Some adult content ahead (in the last section), nothing too explicit but you're warned :)
It was at the end of their final year in junior high that each of the boys went through their respective puberty phases. As before, Draken and Mitsuya had already experienced theirs a year earlier and that was precisely why, when Baji began to get easily irritated at the smallest things, the elder Alphas were the first to realize he may be starting his first rut.
It was hell on all sides putting up with a grumpy, irritable Alpha, particularly when they were unfamiliar with the signs of a rut, but luckily it didn't last more than a couple of days. Baji took half a week off before coming back, sheepishly apologetic for his behaviour.
Having most of their ruts lining up to roughly the same time as their presentation month, all the boys banded together to put together a little care package to send along to Pah in juvie. His parents were touched to receive it, though they were still stern and mistrustful of the 'bad influences' on their son. Each of them had even included a handwritten note, expressing how much they missed him and how they were waiting to welcome him back for their first year of high school.
The one that none of them were experienced with nor were particularly equipped to handle, was when Mikey began nearing his first heat. Sure, they had all attended the mandatory school seminars on designations and presentations, but did anyone really expect any of them to have paid that much attention to it?
It all started with about a week of Mikey becoming increasingly and excessively spoilt and lazy. His usual demands of food and services started to become overbearing, and borderline insufferable. Then, it evolved into a new level of clinginess that culminated in the boys realizing some of their favourite clothes started to go missing.
Draken's coat took awhile to be realized, since he often shuffled through so many of similar designs. But when Baji's scarf, and Mitsuya's cardigan were all mysteriously 'misplaced' after Mikey had visited them, Mitsuya was the first to come to realization of what these signs meant.
Immediately, he wrangled together the other Alpha founding members into helping provide clothing items to donate to Mikey's nest. They each also assigned themselves certain supplies to gather; Baji the snacks and sweets; Draken an array of medicines and supplements; and Mitsuya furiously knitted the softest blanket in existence.
Throughout it all, Draken was probably the most overbearing mother-hen of them all. Once they realized that Mikey was probably gearing up to his first heat, he was unusually agreeable in letting Mikey eat anything and everything he wanted. And he didn't complain even once no matter how much Mikey flopped around and refused to move by himself.
Then, a day before his heat truly hit, Mikey noticed with deep interest how his increasingly strong pheromones were affecting others. Initially, he only vaguely noticed more and more Alphas unconsciously drawing closer to him at school and in public. As the day waned, he observed more than a few Alphas and even the rare Beta or two turn pink or squirm uncomfortably when they were within close distance to him. He noted all of this with a fascinated glint in his eye.
Mikey's heat began in the late morning of the next day, where he awoke feeling slightly feverish and initially wondering if he was sick. His grandfather and sister had dutifully helped stock his room with water and food necessities so that he didn't have to move around too much. Feeling only a little warm, Mikey threw off the heavy covers and rolled onto a cooler spot and dozed for a few more hours.
He was brought back to consciousness when Emma knocked softly on his door, "Mikey, do you want some lunch? Are you too tired?" He grumbled half-heartedly and heard his door slide open. "I made your favourite, omurice."
Lifting his head from his pillow, Mikey looked tiredly at where Emma had just placed a plate of steaming omurice, with a little hand-drawn flag on it. He smiled softly at the sight, and then purred when Emma put a hand on his forehead.
"You're not too warm," she noted. "Sit up and eat, I'll share some dessert with you," with that, she pulled out two packs of taiyaki; fresh from the market down the road.
"Emma, I love you," he drooled while staring at the taiyaki. His sister giggled and rolled her eyes, shoving him good-naturedly.
"Oh, shut up you little glutton, eat your rice first."
He spent most of his first day like that, cuddling and talking quietly with Emma as she brushed her hands through his hair, and they scented repeatedly. He felt vaguely lonely even with Emma there, and yearned to see his pack, but consoled himself with pulling parts of his nest tighter around himself.
The second day was much more miserable. He woke up sluggish and unhappy, immediately pouting when he realized he was alone in his room. He tried his phone only to realize it was dead as he'd forgotten to put it to charge the night before. He threw it across the room.
He was too tired to feel like getting up, and he felt immensely lonely. He cried out for Emma, but realized after a few moments of silence that she must be in school. The feelings of helplessness and solitude only began to increase, and he soon found himself frantically crying out for each of his pack members; Baji, Draken, Mitsuya, Pah, Chifuyu. At one point, he vaguely recalled Takemicchi's name included in that list.
His nest was in disarray as he kept tossing and turning, pulling items closer. As he breathed in the scents of his pack, a low simmer of arousal made itself known. He tried to distract himself that way, but it was overshadowed by a deep feeling of being abandoned, and Mikey began to wail the longer he was alone in this big house.
It was hours later that Emma stepped into the genkan and immediately her ears picked up the sound of Mikey's voice; raw and breathy. She kicked off her shoes and bounded over to his room, sliding it open to the sight of her older brother tightly hugging the knitted blanket Mitsuya had gifted him, head down and sobbing wetly.
"Oh, Mikey," she murmured, drawing his attention. Her heart clenched as red-rimmed eyes shot up towards her and a hand reached out. She reacted instantly, dropping to her knees and clutching his hand. "It's okay, I'm here Mikey."
"Emma," he whined. "Where have you been? Why did you leave me alone…"
"Never, Mikey, I'd never leave you alone…" she whispered, running soothing hands all over him.
"Where is my pack, I want them," Mikey wailed.
"Okay, okay, I'll call them," Emma reasoned, fumbling for her phone. She pulled out a chat with Draken, frantically trying to make the message sound as urgent as possible.
