Shiro's P.O.V.

"What do you mean he seems threatening?" Hunk asks

"He seems like he has something up his sleeve." I explain "My instincts are telling me to watch out for him."

"Should we tell Lance?" Matt asks

"I don't know, maybe we should." Allura states

We talk for a few more minutes when we hear footsteps walking towards us. My instincts flair up and we turn to see Lotor.

"Hey Lotor." Allura says nervously

"I know you don't like me." He says catching everyone off guard

"W-What?" Allura asks shocked

"I know you dislike me, and frankly I don't care." Lotor says "I'm not here to make friends with you, I'm here for Lance."

I growl angrily at the thought of Lance in danger. How dare he think we're just going to take Lance away.

"Why would you tell us? We're just going to tell Lance?" Pidge asks

"Well little girl." Lotor replies, making Pidge angry at being misgendered "I know you won't tell Lance because if you do he will be heart broken. Lance always puts you before himself, surely you'd put him in front of yourselves."

"You've only known Lance for a week, we've known him for years." Hunk states "Lance wouldn't fall in love enough to be heart broken in that short of time!"

"Wouldn't he? Do you really want to take that chance?" Lotor chuckles "You can tell Lance if you want, but when he is heart broken for the second time in such a short period you'll only have yourselves to blame."

Heart broken for a second time? What is he talking about? Lotor walks away and Keith, who has been silent up until this point stands up to chase after Lotor and I go after him. I can't let Keith pick a fight, especially with an exchange student.

I see Keith in the hallway standing still and looking around.

"Keith?" I ask walking up to him

"I lost him, dammit!" He replies in frustration "What do we do? We can't just let him be with Lance!"

"Shh Keith I know, Lance deserves better." I reply, wrapping my arms around him "But we can't just tell Lance, he will be heartbroken."

"Lance will barely talk to us, he might never talk to us again if we tell him the truth about Lotor." Keith sighs "What did we do? Everything was going so well."

"We'll figure it out, for now we need to find a way to protect Lance without hurting him." I say

**Time skip to Saturday**

Lance's P.O.V.
Lotor asked me to go to a restaurant for dinner with him and I accepted. It's nice to get my mind off of Shiro and Keith. I know it's not easy to get over people so quickly, I feel like I'm falling for them even more.

I don't know why but I've been getting a few warning signals around Lotor recently. It's nothing in particular but I don't feel completely safe around him. I'm sure I'm just over thinking everything, why is it that I finally have someone interested in me and I'm trying to find flaws instead?

I put on my outfit for today which consists of a pair of black pants and a blue dress shirt. I think I look good for a dinner date, I wonder what restaurant we are going to?

I hear knock at my bedroom door and I open it to see Hunk.

"Hey Lance, going out tonight?" He asks

"Yeah, Lotor is taking me to a restaurant." I reply

"Are you sure you should go? Lotor is kind of weird." Hunk says "Are you sure you even like Lotor? Or is it because you're upset about Shiro and Keith?"

"I-I don't know." I say quietly "I just feel so lonely all the time."

"It's ok Lance, I'm sure you'll do what makes you happy." Hunk says wrapping his arms around me "But if he's not making you happy then tell us."

"I'm going to see how this date goes, if it goes bad then I won't go out with Lotor again." I say

"Ok, good luck, and if he gets weird call me and I'll take you home." He replies

Soon enough Lotor arrives and I say a goodbye to Hunk and Pidge. I'm feeling better after I spoke with Hunk, but he seemed like he was warning me about something. It's a little strange.

Lotor is dressed very nicely as well so I'm guessing we're going somewhere fancy. Lotor seems very hands on and he keeps brushing up agains my butt. He hasn't touched my scent glands on my collar bones but I feel like I need to protect them.

"Where are we going Lotor?" I ask

"My favourite restaurant." He replies

We continue walking down the street and Lotor is pulling me closer to him.

"There are lots of alphas around tonight, stay close." He says

"I'll be fine, I always have been." I reply

"But how you have me." He replies pressing his nose into my hair

I'm feeling a lot more uncomfortable now. He pulls me into a very fancy restaurant which looks beautiful.

"Reservation for Lotor Galra." Lotor says the the waiter and he takes us to our table

The menu is really big and really expensive, I don't know how I'll afford anything here.

"Order whatever you want." Lotor says "I'm paying."

"A-Are you sure?" I reply

"Of course, I couldn't let such a beautiful omega pay." He states

I blush at being called beautiful but I don't really like being referred to as "omega". I look around the restaurant and see something that makes my heart drop. Shiro and Keith are here, probably on a date.

