"How did you notice so early?"

Hyunjin smiled.

"I'm used to taking care of my brother. Though, he was the one taking more care of me."

He got sad thinking about his brother. Felix noticed but chose to say nothing. The older closed his eyes, sighing.

"You should tell Binnie."

The omega nodded wordlessly, leaving him to find his mate. Hyunjin sighed.

This was the first time he experienced another omega's heat and not his brother's. Which meant his body was going to react differently and he'd have to shut himself in before he did something stupid.

This was going to be a long week.

Days three into Felix's heat, Hyunjin was pretty sure the walls within the house was soundproof.

He wasn't alone on the days anymore, knowing that both Changbin and Felix were home. He met the older sometimes before he had to get back to Felix and the silence following after made him suspect the walls were thick.

Hyunjin sighed. He'd barely seen any of them, both because they were busy and he'd began locking himself into his room again. It was like picking up his old routine, the servants always came with food when needed so he actually never left his room.

It made him a bit sad but knowing that he will probably make a stupid decision caused him to be determined and stay. The room was lonely, almost suffocating and he craved Jisung's warm cuddles.

Hyunjin pouted, hugging the pillow closer to him. The powerful scent of an omega in heat flicked around in all room and his body felt hot. He was always on his guard, trying to control the wince as he fumbled with his fingers.

Great, he was going to experience this all alone, without anyone to help.

"Hey, hyung?"

"What is it Jinnie?"

"Do you promise you will protect me forever?"

His brother laughed.

"Of course! Who is going to help you when you grow up anyways?"

Jinyoung wasn't here. His hyung would always know what to do. Hyunjin teared up, his lip began quivering.

He missed his parents. He missed his siblings. And now all of them were gone.

He wanted to meet his sister again. He wanted to hug his eomma and hear his appa make a joke again. But that would not be reality.

Hyunjin wanted to remember. But the memories were painful. He took a shuddering breath, closing his eyes.

"Don't forget your family Jinnie. We will always be here for you."

Hyunjin jolted awake from his dream. Looking around rapidly, he huffed for air, feeling the panic making knots in his stomach. Hands grabbed his face, trying to calm him down but only caused him more panic. He jerked away from the touch and let out gasped sobs and he clutched his chest.

"-innie, Ji-"

He can't.

He can't hear them.

He sobbed. It was too hot, too suffocating.

He don't want to remember

The arms was stronger this time, the person pulled Hyunjin toward his body. The panicked boy gasped as he felt warmth from another body, clawing everything he could see just to get away.

Stop-

He can't breath-

He can't BREATH

"JINNIE!"

A slap made him flinch, his focus coming back as he cried and rubbed his cheek. His blurry sight got clear and in front of him was a worried Seungmin.

The younger hugged him tightly and hummed softly to calm him down.

"Hey, hey, it was only a nightmare. You are safe baby, no one is going to hurt you."

Hyunjin was surprised those words calmed him down, though coming from his captor. His sobs slowed down to hiccups as he focused on his breathing.

"Keep going baby, breath. Slowly, in and out, I'm not going anywhere."

Seungmin guided him with his heartbeat, slowly helping the other as both took a slow breaths together.

"Just like that Jinnie. Squeeze my hand if it gets too much."

After a few moments, he finally calmed down, forcing air out of his nose and in. He blinked, noticing how Seungmin was holding him. The younger looked worried, which surprised him more.

"Are you feeling better? Do you want me to get Chan hyung?"

Hyunjin shook his head and gripped Seungmin's hoodie.

"N-no, just stay."

The younger smiled softly.

"It's ok, Jinnie. It was only a nightmare."

Hyunjin nodded, taking another breath.

Only a nightmare...

Seungmin hugged him harder, mumbling softly into his hair.

Only a nightmare

Hyunjin finally stopped crying. Exhausted, he rested his head on Seungmin's shoulder.

"Jinnie?"

"I'm tired, Minnie."

He could feel the slight smile against his head.

"Then sleep, babe. I won't go anywhere."

Hyunjin smiled. He fell asleep again, comfortable as he snuggled into Seungmin.

Hyunjin woke up, feeling at peace. He snuggled closer to the boy beside him. A low chuckle made him feel the vibrations as Woojin stroked his hair softly.

He whined and buried his face into the other boy's chest.

"Where's Minnie?"

"He had to go to work, baby."

Hyunjin hummed and pouted. Seungmin did break his promise, he wanted the other boy to cuddle him all day. But Woojin was like a soft teddy bear so he would make an exception.

"Why are you always working? I thought Felix, Jisung, Seungmin and Jeongin was younger than me?"

Woojin smiled, humming softly.

"They were home schooled. Are kind of still, we have to learn even though we work."

The younger sighed. Criminals but they still had time to learn? He thought mafia didn't care about that.

"Hyung.."

Hyunjin whined again, pressing his body against Woojin. The older laughed.

"You missed me, right?"

He nodded against Woojin. A muffled answer in form of 'yeah' made the older smile, continuing to play with his hair.

"You'be locked yourself in the entire week. Are you feeling alright?"

Hyunjin looked up and blushed.

