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One of Youngjo's favorite things was recording his songs with the chosen artist, as it represented the moment when his song finally received a life of its own. It had been five years since he had joined his agency as a songwriter and since then he had composed for different artists and all his songs could be considered a success. He was a treasure to the agency and he worked hard not to disappoint them. However, there were few times when it took him to record a song and one of those times was this.
"Ehm… Ravn, everything okay?" Youngsun, one of the singers from his agency was asking him from the recording booth.
"Ehh I ..."
"Noona, we are going to take a break and in 15 minutes we will be recording again."
"Ok."
The singer took her bag and left the studio. Youngjo leaned back in his chair.
"What's up hyung?" Asked Seoho, a guyy who proclaimed himself Ravn's apprentice.
"Nothing."
"Something's wrong with your pack, right?" Giwook intervened again.
"If so, you don't mind, okay?"
"Bro, it's been five months since Dongmyeong left your pack. Will you ever be able to forgive me?"
"Was your partner part of Youngjo hyung's pack?" Seoho said as he turned to see Giwook.
"That is. Dongmyeong was one of the four omegas in Youngjo's omega pack. "
"Omega pack?"
"His pack consisted of omegas: Youngjo's omega, Youngjo's omega's omega friend, and the omega twins who followed Youngjo when he made his own pack."
"Isn't that overwhelming?"
"Damn it is." Youngjo said at last getting up from his chair. “I lived for five years taking care of the omega twins who were my responsibility, I took care of them from alphas who only wanted to play with them, worked, stayed awake, all so that in the end one of them left with the first alpha he saw in a club and that I talk to him about music and love, alpha who was my partner at work and who knew that those twins were like my younger brothers but he don’t care and stealed it to him. "
“I didn’t steal it. I asked him if he wanted to live with me and he said yes. But come on, it's been a while since you can't get over it yet, something else bothers you, tell me what it is.
"Dongju wants to do a ritual to find an alpha."
"What?"
*.*.*
On the edge of the forest, two white wolves were playing in a large backyard, it was a battle where they did nothing but fall down. Hwanwoong smiled when he saw that image so he was taking photos of them, when his cell phone vibrated several times in a row he went to his inbox and there were 5 messages that dealt with the same topic, confirmation of attendance at the ritual.
Hwanwoong had wanted to save his alpha work with the whole ritual thing because he knew Youngjo hated everything to do with his pack omegas and alphas, especially the twins and currently Dongju. It reminded him of an older brother worrying about his sisters. The alpha always thought about things too much and ended up stressing himself, in addition to the fact that the matter of his pregnancy also made him nervous, although of course he did not express it to him.
Hwanwoong was also worried about Dongju, the boy had become even more pressured with the alpha issue after Dongmyeong fled with Giwook. Because there were four omegas living with one alpha, the twins and Keonhee had to spend most of their jealousy taking suppressants, and he and Youngjo spent their jealousy in Youngjo's apartment in town. With Keonhee there was no problem, but the twins couldn't think of anything other than alphas. Dongmyeong with his own cheeky way of being and Dongju idealizing a Disney romance. That's why when Dongmyeong recognized his partner in Giwook at that bar, he didn't hesitate not to look back and follow him.
When Hwanwoong asked Dongju why he wanted the ritual and not wait for his partner, he said that his heart felt that if he did not have an alpha he would soon fall ill with sadness. Youngjo blamed himself for Dongju's feeling because he thought that he was not doing a good job as a pack leader and that it was he who could not give the twins a nice environment to live in, since Dongmyeong left when he saw an opportunity and now he had to Dongju wishing he had an alpha. Hwanwoong had to convince him, make him see that he had nothing to do with him, but that Dongju is a boy who had always dreamed of finding love and who after seeing his twin leave, missed him more than ever.
Hwanwoong had read about the ritual. Anyone would think it is old-fashioned but was surprised to see the quick response it got from various packs in the surrounding area. During the ritual, the omega would run and hide around the forest like a wolf and the alphas would try to hunt him, everything had to happen within an hour. If the omega was not captured at that time then they would meet everyone again after one full moon has passed, and they would run again on the second full moon. The winner would be the alpha who manages to capture the omega and bite it. If there is no success in the second race, then it would mean that no alpha deserved to the omega.
"What are you doing?" Dongju's voice brought him back.
"I was reading. They have already confirmed 15 packs, they are more than I expected to be the second day. "
"Are they from the surrounding area?"
"Apparently they will also come from the city ..."
“Oh what a thrill. When I go to the city I look at many such handsome alphas, I hope alphas like that come to the ritual. "
"Dongju ..." Hwanwoong took her hand. "Are you sure you do this?"
"Of course."
"But you always wanted your own Disney story with your mate, why don't you wait a little longer?"
“I waited enough. I have been to many parts hyung, I have signed up to many dating apps - don't tell Youngjo - I was even in the same club as Dongmyeong and I have never felt him around, if he didn't come in these last 21 years, I don't think he will come . "
"But…"
"Also, I’m pretty and I’m full of love, I know I can make a beautiful Disney story with any alpha who wants to love me.” His smile was so sincere and his eyes were so hopeful that Hwanwoong couldn't help but nod.
