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Of course, Hongjoong had heard ofSeonghwa. There wasn’t a single alpha on their university campus who hadn't heard of the player omega. The omega that had alphas constantly weeping over him and losing sleep. The head of the large omega pack on campus was truly a formidable leader, if there was ever an embodiment of an omega pack leader it was Seonghwa. He was so beautiful; his face looked like it had been sculpted, his hair was always perfect and he was just the right mix of modest and inviting to make it irresistible to any alpha that fancied a challenge, (which was every alpha in existence). There was nobody who didn't have a strong opinion on the perfect omega; most omegas adored him like their elder brother, though some were acidically jealous of him, and most alphas either hated him with a passion or wanted him like he was the only omega in the world.
Before Seonghwa, there was no real omega presence in the school; the omega’s could not form a pack in the way the alphas could, as they never had a clear leader, then Seonghwa came along with his perfect looks and icy cold glare. Suddenly, there were two packs in school. Gone were the days where the alphas could do whatever they wanted with the omegas, there was now a solid and permanent omega pack that would make alphas pay for their misconduct. So many alphas did not seem to think that their actions had any consequences and they were taught how wrong that was very quickly.
If there was one thing Seonghwa was harsh about it was definitely alphas and their constant sexual misconduct. The second an omega told Seonghwa whatever bad thing an alpha had done to them, it meant war on the alpha pack and that meant a withdrawal.
What was a ‘ withdrawal’, you ask? It was the most devious thing an omega leader had ever come up with; it was every omega in the pack refusing to intimately interact with or have sex with any alphas, even the ones they were mated with. If one alpha behaved badly, the entire alpha pack was punished for it. Not only did a withdrawal mean refusing to have sex, it also meant refusing to do all the things mated omegas naturally tended to do with their alphas: no cooking for said alpha, no scenting, no cuddling, and no dates.
However, there are always some people that had to rebel; some omega’s did not obey Seonghwa’s tactics. Surprisingly, that was okay for the omega leader; he would just throw that person out. “If you can’t protect your omega brothers and sisters, we won’t protect you.” Seonghwa would say as he broke the leader and pack follower connection on all the omegas that still willingly had sex or went on dates with alphas when a withdrawal was occurring.
There was no doubt that it was harsh. The reason it worked so well was because of said harshness.
Due to this tactic, certain alphas were punished so severely by other alphas, especially those who weren't getting what their rut craved from their mate, that other alphas were quickly disciplined.
Finally, there was someone who taught alphas that they did not own omegas and that was a huge change. Especially considering that most people going to university here lived in the area anyway, so this omega pack would be around for a very long time. Leader Seonghwa was here to stay and everyone had something to say about it.
Everyone had a strong opinion about Seonghwa, except for Kim Hongjoong. Now, that shouldn’t really matter, right? Who cares if one insignificant alpha doesn't care about the new omega leader that doesnt orgasm when he’s with any alphas and refuses to let them knot him? Who cares if one insignificant alpha doesn't care about the omega that said if alphas could not behave like adults they would be punished like children?
No one would have cared what Hongjoong thought, if Kim Hongjoong was not the leader of the alpha pack.
When all of the chaos of the omega pack being formed happened, all the alphas were scrambling toHongjoong; they hoped he would crush the omega pack and take Seonghwa as his mate to quickly make this issue go away but, strangely, Hongjoong simply shrugged and told the alphas that this wouldn’t have happened if they just treated omegas correctly.
The alpha that was so focused on his education had never given a second thought to the notorious omega; of course, when he saw Seonghwa he sighed with desire, any alpha would, but he pushed his alpha urges down and moved on. It confused him how other alphas couldn’t do the same, it was easy. Seonghwa never stayed on his mind long enough to affect him as deeply as he affected other alphas. His education was more important than all the drama about mating and omegas and all that crap.
“Hongjoong,” Yunho hissed in the younger man’s ear, “Are you even listening?”
Hongjoong flinched out of his zoned out state at the end of a particularly boring lecture when his friend shook him violently. He was so tired that day that his eyes just kept closing.
