The curse
"Keep it clean, don't do anything stupid and more importantly, no omegas." The cabin owner glared at him.
Mikado sighed taking out his ID. "I'm an alpha, sir."
"No omegas. Alphas and betas only in this area."
Mikado nodded thinking though the group. "We're all good." They all had their ID and Shizuo had two one for alpha, one for beta. He was a late bloomer.
Shizuo had never been camping. Mikado had got them a cabin to stay instead, so it was more glamping apparently. He didn't mind. A week away was what they all needed and the cabin was big enough for all of them. It stood in the clearing like a log mansion.
There was more than enough space to move around outside, then there was a river, Shinra could use his filtration device on and fishing if need be. That was something else he'd never tried. Then there was the forest. Tall dark green trees crowded together. It was so different compared to the bustling city.
The only downer of the getaway was Izaya. The asshole of the group. But they'd been together a long time, since they were kids. Pack. Shinra, Masaomi, Mikado, Izaya, Kadota, himself and Aoba. All alphas apart from himself and Shinra, waiting for their omega to come along. One asshole he could deal with.
Although they'd always been together, their jobs and living arrangements had kept them apart. That's why this trip had been arranged. A whole week just for pack and who knew, maybe they'd stumble upon their omega by travelling.
The house was already waiting. A mansion made of bricks, big enough for each of them. They'd all put money in and they'd built their omegas nest. Large, comfy and theirs. It looked comfy, sometimes Shizuo had the urge to curl up amongst the numerous pillows and blankets. Generic colours, given their omega could be a man or a woman. Both could produce a child. A man would be better. The thought of Izaya with a woman made him shudder.
Shizuo grabbed his bag from the mini bus and followed Mikado to the cabin. He heard the engine as the bus left them along for the week and stepped inside. It was spacious, there were stairs and the fire was already burning. It was beautiful.
"No smoking, Shizu-chan." Izaya slapped him on the back. "Don't need you lighting this place up."
Almost beautiful. "Fuck you, flea." Shizuo snapped.
This time Izaya slapped his ass, his palm lingering with a squeeze. Shizuo hated that he'd responded, but it wasn't like they hadn't been heading in this direction. What happened in pack, stayed in pack. He knew for a fact, Izaya and Kadota screwed around. Same with Mikado and Masaomi. They were all twenty one. A pack without an omega. So hate fucking would be fine.
"You wish, flea." Shizuo snapped, slamming Izaya against the wall.
"Come on, already?" Kadota sighed. "At least get settled in first."
Shizuo growled letting Izaya go and looking to the most reasonable in their pack. For the most part he was their leader. "Any room?"
"Yeah." Mikado said. "They're all the same."
Shizuo frowned. "There's no nest?"
"No. The owner was adamant, no omegas in this area."
Shizuo scoffed. "No chances of finding our mate then."
Shizuo headed straight for the stairs, in an unofficial race against Izaya. The room he'd picked was stolen by Izaya, so he took the one with the window. The bed was a large corner one that almost didn't seem like a bed. It was a large pool of comfort.
They regrouped in the main room by the fire. He had the window room, a whole width away from Izaya who took the largest room on the floor. Kadota took a room in the centre, acting as a buffer between them. Shinra took the basement and Mikado, Masaomi and Aoba took the ground floor.
Shizuo was closest to the fire, his head rested on his arm, as he leaned on the arm of the sofa. Everything was warm and comfy. It was relaxing. His focus was on the crackling of the fire.
Kadota was drawing up a chore rota. No one wanted him cooking and he didn't think Izaya could cook either, given the flea only ever ordered sushi.
Kadota could do everything. Mikado was learning, Masaomi was limited on recipes and Aoba was more likely to start a fire. Shinra could cook but he was methodical and everything tasted strange. No one trusted Shinra not to drug them.
"Shizuo?" Kadota had asked him something. Shizuo frowned seeing they were all watching him. "You alright?"
Shizuo blinked. "Huh? Yeah. Not used to it being this quiet."
Kadota smiled. "It makes a change."
"Except for no internet, no electronics and no phone signal." Izaya threw in.
Shizuo focused back on the fire listening to the rest of the pack bicker and discuss the differences between home and their trip. It was important. They needed to see if they could live together in the home they'd built.
Kadota made dinner and they all sat around the table. Shizuo ate slowly listening to the rhythmic clack of cutlery against the dishes. "Shizuo?" Kadota's hand rested on his wrist. Shizuo flinched looking up to see Izaya watching him brow furrowed. "You alright?"
"Yeah." Shizuo frowned. It was so different with everyone together. He lived by himself like the rest of them and he'd gotten used to the emptiness. He'd gotten used to the hopelessness of them never being a proper pack. "Just not used to this."
Kadota nodded and released him. Shizuo missed the touch already. "It will be like this all the time when we get home. We're a pack. We'll live together and our omega will find us."
"Yeah." Shizuo resumed eating and the conversation turned towards happier topics, namely Masaomi and Izaya butting heads.
Izaya was the last one to sleep. He watched as the pack went to bed. The troublesome trio went into their rooms, Shinra vanished into the basement and Shizuo was sluggish on the stairs, he watched Kadota watch the brute and follow. Izaya checked the cabin was locked up, doused the fire and went to his room.
He found himself pausing outside Shizuo's door. Shizuo had been visibly distant since they'd arrived. Izaya went to his room and kept the door open. He had his laptop, a dozen charged power banks and a satellite phone. Internet and electronics after all.
The cabin was silent, everyone asleep except for him, typing out the observations of his pack. His fingers paused hearing movement. The creak of the top stair. Izaya could see from his bed. Shizuo.
Closing the laptop he left his room, watching as Shizuo went down the stairs. Izaya followed seeing the brute head straight for the front door, the door that was unlocked.
"Where are you going, Shizu-chan?" Izaya asked.
The brute didn't answer stepping out into the night air and walking towards the river. Izaya called out again and received no answer. He could just let the brute walk straight into the river.
Izaya sighed moving in front of Shizuo to block him. He faltered seeing Shizuo was asleep and there was a subtle sweet smell surrounding him. Shizuo walked around him like he was nothing and straight into the river.
There was a shocked yelp as Shizuo rose soaked through and glared at him. "Damn it flea. Not even one day where you don't pull this shit?" Shizuo snarled storming past him and into the cabin.
