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Jimin sat staring out of his window like any other night, the stars in the sky and the lively forest keeping him company. It's the same night he's had for as long as he could remember, no matter what changed in his life it was the one thing that always stayed the same and he only came to appreciate it when it was nearly lost.

You see Park Jimin was wasn't your average joe, staring out of his bed room window in his family home with a roof and a loving family as a promise and not something that was fleeting everyday, he grew up in an orphanage and that had been just it for all he could remember - people coming and going like the change in seasons, inevitable and both beautiful and bland. The monotonous cycle had been all he had ever known for seventeen years before he was told he had to start making arrangements to leave as he was coming off age, age bringing a whole new uncertainty of unknowns and unforeseen factors.

The orphanage had told him he had to leave on the date of his 18th birthday, more specifically the head miss of the house - a sketchy woman in her early fifties who had been nothing short of cold since the day she had arrived around nine years ago, Jimin always counted that as the moment his life grew dull. With the Miss came growing up far too soon, responsibilities and jobs no child should have to cater to but 'if you wanted to stay you would work for it' and Jimin had been one of the ones who had never wanted to find a different home.

So from his third rejection of adoption proposals Jimin had become one of the carers of the younger children taking the role of big brother on for all those who came and went.

It wasn't a bad life, he never saw it as that, but it was dull and when their was a whole world out side his window he couldn't help but long to explore it, but he wanted that at his own pace and that deadline had successfully spoiled that wanderlust for him, he wanted to explore when he felt ready and he felt anything but.

Jimin's life had always been set at a pace never made for him but he did his best with it. Due to being in a orphanage he managed to score himself a scholarship at a prestigious school for not only excelling in education but also as a part of an outreach programme to try and combat stereotypes, if it weren't for that second reason he was sure his experience would be like any other but all it did was open up the opportunity for bullying - he still made it work. By the end of his final school year he came out to of the school with top grades in everything, finishing a year early than his same aged peers.

In the following year before his eighteenth he had gotten a part time job and was trying to figure life out, the massive mess of questions that that was. But he had a roof over his head and food on the table which could be made to taste good with the right seasonings. The only hiccup in the standard of how he saw his life was when he was told he had to leave but after some research using his knowledge from school he found out that he didn't have to leave until the coming school year which basically gave him a whole other year since his birthday was in October and he had told her as such successfully catching her in a lie, he could legally leave after eighteen but he didn't have too until he hit said age and completed his final school year - it turned out she had wanted the room because they got more money for caring for younger children and her trying to get him to leave against his will was very illegal but he had promised to not tell anyone for a glimpse at his file.

In the world of unknowns there was always one thing that he wanted to know the most and that was about the mysterious circumstances his parents had died under after he had just been born, he'd gotten the closure they had passed which was a luxury he knew not a lot of children in the system got and he accepted it but he had always thought they said it was a mystery to appease him, turns out in his file the reasoning had been the same and he couldn't help but think about how he could've gotten a new phone out of it instead...

All in all Jimin was thankful, life might not have been a dream but he accepted nobodies life was no matter how idyllic it was, it didn't stop him missing the warmth of family some people managed to maintain but his table was never empty, always full of a interesting bunch of people who kept him busy and on his toes and he couldn't wait for a day when the people at his table were there to stay but that was far down the line, he still had so much to learn and understand. But with the constant change had one big positive he fantasised about every night when he looked out of his window over the forest and up at the stars, he had no ties. No restraints.

He had a freedom waiting for him just over the river bend and he had more time to figure that all out, for now he was happy looking out of his window, the same window he'd looked out of for sixteen years - with the memories, both good and bad, it held. Thee orphanage wasn't home and it never would be, but it'd do for now, and on days like this night he had eighteen years to remember to fill up his sleepless nights...

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"Mr Han! Look! It's a puppy! Eek" a little Jimin cried running up to the fluff ball he noticed in the middle of the opening. Something like a breeze passed thorugh the clearing and baby Jimin found himself turning like it was fate to find his new fluffy best friend as of ten seconds ago who he had successfully wrapped himself around. Somewhere faintly in the distance was the shout of panic from the called man as he ran closer shouting "JIMIN GET BACK HERE THAT ISN'T A PUPPY!" but the youth didn't listen, instead he wrapped himsefl closer giggling as he reasoned "But it looks like a dog... and acts like one? See he's a softie~" cooing while the dogs waggling tail bounced off his side.

Unfortunately the house master hadn't been as amazed by the fuzzy visitor scolding "Park Jimin, if you don't come over here now you can stay out here with that wolf!" in a panic. Looking back Jimin could only snort at the memory and empty threat.

"Wolf? Is that a type of doggie?" Young Jimin asked, looking to the pup like it held the answer and when the pup yipped he squeezed it even more accepting a happy lick to his cheek.

"Ji- Ugh- Come here Jiminie. Please just listen to Mr Han and be a good boy. I wouldn't actually leave you out here with it so please come here. Slowly and calmly..."

The man was semi squatting with his arms out in a placating manor and Jimin saw a vein bulging on the other hands where they were tensed so witha reluctant sigh he intended to let go for his favourite person but... "Okayy- umm... Mr Han~ We gotta pwoblem." a problem indeed, for who Jimin wasn't sure because Jimin was quite happy to bide time to stay with his new friend.

"Yah! Let go of his sleeve you mutt!" the wolf had a weak grip on Jiin's sleeve as if asking him to stay and Jimin was about to concede and say he will stay forever for cuddles but then Mr Han went forward with a stick and swatted it off of Jimin as it growled and prepared to attack.

The growl was something new and Jimin wanted to calm the puppy with cuddles, because really they weren't hurting anyone and he just wanted eveyrhone happy, Mr Han was just being dramatic, but before the hit could thankfully land a larger wolf picked the pup up and ran away with it.

Jimin was left stood in awe

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"That. Was. Pawsome."

Jimin didn't hesitate to go to run after them, but thinking faster the older male had already lifted his running legs off the floor, sigh exasperated  "Of course you'd get yourself into a predicament and make a pun out of it. Your only four you should be scared of things like that. Your a smart boy Jimin but you should learn not to approach wild animals- ESPECIALLY NOT AT NIGHT!"

"Sowwy Mr Han~ I couldn't sleep." He had originally been on the play ground to burn off energy like they did before nap time.

"Jeez this kid. You have me wrapped around your little finger like the rest of them. Let's go get you back up in bed before you become wolf food."

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"Mr Han?" a slightly older Jimin called as he skipped down the stairs, he was a whole four and a half, cute slur still going strong but settling slowly with age. "Yes Jiminie?" the man in question replied pausing organising the last of the adoption paper work for one of the other boys, perfect timing Jimin thought before asking "Can I have Channie's room please since he's got a fo'ever home?" the grand old question that had been on his mind since he found out a room would become free that faced the pretty forest.

"Uh- Do you not like sharing your room with Yoosung?" the man had asked and Jimin was quick to complain and reason "Nope. He snores so I can't sleep~ nothing against Sungie though. He's a good kid."

"Good kid... he's your hyung... but- I guess you have a point." the older had said placatingly, "But on one condition."

"Yesssss~"

"No going out and looking for wolves again. It's dangerous and you could've gotten hurt."

"Maybe Sungie snoring isn't that bad-" little Jimin thought, thinking back to his furry friends just in the greenery, he could almost feel them when they were there.

"DECISION MADE. Nice doing business with you Minnie. No more dogs and a new room. Now let's go move your stuff~"

"But-" Jimin hadn't even said yet but it was too late.

"Come in Minnie~"

Jimin giggles as Mr Han threw him over his shoulder and carried him into the main room, distracting him from arguing back and changing his mind.

"Yoosung. Congratulations you just got your own room. Now help me move Jimin into Chan's old room so you have more room."

"Okay~!"

Yoosung dove onto Mr Han too so the man carried them both upstairs, both children giggling constantly as they made their guardian do the majority of the work and Jimin finally got an even betterview of the woods.

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Jimin sighed as he looked out of the window, staring up at the full moon in the sky.

He remembered his promise, even if he never truly said yes, and wanted to keep it but after everything that happened he didn't see why he should. Broken promise for a broken promise? Jimin wasn't sure if that was a justification or not.

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"I have an announcement everyone..."

The room went silent as Mr Han stood at the head of the table looking at everyone sat in front of him. His makeshift family.

"I... I'll be going away from here to pursue my... my dream... with my people."

The room fell silent other than one boy who raised his hand, the eldest of them all.

"Y-Yes... Yoosung?"

"Does that mean your leaving us?"

"W-w-well... y-yes... I suppose it does..."

Another much smaller hand rose.

"Jimin-"

"You pwomised you'd stay until we all found a family. Until we all found a home."

Another voice from an older child...

"YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE US LIKE THE REST DID. YOU PROMISED-"

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Looking back on it, maybe the reason Jimin kept it was because he knew deep down how hard it must've been for Mr Han to leave. After spending years in one place if he had the opportunity for a change he would take it as long as it was stable and since the other never came back it must've been. But after all this time and the promise to meet again which never happened, he didn't see why he should keep his own promise.

Mr Han stayed until Jimin was six and left a week before his seventh birthday. After Mr Han left one by one everyone else slowly did, all but Jimin.

He had to admit he held a grudge towards the older, but he also had to thank him and be grateful for the memories he gave him. The rational part of his mind understanding but the young child in him recalling the emotions still felt hurt. He was the closest thing Jimin had to a father and he left, but if he didn't he'd have had to give up his dream - something an a lot younger Jimin wouldn't have understood but the mature one did.

And a mature Jimin knew better than to go out in to the forest when he's seen proof of wolves even if there are no officially records of them being in this area for hundreds of years, but he was a curious soul and one small peep wouldn't hurt...

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Jimin sat on it for a few days, fighting back and forth in his head on whether it was a good or bad idea, there was apart of him arguing that just because his former carer broke his promise didn't mean Jimin had to but in the end he justified that with the argument that he never agreed and the deal was made with a minor making it faux. No, the real part of him that was hesitant was the fact he knew himself there were wolves out there and it shouldn't be debatable to go out beyond the back door but the urge for self gratification and the euphoria of finally being able to explore and conquer kept feeding the wanderlust in him that wanted to go outside.

And in the end it was that which won, the wolves that he had seen fit the domesticated kind more than wild wolves from all the research he did seeking his justification, his anxiety would be there no matter what because after years there would be a peace of him with it engrained he shouldn't be out there but he was going to do it, he was going to make his first big step for adventure - he was stepping out of the orphanages back door (something he acknowledged sounded pretty sad when he said it out loud letting his choice sink in.)

As night approach Jimin found himself in his windowsill once again watching the scenery of the forest change with the coming hours of the night, he watched the ways the trees swung in the gentle breeze, watching as the clouds continued to roll until they left a clear sky in their wake showing the twinkling stars and he smiled back with equal vigour.

When 00:00 finally came he felt ready to face what was about to happen with anxiety turning to adrenaline making him want to rush down the stairs and jump of the backdoor immediately but he knew he should grab a jumper first.

Slowly he made his way from his room past all of the rooms of the children, checking in on the younger residence who's doors remained open in the thickness of the night for security, trotting his way down the stairs and straight past the administrators office to his target.

Unlocking it was as easier as twisting to automatic latch that made sure it remained locked from the inside alone and then Jimin was slipping out of the door standing on the step in the openness of the vast scenery. A great feeling of serenity washed over him but it halted as quickly as it came when he saw movement in the bushes. He knew what could be out there and he rationalised it but still the potential for immanent danger hit him slam dunk in the face, but instead of going back he took a step forward.

He wanted to see if there was something there or it really was all in his head and it was when he took that cautious step forward, moving his foot from propping the door that a gust of wind succeeded in slamming it shut behind him. Anxiety rose in Jimin's chest for a whole new onslaught of reasons the main one being that he as locked outside and he knew for a fact none of the other people in the house would open as they were asleep. If there was something outside Jimin was stuck outside with it.

Turning to look again he saw nothing but a sense of paranoia built in him, not even the prettiest stars in the night sky or the distant sound of running water could distract him from his intense focus on the shrubbery. With the building panic came an onslaught of words trying to rationalise "It's okay, I'm okay. It could just be me being paranoid, surely after how many years there's nothing near bye. The howls at night could be from further into the woods nothing would come near an actual building that would be ridiculous. Karma's a bitch but I haven't done anything to summon karma. I'm okay. Everything's all A OK."

It was in his self reassuring rant that he missed two glowing orbs reflecting off the dim lights emanating from the forest drawing closer as he crouched into a ball trying to gather himself as a distinct thudding started pulsing through his head.

"I've got this I only have to wait six hours for the early birds to wake up, what could go wrong?"

A press to his head had him fully freezing where he sat, he didn't move as his eyes rose to look up at the creature looming over him and Jimin swore under his breath ready to pass out.

"Hi there big guy."

He was fucked.

Three beats passed before Jimin heard the distinct swishing from the wolves behind and Jimin was praying to any and all the gods that this wasn't the creature toying with his food, and just to be sure the young man voiced "It's not polite to play with your food." on the off chance in this hellish glorious situation the wolf understood and Jimin couldn't help but to bark a nervous laugh when the tail stopped wagging and the four legged body of muscle let out a confused huff tilting its ginormous face - this wolf was at least double the size of the wolves he spent the last few days researching.

Slowly Jimin leaned backwards to sit fully up straight and the wolf sat tilting its head in time to Jimin's mirroring the other. Looking closer Jimin recognised a few things about the wolf that linked to some late night memories he had had of looking out of his windows on the night of the full moon, the wolves markings were identical to a wolf he often saw trotting through the clearing when the full moon was at its highest in the sky.

Looking up Jimin internally faced palmed finding that the full moon was right there, high and mighty from its spot perched beyond the heavens. He basically sentenced himself.

He took the moment to begin to think when the wolf made no move to acting on any violent tendancy, maybe the wolf would just leave if he stayed still long enough or if he were to get attacked someone would come for him with his loud screams before it was too late, maybe-

Jimin couldn't think anymore beyond that because the wolf was nudging its head into his hand baffiling him completely, slowly and carefully he spread his hand flat allowing the wolf to brush up against it like a pup would looking for attention and then Jimin was slowly stroking the ginormous beast in slow and steady motions watching as the wolves tail began to beat with each pet.

"Your not so big and scary like this, although I suppose you could bite my hand off if I didn't cooperate." Jimin thought allowed giggling and the wolves affronted huff, petting him more eagerly in apology which felt mad all together - he was willingly petting a wolf.

"It's almost like you can understand me big guy."

A bark and quicker tail wags.

"Wait- you can? Understand me?"

The wolf moved its head in a nodding motion and Jimin froze his ministrations all together.

"Maybe I fell asleep after all instead of coming out here..." there was another huff, this time directly to his face, air brushing his hair back and nope Jimin was in fact wide awake and the wolf looked awfully smug that he brought about that realisation. Well if this was real and the wolf was acting as if it understood his every word Jimin didn't feel to insane when he asked "So, your not going to eat me?" but he did feel a wee bit mad when the wolf began to vehemently shake its head, lowering in submission to appease him and Jimin huffed "Okay okay I believe you, get up now." and the wolf did as told.

"So do you have a name?" Jimin asked and actually face palmed this time because even if the wolf could understand it didn't mean it could communicate. But before Jimin could swap to a more easily answered question the wolf was nodding and shaking its bottom in the air playfully, yipping before tugging the hem of Jimin's hoodie.

It was almost as if "You want me to go with you?" and the wolf was nodding and jumping in joy around Jimin where he was now stood, "I'm not sure if that's the best idea." He admitted but the wolf apparently possessed more traits of a puppy than he thought successfully crumbling his resolve with one cute look.

The wolf lowered itself down when it had realised it won and Jimin was incredulous when he asked "You want me to ride you?" the wolf rolled its eyes and got even lower to the floor and Jimin swore this had to be a fever dream of sorts because against all common sense he climbed on, private schools horse riding requirements finally coming into handy in out of school life.

Then they were off.

Being out in the clearing and thick into the forest was a completely different experience and Jimin felt euphoria building in his chest as they raced through the shrubbery and over growth, wind in his hair and heart in his throat as he took in the changing scenery behind them, he couldn't believe he had never bothered to explore on his own before, it was like a whole new world ad Jimin loved every part of it, something about being out there in nature was serendipitous.

But all good things must come to an end and slowly but surely Jimin noted things changing about the formerly carefree wolf, he became more alert with his ears standing to attention and his posture elongating as he became stiff coming to a stop in a open clearing that gave good eyeline around them, and that's when Jimin heard it, the muffled growls.

Jimin really regretted not asking the wolf if his friends wouldn't eat him but when the wolf began to growl back Jimin quickly realised that this was an unforeseen turn of events for the wolf too where it remained firm in standing it's ground - Jimin wasn't sure if he wanted to fight or flee. So he hid, burying his face in the furry creature thick hide.

When the growling came to a stop Jimin thought that maybe his wolf friend had successfully staked its claim of his friend but looking up revealed a whole different nightmare, they were well and truly surrounded. And Jimin wasn't naïve enough to think a human could escape that situation in normal circumstance, but the wolf had the chance if he just handed him over.

"Leave me here and get away to somewhere safe, You can make it out of this pup. Let someone survive this and let it be you, I've had my adventure."

The wolf didn't sound even the slightest bit happy about that, growling lowly and nudging Jimin back up when he tried to dismount, Jimin realised they were stuck in this together and if they were together they would fight together "Two's better than one then pup." and reluctantly the wolf let him down where Jimin quickly lifted a fallen branch from bellow the wolves paw, this was mad and he felt insane but like he'd seen in films he swung the bat around creating a area around them that would be in smack range and just by chance he noticed one of the wolves following the branch almost captivated.

He had a brilliant albeit stupid idea. 

Jumping back up on the wolf startling it Jimin whispered "Trust me, when I throw the stick ahead of us run in the opposite direction back to the orphanage, tackle a bitch if you have to- if that's derogatory to wolves I'm sorry. Okay on the count of three. One, two, three-"

Jimin threw the branch and all the wolves attention remained on it a break in their formation starling them all making it crumble as they tried to make up for the wolf who had rana way to fetch the branch, then his wolf was charging in the other direction, barrelling a wolf on its side as it ran full force back towards the house in the far distance.

Jimin heard them stampeding after them, his heart in his throat but he kept his mind focused on just getting forward, wolves rarely ever approached the house and a full group had never dared too, Jimin would know as he would always watch. They just had to get a little further and when the house came into view and the thudding behind them came to an abrupt halt he knew they had won.

Finally slowing his wolf let him down onto the steps of the house and Jimin burst into hysterics watching the other wolves turn away, heart thudding so fast and head light with adrenaline, "Good job pup." and then he crashed, the onslaught of events and lack of sleep from the past few nights hitting him as the world around them fell dark and his body collapsed into a body of warm fur.

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Jimin came to to an unfamiliar body leaning over him patting his cheeks and cursing under their breath, the body was that on of a man with chiselled features from bottom to top; his jaw was sharper than some of the knives Jimin had in the kitchen and his abs may as well have been a washboard, and the first thing that came to Jimin's mind was nice. Very nice. He could appreciate beauty and in his dazed state he could firmly agree that this man was definitely whatever deity was out there's favourite.

Then his mind processed bellow that toned body there was nothing but naked flesh and maybe the world knew that was what it would take to get his body into gear, causing him to dart upright covering his eyes as he whined "What the hell?" The other let out a small gasp and Jimin wanted to splutter at the fact that they only just became aware of their nudity, knowing for a fact that the other only processed it when they apologised, but they made no move to move.

Jimin then realised the other probably didn't have any clothes, cursing under his own breath as he took his hoodie off offering it to the stranger who thanked him shuffling the fabric over head and Jimin was very thankful for sleeping in XXXL hoodies because it'd cover the others modesty.

Fully clothed, or as clothed as the hoodie provided, the other man tugged on Jimin's arm that covered his eyes looking up at the blonde abashedly apologising again. Actually taking the chance to look at the other in full awareness the man was still attractive but he still had a youthful look on his face, baby fat not going from his cheeks just yet and big doe eyes looking like those of a scolded child.

"Are you insane?" Jimin asked, ignoring the niggling thought that he was one to talk, "What are you doing out here kid and nude of all things? Where are your clothes?" and the other looked nervous as he shuffled on the spot "I was nervous because you blacked out, I wanted to make sure you were okay."

He blacked out? That was news for Jimin before he took in his surroundings and realised he was locked outside, last night or that night - he wasn't sure- really wasn't a fever dream. And with that realisation he shot up checking his surroundings for the wolf who was keeping him company or any possible threats pulling the boy behind him a little just in case - he was certain he was older.

The other weakly held the back of Jimin's shirt as he carefully asked "Are you okay?" and after inspecting the area and deeming it safe he slumped back "Yeah, yeah. You wouldn't happen to have seen a wolf have you? Big, fluffy, basically a over grown pup and quite possibly sentient."

"All living things are sentient."

"I blacked out."

"You did."

"That was my excuse."

"Oh."

A beat of silence beat between the two and Jimin watched as the blank face melted off the other to something significantly more sheepish, and soon enough he was admitting "I'm the wolf." And Jimin did a double take.

"Wolf as in four legged lump of muscle and fur and sharp teeth?" He asked to be sure and as the other nodded Jimin felt his mind grow fuzzier with confusion, it wouldn't be the weirdest thing to have happened tonight.

"Werewolf? Your a werewolf?"

"We prefer Lycan but whatever floats your boat." And the beaming smile with two bunny teeth peaking through had Jimin defensively teasing "Are you sure your not a bunny?" But then the other scoffed and it was almost identical to the wolf from before, same mirth behind their eyes and Jimin came to the reality that this really was the wolf from before.

He was talking to a werewolf.

Lycan.

"Oh shit I'm sorry I said bitch before which is a female dog and well a insult but it could be derogatory and I didn't think it really mattered anyways because I didn't know if you were a boy or girl so technically it could've been right but oh my god I'm so sorry if I offended you."

The other snorted and Jimin felt his cheeks go rosy, embarrassment turning to stubbornness when the other teased "That's what you focus on here." and Jimin couldn't help but role his eyes as he snarked "Well sorry for having manners." pulling another amused huff.

"My names Jungkook by the way, Jeon Jungkook. Also known by fluffy, pup, big guy, fever dream..." Jungkook went to list on and Jimin had no remorse for pushing the lycan away for poking fun at him.

"Park Jimin, owner of clothing which you can borrow when I finally get inside."

"This is why you don't the door hit you on the way out."

"That's one way to treat the person who saved both our arses AND gave you a hoodie." Jimin sighed as the other beamed at him and Jimin noticed the goose bumps on the others legs leaving him split between leaving the playful pup to suffer or "Come here it'll be warmer if we're closer together." And so the other did, quite happily making himself cosy giving Jimin a side hug rubbing his cold hands up Jimin's warm arms.

"Are you feeling okay after passing out?"

"I'm feeling just dandy."

And with all things considered he was, he took the moment to take in the unreal events of the night but with Jungkook by his side he couldn't really deny the events taking place and for some reason he felt perfectly okay about it. It was almost as if the news wasn't new to him but at the same time he never had any memories that reminiced any information similar.

Jimin noticed that the others eyes were droopy and he found himself speaking before he could think;

"How old are you pup."

"Seventeen."

"Come here, take a nap on hyung's lap, I'll wake you when someone comes out."

And without any argument the other slid down resting his head above Jimin's knee smiling dopily and saying a soft thank you and Jimin got a better look at the other eye bags he needed this more than him and he had no regrets taking the watch shift - he still had an inkling the other would stay semi aware but he said nothing as he carded his fingers through the practical strangers hair, he thought they were in for a long night ahead of them, but thankfully just less than an hour passed and one of the kids was opening the back door, coming to take a peak after hearing one of Jimin's songs.

With a promise of a cookie the child let the pair in no question, a sleepy Jungkook following Jimin like almost pup as he guided the other to his room and dug out some clothes before going on a stealth operation to drop a cookie off to his little saviours room. Going back to his own room he found Jungkook fully dressed and out cold with his face buried in his pillow.

Cosying up on his beanbag Jimin was ready to sleep for the rest of the night, migraine and events from the evening forgotting as he fell into a restful sleep.

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The next morning when Jimin woke up he found himself lay on his bed tucked into Jungkook's side as the pup cuddled him into oblivion, Jimin had no clue when he moved but his only assumption could be Jungkook woke up and moved him somewhere in the night, and Jimin wasn't going to complain.

But now awake with a new day Jimin was faced with a new set of problems, how the fuck he was going to get Jungkook out of the house without getting caught.

The orphanage had a strict policy where you had to ask for permission for friends to visit and an even stricter policy on sneaking people in and if they got caught Jimin would be in deep shit. He logically only really had one option, to sneak him out, but there was so many factors that made this seemingly impossible, he'd have to call for back up.

Jimin decided to leave Jungkook asleep in his room while he snuck down stairs to see his little cookie nibbler happily sat on their bed playing with a doll, under different circumstance Jimin would've offered to play with them but he had a different goal in mind and he told the kid as much when he asked for help sneaking his friend out on the promise of a full pack of Haribo's, and like any food oriented child they agreed that at ten dead on they'd run down to the office and distract the staff.

Jimin made it back up to his room with ease and no suspicion on him, opening his door to find Jungkook sat up groggily on his bed grumbling about it being cold and Jimin could stop the giggle that bubbled at the others antics as he called "Come on you big baby we have ten minutes before I'm sneaking you out of here."

That seemed to catch Jungkook's attention but Jimin didn't answer his questioning look, instead opting to look for his phone and some snacks instead. Jungkook watched him go around his room with a knowing ease and got up when Jimin had given the instruction, then the two were off.

On the way down the first set of stairs Jimin had lobbed the Haribo's into the assigned room before taking a sharp turn when he saw one of the staff walking by, he was hoping they'd all be in the office but he was proven wrong and he made sure to shut Jungkook into the kids room while the person greeted him and walked past, only when the ghost was clear did Jimin let the other out to do a run for the next set of stairs and the exit.

They were just at the edge of the woods when a voice called out for them "JIMINIE!" and Jungkook dove behind a tree, which Jimin would laugh at if his heart wasn't beating so fast as he let out a fond laugh "Hello little one, you treats in your room, thank you for doing that for me." the kid beamed up at him and made a show to whisper "He does know I saw him right?" and Jimin stage whispered just as dramatically "Yes he's just a bit of a dummy." which had the kid giggling away before pulling out two pieces of fruit for behind their back "You'll be needing this then, breakfast keeps the brain working." and Jimin gracious cuddled the child and pecked their cheek as he thanked them saying "You've always been one of my favourites." which is something he said to all of the kids but still got them smiling all the same and with a shy thank you from a still hiding Jungkook the kid skipped their way back into the house and Jimin was throwing the nicer looking apple to Jungkook and skipping into the forest.

"You do realise your skipping right into the same place you nearly gotten eaten last night right?" Jungkook asked with an eyebrow raised and an amused grin, following Jimin who really had no path intended as he trotted on, easily answering "But I wasn't AND I have you."

That was enough to appease Jungkook as the wolf sped up to follow him with equal intensity before he took a lead in leading them somewhere he deemed safe.

On their way the two spoke about many things and not enough before they finally took a more casual pace, with Jungkook telling Jimin about his pack and how their his found family and they live ahead of their whole village and how there was set pack terratorys and smaller cluster packs making up the larger. He spoke a lot about how the different wolves all worked together like humans would and that although hidden they are just about advanced enough to live comfortably without being tainted by the modern world staying true to there wolves which was something Jimin wanted to know more about but he opted to drop it when Jungkook began to look startled.

Equally Jimin shared about his own life growing up in an orphanage with his parents dying when he was young, going to school and helping look after the kids who stayed at the home and how the place had tried to pull a quick one over him which had Jungkook just about ready to go back and give the quote on quote 'old hag' a piece of his mind.

According to Jungkook the human world was to stressful and their were to many unknown factors to live at ease and honestly Jimin agreed with him whole heartedly, the life Jungkook wasn't simple by any means but it sounded much more peaceful and easy - easier to find a place while still having the freedom to learn and grow. Apparently his pack wasn't as traditional as most which refused any human technology but Jungkook appreciated hot water and not having to go toilet outside, happily rambling how convenient things like fridges were and how radiators stopped the amount of casualties other packs lost the the harsh winters because even though wolves run warmer, a snow storm was still just as dangerous.

They continued to speak like that all the way to the edge of Jungkook's home territory and the pair were about to turn to head back (apparently he'd get in trouble if caught) when Jungkook stilled all together much like he had the night prior in his wolf form, except in this form he could see the pinch in his brow and the fear as it built in his eyes. He only managed to breathe out a "Oh no." as he grabbed for Jimin taking the brunt of the impact from the two people above him and Jungkook could only see a flurry of red hair where a man pinned Jimin's arms snarling at him before hesitation dawned on their face.

Jimin assumed the other noticed how Jungkook had went to protect him so was backing down in confusion, who was he to judge a wolf for protecting a pup, especially if said pup was as lovely as Jungkook. Thankfully Jungkook took the lead explaining "Hoseok hyung! He saved my life last night, there were wolves and we were surrounded and he got us both out of there but he wanted to see the forest and it was safer to do in the day so I thought it'd be better to walk the boarder of the territory so he didn't go out on his own in the wood lands. I promise I'll explain later but if you were alerted hyung Yoongi hyung will and I need to get him out of here before hyung notices." panting heavily from his word vomit, and reluctantly the man, Hoseok, leaned back looking over the two.

The red head opened his mouth to apologise and thank the smallest of the three but as he spoke his words were out spoken by the angry distant yell of "Min Yoongi is the least of your worries Jeon Jungkook!" then an unearthly handsome black haired man with shoulders wider than Jimin's crappy bookcase came emerging from the distance, a honey blonde haired man stumbling after him who was the pure definition of beefy with his toned muscles that bulged in what should be lose clothing.

The call came from the prior who was now being urged to calm down by the latter.

"Do you know how worried we all were, we were setting up a search party and probably still are as we speak with Yoongi and Taehyung gathering the best hunters because we heard of the disturbance last night. Do you know how insane and reckless it was to go off course let alone bringing someone here! We thought you were dead and your lucky people who know you found you otherwise if it weren't Hoseok you acclaimed friend would be dead!"

Those words hit Jimin like a brick, maybe he should've thought about the risks more...

And the man was quick to turn to Jimin to equally scold "You don't follow wolf people into the woods! Your supposed to run for the hills and be scared not risk your life to go into a forest with more of those people. Do you have a death wish?" The words all coming out more concerned than anything else and it had Jimin feeling like a kicked puppy which was ironic considering he was the one surrounded by wolf shifters.

Abashed he apologised where as Jungkook stood his grown claiming "No regrets." it looked like the vein in the dark hair mans neck was about to burst. Clearly Jungkook had a thing for pushing his luck and said man was probably the one who had to clean it up.

The honey haired man smiled down to Jimin tiredly, helping him up as Hoseok rolled off of him also lending a hand and dusting him off while the other two bickered.

"Kim Namjoon, and this is Jung Hoseok. Our sincerest apologies about this but Jin hyung has a point little one, following strangers into the woods is dangerous." For some reason that just made him feel guiltier but he felt the need to explain "I was proving to myself I could." and that got a sad smile from tall man who patted his head in sympathy before going to the aid of Jungkook.

"Jin hyung what's done is done. We're best reporting back to Yoongi before he sends the hunt out if he hasn't already caught our scents."

"Consider them caught."

Stood a few feet away was arguably the most attractive man Jimin's eyes have ever had the blessing to see, which is a lot considering in the past twelve hours alone Jimin has seen five of the most beautiful men he'd even meet. He stood short, probably a bit taller than Jimin's own height but his presence made up for it making him seem more demanding than the giants who surrounded him. Unlike his presence his face was dainty with round cheeks, kitten lips and a button kissed nose, cat like eyes looking over the five assessing them. The man screamed dominance and something inside Jimin just wanted to melt, he just hoped his heart eyes wasn't too obvious - he'd never been so hit with someone's presence like he was now. 

The man called Jungkook's name, low voice reverberating in Jimin's ears making something shake in his heart. If that voice were used on him he was sure he'd have to hold back tears, and looking to his friend it seemed the mans voice had an equal affect, bowing in submission and replying resigned "Yes alpha."

The man shot Jimin a glance, a whirl pool of unknown emotions in his eyes as he readdressed the younger "Why have you brought with you a guest to this land." and Jungkook visibly gulped as he submitted "He looked so at home in the woods and it wasn't safe to explore more at night and it was... you know what never mind. I have no excuse alpha, punish me as you see fit." at the word punishment Jimin cringed, guilt consuming him as he sunk a little into himself not meaning to get the other in trouble.

