The Triplets Mate [Styles/Tomlinson]

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Louis hummed happily as he looked through racks upon racks of clothes. He already had several yoga pants on his arm, all ranging from his current small size to the next size up, and all different lengths from shorts to floor length. He was only able to find one cute pair of maternity pants, so leggings would have to be the way to go other than those.

He was nearing the end of his first trimester, now at ten weeks along, and his belly was becoming more prominent.

Usually when at this time in pregnancy, it wasn't all too noticeable. But, he had three buns in the oven, and they were already beginning to stretch at his stomach.

And while he had little to no morning sickness, he was definitely feeling other symptoms. He was constantly tired after doing activities that never made him feel that way before, and he was already starting to have odd cravings, at odd times. On top of that, he might be able to admit he was starting to get a little emotional.

For instance, last night, he woke up Marcel crying because he wanted muffins. Louis couldn't even remember the last time he ate a muffin, either. Luckily, he had the three best Alphas in the world though, who treated him like a princess. They tried to understand what he was going through to the best of their abilities, and did basically anything he asked.

Louis loved them with all of his heart.

Louis peeked up when he felt a hand touch his back, and turned with a grin, expecting it to be Edward. If he had taken precaution and sniffed he would've been able to tell that it definitely wasn't him, though.

"You're the sexiest Omega I've ever smelled." The large Alpha inhaled deeply, making Louis cringe. He had noticed more looks in his direction as of late, which was to be expected because of his new pregnancy smell. He had been lucky so far though, and hasn't gotten anyone coming up to him. Until now.

"My Alpha is here with me." Louis replied, searching around the store. The man had wandered off earlier with the excuse of needing to make a phone call, but he had to be close by.

"With an Omega as pretty as you, he shouldn't ever leave your side." The man chuckled, stepping further into Louis' space.

"I'm marked and pregnant, you don't want me." Louis was beginning to feel a little scared. Where the fuck was Edward?

"You and I both know that neither of those are all that significant in this day and age." He shook his head incredulously. "All it takes is a little shot, and both of those could be---" he was cut off, and Louis watched as he fell to the ground from Edward's punch.

The Alpha was seething, eyes a bright red as he looked down at the man. "Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?" He roared.

Louis looked over to the cash register, and saw the sales woman on the phone, looking at them with a nervous expression. Louis hoped that she was smart enough to be calling security.

"You dare talk to my mate that way?" His voice was a deep growl, proving to Louis that this was in fact his inner Alpha. Louis doesn't remember ever seeing Edward this angry, but he was honestly a little wet at the image it was providing. The man began to stand up, but Edward was quick to punch him to the floor again. "You're lucky I don't rip your knot off, you fucking filth!"

Two Alpha security guards made their way over to them at that point, one of them going straight to Louis while the other pulled Edward away from the man on the floor. "What's going on here?"

"That man was harassing me." Louis made himself sniffle, the picture of innocence as he looked up at the man. "I was so scared. He told me he was going to hurt me and my pups."