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Laughin’ to keep from cryin’
 Everyone is born with a scent. Something that reflects your natural personality. Something that helps parents find their child in a crowd or convey emotions that babies aren't able to explain through words. During adolescence, everyone's the same. If you were an alpha then you would present when you're 18. Alphas take a couple of years before they can fully mature and look, smell, and act like true strong alphas. Alpha maturity includes getting buffers, taller, stronger, bigger, and braver. Both female and male alphas are treated equally but they are perceived as natural leaders to the rest of society. Their instincts caused them to be protective of their loved ones.  If you were a beta then you should present when you are 25. The changes are minimal and almost unnoticeable. Maybe a slight height difference or more depth in scent but still very mild changes. A large majority of the population are betas. Because of this, those who do not present as alphas are assumed to be beta. If you were an omega then you would probably present at 23. The changes are immediate and happen over a week during their heat. Their hips would get wider and their waist would shrink. All their features would look more feminine and softer and their eyes would get larger while their nose becomes smaller. In ancient times, omegas were treated as gifts from god. They barred children with ultimate strength, speed, wit, health, and looks of gods and goddesses. Once mated, the omegas would normally have 9 to 15 children with at least 1 or 2 omega children. Male omegas, although unable to produce as many children as female omegas, create the strongest, smartest, most beautiful offsprings. Since omegas were so rare, they were treated like treasures. After presenting, most would mate an alpha or nobility or royalty making them representatives of their country. This leads omegas to often be kidnapped, enslaved, raped, or killed by other countries during war. Male omegas were more likely to be captured for their children which could become strong soldiers. ONce not able to have any more children the omegas were killed which caused genetic male omegas to go instinct. Now male omegas present due to mutations rather than through genes passed down through blood. Female omegas, who survived long enough for proper war laws to be placed, are provided with financial support from the government for them and their family’s to compensate for grievances. The omegas are protected from betas and alphas in specialized schools for female omegas. Male Omegas aren’t as protected as female omegas. There are never enough male omegas for each country to make a school exclusively for male omegas. Some countries tried to make their omegean schools coed but there were too many difficulties from the students and their families that would lead these schools into bankruptcy. One country that attempted to create a small institution was attacked by horny betas and alphas too many times. The school didn’t last for 5 months and all the omegas were pregnant by the 4th month. Male omegas have become more desirable than female omegas for their looks, strength, body, and overall more attractive scents. Instead of being cherished or protected like the ancient times, they were sexually harassed and forcefully marked by alphas or betas. Most parents suppress their male omega child’s dynamic for their safety with surgery, pills, and constant heat reducer. Although, lack of developed medicine and procedures for male omegas, cause hazardous side effects. Others try to find an alpha or beta to mark them as soon as possible to hope to lessen the attraction from other alphas or betas and have someone constantly protecting their omegean child. This doesn’t stop sexual harassment though. Nothing will.Omegas live in a world where there is no escape from predators. So how will our Jiminie survive? 
But this world, which teaches me, preaches me how to curl
 “Hey, guys! I’m Chelsea Briggs and I’m here in Los Vegas with, the one and only, BTS!” The interviewer said so with her high pitched voice. The rest of the BTS cheer and greet her with their charming enthusiasm. All of the boys are in good moods, teasing each other and giving the interviewers goofy answers. Between interviews, they joke about questions they've been asked all day like "who would you want to collaborate with?" or "What do you like about America?". Taehyung teases Jimin because the stylists gave him sweat pants while the small dancer went through the day in fitting dress pants. "It's so the army notices how small you are." the alpha laughs.Soon the last interviewer comes in and shakes hands with all of the members. Each greeting was brief and uncaring, the interviewer wore a bland smile and loosely shook all the members' hands. Choosing to look at their body rather than their face. Until his hand touched Jimin’s. He first smelled the sweet fruit scent coming off the man before tightly gripping Jimin’s hand.  ‘What’s up with him?’ Jimin wonders "Hello sir, my name is Jimin."The older alpha breathes heavily as a creepy grin spreads over his face. He lightly glides his thumb over Jimin’s smaller hand. The touch is so light it sends shivers up Jimin’s spine and makes him nervous. “Nice to meet you?” Jimin mumbles nervouslyHe doesn’t respond. He looks at his lips before slowly scanning the rest of Jimin’s body. He unconsciously licks his lips when he focuses on the hem of Jimin’s pants. ‘ What the hell? Why is he looking at me like that? It’s not like I’m a cute girl or something.’ Jimin thinks“Sir, I think we should start the interview soon,” Namjoon says loudly The alpha still doesn’t respond. Instead, he looks at Jimin’s neck. His grasp tightens. Jimin whimpers and tries to pull his hand away but the alpha is persistent. The interviewer looks at Jimin soft chocolate eyes and takes a deep breath through his nose. Jimin opens his mouth to say something“Frank.” The interviewer says in a low voice. "My name is Frank."“Nice to meet you Frenk,” Jimin says. The alpha's lustful expression turned sour. Upset by the beauty's pronunciation, the man yanked Jimin closer to hiss into his ear. “Frank.” The angry alpha growled. “ It’s impolite to mispronounce people’s names after they give it to you princess. Especially names that you’ll be screaming in their b-“. “Hello Frank, I’m Taehyung Kim, but call me V in front of the cameras,” Tae says in a low voice with his best English while gripping Frank’s wrist digging his nails into the man's flesh. The air was thick as the two alphas stared at each other. Jimin felt that he was about to faint any minute now.“Lovely” The interviewer hisses through clenched teeth. Jungkook pulls on Jimin's shoulder and the perverted man lets go of his wrist with a scowl. "You should learn some manners, huh Frenk?" Yoongi spits at the glowering interviewer. “We should get this over with don't you think?” Namjoon interrupts the man's comeback. Frank ignores Namjoon and Taehyung. He pretends to look over his notes while eye-fucking Jimin.  Jungkook hugs Jimin from behind and coo’s to calm the beta down. “Do you want me to kick him out?” Jungkook asks in Korean.“No, it’s okay. It will be over soon” Jimin sighs  “ If you say so ” Jungkook hesitantly complies.The camera blinks red. 'Deep breath' Jimin reminds himself“Welcome BTS-“

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I want to approach you but you’re seriously too beautiful

The interview goes by slowly. The members try to make it go as smoothly as possible but the interviewer seems to ignore them and only press Jimin for questions. He even asks him questions that should be directed at the other members“So Jimin, how did you feel when J-hope was filming his music video for DayDream?” The interviewer asks with fake curiosity.“Umm, well I was very happy for him and I think the video came out very well. I mean, of course, it would come it great! Hobi-Hyung is the best!” Jimin says with a laugh“J-HOPPPPPPEEEEEEE!!!” J-hope yells with a smileYoongi chuckles at their antics while the other members protest saying that they’re the best. The tension was disappearing as Jimin laughs at Jin’s flailing arms and wild neck jerks as he rants in Korean about all the good he has done for Jimin. Jimin knows it’s mostly to make the other members and army’s laugh. He’s grateful the other members are so funny and can break the tension so easily.
“Who bought you ice cream that one time in Rio when you didn’t have enough money. Me, not J-hope. I give you all my love and money and this is the thanks I-“
“OKAY...moving on.” The interviewer says with an annoyed smile.This gains different reactions from each member. Jin is surprised and saddened by the sudden interruption. Namjoon is confused and looks to the staff on the side of the set. Yoongi, who was smiling and focused before, looks bored and irritated. J-hope sits up straight and frowns but otherwise looks emotionless. Tae clenches his jaw and glares and Frank. Jimin imagines he would growl if the cameras weren’t rolling. Jungkook’s scent is heavier and more angered. Jimin looks nervous and worried. He looks back at Jin and feels sad knowing that his Hyung was so disrespected. Jin notices Jimin staring at him and soon everyone in the back row is watching Jin and Jimin have their little staring contest. Jimin sends Jin a finger heart and Jin sends him and air kiss. Even though Jin, having nerves of steel, had a straight face while Jimin laughs and the simple action. That seems to cut the tension and some of the members smile again. The interviewer didn’t like that BTS wasn’t paying attention to him. He was even more pissed when he found that Jimin was happy because of some puny alpha. But the reason he was really pissed was because of all these dirty,  Asian alphas though they could smile and kiss at the little boy that Frank has internally claimed for himself.“So Jimin. What’s it like being the only beta living among 6 alphas? I'm sure it must be difficult during their ruts, especially if they’re in sync. All those hormones and strong dominant scent must make it hard to focus and work on your career. Do they go through their ruts alone calling for you? Or perhaps they use other betas? Tell me him in do they just bring home random betas to fuck and knot? Or do they have little sluts as partners living at the dorm so you can watch?” Frank’s voice slowly gets louder and his breath picks up. He’s now on the edge of his seat and stares intensely at Jimin. All the laughter and air in front of the room disappears. They're all too shocked and disgusted to respond. Even though all the members, except for Namjoon, didn’t understand what the interviewer was asking they caught most of the important phrases and his tone to understand Frank was trying to intimidate Jimin. It was worse when the heard the translator translating all the questions in Korean for the Manager Sejin. The Noonas in the room gasped at the provocative questions.They would never do any of those things. All companies separate any alpha from the dorm and the other members during a rut. Most of the time the alpha BTS members are on suppressants and time their ruts for breaks to not interfere with their work scheduleEven though they're not allowed to date the alpha members were offered rut mates since they are so common.Rut mates aren’t prostitutes.  They're betas willing to help alphas during their its in exchange for money they provide more than just sex. They make makeshift nests and take care of the alphas and make sure they're healthy during their ruts. Although betas can't ever fulfill all the needs or desires of  the alphas since they're not omegas, having one does make rut significantly easierDespite the offer, none of the alphas in BTS wanted a rut partner. They felt uncomfortable being with any beta when they had Jimin. Even though the alphas and Jimin weren’t in a relationship or spending ruts together that thought of being with anyone else made them sick. “Partners would make them focus on you less, right? Do you feel unprotected in public because they don’t care for you? You’re very beautiful, it must be difficult to go to events without proper protection. What are the rest of the members doing to protect you? I go to the gym for 7 hours each day and then I eat huge meals. I’m not a very good cook but I’m sure everything you make is delicious. What-“Big men come out and approach Frank. Three American staff members and two of BTS' personal bodyguards stood in between the members and him interviewer. Taehyung wrapped Jimin up in his long arms for extra protection. “Sir you need to leave.” One of the staff members said in a calm voice.“I’m sorry but I’m in the middle of an interview,” Franks growlsManager Sejin barks out orders to the bodyguards.“Get him out. He’s disgusting. Make sure he leaves then escort the members to their dressing room. We’re not leaving because we have other interviews later but this is unacceptable.” Sejin looks at the members “ Don’t answer any of his questions. This interview is not going to be released to the public. I’ll make sure of that. I apologize this was completely unexpected. If I knew beforehand this interviewer would have been so disturbing I would have changed our schedule. I’m really sorry Jimin.” Sejin said with a sigh. “It’s alright PD-nim. This isn’t your fault. ” Jimin says politelyThe members, who already left their seats and headed towards the door, were too focused on Sejin they didn’t notice Frank arguing and fighting the guards until they heard a sharp crack. They saw one of their bodyguards on the ground holding their nose as blood seeped through their fingers. The interviewer alpha is snarling and growling as he’s cornered. Tae tugs Jimin between himself and Jungkook, and Namjoon directs all the members to follow some of the other bodyguards that came into the room once more staff entered the room after the first altercation. Jimin didn't even notice he was trembling until Yoongi calmed him. Yoongi gave the beta a sympathetic look before lacing their fingers together for the rest of the way to their dressing roomOnce inside Jungkook tugs Jimin to a couch to cuddle while Jin gets Jimin some instant noodles. Everyone is stressed and tired. Namjoon looks the most nauseous since he actually knows what the alpha was asking. Just the thought of anyone being with Jimin, let alone and disgusting trash alpha like that, made him queasy. Americans are weird.

I’ll do some research, your existence is against the rules, a foul

The rest of the interviews were fine. Although the first few were a bit awkward and serious the members slowly loosened up again after a few fun games and messing around during interviews. Jimin was happy to see them all smiling and laughing again. He hoped they could just forget the creepy alpha from before. They were almost done. They had one more interview before heading to the practice room to rehearse their performance for the BBMAs. This interview was a little longer than the other and was for Access. Even though this interview was a bit more important than some of the other interviews, Manager Sejin wouldn't hesitate to throw anyone out if they hurt one of the members. The interviewer comes in a white patterned polo shirt and short plaid pants. He’s muscular, tall and has smooth chocolate skin. The interviewer greets them all at once while he shakes all their hands. “Hey, guys! I’m here to represent Access and my names Scott Evans. I’ll try to make this interview go as smoothly as possible.” The big alpha said happily. Jimin smiles at him while the other alphas are more hesitant to trust the interviewer so easily.‘He seems charming’ Jimin thinks. Unlike Frank, Scott feels authentic and naturally kind and charming. Jimin also can’t help but notice all the handsome features about the new alpha. The interview goes smoothly. The tension between the BTS alphas and the interview fade after a few questions about the new album. Scott has somehow managed to act as if the members and he has been friends for ages, despite meeting them a few minutes ago. “What’s your favorite feature about yourself? Mine is my smile.” Scott says flashes a quick smile to prove his point. All the members say something cute or creative like their fingers or their glasses. "Tighs, thighs? Thighs. Thighs?" Jungkook repeats, cutely trying to pronounce the word correctly“That’s a strong man, that’s a strong man.” The interviewer says while slapping his thighs. The rest of BTS whoop and cheer while Jimin focuses on the sound from the slapping. 
‘How did he make that look so simple and easy but produce such a strong sound? He might be as strong as Kookie. But nobody is as strong as Kookie. He does have strong thighs though. Kookie has strong thighs too but he’s Kookie. Kookie's always super strong and incredible. But Scott isn’t that bad either, he kind of funny too. Kookie really funny too, and he dances really well and can sing like an angel. Yeah, Kookie’s amazing. Tae is too. And Yoongi. And-‘ 
Everyone looks at Jimin waiting for his answer. Jimin suppressed the blush on his cheeks when he realized Scott had to ask the question twice. “I love my everything,” Jimin says confidently, he thought he was flirting with the buff interviewer but he just looked like a cute baby showing off. The members laugh and Jimin's heart fills with glee'I really have to stop watching K-dramas' Jimin thought, 'I'm starting to think like a cliche school girl!' Jimin mulls over himself while trying to calm down his heart rate from almost getting caught. Why is the world so cruel

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I can’t even handle myself 
 
Jimin was okay with being the only non-alpha in BTS. He wasn't too disappointed when he found out that he wasn’t an alpha. After hearing his hyungs complain about the ache in their limbs from the growth spurt or the struggles they went through during their rut, Jimin was okay not being an alpha.

All his hyungs’ first ruts were a little different, they were all spent in the dorms and Jimin witnessed all of them
Jin is calm. Jin’s first rut was chaos for everyone. They assumed he would be a beta because of his aloof personality and mother-like mannerisms. An alpha's first rut is so much more powerful than common ruts Jimin has seen from his father. Jin’s soft scent of cinnamon turned into a strong mixture of caramel and pine trees. You could practically hear Jin’s groans and growls through the walls when he was active. Yoongi moved into Jungkook’s room for a week and a half and the members-only ate instant ramen for a week. Although it seemed hard since it was their first time experiencing a member in a rut, Jin is pretty tame. 
Yoongi is scary. His calming scent of the apple trees turned into a salty coffee scent. His scent was in every room because he got his own food and water, walks to the bathroom and doesn’t care when he barges into the other members' rooms to get some of their dirty laundries. He didn’t want to rely on others when they offered their help.  Sometimes when his ruts were mellow he would consult Jimin for cuddles.

Hobi is cute.  His sweet dark chocolate scent now had the smell of sunflowers and autumn leaves. When he isn’t stuck in a rut-wave, he whines to the other members. Saying how they didn’t properly warn him of the pain of his first rut while also being utterly grateful that he had 6 other people to take care of him so well. After spending a long, vulnerable time away from Jimin, Hobi and started their overly touchy relationship.

Namjoon was the opposite of the hip hop dancer. Instead of basking in the babying of his members he tried to avoid their coddling to keep working on their debut album. They tried their best to convince Namjoon to rest in his developing period but he didn’t listen and worked throughout the week, only resting temporarily when Jimin pleaded or Jin scolded him. His calming morning dew scent was replaced by a cooling mint and rain fragrance that clouded RKive.

Taehyung became a bear when he presented in every sense of the word. In the morning, Tae would emerge from his musty room with the energy and voice of a mammal that had slept for 3 months. At noon Taehyung would lock the door and growl at any passersby and roar at other alphas that walked a little too close to the door. In the evening, he would become a baby bear that wanted sweet foods and love from his family. Clinging onto Jimin, drink hot chocolate and secretly scent the mochi with his new oak and vanilla scent that replaced his underlying lavender scent until falling asleep for Jimin to tuck him in.

Jungkook hadn’t changed a lot after locking himself in his cramped room. He didn't leave and only let Jimin bring him water, food and other gifts from the others. He had so many items in his room in he could work out in his room and make videos or listen to music or just produce new music if he wanted to. The only problem was sleeping. The bed he had was too stiff for him, too cold and uncomfortable for the newly present alpha. So at 1:30 in the morning, Jimin and Hoseok would wake up to the intense scent of dried apricots and cayenne instead of sea salt as a grumpy Jungkook tried to climb under the beta’s soft striped bed sheets.

After Hoseok presented Jimin also expected to present as an alpha since the 4 before also presented as such. He really wanted to go into a rut in since he knew that he could connect with all his hyungs on a better level. He thought of his members like something closer than family a carved any connection to bring them a little closer than they already were. When he didn’t wake up covered in sweat with a slight headache or growing pains and suffocating scent Jimin didn’t know what to think.
 
Follow the sound of the pipe, follow this song
 
Jimin woke up to soft knock at his door.

“ Jimin-ah, do you need anything? Water, food? It’s Tae. I can’t smell anything but you haven’t come out yet and it’s already 11:00.” Tae called on the other side of the door.

Instead of responding, Jimin quietly walked to the door dragging his blankets off his bed keeping it wrapped around his head and shoulders.

“Chim Chim? Are you okay?” Tae asked, about to knock on the door again. Before his knuckles could make contact with the wood, the door flew open.  He was pulled inside quickly before the door shut behind him.

Jimin was biting his lip looking worriedly at Tae and the door. After recovering from the initial shock, Tae saw a tiny, chubby, fidgety mochi wrapped in heavy, thick, baby pink blankets looking up at him with big, brown eyes.

“Tae? What do I do?” Jimin asked in a muffled voice since his mouth was covered with blankets.

Tae almost didn’t catch the question because of how entranced he was from the fairy's beauty

“Huh? What do you mean, baby?” Tae asked with a pout. He didn’t like seeing his soul mate so distressed.

“I’m not an alpha like Joonie or Hobi-hyung,” Jimin said and anxious tone.

‘He looks like he might cry’ Tae thought

“Yeah, I know,” Tae says.

Jimin looks at him desperately, like Taehyung was a magical being that could fix all his problems in a snap.

“What?” Tae asked confused.

“All of them are alphas”

“ And?”

“I’m different”

“Oh, Jiminie-”

“ What if they treat me differently because I’m not like them. What if army thinks I’m unattractive because I’m not a model figure that could potentially protect them as the alpha members would? What if BTS goes bankrupt because we’re not all alpha group like EXO or Big Bang? What if it’s all my fault? What if-“

Taehyung pulls Jimin into a tight hug. Tae rubs his back and pats his head, attempting to calm the baby chick down. Jimin’s stiff, trembling body slowly melts into Tae Tae's strong arms as he breathes in his soft lavender scent.

‘My poor, little Chimmy’ Tae thinks,’ How can such an optimistic angel become such a self-conscious doubter when it comes to himself.’

“Jiminie. If you woke up an alpha today and I woke up a beta later. Would you treat me differently?” Taehyung asks in a disapproving tone.

Jimin gasps, “What!?! No! I would never do that. You’re so wonderful Tae. You’ll always be amazing! It would be a terrible thing for me to judge such a beautiful person based on their secondary gender!” Jimin says in a gasp, worried that Tae thinks that Jimin would do that. Even though Tae hasn’t presented yet Jimin can’t help but feel worried for his friend’s self-confidence.

Tae pulls back from the hug just enough to look at his little burrito baby’s face. He looks at his cute worried expression and inhales the newfound beta's familiar cherry scent. Jimin wants to hug Tae and tell him all the things he has done in the world, but at the same time wants to go hunt down whoever might have made his soul mate so self-conscious.

‘ Cute ‘ Tae things to himself before laughing

“What? Are what happened? Are you okay?” Jimin asks like Tae just fainted.

“You’re so cute Mochi,” Tae says as his laughter dies down.

“Wha-“

“You’re probably the sweetest person in the world. I would also have to say your the most oblivious person too. You and I both know that our hyungs and Jungkook would never discriminate against us because of anything. We love each other. Don’t forget that, and we’ll always love you, squishy.”

“But I’m so weird. I don’t-“

“You’re not weird. You're different. We all are. That's why we love each other, Chimney. That’s the beauty of love. When it’s hard to love yourself you have people that are nothing like to admire. In return, they love you and help you love yourself too. We need different people in our lives in order to see the true complexity and power of love.”

“But army-“

“If we lose fans because of something as trivial as this then I’ll be happy to lose them. Who cares about fake fans when I know we have fans that will stick with us no matter what. Jiminie they would help us commit murder if we asked. They’ll never leave us because we love them.”

Jimin pulls the covers back a little, staring at Tae in awe. Tae internally freaks out when he sees tear tracks under Jimin’s starry eyes.

“Wait! I didn’t mean-“

“Hehe, when did you become such a poet Tae?”

Jimin smiled adoringly. Tae was stunned for a moment.

“Heh, come on Chim Chim. Let’s go get breakfast.”
 
It’s a bit dangerous, but I’m so sweet
 Nobody was super surprised by Jimin’s presentation. They were all very encouraging and cuddly towards the nervous beta. Despite that, Jimin still chooses to stick to Tae a lot. Nobody did anything about it because they didn’t want to make Jimin upset but the alphas couldn't help being a little jealous. While Tae and Jungkook were glowing with attention, Jimin’s hyungs were silently crying for the cute beta to cuddle with them as much as he did with the other maknae-line members. Slowly things went back to normal. They had just released their first track before Tae had presented.When Tae’s rut hit he was very quiet about it and refused to be near, look or smell Jimin. Jimin wasn’t hurt by it though he knew Tae didn’t do things like this to hurt his feelings so he just obliged.  At the time, Tae used Jungkook as a messenger so the maknae was often seen running around the house to either get food or items from the other members' rooms. Halfway through Tae's rut, all the items on Jimin's side of the room were stolen. Tae lavender scent now had an autumn leaves and hot chocolate smell that soothed the beta. Two years later, BTS has gained a lot of fans due to their Beautiful Moments in Life Trilogy. As Tae said, most of the army didn’t care that Jimin was a beta while everyone, with the exception of Jungkook, was an alpha. Most said it made BTS seem more like a family than a pack. When any of them got too competitive Jimin would ease the tension by challenging them too or laughing how “Alpha” they are. The single presence of the peaceful beta made Bangtan's dynamic stronger than all the other groups in the worldJimin hoped that Jungkook would be a beta too. so he would not be the only beta in BTS. Maybe then the other members would let him talk to his alpha friends at award shows without freaking out that their only beta might get abducted. It’s not that Jimin doesn’t like that they are so protective of him, it’s almost like a guilty pleasure really.When Jungkook presented as an alpha he had the most intense scent out of all of them. His sweet rice cake scent how had the strong smell of oak and hints of snow and rose water. His rut-waves were long and intense, so he barely left his room. Sometimes the members would hear him breaking things in his room because of the intensity of his rut. The members wouldn't let Jimin near Jungkook’s room but during the night Jimin would sneak out to sit right outside JK’s door to comfort him with his scent. Now, BTS would call Jimin the baby of the group because they all had a reason to protect him. They also didn’t treat Jimin like something to impress of fight over either, like most other groups. Jungkook often joked that Jimin was meant to be a beta because he was pocket-sized and cute. The members also noticed that after Jungkook became an alpha he was more open to them and found a new hobby in teasing them despite being the youngest.Most groups are too mindful of the secondary genders of the group. Alphas and betas always treating each other differently than their own, which made them seem more business-like than Bangtan. Alphas being protective and overbearing to betas. Betas acting docile and domestic for alphas. This is one of the reasons why some groups debut with very young members.Most groups debut before the members has presented so they seem more friendly towards each other and more family-like for the fans. Once all the members present, the group would turn into a pack and become less interesting. They grow their fan base before that so the dedicated fans will stick around for a few more years and they can make more money.Other groups made of all alphas or betas like EXO, BlackPink and Big Bang(etc.) or Red Velvet, Twice and Got7(etc.) are successful because they can’t treat each other differently by secondary gender. Alpha groups are more successful because the fans admire them more and find them more attractive. Groups that don’t debut early or have a mixed group often fail or never become very well known.Despite these stereotypes, BTS was able to surpass all the groups without having to debut young or with all alphas BTS is very successful and became the most popular K-pop group because of their lack of status discrimination. They don’t treat Jimin differently and ignore each other’s genders making them seem happier and closer than other groups. People have fallen in love with their personalities because of their relationships with each other and their crackhead personalities that defy most Korean norms. Although others have criticized of bullied Jimin for his gender or the reaction of his band, BTS' love for each other has never dimmed once in their career. Even when one or two are struggling they come together in the end. That doesn’t stop people from trying tripping to tear BTS apartment or trying to tear Jimin from BTS. But at least people were subtle about it in Korea.

