5 BIRTH

FLASHBACK 18 YEARS AGO

Head Alpha Kim Namjoon and his Luna, omega Kim Seokjin, were running in their wolf forms as rogue wolves were after them. Namjoon was behind Seokjin the entire time, worried about the safety of his husband and their pups. Seokjin was pregnant and he was having a very hard time running with a huge belly, and in labor at that.

The two were in the forest as it's the only way to go to Alpha Namjoon's Cypher Pack from the Crystal Snow pack where Seokjin was originally from. Midway through their journey, rogues suddenly appeared out of nowhere and attacked them.

"Protect your Luna at all costs!" Namjoon mindlinked his men.

"Joon, I can't run anymore. The pups the pups are coming." Jin mindlinked his husband.

"We're almost there, jagi." Namjoon said back.

As they reached an open field, they could finally see the fences surrounding the Cypher pack. There were alpha and beta soldiers guarding the fences. So, when they saw their Alpha and Luna in trouble, they all changed in their wolf forms and ran towards them.

By that time, Seokjin couldn't hold it anymore. He could already feel one of the pups coming out so he quickly transformed. Seokjin screamed in pain as the first baby came out.

Namjoon turned around and saw one of the rouges about to claw at their newborn pup. He quickly jumped on the rogue and bit him on the neck. But, despite that, the rogue's claw grazed the newborn's body causing the pup to get slashed on the leg.

Seokjin screamed in grief and in pain as he saw his pup get wounded, while he was anticipating two more babies to come out.

Namjoon bit off the rogues neck and killed it instantly. He then rushed to his newborn and transformed in his human form.

One of the beta soldiers ran to him and covered him with a cloak.

"Jinyoung! Bring my pup to the infirmary quick. I have to get back to my Luna." Namjoon said. He turned to another soldier and asked for his cloak to cover his Luna.

Jinyoung took off his top and quickly wrapped the newborn in it then ran as fast as he could.

When he got to the infirmary, he yelled for his wife who was the doctor there.

"Go-Eun! Quick! Alpha and Luna's pup was injured." Jinyoung said.

"What?! Give the pup to me." Go-Eun said as she didn't waste any second and examined the pup. She noticed that it was still breathing, but found out that one of the bones on the pup's hind leg was fractured. She quickly administered treatment and prepared a small splint on the injured leg. She also injected a small dose of antibiotics to prevent it from getting infected.

Go-Eun cleaned the pup and clipped his umbilical cord.

"You'll be alright little omega, auntie Go-Eun will take good care of you." She whispered to the pup. Go-Eun happens to be Namjoon's older sister.

Minutes later, Namjoon appeared carrying Seokjin, followed by another soldier named Jae-Beom who was holding two newborn pups in his arms.

"Noona! Seokjin's unconcscious!" Namjoon yelled and Go-Eun asked him to put him on one of the beds.

Go-Eun checked his brother-in-law immediately.

"Joon, it's alright. He's just exhausted. Jin will come around soon." Go-Eun said.

"Noona, how's my pup?" Namjoon asked as he looked at his newborn baby, caressing the cheek gently.

"He has a broken leg, but he's stable. He's an omega, by the way. He will heal, but it will take time." Go-Eun smiled at his brother.

Namjoon couldn't help but cry in relief.

"You're going to be one strong wolf one day, little one."

"What are you going to name him?" Go-Eun asked his brother.

"Taehyung. Kim Taehyung." Namjoon said as he stared at his son fondly.

Just like the meaning of your name, I pray to the moon goddess that everything will work out for you in the end, my son. Appa will protect you with my life.

🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅🔅

Six year-old Taehyung was leaning forward with his palms resting on the wall. He had his eyes closed and face touching the back of his hands. He was playing hide and seek with his siblings and other kids in the pack and it's now his turn to be the seeker.

"....8...9...10. Ready or not here I come!" Taehyung yelled.

Taehyung turned around and started looking for his playmates. In just a few minutes, he already found five of his friends, but couldn't find his brother and sister.

He's already exhausted all the possible hiding places in the area in front of the pack house so he decided to extend his search to the back of the house.

At the back of the pack house was a lake where they're not allowed to go near to without any adults around. Taehyung was aware of that rule, however, he got distracted and briefly forgot about it when he saw a puppy falling on the lake and struggling to swim back to dry ground.

