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Alex caught himself in quite the situation. He was stuck waiting in a very noisy chaotic airport in the heart of South Korea, and as an introvert, this was the last place he'd like to be. You're probably wondering why he was here, to begin with, but it started 6 months ago in his home country. The poor omega was the last of his family pack back in Auckland, New Zealand. He was an accidental pup, one which they didn't care much about. They ignored him every chance they could and were quite surprised to see he lived past his baby stage. So growing up he endured a lot of abuse and neglect and bullying at the hands of them. To his family pack, he was the worst thing to ever exist. As stated he was an omega, but he wasn't your usual kind of omega. He was very tall and somewhat muscular and Intimidating, feats you don't quite see an omega in this day and age. His family pack would take every chance possible to remind him of it voicing how ugly he was for an omega, eventually causing the younger to grow hatred of everything about his existence. One day they happened to see an advertisement for a pack hosting program, which his pack jokingly talked about in front of him, claiming that they could use this to finally get rid of him once and for all. To them, Alex was a waste of human flesh in the pack, a pup for which they didn't want to waste extra resources.
They signed him up, soon assuming after two or three months of no contact, that maybe the company didn't consider him because he was such 'an ugly-looking omega' that they didn't want to spend money on him. That was until 3-4 four months passed and he finally got an email stating he was accepted into the program that his flight was scheduled to take off within a week of the email's send date and that if he had any questions or issues to email them back. He relayed the news to his parents within the pack, and to their excitement of not having to take care of the younger anymore they packed every last bit of his belongings and quickly sent him on his way with hush money to leave the pack alone. He had spent his last days in Auckland lonely and abandoned crying in a hotel room with his belongings.
So now here he was in the airport waiting for the host group going by the name of Stray Kids, according to the email, to pick him up. He didn't have a grand amount of belongings with him, just an average black traveling bag that contained all his pieces of clothing and his Doc Martins, as he was wearing his Converse sneakers on his feet at the moment. He readjusted his clear-framed glasses, pulled his phone out, and checked the time, it was 12:30 p.m. He softly sighed to himself as his stomach seemed to grumble in response. As he waited he played a little game, until someone inconspicuously bumped into him, jolting his arm and sending his poor phone, which was in miserable condition, flying just a few feet away from him.
He sighed to himself once more and walked over to the phone picking it up. He accessed the phone, making sure it hadn't sustained drastic damage that would deem it useless. When he saw that it still worked he let out a soft breath and chuckle he hadn't realized he was holding in. He looked back up checking his surroundings as he didn't want a repeat of what just happened seconds ago. He began to get even more hungry and he didn't know how long it would take before his host pack would show up and was contemplating buying food at the airport and getting ready to turn around. He was stopped in his tracks when he saw a small poster board that had stray kids and both his English and Korean names written on it in the distance. He took in their appearance realizing there were at least 8 in their pack, and they all looked divinely attractive. He instantly knew it was going to be a long year ahead of him if these were the visuals he was going to have to wake up to every day. He slightly shivered as the airport air was starting to get to his omega body, and it hadn't helped that he traveled to the country on its coldest autumn day so far, it only being 61°F/16°C. It took every fiber in his body to convince his introverted mind that he needed to walk over to them so he could finally be taken somewhere warm and get some food.
He shyly walked over to them, softly waving, when their jaw dropped as he got closer to them.
He slightly furrowed his eyebrows in confusion at their responses, unsure of what could trigger such a reaction. That's when the thought popped up. 'Do I look ugly or something?' he thought to himself, causing a river of negative thoughts to suddenly pile through his brain. He internally held back the urge to cry, as he told himself his pack had to be right if this was how people reacted to him. But not wanting to create a scene the omega forced a small meek smile onto his face as he hid his hands in the paws of his sweater.
"Wow, he's so... tall.." the light blonde one said aloud. His voice was quite deep and it piqued Alex's interest and attention.
"Yeah, I thought they were bluffing but it turns out they were telling the truth." another one with reddish brown hair said.
"Minho, I've never met an omega that tall if we're being honest ?" another one said, this one being completely ripped with muscles.
"Me either," said another one, who from the looks of it was probably just an inch or two taller than Alex himself.
The poor omega was so shy, and fighting back the feelings he had over his appearance that he didn't quite know what to say. He just stayed silent and quietly watched them all take in his appearance. He looked down at his feet and continued to mentally nitpick his entire appearance as they did so, a habit he likely picked up because of his former pack. It had turned him into a dreadful perfectionist. Oh, how he had wished it was so much easier and cheaper to change his face and body. He wasn't the type to gravitate towards cosmetic procedures but in this instance, he honestly wished he was financially better off as he was considering it now. Maybe then he would have been able to make himself look more like a cute omega.
"He's quite adorable though," a boy with light orange blonde hair said while all the others agreed. That was the sentence that had snapped him out of his thought process. They thought he was cute? He slightly blushed at the thought and instantly tried to cover his face.
