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It's one of my favorites now!!

HIS PUP

Namjoon is lonely, he lives a solitary life as a hacker and couldn’t be any more bored when he isn’t forgetting himself in his job.

So what does he do to fix that? He adopts a dog.

CHAPTERS: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , ...

💜Inspiration💜

NAMJOON X READER

HYBRID AU

M/F

RATED M

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The story that's on my mind the most 🙈😍❤️

THE SOLSTICE COVEN

Freedom is a peculiar thing.

To earn it, someone else must lose it.

It should be bad, regretful, but what if both parties had to gain from that arrangement?

And what if their future was forever changed thanks to what was a blind step in a world of uncertainties?

CHAPTERS: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , ...

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BTS (CENTRIC CAREGIVER! YOONGI) X WHEELCHAIR USER! READER

MAGIC/SOULMATES AU

M/F , MULTI

RATED M

*the mc's disability is written with the utmost respect, and so if anything comes across as wrong without any purpose for it, if some terms need to be changed for lack of knowledge despite my research, then by all means, please let me know, but respectfully!*

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Pairing(s); BTS OT7 x Reader

Genre/Themes; Hybrid!AU, themes of the supernatural and the occult, paranormal themes, religious themes, violence, hurt/comfort, horror, romance

Rated; 18+ for swearing, violence/gore, future sexual themes. Reader discretion is advised.

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In a world where hybrids are both the hottest commodity and largely exploited, a recent shortage of hybrids nationwide due to the wealthy adopting for sport hunting dominates the news headlines. More than ever, stray hybrids are whisked off the streets and taken into shelters to meet the demand. Mistreated, neglected, forgotten – in a notoriously disreputable hybrid shelter in a pocket of downtown Boston, seven “aggressive” hybrids await their inevitable fate of being sold for sport.

After years of trying to distance herself from her mystical past and upbringing, Y/N finds herself quitting her emotionally-draining job and is forced to face past mistakes. While accompanying her friends looking to adopt a child hybrid into their newly-formed family, Y/N inadvertently finds herself face-to-face with seven hybrids doomed to die. In a spur of the moment epiphany, Y/N decides to change the course of fate for the better; though bringing seven aggressive hybrids into her life and the darkening spiritual energy of her old home is trickier to navigate than she originally thought.

MAIN STORY;

Chapter One posted 2.7.23; 20.4k words

Chapter Two posted 3.7.23; 20.8k words

Chapter Three posted 3.20.23; 21.5k words

Chapter Four posted 4.7.23; 20.6k words

Chapter Five posted 5.7.23; 20.5k words

Chapter Six posted 6.7.23; 20.9k words

Chapter Seven posted 7.7.23; 22.3k words

Chapter Eight posted 8.7.23; 23.4k words

Chapter Nine posted 9.7.23; 21.8k words

Chapter Ten posted 10.7.23; 21.9k words

Chapter Eleven posted 11.7.23; 20k words

Chapter Twelve posted 12.7.23; 16.6k words

DRABBLES;

"My boys" posted 9.1.23; 2.2k words

EXTRAS;

Trouvaille playlist

Mood boards - Seokjin . Yoongi . Hoseok . Namjoon . Jimin . Taehyung . Jeongguk . Y/N

Trouvaille Inspirations (coming soon!)

Things readers have created for Trouvaille

Teaser to Chapter One

PREQUELS (coming soon!);

Something Kind of Fantastic Hoseok, coming soon!

Fire, Walk With Me Yoongi, coming soon!

Midnight on a Moonless Night Taehyung, coming soon!

Almost Doesn't Matter Jimin, coming soon!

Same as it Always Was Seokjin, coming soon!

You See Them... They See You Jeongguk, coming soon!

Truth Beyond Our Own Namjoon, coming soon!

My favorite stories from my favorite author 😍❤️

ONGOING SERIES MASTERLIST

Here are the stories that I am still fully immersed in, stories that I want to see to the end as much as possible.

I love them dearly, and I hope you could love them just as much.