“Sorry, Yunho. Say what you said again.” Hongjoong snorted at how frustrated Yunho had become just because he wasn't listening.
“As I was saying, are you going to go to that alpha and omega meeting?” Yunho sounded a little anxious when he saw how unbothered Hongjoong was, “This is pretty serious, dude, you’re the leader of our pack. You should be there. Otherwise…we’ll-”
Hongjoong raised one eyebrow as Yunho went quiet and began to squirm in his seat, “Otherwise, Seonghwa will make mincemeat of you guys, again?” Hongjoong had heard of what would happen at these meetings; alphas would try to make excuses for some kind of bad behaviour and Seonghwa would, verbally, tear them a new arsehole. It was a brilliantly funny thought that Hongjoong had chuckled about before, many times. All these big and beefy alpha males and females being told off by an average sized omega surrounded by tiny omegas. It was ridiculous.
“Seonghwa talks to us however he wants because he doesnt think we have a clear leader.” Another alpha interrupted their conversation and they turned to look at their least favourite classmate: Kim Seoho
“I don’t have time to put up with all your nonsense. If you guys just stopped being such douchebags towards omegas none of this shit would have happened. Dig yourselves out of this hole or climb deeper into it, I don’t give a fuck.” Hongjoong started packing up his stuff as all the alphas in the room glared daggers at him, but no-one was stupid enough to test Hongjoong’s patience on this topic.
The whole reason Hongjoong was allowing his pack to try and sort this out themselves is because it was entirely their fault. Seonghwa wouldn’t be acting like they were small boys and girls that had to be disciplined, if the alphas of his pack just used their brain cells and stopped harassing omegas. If it took Yeosang being a raging bitch at them for them to understand this, then so be it.
“7pm, the omegas dorm. Tonight . Be there or we’ll have a vote for another alpha.” Seoho growled and Hongjoong looked him up and down like gum on the bottom of his shoe.
“Oh, I’m so scared.” Hongjoong pouted sarcastically, “Lemme guess- You’ll be the new alpha?” The idea was so incredulous that a few people chuckled in the room; this had to be a joke. The only alpha that could properly challenge Hongjoong was San and San was always too busy fucking around with Wooyoung to even challenge a fly, how much more Hongjoong ?
“No. We’ll just kick you out then.” Seoho’s veins started visibly pop on his forehead whilst Hongjoong cackled loudly and waved him off like a child who was throwing a tantrum.
“Whatever you say, Seo-seo.” Hongjoong used the nickname he knew the other alpha hated, causing him to angrily shout unimportant profanities at him as he left the lecture hall, with Yunho hot on his trail. The two alphas kept their distance from all the omegas in the hall(except Mingi, who Yunho was legally obligated to eye-fuck every time he saw him); they didn’t want to spark an incident that Seonghwa could use to justify one of his damned ‘withdrawals’.
Seonghwa's tactic was unlike anything he'd ever heard or seen from his Alpha of a mother before. The reason why most omega packs would simply never do such a thing was the fact that most omegas truly desired the comfort of an alpha; someone who make sure they would be safe from the rest of the world, a strong scent that could linger in their nest, omegas and alphas depended on each other. Yet, somehow, Seonghwa managed to create a sense of comfort that was so strong amongst the omegas of that pack that, for quite a while, the omegas comforted each other. Instead of an alpha’s scent, the omegas would use Seonghwa’s and it created a powerful dependency on their leader.
There was no alpha tactic that could even replicate half of that care and love for eachother; alphas were always trying to outdo and attack each other. No alpha would ever settle for another alpha’s scent if an omega was available. That’s why Hongjoong’s relationship with his pack had been so strained recently. All the alpha’s were just getting back to normal after a particularly long withdrawal and it had made everyone angsty, horny and temperamental.
After a pregnant silence, Yunho finally spoke up- ruining the perfect peace the two alphas were walking in, “They’re right you know.”
“Right about what?” Hongjoong played dumb.
