The rising sun cast a rosy hue across the winter morning sky giving it a pearly glow. Golden fingers of sunlight lit up the scene making the soft layer of snow shimmer. The dawn chorus of melodic birdsong drifted in. A new morning; a morning they waited for so long, was finally there to wrap them into its warmth.

Jungkook's face scrunched up as the first rays of sunlight coming from the window fell on his face followed by a chilly breeze. He groaned slightly turning himself to the other side, adjusting the silk blanket.

He was about to drift back into his dreamland when a sweet aroma of chocolate and cherry filled his nostrils. He slowly opened his eyes to see her sleeping soundly. And then everything; he seemed to forget, came back to his memories.

He reminsced last night, Y/N could talk to him, they were finally together. An unknown smile tugged at the corner of his lips, feeling ecstatic. Her face was so close to his that he started admiring her features without even knowing.

Her light blonde hair shined as the color of a sunbeam, passing through the window. As you look at her hair you notice the way the light catches in it and it shimmers. Her velvety long butterfly-like eyelashes resting peacefully, her features were so fine as if God has carved every single one so carefully on her face.

She was indeed a goddess. No girl made him feel like this ever, being a prince there was no limit of the girls who threw multiple roses at him. They wished and prayed to get him or someone like him as his mate but at that time things were different, he never gave them a glance, touching was a far thought.

However, now something changed in him, he felt more lively, with Y/N, it's different, it's like, he felt the urge to boop her cute nose but at the same time kiss her tight, rose-colored lips which were still swollen.

She was like a beautiful and delicate flower, a flower you would want to protect and take care of. If you'd touch the flower, the petals would fall, upsetting you and making you regret touching it. Still, he couldn't help but urge more and more. He couldn't get enough of her.

Her scent and warmth are so soothing that he could hug her for forever and never get tired. He would stay beside her until they get old and die, just like flowers stick to the plant if someone doesn't pluck them until they wither and finally fall.

But then the plant bears new flowers, beautifying itself again. Just like that, he wanted to have a family with her, their own little pups. Even if they would die and leave this world eventually, their kids would be there and they'll always be alive in them, in their hearts.

A chuckle left his mouth as he imagined all this in his head, so beautiful, he thought. He deliberately raised his hands to caress her milk-white cheeks making her slender eyebrows arch together in a frown, her mouth slightly parted.

Her figure squirmed on the bed and before he could process anything, he felt a strong force hitting him in his stomach and he yelped in pain. He didn't expect her to hit him out of the blue and he was taken off guard.

Hearing his yelp, Y/N's eyes fluttered open and she saw Jungkook curling on the bed holding onto his stomach. Her eyes widened realising what she did.

“Oh my god . . . I'm so sorry, Jungkook!” she apologized holding him and helping him to stand up.

“M-Maybe you're not a delicate but a w-wildflower . . . oww!” he muttered, stammering due to the pain. He was thanking God that she didn't hit him in his crotch, their future kids were safe.

“H-Huh?” she couldn't understand what he was saying because it wasn't audible to her, “Does it hurt a lot? I'm so sorry it happened because of my dream,” her lips puckered out in a pout. She caressed his stomach slowly and a chuckle left Jungkook's mouth in amusement, hearing her statement and looking at her sad babyface.

“Whom did you kick in your dream and why?” he asked, feeling curious as to why out of all the things, she's kicking someone in her dream.

“Ah . . . I don't remember the face but they were trying to harm you,” she scratched her nape, feeling a bit embarrassed because of physically acting out of her dreams.

An unrestrained laugh left Jungkook's mouth, his eyes forming wrinkles at the corner and his smile looking as if a bunny was smiling. His laughter was full of warmth and life in it. His voice was sweet and cute, just like a baby's.

It was a sight worth watching, a sight; she would even pay for, it was art itself; his smile, and a blessing to watch him laughing. Her heart fluttered hearing his laugh, it felt like some melody to her ears, she could listen to forever, without getting bored.

