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Jungkook was a popular member of his society.
A society of nymphs that was.
The ways of nymphs were simple, they served the Earth and in turn were provided their wants and needs.
Jungkook had done that ever since he was a child, he’d prayed to Mother Nature, he’d laid down during the week of worship children were required to do - an entire week of giving his time and energy to Mother Nature by lying in cool grass.
He’d let the river take him downstream as a sign of acceptance of all of Mother Nature’s creations and sat through the cold chills until his time of worship was up.
In the end, Jungkook had earned his right to a mate.
Elder nymphs called the producers of children seeds seeing as they were normally the ones that planted life for the next generations. But the seeds could be either female or male - nymph or not. It all depended on the type of mate they received.
Normally, they would be humans, sometimes other nymphs would be lucky enough to get someone they’d grown up with.
It could happen to anyone once they completed their prayers, at any time, today, tomorrow, or it could take years.
It all depended on what Mother Nature wanted.
Apparently, she wanted to make things complicated for little Jungkook.
The blue haired nymph had been waiting for a mate for three seasons now, he’d finished his tasks young, so it wasn’t surprising that he was struggling to find his mate.
It still upset him. It made Jungkook travel where he shouldn't - the edge of the forest - in search of his mate.
Sometimes he had humans approach him, either enchanted by his beauty or because of his state of undress - nymph’s could never quite understand the need for more than leaves for cover.
But, he never felt the sensation many described. He never had any sensations of love nor lust for humans.
Jungkook always disappeared right back into the forest disappointed.
Until today, he’d woken up with a newfound optimism. There was just something about the day that gave him hope, something that made him excited.
It was odd, because nymphs felt dull on days when the sun didn’t come out, and today it was cloudy, but the sun was peering through just enough for Jungkook to feel the warmth.
The weather didn’t stop Jungkook, he’d climbed out of his home beneath the roots of a redwood tree and went about his daily routine of searching for his mate.
The nymph always insured he looked his best, spending a good few hours laying flowers down in his headband and twisting fresh plants around his arms. He hoped he got a mate that appreciated nature only because they would see how much work went into his outfit.
All he saw today at the edge of the forest was humans with their large backpacks and heavy hiking gear. Potentially risking destroying the Earth with their metal contraptions that dug into mountains.
It was nothing he cared enough to stop and take a look at. It disappointed him. He’d thought something great was coming his way.
The only great thing that had happened was stumbling across some mushrooms he could use in a stew. At least that made him excited, a small smile spreading across his lips although it was chilly out and his flowers kept flying off his headband.
“Soup to make!” He giggled and knelt down in the moss to pluck mushrooms, “Thank you, Mother.”
The wind whistled in his ears, and Jungkook nearly didn’t hear the wheeze it carried for a few moments as he plucked mushrooms and shoved them into the bag on his arm made of weaved grass.
Once he recognized the noise, he realized it was one of pain.
Jungkook instantly hopped up to follow it, he wouldn’t allow a creature of nature to be harmed while he was arouns.
As he jumped over logs he heard the noise louder - a high pitched squealing, that of an animal trapped - Jungkook had come across a number of injured animals before, rabbits were known to fall into rivers and occasionally chipmunks would take a fall from too high of a tree, but neither of the creatures were this loud.
He rushed across the forest, the bottoms of his feet becoming raw from twigs and branches with his frantic pace.
What he was met with was the sight of black fur sticking out from beneath a fallen tree, the wolf squealing and screeching and trying to wiggle from beneath it.
Jungkook could see what the issue was instantly, the wolf's back had a branch stuck right through it, and every wiggle it was doing only dug it deeper into the flesh of the wolf.
His heart went out to the creature, and Jungkook was rushing over instantly.
“Sh, sh, I’m here to help you, darling.” Jungkook soothed when the wolf caught his scent and began to growl, unable to turn and look at him. “Shush, just hush, dear.”
The wolf was growling warningly, but likely more out of fear than anything seeing as it couldn’t see him to look at him.
Jungkook’s heart pounded with anxiety at the yelp the wolf released when he removed the branch, blood gushing from the wound.
He had to jump back when the wolf started to crawl out, barking a warning noise.
The nymph tripped and fell onto the grass, but he wasn’t afraid, Jungkook was never one to be afraid of his Mother’s creatures.
Except, the wolf wasn’t exactly an average one.
It had golden eyes and it's face was larger than a normal wolf, it was able to contort it's expression into one that should send a pant of fear through him, but instead little Jungkook instantly felt a rush of emotion hit him when he got lost in golden eyes - his heart clenching so much so he had to clutch his bare chest.
He saw a future. One where this wolf would trot beside him into the forest. Where Jungkook would lay under large paws and not have to worry about being crushed because they would be gentle paws for his presence only.
Jungkook saw a flash of almond shaped eyes in his mind, ones that were filled with ferocious intent and protection - protecting of him. The little nymph that always seemed to get himself caught in trouble.
His mate was a wolf.
The wolf roared at him before it seemed to understand what was happening, and Jungkook didn’t know much about Moon People, so he didn’t know what to do other than to stay still.
It was unheard of for a nymph to mate with one, yet he didn’t feel ashamed to be a nymph mated to perhaps someone just as close to Mother Nature as him.
He felt proud.
Jungkook was breathing roughly, unable to catch his breath as he stared up at the creature.
It - he, his mind supplied without reason - only continued staring right back down at him, blood dripping down his back and panting.
Jungkook could see in his eyes that he was exhausted, he wondered how long he’d been lying there, how long his mate had stayed in wolf form so his human form wouldn’t be crushed to death.
He wondered what his mate looked like, what he smelled like to him.
Jungkook felt his eyes begin to well with the happiest of tears before the nymph was releasing a cry and sitting up to hold the wolf's neck in a hug, uncaring whether or not the wolf disliked it or would growl at him some more.
It made a small grunting noise, likely just out of pure exhaustion before kneeling down onto it’s front with his heavy head falling into Jungkook’s shoulder.
Jungkook knew he should take the wolf back to his home and take care of his wound, but for now he could only cry and pet through his fur.
***
Jungkook’s home was one he’d inherited from his parents. They used to be leaders of the spiritual gatherings, so the home was a large one compared to some other nymph homes.
Now, he was glad he had such a large home dug out beneath a tree because the wolf fit inside easily and with lots of space. If he had a normal home perhaps the wolf wouldn’t fit, and the thought of leaving him outside made Jungkook upset.
