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“Jungkook! Kook! Kookie?”
He heard someone whisper his name in an overly excited tone, but Jungkook decided to ignore it, hoping to get a few more minutes of peace. He yawned loudly folding his arms over his ocean green scrubs on his belly.
“Kookie! Come on wake up!”
A small tap on his shoulder, followed by a more insistent one, clear indication that who was calling him was getting frustrated. He was lucky it wasn’t his boss, because if it was, his ass would have already met the cold tile floor by now, although the person calling him was just as vicious. He decided to just keep ignoring them, hoping for the best, as he kept trying to rest peacefully.
It didn’t last long though, just as he had feared. Because the poor beta had ignored one small little detail .
It was Tuesday morning, and his best friend in the world, also known as one Park Jimin, was in the building in what had only apparently started as a quiet morning. He should have known better It never was a quiet anything when Jimin was around.
“Kook!! Koooook! Wake up before I kick you in the balls!”
His shrill, loudly obnoxious voice rang in the beta’s ears, shaking him out of his sweet, except for the past 5 minutes, slumber.
How he would miss his comfy and peaceful dream land, a world that was Jimin-free for at least a couple of hours. Jungkook sighed as he stroked his face with his hands, trying to rub the sleep off his face.
He loved his friend dearly, he really did, but he was so loud and hyper so early in the morning, that he could have easily woken up half of the patients on their unit, which was miraculously still quiet, probably because half of the patients didn’t probably get a chance to get a good night sleep.
“What!? Can’t you see I was trying to ignore you?” He retorted as he stretched his neck, already regretting falling asleep on the small reclining chair he sat in usually.
He had to admit it wasn’t the comfiest one he had slept in. His body was aching as if he had slept in the ugly thing all night, instead than a few seconds.
“Rude! I am your favorite hyung, you should treat me as such”
The blonde omega puffed his cheeks, his arms shooting on his hips, in his usual sassy pose, as he eyed Jungkook from top to bottom with his raised eyebrows. It was his favorite fighting stance, the one that meant ‘try fight me if you dare’ Jungkook could very possibly do so, but didn’t have enough energy or will power so he just raised his hands up defensively.
“First of all I never said that” He specified, because if Jimin was going to kill him, might as well go down with dignity.
They got a couple of irritated looks from the other nurses around them, because honestly, no one wanted to have to answer a dozen of call bells, just because Jimin didn’t know how to regulate his tone of voice.
“Of course you would say that, you always favor Kim Taehyung and throw it in my face”
“First of all, I don’t favor Tae-hyung, plus you have a mate, you should worry about who he favors”
“Hoseok worships me, of course. Don’t try to change the subject little demon”
His sentence was followed by a precise kick to his shin, because Jimin had a spiteful vein in him that couldn’t be soothed by such little reassurance by his favorite dongsaeng.
“Ouch! Why you gotta be so violent all the time! I was sitting here minding my own business!”
“That’s your punishment for being a disrespectful little shit”
Jungkook gasped at the audacity, because if anyone was being a little shit, it was the blond menace he called best friend..
“And then you wonder why you’re not my favorite! At least Taehyung is nice to me! Plus if I had a favorite it would definitely be Yoongi hyung! At least he feeds me, and is always nice to me!”
Jimin’s expression turned pensive as he seemed to ponder Jungkook’s words, his expression thoughtful as he plopped down on the chair next to the beta, who turned to look at Jimin in the eye, feeling safe from his wrath. He had distracted him for the time being, although, the sudden switch in character was suspicious, even for someone as volatile as Jimin.
The omega leaned forward, as if to whisper in his ear, as he pointed in the direction of the charge nurse, their hyung, who was looking at the assignment board for the day, with a small frown. He was wearing his least favorite pair of purple scrubs, with a soft baby blue sweater on top, which made him look extra soft, totally contrasting his sour expression. His long dark hair caressed his shoulders as he looked up at the board, openly pouting as Jieun was talking his ear off, still hyper from her long night shift.
“Speaking of hyung… there’s something different in him, don’t you agree with me?”
He turned to Jimin, who was watching the scene along with him, and he raised an eyebrow at his words. There was nothing unusual in Yoongi, his appearance was the same, although maybe, if you really looked at him, you could see his skin looked slightly paler than usual, but he was acting as his usual grumpy self, if the way he was scowling at Jieun was an indication of that. Nothing concerning if he had a say in it, but of course Jimin had to be a drama queen since early morning.
“Jimin, we have been telling you the same thing for the past week. There’s nothing different in hyung, you have to stop imagining things”
Jungkook scoffed repositioning himself on the small chair. His green scrubs were so uncomfortable, and his whole body was still aching. He didn’t have any patience for Jimin’s crazy conspiracy theories.
“I’m not imagining anything. I am sure something is going on with Yoongi hyung, and I will prove it to all of you fools”
The blonde omega’s full lips turned into a pout, and the beta already knew that he was going to get an earful either way he turned.
Jimin was one persistent asshole, he had to give him that much
Jimin’s voice raised a few octaves, and Jungkook knew him well enough to know that his friend was now determined to prove to all of them just how right he was. Not that anyone had the guts or the energy to go against him, and Hoseok, the only one who stood a chance, had gone down a long time ago.
The pretty omega just had to battle his full lashes and look at him with his pretty eyes, and the alpha would forget his own name. The poor fool.
Yoongi, the only other person who had a chance against Jimin’s wrath was the person whose the argument was all about, so it was best to keep him out of it and as far away from it as possible, unless he wanted to deal with two omega’s going off on him for no absolute reason, and that would then unleash more unpleasant consequences, in the form of an overly worried and over protective (unnecessarily so, since Yoongi was pretty capable to defend himself) Kim Taehyung.
Jungkook was on his own on this one, so he might as well indulge Jimin for the sake of peace. He wanted to have a pleasant day at work, and he had to deal with his hyper friend for most of it.
“I can’t exactly tell what it is though, hyung is being very quiet this morning”
The blonde omega clutched his chin as he stared in the general direction of the charge nurse, who was busying himself making the assignments for the oncoming shift and was completely oblivious to their conversation.
