LOVE LIKE A FAIRY TALE || JIKOOK ✅

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JIMIN POV

He watched as his son fell asleep in Jungkook's arms,and the alpha settled him into his little nest box.

"Out like a light," the alpha murmured.

"Come on, why don't you and I grab some coffee and talk?"

Reluctantly, Jimin got up and followed him to the kitchen, slipping into a seat at the table.

"Does it still feel strange?" he asked the alpha.

"Being part of a pack?"

"Not as strange as it did at the start. These were people I trusted with my life, so being closer to them made sense."

"but knowing that closeness is permanent was a hard thing to get used to. There were good parts, of course. Otherwise, packs wouldn't even be a thing."

"But it took a lot of getting used to. And then..."

The alpha trailed off, staring at the coffee pot. Jimin stayed silent, waiting for him to continue.

Jungkook didn't seem to have any suspicion of the truth about Jimin's fear of packs.

He'd assumed it was just a general fear, like a lot of people had, and not that Jimin had personal experience where packs were concerned.

"...we lost some people. Our Leader. Our Keeper. Our Linker. I thought that would be it, that our pack would collapse, that I'd... that I'd be free again."

Jungkook poured two cups of coffee and came to join Jimin at the table.

Jimin was more curious than worried on hearing Jungkook's confession.

"But you're still here?"

"It turns out packs don't fall apart that easily, even when half of you are dead."

"Since then, we've had the military sniffing around, looking for any excuse to take control of our pack."

"It's part of why we had to go public. We've seen them off twice got court injunctions, done what ever we had to for our pack's freedom."

Jimin took a sip of his coffee, taking it all in.

"All of that fighting for your pack's survival and you don't even like being part it?"

Jungkook snorted. "Most of the time it feels like I'm not part of the pack. I'm out here, on the edge, and they're all in there, with mates and cubs and..."

Jimin had already figured out that the alpha was a Guide, but he couldn't say that outright.

It would make it too easy for the alpha to guess that he knew more about packs than he claimed.

"Why are you out here?"

"It's my role.I'm the pack's guide t's like being a glorified guard dog."

The bitterness was so heavy in Jungkook's voice that Jimin felt drawn to him, reaching out to cover the alpha's hand with his.

He froze on realizing what he'd done, but Jungkook just smiled at him.

"Here's me wallowing in self-pity when there are real problems in the world."

Jimin managed to smile back at him, realizing that the truth was far simpler than he'd suspected.

Jungkook was his pack's guide, and he was lonely.

"You protect your pack?"

"Yes and no. We have two Protectors, hobi and Yoongi."

" As guide, my role is to watch for danger from outside."