“Seonghwa doesn’t take us seriously because our alpha doesn’t take us seriously. You think our pack are fools,” Hongjoong opened his mouth to protest, “Yes, yes , I know, we are fools but you can’t let the omegas know you think that.”
“Why are all of you guys acting like this is war?” Hongjoong stopped walking and raised his voice slightly, causing a few people to sheepishly spectate.
“Cause it is, man!” Yunho whispered through his teeth, he was careful not to shout back, he couldn’t openly challenge his alpha like that, “If Seonghwa does another of those withdrawal things, I might die! Mingi didn’t even come near me!” Yunho was obviously distressed and Hongjoong could smell his friend’s citrusy scent souring at the memory of his mate ignoring him, due to no fault of his own.
A heavy sigh rippled out ofHongjoong, “Okay, okay, fine. I’m going to come tonight.” Hongjoong still didn’t really care about the withdrawal thing; he didn’t have a mate, so his ruts weren’t that bad, but seeing his friend so upset suddenly made him feel so…guilty. Yes, he wasn’t the one making the other alphas misbehave but it wasnt all of them; some of the alphas were struggling because of a few dumb ones.
“Thanks, for finally growing some balls.” Yunho laughed through his nose and gave Hongjoong a hard pat on the back, making the other alpha roll his eyes in return.
“Insulting me might hurt my feelings, then I won’t go.” Hongjoong threatened as they started making their way back to their dorm, whilst all the people spectating tried to pretend that they hadn’t been.
That night, Hongjoong put on the nicest clothes he had (which were quite lame in comparison to Yunho’s cool waist chains and torn jeans). He looked at his plain white shirt, baggy jeans and black leather jacket; they were impressive but he wouldn't look out of place in a gang of alphas.
“Damn bro,” Yunho snuck up behind Hongjoong and scared the living hell out of him, “You actually look hot, for once!”
“Wow, you are too kind.” Hongjoong’s voice was dripping with venom as he walked past the absurdly tall alpha and headed for the door, it was already 6.35pm and they d to be there by 7pm or all the other alphas would get pissed.
They walked from their side of the campus to the omega side as quickly as possible; it was so chilly at this time of the year, November was always the coldest month here for some reason.
Shame prickled Hongjoong’s neck when he thought about how omegas needed a separate dorm to feel safe; sometimes he wondered how omegas felt, living their whole life in constant fear of alpha’s taking them without their consent, it all seemed so horrible. He could understand why Seonghwa acted the way he did, when he looked at it from that angle.
They walked through the completely empty omega dorm, “Is everyone really in the common room?” Hongjoong was mortified at the thought of 200 omegas and alphas in one big room, arguing about pack dynamics.
“Yup. It’s hell, dude. We need you.” Yunho stopped in front of the large common room’s door and knocked on it twice.
When the door opened they were greeted by Mingi and Wooyoung (who was being possessively held by San). Both of the men’s faces lit up when they saw their friends.
“Hongjoong! Yunho!” Wooyoung wiggled free from San and pounced on the alphas, mixing his sweet strawberry scents with their alpha ones. The look on San’s face as he realised that the scent of two other alphas was all over his omega was so amusing that Hongjoong laughed whilst hugging Wooyoung tightly.
“Nice to see you, Woo.” Hongjoong held Wooyoung for a lingering moment, watching how San reacted; the other alpha looked him dead in the eye and clenched his jaw before he glanced away, trying to pretend that he didn’t care. Hongjoong cackled again and Wooyoung turned around to glance at San, he was completely oblivious to the torture Hongjoong was putting his mate through.
Wooyoungw as a very loyal member of the omega pack; he was so small that he really loved it when other people were determined to protect him. Meaning that San was one of the alphas who always suffered a hit whenever withdrawals occurred and he became aggressively possessive of Wooyoung as a result. Long periods of time without his mate had bred a strong sense of need inside San; he savoured every moment he spent with Wooyoung because he knew a withdrawal could happen at any time and Wooyoung would suddenly refuse to even scent with him.
