•Chapter twenty three•

Do you think you're the only one who can threaten people?

The lady doctor who had come to check on Taehyung after being ordered by Jungkook had lied to everyone and told them that Taehyung was sick due to eating something wrong. 

The queen had ordered her to do so.

Just from these little precise movements of Mira, Taehyung knew that she wasn't ever going to make a mistake and let people know about this.

It was understandable. This would instantly dub Mira as a cheater or a dishonest wife who was planning and plotting against her husband's back.

Taehyung had no energy to go spit his anger at her. 

He had stayed on bed rest whole day, knowing that Jungkook had come by and wandered outside the room quite a few times.

The only people who came to see him properly were Youngmi and Mira. While Youngmi had made him feel better, Mira took away all his calmness by hugging his waist and kissing his abdomen.

It disgusted him. He wanted nothing more than to hold her hair and rip every single strand out of her head. 

He had a lot of time to spend in complete silence, and his mind drifted to places where he couldn't receive happiness.

He got a response from Yoongi and smiled because he knew his hyung was overjoyed every time he wrote something for him. Yoongi told him that they were alright and were completely fine and that he should take care of himself. 

it made him wonder what Yoongi will feel if he finds out that he is pregnant. 

However, he found himself pondering about the many times he had refused to help people, the many times he had given his own feelings more importance.

There was a voice that kept asking him why he was even tolerating all of what Mira was doing.

He understood his place. He was truly nothing but a helpless son of a dead servant who had no power. 

The child in his womb will be born one day, and when it is born, Taehyung will lose all life that he has because he had already gotten too close to the pup that he cannot imagine what it is like to give it away to someone who's only looking for her own joy.

He didn't know what to do. His mind could come up with nothing to save him. 

He felt like him giving his child will surely happen. 

Mira couldn't ever take care of his pup, and Jungkook will never know it's Taehyung's child.

Again...

Taehyung sniffed the air and closed his eyes, sighing in comfort as he lavishly blamed his pregnancy for enjoying the sweetness of the scent.

Jungkook.

Taehyung couldn't help but wonder how vast and wide Jungkook's love for him is. Even after being ignored, he comes back always, just to see if he's alright or just because he cannot control his heart which basically beats for Taehyung.

Was he supposed to even feel at peace after he had spoilt the life of the king and his own child?

He hated these harsh moments of reality.

He was mildly surprised, more shocked, when after a few quiet seconds, there was a knock at the door. He didn't know whether he should say yes or no to the person outside, afraid that it might be Jungkook, but decided to just hum softly.

The door opened in the softest way, making the tiniest squeak. Taehyung opened his eyes to see who it was even though there was so need for it as he could tell who exactly it was.

He was so damn happy when he saw Jungkook make his way into the room, head ducked and pushing in a small shelf trolley with plates of food on it. He felt so much at ease.

He bit back a smile and felt his eyes sting, suddenly having an urge to cry in frustration of the things that were going on.

Would things have been better if Taehyung was Jungkook's actual mate, his queen, and he was coming into the room to bring food to his pregnant mate?

Just if he had been a bit more accepting and thoughtful earlier...

Jungkook had a huge frown and his lips were drooped near the corner, crestfallen. 

He quietly settled on a chair and served the plates on the table before coming to Taehyung who was already looking at him.

"Please, eat something," Jungkook requested, voice the sweetest, most melodious whisper which Taehyung could listen to all night long. 

Taehyung recollected how Jungkook's voice was the first thing he had started loving about him.

"I-i don't wish to--"

"I know," Jungkook said, unamused. "You had declined the servants and mom when they offered to bring you food, but isn't good to not eat anything when your body is trying to get back to a healthy state. Have a little, just for the sake of yourself."

You wouldn't ask me to eat for your sake? Taehyung huffed softly, pained. 

I'm really selfish, isn't it? That's what you think you think of me. You know I would do things only for myself.

Taehyung didn't have anything to tell to Jungkook. He was immensely conscious around him but also wanted to enjoy his presence while it lasted.

