Harbouring a hybrid - part 3.5 Bonus Drabble Jimin au
Flashback alert - can be read as a stand alone drabble - 1K. Warnings; possessiveness, pissed jealous and naked Jimin, suggestive shit, sexual tension, mentions of scenting + marking + heats + ownership + breeding (the usual hybrid trope stuff)
Shit. Shit. Shit! He was going to kill you.
Running up the stairs to your apartment and forgoing waiting for the lifts, you almost run into your elderly neighbour, apologising profusely as she holds onto your elbows to steady herself.
“Oh Y/n,” she chuckles. “Your cat is waiting for you rather annoyed at the front door, are you late again?”
Thankfully felines are odd creatures so Jimin’s human annoyance doesn’t ring any alarm bells to your neighbours.
“My cat used to do that,” she reminisces, still holding on to you as if your hybrid wasn’t still counting the seconds of how late you were. “They like a timetable, if you’re late to feed him he might run away, you need to be careful Y/n.”
You give her noises of agreement to the lecture as you glance up the stairs, she must’ve gotten the hint, finally.
“Well give Mochi my love.”
You bolt, legs starting to burn with your lungs when you push through the doors to your floor. You freeze. There he is, the Tabby on the front door step, looking at you annoyed with his tail swishing back and forth impatiently. You look sheepishly, smiling apologetically as you slow down your pace. You were rushing to get back to him, but now you could physically see how much trouble you were in, you didn’t want to face it.
He watches as you put the key in the lock, the tension palpable when you turn it. He slides through the opening before you into the dark apartment, and you contemplate shutting the door and running downstairs for another hour to compose yourself. He’d never let you leave again if you did something like that. It’s eerily quiet when you finally gather the nerve to walk through, your eyes desperately trying to adjust to the loss of light as you turn to shut the door and turn on the lights.
As soon as it closes you feel a naked human body pressed against your back, freezing when his arms wrap tight around you, nose in your neck sniffing. He was calm, that's how you knew he was pissed.
“Why is my human so late?” he asks, no bite to his tone, no emotion, you ache to see his eyes, see some form of love in them to know how badly you messed up this time.
“Jimin, there was a meeti-”
“No phone call, no text,” he cuts you off. “Do you like to make me think you’re not coming back?”
“Jim-”
“And then you have the audacity to smell like this,” there it is, the hiss, the break in the barrier, he spins you around and you do everything in your power not to look down as he pins you against the door, arms on either side trapping you from escaping.
“Where have you been?” The emotions start flooding back into his voice, they’re deep and dangerous. You gulp at the hard stare that meets yours, throat going dry.
“I was trying to tell you,” you breathe as he looms closer. “I was at a meet-”
“Have you been on a date?”
“What? No!” Where the hell did that come from?
“Are you sure?” he presses, needing to know, needing reassurance someone didn’t keep you from him, didn’t make you forget about him. He glances down at your attire, the black dress formal but versatile enough to wear out. You look so good pressed against him, if anyone else even tried to hold you like this...
“Are you crazy? With the men of this world?” You scoff, trying to turn the tables or something to shift the situation.
“So why do you smell like you’ve just been…” he tries not to growl he really does, but your ovulation was coming up and he could smell that sweet nectarine scent making itself known to his nose. And while a human idiot wouldn’t be able to smell it the way he did, they still picked up on some of the cues of a fertile female. They touched my mate. Touch was an understatement, he could smell so many different people on you he hated it, they must’ve tried to court you, the idea makes him sick.
The week was usually torture for him each cycle, the need to breed you overwhelming but his suppressants helped. He wouldn’t overstep until you were ready, until you said you wanted him too, but what if you wanted someone else? What if your human version of a heat would make you search elsewhere for release, when he was right here, all because you were blind to your own emotions.
“Jiminie,” you look up at the ceiling to avoid his gaze, but you reveal the skin of your neck he wants so badly to mark. Right there, it would look so good, if he just let himself they’d all know you were his. The human equivalent to a collar on a pet, they’d know who you belonged to. It killed him that he couldn't scent you, fear of hybrid patrol catching a whiff of him stopped you from ever letting him before you left for work. “Do you want to put on some clothes?”
He smirks when you clear your throat, gaze unmoving from your neck, leaning in close. Why were humans so slow?
You try not to gasp when you feel his lips press against your jugular, a soft moan vibrating from the feline before he pulls away. Both your eyes are blown wide when they meet, saying the words you were both afraid to.
You try to not choke when he walks away, buttcheeks and bare back on show without shame but you can’t tear your stare away, heat rising from the depths of Hell up to your cheeks and filling your body. You’d never be late again, you wouldn’t survive.
“Take a shower Y/n,” he suggests as he leaves the room but that tone leaves no room for discussion. “I don’t like my human smelling like scum.”
You clutch your chest when he’s out of sight, trying to catch your breath not realising you were holding it. Instincts, you remind yourself for the hundredth time, you were the only human he interacted with he would have attachment issues and things, you reason, don’t read into it.
You definitely weren’t going to tell him your coworker did in fact ask you out on a date, but you had refused, tempted but for all the wrong reasons, for the sake of it.
You wouldn’t tell him you couldn’t date while he stayed with you, and you didn’t want to. If a person was on the wrong side of your morals, if a person you were falling for would want to hurt the hybrid you loved most in the world, well how could you ever love someone like that? That's the excuse that fills your brain, you deny the reality that it was something else.
Bunny boy decides to knock on your door at 3am in the morning to confess his feelings after getting shitfaced.
Part of my Bunny Boy Series: Drunk Confession, Lovesick Bunny Boy, Kittens and Uncle Kookie
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a/n: 1st attempt on writing something like this - had a fun time writing it but found the editing part so difficult.
Opening your entrance door, you find a doe-eyed boy standing in front of you, with his left fist closed to your face ready to knock on the door again. When he realizes your presence in front of him, his eyes widen in an instant, seemingly surprised that you opened the door (how could you not? he has been knocking on your damn door for 3 minutes as well as simultaneously shouting your name). Upon his realization he slowly retrieves his left arm back to not, thankfully, hit you in your face.
Due to your feline genetics (you are a lynx shifter), your nose immediately starts to pick an unpleasant alcohol smell from your counterpart, making you scrunching your face.
While Jungkook is still seemingly stunned at your figure, you haven't woken up fully - too sleepy to comprehend on, what was going on now. Minutes seem to pass by with you both staring at each other in utter silence - Jungkook in sheer shock, and you with confused and sleepy eyes.
From one second to the next, your sleep-dead brain finally decides on functioning (again). You come to realize that Jungkook has in fact – you’re definitely not dreaming – decided to give you a surprise visit at 3 am once he profusely got himself shitfaced, because not only does he smell like it, but also does his wobbly stance give his current state away.
With confusion written all over your face, you finally break the utter silence to ask him the real, big question (also the only one) in your mind. “Jungkook? What are you doing here?”
Awakened from his initial surprise or rather shock, the black-haired guy eventually opens his mouth to answer your question, while pointing one finger at you. “Hey Y/N. I di––dn’t th–ink you would answer the do–or” He pauses before opening his mouth again.
“But... to answer your question I, I, I do––n’t rea–lly rea––lly know, what the FUCK I’m doing here.” Hearing him slurring all his words, your previous confusion is instantly replaced by your growing concern over the usually-reserved young man.
“Are you okay, Jungkook?” His immediate response to your question, is a quiet chuckle whilst he runs his fingers through his hair.
“Yo–u, you wanna know if I’m okay?” He looks at you accusingly. Unsure of your words, you decide to just nod slowly. Upon seeing your reaction Jungkook starts shaking his head, while gripping onto the wall to stabilize himself with his eyes trained on you.
“Na–––h, I’m fucking not okay. Wanna know wh––y, Y/N?” He doesn’t wait for your answer but continues babbling “Cuz I really, really, li–––ke you. But I know that you will never feel the same.” He starts chuckling - sounding more in despair- again, while bringing his gaze to the ground to avoid your gaze.