The man seemed to shoot him a glance before growling "Just what Jungkook." but thankfully Jimin didn't feel a bite to it.

Jungkook sighed before continuing "He looked upset from the line of the forest so I approached to make sure he was okay and he smelled thickly of distress. I wanted to make him feel better and a run in the woods always makes me feel brighter- and it worked! he was smiling and laughing and his scent changed to pure joy and it was so nice smelling cherry blossoms in bloom but then the wolves came out of nowhere..." Yoongi's anger evaporated and that was left was concern as he lowered himself to make sure the other was okay and with a sniffled Jungkook continued "We got away safely thanks to Jiminie hyung but when we got back he fainted and I panicked and I was so scared I shifted and he woke up before I shifted back so after that I just went with the flow... and the forest is so pretty in the day, near the territory's safe..."

Yoongi let out a sigh nuzzling Jungkook's hair before turning his attention to Jimin himself, looking tired and strangely pained as he called for him "Is this true pup?" and without a beat of hesitation Jimin nodded whispering a meek "your secrets safe with me, I'm sorry to have caused trouble." And then another voice called out skipping along "There's no trouble in having a good time, Yoongi hyung used to be a trouble maker before he took on the role of head alpha so no worries pretty." and at the new voice Jungkook perked up, small bunny smile gracing his lips as he uttered "Taehyung." and the man shot him a wink saying "The one and only." pausing to look at the crowd before pushing Yoongi with his shoulder playfully and skipping his way to Jimin to pinch his cheeks and say "How can you be mad when he brought someone back this cute, both of their limbs all intact." and Yoongi just let out a sigh.

"That's one way to use a weak spot pup." Hoseok rolled fondly and Taehyung just smiled at him as he squeezed the shortest man "It's very nice to meet you Jimin-chi, my name is Kim Taehyung and I'm Yoongi hyung's favourite beta, since you rhere now would you like to come and grab something to eat before headed back, we have the best food." and he didn't give Jimin a chance to say no as he looped their arms pulling a bright chuckle from Jimin.

"Are you sure your just allowed to do that?"

"I can do anything I want, just you wait and see Jiminie. We're going to be best friends I can feel it in my soul."

And that's how Jimin found himself in a small village looking place in the middle of the forest with no phone service.

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Seokjin wanted to cry as he watched the pair walk away taking the lead with Hoseok and Jungkook following, he felt like 18 years worth of hard work was falling apart before him and could only imagine how bad Yoongi must be feeling with this revelation; you see Park Jimin was not supposed to know about lycan, not yet, not for a little while longer too but here he was in their territory learning all about it earlier than any of them had prepared for, Jimin happily learning with the blissful ignorance of the reality of it all. A ignorance Yoongi wanted the other to be able to grasp for much longer, living a full ordinary life with no bounds or ties - something he himself wished he could have a little longer ever since he became the pack alpha at a young age.

As it was, Park Jimin was anything but ordinary, he just didn't know it yet but unfortunately for him everyone around him in this territory would know because they posses something humans don't, scents and the ability to detect scents - it's a massive part of their culture and Jimin walking around basically threw out the information he was one of them. A wolf. A wolf who's history was a lot darker than he was sure the other suspected and he didn't want the other to discover that, not yet. 

All along the goal had been to protect him. And this felt like some sick turn in a fairy tell as Jin processed it all because there was always that morbid twist and that twist came in the form of Min territory and all it would reveal - the history of the fall of the Parkim pack, Jimin's pack. The same pack that had made a blood oath before it fell for the child of Min and the child Parkim to be wed to strengthen the ties between packs joining them together if anything were to happen which rumours turned out to be true.

On a faithful night in the dead of winter another pack had struck performing a massacre on the Parkim lands with the newly born omega son being the target for the attack as that bloodline may as well have been Wolven royalty. To protect the prince his guardian, Seokjin just a child himself at the time, had been been sent to take the prince to safety and he had thought where safer than amongst the humans and their laws, right at the boarder of the forest not far from his destined home. And then Jin had went to break the news to the Min's of the awful event that had just taken place. There Jimin remained under the watchful eyes of the Min clan.

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"Dumb Sungie, snoring and keeping me awakes. 'M tired and just want hugs but no. Dat's too much to ask fo'." little Jimin had huffed as he stomped his way down the staircase leading to the clearing they often ran around in during the day, arms crossed and lips pouting as he sulked about the loss of his precious night nights.

Just beyond the shrubbery sat an equally upset pup who's heart had broken at the sight of the young boy who reeked of sadness, something enough to disturb a young pups sensitive nose from a distance let alone up close but he couldn't just leave the other, it went against his instincts, the boy looked like he just needed a hug. He wanted to be the one to make him feel happy.

With the loudest whine of "I wan Cuddlesssss~" and cute little feetsies kicking the ground the wolfs mind was up as it sneaked from the bushes away from his companion for the night stroll and skidding his way over to the sad boy with exhilaration thrumming through him because 'oh no he's so pretty.' His tail wagged and beat faster when the boys eyes lit up until they disappeared into crescent moons and he squealed "OMO ITS A PUPPY! Hewwo you cute lil fluff ball of cuddliness. Would you cuddle with Minnie?" And as if it were his soul job in life the wolf cuddled close, kitten licking the childs cheek where tear stains were and rumbling deep in its chest only to be held closer by the excitable toddler who was looking him over conspiratory.

"What a cutie. Look at your pwecious lil face. It's so squishy! What's you name? You don't have a tag... so I'll give you a name! How abouts... Agust... Agustttttttt D... nah... that's too soft for a cutie pie like you. You need a strong name like Jimin! But I'm Jimin so Agust has gotta do. Who's a good boy~ you are, yes you are~"

A figure came to the door and softly called out "Jiminie?" causing the boy to squeak and hug the pup tighter before squealing excitedly "Mr Han! Look! It's a puppy! Eek" completely taken with the puppy, little Jimin thought they were best friends for sure and puppy Yoongi held the same sentiment.

The older man wasn't so keen on Yoongi's presence and Yoongi didn't like him at all, he didn't need to be a big boy to know that the was like him, a wolf, but not the good kind and he didn't want him anywhere near his Jimin so he let out a low growl. He had to keep his Jimin safe, he just had to. The poor baby had been through so much and the fall of the Parkim pack had left such a impact, the boy deserved to be happy and grow up happy until they finally came together.

Yoongi was tugging at Jimin to get away from the evil man, it wasn't safe but before the younger would move it was too late and the man was already taking a swing at him, everything after that happened so fast. Seokjin dove out of the shrubbery, still not fully grown and he managed to grab the wolf pup before he could be hit, ignore his whimpers of distress in his haste.

He didn't want to go, his mate needed him. He wanted to make him happy safe it was his job to but when he was taken back to the den he was put on a ban to see the younger boy, he was too attached and it wasn't safe to take him home yet, little did they know Yoongi would prolong their meeting all on his own when responsibility feel on him in his adolescence.

Pack Alpha Min Yoongi, but a boy but a leader. Mateless in his command with his betrothed hidden away safe, somewhere Yoongi had promised he'd keep him forever just for him to have a happy life because in the end that's all he ever wanted for him, his puppy love.

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"We could still let him go Yoongi, Taehyung is surely taking him to the pack house and not the village, if we isolate where he travels through he can be in and out undetected. He doesn't have to know yet if you don't think he's ready." Jin proposed but they both knew that wasn't the reason.

Jimin was already proving himself ready with how adaptable he had been to the news in one night and they both knew he couldn't ignore his nature forever, being away from the pack surroundings slows wolf development but with that vigour unlocked Jimin surely would for go safety to explore his curiosities and they knew he would probably need someone there to guide him. And clearly the instinct was there since he wanted to prove to himself he could go into the woods, he knew he could even if it wasn't safe and he used instinct to get out.

The easy option would be to keep him here but he didn't like the lack of control that gave Jimin and he'd hate to use that for his own selfish self so the harder option would be to isolate for now then go on how they had for years, no matter how much his wolf stirred at the thought of parting from its mate after just seeing them again for the first time in years - his avoidance being something his wolf tore him apart over.

But for Jimin he could do it, for his freedom and sense of normality.

"Go tell Jungkook to prepare for his goodbye, Taehyung and Hoseok too. Joon-ah please make sure the clearing around the pack house stays clear and make a diversion in the patrols so we can get Jimin-ah out and back home safely." Namjoon nodded and moved to do as he was told but Jin hesitated, Yoongi asked tiredly "What?"

Seokjin looked between the alpha and the floor unsure if he should voice it but with Yoongi hand on his shoulder in comfort to prove it was okay and he should say it, the elder admitted "I don't think tell Jungkook is a good idea. Tae either, the youngens get attached far to easily and for Jimin's sake maybe we leave this good bye as indefinite. If he feel in a fraction of the connection you do sending him away with no guarantee of seeing you or this pack again could break him." And Yoongi knew he had a point which is why he permitted it.

But just because he agreed didn't mean it would stop him whacking his head on the nearest tree causing Jin to shout and scold him before making massive fuss until Yoongi with a lighter heart teased "You really should stop shouting at me hyung, I'm the leader of this pack after all." and Jin was just as quick to sass "I'll stop shouting when you stop being an emotionally constipated ball of chaos and grow up. Oh would you look at that you'll always be hyungs pup, suck it up sunshine and go get ice for your head."

Yoongi could only laugh as he complied "Yes hyung." both making their sperate ways.

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As Jin made his way to the clearing where Hoseok was plating up food he couldn't help but to stop and pause to take in the scene before him. The four of them were all laughing and smiling together like it was what they were meant to always do, definitely not looking like a bunch  of stranger who had just met, they held a familiarity that came with years of knowing each other and it made Jin's heart ache with the knowledge of what he was bout to have to do.

"Ah Jin hyung! Namjoon hyung just came by to check on us, don't worry we haven't eaten all your food." Hoseok shouted with a beaming smile and Jungkook playfully tagged "Yet!" getting a jab in the side from Jimin who playfully scolded be nice, attention lifting from his phone he was showing to the three. It was Taehyung who noticed the eldest apprehension so Taehyung thought he cleared the air by saying "Hobi hyung apologised for tackling Jiminie and Namjoon hyung briefly explained that it was an instinct thing to protect your pup because Kookie's our pup so no need to worry hyung." and Jimin tagged on "Your husband was very nice too." which had Jin doing a double take.

The three beside him smiled wide and beaming where as Jin grew beet red as he asked the other to repeat himself, and Jimin did so with hesitation "Namjoon-ssi, they said you were married?" equally as lost and Jin never wanted to strangle the trio in front of him more. But Jungkook was eager to share the blame pointing out "Namjoon hyung didn't deny it he just smiled and ruffled our hair."

Now that was a revelation to him and Hoseok decided to prod on complaining "You didn't even invite us hyung, I'm hurt." pouting in all his glory make the red cheeked roll his eyes and snort out "I didn't get one either, don't worry about it." and Jimin was ready to apologise for the misunderstanding but before he could Taehyung, almost as if he could read minds, added "They may as well be married at this point honestly, their not far off mating." and that had Jin sputtering as all his blood rushed to his head while he looked for an out and thankfully he found one in seeing someone in the distance heading towards the house - he couldn't let that happen now could he. So he left with a tired goodbye and warded off the visitor with a promise to tell Yoongi he hadn't told them to get him to leave yet, in the ned he saw no point since he didn't know when Namjoon would arrange the opening.

The groups focus went back to Jimin's phone.

It was a few hours when Yoongi re-emerged from his guest hut aka secret hide out, mind clearer and heart heavier with the knowledge Jimin had gone home and that put an end to their short time together, or that was what he thought up until he walked into the clearing of the pack den only to find five wolves happily bantering together with Jimin keenly listening to their every word with bated breath.

Jin was happily retelling a story that was no doubt about something dumb the six of them had done which he managed to get them all out of, with Namjoon dropping in and out mid conversation with Jungkook who was running by if that truly had happened because the moral of the story was Jungkook bumped his head think he could run up the wall if he ran fast enough falling for their foolery. And just watching them all together after he spent the time to mentally prepare himself, had him upset as his wolf howled in elation.

He was tempted to turn back to not feed his wolf anymore but before he could so much as move his foot Hoseok was calling out to him with a blinding smile drawing all the attention to him and so help him he loved that man but a very good part of his active mind wanted to kick him in his shins. Begrudgingly the pack alpha made his way over where Jin shuffled to the side to make a space between him and Jimin who's cheeks instantly blushed red.

Yoongi said nothing as they all sat down to eat, only butting in the odd word here and there when addressed and scooping extra portions of food onto the other plates when he thought they weren't looking, taking extra care with a certain shorty beside him giving up the best pieces of meat he could find to make sure the other only had the best. And soon enough the sun begun to fall from it's place high in the sky before anyone realised how much time had passed, Jimin's phone long since stolen by Taehyung who was going around taking picture's of anything and everything he could. Jimin knew his time was coming to an end and no matter how much he enjoyed it he knew he had to go, he didn't want to over step especially when his presence seemed to be stressing his seat neighbour who had been as accommodating as other kind person would even if his words were few and far little.

"I should be heading back soon." Jimin had announced and watched as Jin jolted to alert looking to the sky only to cringe at what he found. "We best get wrapping up our goodbyes if we want to get you back home and us back here safely." And then everything was like a whirlwind. Hoseok was pulling Jimin into a bear hug with Taehyung clinging to his back like a koala while Jungkook stood to the side with a pout until Jimin  brought him in for a hug thanking him and wishing him well, completely missing what Taehyung snuck in the others pocket, Namjoon had given Jimin a firm handshake and a pat on the back with a hair ruffle for good measures and then there was Jin and Yoongi who had stayed to the side.

A moment seemed to pass between the newcomer and pack leader before Jin broke into it, ushering Jimin over but before the shortest could pass Yoongi had reached out to grab his arm halting the other all together looking as shocked with himself as Jimin was, with red cheeks he lowered his head and parted with "May Dal take you home safely." Then they were off and Jimin was walked safely back to his clearing by Jin and Namjoon who both hugged him in privacy blessing him with the same Dal Yoongi had mentioned and gentle kisses to his fore head then Jimin was heading to the back door feeling even more uneasy than he had leaving the rest to go back into the place he reluctantly called home.

It was when he was feeling around his pockets for his phone he realised he had left something.

His phone was still with the trio.

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Jimin had never wanted to slam his head in a closing door more than he did in this moment. He knew better than to explore in the woods on his own to find his way back for his phone and he knew he'd have to inform the head of the house he just hoped it would've gone better than what he was expecting but alas it wasn't.

"Just admit you lost your phone you careless boy, your out of here soon so I'm not parting with a chunk of my budget to replace something you lost being careless." She sneered down at him.

Jimin had sighed ruffling his hair as he tried to explain "I left it with my friend, I know where it is I just can't get it because he's gone far away and I have no clue when he'll be back." because he didn't, and he wasn't lying which was the most frustrating part of it all. He never asked for much and he provided mostly for himself anyways so he didn't understand why she couldn't allow him to use his basically untouched living allowance for a phone. 

He honestly didn't mind the pack having his phone, he knew it would be well loved and to see Taehyung smiling so brightly taking pictures again or even the thought of it warmed Jimin's heart that had him uncaring - plus he was well over due an upgrade... but the point stands he knew he shouldn't have to replace a five year old phone when he buys everything else for himself. He couldn't even justify showing just how much money he had saved because he had seen other residence have money confiscated under the grounds of it being obtained dodgily which was one big lie - she had been alright with children but teen years up she was hellfire waiting to attack. She basically broke all codes but she had connections high up and had been demoted to that role when she was fired from her previous position so its corruption Jimin can't really fight against he just had to find the comfort that no children choose to stick around like he did.

But Jimin had stuck around and once again he was facing the unfair consequences.

"Your lies are not worth my time. Now either go get it, or by a new one. We need a way to get in to contact with you when you go out so it's either get your phone or don't leave until you do."

And with that Jimin through caution to the wind, maybe a walk in the woods would calm his thudding heart. He wasn't going to stick around and let her think she's won one way or another and when Jimin comes back with said phone and rubs it in her face asking for a train rides worth in transport costs that he'd put to a new phone.

With that in mind he went to bed, packing a bag for the day to come so he could set off at first light - being extra sure to pack a bat just to be safe and some sweet snacks to give to Taehyung and Jungkook to try if he ran into them on his quest for his phone.

When the sun had risen he was off, vaguely following the path he remembered walking with Seokjin and Namjoon backwards, properly taking in the path upon his return. He recognised a tree or rock formations, he recognised hill and the lower slope, he recognised the wholes in the ground where the rain gathered and he was warned to take caution walking through both upon his arrival and departure - what he didn't remember while looking for another landmark was a massive slope or a peaking tree root which successfully caught his foot sending him rolling down the slope.

He did his best to control his roll taking the impact of it on his leg pushing it forward to stop him tumbling and further hurting himself while dirt and debris bounced around him in the previously disturbed land - Jimin was glad nobody was there too see it, or he was until he reached the bottom and tried to stand - sadly any pressure on his leg had him breathing in through his teeth and swallowing curses. Looking down he realised why it had hurt so much as somewhere along the fall he must've gone through brambles which where tightly wrapped and digging into his swelling and cut leg that he remembered hissing when gaining from a sharp rock.

He was stuck and he was injured and he hadn't the slightest idea where he actually was now because there was no chance healthy and uninjured he could climb that incline let alone beaten and pained. Cursing under his breath he realised the one time the homes stupid phone policy was needed would be the one time he was without it - ironically on his way to get it.

With his face buried in his hands he let out a heavy sign before flailing all uninjured limbs, whining "I'm gonna to die." brushing his hair back only to sigh "I'm a fucking idiot." not expecting a dark lowly voice to rumble "Language." then "You are."

Jimin's head shot up to see who had heard his grumbling, fearing it was another pack of wolven shifters who would be less kind than Jungkook and his friends only to let out a sigh or relief as a feeling of safety flooder over him.

"Yoongi-ssi."

The other gave him a wry nod in greeting before he made to step over the edge of the slope Jimin had just stumbled before Jimin could even finish sounding "Don't-" then the other was sliding and landing casually by his side, the whole thing done with a graceful ease of someone who had done such a thing thousands of times - and Jimin supposed he did.

Not wanting to make a bigger fool out himself Jimin chuckled out "Funny to see you here." Not regretting the look of remorse the other had as he inspected his leg when the other glanced up to look at him amused. So he continued "You know I was just heading to see you, well Taehyung and Jungkook because I'm pretty sure they have custody of my-" he breathed out a breath of relief when Yoongi pulled the mobile device from his pocket with a smug smile and finished "Phone."

Yoongi nodded and threw it over to him to catch before refocusing on the others leg explaining "The cubs wanted a reason for you to come back so hid it, but admittedly you did forget too so I won't punish them too harshly." Yoongi voiced the end with the look of sheer protest Jimin had given him and Jimin couldn't argue with that - he wasn't even mad if it wasn't just his bad memory for the lecture, instead he felt quiet flattered at the others sneaky ways to see him again. It was quiet endearing.

Then Yoongi touched his new addition to his body and all thoughts went of the window for a loud cry of "Fuck." which Yoongi chided again yet this time with much more sympathy, half the bramble now in his hand and the other soothing his thigh above where it was lodged. "Just one more pull and it'll be out and we can get you to a healer, can you hold on for me?" and begrudgingly Jimin nodded not voicing how he would be perfectly okay with it being a permanent fixture now to avoid removing it if it weren't for the last two words tagged on the end.

For me.

Jimin didn't even care how much he didn't mind the thought of doing something just to please the other. Although, he did heavily regret agreeing as the rest of the bramble was pulled leaving a few spikes inn his head and a burst of pain flooding his whole body, tears brimming in his eyes from the tug. And just as quickly as the tug Yoongi was soothing him  apologising and promising he'd be okay he just needed the worst of it removed so he could lift him nice and safe, whipping the others tears where they fell on his cheek and resting their heads together, breathing loud and slow to help relax Jimin's own breathing - the other not even knowing when he had begin to hyperventilate.

"There's no more pulling for now, let's get you up and ready to be mended."

But when Jimin's tears didn't cease to fall his asked with a furrow in his brow "Are you okay?" and Jimin knew the other was avoiding asking it, the answer was pretty obvious but the fact he fell back onto asking it had him woefully chortling "Just dandy." easing the furrow just the slightest since his sarcasm was still intact.

Then Jimin realised just how close their faces were and he was turning away with pink cheeks to wipe his tears on his own missing the other look like a kicked puppy before he neutralised it insisting "We need to get you to a healer quick before where some of those brambles stuck, scab over." and Jimin realised there would be more tugging at his poor defenceless leg, pouting moodily only to fight back a smile at the others soft chuckle and head pat.

Yoongi stood up and took a few steps back to analyse how Jimin was before he asked if the other could put pressure on his leg and he remained undeterred when the other remorsefully answered no. Instead he stepped to Jimin's side, injured half facing out as he instructed Jimin to wrap his arms around his neck, not hesitating even at Jimin's confusion as he did so, before lifting the other being sure there was no pressure on his injured side. Only then did he explain "It'll be easier like this."

Out of curiosity Yoongi asked "Which way where you walking" and when Jimin indicated north he almost looked proud as he praised "Your a natural for tracking." and although Jimin wasn't used to that phrasing of the word he was all the more smug that his natural sense of direction was admirable for more than following a map or finding the nearest fast food place.

Then Yoongi begun to walk in the direction he had indicated, smiling brightly every time Jimin assumed the direction correct and hinting reminders to remember there already on the lower level so don't have to take the detour down; and Jimin swore he could never get bored of the others bright gummy smiles, especially not when they were aimed at him.

In the meantime between direction checks the pair spoke filling in the silence even though there was no awkward air between the two, Jimin asked Yoongi what it was like to be in charge of so many people and how he remembered everyone's names, Yoongi asked Jimin about the home and made him realise just how many names he'd remembered - probably his own way of answering the question since he swapped the topic after he had asked.

Yoongi kept checking in on Jimin and Jimin would give him a thumbs up, a hiss or a curse if he was jostled but never aimed at Yoongi - even though it didn't stop the other from scolding him for his language.

Jimin had even asked Yoongi if he doesn't swear and that why he kept reminding him but the elder just gave him a wolfish grin as he sarcastically asked "Do I fuck?" which promptly get him a punch to shoulder which Yoongi returned with a playful nip to the others ear.

By the time they arrived in the pack territory Jimin's injury was long gone from the front of his mind and Yoongi's original hesitation to bring Jimin into the main pack grounds was long forgotten in place of proper medical care from one of the more aged elders because no matter how good Jin was at the end of the day that wasn't his role and he hoped the healers could assess Jimin with the least pain possible.

Jimin only quietened down when they moved to the more lived in sector of the village and that was replaced with him hiding his face in the others neck to avoid the stares and whispered, Jimin could only guess how silly he looked - legs beaten and bruised being carried by their leader as if he were nothing but a feather. Thankfully Yoongi got the message he was feeling nervous and reassured him they would be at the healers hut in seconds and the healer wouldn't be far behind them, and as it was he was right; along with Namjoon, Seokjin, Hoseok, Taehyung and Jungkook all of who looked concerned and worried but Jimin wouldn't know as he was still hiding in the others neck preoccupied in trying to figure out what it was the other smelt of.

It was only when he realised what he was doing that he zoned back in only to flush in embarrassment to realise he had missed a good chunk of the conversation but looking to the healer all he found was a fond looking woman who smiled at him as if he was the most precious thing she'd ever seen.

Jimin was moments away from apologising but the elder caught on quick and reassured "No need to apologise pup that must've been overwhelming. Let's take a look at that leg shall we?" and with great reluctance Yoongi put the other down onto one of the sick beds - Yoongi felt guilty for heightening his scent to soothe the other because he knew it would become the others focus and throwing scents like that could be seen as a low blow but at the end of it all Jimin's anxious scent has dissipated which was the original aim the distraction just so happened to work in his favour. The healer had to know he knew nothing of his origin just yet and he needed a little more time.

The healer shooed everyone out of her hut aside from the injured and with great reluctance Yoongi followed, only to be met with five concerned gazes but all Yoongi could do was laugh.

"YAH Yoongi chi how dare you laugh we're all worried out of our minds what happened?"

"Jimin took a fall coming for his phone but like the healer said he'll heal soon enough."

"Still there's no reason to be grinning!" but in reality there was.

The last thing Jimin had said to him before he grew silent in the presence of the village.

"Yoongi ssi how old are you?"

"I'm twenty about to be twenty one on my next moon cycle."

"I'm eighteen I guess that makes you my hyung."

Yoongi couldn't hide his fondness as he raised his brow, asking without words when he gave the other permission to call him that but it was all play and Jimin must've knew that as he continued to tease "Well if hyung's off the table I'm going to have to find you a new nickname." pausing for a second only to think before stating "Agust, that's a pretty bad ass name."

"Hyung is fine Jimin-ah."

If only Jimin knew how much fondness came flooding back with the memory of their first greeting.

How was he supposed to fight off a smile after that.

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"So what happened here dearie?" The elderly woman asked as she went around her cabinet gather herbs she intended to crush, Jimin was a bit to embarrassed to admit tot he irony the situation he had gotten himself in so vaguely he answered "I slipped down a slope further into the woods, didn't keep my eyes out enough and tripped over a root straight down into some brambles and rocks." The older lady shot him a sympathetic look gentle ghosting her fingers over his leg as she sighed "I can see that."

Jimin tried to be optimistic as he told her "Thankfully hyung found me pretty quick." but the elder easily brushed it off with "It's a good job, things could've been a lot worse if left any longer. But not to worry I have the cure to almost all ailments and these all fall under my belt. Your hyung did well to bring you here." then she was off to go gather some equipment and Jimin cringed realising she was going to be removing the thorns.

Before he could hesitate he voiced "Can hyung come back in while you take those out please... I-" but he wasn't sure how to end that, not only to not sound pathetic but also because he wasn't sure himself. The elderly woman offered him a reassuring smile of understanding before winking and whispering "I'll be just one minute." and the she was stepping out only to return with a slightly alarmed Yoongi at her side and that site in itself had Jimin laughing only causing Yoongi to scowl more.

"Don't laugh, hyung just got scared half to death you'd broken something and needed a hospital, or worse got poisoned." 

Jimin's giggles were unrelentless, especially after the elderly woman teased "All I said is Jimin-ah needs you, nothing to cause you to get all flustered." and that had them both blushing as the woman laughed merrily and instructed Yoongi to go to Jimin's side which he did without objection, although he did stick his tongue out at the boy on the bed to bring back out a smile.

Then like that the woman was picking thorns out of Jimin's leg and instead of clutching hard enough to make his hands white Yoongi offered his own letting the injured squeeze them as he tried his best not to cry out at the pain, admittedly they went deep and the woman was sure to give Jimin her praise for handling it so well to the degree Jimin was confident enough to tell Yoongi his swearing was completely justified getting a flick to the head and the elder threatened to not harm the healers patient if he wants to be sat in there which did enough to halt Yoongi.

An hour later a group of five worried wolves were tumbling into the room all yelling there own calls of concern;

"Are you okay?"

"Have you broken your leg?"

"Are plants going to grow out of your leg now?"

"Will your leg need amputating to stop the plants front taking over your entire body?"

"Taehyung, Jungkook. Nothing like that is real!"

"I don't know Seokjin hyung, werewolves weren't real until yesterday  and I learned about them from the same webtoon I'm pretty sure Kookie and TaeTae have read." Jimin voiced pulling a betrayed gasp from Jin who still went to cradle his head like he hadn't just been stabbed in the back, "I'll forgive you because your hurt."

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After repeating the story of what had happened, this time without the exclusion of the phone detail Taehyung and Jungkook had apologised profusely but Jimin had said it was okay and it wasn't there fault he was a clutz, Jin on the other hand had scolded the two on this being why they shouldn't have stolen it anyways which Jimin had corrected to borrowed because Jin was proving to be soft for him - and as expected Jin had agreed it was borrowed but they shouldn't do it again with Yoongi going as far as to say Jimin was welcome back anytime if it stopped theft and injuries which had initially made Jimin pout but when Namjoon had promised "Hyung just doesn't want to admit he wants you here too." and Yoongi had blushed he opted to just grin instead.

Taehyung had wiggled his eyebrows at him when he saw how he reacted to the blush but Jimin had just looked between Taehyung and Jungkook who were grossly in love but going slow and mouthed focus on yourself sticking his tongue out to stop the other who dramatically sighed back into Jungkook's arms complaining Jimin hated him. Jungkook had seen the whole thing and had red cheeks of his own so understood the dramatics unlike the rest but when Jungkook had said "You deserve it." the tension the others was holding seeped away realising it was a joke.

Then Namjoon was speaking bringing the focus on the topic at hand again, "What did the healer say?"

Jimin had repeated what the woman had told her, that the brambles he fell into had been a poison called wolfsbane and it would slow his healing, and that he had a sprained ankle but he reassured them like how he reassured the healer he usually heals faster anyways so he'll be better at the normal pace not missing the way they all flinched at the mention of the poison with Jin patting his hair.

Yoongi explained the poison was why he had told Namjoon to gather some of the farm workers and plant poison, so they could remove it safely and then the two with Hoseok parted with a final farewell, leaving Jin as the one in charge while he was gone and Jin was quick to wriggle out of Jimin that he would more like than not be able to walk home today leading Jin to send the youngest pair to ready a bed for Jimin in the pack house for Jimin while Jin moved Jimin inside to a higher vantage point so his phone could work after Jimin explaining he'd have to leave because of orphanage policy but Jin had easily muttered "They don't sound professional anyways I'll talk to them. We just have to go to the higher huts" and then he was scooping Jimin up like he weighed nothing for the second time that day.

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"Hello is this the guardian of Park Jimin ssi, yes hi hello. I'm the guardian of Jimin's friend and on his way here to collect his phone he managed to get himself injured and he's in no state to to walk or stand...on a train." Jin repeated from Jimin's whispered words before continuing "So there's no way to get him home unless we were to call for a taxi and with the distance that would be quite pricy so we thought it'd be in everyone's best interest that we wait for Jimin to be able to bare weight on his leg before he returns home... Yes I am aware train tickets are expensive but Jimin ssi reassured us that the orphanage would pay us back for the travel to receive his phone since your the one who sent him to collect it... the cost?" Jin looked to Jimin who mouthed Fifty... "Eighty... why eighty? because the train was so last minute because you were insistent and if you punish him I'll be reporting you as you should have come with him since he had no way to contact a guardian. You see I'm quiet fond of Jimin and I have contacts above the board who I'm sure would love to know about your misconduct- oh so you'll be paying Jimin back then? Both ways? uhuh uhuh- well it's been lovely talking to you, I think he'll be here for three days but do feel free to get back in contact. Goodbye now." and when the phone call ending beeped Jimin burst into a fit of laughter as Jin whipped his mullet back complaining "What a arsehole. Is she always like that?" and Jimin answered worse earning a grimace.

Yoongi and Namjoon were the first to come back, the pair tumbling though the door together while Hoseok had gone to hunt the youngest, Jin recounted his tale to the pair after telling Yoongi Jimin was staying (Yoongi had said he assumed he would be anyways) and called the woman a heartless bitch getting a playful warning from Namjoon who he justified himself to saying the woman had no care for Jimin and probably no care for the kids in that home. When Jimin had asked if he really knew the higher ups Jin shot him a playful wink with a finger to his lip making the fib clear as day but the execution was well done so Jimin could only smile back.

Yoongi had slowly made his way back to Jimin's side when Jin had brought up the biggest problem in Jimin's surprise stay.

"Jimin doesn't have any clothes."

Namjoon was quick to reassure the eldest and the youngest that Jimin could just borrow their clothes which very quickly had Yoongi's wolf grumbling until he spoke up "We're closest in size, Jimin-ah can borrow mine for his stay if he's comfortable." All eyes in the room fell on Jimin who shrunk a little under the attention with blushing cheeks, answering "As long as it's okay with you hyung." and Yoongi shot him a reassuring smile.

Yoongi had left the room to go get Jimin some baggy shorts so he didn't need to keep his pants leg rolled up and when he came back it was to the excited squeals of his pack mates, opening the door he watched the scene fondly as Taehyung basically suffocated Jimin in a dramatic hug declaring he was the cutest while Hoseok teased a pouting Jungkook for wanting to lose the title in the first place if he'd get jealous. Yoongi wasn't sure what started it but he was sure that the Cheshire grin on Hoseok's face was enough to warn him of trouble.

"Why hello there pack alpha Min Yoongle boongles hyung." was all Hoseok had to say for another two little demons to turn towards him pulling the same face, off to the side was a fondly tired pair who looked at Yoongi with sympathy and then there was Jimin who was hiding his face in the blanket that had been temporarily draped over him.