Izaya looked past the river into the forest, where the shadows were dark and it looked like something moved.
Mikado jolted seeing Izaya standing over him. With a groan he turned the oil lamp on. "What?" He grumbled.
"Why no omegas?" Izaya asked.
Mikado blinked. "Huh?"
"Why no omegas in the area?" Izaya asked again.
Mikado frowned. "This couldn't wait until morning?" Izaya's focused gaze answered that for him. "The owner said so."
"Why?"
Mikado groaned sitting up and opening the beside table drawer. He'd found numerous newspaper articles around the cabin and had piled them up. He handed them over to the informant. "According to the owner, omegas go missing if they're in the area. The owner said there's a curse in the forest that steals away omegas. No one knows why or how. The packs all have the same story. When they woke up, their omega was gone."
Mikado felt the sleepiness clear, seeing how determined Izaya looked reading carefully through each article. "We don't have an omega yet. Why the interest?"
Izaya looked up from the paper and Mikado was shocked to see the uncertainty that was there. "Shizu-chan just sleepwalked into the river."
Mikado frowned. "Why? Shizuo is undesignated." As he said it, it clicked. "Shizuo is an omega."
"There's a sweet scent from him. It's subtle but there." Izaya confirmed.
Mikado cursed. They had an omega. He'd brought their omega into danger. "We should leave."
"Tomorrow, we'll check into the forest. Dotachin and the others will keep an eye on Shizu-chan." Izaya said looking up again.
Mikado swallowed. "We left him alone. His apartment is small, he was paying in with us for the pack home. No wonder he's been distant. We abandoned him."
Izaya said nothing leaving the room with the news articles. Mikado felt sick.
Shizuo caught a damn cold. It was what happened when a dumbass pushed you in a freezing cold river. The same dumbass wanted to explore the forest and had taken Mikado, Masaomi and Aoba.
Shizuo spent the remainder of breakfast with Kadota and Shinra. "Shizuo, you're burning up." Kadota said resting a cool hand against his forehead. It felt nice. Really nice.
"Stupid flea pushed me in the river." Shizuo grumbled. "Caught a cold."
"Good thing I'm a doctor." Shinra grinned. "Bed is the best place for you."
Shizuo didn't argue as the alphas got him upstairs and tucked him into bed. He felt better with them close. His eyes slid shut, feeling Kadota tuck him in with extra blankets and Shinra's probing fingers check him over.
Masaomi didn't understand why he was following the bastard. Izaya had dragged them out before breakfast and Mikado hadn't argued. So he'd reluctantly followed his pack past the river and into the forest. No doubt Izaya had gotten bored and wanted to investigate.
The air was brisk and cold and the trees did nothing to help his allergies. "This couldn't wait until it warmed up a bit?"
"No." Izaya answered moving ahead.
"What are you looking for?" Masaomi complained rubbing his hands together.
"Shut up." Aoba snapped, joining Mikado and Izaya. Masaomi frowned. Aoba was usually the troublemaker.
"What's really going on?"
But they came to a clearing. Masaomi stared horrified at the trees laying down in a large circle, looking like a giant birds nest. In the centre were decaying corpses. "What the hell is this?" Masaomi's stomach churned.
"A nest." Mikado answered in despair. "It's a nest, built for omegas."
Masaomi studied the skeletons in the centre. He breathed out a shaky sigh of relief. "Good thing we don't have one then." Izaya's expression was grim. "What? What am I missing?"
"It's Shizu-chan." Izaya said flipping his switchblade open and closed. "Shizu-chan is our omega."
Masaomi stared at the numerous bodies in the nest as that sank in. A pained growl broke free and he ran back to the cabin.
Aoba watched the alpha run. That left the three of them and they were all fine with blood. The knowledge of their omega finally making them a complete pack made him ecstatic. The thought that they'd been neglecting their omega all along was a cold shock to the system and the fact they'd unknowingly brought their omega into danger, washed away any good feelings left over.
The thought of such a large murder scene not being found was sickening. It meant either no one cared or something or someone had been hiding the evidence.
Aoba stepped into the nest, pausing as if something would jump out at him. When nothing did, he stepped over the log and into the leaves that made up the inner nest. Fresh leaves covered over the dying ones underneath. Aoba walked through the leaves calf deep, minding the bodies.
Every death had been violent. Every death branched out from the centre, where a stone platform was surrounded by skeletons. Aoba frowned seeing the stone clear, except for the white fabric. Aoba stepped over the skeletons picking up a freshly cleaned white shirt, at least it smelt like it had been.
"We have a problem!" He called out.
Mikado backed away from the newest corpses and climbed over the log to join Aoba. "What?"
Aoba handed him the shirt . Mikado frowned, the familiar scent niggling at him.
"That's Shizu-chan's."
"Yeah, this is his shirt." Aoba said horrified. "From his luggage."
Mikado looked over the brutality of the kills and shuddered. It was worse than they knew. Shizuo wasn't another victim to be claimed. He was their omega.
The three of them walked away, not saying anything until they were across the river and somehow it felt a little safer. Izaya sat down on one of the logs by the fire lost in thought.
Mikado looked up hearing a growl and Kadota storming towards them. "Izaya! Can you not go one day without arguing with Shizuo? He's sick because you pushed him into the river last night!"
"Dotachin. I didn't push him and he's not sick because of a cold." Izaya said smoothly. "Shizu-chan is our pack omega."
Kadota blinked and gaped. "What? No, of course he isn't. He's-oh. Shizuo didn't bring any sweets or cakes with him. That's his natural scent." Kadota slumped onto one of the logs. "Shizuo is an-our-omega. He doesn't know."
Mikado handed the shirt over. "Someone does."
Shizuo felt strange waking up. He felt like he was in a bubble and his skin was burning up. Stupid flea. Stupid river. Shizuo pushed up out of the bed feeling sluggish.
Moving over to the door he groaned finding the damn thing locked. Someone had locked him in the room like he was a damn child. Izaya. Of course it was Izaya, it was always Izaya. Shizuo growled, yanking the door open and breaking the lock.
He stormed down the hall straight for Izaya's room. Izaya was sitting on the bed typing. Shizuo closed the door watching as Izaya closed the laptop. "Ah, finally woke up, Shizu-chan."
