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Kim Dan woke up, and had no idea where he was.
From what he could see, he was in the desert. No one in sight but himself. The grass was dry and well dead, the dirty ground was cracked from lack of water. Dan got up and dusted his jeans off. A large gust of wind rang through the desert, red sand blew in the air, causing a weird sound to sing from the rock formations. Red hoodoos and pink cliffs singing their song to him, when suddenly he heard a shrill screeching sound come from a tree behind him. Dan ran over, stumbling on bushes. Near the stump of a spindly tree, he found a rather large baby bird chirping for dear life.
Dan knelt down and collected the bird in his hands, the baby bird barely fit in Dan’s small hands. It was all white and covered in some kind of fuzz, no feathers what-so-ever. A little yellow beak with a sharp black tip beheld its face, along with a pair of shiny black eyes. The talons were definitely sharp, but not to their full potential. The awkwardness of the little fledgling made Dan giggle to himself. “Aw, aren’t you just a little chicken?” The bird did indeed look like a chicken. “I’m sorry for making fun of you.” He felt kinda bad calling him a chicken, he didn’t like chickens.
“Where’s your mommy and daddy?” He asked, the bird chirped in response. “I can’t understand you,” Dan looked up to see if he could put the bird back into the nest, but the tree was too tall for him to reach up and put the baby back. Dan thought of Jaekyung, knowing he could reach up there to rehome the baby bird.
All of a sudden, he was back with Jaekyung.
Dan tried pushing on his alpha’s shoulder to wake him up, but mating had somehow caused Jaekyung to sleep better. After about three minutes of failing to wake the sleeping alpha, he paused, then Dan giggled to himself, excitedly snuggling under the covers of his nest and nuzzling the soft blankets. He’s been pregnant for three months now, no conception dreams in the slightest. None from Jaekyung, from him, hell he even calls Granny everyday to ask about any kind of dream. He finally got one!
Dan looked down at his large bump, smiling and hugging it. At three months, he looked about 5 months. People on the street have been touching him, asking when he’s due. Maybe that’s why his mate has had a lot of trust issues throughout Dan’s pregnancy. Jaekyung doesn’t trust a doctor with his omega’s care at the moment, so they have no idea what’s going on with the baby, though they do think it’s babies; plural.
He officially left the position of “Joo Jaekyung’s physical therapist”, and adopted the title of “Joo Jaekyung’s Mysterious Omega”. The alpha started calling him that as some kind of pet name after an article came out with the same title. There really wasn’t any evidence provided in the article, just a blurry photo of Jaekyung and Dan walking down the street, holding hands. Thank god he wasn’t showing in the picture, but you could obviously tell he was an omega, even from the blurry photo of their backs. It was the damn height and wide child-bearing hips.
Jaekyung woke up, it took him long enough. Dan’s mate tried rubbing the drowsiness from his eyes, then looked at his omega, confused. “Morning, Danny boy” the alpha said, his voice deep and laced with a tone you can only get fresh in the morning. Jaekyung pulled Dan closer to him by the ass, hauling his omega into his lap. Jaekyung kissed in between his mate’s pecs, then the baby bump. “How’s my babies?” The alpha rested his lips on the bump, smiling on Dan’s soft, silky skin.
“They’re excited to see daddy,” Dan chuckled, smiling and blushing. He could feel them moving inside him, so happy to hear their daddy’s voice, doing little happy circles. Dan got off of Jaekyung’s lap and laid down, smiling ear to ear, hugging his belly again.
“What’s got you so excited?” Jaekyung quirked an eyebrow.
“I… had a dream,” Dan felt tears pricking the corners of his eyes, daring to fall. It’s been three months, and he finally had a conception dream.
“...” Dan’s mate was at the loss for words, he wasn’t too good with them. Or feelings. “Dan…” Jaekyung hugged the brunet tight, deeply inhaling the sweet scent and burrowing his nose into Dan’s hair. “What was it about?”
“I was in the desert, then there was a little white baby bird. I think it was a hawk, and I picked it up.” Dan felt the tears fall, his damn hormones. “It was so cute, and tiny.” He was openly sobbing at this point. Baby anythings made him cry. He cried seeing a baby with its moms the other day.
