when the Alpha snapped out of his trance, freezing over the smaller, looking like he had been punched in the gut. He climbed off and stood up quickly, gaping when Jimin whined for him below, a flushed mess and his member was responding to it. His Alpha wanted the Omega, wanted to mount him, make him moan and cry, pack rules be damned-

"I'm so sorry", was what he uttered before dashing out of the omega's home, where the clean and cool air hit his burning skin. His Alpha was having dangerous thoughts, and Geumjae would be too weak to keep control if he stayed with Jimin longer. His Alpha wanted nothing more than to turn back and bury himself inside the omega's heat, give in to instincts and lap up the sweetness that was leaking between his legs. 

But Geumjae was holding onto the last bit of his sanity. 

I took a few moments for Jimin's whines and calls for the Alpha to fade out, because the Alpha pheromones were lessening around him. 

Having his mind cleared, embarrassment settled in next in his head. Jimin wasn't sure if he would have hated Geumjae staying with him and taking the Omega right then and there. He couldn't find any disgust at the thought- on the contrary, he felt more slick leaking at imagining the Alpha encasing him with his bigger body, tending to Jimin's needs.

He had been ready to give himself to the Alpha. 

And Namjoon would have so killed them both. 

*

[Hoseok, after his short rant about Tae's rut/ heat damage]

Agitated, the Alpha returned to his home after checking on the freshly mated pair. For whatever reason, he was unsettled since the short visit and his blood was flowing with a burn in his veins. He just wanted to be home, with his lover, and sleep this out.

Jungkook laughed when his lover briefed him on the newly mated pair. He would forever tease Taehyung with the fact that they had broken the bed while mating, and even half of his house. That had to be some rough sex.

The younger wanted to hug Hoseok as usual, but the moment his body was about to encase Hoseok's frame, the elder Alpha growled at him, hairs standing up on his nape.

Confusion and defensiveness settled within the younger, taking a step back. Hoseok looked just as shocked, covering his mouth. What was going on?

"I'm sorry! I don't know why my wolf is on edge."

Admittedly, Jungkook was hurt - until his nose picked up a certain scent.

"Hyung." 

The young male approached him more submissively, showing Hoseok he was no threat.

"I think your Alpha instincts are triggered right now.”

Sniffing again, he was very sure what his lover needed. He slightly bared his neck.

“You wolf needs to knot." 

Hoseok's pupils dilated at that thought, his Alpha pleased at seeing Jungkook submissive and offering himself. 

The healer went quiet. Jungkook wanted to move closer, but Hoseok growled again and the younger froze. 

Something snapped within the elder, and he harshly pushed the other against the wall, growling against his neck. Jungkook was fighting down his violent side that told him to shove the threat away, his Alpha instincts going haywire. He let the healer dominate him, baring his neck that was now bitten and sucked on. The pain made him whimper. The elder male scraped his teeth until he drew blood, his wolf smirking. It enjoyed dominating this powerful wolf under him. His Alpha voice seeped through, wanting Jungkook all submissive for him: 

"Go to bed and prepare yourself for my knot."

The fighting urge was back, but the younger gulped it down and nodded, nudging under Hoseok's chin to show him that he was submitting. Jungkook could feel the hungry eyes on his ass, and that was encouragement enough to rid his clothes faster and start to stretch his entrance with oil if he didn't want to tear down there in the next minutes.

Hoseok leaned against the door frame, watching the younger Alpha that was on his knees and reaching back to finger himself open. His member reacted to the erotic scene, and he shed himself of his own clothes. The stiffness between his legs was painful, so he started stroking himself as he continued to watch, humming. 

New waves of pheromones hit Jungkook and the younger turned to catch the sight of Hoseok pleasing himself, obviously aroused. He whined.

"Stop touching yourself. Use my mouth."

Hoseok groaned. 

"That filthy little mouth of yours."

He was on the bed in a heartbeat, on his knees in front of the younger and guiding his member down to his mouth without hesitation. He growled, tapping the head of his cock against Jungkook's lips.

"Open up, let this filthy mouth do its work"

And the young Alpha smirked against his cock, kissing its head teasingly before nuzzling it. Only when Hoseok gave another warning growl did he open up, tongue coming out to welcome the cock into his mouth. 

Though Hoseok wasn't really patient right now. Grabbing Jungkook's hair in one hand, he slammed his hips forward, burying his cock in Jungkook's throat so that the Alpha's nose hit his belly. The younger gagged and started coughing, but the elder just kept thrusting, the other hand placed on the younger's cheek, hearing the stuttering breathing through the younger's nose. He felt Jungkook’s cheek bulging whenever he thrusted in, and the spit-slick, thin lips slammed against his skin. Drool and tears streamed down his chin, and Jungkook took his fingers out of his hole to brace his hands against the furs and the other's thigh. Hoseok fucking his mouth made it impossible for him to stretch himself, he needed to focus on breathing as the big cock in his mouth blocked his airways over and over, slamming into his throat harshly. The healer groaned at the wet feeling around him that was encasing his member just perfectly. He just had enough of a mind to not knot the younger's inviting mouth, though his Alpha certainly wanted to do that as an act of domination. Just as rough, the younger was pulled back by his hair, Jungkook coughed and gasped for air when he was finally free to do so. Next, he was shoved down by his shoulder, falling onto his side, still breathing harshly. 

Hoseok quickly covered his member in oil before he pressed his cock at Jungkook's hole and pushed inside, making Jungkook cry out from pain. He was still laying on his side, Hoseok on his knees as he pressed down on the muscled thigh to create a greater tightness for his cock. His hips started to snap forward, setting a harsh pace, jostling the younger’s body on the furs. The painful thrusts soon turned to pleasure, the aggressiveness turning the younger on. He let himself be used so the other could fuck out his frustration.

Hoseok growled, clasping a hand around the strong thigh and pulled so the Alpha laid on his back spread out underneath, hole fully in view as he jammed his cock inside.

He pulled back until only the head was inside, slammed in again and rolled his hips, assaulting Jungkook's prostate. The younger Alpha's eyes rolled back, a lewd, un-alpha like moan escaped him. 

"Hoseok!…" 

He searched for something to grab on, fisting the furs, then grabbed the older's biceps.

"Oh fuck! Like that, yes!" 

The strong legs crossed behind the older Alpha's back, holding him there as he fucked the younger silly.

Jungkook arched his back, making it easier to thrust into him, and his walls sucked the cock in eagerly, clenching around the intrusion. The topping Alpha nuzzled his nose in the younger's neck, nipping at his scent gland. His instincts told him to breed, even though he was fully aware that he was with an Alpha right now. 

"I… need to breed. I-"

Jungkook grabbed the wavy hair, encouraging the Alpha to mark his neck with bites.

"Then breed me. Give me that knot- ah! fuck yes, I feel it-"

Jungkook's hole was stretched to its limits by Hoseok's knot, and the latter's mind was only filled with instincts to breed, breed, breed. 

The painful stretch forced tears anew into the younger's eyes, and another whine escaped him when Hoseok pushed his knot inside, shooting his release inside, making him come seconds after. His nails scratched the healer’s biceps as his pleasure washed over him, sight whitening out for a moment. Exhaustion took over, and Jungkook could only lay still, eyes closed, as the last waves of pleasure surged through him while he was filled with cum. 

The growling Alpha on top grinded against him, letting him milk out the last drop before his haze lifted, his needs satisfied. 

But the moment his eyes landed on the younger, his heart dropped. 

Dark blood was smeared all over Jungkook's throat and neck, and Hoseok was scared when he guided his eyes towards where they were locked. Luckily, Jungkook's entrance didn't seem to be torn. With utmost care, he leaned down and licked the younger’s torso and throat clean, closing the bite wounds he inflicted in his aggression with little whines. 

He whispered "I'm sorry" against the muscled body like a mantra, guilt settling heavily over his mind and clogging the air around them in his scent. He didn't know what happened. His Alpha saw the newly mated pair and lost itself in pheromones.

Jungkook shook his head, trying to show he was alright. 

"I'm so sorry." 

The younger pulled him down, hugging Hoseok close to himself.

"I'm also sorry. I can't bear you pups." 

Hoseok’s nose brushed his throat, he shook his head lightly at the words.

"You don't need to."

The younger hummed, hiding his face in Hoseok's neck, inhaling his scent. 

"When are you going to claim me as yours?" 

His doe eyes peered up, a question that Hoseok delayed to answer with certainty all the time. There was a longing in his eyes when he stared at him. He caressed Jungkook's cheek, sighing.

"I don't want you to go against your Alpha nature, Jungkook. You’re young, you could still find a nice Omega to-" 

The younger growled, caging Hoseok with his legs and flipping them over, so that he was on top with the healer's knot still locked inside him. His claws pressed against Hoseok chest and he grinded his hips mercilessly, squeezing Hoseok's knot with his walls in a way that made the healer's eyes roll back.

"Fuck! Jungkook, stop-"

"An Omega can't knot me like this, hyung. Stop believing whatever your dark imagination is telling you. I want you as my Alpha mate."

Sure, Jungkook wanted pups of his own. But if it wasn't possible to have them, he could live with that too. He couldn't bear the thought of separating from Hoseok just to produce pups. 

The elder hissed when Jungkook started rolling his hips, groaning at the pain and pleasure the knot inside was giving him.

"Jungkook, you will hurt yourself!", Hoseok gritted through his teeth, but the younger didn't listen, drawing bigger circles with his hips, humming. 

He couldn't bounce yet, but Jungkook was grinding and circling his hips in a sinful way that blanked Hoseok's mind. He had subconsciously started bucking his hips up to chase the incredible heat. Their breathing picked up as they heatedly grinded against each other, and Jungkook clenched so hard that the other Alpha snapped his hip uncontrolled as a response, growling.

Once the knot went down enough to move more freely, the younger didn't hesitate to lift his hips and sink down with a roll, making the other curse under him. And Jungkook did it again. And Again. Hoseok was barely thinking straight when he gained leverage on his feet and elbows, leaning a bit up so his face was closer to the younger's. The older Alpha started to snap his hips up, thighs hitting Jungkook's cheeks and he fastened his pace, which the other didn't hesitate to match. Jungkook was riding him expertly, taking all of it, fingers splaying on Hoseok's chest and stomach. 

One of his hands slid up to the healer's neck, bringing him closer until their faces were only inches away, feeling their hot breaths. 

"Faster!", he demanded and Hoseok growled.

His hips snapped in faster successions, and Jungkook was adapting to him, riding him faster. They were fucking like two wild animals, their limbs were entangled and their bodies jostled from the force of their thrusts and bouncing. Hoseok was kissing the younger now, it was messy as the younger licked back and they moaned, chasing their release. Jungkook broke the kiss, concentrating on not falling off from the force of the other’s thrusts. 

"Come on hyung, knot me one more time."

Hoseok buried his face in the younger's neck, growling and feeling his knot expand. In a painful grip, he held the younger's pelvis and pushed his knot past the tightness with a growl. It was still painful, but Jungkook muffled his whine, staying still as the knot expanded more, locked and finally burst out the release.

Clenching around the painful intrusion, he also came a few seconds later by just seeing how gone the healer was, how satisfied while he filled him. Hoseok was nosing along his neck while growling appreciatively, sliding down to his chest that was moving from his laboured breaths. 

He kissed the muscular body under his lips, thanking the younger for being with him. In an unexpected move, Jungkook shoved him down again, both Alpha's growling at each other, eyes shining red before he claimed the elder's lips and stifled their ongoing growls. He pinned his wrists onto the furs, giving Hoseok no opportunity to move as he won the fight for dominance in the kiss, chasing after the lips whenever he tried to turn his head. He kissed him until the growls subsided, and the anger turned into soft responses as he was let in with his tongue, the body under him going pliant.

His lips moved down and left marks over the healer’s neck and jaw, a clear act of dominance even if he was the knotted one. Hoseok came even more at the younger's actions, and whined when Jungkook clenched intentionally around him. He cursed, and he wasn't sure how he ended up on his stomach later, the younger stroking himself and ejacualting one last time on his lower back before marking his scent on him with his release.

Hoseok got his frustration out, so he didn't do much to fight the younger's act of dominance at all. Compared to what he had done, his young lover was gentle, and even if he were to take him now as a revenge, he would let him. 

But Jungkook didn’t, instead just slipped behind him on their furs without intending to wash his newly marked partner up. Hoseok was undeniably going to smell only of Jungkook, and Jungkook alone, for a while.

*

Happiness and satisfaction was weighing in every cell in his body. Rubbing his cheeks on the furs that were laced with a new scent, of him and his mate, Yoongi opened his eyes. Something was off, but his sleepy mind couldn’t provide him exactly what it was yet. His Alpha’s arm was slung around his waist, and he shifted around until he was facing the broad chest. Taehyung was still asleep, though judging by the furrowing brows he would wake up any moment now. Nosing along his skin, the omega started leaving gentle kisses on the muscled chest, nosing up to his chin. The arm around his middle pulled him closer, and he felt the press of the Alpha’s lips on his forehead with a sleepy hum. They were bathing in the peace of the moment, Taehyung’s lips only inches from his forehead while the omega’s similarly almost touched the naked skin of the Alpha. 

Yoongi’s long fingers danced over the other’s front, Taehyung’s hands finding them and intertwining, while he played with his mate’s fingers.

