How To Be An Alpha

Step 23

"Just talk to him."

Those words had been swarming in his mind for the past two days now and Taehyung swore he was going crazy. He was barely eating anything and his—already messed up—sleeping schedule was completely being disregarded and thrown out of the window.

"Talk to him", as if it were to be that easy! Of course he wanted to talk to him and set everything clear between them. He was no masochist and certainly losing sleep and his sanity wasn't necessarily something he was enjoying. He has been trying to think of ways to approach the alpha about the issue for the past two days and all he could come up with ended in tragedy. Call him dramatic, but not thinking of the worst possible scenarios was almost impossible.

Taehyung was so deep in thought he didn't even realize that he was already standing in front of the large opening gates. By this point, he was sure that almost all the staff in that house knew who he was. He didn't even have to buzz on the intercom anymore as the gates slid open almost automatically in his presence.

What was that supposed to mean?

Gripping onto the strap of his bag, he took a shaky breath, eyebrows furrowing in nervousness as he walked into the property. He would never get used to having men in suits and maids constantly bowing to him.

Once he reached the door, he gave an awkward smile at the guard that opened it for him with a stoic expression as he walked in and changed his shoes.

"Oh, you're here?"

That voice made him look up almost instantly, something he regretted the moment he saw the older alpha in his usual black attire. Did this man own anything that was not black?

Avoiding his stare with a flustered blush, Taehyung finished changing his shoes. "Yeah, it's Kijung's tutoring session today."

"She didn't tell you?"

He froze. That phrase was never a good sign.

"Tell me what?"

"She's visiting a friend in the hospital. They had a small accident this morning and Kijung went to check on them. I thought she'd sent you a message to cancel today's meeting." Jungkook was just standing there, hands in his pockets and all Taehyung could do was quickly fumble through his bag in search of his phone.

Jeon Kijung
hi Taehyung oppa
I'm sorry this is so sudden
but I'm afraid I can't make
it to today's tutoring
sorry for the late notice
I promise I'll make it
up to u some other time

Taehyung slapped his forehead, cursing himself for being so absorbed by his own paranoia that he had completely forgotten about checking his phone. He'd just gotten himself in the exact situation he didn't want to be in.

Just fantastic, Kim Taehyung. You brought this upon yourself, dumbass.

He stood there awkwardly, trying to figure out what to do with his frozen body, not really noticing the sudden shift of the other alpha.

"Are you feeling okay? You look like shit."

And there it was. Of course he'd have to fall for a jerk. This was getting really cheesy.

"Well, thank you for the compliment, I totally needed you to state that." He deadpanned at the comment, holding himself back from talking back. He was in no position to be bickering with Jungkook, especially knowing how things could end up. How things always ended up.

Jungkook chuckled and raised an eyebrow. "So you're just going to stand there all day or come in? Ki might not be here, but since you've already blessed us all with your presence, might as well stay for a drink... unless you got other things in mind."