Smell of Freedom//vminkook

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"Gone? What do you mean gone?" The alpha asks as he steps towards me with a concerned look. The worry in his voice only stressing me out more.

"H-he's not in the spear room. I looked all over for him b-but there was nothing there, and my phone is dead and I can't call him to see where he's at and I don't know if he texted me and the lights and the bed and he's just gone and I don't-"

"Taehyung, look at me." Jimin said sternly as he walks to me and grabs my hands, "slow down, babe. How about we go get ready, and Jungkook can figure this out, yeah?"

The combined smell of the two radiating from the Omega is pure heaven, and calming and... some other things. Regardless, find myself nodding, and allow him to pull me from the room into down the hall to the bathroom in their bedroom.

"Take a seat." He says, motioning to the toilet seat, as he opens the cupboard. Looking for something.

I take the opportunity to truly get a good look at him up close. Sure I've seen him at school in the hall or class, but I've never looked to long, in fear of getting caught. His bright blond hair contrast against is dark eyes, and it's both adorable and sexy at the same time, and his lips look so soft. The black jeans he has on hug his waist and sculpted thighs perfectly, almost mouth watering. The grey T-shirt he wears is snug in all the right places and falls just right to frame the suttle curve in his back and booty. My eyes travel all the way down and back up before they finally land on his neck.

After a long night of sleep the make up covering his mating bite has mostly disappeared and is now in full view. Granted, if the makeup wasn't already gone then Jungkook's kisses and rubbing on it definitely would have done the Job, but I'm trying not to think about that now. The image of Jungkook's strong body wrapped around Jimin's smaller, pliant one is still fresh in my head, and is still not processing.

Once Jimin has found what he's looking for he turns with two small bottle in hand and holds them up to my face.

"I think this one should work," he mumbles and sets one down in the counter and opens the other.

Now I can see it's a familiar bottle of concealer thar looks identical to the one I have at home.

There are no words said on the tense atmosphere and I can't help but feel awkward as Jimin little fingers work to cover the blooming bruise the I forgot I had.

"I'm sorry you had to see that." Jimin sighs, keeping his eyes on his work. Finally breaking the silence. "Jungkook is just a little possessive, and it helps with unwanted attention from others when we smell like each other."

"It fine, Jimin. I was just shocked."

"Yeah, but we shouldn't have done it with you around. It rude and indecent." The Omega sounds defeated.

"It's really not a big deal, Jimin. This is your house and just because I'm here doesn't mean you should feel you have to act a certain way." I assure him, trying not to move to much.

"Still. I'm sorry." Jimin says as he pulls away, finished with my makeup so I stand up. Or so I thought.

"What are you doing? " Jimin asks, now holding whole bag full of makeup.

"Um, what are you doing?" I point to the bag.

"I'm doing your makeup," he says as though its the most obvious thing in the world.

"I don't wear makeup."

"Well, you are today," Jimin snips, and he pulls me back down to the seat.

Five minutes pass of Jimin humming to himself and swaying around the bathroom as he works on his little masterpiece.

"Viola!" The Omega shouts kissing his fingers like a French cook. "All done."

I stand and go straight to the mirror. Wow. He really did do a good job. Nothing to extravagant though. Just a light shade on my eyes and a darker tint on my lips. Just enough to make my features pop.

"You look so sexy right now." Jimin says deeply look at me through the mirror.

"It's not even that much of a difference." I mumble looking down,feeling my cheeks tint red.

"Mmhmm, let's see if Kookie says that." He says with a wink, and I feel myself melt a little.

I can feel my face heat up even more at the thought of the alpha. His strong, wide shoulder that boxed Jimin in so well. The veins in his arms that I wanna trace all day. The little sparkle in his eye when he smirks. I really need to stop.

"Taehyung," Jimin says as he puts his own makeup on, that is very similar to mine, "I hope you don't think this is rushed. We just... we care about you. And we want you to be safe."

The somber tone in his voice and the crease in his brow shows that he is in deep thought, and not the happy kind.

I sigh, "Jimin, I appreciate what you guys are trying to do. I really do, but I haven't really had time to think about it. I know I should trust to guys and I really want to but it's hard. And with everything that's happened, I just feel like this is all my fault. If I hadn't ignored you then you guys would have been at my house and Jungkook never would have got into that fight with my father. You wouldn't have had to be scared and Jungkook wouldn't be hurt!"

By the end of it I'm almost out of breath but I keep eye contact with Jimin. His eyes flash with something that I can't quite place but I don't dwell on it long.

"Taehyung," a voice says, that is not Jimin's.

I turn to the door and see Jungkook leaning on the door frame with his arms crossed. My eyes widen realizing that he heard everything I just said. For having such a potent scent he sure doeswhave a hard time sneaking up on people.

"We completely understand that's its gonna take some time for you to get used to us, much less trust us, but please never blame yourself for anything that happened." The alpha says before he step towards me, kneeling on the ground in front of me and reaching one of  his hands out to grab mine. "If we were mad then we wouldn't have asked you to stay here. If we were mad we wouldn't have bothered to go though all the trouble putting on scent block and go to your house in the first place. We know its gonna take you a while to be completely comfortable with us, and we have no problem being patient. Just please, do not blame yourself for anything that has happened so far. You're our mate. Our Taehyung. And nothing is gonna change that now."

His words and kind gaze make me feel stupid and guilty for ever even thinking a negative thoughts about them.

I don't know how long I sat there just looking into his eyes, but even as cheesy as it sounds, they were just so captivating and beautiful. I couldn't pull my gaze away.

I used to think that all the hub bub about mates was over rated and foolish, but now I can't help but reconsider.