When his hunger became unbearable, Yoongi decided to slowly sit up, but not before kissing his Alpha’s cheek. Even though Taehyung cleaned up most of their mess, he was still leaking the rest of his cum. The Omega felt sad at the loss, but since his heat broke it wasn’t as bad as it had been in the days prior. 

Taking in their home, it finally dawned on him what felt so wrong. Their bed wasn’t placed as high as it usually was, and the floor was more damaged than he remembered - was that a hole in the wall, covered with fur? Looking down, he also processed why the bed didn’t feel as usual. It was broken, just like the rest of their home. While he turned to the Alpha with a shocked expression, his eyes registered and snapped to the burnt wooden wall, before landing on the Alpha’s bandaged arm. 

That’s when the memories of his heat came alive. The split moment of him being sober.

He had burnt his Alpha while in heat, and the Omega’s scent soured at the memory.

“Taehyung, your arm-”

The Alpha shook his head, smiling.

“It’s nothing serious.”

That didn’t make the omega feel better, but Yoongi sighed in defeat.

“What even happened here?”

The genuine confusion made Taehyung chuckle, now also sitting up. He grabbed his mate’s hand, pulling him onto his lap to give him a thorough scenting until the sourness in his scent faded.

“We happened, my Gifted Omega. Our wolves took over, and what you see here is the results of them letting their gifts loose for five days in heat and rut.”

That was embarrassing. And the omega’s face showed as much, thinking how gone they must have been to cause such damage. He let Taehyung embrace him, rubbing their cheeks together.

“We just scared our packmates a bit, but that’s it. Don’t worry about it.” 

He kissed his mark and pulled back to look at his mate.

“I will make up for all the damage.”

The Omega sighed quietly and snuggled closer. He needed to wash himself soon.

"Can we nest a bit longer after I clean up?"

Taehyung almost squeezed all the air out of him with the hug he was smothering the Omega with.

"You don’t need to ask."

Taehyung would have taken the Omega right in their bathtub again if not for the bruises on his bum.

Though, when they heated up the water, Yoongi bent down a little to check it's temperature, his backside brushing and pressing against Taehyung's crotch. When he didn't move immediately and wiggled his hips, he knew the Omega was doing it intentionally, torturing him like that. With a growl, he pulled the omega by his hips onto his hard cock, grinding against him.

That's how they ended up again with the Alpha's thighs and hips meeting Yoongi's as he took the Omega from behind, the latter still in the bent over position, holding on to the tub after he had successfully riled up his mate with his teasing.

The Alpha molded his cheeks with his hands, spreading them a bit apart to see himself thrust into the wet, slick-dripping hole, cursing at the sight.

The emotions the smaller felt from Taehyung and himself were merging together in his body, the mating mark heightened his pleasure. He knew Taehyung felt good, and knowing he made the Alpha feel that way satisfied him even more than the sexual pleasure.

"Fuck. You're so beautiful."

The words were accompanied with Taehyung bending down to leave hot kisses on his spine and neck, panting in his ear as his hips never ceased their work. Yoongi whined at the compliment, then bent his elbows so his top lowered more and the Alpha could thrust in deeper with the new angle. 

"Fill me up, Alpha"

The grip on Yoongi's hips wandered to his waist, the Alpha soothing his palms over his sides.

"Yeah? Didn't you have enough during your heat?"

And the Omega just whined in response, stubbornly pressing his hips back to meet the Alpha's thrusts, and Taehyung tightened his grip around his waist.

Without a warning, he pulled the Omega down roughly on his member as he thrusted forwards, and Yoongi moaned, vision spotting from the overwhelming sensation. The Alpha pulled him down repeatedly, thrusting into him violently which had his knuckles turn white, having to keep himself from falling over the tub.

Taehyung's hands shot out next to Yoongi's, growling and snapping his hips brutally into the Omega. The latter was gone from pleasure, moans bouncing off the walls and mewling at the drag of the Alpha’s cock against his walls.

His legs gave away, so he slowly slid to the ground onto his knees, the Alpha following and preventing a harsh landing with his hold around the Omega’s middle. When the knot formed, Taehyung pressed even closer. He was squashing the Omega between the tub and his body, chest to the smaller back. He mouthed at the pale neck and Yoongi let his head fall on his shoulder, humming as the knot was worked into him and Taehyung locked, coming inside him like he did numerous times during his heat, and had the Omega sighing. His release shot out, but Yoongi barely registered his own pleasure as Taehyung's swept over him like a harsh wave. The strong arms held him against the warm body, the Alpha kept nosing at his neck, licking it in appreciation. He only ceased to do so when his knot went down and he was able to pull out, another wave of his cum leaking out of the omega.

Without a word he lifted them up and carefully entered the tub. The warm water relaxed their exhausted muscles, and the Omega was running his fingers along the Alpha’s arms that rested on the tub. He let go, snuggled back, clearly not intending to wash himself anytime soon, so the younger took the task upon himself. 

*

They couldn't hold back for too long the next days. Either Taehyung woke up with the omega's lips around his member, or himself was waking the Omega up by lapping at the sweet hole until he came. 

On a day where they went fishing in their wolf forms, he pushed the Omega in between the trees, postponing their trip to the lake. Away from eyes that could pry, he mounted him right there, linking his arms around the slim hips and the Omega held his tail to the side to grant him better access. 

They were sickly in love, hormonal and freshly mated. None of them explicitly stated their thoughts, yet the mated wolves could tell what the other was feeling.

[About a month later]

Their morning adventures needed to be put on halt after a few weeks.

Waking up, Yoongi felt nauseous more often than not, spilling the meals from the preceding day in a bucket each time. The Alpha was worried, caressing his back and questioning himself - if he went too far with the omega's body without realizing.

Yoongi silently just snuggled into his chest, more than usual in recent times, squishing his cheek there, and all he wanted to do was sleep. The younger caressed his strands out of his forehead, watching the peaceful, but sickly face of his mate. He guided him carefully on the furs and pillows, making the smaller whine at the shift while he leaned over him. 

Pulling the omega's attire a bit to the side, he exposed the flesh of his pale torso which he peppered with gentle kisses.

Yoongi's eyes were heavy with exhaustion. The Alpha's attention was just what he needed, so his own hands came up to card through the dark hair. Taehyung released calming pheromones, deciding internally that if this sickness didn't stop in a few days, they will meet their healer. He placed a kiss onto the corner of his mate before lying down with him, holding him in his arms.

The sickness didn't cease. Yoongi wasn't weak, but he didn’t feel healthy. His Alpha seemed to avoid mounting him too, which made him more anxious about his condition, about not being good enough. He knew he was overthinking, but couldn't stop. 

After vomiting again several mornings in succession, not being able to fulfill their fishing or hunting duties, Taehyung decided it was time for them to see Hoseok. He couldn't bear watching his mate being sick any longer. 

Knocking on the Alpha's door, Hoseok greeted the pair with his signature smile. 

"Oh, so you guys finally remember me. I'm moved!" 

Despite his pale state, Yoongi smiled at the words. The healer invited them in, and Taehyung explained what had them concerned. Hoseok checked the omega's vital responses during their explanation, and nodded to himself while biting his lips in thought.

"I would like Yoongi to stay overnight so I can observe his reactions myself. It's best if you bring clothes and blankets you scented, so he isn't as unsettled while being separated from his mate."

Taehyung didn’t want to leave Yoongi one but, but he sighed and nodded.

There were still pack duties to fulfill, and he knew how much Hoseok cherished his patients' privacy, not wanting others to interfere in his treatments.

He was allowed to be with his mate until the evening and Jungkook came by shortly too, when Hoseok finally chased him and Taehyung out. 

It had been a while since the two spent time with each other. The younger Alpha tackled him to the ground when they were in a safe distance from the healer’s hut. The two Alphas play-fought, Jungkook being stronger when Taehyung didn't use his gift. They bit each other's paws and ears, tiring themselves out before they finally headed to their homes, still pushing the other playfully. It was so unusual for them not to see each other for longer periods of time, so their playful side missed messing around with the other.

At home, Taehyung scarfed down a quick meal before heading to bed. It was difficult to sleep without his mate, and he tossed himself around, growling under his breath at the discomfort.

Yoongi's scent was here, but the whole room lacked the omega's warmth, his presence. He didn't realize the irritated whine he let out at first. 

He wanted his little firespitter back in his arms, the small bundle of warmth, the body snuggling like a cat against his.

*

Yoongi, besides the weird feeling of change in his body, could sense his mate's troubles, and it was keeping him awake too. Hoseok had to make him a strong tea that helped him sleep, asking the Omega question to assess whatever his discomfort could be. He took notes and mumbled to himself, while Yoongi curled underneath the furs, missing his Alpha’s safety.

The healer rolled out his own furs not too far from Yoongi, preparing for his sleep once they settled everything and he made sure that the Omega was feeling well enough.

That changed when morning came again. Yoongi was feeling sick and his scent alarmed the healer who snapped his eyes open, watching the Omega grab the bucket they had placed near the furs and vomit into it. Hoseok was by his side in a second, caressing his back, waiting for the Omega to let it all out. 

Once Yoongi finished, the Alpha dabbed the sweat from his face and gave the him a bowl of water. Yoongi looked exhausted, he closed his eyes slowly as he sighed.

"I'm so sorry."

Hoseok hushed him, feeling his pulse and sweeping the strands from his forehead with his other hand. 

There. He felt it.

He took Yoongi's wrist in both hands now, feeling at the pulse in a more concentrated way. 

Yes. It was there.

Considering the time when the Omega had his mating, Hoseok was pretty sure about his assumption. All the symptoms the Omega showed pointed to pregnancy.

Before he told the Omega, he cleaned the area so Yoongi wouldn't be uncomfortable or too self-conscious, he wanted him too feel as comfortable as possible in his state. Squatting down in front of him, there was an expectant look on the Omega when he saw the healer's smile. 

"Congratulations, Yoongi! You are carrying a pup!"

The smaller just froze on the furs, eyes widening and looking at the Alpha, but at the same time he wasn't. His eyes were transitioning into a dreamy haze.

Hoseok couldn't hold his laughter at the reaction, hugged the Omega close and swayed them from side to side on their knees.

"You're going to be an appa!"

The Omega took a sharp breath, exhaling shakily.

"I'm carrying a pup?"

"Yes!"

His fingers bore into the material of the healer's shirt, clutching for some sort of support. The Omega let put a happy whine, burying his face in Hoseok's chest that was vibrating from laughter.

"I can't believe the Omega we nursed back to health and Taehyung hated with his guts is laying here a few month after, carrying his pup!"

Yoongi himself laughed at the irony of fate, but him and Hoseok parted when they heard a heavy, hasty footsteps in the hut. Jungkook was eyeing them with his doe eyes.

"You're pregnant?" 

"Jungkook, you shouldn't eavesdrop!"

Hoseok turned to him with a glare.

"I didn't plan to!"

But that's how Yoongi ended up being hugged by Jungkook, who lifted him from the ground to whirl the Omega carefully in celebration. 

The two Alpha's unconsciously scented the Omega to keep him in high spirits, and it made him giggle from the happiness he felt and received, heart beating in anticipation to relay the news to Taehyung. 

Just as he was thinking about the Alpha, he smelled him approaching, turning his head in between the squishing Alpha's to look at his mate. Yoongi couldn't be happier at this moment, he just wanted to hug his Alpha.

He had insecurities, no doubt, but seeing his mate filled him with relief.

But his smile faded.

Taehyung was standing there rather awkwardly, watching the trio with a frown. Reading the slightly tense atmosphere, Hoseok pushed Yoongi towards his mate.

"Yoongi is fine to go home now. Whenever something happens, come find me." 

He sent them both a gentle smile.

Taehyung's jaw tensed visibly, but he nodded before heading out without a word. His coldness confused his Omega, who bowed to the two others quickly before following him. 

Taehyung didn't even wait for Yoongi to catch up, heading straight to their home. He didn't comment on the weird behaviour, the news could wait for a bit longer too.

Now back in their home, Taehyung still refused to utter a word, even when the Omega announced he was going to prepare them tea and cut fruits.

So he silently went after the task, wondering if he did something to upset the other. He had great news to share, but didn't know how to relay them. The Alpha was on edge, he didn't know how he would stomach it. 

Didn't Taehyung want pups?

A dark thought sent shivers down his body. What if he changed his mind? Did he somehow find out already and wanted it gone?

Yoongi rubbed his belly, having stopped his meal preparation while lost in thought. What was going to happen if Taehyung didn't want him and his pup?

It was a nonsense, he knew the Alpha loved him, but the threatening air around didn't help at all.

He would try to talk to him now.

Putting the tea and cut pieces onto the tray, Yoongi took it to the Alpha sitting on the edge of their new, but temporary bed. They had repaired most of the damages, but they needed a new home for sure soon. 

"Taehyung-ah! Have some tea."

He approached him, stopping a few steps behind at the lack of reaction. 

"Taehyung?"

Again, nothing.

"Alpha?"

The broad shoulders tensed, and Yoongi could feel the anger rise in his mate. The younger let out a humourless laugh.

"So now you remember your Alpha?"

Taehyung's venomous voice let Yoongi's blood run cold. His Alpha voice was seeping into it, and it made his Omega cower.

