believe in your galaxy

You bit your bottom lip to stop the grin that wanted to spread across your face. “You are so…” You trailed off, because you really couldn’t describe what he was. 

You had seen each other almost everyday since that night two weeks ago. You had walked together for hours that night after leaving, just talking and getting to know one another. You had discovered that he was actually incredibly sweet when he wasn’t saying every crass thing that passed through his head. Not that you minded that. Though, you were thankful he had tampered his vulgar words since then. It made it easier not to give into the desires that were brimming beneath your skin every time you saw him. You wanted him to do more than just gently touch or kiss you. You wanted to be beneath him, his venom slipping down your throat as his fingers curled into you. You wanted his head between—

“You know, It’s very hard to keep still when I can smell the sort of… thoughts that you’re having.” Jungkook smirked. “What’re you thinking about, darling?”

You blinked a couple of times, your mind returning to reality. You set the pencil down on the table next to you. There was nothing else that was going to get done today now that your thoughts were a mess of all the way you wanted him to touch you. 

You stood up, walking towards where he laid on the floor. He didn’t move his body, but his fringes began to curl around your legs like snakes. You glanced down at them affectionately. You had come to adore the little things. How they tugged and prodded at you for attention. 

When you met Jungkook’s eyes he was staring at you. He was breathing deeply through his nose, his essence slowly mapping its way across his skin. It was like a shining beacon that had you dropping to your knees on either side of his hips. His hands found the back of your thighs, but he didn’t pull you down on top of him.

Jungkook had not been as forward with you as he had in the start. Your conversation from that night after reuniting made him more cautious. He was trying not to rush you, to give you time to become comfortable with the idea of being with him. He had shown great patience. However, your patience was now wearing thin. Even with the thunder of nerves still echoing in the back of your mind, you didn’t want to wait anymore. You wanted him to show you how a Verdian could make you feel. How he could possibly enrapture you more than he already had. 

You put your palms on the floor, resting them on either side of his head before leaning down to settle next to the shell of his pointed ear. “I would like to spend the night at your house tomorrow. If that’s okay.” 

He sucked in a sharp breath beneath you, his face turning towards you. He looked at you for a moment, studying your expression that you hoped was insinuating what you meant by your proposal. 

He gave you a small smile, his fingers rising to caress your jaw. “It doesn’t have to be like that. You could just spend the night, nothing else. I would be okay just having you in my bed, sleeping and getting your scent all over my sheets. Never know, might wake up and find me rolling around in them like a dog.” He laughed, but you had a feeling he wasn’t actually joking.

“I know you would, and I appreciate that. But… I’m also getting tired of waiting. I’m still nervous, don’t get me wrong, but being with you these past couple of weeks and getting to know you… I’ve decided that I trust you to know what you’re doing. That you won’t let it… hurt.” You felt your expression pinch at the last word, because even though you meant what you’d just said, the images of all the ways it could go wrong spiraled through your thoughts. 

All humans had heard stories of what being with a Veridian was like, but most were more interested in the venom aspects of it. Just the intense feelings of euphoria that came from it. The actual act of having sex, at least for male Veridians being with female humans, caused a bit more pause. The size of them was… intimidating, to say the least. But from what you had heard over the years, most of the ones that wanted to experience it ended up loving it. That there was no comparison to it. However, there were exceptions. Some Verdians forgot themselves, not remembering that they could inflict pain easily on humans if they weren’t familiar or simply didn’t care. These thoughts were still spinning wildly when you felt Jungkook’s thumb brush across your cheek. 

“Hey, look at me,” He whispered. Your gaze flicked towards him hesitantly. There was a soft look in his eyes. “I don’t like that you’re scared that I’ll hurt you, but I understand why you are. It’ll be a bit different than what you’re used to, but not in a bad way. I know what I’m doing. You won’t be in pain, not even for a second.” 

His complete confidence made you curious. You narrowed your eyes at him. “Have you slept with a lot of human women?” 

He bit at his bottom lip, seeming to mull the question over. “Is this that thing humans do when they ask a question even though they know the answer will annoy them?” 

“No, you just seem very sure of not hurting me. I just wanted to know if you have a lot of experience with us.” You shrugged, but you did feel a hint of jealousy swirling inside of you and he hadn’t even answered yet. It looked like he noticed, because his expression said that he didn’t believe you. But after a moment he simply sighed and gave you your answer. 

“Yes, I’ve had sex with many human women.” He paused. “And, uhm, they definitely weren’t in pain.”

The twinge in your chest was immediate. “Many? Wow, such a human Casanova.” 

He clicked his tongue. “Hey, you said that wasn’t a trick question.” 

He was right. You had been the one to ask, so you couldn't be mad at the response. It should make you feel better knowing he was experienced with your kind, but it just made you feel bitter. 

“You’re right, you’re right. Thank you for telling me,” You said with a tight smile. You went to stand up, but before you could, Jungkook had one hand pressed to the center of your chest, guiding you onto the floor. You gasped when he flipped himself onto you to settle between your legs, his face hovering over yours with the intense glare of his essence shining down at you. 

“Y/N, do you know what this is?” He asked, motioning to his glowing skin. 

“Your essence?” You answered, a little breathless from the sudden change in position. 

“My physical essence, yes.” He took the hand that wasn’t holding him up and began to trace the lines. “And what do you know about it?” 

“It shows when you’re experiencing intense emotions or sensations.” 

He nodded. “That’s part of it, but do you know why it happens?”

You squirmed a little beneath his gaze, suddenly embarrassed that you honestly didn’t know the answer to that question. 

You shook your head. “I don’t. I’m sorry.” 

“No, it’s okay.” He smiled down at you, his thumb smoothing out the concern between your brows. “I don’t expect you to know everything about how being a Veridian works. But we’ve spent the last few weeks getting to know each other like humans do, so now I think it’s my turn to teach you how getting to know each other works for Veridians.”

Jungkook had spent all this time becoming close to you in the ways that you were familiar with, and you had been incredibly grateful for that. It made you comfortable with him in a way that wasn’t as conceptual as it had been before. All those talks of compatibility and such. But he was right that it was his turn now. To show you his way. 

“Okay, tell me. I wanna know everything,” You said. 

He was immediately sitting up, pulling you off of the floor and onto his lap. Then he quickly started to tug his shirt over his head. 

“What’re you doing?” You asked, confused at the sudden stripping. 

“I’m showing you—” He paused as the fabric passed over his face. “—What you do to me as a Veridian, in a way that no one else can.” 

He threw the shirt to a corner of the room. He was now naked from the waist up, the only thing still on his upper half was a thick necklace resting against his skin. Though, that wasn’t what you were focusing on. You had seen this sight before, the night you’d first met or the couple of times in the last few weeks when your makeout sessions had gotten a bit intense. It was his essence, not only on his face and neck, but traveling down his arms and etched onto his ribs in a golden river of lines. It was beautiful, the way they traversed his flesh in intricate patterns. 

“What do you mean in a way no one else can?” You asked, interested about the way he worded it as if it was a definite fact. “I know you said we’re a good match, but there has to have been other Veridians or humans that you’ve felt the need to be close to.” 

As much as you liked the idea of being special to him in some way. You weren’t dumb enough to believe it was exclusive to you. However, Jungkook clearly didn’t like you thinking that way.

“Perfect match. Not a good match—perfect.” He corrected you, an intense seriousness gleaming in his eyes. 

“Perfect,” You repeated the word. 

“Yes, and it’s very, very hard for us to find someone like that. We meet a lot of humans or Veridians that are close, but never actually perfect. There’s always something missing. Just a small part of us that isn’t drawn out by them. Which doesn’t stop us from finding someone that makes us happy, but it is always something that we crave. To have someone that can call to every part of us completely. My venom, my pheromones, my blood, my instincts—all of those things make up my essence. You just only get to see the part of it that shows up on my body. But it’s more than that. It’s everything that makes me me.” He grabbed both sides of your face, leaning in so that your foreheads were touching. You were breathing hard and fast, but he kept going. “You’ve never met a Veridian whose essence you’ve seen as much as mine, right?” 

You shook your head against his. “No.”

Jungkook smiled where his lips were slightly touching yours. “That’s because you’re the only person I’ve ever met in my entire life that can control my essence like it was your own. I couldn’t stop it from showing even if I wanted to.” He paused, leaning back onto the floor with his bare body stretched out beneath you. You were still sitting on his lap as his beaming essence and fringes formed a vortex of gold around you. You stared down at him in awe as you shifted to straddle him. “This is yours as much as mine now… Terravina.”

That word… You had heard that word before, and you weren’t sure why, but hearing him call you by that mystery term had your heart fluttering. Like you could already tell it was something important to him.

You couldn’t stop yourself from immediately leaning down to crash your mouth against his. There was nothing sweet or romantic like the words he had just spun beneath you, but it was the only way you could express what he had just done to you. You twisted your fingers in each other's hair, desperately pulling each other closer—as if that were even possible. You tried to stifle your moan as his hand dropped between your legs, pressing and grinding it against you.

However, your brain had not turned to complete mush, so you were still aware of the fact that you were in a tiny room that anyone could walk into at any moment. There weren’t locks on these doors. Probably to prevent these very scenarios from playing out. 

“Jungkook…”

“I know, I’m not gonna try anything. I just wanna… Fuck, I just wanna feel you for a second.” 

He kissed you again, his tongue licking inside of your mouth. He kept palming you, the motion catching your clit with every movement. You had to press your mouth even harder into his to stop any noises from escaping. 

“That’s not happening at my house tomorrow night, just so you know.” He took his other hand that wasn’t between your thighs and pinched your bottom lip. “I’m gonna hear everything. How you feel when I have my tongue on your cunt. When I’m fucking you and you realize how good it could’ve been this entire time. When you’re dripping down my dick because you just can’t stop coming around me. Fuck, you’re gonna be so messy. I’m gonna make you feel so good, I promise.” 

You were actually throbbing between your legs, and this time you were not successful in holding back the aching moan. Jungkook seemed to delight in this, grinning so hard his canines gleamed at you.

“That’s it. Good girl, just like that,” He whispered. 

He tried to kiss you again, but you were quickly scrambling off of his lap. You tried standing up but almost immediately fell. He was on you in a second, holding you in place as your legs steadied themselves. 

“Let’s stop there for today. It’ll… ruin the suspense or whatever for tomorrow if we keep going.” You shrugged, trying to come up with any excuse not to let him take you right here on this floor covered in paint, charcoal, and who knew what else. 

He chuckled, throwing an arm around your shoulder and pressing a gentle peck to your temple. “Okay, we’ll stop.” 

You nodded, trying to shake the feelings of lust that had had your body literally trembling. You tried to turn your mind to anything else, and that was when you were reminded that there actually was something you wanted to ask him. 

“What, uhm, what…” Your brain actually had turned into mush after all it seemed. “That word you called me just now. What was it? Terravina? I’ve heard it before.” 

His brows furrowed. “Where? 

“It was when I passed out in the room at Namjoon’s party. A voice was talking to me. They called me something, but I couldn’t remember what it was after I woke up. But when you said it just now… that was the word. I’m sure it was.”

