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After the hug came the two experimenting with kisses, followed by Taehyung showing Kook which clothes go on what half of the body and explaining why. After that came the two back down the hallway, with Taehyung so excited to see Seokjin that he basically ran down the hall.

Once Taehyung saw the man standing in the kitchen and cooking up something on the stovetop, all was fair game. He maneuvered around all the decor on the floor and latched himself onto his back, burying his cheek into Seokjin's back as well.

Jungkook stopped as he approached the living room and stared at the back of Jimin's head. He wished he knew how to properly socialize with others, that way he could talk to the man, and it not be awkward. The way the pack he grew up with worked was way different than how hybrids in human form interacted, and that was for certain.

Once he gained the courage to approach Jimin, he stumbled down the couple of steps into the living room and dropped himself directly into his lap. He was taking hints from seeing how Taehyung ran up to Seokjin, and he thought he was nailing it.

Jimin flushed a bright pink and chuckled nervously, "Hey whatcha doing Kook?" He gritted his teeth from the pressure on his lap, but Jungkook seemed to be blissfully oblivious.

"I-Im h-happy you... are handsome." Jungkook smiled endearingly and innocently, and over in the next room the other two chuckled at the interaction.

"He really doesn't know how to interact as humans. It's cute," Taehyung said, to which Seokjin nodded in agreement.

"He'll learn very quick though. He's an omega so his entire goal in life is to please the alphas around him, and be as sweet as peaches. I'll never understand it but... that's just how it works." Seokjin chopped up some red meat he had kept in the fridge and dropped it into a frying pan. "He seems like he was socialized through a pack though. Look at how he holds himself."

Taehyung peered back over to the two and watched as Jungkook was both passive with his words, and gestures.

"I've never met somebody who grew up in a pack before," Taehyung cocked his head to the side, "Does that make him different?"

"No." Seokjin dashed some seasonings onto the meat and placed a lid over the pan. "It just means he'll act like what hybrids consider to be a 'true' omega. Just like there's 'true' betas and alphas. He'll be stereotypical, if that makes sense."

Jimin picked the boy up and set him down beside him on the couch. "So like... you're an omega right? I just want to check because I'm an alpha and I need to know that kind of stuff."

Kook fawned at the word 'alpha' and took in a nice deep breath of the burnt, smoky orange scent that permeated in the air around Jimin.

Jimin took his reaction to be a 'yes', and continued on speaking. "Did you grow up in a pack or on your own?"

"Pack!" Kook beamed brightly and scooted closer to Jimin on the couch. "I w-was f-found... by a.. pack, a-and they took m-me..., I'm g-grate..ful!"

Jimin nodded as he listened, and noted how the boy kept moving closer and closer to him. He ended up giving in and allowing the omega back into his lap, and at least this time he was prepared for the company.

"Okay well, I grew up alone and without a pack. Did you grow up around here though? Cause I did."

Kook nodded and rested his head into Jimin's chest. He wanted to reek of nothing but smoky citrus, and he wasn't going to stop until he did.

Jimin let out a small 'huh' and shifted on the couch into a more comfortable position. He caught a trace of the omegas sweet vanilla, cherry blossom, and fruity fragrance, and drooled ever so slightly.

"Kook I need to know though, were there alphas present in your pack?" He borderline panted between his words, but Kook didn't notice. The ravenette simply nodded his head again jubilantly and took a moment to think before he could respond.

"There...was o-one! N-never got to...to know her. She w-was...very f-far away in den... across...the t-terr..itory."

"That explains a lot." Jimin clicked his tongue to his teeth and cleared his throat. "Well Kook, you should know though that omegas uh, aren't allowed to climb all over alphas unless they're mated. It's just not how we work."

"O-oh?" Kook gasped and frowned, and his eyes began to grow teary. He couldn't handle the idea that he upset an alpha and broke an unspoken rule. Instinctively he fled the alpha's lap and ran back down the hallway and hid himself in the bedroom he changed clothing in.

Taehyung choked on his words and took off for the boy down the hallway. He couldn't believe Jimin said that to him! That wasn't how things worked at all. It really showed to him in that moment that Jimin really didn't grow up around many other hybrids, if any.

"Kook," Taehyung entered the room and closed the door behind himself. "What Jimin said to you wasn't the truth," he searched around for the boy and once he found him in the closet, he pulled him out and had him sit on the bed beside him.

"With alphas, as long as they initiate the touch, or are comfortable with you, you can climb all over them and do whatever you please within reason. The only thing you can't do is scent yourself, unless you have their consent, or they decide to scent you. Does that make sense?"

Kook curled up into a tiny ball and dropped over onto his side. Tears worked their way down his cheeks, and he had absolutely nothing to say about anything at all. He wanted the earth to open up and swallow him whole. He wanted to be a wolf again.