“I mean, Why would yo––u?” He brings his finger up again, to point a third time at you. “You Y/N, you are a lynx. A beautiful one. Fu––ck, I swear the most beautiful one I’ve ever seen...” He frustratedly ruffles his raven hair before pointing his finger at himself. “And I, I am just a lousy rabbit. Yes, Jeon Jungko––ok is just a sma–––ll, wea––k rabbit.”
His sudden outburst or rather drunk confession leaves you shocked, but not for long because seeing him clutching his stomach, brings you back into reality in an instant. “Oh God, I’m going to throw up”
Instead of responding to him, you take the free hand which isn’t covering his mouth and with quick steps lead him into your bathroom.
You both make it just in time, before he promptly squats down and starts throwing up in the toilet. Seeing him in this unsual state, you feel a slight tug in your heart. In trying to sooth him a little, you bend down to rub his back. After a few minutes of him emptying his stomach, he finally stops.
While he is still keeping his head over the toilet seat in fear of another wave of puke, you stand up to prepare a towel and a cup of mouthwash for him.
As soon as you are sure that he won’t continue in heaving his guts up, you ask him if he is okay now. You see Jungkook nodding before before turning his head in your direction to look at you.
He seems to have sobered up somewhat, but now looked really tired after this ordeal. In order to lighten up the awkward mood, a stupid follow-up statement pops up in your head. “You are really handsome Jungkook, but not even your face can pull off puke. So let us wash it off? ” Even though, you instantly cringed the moment those words left your mouth, Jungkook seemed to like it. Then his face immediately breaks into a big smile - the smile, where his whole face scrunches up, followed by a soft hum to agree on your proposal. said those words. So you help him stand up to lead him to the sink.
After cleaning his face, you hand him a cup with a green liquid in it, telling him, it’s mouthwash. He rewards you with another grin before rinsing his mouth. After spitting out the green liquid and wiping his mouth, he turns to look at you again with a now more tired look on his face. Before he can bring anything up about leaving your apartment, you decide to offer him to stay the night.
“Jungkook, you should stay here. You are clearly to tired to go home. You can take my bed? I will take the couch and I won’t accept a No”, you tell him with a determined look.
Even in his intoxicated mind, he realizes that arguing with you would be hopeless, so he accepts your offer gladly but only under the condition of him taking the couch“Thank You, Y/N. But please let me take the couch. I feel already bad for ruining your night”
To tired, to decline his proposal, you just nod. “Mhm, if that’s what you want. But let me get you some clothes to change first. Jimin has some spare clothes here for our weekly Netflix nights. Make yourself comfortable on the couch, while I get them.” He gives you a small smile before strolling into the living room, while you leave to get some clothes of your best friend.
After giving him Jimin’s clothes and setting up some pillows and a blanked for him on the couch, you sit yourself on the couch. While waiting for him, you try to comprehend what has happened in the last hour:
Not only did Jungkook decide to give you a drunk surprise visit at 3am in the morning but also did he confess his harbouring feelings for you.
Realization that the attractive bunny shifter has a thing for you hasn’t hit you until now.
You are still astonished that Jeon Jungkook likes you because he has always seemed trying to avoid you like the plague since the moment Jimin has introduced you both to each other. Of course, you tried talking to him on several occasions (because you yourself was infatuated with “bunny boy”), but his answers were usually cut short. In the end, you gave up trying to get closer to him and just decided on having a secret crush on him.
But following this night, you are curious as why he has never tried acting on his feelings. Before you can dive further into your thoughts, on what the reasons behind Jungkook’s past behavior towards you are, you hear the sound of the bathroom door, which immediately takes you back into reality.
Even with a plain white t-shirt, grey (slightly too tight) sweatpants and after nearly puking his soul out of his body Jungkook manages to still look fine as fuck. What the fuck? How is that possible?! Wait, what the fuck am I thinking? Go away, filthy thoughts.
To clear your mind, you shake your head thoroughly.
When you look up, you see Jungkook giving you a concerned look, while coming your way. “You okay, Y/N?” Trying to cover up your tardiness, you say “Yes, hehe. I was just trying to not fall asleep”.Satisfied with your answer, he plops himself down next to you onto the couch.
Once he turns his head to face you, you see him nervously biting his lips.“I, I just want to thank you again for everything. Lending me some clothes also letting me stay here.” He pauses to think about what to say next. “And I’m so, so sorry for ruining your night.” Seeing the sincerity of his apology in his you, cant seem to get mad at him for ruining your sleep. “Jungkook, it’s fine. I would have woken up on my own to go pee. You should know 3am is my peeing hour.” you say make the situation less awkward.
After hearing your response, he chuckles but you can see in his eyes that he vigorously tries to stay awake. Therefore, you slowly stand up, while simultaneously getting him into lay down by pushing his softly onto the couch. “Let’s go to sleep now. We are both clearly tired. But, if you really feel guilty about waking me up, you can buy me lunch next week” He accepts your offer with a soft hum and a quiet “good night, y/n”, while letting you tuck him in. Before you turn around to head into your bedroom, you feel him grabbing your right hand and whispering
“Y/N, I really meant it when I said that I fell in love with you” and then you hear soft snores. Seeing a smile plastered on his face, you bend down kiss him on his forehead. “Good night, Jungkook”.
Jungkook heard the phone alarm blare beside him, his eyebrows furrowing in annoyance. His hand reached over, quickly finding the offending device that woke him from his dream and turning the alarm off with a sigh. He didn’t quite want to leave the comfort of his bed and the person beside him. He didn’t even have to open his eyes to know you were cuddled up to him. He could feel you; your head on his chest and he assumed the ticklish feeling underneath his chin was your fox ear. He felt your small arm draped around his torso, a bit of a grip even in your sleep. He could even feel your leg swung over his leg with your knee dangerously close to his crotch that if you suddenly moved you could cause some serious damage.
He took a deep breath in before he stopped short to hold it when you stirred above him. With his chest rising from the breath made your head rise as well along with a small moan. Jungkook let a moment pass before he moved with slow precision, tackling the unspoken mission at hand. Carefully he raised his arm to grasp yours that was draped around him with two fingers, slowly bringing it over to rest on your body. He dropped a leg down over the bed, too scared to watch your face as he pushed your leg off of him slowly before slipping out of bed.
He let out the breath he was holding when he stood to his feet, glancing over your sleeping form on the bed. A twitch of your ears and the steady rise and fall of your chest assured you were still soundly asleep. You were usually a light sleeper but sometimes when you were really tired you could sleep through almost anything.
Jungkook headed straight to the bathroom to wash up and brush his teeth. Another long week of work began for him and he knew how much you hated watching him go. At this point he didn’t like to either but it was the best for his state of mind.
You were driving him crazy in every single way. Your sweet voice and laughter soothed his ears like honey, and he found himself lost in your deep brown eyes at times. From your head to your toes, he was falling for you in every single way. You always meant well but your innocent gestures were deadly to him, and you didn’t have the slightest idea what you were doing to him. With just the two of you in this apartment together, he didn’t know how he was keeping himself together.
You were definitely growing on him.
He came into the room, patting his face dry with a towel as he went over to his dresser to pull out something to wear. He didn’t think twice to pull out the plain black tee along with some jeans; the usual wear to work. He threw the towel in the hamper and checked himself in the mirror getting ready to head out before he felt the small tug on his shirt behind him.
Jungkook all but snapped his head around, his heart skipping a beat. Bed hair and all, laying on your stomach with your arm reached out to hold onto him as your tired eyes stared up at him with a pout on your lips.
“You’re really gonna leave me?”
He wanted to say fuck it all and get right back into bed with you if he was being completely honest. All it would take at this point was a little bit more eager begging from you and he would call out of work for the next few days because he would need this to last.
If he was going to be completely honest, Jungkook wanted you.