The sad thing was he didn’t have time to show off much of anything to his mate, because the wolf had instantly fallen asleep in the warmth, lying on the woven rug even though Jungkook had tried to get him into the bed.
He’d stitched up the wound and cleaned what he could of the fur, but Jungkook was impatient to see the man behind it.
Jungkook was perhaps too much of a hopeless romantic - cleaning up the home and freshening it up with new flowers while the wolf slept. He’d barely been able to sleep a bit that night because he was too excited.
“I wonder…” He mumbled, sliding down off of his bed to instantly cuddle into the sleeping wolf's fur.
He was very warm, the wolf felt like a burning fire; Jungkook was scared of touching real fire ever since he’d burned his arm on it when little, so the fireplace in his home went unused.
It was nice to have an alternative to building a fire.
“How will you look,” The nymph mumbled, shifting to lay on his elbow and pet the fur on the wolf's face, “Do you think I am attractive? I am so curious, my love.”
The wolf's eyes peeled open, squinting at him a bit and the nymph beamed, smiling prettily and giggling as he combed fingers through thick fur. “Good morning, sunshine.”
Jungkook felt the wolf rumble with a mix of a growl and a grunt and it made him laugh, scratching below the wolf's ear. “Grumpy wolf.”
It narrowed eyes at him, releasing a closed mouth growl.
Jungkook continued to smile and brushed fingers along the wolf's mouth, running fingertips over the edge of sharp canines; the wolf pulled it's lips up like it would begin to snarl and he pouted, “Are you going to bite me? You’re such a grumpy wolf.” He whined.
The wolf huffed before lowering his lips, within an instant there was a swipe of his tongue across the nymph’s palm before it rolled it's huge body the opposite way, obviously tired.
He likes me, Jungkook internally mused, sitting up and traveling to the bottom of the ladder that led outside.
He heard the wolf shifting around, presumably to look at him.
“A feast for you,” Jungkook grinned, grunting as he lifted up the large metal bin that his fellow nymph’s had collected.
There was always a change in the thread of bonds between nymph’s when one found a mate, and his lack of showing up for dinner likely led to their gifts when realizing he was not around.
It had been a hassle for the nymph to carry the bin down the ladder into his home, but he’d done so.
“I couldn’t cook my stew-“ He turned around with a gasp at the wolf missing.
Wow, they could be so silent, he hadn’t even noticed.
“I’ll need bigger clothes.”
Jungkook jumped at the deep voice, dropping the bin on the floor and narrowly missing his own toes as his mouth dropped open when the wolf - now man - came out of the wardrobe.
He had one of Jungkook’s large robes on, and even then it was a bit too short and the chest area was too small so it was opened at the chest down to his navel where the rope held it shut.
The man raised a brow at him, looking at him confused before walking to the mirror and shrugging his arm out of his sleeve to look at his wound at his spine.
It was basically nearly closed up now, but the wolf prodded at it as if it hardly mattered.
“Um… I- I - we’re mates!” Jungkook cried with excitement, holding his hands over his naked stomach and fiddling with his fingers.
“It seems we are.”
Jungkook pouted at the dull sounding comment, expecting more, but the man just came walking over to grab the heavy metal bin with only a grip on one handle and pulling it towards the bed in the corner.
“W-What’s your name?” Jungkook pouted his lips, shuffling closer. “I’m Jungkook, I’m an eighth generation nymph!”
“Hm?” The wolf looked up at him while ripping apart a chunk of bread, “It’s dinner time. Sit.” He added.
The nymph had his lips pouting to an extreme now, slinking over with a puppy look as he bounced down beside the wolf with crossed arms.
“What’s wrong?” The other asked, a quirk in his brow as Jungkook turned his head the other way when offered a piece of bread, pouting up a storm and huffing. “Jungkook, in order for me to eat, you have to eat, so please take this so I can eat. I was out there three nights.”
Jungkook instantly deflated, face turning into worry as he turned to accept the bread, taking a small nibble out of it. Only then did the wolf begin to eat, rather ravenously in fact.
“You didn’t answer me,” Jungkook whined, “If you believe I’m pretty and what your name was - I don’t like to be ignored.” He said impatiently.
“Well, my name is Taehyung,” The wolf said, taking a huge bite out of a muffin.
He then seemed to forget entirely what they’d been talking about, exhaustion and hunger in his eyes as he dug through the bin for more.
Jungkook sighed and whined, albeit less needy and with a bit of concern in his eyes, fingers picking at his bread as he looked down at his lap. “And… if I’m attractive?” He whispered.
Wolves had good hearing, so Taehyung snapped his head over to look at him, unbeknownst to the nymph his eyes softened a bit before he reached over to tap the other’s cheekbone. At the touch Jungkook gasped and looked at him in surprise.
“Of course. You are my mate after all,” Taehyung said quickly, “Now. It’s dinner time, so please eat some more.”
Jungkook blushed before he giggled, placing a piece of bread inside his cheek before eye smiling and tilting his head cutely. “I think you’re attractive too.”
Taehyung just sort of hummed and Jungkook didn’t know what to think about having a mate that didn’t speak often - or show much emotion at all.
***
“What the hell are they doing?”
Jungkook chuckled, yanking on Taehyung’s fingers and trying to get him to continue walking, but the wolf was double his size and not moving an inch. It must be very surprising to the wolf, seeing all these nymphs in the garden laying down as if napping.
They weren’t, they were praying.
“Come, my love,” Jungkook laughed, “They are speaking with Mother, likely due to the bad weather we’ve been having. And what is that language? What is a Hell?”
Taehyung huffed at the mention of the weather, apparently it had been a tree that was struck by lightning that took him down.
The wolf was still sore about the subject, so Jungkook didn’t pry.
“That’s ridiculous,” Taehyung commented, grabbing Jungkook’s forearm to help him over a pile of coal, but he didn’t really look at him, more like over his head before twisting to continue their journey into the forest.
The nymph frowned, “What do you mean? Surely your kind worships her also?”
“No,” The wolf snickered in a rather rude way, walking ahead and sniffing as he tried to follow the path to the broken tree. “That’s useless. When I was in a pack they used to have us live under laws of the moon, but I found them useless.”
Jungkook suddenly felt rather uncomfortable, crossing his arms over his woven, leaf covered gown, “Oh…” He whispered, watching his steps so he wouldn’t place his feet in poky thorns. “What laws?”
“Mmm, like, you know, giving part of our hunts to the elders, stuff like that - they claimed the moon required nights of worship too, but I later found out it was our leader that was stealing things of importance under the moon's name.”
