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ORIGIN PT. 1
The story of the half-blooded viking prince, born of both a brave viking chief and a fierce dragon, is one told throughout all the lands North of the Galenaer Sea. The tale has always been told to little ones at dinner time over food and a fire to let them know about the many things one man can be capable of if they accept themselves for who they are and unlock their true potential. It can also be told as a frightening story to scare the children into behaving or even a tale of romance at wedding ceremonies if told in a certain way, and everyone has heard each version at least once.
But the part of this story that only few people know is how this fierce and powerful half-dragon half-viking prince came to be. For how could a viking chief come to make anything with a dragon when their great races were at war? How could they even look at each other without killing each other much less fall in love with each other in the process?
Well there was a period of peace before the viking prince was born. A moment in time where, story has it, dragons and humans were friends just so this powerful hero could come to be born. And his parents’ story could only be told as one of pure romance with a tragic ending, though everyone who has heard it can agree that the tragic ending was only the beginning of the great tale that would be passed around for ages to come.
The tale of the human boy with the dragon heart.
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The story before the story. Part 1 of 2 parts.
Island of Yulae, North of the Galenaer Sea
18 years before the Viking Prince’s story of bravery:
Namjoon held his sword tightly in his hands, walking through the brush of the woods outside his village as he tried to find the golden muse planted on the outskirts of his village for young princes to find when it was their time to assume their father’s place as chief. Having been hunting in these woods before for many years, Namjoon knew almost all of the paths through the trees and where they led to, so finding the golden muse statue was something he could accomplish in his sleep.
As he walked through the woods, he listened for dragons, sometimes hearing their heavy breaths as they slept in caves or splashes of water as they swam through a nearby lake. Dragons never liked to show themselves because of a past of war between them and the humans, but if he was quiet enough, he could watch from afar or behind a tree how they acted when they weren’t afraid of their unknown company.
He was on a mission today though, walking through a trail covered in moss and shaded by red maple trees that led to a clearing made just for the muse that had been used to bless a chief’s reign for centuries before him if they prayed over it before their ceremony. Namjoon never believed in the powers the muse held over a whole village because it was only made of gold, a material incapable of powers people claimed it to have, but he still followed with tradition, wanting to make his father proud who had died a few weeks ago in a battle against a clan far off in the East.
If praying over a silly statue was all he had to do to make a village respect him and believe in him like they did for his father and the long lineage of powerful chiefs before him, then he was willing to stray from his beliefs just for this.
When Namjoon found the muse, overgrown with vines but still glowing in the sunlight that shined through the large oak trees all around, he kneeled down before it, lowering his head and whispering under his breath, “Please watch over my father’s village that is now my own. Help us prosper in times of peace and even in times of war, and allow us to continue on as how we so graciously lived when my father was in command.”
Namjoon glanced up at the statue, smiling a little to himself when he noticed something in the trees beside him, watching him with teeth as large as his yellow eyes. Namjoon glanced to the right of him at the creature and asked softly, “Do you want to sit with me? I’m out here to pray, not to hunt, so you’re safe.”
The creature shifted in its place, seeming uncomfortable now that it had been spotted. It kneeled down lower into the bushes as if Namjoon wouldn’t be able to notice it anymore, so he only laughed a little and sat down in the grass wet with water from this morning’s storm, crossing his legs as he continued to speak to it, “Come out! If you are so curious about me, then come out and see me up close. Or are you going to eat me?”
The creature’s eyes narrowed and it huffed, finally standing up and walking out of the tree line slowly to accept Namjoon’s invitation to investigate his presence. It was a dragon with large wings by its side and scales that seemed blue in the shade but rose golden when it stepped out into the light. Its face was decorated with scales too that were a pale pink while its heavy tail that trailed behind it was a darker shade of the same color. Namjoon couldn’t help but stare at it with an awed expression, looking into its curious big eyes and only being able to conclude to himself that it was quite possibly the most beautiful dragon he had ever laid his eyes on.
Namjoon’s eyes widened and he fell silent when it walked out towards him. He couldn’t help but scoot back a bit because dragons were definitely known to be carnivores whose favorite meal was viking, but he wasn’t frightened enough to run away. He could only stare up at it and whisper under his breath, “Woah…”
The dragon tilted it’s head and froze in front of him, looking him up and down before leaning close and sniffing him, causing Namjoon to tense up since those razor sharp teeth he had noticed earlier were now much too close for comfort. He clenched his teeth and shut his eyes, not reaching for his weapon though he was ready to duck and run just in case the thing breathed fire or snapped at him, but the dragon only sat down and looked at him expectantly, tilting its head and letting out a soft roar as if it was trying to speak to him.
Namjoon’s eyes widened and he wished he spoke dragon, but he honestly had no idea what it was trying to say to him. He was breathing heavily now, still not sure if the dragon was planning to eat him or not though he was glad there was some space between them. He tilted his head to match the dragon’s actions, mimicking a roar back to him to see if maybe that was a word in ‘dragon language’.
The dragon only seemed to grimace at this though, lowering its head and huffing again before standing up again and quickly creeping towards Namjoon once more, this time too fast for Namjoon to react before it knocked him over and pinned him to the ground with it’s claws on both of his shoulders, staring at him with wide eyes and leaning even closer this time as if he was observing his every feature, trying to memorize him or study him for reasons Namjoon couldn’t even think of at the moment.
Was he going to be eaten? Was the dragon studying him to see if he’d be a good meal?
Thinking about that thought made Namjoon reach for his axe attached to his belt, wanting it by his side just in case the dragon tried anything, but before he could pull it from his belt, the dragon’s eyes snapped to the weapon and it let out a loud roar in panic that hurt Namjoon’s ears so much he had to quickly pull away, “Ok, I’m sorry! You don’t have to yell! Stop yelling!”
The dragon fell silent again thankfully but huffed at Namjoon with narrowed eyes, the air from his nose feeling like wind against Namjoon’s face. He gripped onto the grass under him and nodded his head as if he understood the dragon, “I know I said be curious and see me up close, but pinning me down is unnecessary don’t you think?”
He looked up at the dragon to see him shake his head and let out a sound under its breath as if it was trying to mock the way Namjoon spoke. Namjoon fell silent, taken by surprise that this dragon just tried to mimic him and quite possibly had an attitude which was something he was only humans were capable of. He was about to laugh and ask the dragon if he just mimicked him, but before he could, the dragon on top of him suddenly shut its eyes and raised its wings, letting out a cry of pain almost as its shape began to change.
