Atem sat on the train with his bag tucked on his lap, trying not to fall asleep as he was rocked gently back and forth as they sped through a tunnel.
His phone buzzed and he turned it over slowly, wondering if was Kaiba.
It wasn't. It was Yugi.
"Heyyyy! Miss you! I'll pick you up at the station or should I prep dinner? You pick!"
Atem bit back a sigh and slowly typed his reply.
"Miss you too. I can make it home just fine from the station. See you soon."
He clicked his phone off and it buzzed again with a reply.
"Don't be too hard on yourself. Anzu told me all about it. You didn't know. Not your fault. Stop beating yourself up about it."
Yes. It was easy for Yugi to say that.
He lived a comfortable life as a Beta, basking in normalcy and free from prejudice.
Those were flowery words from a flowery world view.
And of course Anzu had told Yugi all about it. She was probably telling everyone about it.
Maybe it's what I deserve, Atem thought glumly, chinning his bag and afraid to move it off his lap in case a boner were to randomly sprout between his legs. He couldn't help but think constantly about Kaiba and how he was holding up. He felt like the biggest asshole, travelling out of the city while knowing Kaiba was probably suffering through a painful Heat.
This was typical douchey Alpha behavior. Most Alphas stayed home to help their Omegas through heat, but Atem had a feeling that was the last thing Kaiba wanted.
If Kaiba hated him, it was fair. Deserved.
Sighing again, Atem closed his eyes and hugged his bag to his chest, wondering if he would ever be able to make it up to Kaiba.
Kaiba shut the door to his room and locked it, holding his breath tightly as he braced himself for the horrible days oncoming.
This was war. His body was going to be raging against him for the next six days.
He turned and surveyed the room behind him, feeling like he was ill-prepared.
There was pre-made food in the fridge.
The bar was fully stocked.
The couches and the bed were filled with blankets and soft pillows.
The curtains were drawn, and all the screens on the walls were off.
Isono was on high alert in the next room, one text away, and yet Kaiba still felt like he was missing something, and he tried desperately not to think about it. He knew. It was Atem.
He was missing Atem in this giant nest he'd made, and he didn't want to admit it to himself.
This was fine.
He'd experienced Heat before as a Marked Omega and as an Unmarked Omega….
But he had a feeling this would somehow be worse than both of those experiences combined.
He'd gotten the hang of his Heats recently, leaving work early one day a week to not arouse suspicion on the peak day in the month, and then quietly braving through the pain at his desk, refusing to take meetings or calls, claiming he was too busy.
This was going to be his first Heat as a Bonded Omega.
Not pleasant.
Biting back a sigh, Kaiba sat down in the middle of the couch and shut his eyes, waiting.
Atem tapped the door code into the pin pad and waited for it to unlock. He heard the lock click and froze when an unexpected stream of fire trickled down his back and landed low in his stomach.
Oh no.
It had begun.
Thank goodness he'd timed it just right. His instincts had been right after all.
Shouldering the door open, Atem left his suitcase on the floor by the shoe closet and sprinted up the steps of the game shop to reach his room.
He could smell dinner cooking all the way here, but that didn't matter. What mattered was that he get himself inside, lock the door, and stay far away from any unsuspecting Omega passing by on the street who might accidentally become a victim to this…problem.
Throwing himself into his room, Atem slammed the door shut and leaned heavily against it, trying to catch his breath while his boner throbbed and ached in his pants.
Agony.
Shuddering, Atem stripped his clothes off and matched into the shower, trying to ignore the erection jutting straight out from his body.
This was fine.
He would make it through.
A cold shower every few hours usually helped.
He was more concerned with how Kaiba was holding up. He'd never personally witnessed an Omega in Heat, but the stories he'd heard from his friends was more than enough.
Kaiba doubled over onto his knees, gasping and shivering as his body was drenched in cold sweat.
This was the worst Heat ever, confirmed.
