8 POWERS

Taehyung woke up later that day without Jungkook beside him. He sat up and looked at the clock beside him.

What the...I slept for six hours straight??? Taehyung spoke in his mind.

Good afternoon, Taetae. I feel so rejuvenated! I therefore conclude that our alpha is key to our recovery. We have to stay close to him at all times, cuddle and perhaps do more than that. Tannie said.

Tannie! I bet you'd just pounce on JK if I was in my wolf form. Can't you be a little discreet? Taehyung said.

Wow. Look who's talking.. "Oh Jungkook can you stay with me please?" Tannie teased, mimicking Taehyung.

I didn't say it like that! Taehyung said defensively.

And you were nuzzlimg his neck to add to that! Tannie teased more.

It's your fault, wolf instinct and all. If I had my necklace on I bet I wouldn't even be in that state! Taehyung argued.

Taehyung, I'm you and you're me. So, don't blame it on our animal instincts. You're very much attracted to our alpha and we both know it. Tanmie said.

Speaking of Jungkook, where is he?

See? You're being clingy.

I'm just curious as to his whereabouts. How is that being clingy?

Oh just admit it! You like being close to him. Ii bet it's 95-5 by now.

You know, I doubt that we're one and the same being as I am definitely not as annoying as you are.

Wanna bet? Let's go ask Yoo Jung. You annoy her all the time.

Can you just stop talking?

Don't wanna!

Ugh! If only I can make you shut up.

"You know, technically you can." Jungkook said chuckling.

Taehyung's eyes widened as he turned around and saw Jungkook leaning om the door frame of the bathroom.

"Have you been listening the whole time?" Taehyung asked.

"I didn't mean to. I can hear your thoughts because you might have inadvertently allowed me to." Jungkook said.

"Ugh!! How do I control this mindlink thing?!" Taehyung said with a groan as he covered himself with the blanket.

Jungkook laughed quietly, enjoying his mate's flustered self. He finds Taehyung quite adorable at that moment and he just wanted to take him in his arms. So, he sat on the bed and decided to go under the blanket as well.

Taehyung was stunned with Jungkook's action. Moreso, when they ended up with their faces close to each other.

"Hi there." Jungkook said.

"H-hi." Taehyung stuttered.

"Are you feeling better?" Jungkoook asked as he caressed Taehyung's cheek.

"Much better. Thank you." Taehyung said looking straight into Jungkook's eyes.

"Are you hungry?" Jungkook asked, his thumb still on Taehyung's cheek

"Yeah, a bit." Taehyung said.

"Me too." Jungkook said.

"Didn't you go down earlier to eat while I was sleeping?" Taehyung asked.

"I couldn't find it in my heart to leave you." Jungkook said as he touched Taehyung's nose with his pointer finger.

"How can you just casually say things like that?" Taehyung said as he covered his face.

"What? I'm just stating facts. Don't cover your face. I love looking at it." Jungkook said while trying to remove Taehyung's hands.

"Noooooo." Taehyung kept his hands on his face so Jungkook started to tickle him on his sides.

"Stop!!! Kook. Stooooop!" Taehyung was laughing so hard as he was ticklish. He then decided to take his revenge and tickled Jungkook back so the two of them were laughing their hearts out under the blanket.

They were so busy in their own world that they didn't hear the bedroom door open.

"What is going on in here?"

The two froze and looked at each other before Jungkook pushed the blanket down revealing their faces. The mates looked towards the door and found their fathers looking back at them. The two sat straight, bearing embarassed expressions on their faces.

"And to think we both came here worried about you Taehyung, but it looks like you're no longer in pain am I right?" Namjoon said, trying his best not to smile.

"Um, I'm okay now appa. Jungkook gave me pain meds this morning and I got to sleep for like 6 hours so, yeah. I'm good." Taehyung said, his cheeks blushing acarlet.

"Okay, you two just continue, I'll just put a do not disturb sign outside of your door, Jungkook." Ji-Cheol said, teasing his son.

"We weren't doing anything like that!" Taehyung spoke defensively.

"Anything like what?" It was Namjoon's turn to tease his son.

Taehyung glared at his appa, knowing what he was doing.

"We're leaving. Just go down when you two get hungry before you end up devouring each other." Ji-Cheol said.

"Appa! / Uncle!" Jungkook and Taehyung respectively yelled.

The two elder alphas left the room laughing, while the young mates were left to deal with an awkward situation.

"So, um, do you want to take a bath first before eating?" Jungkook said, breaking the awkward silence.

"Together?!" Taehyung snapped.

Jungkook chuckled. "No, I meant you. Do you want to take a bath BY YOURSELF before we go down and join the others for dinner." 

Stupid, Taeh. Of course he meant by yourself. What are you even thinking! Taehyung mentally scolded bimself.

Jungkook laughed out loud. "Remind me to teach you one of these days how to turn your thoughts off from me."

"Ugh! I hate this!" Taehyung said as he covered his face with a pillow.

Jungkook shook his head with a big grin on his face before going to his cabinet to get some clothes for Taehyung.

He took out one of his oversized shirts, a pair of unused boxers and sweats.

