# Warning: Triggering content

Third Person's P. O. V. 

Jin wasn't really sure about what was going through his mind, except for the fact that right now it felt good.

The way Taehyung was caressing his back, the warmth he felt against his tear-stained cheeks as he dug his face into the other's chest and the scent...it was very light, almost non-existent yet had a real calming effect on him.

Right now he felt a lot better than what he had been feeling for the past few days.

It was the sharp whirring of the bell that made him snap out of his daze as he jerked back to sit straight and blinked to himself realizing what he had just been doing.

"You good?"

Jin looked up to see Taehyung staring at him with keen concerned eyes, mouth parted in worry as he tried to understand if he had actually calmed down now.

"I guess" Jin sighed hopping off of the desk he had been sitting upon as he shrugged off the heaviness he began feeling the moment he turned away from the other "not like it can get any worse than this..."

Taehyung frowned at his words but honestly, Jin didn't know how else to say it.

There is rarely anything worse than having feelings for your best friend....well, there was one that was probably the worst...your body seeming dead set to make you go into the weirdest hormone rush whenever that person was around.

"Where are you going? You still got classes to attend remember...?" Taehyung's voice made his insides turn to mush and Jin had to actually will himself to keep walking since he had no intetion to turn into some pathetic needy bitch in front of his best friend!

He walked through the hallway denying to acknowledge the hushed words about how he had been acting all weird since he presented as an omega, people eyeing him for his new status and even denied the friendly gestures that came from those who sympathized with him feeling that he needed support and care now that it was proved that he belonged to the weaker section of the society.

He only breathed when he had turned the corner of the long hallway and was very sure that he was far away from Taehyung.

"Why did it have to be like this?" His voice was an irritated grumble as he banged his fist against the door to his locker, the weak metal groaning open the very next moment "talk about bad luck...ugh!"

But Jin was yet to realize that he was cursing too early since the week ahead brought him to realize that denying their inner wolves was a war they weren't going to win.

It was the next day at school when Jin was just done with playing tennis and was off to the locker room to change. His jersey clinging on him with sweat and he was eager for a refreshing shower. He stepped inside and felt thankful that no one was there, slipping out of his clothes to choose the corner shower to wash himself.

He had just turned the shower on and let the water patter down on himself when he was shoved against the wall, his face held pressed against the wet tiles as he thrashed to get free.

"You know as an omega you should learn to not get ahead of yourself" a dark voice spoke beside his ear and Jin didn't need to check the scent to know who it was. He tried to push off of the wall and scream only to feel a hand forcing his mouth shut. Before he could do anything else he felt another hand touching him, roaming about his body, prodding and probing at places.

"Mhhrrgghhh!!" Jin felt his insides hurl in disgust and fear.

"Shh sweetie...I'll be gentle" the voice held a severe cruelty underneath those words "after all it's your first time..."

In a fit Jin drove his elbow at the other's rib as hard as he could, making Lucas cry out in pain but the alpha instantly retaliated, punching straight into Jin's gut making him double over and plop down on the cold floor.

"Fucking bitch!" The alpha cursed grabbing his side in pain as he eyed the omega heaving and coughing. He was about to come at Jin again when a group of voices could be heard approaching.

"Breathe a word to anyone and I swear I'll do a lot worse" he threatened before he quickly left fearing to be found out.

It was the members of the soccer team that bustled into the locker room next,  the entire team a loud lot as they rallied on about stuff before pulling their clothes off to get showered. Taehyung felt an uncomfortable itch set in his heart the moment he had stepped inside and even while talking, his eyes stayed busy trying to trace what exactly was amiss till he caught a very familiar scent in the air.  

"What's with the smell-whoa!" A few others seemed to have picked it up as well. 

"Seokjin? Hey!? Are you ok?" Yoongi was startled to find an almost passed out Jin with the shower still running overhead, the scent of ripe strawberries hit him bang on before his eyes fell on the signs of struggle on the omega.

In the very next instant a group began to gather but Taehyung was quick to slip through them as he hurried to check.

His nerves froze at the sight of Jin looking so pale and in pain as he instinctively pushed Yoongi away from Jin.

"Jin...? Hey...?" He made sure to guard Jin away from sight as he checked on him, his voice was calm and afraid, contrasting the anger that was seething inside him at the moment.

"Is he in heat or something? Why does he smell so much?" Murmurs erupted around making Taehyung's composure snap.

"Get the fuck out!" His voice was suddenly heavy and angry as he turned to glare at the boys trying to look at the scene. He wrapped a towel around Jin, taking a look at his state and anger flared within him as he too caught the painful red marks on his skin.

The others dispersed, even Yoongi stood up to go.