Yoongi raised a brow but when they made it clear they wouldn't speak until he had he reluctantly asked "What?" knowing nothing good was going to come from the answer for him or for Jimin if his guess of those affected were right.

The wiggling eyebrows made him want to leave before they spoke but Namjoon was already stood behind him blocking the exit and Hoseok had already took a breath to explain "We thought it was only fitting to set Jimin up in the best room in the house and where better than the Pack Alpha's, that way you can make sure your guess doesn't need anything either, doesn't that sound like such a good idea?" Yoongi wasn't sure what teasing Jimin had to endure but he knew he was glad it wasn't him -they'd just go harder on his poor soul.

He didn't want to leave the room silent for long because he could tell from the way Jimin shifted he was growing nervous, but he wasn't dumb enough to leave his alpha unschooled knowing if he was in his wolf form his tail would surely be wagging with glee, so after scratching the back of his head and nodding to buy time, he spoke with practiced ease "That not a bad idea, Jimin-ah can take my bed and I can take the reading nook, that way your not alone in an unfamiliar place come night, is that okay with you Jimin-ah?" The soft yep Jimin had squeaked had him throwing a sceptical glance but Jimin was quick to explain "Really it's fine by me, I've had to share my room periodically for years now." and that was enough for Yoongi.

"Let's get you moved then so you can get changed away from prying eyes, I'm assuming you put new bedding out?" The end was addressed to Taehyung who stood slightly more alert as he lied through his teeth "One hundred percent, I'm just going to go take these clothes and lay them out a head of you, the window is set up too." Yoongi just hoped Jimin wasn't observant enough to notice.

"Namjoon, Hoseok. Can both of your carry Jimin chair style, be sure not to add pressure to his knee of to drop him. That way should be less pressure or risk of further injury. Then Jin hyung will you run ahead after Taehyung please. Jungkookie your with me." Jimin tried not to sound too disheartened when he asked "Your not coming?" but from how Yoongi's smile softened when landing on him he knew it was written all over his face, thankfully Yoongi just explained and didn't ask why the glum face or anything like that, Jimin swore he'd be mortified.

"We'll follow after you shortly we're just going to go look too see if the lost archive has a charger for that phone of yours. While your here your apart of my pack's subcategory which means you won't be alone unless you ask for it, we're pack animals at heart and we find comfort in numbers and protecting our own. I hope that's okay with you, don't hesitate to scold any of us if we over step. In the end we come from different backgrounds, we're bound to tread on toes accidentally."

Jimin felt relief flood him with Yoongi's words, because in reality he always found himself a people person even if he enjoyed time to think on his own. To be in a unfamiliar place like this would have him on edge and he knows it, but the promise of his boundaries being respected made him lose all apprehension. He doubted he'd have to ask for space but the fact it was there brought him great comfort.

"Thank you."

"Anytime pup, now let's all get a move on before people start getting extra curious and fake injuries to get into the infirmary." Yoongi said taking the lead to open the door with Jungkook following, the young wolf only paused briefly to whisper "It's happened before, people are so nosey." like he hadn't had a good root through Jimin's phone himself the day before.

Then with great care and his permission, Namjoon and Hoseok were lifting Jimin as instructed with a blanket gently covering his head via Namjoon to protect him from prying eyes.

Jimin might not have been able to see anything but the excitement and whispers in the air where enough to tell him of just how large the packs curiosity had spread and he would eternally be greatful for the thin blanket Namjoon provided.

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Before Yoongi even walked into the room he was already calling "I'm guessing the spare bedding you uncovered was little bits from each of our rooms, Kim Taehyung?" opening the door to his private chamber to be met with a sheepish grin, luckily for the pup, Jin was there ready to defend and protect the other repeating the exact words Taehyung himself had chanted to him; "There's a storm rolling in Yoongi-ah, the pack raided the emergency reserves this morning when you went out to try and beat the storm and return Jiminie's phone. It made sense for him too, and sue him for wanting to surround his newest bond with our scents. It would go against his instincts not too." and the tension in Jin's shoulders as well as the heavy way his scent lingered in the room was enough to make Yoongi halt his playful teasing that he planned to ensue.

Taking a subtle sniff of the air gave Yoongi a good cause to the others posture.

"I meant nothing by it hyung, just like I'm sure Taehyung meant nothing but playful teasing by making the vast majority of the scent in the nest mine. It's all in good fun. How's your stomach?" Jin grimaced muttering "That bad?" and Yoongi nodded subtly noting the lack of Namjoon's presence in the room.

Hoseok answered the question left in the air, saying "Joon's gone to get some tea to calm the pains. We we're just explaining to Jimin why he walked in to Jin hyung being sick in the bathroom." followed by Jimin cringing as he stated "I don't envy you in the slightest."

Seokjin sent Yoongi a sorry look but Yoongi felt more sorry for the boy still in the dark to it all.

"So, how much have they explained about all of this?" Jungkook asked taking the lead, moving to sit on the bed where Jin had Jimin cradled in his lap only to freeze at the intense glare he got before Jin caught himself apologising and nodding for the other to come cuddle. Jimin hummed and summarised "Jin hyung is in the human equivalent of PMS because of a sub gender thing wolves have and the category he falls under. And cuddling surrounded by pack smells helps his wolf feel better even if his body hurts,  I still don't fully understand the wolf part. Taehyungie was just explaining." too which Yoongi nodded in understanding, waiting for Jin's permission to sit on the end of the bed.

Taehyung carried on from where he left off "So, going from where we were before we were so rudely interrupted. Our wolves are a part of us, they are us but they are the part of us that make us want to reach out to our more animalistic sides, their instinct. We are one but separate too, our wolves are what makes us not human, they make us able to shift and share similarities to wolves. our sub gender is linked to that and wit each sub gender comes traits that fit our wolves and our bodies and what our bodies are made for. Our wolves take control in more primitive situations like hyung's now, it wants pack to be soothed but later it'll have a more significant amount of control which will want to mate because that's what this cycle is all about and when that time comes he'll only want Joon hyung because he is his and he and him wolf have accepted him to do that so it'll hurt less during the sex marathon."

And at that Jimin physically choked, Jin was blushing a bright red and Hoseok cackled so Yoongi took over with a simple "Theirs a easier way to explain that's less detailed than where Taehyung was going." rubbing his brow bone as Taehyung beamed at him to explain "Alpha's, beta's and omega's are three subcategories. Like Taehyung said they are our wolves and instinct. They make up a part of us and as such each have roles. Traditionally alpha's would fight, Omega's would bare children and Beta's would be teachers and helpers. To encourage childbirth cycles came to be where an omega would have a heat, alpha's would go into rut and beta's would be hormonal but to a much lesser degree with their biology working closer to that of humans. To ensure children at the end before preventative options were made these cycles would be like an animals and similarly we get the same urges after a certain age of maturing but due to religious beliefs we opted to wait for mating before sharing the cycle. Although now, like primitive 'duties' people opt to share it but we have laws intact to protect our own in their most vulnerable states."

Jimin nodded slowly as he run the information through his head, choosing to pin point on a certain part that had him confused "When you say religious beliefs, what do you mean? Like Christianity or Buddhism?" Because how does a society that arguable goes against logic review their gods. It turns out they didn't.

Jin explained "We follow Dal." which sounded simple enough, if only Jimin had heard of 'Dal' before. He felt more lost at that but Namjoon with a fresh pot of tea walking through the doorway took over with a brief "We believe Dal, the goddess of the moon, blessed wolves to shift into human forms to protect them from vast human hunts for our furs, teeth and meat. She gave that blessing on a full mood at the sacred lake, long lost, to a fated pair of wolves and blessed them so they could live true to themselves without the hunt and hiding changing between both and their blessing was passed on to each set of wolves from that wolves pack who weren't sceptic of that change. And generations later here we are." 

Now that was something Jimin could understand.

It was funny for him to think that even in the world so vastly discovered their were still things that went unknown but he supposed if gods and deity's did exist the most likely would be this 'Dal' considering she protected them so well nobody knows, but then again Jimin was there and learning - it could be their gods faith in him or merely they got lucky with who had discovered them. But he had one question "So does this mean humans could transform if they found that lake?" drawing a fond huff from Jin who had asked "Do you want to become one of us little one?" and any sudden heaviness was ignored for a simple "Not really, I'm comfortable as who I am."

The tension in the room suddenly spiked and Jimin wasn't sure why, subconsciously he nuzzled Jin's shoulder, quick to try and lighten it rushing "I think as long as I am who I am and I wouldn't be expected to change I wouldn't mind what I was but I am what I am." because sure being a wolf would be cool but he was comfortable in his own skin and he had no need to change, not on purpose at the very least - he was just curious, and thankfully with his explanation the tension lessened just enough to be comfortable but Jimin was well aware of the tension that stayed in Yoongi's jaw and for some reason that alone caused all of the hairs to rise on the back of Jimin's neck.

"The storms pulling closer, I'm going to head out and do one last check on the pack to make sure the pups and single huts are stocked." then Yoongi was gone leaving with no other word.

Namjoon groaned as he cracked his back noting "Someone should follow him." and Hoseok and Taehyung were quick to follow through the door leaving just Jimin, Jin, Jungkook and Namjoon where he was being beckoned to the bed to join the cuddles.

"So Jiminie, how about your world, what's different about it?"

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"Yoongi hyung."

"I'm not going to talk about it."

"Hyung."

"He made it clear he doesn't want to be one of us I'm not about to force that."

"Yoongi!"

"What!"

Yoongi turned abruptly, turning from his path to the isolated huts to face the panicked pair, breathing heavily as he tried to calm down and catch his breath from the brisk pace he kept in attempt to shake the two. He tought he had managed it when he took a different turn than most people went but of course the pair had known about having traversed it with Yoongi many times and on their protective rounds.

Taehyung stepped forward reaching slowly for Yoongi hand that he dodged, whimpering "He wasn't rejecting us, don't put words in his mouth to upset yourself. He doesn't know so you can't expect him not to say things like that. He likes who he is he just doesn't know what he is, if anything you should be happy he's comfortable in who he is no matter what. Him not wanting to be one of us isn't against us he's just comfortable in his own skin."

"And I'm happy about that, I am."

"You don't look happy." Hoseok commented closing the space Taehyung respected, too keep between the two to grab the alpha's shoulder. Yoongi tried to shrug him off but he wouldn't move so he stated "I'm happy he is comfortable as who he is as a person but when he finds out that will all change, I don't know why he hasn't experienced certain things which would make it obvious but I'm betting it's due to his isolation from a pack and the longer he's here the more his view on himself will change. I don't want his feeling of comfortable to be ruined."

"What if the change is in motion now? His comfortable lost? Would you have him left alone to find out on accident and upset because we could have told him but didn't. Would you be okay with him being scared and alone all because you misunderstood the point after he explained it because you were so focused on the first half you missed the rest." Taehyung asked from a place of desperation trying to get Yoongi to see as Yoongi gently pushed him away after another attempt to hold his arm to soothe him, "Don't put the blame on me Taehyung."

Yoongi felt a pang of guilt for rejecting the others advances, he knew he was just trying to help but he didn't want it and he was getting angry because he didn't understand how they couldn't see where he was coming from. He wanted to be alone but neither moved, instead Hoseok drew closer shoving Yoongi towards the nearest tree to corner him as he asked "As his destined and arranged mate isn't it your duty to tell him?" level headed even as Yoongi's eyes flashed red - his Alpha not wanting to ignore the subtle challenge as it growled "It's my duty to protect him!"

But Hoseok stayed level headed as he spoke "Then tell him the truth before his body starts to change on him, tell him and make sure he isn't afraid. Protect your Omega, Alpha, before someone else tries because I promise you people out there are willing to try." And Yoongi pushed the other off as a rage grew in him, his alpha saw red but Yoongi saw sense fighting his instinct to move away from the pair, guilt already flooding him.

The last thing he heard was "Cool off and do your rounds, we'll be expecting you back before the storm hits. And I'm sorry we upset you, we wouldn't be here if we weren't prepared for confrontation. Try and take a minute before you return." And as the storm hits he does.

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When Yoongi got back he made his way back to his room wanting to be alone, the pack was prepared and Yoongi had personally taken any lacking supplies to the few families who needed it before taking the time to calm himself fully headed back home. One thing he overlooked was the guest he had in his room but when the door opened and he was faced with him he was thankful to find Jimin sat there reading on his own.

He didn't think he could cope with the whole pack so soon after an emotional bursst, they weren't frequent but even the best of people had them.

Jimin looked up just as Yoongi went to turn around, "Hyung?" being caught he knew he couldn't retreat.

Instead he opted "Hi Jimin-ah, just thought I'd come check on you." offering a tired smile, nodding towards Jimin's book and adding "I didn't mean to interrupt." which had Jimin quickly closing his book as he sat up a little taller answering "You didn't interrupt, I- I just want to apologise for before. The other said I didn't upset you but I feel like I did and I just wanted to apologise."

Yoongi felt a punch to his gut when he noticed Jimin draw his bottom lip into his teeth seeing just how bitten raw it was, he made the other worry he'd done something wrong and he had to take the responsibility "There's no need to apologies, if anything I should be so I'm sorry. I put words in your mouth mentally and I shouldn't have done that but I did and I got upset about it and used my job as an excuse to get away, I really like you Jimin and I'd hate to create tension between us over this. Your lovely to talk too and lovely all around. Not everybody would want this life especially those raised in another and I understand that, always have but I guess because I took it wrong it would be easier to leave, so yeah sorry..." Yoongi was stood there awkwardly through the whole spiel but somewhere in it Jimin had butt shuffled his way to the bed cutting it off in the end to insist "No no don't apologise-" and by then he was trying to stand but the minute weight hit his foot he was flinching and stumbling only to be caught seconds from the floor by Yoongi's strong arms hearing a small huff as Yoongi muttered "Silly pup. You're hurt." more soft than scolding.

"I like it out here you know." breaking the comfortable silence that had formed between the two.

"This place is like a breath of fresh air to the city and it feels different just being here. You should pried yourself on that. I might not have been here for long but the environment is something I could see myself very quickly growing to love and I might not even want to leave after this storm has passed so please don't think I hate it here, or being around you and your people. Everyone I've met have been warm so they won't run me off before we get to know each other because I like you too hyung, just like I like the others your all very lovely." and with a boost of confidence he didn't know where it came from he added "Although your definitely lovelier than those." then he picked up his book to a random page and pretended to focus on it as Yoongi watched him with a dropped jaw that slowly dissolved into a grin until he was poking at Jimin's sides.

"Your a little minx you know that."

"Not a clue. Me? never."

"Mhm go back to reading pretty, I'm going to have a quick shower." Yoongi said moving to the door only to pause and turn back with a mischievous grin "Your welcome to join, if I'm so lovely it's only right to offer to share." which earned a gasp and a pillow to the head as Jimin called him a filthy cheat. All of the tension had melted away just with Jimin's mere presence and Yoongi hated how weak that had his heart, he didn't even bring up the truth to Jimin when it was the perfect chance too. He resigned himself to doing so some point after his shower trying not to let the dread and fear build again.

He didn't want to run head first into a storm but he had the choice of the literal and metaphoric, and the one that didn't kill him would always win. Unknowingly, Jimin already carried his heart in his hands.

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Fresh out of the shower Yoongi decided to torment Jimin's poor heart with his bare chest littered with intricate tattoo's that he faintly recalled Namjoon mention being apart of their culture. It wasn't like they were so shocking that they had his breath caught in his throat, it was more so they were so pretty and perfectly placed he felt his throat dropping to his stomach. Apart of him felt like he needed to inform the other he was gay because he knew very well he was ogling but he didn't think he could take a blow like that if Yoongi was to recoil knowing they had to share a room but another part of him was saying to make it clear he was attracted to the other and it was giving him a headache. A glorious, glorious headache from looking at a glorious man.

It wasn't the first time Jimin had the urge to make something clear but he could strongly agree it was the first time the inkling was urging him to offer his whole heart to a practical stranger no matter how familiar he felt. And seeing the other stood almost bear with the thick smell of cedarwood from whatever the other used in his shower had his stomach bursting with butterflies and his skin practically itching to get closer.

He didn't realise he said it until the words were out of his mouth, full body recoiling ready to be judged after the slip;

"I'm gay."

But nothing had come from it, Yoongi had paused in rooting through his draws to look at Jimin with a distinct look of confusion. He looked like he wanted to ask something but thought better of it and Jimin being the masochist he was filled the silence saying "I like boys. A lot." and he swore he was about ready to fly out of the window to get out of the situation he just launched himself in. He didn't want to wait so how Yoongi reacted but he stayed frozen where he was with his cheeks blazing as Yoongi processed.

He could see it on his face, the confusion, the realisation, the confusion again and then the puzzled look that he sent to Jimin as he replied "Okay?" slowly like he was still thinking about it, and Jimin wanted the floor to swallow him whole. But once again his mouth wasn't listening to his brain as he all but purred "You look really good right now." squeaking and pulling his hair as he apologised "I'm sorry, I'm so weird I don't know why I said that. It's like my mouth to brain has no filter." And finally something akin to understanding flashed on Yoongi's face followed closely by something smug then once again back to neutral as he moved closer to sit beside Jimin, shirt in tow.

And oh so easily Yoongi took his breath away with five simple words, "I'm glad you think so." followed by a much more hesitant "But I'm not quite following the rest. I haven't heard the word gay in a long time and I forgot about it which was my bad, but can I ask how it makes you weird? Your perfectly entitled to like who and what you want. There's nothing weird about that. Why are you so scared?" And Jimin wanted to scream for giving his feelings away so easily.

"Most people would find it offensive and gross, not normal could be another way of saying it from where I come from. And, they definitely wouldn't be okay with walking around shirtless near me knowing I do, so I guess I felt like I had to tell you because I- I find you really..." He didn't want to admit it straight up but with the whine that left his mouth in his frustration he thought it might've just been easier to say. Yoongi took it in his stride though, chuckling softly as he tilted Jimin chin so they made eye contact, promising "I'm more flattered than anything, especially with it coming from someone as pretty as you." And Jimin was about ready to force this man to pay for his hospital bills because he was sure all the blood vessels in his face had burst with how intensely his face was burning.

Yoongi continued "The world you come from will always be weird to me but this will always be the weirdest aspect, gender isn't important when love is love but I understand how it's similar to our history with sub gender and tradition which rooted in population control and low birth rates." He paused to finally finish tugging his shirt on much to Jimin's chagrin and thanks, expanding "Most packs, even now, focus on couples that are capable of producing off spring after we lost a large amount of us in a massive battle years back. The more desired off spring would be alpha then omega then beta so the odds of them was dependant on the different parings but the most traditional was opposite sub gender to keep population as equal as possible. That was until the surge for alpha's came along with opposite gender alpha x alpha couples. Alpha's have traditionally been seen as the warriors so for war they were wanted most so people purposely bared child without a mating mark so that army's could be built devoid of attachment. It was disgusting really, omega's were almost being wiped out during the vast war before the hierarchy and we are still recovering now generations on, but not everyone learned from history. Thankfully we had which is why I probably find the concept being around still so bazaar, falling along your own circumstance."

Jimin found the whole topic fascinating and couldn't hide his wonder as he asked "Theirs a hierarchy?" and Yoongi nodded albeit more reluctant.

"We had to create a hierarchy within packs to prevent fights within, and the same thing came to be over each forest land territory to avoid fights and bring about more reason, this role was given to the pack that was directly to be born of the moon as they were the only pack able to function in the recovery of the war as they were the only pack thriving with each subcategory having not bread a alpha army but used whomever offered there aid for different roles including healing which lead to less casualties, they also won with their allies but as the main lead in the effort all packs, albeit some reluctantly, signed a treaty of peace to them. Any major conflict was managed within that bloodline which we already compared to royalty and so anything close to war would be managed by them to prevent another major disaster so we wouldn't end up wiped out or close to it again. They made the lycan flourish after a catastrophe when we were nearly gone but sadly not everyone respected their sacrifice and work and now that pack is no more..."

Jimin could feel the heaviness those last words carried and with the wonder and amazement that he felt at the start, he felt the transformation to grief and he had the overwhelming urge to whisper "I'm sorry." hand reaching for Yoongi's arm in comfort where Yoongi covered it with his own hand, raising it to press lightly against his lips whispering "You have no need to be." Yoongi stood up again with a heavy sigh, cracking his back before turning back to Jimin with a tired smile. He didn't want to leave the other so soon but he had made his mind up on one thing and that was to tell Jimin the truth but he wanted reassurance, needed it really and he only had so long before Jin was in the thick of his heat where he could get the reassurance he needed, Jin's heats may be shorter than most thanks to the tea he drinks but he needed to talk to him and Namjoon now. So with great reluctance he told Jimin "I'm just going to make sure SeokJin hyung and Namjoon have everything they need for the next day, I'll be back in a minute, okay?" which Jimin nodded too, it was only when he was at the door the younger stopped him with a weak call of his name;

"Yoongi?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you for sharing that with me."

"It was my honour."

And he left.

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He couldn't knock on the door, he couldn't. In such a short walk away from his room he could admit the urge to tell Jimin was all instinct and he wasn't ready for it, not mentally. He wanted to tell him, his alpha did, he did want to but he couldn't. He didn't want to be the villain to ruin his life and no matter how eager and open and patient and damn cuddly and vulnerable Jimin had looked in that moment of sharing he didn't think he could do it. Maybe if he hadn't left he could've but he wanted an opinion and he now had convinced himself he didn't need said opinion and he was just pacing wasting his own time.

Unluckily he was pacing a little louder than he should've if he didn't want a extremely hyper sensitive omega to notice and Jin was stood in the door way bouncing his own foot impatiently only speaking when caught to ask "Are you going to ask whatever your here to ask or am I going have to cuddle you into oblivion until your calm enough to talk on your own. Your pheromones are being thrown every where and I'm sorry but stress isn't a good scent on you."

He was caught, the panicked look in his eyes mixed with the defeat he felt in his body must have been physical because he got himself all worked up again and by the time he was ready to try and speak Jin already had him in his arms and Namjoon was quickly coming to join the group cuddles. Jin, the only one who could say it, was the one who broke the silence to sigh "What's wrong pup?" and Yoongi found himself bursting. He felt so out of place with everything that was happening and he didn't think he had any control over the moment anymore, his head and his heart wanted two different things and Jimin just being there was turning his brain off and into mush. He was overwhelmed by everything and from digging up the past and he knew there was more to dig but what he wanted most was Jimin.

He wanted the worst of it to be done so the other wouldn't be angry longer, he knew he had the right to know but it had been such a short time and he knew it could affect their relationship more the longer he left it but he wasn't sure what comfort Jimin had stuck in a house with practical strangers in the middle of the storm because at the end of the day he didn't understand his instincts and being aware their there and doing there thing while he doesn't know how to work with them would be an isolated nightmare Yoongi didn't want to wish on his worst enemy let alone his Jimin, another thing he grumbled about was that his wolf had already claimed him as his own.

Seokjin and Namjoon just listened, like they regularly did. They knew the minute Jungkook had brought Jungkook into their territory it would cause a lot of emotions for Yoongi which is why they supported him keeping that distance, they thought the longer they'd weight the less of an impact it had but they proved themselves wrong with how much Yoongi was stuck in his own head. He may have matured as a leader but the whole situation with Jimin was a separate event and no matter how prepared he was to lead his pack into prosperity he was still a novice at understanding his own feelings and processing but knowing he had an omega out there his alpha would never let another truly in to help, alpha pride be dammed or not. He'd made his own prison but they realised going along with him may as well have been holding the key just out of reach. Jin especially.

He was older, he thought he was doing the right thing but seeing Yoongi now said otherwise and no matter how proud he was for Yoongi coming to him, for Yoongi to even acknowledge he probably should tell Jimin, he felt like he failed them both. Maybe if he didn't send Jimin away all along he'd have never been in this situation.

It was why he said "Turn your brain of Yoongichi, this is on me." The alpha went to deny it but Jin was feeling irritable and his wolf halted him like a scolded pup. "If you want to do it, do. I created this mess inadvertently and from what we've seen Jimin is more than capable for this. He isn't alone no matter the semantics and even if someone thought they were there for him they weren't because he's already told us he's felt alone every day of his life. You'd be doing nothing wrong being honest and if he asks why now or if you were ever going to tell him tell him as one of the lone survivors I made this choice, not you. Because in the end I did for his safety. And tell him come the morning I'll be there to answer any of his questions."

"But hyung, your heat. That's too soon-"

"Hush, none of that. I know my limits and Jimin is one of my pups now. Like it or not. He will always be welcome in my nest if he needs me. As are you but I think you have somewhere else to be now don't you?"

Yoongi nodded albeit reluctantly, "Then you should be off then." it was Namjoon to speak this time, giving one last squeeze as he stepped back and it was just in time as Jin released a fresh wave of pheromones that had Namjoon alpha flashing with Yoongi's too close proximity to his claimed mate - Yoongi understood and took no offense, high tailing it out of there.

When he made it back to his room this time he was prepared.

"That was quick." Jimin said the moment Yoongi stepped foot in the room, to which the other teased "I did say I'd only be a minute." but Jimin could tell the air around him was slightly more fidgety than before and it had him feeling a little restless.

"Jimin-ah, do you want to chat in a different spot, the windowsill has a beautiful view." Yoongi offered and Jimin found himself nodding along on the off chance it'd make the other feel more at ease but once again the other grew tenser and he felt helpless on what to do, he only got a seconds reprieve when butterflies consumed him as he was lifted and carried to the new spot and only another moment after that as he was placed, then his focus was back to the nerves from before.

Yoongi sat ahead of him gently moving Jimin's leg so it rested in his lap, Jimin was the one who spoke first commenting "It's like a ghost town out there." and when Yoongi went to look he was happy to find it was.

"It's safer for us to stay indoors before a storm hits, the pups follow by example and if they were to get caught in a storm and sick the likely hood of survival would be dim. We value each life here and staying inside when there more than a heavy rain is safer. Living out here has its perks but also its hazards. The trees can fall on houses or lone wanderers, the weaker members of our pack could grow ill from the cold since the storms can mess up the little bits of electrics we have out here. There's a lot of risks, it's just safer. Closer to summer we would be a lot less careful but the winter storms are to sporadic. It's easier to stay home."

Jimin nodded showing his understanding, eyes still focused on the tops of the houses in the near distance away. He looked content there, looking out at it all with no weight or pressure on his shoulders. To him it was all just a pack, something new and fascinating but soon it could come to be a burden but the last parting words Namjoon sent him off with wrung through his ears reminding him why it's better now than later "Don't let him get too comfortable hyung, it'll flip everything upside down."

He was pulled from his thoughts when Jimin tentatively reached for one of Yoongi's hands to hold in his own, he looked up through his lashes to Yoongi to look for any signs of discomfort and when he found none he held the hand more surely, fiddling with a ring the elder wore on his middle finger. It was when he looked closer at the design he noted "I have a ring just like this." pulling a necklace from where it rested under his shirt with two rings safe and secure on the chain, he added "It's one of the only things that was found with me when I was left on  the door step of the home."

It was confusing to see a ring so similar on Yoongi but he was ready to pass it off as coincidence until he looked up and saw a look of guilt on Yoongi's face, brows only furrowing more as he mumbled "It's the pack alpha's emblem, each pack has their own." and that caught Jimin's attention.

He looked down to the rings he held in one hand then back to Yoongi's own before returning his gaze to the elder who readily held it this time, he seemed tense and it only served to confuse Jimin more.

"Jimin-ah, how much do you know about your parents?"

That alerted red flags.

Jimin was suddenly hesitant to recount what he'd been so easy to share in the past, the way Yoongi was looking at him apologetic had him cringing with the inkling that something was going to come from it and the way Yoongi looked so guilt ridden had him feeling it was nothing good - the link between supposedly wolven rings he was wearing and his parents had his mind travelling to places he wasn't sure how to process and he was extremely confused by the whole situation.

After getting no answers Yoongi slowly lifted his hand from Jimin's own to reach for his necklace and when Jimin made no move to stop him he carefully released the latch, not pulling fully back but staying closer so he could take both of Jimin's hands in his own, raising the daintier of the two rings and slipping it onto Jimin's own finger, cupping Jimin's hands in his own.

"What I'm about to tell you by no means changes anything, you are still Park Jimin. The same Park Jimin who grew up in that home, who went to school, who loves with ease and grace. You're still you. Nothing decided for you is what choice you have to take and what has happened doesn't resign you to a fate. You're a free person little one and I need you to understand that before I tell you a story. Do you understand?" Yoongi asked in earnest and Jimin found himself nodding along as confusion consumed him whole.

"Hyung do you... do you know my parents?"

"Technically yes, we met once a long long time ago. A time from my life I barely remember." and like that all of Jimin's confusion exploded into curiosity and eagerness. But he had to ask one thing that he didn't believe, he just had to be sure which is why he asked "Were they killed by wolves?"

It was like a punch to the gut how Yoongi recoiled and Jimin felt his heart sink to his stomach, subconsciously trying to pull his hands away even though he didn't want to believe Yoongi's pack had anything to do with it - even if they did Yoongi was still young, he wouldn't have been involved and he's in charge now. Thing would've been different right? or maybe it wasn't Yoongi's pack, he mentioned there are many over a territory. His thoughts were running wild trying to find a answer that made sense, his whole body frozen not even daring to breathe.

He didn't hear while Yoongi called out to him and he only remembered the other was there when his hands landed on his cheeks, breath brushing over his face at the close proximity as Yoongi tried to pull him back - from what he didn't know. Snippets of nightmares, memories; of wolves and people, fire and howls, darkness as the sounds grew louder then a wolf - nothing more than a pup - placed him somewhere as his cries echoed into the nights.

Fear and confusion consumed his being; he couldn't piece things together and he didn't know if he was safe, was he safe?

"Jimin-ah."

He gasped not realising he was fully crying now cradled to Yoongi's chest, "You're safe. It's okay. I'll tell you everything I promise. Your in no danger here nor were your family, your pack."

Pack? so many thoughts were reeling in his head and he made no sense of them, all he could do was look at Yoongi lost and try to listen as he calmed him, the air smelling stronger of cedar wood as the edges of the fear dissipated and he melted slowly until all that was left was a lost vessel of a man. "Yoongi."

"I know little one, it's a lot but I'll tell you everything I know about that night. You deserve to know and I'm sorry I couldn't tell you sooner."

"It's okay." Jimin promised with a shuddering breath just wanting to be closer and Yoongi complied without a word even being said as he shifted Jimin into his lap fully, still careful of his leg even in his haste to act "Please just tell me, tell me what you know... Jin." The wolf, pup, run familiar in a sense and his heart spoke the connection before his mind could and Yoongi nodded solemn whispering "Seokjin was the one who hid you."

"Could you tell me what you know, please or what you've heard?"

"I'll explain to you what I know to the best of my ability" Yoongi promised, adding "Although it was a long time ago and I was just a pup that night has haunted all packs under the Parkim loyalty, I'll tell you all I know myself and all I've learned but first I think I should explain more about us, wolves that is. You know what I told you before but I haven't been fully transparent avoiding politics."

He took a heavy breath, looking Jimin over one more time before nodding on a silent decision he made, "Wolves and lycan are similar in the way we are pack beings, we travel and exist together to survive. We protect our own like wolves do. We had our government form, similar to yours in the sense of hierarchy. I think I specifically mention the Parkim clan before?" Jimin nodded and signalled for Yoongi to proceed "I come from the Min pack, formerly second in command to our Alpha and Omega's ruling pack the Parkim. Beside us, albeit reluctantly was... them..."

Jimin looked confused but he didn't prod as the disgust and anger Yoongi held was enough to tell him to be patient.

"The war from eons ago formed this pyramid and the Parkim clan held their closest ally close but also their greatest enemy, giving them power in their generosity but to reform the pack that survived thinking them and their teachings could be saved. My pack watched on and observed as no change ever came, not once in a millennia. But then one day there was a change, a bad one. We caught wind of treachery and informed our Omega and Alpha, they wanted to uproot the Min pack and take claim over the Parkim by taking their newly born son and forcefully mating into power." The last words were said with such venom that Jimin found himself growing angry too.

"Mating is sacred and should never be desecrated by green yet it was lead by greed for land and power again that that pack acted with only themselves in mind, causing issues from the past to re-emerge. The Parkim clan, the whole clan really were disgusted by this news and to avoid a repeat in history a massive snub happened, the fallen were stripped of all the aid and their name, their territories suffering as they refused to call to any other leader and a political marriage was arranged between their omega son and the alpha child of the Min pack to unite all their territories and eliminate the threat on the Omegan prince."

