Akihito clung to Asami as the alpha slowly walked them both back into the penthouse. The only thing he could think about was how much this proved that his father never cared. He knew that. He had known that for a long time. But he never understood the extent to which that was true. He had never wanted to know exactly how much the man didn't care.

He had been told about how his father had been almost like a different man when his mother was still alive. She had been a bright, happy omega and lit up the room whenever she entered. He did have some memories of her; faint, blurred things of happy days and sunshine. Of good food, warm arms, and loud laughter. His father cared for his mother but he never cared for his only son. The man had lived with his omegan wife for many years before she died of sickness, so surely, he knew how omegan heats worked. But apparently it was too much effort to spare a little help for Akihito. The only thing he had ever said to him about his heats was: "If you aren't going to pick an alpha then lock the goddamned door. I don't have time to deal with a fight."

Yet no one had ever come knocking. No one had ever reached out to tell him things worked a little differently then he thought. The alphas just leered at him and offered to 'help' him with his heat. All he had to do was bend his neck and act like a 'proper' omega.

What would have happened if we stayed? His dragon said, mentally echoing his inner despair.

Would he even have cared if one day we just never came out of our room? Would he have even noticed?

Akihito was pulled from his thoughts are Asami carefully sat them down on his large leather couch. He carefully arranged the omega so that he was sitting on his lap sideways, face tucked under his chin but still able to see the TV if he wanted. The alpha flicked through the channels for a while before finally settling on a documentary to leave playing softly in the background. They just sat there, Asami gently running his hands through Akihito's hair, for a long time. The silence was made easier by the soft sounds in the background and he slowly relaxed.

"Akihito," Asami said softly as he nudged the omega's face up, "the contract from your father to get you to stay here means nothing. You are mine. No contract dictates that and no one is going to force you to do anything you don't want to."

"Not even you?" Akihito asked in return as all the memories of his old clan's alphas taunts came rushing back.

"Not even me. You have the freedom now to pick your own path, to make your own choices. I claim you as my mate, but you must make your own choice in return."

The omega stared in silence as the words sunk in. He's asking us to be his mate! His dragon chimed in in hushed tones. Alpha wants us. We must reassure him that we want him. He is a fine alpha, we must claim him now in return! We must not miss this chance!

Stupid alpha has a terrible way of asking, Akihito mentally replied. Why didn't he just ask me if I wanted to be his mate? What's all this mine crap? Still, his dragon's enthusiasm overtook him and he did the only thing he could think of in reply; he leaned forward and kissed Asami. It was just the barest brush of their lips but he hoped it conveyed his sentiments enough. The alpha didn't move, he just sat stock still as Akihito pulled away.

"Fine then," Akihito said aloud. "I want you to be mine in return."

Asami smirked then, a sharp, almost predatory look. "Oh? I didn't think omegas were so possessive?"

Akihito's cheeks pinkened but he stuck his tongue out in mock defiance. "If you get to get all 'mine, mine, mine' on me, then I get to do the same back."

The alpha laughed and Akihito just sat for a moment to appreciate the joyful sound. He had heard Asami chuckle before but not this almost startled laughter. The rich, deep sound warmed his belly and he couldn't help the giggle that bubbled up from his own throat. His own mirth was interrupted by Asami pulling him down for a languid kiss. It didn't heat up as much as he thought it would, instead it stayed slow but deep. For all that, Akihito was still breathless when they finally parted.

He curled up in his alphas arms, head tucked back under his chin, and started paying more attention to the TV. Akihito didn't want to move just yet. He was content, he realised. The alpha's arms are warm and safe, his dragon mused. We want to stay here always. But tonight, at least, we want to stay a little longer.

Akihito agreed except for the fact that the new documentary that they were apparently watching was incredibly depressing. It was showing old wartime footage so he leaned over to grab the remote in an effort to put something happier on. Clumsily, he pressed a few buttons while attempting to pick it up and froze as moans came out of the speakers. His head whipped around and he stared in surprised for a moment before scrabbling at the remote to switch it off. Broken moans and pleas for more, yes, harder! echoed around the room. The omega determinedly focused on the remote and not the close up of the activities on the screen. After finally managing to select the correct button, Akihito swung around to stare at the alpha with wide eyes.

"What was that? Were they really…? On TV? Why was that on TV?" His voice sounded strangled in his own ears and his entire face felt aflame but Asami didn't look the least bit perturbed. If anything, the alpha was watching him with no small amount of amusement.

"Have you never seen porn before?"

"What?" he replied in flustered bewilderment.

"Porn." Asami gestured to the now blank TV screen. "Media that shows people partaking in some form of sexual activity. Usually videos or photos of real people but also includes illustrated, animated, or written forms as well."

"What?" Akihito repeated dumbly. "Why? Why would people… you know… for a camera? For others to see?"

Asami was looking more and more amused by the second. "You're telling me that as a teenaged boy with internet access, you never once looked up anything online about sex?"

"Of course I didn't! Why would I?" the omega replied, scandalised. "That's supposed to be private."

"Is it? Some people get off on being watched by others. Some people get off on watching other people. Some people just get paid to do it and that's enough for them. It's a huge industry and there can be quite a bit of money in it too. There wouldn't be such a large industry if so many people didn't watch it either. In fact, there's quite a well-known website that was initially sponsored by the Tokyo clan for shifter porn. It was so little of it online that it took off and now has quite a lot of content on there. And enough viewers that it now pays for its own upkeep. I know a few of the 'performers', if you will, personally." Asami chuckled before giving him a dark smirk. "Curious?"

