Ennoshita took a deep breath, allowing himself to take in the warm familiar scent of his childhood friend. He held back the tears of frustration, those assholes had been badgering him all year to join the track team, he had the legs for a cross country runner, and stamina. They were omegas and betas wanting him to join the team but now that Alphas were in the mix, they were relentless. Ennoshita hated to draw attention to himself, so he endured their endless harassment. However now the Alphas, well one in particular liked to treat him like prey.
They had tried to compliment him, saying that he had incredible sprinting times, but Chi wanted to play volleyball with Tanaka. The omega had no interest in running, or hurdles, he had enough of that in his life as it was. Besides, volleyball was something that he held dear, well that and the Tanaka family.
The Tanakas had always treated him as an equal, as part of the family. It was mainly Saeko and Ryu at home, father Tanaka-sama the head alpha of the pack worked at the family etery. Father Tanaka made Ennoshita laugh with his silly antics, the home did feel lonelier when Mr. Tanaka was traveling always in search of the perfect recipe leaving a strong minded Saeko to work the store and Ryu wouldn't admit it but he was lonely when he was home alone. So Chikara was always sure to come by and clean up the house heat up his friend's dinner and even help out a tired Saeko with chores like laundry and grocery shopping.
Ryu cheered Ennoshita on even when Chi sucked so bad at playing volleyball the coach kept him as a bench warmer. Still it was fun, when Chi had entered into middle school he had signed up for the team, he wasn't the best but Tanaka and Saeko came to every game and cheered him on. Even if he hardly played they still came to show their support, and the odd times he was on the court due to someone getting hurt or sick, he would look up in the stands and Saeko and Ryu were holding some crazy sign decorated in glitter saying "FIGHT!" or "Keep FIGHTING CHI!" "CHI IS NUMBER 1 in R 3 & #6 on the court!" that was his favorite. So entering into high school Ennoshita was the same bench warmer but the Omega team was fun. Suga took extra time helping him better his skill, and no one treated him like the loser he was.
Chi wasn't the best but on the Omega team they needed numbers and he was happy to fill a spot. This gave him something to talk to Ryu about, the damn Volleyball head. All the Alpha ever focused on was volleyball and food. Chi didn't mind, he loved that Ryu cheered for him or showed him how to dig down and receive the hard serves.
Chi had even learned to cook so he could be sure Tanaka ate a homemade bento everyday instead of just meat buns from the cafeteria. Even though his older sister worked in their family etary he refused to take any food she made claiming she probably would spit in it. The young Omega giggled to himself, Saeko might just do that.
Today was hard, those Alpha jocks, they had chased him and he could usually hide or out run them, however the teasing and bullying was getting worse. Today, Enoshita had even dragged his two friends into his problem, he pressed a hand to his chest his eyes were watering. Why was he so damn useless, why couldn't he just disappear. He didn't deserve to be alive, to exist, he was no good.
"Oi! You decent!" Tanaka called into the locker room, ever the thoughtful friend. Ennoshita stiffened wiping his eyes quickly, he even released his friends shirt embarrassed he had been smelling it.
The sweats he wore were loose around his middle so he had to pull the drawstring tight around his narrowed waist, the white t-shirt was two sizes too long and to big that it hung low one slightly bruised shoulder. But the skin, had Chi's skin always been so porcelain and now suddenly so flushed.
Ryu entered "You who? You got to come out quick, Noya and Asahi are getting out of hand. It's like a soft porn. Oi! Chi-tan? You taking all day or-" the Alpha froze he had put on another shirt and the gym was clearing out, well except for the annoying Asahi, poor Nishinoya from experience he would be stuck there in Azumane's lap until everyone cleared out. Azumane was possessive or was it protective? Well either way the big Alpha would wait for any supposed threat to be gone. Tanaka rolled his eyes, the only one that could calm the big giant and his little omega prey would be Ennoshita's soft words.
