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Namjoon realized the importance of a pack home after talking with other idol pack alphas and so he sat down with the pack including TxT members one evening to choose a location and the type of home they wanted.
They all agreed on a location quite a few hours away from hectic Seoul but also within driving distance from shops so if they missed a grocery item, they could make a quick drive to the store.
It would be a big project considering it would be for four to five families with children or future children so space was a big requirement.
“I need an art space” Eun Young reminded her dad as they were in talks with an architect. “It needs to have good acoustics too so it can be multifunctional”
Namjoon nodded and the architect smiled amused, “Your daughter is very ambitious. Not many children are like that nowadays.”
They talked more into details about the house or more like a palace and then talked about the garden and a playground for children.
The house was finished shortly before Jeongguk's birthday and they decided to throw him a birthday party at the same time.
Of course the three maknaes were happy to be reunited and jumped each other, playfully biting and rolling around until it was a tangled mess of limbs and the air filled with the maknaes their scents with Jimin his citrus scent being the most dominant one seeing as he got very emotional.
“You are going to make me sneeze” Yoongi joked as he stepped over them, “go cuddle elsewhere, you are blocking people’s path like this”
Jin called the three to order and started dividing the tasks, Jimin and Taehyung had to dust off the living room while Jeongguk and Eun Young had to clean vegetables.
“When will my noona come?” Jeongguk asked quietly as he wiped off the furniture in the living room while Taehyung swept the floor. “It’s like she and Minnie hyung are growing apart… he spends most time in the studio while she is either at my apartment or at Yoongi hyung his parents’ home and sometimes even at Ateez dorm with Wooyoung and Yeosang.
“I think they are just settled down in a comfortable friendship-like relationship where they respect each other’s privacy,” Taehyung tried to explain, “like Joon hyung and Jin hyung. They both go their own ways but still love each other and Eun Young goes her own little ways too, mostly reporting through text to her parents”
“I will never be okay being constantly apart from you” Jeongguk blurted out, blushing shyly. “I mean I miss Yoona noona too of course but she has obligations too and I don’t want to hold her back. with you it’s different… I am used to you being constantly around for almost a decade.”
Taehyung grinned, completely amused by the younger man's confession and pulled him into a heated kiss but before he could do anything else, Hoseok barged in to inspect their work and ordered them to do a better job.
“I swear he and HongJoong can sit at the same table. '' Jeongguk grumbled as he continued cleaning. “Both are tyrants sometimes.”
Taehyung laughed and told him if they hurried they could shower together which immediately brightened the bunny boy and he put more energy into his task and they both snickered when they heard Yoongi scold Hoseok for being so hard on the maknaes.
Eun Young darted through the garden, doing cartwheels and backflips before running up to her father, “appa! I love it here! I don’t have to be afraid someone might see me! I am free! So free!” She grinned and stood on her toes to kiss his cheek. “Best dad in the whole wide world”
Namjoon smiled and tried to blink away his tears. She always managed to reduce him to an emotional mess. She was really snowwhite hiding in the forest from all evil that lurked and he honestly wished she didn’t have to be snowwhite.
He went on his knees, “can your old man get a hug from his princess?”
She laughed and ran into his arms, “appa, you are not old, just tired” She thumbed his eyebags lovingly, “aigoo appa, you need to sleep some more and spend more time with eomma. You slept better when you were both home every night” she kissed his head, “appa, you both are still figuring out your new chapter but you must not forget that you are mates and I exist too”
Namjoon felt tears sting again, “I can never forget I have such a beautiful baby girl waiting for me… appa really bites off more than he can chew…”
Eun Young hugged him tightly, “That’s true, but you are still my most favorite person in the world together with eomma.”
Namjoon got up, “Do you think you can beat me on the trampoline?” He grinned teasingly at her and sprinted towards the trampoline but tripped over his shoe laces and fell right into the grass, making Eun Young laugh out loud and she held out a hand to help him up. “Typical appa” They made their way to the trampoline together and Eun Young easily did backflips.
