RANDOM SHOT: Offering

Published: March 6, 2020 (advance happy birthday to the coolest and prettiest [just don't tell jimin or 🔪🔪🔪] human being I have ever seen, our yoonfi 💖💜💓🧡💚)

- 4,058 words (im such a failure 🤦)
- F L U F F (tho i love angst, im not blessed enough to be able to write a good one ಥ_ಥ)
- ABO! ABO! ABO! ABO! ABO! ( [for those who dont know, abo means 'alpha beta omega'] bc it's my favourite concept 💖 i mostly read jikook and yoonmin ABO stories and they're lit 🔥 as f ck ✌️ again, i was inspired okay? ang cutie kasi nung idea tho ive been wanting to write another abo concept again. also planning to write one stalker and one soulmate concept again. i guess im still not good enough to write a hanahaki concept since it's a hard one but i might also try someday. there might also be some misinformation littering around, im too lazy to do a research forgive meeee, plus i wrote this during lunch under the table of my work station (bawal kasi phone sa office) kaya baka maraming typos and wrong grammar, sorry for that.
- just in case no one has told you, you're cute and valid 💕

I TRIED OKAY??? i love the concept so much and it was hard writing this without jumping instantly into the very scene! so far, mas gusto ko ito kaysa dun sa abo shot ni yoongi at hoseok 💖 pinilit ko ring pigilan ang sarili ko kasi baka hindi ito maging oneshot at tuluyan kong ma-spoil ang plano ko kainis 😤

hi BTS_Bwi bebeeeee, i promised you this oneshot 💖 this is for youuuu, and when i told you your second name was (is) pretty, i meant it ☺️. thanks for reading my thrashes of stories (lol) i hope you'll like this *cross fingers* enjoy readingggg 😘

- Hannan ♥

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It was the Kims. Or maybe not, partly yes, maybe it was because of that one particular Kim. That one particular Alpha with a pair of deep-hooded eyes that broodingly brought chills to my spine every time he would stare at me, that Alpha with the darkest aura within him that I was sure being within his perimeter would feel like being sucked into a black hole, that certain Alpha with the strongest scent of both pine and musk but—for some unknown reason—mixed with something my smell preference was so familiar with which I couldn't point a finger to. He had the power to permeat the air in the perimeter he was with his strong scent.

Though oddly strange, it felt like it was only me who could smell his scent with strong essence.

"I know Taehyung's pine and musk, it's one of the hottest scent I've ever smelled but I don't act like how you always act every time he's in the perimeter. Give the poor Alpha a break, Telle." I could still remember the accusing look, Leela, one of my roommate threw at me when I strangely pin-pointed about how that Alpha's scent was making me nauseous. It wasn't like it smelled bad, it just smelled so strong that my nose felt like being abused.

It wasn't the Kims. It was about that particular Kim.

The Kims were the group of the most powerful Alphas here among the students, there was no doubt about that. It actually seemed like they had the top part of the hierarchy so everyone respected them, looked up at them like they were one of those respected Elders in the campus. They were not, though as I caught up with everything that was happening here, I found out that the Kims were the precious Alpha heirs of the institute's founder, the Head Alpha, so naturally, they were being treated as royalties here. Hindi ko na ime-mention na pare-pareho silang Alphas.

Such a good family line.

In society's hierarchy, Alphas are considered the highest rank, followed by the small population of Betas and Omegas following as the lowest—it wasn't as bad as it seemed, Omegas are only lowest in rank because we appear as weak species, the weakest among the three leading groups. While Alphas are the strongest, they are also assumed to protect Omegas (well naturally, their biology is set to protect and take care of Omegas) and Betas are in between, the moderator of the two opposite groups. Again, while Alpha and Omega is the best match (again, biology), Beta to Beta is also a norm.

Having hierarchy in such a community wasn't new. But a need. In order for the community to have order, there should be people in position leading and taking matters in serious hands so chaos wouldn't ensue.

