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In a world of alphas, betas and omegas almost everyone presented either on their birthday or right after they turned 16.

When Enhypen was formed, no one expected the entire group to be made up of alphas.
Jungwon had presented as an alpha only a little before he went on I-LAND which didn’t surprise any of the trainees. He was strong, authoritative and had an air of leadership to him, a true alpha overall.

So when the final lineup was announced everyone knew Enhypen was six alphas and one unpresented, which was Riki. When 2021 came around, the year Riki was supposed to turn 16 and present, everyone around him spoke about how they expected him to be an alpha. All his hyungs expected it since Riki was beginning to tower over all of them. He was slim but athletic but he was also a playful and energetic yet serious kid.

Riki was a headstrong kid and an extremely passionate person. To everyone around him, his personality and physique all just pointed towards him being an alpha.

Even the general public and people on the internet began writing articles speculating that Riki would present as an alpha later that year.

However, as the only unpresented in a group of six alphas, Riki had to act as the voice of reason. Alphas were all known to be headstrong and the dominant ones in society, so having six of them in one dorm, there was a lot of room for arguments and butting of heads.

Being the youngest and the only one unpresented, Riki was the one to calm down his hyungs when they got mad or frustrated and break up disagreements between the parties. In some ways he took on the roles of a beta and because of that, the members started questioning if he would actually present as one ; they all thought it would suit him if he didn’t end up an alpha.

When Riki’s 16th birthday came and went with no signs of presentation however all the members were confused. They knew that people could present up to a month after they turned sixteen so they didn’t think much of it.

However, when one month turned into two, then two into four, then four into six they became concerned. Riki was honestly unsure as to why he hadn’t presented yet since his family, besides his younger sister all presented at his age and they were all alphas and betas. His hyungs and the company were all confused, at first they thought Riki could actually be a beta but quickly brushed off that thought.

If he was a beta, he would still have a scent, not one nearly as strong as an alpha or omega but it would be there. However none of them smelt anything from Riki’s scent glands that had fully developed but still had no aroma of his own to them.

Riki truly wasn’t bothered by any of this. He did expect himself to present when he turned 16 but as the months went on without any sign of him doing so he didn’t really take up any issues with it. Sure he would have liked to have presented just like everyone else in the world but he knew he didn’t need to have a subgender to fit in society.

So on a day in the middle of November of 2022, the last thing Riki expected was to wake up sweating like he had just spent an entire day in a sauna. Riki’s entire body felt as though it was on fire. He was way too hot and his breathing was ragged. A ridiculously pungent and sweet smell of strawberries and what smelled like sweet cream hit his nose hard.

Riki knew that the scent definitely didn’t belong to any of his hyungs who were fast asleep in his beds and he realized it was coming from him.

It finally hit Riki, he was presenting. He groaned loudly when a cramp hit his stomach and made him collapse back onto his pillows.
Everything in his body ached and he felt way too hot, he really wanted his hyungs.

Riki quickly realized something, he didn’t feel any underlying territorial or protective instincts. He actually felt the desire to grab his hyungs’ clothes, throw them on his bed and sniff all of them to take in their scents. His head actually felt quite fuzzy and from the strong aches in his stomach and all around his body and the way he desired the attention and help of his hyungs, it dawned on him. Riki was an omega.

He turned onto his side and saw Sunghoon shift in his bed and knowing the eldest in the room was the lightest sleeper out of all of them, Riki got out of his bed to go over to him. However his legs felt like jelly and shook with every step he took and before he could even reach Sunghoon his legs gave out and he collapsed onto the floor, making him groan in agony once again.

Fortunately for Riki, the noise seemed to wake up Sunghoon as the elder shot straight up and began looking around the room, before his eyes landed on Riki who was on the floor curled up into a ball. The second thing he realized was the sweet scent coming from the youngest that was beginning to fill the entire room. The maknae smelt like strawberries and sweet cream, his scent was incredibly enticing and Sunghoon honestly wanted to bury his face into Riki’s scent glands.

Sunghoon quickly shook his head to snap out of those thoughts, his youngest was on the floor writhing in pain so he had to do something. So he quickly shot up of his bed and hurried over to Riki, turning the boy onto his back and bringing his head up into his lap.

His wolf was screaming at him now that he was so close to Riki and the youngest’s scent was so strong. The elder finally realized what’s going on, Riki was presenting and from his scent and how he was sweating and from his stomach causing him agonizing pain, he wasn’t an alpha.

“Riki, hey baby. Look at me, hyung’s here. What’s going on?” Sunghoon asked the boy gently.

“H-hyung, it h-hurts,” Riki told the elder.

“What hurts Ki?” Sunghoon asked.

“Everything…”

Sunghoon sighed sympathetically and tried to release some relaxing pheromones to calm the youngest. Riki’s nose was hit with the calming scent of sandalwood with a hint of sea salt and he relaxed. Sunghoon’s scent was always the most calming to him and made him feel so safe.

Even when he was unpresented, when the elder’s emotions were high, if Riki focused he could smell his scent although faintly and it always brought him comfort in a way, though there was an underlying reason that the elder’s scent was his favorite.

Sunghoon picked Riki up into a bridal carry and carried him over to his own bed. Riki was immediately surrounded by Sunghoon’s scent as it was all over his sheets and he buried his face into the pillow to take it in more.

Sunghoon felt a sense of pride seeing Riki bury himself in his sheets and greedily inhale his scent. He’d harbored some feelings for the youngest for a while but never expected anything to go anywhere, not just because everyone expected him to be an alpha and although alpha on alpha relationships were becoming more widely accepted in society, there was still a lot of taboo to them.

Truthfully no matter Riki’s subgender Sunghoon would’ve still liked him and wished to confess. The issue was that he was scared, scared that Riki wouldn’t like him back and that confessing would jeopardize their friendship. After all Riki was so comfortable with him and they had a special bond, he was terrified to ruin that by letting his romantic feelings get in the way.

He knew he may be jumping the gun a little as there wasn’t really indication from Riki that his feelings were reciprocated or unreciprocated. But he could think about that later because Riki was presenting and he needed his hyungs right now. He knew he couldn’t handle Riki alone so he quickly rushed over to Jungwon and Sunoo to wake them up.

“Wake up wake up, guys get up,” Sunghoon yelled at the other two maknae-liners.

The oldest maknaes shot up in their beds and looked at Sunghoon in confusion before the strong smell of strawberries and sweet cream hit their noses, causing their eyes to darken for a second.

“Who smells so damn sweet?” Jungwon asked as he stood up from his bed.

Sunoo also got up and when they came closer they saw Riki on Sunghoon’s bed, clutching an arm over his stomach as he sweat profusely.

