Indeed, instead of writing that promised HaruRin oneshot or updating When Heat Strikes itself, I started another new fic! I was inspired this morning and had to write the beginning of the promised prequel. The beginning is again from Rin's POV. I simply enjoy him telling the story. But I will be switching POVs here, so I'll warn in the notes.
Now enjoy this beginning, where two teens are not handling things too well!
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"Everyone, form a neat line and wait till it's your turn. I don't want anyone trying to cut in front."
Quickly all students got behind each other, forming the line the woman had asked of them, though it was not as neat as she had wished for. Still it was good enough considering she stopped tapping her pen against the clipboard she was holding. The thin framed glassed slipped to the tip of her nose as she tilted her head down, scanning the paper.
"Okay, listen up. You have about two minutes with the nurse. They will take a few samples and then you are ready to go again. The results will be sent to your dorm room the following day. If you do not agree with the outcome of these tests, then that is too bad. The tests we take are 97 percent accurate and we cannot take any other test. Do you still wish to challenge it, then you my take another test at the hospital, which will need to be paid for. If there are no further questions, then let's get started."
The woman didn't really give them room to ask questions, but none of them would actually have the nerve to ask anything anyway. It was awkward enough to be standing here together, waiting for a test that will let you know how the rest of your life was going to be. With a few samples it would know exactly what kind of role you would be playing in life. And then they are not talking about your working life or anything. This was the answer to what your love life was going to look like. And really, standing here with only boys, hyped up on hormones and other things, was not the most comfortable thing. Unfortunately it was mandatory at Samezuka.
And it was their senior year, so necessary. Better to know now than when you are off to college somewhere and finding out there. That didn't mean Rin was particularly ready for it. For some it wasn't that big of a deal. They already knew or at least had some good guesses. Few had gone through their first heat already, so they knew what the result of this would be. There were some bulky guys with too much pend up testosterone, their whole look screaming Alpha.
But Rin didn't have any of that. He had no good guesses. His year of being a captain had been a good one, which could say he was fit to be an Alpha. But his emotional side had often been linked to an Omega. Not a side a currently fancied, but he would not complain. Being a Beta seemed alright too, and he could be one. Be somewhere in the middle. They all fitted somehow and yet none of them did. So on one part Rin was excited to find out, because it would provide him with some needed answers. Especially since he was going to Australia soon. On the other hand it was nice not knowing either, because it wasn't affecting his life yet. Now everything was still normal.
Behind Rin stood Sousuke, the one always depicted as the Alpha, and Sousuke had held onto that role for quite some time. If others believed it, then it must be true, right? It didn't stop Sousuke from worrying his lip, hands clenched into fists by his side, as he kept glancing sideways. The certainty he had felt for years had evaporated the minute he had gotten into this line. Nothing was set in stone, until you had taken the test.
Gradually the line scooted forward, senior student disappearing behind the curtain one by one. In line some were talking loudly, nerves making them unable to stop speaking. Others were fumbling with their phones, trying to shut out the whole world for now. Once behind the curtain none spoke anymore. None made a sound. They left on the other side, so they couldn't question how it had been. If anything specific was done or if they had to do something weird. It was all just a guess until they got there.
"Haru and Makoto will get their results tomorrow as well," Rin heard himself say, though he wasn't sure why it had popped up. Maybe the nerves were getting to him as well.
Teal eyes looked down at him sharply, the mention of Haru's name still unsettling Sousuke in a way. They never really spoke of it, but Rin knew Sousuke still had a hard time dealing with Haru, especially with this coming up now. There were more things they never spoke about though. Rumours that people spread and reached them in time. Rumours made by people who were already matching them. Some believed Rin would definitely end up with Sousuke, and others believed Rin could only belong to Haru. It was odd to have people talk about him like that. As if they had any insight on what Rin really felt, not to mention the others involved in these rumours. Rin didn't really want to think of it, so he never mentioned it. Neither did Sousuke, but Rin knew he had heard the same things as Rin had. They were hard to avoid.
"Any idea what they will be?" Sousuke replied, trying to sound casual, but his tone seemed strained. Teal eyes had flickered away from Rin's face again, staring out the window in front of him.
A good question, one Rin had tried to figure out long before already. "I really have no idea actually. Makoto could be an Omega with how nursing and caring he is, but with how big the guy is, it would seem a little strange. And Haru is just not made out to fit any role. He can only be free, as he would answer."
A small joke, to ease the mood a little, but Sousuke didn't seem to respond to it. His lips were still formed in a thin line, gaze unfocused as he stared out in front of him. "Makoto is an Alpha," he stated.
No matter how much that last line confused Rin, he had no time to reply, his turn having already come up. With a frown on his face Rin stepped through the sheer white curtains. A woman was seated by a small desk, one normally used during exam periods. She was dressed in a white lab coat, her name stitched on the breast pocket, but her arm obscured it. She lifted her gaze for a moment, blinking up at Rin, and then continued scribbling things onto a file.
"State your name, please," she murmured, grabbing a fresh form.
Awkwardly Rin sat down on the other side of the desk, eyeing the form in front of him. A few things were already filled in, but Rin couldn't make out exactly what it said. "Matsuoka Rin," he replied, and then watched the nurse grab another list and find his name on there. His name was added to the form, plus his student number. Even his dorm room was included for some reason.