The reason for Tanaka's words falling from him wasn't the way his gym clothes hung adorably loose on his friend. Or how much skin was revealed by the way his shirt slipped easily, sexy like over a naked shoulder. Sexy? Was that alright to say, most of the porn mags or porn sites had nothing on how beautiful Chikara was. At the same time, Chi's cheeks were red, and why the fuck were there bruises on Chi's neck and shoulder. Fingerprints! Large enough to be Ryu's but he knew them not to be. The Alpha in him roared to life, and he advanced angrily, his voice demanding and gruff.
" Are you sick? Who the fuck did that to you? Who touched you! " Those marks were infuriating and for some reason he couldn't stop the growl that escaped him.
Chi was suddenly backing up in fear, his hands out defensively and head down. Submissive? The perfect Omega scent soured the air almost immediately, causing Tanaka to snarl ready for any challenge, ready to rip the head off anyone trespassing near what was his! Whomever or whatever that was causing his omega to whimper would be dead any minute now. However looking around this empty locker room there wasn't anyone, but Chi was upset, and it took the idiot Alpha a few minutes to catch up and realize why. Tanaka wanted to slap himself in fact he did with both hands, causing his friend to flinch.
He took a breath and reached for the Omega slowly, his hands gently lowering Chi's clammy bit his own lip not wanting to remark on the bruises around his friends small wrists, had Chikara's wrists always been so small? If Ryu wanted he could capture both hands in one of his own.
Deep breath, he didn't pull the omega to him, he didn't say what he was thinking. Saeko would most likely slap him on the back of the head for being such an idiot. "I'm sorry Chi, you're already wound up and I'm an idiot that charges you. Forgive me.. Hmm. Chi-tan?" Ryu was squatting down trying to pear up at his friends lowered head.
"Don't call me that baldy, I'm not a kid anymore. " Tanaka laughed heartily sharing a smile with his friend. "I'm sorry. I -I know you wouldn't hurt me. I'm sorry for backing away from you Ryu-kun. " Ennoshita avoided his friend's confused stare.
Tanaka didn't understand this feeling of possessiveness, Chi had been his friend for as long as he could remember. Tanaka had always been loud and coming from an Alpha only home, his mother an omega had died giving birth, having Chikara Ennoshita around reminded him when he was getting out of control. Seeing Chi cowering like this hurt, it made Ryu's stomach burn, and his chest pounded with he felt anger. Who put this fear in his friend?
"It's my fault Chikara, let's go home yeah?" The smaller boy nodded allowing his friend to step back moving to open the locker room door, hating how now Ryu was suddenly keeping his distance.
"Can-can I come over?"
"I thought that was a given, of course after you save Noya. I wish those two would just admit what we all know and go out. "
The sound of Ennoshita's laughter made the tension leave Ryu's body, a warmth spread from his chest downward, faster when Chi flashed a smile his way. "Baka. That's not how love works."
"Enlighten me." Tanaka didn't know why he whispered that, his omega friend shook his head.
"Alright, follow me dummy. What do you want for dinner? Curry?"
"Hey Chi." Tanaka stood behind his friend as they left the locker room, the omega didn't turn around. "Will you let me know what happened? You know I would never judge you. I mean how can I? You've seen me at my most embarassing."
"Yeah, that's very true. There was that incident-" "Oi! No recaps needed!" "Alright alright, later. After I feed you, I will tell you what happened. But promise, promise you won't make a fuss over something stupid and small."
Tanaka cringed, nothing about Ennoshita being harmed was small so technically he wasn't breaking the promise he was about to make. "Deal. Nothing small will cause me to be uh fussy. As you say."
"Alright. Come on let's go save our friend."
Nishinoya was trying to squirm out of his friend's grasp, the other boy was holding him to tight and the tiny omega was becoming more and more uncomfortable.
Chikara laughed hysterically covering his mouth with his hand, his friend Nishinoya looked fit to kill, Asahi had managed to practically wear the small t-shirt Noya was currently inhabiting. The bigger male's hands were in the sleeves forcing Noya's smaller but well toned arms were hugging his own waist.
"This is fucking ridiculous! A little help?"
Tanaka knew better than to get too close, from the scent his Alpha friend was letting off. It was amazing how easy Chikara approached the scenting maniac of an Alpha.