* all my fics are fluff/angst and no smut *

OT7 STORIES (members are below)

IRIDESCENT LOVE - page

Alpha/beta/omega AU

From a fated meeting to a life filled with wonders, the path of discovery is much, much harder than what I had prepared myself for. Especially when my identity, the only one I knew of ends up being a total lie.

YOU BELONG - here

Alpha/beta/omega - Sugar daddy AU

Some say you only have one chance at love, others believe that the first one is always meant for failure, but it’s a widely spread belief that mates are meant to be together, that they are perfect together, the ideal union. Not mine. My mate was a narcissistic manipulator, but I didn’t know, he hid it well. I was foolish for believing that he married me for love and not only for my body, so foolish. (more)

IN YOUR CARE - here

Alpha/beta/omega AU

They took one look at me, and it was as if they could see everything that made me into who I am, as if they could tell how to heal my pain, and their offered hand was proof of their kindness. After all, who would watch over alphas, if not for other alphas themselves? “How about some tea at our place? Our mate here makes the most delicious tea while I bake the most delicious cookies, you ought to try them at least once. It’ll cheer you up instantly, I promise”.

THE FIRST MEETING - here

Soulmate/fantasy/horror AU

I was alone, and then I wasn’t anymore. I don’t know why I was expecting to be the last soulmate to appear in a group of seven, because I happen to be the first instead. I don’t end the circle, I make it begin.

ETERNALLY THEIRS - here

Soulmate/fantasy/dragons AU

The Order of Fire is the oldest and strongest generation of knights to exist in Faywyn, a line of pureblood dragons that keep watch over the Stainad Empire. It’s every knight’s dream to fight by their side, to be noticed by them, because it sometimes happens - though rarely - that a talented human becomes a dragon’s partner and gets promoted to the castle. Such is my dream, though I know better than to take it seriously. The knights who receive that honor are amongst the best in the Order of Steel and I am far from their level as of now. But I digress, let me introduce myself properly. I am a new knight recruit and my name is Y/N Aithne Shields, at your service.

UNCONTROLLED - page

Soulmate/Magic AU

Dangerous. That is what I am. A user of destruction.

FRUITS, DAISIES AND A SPRINKLE OF LOVE - here

Soulmates AU

A soul bond’s archives is a shared space between soulmates, a safe space that allows the fated ones to share memories between themselves, a method commonly used to find each other without having to wait endlessly for luck to play its part. But when your own archives get tainted with pain due to bullies with too much time on their hands… Needless to say that despite you not knowing if you have soulmates, you begin to believe that maybe it’s a good thing if you don’t have any.

BLOOMING STAR - here

Slice of life AU

We all met as a whole around the same time, without knowing that it would eventually lead towards the greatest joy that life can give.

YOUR BEAUTY IN RED - soon

Mafia/ghoul/soulmate AU

I always imagined meeting my soulmates as a happy event. I guess it was the old romantic in me who was wishing for the impossible, but I wanted to believe that love could be possible for me. That must be what happens when you spend your whole life hidden in a cold cage, a monstrous creation that no one wants to acknowledge. They thought it would be fun to tamper with old blood, unaware that they were creating a killing machine by doing so. I didn’t choose to be made that way, so why am I being punished for their mistakes? I don’t mind being hidden away if that’s what the world requires, I just want to be loved. Is that asking for too much?

THE SOLSTICE COVEN - here

Magic/soulmates AU

Freedom is a peculiar thing. To earn it, someone else must lose it. It should be bad, regretful, but what if both parties had to gain from that arrangement? And what if their future was forever changed thanks to what was a blind step in a world of uncertainties?

THE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE - here

Soulmates/hybrids/angst AU

Some things don't always go according to plans. In my case… it was my entire life. I fell in love with my soulmates, got betrayed by my own family, and everything went downhill from there. Hearts broken, souls now incomplete, every days now feel like a ghost of what they could've been. I made my own choices, thinking them the best at the time. There's no going back now, and so I move forward, alone.

NAMJOON

LOVING HYBRIDS - WATTPAD - complete

HYBRIDS AU - NAMKOOK X READER

My whole life feels out of control, something I can’t grasp. Nothing ever goes my way, so trying to change it feels hopeless, useless. I’ve been told that hybrids can help, that having my own could give me a new reason to live, a new purpose for life. I guess there’s only one way to know.