That afternoon the guests consisted of the StrayKids pack alpha and omega with Changbin, Ateez pack alpha and omega with Wooyoung, TxT Soobin and Seventeen’s pack alpha and omega arrived along with Qing Yi, Jungwon and the Jung children who were staying with their aunt.
“You brought your headache child too” HongJoong commented amusedly and Seonghwa gently protested that Wooyoung was not a headache child, he was just really enthusiastic and full of life and Changbin immediately clung to Wooyoung claiming that they were best friends.
“This is my best friend” Taehyung responded enthusiastically and clung to Jimin who playfully shook him off. “Get off, you leech. It’s too hot!”
“Jiminnie, Taehyungie…” Hoseok warned in a low tone and looked at them. He had his dance teacher’s look pointed at them and they immediately straightened their backs.
“Told you he is a dictator and a tyrant” Jeongguk whispered to Eun Young but she simply elbowed him and told him to keep quiet.
“Hoseok sunbaenim, can you teach me how to keep your unruly members in line without much words?” HongJoong grinned and Wooyoung groaned defeated.
Qing Yi finally joined them and Jimin his mouth fell open. Her long hair she always kept in a braid was now shoulder length and in layers in auburn and she wore subtle makeup. She was clad in skinny jeans and a flowy off shoulder top that showed her collarbones and mating bite. She smiled shyly at him, her sweet scent spreading through the room like honey scented perfume.
Yoongi immediately hugged her, “princess, you look gorgeous. You are always pretty, but you look like a goddess like this. The prettiest girl in the world and she is my best friend”
Qing Yi blushed lightly, “You are one to talk with your ethereal beauty. You have the world at your feet.”
Jimin finally came over and kissed her forehead, “I missed you, love. Those two brats almost kicked out my lungs. I am never sharing a bed with them again.”
“What do you mean?!” Taehyung screamed, “I had to check several times if you were breathing! You stay motionless like a corpse!”
Namjoon quietly tried to get them to calm down but they kept screaming until Yoongi put a piece of apple in Taehyung’s mouth and a grape in from Jimin. Namjoon sighed deeply, rubbing his head and Chan gave him a sympathetic look.
They all sat on the floor in the living room with their food and of course the guests couldn’t stop praising the food. Changbin even asked Yoongi to adopt him, earning a slap from Minho.
Wooyoung was surprisingly calm in between Jimin and Qing Yi making Seonghwa raise his eyebrows. Their spitfire was never this calm unless he was upset or really sick. He was talking quiet and sweet with the older omega and it was a bit unsettling for the Ateez pack omega as he was not used to this Wooyoung.
After the meal, they just sat around to chat and catch up. The pack omegas sitting together, talking about their pack children while the pack alphas talked business and politics.
“Shouldn’t you two be with the alphas?” Changbin asked Soobin and Jungwon curiously but the young alpha and omega both shook their heads. “Namjoon hyung is my pack alpha and Seungcheol hyung is from Jungwon” Soobin explained, “we are our group leaders but not head of a pack, though Namjoon hyung would like me to follow him up”
“Heesung hyung is the substitute leader when we are overseas without our pack leader,” Jungwon explained quietly. “I am the second youngest”
“And you are so cute” Soobin cooed, pinching the other his fluffy cheek.
After a while Namjoon called for everyone’s attention and everyone turned to him. “I asked all of you here to celebrate our pack home but also to ask for your support” He started and looked serious around. “As you know, my group maknae and one of my pack members Jeongguk had health issues a while ago and we discovered he had heat like ruts which is rare.”
HongJoong raised his hand and Namjoon nodded, allowing him to speak.
“Are his hormone levels on the brink with that of an omega so being with a higher level alpha can push him more towards being an omega and so make his ruts more bearable?”
Namjoon looked surprised, “You know about these phenonomen? It happens like 10 in a 100 people so it is not really well known.”
