It was already ten in the evening when Ciel's shift at a well-known convenience store chain ended. It was supposed to end at eight o'clock, but he had to cover for the other part-timer's shift, who had gone late due to some emergency.He took the bus and checked his phone, which he wasn't able to do while he was at work.He received two messages. One was from Raffy, which he didn't even bother opening, and the other was from Maverick, asking him what time he would be home.Ciel did not reply to Maverick's message. If he was not given a key, then he would reply to the alpha's message. But since he was given a spare key, then he couldn't see any more reasons for him to let the alpha know of his whereabouts or his schedules.He put his phone back into his pocket and enjoyed himself by looking out the window to gaze at what they were passing by, forgetting Maverick and his text message. And he continued doing that until the bus finally reached the bus stop.Ciel went down the bus and waite
"You don't need more time? I mean, you can rest for a little more while and let your stomach digest everything you've eaten."Ciel grimaced. "Are you making fun of me?" The little omega's voice was so sharp, and so were his eyes."I'm not," was Maverick's immediate answer. "I am just trying to be—""Just say it, Maverick," Ciel said, cutting Maverick off, his voice still sharp."Alright," Maverick said, immediately giving up as he doesn't want to piss off the little omega again. He sighed before he spoke again. "Let's start with how we'll treat each other."Ciel immediately raised his brows after Maverick said that. Maverick hasn't even said everything he wanted to say about their treatment with each other, and yet Ciel has a negative reaction already. So before the little omega's negative thoughts got worse, Maverick hastily continued speaking."I just want us to be civil with each other. I mean, we will be living together for a year, and we can't go on arguing all the time, can we?
Making himself content with the reasoning he had made up, Ciel spoke again."Is that all you wanted to say? Because if that's all, then I'm leaving."But before Ciel could lift his butt, Maverick had immediately spoken again. "I still have more to discuss with you, so please be more patient and listen to me."Ciel sighed. "Can't we just talk about it on another day? I'm freaking tired. I just wanted to lay on my bed right now and sleep.""Nope," Maverick immediately refused. "We need to talk about these things now."Knowing that Maverick wouldn't let him leave even if he tried, Ciel continued to sit even though his face was saying how badly he wanted to leave."Make it quick," he said grumpily.Maverick nodded as an answer, then spoke once more. "Since we've already settled our treatment with each other; that we'll try to get along, then you'll have no problem anymore about me, giving you a ride just until the bus station, right?""Huh?""Since our class schedules almost overlap anywa
Ciel hastily turned to face Maverick again. He was frowning and was looking so surprised."What did you say?""Can you sit down again first?"Without any questions asked, Ciel sat down right away, which took the alpha aback for a minute as that was the very time he had seen Ciel be so obedient. But he immediately took aside his surprised reaction and composed himself again.What he was going to tell Ciel was very important and very sensitive, so he must focus his attention on it and on Ciel and be ready for any violent reaction he was going to get from the little omega."Speak now. I need to hear everything."Maverick sighed before speaking. "As I said, I already know why you went into heat that night. I know nothing about your heat, how or when it arrives, but it was clear that the heat you experienced that night was not natural. You were forced to be in heat."Ciel clenched his fists. Although he had a hunch and already thought of that possibility, it was still shocking to hear that
"But why? Why did he do it? What does he want from me?”"That... I wasn't able to ask him that yet..." Maverick averted his gaze as if he were embarrassed at his answer."Did you go and talk to him?" Ciel asked with a furrowed forehead."Yeah. I did this morning," Maverick answered."What did you tell him then? What did he say? What did you guys talk about?" Ciel was eager to know what Andrew said as he thought he was finally going to get the answer to some of his questions. But Maverick disappointed him with his answer."We actually are not able to talk.” Maverick’s voice, for some reason, lowered and became soft. It’s as if he didn’t want Ciel to hear him.And why was he acting like that? It’s simply because he didn’t want Ciel to know that he beat Andrew up. Of course Andrew deserves that, but Maverick does not want Ciel to see him as someone who could result in violence. After all, violence and violent people were one of the things the little omega hated.“Huh?” Ciel’s forehead fu
With a shocked expression on his face, Maverick asked Ciel, "I'm cool. You think I'm cool?"Ciel nodded eagerly. "Yeah! You are so fucking cool for breaking this motherfucker's face!" His gaze went back to the photo of Andrew laying on the floor in his bedroom. "Damn! It seems that you did a huge amount of damage on his face. He's bloody, dude! I can't even see which is broken and which is not because of how bloody his face is. But I think his nose is broken. His eyes and lips looked swollen as well. Even his cheekbones seemed to have been broken as well. Goddamn! You just reconstructed Andrew's face; he might need plastic surgery. Seriously, just how long did you keep punching him, and how strong were those punches for him to look like this? Did you imagine him as your punching bag?"Ciel looked and sounded like an excited kid again as a series of questions came out of his mouth nonstop."If I knew this was what you were going to do, I should have tagged along with you and witnessed
Ciel awoke in the morning feeling refreshed, and it had been a long time since he had felt that way. For the past couple of years, he has either woken up feeling tired and lethargic or in a bad mood that he had already forgotten how it felt like to wake up in a refreshing way.And since he woke up on the right side of the bed, a smile immediately spread across Ciel’s face, and it did not vanish even after he fixed his bed, grabbed a towel and his clothes, and even when he went out to go to the bathroom. Even while showering, his smile did not fade at all. In fact, he was also humming a lively song, which clearly depicts his mood.It seems that the conversation he had with Maverick affected his mood, making him feel lively.After showering and getting dressed, Ciel went out of the bathroom with the towel hanging on his shoulder. He was already closing the bathroom door when the door to Maverick’s room opened and revealed the half-naked Maverick, who was also bringing a towel with him.
