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"i heard jiwoong took you home," ricky smirked, sipping on his strawberry milk tea that gyuvin had gotten him during their break. it was a day after the party had happened and matthew seems to be the only one who still was hungover and could barely function. thankfully, he only had two classes and was chilling at his place with ricky and hanbin.

"i told you taking me to that party was a bad idea," matthew's cheeks flushed as he remembers what happened last night. all he remembered was picking a fight with jiwoong, getting mad that jiwoong interrupted his conversation with gunwook for absolutely no reason, and being a brat with the older. the alcohol he drank had gotten him all wound up and he got dizzy and fainted. next thing he knew, he woke up in his apartment, the smell of brown sugar still lingering around, "i embarrassed myself in front of jiwoon hyung."

"he seemed to enjoy it," hanbin giggled, tapping his pencil onto his chin, "he left when ricky and i came over to get you before class started, but you were still sleeping. jiwoong was sleeping on your bed."

matthew recalled it vividly almost. he felt the warmth slowly fade away when the morning had come, but he had no idea it was jiwoong himself. why did the older stay the night with him? he didn't feel any pain in his behind, so they didn't fuck or anything, so why did jiwoong stay?

"he said you begged him to stay the night," ricky teased, making matthew punch him on the arm, "ouch— too bad he can't smell you right now. i can't get used to your scent, chu."

today happened to be the day that matthew didn't wear a scent patch because he was too hungover to remember. his smell wasn't strong enough to be obvious due to the medication, but if someone were close enough, they'd be able to tell he was omega.

"he smells the best out of all of us," hanbin noted, leaning over to nuzzle the omega, inhaling the warm smell of custard, "jiwoong should be jealous that he can't take a whiff of this."

matthew was still embarrassed. he couldn't believe he asked the alpha of all people to stay the night. he wondered what other things he said when he was drunk. he held his head in his hands and groaned, messing his hair up in frustration. he was never going to another party. he would not be dragged by hanbin and ricky to go to another party.

he was dragged by hanbin and ricky to go to another party.

it was two weeks after the initial party and they had just finished their midterms. hanbin and ricky decided it was best to take their stress off at another party.

"i'm not going," matthew whined, looking at hanbin with a pout on his face. he couldn't bare to see the alpha again, and he knew jiwoong was going to the party because gyuvin and zhang hao were going there too. he hadn't seen the older since the party, thankfully, and he didn't plan on seeing the older again anytime soon. well, maybe he did need to because jiwoong had left his leather jacket, or more like matthew stole it from him, and he needed to return it. it was sitting on his bed, folded neatly next to his pillow.

"we can't just leave you alone," hanbin ruffled the boy's head, rubbing his nose on the juncture of the omega's neck, scenting him a bit with his toasted vanilla scent, "and you don't need to talk to jiwoong, yeah?"

matthew shook his head, digging his head into the older's chest to inhale the warm scent. it wasn't like he didn't want to see jiwoong, he was just embarrassed about what happened. he was supposed to act all tough and not need an alpha to take care of him, but ended up in jiwoong's arms anyways. he couldn't make it obvious that he liked him, but he was sure his intoxicated omega self was brutally honest.

"chu," ricky frowned, walking over to the two omegas who were cuddling on hanbin's bed, "just have fun, yeah? i saw you talking to that other alpha last time. park gunwook? you're really rizzing up the famous alpha in our university and didn't think we'd notice?"

matthew's cheeks flushed. ricky was right, he did enjoy talking to the cute alpha at the party. part of him hoped that he would find an alpha for himself that could court him, but with gunwook, it just didn't feel right, "h-he was nice to me . . ."

"our matthew is a playboy," hanbin smirked, getting off of his bed, and pulling matthew up, "you're coming, lets go. up you go!"

matthew's groan could be heard, but who was he resist his best friends' nagging. part of him did enjoy parties, but only the part where he got to talk to new people instead of having any alpha or beta on top of him. this time, matthew wore a loose white t-shirt and a pair of black leather pants with a decorative chain hanging around it, courtesy to ricky who was itching to make matthew's outfit more exciting. the taller always had a flamboyant outfit on anyways, and he wasn't sure of who he was trying to impress.

