Taehyung throws food into the supermarket basket. He is tired. He is dying. He doesn't know what to do with himself. It's barely hours since he was with Jimin, it was yesterday, and he can't stop thinking that it shouldn't have happened in the first place. How stupid and problematic the whole thing was.
Yes, he was horny for him, too much, maybe too much.
However, having gotten to have sex is something he dislikes.
Taehyung is not in favor of having sex in an indifferent way. Having enjoyed it is not the same as liking it. Nor does it please him to know that perhaps Jimin felt pressured. He worries that the Omega will think he's a freeloader or get strange ideas. In the midst of his worry and accidentally bumping into an older gentleman, he realizes something.
"Sorry." he says to the man and hurries to the personal care area. He hadn't thought about it until now, but...
~ * * * ~
"Uh?"
"I-It's just that... well..."
"OH. I GET IT."
Jimin laughs and rises from his seat in the teacher's lounge. Taehyung couldn't be more flushed as he holds out a box to him: a pregnancy test. The Omega shakes his head and Jungkook, sitting next to him continues to do his English homework. Jimin makes Taehyung move away a bit so as not to interrupt the boy in what he is doing.
"Don't worry. I've been tunal ligation since I was thirteen" He pats his arms. "Even if you could, nothing's going to come out." assures Jimin playfully. The quick waving of his tail and slightly wrinkled nose embarrasses Taehyung more.
"A-ah. Okay. I understand.
"Thank you for caring," Jimin says bowing his head. "If you want to do it again any day, let me know. It'll be fun. We're very compatible don't you think?"
"Actually... Yes, but I wouldn't want to repeat something like that. I wouldn't want to do it with someone who is not my partner." explains Taehyung shyly. Jimin's eyes dilate and his ears flop halfway down.
"How cute you are" Jimin praises purring. "It's okay the proposal is there anyway."
Jimin returns to the elementary teacher's lounge and Taehyung retreats with embarrassment oozing out of every pore. It didn't occur to him that he would be tied up. The truth is a relief. There are few clinics in Seoul that perform abortions, and if Jimin wanted to have one, it wouldn't be a problem for him either... Taehyung would like to be a father at this point. He almost was, and for that reason, he does not see himself having children yet, he considers that it is not the right time. He also doesn't have a partner to give rise to such a plan.
Taehyung is not very libertine. His libido rarely makes an appearance and although he has had several crushes, relationships, etc., he has never had much sex. Just a few. He considers that maybe that's why they didn't go that far either and were disappointed in him. He shakes his hair with one hand. He is still tired. It wasn't his rut and he feels like it was because of how much he did. He turns to hear his name called.
"Professor! Professor!" Jungkook reaches Taehyung and holds out a piece of paper with both hands. "I made this for you."
"Did you? How strange. I didn't think I deserved artwork." replies Taehyung eloquently. Jungkook smiles wrinkling his nose and drooping ears. Embarrassed.
Taehyung tilts his head. It's a picture of Jungkook and his person holding hands. Jungkook is barely a first grader, so he's no stranger to it. It's adorable and from what he has understood, any show of attachment should try to be continued and so little Alpha opens up to people. Little by little. He smiles square and gives a couple of odd sounds.
"Next draw me as a bear and you climbing on my back Okay?"
Jungkook shakes his head and walks away in a hurry. Taehyung folds the drawing and puts it in his pocket. At home he kept it in a half-empty drawer. If someday he feels very sad, he will see it to think that at least, he was able to make a child a little happier and himself.
~ * * * ~
"I heard that Jimin is dating the archery coach."
The chemistry teacher's comment makes Taehyung almost spit out his drink. It's gossip he hears about by accident, as usual. Having developed hearing for his species, like many others, is a problem. He wanted to think otherwise, but was complicated by remembering how much they talk to each other.
Curiosity or not, he ended up heading straight for the gym. Today there was training with the archery team. He finds everyone outside except the coach and Jimin. Using the back door of the place he was able to get in and well... He finds them in a strange way.
The Alpha clenches her hands in her pants and purses her lips. He doubts they're having sex, but Jimin is so attached to her; puffy dark feathers and the cat's floppy ears make Taehyung think that genuinely, something is up. Jimin laughs, rubbing his cheek against hers.
"Yeah, you should go home. Something bad is going to happen at this rate."
"I thought the suppressor was enough."
"Do you want me to help you to your car?"
"Please... Thank you."
Taehyung puts a hand to his face. Ah, shit, Jimin was just helping her calm down because she went into heat. Genuinely nothing was happening and the more he sees them walking away, he realizes it. The worst thing is that in retrospect, why did he come here?
It's just a cat, get it out of your head.
~ * * * ~
"I'm sure he's dating the P.E. teacher, didn't you see them?! Half hidden on the court. He's a Ragdoll cat, he must be thrilled with a man like that."
Taehyung furrows his eyebrows as soon as he entered the classroom, listening to what some of the female students are whispering. Taehyung opens and closes the mouth, drops everything on the table and walks out giving the excuse that he forgot something. He heads to the court, not far from the building he was in. He finds something different from what he expected to find.
Jimin is there, so is the physical education teacher, but what they are doing is organizing the children who will have a fair tomorrow and it was agreed to do it in the courts for more comfort. Jimin sees Taehyung and waves to him. The bear doesn't reciprocate, going back the way he came.
Gossip is bullshit.
~ * * * ~
"You guys said the PE teacher yesterday, but I saw him with the chemistry teacher in the lab and she was really badly dressed." chides one of the students. That one just came back from the bathroom. Taehyung has just put his things away. Class is over and he has to go to the teacher's lounge.
Teacher's lounge.
Teacher's lounge.
Teacher's lounge.
Why is he in the lab?
As he peeks in he gets that there are horrible stains everywhere and there are a variety of teachers helping to clean up. Hoseok checks on the chemistry teacher, making sure the burn is not serious and they should call an ambulance as a precaution.
"Hey, did you hear the explosion from over there?" Hoseok turns to Taehyung. "One of the burners exploded and there was almost a fire. Fortunately nothing serious happened. Just a minor burn."
"More or less. I was told something happened here," Taehyung excuses. "Why are there so many people crammed in here?" he mutters quizzically. There are elementary school teachers too.
"Because it was a bad prank by sixth graders." clarifies Hoseok with a jaded sigh.
"We already took them to the principal's office and he called their parents, but we have to try to fix what we can." replies one of the elementary teachers. A canary beastman.
"I doubt this can be fixed," Jimin opines, looking around the stove. Taehyung snorts. Bless God why does he keep wanting to watch every time someone talks about Jimin with someone else? This is insufferable.
The Ragdoll puts it down and approaches the chemistry teacher, seeing the bandaged wound and a pronounced pout. He leans down to rub his cheek with hers, drawing a smile from her.
"I don't think it hurts anymore."
"What a fool you are, teacher."
Taehyung drops his ears and stretches his lips. Hoseok looks at him, then at Jimin What is he missing here?
~ * * * ~
Taehyung yawns and puts on his coat. It's snowing and he wants to leave before the pavement freezes. It's going to be a slow ride home. Not far away he notices the math teacher talking to Jimin and the Ragdoll nodding enthusiastically. He follows them with his eyes, he's leaving in the same car as her and wonders if it's just giving her a ride home or did something else happen.
He would be left wondering. He clenches his hands in his coat pockets. Annoyed to give so much thought to something that should be indifferent.
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