"Okay, Matsuoka-kun. Is there any special medication you take I need to be aware of?"
Wracking his brain Rin tried to come up with any type of medicine he took, while he was on absolutely no medication whatsoever. For a split second he thought he was. "None."
"Alright, then let's get started." The nurse pulled out a band and stretched it in her hands, making it snap right in front of Rin's face. "If you could pull up your sleeve for me and bare your arm. I need to take a bit of blood first."
Without much complaint Rin simply took off his jacket and offered his now bare left arm to the nurse. Dressed in only his usual black tank top, Rin let the nurse wrap the band around his arm and tighten it. After that Rin let his eyes flicker up and focus on other things, not needing to see what exactly she was going to do to his arm. He was not really afraid of needles, but he did not like the sight of them. And it would be just his luck if he fainted here, at the sight of blood. It took him a moment to realise she was already done, the tight ribbon taken from his arm while she put a label around the small vile of blood.
"Alright, that's done," she spoke absentmindedly, putting a dot of cotton on the spot she had taken the blood from. "Now I am going to take a skin sample." All kind of horror images came up as Rin thought of what that could mean, half expecting the nurse to take out a scalpel and cut a piece from him. But instead she came up with a small round stamp like thing and aimed it at Rin's neck. She didn't elaborate further and Rin just went with it as she pressed it against a bit of bare skin, holding it there as she rolled it around slightly. "And we're done," she ended, taking the stamp back and placing it in a plastic bag before sealing it up. "As you were told the results will be sent to your dorm room tomorrow. Expect it somewhere in the afternoon." And with that she dismissed Rin, her attention back at the form as she scribbled on some more things.
"Thank you," Rin muttered, confused frown back on his face as he pushed passed another line of sheer white curtains. It had been over rather quickly, and yet Rin felt slightly violated. Putting his jacket back on, he zipped it up to make sure none of his skin was exposed anymore. Maybe it was weird, but the fact that this was a complete stranger who was going to determine his future, felt odd. She was going to find out in what order he belonged. Or better yet, her team would. A team Rin had never even met, but he would need to accept their answer.
A bit lost Rin waited on the other side of the curtain, knowing Sousuke was right after him, and would be out in a few minutes. His mind fluttered to Haru and Makoto as he waited, wondering if they had done the tests already. Would it be as impersonal there as well? Would there results be send home or would they find out at school? Rin would find out the day after tomorrow, because for some reason they had agreed to a swim meet in the evening. It was probably all curiosity, wondering what the results were for the others.
The curtain was pushed aside again, Sousuke stepping through with a gloomy expression on his face. Rin shot him a tiny smile, but it faltered midway. They were all going to me a nervous wreck until tomorrow. Thankfully classes were over, and they had nothing left to study for. The school at least kept that in mind.
"Well, at least we got that over with, right?" Rin said, trying to lift the mood a little again. He turned around and started walking down the hallway, intending to return to their shared dorm and lay down for a while. He'd swim later, but his mind was just not in the right place now.
Sousuke fell into step beside him, teal eyes focused on the exit in front of them. A few other students moved in and out, laughing and joking about trivial things, bright smiles on their faces. Their turn would come next year, and then they would feel the exact same way as the seniors currently did. "Now all we need to do is wait till tomorrow and then we can turn onto a new path," Sousuke replied, sighing heavily afterwards.
"Well, we would've turned onto a new one regardless of the results," Rin threw in, forcing a smile onto his lips. "I am going to Australia, even without knowing what I am."
Teal eyes flickered down again, watching Rin for a while as they stepped through the exit. The sun stood high in the sky, harshly shining down on them. Summer was really showing its face. Sousuke turned away again, and glanced out in front of him as he uttered the words. "Australia…"
Another thing they didn't ever speak of. Australia. Because it meant that their friendship was going to be put on hold again. Where Rin was off in another country while Sousuke stayed behind. And Sousuke could not shake off the idea of losing contact as they had done before. A change was certainly coming, in various ways.
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After lazing around the dorm all day, a sudden ruffle of paper made both teens perk up. Rin sat up and noticed the two envelopes on the floor, having been pushed under the door. After a moment of hesitation he pushed himself off the bed and trailed towards the envelopes. Picking them up he checked the names and then handed one to Sousuke on the top bed.
Ripping open his envelope Rin hurried the process, currently absorbed in his own little world. Taking a deep breath Rin took out the papers and let his eyes scan through the several paragraphs, searching for the final answer. And there it was, at the bottom of the paper, typed in italics.
Omega
Blankly Rin stared at the paper for a while, absorbing the result. So this was who he was. And now he would be going through heats and find an Alpha that would fuck him. Rin hadn't really thought about that part before, but now it all came rushing towards him. He would be considered the female in any relationship he would be in. The willing partner that would stick out his ass whenever his lover pleased. Degrading. Rin was not coping too well.
A ball of paper flew passed him and landed in the trashcan. Slowly Rin turned around and noticed the dark stare of Sousuke, directed at the paper he had just thrown away.
"What did it say?"
"Beta."
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Let me know what you thought of that first chapter! Do you have ideas on how they'll get together? Or who'll get together first?
