III

Jimin woke up early as usual. He could go to bed very late and get up early anyway.

Everyone was still sleeping except the cooks who were preparing breakfast for the master.

"Good morning chef."

"Good morning Jimin." the man smiled to him. "Hungry?"

"Yes, I'm very hungry to be honest, I didn't have dinner yesterday."

"Well do you want me to prepare an omelet for you?"

"Yes, please." the blond smiled and sat on his chair. "You seem like the only kind person on this house."

"Oh, not at all Jimin!" the chef chuckled. "There are nicer people than me."

"Like who?"

"First of all, the gardener Hyungsik, have you met him yet?"

Jimin nodded.

"A perfect gentleman." the cook said. "He always helps everyone inside the house. He has been working for the Min family since he was a teenager and look at him now, a very handsome twenty-six years old man."

"And a flirt." Jimin rolled his eyes.

"He's a smooth talker isn't he?" the man laughed. "But I can assure you, he is the man you will like the most in this house and after him the master."

Jimin nearly choked on his orange juice. "The master? You mean Yoongi?" he scoffed. "I hope you're kidding."

"Not at all, boy." the chef sat in front of him. "It's true that he seems cold and reserved but he's a very kind man, also very brave. I respect him a lot."

"I see." Jimin just nodded his head, not believing half of what he said. "That's why he signed a paper to accept making us their slaves."

The chef sighed. "Jimin, you should know that our master didn't really have a choice. The one who came up with this law is the leader of the Kang pack, the most powerful alpha family. He couldn't refuse it, not him and not any other alpha leader. Plus, he is indebted to that family for some personal reasons."

"How do you know all this?" the younger asked confusingly.

"I worked at this house for almost 20 years. I was there when Yoongi's father was the leader, before his death."

"How did he die?"

"He was murdered." he sighed. "Savagely murdered. He was killed by a woman.. a Beta.." the man added, afraid of Jimin's reaction.

"Oh.. but why was he murdered?"

The chef shook his head. "Only the master knows. He won't tell anyone all the truth about his father's death."

Jimin just nodded, ignoring what to say exactly at this kind of situation.

"What I'm trying to say Jimin is that you will certainly feel uncomfortable and different for the moment but I assure you that you will quickly get used to the life in this house." the grey haired man smiled. "Believe me."

"Alright." Jimin smiled back. "I should get going now, thank you for the breakfast chef!" he said before heading to the garden.

He had another thirty minutes before waking up the master so he decided to take a look at the beautiful flowers.

He filled the water pot and looked for the flower bushes.

"Ow look who we have here! Jimin the ugly boy!"

He turned around to find handsome

Hyungsik smiling charmingly to him.

Jimin widened his eyes because he didn't have the gardener with his denim overalls, plastic boots and dirt all over his face but instead a very handsome young man wearing a white shirt and classy nocturne blue blazzer and pants.

"You look different.." Jimin mumbled. "You don't look like a gardener."

Hyungsik chuckled and approached him. "And what does a gardener look like?"

"Well.." Jimin rubbed the back of his neck. "Certainly not like this." he added, pointing at the older's outfit. "Is your family secretly rich or something?"

The older just laughed. "Not at all, it's just that the master pays me quite well."

"Oh." Jimin nodded.

"So what are you doing in the garden?"

"I saw tulipes yesterday so I thought I could water them."

"Oh, I was going to do it so how about we water them together?" Hyungsik asked.

"Alright."

They walked until they reached the bushes.

They knelt in front of the flowers and started watering them. "Be careful, there are Aechmeas behind the Tulipes."

"Aechmeas?"

Hyungsik gently pushed some Tulipes to show him some gorgeous looking pink flowers. "These strange flowers are called Aechmeas. They look beautiful but are quite dangerous." he said, staring at Jimin.

"How dangerous?"

"They can sting you and make you bleed."

"Oh, so I won't approach them even though it's quite tempting." the blond chuckled.

"I know right." Hyungsik didn't take his eyes off him.

They kept watering the yellow Tulipes in a silence they both appreciated.

The mansion was far from the city, in a region where only the richest Alphas lived.

Only the tree leaves moving with the gentle breeze and the bird's chirping could be heard.

"Alright! We finished." Hyungsik smiled. "Aren't you supposed to wake the master up?"

"Yes, I still have five more minutes."

"Okay, I'll go change quickly and- Jimin don't!" he shouted when the younger couldn't resist touching an Aechmea.