The uncomfortable silence was disliked by the omega. He tried to speak of something to end his discomfort,

"Mira--"

"I would like for you to not talk about her now, Taehyung. It may seem to you like my life revolves around her as I'm with her whenever you see me, but she's not even a part of me."

"Not a part of you?" Taehyung asks, wording his words like a mere necklace of broken, ugly beads. "What is she then?"

"She's living the life she wished for herself. She wanted to be the queen which she is. She's living in the king's room, sleeping on the king's bed, and having food while sitting beside the king; she wished all this for herself."

Taehyung ignored the pang of insecurity in his heart.

"She has everything then? The kingdom, the titles, the luxury... You."

"You're wrong there," Jungkook declined immediately. "I married her for a promise, a deal, and she is a proper individual and a lovely girl, but she can never be what I need, a mate."

Jungkook held Taehyung's hand, ignoring how Taehyung was trying to search for words, say something to him like he has been so hollow that there was nothing in him that could properly do anything now.

He didn't feel worried but afraid. 

He didn't want Taehyung to think that Mira would ever manage to get him. 

Guiding him up by holding his waist, Jungkook helped walk to a chair and sit on it. Taehyung wasn't ready to let the conversion end there.

"Why?" He asks, making Jungkook give him a firm glance. "She's everything a person needs. She loves you too. Why won't you love her?"

Please, don't love her, May she go to hell, but you cannot love her. 

If you do, I'll tell you millions of faults she has until she doesn't seem lovable to you. 

You promised to love me. Don't break that. 

"I would--" Jungkook sighed, pressing his lips close as he urged Taehyung to begin eating. He didn't speak a word until Taehyung grabbed the spoon and just put a piece of carrot in his mouth so he speak.

"There's no point of this explanation, Tae."

He knew how much the words which left his lips were worth to the omega. 

He could mutter his genuine feelings multiple times, tell Taehyung that he couldn't and wouldn't love anyone else, but Taehyung would only continue thinking of him as a greedy alpha who needs all of the omegas to himself.

Just... What could the point be pf him saying all this again?

"Tell me," Taehyung pressed further. He had a thought of what Jungkook could say but wanted to hear it from the alpha. "Tell me what it is." 

"I cannot ever love Mira," Jungkook muttered, feeling proud when Taehyung unconsciously parted his lips and accepted the food he was trying to feed him. "She may be everything an alpha needs, but she's not my everything." 

"Why not?" 

Taehyung just bit down on the food on his mouth without realizing he was actually chewing on something. 

Jungkook smiled when he gulped down the food made with bitter vegetables, tasting utterly disgusting but actually being very good for health. 

He knew Taehyung wouldn't ever swallow such a disgusting tasting food if it wasn't for him being so mindless and deep in thoughts at the moment. 

"Why won't you speak?" Taehyung almost whines. "Tell me why she isn't your everything." 

"She isn't you." 

That caused great satisfaction to Taehyung whose bright yellow eyes further brightened in happiness, looking like a puppy. He held back his smile to not show his happiness though he was immensely happy. 

Jungkook didn't need to see his smile or facial expression to find out that he's happy. He could sense the change in emotions, see it in his eyes. 

He looked away, feeling rather sad than amused because this meant nothing. This joy of Taehyung does not prove that he was accepting his love but only showed his desperation of finally being someone's only one. 

Just like the way he ran away to the mountains to search for Yoongi due to loneliness, he was happy to hear Jungkook admit him all these things.

It couldn't take a smart brain to understand that Taehyung was feeling lonely and dejected. 

Jungkook knew Taehyung just needed someone, not just him. 

He would be there for him, nonetheless. 

"It tastes horrible," Taehyung said, sticking his tongue out, right after coming back to his senses. "Why're you feeding me such a-- such a--" 

"It's good for health. If you can't take care of yourself then you need to be fed things like this." 