The way you were staring up at him, like you were being betrayed in this very moment but you were going to forgive him anyway. Your red fox ears flattened back and your bushy tail curled as you worried at your bottom lip and blinked up at him.
You didn’t want him to leave, but you honestly didn’t know what you were getting yourself into if he stayed. Jungkook couldn’t help it anymore, he was tired of chasing away the naughty thoughts when your relationship was clear as day. He wanted to protect you and ravish you all at once. But how could he do that to when you were still so pure?
“I have to go to work, Jasmine.” His voice came, soft with a tiny bit of sternness as he hoped you would let him go without a hard time.
“I’ll come home early, okay?” he assured you, his hand reaching out to run through your hair. He permitted himself to have this much, letting his fingers scratch behind your ear and listened to your soft whine as your eyes fell closed and your head dropped onto the soft sheets.
A smile instantly graced his face as his eyes took you in again, body laid out on his bed with his scent. His body roared in want to lay you out and contort your body to his liking but that was something you and him weren’t ready for just yet.
So he grabbed your hand that held onto him and forced you away, placing your arm on the bed before you were whining again until he was hushing you silent. With one last final command for you to go back to sleep, he left you alone for now until he would return to you in the afternoon.
*
You rolled in bed only to discover the person you were sleeping with last night wasn’t in bed anymore. You let out a pitiful whine from missing him as you stuffed your face into the sheets to muffle your noises. You knew Jungkook had to work but that didn’t stop your heart from missing him.
Neither did it stop your body either.
You sat up in bed and frowned at the windows that let the sunlight shine through and thoroughly blind you in the morning. You pouted to yourself again. You wanted Jungkook.
You crawled out of bed, heading to the bathroom with thoughts on how to spend the day. Being cooped up inside had you on the brink of insanity right before Jungkook came home to save you from it. So when an idea popped up in your head as you were brushing your teeth, you cheeks raised in a smile as you looked at your pasty smile in the mirror.
*
You were just going to go out and come back home before Jungkook got back. You just didn’t want to be at home without anything to do, there wasn’t anything wrong with that. You picked out an outfit from the clothes Jungkook had bought for you the day before, a smile on your face as you applauded yourself for how cute you looked. Besides from all the stares you received walking down the street, you strutted with a smile down into the city.
You remembered back from before when you were out like this with Jungkook. You enjoyed yourself immensely, having his company and exploring the city with him. You wish he were here with you now, but you decided you were going to bring something back for him. The idea of showing him you went out today all by yourself made you excited to see his surprise and tell you he was proud of you.
You looked around at the bustling commute around you, cars passing by on the street when the signal light permitted them to. People lined the sidewalks, going into a coming out of stores as they walked with their own destinations in mind. It excited it with the thought of being one of these people, having somewhere to go and something to do. It came to you when you looked up at the particular sign, reminding you of when Jungkook brought you out to go get coffee, and you figured that was the first thing you would get him.
You walked into the large café, your mouth falling open to the eye-catching atmosphere. It was a bit busy with people filling up the tables, either in groups talking amongst themselves or the lone ones who sat with their laptops and books out to occupy themselves. You looked around in awe just like the last time, but thankfully enough you remembered what to do as you looked forward and spotted the smiling cashier before walking up to the counter.
“Hi, what can I get you today?” she said, tone bright and chirpy with her eyes solely on you.
You almost blushed underneath her gaze as you tried to give back the same energy. “Hello! Can I have…two iced caramel lattes please?”
Her eyes darted down as her finger flew over the machine in front of her, speaking aloud with her eyes still on it. “Sure, what size would you like them to be?”
“Large?” you quickly asked, nervousness hitting you as you couldn’t think if that was too much or too less for your Jungkook.
“Alright, that will be $9.54.” the cashier announced, smiling up at you once more as you could only blink.
“Okay?”
She blinked back at you as her smile slowly came down and her eyebrows furrowed a bit. “Y-you have to pay for them.”
Nervousness crept up slowly, your ears on the top of your head wanting to fall back as you dared to ask, “How?”
“With money.” The cashier answered, tittering as she looked to the side of her at her employees. That’s when more pairs of eyes fell on you, giving you unwanted attention as you repeated what the cashier said.
“Money?”
She nodded at you as another person behind the counter came beside her, picking up on the conversation and making your heart beat a little faster.
“Oh.” You said, realization slapping you in the face as you remembered Jungkook and how he bought all those things for you. “I need money! Damn it. Sorry I-”
“Your owner isn’t around? You’re by yourself?”
The person beside her had spoken up, noticing the ears on top of your head giving away that you were indeed a hybrid. Jungkook was at work, and you wanted to answer that you wanted to get out the house and surprise him when you got back home but with the way the ladies were looking at you made your body tense up sensing you were in trouble.
“Does she even have one-”
“Sorry my bad she’s with me.”
All heads turned as yours all but snapped to the side, the unrecognizable man beside you grabbing your arm with his hand. Under the hood of his black hoodie was his small, pale face as he blinked at you and spared a forced grin to the cashier girls. Your body instantly tensed up, ready to jump away from danger but the smell coming from hit your nose like a brick. There was something about him, he definitely did not smell human.
“Didn’t I tell you to wait until I got out of the bathroom? Sorry about that ladies I’ll pay for our order.”
“Oh no, it’s alright! We almost thought she was a stray.” The girl laughed in relief as the other took the ten dollar bill from the man.
“We’ll have it ready in a few.” She said, waving out you as the man dragged you off to the side.
He let go of you before you could snatch away your arm, but that didn’t stop you from baring your teeth at him with a low growl.
“Calm down princess I’m not going to hurt you.”
You backed down but your body stayed on alert around him. You took a sniff of the air again, confirming that he wasn’t like the others in the café.
“You’re pretty bold coming out here with your ears and tail on display.” He stated bluntly, looking at your features with a shake of his head. You frowned at him before watching him grab the ready drinks off the counter and leading you to a table. You followed him upstairs, another area for the customers of the café that wasn’t that crowded for the two of you.
“You’re not human.” You stated immediately when the two of you sat down at a small table towards the wall.
He scoffed at you before wrapping his pink lips around the straw and taking a sip from the sweet drink. “Don’t give me away too.”
You frowned at him again, looking at him curiously as you sipped from your drink. The sweetness hit your taste buds, making a moan release from you as you looked down at the cool drink in your hand.
He watched you from across the table, raising an eyebrow at you in amusement as his hard eyes stared you down. “You can’t come into places like this since you’re a stray. There’s a few shelters for you around-”
“I’m not a stray.”
He blinked at the scowl on your face as his head tilted in question. “You ran away from home?”
“No!” you closed your mouth and leaned back as your ears flattened back for a moment, not meaning to be so loud. You looked at him as your eyes softened and found your voice again. “I just wanted to get out the house and bring something back for my owner.”
He blinked at you as you watched his eyes gleam. His tongue poked the inside of his mouth as he finally spared you smile upon your meeting. “Oh my god I’m dealing with a newbie.”
Your mouth dropped open to say something but your voice was lost in figuring out what to say. You took it as an insult but you didn’t even know what he meant by it.
He sipped from his drink again and looked to the side to stare out the upper windows across. “It’s not safe for you to stroll around without your owner. Someone might think you’re a stray and call hybrid control.”
“Are you a stray?” you blurted out without a care, curiosity making you bold even in public. He smirked to himself, letting a moment pass between you two as if he was lost in thought.
“Nah. You could say I had the same idea as you.”
You opened your mouth only to shut it back, thinking twice before you asked. You wondered why he could come out and you couldn’t but you realized it as you looked over his black hoodie again with his hood pulled over his head snuggly.
“What’s your name?” you decided to change your question, noticing your body had loosened up with being around him.
He glanced over at you, and you blinked when he didn’t give you an answer. He was hesitant to answer you and you noticed that, but you were prepared to pester him about it if he didn’t want to tell you.
“Call me Suga.”
Suga watched a grand smile grace your face, as if he had made your day a bit brighter from giving you a name.
