Soubi looked at his school handbook that was distributed after the afternoon speech. Time Cross Academy had very strict rules that everyone had to abide by and anybody who breaks the rules will be punished by torture or death depending on the severity. While it sounded like a scary place, the rules that Amanda Lucifer implemented made him feel safe instead.
As an omega, Soubi was always afraid of what alphas would do to the weaker second genders like him. The collar he wore was bought by his father who was worried about him getting marked by a stranger that he didn't want as a mate. Kenma was also sent to protect the snow fox demon but nothing assured Soubi more than the ten golden rules.
1. No rape and non-consensual sex.
2. All mate bonding and marking can only take place after both students sign a mate registration certificate.
3. Only registered mates can spend their heats in each other's rooms during the mating season.
4. Dormitories are only accessible by their respective second genders. No visiting of other second gender dormitories are allowed.
5. Alpha, beta and omegas have individual toilets, no using of other second gender toilets allowed on campus.
6. No attempting to break up a registered couple.
7. No public sex.
8. Pregnancy rooms must be reserved beforehand and approval from both parties' parents must be submitted before permitted use.
9. No skipping or faking results of second gender retests held every semester.
10. All second genders and species are treated equally and fairly, no bullying is tolerated.
Apart from these rules, students have a lot of freedom to choose their elective classes and even roommates. Soubi's roommate hasn't arrived yet but he is an omega human who looked very out of the place and afraid. The snow fox demon didn't blame the kid. He was only eighteen and a human to boot who was registered in Time Cross Academy by his adoptive family to marry into an influential alpha's family for connections. Soubi took pity on the poor boy and befriended him.
The boy's name was Ringo Yamamoto and he came from a family of exorcists. He wears a traditional blue bottom hakama and is shorter than Soubi. The man had black hair and chubby cheeks despite being eighteen years of age and this was the first time Soubi thought a boy could be cute despite being the same age as him. Ringo was a clumsy boy who was shy and soft-spoken. The snow fox didn't think that his roommate would last very long in the school full of supernatural creatures. Many alphas were eyeing the human boy earlier and Soubi decided to step in when a vampire alpha came too close.
Speaking of Ringo, the boy was late. Soubi's stomach rumbled. They were supposed to meet up in the room before heading to the canteen together to grab dinner. How long could one shower take? Showering twice a day must sound tiring. Soubi hated water so his showers usually only lasted five minutes. Ringo had been gone for half an hour now, surely he didn't drown in the bath... right?
"I better check on him," the grouchy snow fox demon said and left his room.
The showers and bathrooms were shared in the dormitories. After the introductory speech by Asahina, Soubi learnt more about second genders. In society, most of the population were betas and they made up about sixty to seventy percent of the workforce. However, in Time Cross Academy the betas were the minority population making up only twenty percent. Their dormitories were smaller compared to the alpha and omega dormitories.
Alphas made up ten to fifteen percent in the population outside of the academy in the ratio similar to omegas. The urban legends have it that alpha and omegas were attracted to each other because of physical compatibility by the power of pheromones released during heats and ruts. However, according to Amanda, there was one other attraction between alphas and omegas called the soul bond. This happened when alphas and omegas who were fated mates met. The chances of finding your fated mate were one in a few billion but at Time Cross Academy, Amanda helped. Most alphas and omegas will find their fated mates in the academy over the five years. Rumours have it that the archmage herself was actually the goddess of love who could see who had red threads and where they led. Soubi didn't know if he should believe it but he didn't care. He just wanted to know why the alpha and omega dormitories were so ridiculously huge. Then again, housing four hundred omegas in one building must be difficult even for the archmage.
The alpha and omega dormitories were like mansions. There were a total of four levels with each level housing a hundred students. Each room had two students sharing a bunk bed which meant there were at least fifty bedrooms on each level of the dormitory. Even after the orientation tour of the dormitory, Soubi was still lost. Exactly which bathroom did Ringo use? Soubi had checked the fourth bathroom now but his roommate wasn't there.
"Whoa! Why are you in such a hurry?" the dorm manager stopped Soubi when he was running in the hallways.
"Dorm manager Lee!" Soubi nearly sobbed in relief. "I can't find Ringo anywhere..."
Dorm manager Lee was a five-hundred-year-old mermaid who worked for the academy for nearly two hundred years now. The lady was kind, patient and understanding. All the omegas loved her and she gave off a motherly vibe.