Seeing the dragon’s wings starting to disappear and its scales starting to fade, Namjoon almost lost his breath in fear of what was going on. He almost panicked thinking the dragon was dying in some way, but he quickly remember his elders in the village telling him about how dragons were capable of shapeshifting into other animals either to find the home of their prey or as a safety tactic. This was always used as a way to remind the children not to trust everyone they meet so he sometimes passed it off as a false tale, but right now he may have been witnessing the proof that dragons really did shift into other animals, a power only they possessed.
And when he realized that the dragon that was once hovering over him with a look of curiosity had just shape shifted into a broad shouldered human with soft black hair that just fell over his forehead, he knew that those ‘tall tales’ were nothing but the truth, and he was somehow lucky enough to see this rare sighting up close just inches away from his face for reasons he was sure he would never understand.
He could see now that the dragon was a male, unclothed and weak from the transformation. Namjoon didn’t get a chance to see his face before his knees buckled underneath him and he collapsed flatly on top of Namjoon, panting heavily and muttering out in a thick accent only some of the elders in his village had from their accent learned from their parents and taken from a language long since forgotten, “I…” the man’s voice came out smooth and quiet, “I haven’t done this in a long time…”
Namjoon was shocked to hear the dragon speaking in his language fluently, causing him to fall speechless for a moment until the dragon spoke again, “My dragon form hinders me from speaking your language, but I tried to ask your name.”
Was this… Was this dragon really speaking to him to ask for his name? Did this dragon just turn into a human to ask him that?
Namjoon awkwardly laid flat underneath the dragon/man/very-naked-man and answered nervously, “I-I’m Kim Namjoon. You’re a dragon…” he stated as if he had just found that out or maybe he had forgotten it and was reminding himself.
Whatever he meant, this caused the man to laugh a little under his breath and lift his head to smile at Namjoon, “Well I’m one of your kind at the moment,” he pressed his knees into the ground on both sides of Namjoon’s hips and struggled to push himself up into a straddling position on Namjoon, placing his hands on his hips and asking nervously, “How do I look?”
Namjoon looked up at the beautiful, no, absolutely stunning man on top of him and was almost afraid to answer in fear of saying something vulgar. The man had a handsome face, black hair that was shorter than he had seen on most vikings, a cleanly shaven face, and big eyes that still held the same curiosity his dragon form did. He had broad shoulders as Namjoon noted before and abs Namjoon hadn’t even see on even the strongest of vikings in his clan. His eyes widened and his mouth dropped open without him thinking, “You’re…” he coughed a little and looked to the side, “You’re a man.”
The dragon, no, gorgeous human, huffed under his breath and tilted his head from side to side in thought before he leaned in closed and whispered, “You vikings can’t recognize a beautiful man when you see one?” he ran his fingers through Namjoon’s hair and admired him with a smile before he sighed to himself and said, “That’s a real shame because a dragon certainly can.”
Namjoon’s eyes widened, “W-What?”
The man didn’t care to answer and got up off of him, not worrying about his lack of clothes since he had enough confidence to carry him or maybe just because he didn’t see a need for it since he was a dragon. He only looked up at the trees around him and smiled, “Humans are so short,” he laughed under his breath, “And you’re one of the taller ones, yes?”
Namjoon raised an eyebrow, wondering how the dragon-man new this, “I suppose?” he got up after him, “You haven’t told me your name yet. Do you have one?”
The man nodded and beckoned Namjoon to follow him as he started walking in a direction away from the golden muse, “I do. I was never named at birth like you humans like to do, but I gave myself a name based off of what most men and women say when they first see me regardless of my form.”
“And what is that?” Namjoon ask though he wasn’t sure if he would even ever see this dragon again or need to know his name. He wasn’t even sure if this was a dream or not anymore because of how casual the dragon was speaking with him now that he was human.
He still walked with him though, becoming more comfortable with him as the dragon continued to talk, “My name is Seokjin,” he smiled proudly, “It means ‘handsome’.”
Namjoon wasn’t surprised most humans called him handsome when they first saw him. He really was, walking around with a bright smile and beautiful features that Namjoon couldn’t help but melt into and follow him around the forest like a lost puppy without even being prompted to as if he was in some kind of trance. He then realized where Jin was going and paused when they reached a large pond hidden in the woods where Namjoon sometimes liked to go to think to himself privately without worries of blood or shouting or fights over food between vikings happening around him. This place was his calming peace. His secret sanctuary that he found comfort in. His little hideaway he thought no one knew about… until Jin peered over into the water at his reflection, smiling at himself and nodding his head in satisfaction, “This place you always visit is so beautiful. When you leave, I stare into the water at my reflection and hope I’m a human you can find awe in just like our surroundings, and I think I was successful.”
Namjoon raised his eyebrows, “Wait, you’ve seen me here before? You’ve watched me?” Odin, he had a million questions right now, “Why do you want me to find awe in you?”
“Isn’t it obvious?” the man tilted his head, “I’ve chosen you to mate with! It’s my choice of course since I’m the carrier, but I’d still like you to enjoy our time together since I’d prefer our child to grow up with parents in love with each other.”
Namjoon felt his heart skip a beat, and he almost felt his knees growing weak underneath his weight. Ok, he was definitely dreaming now. No way was this real, and he was probably just nervous because had a whole clan waiting for him to finish his ceremony to become the chief of his village and lead them into the new age for vikings. But how was he going to even make it back to his village if there was a dragon, now man, talking to him about mating? And how was a male going to carry a child? Namjoon wasn’t even ready for children either! He hadn’t even thought of marriage yet though he was sure the elders were thinking about bringing that topic upon him soon now that he was going to be the new chief and would need to pass his leadership down to an heir. Either way though, they probably had a certain girl in mind rather than a male dragon to be the viking who lead alongside him.
He shook his head slowly, hoping the dragon wasn't going to eat him for turning him down, “This is flattering, but I have a clan to lead, and I don’t think they would be too fond of the idea of their chief and a dragon producing their future leader. I-If we were to have a child, he would face prejudice and be stripped of certain rights only full humans and dragons have, right?”
Jin laughed a little and shrugged, “Well would anyone have to know he’s half dragon? Seems silly for your people to have to know your family business.”
Namjoon swallowed hard at the sound of the dragon using the word ‘family’, and he spoke lowly now, “My people need to trust in me, so I must tell them everything,” he sighed and started to turn towards the direction of his village since he knew they were expecting him to come back soon to place a torch in the fire and claim his father’s throne, “Find another human or dragon to mate with you because-!”
“Namjoon, I already chose you!” the dragon grabbed his shoulder and forced him to turn around, his eyes glowing yellow for a split second to remind Joon of his true more vicious form. He seemed more desperate now as he spoke, “Please… I’m of age and I have found myself in so many places searching for the man who will be able to give my child the best life. This age of dragons and humans being at peace is not going to last long, alright?” he was breathing heavier now, seeming scared and out of character from before as he continued, “The war is spreading…”
“What war?” Namjoon asked, eyes widening.
