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When he got home one afternoon, about three days after the video was released, he was - unlike any other day - met with complete and utter silence. There was no cute omega jumping on him to welcome him home, no napping Taetae buried in a nest of pillows on the couch, no mate working on his marketing project for work. Jeongguk was confused. The house was just too silent. Was his dear husband sleeping in their room?
The thought of sleepy, chocolate eyes, messy, golden locks and that killer pout of a drunk of sleep Taehyung made a smile grow on his face. He could still smell his mate being in the house, the soft scent of strawberries with an undertone of honeyed milk that came with the pregnancy was still very strong in their apartment.
He took off his shoes and the jacket, throwing it on the armrest of their couch - Taehyung was going to scold him later when he sees it - and heard a giggle coming from their bedroom. Raising an eyebrow, he went down the hallway and entered the room through the open door.
The omega was perched on top of their shared bed, bundled up in what seemed to be all of the blankets and pillows they owned. He was nesting more often now that he was pregnant, so Jeongguk was used to the cute image. That didn't mean he was any less endeared by it. His sweet mate was dressed in the sweater Jeongguk had wore the other day to work, probably because his scent was strong on that one, and to say that the omega looked stunning in the too big piece of clothing was an understatement.
"Gukkie!" The omega spotted him in the doorway, letting the phone down and smiling his best boxy smile at the alpha.
Jeongguk got closer to the bed.
"Hey, pretty." Supporting his weight on one arm, he bent down over the smaller male and pecked the expecting lips of his mate. He caressed his cheek with his free hand.
When they parted, Taehyung followed his lips with a whine. Jeongguk scrunched his nose at him. He was still wondering how on earth did his heart survived Taehyung's cuteness al these years.
He chuckled and kissed him again, this time properly, their lips molding together in that familiar and comforting way that was, to this day, still giving him the chills. When they parted, he squeezed the blonde's cheeks with in his palms, pressing loud kisses all over his face, making Taehyung whine and try to escape.
"Noo, Gukkie! Gross!"
Jeongguk let him go, laughing. Teasing the omega was one of his favorite activities.
He took his shirt off and walked towards their walk-in closet. He was going to take a shower and then eat something - he was starving.
"How was your day at work?" He heard Taehyung asking, the blonde's voice coming out muffled.
He grabbed a plain white t-shirt and a pair of sweats and threw the clothes he was wearing in the laundry hamper in the corner of the closet.
"It was pretty good. We finished the project and had a meeting with the client. Yoongi was getting annoyed with them for being so indecisive, but what's new." He rolled his eyes thinking of his short-tempered friend.
"Hopefully they will let you have more free time now that the plan went through." Taehyung said.
Jeongguk hummed.
"I doubt it. I think boss wants me to lead the project team."
"Ugh, Gukkie…" He sighed. That meant even less free time for the alpha. "I swear to God, if I find myself in the third trimester of pregnancy alone at any of the check-ups, that boss of yours will get a piece of my mind."
Jeongguk laughed at the pout the omega was sporting.
"Don't worry about that, my love. You know you always come first. I'll inform him that if my pregnant mate needs my at any time while I am at work, I'll drop everything to attend to his needs." He smiled cheekily at Taehyung, kissing his forehead and then heading to the bathroom.
"Hmpf, you better!" The blonde huffed.
When the alpha came out of the bathroom ten minutes later, refreshed, wet hair dripping water on his white t-shirt, he sat on the edge of the bed, checking his messages from work so that he won’t be disturbed later.
”Uf, dry your hair, silly. You'll catch a cold." Taehyung scolded him.
"In a minute." Jeongguk responded to him, smiling softly and kissing his cheek.
Getting out of his warm nest - these days he was feeling the cold seeping into his bones like he was naked outside in winter - and grabbed a clean towel. He got back on the bed and started drying Jeongguk's hair for him.
"Are you hungry? Should I make something for you?" He asked while continuing on rubbing the towel on his head.
"It's okay, baby. I'll cook something really quick while you rest." He put his phone down.
"You sure?"
"Yeah. How are you today? Any morning sickness?" The alpha asked worried. Taehyung was at the beginning of his second trimester where his baby bump started to show and the morning sickness should go away. Unfortunately though, he was very much still nauseous every now and then.
"I felt like dying when I woke up, but now it got better."
"Hmm. I hope it will go away soon." Jeongguk stopped him from what was doing and carefully manhandled him into his lap.
He nuzzled his temple and touched the little baby bump, snaking the other arm around his still tiny waist.
"Are you hungry, pretty?"
"I don't feel like eating anything." He answered a little shy.
"Taehyung." Jeongguk fixed him with his stare, warningly. He tried to tone down his fiercely protective side, but it was hard to do so when his pregnant mate refused to eat.
