Emerald Eyes || jikook ff ||

Chapter 3

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Jimin looks at his figure in the fogged mirror in front of him. Blond mop of hair falling on his forehead, emerald eyes stoic which has lost their shine. A soft white robe covering his naked body. His shoulder and chest that peeks from the lazy wrapping of the robe reveals his skin, shining from the hot bath that Hoseok had just prepared for him. The small room is filled with silence except the sounds of water droplets dribbling from the tap or the occasional voice of Hoseok hustling in his room.

Jimin stands there, for what looks like hours, yet he can't find it in himself to take the steps towards something that he so wants to run away from. It wasn't just a regular bath he'd have.

This one was something else, meaningful yet so terrifying for Jimin.

He was about to get ready for his mating ceremony.

He swallows down the lump that forms in his throat when he recalls the events of today. And it is only then, that he takes a step towards the tub. Breathing in the fragrance of the oils mixed with his own scent, which oddly didn't make him calm.

May it be because of the oils that are mixed in the water for him or maybe — most agreeable reason — his black orchid scent that wafts in the humid air around him.

Smelling like rotten orchids.

He can't control it, that's just how it is. He was still delving into the conversation he had with the pack's leader, Lee Kyungwoo.

Jimin closes his eyes for a split second before getting closer to the bathtub. He can see the fog rising from the water, beams of moon illuminating his bathroom through the small window on the top. The omega unties the loose tie of the robe he is wearing and lets it slide down his body and on the floor beside his feet, letting his full body naked. A shiver runs down his spine when the cool breeze hits his bare skin. Immediately wanting to dip into the hot water already. Jimin lifts his right foot to get in the tub, skin touching the flower petals that are floating over the lukewarm water.

The blond omega gets inside, letting the water touch and drench his body, and wrap him in a warm embrace till his shoulders. Breath ragged and heart aching when he pulls his knees towards his chest, wrapping his arms around himself. Warm water soothes his ached muscles, and he lets himself close his eyes, thinking about yesterday when he had gone on the peak of the mountain, it was dangerous he knew. On top when he didn't even inform anyone in the pack.

Jimin shifted into his wolf form and quickly left the pack territory to the forest when he saw the night had fallen. He went deep inside the forest to reach the mountain and climb up high. The reason being that it was the last day before he will be married to someone. So, he reached as high as he could, his legs aching from not climbing the mountain in so long. But tonight he couldn't help but to seek comfort from the people who left him to deal with things alone. He wanted to feel closer to his parents as much as he could.

He hoped they were watching over him, he hoped he would be given a way, a way to get out of this or just a clue that what the leader Lee had decided for his life isn't going to hurt him again. Jimin stopped on a steepy mountain, the forest was so dark and thick he could barely make his way up but the moonlight was shining upon him, guiding him. And when he looked up at the moon for a prolonged moment, without blinking his eyes.

Suddenly his eyes were moisturized with tears. The white fur of his wolf glowing in the darkness owed to the moon. He sadly smiled up at the dark cloudy sky.

The blond omega shifted back in his human form, the robe he was clenching between his teeth thrown on the ground before he was covering his naked body with it, body slightly shivering from the less temperature up here.