Growing up, I was already informed about how the society worked so when my parents had me enrolled into this exclusive institution where unmated Alphas and Omegas were supposed to find their supposedly 'mate', I wasn't really surprised to know rankings were also a thing here. If anything, I was sort of bewildered how things worked here… how every Alpha and Omega was so into finding a mate. I could even still remember my parents building my future by making me go here because they said, the institute provided good quality education. And in this world, there was no one I trusted the most but my parents…

"Anyway, have you heard?" Staring at the deserted greenery from the high window of our room, I tilted my head back to shortly glanced at Hannan who was laying stomach down on her bed near the window while making herself busy with the opened laptop in front of her. The sun was too high, probably burning the air outside so it wasn't a suprise that there were no students littering around. Many are probably still at their room, enjoying the first sun of the weekend. "The Offering is coming, it's scheduled by the last moon of this week," she calmly said in continuation.

She was too engrossed in whatever it was on the screen of her laptop that she didn't see how my brows instantly met in confusion, totally baffled about what she said. It hadn't even been a month since I came here, I was a late enrollee actually, a special case student since the institute didn't take late enrollees when the school was already half way the year but my family had connections and with a little high-class of a background, it wasn't hard for my parents to get me into the institution. In that case, I believed they had my future secured seeing how orderly and smoothly everything worked here.

May mga ilang bagay pa rin akong hindi alam rito, mga bagay na hirap intindihin. May mga alintuntunin at patakaran pa rin akong pinipilit na sundan para sa ikagaganda ng buhay ko. I would need to stay here for the next four years of my life so if I needed those years to go by without troubles and difficulties, I needed to get used to things here. No matter how everything was confusingly running so fast.

No matter how people, or Alphas, seemed to not know how to give me space. I just hoped they were informed that I wasn't here to find a mate, I was here to study, my parents expected me to do good here because I would have to manage our family's empire some day.

"Offering?" Totally leaving the calming sight I had been looking at, I turned around, pulling the thick curtain in the process to shield the room from the bright and scorching rays the sun was bleeding from outside, before letting my feet paddle over where she was. "What's that?" My voice came out low yet dripping with curiosity.

I gently sat on the side of her bed, my nose lightly itching at the mixture of her natural peppermint and Hyacinth scent, and a subtle scent of sweet mints reeking from her (it wasn't her scent). She was reeking of her Alpha's scent because of the huge hoodie she was wearing. Her natural scent was good but Alpha's scent was different…

It could actually be overwhelming for Omegas to be assaulted with Alpha's scent, worst if the scent was so strong.

From the other side of the room, the bathroom door opened before Leela stepped out, a white towel wrapped around her head with a white robe covering her body. Her cocoa and Gardenia scent then instantly influenced the air, it was so overwhelmingly fresh and cold in the nose. Mabilis na nahanap ng mga mata niya ang kinaroroonan namin ni Hannan saka siya nagtaas ng isang kilay.

Hannan, who was laying down, carefully sat up and threw an excited glance at me. She looked like someone who was up for something so fun and exciting. Hindi ko alam kung dapat ba akong matuwa o kabahan dahil iyong excitement at fun para sa kaniya, iba ang definition para sa akin. Leela, Hannan and I were so much different when it came to attitude and beliefs but along the way, knowing them and getting along with them, I realized, friendship doesn't differ from one's personality and beliefs.

And while I hated the assault of so much scents to my poor smelling sense, I could at least honestly say that both of their scents were calming. They actually mixed well with my own sweet scent.

"Offering! It's like the most exciting thing here, it's the time where Alphas put their claim on the Omega they desire by offering them something of their possession. It's the essence of this institute, Offering happens every seventh moon of a quarter, seeing as there are still so many unmated Alphas and Omegas here. Well, once an Omega accepts the offering, it doesn't mean mating instantly, you'll just be an intended to that Alpha you accepted the claim from until the day you both decide to leave the institute. This is like the biggest event here, everyone is always excited for it." Her tone came down from full of excitement and wonder to dreamy and reminiscent. "It's fun you know, it's where Jimin and I first made everything official."