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Did I say something wrong?

The BBMAs was quickly approaching and there was a lot that needed to be done. The outfits still needed to be decided and tailored. The members still needed to practice their Fake Love stage and do some other interviews. They also had a meeting later with all their managers, publicists and Bang PD-nim before they would walk the red carpet. Needless to say, things were stressful.

Despite paving the way for other Korean groups to break into the American market, they were still the only band being invited to arad shows and performances. Their team works very hard to maintain a perfect appearance since BTS has had a lot riding on their shoulders in the past few years. First kpop group to perform at an American award show. First kpop group to get a nomination for the social award and win. Huge representatives of the Asian community. It’s a lot.

Everyone at the 2017 BBMAs that wasn’t an army, or antis, have never heard of BTS. They were even more confused when they won or when army would chant their names during commercial breaks. Despite winning the social award and breaking Justin Bieber’s 6-year record for winning said award people still didn’t know or care about who they were. Perhaps they thought the award was a fluke.

Only a few celebrities said anything about them on the red carpet for the AMAs, so at the time BTS we’re still close to nobodies in the American scene. During the AMAs, army cheered and screamed for BTS louder than anybody else. Confusing other artist and audience members but consoling the members. Reminding them that their fans would always be there for them.

Their cheers reminded them that if they blew their first televised performance in America and tarnished Kpop forever in America their army would stay by them. Thankfully that didn’t happen and the stage went great. After that performance people paid more attention to BTS. More celebrities talking about their dancing skills, their fans, or how they're breaking new culture into the music industry. Billboard news even made a few articles about them.

Americans like how they weren’t an all-alpha group because it makes them look like a beta rights activist. Even though omegas are the most oppressed minority, betas have also protested not having as many rights or opportunities as alphas. It’s not a huge subject in Korea because there’s a lesser difference there but there were lots of riots in America about it.

Some have complained that BTS wasn’t Betas rights activists because Jimin was the only beta in the group,  and his only purpose was to spread diversity throughout the members. Army shot that down right away.

These political theories combined with the record-breaking streak and crazy, powerful fandom helped BTS become more recognized. Some would say that this made performing easier because it won’t seem like the producers threw some random Asians boys to dance on the stage. But the problem was that now when they perform people will pay attention. Too much attention. Now they watch and wonder why they’re so popular. Why are they so loved by teenage girls? How did they manage to almost beat Taylor Swift’s record for most-watched MV in 24 hours with a song that's not in English? How did this random group of Korean boys, that nobody has heard of before, manage to grab all the attention? People will watch them like their successful test subjects that need to be dissected

BTS worked harder than they ever for the past few months. For their fans, for the people who will watch them like a science project.

8 am PST 5/19/18(one day til BBMAs)~ time to practice

We’re all dogs, pigs, become dogs because we’re angry

Rags that smelled like rubbing alcohol and soap whipped the sweat off the alphas’ neck. The chemicals were used to block the overwhelming pheromones the alphas produced when their scent glands are agitated, and preventing alphas from fighting or betas from feeling too frightened. All of the members circled around the laptop as they watched their last dance. They had a lot of work to do: some steps weren’t in sync, wrong hand gestures, looking in the wrong direction. Small mistakes but mistakes nevertheless.

“Time to take a break” J-Hope called. They’ve been working on perfecting on a portion of the dance for a little over an hour. All the staff had left to run errands like work on outfits, talk to staff about the lighting, or just get food for everyone. While all the members went towards the hall to get water and fresh air, Jimin stayed inside trying to improve his quick split for the bridge of the song.

“Jimin-ah. Come on. You’ll suffocate if you stay here any longer” Yoongi called.

“I’ll be fine. Don’t worry. Take a break and get me some water when you get back.” Jimin said bending down to stretch some more.

Yoongi had to look away before his nose became a faucet

‘Goddammit, Jimin. You’re wearing leather pants, bending over and it’s fucking hot in here. Are you fucking blind? It’s ok Yoongi just look away and hold your breath. He doesn’t even smell that good anyway. Yeah! He is all s-sweaty and smelly. Take a shower will you.-Shit imagine him talking a shower after-NO YOU FUCKING PERV! Shit don’t get a fucking boner now. You have to leave’

“You okay hyung? You’re all red and your hands are twitching.” Jimin asked concerned. He started walking to Yoongi to feel his forehead for fever before Yoongi shuffled towards the closed door hurriedly. Refusing to make eye contact with Jimin.
“I’m f-fine Jiminie. Are you sure you don’t want to take a break? Air the room out a little. I don’t want you to get hurt before we get to perform.”

‘Ahhh, he’s probably nervous for the performance. That must be why he’s so fidgety right now. Cute.

' Jimin thinks innocently.

“ It’s ok hyung. We’ll do great, I know we will” Jimin exclaims with a blinding smile. Yoongi was able to control himself after a while, the lingering scent from the members was messing with his head.

‘Wah. our group is so lucky to have such an amazing beta.’

Yoongi thinks fondly
“Are you sure you don’t want to take a break?” Yoongi asks one last time
“Yeah yeah Hyung. I’ll be fine. You worry too much, grandpa.” Jimin teases

“Yah. Don’t sass me” Yoongi chuckled, leaving the room.

Jimin laughed at his hyung bending over and stretching, not noticing the eyes watching him behind to door.

It seems like the entire world has gone crazy

Kim Davidson had been managing One Direction ever since they debuted along with 4 other managers. After the band had broken up he only managed Niall. For 4 years, he was toured to follow a group of alphas and watched as they gained the attention of betas all over the world. 
They were able to sleep with any beta they wanted everywhere they went. Zayn and Harry claimed to even sleep with a couple of female omegas. For 4 years he hasn’t been able to get anything to relieve his stress. Nothing had changed after they broke up either. The only difference is that he has more free time to masturbate because he doesn’t have 4 extra, popular alphas to juggle around. 
Today Niall wanted to go see all the performers and wish good luck, and as his manager, he had to follow him around. He wasn't excited because he’s already seen them before and knows most of them are alphas. Plus he’s bored of fantasizing all the betas they’ll meet.

'This will be a waste of my time.'

Kim thought

The day was almost over and he wasn't surprised: everyone was either an alpha or a beta he got bored of fantasizing due to attributes that repulse him in reality. They were too demanding, too strong-willed looking or had something else that peeved him, nobody was good enough. He used to think of Ariana Grande when she was still working for Nickelodeon. The beta was kind of cute on her show, but her lack of intelligence kind of annoyed him. She was smarter in her life but she wasn’t as cute or innocent.

He wanted a beta that was cute, innocent, and undoubtedly sexy; something to coo or take care of during the day but hold down and fuck during the night. He doesn’t care if they’re a boy or girl, just as long as they’re real. But Kim is starting to realize that his dream will never become a reality. Sooner or later, his standards will have gone so low he’ll fuck any hot beta offering, but even that has been hard to find. He's never met or seen an Omega so he doesn’t fantasize about them as much because he knows he won’t be able to get one. He’s had enough trouble trying to fuck betas.

He can’t wait until this is over so he can retreat to his room and masturbate about some faceless beta that he’s made up until morning.

“Well good luck! I’m sure you’ll be great.” Niall says to Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato. Both of them are fierce alpha women, supporting women’s rights, beta’s rights, and basically any minority group that’s somewhat oppressed. Of course, Kim claimed to support these groups because he represented a public figure but all of it was a lie. He thought betas should be as oppressed as omegas because both genders were lesser than alphas, and didn't care for others rights that don't benefit himself

He believes anything less than alphas, like himself, were made to please and pleasure alphas. Of course, he knew that his opinion was not accepted by the media and knows how badly they react to people like him.

“Okay! Who’s next Kim?” Niall asked cheerily

“Ummm, the list says BTS,” Kim says dully

“Who’s that? I’ve never heard of them” Niall replies confused

“New act?”

“Probably just debuted”

‘Probably just some half-gifted alpha that kisses up to betas girls. That's the only way they would be able to land a spot at the BBMAs after debuting.’

Kim thought

“No, actually they're a group from South Korea. They debut quite a while ago. Around 2013 I think. ” their tour guide/ BBMA producer informed

“Do they even know English?” Kim asked

“One of them does, he’s the leader. The rest of the members know a bit.” the Producer replied.

‘Oh great. I knew this industry was political but really? Just some half-assed Asian kids performing so Billboard can show how diverse they are. Damn, what sellouts.’

Kim thought bitterly

“Is this the first time at an American award show?” Niall asked.

“No, they went to the BBMAs and the AMAs last year. They won the social awards there and I think they performed at the AMAs.” the produced explained

“Oh cool! So they’re a pretty big deal then. Well come on, lets so see the new stop stoppers.” Niall cheers happily

‘Uhhhhggggg why is he so happy all the time? I bet I would smiling all the time if I could get all the pussy I wanted. Lucky bastard.’

Kim thought glumly

Loud music could be heard when they got closer to the door.

“Ooh sounds good,” Niall said as the music got louder. They open the door and were greeted by a team of Koreans watching as 6 or 7 men danced in sync.

“Wow... They’re incredible!” Niall exclaimed entranced by the group’s smooth coordination. They made every move looks simple and effortless but the watchers still knew that they would need lots of skill to look half as good as the Korean group.

‘Damn they’re actually pretty good. Too bad they’re all alphas though, they're not that bad looking, pretty flexible too.’

Kim thought as he inhaled all the different alpha scents filling the air. He could smell the faint smell of beta but assumed it was one of the staff members getting aroused by the black-haired alphas. That would be the only explanation as to why the scent was so strong

Whoever it was, he wanted to find them. The mystery beta had this sweet, beautiful, addicting scent of cherries. It’s not too sweet like sugar or frosting or bitter like dark chocolate or black coffee.

‘It’s perfect’

Kim thought before the scent was covered up by the stronger alpha scents in the room.

‘Dammit! How do I find this beta among all these people?

’ Kim pondered.

In perfect sync, 6 members walked right past each other dramatically, making way for a smaller member to take center stage. A stunning high pitch voice played through the speakers.

As the dancer came forward the intoxicating scent became stronger and more tempting. Kim found the source of the intoxicating fragrance

‘He’s perfect’

Kim thought

,’ His scent, his voice, his body, his grace, his stunning beauty’

“Who is that?”

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Don’t die, don’t ask, scream
 His gorgeous face, his cute hands, his little feet, his trimmed waist, soft looking skin, pillowy lips, delicious looking neck, luscious thighs, and a perfect ass. His pants looked like they were about to explode while he spread his beautiful legs.He was better than Kim could have ever dreamed. Before he met Jimin, all he ever dreamed of was a beautiful beta with a nice ass and thin waist. Jimin was so much more beautiful than his dream beta he didn’t know how he could even touch that thing even though he was masturbating about it just this morning.Kim didn’t even think about the scent of his beta, but now all wanted was for them to smell like delicious cherries. He didn’t want a beta with brittle bones anymore, now he only had eyes for the beta that could practically put both of his legs behind their head. He didn’t want a beta with a deep rough voice, he wanted the angel-like voice of an angel crying out in his bed as he marked what was his.Kim watched behind the one-way glass as Jimin did the splits then pulled himself up with sheer strength. His eye focused on the little bounce Jimin makes when he goes down.‘Damn, that ass, that strength, his fucking thighs. I can almost see him riding me, I can basically smell it too. Oh my god, imagine all the wonderful sounds he’ll make. What would he feel like? No What will he feel like? He will be mine.’ Kim thought drooling as he watched Jimin drop again.Jimin’s only dropped a few times after Kim started watching him. Kim ran over to the window after Yoongi left the building. He hoped the rest of BTS would come back in a while. He knows that if they don’t come soon then he might as well fuck the angelic angel in the sweaty practice room. He just couldn’t hold back, that beta was his.The producer had gone to deal with other things before the show. Niall had gone to dinner with old friends. Kim had come back to the practice room where his future mate was doing the splits, teasing him, persuading him to fuck him as hard as he could(Kim thought).Kim always intended in establishing an actual relationship with beta when he found the one he could tolerate. He was 58 years old and will take any 1-night stands if he can get them but he craves for the one beta he can actually hold and fuck forever. Someone who will adore him and wait on him hand and foot.Surprisingly, a few betas offered to do that for Kim. But he was too picky and thought they were too ugly, smelly, ill-mannered, stupid, the list goes on and on. He was already set on making Jimin his when he first saw smelt him. But after seeing his body and his agility his passion and determination only grew. It grew worse after he actually talked to him. 
Break the glass ceiling that cages you
 The music stopped and the members stepped away from their ending hug. Small bottles of water and scent-blocking towels were passed around. The members made comments to one another on what each other could improve and before they heard clapping. Everyone looked at Niall as he clapped and cheered.“That was bloody amazing!” Niall exclaimed“Oh thank you,” Namjoon replied, walking over to Niall, holding his hand out to greet the brunette. “I’m RM from BTS.”“Nice to meet you! I’m Niall Horan. Can you teach me how to dance like that?” Niall asked“Haha, well you might want to ask our lead dancer, J-Hope, ”Namjoon said gesturing to the other members to greet the new man.“Hi, I’m J-hope”“Suga”“Hi, I’m worldwide handsome Jin. Nice to me you ya”“I’m V”“Hi, my name is Jungkook”“Nice to meet you, I’m Jimin.”They all greeted, shaking his hand.“Wow, there are so many of you! I had a great time with only 4 bandmates, it must never get boring with 7” Niall said as the members laughed.“You were in a band,” Namjoon asked“ONE DIRECTION”Jungkook shouted from the back. The member smiled at the maknae and Jimin giggled at the random outburst.Kim felt like his heart was about to burst. The god before has all sex appeal anyone could ever ask for but had to laugh of an angel.Jungkook laughed at Jimin and back hugged him, burying his nose into Jimin’s neck. The other alphas of BTS were unfazed by the normally strong display of affection because they know how handsy the maknae is with the BTS beta.Kim saw red.“Oh cool! Do you know any 1 direction songs?” Niall askedJungkook and Jimin proceeded to sing what sounded like What Makes You Beautiful. Tae tried to sing along but forgot halfway through so Jimin held his hand as Tae and everyone else in the room(except for Kim) laughed.They stopped after the chorus because neither of them could remember and their humming didn’t match, making a weird mess of pitches. Jimin collapse into Kookie’s arms with laughter while the rest of the members of Bts cooed or smiled at him in adoration.“That’s so great! Haha, how long have been in America?”Niall asked“Just about a week. But this isn’t our first time here.”Namjoon responded.“Oh. When was your first?”“We came to shoot a reality show for a couple of months. We were a hip hop group at the time so we got to meet a lot of hip hop and rap artists. The second time was during our first world tour. And recently we’ve been coming in to attend these award shows.” Namjoon informed“Wow, that’s really cool. Listen, I have to go somewhere soon but I really like the song you were just dancing to. What’s it called?”“Fake Love. It was released recently.”“Oh great. Well if that’s your new work I would love to collab some day. Sound good?”BTS cheered, wanting the single artist to write a song with them.“Well, that’s great! I think our fans will really enjoy it. How about your manager talks to my manager, Kim Davidson, and we'll see what happens.” Niall said grasping Kim’s shoulder, encouraging him to exchange contact info with the Korean group's manager.Kim didn’t move. He hasn’t moved ever since he saw red. Ever since he’s watched through a cloudy vision as the beautiful beta he’s found, laughs, sings, dances with the alpha he’s currently clinging onto.The blood-red haze doesn’t lift until Jimin looks him in the eyes. Kim’s now predator like gaze focuses on the wobble of the beta’s Adam's apple as he gulps in discomfort.“Sir” Jimin calls out softy. Shoulder hunching over a little to get closer to Jungkook and hide his neck and body away from the creepy alpha’s gaze. Jungkook’s hold tightens around Jimin as he growls.Being a professional pervert, he was able to respond without alerting the other alphas in the room.“Sorry spaced out a bit. Yeah, you guys have great abilities. I’m sure we'll be in touch soon.” Kim says adopting a friendlier smile despite wanting to snap at Jungkook for holding his prize.Sejin exchanged information before politely ushering them out of the room. The dance coach clapped her hands, signaling the members to get into formation. Slowly the members got behind Taehyung but Jungkook was very hesitant to let Jimin go.Although all the members were tense from the odd shift in the air none of them saw how nervous Jimin was except for Jungkook. Jimin pushed Kookie’s chest a little to get out but Jungkook wouldn’t let go.“Kookie-shi?”Jimin says in a quiet voiceJungkook looked at Jimin with sad, helpless eyes. Jungkook is one of the alphas that feels the most protective over Jimin, he’s the alpha that’s the most disappointed with himself when his hyung is scared of defiled. He feels like since Jimin gives him joy, love, and care he should give Jimin protection, admiration, and all the things he wants in exchange.Jimin smiles at him before tilting JK’s head nose to rub their noses together. A sign to say that he was alright. Each member has a special sign of affection they share with Jiminie. If other members see Jimin doing their activities with other members they get very jealous.After feeling Jimin’s cute button nose rub against his rougher nose, he feels like could climb a mountain with the energy he had. HE let go after kissing the tip of Jimin’s nose and walked in line.“Jiminie! I want to kiss your nose.” V whined“Hehe. But we have to work right now.” Jimin giggled cutely“But I want to give you kisses. I promise to give you more love than Jungkook.” Tea said puffing his chest up.“Ahh- but hyung, your heart will never be as big as mine when it comes to Jimin-shi” Jungkook boasted“I love you the most Jiminie” Jin whispered behind Jimin so only Jimin could hear. Jimin giggled and turned around giving him a finger heart.“WELL, I CAN-”“Start practice because noona said so,” the Alpha woman said covering Tae's mouth. Everyone in the room laughed while Tae tried to complain through the dance noona’s hand.Not knowing they would see Kim a little sooner than they would have wanted to. 
Too high someone stop us
 That was 4 hours ago. The members are all outside getting water and air not knowing of the alpha lurking behind the oblivious beta. He didn’t have much time but he knew that he wouldn’t go home empty-handed. He wouldn’t be able to live with himself if he lost such a precious gem.Jimin started the music and began doing the dance for the chorus. Kim opened the door and locked it from the outside, knowing you couldn’t open it outside unless you had a key. Jimin was so focused on his footwork he didn’t notice the man creeping up behind him.Kim grabbed his wrist tightly enough to bruise. Jimin squealed in terror.“LET GO OF ME”Jimin shouted, although not knowing who his attacker was he was. He punched and kicked even trying the knee him in the crotch before being pinned to the ground.“Now now pretty beta, behave for your master” The alpha moaned into his ear as he ground his hips into Jimin’s plush ass.“No! Stop! Yoongi-Hyung! Jungkookie! Seokjin-Hyung! Anybody! Please, Hel-”Jimin cried before big, thick, gross fingers were shoved down his throat. Jimin gagged, trying to reject the gross appendages. Kim grunted into Jimin’s ear, thrusting his fingers in and out of his throat. He was pracitcally fucking Jimin with their close on by now.“Shhh- It’s okay baby, I’ve got you now.”