“It’s Riki, he’s presenting and he’s definitely not an alpha or beta,” Sunghoon said.

“Shit well he smells really good,” Sunoo commented taking the scent in more.

“Hey you two, focus! Go get the other hyungs please, I don’t wanna leave him alone,” Sunghoon instructed them.

The two nodded before leaving the room and Riki was writhing in pain on Sunghoon’s bed. The elder kept trying to release pheromones to calm him but Riki’s presentation was clearly getting to him as it didn’t seem to work.

Riki was groaning in agony and all he could focus on was the scent of Sunghoon right in front of him. He honestly just wanted to bury his face in the elder’s scent glands and cuddle up to him. Sunghoon’s presence was bringing a tremendous amount of comfort to him and Riki could hear his inner wolf just saying ‘my alpha’ and it honestly made his head spin.

“Alpha,” Riki whimpered and Sunghoon thought he would collapse for a second. Riki thought he was his alpha and as much as Sunghoon wanted that, the maknae’s brain was affected significantly by his heat, so he couldn’t know what he was talking about.

Suddenly the other members all came rushing in and Riki physically recoiled at the overpowering scents of all the alphas in the room. The small logical part of his brain knew it was just his hyungs but his omega dazed brain was completely overwhelmed.

“Alpha, too much, too much,” Riki groaned as he grabbed Sunghoon’s sleeve in a vice grip.
The elder glanced at him sympathetically before turning to the others.

“Guys, I know Riki smells great right now but all of you need to fucking calm down. Your scents are overwhelming him,” he told the others in an authoritative tone.

“I think there’s also just too many of us right now,” Jungwon spoke up, “Sunoo and I can wait in the living room, you guys take care of him,” the leader told the hyungs before taking Sunoo and walking down the hall.

“Hey Ki, how’re you feeling?” Jay asked gently as he slowly moved closer to the bed.

“E-Everything h-hurts hyung,” Riki stuttered out.

“We know baby, we know. Is it okay if we come closer?” Jake asked softly.

Riki’s wolf was yelling at him to say ‘no’, that it didn’t want so many alphas near him. It only wanted Sunghoon but Riki was ignoring it because he was confused and in pain and he needed all of his hyungs right now, so Riki nodded slowly and they all came to sit next to the bed.

However they were all confused as none of them had been around omegas in heat and especially not one who was presenting.

“H-hyungs can you help me p-please?” Riki begged sounding so small.

“Shit,” Heeseung muttered softly, “I have no clue how to take care of an omega in heat,” he commented to the other hyungs who all also shook their heads as they also had no clue.

“Do we give him suppressants?” Jake asked cluelessly.

“Do you give suppressants to a presenting alpha? No dumbass! He has to see the presentation through,” Sunghoon snapped as he flicked the slightly older boy’s forehead.

Jake let out a growl, which Sunghoon returned but their actions made Riki whimper quietly and cower back slightly. Usually he was the mediator even when they bickered like this but in his state angry alphas seemed far too intimidating for him to handle currently.

Jay noticed his distress and slowly reached over to card a hand through Riki’s sweaty hair,
“Shh, it’s okay Riki. It’s okay,” he soothed the youngest.

“You two, fucking keep it together. He’s presenting and he’s confused he doesn’t need your bickering putting him in distress,” Heeseung snapped at the youngest 02-liners.

The accused pair’s faces immediately softened, especially Sunghoon’s. His inner wolf had literally been screaming at him for the past several minutes that Riki was ‘his omega’ and he felt absolutely awful for causing the boy distress.

“I’m sorry Riki-ah. I didn’t mean to scare you baby,” Sunghoon apologized as he slowly reached an arm out to Riki to card a hand through his hair. Riki let out a quiet pur at the contact and the hyungs had to suppress a coo.

“Okay so what do we do?” Jay spoke up cluelessly.

“I guess we just let him go through his heat, there’s not much else we can do,” Sunghoon responded, “We also have to talk with Wonie and Sunoo about controlling their scents around Riki since they’re young alphas and if they overwhelm him they can make it worse.”

“Okay then, so do we need to get him some stuff?” Jake asked slowly.

Sunghoon nodded, “Cold rags, fever reducers and make sure we have some soup, crackers and some chocolate in the house. He probably won’t each much so the lighter the better but we don’t want him getting sick.”

“Also none of us should really be around him long, we could make his heat worse or set off our ruts. It’d be best if we just set him up in here for the week,” Jay commented.

The other members of the hyung line all nodded in agreement before petting Riki’s head lightly and leaving the room to fetch the items needed. Sunghoon gave Riki a small smile before he left but once the door shut behind him, the maknae let out a whimper at being left alone.

It was only the second day and Riki felt so much worse. He was constantly sweating and every muscle in his body ached. The hyungs had only come in to check his temperature and feed him but would leave right after. Riki had no idea how to deal with his heat and honestly it was agonizing.

His roommates hadn’t slept in there that night and that honestly made Riki sob. All he craved right now was attention and company and he couldn’t get any of that. When his heat had calmed down slightly late at night, he stole Sunghoon’s blanket and pillow, Sunoo’s sweatshirt and one of Jungwon’s t-shirts.

Riki had thrown all of the items into his own bed and snuggled up to them before he even realized what he was doing. He was nesting. Riki had learned about nesting and that some omegas did in it heat as it made them feel safe when surrounded by the scents of either their pack alphas or mates. Sunghoon’s sandalwood and sea salt smell graced his nose while Sunoo’s scent of mint and dark chocolate also surrounded him. Jungwon’s scent of fresh cactus and watermelon made Riki hum as it quite suited the leader and he never smelt the latter scent on him as it was quite subtle.

However, it still wasn’t enough, the eldest three’s scents lingered from the few times they had come in the room earlier and Riki wished he had something of theirs so his nest had the scents of all the alphas. He wanted to have Jay’s scent of amber with a little sweetcorn to it, Jake’s scent of warm snickerdoodle cookies with a hint of cinnamon and Heeseung’s scent of mahogany and a hint of nutmeg.

Riki tossed and turned in his bed all night as he just wanted his hyungs to be there but none of them came. He had fallen asleep briefly throughout the night only to be woken up from bouts of pain in a matter of minutes. In short he was miserable.

As the sun started coming through the window, his heat got worse, he was covered in sweat all over again and his own scent was filling the entire room and muting the scents of his hyungs that were on their clothes which made Riki all the more whiny and frustrated as he felt himself begin to cry.

His cries were loud and he could smell his scent go sour and bitter due to the change in his emotions and the scent was awful. He knew how strong his scent was and that it must be travelling through the whole dorm, yet none of his hyungs came.