He wasn’t sure if Taehyung was implying Mother Nature was not real, that their ways were useless.
But he suddenly felt cold.
“Um, is that why you’re all alone now?”
Taehyung was already jumping over a boulder and focusing on the bag resting beneath the tree that trapped him a week before, but at the tone he stopped.
Jungkook had a worried look on his face, and the wolf was afraid he’d hurt his feelings.
The nymph climbed from the other side of the boulder, huffing when his gown was caught on a sharp edge, about to lean over to yank it free when a larger arm was doing so for him.
Taehyung had an arm around his waist and easily pulled him free before carrying him off of the rock a few feet to clear grass before setting him down, Jungkook tried to hug his neck and smile at being held, but it was all too short - by the time he’d grinned Taehyung was already putting him down.
“I suppose so. I don’t like the company of others much at all, so I went off on my own.” Taehyung answered, brushing a light speck of dirt off Jungkook’s arm before putting his back to him and going towards the backpack on the forest floor.
It had dirt all over it and rain, mildew already starting to grow on it due to it sitting so long in bad weather.
Jungkook was unsure if Taehyung’s comment was supposed to make him feel better at all or not.
In fact, it just upset him more.
“Taehyung.” He said firmly, grasping his gown so it wouldn’t get caught again as he walked over.
The wolf merely made a grunt of acknowledgment, dumping his bag out into the grass.
Jungkook didn’t care to see what he was doing and instead knelt down to grasp the wolf's chin.
He truly hated to be ignored and unless Taehyung was looking at him, he was unsure if he had his attention fully. “Mother Nature is real.”
Taehyung frowned and shook his hands off of him; Jungkook tried not to take offense to that as the wolf went to sit back on his palms, “I never said she wasn’t.”
“But you said the Moon Goddess was unreal - undermining your own creator. I’m… it feels as if you are doing the same to mine.”
“What?” Taehyung's expression changed into one of concern, reaching over to grab Jungkook’s fingers with a shake of his head. “I did not say the Moon Goddess was unreal - I was saying that worship is pointless. It is unneeded. A mother should never bring children into the world only to demand acknowledgment to continue giving them life. Whether that mother be of the Moon or Nature, they would never demand such a thing.”
Jungkook puffed his cheeks out in thought, eyes shaking because he’d never considered as much before. He sat back onto his bottom to stretch his legs out, petting his gown over his knees with a thoughtful look.
It was strange. Taehyung was a thinker, and maybe that’s why the wolf was so quiet. It was difficult to deal with because nymph’s were not internal thinkers - they spoke in large groups, they had voting ceremonies and celebrations. They were more of a “pack” compared to wolves it seemed.
Jungkook always thought he’d get a mate just like himself - one that wanted to laugh and speak and cuddle.
Taehyung really didn’t do any of that . The past few nights the wolf just explored and went through his things, he didn’t really offer up information until Jungkook asked, and he’d even fallen asleep on the rug almost all the past nights.
Perhaps it was because he was exhausted still, it showed in the wolf's dark circled eyes, but Jungkook wanted a lot of attention and affection, and he’d been told that’s what he’d get once he got a mate.
Taehyung really didn’t seem interested in such things, at least not that the nymph could tell.
Perhaps that’s why Mother Nature had never given a nymph a wolf before, they were a bit too different.
“Besides,” The wolf commented a few moments later, sitting up on his knees with an object in his hand. He didn’t say a word as he grabbed Jungkook’s wrist and pulled his arm into his own lap. “If I did not completely believe in the Moon Goddess, then how can I explain the idea of mates? And how can I explain creating this for my future one?”
Jungkook sucked on his bottom lip as he watched the long fingers tie a leather bracelet around his wrist, it had a solid blue gem hanging from it and a few little symbols carved in them.
He didn’t know the writing of wolves, nymphs had no use for such things, they couldn’t leave the forest like wolves could and they certainly couldn’t pass as a human - Jungkook’s blue hair was only one example of why.
He would ask what they meant soon, but for now he was just happy Taehyung was acknowledging their situation.
So happy that he threw himself around Taehyung's neck exactly as he’d done when he freed the wolf from his injury a week before.
It felt nicer this time because Taehyung had arms to hold him back.
***
The weather was stormy today. The nymph’s called it a dark day seeing as they didn’t have much energy on days when the sun wasn’t out.
And one nymph in particular really couldn’t handle the drain of energy.
Jungkook had always been the worst at dealing with days like today, even when he was little he would end up sick, refusing food, and having to just lay bed ridden until the sun greeted him within a few days.
And having a mate didn’t seem to help with that, only now Taehyung was responsible for taking care of him, and yet the wolf didn’t understand.
Taehyung was too distant from him to fully understand.
“This is the third time I’m saying to eat.” Taehyung commented, voice a sigh, but his eyes had worry hidden behind them that the nymph was too tired to see.
Jungkook just curled his legs around the bedding and twisted so his back was pressed into the wood of his tree built home, “I will throw it up.”
“Just try.”
“You really know nothing of nymphs, do you?” Jungkook replied, a sigh in his voice but he was mostly just tired and cold and sick.
“What do you mean?” Taehyung asked, the wolf was pacing back and forth, shirtless and hovering around the room like he wasn’t sure what to do. “I know you are sick. I can smell that, Jungkook. What else is there to know?”
Very much, Jungkook wanted to reply, but something about Taehyung’s tone prevented him from doing so. It was difficult for him to understand these sort of emotions and tones.
Nymphs were happy creatures - of course they cried sometimes, and they got angry, but these emotions weren’t that common - so when meeting other creatures the difference in their cultures and way of expressing was hard to understand.
And werewolves were just so pessimistic. Taehyung's tone always felt so dull or upset and Jungkook didn’t know what he was doing wrong.
He just wanted Taehyung to smile and be happy too, because there shouldn’t be a reason for the wolf not to be happy with his own mate.
The more Jungkook thought about it, the harder it was getting to control the terror clawing at him when considering the possible reasons Taehyung didn’t express much around him.
“Nevermind that, can you bring me water, please?” Jungkook said quietly, rolling the blankets down his body to sit up. Even that felt like it took so much effort.
He watched Taehyung's naked back as he opened the cupboard and pulled out a wooden bowl before approaching the water hole in the corner.
“I’m very cold also,” Jungkook said softly, licking his dry lips and looking at Taehyung hopefully when the werewolf brought him water.
