"I'm sorry," Jiwon says pantingly.
Minseok looks at Jiwon confused, "Why would you be?" he asks to which Jiwon replies, "I always had a weird feeling when I was around you. I know what a crush feels like from before and knew this wasn't one. But now that the moon is high I have finally figured out what it is. It was like my body was moving by itself, automatically bringing me to you. I know it may go against your natural principles, but I'm afraid I can't live without you."
Minseok was not sure what to say to this. His hand was still on Jiwon's back, where he had caressed it a few seconds ago when they were calming down.
Although he had his suspicions, this was still quite a shock. "So...the bite?" Minseok asks cautiously, stroking Jiwon again with his thumb. "It's a mark," Jiwon says as if it explains everything.
When it finally dawns on him that Minseok doesn't understand, he says, "I don't know much about it either," while drawing circles on Minseok's naked belly with his hand, he continues, "It's something someone once told me. We can bite someone, as in the bite. Turning them, like what happened to me.
Or we can bite someone, marking them, marking them as yours," Jiwon shifts and sits on top of Minseok again, "I'm sorry, but now you're mine." And with that, he kisses Minseok one more time. But this time a more soft sensual kiss. A sorry kiss.
After the kiss, Minseok holds Jiwon down on top of him and pulls the blanket over them.
"I'm sorry," Jiwon says once more, "I'm sorry that I didn't take it more slowly, that I didn't give you the option. I'm so so sorry, Minseok ," Jiwon says, his voice breaking on the last part.
"sshhhh, it's okay," Minseok reassures Jiwon, "No need to cry over it. Can you tell me more about this 'mark'?"
"Ye-yes," Jiwon answers, trying to hold in his sobs, "The mark won't be seen with the eye after the next full moon is out. It, the mark, is not really something we have in hand. More like something within us drives us to do it.
But if I wanted it, I could've stopped it and done it later, it's just," Minseok's hand caressing Jiwon's back may be one of the most reassuring things he ever felt, "It's my first time," just as the words left his mouth Jiwon got how it sounded.
"I mean-I don't mean-that too but that's not my poi-I meant the moon!" he stutters, "It's my first full moon since I got turned." Minseok hums almost as if he understands everything the younger one was saying.
"So it's the moon that drives you to do...things? Like, is that why you've been...different...towards me these past couple of days?"
"No! I mean, yes. Kinda? It's not like I didn't want to do any of the things I did, the moon just gave me that last bit of courage I think," Minseok smiled at the younger's answer and pulled him even closer, squeezing him tightly.
"So, what are you gonna do now that I'm "yours"?" Minseok asks with a smug smile plastered on his face. Jiwon looks up at the other and lays back down with a scoff and says, "You'll figure that out yourself," Causing Minseok to laugh.
Just as they both calmed down Jiwon suddenly hears his phone ringing. He gets up from Minseok to reach his phone which is now lying on the floor together with his trousers, receiving a whimper from Minseok.
"Hello?"
"GOSH JISUNG, I'VE BEEN KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND CALLING YOU FOR OVER HALF AN HOUR NOW! I REALLY THOUGHT YOU KILLED MINHO," when Silas doesn't get an answer he asks, "You didn't right? Is he there? He's okay, right? How are you? You sound okay, especially for your first moon."
Jiwon looks over at the man lying on his bed and giving him a tired smile, causing him to smile too. "We're just fine. I'm sorry I left without saying anything, my mind wasn't really functioning," Jiwon tries to explain.
"Can you open the door? Or come out? I forgot the keys and the door is locked. You shouldn't STAY here for too long. It's already been too long, the risk is too big, Ji."
"I think it's too late for locking me up now," Jiwon sighs and hangs his head again. Minseok sees this sudden change in attitude and sits up straight as well.
Placing his hand on Jiwon's shoulder, he says, "Won, please stop being sad. It hurts me, it really does. Please don't worry about it, it's fine." Jiwon looks up at Minseok , almost smiling and answers the boy on the other side of the line, "I'll come later, just go back."