Riki groaned in pain as he sobbed agonizingly into Sunghoon’s pillow. They didn’t care, they couldn’t take care of Riki or they just didn’t want to. That’s why they weren’t here. At first Riki didn’t have any problems presenting as an omega, he thought it was a subgender that deserved far more respect than it got in the world.

He was someone who never cared much about which subgender he’d present as but now he cared. Because he was an omega, none of his hyungs could take care of him, none of them wanted to be around him. They all just left him all alone.

Riki was confused; he had no idea how to handle his heat on his own. When he asked his members for their help the day prior, he thought they’d be here. He wanted them here but they weren’t and Riki cursed to himself. Maybe if he just presented as an alpha or a beta things wouldn’t be so difficult. Maybe then his hyungs would be here.

He had continued crying until early into the afternoon, his bitter scent burning his own nostrils until finally, Riki heard footsteps rush down the hall before the door swung open to reveal Jay and Jake.

“Riki-san? Hey, what’s going on?” Jake asked worriedly as he entered the room, trying not to breathe in the bitter scent that had filled it.

“Y-you all l-left me all a-alone,” Riki cried as he buried his face in Sunghoon’s pillow, which reminded him even more that the older, the one that his wolf called his alpha wasn’t here and that made him cry harder.

Jay and Jake both exchanged a confused but sad look as they had no clue how to handle omegas in distress and certainly not omegas in distress during their heat. They were all completely clueless but their maknae was in so much turmoil that they couldn’t bear leaving him like this.

The pair both went over and swooped Riki up into a tight hug and let the young omega cry.

“W-why did you all leave me a-alone?” Riki cried into Jake’s shoulder.

“I-I’m so c-confused and I-I don’t know what to do a-and all of you just l-left me,” Riki sobbed.

The two older alphas felt terribly guilty about everything. Them not knowing how to handle omegas was no excuse. They just needed to control themselves and give Riki comfort and attention as that was all he needed right now and they couldn’t believe they completely overlooked that.

Jay noticed how Riki’s face was buried in his neck almost directly by his scent gland so he gently released his own pheromones to try and calm the boy.

“Shh Riki-ah, it’s okay, you’re okay,” Jay soothed him.

Jake took out his phone and quickly sent a message in the group chat before putting it away and releasing his own pheromones to assist Jay in calming Riki down and it seemed to work as Riki’s scent slowly became less bitter and was going back to normal.

Riki was alternating his face between both of his hyungs’ scent glands feeling extremely comforted by their scents and presence. The older two just stayed still and allowed their maknae to rub his face and neck against theirs as he scented them. Yesterday it all felt overwhelming but now he wanted nothing more than to be surrounded by the scents of all his hyungs, especially Sunghoon’s which made him think of the older boy.

“Alpha,” Riki said quietly, “I want alpha.”

Jay and Jake both exchanged a confused look before realizing that Riki was talking about Sunghoon. The youngest 02 was the only one Riki addressed like that and it made both of them realize that Riki saw Sunghoon as his alpha.

Fated bonds or soulmates were all things of myth and debunked years ago but it was proven that if someone had feelings for another before they presented, at the time of their presentation or during their heats or ruts, their wolves would see the person they harbored feelings for as their mate or their alpha or omega.

Right at that time, the bedroom door opened again and the rest of the members all came filing in as they had received Jake’s message.
They all gently smiled at Riki before coming and sitting around his bed on the floor.
As Sunghoon was about to sit on the floor beside Heeseung, Riki quickly reached out to him.

“Alpha, hug… please?” Riki said quietly.

Sunghoon instantly softened and Jay and Jake released Riki and moved away to let Sunghoon take the youngest. The youngest member of the hyung line swept Riki up into his arms before sitting down on the bed and cradling the maknae in his lap. Riki instantly buried his face in Sunghoon’s scent gland and the elder had to suppress a smile but couldn’t help the sense of pride that welled up in him.

Yes Riki found comfort in all their scents but Sunghoon was the only one that the youngest snuggled up to like this and he was the only one the youngest called ‘alpha’. The ice prince initially thought that Riki might just behave like this with everyone but it was clearly just for him and it made him fill with pride that his feelings for the youngest might not be completely unreciprocated.

“I’m sorry I wasn’t here Riki-yah. Hyung is sorry,” he apologized to the boy in his arms.

“Hyungs, I don’t like handling this alone, it’s… it’s really hard,” Riki said quietly.

“If I was an alpha or a beta you guys would know what to do. This wouldn’t be so hard for you guys, I’m sorry for being a burden, I’m sorry for causing so much trouble,” Riki sniffled as he felt a tear fall again.

“Don’t you dare say that Riki,” Heeseung said sternly but his tone still caring, “Pup, you will never and I mean never be a burden. You could never be any trouble baby.”

“You shouldn’t apologize to us pup. We’re sorry Riki, we should’ve handled this better,” Jungwon apologized.

Sunoo hummed in agreement, “We were all so convinced that you would present as an alpha or beta that we didn’t even think about what to do if you didn’t present as one.”

“We shouldn’t have made you feel so isolated and we’re really sorry that we upset you. No matter your subgender Riki, you’re still our maknae and we’ll take care of you. You’re our baby,” Jake told him gently.

“We really should’ve been prepared better and we absolutely shouldn’t have left you alone. We really haven’t been around a lot of omegas but we’re gonna learn and we’re gonna learn how to properly take care of you. You just tell us whatever you need and we’ll be here,” Sunghoon assured him.

Riki hummed, his hyungs knew that they’d messed up before but they wanted to fix it and honestly Riki more than wanted to take advantage of this to have their attention and be spoiled by them because that’s truly all he wanted.

“Well do you guys think you can all scent your clothes and give them to me? I like being surrounded by all your scents,” Riki said almost embarrassed to be admitting that aloud.

It was only then that the members realized that Riki had snatched Sunghoon’s sheets and pillow along with Jungwon and Sunoo’s clothes and had them on his bed.

“Oh shit, you’re nesting,” Jake commented in realization which made Riki nod slowly in response.

“Of course we can do that for you bub. You need anything else?” Jay asked sweetly.

“Cuddles…”

“I volunteer!” Sunghoon said enthusiastically.

“What? No fair I want to cuddle Riki,” Sunoo argued.

Sunghoon let out a low growl as he tightened his hold on Riki, feeling quite possessive of the young omega.

“Yah! Park Sunghoon! Do not growl at your dongsaengs,” Heeseung scolded the younger.

Sunghoon realized what he did and relaxed but still kept a protective hold on Riki.