“Lay down after drinking water then. Fully beneath the covers.”
Jungkook’s shoulders dropped because that wasn’t what he’d wanted Taehyung to say or do, he’d wanted him to come lay with him because they were mates and Taehyung should want to keep him warm.
“I will also start a fire.” Taehyung added, tapping his foot as if anxious before he launched over to accept the bowl of water once Jungkook was finished with it. “Get some rest.”
“Taehyung,” The nymph sighed, “Will you just lie down with me? For a little? Once the sun comes up I’ll be okay.”
“I have to go get firewood.” The wolf replied, already having moved away from the side of the bed to unlock the hatch door.
Jungkook plopped back into his spot, splayed out on the large bed with his nose sniffling, “Okay…” He said weakly, trying to give a smile, but it was entirely fake.
Taehyung must have noticed that, because he grabbed onto the ladder but looked at him contemplating before saying, “I will bring you back a hunt.”
Nymphs rarely ate meat, and while Jungkook did like it, he wasn’t in the mood now. So he just nodded and presented that same fake smile. “Okay, my love.”
Jungkook was really starting to believe his own mate disliked him, because Taehyung just nodded and looked proud of himself as he climbed up the ladder. Hunting wasn’t special to nymphs, but he had to remind himself that maybe to werewolves it was.
And that thought was the only reason Jungkook didn’t burst into tears; instead he just hoped things weren’t as they seemed and held onto the small smile he saw on Taehyung's mouth at the promise of bringing him back food.
***
Jungkook was fed up.
There was only so much he could take of a mate that barely laid hands on him.
Nymph people were known for their acceptance of circumstances, and at first Jungkook understood that Taehyung was settling in and uncomfortable, but now it had been a month and the wolf had yet to touch him.
And it wasn’t for Jungkook’s lack of trying.
Everytime he tried to be affectionate Taehyung wandered off with an excuse that he needed to help Junmyeon - an elder - clear out a pond. Or, if at nighttime, the wolf passed out way before Jungkook could try to seduce him.
And he’d tried. Many, many times.
Taehyung slept like a log though, practically as soon as his head hit the pillows, so Jungkook always just sighed and abandoned his sheer clothing in exchange for a nightgown and crawled into bed and under the wolf's arm.
He felt insecure, he was worried.
Jungkook was going to extremes now and knew it.
“It’s a secret area!” Jungkook giggled and plopped his satchel down on the edge of the river.
He had to be loud due to the waterfall rippling to the right.
It was his favorite place, beautiful, he hoped Taehyung could appreciate it for what it was - untouched by society, abandoned and overgrown.
Taehyung did seem a bit awed and Jungkook never got to see such a look, for once he felt a bit proud to impress him.
The nymph had a rush of confidence and giggled, walking towards the deeper end by the waterfall, “I-“ He nearly fell face first if not for Taehyung grabbing his arm and steadying him. “Careful, little one.”
Jungkook laughed it off with pink ears, too much excitement to hide as he bounced towards the waterfall, “Come on!” He yelled, removing his top from his body and dropping it to the grass.
“Jungkook,” Taehyung murmured, looking weary, “That doesn’t look deep enough-“
He didn’t listen, because Jungkook swam here all the time.
The nymph just dived in, kicking his way up to the top and shoving his hair out of his face as he paddled around to find the wolf on the edge of the water and looking worried.
Jungkook hoped he was worried for him.
“Come on, my love,” Jungkook beamed, “It’s nice!”
Taehyung hesitated, he walked along the edge of the water for a few minutes and looked at Jungkook with a weary expression.
Truthfully, it made him anxious to have that much distance between the nymph and land. A strong current could suck him right down stream.
Eventually, the wolf huffed and removed his own top to walk into the water with a furrowed brow.
Jungkook cheered and kicked himself playfully into the deep end, swimming around the stream of water until he was behind the waterfall and hiding. If he wanted, he could climb up onto a ledge of rocks to tease the wolf more, maybe in the future Taehyung would be entertained more by him.
For now, Jungkook was just trying. He was just trying to get a loving response or even a smile out of the wolf that wasn’t because he said something weird.
“Stop swimming off!” He heard the wolf bark worriedly as he came around the waterfall.
Jungkook giggled and playfully made a move to try and swim quickly away.
He heard an actual laugh from Taehyung then, the first one he’d heard, before the wolf grabbed his shorts and was holding him back.
Wolves were protective, at least that’s what his friend Hoseok had told him, but Jungkook had never personally met one before Taehyung.
Maybe he shouldn’t play around with his own safety so much then, he didn’t want the wolf to seriously be upset with him.
“You’re worse than a cub,” Taehyung cried, holding onto his waist so he couldn’t do much but squirm and kick and stay above water.
Jungkook grinned, it was rare the wolf initiated contact that lasted this long, normally it was more of a quick arm helping him down the ladder of their home or saving him from tripping and getting scraped knees.
He twisted around with a bright grin, grasping the wolf's shoulders, “Is that what your kind calls children, sunshine?”
Taehyung must be in a good mood today, because he actually smiled and looked fond, he laughed and held Jungkook’s waist, “That or pups.”
He sounded really happy to speak about pups, it made Jungkook happy too, he also loved children.
Jungkook was just so excited to see Taehyung excited, his smile was contagious and the smaller giggled as he brought a hand to the others jaw, “What would our children be called then? We call them flower buds, or petals. I like either, they’re…”
He trailed off because Taehyung’s grip on him suddenly got very loose, and his expression had changed dramatically.
“Hey…” Jungkook mumbled, petting over his cheek, “Did I do something?”
Taehyung looked upset, he turned around and started swimming to the bank of the river without word and the nymph felt his heart drop.
He didn’t know what he did, he didn’t know what he said but he’d upset his mate.
His mate who barely even showed interest in him at all - he’d ruined it.
Jungkook’s lip shook as he watched Taehyung grab his shirt and put it on his wet body, watching the wolf gather the backpack off the ground and hold Jungkook’s top in his grip.
“Time to go back.” Taehyung said simply.
Jungkook began to cry. He cried even as the wolf helped him out of the water and cried even though Taehyung held his hand and asked him not to cry.
It didn’t matter what he did. A wolf and nymph would never work.
Even if Jungkook wanted it to work out so bad.
***
Later that night Jungkook settled down a bit. His eyes were sore and he didn’t feel well at all. He didn’t speak to Taehyung the rest of the night, the wolf occasionally made small talk, trying to talk to him throughout dinner, asking questions even though Jungkook had given him the answers to them weeks ago.
