After an exhausting 5 hours on the bus, he finally arrived in the familiar neighbourhood. He had been in and out sleep on the bus ride and it made him even more exhausted with his head hitting the bus window every time. He had looked in his selfie camera to see if it hadn't left a bruise on his head because he felt like he got a concussion every time it happened.

The rest of the hours he tried to sit up not wanting another headbanger from the window.

Now they had finally arrived in front of his parents' house and he paid the taxi driver and took his stuff from the trunk and looked up. He saw the cosy white house standing tall between all the similar styled houses. He didn't know he had missed it that much when a smile appeared on his face and he noticed an excited figure waving at him from the window.

His mom of course.

He waved back and grinned while walking up the steps to the front door with his weekend back over his shoulder. His mom was there already holding the door open for him with a big smile on her face.

"Gulf! You've grown so much!" she engulfed him in a tight hug and Gulf almost dropped his stuff from how tight she squeezed.

"I've missed you too. But really, I haven't grown that much." he answered and kissed her on the cheek and smiled down at her.

"well, definitely always taller than me " she joked and slapped his arm.

Gulf looked around; everything still looked the same as always. Mom didn't like change and she had always disliked it when Gulf left to go to college and live on his own, she had begged him to go to college here but he had refused.

"where's dad?" he asked as he didn't see him when he looked around.

"He's in the kitchen making dinner. Your favourite this time!"

Gulfwalked behind his mother into the kitchen to greet his dad. He was cooking dinner and was murmuring over the stove but as he looked up his eyes widened with glee and he put his spoon down and rushed to his son's side to pull Gulf in a big hug.

"Son! You're back! Wait till your sister sees you." he laughed and pulled away to look Gulf up and down.

"yes, still so pretty.. but thin! have you lost weight? Good thing I cooked a lot" he said with a sigh and patted his seemingly thinner upper arms.

"stop that dad" Gulf huffed as his eyes darted away shyly.

His dad would always say that when he visited. Of course, they knew he was an omega and they were very proud of him. They had never shamed him for being an omega and embraced his second nature. It was just Gulf that couldn't live with it. He wished to have the same mentality as them.

"I've been working a lot, maybe that's why I've lost some weight," he said as he put his bag near de door before sitting down at the dinner table not thinking much of it. His dad looked at him and shook his head.

"you don't need to work part-time boy, you get money from us monthly right for your expenses?" he said with question in his voice. Gulf looked up and felt like he had been found out. He worked to be able to afford those scent neutralizers. He couldn't say that though and he laughed a little nervously and thought about what to say now.

"you know I also want to be able to pay for things myself. Not just your money" he said nonchalantly like he wasn't just telling a blatant lie.

They didn't need to know he hid his second nature and everyone had been thinking he was an alpha.

They both luckily didn't suspect anything and agreed.

"well it's your life, you should have more fun instead of working so much though. How's the love life going? Any good looking alpha around who swooned you of your feet?" dad continued jokingly and winked at him. Gulf darted his eyes around and gulped, what was he supposed to say about that!

He needed to get away from here because the questions were getting more and more personal.

"Okay, I'm going to my room to unpack, call me when diner is ready!" he avoided the question and got up. He waved and grabbed his stuff and ran up the stairs. He heard his dad chuckle and say something to his mom that he couldn't hear any more as he reached his old bedroom.

As he opened the door he smiled, it was still the same as always. His bed in the corner of the room next to his window. He always loved waking up with the chirping of the birds and the sunlight shining in. The old posters on the wall and the action figures he had collected over the years and hadn't taken with him to college still stood tall and proud on his dresser. The mirror with the crack on the left side from when he was so mad, he found out he was an omega also wasn't replaced yet. His parents didn't know why it was cracked though. He dumped his bag on the floor and jumped on his bed face first and sighed.

He was happy to be home and just relax and be himself for a while. He had been pretending and acting too much the last years, he was exhausted from pretending to be that tough and stern alpha. He was way too soft to act like that all the time.

His second nature was right.

He was way more of a cuddly person and his personality was also way softer. He loved being taken care of, although he would never admit it. He wanted to feel arms wrap around him and kiss his neck softly.

That's what his heart wanted but he hid that far away.

He could also be the one giving all that affection, he could try at least!

He was deep in thought as the door of his room slammed open.