That stupid nickname. Shizuo growled. "No thanks to you and that damn river." He bit out.
"Not me and maybe the river." Izaya shrugged. "You really shouldn't have left your room, Shizu-chan."
Shizuo lunged for the alpha surprised when he caught him and slammed him against the wall. "What is your problem?" He growled, hand wrapped around Izaya's throat.
Izaya's lips moved but Shizuo couldn't hear so he moved his head closer. "What?" He ground out, their noses touching.
"You're an omega, Shizu-chan." Izaya whispered, sounding almost like a threat. Shock rocked through him but Izaya mouth was on his and Shizuo felt something in melt inside him, something that made him submit.
Shizuo moaned realising he wasn't sick. He was in heat and he'd stuck himself in the room with Izaya. "Oh."
Shizuo grunted pushed over the bottom of the bed, his back hitting the blankets. Izaya covered him, rutting against him. Shizuo moaned his head tilting to let Izaya biting his throat. Izaya's eyes were glowing , fingers tearing at his clothes.
Shizuo whined as Izaya flipped him on his belly and yanked his pants and underwear down. Izaya growled against his shoulder. "No lubricant, no condoms." Izaya hissed, pushed inside him.
Shizuo cried out as the alpha took him, thrusting deep. Whining and clawing at the covers he submitted to Izaya feeling the alpha swell inside him knotting him.
"Bite me." Shizuo begged. "Izaya!"
Izaya's teeth sank into the back of his neck. Shizuo cried out as his orgasm hit him hard. Izaya stayed knotted inside him but moved onto the bed and spooned him.
Shizuo panted softly closing his eyes. Izaya's fingers traced Shizuo's neck. "You alright, Shizu-chan?"
"…processing." Shizuo mumbled.
Izaya hummed behind him. Shizuo shivered feeling Izaya trace over his mark.
"Can't see my back." Shizuo moaned as Izaya palmed his cock.
"You ever been camping before?"
Shizuo whined. "No." He squirmed back against Izaya feeling agitated.
"Calm down, Shizu-chan." Izaya bit him and for the moment it settled him. But it wouldn't last long. He was an omega and he didn't have a nest.
Aoba seemed to be the only one not shocked into stupid. So whilst Kadota was lost in thought, Mikado was researching and Masaomi was sulking their omega wasn't a chick, Aoba pulled the cabin apart, building Shizuo a nest in front of the fire. He moved the sofas, he took every pillow and blanket and built their omega a temporary nest until they got back to the city.
There was no scent for now, but close to Izaya's room was a sweet scent that was growing stronger. Aoba opened the door seeing their omega writhe on Izaya's bed.
"Shizuo's nest is ready." Aoba reported.
Shizuo cried out as Izaya pulled free, his cock softened. "Good, come on Shizu-chan."
Aoba moved forward to help Shizuo from the bed and down the stairs. The sight of their omega in the nest and the scent in the air made his cock ache and his teeth tingle with the need to bite.
Shizuo reached for him and Aoba went easily. "Aoba. Alpha." Shizuo rolled his hips. Aoba kissed Shizuo, the omega touched him desperately and he could see Izaya sitting amongst the pillows watching.
"Shizuo, you want both of us?" Aoba suggested guiding Shizuo to crawl over to Izaya. The omega had no problem latching onto Izaya's cock, sucking desperately. Aoba waited to make sure Izaya was keeping an eye on their omega before making his own move.
Shizuo was slick around his fingers and he could already feel Izaya's semen. The sweet scent was getting stronger by the moment, clouding the room. Shizuo writhed between them. Aoba thrust his cock inside, rutting until he knotted. Shizuo continued to suck Izaya off.
Shizuo was asleep curled up in the nest Aoba had created. Izaya was slightly disappointed in the rest of the pack. They'd stayed back leaving everything to him and Aoba. Admittedly it was Shizuo that had sought him out. But the brute had submitted beautifully and had been taken over by his omega instincts.
Their pack was complete. Always had been. They'd just been waiting for their omega to finally blossom. But what they'd found in the murder nest was disturbing.
Izaya left Aoba curled up with Shizuo, whilst he went down to see Shinra.
"Hey, what's up?" Shinra asked.
Izaya handed the shirt over. "Shizuo is an omega, there's a nest of murdered omegas in the forest and we found his shirt there."
Shinra frowned. "So Shizuo is our omega? I didn't see that coming."
"Aoba built a nest by the fire." Izaya said. "Shizu-chan is in heat."
Mikado stepped out of his room taking a break from his mystery solving. Shizuo was asleep curled up. Aoba was awake sitting up and waiting for Shizuo to wake up. Their omega.
"Find anything?" Aoba asked quietly as he joined them. The other alpha was relaxed, his hand was on Shizuo's shoulder.
"Nothing good. Every omega that comes to the area goes missing. There aren't any survivors."
"So we need to leave."
"Except no one is answering. We can start walking but I don't like the thought of Shizuo being out in the open." Mikado frowned.
Mikado growled smelling chocolate and cookies. Their omega was awake, nuzzling into Aoba. "Hello." Aoba grinned kissing Shizuo.
Mikado moved to do the same. Shizuo smiled dazed at him. "Alpha." Mikado shook his head, backing away from their omega. Shizuo reached for him.
"Mikado, don't-"
He stepped outside the nest. Aoba glared at him and Shizuo sniffled, starting to cry. "I need to research, I need to protect our omega."
"Yeah well, you just rejected him. Idiot." Aoba snapped.
"I didn't!" Mikado snapped and then frowned. He hadn't, had he? Stepping back into the nest, Shizuo recoiled from him. Mikado growled getting on his knees as Shizuo tried to pull away. Mikado pressed his hands against Shizuo's cheeks. "I would never reject you. I want you safe. Shizuo, there is something in the forest hunting omegas. I need you safe."
Mikado sighed kissing Shizuo hard and deep, with everything that he was. "There hasn't been a single survivor and I need you safe."
"Then claim me quickly." Shizuo murmured.
Mikado kissed him again, spreading their omega and pushed into him. His teeth latched onto Shizuo's collar bone. It was quick and he pulled out before he could knot. "I need to research. You're mine."
"Yes alpha." Shizuo turned from him and went back to playing with Aoba.