“Maybe he’s just tired” he went against his will to not get involved, but there was no way that the blonde would leave him alone anyway, might as well just give up.
“It’s not just that. He’s just quiet”
“Jimin, he’s always quiet.”
Jungkook deadpanned, and finally decided to lift himself up, leaning his elbows on the desk, fighting to keep his head up and eyes open.
“His skin looks so shiny…do you think he switched his skin care products?”
“Jimin how can you even tell from this far away?” He rolled his eyes at the ridiculousness of it all, because why would they be discussing Yoongi’s skin care routine? Although he had to admit his skin did look magnificent. He probably should ask what products he used, he was kinda dazzled by how shiny and bright it looked under the shitty hospital lights.
Although he wasn’t as invested initially as his friend in solving the (possible? real?) mystery, Jungkook couldn’t deny he was now feeding into Jimin’s crazy ideas. It could be because he was bored, and had to do something to keep himself awake, but that was just a tiny detail. Jimin didn’t need to know.
“It’s Jimin-hyung to you, Kookie, and, his hair looks shinier too”
“I thought this was just about his skin” the beta retorted, he was getting whiplash from
the blonde omega constantly switching part of the omega’s body he was analyzing.
“He looks tired though…he has dark bags under his eyes” Jimin kept going, really talking to himself at that point, since the young beta was not contributing much to the conversation. He couldn’t, he still had to figure out if Yoongi’s hair really was extra shiny as the other had stated.
“I can’t see anything, plus you know how hyung is, he hates people talking about him, maybe we should just…I don’t know, just mind our own business?”
“This is our business. We are hyung’s friends, and we just want to help him”
“We should stop staring at him! He’s going to notice!”
“I can’t stop staring! There’s something going on, and I need to know what it is!”
Jimin whispered loud enough that the other nurses at the nurse’s station turned around to look at the two of them with big eyes, probably eager to hear the l gossip regarding their very private, mysterious grumpy boss,
“He will hear us!”
“Oh please! He’s all the way over there, he can’t hear us”
The young unit secretary rolled his eyes at his blonde friend, grunting in frustration. They were never too safe from Yoongi, he moved so quietly , he could be standing behind them and they wouldn’t notice
“Anyway, what are you so worried about? Yoongi hyung never scolds you, he finds you too cute for that”
Jimin chuckled, waving him off with his hand, dismissing his concerns.
“That’s not true!” The secretary puffed his cheeks making him look even younger and adorable than he already was.
Everyone on the unit had a soft spot for the young beta, Yoongi and Seokjin included. They were secretly softies, suckers for his cute doe eyes, although no one would ever believe them if he told them
“Please! He didn’t even yell at you when you spilled coffee over his white coat on the day the joint commission came to our floor”
“Because it wasn’t my fault! You pushed me and ran!”
“I don’t recall that” Jimin fluffed his hair with his hand, feigning a fake innocent expression.
“Of course you wouldn’t”
It was only 7 am, way too early to get in trouble, and Yoongi already looked like he wasn’t having a good day as he slowly walked back to his chair, grim expression and lips pulled in a straight line. If Jungkook had to be completely honest, his complexion looked a little paler than usual, but he had to give Jimin credit, it did look like he was glowing.
He turned to look at Jimin, who was now dutifully pretending to look through his assignments in the computer behind him and leaned back with his chair, turning to his friend, who eyed their hyung and looked at him with an ‘told you’expression’.
“You might have a point”
The black-haired omega let out a sigh and stretched his back before flopping down in his chair tiredly, with a loud groan.
He looked like he had a rough morning, he had dark bags under his feline eyes, and his complexion was paler than usual, he was openly pouting not hiding his sour expression and bad mood. Not that he would on a regular day, but today was more noticeable, which was a clear sign to stay away from him, which was also displayed from his scent. His usually soft and calming vanilla scent smelt sour and slightly unpleasant, which was also a novelty, it only smelt like that when Yoongi was sick.
“Good morning hyung, how are you feeling today?” Jimin chirped from his spot at the next desk over, acting as if he hadn’t been attentively inspecting him like a hawk for the past 10 minutes.
The blonde omega was smiling widely, and Jungkook had to admit that Jimin was brave to just greet Yoongi so casually, especially when he didn’t look so amicable, and was missing his source of energy and motivation for the day. Yoongi had openly admitted that his morning coffee was what prevented him from committing murder most of the times.
Jungkook still wasn’t sure if his hyung had been serious or joking about that , but he was always a little extra cautious when he didn’t have his regular cup with him.
Just that factor was a dangerous red flag, but Jimin was a fearless idiot that one day would get them all murdered.
Yoongi leaned into his chair with a sigh resting his hands on his stomach. It was 07:05 in the morning and he was already looking like he was done with everything as he let out a loud exhale.
“My will to live disappears when I enter this building.” He closed his eyes shut, bringing one hand at the bridge of his nose, looking like the perfect picture of despair. Tragic.
“But Hyung, you look so lively today, I love that color scrubs on you”
Jungkook sent a concerned look at the blonde omega with a raised eyebrow. What was Jimin going on about? Did he enjoy to live on the edge of danger? Everyone knew not to bother an angry Yoongi, well almost everyone, apparently.
The black-haired omega scrunched his nose, as he turned to look at Jimin with a blank stare. He was probably trying to figure out if Jimin had a death wish on that particular grim morning. Jungkook couldn’t blame him, he had been trying to figure out the same thing.
“I had to change them before leaving the house, I had an accident, and all my other ones were in the dirty laundry”
He explained very matter of factly, as he played with the edge of the scrub shirt. Everyone knew he hated that particular pair because it was too snug and he felt like it displayed his omega curves too much, making him feel uneasy. Add that to feeling unwell he was a ticking time bomb of misery.
“It’s okay hyung, you look cute as always”
Yoongi spun around completely with the wheels of his chair, one of his hands on his hip, eyes like slits as he studied the blonde omega, who was now smiling widely at him.
Jungkook gulped loudly, lifting a pile of papers and shielding himself with them, expecting Yoongi’s wrath any minute now, as he peeked from behind them to look at his dumb friend.