"Yeah."

He sank into Woojin's warmth, enjoying the calm scent of the alpha. A silence settled as Woojin seemed to wait for him to continue. Hyunjin pressed his body harder against the other, skin suddenly too hot. He craved touching and attention.

"M-my body feel weird though..."

Hyunjin blushed as he finally admitted the fact. His first rut and he didn't know how to handle it. That was exactly the reason he had avoided them for days and now he was there, practically grinding against Woojin.

"When did your rut start?"

Woojin let out a noise as he pressed their bodies tighter against each other. Hyunjin didn't notice the older's eyes as he moaned.

"Two days ago, I think. I've been feeling weird the entire week."

Hyunjin hummed as Woojin softly touched his hips. No words were exacted as their lips met, soft and passionately. When they broke apart, Woojin showered him with small kisses, making him giggle.

The older stopped to look into Hyunjin's eyes. He smiled at the silent question given.

"Yeah. I-if you want of c-course."

Woojin smiled and kissed him again, taking away his breath.

"We have been waiting for your answer darling. If you wish, I'm happy to do it."

They smiled as Woojin connected their lips again, pulling Hyunjin into a deeper kiss. Hyunjin gasped as he felt a hand wander down his sensitive thighs, allowing Woojin to taste the sweetness of his cavern. They pulled apart panting.

"Do you want me to tell the others? Tell Chan?"

Hyunjin blushed.

"N-no I want you to be my f-first."

God, this was so embarrassing. Hyunjin knew that his face was too red by now but Woojin just chuckled at the cuteness.

"Alright then. Wait here for a moment, I'm going to get towels and tell the others you are awake."

He silently nodded and blushed as Woojin planted a kiss on his forehead. The older got up and closed the door softly with a promise of coming back as quickly as possible.

Hyunjin smiled slightly, tugging Seungmin's hoodie closer. Woojin's and Seungmin's scent made him dizzy as he curled himself further into the pillows.

I'm making the right decision right?

Jinyoung would know what to do. Maybe this was wrong. He shouldn't let strangers take his virginity. But on the same time, they weren't exactly strangers right?

He didn't know if he would be happy or sad. Maybe he was already in too deep, already too attached.

"Hey, hyung? How did mom and dad meet?"

Jinyoung chuckled and hugged the twins.

"Yeah, oppa, tell us!"

"Well, eomma told me they met in high school. Appa was one of the sport students. They bumped into each other when he was on his way to training."

"Woah, so romantic!"

"Wait, so why does eomma have a mark on her neck?"

"It's a mate mark."

"Whats that, oppa?"

Hyunjin giggled as his sister grimaced.

"Silly! You mark someone you want to spend the rest of your life with! That's what it is!"

"Ah, Jinnie! How did you know that?"

"My teacher told us! We were asking about her mark too!"

Jinyoung smiled and carded his hand through his younger brother's hair.

"That's right, Jinnie. You mark someone you want to spend your whole life to, someone you love deeply. Now..."

The older looked serious.

"There will be people who tell you who you should be with. As long as you follow you heart, don't listen to them. Love is love."

The twins laughed and nodded as their brother continued.

"It doesn't matter what rank you are, where from, what gender or who you are. As long as you love that person, cherish them dearly."

"Woah! So girls can kiss girls? I didn't know that!"

Jinyoung laughed and tickled them playfully.

"Of course! If you love that person, you should follow your heart!"

Follow your heart?

What if he had fallen for bad persons? What would his hyung say?

Hyunjin closed his eyes.

"It should be wrong...but why am I so happy?"

Woojin smiled as he heard the words coming from the younger. He wanted to make sure Hyunjin really meant it. Hearing those words was enough.

He silently made his way downstairs to the living room. Seungmin and Jisung was playing some game while Chan and Jeongin helped with the cooking. Minho laughed at something Changbin said as the alpha cuddled a purring Felix.

The omega looked up when he came into the living room.

"Jinnie's awake?"

Woojin nodded subtly and smiled.

"Your heat is over?"

The younger hummed a yes as he snuggled into Changbin. Minho chuckled and kissed Felix, making him giggle.

"Why aren't he coming down yet?"

He looked up to see Chan in front of him. The other alpha showed worry as he looked upstairs.

"He entered his first rut."

All eyes where snapped on him and then on the stairs.

"His first-"

Woojin nodded and smiled.

"Our plans succeeded."

Jeongin beamed as he smiled brightly.

"Really?!? He allowed you?!?"

Woojin nodded. Jisung pouted and huffed, mumbling something about cuddling Hyunjin.

"You are alright with that I'm his first right?"

The air tensed as the silence took over.

"Well, if he wished that, then yes."

"Besides, you of all should be suitable right?"

Minho grinned and smirked, playfully hitting his hyung on the arms.

"Don't have too fun. Let us have a bite too."

A few shouts followed as they laughed. It became silent again as they looked upstairs.

"Don't worry. We all will have him soon."

The air turned into something else, Hyunjin would have noticed the sudden change of scent by this time. Woojin could imagine the younger squirming.

"Well, I'm going to need towels."

Eyes as equal dark as his met him.

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