“Hyungie, I still want to cuddle with the others. You don’t own me,” Riki sassed the elder alpha, though his words didn’t have much bite to them considering the fact that quite frankly he’d love to be Sunghoon’s.

Sunghoon seemed to soften and something flashed through his eyes for a second before he eased his hold on Riki and finally got ahold of himself. What the fuck was he doing? Riki wasn’t his mate and even if the maknae called him it, Sunghoon wasn’t truly his alpha, he had to respect the omega’s wishes and boundaries.

“Right… sorry about that Riki-ah,” Sunghoon said gently as he laid Riki down on the bed.

“We’re gonna go scent some of our clothes,” Heeseung said as he gestured between himself, Jay and Jake.

“We’ll be back soon,” Jay assured the youngest before they left.

Sunoo and Jungwon smiled gently at Riki and asked for him to hand them their clothes he had stolen so they could scent them again before putting them back in their place.

Riki instantly felt more relaxed at the scents from the alphas returning to the nest but it still wasn’t enough. The dancer pouted before taking Sunghoon’s blue blanket and pillow from underneath him and forcing it into the elder’s hands for him to scent them.

Sunghoon smiled fondly at the youngest and immediately obliged, rubbing the blanket and pillow all over his scent glands to bathe them in his scent as per Riki’s request.

The oldest three soon returned with their own clothes in hand before they handed them to Riki who immediately brought all of them to his nose and rubbed his face around them, bathing in the comfort of the scents of all his hyungs surrounding him.

Sunghoon covered Riki in his blanket and got under it to cuddle to maknae while Sunoo also cuddled him from the other side. Riki seemed to be growing more and more tired but refused to fall asleep as he kept burying his face in Sunghoon’s chest to smell him. After a while the alpha just released his calming pheromones which easily caused the young omega to fall asleep.

Riki had slept through the rest of his second day of heat, much to the relief of his hyungs as they found out the second day was usually the worst. When the youngest woke up the following day, he felt far better than the two previous days. He knew he was still in heat but fortunately the pain wasn’t as bad today and his hyungs must have rescented all their clothes as their scents on them were still strong.

But unfortunately, they were all missing from the room which made Riki whine and pout. He wanted his hyungs. Riki removed his own shirt and threw on Jay’s oversized t-shirt before slipping Heeseung’s huge pink hoodie over his head.

He replaced his sweatpants with Jake’s shorts which couldn’t even be seen under his large hoodie and he draped up Sunghoon’s blanket over his shoulders and grabbed Sunoo and Jungwon’s sweatshirt and t-shirt before standing up on his legs which still weren’t quite stable but he held onto the wall as he left the bedroom and let his nose guide him to where all his hyungs’ scents were concentrated in the kitchen.

He probably shouldn’t be walking about considering how unsteady he is on his own feet and how dizzy he felt after he got out of bed. But honestly Riki couldn’t bring himself to care, he just needed to be around his hyungs.

He dragged himself to the kitchen to find his hyungs all around the room, some leaning against the counters and some sitting at the table. They all turned around when they noticed Riki’s scent become stronger only to see said boy standing in the entryway to the kitchen adorned in all their clothing.

“Baby, what are you doing standing?” Sunghoon asked worriedly as he rushed over to the omega who was swaying on his two feet. The elder quickly wrapped his arms around Riki’s waist as the boy buried his face in Sunghoon’s neck.

“You should be in bed pup, you’re not even halfway through your heat yet and you can barely stand,” Jake added in a serious tone.

“I missed you guys,” Riki pouted, “I woke up alone,” he whined.

The members all cooed internally at how cute Riki looked as he pouted at them while covered in all their clothes. Sunghoon felt that weird feeling of possessiveness blossom within him once again seeing Riki in all the other members clothes but he remembered their discussion from the previous day and took deep breaths to calm the alpha in him that was feeling all possessive and territorial towards the omega in his arms.

“You wanna get back into bed Kiki? I’ll come cuddle with you and your Jay-hyung will bring you breakfast,” Sunghoon said hoping it would convince the maknae.

Riki perked up at the idea of Sunghoon cuddling him and immediately nodded. He heard the older boy chuckle softly before he was lifted into the alpha’s arms and he started walking them back to their room.
Sunghoon laid Riki onto his bed and the maknae instantly cuddled into the blanket he gave him the previous day. Before he laid down, the elder went to his drawer and grabbed an oversized hoodie of his and scented it thoroughly, before walking back over to the youngest.

Riki’s nose perked up at the strengthening of Sunghoon’s scent and looked up to see the older boy holding his blue hoodie that Riki loved to steal from him, completely coated in his scent.

“Hyungie, can I have that?” Riki asked quietly.

“Of course baby, I grabbed it for you after all,” Sunghoon smiled as he sat down beside him.

Riki craved being surrounded in the older’s scent and started grabbing at Heeseung’s hoodie to take it off, “Can you put it on me?” he asked as he looked at the blue hoodie in Sunghoon’s hands.

The former ice skater smirked a little to himself, glad that his plan of getting Riki into his clothes worked. Call him a possessive alpha but something about seeing the maknae in a hoodie that wasn’t Sunghoon’s and smelling Heeseung all over him made the younger alpha just a tiny bit jealous. But he smiled to himself victoriously as Riki put the eldest’s hoodie next to Jungwon and Sunoo’s clothes and lifted his arms for Sunghoon to pull his hoodie over his head.

Sunghoon felt his heart melt seeing Riki in his hoodie. Despite the boy towering over him, the maknae just looked so small. He could hear his alpha softly whispering ‘mine’ as his scent surrounded Riki and sandalwood and sea salt met strawberries and sweet cream. But despite the scents being so different they intertwined so well together that Sunghoon couldn’t help but wonder if Riki could smell like this more often if he was his.

Sunghoon really liked Riki and it was clear to himself before. Yet somehow the younger’s presentation made his feelings for him increase more. The older boy actually enjoyed Riki clinging to him and just wanted to keep the young boy safe from everything in this world, care for him and love him. Sunghoon knew he was absolutely down bad and wanted to scream out his feelings for the younger but had to refrain.

After all, Riki’s brain was still heat-addled and he should be thinking clearly and be in his regular state for Sunghoon to sit down and have a discussion about that with him. He knew being rejected was still a possibility but it didn’t mean that he didn’t want to try. Because deep down inside, based off how Riki clung to him the most during his heat and even called him his alpha, Sunghoon thought his feelings might not be entirely unreciprocated.

Riki felt himself get surrounded by warmth and comfort as Sunghoon put his hoodie on him. He was surrounded by the older’s scent and he finally felt at ease. He could smell Sunghoon’s scent intertwine with his and quite frankly the combination, despite the drastic differences in scents was heavenly. He tucked his face into the elder’s neck as the older wrapped his arms around his waist and cuddled him close. Riki let out a pur in satisfaction, feeling more than content.