Jungkook wasn’t in the mood.
But, he still found himself crawling under the blankets when Taehyung was asleep, resting in the wolf's neck and cuddling against him.
“I just want you to love me,” Jungkook whispered, voice tearful and tired as he pet the long black hair off Taehyung's cheek.
It wasn’t fair, he’d waited so long and loved his mate so much - was it possible he’d gotten a mate that didn’t and couldn’t love him back?
About an hour after the nymph was asleep Taehyung's eyes opened and he adjusted his arm to hold the smaller closer, fixing blue strands out of Jungkook’s face.
He nuzzled into the nymph’s neck as he always did when the smaller was asleep, listening to the soft noises Jungkook made when dreaming.
“I do,” Taehyung promised, pressing a kiss to his forehead. He just didn’t know how to show it.
***
Jungkook decided he needed to step up. He wanted to try and relate to Taehyung in a way that wasn’t just him trying to coddle the wolf.
So, his plan for the day was to collect some flowers and fruits to create a gift for Taehyung.
He’d learned that werewolves did appreciate natural gifts, but Taehyung tended to wander off by himself when he was in the forest so Jungkook wasn’t sure what he liked the most.
Either way, Jungkook wanted to do something for him, so he was collecting things he found in his little basket that hung on his arm.
Flowers, berries, fruits, anything he could find as he ran around the forest.
He wasn’t far from home, only a bit away, but he was closer to the mountain and could hear humans and their jangling metal tools.
Taehyung had been eating dinner when Jungkook left with the excuse of foraging a bit, so he was just waiting for the wolf to realize he was taking a while.
Well, that was assuming Taehyung even noticed.
The thought of Taehyung not noticing made him sigh and frown to himself as he plopped his basket down with a groan at the weight of it.
Jungkook hummed and leaned down to collect berries from a bush close to him when he heard the sound of rustling nearby.
He knew bunnies and chipmunks were known to be running around so he simply smiled to himself and continued to go about his day.
That was until he felt something move over the top of his foot, slithering around.
“Oh, hello!” Jungkook murmured, eying the bluish colored snake that decided to lay on his foot. It was a smaller one.
He reached down to move it seeing as he didn’t want to fling the snake off on accident when getting up to walk, but what he got instead was a bite in his hand with no warning at all. Not even a hiss from the snake.
Jungkook screamed at the top of his lungs - he’d never felt the sting of a snake bite before - and fell back onto his bottom to shake out his hand.
His flailing must have scared the snake off because it retreated at lightning speed off into the bushes.
“Ow..” He whispered and looked at the punctures on his hand, right in between his thumb and pointer finger.
Jungkook wasn’t too upset; he knew Mother Nature’s animals could be skittish, so he wasn’t angry, just a bit sad.
He sighed and felt unneeded tears well up. His hand stung, his arm was sore from carrying the basket, and he was just so exhausted.
Nonetheless, Jungkook shook it off with a slight sniffle and reached over for his basket, wiping his bleeding hand onto his bottoms when he heard heavy steps.
“I’m okay.” Jungkook said instantly despite his teary voice, “No worries here.”
That, of course, wasn’t going to sit well with the visitor, but Jungkook didn’t expect a sharp growl to be sent his way.
He startled, jolting and shifting to turn and look at Taehyung, the black colored, huge wolf chuffed and came a few cautious steps closer, head lowering down so it was more on Jungkook’s level.
“I was just collecting things,” The nymph said softly, glossy eyes staring at the wolf before his voice began to crack and sniffled, “I-got.. I got bit, why.. why would it bite me?”
Taehyung whimpered then, his ears moving to press down against his head and his paws carefully moving him closer, making sure not to step on the nymph’s slender legs that were lying on the ground.
The wolf made an aggressive sounding noise and lowered down to rub his nose against Jungkook’s cheek, muzzle drifting to fit into the nymph’s neck and huffing in a breath.
“I’m… I’m very nice.” Jungkook said weakly, turning to drape his arms around Taehyung's neck, “Why does nothing like me?”
Taehyung cried like an injured puppy, damp nose pressing into Jungkook’s cheek before he swiped a quick lick over the nymph’s face, whining all the while Jungkook had slow tears rolling down his cheeks.
“I’m sorry,” Jungkook whispered, “I’m just tired today.”
He dug his face into soft fur before abruptly the fur was replaced with skin and he was being pulled into a warm chest.
“Let me see.”
Jungkook shifted to sit back onto his knees, too embarrassed of crying to look Taehyung in the face as he offered his bleeding hand up to him.
There was a sigh from the wolf before Jungkook felt him pet the back of his head and bring him closer, “You shouldn’t play in the woods alone.”
“I know.”
“It could be dangerous; what if a bear came after you? What if I wasn’t fast enough? Jungkook, you have to let me come with you okay? If you got hurt…” Taehyung shook his head before pressing his forehead down against the nymph’s palm, sighing, “Just be more careful.”
Jungkook really wasn’t in the mood for a scolding, so he began to cry a bit harder and shake.
Taehyung looked confused at his outburst of tears before frowning and releasing his hand to grab beneath his armpits and pull him into his naked lap as if Jungkook weighed nothing at all. “Hey. Why are you crying? What’s with the tears? I’m right here, cub.”
He said it so simply, as if that’s all Jungkook should be caring about, and once the nymph processed that he snuggled into Taehyung’s neck.
Because he was right. That’s all that mattered right now.
Jungkook just laid there and listened to birds chirping as Taehyung fiddled with the thin strings of his handmade top. He was beginning to grow tired.
“Why is it that I worry about you so much, little one?” Jungkook heard whispered into his hair before there were arms going under his knees to pick him up. “You silly thing.”
The nymph pretended to be asleep, because he was scared if he didn’t then Taehyung would put him down.
***
Jungkook was down to his last nerve.
If this didn’t work, he had no idea what would.
Seokjin, who is a magnificent healer, had experience with many different species, and had spent a number of months working for a wolf pack when one of them was injured.
He told Jungkook they were possessive, easily jealous, hated to have their mate exposed.
So, Jungkook did the only rational thing he thought of.
A woman was found to be carrying a child, and because of that they had mass celebrations with fireflies all around and herbal concoctions. A festival, one everyone participated in.
Ever since Jungkook was of age he’d been participating as a dancer.