“Ah… our Mingi is like that too” HongJoong replied shyly. “But he doesn’t know yet what he wants so we just let him be as he is”
Namjoon nodded in understanding, “Our Jeongguk decided to go through with omega hormone treatment and so transition slowly into an omega. Hereby I ask all of you for your support”
“I think hyung will be the prettiest omega but either way he is already an amazing brother so you can count me in to support him” Soobin spoke warmly.
Jeongguk got shy and pouted cutely, making his pack members coo at him and Taehyung pulled him in his lap.
“He stays a grim reaper” Eun Young shrugged, “whatever first or second gender he is, he is annoying either ways”
“Ya!” Jeongguk pretended to punch her and she stuck out her tongue, “I am still eomma’s baby and not you”
Namjoon sighed and told both of them to sit down which they did but not without pulling faces at each other.
HongJoong and Seonghwa both gave words of encouragement to Jeongguk while Chan teasingly asked if he had to walk Jeongguk home if they went on their group outings and Minho glared at him telling him that Jeongguk wouldn’t change into a damsel in distress if he became an omega.
Jeonghan smiled lovingly at Jeongguk, “you know you always have a seat at our table, Jeonggukkie. You are just the 14th member of Seventeen.”
The bunny boy’s eyes filled with emotional tears, “Hannie hyung…” He got up to throw himself in the elder's arms and Jeonghan cooed softly at him, petting his hair gently.
Seungcheol gently told him that his little brothers would be excited to have him no matter his gender and that he would be a Seventeen special member forever.
“Jeongguk hyung, screw genders, screw every unwritten rule. You can be whatever you want to be and whether you want to be with Taehyung hyung as an alpha or omega doesn’t change anything” Wooyoung announced.
Seonghwa smiled proudly at him and HongJoong mumbled something along the lines of not completely failing in raising that brat.
After the emotional moments, the younger ones went outside, Changbin and Wooyoung went with Eun Young on the trampoline while Soobin, Jeongguk and Jungwon chased each other with water guns.
Yoonji surprised her parents by going straight into Hongjoong his arms to snuggle with him and the alpha his face completely softened as he talked on the softest tone to her.
“Is that our fearsome tyrant captain?” Qing Yi teased, her eyes soft and fond as she shared a look with Seonghwa who eyed his leader lovingly.
HongJoong looked up to her, “She turns even the worst tyrant into a softie with her sweetness. If only Wooyoung had an ounce of sweet nature and natural obedience”
“I feel you” Chan laughed, “I wished the same for my boys especially Changbin”
“They might be menaces, but we wouldn’t wish them any other way” Hoseok told them fondly as he watched Taehyung and Jimin glued to each other as they giggled over some kind of video.
“Hyung, you really handled well with Jeonggukie” Seungcheol complimented Namjoon. “I saw long ago that he had more omegan traits than from an alpha but he had to discover what he wanted himself and you let him explore safely”
Namjoon smiled as he watched Jeongguk chase the others, “He stays my forever little one and Jin and I are lucky we got to raise him as our own.”
Jin went to sit by Jeonghan, “Hannie ya, thank you for always making our little one always have a place at your table and treating him like one of your own at all times. Namjoon and I are sometimes lacking so I am grateful he has your pack to give him a second home”
Jeonghan smiled sweetly and told him they all loved Jeongguk because he was such a joy and such a pure soul.
The older ones were just talking and watching some TV when they heard a crash, screams and worried voices so they all went outside to take a look and saw Jeongguk, Changbin and Wooyoung on the ground, rubbing their heads.
“They were jumping rope and somehow got tangled in the rope and crashed into each other” Eun Young reported as if she were talking about the weather. “I am going to get ice”
“Hyung!” Changbin whined when Chan immediately rushed to him to check him over while Seonghwa knelt down by Wooyoung, worriedly inspecting him.
Minho took the ice pack from Eun Young and handed it to Wooyoung who had the bigger damage, “here, use this.” He turned to Changbin who had gotten up, “you really have a hard head, dwaekki” he joked.
HongJoong helped to put the ice on the bump and smiled at wooyoung, helping him up. “Come on, soldier. No big deal, it’s no shipwreck.”
