❝your boyfriend is here?❞

wearing the school's maroon blazer, jisung rolled his eyes as he checked himself out at the full length mirror. ❝ex, hyung. you forgot the ex.❞

jeno let out a laugh while picking his phone from his bed after seeing that he received a message from jaemin. ❝didn't you tell us that he is an omega?❞

❝because he is.❞ jisung stated, grabbing his bag by the sofa and also not forgetting his phone. ❝and he enrolled his ass here.❞

❝but wouldn't he be in grave trouble if that's the case?❞ the older might not be close with the alpha's boyfriend, ex boyfriend if he insists on that label, but he was genuinely worried of the omega's state. he then turned to the younger, that just ran a hand on his hair thinking that he'd fix it by just using his finger to comb it, waiting for his answer.

also hoping that the alpha would be concerned even for a slight bit.

shrugging, jisung walked over to the door and opened it. ❝what does it have to do with me?❞

❝right.❞ jeno nodded his head, not bothering to push jisung any further. he did say that they have broken up and jisung didn't force him to come and enroll in an all-alpha school so he was right about not having anything to do with it. aside from just being his ex boyfriend, jisung basically is nothing associated with the omega. ❝but how about you help him find an alpha? at least to protect him while he stays here.❞

find an alpha to protect that omega? jisung had no idea that he already had his brows furrows in disagreement with what the older just said. ❝why do i have to find an alpha for him?❞

❝unless you want to be that alpha.❞ the older smirked at jisung, earning a click from the tongue coming from him.

jisung then shook his head violently, messing his hair on the process, when a tiny, teensy bitsy, small part of him agreed with what the other pure alpha said. ❝he put himself in this mess, it's not my problem.❞

jeno nodded once more. ❝of course, because you're just an ex-boyfriend.❞ rubbing on his face that he's just an ex.

it was as if they were taking their time inside the room that they forgot for a moment that they had classes to attend to. not minding the older, jisung heaved out a sigh and finally got out of their room with jeno following from behind. the two stayed silent as they were going out and jisung waited patiently for the older as he was in the middle of locking the door.

while doing so, they heard giggles and voices coming towards their direction that made them look up in curiosity.

and instinctively, jisung immediately took hold of jeno's arm before he goes rushing towards the direction where there were two alphas laughing at whatever jokes they were throwing at each other. one of the two alphas just happens to be jeno's boyfriend, making his blood boil seeing his lover being with another alpha.

❝damn, calm your kneecaps.❞ jisung said, laughing at how jeno gets easily jealous.

rolling his eyes, the other pulled his arm from the youbger's hold. ❝you're the one to talk, you destroyed a vacuum cleaner.❞

the younger's eyes widened as he heard that coming from the older. he could have sworn that the only person he told about that was— groaning, he mentally buried his face down to his palms. jaemin might have told his boyfriend about it.

speaking of jaemin, here he is, running towards them with that usual bright smile of him. ❝jeno!❞

❝and there i thought you didn't see me.❞ jeno wrapped his arms around his boyfriend's waist and glared at the other alpha that jaemin was with. showing that alpha who was his, he leaned down and immediately brought jaemin to a heated kiss.

having his chuckle muffled, jaemin playfully hit the alpha's chest before he pulled away. ❝anyways, meet my roommate!❞

they all turned to the alpha and jeno had his brow raised at him, more likely judging him if he was worthy to be his boyfriend's roommate. the alpha, who's receiving all the attention, let out a small laugh before taking a polite bow. ❝i'm just here to get my boyfriend.❞

that made jeno hide jaemin behind him with his fist clenched. ❝what did you say—❞

❝kunhang?❞

jeno actually thought that this alpha was referring to jaemin.

and now their eyes went to one that just came out from a room right next to jeno's and jisung's shared one. seeing that made jisung gave jeno a mocking look before laughing at how he was misunderstanding and getting over protective over nothing. jaemin just smile and took the advantage to back hug his boyfriend, calming him down, as he was behind him.

❝xiao..❞ engulfing the short male in a tight hug, the alpha placed a short kiss on top of his forehead. ❝ready to go?❞

❝i planned on waiting for my roommate but he's still sleeping and i don't want to wake him up.❞

watching them, jisung felt like he was third wheeling. better yet, fifth wheeling. he then took his phone out from his pocket and checked the time before having his eyes widened in panic. he's taking so much time there and he won't be able to reach for his first class if he doesn't leave now.

❝i think i have to go.❞ jisung excused himself before running off towards the elevator and quickly pressed the ground floor, not even waiting for them.

while waiting, he had so much in mind and a specific omega had to just suddenly appear inside his head. it then made him wonder what his schedule is and if they would be having the same classes. for minutes of thinking about it, jisung got out of the lift once he arrived at the ground floor and shook his head.

he shouldn't be even thinking about meeting him. after all, he has nothing to do with him anymore. he's just a past, an ex-boyfriend, and not someone who's obligated to be right beside that omega and protect him.

who knows? maybe chenle already left after he scared him.

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the more he convinced himself about not worrying about where the omega is, the more he keeps on thinking about his whereabouts. he hasn't seen him anywhere inside the campus, he should be easy to spot. well, for jisung that is. his first class started and jisung paid no attention to the introduction and the lesson they had to learn on the first day. he stared outside of the window, eyeing down the the wide football field, hoping to at least see someone familiar.