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I missed my lost mind
Sweat dripped from his forehead to his nose before catching on his soft pink lips. Soft sighs escaping from time to time. Heat spread all over his body like wildfire on steroids.“Ahhhhhh- Hyung, ”Jungkook whines at Namjoon as he waited to Take to stop drinking water. “Why is Los Vegas so hot”“Maybe it’s closer to the sun” Hobi inquired.“Really?” Jin said surprised.Namjoon sighed as the members, except for himself, Jimin and Yoongi, talked about Los Vegas’ distance to the sun compared to Seoul distance. It was quite amusing but Namjoon found it hard to laugh.It may seem selfish but Namjoon believed that since he was BTS’ leader and the only member fluent in English most people would be watching him. Kpop has always been praised for the idols’ performance skills and Namjoon always felt like he fell short.Sometimes he feels like laughing at Jimin when he criticizes himself for messing up a move or slipping a bit because compared to Namjoon Jimin had the grace of the river. If Jimin wasn’t the angel he is Namjoon probably would have given up on dancing a long time ago.If it was anybody else that had Jimin’s skills Namjoon would have frankly thought they were assholes. He would have thought they were attention seekers trying to everyone else feel bad about their dancing by making them compliment them.But Jimin was very humble and honest when he tried to improve. Instead of smoking around waiting to be comforted by the members he works in the practice room until he’s satisfied or about to pass out. He motivates the other members to work harder by convincing them to be better for themselves. Whereas other coaches tell them to practice and order them to dance, Jimin is able to make the members want to be better without telling them to be better.The way he is always the first one in the dance room and the last one out. How he’s always asking questions about dancing, singing, performing. Complimenting the other members' skills and helping them with things they struggle with without sounding condescending. Yeah, Namjoon would have given up a long time ago if it wasn’t for Jimin.Yoongi walked out of the building 10 minutes after the other members.“Yoongi-hyung? Where’s Jimin?” Tae asked yoongi as he approached the group. The weird sun conversation stopped and all the everyone looked to Yoongi.“He wanted to work on his splits. Says it's rough.” Yoongi said tiredly.Out of all the members, Yoongi is the member who tries to get Jimin to rest the most. It’s very common for the members to comfort others for the same reason they judge themselves. Yoogi is a workaholic, always in his studio producing, writing, composing 24/7; isolated from the outside world. Yet he always nags Jimin for staying at the dance studio late.The reason he worries Jimin the most is that he sees himself in Jimin. Like when Jimin sees himself in Jungkook about dieting, and Namjoon with Tae about producing, and Hobi seeing himself in Jin about dancing. They know they have issues and struggle to change their habits but immediately notice when another member repeats their mistake.Normally Yoogi would be more persistent, but considering the situation he allowed it. Without mentioning Yoogi’s sudden arousal, he knows how much of a dream performing at the BBMAs is for Jimin. Jimin loves performing, he was jumping with energy weeks after he found out BTS would perform at the AMAs, months after he found out about the BBMAs. He wouldn’t miss this for the world, nevertheless, mess it up by not working hard enough.“He didn't get any water though,” Hobi noticed.“Yeah” Yoongi replied before opening a new bottle.“I’ll go give him some,” Namjoon said after taking a big gulp of water. Already pulling out spare quarters to buy another bottle from the vending machine. “I need to practice a little more too.”“I’ll go too. I’m going to ask Jimin how to help me with Yoongi’s rap.” Jin said stretching.“You could’ve asked me hyung,” J-hope whined“I like Jimin better,” Jin said like it was the most obvious thing in the world before laughing when J-hope looked offended.“Ok let's go hyung” On a path filled with flowers, I'm watching you today   The walk was quick and silent. Before the halls filled with music. The room was still a few hallways down but the into to Fake Love echoed through the building. Namjoon was lost in his head, not particularly thinking of anything until Jin talked to him.“You did really good, Joonie.”“Huh, what are you talking about?”“This song. It’s amazing”That’s all that was said. That’s all that was needed.Namjoon was more aware now. Noticing all the details in the walls, floor panels, etc. Noticing details like this often helped him focus on what was important rather than swim in thoughts, ideas, and criticisms.“Huh, weird” Namjoon mumbled as the music got louder.“What?”“I though hyung said Jimin was just working on his splits.”“He did”“Then why is Jimin starting the song over? Wouldn’t he just replay the part where he has to do the split to get the timing right? It’s weird if he’s just waiting to get to that certain part of the song when he can just change the music."“Huh, that is weird”Subconsciously, the alphas quickened their pace. The music was shaking the build now.‘Why is the music so loud?’ Namjoon thought as he repressed the urge to press his hands to his ears. ‘What is Jimin doing?’That’s when it hit them. The potent scents of arousal and distress filled the halls. Soft cries faded and hidden underneath the blaring music. Namjoon and Jin immediately recognize Jimin’s distress scent and run towards the room.“JIMIN-AH! WHERE ARE YOU?!?! ANSWER ME!”Jin bellowed like a bear that’s lost their baby cub.They were horrified when they looked through the one-way glass. A man was on top of Jimin. Articles of clothing thrown all over the room, faint bruises forming on Jimin’s wrists where they were held together pinned to the floor by one of the man’s big hands. His other hand was between Jimin’s plush thighs, penetrating him with his fingers through Jimin's ripped briefs. The man’s dick was also underneath Jimin’s underwear, thankfully not actually fucking Jimin but still grinding against Jimin’s smaller size.Jin grabbed the door handle shaking it frantically before releasing it was locked. He ran into the door multiple times, tried breaking the door handle off, and kicking the door down. The doors were reinforced so because the rooms needed to be soundproof so Jin wasn’t strong enough to break to down himself.Jin grabbed Namjoon’s shoulder to try to get him to snap out of the trance he was under. Namjoon froze after what he saw. He was always so calm for the others because he prepared himself according to different situations. He knew how to react to haters, or sasaeng fans, death threats, sad army stories, and harassment. But he never imagined this.“NAMJOON, WE NEED TO BREAK THE DOOR DOWN NOW!” Jin yelled over the music.Namjoon took a deep breath“COME ON HELP ME” Jin cried before ramming himself against the doorHe took another big breath“NAMJOON!”Then another“STOP FUCKING BREATHING AND HELP ME”“Go get help,” Namjoon said calmly.“WHAT THE FUC-”“I said go get help,” Namjoon said with a murderous tone. He released the most bloodthirsty scent Jin(or anyone in the fucking building) has ever witnessed.Jin, trusting Namjoon’s order, ran down the halls to contact anybody. Namjoon grabbed a fire extinguisher nearby and got to work. 
I will protect that warmth, I will keep it inside black and white
 Shapes began to blur together after Kim ripped Jimin’s underwear open. Jimin chooses to drift in his head and feel harsh jolts of pain rather than actually pay attention to the details. The pain very present but the sounds and smells evade Jimin’s awareness. Jimin still feels the burning sensation of being thrust into, the itchy rash of Kim pushing against him, the irritating throb of the bruises on his wrists, the electrifying waves or pain emanating from his over-sensitive neck whenever Kim bite or sucks it too hard.Jimin fought hard in the beginning before. Kicking, screaming, punching biting, etc. After wrestling for so long Kim was able to finally kiss him and slip the black dissolvable pill into Jimin’s mouth. Now Jimin is lost, aimlessly trying to grasp anything to stop the pain.The pill was meant to make Jimin’s body and mind available for Kim to convince Jimin that he wanted to be raped. It takes a bit but Kim knew Jimin was losing a reason to fight. He groaned in pleasure the look of Jimin’s face while he rolled his hips against the beautiful beta’s.“You’re all mine now. Mine. I’ll take such good care of you, my precious beta. I’ll feed you, praise you, pamper you, and fuck you until you know nothing but pleasure. Doesn’t that sound wonderful?” Kim moaned into Jimin’s ear, speeding the pace of his fingers.The pill made Jimin moan and grind softly back onto Kim’s fingers. He was close to losing his mind.“A-alpha! I-” Jimin whined in a high pitch voice before snapping out of it. Now focused on the furious shaking of the door handle.‘Shit, how long has it been’ Kim thoughtThe door handle rattle even more before stopping. Kim smirked.‘Ha! Stupid alphas. Finally got a hint. This beta is min-’ Kim's thoughts were interrupted when the door was slammed into. Then slammed into again but harder. The handle shook. Multiple bangs echoed through the room under the music.Jimin started struggling after the third BOOM was heard. Although weak at first, Jimin tried poking Kim’s eyes, cutting his hands with his blunt nails, etc. He even tried kicking him in the back of the head then immediately regretting it since Kim’s nasty fingers were still lodged in him.Kim did what he could to calm the beta. He didn’t have another pill on him and wouldn’t be able to slip it into JImin’s mouth if he tried. He tried hurting his prostate, slapping him, he even resorted to choking Jimin before a crack was heard.Frightened he broke an important bone he release jimin’s colorful neck before hearing another loud crack.“What the-” Kim didn’t even the glass forming spider-web cracks until the window shattered revealing a murderous alpha.“H-hey what’s wrong with you,” Kim said trying to fake confidence. He recognized the alpha from earlier and knew the Jimin did too. As soon as Namjoon entered the room Jimin’s distress scent went down instantly.Kim didn’t know whether to be enraged or scared. He didn’t like that Jimin thought this alpha was going save him but was clueless of the strength Namjoon wielded. Kim’s instinct told him to yield but he didn't’;t want to lose the sexy beta in his claws.‘It’s fake. This act the alpha is putting on, trying to scare me into submitting. I saw this alpha earlier, laughing and smiling and shit. He can’t hurt a fly’ Kim convinced himself. Kim though by showing the alpha that he wasn’t going to submit then Namjoon would give up.Kim thrust harder making Jimin whimper. Despite his fear he looked directly into Namjoon’s eyes and smirked.“Ha! You want a piece of this ass I found. Too bad, get in line. I claimed it first.”Kim boasted“Namjoon” Jimin whimpered at a harsh thrust.“Get off him.”“What”“I said get off him. And maybe you'll live long enough to call your family goodbye.”“Hey, listen pal. I know you want-”Kim didn’t get to finish the statement because Namjoon kicked him in the face with lightning speed. Namjoon threw him across the room, not even caring that his dick was still out. Whatever grace Namjoon thought he didn’t have, was now being used at full force. Every kick, punch, every bite  was direct and painful, all while avoiding Kim’s weakJimin struggled to move. He wanted to help Namjoon or get help or even put his pants back on to save whatever of his dignity he could salvage. He was really sore after all the rough treatment and could smell the coppery blood dripping from him. He sat up with a groan.Namjoon quickly glanced over when Jimin cried out. That gave Kim enough time to punch Namjoon in the collar bone. Not strong enough to break it but enough to get the upper hand and pin Namjoon to the ground. Since he was the manager of a celebrity, he had to take self-defense classes in case Niall ever got in trouble.Namjoon struggles and tried to dodge as many punches thrown at him. Before a loud BANG.

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Everything returns to the past in seconds
 Namjoon felt blood drip across his forehead to the ground. The weight on top of his body felt heavier than before. He closed his eyes to keep the room from spinning so much. He tried to numb his brain to keep the ringing out. He was seconds away from passing out before he felt someone lightly tugs his hair.“J-Joonie?”Jimin whimpered softly into the pinned alpha’s ear.Namjoon rolled the unconscious alpha on the floor next to him.“What… What happened?” Namjoon slurred his words together from being so tired.“I’m sorry Joonie! I’m sorry you got hurt and that you had to save me! I’m sorry you had to see me crying! This is so gross! I’m sorry you had to touch him for me. I tried to help you but then I distracted you and you got hurt. I’m sorry his head hit your’s when I hit him the microphone. Oh my god is the bruise. JOONIE I’M-” Jimin’s frantic rant was cut off when Namjoon hugged him tightly. Scenting the frightened beta.“Are you okay?” Namjoon asked slowly“I think so” Jimin whispered into Namjoon’s neck“Good,” Namjoon said.Jimin basically threw a microphone at Kim’s head when he had started choking Namjoon. Namjoon had actually passed out when he was strangled and since Kim stopped strangling him his built-up adrenaline left Namjoon extremely tired and nauseous. Jimin’s scent defiant;y helped clear his head but the distressed undertone bothered him some.Both of them lax in each other’s arms, inhaling as much of the other’s scent as they could. That is until Namjoon was hit with a bomb of stingy scents that belong to the rapist lying only 2 feet away. Namjoon feels like he’s going to throw up and tightens his hold around Jimin.“A-ah, Joonie… that kinda hurts” Jimin squeaks.Namjoon, knowing he can’t hold back his anger any longer, lets go of Jimin and pushes him off his lap as gently as he could manage before pouncing on Kim’s fat body. He punches him in the gut, the chest, the face and places jimin didn’t want to look at. He didn’t care that Jimin was watching, that his hands were burning in pain, that the man beneath he had multiple broken bones, that the alpha might already be dead that he might get sued for this, that BTS’s reputation may be over even though it barely began.He went on a rampage until he was pulled back. He was snarling and snapping at Kim, fighting against the strong hands that help him back. His surroundings faded away. All he could taste was the blood in his mouth. All he could feel was his anger. All he could hear was his heartbeat. All he saw was Kim. All he could smell was Kim’s lustful scent mixed with Jimin’s distressed scent. All he could do was fight.Until his head hit the ground. 
The hand of the clock that should be frozen now
 Jin had called the other members while trying to find help. Most acts were getting dinner at the moment before practicing again so find security was kind of hard. The other members had rushed to the practice room as fast as they could which was a challenge since the room they were given was in the middle of the 5th floor of the practice building. By the time Jin found the help they had only gotten to the 5th floor.When 5 of the BTS members and 3 of Kelly Clarkson’s bodyguards looked through the broken window they were greeted with a half-dead body, a shivering beta, and an alpha high off pheromones. 2 of the bodyguards tried their best to restrain Namjoon, Jin and Yoongi tried their best to calm their leader down without killing themselves or the volunteering bodyguards. Hobi, Tae, and Jungkook went to Jimin, asking him what happened but trying to not crowd him too much.All the alphas in the room were very feisty right now with all the lust and distress pheromones in the room. In their right mind, the bodyguards wouldn’t have been so aggressive, the hyungs wouldn’t have scolded the protective alpha as much, and the other BTS alphas wouldn’t have started fighting over Jimin’s attention.  “Jungkook. You’re suffocating him.” Tae growled into his ear“Well, it’s better than what you can do.”Jungkook snorted back“Guys stop fighting. You’re upsetting Jimin and me” J-hope whispered harshly“Seriously hyung. Jimin hasn’t even noticed. You’re just upset he’s giving us more attention than you” Tae whispers back just a harshly. Somewhat attempting to keep the conversation away from Jimin.“Ai, brat. Don’t talk to me like that.”They continued to bicker until Seokjin came over to scold them for fighting in front of their beta who was just molested. RM had passed out from all the access adrenaline and Yoongi was thanking the bodyguards who were carrying Kim to the security downstairs.“~You should be ashamed. You’re fighting over his attention even though some weird ass alfa just hurt over the precious beta.~” Jin said darkly. Normally, when Jin scolds the members he whips his head back and forth, or flaps his hands like a bird and fluctuates his voice, even when he is actually serious.Jungkook, Tae, and Hobi weren’t blind to the fact that Jimin had been hurt. They just didn’t know the full extent of it and were always used to the “just move on as fast as you can and we’ll talk about it later” but they’ve ever dealt with a situation so intense. They hung their heads and loosened their grips on Jimin.“Sor-” They all attempted to apologize at the same time before being cut off by a light-hearted laugh. The room was silent except for the angel-like laughter that echoed in the once music-filled room. Jimin emerged from his little shelter between Jungkook and Tae’s chins and laughed harder with his eyes closed. ‘Shit, we’ve made him cry ’ All the alphas in the room though (with the exception of Namjoon) as they gazed folly but worriedly at the little tears clumping on Jimin’s lashes and his slightly damp, squishy cheeks.Their dread painted faces were close to frantically apologizing before-“I love you guys,” Jimin said opening his teary eyes. The gloss made his normally stunning eyes look like a galaxy and a galaxy combined and created a crowded sky of twinkling stars that could only represent a fraction of all the happiness, innocence, joy and love Jimin held in his tiny frame.“Sorry I look to gross in front of you but I want you to know how much I appreciate you.” Jimin emotionally giggled.‘ He’s an angel’  The alphas thought in unison“Thank you for not treating me different for being a beta. Thank you for helping me through my struggles. Thank you for not acting differently because of the weird stuff that happens. Thank you for not treating me like an equal even though we’re worlds apart. I really love you guys.” Jimin sniffs. Rubbing his palms under his eyes in an attempt of stopping his tears.“We are worlds apart, Jimin-ah. All of us are. That’s why we love each other” Yoongi says fondly.”Jimin laughs through his tears as all the con pours alphas surround Jimin like rose petals wrapping around the bud in the middle. J-hope and Jin were in tears after hearing and seeing Jimin while Tae and Jungkook had tiny tears in the corners of their eyes.“Love you Jimin” Namjoon grumbled in his sleep. No matter what, darkness erases  Jimin’s foot tapped anxiously against the white tiled floor. The room was only mildly filled but he was still nervous he would be noticed. He was sitting in the hospital’s waiting room, waiting for someone to call his name so he could get out faster.After the managers arrived, the first aid had checked up on Namjoon but said that Jimin should go to the hospital in cease his injuries were more serious. All the alphas had wanted to go with him but the managers only allowed one to go since their fans would be close by.So they Jimin was, in Jungkook’s oversized gray hoodie, Yoongi’s sweatpants, Tae’s hat, and Jin’s socks. (Jimin didn’t need socks but Jin was jealous that Jimin was wearing clothing that belonged to everyone but him). Hobi had won rock-paper-scissors and was now next to him sharing an earphone with and comfortingly rubbing his thumb over Jimin’s knuckles.4 bodyguards went with them. One was right next to then, one across, the other two strategically placed in the room, not that Jimin cared or anything.“Don’t worry Jiminie. I’m sure everything will be okay” J-hope hummed quietly so nobody but Jimin could hear.“But what if someone sees us?” Jimin worries biting on his lip.“Jimin-ah. You look like a little teddy bear ready to see snow for their first time and I dressed normally for once. Nobody will recognize us.” Hobi coos while choosing another song.“Hobi-hyung~ what if-”“Nothing will happen Jiminie. Everything will work itself out. I’ll make sure of it” Hobi smiled gently.  Jimin smiled back before his name was called by a nurse in dark blue scrubs.Jimin had wanted to bring Namjoon since he was fluent in English and would be able to translate what the doctor said but he was still out of it when Jimin, Hoseok, and the bodyguards had left. One of the guards had said they knew a little bit of English and would try their best but Jimin was really nervous.Once inside a nurse tried to ask the bodyguard as many questions as possible before giving up and leaving room for a while. The bodyguard had said she was asking about Jimin’s diet and sleep schedule but didn’t understand anything else. Jimin fidgeted with his white wrist band the hospital gave him while Hobi massaged his arm.Soon an Asian doctor came in with the blue-clad nurse before smiling at the group. The nurse left after handing him a small binder. The bodyguard stood the greet him.“Hello, sir. We are here as bodyguards for Mr. Park and Mr. Jung. We-“ the bodyguard stumbled through the rough English before the doctor raised a hand.
“Hello. My name is doctor Sung Ji Lee. I will be your doctor for today.” The doctor greets in Korean before politely bowing. Although stunned, the group quickly bowed and shook the Korean-American doctor’s hand.

“Before we begin Mr. park, I need your permission to share your medical information to the other gentleman in the room. You can decide for them to wait in the waiting room or they can stay if you wish.”

“Can Hoseok stay?”

“Whatever makes you comfortable.”
Jimin holds and wraps the ends of his arms around Hobi’s bicep. The other bodyguards nod before leaving, trusting J-hope to protect Jimin and himself. Jimin nods to the doctor.
“In regards to the attack, I can assure you, that you didn’t sustain any tissue or nerve damage. There is, however, bruising around your wrists, neck, waist, hips, and anus. There is nothing we can do to treat that heat but at our pharmacy can supply with pain-relievers.”
Jimin relaxed a bit after hearing that he was fine, Hobi internally chuckled at Jimin’s antics before asking.
“Is that all?”

“No. I’ve contacted your doctor and I have all your medical history. If these documents are accurate, I barely see a comparison from 3 years ago.”

“What does that mean?”
“Throughout your years as a beta, you should have reached certain goals in terms of your development. Or to put it in simple terms, you are very underdeveloped for your time as a beta. At this stage, you should have grown taller and stronger, even if it’s not as apparent as the growth spurts in alphas, betas all grow after presenting.” The doctor explains “What...what happened?” Jimin contemplates
“Did you become an idol after or before presenting?”

“I was an idol as I presented, but before that, I was a trainee for many years”

“Does being an idol mean that you get less than at least 7-8 hours of sleep, or eat less than 3 meals a day?”

“Yes.”

“Then I would recommend trying to include these things in your schedule at the minimum. Digesting more vitamins may also help your development. Don’t worry Mr. Park. Many betas and alphas are underdeveloped because of the lack of certain health necessities. It’s easily fixable though.”

“I don’t understand though. The rest of the alphas in our group and I are fine. We follow close to the same regime as Jimin but we all went through our sprouts at least” Hoseok said concerned.
“I see.” the doctor looks confused now. “May I ask you some questions now, Mr. Jung?”
“Sure.”

“Have you always had this much muscle?”

“No”

“When did you see muscle growth?”

“Couple years ago maybe”

“Why do you think that was?”

“During that time, we started practicing for 11 hours instead of 8, but otherwise I didn't really do anything else. Maybe a workout once a week but that was only if I had time.”

“What did you do during practice?”

“Dance, practice rapping and singing, dance, help others with choreography, dance, eat and dance”
“I see.”  The doctor thinks for a while before typing on his computer for a while leaving an awkward silence filled the room. Jimin got more nervous as the clacking of keys and clicking of the mouse continued.
“Then it may be a case of lack of hormones being produced. We did take a pheromone test during your check. The rate in which you produce hormones should have increased but the results look very similar to those of 5 years ago.”

“Okay?”

“I can prescribe you medication that will speed your development. The medication only increases hormone when you take it so you should stop rapidly developing after you stop taking the medication. I’ll contact you doctor about these changes, and please make sure to see him regularly so they can decide when you should stop. It won’t be harmful and I know this medication can be bought in Korea so there shouldn’t be any legal issues. Sound good?”

“...”

“It’s all up to you. If you would like I can tell you doctor what my recommendation is then you can go see him about the issue personally, but I think this is the appropriate time to address the issue. Better sooner than later right? I’m not trying to pressure you though, decide for yourself.”
Jimin looks nervously from the doctor to Hobi a few times. This is not at all what Jimin thought would be the outcome of this discussion. Hobi looks nervous too now but nods his head. Jimin takes a deep breath.
“I want to try.”

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I can’t show you a ruined part of myself
 Hobi and Jimin sat at the back of the van as it drove to the hotel where the others were. Hobi texted the other members in the groups chat the alphas share. He told them about the doctor and the medicine Sejin is picking up for Jimin.They asked about Jimin and Hobi shared his concerns for the strong boy. None of the members expected anything about jimin’s long term health to be brought up. Hell, they were all having a collective heart attack over his freaking body after being raped.That word. It was still hard to say that word. They knew what happened and weren’t denying it but… it was still hard to admit. Although they loved Jimin after his cute proclamation of love for them they were still puzzled how he could be so giggly.
Shock response
They had expected that Jimin’s response, to the shock of being attacked, was to be happy instead. Kind of like the younger alphas’ shock response was to be protective of Jimin and hostile towards other alphas.What was worrying was when Jimin wasn’t giggly and happy. He got nervous and fidgety but when asked about he said he was nervous people would find out and blame BTS for the reason a famous Irish singer’s manager was going to jail. He was nervous once again that he single-handedly could have potentially ruined the empire their group has created. Even though the other members did what they could to convince him that he didn’t have the power to destroy BTS, Jimin always came to the conclusion that he would break everything they worked for.Hobi said that whenever He would try to actually approach Jimin about the attack he would smoothly change the subject so they avoid actually talking about the event. Only to be noticed later by J-hope that Jimin was trying to prolong the conversation as long as possible.Although he wasn’t particularly excited to have the conversation either he knew Jimin wouldn’t be able to handle this on his own. He knew how easily Jimin can get lost in his head when something happens to one of them(or all of them). This is definitely not a situation he wants Jimin to get stuck with.His phone vibrates and he sees that its an email from their other manager.“Jimin-ah?”Hobi coos. Jimin only hums in response, not turning his head away from the window.“Tired?” Hobi asks. JImin hums again. Hobi softly sighs before glancing at the information on his phone.“6:30 pm,” Hobi says softly, trying to engage Jimin a little bit. Jimin only hums, eyes not leaving the blur of the city through the window“We’ll have to get ready before then” Hobi tries, but is meeting with a hum softer than the others.“Can’t wait to see Korea tomorrow”“What?”Jimin tears his eyes away from the cityscape in confusion. Hobi, although surprised Jimin actually reacted, showed no indifference over the topic.  “Yeah, I think we’ll arrive there in the morning, slight rain but nothing too bad.”“But...But what about the awards?”“What about them?”“We’re performing…”“...You...you still want to?”Jimin looks at him in shock. It kind of hurt Hobi to see JImin look at him with such a  confused-betrayed look.‘Almost looks like he doesn’t recognize me’ Hobi thought glumly“Of-of course I want to,” Jimin says shakily. Hobi’s eyes soften and give Jimin a weak smile.“Jimin-ah, you’ve...we’ve been through a lot in the past few days. It’s okay, there's always next year.” Hobi says as cheerily as he can muster.“What-What are you talking about?!?” Jimin’s confusion morphs into frustration.“Please Jimin-ah. We need to take a break.”“A break? What? All those days, weeks where would practice until we dropped. All those countless nights without rest so we could what, give up?!? Hobi-Hyung I did not train, work, prepare just to fall down the night before the freaking awards.”“Yeah, Jiminie. But we didn’t prepare for this.”“For what?!?” Although angry, Jimini squeezed Hobi’s hand in comfort. It helped, but Hobi felt guilty he couldn’t be as helpful to Jimin.“I don’t Jimin-ah. I still haven’t gotten the full details” J-hope knew beating around the bush wasn’t the best thing to do in this situation but he doesn't know how to tell Jimin without either one breaking down.“I don’t understand-”“Please Jimin-ah. Joonie, the most professional member in Bangtan, went feral. Something happened in that room, I know it. But it hurts to see you act like this is normal or something.”“You think this will stop me from performing?”“Maybe not but you can’t just keep it hidden away until you break. Because knowing you, you’ll do anything to avoid confronting it and over-work yourself. Nobody wants that, baby.”“So you want me to think about it all the time?”“I think you should talk about it to accept it, you know?”“Not really.”“It doesn’t have to be a big thing or anything, we can talk about it right now if you want. Just you and me.” Hobi runs his thumb over Jimin’s knuckles.“I don’t know…”“Jiminie, what’s wrong”“I’m scared,” Jimin mumbled sadly“What can we do to make our Jimin-shi feel better.”Jimin didn’t know how to respond. He loved his members but talking about this stuff was harder than ignoring it. Jimin knew it wasn't healthy though. He tried to stuff it down by trying to think about other things and avoiding Hobi’s questions but everything reminded him of Kim. It was worse when he was changing into the hospital gown in the bathroom alone he suddenly broke down too, crying, shaking, everything came crashing down.

A flower that resembles you

After walking through the double doors, Jimin could no longer see Hobi or the two other guards. He didn't know why, but as soon as he couldn’t see Hobi’s eyes his knees wobbled. His head felt dizzy, eyes clouded with tears, felt like his bones were about to break, and felt 10 times more anxious than 2 seconds ago.

The bodyguard next to him seemed to notice too.

“Sir, are you okay?” He asked as his hand hovered over Jimin’s shoulder. Worried about scaring the sensitive beta further.

Jimin tried to respond before a wave of nausea hit him hard. The nurse looked at him sympathetically after hearing him gag a bit. She gently wrapped an arm around his waist to support him, despite the small flinch he gave.

“It’s going to be okay. You can fight through this.” The nurse said hastily in English.

Jimin didn’t know what she was saying. He barely recognized the word fight, and when he did all he could see was Namjoon plumbing Kim’s deformed body. He unconsciously whimpered. Thinking it was a whimper in pain, the nurse loosened her grip so Jimin had less support.

Jimin felt like he was going to collapse. Thankfully they got to the room, and he was allowed to sit down. He noticed the small tremble in his hands and vigorously bounced his left foot on the frame of the cot to make it less noticeable.

The nurse leaves a pale, polka-dotted hospital gown on the edge of the uncomfortable bed and gestures for the bodyguard to leave with her. As soon as the door closes, Jimin released a breath he didn't know he was holding. He didn’t know how many emotions and reactions he subconsciously held back until he was alone.

Tears streamed down his face and his lungs gasped for oxygen. He curls into a ball and wraps his arms as tight as he can around his frame in an attempt to keep himself together. He was conflicted. He felt uncomfortable when he was around others, but when he was alone all he could feel was Kim. He wanted Namjoon there to shield him from Kim, Tae to pet his hair, or Jungkook clings to his waist. He wants Yoongi there to whisper little encouraging praises, or Jin to kiss his forehead and knuckles, or Hobi to come through that door and hold him together.