Jiwon hangs up the phone and throws it back on the ground and crawls on Minseok's lap. Kissing the older for the umpteenth time this evening. The kiss soon turns into a makeout session and Minseok draws back before it's too late. "I'll be right back," he says, putting on his boxer and leaving the room.
When he hears the water running, he knows what the other is doing. He smiles to himself and closes his eyes, drifting off to sleep. Only to be woken twenty minutes later and been told to take a shower himself. "It's okay," he says, half asleep, "I'm not that dirty."
"Jiwon, please go take a shower," Minseok answers. "I don't want to." The words hadn't left his mouth or he got picked up bridal style and carried to the bathroom.
"I can walk myself," he whines, "well, apparently not," Minseok answers. He puts the boy down in the douche where he just sits on the ground half asleep. "You need help with undressing, and now with taking a shower?" Minseok asks jokingly, but to his surprise the younger answers with a hum and a nod.
As Minseok smiles to himself he turns on the tap and begins to wash Jiwon's hair with water, careful not to let too much run down his face.
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Jiwon tries to sit down on his bed, but Minseok keeps him standing and lets him sit down on his own bed. "Yours isn't clean yet, I think it's better if you sleep here for the night."
Half asleep on Minseok's bed, Jiwon almost falls backwards and asleep, when Minseok takes place behind him.
"Wait a little longer. Let me dry your hair first, don't want you to get sick," Minseok says before slowly drying Jiwon's hair with a towel.
While Minseok's trying to dry the younger one's hair, Jiwon looks up and backwards at Minseok. "You're cute," he says, before letting his head fall back more so it's now resting on Minseok's shoulder.
"So are you," is all Minseok answers before slowly attaching their lips once more, almost resulting in the iconic spider-mankiss. This time a kiss with a lot of pauses and a lot of breath. Until he turns around and continues on top of Jiwon.
Soon enough Jiwon's all awake again and starts deepening the kiss, biting on Minseok's lips as the older's hands travel all over his body.
If this'll keep going this way, Minho'll turn bald one day by all the tugging Jiwon does on his hair.
Minseok lips draft off, now kissing every inch of Jiwon's neck and chest, leaving more of those purple marks along the way. As he moves his knee up between the brunette's legs causing him to moan, they hear an all too familiar voice.
"Jiwon? Are you here?" Minseok stops the sucking and lays his head with a sigh on Jiwon's belly, while Jiwon throws his head back groaning.
"I'll go talk to him," Minseok says, "since I'm wearing sweats and you're only wearing boxers."
"No, I think it's better if I go. He called me after all," the truth was, Jiwon didn't know how Silas was when the full moon was out. Especially since this is his first full moon as alpha.
He quickly puts on a shirt and leaves their room.
"Hey, Si! Thought you lost your keys?" Jiwon asks as he walks into the living room. "Yeah, Minnie found them, I dropped them in the car. And since you said you'd come back almost an hour ago, I thought I'd check if you really didn't kill our roommate."
"I told you I was doing just fine. How are you okay though? I was expecting you to go totally nuts with your first full moon as alpha," Jiwon jokes. "I'm doing just fine, I even have more control over my wolfstate. The real question is, how can you walk around so calmly? " Jiwon wasn't sure how to answer that question.
He knew how he could be so calm, it's a thing being with your mate does, they help you contain yourself and your power. But I can't tell him I found my mate before my first full moon and mated the night of my first full moon, right?
"I-I don't know, Si. Luck?" Silas looked at the boy as if he just said that he believed doors could fly."You know what? Never mind, imma go eat something. It's almost midnight and I still haven't eaten. Via bought fish. FISH! Who buys fish on a day like this," he was complaining as he was walking towards the kitchen.
As he enters the room he says,"Jiwon," to the boy following behind him, "Why is your shirt in the sink?"