She was unable to resist herself from smiling at the sight in front of her. It was so genuine and real. This morning, this was what she always wanted to have. And finally having this moment with him; her mate, for whom she struggled for so long, she couldn't help but feel so elated, as if she was walking on air.

Jungkook stopped laughing after a while when he felt silence in the room except his laughter and his eyes dropped to hers. She was staring at him with an ecstatic smile on her face, looking so lost in him. He snapped his fingers in front of her making her flinch.

“What are you looking at, sweetheart?” he smirked, raising his right eyebrow, adorning an evil smile on his face, his voice dropping low when stressed on the word; sweetheart. Y/N's stomach did a whole 360° flip at the new pet name he used, her cheeks flushed to a deep soft pink. Her eyes stared at the growing smirk and satisfaction over his face.

“You want to play with me, Mr. Jeon? I see,” she internally scoffed. She's not one of those girls who would only blush like a tomato when their mates would compliment them or something. But she's one of those who holds the capacity to make her mate blush like a red tomato as well.

“Nothing, just admiring my man,” she stated, raising her chin at him, a mischievous glint visible in her eyes.

Now, it was Jungkook's turn to feel butterflies in his stomach and a light red tint made its way onto his cheeks. She called him her man. Y/N felt so satisfied with the effect she had on him.

“Aww . . . are you blushing, kookie?” she used his nickname intentionally, making his cheeks go dark red.

She was trying her best to hold her laughter bubbling in her stomach, the man was so flushed at this point that he was not even ready to directly look into her eyes.

The Blood Moon king, that rock-hearted arrogant jerk, who didn't know what emotions were, who thought that a mate is important just to give him an heir. Now, he was blushing just because of the words of a girl. Who knew a girl could make him so giddy and soft? Who knew a girl could make him go crazy just by words?

That is the reason, people said that life is full of unexpected events, they can be either bad or good but always there and you must never underestimate them. And no one underestimated them more than the Blood Moon King, himself. He always neglected the fact that he would need a mate, always wanted to play the cold and heartless king.

But life planned something else for him. Life taught him that no matter how cold or heartless you want to be, there will always be a person who would melt the ice of your heart, who would break the wall you built around yourself. It's either that person would melt the ice of your heart or break your heart itself, there's no in between.

And that person is Y/N, she melted the ice of his heart, she made him feel emotions and made him realise that it's okay to show them. There's no need to hide your emotions like crying, laughing because they're the sole proof you're a human, in their case, a half-human and a half-wolf.

These emotions won't make you weak but strong because you're courageous enough to let your emotions evince instead of packing them up in a box and throwing the key somewhere you can't even find, giving yourself an opportunity to shut your emotions down which is so wrong.

When Y/N felt Jungkook not making a single move and lost in his own world, she scooted closer to him, cupping his face in her hands. Those red tinted cheeks looked so cute to her that she immediately placed a sweet peck on his lips and smiled.

“You're so cute, I swear to god, I could stare at you forever!” she exclaimed, still cupping his face. The happiness sparkling in her eyes and Jungkook held himself from smiling so hard at her loving behaviour, the butterflies kept increasing in his stomach.

But how could he let her win over him like that? He saw her bending on her knees on the bed and an idea popped in his mind curving his lips in a devilish smile. He uplifted his hands, placing his palms at the small of her back, and jerked her body forward, pressing her against him.

Y/N's eyes widened. He took the advantage and placed her legs on either side of him, placing her on his lap and wrapping his arms around her waist.

“Now, what were you saying again, sweetheart?” his fingers moved on her back in circular motions, slowly, teasing her and all the evil and mischievous thoughts coming into his mind made the movement of his fingers more sensual. Y/N placed her palms over his well-built chest and tried moving out of his grip but couldn't even budge.

“Jungkook, it's morning,” she whispered, trying to resist. But he held her stronger, pressing their bodies against each other while Y/N tried to keep distance with her hands.

