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Phainon watched as his mate slumber within their nest, looking peaceful and absolutely gorgeous with the gentle light of the endless sun shone on him, basking him in a warm glow that made him look even more radiating, overflowing with beauty that made even Mnestia themselves pale in comparison. Did Phainon just committed a blasphemy for comparing the child of Nikador, the child of Strife, to the romance Titan themselves?
Probably. Actually, it's a yes. He did. However, he rather gouged his eyes out than say otherwise.
Does Phainon care that he committed blasphemy?
No. Professor Anaxagoras committed blasphemy every time he opened his mouth so one can excuse Phainon. He only committed such things when it came to Mydei.
(Aglaea would lose it if she knew Phainon caught the professor's horrible tendency to insult and question the Titan, and commit blasphemy.
Anaxagoras would rejoice if he knew, ever so eager to rub it in Aglaea's face.
Titans, he might just cause a war between the two if they knew of his thoughts.)
But why compare them?
Phainon doesn't see why he wouldn't compare Mydeimos the Undying to Mnestia themselves. After all, it was as if Mnestia themselves sculpted him to their liking, making them an absolute eye candy, perfect for your eyes to devour. Anyone who said otherwise, in Phainon's humble opinion, was blind and had absolutely no taste nor appreciation for beauty. Mydei was the epitome of beauty and no one could convince Phainon otherwise. Phainon smiled as he watched the crown prince slumber, snoring lightly as he curled up within Phainon arms, reminiscing a cat taking a nap on its owner.
Phainon hummed softly as he tucked a hair behind Mydei's ear, smiling softly as the omega continued to slumber, entrusting his utmost vulnerable side and version of himself to Phainon. Phainon would do anything to ensure that Mydei will have a home to return to and a safe haven to rest and show his utmost vulnerability to. Phainon made a vow to himself that it was the least he could do for his fellow omega who had been wandering around without a home to call his own and without a safe haven to rest and be himself.
The white haired omega let out a purr when the blonde haired omega tucked himself further within the white haired omega's arms, subconsciously purring back in response despite being deep in sleep. Phainon snuggled against him in response, smiling softly and happily to himself as he took a inhale of the scents in the air. He let out a pleased purr as he inhaled the scents in the air into his lungs, absolutely pleased with how harmoniously their scent mixed together and blended together into a scent that was uniquely theirs.
“Too early,” Mydei muttered sleepily as the blonde haired omega fluttered his eyes open, “What are you doing?” he asked, staring at Phainon with sleepiness still lingering within his eyes as Phainon let out another purr at the sight. Mydei looked the softest when he just woke up.
Phainon let out a chuckle, “Whatever do you mean?” Phainon refuted the question with a smile, staring with adoration at his mate who simply had this look on his face. It was a look that Phainon described as adorable because it's clear that Mydei was frowning yet Phainon couldn't help but think he was pouting instead. It's a look mixed with a frown and a pout and it's the cutest look he had ever seen on the ever regal and fierce lion that was Mydei.
Phainon rubbed his wrist against Mydei's nape gently, smiling at his precious and adorable mate who was staring at him, “You're scenting me,” Mydei muttered, pulling away from Phainon's arms slightly to look at Phainon properly. Phainon stared at him and couldn't help but give a chaste kiss on Mydei's kissable lips, smiling as his mate let out a pleased purr at his actions before kissing him back.
They pull away slightly from each other, leaning their foreheads against one another, staring before diving back for another kiss.
Then another.
And another.
And then more kisses were exchanged, gentle and innocent.
Simple kisses without any need to escalate into exploding passion. Just soft and gentle kisses that convey their adoration and confession to each other.
“What? I don't see you stopping me,” Phainon asked as he broke their endless streak of exchanging gentle kisses to stare into Mydei's eyes. Phainon held a smile that filled with his adoration and love for the prince who stared back at him.
Then, Mydei rolled his eyes, fully awake at this point but instead of responding to Phainon's words, he crossed the small space between their lips, “More,” Mydei said instead, giving a kiss to Phainon on the lips. A kiss that follows the same pattern as their previous ones.
Phainon chuckled yet gave him what he wanted, “Of course,” he said as he kissed Mydei again and again, maintaining the gentleness and softness all the same. After the endless sea of kisses, Mydei finally snuggled up with him, letting out a purr that Phainon responded with one of his own as he snuggled up with him. It didn't take long for them to start purring and gently scenting each other, smiling at each other as they felt safe and comfortable within their nest that they built together.
It was filled with their respective soft blankets, pillows and plushies, and decorated with their own touches. Phainon absolutely adores and loves their nest. It was uniquely theirs and Phainon would never find a nest like this ever again.