It had been nice to know him. He wondered if he would get chosen to write the eulogy? Probably since he had witnessed his last moments and was his best friend.
But how would he tell Hoseok that his beloved Jimin decided to stupidly risk his life unsettling an angry Yoongi? And how did he know Yoongi wouldn’t be satisfied just killing Jimin and would take him down as well? He really hoped Jimin wasn’t joking when he said he was his favorite dongsaeng. He wasn’t ready to die, especially when he didn’t even do anything.
Yoongi looked like he wanted to say something at that, but was suddenly distracted when a rich citrusy scent filled the area, followed by a very familiar voice and loud gasps, which made it sound like they were in some sort of cheesy rom-com, where everyone in the room couldn’t hold it in their pants at the appearance of the hot male lead. Disgusting.
“Hyungie! I brought your coffee, I know you didn’t have any this morning”
Kim Taehyung appeared like a saving grace, at least in the poor terrified beta’s eyes.
He was the only one who could escape the charge nurse’s wrath, and save them all from doom.
Oblivious as always and standing there in all his glory, long black curls running wild on top of his head barely held back with a bandana, a bright obnoxious rectangular smile, which made most of the omega, beta (and some alpha), staff swoon, wearing a set of purple scrubs, which suspiciously looked identical to the ones the tiny charge nurse was wearing under his sweater. The young attending doctor smiled brightly at the dark haired omega, whose only answer was a tired groan.
The young alpha didn’t pay mind to the grumpy attitude of the tiny omega, and smiled sweetly placing a fuming cup of coffee on top of the desk. The omega snatched it quickly like a hawk, not sparing one glance at the young alpha, who walked closer to the station latching himself like a leech onto the counter, as if fearing that someone would try to drag him away. Yoongi took a sip out of the small styrofoam cup and already looked more human and less gremlin.
“Hyung, I don’t even get a thank you? I went to your favorite coffee shop” The tall handsome doctor openly pouted, making puppy eyes at the other, making every head turn towards Yoongi who was now blushing madly at all the attention. He recovered quickly though, and surprisingly looked at the young alpha with a fond look, which shocked most of the staff, who didn’t even know he was capable of such.His round face looking less murderous than it had a couple minutes ago.
“You did? But that’s the opposite way from the hospital from ou-“ he stopped himself before he said something he shouldn’t. They were still at the bustling nurse’s station, there was no such thing as privacy with prying eyes and ears surrounding them.
The alpha smiled wider at the small mishap, leaning his head over his arms, lips pulled in a cheeky grin as he looked the nurse in the eye.
“I just wanted you to have a good start to your day” he explained hunching his shoulders, making himself smaller, as if afraid he had been improper, which was ridiculous, because if anyone could bring Yoongi coffee was the young bright alpha who exuded confidence, as he watched the tiny nurse inhale his drink.
“Thank you Tae, I really did need it” the omega didn’t look him in the eyes, aware that he would give away his feelings if he did, and knew he would find concern in the alpha’s eyes. Taehyung didn’t need to say anything, Yoongi could feel he was worried about him through their bond.
“You know I care hyung”
He blushed even more at that, letting out a strangled squeal as he covered his face with one of his hands in shame. He could feel the rest of the staff looking with their eyes pointed on them, or better, on Taehyung, who had been the main talk of the hospital since the day he had started, no more than six months ago.
The alpha was not only an excellent doctor, loved by his patients for his kindness and care.
The man was also extremely handsome, with his perfect face, which looked like it was sculpted by a very talented artist. Of course half of the hospital staff wanted to try and bag him. He had received various proposals from some flirty omegas and betas during his short time in the hospital, which he had all very kindly refused.
He had probably scorned a few of the young nurses who had approached him and got rejected immediately, but he couldn’t help it, because he was only interested in one omega. The same one who loved to play tough, and was downright hostile when they were on the floor, but who fell into his arms with no hesitation as soon as they were out of their workplace and in the privacy of their own home.
The dynamic between the two had started to attract attention very early on, sparking curiosity on what their relationship really was.
The young doctor had shown his preference for Yoongi from the beginning, and would always act overly excited to spend time bothering the charge nurse, sitting by him at the desk, (which he only did when Yoongi was around) and by acting extra cute by making sure the nurse ate, or that he had coffee, tea or anything he needed during his shift
. At times he even brought him lunch, using the excuse he had made too much, which was ridiculous, because that meant that Taehyung would have miscalculated a lot, due to the big portions he stuffed the lunch bag with.
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It sparked rumors about the two, the nurses in the unit loving to gossip on anything and anyone, despite Yoongi trying to act indifferent and cold to the alpha, Taehyung had not backed down, and Yoongi was slowly mellowing and warming up towards the young alpha, smiling at him more often, and spending more time talking with him, which made things even more suspicious because of the mating bite that appeared on the young doctor’s neck, and that he wore with pride, never bothering to cover it up.
The staff had wondered immediately who the doctor’s mate was, and why he hadn’t said anything till then, wondering how they were okay with him flirting so openly with the black haired omega. They assumed that maybe his mate didn’t know about his behavior when he was working or just didn’t care, because it seemed that the young doctor was still trying to pursue the omega. No one ever suspected that the doctor’s mate was the same charge nurse who they gossiped so much about, since he did a good job of covering his neck, unlike his mate, who had one day decided to just uncover his mark to stop people from flirting with him. It also didn’t help that Yoongi didn’t stop Taehyung from acting like a lovesick fool, he found it funny how the nurses would gossip about them, making it seem like he was the mistress taking the alpha away from his rightful mate.
Yoongi was extremely private, so no one except their close friends knew that the two had been a couple for a long time now and that only last year, after almost 8 years of dating,they had sealed the deal, finally mating in a small romantic summer ceremony.
And if things went according to plan they would stay a secret. Yoongi didn’t need people asking him about his relationship, or to tell him continuously how much of a cute couple him and Taehyung were, although he was sure the alpha would have loved that. He always loved to talk about their relationship to whoever would listen, telling people how cute his omega was and all of the little things he found endearing about him. Of course no one that knew Yoongi suspected Taehyung was actually talking about him.