Mikado ran past Izaya. "We're all sleeping in the nest tonight." Mikado nodded in agreement.
Izaya woke when Shizuo shifted out from under his arm. Izaya grabbed onto him and pulled their omega into the nest waking the rest up. Shizuo tried to get up, his eyes closed.
Kadota and Shinra went outside, whilst Aoba, Mikado and Masaomi, helped keep Shizuo in the nest. Izaya kissed Shizuo, nipping at his mark. The omega stopped struggling, melting into him. Izaya pinched a nipple, slipping a hand down to cup Shizuo's cock.
Shizuo moaned eye lids rolling as they opened. "Izaya."
"Welcome back, Shizu-chan."
Izaya shot a look at Masaomi. "Hey, Shizuo."
Kadota and Shinra came back in and shook their heads.
Whatever it was, it only tried to take Shizuo during the night. They also knew that their omega couldn't be taken during sex. So they rested during the day and at night, they took Shizuo apart in the nest. Giving him the attention he'd been neglected of.
Masaomi had no problem with their omega being a man. It was the fact he'd known Shizuo had been miserable alone and struggling to keep a job to pay for his part in the house. It was the fact that they could lose their omega after he'd just awakened.
Masaomi growled as he bit into Shizuo's shoulder, slamming his cock in hard and mounting their omega. Shizuo took it, revelled in it and Masaomi was satisfied their bond was locked in.
Shinra and Kadota took their turns locking in the whole pack. The two weeks flew by in sex and possessive clinging. On the day of their departure they walked in a unit keeping Shizuo in the centre. The old man swore when he saw them. "I said no omegas!"
Izaya said nothing, leading his pack onto the bus. They got Shizuo settled and then the doors closed and they were leaving the murder nest and the cabin behind.
Shizuo was agitated when they got to the city. Loneliness sank deep into his weary bones. It was time to go back to his small apartment. They'd had their time together. But the bus zipped past familiar territory and into the land of pack houses. The bus pulled up outside a gate to a mansion.
"Come on, Shizu-chan." Izaya said taking his hand and leading him from the bus. His alpha took him past the gate and up the long winding paving. Funny how out of the entire pack, the asshole had become the most caring. "You can settle when we get you into your nest."
Shizuo managed a nod, trailing behind. He hadn't seen the mansion and it's many rooms. He'd agreed to put money into the pack funds like the rest, but he'd become dissociated from the pack when they'd all separated after school and none of them had wanted to be his roommate.
Izaya squeezed his hand skipping past the tour and guiding him into a spacious room with lots of light and a massive circle area carved from the floor. There were three small steps leading down into the nest, fully cushioned, making it look like one giant donut sofa. In the centre was a small pool of water that bubbled and around the outer edges, there were low cabinets.
Shizuo stepped down into the nest, feeling the softness beneath his toes. He sat down hating how it was scentless but curled up in a ball, he closed his eyes and drifted away.
Aoba shot forward the second in their new home after Izaya. He kicked off his shoes and went straight to the nest, where their omega had already fallen asleep. Lifting one of the cabinet tops he pulled out one of the many blankets and gently set it over Shizuo. "Do you need me for anything?" He asked Izaya.
"No, you're good."
Aoba nodded, whipping the top over his head and dropping it on top of the blanket. Then he curled up next to Shizuo, moving closer until Shizuo's arm reached out and pulled him in. With a smile he closed his eyes and joined their omega in slumber.
Aoba was Shizuo's favourite. Izaya didn't blame him. Aoba was the one acting on impulse and his sole priority was looking after their omega. Shinra had peeled away from the group to take his stuff to the basement. Kadota had gone to the kitchen to write a shopping list, leaving Mikado and Masaomi.
"Go find your rooms." He told them when they wouldn't move.
Izaya stood watching their omega and Aoba sleep. With a sigh he ran a hand through his hair. They had messed up. The psychological issues that could've festered were worrying. Their connection with Shizuo still felt weak. They needed it to be stronger.
Shizuo went back to his apartment on his own. He hadn't been babied before and he wasn't going to let it happen just because he'd revealed as an omega. No matter how the rest of the pack complained. No matter how much his instincts clawed at him.
He second guessed himself the moment he saw the broken lock on his door. Pushing the door open he walked into a mess. There was nothing to take because his apartment had been ransacked and destroyed. There was a strange scent, like wet grass. A low growl rumbled through the apartment and Shizuo froze. He felt his omega side bow down and his body did the same. He felt something touch his back, curling around his throat. He swayed as the creature continued to growl.
Alpha. Alpha to take him home. Shizuo went easily, his eyelids slipping shut. Alpha….alpha…
"No!" Shizuo's eyes snapped open and he recoiled from the creature. "NOT. MY. PACK!" He grit out a bellow. "NOT. MY. ALPHA!"
But he couldn't fight the thing. So he turned and ran, barrelling from the apartment and to the car where Aoba was waiting after trailing him. He opened the door and dropped into the passenger seat. "Go!"
His alpha stared at him in shock, flooring the pedal anyway. "Shizuo-
"It followed us." Shizuo panicked twisting in his seat. "It looks like a man, a swamp and a tree fused. My apartment stinks of wet grass!"
"Shit!" Aoba cursed speeding away. "Okay. We can deal with this. What happened?"
Shizuo put his seatbelt on. "Not my alpha, not my pack."
"Damn straight." Aoba kept going and didn't stop until they were past the security gate.
Shizuo undid his seat belt as the engine cut and the gate locked behind them. Aoba was already pulling him from the car and towards the mansion. The door opened and there was Izaya.
"What's wrong?"
Shizuo went to him, scenting and holding on. Izaya guided him inside and down into the nest.
"Shizuo's apartment is ruined. That thing from the forest followed us. Shizuo rejected it."
"Not my alpha, not my pack." Shizuo murmured nuzzling against Izaya. His strongest alpha. His most possessive alpha, his smartest alpha. Shizuo palmed Izaya's jeans, tugging at the zip and sliding from his alpha's lap to the nest floor.
Izaya was commando, allowing him easy access. Taking Izaya's cock in hand, Shizuo eased his mouth over the soft length. He didn't like that. His alpha should be rigid, hot and hard, ready to fuck and knot him. Shizuo flicked a heated glare at his alpha, who gave him a smirk and a hand in his hair.
