Owning Alpha Forth

chapter six

A year later...

Forth sighs and pulls off his necktie. He feels like his own clothes are strangling him and he is now having his massive headache. When will he ever feel relief after having a lengthy conversation with his own family? That would be a miracle he can never have because his own family is as stubborn as he is.

It has been a year again and his and Pete's wedding is still out of the question. What can he do about it? Pete was not only able to finish his commitments but he also got signed for an opportunity of his lifetime. Who is he to hinder his fiancée's dreams?

And that is where the problems lie.

He does understand and he is willing to wait for Pete, but his and Pete's families alike are getting mad for no valid reason. They cannot be open-minded and happy for Pete having the peak of his career is now enjoying his life, and marriage is out of sight for the indefinite time.

This really crushes his head.

Trying to take his nap, he closes his eyes and sighs again.

His relationship with Pete did not change over the months he thought it would. Pete is special to him, but he still cannot say to himself that he already sees him in any romantic way. Pete is an amazing person and he will always be a fan of his hard work, he will always be by his side supporting him—but that is it. He wants to laugh at himself and just throw his heart elsewhere. Why cannot he just teach himself to love Pete the way he is supposed to?

Because you know to yourself how much you are still longing for your doctor...

Fuck.

It is almost two years since he last saw Beam... but who is he kidding? He may not be seeing Beam in person but he always gets news about him. For what it is worth, he does not hate him as much as he did before. He is still hurting for what the doctor did to him, but he cannot keep such hatred any longer. Time did not heal him because he knew there was only one way to fully heal—time simply made realize a lot of things.

He just wants to talk to Beam because he is so goddamn tired of hating him. The year that passed proved to him that all he wants now is a proper closure.

Maybe then he can Pete the way he is supposed to. Maybe he can finally fall in love with his own fiancée.

He opens his eyes and simply stares at the ceiling.

He can clearly remember the night Pete asked him if he wanted to have children and the answer is still the same. He wants to have a big family with lots of children he can love. He always wanted to have his own big family because he never had any siblings. He does not want his future child to be alone and experience what he did. He wanted them to have the childhood he did not get to experience himself.

A small smile curves on his lips.

Someday maybe. Someday.

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Beams sighs when he sees his son sulking again for no reason. Sometimes, he really just wants to cry the very moment he does this because he really cannot handle him anymore and he is barely two years old! He is only a year and a half and he is already causing chaos!

His son Yves is not only an Alpha—his child is a genius.

"But I want to go to the mall! Mom, you promised me!"

"But, baby..." He is really close to breaking down. "Mommy needs to be in the clinic with your Daddy Tin. Didn't you also promise me that you would behave today with your babysitter?"

Having a genius child, an Alpha on top of that, is something Beam is not prepared for. Like he said, Yves is only a year and a half, but he can already talk. Plus, he is a big baby with his height and weight. He is like a boss baby and with each day that passes, he continues to grow more and more like...

He cannot even say his name.

He almost forgot about Wayo's and Phana's news for them—Wayo is already pregnant. It is very much highly likely that their baby would be an Alpha, too, because he heard that Phana's lineage is strong from its previous generations. That news made him really happy, but he cannot even begin to think about what Wayo is about to experience with his childbirth. All he can do is send his moral support.

He sighs again. He is about to speak when someone knocks on the door.

"How's my favorite boy?"

Yves immediately cheered up upon seeing Tin and he ran as fast as he could to him. All he can do is sigh in relief and let himself fall on the sofa. He has been feeling more tired and stressed these couple of days. Having Yves and seeing him healthy is the best thing he can ever ask for, but it sure is really draining.

Tin finally looks at him. "I closed the clinic for today until tomorrow. You have to rest, plus this little kiddo wants to go out today." The younger doctor grins. "Come on, mommy, let's go to the mall and give this kiddo what he wants."

Chuckling, he forces himself up. "Okay, okay, but only if you two promise me that you will let me sit out all your plans. I'm really tired."

"You heard your mom, kiddo."

"Yay!"

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Forth did not expect to see himself in a toy store, but he is already here. The moment that Wayo shared his news that he is finally pregnant—all he can think about is buy the baby lots and lots of toys even if it would not be at least nine months until he meets the baby. He chuckles to himself, he must be really excited to see his friends' children and he can already picture himself to be the godfather who spoils them.

He can picture himself with his own kids, but that would be too impossible as of today. Not only that Pete is still busy and they have not talked about their proper plans for the wedding. He does not even know if Pete would like to have children at all.

Sighing, he just shook his head. He needs to buy all that he can before he loses his mind here.

Just when he was about to turn around—a kid bumps into him.

"Ow!"

"Oh, sorry! Are you okay?

He immediately squatted to help the kid up. He did not cry which was a relief to him. But his relief did not last long when he could face the kid. As if he was punched right in his chest, this kid looks vaguely familiar to him as if he has seen him before.

The kid looks at him seriously, but then he smiles. "I'm okay. I'm a big boy now."

His chest suddenly tightens that he had to clench his fist over it. He suddenly cannot breathe properly.

"M-Mister? How about you? Y-You don't look like you're okay. Did I cause you boo-boo? I can kiss your boo-boo if it hurts."

He blinks and he did not expect that he would be blinking out his tears.

The kid immediately cups his face with his tiny hands and kisses his cheek despite his tears. "You'll be okay, mister. Your boo-boo will go away soon because I kissed it already. My mom says kisses always work."

Right there and then, he wanted to hug the kid... but the kid already steps back and picks up the toy he did not know slipped off his hand. He hands it to him.

"I'm going now, mister. Bye-bye!"