06
Eren was touching the marks on his neck, surprisingly he didn't felt any pain when Levi bit him.
He can't call them mating marks because there was no mating. But his glad, knowing that Levi's marking is a sign that the omega's instincts recognize him. Just like Hanji said, he just have to deal with the rational Levi. Still he prays everything will go smoothly.
He was sitting at the edge of the bed, staring at his sleeping mate. He curled up like ball with a pillow between his arms and legs. Moments later, the omega slowly opened his eyes and blink several times.
"Good morning Levi, I bought food in case your hungry. And I'm here to clarify everything." He greeted the omega, brushing back the black strands of hair off his eyes.
Levi stared the the marks on his neck, then out of the blue he launched himself to Eren, wrapping his arms on his neck and his legs on his waist. He nuzzles his face on Eren's chest.
"Are you my doctor? Cause I don't mind you tinkering my head," looking up he purred at Eren.
Eren loved the attention but wait, what did just his mate said again?
"Wait, what did you just say?"
"A lot of shit is going on my head, don't know where to start thinking... or should I engaged to think at all... there's this voice, doctor... telling me to stuff... and all..." Levi whispered, bumping his forehead on Eren's chest.
"Your going to be alright after we clarify things. To ease you first, the voice that you heard in your head is your instincts. Everyone had one. It's completely normal if you follow them because instincts are always 90% correct. And I'm not a doctor."
"So, having a voice on my head that scolds and orders me around is normal and I'm not going crazy."
"Yes, and your not going crazy." Eren cheerfully replied, rubbing his face on Levi's hair.
"Good." Levi slowly inclined his head, meeting his eyes with Eren's. "Hmmm... So, it's normal that I cling to you like this because the voice told me to."
"Well, yes..."
"And biting someone's neck is normal too because the voice told you to?" Levi asked as Eren's scent reached him again.
"Ahhh... yes?" Eren can already foresee a red light.
"So everything that the voice told you to do is normal then?" Levi held tight on Eren's neck and lifted himself to get his face closer to Eren. Eren quickly grabbed his waist and settled him back.
"Yes! But sometimes you don't need to follow them. You still have a choice to think first." Eren started to panic, he can't afford to reach that topic yet.
"I think this is also right." Levi nuzzles his face on Eren's neck. His relaxed expression faded as realized something important. "Why is the voice telling me to do this?"
Eren wrapped his arms around him, rubbing his back hoping it will calm the omega down. "There's an explanation for that later. I was informed that your uncle Kenny did not told you about the three dynamics in depth right?"
Levi jerked at the mention of his uncle. Where is his uncle? Where the fuck is he?
"Alright, calm down. I promised you can talk to him after we settled everything." Eren senses the Omega's sudden panic.
"Then start talking." Levi commanded like a boss thought Eren doesn't mind.
"First of all what do you knew about the three dynamics?"
"There are Alphas, Beta, and Omegas."
"And your self discovery?"
"My uncle's an Alpha, almost everyone on my uncle's business are Alphas, I knew because they have this 'you listen to me' aura which is annoying."
"And?"
"They smell like shit, I just assume that they don't take a bath... And your the first Alpha I met that took a bath, you smell so good." Eren just chuckled at his statement.
"What have you met any beta?"
"They don't smell anything? Am I right?."
"Yes, how about omegas?"
"Guess I've never met one."
"OK, let's start with this: Alphas are the dominant ones, that's why you can senses their authority. Betas are the normal ones, their scent is not that strong almost to nothing, and omegas are the submissive ones, they are-"
"Where do I fit?" Levi asked impatiently. His strong like an Alpha and smell nothing other than soap. He's not sure of his own dynamic.
"Well, your an omega."
"Omega? The submissive ones, you say? How could you be sure?" Levi raised a brow at Eren.
"The way you smell, omegas scent are usually sweet like pastries or fruit and-"
"I'm not an omega, I never submit to anyone, I fought Alpha's that are stronger and bigger than me and I always win. If you based my dynamic by scent I think your wrong because... you smell sweet too... like... cake..." His defensive tone broke down as he whispered the last part.
Levi can't deny it, when he first smell Eren's scent he can't describe it but when the Alpha approached him in his shady hiding place. The first thing that came into his mind was cake.
His uncle rarely bought him cake and Levi craves for it. He concluded that, maybe that was the reason why he bit Eren back then because voice in his head kept saying: 'His a walking cake! Bite him!'. At that time he accepted that his going crazy and decided to with cannibalism.
But it was normal based on Eren's explanation earlier. Somehow, he felt... cheated by his own instincts.
"Want to test it out?" Eren's mocking tone ripped him from his thoughts.
"Pttf, try me." Levi challenged with a playful tone.
