"Please!",Seokjin pleaded.

Jimin looked at the older omega sympathetically.

"Hyung..... I really don't know where he is...He didn't tell me anything!",he mumbled the same thing for the hundredth time.

Seokjin closed his eyes and released a defeated sigh.

"I have to find him....I can't let him end everything like this....He....he can't do this to me...",he muttered in a hoarse voice.

"What is the point of saying all this when he has gone,Seokjin-oraboni?!",Jennie growled through her greeted teeth.

-"He was dying each and every day to gain your trust.But you didn't even have a bit of mercy on him!So,please....please don't say these things now,for God's sake!"

"I know! I know I was wrong but.....",the eldest among them couldn't continue anymore as a familiar pain surged inside him.

Guilt.

-"I need to find him....If...any of you know where he can be in this situation; Just....just tell me... Please !"

"There is a place where he often goes whenever he is upset about something.I'm not sure...but,there might be a chance of him being there.",Jimin said reluctantly.

"Jimin! Its dangerous to send him there at this hour...",Jennie glared at the omega.

"It doesn't matter! Tell me,please!",Seokjin asked desperately with a bit of hope.

"No Seokjin-Oraboni! Its not safe for any of us to be there right now.Not when Tae is suffering emotionally.Even I cannot assure you about his sanity in these kinds of situations.Its too risky...",Jennie trailed.

"Nobody among you needs to go there! But,let me go,at least!",The older huffed.

"Didn't you understand what I just said?! We can't risk your safety alright?",the alpha yelled in frustration.

-"Then what am I supposed to do? Are you telling me to just let him suffer alone?!"

"He is my brother ,Kim Seokjin! I know a lot more about his sufferings than you and trust me if there was anything I could do right now to help him,I would've done that without a second thought. But my powers won't work on him at this moment. And.....",the girl breathed out shakily as she looked at her room's closed door.

-"Yes,I'm afraid to risk my life because....because,I'm not alone anymore... My mate needs me;my family needs me.....And I can't push you or your brother infront of death's clutches too...because if anything happens to you or any of your family,Tae would destroy everything after coming back into his senses."

Jennie exhaled a deep breath and closed her eyes to stop her tears from falling down.

"So,yes....I am telling you to let him handle this on his own....We have to wait. There's no other option left...",she stated in a defeated way before shuffling towards her room tiredly.

"She is right, hyung.... We should wait. He would....he would eventually comeback.... I....hope so...",Jimin mumbled;more to convince himself.

"Tell me where he can be....",the prince clenched his jaw.

-"Hyung! You shouldn't-"

Seokjin was feeling too frustrated to maintain politeness

-"JUST TELL ME JIMIN! I'M HIS MATE;I'VE THE RIGHT TO KNOW.I....I have to rectify my mistake....at any cost. Jimin, you'd understand me,right? You can feel what's happening to me,right? Please help me,Jimin....Please let me find him;please!"

Jimin sighed.He shook his head and rubbed his temple;a deep frown visible on his forehead as the internal turmoil indulged him completely.

After a brief moment,the omega licked his lips and finally looked up at Seokjin.

-"Alright....."

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The sound of a horse's trotting came to an end as Seokjin stopped infront of a wide,rusty iron gate.

He looked around cautiously before getting down from his horse.

Tying the white horse's reins with a nearby tree;Seokjin patted its head softly and headed towards the gate.

The half closed gate was dusty;covered with spider webs and rust.

As he went inside;a familiar palace came infront of his view.Duke Kim's palace.

The long absence of any resident was evident on every inch of the once so beautiful home.

Seokjin took measured steps towards the entrance of the palace and stayed there for a while.The fact wasn't unnoticed by him that the huge door was exceptionally cleaner than the rest of the palace.

Helding his breath in anticipation, the omega pushed the huge door open and stepped inside the pitch darkness.

And as soon as he did so,a wave of strong,wild scent hit his senses.

Seokjin stopped right at the moment he recognized the smell.

"Taehyungah....",he muttered.