Jimin felt disgust, grateful they lost so much after an act so tedious as the thought they were going to force something on a innocent child and repeat history that Jimin had only just learned and recognised to be catastrophic. 

Yoongi continued "And so a marriage was arranged between alpha wolf Min Yoongi of the Min pack." pointing to his self "And omega wolf Park Jimin of the pack Park, noble bloodline of the territory Parkim and next inline leader of the noble clan." gently poking Jimin's own chest.

Jimin's eyes widened in surprised and all he managed to grasp was "I'm-" before Yoongi was answering "Your a wolf like us little one, those rings belong to your parents, our former clan leaders before the failed revolt and the loss of our omega - my to be mate." Jimin tilted his head with his brows furrowed so Yoongi explained once more drawing in the condensation in the window in hopes of making it easier;

"There are two types of marriages I suppose it is in human terms, arranged and chosen but our chosen mates typically come from a pull of a bond. As lycan's destiny can lead us to who were are made for or who would suit us in two bonds. Imprinting and Soul bonds. Not everyone is lucky to form a soul bond but imprinting is something many wolves experience creating that one bond meant to last a life time which is sealed by a mating mark."

He circled the two stick figures he drew on the left "To be able to mate it has to be consenting or the bond will form corrupted, my parents didn't have that bond but have generationally had the duty to marriage for power as the top defenders of our clan, they had no love or bond but they were bound for life, miserable, and birthed me. My fathers heart never belonged to my mother and as such the bond failed to form fully. For my family it's only a dream for us to mate someone we can truly bond with but it's rarer than us coming across humans."

He circled the two on the right "Your parents had the precious soul bond and when you were born they had no intent in forcing a mating until you were threatened so they had made arrangements so if you were to mate one day it would be with someone who would protect you, they thought of your best interest were as my family views on mating made it all political. Your parents loved you Jimin and I need you to understand that and how deep their love ran before I continue with this." Yoongi cupped his face, eyes searching as he reassured "They loved you more than the Dal herself. You were their world and they did everything they could to protect you. You weren't a piece in a chess game, you were the game they played to win. They wanted what was best for you."

Jimin's eyes had tears ready to fall and Yoongi wiped them before they had a chance to stain his cheeks, kissing his fore head as he let Jimin have a moment to process as his tears continued to fall.

His heart felt so heavy but light all at once and he was scared of where the story was going to take them, he was scared for how Yoongi must've felt all this time with the burden of it all. A repeat in his families history on the hope they would get along, which he supposes he's thankful that they do but theirs still so much for him to carry even after promising Jimin his freedom, something he understood somewhat better now.

His confusion as to his origin being that of a wolf confused him heavily but his mind was preoccupied with history and it was why he slammed down any of those uncertain trains of thoughts to ask "What happened next?" stuttering as he tried to pull himself together as Yoongi drew two figure beneath the two pairs he circled, explaining "We were arranged to meet. And we did, three moon cycles before the attack."

"The arranged marriage wasn't thought of by the other packs as they schemed to regain favour but after our first and last meet... rumours flew wild. I say rumours but in reality it was the truth, we formed a bond the say we met, a soul bond which favoured another prosperous future for the clan and eliminated any chance of a bond being accepted and viable by any other, like those who had been stripped. It was... a win all around I suppose. You parents were promise compatibility and love for you, my parents got power they wanted and somewhere behind the bitterness I recall them having in those few months after I think they were happy for me too... But rumours have a way of spreading and the forgotten heard of what had transpired."

Jimin's heart ached and he wanted to tell Yoongi he was sure his family would be happy for him too but he didn't have the chance as Yoongi rushed past it, quick to drop the bomb shell "They made the choice to abduct you and wipe out the Park pack to take full power of the Parkim, they planned on separation dimming the bond so one of there own would mate you. And like that they attacked. Three full moon cycles after we met for the first and only time until now." Yoongi licked his lips looking away as he muttered "But I guess in the end it didn't matter because I feel as safe as you now as I did then..."

Jimin wanted to reach out, to say something, do something but he couldn't. His heart was heavy in so many ways and he needed to know how it ends, how Jin came to hiding him, how he got his parents rings, how and if they died.

"The night they attacked the full population of the Park pack was wiped out. Six packs sieged the one and burnt every building to the ground. Your father fought on the front lines to protect the pact, your mother and you. He begged your mother to escape with you, to take you somewhere safe but she didn't want to leave his side. She knew the risk you'd be under if she went with you. Her fully developed scent easy to track and the pain she'd feel that could very well kill if or when your father died. She was helping pull children into the woods, to urge them to run when she called for Jin. The omega son of her best friend. She trusted him with you and entrusted him with the duty to protect you. To take you to the human home beyond the trees were no wolves would dare to go and then to pass on the message of the attack and your safety to the Min pack."

Yoongi shuddered and Jim gasped as he felt a tear land on his bear thigh "But it didn't happen like that." A sob broke through Yoongi's resolve as he shrunk in on himself and curled into Jimin's chest crying out "I'm sorry!" Out of everything that took place on that night and over those months this was the part he hated the most, guilt and heart break consuming him every time even with Jimin holding him close and soothing "You don't need to apologise you did nothing wrong." crying himself for his mothers sacrifice but Yoongi couldn't leave it there, Jimin had to know the truth.

"A hunting party lead by my alpha mother found Seokjin in the woods carrying you, he informed her of what had happened and she sent her party to aid taking Seokjin and you with her as she went to find my father. She told him... she told him what was happening and that you needed help but he- he didn't care Jimin." he sobbed out.

"He didn't care about what happened now, said your parents were long dead and he had no duty anymore, not to the weak. He told my mother to go dump you somewhere in the woods to die and said Seokjin could stay but only because he presented strong and uncharacteristically for an omega. My mother didn't want to leave you though, she remembered the task Jin had sworn himself to which she herself swore to him she would uphold and she took you to the orphanage with Jin by her side. But when he found out, he was livid. He was screaming, shouting, he was smashing anything around her for her disobedience and then he did something beyond redemption."

He let out a shuddered breath.

"He sentenced my mother to death, for breaking the loyalty to her pack. For sending our men to die and for impotence. It was a show for strength with the alliance destroyed, the omega son of Parkim was declared lost and now we stood alone as a power house."

Jimin gasped at the revelation.

"Yoongi-"

"I'm sorry. I'm so so sorry. We could've saved them, we could've tried. I'm sorry Jimin-ah."

Jimin pulled Yoongi face this time to look at him as he avoided eye contact, pressing their heads together with tears running onto both of their hands where Yoongi raised his to cover Jimin own to get him to let go, but Jimin didn't budge and Yoongi didn't have the fight left to make him.

"If anyone should be sorry here Yoongi-ah it should be me, I took your mother from you and I am so so sorry."

Yoongi choked on a sob in protest but Jimi shushed him as he cried "If I had died there with my family your family would be alive still, you'd have your mother even if your dad is beyond redeem." But Yoongi shook his head in denial crying "Don't say stupid things." Hugging Jimin finally, whispering "Helping you showed her humanity, she wasn't bad like he was she just got the shitty end of a bad deal and had to make her best of it. She was always to good for her all I can hope is she found peace in death, the bond not forming meant she was free from him in whatever came after and that's all I could ever wish for her. The only regret I have in regards to her is I couldn't give her her freedom for longer."

Jimin nuzzled his neck which had Yoongi melting even more calming them both as they breathed simultaneously until the tears were no more and it was quiet between the two, Jimin had one question "What did you mean when you said you could've give her her freedom longer hyung? I though you said she was free because of the bond." and Yoongi tensed a little, holding Jimin just that bit tighter before deflating and admitting to arguably his worst sin.

"I was ten years old when I challenged the pack alpha to a duel for power of the pack, he accepted thinking it'd be another show of power proving he would fight his own son. I'm sure he'd have fought me to death if he had the upper hand but my anger and want for justice for my people, my pack was enough to urge me on. My mother, the biological Min, would never have wanted this for her people and their was only one way to right his wrongs and it was to get rid of him. I knew what I risked when I challenged him for position of pack alpha before he was 'ready to hand it over' and I did what needed to be done, my only regret being I sent him to the same realm as her in the after life. Seven years after he sentenced her to death and seven years since the Parkim massacre."

No matter how grim the connotations Jimin felt pride flare in him at the strength Yoongi showed, it might not be legal where he came from but he could see how it passed here and he held no disgust or malice to the alpha even if the alpha did himself, if anything he respected Yoongi more and felt even more connected to his parents having met the person they deemed acceptable for him, especially with all the love and consideration Yoongi told him they put into it. The only person he could think of who was that strong was Jin himself loosing his pack, his duty and going to a hellish place from Yoongi's depiction - he wanted to hug the omega and alpha and protect them from the world even if he knew it wasn't possible.

"I always looked for you you know?" Yoongi asked, looking to Jimin with a more solemn look this time "I used to sneak out to try and find this home beyond the trees and when I did I didn't know what to do, you were stood there right before me and I acted before I could think and approached you in my wolf form, Jin hyung found me just in the nick of time before some random person hit me with that dumb stick." and Yoongi was full force pouting by the end pulling a feathery light giggle from Jimin's lips.

Yoongi swiped his thumb across Jimin's cheek basking in the beautiful smile and flushness that rested under his touch and whispered "I'm sorry I couldn't do any more for you Jimin-ah..." and Jimin held Yoongi hand turning into his palm and kissing it as he promised "You've done more than enough, thank you hyung." leaning back only to draw a heart in between the gap of the two stick figures Yoongi had done before.

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After their heart to heart Jimin said they should move to the bed and Yoongi easily obliged him only to fall into Jimin's trap. When Yoongi had placed Jimin down carefully Jimin was quick to roll making the other fall over him and land on the bed and he latched onto him with his good leg and arms only to declare "We both need a nap after that." holding Yoongi captive as his personal pillow until the older stopped fighting saying he was fine and agreed.

Much to Yoongi's dismay Jimin had let go of him but when Jimin caught wind of the elders pout he easily slipped a little closer holding their hands between them where he hid head buried under Yoongi's chin. Jimin had no clue why but being so close to Yoongi's neck had him close to purring with how content he felt and he supposed it could have something to do with the new information that he's a wolf but he opted to save that line of questioning to ask someone else encase it was embarrassing.

Jimin took note that Yoongi said the two shared a soul bond and that it made him feel safe and Jimin could relate to that, it explained a lot but he still had so many questions and apart of him only felt comfortable asking them to Jin so he decided to just wait until he could see the omega again after his heat, until then Jimin would hold off and snuggle the fuck out of Yoongi's neck. It was when he shifted just a little bit more forward and his lips caught the small expanse of skin on Yoongi's next that the older of the two's chest started to vibrate as he made a rumbly sort of sound and much to Jimin's embarrassment he subconsciously let out a soft trill like purr which had him pulling away to cringe in embarrassment.

Yoongi clearly had been on the brink of sleep or actually asleep while he had been thinking because when he spoke his voice was grumbly and heavy with sleep, blunt as he commented "You're thinking too much." and pulled Jimin close once again, Jimin thought he was going to leave it there, let him bask in his embarrassment in silent, but Yoongi couldn't find his tiredness again with worry over the other. It's why less than five minutes later he was grumbling "What are you thinking about?"

Jimin contemplated not answering, pretending he was asleep and just missed what Yoongi had said, but the need to share and voice what was going on in his head was larger.

"I'm overwhelmed and confused."

He half expected Yoongi to say it isn't that big of a deal and brush it off like other people in his life had whenever he expressed feeling but something about the Min Pack clearly was different because instead of demeaning his feelings Yoongi nodded, shifting to give Jimin his full attention as he agreed "That's understandable." leaving the space for Jimin to continue speaking.

Jimin felt lost on what to say because there was so much he wanted to get into but only so much he felt he could without embarrassing himself so he thought about what was most present, other than the curiosity about being a completely different species he didn't know existed just days ago. It was easy to say the first place his mind had wondered, "Are you okay?"

A breath of air brushed Jimin's fringe back like it was literally stolen or the question was a punch to the gut, "That's quite the question isn't it little one?" Jimin nodded looking to meet the faint outline of Yoongi's cat like eyes in the dark, finding more warmth than distress than he had expected. It gave Jimin the confidence to explain "All of that was surely a lot more for you than it was for me, because you knew the people and history. You knew the loss and lived it."

"I'm just the fraud who apparently had a whole lineage behind him that he knew nothing about, people I should feel more for and mourn who I never even knew. I have this disconnect... I mourned their loss long ago and knowing how doesn't change they died. It only changes what I knew and now from a family torn apart by death we're a family torn apart out of love. My father was a warrior, loyal to his people who he fought for till his death. My mother was selfless and gave herself to allow me and Seokjin hyung to escape as well as the opportunity for others. It doesn't change that they died and I never knew them, I knew none of this." he cringed as images of fire shot in his mind reminding him that he did even if he wanted to continue to believe he didn't.

"I- I might have these vague fragments, things that make sense now I know this from when I was a child, from when you told your story but that isn't... it isn't me. That isn't Park Jimin it's-"

"The omega prince lost among the mayhem."

Jimin squeezed Yoongi's hands a bit tighter.

"It's okay to feel disconnected. And it's okay to process how you need to but in the end your trauma is valid, whether it's from how you mourned them before or now. You are justified to be upset with all of this being re brought up but your justified in not being able to make that connection. Your Park Jimin. Yes. Your that orphan who grew up in that home not knowing who he was. But your also Park Jimin, wolf and pup of the noble lineage. Your Park Jimin who is going to have to find a way to find himself again while holding on to who he is as he processes because it's the only way you'll survive in this world. And your incredible for being able to lie here and wonder if I'm okay, a practical stranger-"

"Your not a stranger hyung."

"I am and that's okay." Yoongi insisted when Jimin went to protest again, reminding "It doesn't invalidate the bond between us, but it says a lot about you as a person Jimin and you may just see yourself as an orphan, but what I see is a incredible, generous and kind young man, who has a heart so big he can spare himself aside to ask someone new if they were okay before himself. Your remarkable Park Jimin and the Moon Goddess Dal is blessed to have you among her children."

It felt like a golf ball had formed in his throat as his eyes brimmed with tears, Yoongi was quick to notice and tut whispering "It's okay pup." pulling the other into his chest. Nobody, not once in his whole life, had spoken so kindly to him with such genuine sentiment with nothing behind it and the words hung heavy in his heart grounding him that everything happening is real and there are people who can mean so much to him right where he is. For the first time in a very long time he didn't feel alone and he was so grateful for the people the world has presented him with.

He laughed out a sob, batting Yoongi's jumper "You still didn't answer my question dumbo." getting a fond huff back.

"I came to terms with my life a long time ago and I've long since accepted those responsibilities. Reliving those hours of my life aren't enjoyable but it never fails to remind me how far we've come. Just ten years ago this pack was like any other traditional, there were far less in our numbers and we've grown in wide expanse with all our smaller packs within the clan forming as one giant with the tyrant removed. We haven't had run ins with the fallen pack and their followers in years now and we don't intend on it any time soon. My pack are my family, the people I choose and I hold each dearly to me for what it is they do and provide by being here with us. It takes water to bloom a flower and the tears that were shed over that dark time made this tree of ours bloom, each branch and leaf just as important as the next. I may have lost my mother but I gained so much from her loss and I intend on making all those who were Lost's sacrifices not in vein."

Jimin felt his heart swell with pride and without any thought, rhyme or reason he moved closer, closing the gap between the two until he could feel the breath of Yoongi's lips on his own.

"I think you're remarkable Min Yoongi."

"I could say the same about yourself."

Without hesitation the distance closed in a chaste kiss.

"Let's try to rest now pup."

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"Hyung where you that wolf pup from back then?"

"Took you a while to make that connection."

"Oh my god, you were so fluffy-"

"Please no-"

"I just wanted to pick you up and smother you in kisses, are you still that fluffy now? You'd make a nice blanket. Want to cuddle me as a wolf hyung? You can lie on me like an over sized lap top while I play with your fur."

"Sleep!"

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Yoongi woke first, which didn't come as much of a shock to him. In the grand scheme of things he hadn't done as much as he normally would've the day before, tending to Jimin and then having the day cut short by the storm that had finally rolled in. Harsh winds as rain bordered on a blizzard hit his window. He could only hope now that it had hit everyone was safely inside their dens.

Looking at Jimin the bags were still heavy under his eyes but he didn't have the heart to leave the other after all that had transpired the day before, and with the clouds blocking the dark sky and no way of knowing the time he opted to light a candle and write while the other stayed peacefully asleep.

Time passed by just like that, Jimin remained asleep for what surely was hours before finally coming to with a silent stretch and he was only slightly grumpy to not find Yoongi by his side but beside the bed where he was resting. It wasn't far but Jimin was always week for sleepy snuggles no matter who they were from and the thought of them coming from Yoongi filled his tummy with butterflies until he was hit in the face with the realisation of what had transpired before he fell asleep.

A soft memory of gentle lips brushing against his own before retreating had his heart hammering in his chest where he was sure it stuttered to a halt reliving the tender moment in his mind. His cheeks burned red and he looked to Yoongi to see if the other had noticed his dilemma and if he had just embarrassed himself but he was thankful to find him with his head buried in a book writing away for what he was sure was pages if the growing scrawl was any indication.

Curiosity got the better of him and he found himself sneaking forward, rolling onto his tummy, to get a better look at what the other was so transfixed with over the side of the bed but he could only make out so much with his bleary eyes and lack of glasses so his focus quickly changed to the man in question himself who seemed to be in a completely different world.

Jimin watched contently picking up about the small things about the elder and his mannerisms, like his little nose twitch before he scribbled something out after a long pause in thought, or the way he tilted his head and looked up when contemplating what he was going to write next - so consumed he didn't notice the way Jimin had closed the distance to be closer to him by his side.

He also noticed physical things about the elder like the little mole he had on his nose and next to it slightly higher on his cheek, that sat adorably and looked perfectly kissable. As well as, his long eyelashes which rested on his cheeks like little feathers when he closed his eyes for so long Jimin would think he had begun to doze only to be startled when the other stretched out with a silent yawn, hands kneading the air similarly to a cat with his shirt raising exposing his soft torso that showed muscle and definition without being insultingly jacked.

Sometimes he'd bring the pent to his lips just to rest it against his soft little pout before he'd jump back into action with a decisive slip across with his tongue as he refocused and it was far to attractive for Jimin's weak heart.

Jimin had only intended to watch him for a minute or so expecting the other to notice him moving but it just never came and Jimin didn't have the heart to interrupt so he just stayed there, consumed in his own way with the other and the little habits and nuances that made up him. And much to Jimin's surprise the other had noticed him long ago, Yoongi had chosen to keep quiet because apart of him he didn't like to admit to was preening with the omega's attention - it made him feel wanted and cared for.

But as the words dried up so did Yoongi's game of playing oblivious and he finally broke the silence to tease "Are you having fun there?" the air in the room stilled and he swore he could hear Jimin breath out a little meep before he tensed all together slamming his eyes shut. When he turned around he was impressed to have found that Jimin had silently found his way back to the top of the bed hidden under the blanket, it was only after a moment he realised that the mass at the top was a lot smaller than what should be a head and a devious plan emerged,

Jimin wasn't sure what he was expecting in playing asleep after being caught red handed but he chose to ignore Yoongi's next calls of "Jimin-ah rise and shine, I know your awake in there." and by that time Yoongi had moved to the top of the bed hand reaching down ready to pull at the blanket but he remained silent one more time before he dramatically sighed out "I guess he must be asleep." before dramatically throwing the pillow back and poncing on Jimin legs to tickle his feet which made Jimin literally scream trying to break free trying his best to fight the giggles that kept coming as he squirmed on the bed.

After nearly getting kicked in the face for the fourth time Yoongi chose to change his target, skilfully moving so he towered over Jimin caging him and moved to tickle the others side as he rolled over to try and fight back but all hope was lost when he came to the heart wrenching realisation he had the lower hand here, Yoongi wasn't ticklish in the slightest unlike him.

"This is why we don't lie Jiminie, are you going to say sorry to hyung or am I going to have to keep tickling you until you relent?" Yoongi said it in a way that Jimin knew meant trouble, and he knew more likely than not that the other wouldn't stop but he was desperate and it was worth a shot so as clearly as could he yelled out "I'm sorry." sounding more like a gargled mess of a squeak than he'd like and Yoongi clealry intended on i going like that as he worsened his attempts.

"What was that? I'm not sure i heard you?"

"I-"

"Your what?"

"S-ssss-sorry! I'm Sorry!"

And only then did Yoongi relent, gummy smile shining down on Jimin and blessing him with its presence and he felt his heart stop in his chest. It was only when the other didn't speak Yoongi tilted his head to wonder why but looking to Jimin he just found a look that completely punched him, it was a look of pure and innocent admiration so confound it left him speechless himself as he shied away. 

He shifted back a little and the harsh hiss that Jimin let out was the only thing that could've broke the moment, Yoongi instantly jumping up and apologising as Jimin waved him off cradling his knee.

"How is it? Does it still really hurt? I can call for Jin hyung he should be in post heat now and it's safer than running to get the healer in that but I will-"

"I'm fine Yoongi hyung, really. Just a little bit tender but nothing a bit more rest can't fix." Yoongi didn't look like he believed him but he also didn't look ready to put up a fight so they left it at that as another comfortable silence fell between the two.

The rest of the early morning went like that just curled into each other's warmth, occasionally sharing the odd sentiment or glimpse of information while they unravelled the mysterious lives of one another and the random little snippets of completely different stories that manged to come together showing that maybe they weren't all that different after all.

They could've spent the rest of the day like that, just the two of them in their own little reverie, but all good things must come to an end and the rumbling of both their stomachs was the final alarm to get up and get the day moving. Yoongi got up with a tired groan, cracking his back as he stretched like a cat with both arms above his head showing off just a slip of his stomach Jimin used to breath second of its exposure to debate why he should and shouldn't poke the soft flesh. The threat of tickles warded him off. Then Yoongi was leaving the room with a promise of sending food and letting the other know they could come up leaving Jimin alone for the first time fully since the bombshell of who he was was dumped on him.

With all things considered he thought he was doing exceptionally well but then again he wasn't sure how anyone was supposed to take the fact their a different species all together and their families were killed with an attempt on their life and freedom at just two years old. It was a lot, but he could admit that and he thought that maybe the acceptance of how unreal the situation was was what was keeping him from driving himself insane.

He got the story.

He got answers to questions he'd wanted to know for years and maybe even some he didn't even know to ask.

The puzzle which was his past was finally piecing together to completion for the first time in eighteen years and in a sense that made him feel whole. He was sensitive and brash - occasionally head strong to a flaw - but he cared with an intensity that went unrivalled among his peers and that intimidated them, he'd experienced more than he remembered and maybe that was why he stood strong even when he was seen as the weaker. He'd always followed his instinct but what if all along their was something more to it? He remembered Seokjin explaining their sub gender as instinct so maybe his wolf was there all along, he just didn't know what to find. He was himself without remorse.

His trail of thoughts were cut off again by a tentative knock on the door as a head popped around the opening revealing Seokjin in all his tired glory. Jimin pushed every thought to the side as he went to move forward flooded with concern at the others appearance. He looked like he'd been hit by a truck and run over again for good measures, bruising littered all over him and a harsh hollow to his face that had Jimin ready to leap up and ask if he was okay but Seokjin was quick to step inside and stop him with a soft "I'm fine, just a little tired. I wanted to talk to you before the rabble comes in, how are you?" and for some reason that question had him laughing before he got out what he really wanted to say.

"I'm fine thanks to you. You saved me hyung."

He couldn't hide his amusement even when Jin rolled his eyes, moving closer to the bed to sit beside him once again easily falling back into their position from just the day before when Jin looked the complete opposite of the wreck he was now but Jimin was trying his best not to comment because the other clearly had rushed to get to him even though he was with Namjoon. He tried to be subtle about neatening the others hair at the very least but he was caught easily with Jin just turning more so he had easier access to his hair wasting no time to take the conversation where he wanted it to go before the others came.

Seokjin explained "So as you know your the last living heir to the Parkim clan, which possess the purest lycan bloodline. You. You were sent to an orphanage and have been kept in the dark for a very long time and I'm sorry about that but it was for your safety. We never meant to cause any harsh reality hit or anything like that, we just wanted you safe somewhere lycan like those who hurt your pack-"

"Our" Jimin cut in before Jin could get another word past, voice firm and heavy as he looked into Seokjin's hesitant eyes watching as a soft relief came over them, moving on "Ours. And well, now you know. I know this is all a lot, but I don't want you to be angry at Yoongi. All he's ever wanted was for you to be safe and soul bond aside- you know about the soul bond?" Jin checked paling, colour returning with an affirmative nod "Soul bond aside he was ready to let you go and live your life as a human so you never had to make a choice like this."

That confused Jimin and the pregnant pause clearly was meant as a respectful moment to mourn whatever decision it was but he had no clue so he asked "What choice?" and Seokjin flinched, hesitating to say "If you'll stay or go..." and if Jimin was a cartoon character his eyes would pop out of his head from how much he widened them.

He stuttered on his words before he was finally able to ask "I have a place here?" and Jin looked significantly more sheepish and uncertain to that question than the rest but finally he found the words he needed and simply said "There will always be a place for you here but where that place is is between you and Yoongi to decide and that's if you choose to stay, you still have time of course but it is the big question right now..."

"If I'll stay?"

"Yes..."

That was one hell of a question indeed.

A question for later as said rabble Jin tried to beat came bouncing through the door each carrying separate plates of food and drinks, room filling up with the shouts of early morning greetings and easy discourse which Jimin easily lost himself in, what wasn't so easy to lose was the way both Jin, Namjoon and Yoongi looked at him clearly being the only ones who knew of the night before.

Jimin had a lot of thinking to do if the weight of their gaze was even a fraction of the weight of his choice.

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"The storms still pretty bad out there." Taehyung commented from where he was perched on the windowsill. It turns out that a pack house was still busy, even when confined to the quarters of there own home so they all made a router on taking turns with Jimin because he still couldn't stand properly without pain to follow them and much to Taehyungs pleasure he won rock, paper, scissors getting dibs and the option of the order the watches would go. With great power came great responsibility and as Hoseok put it Taehyung was clearly still a child for making Yoongi have last watch, purely because he could and he was still moping over the day prior albeit much more light hearted moping than offended.

Jimin had laughed at Taehyung's eagerness to catch up on everything that had transpired in the few hours they'd been apart, going along readily and sharing what he thought was allowed like how him and Yoongi had cuddled up together and even shared a kiss, where Taehyung returned with equal excitement something he had told nobody else - he liked Jungkook, which successfully had Jimin in stitches where he had to break it to Taehyung it was clear as day to him at the very least that they had something going on between them.

"I'm telling you Tae, when you look at him you may as well have hearts for your eyes. The second I saw you together I thought there was more going on, the biggest shock here is that your not together. How long have you been pining now?" Jimin had asked incredulously trying to not laugh so hard he got a stitch but his efforts were failing him. Taehyung was bright red and pouty but easily admitted "It's not exactly pining." which caught Jimin's attention readily.

"We've both grown up together ya know, and we've always been close and people said we shared this thing called a soul bond and we thought they were wrong, it took us a long time to realise they were right but because it was expected of us we both promised we wouldn't let them win. So we just never acted like it was more and we thought people forgot." Jimin reached for Taehyung's hand which the beta readily accepted, "When Jungkookie turned sixteen and presented as an alpha, we chose not to spend it together like people thought we would, me being a beta and all,  but after that it was harder to fight instinct to be close. So behind close doors we'd share kisses and cuddly a bit more intimately than pack would, but we never pushed it more. Neither of us mind. We're happy for our quiet moments together because of all the fuss when we we're pups but sometimes I wish I could just tell him I love him y'know, without feeling like I'm catering to expectation."

Jimin was starting to get the feeling he understood exactly what Taehyung was saying about expectations, so he gave him the same advice he gave himself "No one has any rights to expect anything from you but yourself Taehyungie. If you want to be with the little alpha you be with him. It doesn't need to be a big thing, just be how you are when your together alone." Taehyung squeezed his hand and shuffled closer where Jimin opened his arms admitting "The hyung's know. They said the same thing."

"The hyung's are smart, trust them Taehyung. Both of your happiness is a priority." Jimin promised and he saw the exact moment Taehyung made up his mind as a determination filled him, sitting up straighter he said "I'm gonna jump Kookie when he's at practice with everyone watching." no emotion in his voice but excitement gleaming in his eyes that had Jimin giggling because he really did look like a excited puppy, he was sure if he was in his wolf form his tail would be wagging a mile a minute.

Brightly he agreed "That's a power move. I expect videos." and when Taehyung looked at him confused he reminded him its the moving pictures on his phone and Taehyung nodded, bouncing where he sat asking "Does that mean your staying if we're using your phone?" and Jimin flinched visibly. There was still a lot in regards to the whole staying side of things he had to work through but it was his choice and he'd only make it when he was ready and sure.

Taehyung must've sensed the change in energy because he recoiled too, face troubled before he quickly schooled it to a neutral apologising and saying "Or we could borrow it and show you on your next visit?" and Jimin shot him a grateful smile. After that a sort of silence fell over them, not exactly perfect but not awkward. It was a heavy silence with a lot to be said but they choose somethings were best left unsaid.

It was only broken when Jimin made his mind up on something, he wasn't one hundred percent certain on who he was going to ask but he felt safe with Taehyung and even in the heavy silence he didn't feel judged by the other, he felt missed and cared for even though he only just got there. He trusted him with an intensity he couldn't explain and it was that reason he found himself able to say "Apparently I'm a wolf."

Taehyung jolted up from where he was resting and turned to whip his head around to face him so fast Jimin was sure he'd get whiplash.

"You're a- you? A wolf? who? what- what?"

He looked lost and Jimin pitied him wondering if maybe it wasn't common knowledge about his past or if he didn't know - he wouldn't have known any of them were lycan if he hadn't seen Jungkook shift and didn't know if it was something they could tell and he was just out of touch or if it was something you had to share, so all he could do was rub the back of his neck as he sheepishly said "Yeah."

Taehyung wasn't sure where the boundaries of what Jimin wanted to share was so he avoided that all together to instead ask "And how do you feel about that? That's- this is a lot. Right?" Jimin hadn't let any signs of discomfort since the morning other than over staying and it made more sense now why he'd be hesitant if he knew who he was, but he wasn't going to push that, he sat there and held Jimin's hand while the other let out a sigh nodding his head "Right."

Taehyung let Jimin take his time and when Jimin was ready he spoke "Hyung told me a lot last night and I found out I was a wolf. An omega, he said. I- I don't really know what all of this entails but yeah. I guess what I mean to ask is what does that entail? Knowing what you are -we are- and understanding it being apart of you are two completely different things and I'm just a bit lost? Confused really." He went further to clarify "I know that there are differences, three sub genders, you can shift? All of you I think? I'm just not sure."

Taehyung nodded offering his understanding and support before offering "Is there anything specific you want to know? Like shifting, we all can - you included, but I'm guessing you don't know how and never had the urge or knew that you were?"

"I think that maybe I've had the urge? When I was on Jungkook's back in the forest I got this rush of adrenaline and I wanted to be there by his side running with him." Taehyung looked shocked at the revelation leaving Jimin unsure but soon Taehyung was on his knee's basically bouncing on the spot as he held Jimin's hands in his, all but yelling "That's the feeling exactly! It takes practice but if you follow that urge and the feeling and let you wolf guide you you can shift!" and the beaming smile showered down on him, infectious in all it's might.

"Is there anything else? A feeling you just can't quite place that you want to embrace but just don't? Or a habit out of the norm of what your used to in your life?"

"I guess..." Jimin answered but he was a lot more hesitant now than he was just a few seconds ago as the specific feeling and questions from last night rose to mind. Taehyung nodded to him, encouraging and warm and before Jimin could second guess himself "I wanted to lick Yoongi's neck." embarrassment flooded him as the words just fell together and when he finally had the courage to look back at Taehyung, howling pearls of laughter, he found no judgement but joy as he looked ecstatic at the revelation.

"You want to sent mark him!"

"I want to what?" Jimin could've swore dogs pissing on their territory was scent marking and by no means did he want to piss on the other.

Taehyung must've been able to tell from his grimace at the words what he was thinking because he was soon lightly chiding "Not like that, it's like staking a claim by putting your own scent over somebody else's. Wrist are for pack, One side of your neck is for affection for those closer and the other is for mates." And Taehyung burst out laughing with how red Jimin's face got, laughing out "At least you didn't want to bite him that's binding." And suddenly Jimin wanted to die.