His chest and stomach were clenching and curling intermittently, sending shock waves of hot electricity down his legs while his ass leaked pitifully, ruining his underwear…again, for the umpteenth time this hour. The erection between his legs had not gone down since this afternoon, and Kaiba was becoming more disturbed by the thought of it every passing minute. It was unhealthy to stay erect for this long!
Inching his pants down to his knees, Kaiba kicked them off with a hiss, thinking it was better to be pantsless now anyway, and shoved his hand down around his erect length, giving himself several furious up and down strokes, shutting his eyes and willing himself to cum quickly.
No amount of masturbating had fixed this problem… and he knew why, but he still didn't want to think about it.
His tip throbbed and stung as he shoved his thumb over it and gave it a lewd swirl, the heated thread of pleasure bringing sweet relief to the empty feeling low inside his stomach, and Kaiba grit his teeth, stumbling over to the drawer by the bed, pulling out the anal plug he kept there. Gasping for breath, clutched it between his fingers, cursing Atem in his mind one last time before he reached around his ass cheek and shoved it deep inside himself, feeling his hole clench gratefully around the toy, sending a wild jolt of ecstasy up his chest and stick tightly in his throat, causing his mouth to go dry as he drew in another ragged breath.
Fuck…this…!
He gave his dick another slow, tentative stroke, and came in a stiff heave, the semen spilling messily between his legs and dripping onto the floor. FUCK.
Fuck this shit so much.
Ignoring the mess he'd made, Kaiba struggled onto the bed and threw an arm over his eyes, his heart thundering in his ears while his dick ached and tingled again.
His hole was behaving with a mind of it's own, happily tensing around the anal toy, thinking it was a real dick, and the horrible churning in his stomach subsided for only brief moment before it resumed again, asking for more. Asking for…thrusting, so much that his head spun and his ears rang.
Cursing under his breath, Kaiba flipped over onto his stomach and grabbed his pillow, pressing his face into it to let out an agonized scream, the tip of his dick leaking painfully with pre-cum again while his body shivered with distress.
He blindly reached into the drawer again and grabbed the first thing he touched, reaching gingerly behind himself to yank out the plug, unable to look down at himself, because he knew his dick had already been rubbed raw, and he eased himself gently down onto the slender shaft of the silicon toy.
There.
Now was his body happy?
This was a slightly longer object, and it was dick shaped.
His balls ached in protest and Kaiba let his breath out slowly, listening to his heart slow to a deafening pound in his ears while his hole leaked so much, he felt something slippery leaking into the space between his balls.
Hissing in fury, Kaiba lifted himself up and then rammed himself down on the toy, his legs vibrating in protest as he did it again, and again, filling himself repeatedly until he felt his erection twitch happily in response… again. For the millionth time…in the past hour?! Had it been an hour yet? It felt like only five minutes had passed.
Seething, Kaiba reached behind himself and pushed the toy further inside, his core throbbing and curling with excitement before it turned into deep thrum that made his toes curl in anguish. Nope. The thrusting was not working with this toy.
He'd never encountered this before.
Usually the horrible clenching and leaking would stop after several thrusts.
The toy wasn't going deep enough?
Or maybe the thrusting wasn't fast enough?!
I don't know! Kaiba raged, tucking his forehead onto his forearm and biting back tears of frustration while his legs shivered violently, his body hung in an agonizing limbo of misery and passion.
He couldn't think or breathe.
All he wanted was to do cum, and to stop feeling like he needed to cum.
He had five more days of this hell.
Atem curled forward and orgasmed thickly into his own hand, lightheaded and groggy.
He hadn't eaten the wonderful dinner Yugi had made because he'd been confined to the bathroom, forced to ejaculate until his body was satisfied with…pleasing his Omega, who wasn't being pleased, because he was miles away in Domino City.
Probably hating his guts.
Or confused about what was happening.
He wasn't sure which was worse.
