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Jungkook was looking up at him while his wide doe eyes were holding up an accusation. Taehyung was gazing right into him, something was clearly bothering the omega. The calmness of his eyebrows was replaced with uneasiness, dullness had taken the place of the fullness of his cheeks, pillowy lips were flattened into a thin line. 

Believing in his senses, Taehyung knows the omega wouldn't speak a word even if he asked one more time. 

The question is not what he asked though. The question is why he wanted to know what's bothering the omega and what's not. Isn't it surpassing the boundary that he had created around himself?

Still, his hands gripped the skin of the omega's waist and within a blink of thought, his grey eyes changed into gold. 

Jungkook was all aware of what his Alpha was doing but he didn't back out, he kept staring at the Alpha. The golden eyes were still intimidating but their intensity wasn't hurting his eyes anymore.

He remembered the time, the starting days of Eclipse where he wasn't even able to hold his Alpha's gaze and now he was staring right into them.

What changed?

Despite being in each other's arms,  they are still far away from each other's souls. Then what changed? Why did the Alpha become this restless just to know the reason behind Luna's uneasiness and why Luna felt so much enviousness when the other omegas tried nothing but looked at his mate inappropriately?

Both of them were equally dazed, losing themselves in the hands of fate, how far one can run away? One was fighting against it and one was trying to understand it but in the end, their fate was already written in the stars.

The moving thumb of the Alpha stopped at the edge of Jungkook's spine, his head tilted a little and his golden gaze now shifted right onto the girls behind them. 

Jungkook was observing the expressions of his Alpha and the simple ticking over his jaw was the evidence that he didn't like what he saw. 

The Royal Alpha took a step ahead, removing the leftover narrow path of air in between their bodies. His palms were replaced with his arms as the Alpha hugged the petite waist and lifted the omega from the middle.

Jungkook wrapped his hands around the Alpha's neck in the sudden hug, he felt his mid-waist covered by strong arms before his feet swept in the air. The Royal Alpha turned their bodies, making the omega's body hidden behind his own which was on the exhibition before. 

Their foreheads matched when the Alpha rotated their bodies, noses touching barely and breaths consorting against the lips. The naked waist of the omega was glued to the bare torso of the Alpha.

As always when Taehyung lowered the Luna, the omega's toes landed right over his foot's bridge. Jungkook kept standing on his toes, arms still wrapped around the Alpha, however, Alpha's arms were replaced by his palms again.

"Teenage omegas? Who allowed them to work here?" 

The Royal Alpha talked right above the omega's lips. The question made Jungkook avert his head a little away from the Alpha, just so he could find his breath and try to remember who allowed them.

Oh…

Jungkook's eyes gazed down in hesitation," I allowed it. I thought it would be a nice help." 

"It was a nice help indeed but shouldn't you inform me about it?" Taehyung asked back immediately, his voice wasn't loud but a little rich in depth. His eyes came back to their original colour but his jaw was still stoic.

He should. 

And Jungkook knew it too but he totally forgot about it in the middle of all the work. But still, their behaviour wasn't justified at any occurrence.

"What would you have done if I had informed you?" Jungkook asked instead, he was a little apologetic but he hadn't felt this edgy before and in no way he could see it coming at the moment of granting them permission. 

"I would have worn my shirt back or would have requested you to give them work outside the field." The Alpha delivered the word with such a softness that the omega starts melting from head to toe. 

"But why would you wear your shirt back? I'm not blaming you Alpha, you aren't at fault here." Jungkook said, his shoulders sagging, slipping a little more into those strong arms.

Wait a moment? Shirt? But Alpha is wearing his shirt though, his pants are missing from his torso. What-

"There are some impediments to being a royal blood. Our presence ignites as well as diminishes the hormones and senses of the lower ranks." the Royal Alpha explained.

"That means you are saying it was your fault that they were talking so inappropriately, not theirs?" Jungkook asked… a bunch of questions revolving inside his head at one time.

"Not entirely. As some things depend on their choice of emotion and moral values." The movement of his thumb on Jungkook's back happened again, and if you asked the omega about it…it felt as soothing as a cotton ball. 

"Exactly. I really don't like the texture of their utterances and the words were even ugliest." Jungkook remembered their words again and his mouth felt sour.

"It happens….in mates. They often felt territorial." Jungkook heard the words perfectly and he doesn't know why his breath hitched and why his toes curled over Alpha's leather shoes.

His eyes found the grey ones again. A little giddiness bubbled inside his stomach with the mere possibility of the Alpha facing the same situation towards him or… or his previous mate. His heart was sinking as well as throbbing at one exact moment.

"Have you ever felt like this before?" Jungkook asked the innocent question, putting himself at the edge of the sword. Only one thing could happen: either the sword will penetrate his heart or will rewrite his emotions again.

