It's the lucky 7th chapter!
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Different packs used different methods to treat wounded wolves. The Moonbora pack used herbs, Jeongguk realized as he rummaged through the first aid kit of the packhouse. Quickly reading labels, he picked up two bottles to use for wounds and rushed to Taehyung's room with the alpha,

Taehyung didn't look like he was in a hurry at all even though half of his face was covered in blood. As Jeongguk watched Taehyung unlock his door, guilt lay heavily in his throat. Taehyung had gotten hurt because of him. Because of how careless he had been. Only if he had listened to Taehyung when he said Jihoon looked suspicious, none of this would've happened. Taehyung wouldn't have been hurt.

Taehyung's room smelled like a forest. Jeongguk couldn't help the deep inhale he took as the alluring, dark woodsy fragrance surrounded him.

It seemed to wrap its tentacles around Jeongguk with no idea of letting him go. It embraced him; tightly and securely, relaxing his whole mind and body. Jeongguk felt his eyes flutter close for a moment as he took another deep breath to fill his lungs with the aroma of fragrant nature.

Stepping into Taehyung's room was like walking through a gate, leaving every single worry and fuss outside of the room, to be greeted with utmost peace, comfort and reassurance. With every second that passed and every new breath he took, his head cleared up and his breathing started to become easier and he could feel himself being at absolute peace.

While the scent of the forest was an epitome of comfort, the faint but evident aroma of red wine was blissful.

Seductive.

And it seemed to awaken his senses, his own pheromones responded to it and Jeongguk's wolf was restless, mood from earlier changed in a split second. His wolf was eager now, wanting to get closer to Taehyung, to smell that dark, red wine scent even further. He could feel his heartbeat quickening and his breaths becoming shorter, faster.

He gulped.

Jeongguk absolutely hates feeling affected by the alpha's scent like this. Usually, scents don't directly affect other wolves physically. Normally, Jeongguk would only be able to smell the scent and identify what a wolf's emotions are by it. However, never had he ever had a scent impact him physically like this. It made him feel a range of emotions that Jeongguk didn't even know possible. Sometimes it annoyed him.

Because he despised Taehyung. Taehyung was stupid and arrogant and he suspected Jeongguk. He made Jeongguk restless and he disturbed his peace by threatening him to spill his secret to Namjoon. Taehyung just couldn't keep his snout out of Jeongguk's business and the omega loathed him for it.

The main problem was that such emotional reactions were too strong. Such strong emotional reactions weren't normal unless...

"Why are we here?"

A voice made Jeongguk snap out of his thoughts, his shaky orbs shifting to meet the chocolate pair of eyes staring right back at him.

"Huh?"

"What are we doing in my room?"

"Oh" Jeongguk looked at the two small bottles of medicine in his hands. "I will take care of you"

Taehyung's eyes widened, a small choked noise leaving him.

"N-no I mean" Jeongguk struggled to speak, feeling too out of it because of the thick scent surrounding him. "I will treat your wounds"

Taehyung scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. "You don't have to. I can do it by myself"

Jeongguk shook his head. "No, I must. You got hurt because of me"

"I mean...how could you be so careless? You're an omega and you're old enough to understand how omegas aren't safe at night. And how could you trust that guy? I told you he was suspicious"

"I know, I know. I'll give it to you. You were right and I should've listened to you"

"That's not the point. You were being too careless of yourself. What if I wasn't there? What if I didn't catch your scent? Do you have any idea what would've happened to you?" Taehyung took a step towards Jeongguk, making the omega's breath hitch. "You need to be more careful"

Jeongguk nodded, feeling breathless at the proximity. "I will be from now on. Did I worry you?"

Taehyung gulped, "W-what...I... how could I not worry about you" He muttered. turning away from Jeongguk. "Too careless"

Jeongguk felt his wolf purr happily at that and a small blush and a smile decorated his face. "Will you let me treat your wounds?"

"Yeah" Taehyung muttered.

"You should sit down. I'll fetch some warm water to clean your wounds" Jeongguk set, setting the two bottles down on a nearby table- that looked like a work desk from the books and stationary on top of it.

"Alright. The bathroom's over there" He said, pointing to his right. "I'll get you something to put the water"

"I can find it. Stop moving around and stay there" Jeongguk ordered and hurried off to the small kitchen island. Taehyung's room structure was identical to Jeongguk's but the furniture and decoration made it look so different.

The room didn't look very crowded with the lack of many furniture items; the set of black leather sofas which Taehyung now sat on top of having too many throw pillows and a few plushies, which the omega found a little funny and strange, as it contradicted with the image he had in the alpha. The kitchenette with a small island, tidy and clean like everything else in the room, the window with curtains and a few cupboards by the table, filled with books. Jeongguk guessed that Taehyung liked to read, which was interesting. There were a few vases too, vintage-looking, a few photo frames that Jeogguk didn't have enough time to look closely at and he could point a speck of dust anywhere in the house.

Jeongguk found a basin and a towel from the kitchen and went to the squeaky clean bathroom and he concluded that Taehyung liked to be clean and neat. Jeongguk couldn't help but be secretly impressed, like a bit of a guilty pleasure.

Jeongguk sat down next to Taehyung, placing the basin on the coffee table. He dampened the towel and brought it to Taehyung's face covered in blood and he felt his breath hitch when he saw the alpha staring right back at him with an intense gaze.

Jeongguk gulped, ignoring his racing heartbeat and let the cloth touch his skin. Taehyung hissed, eyebrows furrowing for a second and his eyes fluttering shut.