"Okay. I will try to get only the best alphas to come to our ritual. "
*.*.*
Keonhee on the kitchen island was peeling a tangerine and looking at a photograph that was in the refrigerator. It had been from the vacation to Disneyland that Youngjo had given the twins birthday after the one year anniversary of the Hwanwoong incident, on that vacation while they were drunk they had sworn that they would be together forever as a pack. Keonhee wondered if anyone remembered that promise just now. Dongmyeong had left with his dream alpha and now everyone was stressed over the matter of the ritual and Hwanwoong's pregnancy. If Dongju decided to leave as Dongmyeong, could he still call that house his pack home? Even if he thought about it, he didn't know if he would be able to go and leave Hwanwoong alone, not at least until the pregnancy matter was settled. But what about after? Would Hwanwoong still need him when a bunch of kids ran through the backyard that until then belonged to him and Dongju?
Hwanwoong and Keonhee had been friends since they were children, they had grown up together and he didn’t hesitate to follow him when he told him that he would form a pack with his alpha and other boys from his pack. Hwanwoong was the only person in the world who did not judge him, who did not pressure him, and who understood him. Keonhee had always rejected being an omega, when he was a child and saw that he was taller than Hwanwoong a part of him thought that if Hwanwoong was an omega then he would be his alpha. But when the time came, life spat in his face making him an omega just like his friend.
He endured a adolescence with a Hwanwoong being an alpha magnet, telling him excitedly that he had a new boyfriend but later he would deal with his tears and with his promises that he would never fall in love again, the circle would repeat itself over and over again, and so it was until who told him that he had met a clumsy music producer who whenever he saw him he was beaten for some reason. At that moment he thought it would be the same as the others, but it was not. One day Hwanwoong arrived trembling with excitement and showed Keonhee a bite on his shoulder, he had a great struggle with himself to feign happiness although in reality he felt overwhelmed and wanted to vomit because Hwanwoong was impregnated with alpha pheromones.
Although he felt something thrust into his heart when Hwanwoong introduced him to the perfect Kim Youngjo, he couldn't hate him. The damned man was the nicest person on earth, when they became a pack he treated him like he treated twins, as he knew that Keonhee loved to run he had bought a house in the woods with a large yard thinking of him and was willing to sign for Keonhee underwent surgery so he couldn't get pregnant, but his parents objected and threatened to sue the alpha if he did. When he accepted that he no longer had feelings for Hwanwoong, he felt his bond with Youngjo and the pack grow stronger.
Hwanwoong didn't cry again, at least he didn't until the day of the incident. The couple had shared with them that the omega was pregnant by giving each one a balloon with the word baby, they had all been happy, they had all cared for Hwanwoong with such care for two months, but they could not prevent the omega from feeling so much one night pain that they had to take him to the hospital. The baby was gone and Hwanwoong couldn't stop crying for days. He didn't want to see Youngjo, he didn't want to see the twins, and he just tolerated Keonhee being around. Those were difficult days and only when both omegas holding hands let a white balloon go into the air did Hwanwoong come to peace.
After that day, Keonhee tried not to complain so much and it was because he felt so bad that Hwanwoong kept trying a pregnancy without success, until just five months ago when the omega instead of being happy was worried because he had managed to get pregnant. He lived every day with the worry that that baby would also leave.
The weekends were when their parents visited them and that was the condition that Keonhee's parents had given Youngjo not to sue him. And it was always the same, his mother and Youngjo fighting over the surgery Keonhee wanted, his mother insisting that the day would come when he would meet his alpha and the ideas of his refusal to be an omega would disappear. He was fed up with it, unlike the twins he never felt the longing to have an alpha with him, in fact after the only person he had liked in his life found his mate he had not felt attraction to anyone, not even to fleeting way like the twins on their clandestine outings.
Anyone who wasn't part of his pack or his parents would say he was a broken omega.
*.*.*
“Why are he so worried? He's just an omega trying to find an alpha. " Seoho said having his coffee on the terrace with Giwook.
“He is not just any omega, he is an omega of his pack. For Youngjo his omegas are the purest beings on earth and we are all unworthy of them. Even if Dongju came one day with his mate, Youngjo would refuse to accept him, so Dongmyeong fled. "
"It is like a father with his daughters."
“Never say that to him or he will hit you. Besides being a dad has him terrified. ”Seoho laughed. "And your Seoho ... Do you have a couple?"
"What? Couple? No. I'm really bad at meeting people. I’ve always believed that if I have a partner it is because the law of our nature will take care of everything. "
"How?"
"You know, we will both feel the pull, I will come over and say hello and my partner will love me and I will love him and we will live happily ever after."
"In what world does that idea make sense?"
"It makes more sense than you think, if it didn't make sense you wouldn't have an omega from Youngjo's pack in your bed." Someone hit the back of his neck, there was no need to turn to know that Youngjo was the one who had hit him.