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Chapter Six

"Hey, you in there?  Are you okay?"  

Yuri banged on the door to Otabek's bedroom as late afternoon began slipping into night.   He heard noises inside  but no matter how hard he slammed his hand against the door  it remained closed, the physical barrier between them.  Annoyed he leaned back against the door.

The door he could open, but there were other barriers separating them.   If he couldn't get past them then it would be hopeless.   

"Where is your grandfather, you shouldn't be here."  the voice that came form inside the room  sounded thick and strained.   

"Not sure I believe it but he told me he's going out on a date." Yuri said  "So we're alone.  "

"Why would he-?"   Otabek cursed and Yuri was mildly impressed.   

Yuri shrugged.  "I talked to him.   Now I'm here to talk to you."

"If you don't leave I don't know what I will do.   Leave me alone Yura."

"Not going to happen.  I doubt you'd hurt me, not just because of my child and why don't you consider what I might want?"  

Otabek was breathing hard, he heard it, felt the tension and forced himself to not open the door.   Better for Otabek to open it himself.   

"I don't want to force myself on you.   You deserve-"

"I can't say what I deserve but I know what I need, that's someone that resembles you." he said  "I've put a lot of thought in this.  I could see if you're not ready to handle both of us.  But hear me out, I think we go pretty well together."

"It's not that simple, it's only your instincts talking." Otabek told him harshly

"Maybe part of it but listen to me."Yuri said

"Just go away,  I'll be okay in a couple days.  "  the voice inside told him, then after a slight hesitation and an audible intake of breath.  "Smells so sweet-  is that you?"

"Me?  Might be, I haven't noticed but makes sense if my body is reacting.  Do you like it?"

"Drives me insane and I think you do it on purpose sometimes.  When we're close.  During those breathing classes-"

"Really?  Why haven't you done anything about it then?"  Yuri asked

"I don't think you are in a clear state of mind to make important decisions."  

"So, are you going to be deciding what's best for me and my child as well?  I'd hate you if you did you know, or if you left us alone."   Yuri said

He didn't want to hate Otabek,didn't want him to leave them.   That was why he was here, why he needed to clear matters between them.

"Couldn't do that." Otabek assured him "You make it damned impossible to even consider anyone else as my mate."

"Good, means I won't have to kill anyone."  he tried to lighten the tense mood,  trying to calm the alpha and make him listen.

Not an easy task.

"Just go away Yuri."

"No.  Are you any calmer now?"  he said

"Not calmer exactly,  more focused.  Because of you, the alpha in me is so strong."   a strained voice "You make me want-"

"Want what Beka?"  Yuri spoke in a carefully innocent tone

"Don't play games, not now." Otabek was warning him  "You have to be sure, you don't realize the danger."

"If I wasn't sure I wouldn't be here, defeats the purpose.  I am here telling you that as alphas go I like you, more than I'd admit to anyone else.  Not that I am giving you free reign to do to me what you please but I trust you."

He wanted Otabek to understand that.   

Otabek wanted to do as he pleased,was nearly desperate for that, Yuri felt it almost as if the emotions were his own.   The alpha's powerful rut was triggering a response within him. The heat pulsed inside his body, fogging his mind.  

Yuri fought to push it back as strongly as he could manage.   One of them had to have a reasonably clear head right now and that certainly wasn't going to be Otabek.   It was all he could do to keep the alpha calm.  

The fact that he could affect Otabek in such a primal way, held even a bit of power over him, was intoxicating.   Yuri wasn't one to simply ignore any advantage he might have.   Just as it wasn't in his nature to give up on something he wanted.   He was learning that being an omega might not be so very bad after all, if the proper alpha cooperated of course.

"Tell me Beka, what would you do to me if I was in that room with you right now?"

"You're playing a dangerous game, Yura."   more a growl than a statement.  

Strange how the words and the tone flew through his body like sparks, causing his heart to beat faster.   He was too close for this to fail.   

"I'm not playing."  Yuri said with all seriousness now.   "Tell me what you want.  If you don't how can I believe you're not playing with me?"

Yuri needed Otabek to see him as a potential mate, as the only potential mate for him.   Needed to be inside that room more than he ever needed anything before.  

"You're pregnant Yura."  the voice was labored now, "How can you be so sure it's not just your instincts talking?  The doctor told us that your urge to find a mate would intensify the closer you get to delivery.  "

"You don't think I don't know what I want?   I've thought a lot about this, about us and I can't stand thinking about any other alpha but you by my side.   I understand if you're not ready to take on the two of us. Maybe you're not ready for the responsibility of a child, one that you didn't help create and that's okay.   I want you to give us a chance first,though."

A troubled drawing of air from the other side of the door,  a tremor Yuri could feel passing through Otabek that echoed in his own body.   So close,  but the barriers have yet to be fully broken.   His alpha was stubborn, seeking to keep both Yuri and his child protected even at the cost of his own desires.  

Yuri had to get him to see how completely ridiculous he was being.    The three of them would be fine, he felt certain of that.  Why wouldn't they be?

"Everything in me demands that I claim both you and the child you carry as mine.  The thought of taking you over and over until I remove any traces of the one who held you before me are completely erased is overwhelming.  I want to do so many things,  to make you cry and to knot you and hold you while our scents mix and our bodies relax.  Until there is nothing in the entire world but us." Otabek told him  "I want to mark you all over your body so that we can always remember and others will know that you are mine and mine alone.  You have no idea how much i need to make these visions in my head become reality.  "

"You might be surprised."

"If i hurt you or our child I would never forgive myself."

Our child.

Yuri smiled, wondering if Otabek realized what he just said.   Even if he didn't it made him feel so much better.  He needed to be inside that room with him now.

"My doctor also said we should be fine as long as we're careful and I trust you.  Unless you think I am lying."

"Yura, please..."  a last pitiful attempt at a warning.   Otabek was failing, his resolve nearly gone.

One more try, something that might not be considered exactly fair play but he was desperate.  

He allowed a bit of his omega to come through, letting the sweet scent flow into the room and hopefully draw him out.  

"Open the door, alpha, please." softly,pleading   "I need you,  I want you to make me yours.  Alpha?"

With that the door opened,  the final barrier collapsing.

Yuri gladly allowed Otabek to grab him and pull him inside before slamming the door shut behind them.