Ciel's eyes were wide open, and his mouth was agape as he stared at the person next to him, who was sound asleep without even a single cloth on his body.Ciel blinked a couple of times, rubbed his eyes, and even pinched his cheeks, wanting to be sure that what he was seeing was real and not just a dream. And when he felt a sting on his cheeks, that's when he knew that what he was seeing was not just a dream or an imagination of his, but a reality—which he does not want to believe.Ciel felt the blood drain from him as he continued to stare at the person next to him who was none other than the person he disliked the most—Maverick Garcia.“What happened? Why are we together like this? Why is Maverick with me?”From Maverick, Ciel's eyes went to his own body. He examined his body, and his eyes widened even more upon seeing lots of kisses and bite marks on his body.His chests, most especially his nipples, were red and swollen as if an insect sucked and bit on them. There are also a couple
A day before...“Come on, Ciel. Let’s go together. I’m sure it’ll be fun!”Ciel rolled his eyes for the third time when he heard his closest friend, Raffy, pleading.From the moment Ciel arrived at their class, Raffy has already been pestering him about going to Andrew, their alpha classmate’s, birthday party.Ciel had already told Raffy that he has no plans to go because, first of all, he’s not close with Andrew, and second, he was not invited by the birthday celebrant, and he’s not that bold enough to crash a birthday party of someone he barely even interacted with. But Raffy continued to be persistent, acting like he didn’t hear all the reasons he had told him why he did not want to go.“We’re in our third year now, and we’ve never been to a single party or even gatherings with our classmates or with anyone. Are you not even a bit curious about how it feels to hang out with them?”“No,” Ciel immediately replied.“But I am,” Raffy said while pouting.“Then go to that party. It’s not
Ciel immediately heard the horns of the tricycles and jeepneys after exiting the college building's gate. Some of the drivers were also personally calling his attention, asking him if he wanted to ride, but he politely declined all of them.The house where he rented a room is only a few walks away, so there was no need for him to take a ride, which was one of the things he highly considered when he decided to move out of their home and live on his own.After more than ten minutes, Ciel finally reached the house, entered it, and was greeted by Lala, the lovely old Omega landlady, who was sitting on the couch and was watching her favorite telenovela.“How were your classes, Ciel? Were they entertaining enough to keep you from falling asleep?”Ciel smiled at the kind landlady. “A bit boring, but not too boring for me to be asleep.”Lala gave back Ciel's smile and nodded as a response to his answer. She then proceeded to say, “I cooked banana fritters and left some for you. Go get them in
When Ciel went out of the bathroom, fully dressed, he saw Raffy sitting on his bed again. But unlike a moment ago, Raffy was not eating a banana fritter anymore and was just quietly sitting while staring and scrolling at his phone, which was abruptly stopped as well the moment he felt Ciel's stares on him.“If you're going to ask for the banana fritter, I already ate it. Since it seems that you don't want it anymore anyway,” Raffy said when Ciel started walking towards the bed.Ciel sat beside Raffy before dragging the table to be in front of him.“How did you enter my room? As far as I remember, I locked my door,” Ciel asked, ignoring what Raffy had just said.But Raffy seemed to not mind that at all and just answered Ciel's question. “The usual. I borrowed the spare key from Lala.”“I already told you to stop doing that. Stop bothering Lala.”“If you answered right away after I came knocking on your door while calling out your name, then I wouldn't have to bother Lala for the spare
Andrew's birthday party was hosted in one of the Martinez's three mansions, which Ciel and Raffy never expected to see in person because they had only seen pictures of it, yet they were already inside of it.Ciel and Raffy arrived for Andrew's birthday party about seven o'clock. It was still early, but the crowd was already packed, and Ciel had already seen a few people so drunk that they couldn't even stand on their own two feet, causing Ciel's face to wince.He had just arrived, but he already wanted to go home.“Wow. It's... loud,” Raffy said in amazement while looking around.The two of them were standing near the crowded swimming pool, and they were surrounded with drunk and tipsy people; some they were familiar with, and some were people they'd never met. Everyone around them was going wild.“So this is how rich people party,” Raffy muttered again as he was still not done looking around.“It’s so fucking loud,” Ciel replied in annoyance.“Of course it would be loud. It wouldn’t
“Maverick! You’re finally here!” Andrew exclaimed in excitement and gladness upon seeing Maverick making his way towards them. “What took you so long, man? The party has already started, and the guys have been waiting for you!” He asked after Maverick had finally arrived in front of him.“I had to settle some things,” Maverick answered in his usual cold and nonchalant tone, completely oblivious to how excited Andrew is with his arrival.“By settling some things... Do you mean settling your family, or your grandfather, to be more specific?" Andrew asked with one of his brows raised. Curiosity could also be heard in his voice as he asked that question.But the expression on Andrew’s face changed in an instant—his curiosity dissipating and nervousness took over—when Maverick's face darkened, an indication that he disliked the question that came out of Andrew's mouth.“Mind your own business, Andrew,” Maverick said in a colder tone, also accompanying it with his strong pheromones. And bec
“Rather than just staring at me, how about you stop emitting your pheromones first and then apologize to us?”Ciel's voice was just as cold as his eyes, which stared at Maverick, who was meeting his eyes with still a nonchalant expression.“What did you just say?” Maverick asked in his usual cold voice.Ciel rolled his eyes.“So you're not only a selfish and arrogant bastard. You're also deaf—that or you're just plain stupid to comprehend a very simple sentence.”Another set of gasps of disbelief has erupted from the crowd. Even the omegas that were about to leave had stopped and turned to look at Maverick and Ciel, staring at every expression they were making and nervously waiting for what’s going to happen next.It isn’t the first time Maverick and Ciel have crossed paths and been at each other’s throats.For some reasons, the little omega, unlike the others who would even want to lick Maverick’s foot if given a chance, hated the dominant alpha so much. Although, to be fair, Ciel dis
“Ciel!” Raffy exclaimed after Ciel that taunting remark.The beta wanted to stop his little omega friend from opening his mouth and saying another word that could get the both of them in trouble.They were already disliked by their fellow students, and Raffy does not want to worsen their already bad reputation. But as always, Ciel did not let him stop him.“I know that dominant alphas tend to be intelligent people, but I guess there's an exception to that. And that exception just happened to be right in front of me,” Ciel said again, a grin spreading across his face.There was no way such teasing remarks could make Ciel go flustered and speechless. He's heard a lot of insults and derogatory terms for simply being an omega that, as time passes, do not affect him anymore. Besides, it's not like Maverick was wrong about omegas being affected by alpha pheromones, so why did he think that would be enough to make Ciel mad and lose his patience?Instead of losing his patience, Maverick's tea
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