"Ouch!"

"I told you.."

"Damn.." Jimin cursed when he saw the blood coming out from the tip of his index finger.

"Wait." the young man took his hand and sucked the blood from his finger.

"Wha-are you crazy?!" Jimin widened his eyes.

"Shuu.. Let me stop the bleeding."

The younger blushed at the sudden intimate contact. "I..I gotta go.." he slightly pushed Hyungsik and ran inside the mansion.

????

He opened Yoongi's room and found him standing in front of the window overlooking the garden.

"You woke up." Jimin said.

Yoongi turned and sent him a death glare. "Yes, I did when you were too busy playing the Romeo with the gardener."

"Well his company is still better than yours." the blond mumbled. "If you're awake then I'll go help in the kitchen." he added, heading outside.

"Where do you think you're going?" Yoongi raised his eyebrow.

"Do you need anything else?" Jimin sighed.

"Prepare my bath." the master ordered him.

"You can do it yourself, you're a grown up."

"I said prepare my bath." the older raised his tone.

Jimin rolled his eyes and went to the bathroom to fill the bathtub with lukewarm water.

He turned and found Yoongi standing like he wanted something else.

"No, don't tell me you want me to strip you too?" Jimin furrowed his eyebrows.

Yoongi simply nodded.

"What the fuck?!" Jimin gasped. "Are you for real!"

"Come on, I don't have time to waste."

The younger stared at him with disbelief.

He started by taking off his night robe.

Something really odd happened.

A single touch sent shivers through both their bodies. It was like an electrocution happened between them.

They stared at each other, dumbfounded, not understanding what was happening.

"I..I can do it alone." Yoongi interrupted their silence and got away from the Beta who didn't add a word and left the suite.

????

"Jimin!"

"Yes, chef." the blond said.

"The master has a guest, will you prepare some tea for them? A black one with one sugar for the master and an oolong tea without sugar for the guest."

"Alright."

"And please take them to his office, the maids are busy now."

Jimin didn't like having to see him another time but he had no choice, the chef was good to him and he didn't want to deceive him.

He filled the porcelain cups with boiled water and put them on a small tray.

He headed upstairs and found a familiar pink haired male standing in front of the office.

"We've met before, right?" he asked.

"Y-yes we met inside the truck that day.. I'm Jin and you're Jimin, right?" he shyly rubbed the back of his neck.

"Yeah." Jimin's eyes trailed on multiple scars Jin had on his chest and around his neck. "Who's your master?" he quickly asked.

"H-he's the leader of the Kim Pack. K-kim Namjoon." the tall male mumbled.

"Is he bad with you? Did he hurt you?" the blond asked in a worried tone.

He knew that Omegas were always

"N-no!"

"Then what are those?" Jimin pointed at the scars and bruises.

"Oh.." Jin shyly rubbed the back of his neck. "My master just uses a different method to show his affection.."

Jimin looked disgusted at first but then he chuckled. "You seem to like it." he said, making the pink haired blush. "Is he inside?"

"Yes but your master ordered not to let anyone enter."

"Well I'm not gonna wait until they finish." Jimin shrugged his shoulders.

"N-no don't!"

Too late. Jimin already opened the door to the office.

"The Kang made a stupid mistake ag- for god's sake Beta! Learn to knock before entering! Didn't he tell you not to come in?!" Yoongi burst.

"Well I'm sure your guest won't like drinking a cold tea." Jimin said and put the tray on the small table.

Namjoon burst out laughing, staring at Jimin with admiration. "I don't know who you are but I like you!"

"I hope not the same way as you like your pink guy." the blond chuckled.

"Haha! You're a Beta, right? Is he your servant Yoongi?!"

The black haired male simply nodded with a frown on his face.

"You got a sassy one!" Namjoon was still laughing.

"We're not here to talk about my servant Namjoon." Yoongi mumbled.

"Oh, right I heard the Kang got into trouble with the hunters.. again."

Hunters?

Jimin was slowly filling their cups in order to listen to their conversation that sounded very interesting to him.

"One of theirs was killed by Daniel."

"Daniel? Why is that guy always creating us fuxking problems!" Yoongi tapped on his desk. "Seriously.."

"Well the hunters are preparing an attack on all our packs.." Namjoon said. "I heard they got more members on their group."

"Sounds like big trouble."

Who are the hunters?