Aoba smiled down at him and pulled him away from Izaya's cock. "Not when you're panicked." Aoba sat cross legged on the floor and pulled him into his lap. Shizuo frowned. Izaya was tucking himself away. His gut twisted but Aoba was stroking his hair and he felt himself relax.
"It followed. Shizuo says it looks like a swamp tree man." Aoba said.
"The question is whether it's after you now or if it'll go after other omegas."
Guilt stabbed through him. Shit he'd put everyone in danger. In the forest there was the occasional victim but in town, in the city. Shizuo swallowed.
Izaya pinched his lower jaw between thumb and finger. Shizuo looked to his alpha. "If not you, it would've been someone else. You didn't know you were an omega."
Shizuo looked to Aoba. It was clear Izaya wasn't going to fuck him, not right now. "Shizu-chan, focus!" Izaya snapped squeezing his jaw. "This is serious, protozoan."
Shizuo closed his eyes and nodded. Like a good little omega he locked his emotions away in a box and focused on what his alpha wanted. "I know. You're the alphas. I'll stay out of the way. I'm going to take a bath and then a nap."
Izaya frowned at him. Shizuo knew he was imagining the confusion he saw on his alphas face. Shizuo waited until he was released without a kiss. Pushing himself up, he dusted off his jeans and left the nest.
Aoba grabbed Shizuo's hand, bringing it to his lips and pressing a kiss on the back. His omega blushed. "Sounds good. We'd get messy in the nest."
Shizuo's face flamed and his sweet scent grew more potent. With a grin he gently tugged Shizuo towards the bath. He didn't say anything to Izaya. He'd seen Shizuo's expression shutter and become almost doll like, exactly like the obedient omegas.
Aoba had hated it and had known Izaya had somehow fucked up. It had felt as if Shizuo had tried to pull away from the bond. He couldn't let that happen. Tugging Shizuo into the largest bathroom in the mansion, Aoba started the water. A thick nozzle that was more of a geyser shot water out of all of the hidden taps and within moments the bath was filled.
Aoba grinned emptying a stupid amount of bubble bath into the water. Clutching Shizuo, he grinned maniacally throwing them both into the water fully clothed.
"Aoba!" Shizuo yelped.
Aoba kissed him. "Couldn't wait. Need you now. Always." It was the right thing to say. Aoba kissed him again and then split apart into the water and coming back up and wiping his eyes.
Shizuo watched him act like an idiot but he didn't care. It was just the two of them in their own little bubble. Scooping up a handful of bubbles he built himself a beard , moustache and ridiculous eyebrows. "What do you think?" The stuff sure as hell didn't taste of strawberry.
"You're an idiot!" Shizuo swam over to the edge and lobbed a towel at him.
Aoba grinned waggling his eyebrows. "But I'm your idiot."
"Where's Shizuo?" Masaomi asked finding Izaya in the living room.
"With Aoba in the bath." The bastard sounded slightly bitter about it.
"Not anymore." Masaomi watched Shizuo and Aoba walking down the stairs, both with wet hair and fluffy dressing gowns. "Shizuo, got you some treats." He help up the bakery box.
Aoba nodded gently urging Shizuo in his direction. He'd find out what that was about later. For now he handed the box over and led Shizuo up to his room.
"Finished showing off?" Izaya winced hearing the bitterness in his tone.
Aoba glared at him. "And here I thought I'd get a thank you. Your bond weakened." Aoba sighed and sat down next to him. "I was researching. The omegas were either newly mated or from the centre. Their bonds were either weak or non existent. It was our bond that stopped Shizuo going with that creature. You and I have the strongest bonds but yours weakened. I saw it. Shizuo shut down. You need to fix it and the others need to make theirs stronger."
Izaya said nothing. He'd seen what happened. "I'll deal with it."
"I know." Aoba nodded. "This is a relationship that can't fail. There's no such thing as showing off."
Izaya walked away, a niggle in his chest at being chastised. Aoba was right though and he should be proud the alpha had stepped up and had been protecting Shizuo from the start. He'd just thought that the closest one to Shizuo was himself.
Shizuo stood staring out of the window. The thing that had followed them was out there somewhere, watching, waiting. "I'm sorry." Shizuo grumbled. "I don't get all this omega shit."
"You're doing well without any guidance." Izaya stepped up beside him and took his hand. "You're giving it too much attention."
Shizuo shuddered, feeling a slimy feeling wash over him. It was calling again. But this time he was wide awake. "Not my alpha!" He grit out. But he didn't budge, his gaze locked onto the darkness outside.
Izaya sighed, and then he was being pushed against the wide window, his arm bent up behind his back. Shizuo moaned at the rough treatment. His lounge pants were torn down, his cock springing up as his bare ass was put on show.
His alpha didn't comment on his commando state. Shizuo moaned as Izaya's hand curled around his cock and jerked him off in strong, solid strokes. He had one hand free to do as he liked. Shizuo moved it behind his back, keeping still as Izaya released his other arm.
The window was cold against his chest, his nipples pebbled. He wanted his nightshirt off. He wanted it gone. His ass pressed out, Izaya's free hand smoothing over his globes.
"Alpha please." Shizuo whined.
Izaya's hand squeezed his cock. "My name Shizu-chan. Not alpha, not omega. My name. We started as enemies. We have history. We are pack and we are individuals. Omega are weak and needy. You are not. You should only be needy in your nest, Shizu-chan."
Shizuo swallowed and closed his eyes. His omega instincts were thrashing around desperate to please his alpha. "Izaya." Shizuo murmured. "Want to face you." His face heated as Izaya released him, allowing him to turn around.
His back rested against the window, his ass on the sill, legs spread, waiting. Izaya moved in between them, his cock erect and ready to give him a good fucking. Shizuo blushed arms wrapped around Izaya's shoulders, thighs clamping against his alpha's hips.
"Look at me, Shizu-chan."
He didn't. "Just hurry up, flea." Shizuo snapped.
Izaya inched forward, slowly, making him feel every notch. Shizuo grit his teeth, biting back a whine. He gasped when Izaya was fully seated inside him.
His omega settled.
Mikado smothered a yawn, heading for the kitchen. He paused one foot on the stairs. Their omega was curled up in the nest pool with Izaya. It felt like he was intruding. But he couldn't turn away, not if Shizuo sensed he was there. The omega would see it as a rejection.