Your tail wagged behind you as you leaned forward, cutely whispering to him and taking his scent in once more. “I’m Jasmine.”
You knew you weren’t supposed to throw your trust out there so carelessly but Suga did save you in a moment of trouble and bought you a drink. With the idea of meeting another hybrid friend, giddy excitement filled your body as you gave your trust to him.
*
The sun was still out but only in an hour and a half it would be going down. Jungkook tried to get off early from work but all odds were against him as the work flowed in. At the end of his shift a guy came into the shop almost falling onto his knees for Jaehyun and him to take care of an issue inside the engine by today. He was going on a trip the next day with friends and the tinkering sound under the hood worried him about his car blowing up with him and his friends in it.
Jungkook worked with a frown, trying to work as fast as he could so he could go home to you knowing you waited long enough. Jaehyun was good enough to send him on his way, after replacing a part of the engine together he was kind to tell Jungkook to get out and he would stay late to finish up.
It left a bad taste in Jungkook’s mouth; he was always the one to stay late for work. Nonetheless a little tint in his reputation didn’t compare to the chance of going home to you waiting for him like a good pet.
His phone buzzing on the passenger seat had him turning down the volume on the radio and grabbing the ringing phone as he looked at the caller id. An instant smile on his face as he answered the call and put it on speaker before setting it down beside him in the cup holder.
“Yo!”
“Hobi hyung.” Jungkook greeted, happy to hear from his friend.
“Did you just now get off of work?” Hoseok asked, his voice filling the car from the speaker.
“Yeah, I’m heading home now.” Jungkook answered, a hand on the steering wheel as his eyes watched the road and the car in front of him.
“Come hang out with your hyung! I haven’t seen you since your birthday.”
The smile on his face dropped, guilt filling his body before he answered. “Next time hyung, I need to get home.”
“Your hybrid, huh?”
His eyebrows furrowed as his mouth opened to question how he knew.
“Taehyung made sure to brag to us about getting you one.” Hoseok said, amusement in his voice before he sighed. “Everyone has one these days. Taehyung with his and Jin is always cooped up with the girls. I thought it was just going to be you and me without one.”
Jungkook didn’t know he could feel any guiltier but Hoseok’s words got to him. Out of all his friends Hoseok was the most easy-going and even easier to get along with. Jin and Taehyung were more on the annoying side even though he enjoyed hanging out with all of them. “Sorry hyung.”
“Anni, we’ll hang out next time. Maybe Taehyung might get me a hybrid for my birthday.”
They both laughed on the phone at the idea, figuring Taehyung just might. After a few questions about Jasmine and a promise to introduce the two of you they finally hung up just as Jungkook reached home and parked in the lot. He got out of his car with a stretch of his legs as he slipped his phone into his back pocket and pulled out the key to the front door on his keychain.
“Kookie!”
His head all but snapped up from the familiar sound of the voice, his eyes catching you walking along to the house from the other direction.
“Jasmine?” as if he couldn’t believe it, questions flooding his head on why you were out here as he walked towards you. He tried not to get ahead of himself, but the man beside you and the drinks in both your hands didn’t put him at ease as his eyebrows furrowed and his eyes sized up the person beside you.
Just as oblivious as you were, you smiled at him in pure happiness to see him only for realization that you were probably in trouble hit you. You stayed close to Suga as your ears flatted back, a hopeful smile on your face as you tried to calm the tremble in your voice. “I came out to get you something, but I forgot you need money to buy things.”
You scratched the back of your head as you watched Jungkook’s reaction but his hard stare remained on Suga beside you. You glanced to the side to see your new friend matching his gaze with a glint of amusement in his eyes as he sipped from the straw of his iced coffee.
You made a noise of realization before grabbing the back of Suga’s arm. “This is Suga.”
You thought the introduction would make a difference, explaining that he helped you out at the register when you didn’t have any money and walked you home but Jungkook’s stare only turned harder, even scaring you a bit when he looked at you. Even Suga gave you a look, frowning at you for giving out his name.
“Thank you, I’m sorry if she caused you any trouble.”
“It’s fine.” Suga replied, a smirk on his lips as his eyes darted down at Jungkook’s hand as it reached in his back pocket. “Pay me back if we see each other again.”
Jungkook halted his movement, a smirk playing on his lips as well as he stared Suga down. You couldn’t deny the heavy tension between the two, your eyes darting back and forth not knowing where to stand.
Suga was the first to move and end the silent class, looking at you with those familiar lazy eyes. “I’ll see you around Jasmine.”
You said goodbye as he left, your mouth hanging open as you quickly decided not to ask. You wanted to know when you would see him again, not wanting to lose a friend so quickly when the two of you just met.
That was the least of your worries, the tension returning when you looked back at Jungkook. His stare wasn’t as hard when he looked at Suga but it was strong enough to have you emitting a small whine.
“Come on, let’s get inside.”
You followed without a word, going up to his apartment in silence. You stayed close beside him but it definitely didn’t help your sweaty palms and racing heart. Jungkook was mad at you, and that was the only thing your mind was beating you up over.
“Sorry.” The first word out of your mouth when you got inside, Jungkook locking the door behind him. Your red ears flattened back on your skull and your tail tucked between your legs as your brown eyes looked up at him, your teeth wanting to worry down on your bottom lip.
“Jas,”
His sigh made you whimper and your gaze fall to the floor, preparing to get yelled at. Instead, to your surprise you felt warmth; arms wrapped around your body with a hand on the back of your head.
“Don’t leave the house without telling me please.”
Your hands went to his sides, grabbing onto his shirt and your nose taking in his familiar scent you had missed today.
“I don’t like leaving you in the morning as it is, please don’t worry me further with finding you not here.”
You whimpered out at the sound of his voice, a bit strained in his deep tone that caressed your ears softly. You wrapped your arms around him in a hug and pushed your face into his chest. “I’m sorry-”
“No, just promise me.” Jungkook urged, feeling his fingers massage the back of your head. Your heart fluttered when you felt his lips on your temple, tilting your head back to let your eyes fall on his.
“I won’t leave.”
Whether he got it or not, you meant something more than promising not to make a childish mistake like this again. It was a promise from your heart that Jungkook had a hold of so tightly, and you hoped you had his as well.
The key turned the lock open, allowing you access to the now familiar home you’ve been accustomed to. You peeked your head in, eyes darting straight to the kitchen area in search of your noisy roommate. The apartment was silent and bare of any human in the living room area, a relieved exhale passing your lips as you carefully entered the home with bags of groceries on your arms. You closed the door behind you gently and clicked the lock back into place before scurrying over to the kitchen to set the bags carefully on the table counter. You would set out in the early morning before the birds would wake up, doing a little shopping for the apartment now that it was occupied by two. Hoseok never really kept too much in the refrigerator until you came along, but you wanted to keep yourself busy and help out where you could.
For the first week you kept yourself locked in the house, afraid to step outside due to the trauma of being caught by hybrid control. You were like a scared little pup, keeping to yourself and exploring your surroundings when Hoseok would leave for work. You familiarize yourself with everything in the house so you wouldn’t have to continuously rely on him, stuffing your nose in every garment and object taking a big whiff. You found whatever cleaning products he had hidden underneath in the cabinets and closets and cleaned the house from top to bottom. You managed to whip something up in the kitchen whether it was simple sandwiches or miso soup, all in time to scurry back over to the couch and pretend you were asleep when he arrived home. You wanted to keep yourself scarce, but he was still so full of energy when he came home from work to bother you. No, it was more like he still managed to wear a smile on his face when he came home all to greet you and stay by your side. You realized he was breaking the line you set out between you two, trying in his own way to get you comfortable in your new profound home.
You kept your haunting thoughts at bay as best as you could. When Hoseok wasn’t at home to distract you you could hear the whispers of doubt in your head, battling with your nerves to keep yourself calm. You had to keep reminding yourself that you were in a safe place, but at some point you would have to leave. So when you would sneak out at the crack of dawn to shop, you also spent the time job hunting. First step was to earn money, have a steady income to save for the future. So you found yourself right on track when you returned home, a light breeze of air tickling the back of your legs.