They were enjoying the rather peaceful and relaxing morning together before their respective heat started wreaking havoc within their body. “Fuck,” Phainon muttered, burying his face into Mydei's hair as a sharp stab of pain course through his veins. Mydei snorted. The moment ruined. Just like that, “My cramps are killing me,” he said as he hugged Mydei desperately and let out a loud whine when a particular nasty pain fucking kicked him in the gut.
“Mydeiiiiiii,” Phainon whined as his body finally decided to fucking kill him with the cramps of an ungodly pain, racking through his body, “I'm going to die.”
He doesn't need to see Mydei's face to know that the blonde haired omega rolled his eyes at him, “You're not going to die from the cramps,” Mydei said, pulling away from Phainon to stare at him in exasperation. He even went as far as sitting down to peered down at the white haired omega who was writhing in pain.
Phainon pouted, “Distract me from the pain,” he whined, wrapping his arms around Mydei's waist, “It's killing me.”
Mydei let out a sigh before letting out a pained groan, clutching his abdomen. “Speaking of pain,” Mydei muttered and Phainon knew that Mydei's Nikador wrath of a cramps had make itself known as Mydei's scent immediately spike and Phainon could smell the pain in his scent, making Phainon started rubbing a comforting circle on the spot where he knew the pain was the worse, “I despise my heat,” Mydei muttered as he laid down on the bed, curling up in Phainon's arms as the white haired omega let out a pained groan.
“I echoed your feelings— ah, fucking kill me now,” Phainon hissed, his words cut off as a fresh and stronger stab of pain hits him, “I never thought I'd say this but I wish I die instead of dealing with this dreadful bullshit.”
Mydei snorted, “At least we're not alone anymore.” he said, letting out a whimper, clutching onto Phainon even harder.
Phainon let out a sigh as he mirrored Mydei's actions, “That's the only reason this was even bearable to deal with now,” Phainon said, barely holding back from whimpering with how much pain he was in. However, despite how much pain he was in and how much he cursed his heat from hell to back, Phainon actually enjoys spending his heat this way and he knew Mydei felt the same way as well.
After all, Phainon used to spend his agonising painful heats alone before meeting Mydei whom he thought at first was an alpha. Back then, he didn't really have any sort of opinions about the whole secondary gender thing nor the hierarchy regarding them because to him, it doesn't really matter.
It really didn't until he met Mydei and developed an attraction, purely physical at first, towards him and soon enough, romantic feelings for him. At first, Phainon was extremely… distraught, for a lack of better words, at the knowledge that he was developing romantic feelings towards an alpha. It wasn't something he truly cared about until now and he wasn't sure how nor what to make of it.
After all, it was Phainon who wanted to court Mydei but Mydei was an alpha and Phainon was an omega. So, naturally it should be Mydei that court Phainon right? Phainon frowned at the thought. Phainon couldn't help but feel irritated when something within him was extremely gleeful and eager at the thought of getting courted by Mydei. He blamed his omega instinct for those feelings because fuck that. He doesn't even know if Mydei was interested in him. And so, he did what he did best.
Defy expectation and tradition (at least for this one time because Phainon wanted and needed this) and court an alpha despite being an omega.
Phainon nodded his head at that thought, extremely determined and eager to court an alpha. He wasn't sure if this ever happened before but if this was the first time this happened, then he would be the first omega to court an alpha. The thought of being the first one to do such a thing and break/ignore the traditional rule regarding the secondary gender was rather interesting and quite frankly, daunting, to say the least. However, Phainon had made up his mind and he wasn't going to back out just because he would probably be the first omega to court an alpha.
And naturally, Phainon started researching regarding the Kremnoan traditions and their courting rituals. He even asked the Kremnoans regarding their traditions, courting rituals and ceremonies and he ignored the strange looks when he asked them about it. After gaining much needed knowledge, he was set to try and court Mydei, the only alpha Phainon ever interested in.
At first, Mydei wasn't aware of Phainon's intention until he started giving very specific courting gifts to the alpha who looked surprised at them. “For me?” the alpha asked, bewildered and Phainon could hear curiosity in his voice.
“For you,” Phainon said with a smile, fighting the urge to purr when Mydei took his gift, inspecting them before nodding his head in approval. Phainon smiled and made a mental note to invite Mydei to get dinner together later at Marmoreal Diner. He wondered how long it would take for Mydei to realise what Phainon was doing.
