The Love After | A JJK Werewolf AU

19: The Love After

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It's quite overwhelming when you enter the pack house. There are a lot more people than you expect gathered in the living area, all restless and worried, perhaps surprised and concerned with their Beta suddenly going unconscious.

That doesn't happen - to werewolves in general and definitely not to him. Only Alphas are immortal but those who aren't are still difficult to kill, difficult to hurt, at least physically. Only dismemberment or having their heart pulled out or burning can end them; any other types of injuries are manageable.

You're sure you've never heard of one falling off a cliff and then being unable to move, and you panic at what had happened to Jungkook for it to be this bad.

"___!" Mi-Rae yells.

You run up the stairs and fall into her hug.

"Can I see him?" You tremble.

She turns to one of the open doors where Jin-Ae is, and she shakes her head, prompting Mi-Rae to say no.

"I have to—"

"Not yet," she interjects. "I mean, he just doesn't look good. But he'll survive, definitely. He's just... not healing as fast."

"What do you mean he's not—"

"___, you're here," Namjoon bellows. "You should wait in the study; it's more peaceful there."

"I need to see him, Namjoon," you demand. "He's my mate. You need to let me see him."

"Fine, just be ready, okay?" He gives in. "Just remember that he's alive and he'll be fine, even if it doesn't seem like it right now."

You nod and follow him to the infirmary, a room that could rival your town's hospital in terms of equipment, and even service, as you see Baram and Inha, her mentor and one of the pack doctors, tending to Jungkook.

"You sure you want to see this?" Your sister asks worriedly.

You nod again and enter, your knees weakening at the sight of your mate in bed with what looks like broken legs and arms, gashes everywhere, and a bandage on his bleeding head. His breathing is slow, you can tell, as his bare chest barely moves.

It's heartbreaking, seeing him helpless like this. It's not in his nature to be, not just because he's a Beta but because he's Jungkook. He's a lot stronger than this, you know that.

You stand there unable to move, not knowing what to do. You want to rip off the bandages and see the wounds heal with your own eyes to convince yourself that he's fine. This isn't the same man who had a laceration on his arm that looked like a scratch the next day, and then was completely gone the day after.

But you also just want to hug him until he stops hurting, until he's able to breathe again and look at you with those questioning eyes of his, and you can be the one this time who'll look at him with certainty and tell him that he'll be okay.

"We're gonna work on his legs now," Baram says, still next to you. "That one isn't gonna look nor sound pretty. Stay with the others first. We'll call you when he's looking better."

You comply, knowing that your sister is trying to protect you from yourself and how the sight of Jungkook like this will just affect you further.

Jin-Ae walks you to the study and makes you tea.

"Here, to help you calm down," she says, motioning towards your shaking hands.

"Thank you," you try to smile, but your quivering lips are keeping you from doing so.

"Do... do you know what happened?"

She looks unsure, perhaps thinking of which details to spare you.