HIS PUP - here

Hybrids AU

Namjoon is lonely, he lives a solitary life as a hacker and couldn’t be any more bored when he isn’t forgetting himself in his job. So what does he do to fix that? He adopts a dog.

SEOKJIN

MY LOVE - WATTPAD - complete

Soulmate AU

Meeting my soulmate, my real one for the first time did not happen the way it should have. But that doesn’t mean it can’t become something beautiful. Love takes time, patience and work, but that’s exactly what we can do, what we will do. Because love is a wonderful journey to experience with the one it’s meant to be shared with.

WHEN I’M WITH YOU - here

Alien AU

When a certain alien’s spaceship starts falling apart among the stars, he doesn’t have much choice but to do an emergency landing on the closest planet. Now in a world where no one pays him attention, this unknown terribly lonely and dark, his saving light eventually appears in the shape of a young woman. If someone had told him that he would find on this planet far away from his homeland the second half of his soul, he would have never believed them, yet here he is, standing in front of you.

YOONGI

FROM COLD TO LOVED - soon

Soulmate AU

Yoongi never believed what he heard about soulmate bonds. A perfect love that would bring him eternal happiness… he didn’t even know what that felt like, to be loved, so the thought of loving someone to that extent? It makes him want to scoff. Ridiculous. So it’s just his luck when the barista of his usual coffee shop gets replaced with someone new who doesn’t know his preferences, a young lady who just so happens to bear his mark - heterochromia eyes.

HOSEOK

THE EXILED PRINCE - soon

Magic/soulmate AU

Hoseok once lived his life for the people of his Kingdom - the Kingdom of Narva - that is, until he was banned and exiled by his frightened parents. His incredibly strong powers always scared the Royal Family, and even with his extensive training to get it under control, no harm done to anyone ever since, they remained cowards and sent him off to the Moonlight Death forests, a land that, as far as he knew, held no life except for those of dangerous creatures. His family surely wanted him dead, he easily understood that much, but they’d forgotten the fact that Hoseok could control every single particle of air around him to fuel his magic, such a precise control and power emanating from him that upon his arrival, the monsters didn’t attack him - they bowed at his feet. Or that is what he believed, until he was proved wrong. What waited for him from there was unlike anything he could ever imagine, with you standing in your glorious beauty right in front of him. Who would’ve known that his exile would send him straight to his mate?

JIMIN

Will plan a new one eventually, older one is in the unsure masterlist

TAEHYUNG

DARLING - here

MYSTERY AU - TAEKOOK X READER

These two strangers, who I’ve met in the randomness of fate, so incredibly handsome and fascinating, seem to have set their sight on me. They’re already together, yet it seems like there’s a space free just for me. But… am I ready to handle the both of them at the same time? Is there more to this than the eye can see?

HIS POCKET FAIRY - here

Fairy AU

Everyone thought Taehyung would never care about anyone else but himself, he’s never given men and women alike more than an annoyed glare in all of his life after all, so he shocks more than one when he suddenly claims that he now has a fairy and that anyone that dares get too close shall face his wrath. “If I see you put a hand on my baby once more, I will ruin your life in ways that you have never imagined possible”.

JUNGKOOK

LOVING HYBRIDS - WATTPAD - complete

HYBRIDS AU - NAMKOOK X READER

My whole life feels out of control, something I can’t grasp. Nothing ever goes my way, so trying to change it feels hopeless, useless. I’ve been told that hybrids can help, that having my own could give me a new reason to live, a new purpose for life. I guess there’s only one way to know.

DARLING - here

MYSTERY AU - TAEKOOK X READER

These two strangers, who I’ve met in the randomness of fate, so incredibly handsome and fascinating, seem to have set their sight on me. They’re already together, yet it seems like there’s a space free just for me. But… am I ready to handle the both of them at the same time? Is there more to this than the eye can see?

