"Yuuri!" Mari yelled from the other side of the door, "Victor left to pick up his mother, you can open the door now!"
Yuuri had been hiding in his room. Victor seemed to be everywhere around the inn. All he could smell was mangoes and roses. No matter where he went, that scent lingered. Victor had told him he was wearing his blockers, but it seem to cling in the air. He did not see how his family was able to be so near to Victor and their heads not swim the way his did.
It was cowardly the way he was hiding away. The omega room was the only room that seem to keep that lingering scent away. Mari kept banging on his door, and Yuuri knew she would not give up till he let her in.
"Oh so you are alive then," she said as he pushed her way in.
Yuuri rolled his eyes, "You saw me yesterday."
"Even so, you are hiding away. Yuuri! Your idol is here," Mari said as she crossed her arms and leaned against the wall.
"Exactly!" Yuuri said as he leapt off his bed. "My idol is here and I have things happening to me I cannot explain! I doubt anyone can explain!"
"He only wants to help you."
"But why?" Yuuri whined.
"Yuuri, he saw your skate. He saw something in you. He stays in the sitting area where he can see your door and waits to see if you are going to come out," Mari stated.
Yuuri sat on his bed and looked at his sister, "What?"
"Yeah, crazy I know. It is almost like he is guarding the hallway. Mom tried to get him to come into the less formal room, but he politely declined."
Yuuri shook his head. There was no way someone like Victor Nikiforov would be waiting for him. It was absurd! Shaking his head, Yuuri could not believe what Mari had said.
"Had to be another reason," he said.
"How can you be so blind?" Mari asked. "Why can't you see this? He flew from Russia to Japan to coach you, to help you… and all you're doing is locking yourself away in your room. You can't keep pushing him away and hiding in this room."
"Probably better if I stay locked away… one less person to disappoint," Yuuri muttered.
"Katsuki Yuuri! Now you listen to me!" Mari said in a voice harsher than what Yuuri was use too. "If you mess this up, you will regret it the rest of your life!"
Yuuri just sat there, staring at Mari. She had her hands on her hips now, glaring down at him.
"You can't see what we all see. You are one in a million. You are someone special. Being locked up in this inn will be the death of you," she spit out.
"Well what about you?" Yuuri said as he jumped up and faced his sister. "You stay here, and you do ok! Why can't i?"
Putting her hand on his his shoulder, she shook him lightly, "Because you are special and always have been! You did whatever you wanted and fuck what anyone thought!"
Yuuri broke from her grip, grabbing at his hair, feeling his body grow warm and his vision grow red. It was different this time. He was upset, he was scared.
"NO! No! Mari! I am nobody! You are my family and you have to say this!" Yuuri yelled, tears streaming down his face. "Yes! My idol is here and it scares me to no end that I am going to show him what a big mistake he has made coming out here! I am scared at every moment he will realize this is all wrong! I am all wrong!"
Mari shook her head, "Get your shit together, Yuuri or you will ruin the best opportunity of your life."
With that Mari spun on her heels and stomped out his room. Yuuri sat back down on his bed, and tried to breath in deep. His emotions only seem to be on overdrive. What normally would have upset him, tore him to pieces now.
Everything felt so wrong to him. His body fighting against him, wanting to spend every moment next to Victor, yet wanting to be as far away from him as possible. Nothing made sense. He knew it was stupid to hide in his room, to sit and wallow in all the 'whys' and 'hows'.
Taking a deep breath, Yuuri knew he had to battle all the emotions away the best he could. No matter how escalated they felt, not matter how hard he felt that pull to Victor. He needed to do this- He was Katsuki Yuuri, Japan's dime a dozen figure skater, beta turned… omega?
"Oh Vitya, I can smell him already," an unknown voice rang out.
Yuuri was out in the dining hall, sitting at a table, watching television. He decided he did not need to stay locked in his room. He had added extra blocker on, but apparently it was still strong.
"Yes, isn't it… perfect?" he heard Victor asked as they rounded into the dining hall.
Yuuri scrambled to stand up and straightened his clothing as Victor and his mother walked in. The scent of roses was exceptionally strong with the two of them standing there. Yuuri knew Victor's mother was also an omega, and as he stared at her, it was as if he was looking at a smaller version of Victor, but delicate. Long silver hair, shorter, thinner- but her eyes, they were not blue like Victor's, they were a more muted gray in color.
"Oh this must be him," she said as she walked forward and extended her hand. "It is a pleasure to meet you."
Her hand was warm and her grip firm. Yuuri nodded as he stood before the two. Where Victor's eyes were warm as they gazed on Yuuri, his mother's stare was colder.