“The war between humans and dragons,” Jin looked down, “I came here to escape it at first, abandoning my search for a suitable dragon or a human to mate with, but then I saw you,” he smiled a little, his eyes filling with tears, “You were so beautiful a-and kind. You would sit out by this pond and scribble things down on pieces of paper and when you spotted a little dragon laying out on a nearby rock or swimming in the pond, you didn’t curse at it to leave or try to kill it, y-you smiled and recited the things you wrote to it,” Jin leaned close and placed his hand on Namjoon’s cheek, “When I first heard these-these rhyming word stories you came up with, I found myself infatuated with you. I knew you had to be the father of my child. I knew you’d be able to raise it to be kind and smart like you and protect it…” he sniffled and placed his hand over his flat stomach, “Protect it when the war spreads to the north and my kind gets killed off one by one by your kind. You will raise it as a kind human and make sure it lives to see the day dragons and humans are at peace once more if that day may ever come again.”
Namjoon’s eyes were wide and his expression was frozen in shock. He couldn’t believe dragons and humans were going to be at war again after almost ten years of them being at peace. What caused this? Were dragon attacks happening and causing an uproar? Were humans bored and wanting to start something with the vicious race?
He saw tears in Jin’s eyes finally falling down his cheek and finally spoke quietly to him in reply, “You’re speaking as if you will leave the child with me. Why mate if you won’t be able to raise the child yourself?”
Jin smiled and shrugged, “I’m planning on staying and raising the child with you. I just wanted to make sure that the father I raise it with will be able to treat it to be kind and brave just in case…” Jin looked down and frowned, “Just in case…”
Namjoon realized what he meant now, knowing that Jin was fully planning on staying to raise his child though he was taking every precaution necessary to ensure his future child’s well being and survival just in case he didn’t survive this war that was apparently killing off dragons one by one. He still wasn’t fond of the idea of ‘mating’ with a dragon he just barely met, but he did feel for him.
“I chose you…” Jin added again, still looking down at the ground and pulling Namjoon away from his thoughts with his soft voice that he had previously been using before he got himself worked up. “Mating season is almost over, and I’ve fought every alpha dragon away from me because I had my sights set on you and you only… I-I’d like to have a child by next spring so if you could just think about it-!”
“I have to go back to my village,” Namjoon stepped away, feeling dizzy for a second but standing on his own just fine once he backed away. He knew he was just finding an excuse to leave before he was forced to make a choice, but he did have his ceremony to get back to. He frowned when he looked into Jin’s eyes, his back set straight and his hands clutched into fists to make him seem more serious and intimidating as he spoke, “I’m becoming chief today; my father’s people are waiting to become my own, and that takes my first priority right now.”
He watched as Jin’s face fell in devastation, so he quickly added without thinking for reasons he couldn’t understand, “But I will be back tomorrow, alright? With less on my mind, maybe we can talk about this and work out other options for you.”
Jin still frowned despite promises of being able to talk to the chief tomorrow, “Other options? You are the only one left.”
Namjoon started to back up, nodding his head despite Jin's complaint, “Alright, we’ll just talk then. I’ll be back here by sunrise tomorrow if you are willing to help me understand you more.”
Jin’s eyes widened a little in interest at Namjoon trying to understand him and he spoke up clearer now, “I’ll stay here and wait for you to return, chief,” he started to shift back into his dragon form, “Sunrise.”
Namjoon nodded and quickly snapped his head in the direction of his village when he heard the loud blare of the horn of the elder calling him to come home from the woods to finish the ceremony that would officially name him the chief of their village and of the Dal Viking Clan. Crows cawed overhead from feeling disturbed by the loud sound, and when Namjoon looked up at them, he noticed storm clouds rolling in as they always did every evening. He could hear the distant sound of rumbling off in the East and knew he’d have to run fast to the village to light his torch to the bonfire as symbolism of his love for his people forever burning and finish the ceremony before a big storm came and his people had to take shelter for the night.
He started to hurry away, eyeing Jin one last time before he completely turned into a dragon and took shelter in the tree line to hide from the alpha dragons still desperately searching for a mate this time of year and also the storm that he heard coming as well. Once Jin was hidden in the tree line, Namjoon turned back away from him and started to run back towards his village, already feeling rain drops on his skin though he had a feeling he would make it before the storm became too bad.
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Namjoon ran up the small hill at the center of his village where the clan’s elder was waiting for him with a torch in her hand, the orange and yellow flickering fire on top of it being protected from the cold rain by a tarp two taller men were holding up over her.
Everyone cheered when he emerged from the woods, their shouts and songs of praise echoing through the air as he tracked fast across the shoreline their village was set upon on their gloomy but prospering island. These cheers grew quiet when his sprint slowed into a walk and he made his way up the hill into the mossy land his people lived on and where the bonfire had been built for him to throw his torch into.
“Sorry,” Namjoon apologized with a soft laugh when he noticed the elder’s glare directed at him for taking too long in the woods.
“Make any friends while you were there? You took awfully long,” she replied in a gruff voice, handing him the torch as she stepped back and held her hands up for the village to cheer for their soon-to-be new chief.
Namjoon smiled awkwardly at them, having never known how to make his presence leave a mark as strong as his father’s. His father stood tall with broad shoulders bigger than he could even dream of having. His father had scars that decorated his body like tattoos drawn on his skin to force him to remember ever battle he won and lost, whether that be with a dragon, a bear, or another clan off in the east that claimed his life once and for all and earned him a rightful place in Valhalla.
Namjoon wondered if he would one day look like his father at all. If he would have scars or muscles big enough to make his enemies run with their tails between their legs. If he would have the power of Thor on his side and become as knowledgeable and well known as Odin as his father and his father before him was.
Only time would tell though. And Namjoon was willing to do everything in his power to achieve this status the many chiefs before him earned so valiantly.
The elder bent down to the ground and brushed her fingers across the black sand the hill was made of, reaching her hand up to Namjoon’s face afterwards and marking his forehead with the mark of their clan, the Dal Clan, which translated to the Moon Clan, symbolized in a crescent shape since the moon followed their clan’s warriors into battle to protect them and stayed back with their families as well to tie them together even when they were oceans apart. Their clan was a light in the darkness like the moon, and their clan was tied together with the help of it too. His people were proud to wear this crescent shape on their clothes, jewelry, and ships since it meant so much to them, and he felt the same.
