Our Way ||| Ateez

Epilogue

Mingi poked his head into the kitchen and smiled when he saw Seonghwa cleaning the counters in his meticulous way. He even had the tip of his tongue sticking out of the corner of his mouth while his forehead creased in concentration.

Not able to resist, Mingi snuck up behind him and quickly wrapped his arms around his mate's waist, earning the desired yelp of surprise. "Mingi! Don't do that!"

"I love how your senses shut down when you're cleaning." The taller chuckled as he left small butterfly kisses behind Seonghwa's ears.

"Ok, ok. You don't have to rub it in." Seonghwa said with a pout before he spun around in Mingi's grip to wrap his arms around his alpha's neck. "Did you just get back from hunting?"

"No, I was going to go do that in a little bit. Do you know where Avayla is? I was going to see if she wanted to come with me."

Seonghwa hummed as he played with the hairs on the back of Mingi's neck. "Yes, but I'm not supposed to tell you."

Mingi raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Excuse me? What do you mean you're not supposed to tell me?"

"You just answered that question yourself." Seonghwa tapped his forehead. "You are a very stubborn man and a protective dad, but you need to give her space!"

"She's with him again, isn't she?" Mingi growled, feeling his anger level rise a little."

"Would it really matter if she was?" Seonghwa's tone got a little harsher as he withdrew his hands and stepped away.

Mingi grumbled to himself as he started to walk away.

"Song Mingi! You get back here right now and leave your daughter alone!" Seonghwa called after him, but the younger ignored him, instead choosing to follow the sweet citrus scent that belonged to his daughter.

He grumbled even more when he discovered the feint fir scent mingled with it. Part of him knew he was being a little ridiculous right now, but that part was easily pushed aside by his wolf as he stormed into the trees behind their house.

He knew exactly where they'd be too. Avayla had fallen in love with the tree they had marked with two hearts for San and Wooyoung when they left to go look for the cure, so she spent a lot of time out there.

And sure enough, once it was in sight, he saw her sitting beneath the tree.

With Theo.

His hand on her neck.

And his tongue, most likely, down her throat.

Mingi let out a warning growl and the couple broke a part instantly. A mini Yunho and a mini Seonghwa stared back at him with wide eyes.

"Daddy!" Avayla said, standing up and putting herself in between him and Theo.

"I thought we talked about this Ava." Mingi growled again, keeping his eyes locked on here Theo was looking down at the ground behind Avayla.

"Yes we did. I'm almost eighteen Daddy! Momma told you that you need to start giving me space." She growled back as her eyes flashed red.

"So you can sneak off and have some kid suck your face off."

Avayla let out a low laugh. "Theo is not some kid. How dare you?! Uncle Jongho is going to kick your ass when he hears that you said that. And for your information," She snapped, reaching back to grab Theo's hand. "I was sucking his face off, so there!"

Mingi felt his jaw drop at her words and watched as the couple hurried back to the house, hand in hand.

"Well she's right about one thing."