"Awe, he's flustered." they all said in unison, which made Alex blush even harder, his ears and cheeks flushed a deep red. He shivered once more, as the cold was starting to become a problem, and the same red-haired one, who sujin assumed was Minho, seemed to take notice.
"Ah okay, let's hurry up and get Sujin home," he said, turning to the Orange blondie, " I think the cold is starting to bother him, and that shirt is way too thin."
The same Orange blondie that complimented him, folded the poster up, resting it back in his pocket before gently grabbing the omega's hand and leading them towards the vehicle they drove to the airport in. They had been walking for a bit, as they Parked in a parking lot, and Alex couldn't help but uncontrollably shiver, the shirt he wore doing absolutely nothing to keep any heat against his body. The orange-blonde holding poor Alex's hand took notice of the shaking at his side and decided to pull the other in a bit closer to give him some extra heat, to which Alex internally thanked him while slightly blushing, his body shivering a lot less as the alpha's body heat radiated on him. They eventually got to the car, it was a sleek nice-looking SUV, but Alex was unsure how it could fit 9 of them into it. It seemed that his confusion showed when the muscular one softly chuckled as he slipped into the driver's seat and allowed everyone to start getting in. As most of the pack slipped in, the one in the driver seat spoke.
"This car can seat like 11 people," he said with a soft chuckle as he patted the outside of the door, "so don't worry about all of us fitting cutie."
Alex softly blushed in response to the word cutie, quickly getting in the car and setting his bag between his legs when the orange-blonde gestured for him to get in first. The alpha followed behind him, and everyone buckled their seatbelts as the alpha closed the last door. The same red-haired one eventually slipped into the passenger seat just in front and turned on the heat in the car. Soon enough Alex felt comfortably warm and relaxed into his seat.
"Okay, Sujin my name is Minho," the red-haired one said with a soft smile as he turned to face me in his seat, " I just want to warn you that this is gonna be a 3-hour ride so get comfortable... also is that the only bag you have?"
The latter was taken aback not expecting Minho to ask about his belongings. His mouth parted open to speak but nothing came out as he couldn't push himself to verbally respond, so he nodded instead.
"Oh... if your stuff in there looks anything like what you have on at that moment, I'm afraid that's not gonna cut it," Minho said as his face became a little more serious. Alex softly pouted as he knew the other was right, considering he was downright freezing whilst walking in the parking lot not too long ago. He had underestimated South Korea's weather compared to Auckland and a part of him wished he could have a do-over in terms of his wardrobe.
"Since we're gonna be in this vehicle for a while," the orange-blonde alpha spoke up, "why don't we do ice breakers?" and everyone cheered agreeing in unison. Alex wanted to agree with them as it sounded somewhat fun, but his introverted nature just nagged at him, trying to convince him that he shouldn't speak. He mentally argued within himself until he decided that he was going to speak, as he was worried that maybe they would think he was mute, something that had happened to him before at his previous job back in Auckland. He had accidentally spent an entire week of shifts not verbally speaking, and a rumor on the job developed that the poor omega was mute and customers were wondering why his boss wasn't accommodating him.
The orange-blonde seemed to be waiting for Alex to respond as he silently stared at Alex from the side. "What about you Alex? Or do you prefer Sujin?" The omega couldn't tell why but the way his Korean name was rolling off the tongue of those who had already mentioned it, kind of did something. Don't get him wrong... Alex is a great name... But it was beginning to remind him all too much of the pack that essentially abandoned him before he traveled here in the first place.
"Sujin is better, and an icebreaker sounds good to me." the omega finally spoke albeit very shyly with a smile. Before he could even begin to process how the other knew he could speak English, he was suddenly hit with a smell of strong confusion and a tinge of arousal as everyone's scent started to fill the car. "Is something wrong? Why does it smell strongly of confusion and who's aroused?" he said as his voice and scent began to drip with worry and embarrassment. He couldn't wrap his head around the latter of the scent... how could his speaking make someone aroused? It's not like he said anything remotely even sexual.
"Why is Sujin's voice so deep?" someone blurted out.
"Maybe we'll find out soon Jeongin." the same orange-blonde alpha said in response. "Although maybe we should set up the seats in a comfortable way for this activity since they're able to turn and stuff."
This statement confused Sujin even more because he'd never heard of cars having seats that were able to turn around. It was then that the alpha next to him pressed something and his seat turned in a 35-degree angle allowing him to see everyone behind him, and the driver's seat, but not able to see Minho. You're probably wondering how the omega could tell the orange-blonde was an alpha, but in reality, it was the boy's omega that was able to sense it, and the latter was covered from head to toe in the scent of seawater. It quite honestly fit his appearance and was very comforting for the omega as it reminded him of his former escape place back in Auckland. He could sense himself becoming somewhat dazed and having a harder time breathing as he continued to take the scent in, his eyes becoming half-lidded as he was suddenly and overwhelmingly aroused all too quickly.
"YAH, Channie stop bedazzling the poor boy" Minho laughed and yelled from behind Sujin, " his scent smells like he's practically ready to take you at any second." followed by the entire pack giggling at the situation.