SPARKLES OF FIRE - soon

Dragon AU

The fascinating little human that you are, Jungkook can’t help himself when he follows you through your town one day, his only hope being to strike up a conversation with you after he’s gathered enough courage. It sure wasn’t in his plans to protect you from kidnappers, and he especially wasn’t expecting to bring you to his home after finding out that your parents were the ones to sell you to those scumbags. Needless to say, Jungkook already knows he wants to make you his. He just doesn’t know how you’d feel about waking up to his mark on your neck. Yeah… maybe he was a little impulsive on that one.

I'm so excited for this🥰

THE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE

Some things don't always go according to plans. In my case… it was my entire life.

I fell in love with my soulmates, got betrayed by my own family, and everything went downhill from there. Hearts broken, souls now incomplete, every days now feel like a ghost of what they could've been.

I made my own choices, thinking them the best at the time. There's no going back now, and so I move forward, alone.

CHAPTERS: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , ...

HUMAN/HYBRID! BTS X HUMAN! READER

SOULMATES/HYBRIDS/ANGST AU

MULTI, M/F

RATED M

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Trigger warnings: Physical/mental abuse by parents (not sexual), they're honestly just the worst. Please let me know if more needs to be added here.

I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS STORY!!!! I'm sooooooo excited for the next Updates!!! 🥹😍 It's something completely different from everything else I have read so far, at least I can't remember anything similar.

HORNS, BLOOD AND TAIL

SUPERNATURAL! BTS X DRAGON/VAMPIRE! READER

SUPERNATURAL/SOULMATES AU

Chapter 1 (3.6k words)

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Crimson Bay.

Crimson Bay, the name of the place where I'm moving to.

Crimson Bay, where my new life is going to set roots, which is quite remote from home and family. An old boat is the only way to reach the town, and it takes around four hours from the mainland, with the wind and all that.

I stare out at the body of water around us, at the trees on each horizons, I feel the breeze sliding through my hair and against my skin, a cold bite to it that makes me glad I wore this jacket like someone recommended I do before boarding.

My short, pointy horns thrum slightly whenever some water splashes onto me, or is it because I'm getting closer to that new land? My dragon genes have been responding rather intensely to whatever is there, which I've found weird.

Could it be that I have a mate there? That would be surprising, but if fate really did have a say in my being here, then this kind of outcome would make sense. How else could I explain this?

When I was young, my mother, a vampire, went to see a seer for me. I was the only one in the family born a pure half-breed, meaning that I have equal amounts of dragon and vampire genes from my father and her, and she was worried about my future.

My older brother has our father's dragon genes while my older sister has mother's, but I have both, something that's rarely seen, if ever.

The known cases were all told to have a weak health, poor blood circulation, and some of them even died at a young age due to how fragile they were. I remember hearing my sister cry one day, fearing that the same would happen to me.

Mom and dad didn't know what that would mean for me, seeing as this could affect my entire life, but the seer had assured us that there would be nothing to worry about, as long as I moved to the Red Land, she'd called it. When I'd turn thirty, a boat would take me there, to my destiny.

It took us a long time to figure out what she'd meant by that, or where, but when we eventually stumbled upon pictures of Crimson Bay last month, when we saw the red dirt that made up more than half of the town's forest grounds, I immediately felt called to it, like my place had to be there.

The deep emerald green of the trees and plants and the colourful hues of flowers, the town's romantic streets and shops with the rustic ambiance, the people's relaxed lifestyle, it felt like I'd seen a glimpse of my future, and for a moment, I'd wondered why I wasn't there already.

My parents lost no time in packing my belongings on the eve of my birthday, and after spending one last day with my dear family, on the following morning, my brother drove me to the airport with my sister.

Eric and Solar did their best as they held in their tears while they hugged me tightly, but every strangers could see that they found it hard to say goodbye.

They were worried that I wouldn't have anyone there to look over me, that I wouldn't be able to get the regular amounts of mana and blood that my peculiar constitution requires, but dad apparently already called a clinic there, so I know that someone will be waiting for me for when I need anything.

One of the doctors working there is his old friends' son, who assured him that he would take good care of me. When I told them that piece of information, they were reassured, but still concerned. I've never been so far away on my own after all, and it feels weird to all of us.

Mana is easy to acquire, as it requires simple physical touch from a dragon, like a hand on my shoulder for example, which is how dad would do it.