"We need to secure the borders." Yoongi said. "We put alpha guards in each corner and set up traps, we never know what can happen.."

"That's what I was thinking." Namjoon rubbed his chin. "I'll send a mail to the rest of the leaders to inform them."

"Summon them for another meeting, without Kang, I don't wanna see his face."

"Alright." The younger took a sip of the tea Jimin placed in his table. "Mmm?" he widened his eyes. "I never tasted such a tea like this before! What did you do?"

"I just added a little bit of orange blossom.."

"You're smart." Namjoon smirked. "Yoongi's lucky to have you."

Jimin chuckled and stared at the leader. He thought he looked kinda cute, smiling and showing his charming dimples.

"Aheum." Yoongi cleared his throat. "It's time for you to leave us, Beta."

Jimin sent him a death glare then smiled to Namjoon before leaving the office.

????

"You never cooked before?!" Jaehyun gasped when Taehyung broke the egg on the counter instead of the pan.

"No, I never did. Why? Is there a problem?" the silver haired furrowed his eyebrows.

"We need experienced people so just go find yourself another thing to do in our master's house."

"Your master sent me here so I'm not going from here." Taehyung mumbled coldly.

"Go away from this kitchen while I'm still kind or el-"

"Oh please Jaehyun calm down, caalma!" a red haired male patted his back. "Just go back to your work, I'll take care of him."

"Yes, chef!" the cook assistant bowed to him and left.

"You must be Taehyung." the cook smiled. "The young master talked about you. I am Hoseok, the chef cook."

Taehyung just nodded. "Don't worry I'll leave this kitchen now." he was about to leave when the older grabbed his arm. "I never asked you to leave." he smirked. "You maybe never cooked before but it doesn't mean that you can never learn."

The young slave stared at him confusingly.

"I will teach you." Hoseok winked to him. He opened the drawer and took and old black apron. "Turn around please." he asked the younger.

He stuck to his body from behind and put the apron around his waist.

Taehyung gulped when he felt his gentle breath against his neck.

"We'll start with the basics okay?" the chef whispered in his ear.

Taehyung quickly turned to face him.

"We'll start by cutting onions and peppers. The master wants Paella for dinner so we'll prepare it together."

"Paella? Do you think I can help you?" Taehyung chuckled. "I'm gonna mess it up."

"Not as long as I'm helping you." the red haired smiled.

He took the vegetables from the fridge and asked the younger to wash them.

"Alright, we start by peeling the onion, like this..then you cut it in half.."

Taehyung was slowly doing what the chef instructed to him.

"Now you'll chop it into small cubes, it may sound difficult but don't worry you'll quickly learn it." Hoseok crossed his arms and kept watching the younger.

"Ughh it stings!" Taehyung whined when he felt his eyes burning. "Why am I crying?"

The chef burst out laughing. "You'll get used to it." he approached him and wiped his tears with his thumbs.

Taehyung got too lost in his touch that he forgot where to cut. "SHIT!" he screamed when he felt his hand hurting.

"Oh god.." Hoseok frowned when he saw it slightly bleeding. "Wait I'll get you somet-"

"WHAT HAPPENED?!" Jungkook asked breathlessly.

He came running like a mad dog when he heard Taehyung screaming from the kitchen.

"I just cut my hand instead of the onion."

"Oh my god noo!" the brown haired male grabbed his hand and examined it. "Come with me."

He leaded him to the hall and made him sit on the chair. "Get me my first aid kit!" he ordered one of the maids.

He knelt in front of the silver haired male and cleaned his hand with some water first. Taehyung flinched when it hurt him a little bit.

"Did I hurt you?" Jungkook asked with a worried tone.

"It's okay."

All the servants were staring at them with awe.

They knew their master was very kind but they never saw him getting too close to someone this way.

"I will put some alcohol on it so it will sting a little bit okay?"

"Ah.." Taehyung closed his eyes when he felt the pain on his hand.

"Sorry." the younger whispered and gently blew on his wound.

Taehyung widened his eyes because he felt a sudden and unexpected connection between them. His heart beat faster and he felt his eyes change to their original colors. Yellow.

The door opened and Jimin stood in front of them. He widened his eyes when he saw a bandage around his brother's hand. "Tae? What happened to you?!" he ran to him and frowned to his master. "What did you do to him?!" he shouted.

"What? I did nothing.." Jungkook nervously rubbed the back of his neck.

