The honey-brown haired male was in the midst of bathing when a figure entered the den.

Namjoon didn't mind, he had peeked out through the ivy of Jisoo's bathtub and had spotted Yoongi, the muscular male prowling around the herb bowls and Namjoon smiled. "Yoongi? If you're looking for Jisoo, I think she went stargazing with Chaeyoung."

Yoongi didn't respond, just nodding and sitting down quietly. Namjoon just closed the ivy again and scrubbed his arms, rinsing his hair of the soap, sighing happily and his toes curling as the warm water surrounded him comfortably.

He began to hum softly, allowing the water to somehow, Namjoon didn't really understand, to grow slightly more hotter, the warmth causing his body to relax and he contently closed his eyes, leaning back and willing himself not to nod off. Even if he did, though, Seokjin would come by and check up on him, so fortunately he wouldn't drown or anything.

"Yoongi..." Namjoon called out softly, and he heard shuffling on the other side. "Can you call Seokjin...?"

The thud of paws were heard, and Namjoon wearily looked up as a figure treaded closer to the ivy. "Ngh...Yoongi, please, can you just—"

-

Taehyung stared at his two pups with wide eyes.

One was a female, with the same silvery coat as Jimin's, her gaze sharp and goofy, obviously a troublemaker and yet she was always gentle to her brother, who looked like a mirror-copy of himself.

"Hi," Taehyung said softly, and he felt Jimin nervously whine besides him. Taehyung just hushed him, shifting into his human form and Jimin quickly followed suit. "Do you guys know me?"

"You're our Dad!" Rose yipped, hopping up onto all four paws. "I heard tons of stories about you! An' how strong and cool you are? I wanna be just like you and become the best Fighter this pack has ever seen!"

Taehyung shot Jimin a look and Jimin whimpered. Taehyung just rubbed his nose against Jimin's neck, and the omega went behind to back hug him, eyes drooping from tiredness.

"Really now? That's great, sweetie," he kissed the top of Rose's head and she purred, waddling over to Jimin's side and hopping around. "And...and what about you, Tae?" Taehyung smiled as he thought of their names. Rose and Tae. God. How much pain did he cause for his mate while he was gone?

Tae shuffled his paws nervously and laughed. "Um—well," Tae's tail fluffed up and Taehyung tipped his head, "I wanna be the next Healer..."

Taehyung's eyes widened. "The next Healer?!"

Tae cowered back. "Y-yes..."

"Holy shit," Taehyung gaped and he earned a smack to the neck from Jimin for swearing, "that's amazing. Being a Healer is a big responsibility."

Tae's eyes sparkled at the praise. "R-really? You think so? I've just always been so fascinated by Jisoo-noona's work and I just thought—"

As Tae continued to ramble, he was suddenly cut off when a shrill scream sounded from outside. Taehyung whirled his gaze to the entrance, mouth agape, and he shook Jimin's grip off his shoulders before darting outside.

Namjoon was in the clearing, sprawled out on the floor, blood pooling around his legs that looked quite mangled, Jisoo trying desperately to pull the human back into the safety of her den. Taehyung furrowed his eyebrows, confused, when he spotted Yoongi limping away in his wolf form from what looked like nasty bite and claw wounds on his pelt.

And standing in the middle of the chaos was Mei. Puffing and wearing an expression of pure anger, Mei sprang after Yoongi and pinned the Hunter to the ground, causing Hoseok to scream, who was being pulled back by the other mother wolves.

"Traitor! You thought you could get away with trying to save him?" Mei spat into Yoongi's face and the wolf whined pitifully, pain clouding his expression. "What? You thought I didn't know your plan all along? Oh please," Mei sank his claws into Yoongi's flank and the werewolf let out a pained howl, "you're probably the worst liar I've ever seen out of this group of fucking—"

"What is going on here?" Taehyung boomed, and Mei swung his gaze around with a scowl. The dark-pelted wolf scoffed and his amber gaze glinted when he saw Jimin poke his head out from behind Taehyung, Tae and Rose following suit before Jimin vanished while fussing over his pups to hide.

"Oh, look. It's the dying hero." Mei snorted and shoved Yoongi away from him, turning. "What're you gonna do, huh? The damage has been done."

Taehyung frowned, looking back at where he saw Namjoon silently sobbing into Jisoo's chest, and Yoongi clawing across the floor while wolves around him only backed away.

"What," Taehyung repeated, "is going on here?"

Mei sat down and licked across a bleeding wound on his leg. "What's going on?" Mei echoed, laughing. "Isn't it obvious?"

He jabbed his face in the direction of where Yoongi lay still, his chest heaving violently.

"I caught the traitor for you, that's what."

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hmm sorry for not updating !! life gets to u and it is not nice awa