Brothers

34

Wooyoung poked his head in the living room and looked around. His heart sank instantly when he found it empty.

It had been almost a month now and he still felt like San and Yunho were avoiding him. He had tried several times to sit down and talk to them, but neither one seemed like they wanted to talk yet.

And it was starting to drive a little bit of a wedge between the four of them. They didn't even sleep in the same room right now.

Yunho was spending more and more time with Hongjoong. Since they had the friendship before either had joined a pack it was natural for them to gravitate toward each other when they needed a break. They spent a lot of time doing border patrols together, especially now that Mingi was on edge after encountering the humans talking about the wolf population.

Wooyoung knew he was the most upset out of the pair, and he had expected it too. He could sense that the older beta was jealous of Jongho's relationship with him, or even with San.

And San... Wooyoung missed him so much. He thought they were actually getting really close... But now this rift had come between them and Wooyoung didn't know what to do about it.

All he could attempt to do was follow his instincts as Luna, which he tried to do without drawing too much attention to himself. He always made sure they had enough food and drink during dinner. He would take over the cleaning and keeping the home tidy. Probably the only think he wasn't doing right as a Luna was keeping his mouth shut when he really shouldn't have been.

But it didn't help that he was starting to not feel like his normal self. He attributed it to the sadness he was feeling by being rejected from his pack. It hurt his wolf to the point where he couldn't call upon it as easily anymore.

One morning, when he started feeling particularly poor, Wooyoung slipped out of the bed that felt way to big now for just him and Jongho, and made his way over to the other house.

It wasn't an easy walk because everything felt so heavy, and he felt nauseous too. Maybe he should have just stayed in bed...

When he reached the front door, he stood outside it for a moment, then gave a short, tentative knock.

The door swung open a few minutes later and Seonghwa looked down at the younger with a concerned look. "Wooyoung? What's wrong?"

"Can we talk?" The omega asked, fiddling with his own fingers and looking down at the ground. He could hear Ana cooing in the background.

Then he saw Yeosang nursing Parker on the couch and felt like he was interrupting something. "I-I can just come back later."

"No, come in. I can tell you need to talk and I have a feeling I know what it is." Seonghwa's voice was gentle and he reached around to place a guiding hand on the small of Wooyoung's back.

The younger let out a small whimper, but let himself be forced inside. He sat in one of the chairs off to the side and pulled his knees to his chest.

"Things are still bad I take it?" Seonghwa sat on the floor with Ana and handed her a block to play with. It was obvious that the girl was still sleepy, but she was trying her hardest to fight it off as she rubbed her eyes and yawned softly.

"Whatever gave you that idea?" Wooyoung grumbled and started to rub his forehead with his fingers.
"I don't know what to do. Neither of them will talk to me no matter how hard I try."

"Your pack is in an interesting situation." Seonghwa said slowly. "I honestly don't know what I would do if I had to fight with the others for Mingi's attention before we were mated. I don't think it would have been pretty, but I also don't think our bond would be the same. Besides the one time Hongjoong tried to sneak his way in and convinced Mingi to fuck him without either of them talking to me first..." Seonghwa's lip curled in a snarl. "The other two know to respect me as Luna because I was here first."