❝did he actually leave?❞ as soon as he mumbled that out, the bell rang indicating that first class ended.

greeting the teacher goodbye, the students started to fix their things while some raced out of the room swiftly for their next class. jisung sighed, remembering how much he hated the idea of having classes in different rooms.

he sat there a couple of minutes, staring at the spacing out inside the classroom that had students disappearing as seconds passed until jisung was alone left in it.

it disappointed him a slight bit.

okay, maybe big time. he did warned the omega yesterday but he didn't expect for him to leave immediately. although, it is a good choice to leave because an omega like him doesn't belong to this alpha school but a small part of jisung actually wanted him to stay.

it was the only way of seeing him.

shutting his eyes tight, jisung leaned his head back as he clutched on to his hair and pulling it. ❝what are you thinking? you're the one who scared him and told him he'd be eaten alive here. why are you suddenly wishing he'd still stay?❞ he grumbled to himself with a loud groan that echoed inside the empty classroom. ❝you should be relieved that he's out there saving his own ass—❞

❝i'm late, i'm sorry!❞

jisung's complains about himself was then cut off by a voice and a door being slid open harshly. the alpha lowered his hands down from gripping his hair and had his mouth agape as soon as he saw who was there to disturb him and his pile of thoughts.

at the same time, the person stood there with his eyes widening when he only saw one alpha inside the classroom. it was even the alpha he didn't wish to see yet fate just had to play with him.

❝where's everyone?❞ the person spoke, his silent voice being heard inside the quiet classroom.

the alpha stared at him with his eyes scanning at how disheveled he looked. his dress shirt wasn't fully tucked in, he had one side of the sleeves of his blazer slid down from his shoulder, his hair was pointing everywhere, and his forehead was full of sweat. not to mention how he was panting heavily as he held the door open.

jisung was composing himself from visibly gulping down.

collecting himself, and also picking his bag, the alpha stood up and walked over to the shorter. he stared down at the male who just arrived late. he glared, that's what he wanted to do. but with how the boy looked right now, how can he glare? ❝just like you said, you're late chenle.❞

with a huff, the omega didn't even bother fixing himself and just stood aside to give the alpha space to get out of the room but jisung didn't move one bit and just watched the shorter who's pouting.

a lot was happening inside his head upon seeing that pout.

❝are you not going to go to your next class?❞ the alpha was also aware that he's already late for his next class but he didn't want to mention it.

clutching on to the piece of paper he is holding, probably his schedule, chenle turned his head away. ❝you're also not moving.❞

staring down at the shorter, jisung couldn't help but click his tongue. the omega clearly doesn't know the way to his next class, was it hard to ask for help? he then eyed the paper he is holding and jisung reached out a hand as he was about to snatch it from him to check his schedule and which room he needed to go.

but his plan backfired when a shout was heard from the other end of the hallways, causing for the two to turn their heads towards the voice's direction. chenle had a relieving smile on his face, looking like he was about to cry in the most dramatic way, while jisung had a frown for some reasons.

❝there you are!❞ a familiar male came running towards them, specifically to chenle.

looking like he was going to sob any minute, the omega didn't hesitate to throw himself towards the male and gave him the most tightest hug as he was relieved to see him. ❝xiaojun ge!❞

the pure alpha squinted his eyes at the two hugging right in front of him, having their arms securing in each other's body. his glare was mostly dedicated at the one which the omega is hugging but he had his fist clenched to stop himself from doing something stupid.

staring for another second, jisung then found the person chenle is hugging quite familiar. isn't that jaemin's roommate's boyfriend?

then why on earth is he hugging chenle like that— jisung clicked his tongue at the question he had.

so what if he hugs chenle like that?

❝i saw you running past our room and i remembered that you didn't get to be there when we were being toured around the campus.❞ xiaojun pulled away from the hug and took the paper from chenle's hold with a small smile. ❝so i excused myself to help you.❞

the beta then turned his head to the side and froze there for a moment after seeing an alpha glaring down at him. he gulped at how he was more like threatening him but he managed to give the alpha a nervous smile.

❝j-jisung, right?❞ xiaojun even got to chuckle even with the deadly glare he is receiving. ❝are you also lost?❞

looking right through his soul, jisung diverted his gaze away before he could actually do something blood worthy. ❝none of your business.❞

the tone of his voice made the beta flinch but it only received a scoff coming from the omega. chenle couldn't believe that jisung was scaring everyone he meets. the omega's scoff then caught the alpha's attention. jisung planned to leave the two of them but before that, he walked over to chenle and swiftly ran a hand through his hair before walking away, catching the omega off guard by his simple touch and almost stumbled back when the alpha stroked his hair.

even xiaojun was surprised seeing it, but he didn't utter a word and just watched the alpha walk away without even looking back at them. once the alpha was out of their sights, he quickly snapped his head towards chenle and had his eyes sparkling for answers.

❝what was that?❞ he asked with pure curiosity. looking up at the younger's hair only to see that it was fixed, not knowing how it did after just one brush of a hand.

chenle furrowed his brows and tore his eyes from the corner which the alpha turned. ❝i have no idea.❞

xiaojun stayed silent for a moment before he let out a chuckle. ❝well, at least your hair is fixed.❞ he said, noticing the difference of the younger's hair as it was sticking out everywhere when he came running to him.

composing himself down and trying to tone down the heat from his cheeks, chenle just dragged the beta with him. he didn't want to continue this topic any further. ❝just help me find my room!❞

so much for hiding. seeing that alpha inside the room, chenle guessed that he had his first class together with him. great, just great.

the next thing he might know, he'd have every subject together with him.

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