Your sharp ears picked up the sound of movement coming from the bedroom. Hoseok was finally stirring awake, the sound of the mattress creaking underneath his body. You kept at your task in front of you by putting the groceries away while listening to Hoseok in the other room start his morning routine. His bare feet would touch the cold floor and he would groan, stretching his limbs in the air with a yawn. He would get up and make his way to the adjoining bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face, trying to hurry himself so he could come out here and greet you. You caught on to his small little actions, growing used to them and understanding his intentions. It was hard to admit that he was rubbing off on you, the pull at the corner of your lips evident.
“Good morning.”
His tired voice greeted after the drag of his feet into the kitchen, your body spinning around at the counter as you felt the light swish of your tail.
“Morning, I went shopping again.”
“Mmm, I told you to wake me up so I can go with you.” The grumble in his voice made your body tingle, your ears flattening back as excitement bubbled in your throat.
“Guess who found a job.”
He paused from rubbing his eyes, peeking one open and raising his eyebrows at you. “A job?”
You bounced your head happily, your hands holding the edge of the counter behind you. “Yes. It’s a bartending position. So I’m going to be making tips along with receiving a paycheck.”
The glee in your voice died with every word, picking up on his expression as he listened to you carefully. You knew Hoseok to be bubbly and jumpy whenever you shared good news, but there wasn’t a smile on his face. He wore a serious gaze, pulling away to think it over in his head as he hummed. “Okay. I would like to see this-”
“Why?”
You instantly asked the question, almost retracting back when his eyes perked up in surprise at you. You didn’t mean to cut him off or ask why to his request, you wanted to know why he wasn’t excited for you. A yearning pulling at your heart strings, frustrated that he didn’t show a bit more enthusiasm for you.
He let out a breath, a hand coming up to scratch the back of his head. “To know what area you’re in and if I ever need to pick you up or-”
He paused to glance at your face, reading your expression as he quickly changed his tone with an apology. “You don’t have to tell me. I’m just scared if something happened to you I wouldn’t know where to find you.”
You held your breath, the sound of his voice caressing a whine to spill from your throat. He was only worried for you, and here you were already on your guard. You took a breath in, exhaling it through your nose and took a step forward with a soft smile growing on your face.
“It’s okay. I’ll write down the address for you. I’m really happy that I got a job and I’m really grateful that I found it because it’s hybrid friendly. Meaning I don’t have to hide my-”
You didn’t even get to get out the rest of your sentence, already in his arms and holding on tight as he swung around in a circle with his noise of excitement mingling in with your giggles. His body was warm against yours and his scent flooded your senses. It was like you found the source of all of the things in the house that you spent sniffing and familiarizing yourself with. It was a comforting smell, soft and earthy and...all things wonderful that you still couldn’t but a name on. Or maybe you were still afraid to.
He set you down on your feet, arms still wound around you tightly as you tried not to melt in his hold. He pulled away a moment later with hands cradling your face, the smile on his face matching yours as he gave a toothy grin.
“I am so very proud of you, and I’m happy you’ve found a job that makes you feel good to work at.” The sound of his voice caressed your ears, your white tail hitting the back of your legs as he continued. “I’ll support whatever decision you choose for yourself, Chaesol. Always.”
Your eyes casted downwards, nodding in understanding as a weight tugged at your heart. “I need this job to get out of here.”
“You don’t have to-”
Soft brown eyes blinked up at him, watching as he thought his words over in his head. He sighed, the pads of his thumbs tickling the top of your cheeks. “Leave. You don’t have to go anywhere, you can stay right here with me. And I’ll take care of you.”
You realized it then and there, not wanting to admit the feelings that had been created between the two of you. It felt like you’ve been here for too long but then it felt like you needed more time to stay. You were more than grateful for Hoseok, but there was so much more that he didn’t understand. This internal battle that you were facing everyday by being here, all the while trying to move forward with yourself and strive for more. He didn’t understand that it was you, the problem was you, and you weren’t going to ruin him.
You placed your hands on top of the ones on your cheeks, pulling them down and grasping them with a squeeze. You breathed in through your nose and forced the best smile you could muster on your face, one that wouldn’t worry him. And took a step back. Drawing the line once again.
You catered to drunken men all night long only to get them more drunk the more drinks they ordered. You hated the way they cried and complained over their high-paying jobs they were privileged to have and all their sleazy remarks they would make to you and your co-workers. Still you powered through, in that dim-lit underground bar serving drinks and a listening ear to all who were paying.
“Nari, have a drink with me.”
You huffed out a sigh before turning your head with eyes of sympathy to the girl who was sprawled out on the bar counter top looking at the ceiling.
“It’s Wednesday, Dahyun.”
No matter how good she looked every night you knew what your dear friend was going through. Just like every night you would wipe down the tables and sweep the floor as your co-worker made the ugliest of noises; suffering with a broken heart.
“And I’m an alcoholic, now let me pour you a drink.”
“Dahyun, not tonight.” You sighed, making your way to the back closet to the side to deposit the mop after mopping the floor clean only to have it dirtied by tomorrow. You closed the door shut, hand drooping on the knob as you dragged your feet over to the counter top and hoisted yourself up to sit beside your friend. She instantly moved her head to your lap, a pout on her lips as she sighed out.
“I promise we can go shopping this weekend and you can tell me all about your woes and troubles-”
“You already know my woes and troubles.” She interrupted, voice filled with sadness and a slight annoyance. “I’m heartbroken and a mess and I want to drink.”
“You should have drank with the guys who were begging you to drink with them.” You countered, hoping to get on her nerves enough so she would be distracted from the heartache.
“All of those drinks were going on a tab so I couldn’t risk it.” She answered matter-of-factly, voice softening as her hazel eyes stared up at you with an attempted cute pout. “I much rather drink with you anyways.”
You rolled your eyes and raised your other thigh to push at her head, hearing her whine out in bitterness. “We can drink this weekend, go home.”
She sat up and pushed herself off the counter with a stretch, dragging her feet towards the exiting door after grabbing her purse. “Fine, I have a bottle waiting for me at home anyways.”
You shook your head and chuckled before getting off the counter as well, grabbing the abandoned towel for the last run through of wiping the counter and bottles before you had to close up. “Take care, I’ll see you tomorrow.”
Her body was already out the door as a nimble arm raised with a wave goodbye. “See ya.”
You heard the jingle of the bell as the door closed and you hurried with wiping the counter down. Your eyebrows furrowed, trying to focus on your task at hand as you felt the thoughts of doubt begin to invade your mind. Working here was starting to take its toll on you, wishing for something new, something different. You wanted more and needed to make something of yourself while you were still young.
You shook your head and huffed out, trying to rid yourself of the insistent thoughts.
“Just keep swimming Nari, just keep swimming.”
*
With a jingle of the keys you got the hard lock open, pushing open the old creaking front door of your apartment. You huffed out as you pressed your back against the door to close it, leaning back and locking it securely. Your eyes widened when you realized the lights were on, knowing fully well they were off when you left this morning. A bright smile covered your face as you dropped your bags to the ground and hurried straight for your bedroom.
You kicked your shoes off halfway when you realized they were still on, almost tripping through the doorway as you slapped your hand against the wall and hitting the lightswitch expertly.
“Suga!”
Sure enough a body dressed in black was lying there on the mattress, seemingly dead until you saw the twitch of the slick, orange tail.
You all but flew to the bed, jumping onto him with giggles and glee mixing with his groan. “I missed you!”
“Mm.” You heard him hum with his face stuffed into the pillow before he turned his head to the side with a sigh. “Get off Nari.”
You listened to his command after smacking a kiss on the back of his head, pulling the hood of his jacket off as you pushed up to hover over him. You smiled in adoration at the orange cat ears popping upright, blowing a breath to make them twitch. “You didn’t even bother to come to the bar tonight to visit me.”