While walking across the hallway as he was on his way to his third class for the day, Ciel could feel the intense staring the other students were giving him.The little omega could not help but frown. Since he came in the morning, he had been seeing how the other students' looked at him. The professors were doing the same thing. Furthermore, they were not simply staring. Because after glancing at him, people would either murmur, laugh mockingly, or glare at him as if he had done something bad to them.He was so confused as to what was happening. He was wondering if he did something for him to be the center of people's attention. But no matter how many times he thought about it, only two possible reasons came to his mind.The first one was the secret he had been keeping—the secret that he became Maverick's pair. But no one knew about that except him, Maverick, and Raffy. And he trusts Maverick and Raffy to never tell a soul about it. Andrew seemed to know about it as well, but the bast
Ciel made a look of disfavor. “And how did you come up with that conclusion? You know that will only trigger more hostility towards me. Besides, doing that is just like announcing to everyone that the post about us is true.”“But it is the truth, Ciel,” Maverick quickly responded. “It’s true that we are bonded. Even if we try to deny it or make up reasons such as the photo was edited, people won’t still buy that. Since the photo has been publicized, the news of me carrying you towards Andrew’s bedroom has been spreading like wildfire as well. People are not dumb enough to not know how to connect the dots, Ciel. As for how I came up with the conclusion of not leaving your side, that’s because I know that as much as they adore me, they also fear me. Just like Andrew and his minions. If I am on your side, and if they know that you are under my care and protection, they will never do anything to you. Just as I said, they are not dumb, so I am pretty sure that messing with me and the peopl
Ciel's eyes were filled with disbelief as he looked at Maverick, who had a very serious look in his eyes as if it were telling him how Maverick meant every single word he said."You're fine with dying?" he asked in bewilderment."If that's what you want as a punishment, then I won't refuse," Maverick answered right away, completely unfazed by the little omega's question."You're crazy..."Maverick shrugged. "For you? Yes, I am.""And you're shameless too.""That I am.""An idiot, if I may add.""Ye—wait, what? Did you call me an idiot? Me? An idiot?" Maverick even pointed himself with his fingers as he couldn't believe he just got called an idiot."Is there anyone else am I talking to right now? It's just you, right? So yes. It's you I am calling an idiot. You are an idiot. A crazy, shameless idiot. That's what you are."It was Maverick’s turn to be shocked. Like what happened to Ciel a few moments ago, disbelief started filling his face. His mouth agape as his mind was still processi
Maverick took a glance at Ciel. “He seemed to have caught my feelings for you. And so he used you.” And then he turned his gaze to the park again and continued speaking. “He knew I have feelings for you, that I am longing and desperate for you, which was why he came up with that plan. He drugged you and purposely told me to go to his room and get us locked in, forcing us with nowhere to run and can’t do anything but give in to our instincts. Since he knew that you despise alphas, he thought that by doing that, you would end up hating me more than you already are and that it would make me feel miserable. After all, there’s nothing in this world that he wanted to see the most than the day where I would crumble in despair, and he was waiting so much for that day to come. But doing that wasn’t enough for him. He wanted more. He wanted to drag me and my family’s name to dirt. He wanted to humiliate me. And decided to use you again, as he knew that would double the pain and the miserability
The photo posted on the forum appeared to be taken from a CCTV camera, and the uploader simply took a picture of it through the camera.It was blurry, but the lower parts of the two people entangled in the sheets were noticeably blurrier, as if the person who posted the photo did so on purpose. But even if the photo was blurry, there was still no way anyone who had seen it wouldn't know what the two naked people in the photo were doing.They were clearly having sex. It could be clearly seen on the photo as well that the larger man was biting the smaller man’s nape, which only meant one thing—the larger man was marking the smaller man, and the only people capable of doing that were alphas and omegas. And to make matters worse, the uploader mentioned the names of the two naked people in the photo.Maverick Garcia and Ciel Dominguez.Their names were in bold and capital letters, as if the uploader wanted everyone who saw his post to take notice of the names right away. And it worked. It