The thumb got replaced by fingers and a thread of goosebumps ran through the entire spine of the omega. He swallowed the empty air from his lips before parting them a little to breathe.

The Royal Alpha could feel the tremble underneath his fingertips, he should remove his hand and let the omega stand on his own but just as his thumb, now the fingers start caressing the skin," I have."

The mere pheromone of soothing the stressed omega was winning over the rational space between their bodies. 

The tiny hairs at the back of Jungkook's head stood up as his nerves started evolving into something else. The omega gulped back the question he was about to ask. No, he ain't that brave to ask the Alpha for whom he had felt like this. Who was the one for which the Alpha experienced such possessiveness? 

So he asked instead," What have you done to overcome it?" 

The memory was short but his brain conveyed it right away and Taehyung remembered the first night after their marriage ceremony when he went to deliver the first dress to the omega in his chamber. He remembered how the omega slept and fell over his chest. He remembered how thoughtlessly but surely he had left his scent around the omega's scent gland. That night the Alpha had scented the unaware sleeping omega.

"Scenting helps," The Alpha murmured but the closeness of their bodies brought those words right into Jungkook's heart.

His eyes went miserably wide and he decided to not question any further. The honesty of his Alpha scares him, the back of his eyes stings when a thought crosses his mind. Had the Alpha scented his past mate? Cause as long as he remembers he has no memories of scenting. So had he? How many times? 

"What are you thinking?" Taehyung asked, breaching the running thoughts of the omega. Again, He can read him easily, in a blink of golden eyes but he wanted the omega to express his thoughts.

Jungkook looked down, eyes focussing over the sharp jaw of the elder," Thinking if I am even allowed to feel like this. If I have that much privilege over our bounded bond." 

He uncurled his arms from Taehyung's neck, his palms resting over the dusted but deep collarbones. 

"I have scented you in your sleep one time and then another time when you are in heat. It was not much but I had left my scent around your neck," The Royal Alpha uttered as if his word hadn't shifted the omega's world back and forth before putting it into the centre.

Jungkook's face was the shadow of horror. His lips parted and his jaw dangled in the air. Who did when and what?

"So it's only fair that…" The Royal tilted his head a little and the wide tanned skin of his neck flashed right against Jungkook's lips.

"What?" It wasn't a voice or a whisper, a bare movement of Jungkook's tongue.

"Scent me." 

The omega stared at him for a long while, lips parting and falling shut in anticipation. Jungkook shook his head, not trusting the reality of the movement, not trusting his own emotions that were swirling around in a storm, not trusting the illusion his heart created inside his head. 

"Me?" He breathed out unevenly but when the Alpha kept looking away and didn't say anything, Jungkook understood. Bringing himself down from his toes, now he flattened the sole of his feet over Alpha's shoe bridge. His body comes a half inch down in level and that's when Jungkook leaned his forehead on Taehyung's bare shoulder. 

The omega was calming himself down, trying to take a few breaths of peace but his heart was leaping miles per moment," Alpha." He breathes out again.

"Are you sure?" Jungkook asked again because his conscience was losing control, the aching gums inside his mouth were getting intolerable.

Taehyung didn't reply, just stretched his neck closer to the omega. Jungkook caught the movement from the corner of his eyes and his hands moved on his own.

His one hand curled around the tilted neck, the other one gripping over the shoulder. He raised himself on his toes again and moved closer to the neck. 

Just a moment ago the Alpha had washed his face and the few drops that had slipped down across his neck were still there, making muddy lines from his jaw to the collarbone. 

His half-opened dazed eyes fell shut when his lips breathed over Alpha's scent gland. His nose brushed the underside of the jaw and Jungkook lost himself in the oozing scent.

Inhaling his Alpha's scent from afar was one thing But absorbing it directly through the nose should be prohibited. The aroma of sandalwood was mixed with the muddy scent of soil. Jungkook rubbed his nose, repeating the movements again and again.

Taehyung was holding the omega close, his eyes fluttering when a pair of lips brushed over his scent gland, his hold tightened over the waist, pulling the omega closer.

Jungkook inhaled deeply, letting the scent immerse into his blood and bones, it felt intoxicating. Drinking over the scent in the most pleasurable way, his hands slipped back and a fist formed by holding at the nape hairs of the Alpha.

The tug happened involuntarily, hands pulling the head back just so he could breathe over Adam's apple. Jungkook panted with his open lips and lurched forward when the Alpha threw his head back. 

His lips got attached to the blank canvas of Alpha's neck, not minding the dirt rubbing across his own cheeks. He nuzzled his face, rubbing the upper cheeks over the jaw, chin caressing the depth of the neck and lips leaving a trail of sweet scent all over.

His gums were aching, wanting something shameful, something that Jungkook knew he shouldn't do at this point. Bearing over the last threads of his urges, Jungkook opened his eyes and retreated from the tempting neck, although his whole was trembling by performing the small effort. 

