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Raindrops were clashing against the window of his room. Pouring down the glass like his tears over his cheeks last night. But the sun would come out sometime, the water drops would vaporize, turn into clouds just to come crushing down as rain again. While his tears would only soak his pillow every night and would stay forever unseen.
Sehun stood in front of the window, tracing down the trail of the raindrops with his fingers. Dark clouds were hiding the usually bright night sky, with its endless amount of stars. Every few minutes he could see a flash of lightning and hear the faint sound of thunder. The storm was close. Not close enough to cause damage to the surroundings of the house, but not far away enough to enjoy a peaceful night.
The weather was perfectly reflecting his feelings. Loud, agitated, violent. But weather couldn’t be tamed, his feelings could be. Or at least this is what his parents thought.
Only speak when spoken to.
Smile and nod when required.
Keep your gaze on the ground.
Submit if necessary.
Always listen to your Alpha.
He lived his whole life by these rules. Only that Sehun didn’t have an Alpha… yet. In his case he always had to listen to his father, at least till he got married off. The plans for his marriage had been made the moment he was born. This marriage had more than one purpose. The first was to maintain Sehun’s position in society. He was the son of the pack leader and getting married to the future leader of an even bigger pack would give him the highest position an Omega could have. But his marriage would also mean an alliance between the two packs.
It was a win-win situation for everyone.
At least people tried to tell him this to make him feel better. But it’s not like his opinion mattered anyway. He was just an Omega. All the rules could be summed up in one sentence: Obey and look pretty. Nothing else mattered.
The only wish he had was to know the person he would have to spend the rest of his life with. He knew nothing about him. Name, age, appearance… nothing. He only knew that he was an Alpha. And from what he had heard a pretty violent and ruthless, too. Sehun wasn’t nervous, he was scared. Scared of his Alpha, of the wedding…
Sehun gulped. He knew what would happen to him. It wasn’t a real wedding. Nothing traditional. Having turned 16 only a few days ago he was currently in preheat. And if he could believe even anything other Omegas had told him, his full heat would start tomorrow. The day he would mate with his Alpha. He would be presented to him fully in heat.
Sighing, he stepped away from the window and went back to his bed. Lying down on the covers instead of crawling underneath them. It was just to hot to sleep under the thick covers. He rolled onto his side and curled into himself, making himself as small as possible.
Every time he closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep, a wave of heat rushed through his body and woke him up again. Sehun could feel the need for an Alpha, the need to submit. If his preheat was already that bad, he really didn’t want to know how he will feel the next day.
Sitting up again he cast a glance to his bedside table. Sitting there was a small velvet box. A present he got a few days ago… from his Alpha. He reached over to the box and cradled it carefully in his hands. Sehun had seen the inside of the box when he got it, but since then it was lying on his bedside table. Closed. Untouched.
Hesitantly he opened the red velvet box and looked at the ring inside. It was pretty simple, yet breathtaking beautiful at the same time. A silver ring with 3 diamonds on it. One formed as the Alpha sign, the other one as an Omega sign and the one in the middle formed into the infinity sign. It had also an engraving.
Mine
It had a possessive sound to it. A typical Alpha marking his territory. Claiming Sehun as his, without even knowing him. The form of the diamonds symbolizing that Alphas and Omegas are meant to be together. Forever. There was a little note in the box, just next to the ring. On it were only two neatly written words.
Wear it .
Nothing more, nothing less.
Biting down on his lower lip Sehun took the ring out and carefully brought it to his nose to sniff at it. Expect for the ironed smell there was absolutely nothing. Disappointed he twirled the ring around between his fingers. He had hoped that the smell of his Alpha would linger on it, so that he had something to identify his Alpha, at least.
Sehun let go of his now swollen lip and slipped the ring slowly onto his finger. Surprised he raised his brows. He was expecting that the ring was too small, or too big, but not that it fitted perfectly. The cool material of the ring eased the growing heat inside his body. It was a nice feeling. Calming. Soothing.
A peal of thunder snapped him out his thoughts. The storm was close now. The rain making it impossible for him to see anything that was happening outside. He laid back down again, kicking the ring box off his bed while doing so. He put his hand in front of his face and looked intensely at the ring.
Tomorrow. Tomorrow nothing will be the same again.
