4| Omegas

He opened his eyes slowly to find a white ceiling.

"He's awake!" He heard a girl's voice.

He looked towards the voice and saw two girls standing at the foot of his bed, looking at him in pity.

"Are you alright, Taehyung?" one of the girls asked. "I'm Jennie and this is my friend, Lisa."

"Y-Yeah I'm alright... how did I end up h-here?"

"We went to the cafeteria I'm the fourth period after break and saw you unconscious on the ground. Then we recognised you to be the new boy," Lisa said.

"So sorry this had to happen to you on your first day. It's just... Omegas are really looked down upon," Jennie sighed.

"Right," Taehyung said, wincing from the pain from his plastered jawline. "You both are Alphas too?"

"No, I'm an omega and Jennie's a beta," Lisa smiled at Jennie. "Thankfully my brother is an alpha and that's how I'm safe."

"Do you have an alpha mate?" Jennie asked, catching him off guard.

"N-No?" he frowned. "Why do you ask?"

"It's just that you give off a tiny bit of an alpha scent." Taehyung widened his eyes. "Its nothing much though. It can happen sometimes."

Lisa looked at her friend questionably.

Just then, the nurse entered the room holding a notepad and looking at Taehyung sternly.

"It's going to be the beginning of the sixth period so you better hurry now. All three of you," She grabbed Taehyung by his arm and yanked him off the bed.

The three separated ways to attend their classes. Taehyung approached his locker to grab his books when he heard some muffled commotion from the corridor on his right.

He jogged towards one of the locker aisles and hid behind it to see the same group of guys who bullied him during break time, now taking out on a another smaller boy pressed against the locker.

"Don't you understand what we're trying to say?" The buff boy hit him on his head with the books he was holding. "You're in the wrong school. The wrong city. With the wrong people."

"I have no choice!" the victim sobbed. "Please-"

"Get back to your classes!" A growl from behind Taehyung startled them and they all turned to look at an ordinary looking boy glaring at them with slightly red eyes.

The bullies backed away from the victim, taken aback. Taehyung moved aside, gulping. Something about this boy made them suddenly vulnerable.

"You'll never change, huh, Changbin?" the boy growled again. "Go to your classes. Now!" the bullies ran away, tripping on their feet every now and then.

"You two need to make it to class too," the boy said looking at Taehyung and the victim who was now walking away after picking up the books from the floor. "Taehyung, is it? I think we have English together right now."

"Oh," Taehyung gulped, following him.

"My name's Jungkook and I'm the class president," the boy said while walking. "How's your first day going so far?"

"I uh...," Taehyung's mouth was suddenly dry. "It wasn't so good. Because I'm an—"

"—Omega." Jungkook smiled, looking sideways. "Omegas are always the victim here. You need to try your best and defend yourself. Or maybe... you could stick around with me and they won't come near us."

Taehyung smiled at that. Little did he know he would find himself a friend on his first day. Jungkook must be an alpha for intimidating the bullies so what rank do the bullies fall to? Are they betas?

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School was finally over for the day and Taehyung walked back home after exchanging numbers with Jungkook. He can't wait to go home and tell his mum and Jimin everything.

"You got bullied on your first day?" Jimin yelled, making Taehyung to distance himself from the phone. "I didn't know it could be this bad!"

"I know, but in the end, I found someone scary who was kinda nice to me." Taehyung said, smiling.

"Scary and nice doesn't fit well in one sentence, Tae," Jimin chuckled. "Moving on from me already?"

Taehyung chuckled as he can almost see him pouting.

"But anyways, be careful. You can't really trust Alphas. They'll take advantage if you. What if that guy is trying to lure you into that abandoned building and torture you?"

"He didn't look like he would do that really," Taehyung chuckled just when his phone dinged with a message from an unknown number. "Well, speaking of the devil... I'll call you back later."

"You indeed are moving on." With that Jimin hung up and Taehyung opened the message.

My friends and I are going to hang out later, you in? -JK

He wondered if he could already trust the boy he met just hours ago. This might be the moon goddess giving him a chance to make some friends.

Okay. 

Great! Meet us at Beachwood cafe at 7pm. ;)

He wiped his sweaty palms on his jeans. What has he gotten into?

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Taehyung found himself walking down the street, looking at the map for the specific cafe, despite his mum's warning that she suspected something bad could happen.

"There he is!" He heard Jungkook's voice when he reached the cafe.

"That's a good one you've got here, Jeon," one of his friends said. Taehyung looked at each four of them and suddenly felt a wave of weakness hit him when his eyes landed on the red haired boy who was glaring at him.

This was when it struck him; Taehyung shouldn't have come. He turned around to leave but the four boys were quick to grab him and put a hand over his mouth before dragging him into the cafe.

Taehyung kept struggling, trying his best to squeeze through the gaps of their arms but it was no good. He felt himself being carried down the stone staircase into the dungeon of the cafe and the more they descended, the more quieter and darker the surrounding became. They held up their phones to light up the way and approached a trapdoor above which they pushed open.

One of them climbed up the rope ladder into the darkness first and then pulled Taehyung and the others climbed after. They were in a room made of stone and just one small window with iron bars. Taehyung was thrown to the corner of the room and chained to the wall.

"We'll be back later. Don't try anything stupid, or else...," the red haired boy glared at him.

"Let me go, please!" Taehyung cried, watching the boys go down the trapdoor one by one until he made eye contact with Jungkook. "Jungkook! I trusted you!" Tears slid down his cheeks. Jungkook looked away in pity(?) in his eyes.

"Hwang, quick!" one of them called making the red haired boy turn around and descend the trapdoor.

After the trapdoor was slammed shut, he looked around and realised he wasn't the only one in the room. Across from him was the other boy whom he saw got bullied at school. He was tied up with the same type of chains and looked like he was asleep.

Taehyung tried to reach out for his phone in his pocket but the chains prevented that and he sighed in defeat.

Jungkook's POV

"What about you, Namjoon?" Hyunjin said, trying his best to be intimidating.

"My gardener, Hwang," Namjoon said, nervousness laced in his voice. "He's an omega but... I'm not really sure."

"What aren't you sure of?" Hyunjin barked, placing his wine glass on the table harshly, spilling the contents. "Check his scent! His behaviour! Use your freaking brain!"

We were in another part of the same dungeon as the trapdoor room. I don't even know why I work for this cruel man. All he ever does his torture omegas and send them to poachers because omegas are rare and precious. As much as I feel bad for working for him, I couldn't help it. He threatens me in all kinds of ways and if I stop working for him, he'll come to find me and treat me like he does those omegas.

"We've gotten less of them this month compared to the last. You guys aren't working hard enough!" Hyunjin screamed, probably expecting to growl but failing miserably.

"But you know how omegas are rare, Hwang, they're decreasing in number," Yoongi said.

"Very soon they'll go extinct if we keep doing this and we better stop," I said making Hyunjin to glare at me.

"Say that again and I'll kill your omega sister," he said making me gulp. "You know how much money we make, right? Doesn't that motivate you guys to do better and better?"

"You get larger amounts of money every time and what we get is shit," Namjoon spat. "I couldn't even buy that ring I've always wanted."

"Deal with it or if you keep complaining again, you'll have to bid goodbye to your mate," Hyunjin smirked.

"That's so unfair! I haven't seen him in two years already!"

"That was your punishment for last time so not really my problem."