Beta

Chapter 1

Lance has been in The Garrison for five months, stuck at the top of the cargo pilot ranking. He has lost communication with his family. Only receiving his suppressants in the mail every month.

Before Lance left his house, he had made a mistake.

Depression was a common symptom for an omega on suppressants and Lance was not the exceptions to this statistic. He found himself loosing his appetite, and test scores dropping. House work would be put to the back burner since Lance some days couldn't get more than the bare minimum done in a day.

He felt like a horrible omega.

Mr. McLain was only adding to this pressure. He would force Lance to clean and cook for the house. For every point he missed on a test, he would receive a belt to his ass. This however did not motivate the omega as Mr. McLain thought, instead pushing the boy to worsen his performance.

He needed to get creative.

Mr. McLain could not threaten the boy with The Garrison due to Lance still holding low A's in all his classes. He also couldn't take the boy off of suppressants without ruining his own reputation. Lance knew this as well, causing him to become less intimidated by his father's threats and Mr. McLain's patients finally gave out only a week before Lance was set to leave for The Garrison.

Lance had put himself down in the basement. His depression had paralyzed him, leaving him a sulking mound in the corner of the room. He refused to clean, or cook dinner for the household, resulting in his father coming home from work to find no food set on the table.

Mrs. McLain knew what was going to happen, resulting in taking her children to the park in order to avoid the mess. An alpha took this as a challenge of authority. Her husband would not take this lightly coming from a male omega. Even though she herself was an omega, the difference between a respected female omega was drastically different then the status of her son. He was not respected nor female, making him a burden on society. The failure of a male omega not listening to any alpha, mate or not, resulted in punishment. 

Mr. McLain's face had become red with anger and he stormed his way through the kitchen to the basement door. Once finding the door locked, he let out a yell of exasperation.

"Omega! I am giving you 10 second to unlock this door!" Mr. McLain bellowed. His alpha voice shaking the walls, as he impatiently waited for a reply. He was over the Omega's pouting and refused to not be served a meal when an omega was living under his roof. If the omega was going to threaten him like a piece of shit, then Mr. McLain was going to treat the omega as one.

Lance on the other hand had now just snapped out of his haze, realizing the mistake he had just made. His father was the deciding factor in his life and he had just pissed him off. Lance scurried to the door, unlocked it and jerked it open as fast as he could. His father was fuming.

Lance opened his mouth to apologize and beg for forgiveness only to be interrupted with a stinging pain in his cheek. He tried to step back, meeting with air and tumbling down the steep stairs to the concrete below. He heard his father yelling but couldn't tell what he was saying, he could tell he was being kicked but he couldn't process the pain. He could hear the sound of his father's belt hitting his skin, but Lance couldn't feel the welts forming. The omega couldn't process what had just happened, everything was blurry.

Lance has been experiencing night terrors and horrible amounts of anxiety because of this mistake. He tried his best to do what others asks of him, and keeps his dorm room perfectly cleaned.

Lance kept up with his appearance of a beta by becoming cocky and taking after the horny betas he over hears in his classes. However his roommate, Hunk, started to grow concerned for Lance; noticing the polar personalities he presents.

Once the door was closed to the dorm room, Hunk would observe how depressed and skittish the lanky beta would become. He watched as Lance cleaned the room ceiling to floor, make the beds and ask Hunk if he needed anything. Hunk would just shake his head and watch Lance then get in pajamas and curl into a ball on his bed. Every night, Hunk would then go to the canteen, bring a plate back for Lance only to see Lance had fallen asleep.

In the morning, Hunk would wake up to Lance already ready for the day, hair done and concealer on to cover any blemishes. He would watch him smile at the mirror while taking a deep breath and put on the facade of a cocky, arrogant beta.

Hunk was worried and felt he had every right to be. His best friend was hurting yet refused any help. Out of respect for Lances privacy, he chooses to keep quiet on the matter...for now. Instead he chose to follow Lance to the canteen where he watched him munch on an apple and then head to class.

"Did you hear about the Kogane kid? It's gross."

Hunk over hears from the table next to him. Two girls were talking about the incident from yesterday.

Kieth Kogane was an honorary fighter pilot. Yesterday, he was thrown out of The Garrison because off his intimate relationship with another Alpha, Takashi Shirogane. Iverson, one of the teachers, trashed his room and hurled insults throughout the dorms while Keith watched on.

Hunk felt bad for Keith. They had crossed paths only a few times in the halls but everyone knows that Takashi, or Shiro, had gone missing during a mission at the beginning of the school year. Shiro was a graduate (and a hero to Lance). Keith and Shiro were really close, closer then anyone really knew.

They were mates. It was hard at the beginning. Keith was confused and hurt that this was happening to him. Alpha and alpha relationships were extremely rare. It was viewed as disgraceful; less than the status of an omega.

Shiro was terrified. He didn't want anything to happen to Keith. He had heard stories on the news about Alphas being lynched  for being in this sort of relationship. So, they kept it  a secret. But they love each other, they were made for each other. 

Before Shiro had left for the Kerberos mission, they had mated. It was an amazing night and an amazing feeling to finally feel like they belonged to one another.  Keith wore his hair long in the back to cover his mark, while Shiro wore a makeup prosthetic on his shoulder.

They had a system to keep their mating secret, only to be found out when Keith got a surprise visit from the teacher when his hair was tied up.

"I know, what a slut." The girl replied.

With that, Hunk left the table and went to go find Lance to continue his daily observations.