2 year old Jungkook doesn't process things quickly, but with his limited knowledge he knows he's cold. He knows his hands hurt and it's the snow's fault.
He hears footsteps after a long time and his ears perk up, his parents must be back for him finally. He's prepared to throw a big fit that they left him but their smell is different.
Instead, 3 men with unfamiliar scents come out of the trees and he whimpers. They look directly at him, even with the hard snowy wind of the mountain peak Jungkook can still see their sharp red eyes.
The blonde in the middle of the redhead and brunette is the one who walks toward him first and Jungkook can only scamper back against a tree.
"He smells like wolf, Jimin." the brunette warns.
Jimin shakes his head, still shuffling closer, "he's a breathing child left alone in the cold I don't care if he's a murderer."
The blonde man, Jimin, kneels in front of Jungkook carefully. He tilts his head to look into Jungkook's eyes and the redness dims. Jungkook blinks his glossy eyes up at him and Jimin extends his hand out.
Jungkook looks back and forth between Jimin's eyes and hand. Jimin patiently waits while blocking the harsh wind from blowing against the boy anymore.
" Mom ?" Jungkook whispers, his limited vocabulary coming back to bite him but Jimin seems to understand and he softens.
"It's okay, I won't hurt you."
Jungkook swallows, his rapid heartbeat pounds in Jimin's ears as he shakily rests his tiny hand in Jimin's. The vampire tries not to flinch at the ice cold temperature of Jungkook's hand and pulls him up.
They stand and Jimin lifts him to wrap his legs around Jimin's hips. Yoongi and Hoseok inhale deep behind him, watching around themselves carefully for anymore wolves.
Jimin wraps his own jacket around Jungkook and keeps Jungkook's head in his neck, chin locked over the child securely. He turns back around to his friends and nods back to the direction they were headed.
They were only passing by for a hunt anyway, wolves aren't known to be in such areas so their home was about a mile down the mountain. Jungkook scans over the cabin curiously from the safety of Jimin's embrace.
He sighs happily once they're inside and warmth blankets him once again. He lifts his head when the other vampire's he's still wary of leave the room and Jimin sets him down in front of the big fire.
Jimin keeps his eyes on the child as he walks away, until he has to look back to grab a blanket from the closet that came with the house. He hurriedly unravels it and drapes it around the boy, making sure he's completely covered before sitting next to him.
"Do you have a name?" he asks quietly.
Jungkook nods, flames dancing in his big brown eyes, "Jungkook."
Jimin nods and tries to smile without showing his fangs, "i'm Jimin it's nice to meet you Jungkook."
Jungkook doesn't respond, doesn't even look at Jimin, but slowly he scoots closer and lays his head on Jimin's shoulder. Jimin's eyes widen, he looks down and watches in fascination as Jungkook drifts into sleep.
He hasn't seen someone sleep in a very long time, the idea almost foreign to him.
Jimin carefully scoops him up and lays him on the couch, close to the fire and gently pushes hair out of his face.
For the rest of the night, nine hours straight, he watches over Jungkook as if frozen in a trance at his tiny chest rising with each breath, and that is how Jungkook becomes the center of Jimin's life.
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