Namjoon smiled at the elder as he felt her fingers pressing the shape onto his skin with the black sand, decorating him with light and unity with just a single curve of her thumb. He held his lit torch tight and could hear low humming drums beating as he lifted it up and turned to his people, now seeing them as they lifted their arms as well and cheered for him and created a harmony of deep voices of viking warriors praising him and women singing of his destiny to lead them into greatness. His heart rate picked up as he looked down at the large stack of wood in front of him, and he looked around once more at all of his people staring up at him, proud of their old leader’s son that they had so much faith in.
Namjoon finally smiled at all of them and shouted out loudly for everyone to hear him over the sound of their own cheers, “For our Dal Clan! The Moon Clan! May the moon continue to watch over us all and continue to light us up in the darkness so we may see our enemies when they are blinded and come back home safely with its uniting light as our guide!”
The whole village’s cheers grew louder as Namjoon finally threw his torch into the woodpile, stepping back a bit as it quickly lit up into flames and created a bonfire that would last until late into the night or at least until the storm came .
The elder held Namjoon’s hand beside him and smiled, “You’re father would be proud. You’re going to make a great chief and leader to your people.”
“His people,” Namjoon humbly corrected her, “I have yet to earn their trust or following.”
He looked over at all of them, smiling when he saw their happy faces as they grabbed each others’ hands and danced around, playing instruments and shouting out old war hymns in celebration of the new chief. He only looked back at the elder when she placed his hand on his back and assured him fondly, “You already have.”
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The next day at sunrise, Namjoon visited Jin, keeping true to his promise and meeting him by the pond where he was already in his human form and waiting. Namjoon had brought a fur cloak this time to cover him, sure that he was cold from the misty fog left over from the storm and the cold northern air this time of year. He wrapped it around him as he greeted him with a nervous smile, “I hope you weren’t waiting too long?”
“It’s still sunrise,” Jin shook his head with a smile, “You came as promised,” he looked him up and down, “And you’re a chief now? A leader?”
Namjoon nodded, “A leader.”
“Wow,” Jin gasped softly and looked towards the pond shyly, “I’m not a leader, but I hope that won’t be a problem.”
“No that’s not the problem,” Namjoon’s smile faded and he sighed, deciding to sit down now and pat the area of grass and clovers beside him that were wet with morning due for Jin to sit on. “Let’s talk now because I know nothing about you. To humans its important we know someone before we trust them let alone start a deep relationship with them or make a child with them. Some of my people are backwards though, marrying after knowing each other for a day and having children as they get to know one another. It usually works out though because everyone within our clan are perfect for one another.”
Jin’s eyes widened, “Woah, so you can never go wrong?”
“Oh, no, you definitely can,” Namjoon laughed a little, “My uncle and his first, second, and third wife went wrong, and some say all three of them are the reason he mysteriously disappeared,” his eyes widened as he spoke to enwrap Jin more in the story, and he found the dragon mimicking his expression as he spoke since he was paying attention so closely. He continued, “My father and mother married for status though and ended up falling in love after they had me,” his smile softened and he looked down, “So it worked for them.”
“Are they still happily married?” Jin asked, tugging the cloak tighter around his shoulders and leaning closer towards the chief viking.
Namjoon’s smile fell completely as he remembered his father’s last words in battle before he died and his mother drowning in a accident involving a dragon when he was only seven. The memories were still so vivid in his mind, but he pushed them to the back for now and nodded his head, “In the afterlife, yes. I believe they have found each other in Valhalla and are living out the rest of their days there.”
Jin sighed happily, glad they were still together and in love, “I want that… Dragons mate for life so once we choose someone, we may never choose another because we are marked with their scent, and other dragons know not to mess with an alpha’s mate. It’s the reason behind so many battles between dragons, and when two alphas fight,” Jin blew out air through his lips and shook his head, “You want to get off that land as soon as possible before you get caught up in it.”
“So am I an alpha?” Namjoon asked, “Or will you be allowed to mate with others after me?”
A blush rose across Jin’s features and he smiled to himself, giggling a little under his breath before he decided to lean in close and press his nose to Namjoon’s neck. He held his cheek lightly in the palm of his hand to keep him close and take in his scent, and he could feel Namjoon freeze under his touch, but he continued to take it in because it was almost intoxicating when he was this close. This human… This human was definitely capable of becoming a leader upon leaders even though he was still so young, probably only eighteen when Jin was hmm… twenty? In human years?
He leaned back and nodded his head, “You’re an alpha. And alpha dragons will respect an alpha human’s mate especially with the strong scent you have that you will cover me with.”
Namjoon blushed at this and quickly lifted his hands up to his face to cover it when he felt heat rise to his cheeks. He looked down and shook his head, “This is crazy… A dragon wanting to mate with me. And we’d be bonded for life,” he looked up with wide eyes, “And how would I introduce you to my village? A dragon? A human male able to bare kids? Surely they would have things to say about both of those introductions, but since I’m chief, they’d have no choice but to let you be part of the clan. Even if the war spread here, they’d…” he tilted his head and furrowed his brows, “They’d probably blame you, but if you could maybe say you came to warn us and are on our side, then that could work.”
“They’d earn their trust in me and treat me as their own even during the war because I help you guys out!” Jin gasped and clapped his hands excitedly, “You’re such a smart human!”
“But I still need to learn to trust you,” Namjoon quickly cut off the excitement to say in a serious tone, “You seem genuine, but I believe in a build up to marriage and having kids, and I definitely need more time with you before I let you into my clan as one of our own. How much time will you allow me to get to know you and decide if I want to make this big decision?”
Jin was happy that the viking was now considering his wants to mate and was willing to put in effort to try to make this work, so he replied with a smile, “There is one more month left of mating season. Alpha dragons without a mate will become more desperate and agressive towards the unmarked carrier dragons, but I will remain strong and stay in hiding to make sure you are the one that marks me if that is what you choose in the end.”
“Thank you for giving me time,” Namjoon pulled a knee up to his chest and leaned on it as he smiled and then started to get to know this strange creature he had no idea would ask him to be his mate when he first invited him out of the tree line. And if he knew the future the two of them were going to have together, he wouldn’t have needed anymore time at all to decide that he indeed wanted to spend the rest of his life with this beautiful man that he would come to love more than anything.
Namjoon continued to visit Jin everyday for the next three weeks, walking into the woods with clothes and sometimes food and finding him near their lake where they would sit and talk for hours until Namjoon was needed back at the village. Namjoon dressed Jin the second time they met, giving him brown wool trousers, a cream colored tunic, black leather boots, and the light brown fur cloaked he gave him that first sunrise they decided to attempt to pursue this relationship. Jin saw these gifts as some form of mating ritual humans performed, so he always returned the favor by making Namjoon flower crowns for him to wear as they talked, placing it over his head before he left and kissing him on the cheek to wish him well until they met again.