"What?! No!" Akihito spluttered as he all but fell off the alphas lap.

"No need to be so embarrassed. It's perfectly natural to be curious and even turned on by it. That is of the point of porn, it's mostly unrealistic, but the general idea is that the viewers get off to it."

Akihito managed to stand up, still spluttering slightly in his embarrassment, and started to back away. "Okay. Well. That's way more information than I wanted. So… I'm just going to go to bed. It's late and all… So, night!" After giving the flimsy excuse, he spun on his heel and bolted from the room.

He made it to his room and slammed the door shut before leaning against it as he let his panic drain away. It took some time to calm his racing heart after that particularly embarrassing incident and eventually he moved to collapse face down on his bed instead.

That was so embarrassing, he whined to his inner beast and she hummed thoughtfully back.

But… We ARE curious. We want to know what it's like. Can anything be better than kisses? It doesn't sound that fun when people talked about it in the past but they sounded like they were enjoying it on TV. And it would be different with our alpha. Our alpha has the best kisses, would he not make us feel good other ways too?

He was curious. Now that the embarrassment had passed and he was alone, he could admit that. But he was scared too. We will go into heat if we do anything with the alpha. We don't want that. He remembered the pain of the heat ravaging his body and the agonizing loneliness of being forced to endure it alone.

It's different now, his dragon reassured him, we have our alpha. He will not let us suffer like that. The doctor told us how different our heats should be. We are scared but… we still want a family. Heat is the only way we can have one for now.

He was saved from that train of thought by his phone buzzing. Surprised, Akihito opened the message. It was from Asami.

Porn is usually very unrealistic, however if you are curious, I happen to know this mated couple personally and this video is a good example for you. There is also nothing in this video that I would not do.

It was with a sense of morbid curiosity that Akihito clicked the link, although he will forever swear that his dragon took control of his actions. As the video loaded, his dragon pressed herself close to him mentally for support. They were both stupidly curious and neither found they could look away once it started to play. The sound seemed far too loud for the room so Akihito paused the video so he could rummage for some headphones. He settled back into his bed, curled up under the covers with his headphones on, and was just about to press play again when another message came through.

This would also be an excellent chance to get acquainted with the toys Kasaya-sensei gave you too.

Akihito flushed bright red again. Stupid alpha. Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid. He knows. He's in another room but he knows what we are doing. Ugh, this is so embarrassing.

We want to know though. What are the things that the alpha will do with us? What will it feel like? Can it be better than kisses?

With help from his demanding dragon, Akihito finally clicked the button to start watching the video again, although he pointedly ignored Asami's comment about the toys. He didn't even want to think about where Asami was suggesting he put one of those plastic penises right now. If anything, he was surprised that the alpha hadn't just barged in and demanded he 'help'.

Although, he was probably enjoying the thought of Akihito lying in bed watching this anyway. It seemed like something that Asami would enjoy.

The video started off fairly innocently. The male omega was just a little smaller than Akihito, dark hair instead of light, and seemed to love the idea of the camera filming them. The alpha was actually broader than even Asami and it served to highlight their size difference even more. The alpha was almost bear like in his appearance and while his partner was Japanese, he was clearly a foreigner. The nakedness didn't even phase him that much until suddenly the alpha rolled the omega over and buried his face between his ass cheeks. Akihito watched with wide eyes as the omega was very thoroughly eaten out. If his squealing was anything to go by, it felt good but the only thing Akihito could think of was Asami's comment earlier.

There is also nothing in this video that I would not do.

Would he really do THAT to Akihito? Tendrils of heat started to coil low in his belly at the thought and he squirmed in place at the feeling. His dragon was sitting fully to attention and watching with rapt fascination as the mated pair continued their performance for the camera.

We want our alpha to touch us like that, she insisted each time they did something different.

Akihito could feel himself stirring more and more at the video and suddenly understood the appeal. He knew that Asami had seen this video and picked it out for him but the very idea of porn made more sense than it did before. He still wasn't comfortable with the idea of using the sex toys he had been given on himself though. That might also have something to do with the fact that Asami was most likely in the next room and the idea of the alpha knowing that he was doing that was embarrassing.

The thought also sent a jolt of heat straight to his groin but he was going to ignore that.

The mated couple in the video seemed to be nearing their peak and Akihito examined the other omegas face. His eyes were blown black, head thrown backwards, and mouth open in apparent ecstasy. He even had tears gathering at the corner of his eyes and he was begging profusely for more. All in all, he looked positively wrecked.

They came together before crumbling into a heap, trading lazy kisses while they both regained their breath. The moment at the end was so tender and full of love that Akihito felt almost like he was intruding on something sacred and private yet he couldn't look away.

We want to do all of that with our alpha, his dragon demanded imperiously. All of it. Our alpha will make us feel good like that and he will also feel good too. We want more alpha kisses and touching. We also want to know what our alphas cock looks like. Akihito spluttered at his dragon's rant as she continued on. We think it's big, we feel it sometimes when our bodies are close. If it is big, does that mean it feels better?

Akihito buried his face into his pillow and groaned. Stupid Asami had made everything even worse. It was even worse still because he couldn't deny his curiosity any more.

Stupid, stupid Asami.

A/N: Otherwise known as Akihito discovers porn for the first time and his dragon is sceptical anything could feel better than kisses. Asami is also actually behaving for once but who knows how long that will last (hint: not long).HeHHeHHeH