Taehyung choked on a laugh, tears brimming in his eyes as he sighed "This is comedy gold. But for real it's nothing to be embarrassed about it's instinct. Your wolfs found an eligible partner it's something to be celebrated." and by the end his tone was much more serious that had Jimin taking the situation much more seriously too.

"I'm out of my depth out here Taehyung. I have no clue what anything really means or the culture. It's not even something I could hear about in passing since it's so well hidden. If it was something odd that was just a me thing it'd be easier because I could understand it's just another quirky little thing but it feels like everything suddenly has another meaning behind it and I don't know what that is. It's so frustrating." because it was. He was discovering a completely new side to himself he didn't know was there but it was all along. He could accept everything he's known was wrong, he could process that but it didn't change how intimidating it was. He wished their was a course he could take to learn and he said as much to Taehyung when the other was trying to comfort him and Taehyung put it out there "We can teach you, but it'll all take time. We've had our whole lives to learn. You've had less than twenty four hours to grasp this new thing you discovered actually affects you."

It was with heavy uncertainty that he asked "Do you regret finding out?" and the look of remorse had Jimin deflating completely.

"I don't regret it. I'm just overwhelmed. It's like culture shock I guess."

"Culture shock?"

"It's like being out of your depth and disoriented by a unfamiliar way of life or set of attitudes. Like Yoongi hyung told me gender isn't a big thing amongst this pack as long as sub gender coincide. Well for us gender does matter, it shouldn't but people fear what they don't know or didn't know was there. To be in a same sex couple or attracted to another gender is still seen as taboo by lots of people, if you walked down the street and kissed your boyfriend goodbye you can expect a slur to be thrown or a dirty look, the chances increasing with the more people. If I hadn't just told you that and you got that reception how would you feel?"

Taehyung took his time to process the information before admitting "Lost, very lost and confused." before letting out his own breath and pulling Jimin into a hug promising "As long as your here we'll teach you all we can until you have to go. If you have any questions don't be embarrassed for having to ask and I'll make sure your taught all the nitty gritty okay?" and Jimin found himself nodding, sinking in relief into Taehyungs warm embrace.

"It might not be easy right now but it'll get easier."

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When Taehyung left to go get Namjoon Jimin managed to get himself up to hobble around the room to waste some of the time. Before Taehyung left he had promised Jimin that he'd talk to Namjoon for him to cover for some of the awkwardness he felt in regards to it all and Jimin would forever be grateful.

When Namjoon did finally come to the room Jimin was surprised to find he had brought a pile of books with him and if Jimin didn't know better he'd assume the other had come to the wrong room but he cleared that up with a simple "A certain Taehyungie told me a lesson into our nature and biology might be helpful and that he thought I was the man for the job." Offering him a wide smile exposing his two dimples, explaining the pile with "I hope you don't mind but I brought some books to hopefully make this all easier. I've spoken to the others and they've agreed to let us have some extra time until I go to get them so you can take in as much as your brain can handle before it burns out. I hope that's okay?" and Jimin wanted to cry at the consideration.

"More than okay, thank you Namjoon-ssi."

"Hyung."

"Namjoon hyung."

"Great now why don't we get started with the basics, if that's okay with you?" and Jimin nodded urging the other to begin.

The basics...  "Lycan are shifters, we can shift into a human or a wolf with ease. It's information many hide from the public who know and it's not something we like to over share after persecution in the past when wolven communities were hunted and burnt down to nothing. That was far back in our history though, hundreds of years ago."

"Like the Salem witch trials?" Jimin asked, remembering the history of witch hunts that took place over a good hundred year period that he now wondered if they held more truth to them. Namjoon looked confused and it served as a reminder to Jimin that the wolves truly did live completely detached, even their scholars didn't know it all and in all fairness Jimin didn't blame the other considering it wasn't apart of Korean history adding that extra detachment. He moved away from it briefly explaining "There was a witch hunt which killed hundred of Women believed to be witches for silly reasons, it was a senseless loss of life over paranoia and just blatant cruelty. I'm guessing the people who would siege your villages weren't all that different?" which Namjoon nodded too.

"Although, once upon a time their was a reason to fear the threat, some packs would hunt humans as they hunted wolves - sort of like a sport. Moving on from that for now though because I can already see myself picking your brain for information. We have three sub genders."

"Alpha, beta and omega."

"Very good, and each sub gender have traditional roles although we don't really abide by them anymore. Alpha's would hunt and lead, beta's would mediate and teach and omega's would raise and heal. Even though that isn't how it is now doesn't change it once was and it's going to be something you hear repeated a lot because it stems from out biology, so I'm sorry for repeating it again but lets begin the more awkward part to get it done."

Jimin nodded and Namjoon opened his first text book "These are the two examples of a beta's body. Their basically the same as a humans but instead of a rut or heat like wolves being built in as a clock their bodies are adaptable to suit their partner. They don't get the same autonomy that accompanies the cycle they fall to but they do get half the libido. Horny but not painfully so."

Jimin nodded along as it was easy enough, "Alpha's are built different, male alpha's have a knot and females posses their own way to lock their partners too them. Males swell at the base of their genitalia and it locks them inside the person they are mating where as females swell at the thinnest point from the girth to lock their counter part inside. Both act as a plug as mating is a large part of alpha biology. Alpha's do have the instinct to mate and protect." Jimin missed the last part cringing at the thought of being locked to someone from how uncomfortable it would be with the swelling to the position they'd have to stay in.

"Omega are built to do the opposite, their bodies are made to be able to withstand this stretch by producing slick where coitus takes place. Omega's no matter the gender are built with the organs to produce children, possessing a womb and all the other important parts needed for the child creating process because they are by nature the nurturers. A little known trick we've learnt over time is that although possible, it's much more safe and comfortable for pregnant omega's of either gender to give birth in their wolven form as its much more adapted to birth a litter if the wolf does end up baring so many pups. If not its safer for an approach we developed similar to a human C section except for out anatomy, natural births are possible but we advise the other two options before we come to that." and that at least answered the first question that had came to Jimin's mind.

Namjoon stayed quiet for a moment and Jimin looked to him from the book only to be met by a pitying look which confused Jimin for all of five seconds before he was cringing and feeling sick; "Sorry Jimin-ah but it's best you know so you take extra caution to be safe." and Jimin was glad he hadn't been left long enough to explore sexual experiences because he's sure he'd be scarred if he gave birth nine months later knowing fully well he was a male thinking he was human. Just the thought had him wanting to run and hide from what could've happened.

"Next one is a big one Jimin so I need you to listen up because it directly affects you two." Jimin didn't like the sorry look on the others face.

"Heats and ruts." Jimin wanted to cry.

"Alpha's experience ruts where they have the desire to knot, mate and dominate to claim. Omega's experience heats where they submit, want to mate and be bred. This is a cycle that happened a different amount of times a year for everyone but the standard is every three months with the welcoming of the new seasons. It's something to do with the moon cycles. And typically mated pairs or pairs of people who spend lots of time around one another fall in line with timing." Jimin wanted to ask why he had never gone through it before or if he had why wouldn't he have known but Namjoon already beat him there theorising "We think your exposure with humans rather than our life style has slowed your development in wolf terms, your not as connected to your nature so we don't believe your body has truly presented."

"Presented?"

"In your late teens, normal after your sixteenth birthdays wolves present which is when their mating cycles begin. The only thing that prevents them from happening is pregnancy or health issues but if you man out the first day of what can be anywhere from a day to a week long cycle there's a tea that can ease the symptoms after you experience your first but you have to endure one cycle a year for health reasons. Jinnie is due his in three month, it's something all wolves have to experience with no avoidance, it's dangerous to repress your instincts that much and it can risk you being more susceptible to become feral." and that had Jimin choking back the word.

"Sometimes without proper care and communication, denying instinct to the extreme or giving in too much to the deadlier more animalistic with negative emotional drive your can risk becoming like any other wolf out in the wild, unable to shift as the wolves nature consumes you whole."

Jimin had never really known he had to listen to instinct or even that they were there and he was panicking so much over so many factors. He hadn't presented, he hadn't had a heat which is a wolven thing. He hadn't known he had to listen to some part of himself and he had lived among humans for so long he wasn't sure if that was him rejecting it, he didn't want to go feral - he didn't even know the warning signs to look out for in himself. Sensing his distress Namjoon released calming pheromones in the room offering Jimin and quick hug as he comforted "Trust me, we'd all know if you were anything close. Just because you don't realise your wolf is there doesn't mean it is. Losing a mate if it doesn't kill you and you let the hurt consume you can make you go feral, severe injury although rare can make you feral, being trapped can. Although extremely rare you can come back from it but its so rare we keep that chance unsaid. It encourages healthy relationships and avoidance of reckless choices. It requires the extreme and then a little beyond that for it to happen, its more common in traditional packs but we do well here. You have nothing to fear Jimin." and that eased his worries just a little but a desperate scared part of him was now longing for the dumb heat he feared just minutes ago just to be safe, to be closer to his wolf. He wanted to drown himself in Yoongi's scent and the older to tell him it was okay, he was okay.

"I didn't mean to scare you Jiminie, I'm sorry. I think this is a good place to call it quits today. I'm going to call for Yoongi hyung, Taehyungie's evil chart be damned." and with a soft kiss to the head and a sorry sound from his throat Namjoon was running to find Yoongi, tripping over the door frame in his rush that at least made Jimin feel a little better with how the other stayed undeterred.

Then probably less than two minutes later the door was slamming open again with a panting Yoongi in the frame, looking as if he'd aged ten years in their time apart before he was rushing to Jimin and cupping his face pressing his head against his own while sighing out "Namjoon said you were upset. Are you okay? It's okay." then he was hugging Jimin to his chest and Jimin couldn't fight off the purr that came from the back of his throat and he tensed the same moment Yoongi did only to melt when the older returned with his own rumble.

From everything he learnt today that was a good thing and he wouldn't fight how every part of him just wanted to mould into the other and become one. The sound was a comfort in itself but the touch did all the more to make Jimin feel calmer as a whole.

"You don't think because I'm... delayed, that I'll become feral so you hyung?" Jimin forced himself to ask, wanting to trust Namjoon but needing the comfort all the same. Yoongi let out a tusking noise as he shook his head explaining "We'd be able to tell from scent alone, you smell just as strong as any wolf here." and Jimin reluctantly replied "Thank you?" not sure if smelling was good but Yoongi just laughed and said "Each lycan has a scent, if that scent fades it's the main sign of the wold going feral, you smell just as strongly as anyone here but I have to say your scent is my favourite by far." and Jimin felt himself flushing at that thinking back to how each person he'd been near carried a scent like their own cologne.

"What do I smell like?"

"Bergamot in December with the first snow fall."

"So it matches you well then?" and Yoongi was the one raising his brown in question this time, blushing at the implication but waiting still.

Jimin had yet to fail to make him speechless.

"Bergamot and sandalwood just so happens to be my favourite smell."

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For dinner time Yoongi had helped Jimin move downstairs, taking the weight of his injured side but still giving him the freedom too move. Unlike his first meal with the pack when Jungkook accidentally stumbled them too closely this meal was eaten inside, storm hitting harshly whilst thunder rolled through the sky.

It turned out the more of the pack's house he saw the more he appreciated it and all the intricate little details that made up the six occupants. Small figures were widdled out of wood while colours were used to create the pictures that hung along the walls that Jimin assumed depicted stories of the six growing together. But one thing Jimin continued to notice was how everything felt just short of complete, like something was missing from it all, that there was a gap left to be filled in the empty spaces and blank areas where the other representations would meet.

It was as odd as it was comforting seeing the mix of the six wolves together but he tried not to think on it too long, letting Yoongi lead him to the seat beside the head of the table where Yoongi seated himself. Slowly but surely the others trickled in greeting Jimin just as eagerly as they had that morning excluding Jin who seemed to just be resigned as he apologised to Jimin for Namjoon spooking him which Jimin instantly shrugged off saying there was no need to say sorry - he even went as far as to poke Namjoon's side where he sat next too him for good claiming it his revenge as Hoseok joined in on the other for Jimin's honour; word spread quick or they were just down for chaos, maybe both, Jimin would never know.

When all were seated and settled, only then did Jin lift the fancy trays he had covered the food in while they all made their way down and Jimin had to physically stop himself drooling at the divine smell of the feast before him - feast was literally the only words he could think of as he looked at the meal fit for gods. He didn't even bother to hold back his moan as the taste erupted in his mouth because as he told Jin himself it was orgasmic which seemed to be the death of Yoongi, he didn't have enough time to recover before that remark.

By the time the food was finished there wasn't even a crumble left and everyone at the table were at peace with the knowledge they ate more than they probably should, all with their stomachs filled and hearts fed. It was Hoseok who proposed they all called it quits for the day since it was clear the storm wasn't passing by any time soon and encouraged Taehyung and Jungkook to gather all the spare blankets and pillows they could to make one bug nest in the living space which Jin eagerly took charge of the building with Jimin's help - talking the younger omega through feeling it out and just putting stuff where it felt right, soothing him when he got frustrated and praising him whenever he got a section done to perfection. It turned out Taehyung had a knack for building nests as Jin had hyped the younger up and Jimin was the one to ask Taehyung for his help while Jin worked on the other half's finishing touches.

When all was done and Jin gave the others permission followed by Taehyung then Jimin himself when they all looked at him waiting the rest all climbed in and it was clear that building a group nest just to chill in was a norm for the group. It was like the bed they'd set up in Yoongi's room which Jimin belatedly noted ended up just like the one they were in now similarly to his own bed at home, except this nest smelt of them all - Jimin included as some where gathered from the bed in Yoongi's room. Jimin was starting to understand the significance of scents because he was sure it wouldn't have been as cosy had it been missing a single one, the balance was perfect and his heart felt complete.

Much too Yoongi's dismay, and pleasure, he was sandwiched between a over eager Taehyung and a giddy Jungkook - being squeezed and scented into oblivion by the pair. Jimin himself ended up resting on Namjoon's lap with Hoseok hugging his side and Jin resting his head on the arm he kept free just to be his partners personal cushion and they all shared their own little stories.

As it turned out on any other occasion Jin wouldn't have let Namjoon have Jimin anywhere near him while he was injured because the other had proven himself too forgetful for anyone's own good as the weight felt like nothing to the others overly muscled form but with how he'd left Jimin he'd been on edge which is why letting the beta cuddle him was encouraged albeit supervised - Jimin felt guilty they felt the need to have extra caution and prayed for his leg to be comfortable enough to walk on without showing pain quickly even if the others assured him they didn't mind running around a bit more in the name of pack bonding.

From all of the talking amongst the four of them Jimin learned three significant stories; the time Namjoon had to go find a naked Hoseok who wandered too close to human territory in his wolf form on a hunt, when Yoongi had declared Namjoon as his second in command and when Yoongi choose his inner pack after the reunion of the territories.

"You'd be shocked with how much happened in just a few months. One day we were being led by this dictator and the next his son was telling us we're free to be who we want to and that we can leave if we want, there would be no danger or threat against anyone who choose to leave. Soon enough pack leaders were coming to declare their loyalty to this kid, barely a teen, trusting him to guide us back to prosperity. Honestly it was genius how hyung did it all, he declared Namjoon his second in command and then personally went to each pack which had sworn themselves to him and from some he found us. We all eventually moved here with our families and when hyung was of age he declared us his inner pack and we all moved into the pack house that had occupied just Hyung, Namjoon and Jin. Each pack gave their names at the union of the inner circle and we all became the Min pack, a united front and loyal to hyung. No one knew you lived so the loyalty all fell to him because of who he was, it was an impressive feet. In the end a few who were too hurt from his father regime left but as promised hyung offered no restraints and those who were thinking choose to stay. Hyung gave us freedom whether it be from his pack and being tied there of other packs constantly on egg shells."

Jimin was in awe at the story, it sounded like something straight out of a film with the drama and how everything played out and it only had him respecting the other more, everything he had was his own and he had earned that. He was young but did the unthinkable and made it into something beautiful, he couldn't think of anyone who would have been able to do that other than him, and with how the pack so naturally came to be had his heart swelling at the sentiment.

Jimin hadn't realised the youngest had stopped rough housing with the eldest alpha until Yoongi was adding his own thoughts on it all and the words he spoke sounded like they came from a true leader, it was no wonder he was the one who had led to lycans to freedom from his own blood.

"You make it seem like it was all my doing. It was only possible thanks to everyone involved, not one person holds the responsibility for how it played out. Anyone could've revolted, started a war inside but they didn't it was trust that got us to where we are now and trust is what will get us to our future, a better future than we could've conjured just a decade ago."

Letting our a sigh Seokjin stretched being sure to hit Yoongi with his arms complaining "So noble of you to say Yoongichi but your also being a spoilsport. Don't down play your strength, especially not to the omega who's caught your heart." and at that the pair both blushed as the tease fest begun.

For the first time in a long time Jimin actually felt safe, dare he say at home.

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The time with the pack flew by after that, they found a rhythm as the storm raged on outside, with Jimin mobile again he found himself and helping while still learning more about himself and all the new information about their lifestyle in general. Each meal was eaten together and for those that weren't it'd be made up in snacks in a cuddle pile at the end of the day to destress.

Jimin found it so easy falling into place with the six of them from how he caused trouble with Jungkook and Taehyung to how he shared stories and listened to Namjoon and Seokjin- Hoseok had made it his personal mission to get Jimin dancing one of the traditional dances of the Min pack when he was able to move without it hurting and they shared more laughs falling and tripping with the actions than they did cleaning and moving around which was impressive considering there was trouble around every corner.

It was Yoongi who Jimin found himself spending the most of his time with whether it was moments of quiet between the two when the moon was high in the sky and the wind was howling or when Yoongi would invite himself to dance and play around with the others - as it turned out he was Taehyung and Jungkook's favourite target.

Each night after pack time they'd slip into bed next to each other, heads resting against the others as the held hands basking in the others warmth before dozing into a restful sleep maybe sharing a few sweet words or little kisses that never failed to make butterfly's explode in their bellies - nothing more or less happening.

On his fifth day there the storm had finally passed and it was deemed safe to travel back through the woods leaving a sombre feeling spreading over the inner pack. Breakfast wasn't the same, everything felt dulled as they sat around the table. Yoongi's hand never left Jimin's thigh and Taehyung had kicked Jungkook out of his chair where he had sat next to Jimin just to hold his arm to him not wanting to let go. Jimin felt the heaviness not only in the room but in his heart.

He had never felt as happy as he had the past five days around the pack, injured or not. For the first time ever he felt like he could have a family with these six incredible people but there was still so much that he wanted to do - had too - it was the reason he hadn't just said fuck it and stayed. Their were too many loose ties, too much left unseen. And it was with a heavy heart as they all sat around the dining table he shattered to anxious silence, probably choosing just the wrong words which gave false hope.

"I don't want to go-"

Before he could even get the but out Taehyung was clutching his arm with tear filled eyes saying "Then don't!" and maybe they knew what was going to come next as the faint scents Jimin had grown used to soured and wilted long before he finished "But I have too. Taehyungie, I've had plans for as long as I can remember, I can't just drop them all now. I worked so hard to be in the position I can go and travel and I've dreamt of getting too see far away parts of the world. No matter how much I have loved being here with all of you, because I have loved it, I have to go. Even if every part of me wants to stay I need to do this for me so I'm never left wondering what if."

They all knew the omega had a point, even if their world was only what they'd known there was a world out there that the omega had been exposed to and wanted to explore. It would have been unfair to make him stay and in the end none of them had the power to, even if they did they wouldn't out of respect. But it didn't make it any easier, especially not for the youngest who had brought him there to begin with.

"What if you end up questioning what you've left behind hyung?" and the look of despair on the youngest's face had Jimin's heart shattering in two, this was easily the hardest goodbye he's ever had to make. But it wasn't Jimin who answered the question, nor was it Yoongi who everyone had been expecting to speak up the most who still remained silent, it was Jin with the certainty only the gods possessed who said "He won't have to question it when he comes back home to us." and Jimin found himself breathing out a sigh of relief.

"I'm allowed to come back?" that had been the question all along that left so much uncertainty in the ait and Jin nodded, not waiting for approval of the pack alpha as he promised "You'll always have a home hear among us." It felt like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders and while everyone else remained unnervingly quiet, Jin stood up to bring the smallest in for a hug.

"Since it's clear no one has a real appetite we may as well all see Jimin off now before it gets too late in the day." and without waiting Jin was turning Jimin and pushing him towards the door using his shoulders to block Jimin's anxious looks back. Jin guided him towards Yoongi's room where the other had stayed and helped him gather his belongings all into his bag in a absent silence since there was nothing really left to be said - they worked in tandem and when all was packed Jimin asked Jin for a moment alone which Jin obliged him with after slipping one last thing into the stuffed rucksack.

Walking to the elders desk where he had left his note book Jimin pulled the chain from around his neck, unclasping it to remove one of the rings and placing it next to a signed piece of paper before leaving for the unforeseeable future. Only Jin, Namjoon and Hoseok where there too see him off with apologetic yet pained faces but Jimin couldn't find it in himself to be hurt, he only hoped that they had faith in him to return and didn't take it too personal.

Jin and Namjoon both exchanged hugs with him then and there, waving him and Hoseok as the elder male walked him back from where he came. It was only when they were about to part that Hoseok spoke up sounding pained as he apologised "I'm sorry, I wish this was easier on us all and the others meant nothing personal. It's just hard to see one of our own go." Jimin went to speak back but Hoseok gently shushed him, pulling the other to his chest in one last hug as he promised "When you come home we'll all be waiting for you with open arms, Yoongi especially, I'm going to leave and I don't want you too look back, can you do that for me pup?" and Jimin finally felt the situation hit him as he took a shuddering breath and nodded, he was rally about to leave his people.

"May the moon goddess be with you on your travels and may you return to us in good health."

Hoseok arms slipped from around him as he turned the other and Jimin heard the faint sound of ripping clothes before the silence consumed him whole, but he didn't look back. He broke through the treeline to the clearing just behind the cottage being met by the screaming greetings of the younger residence of the orphanage whom he'd never been so long apart from. Little did they know he'd be gone even longer than that soon.

This was just the first of many goodbyes

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Yoongi almost regretted the decision not to see the other off but as he made his way through the village on one of his walks to calm down he realised if he were there too let the other go he wouldn't have been able to release his hand. Everything in him was screaming to chase the other and bring him home but the more human side of him new it was necessary, knew the other didn't come from their world and he shouldn't get his hopes up on the chance the other doesn't return but his heart was a weak thing and wanted. Wanted to hope because he wanted the other here with him so badly.

He knew there was a lot to be done after the omega's visit, lots that needed to be cleared up and lots he probably should explain but after the first person approached him asking about the omega a crowd began to form and he didn't have the patience or will power in that moment to repeat the same thing or organise a specific approach to speak to his pack, so he simply called them all to the square where he explained that the omega had ties he needed to close, he's lived among a world unlike there's and there were things to be seen and done.

When the first person called out if he was truly coming back Yoongi faltered but Taehyung was there by his side with Jungkook at his other assuring things would be how they were meant to be and to have faith in their omega. Jungkook surprisingly was the one who calmed the crowd when dozen of questions were thrown, speaking over them all demanding silence and patience explaining the alpha had just seen his mate off and it was a time for the pack to come together remaining the same united front they had been before the omega had appeared alive if not more so in the strain on their alpha and that was enough to turn the rowdy crowd to sympathetic and admiration was thrown Yoongi's way even as he left for his wolfs strength being able to let the other go like that but in that moment Yoongi truly just felt weak.

News travelled fast in a pack, even a pack as big as theirs and he knew this could make them seem vulnerable from the outside but that as a pack they'd only grow stronger. He'd have to work harder to assure his families safety but to do that he had to get his mind into the right space.

Numbly he made his way to his room hoping that he could find comfort in the scent that had long since buried itself into every crevice of his room and it was when he was in there, kicking his shoes towards his desk that everything seemed to freeze with a small ring of metal flying off the desk where it was jostled, paper floating down tauntingly to land next to it and Yoongi froze where he stood, promptly scambling when pieces began to come together in his mind.

Grabbing the paper from the floor he hurried to unfold it to read the words his omega left for him;

Yoongi,

I know it hasn't been long since we met and I know I don't actually know anywhere near enough about lycans to truly comment on anything, but the bond between us is something I am certain on and it's why here, now, writing this I'm promising to come back to you.

You've waited for me for my life so far and I'm selfishly asking you to wait a little longer but I assure you I'll return to you again.

I'm leaving you with the ring of my mothers, the one thing that has stayed with me since I was small, a piece of me I never thought I could live without which is why I'm trusting it with you, because your just that too me too no matter how silly I feel writing something so soppy so soon only after a few chaste kisses and shared words.

It feels like you're apart of me and I'm scared on how it'll be now to be without you but if you can do it for years then I can too, just not as long because I'm weak and so utterly enamoured by you and your heart and patience and being.

Please wait for me a little longer and tell the others I'll miss them too.

You may not have been my first family but your the first family I have ever known, I adore you all and I'll see you soon here, home.

Look to the moon at night and I'll be looking too.

Yours, Jimin x

He could wait forever if it truly meant the other would end up by his side. With one simple letter he gave the alpha his strength to keep things going until they meet again, and he swore to himself on the floor by his desk that he would make this place a home for the omega. Home had never been a place to him but the people he held dear and he was sure his pack would be a home where Jimin could be proud.

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Jimin really didn't think it'd be as hard as it was to leave the pack. He expected some difficulty but not this level. It had been a week since his departure and so far he had managed to make an agreement with the home that they would store his important documents but he wouldn't be living under their roof unofficially so he could travel and they could still get money for him - he couldn't get in trouble for it so he didn't care, they would store what he left with them until his birthday but he could collect it all before then if he so much as wanted too.

That was the easier part, a forty minute discussion, a little bit of swindling and boom he was packing his bags to go booking the first cheapest ticket he could find to Tokyo Japan from Gimhae international, from there he booked ahead to Bangkok, Sydney, New York, London, Paris, Benidorm and Skiathos all with four days in each destination using up a surprisingly small amount of his savings.  He expected that to be where the stress was, the finance but it turned out stopping in different locations made the flights shorter which made them cheaper along with the discounts he searched for anyways which choose his typically tourist attraction destinations. But just going to the air port for his first flight proved to be the difficult part.

Knowing just how far away he was moving made something deep in him ache and it was only when he was on the flight that he acknowledged it wasn't just anxiety but a deeper part of him that he never knew to look out for before, his wolf. The first hour of the flight was when he had his epiphany and it was the second that he wondered just how he'd react with moving from hostel to hostel while on his travels. He wouldn't have a solid home point for a month and even though he packed light he knew he'd end up collecting more things and something about the possibility of them being stolen in the different spots had him anxious as he always held close what belonged to him.

Questions started to arise if he really wanted to commit to this but after spending a month of double shifts on planes he didn't think it was fair to himself to back out, he was just going to make the best of being there. So he did just that.

In Tokyo he went out of his way to visit the imperial palace, Sensō-ji Temple and traveling out to the Tokyo skytree to take in the view. In Bangkok he went out of his way to be able to experience the Damnoen Saduak since he hadn't planned to go to Venice and something about the idea of shopping on boats appealed to his inner shopaholic which coincidentally coincided with his trip to terminal 21 where he managed to spend a whole day shopping leaving the next two days to rest after being go go go. By Sydney his wanderlust was dimming with the growing heart ache of being far from home which lead to his first night being spent in Kings Cross where he woke the next day to a thudding migraine and a massive tattoo on his side he hardly remembered. Finding the whole thing comical with the irony of the title of his favourite song 'nevermind' he opted to add to his sudden tattoo collection while he travelled more which is why he spent a day on the seafront looking up parlours in New York. He wandered to the opera house and even went on a cruise at Circular Quay just because he could where he drank a little too much again but he didn't miss his flight so he deemed it a win.

It was the flight to New York where something just clicked. He was talking to his seat neighbour and explaining about how he was feeling homesick, because what better way to spend a flight than over sharing to the complete stranger to your right, when a completely different person who was listening in said "Travel out on your own for a while, if you miss home this much some separation will do you good before you settle forever." and when he really thought about it he was ready to settle with the pack when he went back, he was ready before he left but he was proving something to himself and even though a deep part of him ached to be there he was having fun with the silly little things he was doing and from the strangers he'd meet. So it was in New York after a painful trip to buy two rings on fifth avenue that he got his next tattoo, two really, forever young to remember his trip because he was only young once and could only experience something like this once in his life.

It was in New York he set the foundation of the rest of his trip, not to think what he was missing but what he'd get in the end and the stories he would tell. He wasn't hooking up with random people, that was never him but letting the odd person treat him to a drink and dancing wasn't out of the picture. As long as he stayed safe and happy he was set to be home on time. That's why on his third day in New York when he noticed he when he noticed the jetlag feeling wasn't going away he panicked a little fearing he was ill but he persevered no matter how much his body ached for him to stop - he spent the rest of his time living off massive slices of the best pizza places he could find, taking a quick trip to take a picture flipping off Trump Tower and looking out from the statue of liberty, with a showing of Hamilton at Broadway and selfie taken at time square as the lights reset at midnight.

The plane ride from New York to London was just a painful experience. Seven hours flying with a two hour delay and the worst sickly feeling he had in his life. He spent the flight curled up in a ball with the flight attendant pitying him and moving him to first class so he had more privacy which is where he inevitably broke down. And that was how Jimin spent his first day in London in a holiday inn near Wembley arena watching the arena light up while he cried in frustration at his body. The next day wasn't much better but he finally felt like he could move and thus came a showing of wicked at the west end and his final planned tattoo for the trip, a simple thirteen on his wrist as a reminder of his birthday and a history he was slowly learning. London wasn't as interesting as he planned it to be but he couldn't blame himself for only spending one day out and about because after resting his body until his next flight to Paris he felt like he could breath again.

Paris was a romantic affair really, it was high fashion and the city of love as far as Jimin could see it but he spent the whole time thinking about a certain man back in Busan. That's how he ended up with a customised gift for each of the inner path and a day sent in Disney land Paris, filming everything to show the people he had come to care the most about in such a short time. He went to Madame Tussauds and took picture with the celebrity models, more for himself than the wolves who wouldn't understand who they were, and then he went to see the tower where he spent the night just sat watching how the tower lit up the night sky as people got engaged, ate meals and just simply watched - it was a moment frozen in time and he wished he had Yoongi there beside him to kiss - it was then he realised he didn't care where it was as long as he was with the other, he wasn't jealous of the couples he just felt lonely without the person his heart wanted most and his heart ached for the rest of that night which no amount of ice cream could cure.

If Jimin regretted to going to one place on his trip it was Benidorm, it was too hot and that was coming from the boy who spent as many hours outside as he could in the summer, He still wasn't feeling perfect but the heat of Spain did a number on him and he ended up spending all his time floating around different waterparks with clingfilm in him where all his new tattoos were. He went out for one night where he went dancing and drinking again but it just didn't feel right with an itch under his skin growing to be unbearable. Still, he took photo's videos and he realised then just how much he had done in such a small space of time even if it felt eternal. 

With only one stop left Jimin spent his last day in Benidorm marathon watching the Mama Mia films ready to go to the home of the film, Skiathos itself. It was in Skiathos Jimin let go the last of his cares knowing he'd be going home in just four short days. He drank, toured, swam, danced, sang. He thrived and he thought about if the lycan's had anything similar to the parties he'd experienced on his travels, all unique in there own way. His last night before his flight he took the boat over too Skopelos where he inevitably stayed up all night dancing and singing, sober but drunk on the feeling and when it came to his eighteen hour flight with one cross over he spent the whole time sleeping and then that was it.

It was over.

He was home and only had one thing on his mind.

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Yoongi hated life, he couldn't do it. When Jimin said he'd be gone his heart broke but when he saw his note his heart was filled and he had faith but as each week passed he lost that hope a little more until there was barely anything there, but still he had a duty and it was with that duty that he promised his pack stability and the safety of the other promising it was planned and in a sense it was just not with the pack in the picture. 

People were excited for the return of literal lycan royalty and said royalty was out there somewhere and Yoongi didn't know if he was okay, if anyone was bugging him, if he was safe, if he was with another person, if he managed to fall in love with someone else like Namjoon dumbly mentioned happening in some of his human romcon books. The though of Jimin with another person, lycan or not had him close to feral and he hated not knowing about his mate and his safety.

He didn't doubt Jimin, he doubted himself and that's where all the insecurity came from, the irrationalness a mix of Yoongi and his wolf. It didn't help that the alpha's rut was drawing closer by the day. The whole pack expected Jimin to be back in time and for them to mate then and there but Yoongi didn't think he could do that to the other even if he was back in time, he didn't want to force that kind of tie to the other. He wanted the other to be free even if giving him that felt like it was slowly driving him insane. It got a point one night he asked for Namjoon to stay with him in fear he actual drove himself to ferality. 