Izaya wouldn't be happy with the intrusion though. There was no doubt Izaya was head alpha of their pack. Mikado sighed taking a seat on the stairs. Neither intruding or rejecting. He was stuck. Through the banister stands he could see The duo with their backs to him. Izaya was taking good care of their omega.
Their omega was docile as Izaya bathed him, passing the washcloth over his body. He paused at Shizuo's belly before moving on. Shizuo leaned against him, blissed out and perfectly satisfied.
Their omega wouldn't even notice if Mikado finally decided whether to go back to bed or get a drink like he wanted. Izaya wasn't saying anything. His bond with Shizuo was as high as it could go. For now as long as Shizuo was around him or Aoba, there wouldn't be a problem. The others, he wasn't so sure.
"Shizu-chan, you can't sleep here." Izaya chided. It wasn't like the water would get cold. The heat was kept to a constant and the old water regularly flushed out and refilled. Everything in the nest was designed to make an omega more comfortable and effortless. It wouldn't stop their skin wrinkling.
"S fine." Shizuo mumbled. "Like this."
Izaya sighed waving a hand. Footsteps sounded as Mikado finally moved and joined him. Together they got their omega out of the water and into the nest. Izaya wrapped a towel around his waist, and another one to pat Shizuo dry.
"Where is everyone?" Izaya asked already guessing the answer.
"They wanted to give you two privacy."
Mikado fucked up. After seeing Aoba and Izaya show off, he'd wanted to help. It was why he'd started dismantling the nursery. Male omegas couldn't get pregnant, at least not documented. Some saw them as placebos for the real thing. A woman that could give birth to a half a dozen children at a time. Those were the ones valued. They'd had the nursery built just in case they'd gotten a female.
They'd gotten Shizuo. It was best to destroy the nursery, to get rid of any hope it looked like they had and hopefully any insecurities Shizuo might have. He just hadn't expected that not everyone might've shared that view.
"What are you doing?" Kadota asked sharply, the door banging open.
Mikado continued to unscrew the crib. "I'm taking down the nursery. We can use it for something else."
"You're taking down the nursery? Why?"
Mikado paused to look at the other alpha. "Because we don't need it."
"That's our future!" Kadota snapped.
"It's a problem waiting to happen." Mikado shrugged. "Best to get rid of it now."
"That's our children you're talking about!" Kadota's voice rose.
"That's not an option right now." Mikado set the screwdriver down.
"But it is an option!" We could adopt. We could get another omega! A female this time!"
Mikado growled ready to snap back. Instead he froze seeing Shizuo at the door. "Shizuo! That's not-" their omega walked away. "Shit! You idiot!" He glared at Kadota before hurrying down the stairs, just in time to see Shizuo heading for the door. "Shizuo, wait!"
Mikado pushed himself between the door and their omega. Panic shot through him seeing Shizuo's eyes were glazed over. "No! Come on Shizuo." Shit! Where were Izaya and Mikado?
Mikado found himself pushed to the side with ease, only able to watch as Shizuo robotically opened the door and stepped out. He was going to lose him. Mikado pushed himself up and ran throwing himself onto Shizuo's back. "Don't go!"
Shizuo continued walking. "I'm your alpha, Shizuo!" Mikado held on so he didn't fall. "I'm sorry. I didn't want you to have any doubts. I love you! Not just as an alpha. You've always been amazing. Please! Don't go!"
Shizuo stopped and Mikado didn't dare breathe. "You're clingy." Shizuo grumbled.
Mikado trembled, pressing his face against Shizuo's neck. "I'm sorry. I thought I was helping. I'm sorry." He wasn't embarrassed when Shizuo pulled him away like he was a cat and coddled him bridal style. Tears rolled down his cheeks and he buried his head against their omega's chest. Shizuo held him.
Shizuo sighed sitting on Mikado's bed. His alpha had cried himself to sleep and still refused to let go. Since he didn't want his omega instincts heightened, Shizuo stayed out of the nest. The door was locked and it was peaceful just the two of them.
With his back against the wall, Shizuo lazily sifted his fingers through Mikado's short black hair, smoothing a thumb over his alpha's tear stained cheeks. Mikado loved him. Not as alpha and omega, as Shizuo and Mikado, just like Izaya had said.
The rattle of the door startled him. The handle turned and Izaya stepped into the room. "What happened, Shizu-chan?"
"Mikado and Kadota were arguing about the nursery. Their bond wasn't strong enough to hold me and you weren't here."
Izaya sighed. "We got called into the agency. You should've been fine."
"I am now." Shizuo murmured. "We didn't discuss the children situation."
"Because it wasn't relevant. It was more of a priority to get you settled and erase any past trauma, not to mention keeping you away from that thing stalking you."
"I know." Shizuo grumbled. "Mikado was dismantling the nursery. Kadota wants children. You'll probably have to find a female-
"No." Izaya's response was an alpha growl, cold and sure. "There will be no other omega but you, Shizu-chan. This is our pack."
Shizuo blew out a breath. "And here I thought I was the hardheaded one. You can't make pack decisions by yourself." Mikado stirred in his sleep, clutching his shirt. "Have you fucked him?"
His alpha blinked. Shizuo waited. "He's small and cute, practically worships you when you're not looking. He would've made a far better omega-
Izaya's growl cut him off. "Yes, we fucked. I've fucked all of them, it was how we decided the hierarchy of the pack."
"All of them, except me." Shizuo murmured.
"I'm reckless not stupid, Shizu-chan. The moment you had your hands on me, I would've been in trouble. You didn't want to be in charge. I left you alone."
Shizuo lightly pinched Mikado's nose, smiling as the alpha snorted in his sleep. "You can continue fucking them."
"Shizu-chan-
"The pack comes first. That includes the bonds between you all. I can feel them. You, Aoba…Mikado. I'll work on the rest. So should you. Like you said, I'm not just an omega."
Mikado opened his eyes to a cock in his face. His gaze narrowed on the cock ring, the angry looking erection and the heavy ballsacks. Further up a puckered hole twitched, oozing slick. Omega.
Shizuo's thighs twitched either side of his head, slick trailing down the inside. Mikado stayed still for a moment longer, listening to their omega's whimpers and an alpha's growl. Izaya.