Maverick never let go of his hands as they walked so quickly, almost running down the hallway. Ciel remained speechless as Maverick dragged him. He was both shocked and confused about what was going on—so much so that he forgot to remove his hand from Maverick's firm grip.And while they were striding in the hallway, every single person they passed by would always let out a loud gasp of surprise and bewilderment. It’s like they had just witnessed something out of the ordinary, which was somewhat right if they’re going to describe the scene they were seeing.Maverick, the most popular and most sought-after alpha, was holding an omega.That was something they had never seen before.“I told you! That post and that photo were true! It was not edited! ”, one of the students they passed by tells her friend, and Ciel hears it.That made the little Omega more confused than he already was. 'What post? What photo are they talking about?'Those questions started filling Ciel’s head. He looked
While walking across the hallway as he was on his way to his third class for the day, Ciel could feel the intense staring the other students were giving him.The little omega could not help but frown. Since he came in the morning, he had been seeing how the other students' looked at him. The professors were doing the same thing. Furthermore, they were not simply staring. Because after glancing at him, people would either murmur, laugh mockingly, or glare at him as if he had done something bad to them.He was so confused as to what was happening. He was wondering if he did something for him to be the center of people's attention. But no matter how many times he thought about it, only two possible reasons came to his mind.The first one was the secret he had been keeping—the secret that he became Maverick's pair. But no one knew about that except him, Maverick, and Raffy. And he trusts Maverick and Raffy to never tell a soul about it. Andrew seemed to know about it as well, but the bast
Ciel awoke in the morning feeling refreshed, and it had been a long time since he had felt that way. For the past couple of years, he has either woken up feeling tired and lethargic or in a bad mood that he had already forgotten how it felt like to wake up in a refreshing way.And since he woke up on the right side of the bed, a smile immediately spread across Ciel’s face, and it did not vanish even after he fixed his bed, grabbed a towel and his clothes, and even when he went out to go to the bathroom. Even while showering, his smile did not fade at all. In fact, he was also humming a lively song, which clearly depicts his mood.It seems that the conversation he had with Maverick affected his mood, making him feel lively.After showering and getting dressed, Ciel went out of the bathroom with the towel hanging on his shoulder. He was already closing the bathroom door when the door to Maverick’s room opened and revealed the half-naked Maverick, who was also bringing a towel with him.
With a shocked expression on his face, Maverick asked Ciel, "I'm cool. You think I'm cool?"Ciel nodded eagerly. "Yeah! You are so fucking cool for breaking this motherfucker's face!" His gaze went back to the photo of Andrew laying on the floor in his bedroom. "Damn! It seems that you did a huge amount of damage on his face. He's bloody, dude! I can't even see which is broken and which is not because of how bloody his face is. But I think his nose is broken. His eyes and lips looked swollen as well. Even his cheekbones seemed to have been broken as well. Goddamn! You just reconstructed Andrew's face; he might need plastic surgery. Seriously, just how long did you keep punching him, and how strong were those punches for him to look like this? Did you imagine him as your punching bag?"Ciel looked and sounded like an excited kid again as a series of questions came out of his mouth nonstop."If I knew this was what you were going to do, I should have tagged along with you and witnessed
"But why? Why did he do it? What does he want from me?”"That... I wasn't able to ask him that yet..." Maverick averted his gaze as if he were embarrassed at his answer."Did you go and talk to him?" Ciel asked with a furrowed forehead."Yeah. I did this morning," Maverick answered."What did you tell him then? What did he say? What did you guys talk about?" Ciel was eager to know what Andrew said as he thought he was finally going to get the answer to some of his questions. But Maverick disappointed him with his answer."We actually are not able to talk.” Maverick’s voice, for some reason, lowered and became soft. It’s as if he didn’t want Ciel to hear him.And why was he acting like that? It’s simply because he didn’t want Ciel to know that he beat Andrew up. Of course Andrew deserves that, but Maverick does not want Ciel to see him as someone who could result in violence. After all, violence and violent people were one of the things the little omega hated.“Huh?” Ciel’s forehead fu