A tap on his nose brought Asahi's attention to the small omega. "Noya. Mine. Go away." The glossy eyed alpha snapped.
"I DON'T BELONG TO ANYONE!" Nishinoya was becoming agitated, any kind of struggle only triggered the Alpha's hunting instinct. So Ryu backed up his arms folded over his chest, ready to pounce if his friend was in danger, Asahi wouldn't hurt Nishinoya that was for sure but Ennoshita wasn't HIS nor was he marked. And Asahi always acts like every Omega and Alpha wanted Nishinoya.
"Sssh. Of course not Noya. He means, that you belong to you, and he'll do whatever it takes to make sure everyone knows that you aren't anyone's but his friend and your own person. Right Asahi? Hey. Weren't you nervous earlier. You feel like Noya was going to be taken away. He's not going anywhere. Right Noya."
Nishinoya rolled his eyes sighing his body relaxing, "Your anxiety only adds to his Alpha urge to scent. Can you trust he's only trying to make you safe."
Noya nodded, he slipped his arms from his t-shirt and Chi tried not to wince seeing some of the bruises on Yu's torso.
The Omega pulled himself free slowly, turning in the Alpha's arms so he was shirtless stradling the bigger boy.
Chi knew he would ask later, because now wasn't the time, maybe it had to do with what happened today.
"Let's give them some privacy." Ennoshita pulled Tanaka towards the door, "We'll wait outside Noya."
"Don't go far, I might need you if this idiot isn't going to listen to me." The Omegas shared a quiet look and Ryu wondered what the two communicated. Chi was hurrying out the door, "I'm going to get a drink of water. I'll be right back will you listen for Noya if he needs us you might have to intervene I doubt it though. Just call to me. I'll be at the water fountain. It was true Chi needed a drink of water his throat was dry. He could see that Noya knew exactly what he wanted to say. Finally. Hiwever, he was scared not of rejection but that his friend wouldn't listen to no. Trust was a hard thing to give.
Chi leaned down to put water on his warm face, he wasn't feeling so hot himself. Those asshole Alphas had hit him with water wanting to get him to strip. He shivered remembering " Kinji's threats "I'm going to mark you and fuck you until I'm the only thing you can think of. You will obey me."
It scared him and disgusted him, "Oh ho hoo! Lookie look what I've found. Just the little bitch I've been thinking about knotting." Chikara jumped but not before a hand clamped over his mouth and he was lifted too easily, his feet kicked uselessly. "I get off on your struggles. I think we are very compatible my little one. "
"Ryu!" Saeko waved to her brother.
"What are you doing here idiot. Don't you have work?"
"I closed early little brother! Ukai called said practice ended and I should round up my troublesome pack of idiots. Where's Chi-tan?"
"He went to get a drink. And I'm waiting on Noya and -"
"Gross, don't wanna know. " She went to the gym door and pounded with her leather jacket covered forearms, and fist "Oi! Hurry it up you horny bastard! I'm not a taxi so if you want a ride be ready in five minutes! South parking lot! "
There was a muffled okay from what sounded like a giggling Noya. Giggling?
"Okay, now where's my cute little Chi-tan. I need a hug it's been a long day, I'm touch starved."
Ryu suddenly broke into a run without an answer, Saeko sniffed the air and she understood why. Suddenly something primal flared within her and she understood her brother's sudden cold rage.
Ennoshita couldn't control the fear rolling off of him, the Alpha straddling him was hurting him, he'd ripped Ryu's shirt and was now biting into his naked shoulder. This was an Alpha in rut, and Chikara was frozen with fear, his arms pinned above his head, the stronger track team alpha's other hand scratched down his thin torso first pinching his nipples, a mouth moving to seal itself over the brown tissue, his teeth caused Chi to cry out,
"Sssh, you'll feel good, I'm going to fuck you until you love me." The Alpha snarled obsessively taking the sensitive nipple and biting down hard enough to taste blood.
The Omega bucked under him, crying for help, his fear angered the Alpha. This ungrateful bitch should be feeling desire.
