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“Jeno-ah are you ready to head out?” Renjun’s voice flitted up the stairs.
Jeno raised his head from where it was rested next to bongsik as he had been giving her some love and proceeded to call out in a croaked tone “coming injunie”. He stood up and attempted to wipe the stubborn tortoiseshell and white fur off his trousers to no avail. Turning to leave he grabbed his bag, gave one last proclamation of love to his babies, and left.
Jeno had chosen a university close to his pack house as he was a home body (and he couldn’t bear to be away from his cats). Renjun’s pack house was less than half an hour away from Jeno’s but Renjun still insisted on moving in to a university accommodation block to get the ‘true university experience’ whatever that entailed.
Jeno had only known Renjun for a few months as he met him when he got into Seoul national university as Johnny’s mate Ten was previously in Renjun’s pack and knew he had also gotten in. Since then Ten had arranged for them to meet and they grew quite close despite being wildly different!
As the volume of Renjun’s shout had indicated he was stood at the bottom of the stairs in Jeno’s pack house scrolling through his phone. He looked up as Jeno reached the bottom of the stairs
“Ready to head off?”
“I’m just going to say bye to Donghae hyung”
Jeno rounded the corner and headed into the kitchen where donghae was sat with his mate Eunhyuk eating brunch with a few of the members of the pack. Donghae stood up to pull Jeno into a crushing hug
“have fun my baby! Remember freshers week is all about opening up making friends and having fun”
“I know I know I’ll try my best” Jeno responded embarrassment flushing his cheeks. Donghae was Jeno’s older brother however the 14 year age gap meant he was always more of a baby to Donghae than a brother.
Renjun stood in the doorway a grin adorning his face as the brothers turned to him.
“Now renjun you better look after little Jeno he is a fragile boy” Donghae bantered much to Jeno’s mortification. Being an alpha Jeno was expected to be strong and independent however, he showed far less of these behaviours than his brother and his mate who where both betas. Jeno had the alpha build - wide shoulders, strong arms, well set jaw, etc. But the moment you reached his fearful doe eyes the illusion broke down and the soft and timid personality shone through.
Throughout school he’d faced criticism from his peers about his lack of dominance. He was never bullied as such because people loved his mild charm (and feared his pack but that’s another story) but he did grow to befriend mainly betas as they matched his temperament and were less judgmental then alphas his age. Renjun was one of the first betas Jeno met who wasn’t calming, not in a bad way, he was simply too high energy and expressed most of his affection through violence. Though he could be coaxed into tranquility with a movie and snacks which was Jeno’s number one bribery method to gain cuddles.
Renjun didn’t respond to Donghae but instead threw him a knowing smile took Jeno’s arm and steered them from the house. Renjun was prepared to rant about every aspect of student life as if he hadn’t just moved into his flat two days ago but Jeno was content with the chatter it calmed his nerves.
Jeno may have put way too much thought into his outfit for a day of walking about and sitting in useless introductory lectures but who could blame him it was his first day of uni. Jeno picked out a blue and green striped jumper and simple black slacks he wore a shirt under the jumper as the September weather was a little bleak. Renjun had dressed similarly but his jumper was orange and beige striped their similar style was a comfort to Jeno.
The walk to the uni was around 15 minutes and with Renjun’s constant chattering Jeno found the time passed like it was only 5 minutes. Once the arrived on campus the walked to the student union and agreed on it being a meeting point for after their introductory lectures.
Sadly Renjun and Jeno didn’t do the same subject. Renjun was studying languages and Jeno reading economics but at least they can walk together and grab lunch and other breaks that cross over together.
“I’ll see you later Jeno-ah try and make a friend or two while I’m gone”
“You too Injunie meet here at 1 and head back for lunch?”
“Sure thing” Renjun said as he turned to walk down to the languages building.
In turn Jeno turned and walked towards the main university auditorium where his introduction to economics lecture would be held. Once he arrived he saw that there were packs of papers separated by academic tutor and quickly found his own detailing the timetable for the week and an overview of the modules.
The lecture itself was about as interesting as a two hour lecture introducing you to a subject which you chose and previously studied could be. Jeno was thoroughly bored he had chosen a seat in the middle far enough from the front while also not being too close to the rowdy group at the back. No one had sat next to him exactly because there was enough space not to. He assumed he looked a little intimidating because no omegas or betas sat on his row. Jeno was surprised at how equally split the group seemed to be in terms of alphas, betas, and omegas as his sixth form had been alpha dominated.
Jeno couldn’t tell exactly what people where by just looking at them but he’d grasped a rough idea based on build and mannerisms. Most of the rowdy groups were alphas for example and the keen people at the front tended to be betas though groups were integrated to an extent.
About the most exciting event of the lecture was a group of around six guys who arrived 20 minutes into the lecture and walked nearly the whole length of the auditorium to the back. Jeno envied their carefree nature as not a single one was concerned with their tardy behaviour. What shocked him most was that the group wasn’t a boisterous alpha pack but instead they were mostly omegas and betas chatting and laughing as they passed Jeno. It was intimidating how self confident they appeared but he found himself strangely attracted to it.
Following his two hours of boredom (luckily his only contact hours of the day) he met up with Renjun who had made several friends in his introduction lecture and introduced them to Jeno. One of them was staying in the same accommodation block as Renjun and they agreed they would join him and some others to go out that night.
On the walk back to Jeno’s house to get lunch Renjun was none stop talking about the tall alpha who’d invited them out. His name was Lucas and he was so unbelievably tall it terrified Jeno but he seemed like a kind guy and Renjun trusted (read was obsessed) with him so that was something. Jeno was trying to be a good friend but he was a little worried about clubbing now that he was a uni student. Would it be different?
At least he’s be less self conscious once he had a few drinks and he’d be with a big group from Renjun’s accommodation so hopefully he’d have fun. Though he wasn’t any good at flirting and getting with people which was often the expected behaviour in a club.