“So? Who said you can't mate in the morning?” he pulled her closer and whispered, nibbling her ear, sending sensations like currents down her spine and she felt like melting because of his sexy voice. He breathed on her neck, sending tickling sensations through Y/N's body.

She clutched onto his shoulders tighter and Jungkook removed his right hand from her waist and brought it upward, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. He ran his hand through her hair to her nape and pulled her face closer to his, resting his forehead over hers.

Their faces were dangerously close, breaths fanning over each other's cheeks. Jungkook stroked her cheeks before engulfing her lips within his. Y/N ran her fingers through his hair and their lips moved in sync, she moaned into the kiss, kissing him back, soft and sensual.

But then it became heated, intense, desirous. Their tongues fought for dominance. They were so lost in devouring each other that they didn't even hear the knocks on the door. We've heard love is blind but deaf? Well, it just knocks out all of your senses.

Several more knocks were heard on the door and this time, thankfully, they heard it. Y/N pulled away immediately when her ears registered the voice. A frown was visible on Jungkook's face, clearly showing he was annoyed. After all, why wouldn't he be? Someone just interrupted their moment.

“I've to go check,” Y/N said, getting up from his lap and her feet were about to touch the delicate marble floor when Jungkook held her hand, stopping her.

“I'll go, you stay,” He smiled, pulling her head closer, placing a soft peck on her forehead, such a gentleman. Y/N smiled ecstatically at him, he got up from the bed and wore his pants.

He walked towards the door and unlocked the door revealing two maids standing there with trays in their hands. One of them had bathing essentials and the other one had clothes for men, bathrobes, and towels.

“Good morning, Your Highness.” they greeted him in unison, bowing deeply before stealing a glance of his well-toned abs.

“G-Good morning,” he awkwardly stuttered, thinking he should have worn his shirt as well. After all, his abs are for his mate so why should he let other girls see it. He gestured the two maids to enter inside and they did so.

They went toward Y/N who sat on the bed, wrapped in the blankets. They bowed in front of her before one of them informed her as to why they're here early in the morning.

“Good morning, princess,” they greeted Y/N.

“Luna ordered us to prepare a bath for two people; you and prince Jungkook,” the younger maid began and in no time both Y/N and Jungkook's eyes widened. They shared a glance together, opening their mind links.

“Oh, I forgot that Luna knew,” he scratched his nape looking at Y/N, giving her looks when she internally cursed.

“I've never been so embarrassed in my life! Why mother had to do to that?” she made a weird face at him which made Jungkook laugh. They knew that Luna was aware of them being mates but why make it so obvious?

“You're so cute when you're embarrassed, you know,” he giggled when he heard her huffing in annoyance.

“Um . . . princess, can we go prepare the bath?” the other maid asked when they felt silence in the room.

“Huh? Oh . . . yeah sure, you can,” Y/N answered. The maids bowed once again before proceeding for their work.

Jungkook was still standing away from her, watching her making weird faces and gestures. He laughed when she facepalmed herself. He could hear all her thoughts through her mindlink.

Oh, this poor young princess, he thought and made his way towards her. Sitting beside her, he ruffled her hair, “It's fine, sweetheart,” he giggled and she buried her cherry-red face in the crook of his neck.

✤

About twenty minutes later, the maids came back. By now, Y/N was dressed in a thin silk wear and she was pouring herself a glass of water. Jungkook was comfortably laid on the bed, his eyes closed and a smile on his face as if he's imagining something very rejoicing.

“We prepared the bath princess,” the maid began, “Please inform us if you need anything,” she added.

“You have my thanks,” Y/N smiled and the maids bowed before exiting the room, leaving them alone. She gulped the rest of the water and placed the glass back beside the jar.

She clicked her tongue and glanced at her mate, lost in his own world. But she couldn't lie that his calm and smiling face looked so captivating, so beautiful. She smiled.

