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Eren never imagined the palace to be so extravagant. It wasn't like the palaces you got out of a fairy tale, which had pointy towers. It was a big and long building that was lit up with lights.

Eren sighed and averted his eyes, before moving up the steps as more carriages began to come in from other villages. Everywhere Eren looked he could see Omegas smiling and laughing, it was disgusting. But he guessed that they fell into their nature and decided that Omegas were meant for owning, like property.

He tried not to glare so much as he walked through the hall, it was attracting more attention than he needed, and he was already a fucking male Omega. People were already staring at him as he walked past. You could see them sniff the air and look at him wide eyed; they knew.

Eren tried his best to ignore the looks as he entered 'The Grand Hall'; and yes, it was grand like one in a stupid fairy tale...royalty huh. He immediately found a nice space along the wall of the hall where he would spend the rest of his evening. He could see the throne from there, and a smaller chair to the right, but both chairs were empty; maybe their waiting for everyone to arrive, gives people a fair chance.

More guests came into the hall, and soon it was stuffed with snobby looking Omegas, and some Alphas, trying to get laid. Eventually, every one had arrived and music could be heard. Eren recognised the man who stood in front of the throne as the head guard he saw one week ago.

"Alphas and Omegas, thank you joining us this evening," he said. Eren smiled.

"It wasn't like we had a choice," he whispered to himself, quiet enough so other people didn't hear.

"This evening, the Prince shall go around masked and ask Omegas to dance with him. At the end of the evening, he shall choose his mate." Chatting began to increase as people were arguing that they were going to be his mate, it made Eren pity them a bit. "Now, I would like to announce our gracious King Kenny."

Clapping began in the hall as a tall man in a mask, and wearing a crown, revealed himself behind the curtain. He sat down on the head throne and gesture the guard to continue.

"And, of course, Prince Rivaille," he said, in somewhat a plain face, just waiting for the screams of adoring girls. And screams there were.

A man, that was shorted than the King, slipped through the curtains. He was wearing all black, even his hair was black.

Rivaille waved a little at the screaming girls and sat down on his throne at Kenny's right hand side. Everyone was trying to get his attention and wanting to dance with him, except a few. Eren wasn't the only one who didn't want to be here, and that made it better, but he still didn't see any male Omegas.

"What's a pretty brat like you doing here on your own?" asked a voice. Eren stared bored as he looked to his left. He could smell that he was an Alpha, and he was a little shorted than Eren. He, too, was dressed in black and had black hair, but it was his bluey-grey eyes that stood out behind his mask.

Eren turned his head away, "may I help you?" he asked. It may have not been the best question but it was something. He didn't want to look at the Alpha next to him, let alone any Alpha. He heard a sigh.

"Yes you may, I'm asking what you're doing over here on your own?" he said. Eren nearly choked out laughing, he wasn't the only one on his own, why him?

"Because I don't want to be here, there's no point," he answered. He could tell that the Alpha raised an eyebrow.

"Why?" he asked. It almost made Eren snap. He stood up straight, away from the wall, and in front of the Alpha.

"Take a good smell of me, Alpha. I'm an Omega. I'm a fucking male Omega attending a stupid ball meant to find a stupid Prince's mate. It's not going to be me, now is it?" he said nearly shouting, but the girls screams were louder. He could see the Alpha looked a little cross.

"And? You're still an Omega, boy or girl. There's still a chance," he said. Eren huffed and leaned against the wall again.

"I don't want there to be a chance. I never want a mate and that's final, so I'm not going to fall for him or you or anyone; pick on someone else." Eren felt like just walking away, however, the doors were closed. The Alpha leaned against the wall beside him and watched the girls scream as the Prince walked down the stairs and started dancing.

"I hate parties like this," he said. Eren looked at him, knowing he was changing the subject.

"Alphas didn't have to come, so why did you?" he asked. The Alpha sighed.

"My uncle forced me. He believes it's time to find a mate," he replied. There was an awkward silence after that; Eren was hoping he would leave, but it didn't seem like it. "If you don't mind me asking, what do you have against Alphas anyway?" he asked out of the blue.