Yoongi had expressed his desire to keep their relationship professional while they were at work, and Taehyung respected that the best that he could. Sometimes he couldn’t help himself, and Yoongi understood, it was hard for the alpha to control his instincts all the time.
“Thank you Taehyung-ah. This is really good” he thanked his alpha, smiling fondly as he took a sip of the dark warm liquid. He felt blessed to have such a sweet charming mate who just wanted to provide and care for him.
The alpha beamed at that, happy to have provided for his omega. His eyes lighting up and lips pulled up in his familiar rectangular smile, the one that showed off all his white perfect teeth.
“Jesus Christ Taehyung-ah go fix those heart eyes before the whole hospital gets a case of unrequited love” Jimin, who had witnessed the whole scene along with other coworkers, was now standing next to Yoongi with his hands on his hips, and a frown on his pretty face. The alpha hadn’t even noticed the blonde omega approaching, round eyes still on his mate who was staring at his cup with a small blissful smile, ignoring the debate around him.
“Seriously, you guys are gross”
Jungkook added from his seat. His arms folded as he looked at the pair with a disgusted expression, not even hiding the obvious way his head shook in disappointment.
Taehyung was so whipped for his mate, it wasn’t even funny to tease him anymore. He was aware and proud of it. If teased about it, he would just pull out a picture of Yoongi doing something cute (allegedly, because Yoongi would never do something cute openly, unless it was for his mate) and boast about his perfect partner for the next three hours to whoever would listen.
“Dr Kim was just being nice” Yoongi rushed to specify, noticing the not so convinced look the whole staff was throwing at the two of them.
He sighed, turning to look to the now openly pouty doctor.
“Don’t you have patients you have to go take care of?” He asked him as he took another sip of the coffee, smiling softly at the young alpha as a way to thank him for the hot drink which had given him some sort of motivation to start the day.
Taehyung was about to reply when he was interrupted by someone almost slamming a pocket folder on his face. The alpha just looked with wide eyes, as Seokjin flawlessly fixed his hair, as if he hadn’t almost attempted to take him out cold.
“Good morning my lovelies, I see you are reunited here, waiting for my beautiful face to make an appearance. But worry not, here it is in all of its glory.” He gestured at himself, and more than one pair of eyes rolled at the manager’s words.
Seokjin looked at the staff, reunited at the desk ready to begin their day, and he shot an unimpressed look at the young doctor who was still lurking behind Yoongi with a frown. He had moved his position from behind the desk, and was now standing very close to the charge nurse, bodies and hands almost touching. The alpha staring at the back of Yoongi’s head, and the omega acting clueless. He shook his head at the ridiculousness of the situation and of Yoongi trying to act as if they were just work buddies. Even a blind person would have been able to tell they were a couple, he really should reconsider the brightness of his staff.
“We can now start our morning huddle, so if you don’t mind Dr Kim, I have to steal the charge nurse from you, I promise I’ll return him in the same conditions you found him”
Yoongi hung his head in shame at his hyung’s words, right in front of everyone. How were they supposed to protect their privacy when his hyung had no shame in trying to out them so blatantly?
Taehyung nodded eagerly “You better, I am very fond of him” and he winked shamelessly at a worn out Yoongi who had lost all of the fight in him, because honestly what was the point anymore?
Seokjin then pushed Yoongi with him towards the medication room looking around to make sure that all of the nursing staff was joining them.
When they stopped he handed over some papers to Yoongi, who simply sighed, as he took another sip of coffee to hide his displeasure. He hated the early morning meetings, he just wanted to go about his day, but he assumed this one was an important one since the pharmacist in charge was joining them.
“Good morning everyone I hope everyone is doing well on this wonderful day” He started as he cleared his voice.
“Jieun will give us the floor report, and after that we have our staff pharmacist, Mr Kim Namjoon, who will go over the new procedure to get our medications out of the omnicell! Isn’t this exciting?”
Everyone looked at Seokjin with annoyance, apparently no one except him found the whole ordeal interesting, and Yoongi found himself agreeing with the staff.
Seokjin eyed his mate, who bowed slightly introducing himself to the staff, although everyone knew who he was, since the pharmacy was on their floor, and he was a constant presence on the unit.
He would peek into Jin’s office various times throughout the day, and subsequently Yoongi would see him just as much as his mate did, since they shared their office space,as well as the staff as he liked to sit at the desk and chat with Jungkook, who was studying pharmacy as well, and was hoping to get hired into the department soon.
Jieun very quickly gave a rundown of what had occurred doing night shift, the patient’s census, any scheduled procedure, before handing the papers over to Yoongi who looked over them briefly and cleared his own throat, feeling a little shaky.
“Very well, thanks Jieun. As you might have seen, there has been an update to our omnicell. Just as Seokjin mentioned before, our pharmacist will go over the new procedure with you so that you can pull out your meds without issues. Basically they have added a step when we pull out our medication, and now we have to scan them before we take them out of the omnicell”
He interrupted himself, feeling the need to clear his throat again, and push away his long bangs, he was starting to sweat and feel faint again, he just hoped he could hold off until the end of the meeting.
Seokjin eyed him weirdly, but didn’t say anything and pushed himself up from against the counter, picking up where Yoongi had left off.
“Joon-ah can you show us the new procedure? That way it’s clear for everyone”
Namjoon came forward and started to explain the new procedure to the nurses, followed by a demonstration and some rules, which provided enough of a distraction for the nurse manager to pull Yoongi to the side and check his condition. His concern was evident in his eyes, but Yoongi tried not to feel too guilty.
“Hey, are you okay? You look pale and sweaty, are you sure you’re not coming up with something?”
He whispered although his tone was substantially getting higher with his concern as he noticed the dark haired male’s dazed out expression.
“I’m okay, I just need some rest. I threw up this morning before coming in, maybe the food me and Taehyung had last night was bad” he heaved a little bit as if reminded of it, and Seokjin looked at him with a scowl.
“You should have stayed home!” He reproached him as he leaned forward to feel his forehead, just like the mother hen he was. He shook his head in disapproval as he did a quick assessment of his state of health. He looked at himself this morning, he was aware he didn’t look fresh as a rose.