Mikado opened his mouth taking Shizuo's cock inside. "Oh god!" Came the muffled cry.
"I didn't say you could take my cock out of your mouth, Shizu-chan." Izaya chided. "If you don't want mine then you can have Mikado-kun's."
Mikado felt the weight as Izaya pushed Shizuo down on his cock, he felt a slick heat as Shizuo sucked him. Mikado moaned, flinching as he felt his ass being touched. Izaya. Fuck. Izaya was touching him. Mikado squirmed as the other alpha opened him up. Shizuo thrust deep into his throat making him gag, bucking up and doing the same.
He cried out, gasping as Izaya pushed inside him. Shizuo was pulled away from him, resituated to sit on his cock.
"How is it, Shizu-chan?" Izaya asked pinning Shizuo back to his chest. Mikado moaned at the sight of them, their omegas perky nipples within Izaya's fingertips. "Was this what you meant?"
Mikado cried out as Izaya slammed into his prostate, his hips jerking up against Shizuo. It was too much.
"What the fuck happened here?" Masaomi demanded, seeing Izaya freshly washed, whilst Shizuo and Mikado were dead to the world.
"Leave them sleep." The bastard walked past him, skip in his step. Masaomi followed him.
"You fucked them both?"
"It was what they both wanted and what our omega instigated."
"So Shizuo knows then."
"There are no secrets." Izaya wasn't looking at him. "Where's Dotachin?"
"Pass. He barged past me when I came back. What did I miss?"
"An argument in the nursery. Shizu-chan was almost taken."
Masaomi bit out a curse. "Fuck!"
"Fuck indeed." Aoba said walking towards them. He'd just come from the nursery. "Kadota may need to be banished from the pack."
"No." Izaya disagreed. "The bonds already exist. It's too late. Dotachin is the weakest link in the pack. Don't leave the two of them alone."
Shizuo slept fitfully. He'd gone to sleep blissfully exhausted but his sweet dreams were absent. They were filled with the cries of babies instead. An omega's birth rite. Technically both male and female omegas should be able to get pregnant. There were records of the past and theories on why the ability was gone.
Shizuo sat up seeing Mikado fast asleep sprawled across his lap. A child. How could he forget that. It was essential for pack progression. A female omega easily gave birth to under a dozen children at a time. A male was only ever recorded to give birth to a single child.
Shizuo slipped from the bed, heading for the en-suite bathroom. At the sink, he splashed his face with water and turned off the tap. Mikado had meant well but Kadota was right. Without a child, he was a failure as an omega. The thought battered at him, growing louder until that was all that he could hear. Turning from the sink, he headed for the window.
Mikado shivered feeling cold air against his skin. Lifting his head he stared at the window swung wide open. Then to the empty side of the bed where he'd been settled with Shizuo.
Immediately he shot out of bed and hurried towards the window knowing something was wrong. So very wrong. Mikado climbed out of the window, staring at the disturbed ground, footprints in the soft earth.
The trail of earth continued, in an odd scattering. The smell of gross and moss was strong. Their omega had been taken.
Mikado howled his grief and the rest of the pack came running.
Through the bond Izaya could feel Mikado's distress. Ah. The alpha had already woken up. The rest of the pack knew.
Izaya pressed his lips together, fingering the hilt of his switchblade as he carefully stepped across the lighting beams. Shizuo was staring blankly at the monster, glassy eyed with tears streaking his cheeks. Izaya couldn't count on his omega to help out. Neither could he wait for the monster to vanish.
Good thing he had an ultra instinct. Izaya sucked in a breath and leapt onto the monster's back. His nose recoiled at the scent of rotting cut grass and wet moss. His eyes watered as he stabbed where he could reach. Head, throat, eyes.
The monster howled reaching for him. Izaya let go, landing on his feet and jumping out of the way. He swung around to the monster's back and drew the lighter from his pocket. Sparking the flint, he threw the first at the creature, watching as it caught fire.
An inhuman roar shook the room and making Izaya cover his ears. He staggered off balance, stumbling into Shizuo's lap. Shizuo's arm locked around him, his omega nuzzling at his throat. It was nice. Sweet. Just not the time. He could feel the bulge of Shizuo's clothed cock against his ass. Really not the time.
The monster flailed around, the fire spreading. Izaya watched in horror as the sparks hit the floor in a hot rain. Shit. The light above the monster popped and Izaya knew they needed to get out. Now.
"Shizu-chan! Up!" Izaya barked. His omega did so still holding him. He could work with that. "Get us out of here!"
Shizuo's legs moved, the omega not reacting the heat and screams. The door shattered as Shizuo's fist punched through it and then they were outside into fresh air and away from the crackling flames.
"Take us to a hotel!" Izaya barked. He needed a shower and his omega needed another lesson.
Izaya finally got his omega to release him. Shizuo stood staring at nothing, looking pitiful. Right after he'd warned him as well. The room was small, last minute and held just a nest with scent and sound proof walls. Room service was delivered through a special hatch in the door.
"Dotachin really did it this time." Izaya murmured, slinging the bag to the floor. Shizuo didn't react to the noise. Izaya sat down inside the nest, ordering Shizuo to do the same. Tearing open the bag, he set the items out. The sealed pills, two types. The injector, two vials for the injector and a plug. There were plasters, bandages and energy bars, along with other bits.
Izaya popped open the first pill, ordering his omega to swallow it. Then he set up the injector stabbing it into Shizuo's heart. He did the same for himself and waited for the effects to kick in.
Shinra watched over the pack chaos. Their omega was missing. As was Izaya their head alpha and the rest had turned against Kadota. He should've just stayed in the basement. But…"my bag is missing." He spoke up.
Masaomi glared at him. "Are you accusing us?"
Shinra adjusted his glasses. "Not at all. There was an experiment in there. I think it's safe to say Izaya took it."
Mikado perked up. "Experiment? What does it do?"
"I call it a hell cycle. It puts an alpha and omega into a continuous heat. It gets worse the longer it goes on, forcing evolution to stop the cycle. Theoretically. Izaya had me researching omega reproduction."
Masaomi whistled, whilst Mikado looked awed. Kadota looked like he was in disbelief. Aoba was already heading for the door. "You should get some snacks!" Shinra called out.
Aoba tossed the keys in the air and left without a word. Shinra turned and headed back down to the basement.