Suddenly, Jaekyung felt his shoulder throbbing. Probably from holding Dan so tight.
“Jaekyung… your shoulder.” Dan pulled away from the embrace, sitting up to inspect his mate’s shoulder, brushing away tears from his cheeks.
“Dan, I’m fine. You’re no longer my physical therapist, you don’t need to worry about my physical well being anymore.” Jaekyung tried getting out of bed, but Dan dragged him back down, causing him to trip and fall.
“Jaekyung… just let me come to the gym today. I’ll be there for your physical well being as your mate, ok? The athletes there don’t know I don’t work for you anymore.” The omega tried bargaining with his mate, something he had to do often. Luckily Jaekyung has become the slightest bit more flexible since leaving his mating mark on Dan’s neck.
“You can’t. You’re obviously pregnant, and I don’t want you around all those knotheads. Your mating mark is about as obvious as they come.” Jaekyung snapped, he just wanted Dan and his unborn children safe and sound at home. He couldn’t express how much he would love to parade his omega around, showing the world he got a recessive omega pregnant. It’s a kind of status symbol among alphas. The more dependent and flustered the omega looks the better.
“How about I wear a turtleneck to cover up the mark, and your Team Black jacket to hide the bump, alright? Nobody will know” Dan said sweetly as he brushed away the hair from Jaekyung’s face.
“I don’t trust everyone in that fucking gym. Don’t let any of them get any personal attention from you, got it?” Jaekyung sneered, a bad taste in his mouth. “Especially if Heesung is there,”
~
Joo Jaekyung lost the squabble with his Fiancé.
Before he knew it, he and Dan were walking into the gym. It smelled like sweat and rubber, as most gyms do. Jaekyung walked away to wrap his hands, leaving Dan in the doorway. He figured less people would put two and two together if he and his mate weren’t constantly seen with one another.
As Jaekyung wrapped his hands, he saw a short black-haired boy running in Dan’s direction. Potato, guess he missed Dan. The alpha made sure his mate wasn’t seen at Team Black as long as he was carrying pups; But Dan used his magic and slithered in his heart, telling him their babies need a daddy with a working shoulder. God, why’s he perfect?
“DOC DAN!” As Jaekyung turned to see what all the commotion was about, he saw Potato practically knock Dan to the ground. The alpha’s eyes widened right as Potato said the worst he could’ve said in that moment. “Oh my god! Are you having a baby?!” The beta fighter yelled, excited for “Doc”. Before Jaekyung knew it, all the fighters surrounded Dan, piling him with questions.
“How far along are you?” “I had no idea Doc Dan was an omega!” “Most physios are omegas, idiot. “Can I feel the baby?” “Who’s your mate?” “Please bring the baby here once they’re born!” “Make sure to eat a lot of avocado, when my dad was pregn-”
“SHUT UP! EVERYONE! SHUT THE FUCK UP!” Jaekyung stormed to where his mate was cowering with fear, withdrawn from all the questions. “Yes, doc is an omega. You have no business asking him all your stupid questions, look at how scared he is!” The alpha began lecturing his team, trying to get his words into their thick skulls.
“C’mon, Jaekyung, we’re all just happy for doc. Just let the boys be happy for him.” Coach Namwook tried getting his words into Jaekyung’s own thick skull. Namwook was the closest he had to a parental figure in Seoul.
“Can it, Hyung and I are leaving.” The team seemed to collectively stare at each other when Jaekyung called Dan “Hyung”, he’s never respected anyone like this before.
“Wait! Jaekyung Hyung! Before you leave-” Potato jogged up next to the alpha.
“What? Make it quick.”
“Who’s the omega in the news article? He was really pretty and-” That’s when the gym door was slammed in Potato’s face.
~
Jaekyung hauled Dan into his arms so they could go down the stairs to the parking garage. He didn’t like his omega being on his feet this much.
“Those fucking idiots, I’ll kill them when I come back” Jaekyung mumbled as he walked down the stairwell, Dan in hand.
“Jaekyung, it really wasn’t that bad-”
“-It was stressing you out, you’re at a higher risk of miscarriage than most omegas. I don’t want their idiocy being the reason you miscarry.” Jaekyung protested, his voice ringing in the echoey stairwell.