Jeongguk kept on apologizing saying his foot got tangled and the other two reassured him that it was no disaster but he kept looking worried, saying they were still active idols and the stylist noonas would surely get mad at them.
Wooyoung grinned and clung to Hongjoong, “Never! HongJoongie hyung protects us and will get her fired if she gets upset with me over a little accident, so don’t worry.”
Changbin nodded enthusiastically in agreement, “Our staff will rather bite their tongue than face Chan hyung and Minho hyung their anger.”
“Jimin hyung, can we take noona back” Seonghwa asked innocently, “Thanks to her Hongjoong is actually home and she brings so much warmth to our pack.”
“Hwa, it’s our turn now” Minho yelled, “you had her an entire week”
Qing Yi looked amused at them from her comfortable position in Yoongi’s embrace while Jimin looked bemused, “I just got her back…” he spoke timidly that Seonghwa didn’t have the heart to tease him more, “We were only teasing you. Thank you for giving her to us for an entire week. The kids really enjoyed their time with her and HongJoong had the time of his life experimenting with his designs.”
“It was an honor” Qing Yi smiled at HongJoong who smiled back sweetly and told her to never hesitate to visit them.
He looked amused at Jimin, “I have no idea where people see a similarity in personalities between you and my Wooyoungie. He is loud and doesn’t listen unless I scream and shake him”
“Oh believe me, Jimin was not this Jimin he is now. He was once noisy too and didn’t always listen to us but the years made him calmer.” Hoseok grinned. “Wooyoung is just lively. He is not a bad kid. We have seen his potential and Bighit defnitely lost two gems.”
“Ateez wouldn’t be Ateez without Woo and Sangie” Seonghwa smiled and cradled wooyoung in his arms. “They are our babies”
When Ateez was about to leave, Qing Yi freely hugged HongJoong who told her to just contact him or one of the others if she wanted to see them. He tenderly tucked her hair behind her ear, “You are our noona so our home is your home”
Seonghwa affirmed this and wrapped the tiny omega in a warm hug, “I enjoyed our time a lot, text me often ok?”
Next was Wooyoung and he held her tightly, “noona, call me ok?” He whispered in her ear before childishly telling her out loud that he had to spend the entire way back with a tyrant.
Taehyung and Jeongguk restrained Jimin whose jealousy got the upper hand at the sight of another alpha outside their pack holding his mate and pure adoration radiating from the omega her face as she talked to the alpha. His jealousy didn’t lessen as he saw Changbin scooping up Qing Yi and spinning her around, earning the loud giggles he usually only heard when she was playing around with the BTS members.
Once everyone was gone, Qing Yi gently took Jimin his hand but he barely reacted, replying short and clipped to her questions and Jeongguk looked worried but Qing Yi smiled reassuringly at her brother and went over for a hug. “Just let him be” she whispered, “I am fine”
Yoonji watched sadly as the guests disappeared. “I wanted to play more” she sulked and Eun Young wrapped an arm around her shoulder, “I will play with you. Let’s go on the trampoline. Jiminnie oppa can’t go with us, he is getting old”
Jimin looked baffled at her, “ya! You little…” He chased after her as she stuck out her tongue.
The others watched amused as Taehyung and Jeongguk immediately ran to join them, creating a noise the others preferred to escape.
“Are you really okay?” Namjoon glanced at her, “Jimin can be really cold sometimes when he is moody and you just returned too.”
Qing Yi assured him she was fine and told him firmly she would not apologize for her friendships regardless of the primary or secondary gender. “My friends are an important part of me. A while back Yoonie and Hoseokie oppa were worrying about me staying home all day with no one to talk to but now I met some wonderful friends and despite almost all of them being male, they always treat me with utmost respect”
Namjoon stared at her for a moment before smiling softly, “little girls grow up and spread their wings. You don’t need your old alpha here anymore.” He ruffled her hair, “You look beautiful, little princess.”
“Oppa, you are my family and my pack alpha but most of all, my wonderful brother so I will always need you. Maybe not to protect me from myself anymore but definitely to tell me all your stories from your travels.”
