Seokjin comes home from work and slips his shoes off, noticing that Jungkook's aren't by the door. And he smells an unfamiliar scent.

He doesn't question the scent because it's barely even there and it isn't important. He goes to the living room to relax instead.

He hasn't had dinner yet, so he waits for Jungkook to come back home to ask him what they should have. But Jungkook still hasn't shown up. It's past seven by now. A movie and two episodes of the drama he was watching has already gone off. Where is Jungkook?

Eventually, he figures that maybe the pup is out eating with a friend of his. So, he goes to get up from the couch—

But then the sound of the door clicking open catches his attention. He peeks over at the door and watches in confusion as Jungkook steps inside. There's a wolf hybrid behind him and—

and Jungkook lifts himself off the handle of the door to kiss the wolf's cheek and tell him goodbye..?

It's then that Seokjin's confusion turns into shock (and something else much stronger than that).

He turns his head back to the TV just as Jungkook turns around. Seconds later, the pup is stepping into the living room. Seokjin is so occupied with thinking— overthinking— and he doesn't even notice that Jungkook sits by him.

Did Jungkook go on a date? So suddenly? And wow, he smells so much like that wolf. Alpha wolf. The other alpha wolf's scent nearly blocks out Jungkook's flowery one— or maybe Seokjin focuses too much on it instead— and it's awful.

He's never even seen this guy before and he thought that Jungkook didn't have wolf friends; right, Jungkook has mentioned that before, that he doesn't have wolf friends.

So who was that guy?

"What's wrong, hyung?"

Seokjin blinks back into reality, but he doesn't look at Jungkook. He stares hard at the TV. "Nothing."

He misses the look of disappointment in Jungkook's eyes.

Jealousy and uncertainty fills his mind so much that he doesn't even notice Jungkook's sigh. All he cares about is the unfamiliar alpha's scent lingering in his territory. The scent is ten times worse than how he thought Namjoon's once was; this scent is alluring and stuck on Jungkook like it was meant to scare off potential mates.

Seokjin clenches his fists over his lap as he thinks about that alpha trying to claim Jungkook, as he thinks about the wolf coming into his apartment and marking up Jungkook—

"I'm going to bed," Jungkook says. He doesn't even glance at Seokjin before getting up and walking away.

A part of Seokjin is thankful that the scent isn't as strong or near him anymore.

A part of him hates that Jungkook is so okay with the scent. Hates that Jungkook went on a date. Hates that Jungkook kissed the alpha's cheek.

No, every part of him hates it all.

He hates how unexpected it was, hates that Jungkook has interest in someone else, hates that his day has been ruined by the most innocent thing.

It just doesn't feel right.

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