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Vomit.
Jungkook has a bag of vomit in his hand.
Jungkook has a bag of vomit in his hand inside a public city bus.
Jungkook is about to die of embarrassment.
An old man already left the seat next to him and went towards the last row and he could feel the accusatory looks for every other person near him.
He’s wearing scent suppressants so they probably think he is super hungover or even drunk at 11 fucking am. He must admit, he looks likely. He is tired, his hair is greasy, his eye bags are prominent and dark, his clothes are practically black pajamas and HE HAS A BAG OF VOMIT IN HIS HAND.
He wants to cry.
He is going to cry.
This is rock bottom.
Pregnant rock bottom.
And it’s barely the tenth week. How is he supposed to survive for another thirty?!
When he discovered he was pregnant, he felt scared, sure, but mostly excited. He always wanted to be a dad. The alpha was not really in the picture, a one night stand who Jungkook didn’t know the name nor the number and probably will never see again.
No problem. He had Seokjin and Hoseok, the best alphas ever. He had a support system, a found family and his career was developing fast and steady. He felt ready, super ready. He was going to be the best dad ever!
So, that day, he looked at himself in the mirror, positive pregnancy test in hand and smiled big. Yes. He was ready for this new adventure.
Right now he wants to punch hopeful past Jungkook in the face.
Stupid morning sickness. The only thing he was able to eat this morning was oranges and some salty cookies and both items are back again in the outside world on the bag in his hand. He’s lucky he had a bag at hand or it might have ended up on the floor.
Yup.
He is going to cry, as soon as he gets home and throws the diabolical bag in the garbage.
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"Junkookie no! What happened?"
He hears Taehyung's voice and smells the familiar scent of strawberries a bit soured with concern. Tae runs towards him the moment he steps inside and hugs him with no reservations. Jungkook immediately feels better. The scent of the pack filling the air around them.
He is home.
“Jungkook’s back?” Jimin asked and came downstairs to find Jungkook a sobbing mess into Taehyung chest “Oh no!, my baby. Come here”
Jimin guides them to the nearest couch, a beige and gray monstrosity that Namjoon got in a second hand store for half the price of a normal couch six years ago, and now has too many memories to throw it away.
They get comfortable, Jungkook back pressed to Taehyung chest and his legs on top of Jimin lap as the older combs his hair behind his ears with one hand.
"I threw up in public" he hiccups and pouts, hiding further into the crook of Taehyung's neck.
"Happens to the best of us" Tae says lightly as if it wasn’t the most embarrassing moment of Jungkook's adult life.
"What?" Jungkook eyebrows raise and stops crying for one second. That’s enough incentive to make Taehyung continue "Have I never told you about the time Jiminie was sick in high school, but was too proud and teen to admit it?"
Jimin giggles and nods cleaning Jungkook tears with one hand and holding Jungkook’s with the other “I was a dumb teenager”
Jungkook giggles in between the sobs “You never told me”
“You know how he is, he needed that perfect assistance mark. I told him ‘It won’t kill you to stay at home one day but he went to school either way and I had these new shoes you know? The most fashionable shoes”
Taehyung makes a big gesture with his hands and Jimin rolls his eyes and mutters “ridiculous shoes.”
Taehyung keeps going “Three minutes into algebra class -you know how much I hated algebra- and the shoes had Jimin’s breakfast all over them.”
“Oh my god” Jungkook laughs, his scent getting sweeter, a clear sign he’s calmer and happier. He sends a guilty glance towards Jimin and says “Sorry, I feel bad for laughing”
“No worries, it was ages ago” Jimin responds with a sweet smile “And nobody missed those shoes”
Teahyung clicks his tongue “I just washed them and kept using them two years more” he says with his signature squared smile. “At least you have a better reason right now. I would sacrifice one thousand- no, one million fashionable shoes for you and little bunny”
That makes Jungkook's heart skip a beat. Ever since he told the pack about the pregnancy everyone has been really supportive and kind. They took the news exactly the way Jungkook knew they would, if not more happily.
Namjoon bought dozens of parenting books and keeps reading them every night, Seokjin started to cook healthier meals and learned how to make virgin cocktails for Jungkook, Yoongi is helping him with the interior design of the future nursery and Hoseok has been shopping for a whole closet full of stylish baby clothes.
Jimin and Taehyung were the sweetest, the pair of betas always scenting, pampering and coddling Jungkook. Giving him extra junk food when he was feeling down and helping him build a nest whenever wherever.
All in all, his pack took the news amazingly well, Jungkook couldn’t be more grateful. Even though they aren't in a romantic relationship, he is sure of all the affection and trust they have for each other. They’re gonna be amazing co-parents.
“Thank you guys,” Jungkook says after a moment, feeling relaxed and so, so tired.
“That’s what friends are for” Jimin assures while massaging Jungkook’s scalp “Do you want to take a nap?”
“Yes, please. Wake me up at twelve, I have a meeting and I want to shower” Jungkook yawns and closes his eyes.
“Of course” Taehyung confirms and hugs Jungkook tighter.
Jungkook accommodates better, feels his hyung breathing and hears his heart quietly murmuring against his hand and falls asleep just like that.
Warm, happy and safe.
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“We don’t need anything else right?” Hoseok insists for the third time before leaving the house
“Nop, We’re ready Hobi, please breathe,” Namjoon assures him, pocketing his keys and cellphone.
“Hyung, we barely need anything, it's just a check up” Jungkook responds giggling at the eagerness of his packmate.
“Sorry for being cautious” Hoseok huffs pretending to be annoyed “Where is Yoongi hyung? He understands me”
“I understand you Hobi hyung. I’m really excited too” Jungkook pouts “Today is important and I’m nervous”
“Coming!” Yoongi shouts from upstairs. “Is Jin hyung downstairs yet?”
“I’m here! You’re the only one left” Seokjin replies loudly while sitting and taking Jungkook hand in his, sweetly comforting “It’s gonna be ok bun. We’re all just a bit too excited here.”
“I got a camera and a microphone just in case” Jimin beams proudly entering the living room “Yoongi hyung may want to take a good sample out of the heartbeat”
“That’s good thinking Jimin” Yoongi confirms coming down two stairs at a time “Thank you”
After Yoongi finally arrives, everyone gets moving and the house empties faster than ever.
Last week, the doctor told Jungkook that in this check up they would probably be able to hear the baby's heartbeat and the whole pack wanted to join for this milestone. Jungkook was a bit overwhelmed at first with this reaction but he has learned in the past months how much the pack has his back. Each individual in a specific way.
They had a nice relationship before, of course. Their friendship bloomed since the moment they met.
Yoongi and Namjoon started the pack, two omegas who loved music and longed for independence and freedom. It was really difficult to get both of those things in modern society, especially as omegas and even more so, as rookie musicians. They fought hard to get a place to live in the city, working several hours and sleeping almost none.
Hoseok joined them a few months later, the first alpha who won a place in the pack by his generous and respectful nature. With three people they were able to quit some side jobs and things looked a bit better, a bit simpler.
