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"When you got to get it out
I'll be your shoulder.."

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"Your test result is soon going to be here, Dae-hee." A light voice chimed followed by a grin. The aroma of freshly cooked food spread throughout the residence making everyone's mouth go watery. 

"I want to come out as an Alpha, mom! Like grandpa and grandma and Jaehyun hyung. They're so strong and confident!" Dae-hee squealed with a smile, helping his mother in kitchen chores. He was only fourteen years old, one of the members of the moonshine pack who are known to be a nightmare of human society. They are feared and worshipped. 

Everyone works to gain power. So nothing special.

As they continued to goofing around, the phone began to ring. Catching up their attention. 

"Ah, thanks, doctor." Dae-hee's mother ended the call while Dae-hee continued to stare at his mom with heart eyes as he heard her conversation with their consulted doctor for his test. 

"Mom!! I'm going to be like Jaehyun hyung!!!! And will protect our pack and you everything I have." Dae-hee couldn't resist himself from squealing as he got to know that he was determined as an Alpha in the test.

"I'll make our pack a better place for all the omega mothers. They don't deserve to suffer while having a golden heart." He continued, eyes sparkly while thinking about the all training which was given by his hyungs finally paid off. Now he could proceed as a real Alpha without restrictions.

His mother chuckled knowingly. "From now on, you can join your hyung at night hunting as well." 

Dae-hee nodded, smiling eye to eye. His wolf made a happy sound within himself. A sudden commotion in the living room grasp their attention and made them curious to rush into the living room. 

"Jaehyun!! Stop hurting yourself!! It's not the end of the world if he didn't acknowledge your feelings. He might be confused right now—"

"No! He wasn't confused at all. I've never heard him saying things like he said to me today. He was so unlike himself. He changed because of those fucking cats." Jaehyun's voice boomed throughout their house. Before the sound of shattering vase echoed through the walls and silence covered the residence.

Dae-hee furrowed at the mention of cats. Weretigers, another species of human plus tiger in their animal community. They are known to be the most arrogant, ruthless, self-centred and ambitious. They've already made a destruction into werewolf society. The rivalry between them have led to mass slaughtering and loss of their kinsmen in the bloodshed. 

Dae-hee remembers the day when his mom came home with blood covering her body while her wolf was howling because she lost her Alpha when they got attacked by the weretigers on their way to home. He hates them. Despise them. There's no going back from there as he knew the day is near to invade the weretigers' territory just to kill all of them. There was no end. Not until he got bathed into their blood. The Alpha was supposed to protect his pack. Dae-hee would anything for it. 

A silence spreads across the living room once again after Jaehyun slammed the door of his bedroom while everyone re-engage with their works while Dae-hee stood at the same place. 

Does hyung's mate reject him? For a weretiger? 

Dae-hee clenched his fists because he knows what's going to be next. He will give a good lesson to those weretigers who have possessed Jaehyun's mate. Even if he had to start it from today, and now on. 

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Having a human mate is said to be a curse. 

Nonetheless, Taehyung never believed it. The divine feeling of having a mate by your side till death does aparts is something Taehyung was willing to sacrifice his throne just to experience it. 

"Is this Jungkook's house?" 

The soft and velvety voice asked from Taehyung's behind causing the male to snap out of the trance as he continued to stare at the house from far away. 

Ears perked up at the faint sound of crickets chirping and hooting of owls making them alert at the tiniest movement around them. Long-distance vision travels across the entire enchanting forest — eyes glowing in the darkness of the jungle making their vision more clear. The jungle shielded itself from the huge tree branches causing the moonlight to cage outside of it. While the half moon was grinning above their head as they quickly got out the jungle — causing themselves to meet with the man made houses. 

"He's still awake. I wonder why?" Taehyung replied along with a question to himself. The golden dust brushes away from his aside with the soft blow of air after he heard some rustling sound behind him as he assumes Jin and his mates have shifted into their human forms. 

"Perhaps, homework. I hate humans for it. Who the fuck created the homework thing?" 

Taehyung heard Jimin's whiney voice followed by his mate's laughing and cooing at their mate to comfort him or whatnot. He furrowed. 

"But he never stayed up late. He's probably upset with something, I should go to check up on him, it's almost dawn…" He mumbled, eyes stayed at Jungkook's house. 

"Taehyung!!" 

