Rumours, hickeys and reality
Until a few minutes ago Kim Taehyung was prancing about on cloud nine, living a life which seemed like a daydream. But of course, every dream has to end.
He should have realized sooner that the awkward stares he had been receiving all day after lunch wasn't because people had taken a sudden disliking towards him but because he had a freaking purple hickey on his neck, oh so proudly announcing its presence to every passerby as he paraded the corridors of his college.
He should have known that the proud little smirk he saw on Jeongguk's face when Jeongguk called out to him before they parted ways moments ago had a reason to it. And that reason was a purple blotch on his neck.
Now that he thinks about it, Jeongguk had nipped him again at the same spot when they had hugged before the beginning of their ride here. Wow. Jeon Jeongguk who seems like nothing could ever faze him was, unpredictably, possessive over Taehyung. Surprisingly Taehyung would have liked this immature display of affection if it weren't for the circumstances he was stuck in because of it.
Currently, Kim Taehyung was seated in front of Kim Seokjin's desk. Both his hands rested on his knees while his fingers interlaced around each other trying to seek comfort, he had his head hung low as if he was begging that something would save him from his situation.
There was stifling tension floating in the spacious office they were sitting in.
Taehyung was waiting for Seokjin to finally snap at him and Seokjin on the other hand was waiting for Taehyung to begin explaining his reasons.
A good twenty minutes had passed since Dr Kim had asked Taehyung about the hickey. A good twenty minutes were spent under that bone-chilling stare. And those twenty minutes were enough to wear out Seokjin's patience and make the Omega spill all he stomached.
Only Dr Kim could overpower him in a game of wits like that.
So, as the twenty-first minute ticked the clock's hand Dr Kim Seokjin let out,
"I expect an answer Kim Taehyung, an answer to the question I asked you a few minutes ago," Taehyung didn't need to lift his head or look at his face to know that a frown had made its way to Seokjin's face; his voice was giving away all the frustration that had pent up in him during those minutes.
"Where did you get that hickey from?" Seokjin repeated again, with a tone that seemed to suck all the warmth from the air.
"It's uh....muh-my...it's from..." Taehyung stuttered through his words as his tongue failed to function in such a dreadful air. His head still hung low, his eyes were tearing up.
Taehyung had tried all sorts of excuses. He had told Seokjin that he had been bitten by a big bug and then the doctor had asked him if the same bug drove him here in an Audi A7. Apparently, the elder had seen him step out of the car and send flying kisses.
"It's from Jeongguk, my...." Taehyung wondered what he could him, they weren't even boyfriends yet.
He couldn't believe he was on the verge of losing Jeongguk even faster than he found him. He was hanging between a promise strengthened more than 5 years ago and a bond that he wanted to keep for a lifetime.
Though the extent of time to which these two things stretched varied by a scale he valued them both.
Five years ago on his 14th birthday, his hyung had brought three things as his birthday present. A two-week trip to Hawaii that coming summer break, a bottle of suppressants to use when his next heat hit 'It's dangerous to deny the first heat to take over your body' he had told him.
Dr Kim had been spending the last two months educating Taehyung about himself and his kind, so the Omega already knew everything he needed to know except what role had he to carry out in The Will.
And thus the third gift, a book that was ages old which had woven the story of the Omega before him and his mate, who was none other than the ruler of the Republic of Park Dynasty during the rule of the Park Dynasty, or what the Were-s call him: The Progenitor.
Taehyung had no idea what that book had in store for him. His existence today had been predicted centuries ago. His reason to exist was already declared before he found his own reasons to live for. His chances of finding love narrowed down to solely being embraced by the infamous Progenitor.
Taehyung didn't have objections to all these, he had been living his life for others all this time. Adding another one to the list wasn't going to make any difference to him but every coin has two sides.
