I Am An Alpha Ch 18: The Things We Can’t Avoid
“That was absolutely amazing!” I’m grinning ear to ear as Luhan helps me out of his car. I don’t even care about the massive building behind me at the moment, I just rush up to Kris who had driven in another car and basically beg, “Hyung can I ride with you next time?”
He chuckles, “Of course little wolf but you are offending Luhan hyung.”
I look over my shoulder at Luhan, who is not pouting as he holds the door open for Kyungsoo, Baekhyun and Jongdae to climb out of the back seat.
“Sorry Hyung but Kris hyung drives faster!”
Luhan scoffs, “I would have driven faster if I didn’t have Kyungsoo in the back growling in my ear anytime I went slightly above the speed limit. Kid is such a worry wart, he has her sitting in the front seat with his one arm resting on her shoulders and his other hand holding the door closed even though I already locked the doors.”
“You already poisoned her this morning, I wasn’t going to let her fall out of a moving car too,” Kyungsoo snaps.
“How was your first car ride?” Yixing asks me coming to stand by my side.
“It was so much fun, I can’t believe I’ve gone my whole like with out riding in one.”
“Enough car talk, lets get her inside the building, it’s freezing out here,” Suho decides, taking my hand and leading me past his brothers. I stare at our interlocked hands and realize this is the first time we’ve touched. Warm tingles spread from my fingertips to my toes, I find myself smiling at our connection, gripping his large hand tighter. I take a moment to do a mental checklist of who I’ve at least touched or I’ve had some kind of moment with, Suho, Chanyeol, and Baekhyun are the only ones who don’t come to mind. With that in my head I pull Suho’s arm a bit so I can wrap our arms together, bringing our whole bodies closer together.
“Hyung.”
He raises his brows, “Yes?”
“We have never really talked,” I note.
He nods, “You haven’t been with us very long, I don’t want to overwhelm you and scare you away.”
“Don’t you want to be close to me though?” My hold on him loosens a bit, something he quickly notices and brings his free hand up to keep me from letting go completely.
“Of course I do! I just don’t want to be like Jongin and almost attack you.”
“You seem pretty in control of yourself,” I muse, “Maybe you’re just a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
That makes him laugh, a beautiful smile spreads across his face and I’m awe struck at such and amazing sight. My cheeks get a pink hue across them, my heart flutters. God they are beautiful.
“How do you feel about being out in public for the first time?” Suho asks, I blink a few times before glancing around. I basically jump into his arms, clinging to him for dear life, where the hell did all of these people come from? Lost in my own thought I didn’t even notice our change in back drop, from a parking garage, Luhan explained to me what they are, to a massive building filled with more people than I’ve ever seen in one place. “Are you okay?” He worries rubbing my back softly.
“So many people!” My eyes are as wide as can be as I try to take in as much a possible. There are so many different smells, human, wolf, something else, my mind is set into overdrive as I try to figure everything out. Someone bumps into us, out of habit I growl at the stranger, earning a confused look from the man. My heart is beating quickly in my chest making it hard for me to breath. Suho’s hand runs up my neck and tangles in my hair, pushing me towards the crook of his neck. I hesitantly obey, afraid to take my eyes off of the on lookers who are slowly starting to stare.
“What’s wrong?” Kris is quickly standing over us.
“I think there might be too many things going on for her. We need to get her out of here before she lashes out or something.”
“The Executive lounge is on the top floor, should we take her there?” Jongdae suggests.
They must all agree because the next thing I know we are moving. I feel like we are blur, rushing through the corridors or halls or whatever they are called. I wait for more strange smells to find their way to me but all I can smell right now is Suho. It’s much different than from what I was expecting, something more like Minseok’s or Yixing’s, but he smells like a rainy day.
“Insoo,” Suho calls softly, running his fingers up and down my back. I hesitantly release him and realize that we are sitting down, my thighs straddling his hips. Concern is carved into his handsome face.
“I’m sorry Insoo I didn’t think this through,” Kris is kneeling next to us. “I should have known it would be too much, going from the woods to a shopping mall is a massive step. I’m an idiot.”
“Hyung it’s okay, I should have thought about it more. I haven’t been in public before, I should have told you that.”
“This wasn’t our greatest idea,” Luhan admits, “We should have definitely taken baby steps.”
“What should we do now though?” Tao questions.