Jungkook’s confusion turned into a soft smile. “I called you that. I didn’t realize you could hear me.” 

“That was you?” You asked, surprised that he had been able to get through to that dark abyss you had been stuck in. “Well, what does it mean?” 

Jungkook didn’t answer at first. He walked over to grab his shirt that he’d taken off earlier and pulled it over his head. Once it was back on he stopped in front of you, his hands cupping your face. 

“It’s a rare word. It’s one we use on humans that we consider our perfect matches. It’s an affectionate term. One I would like to use on you sometimes. If you’re okay with that.” 

There was a warmth that spread through your chest at the idea of that. Something that encompassed his feelings towards you as a human and him as a Veridian in one simple word. 

You nodded. “Yes, I think I’d like that.” 

“Good.” He kissed you, light and gentle. “Now let’s get you home.” 

—————

When you walked through the door of your apartment you couldn't even make it to your room. You collapsed against the couch, restless. The ghost of Jungkook’s touch, the echo of his words, they had ingrained themselves into you. Your mind was spinning, replaying everything that had just happened, but one thing in particular had branded itself against your chest. 

“Terravina…” You said the word slowly, letting the syllables roll around in your mouth. 

It was a word you had never heard of. When he said it to you, it was like a click in your brain. That drifting sleep that you had succumbed to that night on Remembrance Day was suddenly clear. 

Terravina. You’re okay. You’ll wake up soon. 

That was what he had whispered to you when he thought you couldn’t hear him. Trying to soothe your unconscious with this term of affection that you hadn’t known the meaning of. You were suddenly curious about all the details of it. You knew what Jungkook had told you, but you were curious if there was something more to it. 

You flicked your hand in the air, a holographic screen flickered before you. You searched the word. Many articles and explanations appeared. You clicked on one at random, not really sure what you were looking for. You skimmed until you came to a part that had you pausing. 

The word Terravina was created to mimic the Veridian term Narina. A Veridian’s Narina is considered their perfect match. However, they are rare pairings, with most Veridians never finding that other half that they sought fervently for. However, when Veridian’s migrated to Earth, they found that there were humans that managed to fill that void. Ones that spoke to their essences just as completely as a Narina would. Thus, Terravina was coined. 

You read the paragraph a couple times over. You felt a wave of anxiety suddenly rush over you. The implication of this description had your nails biting into your palms. 

If you were his human match, that still meant that there could be a Veridian match out there somewhere. Here on Earth or in Veridia. He just hadn’t found them yet. They said it was rare, but that didn't mean it wasn’t possible. For him to have both a Terravina and a Narina that existed. The idea made you nervous. You were an inexperienced human after all. One that he hadn’t even had sex with yet because of your own fears. His Narina certainly wouldn’t be as hesitant as you. He would obviously prefer someone of his own kind, one that could handle every part of him. Not some human woman that was scared of certain aspects about him. And not even small aspects—important aspects. Sex was integral to a Veridian, you knew that much. It was a way of communication for them that was deeper than what humans conceived it as… And you hadn’t even been able to give him that yet. 

Would you be able to satisfy him in that way? You knew you had a deep affect on him obviously, but could you actually fulfill his desires to their fullest? You honestly weren’t sure. 

Something began to tickle at the back of your brain as you pondered that question. You bit your lip, your fingers hovering over the hologram hesitantly before you began typing something you never thought you would. 

“I can’t believe I’m doing this,” You whispered to yourself. 

As you entered the last letter, you held your breath before pressing enter. The images and videos that immediately flooded your line of sight sent a shockwave through your entire body. 

“Oh, my god!” You slapped your hand over your mouth, eyes wide as you watched the results of exactly what you had typed just a moment ago. 

Veridian human porn. 

It was the most intensely erotic thing you had ever witnessed in your entire life. Your eyes focused on a specific video depicting a male Veridian and a female human, since that was the situation you had found yourself in. You clicked it with a shaky finger to enlarge it. 

Everything was so… wet. The Veridian in the video so… big. His cock was so unbelievably thick and long, much more than any human man’s that you had ever seen. There were grooves every couple of inches that created a slight divot in the skin. The texture of it also looked different. There were two lines that looked like a pattern of scales starting from the base and going straight up and disappearing beneath in the middle before wrapping back around at the tip. You could tell it was just the pattern of the flesh and not actual scales—thank god—so it was simply an unusual texture that one would probably experience. But there was also the veins that adorned the sides of his shaft. They were pulsing with so much blood that it created bulging streaks across his length. You wondered what all of this would feel like inside of you. And just as you thought that, you watched as he lined himself up to the human woman.

You tensed up as he pushed himself inside of her—all of him. How the hell did he even fit?  You expected a cry of pain, but that wasn’t what happened at all. Instead her face contorted into that of pure bliss. Her stomach started convulsing. Was she already coming? Just from that? Though, you couldn’t really talk. You hadn’t even been able to last a couple of seconds of Jungkook’s touch at Namjoon’s party before you finished. 

Just as the woman in the video’s orgasm calmed, she was suddenly being yanked up by the Veridian’s dark blue fringes. She steadied herself on his shoulders, a satisfied smile on her face as he stared at her with an intense, hungry look in his eyes. His essence pulsed across his face for the first time the entire video. You found that odd. Jungkook’s essence flared randomly even during conversation, but always during intimate moments. Even simple kissing made him shine like molten gold. But this Veridian’s essence had remained dormant until this moment. The moment his fringe was wrapping around the human's neck and yanking it to his mouth. His fangs flashed suddenly, and you felt your heart jump in your chest. You knew what he was about to do. He was going to drink her blood. And the idea of that should be terrifying… But for some reason as he bared his teeth, an image of Jungkook flashed through your head. The idea of him sinking his teeth into you like this Veridian was about to do to this human woman made your stomach stir with arousal. 

You were entranced, watching slack-jawed as the Veridian was about to bite down—

The front door swung open. 

“Finally, I was waiting for you to get home—oh, my god, what the hell are you watching?!” Jimin yelled as you were already frantically fumbling with your Holographer to drop the video. 

“Fucking knock, asshole!” You screamed as the video finally disappeared, your face burning as you grabbed a pillow to hide your face in embarrassment. “I didn’t give you access to my scanner just to barge in whenever you wanted!”

“Well, I didn’t know you’d be trying to get off right in the damn living room.” He laughed. “Wow, dating a Veridian has really changed you.”

You scowled, taking the pillow and chucking it at his face across the room. “I wasn’t trying to get off. I was… researching.” 

Jimin scoffed. “What? Researching how to get fucked?”

You crossed your arms, bringing your knees up to rest on your chin. “Kind of… I asked to spend the night at his place tomorrow.” 

Jimin’s face lit up with intrigue. “Oh, so it’s finally happening?” 

You slid a palm down your face. “Yes—maybe—fuck, I don’t know.” 

Jimin found the chair that was a few feet away from the couch, giving you distance after walking in on you at such a vulnerable moment. 

“So did the porn hurt or help?” He asked. 

You chewed at the tip of your thumbnail, shrugging. “Both.”

“What do you mean?” 

You signed, tipping your head back against the couch. “It’s insane what they look like down there. I don’t know how it could possibly feel good, but I was still… intrigued. I don’t know. I’m so confused.” 

Jimin was silent for a moment before responding. “Listen, I’m not going to pretend to know what you’re feeling. All I know is that, from what I’ve seen the last few weeks, the way Jungkook looks at you…” He trailed off. You lifted your head to look at him, waiting for him to finish. “I don’t think he’d be able to stand hurting you. Granted, I don’t know the guy that well. I could be totally wrong, and if that’s the case I’ll kill him myself—or get Namjoon to, because I’m not into whatever that human girl on the video was. I don’t wanna get strangled by some fringes.”

You couldn’t help but laugh, the tension easing slightly. “I’ll remember that. But no, you’re right. I don’t think he would either.” Which was true. You didn’t think he would hurt you purposefully. And with his comment earlier about his experiences with many human women, you knew he at least knew what he was doing… But that wasn’t the only thing bothering you. “There’s also the detail that I’m worried it won’t be that satisfying for him.”

You decided not to tell him about the whole Terravina versus Narina debate that was still swirling in your head. You were still trying to wrap your mind around it, and the more you thought about it the more you realized that maybe this thing between you and Jungkook wasn’t going to work. Not if there was someone better for him out there somewhere. One that he could meet at any moment. 

“I really don’t think that’s true, but again, I’m not going to pretend to actually know, so just go into tomorrow night being honest with him. Just let him know what you’re feeling, and I think he’ll understand.” 

You nodded your head, a sudden resolve solidifying in your chest. One that made your heart feel like it was breaking. “Yeah, that’s what I’ll have to do.” 

—————

You shouldn’t have been surprised by the size of Jungkook’s house. After all, he had told you that his and Namjoon’s parents worked at the same company back in Veridia. So you should’ve expected that he would have a similar living situation. However, when you put in the location coordinates he had given you into the transporter by your house, the technology’s familiar hum fading as your new surroundings came into focus, you were still shocked. 

It was an imposing structure, three stories tall. It was black, almost gothic in its design, with the roof pointing in several places that gave it an even more grandiose feel. There were at least a dozen body length arched windows on the front of the house, some having balconies attached. And then there was the garden—though, forest seemed more accurate. From where you were standing it was at least a hundred feet to his door. There was a straight path that cut through a vast sea of plants, flowers, and trees to the giant front door. It was so thick you thought you would probably get lost if you stepped off the stone walkway. 

You would love to paint this place, you thought to yourself for a moment. You weren’t sure how long you were lost in the intricacies of it before you finally regained your wits. Oh, right. You were supposed to be going to the door. 

Your heart, that had been so at peace a moment ago taking in the sight of this gorgeous scenery, was now suddenly racing. Your breathing was short and fast. Your mind was racing with thoughts and concerns that you wanted to express tonight, but you suddenly felt paralyzed by the idea of actually doing it. It was as if you were going to stay locked in place forever, when the slam of something in the distance broke your stasis. 

You looked in the direction of the noise, your pulse thundering even more erratically now. It was Jungkook. He was jogging down the path to the house, a look of concern etched on his face as he closed in on you. 

“What’s wrong?” He asked, breathless as he grabbed your shoulders and began inspecting you from head to toe. “I could hear how fast your heart was beating all the way inside. And your scent…” He leaned in closer, one of his hands lifting to barely brush the shaking part of your lips. “You’re terrified.” 

You grabbed his hand quickly, holding it in your own. You didn’t want him to get the wrong idea. That you were scared of him. That couldn’t be further from the truth. 

“I’m not scared,” You said firmly. “There’s just some things I wanna talk about, and I’m nervous.”

His expression relaxed, but only slightly. “You know you don’t have to be nervous to tell me anything, right?”

“I know that.” You smiled at him. “But I can’t help it. It’s just how I am. I’m human. I can’t express my feelings and know what you’re thinking without saying them out loud.” 

He nodded, a look of understanding on his face. “Okay, so tell me.” 

You glanced away from him, your nerves rattling once again. “Uhm, can we go inside first.”

“Yeah, of course. Whatever you want.” Jungkook rounded you, pressing his hand to the small of your back to guide you forward.