Jimin, Hannan's intended, boyfriend and very own Alpha.

"Yeah, I could still taste at the tip of my tongue how disgustingly cute you two were. Didn't you gift him back a triple capsules of birth control because you were expecting your heat?" Leela mockingly cooed as she paddled over the white closet among the other two—mint and wine red—so she could change into her decent clothes. She even managed to make a disgusting face to Hannan who was already pouting at her.

"I mean, he'd gone through his ruts with me so the least I could do was spend my heat with him. It was actually the very first time I spent my heat with him…" Hannan lowly said in a pout that made Leela stop in her tracks as she once again threw Hannan an even more disgusting look.

"I didn't need to know that!" she shrieked, scandalous.

"Then stop giving me that look! You know what, I think you're just knot-deprived, you better accept a claim this time and have an Alpha to take good care of you."

Mukhang hindi lang ako ang naiskandalo sa sinabing iyon ni Hannan dahil halos lumuwa ang mga mata ni Leela sa kakatitig kay Hannan na para bang hindi siya makapaniwalang sinabi iyon ni Hannan. Though she looked all ready to claw at Hannan, I knew she wouldn't even dare or let alone think about it. Bago pa ako pumasok dito ay magkaibigan na sila, may nabuo na silang samahan na alam kong mahirap tibagin.

If there was anything stronger in this world, it's the relationship between Omegas. We were each other's back bones, our support in legs. Our personal warm givers.

"I hate you. I'm never letting Jimin near you again. He's corrupted you big time…"

"Excuse me, you can't take me away from my Alpha!"

"Not even my cuddles?"

Saglit na nag-isip si Hannan saka mas humaba ang nguso sa pagkaka-pout. "I mean, you can, but don't tell him." And they both giggled while I was still left confused about what was so exciting and fun about this Offering.

Okay, I get that it was about finding your potential mate, and while for other Omegas it could be very exciting, for me it was only a waste of time. I didn't really come here to find my mate, I came here to build myself for the future.

"Anyway, about the Offering, I might or might have heard something even more exciting." After giggling and making fun with Leela as the latter was having a hard time choosing what to wear, Hannan once again turned to me, once again pouring me her attention as if whatever she had under her sleeves was something that had to do with me. She sweetly smiled at me, the smile I came to be aware that I couldn't really trust, it was that kind of smile whenever she had me as a bait to get the attention of this one particular Alpha. "The Kims are never the ones to really join the Offering as it's a choice of your own. Not everyone is mandatory to join, only those who already have their eyes on an Omega. Alpha Joon and Alpha Jin are both busy with their own responsibility in the institute so everyone understands but Alpha Taehyung, their youngest, for some unknown reason, has never joined ever." Saglit siyang huminto sa pagsasalita na tila ba umaasa ng kahit na anong salita o reaksiyon mula sa akin.

I was about to open my mouth to ask what did it have to do to fill me up, I decided I wouldn't want her to have something to tease me about when she already had so much under her sleeves. Simula pa lang ay inaasar na niya ako sa Kim Taehyung na iyon, kesyo interesado raw sa akin ang Alpha na iyon gayong wala naman iyong ibang ginawa kung hindi ang paulanan ako ng mga malalalim na titig at pasakitin ang ilong ko sa sobrang lakas ng amoy niya tuwing nasa iisang lugar kami.

His presence always made the place suffocating for me. Or maybe, I lied a bit, his scent wasn't that bad, to be honest, I agreed with Leela, his scent was hot, like the hottest and the most amazing scent I had ever smelled but it was so strong that every time he was near me, breathing was becoming a very hard thing to do.

She sighed when she realised I wouldn't talk before continuing. "Last night, Jimin told me that Taehyung has the Elders informed about his participation. And as everyone is left wondering why he's suddenly participating, I might know why…" Her tone turned playful as she wiggled her eyebrows at me, implying something she knew I wouldn't ever acknowledge.

