do better//TAEKOOK

make effort

Taehyung knows he made a mistake. Jimin repeatedly warned him not to do this. But his friends- including Jimin, that little demon- were the ones that pressure him about how dull his life is. Well, in their defense they just advised Taehyung to find a fling or go out on a few dates, not to find his actual motherfucking soulmate.
Taehyung never considered himself a romantic. He was far from it actually. He worked with his dad since the day he graduated. He climbed the stairs to success starting from a very early age. So he never had a chance to date or fall in love or have innocent crushes. He liked his work at their company and took over his dad's place in time.

That means now he is 30, single and very much bored with his life. So when he heard there was a company in France that finds your other half, if they are in their database, he didn't think much. He honestly didn't think that his soulmate would sign up for the same program too. So probably there was nothing to be worried about. It was just a harmless shot and a good 4 day trip to Paris. He was feeling like taking a few days off from work anyway.

So when his team found out that the program actually found a person and his soulmate is actually registered in the program too, they freaked out collectively. His assistant, his mentor and PR team were all seconds away from tearing up. Apparently this was terrible news. His soulmate, an omega, was from Paris and he was –how to put it politely- a wild soul.
Taehyung's team finds everything about the omega in a day. He was a youtuber, so he had a public image, which was very bad for Taehyung. He didn't come from money. He was a traveler. He had hobbies like motorcycling or god forbid- working out.

None of these things were a fit for Taehyung's potential future mate. His mom would cry right now he she knew Taehyung decided to meet him anyway. His assistant and legal team decided that this is actually a good thing in the end. This person could show up any time in the future and make things worse for Taehyung's business and future mate. So, they decided that it would be proper to offer the boy money that he can't resist and buy his silence. They insisted that Taehyung doesn't have to be there for it but he wanted to go. He wanted to at least see this boy that his team thought was impossible to be next to him.

So here he was, sitting besides his lawyer, already having his second espresso because the omega was so incredibly late. Rude. He probably didn't have any manners either. Taehyung usually didn't like coffee but when he was in Europe he weirdly always had some. The cities made him crave some caffeine interestingly.
It's been one hour since they sit down and wait for he omega,so Taehyung's patience was about to end. He didn't like being waited at all. Who does anyway? Just when he was about to give up the absolute real life bombshell entered the little cafe. The Omega and Taehyung locked eyes the minute boy entered the room. And oh boy Taehyung instantly understood that this was his soulmate. People always talked about how they felt when they get their soulmate's scent for the first time but honestly nothing could prepare Taehyung for this moment.
His soulmate's scent exploded inside the room for him. Fresh jasmines and fruity undertones. The boy probably recognized Taehyung as well because he was not taking his gaze away either.
He was drop-dead-gorgeous. He had soft looking fluffy blonde hair that frames his beautiful face. Literal doe eyes glowing and staring Taehyung with so much emotion inside. Pink plump lips that Taehyung had the mistake to look at and instantly regret because oh boy what would he do right now to just touch those lips? The omega's scent was literally suffocating him. The omega came to their table and tucked a little piece of hair behind his ear

''Taehyung-shi?

He wishes he learned his name from his team. That was stupidd of him to not ask. His throath felt dry as fuck. He just nodded without unlocking their eyes.

''Uhm, yes.'' He finally manages to stand as the boy sits down. He wanted the boy to think of him as a gentleman. Which was unnecessary since they are not gonna see each other again.

''Nice to meet you, i'm Jungkook.'' His voice was as soft as him. Taehyung had to take a deep breath to calm the fuck down. He was under the influence of his true mate's scent, he knew this, he's not a kid. But this rationality didn't make any difference at all. He was just feeling so...so.. well he didn't know what he was feeling because he never felt like that before!
He was getting ahead of himself by hyping himself up too much like this and he knew it was for nothing! He knew he and Jungkook will never be a thing. He was here to make sure of it actually. But his reasoning seemed to leave him at this point. And how old was this kid anyway? He couldn't be more than 23? He probably just wanted to meet Taehyung. He couldn't possibly be wanting something more than friendship.
It was very natural for soulmates to have an age gap, but that still didn't prepare Taehyung apparently. And a huge part of soulmates meeting each other after they already mated with someone else and people often decided to stay friends with their soulmates. There is no guarantee that everybody is going to meet their other half. It was half of the reason why Taehyung wanted to use this program and actively seek out his other half. He wasn't comfortable letting destiny take care of things.
He was lost in his thoughts. He was feeling what is going to happen or how Jungkook's eyes seem like stars are into them. So he didn't notice the omega's curious look to his lawyer. Yeap, he probably was wondering who this stranger was. That was like a reality check to Taehyung. He was suddenly feeling very much aware of his current situation.
''Uhm, nice to meet you Jungkook-shi, this is my lawyer Minho.''
''O-oh okay.'' Jungkoook seemed taken aback. He was obviously waiting for an explanation. Yes, there was no use in lingering around the subject. It was best to be direct. Taehyung noded to his lawyer with his head. He suddenly felt his heart broken, which was very weird because what's about to happen wasn't supposed to be a big deal for him. He didn't even know about Jungkook. He had to remind himself that he is under influence right now. This is not the actual him. This is just his soulmate's unreasonably violent affect on him. It'll pass. This heartbreak is not real. How can it be?
''Nice to meet you Mr. Jeon. I understand that you might be confused by my presence. I am here to help you and Mr. Kim to have an agreement about your bond.''

''We need to have an agreement about our bond?'' Jungkook seemed more confused than before. Taehyung hated that he could already detect the uneasiness of the boy's scent. His alpha wants nothing but the comfort the omega. He wanted to take his hand and make him leave this place, protect him from this news. The news that he was the source of. He needs to get his shit together like right now.
''Yes, as you might or might not know Mr. Kim is a very successful businessman. Therefore, he has a huge public persona especially around Asia. Mr. Kim and his family will most likely arrange a marriage between him and a suitable omega in the following years. So it would benefit our company very much if you can keep silence about your natural bond with Mr. Kim.''
The boy looked shocked naturally. He was very silent and Taehyung realized he was waiting for the lawyer to continue, he was not even looking at Taehyung's direction anymore. Which Taehyung unreasonably felt disappointed for.
''Obviously Mr. Kim thought about you too. You will gain financial benefit from this agreement. We arrange a way to transfer a handsome amount of money to your account every month. Also you will have a limitless credit card for any of the desired expenses you might have. This will go on until Mr. Kim legally marries with an omega and you will both sign contract of privacy of course.''
Jungkook kept his silence for more. Taehyung could smell his distress and the Alpha was feeling sick to his stomach. What was the boy thinking? Why wasn't he saying anything? Taehyung would do anything to just hear his thoughts. Although, he doesn't need to have an ability to read minds to notice Jungkook's discomfort. The Omega's eyes were all teared up. He started sniffling softly. That's it. Taehyung actually felt like he was about to throw up. What is happening!
Jungkook looked at the papers the lawyer passed to him. He scoffed and rolled his eyes at it.

''Okay.'' he said, looking directly into Taehyung's eyes.
''I came here to know you and I don't want to leave with empty hands honestly.'' A tear left his eye which Taehyung desperately followed with his gaze.
''Do better though.'' He threw the papers to the table.
He pointed to the amount with his beautiful fingers. ''The amount. It's not enough. Do better.''
With that he took his coat and left an open mouthed Taehyung behind.

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