"Ringo? I think he went to the bathroom on the second floor but he should be back in his room by now. Do you want me to show you the way back to your room? You've run quite far to look for him."
Hearing that, the snow fox demon heaved a sigh of relief and thanked the lady before excusing himself. It was only the first day and Soubi was exhausted. That human exorcist was really more troublesome than Soubi expected. When he saw him he was going to give Ringo a piece of his mind.
The door to the room clicked open and Soubi smelled the lower scented soap before he saw his human roommate. Immediately, he felt lethargic from the chase and scowled.
"Where did you go? What kind of shower were you taking? It's almost an hour now, the canteen is going to close!"
Ringo apologised profusely and promised to make it up to Soubi tomorrow by collecting breakfast for him. "Let's go now before they run out of food," Soubi sighed and dragged his small roommate to the dining area.
The canteen was full of delicious food smells and Ringo couldn't decide what he wanted although the exorcist looked a little ill seeing the more unique meal items for other species. Blood wine and raw livers don't sound appetising so they skipped that part of the menu.
"One plate of inari sushi and two fried chicken drumsticks please," Soubi ordered and Ringo chose the same thing, unable to make up his mind.
The lunch lady looked apologetic when she realised that she ran out of fried tofu to make the inari sushi. Soubi's ears drooped. "No inari sushi?" he was close to tears. After a stressful day, eating his favourite food always cheered him out. To think that they were out of stock... it was Soubi's worst nightmare come true.
Ringo watched as his friend mentally collapsed at the devastating news and looked at the long line of people waiting impatiently behind them. "Make it onigiri please with two fried chicken drumsticks. I'll have the same thing as him," the exorcist apologised and urged his friend whose brain had gone offline along.
Soubi was lifeless as Ringo led him to a vacant seat. He didn't realise who he was sharing tables with until a familiar sensation on his lips jolted him out of his thoughts.
"What? You-!"
"Hello, what a coincidence seeing you here," Sei smiled. The alpha black snake demon was sitting alone when he saw Soubi and his troubled roommate. The snake waved to Ringo who was very thankful that there was someone who was willing to share their seats with them.
"I'll go collect our food, please take care of him for me. He's very depressed right now because the cook said they were out of inari sushi."
Sei agreed to look after his childhood friend and love interest and waited for Ringo to leave before observing his zoned-out friend. Soubi must be really depressed to not realise who he was sitting next to. Whenever the fox demon saw him, he would hiss like a cat and approach him with wary eyes and a guarded look. Seeing an unguarded Soubi full of openings just made Sei want to do bad things to him. Hence, he took the opportunity to steal another kiss from him.
The kiss worked like magic and Soubi regained his senses. The spitfire fox in him returned and he yelled at the alpha snake demon who only laughed when Soubi grabbed his collar to shake him.
"Now now, don't be angry. You were unguarded so I cannot be blamed. Besides, do you really have to be so angry with me? I purposely came early and ordered some inari sushi hoping that I would see you so we can eat them together. Can't you forgive me in the name of inari sushi?"
The shameless snake alpha smiled coyly and Soubi found himself blushing at the foul play. On one hand, he was touched that Sei was very thoughtful but on the other hand, he had been kissed twice in a day by this same snake.
"I can forgive you for the kiss earlier but not the one this afternoon behind the school. How dare you steal my first kiss from me?!" he hissed and Sei's eyes widened in genuine surprise.
"First kiss? I thought you lost your first kiss to your first omiai candidate when you were fourteen?"
Soubi blushed furiously at that memory. Why did Sei have to say that? "Who told you that? I didn't lose my first kiss to that madwoman!"
Sei was confused. According to Soubi's older sisters, the kit lost his first kiss when a crazy omiai lady forced herself on him. Kenma found Soubi in the room with his top undone and his hands bound with his obi. The fox lady was also having her wicked way with him and that was when all hell broke loose. Nobody had seen Kenma act so aggressively before. The fox lady went back with one eye less and a disfigured nose. The rumours spread so quickly and from that day onwards, Kenma became Soubi's official bodyguard, accompanying him wherever he went.
"Your sisters said that you lost your first kiss and almost lost your first time to that vixen... Kenma did some to the rescue and stabbed one of her eyes out but that's not the point, is it? Speaking of Kenma, where is he?"