Kris sighs, “You and Sehun go get her a few pairs of shoes to start out with. Kyungsoo and Jongin, you guys are on pajamas. Chan and Baek you guys are on actual clothes, jeans and shirts should be good to start. Jongdae and Yixing, other necessities like toothbrush, hair ties, and other things girls need. Luhan and Minseok hyung you guys are the most mature so you guys buy her underwear. I’m going to check in on a few things here in the offices, while Suho you stay here and watch over her, okay?”
“Yes Alpha,” Everyone responds together.
“Great, go.”
The ten men rush to the door dogs rushing for food, barely able to squeeze through the doorway. I finally look around our new setting, it’s a decent sized room with two couches and a TV. One wall I realize is completely made of glass looking over the very busy area I’m assuming we were moments ago, how in the world did they get up here so fast.
“Little wolf,” Kris is standing next to me, stroking my head.
I look back at him, “Hm?”
“I’m going to do some work, you will be fine here with Suho right? Cause if not I can stay and let him go.”
Suho nods, though I can tell he doesn’t want to, “I won’t take offense, you are much more comfortable with Kris and this is a very stressful situation for you, I’ll understand.”
Without hesitation I say, “I want Suho to stay, you can do your work.”
“Are you sure?” Kris asks once more.
Suho glares at him, “She said it’s fine, now go.”
I can see how hesitant the older is to just leave but I give him one last smile and wave as he closes the door. A chuckle escapes my lips at his sad child like face.
“You two are so close already,” Suho notes as he places his hands on my hips. “I’m so jealous.”
“Well Hyung what could I do to make you feel closer to me?”
He hums for a minute, “Well there is one thing.”
I cock my head.
“Call me Oppa,” He requests quietly.
“Oppa?” The word sounds foreign on my lips but I notice Suho perking up.
“I just want you to call me it once, please?”
“Suho oppa!” I smile at him, enjoying the way his eyes light up.
“It’s just so cute when you do it,” He is grinning ear to ear.
“Do you not like that I call you hyung?”
He shakes his head quickly, “I’m happy with whatever you call me as long as I can hear your voice. But it was nice to hear at least once from you…”
“I’m sorry, I would do it but in all honesty I never consider it because the only people I’ve ever called oppa are my brothers. They were murdered the night of the raid and ever sense it just doesn’t sound right,” I admit quietly.
Any kind of happy emotion falls from his face, “I am so sorry! If I had known I would have never asked for such a thing, I’m such an idiot! I’m so sorry.”
I wrap my arms around him and pull him into a tight hug, “How could you have known? It’s okay, it’s okay.”
“There is so much about you that we don’t know, so many painful stories.”
“Lots of them aren’t painful anymore, because I wouldn’t be where I am now with the family I have.”
He nods.
Our nice moment is ruined by my stomach gurgling and a sudden pain spreading through my midsection. I clutch my stomach for a minute, waiting for the pain to pass but it only dulls slightly.
“Are you okay?” Suho worries.
I shake my head, “It must be Luhan’s breakfast settling in.”
“Ah fuck, they told me about that, here you sit here,” He scoots me off his lap and on to the couch as he rushes to the door. “I’ll be back with something to calm your stomach, don’t move!” Just like that he is gone. I try to sit there patiently but the groaning in my stomach is telling me to find someplace to empty the contents of my stomach. It slowly makes its way up my throat and suddenly I’m on my feet rushing out of the room for a way outside or to anywhere that they can’t see me. I rush out of nice area they had taken me into, ending up in a pretty empty hall. I see a sign for restrooms cross some kind of bridge or arch or something and run to it. A bad vibe hangs over my shoulder for a moment as I run down the hall but stops when I reach the restroom door that I bust into. Inside I find the first toilet and throw up everything I’ve eaten the last three days. It only takes a few heaves to actually empty my stomach, I just dry heave for a few more minutes because my body gives me no other option.
“Are you okay?” A soft voice wonders from behind me.
I spit one last time before wiping my mouth off with a piece of toilet paper, “Do I sound like I’m okay?” It comes out more aggressive than I meant to but I’m upset by my now empty stomach.
“I guess not, sorry,” The small voice apologizes.
I close my eyes for a minute with a sigh, “No, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to snap. I’m okay, thank you for asking.” Namjoon’s manners lesson finally becomes useful.
