Trust & Loyalty | ym

VI

Time passed, days turning into weeks, weeks turning into months, and Jimin slowly grew accustomed to his new pack. Seokjin had accepted Jimin the quickest, obviously, and many hours of the day were spent between the two friends just sitting and conversing, at first just catching up with each other's lives and then talking about what would happen when Seokjin and Namjoon's pup was born, as Seokjin's stomach had grown considerably since Jimin arrived. Namjoon, Taehyung, and Jungkook were the next to accept Jimin. Namjoon because he was completely devoted to his mate and anything that made him happy was okay by him, and the pups because they saw Jimin as a new playmate as soon as he had recovered from his injuries enough to run around with them. Hoseok eventually came around too, although it took him much longer. Hoseok was blatantly cold towards Jimin for the first few weeks of his presence, but as time passed and Jimin's pack still had not arrived to reclaim him, and as he got to know Jimin better, he quickly changed perspectives and apologized to Jimin for how he had originally treated him. Jimin quickly forgave him, as he didn't want there to be any bad blood in the pack, especially if it surrounded him.

Yoongi, Jimin still wasn't too sure about. The alpha didn't talk to him other than what was necessary, so Jimin had a feeling that Yoongi wasn't too fond of him. But then Yoongi would do things like making sure Jimin ate before eating himself, moving Jimin to his own furs after the omega was asleep, and Jimin was certain that it was Yoongi he could sense following and watching him during the times he went on walks around the territory to clear his head, as if the alpha was protecting him. Yoongi confused Jimin, and Jimin had yet to decide if he wanted to take that step to try to figure him out.

One thing that Jimin was worried about was what would happen when his second heat happened. He knew that by this point it was due soon, and a part of him was worried about that, so he had been turning to Seokjin more and more for comfort and advice as the time approached. "It's up to you what you want to do, Jimin." Seokjin said nonchalantly as he lightly rubbed his stomach over the spot the pup was currently kicking. "If you want someone to help you through it, then Hoseok will do it, no questions asked. If you want to go through it alone, then no one will touch you." Jimin noticed that Seokjin hadn't stated Yoongi as an option for help, but he didn't question it as he assumed it was just a thing for the alpha. No one helps him through his ruts and he helps no one through their heats.

"But I'll literally be begging for an alpha's cock, and you know alphas go crazy over omegas in heat." Jimin pointed out as he was extremely worried that in the hazy state of mind he knew he would be in when his heat came that he would end up doing something he would regret.

Seokjin patted Jimin's hand with his free one. "Our alphas have better self-control than a lot of others do, so they can hold back. And if it makes you feel better, we do have an area towards the southern part of our territory that we use for heats and ruts. It's a small meadow that's completely enclosed, so no one will be able to smell you if you're worried about them succumbing to their biology." Jimin let out a small breath of relief at that, feeling once again thankful that Seokjin was there. "No one will touch if you don't want them to, and more importantly, no one will knot you if you don't want them to."

Jimin felt a small burning sensation in the pit of his stomach at the mention of knotting. He'd never really thought about it before as there was never anyone he'd ever particularly wanted to knot him. Not that there was anyone now, Jimin kept telling himself, definitely not a certain alpha that Jimin was pretending to not notice as he sat at the other end of the meadow to watch over the two omegas. But now that Seokjin had brought it up, Jimin suddenly found himself extremely curious about the intimate act that he had been raised to believe should only be shared between a mated pair. "Seokjin..." Seokjin looked up from his stomach, waiting for Jimin to finish his thought. "What is it like to be knotted? Like...how does it feel?"