Twenty sunrises passed and Namjoon found himself meeting with Jin more often, coming out to the woods to talk to him when he achieved something great for the first time as chief and wanted to talk to someone about it without putting on the air of a strong leader who always kept himself composed without getting himself excited when he did brave and cool acts successfully. He would run out to the pond at times other than sunrise and call out the dragon’s name, finding his heart bubbling with excitement when he saw the dragon walking out from the tree line and transforming into a human once again for him.
They would talk for hours every day, Namjoon learning about Jin’s past as a dragon and finding out that once dragons chose a mate, they were bound for life, and once a carrier’s alpha mate died, they died along with them because of their bond breaking and shattering their heart completely in the process. Alphas lived on if their mate died though because it was common for carriers to be too weak to defend themselves from stronger dragons on their own which was why Jin was adament about making sure his child had a strong father that Jin was confident wouldn’t die especially with the dragon war spreading towards the north so fast. They talked about other things too like human and viking culture compared to dragon culture, Namjoon’s poems he liked to write, and places they had traveled to before.
They both had seen the grim parts of life, but they had also seen the beautiful parts as well. The sights, the smells, the tastes, the music…. each other.
On the twentieth day they had met with each other, they ate a picnic by their little pond that consisted of cooked fish, bread, buttermilk, and dried fruit dipped in honey. Jin was dipping his bread in honey as he spoke about how he saw dragons migrating over to a spot deeper inland, wounded and flying fast as if they had come right out of a war. He saw some arrows in one of the dragon’s side and knew it was humans, and when he realized that this meant the war was creeping closer, he couldn’t sleep at all that night.
Hearing Jin’s words and seeing the worry in his expression as he spoke about the dragons and the war with a trembling lip, Namjoon couldn’t help but find himself wanting to take Jin as far up north as they had to go to escape the war that Jin feared for himself and his future child. … Their future child now that he thought about it.
“I think I’m ready,” Namjoon spoke up, setting down his wooden cup half full of buttermilk into the basket and turning to Jin with a serious face.
Jin tilted his head as if he had totally forgotten about the reason he pursued Namjoon in the first place, “For what?”
Namjoon bit his lip and scooted closer with an intense stare, not wanting to back down from shyness when he had finally made up his mind, “I have fallen in love with you, Jin. Or at least I know I will soon fall in love with you,” a small smile grew on his face and reached down to grab a strawberry dipped in honey to eat it before he continued, “Our child, you want to raise it as a human?”
Jin’s eyes widened when he realized what this meant and he gasped, nodding his head excitedly, “Yes! You… You want to mate with me?”
“I want to marry you,” Namjoon’s smile widened, “I’ll introduce you to my village and you can warn them of a war coming. We’ll get married and mate for life just like you want.”
“Yes!” Jin shouted out and quickly jumped onto Namjoon to wrap him up in a hug, pushing him down into the grass and shifting on top of him as he held him tight and laughed out happily, “Oh my gosh, you’re going to be my alpha! My… My husband!” his eyes were bright with glee as he thought about their future he had been hoping for with the viking ever since he laid his eyes on him. He reached his head up to kiss him on the lips for the first time ever, not understanding how humans could just stop at the lips when he wanted to taste the inside of his future alpha’s mouth with his tongue, exploring every part of the man he was going to spend a lifetime with.
He pressed his hands into the wet grass to prop himself up as he continued to kiss Namjoon, pressing his knees into the ground on both sides of the viking’s hips as well to be able to hover over him as they made out. Namjoon laughed at how excited Jin became, and he wrapped his arms around the other boy’s thin waist, “I’ll take you back to my village tonight and introduce you to my people. We can get married by next week and mate that night to-!”
“No, I’ve waited so long!” Jin laughed and sat up, straddling Namjoon and pressing his hands on his chest through his shirt, “Tonight. Come back to the forest tonight, and we’ll mate how my kind does. We’ll spend the night here by the pond together afterwards and then the morning after you will take me to the clan and make me one of your own.”
“And how will we know if you are pregnant? We’ll just have to wait and see?” Namjoon sat up and asked as Jin got up off of him.
He watched as the other boy shook his head and replied with a smile, “I won’t be able to shape shift while pregnant. My body will have no choice but to remain in its human form until I give birth,” he looked up at the sun starting to set and grinned, “Hurry back to your village to take care of anything you need to get done as chief. Come back here when the sun is completely gone and mate with me how dragons do. I want to be ready for this important moment that marks the rest of my life that will be dedicated to you and our child.”
Namjoon stood up and dusted himself off of wet grass and stray drops of water that formed onto his clothes when he was laying down, bending down to quickly pack up their things before leaning forward to kiss Jin on the lips for their second time ever, “I will spend the rest of my life after tonight protecting you and our child as well,” he cupped Jin’s cheek with the palm of his hand and smiled, “And I’ll love the both of you more than anything…” he stepped back in the direction of his village, keeping his eyes on Jin as he reminded him once more before he turned and ran back to his people, “More than anything, Jin!”
He ran back to the village, straw picnic basket in hand until he threw it down on the ground by his wooden home built tall and decorated beautifully because it was the home of the village chief. He ran inside and towards his private bathing quarters where he could wash his face and prepare himself for the night ahead. He changed into clean clothes only meant to be worn for ceremonies, but he was sure this was a just occasion since mating was a big deal for dragons or at least Jin.
He dressed in a white tunic, black leather pants, and his black boots he only ever wore to war. He then wrapped a black belt around his tunic that held the crest of his people, and covered himself up with a black fur cloak that hung down to the ground behind him. This was what he was wearing when Jin and him met because he had the ceremony of becoming his village’s chief that day, and he was excited for it to be what he wore when he and Jin mated and became one with each other for a life time.
And he had to admit, he was definitely nervous for what was to come tonight. He still wasn’t sure of the idea of him being father much less to a half dragon child, but he knew that if he was going to raise it with Jin, he would enjoy learning how to be a parent and teaching the child how to live in a world where both parts of who he or she was was at war. Jin would teach their child the way of the dragons and he would teach their child the way of the vikings, and together, maybe their child could become something great that stopped this war in the future. Their child could bring peace.
Namjoon grinned at the thought of this as he exited his house, ready to venture out into the woods again until he suddenly rammed into the village elder while having his head up in the clouds, day dreaming of his future family. He stumbled over her a bit before catching himself and holding her up thankfully before they could both tumble to the ground. He stepped back quickly and apologized with wide eyes, “Elder, I’m so sorry! I was lost of thought and didn’t see you in the darkness,” he straighted up a bit and furrowed his brows, “Wait why are you out so late?”