It has to be a conscious decision from the other party, so it's not like I risk absorbing everyone's mana wherever I go, but since I cannot produce new mana myself, I need to receive it from someone who can produce it - like any full-fledged dragons - to remain healthy.

As for blood, the reason is similar, but I need it a lot more often, which is why I always have blood snacks and samples nearby. It keeps me from going on a blood crave, which could prove dangerous not only for me, but for those around me.

I know that mom packed some in one of my bags, but she didn't tell me which one so I haven't taken anything for... probably too long, but it should be fine. Once I make it to my new home, I can unpack and drink blood before taking it easy.

Anyway, once Eric and Solar went back home after saying goodbye, I took the plane all the way to the mainland's port where I boarded the small, rusty boat that has certainly seen better days, which is where I am now.

I sure didn't expect to be the only person going to Crimson Bay today.

"We'll be there soon, young lass. You have a lot of bags, I hope you have someone waiting for you with a car, otherwise it's going to be hard to go anywhere like that" the human captain speaks from where he's steering the vehicle, his trusty hat on his bald head and a candy stick in his mouth.

He's had it between his teeth for hours now and I can't help but wonder if it's only decoration or if it once was a candy. Still, I honestly hadn't thought about how I'd move around once we'd dock. Calling a taxi had been my first thought, but do they even have taxis there?

It's not that small of a town, so I should be fine. Right?

"I don't have anyone picking me up, if that's what you want to know" I reply as the boat begins to near the docks nearby, where a couple of men appear ready to help with docking and unloading the trade materials, "I thought I could just call a taxi?".

"You chose the only day when they're not working, lass. Taxi drivers don't take any customers on Sundays. Except me, of course, that boat won't drive itself. Do you have no other options, kiddo? Wouldn't want to leave you stranded in Crimson Bay on the first day".

Oh... well that changes things.

What do I do? I have five bags with me since my parents made me leave with all of my clothes and belongings. Moving everything onto the boat was a hassle, so I can't possibly carry all of that while walking to the house.

They bought one for me on some hills that overlooks the bay, so that would be the death of me.

Have they planned something and they just didn't tell me? That wouldn't be anything new. I should trust them for now, but I'll make sure to call them if it ends up that they didn't know about the no taxis on Sunday. What a strange rule.

"I'll have to see my options once we reach land, sir, but thank you for your concern".

The next half hour happens without a hitch, with the boat docking smoothly. It shows that the men working at the docks know what they're doing, and I can only be grateful when they help me to carry all of my bags to a clean area with seats and a warm campfire in the middle of the stone.

I thank everyone, then start warming up my hands by the fire when I sense that my body is already starting to feel weaker. Maybe I should've worn something warmer, but the temperature was hotter before I boarded the plane. I didn't know that it would be this cold around here.

The air is humid, as one would expect from a town situated right by the bay. I can't deny that I wouldn't mind being inside four walls right about now, with a blanket around my shoulders and a cup of tea in my hands. It looks like it might rain by the end of the day too.

My family would've fussed about my comfort and made sure I was somewhere dry and warm by now, but it's just me this time. Little old me, and this old little town. I'm going to have to take care of myself from now on, no matter how foreign of a concept that sounds to me.

Looking around, I take in the few shops on the other side of the street facing the docks. There's a coffee shop, a bakery and a restaurant side by side, with a souvenir shop a little further away. A few people can be seen walking around, but otherwise, it's a lot more silent than I thought.

The pictures showed Crimson Bay bustling with life, but either Sundays here are always like this, or it's the temperature that's making everyone want to stay at home for the day. I'll probably find out after a couple weeks of living here.

Man, I would've loved if my siblings were here with me. They always make things fun and less scary.

Waiting reveals itself to be useless when I soon realize that no one's going to come pick me up, and I search in my handbag looking for my phone while I see the boat leaving the docks again, with new materials that will see the other shore.

There's no going back now, so I'll just call dad to see what I could do and-

A sudden thrum echoes in my horns, and I pause my search to instead look around me again.

It feels like a wave of mana that's pushing out of me into the world, seeking something. There, it meets another wave of unknown mana that comes to greet my body and soul like an old friend, and I tense and freeze on the spot.