"your car reeks of gyuvin," matthew let out a gagged sound, holding his hand in front of his face to cover his nose. the whole back seat was suspiciously clean, but even more, the smell that ricky's alpha was here was obvious.

"you guys did not fuck in the car," hanbin glared at the blonde who was putting his seat belt on and let out a soft giggle, a small pink flush spread across his face. ricky may or may not have pushed gyuvin back there and sucked him off because of how annoyed he was at the younger's pouting and sulking.

"he smells good," ricky mumbled, starting to drive out of the parking garage. or maybe its because ricky used his car so often and was around the taller so often that he couldn't tell if it reeked of gyuvin or not. nonetheless, he enjoyed the smell of dark chocolate that so coincidentally suited his strawberry scent.

they arrived at the private bar the party was being hosted at. matthew felt a little uncomfortable since it wasn't the typical party at a house type of thing, but decided to shrug it off. he heard jiwoong is hosting the party anyways, which was weird. he didn't know the alpha knew that many people and was capable of doing so.

right when they were about to enter, the security guard had stopped the three, making all three omegas look at each other in confusion. it was a private party, but their names should've been on the list.

"shen ricky? your name is not on the list," the guard raised an eyebrow, flipping the pages on his clipboard.

"were they joking when they said jiwoong was holding a party?," hanbin asked, tugging at his own sleeve worryingly. hanbin was worried, looking at his phone to see that hao hadn't texted him back even after he spammed the older with messages. but, hao wouldn't lie to him, would he?

matthew raised an eyebrow, watching as other people past them who were on this supposed list be able to enter. he turned around, looking back at his friends who were on the verge of seducing the body guard until a familiar scent filled his nose. brown sugar.

"matthew"

"jiwoon hyung," matthew looked up at the alpha. the man was dressed in black from top to bottom. a black buttoned down dress shirt with black dress pants, as if he had just gone to some fancy event and this was the after party. he gulped, eyes following the taller that walked past him, and behind him was hao and gyuvin.

"hao-ge. qubing"

"hao!"

ricky was delighted to see his big puppy who was dressed in an oversized black hoodie and jeans. he quickly composed himself, trying not to make it obvious that he was happy, even though his scent sweetened, grossing everyone out.

"why aren't you inside yet?" gyuvin asked, slipping his arm around blonde boy's slim waist. he fixed ricky's fake glasses, pushing them up his nosebridge, "what's with the pout, pretty?" ricky definitely slapped the taller on the chest after hearing that.

"you didn't put our names on the list," hanbin whined to hao who was busy playing with his hair, fixing the strands that were sticking out of his head.

"is that so?" jiwoong asked, glancing back at matthew who refused to look at the older, but rather at the all too familiar leather jacket in his hands that he had yet to return to the older. the older let out a sigh, looking at the security guards who moved out of the way once he glared at them, "let them in next time."

maybe matthew underestimated how attractive jiwoong was. seeing him nod off the security guards like that made his heart skip a beat and he felt drunk already with no alcohol in his system. that was until he did have alcohol in his system. maybe he did prefer bars more than classic parties he's been to. once hanbin and ricky had left him to go dance, he sat there and ordered whatever drinks he wanted, not aware of the level of alcohol it had.

ricky had left his side to go use the bathroom and hanbin went off with hao once they both returned. matthew was slumped over the bar table, the glass cup with half of his drink in his hand. he could barely lift his head up and his body felt hot. he flinched when he felt a hand on his shoulder, and an unfamiliar scent.

"hey."

he lifted his head, looking to his side to see who was trying to get his attention. he couldn't tell who it was with the dim light and the music blasting at every corner of the room. the boy in front of him looked like an alpha, but not one he'd seen before. his eyes trailed down to the hand that was reaching out to touch his face. the hand felt rough, nothing like jiwoong's touch. jiwoong?