Whilst all of this was going on, Mingi and Yunho were giving each other the most rancid and vile looks in existence; you could practically see Yunho undressing Mingi and slapping his ass, all with their eyes. It was terrifying.
As the five of them walked into the common room and pushed past the swarm of chatting people, they searched for Jongho and Yeosang. The two of them had been attached to the hip recently. Hongjoong could smell a mate bond coming.
The two of them were sitting miles apart on the same sofa, and all five of the remaining friends laughed when they stood in front of the bashful couple.
“Oh come on, Jongho.” San snorted as the youngest of their friend group looked at his hyungs.
“What?” Jongho huffed as Yeosang blushed even more, the two of them were so unsure how to express their feelings for each other.
“Sit a bit closer to your omega.” Hongjoong smirked as he saw how scandalised Yeosang was because of that description; the omega had obviously been raised quite conservatively and the way he turned beet red everytime people asked about him and Jongho was proof.
“ He should come to me.” Jongho mumbled under his breath and Yeosang huffed as he shuffled a bit closer, he obeyed quickly to stop the five other pairs of eyes on him from their continued judgement.
Jongho wrapped his arm around Yeosang's waist and slowly smiled when the omega’s scent filled his nose; all it took to make any alpha happy was a nice omega scent.
The rest of their gang giggled quietly as they saw how the pair were suddenly gazing into each other's eyes with so much love, just because they sat closer to each other.
“Everyone. It’s time to stop socialising.” A smooth, terribly sexy voice easily cut through the noise and silenced all the different voices that reverberated through the room. Hongjoong knew that the voice could only belong to one omega; only one omega’s voice was so alluring.
Seonghwa was sitting in the corner of the room on the floor, with his legs crossed. Lots of the omegas began to sit on the floor and cross their legs as well, they naturally wanted to do whatever their leader was doing. Yeosang, Mingi and Wooyoung all plopped down onto the floor, much to their mates disbelief. None of the alphas got onto the floor; they were all looking at Hongjoong, expecting him to stay standing.
Hongjoong tilted his head and looked at the beautiful smirking omega and decided to humour him; Hongjoong sat on the floor, quickly followed by all the other alphas who were quite upset that their leader was obeying an omega.
Hongjoong couldn’t bring himself to listen to the mumbles of the unhappy alphas that surrounded him, all their voices blended together in a type of useless noise that Hongjoong couldn’t focus on. All he could focus on were the perfectly brown eyes that gazed at him from long eyelashes. Seonghwa’s eyes were so…deep; Hongjoong could see every star in the solar system with those big eyes, he could see every wonder of the world, he could see the past, the present and the future. He was too stunned to speak as he realised he couldn’t tear himself away from the god that was Park Seonghwa.
Seonghwa’s eyes were not the only gorgeous part about him. The cold weather had prompted the omega to put on a black sweater that was rather low-cut; the neckline stopped right before his milky white cleavage gave way to his large breasts. Not to mention the matching black pants Seonghwa was wearing, they were so tight, Hongjoong suddenly felt very attracted to thighs; something that's never happened before. When a tent began to form in Hongjoong’s pants, he felt like a little boy having a wet dream all over again; his scent was beginning to become heavy in the air and multiple omegas began choking on the strong and minty alpha scent
Hongjoong was in absolute disbelief; how was Seongwha doing this to him? He had seen Seonghwa a million times before, but today? He was truly looking at the omega, he saw how beautiful he was. He felt himself melting. He felt his desire growing.
“Uh,” Yeosang gently nudged Hongjoong before whispering, “You’re staring .”
Hongjoong glanced around the room dumbly and saw the shock that was plastered on everyone’s faces. The omega’s in the room looked weirdly excited, as if they were happy that something was finally happening with Seonghwa, whilst the alphas either looked relieved that Hongjoong finally understood their struggle with Seonghwa or they were green with envy.
“Well,” Seonghwa changed the subject effortlessly, “I’m glad you’ve finally shown up, Hongjoong. I was starting to think the alpha pack didn’t have a leader.”