He ran towards the lake and without thinking, jumped into the cold water to try and save the puppy. While he was successful in retrieving the drowning pup, he suddenly noticed that his feet wasn't touching the bottom of the lake. It dawned on him that he made a mistake as he didn't know how to swim.

Taehyung was struggling to keep his head above water and he was starting to panic. He has already inhaled water and found himself sinking when he felt someone's arms wrap around his waist, pulling him up.

Taehyung was pulled back to the dry pavement as he started to cough out water. He let go of the pup when he felt the ground.

"Hey, are you okay?" The boy who saved him said as his back was being patted continuously.

"Tha- (cough) thank (cough) you." Taehyung struggled to say. He looked up to the boy and ended up looking at his savior's wide, worried eyes staring back at him.

"You — you have purple eyes?" The boy mumbled to Taehyung...mesmerized.

"Who-who are you?" Taehyung asked as he continued to cough.

"Jungkook!!!"/ "Taehyung!!!" Namjoon and another male whom Taehyung doesn't know as well came yelling and running from the pack house.

Namjoon crouched down to check on his son.

"What happened here?" Namjoon worriedly asked.

"I-I went out because I thought I heard someone calling JK and that's when I saw him in the lake, drowning." The young Jungkook said.

"Thank god you saw him, Jungkook. Thank you for saving my son." Namjoon said, missing the first part of Jungkook's statement.

"Is he going to be okay?" Jungkook asked.

"Yes, thanks to you." Namjoon said as he carried Taehyung to the house.

"Good job, son. You said that someone was calling JK?" Jungkook's father, Jeon Ji Cheol asked.

"Yes, appa. It was a male's voice, but I didn't find anyone here. I only saw the boy. His name's Taehyung?" Jungkook asked.

"Yes, he's the eldest of the Kim's children." Ji-Cheol said.

"So, he will be the alpha of this pack when the time comes?" Jungkook said.

"He's an omega, Jungkook." Ji-cheol explained and Jungkook's eyes suddenly sparkled.

"Really, appa? Does that mean he can be my luna when I grow up!" Jungkook asked and Ji-cheol chuckled.

"Smitten too early, my son? We don't know what the future brings. You might end up meeting your fated mate when the time comes." Ji-cheol said and Jungkook frowned.

"But, if I don't, can I choose him?" Jungkook innocently asked.

"If he chooses you too, I don't see any problem with that." Ji-Cheol said, ruffling his son's hair. "Now, stop day dreaming for now and let's go find you some dry clothes."

"Wait, appa." Jungkook said as he picked up the drenched puppy and carried it with him.

As they entered the pack house, Jin came running towards Jungkook and hugged him.

"Thank you, Jungkook. If you weren't there, I don't know what could've happened to my Taetae. Come, let's change your clothes. I'm sure Minkyu's clothes would fit on you." Jin said.

Jeon Shin-hye, Jungkook's mother came running from the kitchen when she found out what happened.

"Jungkook! Oh my son. I'm so proud of you." Shin-hye said as she pecked on Jungkook's forehead. "Where's Taehyung, Luna? Is he going to be alright?"

"Go-Eun's checking on him in his room. I believe he's going to be okay, Luna." Jin said to the luna of the Snow Flower pack.

Just then, the front door of the house swung open revealing an annoyed looking little Yoo Jung with Minkyu trailing behind her.

"Eomma!! Have you seen Taeh oppa? He was supposed to look for us, but I think he ended up hiding instead." Yoo Jung asked.

"Aish!! Your brother almost drowned in the lake, where were the two of you?!" Jin asked.

"We were hiding! Wait, oppa almost drowned? Where is he?!" Yoo Jung asked.

"Was he hurt, eomma?! Why was he in the lake? He knows he can't swim." Minkyu worriedly said.

"He tried to save this puppy." Jungkook said.

"Oh! Gureum!! He's my cousin's dog!" Yoo Jung said as he took the dog from Jungkook.

"Minkyu, bring him to Minseo. I'll check on Taeh oppa." Yoo Jung said.

"Why me? I want to see Taeh oppa first!" Minkyu said.

"No, me first!" Yoo Jung said with both hands on her hips.

"Stop!! Why are you two always bickering. Yoo Jung, bring the puppy to Minseo. Minkyu, bring Jungkook to your room and lend him some dry clothes." Jin said and the two reluctantly followed.

"It must be amazing to have more than one child." Shin-hye said.

