Married
Jerk. This person is a total jerk!
Kael was cursing the man in front of him as he continuously dabbed the man's arm with a tissue, trying to wipe the spilled beverage on his suit. What happened was an accident and yet this man right here just threatened to cause a scene if Kael wouldn't compensate by ruining his suit.
Well, isn't it his birthday celebration? Why is he trying to please a guest? However unpleasant it is for Kael, he just couldn't make a scene that could possibly tarnish the Acosta's image by fighting with a guest. Judging by his expensive looking suit, Kael guessed that he is from an affluent family like the Acosta.
"Just as the rumors say, you're really beautiful in person." Although he wasn't looking, Kael could feel the jerk's eyes on him. It's so irritating that the Omega feel like poking something. For example, this jerk's eyes. But he never said anything, and focused on drying his suit harder.
But it seems that the jerk was too oblivious with the Omega's distaste of the situation. "Too bad it's wasted on Zenon. Ah, how about I'll just buy you from them. It would be a worthy investment."
Kael's hand stopped when he heard his words, his eyes moved to meet his to glare at him. It's like telling him 'you are such an asshole' using his eyes. But the Alpha just smirked.
"What? I don't offer such things with just anyone." His hand moved trying to touch the Omega's face but before Kael could even react, a hand closed around his wrist to pull him away from the Alpha and even angle himself to hide Kael behind him.
Kael was about to panic when he inhaled that familiar musky scent, the one that made him feel both calm and warm. He had never felt calm in the presence of an Alpha's pheromones before.
"Zenon," the Alpha jerk uttered. A smirk playing on his lips and his hands inside his pockets.
"William," Zenon replied in his usual icy-tone. He is not even concealing his disdainfulness towards the person in front of him.
It's as if a staring contest was hosted between the two Alphas and their pheromones began to clash, filling in the closed space of the men's restroom. Kael immediately covered his nose to avoid breathing too much and involuntarily squeezed himself to Zenon who had no plans of letting him go by how his grip tightened. The Omega could imagine a lightning in between them. Anyone could even see the cold war between these two.
William looked away first as he faced the large mirror by the sink, feigning to fix his hair. "Heard you finally settled down." His covert glance at Kael didn't escape Zenon.
"Heard you haven't." Zenon angled himself to hide Kael from being reflected on the mirror.
Kael was so confused by how this Alpha was acting right now. He was so insistent with his hate towards the Omega just the other days. But he was tamed last night. He even comforted Kael with his pheromones because he was having a hard time sleeping. Kael was starting to get dizzy with the words playing inside his head.
Seeing what the Alpha did, William scoffed "Why hide him? Scared that I might steal him?"
"Let me see you try."
"Of course I don't need to, they naturally came to me since you don't know how to treat them better."
Kael's breath hitched when that usual cold, if not scowling, face cracked a smirk. That was definitely bad for the heart. Good thing Kael had guarded his just in time.
"I just took pity on you. I might as well share some leftovers."
William's face darkened, clearly agitated by Zenon's quick remark. Seeing the Omega trying to peek from Zenon's side, William couldn't possibly embarrass himself even more. "It seems like we are interrupted. Well... see you around, sweetheart." The corner of his mouth tilted as one eye flicked shut, looked at Zenon once more, then left.
Now that there are only the two of them and the awkward silence. Why is no one using the restroom? Why was he still holding the Omega's wrist? But Kael's most curious question was why was his heart beating so much? Scared that the Alpha might hear it, Kael stepped back but was just pulled back by the Alpha.
"Are you really this careless?" Zenon asked as he turned around to face Kael.
"What? I bumped into him, sort of, and unluckily spilled a drink on his suit. I feel sorry a little bit since it looks quite expensive so I helped it to dry off a bit." Kael's eyes were on his other hand, fidgeting as though he were guilty of doing something he shouldn't have done and got scolded as a result.
The Alpha let out a frustrated sigh. "Yeah? Dragging a stranger to the restroom seems like a good idea."
"Oh, I was actually thinking of taking him to the hotel room to change his suit. Saw a lot of spare suits while I was preparing," he yapped.
But that only made Zenon frown even more.
Kael pouted. "Where did this anger come from? We were just okay last night. You even hurt your hand." Grabbed Zenon's wounded hand to inspect it. "Guess who's careless now. How did you even cut yourself like this?"
But the Alpha just stayed silent, his eyes on Kael's grip. However, Kael was fixated on the wound on his hand due to the fact that it hasn't stopped bleeding. "They don't have a first aid kit here. But I saw one in the room." Kael stated as he tried to pull the Alpha out of the restroom.
Yet, Zenon didn't budge.
"That would be unnecessary."
Kael changed his grip to Zenon's wrist to pull him harder which the Alpha finally took a step. "Of course it is. The other day I read an article about flesh-eating bacteria. It was horrible, I tell you. I think it was necormanizing fas-something."
"Necrotizing fasciitis."
"That! Wow, you know it. Anyways, someone had this infection…" and proceeds yapping about it as they walk towards the elevator, pressed to the upper floors, and walk towards the hotel room.