“You don’t have a fever, but the bags under your eyes tell me you didn’t sleep well, or that you need to change skin care routine.”
He stepped back looking at his figure, shaking his head again. He was doing that a lot and it was starting to get on his nerves.
“You and Tae both ate the same thing?” Seokjin took a few steps around him as if he was looking for something, the charge nurse sighed at his weirdness, he was well used to it by now.
“Yeah, we ordered from that corner restaurant not too far from here, the one that makes really good shrimp”
“But Taehyung didn’t get sick”
“No he didn’t. What are you trying to say?” He lifted a brow at his friend who was still staring at him as if he was trying to uncover some mystery.
“Nothing, it’s just…weird”
“It’s probably a virus, there’s plenty of them going around. I’ll bully Taehyung into giving me some nausea medicine”
Seokjin rolled his eyes at the stubborn omega, Yoongi was known in their friend group for not being the most cooperative patient.
Taehyung once had to use his alpha voice on him to get him to get checked out and finally accept he needed antibiotics because he had developed pneumonia after a particularly bad cold.
“You can’t just diagnose yourself! Taehyung wouldn’t just give you medicine without a proper check up! And I think it’s better if Hobi does it since he is not as emotionally involved as Tae. I don’t need him to go all alpha on you, it would make the situation unbearable for our patients”
“Which is why we should make it mandatory to use scent blockers” the omega grumbled, he still had some fight in him, despite feeling clammy and disgusting.
“We are working on the policy, you know I’m not the one that can make that happen. Anyway that is not my main concern”
“It should be. You are the manager of this floor. You should be out doing your job, and not babying me. I am a grown man, and I am perfectly fine”
Seokjin ignored his rant and just rolled his eyes in exasperation, placing both hands on his hips, looking ready to scold him for his impudence.
“How long have you been feeling like this? I heard you throw up last week in the bathroom in our office, I didn’t say anything then, but this has been going on long enough. Didn’t Taehyung notice anything different in you? He’s a doctor and your alpha, if anyone should it’s him. Joonie can immediately tell when I’m feeling sick just by a whiff of my scent” the tall omega explained, as he roamed his pockets, finally pulling out a pen and a post-it pad.
Yoongi raised his eyebrows at that, but didn’t say anything about it. He did think about the comment his mate had made on his scent just the day prior.
Taehyung had scented him after a long work day and had made an off hand comment about how he smelt different, not bad, just sweeter than usual. They had both blamed his probably upcoming heat, and had made plans to go replenish their fridge and supplies during the weekend, when they were both off.
“He’s been having shifts back to back, you know that! Although he did say my scent was a little off yesterday…”
Seokjin nodded as if he was expecting it and jutted down some notes on a post-it.
Yoongi scrunched his face at the weird behavior, and leaned forward to look at what the other was scribbling nervously.
“What are you doing?”
“Making a list of your symptoms. That way we can explain to Hoseok exactly what you have”
The black haired omega pulled the note from the other’s fingers and raised his eyebrows at the short list.
“We? Jin, for how much I appreciate your help I don’t think we should bother Hoseok for this- I haven’t had cravings!”
“Uh, yes you have. Didn’t you beg Tae to bring you a tub of that ice cream you love on his day off last week? The fool even went and brought it to you. I don’t know how anyone around here hasn’t picked up about you two, he’s always at your back and call, especially lately. There’s something…different”
“You sound like Jimin now” he grumbled as he crunched the small colored paper in his hands.
“Well I’m not surprised. We both know you well, and can tell when something is off”
“I can assure you I’m fine. I’m so fine that I’ll go work on next month’s schedule. God knows someone needs to get some work done around here, since you seem to have other matters at heart”
“Caring for my baby Yoongles is not an unimportant matter” Seokjin rebuked, as he looked at him with disapproval. A constant lately.
Yoongi was feeling spiteful, hating when people fussed over him for no reason. He was probably just coming down with a cold. He would get over this day, and go home, rest on his sofa, and bully his mate into prescribing him some cold medication. He would be fine.
“I’m perfectly fine! Look at me, walking to my desk, perfectly fine!”
Seokjin sighed, and turned around to meet the rest of the staff, who had finished the meeting with Namjoon who was just rolling on the balls of his feet awkwardly. The rest of the nurses eyeing them curiously. It was rare to see him and Yoongi fight, and he already knew they would be the main gossip of the day. He pinched the bridge of his nose, he could already feel a headache forming.
“For fuck’s sake people! There’s nothing to see, go start your morning, rounds will start soon”
The rest of the nurses scrambled away as fast as they could, not wanting to deal with an angry Seokjin. The one that lingered, except for Namjoon was Jimin, who was used to their shit and was not impressed, as he stood closer, arms crossed over his chest as he looked at his fingernails.
“I have been saying he’s been acting weird”
“Weird? That’s normal Yoongi behavior. He acts like that when he’s feeling threatened. We need to get him to not suspect us. That’s when we attack, and we sneak him to the ER”
Jimin nodded, as if the plan made perfect sense. Namjoon, who had involuntarily listened to the conversation approached the two plotting omegas, and cleared his throat. He had been mated with Seokjin for a long time, so he knew not to interfere when his omega was executing one of his crazy plans but he couldn’t help by giving his probably unwanted opinion, concerned that maybe the two were pushing it a little too far.
“My love, don’t you think that’s a little extreme? Maybe we should trust Yoongi when he says he’s okay?”
“Absolutely not! I know Yoongi like the back of my hand. He is a stubborn motherfucker. We need to take him down, and get him to see a doctor”
“He’s mated to one, I’m sure Taehyung would know if something is up with his omega. They live together”
Namjoon was really trying to be the rational one. Worried that maybe Seokjin was projecting his motherhood stress on his friends. Their pup was barely a year old, and he knew how much Seokjin worried about their little Soobin. Just last week they had brought him to the pediatrician because Seokjin got worried when he heard him sneeze twice in a row.
“You’re right! We need to get Taehyung in on this! Joonie you’re a genius!” The omega turned around grabbing his mate by his tie, to smack his lips on the alpha’s who gasped as he adjusted his glasses which had fallen off his nose by the intensity of Jin’s actions.