He heard his brother's warning voice making him stop to shift into a wild beast under the dim light of the moon and risking it to show up in the lower residence of humans. Taehyung couldn't be able to reach Jungkook's house in his human form as the residence was quite far away. 

"The King has warned us to not interact with any human at night. It could be dangerous and life-threatening." Jin exclaimed, reaching for his brother's shoulder. 

"You already have violated the rules twice, Taehyung. King isn't even aware of our sneaking around during the midnight." Jin's mate spoke up, Kim Namjoon. Sometimes, Taehyung gets jealous of his brother who has two mates and was immensely blessed by the deity of weretigers. 

Taehyung feels a heaviness into his chest. His body was overwhelmed by everything around him as if it was pleading for an escape. His heart was aching for some reason. He doesn't know what it is. If only his mate bond had been stronger, then he hadn't had to face such situation where he doesn't know was his heart aching for being mateless or because his mate is in pain. He feels his heart aches more at the thought of his mate being in pain. 

"We know, Taehyung. It's not easier to stay away from your mate." Jimin chimed, earning a throaty growl from Taehyung threatening them to stay in their lane and not to tell the Prince what he should do or not. The two cougars seem to flinch slightly and step away from him. 

"Taehyung." Jin hushed, sighing to himself as he could see Taehyung's eyes which were gleaming impatiently. 

"We gotta go back home." 

"I'm not returning home without checking up on him." Taehyung said, voice sounding deeper and heavier as if he was transforming into the beast. 

"Taehyung," Jin looked so concerned about Taehyung. "You're not strong as you're thinking. You barely could use your powers and don't think we haven't noticed it yet. Those powers have given you for your protection and it won't get strong until you grow a bond with someone moreover you shouldn't have used your powers on an unmated human in the first place." He raved out of his exasperation, eyebrows furrowed while face scrunched in annoyance. The curse made Taehyung to act like this. 

"He'd have died if I didn't have done anything." 

"It was all Jungkook's fault. He shouldn't have hidden those marks from others." Jin argued, eyes filled up with rage turning them dark black. 

"It's normal for him to hide those marks, Jin. Taehyung hasn't told him anything, I assume. Shame, they haven't even mated yet. I'm afraid if you didn't tell him everything as early as possible you wouldn't be able to save the kingdom." Namjoon said firmly along with the warning of hinting about the consequences of his mere reckless behaviour. 

"Its normal for a human to behave like that, Jin—" 

Jimin wasn't able to complete his sentence before they heard a rustling sound from the jungle setting them up with alertness. A peculiar change in the air along with few uncertain movements. Squinting his eyes, Jimin tried to look into the wood with his long-distance vision. 

"There is someone." Namjoon hushed. 

Ears perk up, eyes glowing up like embers of fire making their irises contract. Jin was the first to sprint into the jungle, followed up by Namjoon and others. 

"You won't dare to use your powers, Taehyung." Jin warned, without sparing any glance to his brother who was behind him along with his mates as they raced into the woods.

"Chim, eastern direction." "Joon, stay with me." 

Taehyung heard and rolled his eyes before crouching down slightly and let himself lift up from the ground with his powers before settling down his feet on a strong branch of tree which was higher from the ground level and he could see the entire jungle from there.

"Taehyung!" 

He heard his brother screaming out his name and warning him to not use his powers as he was weak and anything could happen if he hadn't been cautious about himself. But he ignored them as no one chose what to do or what not for him. He's the next king. 

"Let him be, hyung." Namjoon said quickly, getting a faint smell of something which is quite far away from where they were. 

Jimin already went to the eastern direction of the jungle to patrol the area. The territory was theirs. No one was allowed to enter into their territory. The silent jungle was screaming in agony of losing a soul while the darkness was devouring the truth into the paradise. As they went deeper into the woods the smell began to get stronger revealing an unspoken event that took place into the jungle. 

"Blood," Namjoon muttered. "Human blood." He clarified, eyes glowing in rage before turning into his cougar form under the strokes of moonlight coming from the gap between the trees. He snarled and lolled out his tongue in the air to get the exact location of where the smell is coming from. 

"There." 

Jin snapped his head to the direction where Namjoon raced to. His mate was faster in his animal form, he wouldn't be able to catch him so he stepped back and pressed his palm against the bark of the tree. A ray of neon snapped into him before he dissolves into the air and telepath to the exact location where Namjoon's feet were leading as he could read his mate's mind while conveying the same information to Jimin who was in the eastern part of the jungle. 