Jimin and Taehyung found them a year later, apparently joined by the hip since kindergarten, the pair of betas were so in sync that they presented at the same time developing a mixed scent of dark chocolate and strawberries that Jungkook rarely smelled separated.
As for Jungkook and Seokjin, they met each other before joining the pack, in highschool.
Jungkook remembers thinking Seokjin was the weirdest alpha ever. His scent was bubblegum, strong and powerful, but bubblegum! Everyone laughed at him when he first presented but in response Seokjin actually became more and more confident. He held himself in a way that every other alpha with a muskier scent envied. Jungkook was in awe of him, he admired him, maybe even had a crush.
Just a little one. But it is definitely over by now.
Anyway,
They decided to live together after leaving high school, start a new life in the city away from their families and their expectations. They had their hardships, a pair of unmatted alpha and omega living in a very small apartment, the only one they could afford.
People talking about them, creating rumors, ugly rumors.
A few weeks into moving to a new neighborhood (for the third time) they met the whole pack. Five weeks later all of them decided to live together.
Seven people who needed a home to stay, and a place to grow as themselves.
Jungkook thinks it was fate, what brought him and all his hyungs together. Platonic packs so large are weird to see nowadays, even weirder in the city. But somehow they managed to get a nice place to live. With hard work and a big amount of luck, after a few years, they even got the chance to buy the property. Now they all live comfortably.
Together as always.
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“I see you brought all your pack Jungkookie” teases the doctor as she prepares Jungkook for the ultrasound.
The room is full of people surrounding the bed where Jungkook is laying down and the screen beside him where the doctor is maneuvering with some buttons.
Suddenly, the baby’s heartbeat echoes in the room and all the members of the pack open their mouths in unison. Namjoon and Jimin have teary eyes and everyone is looking at the screen with such devotion.
This is going to be the luckiest pup on Earth.
Seokjin, who kept his hand on Jungkook’s for the whole trip to the doctor, can only nod to the screen with a close lipped smile as squeezes his hand again, as a landline. Or at least that’s what it seems for Jungkook who feels overwhelmed by the sound of his pup’s heart, the scents of his pack surrounding him and the epiphany that it was all written on the stars.
“Obviously Noona” Jungkook replies proudly “They are all my soulmates”.
🍼🐰🍼
Jungkook doesn’t know when he started to feel so different. He blames the hormones invading his body.
He tosses and turns for like two hours before he realizes what his mind is trying to tell him. His nest is all wrong. It is incomplete and awful and doesn’t smell like his pack. His omega is begging him to steal a bit of clothing from each person in the house and add it in.
He never had this problem before. Usually, he just asks one of the alphas to scent a pillow and that’s it. He feels at ease inside his nest with no problem.
But apparently, this pregnancy is making him feel all sorts of new things.
Jungkook is really used to getting away with any whim, even more since the pregnancy started. So, he considers pouting his way out of this one, convincing his pack members to lend him a pillow or a blankie.
But it is like 3 o’clock in the morning and he can feel the deep relaxed silence you only get in a house full of people sleeping.
Except for him.
After some more minutes of trying to sleep and failing, he gives up all together and goes to the living room where it smells most like all their scents together. His omega approves this decision and the feeling of discomfort easily disappears with every lungful of their scents mixed together in the sofa cushions.
He tucks himself in a blanket with one hand in his baby bump and feels himself finally dozing off.
“Jungkookie, why are you here at this hour?” Jungkook hears Hoseok's voice still raspy from sleep and his omega whimpers.
"Alpha?"
Jungkook's eyes open comically big after that.
What?
OMG. There's no way he just called Hobi by his denomination as if they were mates. His hormones are definitely all over the place tonight. This is so embarrassing.
Luckily for him, Hoseok doesn’t seem uncomfortable, only a bit … flustered? He blinks once, twice, blushes hard and asks shyly “E-everything ok Kook?”
Jungkook wants to tell him ‘yes’ and go on with his night forgetting about how he just called Hoseok ‘Alpha’. But his body betrays him again, his eyes fill with tears and before he can stop his impulsive mouth, the words he wanted to say are out in between sobs "M-my nest. It feels wrong with only my scent, I-It doesn’t smell like the pack and ba-baby bunny have been acting up. I cannot sleep. E-everything is a mess"
Hoseok hugs Jungkook immediately and waits until the crying stops. He keeps a hand on Jungkook’s back making circular movements while breathing steadily, helping his younger packmate calm down.
When Jungkook feels better, he separates from his hyung and tries to apologize. But before he can form a coherent sentence, their eyes meet for more than a few seconds and Jungkook’s heart stutters. He sees his reflection in Hoseok's pretty brown eyes, like a fountain of chocolate melting.
What’s happening? What is he feeling right now? Were Hoseok’s eyes always so pretty?
“Hyung will fix it” Hoseok interrupts his racing thoughts and adds “Just wait for a minute baby”
Baby?
Ok, officially everything in this night is the product of a bizarre dream.
Jungkook will wake up soon enough and realize that he was just sleeping and this strange exchange is not real. But then, what does it mean for him to be dreaming about his hyung calling him baby? and why does it feel so good, so right?
“I’ll wait hyung” Jungkook answers, still surprised at his own feelings.
After Jungkook agrees, Hoseok tucks a lock of hair behind his ear gently, looking into his eyes again, like asking for permission. Jungkook doesn't know what his eyes say but suddenly Hoseok kisses his cheek so softly and sweet, like a quiet caress, like he’s whispering ‘you’ll be alright’.
And then he runs.
Jungkook is left speechless.
He hears some whispered words and silent arrangements around the house for a few minutes. The new movement and sounds help him doze off again, until he feels a weight dip the sofa besides him.
“Our Jungkokie needed us” Jimin singsongs as Jungkook opens his eyes and looks at the scene in front of him with awe.
One by one, every pack member gets out of their room with a pillow, a hoodie or a blanket. Seokjin and Taehyung are even dragging two big mattresses that they place carefully in the middle of the living room. The six of them all sport messy bed hair and comfy pajamas. Looking so domestic and cute and fluffy. Jungkook wants to melt in their arms.
“I brought this one for you Kookie,” Yoongi says as he gives Jungkook a blanket, black with white stars all over. It’s the omega’s favorite blanket for nesting because the texture it’s just perfect, not too soft and not too rough, not too light and not too heavy.
“It’s perfect hyung” Jungkook sighs, burying his nose inside the fabric that smells heavily like Yoongi, cedar wood invading his senses.
Namjoon presents to him a big old dark gray hoodie, it’s filled with holes and the elastic in the waist is ruined but Jungkook loves to steal it from him. It makes him feel safe and contained. Plus, Namjoon’s lavender scent is calming and sweet.
“I got you two of my tiger pillows” Taehyung grins mischievously and continues “And Jimin baby chick pajamas.”
Jimin tries to hit him but the other beta runs and they suddenly get in a catching game in the middle of the living room. Jungkook giggles and tries to stand up and participate but Seokjin puts a hand on his shoulder and shakes his head lightly.
