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Jaemin’s heat went smoothly and was finished after three full days. Jeno was absolutely exhausted but the omega seemed rejuvenated and ready to go right back to living life. The alpha envied that after his ruts he always felt awful.
“How come you have so much energy right after your heat? When I have my ruts I’m like a zombie for the next few days.” Jeno vocalised his confusion to the omega
“I don’t know Jeno-ah normally my heats are awful and leave me exhausted. I think it could be because you helped me I feel so well rested and fresh! Well after I showered of course” the omega responded with a light laugh. Jeno blushed he couldn’t help it he was still embarrassed.
The pair had showered together when Jaemin’s heat had broken and they had gotten into fresh clean clothes. Jeno had tried to help Jaemin cook a big meal for them to eat but the omega claimed the alpha was going to ruin it.
After they ate in silence simply revelling in the sumptuous first proper meal of the last three and a bit days. When they finished Jeno washed up the dishes he insisted after he’d failed to help at cooking. Jaemin had cooed at the request and let him get to work.
“Honey I want to meet your pack. You’ve met mine but I have only briefly met Donghae and that’s it.” Jaemin announced causing Jeno to choke on air.
His pack were all older and he knew he’d face a lot of teasing when they met the boisterous omega.
“You have to promise not to say anything embarrassing about me to them.” Jeno responded
“You don’t have any embarrassing bits baby boy.” Jaemin teased putting his arms round the alphas waist resting his head on his shoulder.
“Like that. You can’t say things like that” Jeno whined
“Like what baby be a good boy and use your words?” Jaemin whispered into his ear. Jeno let out a low whine shuddering softly.
“Don’t tease me Jaeminie”
“Sorry baby. Don’t worry I won’t be embarrassing in front of your pack mates. And I definitely won’t say anything sexual I’m just messing with you.” The omega said seriously then placing some light kisses on his neck.
“Okay pinky promise then you can meet them.” Jeno said as he finished the washing taking off the gloves and bringing his hand round with his pinky finger extended. Jaemin looped his own pinky finger around Jeno’s and squeezed it tight saying a quick I promise.
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Jeno had to go back to his pack house anyway. So rather than going back alone he brought Jaemin with him. When they got back Jeno managed to sneak in and place his dirty clothes in the washing basket. Leaving the laundry room however, the pair bumped into Eunhyuk.
“Oh um Eunhyuk hyung this is Jaemin he wanted to meet you all.” Jeno rushed out the awkward explanation.
“Oh wonderful I know some members of the pack are dying to meet you Jaemin! Come this way I’ll introduce you.” Eunhyuk said with a wide grin reaching out with his arm to indicate the direction they’d walk in.
“So... I’m guessing your heat went well then” Eunhyuk joked. Jeno spluttered from behind the pair nearly choking on his spit.
“H-hyung don’t say that” Jeno whisper screamed but Jaemin only laughed.
“Yes it was marvellous thank you” Jaemin replied ignoring Jeno’s shouts of protest.
“Jaem you promised” Jeno whispered. Jaemin’s only response was to reach out and interlock their hands giving Jeno an apologetic smile. They walked into the main room of the pack house. Most of the members were out because it was midday on a Monday but several of his pack mates worked from home. Like Eunhyuk for example.
“Everyone Jeno has finally brought his lovely omega Jaemin to meet us. Jaemin this omega here is Ten and this is his mate Johnny, Ryeowook and his mate Yesung hyung, and this here is Leeteuk hyung his mate isn’t here.” Eunhyuk listed pulling slight faces at the other members as he introduced them. “I’ve been told you’ve met Donghae my mate he’ll be arriving later with Heechul hyung and his mate Hangeng hyung. As I’m sure you can tell most of the pack are much older than our baby Jeno and most of us are mated already so we are very excited for Jeno to be courted by someone.” Eunhyuk finished with a bright smile and a look of a proud parent directed at Jeno.
“It’s lovely to meet you all. I hope it’s not rude of me to ask if I can call you all hyung?” Jaemin greeted with a hint of shyness. Jeno noticed his behaviour was a far throw from Jaemin’s normally outrageous extroverted character.
“You are so cute! Of course you can call us hyung seeing as you are courting our baby Jeno” the eldest omega called Leeteuk responded with a soft well spoken tone and a sweet smile.
“I’m not a baby hyung.” Jeno whined with a soft pout.