Eren didn't look at him as he spoke, "Alphas are the dominant status. Everyone must fall in line for them because they believe they are so superior, but I don't. I don't care about mates. I don't care about dominance or status. I can't bear being in this place and waiting for the Prince to choose upon us like cattle. They don't care what the Omega or Beta is feeling; as long as they get their offspring, their fine." The silence returned between them. Eren thought that he may have been a bit harsh, taking that he had just insulted the person right next to him, but then he realised he didn't care.

"So what's your name, brat?" the Alpha asked. Eren huffed.

"Don't call me a brat. And why should I tell you?" he countered. The Alpha sighed.

"Because I at least want to make one friend at this crappy party, even if it is an Omega," he replied. Eren stared at him for a second. He never had an Alpha friend before, but did he want one? He faced straight.

"...Eren."

"Levi," the Alpha answered back. Eren snapped his head towards him.

"What?" he questioned. The Alpha turned to him.

"Levi. It's my name." Eren felt an uncontrollable blush creep on his face, but he quickly shook it away. Levi just looked at him, before putting out his hand to Eren. Eren stared at the hand confused.

"What?" he asked. Levi sighed.

"I want to dance with you, brat," he said in a tone that seemed so normal. Eren frowned and shook his head, almost afraid. "Why?"

"Because I'm trying to keep a low profile, as much as I can in my situation. I've already drawn enough eyes, and I don't want to draw the Prince's," he said. Levi thought for a moment.

"Then we can dance outside for a bit," he proposed. Eren frowned again.

"But we aren't allowed to leave the hall," he said. Levi hummed a little.

"Don't worry. I actually know the Prince and the guards here, they'll let me pass," he said. Eren thought for a moment, wondering if he should take up his offer. Levi wasn't asking for them to be mates; just a small dance between friends at a ball. He couldn't let his guard down.

He hesitated before taking the hand; it was warm. Levi led them away from the hall and out on to the terrace. The guards never stopped them as they went passed.

Outside was dark, but the stars and moon were bright. The music could still be heard from where they were, and it was loud enough to slowly dance to.

Levi turned to Eren, once in the middle of the terrace, and pulled him closer. Eren gasped and felt like backing away, but Levi held him tight.

"I'm not going to hurt you, brat," he said, and for some reason, Eren believed him. He felt Levi place his hand on Eren's waist. Eren, hesitantly, placed his hand on Levi's shoulder. His other hand was resting in Levi's, and Levi began to sway to the beat of the music.

They could still hear all of the music and girls screaming, but it felt so quiet.

"Why are you doing this?" Eren asked.

"Because I feel like a rare Omega, like you, should at least have a proper first dance," Levi replied, not missing a beat. Eren 'tch'ed.

"I don't get you." Levi frowned. "You don't even know me and suddenly you think that you should just treat me like a Princess. I'm not like those f-ing girls in that hall, screaming over a man that would probably treat them like shit. I'm not weak and I'm not letting my guard down," Eren said. It needed to be said, Levi needed to understand that.

Levi just nodded. "I understand, brat. And you don't have to let your guard down. I just think that this is better than standing by a wall for how many fucking hours."

The rest of the dance was in complete silence. Levi was continuously staring at Eren, while Eren was trying to avert his eyes.

"Would you stop staring at me?" Eren complained.

"Are you wearing contacts?" Levi suddenly asked. Eren frowned.

"Huh?"

"Your eyes. They're too green to be real, right?" he asked. It took a while for Eren to register what Levi had said. He shook his head.

"No, these are the eyes I was born with. They haven't changed and I've done nothing to them," he replied.

"Am I allowed to say they are beautiful?" Levi asked. Eren blushed like mad and he felt lucky he was wearing a mask.

"I would prefer if you didn't, but taking that you already said it...thank you," Eren said in a small voice.

"Your welcome, brat."

"...you have nice eyes too," Eren said with difficulty.

"Are we just going to compliment each others eyes now?" Levi tease.

"Y-you were the one who started it," Eren nearly shouted. Levi laughed a little.

"I'm kidding. Thank you." After a few more minutes dance, Levi came to a slow hult, Eren frowned. "I should go. I need to talk to the Prince," he said. Eren nearly had a heart attack. His ears and tail were on end and shaking. He literally clung to Levi.

"Don't you dare tell him about me, I'll never forgive you!" Eren exclaimed. Levi's eyes widened, but softened. He placed his hands over Eren's shaking ones.

