"Would you date an alpha?" Taehyung asks.
Jeongguk smiles wryly, "I did once, the fucker wanted to experiment with a beta. Then told me that omegas are better," he sneers.
He turns to Taehyung to see pity on his face, but his eyes show a different story.
"I won't treat you like that." It's a quiet mumble, but it doesn't go unheard by Jeongguk.
The younger knows that Taehyung likes him, he likes him too. He would've loved to date an alpha like him, if only he wasn't a beta.
"Tae, you don't want to date a stuck up beta, believe me." He lets out a deprecating laugh.
"You being a beta doesn't matter, Guk." The elder says, gently.
"It does, it will matter when you'll want to have kids, it will matter when your alpha would want an omega." A tear slips from the corner of his eye.
Taehyung scoots closer to him, "My alpha wants you, not an omega or an alpha or any other beta."
It's been six months since he's roommates with Taehyung, but it's the first time he has blatantly put his desire in words.
"Everyone out there is throwing themselves at you. Say the word and they'll be on their knees. Then why me?"
The alpha wraps his arms around his shoulders, "I don't want a quick fuck from you, if that's what you're implying."
Jeongguk shakes his head, "I know, hyung. But we betas, it's like we're leftovers and there's some fault in me. I feel like I fit nowhere."
Taehyung curls his finger under his chin, "You feel like that because you think you should be an omega or an alpha. You're not accepting yourself as the beta you are."
Jeongguk feels exposed, as if the elder has read him thoroughly. He casts his gaze downwards.
"Do you want to know what I think about betas?"
Jeongguk nods in response, he feels a hand caressing his shoulder.
"I think betas are wonderful, I feel like they can fulfill roles of both alphas and omegas. I'm aware that they're not as dominant as alphas or as submissive as omegas, but they're like the meeting point of both alphas and omegas."
The younger ponders over his words silently, for a few moments.
"Why do we need betas, if there's no shortage of alphas and omegas?" He asks him.
"I think we need someone to balance out alphas and omegas, that's what betas do."
Since childhood, Jeongguk was taught that betas are an anomaly. They play no role in the society, but listening to Taehyung's insight might've just affected his mindset.
"Do you...like my scent?" Jeongguk questions in a small voice.
Taehyung raises his eyebrows at the question, "Do you remember the day when I came from my classes and I had this painful headache?"
Jeongguk frowns in confusion but hums in agreement.
"And then when you came back to the dorms and sat beside me, my headache had vanished." He gives him a small smile.
Jeongguk recalls that day and now that he hears it, it does seem fishy how his headache disappeared. He opens his mouth to ask but Taehyung beats him to it.
"It was because of your scent, you have a cinnamon scent and I love it." The elder admits it so honestly that Jeongguk's heart flutters.
"S-should I scent you?" he asks nervously.
Taehyung's eyes widen comically and Jeongguk thinks he fucked up.
"Only i-if you want –"
"Yes, please." The elder interrupts him.
It's not that they don't have any skinship in between them, it's just that they haven't scented each other, ever.
Jeongguk nods timidly and looks at how close they are, he can't remember the last time he scented someone. He looks at the elder's inviting lap and decides to take the leap.
/Fuck it/
Jeongguk throws his leg on the other side of Taehyung's thigh, he looks up to see his reaction, The alpha looks pleasantly surprised.
Now that he's in his lap, he hesitantly grips his shoulder and inches closer towards the crook of his neck, where the scent gland is.
He noses his jaw and then rubs his cheek on the scent gland slowly. The beta feels arms circling around his waist.
His breath hitches, and he presses his lips on the alpha's neck. The younger feels the hold on his waist tightening at the gesture.
Jeongguk leans back and sees Taehyung opening his eyes, slowly. He smiles widely at the beta.
The elder tucks a strand of the younger's hair behind his ears, making Jeongguk avert his gaze to the floor. The beta feels his face heating up.
"I'm yours now, everyone will back off." He squeezes his waist.
Jeongguk blinks, "Do you want to be .... mine?" he whispers the last word.
"Yes, I've wanted to be yours for a long time now." The alpha answers without missing a beat.
"But the question is... do /you/ want to be mine?" Taehyung looks at him intently.
"Tae, I – I.... the thing is that I'm not an alpha or an omega, what if you try to find them in me or what if one day you realize that I'm not enough" He presses his lips and sighs.
"... I don't want to be hurt, not again." He murmurs tiredly.
"I'm in love with you, not with your secondary gender." Taehyung says in a determined voice.
That shuts him up, the younger looks at him alarmingly, with wide eyes, "....you love...I – really?.."
Taehyung smiles, "Yeah, both me and my alpha love you."
"Oh hyung, I'm going to disappoint you." Jeongguk smiles sardonically.
The alpha clenches his jaw, "Jeongguk, you could /never/ disappoint me. I want to date you, the person you are, I don't really give a shit if you leak slick or knot."
Jeongguk gasps and presses his forehead against the elder's shoulder.
"Hyung, why are you so crude? Oh god." He says, mortified
"Though, I'm absolutely sure that both me and my dick are attracted to you."
Jeongguk whines in embarrassment.
Taehyung cups his jaw so that he could face him, "I do love you, Guk. If you'd let me, I'll take you out on a date."
Jeongguk holds Taehyung's hand cradling his face, "Okay, but if you change your mind, I'll punch you."
The alpha chuckles, "Okay, promise." He brushes his knuckles on his cheeks.
Jeongguk understands the underlying meaning of his sentence, he promises him acceptance and love.
("You know, if you wanted to sit in my lap, you could've just said it."
Jeongguk looks flustered, "N-no that's not why I scented you." He argues weakly.
Taehyung snorts at his reasoning.
"And if you wanted me to scent you, you could've just said it. No need to steal my hoodie, hyung."
Taehyung sheepishly smiles and rubs the back of his neck, "I love you, that's why."
With crimson on his cheeks, he grins. "I'll try to love you too, Tae."
And with the way, Taehyung's eyes turn into crescents while his mouth turns into a box, Jeongguk thinks he can accept himself.)
- end.
(A/N: thank you for reading <33)