Taking a peaceful moment away from all problems, Jungkook smiled freely after so long by seeing Taehyung's face scrunched in disgust as he rubbed his tongue on the upper palate to remove the taste. 

"I'll die eating this before I die of a disease." 

Jungkook rolled his eyes at the dramatic words. "Eat something else then. All of them are made just for you after considering you health." 

Taehyung's face fell at that. "My health? So is everything is bitter and disgusting? I don't want all this! I want something sweet." 

"Let him have it." 

The sudden intrusion of Mira made both of them  irritated. She just fucking barged into the room without permission too, acting like the insecure person she is. 

They didn't like it one bit, and Taehyung cursed at her mentally for coming between them. 

"I'm here now, Jungkook; you can leave. I'll feed Taehyung oppa." 

Jungkook just softly glared at her, almost warningly, not wanting to blurt out that she didn't have the right to push him away when she wasn't anything to him. 

Taehyung felt hurt too because Jungkook was her husband, yeah, but he was also the father of his child. How could she be so harsh to try and separate them? 

Could she not think of the unborn child? If not him, the baby would need to be near Jungkook, his father's pheromones, to feel at peace. Does the pup mean nothing to her at all?

"Leave," she says more authoritatively, and Jungkook's anger rose too much to keep shut. 

She really likes testing his patience. 

"Who do you think you are to tell me that?" he asks, showing normal Jungkook behavior by not yelling or growling but letting his anger out calmly too. 

But if she crossed her limits even after his warning, he will show her the actual angry Jungkook behavior. 

"Your wife," she said instantly, not slightly fazed by his furious pheromones. Taehyung gulps, returning back to eating the disgustingly bitter food as he found it better to eat it than to listen to their angered words. 

Mira waved her maids off, ordering them to leave, turning back to look at Jungkook with raised eyebrows. 

"I can take care of this. You, as a king, might have more work to--" 

"Leave, Mira," Jungkook said, glaring at her before turning back in front and looking at Taehyung with careful eyes. "I will take care of the person I love and only then return to my chambers. You may go to sleep." 

His words rendered both the omegas speechless. They looked at him in shock. 

"How can you tell your wife such a thing?" 

She has the audacity to call me her wife even after knowing that there was no marriage or relationship formed between us, Jungkook thinks, letting a rumble pass his chest. Her stupid acts make Taehyung go further away from me. 

"Both of us know what the truth is. I never saw you as my mate and will never see you like that. Don't ever make the mistake of thinking that our relationship formed for the public would become real." 

That's rude... Taehyung thinks. But I fucking love it. It's satisfying my sadist self to see another sadist in pain. 

The ember-eyed omega looked at the scene with shining eyes as Jungkook ordered Mira to leave as he wouldn't go anywhere away from here. 

"Why won't you listen?" Mira growled. "You cannot continue to be with this omega when I'm here for you. You have to move on and accept me." 

At this point, the "couple" didn't even care about the sun like eyes staring a them. 

"I won't. I will never do it--"

"You have to!" Mira cried. "You have to love me. I'm holding your child! I'm going to give birth to your child; how can you say that you won't love me?!" 

Looking at Jungkook's face proved to Taehyung that the alpha hadn't known anything yet. 

He looked horrified, trembling in shock and fear. Anger left and anxiousness took it's place in his heart, stirring him from within with the unpleasant emotions. 

Taehyung saw carefully, wondering whether Jungkook would hug Mira suddenly and tell her that he's happy that he's going to be a father in contrast to his angry yells of not loving her a while ago or not. 

Of course, he would be happy. How could he not be happy at the news of his child? 

Taehyung waited and waited, waited for just any reaction. 

But Jungkook continued to remain in shock, no sign of joy. Just anxiousness, shock, disbelief and a million other negative emotions joining together and reflecting in his clear, wide, dark eyes. 

"What did you say?" the lifeless voice finally came, and Taehyung couldn't help but flinch at how scarily bland it was. 