5 minutes feel like hours before Jimin calms down a little. Although he could hardly breathe or see straight, Jimin tried his best to clumsily take his clothes off. Just unbuttoning his pants made him cry again, but he eventually took them off and tried to get into the gown.

A couple of minutes later the nurse and bodyguard came in. The nurse had to retie the gown but made no comment on Jimin’s puffy eyes or messed up hair. Neither did the doctors who performed the tests. Although most had given him sympathetic glances they said nothing of it. Jimin didn’t know whether to be glad or miserable.

And to breath as the me that you know

Jimin knew Hobi was right.“Alright, let's get this over with” Jimin concedes. Although Hobi is unhappy with the way Jimin is addressing confrontation he doesn’t push.“Do you want to talk to me alone or everyone?”“Can...can we do this with everyone so I don’t have to do it twice?”Jimin asks nervously.“Of course baby” Hobi smiles.“heh...I didn’t realize you liked calling me baby so much, hyung.” Jimin chuckles.“That because you are my little baby, mochi” J-hope flirts. Jimin laughs into his palm to cover the sudden blush covering his cheeks. Hobi texts the rest of the alphas to get ready at the hotel.

If I had the courage to stand before you

The members gathered in Jimin and Tae’s shared room. The text J-hope gave was very vague so they really didn’t know what was about to happen. They were strung around the room in what seemed to be uncomfortable positions but were normal. Although their positions may comfortable, the anticipation was killing them.“How do you think the hospital trip go?” Namjoon asked worryingly.“Hobi said nothing happened except that Jimin needs to take some growth pills or something,” Yoongi said, scrolling through twitter.“Do you think Jimin’s okay? I know he never likes talking about his body.” Jin whispers“I don’t know hyung” Tae replies bouncing his head against the bed.They continue to ask questions with no answers until they hear the door handle shake. They hold their breath when Jimin and Hobi shuffle through the door and drop their bags in the closet. Jimin is startled to see all the members(looking red) staring at him.“...Hi?” jimin greets hesitantly. Instantly the members relax a bit.“Hey, Jiminie! How’d the doctor go?” Tae asked happily.“It was- an experience” Jimin sounded like he was also trying to convince himself of his answer.The other members nodded, glad Jimin wasn’t shutting down like they kind of suspected. The members had made a list of all the possible ways this conversation could go and at the moment it was progressing rather smooth compared to the weird concepts they anticipated.Hobi sat down on a chair on top of a table, Jungkook provided. Jimin swayed on his feet, unsure where to go.“Jimin-ah” Tae called, gesturing to the small area he had created in between his legs. Even though Jimin didn’t like when others touched him he craved the finality of one of the alphas he lives with. He timidly sits in Tae’s legs, leans against his broad chest while Tae combs his long fingers through his hair. Even though Hobi is the member who likes others to play with his hair the most, Tae had patented this action for himself.Everyone sat in a comfortable silence. Comfortable with the other by their side, ignoring the inevitable conversation they’ll have. They lose track of time until Sejin comes into the room to give Jimin the medicine. He didn’t even look startled when he saw all of the members in the beta’s room. He told the members JImin medicine schedule and left after hearing their affirmatives.“Jimin-ah? I think we need to talk a little bit now” Tae coos, breaking the silence left by Sejin.“I know,” Jimin says playing with the rings on Tae’s fingers.“How- how do you want to start?” Yoongi asks unsure. None of them have ever gone through something like this, nevertheless, talk about something so damaging. So it was hard.“Namjoonie?” Jimin asks timidly. Namjoon looks up suddenly from picking his nails and his eyes widen.“Since you were there-” Jimin tries to figures out how to phrase his next sentence right. “Could you tell me what you saw then I’ll talk?”“Of course,” Namjoon says before figuring out where to start.

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The words I could not bring myself to say flow down
 Namjoon tells them what he could remember with Jin backing up his statements. He explained what he heard before he saw Kim, then how Seokjin tried to break the door, then how he broke through the glass. He struggled through the description of Kim and JImin position. Every once in a while glancing at Jimin for approval or signs to stop.Jimin was silent, everyone else would either ask questions, gasp or give small hums of understanding. Tae would squeeze his hand when he got scared or protective. Yoongi, who was laying on the bed Tae was leaning against, hung his arms over the bed to play with Jimin’s ear lobes.Jungkook migrated from his chair to tuck his feet under Jimin’s warm lap and Jin leaned against Tae. Namjoon was already sitting next to Jimin and Hobi was content with the close proximity between the table and the bed everyone was leaning against. The alphas tried their best to not overwhelm Jimin with too much contact but they felt like they needed to see or feel that Jimin was safe with them.Jimin was worried earlier that he wouldn't be able to tell the boys that he didn’t want them to touch him. He played out different dialogues and scenarios that could happen if he was freaked out and the more he made, the more he dreaded actually talking to the members.He was aware that he didn’t want them to avoid making contact with him altogether. But he didn’t realize how much he craved their touch. How being held by them felt like all his wounds were healing. Like instead of keeping him from falling apart, they give him a protective shield to make sure he doesn’t ever break again.Jimin’s weird poetic ramble stopped when Namjoon finished talking and everyone looked at him. Jimin’s hands felt cold and sweaty. He tried to shrink into Tae’s chest even though he would have to talk eventually. “I don’t know what to say,” Jimin mumble pathetically“Say whatever you want,” Hobi said “I don’t want to talk about Kim. I want to move on. But I do want to eventually forget about this. I don’t think I would be able to move on without trying to forget about it. That’s why I want to perform tomorrow.” The others were about to protest before Namjoon shushed them.“If we don’t do this, I know I’ll regret it for the rest of my life. If we don’t do this then we will instantly lose everything we worked for. We would prove to all the people that told us we wouldn’t make it here right. We might even give Kim what he wants so we need to perform tomorrow. If I regret this then I’ll always think of Kim.” Jimin had so much more he wanted to express but he didn’t know how. The members looked conflicted. All lost between the different factors and outcomes of the BBMAs. “What if what if we’ll regret it anyway?” Jungkook asked nervously. Previous insecurities shining through.“We won’t,” Jimin says confidently.“Why?” V mumbles into Jimin’s hair.“Because we’ll do this together” RM finishes. Jimin and he make eye contact. Namjoon looks he had when he accepted that they were performing at the Billboard awards, confidence overpowering concern. Jimin smiled. 
There is no such thing as beautiful goodbyes
 “Ohhhhh, hey Gucci Kings! How we doing?” The interviewer cheered before firing out questions. Namjoon translating questions while the others just act like foreign crackheads ready to party.Jimin, being one of the more bashful members laughed at the funny responses from J-hope and Jin. V hugged his waist for some which lead to a few eager interviews to ask if they were in a relationship which Namjoon tried to shut down. Neither Jimin or Tae cared about the headlines that might come out the next day. Of course, there was the too aggressive cameraman that tried to boss them around or position them the way they want. Or those sad, creepy paparazzi who wanted to get the perfect shot of the new, sexy, Korean beta that’s performing for the first time. Nothing BTS or their staff couldn’t handle. It actually went by a lot smoother than normal since the BTS alphas were so protective today.  Soon they left the red carpet and found their seats at the front.“WOW! JIMINIE, LOOK HOW CLOSE WE ARE!” Tae yelled excitedly. Jimin giggled at his puppy-like excitement. Tae hugged his waist to spin them around to see the whole arena. “I know.” Jimin giggled holding on to Tae’s shoulders to not fall. Namjoon stopped them before they got to dizzy. Jungkook also started fanboying over all the singers in the audience with the 95-liners. A lot of celebrities came to talk to them or congratulate them until the show started. The members were really happy. They didn’t know whether to cheer or blush when Army cheer when they appeared on camera or in between breaks.Even though Jimin had a lot of fun, he did feel a little dizzy when the strobe lights flashed too fast or brightly. Being a performer that works with such lights should build up a tolerance for such but the medicine Jimin took for his growth was messing with him. He just told himself that he would get used to it eventually and should just drink a lot of water for now.Jimin was kind of mad at himself for getting scared by everyone who looked at him when they passed. Most of them would just be fans that want to tell them how much of an Army they are but Jimin couldn’t help getting a little freaked out when they're so close.He felt like if he didn’t change this soon he would look too cold and ruin the cute image he made for himself and the polite, respectful image BTS is known for. He hides his discomfort well though. Well enough for the bypassers but Tae quickly caught on to the beta’s small flinches. “Here,” Tae said handing Jimin a water bottle. “Thanks” Jimin replied talking a big gulp from the bottle. Tae leaned down to pick up his own bottle before looking expectedly at Jimin. Jimin took a smaller sip before asking. “What” “Come on” V persuaded. Jimin leaned down next confused before Tae threw his bottle in the air for it to land on its side. Tae sighed in disappointment before picking it up again. “Let’s try to land it on at the same time.” Jimin smiled at his challenge. They did that for the next few breaks, their camera recorded them for a bit too. The awards itself was amazing, lots of talented singers and rappers. When they left their seats to get ready for their performance Jungkook could stop talking about Ariana Grande and Kelly Clarkson’s vocals or Camella Cabela's performance. Once in the dressing rooms, Jin, Hobi, Jungkook, and Tae got their hair done since there were only 4 hair stylists there. Yoongi took off his Gucci shirt and hung it up so he could cool off and prepare for their comeback performance. Namjoon had already started the song on his phone and practices random moves.Yoongi tried to follow along but he felt too stiff and just paced back and forth. He checked his phone, played with his rings and earrings jumped up and down. Anything to get some of the built-up anticipation and nervousness out of his system.He heard someone humming Fake Love weirdly being followed by Namjoon’s short laugh. He looked up from his phone and saw Jimin wearing his shirt, dancing with Namjoon, and basically humming the song like a child trying to be funny for their friends. ‘Cute’ Yoongi thought lovingly before following along and dancing. Yoongi could practically feel the tension drain from his body. Jimin’s cute version of their song, smooth dance moves and smaller body drowning in his shirt with his scent on it made him comfortable in many ways.Soon all the members were ready and left the dressing room. All of them had done their own version of relaxing/preparing for the stage. Jin singing his solos on the way to the stage, Yoongi rapping his part over and over, Tae and Jimin harmonizing the ending, Hobi jumping around doing moves here and there, and Namjoon blasting the song through his earphones.There was a commercial break before their performance and they could hear the crowd doing their chant. Nerves shooting through their body in anticipation. Staff was fixing a few members hair or checking their mics. None of the members said a word to each other though. All lost in their head, scared.“Next up, BTS with their first ever showcase of Fake Love!” A male voice announced, trying to amp up the crowd. The cheers increased ten fold before falling into a stronger clearer version of the chant than the last. Namjoon gathered the boys into a circle
Kim Namjoon 
“Ok guys, this is it. Concentrate! If we’re isolated then what’s the point of walking on that stage.”
Kim Seokjin
 “We didn’t win that award by pure chance. We worked hard, that’s all. That’s how we got here, that how we’ll stay here and that is how we will rise. Hard work” Min Yoongi “Those people cheering our names depend on us. They need us to prove that they put their love into the right people. That we did deserve that award they worked so hard to get us. That we can perform 10 times better than they thought we could” Jung Hoseok “We’ll show all those people that don’t know us what we can do. That we aren’t some hodgepodge act that’s popular for a couple of years then disappears off the face of the earth. We’ll show them that we deserve to be on that stage.”
Park Jimin
 “We need to show everyone that wanted to tear us down, that their acts are futile. They’ll never be able to tear down BTS. Together, with our minds, creativity, emotions, power, and love nothing stands in our way.”
Kim Taehyung
 “Everyone that called us stupid or untalented when we debuted were wrong. They already know that. But that doesn’t mean we can’t rub it in their faces more. We need to show them that we can surpass any stupid boundary they stand by.” Jeon Jungkook “We’re Bangtan. And we will stay Bangtan for all eternity. And we’ll be proud to be Bangtan. And right now we need to make every watch to be proud that we are Bangtan. That’s why we’re here tonight. 
BTS!
 Namjoon pointed out two fingers towards the middle of the circle. Everyone quickly placing their own on top.“BANGTAN!” Namjoon yelled, uncaring if the staff thought they were crazy.“BANGTAN!” the other members cheer new found excitement in their eyes. The BigHit staff cheered as they stepped on to the platform that would take them to the crowd above. As they got into their places, Jimin reached out for Namjoon’s hand. Namjoon squeezed it tightly, rubbing vigorously over Jimin’s knuckles in an attempt to get out any last nerves he had. Jimin turned around one last time. He mouth “thank you” silently since the mics were live. Namjoon smiled in return. Let his hand go and hung his head as the platform slowly rose. “Everyone please welcome, BTS!”

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I’m flying above this beautiful world

“Bye Amry! Love you Army! We’ll see you soon America! Haha!” J-hope cheered that the entrance of the airport where screaming Armys were lined waiting behind gates. Jimin smiled behind his face mask while waving at fans and trying his best to avoid the flashing cameras so they don’t capture how red he was.
Jimin had been on the medication for at least a week and a half. He thought his body would just adjust to the hormones being forced into his body but he’s only been feeling sicker after taking them. When he went to their physician about his symptoms, he said to keep taking them and go to his regular doctor in Korea if it doesn’t go away.

So there he was, flush and hot, in front of the airport about to fly back to Korea. He was wearing a tight black turtleneck to cover his scent glands after Tae pointed out how oddly prominent his scent was. Yoongi even looked sad when he asked if Jimin went to the gym without him since most scents were enhanced by exercise.

He played with his bangs, trying to cover his eyes more before 2 overpowering voices shouted his name over the crowd of girls. This resulted in more girls screaming their biases names trying to get their attention while the mega fanboys cheered and complemented Jimin.

“OPPA, YOU DANCE SO WELL”

“JIMIN-OPPA, YOU’RE SO CUTE, PLEASE STAY HEALTHY AND SMILE MORE.

“MAKE SURE TO NOT DIET TO MUCH”

“YOUR VOICE IS SO BEAUTIFUL I COULD DIE”

The boys cried in Korean and English. The members laughed at Jimin’s flustered/embarrassed appearance. Jimin smiled awkwardly at the boys while trying to keep his composers as much as possible. Soon the complaints squared into constant shouting of JImin’s name. A few times Jungkook would yell “Jimin-shi” back at the fanboys to get a bigger reaction out of Jimin, knowing how shy he can get.

For some reason, most of the crowd, Jungkook, Tae, and occasionally J-hope joined the fanboys’ competition. Yoongi laughed at Jimin’s red face while Namjoon rubbed his back in sympathy and Jin videotaped the chaos.

Not that Jimin didn’t appreciate the soothing massage from Namjoon but now he’s is facing the toughest dilemma whether to lean in because it felt really good or pull away because it felt

really

good.

He could feel the tension in his body drain as his temperature rose. He didn’t know he was leaning in until he started to purr. He didn’t even know he could purr anymore. Everyone is born with the ability to purr but lose it close to the age of 10 because they aren’t children anymore.

After hearing(or feeling) the soft rumbles from Jimin’s throat, Namjoon stilled his hand on the center of JImin’s back. Although he stopped rubbing circles he applied pressure so he could still feel the little vibrations coming from the cute boy. Although he tried, Jimin couldn’t stop purring at Namjoon’ touch, feeling the larger hands through the thin sweater just felt very relaxing.

‘More’ A little voice cried in the back of Jimin’s mind. Before he could process the small thought one of the calling boys’ voices cracking on an awfully funny way. 5 of the members laughed at the hilarious sight while Jimin buried his head into Namjoons chest in mock embarrassment.

Namjoon tried to be as professional as possible; chuckling, smiling at the fans and cameras, patting Jimin’s back even though it resulted in more purrs. The members cooed at Jimin, tugging him away from the safe haven that was Namjoon’s pecks.

Soon it was time to actually go inside the airport. Jimin faintly heard Yoongi shout something like “Billboard singer” before one last cheer from the fans erupted. Speaking of the Billboard awards, the performance was great and they won the social award for the second time. They gained lots of popularity through the award show and multiple talk shows they were featured in.

Most of the talk shows were the same, perform Fake Love, what’s your name, you have great fans. There was nothing wrong with these questions in the members’ opinions but they got kind of repetitive.

They agreed that the Ellen show was their favorite show to be on because they got to do so many things, whereas they would only show up once or twice on other shows. Even though J-hope would stop complaining about being scared on American television they liked how much they got to surprise Armies. That and Namjoon was on the Friends set.

While walking in Namjoon caught up to Jimin.

“Are you okay? You’re kind of acting weird.” He whispered.

“Yeah, I think the weather is getting to me.” Jimin laughed nervously.

“Ha, yeah. America is so hot. I can’t wait to go home.” Namjoon agreed.

“Oh, is hyung no feeling good?”Jungkook asked as he ran up to the pair.

“It’s okay-”

“Yeah he’s kind of heating up”

“Well that’s what you get for wearing a black sweater, Jimin-shi” Jungkook grind

“Yah! I thought you were actually were being respectful you brat” Jimin hit playfully.

“Here let me take your bag for you,” Jungkook said, taking Jimin’s duffle bag before running up to Tae and Jin.

My attention is all off, no matter what anyone says

Jimin fidgeted around in his first class seat to try to get comfortable. For some reason, soon after they entered the airport Jimin’s pelvis started to cramp and it hadn’t gotten better since.

“Aish, why is it so cold over here?” Yoongi asked, plopping his backpack on the chair next to Jimin before shoving his duffle bag in the compartment above them. Jimin had turned on all the fans and coolers to their lowest temperature to sate his sudden fever.

“Sorry hyung, I was heating up at the airport. I’ll turn it off if you want though” Jimin flushed in embarrassment.

“Aish Jimin. Did you catch something?” Yoongi said in fake disappointed while feeling Jimin forehead. Jimin instantly felt a wave of heat hit him at the contact of Yoongi’s cold fingertips.

“Ahh, Jimin-ah you’re actually sweating, ”Yoongi said before calling a flight attendant over. Jimin released a shaky gasp as soon as Yoongi’s attention wasn’t on him. He had to hold his breath so no more embarrassing noises would be released even though it made him more light headed.

Even though Yoongi wasn’t looking he still kept his hand on Jimin’s forehead while calling the flight attendant. He absentmindedly massaged Jimin’s temples to try to destress the tense mochi. Jimin could barely keep his eyes open or his mouth closed.

“Water, water,” Yoongi said to the attendant in the best English he could muster. The women nodded her head before leaving quickly. Yoongi looked back at Jimin concerned when a small whimper escaped his throat.

“It’s okay little one. You’re hyung will make you feel better.” yoongi cooed innocently

“A-alpha *

huff

* hurts, *

whimper

*. Help please.” Jimin cried helplessly. Yoongi’s nostrils flared at the hint of cherries seeping through Jimin’s thick sweater collar.
 
“It’s going to be okay, baby,” Yoongi said slightly more panicked than earlier. The flight attendant hurried over to the pair without trampling any passengers trying to get to their seats. She handed the water bottle to Yoongi before noticing the potent cherry scent surrounding the whimpering idol.

She quickly leaves while yoongi opens the bottle for Jimin. Jimin silently took the cool bottle before chugging the contents inside. Yoongi glared at the interested bypassers looking at Jimin with desire.

Jimin cooled down after drinking the ice cold water but felt extremely tired from the weird outburst. By the time the flight attendant came back with her co-worker, Jimin was half passed out on Yoongi’s shoulder.

“Sir, your mate needs to conceal his scent or leave the plane. I apologize but this is our policy.” The attendant explained. Yoongi flushed at her implication. Although Yoongi didn’t understand some parts he knew Jimin’s scent was going to be a problem.

“Sorry I don’t know how to stop smell but we can’t leave the plane. Important.” Yoongi said. The flight attendants looked confused before Namjoon explained what yoongi was trying to say. Only then did Yoongi realize the other members had crowded around the two.

The members asked a bunch of questions before the attendants came back with a few bottles.

“These are scent blockers the airline has provided.” the blond attendant said before showing all the different unopened tubes. Namjoon looked over the bottles before choosing one that he knows Jungkook had used in the past.

He knows Jungkook and Jimin had been prescribed the same medications before so he figured they would share similar allergies. The members cooed at Jimin while Yoongi lightly applied the cream under jimin’s sweater.

Even though Jimin was already sleeping he squirmed when yoongi would reach a really tender spot. Soon the plane took off and the members tried to follow Jimin’s lead but couldn’t help but worry.

Soon all the members fell asleep as the plane flew over New York. The members racked their minds over all the things that might be happening to their baby. Despite this, they all passed out to the sweet smell of soft cotton candy and blueberry ice cream.

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I just want to peacefully fall asleep intoxicated with your sweet scent
 Yoongi woke up with a rough shake. The lights in the plane were dim and the seatbelt sign was still on as the plane trembled through the sky. Yoongi slowly observed his surroundings. Most of the other passengers were asleep with a couple of people watching a movie on a bright screen.He saw the big, heavy, scent proof curtains the flight staff put up at all the entrances. It made him worry how much Jimin’s scent got through.Thankfully, being a part of a famous K-pop group meant being able to reserve a whole compartment for themselves and their staff. Although the staff is very respectful and supportive, he noticed to the slight look of discomfort or anger etched on most of their faces even though they have ridden planes many times before.Then he noticed the strong mixture of scents filling the air coming from everyone, including himself. Growing up in a poor area gave him a high tolerance to scents but for some reason, he could get out of the haze he was stuck in. As he struggled he observed a sweet scent dominating the all the others.As a traveler, he has been exposed to many different scents and has met many betas with predominantly sweet scents. Although these scents are attractive to some, Yoongi never appealed to the surreal sugary scents that came from betas. He much preferred more mellow scents because they didn’t make him feel like he had a cavity or ate a whole candy shop. If anything, he always admired Jimin’s scent for its rich and sweet mixture.But this scent was a totally new thing. Although the haze kept Yoongi from being able to identify the specifics of the scent he knew this was his new favorite. The sweetness emitting from the scent was obvious but very inviting. It didn’t burn Yoongi’s nose or make him feel sick or give him a migraine. It eases his senses like it was putting him to sleep and waking him up softly at the same time.“Alpha?” Yoongi turned to see a teary-eyed Jimin looking helplessly at him. His face and neck were flushed and his pupils seemed to glow and looked bigger. Yoongi didn't know why Jimin was referring to him as an alpha but didn’t want to stress him anymore.“Yeah, baby? What’s Wrong?” Yoongi cooed. Tears fell out of the younger boy’s eyes.“I n-need to go to the r-restroom” Jimin whisper like it was a secret he didn’t want anyone to know. Yoongi worried for his normally strong member.“Okay” Yoongi replied, untangling himself from the wires of his earphone jacks and phone charger. After unbuckling his seat belt, he stood next to the chairs so Jimin could get out.“I can’t” Jimin mumbled helplessly to Yoongi. Yoongi climbed over his chair to hear Jimin better.“I can’t stand up alpha. hurts” He whimpered. Yoongi panicked a little. ‘Should I call a doctor? I can’t, I’m on an airplane. Maybe I should wake Namjoon up. Or Taehyung. He should be able to calm Jimin down.’ Yoongi thought while rubbing Jimin’s cheek in comfort.“We’ll...we’ll figure something out,” Yoongi said looking around.“Help me” Jimin pulled on his sleeve and, with much strain, tucked his feet under him to show the fastened seat belt around his hips. Jimin’s was shallow from all the movement and some of his hair stuck to his forehead from sweating. Tears flowing so smoothly and slowly, you would even see them if it were for the light reflecting off.Yoongi gulped before reaching over to unbuckle his seat belt before pulling the blanket away from Jimin’s sweaty body. Jimin shivered as the rush of cool air replaced the earth the soft blanket provided. Yoongi hugged Jimin tightly before pulling him out of the seat to the runway. ‘Is he getting shorter?’ The black haired alpha wonder while trudging to the bathroom.The short walk to the mini bathroom felt like miles. Jimin doing a great impersonation of a lifeless rag doll didn’t make it any easier. Nor did the heavy feeling of pre-rut that collided in Yoongi’s stomach after being around Jimin too much.Soon Yoongi shoved both of them in the tight room and locked the door. He tried to ignore the weird look one of the flight attendants gave ile sitting jimin down. He stood up to stretch his sore back when tiny fists grab at the front of his hoodie.“ha-h *gasp* hyung” Jimin mewled, rubbing his thighs together.The air of the tiny compartment grew hotter with both Yoongi and Jimin’s heart beats. Jimin’s gasps and pants sat a little too well with the aroused alpha. Yoongi held Jimin's wrist and placed a hand on his hip to gain his balance. He immediately looked down at Jimin’s crotch to see a damp spot forming around his black jeans.“Shit,” Yoongi grunted, unbuckling Jimin’s belt and sliding his tight jeans and boxers down to his knees before being pinned to the wall. Jimin ground against the alpha’s knee while crying into his neck, pleading for the alpha to make the pain go away.“J-jimin. Stop-calm down. Jimin, baby-wait” Yoongi growled as jimin perfectly ground against his hard member. The sweet scent, now identified as Jimin’s, got stronger as it hypnotized Yoongi. Even though he tried to convince Jimin to stop, he rolled his hips along with the unknown omega’s erratic movements.Yoongi bared his teeth as Jimin’s stretched, presented neck before pushing Jimin’s nose into his neck where his scent gland was. He didn’t know what he was doing or if holding back was the right or wrong answer. Conflicting thoughts of protecting his and preserving his precious group-member or fucking him into oblivion and biting his neck confused the hazy-minded alpha.His thrusts increased in speed and strength along with his scent. The keening omega gave the dominant alpha more power over him and bounced along with the powerful movements of the boy. Soon the newly found omega gave a silent scream before collapsing into the exhausted alpha’s arms. Yoongi stopped before the bread the “ beta ” even though he was still hard.“What the fuck?”

