no escape

feel like home

Now that all Porsche could smell was the spicy menthol mixture around his nostrils, he was finally able to focus on his other senses. And by senses, he meant, his sight. Because the Kinn guy was really pleasant on the eye. Even though Porsche wasn’t into men (well, expect that one time in high school when he had made out with a random guy at a college party), his eyes were somehow drawn to the mated alpha.

Porsche tried to be discreet though, he didn’t want to be accused of being a creep on top of everything.

“I’m glad you’re finally able to join us!” Tankhun, the eldest of the siblings, was the first one to react at their arrival. After Kim had introduced Porsche to his father, with whom he had exchanged simple and polite banalities, his future brother-in-law had insisted to bring them to the rest of his close family.

“I hope you won’t be sick this time, we have a lot to talk about”, the fabulous looking omega added.

Ah.

Guess the little incident wasn’t forgotten, Porsche thought.

“Tankhun.” Kim warned. And Porsche could literally feel Kinn’s glare on his face. He boldly looked back, Porsche wasn’t delighted to see him either, not when the alpha had dared to raise a hand on him the last time they saw each other.

“What? We have to talk about the wedding, don’t we?” Tankhun declared, “Ungrateful brother, always complaining instead of thanking me for organizing your wedding on short notice.”

“Short notice?” That piqued Porsche’s curiosity.

“Oh, Porchay hasn’t told you? The wedding will be held in six weeks.”

“Six weeks?”

“Yes, I know it’s soon but I already asked Yok and she said she’ll cover your shifts for the duration of the trip.” Porchay answered with a hopeful voice.

“The trip”, Porsche repeated.

“The wedding will take place in one of our hotels in Phuket!” Tankhun joyfully replied before Porchay.

“Oh, Phuket”, Porsche didn’t know what to say, he was a bit taken aback.

“Don’t worry. You won’t have to buy a ticket, we have a private jet” the annoying omega from last time suddenly added.

“Yes, and we’ll pay for everything!” Tankhun continued, “Porchay explained to us your situation. What a tragic story! Losing both your parents at such a young age… “

“Tankhun.” Kinn cut off his brother with his alpha voice. And Porsche was grateful because as much as he didn’t want to break the promise made to Porchay, he would not let anybody disrespect him.

“I can afford a plane ticket.” Porsche snaped back. “I work hard for every penny I own contrary to some people.”

“And that’s very honorable.” Kinn added before the pretty (irritating) omega on his side found some remark to make. “Please forgive my brother and my mate for their rudeness.”

Porsche was pissed but he reconsidered the alpha. Maybe he wasn’t as bad as he thought. All the more reason to wonder why the hell they were both mated. They didn't look good together, at all.

“It’s okay P’Kinn, I’m sure they meant well.” Porchay answered on his behalf. “By the way, P’Tankhun, Kim told me you found a caterer available for the day?”

-

Thankfully the conversation carried on rather smoothly after that. They discussed the details of the wedding, while enjoying some French canapés and petits fours specially prepared for the night.

At first, Kinn hadn’t planned to be nice to the beta. He had been quite offended by his past attitude and simply intended to ignore the guy. But his mate and brother had crossed a line by mentioning his financial situation. Not only it was rude, but he also knew how feisty the beta could be, seeing how he had refused to submit to him the last time they saw each other, so he figured it was better to calm things down.

After a while, the beta seemed to ask his brother where the toilets were and quietly excused himself. When he walked away, Kinn noticed how plump his ass-

“Ouch!”

Did Tawan just pinch him?

“Dear. Since when are you interested in big ugly betas?”

Kinn couldn’t believe his ears. Tawan had been ignoring him since he came back from his retreat, but now he was playing the jealous mate?

“First of all, he’s everything but ugly. And second, why do you care?”

Tawan rolled his eyes. Kinn hated it when he did that.

“Whatever, but have the decency to be discreet, will you?”

Somehow his answer was even more disappointing. Kinn was so sick of it, he couldn’t stay another minute in his company.

He walked out.

Without realizing it, he was following the beta’s steps.

He didn’t slow down his pace as he pushed the door open but as soon as he entered the bathroom, he was welcomed by the view of the man, putting something in his nose.

Porsche immediately dropped what he was holding on the floor, startled by Kinn’s arrival.

Was it cocaine?

“What a shame.” He unwittingly said out loud .

The little box rolled towards his feet, and when he crouched to pick it up, he realized it was… tiger balm? The medicine for sore muscle?

“Are you hurt?” he couldn’t stop the question from leaving his mouth, as he got closer to the man.

“Oh no, it’s… for my nose…”

“For your nose.”

“Yes, I… I have a cold!”

The beta didn’t look convinced by his own words. And he looked and sounded perfectly fine for someone with a cold. So why was he lying? Kinn examined the object he was still holding.

Wait a minute…

He wouldn’t…

“Surely it wouldn’t be for my smell” Kinn couldn’t help the angry tone. Since last time, Kinn had been very self-conscious of his scent, asking Arm, his assistant, how he smelled every hour or so. He even changed the brand of his deodorant.

“Answer me.” He grabbed his wrist so the beta would stop avoiding his eyes.

But the second their hands touched, Kinn was overwhelmed by how hot the beta’s skin felt. It gave him instant goosebumps.

Maybe the beta was sick after all. His body was almost burning. It tingled.

Kinn wondered how it would feel like to be surrounded by such warmth, to be buried in the man’s heat. He supposed it would feel like home. His finger unconsciously caressed the soft skin.

“Ah!” Porsche suddenly… moaned? The man was staring at him, his mouth slightly opened. And the pupil of his beautiful eyes appeared dilated.

What the…

Kinn instantly released his wrist. What were they doing? The man was Porchay’s brother, the beta who had insulted him on multiple occasions.

Not to mention Kinn was already mated for fuck’s sake! He needed to leave.

“Here”, he gave him back the balm and walked out of the bathroom.

-
As soon as Kinn left, Porsche's knees gave out. His heart was beating like crazy and his cheeks felt flushed.

What was this? Porsche asked himself.

He was so confused. Was he attracted to him? His touch had felt so… good, he even moaned.

“Oh gosh”, the words escaped him at the sudden realization.

He had moaned.

Porsche had never felt more embarrassed in his life.