"I-I'm pregnant," Mira let out a shaky breath, expecting a reaction, already disappointed that there was shock rather than surprise on his face. 

Without another word, Jungkook stood up turned around and left with heavy, crestfallen yet quick steps, like just wanting to get away from the suffocating place.  

Mira let out an exhale of defeat. "It's harder than I expected..." 

She didn't look at Taehyung as she just followed Jungkook out. She'd have to face him now, frustrated that his stone heart wasn't happy that he will be a father. 

How could his stupid feelings for Taehyung be so strong that he didn't be happy at this news? 

Taehyung was left behind to wonder what would happen next. 

*-*-*-*

With a half-conscious glance towards the woman standing near the door, Jungkook let the clear shiny liquid pass into his mouth from, down his throat.

He once hated when people chose to drink to take pained or anxious thoughts away.

That's exactly what he's doing now.

He was left with nothing else to do now. He just wanted to kill his mind and heart at this point just to stop his ability to think and feel.

He despised himself for feeling. He detested himself for what he did in past just by listening to Mira's threat.

What kind of a king was he if let himself sway away from his own desire and wishes and let another person do whatever they want?

He had never been intimate with Mira after after their marriage night.

Never. He hadn't even spoken to her properly. 

So this had to be the result of his stupidity of that night.

But was it his fault? All he wanted was to take an omega's pain away. All he felt when he hugged Mira or accepted the marriage proposal was a sense of duty, responsibility, and respect for any and every omega.

That's all it was.

Mira had mistaken his soft and sweet actions for something they could never be, even if he had actually accepted the marriage proposal.

He had made it clear to her. He made every intention, emotion, thought and action clear to her. Yet she insisted on marriage and disregarded his love for Taehyung and even harshly threatened him, forced him, to have sex with her.

The world had been harsh on her, but she didn't have the right to be harsh on everyone because of that.

And now... This...

It wasn't acceptable.

It could never be something that could make Jungkook happy to the slightest, and he is afraid that he may not be able to fake his happiness in public for this too.

He would be happy that he was getting a child, but this is not how he wanted it. Neither was his mate, Taehyung, pregnant nor was the child a sign of love. 

it was all enforced. 

Mira still stood firm on her feet by the door, eyes sharp and cold just like the way a queen should behave. Her shy and cute behavior had practically vanished after becoming a queen.

Jungkook drank another glass of strong alcohol, knowing no amount of this worthless liquid could make him go so insane for him to blurt out what exactly is in his heart.

The respect he had was gone too, and nothing could make him like her now.

Not even a baby, as she expects him to love him for a child. 

Even though he had drank an whole bottle, he still felt completely sane. There was no difference in his mind which was running like a turbine or his heart that slowly tore apart with each thought like a cloth being slowly torn apart by rough hands.

His breathing wasn't labored, but it wasn't due to the alcohol in his system. It was due to anger, nervousness and rejection.

Rejection he felt towards the baby and the mother.

It was heartless of him to not like a innocent baby, but he cannot remove the fact that it was there because of him being raped. 

He didn't need it, no matter what. It may be his first born or even be an heir, but he couldn't ever accept a child he had of a forced sex.

She raped him, and this child would be a result of her evil and ill needs which he can never forget. She threatened him, drugged him, and made him do things he could never have done consciously.

His heart wouldn't allow himself to pose any threat to an innocent child though. He had no intention of hurting the baby.

But he wasn't sure if he could love it. People say that they feel immediate connection with a baby even when it's just in the womb, but he felt nothing for it. 

Suddenly, he feels so used. So... Pathetic.

He had everything he needed to be able to protect himself. He had power and was dominating yet he allowed a weaker rank to exploit his sweetness by forcing him into the things he hated.

Marrying her was just a commitment he had given to save her, and the fear of not being able to come off as a good king made him fulfil his reckless promise.

Still, he failed as a king. How could a person who wasn't able to protect himself be able to protect the lives of hundreds of people? 

He failed as the only thing he was supposed to be good at, the thing he's been learning to be for years.

