The air was warm, a refreshing touch in the breeze that blew the heat away. Jimin took in a deep breath, basking in the rays of the sun and loving the way the wind blew through his hair. He had agreed the night before to help his father organize the kitchen and the storage den. The pack was already lively, some members greeting him as he made his way to meet his father. He stopped short in his trek, eyeing the alpha that had stepped in his way to stop him. The alpha in question was someone he knew all too well, and he was not surprised to see him so soon after the courting announcement. Every year since he had presented as an omega, the alpha had shown keen interest in him. And at the start of every courting season, he always made sure to be the first to offer the first courting gift. This year he looked a bit rough around the edges, hair longer than usual but his smile was just as shy as he offered him a small basket full of strawberries. They looked juicy and there was no doubt that they were a courting gift for him.

"Mornin' Jimin." Jae smiled at him shyly.

"Hey."

"I picked some strawberries for you this morning. I stumbled upon them while hunting and tried one, they're really sweet and I'm sure you'd enjoy them."

"Oh?"

"Please accept them." Jae holds the small basket filled with strawberries out to him like an offering to a god.

"I don't know if I should take them, I don't want to give you any false hope." Jimin looks down as the guilt begins to seep in his gut, it never was easy to reject an alpha. He knew it took courage to approach him, and he didn't want to belittle their feelings.

"No-no, don't feel like that, I want you to have them."

"Are you sure?" Jimin asks and Jae nods vigorously at him and he reaches for them carefully, "Thank you, I'll enjoy them."

Jae smiles at him full of content and turns to walk away, probably on his way to finish his chores. Jimin looks down at the strawberries and brings one up to taste, they are indeed really sweet. His father would probably use them to make more jam, or even a pie for dessert. As he keeps walking he sees the second group of hunters have returned and sees Jungkook hauling some of their kills with a few other alphas. He looked around for his brothers and when all seemed clear he stared towards him but stopped when someone called out to him. He turned, seeing another alpha named Dongho running up to him with a hand behind his back.

"Hey Dongho" Jimin says, straining to smile.

"Hiya Jimin, so how's your morning so far?"

"Nothing interesting has happened yet so it's been okay."

"Cool, I just got back from hunting and I got you something."

"What is it?" Jimin curls up an eyebrow.

"I got you a rabbit." he says, bringing the rabbit out from behind his back.

"You really shouldn't have done that" Jimin shakes his head as he stares at the dead rabbit being offered to him.

"Please accept it. I don't expect anything in return, I only hope for one thing." Dongho pleads with his eyes as he looks at him.

"What is it?"

"Please don't ignore me during courting."

"I...I'll try but I can't promise anything."

"Then here." Dongho nods to him and Jimin grabs the rabbit.

Don't Ho smiles slightly and walks away to where a group of alphas were cutting wood. Jimin knew he hated this part of courting, he had to deal with constant gifts and random displays of affection from alphas that were interested in him. He always felt as if he was receiving too much without being able to give something back. Worse than that, many omegas seemed to scoff at him getting so much attention from so many alphas.

When Jimin looks up he sees Jungkook looking at him from across the grounds, with a tinge of jealousy in his eyes. A teasing smile crosses Jimin's face and he has a wicked thought, maybe this year he could use the other alphas' advances to his advantage. He turns, walking away towards the kitchen where his father was probably waiting for him already. He didn't notice the way Jungkook stared at his retreating form.

Jungkook decided he also needed to gift Jimin with something special. He felt some sort of discomfort in the pit of his stomach after seeing him accept the gifts of other alphas. He was breaking his head thinking about a perfect gift, something Jimin would truly cherish. After fuming his head he finally decided what he would give him and just waited for the omega to finish his duties. He kept close to the kitchen, chopping wood even when it wasn't his duty and the moment he saw Jimin stepping out he dropped the ax and followed after him.

"Hey Jimin!"

"Oh Jungkook, hi"

"Care to go on a walk with me?"

Jimin stayed quiet for a while and looked around to make sure his brothers weren't around to interrupt them. Once he was sure he wouldn't be followed or stopped he turned back and nodded. Jungkook grabbed his hand and pulled him into the forest, hand gentle as he tugged him along. Jungkook was still holding on to his hand as they walked through the canopy of trees. Jimin was smiling as he stared at their hands that fit so well together, the alphas large hand enveloped his small one and it felt so warm.

"Where are we going?" Jimin asks curiously, eyes still focus on their hands.

