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Ike impatiently tapped his heel onto the floor during his last period. Impatiently waiting for the teacher to finish droning on and on about the economy. He did well in this class even thought it wasn’t his favourite, just as he did in any other class. Regardless of how much he enjoyed his classes, he still studied meticulously and achieved almost perfect scores for all of the classes.
It was a great opportunity to be enrolled in this school, one that Ike would treasure for the rest of his life. Besides, he couldn’t think of a single person in this school who didn’t want to be here.
However
This school enrolled only alphas.
In a society where your secondary gender basically defined your future and your job scope, let’s just say that Ike did not sign up for it. Why? He had all the qualifications to join the academy and then some, but it was just missing one thing. Ike found it incredulous that the one thing keeping him from joining one of the top schools in the region was that he was an omega. It was the one thing that was keeping him from getting a chance to be something else other than what was essentially just a prisoner. Known only for bearing offspring and serving alphas.
He found it absolutely disgusting.
Thankfully the company he had in the school thought so too. He had a fair number of friends, but in particular he had 4 close ones. Shu Yamino, in addition to being a tech genius, he came from a long line of sorcerers, possessing some magical abilities himself. Ike thought it was really cool. Mysta Rias, previously working as a detective apprentice under one of the most well-established agencies. Luca Kaneshiro, heir to a mafia group. Ike was slightly intimidated at first, but soon realised that Luca was essentially a golden retriever puppy. And Vox Akuma, demon descendent with an extremely charming personality and voice.
A rather odd pairing of friends, some might say but they quickly hit it off after being grouped together in one of the large dorms. Ike knew he was the only omega in the group and let’s be real, he was probably the only omega in the school. So, he took drastic measures to ensure that nobody would find out. Although he knew that all of them thought the same way that he did about society, Ike would rather be safe then sorry.
He kept copious amounts of suppressants around him at all times, hidden in regular prescription bottles or taken out of the packaging completely. He would sneak off to the toilet in the middle of the day when he was in heat and take them so that no one would find out. In addition, he knew his scent would give him away and there was no way he was going to be sent home because of it. His parents had pulled too many strings for him to be here. He always covered it up with strong perfume, spraying it close to his scent glands to ensure that his own was hidden.
Was it mentally exhausting to be here? Well… yes. Being around so many alphas at all times definitely took a toll on Ike. Be it during lunch when everyone would crowd around to get their food, it was not easy for him to continually be surrounded by so many strong pheromones. It did work in his favour though, if his perfume wore off in the middle of the day he didn’t really have to worry, with all the other students also being around strong pheromones.
He jerked upward when the bell rang, slightly more awake as the teacher assigned work and dismissed the class. “Finally… today felt so long” Ike sighed as he kept his books. From his peripheral he spotted one of his aforementioned close friends. Blond hair, side ponytail and his school blouse unbuttoned at the top, none other than Luca Kaneshiro.
Ike smiled fondly as he saw Luca turn around to face the classroom, waving with a bright smile on his face. His smile was almost glaring as he impatiently waited for Ike. They’d been assigned a group project together and had been meaning to work on it.
At this realisation, Ike hurried out of the classroom, slinging his bag over his shoulder and dashing to meet Luca.
“Ikey wikey!!!” The blond immediately pulled Ike into a tight hug, yelling out the familiar nickname as he rested his head on top of Ike’s. “Oh god Luca!” Ike yelped in surprise as he was pulled in. For more reasons than one. First, they were in the hallway! Luca’s booming voice definitely reached all the way to the end, maybe even disrupting some classes. Secondly, and more importantly, Ike was hit with an overload of Luca’s pheromones, the familiar scent of the ocean breeze evoking a sudden urge to break character and cuddle against the taller into his familiar scent. Of course he quickly stopped himself, wrapping his arms around Luca to give him a hug back.
When they pulled away, Ike let out a small sigh of relief. “We should probably head back, Vox and Mysta have longer classes today so let’s take the chance to be productive while they’re not back.” Ike winced at his phrasing. Of course he didn’t mean anything negative! It was simply that it was… louder when those two were around. Clarifying the nuance in his statement, Luca laughed it off and they both walked across campus back to their shared dorm floor.