The walk towards his house felt quick but long at the same time. Quick, because of the impending words that were playing in your mind, but long due to the suffocating silence. You wanted to look at him along the way, but you didn’t want to see the worry on his face that you knew was there. Instead you stared at the passing garden. The colors glided past you in hues of reds, yellows, and blues. They were shielded by the stout strength of the tall trees overhead. It calmed you as it had before. You felt your heart slow and your breath ease into a steady pace, and that feeling stayed as you finally approached the door. Jungkook opened the massive black door with ease, but didn’t rush you inside. He let your eyes wander for a little longer, until you were ready. 

After a minute or so you released a heavy sigh, finally looking at him. He was staring down at you with a sweet smile, but you could see the worried creases hidden behind it. You didn’t want him to feel that way for longer than necessary, so you rushed inside. 

You tried not to get distracted by the sprawling interior, since you didn’t want this tension to go on much longer. It was large, spiraling staircases that opened up to either side of the house. The dim lighting created an almost intimate atmosphere even in the large space. You tore your gaze away from all the details you wanted to revel in, finding the large sectional. You walked towards it, quickly sitting down with your hands wringing in your lap. Jungkook sat down as well, but with a couple of feet between you. You knew it was for your benefit. He could still clearly feel your nerves. 

You let the silence linger for a moment, the conversation you wanted to have slowly forming on the back of your tongue. Eventually you took a long, deep breath and turned to him. As always he was waiting patiently, one arm slung along the back of the couch as he stared at you. 

“I looked up the word Terravina yesterday, after I got home,” You blurted quickly, desperate to just start a dialogue. 

He didn’t react much, just a slight nod of his head. “Okay. What did you learn about it that has you feeling like this?” 

“Well, I read about the origin of it. How it comes from a Veridian word.” You paused, reluctant to say the term out loud for some reason. Maybe because you thought saying it would make you seem childish. Like you were jealous of someone who may or may not exist. But you couldn’t just let the idea of it eat you alive silently—not that he would even let you. “Uhm, sorry if I don’t pronounce it correctly, but they said it comes from the word Narina. What you call your… Veridian matches.” 

You expected him to look at you with confusion. To not understand your point in bringing it up, but instead, his face morphed into that of realization. He moved closer to you, his knee brushing yours. 

“Ah, I think I see where this is going,” He said.

“Y-you do?” You stuttered. But you were almost a little relieved at the fact that you wouldn’t have to speak your insecurities so plainly.

“You’re worried about the idea of me having a Narina out there that I haven’t met yet.” 

You groaned in embarrassment, that relief you had felt moments ago fading in an instant. Hearing him speak of your concern over a hypothetical person was actually much more humiliating. 

“I know it’s stupid—” You tried to say, but he cut you off. 

“—It’s not stupid.” He placed his palm over your thigh, rubbing gently over your clothes. “It’s my fault. I should’ve explained it better to you yesterday. I’m sorry.” 

You shrugged, trying to be casual when you felt anything but. “No, it’s fine. I guess the reason I’m so nervous is because I knew I had to come here and tell you that… that I don’t want to be a placeholder.” You averted your gaze immediately, not wanting to see any look of pity. In your periphery you saw his hand lift towards you, like he wanted to pull you back to him, but it dropped after a moment. 

“Placeholder?” He repeated. 

“Listen, I’ve loved us being together these past few weeks. I really did… But if there’s even a possibility of you meeting someone along the line that you’d obviously prefer… I just can’t risk it. It would hurt. I mean the idea of it happening today or tomorrow already somehow hurts. I couldn’t imagine how bad it’d be if it happened years down the line.”

You squeezed your eyes shut. This was just so frustrating. You met someone who was supposedly perfect for you, only for him to maybe have an even better option on the horizon. 

You couldn’t keep sitting here like this. You had only just gotten here, but you really only came because you thought this was a conversation that should be had in person. You went to stand up, but you barely shifted forward, when you were suddenly being restrained against the couch. Your eyes went wide, golden strips lining your torso and legs. 

“Fuck, I’m sorry,” Jungkook said quickly as he forced them back beneath his shirt with such swiftness that you felt a breeze against your skin. “I panicked, so they… panicked.” His essence was showing now, but there was a red tinge of a blush across his face beneath the golden glow. 

“No, it’s okay. I know this wasn’t what you were expecting to happen tonight. I know it feels sudden and out of nowhere after how great everything was yesterday. Trust me, I don’t want it to be like this—”

“Y/N, I didn’t wanna interrupt you before,” Jungkook started, cutting you off. “I wanted to let you say everything on your mind, but I can’t go another second of you thinking like this.” 

“What do you mean?” You asked. 

Jungkook’s hand grabbed yours tentatively, like he was nervous you were going to bolt, but you wouldn’t have been able to leave now. Not when your breath hitched at the look of absolute anguish staring back at you. 

“I hate that you’ve been feeling this way since yesterday. That you think I see you as a fucking placeholder.” He said the word with complete disgust. “That isn’t true. I really need you to know that first before I say anything else.” 

He stared at you, waiting for some sort of acknowledgment. Your mouth formed a firm line. You weren’t sure if you believed that, but you also didn’t consider Jungkook a liar, so after a moment, you nodded. 

“Look, I know it’s confusing for you. Terravinas, Narinas, just being with a Veridian in general, it’s foreign to you. And I’ve tried being more laid back about this entire thing for your sake because you’re new to all of this, and I didn’t wanna scare you off by being too intense too fast. I know humans need more time when it comes to relationships for it to be considered serious, but that isn’t how it is for Veridians. If we want someone in that way, we know almost immediately. So I can’t pretend to be casual about this anymore when you’re trying to walk out of here thinking I could ever leave you for someone else.” 

His words sounded so raw and honest, and you truly believed that he meant them. However, it didn’t change the fact that he had never met his Narina. He didn’t know how strong the pull would be. He didn’t know if his desire to be with them would overpower his desire for you. 

“Jungkook, I know you don’t think you’re lying when you say that, but can you just sit back and think about it for a second? Like really picture it in your head. Meeting the Veridian who’s not just perfectly made for you, but would also completely understand you… Understand you better than I ever could. How can you honestly say you wouldn’t prefer that?”  

Your chest felt hollow, like your blood was just raging inside of you with nothing to break up the turmoil. You didn’t want to say these things. You wished you could be ignorant of the inferiority you felt, but unfortunately you weren’t. It was just simply the cards you had been dealt. 

The emotion was boiling over at this point, the sudden rush of tears building behind your eyes. You stood up immediately. No, you didn’t want to cry. You were the one ending this before it had really even started. 

“I-l’m sorry. I’ve gotta go.” Your voice was broken, and even as you tried to fight it, tears began to fall. Your legs felt heavy as you started to walk away, but suddenly you were… off the ground? The floor disappeared beneath you. Gold bands wrapped around your stomach and thighs before you were pulled backwards and spun around. Jungkook was standing, his fringes wisping over the tops of his shoulders as they stretched to ensnare your body in place. You looked down at them with wide, curious eyes. They truly were as strong as you’d heard. They were lifting you with ease. You were still staring at them when he had them slowly guide you forward until you were just a foot away from him. 

“That was actually me that time,” He whispered. He lifted his hands to your face, his thumbs wiping the tears you had forgotten about away. “Please don’t cry. I don’t ever wanna be the reason you cry.”

“It’s not your fault,” You replied. “I’m the one who decided this.” 

He frowned. “But you’re deciding it based on something that isn’t true.” 

“Jungkook—”

“No.” He interrupted. “It’s my turn to talk now.” 

You steeled your expression, crossing your arms over your chest. You felt the bristle of his fringes react beneath your touch, but you forced yourself to remain stoic. You couldn’t let him convince you with sweet, hopeful words. “Fine. Talk.” 

“Okay, let’s start with the fact that you still don’t seem to understand my feelings towards you. Even after yesterday, when I explained what you are to me, you still won’t let yourself believe it. And I get why you’re worried. I don’t want you to think I’m just trying to brush you off. I’ll talk to you about whatever issues you’re having with our relationship any time you want. But you can’t come in here and just decide for me. You can’t tell me that you know I’ll leave you for someone I’ve never even met.” He paused, shaking his head at you, a pained expression on his face. “You’re a human, and that’s okay. But you’re scared that because you’re a human, you think I couldn’t be completely happy with you. And I hate that you think that. You’re everything I have ever craved in another person. I don’t want anyone else—Not even my Narina.” 

Jungkook’s hand began to caress your face. His fingertips traced your jawline and then twice across the bridge of your nose. “You don’t know it, but you have an essence just like me, but it’s one only I can feel and see. I wouldn’t ever give that up. Even if I met my Narina tomorrow, I would have to tell them how sorry I was that I couldn’t reciprocate their feelings. And you may think I’m just saying that because it hasn’t actually happened and I don’t know how I’ll actually feel until it does, but that isn’t how it works for us. Veridians are creatures that rely on our senses and instincts. One of those instincts is to care, protect, and satisfy the person that makes us feel like this—And you can’t divide its attention once we’ve found you. I search for you everywhere. In your scent, the pulse of your blood, the sound of your voice… You have invaded my body. It would want me to reject anyone else. It would even reject my Narina, because it already belongs to you. It’s chosen—I’ve chosen.” 

At some point you had stopped breathing, each word constricting your airway as they embedded themselves beneath your skin. You stared at him with parted lips, still trying to grasp everything he had just confessed to you. You had prepared yourself to walk out of here with a heavy heart and regret, but now, all you felt was an ever building sense of relief.

You knew that these could just be pretty sentiments that he was placating you with. That there was a possibility that what he was saying wasn’t actually the truth. But looking at him now, his essence blazing, his face that of complete conviction… You just couldn’t help but believe him. 

After a moment of silence you felt yourself being lowered until your feet hit the floor. His fringes untangled themselves from around your body and drifted back behind him. You felt their loss in an instant. You wanted them to come back, to feel them wrapped around you again. 

“But with all that being said,” Jungkook started, ripping you from the cozy thoughts of his fringe’s touch. “You can leave now, if that's still what you want.” 

You blinked, his words not fully registering. Leave? After he had just said all that? But when you noticed the sadness glimmering in his eyes, the firmness of his jaw, you realized why he said it. He had chosen, but you had not. It was your decision, and he would let you make it now that you had all of the facts. Regardless of whether or not it would hurt him. 

You didn’t want him to have that expression for a second longer. You stumbled forward, grabbing either side of his head, your thumbs caressing the shells of his ears that were peeking through his hair. You could physically feel how hard his heart was pounding through his skin. His mouth stayed in a firm, straight line, like he was still anticipating you leaving. 

“I’m sorry I upset you,” You whispered. 

“No, I needed to hear what you were thinking.” He paused, biting at his lips. “Are you… still thinking that way.”

Maybe you were being naive. You had been burned in the past. But with the way he was looking at you right now, so hopeful yet so scared, there wasn’t any world where you could leave. You didn’t want to. 

You rushed forward, your lips finding his. You felt the deep sigh of relief rush through his nose at the contact. You deepened the kiss, pushing him until he was falling back against the couch. You climbed on top of his lap, your hands sliding down to his neck. Eventually you forced yourself to pull away, just enough so he could see your entire face. 