“I was about to ask you the same question,” the elder leaned on her cane, seeming not phased at all by the almost tumble though she was now skeptical. She raised an eyebrow at Namjoon’s outfit, “And dressed like that to sneak out into the woods? Does it have something to do with the thing that has been pulling your focus away from the village for hours a day for the past few weeks?”
“What?” Namjoon tried to act shocked and laughed a little, “A chief needs his time alone, elder. My father had hours to himself every day as well.”
“Yes, but he didn’t come back with flower crowns on his head every time now did he?” the elder smiled a little since she knew Namjoon was going to have a hard time arguing the points she was making, “And you fix a picnic for two most days, but you’re still thinner than some of the children in our clan.”
Namjoon sighed and rolled his eyes, “Are you here just to irk me?” he started to walk past her and patted her on the shoulder, “I respect you, elder, but don’t worry about me. I just find peace in the forest that will help me become a great and wiser chief in the future, I’m sure.”
The elder sighed and let Namjoon pass despite deep down wanting to hit him on the head with her cane and forcing him to sleep since their chief couldn’t be sleep deprived, “Well tell the forest that our clan’s chief needs to spend some of his time with his people and not with her.”
“Not a girl,” Namjoon argued.
“Then him,” the elder called out after him and Namjoon couldn’t help but laugh to himself, “I’ll introduce the two of you soon, and I do hope you allow us to marry.”
The elder’s eyes widened at this and she gasped, “Marry the forest? Young chief, have you gone mad?”
Namjoon shrugged, “Maybe,” he laughed louder this time and picked up his pace towards the forest now, “But only in the best possible way.”
He ran towards the woods without another word to the elder, wanting to hurry back to Jin so the dragon wouldn’t think he left him all alone on the night they were to make their love for each other official and conceive a child from it. After tonight, he was going to forever love Jin, and during tonight, he was going to make this love to Jin in whatever way the dragon wanted.
The foggy air around him dampened his hair as he ran through the forest to his and Jin’s usual spot, the large pond hidden by a thick layer of trees so that no man may find their place of peace together. He ran out into the clearing and called out the dragon’s name, “Jin! Meosjin!” he looked up at the stars in the sky and then down at where they reflected on top of the surface of the lake. His eyes widened at the sight because he had never ventured out here so late to see such a beautiful sight.
Were he and Jin going to mate here? It was certainly a beautiful place to have their moment…
He blushed when he felt a breath on his neck, and he turned around to face Jin in his dragon form, his eyes showing a playful expression in them as he licked Namjoon’s face and quickly turned to breathe out fire onto the ground to create a yellow glowing trail. Namjoon’s eyes widened at what Jin was doing and he called out to him, “Jin, what are you doing? Why are you-!”
He watched in surprise as Jin bounded around him while still burning the grass underneath him until he had made a heart shape in the ground around Namjoon. Fire was set ablaze all around them from the hot wall Jin had created around them. Namjoon was about to ask what the heart shaped wall of fire around the both of them was before, but before he could, Jin quickly shifted back into his human form and smiled as he explained, “Dragons mustn’t be disturbed when mating so we protect ourself from other creatures in the area with a wall of fire. You and are protected now,” he grabbed Namjoon’s hand and placed it over his heart, “We will be safe as you take me as yours.”
Namjoon’s blush grew fully onto his cheeks now and he nodded his head, “I-I love you Jin.”
“And I love you, Namjoon,” Jin was happy to reply, dropping his fur coat to the ground and slipping his cream colored tunic up with one seductive movement from his hand, showing off one of his thighs to his soon-to-be-lover and whispering to him with a sly smile, “Tell me how you want me.”
“Just…Just how you are,” Namjoon couldn’t help but say, quickly lifting the tunic up over Jin’s shoulders and pressing a deep kiss to his lips before he moved onto his trousers. Jin kicked off his shoes and the rest of his clothes as his fingers struggled and fumbled but finally succeeded to take off Namjoon’s clothes as well. In a matter of minutes, their bodies were both pressed against each other’s rubbing together in a friction unseparated by clothing.
The fire around them was hot, but neither of them were bothered by it. If anything, it only provided a welcoming warmth in the cold mountain air of their homeland.
Jin spread his legs for Namjoon to fit between them, his fingers trembling since this was his first time ever letting another creature so close though he had come to trust the viking with his life and now his whole future. He arched his back and rubbed himself up against where he knew Namjoon would feel pleasure, and when he heard the strong viking man he had come to love moan out his name and ask for him to continue doing what he was doing, Jin couldn’t help but smile and want to do it a thousand times, over and over, until he had pleasured his lover as much as he possibly could.
He thought he could continue like this, just rubbing against Namjoon and kissing him passionately with his tongue exploring every bit of his mouth, but he grew excited for more when Namjoon pressed his fingers into his mouth and told him to lick them and wet them with his spit before he felt Namjoon reach down between his legs and slip his slender fingers into his entrance, one at a time, stretching him out and preparing him for what was to come. Jin froze at first, closing his eyes and waiting for this whole ordeal to become more natural as he started to leak with natural lubricant, but when his slick started to help Namjoon’s fingers slide in and out of him easier, he found himself moaning now too and begging Jin to replace them with something bigger. Something that would fill him with the children he wanted to raise with Namjoon.
“Namjoon…” he muttered out softly, running his fingers through the viking’s hair and closing his eyes as he hummed out in pleasure, “Go ahead. Make me yours.”
“You already are,” Namjoon leaned down and kissed the dragon, replacing his fingers with the smooth feeling of his length slowly pressing into him, much larger than Jin was expecting from a human though he had no complaints. He arched his back and spread his legs more to maybe make it easier for him, but nothing helped until he held one of Namjoon’s hands tight and moaned out loudly to cover up the discomfort he was feeling. Namjoon leaned down and kissed his neck, apologizing for the pain he could see in Jin’s eyes though he didn’t stop. He pushed all the way in and stayed there for a few seconds, biting and sucking at Jin’s neck to distract him from any pain he might have been feeling as they stayed there and got used to being so close to each other; the closest two creatures could ever possibly be.
When Namjoon started pull out again just to thrust back into Jin, Jin gripped onto the viking’s back and duck his nails into him without thinking since his heart started to beat faster with fear of how he was going to be able to take Namjoon’s pulsing cock thrusting in and out of him. He gripped tight to Namjoon and held his breath, wishing he had prepared his body more before this though he didn’t say anything because he wanted Namjoon to feel pleasure without feeling guilty.
Namjoon noticed how scared Jin looked and could practically feel him shaking, so he paused and looked down at Jin, running his fingers through his hair and speaking softly to him, “Relax, Jin. It helps if you relax.”