Like a heartbeat, it echoes all over my body, and my vampire senses open up to my surroundings on instinct, every smells around here filling my lungs in search of that special one, while my mana tickles over my skin, in search of that special pull.

I shouldn't know what it is that I'm looking for at this moment, and yet I feel like I do know.

Confused, because this is unlike anything I feel when I'm with my family - it's much stronger and intense - I look towards the black car that stops right in front of where I'm seated, breath held in as I wait to see who's inside, for every one of my senses push me in that direction.

The driver's door opens, and the smell of a forest hits me almost right away. Earthy, but there's a hidden sweetness underneath it all, and a spice to it. It has my body losing of its rigidness and tension in mere seconds, making me feel like cotton as a tall body then exits the vehicle.

Two sets of horns rest above pale temples and peeking out of black hair, white with strings of gold circling the length of the bony appendages. A dragon, there's no doubt about it, and when his coffee brown eyes fall on me, when I finally get to see his ethereal face, when our mana joins between us, I immediately turn into putty.

His scent is intoxicating, and my blood pulses in my veins with every beats of my heart, with every steps that he takes in my direction.

The pull that links me to him gains in solidity the closer he gets, and there's no looking away from the feline arch of his eyes as he looks me straight in the eyes, an intensity in his gaze that locks me where I am.

"You are... Y/N, right?".

I want to reply to him, to say that I am, to ask how he could possibly know my name, who he is, but the veins in his neck ultimately earn my attention and my brain turns silent.

I find them pumping blood so attractively underneath his skin, as if their unique goal is to captivate me, and his scent nearly has me salivating at the thought of the taste his blood would have on my tongue. My teeth would feel so cozy sinking into-

With a gasp, I quickly shake my head, hands patting my cheeks to pull the focus elsewhere, anywhere else but on that soft skin.

I can't possibly scare my mate right as we meet for the first time because my vampire side is trying to get a taste of his blood! That was part of the worst case scenarios my imagination could create, but to be so suddenly confronted to it like this was not something I was ready for.

Feeling my canines grow the slightest bit has me covering my mouth with a hand in shock, and I look down right as the impressive dragon reaches my seat, his feet and slender legs all I can see as I try to avoid making eye contact with him again.

This hadn't happened in months, what do I do? Usually, my family always knows how to help me when I reach that point, but they're not here this time. What will my mate say if he learns that I am both dragon and vampire? That I not only crave his mana, but also his blood?

His scent becomes more overwhelming the more I try to fight against my impulses, and I shut my eyes tightly as I revert to breathing between my teeth, if only to lower the impacts he's currently having on me.

My voice locks in my throat, my body starts to tremble slightly, and I inwardly curse that I can't warn him to stay away from me at such a crucial time.

Biting my own wrist would earn me maybe a few minutes, but as I am right now, I do not only want blood, I need it. To think that being near my mate could make me reach my limit so quickly, how terrifying is that? I thought I'd have time to make it home first!

"Hey, hey. You're okay, everything's okay. Look at me, sweetheart" his soothing, raspy voice speaks softly as he kneels in front of me, hands on my arms to share mana - how did he know? - but I shake my head, unable to do as he asked.

Have my eyes turned red? I can't let him see me like this when we just met, I just can't.

I feel the burn of tears in my eyes, but also the burn of my own blood as it races through my veins, seeking the new taste that lingers in front of me, within reach and yet so far away. Why is this happening now of all times?

"I'm Min Yoongi, the doctor of the local clinic, your father told you about me" the stranger says as he keeps his warm hands on my arms, to ground and to comfort me. "He told me everything I needed to know about your condition, so you don't need to hide from me, alright? I'm not scared of you".

The local... clinic? He's the doctor that dad mentioned?

My eyes open slowly, and with a hand still covering my pointy canines, I look up to find kindness in his gaze. Understanding, and empathy, but no judgement. The redness of my eyes doesn't even seem to faze him.

He hums at the sight, now knowing why I reacted the way I did.

"You didn't consume blood on the way, did you?" he asks, then sighs at my guilty shake of the head.