“Stop that, we need to sleep soon” Seokjin scolds the two betas as he gives Jungkook his favorite plushie and ruffles his hair. “I brought RJ to help you sleep. You can cuddle and it’ll make you feel better immediately, trust me. Works like a charm.”
Seokjin winks and Jungkook’s heart is making cart wheels inside his ribcage.
Stop it, dumb heart.
“Last but not least, I hope” Hoseok voices from his side and covers him with a pristine white comforter. It’s heavy and clean but it has a hint of Hoseok’s cinnamon scent in it. It’s perfect to engulf everyone in the nest together and keep them warm.
Jungkook’s omega almost purrs.
“Thank you Hobi hyung, it’s perfect” Jungkook says and then looks to all his packmates seated in the living room “Thank you all for this. It’s just what I needed.”
They let Jungkook succumb to his instincts and arrange the big nest to his liking. When it’s finished, they make a huge cuddle pile. Jungkook ends up with Hoseok pressing his chest against Jungkook’s back with one hand in his baby bump.
Jungkook feels in heaven and soon falls asleep to the beating of seven hearts in unison.
It’s not until the next morning that he realizes he wouldn’t mind waking up like that more often, surrounded by everyone, his scents and raspy voices calling him to eat breakfast.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh no.
🍼🐰🍼
When Jungkook saw pregnant omegas in movies, he never imagined all the details that come into growing a baby in your belly. It’s not simple at all. He knew about not eating sushi and to stop lifting heavy objects. He knew about the muscle cramps and the pee every five minutes. He was prepared for all of that.
He was not prepared, however, for other things, like the gingivitis and extreme dental care, the ever present muscle cramps, the insomnia because it’s impossible to find a decent position to sleep. Jungkook realized month after month that pregnancy requires a superhero level of detail and strength.
As his pup grows more and more everyday, he has to learn at the same pace.
Each joy brings some learning.
Like kick counting.
When little bunny kicked for the first time, Jungkook was watching Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse with Namjoon. They were sitting on the couch, Jungkook’s feet up a table, his baby bump noticeable but still small, his hair wet from a shower and a purple face mask on.
A cute lazy Sunday afternoon.
Suddenly, he felt a tiny fluttering feeling inside. He realized once again that he had a pup growing inside of him, like an epiphany of something he already knew but couldn’t really grasp in reality. That little flutter was a reminder that there was someone else in progress inside of him.
After the initial surprise he screamed and Namjoon jumped startled “What happened?” his worried gaze vanished once he saw Jungkook smiling at him and asked again, playfully “What’s going on?”
“A kick”
“A kick?”
“Yes a kick, the pup kicked” Jungkook repeated beaming with pride. His pup was growing strong and happy. Namjoon was smiling too, he took Jungkook hand into his and asked “Are they still moving?”
“I don’t think so,” Jungkook replied, a bit disappointed, but still delighted.
“I wanted to feel it,” Namjoon added with a hand in the air, close to touching Jungkook’s belly but not there yet. Waiting for consent.
Jungkook took that hand and put it unceremoniously above his belly. He trusteed Namjoon, he wanted him to feel the same awe he did minutes before. “Come here, let’s wait together”
They did wait, almost during the whole movie until a new kick happened. Namjoon kept both hands on Jungkook's belly all that time.
Don’t ask Jungkook the position that entailed.
It was a bit too intimate now that he thinks about it.
Anyway, after a few weeks Jungkook’s doctor suggested counting the pup’s kicks daily to keep up with their health. Namjoon offered to help him and they developed a routine. Every night at 7:30 (when baby bunny was more active) Jugkook lied on his side in his bed with Namjoon besides him touching his belly, counting until the pup reached 10 kicks
Sometimes it took an hour, sometimes barely 15 minutes.
But if they kept cuddling for a little while longer, it was their business only.
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Cute and all, but, the problem is, since the whole ‘nest in the living room’ night, Jungkook feels a bit awkward in front of the pack.
He knows now that he’s a tiny bit in love with his packmates. And that is so much emotional work that he has no energy to do.
Today, he’s just not in the mood to deal with his feelings . Even less with worrying about the consequences of such feelings. He canceled his kick counting sessions with Namjoon for 3 days in a row.
He’s scared. Not ready to deal with these changes on top of everything that is currently happening inside his body. He decides a pup growing inside of him is enough excuse for his cowardice for the time being.
So he has been spending the days like that, dodging any interaction with his hyungs that may make him say something stupid like ‘I love you, please court me?’. It’s been only a few days but it’s starting to take a toll on him. His omega is restless and uncomfortable without the daily interactions with the people that he holds so dearly close.
But he’ll manage. It’s better than rejection.
Today, everybody decided to give him some space apparently, because he was left alone in this big house feeling anxious, his skin itching for some contact, some emotional relief that he knew will be hard to achieve.
His original plan was to stay at home, watching movies and lazing around. But a close friend calls him and Jungkook wants to stop thinking about the pack and his feelings, Namjoon stupid dimples, Jin's infuriating shoulders, Yoongi’s smile and Hoseok’s eyes, Jimin’s lips and Tae’s hands…
He just wants to have fun and be impulsive.
He accepts the invitation of his friend who gave birth a few months ago. He tells him to come for a coffee and talk about pregnancy stuff. He ends up mentioning the kick counting tradition and his friend proposes to help him count for today.
So, now he has a timer on the table and a foreign hand touching his belly and he feels so uncomfortable.
The whole endeavor feels weird, like he’s cheating. But there was nothing to cheat about. It's just counting the kicks of his pup, with a little bit of gossip in the middle. He has the right to do that.
Then why is he feeling so guilty?
It’s not like that. Yugyeom is just a friend. A really supportive one.
But his omega wants nothing more than for his friend to stop touching. He wants his pack’s hands on his belly. He wants Namjoon's lavender scent around him as the numbers in the timer escalate.
He misses him.
Suddenly the front door opens and Namjoon is in the middle of the living room looking at a flustered Jungkook with a strange omega touching his belly.
Namjoon analyzes the scene with a frown and an open mouth. His scent thickens, angry and hurt as he walks towards his room without any greetings.
Jungkook kind of wants to disappear. God, why is he so dumb?
“Shit” Jungkook mutters under his breath and stops the timer. There’s no way he will continue with this after Namjoon’s reaction. Luckily for him, Yugyeom’s hands are out of his belly instantly and his omega feels more at ease.
“What was that?” his friend inquires after taking a look at Jungkook’s panicked expresión.
“I-” Jungkook hesitates “I don’t really know. All the pack has been acting differently after I got pregnant. It’s confusing”
“Different how? Good or bad?” Yugyeom asks a bit concerned about his omega friend.
“Good, good, definitely good. They've been super supportive. But I don't know. It’s complicated” Jungkook tries to explain. But how can he? It really is complicated, and now adding his feelings in the mix everything is going to get even more complicated
“I’m all ears” Yugyeom smiles carefully “I may help you get some clarity into all of it”
Jungkook starts “ Well.. I feel like after the pregnancy my emotions are all over the place. And that would be all right. I was prepared for that. The mood swings and all that … But this… feels different”
“Ok” Yugyeom takes one of his hands as a motivation to help him talk. Jungkook just smiles sadly and continues.