“I’m thinking that I trust what you told me just now.” You pressed your thumbs along the bottom of his jaw. “So, please, don’t be a liar. Please.”

“I’m not lying.” He cupped the side of your face. “I will take you to Namjoon right now and say everything again in front of him. He’d tell you if I was.”

You tilted your head in confusion. “Veridians can tell when they’re lying to each other?”

“We can tell when anyone is lying.” He smirked. “So for future reference, if you ever tell me everything is fine when it’s not, I’ll know that you’re just not ready to talk about it yet.” 

“Uhm, good to know.” You laughed nervously, but you felt a slight twinge in your chest, that complex of inferiority flaring back to life slightly. “I wish I could be a Veridian, in some ways. To know how you feel. To be able to…” The video you watched the night before suddenly flashed through your head. “Satisfy you.” 

His brows furrowed. “Satisfy me?” 

You sat back completely, resting on his thighs. You glanced around awkwardly. “I may have, uhm, looked up something else last night.”

“What was it?” He asked. 

You replayed it in your head. The Veridian. The woman. His cock, his teeth, her neck about to be bitten. It wasn’t necessarily the people in the video that interested you. It was imagining Jungkook doing those things to you instead. You felt a rush of arousal, the same one you felt when watching it. 

Jungkook inhaled deeply, his eyes widening. You tensed on top of him knowing that there was nothing you could do to hide what he just sensed from you. 

“Don’t say it!” You yelled, covering your eyes. “I already know you can tell what it was.” 

“Okay.” He grabbed your hand, forcing it down before reaching back up for your face. He twisted it until you were forced to look at him. “And what did you see that made you think you would ever need to be a Veridian to satisfy me.” 

You sighed. “It wasn’t what you think. It wasn’t between two Veridians. It was between a Veridian and a woman. She was enjoying herself very much from what I could tell.” 

“So what was the problem you had with it? Were they having sex in a way that you didn’t like? Or did he do something to her that you didn’t think you’d want done to you? Something that you think I would want to do?” 

You shook your head. “No, I didn’t see anything like that. I really didn’t get a chance to watch much of it… Jimin walked in on me.”

Jungkook laughed. “I’m sure that was a sight.” 

You rolled your eyes. “I wasn’t naked. I wasn’t watching it to get off or anything. I was just curious, and I… I liked what I saw. Well, I liked the idea of you doing it anyway.” 

He gave you a small smile. “You don’t have to worry about things like this, you know? I didn’t even plan on that happening tonight even though we talked about it yesterday. I was prepared to just make you dinner and watch a movie, sleep in the same bed. I wasn’t gonna hold you to it if you changed your mind.” 

You groaned. “That’s the problem. If I was a Veridian, this wouldn’t even be a big deal. It would be easier for you.” 

“Fuck, easier.” He leaned forward, his forehead touching yours as he grabbed the back of your neck. “I want you. I don’t care about anything else. We’ll figure it out as we go. It doesn’t matter to me how long it takes.” 

Your lips tipped upwards before gently slanting them against Jungkook’s. It was a soft kiss. Nothing ravenous or hungry, just something to show how appreciative you were of his patience. However, even with all your talk of insecurities and inadequacies tonight, you still wanted him desperately. You had almost ended things tonight, and you wanted to be as close to him as possible to soothe that hollow feeling that had begun to pit itself inside of you when you thought you were going to have to go through with it.

“I don’t want to just sleep in your bed tonight.” You said against his mouth. 

His eyes searched yours, maybe looking to see if you were lying, but you truly weren’t, so he came up empty. “Are you sure? We really don’t have to yet.”

“I want to.” You grasped the front of his shirt, yanking it. 

His essence had been blaring this entire time, but it suddenly seemed to somehow ignite even brighter than before. His hands slid beneath your thighs as he picked you up, his fringes wrapping around you to hold you close to his body. 

“Okay, let me make you dinner first. Let’s relax from all the heavy talk.”

You shook your head, looping your arms around his neck. “I’m not hungry.”

It seemed he was done trying to argue against something that he also wanted, because he suddenly squeezed you tighter against him, his eyes never leaving your as he began walking. The two of you kept looking at each other, just like that. Your surroundings passed in a blur. The only indication that you were going up the stairs being the jostle of your body with each step. Eventually he stopped, one hand dropping from your back to twist the handle to his room. It was only when he stepped past the threshold that you allowed yourself to look. 

You weren’t surprised at the size of it. It was bigger than your entire apartment. The walls were black, just like the rest of the house, with a large four-poster bed sitting against the wall in the center of the room. You were still looking at all the furniture and accented lights that filled the space when he sat you down on the end of the bed, his fringes releasing you to dance behind his back. You watched as he slowly dropped to his knees on the floor, his hands rubbing along your thighs as he stared up at you. 

“You’ll tell me if something’s happening that you don’t like, right? I’d sense it anyways, but I want you to know that you can just tell me too. Don’t pretend to be fine with something you’re not into, okay?” 

You honestly couldn’t imagine anything that you wouldn’t want from him. However, you were also aware that this was all new to you. That maybe there was something that he could do that you hadn’t even pictured as a possibility. Something you were unprepared for. 

In the end, you simply nodded. “I’ll tell you. I promise.”

“Good.” He bent his head forward, placing a light kiss on one of your knees. You watched his eyes wander up your thighs and stop at the space between your legs. He inhaled deeply, and you saw how he physically shuttered. Your breath hitched as his hands started to slowly spread your legs apart. “You said that you saw something last night that you liked the idea of me doing to you.” He leaned his head down, his nose dragging along the clothing covering your lower half. “What was it? What got you this wet just from thinking about it?” 

You licked your lips, your heart thundering in your chest. But still, you didn’t look away from him. The only way this was going to work was if you were honest with him. Not that you even had the option not to be. 

“He… He had one of his fringes around her neck, and he was about to,” You paused, you really couldn’t believe you were about to admit that you liked this. “He was about to drink her blood.” 

Jungkook’s hands stilled, his eyes going wide as his mouth parted seemingly out of instinct. His tongue curled around one of his canines as if it thought your blood was already waiting there for it. 

“Fuck, I did not think you were gonna say that,” He murmured, shaking his head like he was trying to get himself out of a daze. 

You felt self-conscious now. Should you not want that? Was that something humans only enjoyed in manufactured porn and not in real life. You knew Veridians did actually like it, but maybe it wasn’t as pleasurable to humans as they say. You tried closing your legs back together, but Jungkook stopped you, holding them in place. 

“Is that… bad to want?” You asked, fidgeting beneath his grip. 

“No, no, no, it’s not bad at all.” He said quickly. “I always want you to be able to tell me what you want. It’s just…” He trailed off. 

“Don’t you… like drinking blood when you’re having sex?” You asked. 

He stared at you for a moment before his gaze dropped to the floor. “Yes.” 

You narrowed your eyes down at him. “Why’re you acting ashamed about it? Everyone knows that about Veridians. It’s not a secret.”

He sighed. “I’m not ashamed of it, but it’s something that, when it’s actually about to happen, can make us look a bit terrifying.” He reached out and grabbed one of your hands, gliding his thumb over the back of it. “I just don’t want to scare you.” 

You could understand what he was saying. Sharp teeth coming at your neck wasn’t exactly the most calming picture, but the idea of Jungkook being behind them made it seem better. 

“I don’t think I could ever find you scary, but you’re obviously more experienced with how humans react to you… in bed.” You said the last part begrudgingly. 

Jungkook chuckled, abruptly pulling you to the edge of the bed, his face just inches from your heat. Your pants were a thin material, not much of a barrier at all. 

“Are you still jealous about that?” He asked. 

“I’m not jealous.” You shrugged. 

He tsked at you. “You can’t lie to me, remember?”

You smacked your lips. “It’s not like you’d wanna hear about the guys I’ve slept with either—”

The words disappeared as your back suddenly hit the softness of the mattress beneath you, your body being dragged further up to the headboard. You glanced down to find Jungkook standing now, his fringes pinning you in place like golden ropes.

There was a devious smirk on his face as he placed one knee on the end of the bed. Your chest started rising faster as he began to prowl towards you, like a predator approaching the prey he had just ensnared. 

He was hovering completely over you now. His hands caged you in as he placed them on either side of your head. He smiled down at you, his fangs glinting in the dim lighting of the room. The sight of them so close to you made your jaw tremble in anticipation as another wave of arousal curled in your lower stomach. 

“Fuck, baby, you really do like them, don’t you?” He said, voice low as his head dipped lower until you felt the graze of them along your shaking lips. 

You nodded in short, jerky movements. 

“That’s why I don’t care about the human men you’ve been with. I know they can’t make you feel how I can. They don’t have the venom that you basically begged me for the first night we met. They can’t tell what you want without you having to say it. They can’t get you wet just from the sight of their fucking teeth.” He bit down lightly on your bottom lip, not enough to break the skin, but you still whimpered from the pressure. He groaned at the noise, releasing your mouth to stare down at you, his eyes softening suddenly. “The only thing that bothers me is that you had to deal with them at all before I found you.” 

He was right. There wasn’t any comparison. The thoughts of all the things he could make you feel started to tumble through your head in quick flashes. 

You knew he wanted to be careful with you after all of your hesitance about sleeping with him all this time. But the second you asked him to bring you up here, was the moment you decided you wanted him completely. No more waiting. No more easing you into this. You wanted everything that he could give to you. 

You propped yourself up in your elbows, his fringes slackening to let you move more freely. You reached one hand up, your thumb tracing the edge of one of his long canines. “Then don’t hold back with me. Show me what you can do for me that they can’t.” 

You pressed the pad of your finger into the point, just a light prick of pain, but it made a small drop of blood bead to the surface. He couldn’t see it, but you knew he could smell it by the way his fringes began to vibrate around you. His mouth dropped open completely, his tongue just hovering in place. His eyes flitted downwards and then back to you. He lifted one of his brows, tilting his head, and it dawned on you what he was trying to say. He was going to make you do it. He was going to make you be the one to decide if this was how you wanted this night to go. One filled with venom, blood, and things you probably couldn’t even imagine. 

There was no hesitation as you pressed your thumb to the center of his tongue. “Show me what it means to be your Terravina.” 

The sound was instant, your ears flooding with the familiar echo that had your heart pounding—The all-encompassing song of his call. You stared at him in amazement, your lips parting in wonder as you watched what was happening in front of you. 

When Jungkook used his call before it had been controlled, focused, and restrained. He had been careful in how he appeared to you. Afraid that you would find him scary in his natural state. But now, after your actions of encouraging him to be his true self, he was no longer hiding from you. 

This time he was letting you see everything. 

His eyes were hooded, jaw trembling as the clicking-rattle continued to invade the space between you. Your thumb was still pressed to his tongue, and you watched as strings of liquid began to pour from the roof of his mouth in thick rivulets. You gasped as it started to run across your skin. The sweet taste of his venom you had gotten on the first night you met was so strong that you could already smell it in the air between you. The scent was so intoxicating you felt yourself inching forward before you could stop yourself. Your thumb finally slipped from his mouth, leaving a red trail down the center of his tongue from your cut. 