Along the way, they started talking about the topic for their project and how they would present their idea to the class. Ike felt a slight migraine building up but brushed it off, continuing the conversation with Luca, who was delightedly gesturing wildly at some ideas that he had.
Both of them had ended earlier than most today, hence the empty lobby and elevator of their dorm.
Unbeknownst to either of them, they’d be spending a lot more time in the elevator than they’d thought.
”What the hell was that?!” Luca exclaimed as the elevator shook slightly, throwing the both of them slightly off balance as it jerked to a stop. As if lady luck had turned on him, Ike suddenly felt his body start to heat up. “Fuck no no please no!” He cursed in his head. “It’s early! Why did it have to come early! Shit! Please don’t let this be the day i get expelled.” Ike panicked, pressing the open button on the lift door rapidly as he tried to control his pheromones. Luca tried calling somebody to no avail, forgetting the lack of service in elevators.
“Hey hey Ikey calm down! I’m sure we’ll be fine! Besides someone would’ve probably heard the emergency bell!” Luca didn’t understand why Ike had started to sweat, face turning paler than usual as Ike searched through his bag for suppressants. “Fuck!” Ike cursed out loud, realising that he had left them on his nightstand.
“I’ll be fine! Just… control your pheromones Ike you’ll be fine! Everything it going to-” His thought could not complete even in his head as a sharp jolt of pain rushed up his spine, causing him to fall to the ground in agony.
The consequences of resisting one’s heat. Ike had never had to do so before, as he’d alway had suppressants around him or had been alone in his room. The pain hit him like a truck, causing Luca extreme confusion as Ike’s own scent swarmed the small elevator, catching Luca by surprise.
“L- Luca…” Ike looked up desperately at his friend, he swore Luca’s eyes flashed bright purple for a second. The instinct to claim, before returning to their normal lavender. “Wh- What? Ike you…” Luca dropped to his knees to meet Ike’s level, realising too.
No more pretending, at least not in front of Luca.
“I- I’m… not an alpha, Luca.” Ike drew his knees into his chest as more of his pheromones seeped out. “Ikey…” Luca placed his hands on the other’s shoulders, rubbing them to hopefully provide some sort of comfort.
God the urge to simply take Ike was so strong. The elevator flooded with the scent of fresh sheets and paper. Luca had never noticed it before, now also realising the measures that Ike took to hide himself. His artificial perfume smell always slightly bothered Luca, though he never brought it up. This was his first time around Ike’s true pheromones and it was addicting. But now is not the time for that. He needed to find a way to stop Ike from being caught.
“Luca I- I can’t be expelled please… I’m sorry you had to find out this way but-” Ike started to sob, worried about losing not only his place in the school that he worked so hard for, but that he would lose his closest friends. “Shh it- it’s okay Ike. I have an idea but I’m not sure you’ll like it.” Luca calmly replied. “Anything… anything that’ll help.” Ike desperately replied, his breathing still ragged but the pain not as prevalent.
“I could uhm… temporarily cover your scent up with mine?” Luca shyly suggested, blushing right as he said that. Ike knew what he was talking about. Marking without bonding. It was usually shared as an intimate act between an established couple who was not yet ready to bond but still felt the urge to claim, as was their territorial nature. “I- I mean we don’t have to if you’re not comfortable with it or anything i just thought that-” Luca started, waving his hands in front of Ike defensively thinking that Ike thought him to be creepy.
“I think it’ll work… only if you don’t mind of course.” Ike held both of Luca’s hands in his, eyes pleading. Suddenly the pain got worse, it felt as though there was a fire in his chest. “Ah! It hurts… Luca p- please!”
“Hello? Is anyone in there? There’s an electrician working on it! Hang in there for about another five minutes?” A voice outside calmly said, to which Luca replied “Yes there’s 2 of us in here! Thank you so much!” Before turning back to Ike who was covering his mouth, trying not to let any more whimpers out.
“I’ve got you Ikey.” Luca reassured, easing Ike’s hands away from his face and slowly leaning forward to hover above Ike slightly. “Ike I could lend you my jacket for a bit, I think we’re at our floor so after the elevator opens, we could probably rush back into our dorm before anyone manages to suspect anything. But we need to be quick. Do you have any more of your perfume?” Luca quickly asked, to which Ike pointed to his bag. “Left zipper, we can get it later.”
