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Chapter Five

Yuri's birthday passed quietly, marked only by Otabek taking him out to a club where a band he liked was playing.  Caught up in the excitement they shared one fevered kiss on their return to the house.   One kiss, nothing more than that.  

If anything changed after that moment it was only to make things more complicated  than they should be, at least in his opinion.  

Otabek succeeded in becoming both more attentive and more careful at the same time, something Yuri found infuriatingly irritating.   The main problem being that the closer they became the less careful he wanted Otabek to be.  He was fully aware that it may only be his hormones doing the convincing right now but he did not give a damn about the cause.  

Amidst the flurry of activities in the following days, doctor visits, shopping, classes and more preparations, Yuri had missed something important.  Something that if he had figured things out a bit sooner would certainly have saved him time,effort and worry.   All was well,perhaps even better than Yuri expected, until Otabek suddenly missed a doctor's appointment and his grandfather stepped in as a substitute dismissing Yuri's concerns.   For three straight days he did not see or have any contact whatsoever with Otabek, having shut himself away in his room whenever Yuri was around.  His grandfather gave him orders not to bother the alpha.

Otabek refused to speak of it once he chose to reappear.   Not a word no matter how angry Yuri got.    

Life went back to something close to the new normal and he let it go.   He enjoyed the time he spent with him, finding that he wanted more and more as time passed.   

It wasn't really until the second month when it happened again that Yuri found himself truly concerned. 

His mind and body a mess because of the hormones Yuri absurdly began wondering if it was all his fault, that Otabek would leave him.  He hated himself for becoming so weak, but what could he do?  Many things were out of his control lately, including his own body.   

It had been his grandfather's idea for him to start pre-natal classes earlier than would be normal, since he was only about five months along, since he was young and this would be his first child.  The classes were attended by omegas only, mostly females with two other males.   

Yuri had become concerned enough to actually talk to others in his class on the issue.  

Alexei was the only one of those two omega males Yuri liked enough to talk to, the only one that treated him well enough to deserve his attention.  The brown haired man wasn't that much older than Yuri, maybe a couple years, and experiencing his first child as well with an alpha who was quiet and protective.    In contrast Alexei was friendly with everyone,smiling and easygoing.  Being the only one in their class Yuri managed to get along well with and the fact that this class required them to exchange contact numbers with at least one other  omega for support, Alexei proved his only option.   

Even now Yuri found it difficult to admit he might actually need support from another omega.   He accepted Alexei's most recent offer of meeting at a nearby cafe before class out of necessity and nothing more.   

"I doubt I will ever feel comfortable again." Alexei complained after they'd ordered., stretching his body back against the seat.   "My back complains so often lately, if not for my mate's excellent massages I'd be miserable. You know, I was surprised when you accepted my invitation.  You never seem to be one who likes mingling with others."

"Why did you ask me then?"   Yuri said,more defensively than he intended.  

The other omega shrugged, glancing briefly out the window they sat near.  His own mate wasn't far away, would be there once class started.