The Royal Alpha opened his eyes but didn't let go of the omega. His hand came up from the previous position of the omega's waist and curled around Jungkook's face. He pulled him in an embrace, letting the omega breathe out in a secure hold.

"Calm down." 

Jungkook pressed his lips together and gave a light nod. He calmed down a long ago, those ugly thoughts nowhere near his mind let alone his heart. His body was in pure bliss, a bliss that the omega will choose death rather than pulling away.

Although it was not the reality and Jungkook should come out of it. The wild clouds of cotton were roaming inside his brain though he didn't think he would ever come out. Just then, Alpha does something that he barely does.

He starts talking.

"I'll not be coming back to the lake tonight, need to start the second round of ploughing immediately." 

Jungkook opened his eyes but didn't pull away," But the cattle must be too tired from working all day." 

"The cattle from Zedvic pack will take part in this round. I will need two or three pairs only. Make sure soldiers won't follow me, command them to rest until I call them back." 

All these things could be mind linked to the soldiers directly but Jungkook understood that the Alpha wanted to distract him from the frantic sensations.

The omega's body flinched when the fingers from his spine came around his stomach, raising up to his ribs to tug the corner of his shirt down, again covering the waist securely by the black material.

The omega hummed in assessment and pulled away. Both of them didn't match eyes until they were an inch away from each other. Jungkook stepped down from Alpha's feet, now looking down with sweaty hands and flushed cheeks.

"Should I bring your dinner here?" Jungkook asked and the question gave him the courage to look up.

Taehyung shook his head," I had dinner yesterday so no need. But command the eclipsers to eat in your presence, they will understand." 

The first sentence bounced over Jungkook's brain while he nodded in the reply to the second sentence. He was still a little dazed.

Taehyung picked up his shirt from the ground and wore it while turning a little away from Jungkook. The omega blinked and filched the pot around his waist, he bowed a little farewell to the Alpha before joining the retiring figures of Eclipsers towards the lake.

His mind was still occupied by fuzzy thoughts but the heavy blush around his face was destroying every other ideal object to distract his attention.

~ 

As the Alpha assumed, the Eclipsers accepted the dinner without the presence of their Alpha. They understand the lack of presence because all of them know that preparing the land is more important tonight so that they could sow the seeds tomorrow.

Their Luna was sitting in the exact same place as yesterday. After serving the food, Jungkook was beside the Royal omega who was slurping down the delicious dish, his mate cooked only for him.

"So he scented you without your consent?" The Royal omega blurted out.

Jungkook looked back at him with disappointed eyes, "It's not something that bothers me, hyungnim. Even I felt more pleased about it." 

Jimin chewed his food slowly," Then what is bothering you?" 

"His indecisive habits. What is the meaning of it that he ate dinner yesterday and will not be eating it tonight? I observed that he hadn't slept for four days in a row. Don't you think it's so… so…inhuman?" His furrowed eyebrows were conveying how serious he is. 

A small smile took over Jimin's lips," These are the habits that he built up on their own by living 1700 years alone. He sleeps once a week, sometimes twice a month and eats in the same pattern too." 

"But hyungnim-"

"I know and I assure you that after your arrival in his life, these habits have surpassed a little and with time their shade will also leave his life."

Jungkook shook his head, denying the Royal Omega's observation," I don't think so, the way Alpha prioritises everything above him, which also comes as the King's duty, I understand. But these are some basic survival instincts that one should not be this ignorant of." 

"Then be more vocal about it. If it concerns you, show the right path to him. Isn't it our commitment to take care of them? Jimin suggested.

"Should I bring his dinner to the field and force him to eat? He will not agree with sleeping though."  Jungkook bit the corners of his lips, thinking about the consequences of his action.

The Royal omega giggled and put the bowl away from his lap," I can only suggest you the solution, Jungkookie. How you want it to be done, which way you want to choose… is your own decision." 

Yoongi came forward with two plates in his hands and sat beside his mate," Luna, aren't you going to eat with us?" 

Jungkook looked at his hyung and his lips spread in a genuine smile, seeing the Royal omega now feeding yoongi with his hand," I must eat my dinner with my mate tonight."

~ 

Jungkook was sewing a shirt, yes a shirt. He thanked the heavens that he saved himself from the biggest embarrassment of his life and asked Yoongi about the difference between pants and shirts.

He would have slaughtered himself if he had ever made this mistake in front of his Alpha. 

Earlier Jungkook went through his Alpha's clothes and he couldn't blame his Alpha for discarding his shirt in the middle of the field. The fabric is convenient to wear in the palace but in the field… where the sun shines right above heads… is not a good choice. 

So Jungkook chopped up his one and only black hanfu and pierced its layers with the help of scissors. He separated the cotton layer from the nylon one and started switching up the cotton layers together to form a nice shirt. 