“What I’m afraid now is that this pregnancy is making my heart feel different about certain things. It sounds ridiculous, I know. But this feeling is so big and so true. Like it’s something that I’ve already known for so long, but only now I got the courage to understand” Jungkook closes his eyes and sighs. “Sorry if I’m not making any sense”
“No, it makes sense, but what exactly do you mean with ‘this feeling’?”
“Well I-I” Jungkook is not sure he’s capable of saying the words out loud.
“I think I might be in love with my pack mates. All of them” Jungkook blurts suddenly and closes his eyes while he hears his friend gasp.
“That’s huge.” Yugyeom responds after a beat.
“I know and I don’t know how to feel about it, '' Jungkook says, playing with the hem of his shirt and trying to maintain a little bit of composure after the confession. It’s the first time he says it like that, and it’s strangely simple, comforting.
“You should tell them,” Yugyeom suggests.
As if it’s the easiest thing in the world and Jungkook’s heart doesn’t feel like it’s going to become a supernova just with imagining the outcomes.
“No way,” Jungkook denies.
“Look Kook, you guys are the healthiest pack I have ever met. Like ever. They wouldn’t do anything to harm you or the pup.'' His friend tries to reason
“But this is different,” Jungkook counters with a sad smile. What if he ruins everything they got? What if this is the end of the best family he could ever ask for?
“If you can trust them with something so hard as parenting, you can trust them with your heart” Yugyeom states seriously. “Even if they don’t reciprocate your feelings, they will never take them for granted”
Could it be? If he decides to put his heart on the line for everyone of his friends to see. Will they be mean? Never. They may reject him but never be mean to him or his pup… their pup.
Jungkook still hesitates. The fear of rejection unmoving and powerful in his heart “I’ll… think about it”
“Deal” Yungmeon beams “Promise to keep me updated”
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A few hours later Jungkook goes toward Namjoon’s bedroom. He knocks on the door quietly, still a bit unsure about what to say. Should he apologize? Or expect an apology? Should he confess and end up with this uncomfortable feeling? Or just wait for a signal of sorts?
Before he can think about it more, Namjoon opens the door, looking like a kicked puppy, avoiding his eyes and looking directly to the floor as if it's the most interesting thing ever.
Jungkook can’t stop feeling extremely endeared “Can we talk?”
He goes inside the room (kind of uninvited) and sits on the bed. Tapping to the place next to him to signal Namjoon to join him.
Namjoon does it easily and his eyes look soft and warm the moment he lays them on Jungkook’s. He mumbles quietly. “I’m really sorry Kook. It’s just…I felt super possessive about you and the pup, he was touching your belly and you were counting kicks right? That was supposed to be our moment to bond and I’m not trying to blame you. It was me being such an… ”
“Who was doing what with who?” Yoongi interrupts suddenly from the door, scent distressed and sour. He’s scowling and suddenly a growl comes out of his mouth.
“I-I” Jungkook stutters, not knowing what to do about Namjoon’s apology and Yoongi’s sudden intervention and attitude.
“Jungkook invited Yugyeom to help him count the baby kicks” Namjoon responds instead, seeming a little bit taken aback by Yoongi’s reaction too.
“Oh” Yoongi mutters. His scent gets back to normal but Jungkook can tell a few stress indicators in his body language. Is he feeling possessive too?
“And I felt really insecure about it. As a fellow omega I felt honored about that role in the pregnancy,” Namjoon remarks looking directly into Jungkook’s eyes as if to mark a point “But I’m not a kid and I can communicate and understand” He sigh, gaze falling back into the floor “I said sorry to Jungkook for behaving like an immature child.”
“Damn, ok” Yoongi slouches into the food frame and passes a hand through his face “I got possessive too, right now. I shouldn’t have reacted that way. Sorry Kook”
“It’s ok” Jungkook assures both of his fellow omegas “I understand, I was feeling uncomfortable doing the counting with someone else. I- I got it, the possessiveness” He blushes as he feels the gaze of his two packmates on him.
Namjoon gets closer, puts a hand on his cheek and directs Jungkook’s gaze towards him “Jungkook, you and this pup, are my first thought when I wake up and the last one when I go to bed. I can’t wait to meet them, and in the meantime I would love to get acquainted in little ways. Counting kicks was part of that. I don’t want to lose that privilege.”
Namjoon is so close that Jungkook can feel his breath with every word. His scent is everywhere in the room. Lavender is all around him, making him feel relaxed and dumb at the same time, he can barely register his hyung still talking about important communication things in the background.
“And that’s no excuse for acting like an asshole. I’m sorry and you have the right to manage this pregnancy as you wish. Just let me know in advance so I don’t make a fool of myself in front of your friends” Namjoon laughs.
Jungkook’s only working neuron cell at this moment is chanting “Dimple, dimple, dimple”
He gets out of his reverie for a moment only to respond to Namjoon boldly “It’s ok hyung. Like I said before, I missed you too. I wanted you to be there.” He bats his eyelashes and see Namjoon enthralled gaze on him, on his lips
“Yeah?” Namjoon asks quietly. He’s so close, he feels Namjoon breathing.
Why is he so close?
Jungkook wants him even closer.
So he does, gets closer, gaze fixated on Namjoon lips.
He closes his eyes, waiting for the inevitable. He could feel Yoongi taking a hitched breath in the background…
“We're home!” Seokjin's voice comes from the first floor.
Namjoon and Jungkook separate in half a second, jumping as if they were burning each other's skin.
Yoongi's eyes are huge with surprise, but quicky chances into a calmer presence and even smirks before responding "We're in Joon's room"
They’re all blushing when Taehyung enters the room running towards Jungkook "Hi guys!. Hi Kookie, how's everything?"
“Great Tae! We had a little fight but it's over now” Jungkook signals dismissively.
"A little fight?" Seokjin frowns as he appears holding a box of strawberries with a little bow on the top "What happened?"
“I'll leave them to explain it all to you” Jungkook smirks and takes the box in one hand and Taehyung in the other. Ready to leave.
But he stops a second in the door frame, next to Seokjin.
And decides.
Yugyeom was right. He trusted his hyungs with being present for him and his pup. He can trust them with his feelings. He can be open and vulnerable in front of his best friends and future co-parents.
But if he's gonna do it, he'll be doing it his way.
He takes Seokjin's face with one hand and kisses him on the cheek. A fairly innocent move, but he let it linger a while and goes back slowly, gaze direct to his hyung eyes, big puppy eyes twinkling, "thank you hyung… for the strawberries"
Then he guides Taehyung to the living room giggling, leaving Seokjin with ears red as tomatoes.
"That was smooth Kook. Wow!" Taehyung says playfully and locks his eyes with him, suddenly pouting "Can I get a kiss too?"
Jungkook is feeling bolder than ever so he kisses Taehyung's nose. One, two, three pecks.