"We should take him to the infirmary" Jungkook's voice floated in as he shared a glance with Yoongi, being alphas they could sense that there was a strong presence of another scent on Jin and it seemed as if that person was trying to use his alpha pheromones to force Jin's omega to react to him.

This seemed to have heavily affected Jin who looked red and shaking as his omega struggled to break out of the forced submission.

They took him instantly to the infirmary.

"There are only two ways to help an omega break out of a forced submission" the nurse at the infirmary spoke "sedating him till it wears off or...give him a scent he seeks, he would find comfort in it enough to break out of the others'."

Her eyes moved to the way Jin clung onto Taehyung denying to let go even when he tried to put him down on the bed of the infirmary, and she saw how the omega had his face pressed at the side of Taehyung's neck while his hand clutched at Taehyung's shirt so hard that it seemed as if his life depended on it.

"I think he's already chosen his option" she spoke watching Taehyung struggling to put him down as he tried to assure to a whining Jin that he wasn't going anywhere "for any omega in distress choosing a scent to feel comfortable isn't an easy thing...you guys must be really close".

And although Taehyung heard Hoseok mention to her that Jin had been friends with Taehyung for decades, he wanted to hear if it was really as simple as that...or was it something more...something that could help explain why his insides were in a jumble of affection and hurt, care and anger...protectiveness and fear right now?

"Seokjin? Could you tell me what happened?" She asked when Jin could finally gain his senses back.

He kept quiet, eyes turned to another side as he denied to even look at them. It wasn't the nurse he was trying to hide from but he couldn't take the way Taehyung, Jungkook, Hoseok and Yoongi were watching him right now.

"We know someone tried to hurt you...you have clear signs of struggle on your body and you know this institution does not take such things lightly...we need to know who it was so that the person can be punished."

"I know" Hoseok spoke with a fuming glare "it was that bastard-I mean Lucas...he tried to hit on him yesterday as well"

The nurse still had her eyes set on Jin "is that true Seokjin? Was it Lucas who hurt you?"

Taehyung and Jungkook watched Jin give no reply no matter how many times the nurse asked, even saying that he had slipped in the shower and hurt himself. They decided to talk to him separately about what had actually occured.

"So you're really gonna act like nothing happened and you actually slipped in the shower to hurt yourself?" Taehyung barged into his room, voice loud and angry as he walked close enough to stand beside a silent Seokjin whose entire concentration seemed to be on the physics assignment he was busy with.

"What does it even matter? I don't want to talk about it" Jin spoke not looking up.

"Why the hell are you trying to save someone who needs to get punished?" Taehyung argued annoyed with Jin now, his frustration evident as he slammed his hand on the desk and yet derived no reaction from Jin, which annoyed him further.

"You know if people like you stood up for what is right then maybe many would not have to face the same thing and the culprit could actually be made to learn a lesson".

Seokjin's pen stopped, his gaze blinking blankly on the paper as he gulped his apprehension as those words flowed deeper into him.

"If I tell you, I know what you'll do...you'll simply pick a fight and get in trouble...and it would get me in trouble as well" Jin's voice was low as he reflected before he resumed his focus on his assignment "I'll rather tell someone else".

"I want you to tell me" the words were deep and pointed, and Jin looked to his side to see how much anger Taehyung's face currently held. He was startled to see speckles of red swimming in his irises and instantly felt his own body reacting in the same way it had been doing the past few days.

"G-Get out" he blurted, pushing up off his chair and turning away from Taehyung, his hand flying to grab at his chest as he felt his heart beating in oddly loud against his ribs.

Before he could even register what was happening he felt Taehyung clasp at his wrist to spin him to face him again.

"Why are you being so stubborn?"

"I s-said get out!" Jin spoke before whimpering and losing his footing, his body slipping out of his control as he felt himself reacting to Taehyung's voice, scent, proximity...his body was currently entirely focused on the other. Jin had to support himself against the wall, his breathing laboured as he realised what was happening...his body was showing symptoms of submission and falling into heat tracing the proximity of his alpha.

"You're..." Taehyung's voice was suddenly devoid of anger as well as he traced the sudden spike in Jin's scent, the smell of ripe strawberries clogging his nostrils "you're releasing pheromones-" "So are you...stop it!"

Taehyung looked puzzled "I am? But I...I don't know how to control it-" "Well me neither!" Jin gasped coughing, his knees buckling but Taehyung caught him just when he was about to slid down onto the floor...hence causing a greater disaster for Jin.

The moment he felt Taehyung's arms coiling about him, Jin felt his sane mind take a back seat and he instinctively bared his neck before the other.

