The Wounded Heart ¶¶ TK ✓

Chapter -17

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Love Jungkook pondered on it wasn't he supposed to feel the drop in blood flow that makes you feel like winged insects are fluttering around in your stomach, the butterflies, wasn't he supposed to feel tied, owned, wasn't he supposed to feel everything new the omega pondered. 

But what Jungkook felt is different he doesn't feel those butterflies, he felt tingles traveling his skin reaching the muscles of his heart vibrating in divulgence, he never felt owned he felt belonged, nothing felt new but everything looked familiar, he's feeling euphoric just being beside the alpha was it the admiration and respect or the Love he ponders. 

He gathers his emotions opening to speak "I don't think i-its L-lo" he was cut off by Jimin's voice "Don't even protest the way you look at him with those sparkly, glittery heart eyes it's so obvious Jungkookie" he said shaking his head. Taehie too nodded when Jungkook looked at her. 

And Jungkook again mulls over his feelings, who is he kidding he's fallen, fallen for a certain blond-headed kind but distant, sweet yet cold, aloof alpha, he is a gentleman put with own set of boundaries his lips curl at the end in realisation.

The questions, pain, betrayal and confusions momentarily withered.

It wasn't love at first sight but it hadn't taken him much time he had fallen for the alpha gradually. His heart melted before he knew it, it wasn't only the mate bond he knew the racing of his heart, which felt serene,  the signs. 

Why wouldn't his feelings grow, even with the forceful obligation the alpha respected Jungkook his dignity was taken care of, he cared, valued his priorities, he provided safety and security. 

Even this morning the words may sounded harsh but the voice that spoke was soft and calm as if wanting to coat the venomous words in a honey drip, to deliver them gently but well they still hurt, Jungkook can not blame the alpha though he wasn't the one who wanted to hide or hid. 

He expressed his views on mates way before, he can not despise the alpha just because Taehyung doesn't want a mate, merely he doesn't desire him, before getting to the conclusion he needs to know the reason the actual view of his mate there might be genuine perception. 

Now he had owned up the feelings he loves the alpha and there is no stepping back he had already given his heart, his soul embarked in the color red. 

To Jungkook, love is trust—the trust he placed in Taehyung the day he walked down the aisle and offered his hand to his Alpha. It wasn’t just his hand he extended; it was his whole heart.

For Jungkook, love is respect and admiration. He respected Taehyung even before they met, and since that day, his admiration has only deepened.

To him, love is loyalty—a bond he is proud to uphold, confident it will be returned with equal strength.

Love, for Jungkook, is affection. Not only physical or emotional, but expressed in countless ways. He is ready to give every bit of care he has, wholeheartedly.

For Jungkook, love is home. It’s a safe place, a sense of belonging he felt the moment he looked into those cold almond-hazel eyes.

To him, love is happiness. He’s seen others drift apart, saying their partner no longer makes them happy. But Taehyung is Jungkook’s happiness. The Alpha doesn’t need to try, to impress, or to win him over, nor did he try, holding up a mask to his persona, he was honest—he simply is, his mere serenely commanding presence and that alone brings Jungkook pure joy.

For Jungkook it's the feeling of independence, he belonged together with the alpha, there is a sense of ownership that expressed he is his person, he wasn't owned, and Taehyung understood that, love carries independence.