"Here you can use these for now. You'll find fresh towels inside the bathroom." Jungkook said.

Taehyung jumped out of bed and took the clothes from Jungkook.

"Thanks, Kook." Taehyung said before going to the bathroom and locking the door behind him.

He called me Kook!!! Jungkook screamed in his head as he scrunched his nose and squirmed like a worm on his bed.

You know what, if you keep this up, your reputation of being the fiercest and strongest trueblood alpha will go down the drain.

Only my omega can see me like this, and I don't mind at all.

You're a goner.

Goner for Kim Taehyung. You think he likes me too?

Can you please get your head off the clouds?

You're no fun. Turning you off. You're spoiling my mood.

Oh yes please. I can't take it anymore. You make me cringe. JK said just to tease Jungkook, but deep inside, the wolf finds his human quite amusing. He is, after all, whipped for his Tannie too.

Taehyung came out of the bathroom around fifteen minutes later, wearing Jungkook's clothes.

"Hey, it's your turn." Taehyung said, looking at Jungkook who was in bed — playing a game on his phone. That's why he didn't look at Taehyung immediately and stood up from the bed.

But, as soon as Jungkook looked at him, his heatt skipped a beat. Since his shirt was too oversized for Taehyung's frame, the latter's collarbones were displayed.

Jungkook swallowed hard, looking at Taehyung's bare neck area.

Taehyung noticed and opted to tease Jungkook.

"You wanted me to wear this didn't you?" He said in a seductive tone.

"N-no. I-I didn't expect it would be too loose for you." Jungkook said.

Taehyung giggled. "It's fine, Kook. I like it. It's quite comfy."

"No. You're definitely changing." Jungkook said as he went back to his cabinet to get another shirt for Taehyung.

"Huh? Jungkook, this is fine. It's not revealing anything at all." Taehyung said, confused as to why Jungkook wanted for him to change.

"This...(Using his pointer finger, Jungkook touched the crook in between Taehyung's neck and shoulder then slid his finger all the way to the omega's collar bones) is for my eyes only." Jungkook said in a deep voice, almost sounding like a growl.

Taehyung felt a shiver down his spine. He froze and just nodded his head.

"Good boy." Jungkook said.

It was Taehyung's first time to see (and feel) Jungkook's possessive and domineering side and he was completely captivated by it.

Jungkook smirked at Taehyung's reaction.

"G-go take a bath now. I'll wait for you here." Taehyung said.

"Ok. I'll be quick." Jungkook said as he flicked Taehyung's chin, which brought goosebumps to the younger's arms.

Taehyung had to control himself to not think out loud as he knew Jungkook would hear it. He then changed his shirt and looked at himself on the full length mirror. He was now wearing a tighter shirt which covered his neck and collarbones completely.

While Jungkook was inside the bathroom, Taehyung mindlinked him and asked if he could borrow his cellphone as he left his at home while they were rushing out from the fire. jungkook said yes, of course.

Taehyung logged in to his messenger and found a message from an unknown user.

??: You'll be mine soon, omega.

Taehyung furrowed his brows and decided to message back.

T: Who are you?

??: You'll know me soon enough.

Taehyung decided to block the profile and then went to his social meda account to deactivate it. He barely used it anyway.

He looked at the message again and kept it open. He decided that it would be best for him to let Jungkook know about it. He's not at all intimidated by it, but he was more worried about his family — if in case it was connected to his biological parents' history. 

Taehyung stood up from the bed as he noticed that there was a balcony door, slightly covered by long curtains. So he stood up from the bed and went out the balcony.

He checked out the view and saw how big the pack ground was. He saw some wolf cubs playing around a nearby park and the sight made him smile. Taehyung loved puppies and babies alike.

He looked around more and noticed a little boy, around 4 or 5 YO running after a ball. The ball kept rolling until it reached a street where there was an incoming car whose driver was oblivious to the fact that there was a ball and a child about to reach the street.

Taehyung dreaded the next scene that was about to unfold so he screamed and reached out his hand as if to stop the entire incident from happening.

His scream was so loud that those walking and standing near the lead alpha's house looked up towards the direction of the sound.

The whole scene seemed to go in slow motion from Taehyung's perspective as the ball rolled over to the street followed by the little boy.

A few people in the area saw what was about to happen as well so they were calling out to the boy to stop running.

And then it happened. The car was about to hit the boy when the latter suddenly levitated upwards, higher than the height of the incoming car.

The car ran over the ball as it's break screeched loudly, stopping when the driver realized that he ran over something and those in the area started screaming.

At that moment, Jungkook came out to the balcony with a towel wrapped around him, leaving droplets of water on the floor. He heard the screams from inside the bathroom so he immediately ran out to see what it was about.

He saw Taehyung with his arm stretched out in the air. He walked towards the edge of the balcony to see what was happening and his jaw dropped when he saw the boy floating mid-air. He looked at the boy and then at Taehyung. He saw the omega moving his arm so he looked back at the floating child moving towards the side of the street where some adults were standing, frantically waiting for the boy to land back on the ground safely.