The Alpha was seething. His mate let himself be happily scented by other Alphas, let their scents cling onto him. And when he saw them, how happy and comforted his mate was among the two… His Alpha snapped and raged inside him.

"Weren't you enjoying yourself just fine without me? Hm?"

"Taehyung, what are you talking about?"

The Alpha stood up and whirled around so fast, Yoongi didn't even see his hand that swept the tray from his own, he could only look at the red eyes glaring down at him threateningly.

The tray smashed against the wall and the clay cups shattered. The force sent their pieces in every direction, of which one flew past Yoongi's cheek, creating a cut and barely missing his eye.

Taehyung was growling at him, and Yoongi's mind fought with his instincts - to cower and submit to his Alpha mate, or to protect himself and the pup?

His pup.

The thought produced his distress call, and the Omega took a step back from the threat, from his mate that made the muscles in his calves and spine ache as he was defying his Alpha. He strained his muscles not to submit, and non-welcome tears streamed down his cheek due to forcing himself to stay in control.

The call snapped the Alpha out of his rage and the burning red in his eyes diminished. But it was too late.

His heart shattered at the sight in front of his mate, at how all the promises he made chimed in his ears… and how he broke them in a single gesture by losing control.

There was blood trailing down his omega's cheek, mixing with the tears, and he was stepping away from him, who had promised to be his Alpha, his protector. Every step pained them both. 

His throat tightened, bordering on choking, and the distress pheromones of the Omega clogged up his senses.

He wanted to reach out and comfort, protect his Omega.

But the moment he moved Yoongi hissed at him, bursting a wall of flames that ceased to burn in a few seconds to keep him away.

"Don’t touch me!" he hissed, eyebrows furrowed in hostility towards his own mate.

The Alpha was frozen on his spot when the smaller male turned and ran outside.

Taehyung could feel how the omega was taking the Alpha's heart with him, felt like it was being ripped out of his ribcage. 

Suddenly, his home felt too cold, despite the flames that had burned in front of him just seconds ago. 

Protect his Omega?

How was he going to do that if he was the threat?

Anger at himself, sadness and desperation made him fall on his knees, hands burying in his hair. The first sobs broke out, and the warm tears glided down his face.

He was the worst. 

He had seen the Omega healthy and happy, scented among two other Alpha's and Taehyung went into irrational rage.

It wasn't him that gave the Omega the sudden burst of happiness he had felt in his chest through the bond this morning. His Omega hadn't smelled like him when he came to check on him, to find out what made him so lucky. The happiness hadn't been shared with him, and he was angry that as his Alpha, he had failed to make the Omega feel better. A pained whine escaped his lips.

He needed to find Yoongi. The Omega hadn't felt good the last days, probably wasn't fully recovered. He hadn’t asked if he was feeling well again.

Wiping the tears with the back of his hand, the Alpha stood up to follow the other out and bring him back. 

When he opened the door, he saw the pile of the Omega’s clothes in front of the entrance.

*

Geumjae was lying in front of Jimin's hut, the Omega beside him and resting against his neck. The fur tickled his face.

It had been awkward between them after he almost mounted the Omega, but he didn't stop his courting routine despite the incident. Jimin didn't bring up the topic either, and both of them let the embarrassment naturally die down with time.

The Alpha planned to ask the other to be his mate soon. His home within the new pack was finished, but Geumjae didn't tell anyone yet. Jimin stroked his fur absent-mindedly with closed eyes, and he let the Alpha's scent settle on him. 

Seeing another omega sprint towards the forest past them was the last thing they expected in their peaceful private time, the Omega being none other than Yoongi. And the scent he was emitting was far from pleasant.

Geumjae was immediately alarmed, and Jimin didn't hesitate to stand up and clap the Alpha on the foreleg.

"Go after him!"

The Alpha gave him an appreciative lick, nuzzled the Omega before bolting towards the direction his younger brother disappeared to.

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White covered every bit of his sight, his legs rushing him through the snow.

The Omega just wanted to be in safety, for him and his pup. All the years of loneliness rushed back to him in addition to the pain inside. A pain inflicted by none other than his mate.

Finding shelter in a cave, he trotted inside, curling in himself while he tried to calm his heartbeat and mind, the muscles in his hind legs trembling. From fear or the rush of adrenaline, he didn’t know. But he felt so cold.

A sudden desperation seeped into their bond…  it was the Alpha's regret. Yoongi tried to ignore it as best he could - he wasn't ready to forgive.

A growl built up in his chest when he smelled someone approaching, not ceasing to do so even after realizing that it was his own brother. 

Geumjae huffed, the black wolf moving towards his dongsaeng's spot but the younger snapped at him, a clear sign that he wanted to be alone. 

Despite the omega’s rage, his hyung continued to approach him cautiously, bumping his nose on one of the blackfurred ears, sniffing and giving a lick to show his silent support, though he was still in the dark about what happened. He just wanted to be there for his younger brother.

Yoongi just growled in response and turned his head, trying to ignore him. 

The other whined, which quickly turned into a growl of his own when he saw the blood on the younger’s cheek. He crowded the omega's space to lick the wounded area, not minding the growl and paws that hit him, and continued his care until the wound closed enough to stop bleeding. His hot breath fanned against the omega’s face, the younger male closed his eyes.

A panicked howl and whine grew louder from outside.

Geumjae knew who they belonged to very well. His eyes filled red, and seeing how Yoongi growled too, the wolf recognized the threat to his younger brother. It had to be the Alpha outside.

*

The scent of his mate helped Taehyung track him. Along the way he smelled Geumjae’s stronger scent mixed with it too - he was relieved that his omega wasn't on his own and would try his best to mend things right. 

Though, before he could even approach and see his Omega, a heavy weight crashed into him as he was running through the snow, sending the brown wolf toppling over with an angry, black-furred Alpha on top of him. 

Taehyung's Alpha wolf was raging at the immediate threat, both growling at each other, Geumjae' claw pressing down on his throat. The younger pulled his hind legs to his stomach and gave the Alpha on top a powerful kick that separated the two. The second he was free from restraints he jumped onto his legs, focusing his glare onto the older Alpba. The two circled around each other, heads ducked with flattened ears, baring their fangs while they growled. 

Geumjae didn't hesitate to use his gift, forcing the other to jump back every time he burst flames under his legs. Seeing how intent the other was on hurting him, Taehyung didn't hold back either, fully concentrating his senses and anger on crashing his own gift onto the other wolf - to make him realize that he isn't the only one who can assert his dominance. 

The moment his paws hit the ground, sending the stream of his gift into the earth below the snow, and he looked up to locate on his target, he felt another presence near them through his senses.

It all happened in the split of a second: He was about to lift the heavy element from the ground - but there he was…

...his Omega behind a tree, watching the scene with worry in his eyes. His decision was made right then.

Taehyung knew he couldn't use his gift without risking his omega's safety. In the second he froze from the realization, the other Alpha profited from the opportunity to jump back on him, developing a giant fire circle over his head. Geumjae snapped his jaw at the younger, and Taehyung knew he lost because of his hesitation.

The fire started to flow down towards the younger - and before he even had the time to blink or close his eyes to shield himself from its brightness, the flames changed their direction, crashing next to him. The snow beside his head melted into a mushy mass, despite the cold the flames' heat reached his cheek.

The near death experience sent him into a momentary shock. He had been sure he was going to be dead in the next seconds but here he was, his heart still beating with a blank mind.

Geumjae shared his shock and confusion. Then, another body pushed him off from Taehyung, whining and growling at the same time. 

Yoongi's smaller wolf crawled over his Alpha, and he was eyeing his hyung while he growled at him, laying on top of Taehyung. The latter couldn’t believe that he felt his mate’s warmth, their bellies touching as his omega pressed himself down for his protection. It didn't sit well with him that he wasn't the one protecting his mate.

Geumjae huffed and growled back, not understanding how Yoongi could be forgiving of someone who hurt him. He stepped closer threateningly, baring his fangs.

In the next moment, a yellowish movement stepped into his sight of the Alpha - another wolf with light-coloured fur stood on his path and blocked his way, sitting on his haunches with narrowed eyes. His growls died down as he took in the omega.

Jimin was daring him to go further. And the Alpha knew that if he did, his potential mate wasn't going to forgive him, the sour scent telling him as much. His aggression started to fate, he could never hurt him.

Annoyed beyond limits, he neared Jimin with a final huff, licked over his snout, before turning away from the scene and walking away. Jimin threw one last glance at the mated pair, swinging his tail from side to side, then trotted after the angry Alpha.

*

Whining, Yoongi gathered himself with a shake of his head before he stood up and intended to leave, not sparing a glance at his mate. Taehyung jumped up and immediately crowded the other to bury his snout into the omega's scent gland and leave a regret-filled whine of his own. 

The smaller wolf froze - the Alpha started to lick his gland, scented and tried to calm him at the same time, sending warmth and shivers all over him. Making him want to give in.

He reprimanded himself internally, and Yoongi moved away, causing yet another whine from the Alpha. It hit a nerve, how the other dared to plead to him after messing up and hurting him not only physically, so the Omega growled and smacked the other's face.

The Alpha flinched but didn't leave. Taehyung followed him like a lost puppy, despite the snarls and growls he received.

Yoongi walked towards the cave, into which the younger followed him.

The omega laid down in a corner, fixed the Alpha with his cold eyes and bared his fangs when Taehyung wanted to step closer. The bigger wolf whined another plea. He went as far as to lay down on his stomach and crawl towards his mate in a submissive stance. 

Once he was close enough to touch, Yoongi smacked his snout again, growling, and despite his rejection the Alpha was staring at him with his big, sad eyes, not even a hint of anger in his scent at the hits he received. Yoongi tried to push his face away next, just to get his paws licked. Taehyung grabbed his leg in his paws, nuzzling and scenting it. He watched the Alpha work his way up his leg until he buried his snout in his gland, huffing. His calming pheromones wafted through the air, and though Yoongi wanted to be angry a bit longer, he started to melt indeed at the attention and care.

Taehyung didn’t use his gift against Geumjae because of him, Yoongi was aware of this. His mate never meant to harm him.

Himself was at fault too, for letting other Alpha scents settle on him, he was aware that Taehyung didn't get angry out of the blue and without reason. His Alpha didn't hurt him intentionally, but Yoongi had to protect his pup from the chaos that occurred. He wasn't able to relay the news, and he was in a very delicate mindset.

Yoongi shifted back to his human form and the Alpha immediately curled around the naked body to keep him warm, sniffing the omega's temple.

He looked into the bigger wolf's eyes for a long time, trying to decide if this was the right time to tell. What gains would he have for prolonging the news?

"Shift back", he ordered the younger - and Taehyung obliged, immediately hugging the Omega to his bare chest. His scent invaded Yoongi’s nose as he mumbled apologies:

"I'm sorry! Please, don't leave!"

He started to scent his mate madly, and Yoongi could sense his Alpha being on the verge of tears.

"I never wanted to hurt you!" 

The Alpha leaned back and stared into the omega's beautiful eyes, encasing his face in his palms. He leaned down to kiss the wound he inflicted, the lashes of the omega tickling his cheek. Then, Yoongi grasped the Alpha's wrist, making him focus on his eyes again.

The Omega searched for any indications that the Alpha didn't want this - didn't want the pup. And maybe he knew he was overreacting, but right now, his wolf needed the assurance.

"Taehyung", he began, his voice hanging eerily in the air of the cave.

The Alpha caressed his cheek, waiting for him to carry on.

“Hm?”

Yoongi grasped one of the Alpha's hands and guided it slowly to his lower belly, not breaking the eye contact. His mate moved his hand gently over the area, thinking the Omega wanted a loving gesture from his Alpha and continued to look at him, undeniably with love. 

"We are having a pup."

The hand on his belly froze, and Yoongi could almost taste how the sadness in the Alpha's scent disappeared and was replaced by surprise. 

The Alpha wolf’s mind provided him with a round Yoongi in their home, hand laying across his belly while he slept in his nest. Heat gathered in his lower half, and his pheromones gave him away.

"Did you just get aroused by that?"

He squished the smaller in a hug, nosing at his hair.

"Of course, I was imagining you carrying our pup."

There was no way the Omega didn't feel his hardness pressed against the pale thigh, but Taehyung didn't make any move to do something the other didn't want. His mate hugged him back, resting his head on the Alpha’s heart, and Taehyung felt the tension leave the omega's body while he caressed his naked skin.

Leaning back, he cupped his plumb cheek and turned the omega's face gently, pressing his lips to cold ones. 

He gave him little kisses on his neck and cheek next, praising the omega in between.

"You're going to be the best Appa. My beautiful omega."

The smaller male felt his walls crumbling, seeking the warmth and praises of his mate.

Yoongi moaned involuntarily, closed his eyes when the Alpha sucked on his scent gland, and he started to leak slick. His Omega couldn't help but bloom at the praises and the safety of being in his mate’s arms - he couldn't hide his excitement either.

The warmth of the kisses was gone in the next second. Opening his eyes, he saw the Alpha kneeling, leaning in to leave kisses on his belly, even scenting the area by soft rubs of his cheek.

When Taehyung looked up again, his mate saw the Alpha shining through red eyes, starting to take over.

"Get on your hands and knees", he demanded softly, and Yoongi did, his omega sensing no danger.

