Kihyun wondered how he was going to deal with having to share Jimin now since Cory had entered their lives. Cory made no notion of going home, but he knew they had to face that reality eventually when Kris thought it was time for Changkhyun to return to the states. It was close to December now, just after Thanksgiving. They had another Skyping session on Thanksgiving, just talking and enjoying food. Namjoon had made it home after Thanksgiving, with Doyoung and Hoseok staying with Vernon and Seungkwan.

"Has Kisu not discussed where his relationship with Youngjae was even going yet?" Kihyun asked Cory as they took a walk out to the lake. "No," said Cory as he stared straight ahead with his hands in his hoodie pockets.

"Have you given it any thought on whether you want to go home or not?" Asked Kihyun. "I've given it a lot of thought," said Cory as he looked down at the ground. "I might return home, since I never came here to take over relationships or anything like that," he said. "It's not like I wanted to find my mate in Jimin," he said. "It can't be helped, I know," said Kihyun with a sigh. "I know I gave you my blessing but even Jimin can tell how homesick you are," he said. "At least Hui and Kisu got to go back for a couple days," he said. "But since you're stand in alpha until Changkhyun gets back, you're stuck here," he said. "I'd give anything to go back," Cory grumbled in Korean, causing Kihyun to look at him in confusion. "Nothing nothing," he said when he noticed Kihyun's look.

They reached the lake, Cory going to pay his respects to the 4 graves. "Isn't one of the people here's birthday in a couple days?" He asked Kihyun as he leaned down to brush his fingers over the names. "Yeah, Jin's," said Kihyun as he stood behind Cory. "If it doesn't snow I want to get a barbecue out here," he said. "If it does it's another giant snowball fight," he said with a chuckle. Cory laughs, moving away from the graves. "That sounds like fun," he said. "It is until everyone starts targeting you," Kihyun said scratching the back of his head. "You say that like it's happened to you," said Cory as he turned to Kihyun. "It has," he said, laughing some.

Kihyun went over and placed a couple flowers down on each grave before moving back. Cory went over to the water, standing close to the water as he looked out over the water. "I'm surprised this hasn't frozen over yet," he said. "It will soon," said Kihyun when he he walked over after he was done. "Did it snow when you were home?" He asked. "Sometimes," said Cory. "We live in Daegu so," he said, shrugging. "Mm," said Kihyun. "It does snow, but it's not much," said Cory as he picked up a rock and skipped it across the water.

"What made you want to become the main alpha again?" Asked Kihyun. "Coming back after Hui contacted me to tell me about what happened with Jeonguk," said Cory. "What happened with him?" Asked Kihyun. "He went berserk," said Cory. "The grief hit him too hard, and by that time I had met Changsun and Hongseob," he said. "They were travelling together, friends that took me in because they wanted to help me," he said. "To face Jeonguk meant I had to face that side of me again," said Cory. "I had to snap him out of it, but that required me to give into the anger," he said. "Luckily Kisu and Hui knew how to snap me out of it if it went too far," he said. "Changsun and Hongseob knew how to snap me out of it too, but I was the only one who knew how to snap Jeonguk out of it," he said.
 

~

Cory stood in the doorway to Jeonguk's room, where Jeonguk was in wolf form, snarling and baring his teeth at Cory. "I can't believe I was asked to do this," he grumbled as he shrugged off his shirt. "Jeonguk," he said, holding out both hands to show he meant no harm. "You're okay," he said. "I'm not going to hurt you," he said. Jeonguk continued to growl, taking a couple steps forward.

"Do you think he can do it?" Asked Changsun. "I know he can," said Kisu as he sat down in the living room. "He's done it before, but that was before Jeonguk kicked him out," he said. "I don't know if he can still do it, but we'll see in a few minutes," he said. "Why are you concerned suddenly hyung?" Asked Hongseob. "I think I found my mate," mumbled Changsun. "Both of them too it seems," he said, looking at Jinhong before looking towards the hallway where Jeonguk's room was. Jinhong tilted his head to the side before looking towards the hallway.

Cory let out a deep sigh as he circled around the room with Jeonguk. "You leave me no choice then," he grumbled as he closed his eyes, allowing the anger to burst forward, his alpha aura rolling off him in waves. He opened his eyes, which were now gold in color and tackled Jeonguk with the intent to kill.

They wrestled around, Cory eventually pinning Jeonguk under him as Jeonguk returned to human form to fight off Cory. "I thought I told you not to return," snarled out Jeonguk. "If it wasn't for your precious beta contacting me I would've never returned," spat Cory as he reared his arm back to punch Jeonguk in the face. "I came to get you back to normal so I can live my life damn it," he snarled out.

Jeonguk grabbed the fist, landing a right hook on Cory's face, effectively shoving him off. He stood, noticing the eyes. That seemed to snap him out of his insanity briefly. "Did I really push you that far?" He asked, his shoulders slumping as he sighed. "Joohyun," he said, watching as Cory seemed to snap back to reality his eyes returning to their normal color. "W-What?" Came Cory's quiet voice. "Did it happen again?" He asked. Jeonguk nodded as he went to put on some pants, shrugging on a button down shirt afterwards and throwing one of his shirts at Cory, who shrugged on the shirt.

"I guess we both pushed ourselves," said Jeonguk as they left the room. "I guess," said Cory. "I changed my name by the way, I go by the name Cory now," he said. "Call me Joohyun when it comes to that again," he said. "Sure," said Jeonguk.
 

~

"It took me a couple more years to gather my courage to become alpha again," said Cory as they started to walk back. "Jeonguk has supported me ever since, with Kisu being my other beta," he said. "Changsun and Hongseob fit well into our pack when Changsun told Jinhong and Jeonguk that he was their pure blood mates," he said. "Seems like it came to a happy ending," said Kihyun as he noticed Jimin standing on the back porch when they came upon the house. "Mm," said Cory as he spotted Jimin.

"Hey guys," said Jimin. Cory waved. Kihyun smiled. "Hey Jimin, what's up?" He asked. "Well, I wanted a night with Cory tonight," said Jimin as he scratched the back of his head. Cory blushed as he chuckled some. "Sure," he said. "Don't be too loud now," Kihyun said with a snicker. "We aren't that loud!" Cory said as he scowled. Kihyun laughs. "I'll go sleep in my bed then," he said heading inside. Jimin chuckled as he went inside with Cory following behind them.