He let himself be used. How pathetic. He let someone else dominate him as an alpha; he is clearly stronger by power and could've stopped it. He failed as an alpha too.

However, he did not wish to blame himself, knowing that it would forever be against his morals to do something against the happiness of an omega. He could proudly say that he didn't regret saving Mira or bringing her to his embrace that day, but he regretted everything after that.

He lost trust. He had stopped believing that every omega was pure.

Because Mira wasn't pure. She had a heart nothing close to pure, like Taehyung's heart.

It was always Taehyung, and he will continue to compare everyone to Taehyung because no one could ever be better than him. Even if Taehyung tells him something bitter or gives him a cold shoulder, he would always be the one Jungkook loves.

Mira will remain the one who lost all respect from him.

Heaving out a sight, Mira walked closer and kneeled down beside Jungkook's feet, resting her head against his knees as her soft locks fell on her pale face.

Jungkook didn't move a single muscle. He kept still, looking straight ahead even when his heart told him to not let her be at his feet, still feeling like it isn't right to let an omega be at his feet.

"Alpha," she whispered, ready to do everything in the world to convince him that the child was his and he needed to take responsibility, "will you avoid me like this now?"

She was received by nothing more than silence.

Her determination was too strong to break so soon. Just if Jungkook hadn't been such a push over in the past, she might have been a bit more careful.

She will make him do as she desired. She will make sure he will be left with no one else but her so he will be forced to accept her.

Their relationship had to proceed, forcefully or not, doesn't matter. After that, Jungkook will love her willingly. 

"Say something," she pleads, looking up. "Please, don't tell me that you don't want to accept our child, your majesty."

He didn't want to speak.

He was so tired.

As a child, he'd seen dreams of only having a beautiful family with his ember eyed omega. That's all he wished for.

After having Mira say so confidently that she's pregnant might've made Taehyung's heart shatter.

He just couldn't take in whatever is happening. 

For some reason, he couldn't believe that this could be true. He wanted to stop it. 

"I don't want it," he stated calmly, trying not to let the furiousness of himself come out and make him act by instincts. "I want you to get rid of it, if the news you're giving is true." 

He was speaking out of anger. 

But he knew that if the child in her was left alive, he will love it wholeheartedly as a father. 

But Mira? She will never get him. 

The child will have a broken family, a mother who keeps trying to get its father attention and a father who hates its mom. 

In the end, the child will start resenting Jungkook too for its innocent heart wouldn't only see how ignorant Jungkook is to his mother. 

Jungkook didn't want that. 

"I won't." Mira glared at him, hand gripping at his ankle, body rigid and hard as she blocked out every urge to listen to her angry mate. She had expected anger, not him wishing for her to get rid of their child "I will never do such a thing when I need this child!" 

Jungkook looked at her, blank face, eyes half-closed, looking more dominant and rude than he had ever looked. 

"If that is the case, take the child and go away from this place. The marriage wasn't true anyway, and I don't want the child that you want, after raping me." 

Mira's eyes welled with tears. She shook her head, getting to her feet as she glared down on the careless and rude looking alpha. 

"You're disgusting for saying that I raped you! An omega can never rape an alpha--"

"You did so," voice yet calm but laced with anger; Jungkook had no urge to keep quiet. "You threatened me, and even when I hadn't consented to it, you drugged me so I can do it." 

"Then you are a weakling for not fighting against it! How am I at fault if my husband was so useless for not agreeing to give himself to me on the first night of our marriage?!" 

Jungkook smirked, standing up with the half-filled bottle of alcohol clutched in his hand. He walked past her to the window and stood before it, sipping the bitter drink whenever he wanted to lose himself in anger. 

"An omega was raped on the street; the fault was hers as she was walking on the street, right?" Jungkook chuckled darkly, humorlessly. "In that case, you being abused all life was the fault of your too as you were the one born as the daughter of your abuser." 

"What are you saying?!" Mira roared. "You didn't speak up then, but now, you're blurting out nonsense!" 