“I-it’s nice to be here.” Hongjoong cleared his throat, feeling incredibly embarrassed that he let himself get so carried away, and tried to ignore the mortified look on Jongho’s face.
“Let’s start, now.” Seonghwa scanned the room, making sure he took in everyone’s face. The way he looked Hongjoong up and down like prey made the alpha shiver. “Does anyone have any concerns?” Seonghwa sounded like a school teacher and Hongjoong was baffled to see omegas start to raise their hands to be picked on like they were school children.
“Yeosang?” Seonghwa smiled at the younger omega who held onto Jongho a little tighter when he had to speak to everyone in the room.
“Uhm, could some alphas please stop leaving their pheromone soaked clothing in the changing rooms? It’s a bit…gross.” Yeosang avoided the nasty stares the alphas gave him. Jongho’s wide eyed look at anyone who dared to be rude to his mate was enough to scare most alphas off.
Almost immediately, Seonghwa gave every alpha in the room a withering glare and Hongjoong rolled his eyes as multiple alphas flinched.
“Fine, we’ll clean up better,” Hongjoong looked at how angry Seonghwa already was, “Calm down.”
Hongjoong’s tone caused a few alphas to snicker, obviously making Seomghwa more upset. Hongjoong just couldn’t help it, the way Seonghwa completely dominated his pack was unacceptable, he had to fight back somehow.
“Ask your alpha friends and they’ll tell you,” Seonghwa narrowed his eyes, “I’m not angry, yet.”
The snickering stopped immediately.
“Okay, Eunji?” Seonghwa picked on a small female omega who looked terrified.
“H-how often are we going to withdraw?” Eunji squeaked as Seonghwa sighed and took a deep breath in, directing Hongjoong’s eyes to places only a pervert would look.
“Well, it all depends on the behaviour of alphas.” Seonghwa and Hongjoong’s eyes met and Hongjoong’s blood ran cold when he realised that Seonghwa saw him looking at his breasts.
“I’ve told all of my pack before to behave and have respect for omegas.” Hongjoong began to growl, “so, punishing us all for the behaviour of a few is unfair.”
“Teach your few to behave as well and we won’t have issues.” Wooyoung’s comment was snide and even San was a little shocked by it.
A huge mother-like smile spread on Seonghwa’s face, “Quite right, Woo. If you don’t want to all face punishment, help eachother out- If you see your buddy about to abuse an omega stop them. I would have assumed you would do that anyway, out of basic respect for people, but some of you clearly need to be motivated to stop acting like neanderthals.”
There was complete silence after Seonghwa’s mini rant and he gave a tight smile, “Anybody else have any questions?”
All the omegas in the room shook their heads, they were all elated at how this meeting had gone; even with Hongjoong present, Seonghwa had eaten most of the alphas alive in such a short period of time.
“Okay, then! Everyone can go. Any omegas that want to stay, can stay.” Seonghwa stood up and everyone began to stand up as well; mainly because Hongjoong hadn't protested.
Seonghwa made eye contact with Hongjoong and said in a bloodthirsty tone, “Can you stay, Hongjoong? I want to talk with you. Leader to leader.”
Lots of alphas snorted at the way Seonghwa acted like he was on the same level as Hongjoong and the alpha gave them all the stink eye. If Seonghwa wasn’t a true leader, how did he bitch them all so fast? These alphas were so arrogant but didn’t have the balls to back it up.
There were mumbles of “slut” and “alphas always fall for tricks this this” floating around the room but a double glare from both pack leaders shut everyone up as people began to go back to their dorms.
It was only 7.47pm, so it was still quite early and some people were going to a party. Mingi, Yunho, San, Wooyoung, Jongho and Yeosang were included in this party-going gang.
“Have fun.” Yunho chuckled at Hongjoong as he left with Mingi on his arm, “I know, I’m going to have some fun.” Yunho’s eyes were all over Mingi and the tall omega giggled dumbly as they left together.
“Stay safe, hyung!” Wooyoung gave Seonghwa a big hug before he whispered something in Seonghwa’s ear so quietly that Hongjoong didn’t hear, “Give this one a chance, okay? He’s sweet.”