Hoseok, Yoongi and Jin watched the children jump on the trampoline with Taehyung while Jimin and Jeongguk were brushing up on their Taekwondo skills. Jeongguk was very relaxed but Jimin definitely did it to vent his anger and got aggressive at times. The maknae kept his cool though and managed to block his attacks almost every time. Yoongi wanted nothing more than to interfere but the alpha pheromones were suffocating him despite being mated so that said a lot about the level of intensity.
Hoseok was about to step in but Taehyung saw Jeongguk falter for a second and the second maknae immediately told his best friend to cut it out, grabbing him with fierce dominance until Jimin his pheromones started to lower and he sunk down in exhaustion.
Jeongguk sat down too with Taehyung holding him against his chest, brushing his sweaty bangs back and murmuring sweet words to him.
Jimin his head snapped up when he smelled his mate close by looking wide eyed at him but she was not afraid or mad at him, instead she watched him in awe and told him he was as cool as zoro from One Piece.
“Noona, he almost destroyed me!” Jeongguk whined and sulked in Taehyung’s arms who then laughed and tried to pacify him but Qing Yi only laughed and replied that he met his match then.
Jimin looked surprised and blurted out how she got so cheeky and savage, staying with Ateez so frequently had changed her. He barely recognized the girl he met all those years ago.
Qing Yi smiled sweetly and asked him if he liked flat characters in a book or movie so much, making him stammer and scramble for words while Eun Young watched in amusement and Yoonji watched in interest as well.
“Oppa, if you don’t like eonni anymore it’s your loss” the usually shy and quiet child spoke up, making the adults freeze up so Yoongi stepped in telling her it was bath time and picked up Yunho too. “Yi yi, can you help me? You know how Yunho loves to escape after bath time”
The nanny nodded, glancing back at her mate. “Minnie, go shower or else you can sleep outside. I am not sleeping next to stinky people”
Eun Young gently patted his back, “oppa, eonni loves you a lot but she is spreading her wings now. Everyone always treated it like the most normal thing that she only went out if someone of our pack asked her to accompany them or if the eonnies planned something but no one asked her what she truly wanted and she was too shy to speak up for herself”
Jimin glanced at the soon to be teenager, “So I need to get used to the new version of her? I don’t know what to say when she talks back, she never talks back to any of us other than Jeongguk”
“This side of noona has just been locked up and our juniors managed to help her unlock it” Jeongguk mused, “I like every aspect of noona her personality but I worried a lot about her. Recently I started realizing she can stand her ground and pick her battles wisely.”
Taehyung gently ruffled Eun Young's hair, “You talk much too mature. Why are you not a child?! Don’t grow up so fast!” Though his tone was joking, he was really worried that the child was much too mature and perceptive for her age. He wondered if it was because she was constantly among adults only with little to no peers to interact with.
“Ok, talk” Yoongi urged the girl as Hoseok took over bath time. “I saw the way Woo was different towards you today, more considerate and sweet. I also know you stayed with my parents which is not unusual when we are abroad but we were all home”
Qing Yi took one look at the warm eyes of her best friend and tears started forming despite her attempts to be brave so Yoongi gathered her in his arms, gently rubbing her back and scenting her.
“Yoon… I went to the hospital” she whispered. “I had been bleeding for 5 weeks with no end in sight so I asked eomma to go with me. I have endometriosis and 80% chance of being infertile”
Yoongi felt his heart break because no person deserves such a diagnosis and even more when they have a partner who wants a family. “It’s not the end of the world, baby girl,” he whispered and kissed her head. “Woo knows about it?”
She made a noise of confirmation, “We went to Lotte world and I saw an old colleague with her family and she asked when mine would come and I grew uncomfortable so Woo got me out and I confessed what was wrong”
Their time was interrupted by Jimin, “hyung, first aid kit please? Joonie hyung cut his hand and dropped a can on his toe”
Qing Yi had to smile despite the news because Jimin looked so done with their leader. “Nothing has changed”