He decided to leave the shirt half sleeved, moulding the edges and securing it with the small needle thread. He pulled the needle outwards, cutting the last tie of thread with his teeth and checked the shirt finally.

It looked simple but definitely wearable. 

He folded it nicely and put it on the top of his Alpha's other clothes. Their clothes were placed on a small table, a little bit of partition between hanfus, shirts and pants.

Now it's the time to call his Alpha, for dinner.

He walked to the window of the pavilion and pulled the curtain up and secured it by trying the rope in the middle. He looked outside, he could see the fields but the darkness was too much to let him spot the working Alpha.

But he ain't gonna sit back down. If Alpha is strict towards him then he should show him that he could be strict as well. If the omega made something as precious as a meal for the Alpha then the Alpha should… at least…eat it.

He cleared his throat and waved his hands over his face, calming the heat down from his face. You can do it, it's just a song. Yeah, it's night I know but the Eclipsers will understand. 

The atmosphere was too quiet and he knows his voice is going to ring right across the darkness and would wake everyone but he needs to do it. 

The Royal Alpha was balancing the reins from one hand to another, patting the hips of oxen when his ears picked the melodious voice resonating across the entire horizon. 

Inside one of the tents Jimin's lips turned into a wide knowing smile, he looked at the red haired Beta who was extinguishing the last flambeau. "What was that?" He had also heard the voice of the luna.

"Nothing, just our Luna finally decided to call for his mate." The Royal omega replied and both of them leaned to the window as if wanting to listen to their Empress more closely and they knew each and every member of eclipse must be doing the same in their individual tents.

"Tsk Tsk Tsk 
Tsk Tsk Tsk 
My sleepless mate, you are very heartless 
Oh lord!" 

Jungkook was smiling but his eyebrow were taunting in a mischievous arc and lips puckered outwards;

"You don't know my heart's pain 
How should I say this?
You are absurd, ignorant, cruel 
Whom should I say this?
You ignore my heart, 
My pain, my love 
You simply don't know it 
Oh lord!"

Jungkook would have never dared to sing these words if his Alpha was standing right in front of him but right now he knows how to take advantage of the situation.

"When you were far,
You were closer.
When you are closer,
Why seemed so far?
Come closer, 
I have prepared the meal 
Don't trouble me now!
I felt so hungry 
Oh lord!"

The giggle he let out somehow echoed around the lake but he needed to persuade his Alpha. 

"How should I say this?
You are brutal, inhuman, insane 
Whom should I say this?
This hunger is heartless 
Perpetual, boundless, eternal 
Make it fulfil, shouldn't you?
Oh lord!"

The mention of lord was sounding as taunt and a spurt of giggles spread around the lake along with the harmony. Jungkook stared afar but when he still couldn't see his Alpha, his shoulders slumped in disappointment. 

"Should have known this!
People had warned me!
Told me that your beloved is cruel,
But in your intoxicating talks,
I slowly fall,
Now my hungry stomach 
Is blaming Sun and Moon.
Even the moonlight is laughing,
Stars mocking,
Wind giggling,
The entire sky is humming 
Oh lord!"

Far away from the lake, a smile occurred on Taehyung's lips. Ears became a little red as he stopped the oxen from going any further.
But the omega seemed to have no intention of stopping any time soon.

"Now please agree 
Don't be angry at me.
The little fireflies igniting 
Inside my stomach. 
Will you feed me?
How should I say this?
My Alpha, saviour, soulmate 
Whom should I say this?
This heartbreaker doesn't know anything 
Oh lord!" 

Even after finishing the song when Jungkook didn't see his Alpha coming from the fields, he pouted in defeat. Should I try something else? He bit his lips in concentration and turned around.

The shriek his throat left was loud enough to bring another small smile on Taehyung's lips. The omega looked horrified seeing the Alpha sitting on the bed… God knows from how long… but his eyes blown wide and heart leaped out when he witnessed the gorgeous smile.

It was so small but the mere existence of the smile on his Alpha's lips was to die for. 

And this smile was for him.. Occurred because of him. Jungkook blinked his eyes to focus on reality because his cheeks were hurting by how wide he was smiling.

The Alpha tilted his head, looking at the omega," Before you start calling me a thief too, should we head for dinner?"

The Royal Alpha looked so soft, sitting on the bed looking at the omega with less intimidating eyes. Jungkook nodded his head and the Alpha started walking out of the pavilion.

"Thief, aren't you already a thief?"

Taehyung stopped in his tracks and turned around," Did you say something?" Jungkook swears he didn't say anything, he shook his head frantically and walked ahead of the Alpha, already going out of the pavilion.

There is no memory in my mind where I have stolen something though, Alpha thinks to himself unlike the omega who had blurted out his thoughts in open.

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