Minho's words made Sujin unintentionally blush his ears turning a deep red, as he tried to hide the fact that he was somewhat affected by whatever the alpha was doing. Not that he minded it, it was somewhat comforting and left a nice warm feeling in him knowing there was a possibility for once in his life that an alpha probably wanted him. But just as quickly as he had that thought, the negative thoughts he knew all too well began to pile up on him. His nagging self-conscious nature beginning to convince him that the alpha didn't see him that way and he was reading into the scent situation all wrong.
"Well I'll go first, I'm Chan, and I'm the pack leader and alpha, I'm 25 and alpha," the alpha said softly smiling at the omega who was now watching him intently wondering why his voice had a feeling of familiarity. That's when it hit Sujin that he was hearing an Australian accent from the alpha. He sat there deep in thought, as the dots connected, his application must have had his native tongue listed, and the Australian pack leader took advantage of that probably wanting him to feel welcomed.
"I'm Han or you can call me jisung and I'm 23 and Alpha," another said with a soft smile. This particular one, Han, had a British accent and resembled a squirrel or quokka to Sujin, and that kind of shook him out of his thoughts and made him giggle. "What's so funny?" Han said furrowing his eyebrows in confusion on what could have led to Sujin's reaction.
"Nothing, you just really resemble a Squirrel," he said as he tried to stop himself from giggling earning a soft whine from Han, "it's quite cute."
"Well if you find it cute, I guess I can't be too mad can I ?" he said sending another soft smile to the omega. "Do you hear that guys? Sujin thinks I'm cute." Some of the pack groaned in annoyance while others laughed at the antics of their pack member.
"I'm Hyunjin the pack Prince, I'm 23 and also an alpha," another one said. This one in particular was sporting a short ponytail with an undercut. His demeanor at the moment was somewhat sensual, and Sujin wondered if he was the only one noticing it as everyone else seemed to be perfectly calm. Sujin carefully grabbed the sleeves of his shirt into his hand as he suddenly became shy. He softly bit his lip and tried to look around the car when he caught another blonde pack member looking dead at him, smiling when he noticed the other looking at him. Sujin once again blushed and immediately looked down, and he was 100% certain that everyone in the car could smell the embarrassment laced in his scent.
"I'm Felix, the pack sunshine, also 23 and also alpha," the blonde one said with a smile as Sujin looked back up. His voice was quite as deep as Sujin's and that kind of surprised the omega as he never frequently heard other people's voices with as much bass as his. It also surprised when he noticed the boy had an Australian accent just slightly stronger than the first blonde who spoke.
"I'm Changbin, I'm 24, and also an alpha, " The muscular one in the driver's seat spat out quickly before shooting a smile in Sujin's direction. Something about his smile brought out a warm feeling in sujin's stomach and he couldn't quite place why. He smiled to himself as the other already looked away, wanting to keep his eyes on the road.
"Seungmin, 22, beta," another one spat out as he went back to his phone. Sujin carefully took in his appearance and thought to himself that the other resembled a puppy in a way, causing him to grin widely without realizing it. Sujin loved puppies and dogs, and the mere fact that someone in the pack resembled one brought a feeling of content happiness to him.
"SUJIN, why are you smiling so hard at Seungmin?" Jisung yelled out causing everyone to laugh except Seungmin, who just looked at the omega and scoffed in annoyance. Sujin immediately furrowed his brows in confusion at the other, wondering what he had done to evoke such a reaction out of the elder. He softly frowned and looked back down at his hand, carefully fidgeting with his fingers as he tried to not let it get to him.
"I'm Jeongin, 22, and a beta," he said with a griny smile. The last one seemed sweet and friendly, and he had a strong feeling that he and the other would get along quite well soon.
"And I'm Minho," Minho said with a soft chuckle, " although you already knew that, I'm 25 and alpha. Your turn Sujin."
"My name is Sujin, I-I'm 20 and an omega," Sujin said feebly as he internally cringed at his stutter. All of the pack however immediately gasped in unison at the omega's words and he couldn't tell why as his anxiety started to consume him. 'Now of all moments was not the time for my anxiety to show face' he thought to himself. He carefully retracted his hands into his sleeves, not having any other way to calm himself, when suddenly he felt the scent of seawater from Chan and a dark chocolate scent from behind consume him. He immediately assumed the chocolate scent was from Minho, and figured he would have to make a definite confirmation sometime later. But at the moment all he could focus on was two Alphas pushing out various calming pheromones, quietly slumping into the chair as he continued to stare at his shoes. He couldn't push himself to continue speaking as it seemed that icebreaker had already drained him enough. He was sure Chan noticed because the alpha returned his hand to the button from earlier as he turned the omega back to the front. He was met with Minho looking back at him shooting the younger a quick reassuring smile.
Sujin became curious about how much time had passed and decided to pull out his phone. He knew that it was roughly 12:50 by the time left the airport, so he was quite surprised to see that the cracked monitor of his phone read 2 p.m. That meant they had at least two hours until they reached their destination. He softly sighed to himself as his stomach grumbled with hunger, but was thankful that it wasn't very loud as the introvert didn't want to attract any further attention to himself for the afternoon. He sighed as he tried to get comfortable in his seat, the jet lag from his flight and lack of food in his stomach making him more restless than usual. His eyes slowly began to close on him as he drifted to sleep, the scent of dark chocolate overpowering his nostrils once again it pushed out comforting pheromones once again, aiding him to sleep.
