WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED ||JIKOOK ✅

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JUNGKOOK POV

Jungkook was kicking himself for not going in for the kiss.

His heart was pushing him but his mind interfered with doubts causing him to step back.

The disappointment on Jimin's face nearly had him grabbing the young man and kissing him senseless but the time had passed.

His opportunity vanished as soon as he stepped back, making it look as if he weren't interested.

He would have to repair that impression as soon as possible.

He'd never courted anyone like Jimin before and he was finding that it wasn't easy.

To pursue and to persuade was his focus and his head would not get in the way again.

Instinct was important and he would take heed from hence forward.

In the past, as master and leader, he had no difficulty currying favor with whoever caught his eye.

It was easy because it was temporary and he wasn't looking for a relationship per se.

For the past eight hundred years, he had waited for his beloved, always leaving any relationship that seemed to be getting too intimate for fear that it would interfere with his destiny.

He never had to work at getting someone because he never cared if the relationship faltered and died but now it was all different.

Jimin was his life, the gift he waited for and ultimately thought it was lost to him but now lay in his guestroom asleep, sweetness and light radiating within him.

Jungkook sat back in his chair and closed his eyes, reaching out to his beloved, feeling the fullness of his presence and luxuriating in his warmth and character.

The man was pure of heart and mind, a feature Jungkook had rarely encountered when dealing with others, especially humans.

Jimin was serious and intelligent but possessed a wonder of the world, something usually lost in childhood.

Jimin was a marvel and jungkook was eager to get to know him on every level and introduce him to the impossible and the magical.

He flexed fingers on his right hand several times, feeling the rush of energy flowing and the power of his dormant magics waking and feeding from the power that Jimin had instilled.

His vampire was reacting to the presence of his beloved.

No vampire could exist forever without their beloved.

He'd managed for so many centuries simply because of his innate power and magic but even he could not go on forever.

Most vampires began to fade after a few centuries if their other half was not found.

Jungkook had managed over eight hundred years but the last hundred had been rough, very rough.

If it hadn't been for Tae and Lisa, his heart would have extinguished by now.

They held out the hope for a future, a future that was made manifest today in Park Jimin.

He was pulled from his thoughts by a knock at his door. "Come in." He said and stood up, turning towards the door.

Lisa and Tae walked in together with matching expressions of hope.

"It's him." Lisa stated but also waited for confirmation.

"It is," jungkook answered swiftly.

"Park Jimin is my beloved.

"At long last, he has arrived."

"Fate, what a fickle bitch she is."

Tae said as he placed his hands on his hips. "She makes you wait until near death with the jackals howling at your door and then she sends you relief and not a moment too soon." He shook his head and Jungkook smiled at his friend.

"Let us not look a gift horse in the mouth." He quipped.

"Better late than never, I say." Lisa joined in.

"Yes and now I have to convince the young man that he belongs here with me and that his life has been cosmically intertwined with mine."

"I don't know if he is familiar with our kind or if the paranormal will be a particularly difficult hurdle for him." He took a deep breath and considered all that lay ahead to convince this man to stay.

"He's your beloved Jungkook."

"He will need you just as much as you need him."

"He's human but Fate's pull cannot be denied." Lisa reminded in the firmest tone he'd heard her use in a long time.

The feelings of the inevitable had fallen away and they were all eager to see life return to the Hybe Maison Jeon.

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