“Last chance, darling. Are you sure you want me like this?” His voice was raw as he smiled down at you like a wild animal, venom overflowing and dribbling past his lips and down his chin. 

You were staring at him in absolute awe, too distracted to even bother giving the very obvious answer to his question. You grabbed his face, looking at every inch of how his features twisted in pleasure. Your hands tingled from where they touched his venom. You wanted to know what it would feel like everywhere else on your body. 

“You look so…” You were already breathless and nothing had even happened yet. 

“Finish that. Tell me how I look right now.” He paused, licking his lips. “Do I look terrifying? With venom dripping out of my mouth like a rabid dog just from a drop of your blood?” 

You pushed at his chest, forcing him to sit back so that you could climb on top of his lap. You stared at his face, shaking your head. Your fingers smeared the venom along his chin, only for more to keep falling past the corners of this mouth. The honeyed scent was beckoning you, and you couldn’t wait any longer. 

You grabbed his hair, pulling it hard. “You look so fucking hot,” You said through clenched teeth before crashing your lips onto his. 

He growled as he grabbed the back of your neck, forcing you to kiss him deeper. His tongue tangled with yours as he pushed his venom down your throat in waves. You groaned at the warmth, at the taste. God, you were obsessed with it. Obsessed with him. You probably would’ve kept drinking it and drinking it if he didn’t force you back. You whined as he cradled your head in his hands, stopping your helpless attempts to lurch at his mouth to taste more of him. 

“Look at you. Just can’t get enough of it, can you?” He whispered. 

You nodded, opening your mouth to speak. But just as the words were about to form, the effects suddenly consumed you. 

Your eyes widened, fingernails digging into your palms, teeth chattering, legs shaking, stomach clenching. There was no question of what was happening. You were about to come—untouched. 

“I’m g-gonna—fu-fu-fuck!” You screamed, curling into yourself. It felt good for a moment, but it was strange to not have any sensations carrying you through the aftermath. You were still panting, trying to regain your breath when your face was being grabbed, forcing you back upright. 

Jungkook was looking at you with complete and utter shock. “Did you just—”

“—Yes, I fucking did,” You said through clenched teeth. Even through the lust you were becoming unbearably frustrated by his lack of touching. All this staring at each other and talking. “So do something about it already. It feels… It feels…” You couldn’t even find the words to describe how it felt. You just needed something. 

You were suddenly flat on your back, your pants and underwear stripped away, leaving you your lower half bare in an instant. You hissed, the cold air hitting the arousal that was gushing down your thighs. You tried closing your legs for warmth, but Jungkook’s fringes wrapped around them, forcing them to stay open. 

You went to scowl at him, but the expression drained from your face as you watched him grab the back of his shirt, pulling it over his head. Golden swaths glimmered down his entire body. Your eyes tracing every defined muscle. 

He leaned forward, propping himself on his elbows as he settled between your legs. “As much as I love that you can come just from my venom, I hate that you feel so unsatisfied that I wasn’t touching you when it happened.” 

Unsatisfied. That was exactly how you felt. He was able to describe your emotions when you yourself couldn’t. Just as he’d said earlier, he truly knew exactly what you were feeling without you having to say it out loud. 

And while you enjoyed the sentiment of it, you were currently in desperate need of him to do anything in order to fix this ache inside of you. You quickly sat up, grabbing the bottom of your shirt and ripping it off your body. He watched with parted lips as you reached behind your back to unclip your bra, pulling the straps down your arms. 

He was about to reach for one of your breasts, but you smacked his hand away. He shot you a surprised look. 

“Apologize first.” You pressed your palm to the back of his head, fingers twisting into the tufts of hair as you urged him further down. “For making me feel so unsatisfied without you.” 

You watched as his eyes devoured the space between your legs. You could still feel yourself dripping as the venom continued to pound beneath your skin. He inhaled deeply, and you watched the way he shuddered, his fringes tightening their hold on you. 

“I’m so sorry,” He rasped just before his head dipped down, his long tongue lapping at your heat. 

“Yes, yes, yes, yes,” You repeated, eyes rolling into the back of your head as you collapsed back onto the pillows. 

You threw your legs on top of his shoulders, your hands still pulling at his hair as you began to grind into his mouth. He groaned, raking his nails up your thighs as he drank the arousal pouring out of you. You watched his head slowly bob between your legs with each stroke of his tongue. He started to suck at your clit, releasing it with a wet pop before doing it again and again. You pried your eyes open to find his red, glistening lips grinning wildly like he was drunk, his lengthened tongue hanging halfway out of his mouth. 

“I’ve thought about eating you out again every single fucking day since the night we met. Just picturing you coming all over my face, your pussy dripping down my throat. Fuck, I…” He trailed off, suddenly sitting back on his knees. 

You didn’t even have the chance to whine at the idea of him stopping before fringes abruptly started wrapping around your arms and stomach, the ones on your legs staying in place—and then you were floating. 

“What the hell?!” You exclaimed, slightly panicked as you were lifted into the air by his fringes. You maybe would’ve taken the chance to marvel again at how strong they were if it weren’t for the anxiety of being dropped. 

You drifted higher until your legs were being pulled back over his shoulders in midair. You looked down, Jungkook’s eyes hungry as he stared up at you. “I want more.”

The rattle of his call sent a shiver up your spine. You watched the venom start to fill his mouth again. There was no hesitation as he grabbed your hips, pressing his lips against you, his tongue covering you in that toe-curling aphrodisiac. 

The sound you made was inhuman and strangled. You convulsed as it began to tingle, like every nerve ending was on fire in the best of ways. He tipped his head back, letting you ride his face as he kept you suspended in the air. You didn’t have a chance to think about the insanity of this position when your stomach began to tense. It seemed Jungkook felt what was about to happen, his hands immediately grabbing your ass, holding you in place as your release hit. 

You couldn’t even make any noise, lungs paralyzed, body shaking as you stared up at the ceiling through watery eyes, completely slack-jawed. He was still lapping at you with his tongue, and normally you would’ve felt overstimulated after having an orgasm, but you didn’t feel irritated in the slightest. Instead, you glanced down at him, and the sight before you was what finally broke your silence. 

“Oh, my g-god,” You stuttered. 

You could suddenly feel it. The sticky, steady stream of arousal seeping out of you. Except it wasn’t going anywhere, because Jungkook was drinking it. His mouth was attached to your center, and you watched his throat contract as he swallowed over and over again, his head tilting from side to side as he consumed every drop. 

His eyes opened slowly, and he stared up at you. You couldn’t see it but you could tell his lips were curving into a smirk beneath you. He pulled away slightly, wetness was still pouring out of you. You watched it slide down his chest and abs, some dribbling onto the bed. You were distracted by the intense visual of it when you felt his fringes suddenly lift you higher into the air. 

“What’re you—” Your question was stolen as Jungkook tilted his head forward, the stream of your arousal suddenly cascading into his hair and down the back of his neck. He ran his fingers through the dampened strands and rubbed them across his face. He let out a satisfied hiss as he breathed in your scent. Then he leaned in even more, allowing it to run down his back. It was hitting between his shoulder blades, exactly where his fringes sprouted from his skin. You felt them tremble around your limbs. 

You simply watched him from above, completely speechless as you watched him cover himself in your arousal. It should’ve been too much, it should’ve been repulsive, but that wasn’t what you were feeling at all. Instead, it was an odd sense of pride that you could be desired this intensely, this messily, this insatiably. Just the concept of being wanted like that had the venom inside of you bubbling to the surface again. You began to whimper as another release built up inside of you, but just as you made the noise, you felt Jungkook’s fingers rubbing along your clit before they slipped inside of you. You squeezed around him with a soft hum… but you couldn’t shake the feeling that something was raging inside of you, that you needed something more that wasn’t being given to you. 

Jungkook glanced up at you, his other hand rubbing circles along your hip as he continued pumping in and out of you. “It makes you feel good, doesn’t it? Seeing how much I need you.” 

You didn’t even try to deny it. “I like it a lot.” You panted, shaking your head. “More than a lot… I love it.”

“Keep watching then.” He grinned up at you, giving you a knowing look. “And let me show you why you feel like you’re missing something.” 

He sat back, laying flat against the bed, his fringes lowering you a couple of feet but still keeping you in the air. You were hovering right above him. Your arousal was now a drizzle, not the incessant stream from before, but still more than natural. It was pooling on his lower stomach, and couldn’t help the way your breath hitched as Jungkook’s hands started to unbuckle his belt. He was moving slowly, pulling the leather material out before undoing the button of his pants. 

“Remember what I told you that night at Namjoon’s party?” Jungkook asked, breaking you from your trance. “How if I gave you more of my venom you would want more than just my fingers or tongue. How it wouldn’t be enough for you.” 

You didn’t have to recall the conversation, because you had thought about it often. You had wanted him to use his call on you for weeks, but held off on asking because you hadn’t been ready to have sex with him. And while, yes, the idea of it was still nerve-wracking, you were finally ready. More than ready. 

You nodded. “Yes, I remember.” 

He lifted his hips off the bed, pulling the jeans down his thighs. Your eyes bugged out of your head, the compression shorts he was wearing underneath had hidden the bulging appendage. He had gotten into the habit of wearing them the last few weeks since the two of you were in public so often.

You couldn’t believe what you were seeing. It was one thing to see it on a video, but something else entirely to see it right in front of you. It was massive in length and girth, and you could see see all of the various textures through the material. Your mind started conjuring sensations of what they would feel like inside of you. 

“I wanna see it,” You whispered, no hesitation. 

You could feel him staring at you, like he wanted to catch every expression you made in response to him. He hooked his thumbs beneath the band and then pulled them down, finally showing himself to you. 

Your lips parted, struggling to breathe as it smacked against the top of his abs. Your hand went to your stomach out of instinct, trying to picture how deep that was supposed to go. It was also just so thick, already beading with precum that flowed from the head and down that scaly pattern that wrapped around his length. Unlike the Veridian from yesterday, whose essence had not been showing at first, you now saw just how far the physical manifestation of their inner being went. Those two lines of scales were golden and bright as they wrapped around him.

There was also those pulsing ridges that you thought were just random, sporadic veins across the skin, but as you looked closer you realized that they weren’t random at all. Each side of his cock was perfectly mirrored. The veins bulged at the base before flattening and cresting every couple of inches to create a ribbed effect on the sides. You tilted your head, imagining it inside of you. Every edge, every thrust, every—

Your legs started to shake, toes-curling as the image sent a punch straight to your gut. You looked down to find the arousal that had slowed now dripping as fast as it had before. You told yourself you should feel embarrassed, but the venom didn’t allow for that. It burned away all reservations and left only your true, unbridled desires. Which was why when Jungkook shifted his hips so that you were pouring directly onto his cock, you began to squirm like a caged animal in the grips of his fringes. You watched as he grabbed his dick, hissing and baring his neck as he began to stroke himself using your wetness. 

“Jungkook…” You whined, trying to fidget and kick your way down to him. 

“What is it?” Jungkook smiled at you. “Tell me what’s wrong.”