“It hurts, but don’t pull out,” Jin quickly said, trying his best to relax and breathe slowly as his alpha told him to do. He continued to have structure breathing to calm himself down as he stared up at Namjoon and told him to keep going, “Please… Keep going, I’ll get used to it,” he placed his hand on Namjoon’s cheek and tilted his head with a smile, “I love you. This is a dream come true to get to do this with you.”
Namjoon’s cheeks felt hot underneath the palm of his hand as he watched a blush creep up on the viking’s face. The human smiled and kissed Jin one more time, telling him that he loved him too before he continued on, slower and gentler at first just so Jin could get used to it now that he was relax. And when Jin hummed and moaned out in pleasure for the first time, Namjoon picked up the pace, leaning down and leaving a trail of hickeys and kisses from Jin’s neck all the way down to his chest.
The wall of fire around them continued to glow and the moon above them shine brightly as well. Creatures from miles away could see their fire and know and alpha and a carrier were mating tonight, knowing to stay far away from them because all creatures of the forest knew not to disrupt a dragon during mating season. Namjoon could hear the faint sounds of a dragon roaring in the distance, but he couldn’t find himself to care as he started to reach a climax with Jin, hearing his melodic moans that sounded like part of a beautiful song sung by families returning from war. He pressed kissed deeply into Jin as he shoved one last thrust into him and cummed out, biting Jin’’s neck and sinking his teeth deeper into the other boy’s skin when Jin told him to go ahead and mark him now.
He continued to ride out his orgasm until Jin cummed out across his chest, panting and reaching his hands up to Namjoon’s shoulders to hold them and say breathlessly, “I need to mark you too,” he pressed his hand to Namjoon’s neck, “Is it alright if I mark you there? Where everyone can see?”
Namjoon nodded his head and leaned closer, “Make sure to leave a mark that stays forever.”
Jin smiled and reached his head up to sink his teeth into Namjoon’s neck, just enough to break the skin and leave a mark that would forever bond them. He heard Namjoon wince and pulled away when he was done to admire how his mark looked, leaning up just once more to lick away the blood and whisper into Namjoon’s ear, “This is equivalent to what you humans call marriage,” he smiled to himself and ran his fingers through Namjoon’s hair that shined under the light of the fire that dance around them, “I know it’s not the same to you, but it means so much to me.”
“Anything that means so much to you will mean just as much to me,” Namjoon caught Jin’s hand as it started to trail down to his side on the ground underneath him. He held it tight and in between their chests as he stared into the dragon’s eyes deeply and spoke with a smile, “It’s the two of us feeling things together from now on. That’s how strong our bond will be.”
Jin’s eyes lit up with a sparkle of excitement and he nodded his head eagerly, “I’d like that, Namjoon,” he reached his free hand down to his stomach and a warm blush crept upon his face, “I hope our child has your way of words. Being half-dragon and half-human, they will surely bring peace if they speak how you do.”
Namjoon couldn’t help but smile and lean down to kiss Jin once more, “And may our child inherit everything else from you. Courage, beauty, wit… All the things that made me fall in love with-!”
A loud roar coming from a dragon that sounded much bigger than Jin escaped from the valley near the shoreline where Namjoon’s village lay. The noises sounded like thunder ripping through the sky and landing right next to them, but both of them knew what it really was. Where it really came from.
Jin froze and Namjoon sat up before he could finish speaking to his lover who was now his bonded mate, turning in the direction of the sound to see through the darkness and the fog of the mountain air on the cliff they were on that overlooked most of the side of the island the Moon Clan inhabited. His eyes widened and he lost his breath as his heart sank down to his stomach.
“Fire…” he breathed out softly, seeing now how his whole village was in flames from a dragon almost as tall as the cliff he and Jin were on. He stood up and grabbed his clothes, hurrying to put them on without a moment of hesitation, “I have to go to my people. I have to fight alongside them as chief, and-!”
“I understand, Namjoon,” Jin helped lace up his black leather boots as Namjoon threw on his fur cloak over his black tunic. He stood back up and kissed Namjoon on the lips, “I’ll go with you, alright? As a dragon, I can-!”
Namjoon shook his head, “Jin, we just bonded ourselves for life. I’m not going to have you die only five minutes after we mate!”
“If you die, then I die anyway,” Jin argued, sighing and closing his eyes, “I’m going to transform and-!” his eyes widened and he gasped, looking down and shaking his head as he muttered out with a shuttered breath, “I…Oh… So soon.”
It didn’t take long for Namjoon to realize what Jin was saying. He felt his heart jump a little in his chest and he quickly held Jin’s hands, “You can already tell you’re pregnant? It’s only been a few minutes, can you really find out that fast?”
“I can’t transform,” Jin shook his head, shutting his eyes to try again but only stumbling a bit and nodding his head to himself in confirmation, “It’s no use,” he smiled a little, “I think… I think we might have been able to make a child already,” his eyes moved to the smoke rising from the small village down below near the shore and his smile fell, “Which means if you die, not only will I die, but this child will die too. You have to remain safe at least until I give birth, alright Joon?” he moved his hands up to the viking chief’s face and furrowed his brows as he muttered out in a serious tone, “I won’t be able to join you now in order to protect our child, but you fight for your people with all your might, and we’ll be waiting here, ok?” he moved one of Namjoon’s hands to his stomach, “Survive, Joon. That’s all I ask.”
Namjoon smiled down at Jin’s stomach and smoothed his thumb over the dragon’s soft human skin, “I’ll be back when the fire is gone, and I’ll bring you down to meet my people once the smoke has cleared,” he kissed Jin one last time and started to back up out of the wall of fire Jin had placed around them to protect them, “I love you!” he called out and turned to run back to his village, still feeling his heart beating fast from making love to Jin and then finding out that they had already successfully made a child.
He… He was going to be a father. In the same year of becoming chief, he was going to become a dad and a husband, and for reasons he couldn’t explain at the time, he was more excitement about having a family rather than becoming a leader.
Namjoon ran across the beach, his calves burning from the sand under his shoes proving to be too soft to run on comfortably, but he didn’t stop running. Not until the flames enwrapping his village were all around him, the sounds of flames crackling and people shouting becoming all he could hear along with the dragon that had destroyed their town’s wings flapping and creating a powerful wind as it started to fly away. Namjoon’s lungs were burning from how fast he had run, but he managed to keep up his strength just to run over to a man and ask, “What happened in the short time I was away? Where did the dragon come from?”
“The demon just came out of nowhere and destroyed our village while everyone was asleep! It wasn’t provoked!” the man shouted back at him, angry that a beast came just to hurt their village. He grabbed and axe and pointed it at Namjoon, “It’s heading towards the cave-lands to the East so we need to gather up what we can tonight and leave to kill that thing.”