“I think you ran into the wrong bathroom,” Another voice pipes in. I turn around confused, two little omega girls are staring at me with wide eyes. We are about the same height but that is the only thing we have in common. They have long flowing hair that is blonde and some kind of red. Both are wearing pastel colored dresses and cute little heeled shoes, cute outfits that match their baby faces. Their hands are intertwined, a little fear in their eyes, like I would attack them but looking down I understand why. Under Minseok’s clothes my small figure is covered, my hood is up and I’m wearing shoes much to big for me, I do look a bit boyish.
I’m about to correct them when the taller of the two takes a step closer to me, “Oppa, can you help us?” I blink at her for a moment, me, Oppa?
The other nods, “There is this scary alpha creeping in the hall and we can’t leave.”
“I know you are an omega too but maybe you can scare him off since you are a boy. Oppa please!”
“That must have been the bad vibe I got when I rushed in,” I realize.
“He hasn’t come in because he likes toying with us,” The shorter sniffles.
“It’s okay don’t cry, I’ll see what I can do and pray that my mates don’t see me,” I cringe at the thought of what they would do if they saw me fighting again. “Speaking of which,” I pause, “You both smell of other alphas, where are your mates?”
“We told them we could at least go to the bathroom on our own but of course we can’t even do that,” The taller looks down at her shoes ashamed.
“Don’t worry,” I pat her head, “I’ll protect you from the big bag alpha.” Even though I’m smiling at these sweet little omega my heart pings as I think of my past. “You guys wait here, I’ll see if I can get rid of him, okay?”
They nod before giving a quiet fighting.
With a sigh I walk to the exit and down the hall from where I came I see the alpha that they were talking about. The hallway reeks of his pheromones, letting those girls inside know that he’s out here and he’s waiting for them. A snarl rumbles in my chest at the old tricks he’s playing. Soldiers used to do this to omegas that were trying to hide in the villages we were raiding. The alpha pushes away from the wall he was leaning on and swaggers my way, his head cocked to the side in amusement.
“Was that a growl I heard from you, Omega?” He muses.
“It was,” I snap, “What the hell are you doing slinking around mated omegas?”
“I don’t think that is any of your business. I’m not looking for any little boys to fuck so scram,” He gestures for me to pass.
“I’m not going anywhere without those little omegas so fuck off.”
He laughs, “I’d watch that mouth of yours, unless you want me to find it something else to do.”
“Don’t you have something better you could be doing?”
“Not anymore,” He wraps his arm around my shoulders, “I found exactly what I want to be doing. I’ve never knotted a male omega, I guess there is a first time for everything.” I cringe at his words, placing my hand over his, I lift it over my head and twist it behind his back, sending him to his knees. He cries out as the bones in his arms crack, “You are breaking my arm!”
“I am.”
“Stop! Stop! Please!”
I sigh, “You act so tough but can’t even handle some broken bones. If you going to pretend to be the big bad wolf at least know how to act like one, you whiny bitch. Are you done harassing girls?”
“Yes!” He seethes as he tries to pull away form me with no luck.
“I swear to go if I see you doing this again I’ll rip your knot right off, got it?”
He nods frantically.
“Good,” I push him to the ground, expecting him to run away but flips on to his feet and crouches down ready to attack.
I sigh, ready for him to jump at me but when two more alphas join us in the hall the man freezes. It’s two alphas I don’t know but their scents are familiar enough for me to assume that they are the two omegas mates.
“Shit,” The alpha snarls as he pushes past the other two and escapes down the hall. I look to the new comers with an awkward smile, not really sure how to interact with people. They just look confused about whatever could have happened in front of them.
“Oppa!” The two girls rush out of the restroom and I assume they are running to their mates but they basically tackle me to the ground. “Thank you!”
“Rose, Lisa, what the hell is going on?” One of the alphas asks.
“Mino oppa!” The blonde pops up and beams at her mate.
“Who is this? Get off of him, you shouldn’t jump on strange wolves,” The other scolds, pulling the red head off me. Blondie is pulled up next, I sit up leaning back on my hands, not really expecting the jealous looking alphas to let their mates touch me again.
“This is the Oppa that saved us from the scary alpha,” Red responds, pouting at her mate.
“We are the ones that scared him away,” Mino clarifies.
I roll my eyes but Blondie defends me, “He had him screaming before you showed up.”
Mino is going to snap back before a horrifying growl echoes through the hall. We all sink down as the pheromones of twelve pissed alphas surrounds us. The four wolves near me are on their knees with their heads down. I scan the four before looking to my mates, trying to figure out who they are mad at.
Kris is in the front, looking like he is about ready to murder someone. I smile at him awkwardly, “Hey Kris hyung.”