No matter how much he liked attention from all the alphas, Sunghoon really was his favorite. The maknae knew he had more than friendly feelings for Sunghoon long before he presented. His feelings had developed since before he was initially supposed to present but Riki had not really solidified them until the beginning of that year.

But he knew what he felt, he liked Sunghoon a lot. His omega knew that too and that’s why he found himself calling Sunghoon ‘alpha’. He had dropped it after the first two days of his heat after his head became more clear and he felt embarrassed remembering it; but he adored the attention and the way Sunghoon cared for him during his heat the most.

From the beginning he was understanding and attentive and tried his best despite never dealing with a situation like this. His soft, caring treatment of Riki just made his brain want to turn to complete mush and let the alpha take care of him. Riki had no clue and somewhat doubted that the older felt the same way but decided to take this opportunity of his presentation to cling to the older considering all he wanted was cuddles and attention.

Before he presented he constantly pushed away his feelings and when he failed to present Riki still worried. Although alpha on alpha relationships had become more common, Riki still had his insecurities about admitting to himself how he felt about Sunghoon around the time he was initially supposed to present because he was afraid.

He was afraid the older wouldn’t want another alpha or a beta or even if they both had feelings for each other that they wouldn’t work out. Riki was headstrong and stubborn yet extremely sensitive, throwing a territorial and domineering subgender into the mix with his personality just seemed like a way to ruin relationships.

But it didn’t mean Riki wouldn’t have wanted to try if he did end up an alpha or beta. But now, he wasn’t. Maybe when his head wasn’t as fucked up from his heat he’d try and talk to the older, since there was a tiny, probably deluded part of his brain that thought Sunghoon could be his.

“Kiki you need to eat,” Jake said exasperatedly.

“No,” Riki said stubbornly once again.

The hyungs all sighed. The maknae was on his last day of heat yet his mood hadn’t improved much as he was still being incredibly stubborn.
The profuse sweating and body aches had gone however he still had a slight fever. Fortunately though, he was much more coherent and could walk to the bathroom on his own but his brain was still addled with some effects of his heat.

His fourth, fifth and sixth day weren’t much trouble at all as he was satiated with cuddles and attention from his hyungs and they scented and added some new clothes to his nest which provided them with a greatly contented and mostly calm omega.

Now however, they’d been trying to get Riki to eat for the past half an hour but nothing was working. The last meal he had was dinner the day before and now it was lunch. The omega really wasn’t eating enough during his heat and as his hyungs they were trying to make sure he was properly taken care of.

“Riki please, you haven’t eaten in so long,” Sunoo said gently.

“I’m not hungry hyungs,” Riki whined as he sat against the wall away from all of them.

“We know pup but you have to eat a little or else you’re gonna keep feeling sick,” Jay tried to coax him.

Jungwon took the bowl of crackers Jay had brought for the youngest and slowly eased one to Riki’s mouth hoping a gentle approach would work. Riki saw the cracker and turned to his youngest hyung as he felt a vibration in his throat.

Jungwon’s hand recoiled as the members all stared at Riki in shock.

“Did you just growl at me?” Jungwon asked incredulously.

“Yah Nishimura Riki, you do not ever and I mean ever growl at anyone and especially not one of your hyungs,” Sunghoon scolded.

Hearing Sunghoon address him in that tone made Riki feel properly chastised. The alpha’s tone was authoritative and left no room for any protest from the maknae. It was not just a reminder it was a demand. Riki shrunk under the elder alpha’s gaze before turning to Jungwon who was still sitting in front of him on the edge of the bed.

“ ‘m sorry Wonie-hyung,” Riki muttered guiltily.

“It’s okay Riki-ah, but are you gonna stop being stubborn and eat now?” Jungwon asked him.

Riki just nodded in response not wanting to give his hyungs trouble anymore, especially after Sunghoon used that authoritative tone on him that just made him want to listen. The leader sat back down on the foot of the bed before feeding the maknae one of the crackers which he finally accepted.

“There you go pup, now that wasn’t so hard was it?” Heeseung said encouragingly.

Riki nodded slowly before opening his mouth for Jungwon to feed him another which the second youngest happily obliged. The maknae genuinely looked a bit like a soft baby duck while the leader slowly fed him and all the hyungs’ felt their hearts melt as they watched the two youngest members.

The young omega actually finished all the crackers with no complaints and the hyungs were happy that he finally ate something despite it not being the most sufficient food.

After he finished the meal Sunoo and Jungwon both climbed onto the bed beside him to cuddle up to him which Riki thoroughly enjoyed as he buried his face in Sunoo’s chest.

The oldest three members all saw how Sunghoon stared at Riki as Jungwon and Sunoo held him and exchanged some knowing looks.

“We’ll be right back you guys,” Jake told the maknaes softly before he indicated for the hyungs to leave the bedroom, all of them noticing how Sunghoon did so quite reluctantly.

When the door shut behind the hyungs, Riki let out a whine which made the two older maknaes look at him in concern.

“Hey what’s wrong Riki-ah? Does something hurt?” Sunoo asked in concern, as he and Jungwon sat up to look at the young omega.

Riki stayed quiet as he sat up and stared at his lap. He didn’t mean to do that and the thought of explaining the reason to his hyungs felt so embarrassing.

“Riki, what’s going on? We may not fully understand but you can tell us,” Jungwon soothed him thinking it may have to do with the omega’s heat.

“I want Hoonie-hyung,” Riki admitted quietly.

“Oh well I’m sure he’ll be back soon or if you want I can call him for you,” Sunoo said kindly.

Riki shook his head that isn’t what he meant.

“No hyung, I want Sunghoon-hyungie,” Riki said again, emphasizing the word.

Realization dawned on the two young alphas’ faces as they finally understood the maknae’s words. They weren’t idiots, everyone in the group saw how Sunghoon looked at Riki. The elder would always take care of and dote on the youngest the most and they’d always catch the ice prince staring at their maknae longingly when he wasn’t looking.

They all knew but it was mostly unspoken besides some teasing on occasion when Riki wasn’t around. They all noticed Sunghoon’s scent flare enthusiastically when Riki would give him a hug or praise him during dance practice. The members were well aware of Sunghoon’s feelings for their youngest member but the two alphas next to him had no idea that Riki felt the same way.

Well that last statement wasn’t entirely true but when it came to Riki’s feelings he wasn’t exactly an open book about them. The maknae wasn’t one to talk about his feelings a lot but instead always had this subtlety to him that you really had to closely observe him to notice.