This is horrible, Atem thought wearily, leaning his head against the cool tiles of the wall, his light breaths echoing in the bathroom as he tried to catch his breath.
An intense pang of fire seared across his chest, and Atem grit his teeth, doubling over and gripping his arousal tightly with one hand while he pressed the other to his chest, feeling his heart racing so fast, it'd become a low hum.
A knock sounded on the door and Yugi's voice floated in.
"Atem? Y-You okay? You've been in there a while now…!"
Atem held his breath and tried to speak, but his voice caught in his throat, and he shook his head, eyeing his phone which was sitting in the pocket of his pants…which was on the counter. Crap. It looked really far away. And he didn't want to dribble semen all over the bathroom floor.
"Well I'll leave it wrapped up in the lower shelf okay? See you…tomorrow," Yugi said, and Atem could practically see him frowning in disappointment as his footsteps faded away.
He felt guilty about letting Yugi's hard work go cold in the fridge, but eating was the last thing on his mind right now.
Kaiba woke up, feeling hot and cold all over as another shiver racked his aching body. He was trying to replenish his fluids as quickly as he lost them, opting to go without pants and laying a towel down over his sheets while he kept several bottles of water nearby.
His phone was clenched in his hand as he waited for Isono to text him back. He'd sent his manservant to headquarters to steal something from Atem's desk, because he hoped that having something that smelled like Atem would help ease the horrible waves of empty arousal that made him almost nauseous.
A knock sounded at the door and Kaiba piled the sheets around his legs, hating how he was erect again.
"Come in…" he said hoarsely, surprised that his voice still worked.
The door creaked open. A hand reached in to quickly set something on the table right by the wall before closing the door with a thunk! again.
Shoving the sheets aside, Kaiba scrambled to see what it was, and his disappointment rose when he saw a plain black notebook sitting on the surface.
His phone vibrated in his hand with an explanation from Isono.
"There was really nothing to take, so this was the only thing I could find. Apologize, Master Kaiba. I hope this eases your pain slightly. I'm here if you need anything else."
"Great," Kaiba muttered, snatching the notebook up and storming back to the bed to bundle himself up. He pressed the notebook to his nose and took a deep inhale, his body relaxing instantly when a warm, familiar scent washed over him like a calming wave.
H-Holy shit. It was like magic.
This was what he needed. Not a bunch of…dildos.
His ass twitched excitedly, and Kaiba cursed, feeling something wet slide down between his legs and land with a wet plop underneath his thigh, pooling into the towel.
This only worked, only barely, because it tricked his body into thinking Atem was nearby.
Shutting his eyes, Kaiba tried to go back to sleep, praying that when he woke up, he'd stop craving to be filled. He wasn't going to…submit to that shit again.
Gozaburo always treated him like he wanted it, when yes, his body did want it, but his mind was always screaming for him to stop. This was the same. Maybe.
Kaiba couldn't be sure.
He just wanted it all to stop.
Peeling his eyes open, he lifted the notebook up and flipped it open, seeing Atem's neat handwriting in the bold boxes, detailing his schedule or notes about what had happened that day.
[Tuesday]
Amai-san said 'hello' to me today! Success. He's smiling at me now instead of treating me like a germ. +1!
Meeting at 4, hope to see Seto smile!
Pick up milk otw home
[Wednesday]
CALL YUGI
Furukawa was intimidating Seto in the meeting room, I wanted to rip his face off
AM/PM meeting went well aside from that incident
[Thursday]
Meeting at 7 went well. Seto looked nice today
Saw him again at 3! I wish I could work as hard as he does
Pick up cat food for neighbor
Drinking with everyone at 8PM
[Friday]
CALL YUGI
Meeting at 2 went well. Seto smiled at me I think!
