The One For Me || vkook

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Downstairs talking with the rest of his family, taehyungs fake smile was on, hiding his pain behind it. Did his mate and best friend really just run off together? Were they going to come back?

Duh taehyung, of course they're gonna come back, this is their pack. YOU'RE leaving. Not them.

He thought to himself quietly, pretending to listen to the stories everyone was telling.

But suddenly, of course he would start to smell his mate again. Getting closer, and closer, and..
"Hey guys!" Jimin announces, walking into the living room clinging onto jungkooks hand.

"There you are! We thought you ran away," joked jungkooks Mom.

"Nah, your son is just on some whack shit" jimin giggled

Jungkook smiles at his boyfriend, but remained stiff at his side, holding his breath for as long as he could before having to inhale the scent of his mate.

Glancing up at his mate, taehyung made eye contact with the elder, both holding the gaze for no more than 3 seconds, but to them it felt like 30. Averting his eyes away, taehyung rests his head on yoongis shoulder, sighing.

"Oh tae bear!" Jimin exclaimed, "come here! I want you to meet jungkook, and then introduce me to your family."

Biting his lower lip, taehyung suddenly feels shy, as everyone stopped talking due to jimins loud voice and waiting for the further introductions of the families. Grabbing yoongis hand, taehyung drags him up to walk over to his friend with him, standing slightly behind him as he tries to create as much distance between him and his mate.

Jungkook watches the younger, feeling a slight flame in his chest as he watches his mate holding the hand of another. Pushing that feeling away however, he listens to his boyfriend, "babe, this is the guy who was my friend while you were gone, taehyung! Oh and this is yoongi, another friend."

Yoongi always being aware of his friends shyness held his hand out first, "nice to meet you Jungkook. Thanks for helping out our pack."

Gripping the others hand maybe a little too tight to be friendly, jungkook shook it, "its really no problem. Nice to meet you too."

Glancing at the boy still clinging to his arm, yoongi waits for taehyung to introduce himself.
Looking at jimin, taehyung just wants to clear the air and get the truth out of the way.

To tell him Jungkook was his mate.

"Jimin... I- I don't really know how to say this.. but, um... j-Jungkook is my-"

Realizing what the younger was about to say, jungkook is quick to cut off taehyung
"Old friend! Ha, yeah that's it. Sorry babe, I didn't realize when you told me his name, but I've met taehyung once..."

Furrowing his eyebrows, taehyung looks up at Jungkook with his big eyes, but says nothing.

Great.

"Really? Taehyung how come you didn't tell me this when I showed you a picture!" Jimin asked in surprise but not anger.

"Uh, I guess I ... forgot?"

"Where'd you meet then?" Yoongi questions, but looks at Jungkook waiting for him to reply.

"The festival!" Taehyung answers quickly. He knew Jungkook wouldn't be able to come up with a believable excuse, since taehyung never goes out alone and they'd quickly know it was a lie.

But the festival that comes once a year for the fall; when he was younger taehyung used to always wander around alone. Especially to get away from the crowd, while his family and friends would go on the rides or to the booths, he would just go to the playground that wasn't far away from the festival and hang out there.

"Y-yeah. The festival" Jungkook answers, surprised taehyung was lying for him. He felt bad about it too, looking at the younger who was visibly putting effort into being happy.

But this was for the best. He would keep jimin and nothing would change.

"We were just really young... a-and so I forgot."

"Oh, no problem at all! That's crazy though, it's like a circle of interaction- fate! Well now you can rekindle the friendship." Jimin assured, happy that this was going so well.

"Of course" Jungkook answered, holding his boyfriend closer.

Looking down and away from their interaction, taehyung tells yoongi, "I'm just gonna go use the restroom for a second, I'll be back"

Nodding and patting the youngers back, yoongi watches taehyung walk away.Turning back to the couple in front of him, yoongi says, "I can introduce you to the rest of the family. Taehyung will be back shortly, but we can continue."

Jimin nodded his head eagerly, ready to meet everyone, but Jungkook says, "you go on. I totally forgot I left something in one of our bags that Im just gonna grab real quick, okay?"

"Sure babe"

With that jimin walks over to the blue moon pack, and jungkook quickly hurries down the same hall he saw his mate go. Following his scent, jungkook finds the bathroom his mate was in, hesitating once he was a few feet away.

What was he doing? It's not like he had anything to say to him, right?

Feeling stupid and getting ready to walk away, the bathroom door suddenly opens and taehyung walks out. Looking very surprised, taehyung suddenly glances down, "s-sorry. I'm... you...." he sighs, "I'll just be on my way now."

Walking away, he suddenly feels a tight grip on his arm yanking him back. Letting out a small yelp, taehyung looks up at Jungkook, who now has the younger pushed against the wall with both hands on either side of his head.

Being so close to his mate, looking into his beautiful eyes and smelling his enticing scent, jungkook stays silent for a few seconds.

Taehyung is frozen, waiting to see what's going to happen next. Jungkook moves his head down to where it's right in the crook of taehyungs neck, and slowly he inhales, running his nose up his neck lightly as he breathes.

Taehyung gasps, a small whimper coming out of his mouth- he's never felt this way before.
'Fuck' Jungkook thought, hearing the noise his mate made.

But suddenly, using every ounce of self control he had, he pulls away from taehyung. Breathing heavily, taehyung holds his gaze.

"I'm sorry."

"It's.."

"I'm sorry... I can't... I have jimin. I love jimin."

Feeling tears bribing his eyes, taehyung didn't want to let his mate see his weakness, especially since it was caused by him. "Is that why you didn't want to tell him- that I'm your mate?"

Not replying, jungkook just glanced down the hallway.

"You're going to reject me. Aren't you." It came out more as a statement than a question, but taehyung still wanted Jungkook to say it out loud.

Looking back to his mate, jungkook opens his mouth to reply, but nothing comes out.

"Just do it." Whispers taehyung, tears now slowly falling down his cheek.

Jungkook wanted to reach out and wipe away his tears, never wanting to be the cause for them again, but he had to do what he thought was right.

His brain said 'Spit it out', but all that came out of his mouth was, "I - can't."

Suddenly feeling angry at jungkooks conflict and confusion, in a cold tone taehyung tells him, "well figure it out, cause I'm not making this decision. You are. And I won't be the one to tell jimin either-but don't take it out on me. YOU led him to believe you'd reject your mate, but now that I'm standing here, you didn't take the chance. So let me know when you're ready to grow a pair and decide your future."

Wiping away his tears, taehyung brushes past a stunned Jungkook to go back with his family.

Leaning against the wall, jungkook closes his eyes,

'What the fuck just happened'