32 days without the other was tearing him apart but the others reassured him that no one thought non the wiser, it was the opposite actually, they were impressed with all that had been done in the time, Yoongi had helped fortified the defences, travelled the territory's to make sure they were all in good shape and gave a more eloquent speech at each stop with the help of the inner circle. Every house was worked on with the personal help of the pack alpha to get up to a certain grade which had been in the books for a long time but they never had a chance to execute and what time better than when he was trying to keep himself distracted.

The pack spoke of a new age coming forward, an age of prosperity of the pack and the unity and strengthening of the noble bloodline. It was no secret now to those outside their alliance of the existence of Jimin and it had the alpha making sure the defences where that much stronger, especially with the personal knowledge he wasn't going to be mating Jimin until the other was ready.

But it was by day twenty three that he had set in motion all the upgrades successfully and worked on what he could before he was sent back to the main pack for the preparation of the fertility festival which was another thing Yoongi dreaded. It was the day younger lycan typically paired up or mated depending if they had the year prior. It was an unofficial official kind of tradition and it just had Yoongi on edge more because even the knowledge of Jimin hadn't stopped people throwing themselves at him and he knew his mood would be soured without Jimin by his side even if what they had was so little, knew his wolf would be having none of it and he didn't know if he could fight off the negative emotions at that point.

It was to be ten days later the festival landed and that's why day thirty two hurt so bad.

One day until the festival.

One day until he needed Jimin the most.

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Jimin liked to think of himself as a pretty sound minded person; he thought things through, used his knowledge and expanded it for the situations necessary and he even was very aware of his limits. It's those reasons exactly that Jimin wasn't sure how he got himself into the pickle he was in.

In his excitement when he got back he went straight to the orphanage to hand out some sweets he got for the kids while he was away so he wasn't back tracking on himself before he moved to his next stop where he intended to stay for a while, and that by all means went great. It was a quick affair of lots of hugs, showing off some pictures, introducing himself to the new kid who just so happened to get his room and then he was off again with the reminder they'll store his documents for a few more months.

Now doing the loop around so it wasn't clear he was going into the woods was easy, he just went up to the end of the street, kept going a bit more and shuffled his way though the shrubbery until he was in a less dense part of forest land. Done dusted he was in the right direction. He managed to find a path that felt familiar with just as much ease and then he was off wandering in the vague direction he remembered.

What he didn't take into account however was how tired his body was after the go go go of over the past month and just how out of shape he felt while traversing through the much more overgrown path and climbing over tree roots which didn't feel as big before. But he kept on going, pushing well beyond the limits his body had set and persevering with lots of breaks and his handy dandy energy drink that had become apart of his daily carry around since half way through his travels. He could imagine going through the forest in his current state without it and it was while he was silently praising the little bottle of liquid energy he had his second oversite.

That God. Damn. Ditch.

One second he was walking swigging his drink, singing Mama Mia and the next he was sliding, only just catching himself enough to slide with more grace like he saw Yoongi do but even then it was far from perfect and his precious drink was gone, lost to the forest where it didn't belong in the first place.

Then there was the issue of his arm he over threw to slow down his fall which now had an angry gash down it, bleeding red and seeping onto his favourite shirt.

If Jimin yelled enough profanities that even a sailor would blush that was between Jimin and the forest. Or that was what he thought while mid commentary about dumb clumsy boys and stupid 'fucking safety hazards hills.' 

He almost missed the sound of movement in the trees but he caught it just in time to turn to the direction where a very familiar big black wolf was tumbling towards him, almost twice the size of when he last saw him. Jimin couldn't even open his mouth to greet the other as the wolf was already licking his face, tail like a helicopter and foot thumbing like a bunny that had Jimin's heart instantly melt while he pushed away the over grown pup, giving a good scratch to its head.

A distant cry called out the wolfs name and Jimin shushed the other to call out "YA KIM TAEHYUNG!" Instead.

Taehyung came bursting out of the treeline not even a second later running up and barrelling Jimin over again, unbeknownst of his arm.

"What the frig are you doing out here? Your so far off path. How long have you been back? You are back, yeah? We've all missed you so much." and all Jimin got from that was "Frig." which had him bursting into giggles. Taehyung shot him an unamused look waiting for Jimin to get over that part, he still had a bright smile on his face when he did teasing "Well if you'd have seen me off maybe it wouldn't have felt so long." Hugging his arm in his best attempt to shield it but in the end there was no use.

Jimin didn't know when Jungkook had shifted but the very naked youngest was reaching for his arm grumbling "Trust us, it would have. Jin hyung hasn't stopped moping when he's at home like the rest of us. We've all missed you, now why are you covered in mud and how'd you do this?"

This being his arm haphazardly being swung in front of his own face which Taehyung only just noticed, stealing Jimin's arm from Jungkook and gently feeling over it.

Jimin was almost endeared by the two very them reactions both wolves showed but he was more so grumpy over the fact he noticed not only was it bloody but there was a rip in his shirt and that's what had him cursing the slope again.

"It's that fucking hill, it's out to get me. If I go missing I swear this hill will have killed me and those dumb roots." Ignoring Jungkook's "You won't be going missing." too instead make a show of hitting the dirt as if it made any difference with Taehyung trying not to laugh at his antics while he helped him up.

"Jungkookie, shift and run ahead and tell the healers with have a boo boo from the big bad hill coming their way."

Jungkook nodded shifting immediately and as he ran off Jimin choose to make the most of his sudden giddiness to shout "YOUR NOT ESCAPING ME SO EASILY JUNGKOOKIE! I EXPECT A GOOD EXCUSE AND TOO SEE YOU IN PANTS!" which had Taehyung nearly tripping himself as he laughed looking at Jimin incredulously who just linked their arms and started walking in a random direction.

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"Maybe heading the direction the wolf ran off ahead of us would be a good idea JimJam."

"I'm jet lagged and tired. I have no energy drink and I've been walking forever. No sassing the baby."

"So you admit it? You're baby?"

"I'm baby, be careful or the baby will demand to be carried."

As it turned out he didn't need to demand because Taehyung easily scooped him up and started walking faster with Jimin's protests that he wasn't a bride and didn't need to be carried as such.

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Word travels fast in a pack, especially when someone's hurt so it was obvious when Jungkook came running through the town fighting pants on shouting he needed a healer to head to the main house everyone started making their way in that general direction considering it was a big thing for the inner circle to need a healer.

The thing that was the biggest attention grabber though was that all of the inner circle was accounted for aside from Jungkook and Taehyung as the rest were helping with the festival plans and Taehyung was one to deal with injuries on his own. It was that exact reason that Yoongi and Hoseok shifted to get to the pack house faster leaving Jin and Namjoon to quickly resolve the 'flower crisis' while they attended to what they thought could only be the beta.

The fact they knew Jungkook wouldn't have left Taehyung is he was hurt left some space for confusion but it was ignored on the quest to get there fast enough, only to arrive to find no one and a panting Jungkook who already had his arm raised pointing for them to give him a second, the crowd tumbling after them and by the time Jungkook had caught his breath everyone including the healers where there stood in confusion, only for all their silent questions to be answered by the distant sounds of laughter and a mostly unrecognised voice shouting "Mush!" with Taehyung whining "I'm going as fast as I can with your heavy ass bag."

And then they were breaking through the trees to a crowd of people who all gasped as Jimin and Taehyung froze.

"Jungkook-"

"You said to get the healer quick, obviously everyone would hear."

"You could've just- you know what. Thank you for getting the healer Jungkookie. And for wearing pants for Jiminie. Jimin-ah you okay back there you've gone stiff as a board."

Taehyung readjusted the other to make his point and it took Jimin a second to catch up on everything because the second they broke through the trees his focus was on Yoongi and Yoongi on him. It was just when his brain started working again that it felt like Yoongi's did too as he rushed forward connecting the dots that it was Jimin who needed the healer and when Yoongi was by his side Jimin was already placating "It's just a scratch." Definitely not the first thing he thought he would be saying but he'd take it even if it seemed like Yoongi didn't care, helping him off Taehyung's back and inspecting him only to visibly flinch when he saw his bloody shirt.

"Really hyung, it's nothing."

"It's not nothing Jimin-ah, you're hurt. How can you expect me to keep letting you go when you always come back to me hurt."

The words struck a nerve with Jimin and he felt the desperate need to point out "Not the first time Jungkookie brought me." wondering how worried he'd feel with the roles reversed but he was moody this was how they were meeting again; sick, tired and with an arm which was stinging way more than he wanted to admit.

Taehyung sucked in a laugh "I distinctly remember there being a run in with some wolves the night you met, let alone when the protect Jungkookie squad got to you." And all Jimin could bring himself to do was stick his tongue mustering all of his pettiness in only to yelp when Taehyung went to pinch it, being pulled into Yoongi's arms who growled off the others advances.

Taehyung held both hands in the air taking a few steps back as the healers finally approached them after their little scene but it was Jungkook who was the one to get in the last word wishing Jimin luck while he was being guided away "You chose the worst timing to come back hyung, mating season is here so everyone's on edge. You have a long month of hyung coddling you." But Jimin couldn't really bring himself to hate the thought.

He wasn't too sure why mating season meant coddling but if it meant he got to hog all of Yoongi's attention after a long month apart he'd take it.

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As thing turned out Jimin not only had a nasty cut but a minor sprain, he remained perched on the small porch as the healers doted over him making small talk but to Jimin it felt more like he was being talked at as they all said how excited they were for his arrival and how highly anticipated it had been for the whole pack. Yoongi let them do as they wanted, only stopping his pacing once when he was scolding the two ladies for saying they were excited for the upcoming mating ceremony, Yoongi all the while ignoring his curious gaze.

After that the rest of the inner pack was by his side helping him up and guiding him inside while Namjoon kept Yoongi and Seokjin outside to address the pack, which Jimin only heard the tail end of;

"Thank you to everyone for showing concern for one of our own, I am proud our ties and care for one another can be displayed once again to the newest of our pack I hope he is as comforted by your care as I am. For now though this is where we shall leave things while he settles after a long time travelling and as such the inner circle will be taking a much less active approach to the festival to prepare our new family member but we are here for any help you need. Please return to your business until further notice."

It was a simple enough affair, a lot more of a fanfare than he planned for but in the end he didn't really put much attention on the crowd hoping between trying to catch Yoongi's eye and listening attentively to the healers who were making a fuss.

Son Yoongi was sending them off to just leaving the seven who had all let out a simultaneous sigh of relief.

"Now that that's done-" was all that Jin could get out before Hoseok was barrelling into the young omega chanting how much the younger was missed, Namjoon on his other side to catch them both with the force and waiting to ask about Jimin's adventure with Jungkook and Taehyung literally bouncing on the spot with their excitement at the others return as it really hit them the other was there with the intention to stick around. Yoongi stood off to the side, sighing out a fond huff as he watched his favourite people dote over his favourite person with Jin there to pat his back in reassurance.

Even though Yoongi wasn't the most vocal about how much he missed the omega when he left, Jin had managed too see through it and seek him out to give him a good old reassuring scenting on the promise that he knew the other would come back far sooner than anyone expected and when Yoongi really thought about it travelling the world sounded like a year job yet here the omega was, back in just over a month. Yoongi didn't even try to hide his snort "This is your formal I told you so, I suppose."

It wasn't a question and Jin just gave his back another pat, answering even though there was nothing needed to be said.

"You managed to bag quite the omega, I don't even think that the pups have managed to hurt themselves as much as our newest pack mate out in the woodlands. And that says a lot considering the influx of trouble seeking toddlers who recently gained the ability to run."

Yoongi nodded in silent agreement, it was true after all. Out of the thirty eight pups between two and five in the mid pack, Jimin had managed to beat them all on the injury streak and probably beat the whole pack with his ability to fall, he'd fallen laughing too hard while Yoongi and Jin watched on from Hoseok's teasing of Namjoon, but Yoongi wouldn't have him any other way.

The pair made eye contact and Yoongi saw as something shifted in the others gaze and the overwhelming urge to just steal the other away out beat the part of him that wanted to just have them all together for the first time in a moon cycle. Yoongi didn't feel guilty when he clapped and told the others to get back to work and to prepare a welcome feast, and he certainly didn't feel guilty when he literally swooped Jimin off his feet carrying him inside away from the prying eyes of his best friends.

He didn't stop until he had the omega safely secured on his bed, laying him out like he would a pup with the upmost care and then he just looked at him. Really looked at him.

Jimin's hair had changed colour in their time apart, lightening from the sun as his skin tanned a delicious almond. Some how the other had slimmed out losing his puppy fat but also gained curves that were impossible to not caress as he looked the other over, meeting Jimin's gleaming eyes until he was yanked down and landed directly over the omega, pulled until there was just a breathes width between them.

And like a puzzle piece they came together, filling in for all of there time apart. One chaste kissed turned to two, two to three until all that there was was the other. Yoongi tugged Jimin's lower lip between his teeth and bit down drawing a delicious moan from the omega where he squirmed under him. Yoongi moved his target from his lips too his neck where he licked, bit and sucked at the supple flesh drowning the other in his scent until all that he could smell in the room was them with Jimin responding releasing his own into the beautiful cocktail which was wholly them.

They only parted when things grew to hot and heavy, panting as they bathed in the others presence then finally Jimin was tugging Yoongi down just to hold him and feel him, shaking as teared welled in his eyes, chanting in a silent promise of forever "I missed you, I missed you so much." which Yoongi returned with his own chorus of "I missed you, I adore you. Thank you for coming home to me."

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Hours later a sleepy Jimin and an amused Yoongi trotted their way down the stairs just in time for food being put out.

"Considering you both literally stink of each other, I'm impressed. A good scenting'll have done you both some good." Jin said where he was laying out the plates at the head of the table. Taehyung rose from his seat in one movement and pushed Yoongi aside to pull Jimin into his own arms and scent him with an equal ferocity hoping even a little bit will stick under the heavy scent of bergamot and sandalwood before Yoongi was picking him up and putting him in Jungkook's awaiting laugh leaving a giggling Jimin and a grumbly alpha.

"I missed you too Tae."

Yoongi didn't even look sorry as he pulled Jimin back to him, blatantly kissing his neck as if to cover any damage that could've been done to their impenetrable mixed scent.

Seokjin just rolled his eyes at the cat calls from Jungkook and Hoseok, turning to his partner and asking him to fill Jimin in on why he had a kitten sucking the life out of his neck like a vampire and Namjoon taking his self assigned role as Jimin's lycan teacher explained "Mating season is coming up literally this week, it's marked by the head alpha's rut as the pheromones are the strongest and it encourages other wolves pheromones for presenting as well as getting together and just pup making in general. It's actually quite key to our life cycle really, it's how we keep going but sadly for you that means your going to have a possessive hormonal alpha clinging to you, especially after the past months separation. Hyung is more wolf that human right now."

Jimin remembered a little about ruts and heats from his visit but in the past month it really had slipped his mind since he hadn't had to think about it but he nodded along anyways as he waddled him and Yoongi to their seats that remained free for the pair at the head of the table.

"So how does hyung going into rut and this festival work out?" Jimin asked when they were finally seated and he was surprised that it was Yoongi who answered "I'm going to be in pre rut at the festival opening and the real celebrations after the feast happen when my rut hits, I make my way to my rut hut and wait it out, celebrations last a month and I re-join after it ends for the celebrations. Pups who haven't asked my blessing to mate already come to ask for my permission and mates expecting pups come to me for acceptance and well wishes. By the end of the month pregnancies boom and birth rates are expect to spike in eight to nine months time."

It made sense and it was easy enough but something about it left something in Jimin unsettled, his wolf - which he later realised while everyone was eating. Everyone else was too focus on the food and bickering but Namjoon caught his eye and nodded to the door announcing him and Jimin were going to go fetch more drinks.

"It's a lot isn't it?" Namjoon asked when the door closed behind him, Jimin looked up from where he was walking by his side to answer "Not really, if anything it's quite tame. Seven fully grown men who get on is a lot more peaceful than twenty kids who fight and argue over the smallest thing." But Namjoon surprised him when he said "Not that."

Jimin looked up to meet Namjoon smiling down to him kindly clarifying "Mating season." and for some odd reason it had Jimin blushing.

"Some of the healers before mentioned that hyung would be mating this season, I didn't really realise it was so soon." then the small insecure part of him spoke up "I didn't realise hyung was going to take a mate." because it didn't make sense for it to be him since nobody knew he'd be back and he wasn't sure who else it'd be, it had him feeling a little dumb and very stupidly insecure considering how the other had already revenged him but Namjoon was already softly scolding "None of that." taking the cups from Jimin's hand to place on the table only to refocus on the omega.

"Hyung isn't meant to be mating anybody but you and that has to be on your terms, your meant for each other, it's literally written in the stars and engrained in you both but it'll be just as engrained next mating season as it is this. It's already going to be a lot with your body preparing for its first heat. Nobody is going to judge you if you choose to sit this one out and both go through it on your own. It'll buy you three months if your cycles sync and then it'll be three after that, it doesn't have to be done in mating season but its a little thing some of the love sick pups choose to do and it gives them a little more time to consider the prospects of being mates."

Jimin repeated the sentences over in his head finding comfort in knowing there was only him, only to halt when the words truly processed and he all but squeaked out "My first heat?" cheeks burning a bright red and dread hitting him like a truck. Not even three seconds later and the door was swinging open to a stressed looking Yoongi and an equally as alerted Jin with the others trailing closer to, but Namjoon still spoke to him with all the calmness he possessed "Your heats due at any minute, I've been able to smell it in your scent since you arrived back. I'm sure the elders did too which is why they were making the comments on mating." and Jimin felt his whole world stop.

"Alright alright! everyone but Jimin Joon and Yoongi back to the table, lets give them space to talk about this properly. The food can wait, we can always reheat it." and then Jin was closing the door pushing the nosey concerned wolves behind him with it.

"I'm going to have a heat? Soon? Can I have that tea thing Jin hyung did? I don't think I'm ready for that. Hyungs I cant deal with that, hyung said it hurts and it sounds awkward and-" Yoongi scent hit him in the face as the alpha pulled the other down to hide his face in his neck, Jimin didn't realise it but he started to get into a panicked frenzy backing away and Yoongi knew he had to step in before the omega ran out the door in his scared heightened state, releasing calming pheromones to coax the other into a calmer state, apologising all the while because of the news that only wolf raised lycan understood.

"We can't delay this, to delay your first does more harm than good. It can ruin apart of you forever but there are ways to make it not painful and when it hits you'll be too dazed to feel uncomfortable." and that only had Jimin panicking more as Yoongi shushed him and glared at Namjoon for making his omega panic more.

"Jiminie I'm going to explain what happens during heats, no holding back or embarrassment okay?" he waited for a moment before continuing "Your heats are there because much like a wolf your body has the urge to mate, to breed. It's the time your body is most fertile and most prepared to mate with your hormones and your mind calling for it, your wolf calls for it. But you and your wolf are the same and your wolf won't do anything your uncomfortable with. It's common for omega's who are close and in cycle to gather together and just cuddle through it. It'll be uncomfortable like an itch that cant be scratched and it'll be warm and sticky but you won't do anything you wouldn't in the right mind. We just have to keep you nice and safe in the heat huts away from alpha's because if your wolf see's them fit it could lure them in and accidental mating's have been known to happen." He didn't want to word it to specific or mention how alpha's were more of a threat than spoken but he knew Jimin got the message with how his scent soured more.

Jimin could only squeak out "And if I spend it with you." and it had Yoongi subconsciously drawing the other closer, eyes flashing red as a thunderous purr rumbled in his chest. Namjoon answered, "You come together and mate, physically and quite possibly mentally since your wolves are so well fitted and fond of each other." and it didn't take putting two and two together to realise he meant they'd fuck.

Their bodies would call to breed and mate and they'd do just that and for some odd reason it felt a lot less daunting than going through it on his own, it felt like everything would be okay as long as Yoongi was with him, drowning him in his scent and holding him close. He felt pins and needles through his whole body as he thought about the other fucking him deep and filling him with his cum until his stomach budged, tying them both together only to mate and bond them to one another for eternity.

Yoongi growled against his ear and all it did was send more shivers down his spine as Namjoon coughed, awkward and unsure of what to do. Jimin was clearly entering preheat just like Yoongi had hit pre rut just hours before but Namjoon needed them both in the right mind to be consenting and so he called for Jin for help separating the two. 

Coaxing Jimin away was easy with the promise of nesting on Yoongi's bed with their things but Yoongi was very reluctant to part with the omega even though he knew he had too, in the end though it was Jungkook who managed to pull him away asking for help before Yoongi couldn't. They all knew Yoongi was ready whenever Jimin was, he'd made it all perfectly clear in his grumbling about mating the other so he'd never feel his absence again over the past month as long as Jimin was okay and ready and that's where Jin and Namjoon's focus lied.

So parting ways Jin shooed Namjoon away on the grounds that the pheromones could trigger something more and to send Taehyungie there way before meeting Jimin who was already settled on the bed, crisscross apple sauce, hugging a pillow in his lap.

"Well that's an awfully good start." Jin commented with a chuckle moving himself deeper into the room while Jimin pouted, "It's not my fault I'm not sure what to do hyung. I want it to be good for Yoongi but I don't know how, I'm new too this." and that was something that Seokjin could sympathise with, purposely avoiding sitting on the bed and risking spreading his scent, instructing him to just do what felt right.

But what felt right to Jimin had him second guessing himself thinking if it only benefitted him or if Yoongi would like it, if it was bad or even worse offensive - he didn't understand the whole instinct thing just yet and it had him second guessing anything. Just as he was about to give up Dal must've heard his silent calls for help because in came Taehyung in all his glowing Beta glory.

"What do we have going on in here? Am I missing the party?"

"It's not much of a party, he hasn't even started yet." Jin commented in a careful way where it wasn't insulting but more sympathetic and factual, and Taehyung took that information in his stride strutting his way to the bed to heave Jimin off it who immediately panicked at the thought of someone elses contact even though the logic part of him felt a bit crazy feeling so defensive but Taehyung apologised and spun him in a few circle before stopping him with a firm grip on his shoulders to hold him steady.

"No brain, no thinking. What feels right, what looks right and what makes you feel safest. Go." and the dizzy affect surprisingly helped a little in his voicing of "I don't know what Yoongi hyung would want." But Taehyung was already moving forward with the instructions of "We'll talk about that more later but I promise what feels right will be right. The perfect nest for an alpha is a nest that is made by their mate with both of them in mind in the simplest of ways. You can't go wrong with a nest but as long as your happy he will be. Now what do you need to do for that. Think about your bed at home what was that like."

That was a better place to start than any.

"I had it pushed against the window in the nook of the room with lots of pillows and plushies and blankets before they got taken for the other children." It was a hard sacrifice at the time but in the end it was worth it to see the smile on their faces and something about knowing thatthose kids got to keep a little part of safety which was him made it worth the while in the end. He was lost in that thought until he heard the count to three and he snapped his head up to see the pair dragging the bed to sit just in the nook.

Jimin felt a sudden wave of panic at the thought of disrupting Yoongi's room but a deeper part of him thought about how much nicer and cosy it'd be in that spot. Taehyung and Jin must've noticed it to with the smug way they grinned at one another. Next Taehyung was heading straight for Yoongi's closest, slamming the doors wide open before turning to the starry eyed omega and telling him to go wild and in a sense Jimin did.

He was bashful as he took the first pile of blankets and pillows out but by the third he felt more comfortable removing them to pile on the bed with the knowledge that Yoongi had stocked up on more over the past month and had gone out of his way to scent some and leave some unscented in his angst of missing his omega. 

Jimin felt blessed to have such a caring mate and every time he caught that word in his thought's his cheeks would burn just a little bit brighter.

It all started with a good base, the softest and cosiest blanket quilted the bottom to make the bed that much more plush, followed closely by a rolled up blanket around the edge. Jimin remembered rolling his blankets so his pillows just sat that little bit differently and how he wished he'd had a bigger bed to do the whole thing and now he had the chance he was going to make the most of it. And after the rolled blankets came the pillows all intricately placed to build up the walls how they should be, with a good mix between the scented pillows from Yoongi and the scentless ones that soon bloomed a soft smell of bergamot after he rubbed his cheek against them to test the softness.

With the base and the walls done he paused only for a moment to send a longing glance to his own bag and the pile of laundry near the closet and it was Jin who gave him a fond huff nudging him in that direction to explain "It's only natural it's nothing to be embarrassed about." with Taehyung chuckling out about the time Jin walked around in one of Namjoon's sweaty shirts because he wasn't around and he just felt needy, of course his wolf would want that in it's more primitive state and who was Jimin to not indulge it now that he could, if Jin was proud at the recount he could be proud of his nest.

In the end everything fell together in a way that made Jimin want to purr and apparently he did because in the next moment he was being pulled into Taehyung's arms as the younger nuzzled him saying how precious he was like this, "So pliant and soft." And that was where the tone changed just a little to something a tad more serious.

"There's something we really should be talking about angel." Then Taehyung was guiding the omega to sit at the edge of his nest while he squatted in front of him holding his hands in his own. 

"Are you really ready to be spending your heat with Yoongi, your first at that?"

It was Jin who said it but Taehyung knew just when to squeeze his hands in encouragement, and really that was the question.

 He'd fooled around before sure but never anything close to penetrative, was he ready for that? Could he handle that? His instincts sure thought so with the way butterflies erupted in his stomach just at the thought. If it were to be with anyone he could only think of one man and that would be with Yoongi it could be with Yoongi, but to do so with Yoongi carried a lot more than that. If they crossed that line everyone had made it very clear there would be no stopping.

If they spent their cycle together they would mate, a bond and a commitment more serious than anything he had ever known - something he could only think was on par to the old way religion was followed in its sacredity back in time. They'd be more than partners, lovers, husbands. They'd be mates. Just like Jin and Namjoon, just like his parents had been and how Yoongi's had. He didn't think it would be anything like Yoongi's parents even if the facts lined up similar in regards to arrangement. But he did worry about Yoongi in that regard and so he said that.

"I think I'm more worried about hyung and if this is something he actually wants, I know what went down with his parents..." and he left that open in the air not knowing what could be shared, what couldn't and where that boundary lay but the others met him there reassuring him that Yoongi had wanted nothing more since he understood who he was to him. That this was about Jimin not his alpha.

And Jimin in full honesty didn't feel nearly as intimidated as he should and that in itself was as much of a reassurance as it was a worry, "Your wolf knows and you know. Trusting that much is scary, it's big. But you just know and if you don't trust that yet that's okay too, there's time Jiminie." But time wasn't what Jimin wanted. What he wanted was Yoongi, he wanted his alpha. His.

"I want hyung." He didn't realise he said the words until they were out and when he looked up it was the opposite of what he feared, he thought maybe their would be some judgement, some disappointment that he was letting things go so fast on a gut instinct but all he found was love and reassurance and even a few unshed tears in Seokjin's eyes.

"You've really bloomed into quite the incredible young man, do you know that?" and then the first tear fell with a watery snort and Jimin was on his feet and in the other omega's arms rubbing their cheeks together.

"Most people would run, they have run when their wolf has called. But you, you wonderful little creature have embraced it and a whole history you didn't know. You came back to us when we all thought you would run before we knew you. If Yoongi wasn't sweeping you up I'd break the moons promise of mine to Namjoonie to sweep you off your feet and I'll tell you something, he'd do the same even if it were just to keep you safe from those who ruined everything to start with." Taehyung broke the pair apart lifting a teary Jimin away and spinning the omega with the declaration "You old gooses can get inline, I have dibs with my Jungkookie. We could be a throuple and make it work. Me and Jiminie are clearly soulmates." and just the thought of that made Jimin snort because he really had never felt so close to anyone as he had Taehyung sure his body called for Yoongi but at first things were tense. It was Taehyung who threw caution to the wind and made him feel safe first, Jungkook had been his comrade but Taehyung offered them both a home with his friendship.

Jimin was giggling when his first tear fell and Jungkook had apparently overheard it as his own laughs echoed in the room drawing the trios attention, there he stood with his widest bunny smile looking at some of the people he held the closest and then he was nodding in the direction of the stairs, "I was sent to come get you for food because Yoongi hyung is getting angsty over Jiminie not eating yet so close to his heat but just putting this out there, after Yoongi hyung you old men have nothing on me and Tae." and then he was lunging forward and grabbing his beta and omega in his arms leading them to run from playfully scolding Jin.

Now that that was settle all he had to do was to tell Yoongi, and Jimin had the perfect idea in mind.

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After eating the five other members of the inner pack left Jimin and Yoongi to finalise the festival prep with the very quickly approaching arrival of Yoongi's rut leaving the pair with un resolved tension between them. Yoongi had no idea what conclusion Jimin had reached but he knew one thing, if he didn't leave soon his wolf wouldn't let him.

It wasn't in a primal threatening way that left him scared of himself but in a way that left him with an aching heart, he trusted himself enough to know he wouldn't lay a finger on Jimin even if he were there with him, which was a feat in itself, but the thought the other would be suffering and he would just have to watch hurt him and his wolf and he felt selfish, so incredibly selfish, for wanting to leave before it got to that point. He didn't want to watch the other suffer when he could help but he didn't want to help if it wasn't wanted and he felt selfish in a way because he knew he'd benefit.

Yoongi wasn't even sure if Jimin knew he was releasing calming pheromones when he wrapped the alpha in a hug but he did know that Jimin was acting with a purpose and he let himself have it melting into the hug as the other carded his hands through his hair in a slow and smoothing motion as he whispered "Your thinking too much." and even though Yoongi wasn't sure if that was entirely true he let his tired brain have a minute just to soak in the serenity which was the other.

He held on tighter when Jimin tried to pull away and the younger just giggled as he shuffled them in the general direction of their room, Jimin wasn't sure when he started thinking of it like that but he liked it and when he'd said to Yoongi he wanted to head upstairs and the alpha asked if it was to their room his omega huffed with pride.

He didn't know how to explain it but he felt like he was getting a better understand of what was him and his wolf now that he actively was looking out for it and he found comfort in knowing that it really wasn't this separate thing like he had initially feared. Him and his wolf were one and they both knew what they wanted, Yoongi. And now it was time for them to make their intention clear to their alpha.

"Hyung close your eyes."

"Close my eyes?"

"It's a surprise."

It didn't take much for Yoongi to put two and two together but he wasn't sure that if he went in there he would let them come back out before the festival and he told Jimin as much, he'd expected Jimin to be bashful but much to his enjoyment the other just seemed smug as he tugged him on. 

"I worked hard on this for us, you wouldn't turn down a gift would you?" and Yoongi wasn't sure if Jimin knew what he was doing but if he did what he was doing was purely cruel. A gift from his omega would be like a courting gift which they only briefly got to engage in and to get one from your omega was like the final confirmation and it had the alpha's metaphorical tail wagging like a helicopter.

First the ring and now this which he could accept.

He also took note on the use of us which all but confirmed what the gift was, Yoongi's hair stood on his arms.

Making sure the others eyes were closed Yoongi brought the other into the room, leading the way to the spot the bed used to be in before hiding behind the other. He wanted to trust the others when they said Yoongi wouldn't mind but he didn't think he could handle seeing Yoongi's face drop if he was displeased with him and his gift.

He felt his wolf wriggling with anticipation, a much different feeling to Jimin's apprehension and he decided to just go for it back hugging Yoongi as he gave the order "Open them up." and when he did he heard his breath catch.

Yoongi knew what was waiting for him when he looked behind the door but what he wasn't ready for was just how much it would call to his wolf, the perfect mix of their scents with the strong aroma of pure comfort and musk. The bed was covered in all the softest things Jimin could find and Yoongi's alpha swelled in pride at not only the bed but the use of his little gifts he'd been collecting as he travelled in Jimin's absence.

His wolf may as well have been a pup with how excited and uncontrollable it was and Yoongi couldn't even judge himself for following through with the urge to sweep Jimin off his feet and nuzzling into his neck whispering words of praise in between little licks and kisses even though it changed nothing about the impenetrable barrier of Yoongi the other was carrying with his heavy rut pheromones.

Jimin giggled but still felt bashful as he asked "So you like it?" and Yoongi chucked out any hints of doubt with a blinding smile that shun brighter than the sun, promising "I love it, it's incredible. Thank you." and then Yoongi's brain caught up and his eyes widened just in time for Jimin to explain the double meaning "So will you spend your rut with me?" and just as Yoongi caught his breath to answer he was hit with whiplash as Jimin carefully tacked on "Alpha."

