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Finally, there's a knock on the apartment door. Seokjin has been waiting all week to finally help his roommate settle in.

However... when he opens the door to see the familiar dog hybrid with an unfamiliar, taller, bigger, alpha dog hybrid, Seokjin starts to think that maybe someone else plans to help him settle into his new home.

"Hi," Jungkook chirps with a smile on his face and a box in his hands.

The other alpha dog hybrid has two bigger boxes in his hands, but once Seokjin lets them in, he notices how the man doesn't walk too far inside the door.

He sets the boxes close to the door and then heads right back out of it, eyeing over at Jungkook. Seokjin guesses that he's respecting a stranger alpha by not entering his home, not letting Seokjin feel threatened. He respects the man's respect— but also, he feels awkward.

First of all, he had no idea that Jungkook had an alpha. Secondly, it's odd because he doesn't know the man—

"This is Namjoonie hyung," Jungkook suddenly tells him as he walks out of the door as well. "I have a few more things to get and then hyung is taking a bus home."

Oh... okay..?

"Okay. Hi, Namjoon-ssi. I'm Seokjin." They give each other an awkward greeting before Seokjin turns back to Jungkook. "I could move these boxes to your room if you'd like?"

Jungkook's eyes beam. "Of course, thank you! They're mostly clothes," he says as he lightly kicks at one of the boxes. "They shouldn't be too heavy for an alpha like you."

He doesn't question Namjoon's cocked eyebrow or Jungkook's friendly little smile.

"Okay. Sure thing."

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After everything is moved into Jungkook's bedroom and the two dog hybrids say their goodbyes, it's only Seokjin and Jungkook in the apartment.

He shows the pup around the place, tells him the ins and outs of the apartment, and when they finish, it's dinner time.

Seokjin had already been preparing a meal just for his new roommate, so he lets Jungkook sit at the dining table as he sets the meal onto it.

Jungkook's tail wags happily and Seokjin feels accomplished to see how excited Jungkook is to have food.

"I can't believe you cooked for me."

Seokjin shrugs. "Well, it was for me as well. Cooking and baking are sort of my thing."

Jungkook's tail stops wagging and his head lowers. "Right. Of course." He rubs at his neck and Seokjin wonders why he suddenly looks embarrassed.

Was it something he said?

"Um. Let's get to eating then..? I'm sure you're hungry, right?"

Jungkook nods. "Yeah, I could totally eat right now."

So they do— and they clear out every single bit of the food, leaving their stomachs achingly full and it's totally worth it.

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