"Taehyung is joining?" Leela's voice from the closet.

"Yes, shocking right?" Hannan answered with a nod to Leela's direction. "Just imagine him finally having his eyes on someone. Wow, so lucky." And she once again gave me that look. That look…

"Don't give me that look. I'm not participating…" I answered in a defensive tone because I might have known what was in her mind.

She laughed loudly, loud enough that her body was almost bending forward. "You don't have a say on that. It's Kim Taehyung, the head Alpha's most precious Alpha heir, it's either you accept or not, and can you really turn down Kim Taehyung right in front of the Elders with the head Alpha himself? I'm actually surprised he's not yet putting a claim on you when in fact, he could just speak and you'll be his. Jokes on you, Telle…"

I wanted to protest, to wrong her because it didn't favor what I really want but I knew she was right. The youngest heir of the head Alpha was like the institute treasured prince. Everyone pampered him, everyone loved him and everyone would be willing to put a fight if it meant protecting him. He could actually ask for the moon and everyone would be willing to get it for him. He could just actually name the Omega he wanted and everyone would seriously kill just to give him that. Kaya nga halos maging victim of bullying ako noong hindi ko pinansin ang unang beses na nag-attemp siyang magpakita ng interest sa akin.

He was so extra and if by emptying the whole cafeteria for me to eat at was what he meant as a subtle way of showing interest then he was wrong. If he meant by glaring at every Alpha who had even the slightest talk with me was the best way to show interest then he was very wrong. If he thought making the teachers give me the special treatment was the way to do it, then he was very very wrong.

I was never the one who loved attention!

I mean, he could have just simply brought me foods and I would have gladly accepted but no, he had to be so extremely embarrassing. He could have just talked to me and I would have gladly told him stories my parents used to tell me when I was a kid.

"That's because he respects her. He's probably serious with her so he wants to get her by going through the decently rightful way. Plus, she came from such a high-class family, formalities are important though I agree, you can't turn down Kim Taehyung, Telle." Ginatungan pa iyon ni Leela na alam kong palaging may mas sense kausap kaysa kay Hannan. The latter just always teased and joked so most of the times, I didn't believe what she said.

And well, hell might break loose but the last moon of the week would still come and so was the Offering. The week had been so busy for all of us, with both the Offering coming that made everyone so excited, while school was another thing. Paper works came by like a waves of unstoppable waters, and there was nothing I wanted but to get rid off those workloads as much as possible. Usap-usapan na rin sa buong campus ang event na parating, every Alpha was already securing the way for their own desired Omega while the latter was getting all prepared and excited because a certain Alpha was participating for the first time. Pinilit ko ring huwag pansinin lahat ng bulungan kung bakit sasali si Kim Taehyung, kahit na iba't ibang klase ng tingin ang natatanggap ko.

With all the nervous and excited pheromones permeating around from Alphas who were probably participating, it felt like my head would explode. Nakakahilo lalo na at hindi ko pa nahahanap iyong nag-iisang amoy na gusto kong maamoy.

It wasn't like I didn't want to accept Taehyung if what Hannan said was true, I just didn't feel like doing this when I just got here. Isn't it too early for it? Plus I didn't have the guarantee. I didn't want to have the face with only the assumption and then lose the face when Hannan would turn out wrong. What if Kim Taehyung was really having his eyes on someone, and it wasn't me? It would be too embarrassing… and wrecking.

My Omega would be really devastated.

That got into my head for most of the day, making me disoriented as the days passed by, as the night started, and as the last moon of the week finally appeared. Turned out, the Offering would be happening at the greenery, with a makeshift stage built there for the Alphas to stand with a gift of their possession as every Omega hoped for a claim.

Maybe yes, or not, maybe I was really hoping for a claim from Kim Taehyung but I was just too afraid to admit it because I wanted him, if everyone turned out wrong about this, I knew there wouldn't any other Alpha out there who would be greater than him.

