Alpha and Omega

3. Gama (Γ, γ)

While Konstantin and my sister were putting together some food in the kitchen, I tried to get out of bed and dragged myself on wobbly legs to the bathroom to take a shower.  

Fortunately I didn't collapse and even managed to get dressed a little, although the fabric of my pajama pants felt obnoxious and uncomfortable against my skin. But I didn't really want to run naked in front of Konstantin here, even though I had the impression that I wouldn't care in the end anyway.

He tried to clean up the havoc around here and opened the window to air it out.

Just those few actions alone had completely exhausted me, and I also felt that the moment of respite had passed. So I quickly crawled back into bed, fearing that I would otherwise fall straight to the floor.

With the last of my strength, I reached for my school bag and retrieved the cell phone. I read a few messages from my friends and also found a greeting from Christian, one of the alphas from the fourth grade)*, who of course noticed my absence from school and understood the reason.

And he couldn't think of anything better than to offer me his selfless help.

Oh, dear.

According to my cell phone display, it was 9:30 Thursday morning, two days since the first symptoms had started. Normally it would have started to subside, but unfortunately I could feel the next wave coming. Probably due to the fact that I'd taken those stupid suppressants. I will never touch that shit again.

Fortunately, Konstantin was here. The thought of him being here was incredibly comforting, and just knowing that he was in the kitchen arguing with Ella next door made me feel better.

For the first time in my life, I was glad to have an alpha around.

When they both came back into the room after a while, they were smiling at each other like old friends, and Ella was carrying a tray with some toast and vegetable salad. She placed it on the bed in front of me and sat down on one of the vacant chairs while Konstantin sat right next to me on the mattress.

"Eat up," he urged, and I started eating. In fact, I hadn't realised just how hungry I was until now. When was the last time I had eaten? I didn't know. The events of the last two days were pretty blurred.

After a few minutes, Ella excused herself, saying that she had to take an English Literature exam. 

Then she looked at the older boy with concern, a silent question in her eyes as to whether he would keep an eye on her troublesome brother. She had certainly been worrying about me instead of studying the last few days, and although she seemed calmer now, she couldn't have been in an ideal state of mind for the difficult exam that awaited her.

I felt guilty towards my sister and my anger at her for bringing Konstantin had long since faded, and instead I was beginning to feel grateful.

"Go, Ella, I'll take care of Adrian, you don't have to worry," he assured her in his calm voice, and his charm and perfect demeanor seemed to work on my sister as well.

Ella smiled gratefully at Konstantin, then nodded a greeting to me, before running off and ruffling my hair like she used to do when I was little.

A few minutes later, I heard the front door slam behind her.

And so I was left alone in the apartment with the alpha.

I reached for another toast, noticing as I did so that my hands were already shaking. And Konstantin noticed the same thing. 

At the sight of the older boy, all sorts of indecent thoughts came to me and my body reacted accordingly.

Fortunately, I had a blanket thrown over me. However, I was under no illusions that this alpha wouldn't be able to tell my state of mind if he even recognized that I had taken the medication.