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IX

chapter name: 7

Alex Pov

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I had just got out of lunch with my Alpha friend, he understood the situation and had no problem coming to help if it was necessary. All he wanted me to know and do in advance was that an Omega in their first head was almost fool-proof to send him into rut, so he wouldn't be able to stay for more than hour intervals at a time, all Alex had to do was explain that to Karl. Hopefully the heat hadn't gotten to bad during his nap, but when Alex approached the door to Karl's room he realized that was not the case and the boy was infact now fully in heat.

Seeing as he was a beta the scent wouldn't cause anything to happen to him, but it would cause him to naturally be a lot nicer, and more caring to the omega.

I slowly opened the door to Karl's room and didn't see him in the living room, his smell was strong near his actual bedroom so I tossed my phone on the couch and took off my shoes before starting to walk over to his door. I slightly knocked and I heard some muffled shuffling before I heard his weak voice, "Come in" I cracked open the door and then went all the way in. Karl was sitting in his bed, and when I walked in all the way I could smell the difference in the room. I walked to the corner of the room and found him tucked into my hoodie in his small nest.

When he looked up and saw it was me he smiled, weakly. So I smiled back.

Karl pov

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After Alex smiled at me, I got a whiff of his scent and I could smell the Alpha on him, it made me sad. I tried to remind myself that he wasn't my mate and barely even my friend, and he could talk to whoever he wanted, especially an Alpha who is trying to help me. But my childish instincts took over and I felt my eyes start to get glassy as my smile faded. The constant heat wasn't nice, my whole body hurt like it was begging for something, I could barely move and that was just making me hotter, the scent of Alex's hoodie wasn't working anymore and my stupid instincts thought that he didn't want me. All of it was to much for me and I started quietly crying, Alex didn't notice until I reached up and wiped the tear off my cheek.

He quickly got onto the floor and crawled into the nest with me. I looked at his nervous face and just held my arms out, god I felt like a child but he got the message. A moment later I was pulled into his lap and I just cried, he rubbed circles into my back and hummed, he didn't say anything. Once I calmed down a bit I tried to explain what happened. "I'm so hot, the hoodie scent went away, I didn't sleep well, and since you've been talking with that alpha now I feel sad. I know I shouldn't but these stupid honking instincts are getting in the way. I hate this so much I really do."