Disclaimer: Characters aren't mine I just play with them.

Pairing: Angeal/Cloud

Warnings: Violent sex in chapter 3


I saw the shudder run through the boy's body as my hand stroked softly along his arm. A few days ago I might have fooled myself into thinking it was a sign of desire rather than the revulsion I now knew it to be.

"You must hate this." I hissed with more cruelty than I really intended. "You must hate being here with me. I bet I make your skin crawl"

I ran my hand along the same arm again to prove my point, watching another shudder that shook the smaller males frame.

A part of me felt guilty for doing this. The part that had always tried to be kind and good and honourable. The part that made me the man everyone here knew and respected me for being.

The part that told me this boy had never really done anything to me and deserved better than what I was about to do to him. But that part wasn't in control at the moment.

It wasn't so much what he'd done I hated, more what he was.

What he represented.

This boy was everything I would never be.

The pinnacle of the world I had never truly been a part of but at the same time had never been able to fully escape.

And today I was going to tear that world down. It would be a hollow victory really. I knew it wouldn't change anything. It wouldn't make me any better than the worthless Mutt I'd always been, but it was something none of my kind had ever done before and never would again. My own personal 'fuck you' to the Canine community.

I wonder if I would have gone through with this if the blonde had been honest about his intentions from the start. If he had come to me and made this unexpected and unbelievable request rather than leading me on, letting me believe I had finally found acceptance.

Ha!

Like any Dog on this planet would genuinely submit to a piece of half breed trash like me. I had been a fool to believe it. Too wrapped up in my own idiotic fantasies.

Mutts were the lowest of the low. Not human, not Canine, just a warped pathetic mix of the two with zero rights in either society. Unwanted and unloved.

I had been lucky really. Found a back street surgeon to remove my ears and tail, filed down my teeth as much as I could bare, even trained myself to ignore my own instincts so I wouldn't react strangely if I ever encountered another Canine. It had been enough. Enough to pass for human.

I encountered a few Dogs in the army. That worried me at first. Always terrified of being exposed for a Mutt and the ridicule I knew would follow, but I avoided them wherever possible and when forced to be near them I smeared my skin with a cheap cologne I had discovered, pungent enough to cover my scent. I knew they hated that stuff. I hated it too. It stank like nothing else. But it kept me safe.

After a while they must have realised I was using the cologne intentionally to repel them and that worked to my favour as they all just assumed I was another Dog hating human and started avoiding me as much as I did them. Made things easier.

Even as I gained status in my human life the resentment I felt towards Canines never faded. I still considered myself one of them, however much I wished I didn't. My own instincts strong even as I fought to ignore them.

The one thing I hated about canines more than anything else was the class system, every member of the society was born knowing their place in it.

Of course I was unfortunate enough to have been born on the second from bottom rung of that particular ladder.

Beta mutt.

One step above Omega and just below Alpha. Then above them were the Omega dogs, Beta dogs, Omega wolves, Alpha dogs, Beta wolves then finally the finest of the species the Alpha wolves. It was a crappy system. You were what you were, from birth to death and there was no escaping it.

It was why I tried so hard to nurture the human half of myself and why I chose to join the military Humans weren't born knowing their place. Here anyone had the opportunity to be more than they were. To be someone worth respecting.

Here I wasn't a Mutt.

I was Commander Angeal Hewley SOLDIER first class.

I had earned that. I was proud of that.

Maybe that's why I had fallen for it. Fallen for the lies when Zack had brought the little Cadet round for dinner.

To his credit the boy had at least been kind enough to wait until Zack was out of earshot before letting on that he knew I was a Mutt. Considerate enough not to tell the world my most guarded secret.

"It was just dumb luck sir, I barely noticed the scent under your aftershave and I just wanted you to know that it's ok. I know some Dogs have a problem with Mutts but not me. I was raised in the city so I don't have the same prejudices Pack Dogs have"

Ha! Liar. The boy had barely even seen the city.

" I've never cared much for the class system anyway." Liar

"I'm only an Omega Dog myself" Liar!

"Anyway I think if we choose to live as humans then we should judge each other by their standards not by outdated Canine systems right? You're clearly a strong warrior if you're a SOLDIER commander and I think that's amazing!"

It was a dream. Every word like music. A Dog who was willing to accept a Mutt like me. Ready to respect me for my achievements in the army rather than judging me for the way I was born. Finally someone I didn't need to hide from.

It didn't take long for the blond boy to worm his way into my heart and it soon became apparent he had every intention of worming his way into my bed as well. Not only that, but he even made it clear he was willing to take the submissive role.

It was incredible. A Canine willing to hand control to someone below him on the hierarchy. Unthinkable but it was happening and I loved it!

Cloud wasn't like other Dogs I told myself. He was humble and understanding. Besides, I was a Beta and Cloud was an Omega, even if we were Mutt and Dog, it wasn't actually that strange...

...except Cloud wasn't an Omega.

Or a Dog.


Chapters 2 and 3 are currently being edited and will be posted very soon.

Reviews are very welcome, even if it's just to point out a spelling mistake (I tried to catch them all)

Smut to follow.