Not Today

Jungkook and Jimin met in an orphanage and at once both knew the other was their soulmate. They were inseparable for the ten years they spent together. Until they presented. The former as an Alpha and the other as an Omega. In this dystopian world where people's second gender dictated their lives, the two were split apart at the age of thirteen.

Being an Alpha, Jungkook was taken in by the Army. He was trained under as a regular soldier until the General took a liking to him. Treating Jungkook as a substitute to the young son he lost to illness. Because of this, he got into a life of luxury but his training became harsher as he was groomed to be the best of the best. He was taught war strategies, micro and macro management. His adopted father also taught him to not only be strong of body but also of mind. Jungkook grew to be wiser than most advisers in the king's council, always three-steps ahead. He became the right-hand man of his adopted father once he came of age.

After half a decade, most would think that with luxury and power surrounding him aided by his handsome albeit deceivingly innocent looks, most have assumed Jungkook has taken on the Alpha mentality. That he was above everyone specially with his status as right-hand to the the General. That he bedded different exquisite multiple Omegas every night.

Most assumed this as they do not hear the Omega at the other end of his soulmate bond, whispering unorthodox strategies and daring out-of-the-box solutions to problems. Jungkook may have been taught of different strategies and simulations, but he cannot dream to have Jimin's experience and street-smart. In a different world, he would not hesitate to say out loud that an Omega is better than him, better than an Alpha. But he could not, not without putting both of them in harm's way and making the Omega go through worse than what he already is.

Jimin was dragged to the brothel. As a male Omega, he was deemed too weak to be trained as a soldier and his scent too strong and distracting to be doing menial work out in the open. His only option was to sell his body. He learnt early on that being meek would only let others think he was a pushover and being aggressively rebellious would bring wrath upon him by the brothel owner. Instead, he developed a manipulative, cunning thinking masked by his natural Omega charms. He 'charmed' his clients to be less aggressive, to woo rather than threaten him and to let him lead. Because of his unorthodox ways to please his customers, his clientele grew to be more exclusive. Only important officials or disgustingly wealthy people were able to afford and meet him.

Even if everyone in the brothel were either in awe or in deep hate of Jimin, they all saw his independence. How he used what was seen by the public as a source of shame to be his weapon. How he bent Alphas and Betas alike to his will.

What they do not see was the invisible soulmate bond that tied Jimin mentally to Jungkook. As strong as Jimin was mentally, he was still human and can and will break. Every time an Alpha took his body, touched and raved, Jungkook took over. Jungkook took the brunt of the mental abuse on Jimin's behalf. All the painful memories that came with Jimin laying with an Alpha not his, Jungkook takes over, not letting Jimin have a glimpse of it.

When Jungkook is busy protecting Jimin's mind, Jimin does the same in Jungkook's body. He was in a harsh meeting with the pompous council of the king. He was in a battle of wits using words and heavily-veiled threats. Threats stemming from the seedy underbelly of Jimin's everyday life in the brothel, heard from other prostitutes or said straight from the officials themselves.

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When they found each other three years after the separation, Jimin was on the verge of insanity from being sexually abused and the heartbreak of allowing someone not his soulmate touch him. Jungkook woke up from the luxurious dream he was living as he found how his soulmate was living, barely surviving.