Together

chapter four.

No matter what Sunghoon did to keep his mind occupied, his thoughts always came back to a certain brown-haired boy. At first, he could keep himself from thinking about Jake, but as the days went on, the boy had wormed his way into Sunghoon's mind.

Today was no exception. As Sunghoon roamed the library trying to find some books for his economics class, the smell of honey attacked his nose, causing his heart rate to pick up.

Looking around the small space, he looked for Sunoo, momentarily forgetting the younger boy was still in class. He made eye contact with another boy and quite literally stopped breathing. Sunghoon looked into the boy's brown eyes that were so new but felt so familiar, soft, and welcoming.

"Oh...I-It's you," Jake says, chuckling awkwardly. Honestly, Sunghoon didn't know how to take that comment.

"Um...Jake, right?" the taller of the two questions. As the words left his mouth, Sunghoon could feel his embarrassment crash down on him in tremendous waves. Jake gave him a small smile nodding his head.

"Yeah. I'm surprised you even remember my name seeing as you bolted from the cafe," he says.

"I'm sorry about that day. It shouldn't have happened like that."

"No worries. Your omega was there. I understand," Jake says with a forced smile. Sunghoon's frown deepens as he notices Jake forcing himself to smile.

"I'm Sunghoon. Park Sunghoon," Sunghoon says in a vain attempt to introduce himself.

"Jake Sim," was Jake's reply as he stuck his hand out towards the taller. Sunghoon looks at his hand for a second before awkwardly taking it, giving Jake's hand a shake. Once their skin made contact, both boys felt their nerves jump until they released each other's hands.

"So um, I googled it," Sunghoon says after a minute.

"And what exactly is "it" Jake questions, his head tilting to the side slightly.

"Oh um, the whole two mates thing. I googled it," Sunghoon says before beginning to explain in further detail.

"Apparently, it used to be a pretty common occurrence ten or so years ago. It wasn't a lot of people but a good majority of the population found out they had two or even three mates. It was mainly something that happened to alpha's but omega's would have more than one mate too."

Jake nods slowly as he processes the information.

"So which are you?"
"Huh?"

"Alpha or omega?" Jake questions. Sunghoon smirks a bit

"Alpha of course," he says with a proud smile.

"Nice. I'm a beta," Jake says and Sunghoon nods. It made sense. Usually both alphas and omegas had prominent scents which could be overwhelming at times, but Jake's was a perfect balance. It was present but not enough to be overwhelming. It was nice.

"Have you gone here long? I don't think I've seen you around campus," Sunghoon questions. Despite being on a large campus he was very observant and could easily remember faces.

"I just transferred here from my school in Australia," Jake explains.

"Wow Australia? I've never been out of the country."

"Really? Well um Australia is nice but I've always lived there. When I got the opportunity to study abroad I took it. Change of scenery."

"I was going to go to America to study but then I met Sunoo and decided to stay," Sunghoon says, his lips lifting into a smile for a second before he frowns.

"Sorry," he mutters glancing at Jake.

"Why are you apologizing? He's your mate right? You don't have to apologize for mentioning him."