Time skip.
Sujin was woken up by the motion of being shaken. He softly whined in response, the omega not wanting to open his eyes, he couldn't help it when jet lag was consuming his entire being.
"Sujin, you got to wake up so we can go in the house... it's either that or I carry you." Changbin whispered, not wanting to spook Omega in front of him out of his sleep. But changbins words were enough to wake the other up fully, as he frantically looked around and took in his surroundings. The car was empty beside him, Changbin, and his bag. The car was parked in a driveway, in front of the garage that the omega noticed was connected to the house, a huge 2-story house at that meaning there had to be more than enough room for all of them including Sujin. Quickly he got up from his seat and discarded himself from the car.
"Sorry about that... I take it I had been out for the last 2 hours then?" sujin said softly to which the elder nodded.
"And there's no need to apologize Sujin," he said shooting the omega a soft smile as he started leading the omega into the garage closing its doors behind them, "I wouldn't have minded carrying you at all.. Just didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable."
Sujin softly smiled at the older's thoughtfulness as they finally reached the door that connected the garage to the house. Changbin opened the door as they both slid off their shoes and placed them on a nearby rack, and both he and Sujin were met with utter chaos. Han was chasing after the youngest Beta, Jeongin, with a shoe yelling unspeakable curse after curse while the younger mischievously laughed seemingly having done something that set the alpha off. Chan was chasing after them both, trying to break them up before any serious damage could be done. Hyunjin was sitting on a couch cuddling up with Felix, Minho sat next to them, focused on a show plastered on the TV, while Seungmin was sitting on another couch alone still going at some game on his phone. Changbin sighed before looking back at the omega.
"Sorry about this, this is usually us on a normal day... I'll just show you to your room and let you get situated," he said nonchalantly grabbing the omega's hand as he led Sujin up to the stairs to his room. When they got there Changbin swiftly opened the door, a fully furnished room meeting the omega's eyes. It had a desk, a wardrobe, a dresser, nightstands, and 2 beds, a regular one planted against a wall, and a nesting one as it was placed in what looked like a nesting nook to the omega. The nesting bed was filled with various blankets and pillows.
"OH, uh we decided to all gift you at least one of our blankets and pillows, well except Seungmin. Seeing as your application said you were an omega..." changbin said trailing off a bit at the end. He knew what the alpha getting quieter meant. 'Of course, he doesn't believe I'm an omega..' Sujin said thinking to himself. Who would honestly? He didn't look like one or sound like one, the only thing genuinely solidifying him as an omega was his scent, his overly sweet cotton candy scent was the only proof of it. He softly clenched his hands into a fist, as he tried to hold back the urge to cry in front of the alpha, not wanting his scent to go sour and alert the alpha that he wasn't okay.
"Uh, can I have a moment ?" Sujin said just barely audible. Holding back his emotions was seemingly way harder than he thought at the moment. All of the fucked up things his former pack ever told him came puddling back at an alarming rate and it was taking everything in him not to cry.
"Of course, I'll let you set up and relax until dinner is ready." with that Changbin left closing the door behind him. Sujin sighed as he dropped his bag near the wardrobe not having the energy to fully unpack it. He opened it having the intent to shower and pulled out a pair of black skin-tight boxers, something his old pack teased him for. He couldn't wear loose boxers as they made him feel weird, triggering his sensory ick. He then pulled out a pair of black PJ bottoms and socks, he also pulled out a black Tee, knowing that when dinner was done he couldn't just walk out of his room shirtless. That would have been too much in his opinion, an overkill. He placed the items on the bed and decided to look around the room. He saw 2 doors in it besides the one they just come through. He opened one seeing it was a closet but was surprised to see the second one was a door to a decent-sized bathroom that was only connected to his bedroom. His brain lit up at the thought of not having to bother asking anyone about the bathroom.
He carefully walked back into the room picked up his clothing and headed into the bathroom. He saw that a towel and various toiletry items were waiting for him, so he placed his clothes on the counter and quickly turned on the shower, removing his glasses shortly after. He locked his bathroom door, and headed into the shower, instantly relaxing the moment the hot water came into contact with his body. He let out a low groan as all the anxiety and ache from his flight finally left his body. He began to lather some soap all over his body. He carefully rinsed his body once he was done before grabbing the nearest shampoo and conditioner and washing his hair. He rinsed his hair out drying it with a towel as he stepped out of the shower. He silently took his appearance in while staring into the full-door mirror. Oh, how he hated his body. He would give anything right now to have a small cute build like the others he's seen. He softly traced his hand across the rose tattoo resting just near his rib cage that he had gotten two years ago and softly sighed to himself. he quickly got dressed, opting to keep his glasses off and holding his t-shirt in his hand as he wasn't ready to quite put it on. He walked into the room, eyeing the nesting bed for a few seconds before eventually giving in as he walked over to it and lay in it. As soon as he fell into the bed, his omega fully took over as the scent of all the alphas and Jeongin mixed at an overwhelming rate. His eyes turned a soft golden color as he softly groaned into the array of blankets and pillows. As he roamed the bed giving into his headspace, he began to intricately place them all together, until he was content with how his nest looked. He carefully placed himself in the middle of the nest and hugged his legs against himself as he continued to take everything in. Getting way too deep into his headspace, he started to gently scent the nest, letting soft little whimpers slip through his soft plump pink lips.
