𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 // 𝙠𝙩𝙝 ✓

Mine

It's been exactly 2 weeks since I've adopted Taehyung and yes I have been counting how many days. Ever since it's happened, he's been acting differently. So differently that it seemed to make the air freeze whenever I'm around him. As if something is being held back.

To be more exact, he's been uninterested in any activities I brought up that he might like to do and even asking what he wanted for dinner even was simply a hard task. I don't know why, but he went back to when I first met him.

Today, I've been following him and trying to talk to him but he keeps ignoring me. It did hurt me for a while but I've given up at this point and I'm ready to talk to him about it. Now that I've adopted him, I expected us to get closer but it seems we're distancing lately.

Sitting on the couch pondering whether I should actually have this talk with him or not as to why he's been acting like this, I called his name to the living room, forgetting about all the possible what-ifs and putting him first.

"Taehyung, honey, please come here. We need to talk." I softly called, knowing even though it was quiet he could hear me wherever he was.

Summer was out with her family for a couple of days so I hope that he felt free to share what he's been feeling for the last couple of days.

Taken out of my thoughts, he sat next to me and laid back, making me sink a little at his weight next to mine.

"What's up with you lately?" I said, thinking about how he's been avoiding me deeply. I felt my face sink into a sad one thinking if my hybrid doesn't like me.

"Do you not like me anymore?" I said sadly, lips trembling a little while holding in a sob.

Taehyung POV //

I watched as she sunk into a ball while asking if I still liked her. Of course, I still like her!

I can't believe she's really doubting herself right now. "Why would you think that?" I asked lowly, looking at her desperately.

I noticed that her face turned a rosy color and her lips were trembling, making me feel the need to protect her. I could hear as her breaths became harder and faster, making me realize she was holding in a sob.

I got up and lifted her bridal style, setting her back down and in my lap. I wrapped my arms around her waist and nuzzled into her neck comfortably as my tail wrapped around her calf. "You've been acting different lately. Like avoiding me.." she murmured to me quietly, voice sounding muffled.

Knowing exactly what she meant, I took a deep breath. I've been avoiding her because I'm growing more and more attached. Ever since I've been adopted, I've wanted to touch her even more than usual. I wanted her to be my mate.

And with that, I'm pretty certain she doesn't know what comes with being my mate and whether or not she knows that I have heats. Even when that time comes, I will make sure to lock myself away from her. I don't want to hurt her and I don't want anything to hurt her.

I have to make sure she's safe whether it's because of me or even somebody else, I will protect her since she is now mine.

Violet POV //

I felt Taehyung lick my neck as my head tilted to the side, making me shiver and my peach fuzz stand up, making me less sad but giving me a sense of reassurance that he still liked me somehow.

Making that assumption, I smiled as his licking now started to tickle me, leaning into him even more. Relaxed, I reached towards his arms and pulled them into my lap. I fiddled with his fingers and looked straight at the TV in front of me comfortably, enjoying the moment.

"I don't know how I would have been or where I would have been if you didn't take me in." He said randomly and quietly, his body heat against mine warming up. "Without you, I probably would have been dead. Thank you for giving me a chance. Thank you for trusting me."

I smiled once more, turning around in a straddled position looking deep into his eyes. As I did, they turned into a bright yellow. "Don't thank me, I should be thanking you as well. Without you, I would have probably done something crazy." I replied, inhaling a deep breath before spilling what happened before I had taken him in. "Right when I first met you, I was on my way home before breaking up with my first love who I've been together with since childhood."

"He taught me what it feels like to be heartbroken, to go crazy over somebody, to love someone...But the biggest lesson I've learned was to not be so naive and gullible. If I didn't have you at my side, I would have felt empty and alone. I wouldn't have learned that lesson. Without your support despite not knowing what happened, I don't know where I would be." I lastly said, tears I unknowingly was holding in, dropping.

I still smiled at him, seeing how his face went from concerned to loving. He grabbed my waist in my straddled position and leaned in, placing a passionate and soft kiss on my lips.  It felt new, alive and so careful as he softly danced his lips on mine.

He pulled away gingerly, hands on my shoulders firmly and swirling yellow and brown piercing eyes staring into mine. "I think I'm in love with you." He said breathlessly as his body language seemed to not have realized what he just said.

I felt my face get hot, making me look away and put my hair down from my bun, curly hair dropping to cover my face. "Do you realize what you just said?" I whispered, head still looking away from the hybrid in front of me.

"I do," He replied, "And what about it? Do you love me back the same way?" He sounded genuinely curious, sounding more like a plead as he tried to get something back from me with his hand crept to my chin, lifting my head to his level.

I took a deep breath and thought to what my inner thoughts were thinking, to what my heart was telling me. My chest thumped harder and harder the longer I looked at him, indicating a sign of a familiar feeling that I've been ignoring for the past however long I've known the hybrid in front of me.

"I think I love you too, Taehyung." I said softly, eye smiling him and chuckling.

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