Mint and Honey (SLOW UPDATES)

Chapter 4: Don't Fuck with a Man's Dreams Like That, Roberto

Almost two weeks since Gerard had presented as an alpha, much to everyone's surprise- Even his parents. Donna and Arthur had come home from Aunt Wendy's that night and when they saw him, they instantly knew, although, they could probably smell it permeating from the walls. They had never been so proud of their son. His father was even more proud to find out that his son had also had sex with a girl and was not a 'fairy' - Gerard wanted to keep it that way as long as possible. Donna didn't need to know about it any more than she already did, and Arthur didn't need to know that just because he slept with a girl, that didn't mean he was exclusively into pussy. Gerard liked having a roof over his head, after all.

The one thing he wished he had been told sooner, the one thing that knocked him for a loop, was the one thing that their pack Alpha had neglected to mention until the day before. He had only been informed twenty-four hours prior to the two-week anniversary of his birthday and consequential Alpha status, that he was in for a wild ride. Why his parents had yet to inform him, he had no idea. How he missed this vital information in Biology class, he couldn't give you an answer. He had wondered where Tyler had vanished to when he had also hit that two-week mark, but it didn't seem pertinent to ask at the time.

"Tuh-Two weeks after yuh-you present as an alpha, you...you go into a suh-cycle," Tyler explained as he looked up from the newspaper he was reading that afternoon. The boys were all sitting together without Awsten and Sam who had gone on a date to the movies, and Wayne who was doing chores on the farm.

"I thought it was only omegas." Gerard frowned and looked at Frank with a hand gesture towards him. They were sitting on the long grass in the Springs, just above the hill; they had brought the same plaid blanket from the concert. Tyler and Josh were sitting together on one corner, sharing the daily newspaper. Gerard and Frank were sprawled out lazily over the rest of the blanket, Frank was laying on his back with his knees up, legs over Gerard's lap as the Alpha leaned back and kept himself up with his arms out. The word for the situation itself was 'comfortable'.

"Nuh-Nah. That's a he-heat cycle." Tyler licked his finger and turned the page of the newspaper to continue reading the article he was busy with that was about the Clinton festival, "Alphas have... Whuh-What was it kuh-called again, Josh?" Tyler looked at his boyfriend - secret boyfriend to everyone outside of the group - and Josh looked up from the other page in the newspaper that he was reading about the drought in New Jersey.

"A rut," Josh said idly as he scanned the article with his finger, his brown curls blowing gently in the dry breeze.

"Yeah, exactly, a ruh-rut cycle. It takes a wuh-while for it a-all to hit it's full tuh-tilt one you present and then it huh-hits you like a fuh-fucking wave." Tyler explained, his ears growing pink.

"What happens?" Gerard frowned as a sudden mental image in his head being conjured up of dicks exploding or wolves-gone-mad and fucking rotisserie chickens.

"Imagine the ho-horniest you've ever buh-been..." Tyler started and Gerard nodded, thinking back to when he had started exploring his own right hand and his own asshole, "Then tuh-triple it."

Hang on. Triple?

"Whoa, that sounds awesome." Gerard laughed out loud and a grin spread over his whole mouth at the sheer prospect of the concept that jerking off without being judged is now socially acceptable. He didn't need to hear any more than that.

"It's awful." Tyler shook his head with genuine disagreement and Gerard rolled his eyes. Of course, Tyler would find fault with a full week of jerking off.

"How so?"

"You have an almost constant boner for a week and besides fucking anything that's around, all you wanna do is cry." Tyler looked at whatever Josh was showing him in the newspaper and pursed his lips.