A part of him really had no objections even if he literally had to live his life by the book back then but there was also that part of him that wanted to object. To reject what had been said. As time passed, this side that had been protesting grew. He didn't want to be trapped in a pre-planned Will. The opposing desire to give in to it was still there somewhere lingering in the corners of his conscience. He would live a life with no struggles -it would try to convince him.
On the evening of 30th December, Taehyung's fourteenth birthday, the Omega had been sitting together with Seokjin in the doctor's penthouse. They were enjoying the dinner his hyung had cooked for him to celebrate his birthday. They had their dinner conversing over light topics such as school and work.
Seokjin then proceeded to give the aforementioned gifts to Taehyung.
Taehyung was to stay over at Seokjin's for the whole New Year's break because his first heat was to happen any time according to Taehyung's reports and test results.
Dr Kim was one of the only few doctors in the Democratic Republic of Park dynasty who had the qualifications for becoming a Doctor to the Were-s and knew that they still existed. He worked as a normal doctor at a hospital but also had his clinic where he practised his skills by providing his services to the Were-s who lived in disguise as well as to those who were walking among humans hiding their true identity.
Later that night Taehyung experienced his first heat.
He was sleeping in the guest room of Seokjin's penthouse when he felt a wave of shiver surge through his body waking him up from his deep slumber. He had suddenly begun feeling cold, extremely cold. He curled into his covers even more wanting some warmth to surround his body but there was no relief.
Some moments later the shivers started subsiding, the omega felt thankful that the warmth was starting to return. But his hopes for a peaceful sleep were shattered soon after. He felt his skin pulsate as his blood pressure slowly began to rise following the increased rate of his heartbeat. After the shivering cold, he had experienced due to the sudden drop in his blood pressure, a surge of heat was palpitating through his body because of the steadily rising blood pressure.
It reached a point where he couldn't bear it. Every inch of his skin was burning. The poor boy was twisting and turning in his bed while tears gushed down his face. Every part of his body was flushed red because of the heat that seemed to burn.
He had doubts about what was happening to him, but it suddenly became as clear as day. He was going through his pre-heat, wasn't he? Even his own touch was beginning to burn him. It was getting harder for him to breathe every minute.
The pain was leaving him breathless, much less letting his voice escape his throat. However, he cried out to call the Dr. to his room.
"....Hyung! ... huh...Hyung!" he called between his sobs which were still being muffled by the pain. It did alert Seokjin who was still awake in his study studying cases.
The Doctor left his files open on the table and rushed straight to the boy's room from where he was being called. He swung the door open and his heart dropped at the sight of the Omega curled up in a little ball while he was desperately trying not to touch himself.
"Tae..." he reached out to the Omega as the nickname rolled out of his lips. He knew he would hurt the boy if he touched him, his touch would definitely be rejected by the omega's body and cause him to suffer even more.
"p-Please help me, Hyung," Taehyung cried "It hurts," he continued his still muffled words.
"You know I can't do anything about it this, you'll have to go through it so that your body finally begins to connect with its wolf," He combed his fingers through the boy's hair trying to comfort him as he carefully avoided touching even his scalp. Seokjin's heart grieved having to look at Taehyung crying like this as the boy kept mumbling how it hurts and his body hates him.
Then a thought that had slipped from his memory came back to him and he ran to his room to bring them to Taehyung.
An alpha's scent was always comforting for an Omega. Seokjin had borrowed some scented clothes from them earlier that week to comfort Taehyung.
He rushed into Taehyung's room with them hoping that they would help lighten the Omega's suffering but it was all in vain.
Taehyung rejected them all. Instead of soothing his senses, they smelt pungent and irritated the boy's senses. Seokjin was confused, all the omegas find these sweet and pleasing. Why was the boy rejecting it? did male Omega function differently? But Taehyung's Omega didn't want those scents.
They didn't belong to his mate.
Taehyung suffered for three days and nights, losing consciousness for hours and gaining it back only to go through the pain again.
He was relieved of the pain when he woke up after passing out on the third night but he felt different. He stepped off of the bed one leg after another as he stepped on the floor and stood up to do some stretching and then proceeded to take a bath in the attached bathroom.
