Not what you thought.

Nige'i

  My mates are so cute, we have been in school for 6 months now, and winter break is coming soon. We all decided that our family should come see us so everyone can meet instead of forcing the other 2 to go home with one person. I've noticed Mikah trying to hide this white patch of hair at the front of his head, I think it's a birthmark thing but I'm not sure about that or why he wants to hide it.
  I decided to learn saxophone. Right now I'm working on a song cover for class, but when I play it with the words, nothing sounds right. I want to tweak the notes, but I can't find anyone that sounds good with how I want the song to flow. I have looked at almost every video of people singing this song, but still nothing feels or sounds right.
  "There's no harm in asking one of our mates if they can sing or if they know anyone who can, right?"
   I never thought of that, I've been trying to get the assignment over with so I can go talk to Walter. He says he's having a hard time focusing on his schoolwork. He thinks it has something to do with the fact that he hasn't shifted in a long time, but the reason that we can't do that at school is there are humans that go here and the woods aren't deep enough for a dragon. As his alpha, I can suppress his dragon long enough for him to make it to winter break and hopefully his dragon won't hate me too much and let him shift. To get this assignment outta the way, I go to Mikah's dorm. Ain't it great we are on the same floor? Though, he never closes his door so I push the door open. He is on the floor spread out like a starfish and spaced all the way out. I sit down beside him and grab his nose in between my thumb and forefinger. It doesn't take long for him to gasp for air.
   "What the hell is wrong with you? All you had to do was tap me or say something you TWIT!! What if I was passed out and didn't come up for air?! UGH I'm gonna give you back to your dad the MOMENT I see him!!"
   "You know I could have, but where's the fun in that?? Plus, if you're that spaced out, you should close your door all the way, you could get kidnapped" I say matter-of-factly and nod knowing I'm right. He just gives me that 'the hell did you just say' look, you know the look.
   "Ok well you didn't come here to kidnap me, so what do you want?" He is now sitting criss-cross facing me with his head tilted to the side.
   "Ok so....first why do you hide your birthmark? Like bro it's super cute, I mean hell, I like it and you know Angel will too. So why hide it? You didn't think I noticed didn't you? Haha I did, I see everything!!" I get real odd when I'm with them like my mouth kinda just runs with whatever my mind is thinking about at the moment. No filter included!! He just gave me that look of 'yep you sure do.'
   "Ok so I'm just going to say you didn't need anything and kick you out now ok sir?"
"Not ok!! I really need to finish this thing for my musicians class but the cover I'm doing doesn't sound right with how I want to play it. Omari said I should ask one of you and your the closest, also I have to help my Beta before his beast forces his way out and breaks the school." All of that was said in one breath and all he did was nod.
  "Oh ok well I guess I can help, what's the song, I'll see what I can do. Don't laugh, I'm not the best at singing." I slide my laptop to him and he perks up, I guess he knows the song. Cool one less step.
   " 'Alone together' is one of my favorite songs so you are in luck, mister . So the first verse right? Ok so I'll start and you set me straight."
   "I'd love to, but we have work to do. Shhhhh you set yourself up for that one, come on time to sing."
   Then he starts to sing;
A deafening silence
You're almost exactly what I need
A definite maybe
Is sure to entice my curiosity
I can't help but think that this doesn't add up
I'm trying to separate the facts from all the fiction
We're living in a world of contradictions
And if baby you're the truth then I'm lying next to you"
  Oh my GOSH!! I'm never going to get done with this thing. He sounded so close to how Daley sounds in the song he just has that shaky thing with his voice. He wasn't lying when he said head a Billie Holiday fan. He was so good I almost forgot to play and when I did he adjusted to it perfectly and it worked. It worked so well, I might just have to let Walter break the building I don't know, it sounds like we might be out of a few classrooms.
   "Come on you dimwit just tell him you need to run, but you'll be back to record what he just did." Omar keeps me in place ain't he just so sweet.
   "Ok bug that was great, but I have to run right quick and fix a dragon problem, but when I come back we are gonna record what we just did. I taped what we did so listen to that and practice what you want to fix or things I could fix."
   I get close and cup his face with both hands and curses his cheeks with my thumbs. Looking deep in his eyes he did such a good job how could I not praise my Myx?!
   "You have been calling him a fucking exercise bike for the longest and I can't laugh at you anymore. It's just sad at this point it's minx, but that would be for Angel. To call Mikah something along those lines would be tempter or menace." I reply with a simple 'fuck you.'
   "You did so good just now love. Be good for me while I go help my Beta, Ok? I won't be gone too long I promise, just practice a bit from what I played and this should be a breeze." He leaned into my touch, closed his eyes and nodded. I backed away and when I lost contact with his warmth he whimpered and fu*k my life I wanted to hold him, but I won't have time to help fix a school if I do. I'm gonna beat Walter past the grave and bring him back just to do it again!!
   When I get to Walter's dorm, he's on the floor doubled over and sweating like crazy. I ran to him and Omari took over, " Mark calm down. I understand your need to shift but we are not in a place where you can do that so calm yourself and let your human get through to the break." Mark is Walter's dragon who normally can control his need to shift, but for some reason he just isn't listening.
"Omari we have a problem and I'm not sure I can take it any longer!! The smell that comes from him is making my life-" Just then some guy walks in and Walter's eyes go dark. I know that look, but I'm not sure either one of them are ready for this, so as his alpha I try and calm my beta before he scares this poor man.
