namjoon believes in the phrase that there is something bad in everything good and something good in everything bad- just like a cold night that inevitably ensue a beautiful sunset or like a pretty flower blooming on a thorny bush.

but seokjin- he just masks all the good in himself, effectively so, leaving namjoon baffled at times, making him wonder that same old statement- "how can someone be so heartless?".

with every passing day of work, after the mafia leader had visited his home namjoon waited for the call demanding him to visit.

but none ever came.

and namjoon was restless- doesn't know if its because of his new mission which would turn to be fruitless if he cant gather information from the jeon mansion or is it just a small nagging thought that something wrong happened with seokjin?

his intrusive thoughts won at last because he found himself entering the jeon mansion to which the guards let him in without much preamble and knocked at the front of seokjins bedroom, throat parched in nervousness.

namjoon expected a cocky smile, smirk at the ends of plump lips or a seductive gaze.

but nothing prepared him in for the stench of alcohol that burst out, blood shot eyes, unkept tussle of hair, robes shaggy and seokjin tipsy on his unsteady legs.

"oh joon-ah! what a pleasant surprise-" the beta slurred, slumbing onto namjoons chest; namjoons reflexes thankfully quick enough to grab the beta by the waist and the bottle that slipped from the others grip as he collapsed.

the alphas brows furrowed, instincts override as he took in the sight of the room and seokjin himself: no longer perfect and pristine but crumbled in distress.

it took some maneuvering, but the alpha managed to shuffle and deposit an incoherent seokjin on the cleanest part of the bed as well as found a bottle of water which once offered, seokjin greedily gulped down.

"are you alright, hyung nim?" namjoon tentatively asks.

"so tired, joon-ah. 'm so tired" seokjin lisps, before tired eyes fell shut into a slumber.

namjoon thinks he watched the beta sleeping for probably an hour, intrigued by the turn of events, until he got up and snooped through the carelessly laden files gathering information with an uncharacteristically weighed heart.

just as he was about to exit, he saw seokjin stirring in sleep, shivering in the confines of the thin robe he adorned.

so namjoon went back, gathered a blanket tossed around the headboard and covered the other,

heart in a choke hold when the beta hummed pleased and nuzzled into the warmth of the blanket with a smile, genuine and soft, at the end of his lips.

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its one of those days when jungkook is off to somewhere early in the morning and taehyung is alone in the grand room.

so he laid awake on the plush bed and stared at the intricate ceiling. that was when he was hit with a thought.

done with his breakfast, covering himself in the biggest sweater he can find in the wardrobe, taehyung walks out of the room and stares at the elevator door.

eventhough taehyung can walk freely around the mansion, the omega never dared step off the floor unless with jungkook for he knew the mafia members were not the kindest group of people.

he contemplated his options and concludes that finding hoseok or yoongi wont be that hard if they're here.

he'll just take a quick look and hurry back inside.

multiple heads had turned around when the elevator pinged, ready to bow and greet thinking its either hyungnim or sir.young jeon.

their glances however lingered when he saw that its the kim omega, all alone walking right into their lair.

they didn't hold back their tongues this time, they didn't have to, because jungkook was no where in sight.

"look at him all round with pups"

"sir. young jeon breed him good"

"wish i could get a turn with him"

taehyungs steps became faster and thankfully taehyung was now hurt enough for any of those words to bother him.

just look for hoseok and yoongi in the pretense of going to the kitchen and asking for a snack, taehyung told himself as his eyes discreetly eyed the corridors, some gangsters still making crude remarks while some wise enough to ignore him.

the trip turned to be futile.

there was no sight of hoseok nor yoongi.

taehyung got a chocolate bar from the kitchens, thanked the surprised maids and sauntered back with head hung low and the chocolate bar clutched in his sweater paws.

he was waiting for the elevator door to open, when he felt a presence near him.

taehyung instinctively took a step back and bared his teeth at the stranger, one of the jeon men, looking so smug as he loomed over the omega.

"what? wont let us feel your bump?" the man smirked and bile rose up taehyung throat, disgusted.

hell an omega will ever let a stranger touch his pups. taehyung hasn't even allowed jungkook to feel the kicks yet.

when the hand advanced towards him again, taehyung hissed batting away at it, the chocolate bar crumpling in his hold with how hard he is clutching to it with anxiety.

but all everyone do was mock and laugh as taehyung shrank in on himself trying to get away from the domineering scents.

the gangsters took so much joy in the distress on taehyungs face, especially since he is a kim, some coming closer and playfully growling just to see taehyung flinch away in fear and plaster himself to the wall.

foolish foolish foolish he shouldn't have come here shouldn't have-

suddenly he felt a form covering him, a protective stance, and a growl guttural at the alphas who dared to come closer.

over the broad back, taehyung recognized the person as namjoon but remembering about the time the same alpha had botched his escape months ago, taehyung only shrank in on himself more, quietly whimpering.

"dont involve in our business, officer" he heard someone mocking as namjoon protectively held himself shielding taehyung from others.