It didn't take long because he knew Mydei knew what he was doing when Mydei started giving him a knowing look whenever Phainon gave him courting gifts, ones that suited his taste and preference. After all, somewhere along the line, Mydei tilted his head and stared at Phainon when he gave another courting gift to the prince, “Are you perhaps courting me, Deliverer?” he asked, raising an eyebrow as he accepted the gift from Phainon.
Phainon grinned, confident, “Indeed I am,” Phainon replied smoothly, “After all, I am interested in you and would like you to be both my mate and alpha. So, may I continue courting you, Mydei?” he said with a smile as Mydei stared at him.
Blankly.
Oh no. Phainon thought to himself, started to get slightly nervous now as Mydei didn't say anything besides staring at him. Luckily for Phainon, they were in a relatively private and secluded location because otherwise, people would witness Phainon about to combust in embarrassment and nervousness. It became even more worse as Mydei kept staring at him. Blankly. “Uh, Mydei?” Phainon said, rather meekly because did… Mydei not appreciate Phainon's advances?
Or rather, was he offended that Phainon, an omega, was courting him, an alpha?
Did Phainon mess up???
Dear Nikador, strike me down if I did. Phainon thought to himself, horrified and extremely terrified that he did mess up as Mydei keep on staring at him. It seems like Mydei wasn't going to talk to Phainon any time soon. Phainon couldn't help but shrink as time went on, getting more and more distressed at the lack of reaction from Mydei.
Then,
“You thought I'm an alpha?” Mydei said in amusement as a smile, a genuine and amusement filled smile descended on his lips while Phainon's brain short-circuited at the sight. It was the most gorgeous sight Phainon had ever had the pleasure of laying his eyes on.
However, the moment Mydei's words were processed and registered in Phainon's brain, he stared at Mydei, absolutely confused. “Wait,” he started, staring at Mydei, “are you not an alpha?” he asked, horribly confused.
Mydei shook his head, amused, “I'm an omega. Just like you,” he said in amusement, mirth gleaming playfully in his amber eyes. Phainon's jaw dropped.
“ALL THIS TIME YOU'RE AN OMEGA?????” Phainon all but screeched as Mydei burst out laughing at his words. “AND YOU NEVER TOLD ME???”
“I don't see any reason why,” Mydei said, amused at Phainon's very much reasonable reaction. “You never ask and I'm not the type to bring up such a topic.”
Phainon put his head in his hands, “All this time, I was courting a fellow omega who never told me that he too was an omega and left me thinking he was an alpha.”
Mydei snorted, “Hardly my fault that you assume what my secondary gender was,” Mydei said dryly, “Would you court me regardless even if I'm an alpha?”
“I'm literally doing that right now!!!” Phainon stressed out as Mydei hid a smile but Phainon caught the slight twitching of the corner of his lips. Despite how much Phainon wanted to throttle the prince for never telling nor correcting Phainon regarding his actual secondary gender, he was relieved that the reasoning behind Mydei's silence was because he found it amusing that Phainon thought he was an alpha. “I'm courting you with the thought that you're an alpha!!!”
Mydei simply looked even more amused by his words, “I can tell,” he said in amusement.
Phainon pouted, “Well, will you let me court you?”
Mydei tilted his head, “I'm not stopping you, am I?” he said with mirth, “In fact, court me like you mean it,” he said with a sharp grin, “Otherwise, I'll reject you.”
Phainon grinned, confident and determined, “Oh, I will.” After that, Phainon doubled his efforts in courting Mydei, absolutely determined to prove to Mydei that he was absolutely serious about pursuing him. Phainon's efforts were eventually rewarded because at the end of their courtship, Mydei asked Phainon to spend his heat with him and claim him during said heat and now, both Phainon and Mydei walked around with a bite mark on their mating gland.
Signifying that they belong to no one but each other and that no one else had a chance with them.
And honestly, it was a plus to mate with a fellow omega because Mydei would understand how much Phainon despised that time of the month. There's absolutely nothing that was pleasing nor pleasurable about being in heat. Because to Phainon, it was more pain and then even more pain. After all, Phainon's heat was just him suffering through cramps and needing nothing but to make a comfortable nest and cuddle with someone.
Good thing he has both of those needs now. Phainon watched as Mydei rearranged the pillows within their nest while Phainon sat in the centre of their nest, waiting patiently for Mydei to finish before pulling him into another cuddling session. “I'm in so much pain right now,” he muttered as Mydei made himself comfortable in Phainon's arms.
“I share that sentiment,” Mydei muttered as he wrapped his arms around Phainon, cuddling with him as they suffered through hell that was their heat. At least they have each other instead of having to suffer and deal with it alone like before.