Jimin
‘Taehyung wait!!’ I yelled but Taehyung was already gone before I could even attempt to go after him. I cursed under my breath as I looked back at Alina who was sobbing on the bed. I felt torn at whether I should comfort her or go after Taehyung.
I rubbed the back of my head where there was some blood. I frowned as I wiped my hand against my shorts, knowing it would already start to heal. Thank the goddess for hyper healing. My attention went back to Alina who was still sobbing.
‘Aish,’ I mumbled to myself as I went to sit next to Alina who just crawled into herself, making herself smaller. I went to reach for her but she looked away, almost as if she did not want anything to do with me.
‘Please… please don’t touch me,’ she said in a broken voice. I gulped, feeling my heart crushing at the sight of her. She looked so broken and fragile and vulnerable. She looked terrified and I felt scared myself, wondering whether her past and secret had something to do with this because he reaction was much bigger than this could have resulted into.
‘It’s me Alina. It’s your Chim,’ I said as she dared to look up. Her eyes were swollen and red and puffy, her cheeks tear stained and her nose dripped. Her face was pale and she kept on shaking. ‘I won’t hurt you. I promise,’ I said as I reached over for her shirt.
‘Chim,’ she mumbled and I nodded as I gave her the shirt. She shook as she put it on but I did not help, not wanting to step over the line. I wouldn’t touch her until she told me otherwise. Goddess that felt wrong.
‘Are you hurt?’ I asked her as I sat down in front of her on the bed. I tried to look at her for any bruises or scratches but she didn’t seem to have any. She looked at me as she continued to hug her knees. She shook her head and wiped her nose using her sleeve. ‘Talk to me, please,’ I said.
‘I’m…I’m so sorry,’ she stuttered while I shook my head. ‘I’m sorry,’ she said again.
‘No, no, baby don’t apologize,’ I said as I offered her my hands. She gulped but gave me both her hands. I wrapped mine around hers. ‘Tell me the truth, did you get hurt?’ I asked.
‘No, goddess no Chim. He didn’t… he didn’t hurt me but I freaked out,’ she said shaking her head as new tears spilled over. ‘I didn’t mean to,’ she said.
‘Hey you both got overwhelmed. It’s okay, it happens,’ I said squeezing her hand. ‘No one is going to judge you for not being ready to be intimate with us. It’s your body, it’s your choice and sex has to be consensual. You cannot force it, otherwise it would just be lust, not love and we love you Alina. Taehyung loves you,’ I said and she nods.
‘I know. I’m so worried about him,’ she said as she slipped her hand out of mine and covered her mouth to keep her sobs to herself. I sighed as I squeezed her hand.
‘He never meant to scare you,’ I said. ‘We go through ruts but it’s the worst for Alphas. For over a year, Tae has been very careful around you but today, I’m not sure what happened, he lost control. He didn’t mean to hurt you,’ I said and she nodded.
‘I know that. We… we need to find him Jimin. He cannot blame himself when it’s my fault,’ she said but I frowned.
‘It’s not your fault princess. You felt uncomfortable and that’s nothing to be blamed for or to feel guilty about,’ I said. ‘I’ll text Jungkook and Jin to come home and to alert the others,’ I said as she nodded.
Within half an hour, we were all out searching for Taehyung. We were in our wolf form while Alina rode on Jungkook’s back. She was wearing a sweater because of the cold but she had insisted on coming. She wanted to talk to Taehyung, to reassure him. I just hoped he would listen because I knew how badly he was going to take this. I knew he would not easily forgive himself for this.
‘He’s near,’ Yoongi said as I nodded. I could also smell him nearby. He had gotten quite far from the house, outside of the protected area.
‘There’s blood,’ Namjoon said as we all stilled for a moment. Alina looked at us, her eyes growing wide.
‘What is it? Is he hurt?’ she asked as she looked at us. Jin nodded and I watched her as she gulped. Even from here I could feel how scared and worried she was and I could hear her heart starting to race wildly. ‘We need to get to him quickly,’ she said.
Namjoon nodded as we broke into a run as we kept coming closer and closer. Finally, we saw him in his human form, his leg caught in a trap. I let out a little whine and he lifted his head up.