"Please to meet you," Yuuri said to her.
"Oh they have arrived!" the cheerful sound of Yuuri's mother coming into the room. "Mari, Yuuri- do get her bags and take to her room."
Yuuri scrambled to get out of the cold gaze of Victor's mother eyes and met with his sister, grabbing bags and walking down the hallway.
"I see you stopped hiding," Mari whispered as they walked.
"Oh shut up," Yuuri hissed back.
Once the bags were dropped off, all Yuuri wanted to do was go hide in his room, but Mari kept giving him a look that almost seemed like a warning if he did. Slowly, he went back out to the dining hall where he found Victor and his mother sipping tea at a table.
"Oh good! You are back!" Victor called as he jumped to his feet to greet Yuuri. "Come sit and have tea with us, please."
"Yes, please sit," Victor's mother said and gestured to the tea pot and cups on the table, "I was hoping to speak with you."
Yuuri nodded and took a seat across from Victor. He noticed how Victor quickly poured him a cup of tea and pushed his way. Yuuri nodded and took the cup from him as Victor's mother continued to stare at him.
"I would like to get right down to business here, Yuuri," she said, "Vitya here states you are marked beta."
Yuuri nodded.
"May I see your mark?" she asked.
Yuuri set his cup down and held out his arm. Her hands were on his wrist, pulling his arm closer to her. She stared at it and ran her finger over it. Yuuri looked at Victor who only smiled back at him.
"And Vitya tells me you did not pay to have your registration tampered with, correct?" she asked.
"Yes ma'am, that is true," Yuuri quietly said.
"Well I can clearly smell the almonds and vanilla on you. That alone says a lot. Your family does not smell the same way as you do," she said, all the while holding his wrist, touching at his mark.
"Doesn't he just smell amazing," Victor breathed out.
Victor's mother let go of Yuuri's arm and looked at her son then back to Yuuri. "Are you wearing the blocker Vitya brought?"
Yuuri nodded, "Yes ma'am. I put extra on this morning."
Yuuri watched as Victor's mother stared at him, her finger coming to her mouth and tapping her bottom lip. Yuuri wanted to laugh as it was the exact same gesture Victor did, but he knew it would be considered rude if he did.
"You are still very strongly scented, we will need to balance you out better… though I am thinking it is a preheat and a first at that," she said.
Yuuri nodded.
"And you are how old?" she asked.
"Twenty-three," Yuuri said.
"Interesting," she said as she grabbed her tablet that was next to her, leaned back and started to tap away at the screen.
"Yuuri, she will be lost in that for some time," Victor laughed out. "Whenever Mama gets her tablet out means she has an idea and cannot be bothered."
Victor's mother waved her hand, "Vitya, why don't you go walk with your friend and come back in a bit. We will draw blood and I will examine him more."
"Mama, shouldn't you rest a bit first?" Victor asked.
"You know I will not rest right now," she stated as she tapped more at her tablet.
Victor shook his head and went to stand up, "Yuuri? Care for a walk, or a dip in the springs?"
Yuuri gasped, "A walk would be fine."
Victor smiled and held his arm out for Yuuri. Blushing a little, Yuuri breathed in the familiar rose smell that was overpowering their table and linked his arm with Victor's.
"We will do some blood work when you two get back," Victor's mother said, her nose still in her tablet.
As they walked out of the dining hall, Yuuri led Victor through the kitchens, grabbing their coats and out back. They had beautiful cherry trees back there and though it was cold, it was a peaceful area.
"You'll have to excuse mother- when she gets involved in something, there is no talking to her," Victor said with a smile. "I know you can't see it, but once she is done with her curiosity, she has a warm side to her."
"She looks just like you," Yuuri said.
"You mean I look like her?" Victor ask with a wink.
Yuuri blushed and nodded.
"I know, except I have my father's eyes," Victor stated.
Yuuri nodded again.
"I am glad you came out of your room," Victor said they got to a tree and he grabbed a branch, letting his body lean forward as held onto it. "I was starting to think you wanted nothing to do with me."
Yuuri looked to ground, knowing he was blushing, "Yeah… sorry about that."
Victor stood, leaning forward, staring at Yuuri, "It's fine, you are out now. It is hard when you first present."
"Yeah, I am sure yours was easy," Yuuri mumbled.
Victor laughed. Letting go of the branch, he leaned against the tree and started laughing even more.
"Yuuri… my mother is one of the top hormone doctors in the world! The minute I presented she was taking blood work and scent samples from me!"
"Oh."