He must have bathed for hours, he wasn't sure how long but he wanted to make sure that his body was squeaky clean, he hadn't had a bath in days. He took his time in the bathroom washing himself and then soaking in a warm bath to relax his aching muscles.
He stood in front of the mirror perceiving himself. His body appeared flushed at the joints, his rosy and honey cheeks, his wet hair dripping. He had a small waist from the beginning but now they looked so much more defined with curves becoming so much more distinct.
He was a bit small for a fourteen-year-old if he were to compare but guess he had his recessive Omega genes to blame for that and for these curves too...he sighed in resignation, at least he was taller than the girls in the class.
Negative thoughts aside, he had assumed that he would look like a dried fish after his heat ended but his skin was gleaming, his eyes looked lustrous and his cheeks looked fuller. Maybe this heat thingy wasn't all bad; his Omega hormones were now fully functioning and working magic to attract attention he guesses.
And he was absolutely correct. An omega's scent gland becomes active when they reach fourteen years of age; that Dr Kim had told him about but what he didn't know was that they function to develop the characteristic features Omega during them.
After maturing, very heat an Omega experiences unmated, they grow even more attractive. The response the body has is a conclusion that it isn't attractive enough. Add Taehyung's ethereal beauty to it and you'll procure a glorious disaster when he matures.
Putting everything aside the first heat is very different from the ones that come after. It's a way their wolf tells them that they accept their human selves. The days of the first heat or rut that Werewolves experience -both their counterparts are stitched together. It's an assertion that confirms the bonding of body and soul.
Yes, Taehyung was unaware of these things.
In the future, he was going to take suppressants to save himself the suffering. Even occasionally going through it on Dr Kim's advice.
This 14-year-old who was currently admiring himself in the mirror was oblivious to a lot of things but he wasn't naïve -not one bit. He sighed as he exited after wrapping himself in a bathrobe. He had a lot going on in his mind about how there were Werewolves other than him living hidden away now. The thought of them being hidden was puzzling to the Omega since they all used to coexist with humans. He wanted to know why they decided to keep themselves a secret again.
The boy sat on the bed looking through his bag to choose the clothes he should wear. He didn't get the time to unpack yesterday. He decided on pyjamas and kept his bag next to the nightstand without turning but then he heard something drop with a thud.
He turned his head around towards the nightstand to find the book he had received had fallen to the ground. He picked it up and finally read the title of the book "The one who tamed the Black Beast," Was it a novel that he received to entertain his teenage mind?
He walked out of the room with a towel around his neck, one hand drying his hair while the other examined the book in hand.
"Taehyung, I figured you'll be alright by today morning. Come to the dining table," It was Seokjin who was standing across the corridor. He was about to come to call Taehyung himself. "I want you to have a proper meal. You haven't had one for the last three days,"
It was already lunchtime when Taehyung had come out, so they both enjoyed their lunch together. Taehyung had kept the book on the coffee table so that he would go back and read it after but his sight still seemed to find its way there.
Seokjin noticed this and he had something important to ask of Taehyung.
"Taehyung, I have something to ask of you," said Seokjin after they were done with their lunch. The doctor had taken these three days to think about how he would break it to Taehyung without sounding too selfish. He knew somewhere in his heart that Taehyung wouldn't be too happy with whatever he was about to say, he wasn't happy about it himself.
"I'm listening, Hyung," Taehyung agreed as he picked up his plate from the table.
They were both sitting on the couch later. It was obvious that Seokjin was going to say something serious. Taehyung could feel the air stifling him as he began to remember the last time he sat like this the older.
"Taehyung, would you promise me something," the older finally said.
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Hello, it's been a long a time
imp !! : Tae was smol when he was 14 becasue of his slow growth but now he's almost tall as JK with a difference of only a few centimetres in the story.
Here is the promised update and I'll publish the second one in a few hours too
Anu was very impatient, so here it is, dun hate me
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