HIDEOUT (Sequel to SHELTER)

9

Joonmyeon knew his heat was getting closer. He also knew he should probably be getting back to the camp and let Yifan take care of him. Despite knowing that, he continued his peaceful walk through the EXO territory. He decided to enjoy this rare time to himself. 

His heat had started to make itself noticed a bit later, while Joonmyeon was on his way back to the camp. He tried to continue on but he needed rest. He carefully lowered himself against a tree trunk and sat down, breathing heavy. He looked up at the little bits of sky he could see through the treetops. He grew tired thinking about how Hoseok had escaped even though he was in heat. Joonmyeon couldn't imagine doing that. He could barely even stand while in heat. Even though he was now an enemy to EXO, Joonmyeon couldn't help but admire Hoseok for being such a strong Omega. Sometimes, he wished he could escape and go to BTS. They seemed like such a fun group of wolves. 

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Joonmyeon woke up to a scent he hadn't smelled in years. He couldn't remember who it belonged to, but it made his heat spike rapidly. He suddenly felt more feverish than before. Wanting to know who this was, he struggled to pull himself up to a sitting position. He looked up to see a man he thought he would never see again, a man he never wanted to see again. 

Yixing stood there a few feet in front of him looking very affected by the smell. His eyes didn't blink as he stared at the Omega in heat in front of him. Joonmyeon couldn't believe it, "Yixing? Is that you, Yixing?" 

Yixing stood frozen for a few more seconds before he answered Joonmyeon. When he spoke, his voice was strangely calm, "Hello, Joonmyeon, it has been a while, hasn't it?"

As much as Joonmyeon wanted to fall into Yixing's arms, he reminded himself this was just the heat talking and he hated this man. The man who left Jongdae behind to raise Kyungsoo by himself, resulting in Jongdae running away from the pack and leaving Kyungsoo to Joonmyeon. 

He gathered his strength to speak again, "Why are you here?"

Yixing lowered his head, looking guilty, "I wanted to see my son."

Joonmyeon couldn't believe what he was hearing, "You don't have that right after you left him alone. Besides, he's spending his heat with my son right now."

Yixing looked confused, "You have a kid?"

Joonmyeon rolled his eyes, "Yes."

Yixing narrowed his eyes, "Who's the father?"

"Yifan. Who else?"

"What? But you hate him!"

"Its not my choice who I am mated to."

At this point, Joonmyeon's heat was really strong. He needed to get back to Yifan. Yixing noticed the Omega's scent getting stronger. 

"Do you need help?" he asked hesitantly.

Joonmyeon felt the urge to slap the dumb Alpha. "Can you please help me walk back to the EXO camp?"

Yixing nodded. "Sure, and I'll stay there. Is that okay?"

Joonmyeon couldn't process what the Alpha had said and went along with it.

Yixing picked the Omega up and started back in the direction of the camp. He didn't know what he would do when he got there, but at least he had a way in.