Marahan kong isinara ang pinto ng kuwarto namin nina Hannan, nauna na silang pareho sa field, si Hannan paniguradong kasama si Jimin samantalang si Leela ay hindi pa bumabalik simula nang matapos ang klase. The latter already made sure that she wouldn't be accepting any claim again, of course, it could be a choice if you still don't want to be claimed. I had to go back and shower because half a day in the field made me sweat so much. I was not about to go out there, be the Omega the youngest heir would put a claim on to while bathing in my sweat. That could be overwhelming for him.

To be honest, I was nervous, like I knew my scent would probably give me away and they would understand why, at this point, I just wanted this to end. When my parents made me go here, I wasn't warned about things like this. I wasn't even warned that somewhere in the institute, there was a Kim Taehyung, the only Alpha who had swept me off my feet. It was hard to admit because I wasn't here for that, though along the way, it became that. And no, Hannan and Leela were wrong when they said it would be hard to reject Kim Taehyung because his father and the Elders would be there, but it would be hard to reject him because I knew, my Omega wanted him.

Tahimik na ang hallway ng dorm dahil nasa labas na yata ang karamihan. It was already going to the winter season so the air was already getting cold. As I stepped out of the building, sky was surrounded by darkness with glittering stars, my body that instantly got sensitive from the cold shivered violently to the point that I almost decided to come back upstairs and get something warm to wear. Itinaboy ko ang isipang iyon dahil paniguradong mamalditahan na naman ako ni Leela kapag nagtagal pa ako. She was probably alone right now since Hannan was with Jimin. I wasn't really smart when I chose to wear a pair of simple oversized plaid shirt and black tight pants. I guessed I would have to endure the cold—

As my feet came to a slow paddle, I narrowed my eyes as a very familiar figure appeared in front of me, and as the distance grew small between us, his very distracting image got clearer in my vision. Nakilala ko na siya kanina pa pero kinailangan kong makasiguro dahil alam kong nasa field dapat siya ngayon at nagpi-prepare dahil sasali siya sa Offering. Anong ginagawa niya rito ngayon?

I forced myself to stop right in front of him, with a fair amount of distance, as my arms found their way around my middle. It was cold and I didn't want how it got even colder with him in front of me. Hindi pa nakatulong na malamig sa ilong ang natural niyang bango, he smelled like pine and musk, while it was so strong, it also smelled cold, like he was basking in winter. And once again, that something in his scent that I felt so familiar with but still unknown. It had this pulling sensation that made me want to sink into his chest and scent-mark him.

Okay, that was creepy. I was already thinking about scent-marking Kim Taehyung, what the heck.

Parang gusto ko ring mainggit sa kaniya. He was smart enough to wear something warm, with a brown fluffy long coat above his gray shirt and a loose sweatpants, he looked so cuddly and warm. His raven black hair that was longer than normal was almost covering his eyes. The Alpha was, indeed, ethereal. Hindi na rin ako magtataka kung bakit maraming mga Omega ang umaasang sila ang pipiliin niya.

He was a living dream. Just how lucky his Omega would be?

Standing in front of him, basking under the deepness of his deep-hooded eyes and being scrutinized as if he would see every flaw in me felt like literally standing at the entry of the black hole. Iyong pakiramdam na alam ko sarili kong wala akong magagawa kapag nahulog ako? Or I might have fallen already, I was just too ahead of myself because I believed he was right at the bottom, with spread arms, ready to catch me. Catching his dark eyes, it even felt worse, not the worst worse but the worse as if like through my eyes, he was able to see all the things running in my mind.

He would see how I wanted him more than he wanted me…

"On your way to the field?" Kim Taehyung asked in his natural deep voice, it was low yet firm. He sounded so confident, like he knew he mattered, he knew his worth.

Mabagal akong tumango. Having conversations wasn't really our thing, I was too cautious around him while he was too careful. I was used to him sending me careful glances from afar as if respecting my privacy and his pure motives in subtlety. How did he really expect me to act?

