The Nose Blind Wolf.

Chapter 4

"So, how do you even know his heat should have ended by now?" Bobby asks on their way up to Donghyuk and Junhoe's apartment.

"It's very unusual for a heat episode to last more than five days for an omega. Junhoe's on his seventh day now. Plus, Donghyuk and Junhoe have had a synced cycle for years now. Even I find it a little concerning that Donghyuk is done, but he's not."

Bobby cups his chin thoughtfully while the elevator rises two floors. "I don't suppose it's because of that attack," he mumbles to himself, thinking out loud. Unfortunately he thinks too loudly because the next second Hanbin has his hand twisted into the collar of Bobby's shirt, and he pins the Alpha against the wall.

"What attack?" Hanbin growls.

"Calm down, man!" The doors open, but Hanbin doesn't make any move to release Bobby. "Some Alpha attacked your friend like a couple days before his heat started, okay? A forced mating. Anyways, I just stumbled across it and chased the other dude off. That's all."

Hanbin releases him - more likely out of surprise than everything - just in time because the elevator doors start sliding shut, but Bobby manages to skirt around the other Alpha and slide out of the elevator, forcing the doors back open. Hanbin follows him out in a bit of a daze.

When they make it back inside the omegas' apartment, Jinhwan and Donghyuk are sitting at the kitchen table sharing a pot of tea, though both look up when they hear the entrance of the two Alphas. "I brought him," Hanbin announces. "And he has a rather interesting theory as to why Junhoe's heat is all out of whack." Bobby eyes the other warily while both Donghyuk and Jinhwan perk in interest. "Someone attacked Junhoe a couple days before his heat started, attempted a forced mating."

Jinhwan gapes while Donghyuk covers his mouth in shock. Immediately the elder turns to him, eyes narrowed accusingly. How could Donghyuk not have told them something so vital? "I didn't know!" the omega cries out. "I swear! He didn't say anything about it."

Then another thought seems to strike Jinhwan becomes he groans and covers his face with his hands. "That little...he went out even when I told him not to. Ugh, when he's better I'll...I'll...ugh!"

"That's probably what's causing it, right?" Hanbin asks.

Jinhwan massages his temples aggressively. "Yes. His body's probably been anticipating a mate, but all he's gotten is Donghyuk."

"Hey!"

"And the vomiting?" Bobby interjects.

Jinhwan glances at the Alpha. "Likely a result of the intensity of his heat. His body is even more volatile than it usually is. He's probably been throwing up because of that. So, can you help?"

Three pairs of eyes train on him, and he almost bolts from the pressure. Bobby licks his lips, looking between all of them. "I -" he hesitates, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. "I don't know. How can I help? I mean, what is it you want me to do?"

"Fuck him," Jinhwan says with no inflection. The Alpha blanches at the request. "Help him through his heat, but don't mate him."

Bobby gulps audibly, thinking for a moment that maybe Jinhwan isn't serious, but the older's gaze never wavers. "I'll - I'll go see what I can do," he stutters, seriously beginning to question why he even decided to step out of his apartment.

Donghyuk volunteers to show him to Junhoe's room, but Hanbin swiftly and decisively tells him to sit down because he'll do it. "We still have things to discuss," he says with finality to stop any more protests from the others. Then he seizes Bobby by the sleeve of his shirt and drags him down the hallway to Junhoe's room. "Don't mate him," Hanbin orders outside of the omega's room.

"I won't," Bobby promises confidently. Although he is more than a little intimidated at the moment, his uncertainty is not really due to Hanbin. The Alpha certainly seems powerful and quite protective of his friends, but Bobby doesn't find him all that scary, sure that he could hold his own against the other. The situation he currently finds himself in, however, scares him shitless. He's not even certain he's actually willing to help.

Hanbin tilts his head and narrows his eyes at the unfamiliar Alpha. "Are you mated? If you don't mind me asking."

"I do mind," Bobby snaps instinctively.

Hanbin seems unphased by his tone, however. "Very well. I suppose it doesn't matter so long as you keep your word."

"I'll keep my word," Bobby assures the other Alpha before he briskly enters Junhoe's room, slamming the door shut behind him. Once inside the room, he leans back against the door and sighs. He really only came inside to avoid the other Alpha. Man, that guy drives him up a wall.

A groan pulls him from his thoughts, eyes immediately focusing on the bed.

Hanbin hasn't stopped pacing since he returned to the kitchen where Jinhwan and Donghyuk were still sharing a cup of tea together. "Quit pacing and come sit down," Jinhwan complains after a moment, pulling out the chair beside him in invitation. The Alpha refuses his offer, however, slightly upset and offended by the elder's behavior.

"How can you be so calm right now?" he demands.

"I trust him."

Hanbin slams his hands on top of the table, startling Donghyuk with his force. The smaller omega cowers away, cradling his cup of tea close to his chest. "You don't even know him," Hanbin growls.

"No," Jinhwan acknowledges, sipping on his tea, "but I still trust him."

"Why? How?" Hanbin slammed his fist into the table for each question, teeth grit together in annoyance.

Ignoring the younger Alpha's temper tantrum, Jinhwan stares thoughtfully down into his teacup. "That Alpha," he murmurs after a moment of thought, "I don't think he has a sense of smell."