If he was honest - he had expected to be mounted right away, judging by the amount of arousal pheromones filling the cave. Instead, he felt rough hands part his cheeks and the wet tongue of his mate licking a long stripe over his hole. The omega squeaked and jerked, but with a strong grip on his hips, Taehyung penetrated the smaller with his tongue, lapped at his walls.

Yoongi's thighs quivered from pleasure. His high-pitched moan echoed within the cave when the lips closed around his entrance and sucked. His slick was flowing uncontrollably, much to the satisfaction of the Alpha who gulped down every drop as he continued to thrust his tongue inside him.

It was enough to make Yoongi reach his orgasm, his cum splattering below him while his slick still filled the Alpha's mouth. He needed a moment to come to himself, waiting for the Alpha to penetrate him any time with his cock now.

But Taehyung, to Yoongi’s shock, moved away, caressing the omega's side in appreciation. He made no move to mount him properly.

Yoongi looked over his shoulder, confused.

"Aren't you-?"

Taehyung's hand froze, squeezing the Omega lightly when he understood.

"We don't have to do it just for me." 

That only added to Yoongi's confusion. Why wouldn't he want his Alpha? 

He whined, shaking his hips and releasing tempting pheromones. Taehyung didn't expect the Omega to blindly grab his arm and pull him forwards, so that he was covering the smaller body fully with his own.

"I want you to take me, Alpha."

Yoongi deliberately rubbed his entrance along the Alpha's length, which elicited a possessive growl.

"Fuck, fuck!"

Taehyung moved his hips forwards hastily, his head catched at the entrance and he pushed in. He started thrusting into his Omega fast, foregoing building up his pace because his Alpha was desperate, his mate willing.

"Like that", Yoongi hummed, letting the Alpha live out his desire for the omega and take him feverishly. He loved how he made the Alpha lose his control. Taehyung's grip on his hips were bordering on painful as his cock stretched him wonderfully, the Omega moaning with every thrust that hit his prostate.

Nipping and biting at his neck, the Alpha was marking his Omega. He wouldn't last long with the way Yoongi was moaning and squeezing his wet walls on his cock, and he took him faster at the thought of filling him up.

"I will make you full with pups", he whispered into his sweaty neck.

"Fill you so good, my beautiful Omega"

He angled Yoongi's hips higher, hitting his prostate with every thrust now, and the Omega started squeezing around him again.Taehyung's orgasm crashed onto him without a warning and he came with a groan, rutting against the pale globes. Yoongi purred under him, the Alpha's release covered his walls and he felt the insecurity that had his Omega paranoid diminishing.

Taehyung needed to catch his breath, his chest pushing against the omega's back with each deep inhale. 

Yoongi grunted at the displeasure of feeling empty. The Alpha watched his slick and cum covered length slip out of the gaping hole in awe. The cave reeked of their mating pheromones. The dominant wolf sniffed and scented his omega's body, pupils blown wide as he instinctively wanted to protect and care. 

Yoongi wriggled under him, not caring for the bodily fluids that leaked out as he laid on his back to face the Alpha, his face flushed from their activity while he nibbled on his index finger.

Taehyung leaned down and bumped their noses, licking at the wound which was a pink line by now and Yoongi responded to the gesture by rubbing his nose against the Alpha’s cheek. Lapping the omega's gland almost shyly, the younger cherished the mating bite he gave him. He would have cherished his mate for longer, if not for the cold that was biting at their naked, heated skin.

The young Alpha didn't move from his mate's side when they returned home through the forest, even when Yoongi snapped his jaw at him in annoyance: he was literally pushing into the Omega in order to 'not lose him out of his sight'. They both knew Yoongi loved the attention, despite his denial. To avoid being seen naked outside, they walked and squeezed into their home in their wolf form.

Once inside, they shifted back and Taehyung pressed his mate against the wall, burying his face in the pale neck, hands roaming over the slender body.

"I can't even form any words that will do justice to tell you how happy I am."

He left a small kiss onto the skin under his lips, before coming up to kiss the Omega properly. Yoongi didn't hesitate to accept and though the kiss started out gently, it turned heated very fast.

Their breathless exhale and saliva-slick lips sounded loudly in their home, the two soon trying to find their bed blindly while being lost in each other. 

By the furs, Taehyung helped the Omega lay on his back, the pale skin covered in goosebumps as rough hands travelled from his torso down to his thighs, where he received a gentle squeeze.

Their eyes locked for a few seconds, and maybe it was their instincts guiding them a little, when the Omega backed up on the furs and turned around to lay flatly on his stomach and legs, spreading and angling them enough to leave space for for the Alpha to settle behind him.

Taehyung's chest pressed onto the smaller's back, and the Omega loved the feeling of the bigger body above him, giving him a sense of protection.

Preparing his cock with slick, the Alpha didn't rush the lubrication by grinding against his mate, watching the omega's eyes flatter closed at the tickling sensation of the drag. The only sign that he felt the Alpha press and slide into him was the slight parting of his pouty lips. 

With small circling movements, the cock dragged along the slick walls, earning Taehyung small, but pleasure-filled sounds.

Though he was the Alpha on top, the one mounting the Omega, they both knew that Yoongi was in power. He was trying to earn his forgiveness, trying to serve him properly as an Alpha by offering security and pleasure. It was his duty as a mate.

He took the Omega with short but fast thrusts, the pale cheeks jiggling with their force, which made the omega let out a little " Fuck yes !", before Taehyung slowed his hips to prolong their orgasms. The stretch and drag of his Alpha’s cock inside him was sending exhilarating pleasure into his every limb.

The dominant wolf nipped at his mate's skin, covered his shoulder and back with possessive marks, whispered praises for how good his Omega was for him. Yoongi felt the Alpha's hard muscles move against his back, incredibly aroused by the image of being under Taehyung, even when they were literally mating in that moment. Nosing along the shoulder, The Alpha halted at the mating bite where he lightly sank his fangs, and Yoongi cried out at the pleasurable pain. His Alpha growled in response, pistoning his hips into the slick heat again, not letting go of the bite. This was his omega, and his omega was carrying their pup, moaning under him.

He got angry at himself as the moment of hurting his mate crossed his mind, and shifted those thoughts into angling his hips to find his mate's prostate, which made him flinch and squirm under the Alpha. 

"So good", Yoongi breathlessly exclaimed, and the Alpha constantly pounded onto that point. The warm slick stuck to their thighs, the moisture amplifying the sound of skin meeting skin. The younger wouldn't come unless his Omega did. He switched into long but hard thrusts, grinding against the omega when his hips were flush against his bottom, before pulling out again. 

"I'm close", he heard the Omega whisper, so Taehyung sped up again, encouraging his mate.

"Will make you come soon."

His pupils were blown, zeroing on the mating mark and sucked at it while giving Yoongi successive brutal thrusts that made the Omega's head dizzy.

Yoongi came with a gasp, his hole clenching around his mate as the white, electrifying pleasure overtook his nerves.

The dominant male slowed his pace, though still lightly thrusting in and out. After calming from the high of his orgasm, Yoongi clenched his hole deliberately, taking the Alpha over the edge as his hot cum filled him once again. He pliantly laid there until his mate finished, who continued to grind his hips against him and groaned.

The sight of his Omega caring for his Alpha’s needs, despite his many wrongdoings, made the younger tear up.

Taehyung pulled out, turned the Omega onto his back with gentle force and clashed his lips onto his in an uncoordinated kiss, full of apologies and seeking, like the other could disappear any time. Yoongi’s hands buried in his hair, eagerly opening up so his mate could taste him however he wanted to. Hot tears streamed down the dominant male’s face, the wetness also sticking to Yoongi’s cheek.

"Forgive me", the Alpha whispered against the spit-slick lip, giving him several pecks.

Yoongi held his mate’s face still in his hands so he could kiss him back, before nudging his jaw with a purr.

"I do. I do forgive you, Taehyung."

When he moved to face him properly, Taehyung could see the shift from Yoongi to his inner omega.

"There is something I need to do, too."

He pushed the Alpha onto his back, the younger blinking in surprise, and took the big cock to stroke it into hardness again. Taehyung saw stars, his breathing going faster. But he would definitely not reject such treatment.

"Fuck, Yoongi..."

He almost whined when he felt wet lips on the head of his cock, looking down to see the omega suckling at his length. Yoongi rested his head on the Alpha's hip, lazily licking and sucking at the big cock, teasingly taking it into his mouth. 

Taehyung barely held back a cry when the omega started to go down on him, bobbing his head. His hair tickled on his naked skin, being hypersensitive to all of the omega's moves. It would be domestic, having the Omega lay his head on his lap, if he just wasn't sucking at the Alpha's cock as if it was the most domestic thing to do.

The lips encased his member while the tongue glided over his length smoothly, and the Omega made it his mission to take the whole of his length, taking in more with each bob of his head. Taehyung, in need of purchase, grabbed him by the back of his head. He pulled off, nosing along the length as he breathed in much needed air, licking at the Alpha's sack before nuzzling his length again.

"Oh God... you're going to be the end of me"

His dick twitched when the dark orbs met his, and despite the circumstances, Yoongi looked beautiful with his hooded feline eyes that stared up at him while he nuzzled his cock. The Alpha wanted to shove it into his mouth again so badly.

"I want you to scent mark me with your cum, Alpha."

Taehyung cursed and almost came at the words, whining at the teasing nudges.

Taking pity on him, Yoongi took him into his mouth again, this time deepthroating him more easily. It mesmerised the Alpha with the way he made it seem like he was just enjoying a simple meal, humming around the big cock. His omega looked up innocently while he worked on him. He stopped his movements to slacken his jaw, sticking his tongue out in invitation that made his member twitch in interest again.

The Alpha growled, pushing his mate by the shoulders so he had space to get up on his knees, manhandling the Omega to be on all fours before him, face aligned with his shaft. Yoongi opened his mouth obediently when the Alpha grabbed his hair and guided him to his cock. He couldn't help nor wait to push into that hot wetness, immediately starting to thrust into it. Drool and precum collected on the omega’s lips and dripped down his chin, the hand in his hair sliding toward the back of his head to keep him in position as the Alpha slammed into his mouth. He hollowed his cheeks, created suction and coughed, because the Alpha was hitting the back of his throat. He watched the stomach muscles of the younger work through his hooded eyes as he thrusted into him, continued to create suction and twirled his tongue around the heavy length. 

Feeling the pleasure reach its peak, Taehyung pulled out and stroked his cock with a grunts before his release shot out of his tip, ropes of cum landing on Yoongi's face, sticking to his hair and lashes. The Alpha inside him felt proud at the act of submission and acceptance of his status - proud at the Omega accepting his seeds so willingly. 

He gave the smaller a gentle push so he was on his back, letting his release drop on his chest and stomach too, until he finished. The young wolf didn't hesitate to massage his cum into Yoongi's body, lathering the Omega in his scent. He teased the pink nipples with his index finger, his mate whining at the sensation. Every gland was covered with the sticky substance, while glazed eyes watched him attentively with a purr. 

Ignoring the sticky mess, he laid down next to his Omega and pulled him towards himself, his mate immediately nosing at his jaw.

"I am sorry too, Alpha."

The younger's heart broke at the words yet another time, seeing how Yoongi was overtaken by his Omega and submitting to apologise. He hugged him close, protectiveness making him spread his calming pheromones. To provide him comfort, his lips glided up and down his mate's neck in affection. The Omega made himself even smaller, curling against the dominant wolf. 

They had made up. Both apologised, and the Alpha didn't regret one bit on how they did. Their bond was so much stronger now, their feelings and senses mixed in a way where he couldn’t tell them apart.

He just knew this wasn't enough of an apology from his own side.

Waking up to the smell of sex and dried cum on his body, Yoongi groaned and was expecting for the morning sickness to rush over him any time now, but he actually felt fine for the first time in a while. He was just dirty from their coupling, the fluids sticking to his and the Alpha’s front. Taehyung’s arm was draped around his middle, so the omega pushed himself up slowly and cradled the arm in his palms, gently placing it next to the Alpha’s head.

The peaceful feeling of his body was connected to his mate, there was no other explanation. The other's bulge dented the furs and Yoongi lazily crawled over, pulling the cover off towards the younger’s knees to have a better look. The Alpha's member was standing proudly while Taehyung was still asleep, letting out steady puffs of air. 

Yoongi straddled the Alpha's hip, with his back facing his mate, and took the hard cock into his hand, guiding it to his puffy wet hole. It's head breached his rim and slipped inside easily, stretching his walls as he pushed down fully. The omega groaned quietly, his Alpha's leg flinched in his sleep.

He circled his hips a little, made himself comfortable and just sat there, still sleepy, filled with his Alpha's length. His Omega could breathe more freely and was connected more strongly to the Alpha, not only on a physical level. 

Still asleep, Taehyung's eyebrows furrowed. His hips instinctively rolled up into the heat, where the Omega lightly squeezed around him.

The tightness woke him up with a gasp. His hand grasped the omega's hip as he snapped his own up in confusion, groaning at the immediate pleasure. 

Taehyung grunted when he blinked his eyes open and saw the pale, slickened globes resting on his hips, the sleep-drunken omega looking back to meet his gaze. A lazy smirk spread on his face, his morning-voice raspy:

"My fiery omega is already being so good to me, hm?"

Stabilizing himself on his elbows, the Alpha slowly sat up, threw his arms around the omega's waist and gave him a peck before burying his face in the sweet scent gland. 

