"You... don't have to worry about me. I'm not hungry." Marcus replied as Damon stood up making him wrapp his legs around him so he wouldn't fall.

"I know I dont have to but I want to so I'm going to. Now what do you want for lunch? You need food." Damon replied knowing that while in a heat like this the Omegas or Betas don't normally want to eat instead they want to just cuddle and be given affection.

"M' not hungry." He muttered back as Damon wrapped his arms under Marcus's thys so keep him up.

"How about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? It's small but it's food." Damon asked knowing that Marcus wouldn't eat any food on his own.

At least that's what his class taught him.

"Fine." Marcus muttered, he really didn't want to eat because they might have to stop cuddling but if Damon wanted him to eat then he would.

While in heat his mind was foggy most of the time and he almost never had his right mind judgment. If he had then he wouldn't be cuddling Damon and probably would have sent him home so he wouldn't have to deal with him.

Damon smiled lightly and started to make himself and Marcus pb&j sandwiches, Marcus telling him where everything is.

After they had their food Damon brought them back to the couch.

"Do you want to sit in my lap and eat or do you want to sit next to me?" Damon asked not really knowing which Marcus would prefer.

"Do you mind if I stay in your lap?" Marcus asked back as he lifted his head from Damon's shoulder to look him in the eyes.

"If I would be against it then I wouldn't have offered it. I don't mind." He replied as he sat down, Marcus landing on his lap.

Marcus blushed at his question now realizing that Damon was right and it was a pretty stupid thing to ask.

The two ate their lunch in a comfortable silence until Damon asked the question that had been bugging him since he ended the call with Flura.

"Fo you mind if I ask you a question?" He asked not sure if Marcus would be okay with being asked any questions.

"Nope, ask away." Marcus replied as he put the crust to his sandwich down onto his plate before cuddling back up to Damon.

"Why did you purr when I growled at Flura earlier?" He asked, it confused him as to why anyone would purr loudly at a slightly angry alpha's growl.

"Well there are two reasons. The one that I did it for was to try and get you to calm down, I didn't want you upset at Flura. Then the second reason is from my inner Beta, the vibrations your chest made from the growl was comforting and you being protective over me was nice to..." Marcus said the last bit quietly before trailing off.

Even though he said it quietly if Damon had been five feet away he still would have been able to hear it thanks to his heightened hearing.

He smiled at the thought of Marcus's inner Beta feeling protected by him.

"That makes sense." He said softly as he ran his hand through Marcus's short hair.

"Hmm." The smaller hummed in appreciation as he nuzzled impossibly closer to him.

Damon finnished his sandwich quickly after that before wrapping both of his arms around Marcus's torso and pulling him so they were flushed against each other again.

He then layed them down onto the couch, Marcus now laying ontop of him.

"How about we watch a movie?" Damon asked while picking up the remote.

"Sounds good." Marcus replied as he moved his head so he could see the t.v. while staying on Damon's chest.

"What do you wanna watch?" Damon asked while flipping through the Disney+ options.

"WALL-E?" Marcus asked, his eyes already half closed as he fought off sleep.

"I haven't seen that in ages, sounds good." He replied while going to the search bar and looking up the classic movie.

Once the movie started, not even ten minutes in Damon could hear Marcus's soft snores.

"I wonder what he is so tired about." Damon thought before grabbing his phone.

Time to do some reasurch.

He quickly opened Google and typed up questions he had about Male Betas.

All was going smoothly before he received an answer to a question that he wasn't prepared for.

_____________
Question- What does it mean when a Beta trusts you when they don't know your their mate?

Answer- Betas know who their mate is the first time they meet, they will know by their sent. To Betas everyone they are around has a powerful sent. Whoever's sent calms them the most is their mate. They will also know by looking them in the eyes or by a kiss. Read (insert website name) to learn more.
_____________

So Marcus knew that they were mates already and it didn't seem to faze him at all?! Either that or he was one hell of an actor.

Damon clicked on the link and read up about everything he needed to know.

By the time he had read everything he wanted to know he looked up at the movie and saw that it was over.