“Jaekyung, you’re stressing me out right now. Please, calm down, for me? For them?” Dan looked up at his mate with puppy-dog eyes, his hand on the baby bump.
“Fine…”
“And?” Dan has been trying to teach Jaekyung to be polite, of course they’re going to teach their children manners. Not obeying said manners is a bad look for a parent.
“... I’m sorry.” He practically had to spit it out, he hated that word; but him saying it made his fiancé smile. Maybe it was worth it.
“They don’t like it when you’re mad, they get really sad. They don’t move much when you’re angry, I think they can feel it too” Dan hated the idea of his babies being sad, the mere idea of it made him sniffle, trying to hide his tears. He could tell it made Jaekyung feel bad, so he tried changing the subject. “How many do you think we're gonna have?”
“Hmm… twins or triplets. I’m thinking twins.”
“Really? I think it’s triplets. I think I can feel three tiny babies in my belly.” Dan smiled, rubbing his bump, trying to get them to move and kick.
“Well, who am I to argue with that?” Jaekyung chuckled, “I’ve been smelling other alpha pheromones on you. I thought Heesung found some way to scent you, then I realized you haven’t seen that pink-haired cunt in a while. I think that’s the pups’ pheromones, that only really happens if it’s all alphas.”
“Oh? Well, we’re certainly gonna have our hands full,” Dan smiled, he knew he was cut out for this. Ever since he could remember, he wanted to settle down with a nice alpha who could protect him, and give him children. Jaekyung was nice, on the outside he was just a little… prickly. Yeah, that’s the word. Prickly. “Jaekyung… I have something to tell you”
“Oh?”
“I got a job at the children’s clinic under Team Black, they were hiring and it paid well, so I applied. I guess they didn’t know of my blacklisting.” Dan knew he could feel safe taking his kids to work, clinics normally have a little play area for the kiddies. They might even make friends while daddy’s working!
“You’re not starting soon, right? You can’t work in this condition” Jaekyung was concerned, he didn’t like his omega being out of his reach.
“They said I could start after my paternity leave, I could even bring the pups to work! Then, we could meet up with daddy after you work out and I’m done with my shift.” Dan smiled, they were at the car by this point. Jaekyung loaded him into the passenger seat, then he kissed his forehead.
“That sounds like heaven,”
Jaekyung got into the driver's seat, buckled in, and drove off.
~
Dan woke up, and started fighting for his life.
He was caught in the river rapids, swimming and paddling for his life. He thrashed in the waves, knowing he couldn’t swim to save his life. He knew nothing of where he is, why he’s here, and how he got here. All he could do was try to keep his head above the water and breathe. Dan was aggressively thrown and flung in the water, this is when he gave up. He let the water fill his lungs, ready to indulge in the sweet, tender kiss of death when something pulled him up by the collar.
Dan was yanked out of the water, dripping wet and left on the grass as he coughed up copious amounts of water. He practically passed out from the exhaustion of hacking up river water, when he felt something warm and wet lick his face. He opened his eyes to see a giant jungle cat, he wasn’t sure if it was a panther, or jaguar. All he knew of it was its friendly nature and pitch black color.
The jungle cat continued licking Dan’s face, trying to rid him of the feeling of drowning.
Then, he woke up again.
~
He found himself in the passenger seat of Jaekyung’s BMW, the evening sky peeking in through the tinted windows; but Kim Dan didn’t care about the beauty of the sky. His alpha was fast asleep in the driver's seat, slightly snoring. He wanted to stay in this moment forever, but he felt some kicking babies and hunger filling his being.
“Jaekyung…” It didn’t take a lot to wake him, just a little nudge.
“You’re awake. I didn’t wanna wake you up, you haven’t been sleeping well.” Jaekyung got out of the car, walking over Dan’s side to open the passenger door. And people say chivalry is dead.
Dan didn’t say anything about his Fiancé’s remark, but he was certainly correct. In many ways, he felt like he was the baby. Having to get up for bathroom and snack breaks multiple times throughout the night, crying often, barely able to function on his own. He just wanted to sleep god damn it.
