"...And what about the time when we went bungee jumping"

Another wave of laughter erupted in the group as they recollected the incident.

Hoseok barked "Flashing news. Kim Taehyung is afraid of hights! And all the while i thought it was just me."

They laughed again remembering how reluctant and pale Taehyung had been before he jumped. It took a lot of willpower to minimize the fear displayed on his face.

"Oh and the spider incident..."

For past half hour all his friends had been dotting on all of the embarrassing and funny moments, every fears of Kim Taehyung the alpha blood. But he felt moody. Even though everyone was busy chatting and laughing especially when Hoseok had come. He missed his best friend and he was annoyed at Yoongi.

He hadn't interfered that time because they were mates and he didn't want to create any further issues. He knew Yoongi was grumpy and someone known for his quick temper. He had stood there watching with closed fists and gritting teeth as Yoongi hauled away his best friend.

Yoongi loved Jimin. Taehyung knew that. It was clear in the way Yoongi looked at him and the way Jimin spoke about his mate. But they had their own issues to work out.

It must be totally different to have a mate. A particular face with black hair, ears pierced multiple times and tattoos sticking out on his muscles popped up in his head.

He shook his head clearing his mind.

"WHAT?!" The unmistakable loud voice of Hoseok flooded in which expressed shock and disbelief.

Taehyung blinked focusing on the present conversation. He clearly had not been listening.

Sungjae laughed "yeah. I still find it comical"

"B-but" Hoseok looked at Taehyung a frown etched on his face "how is it- Tae- uh-....."

"What?" Taehyung asked now confused about whatever they were talking about.

"Were you dreaming about Jungkook? Hoseok is in shock about who your mate is" Irene said.

Taehyung groaned "come on. Won't you guys let me have some peace of mind? I rejected him for God's sake and so did he"

Hoseok gasped the same time Jackson snorted. Taehyung shot the latter a look daring him to open his mouth.

"Oh god! Tae! It must have been terrible!" Hoseok said concerned.

Taehyung waved him off "I managed. It's okay now."

His phone rang right as he finished his sentence. The screen flashing 'chimchim calling'.

Taehyung quickly flicked it to his ear "Jim?"

"Tae" Jimin spoke in a low voice "come and get me in front of the old 'Glossy' s baker'. I am not letting Yoongi win this. I will be there"

The phone call ended before Taehyung could say anything. He felt his chest swell in pride for his best friend. Fucking right. Jimin won't be playing to all fucked up demands of that grumpy dick. Taehyung grinned as he quickly stood up grabbing his Jacket.

"I will be back soon guys" he shouted over his shoulder as he jogged out to his car.

He felt a thrill in imagining Yoongi's pissed off face. He almost laughed feeling like a small kid doing some mischief to anger his strict grumpy uncle.

He hummed all the way. Most shops were closed and this part of the town was almost deserted. As he pulled into the lane of the old bakers an odd wave of uneasiness hit him. He felt the feeling intensify as he neared the parked car that he very displeasingly identified as Jungkook's. Jimin didn't know how to drive a car.

He parked his car and got out. The area was eerily silent except for the soft buzz of the street light and occasionally passing cars. He felt his heart beat fast and he quickly walked to the car. He walked around and stopped dead in his tracks on seeing the broken window, open passenger door, an arrow sticking out from the front wheel and a bottle of moon flower spray.

He squatted pulling the arrow out and his eyes widened and a sudden panic flooded him on seeing the symbol. V wolf. The vultian warriors.

He frantically looked around. The strong and fresh scent of Jungkook and Jimin was definitely in the car but not a trail leading to any direction. Ofcourse the moonflower spray.

Calm down Taehyung. Fucking think. Calm down-

He stared at the drops of blood not so far away from the car. He felt a lump in his throat at the thought of Jimin or Jungkook getting hurt. A growl rose in his throat at that thought. He pressed his fingers on the blood and brought it up to his nose.

He blinked smelling it again. It wasn't either of the two for whom he was worried, it was someone else.

Oh god! Could he be more dumb? Ofcourse they were attacked. He focused on the recent and fresh scent in the air. There were many. He snapped his eyes open on realisation.

They were ambushed.

A flickering joy found in his chest as he realised that though Jungkook's and Jimin's scent were not detectable. Their attackers did leave a scent trail. That was pretty dumb of vultian warriors.

He ran tracing the path following the scents. Jungkook must have used the spray on themselves to delay the warriors' attack.

He ran in his wolf speed and came to a stop on seeing the ongoing fight. Jimin was nowhere to be seen. Jungkook was there, fighting off all of them single handedly. Taehyung stood amazed for a moment at how gracefully Jungkook moved, how dangerous his face looked how his shirt was torn revealing the tank top and exposing his tattoos. He felt his dick twitch a little.

Gah! Did I just....

He shook his head as he watched Jungkook being punched to the ground. He snapped. His alpha instinct to protect what was his surfacing. A sudden anger took root in his body and he slipped out of his jacket running upto the men and throwing his first kick on the man closest to Jungkook.