"Most of the time, but there is such a thing as sibling rivalry, you know. And when they're at it, I just want to leave the house and let them scream against each other." Jin said.

"I'm still hoping to have another pup. Jungkook's already 7 and we've been trying for years." Shin-hye said.

"Just keep on praying and trusting moon goddess. It took us two years before I had them. You're still young, luna. Don't lose heart." Jin said, trying to comfort her.

"Thank you, luna. Let's go finish cooking dinner?" Shin-Hye said.

"I'll follow you. I'll just check on Taehyung." Jin said.

Jin went up to Taehyung's room where Namjoon, Go-Eun and Ji-Cheol were looking after Taehyung.

The young omega was now wearing a fresh set of clothes and was seated on the bed while his auntie Go-Eun listens to his lungs with a stethoscope.

"How is he?" Jin asked.

"He will be fine. It seems that there's not much water in his lungs. He's very lucky that Jungkook was there." Go-Eun said.

"I don't think it was luck though. Jungkook said that he heard a male voice calling his wolf's name that's why he went out." Ji- Cheol said.

Male voice? So, it can't be moon goddess then. Namjoon thought and looked at his best friend.

"You said it called for Jungkook's wolf?" Namjoon asked.

"Yes." Ji-cheol said and they stared at each other, both confused.

"We both know that our wolves can only mind link our mate's wolves right?" Namjoon said.

"Hmmm, could it be Taehyung's wolf who called JK?" Ji-cheol asked with his eyebrows raised.

The two best friends looked at each other then suddenly smiled and gave each other a brotherly hug.

"Could it be that their mates? So, you'd be my in-law?" Ji-cheol asked excitedly.

Jin suddenly interrupted them.

"In what fairy tale world are you both living in? You both know that mate wolves can only communicate when they reach 18 right? Aish these two head alphas." Jin shook his head.

"You're such a kill joy, jagi. It wouldn't hurt for us to hope you know. I'd be really happy if Taehyung ends up with ny best friend's son." Namjoon said.

"Same here." Ji-cheol said.

"Aish, come on let's go down as we still have to finish preparing for dinner." Jin said. "Taeh, you rest here first okay? I'll call you when it's time for dinner already."

"Okay, eomma." Taehyung said.

All the adults left Taehyung's room. The latter wanted to sleep but his auntie said that he shouldn't, as it's bad since he inhaled some water and might cause him to have a hard time breathing.

So, Taehyung decided to just grab a pad of paper and started sketching.

A few minutes later, his bedroom door opened and in came Minkyu and Jungkook.

"Hyung! Are you okay?" Minkyu asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Taehyung said.

"Jungkook hyung told me what happened. You should've waited for us instead of jumping in the lake. You can't even swim." Minkyu said.

"But, Gureum was drowning. I can't let him drown." Taehyung paused and continued. "Where is he?"

"Yoo Jung unnie brought him to Minseo's house." Minkyu said.

Taehyung then looked at Jungkook who was just staring at him.

"Thank you again, Jungkook hyung. That's your name, right?" Taehyung asked.

"Y-yeah." Jungkook stuttered. He was too awestruck by Taehyung's beauty.

Taehyung smiled widely at him.

"I thought it was JK." Taehyung giggled.

Jungkook was surprised to hear him mention his wolf's name. "Why would you think that?"

"Cos Tannie kept shouting JK when I was drowning and then you came."

"Who's Tannie?" Jungkook asked.

"Wolfie." Taehyung said.

"Who?" Jungkook asked confusedly not realizing that Taehyung was referring to his wolf.

Jin suddenly entered the room.

"Kids, dinner's ready."

"Okay. Coming Eomma." Taehyung said as he placed his pencil down.

"Let's go?" Taehyung said to Minkyu and Jungkook, making the two nod and simply followed him.

When they got to the dining area, Taehyung sat beside Yoo Jung and before Minkyu could even sit on the other side of Taehyung, Jungkook cut him and sat.

Minkyu was about to protest when Namjoon invited him to just sit between him and Jin.

"Taeh, YJ, Minkyu, I would like to formally introduce you to your uncle alpha Ji-Cheol, his luna Shin-hye and their son, Jungkook. They're from the Snow Flower pack. They just came here to visit for the day as your uncle Ji-Cheol and I haven't seen each other for quite a while." Namjoon said.