"brother!!"

a high-pitched screech came from the opening. Gulf sat up quickly with a yelp. His sister stood in the doorway with a huge smile plastered on her face before she giddily ran into to the room jumped on top of him.

"I've missed youuu!!!" she yelled in his ear as she held him in a tight hug. Gulf gasped and tried to pry her off of him.

His rib case was being crushed with her arms and his lungs slowly lost all air.

"c-can't breathe. " he gasped out.

"oh sorry"

his sister let him go but still sat on top of him. Gulf looked up and smiled as his little sister was excited to see him. He was to after all this time apart.

"I've missed you too!" he said and teasingly pushed her over onto the floor before he sat up. she grunted and quickly sat up again, wiping her long hair out of her face and sat on the bed again but not before punching Gulf in return.

"how's school, how's everything," she grinned and watched Gulf winched from her payback.

"you know just normal, doing great in school and will be finished next year."

"ahh... Will you come back home then? It's so lonely without you here." she whined and gave him the biggest puppy eyes she could make.

Gulf hadn't thought of what he wanted to do after he finished college. Maybe find a job in the city or move back here to find a job here. He would see what the next few months would bring him. He still wasn't sure what he wanted that's why he also came back here, to maybe finds some answers and make a life plan.

Gulf wrapped his arms around his sisters' shoulder and laid his head on it.

"hmm... I don't know yet, maybe I'll move back. But just for you then" he winked and grinned at her jokingly.

"you sap. Find a mate already!"

She slapped him on the head and stood up to jump back on him to fight him before they heard their mother calling them for dinner.

Gulf was relieved, his sister was petite but could fight him well! He jumped up and sneaked past her to run downstairs before she would catch up to him.

As they stumbled down the stairs with them both trying to be the first their mother stopped them before someone would get seriously hurt.

"come on, it's still the same after all these years! Next time you'll both get hospitalized if you keep this up! Sit down" she said with a stern look, but they both knew she didn't mean it but still sat down obediently.

Dinner went by without a hitch and they talked about all the things they had missed out on from Gulf and he from his family. He ate a ton of his favourite food as his father still piled his plate up and constantly saying he was to thin and he should eat.

With a heavy groan, Gulf plopped down on his bed, wiping his hair after a much-needed shower. His stomach was stuffed and his eyes droopy from dinner and he wanted nothing more than to sleep now.

As he had dried his hair he wanted to go lay down but his phone rang. He sighted, who could this be this late as he picked up.

"Gulf, you're back!" Boat said on the other side of the line.

Boat was Gulf's childhood friend as they had grown up together in this little town.

"Boat! Haven't heard from you in a long time." Gulf grinned and layed down on his bed.

"yeah sorry, was really busy with work."

Boat worked at his father's shop here in town, he never really wanted to study so this was the best way for him, and he loved it. He was going to take over his father business later so why "waste away those college years when you could learn from the best" he had said.

"Let's catch up tomorrow and play some soccer with the other boys. They talked about you last time about wanting to see you again, so let play."

"Okay, sounds good. Afternoon?"

"yeah, I can ask dad if I can get off earlier."

"Okay, see you tomorrow! Goodnight." Gulf said, and after Boat also wished him a goodnight he hung up. He dropped his phone next to his pillow and connected it to his charger he had pulled out of his back and dropped back down and pulled the covers over him before falling in a deep sleep soon after, exhausted from the long journey home.

The next day he woke up early to go for a walk. He had always enjoyed the nature and here in town, it was easier to just go out and walk into the woods a few miles behind their house. He pulled on his sweatpants and a hoody before leaving the house chewing on an apple.

He sniffed in the fresh smell and walked for a while enjoying the rising sun and the chirping of the birds.

He was in his own words as he walked for an hour and suddenly saw a person approaching with a super cute dog.

The owner seemed to be some kind of elite because he was wearing a suit. Weird, who let their dog out in a suit.

He just shrugged, not his problem how people like to dress. He greeted the alpha and squatted down to pet the dog. He barked and wiggled at him before sniffing his hand and leaning into Gulf's touch.

"He seems to like you. Not that usual." the man chuckled as he saw the dog enjoying Gulf's caressed.

"haha, well both a first, I like dogs but dogs don't seem to always like me too." he smiled up at the man and stood back up.

"Sorry, I'm a bit rude. My name is Gulf." he reached out his hand and greeted the man.

