"Not long…not…long…you will be mine."

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"Mani, I really wanna kiss you." Teddy is stepping closer to him and Mani can feel himself beginning to bottle it. His heart is beating so fast and is literally in his throat. He can feel his lips just inches away from his and Mani panics.

He takes a step back. Teddy lifts his head up, a little puzzled by the reaction. Mani feels the urge to explain. "Teddy I...I don't think we should yet...I'm sorry." Mani's heart which was a moment ago in his throat has now plummeted to the depths of his stomach.

He looks Teddy in the eyes and he can see how disappointed he is and he hates himself for it. He hated that he was such an idiot, such a fool for his principals and he had just put the two of them back a step or two.

Teddy tries to muster up a smile as he takes a heavy sigh. "I see you're gonna make me work for it." He forces a smile. How could his mate still be resisting him, after all these efforts to play things his way?

Mani feels the urge to apologise yet again. "Teddy, I'm sorry. I do like you I just..."

"It's ok. You don't need to explain. I still had a nice time and at least now, I can hold your hand." His words were so beautiful. Mani felt torn between guilt and adoration.

"I had a good time too and...thank you for being patient. I promise I won't make you wait forever." Mani takes Teddy's hand and kisses his knuckles before letting his hand drop back down.

Teddy looks at his own hand, taking it in his other, giving them a rub. "Goodnight Mani". Teddy backs away, before turning and walking down the flight of stairs. Mani doesn't go inside until he can't see him anymore. He turns on his heels and heads inside. He thinks that ended ok. He thinks?

He is about to push down on the handle, to head inside, when he can hear Tyler talking to someone. He puts his ear to the door, his sensitive hearing managing to pick up half a conversation.

"Dad, it was a misunderstanding. it won't happen again, I promise. No, please don't you'll only make things worse…I will sort it ok?"

The words behind the door go silent. Mani pushes his ear closer to the wood, but instantly pulls back when the door swings open, with Mani suddenly facing his roommate. "Mani!" Tyler says with surprise when he sees the guy on the other side of the door. "How long have you been there?"

"Not long." Manu smiles a little awkwardly. "You sounded like you needed a bit of privacy."

"Oh!" Tyler is now the one to laugh awkwardly. "Did uhh…did you hear that?" Tyler gestures to his bed, where he must have been sitting during the conversation.

"Just that you were talking to your dad. I don't know what about though." Mani says looking down. He didn't really want to get involved but at the same time knew the pain and stress that families could cause. Maybe Tyler was trying to break away from parental constraints too.

"Well I'm done now, I need to go out anyways." Tyler goes to walk past Mani, but Mani holds out an arm to stop him. Tyler looks at the grip around his wrist.

"Wait Tyler …If you need to talk…" Mani begins, but Tyler cuts him off.

"Believe me. There is nothing you can do to fix this, unless you can get people to move with the times." Tyler lets out a dry laugh.

Mani lets go of the hold. "I get it. My family is very traditional, they don't want me here at this college. This isn't what they wanted for me."

"I know right?" Tyler smiles weakly. "My father has issues with this college too. Well, now I need to go try to sort out his mess before shit hits the fan." Tyler says with a sigh as he looks ahead of him. Mani watches Tyler leave at a hurried pace. He wonders what his dad had done to render the guy so stressed.

However, Mani had enough problems of his own to contend with. Theodore Tate being the most pressing one. He had enjoyed their date. Teddy had been so considerate with him. Showed him how he could do romance the way Mani wanted.

Mani was not innocent when it came to his carnal desires. A young teen wolf could not be caged when exploring their maturing side, but in spite of all that, he had never done something so simple as a holding a lover's hand, or a romantic walk. Mani had to give Teddy credit for that and praise him for not dragging him down a dark alley to mate him senseless. Perhaps there was hope for the two of them.

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Teddy is on his hands and knees on his bed. He grabs onto the discarded red jumper he had been wearing on the date, taking the garment to his face and inhaling deeply.

Mate, mate...

The smell was so intoxicating that Teddy felt dizzy from the sensation. Why? Why did the omega have to play by these silly human rules? He thought he had done everything right. He had researched so hard, watching scene after scene of romantic human interactions online. The perfect date, the right words to say, yet he didn't even get a kiss! He now found himself in a state of unrequited arousal and was at least glad he had the place to himself.

He drops the jumper back onto the bed, head burying deep in the woollen fibres as his body slowly lays flat on the sheets. His boxer covered erection feels so sensitive as it becomes sandwiched between his body and the mattress below. Slowly, he begins to rock, hands grasping at the bed sheet for purchase as he begins to imagine.

"Mani… mate…oh yeah…" he groans into the scented jumper, as he fantasises that his omega is beneath him. Wanting him, begging to be claimed by his alpha. "Not long…not…long…you will be mine….mmmm…." He continues to seek pleasure from his slow thrusts and his imagination as Mani's beautiful face fills his thoughts. The image of his big brown eyes looking up at him. A glorious smile on his face as he is about to reach orgasm….

"Shit shit…oh shit…" Teddy begins to speed up his actions, legs and thighs now working overtime against the friction of the mattress, as his wild thoughts become too much to contain. "Ahhh fuck, fuuuuck" He is cumming hard, filling his underwear with the results of his pleasure as his brain conjours up thoughts of another outcome. One where he is giving his all to the mate he desires.

He rolls onto his back, staring up at the ceiling as one hand drapes across his chest, the other resting by his head. His splayed hand on his chest rises and falls as his deep breaths slowly calm down a pace. "What the hell am I doing?" He questions to himself. He is an alpha. Theodore Tate of the Ashen pack, one day a leader and Mani had just turned him into a hungry cub.

He draws both his hands down over his sweat glistened face. He had to get a grip. Tomorrow is a full moon. Their human defences will be at their weakest, the wolf within them will do the talking.

Teddy smiles as he relishes in that thought. "Tomorrow, I will claim you Emmanuel Blake…you will be mine!"