Their laughter brightens the whole house for a moment as they cuddle on the couch for a while and talk about everything and nothing. Jungkook then decides to go to his room and take a quick nap.
Taehyung lets him go and kisses his belly goodbye "Bye Kookie, bye little bunny. See you tomorrow"
Jungkook enters his room with a weird sense of elation, so different from the mood in which he started the day. He feels happy and relieved and free. He's almost sure that his feelings for his pack are mutual. He just needs to push a little harder, then take a leap of faith and confess.
It’ll be like a movie scene.
Before sleeping he catches a glance of the diary where he annotated the baby kicks counting results for each day. He decides to put a little heart in today's entry and leaves the diary on the bedside table.
“Bun, your appas are being a handful” he giggles to his pup "you're gonna be very loved."
He no longer felt afraid.
He trusted his pack.
He trusted his future mates.
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Jungkook is not trying to pry but his hyungs are talking rather loudly.
It’s really early in the morning so every sound feels amplified. Every time someone moves something in the kitchen it sounds like an earthquake to Jungkook’s ears. Sometimes he can swear the pregnancy is helping him get super hearing.
“What do you think will be the best idea?” Yoongi whispers in the kitchen.
“Food and clothing are the most traditional courting gifts” Seokjin suggests with the click clack of the knife cutting veggies in the background.
They’re probably preparing breakfast and don’t expect any other one of the pack members to be up at this hour. But Jungkook couldn’t sleep after four in the morning and was craving some milk with cookies since then. Now he's stuck in the aisle as he tries to keep quiet and listen.
“He’s so special that things like that sound dumb” Yoongi responds after a while. Jungkook can imagine the frown between his eyebrows by his voice tone. "He deserves the best first courting gift. I will not give him just food or clothes. It has to be something better"
Courting? Courting who? He never knew Yooongi had someone in mind. He didn’t even leave the house that often, always working on his music from home and within a social circle that Jungkook knows well enough to know that Yoongi is not speaking about courting any of them.
Then, why is he suddenly talking about courting?
Jungkook has just decided to give it a try and confess to all of them himself and now there's another person in the competition for Yoongi.
Sometimes life’s timing is a bitch.
And, apparently, Seokjin is ok with everything, even enthusiastically approves the search for a good courting gift. Does that mean the kiss from the other day was not enough of a signal? He had to summon all his bravery to be able to make that move, and it wasn't enough to make clear his intentions with the pack.
Jungkook frowns and decides to retreat to his bedroom. His appetite is ruined by now.
But the omega is not someone who walks away from a challenge. He already decided to confess in his own way. There might still be a chance if he’s direct and presents a courting gift first.
He’ll fight for Yoongi. And for every other person in his pack.
They’re HIS soulmates.
The best way an omega can begin a courting is giving comfort presents, a hand-knitted blanket, a home baked cake. Those are the traditional gifts, but as Yoongi said earlier, it feels too superficial, too simple. He needs to show his friends from forever that he's interested in them romantically.
That requires something bigger and inspiring… also something that doesn't need him to walk or stand up food for long periods of time. His swollen 7 month pregnant belly doesn't let him go further in the mobilization department.
But he has time. Already enjoying his pregnancy leave by preparing every detail for when the pup is here. He must add a new thing on the to-do list.
He’s gonna make the best courting gift ever.
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A few days later Jungkook almost has his courting gift ready, he’s prepared to be brave and say everything he bottled up the past weeks. The omega has plans to surprise his hyungs with his courting intentions the very next morning.
He’s thinking about the best approach for it, what will make the most romantic ambience, when he hears a loud bang coming from the nursery. Like a really heavy object falling to the floor. He gets into the room at once and catches Yoongi there with something behind his back.
“What are you doing Yoonie hyung?”
“Nothing. Just admiring the colors you choose” Yoongi rambles a bit flustered. “T-they look perfect, combining yellow and pink was a really great decision for the interior design. And the crib looks great over there… p-perfect for some natural light. Yeah” He stutters looking everywhere except for Jungkook’s eyes.
“Thanks hyung. I’ll leave you to… admire”Jungkook giggles, endeared with his hyung rambling and decides not to ask any questions. Maybe it’s a surprise and who is he to spoil it before time?
He goes to his room leaving Yoongi with his hands behind his back and his back pressed against a wall. Looking like a scared kitten, big eyes scanning the room until Jungkook is out of sight.
He definitely needs to confess tomorrow, before someone else has the opportunity to take Yoongi away from him. His adorable and capable omega.
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Tomorrow comes and Jungkook wakes up in pain.
He is getting used to mornings like this. Carrying a whole pup inside got to be heavier than what his body is used to, making all his joints and muscles ache from time to time. When it happens, he just wants to sleep the pain away and be babied by the whole pack.
But today was supposed to be the big confession day.
He tries to get up in spite of the pain and walks downstairs to eat something and take some painkillers to be better when he presents the courting gift, maybe after a well deserved nap. But apparently he has a gift for eavesdropping everytime some stupid conversation about courting someone else is happening.
“Do you have the gift ready?” Seokjin asks suspiciously low and cautious.
“Yeah. It was hard work but it’s ready. It’s now or never” Yoongi sounds proud and happy about his courting gift. Jungkook can smell his excitement even from a whole room away.
“Yoongi-ah, you're going to confess sooner than all of us. Congratulations” Seokjin teases and Jungkook hears both of his packmates laughing and giggling, scents happy and excited. It feels like they’re stomping on his heart on the floor.
The pregnant omega doesn’t want to stay there for more than a second longer. His body aches and now his heart aches too.
He hides himself in his nest, hugs the blanket that Yoongi gave him the night they started the nest in the living room, and he cries, cries for everything that he cannot have and his courting gift hiding in the backside of the closet that he's not going to use anymore. Cries for his aching muscles and bones and the idea that his pup is no longer going to be welcomed by 7 parents that love each other.
He cries and cries and cries for what he feels are hours and his eyes feel as dry as his lips.
He hasn't eaten or drank anything since yesterday night and his stomach is growling.
He’s just about to get up and walk like a zombie towards the kitchen when someone knocks on the door.
He hears Yoongi’s voice calling him “Kookie, are you okay? It's already noon. You should eat something”
Did he not go to meet his future boyfriend or whatever?
Jungkook feels annoyed and betrayed and wants to kick something, but his ankle hurts and he’s tired of everything and everyone.
“Kookie?” Yoongi repeats and almost opens the door, maybe misreading the silence as Jungkook sleeping.
“Go away! I don’t want you here!” Jungkook hisses loudly and tuckles himself even more inside his cocoon.
Then he hears silence. Maybe Yoongi decided that he’s not worthy of so much effort and went away. That’s good. He needs to save his caring and overprotective nature for his future mate. Whoever it is.
Jungkook is about to fall asleep again in between his tears and sobs when he hears another voice “Jungkook I can hear you crying, please, can I come in? You need to eat” Seokjin’s voice is calmer but firmer. No space for denial, and Jungkook is a weak omega, he wants to cry on someone’s shoulder for a little while. Even if it’s the shoulder of someone he loves unrequitedly.