"I will eat, but not now. I ate a little about two hours ago. I promise I am not hungry." He put his arms around the alpha's neck, feeling content at the body warmth Jeongguk emanated.
"Fine, but you have to get something into you system later." Jeongguk's tone didn't let space for arguing so Taehyung just rapidly nodded his head.
As Taehyung was entering the second trimester of his pregnancy, the both of them were reduced more and more to the basic traits of their sub-gender. The omega was getting more and more submissive and didn't want to do anything that would upset his alpha. As for Jeongguk, he was getting a lot more protective and possessive of his mate. It was a normal thing, as their instincts were activating and hormones were talking lauder than usual.
"Ah. Forgot to tell you." Taehyung said suddenly, interrupting himself with a yelp when the alpha lifted him bridal style and took him to their kitchen.
Jeongguk hummed for the omega to continue what he was saying while placing him on the counter by the sink, his instinct nagging at him to keep him far away from the stove.
"Jin hyung visited with Namjoon hyung in the morning."
"Oh. I haven't seen them in a while."
"Yeah, they've been quite busy. They were on their way to work and just dropped by, so they didn't stay for long. Jin hyung wanted to see my baby bump." Taehyung giggled.
"We should all meet soon. I miss spending time together."
"Namjoon hyung said that once they close the cases they are on right now, they will take a break."
"Good to know." Jeongguk hummed, starting to cook something for himself. He was preparing a big portion because Taehyung's cravings were getting stronger with each day that passed and he just knew that the omega would want some.
They continued to talk about mundane things like having to go grocery shopping soon and that they should decide on what crib to buy for the nursery they were putting together for the future addition to their family.
"That reminds me.." Jeongguk started as he was chopping some vegetables. "What were you doing when I came in? You seemed really distracted by your phone."
"Oh, that." Taehyung giggled secretively. "Aren't you a little too curious?"
Jeongguk raised an eyebrow at him.
"You little mischievous thing…"
The alpha took a big plate and filled it with food, setting the table for himself and taking two pairs of chopsticks out of the drawer.
"Come here." He extended his arm towards the omega, assisting him in getting off the counter and taking a seat next to the alpha at the table.
Jeongguk could already see how his mate's eyes had zeroed on the food. He bit his lip, trying not to chuckle. It was an adorable image.
He started eating, looking at the way Taehyung was getting more and more focused on his food. He would have wanted to tease him some more if it weren’t for his instinct starting to nibble at him to give his mate anything that he wanted. Jeongguk just took some food into his chopsticks and instead of bringing it to his own mouth, he offered it to Taehyung. Without any protest - probably not even fully realizing he had been fed - the omega opened his mouth and started chewing with a little hum of content.
He continued feeding his mate, feeling like he was getting full by just watching the gorgeous male before him eat. By the time Taehyung realized what was going on, a little too focused on accepting the delicious food his alpha was providing for him, he had eaten half of the big portion.
"Oh…" Taehyung said, his eyes big and sad as Jeongguk fed him the last bite. "I ate it all." He seemed devastatingly sad. "I ate all your food and now you're hungry."
"I am not hungry, pretty. I ate just enough." Jeongguk kissed his temple soothingly.
"I-I'm such a b-bad mate…" And here it comes. The switch was turned on and Taehyung's wobbly lip was on full display. "I don't d-deserve y-you and now you… y-you'll realize that and w-will leave me and I'll ha-h-have to raise o-our baby on my o-own and th-t-the baby will g-grow up without a father j-just because I-I ate yo-your food." Tears were already rolling down his cheeks. "G-Gukkie, I'm s-sorry. P-please d-don't leave us." And as endearing as it was to hear Taehyung refer to him and their unborn baby as 'us', Jeongguk had to snap real fast out of it.
"Oh my Goodness." He could feel the distress peeking through their bond, so he knew that his mate was really having it hard this time.
One single word was enough of an explanation to the sudden change of mood: hormones. The type of hormones that were making the omega hypersensitive recently. That’s why Jeongguk wasn’t shocked with the sudden outburst and knew that he had to do something as soon as posibile. Fortunately, these mood swings usually went away pretty fast.
He cooed at his mate in order to calm him down to let him know that he wasn’t mad at him at all and slowly nuzzled his nose into Taehyung’s temple. The alpha lifted him up like he weighted nothing and made his way to their bedroom, taking note in his head to clean up the table later - once his mate was sated. He let him down in the middle of the nest the omega had put together in the morning, when their bed felt way too cold and lonly without the alpha’s presence.
“Don’t worry, baby. I’m just happy you ate, I had enough food.” He tried to make him feel better, but to no avail, Taehyung being too lost in his self-doubt.