"D-does it hurt?" Jeongguk whispered, removing the cloth from his face.

"Yeah a bit"

Jeongguk's eyes grew wide, puppy-like. "I'm sorry"

Taehyung chuckled softly. "It's okay. I can take it" His voice was beautifully smooth and soft.

Jeongguk nodded, starting to clean the blood off his face. After a few minutes and hisses later, Jeongguk was done, at the cost of his dignity because the omega knew for sure that by now his cheeks had dusted pink and his scent had also changed. Being this close to Taehyung was no good, especially when Jeongguk's wolf had no control over himself and immediately reacted to every little movement of Taehyung.

"I owe you a huge apology" Jeongguk muttered. "I'm really sorry for the way I treated you and what I told you earlier today"

Taehyung hummed. Never letting his gaze fall from the omega's eyes.

"I didn't like you because were all up in my business. Wanted to push you away"

"I can understand"

Jeongguk sighed.

"Take your shirt off"

The words were out of Jeongguk's mouth before he could ponder the actual meaning of it. Taehyung's eyebrow cocked momentarily.

"You want to see me naked or something?" He said jokingly.

The words made Jeongguk's eyes widen, his scent spiking up immediately, flooding the room with the smell of sweet, addictive, caramel.

And he could see Taehyung's eyes widen too in surprise at that. The way the air thickened with tension and attraction.

Arousal too, but Jeongguk would hate to admit it. He didn't understand why he felt these things towards Taehyung. He's supposed to hate him!

Jeongguk caught the scent of red wine thick in the air now, thicker than before. Taehyung's wolf was responding to the change in Jeongguk's scent. And Jeongguk felt his breath hitch, and he pressed his thighs together in embarrassment, hoping to the moon that he would not slick up.

Before the situation could get any more uncomfortable and before he died from the tension between them, Taehyung cleared his throat awkwardly.

"Yeah" He muttered before pulling the thin, white material off his torso and placing it on the sofa behind him,

Jeongguk felt his mouth go dry, his wolf going wild inside him as his big, doe eyes automatically diverted downwards towards Taehyung's sculpted torso. Jeongguk was sweating, even though the night was cold as any spring night could get.

Taehyung was unarguably attractive. And hot, if Jeongguk would let himself. He wasn't ripped; there was no six-pack but there definitely was proof of working out.

Jeongguk took a deep breath, looking away from the arousing view. He tried to focus on something else. Like the tiger plushie on top of Taehyung's table and the single book with a bookmark that laid atop the coffee table- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

"Earth to Jeongguk?"

Jeongguk's head snapped towards Taehyung, who stared at him with an unreadable expression.

"Yeah sorry fuck" Jeongguk muttered.

"I can do all this on my own, you know? You don't have to be here and feel all uncomfortable-"

"I'm not uncomfortable!" Jeongguk blurted out. "You're just very distracting"

Taehyung let out an amused chuckle. "Speak for yourself"

Jeongguk smiled and dampened the washcloth again and started cleaning a cut on Taehyung's torso, tight under his pecs. Jeongguk gulped, trying to control his wolf and this time actually succeeding. He quickly finished cleaning the only wound on Taehyung's chest and then took the medicine, applying it over Taehyung's cuts and bruises. He tried his best to ignore the feeling of Taehyung's muscles under his hands and he subconsciously pressed his thighs together.

Soon, Jeongguk was done and Taehyung went to his bedroom to change his bloody clothes.

"Would you like some tea?" Taehyung asked as he walked out of his bedroom.

"Yeah, sure" Jeongguk muttered.

Taehyung nodded and started boiling some water. Jeongguk sat back on the sofa comfortably, his whole body at peace with every second that passed inside Taehyung's room. He had expected to feel discomfort and awkwardness before entering the room due to their prior encounters and contradictions. However, he felt extremely cosy, as if where Taehyung lived was his own second home and that was not just the alpha's scent making him feel that. Therefore, sitting comfortably on the couch that Taehyung had probably spent countless hours on, felt like his second nature.

"You were right" Jeongguk spoke, breaking the comfortable silence embracing the two wolves.

Taehyung turned to look at him from the kitchenette. "What?"

"You were right about me. The suspicions. I am a danger to your pack. And I was being selfish when I stayed here. But I had nowhere else to go and Namjoon is one of my close friends but he doesn't know about the danger I pose. I'm not planning to stay here for long, though"

"I see" There was a shift in the alpha's tone.

"But I don't really have an idea about where to go from here. I know I'm being selfish and I wish I wasn't like this but I'm just so helpless now. Jihoon was my-"

"You don't have to tell me" Taehyung interrupted Jeongguk, looking at him with hooded eyes. He looked conflicted, a bit sad too.

"No I must-"

"You don't owe me an explanation. And I'm sorry for being a dick to you. I... you don't have to tell me anything. Anything about your personal life, It's none of my business"

Jeongguk gulped, eyes big and doe-like. His chest heaved painfully. He shook his head with regret.

"I want to tell you"

Taehyung stared at him, a bit amused.

"I want to let you know my story. Desperately"

It took Taehyung a few long seconds to respond with a nod.

"Okay. I, too, would like to know your story" Taehyung whispered. "Desperately"

"W-what?"

"My whole being yearns to know what's bothering you. What's distressing you. Who dares to hurt you"

Taehyung's gaze was intense and dominating. Jeongguk felt his breath hitch and heart flutter in his chest, skipping beat after beat.

"O-Oh"

"I shall listen to you over some tea"

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Thank you for being here
Love,
Sara💕