Accepted | Jikook

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"What the fuck do you think you're doing?"

"What does it look like, hyung?"

"You being obnoxiously loud for no fucking reason!"

Jungkook scoffed at his hyung's attitude. "I'm setting up streamers for my birthday tomorrow. Maybe you wouldn't be so moody if you'd get your lazy ass off of the couch and help me. Y'know. Since it's my birthday."

Jimin gave the younger a lop-sided smile, leaning back on the couch and crossing his ankles over the coffee table. "Nah. I'll save the pleasantries for tomorrow."

"Gee, thanks. What ever did I do to deserve such a kind and thoughtful hyung?" The younger rolled his eyes. He threw the roll of tape in his hands at Jimin's head, the older being too distracted to dodge it in time.

"Ow!" he yelped. "The fuck?"

"Get off your ass and help me put these streamers up!"

"Fine!"

Dragging himself off the couch with a sigh, Jimin picked up the roll of tape that had fallen on the floor and began ripping off pieces to give to the other.

They had continued this process for a while, moving from corner to corner of the pack house in comfortable silence when Jungkook spoke up.

"Hyung, do you think I'll find my mate tomorrow?"

Jimin looked up at the boy with a sigh. At the age of 18, a wolf's body finishes developing and begins emitting pheromones to be located by their mates. However, both wolves in the mating pair must be at least 18 to be able to detect each other.

It was not uncommon for one of the wolves to have to wait for their partner to come of age. In fact, it was rare for a wolf to not have to wait, given that their partner would have to be born on the exact same day otherwise.

Jimin had been waiting for almost two years to find his mate and had to go through two heats alone, once each year since he presented. He was old enough to mate, but his mate was apparently younger than him, for he had not yet found his other half.

Going through it alone was pure torture, but he had to trust in the Moon Goddess that his pain would end soon.

"I don't know, Kook. Half the people I know had to wait for their mates to come of age, and you know I've waited for almost two years and counting. But I'm sure you'll find him or her when the time is right."

"I know. I just always imagined I would be the younger one in the relationship, like my dad." Jungkook smiled at the thought, continuing to pick pieces of tape from Jimin's fingers as he decorated the walls. "I'm excited for tomorrow. I have a good feeling."

"I hope you're right," Jimin murmured. "Going through heats once a year and not having a mate to help with it fucking sucks. Just be glad you're an Alpha."

Jungkook frowned. "Going through ruts alone isn't a walk in the park either, hyung. Even with pills to subdue it, at least that's what I've heard. Aren't there pills for your heat?"

Jimin looked at his shoes. "I'm a bit wary of taking them," he said honestly. "My mom had taken some when she was waiting for my dad to present, but she got pulmonary embolisms from them. You remember how scared I was when she was in the hospital. I fear that the same thing will happen to me. I'd rather just suffer knowing my pain will end in a week or two instead of taking pills and risking death from a stroke or something."

The younger came down from the ladder, a satisfied bunny smile on his face from finishing the decorations before turning to Jimin. "I understand. I hope your mate doesn't make you wait too much longer."

Jimin gave a small nod. "I hope so, too."