They walked up to Jaekyung’s apartment, was it their apartment? Probably not, they’d need space for at least three cribs once the babies are born. His apartment was big, of course, but it wasn’t suitable for a family of five. And Dan has had panic attacks about storms and elevators, and he would never forgive himself if they got into the pool room and something awful happened.
Dan waddled into the elevator, one of the babies decided to kick his ribs. He seethed in pain as Jaekyung pressed the top elevator button, taking them to the penthouse.
“I don’t know why they’re bullying you so much,” Jaekyung chuckled. “At least I know you didn’t go behind my back and get knocked up with some other alpha’s pups.” He put a hand on Dan’s waist, pulling him into his side.
“Jaekyung I would never!”
“I know, I can tell they’re mine just from the pheromones on everything, It’s just nice knowing they’re ours,” Ding!
Right as they got into the door, Dan waddled the best he could to the kitchen to make himself some food. As of now, he’s craving ramen with edamame.
“No, sit down. You’re not doing shit as of now. Have some ice cream or something while you wait.” Jaekyung scolded, commanding Dan to sit on the couch. The doctor didn’t know what Jaekyung would be like as a mate, he knew him as a client before they found out of their soulbound status. After a mark was placed on Dan’s neck, he realized this is just who Jaekyung is. There wasn’t going to be a divine change once he bites his neck, but Dan can’t say Jaekyung hasn’t been a gentleman since their realization. He might come off as brash and brutal to everyone else, but exclusively to Kim Dan, he was understanding and sweet.
“Which ramen do you want?” Jaekyung asked as he threw the Melona to Dan, knowing his mate would never get sick of those.
“The spiciest one, the babies like spice,” Dan said as he opened the plastic wrapper of the green ice cream bar. Jaekyung quirked an eyebrow at his request.
“Do you like spice?” He knows full well Dan can handle it, just unsure if he actually wants it.
“... I can make some sacrifices,” Dan looked down at his baby bump whilst smiling, stroking it with all the love in the world.
Jaekyung walked over to the couch, pushing in the couch table he bought especially for his mate. He placed the single-use ramen bowl in front of Dan and poured in boiling water from the kettle. The omega watched as water softened the noodles while he finished his ice cream bar.
“Jaekyung… Can you get me some edamame and yakgwa?” Dan asked skittishly, he didn’t wanna put too much on his alpha’s plate.
“Since when do we have yakgwa?”
“... I bought it. I was craving it a lot the other day, and I got a lot of it” Dan awkwardly smiled, his brain hadn’t been working recently. Jaekyung just rolled his eyes, kissed Dan on the top of the head, then walked over to the kitchen to receive the desired food and put the kettle back.
He plopped the food in front of his mate. Dan quickly began popping edamame open into his ramen, trying to get every bean into the broth. He was saving the yakgwa for desert.
“The next syllable in my family is ‘Min’, I asked my father the other day.” Jaekyung looked to the floor, tapping his foot. Dan could already tell the call didn’t go well, he knew his mate’s relationship with his parents wasn’t a healthy one.
“Oh? That’s nice. There’s Min-ji, Min-su, Min-sun, Min-gwa, Min-seok. There’s really a whole lot of options,” Dan said in between bites of ramen, he knew Jaekyung didn’t feel like talking about names right now; but he should at least try brightening the mood.
“Those are all good names,” The alpha said before throwing away Dan’s garbage in the nearest trash can “And Jaekung,”
“Yes?”
“I had another dream, I was drowning and this giant black jungle cat saved me.” Dan continued to eat, he was down to the ramen broth at this point.
“They’re going to be very strong then,” Jaekyung has made a habit of calling the babies “they”. For one, it was multiples. Two, he didn’t know the genders. And if we’re being honest, he wants at least one daughter.
“What’re you most excited for?” The brunet had finished his ramen by this point, snacking on the yakgwa.
“Fuck… this is gonna sound stupid.” Jaekyung chuckled to himself as he sat down, clasping Dan’s hand in his own.
“Tell me, I wanna hear.” The omega rested his head on the larger man’s shoulder, snuggling into his warm, breathing in his mate’s spicy scent.
“Teaching them to swim, it looks… fun,” Jaekyung blushed, looking down to the floor. If he hadn’t found MMA, he certainly would be an olympic swimmer. Or in the mafia, but let’s not talk about that.