You scowled at him. “You already know what’s wrong.” 

“You’re right, but I wanna hear you say it.” He sighed,  biting his bottom lip and pumping himself faster. “Tell me what you want.”

You watched with furrowed brows and panted breaths as cum dribbled down his hand, mixing with your own across his length. You were starting to sweat with anticipation, you couldn’t wait anymore. 

“I want you to let me down from here.” You reached out, extending your hand as far as you could, but you were still inches away from his face. “Show me what an idiot I am for waiting so long. Show me that it was nothing to be scared of because you’re gonna make me feel so good. Goddammit, please, please, just—” Your voice had started getting a bit hysterical towards the end, maybe that was why you were pulled down mid-sentence, his hand pressing to your chest to guide you down until your head was hitting the pillows. 

“I’ve got you, I’ve got you, I’ve got you,” He whispered over and over again across your lips as he pushed some unruly strands of hair from your face. 

“I know.” You nodded shakily, trying to calm down from getting so worked up a moment ago. 

Jungkook leaned back, pushing your legs apart. Your eyes flitted down to the space between you, his cock dripping onto the bed as it hovered right in front of you. Your hips started moving on their own, needing to be touched by something that could fill that void that had not yet been satisfied. 

He quickly grabbed the base of his dick and immediately slid it up your heat. You gasped, every crested ridge and scale shaped divot of skin dragging across your clit. You gripped the covers, staring at him in awe as he pressed his cock down by his palm, thrusting it back and forth with the perfect amount of pressure.

“That feels really g-good,” You stammered, struggling to keep your eyes open. 

“It’ll feel even better when I’m fucking your perfect pussy with it.” He grabbed your face, his thumb tracing your bottom lip. “That’s what you want, right, baby? You got all upset because you wanna know what it feels like to be stretched open and fucked deep by someone like me, while you come so hard you won’t even be able to think straight.”

You were nodding shamelessly, grinding along his length to show that you really meant it, legs shaking more and more with every movement.  His chest was rising and falling faster now, mouth hanging open and licking his fangs, watching the way you coated him with your slick.

“Come here,” He murmured, taking you by the waist and sliding you off the pillows until you were flat on the bed. 

He leaned down, pressing his forehead to yours. Your breath hitched as he guided himself lower until he was pressing at your entrance. All that confidence from a moment ago faltered slightly. He was just so big. Even with how wet you were, just the sheer size of it didn’t feel like something that was possible to take without pain. 

“It won’t hurt,” Jungkook whispered, cupping your face, his thumb brushing across your cheek tenderly. “It’ll feel so good, I promise. But if you changed your mind, that’s okay. Just tell me. I know I told you before that if you had enough of my venom in your system that it would hurt if we didn’t have sex, but I can make it so that it’s only a little uncomfortable. I can keep touching you and eating you out. I won’t let it get bad. Either way, just let me take care of you.” 

You were overwhelmed by the pure conviction in his eyes, like all he wanted was for you to be okay in this moment. And you knew that he would accept whatever your decision was without showing you annoyance or disappointment. You placed your hands on either side of his head, caressing the jewelry along the pointed tips of his ears. 

“I trust you,” You said, tilting your head to kiss him as you pressed yourself against his cock. 

He sighed into your mouth, his hands sliding down your ribs and settling on your hips. He gave you a reassuring squeeze before you felt him begin to push inside of you. 

There wasn't any resistance, and the immediate stretch earned a loud gasp. You reared your head back, breaking the kiss as you arched off of the bed. It didn’t hurt, not at all. It felt like that missing piece from tonight was finally being given to you.

“Oh, my god,” You whimpered, pulsing around the tip.

“Feel good?” He asked, even though he already knew the answer. 

“Mhm,” You hummed, trying to calm your breathing.

He gave you a soft smile before dipping his head down to your ear. “And what about now?” He asked as he went deeper, the first sensation of those textured ridges and scales along his length splintering your mind. 

“Oh, fuck, fuck, fu—” There wasn’t even a build up as you came around him. Just a lightning strike to your core that had you convulsing around him. 

He hissed as he lifted his face back in front of yours. “Yes, that’s all I want. To keep making you feel just like that again, and again, and again.” He pressed his lips to yours, sinking in a couple of more inches. And Jungkook’s words were not empty, another release already hitting you while you were still reeling from the one just a moment before. 

“H-how the fuck are you d-doing that?” You panted, your entire body shaking, nails raking at the bed. 

“I told you before. You call out to everything inside of me.” He gently rubbed his hand along your chest. “But it's like that for you too. You’re human, but I call out to you just the same.” He kissed you just for a brief moment. “We’re perfect.”

Your lips rushed back onto his, hands wrapping around his neck to pull him as close as possible. You licked into his mouth, moaning as his words shrouded you in this cocoon of bliss. It was intense as you devoured each other, tongues clashing as his teeth nipped at you between each breath. 

You were lost in that feeling when he shifted his hips deeper, and suddenly—you froze. It wasn’t painful, but it felt so… full? You weren’t sure. He was only halfway, and his girth was stretching you so wide, but it already felt like there wasn’t any possible way you could take more.

“Talk to me, baby,” Jungkook said, pulling you from your thoughts. 

“It doesn’t hurt,” You replied, your breathing a little erratic. “It just feels… It feels like I can’t relax now. Like it’s gonna be too much.” You slapped your palms over your eyes, frustrated that this was happening. He was making you feel so good, and now you were having this mental block stopping you. Jungkook pulled your hands away, but you turned your face to the side, a sliver of embarrassment coursing through you. 

“Hey, look at me,” He said, grabbing your jaw and forcing you to stare up at him. “It’s okay.”

“I know, but it’s annoying. It feels good—you feel good. I’m just so… tense all of a sudden.”

Jungkook sat up slowly, making sure not to push further inside of you. “Do you want me to help you fix that?”

You gave him a confused look. “How?” 

His lips parted, fangs bared as the rattle of his call climbed up his throat. That sound never failed to entrance you. It was everything about it. The noise of it, the look on his face when he was conjuring it. All of it was just completely enrapturing. 

His hand that was still on your jaw started to pull your mouth open. He leaned over your face, venom already dripping down his chin. He tilted his head, a silent question. 

Do you want it?

You didn’t even have to think about it. You nodded your head slowly. The two of you didn’t look away from each other as he tipped his head forward. His call still rattled as thick strings of saliva fell through the air between you until they were landing against your tongue. Your eyes went wide, humming in pleasure at the picture of him like this, hovering a couple of feet above you with that intense stare as he dripped himself into your mouth. The taste coated your tongue, that sweet scent invading your nose as it slid down your throat. You felt yourself relax almost immediately, the mental wall shattering. 

You started moaning, squeezing around his cock. You reached up, grabbing his necklace and yanking him down. You kissed him hard, lapping up the honeyed flavor that still coated his teeth. You began to rock against him, his groans vibrating against your lips. He pulled back slightly, his eyes hooded as he stared down at you. Suddenly one of his hands lifted the small of your back off the bed. A fringe whipped across the air and went under the new space beneath you, banding across your skin to keep you at that angle. And then he was pushing his hips forward slowly. 

Your breath hitched with every inch. He didn’t stop this time. He kept going, feeling how you were sucking him in. Your stomach tensed each new ridge, shocking your mind with another wave of euphoria. Your eyes were watering but you could see that he was watching your every reaction. There was a small smile with every moan or whimper he garnered from you. But then, you felt it. One final thrust forward as he buried himself completely inside of you. 

Your vision went black for a second, and then you were screaming. Your body was convulsing, tears streaming down your face as another orgasm ripped through you. This was different, however. They had all felt incredible, but this one had encapsulated your every cell, every atom, every beat of your heart. It was pulsing through you in pounding, relentless waves. 

“I—fuck—I’m—It’s—” You weren’t sure why, but you started laughing at the fact that you couldn’t even form a coherent sentence. Jungkook chuckled in amusement as well. 

You took a deep breath to try and clear your mind, but you were suddenly hit with this intense and oddly pleasurable scent. Not the honeyed smell of his venom, but something else. You tilted your head at Jungkook, leaning in closer. It got stronger and denser. You started sniffing at his face. You knew you must’ve looked crazy, but it was like a siren song that you had to find the source of. 

He was looking at you curiously, but didn’t say anything as you pressed your nose against his cheek and inhaled. You felt him purr at the action. His eyes closed and he turned his face to give you better access, like he wanted you to keep going. And you did, suddenly pushing at his chest so that you were straddling his lap. The new position made him shift inside of you. You clenched your teeth, forcing yourself not to start bouncing on top of him. You couldn’t believe you had ever been scared to do this with him. It seemed so stupid now. But you still needed to find out where that scent was coming from. 

You pulled his head into your breasts, burying your face into the top of his head. Your fingers combed through the dark strands as you sniffed him like an animal. He groaned, licking lazily along your chest as he let you explore him. 

God, what was this? It was like you wanted to get inside of his skin and surround yourself with whatever was emitting from him. You looked down at the juncture between his shoulder and neck. Your mouth was suddenly watering. You nuzzled into the space, breathing him in, and a very specific desire violently erupted inside of you. You couldn’t stop yourself before your teeth were clamping down on him. 

“Oh, fuck,” He groaned, tipping his head to the side, his hand pressing down on the back of your neck to keep you in place, silently telling you to keep going. 

You hadn’t broken the skin. It was like that mental block from before. Your mind was craving something, but your body wasn’t letting you have it. You couldn’t bring yourself to apply more pressure. You were human, this wasn’t something you should even have a desire to do. You were about to pull back when Jungkook spoke. 

“You know I can take it.” He paused, his fingers fisting into your hair. “I want you to.” He said the words with such desperation that he decimated whatever was stopping you, just like before. 

You bit down as hard as you could. He hissed and you felt him throb inside of you. You whimpered, grinding yourself on top of him as blood suddenly trickled into your mouth. You gasped, rearing your head back to stare up at the ceiling with wide eyes. That intoxicating scent from before was suddenly encasing the air around you and filling your lungs. 

You quickly lifted yourself off of his cock, the emptiness leaving you aching. You wanted him back inside of you, but you were also terrified by this sudden and strange desire that seemed to be coming from some primal part of you. 

“W-why did I do that? Why do you smell like that? Wha-what’s happening to me?” You asked frantically, rubbing at your nose, your skin, your hair. Everything felt so intensely overstimulating. 

“Hey, hey, hey, it’s okay. Look at me, look at me,” Jungkook said in an attempt to guide you back to him. 

You took a deep breath, slowly tilting your head down, but you were having a hard time meeting his gaze. It felt like any restraint you possessed had been ripped away from you, still being inundated by that scent pouring out of him in waves. 

“I can’t look at you.”

He sighed, pushing strands of hair off your face. Your eyes fluttered closed at the touch. “I know what you’re feeling right now—better than anyone. Let me help you.”

You turned into his hand, and you couldn’t stop yourself from inhaling again. You felt goosebumps erupt across your arms. “God, why do you smell so… good.”

He laughed softly. “It’s because of you.” 

Your brows furrowed. “What do you mean?” 