‘Wh—what are you doing here? Leave!’ he said as Alina quickly jumped off Jungkook’s back. I transformed into human form as did the others. Alina ran to him but he flinched back.
‘Tae let me help you,’ Alina said as she stopped and looked at him. Her eyes were teary and her hands shook.
‘No. No, I don’t deserve your help Alina,’ he said while she shook her head. ‘I hurt you. I lost control and hurt you,’ he said.
‘You didn’t hurt me Tae. I…I freaked out because of my own demons but you didn’t hurt me,’ she said, her voice shaky.
‘No, I almost raped you Alina. I could have raped you if Jimin wasn’t there!’ he screamed before he gasped in pain.
‘Stop it!’ she screamed as she knelt down next to him. He looked at her as his own tears ran down his cheeks while she continued to shake. ‘Stop it, please. You’re hurting me more like this,’ she said.
‘I’m so sorry,’ Tae whispered. 'I'm so sorry Alina,' he cried. I crawled next to him and grabbed his hand.
‘Let her help you,’ I said as he nodded. Alina looked over at the trap which was made out of pure silver.
‘We need to get this off first,’ she said as she touched the trap. She huffed and bit her lower lip.
‘We need to remove the latch from here first,’ Yoongi said as he went to touch it. He hissed as it burned at his hand.
‘Yoongi no,’ Taehyung said. I looked at him as he head sweat dripping from his forehead. He was burning because of the silver.
‘I got it,’ Alina said quickly. ‘I’m sorry but this is going to hurt for now,’ Alina said as Taehyung nodded. I watched her as she closed her eyes and breathed in deeply, as if to focus. She opened her eyes again and focused on the trap.
She grunted as she pried it open while Taehyung squeezed my hand tightly. He stopped himself from whimpering loudly so as not to worry her but I could tell he was in pain.
‘It’s almost over Tae,’ Jungkook said as he held his other hand. Jin was wiping at his forehead. Tae nodded before Alina managed to completely get it open. She looked at the trap with an angry look before she spent a fireball at it. The trap quickly melted with the intensity of her fire as she ensured no one else would be caught in it.
‘There. Now I’ll heal it,’ she said as she settled more comfortably on her knees. She put both her hands out as light emitted out. The wound on his leg started to close up – the skin stretching and the muscles and bones coming back together.
Within a few seconds, there was nothing to show except a thin line that would remain as a scar. Yoongi held Alina who wobbled slightly but did not faint.
‘Th—thank you,’ Taehyung stuttered as he looked down. Alina sighed as she reached forward and cupped his cheeks in her hands, forcing him to look at her.
‘You never have to thank me. You’re my life and I love you,’ she said as his tears spilled down his cheeks.
‘But I hurt you Alina. How can you just forgive me for that?’ he asked, his voice cracking. I felt my own heart break, seeing his so vulnerable. A tear rolled down her cheek but she smiled at him.
‘I know it was your rut. I know you never meant to hurt me and the truth is, I wanted you to mark but,’ she stopped as she looked down before she looked back at him. ‘It’s time for you to know the truth – my secret,’ she said.
‘Baby you don’t have to tell us now if you’re not ready,’ Yoongi said but she shook her head.
‘No. I’ve been hiding it for too long and I have no reason to hide it from you. Let’s go home first and we’ll talk there, okay?’ she asked as we all nodded.
‘Do you have enough energy to transform Tae?’ Namjoon asked. Taehyung nodded as he stood up. ‘Okay, then Alina, you can ride on my back. We’ll go home,’ Namjoon said as we all nodded again.
We all transformed into wolves one more time. Alina climbed onto Namjoon’s back as we began making our way home.
‘Tae, it’s okay. She doesn’t blame you and none of us do,’ Hoseok said through the mind link. Taehyung looked at Hoseok but didn’t say anything.
‘Hoseok is right. We all know ruts are difficult, especially for you and even more when we have a mate like Alina. We understand,’ Jin said.
‘It doesn’t matter. I should have stopped myself the moment she told me to stop. It should not have taken her screaming at me or Jimin pulling me off of her,’ Taehyung responded.
I sighed, knowing it was going to take a long time before he ever even attempted to forgive himself for this. I looked at Alina who also seemed nervous. I wondered what she had to tell us but I knew it was going to be big and dark. I knew that whatever secret she had, it was going to break our hearts.