Soubi struggled with his emotion before sighing eventually. "Kenma's with his beta pals. They are hosting a dormitory welcome party and doing the hundred ghost story night so he's not coming. Also, I don't know who you heard it from but that mad vixen didn't kiss me. She actually wanted to skin me for my white fur if that makes you better, I'm still very much a virgin with my first kiss intact until earlier this afternoon."
Sei paled. "Soubi... I'm so sorry, I didn't know. I... I'll take full responsibility for you. Let's get married."
Soubi's jaw fell and Ringo came just in time to hear it with two dinner sets in his hands. "Oh? Soubi, is that your lover? Congratulations on getting married!"
Embarrassed and unable to handle the misunderstanding with so many people watching them, Soubi did what he did best and fled the scene.
"Sou! Wait!" Sei tried to call but groaned when the snow fox demon vanished at record speed. He then turned to Ringo with an apologetic smile. "Sorry but I can trouble you as his roommate to deliver dinner to him later? I have this plate of inari sushi, it should cheer him up. Sorry about that, see you later."
Ringo didn't have time to respond and was left alone to catch up on what just happened while he ate dinner alone. The exorcist sighed as he packed up food for Soubi including the plate of untouched inari sushi. Demons were complicated creatures.
Classes in Time Cross Academy were interesting and Soubi looked forward to it. However, his mind and heart were still in turmoil with matters regarding his childhood friend. Ever since they stopped seeing each other three years ago, the black snake demon had become almost a stranger to the snow fox demon.Soubi couldn't sleep well at night with how frequent Sei visited his dreams. His childhood friend had become more flirtatious ever since they entered the academy together. While there were other alphas and omegas in the school, Sei didn't seem to be interested in anyone else apart from him which made the fox demon confused. It has been a week now and Sei still followed him around like a kicked puppy. Soubi hasn't made any attempts to talk to Sei and the fox demon felt slightly bad for ignoring Sei on purpose but he was still angry about how casually Sei kissed him and proposed to marry."Are you really never going to forgive him?" Ringo ask
It was hell on the Academy grounds. Why his brother sent him to represent their clan in this god-forsaken school, Michael didn't understand. All he knew was that Amanda Lucifer was a real pain in the bottom. The school didn't treat vampires with equal rights. Why did the other students get to enjoy luxurious beds and food when he had to put up with sour blood and stale earth?No offence to the rest of the supernatural community but Michael absolutely hated their blood. What was with omegas throwing themselves at his aristocratic self in exchange for semen? Did they think he was fine with any type of blood? The blood of beasts was the worst and
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When Wilson said that the additional terms would be added to the annexe, Carlos and Rusty didn’t think they would do it in the principal’s office. Wilson wasn’t the one in a hurry to have the papers signed, Amanda was, and all three students watched as Asahina smacked the archmage with her clipboard for hindering her progress.The odd relationship between the principal and secretary made Rusty pause. However, he didn’t think too much. After all, it was only possible for him to attend this school after receiving the principal’s scholarship. His parents applied it for him secretly when they heard about it. Rusty was always smarter than anyone else in his family, and it was a shame that they were too poor to afford him any education. With the golden opportunity in front of them, Rusty could not refuse. He thought that coming here was a good way to make money while studying, but he turned out to catch a shark instead of a fish.“It&rsquo
It was slightly tricky to find a decent venue for the two alphas and one omega to meet up and discuss the terms of their three-way relationship. Eventually, they managed to discuss with Floopy and Prince Syris to borrow the music room. Prince Syris wished them luck and left the keys with Wilson.“Don’t forget to return them and no nasty stuff. Floopy and I will be using it to rehearse tonight.”“I won’t,” Wilson promised and took the keys. Carlos and Rusty stood side by side awkwardly behind Wilson, and the werewolf ushered them in.The music room was cosy, but there weren’t many places to sit around. Wilson dragged the piano chair over, a drum stool and a recording stool before borrowing the music stand as a table to go through the contract terms. Carlos took a look at the chairs and decided that it might be better for Rusty to sit on the recording stool as it was the tallest. He took the drummer stool, and Wilson made