"Yeah! All through out my first rut, all mom did was check my hormone levels for her research project."
Yuuri wrapped his arms around his center, feeling foolish for assuming. "I'm sorry."
Victor shrugged, "It wasn't too bad. I've always had personal designer hormones and blockers. Probably why everyone has always speculated what I was… or never really knowing."
"Well that does make sense," Yuuri said.
The wind blew and the scent of roses and mangoes drifted over towards Yuuri. When Victor's mother was around, the scent had not affected him. Now that he was alone with Victor, his vision started to go pink again. Even when Yuuri looked at Victor, his body started to warm up- though it was cold outside.
"Well once mother get's her testings and all done, she warms right up, so don't worry," Victor said.
Yuuri nodded. Victor looked so casual and out of place out in their small garden area. Even his coat was immaculate as he stood there.
"Plus, here soon, we are going to start working out harder, get that extra weight off of you and back on the ice," Victor said with a smile.
Yuuri blushed again, holding his center tighter, as if he could hide it.
"Oh Yuuri, I have so many ideas!" Victor exclaimed as he pushed off the tree and stood before him. "Once I get you on the ice… we can work from there."
Yuuri gulped. Victor was close again. Victor was always close. Closing his eyes, he let the scent of Victor wrap around him in the cold air.
"Roses…" Yuuri whispered.
"Yes, that comes from my mother," Victor said.
"But when she is around, it doesn't… affect me," Yuuri said as he turned his head.
"It is another omega's scent is why. Mine is still there, but since we have a common scent, it blends and confuses your senses," Victor explained.
"Oh," Yuuri breathed out, slowly opening his eyes when he felt a hand at his chin.
"I promise you, mother will get to the bottom of this. She never just leaves a project she is on for nothing," Victor said.
Yuuri flinched back, "You mean she was working on something?"
Victor chuckled, "She is always working on something! But once I told her your story, she booked a flight."
"Watch me just be a late bloomer," Yuuri grumbled.
"I told you that doesn't happen," Victor said.
"Why can't I just be normal!" Yuuri exclaimed.
Victor tilted his head, "What do you consider normal?"
It was that moment Yuuri realized what he has said wrong. Yuuri knew he what he meant was 'beta' when he referred to normal- yet here he was with his idol, an alpha talking normalcy.
"I… I didn't mean it like that!" Yuuri squeaked out.
Victor squinted, "Good. There is enough inequality going around."
"I didn't mean it like that," Yuuri repeated as he reached out without thinking, taking Victor's hands. "What I mean was I was beta… and now I am not. That is not normal."
Victor's face lightened and his thumbs brushed over Yuuri's hands. "Good, cause you are one of us now."
Yuuri laughed- a real laugh. He was one of the quarter population that was categorized as an omega. Victor rubbed his thumbs over Yuuri's hands again then tighten the grip in one hand, bringing his wrist up to his nose. Taking in a deep breath, he closed his eyes and kissed at the sensitive area on the inside of Yuuri's wrist where his coat as slipped down.
"Welcome to being extraordinary," Victor quietly said, still holding Yuuri's wrist close to his face.
"Victor! Yuuri!" Mari yelled from the door. "You're being asked for!"
"Mother is always the best at interruptions," Victor said before kissing the inner part of Yuuri's arm again, and letting go.
Yuuri just stood there staring at Victor. His body was humming and his vision clouding in pink around him. Victor was still holding his one hand and started to pull him to back to the inn. Yuuri could not think clearly, even as they walked through the back and Victor peeled his coat off of him and his hat.
"Your hair is sticking all up!" Victor laughed out and started to fix his hair. Each time he moved his arm, fixing Yuuri's hair, his scent was waved right under his nose. It made Yuuri sway a bit on his feet as if he were drunk.
"Yuuri!" Victor said as Yuuri stumbled.
Shaking his head, "S-sorry… lightheaded," Yuuri mumbled.
Victor wrapped his arm around Yuuri's waist, "Let's take you to mother."
Yuuri hated to admit how much he liked Victor's arm around him, and how he leaned into him. He liked how strong Victor was and something in his mind told him he would keep him safe.
Alpha!
Yuuri's mind was screaming at him. Submit!
"Vitya! What have you done to this poor boy?" Victor's mother said as they went back into the dining hall where she was.
"Nothing! He was feeling lightheaded, so I helped him," Victor said.
"Oh my," she breathed out, "Coniunx amandus."
Yuuri shook his head, leaning harder on Victor, "What?"
"Oh nothing… nothing…" she said, waving her hand, "Come with me. I have my supplies in my room."
