Chapter 93
“…Don’t… want…”
The words “don’t want” leaked out repeatedly between trembling lips. Tae-geon was about to withdraw his reluctant touch while cursing under his breath.
“…Al…pha… not you… another alpha…”
Tae-geon looked down at Hyeon-woo with wide eyes in surprise at those words. Hyeon-woo, barely regaining consciousness, continued speaking painfully word by word into the air while breathing heavily.
“…Bring… me… alpha… please…”
The voice tangled with gasping breaths sounded like a tuberculosis patient on the verge of death.
“…Ple…ease… Please…! Aaaaaargh…!!”
Hyeon-woo screamed and tore at his hair like a madman. He twisted his waist, rubbing his private parts against the bed sheets, then shoved his fingers back into his hole. At the same time, a violent groan burst from Hyeon-woo’s mouth. It was a groan of pure pain, not pleasure.
Tae-geon’s heart turned ice cold as he watched red blood gush out of Hyeon-woo’s hole. Blood flowed down Hyeon-woo’s hand from somewhere deep inside, beyond the entrance, as if he had gouged the mucous membrane with sharp nails.
Tae-geon’s mind went blank as he looked at Hyeon-woo’s lower body stained red. The memory of the day Hyeon-woo miscarried flashed intensely through Tae-geon’s mind. The image of Hyeon-woo dripping blood below began to consume his thoughts. Tae-geon’s limbs trembled like someone triggered by trauma.
Huff, huff.
Tae-geon’s face was pale and bloodless as he gasped for breath. Empty mixer blades whirred rapidly in his head, spinning uselessly. It felt like his brain was being completely ground up.
He really felt like he was going to go insane.
*
Of all times, why did it have to overlap with the elevator maintenance schedule?
Just as Ju-on had climbed the stairs from the first floor and reached the final step, Tae-geon burst out of the front door, pale and drenched in cold sweat.
“Tae-geon hyung…?”
Ju-on hurried towards Tae-geon. Tae-geon was so out of his mind he didn’t even recognize Ju-on who had come right up to him.
“Where are you going at this hour, leaving Jaesu-taeng behind!”
Ju-on quickly grabbed the seemingly anxious Tae-geon to stop him. The pheromones of an alpha consumed by desire mixed chaotically with that sweet scent that had tormented Ju-on every night.
…This smell.
Ju-on frowned.
Jaesu-taeng’s pheromones…
Ju-on’s eyes widened as if sensing something.
Heat cycle…!
As Ju-on urgently tried to enter the house, Tae-geon finally reacted to him. Shaking off Tae-geon’s hand trying to stop him, Ju-on went inside. He immediately flung open the bedroom door, still wearing his sneakers.
Hyeon-woo’s richly colored pheromones assaulted Ju-on all at once. The sight of Hyeon-woo lying naked on the bed filled Ju-on’s vision. Ju-on quickly approached and restrained Hyeon-woo’s arm as he was frantically scratching at his nape.
The bed was a mess with Hyeon-woo’s blood, while the floor was covered in empty pill bottles and spilled suppressants. Ju-on lifted Hyeon-woo’s closed eyelids to check his condition. His pupils were half-rolled back. It was clear he had gotten into this state because the drugs weren’t working properly.
Leaving someone like this alone…
“Are you crazy, hyung?!”
Anger surged up. Ju-on finally couldn’t hold back his anger and shouted at Tae-geon who had followed him in.
“Where are you going, abandoning someone who’s not in their right mind!”
Ju-on berated Tae-geon. Even more cold sweat than before was running down Tae-geon’s pale forehead.
…What’s going on.
Ju-on frowned. What’s wrong with that guy now.
Ju-on watched Tae-geon carefully with one eyebrow furrowed. The other side seemed in just as bad a state as this side. Tae-geon, who had looked unsteady, staggered once and barely supported himself by grabbing the nightstand just before collapsing to the floor.
In that brief moment, the raw pheromones Ju-on had smelled from Tae-geon earlier once again sharply pierced his nose. The lecherous and dangerous pheromones of an alpha sticky with desire.
Ju-on tilted his head. It was a bit different from the typical alpha pheromones directed at an omega.
How to put it, more primal…
It felt like raw, unrefined ore, not filtered at all, like the pheromones of an omega in heat.
…What is this. No way… it can’t be a rut.
Tae-geon hyung is extremely dominant.
Ju-on, who had been confused, seemed to organize his thoughts and ran his hand through his hair.
