When I wake up, Jeongguk is still snoring away. I smile gently, and comb my fingers through his hair, pushing it back and revealing his forehead. When he is asleep, he looks younger, and less strict. I find myself wanting to see this every morning.

He starts to stir in my touch, and I pat his back, desperately trying to bring him back to sleep. "What time is it?" He groggily asks, voice thick with sleep as he tries to pry his eyes open to stare at me.

"Barely six. I'm going to go first because I promised Jimin I'd meet him early today," I tell, stroking Jeongguk's hair away from his forehead, and smiling at how domestic this feels.

"Do you need me to follow you?" He forces out with sleepiness. I shake my head. I do not want to keep more secrets from Jeongguk but the fact that Jimin is meeting me this early to ask for my help says a lot. It must be private.

"It's still really early, you need that last hour," I say, trying to convince him to go to sleep. "And we'll meet again after school, so just go to sleep."

He takes a moment to think before nodding his head, and once his eyes flutter close, I can hear him emitting snores.

"Sleep well." I smile and peck his forehead before slipping back to my own room.

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"Why did you ask to meet so early today," I complain, annoyed at how Jimin came late. He shrugs and pulls me into an empty corner where most students do not pay attention to.

"I . . ." He struggles to say it out, and then he blanks out, as though searching for words to say.

"What is it?" I question, but he just looks at me and I notice how glossy his eyes are.

"Say it," I demand, getting worried when a drop of tear rolls down from his right eye.

"Yoongi is pregnant and it's my fault," He babbles, and I almost do not catch what he says. But I do.

I cough and splutter. I am at a loss of words.

"What do you plan to do with the baby?" I ask with sympathy.

"I want to keep it, but Yoongi doesn't. He's afraid. With how tight training is, and the fact that I'm a busy alpha doesn't help." He buries his head into his palms, and I decided, I should not tell him about Jeongguk yet.

Then I see him, I see Jeongguk. I find myself staring at him in that stolen, emotion-filled look, and catch him winking at me.

"Hey, what's going between you and Jeongguk? You've been staring at him ever since he stepped foot into the cafeteria." Jimin raises and eyebrow. I pinch my lips into a thin line.

"We're dating," I murmur. He nods approvingly and says, "Use protection, alright?"

I scrunch my nose disapprovingly and slap Jimin and he crown of his head. Then a weight of uneasiness settles in the bottom of my stomach.

Jeongguk and I are dating, but it will not long before I find my mate. And when the time comes, how am I going to end things with him.

"Don't think too much about it, for all you know, you could be Jeongguk's mate," Jimin interrupts, linking to me. And he smiles.

He's right. I should just enjoy my time with Jeongguk.

√a.n.

It has been a month since I updated this, I'm so sorry. But thank you for 246k reads and 1K followers, I can't thank you anymore.
Here's a filler with more fluff coming in the next chapter, thank you for reading <3