I want to put my body in your warm and deep eyes

The plane landed smoothly against the runway. The staff grab their bags and wait in the terminal as a man with an empty wheelchair enters the plane. Jungkook and Yoongi help JImin into the chair then covered him as much as possible. The omega in question had been unconscious ever since his trip to the bathroom.Yoongi refused to talk about why he was wearing different clothes or why Jimin was wearing every single pair of sweatpants he owned or why he had several empty water bottles that he didn’t have before. He also refused to make eye contact with any of the flight attendants. He did tell the staff and members that Jimin couldn’t walk and probably needed to go to the hospital after they landed but neglected to tell them how he knew.After tucking one last strand of Jimin’s hair under Jungkook’s bucket hat, Jimin was rolled out of the plane. The rest of the members and remaining staff left the strongly scented compartment while Sejin heavily tipped each staff member on the plane. None of the members really wanted to think about how they would get the rest of the passengers off the plane.The walk to the van was haste but thankfully peaceful until they walked outdoors. Gates and airport security held back fans clutching their merchandise as they instantly recognized the members. They knew their fans would be ecstatic to see them after their famous billboard awards performance. Thankfully, the staff was smart enough to send Jimin out before the rest of the members. Since the fans are so used to seeing the boys travel all together they didn’t realize Jimin passed them underneath his vague disguise.The boys quickly walked past the flashing cameras and their fans screamed in delight. Soon fans questioned where the smallest, 7th member was. Paparazzi shouted questions that the 6 idols as they restrained the tempting growls from leaving their throats.The members waved at paparazzi as calmly as they could manage. For some reason, none of them could get a grip over their instincts like normal.With much strain and struggle, all the members entered the black van that drove them to their apartment. Although they wanted to go to the hospital with Jimin they knew it would be a huge security risk for themselves and Jimin if they were seen there. All they could do was wait.

If only i could so that, how nice it would be

Sejin waited anxiously in the waiting room. It’s been 5 hours since they arrived and nobody had come to with new information yet. On top of that Sejin just had a very stressful conversation with Jimin’s family and now had to prepare for the arrival of a protective family coming by the end of the week. Combined with 6 equally protective and basically feral alphas he was going to witness the civil war of the decade.“Park Jimin?” And blue-clad nurse called in the semi-empty waiting room.The walk to the examination room was a blur and the wait for the doctors went by in a blink. The sweet, strong scent adorning the room soothed the frazzled beta’s nerves for a moment before the doctors cleared the throat. These doctors were part of the company and were very comfortable with all the members but now they looked nervous and hesitate when they were usually calm and determined to help the members. They were especially determined when it came to Jimin, he just had that kind of effect on people. That’s why Sejin felt sick when they wouldn’t look him in the eye.“Look- I’m just going say this as bluntly as possible” a courageous doctor said. “Jimin is an omega”

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The eternal night with no end in sight
 “HE’S A WHAT?!?”Yoongi exclaimed.“An Omega.” Sejin sighed as he plugged his phone in. He had just gotten back from the hospital after receiving books and a list of items male omegas need all while his phone blew up with calls and emails. He didn’t even tell them about Jimin’s new condition yet and they were already harassing him.The rest of the alphas weren’t doing much better. With all the stress caused by Jimin at the airport, Jin went into a rut as soon as the pack wasn’t in public which triggered Jungkook’s rut when they got home. Suppressants can only last for so long until they become useless. Now BTS was left with two feral, horny alohas locked in opposite rooms with sound and smell proof walls and a newly presented omega in a hospital going through their first heat.“Is he okay?” Taehyung asked worriedly.“I don’t know. I wasn’t able to see him before I left.” Sejin responded, glancing over the list of items the doctors prescribed“Where is the hospital keeping him?” Namjoon asked, worried Jimin would feel scared in a place he was unfamiliar. Although all alphas are overpowered by the need to dominate and protect during their ruts, there is a slight feeling of vulnerability when you know your mind and body don’t communicate as they normally do. Despite this feeling, alphas still have strength and survival instincts, where are omegas weren’t built a home to fight or intimidate. Namjoon couldn’t imagine could vulnerable or scared Jimin would be as an omega without alpha or even a beta to protect him. It made him feel worse then he wasn’t there to protect him.“Just in a standard heat room.” Sejin replied.”I have several guards watching over him. Alpha and beta. Everything should be fine.” The room was tense.“Heat rooms? I didn’t even know those existed” Hobi said, resting his chin in his fingers.“Hospitals are required to have at least two heat rooms but they're rarely used. Even though most establishments have rut emergency rooms none of them have heat rooms anymore because they just end up taking up space. Doesn’t mean they don’t exist, just that there never really used. God, I hope somebody’s been cleaning that thing,” Sejin blurred out. The look of horror now possessed all the emotional alphas. Thoughts of Jimin getting sick or catching a disease during his heat made them want to shred the hospital janitor to pieces. The image of Jimin crying or whimpering in fear already made their guts clench but adding little, kitten-like sneezes or coughing fits the cute yet depressing display made them want to cry.None of the members knew the logistics of omegean bodies because schools don’t go in depth since it’s highly unlikely this knowledge would be useful in the future. That combined with the fact that there isn’t a lot of knowledge about omegas because there aren’t a lot of omegas to test or omegas that are willing to be tested on. That being said the members had no actual idea what Jimin was going through and just assumed that he was going through a very scary rut in a hospital.“His family is coming too” Sejin informed. Taehyung groaned, he remembered when Jimin invited him to stay with his family for a week 2 years ago. It was hard trying to convince Jimin’s parents to let Tae sleep in Jimin’s room. Tae wasn’t even allowed to sleep in Jimin’s room for the first two nights because of how protective his parents were over their only beta child. They scented Jimin whenever they could, whether he was leaving the house or going to sleep or just sitting next to Taehyung while eating. Unsurprisingly, Jimin said this was a very normal habit. Both of Jimin’s parents were equally protective and terrifying in different ways. Jimin’s mother was very open with her need to worry and fret over every one of Jimin’s movements and wasn’t afraid of what others thought of her overbearingness. She overreacted a lot and over exaggerated things when it came to both her children, whereas Jimin’s father was a bit more quiet, serious and intimidating. In fact, most of the time Jimin’s mother was the person worrying over Jimin while her husband silently backed her up, but once Jimin’s father got involved. Let's just say Tae still has a habit of looking over his shoulder and checking under the bed before he sleeps.Jimin’s brother, Park Jihyun, was a whole different story. At the time when Taehyung visited the brute brother was the same height as him and hadn’t even presented yet. The signs of a soon to be alpha were clear and were enough for Taehyung to feel threatened by the younger’s presence. While Jihyun was open with his protectiveness over his older brother Taehyung was trained to hide his emotions from the public and easily smiled through the pain. Despite Taehyung’s acting skills, Jimin was always able to tell how many of the 3 members’ were feeling, especially his soul mate’s. Jimin also had a very good connection to his brother and knew that he was also acting weird. After many attempts to stop the little feud between his brother and bandmate he just gave up and let them do whatever they wanted.Taehyung would have called the trip a waste of a week vacation if it wasn’t for the one on one time he got with Jimin without cameras. Besides the migraine, ringing in his ears, and paranoid habits he picked up, that week was filled with memories that would make the other BTS members murderous with envy to spare.Taehyung can still picture it, all the little restaurants Jimin took him when he was younger. Jimin showed him his elementary school and he meets some old teachers still working there, some were quite fond of Jimin and his well being and other being fans of BTS. Jimin also showed Taehyung the park his brother and he would spend time at after Jiyun’s sports or Jimin’s dance class. Like children Jimin and Taehyung played around uncaring of others watching them, pushing each other on swings or climbing on the monkey bars. Jimin and he also ate at the local restaurants Jimin went to with his family from time to time. Some of the restaurant owners(most of them) were also quite protective of Jimin and would lecture/threaten Taehyung, before catching up/loving Jimin, calculating/praising both members for their success then served them food. Also since the owners/staff knew Jimin so well they also helped him with convincing Jimin to eat more than a grape. So being on vacation alone with a reminiscent, healthy, mochi will be an event he will always keep close to his heart. It is also an event he will keep away from the other members because the only hell knows what would happen if that got out. Anyways, Jimin’s family plus protective members(with 2 in a rut) and a newly, vulnerable omega did not have a good outcome for anyone.“What will happen to Jimin’s career?” Yoongi asked softly, exhausted from the 24 hours.“It really depends on BangPD-nim at this point,” Sejin grumbled tapping away on his phone.“What?!? What about Jimin?”Namjoon questioned.“I would like to think so but the course of Jimin’s career is technically decided by BangPd-nim and so are all of yours. That what you agreed to when you signed your contracts.” Sejin looks sympathetic.“So people might find out that Jimin is an omega before Jimin’s heat is over?” Hoseok pondered worriedly.“It's unlikely but not impossible,” Sejin replied.“I need to sit down” Taehyung groaned, flopping onto the slightly worn out couch the members’ owned. The other’s followed his lead in similar ways. Yoongi literally curled up on the floor at Sejin's feet.Sejin sighed,” We’ll discuss this later, get some rest.”

The loud screams that seek me out

“* Gasp * Alpha!* Huff * Please* Huff * I need you!” Jimin moaned for the 100th time into the scent filled room. The clueless omega whined for protection from his 6 alphas but was left alone and depressed. For what was only 30 minutes felt like a decade the longer the helpless omega had to be deprived of another person calm him.30 minutes ago Jimin woke up to a stiff bed loaded with blankets and pillows that the small cot had no chance in holding 15% of them. The room was overfilled with a scent Jimin was unfamiliar with and uncomfortable because of the lack of ventilation. The heat from his core and constant sweat seeping from his skin made Jimin panic even more. The last few hours were and cloudy blur and the only clear memory was winning the “Top social Award” at the BBMAs. Jimin tired to think of any way to connect the dots between winning and the current environment but didn’t come up with much before his brain went numb.Now all he could do was cry, whine, sweat, no attempt to relieve himself and many other things that don’t really help the situation. His body moved faster than his mind. Jimin struggled to get his clothes off and moaned as slick gush out unrestricted.Jimin knew he needed to release before he lost himself more. He massaged and rubbed his smaller than normal boner but barely felt the effect he normally felt when he would masturbate. Jimin felt too shy to try anything besides jerking off and doesn’t do it often either unlike the alphas in his band. Jimin can’t help but end up thinking about his bandmates when pleasuring himself and would feel embarrassed when confronting them later.Despite this, the mind-numbingness of his heat took the shame away with it. Now Jimin didn’t even bother trying to think of something else besides his alphas’ bodies and scents. He thought of the tenseness in Jungkook’s muscles after a workout that he had the pleasure of massaging out not to mention the deep groans Jungkook let out when Jimin found a sensitive spot. The strength and size of Jin’s shoulders that would carry Jimin whenever he or Jin wanted. The comfort in Namjoons chest that Jimin would often take naps on when Namjoon made sure he slept enough or when Jimin kept him company during his late hours in the studio. Jimin remembered the grace and speed Hoseok’s body possess when he dances and his hot breath hitting the back of his neck, the senators would haunt him forever. Jimin would always be impressed by Taehyung voice and the board range it had but he never would have expected anything like Singularity. The vibrato Taehyung held and the sinful expressions he made during the live performance made Jimin feel faint. It was worse when Taehyung asked Jimin to help choreograph the dance with him, spending time alone with Taehyung and his voice echoing through the room, showing him how to move his own body to captivate the audience further if that was even possible. ‘Anyone of them could make me feel better. My memories of them are so nice. I don’t understand. Why aren’t they here? ’ Jimin thought sadly.He pictured Yoongi’s hands before a strong scent clouded his mind. Without warning, he remembered pinning a certain alpha against the wall and grinding against his hard member in his jeans. The flashback was so vivid Jimin couldn't help but moan out so loudly, he could be heard through the soundproof doors. Jimin's body went on autopilot and relieved itself in ways Jimin would never have the courage to do before. With the realistic memory of Yoongi’s hand on Jimin’s waist and growls filling his ears fueling his inner omega, Jimin finally released with a scream.His vision had black spots as mind slowly cleared from the sudden heat wave. Before instruction took over he thought one thing.
‘Where are they?’
 Your fragrance still penetrates and breaks me down “I hate this shit” Yoongi muttered in the white face mask covering his mouth and nose as he threw away an empty spray can of scent remover. All the able members of BTS were cleaning up their dorm to prepare for Jimin’s family’s arrival in the next 48 hours. Both Jungkook and Jin were staying in Jungkook’s room since their rut technically ended but their pheromones were still a little off. Normally alphas would still be separated but all the alphas felt lonely from being isolated for a week and preferred to scent their pack mates when the rut was over. They mostly would call Jimin but they also enjoyed each other’s presence when he was unbelievable.Jimin’s heat hasn't ended yet because first ruts and heats take the longest since the body needs to adapt to a new form. With Jimin still in the hospital, the alphas were all on edge. As every minute passed without seeing their mochi made them go even crazier. That and the thought of hosting the Park family without Jimin there seemed hellish.The boys, in general, hated hosting people at the dorms whether they were chill or feral. They’ve only done it a few times before when there was an emergency or a friend came over. Most of the time if they were to invite a friend it would be one that wouldn't mind how their home is situated so they don’t have to give the dorm a makeover just to please the guest.Cleaning the dorm was one thing but preparing it for guests was a whole different thing that none of the boys enjoyed doing. It meant breaking up all the mini nests they’ve stationed around the place, it meant putting away plushies, figurines, and fan gifts to make room for the guest. It meant wiping away all the scents covering the room so it would bother the guests’ noses.Yoongi really hated the last part. The scents of each other help all the boys function with the stress of being famous. Also as alphas, it's normal to want to claim their territory and keep their scent around their home. None of them would lie that erasing their scents was making them feel vulnerable in their own home.Despite this, they all cleaned the hell out of their apartment just to make an impression on the Park family. Despite not wanting to clean of life with the Park family they didn’t want JImin to be worried or come home to a hostile environment. This was all for him.“Hyung? When are they coming over again?” Taehyung asked Yoongi as he flopped on the couch.“I don’t know but it soon so get up. I just sprayed that thing down.”“...how do you think Jimin is?” Taehyung asked seriously.“I don’t know”

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My agonizing phantom pain is still the same
 “Welcome to our home,” Jin said before all the boys bowed 90 degrees. The Parks took their shoes and coats off before scanning the room. Yoongi bit the inside of his cheek when Mrs. Park frowned.“Do you always live in this disinfected state. It smells like rubbing alcohol. Oh dear, what if Jimin’s senses are damaged because of these living conditions!” Jimin’s mother fretted covering Jihyun’s nose along with her own with her hand. Jungkook and Hoseok looked deadpan as Yoongi’s soul left his body.“We sincerely apologize for the smell. We had used scent-remover when preparing for your arrival in an attempt to make you feel more comfortable. I see we have failed and formally apologize.” Namjoon said professionally. Mrs. Park was about to nit-pick his statement, but her husband calmed her down.“Excuse my wife, she’s on edge because of Jimin’s unknown condition. Thank you for letting us stay in your home, alpha.” Jimin’s father talked formally before bowing to the members even though his wife and son didn’t move. Jimin’s mother groaned at her husband's good manners. Jihyun hadn’t stopped staring down Taehyung since he laid eyes on him and neither has Taehyung.Alphas instinctively want to dominate and power over others. Although most mature alphas are able to suppress this nature like Namjoon or Jimin’s dad for example. This instinct normally comes out when a foreign alpha is in another alpha’s home because they fear the new alpha will take over their property and pack. This instinct also comes out when rival alphas meet or alphas feel challenged. Usually, these “battles” don’t end until one of the parties submit or they both yield. But the latter rarely happens. Needless to say, this wasn’t the best situation to be in.“Why don’t I show you to the room you’ll be staying in?” Hoseok offered.“Fine” Jimin’s mother said, exhausted and followed Hoseok. She continued to make snarky remarks about their dorm and talked about how happy she would be when Jimin was finally released from the hospital and would be able to live with them once again. Even though the rest of the boys also wanted JImin to be released from the hospital they didn’t want his to go home with his family to Busan. How would they protect him if he was away? Her husband followed after her after carrying all the bags they brought and tugged Jihyun down the hallway away from Taehyung.“Really Tae?” Jin asked, not liking all the stress Namjoon was taking.“What happened?”Taehyung asked like he didn’t even notice he was just fighting another alpha.“Can you blame him hyung?” Yoongi mumbled quietly enough for just him and Seokjin to hear. Instead of responding Jin slapped him on the shoulder.Hoseok leads them to the room they cleaned out earlier, which was Yoongi’s since it had a lot of space, while the other boys went to open all the windows in the apartment. Yoongi worried for Hobi since he didn’t come back after a few minutes. Jungkook flopped onto the couch after the detergent smell lessened. Hobi returned looking like he drank three bottles of soju. The rest of the BTS alphas collapsed around the room as the Park family finished unpacking their bags. Sejin and the rest of the BTS managers cam to the dorm to welcome the family. One of the managers lightly scolded the members for “looking so messy with guests present” and fix their hair or whipped their faces with a handkerchief he had in her pocket. Soon the Park family walked into the living room again.The managers bowed before Sejin spoke.”Welcome. My name is Sejin and my associates and I care for the members of BTS. If you have any questions about Jimin’s previous health then do not hesitate to ask of us.”‘ Does she hesitate before doing anything?’ Yoongi thought bitterly.“I will do my best to make sure your stay in Seoul is comfortable I need to inform all of you that we will be required to attend a meeting with BangPD-nim to discuss Jimin health and future tomorrow.”Sejin glanced at the boys.Everyone in the room looked the same. The worried and dread they felt for Jimin washed away any hate they had for each other and replaced it with a common dread. Taehyung and Jihyun stopped staring each other down and Yoongi and Jimin’s mother stopped internally criticizing the other. The managers left soon after telling them the details. The members and the family barely spoke for the rest of the night. 
I reach a hand out to cover my mouth
 The current dorm residents arrived at the BigHit building in three vans. A few paparazzi were there taking pictures and asking questions to the members and the family.“Why wasn’t Jimin with you at the airport when you arrived?”“Sir, can you look at the camera and tell us who you are?”“Why isn’t Jimin with you now? Can you tell us where he is?”“How will you promote your new album now that Jimin is no longer a member of BTS?”“Why did Jimin decide to leave when your fame is growing so much in America? Was he fired?”“Did Jimin get arrested in America? What was the crime?”“How do you think your fans will respond to Jimin’s death?”The paparazzi asked more absurd questions to try to gauge a reaction from them but the members didn’t respond. The Park family had a harder time, they didn’t know they were asking crazy questions and thought Jimin was in worse condition that they were told. Sejin pushed them into the building before they could verbally respond the any of the reporters. Surprisingly, they were silent. No accusations or insults being thrown by Jimin’s mother or Jihyun. It scared everybody silent.“They’re lying,” Namjoon said bravely. “They know nothing. We wouldn’t tell the truth them lie to you. Trust me.”Jimin’s mother wore a blank expression looking Namjoon straight in the eyes look8ng for some hint of malice to find none. She nodded her head before walking into the elevator with her husband. The trip to the conference room was silent. Most of the members family went inside and sat down as interns poured them drinks. Taehyung was about to go inside to before noticing the Jihyun was still outside. Jihyun stared at his shoes while Taehyung tried to make eye contact with him.“Hey,” Taehyung said softly. Jihyun looked up briefly before returning to his black converse shoes. Taehyung wasn’t really sure how to talk to Jihyun. This was the first time they’ve spoken in two years and they didn’t really talk when Taehyung was visiting either. Jihyun had grown a little under Namjoon’s height but was still taller than Taehyung and beefier too. Finally presenting as an alpha he was more intimidating than the little teenager Taehyung met two years ago. Taehyung didn’t have a problem glaring at him when Jihyun glared back but now he was at a loss.Taking a deep breath Taehyung hovered a hand over Jihyun’s shoulder. “Hey? Are you okay?” Taehyung asked quietly, not wanting to startle or aggravate the alpha. Despite his efforts, the younger didn’t respond. Sighing Taehyung slowing walked towards the conference room.Jihyun rushed forward and grabbed Taehyung’s sleeve. Taehyung surprised looked back at the younger alpha. Jihyuns eyes were still on the floor but he had a death grip on Tae’s sleeve and was trembling a little. Taehyung tried multiple times to say something but nothing came to mind.“Will...will Jimin be okay?” Jihyun asked socially. He sounded like a child that was afraid of being treated like a kid or an adult that’s never experienced being vulnerable before. Taehyung guessed he was a little bit of both.Although Taehyung was moved by Jihyun’s concern, he had no idea how to respond. He thought the right words would come to him in a situation like a movie or Namjoon, but his mind drew a blank. A timer in his head started to count down. He wasn’t sure what was at the end but he was scared to find out.“Nevermind,” Jihyun said defeated. Letting go of his sleeve and walking towards the door. Without thinking, Taehyung grabbed his shoulder tightly, ignoring Jihyun’s harsh flinch.“Jihyun. We both know Jimin. We both know that’s he’s stronger than we’ll ever know.” Taehyung said by Jihyun’s ear. Jihyun looked back at him. For some reason, Taehyung looked scared and impressed at the same time. After a few minutes, Jihyun finally entered the room, content with the answer he was given.Soon after everyone was settled, BangPD-nim entered the room. After the greetings were done everyone listened intently for Jimin’s fate. Jimin’s parents were convinced Jimin wouldn’t be allowed to be an idol anymore because of his new stasis They would finally be able to protect him the way they wanted to. Despite Jimin losing his dream to create music, they were happy Jimin would be in their arms. Jihyun was less convinced than them. Before he agreed with his family that Jimin at home would be better for him but throughout the day he began to have doubts that they would be able to provide him the protection he needed since he was one of the only famous omegas alive. Now all he wanted was for Jimin to be happy but even that seemed slim.The boys were certain of what they wanted, Taehyung was now even more determined to keep Jimin with them after his “discussion” with Jihyun. Despite the likelihood that they would actually be able to see JImin again, they prayed that Jimin would still live with them.“Since Jimin’s contract with BigHit did not mention anything about Omegean presentations Jimin will still be required to work for us for the next 3 years when the contract is finished.” BangPD-nim chirped.Jimin’s parents were shocked.“Despite this, Jimin will definitely need more security around him 24/7. Since you are the parents of Park Jimin I will allow you to choose who his new bodyguard will be from our lineup of qualified guards.” BangPD-nim said nonchalantly.The boys were barely able to contain their immense joy over BangPD-nim’s news. Sad;y the same could not be said for Mrs or Mr. Park. ‘Oh, Jimin. ’ Jihyun thought solemnly. 
Try to cover my ears but can't go to sleep
 Jimin took a deep breath after finally waking up outside of the stuffy room he was locked inside for the past week. The doctor said that he would need to run a few tests to see if he was still healthy. They had already performed a few that confused Jimin before a nurse said Jimin would have a visitor.Jimin felt his heart beat a little quicker at the anticipation that one(or hopefully all) of his band mates would walk through the door and take him away from this depressing building. Soon heavy footsteps could be heard approaching the door. Jimin got excited when he released the heavy footsteps were from Timberland and waited impatiently to see Jungkook’s face.He was confused and disappointed to find a different alpha walk in the room. At first glance, he thought it was Jungkook or Namjoon since the new alpha shared the same muscle mass as Jungkook and was similar in the height to Namjoon. He wore a black jean jacket, skinny jeans, face mask, and hat. Jimin felt an uncomfortable knot coil in his stomach when he felt alone with the stranger. Sejin followed after the alpha and rushed over to Jimin.“Hey, Jiminie. How are you feeling?” Sejin asked like a worried parent.“Better I think.”Jimin gave a small smile. The knot in his stomach settled down when Sejin held his hand and he didn’t have to make eye contact with the confusing alpha.“How are they?”Jimin asked.“You’ll see them soon. Before then I want to introduce you to someone.”Sejin said gesturing to the mysterious alpha.“This is Jung Sooli. He will be your new bodyguard.”Sejin said a little sadly. Jimin was silent trying to comprehend the new information he was given.Sooli walked towards Jimin’s bed with his hand out. Jimin instinctively curled himself away to look smaller and hide away from him. Sejin tried to ignore the small flinch Jimin gave when Sooli rested his big hand on top if Jimin’s black-hair head.“Nice to meet you Jimin. I will be taking care of you from now on.”