Jeongguk tucked the lithe male under the heavy blanket - the one that was there just for his mate, entirely too thick for his own high temperature body - and hugged him to his chest. He got as close as possible while releasing calming pheromones, helping the omega to get out of his head and relax.
“You are such a good mate for taking care of our baby so well and eating to let him grow inside you tummy.” He enforced his words by placing his palm over the blanket where he knew Taehyung’s baby bump was.
The omega whined, but by the way he hid his face in his mate’s neck, inhailing the familiar scent of his beloved, he was calming. Jeongguk couldn’t help, but find it cute. He knew that the omega was a little stressed recently, but Jeongguk somehow managed to covience him to take his birth-leave from work sooner than the male had initially intended.
“Everything will be ok, baby.” He whispered in the other’s soft strands of hair, a hand caressing his back in a way that he knew it helped the omega.
When Taehyung purred under his touch, he knew that he was out of that toxic mindset and back to his sweet mate.
“I was reading comments.” The soft, deep voice of the lithe man came out in puffs of air on Jeongguk’s skin about half an hour later.
“Hm?”
“When you came home.” Taehyung further explained, reminding him of when he arrived from work and found the male all happy and giggly. “You posted the video a couple of days ago so I was curious.” His voice was quiet, the atmosphere in the room too soft to distrupt by talking too loud.
“Were they nice comments?” Jeongguk sure hopes so, because if not, he was more than happy to put a stop to his youtuber career. He won’t stay around for people to keep saying nasty things about him and for sure won’t let anyone hate on the most important person in his life.
Taehyung suddenly lifted his head, looking up at Jeongguk with a happy glimmer in his eyes. Jeongguk wishes to never see that sparkle leave the other’s deep chocolate eyes.
“Yes!” Taehyung’s distict boxy smile came through.
“I’m happy to hear that. I’ll take a look later.” He kissed Taehyung’s forehead.
“Nooo.” Taehyung whined all of a sudden. “Let’s take a look now, together. Come on, Gukkie!” He made him lift his body a little on the mountain of pillows on their bad and patted around the many blankets for where he had left his phone when he had gotten distracted by the alpha earlier.
Jeongguk was always surprised at the amounts of views and comments his videos gathered, but the numbers his last upload collected, were just insane. He was still shocked as Taehyung went straight to the comment section, pausing the video with a pout after flinching in surprise at the laud music of Jeongguk’s intro.
“Look, Gukkie!” His mate scrolled down, shoving the device into the alpha’s face to make sure that he was looking at the screen.
“I am, baby.” He gently took a hold of Taehyung’s delicate wrist. The omega smiled sheepishly and let the alpha take his phone. He put his head on his lover’s shoulder so he could see as well and quitely watched as Jeongguk’s eyes flitted across the screen.
“What? Am I seeing this right? I might be crying. You look so smitten for your mate it is quite endearing.”
“Well, this ain’t the content I expected when I clicked on the video, but your mate is a delight, so I’m fine with it.”
“Omg! You guys are adorable!!!”
“It’s the first time I see you so soft, I can’t believe you are on your way to having a family. I’m happy for you two.”
“Let me see if I get this straight... You hid the cutest omega in the world from us all... Ok, that I can forgive, BUT how dare you not tell us that a mini Jeongguk is on the way?!”
“I kept seeing those comments you are talking about for some time now. The fact that you adressed the situation out of consideration for your mate is truly respectable. Hope they will get the message and stop.”
“Just so you know, now that I’ve seen the two of you interracting I’m for sure expecting more videos with the two of you in them.”
“I’m so happy to see two people so in love. I feel like nowadays not many of us are ready for the commitement a mating bond entails.”
“Ok, but why is no one talking about how beautiful their child would be? Like... I’m shocked.”
“Wish I had that glow when I was pregnant. How comes your mate doesn’t look like shit? I know I did.”
“You guys are so cute. You should do a Q&A! If you’re comfortable with it.”
“Having a family is truly a blessing, don’t let the kids in the comments get to you.”
“I didn’t see that one coming. I’m happy for you tho.”
“It was to be expected that you’d have a mate. I mean, your partener is really lucky to have as his alpha. You look good together.”
There were a few not so nice comments, but he made sure to scroll fast through them and back to the many more nice and supporting responses. He could feel his mate being happy and content, making their bond buzz pleasantly at the back of his mind. It was in moments like these, when he had Taehyung in his arms, letting himself relax and feeling their connection bloom that he got to think about how lucky he was to find his mate. He burried his head in his mate’s hair once again, inhailing the intoxicating scent of his pregnant partner and having his chest burst with the love he held for the omega.