“Kill it?” Namjoon’s eyes widened, but he knew he couldn’t protest killing a dragon that had hurt them first. An eye for an eye was the viking way of life, and if Namjoon’s first move as chief was to say no to a request for revenge, he’s surely lose all respect he could have gained from his village for as long as he ruled. He had to do this.
He had to go kill the dragon that wronged his clan.
The man, older than Namjoon and much stronger than him physically seemed angry to see his young chief showing reluctancy to kill the dragon that destroyed half his village. He stepped close to Namjoon and spoke in a stern voice that reminded him of his father, "No one died while you were away, but we may not be able to say that if it returns- when. it returns," his breath was heavy as he breathed in the smoke from the air and pointed to his house that was still currently burning, "The house that sheltered my family was ruined because of that fire demon, and I will not let it come back to kill my wife and son, Yoongi," Namjoon looked to see the man's wife helping an older woman away from her burning house, their two year old son in her arms and crying from the travesty that happened all around him.
Namjoon couldn't help but think of his own child that he would have with Jin one day and realized that he would soon understand this man's eagerness to kill the thing that put his family in danger. He bit his lip and nodded his head, deciding to do what he knew most of his people would want on behalf of their family's safety “Ready a ship and other men willing to go. No one is forced because we will still need men back here to rebuild while we are gone,” he knew almost every man and even a few women in the village would be eager to go kill the beast that set their home ablaze, but if needed, he would force a few people to stay back to care for the children.
Children…
He looked up at the mountain where he knew Jin was waiting for him with a baby now growing inside of him that they would be meeting by fall this year if everything went well. He never wanted to leave Jin alone during this time of vulnerability when he wouldn’t be able to change into his dragon form and also have a baby in him to have to protect, but his duty as chief was too important to ignore. He had to leave him and kill the monster that put his clan in danger. He wasn’t in a position to be able to do anything else. Like any good chief, like his father, he had to lead his village in killing the dragon. That was the only way to protect them and assure them that this wasn’t going to happen again.
Once he sent the man off to round up other people willing to fight and ready their ships for battle, he ran in the opposite direction back to the forest, needing to tell Jin of how he was going to be alone for the beginning of this pregnancy. He didn’t stop running until he reached the lake where he and Jin had met and fallen in love, cupping his hands around his mouth and shouting his lover’s name, “Jin! Where are you? Please come out!”
Jin quickly emerged from the woods, his clothes now on as he asked Namjoon in a worried voice, “What is it? Is your village safe from the dragon already?”
Namjoon didn’t answer Jin until he ran up to him and wrapped him up in a tight hug, kissing his neck and muttering out softly now that he had caught his breath and was calming down with his mate, safe and in his arms, “I don’t have much time… I have to leave to kill it,” he held Jin tighter since he knew the other man would protest and he didn’t want him to pull away. Not now when they only had just minutes together before Namjoon would have to leave for who knew how long, “The dragon attacked our town unprovoked. My people want it dead, and as a new chief just taking over my father’s role, I’m not in a position to argue. I have to lead them into my first battle as their leader.”
He expected Jin to be mad. No, completely angry beyond compare. They had just mated, just made a child. He had made a promise to Jin to protect him and their child and love them more than anything, and now he was having to leave them for some stupid revenge kill on a dragon that set fire to their town and-!
“I understand,” Jin looked down and spoke softly, a frown on his face despite seeming to understand why Namjoon had to go to his surprise. He opened his mouth to ask Jin if it was alright he was killing a dragon since it was one of his kind, but before he could, Jin looked up at him with a serious expression as he assured his alpha, “Anyone, dragon or human, that is an enemy to you is an enemy to me,” Jin reached his hand up to Namjoon’s cheek, “But dragons are dangerous, Joon. I-I wish I could help, but-!”
“I will be protecting the land we will soon raise our child on,” Namjoon kissed Jin’s forehead. “You do the most important part and stay here to protect our child, alright?” he stepped back, smile fading as he reached into his shirt and grabbed an symbolic necklace that had been wrapped around his neck. It was an amulet all chiefs wore and it had been passed down from father to son for generations. It was more of a family bond symbol than a chief symbol. A bond held by this necklace so that whatever happened to the loved one who gifted the necklace to the other, they would always be together, not only connected by the moon that watched over the clan but by the dragon shaped pendent on the end of the necklace that had been passed along by the warriors of the clan for generations.
He hung it over Jin’s head and let it fall over his chest, watching the dragon symbol lay perfectly over Jin’s shirt just over his heart. Jin looked down at the necklace and reached to touch it with the tips of his fingers, “What is this?…”
“It’s uh..” Namjoon sniffled and felt himself choking up. He hated leaving Jin. He wanted to just stay here with him, but this world was keeping them apart for now. He wanted to introduce him to his village quickly before he left so Jin would be protected by his people, but he knew they wouldn’t react well to a dragon being in their village at this time, pregnant with the chief’s child or not. They would kill him and their baby while Namjoon was away, claiming it would grow up to be a demon like it’s father for sure. Namjoon placed his hand over his heart and continued, “It’s a necklace. The moon will watch over the both of us and connect us while I’m away, but this necklace,” he reached over to touch Jin’s hand that was still hovered over the dragon pendant, looking into Jin’s eyes with tear filled ones, “This necklace will keep me right here with you even when I’m an ocean away.”
Jin’s eyes widened and his lips parted as he let out a soft gasp under his breath. His eyes became glossy with tears just like his alpha’s, “I have nothing to give you… to make sure you remember me.”
“You’ve given me too much for me to forget,” Namjoon smiled and stepped back again, hearing the sounds of horns to call all the men and women wanting to fight the dragon down to the boats since they were to leave soon, “I’ll try my best to make it back to you, so wait for me, ok?”
“As long as it takes,” Jin nodded his head, trying to smile though he only felt like crying and mourning the absence of his alpha that was soon to come, “I love you Namjoon!” he called out, hoping he would be able to tell him that in person soon when he came back.
“And I love you too, Jin!” Namjoon called out one last time before suddenly running off towards his village to join his clan on their journey to defeat the dragon before it could come back and finish their village off. Smoke was all around the shoreline now and ash was falling from the sky even in the forest far from where the village was.
Jin watched as Namjoon disappeared into the trees, just as he always did when Jin would watch from afar in curiosity, wondering if this sweet and handsome human would ever fall for him enough to want to be a family with him before mating season was over. He was surprised things worked out like this. He was surprised he was lucky enough to become the alpha human’s mate. He pressed one hand to his stomach and the other to the necklace Namjoon had placed on him to promise his return, praying that he would see his lover again hopefully before he gave birth to their child.
And until then, Jin would have to try to survive in his human form to keep him and his baby alive for when Namjoon came back to them.