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Today the moon shines brighter on the blank spot in my memories
 The members and the Park family waited anxiously for Jimin and his personal bodyguard to come home. None of them were happy about the current situation. Jimin’s mother was practically hissing at BangPD-nim by the time the group left. Jimin’s father and Jihyun were consoling each other and trying(failing) to make Mrs. Park less depressed. Weird how the only beta in the room was the most intimidating.All the members could agree that they were unhappy with the Parks’ decision. They were all present for the interviews with the possible bodyguards and asked questions and expressed opinions and concerns but none of that mattered because he was for the Parks to decide.‘God, that was a nightmare’ They thought as they remember the details about the lengthy meeting they had.

Because within this pitch black darknes, you are shining so brightly

A tan Chinese man entered the room and sat in a chair away from the table where everyone could see him.

“This is one of the 20 candidates I’ve selected for Jimin. Each one has had prior experience with omegas and is trained to be more immune to their scents and behaviors. Each one has also finished their military services and has gone through a police academy for extra precautions.”BangPD-nim explained.

‘Military service? That means they older than Jimin.” Jungkook thought bitterly.

“All of you may interview or test the application but only Mrs. and Mr. Park can make the final design. Any questions?” BangPD-nim smiled. No one responded to his question.

“What’s your name?”Mr. Park said in a dominating tone.

“Xiao Shi-Cheng”

The brutal interviews went by and none of the candidates were good enough for the Parks( Mrs. Park). The boys around a few they liked and would be happier guarding JImin than others but Mrs. Parks dismissed them. Unsurprisingly she was very nit-picky about each guard and found flaws about each one of them that sent them barley crying as they walk out. There was even a less muscular man that walked two feet into the room before Mrs. Park kicked him out.

She was crazy. Whereas everybody else would ask about their past experience or their motives she would ask them to throw chairs to test their strength or play out ridiculous scenarios that have a 0.1 chance of actually happening.

The boys had mixed reactions. Some of the candidates made them happy for Mrs. Parks’ judgemental eye. Others dismissed candidates made them despite all the power she held. It’s been 4 hours and she hadn’t made a decision. The last candidate came in wearing all black with a determined expression.

“Name?”Jihyun asked.

“Jung Sooli.”

“Why do you think you’ll be able to fulfill this job role?”

“Because I was raised right,” Sooli replied quickly. Mrs. Park was interested.

The more Sooli talked the more the boys hated him. In their opinion, he was stuck up and too intimidating for Jimin to be around 24/7. He reminded Taehyung of Jihyun when he was in Busan, which is why Mrs. Park liked him so much. Unsurprisingly she picked him.

He was sent to go to the hospital and get Jimin home safely without “risking the safety of the rest of the members or JImin’s family” and so he can meet Jimin without any interruptions. This time Jimin’s mother had no power in the decision.

When I think of you the sun comes out

Their thoughts were cut off with a loud knock against the door. Jungkook, being closest to the door, practically ripped the door off its hinges to be greeted with a bundled up Jiminie. He rushed to embrace the missed mochi before he was pushed back. He didn’t even notice the leather jacket-clad alpha standing slightly in front of Jimin with his arms crossed. He growled at the alpha unaware of the tiny keen Jimin gave.“Oh, my baby!!!” Jimin’s mom cried as she rushed to her son.“Mom?” Jimin said surprised before being pulled into his mother’s arms.“Oh god! You’re so skinny now! What have they done to you!?!?! You’re so pale, honey!” His mother fretted. His brother tried to hold his hand but SooliStepped in the way. What was supposed to be a happy reunion was very tense and threatening. Jimin could feel his heart pounding as he spoke.“Y-you are dismissed Sooli-ssi.” Jimin tried.“I am to stay with you when others are present,” Sooli said it as he practiced it in front of a mirror a million times.“It’s okay. They’re my family.”Jimin said shyly. Seeing how Sooli frightened her child she was starting to regret choosing such a powerful alpha to guard her son. Sooli stared down at Jimin like he was an interrogator waiting for his subject to break. Namjoon was about to challenge the new alpha before Sejin smoothly broke up the fight.“Sooli. Since your duties don’t start until tomorrow, why don’t I show you to your room so you can unpack your things.” Sejin lied. Hesitantly, Sooli left the group and followed Sejin to the end of the hall.“At least we know he’s good at his job,” Jimin’s mother said awkwardly. The hyungs were fuming.Finally, after Sooli left Jimin hung off Jihyun and Jungkook’s neck and a desperate hug. The tension left the room as the happy omega giggled around the 97-liners necks.“Awwwww, how have my dongsaengs been without me” Jimin teased. Hobi laughed at Jimin’s humor while Namjoon wiped away nonexistent tears. Jihyun shyly smiled at his brother while Jungkook tried to lift Jimin into the air. Before he could fully wrap his arms around the omega’s smaller waist Jimin’s mother wrapped her own arm around his waist. Jimin looked at the worry and protectiveness swirling in her eyes and just smiled.“I trust them eomma. Nothing will ever change that,” he whispered. Under different circumstances, she would have fought harder but it’s been so long since seeing her son so happy in person. She would burn the world down to make her son happy forever. Yoongi was stunned as he watched Mrs. Park silently sit down next to her husband with a smile. With much restraint, she stayed put as Jimin reunited with his members.The members all welcomed Jimin home in special ways. Usually, they would pull him close and whisper things they’ve been wanting to say to him for days, maybe even seek in a kiss on the forehead if they could. They all laughed when Yoongi made Jimin sit on the couch underneath a blanket with him and just pretend to sleep for 5 minutes until JIn swept Jimin into his long arms. No sincere words were exchanged or little kisses or scenting of any kind. The only thing Jimin heard Yoongi mumble was a low “you look tired”. Mrs. and Mr. Park laugh to themselves as they noticed how Jihyun would follow Jimin closely like a newly adopted puppy following theirs. He wasn’t disturbed by the contact between Jimin and his members or the obvious protective nature the alphas showed. He just wanted to keep his brother happy like this for a long time.All the previous tensions in the room melted away. Yoongi and JImin’s mom was joking about how awkward and difficult their first day was and Taehyung and Jihyun shyly apologized to Jimin for almost fighting when he didn’t want to. Jimin laughs and smiled as his family told him all the interesting things that happened while he was gone. They relieved those harsh moments like they were fond memories from 10 years ago. It was all worth it in the end, just to make Jimin happy once again.“Ah, Jimin-ah. You look so skinny now. Here let me make you something.” Jin offered as he got up but was stopped by a pair of arms wrapped around his neck pulling him back to the couch.“Jiminie?” Jin was met by a peaceful(but strong), sleeping omega cuddling him. He noticed Jungkook, Yoongi, Taehyung, and Jihyun were also fast asleep.“I guess you can eat later” Jin chuckled.

It swallowed me, this latunis, please save me tonight

Jimin woke up in his bed at 12:30 at night with a grumbling stomach. The second thing he noticed after his hunger was how big the room was. It felt a lot more spacious than he remembered. As he tried to think of a reason he felt shivers running through his spine because of the eerie silence. ‘Why is it so quiet?’ Jimin thought. Although he wouldn’t admit it, being surrounded by the dark and silence was suffocating him. A name came to mind as he calmed himself down.“Hobi Hyung?” Jimin called out. He realized the reason it was so quiet was that Hoseok wasn't there snoring his ears off. The absence was because Hobi’s bed was now in Jungkook’s room and so were his mountains of shopping bags and the shelf for his figures he’s collected or the piles of weird fashion pieces strung around the room. Jimin felt like crying when he realized all the things he missed about his old room before his stomach made a noise that could rival Hobi’s snores.He rubs his eyes briefly before walking to his closet to change into something more comfortable to wear. He tries not to notice how empty his closet was. Even there was one closet for each of them, Hobi shopped so much there would be clothes overflowing into Jimin’s closet too. After shuffling through hangers he found a slightly worn out sweatshirt Hobi forgot to get. He sleeves went past his fingertips and the hem brushed the middle of his thighs. He put on some Tata pajama pants and Koya patterned fuzzy socks before leaving his room to find food. He shuffles along the hall so he wouldn’t wake anybody before smelling something really good in the kitchen.JImin peeked around the corner and saw Jin tossing bulgogi in a pan. The smell and sound of the sizzling meat relaxed Jimin immensely. Jimin doesn’t even understand why people say that Jin is a bad dancer when watching him cook was like watching a ballet performance. Jin’s cooking and Jimin’s trance came to a halt as a loud grumble from his stomach was heard.“Hungry?” Jin asked with a smile, not looking up from the onions he was slicing.“A little bit” JImin replied timidly before another burst came out of his stomach. Jimin pouted at his lack of self-restraint as Jin stop cooking just to laugh and clap his hands at the omega’s unfortunate timing.“Yah! You can never lie to me JM! I will always find out one way or another” Jin said knowingly, continuing to slaughter the onion at a rapid pace. Total 180 from the wild laughing fit he was in seconds before.“Sorry hyung. I actually haven’t eaten since this morning in the hospital.” Jimin said sheepishly.“Aigoo! That’s not even real food though.”Jin complained“Well I’m still alive I guess”“Barely, You sleep like a dead man early.”“Worse than Yoongi hyung?”“I said like a dead man, he is a dead man when he sleeps.” Jin threw the onions in the pan before stirring them into the beef.“Sit down Jimin-ah, there's enough for two” Jimin sat down as Jin plated the bulgogi and plopped a huge portion of rice next to it. Jimin was about to dig in but Jin ripped the lids for three instant ramen cups and put them on the table before getting tea and a tub of kimchi from the fridge.“Were you planning on eating all this food alone?” Jimin asked, perplexed by the amount of food on the table.“Of course, now stuff your mouth,” JIn said inhaling noodles. Jimin couldn’t help but moan at eh savory food prepared. Jin blushed at the sound, it wasn’t rare for people to moan at Jin’s food but Jimin’s new form made everything he did 5 times sexier. Jimin’s moan kept replaying in his mind and he was starting to feel the light head. It was worse that Jimin’s wasn’t on any form of scent suppressors so he was emitting this content scent that made Jin want to kiss him. Generally, Jin was one of the alphas with the most self-control over his instincts, so if he was having a hard time who knows how the other members will react.“Good?”Jin said a bit nervously.“Mhn, so good. Everything at the hospital tastes like cardboard and salt.” Jimin said, cutely chewing on a kimchi leaf. Jin was having trouble making conversation with Jimin because he kept on noticing new things about him that made him question everything.“Where’d you get the kimchi?”Jimin asked chewing on another piece.“Oh, your mom brought over a container for you. Haha, she wouldn’t let us eat any without you.”Jin laughed fondly even though he was enraged at the woman’s decree three days ago.“Aish! Sorry about that. How has she been?” Jimin asked embarrassed. For the rest of the night, Jimin and Jin eat food and talked about all sorts of things, relevant or not. Jin telling Jimin about all the weird things Tae had done in the past week without him and Jimin told Jin all the dad jokes the nurses told him when they visited his room. They were so caught up in the conversation they didn’t notice how loud they were being until they heard loud foot stomps heading towards the kitchen.

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Inside my memories, I become young again
 Sooli leaned against the wall boring holes into JImin with is eyes. Jimin tilted his head so his bang covered his eyes and played with the sleeves on Hobi’s sweatshirt. Jin was gripping the metal chopsticks in his hand so tight they could break at any moment.“Why didn’t you tell me you let your room?” Sooli asked a little annoyed.“Was he supposed to?” Jin asked. The members have seen their hyung rebel against their management and BangPD-nim. The playful tone he used in similar situations was replaced with a cold, protective voice that made Jimin blush. Instead of actually talking the two alphas tried to assert their dominance over each other, Jimin seemed to be caught in this scenario often.“I wasn’t aware that I was supposed to inform you,” Jimin said timidly, not accepting either to hear him.“You’re not obliged to-you’re a person with a functional brain Jimin.” Jin reached across the table and squeezed the omega’s softer, smaller hand.“A person with a higher risk of getting attacked than a huge majority of the world population. I feel that you fail to comprehend this information.” Sooli had little emotion in his voice or his facial expression. For a second, Jimin glanced up at Sooli and saw a swirl of anger and dismay in his eyes.“He was just fucking hungry,” Jin replied. Jimin’s eyes widened; hearing the oldest hyung curse is rare since Seokjin likes to be a responsible role model for his dongsaengs. Jimin has never seen Jin in this way before, and they’ve been through quite a few frustrating situations. Jin absentmindedly dug his nails into Jimin’s softer hand, but Jimin didn’t mind too much. He was too worried about the tension between the two powerful alphas. Quicky catching the distressed scent coming from Jimin, Sooli made eye contact with Jimin. As if a trance was broken, Jin also looked at Jimin and gently smoothed the creases his nails made on the omega’s hand.“Tomorrow we will establish some rules for your safety.” Sooli sounded like a boss talking down to an intern.‘Tch-safety? More like for his fucking mental health.’ Jin thought bitterly“My room is located right across your room. If you need to leave your room for any reason tonight; inform me first.” Wanting to avoid another fight-Jimin nodded his head.“Okay, great. Now that you know that Jiminie isn’t in danger you can leave.” Jin snarled. For a moment, Sooli looked like he wanted to retaliate before slowing walking to his room.“Actually hyung, I’m not very hungry anymore,” Jimin confessed after hearing Sooli’s door close.“Oh, Jiminie-” Jin has always worried the most when any of the members were on a diet, especially Jimin. He had secretly liked Jimin’s chubby face/body when they debuted and had worried when he lost a lot of waits only a year afterward. He’s seen the dangers of Jimin’s habits in the Most Beautiful Moments of Life era but was most concerned during the Wings era. It has been a steady recovery but Jin still worries for his resident mochi.“I’m a bit tired and Sejin-hyung said we would be getting back on schedule tomorrow so we should really rest,” Jimin said, picking up his dirty plate. Jin sighed before putting the rest of the food into containers and into the fridge.“Oh, I didn’t mean you had to stop eating hyungie,” Jimin reassured.“It’s okay Jiminie. Don’t worry so much.” Jin teased with less enthusiasm than normal. He also brought the rest of the dirty dishes to the sink where Jimin was washing his.“You know if you’re unhappy with Sooli as your bodyguard then you can tell me. You shouldn’t be forced to be around somebody you don’t like for such a long time.” Jin said when they were done washing the plates.“I know, but I would never hear the end of it from my mom. You’ve seen how she can be.” Jimin said casually, scrubbing a pan.“Still…”Jin nudged, drying a chopstick.“Maybe he just needs to grow into the dynamic we have. I know it might be hard to fit in with a group that already has a great bond.” Said Jimin. Jin smiled.“Ah~ That’s our main dancer! Always so nice to others.” Jin praised, hitting the Jimin’s back. The tension Sooli and Jin’s fight left in him was replaced with tiny giggles that made Jin’s heart swell.“Thanks, Jinie-hyung” Jimin smiled“Ah~ Bangtan’s fairy is so cute. Get some sleep, baby.” Jin laughed. Jimin giggled a little before shuffling down the hallway; hoping Jin didn’t see the blush on cheeks.  
Please don't leave me, crumbling dead leaves
 The dorm was finally lively again thanks to Jimin’s presence. Whenever one of the boys were missing the dorm would always be gloomier but it was most heavily affected by Jimin, the mood-maker of BTS. Jin, Yoongi, and Jimin’s dad were all over the kitchen making breakfast for the large group.Jimin, still in Hobi’s green sweatshirt, sat down next to Jungkook at the dining table and looked through all the worried texts his friends and distant family members sent him. Namjoon tousled his messy hair while sipping his hot coffee before sitting next to Taehyung(who was also next to Jimin). After calming down several people, Jimin put down his phone.“Can I have a bite?” Jimin asked Jungkook who was practically inhaling cereal. Nodding, JK held the bowl and held out a spoonful of milk and cereal for Jimin to eat. Surprised that JK was willing to feed him, Jimin’s cheeks were tinged pink while he wrapped his plump lips over the spoon. His blush intensified when a trail of milk dripped from the corner of his mouth to his chin. Jungkook laughed softly before tenderly wiping it away with a napkin; not letting him think about other ways to get the milk off his face(like licking). Jimin swallowed but twisted his head in doubt.“It’s a really*cough*sweet.”Jimin noticed, sipping water between words.“Yeah, I don’t like it when cereal is bland” Jungkook laughed at Jimin’s cute scrunched up nose.“That’s fine but it tastes like you replaced the milk with cream.”“Not quite. I just but a few spoons of sugar in it.” Jungkook said, massaging the back of his neck. Jimin looked at him weird before shaking his head and smiling in understanding.“You can be so weird sometimes.” Jimin laughed.“What? People do that all the time in Busan.” Jungkook laughed as he messed around with his hyung.“Jungkook-ah. I was born in Busan. Before you. I have never met anybody who does this willingly.” Jimin said deadpan at the maknae’s antics.“Not really, my friends taught me this.”“Who? Your imaginary friends?” As Jimin and Jungkook continued to bicker: Jin, Yoongi, and Mr. Park brought out all the food and everybody, except Sooli, sat down at the table. Jihyun poured himself a bowl of cereal then looked around the table.“Jiminie-hyung? Can you pass the sugar?” Jihyun asked innocently, noticing the bag was in front of him and Jungkook. Jimin and Jungkook were silent and stared at the young alpha in astonishment.“What?” Jihyun asked and bit crept out but their intense stare. Jungkook instantly burst out laughing, slapping the shoulder of the person next to him in excitement, who was Yoongi. Yoongi’s face looked annoyed at Jungkook for a moment before not caring and chewing on a piece of bacon.“Jihyun...no,” Jimin said shocked that his brother was also addicted to sugar. Jimin was so perplexed by Jihyun he didn’t even care the Jungkook was yelling “I was right!” and “It’s real!” into his ear.After 5 minutes of arguing and questioning life; Jimin gave up on the 97-liners and, not so suitably, chucked a bag of sugar at his brother’s head. The rest of the meal carried on and the dorm had never been so homely. Namjoon, Hobi, and Yoongi were talking about a new song for Festa 2018; Jin and Jimin’s dad were exchanging pieces and talking about different types of food/restaurants around the world; Jungkook and Jihyun talked about Busan and Jimin was telling his mom stories about all the members while Tae laughed from time to time or added other details.“We have to leave soon.”Jimin’s dad said while everyone was cleaning up.“Huh?” Jimin asked.“Our flight leaves in 2 and a half hours,” Jihyun said rolling a suitcase out of Yoongi’s room.“You’re leaving already?” Jimin eyes became a little watery.“Oh, baby. Honey, can’t we stay a bit longer?”Jimin’s mom hugged her son’s head to her chest.“Not if we want to pay for it ourselves.” His dad said, rubbing Jimin’s shoulders“I could pay for it.” Jimin offered but was quickly denied.“No baby, save your money. We’ll see you again very soon.”“Promise?”“Promise.” 
Today of all days, the much quieter night
 After the private car left with Jimin’s family, the boys got ready to leave for the studio. Today was just a dance rehearsal before the official Love Yourself: Tear promotions started. When all of them left their respective rooms they saw Sejin and Sooli sitting on the couch expectedly.“Please sit. We need to discuss the new protocols for Jimin with everyone present.” Sejin said professionally like he was just talking to co-workers instead of friends. They complied but Sooli remained silent.“Where’s Jimin?” Sooli asked.“Late,” Taehyung said blankly, staring holes into the man but showed no emotion. 5 minutes later Jimin hopped out his room while still zipping up his heel.“I’m here! I’m here. Ready to go!” Jimin called, worried that his members would be waiting impatiently for him to leave but was surprised with the exact opposite.“What happened while I was gone?” Jimin asked jokingly. The members had a hard time looking him in the eyes.“We need to discuss how we will proceed with normal life.” Even the way Sooli spoke sounded like he was in a dystopian movie. Sejin couldn’t help but roll his eyes at the bodyguard's mannerisms. Jimin sat down between Taehyung and Jin.“To start, Jimin will have to be within my eyesight at all times.”  The alpha members groaned.“Second. Since omegean scent and heat suppressors aren’t useful I will need to scent Jimin whenever we leave the dorm.”  The members growled at Sooli. Jimin was surprised how happy he felt from this reaction. When he was a “beta” he was annoyed when his members would try to intimidate someone or each other, especially if they were doing for him. But now he felt a warm, fuzzy feeling in his chest. Jimin tried to hide his preening as he “subtly” cuddled Tae. Taehyung stopped growling and intertwined his fingers with Jimin’s.“Why can’t we be the ones to scent Jimin. He trusts us and will be more comfortable. Keep in mind he just meets you.” Yoongi said darkly.“It would make more sense for me to scent him since I’m his guard. It would be off-putting if I was protecting him but my scent didn’t match the one that marked him.”“Why can’t we just have Jimin decide?”Jin asked. Everyone looked at Jimin expectedly.“While I would rather have my members sent me I understand the point Sooli is making,” Jimin said hesitantly. “So what if you both scent me?” Despite being confused the members all agreed with Jimin.“We’ll work on it” Sejin agreed.The conversation continued with the members hating all the suggestions Sooli was making. All the rules basically just meant Jimin was going to be attached by the hip to Sooli in public.“Do these rules apply in the dorm?” Jin asked bitterly, still salty from last night’s meal.“That will be determined later,” Sooli said.Soon the conversation ended and the boys were about to head out. Now jimin just had to apply these rules before mayhem broke out.

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So baby, let’s go, seat-belts are fastened
 The members split up into 2 vans, despite the Bighit building only being a 10-minute drive. Jimin sat in the front row next to Sooli so Taehyung and Hoeseok could keep an eye on him. In the dorm, they compromised and Sooli just lightly scented Jimin’s left wrist and through a game of rock-paper-scissors Jungkook heavily scented Jimin’s right wrist. Much to his liking, Jimin asked to wear the hoodie Taehyung was wearing to the studio. “You didn’t eat breakfast,” Jimin mumbled. Sooli realized he was talking to him and was a bit perplexed. He can’t remember the last person that genuinely r remotely care about his well-being.“Yes, that’s true,” Sooli said bluntly. Jimin looked through a few things in his mini backpack before pulling out an energy bar. “Here. I have a lot of these here because training can be kind of exhausting so don’t worry about eating this one.” Jimin left no room for question as his tiny hand placed the snack into Sooli’s bigger, more calloused one. Sooli was about to give the bar back, but he saw the worry and determination in the omega’s eyes that made him accept the simple offering. Sooli was used to people ignoring him, being angry with him, blaming him, etc but he’s never met a person so caring in his life. Sooli didn’t mind the rough treatment he was given when he took jobs, it made him feel powerful that others felt the need to challenged him all the time. Throughout all the jobs though he has never encountered this situation and didn’t know how to respond to the idol’s kindness. All he knew was that this warm feeling in his chest was weird and addictive and that he needed to protect this beautiful creature for a long time.Despite wearing air pods and looking at twitter, Taehyung and Hoeseok paid attention to the whole transaction. They were fuming. While Jimin’s endless care and kindness for others warmed their hearts they couldn’t help but feel like their angel just made a deal with the devil. Thankfully the building for their studio had a parking garage and the members were able to practice room without any flashing cameras in their faces. Nobody noticed how Sooli neatly folded the energy bar wrapper and put it in his pocket when they passed a trash can.