As for Zenon, he was more occupied by how the Omega's touch could calm him. He was sure of giving him an earful but he couldn't bring himself to do it now. And Kael was being oblivious. It's just, he had this nice, comfy feeling being close with the Alpha. But then, this is just normal since they are somewhat compatible; with the two being both dominant with their second gender.
Zenon just silently watched the Omega fumbles around the room, talking nonsense yet still holding the Alpha's wrist.
"I got hurt a lot during grade school, my neighbor would patched me up every time I got wounded. Still, I got some scars from it. Well, it's not that visible now. They moved out when I was in high school." They sat down on the nearest sofa in the living room and Kael started cleaning the wound carefully.
The Alpha just let him do whatever. Dominant Alpha has high tolerance to pain, a wound that's small doesn't even sting which is probably why he didn't notice that he got cut from the shattered glass. But watching Kael taking care of something so trivial for him, he couldn't help but feel pleased.
However, his mind wasn't really focusing on his wound but to the person cleaning it and his stories. The Alpha just found himself immersed with Kael's words, realizing this was the Omega's truths talking, without pretending to be that someone he hated.
"So, when I started in drag racing, I got hurt a whole lot of times," Kael reminisced, followed by soft chuckles remembering how he suck at it when he was starting. "Good thing Alec was there to teach me a few things."
"Alec huh."
The Alpha's cold words made Kael pause in his actions. It wasn't just his usual voice, rather it was laced with something dangerous in it. Yet, Kael was too oblivious to notice that. What had his temple grow beads of sweat was the fact that he was sharing about himself which he knew was too far from Kaisen's life.
The person in front of him has stayed silent, anyhow Kael could feel those cold, piercing stares that's boring holes on his head. And yet, Kael still had the courage to confirm it and lift his gaze.
As soon as their eyes met, Kael could not help the ceaseless pounding in his chest and feeling butterflies in his stomach by how those stares managed to crept into his skin. He was a stranger with the feeling but somehow Kael concluded that it would end up bad when the time comes.
And Zenon had zero intention to look away hence Kael felt his cheeks heated. The Omega fastened his movements and stood up to leave to avoid the Alpha's eyes with an excuse. "Ah, we've been gone for long. They must be looking for u—"
Kael was stopped from rising with a grab on his wrist, pulling him back down the couch. Taken aback, Kael fell with wide eyes, his back leaned against the soft fabric of the couch. His heart raced even more when Zenon climbed on top of him, locking the Omega in place.
"—s? Umm…" He didn't know what to say and could only bite his lips.
Zenon just shamelessly watched him squirm. His eyes would drift from Kael's eyes, down to his nose, on to the Omega's lips, down to Kael's neck, slowly, as if he were taking his time to savor what he was seeing.
Awkward, Kael looked away in a flush. "If they find out that we're both gone, they might expect we're doing something together."
"And how is that a problem? We are already married." Zenon was just planning to tease the Omega initially, however, Kael's reaction made it hard for the Alpha to stop. With how enticing the scent coming from Kael's neck is to Zenon because of their intimate position, it's almost impossible to hold himself back like this.
Remembering Kael's endeavors for the past few days, Zenon let his pheromones slip, little by little. "You've been hanging out with the guys a lot lately." And somehow, some Alpha pheromones clung onto the Omega. Although he knew it wasn't intentional by the faint amount of it, it still displeased him.
"They're good people… and fun too." Kael didn't even know why he was responding as though he needed to give an explanation. Kael squeezed his eyes shut. He could not afford looking the Alpha in the eyes, not in this proximity and in his condition. He just sniffed a delicate amount of the Alpha's pheromones and yet, he could feel how his body trembled with need. Why does he have to smell so good anyway?
"Hmm… I guess they are." Zenon's right hand ran through the Omega's hip, and even though there is still fabric between, the Alpha's touch felt hot as though he were touched with his bare skin. And Kael could not help it but to look at the person on top of him.
Tears lingering, lips parted on a shallow breath, a soft, helpless sound slipping through, his pheromones emanating throughout the room, and his fingers curled into the Alpha's suit. Kael's mind was turning blank. And seeing the Omega like this felt it hit him like a spark to dry tinder, that fragile, reckless yearning threatening to burn through every last shred of his restraint.
Zenon leaned closer to his ears, his hand geniusly moved up to the Omega's chest. Caressing it repeatedly. Brushing his fingers on the small bud that became visible on Kael's fine white shirt. And every time the Alpha would do so made Kael's body shiver.
"Wait!"
Kael brought his hand to cover his lips in an attempt to contain his moan, his other hand tried to push the Alpha off him however without the energy to do so. His short, heavy breaths keep on escaping his mouth.
Zenon, fueled by Kael's aroused pheromones, removed the Omega's hand off his lips and eagerly pinned his arm on top of his head. "Let me hear it, hmm?" The Alpha's rough, low voice filled Kael's ears, and Zenon's warm breath that fanned his ears sent electricity in every part of his body.