"A-Alpha..." the little whiny voice made lightning pass through Taehyung, rousing his inner wolf out of its dormant state and he realized how utterly protective he felt about Jin.

He saw Jin clasping at him, his head lolling to a side as he eagerly sought for him...seeking to give himself to him and the sight made something click within him, he could feel his wolf feeling pleased and affectionate as the word 'mate' echoed inside his head.

"Jin" he didn't understand why his own voice sounded so dominant all of a sudden "calm down."

And Jin felt the words seep inside him to soothe the dizzying need he had been feeling, his senses cleared and breath slowed down to normal again...the omega in him unquestionably abiding to the order.

When Jin blinked to feel normal again he could see Taehyung still watching him with concern pooling in his eyes, question lurking behind the frown he held and in the very next instant Jin flushed pink to realize how blatantly he had reacted to Taehyung's pheromones.

"You should go...before your pheromones trigger me again" Jin's voice was soft, meant only for the other and it was probably the first time Taehyung didn't say a word before leaving the room.

However, even after all that Jin had chosen not to share what had happened...and with how stubborn he was, the two were almost at their wits end to make him talk at all.

"I thought he is your best friend" Jimin spoke sipping at his ice cream smoothie, licking the creamy froth off his lips before he blinked up at Jungkook and smiled his sweetest smile to catch the other staring at him.

Well, it wasn't like he didn't expect him to stare...after all he knew every alpha out there wanted him, he was just so damn pretty!

"Is there something on my face?" His lips pulled up in a smirk, lashes fluttering softly as he tilted his head to one side making his fluffy pink-blonde hair sway to a side to sprawl over his brow "except beauty I mean" he added with a giggle and a wink...and giggled more to see Jungkook smile at his words.

"There's so much more" Jungkook's words were a soft hush as his gaze stayed on Jimin's eyes, the irises green due to the contacts Jimin wore.

"You're the only one saying stuff like that you know" Jimin spoke with a shrug, his dainty fingers stirring "I guess that's the reason I chose to date you...I got plenty of people callling me pretty...but no one really ever tries to see beyond that" the smile grew wider on his lips "I like my man with some insight."

He slurped the drink before speaking again "so...about Seokjin..." Jimin went back to the topic in hand "maybe the reason he can't really speak out is because he doesn't really feel comfortable at the moment you know...when I presented, I had all my friends and family to open up to" he rambled remembering it "I can understand his dilemma, the two of you were his only friends...and now as an omega he feels separated from-" "They've been really odd the past few days"

Jimin blinked to hear him speak, he knew Jungkook wasn't too much of a talker, it was usually he who spoke on the dates they went out too but he didn't really dislike it. Jungkook was the person who he felt actually listened to him...his omega felt calm and valued around him because Jungkook really tried to understand him in a way no one else ever did. Most people just treated him like a pretty bimbo who was good to look at.

"They? Who 'they'?"

"I mean both...Jin and Tae" Jungkook spoke shuffling in his seat "have you heard of imprinting?"

Jimin blinked unaware "well...there are stories about it...werewolves imprinting on each other n stuff..."

"I read something a while ago...it's not really a myth and has actual scientific reasons behind why some imprint n many don't."

"Come on" Jimin giggled "that's a myth! Who in the 21st century even waits for their wolves to imprint? We date...it's way more simple and realistic!"

"It's not a myth...Tae's great grandfather and grandmother were imprinted mates...it's the reason they're called the pure-bred" Jungkook affirmed "it is said that imprinting might happen even when they have not presented...it's a bond that goes beyond marking one's mate."

"But what makes you think-" "Jin chose Taehyung's scent to break out of the submission he had been forced into...don't you think that's weird when Taehyung hasn't presented yet and doesn't really give off pheromones any wolf can pick up..."

"But then how-" "I'm 100% sure about the fact that Jin's omega can trace Tae's alpha" Jungkook breathed as he delivered his thoughts "who knows, maybe he always had...and didn't think it was anything more than their bond in friendship till he presented and now his omega is constantly seeking the alpha it had imprinted on..." "So...he's not only struggling with his new identity of being an omega but is also struggling to believe that his best friend is actually his fated mate...?"

Jimin's lips pressed to a line as he saw Jungkook nodding to his words.

"I am beginning to think that all these years I have been really stupid not to realize this" Jungkook chuckled knuckles rubbing at his chin as he spoke "they were together even when I had met them at the first day of playschool when we were only four...they had chosen each other even before they realised what a bond really means."