"I'm not, I promise. I just need to talk to him. That Prince in that room will never know of you, I swear," Levi said gently, trying to calm the Omega. He pried Eren's hands off of his jacket and kissed them softly, "besides, I think I'll keep you for myself." Levi winked and let go of Eren's hands.

Eren was beating red, "Levi!" he exclaimed out of annoyance, which Levi just laughed to and left. Eren's heart was beating so fast, it hurt. He inhaled deeply and walked over to the edge of the terrace, looking out into the garden.

"So how was your night, Eren?" said a familiar, cheesy voice. Eren turned around and saw Helen looking smug.

"Great, I didn't do anything," he said. He knew it was a lie, but he'll never see Levi again.

Helen giggled and walked over to him, "Rivaille is mine. I just spent a whole dance with him and he couldn't take his eyes off me," she said. Eren rolled his eyes, turning away from her.

"Congratulations. So, after you get married to him, will you finally leave Shiganshina?" he asked smirking.

"How dare you say that to me, you mutt!? You're speaking to the future Princess of Maria, and future Queen," she said in a strange posh voice that didn't suit her.

"Being a Princess doesn't mean anything, Helen. It just means that you are the Prince's whore," he said no longer smirking. Helen gasped and quickly stormed away. It was true though. The Prince was most likely just a brat that slept around from Omega to Omega, maybe fitting in some Betas. Who knows how many bastards he's got?

"It's time to come back inside," said a voice, it was one of the guards. Eren nodded and went back into the cramped hall and stood by his place on the wall.

The King rose from his throne and addressed the people.

"Omegas and Alphas, it is time for Prince Rivaille to announce who shall be his mate," he said in a ruling voice. Prince Rivaille rose from his throne and stood in front of the King.

Eren could see Helen through the crowd getting ready for her to be announced. She was brushing her hair with her fingers and adjusting her mask. Girls around her were looking at her like they knew she was going to be picked.

Rivaille cleared his throat, "I firstly would like to thank everyone who I danced with, you were all lovely ladies and enjoyed myself very much. I would also like to apologise for forcing all you Omegas here, it was wrong."

Eren wasn't really listening, he was just staring at the doors, waiting for them to finally open so he could go home.

"And now the moment of truth. Well, I can honestly say that no one in this room is my mate. I am very sorry to all you Omegas who had high hopes of being my bride, but I don't feel the same for you. I am sorry."

Eren was listening to that part, and his mouth shot open. He turned to Helen and saw that she was about to burst into tears. He felt a little sorry for her.

"Thank you everyone for coming. The doors are now open for you to leave. The guards outside will direct you to which carriage you should take to get home."

And with that said, both Rivaille and the King left. It made Eren even more sick because of the fact that Rivaille was playing with all those girls hearts. Eren moved quickly to the doors, he wanted to go home and go to bed.

He made it outside and there were sign posts to indicate which carriages were going where. He saw the Shiganshina post and quickly made his way over in that direction.

"Eren!" called a familiar voice. Eren turned around and saw Levi making his way towards him.

"Levi? What's wrong?" Eren asked. Levi stopped in front of him.

"Nothing you brat. I just wanted to see you off...and give you this," Levi said slowly handing over a full bloom rose. Eren frowned.

"Levi, even if it didn't cost anything, I can't accept it," he said. Levi frowned.

"You mean you don't want to accept it. Just take the flower, you shitty brat." Eren pulled a sad glare.

"I don't know you. I don't trust you. What do you want from me?" he asked. Levi reached his hands out and slowly took Eren's mask off, revealing his true face and an obvious blush.

"To get to know you," he said, placing a hand on Eren's cheek. Eren pried Levi's hand off his cheek.

"I already told you I don't want a mate."

"You know; when people become mates, they never actually know each other. I'm not asking you to be my mate, all I'm asking is that you allow me to get to know you, and you - me," Levi said, trying to give Eren the rose again. Eren sighed and took the rose. Levi bowed, making Eren blush again.

Eren quickly got into the carriage, turning around to say goodbye, but Levi was already gone.

"Alphas..." Eren said rolling his eyes. He smelt the rose and found that it had a stronger scent than other roses he smelt.

He sat in the carriage alone for about five minutes, until others started to get on and sit down. Helen came on the carriage and looked at Eren, she smiled sadly.

"Sorry," was all she said before sitting down. The carriage then started to move and soon the palace was out of sight. Eren just hoped that he would never return to that place.