“Look at me and I’ll tell you.” 

You huffed in annoyance, but you still slowly opened your eyes. The second his face appeared before you, it was like a strike to your chest. Your breathing got heavier again, your heart beat faster, your palms sweatier. His essence—it was gleaming brighter than you had ever seen it. The soft golden glow that you had become accustomed to was now shining. Like it was a river, rippling and reflecting along his skin. But that wasn’t the only thing. The lines that usually curved along his jaw were longer, traveling up his temples and disappearing into his hairline. Even the tips of his ears, that usually remained untouched by his essence, were glowing. 

“Does it look nice?” He asked with a smile.

“Yes,” You replied immediately. “Why is it doing that?”

He leaned in and spoke directly against your mouth. “Because you are my Terravina. You can do things to me that no one else can. No other human. No other Veridian. You are the only creature alive that can make me this way.” You were panting as he pressed his nose to your mouth, breathing in your labored pants. “And as for you, I heard it was possible, but I thought it was something that happened rarely, or maybe that it was even made up… But it’s not. It was so easy for you. It’s why you feel so overwhelmed, why you bit me, why you think I smell so good right now. It’s my pheromones.” 

You stilled at the revelation. “But humans aren’t supposed to be able to sense them.” 

“Like I said, I really didn’t even believe that it was possible.” He cupped your face. “But I’m so fucking happy that you can, even if it’s just for a little while. Because now you can understand that, what you’re feeling towards me right now, that’s what I feel like every second that I’m near you.” 

Your eyes widened. “This is how you feel every time we’re together?” 

“Yes.” He nodded. 

“Isn’t it painful, though? I’ve only been like this for a few minutes, and I just wanna…” You trailed off, your eyes darting around his body. 

“No, tell me.” He smirked. “What do you wanna do to me?” 

You chewed at your bottom lip, your eyes hesitantly traveling to the bite mark. It wasn’t as bad as you thought it would be. You had bitten him as hard as you could, but there was barely any blood. Only some of the dents from your teeth had broken the skin.  

You motioned at it. “I wanted to do that, but I’m clearly not very good at it.” 

He chuckled. “It’s not always the actual bite that’s important. It’s the feeling you get from someone wanting you so badly that they can’t help but bite you.”

That made sense. To be desired in such an animalistic way. That was why you had done it, because there was something inside of you that wanted to be closer to him. That still wanted to be closer to him. You glanced down between your bodies. They were disconnected, and you were aching for them to be together again. 

“Can we keep going?” You asked, throwing your hands around his neck. “No stopping this time. Let’s just… act on how we feel. No holding back.” 

Jungkook had you on your back in a second, his mouth devouring yours. You moaned into the kiss, scratching your nails down his ribs. You felt the press of his tip against your entrance, and unlike before, you were done with being hesitant. You rocked yourself against it, needing to feel him again. 

“Look at you. You were so nervous earlier and now you’re just begging for it. Do you want me back, baby?” He said, giving into your movements as he stretched you open with a small thrust of his hips. 

You nodded frantically, your legs wrapping around his waist to pull him closer. “Yes, don’t stop. Keep going, keep going, keep going.” You begged him, and he did exactly as you asked. 

He pulled the small of your back up and started slowly thrusting in and out of you. You panted, the build of arousal in your belly electrifying you before it crashed down on you in seconds. You actually sighed in relief at the feeling, your eyes rolling into the back of your head as a wild, satisfied grin split across your face. 

“Fuck, you look so good like this.” He hissed, rubbing his hand along your stomach. “Wanna watch you come all fucking night.” 

You felt the pride radiating off of him. A satisfied aura mingling in the air as his pheromones surrounded you. He was so turned on, so blissful from being the cause of your release. 

You wanted to feel that too. 

Suddenly you were pushing at him until he fell onto his back, but you made sure he stayed inside of you. You shuttered around him, but not just because of the new position, but because of the sight of how his body looked beneath you. 

Your lips parted in awe. His muscles were tense, his abs flexing with each panted breath. His fringes were slithering along the covers, binding themselves around your legs. His eyes were dark and hooded as he watched you hover above him. You smiled, settling your hands on his chest as you began lifting and dropping your hips against him. 

He bared his neck to you, slack-jawed and rubbing the crown of his head against the bed. One of his hands yanked at the fringe of hair covering his forehead, the veins cording his arms pulsing every time he pulled at the strands. You leaned forward, sliding your palms over the sweat on his chest and neck, pushing him out of the way until you were the one gripping his hair. 

“Do I feel good like this?” You asked, even though you already knew the answer. You were starting to understand why Jungkook did that to you. It felt nice just to hear the words. 

His grin was lop-sided, his fangs flashing at you. The sight of them made you squeeze around him. He groaned, thrusting his hips upwards.

“So good.” He groaned, his eyes staring at where you continued to grind against him. “Yes, keep fucking me. Just like that.” 

You had this overwhelming desire to just keep him like this, pinned beneath you the entire night so you could watch every satisfied expression on his face. You wanted to make him feel as good as he had made you feel. 

“I wanna watch you come,” You said, and he instantly throbbed inside of you, the feeling making you hiss through your teeth. 

“Was trying to hold it back for a little while.” He sighed, running his hands along your thighs. “It gets messy.” You clenched around him, liking the idea of that. 

“I don’t care.” You instantly pulled him up by his hair, still riding his length as you dipped your head down to his shoulder. Your lips grazed the mark you left on him earlier. “Wanna feel you come inside me,” You whispered before biting down on the already broken skin. 

Blood filled your mouth. You hadn’t gotten enough of it before to really taste it. But now that it was sliding down your throat, a warm, intoxicating river that shrouded your mind, you knew you needed more. You bit even harder, and Jungkook began to moan and whimper beneath you, shallowly thrusting as you drank his blood. You shivered, tightening around Jungkook’s length as you began to suck, trying to get every drop that you could before you were being ripped off of his neck. 

You were panting, and you could feel streaks of blood dripping down your chin. You must’ve looked crazed, and you should’ve felt self-conscious about it… But you couldn’t. Not when Jungkook was staring at you with glimmering eyes and a wicked smile. 

He grabbed either side of your face, one of his thumbs rubbing across your swollen lips. “You look so fucking hot with my blood all over your teeth.” He leaned in, licking away some of the mess. “You said you wanted to watch me come? Keep looking at me like that.” His fringes twisted themselves around your waist, pulling you back and forth over his cock. 

Your mouth fell open, the two of you staring at the other as you felt him twitch and throb inside of you. His breathing was suddenly heavier, his stomach flexing, and then he was falling back onto the bed. 

His hands fisted into his hair, jaw clenching. “This is how you wanted to watch, right? With me beneath you. It feels nice, doesn’t it? Getting to see the person you want more than anything, look at you like they never want you to stop.” He panted, his eyes fluttering closed. “Please, don’t fucking stop.”

He was begging you. Actually begging you. And the words sent a thrill up the back of your spine as you continued to ride him. You keened in pleasure, every time you lifted and dropped yourself back down causing his bulging veins to create new sensations inside of you. 

“Fuck, fuck, fuck—” Jungkook growled, teeth clattering at his jaw began to tremble. His hands gripped your waist as he thrusted into you hard from below. You gasped, your muscles suddenly tensing and contracting around him—and then you felt it. 

Your breathing was ragged as you looked down between your bodies. Your eyes widened. He wasn’t lying when he said it would be messy. He was still lazily thrusting into you, cum pouring down the sides of his cock each time he pulled himself out slightly. It was pooling on his groin, dripping down his balls, falling onto the bed. There was so much… And you liked it. Not just the look of it, but the feeling of it. 

It wasn’t the same as a human’s. It almost felt like his venom on your bare skin. It was a mild tingle at first. Like a light current of electricity that was growing stronger with each passing second. You pressed your palm into it, siding it up his abs, and it didn’t take long for your hand to start convulsing just like the inside of your body. 

It seemed intimacy with Veridians, or at the very least with Jungkook, was always full of pleasant surprises. 

“It feels…” You trailed off, your body getting hotter. You suddenly wanted him with more vigor—if that were somehow even possible. Your breathing was getting faster, nails digging into his flesh as you contemplated what you needed to satisfy this feeling.

Jungkook grabbed your trembling hand, momentarily breaking you from your thoughts. Your hungry gaze flitted to his. He smirked, but his chest was rising and falling just as much as yours. He sat up slowly, his fringes splaying out around him in that winged shape that never failed to steal your breath. That in combination with his skin painted in those newly gleaming streaks, it was like you were straddling the lap of some golden god. 

“You’re beautiful,” You whispered. Not embarrassed by your thoughts finding a voice, because it was irrefutable. It was simply a fact. 

He smiled softly. “I only look this way because of you.” He leaned in, his lips barely pressing against yours. 

The closeness made that ever growing feeling of insatiability return in full force. That need for something more ferocious. You whimpered as it gnawed at you, demanding to be pleased. You were about to open your mouth to ask him to do something—anything, in order to quell this ache, but Jungkook beat you to it. 

“Bend over for me,” He said, his breath hushed and warm against your mouth. “Let me fix it for you, Terravina.” 

Your heart lurched. At the word, at the proposed position, at everything. You nodded, pulling yourself off of him. You hissed at being left empty at the same time that his cock smacked against his torso. You flipped over onto your hands and knees. The bed was so wet, everything sticky and soaked through. You should have found it disgusting, but nothing the two of you had done tonight would ever cross your mind in such a way. 

You sighed as Jungkook’s hands found your hips, pulling you up so your ass was higher in the air. You choked when the tip of his length slid across your slit. He did that over and over, every ridge against your clit making your writhe. But you needed more. 

“Jungkook…” You moaned his name, clearly desperate. 

Suddenly one of his fringes softly wrapped around your neck, coming up to dance in front of your face. It slithered from side to side before dipped to caress your lips. It was a gentle gesture right before he thrusted himself inside of you. 

You let out a shrill scream of ecstasy. The depth and stretch in this position had your mind melting. Your arms lost every ounce of strength until you were falling face first onto a patch of the bed that wasn’t completely ruined by tonight’s activities. 

He was fucking into you slow, but hard. It was exactly what you had needed. That restless buzz from before finally being eased with each steady stroke. 

“Yes, just like that.” You smiled into the covers, pushing back against him. You were greedy to feel each inch of him again as soon as possible. 

He groaned behind you. “Such a pretty fucking cunt.” 

He started going faster, your legs shaking as you felt another release coming on. “Mmm, fu-fu—ngh!” It was a strangled sound as you pulsed around him. That hungry need from earlier clearing just the tiniest bit. 

“Love watching you like this,” He said, not stopping his pace. “Stretched open, coming down my cock. Just taking it and wanting it so bad.” 

You nodded, the side of your face rubbing against the bed. “Yes, I want it. Keep going. Wanna come again.”

You realized this was an insane thing to say. How many more times could you even orgasm? You couldn’t even remember how many times it had happened already. You were unquenchable in this state it seemed, just wanting more and more of whatever he could give you.