I guess extremely dominant alphas emit such intense pheromones when excited?
Showing off for being dominant. Tch, I’m going to suffocate and die.
“Ah, where were you trying to go?”
Ju-on snapped irritably and asked Tae-geon again. Tae-geon’s back, leaning on the nightstand and breathing heavily, repeatedly rose and fell.
“…To get… an alpha.”
“An alpha? What alpha?”
As Ju-on’s eyes widened, Tae-geon gestured with his chin towards Hyeon-woo. Ju-on looked down at Hyeon-woo, who was groaning in heat with his wrist held, pondering Tae-geon’s words. Soon realizing their meaning, his face flushed red. He sprang up and lunged at Tae-geon, punching him squarely in the face.
“Hey, you! Son of a bitch!”
Ju-on shouted again at Tae-geon sprawled on the floor, breathing heavily.
“So! You were going to grab any random alpha off the street to mate with him?!”
“……”
“Are you really insane, hyung?!”
Tae-geon’s silence felt like a tacit affirmation, and Ju-on felt his chest burning with rage. He furiously stomped on the pills scattered on the floor with his sneakers. With crunching sounds, they turned into white powder under Ju-on’s feet.
“How far are you trying to ruin someone’s life!”
Even if everyone else in the world exploits his life, at least you shouldn’t do this to him…!
The reason the suppressants weren’t working was obvious without asking. It was because he had developed tolerance. To the pheromones of Tae-geon hyung, an extremely dominant alpha. Hyung must have known this. Regardless of whether Jaesu-taeng’s future was ruined or not, he indulged his desires on a pregnant omega who wasn’t even in a stable period! Keeping him confined so he couldn’t escape, like an animal!
Ju-on quickly scanned the surroundings. There were quite a few open pill bottles rolling on the floor. It meant he was that desperate. It meant he was that desperate to escape the heat cycle.
Damn it…!
Ju-on kicked the scattered pills hard.
Rattle rattle-
The suppressants crashed mercilessly into the wall with a sound like buttons spilling.
“You’re really a son of a bitch, you know that?! I’m telling you in case you never realize it.”
“……”
“You told me to define my position clearly, right? Fine.”
“……”
“I’m going to have sex with him today.”
Ju-on’s firm gaze fixed on Tae-geon. Tae-geon’s pupils trembled slightly.
“Get rid of that expression. You were going to throw him to any alpha anyway!”
“……”
“I can’t stand seeing him roll around with another alpha! Want to know why?”
“……”
“Because I love Han Hyeon-woo!”
At that moment, Tae-geon felt an excruciating pain as if his heart had been pierced. His brain rang as if he had been hit on the head with a blunt object. He couldn’t think of anything.
Ju-on twisted his lips at Tae-geon, who wore a blank, dazed expression.
*
While the heat cycle was a problem, treating Hyeon-woo’s wounds was more urgent. While Ju-on restrained the struggling Hyeon-woo, Tae-geon carefully disinfected and bandaged Hyeon-woo’s wounds, being cautious about contact. Soon after Ju-on laid Hyeon-woo on the bed and sent Tae-geon out of the room, he had to call him back in less than a minute.
Hyeon-woo’s seizures only stopped after Ju-on’s pheromones that had filled the room were completely diluted by Tae-geon’s. Hyeon-woo’s body had shown a rejection reaction to Ju-on’s pheromones.
Ju-on and Tae-geon looked at the unconscious Hyeon-woo with troubled faces. He was rejecting contact from one alpha and pheromones from the other alpha.
It was one of the rare side effects of an omega developing tolerance to dominant alpha pheromones. Usually, it’s just that they can’t reach pleasure with regular alpha pheromones, but occasionally there are cases of showing aversion like this.
“…Ha. This is really frustrating.”
Ju-on scratched his head vigorously and kicked at the pills scattered on the floor.
“If even suppressants don’t work, it means he already has tolerance to your pheromones, hyung.”
“……”
“Anyway, with my pheromones, no, no one except an extremely dominant alpha can end his heat cycle. Damn it…!”
Ju-on grabbed Tae-geon’s collar. Ju-on’s eyes flared as he glared at Tae-geon’s face.
“Is this what you wanted? Are you satisfied now?!”
Ju-on glared at the silent Tae-geon with resentful eyes, then roughly let go of his collar.
“You just provide pheromones from the side while I have sex with him.”
“……”
“…It’s all because of what you’ve done.”