“Come in” he says in such a silent voice
“Thank you Kook” Seokjin echoes as he closes the door behind him and sits beside Jungkook “What happened?” He combs Jungkook’s bangs away from his eyes and looks at him with concern. “Are you in pain?”
Jungkook nods
“Is there something wrong with the baby?”
Jungkook shakes his head and sniffles
“Mmm. Is it just an achy day?”
Jungkook only nods. Seokjin takes his hand and kisses his forehead, sweetly and softly. He can smell the concern in the alpha scent but he doesn’t have the voice nor the energy to say anything more.
Seokjin hugs him, as tightly as the omega’s belly allows it and they stay there for a while, just breathing in each other.
“Do you want to take a bath?” Seokjin inquires to the omega a few minutes later, with the same calm demeanor as always, but Jungkook can sense the still lingering apprehension.
“Yeah. That sounds nice” Jungkook manages to answer.
“I’ll prepare it for you” Seokjin offers a bit more animatedly after hearing the omega’s voice “And then we eat”
True to his word, Seokjin prepares a bath with a relaxing flowery bath bomb and some music in the background. He helps Jungkook to go in and waits for him to help him get out. Nudity has become something usual inside the pack since the moment Jungkook’s belly was too big for doing things like this comfortably. It’s never with any hidden intentions, just people who care about him trying to help him the best they can.
So Jungkook doesn’t feel uncomfortable when Seokjin helps him to get out of the bathtub and get into a bathrobe before drying his hair with a soft towel. He does get uncomfortable however, when seokjin asks the question he’s been fearing.
“Kookie, why didn’t you want to talk with Yoongi?”
Jungkook freezes for a moment and remembers the feeling of rejection and sadness he felt in the morning. He knows it’s not Yoongi’s fault to be in love with someone else. It was his own expectations the reason his heart is still hurting.
In the bath he had some time to think about everything. His pup is still his pack’s pup. They have assured him that. Even if he cannot be with them romantically, they would still be friends and family. And at some point everything will make sense again.
“Is he still here?” Jungkook asks timidly, a bit afraid of the response. What if he’s out, tired of Jungkook's dramatic antics?
“Yeah, he actually is a bit shaken up by your reaction. Do you want to talk about it?” Seokjin asks, always asking for boundaries before prying. Such a good alpha.
“Not right now” Jungkook sighs, not sure if he can keep some composure while telling the whole story. He knows someday he will, just not today.
“Okay. But you should talk to him when you’re ready. He loves you so much, almost as much as me. But don't tell him I said that.”
“I won't,” Jungkook grins. That bath actually did wonders for his mood. His body feels relaxed and his muscle cramps are better.
When he goes downstairs with Seokjin he notices the smell. It’s his favorite breakfast cooked by his favorite person.
He sees Yoongi in the kitchen, stirring some pots with a wooden spoon. When he turns around Jungkook catches sight of his eyes, red rimmed and swollen. He’s been crying. Why? Was his courting gift rejected?
He wants to stab with a spoon the person that dared reject his hyung. He’s no stranger to rejection. He felt it himself in the morning. But how on earth do you reject Min Yoongi? Half the world would be proposing to the omega if they knew him.
Seokjin sits Jungkook on the dinner table and helps Yoongi set down the breakfast he prepared for him. Yoongi moves fast and doesn’t give a single glance towards Jungkook's direction, then he croaks “Sorry. I’ll let you two eat.”
His voice is still hoarse from holding back the tears. Jungkook can’t take the sight of his hyung being so utterly sad. He stops him with one hand on his wrist and the best puppy eyes he can manage right now and pleads “Please stay.”
Yoongi looks at him surprised, his eyes still reflecting so much sadness. Jungkok doesn't want to see him like that ever again.
“I’ll let you two talk” Seokjin intervenes suddenly and Jungkook remembers he was the person that brought him downstairs in the first place “Eat plenty of food Kookie, baby bunny needs his strength.” He takes both of Jungkook's hands and kisses his knuckles “And don’t ever scare me again like that.”
Jungkook nods “I promise hyung”. He’ll explain everything later.
Once he’s alone with Yoongi he apologizes first. “I’m sorry. For not opening the door when you were there. And for yelling at you, it was all so childish”
“It’s ok” Yoongi is looking at the food on the table now. He plays with the chopsticks for a moment before he serves Jungkook a huge portion of every side dish and a bowl of rice.
“Eat something” The omega commands with lack of authority but so much care and understanding that Jungkook wants to cry again.
So he eats. The food is delicious as everything Yoongi cooks and it feels even better after his self induced fasting. He literally moans after some specially delicious bites. He picks out on how Yoongi slowly starts smiling, hearing his enthusiastic response towards the food.
He always liked to watch him eat.
After almost every dish on the table is finished, Yoongi takes a deep breath and pipes in “Can I ask why? Why did you yell before? Did I do something wrong these days?”
“No, of course not. It’s not that”
Jungkook looks at Yoongi and he can see so much vulnerability in his eyes. It’s only fair to respond with the same honesty “I’m sorry about yelling. I just- I was jealous.”
“Jealous?” Yoongi looks more confused now. His brows furrow cutely and Jungkook can’t stop himself and smooth his frown with his index finger. He’s tired of looking at Yoongi not being happy today.
“I heard you talking with Jin hyung about the courting gift. And I’m happy for you… Or I’ll get there” Jungkook starts explaining. “I was kind of dropping hints the past few weeks because I wanted to court all of you, be a romantic pack.”
Yoongi looks panicked, so Jungkook tries to defend himself after blurting everything so fast. Why is he always so impulsive!?
“B-but I know now that you have another option and I wish you to be happy with whoever you decide to court… These feelings will go away with time. I promise I’ll not - I’ll never get in the way of your happiness.”
Yooongi frowns at that. Now it’s time for Jungkook to panic. “I-I’m so sorry if I said something bad. D-did they reject your gift? That’s why you were crying just now?”
“I” Yoongi 's face is suddenly relieved and he dares to smirk, suddenly confident he gets closer to Jungkook and puts a hand into his neck. Looking directly at him with fire in his eyes. He laughs.
What?
Jungkook knows this laugh. It’s not mean or mocking. Yoongi is happy.
“I’m trying to court /you/ dummy” He laughs again and connects their foreheads while closing his eyes.
Jungkook is frozen in space-time. This is an alternative reality. He probably passed out from sadness in his room. He separates from Yoongi and looks at him questioningly, tilting his head. He’s smiling, his gums and teeth showing, his cheeks rounded smashing his eyes into little crescents. That smile is what gives Jungkook the courage to clarify “Y-you are trying to court /me/?”
“Yep” Yoongi affirms nonchalantly “We all want to. I just had my gift ready first”
“And with all of you you mean?”
“Me, Jinnie, Hobi, Namjoon, Tae and Jimin. All of us”
“Ok” Jungkook stills feels like he needs some business days to process all this information. His omega, on the other hand, is preening. His pack wants him and his pup.
“May I ask to see that courting gift” Jungkook blurts out and blushes instantly. That was probably not the most tactful question.