“You have to wake up! It’s an important day for you!” a soft female voice said to him and shook him by his shoulder.
Prying his eyes open his gaze immediately met the soft eyes of the head Omega Victoria. He noticed that he had no problems opening his eyes. The light in his room were extremely dim and the sky was still full of clouds.
“What time is it?” he asked drowsy.
“Almost noon. Your parents allowed you to sleep a bit longer since you probably didn’t get a lot of sleep last night,” she said and helped him to climb out of the bed.
The next few hours passed in a blur. He looked decent enough to go out in public. A lot more was not needed for now. Annoyed he shifted uncomfortably in his car seat. The sweatshirt he was wearing was too hot. Or was it his heat? He wasn’t sure about it.
Sehun would drive in the car with Victoria since she basically raised him and thought him everything an Omega should know. Also it was her job as the head Omega of his family to take care of him. Their driver was a mated beta and they were separated from him through a window in the car.
Victoria told him that he had to be kept away from every Alpha the whole day. Even the faintest hint of an Alpha’s scent could trigger his heat. The only Alpha that was allowed to trigger his heat was his Alpha. And no one else.
The car door got slammed shut and Victoria was fastening her seatbelt. Their driver started the engine and they immediately took off.
“Are you ok, Sehun?” she asked worried.
“I’m hot,” he said and could feel a few drops of sweat running down his nape.
She laughed and ruffled his blonde hair. “Oh sweetie. This is only the beginning.”
“Are you excited, though?” she wanted to know and turned a bit around, so that she could look properly at him.
“I don’t even know him,” he whispered and looked out of the window. The landscape rushed past them. Or did they rush through the landscape? He didn’t know.
“Well, he doesn’t know you either, but-“ she stopped herself.
That caught his attention.
“But what?” he asked and turned around to look at her.
“He may be promised to you. But he is a very strong Alpha. So of course some Omegas literally threw themselves at him. He is known for liking pretty Omegas.”
“All Omegas are pretty.”
“He has very high standards. There was no Omega he declared as worthy enough.”
“And what happened to the Omegas?”
“… No one knows.”
“Why?”
“Because they were never seen again.”
Sehun turned pale and every bit of color left his face.
“But don’t worry!” she cupped his face in a calming manner. “I’m sure he will like you. You are prettier than most Omegas. I really doubt that he won’t like you.”
“That’s not very calming,” he said with a shaky voice.
His heart was beating in a rapid manner. Sehun never had a lot contact to Alphas. His father had the opinion that he should stay pure for his mate.
“And what is with my parents?” Sehun asked.
Victoria dropped her hand. “They will follow you in a few days. When your heat is over. Not only will you properly meet your future in laws but you will also be introduced to your Alpha’s pack. The same goes for him. He will meet your parents and your pack.”
Sehun burrowed himself into the seat and pulled his legs up to his chest. So apparently he had to go through this alone. Well, what did he expect? His parents standing next to him and holding his hand in support while he got mated? Sure…
A few hours later the car stopped in front of an enormous mansion. It was about as big as the one his parents owned. Sighing he got out of the car and slammed the door shut behind him.
For one second he had though that he saw a shadow moving behind one of the windows at the ground floor. But when he looked again, there was nothing.
The front door got ripped open and guy came storming out of the house.
“Oh my god he’s here!” the guy grabbed Sehun by his shoulders and started to shake him a bit.
“Oh god, you are so cute! There’s no way that Lu Han won’t like you. I mean how couldn’t he? I swear if would have been an Alpha, I would mate with you right here, right now!”
The Omega in front of him had sharp features and kept on blabbering about Sehun’s cuteness.
“Tao! Leave the kid alone! Can’t you see that you scare him? He probably got the shock of his life because of you!” another guy said and came up next to Tao to rip his arms off Sehun.
He gave Sehun a kind smile that showed his cute dimple. Another Omega.
“It’s nice to meet you Sehun. My name is Yixing and this is Tao. We will take care of you till the evening,” he introduced himself.
“Taking care of me? But what is with Victoria?” worried he looked back at the car where Victoria was standing next to the door.
She had a sad smile on her face. Sehun immediately understood. It felt like someone ripped out the last pieces of happiness from his heart. With big steps he ran back to her and threw himself into her open arms and burrowed his face into her shoulder.