"I have something special to show you." Jungkook looks down at him with an excited glint in his eyes.

"What is it?"

"It's a surprise"

"Will I like this surprise?"

"I'm hoping you love it." Jungkook chuckles.

They continued to walk deeper into the forest, it was a part Jimin hadn't wandered through yet. For some reason he was beginning to feel the excitement in his chest and butterflies filled his stomach when Jungkook laced their fingers together. He tried not to be obvious when he glance at their intertwined hands and then at Jungkook's face. Jimin was sure his face would expose him as he could feel the heat in his cheeks only getting redder. After walking a bit further, Jungkook pulled Jimin forward and stood behind him to cover his eyes.

"What are you doing?" Jimin asks, he wasn't expecting to be surprised this way.

"I told you, it's a surprise."

"Okay." Jimin mumbls slowly, reaching behind him to grab Jungkook's shirt to feel calmer.

Jungkook walked forward with Jimin in front of him and led him into a meadow filled with flowers and a patch of green grass in the middle. He walked him to the middle of it and uncovered his eyes slowly. Jimin adjusted to the view and a wide smile formed on his lips as he saw the large amount of various flowers around him. He had never seen anything like it and there were more flowers than in the other meadow he always went to.

He turned to Jungkook and looked up at him, "How did you find this?"

"I found it earlier today while hunting, I remembered you like flowers so I thought I had to bring you here."

"Thank you. It's so beautiful." Jimin says once more, eyes wandering the waves of flowers.

"You're beautiful." Jungkook mutters and Jimin turns to look back at him with wide eyes full of surprise.

"I saw other alphas offer you gifts and," Jungkook steps forward to put a hand on Jimin's hip, "I thought I should give you my gift too."

"What gift?" Jimin swallowed nervously, he wasn't sure what to expect.

"This," Jungkook whispered as he leaned forward to ghost his lips over Jimin's, "please accept this".

His lips pressed softly against Jimin's, not giving him a chance to even answer him. Jimin stayed still for a while but finally closed his eyes and responded to the kiss. He was a bit hesitant but boldly placed his hands against Jungkook's chest. This was his first kiss, and he was not sure if he was doing it right but it felt right. His omega bristled with joy from sharing his first kiss with Jungkook.

The taller pulled him closer, wrapping his arms around his small waist and deepening the kiss. Their lips were moving delicately, slotting together perfectly in sync. Jungkook ran his tongue over Jimin's lower lip and the omega opened his mouth to allow him to explore his sweet cavern. Jimin had moved closer to circle his arms around Jungkook's neck and he began to play with his light brown locks. He didn't think the kiss would get this deep until Jungkook began kissing down his neck, a hot trail burning his skin. Jimin snapped his eyes open when he realized Jungkook was beginning to scent him. He pulled on the alphas hair and pulled his head away from his neck.

"No scenting, we'll get in trouble." Jimin mumbles dazily.

"Okay, I'm sorry, I got a little taken away." Jungkook presses his forehead against Jimin's, trying to catch his breath and calm his racing heart.

"I accept your gift." Jimin answers suddenly, giggling lightly.

Jungkook leans down again to kiss Jimin softly before pulling away from him.

"It seems like we share the same feelings. Why can't we just mate?" Jungkook asks.

"It doesn't work that way, we have to follow the packs traditions."

"Then I guess I will have to fight hard for you." Jungkook looks at Jimin fondly, almost as if saying fighting for him would be totally worth any obstacle he would have to face.

"You do if you want to win my heart completely."

"Why don't we head back, I don't want your brothers to kill me if we go back too late."

"I think if we go back together you're dead either way." Jimin jokes with a hearty laugh.

"That's so true."

"I don't want to leave just yet." Jimin pouts.

"We can always come back, this can be our secret." Jungkook reaches for Jimin's hand and lifts it up to peck softly.

"Just ours?"

"Just ours."

They walked back hand in hand until they reached the camp. Jungkook looked through the line of trees for anyone who could possibly see them returning together. They smile at each other sweetly before walking through the trees and heading in opposite directions. The two of them had overly happy smiles painting their faces as they walked. Jimin blushed as he remembered the kiss the two of them shared not too long ago and he couldn't help but want to explode with happiness.

That changed when Jimin saw his two brothers standing in front of their house looking at him with fuming anger. He didn't know what he would say, but he knew any scolding would be worth the gift he was given by Jungkook.

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