A hum was his only reply as you pouted, staring down at his resting face that feigned with sleep. You couldn’t help yourself, falling back onto him and hearing his grunts of disapproval as you smacked small kisses against his lips.
“Did you eat?” You finally asked, when your lips grew sore from puckering, snuggling your face into his as you fell to the side.
“I’m not hungry.” He voiced out, deep and tired and you almost regretted waking him as his body shifted for his arms to wrap around you. With eyes still closed he breathed in before releasing it deeply through his nose, letting you snuggle into him some more. You struggled to get an arm out of his hold, reaching up to let your fingers scratch through his head and hear his deep purrs sound from his chest.
“I’m surprised you’re in the house before me.” You softly admitted, pushing your forehead against his lips and relishing the feel of being in his arms. “You’re usually out saving the strays.”
You felt him press his lips in a kiss against your skin, your body feeling the rumble by him clearing his throat. “How was work?”
You gave a light shrug, your mind blanking out as you let your eyes close. “Same old, same old. I can’t wait to find a new and better job.”
“What, you don’t like working at a rundown smelly old bar?”
“You pretty much summed up why.” You chuckled before sitting up with a stretch and hovering over his body again. “I want something more rewarding and worth this business degree.”
He almost took your breath away, tired eyes opening to show you pretty brown orbs staring up at you. He took a moment to stare at you, not being able to tell if his look was out of love or annoyance. He smacked his lips before his face contorted in discomfort as he stretched and yawned. “Well as a cat who roams the streets all day, I suppose I could keep my eye out for some job applications.”
You moved up just as he did, the both of you sitting up right on the bed. You pressed another quick kiss against his lips before getting up, managing to grab his hand and dragging him up with you. “It’s alright. I’m more worried about you spending your time out there.”
You heard him sigh behind you as you led him out into the kitchen, letting go when you reached the table and headed over to the cabinets. You got to work in fixing up a quick meal, settling on some ramyun as you took out two packets for you two to share. “Hybrid control is very serious right now, and they’ve been spending less time trying to get hybrids back to their homes and more of reselling them.”
“How about you become an inside cat?” You didn’t mean to say it out loud, it was a thought in your head that you voiced out many times already. Still, you held your breath and waited for a response from the person at the table as you turned your head around to sneak a peek.
“You know that’s not going to happen.”
You released your breath and pouted, seeing your love with his head laying on his arms, orange ears twitching forth as his tail lazily swished about. You said nothing more, focusing on getting the noodles boiled as you poured in the seasoning.
You made sure to have a towel under the pot before setting it on the table, steam rising in the air when you took the lid off. He lifted his head to the smell of spicy chicken, a small smile gracing your face as he lifted up the chopsticks you set for him to dig in. You grabbed your own and went in after him, lifting a forkful of steaming noodles and blew them carefully before slurping them into your mouth.
You chewed slowly to savor the flavor, watching Suga eat hungirly all the while burning his mouth. “Hey, at least think it over.”
“I have thought it over.”
“I’m not saying don’t go outside at all, just stay in while I’m at work and when I’m not at work I’ll make sure to go with you wherever you wanna go.” you rasped, serious eyes challenging him though he took no notice of you. He continued to eat and avoided your eyes as you pressed your lips together and ran a hand through your silky hair. “Think about the way I feel, Suga.”
He didn’t give you an answer, continuing to eat the ramyun you made. You knew after a while he wasn’t going to answer, seeming as this was how all your arguments went. You gave up all together, joining back in before he finished the noodles without you.
You stirred your silver chopsticks through the broth, playing with the small bits of noodle that floated about. You glanced over when you heard him scoot back in his chair, getting up to quickly deposit his chopsticks in the sink and head back to the bedroom. “Thanks for the meal, I’ll be in bed.”
You watched him go, scoffing lightly to yourself before you got up yourself to start on the dishes. As infuriating as he could be, you knew you wouldn’t stay mad at him for too long. This was just the way he was, ever since the two of you met.
But still, you wished he paid a bit more attention to how you felt.
You caught the light off in the kitchen after you were done, dragging your feet straight to the bathroom for a past-midnight shower and then to sleep. A flick of the lightswitch and your eyes going wide, introduced to a sight you didn’t see often.
Red bouquets of roses littered around the small bathroom, filling it with the flowery smell of a garden. You closed the door behind you gently, leaning against it as a bright smile you couldn’t hold back covered your face.
Sunlight filtered into the bedroom, shining on the two bodies wrapped in the bedsheets. One was neatly underneath with the rise and fall of her back as she breathed, two feline ears perched back as the sun began to wake her. The other was a bodily mess with the bedsheet tangled between her limbs as two of them hung hazardly off the bed.
Sky was the first to raise her head, a yawn escaping her gaping lips as soft gray-black ears fluttered atop of her head. She looked about with a smack of her lips before eventually sitting up with a stretch. She glanced to the side at the catastrophic body beside her on the bed that was still sleeping soundly, giving one last stretch before carefully getting off the mattress to not wake her. She set off to ready herself for the morning, first stopping in the bathroom to wash up and brush her teeth before going into the kitchen. She set to work in preparing coffee and toasted bagels for two, nothing too heavy or smell-worthy so she didn’t wake the sleeping kitten still in bed.
A gray mug and a large sized glass cup with a cartoon animation colored over it was sat on the countertop next to one another before nimble hands catched the sliced bagels popping out of the toaster and placed them on a waiting napkin. Sky reached for a butter knife in the silverware cabinet before scooping a hefty amount of cream cheese to spread onto one of the plain bagels. She did the same to the other side before placing them together and setting it aside on another napkin as she listened to the purr of the coffee maker. She set to work on the next bagel quickly after, easing up on the cream cheese spread before adding a layer of strawberry jam she retrieved from the fridge. She swallowed the saliva that built up in her mouth thickly, placing the two sliced pieces of bread together before resting it on the napkin and cleaning up the mess of crumbs. She placed the condiments back into the fridge before heading towards the now hot and ready coffee, using a towel to hold onto the handle before rushing over to pour the steaming liquid into the waiting mug.
She set the coffee back onto the burner before going to the fridge again, taking out another pot of coffee that had been chilling in there. She poured it into the cartoon glass cup before putting the pot back into the fridge.
Heavy cream was split evenly to both cups of coffee and sugar was added a bit heavier into the cartoon cup. She stirred both cups together expertly, admiring her work with a smile before going into the top cabinet and taking out a bottle of caramel to drizzle into the cartoon glass cup.
She placed everything on a tray before heading back into the bedroom, her gray and black tail swishing lazily behind her. The widespace room was filled with more light from the rising sun greeting through the windows. She placed the tray on the nightstand before sitting beside the body that was now laying on her stomach.
Sky took the heavy cream cheese bagel into her hand before reaching for the buttered-eared kitten’s mess of hair to wake her with a tender scratch.
“Astrid. It’s morning.”
Sky watched the body stretch underneath the thin sheet as she realized a strained moan and breathed heavily. Astrid turned her body to face the other kitten on the edge of the bed, her arms wrapping around her waist as she pulled her back into her embrace. Sky yelped in surprise that she had that much strength upon wakening, the bagel that was in her hand disappeared as she noticed in the mouth of the tired kitten.
“Let’s go back to sleep.” her stuffed mouth responded, humming at the taste of cream cheese in her mouth. Sky giggled in her hold before shifting around into a more comfortable position before snuggling against Astrid’s cheek. Their morning’s usually went like this; with her making breakfast and trying to coax Astrid awake. It didn’t go as smoothly as this if they had an appointment to get to in the morning.
Both feline-ears perked up at the sound of the melody of the front door opening, their minds in sync with a single person coming to their minds. Sky yelped out as she was flung to the side, Astrid scrambling to her feet as she pounced off the end of the bed and rushed to the front door. Sky scoffed to herself in annoyance but couldn’t wipe off her own excited smile as she followed behind, hearing the excited voice of the other kitten in the living room.