"I see you're enjoying the nest we got you," he suddenly heard Chan say, causing Sujin to instantly sit up as he snapped out of his headspace. 'I told them you were an omega... No beta reacts that intensely to scents...' Chan mentally thought to himself.
"Yea.. s-sorry about that..." the omega said back in response. He cursed himself once more for his stutter. Why wouldn't his anxiety just allow him to speak normal coherent sentences for once?
"There's no need to apologize Sujin," the elder said in response as he walked closer to the omega, "It's natural."
That made Sujin smile as he calmed down a bit until he noticed Chan was quietly staring at him longer than usual. When his eyes met where the other was looking he realized he was still shirtless, and jumped up frantically to look for the shirt, spooking the alpha with worry.
"Are you okay Sujin?" Chan spoke as he tried to reach out to the latter. But Sujin only recoiled as he found the shirt and quickly put it on.
"Never been better," he said high-pitched as he ran out of the room. He didn't even know if dinner was done, but he just needed to be somewhere else that wasn't alone with an alpha. He couldn't help but feel like Chan was silently judging his body. He quickly went down the stairs quietly walking past the living room which was currently occupied by the entire pack.
"Oh, Sujin's come to join us," Jeongin said out loud seeing the omega appear reaching his hand out, but Sujin was not joining them. The omega stayed silent ignoring them all as they tried to speak to him, avoiding Jeongin's hand. All of the emotions that he bottled up were starting to get to him as the tears started to drip down his face. He continued walking to the door to his garage, quickly opening it to grab his shoes before placing them on and leaving the house through the front door. He cried even harder once he reached outside. He didn't know a thing about South Korea but he just wanted to be alone, everything becoming all too overwhelming to him at once. He saw that the house was near what looked like woods, and decided to take a walk into it as the tears continued to fall his face. He walked for about 20 minutes in no certain direction before collapsing onto the ground and crying to himself as he held his legs against his body.
Sujin stayed like that for almost 2 hours crying, eventually falling asleep as he shivered from only having the t-shirt and pj pants on. It wasn't a very peaceful sleep either, as what started as him trying to escape to a happy place became a nightmare. The omega was dreaming and reliving a memory that he knew far too well but always tried to shove deep into the pits of his brain where he couldn't reach. It was an uncle from his family pack, an alpha, who at first was very sweet to the omega pup or so Sujin thought. Every time he came over to the Sujin's parents' house the uncle always had treats and toys for him. The uncle would sit in the omega's room and play for hours until the younger fell asleep. As Sujin grew into a teenager it transitioned from toys and sweets to a weekly allowance and video games. One night on his 15th birthday, however, the omega decided he would call it a day and head to sleep. His uncle was watching him as usual because his parents never liked staying home on Sujin's birthday, but they also needed someone to watch him because they never quite trusted him. That very night His uncle traumatized him and took away what little innocence Sujin had as a homeschooled 15-year-old, and any time his negative thoughts became too overwhelming he was brought back to that very memory. No matter how many times he tried to wake himself from the dream it would just keep replaying, that was until he felt a soft jolt that awoke him.
Sujin frantically shot up awake in the woods, trying to regain his composure and breathing. But what was more surprising was the huge scent wave of seawater hitting his nose, the pheromones strong of a comforting component indicating that they were trying to calm him down. He turned his head to be met with a chest. He tried to use his hands to stabilize himself against the alpha's chest, as they were holding his body up and gently rubbing his back. Sujin knew it was Chan, but he just couldn't push himself to look the alpha in the face, not after what he just did to him back in the house. Chan moved his index finger to sujin's chin, causing the younger to slightly flinch which the alpha took note of, before the elder continued to tilt his face upwards to look at him. He quietly assessed the omega's face in its red and puffy state, his slightly breaking at the sight of him.
"I may not know... what made you react like that or what you've been through," the alpha said ever so softly as he pulled the omega closer, "But I want you to know that I'm always here for you no matter what." Chan then carefully stood up bringing the omega with him. He properly wrapped his arms around Sujin gently hugging him. Sujin relaxed into the hug eventually reciprocating it back to the alpha.
"Would you like to tell me what triggered you back there?" the alpha gently said to Sujin, continuing to rub his back.
"I don't know if I'm ready to talk about that at the moment," Sujin replied softly. He honestly felt tired, even after being asleep for god knows how long. His body ached, and his face was just puffy and irritated and he was covered in mud.