“That’s not what I meant!”
“Of course darling, go run your pharmacy, me and Jimin got it under control here”
“But-“
“Jimin, grab Jungkook and go stand outside Taehyung’s office. Run your mouth about Yoongi and his health, and make sure he hears you and, once he is nice and worried, he will probably force Yoongi to go get checked out. I will notify Hoseok and tell him to have a private room ready for when we force Yoongi down”
Namjoon rolled his eyes at the ridiculousness of the whole thing, but knew better than to interfere. He did pity Yoongi, the poor omega didn’t know what was coming for him.
“You guys are crazy, plus Jimin don’t you have patients you need to take care of?”
“Oh Joonie, I love you too. I’ll see you for lunch. Make sure you warm up the soup I made, it’s in the fridge in the break room”
Namjoon couldn’t answer as Seokjin excitedly grabbed Jimin by the arm to pull him towards the nurse’s station to put their evil plan in motion. Namjoon could only stare at the two devilish omegas.
It was going to be a long eventful day, he thought as he wiped his sweat from his forehead.
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“I’m telling you Kookie, I’m worried about our Yoongi hyung. He is sweating and his complexion doesn’t look good at all. He keeps getting up to go to the bathroom, and he has barely eaten anything all morning. He didn’t even finish the coffee Taehyungie brought him.”
Jimin shook his head, leaning his palm on his cheek as he portrayed his best preoccupied expression. He was eyeing Taehyung’s back who was sitting at the computer inside his office. He wasn’t being very discreet, and Jungkook raised a brow at his hyung, a little baffled at the whole situation.
“What is it Kookie? Are you worried about our hyung as well?”
Jimin must have read something in his expression, because, yes he was worried, but he also had a more pressing issue to express.
“Well, yes, of course, but also, why did you bring me here to tell me all this? I mean-“
Jimin leaped forward covering Jungkook’s mouth with his hand, hissing like a snake. Why did Jungkook have to be so obnoxious.
“You know we can’t say this in front of hyung right?”
“Well yes- but”
“I’m really concerned about him. He doesn’t look good at all. If only there was someone around here who could convince him to go see a doctor, he’s so stubborn and working himself to exhaustion”
Jimin of course, increased the volume of his voice eyeing Taehyung cautiously who was now fidgeting at his desk, he had obviously heard them his anxiety starting to be noticeable.
Jungkook furrowed his brow as he apparently finally caught on the other’s plan, as he too noticed the alpha’s discomfort.
“Oh…yeah, maybe we need to get his mate”
“No!” Jimin’s voice raised an octave. “he’s too busy. I mean, you would think that he would notice if his omega was out of sorts right?”
Just as Jimin said that, Taehyung slammed his hands on the desk, pushing his chair back. He turned to Seojoon, his friend and colleague, who he shared an office with, who was hiding his amusement hiding his grin behind his laptop.
The alpha walked out and stopped in front of the other two, hands on his hips, and stern expression in place eyes round and wide
“All right you two what’s going on?” The alpha didn’t looked pleased one bit, his face serious as he studied the two. It was obvious he was worried, and wasn’t going to take no bullshit answer.
“Taehyung! I wasn’t expecting you to be here!”
Jimin managed to look up at the alpha, feigning surprise as if he hadn’t sat out there to get his attention on purpose, managing to fake his best surprised expression.
Jungkook would have clapped his hands at his friend’s acting skills if the alpha in front of them didn’t look as if he was ready to cut off both of their heads. Complimenting his friend had to wait, especially if they were about to get murdered because of said friend and by Taehyung’s stern face that was going to occur very soon.
“Go straight to the point, Jimin”
Jimin for a second managed to look scared, as he stared at the alpha towering over him. When did Taehyung manage to become so damn tall and scary? He gulped, reconsidering all of his life decisions. He wasn’t even able to yell at Hoseok for forgetting to defrost the chicken he wanted to cook for lunch yesterday.
“Well-“
“For fucks sake!” Jungkook screeched exasperated, finally exhausted from the hour long plotting, gripping his hair in frustration. He just wanted to go back to his desk and do his work.
He knew it was piling up at this very moment, and he knew he would have to deal with a bunch of hysterical patients, nurses, and supervisors when the first round of admissions would start.
“Tae-hyung! Yoongi is not feeling well, just do us a favor and go talk to him, and maybe please get him to get checked out? And possibly do it before Jin-hyung has an aneurysm and I get fired because of all the paperwork that I’m sure is awaiting for me, as we all deal with this drama. Thank you”
The beta wasn’t even done speaking, and the young doctor just sprinted away in the direction of the nurse’s station as if his ass was on fire just at the mention of Yoongi’s name.
“Wow Kookie, of all moments to have a nervous breakdown! I thought we were going to be toast! We’re fucking lucky Taehyung is too whipped to worry about us”
Jimin side eyed him with an impressed look as he absentmindedly combed his hands through his puffy blonde hair, fixing his bangs with his usual nonchalance.
“Jiminie, we could have died today!” The poor young beta let out a breath he wasn’t aware he was holding, his hands still felt shaky, and he needed a moment to sort himself out.
“Taehyung will be fine, he is too preoccupied with his Yoongles, he will not even remember any of this”
“I really hope so hyung, I am too young and pretty to die. There’s still so much in the world I still haven’t tried…things I haven’t seen”
Jimin cooed at the young beta, patting his shoulder, feeling empathetic towards the younger male who was still a young kid at heart, despite his muscular body that could easily bench press him against any surface, any day of the week if he tried.
“Don’t worry Kookie, Taehyung doesn’t hold grudges…most of the times”
“How is that supposed to make me feel better?”
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“Would ya stop staring at me? I swear I will throw this mug with steaming hot coffee at your precious face”
“Nah, you wouldn’t waste it like that”
Yoongi had been trying to get work done for the past hour, but Seokjin just had to keep bothering him every two minutes. He would walk from his office, stand in front of him and stare without saying a word, maybe hoping to have some sort of epiphany or revelation as he stared at the younger omega, who was now starting to feel slightly annoyed by the weird behavior.