"Seriously Kook" Taehyung grumbled beside him "I get it that you're really happy about dating Jimin but you gotta understand...he isn't really an angel...he can't fix everything" "Give him a chance...he's an omega too, omegas feel a sense of bonding-" "Jin doesn't like being an omega" Taehyung was whisper-yelling at the other when Hoseok elbowed him to quiet down and let Jimin try.

"Clearly you muttheads weren't really helpful or Jimin wouldn't have to come" Hoseok snarled in hushed tones as he saw Jin permitting Jimin to come into his room "so stop complaining".

"You know you could tell me anything" "So, that you could prattle to bubbles and buttercup and make fun of me? No thank you" Jin gave him a cold stare crossing his arms over his chest.

"Oh..." Jimin tried to bite down the insult "I'm honoured, haven't gotten this compliment yet" he chuckled to himself "well, I'm here to help because as Jungkook's omega, his friend is my friend" he quietened down to see Jin giving him a weird look "what? Did I say something-" "You're trying too hard to impress him...fyi he already likes you too much...you don't need to pretend to be my friend Jimin."

Jimin sighed realising Jin wasn't really interested to talk to him at all...he didn't blame him though.

"We pretend that we can do something till we can actually learn to do it...don't we?"

The words made Jin look at him in a different light as he stared at Jimin, blinking to realize that there was more to him than the dressy eye-candy that Jimin was.

"I don't need to pretend...but maybe I want to pretend to be your friend until you accept me to be trustworthy enough to be your real friend."

And after the next half hour Hoseok, Taehyung and Jungkook saw Jimin and Jin coming out of the room to actually chatter among themselves as they decided to fix themselves some snack, seeming to have completely forgotten the fact that three others were there in the apartment as well.

"Oh...you guys want something?" Jin asked turning about to see Jungkook and Taehyung blinking at them as they tried to understand what got Jin so cheery all of a sudden. He seemed to be in the best mood since he had presented as an omega.

"You're going to cook?" Taehyung was utterly confused with everything ongoing "I didn't know you could cook" and Hoseok stomped on his foot to make him stop "ah jeez what the fuck! You blind or something!? Why are you stepping on my foot all of a sudden?!"

"Yeah it was Lucas who had hurt him...and touched him inappropriately while he was in the shower at the locker room" Jimin spoke with a sigh "I don't wanna sound like a sexist bitch but he should have been more careful, this is something omegas have to be aware about...at least until monsters like Lucas exist..." Jimin had told Jungkook and Taehyung before he had left for home.

And Taehyung had earned a rustication of a week from college the very next day.

"You're lucky his parents aren't pressing charges! What the hell were you thinking?!"

Taehyung stood with his head bowed low, not a word leaving his mouth as his father growled at him for being called to school for a case of his son's disciplinary issue for fighting and beating up another student.

"He deserved it."

The words were low yet decided as Taehyung spoke still looking at the floor, making his father go even more grim and Taehyung gulped, all of a sudden feeling tiny before the man.

He hadn't expected his father to come here, being the busy man he was he rarely had time to pay him a visit but Taehyung knew his father, he took his image of belonging to the prestigious clan of purebred alpha and also as one of the most influential businessman, very seriously and wouldn't have any blemish tarnish his reputation.

"What was it that he deserved it for?" The voice was calm but Taehyung could feel his father's gaze burning into him, his throat felt dry all of a sudden.

"He-He-" "Don't stutter young man...what kind of an alpha you'd be if you can't even be confident about what you believe in?"

Taehyung gulped again giving a nod as he picked his head up to look straight into his father's eye, confident in his belief that he had done the right thing.

"Jin presented as an omega last week...and Lucas tried to force himself upon him in the locker room while he was alone...he even punched him when he tried to resist...so I don't think I did something wrong by beating him up..."

His father stared back at him, his face rigid and eyes calm as he listened "I see"

Taehyung saw him suddenly going very quiet and felt the anxiety rise within him. He saw his father turn to gesture to his driver to bring the car around "is Seokjin ok? Did he see a doctor?"

"Yes...he's better now" "Good...that is good" he nodded as if to himself before turning to get in the car "come with me."

Taehyung didn't really understand what was going on but he didn't dare question his father so he sat quietly, keeping his gaze out of the window.

"As a purebred alpha you're going to seek for a mate the moment you present...your pheromones might trigger an unmated omega into heat..."

Taehyung turned to listen to him and saw him looking outside.

"You cannot live with an omega in the same apartment...or Seokjin might have to go through things worse than what he had to face."

Taehyung felt his insides go cold at the thought.

"It's actually good that you got time off from college, it's merely a week till you present" his father thought out loud "your mother and I will be choosing a mate for you...you can resume your classes after you are mated."

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[A\N] writing short story isn't really my forte, is it?  Everything feels so rushed 😬

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