The door opened to a stern grandpa Sano staring critically at the group of three Alphas on his doorstep. They bowed, greeting him respectfully. "You're only here right now because Manjiro asked for you all by name," he spoke slowly. "I expect you all to be on your best behaviour. If I hear Manjiro get upset because of you, you'll be out the door before you can say 'sorry'."
"Understood, sir," they responded readily. Grandpa Sano doted on all his children, but more-so on Mikey; who was not only his proudest prodigy but also his sweet Omega grandchild. He was always careful to instil in Mikey the importance of self-awareness, and they all had no doubt he would be training Mikey intensively to combat post-heat lethargy and weakness into his routine after this.
The boys thudded down the halls and was greeted by Emma, whose head was poking out from Mikey's doorway, waving them over. "He's been asking for you ever since I came back from school," she whispered. "I suspect all day, even."
"How is he?" inquired Draken.
Emma shook her head, "not good… he's feeling depressed thinking that you all weren't here because you abandoned him. Obviously he wouldn't think so if it wasn't for the heat, but I don't think either of us expected it to affect him so much."
Baji didn't stick around to hear all of that as he'd already pushed past Emma into Mikey's room, the thickness of the scents inside overwhelming him for a moment. He quickly gained his bearings and grasped Mikey's shoulders from where he was breathing in one of Draken's cardigans. Mikey looked up with dull, swollen eyes that widened in surprise. "Baji…?"
"You idiot," said Baji, pulling in the Omega for a hug. The other Alphas had made their way in by now and surrounded Mikey on all sides, and soon they were in a group hug with Mikey sandwiched in the middle.
"Mitsuya? Draken?"
"Yeah, we're all here," confirmed Mitsuya. He huffed when fresh tears erupted from Mikey's already red eyes, and they all piled onto one another in a big puppy pile.
After Mikey had sufficiently calmed down and was now happily purring between them, he sighed as another thought hit him. "I wish Pah was here…"
"He'll be here for your next heat," declared Draken resolutely.
"Yeah…" Mikey smiled. Now that he wasn't drowning in the helplessness he'd felt all day, that simmer of arousal that had been in the backburner this whole time was getting a bit more noticeable. He squirmed a little on top of Draken, who glanced down curiously.
Mitsuya noticed the slight blush forming on Mikey's face and blinked, "you feeling a lil horny?" He heard more than saw the other two Alphas whip their head towards him in bafflement of his bluntness.
"A little…" Mikey mumbled quietly.
"Wanna kiss?" asked Baji abruptly. Mikey blinked up at him, and Baji felt a little thrill watching the blush deepen on Mikey's cheeks. He leaned up a little and drew Mikey closer towards him, slow enough that Mikey could pull away if he wanted.
But he didn't and the two chastely pressed their lips together for a moment. Mikey hummed and then Baji opened his mouth slightly to lick him, causing Mikey to gasp in surprise. Baji had just barely slid his tongue in to taste a sweet something on Mikey's tongue before the other was pulled away.
"Hey, me too," Draken interjected. Mikey didn't even wait as he leaned forwards and locked lips with Draken, whimpering when Draken sucked on his tongue, sending a shiver up Mikey's spine in response. He pulled away to breathe after hearing Baji groan, "fuck that's hot."
Turning to his left, Mikey saw Mitsuya leaning on his elbow watching them with a languid smile. When he noticed Mikey's gaze, he asked, "you're not leaving me out, are you?"
Grinning, Mikey leaned over and grabbed onto the lapels of the elder's shirt. He smiled into the kiss he pressed into Mitsuya, as he felt Draken shift a little under him. They broke away for a moment and Mikey glanced over to see Draken and Baji locking lips, though it looked a little less like a kiss and more like a battle for dominance between the two Alphas.
Mitsuya's low chuckle brought Mikey's attention back over to him, and Mitsuya managed to heave Mikey off Draken so he was mostly draped over Mitsuya now instead. "Let's leave the hardheads to their own devices for a bit," he said, then enticed Mikey in for another deep kiss. Mitsuya's wandering hands smoothed over Mikey's sides, then slowly made their way down until one hand was cupping Mikey's ass and another was grasping onto Mikey's thigh, hiking it up.
Mikey moaned, arousal now clearly throbbing throughout his body as he ground himself on Mitsuya. A few times Mikey tried to pull away to take a breath, but Mitsuya held him steady and he had to breathe deeply through his nose as his mouth continued to be plundered by Mitsuya. After awhile, he squeaked a little when Mitsuya suddenly rolled them, then the sound turned into a groan when Mitsuya rubbed his obvious erection against Mikey's.
This drew the attention of the remaining two Alphas who looked over and practically salivated at the sight before them. They crawled over and Baji began attacking Mikey's neck with kisses as Draken managed to pull Mitsuya into a kiss of their own. Baji was also pushing a firm hand on the small of Mitsuya's back, pressing both his and Mikey's hips together even more.
It wasn't long before Mikey's hands were grasping tightly onto Mitsuya as he moaned into Draken's mouth. His back arched and eyes screwed shut for a moment before he slumped exhausted, panting for air. Baji drew close, carefully watching that dazed, blissful expression on Mikey's face in interest.
"Good boy," he growled lowly, petting Mikey's hair possessively. Mikey smiled tiredly as his eyes began to slide closed.
That wraps up this arc! I'm going on holiday the next 3 weeks so not sure when/if the next part will come out...
Also any more 'explicit' scenes in the future will only be available via my AO3 account, feel free to find the link on my profile :)