I stare at them for a fraction to long and Keith looks up to meet my eyes. I wave and smile softly, forcing back tears. Did I think they wouldn't go for dates? I'm so stupid to think I'd never see them together. I just wish I was with them...

I notice Shiro and Keith begin to walk over to us and I stand up suddenly.

"Bathroom." I say and quickly hurry away

I don't know how I'll handle talking to them. I don't want to ruin what they have but I want to be part of it. No, I can make this about me. I walk into one of the stalls and sit on the closed toilet seat with my legs to my chest.

'Why would you think you matter to them?'

'You don't matter'

'Lotor is the only one who is showing interest in you and you're trying to ruin that'

'Why don't you go stand on that bridge again? What stoped you from jumping last time?'

"Please stop, I can't take it any more." I say gripping my head

'It'll never stop, you're an omega. You've been alone for to long. It's your instincts'

"No it isn't." I whisper "Instincts can't hurt you."

'Can't they? Do you know enough omegas to state that as a fact?'

'You're nothing more than just an omega to everyone, you're just filling up space'

"Maybe you're right..." I whisper with tears pouring down my cheeks "No one could ever love me."

Keith's P.O.V.
As we came over to talk Lance left, but now we can talk about another thing with Lotor privately. He's not going to get away with insulting us and threatening us.

"Lotor, you better not be hurting Lance." Shiro says

"Of course I'm not hurting him." Lotor replies "I've been very gentle, especially with my hands all over his body."

I growl in anger and try to hold back my protective instincts. How dare he touch Lance with his dirty hands. It makes me sick.

"Did I strike a nerve?" He chuckles

"Don't touch Lance." I growl "He's to good for someone like you."

"Then why is he with me?" Lotor replies

"Because you're playing him, you just want to fuck and move on." I state

"At least I'm with Lance, you both ruined your chance. Of course I don't yet know what you did." Lotor chuckles "And I'm not going to just leave him, I've always liked the idea of my own omega. And an omega as beautiful as Lance is the icing on the cake."

"You won't get that far with Lance." Shiro says "We're not going to let you."

"What can you do? You'll just ruin his happiness." Lotor states

"Enjoy it while you can, this isn't over." I say and walk away with Shiro close behind me

We decide to leave, there isn't anything we can do now. If we tell Lance, Lotor could try to hurt him, we need to think this though.

"What did Lotor mean by 'we ruined our chances already'?" I ask

"Maybe when we defended him?" Shiro offers

"But he was speaking to us and thanking us." I reply "You don't think he saw us in the bathroom and thought he didn't have a chance?"

"Maybe... that would make a lot of sense actually." Shiro states "He was so quiet though, I didn't pick up on him at all."

"So what do we do?" I ask "If we wait any longer he might let Lotor mark him! He'll be trapped!"

"I don't know, but we need to act fast." He replies "I wont let him hurt Lance."

**Time skip to two hours later**

Lance's P.O.V.
After I came out of the bathroom Shiro and Keith had already left. I feel really guilty for not talking to them that much any more but I just feel so bad when i see them together. Lotor and I had a nice dinner and now we're walking home.

"Would you like to come to my house?" He asks

"I don't know, I'm really tired and I have a shift tomorrow." I say yawning

I don't want to go to his place alone, I don't feel safe... my omega instincts are telling me to listen to this alpha but my brain is telling me not to.

"Is it really that?" Lotor asks "Or is it because you like Shiro and Keith?"

"W-What?" I ask shocked

He grips me tighter, anger in his eyes.

"I saw the way you looked at them." He growls "You won't look at anyone other than me."

"Let me go Lotor!" I yell trying to shake him off me

"Oh Lance, all it would take is one alpha command and you'll be mine." Lotor chuckles

I manage to push him off of me but suddenly I feel a blow to my check. He punched me!

There's another blow to my stomach, then one to my ribs and finally I'm on the ground with Lotor kicking my sides.

"Remember this Lance, you will be mine." Lotor states "I don't care how, I don't care if I hurt you or those you love, but you will be mine. This is what happens when you disobey me."

He walks away and I feel tears rolling down my cheeks. It's so painful, I can't move. I lay on the ground for a few seconds and then force myself to stand up. The ground is swaying under me and my vision is blurry but I begin to walk. I don't know the way home but I can't stay here. After a few more steps I plummet to the ground, unable to move from the pain. Right before I black out I hear screaming and footsteps. I can't make out what anyone is saying.

"Shh it's ok, I've got you now..." Someone whispers, picking me up and wrapping me in a warm jacket

Then everything goes black.