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"I'm this, this close to punching you."
He shuddered visibly, staring at the hole in one of his shoes as he kept his head down.
The man's balled fist unclenched, instead, it softly grasped Seungmin's right cheek, leading to the young Omega's breath to hitch.
"But I can't," the Alpha's soft but eerie tone only added to the fuel of his throbbing heart, "This pretty face of yours is too valuable to be scarred."
His hand that held his cheek ever so gently, slid across his face, the Alpha's hand now gripping both sides of his cheeks, hard enough to hurt but careful as to not leave a mark.
Seungmin stared at the taller man in front of him with fear evident in his eyes but he refused to move.
He couldn't move.
The Alpha's mint and slight mossy scent suffocated him like he was drowning.
His voice rang in Seungmin's ears,
"You see, Seungmin-ah, you've upset a client today," His grip slightly tightened and the young Omega let out an airy whimper at the pain, "It's the second time this month. Are you testing me?"
His jaw stung but he endured and remained quiet.
"I'm not as nice as I look and I'm sure you're well aware, but you better fix this behavior of yours."
Seungmin tried his best to nod, frantically moving his head up and down.
The Alpha let go of his cheeks and instead grabbed the chain leash that circled around Seungmin's neck, harshly pulling it,
"Understand?"
"Y-Yes..."
The Omega grasped the side of his own face.
"Do you understand?"
The taller man's voice darkened.
"I-I do.. sir..."
The Alpha let the chain loose as he began walking towards a room with a metal door that was all too familiar with the young Omega.
The door opened and Seungmin was thrown to the ground of the small and dirty room along with the clinking sounds of the chains that fell along with him.
"No dinner is your punishment tonight." The Alpha slammed the door shut, locking it, creating a sound that made Seungmin cringe, "I'll let you off with that much."
Then the man walked away, the loud footsteps of the Alpha's dress shoes echoed in the hallway, gradually quieting down.
Seungmin was left alone in what he considered his home.
It was the only place where he felt weirdly at peace because no one bothered him here.
He pulled on the chains wrapped around his neck, attempting to loosen it a bit but failed as the cold metal only hit the bones of his nape.
He'll usually get two meals a day, lunch and dinner.
Today he only ate lunch which was just a piece of bun and a small bowl of bland soup, but it was enough to keep him alive.
He was thankful for the two meals he could get but with no dinner tonight, he's sad and hungry.
He's used to it.
The reason he isn't given breakfast was initially to shape out his body as the Alphas that keep him say,
But glancing down at his tummy, he couldn't help but put a hand over it.
His ribs were bulging out of his torso.
But apparently, it's what a lot of Alphas like, skinny and fragile Omegas as they mate.
He didn't like it. He was just skin and bones at this point and he could barely walk on his own without feeling weak afterwards.
Earlier today, everything was going as usual.
He got woken up, brought to an Alpha to another until the last guy started sinking his teeth into his neck, almost marking him.
So, naturally, he pushed him away as hard as he could because compared to others, he was weak.
Despite the light shove, the Alpha slapped him and stormed off, reporting what he had done.
He didn't want to be marked by someone like that, no...
But if he didn't do that, then everything would've been okay...
Glancing down at his wooden bed, staring at the line of ants lifelessly as he counted them.
It was his only entertainment.
A yawn made its way out of his mouth,
Seungmin carefully laid down in a position where the chain around his neck wouldn't press against his bones in a painful way.
Closing his eyes, he began to immediately drift into dreamland...
Not until the door to his room opened, alerting the young Omega, making him sit up straight.
His eyes wide as he cautiously tried to see who it was in the darkness,
The man held a flashlight and as he turned it on, he saw who it was and looked at the other Omega in confusion,
"Jongho..?"
Jongho looked back at the door, seeing if there were others before turning back to Seungmin.
He turned off the flashlight to not bring any attention to them and quietly walked over,
"Seungminnie, I can help you escape."
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