"Get back" namjoon snarled as he punched the elevator button and gently gripped taehyungs elbow to help him get back safe.

"Whats going on here?!" suddenly jungkooks voice boomed across the corridors and all the measely gangsters stopped their hollerings, now standing bowed with their metaphorical tail tucked between their legs.

but all jungkook saw was taehyung, face screwed in distress, near another alpha who is touching him.

jungkook lost to his instincts.

it was taehyung who cried out startled when jungkook punched namjoon away square in the jaw.

"Get away from my mate" jungkook snarled, eyes flashing red, a pistol pointed right on namjoon temple and another fisting him collar and barreling him onto the nearest wall.

"--i was only helping" namjoon snarled, head pounding were it hit, but jungkook was too far gone to hear anything.

jungkook was an alpha who always prided in his self control, not letting his alpha go haywire like some fools do. but as days pass, him with taehyung, that control was slipping out of his hand.

"--lpha please dont-- please let him go" even if the pleas of no other reaches his ears, taehyungs whimpers were enough for him to focus.

with one last snarl, not just directed at namjoon but also at the spectators, he put his pistol away into the holder on his waist and bundles a crying taehyung into his arms.

taehyung didn't protest, for that moment jungkook felt safer than any other. his alphas scent was calming than all the fools down there.

"you're shaking" jungkook intelligently supplies, as he tried to lower the omega onto his nest, but taehyung only made distressed noise and clung around the alphas neck.

"-dont wanna get their scents on my nest" taehyung hiccups.

he felt as if those disgusting unknown alpha scents were absorbed onto his clothes and his skin. he want nothing more than to get rid of them.

jungkook rumbles, clearly displeased with the idea too.

"a bath then?"

taehyung nods.

for some miracle, jungkook was kind enough to fill a bath for him and taehyung added his bath oils for a soothing scent, just the process enough lulling him.

"you can leave" taehyung then turns to jungkook.

"No" jungkook denies as if its the most absurd idea ever.

"jungkook just please-- not now" taehyung tries, he doesn't even have the energy to knock sense into the alpha.

"for fucks sake- i'm not going to jump on you" jungkook counters irritatedly.

even if jungkook did leave, right now he's sure his inner alpha will make him break the bathroom door just to get back close to taehyung again.

when taehyung only narrows his eyes, jungkook turns around hoping the privacy to change is enough.

seconds later there was sloshing of water and a satisfied sigh.

taehyungs clothes laid on a bundle on the floor and jungkook kicked them away as he appeared near the tub.

the alpha sat on the marbled elevated portion close to where taehyungs toes were sticking out of the bubbles, looking so out of place in his black suit and just stared.

"creep" taehyung muttered under his breath and jungkook raised his brows, challenging.

taehyung had took his sweet time enjoying his bath, trying to ignore the alphas eyes on him.

once he was done, jungkook stood up and turned away as taehyung toweled his hair, quickly putting a white robe and his silk pajama shorts.

he sat by the counter as he usually does were the lotions he ordered were neatly placed.

jungkook seemed to be not going to leave. so the omega just sighed through his nose as he took a dollop of the moisturizer and applied it onto his legs hiked on top of the tub.

jungkooks eyes followed his hands, watching the shine it laid on the others skin, otherwise didn't talk nor did he move; just stood there leaning onto the wall with his arms crossed.

the omega sighed again, just for the show and took another bottle and squeezed out the cream and moved his robes just enough to apply them on the few stretch marks on the sides of his bump.

this time jungkook moved, coming closer and sitting on the edge of the tub near to were taehyung had his legs perched.

atleast if jungkook dare try something, he can kick him in the face? taehyung thinks.

now, to jungkook he had no idea of a normal world. he never lived like a normal person- even as simple as a grocery shopping, sleep overs or the simple joys of life- even ones that involves simple human or wolf emotions like relationships, family or others.

so he never really understood why hoseok brought things for his omega the other day. but whenever he saw taehyungs lips shining with the gloss he brought, jungkook understands the satisfaction.

so ever since that, he couldn't help but wonder about things;

like he saw a perfume ad and wondered if taehyung will like that smell, saw a dress in a shop and imagined how taehyung would look in it, saw a pearl necklace on a lady and liked the idea of taehyung wearing the same.

and one day he saw a particular item and couldn't help but offer his credit card that moment and acquire it.

jungkook had toyed it around his arm a long time in his office, wondering if he should just throw it away- but right now as he sits there hypnotized as if in a spell just at the sight of those legs, he retrieves the item laying carelessly on his pocket.

jungkook ignores taehyungs curious gaze, but tutted when the omega tried to move his legs.

jungkook took the golden chain in his hand, crisscrossed and adorned in small shiny pearls- a thigh bracelet, and glided it up the omegas knees until the base of the shorts were jungkook clasps it carefully.

"beautiful" jungkook thinks.

but his lips had moved and the words were uttered,

just a simple word that had taehyung shivering, the chains glimmering and the pearls moving against his heated skin.

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