"you're drunk, cutie," he heard the taller chuckle, "need me to take you home?"

huh? betas don't normally get hit on like this, matthew thought. he swatted the boy's hand away, his gut telling him to not trust the alpha in front of him. alphas wouldn't normally approach him unless they had an intention. was it because of hanbin's scent? he was sure it had rubbed off of him once he entered ricky's car.

"ya," the alpha's gaze darkened, making matthew gulp. the alpha got closer to him, making his back hit the edge of the table. the smell of alcohol off of the alpha on top of him made him feel sick, nauseous. he grabbed matthew's chin harshly, making the omega look at him, "that's not how you should be acting, omega"

"don't touch me," matthew mumbled, using all of his strength to push the alpha off, but the effort barely showing since the taller was much stronger. he normally enjoyed flirting, but this alpha gave him a bad feeling.

"so rude," the alpha clicked his tongue, a smirk spreading across his face, "playing hard to get aren't you?"

matthew felt weak. his omega side was showing and he couldn't make it obvious that he was distressed because of the scent blockers he had. it was too faint for it to be obvious as hanbin's scent covered it up.

"what're you doing?" a familiar voice made matthew breathe out a sigh of relief. it was ricky, but ricky was all by himself. he was quick to push the alpha by the shoulder and off of matthew, "you okay, chu? did he do anything?"

matthew shook his head, eyes still filled with fear. he hasn't felt like this in a while. it was definitely the scent that threw the alpha off. ricky's arm around his shoulder's made him feel at ease.

"is this your omega, friend?" the alpha scoffed, pushing ricky by the shoulder, "you're cute too, but what's with all of you being feisty? is everyone's heat coming or what?"

ricky rolled his eyes, removing his arms from matthew to push up his glasses, "and why are you on someone who clearly doesn't want you? besides, you're not my type"

by now, they had caused a scene by the bar area, making other people look at what's going on. a crowd had surrounded them, and murmurs could be heard but matthew could make nothing out of it.

"can't take rejection?" ricky stifled a laugh, standing up tall in front of the alpha, despite his smaller frame. it took practice to act all bratty this way, and he thanked gyuvin for bickering with him so much to make him obtain such a sassy attitude.

the alpha let out a laugh, and dragged out a sigh. ricky flinched when he felt the alpha's breath all over his face. he scrunched his face in disgust, wanting to gag at the smell of alcohol all over him.

"you're really bitchy for an omega," the alpha grabbed ricky by the collar of his shirt, scrunching his shirt up much to ricky's distaste. ricky struggled to get out of the alpha's grip, trying to pry the hands off of his designer shirt, "for someone who doesn't have an alpha protecting them. i wonder how you'd get one with that attitude little pup." oh how ricky wanted to roll his eyes in disbelief, baffled at what the alpha had the audacity to say.

matthew saw what happened and stepped in, putting himself between the two, "fuck off." he managed to get the alpha's hands off ricky's shirt. he almost stumbled on top of the alpha when he felt a hand wrap around his waist, pulling him back towards someone's chest. it smelled like burnt brown sugar. brown sugar. jiwoong.

"jiwoon," matthew looked up at the older, letting out an internal sigh of relief as he felt his legs get weak. thankfully, the alpha was there to keep him balanced.

he saw gyuvin, hao, and hanbin push past the crowd to see what was going on as well. gyuvin quickly grabbed ricky by his shoulders, checking up on the condition of the omega, "did he touch you?," ricky refused to look at the taller, basically giving gyuvin an answer. he swore he smelled gyuvin's scent spike into a bitter smell, before turning to look at the alpha and throwing a punch at him.

"what was that about not having an alpha to protect him? fucking asshole," gyuvin raised an eyebrow, grabbing the guy by the collar of his shirt to throw another punch at him. gasps and commotion could be heard when the guy threw a punch back at gyuvin, making him stumble backwards.

"gyuvin!," ricky was quick to check up on the taller, who was about to throw another punch when jiwoong interrupted him.