“There’s something going on with you! I can tell my senses are all tingling”
Yoongi eyed his friend from underneath his lashes, annoyance clear in his stern face.
What was up with everyone getting on his case today?
“Maybe you should go get checked out. Are you sure you’re not having a stroke?”
“It only occurs when I’m around you. My senses are never wrong”
“Are you sure it’s not stress? I know it hasn’t been easy lately with Soobin starting daycare”
“Stop trying to distract me! Soobin is fine”
His eyes turned into slits as he studied the omega’s face. It was a little puffier than usual, his skin was shiny and pale like usual, but it held some sort of glow and his hair also looked shinier. He looked perfectly healthy, but there was something off. He leaned his hands on the counter and leaned his body more towards the other.
“I will find out what’s going on if it’s the last thing I do today”
“I’m shivering in fear” Yoongi didn’t even look up from the computer screen, too invested in his work trying to figure out the schedule for the next few weeks.
He was so preoccupied with his task, that he didn’t even hear the young attending doctor running down the hall in a panic screaming his name so loud, some of the nurses and patients peaked their heads out of the rooms to see what the commotion was all about, staring at the young doctor in confusion once they realized it was him causing a scene running down the hall.
Seokjin smirked at the scene, happy that Jimin had been successful in his evil plan and riled Taehyung up enough that he would probably scoop up the charge nurse directly from his chair and take him down to the ED himself without giving Yoongi the chance to protest.
“And you should! Because I’ve got a weapon I can use against you, Yoongles”
“Weapon? What are you talking abo-“ Yoongi raised his eyes from the computer, and finally realized what was going on, as he saw none other than his mate run towards him as if there was an emergency, that for a slight second he thought one of the patients was coding, until he realized that Taehyung was running towards him screaming his name. He wasn’t being subtle at all, and Yoongi’s whole skin flushed red up to his ears as he hid his face in his hands, in embarassment.
He raised his eyes and turned to look at a smug faced manager, who raised his brows in satisfaction.
“You didn’t!” He hissed, sounding more like an angry feline than man as he sat up, slamming his hands on the desk. He felt slightly dizzy, and for a second he lost his threatening aura, long enough for Seokjin to smirk in victory.
“Oh, I did. Your alpha will deal with you now”
“Fuck Seokjin, no one even knows we’re mated” He whispered, aware that seeing Taehyung so worked up would reveal to the whole hospital the status of their relationship.
Seokjin raised his shoulders in a “so what” way, and waved at the young doctor who was now purely following his instincts at that point marching towards them wordlessly.
“Oh hey Dr Kim! Yoongi is right here!”
“Traitor!”
Seokjin Turned around to stick his tongue out at him, as if they weren’t a bunch of professionals in a healthcare settings but toddlers in a playground having a scuffle. Yoongi managed to gasp at the audacity.
“He’s denying he’s not feeling well, but you should probably take him down to Hoseok and have him checked out”
Yoongi sighed as he sat down in the chair, awaiting his fate as the alpha approached him and wordlessly enveloped him with his arms, sticking his nose in his throat to douse him in his scent, to assure himself he was okay.
“I’m okay Taehyungie, Seokjin is just an overdramatic bitch!” He tried to reassure his mate, touching his face with his fingers, trying to calm down the alpha who was restlessly touching every part of his upper body to ensure he was safe.
They were making a scene for sure, and he hung his head aware that everyone was staring at them in shock. They would be the talk of the hospital for months, who was he kidding, years to come.
“I beg your pardon! I’m just looking after you”
Taehyung ignored their banter, pulling Yoongi’s turtleneck undershirt down to kiss his mating mark, before inhaling deeply, where he knew he would be able to catch a whiff of Yoongi’s scent not covered by the scent blocker.
“You smell different” he looked puzzled as he pulled his head back to stare at Yoongi’s face, who was now pink from his embarrassment.
“My heat is coming …and maybe it’s because of the new soap you bought”
The alpha didn’t reply, he just nuzzled his cheek sweetly before leaving a sweet kiss on the omega’s lips, who simply melted in his mate’s arms, letting out a small whimper at being engulfed by his mate’s scent.
He knew Taehyung was making him submit easily so that he wouldn’t put up a fight. He found himself weak at such a possessive act, all fight pulled out of him so easily that it was almost embarrassing.
The alpha didn’t say another word as he positioned one hand under Yoongi’s knees and the other under his back, picking him up bridal style, making Yoongi blush and cover his face in shame, as the whole staff watched the young alpha whisk away their charge nurse.
“Take care of him Tae, don’t let him leave until they run all the tests!” Seokjin waved at them with a smile, the alpha who was non verbal at this point simply nodded.
“Ah, I knew there was something going on between them! Pay up bitches!” Jieun who still hadn’t left the floor after her shift looked at her coworkers in triumph, who, unwillingly pulled out their wallets to pay up.
Seokjin just looked at them and then at Jimin and Jungkook who were just making their way back at the desk.
“Jin-hyung! I thought we weren’t going to see you again, Tae went all alpha mode, and I thought he was going to kill us”
Seokjin just glanced at the two, Jungkook was still shaking, while Jimin looked unbothered as usual as he picked at one of his nails
“Yeah but… did you die?”
“Well…no… but we could have! hyung do you care at all?”
“Of course. But you didn’t die did you? Don’t worry, Taehyung will be too busy taking care of Yoongi”
“Yes, for now! But what happens after? He’ll come for all of us!”
“I mean, Taehyung is scary when he goes all alpha, so I will have to tap out for this, I do have a child”
“Hyung! This was all your idea”
“That is…debatable, but yeah, have fun hiding from Taehyungie, I got some work to do in my office, where I’ll be in all day, with the door locked, so…toodles”
The older omega waved them off with his hands
“Thrown under the bus by our own hyung. Come on Kookie, let’s go find a good hiding spot”
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“Taehyungie, I swear I’m okay! It was just a bit of an upset stomach, I’m okay now”
The omega had been laying on the gurney in one of the ED rooms, meanwhile Taehyung had taken it upon himself to examine him thoroughly. He hadn’t allowed anyone else to touch him, growling at Hoseok, who had simply sighed, but understanding why the alpha was acting like that, he just left them alone, and warned the rest of the staff to leave them alone until Taehyung’s alpha instincts calmed down.
