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“You can’t see him yet.”
Yaku could hear Kuroo’s voice, stern through the walls as he stood in front of his bedroom door. He was reliable as always under the worst of circumstances, and wasn’t affected by the frenzied omega trying to get into the room, although for Yaku it felt like Lev was already standing next to him.
The walls did nothing to hide his enticing scent.
“It’s been hours already!”
Yaku felt his limbs heavy, his clothes soaked through with sweat as were the sheets, and he turned around, trying to hide his head under the pillow to muffle the argument which grated his nerves.
“It’s still not safe yet.”
Kuroo was probably using his entire body to protect the door, since Lev sounded anxious to walk inside.
“You don’t even know what you did to him.”
“You said it’s a thing to calm Alpha’s down. So I used it since I could tell he was in a rut..’
“You used like three doses on him.”
Kuroo’s voice sounded strained with his last comment, and a sliver of worry cut through his calm voice.
Yaku started to focus on the conversation, glancing at the door. Somehow, ‘calming down’ was a euphemism for what the drug had done. It had completely incapacitated him within seconds, which was horrifying to think about. He had never felt as vulnerable as he did with that realization. A drug to knock an Alpha out, and he’d been completely unaware of what had transpired during those hours. It was a blanket of darkness, and even if he tried to remember Kuroo arriving to help, only the water next to his bed, and the lingering pheromones of the other Alpha on his clothes, were any indication that he’d been there.
He shuddered, chucking off his clothes as he changed into clean ones, each movement deliberate and slow, his fingers fumbling, unable to accomplish the simple task of buttoning his shirt.
“I need to see him.”
Lev had never said something so typical to an omega as those words, and Yaku felt how Kuroo instantly warmed up to him again. Predictable.
“Wait for him in the kitchen then. I’ll make tea.”
The steps faded out as Yaku tried to piece together why he’d gone into a rut out of nowhere.
Lev.
It had to be Lev. They were spending time together, he hadn’t been taking suppressants, Yaku was actively scenting him and all of that had probably made his body think that he was ready to mate with an omega since he’d never really needed to take anything for his ruts.
Kai’s warning came to mind as Yaku stared dumbly at his hands, trying to think of what to do. He’d always spent time with Alpha’s, so this had never happened. It was something that he’d never really worried about.
An unexpected rut in public was what had happened to him when he’d first presented and had barely been getting used to the cycles, but it was not something that should have happened to him as a third year.
As an Alpha getting ready to join the workforce, or go to college, it was humiliating if he thought about it for too long.
He finished off the glass of water before heading to the kitchen.
“Yakkun.”
“Yaku-san!”
Yaku stumbled in, glaring at the other Alpha, ignoring Lev’s excited expression as he marched straight to Kuroo.
“I heard that you gave Lev some stupid crap to take me down.”
He swung his arm around the Alpha’s neck, bringing him down to his level with a crack, causing Kuroo to wince as he was brought down to his knees.
“A warning next time would be great. Or more in depth instructions for Lev. If that had killed me I would have come back and haunted you.”
“Yaku-san I would never kill you.”
Lev’s offended tone made both Kuroo and Yaku turn around to stare at the omega, wringing his hands together as he stared at both of them.
“I’m going to stop messing around with my medication. I didn’t think you’d react like this.”
Whatever Kuroo had told Lev, seemed to align with what Yaku had thought as well. Messed up cycles would mess up other cycles as well, that was simply part of life.
Kuroo resigned himself to getting comfortable on the floor, along with Yaku and Lev who had decided to squat right behind the both of them.
“It’s not.. All your fault.” Yaku tried not to sound too annoyed, but he still couldn’t believe that it had been all because of an omega that his body had decided to betray him.
“I should have paid more attention, I could tell I wasn’t doing well.. When we arrived at the movies.”
His nails dug into Kuroo’s shoulder, making him wince, and motion for Lev to back away. The hormones released during the impromptu rut were still messing around with Yaku’s system, and Lev being so close was bound to have a negative effect.
“Hmm..” Kuroo drummed his fingers on Yaku’s back, the quiet of the room interrupted by the kettle pot whistling, indicating that they were ready for tea.
“I’d leave you two alone to talk but, we can’t really do that right now.”
With a comforting pat to Yaku’s back he busied himself getting their tea ready. Lev kept trying to approach Yaku, but Kuroo settled himself between them at the dining room table before the omega could get too close to Yaku.
“You two do need to talk and decide what you’re doing.” He gave a little smirk to Yaku, trying to relax.
“Even if Lev is taking his medication, you know this will keep affecting you.”
They were right back to where Yaku had been weeks ago, still trying to figure out what to do with his relationship. He’d never felt so indecisive in his life.
Lev looked ready to explode from holding in his words, finally standing up and slamming his hands on the table.
“You make it sound as if that’s bad!” He cut into the conversation, waving his hands in the air to catch their attention. “Yaku-san. I like you. And I think you know that.” His impromptu declaration sent Kuroo into a fit of laughter as Yaku turned red, unprepared for the confession that he’d worked through in his mind multiple times.
“You wouldn’t keep spending time with me if you didn’t like me too-”
Kuroo’s laughter increased in volume earning him a swift quick from Yaku.
“Don’t you like me?”
Yaku couldn’t look away from Lev’s eyes, the intense gaze he held on him made his stomach lurch. Kuroo was stifling his laughter behind both of his hands, probably eating up the fact that he was witnessing the botched confession.
“I..”
Yaku couldn’t say the words, tongue tied, completely consumed by Lev in that moment.
“Drink your tea.”
He brusquely changed his tone.
“It’s not fair to ask now.”
The crestfallen look of the omega made him feel guilt, but he didn’t want to confess when his mind was still on biting Lev, on marking him, on claiming him and making him his.
No. It wouldn't be a good day.
“He’s right.” Kuroo comfortingly pat Lev, coaxing him to sit back down. “Wait for after.”
It’d take another day or two for Yaku to completely recover from the rut without having any other incidents. In his state, any omega who might be close to getting their heat would set him off.
Lev’s disappointment was clear, however Yaku didn’t feel like having the discussion. As soon as his mug of tea was finished he walked out, forcing himself to stay away from Lev..
As Kuroo helped him back to his bed, another glass of water next to it, he glanced to the door.
“After.. I’ll be ready to tell him Tetsurou.”