The Monster

8

Jimin had woken early that morning and had taken a walk through the forest to try and clear his head. This moon goddess was insistent Jimin had to give her that. She filled his head with all sorts of scenarios of Jimin and Jungkook together, some of them less pure than others during the night. He had finally decided he'd had enough sleep when in the last part of the dream he had an orgasm that rocketed through his body, he came hard enough to wake him. When he'd recovered, he had stripped off his clothes and found some clean ones in his pack, changed and bundled his soiled clothes up with the fur he'd been sleeping under and headed for the stream he knew ran through the forest nearby.

He worked through the thoughts in his head as he cleaned of the worst of his mess.

Jimin felt he owed Jungkook a chance to try and get to know each other.

When he got back to the cave Jungkook was nowhere to be seen so Jimin quickly stowed his clothes in his pack and left the fur drying near the dying embers of the fire.

He was just rifling through his pack for something to eat when he heard a voice from the mouth of the cave.

"Why did you choose to stay?"

Jimin turns to see Jungkook in the mouth of the cave in nothing but a pair of shorts.

Jimin tries not to rake his eyes over Jungkook's muscled torso.

"Like what you see?" Jungkook chuckles and Jimin can feel his cheeks heat up.

He coughs and looks at Jungkook's face, smug grin and all.

"I stayed because I want to get to know you better. You say we are mates, but we barely know each other."

Jungkook shrugs and heads further into the cave.

He pulls a thin strip of leather from round his wrist and gathers his hair up into a small ponytail at the back of his head with it, the hair underneath is short and cut close to his scalp.

"Your hair... is that why your fur is so long?"

Jungkook hums in affirmation and turns back to Jimin.

Black curls fall from his head, too short to be pulled into the ponytail, and frame his face, dropping just below the corner of his eyes.

Jimin finds his eyes travelling over Jungkook's exposed skin again and takes in the tattoos that travel the length of Jungkook's right arm.

They look to be tribal maybe, nothing Jimin has seen before, although he can make out words running across his forearm.

He really was beautiful.

"You really were hurting, weren't you?" Jimin asks as his eyes trace over the words.

Jungkook follows Jimin's gaze down to his arm to where the words "Please Love Me." are.

"Mmmm, I got that tattooed after my last friend found his mate and I was effectively alone.

Jimin tries to find something to say but can't instead his eyes are brought back to Jungkook's chest.

His left pec is covered in a tattoo, a crescent moon to be precise, a wolf's head is shadowed in the crescent of the moon, howling, a single red eye visible.

On the other pec he just has the crescent moon.

"Ermm..." Jimin says as he points at Jungkook's chest.

Jungkook looks down.

"Was going to put my mates wolf there."

Jimin shook his head.

"Are you sure I'm your mate? I mean I'm human, can't very well have my face there howling at the moon." Jimin chuckled. "Plus, I kind of had a dream..."

"Another one?" Jungkook asked with a frown.

"Mmmm, a few nights ago now. You were with a white wolf and like I keep saying I'm not a wolf. Maybe... maybe I help you find your mate." Jimin said.

"Mate." Jungkook says in a growl and immediately covers his mouth.

"Your wolf seems pretty certain." Jimin says with a giggle.

Jungkook laughs to, but deep down he knows his wolf is right he just needs convince Jimin.

Jimin soon realises that the longer Jungkook spends around him the calmer his wolf becomes, the less likely he is to go werewolf.

His wolf still makes an appearance to hunt for them both especially when Jimin's supplies start to dwindle.

Jimin's conflicting thoughts ease the more he gets to know Jungkook. He realises that Jungkook isn't a killer by choice. He was defending himself from being attacked and killed by his and his father's men.

It's not until they are sitting down one night watching the rabbits that Jungkook had caught cooking that Jimin leans in closer.

Jungkook seems to have a natural warmth to his body and Jimin can't help but be drawn in by it.

Before he can even think of what he's doing he's leaning up and planting his lips firmly on Jungkook's cheek.

He finds his cheeks warming as he leans back and Jungkook turns his head to look at him, his eyes wide with surprise and then he grins at Jimin.

"Shut up." Jimin says.

Jungkook nudges Jimin with his shoulder.

"Didn't say anything." Jungkook chuckles.

That night is the first night that Jimin asks Jungkook to sleep with him on the furs.

Jungkook isn't ready for the day when Jimin says that he should go home, they have spent a little over a week just talking and getting to know each other.

"But... but..."

Jungkook is heartbroken as Jimin is sweeping round the cave collecting up his belongings.

It's not until he picks up some of the few clothes that Jungkook owns that Jungkook stops dead in the middle of the cave.

"J-Jimin? Erm, those are my clothes."

Jimin nods distractedly and carries on packing his gear.

"Jimin!"

Jimin stops and turns to Jungkook.

"What?"

"You're packing my stuff."

"Yes, because you're coming with me."

"I-I can't go there."

"Why not? No one knows who you are and honestly who's going to argue with the crown prince?" Jimin shrugs and finishes what he's doing.

"I'm sorry. What now?" Jungkook askes. "Crown prince?"

"Oh, did I not mention that?" Jimin feigns innocence.

He knows he hasn't told Jungkook until now who he is. He had his reasons, the main being that he didn't want it to be the thing that kept Jungkook by his side. He wanted to be sure Jungkook wants him because of him and not because of his status.

Jimin is not under any circumstances leaving Jungkook out here alone, he's coming back to the castle with Jimin.

"I must go home before my father sends anymore men out to look for me and I'm not leaving you here alone. If we really are mates then I want you by my side but that means going back to the castle, my father and the Kingdom."