“I’ll watch from the pool deck, I can blow up the floaties, hand out popsicles,” Dan smiled ear to ear, that did sound fun.
“Well, I’m glad we can agree,” The larger man kissed his fiancé’s cheek, then placed a hand on his mate’s stomach. “They’re kicking so much,”
“It’s because they wanna see daddy” Dan grinned, “Look here, I think that’s three little feet” He lifted his shirt, pointing to the little moving bumps on his belly. “I think I was right, it is triplets. I can feel each of them, they all have little personalities and-” As the omega was about to finish his sentence, he felt a wave of soreness envelop his chest. “Ow…” Dan began trying to massage the hurt from his pecs. He knew with his status as a recessive omega, he’d probably be feeding his babies his own milk.
“Let’s get you four to bed, it’s been a long day.” Jaekyung effortlessly picked Dan up, walking him to their shared room and placing him on the bed, tucking him in. The alpha slithered into bed next to him, wrapping his arms around the omega’s small waist, he even placed a hand on Dan’s bump.
“Goodnight, my loves.”
~
Dan woke up in a gorgeous place.
The green grass played with the rocks near the cusp of the cliffs, the ocean’s mighty waves crashing against the jagged rocks that lie underneath. He knew he was somewhere in Europe, just no idea where.
The salty ocean air filled his lungs as he deeply breathed in and closed his eyes. When he opened them, he saw a herd of all black horses running towards him; but he didn’t feel any fear. The horses were beautiful and massive, long flowing black manes and feathers. They all zipped past him, blowing wind into his hair. They all passed him, except one.
The one horse who paid attention to him bowed their head to him. Dan smiled wide, walking up to the majestic beast and petting them on the neck. The horse was so silky and shiny, it completely dwarfed Dan’s frame in comparison. The horse laid down for the omega, neighing to him.
“Oh? You want me to ride you?” Dan got a neigh in return, he smiled and hopped on. As soon as he did so, the horse immediately got up and galloped to its heart’s content. Of course Dan was scared at first, he held onto the beautiful mane for dear life; but then, he felt free.
The air rushed through his hair as he went faster than he ever has. He laughed from the overwhelming feeling of pure freedom. Even while he was riding the horse, he knew full well this was going to be his third and final conception dream. Yeah, everything was gonna turn out well for him.
+ Bonus!
Dan laid in the hospital, dark circles around his eyes from a long and strenuous labor of 22 hours. He panicked at first, his water breaking right in the middle of lunch with Jaekyung, he was only 32 weeks! The doctors and nurses assured him it was completely normal for triplets to come much earlier than the average baby. After 30 minutes of pushing, screaming, and crying, Kim Dan gave birth to three healthy alpha girls. Kim Min-sun, Kim Min-seok, and Kim Min-ji; Each bearing 10 fingers and 10 toes.
The nurse came back with three clean little babies, Dan could already tell they each had their own little personality. Min-sun, the eldest with caramel hair, was already fighting with the nurse to be held by her daddy. Min-seok, the middle with black hair, was perfectly content in the nurse’s arms. Min-ji, the youngest with black hair as well, was grabbing anything she could.
Dan took Min-sun and Min-seok in his arms. He smiled at Jaekyung, but he saw a strange sight. His mate’s eyes were all red and puffy, he was sniffling, avoiding eye contact. He had his hands in his pockets, looking up to the ceiling. Was Joo Jaekyung, The Emperor, Tyrant in the Ring… crying?
“Jaekyung… I can’t hold them all.” Dan’s voice is sweet as candy, but he has obviously lost his voice from the amount of screaming and crying the last few hours bestowed upon him. The nurses were untying his gown, preparing him for the long and difficult task of chestfeeding extremely fresh newborns.
Jaekyung sniffled, looking down and extending his arms to hold his youngest. The nurse placed her in his arms, Min-ji was so small and delicate. He felt she would combust if he held her wrong. He felt the tears fall from his eyes, she wiggled around in his arms, relieved by the familiar scent.
Joo Jaekyung never knew he wanted kids as bad as he did before he met Kim Dan, but after meeting the love of his life, he realized it wasn’t about having kids; it was about starting a family.
Joo Jaekyung finally had his family.