They had noticed the lingering gazes that Riki would give their hyung sometimes when no one else was really looking. They saw the way Riki would lean a little extra into Sunghoon’s holds or savor physical contact with him a little more.

They noticed how he’d cling onto Sunghoon a little more than the rest of them but surmised it to being the fact that Sunghoon enjoyed skinship from the maknae the most out of all the members and that Riki took advantage of that to show his hyung his love and appreciation.

But now it made all the more sense, the way he’d hold Sunghoon in hugs even just a second longer than the rest of them, how he seemed to savour every moment he spent with the former ice skater. It all made sense but they thought they were just speculating, or overthinking things. But deep down they always had their suspicions and now they seemed to almost be confirmed.

“Wait Riki, you like Sunghoon?” Jungwon asked slowly.

Riki nodded, “Yeah I like Hoonie-hyung, I have for a while.”

The two older maknaes gaped at each other before looking back at the maknae.

“How long is a while?” Sunoo asked him, curious as to when these feelings developed in the maknae.

“Before I was supposed to present, so about a year now,” Riki admitted quietly.

The two alphas in the room were absolutely dumbfounded. Riki had harbored feelings for Sunghoon for a year and they hardly noticed, sure they suspected but suspecting and actually having a strong feeling of knowledge were two very different things. They’d seen the way the older alpha had developed feelings for Riki for the past year yet never realized that the omega had done the same.

“Ki…” Jungwon gaped at him, “how come you never said anything?”

Riki sighed, finally ready to actually talk about this with someone.

“Everyone thought I’d end an alpha and although relationships between two alphas have become more and more common and there’s no problem with them, I was just afraid. I was so afraid that if I did present as an alpha and Sunghoon-hyung did somehow have feelings for me that I’d ruin it. I’m too stubborn, yet too senstitive, I’d get too emotional and then it would all mix up with the alpha instincts and it’d all go to shit,” Riki rambled.

“I’d fail at being a good partner if i was an alpha.” Riki said as a tear trickled down his cheek, “Fuck, I’m still all those things I said and I’m omega, I’m even more sensitive yet still stubborn. I still don’t even know if I’d be a good partner now,” Riki said admitting his insecurities.

The older two stayed quiet for several moments before Sunoo cupped the maknae’s cheeks and made Riki look at him.

“Nishimura Riki, you listen to me and you listen well. Everything you just said is absolute bullshit. Just because you’re sensitive and stubborn and an omega doesn’t mean you would be a bad partner,” Sunoo said in a serious tone.

“Sunoo-hyung’s right,” Jungwon piped up, making the youngest turn to him, “all those things you just said are some of the best things about you Ki. Yes you’re stubborn but you’re not just stubborn for the sake of it but it makes you firm in the things you believe. You’re also such an incredibly strong individual. You’re so smart, mature and eloquent in everything you say,” Jungwon told him.

“You’re sensitive yet you also don’t allow yourself be vulnerable a lot of the time. You’re also so incredibly sweet and you look after all of us. You’re an amazing person and all those things would make you a great partner,” Sunoo said, sincerity coating every word.

“You really think so hyungs?” Riki sniffled, feeling himself fill with warmth at hearing his hyungs speak to him so genuinely and saying everything that they thought about him.

“We don’t just think so, we know so Riki-ah. We know you, better than a lot of people and we know what you’re like. Anybody would be lucky to have you,” Jungwon said honestly.

Riki smiled up at his hyungs, he couldn’t believe he had let his own insecurities about himself get in the way of him embracing his feelings when his two hyungs were sitting here, smiling at him so fondly while they went on about how things Riki saw negatively about himself were truly positive in their own ways.

“Thank you hyungs, really,” Riki smiled gratefully at them.

The two alphas looked fondly at their youngest before they cuddled him back in between them, fending off his insecurities and assuring him that the negative thoughts he had about himself were the furthest thing from the truth.

“Alright Sunghoon, talk to us,” Jake told his best friend as soon as the hyungs all entered the living room and took a seat on the couch.

Sunghoon glanced around at the oldest three questioningly as they all stared at him expectantly.

“Um, talk about what?” said boy asked confusedly.

“Aish, how dense are you Park Sunghoon?” Jay sighed.

“It’s obvious that you like Riki,” Heeseung stated while he gave the younger a look as if daring him to try and deny it.

The eldest three members were all staring at him, waiting him for him to answer them and under their gaze, Sunghoon honestly cracked.

“Okay okay, I like him! Please stop glaring into my soul for fuck’s sake,” Sunghoon relented.

“Well fucking finally,” Jake sighed.

“Honestly, you know how long we’ve been waiting to hear that?” Jay asked rhetorically.

“I was going to go grey if you tried to deny it,” Heeseung commented.

“Wait so you guys all knew?” Sunghoon furrowed his brows.

“Honestly yes, but your behavior since Riki presented just confirmed it more,” Jay responded.

“I mean for starters, you went all protective alpha mode when Riki’s presentation began and told us to control our scents around him. You didn’t want to let Sunoo cuddle him and when Riki said he wasn’t yours you looked like a kicked puppy. And none of us missed how you just stared longingly at him when Sun and Wonie cuddled him just now,” Jake listed.

“We’re all alphas but none of us have felt or acted possessive of Riki, more protective because he’s an omega and our maknae? Sure,” Heeseung spoke up, “but you’re the only one who actually has been like an alpha around him.”

Sunghoon went quiet and looked down at his lap knowing that he had no defense because everything they said is true. He had feelings for Riki and the younger’s presentation and him being more vulnerable just made Sunghoon’s alpha keep telling him that Riki was ‘his omega’. His instincts were just insisting to protect Riki and care for him. They made him far more possessive and protective of the boy and he wanted to be the main one looking after him due to the fact that he also had romantic feelings for the maknae.

“I’ve liked him since before he was supposed to present,” Sunghoon admitted, “I’ve just been too much of a coward to say anything.”

Jay gasped, “Wait so Sunghoon that’s…”

“A year,” Sunghoon supplied for him, “I’ve liked him since last year.”

“We have such a good friendship and he trusts me so much. I cherish what we have now that I’m afraid that if I confess that means losing him,” the young alpha explained.

“I’d rather not say anything about my feelings and still have him in my life than tell him and ruin the friendship we’ve formed over the years,” Sunghoon said.

“Hoon, you can’t just do that.” Jake began,“Your feelings are your feelings and bottling them all away isn’t good for you.”

“Jakey’s right Hoon, you and Riki undoubtedly have an amazing friendship and of course it isn’t our place to tell you what to do but, tell me seriously : Do you think Riki doesn’t like you?” Jay asked as he stared at him.