"I didn't speak up then, you're right, and that is because I sympathized you and felt that you shouldn't be given any more pain. But... I brought you here for your happiness, not for you to make me upset." 

"H-how could you--" she let out a sob, wetting her cheeks with tears. "how could you say such things to your wife?" 

"Wife?" Jungkook scoffed, not feeling even a tad bit bad by her cries. If he doesn't shed tears, it doesn't mean that he isn't hurt. 

"You aren't my wife. No matter how much you scream about it or try to force it on me, the truth won't change. I'm going to stop trying to show it in public too just so your delusions and dreams can end." 

"A-all this just because I gave you a happy news of my pregnancy--" 

"It's more of a problem than happiness to me!" Jungkook put no efforts in hiding his displeasure anymore. 

Mira cried even more. I'll make sure you will accept me and my child some time. This won't ever end unless you take me as your only one. 

"If in your place..." Jungkook turned around, looking at her with his dark brown eyes turning red slowly, dangerously, "...it was Taehyung standing, telling me that he's pregnant with my child, I would so fucking happy. There would be no limit to my happiness." 

"He doesn't love you!" Mira yelled, more dejected than angry now. "Why can't you se that he won't accept you unless you force it on him. Are you that pathetic of an alpha? You first imprinted him and now want him to love you--" 

"How pathetic of an omega are you then?" Jungkook asks back. "You first married me even after my pleads of not doing so and then forced me to have sex with you. Furthermore, you try to pull me away from the one I love by stating that you're pregnant and I should love you?"

"Where am I wrong?!" 

She stomped forward, grabbing him by his collar and standing on her toes to lean closer to his face, inhaling the alcohol from his breath. 

"I'll take everyone away so you love me, only me" she growled. "You don't have a fucking choice but to accept the child and then love it. I'm giving you a family, fucking be proud of it." 

"Or what?" Jungkook ask, holding her hand and pushing her away. He failed in trying to put her away at first, but he pushed her again, so hard that she fell on the floor. 

"You think that you're the only one who can threaten people?" 

Mira was slightly taken aback that he actually pushed her away. "H-how could you--"

"Shut up," he growled. "It was you who fucking came to me and asked for a reaction. Be careful when you approach me from next time." 

Burning in humiliation, she forced herself back to her feet and raised her hand to slap a now half-drunk Jungkook across his face who stumbled to a side, holding his cheek with eyes pressed close when the alpha now slowly began affecting him. 

"I'm pregnant with your child, and you pushed me away like that?! Do you have any shame at all?!"  

The alpha gasped, holding his cheek and snapping his head towards her. He growled, fisting his hands. Her knees turned white in frustration, but she refused to give up. 

When he took a daring step towards her, she attempted to push him away but failed to do so as he hundred times stronger. 

"Will you hit me now?" she asks, glossy eyes looking at him, challenging him, "Just a slap was required for you to forget about your principles and everything else? You forgot that I'm pregnant too?" 

Jungkook's nose flared and he gritted his teeth, baring them at her. His instincts wanted to put her to her place. 

But it was wrong. No matter what, he wasn't stooping as low as she did to abuse her. 

His drunk self was also immensely guilty for pushing her. 

Yet, he was an alpha. An angry one. 

"You will suffer, Mira!" He yelled. "I will not let my child suffer even if you give birth to it, but if expect me to love you then just know that I would rather love my lifelong enemy more than I can ever love you!" 

"We'll see about that," she said. "If you're the king, I'm the queen. All you need to do is torment me a little, and I will instantly make you suffer too."

Jungkook banged his hand on the wall, making Mira let out an half yelp in fear. 

"I hate you," he growled. "I fucking hate you. You list all your respect in my eyes! You're nothing but a rapist, a horrible human to me now. I don't give a shit about your past now! If your actions in the future, in any way, affect me or my mate, my Taehyung, I will kill you with my own hands. You're the queen because of me and hold not even a little more power than me."