“Yeah. Follow me.” Yoongi beams with pride at the idea.
He takes Jungkook towards the nursery where there is now a whole new wooden rocking chair. The one item that Jungkook couldn’t decide about yet. It’s perfectly built and fits just right into the space and the colors.
He starts tearing up a bit when a small voice come from outside
“Do you like it?” Jimin asks and Jungkook can see the whole pack inside the nursery smiling at him.
Yoongi is the one closer, blushing when he intervenes “Sorry. I called them. No more misunderstandings” he continues “Do you really like it? I made it with cedar wood, so it smells like me from time to time. Thought it would be comforting. Maybe” He blushes harder and hides behind Seokjin, who only clicks his tongue as a response.
“You did a wonderful job hyung” Hoseok pipes in and asks again “Do you accept our courting Jungkookie?”
Jungkook is full on bawling now and the instant he nods and bubbles a little “yes” he has six people surrounding him.
This is the best day of his life.
Then Jungkook remembers “I also have a gift for you. A-a courting gift” The whole pack is now looking with loving eyes and he continues “I’ve been planning this for a while. Wait here a little bit”
The omega goes towards his room and retrieves his guitar. He already memorized all the pages so it’s probably not necessary, but still, the omega takes the kick counting notebook now full of lyrics from inside his hiding spot in the closet, and returns to the nursery.
“Well… I made a lullaby” Jungkok grins and places a hand on his belly. “So our pup knows how we met and why I love you.”
The whole room gasps and Jungkook sits on his new rocking chair, holding the guitar weirdly in front and up his baby bump as he practiced the last couple of nights. He sings with all his heart. A written confession about fate and love.
🍼🐰🍼
He and Jimin are making out.
Again.
By now, it is such a frequent activity that Jungkook feels he probably wouldn’t be able to live any longer without it.
Sue him! Park Jimin lips are an addiction. The strong taste of chocolate and the insistent movement of his tongue numbing his senses in the most satisfactory way.
Since that wonderful night with confessions and gifts and words of love, the lines between the pack were no longer blurred. They are completely deleted. It started with innocent kisses and hugs, to test the waters in the relationships and dynamics within the pack.
Then, they began cuddling each other to sleep in the big nest in the living room everyday.
And, step by step, they ended up with full on make out sessions such as this one.
Jungkook losing his air and his mind with one of his hyungs scent enveloping him, making him dizzy with every noise between their kisses.
Right now, he can feel Jimin's erection through his pants and most of the time he knows how to control himself. They haven't gone further than this yet. Clearly waiting to talk about boundaries first, but its been three weeks and Jungkook is horny as fuck and Jimin breath is warm and heavy, and his cock feels amazing against his tight and..
"Fuck, sorry" Hoseok said catching them. Jimin's body retreats, with a guilty look on his eyes.
Damn it!
Jungkook knows this means they are probably going to have a huge conversation about it first and he doesn't want to wait. He doesn't want healthy communication before orgasms. Life is so unfair to poor horny pregnant omegas.
He groans in frustration and Hoseok smirks. "Why so pouty bun? Impatient much?"
"Yes. I'm hormonal, have pity on me" Jungkook whines petulantly, trying to work his biggest pouty lips and doe eyes.
"I will" Hoseok assures with a velvety voice that’s not making Jungkook’s situation any better and come closer to the couple. "I'll take so much pity on you, until baby bunny is here and you’re healthy and I can finally make you scream hanging from my knot" He whispers into Jungkook ear and the omega melts into the couch.
Hoseok kisses him, hot and heavy. Jungkook cannot believe that everything he wanted is going to come true. And without waiting any second with conversations about feelings. Oh! Life is so wonderful for pregnant horny omegas.
Suddenly Hoseok kisses him lighter and lighter until it's only a little peck in his swollen lips. He also pecks Jimin lips twice and demands, completely collected "But first, we need to have a pack meeting. I'm calling everyone."
Jungkook's eye twitches. Hoseok is such a tease, but two can play that stupid game.
"As you say Alpha." Jungkook almost moans, making sure he presents his throat to the alpha, pheromones strong with his arousal.
Hoseok assesses Jungkook with such a lustful gaze that the omega gets a little bit intimidated. But the alpha composes fast, sighs and tucks a lock of Jungkook’s hair behind his ear “Later, i promise"
Jungkook knows he lost this game. He fells like fucking Bella Swan in Eclipse, begging for his hot boyfriend to touch him. But he knows there are no other ways for him to beg, so he accepts defeat "Whatever! you're mean, i'm gonna pee"
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"Baby, weren't you the most impatient one!?" Hoseok teases from the living room.
Jungkook groans in response "Shut up hyung, I'm peeing"
"Don't bully the pregnant omega Hobi" Namjoon grins while everyone in the pack takes a seat in the living room.
"Just healthy teasing" Hoseok smirks just when Jungkook screams "I'm here, I’m here" and waddles to the available spot on the sofa where Taehyung is already waiting with open arms.
Jungkook sits on his lap and pecks his lips once, then starts "Thank you all for waiting. I would like to start this meeting by saying the most important fact now. I'm horny, we need to solve that"
Tae freezes for a moment. "Is it ok to have sex?, you're 8 months pregnant"
"It's okay and even recommended” Namjoon intervenes, wise as usual “But we need to set some boundaries within each other first. Where do we want this relationship to go?”
There is a beat of silence until Jimin begins with shaking hands and blushy cheeks “I-i love you all, and I think I have loved you forever, but I just realized how much I want to call you my mates.”
Tae takes Jimin’s hand from one couch to the other and pipes in “I feel the same. These past few days have been so wonderful. I would very much like to mate you all” He laughs “Someday or right now, whatever you want.”
That prompts some laughter from the whole group and Jungkook notices how everyone is touching in some way. Hands holding hands, tights, arms. Giving support to one another. He gulps the big knot on his throat. It’s not time for crying.
Hoseok continues “I would like us to be exclusive. I don’t want to see anybody else in a romantic or physical way” Everybody nods at that and Jungkook releases a breath he doesn't know he was holding. He’s officially the younger omega in a romantic pack, he’s pupped and he’s going to give birth soon.
He’s going to be so spoiled. Just imagine the possibilities.
He grins and decides to be truthful about his expectations too. "I want you to take care of m-our pup, like their /official/ dads." Taehyung hugs him tighter and kisses his scent gland. “I would be delighted”
“I want that too,” Namjoon smiles, both dimples on full display. “All of it. The parenting, the exclusivity a-and the mating” He blushes slightly, hiding his smile with his hands.
“Me too” Seokjin states later “And I was thinking about keeping the big nest in the living room. Make some adjustments and get a big nest in one of the bedrooms. Invest in some nest supplies. I know our omegas will appreciate it.”
“That’ll be amazing!” Yoongi agrees and finally asks the question Jugkook himself was dying to know “Are we boyfriends now?”
“For now” Seokjin assures “Mates later.”