Sunghoon looked up at the second eldest confused, “What do you mean Jay-ah?”

“I think you know what he means Hoon.” Heeseung added gently, “Do you think Riki doesn’t like you?” he repeated.

Sunghoon thought back to the past week he spent with Riki, how the youngest clung to him the most, but also how Sunghoon stuck to Riki. He was looking after the younger constantly and just felt the need to protect and care for him increased by his instincts because he liked him. He thought about how he was even the only one Riki called alpha and how overall Riki just seemed to trust him like… like a partner.

“I…I don’t,” he answered truthfully.

The elder three just stayed silent and looked at him with gentle smiles on his face. These were still Sunghoon’s feelings and it was up to him to decide what he needed to do; they’d done their part. The rest was for Sunghoon to trust himself and his feelings and act on them.

Riki woke up the next day still cuddled between Jungwon and Sunoo. The other hyungs hadn’t come back to the room the entire night which left the two eldest maknaes to take care of Riki until they all fell asleep late into the night.

Riki finally no longer felt feverish and his brain didn’t have any of the fogginess it had to it during the week. He wasn’t sweating at all and his scent was still noticeable but didn’t have the overwhelming strength that it had during the week. His heat was finally over.

Riki looked around at his bed, realizing it was still covered in clothing items from all his hyungs and remembered the high instinct he had to nest and be surrounded by the scents of all the alphas in the dorm during the week.

That feeling had gone and Riki remembered that it was because omegas also mostly nested during their heats which was probably why his need to do so had gone. Riki sat up and stretched, careful not to wake his hyungs as he got out of their holds. They needed all the rest they could get considering they’d spent the whole week taking care of him.

Jungwon and Sunoo’s scents were more muted as they were asleep, but Riki was finally able to take them in for himself without them just being overpowering and all the scents coming to him at once. Jungwon’s cactus and watermelon scent was incredibly refreshing and reminded him of the fun memories of that one En O’ Clock episode they filmed when they had a game day and had watermelon for a snack.

Sunoo’s scent of mint and dark chocolate reminded Riki of ice cream particularly his hyung’s favorite flavor mint chocolate. Although he had no idea how Sunoo enjoyed mint chocolate to the extent he did, his hyung’s scent was absolutely wonderful and was just so Sunoo.

After taking in his two youngest hyungs’ scents for a little longer, Riki stood up and quietly left the bedroom. He could smell the now very familiar scents of his eldest three hyungs concentrated in the kitchen and mingling with each other. But he did take note that Sunghoon’s scent wasn’t there. None of them were overpowering but were distinct yet complimented each other as Riki approached.

Jake’s snickerdoodle cookie and cinnamon scent reminded Riki of a bakery. Jay’s scent of amber with a hint of sweetcorn honestly smelt expensive, it reminded Riki of the cologne the elder used. Heeseung’s natural scents of mahogany and nutmeg reminded Riki of when they had their first camping trip together while filming their debut content as well as their more recent trip to Danyang.

Riki hummed quietly to himself as he walked towards the kitchen, they scents were new to Riki yet smelt so familiar. Honestly his hyungs’ scents suited them and he was happy to finally be able to smell them.

“Morning hyungs,” Riki greeted as he entered the kitchen.

“Morning Ki,” the trio chorused.

“Hey Riki-san, how’re you feeling?” Jake asked.

“Much better hyung, my heat’s finally over,” Riki smiled at them.

“We’re glad you’re feeling better Ki and we’re sorry we were so clueless. We’ll do better at taking care of you next time,” Jay told him confidently while the other two nodded in agreement.

Riki smiled softly at them, “Hyungs it’s really okay and honestly you guys did take good care of me. I don’t think anyone else would’ve done as well with me as you guys, so thank you.”

“Don’t mention it pup, hyungs will always take care of you,” Heeseung told him sweetly.

Riki smiled gratefully at them once again before asking what’s been on his mind, “Where’s Sunghoon-hyungie?”

“He’s on the balcony, he said he wants to talk to you actually. Nothing bad so don’t get nervous,” Jake assured him.

“Oh okay,” Riki said as he turned to go find the elder.

“Wait!” Jay called stopping him in his tracks, “He did say to make sure you had breakfast before you came to him so eat up pup,” the second oldest told him as he handed him a bowl of cereal.

As much as Riki didn’t want to wait any longer to see Sunghoon, he obliged and ate as quickly as he could before leaving the kitchen for the balcony.

When Riki glanced through the glass door, he spotted Sunghoon leaning on the railing, looking over the city. The sun’s rays were bathing the elder in its golden light. Sunghoon’s dark eyes shone in the light and the sun highlighted his moles and smooth, flawless skin. As Riki looked at him he thought that Sunghoon was truly ethereal.

However he couldn’t keep his hyung waiting any longer so he snapped out of admiring the elder and pushed the door open.

“Hi Hoon-hyung,” Riki greeted.

The elder turned around and gave Riki a smile that the younger honestly thought would melt his heart for a second. He had feelings for Sunghoon for such a long time but the older never failed to make him feel butterflies. That was the case but it was now, accompanied with his wolf repeatedly whispering ‘alpha’ but he tried to keep his composure.

“Hi Riki-ah,” the older said gently, “how are you feeling?”

“Better hyung, a lot better,” Riki nodded, “my heat’s finally over so everything’s a lot less overwhelming now, including your scent. It’s really nice, I like it,” Riki commented absentmindedly as he inhaled Sunghoon’s aroma of sandalwood and sea salt. He only realized what he said after and blushed slightly before turning his head to look out at the city, in disbelief that he just admitted that to Sunghoon.

Sunghoon noticed Riki blush and the younger’s comment about his scent made an unexpected confidence take over him.

“Yeah? You like my scent?” he asked as he gently put a hand on Riki’s chin and turned the maknae to face him, not missing how Riki blushed again.

So many thoughts were going through Riki’s brain. Where did all this confidence come from? Why was Sunghoon making him feel a million times more flustered than normal? Why was there something in his tone that Riki couldn’t quite place but it also made him positively melt? Did Sunghoon maybe like him?

Riki took in a deep breath as he looked at the slightly shorter male and decided to take a leap and double down,

“Yeah hyung, I really like your scent. It’s actually my favorite, even before I presented when your emotions were really high I could smell it if I was really close to you and I focused,” Riki admitted.

At those words, it was Sunghoon’s turn to blush hearing that his scent was Riki’s favorite even before the boy presented.

Riki felt himself growing nervous, he could feel this conversation going into dangerous territory after he admitted something so intimate about himself so he tried to change the topic.

