Irresistible

Part 3

Taehyung stood in his office staring out the window wondering what in the hell he was going to do about you. Even though Jungkook told him that he would get rid of you, he knew better. Kookie couldn't give up anything. Once his mind was set on something, it became an obsession.

The issue wasn't just that he had a human in his home, but the fact that he worked for an agency that received reports on rogue criminal humans. His job was to collect data and then send it to the authorities. If anyone knew he was harboring a human illegally, he'd be fired, or worse. There were huge fines and penalties he could face, and that was the last thing he needed on his record. Taehyung had plans to be promoted and this wouldn't look good at all.

Because he had access to the databases, he had an idea of where most of these humans hid and attempted to live. The problem was, those areas were never safe, and Tae knew that no matter where you tried to hide, you'd be caught. In some cases things would go well for the human and they'd be returned to their original center by the proper authorities, but sometimes some of those hybrids were corrupt, and bad things happened to humans, especially the females.

Of course Taehyung was against this. In a way, he would protect these humans by finding them before they ended up getting killed in the streets, and he tried his best to keep them from the corrupt authorities, but the paperwork was insane, and sometimes he couldn't catch it all. Thankfully, he didn't work alone in this department. There were many hardworking hybrids that wanted to make a difference by seeking out some semblance of peace between the two species, and then there were some who went way above their pay grade.

His colleague, Jung Hoseok was incredible at the job, heck, even better than Tae-- sometimes a little too by the rulebook. He was a beagle hybrid, making him the best at tracking and hunting. If anybody knew what to do with an escaped human, it would be him. Although Tae and Hoseok were colleagues, they weren't really close friends. Part of Tae hesitated to even come to him, but he really had no other choice.

"Hey, Hoseok. How's it going?" Knocking at his door, Tae stepped inside before he was even greeted.

"Fine, Tae. Why are you in my office?"

"Oh, nothing really. So how's the wife?"

Hoseok eyed Taehyung and continued to type, a little annoyed that hybrids only ever came to him when they needed something. "Just spill it, Taehyung. What do you want?"

Tae rolled his eyes and then sat at the chair directly in front of his desk. "Okay, so...let's say I have this case where...this human was...um... I believe it was in a center for adoption and...well...I think..."

"Yeah?"

"Well, let's say that maybe...ohhh I don't know..."

"Oh my god. JUST SAY IT."

Taehyung chuckled and tried to calm himself a bit. He didn't want "Mr. Rulebook" to get a whiff of his nerves. Sometimes it sucked being a hybrid. "Well, let's say a human was stolen from a center and now has nowhere to go. Technically the human isn't a criminal because they didn't run away, but they are currently homeless and need a safe place to go to."

"Send them back to the center," Hobi spoke with certitude.

"It's not that simple. The hybrid that took it could be problematic and maybe doesn't want to return it to the center because it's being abused. I--"

"Really? Since when do we care about humans? If they were stolen, they should be returned. Who is this hybrid criminal so I can report them to the proper authorities? Ownership of a human illegally is a crime."

Taehyung froze, realizing that maybe this was a mistake. He could tell Hobi was already set off by the way the pup's tail wagged behind him. "There's no one. It was all hypothetical. I just wanted to test your skills. Anyway, I gotta go make some calls."