“I’m so sorry, Sehun.”
A broken sob left his lips. Victoria tried to calm him down and brushed her fingers through his hair and patted his back, like she would do when he was still a kid. She was an Omega working for his family, it means when Sehun gets mated he will be part of another family and that means that Victoria won’t work for him anymore.
But she hasn’t only been his nanny and teacher; she was also his best friend, sister and mother in one. She had always been by his side. There was no day when that wasn’t the case. So it tore Sehun apart to say goodbye now.
“I could only accompany you till here. Don’t worry, okay? I will visit you sometimes, and who knows? Maybe you will visit me with your mate someday, too?”
She could feel him nodding and took a deep and long breath to hold her own tears back. Sehun was in no position to stay strong right now, so she had to do it. For the both of them.
“Don’t cry. It will make your face puffy, we wouldn’t want that, would we?” she asked in a teasing matter, cupped his face and made him look at her.
Tears were pouring down his face and his eyes were a bit puffy.
“Stay strong, okay? I know you can,” she said in a shaky voice and pressed a soft kiss on his forehead. A last time she pressed him against herself and allowed Sehun to clutch her shirt.
Slowly she let go of him and cupped his face a last time to wipe away the tears on his cheeks. Victoria let go of him and opened the passenger door of the car and got in. She had felt how Sehun didn’t want to let go. How his touch had lingered longer than it should have. With a heavy heart she watched as Sehun got smaller and smaller the further the car drove.
Sehun kept standing at the same place Victoria had left him with an endless number of tears streaming down his face. He could feel how someone was pulling at his sleeve.
“Let’s go inside. We need to get you ready. There are only a few more hours left till you have to be ready,” Yixing said in a quite voice, as if he was scared to make Sehun even more upset.
With slow steps he followed the two Omegas inside the house. His gaze kept on the ground.
“Your things got here already a few days ago. So that you wouldn’t have to bother with it later,” explained Tao as he opened a door in a bright hallway.
When did he get into this hallway? He was so caught up in his grieve, he didn’t even realize that they had walked through the whole house.
“It’s just a guest room. You and Lu Han are going to share a room, so your things are currently there. He hadn’t slept there himself, but in one of the other guestrooms since your things were brought here,” Yixing said and led Sehun to the single bed that was standing in the right corner of the room.
Sitting down he looked through the room and realized different white garments lying scattered on the floor. The room itself wasn’t very big. There was a closet across from the bed and a desk in the other corner of room, next to a door that probably led to the bathroom.
“At first we have to clean you up. I guess you can do this alone, so we’ll give you some time to shower,” Tao explained and started to gather the white garments.
Sehun only nodded and got up from the bed to go the bathroom. The bathroom was pretty small, too. There was a small window under the ceiling.
Shrugging of his sweatshirt he let out a relieved sigh as the cool air hit his torso. He hadn’t even realized how hot he actually was. Getting rid of the rest of his clothes he stepped into the shower and immediately turned the cold water on. The cold water was running down his body and cooling it a bit down. It gave Sehun a moment to clear his head sort his thoughts.
Only a little bit more and he would get mated. A few water drops got caught in his lashes and dropped down on his cheeks, where they rolled down like tears. Who knows? Maybe they there tears.
Sehun looked at his hand where he had slipped the ring on last night. It was still there. The water pearls bounced off the surface. At least the ring won’t get rusted while he was in the shower.
After a few minutes he turned off the water spray and got out of the shower. He grabbed one of the white towels lying on the sink next to the shower. Drying himself of, he then wrapped the towel around his waist and made his ways out of the bathroom.
Despite having taken a cold shower right now, the heat had already spread through his whole body again.
“Sehun! Let’s get you dressed!” said Tao and made Sehun stand in the middle of the room.
He and Yixing started to put on the white garment on him. A total of three layers that could easily be peeled off. A thin, bathrobe like underlayment that was more see through than white. It went to his knees and covered his arms to his hands. While putting the underlayment on he had dropped the towel and hadn’t put on fresh underwear. He wouldn’t need it tonight anyway. The second layer was also like a bathrobe, but with short sleeves and it went to the floor. It was colored in a bright white. The third layer had wide long sleeved that covered his whole arms and even his hands. It was a about as long as the second layer and was also white, but with different sparkling patterns on it. Everything was held together by a wide belt that covered nearly his whole waist.
