"You're kind of a hypocrite you know" he said drying the dish she just handed him with a tea towel before slotting in into the cupboard
"What are you getting at Killua?" She replied, brows knitting together in irritation
"Don't get your panties in a twist Lex, I'm not trying to start a fight, just making an observation"
"About?"
"Well" Killua started, hopping up onto the kitchen counter and crossing his legs "it's just you claim to be a 'proud omega' yet you won't go a day without taking your pheromone suppressants and you tell pretty much everyone that you're a beta"
If looks could kill Killua would have tumbled to the ground there and then, Lex's expression softened after a few seconds, she could never stay mad at him "why are you suddenly so curious? It never bothered you before" she said looking back over her shoulder at Killua while she poured two glasses of red wine, she turned to hand him one before propping her self up on the counter opposite him and gulping down almost half of her glass
Killua swilled his wine around his glass for a moment before taking a sip and humming in appreciation "it's not that I'm bothered, it just doesn't make much sense"
"I am proud of being an Omega" she defended whilst sitting her glass down on the counter next to her "well, I am now anyway... It's just no ones business you know? If people knew I was omega they'd treat me differently, either like I'm some poor helpless creature or a disposable sex toy" her face screwed up on the words, like they left a bad taste in her mouth, it was no secret that Lex despised Alpha's, and some Beta's for that matter "besides" she continued "you're one to talk, you're as uptight with your pheromone suppressants as I am. Excluding the guys you fuck I'm the only person who knows you're an omega"
"Well I kind of have to" Killua retorted "I'm a hunter, if people knew I was omega I'd never get any jobs, not to mention my family would pitch a fit, and I don't really feel like dealing with any of that, so I have an excuse"
"You're in the exact same boat as me!" Lex bit back
"Hardly, you work in a bar, if you came out it'd probably be good for business"
"What so desperate alphas could pine after me all night? No thank you. They make me sick as it is, I'd sooner crawl back into a cave and live out my days there rather then letting them scent me and proceed to battle out which one of them can take me home"
Killua chuckled at that, taking another sip of his wine "there not all bad you know"
"I beg to differ"
The conversation mellowed out after that, they drank more and chatted for the next few hours, mostly reminiscing on the last few years they'd spent together, Killua noted that Lex bought up the cave and he mentioned it again in conversation, that is how they found each other after all.
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They were both 16 when they met.
Killua had been travelling alone after his younger sister Alluka opted to go to boarding school, he was beginning to suffocate her with his over protectiveness and she wanted to feel some kind of freedom for the first time in her life, she made some friends in one of the towns that they'd spent the summer hanging out in, some girls her age who attended the nearby school, it was an elite school, and very expensive, hence why Killua had to take so many jobs. He saw how well her and the other girls got along, it made him happy and maybe just a little bit jealous. It was a difficult decision, parting ways with Alluka wasn't easy, for a long time it had just been the two of them and he loved that. At Killua's insistence they decided it'd be best if Alluka changed her name, she goes by 'Lola' at school, she dyed her hair pink and she wears brown contact lenses, she's almost unrecognizable now, Killua felt a twisting in his gut the first time he saw her like that, until he realized she was still the same Alluka, and she'll always be his baby sister. She was gonna live at the school from now on, she'd be sharing a room with one of the girls she met over the summer, there the only ones who knew her true identity, and after spending some time with them and grilling them a few times Killua decided he trusted them, he was glad she made friends so easily, despite spending most of her life in solitude it turns out Alluka's some what of a social butterfly, she quickly became popular at the school, and she was blossoming into something beautiful, she didn't look like a child anymore, far from it, she was catching up to Killua in height, she'd lost the roundness of her cheeks, her features had started to change and her body was developing into that of a woman's, Killua mentioned one day that Illumi could walk past her in the street and he'd never recognise her, she wasn't the child he'd remember her as. That's when Alluka pointed out the obvious, something she'd been keeping in since they'd made this decision, she was afraid of hurting Killua's feelings and she hated the idea of being far from him because she loved her big brother, more than she'd ever loved anyone, but it had to be said "Oni-chan, he will recognise me, he'll always recognise me as long as I'm with you"
The realisation hit him like a ton bricks, of course Illumi wouldn't recognise Alluka, but he would undoubtedly recognise Killua, as long as he was by her side Alluka would always be at risk, if Alluka was going to stay here then Killua would have to leave this town. He'd originally planned on staying in the apartment they'd spent the summer occupying, that way he could hang out with Alluka after school and on the weekends, but if she was gonna be able to stay here then Killua would have to leave, it hurt but he loved his sister and her happiness was the most important thing in the world to him. So he'd move far away, she'd come home to him over Christmas and Summer but it wasn't enough. Leaving was hard, it wasn't the first time Killua had to walk away from someone who meant the world to him, and just like that Killua was alone.
He moved to a city that bordered a vast forest, he'd sometimes wonder there, walking cleared his mind and it was peaceful in that forest, well it usually was until one day he was walking by a waterfall, it was a beautiful waterfall it was small in comparison to the other ones he'd seen, there was something peaceful about it, what wasn't peaceful was the sound of someone crying and screeching loudly, he looked around for the source of where the sobbing was coming from and had it not been for his keen eye he may not have noticed the cave tucked behind the stream of the waterfall, he was about to leave when an all to familiar smell greeted his senses, he knew that scent all too well, that was the smell of an Omega in heat. He knew because he'd presented omega himself almost a year ago, he was travelling with Alluka when it happened and it shook his world, he was certain that he would present Alpha, his whole family were Alpha and everyone had told him that he had all the right traits, it made sense though, how he was so protective over Alluka, how he almost mothered her, that realisation didn't come to him until after he presented. He knew the cries coming from that cave were the cries of an omega in pain, the kind of gut wrenching, stomach twisting, blinding pain that an omega experiences when they go into heat and don't have an Alpha to relieve the ache.
He wasn't sure what he was going to find when he entered that cave, but it still surprised him when he found a girl who looked no older than him curled up on the cold wet ground clawing at her stomach and screaming at him to "GET OUT"
He didn't leave though, instead he walked over to her and held her while she cried, she'd have ran if she could but she was too weak to move and Killua took this opportunity to study her closer, at this proximity he could tell she was definitely about his age, despite the state she was in he could tell she was very pretty, she was slender and tall, he could make out green orbs beneath long lashes and teary eyes, her skin was golden and she had very long very dark hair, in fact, she kind of reminded him of.......he mentally scolded himself and shook that memory out of his mind
"what's happening to me?" she cried