The darkness before the sunrise seems especially dark

After practicing Fake Love and going over Anpanman a few times, the boys took a quick water break. Jimin only took a few sips of water before going over a certain move that he thought didn’t look right. Jimin went over it a bunch of times and still felt unsatisfied and frustrated. As he was attempting to take 97 Jungkook yelled across the dance room. “Hyung!?! Where’s your bag with all the snacks?” Jimin thought about it for a minute before realizing that he left it in the van. “Oh gosh! I’m so clumsy. Sorry, Kookie. I left it in the car I took, wait I’ll go get it.” Jimin said already heading towards the door but Sooli got there first. “I’ll go with you.” He said quietly. Jungkook rushed over and tugged on Jimin’s wrist to get his attention. Sooli’s eyes saw red for a minute before he got control of himself. He mentally scolded himself for almost attacking the younger alpha-Jimin was really messing with his self-control, he thought. “It’s okay hyung I’ll get the bag, drink some more water you look pale and sweaty.” Jungkook teased.“Aish, you brat” Jimin laughed, slapping the maknae’s bicep. “I know where they parked the car, but I’m not sure which bag is yours so you will need to come with me,” Sooli said, he didn’t feel regretful for trying to spend time with Jimin alone. “I said I would get it,” Jungkook said unamused. He would have offered a challenge if his hung wasn’t right next to them. Jungkook knows how much Jimin hates violence. For some reason, Sooli forgot his bearings and stepped closer to Jungkook, barely towering over him. Jungkook quickly took on a darker persona and a low growl emitted from his throat. Jimin backed away a little behind Jungkook. “Still hungry?” Sooli asked quiet enough for only him and the 20-year-old alpha. “Very” Jungkook barked. The room fell silent. The tension was thick enough to choke on. Jimin felt shivers run down his eyes as people stared at the trio. Jimin tugged on Jungkook’s sweaty, black t-shirt.“Kookie please.” Jimin whimpered. Jungkook firmly wrapped his large hand around Jimin’s dainty wrist. Despite Jimin’s surprised gasp, neither alpha broke eye contact. The fight didn’t settle down until a brave, beta staff member spoke up. “I can go get it, I know where the car is and I know what Jimin-shi’s bag looks like.” The hairdresser interjected. When no one answered Jin walked between the angry alphas and told the staff member to leave with a grateful expression. After guiding Jungkook and Jimin to another part of the room he goes; are hard at School until he sat back in the chair set up in the corner. Jungkook’s eyes were hazy with rage and possessiveness, but amazingly his hold on Jimin was strong and tender. Jimin felt no pain from the alpha and enjoyed the heat from their bond. He couldn’t help feeling guilty for feeling so happy after his new bodyguard and his bandmate almost brawled over something he could have prevented. After loathing a bit, Jimin noticed Jungkook’s eyes and face were still contorted into an angry scowl that didn’t belong on the bunny-face boy. “Jungkookie...come back please” Jimin whispered to the stunned alpha. Caressing his hair and face with his free hand. Soon Jungkook came too. He looked at his hand holding the omega’s smaller, frail wrist before observing Jimin’s plumper cheeks and his pouty lips. Looking at his eyes made Jungkook feel the same love and support he felt when performing in front of millions of cheering fans.  ‘I want to kiss him!’J ungkook released. The pent up anger his inner alpha faced controlled him. He leaned in so close he could feel Jimin’s minty breath brush against his nose before he chickened out and embraced the smaller’s frame instead of kissing the beautiful fairy before him. Although shocked, Jimin got on the tips of his toes to wrap his arms around Jungkook’s neck. Jungkook shamelessly preened when Jungkook noses at his scent gland. “It’s okay Jungkookie. Hah-when did you become so mature alpha? I still remember when you were a baby” Jimin comforted his baby alpha. “Yeah, I remember when I was your height. Aish, I was so young hyung. I think I was 5 years old or something.” Jungkook teased but tighten his hold around Jimin’s petite waist. Jimin laughed but looked over Jungkook’s shoulder to see a fuming Sooli. His nostrils were flaring and he looked flushed. His posture was stiff and tense, he squeezed the plastic chair arms so tight Jimin thought they would break. To the average observer, nothing was unusual, but Jimin could see the range of emotions that were displayed before. The hug between Jungkook and Jimin ended when Jungkook was hit with a pack of gummies to the head. “There, take care of yourself,” Jin said, internally cackling inside when he saw the annoyed expression the maknae gave him since he purposely broke up his time with omega. Even after all the connections, the Bangtan alphas shared through being collectively protective over Jimin against his family, Sooli, and other weird staff members; they still needed to remind each other of the friendly rivalry between each other. “A fight between brothers for the princess”, Taehyung likes to call it. Jungkook huffed and picked up the package. Jimin decided to ignore the intense looks from Sooli and went back to obsessively repeating the Fake Love choreography, occasionally stopping to drink water or catch gummies Jungkook threw into his mouth. Towards the end of practice their choreographer, Son Sung Deuk, and Hobi decided that they were well prepared for the music bank performance coming in a few days and the members got ready to leave. That was until BangPD-nim came in the room. The members bowed through their shock and the BigHit president smiled without care. “Good to have you back Jimin.” BangPD patted his head as an uncle would to his nephew. “Thank you for giving me another chance, PD-nim.” The alphas smiled as the shy omega bowed multiple times despite disagreeing with him. They all felt that Jimin should have chosen what he wanted to do with his life now that he’s an omega so he shouldn’t really apologize. “Of course! I couldn’t let you leave after seeing how hard you work all the time.” The alphas also couldn’t help but cringe at his wording. Although they tried to ignore this; it sounded like he was keeping JImin captive rather than keeping employed. “Anyways, I came to tell you about the press conference I will be holding. You are not required to come but I will tell you that in two days I will announce Jimin’s new presentation to the world.” BangPD said nonchalantly. Even though he means well; he always seems like everything is not a big deal. He always has the same expression, when BTS got a lot of hate or when they won their first daesang. Sometimes this can be unsettling or come off the offensive but the boys managed to overcome their president's quirk. Another quirk of his is being extra blunt and fast-paced. That's why he keeps encouraging the members to produce music and release albums and other content. Whereas other groups produce less content from music videos to tweets, BTS are constantly feeding Army. Other groups have weeks to pass their ruts, relax, travel, or work on personal projects. Bangtan has a strict schedule that gives little room for ruts(and heats now) or vacations that aren’t filmed. But then again they have a lot of creative freedom and days off so there are perks technically. But that might change because of Jimin’s future popularity. “Wait? Why are we releasing this so soon?” Hobi asked.“The press conference is in two days and the music bank airing is in three. I would like to release the information to the public before anyone else can find out on their own. There's no room for discussion because I have no other reason to hold and press conference and canceling it would cause one of the biggest uproars in Korea so that's that.” BangPd said, sounding like he was talking about the rain. The boys didn’t know what else to say. BangPd just smiled and left the room without saying goodbye. Jimin was shivering from anxiety, Taehyung intertwined their fingers and kissed the back of his hand softly before tucking the scared omega’s hand under his chin. The other slowly gravitated to the omega and formed a group hug like they were trying to protect him for all the evils in the world. Despite his jealousy, Sooli couldn’t help but grin at the band's misfortune. 
‘Wonderful. All those eyes on Jimin without any real alpha to protect him. Until me.’
 I need you to stay with me, loyal and faithfully  Jimin avoided his phone like the plague for the next three days. Constant notifications from friends, old school mates, other idols, and millions of people from social media. The number of headlines with his name on them was giving him a migraine at this point. Despite postponing direct contact to the outside world, Jimin’s tireless, anxious mind wouldn’t let him rest without a glimpse at the torn apart world he has created. Jimin constantly asks the other members to check twitter or news articles for him, and they do. Although they try to make him not worry, his nerves always keep him awake. It’s like he’s a trainee again. Practicing till 3 am, eating very little, sleep for a couple of hours before staying at the gym for several hours. After seeing this behavior so many unfortunate times before they knew how to act around him without giving the fairy more anxiety. Oddly enough, they’ve barely seen Sooli since that dance rehearsal. Even now, Sooli didn’t make eye contact with anybody and kept his head down respectfully. After a very anxious 4 hours since waking the band finally made it to the music bank recording. A sea of reporters and photographers swapped their cars like moths to a light. The members waited for the staff to clear a path through the desperate paparazzi before strutting out of the black vehicle. The volume of Seoul increased 10 fold as dozens of people shouted over each other and cameras piled on top of each other just to get a glimpse at the most famous, recent omega in the world. The members strategically shielded the omega to calm his nerves. Jungkook and Namjoon walked in front of him and Taehyung, Jin and Sooli walked beside him with Hoesoek and Yoongi walked behind them. Jimin wore a black beanie, face mask, and a high collared letter jacket to hide the headphones blasting music into his ears to block all the screaming fans and reporters. Soon they were in the studio. Through a frenzy, staff leads to hit bat to their designated dressing room. Jungkook and Taehyung would growl from time to time when they notice fellow idols of other staff members trying to take a peek at Jimin or sai things about him. Namjoon had to practically hold Jungkook back when he heard a Blackpink bodyguard and a Stray Kids photographer talking about doing despicable things to the omega while looking towards their group with an undoubtedly lustful gaze. When they got into the room, Jimin curled up on an armchair. While the others got their hair done or watched their dance practice. Yoongi draped his coat over jimin before changing to calm him down a bit. All the attention he was receiving and the comforting scent and heat from Yoongi’s jacket was making the worn out omega sleepy. It got worse when a large, warm hand massaged his head and played with his dyed hair. Jimin sighed in pleasure and leaned into the palm of the mystery hand which earned a low chuckle from them. The chuckle and Jimin’s energy levels were too low to figure out who was making him feel so good. Jimin didn’t even care about his appearance anymore. He craned his neck and moved his head to the exact position he wanted the stranger to touch like a cat and purred when the stranger did what he wanted. Moments before sleep overtook him he guessed that the welcoming hand belonged to Jungkook because of how well the maknae gives massages and was about to call his name before he heard a baritone voice. “You’re so cute when you’re so out of it, omega.” The voice confused him. It definitely didn’t sound like their main singer voice so Jimin was left to wonder once again. Before he could figure it out he fell asleep. But then, a loud sound jolted him awake!

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The fact that no matter how much they shout, it won’t reach
 The door swung open. Jimin sat up straight and Taehyung and Jin rushed over to cover him, not noticing a retreating Sooli. Jimin forgot about the mystery man when he heard his name being screeched. “JIMININE! BABY! COME TO PAPA! BABABABABABAY” Exo’s Kai cried as he pushed through people to hold his long, lost child- according to him. Before Taehyung could put Kai in his place Jimin jumped into his enthusiastic arms. Kai immediately squeezed the omega’s cinched waist and spun them around- not caring about the items being kick off the table by Jimin’s feet. Jin forced a smile on his face, he was glad Jimin was so happy but felt pissed off that it was by the hands of someone else. Taehyung’s brain was malfunctioning, to say the least. He feels like he’s watching a video one of the other members took of him and Jimin, but a knot formed in the back of his throat since he wasn’t the actual alpha embracing the mochi. Despite feeling betrayed and jealous, he just looked wide-eyed at the couple with clenched his fists. Hosoekpatted Taehyung's back sympathetically. Soon Taemin followed his loud label mate and politely apologized for his doesang’s behavior. Namjoon, being the mature man that he is, accepted the alpha and welcomed him to their dressing room despite the obvious disagreement from the other members. Kai was now pulling and squeezing Jimin’s plump cheeks and commenting on how his new state made him so much cuter than any girl idol could dream of. Kai tapped his nose to Jimins before giving him a soft, tender kiss on his forehead, almost identically to Taehyung’s actions. Jimin gave Kai a big smile before going over to Taemin. ‘ Hah! Jimin always gives the cutest giggle after I kiss his forehead. I knew we were exclusive. See Kai! You got nothing on me!’ Taehyung thought triumphantly. If kai was hugging someone else  Tae would have thought he was crazy for thinking these things about a person as nice as Kai. “Ah Jimin-ah. How are you?” Taemin asked softly. Jimin wrapped his arms around the taller male’s neck before whispering a response nobody could hear except the alpha. After speaking in soft voices and giggling or smiling at each other Jimin raised his voice. “What are you two doing here? I didn’t know you were promoting.” Jimin asked confused. “We aren’t. I just really want to see you and Taemin-hyung is hosting today.” Kai said while playing with Jimin’s hair. Jimin continued to enjoy time with his friends while unknowingly making his members jealous. They realized they shouldn’t have felt this way about the omega. He wasn’t theirs to keep. They always felt protective over the non-alpha but not to the extent where he can’t spend time with his trusted friends. Jimin has told them that he didn’t want them to treat him any different then they had a couple of weeks ago and they intended to uphold their promise. That’s why they didn’t say anything when the trio planned to go to dinner one day with the rest of the 93-liner squad. Soon Taemin had to get ready to start the show but Kai stayed to facetime his group so they could see Jimin. Apparently, most of the Exo members wanted to see Jimin again but their managers would only let one of them go because transporting all of them was too much work. TheBangtan alphas tried to ignore the loud comments and coos from Kai’s phone by preparing for the performance. Over time they couldn’t help but cringe when Chanyeol laughed too hard or when Sehun fanboyed over all the celebrities they met at the Billboard awards. After a while, Jimin noticed how cold his members were acting and got Kai to leave with much struggle. After many kisses, hugs, and scenting the alpha finally left with the promise to return with the rest of his group. The Chinese alpha, like many others, is a victim to the mochi omega’s charm. Jimin is the only person that brings out this energetic side from the graceful dancer. Even after working for hours on end without food or rest, a phone call from Jimin makes Kai feel like he could run a marathon with energy to spare. Once Kai left, Taehyung tightly hugged Jimin and enthusiastically rubbed their necks together to drown the omega in his scent. Still high off jealous and adrenaline, Tae repeated a mantra of “ Mine, mine, mine!” in his head. After he was done the others also scented him to completely erase all the trances the SM alpha left with his kisses. Jimin was pliant and cooperative the whole time. It wasn’t the first time the alphas’ possessiveness lead them to mark Jimin up. He was always a very attractive beta and gained many admirers while the others struggled to keep their natural instincts in check. The only real difference now is that Jimin had to repeatedly squish the urge to moan or scent the alphas back when his neck touched theirs. Usually after the alphas scent their Jiminie, they pretend like nothing happened so they don’t make the ballerina embarrassed. When Jimin was a beta he was very thankful for their consideration, but now he felt an ache in his chest. Now it felt like the action didn’t mean anything when should have. Scent is equal to kissing when it comes to romance but before Jimim only thought of it as a way to destress the alphas to control themselves more.‘ Why do I care so much now?’ Jimin thought sadly while getting his hair done.  Releasing the fairy wasn’t feeling good, Hobi and Jin came to the rescue.“Ah, noona? Do we have any snacks?” 
An endless signal will reach someday
 After throwing 12 bags of popcorn into each others’ mouths, watching the show, sleeping, witnessing Jungkook and Tae struggle through an interview the finally performed Fake love, Airplane pt. 2 and Anpanman. Thankfully nothing went wrong and Jimin and the members went off without a hitch. The audience didn’t need to know that on the way to perform Jimin was seconds away from a nervous breakdown, because once the music started playing Jimin’s idol persona took over and all his worries dissipated. Now was the hard part, the whole group was called to do an interview with Taemin and the other host live on camera. The alphas were very animated to compensate for the jealousy eating them up. Jungkook and Taehyung teasing each other and Jin improvising a 3 letter poem about Bangtan’s official lightstick just to distract themselves from how obvious Taemin was flirting with the omega in front of them. Jimin was too oblivious to notice the slurty looks the Shinee alpha was giving him. He just assumed that it was an act for the fans and played along. “Jimin please show us the killer part in Fake Love.”Taemin grinned as he read the card in his hand. Jimin dipped his head down and jerked it back up between his hands to mimic the dance, and sang his solo in a high voice. Jimin matched Taemin’s flirty energy when he smirked at him while he sang, not hearing the defeated sigh Jungkook let out behind him. “Whaa~! Bangtan’s Jiminie is so sexy.” Taemin teased the omega while fans screamed at their interaction. “Ah, hyung,” Jimin whined, looking bashful. Taehyung pressed his lips together and forced a strained smile. “We must talk about the news that was announced recently. How has Jimin disrupted the dynamic of the group and how will you all move forward?” The female beta asked, despite only a few minutes left for the interview before the next performance. Taemin scanned threw his cards to see if he missed that question while gasps could be heard by their fans while some cheered and whistled. Most of the members, including Jimin, were taken back by the weird phrasing of the unscripted question.. Yoongi was quick to dissect the host’s question and defend the omega. “The only thing that has been disruptive is the number of people that have been so pessimistic towards our group in the past few hours. I feel that I’ve never been more disappointed in our society after witnessing all the sexism that has been thrown at Jimin. Just a few days ago, we w praised for our appearance at the Billboard Awards and hundreds of sources predicted that our legacy would continue successfully for a very long time; but now, people seem to think that our career is headed in a downward spiral in a matter of 48 hours.” Yoongi glared at the now cowering hostess. Some army could be heard calling Jimin and Yoongi name from the depths of the audience. “If anything, Jimin’s new presentation has inspired me to write more songs about our world and my new perspective. I know that our audience enjoys our blunt observations about life so I would say that our career will continue to thrive despite what others say.” Yoongi finishes as their fans cheered. The woman looked like she was going to say something, most likely announce the next group but Namjoon didn’t want the end the interview like that. Despite definitely going over the allotted time, Taemin didn’t dare end the interview. “I think what we want to say is that we will continue to act the same way we’ve always acted towards each other and our fans. Although this change does impact all of us we will adapt over time and continue to grow as a group. We do want to ask for people to be more polite and accepting to all our members. We also want to reassure people that their secondary or primary genders should not determine their personality or how they should be treated as a human being. We all are crucial aspects of BTS and believe that our fans should like every single one of us to be considered an Army. There is no weak link in our chain.  ” Namjoon smiled at the end of his message. Yoongi looked a bit annoyed that his leader just baby proofed his statement but enjoyed the look of shame on the interviewer’s face. “Yes, Bangtan Sonyeondan forever! Now please welcome Blackpink’s Playing with Fire!” Jin announced with a cheery smile before the cameras cut. The music started the members visibly relaxed. Jimin leaned back into Jungkook’s pelvis and gave Taemin a weary smile. “What were you thinking?!?!” an angry producer scolded the guilty idol. “You said to improvise and give the audience what they want, though” The host felt more confident since the cameras were no longer and she wasn’t facing the snarky, 25-year-old alpha. “I said improvise off the card, not stir up a bunch of controversy in front of their fans!” Taemin could be heard trying to start a conversation to spare the naive beta from more humiliation but they couldn't help but watch the mayhem. Jimin felt a knot coil in his gut from seeing someone being scolded so harshly in front of others. Despite being hurt by the woman’s words, he empathizes with her and wants to help. Taehyung rested a hand on the fairy’s shoulder and shook his head when his soulmate senses started to tingle. “I just thought people would want to hear about it since this is their first interview and all the news networks are talking about it.” She defends herself boldly. “I thought you would be happy since your ratings would go up.”“But our reputation went down because of you.” The producer says darkly. The rebellious light in the female host’s eyes dies out. She looks at her feet in shame and defeat. Yoongi was pleased that she was punished but a sour taste was left in his mouth since it felt like she was only reprimanded for harming the show and not the omega himself. The producer sighs before turning to Jin. “Thank you for saving the interview Kim Seokjin.” “You’re welcome. Please let me, host.” Jin said quickly, brightening the mood. Despite them a small smile, Jimin was still sad from the events that took place and found it hard to make eye contact with anyone. Sooli watched from behind the camera and smiled.  
Alone, I look back at this music sheet that's like a rotating song  “Bangtan Sonyeondan’s Fake Love!” Taemin announced the winner and everybody cheered. Confetti rained down from the ceiling and Hobi and Najoom made their ending remarks while Taehyung showed off the trophy to the camera before Yoongi stole it. Jungkook and Jin did a weird interpretive dance to their song while Taehyung sang and Jimin was overwhelmed by the number of people who walked directly in front of him just to bowed in respect. The idols seemed to form a line for the omega, rookies or idols much younger than him would just bow then run off blushing or talking to their bandmates in awe that they made eye contact with “The Park Jimin.” While bolder idols who shook the omega’s hand left the stage covering their bloody nose or with a smug faceA 19-year old, alpha rookie almost fainted when Jimin bowed to him and his bandmates had to practically drag him off stage. Many alpha idols, male and female, that came up to him would compliment him or look him up and down before smirking and his members were getting fed up. Jimin felt like he was going to die from embarrassment before Namjoon pulled him away from the line and Jungkook shooed them off stage. Eventually, the blush went down and Jimin was able to interact with fans in the audience with his members. Being the professional that he is, the hecklers didn’t bother him while he messed around on stage with his members. It finally felt like things were going normal until they were told to leave the stage. After changing out of his outfit they left to face the hoard but Sooli leads Jimin a different direction. Since Jimin was in the back of the line, nobody noticed when the tiny omega left the pack. Jimin couldn’t help but whine when he lost sight of his alphas and tugged on Sooli’s hand to stop pulling him in an unfamiliar direction.  Sooli tightened his grip and kept muttering things like “I’ll keep you safe”, “Just stick by me and nobody else.”, “I’m stronger than anyone here and I promise to protect you.”, or “Don’t cry little omega, I’m here.” Jimin was disturbed by the possessive scent the bodyguard was emitting and finally wiggled his wrist of the strong man’s grasp.   The alpha spun around and growled at whoever stole the warm, soft hand of the omega away from him. Jimin tried to stay brave but couldn’t help but whimper when Sooli’s red eyes stared into his. Jimin’s knees shook, his arms pressed into his own chest, his scent was sweet and scared, and he backed away slowly from the hostile alpha. Sooli’s inner alpha howled and he licked his lips while drinking in the frightened omega’s body. Most of his body and face were covered but he still looked ethereal. The chubby tips of his fingers escaping his sweater paws, his plush thighs rubbing against each other in fright, the small patches of soft, pale skin being shown through his ripped jeans, but most of all the way the omega looked at him like prey that’s been caught by a beast. Sooli would remember this image for a long time when he was alone in bed. He hoped he wouldn’t be alone for much longer thoughJimin was terrified to look anywhere but the alpha’s eyes and didn't notice the tent in his pants. Sooli stalked over to him and grabbed his shoulders so he couldn’t run away. He pulled the shaking boy into his bigger chest and deeply inhaled the frightened scent. “Don’t worry baby, I’ve got you now.” Jimin gulped but stayed still. “Sooli? Where are we going?” He asked hesitantly, not questioning the hard thing poking his waist. Sooli took another lung full of Jimin’s scent before replying. “I hired a separate car for just the two of us.”

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We’ve wandered around, looking for the answer

“Chiminie! Do want to get Tteokbokki before we go home or sushi? Because this brat won’t compromise and keeps saying Tteokbokkie but if you tell him that sushi is obviously the better choice then he’ll get it with us.” Taehyung whined, not turning his attention away from the younger alpha glaring at him.

“Oh please, hyung. You’re the one that bends over backward whenever Jimin-shi wants to do something.” Jungkook snorts.

“Yeah. You know why?” Taehyung gave Jungkook a dorky smile. “Because I have actual manners and know how to treat my baby right.” Taehyung bragged proudly, like a child that got praise from their teacher. Jungkook rolled his eyes when Tae turned around to look at Jimin.

“Right Jiminie!?! I-” Taehyung almost fell over when his brain froze. Jungkook hit his bicep when he fell into him, thinking the older alpha was still teasing him.

“Whatever. You’ve always been a kiss up anyways-” Jungkook planned on just walking away to talk to Jin until Taehyung tightly grasped his shoulder. Jungkook was about to growl at the lanky boy but stopped when he noticed how sick he looked.

‘Did he see a ghost or something? Jung kook would have been amused if his hyung didn’t look so terrified.

“Hyung?”

“Where’s Jimin?” Taehyung’s voice was so low Jungkook wouldn’t have heard it if it weren’t for his enhanced alpha senses. After registering his question, Jungkook started to frantically look for the small omega. He could feel his heart rate increase, his breathing became shallow and felt his inner alpha howling to be unleashed. It hasn’t been very long since they left the dressing room and Taehyung knew Jimin was right behind him when they left.

“WHERE IS JIMIN?!?” Taehyung yelled at the bodyguards in his alpha tone. The other members immediately stopped walking and turned to the commotion. When he didn’t receive an answer, Taehyung roughly grabbed one of the bodyguard's shirt collars while the other members yelling Jimin’s name or try to call him.

“He went with his bodyguard when we left!” one of the guards shouted over the mayhem. “Jimin's personal guard gave us orders to let him go in a  car separate from the other members so he could dodge to press that was waiting by the main exit.” The same guard announced, more so for the people gathering around the group than the actual members.

A collective, relieved sigh could be heard by the concerned crowd. When Taehyung revealed that the omega was missing: idols, staff members, stylists, bodyguards, etc. wanted to find the omega. Jimin's personality and beauty had always made people want to keep him safe and happy but now people had a stronger compulsion to defend and protect the rare, male omega or keep him for themselves. After the bodyguard's announcement, people carried on with what they were previously doing while the boys felt dread overcome them.

“Which way?!?” The other members didn’t stop Taehyung when he shook the man in his arms for answers.

“We’re supposed to-”

“WHICH WAY?” The guard gave up trying to force the alphas to leave the omega alone and silently lead them in the direction Jimin and Sooli went.  As the members and their team of BG’s run through an empty hallway, they picked up the lingering, sugary scent of a certain distressed omega. Soon the bodyguards also felt motivated to find the dancer as the alpha members’ instincts took over them and they lead the team to the southeast entry.