"Mmmh. Feels so good." 

He caressed the omega's thighs, his hands moved up to the flat abdomen and tickled the area with his fingertips. Yoongi threw his head back, baring his neck fully.

"What do you want Alpha to do for you?"

A kiss followed the words, settled on the omega's mating mark which sent shivers all over him. 

"Just want to be good for Alpha."

And his omega was, warming him so good. A satisfied growl pricked on his skin, the Alpha nipping at it.

"Then, it's time for Alpha to thank you."

Taehyung sneaked his hands under the omega's soft thighs, pushing them up towards Yoongi's chest so the smaller had no choice but to lean back completely against the Alpha's chest. Taehyung shifted, planting his feet onto the furs steadily and spreading the omega's legs wider, leaning back just a little bit more diagonal for a better position. His hips pushed forward the moment he started to kiss and nip and the omega's neck, thrusting in and out of the familiar slick heat that warmed his cock.

Yoongi let himself go, not holding onto anything as he laid against his mate. The Alpha moved inside his heat, forcing his body slide up and down against his front. Small whines and moans escaped his lips, and it spurred Taehyung on to snap his hips faster, having to stop marking up the tasty flesh because of his laboured breath from taking his omega. Closing his eyes, he concentrated on the heat around his cock and making his mate reach his orgasm. The hold on the Omega’s thighs tightened when he started to arch his back and squirm on top of the younger, moaning his Alpha's name. Yoongi turned his head and pressed his nose under the Alpha's chin, inhaling his intoxicating scent while he moved his hips sinfully to meet the Alpha's thrusts.

"I'm close", he whispered, and Taehyung kept his pace, plunging in and out of his awaiting hole. The Omega thrashed his legs, before coming with a silent cry. The younger knew by the way his walls clenched on his length, pushing a grunt past his lips. He grinded into the hole through the omega's orgasm, making Yoongi mewl and rub his nose against the Alpha's neck deliriously. His Omega made an effort to make the Alpha cum faster, clenching whenever he pulled out to thrust right back in, so it didn't take too long for his knot to form and lodge into the smaller male. The seeds of his mate warmed his insides and he circled his hips slowly to milk his Alpha out until the last drop, making him curse and grunt as he lost himself in the sensual movements of his Omega.

His inner omega retreated during their bath, where Taehyung took his time in cleaning their bodies from their mess.

He kissed the omega's foot and up his leg, then growled softly against his belly. Yoongi's nose was filled with the strong pheromones, an Alpha's natural possessive reaction when their mate was pregnant.

He was able to walk and eat by himself, but Taehyung insisted on carrying and feeding his mate. Akin to an excited puppy, his nose was nudging against Yoongi's gland continuously, taking in the smallest hint of the milky sweet scent of his pregnancy. And Yoongi let it happen without further complaints.

They scented each other madly, nosed along the other's cheeks and kissed their glands, all anger gone. Though the guilty feeling for both remained partly.

"You should let Hoseok check on your health", Taehyung mumbled in between their soft nuzzling and scenting. The Omega nodded.

"I should. For our pup." 

The Apha growled at the mention of the miracle which was growing within his mate, he gave the Omega a short kiss to trust his feelings.

It would be hard staying away from his mate while going after daily duties, and he probably should seek advice from his brother. 

*

When Yoongi visited Hoseok the next morning, the healer knew that everything went well with the omega and his Alpha by his scent.

"Well, Taehyung should keep treating you like this. I'm sure your Omega will be as healthy as possible for the birth then... If we are to judge by the energy it receives from its Alpha."

The smaller spluttered, turning away from the healer because the images of him settling on his Alpha's cock this morning popped in his head.

The Alpha laughed at his reaction, and just like when he instructed their Pack Alpha's mate, his seriousness came back as he called him over and started explaining what he needed to heed during his pregnancy. The Omega listened attentively, eyeing all the herbs that were presented and remembering the important ones. The healer showed him how to boil them, letting him taste the hot beverages so he knew how they were supposed to taste.

By the end of his lecture, he stressed that one embarrassing point again.

"Don't hold back on the intimacy with your Alpha. The safer and sated your Omega feels, the better."

Waving him off, Yoongi thanked him under his breath before he stormed outside.

The Omega received great care by his packmates and mate. Jimin and their Pack Alpha's mate, together with his pup Soobin, paid him a visit the next day when Taehyung had left with other Alphas for pack duty. His brother wanted to visit too, but Jimin made clear that this was an omega-only gathering and that he could visit his dongsaeng any other day or time. The gifted Omega laughed at the thought of his pouting hyung. The calming scents of the other two filled his home with a comforting aura.

Jin handed his pup to them. The two younger omegas watched the little bundle with big eyes suck at his own fist, cooing at his cuteness.

"So, it's Jimin's turn soon", Jin started his teasing.

The blonde narrowed his eyes, pursing his lips.

"What makes you think I won't enjoy my first years pup-less with my mate?"

At that, even Yoongi gave him an unconvinced look.The eldest patted the blonde’s shoulder. 

"We all talk big until we fall in love and mate."

Yoongi felt those words, because not long ago he couldn't imagine himself pregnant, let alone by Taehyung. Sighing, a fond smile spread on Yoongi's face, a protective hand on his belly.

"I, for sure, did."

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Days and weeks passed by. The Alpha made love to his mate each night, showering him with affection to make up for his absence during the day. 

He had been gone for longer than usual in recent times, but at the end of the day, he would mount his omega and make him forget any worries, just like now.

Taehyung shifted above him, thrusting into his omega's welcoming slick heat. Yoongi was on his back, receiving his Alpha's care, and after another few snap of the strong hips the Alpha came, taking his omega over the edge too. 

A small bump was forming under his navel, the result of their love and mating showing more with each passing day. Pulling out of his Omega, the younger moved down his mate's body to nuzzle and kiss the growing belly. His mate's fingers played with the brown strands, giving him a gentle massage as they came down from their high.

Overcoming their exhaustion, the build up frustration of the day, the pair cleaned up their bedding. Once finished, Taehyung slipped his member back into the omega's heat, letting the heated walls settle around his cock as he nestled it between them. It was a healthy connection, one their healer recommended with all his heart, as they fell asleep like that, the omega's head pillowed on the Alpha's bare chest.

Taehyung made sure the furs were safely around his pregnant mate before he prepared to head out in the morning.

There was something he needed to finish before their pup came into the world, and he needed to do it soon. He headed towards the lake, preparing his gift in his veins for another day of shaping and mixing the earth to his liking.

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Geumjae was giving Jimin a piggyback ride, the smaller's arms securely around him as he marched through the snow towards his final courting gift. 

Even though Jimin knew about the place, since it was well-known across their pack that the Alpha had to prove his worth, it still made him happy to see for himself, burying his nose in the heavy cherry-vanilla scent.

The Alpha chuckled and placed him in front of the home he had built for his future mate and himself. The professionally shaped iron stabilized the hut, Geumjae obviously had used his fire gift to an advantage here and the Omega couldn't hide that he was impressed, his scent turning sweeter.

He took his time looking at the new hut, approaching the door to see what's inside as well. It was definitely more spacious than his current place. Geumjae even carved out windows that could be opened and closed with the fine metal plates he integrated into them. 

Jimin smiled to himself, taking in the other three sleeping rooms and the kitchen that was attached to the living space, while the Alpha followed and embraced him from behind. The smaller sighed, let himself be held as the dominant male tickled his neck with the tip of his nose.

"Jimin-ah. You deserve more than this, but this is all I can give you right now.

If you let me, I want to take care of you, of us, for the rest of our lives as mates. Will you accept me?"

Jimin didn't need to think. He turned in the Alpha's embrace, took his face into his hands and brought him down for a cold kiss, one that warmed up fast with the Alpha's heat covering them both.

The blonde pulled back only a little, Geumjae's breath hitting his face when he nodded, looking up at him almost cross eyed, yet cute.

"Yes. I want you to be my Alpha."

And Geumjae wanted to take the Omega right here in their future home when he heard those words, but there was one last thing to do.

Jimin's eyes gleamed with a spark of blue, his wants barely concealed, just like the elder wolf's. He hugged the Omega to his chest, caressing his head lovingly.

"Soon. You will be mine, and I will be yours."

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With his pup in his arms and his Omega sitting on his side, Namjoon eyed the kneeling pair in his home, announcing their wish to mate each other.

Jimin wasn't touched, and he must say he was surprised by the amount of control an Alpha like Geumjae, whose old pack was sexually more liberal than Namjoon's, showed and kept. 

When he eyed them with his serious expression for too long, Seokjin sighed next to him and slapped his arm.

"Just let them get mated, you know very well our Jimin didn't show any mating interest until Geumjae came along. It was meant to be."

The Pack Alpha pouted at his Omega as he rubbed his slapped arm, and by the heavens he was pretty, even when he scolded him. 

Though Jin was right, Jimin deserved someone to take care of him too, and their blonde omega was smart. If he saw Geumjae to be fit as his Alpha, there wasn't much Namjoon could do anyways. The Alpha kept his promises, didn't touch Jimin and built his own home for the two of them. He proved himself to the pack and his future mate.

The Pack Alpha nodded, and repositioned his pup in his arm before he spoke:

"There is nothing which would hold me back from giving you two my blessings. Alpha Min proved to be worthy as a packmate, and as a mate to one of our omegas. If there are no objections from Omega Park, you two shall mate each other without any hindrance from my side."

The two wolves bowed deeper, Geumjae's forehead almost touching the floor when he thanked Namjoon for his blessings and promised to cherish the Omega until his last breath.

Now, they had their blessings, and even their own home. Nothing was holding them back from mating anymore.

Jimin was nervous, to say the least. His heart was thumping against his chest. The day they received their blessing had passed two nights ago, and a little chaos followed to plan out his mating day, the gifts and preparations. Their packmates showered the pair with presents, piling them around their soon-to-be home - self-sewn clothes or tools that would come handy in any home. The omega was delighted of course, but nothing made him happier than the fact that his pack was accepting of his mate. 

Jin took him by the hand and headed to Yoongi's place. Taehyung was busy around the day, so the Omega was alone at home - the perfect place to prepare the yet unmated omega.

While the two were helping the youngest get a bath, Jin lectured the virgin among them on what to be careful of and what Alpha's liked.

"Namjoon loves when he is handed the reigns among the furs", he wiggled his eyebrows, suggesting that the Omega should simply submit, present and let the Alpha take him.

Yoongi hummed as he didn't quite agree.

"Taehyung is hesitant at times, so I tell him what I want." Yoongi mumbled the last part more silently, but the other two caught it nonetheless, turning to him a little shocked.

"You give the Alpha orders? To Taehyung?"

Yoongi blinked, scratching his head.

"Well… I mean no, of course not orders. I just say what I would like. Our first time happened after I yelled at him not to run away all the time our wolves wanted it, to just let it happen. He wouldn't touch me intimately unless I explicitly told him to. And he let me place the mating bite first, too."

Jimin slapped his hand in front of his mouth to suppress a laugh at the surprising news, Jin's lips were curled up in amusement. Yoongi furrowed his brows and looked at them in suspicion, hoping that he just didn't out too much of his Alpha.

"You two better not tell any soul of this!"

Jin waved him off.

"I doubt someone is that interested in your guys' mating life. Though sometimes it gets hard to ignore when the whole village is shaking." 

Not being able to hold back anymore, Jimin full on laughed in the tub, splashing the water. Yoongi pressed the rug harshly into his skin as a revenge, the rough scrubbing making the younger groan and laugh at the same time.

After their laughing subsided, Yoongi turned serious again.

"About that...  it wasn't only Taehyung who lost control of his abilities, but me too.

So talk this out with your mate thoroughly to avoid unwanted injuries before you hit a heat or rut."

He locked his eyes with the younger's to stress his point. The blonde nodded, definitely taking note of the advice. Geumjae was a gifted wolf, gifted with something lethal if not careful.

His heat will get induced the moment the Alpha placed his mating bite on him, and that in turn will trigger his rut.

After the Omega was thoroughly cleaned, they forced pretty blue chains on him despite his protests.

"What is the use of these if you are not gonna wear them? Better get your pretty bum ravished tonight."

The eldest omega slapped the blonde’s bare and round bum for emphasis, turning Jimin even more red. Yoongi groaned.

"Please, I don't want to imagine my hyung doing that."

"Get over it fire flower, he will do it in a few hours if not earlier. I doubt he will leave this beauty untouched for so long, now that he has him."

Jimin grabbed the thin piece of undergarments and put it on to shield his bare body, as if it could block the nasty remarks.

After the other two older omegas finished bickering, they helped him into the white Hanbok with golden intricacies. Yoongi was fitting it properly on him while Jin shaped the silky blonde hair, combing them apart in the middle. 

They were almost finished when Soobin started whining from the living room, the Appa needing to leave the last touches to Yoongi so he could feed his pup.

After wrapping the Omega in the beautiful and shiny white Hanbok, they send him on his way. The sun was starting to send, giving the sky above him a slightly orange hue that reflected on the snow.

Jimin was positive that his face was flushed like a tomato all way, imagining what was going to happen once he passed the door of his new home. The curious and knowing looks of his packmates didn’t bother him, witnessing his last moments as a virgin while he prepared himself mentally.