"That's perfectly okay, let's go back to the house and get you cleaned up then," Chan said calmly as he grabbed Sujin's hand the same as he did when they first met today and quietly led the omega back to the house.
They eventually reached the house and Chan quickly kneeled in front of the omega gesturing towards his shoes indicating that he wanted to take them off for him. When Sujin caught on he blushed but he couldn't possibly just accept such a gesture.
"O-Oh no, it's okay I got it !" he said trying to hide any signs of his shyness, but failing as he stuttered immediately. "I just couldn't accept such a gesture."
"Sujin you're in a program where people look for new packs," he said with a chuckle, "It's okay to accept any gestures from us, that you're comfortable with that is. How else are we supposed to get to know you and what you like and vice versa."
Sujin could only softly blush in response. He didn't know how to respond to it, so he put his foot forward, watching as Chan carefully removed the muddied shoes. He internally smiled to himself at the sight in front of him. The alpha then gestured for Sujin's other foot and the omega followed, the alpha then removed his other shoe. He then got back up removing his own before carefully opening the door. When they both walked in, Sujin was immediately face to face with Seungmin, Which caused the omega to look down, his face immediately changing into a frown as he tried to walk around the beta.
"Well I wasn't happy to see you either." the beta scoffed, and that hit Sujin pretty hard in the feels as he clenched his hands into a fist again before unclenching it.
"Seungmin, what's your problem?" Chan asked the beta, but before the beta could respond, Sujin already made his way upstairs to his room. He went to the bathroom immediately locking the door behind him. He kicked off all his clothes and threw them into an empty laundry basket, before turning the shower on and practically shoving himself in it. He let the hot water run all over his body as he roughly scrubbed at all the parts of his body that came in contact with the mud outside. He then sat crouched in the corner of the shower, letting the water run all over him, as he tried to release all the negative emotions with the steam from the shower. He stayed like that for about 20 more minutes before shutting the shower off. He quickly dried himself off and pulled a pair of boxers on, heading to his regular bed. It was getting late and at this point, Sujin didn't care if he hadn't eaten all day, he just wanted some rest.
He splayed his body out before eventually sliding under his comforter trying to fall asleep. That's when he heard a soft knock at his door.
"Come in.." the omega responded lowly, not having the energy to be any louder. The door opened and he was met with the same deep voice blonde from the car ride, Felix.
"Hey, you okay?" he said in a whisper as he carefully walked to the side of my bed. "I came to check up on you."
Sujin softly nodded, as he was starting to slip into a non-verbal headspace. He positioned himself under the blanket to face the blonde alpha. Felix took the initiative to sit on the floor in front of sujin so that the omega wouldn't have to strain his neck to look up at the other.
"Sorry about Seungmin by the way," Felix said softly, " he wasn't the most open or happy about us joining the program to find an omega for the pack." Sujin just quietly stared at the alpha not sure how to take in what was being said to him. Is that why the beta was being rude to him?
"Uhh... I'm not sure what else to say, but do you want to hang with us downstairs?" Felix added quickly. To the omega, it seemed like Felix was trying to find a way to make him feel comfortable and included, which would be the goal since they were courting him. "Your dinner is ready by the way."
"Oh, let me put some pants on then.." Sujin said softly as he did not want to reject the alpha's offer, especially when the other seemed to be so nice and accepting of him. Felix waited for him at the Door of the bedroom, as he carefully got out of the bed, almost struggling at a point to get the comforter off himself, before he ran to his bag in just his boxers which were again somewhat on the tighter side. He swiftly pulled out another pair of pj pants which were black and another black t-shirt.
" I'm kind of glad I checked up on you," Felix said with a soft chuckle, " 1. because you seem to have a nice body for an omega, and 2. Just looking at you rummage through your stuff tells me I need to go buy you more stuff." Sujin shot his head up in surprise at the last part. It felt weird having someone offer to buy him things, as it was something he never experienced in his former pack. He was used to getting hand-me-downs from them or buying himself things when he had enough money saved up back in Auckland. He was worried that if he accepted the offer, he wouldn't be able to pay them back, because, from the looks of it, their taste seemed to be pretty expensive. Just earlier today when they picked him up Chan was wearing a Givenchy sweater, and those cost a very pretty penny.
"Ah thank you but you don't have to do that.." Sujin replied, "I'll just try to get a job and buy some myself when I have the chance."
"You don't have to worry about paying me back you know," Felix deadpanned, " I'm doing it because I want to." Honestly, Sujin didn't know how to respond to the Alpha's words so he just quickly put on his pants and shirt as the Alpha seemed to be adamant about his offer. He followed the alpha downstairs, seeing that everyone was in the living room watching TV. He assumed they must have eaten while he was in the room. He silently sat at the island they had in the kitchen, Felix handing him the plate of food that was still very warm and a utensil. He looked down at the and began to smile as he saw it was a beef stew with a side of rice and some kimchi. He carefully ate the food as Felix sat next to him and rested his head on the Omega's shoulder.
"So how do you like it ?" he said wiggling his eyebrows as he excitedly waited for sujin's answer.
