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The day Kaoru presented was a mess.
It was completely unexpected and the worst moment of the day. It wasn't that there hadn't been presenting students before at school, but the fact that the teachers had not been ready. Normally when a student presented they would be producing pheromones earlier, and since it was the first time the presentation only lasted a couple of hours, just one tentative heat or rut, and then the student could be sent home or go back to class depending on how they were feeling.
It also normally happened in a certain age range, around eleven or twelve.
Not at seventeen and almost finishing high school.
They were in the middle of a math class, third period math, to be precise. Class would end soon and then they would have PE before lunch. Kojiro was balancing a pencil on his nose and Kaoru had been doodling little cats in the margins of his math book. The first one to notice it hadn't even been Kojiro–he had an accident that morning with his scent blocker deodorant going into his nose–but the Alpha in front of Kaoru, who turned to look at the pink haired menace and blinked.
His classmate lowered his eyelids half mast and crooned.
It was like a ticking bomb–suddenly Kaoru’s pheromones were everywhere , so strong that even Kojiro with his nose clogged in scent suppressants could smell them. Kaoru had lifted his knees to his chest, hugging his legs and whimpering. Every Omega in the vicinity was shrinking, going into either a momentary submission or into a territorial mindset; most Omegas presented their necks but some of the strongest Omegas were ready to fight Kaoru for their territory.
And the Alphas around him, even the current teacher were enticed, trying to approach him to be the first one to mark the deliciously smelly neck. The classmate that was closest even got up from his seat and was trying to touch the trembling Omega.
That is, until Kaoru whimpered a name.
“ Kojiro. ”
The energy of the classroom changed in the blink of an eye. One second Kojiro had been frozen in place, confused and trying to understand what was going on. The next second he had thrown himself onto Kaoru, tackling him off his chair and covering his body. Kojiro was growling, his fangs on full display to anyone who even dared to look in their direction, his Alpha ready to shred to pieces the first person who challenged his claim.
And Kaoru, despite being under an angry Alpha who looked ready to commit murder, was beyond himself. He had slowly rolled so he could hold onto Kojiro, arms rounding his neck both to protect him and to be able to cling onto his shoulders. He held onto Kojiro’s waist with his legs, hooking his ankles around Kojiro’s back while he nosed his neck, panting heavily through his mouth.
When the PE teacher (the only one qualified to deal with Alphas and Omegas presenting) arrived, Kojiro had carried Kaoru to the corner of the classroom and held him strongly against his chest. His eyes were tiny slits, moving frantically from one person to the other, ready to start growling if anyone made a move. The rest of the classroom had moved slowly to the other side of the room, pressing themselves against the wall to be the furthest away from the enraged Alpha and his hurting Omega.
Kaoru, on the other hand, was whimpering and blissfully unaware of what was going on around him. He had devolved into a state where he was mouthing at Kojiro’s neck, his whole smell now of cherry blossoms in full bloom. He would, from time to time, purr loudly and rub his cheek, neck, and wrists against Kojiro’s neck and shirt, scenting him and scenting himself at the same time.
It took them a while to take them out of the classroom and to the infirmary. The nurse and PE teacher had made a makeshift heat/rut room for them to stay in until they could get their parents involved. The nurse had been kind enough to push the mattresses to the corner of the room so they could even feel safer.
Of course in their hind-brain, neither Kaoru nor Kojiro realized this. Kojiro was too focused on getting Kaoru as safe as he could in this insecure environment. Kaoru was happily oblivious to his surroundings, being perfectly content to cling into Kojiro for the time being. But as soon as Kojiro had them nested in the quiet and small space that the nurse had arranged for them, Kaoru started to get restless. It wasn't only that he had Kojiro and was surrounded by his smell, but there were other smells now around him that he didn't like.
“Koji,” Kaoru talked for the first time in half an hour, looking out from his hiding space in Kojiro’s neck to his surroundings. “Koji, smell.”
“Ru?” Kojiro crooned, confused and still watchful to his surroundings. That was until Kaoru bit his ear hard. Kojiro gasped, covering the offended part with eyes wide open and a shout dying on his throat. Kaoru looked anxious, but over everything, he looked mad.
“Koji, it smells like shit.” Distressed, Kaoru started to push him away. “Kojiro, I don't like this. Koji, everything hurts.”
“‘Ru–” Kojiro tried to approach Kaoru again, trying to calm him down, but Kaoru was having none of it.
“Kojiro, I am scared,” Kaoru sniffed, hormones going haywire and making him nervous. Luckily for both of them, Kojiro’s Alpha instincts kicked in and he started scenting Kaoru up, marking him up as his. In a second he had removed his shirt, getting Kaoru inside while rocking him back and forth. “It’s alright, it’s alright.”
Kaoru closed his eyes, pressing his face against Kojiro’s naked chest and letting out a soft rumble.
The first time presenting didn't last long in normal cases and by the time the school day ended Kaoru and Kojiro were in a better state of mind.
Of course, when both of them snapped out of whatever was happening to them, they refused to talk about it. Red-cheeked and nervous, Kojiro got his shirt back and they waited for their parents to come pick them up. Sadly they couldn't go skating now (or any time the next few weeks, since Kaoru's first heat would likely happen soon now that he presented), but once it was all over they knew they could go out skate together again.
And forget all of this situation.
As Kojiro’s parents arrived early, Kojiro smiled nervously at Kaoru.
“Well…see you soon,” Kojiro said awkwardly.
“See ya.”
Kojiro took a step toward the door and was stopped by a hand clinging to his shirt.
“Hey, um…” Kaoru trailed off, his hand falling away. “Nevermind.”
“What? What’s wrong?” Kojiro looked at Kaoru confused. “You know you can tell me anything.”
Kaoru seemed to be locked in an internal dialog for a while. His eyes went from one side to the other, looking distressed but also very angry. He had a prominent frown on his face until he finally gave up whatever he was fighting with himself about and sighed heavily, obviously annoyed.
“Can you bring me some of your clothes tomorrow?”
Kojiro's whole brain stopped, went blue and then rebooted.
“Sure man, no problem.”
When Kojiro got into his parents' car, they had to roll down the windows because he reeked of happiness and horny energy.