Arriving at his new home, he wasn't given time to knock - the door opened to the Alpha's red and lust-filled eyes that landed on him, arousal evident in the Alpha pheromones that had filled the hut. Geumjae pulled the Omega to himself by the waist, his eyes not leaving the younger while he closed the door. He was dressed in a fine black Hanbok with a red and fiery design, fitting for representing his gift.

Just a few heartbeats later their gaze locked onto the other's lips, and none of them knew who moved first into the heated kiss. 

The Alpha was sucking and slotting his lips onto the omega's demandingly, and Jimin granted access, getting a growl of appreciation as eagerly accepted the Alpha's tongue. 

The hot lips were gone in the next second, the balance was stolen from under the omega’s feet with a yelp. Thrown over the Alpha’s shoulder, Jimin was carried towards their private room. A space they would share for the rest of their lives. The Omega couldn't help a giggle at the Alpha's actions.

Despite his lust and arousal, Geumjae laid him down gently onto the furs, started mouthing at his neck in appreciation as he opened the ties of the omega's pants. His pupils dilated, reacting to the scent of the omega’s slick spreading quickly when he threw the pants aside.

Jimin held the Alpha's face in his hands, searching his eyes while they still held onto their last bit of rationality, remembering Yoongi's words.

"Will we be safe during our mating, Alpha? Can you control your gift?"

He felt bad for asking, fearing to ruin the moment, but Geumjae just nudged his temple before he gave a quick nod and whispered:

"I spent ruts and heat with others before. It wasn't as stable at first, but we have nothing to fear anymore."

He didn't want to mention other omegas before Jimin, but it was the only way to give him reassurance that they were safe from his element, that he knew the Alpha was sure of what he was talking about. A tiny hand caressed his cheek, and the Omega gave his button nose a little kiss.

"I trust you, Alpha."

The blonde pushed the dominant wolf so he was sitting on his haunches, then turned onto his knees and one hand while his other bunched up the hanbok over the small of his back in a slowly, sinful display. The Alpha almost drooled as more flesh of the omega's thighs and buttocks were exposed, adorned with beautiful blue chains, the milky skin driving him crazy.

His Omega presented himself and his slick-leaking hole, pressing his chest onto the furs and arching his back, and he spoke against the furs:

"I can't wait any longer, take me now and make me feel everything you do. Mate me, Alpha"

He slid the Hanbok of his shoulders, the clothing piece and chains clinging around Jimin's arms and waist in the most seductive way, and Geumjae was gone.

He wanted to be gentle, wanted to taste everything... but the Omega before him was wiggling his hips, and screaming errotic thoughts to him with every move he made. His Alpha answered the call and took over.

He shoved his pants down to mid-thigh in his haste. Swiping up some slick from the leaking hole onto his fingers, he lubricated himself properly before aligning his member with the omega's entrance, caressing the round globes as he pushed himself inside the tight muscle, pressing against the resistance.

The Omega whined and clenched around the penetration that deflowered him, the Alpha groaning at the sensation though only the tip was in. Geumjae leaned forward to kiss the slender neck, gentle hands caressing Jimin's smooth sides to comfort, a thumb catching on the chain.

"Relax, my little omega. Relax for me so I can mate and breed you."

At the promise, the Omega wolf in him lusted even more for the other and a wave of slick leaked out of his unclenching hole. Geumjae pushed in further, the omega's walls still trying to clamp down on him in a vice grip, but he kept going slowly, steadily. Finally, the last bit of his length slid inside, strong hips flush with the soft butt. 

The foreign stretch on his walls immobilized the blonde for a few seconds. His entrance clenched around Geumjae, spasming a few moments and relaxing as he got adjusted to the penetration.

Once his walls accommodated the Alpha, he shook his hips in invitation, looking back slightly with hooded eyes and purring for him to keep going.

Pulling back from the omega's back and the slippery hole, the Alpha gently eased in again, repeating his circular movements. With each thrust, more slick gushed out of Jimin's hole, the squelching of his wet cock filling the room with each drag and push. The gentle easing slowly turned into harsher thrusts, the Omega gasping in surprise. 

"Mhmm. Alpha, like that."

The initial pain was fading and the Omega found that he quite enjoyed being taken, he was glad that it was finally happening with an Alpha of his choosing. Geumjae caressed the small of his back before grabbing the omega's hips and speeding up his thrust, the chain glittering and moving beautifully with each push.

Jimin cried out when the Alpha thrusted onto a particular spot, his fingers digging desperately into the furs under him as the Alpha deliberately chased the spot after its discovery. 

"Ah! Ah! So good, don't stop, don't-" 

And Geumjae pounded him even faster, their room filled with slapping sounds, skin meeting skin.

Jimin threw his head back. The Alpha held his hips in place as he plunged into him, bringing his hands up to hold the fleshy globes. He guided the Omega onto his cock, shortened his thrusts and tightened his hold on the jiggly cheeks that would bruise for sure. The pressure of his fingers made the Omega keen and bite his lower lip as he took his Alpha's big length that fucked rationality out of his system.

Geumjae leaned forward, his nose glided over the omega's cheek in a feathery touch, enjoying the sweet scent of his little wolf.

"You're doing so well for Alpha. Letting me take you like this."

The scent around them sweetened, the Alpha humming as he smelled the pleasant fragrance.

Chuckling mischievously, he halted his hips. Mind you, it was hard to keep himself from pounding his willing Omega, but he wanted to tease.

It made Jimin look back in surprise and disappointment, a distressed sound escaping his lips. He shushed him gently with a caress on his cheek.

"I want to see you pleasure yourself on my cock, omega. Then, Alpha will breed you well."

It was remarkable how the Omega didn't hesitate to push back against him. His hips moved in small circles at first, pushing back on the cock with inexperience. Soon, the Omega knew how to use his whole body weight to impale himself on his Alpha more easily, moaning whenever the tip of his cock hit his prostate. He got desperate to find the spot again, starting to push back faster, his face reddening from the use of his strength. The Alpha watched in amusement how the Omega would only get half of his length into himself, until he worked himself up to engulf his length wholly, his slick entrance stretching beautifully around his girth.

"Alpha, there! Please!"

Geumjae growled. There was no way he could ignore the omega's plea, so he pushed him onto the furs flat on his stomach and caged the petite legs with his own, pressing his chest onto the omega's back. 

He pistoned his hips into Jimin, the Omega immediately going lax and pliant at the welcome assault on his prostate. With each thrust came a little yelp from pleasure, completely in the Alpha's mercy and caged by his bigger body. 

Jimin turned his head to the side, the furs scratching at his cheek when he gasped for air, toes curling from the euphoric sparks the Alpha caused in him. 

Geumjae thrusted into him with maddening pace, the delicate hips jostling from the impact, and all he could do was moan wantonly because he wanted it in no other way. He wanted the Alpha to do more, wanted it all as long as it was with his Alpha.

Something was pressing his walls beyond their limits, and the Omega realized with a surprised, expectant cry that he was receiving his first knot. His Alpha was going to knot him!

Geumjae deliberately dragged the bulge through the omega's entrance, stretching him widely for his knot so it wouldn't be as painful. The smaller mewled, begging the Alpha to knot already. But Geumjae held back a little longer, thoroughly dragging his length until he deemed the Omega ready to take him.

Soon, Jimin cried out as the knot pushed into him with a final thrust and expanded inside, locking within the blonde. The tightness was incredible, dark spots prickling in the Alpha's sight because his Omega felt so good. 

Hot seeds shot out, filling the awaiting hole. Jimin presented his neck, eyes half-lidded when the Alpha placed his fangs on his scent gland and bit down, pleasure and foreign sensations exploding in the omega's mind. He barely felt his own orgasm that followed, the other's pleasure mixing into his own through the emerging bond.

Yoongi's belly grew fast the next weeks, his hand supported the extra weight wherever he went. He waddled over to the healer for another examination, enjoying Hoseok's company too while his own Alpha needed to attend his duties. Somehow, his tasks seemed to have multiplied after their mating, but whenever Taehyung came back to him in the evening, their bond thrived from their love and attraction, leading them to intimacy on top of their furs in just a few minutes.

Though he wished to have his mate more for himself, Yoongi was a happy Omega despite his pregnancy hormones going wild all the time. He would bring their pup to the world soon, and his Alpha would protect them. Despite knowing he was a capable and strong, gifted Omega, it was in his nature to feel even more secure with the Alpha by his side.

Hoseok was cheerfully talking to the pup while he felt around the rounded belly with care, smiling when he sensed nothing wrong.

"Can't wait to greet the little one soon!", the healer beamed at him, and Yoongi couldn't help a smile of his own.

"About time, my back pain is getting worse each day"

Chuckling, Hoseok reminded him to do the soft workout routines he showed him, promising that it would help him to push out the little one easier by strengthening his muscles.

Back in his home, Yoongi cooked a meal to pass time, waiting for his Alpha's return. He finished cooking, still had some time to pass.

Pouting in thought, he went over his shiny belongings to prepare himself, too, with a mischievous grin. 

When Taehyung returned, his senses were assaulted right away.

There was a freshly cooked meal waiting in the kitchen for him - and there was his Omega, with his hanbok peeled off a pale shoulder to tease the view to the winded chains around his body, his sweet and milky pheromones clogging the air around him.

Needles to say, the meal was forgotten the moment his eyes landed on the sight of his mate.

The Alpha jumped straight onto the furs to shed the Omega from his clothing, adoring his pregnant mate's body with the chains he had gifted him prior to their mating.

"You never fail to captivate me with your beauty", the Alpha stated in a low tone, caressing his mates arms and sides in a mesmerized state, arousal blooming in his scent, before he slid behind him on the furs and guided the Omega on his side.

A strong arm snaked under Yoongi's thigh and grabbed onto the chain that wind under his belly, fixing him in that position for the Alpha to take. And Taehyung did just that, entered his mate, enjoyed the breathy, desperate sounds and tightness as he clung to him, the chains rattling with each thrust. 

Pure bliss came over them as they orgasmed together, Taehyung grinding until his last drop was released inside the Omega before he pulled out.

Turning Yoongi around, the younger adored his mate's sweaty, dazed state before giving him a chaste kiss.

"There are no duties tomorrow”, he said in a breathless whisper, ”so we will have time. For us."

Yoongi just nodded as the words registered, having no energy to answer due to their coupling and his pregnancy pulling him slowly into a nap. He cuddled into the furs with a hum. His Alpha laughed and watched him fall asleep, staring at his mate for a while before he decided to slowly roll out of the furs to clean up and eat the forgotten meal.

His smile didn’t leave him as he tasted the delicious food that was made by his omega, warming him even though it went cold long ago.

-

Yoongi felt his Alpha’s presence in their home when he woke up, sighing sleepily before he sat up. He frowned when his eyes fell upon a red, silky hanbok at the end of their bed after rubbing the sleep out of them. His attention snapped to his mate, the younger having already prepared breakfast, and they smiled at each other. Sometimes, there was no need for words.

The Alpha insisted on feeding him, so Yoongi let him, to avoid a Taehyung that would sulk all day. And maybe he also enjoyed this kind of attention.

He still needed to wash himself, stretching on the bed before he rustled out. 

“What is this?” 

He pointed at the shiny clothing piece, the Alpha just grinned.

“I want you to wear it today. But let’s get you cleaned up first!”

His energy overwhelmed the omega as he crowded him into the bathroom, scenting him wildly while he helped him into a bath, and Yoongi couldn’t help laughing confusedly, because the scent would wash off in the next minutes. Taehyung’s mood was affecting his own, the younger seemed to be happier than usual. 

They washed him quickly, the Alpha helping him out again before drying his omega with a towel, sinking onto his knees in the process to kiss the protruding belly, growling as he scented the area. Covering his mate in the towel, he shortly stepped out to get the red hanbok.

Yoongi eyed it curiously when the Alpha came back, watching the piece in awe as it unfolded - golden-black flames threaded delicately onto the red silk. His brows furrowed in question, and he blinked when the Alpha pecked him unexpectedly.

“This was made especially for you”, he whispered into his ear, before retreating back slightly to help the omega into the shiny piece, and Yoongi was left in awe when the golden flames spread and adjusted artistically well around his pregnant belly. Taehyung tied the ropes, stepping back with a satisfied hum before he caressed the omegas temple with his lips.

“Stunning.”

Yoongi wrapped his arms around the Alpha, nuzzling his jaw shyly at the praise, whining.

“Why?”

“You will know soon. Wait for me, I will change quickly and then we can head out.”

The omega nodded, loosened his grip on the Alpha and followed him into the living space. Taehyung grabbed his own piece before he vanished into the bathroom again.

Yoongi grabbed his chains that smelled of them from the furs, the Alpha thankfully having cleaned it off their fluids. He folded the long iron string a few times, before he winded it around himself, adding the intimate accessory to the red ropes that held his hanbok together. His matching, dangling necklace had never left his neck since their mating night.

Taehyung emerged with a dark green silk Hanbok with black, branching tree designs threaded into it, and the Omega chuckled as he approached his mate and stroked his hand over the material, while his Alpha eyed the newly added chain on him hungrily, arousal spiking in his scent before calming a little. 

"You really went and let someone make custom clothing that represents our gifts?", Yoongi purred, grinning up to him. Taehyung hummed, pulling him closer by his waist as he nudged his temple lovingly.