“Jinnie!”
Sky made it to the doorway of the living room, her gray-black slim tail swishing excitedly as she eyed the man she had been waiting for. He stood tall in the middle of the room with his bag and suit jacket on the ground with a half-dressed kitten in his arms. His hands clasped onto her tan thighs appreciatively as she snuggled her face against his cheek with endless purrs of delight.
Jin laughed amusedly as she wrapped her arms around his neck tighter, his face scrunching up as he felt the softness of her ears tickle against his skin. He moved his arms to hold her tighter as he brought a hand up to grib her chin to get a good look at her. He stared into her jade eyes that blinked at his tired ones, a smile adorning his face as he placed a sweet kiss on her nose. “My Astrid. My baby girl.”
He noticed the other kitten move towards him silently, greeting her with a bright smile as well as he switched arms to reach his hand out for her to take. “Sky baby.”
Her cheeks dusted with a brighter shade of pink as she went into his embrace, gray-black ears flattening back as a purr rumbled in her throat. She lifted her head back and tipped up on her toes, grabbing Jin’s face to bring his lips down upon hers. She meant for it to be a sweet kiss but she couldn’t help but want more, tilting her head to the side and earning an appreciative groan from the male before she was pulling back shyly.
“Welcome home.” Sky greeted softly, light blue eyes staring into his hooded brown ones, getting lost enough to lean in for another kiss.
“Me too, me too...” the other kitten that was still in Jin’s arms whined, grabbing his face with her impatient hands and pressing her lips onto his. Sky watched him chuckle into her mouth as Astrid’s buttered ears flattened back, her eyes closing as she kissed him passionately. Jin watched her with a glint in his hooded gaze, her lips taking his own as her tongue swiped over his bottom lip before letting her teeth sink gently into the flesh.
Astrid pulled away with eyes glazed over, licking her lips before they turned up into a stirring smile. Jin let her down onto her feet before reaching for Sky with an arm around her neck and pulled his two kittens into his arms.
“Seems like you two missed me a lot.” he said over the fit of giggles between them before he went to retrieve his almost forgotten jacket and bag. Sky got a better look at him in his suit with his white shirt unbuttoned at the top. His black slacks hugged his thighs deliciously but she shook her head off the impure thoughts to focus on helping him get relaxed.
“Your business trips are always too long.” Astrid moaned, already following her master behind his heel. Jin deposited his jacket into the closet before setting his bag on the kitchen countertop, going back and forth with Astrid on how long he should stay away from home.
“I made coffee, I’ll get you your mug.” Sky announced, not all too loudly since the two were still going at it as she went into the kitchen to prepare a cup of the brewed coffee for Jin.
“Thank you, Sky. I think i’m jet-lagging.”
She smiled to herself, thankful that he was listening to her as she quickly got out his favorite blue mug. She stared at the animated character on the cup that smiled back at her with a cheesy smile and a thumbs up as she poured the warm coffee halfway before going to the fridge for the cream.
“Shall we go back to sleep?” Astrid asked, fingers playing with the clear buttons on his shirt as Jin checked his phone and swiped his thumb over it to answer the waiting messages.
“That doesn’t sound like a bad idea. Sky?”
The smile on her face drooped down a bit as her head tilted to the side with her eyes remaining on the task in front of her. “I’m not really that tired. I’ll clean up a bit while you two nap.”
She sprinkled a teaspoon of sugar into the liquid and stirred before turning around to present the coffee to her master. She didn’t get very far, with said person standing in front of her with a curious look in his eyes.
“Do you want to go out?”
“No, I’m fine we can stay inside and-” Sky stuttered on her words, as Jin inched closer, his eyes changing into that of a knowing stare, his lips turning up into a smirk as he nodded his head. He trapped her between his arms as he leaned on the counter with his faces a few inches away from hers.
“Where do you want to go, my love?”
Sky was never a competing match for Jin. She always lost to his eyes that knew her better than she knew herself which had her crumbling underneath his gaze as she sighed out and looked down. “I was hoping to go grocery shopping today, but since you got back in early we can go another time. I would like to stay close to you while you’re here.”
She glanced back up after a moment of silence, seeing him adorn that same knowing smirk as her face dusted over with pink. He smacked a tender kiss onto her lips making her blue eyes widen as she watched him pull back.
“Let’s go shopping and pick up a few things, get something to eat, and we can come back for a nap and movies. Sounds good?”
She blinked at him, relishing for a moment on how easy it was for him to fix things in an instant. She noticed the other kitten peek from behind his back, wearing an apologetic grin as her buttered ears flattened back. “Mian, Sky. Let’s go shopping! I want some new skirts from that place you took us to last time.” Astrid purred against Jin before slipping her hand into his and swung it gently. Sky looked at them both, a warm feeling settling into her chest that showed through her eyes before nodding in appreciation.
The first thing Jungkook heard when he woke up was the air conditioning running, blasting cold air into the room. His tired eyes didn’t want to open just yet and his body was still buzzing with sleep. Nonetheless he raised his head off the softness of the white pillow with his eyelids straining to open. Thankfully the curtains blocked out most of the brightness so when he woke up he wouldn’t be blinded.
His head turned to the side, noticing the weight there on his chest. There you were, sleeping soundly and clinging to his side as your head rested on his chest. He could see you clearly enough through his tired eyes, and the sight of you made his heart beat faster every time. You took even breaths, your ears fluttering every time they felt Jungkook’s breath fanning against them. A leg was swung over his hip as your arms wrapped around his as if to make sure he didn’t leave you.
You felt warm next to him, and as he could see the covers had been long gone, probably were flung off sometime during the night. It gave him a full view of your body, donned in a loose white t-shirt and your light pink panties. He learned that you didn’t really like wearing clothes that much, the less the better for you but as long as you were going to live around people you needed to have something on.
Jungkook couldn’t take his eyes off of you, feeling more awake as he realized this wasn’t a dream. He froze when your body stirred against him, watching you raise your head up and tickle underneath his chin as the back of your fox ear swiped it.
You were too cute to Jungkook as he watched your eyes squint open, your mouth falling wide open as you yawned. You shook your head before it turned to Jungkook as you blinked at him. He blinked back with wide eyes, his heart skipping a beat as a smile slowly crossed your face.
“Good morning.”
Your voice was raspy and small, making his heart flutter as he cleared his throat before greeting you back. “Did you sleep well?”
You nodded your head, making a noise of confirmation as you continued to stare at him with glazed over eyes. He cleared his throat again, stirring in your hold as you made a noise of realization and unwrapped yourself from his body.
He sat up with a stretch, taking a deep breath in and closing his eyes. You watched as he rolled his head around, stretching out his neck before he moved to get out of bed. You blinked at him when he looked over at you, catching you watching him as he grinned. A nod of his head towards the door and you were all smiles as you got out of bed as well and followed him to the bathroom.
A flick of the light switch and the bathroom dimly lit up as it welcomed the two of you. Jungkook went straight to the sink and turned the faucet on. Water rushed into the white sink bowl and down the drain as Jungkook grabbed his toothbrush off the holder and reached in the medicine cabinet for toothpaste. Red fox ears in the mirror made him smile as you peeked out from behind him, staring back in the mirror.
He snickered at you as he squeezed the tube of paste onto his toothbrush before handing it to you. A quick flick of the toothbrush underneath the running water before Jungkook brought it to his mouth and began brushing. You quickly made a grab for your own toothbrush on the holder, mimicking what Jungkook did before you began brushing your teeth as well. An intense staring and brushing of teeth battle in the mirror made you both laugh with white paste-filled mouths.
Jungkook leaned forward before cupping the running water into his hand and bringing it to his mouth to rinse his mouth. You watched him with curious eyes, looking back up in the mirror as water dripped from his lips down to his chin as he rinsed his toothbrush clean.