A chorus of happy responses resounds in the living room until Jungkook interrupts them again “I need to go pee, be right back”
The whole pack giggles. They know how hard it’s been for Jungkook’s bladder to keep it together this last month of pregnancy.
“And I want to keep being best friends,” Tehyung says once Jungkook gets back into the room and sits on his lap again.
“Always” Jimin exclaims and Jungkook is once again squished into a big group hug. He takes the opportunity to reiterate his previous point “Perfect. Now that we’re all on the same page, about the first problem. I’m horny. Some ideas about that?”
“Come here baby” Hoseok grins brightly and smugly while he gets the pregnant omega on his lap, the scents in the room suddenly heavy with arousal and excitement.
Jungkook’s days are only getting better and better.
And It’s just the beginning of the rest of his life.
🍼🐰🍼
6 years later
It is Haneul's first sleepover and the whole house it’s losing their mind.
She has never slept without at least one of her parents in the room next door. When she was a baby, sometimes one of the alphas slept in the nursery when their instincts kicked in and wanted to protect their pup from literally everything. It was a bit ridiculous. But Jungkook loved it.
Jungkook who is now, strangely, the calmest one of the pack. He just woke up and begins his day by walking around the house and hearing some interesting conversations.
First, Yoongi and Hoseok in the principal bathroom.
“Did you pack her sunblock” Yoongi questions, sounding a bit annoyed
“It’s a sleepover hyung.” The alpha remarks as if literally this wasn't the only thing they have thought about for almost a week.
“So?” Yoongi frowns and looks at Hoseok with a lifted brow, daringly.
“You don’t need sunblock for a sleepover. It’s at night” Hoseok observes nonchalantly and folds a towel to put inside Haneul’s favorite backpack. A green frog with big eyes and long legs that go beyond the straps and almost reach Haneul full height. She always looks adorable wearing that and his green frog bucket hat.
“She’s gonna be back in the morning right?” Yongi huffs and Hoseok actually stays silent.
“There you go. Sunblock” Yongi smirks and passes the small yellow bottle to the alpha, who suddenly kisses the omega sweetly in the lips and admits “That’s why I love you. You always think about everything”
Jungkook grins at the scene and continues walking. He passes through Jimin, Taehyung and Haneul in her bedroom discussing absolutely serious matters.
“Do you like this color baby?” Jimin asks, raising some light green socks with frogs in them.
Yes, Jungkook knows his daughter is kind of obsessed with frogs at the moment.
“Yep” Haneul grins big and Jimin places the socks in what Jungkook assumes is a pile of chosen outfits.
“Braids or pigtails bun?” Tehyung says from behind his daughter.
“Braid buns” Haneul counters, both of the betas giggle and Taehyung accepts the request while shaking his head “You got it, bunny”
Taehyung starts braiding Haneul’s hair as Jimin asks the next question “How about this pajama?”
Jungkook smiles to himself again and remembers that he must prepare breakfast before the dad of Haneul’s friend comes to pick her up. He goes downstairs and finds Namjoon and Seokjin in the kitchen, the alpha laughing loudly at some joke and the omega just smiling, endeared by his mate's antics.
When they see him coming, Namjoon stands up and kisses him good morning “Here’s some coffee Kookie”
“Thank you yeobo, the whole house is in panic mode huh?”
“Can you blame us? It’s her first sleepover. Just yesterday she was still a cute little baby” Seokjin whines and the omega understands the sentiment. Everything happened so fast.
They now have a 6 year old daughter.
“No. Those are for her friends. I’ll make some more later for us” Seokjin argues, taking Jungkook out of his thoughts, as he slaps Namjoon’s hand trying to reach a chocolate chip cookie of a full batch that Seokjin is now placing neatly in a tupperware.
Namjoon pouts “Hyuuung. Just one”
“Ok, just one. But for a price” Seokjin agrees easily and taps his lips with his index finger. Namjon kisses him and Seokjin places a cookie on a napkin for the omega who beams proudly at it.
Jungkook laughs and starts preparing some food while chatting comfortably with his mates.
After a while, Taehyung comes downstairs with Haneul fully dressed and styled with braid buns, looking extra aesthetic with some locks of hair at the front acting as curtain bangs, that frame her chubby face in the most adorable way. Jungkook swears Tae was a hairdresser in his past life.
“She’s ready!” Jimin shouts and clicks some pictures of her. “She looks lovely”
“Thank you” Taehyung remarks and kisses Jimin’s cheek.
Haneul runs downstairs and hugs Jungkook first, who gives her a forehead kiss. “You look beautiful baby, want some breakfast?”
“Yes daddy.” She lisps and sits next to his dads after giving Seokjin and Namjoon a hug. The alpha lets her take a cookie and then explains the rest are packed for her to share with her friends.
“You’re ready for your first sleepover?” Namjoon asks and the timing is impeccable because the doorbell rings just when he screams “Yes!”
She says goodbye to all her parents, one by one.
Yoongi and Hoseok give her the backpack and explain everything they put inside. They hug her tightly and Jungkook notices Yoongi voice quiver when he says ‘have fun bunny’
“Ok lets go” Jungkook takes her hand and opens the door to greet a tall and elegant alpha. Probably the mother of one of the girls who are now screaming and laughing inside her car.
Jungkook repeats all the instructions to his daughter and once she’s inside the car he hands the tupperware full of cookies to the alpha. Jungkook looks at her with some pity after offering more sugar to a parent that might have to entertain 6 childs for a whole night, “Don’t hesitate to call if she needs anything. We’ll be all here worried either way. And we’ll pick her up at 11 am on the dot tomorrow.”
“No problem, this is my girl's second sleepover. I know the feeling” She smiles with a gentle demeanor. Jungkook insists on exchanging the phone numbers of all the pack members as the alpha giggles “I’ll call one of you if something happens. Don’t worry, Jungkookssi. See you tomorrow”
Jungkook bows and says goodbye to the alpha before Haneul “Bye baby. Have lots of fun, but behave ok?” He bops her nose and she giggles, tilting her head towards the touch and scrunching his nose
“I will. Bye daddy”
He sees the car disappear into the road, waits there, standing more time than he supposes is healthy and sighs. Then returns to the house with a heavy heart.
But what he discovers as he enters stops him from crying, stops his existential crisis altogether so fast he gets a whiplash.
Everyone is covered in flour, trying to kiss Seokjin who is shrinking into a wall to avoid his mates’ touch.
“What are you doing?” Jungkook giggles completely in love with all of them.
“Paying for some cookies” Taehyung responds as if it’s nothing and kisses Seokjin in the cheek loudly. The alpha blushes hard “Yah! There are literally no more cookies”
“We’re fighting for the next batch” Jimin says and comes closer to his hyung who is now running around the living room table.
They all burst out laughing and Jungkook feels so happy, so grateful, so at peace.
He has nothing to worry about. His packmates were there all the steps of the way. From the moment he decided to bring Haneul into the world. There were fights, tears and crises but they stayed strong. Because together, their pack is always gonna be bulletproof.
“Hey! I want to pay for my cookie too” Jungkook closes the door behind him and runs behind Seokjin.