“No problems,” Dr Iason confirmed.Rusty was healthy and strong enough to bear pups for Wilson. Even if he was a rabbit beastman, his genetics were closer to a hare than a rabbit. It would explain his independent nature and less social personality. Wilson didn’t want to investigate too deeply why there would be a hare in a rabbit family. All that meant for him was that Rusty would be able to crossbreed with them effectively. The wolf pups and cheetah cubs will not suffer from an active herbivore gene. They might be omnivores, but that was it. The others would be carnivores.Rusty didn’t speak much and thanked the doctor as Wilson escorted him out.“Do you need more time?” he asked, but the hare werebeast shook his head. Even after finding out that there was something strange about his bloodline, Rusty remained calm. His poker face rivalled Wilson, and the werewolf knew that he wanted Rusty to be part of his and Carlos’ c
As expected, Carlos did not wake up in a rosy mood when he found out how Wilson seized the opportunity to snuggle in their sleep. That was far too intimate, and while the werecat didn’t hate it, he wasn’t used to this kind of closeness.Wilson woke up alone and late for lessons because a grumpy werecat turned it off. The note stuck onto his desk containing nothing but a childish drawing of a cat sticking its tongue out naughtily and pulling at an eye made the stoic werewolf laugh. Carlos had some cute sides to him, and Wilson loved them very much.Seeing that he was already late, there was no harm in taking his time. There was still about forty minutes before his next lesson. He could afford to miss the first class and catch the second one.As he folded his blanket, Wilson paused. The omega classes started later than the alpha classes. Seeing that he was already late, shouldn’t he make use of this opportunity to catch hold of a particular busy
Finding an omega partner who could satisfy his needs was proving more difficult than Carlos initially thought. After that confrontation and agreement, Carlos gave Wilson a list of names for his usual fuck buddies. The werewolf didn’t comment about the number of names on that list. Carlos was also slightly embarrassed to count them as they were well into the double digits.“Just so you know, I don’t sleep with everyone very often,” he said, and Wilson nodded. He didn’t ask further about the details of Carlos’ complicated relationship with these omegas. However, he asked something the werecat didn’t see coming.“Is Rusty not one of your bed partners?”Carlos blinked. That rabbit omega boy who was said to charge exorbitant fees for his services?“He and I don’t talk. Besides, there’s always that kind of air around him, you know? One that makes him slightly unapproachable. He looks at me
The morning after they slept together, Carlos woke up first. Last night was definitely something he couldn’t tell anyone about. An alpha bottoming for another alpha? It was probably unheard of. It didn’t matter how good it felt or how perfect Wilson was. Carlos had his pride.Sure, he might be able to secure a good future if he accepted Wilson’s offer. His sister wouldn’t have to suffer at the hands of the crafty families. He didn’t have to take over the Chavez House and could live the easy life he wanted to. However, the cheetah didn’t want to admit defeat so easily. Accepting Wilson’s help felt like a terrible trade. Ever since he became the Chavez heir, Carlos made himself a promise. He would never betray his feelings and beliefs for anyone’s sake. Wilson was trying to make him bend his beliefs, and he felt torn.“Let’s not think too much,” he reasoned and got up.Wilson was still s
Today, Wilson and Carlos attended class as usual. The werecat didn’t pay much attention to lessons, and Wilson couldn’t concentrate on his work either. They were both too preoccupied thinking about what would happen later.When lessons finally ended for the day, Wilson and Carlos met in the hallway without a word. Some curious people wondered why the feral werecat wasn’t running away and why the lone wolf was very accommodating today as they walked to the cafeteria wordlessly. Their shoulders were brushing, and it became the gossip of many who wondered how they grew so close.“Maybe they got closer by fighting,” someone reasoned, but others thought that there was more than met the eye. After all, the way they stood so close that their shoulders brushed against each other was a sign of intimacy.They ate together, did their assignments together and spent the rest of the time in each other’s company until it was time for bed.
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“The founder of the necromancer circle started out as a druid,” Wilson narrated, and Carlos swallowed hard. Wasn’t he sitting a little too close? Also, what was this technique of reading into his ears?!“... answer the question. Are druids born as elementalists with a good and evil nature, or are they born neutral and shaped by their circumstances from the example above?”Carlos stalled. “Uh… good?”Wilson frowned. “That’s going to cost you. You weren’t listening when I explained.”Carlos bristled. “How is that my fault?! You were basically breathing into my ear and had me seated in your lap to study! How does this look like studying to you? I don’t see my teachers doing this in class.”Wilson raised an eye and spanked the mouthy werecat. “Is this the attitude you take to your teachers?” he asked. “Besides, special kids need special at