My Mate Is Too Shy {Jiminxreader}

29) Of Surprises and Cotton Candy

Date: November 20th
Time: 7:12am
Location: In werewolf land...or something.
Mood: Anticipatory. The new dinosaur from Jurassic Park.
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Everyone Jimin had gone to for advice since finding his mate had, for lack of a better phrase, let him down in the 'wooing his mate' department. In the end his wolf's input had been the most valuable. Something he should have realized early on, even though he had grown up hearing that it would be the opposite.

For as long as he could remember, his elders taught that their animal sides were the less patient, more wild part of themselves that they had to contain. No one ever thought to go deeper into his case. Losing a parent at a young age and consequently, another for a short while, his emotional growth was somewhat stunted. Gone was the parental guidance he should have had and for a while it was him and his wolf alone.

He wouldn't have made it through that time if it weren't for his wolf. Thinking back on it, Jimin tended to feel guilty towards that part of himself. His mom belonged to both of them. Both loved her. Both grieved her loss. But only one supported the other.

More than once he had apologized but that side of himself waved it off, said it was what he was here for. His wolf didn't mind being the support that he could lean on. That was his nature. To care for and nurture. Not hunt and wrestle and do 'normal' wolf things. He had his own personality and didn't care what others thought of it. He was sensitive and mindful, rather than tough and macho.

When Jimin woke up that morning, his thoughts were everywhere, mind sinking into a deeper part of his memories than he normally allowed them to go. That was when the premonition hit him.

No one could tell him what he needed to hear because he wasn't asking the right person.

Y/n was his mate and anyone could give dating advice. But Y/n was more than just his mate. She was the most layered and complex person he had ever known. From a few, simple words it was abundantly clear that her pain ran deep.

And it wasn't his job to make it better. It was his job to understand it and let her know that she was more than someone left behind. After the admission she had made about her father, her personality, shyness and the way she acted made more sense. She wasn't like that out of choice. She was the way she was due to a set of unfortunate circumstances.

The person he should have gone to first was so obvious it embarrassed him.

Heading over to Namjoon's house once the sun rose, he hoped his line of questioning would be seen as what it was, and not intrusive and hurtful. Besides Y/n, Jungkook was the last person he would ever want to hurt.

"Waaah, our long lost brother, finally come home." Jin pretended to wipe tears from his eyes when he saw who had stepped through the door. "Last time I saw you was-"

"Last week. At full moon." Besides Namjoon, and now Jimin, who had already found their mates, they all came together to run during full moon. It was the only way to comfort their high strung senses during that time. "Is Kook awake?"

"Should be," he answered, fingers tying a tie around his neck. "He's probably grouchy, though. He wouldn't wake up so I had to throw the whole mattress off of the bed."

Grouchy was an understatement. When Jimin walked into his disaster of a bedroom, Jungkook snapped at him to leave. This type of behavior was costumary of the teenager and did not shock him in the least. Jungkook was good at everything except for waking up in the morning. As a consequence it had led his hyungs to wake him up with varying degrees of noise and occasionally, violence. Having his mattress flipped while still asleep inside of it definitely was not a nice way to wake up.