He then glanced over at the clock and saw that it was already three fifteen.

With a small sigh he replayed the movie and payed attention this time. Once it was over he would wake Marcus and make him dinner.

Even though this was Marcus's house, he was the Alpha and Marcus was in heat so he had to take care of him to the best of his abilitys.

*Time skip to when the movie is over*

"Marcus, wake up." Damon said quietly as he shook Marcus's shoulders gently.

"Five more minutes." Marcus muttered back sleeply as he kept his eyes shut.

"Come on, you need to eat dinner and then we can go upstairs to bed okay?" Damon attempted to persuade only getting a groan in responce.

Let's just say that Marcus didn't like waking up.

"I don't wanna. I wanna sleep." He muttered as Damon sat them both up.

"You can sleep after, you need to eat first." Damon replied before standing up, Marcus quickly wrapping his legs around Damon's waist so he wouldn't fall.

"Don't scare me like that! I thought you were going to drop me!" Marcus exclaimed now fully awake.

"I would never drop or hurt you ever so don't worry about it." Damon replied as he started to walk twards the kitchen.

"I can walk on my own." Marcus muttered confusing Damon.

"Okay?" He said as he set the latter down.

Marcus stood infront of Damon for a second, this is the first time he was out of Damon's embrace since his heat started.

"Nevermind." He said before hugging Damon once again.

Damon chuckled before picking Marcus back up, Marcus instantly having his arms and legs around Damon.

Now for any human this strain of carring another person or having someone else on you for the entire day would put them in pain or make an arm or leg numb. Fortunately for Alphas and dominant Betas, this isn't the case.

They can last up to two months with someone doing that to them before they start to have those side affects.

"What do you want me to make?" Damon asked as he looked in the cupboard that held all of the food Marcus had (that wasn't in the fridge of course).

"Cereal." Marcus muttered not really caring about food at the moment.

"What kind?" Damon asked as he pulled out Coco Puffs for himself.

"Queer-e-o's." Marcus giggled confusing Damon.

"What?" He asked causing another string of giggles to come from the smaller.

"Fruit Loops." Marcus said clearing Damon's confusion.

"Oooooh okay." he said with a chuckle before grabbing the box. He got two bowls and the milk from the fridge before making the cereal.

They ate the makeshift dinner rather quickly before Damon put the now empty bowls into the sink and then carried Marcus upstairs.

Damon gently set Marcus down onto the bed before detaching himself from his grip.

"I'm going to go and change into pajamas real quick, I will just be on the other side of that door *he pointed to the bathroom door* okay?" Damon said when Marcus looked at him with hurt and confused eyes.

"Okay." He replied as he go up and grabbed his own pajamas.

Damon had to borrow Marcus's clothes but the top was much too small so he ended up with just the boxers and sweatpants.

He knocked on the door before asking "Are you done changing?" not wanting to walk in on Marcus and invading his privacy.

"Yeah." Marcus called back. Damon opened the door and was instantly embraced in a hug, the sudden impact making him stumble backwards slightly.

"Woah there, are you okay?" Damon asked as he wrapped his arms around Marcus.

"Y-yeah, sorry." Marcus said as he attempted to step back out of the embrace only to be stopped by Damon.

"It's fine, lets go to the bed and cuddle. You look tired." Damon replied knowing that the second stage of Marcus's heat had started.

Marcus nodded but didn't let go of the hug so Damon walked the two of them over to the bed.

The two fell onto the bed on their sides so neither of them would get hurt if the other landed ontop of them.

Once they got under the covers and comfortable Marcus instantly laid ontop of Damon before muttering a quiet "G'night." and falling asleep.

"'Night." Damon replied quietly.

"Tomorrow would be interesting now having to deal with faze two of his heat." He thought before kissing the top of Marcus's heat and falling asleep himself.

___________________________________

1,637 Words! I am so sorry if this sucks, I was low key sleep high when I wrote this XD

Anyway, I hope you all have an amazing day/night! Love you all!! Stay safe!!!💖💖💖