Tales of a Wounded Heart | Jikook/ Taegi

Chapter 2

CW: Hunting scene ahead, also mentions of slurs and fights

"These woods are beautiful." Taehyung clasped his hands in the back, staring ahead and pretending to admire the greenery.

"We share the same landscape. It looks similar everywhere."

Taehyung rolled his eyes at the back of the stiff wolf walking in front of him. "I was just trying to make small talk."

Yoongi, as he noted, was less talkative. The alpha was one of the important advisors to the Kim pack head alpha, however, he barely uttered a few sentences until now. His eyes were sharp and so intense that Taehyung felt his wolf stir uncomfortably in his presence. It was as if he could stare through his soul and read all his secrets. Yet, he was also curious about this wolf. He was interesting.

Well, Taehyung was a handsome omega himself. He preferred the terms gorgeous and stunningly beautiful as his dear friend often praised him, feeding his praise kink. The thing was, he had a long line of suitors not only from his pack but also from other packs that traded with them.

Even here in the Kim pack, he noticed even the mated wolves turning their heads to look at him twice. But Yoongi...now that was a different story.

The man barely spared a glance toward him. In all the meetings, they sat next to each other in three; still the man looked bored out of his mind. Taehyung thought he heard the man snore a little on the third, falling asleep amid the meeting. And the head alpha or Namjoon continued as if their advisor was asleep right beside them.

So yes, he was curious about this alpha. Maybe slightly interested even. He didn't know the courting customs of the Kim pack. In the Park pack, both omegas and alphas were allowed to pursue each other. If this allegiance worked out, he might have a chance.

He tried to fish out for more information about the alpha but he was a tough nut to crack. It was a task to just get him to utter an entire sentence. And it wasn't like he could just walk up to anyone and ask for details. The other pack members were eying their every move and bristled even if they so much as took a wrong step.

Curse those stupid wolves who dared go to the head omega's home. What a stupid thing to do. He couldn't wait to tell Jimin all about it. His best friend would laugh his ass off before telling him how they deserved it.

"So, um... Tell me about yourself," Taehyung started. "Do you...ah, have a destined one?"

"No." The alpha smelled like olives with some under notes of white wine.

Perhaps the omega was whipped because he loved white wine too much. It wasn't every day his family could afford white wine. It was a specialty of the Eastern packs and more expensive than their pack's regular fruit wine.

Taehyung waited for a beat, wondering if the alpha would say more. When he knew the alpha wouldn't provide him with more info, he continued, "Me too. I get too many proposals, and my family can't wait to marry me off, but I haven't accepted anything yet."

The alpha said nothing in response. Not even an acknowledging hum or a grunt.

But Taehyung wasn't a quitter. "I want Jimin to mate first. I promised I'd be his best man; if he moved packs I'd move with him too. You know our head alpha was always looking to marry him off to other pack alphas. So I'm waiting."

That earned a subtle tilt of the head and a cock of an eyebrow.

"Do you think Jungkook will accept me as a part of his dowry? I'm low maintenance by the way. I can hunt and I'm a good fighter. Back in the Kim pack I'm in charge of training juvenile wolves. I'm a valuable asset to your pack." Taehyung wondered if the alpha could pick up the subtle hint he threw his way.