Loving Him

18

"I think I'm going crazy," Hobi grumbled as he plopped down on the studio floor next to Jimin to stretch before their class.

Jimin was practically bent in half, but he turned his face to look at the Alpha. "And that's different from any other day, how?"

Hobi rolled his eyes as he threw his towel onto Jimin's face, "I feel like I'm being watched constantly. But whenever I look around, no one is there."

The Omega sat up a bit, thinking, "Well, that's not good. You are popular, though. Maybe it's just an Omega with a crush or something."

"Yeah, maybe," he whispered as he got on with his stretching.

Jimin bit his lip a bit. He didn't believe what he was saying at all; something about the situation was making him uncomfortable. But he wanted to talk to Yoongi about it first, just in case he was being overdramatic. "Tae said that his appointment is coming up. Are you excited?"

Distracting both of them was exactly what they needed. He didn't want Hobi stressing, and if he stressed right now, everyone in the dance studio would know, and then he'd have to talk to Hobi. There's no way he'd leave his friend distressed. He'd try to fix it, or he'd call Yoongi over, and that's the last thing Jimin wanted.

"I am so excited," Hobi practically yelled out for everyone to hear, "I get to see my pup and hear its little heartbeat."

His scent filled the room with proud, happy Alpha. Jimin had a hard time believing that Hobi had ever been that happy before. Even when he first met him, he was a happy guy, but not this happy. But then again, he'd never seen him with Moonsu; maybe he was the same way with her. For Tae's sake, Jimin sure hoped not. He wants them to be happy even more now since Moonsu is acting out in such a disgusting way.

He was so appalled when Hobi told him exactly what she'd tried to do. Mating someone against their will is already disgusting enough, but trying to force a mating on someone who has a fated mate is basically killing the fated pair. No wolf would accept a mating that wasn't from their fate. They'd lose their wolf and potentially their life since they'd met before the forced mating would have happened.

"You aren't listening to a word I'm saying, Jiminah," Hobi whined softly.

"Sorry," Jimin giggled, "I was thinking about my routine for this semester."

"Jimin," Hobi said in his annoyed voice, the one he uses when Jimin spends too long in the studio practicing and still won't go home. Hobi only gets him to leave when Yoongi shows up, throws Jimin over his shoulder, and forces him home. "We've been in this semester for about two weeks, we've had not even six practices, and you are already worried about your routine?"

He let Hobi chastise him since it was better than telling him the truth about his worries concerning Moonsu. "Yeah, yeah. I know; let's practice so you can get home to your mate and pup."

"Not yet," he sighed happily, "but I hope so soon."

Tae was in the middle of doing an autopsy on a beloved pug, trying to find out why he died. He usually can get through these with no issues, but for some reason, today, he can't. He kept having to wipe his tears away, making the lead vet ask multiple times if he's okay. It took 30 minutes before he could convince him that it was just the hormones from the pup and that he was fine.

He continued doing what he had to do, "the cause of death was a tumor," he told the lead vet.

"But they did several scans; they were all benign."

Tae shrugged a bit, "well, they missed this one then; it was cancerous. He was suffering there at the end."

The vet frowned a bit. "Well, thank you for letting me know. We aren't going to tell them that, though. They loved him, and if they found out that they missed something and he was in pain, they'd never forgive themselves."

As soon as the door swung shut behind the Doctor, Hobi walked in with a smile on his face. It dropped a bit. "Are you okay, Baby?" Tae shook his head slowly as he took a few deep breaths. "Need a hug?" Tae nodded again and opened his arms wide. Hobi took a step towards him but then stopped. "Maybe you could, uh, clean up first."

Tae looked down at his attire. He was wearing scrubs, and his apron had blood all over it. He still had his gloves and a scalpel in his hand. "Oh," he chirped. "Sorry. " He started removing everything that had blood on it, and then he opened his arms back wide so he could hug his Alpha.

"It's okay, it's your job. But I must admit it was a bit scary seeing you all covered in blood. I don't know how you do that; I would puke."

The Omega just shrugged a bit, not wanting to be let go. "I'm used to it; blood and cutting up bodies don't bother me after all these years."

"It's only been what 3 years, and you are already desensitized to it?"

Tae flinched a bit, "yeah 3 years," he mumbled.

"Come on, let's go get some food and then cuddle. It's been a long and exhausting day."

It was perfect. Life with Hobi was everything he could have dreamed of. The Alpha was loving, attentive, and so sweet. The first time the Alpha heard their pup's heartbeat, he started crying and thanking Tae over and over for this amazing gift. He didn't understand the feeling that was going on inside him, but he liked it. 

His heart was beating fast, and he wanted to smile all the time—it was like he was constantly floating. He only ever felt like this when he made his kills and could smell their scents. But now, he felt it every single time he was around Hobi, and being able to smell his scent all day was akin to being magical. 

When they went shopping for the baby for the first time, it took everything in Tae not to cry over the tiny onesies that Hobi kept holding up for him to see. It was so overwhelming but fantastic. The Alpha was so excited about the pup, and he couldn't contain his smile every time he picked something up to show the Omega. They spent more than they should have, but it was hard to say no to Hobi's pout when he wanted something.

"I have to head back to my place tonight and grab more stuff. Do you want to come with me?"

Tae nodded his head sleepily. Of course, he wanted to go; he loved going to Hobi's place. It smelled so much like the Alpha that his inner Omega would like to do nothing but roll around in his bed, which is precisely what he did when he got there, making Hobi chuckle as he gathered more clothes. 

"I told you that we could bring the blankets back to your place; you were the one who said no."

"Because it gives me something to do when I'm here," he whined, a bit muffled since his face was shoved into Hobi's pillow.

The Alpha dropped the bag and padded across the floor to his sleepy Omega. "Do you want to stay here tonight?"

The Omega's eyes were bright blue as he smiled, "can we?"

"Of course, we can," he scoffed, "although your place smells more like me than it does you nowadays, anyway."

"Shh," he said as Tae pushed his finger against Hobi's lips. "Sleepy."

"Okay, Baby, let's sleep," he curled around his Omega and shoved his face in his neck. He loved his scent, even if it was faint and smelt more of pregnant Omega than his usual lilies and jasmine. Sometimes during the night, he smelled it, but his sleepy brain didn't quite register it.