“Thank you hyung, for helping me during my heat by the way. You took really good care of me and looked out for me a lot, I know that might just be because I clung to you the most but still… thank you,” he said quickly.

Sunghoon seemed to snap out of his brief daze at the maknae’s words and chuckled awkwardly before smiling at him, “Yeah of course Kiki, it was no problem.”

A silence fell between them, it was tense and neither of them really knew what to say. But Sunghoon heard the eldest three’s words from the day prior echo in his head and decided to take the leap he has wanted to for more than a year now.

“You know there’s a reason why I took care of you a lot and it wasn’t just because you clung to me,” Sunghoon admitted slowly as he stared at Riki.

Riki looked straight into his hyung’s eyes sensing the weight to the elder’s words and feeling something inexplicable in his gut.

“What is it?” he quietly asked.

“I was also clinging to you in fact. I wanted to be around you while you were in heat. I wanted to look after you because you were so vulnerable and I wanted to be there for you. I enjoy looking after you Riki, I really do. It’s just when you started presenting, my instincts made my need to take care of you increase and when you called me alpha…” Sunghoon said which made Riki blush deeply as he recalled the memory.

“I- I wanted it to be true, I want to be your alpha,” Sunghoon finished quietly and Riki was stunned.

He was hearing correctly right? Sunghoon just said that he wants to be Riki’s alpha, which means Sunghoon likes Riki… he likes Riki just like Riki likes Sunghoon and the warmth that filled him as he felt his scent grow stronger due to the joy that he felt, Sunghoon looked up at him when he noticed the change in the younger’s scent.

“I want that too,” Riki said simply, wanting to say so much more but his words seemed to be stuck in his throat.

Sunghoon’s scent also increased, becoming more potent and mingling with Riki’s the two drastically different scents of sandalwood with sea salt and strawberries and sweet cream somehow coming together in a perfect harmony.

The elder gently took Riki’s hands in his as he looked the maknae straight in the eye.

“I like you Riki. I like you a lot and I have for the past year, you mean so much to me but I was so afraid of jeopardizing our friendship that I never said anything. But I’ve fallen for you, I really have,” Sunghoon confessed.

Riki felt his heart racing in his chest at Sunghoon’s confession and let out a giggle of surprise and pure joy before opening his mouth again.

“I like you too Sunghoon, I’ve also liked you for the past year but I was so afraid of myself. I was afraid that I would be a horrible partner if you did like me back. I was afraid that I was too stubborn and sensitive and when everyone expected me to present as an alpha, I thought that those instincts mixed with my personality would only end in disaster,” Riki admitted.

“But even when I presented and turned out an omega,” Riki continued, “I still felt those insecurities because I thought that now I’d be stubborn but too sensitive but Jungwonie and Sunoo-hyungie told me that all the doubts I have of myself aren’t true. They gave me the confidence to get past my insecurities and trust myself. So I might not be a great partner but I will try to be. If you want me that is?” Riki asked hesitantly at the end.

Sunghoon stepped forward so there was an even smaller gap between them and pulled Riki closer to him which made the omega gasp in surprise at how little space there was between them now.

“I want you Nishimura Riki. I want every single bit of you, the good parts, the bad parts, I want all of it. I want to be with you to comfort you during your worst moments and be proud and celebrate beside you at your best. Wonie and Sunoo are right. Your insecurities aren’t true, in fact I admire your stubbornness and even though you’re sensitive you are so strong willed, mature and intelligent. But you can always be vulnerable with me, you’re safe with me. I love you,” Sunghoon said genuinely as he took one of his hands from Riki’s to place it behind the boy’s neck to lower his head so their foreheads were touching.

“You’re too sweet to me hyung,” Riki said gently, his heart racing from hearing Sunghoon say those three beautiful words.

“It’s what you deserve Kiki. You deserve a partner who will take care of you and who you can be vulnerable with and I’d like to be that. If you want me that is?” the alpha asked mirroring the younger’s question from earlier.

Riki took in a deep breath at Sunghoon’s sincere words, he was absolutely in love with the older and the alpha’s words told him that his love was reciprocated.

“I want you Park Sunghoon. Every single part of you. You don’t have to be a stereotypical alpha who always tries to be strong around their omegas. You can be vulnerable with me hyung and I want to take care of you too. I love you,” Riki said breathlessly releasing those three words into the autumn air.

“So will you be my boyfriend? My omega in a way even though we’re not mating?” Sunghoon asked as he chuckled nervously.

Riki blushed as the sun shone on both of them, bathing in warmth as they took in each other’s scents which when together were becoming all too addicting to the pair.

“Yes, I’d love to be your boyfriend and your omega. As long as you’ll be my alpha,” Riki added somewhat playfully at the end.

“I’m yours,” Sunghoon said sweetly.

“And I’m yours,” Riki responded.

Sunghoon retracted his forehead from Riki’s and looked deeply into his beautiful omega’s eyes. The boy in front of him was truly stunning as the sun shone on his honey skin and made his eyes glow and looked as though they held stars in them. Riki was truly a vision, someone crafted from his most wonderful dreams.

Riki noticed Sunghoon’s gaze flicker to his lips and copied the action of the older, his eyes going from Sunghoon’s heart shaped lips to his eyes that looked a gorgeous golden brown from how the sun hit them.

The two were communicating without words as they clearly wanted the same thing as Sunghoon’s arms let go of Riki’s hands and wrapped around the boy’s waist while Riki brought his hands up around the elder’s neck.

Sunghoon gave him a questioning look as the gap between them grew smaller and Riki gave the elder a small nod, before Sunghoon pulled Riki’s body flush to his and closed the gap between them.

Their lips slotted together perfectly as though they were each other’s missing puzzle pieces. Sunghoon kissed him gently and slowly but with so much passion, the couple savoring the feeling of their lips on each others.

They pulled back for a second before diving right back in, the two unable to get enough of one another. Kissing Sunghoon was addicting, Riki felt as though he was on Cloud 9. The taste of the elder’s lips reminded Riki of his scent, salty, more than likely from his breakfast yet so so sweet from that coconut lip balm that Riki always saw him using.

They could both smell their scents even stronger as their feelings of love caused them to increase. After a few more minutes the couple pulled away for air but still held each other close.

“I love you Riki,” Sunghoon said gently as he looked into the omega’s eyes.

“I love you Sunghoon,” Riki said as he stared back at his alpha. His alpha, Riki didn’t think that two words ever felt more right.

Their distinct scents had joined together like their owners did. They combined as though they symbolized the couple that had come together today as they both cherished each other’s love and looked forward to their journey together as they stood out on the balcony bathed in both the sun’s golden light and the incredible scents of strawberries with sweet cream and sandalwood with sea salt.