Taking that as a go ahead, Luca leaned in further, not at all bothered by the increasing potency of Ike’s pheromones. If anything he wanted to be closer to him. He placed a hand on the nape of Ike’s neck and pulled him in closer, quickly locating his scent gland and pressing the tip of his nose onto it lightly at first, not sure how it would feel for Ike.
He reacted beautifully. Gasping from the sensation of Luca’s own scent covering his and also the slight sensitivity of his overworked scent gland caused him to let out a soft whimper, tilting his head to allow Luca more access to his neck.
Luca exhaled shakily as he took in more of Ike’s scent, gently rubbing his nose over the gland caused it to slowly fade away, the residual scent being only that of the surroundings. It was so faint that Luca almost missed it, his inner alpha immediately took a liking for the other’s pheromones. Not wanting to make Ike uncomfortable, Luca pulled away the moment he had finished, looking at Ike’s flushed face for his approval. “D- did it help?” He tilted his own head to the side.
God Luca really was a golden retriever. Ike chuckled to himself, reaching around to hug Luca. “Thank you… I’m sorry I never told any of you I was just scared…” Ike admitted, pulling Luca in closer, likewise finding comfort in Luca’s scent. “It’s okay Ikey! I understand what you need to do. Just don’t feel the need to hide yourself anymore kay? Well… at least not from me!” Luca cheerfully added on.
“Hey! We’ve almost got it open! Another minute or so should do it!” The voice outside the elevator reassured the two. “Yep sure thing! Thank you so much!” Ike responded this time, feeling a bit better than before. It was as if his inner omega was placated by Luca.
Working quickly, Ike took the perfume out of his bag, spraying a bit into the air to cover the remaining omega pheromones. Luca took his school jacket off and handed it to Ike, who had taken off his own and started stuffing it into his bag. “I’ll take care of that for you just put this on. Use the collar to cover your neck a bit.” Luca took the jacket from Ike, folding it neatly and placing it in his own bag.
Just as both of them had picked up their bags, Luca helping Ike adjust the oversized jacket on him, the elevator door opened, with a few curious students staring at the two trapped inside, before dispersing quickly, not wanting the pair to feel awkward. Luckily for them, nobody questioned Ike’s perfume, with most of their dorm simply taking the scent as Ike’s own. The pair walked quickly down the hall to their 5-person dorm and closed the door swiftly shut.
They kicked off their shoes at the entryway. “Thank you so much Luca I- I can’t tell you how much i appreciated that.” Ike threw his hands around Luca once again, embracing him quickly before rushing to his own room, downing a few suppressant pills, changing into a comfortable hoodie and sweatpants before practically flinging himself onto his bed, curling up as he tried to sleep it off, as he did most times.
He couldn’t.
Ike tossed and turned in his comfortable sheets, not understanding why he couldn’t drift off to sleep.
He was still awake when Luca knocked on his bedroom door before opening it. “Ikey? You feelin’ better? I brought you some food i- if you’d like?” Luca timidly closed the door behind him. He’s probably never dealt with an omega in heat before. Ike realised. Before he could form a rational response, Luca’s pheromones diffused to Ike, causing his inner omega to whine in need. “L- lucaa~ a- alpha-” Oh god did he really just. He didn’t mean to! He immediately hid under the sheets in embarrassment.
“I- I didn’t mean to! Uhm m- my omega must’ve been drawn to you I- Oh my god.” Luca walked over to Ike’s bedside and sat beside the flushing boy, ruffling his hair fondly. What he was not expecting was for Ike to lean into his hand, letting a soft pur slip out. Luca laughed slightly at how cute he thought the gesture was.
“Would Ikey like to cuddle?” He suggested, placing the plate down on his bedside table. “mhm” Ike nodded eagerly, reminding himself that he could not do this outside of their dorm room. He moved over slightly, letting Luca lay down beside him. Luca placed a hand on the small of Ike’s back and pulled him closer, letting Ike snuggle against his chest. “Thank you Luca.” Ike looked up from where he was, into Luca’s soft purple eyes. The other beaming down at him.
It was the first time in a while that Ike slept in complete peace, with little to no worries about the hypothetical future and problems he might run into.
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