Taehyung realized what he just did so when he knew that the boy's safety was on his hands — literally and figuratively — he brought the latter towards the area of the two adults on the side of the street. As he moved his arm down, the little boy was gently placed down on the ground. The adults ran to the boy and hugged him. And within seconds everyone who witnessed the scene looked up towards the balcony of their head alpha's house.

"You...you saved him." Jungkook said, amazed at what he just witnessed.

"I-I didn't know...I just thought about it and...and it happened." Taehyung mumbled.

Jungkook and Taehyung looked at each other and within seconds, blood started dripping from Taehyung's nose.

Jungkook was taken aback.

"Taeh, your nose is bleeding." Jungkook said as he held Taehyung on both arms making him sit on the balcony chair.

Taehyung tilted his head backwards, but Jungkook stopped him.

"No. Don't tilt your head. Just stay still and pinch the bridge of your nose. I'll go get some tissue." Jungkook said and Taehyung followed his instructions.

The alpha ran back inside and came back shortly with a roll of tissue paper

Taehyung watched as Jungkook ripped a piece of tissue from the roll. He rolled it with his fingers and placed it inside Taehyung's bleeding nostril.

"Hold the tissue in for a while. I'll just go get some ice." Jungkook said and Taehyung nodded.

The older went back to his room, quickly dressed up and ran out. After a few minutes he came back with a glass of ice cubes. He placed the glass on the table and took one of the cubes and placed it right above Taehyung's nose bridge which the omega was still pinching.

"Don't tilt your held when your nose is bleeding. You might choke or swallow blood and you'd end up vomiting. Just sit up straight and tilt your head a bit forward like this." Jungkook said as he tipped Taehyung's head a bit forward with his free hand.

Suddenly, Jungkook's and Taehyung's parents, together with Minseo and Yoo Jung came.

"Omo, oppa! What happened?" Yoo Jung asked worriedly.

"Nosebleed." Taehyung said as he was still pinching his nose.

"Again?!" Jin snapped.

"What do you mean again, auntie?" Jungkook asked.

"His nose bled early this morning." Jin explained and then added, "Did you do anything before this happened Taehyung?"

Jungkook answered for Taehyung and told them everything.

Jin sighed and looked at Namjoon.

"Joon, I was right. His body would react like this everytime he would uae his powers." Jin said.

Namjoon looked at Taehyung.

"Son, you might need to stop using it as much as possible. It could be dangerous for you."

"Appa, if I didn't do what I did, that little boy could have been hurt or even worse than that. I can't just watch that to happen. I had to do it and even now that we've confirmed the after effects of using my abilities, I would still do it all over again." Taehyung said.

The omega stopped pinching his nose and removed the tissue to check if his nose was still bleeding. Jungkook also stopped placing the ice. They realized that fhe bleeding already stopped.

"See? All done. That was nothing compared to that boy's life." Taehyung said with a smile.

Jin shook his head and bent forward to hug Taehyung.

"I'm so proud of you, but I'm worried at the same time." Jin said.

"I can handle it eomma. Trust me." Taehyung said.

Jungkook stared at Taehyung as he felt so proud.

God, JK. Our luna is amazing. Jungkook told his wolf.

I couldn't agree with you more. JK replied.

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Several minutes after the incident, everyone went to the dining area for dinner. As they were about to eat, they heard the doorbell ring so Shin-Hye stood up to open it, but was stopped by Ji-Cheol and said that he'll take care of it.

A few minutes later, Ji-Cheol came back.

"Taehyung, sorry for interrupting your dinner. But there are people here who would like to meet you." Ji-Cheol said with a smile.

"Who?" Taehyung asked.

Just then, a couple appeared with a little boy. Taehyung recognized him so, he immediately stood up and walked towards them.

"Taehyung, these are Choi Woo-Shik, his wife, Dami and their little boy, Isseul." Ji-Cheol said.

"Hello, nice to meet you." Taehyung said.

The couple bowed their heads, catching Taehyung by surprise.

"Please, don't do that. You don't have to bow." Taehyung said and while he spoke, Jungkook appeared and stood beside him.

"But, you're our future luna, Taehyung-ssi. And we can't thank you enough for saving our son." Dami said as tears flowed down his cheek.

"Luna, thank you. We owe you our son's life and for that, we will be forever grateful and loyal to you." Woo-shik said.

"Thank you, Woo-shik and Dami. I only did what I had to do." Taehyung said before crouching down at the level of Isseul.

"Hi, there Isseul. You scared your eomma, appa and me too. Don't run on the streets again, okay? Before crossing the road, you know what you have to do?" Taehyung asked and Isseul nodded.

"Wook weft and wyt befow cwossing." Isseul answered, making Taehyung giggle.

"Aigoo, you are so cute, Isseul. Can you give me a hug?" Taehyung asked and the little boy wrapped his arms around Taehyung's neck.

Taehyung carried him and hugged him tighlty.

"Thank wu, wuna." Isseul mumbled.

"It was my pleasure, Isseul." Taehyung said.

Jungkook and the others watched the two and everyone in the room knew right then and there that Taehyung would be the perfect luna for the Snow Flower pack.