He stepped back so you could do the same, putting his toothbrush back on the holder. He grabbed his facecloth of the rack as he watched you at the sink.
“It’s my day off. Do you want to go out for breakfast?”
He almost laughed at the way your head popped up, your cheeks puffed out as you held the water in your mouth. You nodded your head with a noise of want before spitting out the water and wiping your mouth. You turned around with a bright smile, your tail swishing happily as you nodded your head.
*
He needed to stop overthinking about this like it was a date. Jungkook brought you to a quiet café, ordering for you since you didn’t know what to get. You were dressed up quite cutely, a blouse and a short skirt which was a contrast to his regular attire of a plain shirt and jeans.
He didn’t know why he was so nervous, so what if it was date. You were his hybrid and it wasn’t uncommon for people to have one. But he couldn’t help thinking people were looking at the two of you as a couple. The thought of it made Jungkook’s face redden as he watched you, sipping on your iced caramel latte. Sure enough there were a few stares but they were all directed at your fox ears and tail swishing behind you through the opening of the chair.
Wait. Were the two of you an actual couple?
Jungkook shook his head at the thought. Your relationship was different. You were considered a pet and he was your owner. But he couldn’t stop his mind from wandering into areas that it shouldn’t be as he thought of things he could do with you. Jungkook had always imagined what he could do with a hybrid. The way he would touch you, how soft you would feel as he kissed every inch of your body, how sweet you would look bidding to his every command. What if he could completely taint that innocence of yours, fulfill every hidden desire he would make you say aloud. Make you fall onto your knees and please him like a good pet is supposed to, your wide eyes staring up at him with your lips wra-
Jungkook almost jumped in chair as his phone buzzed in the pocket of jeans. He caught your curious eyes staring at him before he pulled his phone out and held it to his ear as he answered the call.
“Helloo~!”
Jungkook didn’t have a chance to speak into the phone as Taehyung’s voice rang in his ear. “Hyung.”
“What are you doing?” Taehyung asked with a chirp in his tone.
“I’m at a café right now with Jasmine.” Jungkook answered, catching your look from the corner of his eye as you leaned forward still sipping your drink and your pointed ears flickered on top of your head at the sound of your name.
“So this is your first date? Put me on speaker.”
Jungkook hesitated as his eyes fell on you but he listened well as he put down his phone on the center of the table and put it on speaker.
“Yah Jasmine!”
“Oppa!” You excitedly called, your assumptions proven right as your tail wagged from hearing Taehyung’s voice when you were missing him.
“How are you and your master doing?” Taehyung asked, putting blushes on both of your faces.
“Everything is good. Will you come and visit soon?”
“Of course, I promised. Though somebody would rather you come over here since she’s picky about going to other people’s houses.”
“I just don’t like Jungkook’s place!”
Jungkook frowned at the feminine voice in the background, the statement settling in his head that someone didn’t like his place when he hardly invited anyone over. He watched as the smile on your face grow wider as your eyes lighted up.
“Unnie, I miss you!”
Sure enough it was Cherry; meaning Taehyung was at home and he had a companion to help tease the two of you.
“Come over and play with me when you’re free.” Cherry’s voice came through the speaker, her tone almost demanding but nonetheless you smiled and made a noise of agreement.
“She hasn’t even played around with Jungkook yet.”
Just like a stab to his chest, embarrassment washing over his body as he quickly grabbed the phone and held back the anger in his tone towards his friend. “Alright! It was nice talking to the two of you-”
A flood of pleas to wait had Jungkook pausing as Taehyung tried to hold back his laughter before the phone call ended on him. “Jasmine.”
“Yes?” You answered, looking up at Jungkook as you laughed at his predicament.
“Fighting!”
A click of the line and the ending of the phone call showed up on the screen as Jungkook put his phone back into his pocket and hoped no one else would call him today. He couldn’t hold back his sigh before he grabbed his coffee and took a sip.
A tingling sensation through his body had him glancing up at you. You were staring right at him; and maybe it was your wide brown eyes and pointed ears flattening back when he looked at you or maybe it was the way your pink lips that was pursed around your straw turned up into a shy smile that made his heart skip and beat that much harder.
Jungkook found himself wanting more time with you, just like this with the two of you together. At first he thought it wouldn’t hurt to walk around the city and let you explore with his watchful eyes. But with a few excited noises and smiles at the department stores had the two of you hand in hand as you dragged him along with your curious eyes. Of course Jungkook couldn’t ignore when you were gaping like that at all the clothes and accessories that had your eyes gleaming in want. With a sigh and an appearance of his wallet, his arms were draped with the handles of bags that were all for you.
Jungkook spent the day spending away on you, trying to tell himself that these things were of necessity to you but every time you gave him that smile his heart tugged even more. When he thought he was tired a small surge of energy burst inside him when you asked about another store before taking him inside.
Finally when you were tired of all the shopping it was time to head home, but not before grabbing some ice cream. Jungkook was fine with just getting you a cup, learning that chocolate happened to be your favorite flavor. And when he thought he could put his walls back up, you were holding up a spoonful of ice cream to his lips and insisted you fed him all the way home.
*
Jungkook found himself in the palm of your hand once again. He was tired of fighting against you when he was only falling deeper. He decided this as he sat on the tile floor, beside the bathtub filled with warm water as you soaked your body and played with the bubbles. He dropped the shopping bags on the ground when the two of you got into the apartment before you were fretting over his tired arms.
It was the way you pressed against him, your small arms trying to wrap around his frame. The way you stared up at him with those innocent eyes and your red fox ears flattening back against your head. Your bushy tail curling between your legs, naturally submissive to your only owner. You were constantly pushing him to the edge, to the point he wasn’t going to do anything because he didn’t want to hurt you. He just suffered under your gaze as his mind went wild and his heart tugged towards yours.
He meant for you to take a bath alone so he could tidy up and put things away, but he was weak when you only needed to pull him along into the bathroom with you. He turned the faucet on in the tub to get the water running before he poured in the bubble bath soap. His heart skipped when he heard the door close behind him, turning his head to see you undressing in front of him. He couldn’t turn his eyes away, watching you rid yourself of each garment on your body carefully. The first time he saw you naked happened so naturally but it was like time had stopped around you, taking in this moment for him to burn into his head.
Jungkook watched as you dipped one leg in to test the warm water before your hand on his shoulder had his hand coming out to help you in. He watched you sigh in relief, carefully adjusting yourself comfortably in the tab and sinking your whole body in. He didn’t want to move anymore, he didn’t want to leave you alone. He sat beside the tub and watched you, adoring eyes watching you bathe.
“Kookie.”
You rested your head on your arms leaning against the edge, staring at Jungkook intently. He was lost in his thoughts before you brought him out of his trance, blinking at you when you had his attention.
“Next time, let’s take a bath together.”
“Okay.”
He didn’t even bother to fight you about it, he had made his decision. Your smile made his face redden as the sides of his lips twitched up. He perked up as he watched you sit up, water splashing about.
“You ready to get out?”
You nodded your head, watching as he got up onto his feet and grabbed the towel off the rack. You stood up in the tub, the water rushing off your body as the cold air hit you. It wasn’t long before he wrapped the towel around you, helping you get out of the tub and careful not to slip on the floor. He held you against him to make sure of that, turning it into a hug as you relished the feeling of being in his arms. Your ears tickled his chin as they fluttered before falling back, making him snicker. You pulled back and so did Jungkook when he noticed, and before he could react you were pressing your lips against his.
They were soft just as you imagined them to be, feeling something burst inside you and fill your body with warmth. You coaxed his lips to move with yours but you moved to fast, making him pull away from you as you held back the whine in your throat and stare up at him with lidded, soft eyes.
“Let’s stop here.”
You nodded your head in agreement, sorry that maybe you were moving a little too fast for him. He left you to dry by yourself as he promised to order something tasty for the both of you and pick up all those bags he left on the floor, either way he needed to get away from you before he really loses himself.