“This is Bongsik she’s been grumpy because Jeno has been away for so long” Eunhyuk said drawing the attention away from Jeno to introduce the cat on the sofa. Jeno blushed softly and moved to pet the cat who melted in to his touch. Jaemin cooed and came closer to admire the cat.
“You have three right Jeno-ah?” He asked as Bongsik softly sniffed his hand.
“Yes but the other two are out much more and they only want to be petted in the evening or morning.” Jeno answered still focused on giving Bongsik tickles.
“So Jaemin-ah spill the beans on Jeno was he good?” Ten asked clearly attempting to wind the young alpha up.
“Well Ten-hyung surely you know an omega never tells! What happens in heat stays in heat.” He threw back at the joking omega making several of the older pack members laugh. Jeno gave Ten an angry glare ready to shout at him for the nth time about keeping his nose out of Jeno’s sex life. But the moment Jaemin took his hand he turned to the beautiful omega and felt calmness spread within him.
“Yes Ten you should know it’s not nice to ask about heats. How would you like it if I told everyone how you were in our first heat together?” Johnny added.
“I have nothing to hide babe so I wouldn’t care.” Ten said nonchalantly with a shrug. Johnny gave him a look as if he had real dirt he could spill but was withholding it.
“Whatever you say Tennie” Johnny muttered with a smirk. Ten’s responding look made it clear the conversation was over. Clearly Johnny didn’t want to face the consequences of divulging Ten’s secrets.
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The pair went up to Jeno’s room so Jeno could put the rest of the things from his backpack away. They then sat playing with his Nintendo switch while cuddled up together on Jeno’s bed.
“Your pack are so sweet. It’s adorable that they treat you like their baby!”
“I’m not a baby though it’s annoying” Jeno grumbled with a pout.
“Aww you really are too cute baby. You’re the youngest so naturally you’re their baby. In my pack we have Jisung who’s younger than me and then Chen one of my hyungs recently had a baby. So I’m sure they’ll treat you like less of a baby when you are no longer the youngest” Jaemin cooed in response to Jeno’s cute display. Only making the young alpha blush and pout more.
Jaemin peppered his blushing cheeks with kisses. The omega was now perched in Jeno’s lap kissing his lips and his cheeks.
“I love you baby” Jaemin whispered as he moved to kiss his forehead and the tip of his nose.
“I love you just the way you are you’re a baby to them sure. But to me you’re my love, my alpha, and my good baby boy.” He continued as he moved to nip at the alpha’s ear and kiss down his neck.
“I love you too Nana but please stop teasing I can’t take it.” Jeno whined as he squirmed under Jaemin’s ministrations his interest becoming evident as he grew hard against the omega.
“I know baby I’m sorry I just can’t resist you. You must be so sensitive after so much physical exertion in my heat.” Jaemin said with a giggle as he pulled away from Jeno’s neck where he’d been lightly sucking on a bruise he’d left there previously. Jeno didn’t know his face could reach the shade of red it was turning. He was so flustered but soon they returned to their game all the dirty thoughts forgotten. Or perhaps just postponed.
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After a very assertive text from Jeno Renjun FINALLY admitted his feelings to Lucas who confidently scooped him up into a passionate kiss. The group was very glad they were spared the details past that point all they needed to know was that Lucas felt the same and they had a passionate night because of it.
That Friday they all decided to go out clubbing to celebrate. They went as the main friendship group Mark and Donghyuck, Lucas and Renjun, Jeno and Jaemin, Chenle, and Jisung. Jeno had discussed his idea with Jaemin that the two youngest might get on well because of their matching craziness when they were comfortable. Jaemin was incredibly excited by this idea as he thought Chenle was a perfect match for Jisung and so they began plotting to have them spend some time together. Admittedly with everyone else in the group being couples it wasn’t that hard.
The night hadn’t really gone to plan they’d had way too much to drink before they arrived. They lost Renjun, Lucas, Mark, and Donghyuck somewhere on the dance floor but no doubt they were being gross anyway. Jisung ended up in the bathroom for a big chunk of the night vomiting the alcohol from his system. Luckily Chenle booked them an Uber to go back to his pack house as it was closer. Which left Jeno and Jaemin to themselves.
They danced a little in the cheesy tunes area. Jaemin was being outrageous and dirty and drunk Jeno was living for it though his cheeks were still blushed red. They went to get another drink in the large downstairs bar area. They sat for a little while passing drunken sweet nothings between each other and sipping on their gin and lemonades.
