Getting "Crushed"

3. Making promises with your mate

Jongdae flinched when Minseok dabbed the wet cloth on his gash. "Man up will you." Minseok gripped Jongdaes arm to keep him still.

"But it hurts." The beta whined.

"Oh, course it does! You're freaking bleeding all over the place and if you keep moving you'll only make it worse!" Minseok said sternly as he continued to clean the wound making Jongdae screwed up his nose. "You'll live."

Only when a bandage was securely wrapped around Jongdaes bicept did Minseok look up at him. He had stopped whining about half way through the treatment and Minseok was grateful for that. It seemed that Jongdae whined a lot in general but Minseok figured he'd get used to it, eventually. Despite being the beta Jongdae treated Minseok like he was a higher rank than him. He practically worshiped Minseok thinking it was the best way to get him to like him. "How did you manage to get such a bad gash anyway? You said you weren't concentrating or something." Minseok started washing the cloth he used to tend to Jongdae.

"They said they could smell an omega with us when we arrived back from getting you two, I was worried it was you." Jongdae admitted.

"Was it?" Minseok asked.

"We don't know... Yifan dismissed the thought." Jongdae looked worried.

"So you were to busy thinking about me? Surely that wasn't just it." Minseok pressed for more details.

"You do know that out of the betas I'm the smallest right?" Jongdae was watching Minseok, strangely mesmerized by all that is Minseok.

"Yeah."

"Whenever we get in a fight they always try to get me because I look small compared to the others. I got ganged up on." Jongdae pouted. He hated being the small one.

"That sounds fair enough. When my brothers and I play fought they would always gang up on me because I was the strongest." Minseok turned back to Jongdae. "Part of me hated it." Jongdae tilted his head.

"How could you hate being strong?" He asked.

Minseok sighed. "I'm an omega Jongdae. I'm not supposed to be strong. I'm supposed to be like Kyungsoo and Luhan, helpful and having pups." Minseok gestured vaguely in the direction of the campfire outside, he couldn't believe he was telling Jongdae this. "I have the appearance of a beta but the smell of two omegas rolled into one. It's like my body is fighting against itself. Part of it wants to be a beta and is challenging the omega part and that's what makes my scent is so strong."

"But... You want to be weak and controlled?" Jongdae looked shocked for a moment. "Didn't you want to come with us before?" He raised an eyebrow.

"I thought you guys might want more help." Minseok quickly replied as he walked to leave the bathroom.

"So... Then how do you want me to treat you? Considering what you just told me, me doting on your every need might get annoying." Minseok turned to Jongdae and opened his mouth to speak when there was a loud knock on the front door of their cabin.

"Dinners ready you two!!" Suho called.

"Be there soon!" Minseok called back. "I'm starving!" He chimed as he passed Jongdae his shirt and they left the cabin together. Jongdae still curious as to what Minseok was going to say.

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The next day Yixing was sitting in the flower feild again with Yifan. Despite wanting to socialize with his brother and his new pack mates Yifan had dragged him back out where they were alone. Yifan seemed to be asleep and Yixing was beyond bored. He started to think about the possibility of going into the city. Would Yifan let him go? What kind of amazing things could he learn? To be honest, Yixing was pretty excited. Even if Yifan hadn't said anything more about it he was sure he'd let him, then maybe Yixing could feel useful for once. Yifan made a noise before he rolled over and woke up sneezing from getting pollen up his nose. Yixing giggled. He was grateful for the flower feild. He knew his first heat was coming and the daisies where they best way to mask it, however he knew he'd need something stronger soon, it was Autumn and the daisies would only survive for so long. He figured he hadn't had his heat yet from all the stress of moving packs. Yifan frowned; completely forgetting why he was there in the first place until he spotted the brunette trying not to giggle at his pollen covered face. The alpha rubbed his face before shaking his head making a stuck daisy come flying out of his hair. "Morning." Yixing smiled.