Jungkook was up in his feet and Taehyung turned to see a smirk totally inappropriate for the whole situation plastered on the raven haired man's faced. He so badly wanted to punch it out of Jungkook's face.

"What?"

Before Jungkook could reply the men began attacking again.

Taehyung ducked a punch lifting his knees aiming for the stomach. He brought his elbow down on the man's back and pushed him onto another warrior who advanced on them.

He turned to see Jungkook punching a man over and over. The raven head looked at him and smirked again as his fist kept working
"I caught your scent of honeysuckle and dew long before you even found me."

Jungkook twisted coming to stand beside Taehyung and kicking a man to a nearby wall "I wondered how long you would stand there ogling at me fighting."

Jungkook turned leaning to whisper at Taehyung's ear "I can smell that you are aroused, babe"

Taehyung grit his teeth fiercely kicking a man who had come up behind Jungkook then looked at his rival "and I just saved your hot ass, sweetheart"

An arrow whized past and Jungkook pulled him away, he spun, his eyes noting the next figure nearing to attack. An arm gripped his waist lifting him up. Taehyung's right leg formed an arch as it came planting down on the figure's head knocking the man out.

He twirled as Jungkook released him and grinned "you are lighter than I expected, sugar"

Taehyung snorted elbowing a man on his face "yeah right"

"Where is Jimin?" Taehyung shouted suddenly remembering.

"Safe"

Jungkook ran over blocking an attack Taehyung didn't expect.

"Who's saving who's ass. Now I have to see to it that your tender heart keeps beating at the end of this, dollface." Jungkook teased.

Taehyung glared "well this fine ass doesnot need you to be it's savior, cupcake"

He twisted kicking another warrior with the back of his leg. A clear sound of bone cracking was heard as his foot came in contact and he threw a smug smile at Jungkook.

Jungkook was suddenly kicked from behind and stumbled right into Taehyung's arms who both fell to the ground with a thud and groaned.
"Get off me you elephant."

Taehyung stared up to notice that Jungkook was above him between his legs, a very smug smile on his lips.

"What a compromising position, cutie." Jungkook muttered.

Taehyung grumbled rolling over and straddling the other just as a foot was harshly brought down to the tarred road right beside Jungkook's head where Taehyung had been a second ago.

Jungkook thrust his arm out on the attacker's leg who toppled to the ground.

Taehyung now smugly smiled "this is a more suggestive position babe"

Suddenly Jungkook lifted his leg kicking someone who had come from behind Taehyung and in the process kneeing Taehyung on his back as well, causing the brunette to jerk forward planting his face in Jungkook's chest.
But most of all a yelp escaped him as their dicks pressed together.

"True" Jungkook said moving Taehyung aside and standing up "you can ride me later, sweetheart. We don't have time right now.."

Taehyung's jaw dropped as he stared at Jungkook's back who kicked another man grabbing his bow and and slamming it to his face.
"That is not what I-... Jungkook" Taehyung growled getting ready to stomp over to the raven head and punch him instead of the warriors attacking them.

A sharp pain on the side of his stomach made him focus on the warrior facing him with a knife that lightly stabbed him a second ago. Blood dripped from his wound in stomach.

Okay...shit is getting serious.

The man again waved his knife and Taehyung jumped back missing the sharp blade. He kept dodging it and the man kept slashing through the air until Taehyung got tired and he swept his leg under the other man's. Rolled getting behind the man in a very short second and using that element of surprise snapped the warrior's neck. His lifeless body hit the ground.

He spotted Jungkook thrusting an arrow through another warrior's chest, killing him. Taehyung turned his full focus on the Vultian warriors who kept attacking them.

No more comments were passed between the two alpha bloods as they fought together for the first time. Soon the men began running away and neither Taehyung nor Jungkook bothered to follow them and attack. Two dead bodies lay on the road at odd angles at the end.

Taehyung gasped for breath and turned to see Jungkook looking at him with a blank face.

Taehyung smirked "you don't have to say thank you, sweetheart"

Jungkook gazed down to his stomach and Taehyung followed his gaze to spot a big patch of red on his shirt.

Taehyung walked past Jungkook ignoring the wound to catch a whiff of Jimin's scent "where is he?"

Jungkook caught his arm. Taehyung was not sure whether he saw concern in the other's eyes. "you are hurt"

Taehyung rolled his eyes "I know that shithead. It wil heal. Now where the fuck is Jimin?"

Jungkook stared at him for a few seconds then quickly jogged to one of the closed shops which happened to be a commercial market. Taehyung scowled when he saw that the lock had been broken. Jungkook lifted the shutter to reveal a Jimin who was now awake and was sitting in a corner, hugging his knees. On seeing them, the omega let out a strangled cry.

Taehyung ran gathering his best friend in his arms comforting as the pink haired man cried onto his shoulder.

Taehyung helped Jimin walk out, supporting him.
Taehyung stopped in front of Jungkook, who watched them.

"I am going to forget I ever said what I am about to say....but thank you"

Jungkook chuckled "dang I should have recorded that. Can you repeat?"

Taehyung glared at him while Jimin looked around seeing the dead dead bodies he wiggled out of Taehyung's arms and vomited as soon as he was two feet away. Taehyung rubbed his back soothing.