  Mira turned around carelessly and lay down on the bed. "If you're done with your drama then go to bed. I need to tell the kingdom about our precious child tomorrow." 

She closed her eyes sighing, knowing that she could order him around and he would have to listen to it. 

That's the power her pregnancy will give her. 

She sure was afraid as Jungkook in his angry state reminded her of her father, but she recollected that Jungkook was in the same state when he declared her his wife. 

Jungkook may be upset now but it will change. If not during the nine months then when he holds the child for the first time. 

It was just the matter of time. 

She parted her eyes open when she hears no sound at all for a while. Frowning when she sees no one, she panics. She sat up straight, about to call for him when she notices the open door of their room. 

Did he leave? she asks herself. Could he have gone to... 

She couldn't help but sniffle knowing where exactly Jungkook had gone this late at night. 

And her thoughts were right. 

"Tae?" Jungkook stumbled into the room, too drunk to walk straight. "Tae, my baby, my omega." 

Taehyung snapped awake from sleep. He grabbed a candle from the bed side table and looked towards the door, trying to confirm that Jungkook was here. 

"Jungkook?" 

He didn't know whether he should be scared or worried when he saw the alpha appear in the light of the candle with a bruise in his cheek, tears in his eyes but smiling like he was the happiest man in the world after seeing him. 

"My Taehyung-ie..." he whispered, slowly climbing on the bed with his knees pressed on the mattress. "I missed my omega." 

"What's up with you?" Taehyung got a sniff of alcohol and frowned, knowing that Jungkook absolutely hated drinking. 

Jungkook could never scare him. But his state scared him. 

"Did she hit you?" Taehyung caught right onto the matter. He placed the candle back on the table and cupped the cheeks of the drowsy male sitting beside him. "Tell me, did that bitch hit you?" 

"My baby..." was all Jungkook said, slowly, carefully, leaning onto Taehyung's shoulder and softly wrapping his hands around his shoulder. "I love you." 

Taehyung's heart skipped a beat, and he knew it was not just because he was listening to someone say it so genuinely now. 

It was because Jungkook was saying it. 

He forced his joy away and continued to remain worried for Jungkook. It made his blood boil that Mira had dared to hit him.

Also, it was really difficult to break a man so patient like Jungkook. He didn't even have to worry about Jungkook hitting her back as that wasn't possible. Even if he did, it was just a reaction to her action. 

He didn't want to side Mira at all, or... he was always on Jungkook's side. 

"Kookie..." he calls, hugging the alpha whose shoulder shook. "Are you crying?" 

Jungkook doesn't reply, just holds him tighter. The wetness forming on Taehyung's shoulder proved it all. "I-I'm tired." 

Taehyung carefully made him lay down beside him, feeling his own eyes tear up when Jungkook clung onto him and buried his face on his chest, almost afraid of showing Taehyung his face. 

What must've she said to hurt him so much? If she really wished to love him then why did she do this?

I thought that there were chances of her making Jungkook happy.

I... I don't think that will happen. If I leave... 

"Kookie, it will be alright," but even this consolation felt so half-hearted. He wanted to comfort Jungkook but his words weren't strong enough to comfort himself. 

"Will y-you be there for me?" Jungkook asks in such a small voice that it broke his heart. 

"I will, until my death." And I believe that you will be there to save me when Mira tries to take away our child and tries to push me away. 

You gave me so much love, Jungkook. There's only one thing I can give back in return: reciprocate your feelings.  

Jungkook nodded, believing him. Taehyung held his head against his chest delicately, almost flinching when Jungkook's hand pushed into his shirt and caressed his tummy gently.  

He knew it was just an unconscious deed but couldn't help the massive butterflies he felt. 

"I love you, Taehyung," Jungkook said again, and Taehyung bit his lips to not let out the words that threatened to leave his lips. 

It's getting tougher as the omega started develop feelings he didn't have the strength to admit. 

This wasn't going to be easy. 

There was no doubt to that. 

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