With every new layer Sehun grew hotter and hotter. It was just too warm under all these clothes. Every time new sweat drops started to form on his nape or forehead, Yixing would gently wipe them away with a towel.
“I know it’s hot, but you have to bear with it a bit longer,” said Tao and pulled a chair over to Sehun and made him sit down on it.
“I won’t put on too much make up on you. Not that you would need a lot of it anyway, also Lu Han doesn’t like Omegas that have to wear a lot of make up to look good,” explained Tao as he put on a bit rosy lipstick on his lips.
Lu Han… it was already the third time that they had said this name. Sehun guessed that it was the name of his mate. Lu Han… it had a certain ring to it.
Yixing was ruffling his hair and making it look even fluffier than it already was.
“Let’s not forget the most important thing!” said Yixing and Sehun could basically hear his smile.
He stood in front of Sehun with a veil that was long enough to cover his whole face. Carefully Yixing attached it to his head and his sight was suddenly covered by white, barely see through lace.
“Now you’re ready!” exclaimed Tao happily and Sehun heard how he clapped his hands.
“I doubt that to you will happen the same thing as to the last Omega that disappointed him with their way of looking,” mused Tao.
Sehun heard a whack and Tao’s whining. Yixing must have hit him.
“Don’t say this nonsense. This is in the past and you have seen Sehun! There is nothing Lu Han can complain about… wait! Sehun! Lu Han must have sent you a ring, right? Do you have it here?!” Yixing asked panicked.
Wordless he put his hand up and Yixing rolled the sleeve up and let out a relived sigh when he spotted the ring on Sehun’s finger.
“Guys… we need to get going,” said Tao and pointed at the watch on his wrist.
So it was time…
Yixing and Tao helped him to get up and lead him out of the room, through the hallway to a staircase that led to the top floor. His and Lu Han’s floor. They helped him to climb up the stairs and led him to one of the three doors in the hallway.
“You guys have the whole house for yourself the next few days. Expect for us everyone left already and they will pick us up in a few minutes, too. Don’t worry, though. We will come back in a few days. When you have settled down a bit,” said Yixing and he heard how the door was opened.
Sehun had expected to get the full blow of his mate’s scent, but there was nothing. Absolutely nothing.
“Lu Han had ventilated the room for days, so that his smell won’t trigger your full heat. He wanted to trigger your heat himself and not the smell that lingered in his- I mean in your room,” explained Tao.
The two Omegas brought him to a big bed and made him sit down at the foot of it. He could barely see anything because of the veil, but also because the sun had already set again and it was dark outside. But even without seeing anything he knew that the room was enormous.
“We will leave now. See you in a few days,” said Yixing and patted Sehun’s shoulder in a friendly manner.
“I hope that when we see each other the next time you won’t be so quite,” laughed Tao and he could hear the door close.
When Sehun looked at the floor, he could see the only light source coming from the hallway through a gap between the door and the floor.
Sehun folded his hands neatly on his lap and took a deep breath to calm his racing heart. The heat got worse with every minute that passed. He just wanted to rip off every layer he was wearing to bring an end to the suffocating heat. But he knew it wouldn’t bring him anywhere. Also, he wasn’t supposed to take of his layers, but the layers of his Alpha who was wearing the exact same clothes as him, only in black.
After a few minutes a shadow stopped in front of the door and opened the door slowly. The moment when the door was only ajar open a strong musky scent filled the room, with a light hint of coffee and chocolate.
The heat Sehun had suffered from a few minutes ago was nothing compared with the full blow of hotness that hit him now. Combined with a strange tingling sensation in his lower stomach he couldn’t help himself but let out a whiny moan. He crumbled to sheets next to him.
Lu Han stepped into the room and closed the door behind him. Locking Sehun in the room with his scent. With only a few steps across the room he was standing in front of Sehun who was still sitting on the bed.
With every step Lu Han came closer; the heat spread more and more through his body. His face was flushed, his mouth was ajar open and he was breathing hard.
Strong fingers grabbed the veil and ripped it off his head with one jerk. Sehun’s glassy eyes stared up at Lu Han’s wide ones.
“I hope I’m not disappointing you,” Sehun breathed out and got pushed into the mattress the very next second.