If furukawa comes into my office asking me to date his niece one more time, I might just commit murder. I don't mess with Omegas
CALL YUGI (again)
Drinking with everyone at 8PM
[Monday]
Loved the AM meeting. Seto looks nice in a red tie, admire that style so much
Coffee with Amai-san! +2 affection! He is officially no longer afraid of me
Meeting at 5… late meeting but Seto will be present as well
Kaiba turned the page, intrigued.
It seemed this was more like a planner/diary?
Atem worked really hard to gain other people's trust and affection, that much was clear. Kaiba also tried not to feel too disturbed every time he saw his name being mentioned. Atem wrote 'Seto' instead of Kaiba. It felt odd.
He kept reading, grateful that the throbbing in his dick and balls had subsided the moment he had something to think about other than…how much his hole leaked.
[Tuesday]
Daru-san gave me a concert ticket in the elevator. Might call Yugi to ask
AM meeting cancelled. Hope I get to see Kaiba today
PM meeting cancelled. Upset. Guess I'll see him tomorrow, he seemed busy
SOMEONE SENT AMAI-SAN FLOWERS! HE HAS A BOYFRIEND
Send congratulatory card!
[Wednesday]
AM meeting held over video conference. Seto looked tired
PM meeting went well. Furukawa didn't say anything stupid to piss me off
Rita-san put out a memo asking people to dress up as birds.
CALL YUGI
[Thursday]
CALL YUGI / send package
AM meeting went well. Furuakwa's niece is now dating some other Alpha good for her
Yugi didn't pick up, busy, will call again tomorrow
Lunch with Togashi-kun at 1PM
[Friday]
Call Yugi!
Complimented Seto's tie (again) and he smiled at me!
AM/PM meeting uneventful
Buy bulk rice on the way home
Drinking with everyone at 8PM
Kaiba closed the notebook and tried not to feel guilty for snooping.
He should probably have Isono put it back soon.
It was nice to know that Atem was aware of F-san fucking with him. Furukawa was probably the next most aggressive Alpha on his board of directors next to Atem, so it was clear that Atem had taken a protective stance while F-san had taken the aggressive one.
Shutting his eyes with a sigh, Kaiba pressed the cover of the book closer to his nose and took another deep whiff, his lungs expanding gratefully with Atem's musky, exotic scent.
Fine.
He didn't smell too bad.
It was quite comforting.
His ass leaked in protest and Kaiba ignored it, willing for sleep to come.
Atem stepped out of the shower and dried himself off hastily, immensely glad that his erection had finally gone down.
Thank god.
He reached for his phone and clicked it on to check the time. 1AM.
This probably meant Kaiba had finally managed to fall asleep.
Pulling on his clothes, Atem raced out of his room and down the stairs to the kitchen, his stomach gnarling with hunger.
He now understood why some Alphas kept calorie bars at their desk. He also understood why most Alphas spent a couple hours in the Heat Rooms, as opposed to a few minutes.
Pulling the food out, Atem tossed it into the toaster and twisted the dial, seeing the dish light up as it baked slowly.
That had been one of the worst Ruts ever. He'd never experienced such empty, painful waves of arousal, but he knew that whatever he was feeling, Kaiba probably had it ten times worse.
He palmed his phone nervously, wondering if he should send a message to Kaiba.
No. He wouldn't. That would immediately reveal that he knew that Kaiba was an Omega in hiding.
But I'm so fucking worried about him! Atem fumed, staring blankly at the screensaver on his phone. He'd changed it to a picture he'd snuck of Kaiba a few months ago at the meeting table, and he'd been looking at it occasionally to try and make his boner go down, but his body couldn't be fooled.
The oven bell dinged happily and Atem sighed, pulling the hot dish out with a baking glove and set the food aside to cool, his body limp with exhaustion.
He had five more days of this hell. This wasn't a sustainable way to live.
He had to confront Kaiba about it after this week…somehow.
Author's note:
these poor boys!
I'll update next week on 11/03, everyone have a fun and safe halloween!
xo
Ugli