Mateless Alpha | KOOKV ✔

Twenty One

Jungkook didn't really pay attention to other things. He is satisfied to know that the council hasn't learned everything about his new mate, and he doesn't plan on letting them find out.

The alpha couldn't wait to go back to his pack and instill some rules to a certain human in his care.

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"I'm bored."

Taehyung tossed and turned, boredom written all over his handsome face. He sighed, god knows for how many times, as he stares at the ceiling with vacant eyes.

The blonde has been tossing and turning around his bed for the whole day, not really having the courage to go out and explore his new castle-like home as much as he wants to.

He's afraid that he'll come across with other werewolves, a rather high possibility for that matter.

Taehyung had accepted living under Jungkook's care after learning from Jimin about what will happen to the alpha if something bad happens to him.

He'll die if I die.

Somehow, Taehyung finds the idea rather intimate. He feels important and happy to know that Jungkook and him has a connection greater than anyone else. His heart starts to hope of the impossible.

That someday, Jungkook will be able to love him back and cherish him as his life.

Taehyung shivered, realizing how silly he sounds. The alpha will never love him. He will only love one person in his life and that is his real mate who's no longer in this world.

The blonde sighed. It's hard fighting for the alpha's love, especially if the person Taehyung needs to beat is deeply engraved in the alpha's heart and memory.

Just like this morning, before the alpha goes out, he barged inside Taehyung's room, face full of distaste just from having seen the blonde's face.

"I will be out. Don't make any trouble or I'll kill you myself." Jungkook hissed, throwing a glare over Taehyung who's just woken up from deep sleep.

His hair disheveled, eyes still sleepy as he stares at the raven's face.

"Good morning." He subconsciously greeted, half asleep. He stretched his arms, still yawning.

Jungkook knotted his forehead, getting really annoyed. "Do you understand me human?"

Taehyung hasn't snapped out of his sleep. He stared blankly at the alpha, not understanding what's happening.

"What?" He asked, scrunching his nose.

Jungkook was beyond pissed. He walked near the human, his hand harshly grabbing the man's face under his chin.

Taehyung felt the harsh pull, making him suddenly awake. His eyes widened in horror, realizing how fucked up he is.

The blonde saw fire in the alpha's eyes, burning his own.

"Listen to me pest and remember every word I'll say. Behave or I'll fucking wring your neck and kill you."  He warned, gripping tightly on the human's chin, almost grazing his flesh with his sharp nails.

Taehyung's eyes watered, he can feel his flesh almost tearing from the alpha's grip, but still managed to answer. The blonde doesn't know where his courage came from when he uttered,

"You can't kill me, Jungkook. I am your MATE."

The alpha was a bit taken a back by his response, but not long after, his face turned into an evil grin.

"Such a brave mouth for a pest." Jungkook harshly pulled his face closer, only an inch away from his own.

Taehyung felt his breath hitched, mind going crazy at the proximity. He can feel the alpha's hot breath fanning his face when he speaks every word like a posion to Taehyung's ears.

"There's a limit to your delusions, human. A weakling like you will never be a replacement for my lost love." He suddenly pushed Taehyung hard on the bed, making him whimper in pain.

"I will never acknowledge you as my mate. You're just a mistake I wish I never committed."

Those were the alpha's last words before he went out of the blonde's room, slamming the door behind.

Taehyung knew he will never be able to replace such love, not a human like him.

He rolled on his side, right arm as his pillow. A tear fell from his eyes, feeling the sudden surge of emotion.

He remembered one line from his grandma Luella's journal that he somehow wants to ask the alpha himself.

If I were not a human, would you have loved me too, Jungkook?

Those were Luella's words and Taehyung felt pathetic for wanting to say those words too. He felt a pang in his chest, knowing how his grandma must have tried to get the alpha's love too, but in the end, she failed.

Another tear rolled down his cheeks and down to the mattress. He sobbed, feeling so alone and sad, badly missing his family. He wants to feel his mother's warm embrace, making him feel safe from anything in the world. He misses his father's sweet caress whenever he's feeling down and unwanted. And his two elder brothers, who never fail to show their love and affection to him, caring for him deeply even more than themselves.

The blonde felt his tears streaming down his lovely face, nonstop. His sobs became louder.

"I miss all of you." He whispers covering his face with his hands, letting himself cry out his frustrations.

Outside the room, Taehyung doesn't know that Jungkook has arrived. The alpha has heard his cries and the pain in his words.

Jungkook dismissed the alien feeling blooming at the back of his mind. He raised his hand to reach for the door, but immediately stopped.

Annoyed, he turned away, steps huge and fast, not really having a clear destination.

"I guess the rules can wait." He murmured to himself.