"Don't be reckless like this, Joon." 

The cougar stops exactly before his mate, a howl escapes out of his lips as he doesn't like to disobey his mate's orders. 

"I apologise." Namjoon stood from his crouching position as he transformed back into his human form. 

"It's alright. Don't fret over it, baby." Jin whirled around while looking for what they have been searching for. Namjoon's cheeks reddened. 

"Joonie hyung!" 

Both the male snapped their heads to the familiar voice of their mate who was looking in a certain direction. Eyes widen and an expression of terror over his face. 

"A dead body. Again." Jimin let out a cry. The taller males rushed to him, eyes filled with sadness as their gaze with a man drenched in blood while half of his body was torn off with a lot of scratches over his skin, bites marks, horrendous injuries and a shock expression over face making the atmosphere more terrifying and frightening for anyone. 

Namjoon gulped. Jimin felt so numb. Jin looked at the sight in horror as well, before he mustered up and decided to walk to the body. But before he could move a step from his spot a vociferous roar reverberate throughout the woods, shaking them from the ground. 

A wave of panic travelled across their faces as they realised what had been happening on the other side of woods. 

"Joon, take care of the body. Jimin, come with me." Jin instructed before holding onto Jimin and disappearing from the sight of Namjoon as they telepath on the other side of the jungle. 

As soon as they came over there they met with another horrific sight of Taehyung. Eyes practically burning in rage, heavy and uncontrollable breathing while veins pop up out of his neck. While large claws dug into the flesh of a mutt's neck whom Taehyung continued to strangle him who dared to enter their territory. The accord wasn't made to break. 

Anger ooze out through every pore of Taehyung's body. Looking directly at his prey who was struggling to death while kicking legs in the air. Eyebrows scrunched up in rage.

"Tae! Leave. He's a kid." Jimin cried out, holding on his mate. Tears gathered in his eyes, threatening to fall down to his cheeks. This wasn't planned to happen when they decided to sneak out of the palace to spend their night in the woods. 

Taehyung let out a growl at the back of his throat, a warning to stay the hell out of this matter. Jimin's gaze went down submissively, cowering his head to look at the ground. 

"Leave me, you filthy coward ba-bastard." 

Taehyung tilts his head, amused by the choice of tone while inferno fumed up into his eyes fueling the rage up into him. He stifles the mutt till the little wolf began to kicking legs in the air, struggling to breathe while hands reaching to grasp Taehyung's arm. 

"L-leave me… P-please." The wolf cried out, feeling suffocated and helpless while continued to struggle for air. The fresh blood oozes out those major wounds. Feeling his soul leaving out of his body while eyes bulging out his sockets begging to blink and tears to fall. His half of the body was wolf while another was transform into human. It was so painful to stay like that.

"You've made the biggest mistake of your life when you decided to step into our territory. I don't fucking care if you're just a kid." Taehyung growled, lowering the little mutt to his eyes level before flung him onto a bark of tree. A howl escaped out of his lips before a human like boy appeared into their sight, completely drenched in blood and severe injures while crying his eyes out. Sitting completely naked on against the tree. 

"I won't take chances to make any mistake by sparing the grandson of Jeong-Migyung. The same eyes, the same fucking audacity to break the accord, the same freaky mind which could led to a destruction in human society. But you're just brave, unlike your coward grandpa." 

Blood began to boiling at the mention of Jeong-Migyung as they all could remember what has been done by the most coward Alpha who likes to stay behind his pack instead of showing up. Jin peeled him off his mate who himself was shocked. 

"My grandfather is not a coward." The wolf grits his teeth before coughing out blood while tears streaming down to cheeks. 

"H-he was smart enough to place inauspicious cats like you to their exact places. But he failed and we won't." 

The wolf made such an angry sound, emitting a snicker from Taehyung. Jin clenched his fists, eyes literally murdering the hideous wolf whose tears seems as fake as crocodile's tears. They doesn't deserve any mercy. The atmosphere of the forest was rather frightening. The moon was fading away from the sky, welcoming the sun. 

"And you always will be under our foot." The wolf added before spitting out blood. "You aren't meant to take the lead of the land. Don't think of yourself as the deity. We're stronger than you. Larger than you. So much better than the feline community." 

Taehyung's laugh died as the wolf continued. 

"You're the same as my grandfather described you. Ruthless and ambitious who only thinks of himself and his throne, has the same manic laugh, you have no mercy at all. You're nothing but selfish. But I won't beg for my life to fuel your sadist self." 