Jungkook handed over a bottle of water which was not technically stolen since he left few coins on the counter.

Jimin looked up at the two with a pleading eyes "don't tell Yoongi. Please. He'll go berserk"

Both the men froze on hearing the request. But nodded reluctantly. Jimin smiled standing up but soon fainted onto Taehyung's chest.

                            ~

Taehyung grumbled waking up. The wound on his stomach hurt badly.

He had brought an unconscious Jimin to Serene pack and the incident was reported to his brother. Luckily none of his friends had seen them last night. And Jungkook had returned back to his pack through the woods after shifting into his wolf form since the car needed repairs.

Taehyung squeezed his eyes shut as he wrapped the bandage around his wound and got ready for school. Jimin refused to come claiming that Yoongi would kill him at school to which all his friends who were unaware about last night's attack teased and rolled their eyes. But Taehyung alone felt that it was not just the reason.

Taehyung felt sick and weak. He kept repeating that he was fine. He blamed Jungkook for the few bruises on his face. Lying to his friends that he had gotten into a fight with Jungkook when they met last night. It was believed.

He walked with almost wobbly legs to hid locker. He knew something was definitely wrong with him. None of his simple wounds felt like this while healing especially not one from a knife. Except....

Oh fuck!

He felt nauseous as he looked at the red stain spreading on his shirt from his unhealed wound and the corridor kept rotating around. Jungkook seemed to appear infront of his rotating world "Taehyung you don't look well"

" 'm fine" Taehyung mumbled.

But the raven head was not convinced a bit and the next thing known Taehyung was hanging on Jungkook's shoulder like a rug left out hung for drying. He didn't even have the strength to protest

Black consumed him and the musk and lavender scent of Jungkook, for the first time calmed him to sleep.

His vision blurred and he could hear voices.

"It was a silver weapon" someone informed. The voice seemed like their school nurse who was also a werewolf from Jungkook's pack.

He heard Jungkook cursing "how old is he to not recognize what wounded him. Stupid."

"It spread only a little since it wasn't deep. Good thing you brought him at least now."

"His friends should be here soon"

Taehyung slept again and when he woke up he heard his friends.

"Why did he not tell us about it?" Irene asked worried.

Jaebum snorted "acting superhero. Let him wake up. I wanna beat him to death"

"He'll be fine. Right?"

"Yeah. The toxin should wear off. We need to take him to the pack soon. The human students might get suspicious."

Taehyung drifted off again and this time he woke up in his bed in his room. He looked around distorted. Jimin was asleep beside him. Taehyung smiled at that. Jimin must have slept off watching Taehyung.

He slowly sat up leaning on the header board. He breathed. Lavender and musk invaded his nose. He jerked alarmed that Jungkook was nearby but then realised that the source was the jacket he wore which was clearly Jungkook's.

His heart skipped a beat as he stared at light brown jacket he wore. The shirt he had worn to school was not on him. It must have gotten bloodied.

"Hey! You up?" Jimin sat up yawning mumbling something along the lines of 'sleeping more than usual'.

"What happened?"

Taehyung actually did remember bits and pieces. But he just wanted to confirm that Jungkook had taken him to the infirmary albeit the jacket on him speaking tonnes.

"Everyone came to know about yesterday's fight" Jimin said slowly looking guilty.

"Hey chim. It not your fault okay"

"They came for me Tae. You got wounded because of me. Look what happened now. If it wasn't fot Jungkook, it could have been worse! "

Taehyung laughed a little "I get wounded everytime I spar with anyone and everytime I fight off rogues. This happened because it was stupid to not treat it properly and most of all not realising that the knife they used was silver"

"But still..."

"Jiminie, I am alright."

Taehyung smiled reassuringly. He definitely was okay now. Jimin opened his mouth to ask something but closed hesitating.

"Tell me Jimin"

"Uh...did you see Yoongi?"

Taehyung chuckled "yeah. He seemed pretty pissed off. Though I was in pain I wouldn't miss his look on me which screamed that he wanted to rip my head off."

Jimin hung his head guilty.

"Woah woah" Taehyung said wide eyed "don't tell me you feel bad or something. He was like an ass. Don't go soft on him."

Jimin pressed his lips into a thin line "it's easy for you to say. You don't know how it feels to have a mate. It hurts me too. But I won't go soft on him. And....uh....never mind."

Jimin got up walking to the door "I will tell the other's that you woke up and i'll get you something to drink."

Once the omega was out of the room Taehyung closed his eyes.

You don't know how it feels to have a mate.

Taehyung sighed. He felt weird in his stomach. It definitely wasn't a stomach upset. The feeling kinda brought shivers all over his body....a strangely pleasant and exhilarating feel.

He buried his nose into Jungkook's jacket once again breathing in the scent like an addict.

Taehyung frowned

Why the hell did Jungkook give me his jacket?

Taehyung clicked his tongue dispersing the thoughts and nosed the collar of the jacket suppressing the smile that threatened to surface on his lips.

One thing was sure.
lavender and musk was Taehyung's now favorite scent.