"It's really good," Sujin said with a smile, he couldn't deny that he was enjoying the food a lot more than he thought he would. He gave it extra points for the fact that it gave him a homey feeling as he always made it for himself back in Auckland whenever he was feeling down.
"Good because Seungmin made it," the alpha said with a gentle grin. 'Oh' was all the omega could mentally utter. It's not that he thought the beta couldn't cook, more so that the behavior he experienced from the beta gave him the impression that they weren't so nurturing in the first place. He eventually finished the food, Felix picking up the plate and washing it after ushering the omega to the others. But Sujin felt way too shy to just walk up to them and join them on the couch. He didn't want to throw off whatever balance they currently had.
That's when Minho turned around on the couch to look at Sujin who was currently watching the entire pack. It was as if he could sense the omega was watching them. He carefully got up from his seat on the couch, grabbing Sujin's hand once he reached the younger and pulling them towards the spot he just come from. Upon reaching it Minho sat down, pulling the omega into the spot next to him without a word or warning, causing Sujin to yelp in embarrassment. The entire pack began to giggle at the omega'a shyness which made him turn even more red in the face.
All Sujin could focus on at the moment despite most likely having the pack's attention was the scent right next to him. The way Minho pulled him onto the couch and had him sitting in a way where the alpha's scent gland was practically right near his face. Having been through what he experienced, he couldn't understand why most of the pack was so affectionate towards him, although it was better than having them treat him how Seungmin was. He turned his head towards the TV to see what they were watching realizing it was some movie he wasn't able to recognize. The omega softly sighed, as he tried to fixate on the tv when he felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist. To his surprise, it was Han, the alpha resting his head on the omega as he got comfy.
"Shouldn't we let Sujin make a communal nest or something," Hyunjin blurted out mostly towards Chan, "we might as well since Minho and Han are getting all touchy with him. Sujin just stared at the alpha that spoke in confusion, because despite their affection he hadn't noticed that was the route it was going. Was he comfortable with that? Was he even ready for that was the better question he thought to himself?
"I don't know if I'm ready for such a task honestly," Sujin said shyly. His face turned red again as he tried to hide it. But he couldn't because Han wasn't allowing the omega to as he held the younger's arm away from his face.
"Don't omega's like things like that? Are you not an omega?" Seungmin blurted out in response. Again striking the same nerve as before. Sujin clenched his teeth together and closed his eyes trying to help himself calm down. It was as if the unruly blunt beta was purposely saying things to try and convince everyone and the omega that he wasn't his true sub-gender. And that irked Sujin to no end. Still not opening his eyes, Sujin finally spoke.
"Never mind I'll do it.." Sujin spat a lot more aggressively than he intended it to. He slithered his way out of the hold the two alphas beside him had.
"Sujin you don't have to do it if you're not comfortable yet," Felix said softly, as he could sense the anger in the omega, from Just his tone alone. But this was the first time the pack was able to get a full whiff of Sujin's scent, the omega's angry pheromones mixing with his strong sweet strawberry and honey scent. The omega just getting angrier by the second the more he tried to calm himself down, as began clenching his hands into really tight fists and biting his lips. That's when the omega began to smell an overbearing amount of Fresh blood, causing him to let out soft whines of worry in a panic. The smell was so strong that he thought someone had hurt themselves or possibly him, causing him to force his eyes open and take everything in. His bright golden omega eyes began to search the room for blood only to be immediately met with the source of the smell sitting right next to him on the floor holding him, Hyunjin.
"where's blood?" the omega said softly in way too nervous omega headspace. His face dripping with worry, as he was in a highly vulnerable state and couldn't hide any of his emotions.
"There's no blood silly, that's my scent," the long-haired alpha said as he picked the omega up bridal style, quite surprised at how light Sujin was and how easily the younger gave into his action with no fight. He carefully started heading up the stairs, only stopping at the top unsure of which room he should bring the omega to. He knew he couldn't just leave Sujin vulnerable like that in front of the entire pack. Who knew how the omega would feel about them after? He also knew it would have been a good idea to not have Sujin around Chan as the Head alpha was fuming once he realized Seumgmin's behavior triggered the younger into the headspace in the worst way possible just to prove if Sujin was an omega or not. He didn't think the beta would act on his doubt despite being warned. Hyunjin mentally fought with himself for a bit more until he decided it would be better to take Sujin to their room.
He quickly walked to the omega's room, setting sujin down to open the door. When he turned back to the omega, Sujin was sitting against the wall with his legs hugged against his chest while he softly sucked on his thumb. The omega's were now a deep rose golden color and Hyunjin couldn't help but feel that the boy looked weirdly adorable. He had never seen an omega behave in such a way while in the headspace, It was almost childlike. He kneeled in front of Sujin and softly caressed their cheek, before deciding to snap a quick photo of the latter's eyes to show Minho later. The older alpha despite being one of their lovers was indeed also the pack's nurse, and who would know better than him what was going on with the omega?