"Can we stay longer, Appa?" Jungkook asked.

"I'm sorry son, but we can't. Being head alpha, you know that I have responsibilities to attend to, right?" Ji-cheol said.

"But, appa, I want to get to know my new friends more." Jungkook said.

Right then, Taehyung held Jungkook's hand and said, "Don't worry Jungkook hyung, I'll see you again someday."

Jungkook looked at Taehyung and smiled.

"You won't forget about me?" Jungkook asked.

"How can I forget my savior?" Taehyung said, smiling at Jungkook.

BACK TO PRESENT TIME

Jungkook was rummaging through a box, desperately looking for something.

"I know it's here somewhere." He mumbled.

What are you looking for? JK asked.

Jungkook ignored Jk and continued to dig into a box full of photos.

A few minutes later, he froze as he found what he was looking for.

"I knew it was him. I felt it." Jungkook said as he smiled and touched the photo.

He than ran to his parents' bedroom and opened the door without knocking.

He found his parents in bed, ready to go to sleep.

"Eomma, appa!!! I've to ask you something." Jungkook said.

"What the heck Jungkook? You barged in without knocking and now you're yelling at 10 in the evening!" Shin-hye said.

"Eomma! This is important. Remember that I told you I found my mate and that he's human?" Jungkook said.

"What?!? Jungkook! That's impossible!" Ji-Cheol said in an angry tone.

"Wait, I'm not done yet. Apparently, he's not human, but a werewolf and we already met before." Jungkook looked at his appa and handed him the photo. "Please tell me…that is Kim Taehyung, right?!" He said.

Ji-cheol looked at the photo and nodded. "Yes? Why? What's this all about, Jungkook?"

Jungkook scrunched his nose and felt giddy.

"Oh my gosh, you look like a lovesick puppy." Shin-hye said, shaking her head.

"Appa, eomma! I saw him again! And he's my mate!!" Jungkook excitedly said.

"What? You saw him? Where? I've beenn looking for Namjoon for a long time. They're in danger. I need to talk to him at the soonest possible time. Do you have Taehyung's number?" Ji-cheol said as he sprang up from the bed.

"No, but Minseo should have it." Jungkook said, now looking worried.

"Try calling her now. I need to talk to Namjoon right now." Ji-Cheol said as he told his wife that he needs to go to his office.

"Eomma, what's happening?" Jungkook asked as he took his phone out from his pocket.

"Some of our men caught a rogue near your university and they found some photos on him. Photos of Namjoon and his family. When he was interrogated, your father found out that he was contracted by someone to look for the Kims." Shin-hye said.

"What for? What was he asked to do? Just locate them?" Jungkook asked.

Shin-hye looked at her son and shook her head. "Find them and bring them to whoever instructed him…dead or alive." Shin-hye said sadly.

"No no way. Nobody will harm my luna, eomma." Jungkook said as he closed his fists, eyes turning red.

Shin-hye was shocked and scared at what she saw. She never saw Jungkook's eyes turn red before.

"K-kook? Your eyes…" Shin-hye said.

"I will protect Tannie at all cost." A deeper and darker voice came out of Jungkook. It was JK and he was beyond livid. Jungkook stormed out of the room and out of the house.

He was so mad as he kept on walking. He walked past some of the pack guards who were looking at him, scared at the sight of their alpha prince with red eyes, looking so furious.

He turned to a house and started banging at the door. A few minutes later, the porch light of the house opened and Jungkook stopped banging and tried his very best to control his emotions.

The door opened and Kim Jinyeung appeared, "Who the fuck….shit, alpha Jungkook. What brings you here? What's wrong?!" Jinyoung asked as he looked at Jungkook who was breathing at a fast pace with his eyes closed.

Jungkook took deep breaths and when he opened his eyes, it was back to normal.

"I'm sorry Jinyoung hyung, but I badly need to get uncle Namjoon's number. Appa wants it now." Jungkook said.

"Ok ok, let me grab my phone, but we don't know where they are, alpha." Jinyoung said as he stepped aside and gestured for Jungkook to come inside.

"They're back, Jinyoung. They're here. Minseo's with them right now." Jungkook said.

"What?! She said she's with some friends. Wait here. I'll wake up Go-Eun and get my phone." Jinyoung said.

When he left, Jungkook looked at the photo on his hand.

"I promise Taehyung. I will never let anyone harm you, my luna."