His Miraculous Tiger {AoKaga}

Saturday

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Since Seirin would not have matches on Thursday or Friday, the routine basically returned to normal, as far as possible. Taiga attended classes and trained hard in  basketball. After that he would go home, using the routes created by Akashi, he was always accompanied by Kuroko and Kise, eventually sensing the presence of Midorima or Murasakibara in the surroundings.

Daiki showed up on both days to check that everything was ok. The mental link and bond was not enough. The Alpha needed to see it with his own eyes to seal the certainty.

Aomine didn't spend either of the two nights in the apartment. But his presence never completely departed. Kagami knew he was nearby, up all night. Probably sleeping heavily during the first period of classes. Nothing that deviated from the routine or caused strangeness, his teachers were already used to it.

The Pack was one hundred percent on alert. And nothing unusual happened. No unknown Beta or Alpha approached, not even out of curiosity to meet the Omega who was becoming famous in the shifter community.

Nor did they hear from Kirisaki Daichi or Hanamiya Makoto. Himuro's cell phone remained silent, not receiving calls, texts or emails. Nor from the boy's family, who were still in the United States. This made Taiga thrash, thinking about calling Tatsuya's home phone, but the idea soon faded from his mind. It was not customary for him to make such contact, not even when he lived oversea.

He didn't want to leave room for his brother's family to suspect something was wrong. They would panic. He couldn't imagine the scale of consequences that abduction would bring. Perhaps he acted unfairly, but he preferred to make sure he brought Himuro to safety before anything else.

In addition to everything that was happening, there was something else. A certain indefinite mood. Or maybe "weather" wasn't the right word. The atmosphere, the air, everything, it looked different. Ever since the lunar cycle had changed and the crescent had completed its path until it gave way to the Flood, something... was hovering around. Taiga's inner animal was restless and anxious in an inexplicable way.

But it was inexplicable only until Saturday morning. Yes, that night; finally, there would be such a... blessed... consummation.

The penny fell on Kagami. And in a painful way.

As soon as he got out of bed, restlessness and apprehension seized him. Not even his supernatural calmness was enough to touch him. He took a long time pacing in circles around the room, with a sour taste in his mouth and his heart racing.

He was so nervous that he ignored all of Daiki's attempts at contact. In fact, he practically ran from them, blocking his mind from any outside thoughts. The presence of three of the Betas in the vicinity didn't calm him either. On the contrary, Everything, absolutely everything, was a painful reminder of the mess his life had become.

Less than a month ago, Taiga was just a 16 yrs old basketball addict whose only concern was to become the best sportsman and raise his failing grades. Suddenly, he'd passed through an invisible portal and fallen headlong into a supernatural world, where he'd discovered he was a shifter, and the rarest kind, by the way.

He had begun to feel strange things, reality had taken on more refined colors and shapes, transformed by his heightened senses. He had discovered a wild and wise animal that lived in his soul. And he had a mate, an Alpha, with whom he had bonded and whom he had agreed to bond with.

He'd been through so much discovery without major outbreaks. Maybe the shifter part of him helped him a lot in the process. In any case, Kagami had easily accepted the idea of ​​not being human. Alpha's pleasant presence was well received. Physical contact was good.