Yoongi saw red and the next thing they knew Jimin's back was hitting the bed right in the middle with Yoongi over him drawing his lips into a blood boiling kiss. The intensity had Jimin's toe curling as he tried his best to keep up until he was left breathless and completely ravaged, everything over too quickly but Jimin quickly caught onto why when Yoongi's scent grew headier making him gasp.

It felt like he was drowning in a endless pool of Yoongi and that's when he felt it, a slight trickle of dampness that had him gasping and Yoongi's pupils blowing wide.

Yoongi drew himself back before anything else could happen, hating the look of panic on Jimin's face but he knew he had to get away before they both triggered their cycles prematurely. Luckily that was the moment Hoseok came barging in, snapping "Out!" too Yoongi who was man enough to admit he was gonna take the out and make Hoseok the bad guy even though he was acting for what was best for them both.

Tears brimmed in Jimin's eyes as he watched Yoongi go and everything felt like it was crashing around him but then Hoseok was there rocking him and reminding him to breath until the sudden burst of emotions calmed down and he was just left embarrassed. Hesitantly Jimin shared how he felt but he found comfort in Hoseok's promise that it was biology and nothing to be embarrassed about, it was that point Jimin was sat down for the bluntest explanation to date.

"Your needy and that's normal. Your body is preparing for marathon sex while it tries everything it can to make you want to get pregnant and mated because your body has accepted that you have that and so have you if I've heard right." Jimin blushed with a different kind of embarrassment but he got no sympathy this time as Hoseok slapped his shoulder and ruffled his hair squawking "You speedy pup, so your really ready? Your staying?" and Jimin squeaked out a yes as he was manhandled into the others lap before promptly being pushed to the side with a yelp.

Hoseok's cheeks were red as he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly and for the first time that day he wanted to be swallowed whole. His body had produced slick. Hoseok shrugged it off though explaining "I'll give you some time to get washed up and when your done just put on the clothes I'm going to set out on the bed and meet us downstairs. Clearly we've got to get this festival moving." and then Jimin was left alone again.

A few more hours and then that was it, his life would be changed forever.

Surprisingly, he didn't feel scared.

He was ready for change.

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In just a matter of hours the chaos which was the village had vividly transformed, as Yoongi did one last walk around to confirm it up to standard his heart felt full knowing that his pack had really pulled out all the stops to make a holy festival just that bit more in such a short time in honour of Jimin coming home.

Somewhere between fighting the urge to go find Jimin and his walk it had truly hit him what today really was going to be for not only him and Jimin but the pack. After eighteen yeas Jimin had come home and just a month later they were completing a bond written in the stars of both their free will no just what their parents had arranged as a precaution. Out of all the outcomes that could've come from the choices made for them this was truly the best and Yoongi spent extra time thanking the goddess for all she had done to bring them to this point.

He didn't feel like he could ask for anymore but in the privacy of his own mind he prayed that things would continue to look up for them, that Jimin would settle well and their bond would form wholly and full of the love that just felt natural to be. 

Yoongi had read stories of the human years and the taboo of young marriage, he read horror stories of going blindly into life long commitment and it going sour. One of his biggest fears was that Jimin would be too inherently human, that he wouldn't be able to embrace what made them what they were and that he'd hold the value of humans who love on a lesser level.

Wolves love for life, they bond for it, and that concept only existed in fantasy for other species.

And here Jimin was coming from the background of humans as a wolf proving that you could take a wolf away from its pack but a wolf would remain a wolf through and through. He feared for the damage being around humans had done to Jimin, not having that permanent bond but seeking companionship - he worried he'd been used and abused and left behind, but he never let on that he had.

He was raised in a orphanage knowing his parents were dead which had left him comforted because their were people out there who would abandon or abuse their children sending them there, he had held onto the hope he was loved. He watched as his friends came and went, putting up a barrier so it didn't hurt as much as it once did which he learnt as a self preservation tactic. He made a life for himself, he saved, he planned, he accomplished so much and he was strong enough to accept a whole other life while standing his ground for his need of closure on his last and now here they were.

"Yoongi we need to get heading to the centre." Seokjin called through the curtains of the tailors, their last stop before the festival would begin. Jin had made sure to send Jimin his clothes to get ready at the house while Yoongi got his body painted and dressed. When Yoongi made no move to respond Jin took it into his own hands to open the curtains and what he found was a site indeed.

Dressed up to the waist in heavy layers of intricate fabric and pelts and furs, with paint adorning his chest in the pack alpha's insignia and many layers of jewellery stood Yoongi looking utterly handsome, but what had the omega freezing was the tear streaks he saw going down the alpha's cheeks which had tears of his own brimming. 

"Yoongi-chi..."

The alpha wiped his face of the remnants of tears finally turning to give the other a watery smile, nodding as a final reassurance to himself before making his way to the omega patting his arm; "Let's get this show on the roll."

The walk to centre felt like a blur of torches, flowers and banners and then they were breaking the through the last part of the path where the crowds split into two making room for Yoongi and Seokjin to walk through, only Yoongi halted.

Stood right where the line ended fully adorned in tradition wolven clothing with his own families insignia was Jimin looking utterly ravishing in the soft lit light. Jimin met his gaze straight on countering the soft blush that adorned his cheeks and the gentle way he bit his lip and Yoongi didn't think their was anyone who epitomised shyness and confidence in the same way Jimin did, a walking juxtaposition.

The cheers of the crowd stayed distant in the background as Yoongi walked closer and when he was just a few steps away Jimin met him wrapping around him like it was where he was meant to be all along. They shared one single kiss as a reminder of what was to come before Yoongi took Jimin's hand leading him to where he was just stood to face the crowd where something just seemed to fall into place with Jimin by his side.

He welcomed the new season, the courtships that have been and were to come, the children who would expand and grow their family and their children and the children after that. He thanked the goddess for blessing them all and bringing them all together in this life time and thanked them for who they'll bring into the next and the bonds that will come and go with the passing of time, and for all the new beginnings. And then he thanked everyone and everything for Jimin, "My beautiful Jimin."

"When I was just a pup and found out I was arranged to be bonded I never really understood exactly what it meant and what a heavy weight it would be to carry, I never understood how two people could just fit together. That was until I met Jimin himself. I was just a pup but I knew no matter what this wolf was my future and I'd do everything I could to make sure he was happy even if it meant letting him go. And now, all these years later, he's come home to us. To me. And with his arrival I am proud to declare a new beginning for our pack. When I came to be the leader I did so to rebuild, relearn and reteach everything that was plagued by the past. It's been a period of change and it will always be but I can now say with certainty that this is it, nothing will quite be like this moment with us all joined as the start of something new, something different for us as lycans. For today under the gaze of the goddess a promise made at birth will unite us as a pack, heavier than just words. Tonight your alpha and omega will mate sealing the bond that was carved out for us. May all our future be better and continue to flourish as we go into this next stage of happiness. May the celebrations begin!"

And with that the crowd burst into cheers of joy and laughter as heavy music started and the campfire was lit, there was nothing to hold them back anymore - or so Jimin thought, but as Yoongi pulled away from him last time he knew he'd have to wait just a little bit longer, the look in Yoongi's eyes spoke of love but also urgency. Like he had one last thing he needed to say or do before it was too late, and with one last goodbye they left the celebrations to go back to the main house which would be guarded like a hawk for the days to come.

"Where are we going alpha?" Jimin asked when he realised he wasn't being led to the house but in fact the garden with a small tree planted in the centre, Yoongi squeezed his hand as he answered "It's just one last surprise, can you wait a little longer little one?" and Jimin nodded squeezing back as Yoongi pushed on to the small tree.

When they got there Jimin noticed a plate of gold pinned to the tree with faded font etched and as he read the words with a soft gasp Yoongi brought Jimin's hand to his lips to place one soft kiss explaining "This is the tree we planted in honour of our parents, my mother and yours along with your father. I just wanted to show this to you before I go on to say what I've had planned as far back as I remember." 

Jimin's free hand brushed against the tree feeling the life brimming under his finger tips before he turned back to Yoongi only to find Yoongi looking right back at him, love struck and almost like he was in awe that Jimin really was there with him, because he was.

"Park Jimin, I have thought about you for as long as I have lived and I will think about you from this life into the next. Even without knowing you I knew your beauty and the beauty of your soul. I watched on from a distance and tried to keep you safe, sometimes succeeding and other times failing. I heard stories of you growing, I've since heard the stories of your hardships. I can't say I've watched you grow up but I have watched you grow over these past months and I am so thankful to have had this chance and time to know you and I'm thankful for the opportunity to do this now and forever by your side. I may not know everything about your life before this, before here but I look forward to learning all about it by your side, protecting you myself how I should have all along."

Jimin went to protest but Yoongi kissed his lips instead pulling away until the tips of their noses were touching and then he did it, "I may not know many human traditions but I do know that one lines up with the last courting gift I hoped to give you. Park Jimin." he dropped to one knee, "With this ring, the last item I have from my mother and the only proof she existed, I ask for your hand with this being a token of our bond and love. Do you accept this ring?"

Jimin couldn't even fight it when the flood gates open, there wasn't a single thing in this universe that could have stopped the tears from falling when they did. He never thought he could have a love like this, that it'd be accepted or that he'd be able to have a bond so strong seen in the eyes of some god. He thought he could love but it would never be that deep, he thought he could have a partner but never be tied, it always hurt how lonely he felt he would truly be and now he didn't have to be because of this beautiful beautiful who's life he walked into after being looked after for a lifetime. How could he ever say no.

"I do."

And with that they became one sealing a bond that'll carried them into this life time and the next, their love ever eternal.

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Everything happened pretty quickly from there.

Yoongi had no hesitation as he lifted Jimin up hooking the omega's legs around his waist as he kissed the living day lights out of him on autopilot to get to their room. It was a mix of teeth, tongue and lips as they both tried too pull all the sounds they could out of the other until their wolf was left completely satisfied at a job well done.

It didn't take a genius for Yoongi to figure out that Jimin especially like his bottom lip being bit and it didn't take Jimin long to figure out that Yoongi especially liked his tongue being sucked on from the lewd noises he'd make between hums and grunts.

Even if they'd only dabbled in making out for a short while they already had each other figured out and like putty in their hands and they both planned to use that too their advantage to get just what they wanted, Yoongi wanted to pop a knot and Jimin wanted to be the lucky bastard who got to take it so they could do those final last steps and tie the bond together that connected the two forever, maybe even start their little family in the process, completely smitten at the thought that this could be the start of their forever.

Yoongi kicked his bedroom door open not having the foresight to leave it propped open, only to make Jimin giggle at the others hastes but all giggling ceased when Yoongi pushed Jimin up against the door to close it successfully taking his breath away in one quick move, nipping Jimin's neck and making the omega all but melt into him as the first scent of slick hit Yoongi's nose, so deliciously sweet that Yoongi swore he began to salivate. He couldn't wait until he got a taste of the sweet substance.

With equal fever as Yoongi, Jimin responded burying his nose in Yoongi's neck to breath the alpha in and the spicy edge that started to go into how he smelt. Jimin didn't think his smell was advanced as the others yet but he swore Yoongi's smell took over the whole room and maybe even the house with how heavy it was, mixing heavenly with his own. He was completely convinced they were made for each from not only theirs but their souls too.

"Hyung." Jimin whined when Yoongi rolled his body into his own, the pressure heavenly but no where near enough, he needed more and he needed it soon, and that was the exact reason why he called out "More please." and Yoongi obliged pressing harder into his body again starting a steady rhythm as their tongues collided in a fight for power.

Jimin didn't know where his confidence came from but his body was telling him to roll back and when he did both threw their heads back and the relief the extra friction gave. Jimin's faced burned read with the heat in his stomach burning more at the raspy whisper of "Good omega." and then he felt it, that familiar trickle dampening the back of his pants, ruining them and his underwear completely even though he'd had the hind site to pack a load of tissue there in case he were to leak anything during the festivities with the way his body was becoming foreign to him.

Jimin pulled away ignoring the ache he felt to stop the movement and the way his wolf whined but he needed to at least deal with that before he let Yoongi near him, it was embarrassing enough thinking how slick was leaking from his arse and he didn't want Yoongi to discover his safety net - he made a mental note he was sure he'd forget to propose the idea of pads for situations just like this or to ask if there was anything like that.

"Hyung we need to stop, Yoongi hyung." Jimin pleaded and the minute the words left Jimin's lips Yoongi was flinching away as if burned dropping the omega on his feet and taking steps back, Jimin immediately recoiled at how he was sure it came across before rushing to Yoongi taking his hands and pulling him close until he could cup his face going "No, no. It's nothing like that, I just want to run to the bathroom really quick, that all if it's okay. Before we do anything." and like that ten years faded from Yoongi's face as relief washed over him agreeing "Yeah that's probably a good idea before we get too carried away." and Jimin was sure to give him a quick kiss on the lips before rushing to the bathroom to dispose of the tissues.

He thanked every deity there had been or was when the toilet flushed going back in the room onto to be bright red, being met with the sight of Yoongi's plump behind facing him, the alpha leaning over his desk and Jimin thought for a moment how nice it'd be if things went both ways but he pushed that thought a side for now as he focused on the other, sneaking his way up to behind the other to wrap his arm around him and Yoongi melted into the embrace, giving the omega who was now grinding against his arse a quick kiss whispering "just let me stick this on the door then we're good to go my love." and he may have pouted but he allowed Yoongi to waddled to the wooden frame with him attached to his back, hanging it with a tac only to spin and sweep Jimin off hi feet, kicking the door shut behind him as he had one target in mind.

Carefully but with force he flung the omega to the bed, immediately climbing over him to bring their lips together again, making quick work of tearing the omega a part, hands travelling down his torso and up his arms, hands tweaking his perky nipples and swallowing the scream that were accompanied by the smooth motion.

When Yoongi's hands found the hemline of Jimin's pants Jimin bucked his hips up whining "Off." but Yoongi just tutted whispering "Poor pup wants his pants off?" and when Jimin nodded Yoongi teased "What do you say to alpha pup?" and Jimin was so gone that his pride went out of the window as he begged "Please alpha, want my pants off." and Yoongi gave him one sweet kiss promising "Of course." kissing his way down Jimin's chest to his sternum before finally pulling the omega's pants down letting his cock spring free.

It wasn't small by any means which was a pleasant surprise for Yoongi since it was stereotypical that omega's were and he looked thoroughly forward to tearing the omega apart which is why he didn't hesitate to dip his head down taking the tip of his cock into his mouth sucking gently as Jimin's whole body tensed, head flying back making the most pornographic sound Yoongi swore he'd ever heard.

Experimentally Yoongi sunk down taking more into his mouth, tongue flat, before moving back up hollowing his cheeks and Jimin could only describe the sound that left him as pornographic. Repeating the motion Yoongi got to work, using one hand to work the omega's balls and the other to palm his self feeling almost animalistic in the way he wanted to break his omega apart.

It wasn't before long that Jimin felt the familiar tug in his lower stomach, calling out to Yoongi "I'm close." and much to his dismay Yoongi pulled off giving the omega a smug smile.

Jimin pouted up to him, mind clouded by lust, but Yoongi just gave him a kiss explaining "The first time I want you to come is on my dick, is that okay my pretty little omega?" and Jimin's eyes glowed in response to his wolf being called out to, nodding and spreading his legs easily for the alpha to fit himself between.

"Are you going to be good and not come for alpha while he gives you his fingers?"

"Yes alpha."

And like that Yoongi got to  work rubbing two fingers over Jimin's slickened hole before pressing in past the tight ring that loosened for him. Jimin gasped at the foreign feeling but any discomfort was all but forgotten when he felt something wet press up against the fingers.

Yoongi tongue was prodding and mixing in with his fingers as he greedily slurped everything that Yoongi was giving him and looking down alone was a site that had him ready to burst, but being good for his alpha was all that was on his mind, even if it hurt. So with a heavy sigh he wrapped his fingers around the base of his cock so that if he did get close, lost in the pleasure, he couldn't come. He knew the pain would be worth it in the end. 

Soon two fingers became three and three fingers became four, all building up to the moment Yoongi couldn't hold back anymore.

"I think your prepped enough, you think your ready Jiminie."

and all Jimin could do was cry out "Fuck please." as Yoongi positioned himself between Jimin's leg, head brushing the rim of his hole before he inched it in little by little until he was fully sheathed, both groaning out in pure ecstasy.

Yoongi carefully pulled his hips back moaning out "How are you still so tight?" plunging back in in the same breath as Jimin moaned out "Again please." so Yoongi did, pistoning his hips back and fourth as he went between kissing and praising the delicate creature beneath him ready to give him his all.

The pace picked up until the only sound in the room was skin hitting skin, heavy breathing and whines as everything slowly built up into a crescendo until they were ready to topple over the edge and Yoongi warned him "My knots forming." pressure building as the base of his cock swelled slowly being pushed into Jimin who took it like a champ just moaning at the pressure and crying out "Pups?" his omega taking over tipping Yoongi over the head promising "All the pups for my pretty little omega, you'll be carrying our pups by the end of our cycles." and then Jimin was coming leading to Yoongi's own knot to lock them into place plastering his insides with his cum.

Then as if second nature their canines ached until they both bit down deep into the others flesh, completing the bond and filling them both with another wave of ecstasy, everything feeling so much intense and different at the same time.

They were bound together now, in body and soul.

For the first time in their lives they felt complete, prepared for the following days to come and the rest of their lives.

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After the mating came the honey moon phase where they spent the rest of their cycle in post mating bliss aka lots of sex and cuddles on repeat. Honestly, Jimin expected it to be a lot scarier than it was but he was pleasantly surprised to find out although uncomfortable in certain moments during the thick of it he was just lost in the moment.

The only day he really felt anything significant enough to actually complain, not his cut whining to milk all the little touches he could out of Yoongi was around day four where he got one of his worst cramps yet. It lasted around twenty minutes and Yoongi refused to do anything else even in his own rut until Jimin had no extra pain for three hours which thankfully he did not but those three hours dragged with him lost in his heat, Yoongi comforting him that he wasn't touching him because he wasn't worth but because he wanted to make sure he was okay.

Looking back, Jimin was thankful for that but it didn't stop him from whining during their first pack house breakfast when their heat and rut broke. Taehyung had gasped loudly and called Yoongi cruel, ignoring how a growl slipped past Yoongi's lips with the mating bond still fresh when he pulled Jimin into his embrace, and Namjoon had to promise Jin he would never do that too him joining in on the fun.

There was a lot of catching up to do and from what Jimin understood Yoongi was going to be busy sorting out and coordinating extra huts to be built with the already doubled amount of mating's from years prior. It turned out the bonding of the pack had an affect on them all and there truly would be a generation built on their love. That part was the most intimidating.

Although Jimin was quickly adapting to his wolf he still hadn't come from the world he found himself thrust upon and he had a lot to learn about the pack and how it functions. At the breakfast Hoseok had explained they wanted to give Jimin more time before throwing him into that world so that he could close all the ties from the other to keep the two separate, closing one door and opening another. Jimin appreciated it and Jungkook promised that after Jimin recovered from his heat he would go with him just to observe and get to know some people, and that promise had only made him want to understand more.

It's why two days after his heat had broke he pulled Seokjin aside;

"Hyung~" Jimin all but sung as he skipped to the elders side where he was preparing his and Jimin's dinner by the stove.  

The rest of the pack had to go and make appearances for mating season ritual, even if it was much more laid back so Yoongi and Jimin weren't separated for long.

"My sweet Jiminie, what great thing have I done to deserve your presence this fine day?"

Jimin knew what he wanted to say but he was still hesitant, he didn't want to give the wrong idea for a second and make anyone panic and he didn't want to do things to soon but he wanted them done. Seokjin must have seen his hesitance because in the next second he was pulling Jimin in for a hug, very lightly scenting him but just enough to calm the other down, "I'm sure no matter what you have to say it's worth all this worrying. You can talk to me, it's okay."

It was okay, Jimin knew that. He didn't want to leave but he feared that it'd come across like that so he had to say one thing before he spoke, one thing to clear it all up.

"I don't want to leave."

That caused a furrow in the elders brow and Jimin felt to nervous to elaborate until the elder made some sign of comprehension, it was when Jin said "Then there's definitely no need to be nervous, but I'd feel better if you elaborated more where this was coming from." that Jimin got the courage to spit it out. 

Seven words slipped from his lips; "I want to go to the orphanage."

Seokjin immediately looked hurt but quickly schooled his emotions, nodding as he was turning to go back to focusing on the food once again. Jimin grabbed him before he could pick anything up, hugging the other, able to tell the difference in the others scent with a more practised nose as he rushed "I want to go back and clean up all my loose ties. I want to be done with that world hyung, I want to stay here with all of you but there's still paper work and I still have some things that need picking up. I just want it all to be over so I can focus on here and now without worrying about twelve months from now."

Jin melted when the words left the younger, squeezing him tighter as he laughed out a weak "Now I know why you were so worried about saying it, you tried to be careful and I took it wrong anyways, I'm sorry Jiminie I thought you were having second thoughts." Jimin shook his head holding on just as tight as he promised "Never. This decision was the biggest in my life but also the one I'm most sure off." and from there the conversation changed to being a little more serious.

Jin sighed as he pulled back, cupping Jimin's cheeks and rubbing their noses together. "We're going to have to have a talk with the inner circle and maybe even some of the elders. You're the pack omega now Jiminie, officially. For your safety we're going to have to make a plan while not being too suspicious. We should talk to Yoongi first so that he doesn't panic about how we deliver it, I doubt he'd take it that well and I'm guessing that's why you came to me first." Jimin shot him a sheepish smile and Jin nodded again kissing his head before pulling away to turn back to the food.

"We tell Yoongi when he comes back and we tell the others over dinner and go from there."

I turned out talking to Seokjin first was the perfect thing because his calmness when telling Yoongi kept Yoongi calm, Jin took the lead saying they spoke before them and Jimin has no intention of leaving but quite the opposite and from there it was smooth sailing. The alphas face lit up into the brightest gummy smile when Jimin had said he wants this to be his forever without worrying and the wolf had lifted him up peppering his face in kisses swearing that he loved him more than the goddess loved her pups.

Next was the pack where Yoongi had reassured Jimin he could tell the others without worry because he was too happy for them to worry which turned out to be corrected, but then again Jimin's presentation had been a bit different to his for Jin. Taehyung was the first to speak asking "Why do you three look all happy, are you keeping secrets again Jiminie like human technology?" They'd all laughed but the questioning looks he got were enough to make Jimin know it was the time and he'd said he felt ready to close off the ties to his past life and dive head first into this. They'd all cheered and congratulated him and the next day there was a meeting set with the elders asking for guidance but it turned into a whole pack affair because in the end Yoongi grew tired of shooing off curious pups sent by their parents.

Together they made the plan that the inner circle minus Taehyung would go with Jimin with a patrol who were to stay in the woods unless called upon, Taehyung would watch over the pack being the most suited as a beta but also as the weakest fighter - it was Jimin who had asked Taehyung to be the one to stay behind when he saw the panic on the youngest of the sevens faces and when they left to prepare Jungkook had pulled Jimin aside and held him close whispering how thankful he was and that he didn't think he could be on the top of his game like he needed to be out of their territory with the beta there.

The next day a group of twenty set off and by mid day they emerged from the woods a little bits away from the orphanage to not seem suspicious. Jimin took the lead with since this was his realm of expertise but just as they were about to buzz on the front gate Yoongi froze holding onto Jimin's arm. Jimin could sense the doubt through their bond but also the concern, Hoseok was the one to explain "The patrol are in an altercation. I'm going to check it out, you five should go ahead, I'll call if anything happens." Jimin didn't seem to fond of that idea but Namjoon reminded him that was why they were there as well as to support him.

Buzzing the gate they were allowed in and all the children had run up to greet them, screaming when they saw Jimin in the bunch and diving on him until the group of friends could hardly see the omega in the mix who was smiling brighter than the sun under the attention of his visiting family.

The head of the house had came out at all the noise, ready to yell but she froze upon seeing the five men, eyes drifting to Jimin in the pile before looking back and nodding. She didn't seem to care after that just saying "Come in when your ready to sign and collect your stuff." heading back inside.

Jimin made sure to greet and nuzzle all of the kids, old and new, and listen to their stories while introducing his friends and explaining he was going to his forever home. Some of the kids cried, some screamed in excitement but over all they were happy for him even if they'd miss him. One of the little boys who had been especially attached to Jimin had cried that he didn't want Jimin to go but Jimin had promised him even if they weren't together they'd all have a very special place in his heart - the orphanage was his first family and he'd never forget that.

 Jimin noticed that the other were growing more angsty looking to the side and no matter how much he wanted to stay and cuddle them a bit longer he knew he had to get a move on so with a quick "We'll be back." The group headed inside. 

The wolves seemed a bit shocked at the dull building and Jimin had to admit the houses they built themselves had much more character but Jimin had explained it wasn't a place made to make you want to stay and even as the others looked at him through sad eyes he smiled, "The office is over this way."

Knocking on the door Jimin waited until they were called in, bringing the group with him. The woman had all the paper work laid out on the table in front of her with a pen, spots to sign highlighted and with no words exchanged other than a tap Jimin got to work. The room as tense as he signed, nobody uttering a word. Yoongi had noticed the woman glaring at his ring realising it matched with Jimin's own and it hit him then that Jimin had explained to him the concept of homophobia in the human world - once he noticed it he had to make a conscious effort not to start growling or posturing at the woman.

As the exchange went on Yoongi felt calmer knowing it was almost over, just a few more hours and Jimin would be theirs and theirs alone. That was until he caught a scent, it was distant but he could acknowledge it was getting closer and when Yoongi heard a buzzer go off he flinched, the woman had paused too look at him and said "It's the door." like Yoongi was stupid but she didn't know that they didn't have such things where they lived.

Yoongi glanced to Seokjin who had tensed up fully confirming his suspicions but it was Namjoon who asked "Are we almost done?" and Jimin had answered "I'm on the last page now, then all we have to do is grab the boxes and go."

Yoongi knew it was asking for too much for everything to go smoothly.

"Park Jimin?"

Everything seemed to freeze for a moment as Jimin turned around to face the last person he ever expected too see.

"Mr Han?"

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Everything was still for a moment, tension heavy but it was only when the woman behind the desk stood with a pleased smile that things got a move on "Do-yeon ssi, it's a pleasure to have you back. I suppose you're here again to drop off more toys for the children." Have you back...

The man nodded pointing to outside the doorway explaining "The office felt a bit full so I've left them outside. Jimin it's lovely too see you again." but Jimin stayed frozen where he stood. Yoongi made to move closer to the omega but before he could Namjoon was grabbing his arm trying to project that something strange was going on here, instead of Yoongi it was Do-yeon who moved forward pulling a numb Jimin into his chest. The elder recoiled slightly when he was hit with a different scent to the one he had known but he quickly schooled his expression pulling back to cup Jimin's cheeks making a show to brush his hand over Jimin's neck were a bandage sat from the mating mark leaving his own scent there instead.

Yoongi almost went feral, but before he could even react Jimin moved into action slapping the others hand away taking a step back with tear filled eyes.

The room went silent as the slap echoed and the woman behind the chair stood ready to give him a mouthful but he turned around before she could yelling "Don't fucking start!" before turning back and physically shoving the other man away from him and screaming "And don't you fucking touch me!" 

Jimin grabbed the pen signing the last two lines turning on his feet to walk out of the room, ready to just leave his folder and the last box of his things but to Jimin utter dismay the man had grabbed him and pulled him back in again. He went to speak but before he could Yoongi ripped himself out of Namjoon's hold to grab the others wrist, squeezing hard until he let the omega go growling "He said don't fucking touch him."

Jin pulled Jimin to his chest and Jungkook reached his hand over to the woman demanding "The file." and the woman in shock from Jimin's first out burst ever handed it over without a moment of doubt. Namjoon nodded to the youngest and said "Let's go." and they all quickly made it out the door, one of the kids standing holding Jimin's box with shock written all over their faces, it was the only thing that made the anger freeze temporarily to be replaced by fondness as he apologised to the little girl for seeing that and brushing her cheek with his hand, leaving a kiss on her as thanks and whispering "That's the man who worked here before the evil witch, he's just as bad don't let him fool you." and Yoongi had caught the words clear as day.

Puzzle pieces click together to Yoongi and he realises that a very elaborate plan had gone on under all their noses but he knew he'd have to deal with it later, he needed to get Jimin back to pack territory and the mans presence only set alarm bells of for the disturbance that had taken place outside. Yoongi smiled to the kid too bowing in apology and the others followed suit as they left. They managed to get as far as out of the gates before Do-Yeon had caught up to them, his crisp suit now crumpled and appearance out of place. 

Yoongi grabbed Jimin's hand whispering "We need to go and we need to go now, I'll explain at home." But once again the man was calling out to the omega saying "You can't even look at the man who helped raise you into who you are today." A pang of guilt hit Jimin through to his core and he looked to Yoongi about to say lets go when the man added "Don't you want to know why I had to leave you alone all those years ago. I didn't want to leave you but they made me." Jimin wanted to ignore it but when Jungkook had growled out "Damn right we did you filthy mutt." the man implored "See. Don't you want to know."

The hurt little kid in Jimin wanted to stop, wanted to turn around but the grown Jimin, the omega, wanted to just run home and wash off the other mans scent - he had a scent.

Jimin's head shot up and the man smiled like he had won something - "Don't you want to hear me out, hear what those imbred mutts did to me? did to make me leave you. I wanted to be there Jimin, I wanted you. You were mine, I was going to adopt you pup. Bring you home with me but then they happened. They took away your chance at a happy home. They took you away from your people."

Jimin knew it was manipulation, knew he was trying to pull at him, to grasp anything. But at the revelation Han was going to adopt him he felt a bit of his resolve break, Do-yeon must have saw it - the exact moment a wall came down - because he took another step closer only to be met with growls.

The patrol weren't coming meaning something had happened and Yoongi had no doubt it had to do with Do-yeon. Cupping his face Yoongi forced Jimin to meet his eyes as he begged "We have to go my love, surely you know what he's doing. I can't keep you safe if his back up arrives before we're home." Jimin nodded, he did know even if it hurt. He was manipulating him. Jimin knew who he was now, what he was and he knew what the other was as well from his sickly earthy scent, it didn't take a genius to put it together but even then Jimin still was one.

The pack that killed his family is the only other pack in the area, the other half to his families once almighty clan.

Do-yeon may have raised him during his most influential years, may have wanted to give him a home but it was the people he belonged to who took his home in the first place, the people who sent his family now into a time of darkness. But what was the breaking point for Jimin, the thing that made his wall come back up and start moving was Jin, calm and gentle Seokjin, spitting through the most vicious growl "Weak for a man who killed his mother to try and take him to be his own." 

Jimin ran.

Yoongi wanted to rip the man limb from limb but he knew better, knew his mate needed him in his most vulnerable moment. Needed protecting from anyone who came to grab him. He'd leave the man to Seokjin knowing the elder had waited a lifetime for this moment to come, he beat them when he was only a pup - a lifetime of training meant he could do far worse than kill him now, he could tear him down piece by piece. 

"Namjoon!"

"I've got him, go find Jiminie!"

The rest left the pair to deal with the man, quick to catch up to Jimin who was sobbing as he ran, Yoongi shifting with the others following quick howling for the patrol to join them, one howl to say finish it we need you because in the end that's what lycan were - they had different ethics as beast who could cause so much damage if left unchecked.

Jimin climbed onto Yoongi's back after being prompted and all but collapsed as he cried out into the fur, years of pain in his wails, is world turning around in a matter of minutes when he was his most vulnerable. Yoongi saw red as he ran with his pack now covered in blood, there were no survivors from the fallen watch and it was all done in wolf form meaning bodies didn't need hiding.

Yoongi prayed that Seokjin reaped his vengeance for them both.

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"If it isn't the little rat ran away." Do-yeon hissed as he watched the others run off, he debated running but he knew he had to get through the omega first - an easy task if you asked him. Years ago when the wolf had ran off with the child Do-yeon had been shunned for letting a pup let alone an omega get the away from him, it was why he infiltrated the orphanage to begin with. 

The story of their past went back a long time and what came from it felt like an eternity of pain, Seokjin had been left with no one in a strange pack and the old alpha had been labelled a disgrace to their kind and tortured for it. One suffered for one's selfishness and the other suffered from it - they blamed one another when really only one was at fault but the hatred there was true.

Jin had snorted at the others harsh words asking "Really that's what you're going to say to me? Last time I checked you couldn't keep up with a pup carrying a baby." Do-Yeon growled but this time it was Namjoon to speak, commenting from behind his mate "A deluded rat at that, did you really believe you could corrupt the son of the goddess herself. He is her child like we are but he is the bond that connects us. He is her representation on earth and you thought you could just orphan him and take him as your own? That is delusional."