Eyes darkened. Jaw clenched. Nostrils flared up. 

"You got a big mouth like your grandfather who could only bark at but never dared to come forward." Taehyung let out a deep chuckle before snapping up his fingers in the air and caging the mutt into metal chains all over the body. 

"Taehyung, just allow me to—"

"No!" Taehyung interrupted. "Not that easily." He tsked, releasing a deep chuckle. He gazed up at the sky which was brightening up with the soft rays of sun. 

"Shouldn't his pack mates deserve to know what kind of mistake their brat has made?" Eyes blazing contrasting with what the soft sun was looking like. His eyes were growling in anger unlike the sun which has a pleasant softness during spring. 

"I won't let you die till the day you see your grandpa begging for his life on his knees."

Jin turned to look at Taehyung who seriously looks like a sadist so unlike himself. But the filthy dog deserved the treatment after what had been done by them. They can't undo what had occurred, they can't do anything about it. 

But they definitely wouldn't spare the kid. 

Taehyung left with Jimin while Jin was given the responsibility to take care of the kid before the full sun rose. They all had to be present in the palace dining hall before they left for school. No one knows about their sneaking out and they aren't supposed get caught.

"Don't use your powers, Tae!" Jimin shouted from behind as he saw Taehyung was frisking from one branch to another. They were in a rush to get out of the forest as the sun was coming out. 

"We can get out of this place through my—" Jimin paused when he saw how Taehyung slithered down and landed directly onto the ground. 

"Taehyung!" Jimin exclaimed before halting himself and going down to set his foot onto the ground. 

Despite feeling a pang in his chest, Taehyung gazed towards the certain direction to look closely. Jimin noticed it as well, finding themselves in the same place where they were standing before and from where they could get a glimpse of Jungkook's house. 

He was weak without Jungkook's touches. 

Vision got blurry as he wasn't able to extend his vision to look closely into Jungkook's bedroom. The heaviness inside his chest was more painful than anything he has ever experienced. 

"Stop using your powers, Tae! You're getting more weak. Stop." Jimin insisted, also praying to not get caught for sneaking out at night. He grasped the Prince into his embrace before getting away from there. 

Meanwhile, Jungkook was staring up at the fading moon through the large window with misty eyes and clutching on the crystal ball with a blue bunny inside while feeling the same heaviness into his chest. 

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I held on to those eyes for as long as I could. Yellow. And, up close, flecked brilliantly with every shade of gold and hazel… Jungkook reads, eyes wandering across the page. Those mention of colours remind him of Taehyung. What had happened yesterday already slipped out his mind as he feels so empty without holding something at night like he has been feeling for a few nights. The pleasure to be held by someone during sleep gives him butterflies. He also haven't got sleep as he was thinking while feeling something heavy onto chest all night.

Books, the only way to escape from reality. He always find his way to local or school libraries. A sigh heaves out his lips before putting down the book on lap. 

"Aahhh- mph." Jungkook screamed out. Eyes widen while gaze flickering over the male before him. 

Golden eyes. Which had no cheerfulness like they used to have. They weren't glowing. Instead they were darken and unpleasantly filled with something Jungkook was unable to recognise. 

"Hey," Taehyung greeted, weary. He pulled off his hand from Jungkook's mouth while continued to stare at those big doey eyes which were the most prettiest thing in the whole universe. 

A loud gasp left from Jungkook when Taehyung booped his nose with a pair of lip before sitting next to him looking slightly exhausted and worn out. They were sitting on the ground against a bookshelf. Jungkook felt a twist in his guts while seeing him like that. His eyes weren't smiling. 

Jungkook could notice a bandana that Taehyung had been wearing. Looking handsome as always and how he wish to get tied up by the bandana while Taehyung continued to say things which would make him a blushing mess. 

Whatthellgoogie! 

"Can't you see I'm reading something and you shouldn't bother someone while they do something!" Jungkook whisper-yelled as they were sitting inside the school library. Taehyung grinned at him, leaning against the bookshelf as him. 

"Why are you so annoying?" He looked away, trying to concentrate on the novel. 

"I'm annoying?" Taehyung let out, sounding offended. 

"And?" 

Jungkook heard and he could say Taehyung was teasing him like he always do. 

"So much annoying!" He muttered quietly, clutching over the book and pulling his knees to chest. While he could feel Taehyung's knee brushing against his side. The mere touch was making his skin burn.