"He's hurt! What happened to h-"

"Jimin!" Taehyung cut him off. "I just cut my hand when I was helping at the kitchen and he took care of it.."

The blond looked at the Alpha who was awkwardly smiling to him and cleared his throat. "Well.. thanks for taking care of my brother." he mumbled.

Taehyung gave a death glare to his brother and whispered to him that he should apologize.

"No!" Jungkook waved his hands. "He doesn't need to apologize." he chuckled. "I envy you both."

Both brothers stared at him with interrogative eyes.

"You have a brother who cares about you." he told Taehyung. "That's very nice."

"But you have a brother too." Jimin said.

"Yoongi?" the younger nervously rubbed the back of his neck. "We're not that close.. we barely see each other or talk.."

"Why is that?"

"It's partly because of our late father. Because Yoongi was his eldest son, he would take him to training camps in order to prepare him to be the future leader to our pack when I would only stay at home with my mother. We practically grew up separately that's why we don't have such a strong relationship like yours. Even now he's always busy with the pack duties so I don't have a chance to talk to him." he stared at them, sadness in his eyes.

"Well he's rude anyways.. You're not really losing something special.." Jimin scoffed.

"Don't say that.." Jungkook protested. "My brother isn't like this..yes he can be rude sometimes but he's very kind.."

Jimin widened his eyes. He couldn't understand how Jungkook can say such things about a brother who never tried to get closer to him.

"Say..do you know anything about the hunters?" he suddenly asked, remembering Yoongi's conversation with Namjoon earlier in the morning.

"Hunters?" Jungkook rubbed his chin. "I don't know much about them but what I'm sure about is that they're our biggest enemies. They hate wolves and want to kill them all until they completely disappear from earth."

Jimin and Taehyung were very surprised to hear this.

"but why this question? Have you heard anything about them?"

"No.. I was just curious." Jimin lied.

????

He couldn't sleep that night. He kept thinking about that conversation plus what Jungkook told him about hunters.

He always lived a peaceful life with his late mother and younger brother and never thought their small world could be in danger.

A million questions were floating in his head. He wanted to know who exactly were the hunters and what should they do to fight them.

He sat on his blanket and stared at all the alphas around him.

All the servants were sleeping in a small room, sticking together like fish.

He closed his eyes and imagined himself laying on his bed, reading his books or watching his favorite show.

He never thought his life would change this way.

He felt thirsty so he got up, heading to the kitchen to drink some water.

On his way, there, a sweet melody made him stop walking.

As a piano lover, he recognized the song that was played; Prelude in E-minor op 28 n4 by the famous Polish composer, Frédéric Chopin.

The melody expressed only sadness but it sounded very beautiful.

Jimin layed his back on the wall and closed his eyes, listening to the piano to calm his stress down.

He was curious to see who was playing so he slowly walked to the hall and widened his eyes when he saw the mansion's master sitting in front of a black piano and playing with such passion.

He looked very different

He looked very different. Quiet, relaxed and too absorbed by his melodies.

All Jimin could see what sadness in his eyes.

The master had everything, he had the best position, a bunch of money and people working for him but he wasn't happy.

He seemed to be concerned about a lot of things.

Yoongi stopped playing when he caught Jimin's scent in front of him.

He lifted his head and found him staring at him. "What are you doing here?" he asked with a calm voice.

"I.. I was just thirsty and then I heard you playing Chopin and-"

"You know Chopin?" the black haired male raised an eyebrow.

"He's my favorite pianist."

Yoongi looked surprised to finally find someone who shares the same passion as him.

"Mine too." he said. "Can you play?"

Jimin shook his head. "Unlike you I didnt have rich parents to pay me piano classes." he mumbled.

"Do you think my father would do it for me?" the older chuckled. "I self-taught myself."

The blond widened his eyes. "How did you do it?"

"I would pass by an old man's music shop and keep staring at him while he played.. then I go back home and watch tutorials on the net. My grandfather left this piano in the mansion before he died so I was the first one to use it.. It took me years but here I am.."

"You play well." these words slipped from Jimin's mouth.

The older widened his eyes, not expecting to receive a compliment from him. He blushed and gently nodded. "Thank you Beta."

"Well I gotta go, I need to sleep early to wake you up tomorrow." Jimin rolled his eyes.

"Unless you play the Romeo again.."

"Pfft. Night."

"Good night."