   "Walter you will calm the hell down and Mark fu*king submit!! You can't force your mark on him if he doesn't want it. What the hell happens if you do and he rejects you? Think about what you're doing and what it'll mean or do." Ok so I know the rejection card is a low blow, but how else was I gonna get them to see reason and plus he calmed down so I think I did a good job. I mean I feel like I did anyway. He nods at me then looks at his mate. What he says next hurts my heart, "I'm sure this isn't what you want so I'll move rooms so you don't have to worry about it." My beta has never been ashamed of who he likes, but he's also not one of those guys that throws it in your face with every step he takes.
      Walter stands to his feet and looks at me with pleading eyes and I just nod. "I, James Wallace of the mountain peak tribe, reject you, Walace Perez as my mate." You could see the pain in Walter's eyes, but he just took a deep breath in, looked at the a$s wipe and accepted the rejection. "Come on bro, I'll see if I can get someone from the clan to help move your stuff and I'll handle the paperwork to get you moved in with me." I get Walter to my door and lay him on the extra bed in my room, he needs rest not many supernaturals survive a rejection. In most cases, their beast dies and them along with it, heartbreak is fatale.
  On the way back to Mikah's dorm, Omari is on the surface. I see the scales starting to push through so I speed up. When I get to his door I feel this alpha aura coming from behind his door. I open it and there he is breathing hard and his eyes keep flashing from normal to slotted and back again. Oh sh*t this is gonna be so much fun!!!
   I approach him slowly to make sure he gets a good look at me and into my eyes. Omar has mixed emotions about the situation, excited to know more about his alpha mates (with an S) and pissed 'cause someone or thing is messing with our little cub. That's the only reason he could be this pissed if I'm fine and he's obviously fine.
   "Ma'at you know who I am and you know something is up, you can feel it. Calm down for me ok? I need you with me so I know you're safe when I go to check on the cub."
  I try my best to talk calmly and get him to understand that Angel is in trouble. The mention of the little one seems to bring them back slowly, with his eyes and his breathing normalized he walks up to me and puts his head on my chest.
   "I know we have to talk about this, but can we forget till Angel is able to hear it too. I don't want to miss something important when we tell her. I want the both of you there with me."
  "Why do you even have to ask, she would kick our skulls in for finding things out w/o her. Unless you haven't noticed, our mate is kinda on the spoiled side."
   This makes him chuckle, I grab his hand and pull him towards the stairs. When we get to her dorm we can hear her outside  the door, what she says has not only Omari, but Ma'at ready to start and finish a war in one blow.
  "No Malchi I swear I didn't do it. Please don't make me do this, you said you understood!!"
    I kick in her door only to see our little mate is in the bed drenched in sweat and still screaming about this guy who signed his own death certificate the day he thought about hurting our mate. Looking at Mikah, he feels the same and I can tell it's hard to keep his beast under control. We have to fix that, I know he will want to even if it means doing it without Angel, hurting her is not an option.
"Who is this walking deadman?" That came from Mikah, but it came out as a cross between him and Ma'at.
   I turn to look at him. He looks normal, but something is off, then I hear Angel waking up. Ok let's fix this first, then we work on Mikah and Ma'at.
   "Angel baby we gotta talk, are you up for that or do you need time?" She looks at me, perks up then reaches for my face and kisses my nose.
  "I'm ok, but we have to hurry, it's almost past my bedtime." She whispers the last part, ok so she's in her little space, we can work with this.
   "Angel hun, how old are you?" From what she has told us 7 is her oldest with 3 being the youngest. The worst things get for her the younger she gets.
   "I'm 7, my mommy said that means I'm a big girl!!"
   "Who the FU*K is Malachi!!?" Oh yeah Mikah is here, I turn to him and his hair is a darker red and before you ask no Ma'at is not here..uhhh yet.
   "Ok Mikah I need you to chill out she just woke up and she's little bro. Chill the hell out or we are gonna have issues." I am trying to deal with them both, but someone has to leave the area.
   "Angel babe can you tell us who Malachi is?" I hold her face so she is looking at me and not Mikah. He will scare the hell outta her and push her further into her space. I feel him pacing behind me, she leans into my hand then nods with a sad face.
   "He hurt us and lied about everything. He said he would help us learn to be a good girl. He said he understood we wanted to save ourselves for you, but he TOOK that from us!!"
   The last part she screamed like he was in the room with us and it broke my heart to know that she was and still is this hurt. Behind me, I feel this pressure and I know what she just said set Ma'at off. I hear him come closer, my left arm shoots back and it connects with his shirt. I feel Omari trying to stay calm, we can't flip out with both our mates upset.
   "Ok Angel, baby I need you to go take a hot bath and relax for a bit. I have to talk to Mikah for a bit hun." She peaks behind me and her eyes go wide and she scoots back from me.
  "Daddy Mike has scary eyes, did Angel do a bad thing?"
   Oh goddess help me she's smaller, if the situation was different I'd cuddle her, but Mike is not himself. Imma kick his ass, well only kinda cause he is still learning stuff about himself, but his punishment is going to one to remember.
   I take her hand and lead her to the bathroom and shut the door all while still holding Mikah's shirt. As soon as the water starts, I ram Mike into the wall. His eyes are slotted and all his teeth are at a point. Before I could bring my hand to his neck I heard it. The sniffles he was trying to hold back, looking into his eyes they are glossy. Am I an asshole for not knowing?
   "I get it now and I'm sorry I kept you from her, but Mike you were scaring her. If I let you get close to her while both of you were in that state, I'm not sure it would have had a good outcome." I pull him into a hug and whisper to him.
  "If you can get control before she gets out, then I'll let you hold her but you have to be calm my little menace." He just nods while putting his face in my chest.
  "Oh and Mikah your ass is mine when we leave here, and you should know my patience is unwavering. So even if we sleep here for a week, you will get yours." He hugs me tighter and just nods again, yeah my mates are real cute.