He never claimed nymph’s weren’t promiscuous people, they walked around half naked most of the time, so it was given that their society embraced sexuality.
Taehyung just hadn’t been exposed to it all that much.
Jungkook was now dressed in only an array of leaves on his bottom half, the strategically placed skirt of them hung over his penis and his ass, but showed off his round hips.
He had plant made paints littered on his chest and back in patterns of flowers and blue skies, the paintings on his skin were meant to show solidarity.
He and a group of other nymphs danced. They passed out drinks and giggled as they bumped into each other.
It was a night celebrating a new child, a child created out of sexuality and thus the night was full of lustrous looks and comments.
His mate hadn’t been prepared. Jungkook hadn’t told him anything when he slipped out of their home, only that he'd see him tonight.
Taehyung looked so out of place. All of his friends happened to be Jungkook’s friends, so he found the wolf rather quickly seated around a tree trunk table and with a glass in his hand.
None of the others batted an eye at his undress, one of their other friends - Jimin - was a dancer tonight too, so it was normal.
But the wolf positively startled out of his skin, clutching his own knees and looking at Jungkook in disbelief and with shaking eyes when he came strolling over.
Jungkook ignored it and with a sway of his hips placed a tray of drinks on the table between them all, smiling and giggling.
“Aish, I would figure you wouldn’t do it this year,” Yoongi rolled his eyes at him.
“And why would I not do it?” Jungkook questioned, playfully playing dumb before leaning over with his bottom towards the wolf to grab Yoongi's hand, “Come on. Let’s dance.”
Instantly there was a loud roar, one of pure aggression and so loud that it resonated even over the music, and it cleared the trees of all animals.
Jungkook squealed when strong arms were lifting him up, Taehyung was effortlessly strong, it came with his breed, but Jungkook hadn’t ever had him handle him so roughly before. He laughed with excitement.
Taehyung looked pissed. His face was red, his jaw was clenched, he was carrying Jungkook away from the homes and into the dark woods.
“Lighten up!” Jungkook giggled, unable to hold in his amusement, “It’s just dancing, Taehyung!”
“Keep silent. I’ve watched you for over twenty minutes and know it is more than dancing, you are making me lose my mind.”
The nymph covered his mouth to stifle his laughter, feeling it was the best choice because a wolf's anger could be worse than his own. But, he was internally satisfied.
He listened to the heavy steps and only made a peep when Taehyung’s hand drifted low over his hip when he jumped over a fallen tree.
But just as quick as Jungkook was surprised his skin grew used to the warm hand on his skin in such a soft area.
Jungkook kept silent until Taehyung had him far from the rest of the others at a clearing where fireflies were dancing around and moss hung off the trees.
The wolf set him down to his feet before he turned to start tugging on his hair and turning his back to Jungkook while growling a few noises.
It made Jungkook smile at first, because it was the most emotion he’d ever seen from Taehyung. But as quick as it came his smile faded once he recognized the tenseness of the wolf’s shoulders.
He hadn’t realized he'd upset the other this much.
Jungkook licked his lips nervously, feeling a cold breeze on his body now that they were away from trees to shelter him from the wind. “Chan-“
“Fuck!” The wolf hissed and when he turned around his eyes were golden. They only turned so gold when he was in wolf form, so Jungkook jolted. “You just don’t understand, do you? Jungkook! You don’t get it!”
“Well what am I supposed to understand!” The nymph yelled back, not sure why he was being yelled at in the first place, “I try to please you, and you give me nothing to go off of!”
Taehyung hissed, chest rising and falling rapidly, “Do you like to see me like this? Angry? Jealous? It’s dangerous! It’s dangerous for you! You should be able to tell what I’m feeling for you, I don’t need to tell you when you should be able to smell…”
He trailed off and by then Jungkook was sniffing tears up because he’d just realized what was happening; what had been happening.
And it hurt so badly.
Taehyung wanted a wolf mate. He didn’t want a nymph. He wanted a wolf who could smell his emotions and who could tell, without words, what he wanted.
“Sweetheart…” Taehyung reached a hand towards him and Jungkook stepped away, tucking his hands around his own waist as the tears began to kiss the corner of his lips. “I didn’t - I don’t .. I don’t mean that.”
The nymph had never experienced so many negative emotions until this wolf came into his life, and Jungkook was more hurt knowing he’d tried so hard and Taehyung would never recognize him as his mate.
“You d-do.” Jungkook cried, wiping the flat of his palm across his cheek to clear tears, “You do! You don’t want me!”
“No, no..” The wolf shook his head adamantly, trying to approach but Jungkook just stepped back each time, “I do want you. Sh, I do, please stop crying. I do want you, cub.”
“If you did then you wouldn’t have said that!” Jungkook screamed, pointing a finger at him before his knees went out on him and he fell on them in a pile of daisys, crushing them.
Normally he would apologize to the forest for ruining such young plants, but Jungkook felt like a vine was squeezing his heart.
Taehyung looked at him like he was debating on helping him up or grabbing him straight from the floor without asking, like it made him uncomfortable to see Jungkook sitting in dirt.
In the end, he didn’t say anything but he shrugged off his top to lay over the nymph’s back, it was cold out and Jungkook was shaking. So it was the least Taehyung could do seeing as his own mate didn’t want his touch.
The smaller didn't shrug it off, and Taehyung took that as a good sign and knelt down across from him, watching him cry for a minute as he thought carefully.
“I won’t lie to you, cub.” He whispered, leaning over his knees to look through Jungkook’s hair, “I… it scares me. Wolves are tempered. Nymphs are a lot compared to what I’m used to. I- we don’t know that a… mixed child is even possible, it scares me, Jungkook. I could hurt you. I could hurt you and not even realize. You are just not built to be with a wolf, and I can’t lie to you about that. Okay, baby?”
Jungkook was listening, he was, but he still moved his chin out of Taehyung’s hand when the wolf tried to comfort him.
Taehyung sighed, scooting closer so his knees touched the nymph’s, “That does not mean I don’t want you, Jungkook. And it definitely does not mean I don’t love you. I’m very proud to be your mate, I’m just scared. I’m scared and I’m not used to this - I’m used to being alone and … goodness, baby…” He reached over to try and grasp his cheek again and this time Jungkook allowed him to do so. He allowed him to pet the tears off his face and pull him closer.
“If you would have just said you were confused, I would have told you how I feel… I guess I forget that you can’t smell me, you can’t smell how fond I am of you, that’s my own fault,” Taehyung admitted, holding both of his cheeks before leaning over to press their noses together, “This means I love you in packs. We speak through actions. Nymphs speak through words. It’s difficult for me.”