“I'm going first!” she sang the words in a higher pitch so the prince could hear her. She waddled through her way cheerfully like a little kid, curling her hair strands at the tip of her finger.

Suddenly, she felt two strong arms beneath her knees and her back and soon she was uplifted in the air, securely in her mate's arms.

“No, we're going together,” he declared, teasingly raising an eyebrow.

“Yah! Jeon Jungkook, put me down!” she screamed, hitting his shoulders but the prince just walked towards the pool.

“Mhm . . . I will once we reach the pool,” he laughed at her failed attempts of getting out of his hold.

“Oh, my dear love, even if you match with the level of my sarcasm, you can't match my strength. I'm the Blood Moon King for a reason, tsk . . .” he surmised, tsking afterward, earning a glare from her.

He waded down the stairs of the pool, the water soaking his legs while he kept going down in the lukewarm water, instantly calming down his nerves and muscles. The sweet scent of lavender filling him up, the candles—the maids prepared—lightened around the huge room, so soothing and relaxing.

“So, you accept that I match with your level of sarcasm, huh?” she commented when he placed her down in the water very carefully as if she would break with just a touch. Y/N was elated with this careful behaviour of his but didn't let it take over and maintained her sarcastic tone.

“A little . . . like this much,” he uplifted his hands showing the little space between his index finger and thumb. Y/N let out a scoff and splashed water on him, a whole lot of water out of the blue on his face as he gasped and she started swimming away from him.

“Whether you accept or not Mr. Jeon, but you can't match my level of sarcasm!” she shouted while laughing but continued swimming backward and splashing water over him, making it a little hard for him to see clearly.

“You . . . come here!” he shouted back, swimming to reach her and she kept splashing water on him.

“Catch me!” she giggled and swam towards the edge of the pool to get out of his reach. She felt like they were little kids playing together the ‘catch me if you can’ game. She felt happiness bubbling up her stomach every time she heard Jungkook's voice and the sound of splashing water.

He was close to catching her. She sped up and was about to reach the edge when she felt a hand around her ankle. Oh no, she cursed internally. Jungkook smirked and pulled her toward him. When she was close to him he jerked her toward himself and pecked her lips immediately, making Y/N widen her eyes.

“Now, you say another word and I'll keep kissing you,” he huffed holding her small waist, smirking afterward.

“Yah—” she couldn't even one word when Jungkook pecked her lips again, “Jung—” another peck, “You—” another one, this time not just a peck but his lips stayed there, attached with her for some seconds. Y/N was about to kiss him back when he pulled away, leaving her frustrated making her look at him with a frown and hissing afterward.

“You're such a tease, Jungkook, I swear to god—” she grumbled, letting out everything in a breath and Jungkook sighed before eating up her words and engulfing her lips, devouring them as if they're his free meal. Y/N immediately responded to his kiss, wrapping her hands around his neck, syncing her lips with his soft ones.

They're intoxicating; his lips—no—he's intoxicating. It's like even if she would kiss him 24/7, she wouldn't get enough of him and it was the same for him, he could kiss her forever and never get bored, she's addictive.

“The struggle is worth it,” they both thought together the same thing and because their mindlink was still open, they heard it and smiled, kissing more deeply.

✤

Y/N was all dressed up in a royal blue—off shoulders gown which revealed her delicate and prominent collarbone. It was tight around her waist, hugging her small figure. She left her hair loose this time instead of tying them in a braided-bun like usual.

She couldn't lie that those beachy waves of her hair looked so beautiful. She was almost done doing her makeup when her eyes fell on her neck and she squinted her eyes before they widened. Her pupils narrowed and seemed to flee from the expanding whites of her eyes from what she was witnessing.

The mark; the crescent moon on her neck.

It was gone . . .

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So, was the long rollercoaster ride was worth it, babies? And sorry for literally vanishing for a month ): Next update will be soon~♥️