"I'm Kaownah." The suited man said and greeted him with a smile and shook his hand.

"you live around here?" Kaownah said and squinted his eyes.

"ah! Well, my parents live here, I'm back home for the holidays." Gulf said with a smile.

He had never seen this man here before too but he hadn't been home for a long time so maybe he had moved here in the meantime.

"you live around here too?" he asked out of curiosity.

"yes, we moved here 6 months ago."

"ah okay, well nice meeting you. And the cute dog!" He said and looked at his watch. He saw that it was almost 9 am and they had agreed to eat breakfast together with the family so he had to hurry.

"I'm sorry I have to hurry, I'll be leaving now, see you around!"

"yes, see you around..." Kaownah said and waved him goodbye.

Gulf hurried home and was just in time for breakfast as he slipped in his seat just in time. His sister had just woken up and yawned as she ate her breakfast, her hair sticking out to all sides. His parents chatted away and Gulf could only think about the strange man with the dog. Good thing the man hadn't mentioned his scent because he forgot to put on his scent neutralizers this morning, he didn't mind much here because his family were used to his cinnamon apple scent and his heat was nowhere near so most alphas wouldn't be able to smell it.

"mom? Have there been new people moving to town in the last months?" Gulf asked as they were seated around the table.

"Not that I know of but people come and go here. What about it?"

"No nothing, just thinking," Gulf mumbled but found it strange.

So, the man wasn't known here but he said he lived around here...

He let it go and ate his breakfast before he helped his dad to clean out the garage.

When lunchtime hit, mom made them sandwiches and Gulf left right after that to meet up with his friends.

He took his old bike out of the garage and sprinted away, the court was only 5 minutes away and as he arrived, he could already see some familiar faces. His face lit up as he approached them after he had locked his bike.

"Hey!!!" they yelled in union as Gulf hugged them and laughed.

"Hello to you too. It's been awhile" Gulf said and approached Boat.

"well, you left us! we meet up here every week to play, have to become just as good as you" Boat joked and slapped Gulf's back.

"okay if you practised so hard, let's play then! Show me if you've improved" Gulf challenged them with a glint in his eyes as he grabbed the ball and walked to the middle of the field.

They made teams and started the game. Gulf had missed this as he was passing the ball around. In college he didn't have time to play and most people he knew didn't play soccer either. They played around for some time and just as Gulf was about to score, he smelled it.

This scent. So, enticing and so good. It smelled like sandalwood.

He completely forgot about the game as his mind drifted off. He had never really smelled other people and this made him confused. If he smelled other alphas it was never this strong. How was he able to smell something now? And who was it?

He passed the ball and looked around. He didn't register his friends calling his name as he was sniffing the air and trying to find out who this amazing smell belonged too. He felt his heart flutter and beat loudly in his chest. He had never felt something like this and it made him scared. His Omega yipped inside of him, also something he had never registered before. How was this possible!

He had never been connecting with his omega side and now it came out as if it was the first time he had presented. He had tried to hide the voices away but now it was purring in his head as they smelled the air.

He felt his ears turn red and his knees weaken as he tried to follow the scent. His omega had taken over and wanted nothing more than to follow it and wrap himself inside that person's arms.

Person! Gulf came back to his senses when he registered what he just had done! He let his omega out! This can't be happening!

"are you okay?" Boat touched Gulfs shoulder. Startled, Gulf turned around as his friends looked at him with concern.

"ah... Yeah. It's nothing. Felt a little dizzy that's it." he lied and smiled reassuringly at them after swallowing hard. He could feel his omega yipping and jump in him, happy with the smell.

What could that mean?

He had never experienced something like this and he had never learned about omegas as he didn't plan on being one.

He shook his head. He could deal with this.

"come one let's play. You still haven't won from me" He said jokingly and kicked the ball away.

As they were sweating and breathing hard after playing a few more rounds they called it a day.

"you know what we should do!" Boat said excitedly. "we should go out tonight to the bar to celebrate Gulfs return!"

Everyone cheered and Gulf thought why not. It's been a while since he let loose so he agreed and they decided to meet up tonight at the local bar.

A few drinks would surely help calm his nerves and the unsettling feeling inside him.

He needed to calm his omega down or things could get worse.

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authors note!

thats 2!

some familiar names and were almost at the meeting of Mew and Gulf (woohoo)

hope you liked it!