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minjun really got on hangyul's nerves lately. ever since the alpha caused a scene in his first class of the day, he was tired of seeing the alpha. he didn't want to talk to him. he was even embarrassed that seungyoun had to butt in and save him from the stubborn alpha.

he was tired and stressed ever since he got cheated on. its already been a week and he's still feeling sick to the core. he could hardly focus on class and he's almost fainted in the middle of the hallway if it weren't for yohan and seungyoun.

the "affair" he and seungyoun were having started to slowly fade away and the article was replaced with an article of him and minjun— which wasn't exactly any better. he never got the chance to apologize to seungyoun. the news eventually got out to the public media and seungyoun was bashed about it by a couple people.

he felt guilty for dragging seungyoun into this, especially because seungyoun was his sunbae. he still knew a majority of people in the school didn't like him because of the rumors. he's gotten used to them at this point to not be bothered, but hearing mean things about him kind of hurt him.

along with his broken heart.

he knew he didn't like minjun anymore after what he did, but his inner omega always denied it. it was desperate for an alpha. he hasn't had the warmth from an alpha for almost two weeks. he missed the scent and he missed having "loving" arms wrapped around him.

but no love was better than fake love isn't it? it was for the best.

he's seen the real aggressive side of minjun and he was frightened. when seungyoun confronted him that day, he saw how forceful the alpha really was. even the days after seungyoun confronted him, he kept trying to talk to him, when he clearly didn't want to. his wounds weren't healed yet and the way his body was feeling made it worse.

"hangyul-ah" yohan whispered, shaking his friend who was inside his beloved nest full of his own scented clothes and a few pieces from his older brothers, "are you feeling okay? do you want to go to class?"

of course the alpha sensed something was wrong with the beta. even if the beta would say nothing was wrong, hangyul wouldn't create his own nest and hide in there for hours for no apparent reason.

"i'm fine" hangyul mumbled, peaking his head out from under his duvet that was covering him, "are you going to class now?"

yohan nodded, sniffing the air around hangyul. it smelled off. maybe it was because of the different scents mixing together from all the things in hangyul's bed, but hangyul's pheromones were smelling rather to the sweet side than its usual basic scent. betas never really had such sweet scents like the one he was smelling right now.

"i don't want to see minjun" hangyul said, snuggling into his pillow as a small tear slipped out of his eye, "it h-hurts"

yohan bit his bottom lip. the voice crack from the beta at the end made him feel sorry for the beta. he started to dislike minjun ever since he'd gotten the impression that he was hanging out with omegas more rather than hangyul. now he disliked him even more for breaking his beloved best friend's fragile heart.

"don't cry hangyul" yohan pouted, pulling the boy up from his bed, "you shouldn't be crying for an asshole like this. he played around with your feelings and he's gotten more aggressive lately hasn't he?"

hangyul nodded, wiping the tear that fell down his cheek quickly. minjun did get more stubborn and forceful. why was he so desperate to talk to him alone? so he could hear the ridiculous story he made up? he's never seen this side of minjun before. if minjun didn't keep wanting to talk to him, he would've felt better by now, but the alpha was so persistent.

"you can talk to him when you feel comfortable enough to let go of those feelings for him. he wasn't a good person" yohan put his hands on hangyul's shoulders, looking at him in the eye, "there's definitely someone better for you out there"

hangyul's eyes sparked up. someone better? who could possibly be better than minjun? who'd give him lovely kisses and hugs and cuddles that he wanted?—

but someone else could, couldn't they? could he really find someone else to love? can he really love again?

"think about that and get ready" yohan said cheerfully, pushing hangyul to the direction of the bathroom.

as yohan prepared a small breakfast, hangyul was busy brushing his teeth and putting on his clothes in the bathroom. as he finished combing his hair, he glanced over at the hoodie that was hung by the corner of the bathroom. he sniffed it, a wave of nostalgia coming at him.

"minjun's scent?" hangyul mumbled, putting his comb down and inhaling the faint scent. he'd never mistaken minjun's scent for anyone else's. minjun was a dominant and aggressive alpha after all. his pheromones were no joke.

as expected, he nuzzled his face right onto the fabric, inhaling the last bit of scent that didn't wear away when he wore it to go drinking. now that he thought about it, he smelled another alpha's pheromones on it too— probably seungyoun. seungyoun's was definitely stronger on it than minjun's even though minjun was the owner of the hoodie. he sort of liked it.

"hangyul! are you done? we're going to be late!" he heard yohan call him from the other side of the door. he quickly hung it up and let out a sigh. he glanced at it one more time before grabbing the doorknob and twisting it to exit the bathroom.

"what took you so long?" yohan asked, handing hangyul a sandwich he made which was neatly wrapped with parchment paper, "i made you breakfast"

hangyul grabbed it, thanking the alpha, "it was nothing"

yohan shrugged it off, happy already knowing that the beta was alright and acting like himself. he had other things to worry about, like the pheromones hangyul was releasing. but, he didn't want the boy to stress out even more, so he didn't say anything about it.

while yohan was busy thinking about that and walking beside the beta, hangyul was eating his sandwich and walking out of the dorms onto campus, thinking about the leftover piece of clothing he found earlier.

when he had the courage to give it back to the alpha, that meant he fell out of love with the alpha. another alpha might've been in his heart by then. now, he just needed to face the alpha and talk to him directly.

☁ 𝓼𝓮𝓾𝓷𝓺𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓼
𝓹𝓾𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓮𝓭: 07/05/2020 ☁