"That triggered your blood crave, and your dragon blood is making your impulses stronger, but you already know that, don't you?" he continues. "Can you please remove your hand from over your mouth for me?".

Spoken with so much authority, I can only listen to him at the moment, and he smiles gently when I hesitantly remove my hand to show him my two canines that poke into my bottom lip, eager to draw blood.

My identity is so uncommon that it can be stated as rare, to have one's instincts affected by two different races like this. Whether one's parents are of the same race, or of two different ones, the children will always inherit only one leading gene.

That's the norms, and what everyone expects, like my siblings. Eric inherited dad's dragon genes, and Solar mom's vampire genes. They still have both, but just like Eric isn't considered a vampire, Solar cannot be considered a dragon.

Having two leading genes means that the line that normally separates them has been dissolved, so not only do I have vampire teeth and a need for blood, I also have dragon horns and a need for mana.

Not only am I hot-blooded, I am also cold-blooded, which makes me more prone to sickness and fevers.

A lack of blood awakens my blood crave, and my dragon's side strengthens them, making it impossible for me to do anything until the need is taken care of.

My parents and siblings are usually by my side when that happens, so they can help by allowing me to feed off their wrists when it becomes too much and if we do not have blood snacks, but right now, I am all alone.

Everything's always less scary with family, but they're not by my side anymore.

My tears fall down my cheeks at that thought, and Yoongi's heart cracks open, seeing so clearly the fear in my eyes and in the wilt of my scent, roses drooping in a dying garden. He can only imagine what I must be going through right now.

Rolling up his sleeve has me tensing up all over again, and I look away when he brings his wrist closer to my lips.

"You need to drink blood, otherwise your crave will get worse. No one's watching, trust me, so please don't make things any more complicated for yourself" he implores when he sees that I'm not even considering what he's offering me, and instead opts to reveal an information that might help to convince me.

"We have a vampire mate at home, so I know what it's like to be bitten and I don't mind it one bit. His name is Jimin, and he's a very sweet mate. Sometimes twisted and cunning, but more often kind and sweet. I promise, biting won't hurt me, so drink before it gets too much for you".

I stare at him at those words, then at his wrist, now seeing there two punctures over his milky skin.

It looks recent, from a few days ago at most, so the tender wound would be easy for me to break again. The space between both canines looks similar to my own, so that wouldn't be a problem either, and it would make things less painful.

The skin pulses along his heartbeat, and my eyes zone in on the blue veins underneath, filled with that delicious blood that, I'm sure, tastes just as good as it smells. How bad is it that I want it that much? How can he be okay with that so easily?

My body begins to burn even more at the knowledge that feeding is nearly there, and I know that if I don't drink now, I will soon begin to hurt.

My family isn't overprotective of me for nothing, my constitution makes me weaker than if I'd been only a dragon or a vampire. Solar would've pushed her wrist under my teeth by force by now before cussing me out if she'd been here.

Damn it, why does this have to be the only way?

Softly, with a feeling of humiliation settled deep inside my guts, I take Yoongi's arm so his wrist nears my lips, and after one last glance at him to make sure that he's truly fine with this, I push my guilt aside to sink my teeth into his flesh.

The old wound breaks easily, and when his blood begins to pour out from around my canines, I make sure to not waste a single drop, eyes shut tight when a strong feeling of euphoria washes over me at the taste, soul relishing in every gulps that I take as if he is the best meal I was ever given until now.

It tastes like... green, if a colour had a taste. Soothing, peaceful, calming. But it's also spicy, but not the uncomfortable kind. It's a strong taste, like that of a tree with moss growing over the roots. Bitter? Not quite... it's a tinge of sweetness that makes my senses tingle pleasantly.

I count up to ten before forcing myself to pull out my teeth, and after awkwardly licking over the wound to seal it for a better healing, I slowly lets his arm fall to his side as I sink in on myself, ashamed of what I just did.

He's someone I just met, someone I barely know and who barely knows me. We might be mates, but it's still a shameful experience for me, for this isn't how I thought meeting one would go, not at all what I imagined.

Swallowing what remains of his blood in my mouth, my chin begins to wobble, and the next thing he knows, I'm bursting into tears, both of my hands back over my face to hide from everyone and everything.

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