PERILOUS INSTINCTS | an omegaverse parody

THREE

If there was anything you learnt from the chaotic teenage phase of life then that was : There was always, always a way out of everything. Doesn't matter how dangerous, silly or stupid , doesn't matter how ridiculous it is — at the end of the day you got out somehow and that matters , right? That was one exact reason why you were standing in front of the cafe with the person who had just threatened to kill you a few days ago.

Threatened to kill you for staying away from his beloved chuchi wooshiewoo.

Throughout the events and circumstances you just told yourself, It's okay [Name] , This phase will pass — in no time would you be back at your home scolding your sister for the shit she had been reading and the shit you had been suffering. Just be patient. Just be a little more patient.

But you didn't know for how long!

After simultaneous bickering back and forth for an entire week — here you were , standing before the cafe, barely hanging by a thread of sanity. It was genuinely hard to deal with this dipshit's dense and dumb personality — especially since he had the habit of drawing the world's sharpest knife to threaten you every time HE felt threatened.

Felt you were stealing Arata's attention by sitting on the bench besides him ? ( you weren't, that motherfucker would just find a bench with his dazzling rizz) The very next moment you'd find your arm bleeding with a mysterious out-of-the-blue cut.

Had to say you didn't expect it but that motherfucker had enough brains to figure out a burnt child is afraid of fire.

The brunette had declined your plan about introducing to Arata earlier. He had accepted your offer but as soon as you had revealed the idea of him hanging out with you "Go to hell! I'll seduce my Arata with my OWN CHARMS" He had yelled in offence. Which seriously made you question, was he dropped on the head when he was born?

For a fact, it wasn't your charms that was going to help him win off Arata, it was rather your company. And all Rahan had to do was use you to win him but using his OWN CHARMS. Unfortunately he didn't understand that implication in the heat of the moment.

But hopefully he did , days later.

Thank god, he wasn't as deranged and delusional.

But he was.

Hopefully this would make things easy.

It wouldn't. You were just deluding yourself to lower your misery.

"Go wish him when we enter the cafe" you mumbled, sighing and grinning wickedly while standing before the door. Yes, you loathed this knucklehead to the core of your bones and you knew he equally did too but you had to do stuff against your will for the sole purpose of survival.

Can't go against Darwin's survival of the fittest.

Meanwhile, Rahan retorted dumbly "You too." and you wanted to slap your hand over your head while you cried internally in sheer frustration.

"But isn't that the opposite of what we planned?"

"Ohh... " Rahan's eyes glossed in reconciliation "Yeah, right" he adjusted his hair still managing to give you the death stare somehow "Don't mess up anything or I won't hesitate to-" he pulled the world's sharpest knife and splashed his intimidation pheromones.

Your eyes twitched . This bastard–

"Ya ya, you'll turn me into a literal sushi. I know, so shut up" You spat back before looking at the door.

Gosh the imminent urge to splash this motherfucker with your own pheromones was just too alluring. It was a pity you didn't have them though. At least you would have given him a taste of his own medicine.

You couldn't believe Rahan and you had decided to be friends. No , not actual friends — you'd never associate yourself with such a derogatory personality — but you had decided to pretend, placing your mutual hatred for each other on the back of your minds for the wingman plan ( which was poorly being executed). And honestly, you were beginning to think this whole fiasco was ridiculous.

Did you know what kind of mind games you playing at?

Absolutely not.

Then how about the psychology behind it? You were currently brainstorming about it but this idea of fraternising with him was the only solution that automatically came to you.

Hmm maybe it was just your subconscious mind throwing the cliche moves from the manhwas and webtoons you had read? Who knows? It could also be your instincts. However, this also made you question whether you had two kinds of them as the other one was screaming murder at your ridiculous idea.

Still, no one could change the fact that running away from Rahan would be a bad idea and it only led to further apprehension and misery if he came to know you came in contact with ' his Arata' again.

There was no chance he would listen to you if another misunderstanding occurred. Not when he barely trusted you after fighting for a week earlier.

Hence at the end you did what you felt right. You befriended him. But only because that would mean he would hesitate to get rid of you if you ever reached that end point, right? You weren't keen about it but it was just a back up plan and that was the sole reason you were hanging out with him.

So he would spare you with a pity at the end.

It's better to be safe than sorry.

"Get your shirt tucked in. And do not sulk. Maintain a nice good confident posture—" you rambled and rambled the shit you had looked upto on google until Rahan finally threw an exasperated tantrum.

"Ugh , shut up" he scowled and entered the cafe without a warning, making the entrance door bells ring.

He's definitely going to mess up, you internally cussed feeling anxious as a scowl itched upon your face too.

Your eyes followed Rahan's figure before briefly shifting to Arata's, who was secretly sitting on one of the last tables sipping his coffee. The male didn't lift his eyes from his phone until you decided to follow in. No sooner did he hear you yell "Hey, you brat! You could have at least waited a second outside for me" than his attention was brought to you.

Your senses sensed Arata without the need to look at him — who beamed so brightly releasing his pheromones on spotting you people would have mistaken him for the shining sun instead . No cancel the shining sun, he was more of a blasting supernova. After blinding and zonking out a significant number of people around him he got off his seat walking towards you while you pretended to be apathetic of his existence.

Geez, you didn't even know what he found so interesting in you.

"Hey [Name] " Arata greeted, trying to catch your attention while you stood at the counter holding your breath.

These fucking pheromones.

"Oh, nice to see you here Arata! " Beamed Rahan instead of you , acknowledging his existence while you pretended to not notice as usual. Just as you had planned , Rahan acted out his part of getting offended, hitting you and chiding you while you didn't bat an eye at Arata no matter what "Greet [Name] ! That's so rude of you" he slapped your hand.

"Oh....he...Hey, Arata " you greeted back, chuckling nervously while rubbing your biceps.

This dipshit hit you a little too hard-

Usually you always ignored the blonde male's advances so answering him back definitely made his heart grow fonder.

You just hoped you wouldn't regret it.

"OH MY GOD HEY-" Arata beamed obnoxiously loud and everyone's eye in the cafe turned to you as if about to pop out of their sockets.

YEAH ALRIGHT , NOW YOU WERE REGRETTING IT.