Yuuri wanted to continue hanging onto Victor, but his mother had taken his hand and pulled him behind her. Once they got to her room, she had grabbed a bag and got a balm out. Dipping her finger, she spread the balm over his upper lip.
"There, that will help clear your head some," she said, "You are seeing shades of pink aren't you?"
Yuuri nodded, "I have for quite some time now."
"Get's stronger around Vitya?" she asked.
Yuuri blushed and nodded.
She brushed his hair back off his forehead and laid her hand on it. The scent of roses and something else he could not determine was light, but helped clear his head.
"You may call me Ana," she said.
Yuuri nodded.
"I want to do blood and saliva samples," Ana said.
Ana lead Yuuri over to a chair in the room for him to sit. Victor came to the room as Ana got the syringes and all out.
"Mama is the best at blood work," Victor said, "barely a pinch!"
"Vitya!" Ana said, "You are just going to fluster this poor boy even more. Go put more blocker on, I can already tell your scent is even stronger when you are close to him."
Victor raised an eyebrow, "How is that even-"
"-Vitya! Please!" Ana snapped out.
Victor raised his arms and backed out the room. Yuuri had to laugh at his expression as Ana moved around the room gathering her supplies and pulling a small table where he was.
"Ok, let's get some answers here," she said as he pulled a stool next to him and sat. Grabbing her gloves she slipped them on and pulled his sleeve up.
"You said a word earlier… what was that?" Yuuri said.
"I have said a lot of words, which ones?" Ana asked.
"Con… ama?" Yuuri stuttered out.
"Oh! Coniunx amandus. Don't worry over all that just yet. I am just speculating things out loud," she said.
"But what does that mean?" Yuuri asked.
"You are a curious one, aren't you?"
"Sorry," Yuuri whispered, "I just want to know what is going on with me."
"We all do," Ana said. "And don't worry… I have an idea, but these test here will confirmed it all. And there, blood drawn!"
Yuuri gasped. He did not even know she had stuck him yet.
"I didn't even feel it," Yuuri said as he looked at his arm where she was putting pressure on a bandage.
"Told you she was the best," Victor said as he came back in.
"Ok, you two. I need you both to spit in these vials," Ana said handing them each a thin glass vial, "Fill them up."
"Mama?" Victor asked.
"Oh Vitya, just do it!" she said, as she took the vial of Yuuri's blood over to the small table and turned her back to them as she started typing on a laptop and mumbling to herself in Russian.
Victor and Yuuri both looked at each other with confusion.
"I said spit!" Ana exclaimed out.
Yuuri jumped in his seat and started to spit into the vial. It was weird as Victor was doing the same thing. He was thankful it did not take much and Ana was grabbing both from them.
"Give me a few minutes," she said.
Yuuri stared at his hands, picking at his fingers while the room was quiet besides the clicking of Ana's laptop. Victor had sat on the armrest of the chair Yuuri was sitting in. All Yuuri wanted to do was lean into him. With Victor having just applied more blocker and his mother being close, helped to keep his head clear.
What felt like forever had gone by. Yuuri could feel the body heat coming off Victor as he sat there. When Ana finally turned around and looked at them both, she smiled. Yuuri saw a warmth in her face he had not seen before- the smile reached her eyes.
"Ok, so exactly what I had thought," Ana said.
Yuuri sat up and leaned forward, listening.
"Yuuri, you are a Repressus Omega," Ana said.
"A what?" Victor and Yuuri said together.
"Let me explain!" Ana said. "A Repressus Omega, is a beta till they meet their Coniunx amandus."
Yuuri shook his head. None of this was making sense.
"Mama, please," Victor begged.
"Right, right…" Ana said. "You are a repressed omega. The reason none of us knew what this was, is there has not been a recorded Repressus Omega in over fifty years."
"Ok… but why now?" Victor asked.
"Because he met you, Vitya," Ana said.
"What?" Yuuri asked.
Ana smiled. "You two are coniunx amandus, or mates as they would say." Leaning forward, Ana looked at Yuuri and smiled, "If you never had gotten in Vitya's proximity, you would have stayed a beta all your life. You're body is changing is for your alpha."
Yuuri blinked, trying to take it all in.
"What?" Victor asked, his hand on Yuuri's shoulder.
"This is not common anymore, so it not something very well known. Back hundreds of years ago, in smaller villages, you had mates, but they were always around each other. There are almost no cases of this outside of sloppy notes fifty years ago," Ana said.
"So this means I am truly an omega," Yuuri whispered.
"Da, just an omega in repression," Ana said with a smile.