Another one of his fringes started slithering up your spine, pushing strands of hair off of your face before caressing your cheek. You leaned into the touch, and  your eyes opened to look over your shoulder at him. Your eyes nearly rolled into the back of your head at the sight of him. Sweat glistening, fangs bared, fingers digging into your skin as he pumped into you. He was so imposing, so strong, so fucking hot. 

Jungkook's lips tilted into a grin, like he knew exactly what you were thinking. That was only amplified when his jaw started to tighten. You squeezed around him, already knowing what was about to happen. 

You moaned as the hiss and rattle of his call filled your ears. Your eyes never left his as he stared at you, still grinding into you with that steady, delectable pace. The venom started to overflow from his mouth quickly. He parted his lips wider, letting it fall down to where your bodies were connecting. 

It was instant, his venom-coated cock, fucking you over the edge. But your whines of pleasure hadn’t even stopped before he was building you up all over again, sending you careening back over the edge. And it just wouldn’t stop. It was like before you could even finish one release another was already right behind it. It was mind altering. It was like the highest point of your climax stretched out over minutes. It happened again and again and again. It was mesmerizing—what he had the ability to do to you was mesmerizing. 

“You just can’t fucking stop, can you?” Jungkook’s gruff voice had somehow been able to strike through the haze of unrelenting bliss surrounding you. 

You weren’t sure how long this had been going on for. All you knew was how good it felt. However, the venom was waning slightly, the fiery tendrils in your blood calming. You mustered every bit of strength you had to push yourself up. You sat back onto his length, your back to his front. His arms circled your stomach immediately. His face pressed between your shoulder blades. You could hear him sniffing you. His nose trailing up to your neck until it was buried in your hair. It was the same thing that you had done to him earlier. 

The same thing you had done before you bit him. 

You waited a couple of moments, anticipation dancing in your veins… but it never happened. He just kept inhaling your scent and running his tongue along your neck. You started to fidget. His words from earlier coming back to you as your mind cleared. When he was talking to you about biting him. He turned your head to the side, Jungkook stopping his explorations to meet your gaze. 

“Hey,” You said softly. 

“What is it?” He asked, reaching up to caress your jaw. 

You chewed at your bottom lip. “You know how you said before that it’s not the bite itself, but the other person wanting you so bad that they can’t help but bite you…” You paused, not wanting to bring the mood down, but knowing you wouldn’t be able to stop thinking about it. “Do you not want to?” 

Jungkook’s eyes widened, and he was looking at you like you had gone insane. You were suddenly self-conscious. Which was crazy in of itself after everything the two of you had just done, but still, you went to turn away. However, before you could, Jungkook was lifting you up and turning you around to face him. He grabbed your jaw, forcing you to look at him. 

“Of fucking course I want to,” He said with all the conviction in the universe. “I’m holding myself back. I gave you so much of my venom tonight. Let you drink it, fucked you with it. If I bit you, it would go straight through your bloodstream. It would be everywhere. It might be too much. You might pass out. I don’t want you to wake up confused, wondering what happened after.” 

You understood what he was saying. He was doing it out of concern for you. Which you found sweet, but what you were doing right now wasn’t sweet. It was giving into your deepest needs and desires. He was holding back on something that he wanted for your sake. He had given you pleasure you hadn’t even known was possible. You wanted to do the same for him. 

You slid your arms around his neck, tilting your head until your lips were brushing. You gave him a quick peck on the mouth. “I want you to bite me.” You tilted your head, kissing his cheek. “I want you to taste my blood—more than earlier.” You leaned forward, running your tongue along the point of his now gold-tipped ears. “I want you to come with your teeth still inside me.”

Jungkook’s eyes went dark as he hissed at the idea. You were slammed on your back in a second, Jungkook ravenous as he kissed you. His hips were moving again, thrusting into you and eliciting moans that he quickly swallowed. You felt his hand start caress your shoulder, his thumb reaching over to press at the bottom of your neck. That was where he wanted to do it. You nodded as he continued to lick into your mouth, turning your face to the opposite side to try and egg him on. 

It worked. 

He ripped his head back, and the look on his face left you completely breathless. His mouth was hanging open, fangs bared. They looked even longer than usual. The call was bubbling in his throat. His eyes were hungry as he stared down at your neck, his head tilting back and forth as he accessed the area. The movement looked unnatural, nothing like a human man. It was truly like an animal accessing something it had caught during a hunt. But nothing about him set off any instincts to try and run and hide. You were right where you wanted to be. 

You took a deep breath, and those glazed over eyes cleared slightly as they met your stare. He was still there. You knew he would be. 

You smiled at him. “Take it. It’s yours.”

Jungkook physically shuddered at your words, and then he was rushing forward and sinking his teeth into your skin. You yelled out, but not because it hurt. It was surprisingly unpainful. Maybe it was the venom coating his teeth. Either way you didn’t care, because at this very moment, you were intoxicated with pleasure. Your body trembled as a comforting warmth flooded through you. Every inch of your skin was sensitive. The bed beneath you, Jungkook on top of you, his cock inside of you. Everything was caressing and coaxing you. It was euphoria as your muscles tensed around him. 

Jungkook growled. He was sucking and drinking your blood, his hips still slamming into you. You threw your legs around his waist and tangled your hands in his hair as the venom continued to pump through your system. His movements started to stutter, and it wasn’t long before you felt that familiar sensation of being overwhelmingly full. His seed tingling along your walls and down your thighs. You were lost in that feeling when Jungkook’s teeth unlatched from your skin. He licked a slow, long stripe across the wound 

When his face reappeared in front of yours, you couldn’t help the way you squeezed around him. His lips were stained red, blood leaking down his chin. 

“That was…” He trailed off, tongue licking at his teeth. “Fuck, I’ve never tasted anything like that.” He wiped his hand along his face, looking at the blood that smeared across his palm. “I was planning on this entire thing to be more human-like. You know, to ease you into it.” He paused, looking around at the complete mess of blood and cum that surrounded the two of you. “I clearly failed at that.” 

You shook your head. “I don’t want a human. I want you. Whatever you are. However you are.” 

You felt him twitch inside of you, and it made your belly tense for seemingly the millionth time tonight. He was ready to go again, and so were you. 

“Good, because you can’t get rid of me now.” He leaned down, pressing his nose into the side of your neck. “I’ve marked you. You’re mine, Terravina” 

Then he dipped his head down to kiss you, the two of you returning to intimacy with new intensity and feelings flowing between you. 

—————

Two weeks later.

“How can you be this bad at staying still?” You laughed, Jungkook fidgeting very obviously on the floor of the studio. 

He pouted his lips. “I just wanna touch you. Is that so terrible?” He asked, turning his lead to look at you. 

You sighed. Clearly this was not getting done anytime soon. You couldn’t even finish the damn sketch, let alone the actual painting. The past few weeks had been rather… busy. You know, with not being able to keep your hands off of each other for more than a couple of hours. 

You curled a finger toward him in a ‘come here’ motion. He smirked, crawling on his hands and knees until he was kneeling between your legs as you sat on the chair, his head rubbing at your stomach like a cat. You couldn’t help but caress his ears while he did it. 

After that night together, his essence continued to fade in and out like usual, but the gold that had suddenly appeared on the shell of his ears had stayed. 

You kept glancing back at them, smiling as you grabbed some of your sketch pads off of the side table to put into your backpack on the floor. But when Jungkook nipped at your waist through your clothes, you gasped in surprise and dropped them to the floor. 

You smacked your lips. “Thanks a lot.” 

“Sorry,” He said, throwing you an apologetic look. He helped you pick everything up. However, he stilled when he grabbed one particular book that had fallen  open to a specific sketch. “Is this Veridia?” He asked. 

You leaned your head over. “Yeah, I did that a couple of years ago. I thought it was really beautiful. Though, pictures usually make everything look like that.” 

It was mountains from the city of Tremia, at least according to the pictures and articles you had looked up about it. They were jagged, tall, imposing spires that seemed tall enough to touch the stars. They were a mix of pinks, purples, and blues. Not something you see on Earth, so of course I found it beautiful. 

“It actually is that beautiful. No faking angles or colors needed,” Jungkook replied. 

You nodded, a slight grimace on your face. He had seen so much more of the worlds that connected the two of you. You had been stuck solely on Earth as he had traversed between here and Veridia his entire life. He knew everything about humans, while you were trying to catch up. 

“Would you like to go with me sometime?” He asked, the stack of books in your lap sliding right back onto the floor. 

“W-what?” You asked, not sure if you heard him correctly. 

He chucked, picking up everything that you had just let clatter to the ground. “You didn’t think I’d never take you, right? I still have to visit my parents and friends. They’re all dying to meet you.” He rolled his eyes, clearly they had been pestering him about it.

You laughed, but excitement was suddenly thrumming inside of you. “I mean, yeah. I’ve always wanted to go. I just could never afford it.”

“Don’t worry about stuff like that. I’d handle everything.” 

You felt heat rise to your face, a childlike giddiness building inside of you as you recalled all the images of Veridian landscapes you had ever seen throughout your life. 

“How about in a couple of months? We could go for the Solstice.” 

Your heart stuttered at that. “Uhm, the Fertility Solstice?”

You had heard about what happened in Veridia during this time. It was heightened sexual prowess as the planets surrounding Veridia aligned, causing a surge in their hormones. It was quite intense from what you had read and heard from casual human gossip. 

Jungkook laughed. “I’m taking you for sight-seeing. We won’t participate—Well, we can. Just in private instead of how it’s usually celebrated.” 

Your eyes widened as he confirmed the things you had heard about the holiday. “So you guys actually do have sex in… public?” 

“It’s our way.” He gave you an impish smile, shrugging. “But not everyone does. Sometimes when Veridians have a Narina or Terravina, they don’t want anyone else to see them like that—exposed. It depends on the pairing. But most Veridians don’t have a perfect match, so it’s quite a lot of people across the planet who… engage in it.” 

You pursed your lips, your mind conjuring an image of thousands of naked Veridians having sex. You didn’t know why, but you felt a small flare of heat in your stomach at the idea. 

Jungkook’s nostrils flared, smirking and raising a brow at you. “Interesting. The idea doesn’t disgust you.”

You narrowed your eyes at him. You loved but sometimes hated the way he could sense your emotions. It was simply intriguing… this Solstice tradition. Though, now that you were looking at Jungkook again, you remembered that he probably had attended quite a few of them in his adult life. You imagined him being with other Veridians, out in the open. Your jaw clenched at the idea, and his smirk dropped in an instant, clearly knowing where your mind had just gone. 

“It’s fine. We both had lives before each other,” You said simply as you stood from the chair. 

He stayed kneeling on the ground. Your hand ruffled the crown of his head, and his eyes closed at the touch. It always made you smile when he did that. You motioned for him to stand along with you and he did in an instant. 

“I don’t care about what you’ve done,” You said, and his hand curled around your waist as your fingers traced the golden tips of his ears that appeared through the black tufts of his hair. “Because I’ve marked you. You’re mine now.“

Jungkook grinned wildly as you repeated his words from weeks ago back to him. His fringes quickly surrounded you, creating a cocoon around the two of you. A couple of them weaved between your hair as he leaned in, kissing you hard. He pulled back a moment later, but just a breath, just enough to whisper against your lips.