Peppermint Omega

13

It was super late when I got home from my chat with Mr. Fa. He was always so funny, but he always made me work for what I wanted. Every time it came for me to pay, he refused and made me do labor instead. Cheeky bastard. I chuckled, but little did he know, I had been stuffing my payment inside his golden fish statue. Teehee.

I felt light as a feather after talking with him about some serious things as well as nonsensical things, too. It truly had been a while. Over six months since I had seen them last. I don't know how I ended up being comfortable with them, but we were, and I didn't want to jinx it. No matter how long it had been or how often I'd come [for a while it had been nearly every day for 3 months], they always treated me the same. I liked that.

With that lightness in my heart, I had a little bounce to my step and decided that I didn't want to go home. I have never really explored the city. Really never at night. A lot of my time was spent researching and looking at reviews, really deciding if the place was worth everyone else's opinion. I remembered the day that I found Dim Sum, Dim Nut-tin.

It was just by chance. One of the places, a used book store, the internet gave good reviews on had suddenly been empty. Apparently for a while, which made me mad, but I saw their small neon sign and was greeted by the most delicious smells.

Finding a new treasure by chance might be fun. I shrugged at myself and huffed slowly down unfamiliar streets. The sky was dark now and the bright signs looked more prominent, attracting my eye. Several of the boutiques were preparing to close for the evening, while others were already locked up tight with their metal cages pulled down around their window displays.

I chuckled as I walked past Rabbit Hole. They were a sex shop and bravely displayed their stock in the window. Of course, nothing phallus shaped was on the forefront or parents would lose their minds. Only little paws, rosebuds, eggs, and strings of beads hung across the display, with a headless mannequin on their knees in a cute little fluffy robe. Its arms were in a rigid position, palms up, to hold a couple large boxes with lotus insignia.

Heat fanned across my face as recognition jarred a few memories loose. It was a knot, specifically an alpha's knot. Muddy Waters had figured out how to replicate the expansion of a knot in toy form. Absolute game changer for those who didn't have one during heats. That didn't matter to me. I didn't experience heats like a normal omega, due to the abuse of those inhibitors. I just hoped that Mooncake would be okay.

I stopped in my tracks, on the edge of the sidewalk just before crossing toward the train station. My hands slid over my pudgy center, pressing into the softness of it. What was I doing? Was I going to keep it? Could I keep it? What about that smart ass kid? I shivered at the thought.

No, no. I shook my head. He knew nothing about it. I mean, maybe he knew my scent was slightly different, but I wasn't going to ruin his life with this. That was for certain. He was young, had his own hopes and dreams, and a light in his eyes. If he knew this, he would never leave me alone.. or would he?

Stepping backwards a few paces, I changed direction after consulting my phone. There was a 24 hour minimart close by and I had a craving for ice. As soon as the idea popped in my head, I could feel the coolness in my mouth. I needed it.

It was turning into Fall, with chillier nights and shorter days. During this time, I would stay away from overly cold things, like ice. Something was definitely off. 'Mooncake,' I muttered, a bit bothered, this thing was changing my whole life.

The plastic chair groaned under my weight. I had figured the metal frame under the plastic would be able to hold me up, but I wasn't bothered enough to move. I watched the slow traffic out of the minimart's window as I sunk my spoon into my XXL foam cup full of ice chips.

The store's attendant seemed a bit annoyed when I came up with the ice. We had a whole conversation about him having to charge me for the cup. I didn't care about paying for the damned cup. I just wanted to complete this transaction without conversation, but he felt relieved when I just paid cash and didn't offer a rebuttal.

Sitting there, my shoulders sagged as I shoveled another spoonful in my mouth. Little voice had immediately vetoed the idea of abortion. Though children were never in our future, this was a small surprise. Especially mulling over the doctor's words of how small my uterus was and it being impossible for pregnancy. It seemed like Mooncake was my only chance.

According to them, I was nearly 10 weeks along - doing the math, that was the time I had sex with him. I had explained to the doctor we had used condoms, and embarrassingly admitted it was several of them. They were all over the room when I tidied up. But the doctor explained that I could still become pregnant from precum and more so, if the condoms ruptured or if I was knotted.

I sat back in the chair. It groaned again in protest. Leaving the spoon in my mouth after the last deposit, I thought back, trying not to get aroused by the flashes of memory. Was there knotting? Lucian did admit to being on his rut, but he also assured me he had an inhibitor. Would he have knotted me still?

'Oh god,' I said as I realized and stood up. He was still inside of me when I got up. Well, there it was.

I drank some of the melted water, and didn't want to take the cup with me, but I had finished a majority of the ice, before I tossed it away. The trip back home was slow I had to walk most of the way because the bus routes at night had longer wait times. It wasn't worth it when I could just hoof it.

My legs and feet hurt as I made my way up the apartment stairs. Normally, I had no problem making up to the 4th floor. Maybe I was a little sweaty and huffing, but my legs didn't want to give out like they did now. That is what I get for wanting to be lazy. Maybe after I have this baby, I'll start to get in shape. I will have to run after a child. For some reason that made my heart skip. Run after a child.. my child..

Sweat ran down my back and beaded across my forehead, but none of it bothered me. Thoughts of what Mooncake would look like bounced around my head. Right now, I only thought of Moonie as a bright light blue fluff ball - I don't know why. It just felt right. They were so cute and squishy, in my mind.

I finally got to the last step leading to my floor and felt all the aches of walking all over the city leave my body. I had to just round this corner and my apartment door would be in view. My smile fell from my face as a lump sat at my door.

That very lump lifted up its head and mean looking demon eyes stared back at me. He completely rose to his full height and stalked over to me. I shook with fear as his pheromones were deadly. 'Where the hell have you been, Quinton?'