He stepped out of the Alpha's embrace, crossing his arms across his chest with a smirk on his lips.
Levi confident that Eren can't make him submit, he faced Alpha's that are bigger than Eren before and none of them ever defeated him. So it's clearly impossi-
In second, Eren grabbed him on his shoulder and pinned him in the bed. Levi eyes went wide as Eren's Caribbean eyes turned to gold. He tried to struggle but he felt drained when Eren said "Stay".
"There, your submitting to me." Eren withdraw with a big smile on his face.
"Eh?" Levi blinked several times, his head was turned to the other side, exposing his neck to the alpha. He felt his strength came back to him.
"How did you do that?" Levi said with pure curiosity as he sat up.
Eren thought that the omega would be angry but he was hit again with a scent of curiosity.
"I forced you to submit with my alpha voice and my dominating scent. If I used both in full force you'll be in my mercy."
Levi flitched at his words. He was caught off guard back then, he shouldn't have underestimated this Alpha. He'll never let Eren make him submit again...
But.
He can't deny it. Eren has hot earlier. He wondered what Eren look like when he used his dominance in full force.
He quickly covered his mouth with both hands to contain a squeal. His blushing hard on his own imagination. He needed to think of other things.
"C-Can I do that too?" he stutter, feeling his face heated again.
"Your so cute, but no you can't. However, you can use a *cough* different *cough* method."
"And what is that and teach me how," Levi sounded so determined, like he wanted to know a new fighting technique.
"You'll know about that later! Their are things that you needed to know first!" Eren is panicking again. He needed to get this basic stuff over and proceed to personal stuff. "Just listen, ok?"
"Fine," Levi tried not to sound bored.
"Ok, so omegas are breeders but their numbers are running low because of omega trafficking, abuse, and harmful effects of suppressants. Later, a study was conducted about an alpha's behavior. Alphas are the aggressive ones but their the ones that needed more comfort than omegas. It's not just sexual comfort but comfort in general. And that type of comfort can only be given by an omega mate. If an alpha haven't met their mate yet an alpha gets easily frustrated and aggressive. Sometimes the need for a mate's comfort is too great they end up raping random omegas but that only leads to frustration, some bought omegas or created a harem but they end up abusing them."
"Later, suppressants was invented to help omegas hide their scent and suppressing their heat. It was helpful but the side effects are eating the life of the omegas. Populations are getting thinner, so the government established this sanctuary four years ago, but the public and the omegas are having a hard time agreeing to a prison like project."
"All omegas are kept in here, from the moment they are presented and also those who were rescued. Hanji, perhaps you've seen her, she's the one who discovered how to remove the suppressants from the omega's blood stream and prevent more deaths. And that strengthen the stand of the sanctuary. Omegas had a safe place to spend their heat."
"Heat?" Levi brows furrowed at the term.
Shit. Eren forgot about that one. "It's the time when omegas are highly fertile and their bodies readied themselves for reproduction. Perhaps you already experienced this before? Your skin were very sensitive and your whole body is burning."
"So that was an omega thing?" Levi recalled that experiencing this called heat and it was shit. "I did but it never happened again, my uncle gave me medicines. I thought I was sick."
"Those medicines can kill you, you can't take them now. You'll go into a heat cycle, it's either every three months or every month depends on how fertile you are."
"That's shit! I'm stuck here and suffer!" Levi never wanted to experience the whole shit again. "Is there any other way to fix this?"
"I'm glad you asked, come here." He pull Levi to him, caging the omega with his body. Levi seems to calm down at the contact.
"The sanctuary gives the opportunity to easily meet your destined mate. Remember what I said about alphas that needed a certain omega's comfort?"
"You don't have to ask again I'm paying attention."
"Ok, ok. Well, omegas felt the same too especially during heats. Only an alpha mate can give that comfort too. Alphas regularly visit the sanctuary in chances to find their mate and once they do they can take their mated omega out of here." Eren hug Levi tighter.
"Great, where can I get one?"
"You already got one." Eren tilted his head to the side, exposing the marks that Levi left. "Your instincts tells you who is your mate, that why the voice kept telling you to do things to me."
"Oh,... is that so..." Levi can't hide the smile on his face."Then take me out now." He had this walking cake all for himself that can take him out to finally see the world. If this is a dream he rather not wake up. But it's clearly not a dream.
"Not yet, your still under medical observation. I recommend that you refrained from running away so they can discharged you quickly." Eren can't help nuzzling his Omega's neck. He can smell irritation building up.
"Help me escape."
"You don't need to escape, I can take you out. But not yet."
"Tsk. I'm perfectly fine." His still desperate to see the world but hold it, Levi still had one question on his mind. "How do you exactly help me out when my heat comes?"
Eren never felt so embarrassed and awkward at the same time.