Aoba followed the trail Izaya left behind. Not that the alpha made it easy. He got a text with a partial receipt. From there he had to ring up all the hotels in the area until he got a hit. Then the receptionist wouldn't tell him anything until he answered a passcode Izaya hadn't given him.
Once he'd guessed that right, they'd handed him a tray of food and led him to a room without a nest and a window. It wasn't a window. It was a piece of glass allowing him to see into the next room. Look but don't touch.
Shizuo and Izaya were going at it like animals, both out of their minds. Aoba would be ripped apart if he attempted to enter the room. He was witnessing a true mating between alpha and omega. It was brutal. There was blood and biting, Shizuo's slick flowed down his thighs and Izaya's knot was prominent.
Neither one spoke except for growls and whimpers. Aoba watched fascinated as Shizuo was slammed up against the mirror, cock weeping a continuous flow of seed. He could see everything, Izaya's cock sliding into Shizuo's ass.
His gaze flicked to the door as it opened. "You didn't wait." Mikado murmured closing the door and joining him.
"Did you wait for the others?" Aoba asked already knowing the answer.
"No."
"There you go." Aoba shrugged. "They can't be disturbed."
Mikado snorted. "We'd be killed in there."
Aoba nodded. "According to Shinra, this doesn't stop until Shizuo is pregnant."
He winced as Shizuo hit the wall, tilting his head to give Izaya access. Not that the alpha needed it. He took what he wanted. Shizuo whined, submitting. Their omega presented, thinking of nothing but to please his alpha.
Aoba was a little jealous it wasn't him in there. He knew it couldn't be. He couldn't risk damaging his bond. Compared to Izaya he was softer. He cared about Shizuo's comfort. He always had.
"I think a part of me knew." Aoba murmured.
"Knew what?" Mikado asked.
"That Shizuo was an omega." Aoba smiled. Shizuo was slammed face first against their window. He reached out, stroking Shizuo's cheek. "I used to visit him. At least once a week. I'd bring him hot chocolate and a cushion."
Mikado nodded. "He's always liked cushions and sweets."
"Long naps." Aoba added. "All the signs were there."
Mikado sighed. "We ignored them because of his build and temper."
Aoba sat down cross legged, taking his cock out. Would the alpha and their omega realise he was here? Would they want him to join them?
Aoba fisted his cock, one hand pressed against the glass. His hips slamming forward, driving into his hand. His eyes were locked on Izaya and Shizuo.
Mikado growled, grabbing the back of his neck and slamming him into the glass. The other alpha tugged away the obstruction, spreading his cheeks and thrusting his cock inside him.
Aoba grunted, pressed up against the glass. Then Shizuo was there, the two of them pressed chest to chest, the thick sheet between them.
Shizuo's hands slapped against the glass, his ass pushing back. Izaya's hands were in a brutal grip, the alpha pistoning into their omega.
Aoba winced as the glass splintered where Shizuo's hands were splayed. The thin hairline cracks spread.
Aoba closed his eyes, hearing the shattering of glass, the panel falling around them. Shizuo grabbed his hands, yanking him away from the glass. His hole free of Mikado, was filled with Shizuo's dripping cock. Aoba whined at the way he was so easily handled, held up around their omega's waist.
Aoba melted, feeling the recoil through Izaya's brutal onslaught. Shizuo's teeth sank into his shoulder, breaking skin and tearing a scream from him. Izaya didn't let up and neither did Shizuo. Aoba felt like he'd been caught in the middle.
Shizuo pushed him into the floor, hips bucking frantically. Aoba screamed and cried, helpless and along for the ride. Mikado had done the smart thing and fled the room.
An alpha of right mind was no match for an omega out of his mind and desperate. Aoba groaned, pinned down. Izaya took Shizuo hard and fast, at a brutal pace, each thrust passed through Shizuo and into him.
Aoba's eyes rolled back in his head, his vision seeing double.
X-x-x
Their omega was pregnant. That was the only reason the hell cycle had stopped. Shinra's drugs were a nightmare. His cock felt sore, his muscles ached.
Shizuo was passed out at his feet. Aoba had managed to get himself involved as well. The other alpha was covered in scratches, bleeding and covered in cum. His lips were chapped. The viewing window was smashed.
Izaya was about to drop himself, crouching over Aoba and slapping the alpha's cheeks. "Aoba. Wake up."
Despite the cycle, it looked like they'd kept hydrated, drink and food littered the floor. Izaya swiped up a bottle of water that was still half full, removing the cap and pressing the opening to Aoba's cracked lips.
"…he okay?" Shizuo slurred.
"A little dehydrated." Izaya said. He didn't see the point in worrying their omega. "We'll get him back to Shinra."
Shizuo sat up, wincing and covered in blood and dried cum. "Maybe a shower first?"
Izaya chuckled at the stiffness of Shizuo's hair. "Yeah."
His muscles protested, attempting to lift Aoba. He was too weak, too wrung out. "I've got him." Shizuo murmured, groaning as he moved.
They carried Aoba into the adjoining bath, laying him down. Shizuo turned on the taps, pressing the plug in. Izaya gathered the wash cloths.
Shizuo wavered. "You get in as well, Shizu-chan."
His omega didn't refuse, gingerly climbing into the tub, Aoba resting on his chest. Izaya cleaned them both, ignoring his protesting muscles. Shizuo held the bottle to Aoba's lips, keeping his mouth open.
Aoba drank in quick greedy gulps, sucking in oxygen. His eyes flashed open. "…it's over?"
"It is." Izaya confirmed. "Shizu-chan-
Their omega was asleep. Eyes closed, nuzzling against Aoba. A purr in his throat.
"-pregnant." Izaya finished.
Aoba nodded. "Congratulations."
Izaya slumped, bone weary against the tub. "Yeah."
The pack found them once they'd all gone to sleep from exhaustion, and the bath water had long since turned cold.
Shinra confirmed the pregnancy. The trio were taken to the hospital for a check up, before being taken back to the house. The rest of the back nursed them back to health, doting on all three equally.
The monster that had haunted them vanished. They went days, then months with no sign. Shizuo's labour was harrowing. But still there was no sign. Months turned into years and it was clear, their pack was strong, their bond couldn't be broken, their omega couldn't be taken.
The monster was gone.
They were free.
End