He gently picked up Sujin once more, slightly jumping as he felt the younger purring as they began to wrap themselves around him. Hyunjin knew for a fact he wasn't going to be able to leave the other any time soon. The alpha then eyed the omega's nest but thought that it wouldn't be appropriate to just invade the nest Sujin worked so hard on, especially since he hadn't been permitted to enter it yet. He walked over to Sujin's bed slipping them under the comforter as he gently started to rub the omega's back, which earned him a small coo from the omega as they closed their eyes and rested their head in the crook of his neck.
Hyunjin, seeing that sujin was most likely way more occupied with his scent and the gland it was protruding from decided he would text the group chat to ask Minho what the eyes meant.
stray kids
hynjinnnn:
Minho hyung?
Uhm.. What's with Sujin's eyes?
Youknowiknowleeknow: What do you mean?
yong.Lixx: Yeah what do you mean? Is there something wrong, is he hurt?
i.2.n.8: don't tell me Seung-min broke him before he even got through a proper day with us...
miniverse.__: I DIDN'T BREAK HIM.
Jisungamericano: dude, yes you did— I literally never smelled an omega get that angry before?!!? It was kind of hot
gnabnahc: Seungmin and Han shut it, Seungmin we're going to talk later. Now Hyunjin, what about Sujin's eyes?
jutdwae: [Reply to gnabnahc] I'll also join that talk later, simply because it seems someone here has forgotten my lesson on consent and boundaries, especially with omegas. Seungmin you crossed a huge line and it hasn't even been a Day with the new one, what happens if your actions possibly scare him off? What are we gonna do if you scare off every new omega we come into contact with?
miniverse.__: sigh. I'm not talking about this right now.
hynjinnnn:
Good because I still need to show you guys Sujin's eyes which was the topic at hand here—
[Image Sent]
Youknowiknowleeknow: Wtf? Why are his eyes bright orange? I mean new pups have orange eyes but it's a very deep orange? This one is very light? Let me do some research.
yong.lixx: Uh guys... Idk how to say this but I actually know what his eye color means...
I had a friend experience something similar back when I lived in Australia...
Sujin's in little space at the moment... he's mentally regressed to a certain pup age.
Jisungamericano: you're kidding right? I thought that only happened in the shows and stuff???
yong.lixx: that's because it's not a common thing... Not everyone goes into little space Ji. People who slip into it usually experience Something pretty traumatic and are trying to go back to a period when they felt the safest or non-traumatized.
Youknowiknowleeknow: lixie is right. Sujin's definitely in little space. But now I can't help but wonder what that event was and what got triggered the moment Seungie questioned his sub-gender.
gnabnahc: Hyunjin where are you?
hynjinnnn:
Sujin's bedroom—
IWJEDJEIEIODDKDIEN
SORRY, I DROPPED MY PHONE SUJIN JUST SUDDENLY SUCKED ON MY NECK—
SOMEONE HELP DON'T. JUST. READ.
Jisungamericano: PFT, there's absolutely no way you're complaining about that—
gnabnahc:...
I'm coming...
Although mostly because I wanna see this for myself.
i.2.n.8, Jisungamericano laughed at a message.
hynjinnnn: YAH STOP LAUGHING.
Within mere seconds, Chan was in Sujin's room with Hyunjin. The orange-haired alpha softly chuckled at the sight of a dramatically horrified Hyunjin who was currently holding the omega as they suckled onto the older's neck.
"Chan make him stop!" the long-hair alpha said with a whine, "if he continues I'm going to get a boner and it feels wrong when he's like this—" the younger said as he gestured to the omega.
Chan walked over and carefully pulled sujin off Hyunjin, giving the taller alpha a chance to regain his composure and calm himself down. Chan then carefully placed Sujin back down in his bed, watching as the youngest in the room moved his thumb to his mouth.
"I wonder if I should ask him how old he is?" Chan quietly whispered to Hyunjin. The taller alpha looked at him confused, greatly furrowing his eyebrows as he tried to figure out what Chan's intentions were for such a question.
"Fourteen," sujin quickly blurted out as he continued to suck his thumb. His answer however caused the two alphas in the room to jump, the omega's level of self-awareness catching them off guard.
"Well, that answers only one of our questions.." Hyunjin said even more unsure than he was minutes ago. " What happened to him when he was 15 that he regressed to 14 at the age of 20? And why was he so baby-like at such an older puppy stage?"
Chan could only shrug in response as he took in the omega's behavior. Sujin was still sucking on his thumb, pulling on his comforter as he tossed around to get comfortable. The omega's lack of communication at the moment just exposed how much of an introvert he was.
"I think I'm gonna stay with Sujin for the night. You should get some rest Jinnie." the elder said to Hyunjin, as he carefully got into the bed with the omega. Hyunjin quietly left the room as Sujin softly purred at the feeling of the bed dipping as Chan lay next to him. The younger snuggled up to the alpha quietly, purring even more as he got closer to the source of Chan's seawater scent. He softly cooed before wrapping his arm around the alpha the best he could. Chan couldn't help but think to himself how cute the younger looked at the moment, as the omega searched and longed for any kind of skinship in his head space.