"That's right. I couldn't give you a proper mating ceremony, and that didn't settle well with me."

He took the omega's hand into his, kissing the pale back.

"Walk with me?"

Yoongi knew the other wanted to show him something and didn't want to crush the younger's desire to surprise the Omega, so there was no questioning on where they were headed. He simply held onto the offered arm, was kissed on the cheek by his mate and led outside, towards their fishing lake.

Snow crunched under their feet, the dominant wolf held his mate close to himself to preserve their warmth. Since he assumed they would be headed straight to the lake, Yoongi was a bit surprised as Taehyung guided them more to the right when they were about to arrive at his usual fishing spot, and now the Omega couldn't help the change in his scent due to curiosity. They walked through the small patch of trees, more towards the mountain encasing their village like a protective wall. The Alpha guided him along the massive rocks, and Yoongi could smell more scents now, all of them familiar.

After a few more steps they broke through the tree line and he saw their packmates in front of a new hut, Jin giving him an enthusiastic wave while Jimin grinned brightly. The newly mated omega had his Alpha's arms wrapped around his middle with his chin resting on the blonde's shoulder.

Suran, Seojoon and Hyungshik were there too, standing behind Namjoon. Hoseok emerged from the hut, also grinning when he saw the couple arrive, and Jungkook, unbeknownst to Yoongi, crashed brutally into an earth wall when he attempted to jump on Taehyung from behind. He had crouched in the cover of the rocks to wait for the right moment, now groaning as he slipped down the earthy wall. Only then the Omega turned, looking shocked at the dazed Alpha groaning on the ground.

"Better think twice before you scare an expecting couple next time", Taehyung mused and the lover of the young Alpha just laughed at his state. Jungkook glared at the healer who was rushing to embrace him as he giggled.

"What's all of this?", Yoongi finally wanted to know, turning to look at his mate's warm eyes. Taehyung scratched his neck nervously.

"I know I tried to court you as best as I could under the circumstances, but that was not enough for me. And…", he laughed a little, getting himself together, "no matter how many times you forgive me, the guilt is still eating me alive. I wanted you to have a proper mating gown and a little ceremony" the Alpha gestured to their packmates, where some were arranging the mating gifts in front of the hut.

Taehyung led them to their packmates, where the omegas snatched his mate and snuggled Yoongi among them to scent and calm him, pulling him towards the gifts they prepared. They chattered excitedly, showing the expecting Omega what he could do with the gifts he received. 

Geumjae eyed Taehyung warily, and the two acknowledged each other just with their eyes meeting. The younger quirked a challenging brow with a smirk, the older one just scoffed and rolled his eyes. He flinched when Jimin slapped his chest, pouting at his Omega that returned from the cuddling session.

"Time for you to settle in your new home, Yoongi!", Namjoon announced and the confused Omega looked up at him.

"New home?"

The dimpled Alpha smiled and opened the hut, inviting the Omega inside.

"All made by Taehyung, just for you."

With a quick glance to his mate, Yoongi stepped into the hut, taking in the wide space that smelled of freshly cut wood.

The outer, smaller appearance was deceiving.

Half of the hut was built into the rock behind the wooden structure, leading deeper under the carved, stony part. It was basically another living space inside the hut, where the wooden part was already covered with all the necessary rooms - four bedrooms, an open kitchen linked to the living space, a wide bathroom.

"Why is there also a bath and living space in here?", Yoongi inquired when he took in the nicely shaped cave-like structure that had its own little sleeping, washing and eating space.

The Pack Alpha coughed, and Taehyung hugged Yoongi around his middle, pulling him to himself so he could whisper into his ear:

"This is where we will spend our rut and heat, so I don't have any connection to the earth and you won't be able to burn down any wood while surrounded by stone."

Now, everything made sense to the Omega, his mouth agape with understanding, but just a few seconds later he flushed with embarrassment. His mate chuckled, pressing closer to him, and Yoongi wasn't even surprised to find his mate's arousal pressing into his clothed butt.

Before he got territorial, the smaller freed himself quickly, turning and bowing to the Pack Alpha.

"I'm speechless, and don't know how to express my gratitude for all the gifts and this home." 

Namjoon just winked and gave him a dimpled smile, watching his younger brother in amusement as the Omega went outside and proceeded to thank everyone else for the surprise.

The Alpha was following his mate's every move, obviously wanting to ravish him whenever the opportunities presented itself, but he needed to hold back unless he wanted to end up taking his mate like a feral for everyone to see.

His omega was accepting the presents, hugging their packmates, and the Alpha's fingers twitched to pull him inside and have him for himself.

Namjoon seemed to decide that he suffered enough, and walked outside to make everyone go home so "the pair can enjoy some privacy."

Jungkook cheekily announced that everyone smelled how horny Taehyung was, laughing out loud when said Alpha growled from inside the hut.

Yoongi said his last goodbyes with a flushed face at his Alpha's antics, and normally this would be the part where the unmated wolves would consummate their bond for the first time. But he was already round with a pup and smiled at his mate.

"Really Taehyung? Could you be less obvious? We are already mated-"

Being lifted so suddenly, the Omega shrieked and clung to his Alpha's neck. Taehyung was leading them to their new bedroom, finally one without any damaged floor or bed.

His eyes flashed red, he growled when laying his mate down, and Yoongi couldn't help the smile as he watched his possessive mate cage him with his bigger body. His hands slid from his strong neck towards his face, caressing his Alpha's cheekbones. The strong, aroused Alpha pheromones affected him, but he wasn't complaining.

The Omega sighed happily, scent sweetening with arousal as he parted his legs in invitation. The Alpha didn't hesitate to lift the ends of his red Hanbok while undoing his own bottoms in a hurry to be with his mate.

They couldn't wait for their pheromones to cling onto these fresh walls. 

The slick entrance was already prepared for the Alpha, who didn't bother to undress the two fully as he entered his mate with caution. Yoongi placed a hand on his clothed belly to prevent jostling the pup in him too much while his Alpha took him. 

The changes in his body had him very insecure in the beginning, yet there wasn't a day his Alpha didn't seek his Omega. Quite the contrary.

Taehyung wanted to bed him even more than before, all day if not for his duties and Yoongi's exhaustion. The Alpha's stamina was overwhelming at times and Yoongi had to keep his mate from going another round so he wouldn't pass out during their coupling.

"We're gonna fill this place with so many pups", the younger whispered against his mate's cheek.

Yoongi hummed and moaned, closed his eyes as his mate's massive length dragged inside him sensually slow, and Taehyung was mapping the expanse of his neck with possessive licks and bites. When he found his prostate, the wet walls clenched on the member instinctively and Taehyung groaned from the delicious grip.

"You're gonna… hah, breed me again, Alpha? 

I'm already - ufh!-  pregnant", the smaller cheekily said in between his laboured pants and moans.

Taehyung's hips speed up at the cheekiness, Yoongi's brows burrowing below him at the pleasurable sensation his length was giving. Bending down with the belly in mind, he kissed his mate and swiped his tongue over the pouty lips.

"Once our pup is born, I will give you another. 'M going to keep filling you until there is no space left in this home"

He rolled his hips expertly, sending the smaller close to orgasm with his words and ministrations. Yoongi grunted with a huff, mind dazed from their intimacy.

"Faster, Taehyung-" 

The younger wolf complied. Leaning back, he grabbed his mate's thighs before starting to thrust in faster, the friction creating squelching sounds as the slick leaked from his mate who was struggling  to keep his belly stable. He was panting and moaning under him, eyes losing focus.

Yoongi came under his Hanbok, cringing internally for dirtying the beautiful cloth and his mate followed him soon after, spilling and rutting into him with laboured breaths.

Taehyung rolled onto his side, turning his mate to face him without easing out. They deliberately knotted less than before, considerate of Yoongi's stage in pregnancy and bodily exhaustion.

He hugged the Omega close to himself as far as their growing pup allowed, the other happy to use his chest as a pillow. The younger nudged his head, taking in his scent that smelled of their mating, pregnancy and the Alpha.

♡

It happened when they were outside, sitting by the lake. Yoongi hadn't been in a good mood that day, every limb aching, and the Omega was soon sure of what was happening to him. He told his Alpha in a calm manner- but of course, Taehyung had to overreact, panic and was too scared to touch the Omega, too shocked that he forgot what to do.

"Call for Hoseok and bring me home!" Yoongi snapped, which shocked the Alpha out of his panic and he immediately howled, signalling the healer it was time.

They had everything ready within the isolated part of their home, having prepared many buckets filled with cold water for if an emergency happened and the Omega lost control of his gift during birth.

Taehyung shielded his hands with a layer of earth when he took his omega's hands. Geumjae and Jimin were in the room too, having arrived shortly after Hoseok.

The fire gifted Alpha stood in the corner to control Yoongi's flames in case they got out of hand, whereas Jimin assisted Hoseok with his preparations for the birth.

Since Geumjae was Yoongi's brother, only the Alpha healer brought Taehyung's wolf on edge. His rational part was stronger, knowing this was for the good of his mate. Yoongi was writhing in his hold, face twisting in discomfort and he whined.

"Taehyung, come here"

And the Alpha did, leaning closer to his mate. Yoongi turned his face, whining while he tried to reach his Alpha's neck. It took a moment for him to understand, but then the young Alpha immediately leaned his neck closer, letting his mate take a lungful of his scent. His Omega visibly relaxed, even when he was still shifting in pain. The Alpha intensified his scent, kissing his omega's forehead in hopes that his support soothed his pain.

The moment he heard the shrill cry of his newborn, Yoongi's body went lax, showered in his own sweat and overwhelmed with an impossible exhaustion. Only his instincts kept him awake, his wolf couldn't sleep just yet. There was talking going on, just background noise in his head - he couldn't make out the words. Some of them shifted, working on something as tools and clothes rustled.

A painful cry went through the room - it was definitely his mate. Yoongi knew he wasn't sad or hurt. His Alpha was whining because he was happy, a happiness so immense that it hurt right in his chest, felt through the bond.

A few heartbeats passed when a bundle was laid on him, and his hands immediately hugged it to himself, while the healer and the blonde omega still worked on the last phase of his birth below the sheets covering his intimacy.

"... help me", he murmured.

Taehyung, whose face was adorned with fresh tears, was immediately by his side, assisting him to lay the pup in an appropriate position so he could feed from his appa properly.

Yoongi barely noticed the healer and Jimin cleaning him up while his mate stroked the sweaty hair from his face as he watched their pup properly for the first time. 

His own tears flowed freely at the sight of their son, refreshing the trails of pain from earlier.

Their pups eyes were barely open, skin still wrinkly, yet he was very energetic as he tasted the first drops of his food, kicking his arms and legs as much his strength allowed. 

Taehyung laughed at the adorable sight, scented his mate because he needed to get the overflowing affection and love out of his system.

"Taehyung"

He patted his mate's hair one last time before he turned to Hoseok. The healer pulled him outside so he wouldn't be on edge around another Alpha near his mate, even though he guided the birth.

"First of all, congratulations, you are father of healthy pup! Everything went pretty fine, Yoongi just needs to rest properly the next weeks. That way his internal injuries should heal pretty quick…."

Taehyung intently listened to his hyungs instructions, gathering everything that was important for the health of his mate and pup.

The other mated pair joined them soon, folded bloody towels in the omega's hands that needed a washing.

He grinned brightly at his soulmate, congratulating him on his cute pup. Even Geumjae seemed to be more emotional than usual, congratulating him on becoming a father. 

The tension between them was still present, but Taehyung was tired and just smiled, nodding at the other Alpha.

"Congratulations to you too. You're an uncle now."

*

Taehyung washed the Omega's body as best as he could with a cloth, diligently wiping away the blood and bodily fluids before he took him in his arms, their pup pressed safely against the omega's chest.

He brought them to their bedroom, laid the omega among the soft furs that felt like heaven against his sensitive skin, and Yoongi shifted a little to find the perfect position for him and the pup before dozing off. 

Taehyung climbed into their nest and laid behind his mate to spoon him, resting his hand on top of the omega's that held the pup secure. With gentle nudges, he scented his mate, easing him more of his post-birth pains, whispering quiet thanks into his black hair. Yoongi's omega was responding through their bond, the wolf tired but grateful for his attentive mate.

Seokjin and Yoongi were inseparable, one looking out for the younger Omega and the other seeking and accepting his advice the next weeks. Taehyung was grumpy when his brother-in-law threw him out, but happy that his mate had someone other than him to rely on too. 

Once fed by their appas, the Alphas would take their pups into their arms, bundled up warmly, and take a wall to leave their mates some 'Omega privacy'. 

After a few months of growth, Soobin was grabbing and looking curiously everywhere, not quite able to walk yet. But he sensed that the bundle in his uncle's arms was a pup too, squeaking happy and excited sounds whenever he saw Beomgyu. Taehyung would let the older pup grab his son to satisfy his curiosity, watching as Soobin wiggled excitedly, trying to gain Beomgyu's attention whose cheek was squished against Taehyung's arm.

"Seems like Soobin is already very fond of his dongsaeng", Namjoon remarked with a gentle smile as he watched his pup attempting to interact.

"He will be a great hyung, just like you." 

The Pack Alpha spluttered at the unexpected compliment from the younger. He collected himself pretty quickly, looking expectantly at his nephew.