. . . .

The ride home was slow. The girls around Eren started to fall asleep one by one. The surroundings outside the carriage were beginning to look familiar, meaning that they were almost home.

Soon the light of the village became visible and the carriage stopped. Villagers began to come out of their homes and see the Omegas come off the carriage. Eren could see his mother, Mikasa and Armin waiting for him. He smiled a little, carefully clenching the rose in his hands.

He got off and walked calmly to his mother, wrapping his arms around her.

"You okay, cub," she asked. Eren nodded and buried his face into her hair. After saying hello and goodbye to Armin, Eren wanted to go home and to bed. He stepped into the house and sat down on a chair. Mikasa ran upstairs and his mother sat in the chair opposite him. "Eren, what's wrong?"

Eren held up to rose that Levi gave him. His mother's eyes were wide.

"Eren, please tell me that isn't what I think it is," she nearly begged. Eren shook his head.

"Don't worry, it's not from the Prince. It's from another Alpha," he said. His mother frowned.

"Another?" Eren nodded.

"His name is Levi and I don't know what to do anymore." The last part of that sentence, Eren was in near tears. His mother saw this and came rushing to him.

"Oh cub. It's going to be alright," she said, but Eren shook his head.

"I don't know. He knows that I live in Shiganshina, he saw me get in the carriage. He said that he wanted to get to know me, but I can't let my guard down." Eren's mother frowned.

"He said that he wanted to get to know you?" she asked, Eren nodded. "Wow, not many of Alphas do that."

"Huh?"

"Eren, think about it. The guy actually wanted to know you, not mate you...straight away. Your father never got to know me," she said. Eren shook his head.

"No mum, you think about it. The guy knows that I won't ever bring down my guard. I'm what the Alphas call 'A Hard Catch', but hard catches are always the best," Eren said. She folded her arms.

"I don't know, cub. How about we talk about this in the morning. Go to bed," she said. Eren gladly nodded and ran up the stairs, into his room and flung himself on his bed face first. He rolled over so he was facing the ceiling.

Images of a man with bluey-grey eyes flickered through his mind. He clenched his bed sheets. His mission was to go to that fucking party and get unnoticed. How difficult was that? And he failed, he failed miserably.

He wished he wasn't an Omega for the hundredth time. More. He wish he was dead, he would have rather been dead than used as property, a baby maker.

His mind went back to the way Levi looked at him. It looked genuine, but Eren would rather be wrong than fooled.

He turned to his side and looked at the rose that he placed on his bedside table. It was beautifully red and he could smell that drowsy fragrance for there. Levi didn't even know Eren and he was already after him; he was like all other Alphas. Eren could be someone completely different and Levi would never know.

Eren's eyelids began to become heavy as the smell of the flower filled the room. He closed his eyes and wished that he could forget what happened that night.

. . . .

Eren's eyes slowly opened and he looked around his room. He saw the flower and realised that the night before wasn't a dream. He stared down at his body, only to realise that he had fallen asleep in his fancy clothes. He huffed and quickly got out of bed to change into his normal clothes for the day.

He placed the green outfit into his wardrobe and made his way out of his room. Eren went downstairs and found breakfast ready on the table. His mother turned to him and giggled.

"Cub, your hair and tail are a mess," she said. Mikasa looked up at him and smiled. Eren quickly smoothed down his hair, along with his ears, and brushed his fingers through his tail. He sat down and reached for a bowl of cereal, his mother sat down at her seat.

"So, Eren, how was last night?" Mikasa asked. Eren didn't really explain much the night before to his friends, he was too tired. Eren shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know. I successed in making sure the Prince didn't know me, but I failed in another part." Mikasa frowned, but before she could ask anything, Eren continued. "I tell you: that Prince is so stuck up. All those Omegas went to the trouble of making themselves nice for him, and he didn't even chose a mate after all that," Eren complained. Mikasa sighed.

"That is a bit troubling, but at least it gives him a character of one that doesn't want to commit to an Omega he doesn't love," she answered back. Eren 'tch'ed.

"To hell with that. I didn't even want to go in the first place and that stupid Prince couldn't even do what he said he was going to do."

Eren's mother suddenly cleared her throat, getting the attention of the two teenagers.