Jungkook threw the back doors open as a black Kia sped out of the parking lot. Taehyung realized that Jimin’s scent disappeared with the car that just drove off and collapsed, yelling in frustration and punching the ground. Jungkook looked lost as the car escaped the traffic and got onto the highway.

Although frustrated, Namjoom collected himself and tried to stop Taehyung from hurting himself while the other members sulked. Jin kept his phone to his ear as he tried to call Jimin for the 15th time but got the same result.

“Fuck Namjoon-hyung! He was right behind me and I didn’t even notice! How could I-” Taehyung screamed while pulling at the roots of his hair. Namjoon held him while his distraught dongsaeng cried into his neck.

“Call the van to meet us here. We’re going to follow them.”

Know this, sometimes lies will try to tear us apart

Jimin could hear his phone vibrating in his bag, but was too scared to pick it up. The alpha and he sat in the back while a thick, soundproof, plastic wall separated them from the driver. As Jimin tried to control his racing heartbeat he heard a scream from behind him.

‘That sounds like Tae!’

Jimin realized, he tried to look out the window to find out who was yelling in such anguish, but Sooli didn’t let him dwell on it for long. Since Jimin’s attention was focused on the window, he didn’t notice when Sooli reached out to hold his hand. He gasped as coarse fingers interlocked with his own but didn’t look away from the window in fear.

“Jimin,” Sooli said a low voice. Jimin didn’t look back but could feel the alpha's eyes all over him. Jimin tried his best to stay strong but when he heard how weak and scared his voice sounded the dam broke and tears flowed down his cheeks. Jimin’s silent tears turned into quivering whimpers when Sooli started to coo at him.

“Why are you so upset baby?” Sooli cooed, wiping tears off the omega’s soft cheeks, not bothered by his harsh flinching. Their seats weren’t that far apart, so even though Jimin was pressing himself into his car door, Sooli was still able to caress his plump cheeks and pet his soft hair.

After a couple of minutes, Jimin was able to calm down and his sobs turned into tiny hiccups and sniffs. Sooli grinned when Jimin timidly took the water bottle he offered.

‘That’s a start at least.’

Sooli thought maliciously.

“Do you want to talk about it?” Sooli asked sweetly. Jimin tried to shake his head but his quivering made it look like he was nodding. Sooli took this as a sign of trust and unbuckled his seat belt to get closer to the distressed omega. The inner alpha inside his howled in pleasure with every little squirm or whimper that came from Jimin.

“Why are you crying?” Sooli asked tenderly.  “Is it because of that host that shamed you for being an omega?”

Coincidentally, Jimin’s phone started vibrating in his bag again and Jimin broke into another round of sobs. Deep inside he thought that Sooli was just trying to protect him and keep him safe from others that wanted to hurt him.  Deep inside, he was very upset with himself for being afraid of the stronger man. All he wanted was for one of his members to hold him or talk to him instead of the older alpha next to him.

“It’s okay baby, I’ve got you.~” Sooli started rambling about the idol host, shaming her and praising Jimin, while the omega was silent. He didn’t register that he was the main cause of the mochi’s distress.

Sooli was trying to convince Jimin and himself that he could be a very emotional, empathic man so the omega could feel like he could depend on him more than any other alpha. Then Sooli could convince Jimin that this public life was not for him and he could run away with the perfect omega. In all the omegean cases he’s worked he had never had a personal connection with any of them until Jimin, he was convinced this was fate.

He was the most popular person in his high school and college, betas-and the occasional alpha- would throw themselves at his feet. Most of them were beautiful, others would have mated these betas in a heartbeat if they had the chance, but he never felt that need. His friends called him crazy and delusional for not taking the opportunity that few had. For the longest time, he thought there was something wrong with himself too.

One of the reasons he started working with omegas was to test that theory.

‘If I can resist an omega, then I’m a robot.’

Was the mentality Sooli had on his first job. So for the past 13 years, Sooli was convinced he was broken-an alpha that has no urges to mate. So when he met Jimin and all those instincts that his friends have described to him hit him like a brick he knew.

Jimin was the only human that could make him feel alive. Ever since he met the beautiful angel, Sooli had become a different person and could no longer go back to the life he had before.

Jimin would be his if it was the last thing he does.

Held together, our hands become a map

The door swung open to reveal six raging alphas. Taehyung stormed over to  Sooli’s room and pounded on the door, while the guard took his time to answer the screaming idol on the other side. Further down the hall, a door creaked open, revealing a sniffling omega drowned in an oversized sweater.

“Hobi-hyung?” Jimin’s eyes watered when he spotted his ex-roommate. Hoseok clutched onto the smaller boy as his life depended on it while Seokjin dragged Jungkook and Jimin's room. Namjoon already had trouble trying to keep Taehyugn from destroying the dorm but if Jungkook got involved then the members would have to sleep in their practice room.

Hobi could feel his heartbreaking as Jimin flinched when Taehyung started roaring at the bodyguard who opened his door. Namjoon pulled Jimin away from Hobi and kissed his forehead tenderly.

“Stay inside. Ignore everything outside your room, we’ll come to you soon.” Joon mumbled into Jimin’s fluffy hair, he took a deep breath before attempting to pass the omega to Hobi. Jimin held on tighter to the taller man after releasing he wouldn’t be coming with him. Since no amount of verbal persuasion worked on the stubborn angel, Namjoon ended up carrying the omega into his room and dropping him on the bed.

After moments of Jungkook smuggling the mochi in a soft blanket drenched in his oak and Rosey scent, Hobi peppering loving kisses over his clothes and Jin running his long fingers through the fairy’s dyed hair did Jimin finally let go of Namjoons neck. The door closed with a soft click and yelling outside was quieter. It felt like hours before anyone moved, Jimin was finally about to sleep until Jin’s stomach woke him up.

“Ah, hyung. He was about to sleep.” Hobi whined softly. The omega sat up with a tiny yawn, Jin places a soft kiss to his cheek before dumping out a bunch of snacks onto the floor. Jungkook pulled the omega-who was clingy to the fuzzy blanket like it was a teddy bear-onto his lap and softly scented him while Hoseok set up a movie on his laptop. The alphas noticed they were treating Jimin like he was their omega, but thankfully he didn’t seem bothered by it.

A Studio Ghibli animation was playing on the MacBook but nobody was paying attention to it. they could hear the argument from their room, but Jimin couldn’t bring himself to be bothered since he feels better than he had in days. Jimin giggled as Jin fed him pink marshmallows before the door opened abruptly. For a moment, the alphas holding him were about to attack the intruder before realizing who they were. Yoongi, Namjoon, and Taehyung looked like soldiers coming back from service: stoic, brave, and lost.

“Tae Tae?” Jimin asked concerned. Taehyung was strong: he was strong when he was looking for the missing omega, he was strong when he confronted Sooli, he was strong when Sooli looked ready to rip his throat out; but now, seeing his soulmate. Eyes red and swollen, nose pink and runny, cheeks bashful and tear-stained.

‘He’s beautiful’

Taehyung thought before scooping up the shorter male with tears running down his face. Yoongi locked the door and the others rearranged themselves of the small bed with Jimin in the middle. Namjoon put on a random, sappy rom-com in English that nobody could understand except himself. Jin passed out more chips and candies from his bag that he stole from the music bank dressing room. Halfway through the movie, Taehyung finally let go of Jimin after apologizing purposefully, despite the omega's reassurance, Jimin was squished in the nest his members made out of their bodies.

He was on cloud 9, shamelessly purring while the members massaged different parts of his body. He could hear Yoongi teasing him for being so pampered but couldn’t care less. All his anxieties and stress vanished, he didn’t even care about the confusing relationship he had with his members.

“I want to stay like this forever,” Jimin said dreamily before falling into a deep sleep. The members smiled happily at the sleeping omega.

“What do we do now?” Jungkook asked. There was no context but they all knew what the maknae was referring to. Despite Jimin's obliviousness, the members could see how whipped they were for the dancer.

“We can’t just let this tension sit in the group” Jin whispered. The alphas sat in silence, minds filled with worries, thoughts, and fantasies. Soft puffs of air came out of Jimin’s soft lips, the members strung around him like a barrier from the world outside.

“We’ll talk to him.” Namjoon decided.

“What would we say?” Yoongi asked stoically.

“I don’t know yet.”

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It keeps hurting ‘cause of trial and error and 50,000-something else

“YAH!” the members cheered as the director passed out boxes of fried chicken. Taehyung, being the only members to win the challenge, smiled smugly at the embarrassed omega sitting in front of him. Jimin ignored his soulmate’s silent teasing and pulled a red piece of paper out of the game cup.

The members were recording a Run episode on the way to their house in the hills that they bought a couple of months ago. It’s been a couple of days after the music bank recording and things still haven’t been the same between the alpha members and Sooli. When they sat down with their management the idols were disappointed to find that the bodyguard wouldn’t be reprimanded, because according to his contract with Bighit he did nothing wrong.

Despite his members' distaste towards Sooli, Jimin has convinced himself that he forgave Sooli and tries to treat him kindly even though he's still a bit scared. Jimin has also noticed how touchy and cuddly the members have been in the past few days: holding him or scenting him more often. The omega can't admit that he craves their touch,  their attention, their love. He doesn’t want to admit that his body feels like it's on fire every time Namjoon softly pets his hair or Hobi kisses his cheek.

The alphas, on the other hand, have talked endlessly about Jimin. They've confided in each other about the pain of loving the beautiful dancer.  The hopes and dreams they wish to fulfill, the doubts and anxieties that simmer in their minds. 
“- Speak nonsense!” Jimin read off the red paper throwing his head back in annoyance. Taehyung laughed at the mochi's frustration while feeding the oldest hyung a piece of chicken. 
“Jimin-hyung! Challenge!” Jungkook encouraged with food in his mouth, wanting to see the omega win. Yoongi made a gummy smile when the fairy’s cute face adopted a giddy expression.

“Woah, director-nim, lookout. Jiminie is ready to fight!” Hoseok hyped up the nose-scrunched omega. Namjoon enjoyed watching his members being so active but was having trouble getting out of his head. Every few minutes he eyed the black van driving beside that held the other staff members and a peeved personal bodyguard. Joon was still a bit nauseous from the determination Sooli showed when he fought to be on the same vehicle as Jimin.

“Leader, leader, leader, leader,” Hobi called in a cute pitched voice, handing the taller male an orange soda Jimin won. “Stay hydrated Namjoon-shi.”

The rest of the ride carried on smoothly, which implied that the members would be a little more than chaotic. Aka: Yoongi tricking Jin and Jungkook making a mess over their hands; Jimin being Yoongi’s little wife and peeling his eggs for him; the maknae getting a concussion; Taehyung being cute; the members forgetting how to count; and other random shit that naturally comes with Bangtan being trapped in a car for a long period of time. Soon the members got off the bus to buy groceries for their dinner.

Sooli was constantly less than an arm's length away from the omega despite the nagging from the camera staff and unpleasant looks Jimin would throw him from time to time. Sooli didn't care though, his alpha was raging with jealousy from being away from the omega for so long. He couldn't wait until he could fully lose control over it.

My life and yours are an equal sign

“I think 2.1 kg is enough,” Hobi suggested

“Maybe a little more hyung,” Jimin said tugging his shirt sleeve.

“We shouldn’t go over the weight limit, Jimin-ah”

The butcher was amused seeing their little squabble and offered to give them an extra piece for free. The man never used the internet and rarely read the news so he didn’t recognize the famous idols or the omega that has been dominating the tabloid industry for the past week. The others left Hobi to finish getting the meat while they broke off to get more groceries around the store.

“How long have you been together?” The old man asked curiously. Hobi tilted his head in confusion. “Sorry?”

“When did you start courting that man?” The man rephrased. Blood rushed up to Hobi’s cheeks and down his neck.

“No no! Haha, were just… uh… close friends.” Hobi said explained hesitantly. The man looked into the idol’s eyes and smiled sympathetically, he has seen his fair share of lovesick alphas and betas.

“Ah, I see, my apologies. You two just remind me of my daughter and her beta and I assumed you had the same relationship.” The butcher apologized knowingly. Hobi gave him a tight-lipped smile as his heart clenched. As Hoseok left the man to find the others he made a promise.

'One day I will come back and tell you that you were right.'

A remedy that will make my heartbeat again

Sooli stepped out of the parked van and walked up to the cameraman and writer as they set up their equipment.

“Hey I know how clingy you are towards Park Jimin but give him some space for a minute, okay?” The writer complained while checking the sound equipment.

“You don’t know anything about me,” Sooli growled at the other alpha, getting even more agitated when the man kept his eyes on the little screen in his hands.

“Just keep it in your pants and stay behind us for the shot. Nobody wants to see your ugly mug if they had the option.” The cameraman followed up. Both the writer and he has seen how toxic Sooli was towards Jimin and intended to do what they could to keep the omega safe.

“You should watch your mouth.” Sooli threatened.

“What are you going to do about it?”

“ You wouldn’t want to know.”

“I’m not afraid of perverts."

“I think I made it clear to shut your fucking-”

If it weren't for the bus that drove up to them, Sooli would have been struggling with one of the staff members thoughts. Thankfully his desire to attract Jimin was stronger than his intent to kill his confronters.
For the rest of the walk, Sooli begrudgingly followed behind the two working alphas as his omega bonded with the wide-shouldered idol. Sooli watched the pair with dark eyes as his hopes became dimmer. In his past jobs, the omega would only stick to betas because the alphas in their life would treat them like objects after their presentation. He had his fair share of omegas swooning for him since he would be the only stable alpha in their life.
Sooli realized that his plan to take Jimin relied heavily on the relationship between the other alphas and the omega. At this rate, Jimin would never choose him over the others.

‘

Drastic times call for drastic measures.’

Sooli thought to himself.

I will concentrate on reaching you no matter what, falling, stumbling

Jimin’s feet softy padded through the empty hall. He was on his way to be spanked by his hyung on camera because he lost the challenge and could barely hide his excitement. The punishment was supposed to be a simple joke to make their game more memorable, but the omega didn't find it to be as harmless

Jimin felt guilty for sexualizing what was supposed to be an innocent jest but couldn’t stop the blush from spreading to his cheeks. He’s glad his gentle, caring Hoseokie Hyung was spanking him instead of  Jungkook. He was unsure how he would react to one of the maknae's brutal slaps.

Jimin was pulled out of his sinful thoughts when he heard voices in the room to his right. He peeked around the corner and saw Jin and Namjoon talking on the younger's bed.  They were so immersed they didn't hear the door silently open or smell Jimin's scent when he got closer. Jimin was about to leave to give them privacy but heard them talking about him.

“Jimin was cute today, he kept on wanting to take pictures on that polaroid camera Tae bought him. He almost reminded me of a puppy seeing the world” Jin sighed. “God I would give anything to just kiss his fluffy cheeks”

“Maybe we should all go out and-”

“We can’t keep doing this.” Namjoon interrupted with a troubled tone.

“What?”

“We can’t keep waiting for the right moment to tell Jimin how we feel. We’ll go insane by then. I can see it in your eyes when you talk about him. We're all hurting because when can't tell the love of our lives what we think.”

“I know but, Joon. We can’t rush into things when none of us are ready.”

“We’ll never be ready, not a single one of us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t try. Hyung, how long must we torture ourselves until Jimin is no longer available.”

“He just presented and so many eyes are watching him, we would just stress him out more.”

“Or we could help him instead of letting him go through this alone.”
“He’s not alone, we can still help him with the relationship we have.”
“It’s not the same.” Namjoon groaned frustrated.

“Just give it some more time Joon,” Jin said sadly.

Jimin sat idly in the hallway. He didn’t realize he might have more than platonic feelings for his members and just blamed all these thoughts on his newfound omega side. Hearing his hyung confess their love made Jimin want to run in there and confess his feelings too. He backed out when he heard Hoseok calling him from the living room. Jimin hesitantly shuffled towards his lively members while thinking about what Jin said. He couldn't rush into things too quickly.

‘

I don’t want you to be alone either.’

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You probably don’t even know when you started hurting me

To be together is really hard

To meet a stranger, to meet different people,

Come to think if I made a mistake or what is wrong with that person

To be together is hard

But without them, I feel empty

When I’m happy, sad, or want to be comforted

They came into my mind to my surprise

Those who were with me

Are with me now as “us” which I feel so grateful for

We became to share the small things

I hope they stay healthy

Again today, we are together as the night sets in

I think that is what being together is like

So you won’t hurt anymore, so you can smile more

Joon thought of Jimin’s poem while the omega slept against his shoulder. Jimin can be very confident about his work when he wants to, but today he was the most hesitant and bashful about performing. Knowing how affectionate and outspoken the dancer is, Joon was confused as to why he was so nervous.

'The poem was the most honest and romantic out of ours, but that hasn't hinged Jimin in the past. What's different now?"

Jimin shuffled a bit so he was leaning more heavily on the alpha. Namjoon rested his head on the dancer’s while scrolling down his playlist. The soft music complimented the gray, cloudy sky that swam above the empty road. A lyricless melody played through one ear as the other was free to listen to the soft patter of rain against the window.

“Hyung?” Jimin breathed. Namjoon hummed in response as the omega yawned awake.

“How long have we been driving?” Jimin asked, rubbing the sleep away with his sweater paws.

“About an hour. I think we're half an hour away.” Namjoon paused his music. Jimin stared absently at the sea of their sleeping members. He sighed and slumped more into Joon’s side tiredly.

“You had a girlfriend before, right?” Jimin asked out of the blue.

“In middle school, yeah,” Namjoon replied perplexed. Jimin hummed.

“What was it like?” He mumbled, tucking his head back under the alpha’s chin. In moments like this, the couple loves to caress each other’s skin with the tips of their fingers. Simple things like gliding their thumb against the inside of their wrist or lightly drawing shapes on their skin could communicate feelings and comfort that words can only breach. Namjoon has never been the most affectionate of the members, always feeling like he should hold himself stricter since he’s the leader. Despite this, Jimin had created a language both he and the clumsy alpha were fluent in a language where they could make the world seem a bit saner than it is.

“It wasn’t perfect. It felt good to be able to rely on someone you thought you loved, but it brought a lot of new insecurities for me.” Namjoon confessed, rubbing his thumb over the Jimin’s smooth knuckles, memorizing the shape of the rings decorating his fingers.

“What do you mean?”

“*sigh* We didn’t know or trust each other a lot before we started dating so I was self-conscious of what she thought of me. A majority of her friends were guys so I got jealous easily so I became clingy and overbearing. The worst part is that, even though I was the problem of the whole relationship, I was the one to break up with her.” Namjoon sighed frustrated.

“It was a long time ago Monnie.” Jimin comforted in a small voice. The two sat in silence for a while, enjoying each other's presence and the atmosphere around them. 
“If you had a second chance… would you take it?” Jimin asked hesitantly, unsure of his wording. Namjoon has always thought about this, what he could have done for her to make the relationship work or what he could have done for himself so he didn’t fall down this hole of anxiety. There’s so much he wanted to apologize for even though she said everything was forgiven when he broke up. But if he was honest, if he had another chance to be with her he wouldn’t take it. He knew that whatever he did differently would just end up hurting both of them. 
No, he didn’t want another chance to be with her, he wanted another chance at love. An opportunity to love the omega in his arms and fix his mistakes through him.

“Yes.”

I break it down with my thoughts

“Hyung have you ever kissed someone?” Jimin asked, massaging Hobi’s legs.

“Hmmmmm, not really. Just a few pecks but you know, what about you?” He confessed bluntly.

“Ah~ me neither,” Jimin replied. Hoseok watched Jimin expectedly as the omega burned in his calculating gaze.

“Ooh, is my little Jiminie curious.” Hoeseok teased, sitting upon the omega’s bed. Thankfully Sooli had left the house and he hadn't come back for a while, or else the two would've been scolded for staying in the same room without him present.  Jimin laughed as the alpha leaned in closer.

“Just a little.” He giggled. 
“Oh, Jiminie is growing up so fast. Jin’s heart won’t be able to take it.” Hobi leaned his forehead against the mochi’s in a playful manner. Jimin scrunched up his nose when Hobi’s strong scent filled his lungs. 
“Ahh, Hyungie!” Jimin whined as the lead dancer pinned him down on the baby blue sheets. The ex-roommates messed around with each other before Jimin’s phone interrupted them. Jimin glanced at the iPhone before dropping his head onto Hobi’s chest.

“Aigoo~ Jimin-ah. I thought I raised you better than this, you shouldn’t ignore your friends.” Hobi scolded, a little concerned by the dismissive behavior Jimin was showing. The omega groaned into the alpha's tan neck and loosely wrapped his hands around his torso. Hobi could feel how tired stressed the little dancer was.

“It’s just Sooli. He called me 20 minutes ago.”

“Sounds needy.”
“He just worries over me… it’s his job you know.”“His job is supposed to make you feel safe not stressed.”“I need him,” Jimin whispered unsurely.
“Do you?"

“That’s what he told me...”

Hoseok sighed and ran his fingers through Jimin’s messy hair. Jimin rubbed his nose and tucked held on tighter to his hyung. They held each other for the rest of the night while Jimin’s phone rang every other 30 minutes.

Sooli didn’t come home that night.

Intertwine our pinkies and promise me now

Yoongi picked up dirty paper plates and utensils while the maknae line wiped the wooden table down. The members were currently in Japan for their Muster pt. 4 show and ate room service together in Seokjin’s room. The members were staying up late since they would be flying back to Korea the next morning.

Jimin sipped on his glass of soju and watched fondly as his members made fun of each other, He sat comfortably in Yoongi’s lap as the alpha held him in his lean arms. At some point, Taehyung and Jungkook got into a playful argument and all the alphas started voicing their opinion at the same time. Jimin laughed hearing all their whining and complaining over the pair of jeans Taehyung accused Jungkook of stealing.

“I love you all so much, you don’t even know,” Jimin sighed after recovering from his laughing fit, thinking that his members would be too noisy or any of them to hear his confession.

He was wrong

The room fell dead silent. Jimin felt his face heat up when the others’ heavy stares landed on him. Jimin gulped when he felt Yoongi’s heartbeat sped up and heard Hobi’s soft hiccup. He pushed his knees into chest and counted the toes on his feet to avoid looking at any of the alphas around him.

“We love you too, Jimin-ah,” Namjoon said quickly like he was trying to move on from the awkward silence that formed.

“Have you been feeling alright Jiminie?” Taehyung asked worriedly. “You’ve been a little space for the past few weeks.”

Jimin didn’t respond.

“You know we love you right Jimin. No matter what, that will always stay the same. We’re a family and you can trust us with anything. You know that” Jin said confidently.

“You promise?” Jimin asked tentatively.

“Of course! Why would-”

“I want to be with you!” Jimin blurted out. The others blinked owlishly at the flustered omega.

“We want to be together too, hyung. We are-” Jungkook supplied confused

“No! Not like this…”Jimin interrupted, feeling embarrassed for sounding so foolish.

“Chim Chim? Are you okay? You’re kind of scared me.” Taehyung rubbed Jimin’s arm comfortingly, anxiously trying to decipher what the mochi was trying to say.

‘

Does he want to leave the band or something?’

Taehyung pondered anxiously.

“...I want to

be

with you. Like in a relationship…” Jimin said slowly. He rubbed his palms together when none of the alphas replied to his confession.

“...a romantic relationship… with all of you… if you want to… please.” Jimin squeaked out when their faces redded and their eyes gaped at him. Jimin didn’t think this would be the reaction he would get after hearing Jin and Namjoon’s conversation.

‘

Did I misinterpret the conversation?”

Jimin thought worriedly. All the alphas had similar thoughts running through their brains:

“was this a dream”, “is Jimin serious”, “how’d I get so lucky”, “now is not the right time to cry.”.

“I’m sorry.” Jimin blurted out. “I don’t know what love is and we can forget about this and continue to be a band. I’m not sure why I said this right now, I didn’t plan it or anything, I swear.” Jimin rambles on until Yoongi evolved his smaller hands inside his own.

‘

When did I start shaking?’

“I just want to be by your side for as long I can… or as long as you want me to.” JImin sighed before a pair of soft lips touched his.

It was just a quick peck from Hoseok but Jimin instantly felt butterflies zoom around his stomach. Yoongi groaned behind the pair, saying something about not getting to be the first to kiss the omega, while Taehyugn pushed Hobi’s face to kiss the teary mochi.

Tears of joy streamed down the dancer’s face as each alpha kissed him and held him in their arms. Jungkook also cried when he told the chick about how he was in love with the omega before he even presented. The night was filled with emotion and alcohol until the sun woke them up. The group thought happily about all the new memories they would make, not knowing about the day to come.