The Alpha growled his free hand scratching down the pale flesh beneath him reaching the oversized sweats, "These stink!" He snapped his mouth clamping down on the omegas tiny earlobes.
Chikara Ennoshita felt such fear once his pants were yanked down, he called out the only name that came to mind. "Ryu! Tanaka!" he sobbed before a hard slap knocked him near unconscious.
"How dare you say another Alpha's name with your filthy mouth! I'll have to put something in to keep you silent!"
That was all Ennoshita remembered before losing consciousness. "Ryu-:" he whispered.
Later the young omega woke up from the nightmare panting and sobbing, the dark of his room confusing, a light came on, warm familiar arms with a scent that promised protection.
"Ssssh." Ryu held the smaller boy to him, his naked chest warm against the cold tears of his friends tear stained cheeks. "You are one can touch you here. No one will."
"Bad dream." Chi whispered before drifting off into an easy sleep where he was playing volleyball with a friend and laughing.
Ryu looked over at his sister who was sleeping on the futon behind the small Chi who was curling into him. By the way, it was adorable and it was cute how much smaller his childhood friend was to him, had he always been so small?
Ryu's Father still snoring just on the other side of Ryu and the curled up omega. "He'll be okay. " Saeko yawned her fat lip now finally an impressive purple. She tossed her strong arm over the two boys. "He will always have us. Ryu. I don't know what your feelings are but no matter what we are here to keep him safe. That's what friends, and a family do. I'm proud of you little brother. You scared the shit out of me a bit, I hardly recognized you after you tackled that Alpha. I've never seen you so angry." She shivered remembering the elbow to the face when she pulled her brother from the bloody faced alpha.
"He touched-he bruised him. He left marks. He scared Chikara. Chi is mine. I dont know what these feelings mean. But i do know I dont want anyone else to touch him.
Saeko laughed, but her next words were cut off by the deep rumble of their head alpha "Then hurry up and make him yours idiot. Or today might happen again. Well maybe not after we showed those idiots."
Saeko rolled her eyes "Dad, you are supposed to be the adult! You attacked that kids father without so much as a hello."
"His son was unconscious so I couldn't beat the crap out of him. However it is an alpha's duty to teach his children. An Alpha father must teach his Omega children how it is to be loved and protected, he is also to teach his alpha pups how to love and protect. Obviously that little shit never learned any I reeducated his father."
Saeko switched off the light, the three fell silent to the unfamiliar purr coming from the only omega of the room. Despite what Ennoshita may think, the Tanakas thought of him as part of the family. His absentee whore mother might ignore her Omega son, but the Tanakas had long ago claimed the kid as family. And family stuck together. The puppy pile wasn't a thing that the Tanaka's were used to doing, but it was what the paramedic suggested after clearing an unconscious Ennoshita to go home.
"I could get used to this." Saeko giggled squeezing her brother hand the Omega together.
"Me two!" Father threw his arm across his children and soon to be son in law. Sure the kid was young but Lu Tanaka had bonded with his high school sweet heart, his dear Ariri, in their third year of highschool. He had loved her dearly, she had a soft touch about her and knew just when to anchor him. When she had died Lu Tanaka would have gone with her if not for the children.
"Gross old man don't get so close!" Both of his pups growled.
"Hey! Let dad show you how a puppy pile should be. Besides our Omega here needs as much contact with his family as he can. Trust me I know what I'm doing. Your mother used to lead these things when Saeko had a tummy ache. Or claimed she had one, only when mother's tummy grew and she worried she was going to be replaced by a cute baby bro."
"No one trusts a dirty old man and back up." Ryu growled holding Chi closer to him, his own father's rumble of laughter behind him wasn't a challenge more like a welcomed sound, his sister followed with a similar laugh. Chi didn't stir instead he continued sleep deeply.
Lu knew his son was an idiot, but he was a Alpha and a Tanaka. After Ryu gave that kid in rut a beating to remember, his feelings were very much apparent. Now if he could only convince Chi. Lu drifted off into a good sleep, trying to picture the faces of his grandchild.