“Tae? Speak to me?” The omega blinked at the alpha’s expression which was serious as he finished reading the results from all the blood tests he had run. The alpha put the papers down, turning to look at his omega, whose expression had been fixed on him the whole time.
“Nothing came back right? I told you I was fine”
“I don’t get it…” The young doctor turned towards Yoongi scratching his forehead in confusion, his nose scrunched up as he looked at his mate with a perplexed expression.
“What? I probably just ate something bad…it’s something very common.” Yoongi pulled himself up from the gurney, and stretched his arms out towards his mate, who was standing a few feet away, still keeping his distance. Yoongi knew he was probably mad at him, they had had the same argument over and over. Yoongi’s bad habit of taking it easy when he was unwell, and never letting Taehyung care for him as he wanted to.
“I told you this morning, just stay home and relax. This has been going on for a while, and it will not get better if you don’t give yourself time to relax”
“I’m fine Tae, seriously, you are all worrying for nothing and-“
The omega was interrupted when a straight faced Hoseok walked into the room, holding another set of papers. His lips although in a straight line, were twitching suspiciously.
Taehyung turned towards their friend and coworker, arms folded over his chest as he studied to other alpha, unconsciously moving toward his mate in a protective stance.
Hoseok grinned at that and leaned with his back to the counter of the small desk in the private room, where the computer was located.
The younger alpha raised a brow, but didn’t say anything waiting for the other to speak up.
“So, I ran a set if different tests, different from the ones you ordered Tae. I just noticed you didn’t include them, and I wanted to rule-out every possibility…also some of Yoongi’s symptoms made me think that maybe well you know”
“Okay…and?”
Hoseok cleared his throat as he looked at the papers in front of him, a big wide smile as he handed them over to the younger alpha, who accepted them quietly, holding his breath, since he didn’t know what tests the older alpha had ordered in addition to the ones the younger doctor had done previously.
Taehyung’s eyes widened and he looked up briefly exchanging a quick glance with Hoseok who nodded almost excitedly, before turning to his mate, who was still sitting there on the gurney wondering what the hell was going on.
Yoongi was almost tempted to snatch the papers from his mate, when he noticed the younger’s wide and watery eyes as he read the papers in disbelief.
For the first time, he felt totally nervous, and if possible, more nauseous than he did before.
“Tae?” His voice came out more shaky than he intended, and it seemed to break whatever spell had come over the young doctor, who immediately threw himself on his omega sobbing uncontrollably in the crook of his neck, his tears wetting Yoongi’s delicate skin
“Baby…” the other sobbed, in no condition to offer a reasonable answer.
Yoongi only raised his brows in bewilderment at his mate’s reaction.
Now he was starting to be a little worried and a little pissed off, and would appreciate an explanation from the two idiots in the room, who were offering none.
“What the hell was on those results? I should know if something is going on!”
Hoseok laughed loudly, and Taehyung finally removed his face from his neck, and laid both his hands on his mate’s shoulders, who was staring at him with an angry looking expression. He looked adorable, like an angry kitty, and Taehyung just cooed at him, trying to reassure him.
“No Yoonie…baby…we’re… we’re going to have a baby!” Taehyung’s voice broke again, and his eyes watered, as he leaned his face against the omega’s chest, and Yoongi’s own breath hitched as he turned to face an exhilarated Hoseok, who was in a better mental state to explain the situation to the panicked and distressed omega.
Taehyung hushed him and started to scent him ferociously, forgetting that they weren’t alone.
“I ordered a urine pregnancy test, and also beta hCG levels in your blood, and both came back positive like I thought they would. Your symptoms were so obvious, I was surprised neither of you considered it”
The other alpha explained, his eyes shiny and heart shaped smile in place as he stared at the couple.
“I’m…I’m pregnant?” His hand immediately shot between his and Taehyung’s body on his still flat belly, and Taehyung noticing the gesture just started to sob louder, detaching himself just enough to stare at his mate with his big wide eyes.
“I would say probably 2 months along if we compare it to your last heat cycle, but an ultrasound would probably be more detailed”
Hoseok explained from the computer where he had quietly moved to look up at the chart, as he input more orders, and examining all of the information.
Yoongi’s mouth resembled a big O as he was still looking shocked at the news, and shook his head as realization finally hit him and he hit his forehead with his palm.
“I thought I ate bad shrimp…” he chuckled at his stupidity, realizing he had missed all of the signs, like an idiot. Nurses were never the best at taking care of themselves. He turned to his big eyed alpha, who was doing his best to stop the flow of tears and raised his hands, grabbing his alpha’s face in between them, stroking his cheeks with his thumbs, rubbing the tears away, with a soft smile, looking him straight in those beautiful wide round eyes, who were
“Tae…we’re going to have a baby”
“I know, I’m so happy…so so happy” the alpha whimpered, leaning his forehead against the omega’s, who enveloped him in a soft hug, uncaring that Hoseok was seeing him act like a big softie. How could he hold back from showing affection to his alpha in such a life altering moment for the two of them?
“So am I baby, so am I. You will be the greatest dad, I know it already”
The alpha smiled happily, nodding, unable to speak any longer.
Yoongi laughed happily and pressed his lips against the alpha’s, enclosing them in a soft and sweet kiss.
Hoseok smiled at the couple, deciding it was a good moment to leave the two alone, as the young alpha was starting to release strong pheromones, it was instinctual, and Hoseok wasn’t offended by it, understanding the need of the younger alpha to protect what was his.
He exchanged a quick look with the omega, who was in the process of being smothered by his young mate, and looked totally happy.
“I’ll get the ultrasound tech. I’ll leave you guys alone for a minute”
He quietly slipped away from the desk with a big smile, he was very happy for the couple, and he knew he had a bunch of oblivious and nosy idiots who were waiting anxiously to know Yoongi was alright He wouldn’t disclose the news though yet, that was up to the couple, but, he would at least reassure them that there was nothing to worry about. Yoongi and Taehyung would be more than fine with a little extra addition to their small family.