He also wasn't the type to talk to just anyone. I had never seen him talked to anyone aside from his brothers and his friends, he was such a closed-off person, someone who had walls built around him, someone whose attention was so worth a dime and not easily given to people he didn't approve of.

Such an important person.

"With only a minimum clothing when the night is freezing? Are you for real now?" The timber of his deep voice lowered in octave, making his voice even much deeper as the golds of his eyes dilated. His distress pheromones so strong in the air it made me want to whimper, submit to him and let him show me how everything worked as he pleased.

Hindi ako makapaniwalang kaya kong magbigay ng ganoon pakiramdam sa kaniya. Feeling his pheromones changed from time to time, it meant he was affected by me.

"I'm f-fine. I don't feel very c—" The cluttering of my teeth and the shivering of my shoulder totally gave me away to him. I shyly looked down when I heard a low growl from under his throat, it was a clear sound of disapproval and disappointed.

"It's cold, Kristelle. Don't try to fight me on this…" galit niyang sabi. I saw his figure lightly shift before I felt something soft yet smelled so much like him on top of my shoulder. Nang mag-angat ako ng tingin muli ay malalambot na ang mga mata niyang nakatitig sa akin. Turned out, the brown fluffy long coat he was wearing earlier was already on my shoulder and I almost peed myself realising what the sweet and intimate gesture meant.

When an Alpha let you have something of their possession, no matter how small that is, it is like an indication of an Offering. And Kim Taehyung lending me his coat to wear from the cold was one of the most intimate show of Offering because clothing had smells. It was like scent-marking but in a subtle way. For sure, with his coat on me, I would reek of his scent and it would make everyone in the greenery know about us… o kung mayroon mang kung ano sa amin.

"But I'm really okay, you don't need to l-lend me your coat…"

"Of course, I need to. I wouldn't want to put a claim on you while you're shivering in cold. Who told you it's smart to be out in that kind of clothing? You could have put on something warmer." Gusto kong manliit sa tono ng pananalita niya. Pakiramdam ko bata ako na walang kaalam-alam sa mga bagay kaya pinapagalitan niya.

Ngumuso ako saka marahang siningot ang bango ng coat niya. It reeked of his natural spine and musk, it smelled so good, it so much good I just wanted to live in it. Nahanap ng mga daliri ko ang magkabilang dulo ng coat niya saka iyon mas iniyakap pa sa sarili ko. I wondered what would the coat smell when it was already reeking with both of our scents. Sabi ng Daddy ko, I smelled like peaches and vanilla, like the sweetest thing in the world so imagine Kim Taehyung's cold spine and musk scent mixing with my sweet peaches and vanilla? Oh my god, I want.

I didn't expect him to be this blunt right now, taking at how he gave me space the past few days he had been showing interest in me. He actually modelled the perfect Alpha… it was true that most Alphas don't follow the basic rules anymore, it's all just tradition anyway but Kim Taehyung, the Alpha was perfect enough to go through the traditional way.

"Why are you getting mad at me?" I asked in a low voice, chest thumping slightly painful at the very idea that I was disappointing him.

He uttered a deep sigh before he took a small step backward. "I'm not mad, I would never be mad at you. I'll let you go for now but just letting you know that I'll be expecting you at the Offering. I hope to see you there…" With a soft touch on my chin, he carefully lifted my face so he would see my eyes. Deepness, intensity and sincerity. Those were the things I saw from the golds of his eyes…

I hardly bit my lower lip, my heart instantly fluttering at those very words coming from him, as I slowly nodded my head. "I'll s-see you there, Kim Taehyung…" And that was enough to pull a soft yet endearing boxy smile from his lips.

I meant, for whatever he had to offer me, his attention was already more than enough to ask for more. Having caught the interest of the most desired Alpha in this institute was more than enough. I didn't think he needed to offer me something just to put a claim on me, I would gladly give my heart to him.

And that better be happened at the Offering.