bloom | BTS

Avoidance

"Jungkook... angel," Namjoon's deep voice was muffled through the thick wood of the door, but it still sent shivers down Jungkook's spine. "Can you open the door? Please, angel. We just want to talk this out. You have nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed of."

Jungkook stood up. But instead of moving to unlock the door, he stumbled to his bed and buried himself beneath the fluffy comforter. Sobs continued to wrack his body, but his desire to escape overtook him in the form of sleep. His shuddering breaths became deeper and slower as he welcomed the approaching darkness.

Meanwhile, all of the dominants stood pressed against the wall and door, straining to hear anything from the maknae. When they noticed his crying grew more distant, they realized he had moved further away. Jin let out a long sigh of worry as everyone moved back to the living room.

"I messed up." Yoongi sat heavily on one of the armchairs with his head in his hands, "I shouldn't have done that. He hates me." The dominant's heart heaved at the thought of the submissive crying because of him.

"It wasn't your fault, Yoongi hyung. There's obviously a lot more going on that Jungkook hasn't told us about. We believed him about his ranking because there is no reason for him to lie. Taehyung showed us his mark as soon as he got it, so we just assumed Jungkook was embarrassed about where it was..." Jimin trailed off as realization dawned on him. "Oh my gosh. Taehyung!"

The others blinked, confused on what Taehyung had to do with Jungkook's ranking, until they too gasped in realization.

Hoseok ran to Namjoon's door and unlocked it. The moment the lock clicked, Taehyung was rushing through. He had a wild look in his eyes as he cornered the nearest person, grabbing their collar.

"What did you do to my baby?"

Hoseok curled into himself, not because of the dom-voice but rather the harshness Taehyung was using against him. "I d-didn't do anything, T-Tae! He got out of h-heat and got really u-upset!" Tears involuntarily welled as Taehyung's chocolate eyes, flecked with red, bore into him angrily.

The swirling red dissipated and the fisted shirt was released, however, as fat tears rolled down Hoseok's cheeks. Once free, the crying switch ran to Jin. The dom wrapped his arms around the shaking boy, sending a threatening glare at Taehyung.

"It's alright, sunshine. He didn't mean to scare you. Taehyung's worried about Jungkookie, just like the rest of us. He just doesn't know how to express his emotions appropriately though, does he?"

The last bit was aimed directly at the guilty dom shuffling awkwardly by Namjoon's door, who had found great interest in the floorboards.

Jin continued to comfort Hoseok, until the switch had fallen asleep in his lap. He carefully moved the slumbering boy into Namjoon's arms, before walking over to Taehyung and pulling him back into the bedroom.

"Hyung, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt Hoseokie hyun-" Jin shut the younger up with a pointed glare.

"I know you're worried about Jungkookie. We all are. But taking out your anger on Hoseok is unacceptable. You know what he's been through!" Taehyung was now feeling beyond guilty. "Now, I'm going to tell you what happened while you were locked up in here. But you have to stay calm."

Taehyung nodded solemnly.

"Jungkook went into sub-heat, as you know. You dropped into full dom-space, so we had to put you in here for everyone's safety. After that, we had Jungkook on the couch."

Taehyung could feel jealousy bubbling in his chest, but he forced it down quickly.

"None of us knew what to do, because we didn't want to let Jungkook do something he would regret in his proper mindset, until Yoongi suggested trying a dom command on him."

Once again, Taehyung had that overprotective feeling coursing through him at the thought of Yoongi dominating his sub.

"So Yoongi simply told him to stop. And he did. He fell out of sub-heat immediately." Jin took a deep breath, he had been talking so quickly he could've been rapping. "But then, he sort of panicked. He started crying and he ran into his room and locked the door. Namjoon tried to get him to come out, or even just talk, but he refused."

All Taehyung's jealousy dispersed as a different emotion flooded his senses. Worry.

"So Jungkook is a submissive." Jin nodded. "He went into sub-heat." Another nod. "And Yoongi hyung used a dom command to get him out, without actually touching him. But as soon as he came out of it, he got scared? Then ran to our room?" Jin nodded once more.

"Ok," Taehyung sighed. "So we'll just give him space and wait for him to talk about it... or what?"

"Well, that's what we were about to talk about before you rudely interrupted and scared poor Hoseokie, who you still need to apologize to!"

"I will, hyung. I'll get him his favorite snack and apologize properly. I really didn't mean to hurt him, especially after..." Taehyung's voice died out.

"I know you didn't mean it. He may technically be a dominant, but he's fragile." Jin patted the younger shoulder before turning to the door, "Now let's go. We need to figure out this Jungkook situation, then you need to go find an open store and buy the biggest tub of strawberry ice cream you can find."