Jungkook was overwhelmed. One second he was sure his mate was going to say he didn’t want him, and the next he was feeling guilty for not being more understanding.
Taehyung was right. They were too different - but that didn’t mean they couldn’t work things out.
“We do that too…” He whispered, sniffing and reaching over to curl a hand around the back of Taehyung’s neck. Nearly instantly the wolf started brushing their noses together at his response.
Jungkook swallowed and turned his head to brush his lips against Taehyung's, “This… universally means I love you.”
“Universally.” Taehyung agreed before gently pressing a kiss to his mouth, sweeping hair from Jungkook’s face before grabbing the nymph below his ribs and pulling him into his lap to firmly separate his lips and kiss him properly.
Just kissing was more than enough reassurance for Jungkook.
***
“Oh goodness! Look! I am so tall these days!” Jungkook’s eyes were half crescents as he balanced on top of a hollow tree, releasing a shrill laugh. “Taehyung, I must be growing still!” He teased.
Within a second there was a rumbling noise, like that of a laugh, that Taehyung made before the huge wolf was walking by to grab Jungkook’s gown with his teeth and tug, chuffing and swiping his front paw against the leaves.
The nymph pouted, flopping onto the wolf’s back sideways, stomach over Taehyung’s spine and fingers grabbing a handful of fur on his side. He knew the wolf probably hardly felt it seeing as he was triple his size.
“You always ruin my fun!” Jungkook complained with a smile he hid into the wolf’s fur.
Taehyung growled and Jungkook laughed, scrambling to fix his position on the wolf’s back when he began to walk through the forest again at a snail like pace until the nymph was seated properly and swinging his legs back and forth happily.
“Would you like me to sing a forest song? There was this one that I heard human’s sing.” Jungkook hummed, hands holding a bunch of fur at the nape of the wolf’s neck.
“It goes like this, I mean the bare necessities! Old Mother Nature's recipes! That brings the bare necessities of life!” Jungkook screamed aloud and drummed hands on Taehyung's back before giggling so loud it echoed off the trees.
Taehyung's ears flickered back towards him as the nymph folded himself across the wolf’s back to pat onto the fluffiest part of Taehyung’s chest. “It’s so fun!” Jungkook cried, “I want humans to write songs for me too, but Namjoon says not to show myself so much. It’s so funny to see their faces though.”
The wolf growled, ears pulling back with an obvious disagreement to Jungkook showing himself to humans and the nymph pouted.
“Fine, I’ll sing other songs then,” Jungkook huffed. “Since my mate is a grumpy, grumpy wolf and never ever - Ah! Taehyung!” The nymph went sliding off of the large back when Taehyung shook himself off.
Jungkook landed in a plush pile of soft moss, so he couldn’t be pouty when it felt like he was lying on a cloud. He smiled and pulled his long top over his knees, curling his toes into the moss, “That was quite rude.”
“Now where did you learn such a song, huh? Going too close to humans I’m guessing.”
Jungkook watched for a moment as Taehyung reached over his head for a few bundles of elderberries sitting above his head.
His mate’s body was a sight to behold, truly. Jungkook had seen many naked people in his life - it was just a nymph way of living - and it seemed to be a wolf one too because Taehyung didn’t seem to mind his own nakedness after shifting.
He was quite handsome, and his body rippled with muscles that Jungkook didn’t have, but he didn’t mind it seeing as he enjoyed being strongly handled by Taehyung.
“You scold me so much.”
“Because you are my mate,” Taehyung replied easily, spinning around to look down at him. “And I care whether or not you find yourself in trouble, you curious cub.”
Jungkook couldn’t complain about being scolded, because it was true he - on more than one occasion - had to hide out in trees while humans came to investigate the eyes they saw in the forest.
He wondered if Taehyung would come rescue him since he was around now, it would be funny for humans to run away when a wolf comes after them.
“You are too curious for your own good, sweetheart,” Taehyung added, kneeling down and tapping a finger to his nose.
Jungkook grinned ear to ear when the wolf dropped the bundle of berries into his lap, looking down to begin taking some off of the stems. “I love to learn.”
“Can you not learn without getting so close?”
“That is no fun at all.”
The wolf didn’t reply, but Jungkook knew he disagreed when Taehyung huffed and sat down to bury his nose into the nymph’s neck.
It was a bit ticklish, but Jungkook loved the contact - even more so since Taehyung explained the adoring and loving meaning behind his actions.
“You know, I’ve been wondering,” Jungkook muttered, sticking a berry into his mouth, “Why were you leaving your pack?”
Taehyung grunted a noise of acknowledgement, but didn’t vocally reply until a few moments later, nose resting just beneath Jungkook’s ear as the nymph ate his fruit.
“Well, as established, I disliked worshiping.”
Jungkook hummed before squeaking and bringing his shoulders up to his ears when Taehyung huffed a warm breath on his neck. It tickled.
Taehyung chuckled and pulled back to wrap his arms around the nymph’s waist, “The pack began to question my loyalty to the Moon Goddess.”
Jungkook’s jaw fell open a bit seeing as he’d questioned that exact thing when he’d heard how Taehyung spoke of worship before too, but the wolf didn’t seem to notice, he was busy looking at Jungkook's hand for any sign of the two week old bite.
It was all healed up though.
“That wasn’t the reason I left though, only a factor.”
“Then why?” Jungkook wondered, twisting to look at him when Taehyung laid down on his back in the moss.
It was cold out without the wolf hanging on him, so Jungkook shifted to lay over Taehyung’s lower half, abandoning his berries altogether in favor of covering the front of the larger creature.
Taehyung barely made a noise at the pressure, just reaching down to fiddle with Jungkook's hair when the nymph placed his head on his chest, cheek resting beside the wolf’s armpit and content to nuzzle into the tree- like scent Taehyung gave off.
“Because I never worshiped, they began to say I would never earn a mate with such disrespectful behavior. Of course that was painful - I was already less social than others, but after that I just… I went off on my own, I spent my time trying to earn a mate in other ways.”
“Like what?”
“Like your bracelet.” Taehyung muttered, trailing a hand down the nymph's shoulders, “For me, it was natural to show my affection towards my mate, not the Moon Goddess. Not that I do not appreciate her, but it is my mate who is of importance, right?”