Do-yeon scoffed "Says the alpha hiding behind an omega. To think he can protect either of you are your pack can keep Jimin is the peak of delusion. Especially when I know you won't hurt me in this form. You see humans are fickle creatures, they don't just leave a dead body at that, they investigate and they hunt. Human or wolf attack there are consequences in this world and you won't get away with anything. Maybe I should take a note from your book, run off and go tell my leader everything I've learnt today."

Jin scoffed, he knew something like this would happen which is exactly why he stepped back, Namjoon seemed confused but didn't comment as Jin nodded "Run then. I don't have time for filth like you. You hear that howl? Our alpha has our omega safe. Where's your protection?" the man cursed realising what had happened, they had shifted against his orders. Still he wouldn't he knew better.

So he ran.

Seokjin laughed as Namjoon back hugged him kissing his cheek, "Are you really going to let him get away my love?" the answer was simple, just one word "Nope." he pecked Namjoon's lips promising "I'll be just a minute my love or are you coming with me? We haven't hunted for a long time?" and Namjoon smiled into the others lips whispering "It'd be my pleasure."

And the chase was on.

Both shifted as they stalked the other, following him up into the mountain silently. The man was running, smug but also clearly panicked and when Jin deemed it a safe distance he broke a twig to spook the man who as expected froze. Namjoon stalked on the other side and slowly they circle the man who laughed at them saying how dumb they were, they were in their territory but little did they know the land belonged to Jimin, he could banish them if he wanted with rights and if there was war they had the numbers to win but they didn't think that would happen for a long time. Still they weren't going to just let him go and give information.

So they attacked, luring Do-yeon closer to the boarder anyways in his escape only to lead him to the patrol who helped attack that man, injured severely but still alive. They needed him alive. For Jimin. The blood would show he was too close to the territory and nothing else, near the human land it was a wolf on wolf attack, just like Jimin wanted all loose ends were tied up even if it wasn't the loose ends he planned for.

Everything was tied up nicely with a ribbon on top, all that was left was to be there for Jimin - mating season still going on but the omega having a lot more he needed to sort through.

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Jimin hadn't left his bed for three days, three days of no sleep, three days of refusing to eat and three days of Yoongi by his side holding him begging him to eat a little. He'd always been thankful for his child hood, for Do-Yeon Han even if he left him. He was happy, as happy as a child with no family could be, he worked hard and was rewarded for that. He didn't know apart of himself which was hard to accept but he had done what was harder to accept was that his happy youth and pure memories weren't pure after all - they were corrupted. His past never left him when he was at the home, everything was manufactured.

He could've had a phone with someone he thought he loved but in the end the man was using him, had killed his own mother if what Seokjin had said was true (at this point he believed it) his purity was tainted in that way, his inner child hurt even more now than he thought would ever be possible. The memory of his first meeting with Yoongi that he remembered wrung in his head, how Han had shooed him away and made him make that promise he kept - it was a form of control but meant to isolate him not protect him.

He wondered why the man had turned up now, was it because he left and he was trying to find him or had he been kind, surely he had to at least be kind - he didn't want to believe all those smiles were fake or evil, he didn't want his happy memories tainted.

He wasn't hungry, he was tired but he wasn't, he didn't really want to move. It was hard, but he just didn't want anything. He wanted his brain to just stop and let him breath, let him comfort his mate and their friends, get back to learning about and meeting the pack but it felt so hard. Yoongi had told him that they had captured Do-Yeon instead of killing him but Jimin wasn't sure if he wanted him alive which disturbed him considering he'd never wanted anyone dead before, he settled on wanting him to just not be there but he was and it was safer that way, he knew it.

Yoongi was beyond worried about Jimin, somehow the omega had managed to cut off his side of the bond and he couldn't feel him anymore, he felt nothing and it was scary because was that what Jimin was feeling? He wouldn't be surprised. The only one Jimin had shown any sign of life too was Taehyung when he came to see him hearing what had happened.

He whispered "Hey Chim." and that's all it had taken for the omega to burst into tears, the pain Yoongi felt nearly broke him too, he could only imagine how strong it must've been for Jimin for it to be so strong to him, ever since Jimin had been numb, quiet, a shell of himself. Yoongi didn't know how to fix it but he knew he wanted too. He needed too.

It was on day four that Jimin sort of came back to himself. The moon was still high in the sky and Yoongi was asleep next to him, wrapped around him like a protective shield like it was the only way he could think of to protect the omega from himself.

"Alpha?"

Yoongi mumbled something in reply cuddling closer and Jimin felt the moment his body went ridged seconds before he shot up to look down on his mate, eyes blown wide and in shock as he whispered "Jiminie?" Jimin slowly reached up cupping the alpha's cheeks eyes glazed over with tears, quietly whining "Alpha." again this time with more certainty and Yoongi dove forward scenting the other in between kisses and soft whispers of "My omega, my sweet sweet mate."

Jimin cried in his mates arms for what felt like an eternity but which was probably only an hour, even so it knocked him out. He finally managed to sleep there tucked into his mates arms. When he woke Yoongi wasn't there and panic swelled in Jimin, his throat felt so hoarse that he couldn't call out and his body was too exhausted to move to find him but he didn't need too. He heard feet thudding down the corridor before he could even see the other and when the door swung open so did Jimin's arms for the other to hold him, he felt so needy but he couldn't even be annoyed at himself for it. He just wanted to be held and feel safe. Yoongi was safety to him.

Yoongi rushed to his side, putting the tray he brought with him on the floor to pull the other into his arms, scenting him gently until the tears melted away to soft breaths. Yoongi hesitated not sure if the other had drifted back off but pulled back when Jimin croaked "Missed you." where he cupped the other face gently kissing him back as he whispered "I missed you too my love." He panicked for a millisecond when tears reappeared in Jimin's eyes but then he felt something rush through the bond so strong he teared up himself.

"I love you."

"I love you too, too the moon and back."

Jimin sniffled out a small laugh at that and Yoongi found a smile sneaking its way onto his face at the gentle sound, he'd do anything to hear it again which is why he teased "Your not going to bully me for it being too cheesy?" and Jimin snickered again only to cough with his dry throat. Yoongi brought a drink to Jimin's lips and helped him hold the cup as he drank afraid the other would drop it with how frail he was after not eating for days, Jimin all but glugged the drink down. With a clearer throat he joked "The cheesiness is good, the distance implied not so much."

Yoongi raised a brow before realisation dawned on him and he found himself complaining "This isn't another one of those human knowledge things again is it." and Jimin softly smiled feeling too tired to laugh again as he whispered "Pluto is further from us than the moon, the moon is the closest thing to us." Yoongi noticed the change in demeanour as the other answered and was quick to correct "Then I love you too Pluto and back, I love you infinitely and only you." which brought a lighter smile to Jimin's lips that he couldn't fight the urge to peck, morning breath forgotten.

"I brought you breakfast, I was thinking we could get you all cleaned up and have breakfast in bed. How does that sound?" Yoongi asked, sensing Jimin's hesitation he added "Or we can just skip to food and spend the rest of the day cuddling?" but Jimin shook his head confusing Yoongi. He elaborated "I don't know if I'll be able to make it to the bathroom, let alone clean myself." and Yoongi grinned asking "Who said I was going to let you go alone?" bringing a crimson flush to Jimin's face.

"Are you ready to go pup?" Yoongi asked getting a weak nod from Jimin, he begun to move the sheets when Yoongi scooped him up into his arms kissing the side of head before carrying him to the bath. Jimin felt so tired he didn't even hold on trusting Yoongi to support him in more ways than one. When he got into the bathroom he found the bath already drawn with the faint smell of Jungkook linger pulling a smile to his lips, the youngest must have done it.

Yoongi sat Jimin on the counter taking his time to help the omega strip from his pyjamas leaving kisses in his wake, Jimin was thankful he felt the need to shower before he emotionally crashed because he couldn't picture sleeping in the scratchy clothes he wore to the orphanage. Yoongi handled him with care as he carried him from the counter to the tub, laying Jimin in it damping his rolled up sleeves.

Jimin was about to insist it was okay and he could wash himself but any protests died on his lips when Yoongi begun to pull his own top off, followed shortly by his pants and underwear all under Jimin's appreciative gaze. There was no heat in his eyes looking at his mate in a moment that was meant to stay pure, Yoongi climbed into the tub behind him before getting to work washing the omega's hair and kissing down his back as he went. Next came his arms, his legs, his torso, everything until the omega was clean and just about dozing in the alpha's arms.

Yoongi let him sleep for a while knowing he was safe, hugging him close and humming a soft tune he recalled Jimin singing with Taehyung and Jungkook during the storm over a month prior. It was strange to think about how fast everything had played out, how quick Jimin had came back to him and how things took a turn for the worst at the orphanage - he wasn't surprised Jimin shut down the way he did.

Climbing out of the bath with the sleepy omega he thought about Do Yeon and what he was going to do with him, drying to omega he debated just killing him for ruining the pure youth his mother died trying to provide for the young omega. But in the end he knew that wasn't the way to go about it, there was too much they could get from the other man. Closure being the biggest.

Tucked back in bed in nothing but underwear and one of Yoongi's shirts, the alpha fed Jimin as the omega fought to stay awake. Once food was gone Yoongi pulled the other into his arms - both ready to sleep again after a busy morning of the mundane nothingness.

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A few days passed where they never addressed anything, Yoongi's main goal was to get Jimin back on track foregoing any responsibilities he had for the festival leaving it in the hands of those he held dearest. Every evening when they'd return home Yoongi would go to greet them getting a run down in case he was really needed but what he found in response to his absence was great sympathy.

Word travelled fast even in a pack as large as theirs and well wishes and sympathy were sent every day by people, young and old. With the words came the presents and Yoongi's heart swelled at the sentiment behind it all, even after sending his word out all they needed was time the well wishes still came in the forms of letters and flowers.

From what the others grasped and told Yoongi the pack discovered that Jimin had been in the hands of the other pack without knowing for some years and the recent discovery shook him to his core, somehow the word got out it was the man who had killed his mother specifically and that had responded in a even stronger out pour of sympathy. Nobody complained at Yoongi's absence which is why when Jimin felt better he intended holding a event celebrating the pack it self for its strength and unity.

But for now he stayed with Jimin as the omega tried to process it all, it was the third day after he started eating that Jimin asked Yoongi about 'Mr Han' and Yoongi hesitated before explaining he was in their custody. Yoongi wasn't sure how Jimin would react but when the omega asked if he could see him he could only nod resigned. They arranged to go later that day and somehow word and gotten out again , when they opened the door to leave all of the pack able to come stood by waiting for them as an act of unity - Seokjin there with a warm smile seeing Jimin himself for the first time explaining it.

Jimin didn't really want anyone to see him in the state he was in, even though he was now eating he was still losing weight and looked sickly pale from throwing up most of what he managed - he had to explain to Yoongi that he did get sick when he was stressed to stop the alpha from running from a healer. He was sure he looked the complete opposite of what he did when they all first saw him and now on the third time he saw realisation and pity dawn in peoples eyes, it was why he made the effort to smile even if he relied on Yoongi to support most of his weight as they went down the steps.

Seokjin opened his arms for Jimin when he got to the bottom and the omega didn't hesitate to fall into them, Yoongi's hand staying in his hair the whole time gently petting it.

As a unit they made their way through the village to where Do Yeon was being held and Yoongi promised Jimin he was safe and no one would judge him if he backed out but Jimin stayed strong. Instead of backing out he did the opposite, he stood up straighter and put on a blank face making sure to use all his strength to stand on his own. He walked into the holding cell where Han had been moved and when the others face lit up Jimin made sure the spark went with one look. Much to Yoongi's and the guards surprise Jimin stood over the other forcing him to look up at him, he got closer than they told him was safe but the older man didn't dare to move.

They couldn't see Jimin's face but they could see the way smugness and hope washed away from the man ahead of him, the man seemed to grow pale and broke out in a sweat before Jimin said the one thing he had wanted to for years and the newest revelation he had come too. The room felt suffocating even to those who it wasn't aimed towards.

Jimin didn't know it but he was projecting his presence which only pack alpha's and the original bloodline could. He demanded attention and he got it, not letting a single bit of the fragility he had on the way there show. This wasn't Park Jimin the human boy raised in an orphanage who just so happened to stumble upon a wolf and a new life, this was pack omega Park Jimin of the original bloodline descended of the goddess herself from the mighty clan and everyone in the room could feel it from his presence alone. Like a god serving a punishment Jimin was sealing the mans fate.

Jimin took another breath before he began, "I honestly never thought there could be a moment I hated you more than when you left." circling the other like a cat stalking a mouse with his hands together behind his back, "I was proven wrong." He nodded once - as a reassurance for who Yoongi wasn't sure.

"First I find out you were using me as a child because of my blood, which is illegal in the human world just to remind you, it's grooming. But then I find out it was you who killed my mother, you who was involved in the killing of my family. You may have made it easy to accept back then saying there were children worse, stories worse from other children but I can honestly say that is a load of bullshit." He hissed.

"Everyone has different fresh holds but I was made to feel that because I wasn't unwanted they just died I should be grateful. I felt guilt for years, I still feel guilt. But what's worse is that it wasn't just you trying to comfort me, it was the fact you did it to make it so I could be manipulated easier, probably so if I found out I'd forgive you." the room seemed to freeze before Jimin spat out "I don't forgive you."

There was nothing left of the weak and tired Jimin from outside, this Jimin was angry and full of hatred.

"I don't forgive you."

The man gulped not even daring to speak which had Jimin snort at the irony, "No words after how many years were you there to spew lies? How many years after where those lies rang in my head?" Do Yeon looked down and Jimin shook his head, "I don't know what their going to do to you, I don't know where your going to go and to be frank I don't care. You're a murderer, a liar and a thief. You could've left and never came back but you did and with that you stole my childhood and the only happy memories I had. Whatever my MATE chooses would still be too kind of a punishment for you. This is the last time you see me. Do you have anything you want to say?"

Jimin waited knowing the other would try to say something, probably try and pull at his heart strings and when the other opened his mouth Jimin turned on his heels and walked away, it was Yoongi who fought back a bittersweet smile as he commented "Looks like you lost the chance." nodding to the guards to put him back in his prison following behind Jimin.

He found no joy in what was too come but there was a price that had to be payed and as pack alpha that fell on him, dropping the final order he left.

"Leave him in solitary, he may become useful under the scrutiny of the elders."

Leaving them he found Jimin with his nose buried into Jin's neck.

"You okay pup?" Yoongi asked tagging on "You did brilliant in there." circling him from behind and scenting his neck lightly - an omega's scent being carried would do him good. Jimin nodded, quietly whispering "I feel sick." and where as Yoongi took a step back ready to rush him to the nearest toilet Jin still held him and said "No wonder after that." but Yoongi was quick to explain "Seokinie we need to get him to a toilet before he's sick. The stress has been hard on him please let's go." which promptly had Jin raise both arms in the air and step back pulling a giggle from Jimin who was slowly turning green.

Jimin wanted to talk a bit more but genuinely felt if he'd spew if he said another word, he took Yoongi's arms ready to rush but before they could someone Jimin vaguely recognised stepped forward - someone the alpha hadn't anticipated, a healer among the bunch. But the more he thought about it he should've expected it with the way they've been pestering the inner circle to be able to check on the omega. The healer stepped forward with furrowed brows and Yoongi was about to dismiss her to get his omega back to their den but before he could she said "We have ailments to make it so keeping food down is easier in the pharmacy." and with the way Jimin perked up Yoongi couldn't deny him that. She added "We also have a bathroom." and Jimin was walking towards her with grabby hands, before the alpha could say another word, the elder took them with a beaming smile, Jimin was sold, tired and hungry and she was sure she could help the omega as well as check a few other things from the elders requests.

So the group dispersed knowing the pack rules around the pharmacy - leave the staff to work in peace - and the trio followed the healer to her room. Yoongi just hoped they wouldn't over pry

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It had been a hour since they had entered the healers shack and an hour since Yoongi was taken to have his own post rut tests done to make sure his hormone levels were okay after mating to assure the bond had tied fully - which he knew it had but they insisted on checking. He had asked Jin to stay with Jimin and make sure they didn't pry or run anything un-authorised on the omega without his consent because he himself knew how insistent the elders could be first hand - they had begged him for years to go collect his omega which he'd refused to do.

And as promised Seokjin stayed by Jimin's side brushing his hair out of his face when he inevitably spewed and then comforted him as he cried a little at Yoongi's absence - he knew how much he was holding onto the other as a life line but he didn't think it would be so hard to be just a room away.

Jimin had gotten over the worst of his tears when he stepped out, thankfully being given a moment and when he did he was met with a small wooden bowl with a cloudy liquid in, the lady explained "It'll settle your stomach, we can talk about everything else while it works." and Jimin didn't hesitate to glug the whole thing pulling a fond chuff from Jimin and a full hearted laugh from the older lady.

From what Jimin could tell the lady had to be older than forty with her salt and pepper hair but not older than sixty due to her lack of heavy wrinkles, she gave off a grandma vibe which Jimin used to justify to Jin his trust in downing the liquid apologising to the woman for his lack of eloquence which she laughed off when he added "I know you can't be much more than forty." Jin burst into laughter as well and Jimin felt embarrassed as he apologised "Sorry, you must be younger then." which the woman shook her head at laughing and taking Jimin's hands into her own.

Jimin was bright red but any embarrassment with his jaw drop when Seokjin enlightened "Elder Kim is in her late sixties." and the woman rubbed Jimin's hands in her hold as she cooed "But for you I'll gladly be a spring chick, my child." 

Jimin didn't really know what to say after that but he felt like he needed to say something so with a blank mind he said "You've aged well ajumeoni." catching himself to apologise "Sorry that's dialect from where I was raised." knowing it wasn't really popular among the pack who referred to themselves by rank. The woman batted him off saying how could he refer to her as anything without a name and that it was okay before introducing herself as Jisoo but most referred to her as elder miss Kim.

She moved on from there asking "So could you please tell me more about this sickness my child, how far back it dates? Is it common?" and Jimin did as much explaining how whenever there was a heavily stressful period in his life he tended to get ill, most recently before he had returned to the pack. He explained he'd never been good with stress and the state of shock he went into had left him very queasy, actually sick when he started providing for his stomach again.

The elder listened to him, nodding the whole time while cradling his hands in hers, using her finger to trace across the lines and when Jimin was done she took it as he queue to explain "That can happen when a lycans wolf is in distress, it affects us physically because it makes us need to resolve it more. It stops us from harming ourselves and is a protective mechanism that prevents us going feral from blocking our wolf. It's rare but it happens and it shows how much stress you've been put under for it to be so common. Us lycan aren't made for the human world - we coexisted lifetimes ago but that ended in war and we we're believed to have died out after, becoming just a myth which obviously we aren't."

That was new information to Jimin and it seemed also Jin who echoed "I thought it just a myth."

The elder winked at them both before turning to take some stones which she lay on Jimin's arms going on to explain "It was long long ago before the forming of any of the packs, before we united as pack creatures, that's how we gained our one branch, there were once more but only one stayed loyal to the moon and he teachings and protection. It was a dark patch of our history, it's were the hate for humanity had stemmed all those years ago but we're above that now coexisting as separate things. We're simply not made to mix, them as creatures of day and us of night."

Jimin had questions but he didn't feel like he wanted the answers, there was too much on his mind anyways, too much to learn but he understood how the worlds would collide, had seen and lived it for himself. The woman looked to Jimin with silent understanding, nodding as she moved on and asked Jimin "How did you spend you heat?"

That made Jimin sputter and turn bright red, Jin scolding the woman for the brash delivery before turning to Jimin who squeaked "I have to answer that?" which Jin nodded too, explaining "As much as I would like to keep a pure innocent version of you in my mind it is important to know what happened and if there could be pups."

"Pups!"

Jimin had forgotten about that.

"Pups, children. Little bundles of life gifted to us from the moon to love and care for crafting them into the next generation."

"I know that." Jimin squeaked "I just forgot okay!" Jin looked worried at that as the elder froze and Jimin felt the need to explain "Of course I knew there was a risk with me being an omega and all that but I've had a lot on my mind these past few days." he felt nervous when he asked "What are the odds?" to which the woman echoed "The odds of falling pregnant?" and when Jimin nodded she explained "That depends on what measures you took and how many times you were knotted other than the bonding although that plays a factor too." and that was the moment when Jimin realised he could have decreased the odds.

Seokjin just sighed cursing Yoongi under his breath but Jimin was there to defend his mate stating "In all fairness the pull out method isn't effective when your not in a hormone induced sexathon let alone in one." adding "You can't argue with science and statistics." Jin looked like he wanted to say something but the elder quickly shushed him turning her attention back to Jimin agreeing with him adding "Your hyper fertile in heat and rut so when one bonds the chances of pregnancy is almost quadrupled since you have to commit to the act. At least now we have an idea on how likely it is." she hesitated then asked "I'm assuming there was no holding back on the knotting then?" and Jimin's blush said it all.

"Let's give it a week and we can reconvene and see if we can detect a heart beat or not, putting all this to rest. How does that sound?"

Jimin thought about it then answered "It sounds great, although I very much doubt I am considering the stress I've been under." he hesitated then added "What would the options be if I were?"  Seokjin froze where he stood where as the elder spun to shoot him a look of utter shock and Jimin felt like he had said something wrong.

Still he went on "In the human world there are options, your body your choice. So if I were too decide now isn't the time with everything that's happened since my mating is there an option there? I'm not all that knowledgeable on lycan biology and practices. I'd feel better just knowing something was there even if I never take the option." and it was in that exact moment Yoongi joined them in the room having heard everything from where he waited outside.

Seokjin went to say something but Yoongi held his hand up silencing as he looked to the elder for the answer to Jimin's question, no emotions reading on his face. Jimin didn't feel anything through their bond but still sought comfort in Yoongi holding his hand out to be held which Yoongi readily did. When the elder still stood there looking incredulous Yoongi called "Elder Kim." snapping the woman out of it. 

What Jimin didn't expect was the sudden anger that dawned on the woman's face as she scoffed "You'd get rid of a life which the goddess had blessed you with?" a complete 360 to her formerly calm demeanour and a spark of irritation shot through Jimin as he stood from the bed letting Yoongi keep him balanced as he sharply answered "I would depending on circumstance and discussion."

As memories of the orphanage ran through his head, parents who had children just to have to give them up and leave them in the system and parents who had children just to keep them and abuse them because they weren't really wanted - left traumatised or in the system, anger rose and he found himself snapping "Well what would you do in a circumstance a woman, I'm sorry or an omega, fell pregnant but the conceiving of that child was none consensual?" adding "Or if that child couldn't be provided for?" cutting the woman off before she could cut him off asking "Or if they simply weren't ready? or the circumstances weren't healthy? What would you do then? Leave the one pregnant to suffer? To struggle? Ruining the life of not only the pup but the parent as well." only then did he let the woman speak and what she said had his anger flood over.

"We don't have a system."

And Jimin brimming with anger spat "Then what happens to those children." and it was Jin who quietly answered "All pups stay with their family, they only don't when they have no family alive then they are lone."

"Lone?!" This time Jimin turned his anger on Yoongi who was looking down to the floor looking guilty, he was about to scold the other when Jin stepped in "Yoongi introduced a new system where pups with no family are given to wolves who can't conceive but that relatively new - not a lot of wolves take up that option as it's the elders still look down on families with those wolves." and that calmed down his anger a little, still he spat "That doesn't protect vulnerable people who are having these kids in the first place." because it didn't.

"Have you never thought about how this affects the parents? the people who aren't ready? the people who can't provide and the people who never wanted it in the first place?" and too that the elder snapped "That is an issue only humans have. We are pack creatures, things such as that do not affect us. We had a time when we nearly went extinct in the past and we had the same issue in just a few years prior due to birth rates, any birth is a blessing and they are a gift from the moon. You yourself should be grateful, you exist do you not? Are you not thankful for your life?" and Jimin laughed, he actually laughed.

"Judging by what you've just told me no I'm not."

Jimin felt a pang of worry through their bond but he still went on "I'm not thankful. Because according to you if I'd have stayed I'd have been abandoned like all those other children who's families died. A lone was it? A stigma you apparently encourage? And what if I were born into a family I wasn't wanted in, what if I was the thing that stuck two people who hated each other together? What would have happened behind closed doors because a society forced something that in the end isn't as high and mighty as it was thought to be."

Jimin felt no guilt for saying it in front of Yoongi, because in the end he knew that if he was pregnant Yoongi knew he'd want that child - a piece of their love - just as much as he knew Yoongi would support him. But he had to say what he needed too for the people who didn't have that, for the people he helped raise and grew up with. He knew their societies were different but human rights was never up for debate, people had rights and their body was theirs's - it was something Jimin had drilled into his own head from the small age of four when he was cradled by an older teen named Bora as she cried she couldn't have her child, how she couldn't bring a child she was too young to care for, too hurt to nurture into a system where that child would probably end up when she couldn't do it and that'd be it for her. She had cried to a young Jimin who held her just as tight saying she didn't want to die because that's how it felt and a month later she cried again in relief that she wasn't carrying a monsters baby and she wanted to live. And she did, she came back five years later when Jimin was nine carrying her little baby to introduce them to him and she'd said to Jimin that she was ready now and they had hugged and cried together. She never expected Jimin to listen to her, remember or understand but he had and he cried tears of joy for her. Later in life he pieced things together more and he couldn't think of a braver person than her.

The thought there was no choice there, a stigma still engrained in human society but accepted by most now drove him insane. And that's why he spat "You're worse than humans if you think that's the way the world should work." and he left.

Yoongi ran out the door to catch up with the livid omega and when the door to their home closed behind him he broke down, an all consuming sadness eating him whole and all Yoongi could do was feel it with him and let him cry. He told Yoongi about his friends, his first family - the lives they had and how they came to be he. He told him about Bora and how her life had almost been taken because of something that could've been helped because that wasn't her choice in the first place. He cried about how much it hurt his heart to think he had to love people with these views that were so wrong and fucked up - a life was a miracle yes but it was a double edged blade and in certain circumstance the curse out weighs the blessing. And Yoongi listened having thought of this all before but it was a fight he struggled to win, the rehoming of lones was a massive win for him but the lack of support had made it an impossible situation, he saw as Jin was cast out and he thought about how Jimin would have been if he wasn't who he was.

Jimin listened as Yoongi poured out his frustrations with certain beliefs and standards they lived by too this day and how outdated it was. He listened as he ranted about the omega's he'd had to save from abusive alpha's who mated them forcefully who had only ten years ago been protected by old laws, as he cried about the people he personally felt the need to hold up after allowing something so awful to happen. How he fought and fought and only got rewarded with small victories.

And they held each other as Jimin decided "I'm not going back there." and Yoongi didn't fight it.

"I'm going into a human town and buying a pregnancy test, if they won't work with us to make life better they don't get to be informed like they want to be so badly. If they can't be informed on matters of human rights, or lycan in this case, they don't get to be informed about the future of the pack. Will you work with me on this?"

Yoongi took Jimin's hand in his raising it to his lips.

"It'd be my honour."

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"And Yoongi?"

"Yes my love?"

"I have an idea..."

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Three days later Jimin's plans came together in the form of a house, one united home for all the wolves without families to have a home together, managed by a selected few omega and beta who's children had grown old and left or couldn't have kids of their own. 

Jimin hadn't spoken to any of the elders since but he had personally gone around to thank people for looking after him but also to ask for help for a plan he had. When it came from Jimin the reception for his plan to deal with the lone children came to fruition with a house ready to become a home.

Jimin had spoken about the human world and how it had saved him and saved so many other children by having a house for wolves who couldn't be looked after or didn't have a family to look after them, he was honest about how there were flaws but he believed with such a tight knit community the next generation could have a good life with no unwritten societal taboos. He pulled at their heart strings with some stories about children who lived on the street and how he'd seen their lives changed when given a place to belong if only for a while and Jimin had gushed about how it seemed so perfect that the children could integrate into their own homes when they came of age as it felt perfect with the typical life of a lycan. Jimin had said how loyalty was earned and turning these children, pups, away would show they had no loyalty to them and in return no allegiance to the more hesitant pulling at a different heart string.

His charms had won over the younger generation and most of the middle, his only real wall was the elders but Jimin had very publicly made it clear he wasn't fond of their views and he didn't intend on humouring them, solidifying that he was a strong character- the illness that burdened him just a week prior was forgotten in comparison to the passion and compassion the omega held for not only children but the other lycan.

Jimin had personally seen to it that the house homing those who didn't have one was the third biggest living place only to lose to the pack house and the guest house which Jimin heavily took inspiration from. There was a lot he knew there was left to do, finding those who didn't have a home one was only the beginning but it was the first step he wanted to take to progressivism and Yoongi took that step with him and one ahead as he went to the younger healers to discuss unplanned pregnancy out of mating - to remove the system that encouraged a mating with a child to instead support the impregnated person in being able to build a life on their own without the other person as they researched methods that gave them more options which would also help those at high risk.

They were small steps but for a week it was good progress considering how long the pack had remained frozen in time. Jimin was proud, but no one could've been more proud than the inner circle who watched how passionately Jimin and Yoongi worked to finally start a change they knew had bothered the pack alpha for the longest time.

Jimin was still ill, he'd throw up most of his food minutes after eating it and he'd seem sluggish unless he had the human wonder of coffee to get him going, which he got from a sneaky endeavour to the orphanage where he swindled a jar of coffee for a pretty rock on a brief visit to test the waters with Jungkook for their big trip out to a human shopping centre. It had honestly been a godsend for Jimin and what he'd been able to get done. He made it clear that he had different views when it came to reproductive rights but he also acknowledged that that would be the hardest stone to crack but that didn't mean he was giving up.

With one crisis sorted they worked towards the next and they'd work on the one after that and so on for as long as there remained a problem and with one dealt with a celebration was made honouring the opening of the Park Pack Home, named after the omega who had worked to put it into action. It was on the grand opening speech that Jimin announced the next issue he wanted to tackle, the abuse that could slip under the system they had;

"With this first step in hopefully many I'd like to put forward an idea, any child baring person who wishes to resolve a pregnancy can come to us now in a safe and open space to share their doubts and form a plan. I understand sanctity of life is sacred but in a world so uncertain a choice is greatly needed. We've solved one issue in finding homes for us already here, a safe space full of love where they can be nurtured, although not traditional its a change that was needed and having the freedom and option of support in non traditional means is a big stepping stone to the future. 

Even in society's like this, suffering and abuse can happen behind closed doors and although its punished it can be preventable, forced matings, societal pressure to have a pup from a marriage all can lead to these situations that shouldn't happen otherwise. Situations that are just as deadly as death itself. An example of this being providing for your child even if you don't share a home, a way for pups and their parent they live with - alpha, beta or omega - to be supported but be given that freedom of not being tied to something that could sour from an accident which is both a blessing and a curse."

When one of the elders had called Jimin out on wanting to "Kill babies" the omega had taken it in his stride saying a baby is a baby when born and before that it is a foetus and even before a zygote. People had looked at him like he was insane but he had spoken of scientific studies and spoke of mental health of the parents who didn't want the child who it was forced upon. He put a lot out there and although it was controversial he saw how some cogs turned in peoples minds. It was something that would take time and would always have opposition but he had made it clear that he had no intention of introducing that until there were safer means which they were looking into, it was at that point that Yoongi had stepped forward and explained that there would be no judgement on people who went for any of the routes discussed that night and if there were they would face consequences although they remained unnamed - this was to give those who were being abused and who were forced to cover accidents an escape, this was for the people that are turned a blind eye too - that not everyone was prepared or wanted this and he had directly addressed his knowledge of unsafe abortions that had been happening for years that were simply being covered up for the protection of the victims and would remain so, it left a lot to be thought of.

After that night there was an obvious shift in the pack and it showed the truest colours of there worse, countless alpha's and few beta's stepped forward to announce their outrage about how they were supposed to obtain the unobtainable and they were banished as seen fit if they remained unforgiving and changing in theirs ways - Yoongi had declared people with thoughts like that were not of their pack and if they refused rehabilitation or promise in changing those thoughts they didn't deserve to be within their community because of the damage they were capable of carrying.

It slowly but surely was becoming a safer place.

One month into Jimin's reforms and the pack had bloomed into a more equal space and the people who were protected by the reforms began to come out of the cracks, proud and happy of the solutions given and support enforced. The number would've seemed astounding to the inner circle if they hadn't heeded his warning before hand and although consumed with guilt Yoongi was relieved, comforted every night by Jimin's soft praise and whispers how things needed a start to begin in motion and that more impact came from those affected directly than those who wanted to help.

In that month things had truly begun to change, and as spring well and truly came so did the blossoms of life.