"get him out," jiwoong growled, sending a death glare to the alpha in front of him who looked terrified.

"j-jiwoong i didn't know he was your omega i-i—" the alpha looked more regretful than he did seconds ago once he realized who it was.

"i said get out!"

jiwoong used his alpha voice, and matthew cowered slightly. he nuzzled closer into the taller's chest, the arm around his waist tightened. he felt his heart race. why was jiwoong being so protective? on the other hand, the omegas around them shivered in fear, ricky cowering and hiding in gyuvin's arms, while hanbin cowered behind hao.

"take him out," jiwoong nodded off towards the security guards, sparing no remorse for the alpha who decided to fuck up everyone's fun at his party. he'll kill whoever put that fucker's name on the list. he'll beat up whoever touched his omega. omega? matthew was a beta. what was he thinking?

thankfully, the whole situation seemed to get resolved and the crowd dispersed as everyone decided to go back to what they were doing at the party. ricky sat gyuvin down by one of the bar stools and checked up on his wounds, meanwhile hanbin and hao were nearby to check up on him as well after checking up on the canadian boy.

speaking of the beta, he looked down at the boy in his arms, "you okay? did he hurt you?"

matthew shook his head, cheeks flushing red as he pushed himself off of jiwoong's body. jiwoong raised an eyebrow, checking up on the boy to make sure, then letting out a sigh, "you're drunk. you should stop drinking seok matthew."

"i told you not to stop taking care of me," matthew pouted, crossing his arms as he walked back to his seat by the bar. the leather jacket he had folded so neatly was still sitting there, and he grabbed it and turned around back at the alpha who was standing dangerously close behind him, "y-your jacket"

jiwoong chuckled, raising an eyebrow in amusement, "you could've kept it. i have plenty of those, cutie. maybe if you wore it, that alpha wouldn't have caused all of this trouble."

jiwoong watched as the younger raised his hand up to slap him hard on the arm. he simply let out a laugh, finding the drunk antics of the beta adorable. matthew was a beta. he smelled nothing on the boy other than the familiar toasted vanilla scent, which he assumed belonged to hanbin because hao always reeked of it.

"i'm getting dejavu," the alpha sighed, lips curved into a small smile, "you're always causing me trouble aren't you?"

matthew cocked his head to the side, unaware of what the alpha was talking about. his drunk-dazed state made him out of it. he glanced down at his half empty glass and grabbed it.

jiwoong frowned, grabbing the younger's hand and guiding him to put the cup down gently, "you're drunk seok matthew."

"i'm not drunk, jiwoon hyung," matthew pouted, pushing the older away from him gently, annoyed that the older had to ruin his fun. jiwoong always did. it was the same as last time too. he was sure if jiwoong weren't here, he would be able to stand up for himself. or so he thought. he could barely walk or think straight.

jiwoong stopped himself from laughing, before backing matthew up against the edge of the table, "matthew"

"jiwoon," matthew mimicked, looking away with his flushed face and red ears prominent to the alpha.

"you're not gonna stop calling me that are you?," jiwoong smirked, one hand propping himself on the edge of the table, trapping the younger, while his other hand went under the boy's chin, lifting it up, "do you want to know what you did? you ruined my fun with a girl earlier."

the close proximity and jiwoong's voice close to his ear made his body warm. he felt beads of sweat forming on his forehead, his bangs starting to stick to his forehead. his heart pounded against his chest, and he swore he could hear it in his head.

"matthew," jiwoong caressed the boy's cheek. the soft hand made matthew easily lean into the touch, nuzzling his cheek onto the palm of his hand, "shouldn't you make it up to me? hm?"

jiwoong suddenly looked so attractive in matthew's eyes. the subtle smirk on his face made matthew fall for the alpha in front of him. matthew hummed thinking about it for a second before throwing his arms around the older's neck to pull him into a kiss. matthew kissed him. hard.

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𝓹𝓾𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓮𝓭: 01/08/2024 ᰔᩚ