“Right.” Jungkook's eyes twinkled as he shifted closer, giggling in a breathy way as he hovered over Taehyung’s face with round, rosy cheeks, “And I want to give you all of my affection, my love.”
A smile fit Taehyung's face so well that it was almost hard to believe that he didn’t normally do much more than have a blank expression.
Jungkook pressed a kiss against his smile before giggling and grabbing his cheeks to rub his own nose against Taehyung's, knowing how much such a thing meant to the wolf.
“You are growing so good at wolf ways.”
“You’re lying.” Jungkook laughed into his cheek, “I only know this.”
“That’s all that matters.” Taehyung argued. “You are good at scenting because you like attention, and although I am bad at it, I am trying very hard to give you nymph affection too - so if you want to kiss more then we can.”
Jungkook did want to kiss more, but the more he nuzzled noses with Taehyung the more he could feel the I love you that was hidden behind the action.
Kisses and nuzzles were both nice.
***
“Taehyung?”
Jungkook held a small smile on his lips as he walked out of the wardrobe, dressed only in a completely sheer robe that went to mid thigh and had flowers laced into the material.
He wasn’t nervous. Not really.
But it was odd knowing Taehyung was wide awake, he wasn’t asleep and unable to see him try and seduce him. Jungkook had tried a few times prior to seduce the wolf, but Taehyung was an active wolf during the day and was normally exhausted by nighttime.
And Jungkook would never wake him up for a selfish reason.
Taehyung was seated by the fire that the wolf started himself seeing as Jungkook didn’t touch the fireplace, twisting to turn and look at him the moment Jungkook’s feet shuffled out of the wardrobe.
Jungkook expected more of a surprised reaction, he'd admit as much, but Taehyung’s fond smile was more than he could ask for.
“Come here, cub.” Taehyung requested, offering a hand towards him.
Jungkook laughed, suddenly feeling a bit shy as he removed the robe, laying it on the end of their bed and bashfully tucking his hair out of his face.
“You want to be shy now?” The wolf teased, laughing and spreading his legs to accommodate the nymph settling between them in front of the fire.
“I’ve never had sex before,” Jungkook admitted softly, “I was waiting for you… for a very long time.”
Taehyung sucked in a guilty breath, rubbing his cheek along the inside of Jungkook’s neck as he reached around him to grasp his nervous hands.
He brought one of them over the nymph’s shoulder so he could kiss his knuckles before resting his chin in the crook of Jungkook’s neck. “We should discuss some more before trying for children, baby.”
Jungkook hadn’t really meant thinking of children right now, just that he wanted to continue their bonding, but he certainly wasn’t opposed to that.
“Well,” Jungkook whispered, “I am a seed, I can carry life.”
Taehyung didn’t reply for a moment so the nymph twisted to look at him, frowning as he pressed a palm to the wolf's ear for his attention. “What is it, my love?”
“Do you…” Taehyung tilted his head a little in thought before one of his hands came to stroke the top of Jungkook’s stomach, “.. believe it’s possible? For our kinds to create? Together? I’m… I will be honest, Jungkook, I’m unsure.”
“Of course we can.” The nymph said instantly, letting Taehyung’s cheek, “Mother would never give me the gift and then make it unusable. Never. I assure you, my love, it will work. Creation is important to Mother Nature, it's important to the Moon Goddess - they will give us a child when we want one.”
Jungkook saw relief flash in Taehyung's eyes and knew the feeling, the dread.
It was only natural they cared about such things, they were outnumbered by humans and by other creatures, they were rarer than other beings - it was instinct to want to ensure reproduction.
“I can smell it.. your fertility, I only mean… I’m afraid your body won’t take to my child, wolf pups are aggressive-“
“Stop fussing,” Jungkook giggled and turned around fully to spread his legs around the wolf’s hips, curling his feet under muscular thighs, and wrapping arms around Taehyung's ribs, “We haven’t mated yet, and you are forgetting the baby would only be half wolf. I’m sure I can handle half a wolf if I can handle you.”
Taehyung chuckled in his hair, pressing a kiss to his forehead and humming a soft agreement.
They sat there a while longer, the wolf's fingers lingering around his spine and lower back, brushing the top of Jungkook’s bottom but the atmosphere was still too gentle for him to grasp it in large palms and begin mating him.
“Oh, I’m such an idiot.” Taehyung grinned suddenly.
Jungkook made a confused noise and sat back when the wolf gently grabbed his hand.
“I should have explained sooner…” The wolf tsked to himself and pressed a kiss to the inside of Jungkook’s wrist before rubbing his thumb over the leather bracelet on him. “Perhaps if I’d explained sooner, there would have been more understanding.”
It had crossed Jungkook’s mind that he didn’t know the three symbols on his bracelet, but most of the time he'd been too busy trying to make sure Taehyung was adjusting well, so he'd never asked.
“The first,” Taehyung whispered, pressing his cheek to Jungkook’s head and stroking his wrist beneath the leather, “It means a feeling of adoration.”
“That’s amazing, I want to learn the Wolven script.”
The thought must have made Taehyung very happy because he caught Jungkook’s mouth in a kiss.
One that had the nymph’s legs tightening around his hips and fingers curling around the wolf’s waist.
Taehyung made a groaning noise against his mouth before pulling away, sniffing at Jungkook’s cheek, “Two more symbols and I'll take you to bed, little one. Can you wait that long?”
Jungkook felt like he should be embarassed to know the wolf could just smell arousal on him, but if anything it just felt easier because he didn’t have to say he wanted to have sex, it was just known.
“Quickly?”
“Impatient,” Taehyung chided playfully, but Jungkook could feel that the other was getting worked up too - perhaps purely at his own scent - and that made the nymph proud.
“The next is for fertility, which we’ve discussed, so I won’t torture you explaining,” Taehyung cooed playfully, running his lips along Jungkook’s temple, “And finally, to wear the sign of the Moon Goddess is thought to mean eternal solidarity. To be one. Together. It’s you and I, Jungkook.”
When the nymph looked up he found Taehyung's eyes were watery, whether with guilt or happiness or something between - he didn’t know.
He just knew he really, really loved his mate.
“Sh,” Jungkook grabbed his face to press their noses together, probably doing so a bit too forcefully compared to how Taehyung had shown him how to properly do so, “The signs will be true, you chose them, so they will be true, my love. They are true. There’s no reason to be upset, I will learn of wolves and you will learn of nymphs and we will be better in the future. To love my mate is all I’ve ever really wanted, and you fill the empty hole in my heart perfectly, Taehyung.”