His eyes brimmed with tears as he only got silence as a response.

-"Taehyungah,I- I'm sorry...."

The deafening silence only increased the guilt in his heart and he couldn't even realize when that guilt transformed into painful longing.

The scent of his mate was torturing Seokjin,because he knew that Taehyung was somewhere really near him;but he was not able to see or touch the younger.

"I've remembered everything.... Seokjinah is very sorry,Taehyung.I shouldn't have said those things to you..... I sh-shouldn't have-",the omega's voice wavered.

"Forgive me Taehyungah.... Please. Please come back! I.....I need you,Taehyung;please don't leave me....",he let a mild sob escape from his mouth as tears welled up from his,now visibly blue eyes.

Seokjin's omega was in alert at the presence of his mate.It was yearning for his touch and his warmth;Seokjin was dying from inside.

-"I won't leave until you come infront of me! You have to show up,Taehyungah... If you think that you're stubborn; then you just don't have any idea how much of a stubborn I can be..."

The words echoed inside the pin drop silent hallway and Seokjin flexed his jaw in determination.

He couldn't give up at that moment. He had to find Taehyung and let the younger know how much he means to him.

Seokjin sensed a subtle movement behind himself and he turned around in a snap but in vain.

After being inside the palace for quite a few moments, the omega's eyes had gradually adjusted to the darkness and he could see more or less everything in the hallway.

But,he couldn't see anyone behind him as he had expected.

Seokjin bit his lips to suppress a sob but ended up whimpering in agony.It was too much for him!

"Please.... Please, Taehyungah.....",he begged with a tired and hoarse voice and turned back only to flinch in surprise.

His body's first reaction was to step back in reflex but a hand slid upon his waist and pulled him forward and the next thing he knew was a very familiar pair of lips pressed against his own.

Nothing happened for a couple of seconds but then,the omega encircled his arms around the younger's neck and let himself drown in the comfortable scent and warm embrace.

Their soft pairs of lips melted against each other as Taehyung kept pulling the older closer by his petite waist.

The grip,however; was getting tighter by every passing moment.Seokjin winced at the slight pain and he was sure that he was going to have a bruise on his waist for quite a long time.

On the other hand,The kiss broke abruptly as a result.Taehyung's grip loosened but Seokjin was still in his arms.

Both of them exhaled labored breaths but the omega couldn't resist himself from leaning in once again to give the younger another kiss.

He kissed Taehyung gently;as if he would break because of a slightest touch.

As he leaned back a little to take a look at his mate's face with his still brimming eyes,Seokjin cupped his face and murmured,-

"My Taehyungah...."

The omega pecked the younger for several times;on his forehead, on both of his cheeks,his nose,his lips,his chin and neck..... Seokjin couldn't get enough.

He realized how much his soul had actually missed the younger through all these years.Maybe his mind forgot about him;but his soul never did.

And that is why,Seokjin's omega was enchanted by Taehyung from the very first day they met after growing up;Because,it remembered the imprinted boy;Kim Taehyung's name was engraved on his soul.

A tear slipped down the prince's left cheek and he found the younger wiping it with his soft lips.

"Don't cry.....Please don't cry,Seokjinah....You knew I can't see you like this. You always do this to me!",Taehyung complained that only made the older giggle softly at how adorable he sounded.

"Seokjinah loves you....",he whispered;brushing the whitish locks away from Taehyung's forehead.

He once again closed the gap between themselves and planted a chaste kiss on the other's lips.

"I'm so sorry,Taehyungah.....",he muttered and stole another kiss.

"Please forgive me...please!",he continued as he clutched the younger's shirt as if his life depended on it.

A whine slipped out of his lips when Taehyung engulfed his waist and pressed him flushed against himself.

"You know it very well that I don't have any other way without you....",the vampire slurred.

"And if you don't,then please do...
Because, I want you to remember this till my last breath that you,Kim Seokjin... Is my first and only way to live this empty life of mine....",he mumbled and captured the older's lips in a passionate,longing and hungry kiss.

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