"Hey little one! I hope you take after your appa Yoongi, because we don't need another earthquake-causing wolf in our pack!"

Taehyung pouted.

"What if he inherited both gifts?

Also, I can't help when my passion for my mate emerges through my gift too. I'm simply loving him with all my being."

"You created a little monster then!"

The younger Kim knew there was no insult to his brother's words, all meant for teasing.

There was a possibility that the pup had no gift at all. But with two gifted parents, chances were slim that this was the case. But one thing the Alpha knew for sure was that he would love his pup, regardless of his gender or gifted state.

[Few month later]

Yoongi was just getting back from fishing, his little one bound onto his back safely. Once home, he fed Beomgyu - the pup soon full, happy and drifting off to sleep from all the impressions the world outside gave his mind today.

The Omega quickly prepared a meal before his mate came home from patrolling the pack borders, the earth gift as always the perfect addition to feel for unfamiliar wolves in their territory.

Half an hour later, the Alpha entered their home, his heavy scent filling the space and Yoongi peeked out of the kitchen. 

"Just in time, I just need to finish the salad."

Taehyung beamed at his mate before he checked on their sleeping pup. After scenting him he joined Yoongi, hugging him from behind.

Their next hours were packed and went by in a blur. Beomgyu woke up again, his appa needing to change his dirtied cloth, and he washed the pup fully while he was at it. The pair took a walk outside with the little one so that he got tired faster and slept on time, instead of waking up his parents at ungodly hours.

Once they were back and put the sleeping pup into his crib, Taehyung didn't wait to grab his mate and throw him over his shoulder.

"What the hell! Taehyung?!", Yoongi whisper-shouted, but the Alpha just brought them eagerly to their adjacent bedroom, pushing his mate onto the furs as he climbed on top of the Omega.

"Let's make another pup."

He stared down at the smaller intently, and Yoongi was waiting for the Alpha to shout that it was meant as a joke. But the words never came, so he raised his eyebrows at him, showing his judgement.

Taehyung had the audacity to pout and shake his shoulder like a child.

"I will take care of them all! Even cook the meals if you want to - just say yes!"

The Omega couldn't stop the laugh that shook his whole body. Taehyung whined as he slid next to him and hugged the Omega tight, pouting into his neck.

To tell the truth, Yoongi did want pups too. But he needed to take care of his body at the same time, birthing pups carelessly one after another would neither do him or their pups any good.

"Not so soon, Tae. We can have more later. Right now we need to focus on Beomgyu."

The Alpha stilled, processing the words and he hummed in agreement after a few heartbeats passed.

Yoongi could feel his hardness pressing against his hips, expertly grabbed and shoved the Alpha's pants down before he encased his fingers around his length, stroking it a few times. He undid his own pants, kicking them off before he straddled his almost fully clothed Alpha and positioned his cock at his slicking entrance, taking him in until his cheeks cushioned on the Alpha's thighs. 

Their skin met gently, the Omega circling his hips sensually to the steady and slow thrusting of his Alpha, who watched him with hooded eyes. Yoongi closed his own, enjoying the stretch and fullness inside, the heavenly drag against his walls. He gasped silently. Shivers ran up his legs at the feel of calloused hands admiring his flesh.

"I love you."

The omega's body stilled completely on top, his hole unclenching unconsciously, and the dark eyes snapped open as his mind processed the words.

Taehyung sat up to turn them without pulling out, laying the shocked omega gently onto the furs as he kept rolling his hips to make love to his Omega, kissing the flushed cheek before he repeated his words:

"I love you, Yoongi."

His sight of the Alpha became blurry from tears, the omega grabbed blindly at the muscled shoulders, shuddering from the pleasure of their joined bodies. 

Soon, his sobs filled their bedroom, the wolf shining through his eyes - once again mixing the omega blue and the red of his gift to a liquid purple. The Alpha reacted to his mate. His orbs filled with a shiny red, growling against the smaller's lips.

A needy whine was all the permission he needed to kiss his mate, pressing in demandingly as he swallowed his sobs and whines from those pretty lips.

Taehyung's growl vibrated warmly against him. They parted shortly for air just to press in again, his tongue tickling the omega's lips before tasting him more deeply, sucking his cherry lips in between his own.

The immense pleasure of the clenching walls around him forced the Alpha to part from the tasty lips, mouthing down his mate's neckline. Thrusting in harder.

"Alpha…"

Yoongi was gone, eyes fixed nowhere in particular as he chanted the word needily, grabbing at Taehyung. His hands slipped beneath the Hanbok, pushing it off the Alpha's shoulder to claw at his naked skin.

"Alpha, more"

He wanted Taehyung, closer, deeper . His thin legs crossed above the Alpha's hips, pulling him in and there was no way that his mate would refuse his request.

Tightening his hold on the omega's waist, Taehyung worked his hips faster, making the smaller wolf's toes curl behind him. Sharp claws dragged fresh red lines across his shoulders and he breached his Omega deeper, pain and pleasure making his thrusts more aggressive.

Yoongi's back bowed into him at the mind-numbing pleasure and he presented his mating mark, the Alpha leaning in instinctively to nip at the scar. A surge of possessiveness overcame the dominant wolf and he bit down, causing Yoongi to moan and clench on his length. 

The Alpha pushed in as his knot formed steadily, forcing his omega's walls to adapt to the stretch. He grunted, needed to slow down to slower, harder thrusts until his knot lodged inside his omega. The warmth of his Alpha's release coated Yoongi's walls, making the omega come with a mewl.

Taehyung growled and grinded against the soft body, giving his Alpha a sense of breeding his mate, even though his rational side knew that Yoongi was drinking his pregnancy-prevention regularly.

The Omega nudged his chin, panting heavily from lack of air. He gave his mate a kittenish lick under his chin, along his jaw, a sign of approval of and submission towards the Alpha.

Yoongi took Taehyung's face into his hands, making him look into the liquid purple eyes while they both caught their breath. The younger leaned into his touch, the Omega massaging his temple, taking in his beautiful yet strong features. 

"Me too. I love you too, Alpha."

And Taehyung was ready to take his Omega until he couldn't walk straight for a week when heard those words, take him until he had no voice left to cry out, fill him up so much that his seeds would gush out every time he thrusted into him- 

Until a little cry shattered his heated and dirty imagination. Yoongi laughed at the change in mood, having smelt the spike of extreme arousal that toned down the moment Beomgyu cried for attention. It wasn't an alarming cry, so they still had time until the knot went down.

"You are already impatient with one pup interrupting us, how will you manage with more?", his Omega teased him.

The Alpha whined like a pup, still locked inside his Omega. Yoongi pursed his lips in thought.

"Maybe we should rethink knotting for a whi-" 

The Omega burst out laughing again as he saw the horror on his Alpha's face. He gave him a peck before brushing back the brown strands from his handsome face.

"We just can't do it at unreasonable times. Hm?"

Taehyung rumbled in his chest, dipping to nudge his omega's cheek. His Alpha was agreeing though sad they had to limit mounting his Omega with a knot.

Laying them onto their sides, they enjoyed their shared body heat until the knot went down.

Keeping most of their clothing on luckily turned out to be a good prevention from staining Yoongi's upper body, so they cleaned their lower halves quickly before heading to tend to their pup.

Turns out the little one himself needed some cleaning too. Taehyung took on the task while he let his Omega have some rest.

Beomgyu giggled when freed of his restraints and left bare, his abeoji making funny faces at him while he changed the clothing.

He took his son in his arms when he finished, Beomgyu snuggling his little head in the strong chest. The amplified Alpha pheromones sent the pup back to sleep quickly.

The pair headed back to their nest, laying down with their pup between them.

Yoongi tucked his head beneath the Alpha's chin, receiving gentle touches of his mate's fingers on his cheek and temple that he answered with purring. His own patted over the other's rumbling chest, feeling the strong pecs beneath the clothing. 

Their pup's face instinctively buried in Yoongi's chest, while he fisted a bit of Taehyung's clothing in his tiny hand.

The Omega gave in to sleep first. Taehyung watched him, dark, contrasting lashes resting on the pale cheeks. His mate never ceased to be beautiful in his eyes, and though he chose Taehyung as his Alpha and birthed their pup, it was still hard to believe that he shared this luck and happiness with him. No apologies or gifts in the world would be equal to the happiness, the family, the new home this Omega gave him.

He would give his all to make him the luckiest Omega for as long as he breathed, just like his Omega made him the luckiest Alpha in this world.

🔥🐱💜🐯🌱

Chapter Text

Yeonjun was asleep in their room while he let the younger Alpha mount him in their guest room, Jungkook going rough and fast. When they finished, the two collapsed on the bed, catching their breath.

"My rut is coming soon", Hoseok informed while combing back his strands, and Jungkook hummed. 

"I will tell Namjoon to arrange our duties accordingly."

The warm hand on his chest surprised the healer, a chaste kiss placed on his lips. He looked up into his lover's doe eyes.

Their gazes locked for a long moment, but then Hoseok looked away, feeling unsure. The Alpha was usually the definition of confidence in person, and it bothered Jungkook that there was something on his mind seeming to weigh on him. 

"I was thinking… we should try to mate?"

The younger's heart jumped against his chest.

Was he joking? As if the younger would ever say no to that!

Jungkook climbed on top of his lover and claimed his lips in a demanding kiss, sucking at the heart shape.

Instead of answering, he entered the other again with a groan, and before Hoseok could even have a moment to process he was turned into a moaning mess, pounded into haze by the younger Alpha.

Only when they came again, Jungkook still buried inside him, did he answer:

"You think I would say no? I've been waiting for ages, hyung!" 

Hoseok grinned up at him, spent from their rough sessions. He buried his fingers in the sweaty strands, brushing them back to have a good look at his love.

"How about we propose adopting Yeonjun after mating?"

Again, instead of receiving an answer, the Alpha was manhandled on his stomach before he was passionately taken from behind. Jungkook had to cover his mouth to muffle his cries, as to not wake the young pup in their home.

Yeonjun was an orphaned pup from the Min brother's former pack. His parents had helped the Kim pack fight against their tyrannical Pack Alpha and lost their life. Jungkook and Hoseok didn't hesitate to offer the newly-arrived and tired group to take care of the pup for a while.

But having grown attached to the pup, the healer wasn't sure how to let go, and knew his lover felt the same. 

That's why he requested Namjoon to let the pair adopt Yeonjun as soon as Jungkook and him mated.

The Pack Alpha had sighed with a tired "Finally!" the moment he heard the word 'mating', and clasped his friend on the shoulder.

"You have my word. Once you two are mates, we can arrange the adoption and let everyone know." 

Truth is, both didn't know how the mating between two Alphas would play out, so they needed to arrange an isolated space for the two.

But Hoseok was willing to try. Whatever it took, he would try for Jungkook, Yeonjun and him.

And three weeks after the promise, the younger Alpha carried a mark on his neck that had yet to heal, but bonded him to his Alpha.

It had been a harsh process. The bite took several tries to fully settle in the mating mark, making Hoseok whisper too many apologies whenever he would hurt the younger. But Jungkook didn't care for the pain, not then, not now. He was finally Hoseok's.

By his next rut, he would make the healer fully his, too.

-

Beomgyu was napping with his head on the pregnant omegas lap. Due to his condition, Jimin could only keep Yoongu company during his fishing time, while he looked out for the three year old (not that Beomgyu was high-maintenance, the pup was lovely).

Once Yoongi shook out the water from his fur, he shifted back and took the pup on his arm and the basket onto the other. The two omegas chatted away on their way to the village. Jimin took out a share from the basket that was to be delivered to his in-laws.

"Send them my greetings, I need to take these to the storage and Beomgyu home first."

Jimin assured Yoongi not to worry so much, before he headed to the hut that housed one out of the four new families that joined the Kim pack just recently.

One of them was the pretty elderly Omega lady that opened the door right now, delighted to see him.

"Jimin! Come in, come in! I was just baking, have some of it too-"

And that's how the young Omega was pulled into the house and stuffed full by his mother-in-law. Her mate, thankfully, took the fish he brought and stored them safely while the pregnant omega was being pampered. He then went on to "bake" his omega mate's food by firing up the oven just to the right temperature.

The Min parents are one of the families that joined their pack.

Taehyung had killed the Pack Alpha of their former pack with the help of the Min brothers.

To get revenge for 'stealing their gifted wolves' and causing the death of the Pack Alpha's son, the enemy pack had been sending wolves to repeatedly offend the Kim Pack, be it by stealing their resources or wounding one of their packmates.

It had been enough for Namjoon to agree with Geumjae on taking out their former Pack Alpha, and offer the remaining wolves in need a new home.

Now, the pack was home to six gifted wolves. Besides their Grandfather Min, both three year old cousins were gifted too.

Needless to say, Namjoon was speechless when one day his son cried and the whole hut started to shake from an earthquake, his mate squeaking next to him in bed in fear of being under attack.

For now, Beomgyu had shown his fire only a few times, especially when he sneezed and a little flame burst in front of his nose, indicating he was definitely carrying Yoongi's gift. 

The Omega snapped at Taehyung more than once to be careful while playing with their pup, but the Alpha didn't care for any injuries his pup inflicted on him in his excitement of a play, burning his appa's arms unintentionally. 

At the end of the day, he would silence the worries of his Omega by pampering and spoiling him in bed.