"Yeah, and?"

Jungkook snapped his head to Taehyung. 

"Arrogant. Full of himself. Meanie." He continued, glaringly. Taehyung leaned forward at the opportunity before a chuckle emitted out of him. A smirk tugged on his lips. 

"And?" 

Jungkook never wanted to get lost into those eyes but he feels himself getting entrapped in them. The book slipped out of his grasp and fell on the surface. 

"Cocky. So unflawed. I envy you." 

Taehyung refrained himself from leaning more over Jungkook who jutted out his bottom lip. He has the urge to smash their lips together till they feel the suffocation for air. He wanted to paint Jungkook with his own colours while feeling every pain and pleasure along with his mate. It'd feel like paradise while chasing for their pleasure points. 

"And?" Taehyung hushed, memorizing every inch of him. Fists clenching at the most inappropriate thoughts while staring those lips. Thinking how many wonders those lips could do. 

"And sometimes become big meanie because you give everyone the same attention as me." 

Taehyung reached for Jungkook's hand to entwine them together but restrain his urges. Instead he leaned back against the bookshelf before he could lose his control. 

Jungkook noticed it making his heart go boom boom. 

A tired sigh left of his lips. "But you're the only one who runs through my mind, all day." 

Their conversation seems to be the loudest in the silence of the library matching with their body behaviour. They got a lot to say and to confess. Both of their subconscious minds were screaming to say something. But they decided to remain silent while enjoying each other's presence. 

Jungkook decided to break the silence. He grabbed his book and literally banged the opened book against his head. 

"Where have you been, all day?" He asked finally. He didn't find Taehyung during their early morning classes. He internally punches himself before asking the question. 

The lack of response caused him to lower his book and glimpse at Taehyung who had closed his eyes. 

"Are you dead!?" Jungkook shook Taehyung's body. Eyes wide and lips parted in panic. 

Taehyung hummed. "No. Not until I marry you." 

Jungkook's cheeks glowed a shade of crimson red. "What!?" He let out, small. Before hiding his red face behind the book. Taehyung took a deep breath inhaling the soft scent of his mate. Vanilla and something fresh which could brighten up his mood. The previous night's event was scary. He never thought he would do such a thing in his entire life but his anger made him do. 

"What's wrong? You're being so annoying right now." 

"I didn't do anything, Jungkook. I just exist–"

"Exactly, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you being a pain in ass?" 

Taehyung snapped open his eyes, smiling to himself. It made his heart swell up with fluttering feelings. His mate cares for him. His inner tiger couldn't help but chuff happily at the mere affection. 

"You're rather adorable, my highness." 

Jungkook humphed, faking out his anger impression to hide his burning cheeks. 

Taehyung's smile dropped off, gaze darken while a haze purple diffuse into his irises when he felt Jungkook entwined their fingers together before resting them on lap. His gaze immediately shifts to Jungkook who was still hiding his face behind the book. 

"Now.." Jungkook hesitated. "Can you tell me what's wrong?" He asked in a tiny voice. 

Taehyung never wanted to leave the hand. The mere touch helped him to stay stable and sane. He stroked Jungkook's skin underneath the pad of his thumb lovingly, the fondness into his eyes was enough for Jungkook's heart to burst into happiness. 

Jungkook giggles to himself with burning cheeks and nibbling on lower lip. He drops the book onto his lap to stare back at Taehyung who seems to get froze on spot. 

"Something about you is umm I don't know but I don't know." Jungkook looked down, blushing. "I was figuring out about um if we—"

"What happened, love? The concealer isn't enough to hide it, care to tell me what's wrong?" Taehyung let out, sounding concerned with a hint of anger. The bruises on his wrist weren't unnoticed by him. A blurry memory played into his mind but he failed to see anything.

Jungkook felt a comforting squeeze while staring at the pair of orbs. Taehyung wished to see everything which had happened while he was away from his mate but their bonding wasn't strong enough to read everything which crossed his mate's mind. 

"Taehyung." Jungkook calls out, leaning over to interlink their arms together while their fingers stay entwined together. 

Taehyung's furrowed eyebrows faded away and he felt something which was indescribable when Jungkook leaned against his shoulder, almost snuggling against him. He made him feel completed. He couldn't help but lean at the touch and rest his cheek against the crown of Jungkook's head. 

Whereas, the actual crowns are awaiting in their future for them.

"I want to show you something." 

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