Hongjoong was confused when Seonghwa let out a venomous cackle as Wooyoung ran out with San. Hongjoong felt a little better, though, when he saw Yeosnag being carried on Jongho’s back as they walked out the room too. The two of them were smiling ear to ear and he loved how happy they were together.
As the last omega left the common room, the door was shut behind her and Seonghwa sighed as he came closer to Hongjoong. For a few seconds, the two men looked at eachother curiously, neither of them knew what to say.
Something about how Hongjoong had to look up a little bit to make eye contact with Seonghwa was making him feel so…warm. It couldn’t be his rut making him like this, he was on rut suppressants. The smell of lavender that came from Seonghwa’s body nearly made Hongjoong fall to his knees, it was a little spicy and it hung in the air for so long that Hongjoong started to feel faint. His minty scent gave Seonghwa’s lavender a perfect hint; it's like their scents were made to mingle.
“Why haven’t you come to any meetings recently?” Seonghwa broke the heavy silence with a netural question, he was going to try and ignore the sexual tension between them for the time being.
“Uhm,” Hongjoong’s mind was blank, “I didn’t feel like it.”
“Just because you don’t feel like doing something doesn’t mean you can just not do it.” Seonghwa folded his arms whilst furrowing his eyebrows. He wondered why Hongjoong thought that was a good excuse? He was the leader of his pack and he should act like one.
“All of this fighting between omegas and alphas is boring to me,” Hongjoong pretended he didn’t see Seonghwa rolling his eyes, “You can punish my pack all you want. They deserve it.”
“Are you trying to get on my good side?” Seonghwa did a humourless laugh, “You can’t just say a few things I want to hear and expect me to fawn over you.” The teller omega leaned forward to look Hongjoong in the eyes at a closer proximity. Again, Seonghwa’s eyes raked over his body like a wolf looking at a sheep and Hongjoong couldn’t stop the warm tint of arousal spreading through his scent.
Seonghwa inhaled deeply and smelled Hongjoong’s strong arousal. Usually, an alpha getting aroused by him would make him feel incredibly confident but this time he felt a pink blush spread across his face.
“Stop that.” Seonghwa gritted through his teeth.
“I can’t help it.” Hongjoong avoided Seonghwa’s galaxy holding eyes. “I’m not trying to get on your good side. It’s what I think, honestly. I know that it must be hard for omegas to stick up for themselves sometimes. I’m happy you’re giving all the omegas on campus an opportunity to study safely.”
“And omegas being safe, makes you horny?” Seonghwa was acting as if he wasn’t guilty of letting his arousal seep into his scent as well.
Now the air in the room was thick with a minty lavender scent; you would think they were both in heat. The strong smell of Hongjoong made the blush on Seonghwa’s face travel down his slender neck and Hongjoong knew it was wrong to watch but he just couldn’t stop his eyes from going down. God have mercy, I’m a pervert, Hongjoong thought as his eyes went down and down; the blush was now at Seonghwa’s cleavage and Hongjoong felt himself breathing heavily, this was too much for him-too much- he had to go.
The amused look on Seonghwa’s face, as he saw Hongjoong’s compulsion to keep looking, wasn’t helping.
“I-I’m leaving.” Hongjoong quickly turned around to flee the scene, only to have his arm grabbed by Seonghwa.
“You better come to the next meeting. Or I’ll find you, and drag you here myself.” Seonghwa’s voice was still strong like always but it had a small wobble to it as the omega felt the natural warmth of Hongjoong’s muscular arm.
“Yeah…I’ll be back.” Hongjoong swallowed the lump forming in his throat and basically ran out the room. He could hardly breathe; Seonghwa’s scent was suddenly the most powerful omega scent in the world and he had to stop himself from falling into Seonghwa’s arms like some kind of lovesick fool.
Oh god , Hongjoong’s blood ran cold as he closed the common room door behind him, I have to do this every week. I have to try and stop myself fucking Seonghwa silly, every single week.