Jaemin finished his drink first and whined that he wanted to dance again. Jeno hadn’t finished his drink so he told Jaemin to just dance in front of him which Jaemin made a crude comment about how he’d dance prettily for his alpha.
Jeno watched face flushed as Jaemin continued to dance a few feet away from his seat while the alpha finished his drink. Out of the corner of his eye he could see a large alpha approaching his omega. The clearly intoxicated brute of an alpha reached out and grabbed at Jaemin’s hips pulling him in to grind on him. Jaemin instantly tried to bat the hands away and move away from the pushy alpha. He had managed to turn around so he could give the handsy alpha a piece of his mind but the alpha only began to grope at his ass. Jeno moves from his seat to help get Jaemin away from the alpha.
Jeno looped am arm around Jaemin’s waist turning to lead him away from the creepy alpha. However as he turned to leave the alpha grabbed his wrist and threw a drunken punch towards his face. Jeno was fast but his tipsy state meant the punch grazed his shoulder rather than his face. It became apparent that the guy had no fighting experience and was relying solely off natural dominance to try and fight for a pretty omega. Luckily for Jeno even when drunk he had impeccable fighting skills though he’d never used them outside of a match or lessons.
Jeno swung at the competing alpha with precision hitting him right in the side of his head perfect for dazing the opponent without damaging or breaking the jaw. The already drunk alpha stumbled back however his desire to fight wasn’t quenched he took an animalistic stance and pounced at Jeno.
Like before Jeno dodged the poorly executed move though his own precision was a little off due to his tipsy state effecting his reflexes. He reached for the other alpha’s shoulder as he lunged and flipped the large alpha onto the floor on his back. Jeno then did something he’d never done before he let out a low growl there was no warning in his tone it was pure power and anger. The other alpha conceded after that partly because he was dragged from the club by bouncers when Jaemin had told them what happened.
Speaking of the omega he was now pressing himself into Jeno’s side gazing up at him lovingly it with a hint of concern.
“Thank you darling you did so well. I didn’t know you could fight like that I’m so glad you saved me.” He whispered despite the fact he had been in no real danger as clubs were incredibly efficient at omega protection. Jeno whined at the praise and dug his nose into Jaemin’s neck trying to inhale as much of his glorious and calming sent as possible.
“Do you want to head back baby boy?” Jaemin asked as he cupped Jeno’s strong jaw in his hands looking into his eyes. The alpha nodded and made a low needy sound in the back of his throat trying to breathe in Jaemin’s sent again. The omega could tell Jeno was falling into a headspace. It didn’t really shock him it seemed to be his response to stress and comfort especially when his dominance was concerned.
They left the club and headed straight to Jaemin’s room. The omega held his shaken alpha close pulling him in for kisses when they stopped before roads. When they arrived back Jaemin lay Jeno down on his bed and pampered him the whole night telling him he’d done so well and how good he was.
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At the end of summer term when the exams were all over and university was drawing to a close the group went out for a picnic. Everyone brought different foods or drinks and they set it down on the mat to share. They sat together on the green. The gingham mat and woven basket made it seem as though they were in a picturesque movie.
Lucas and Renjun ran around like Tom and Jerry clearly opposite teams in whatever game was being set up while Donghyuck chased Mark begging for kisses. Jisung walked shyly with Chenle who laughed exuberantly at whatever he had said.
The others were off kicking a ball about while Jeno was leaning back with his omega lounging on his thigh. The alpha ran a hand through Jaemin’s hair admiring his beauty in the sunshine. Jeno leaned towards Jaemin and took one of the omega’s hands into his own. Jaemin sat up slightly to admire his alpha.
“Jaemin-ah you are everything I ever needed. I... I realise now that I wasn’t aware I was missing something but here you are. My friend, my love, my missing piece”
He took a deep breath before he finished
“I know I shouldn’t be the one to ask because you courted me but would you let me be your mate for life?”
Jaemin smiled
“You know my feelings Jeno I will love you till the end” Jaemin responded staring back at Jeno with shining eyes. His alpha as looking back at him with a relieved pink flush to his cheeks.
“So.... is that a yes?”
Jaemin nodded laughing at Jeno’s sweet question then leaning up to kiss his lips.
“Let’s join the others for the game then MY alpha”
“Of course MY omega” Jeno responded with a light giggle at the implications of their statements reaching for Jaemin’s hand and leading him over to their raucous group of friends.