"Well, changing the subject; Eren, go and see Armin. You don't have to talk about the ball to him, but I just think you need some guy time. Mikasa, you stay here," she said. Eren felt revealed, she always knew what to say. Mikasa huffed and leaned back in her chair.

After breakfast, Eren made his way towards Armin's house. It was nice having his best friend so close. He knocked on the door, and after a few seconds an old man opened it. He was Armin's grandfather, because, same as Mikasa, Armin's parents died.

"Ah, Eren. How are you? I suspect you are after Armin," he said. Eren nodded and the old man called out for his grandson.

Armin soon came to the door, stepped outside and smiled at his friend, before turning to his grandfather.

"I'll be going out for a bit, I'll be back soon," he said. The old man nodded.

"Of course, take your time," he said before closing the door.

Eren and Armin walked side by side towards the woods, it was always the best place to talk.

"So, how was last night? You looked exhausted," Armin asked. Eren sighed.

"It went okay. The Prince didn't notice me but I can clearly say that he is an ass." Armin laughed a little.

"Of course" he said. They wondered further into the wood, before getting to the clearing. Only Eren and Armin properly knew about it. All the other villagers were too scared to go into the woods, so it was a good place for a private conversation. They sat down on the grass. "So come on, Eren, spit it out. I know you are hiding something. If you weren't, you would be a lot happier that you weren't chosen," Armin said.

Armin could always tell when Eren was hiding something, he really was his best friend. Eren sighed and lay back on the grass.

"Well, no one got chosen, so I'm a little pissed. The main reason though is because I did meet someone," he replied. Armin frowned before chuckling a little.

"Oh the irony. You got to a ball for a Prince to find his mate - he doesn't find one - but you meet someone when you didn't want to," Armin teased. Eren pushed Armin over, but only as a joke.

"I'm serious, Armin. I don't know what to do. I have no idea if that guy is just going to suddenly turn up at the village, demanding to see me. That's what Alphas usually do: demand."

Armin sighed and lay back on the grass too.

"Don't do anything you don't want to do, that's all I can say," Armin said. Eren hummed. "I'm serious. You are stronger than other Omegas. Heck, you beat the shit out of Jean. I know that you visualise yourself ten years from now still being alone because you are afraid of being used, but don't just cancel everything out. There will always be those Alphas that think the way you do: believing that Omegas shouldn't be possessions."

Eren turned to his friend, before rolling onto his front and smelling the grass.

"I know I'm afraid, but I can't help feeling like there is something more to it. Dad left mum because I was an Omega. I think I'm afraid of being abandoned for giving birth to the wrong gender and status," Eren said. There was silence after that, but it didn't seem awkward. It was the type of silence where you could lie back to listen and smell your surrounding.

"Well, look who I've found" said a familiar voice. Both teens looked towards the way they came and saw Jean.

"What do you want, horse-face? How did you find us?" asked Eren. No one came into the forest, how did Jean know about this place.

"pfft, I followed you, you dipshit," Jean said. Eren could feel his blood boiling.

"Jean, do you actually have any other friends, apart from Marco? We don't want a repeat of last time, now do we?" Eren threatened, and it wasn't empty. Jean smirked and moved into a battle stance.

"Oh please. I was going easy on you last time. I didn't want to hurt that pretty face of yours, after all, it's all you've got."

Eren snapped and lunged towards Jean. Eren was much faster than most people, it was the only advantage of being a male Omega: amazing agility.

Eren swung his fist at Jean's, only for it to be blocked; but Eren took this as a chance. He swung his leg through a round-house kick and jabbed Jean in his waist. His arms had been distracted from Eren's hard punch that the kick hit it's target perfectly and sent Jean flying for a good two feet.

Jean lay on the grass, clenching his waist where Eren hit him. His face was full of pain.

Eren walked over to him, his face completely emotionless as he picked Jean up by the hair.

"You should lean that not all Omegas are of what they seem," he said. He frowned when he was a big bruise on Jean's face, which he didn't make. "Jean, who did this to you?" he asked pointing to the bruise.

Jean laughed, "some strange, short Alpha that just walked into the village and asked to see you. He punched me in the face when I called you a whore. I had to bring him to you. That's why I here, and he saw this whooole fight."

Eren's eyes widened when a familiar scent hit his nose. He slowly turned around and saw a man with black hair and was rather short. His facial expression was full of amusement, but the thing that caught Eren's breath was a pair of bluey-grey eyes.


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