I watched them as they talked, laughed and ate together. It gnawed at me to watch as they joked around while I sat there in pain and anger. I wouldn't let it show so I plastered a smile on my face until I was finally able to stand as the sun started to sink below the horizon. "You okay Alfred?" Abel asked as I walked towards a small stream a few yards away.
"Yeah I just have to take a piss." I answered as I walked past the stream and towards a small group of saplings. Really I just wanted to be alone and hoped they wouldn't follow. As I reached them I leaned against the oldest one and stared up at the stars starting to appear above. I've always wondered what it would be like to travel among them and leave this world behind so among the stars I let myself be drawn in as if I was floating among them. "Damn…"
"They're beautiful aren't they?"
I looked back to see Kiku looking up as well, "Yeah they are only thing left that really is." After a moment of looking up I decided to clear the air.
"You all know I'm an Omega?"
"Yes, we knew the moment you fainted." He said plainly.
"I passed out…." I corrected.
Kiku nodded slowly apparently not wanting to argue, "Alright then, but why were you covered in blood?"
Shrugging I answered him. "I was attacked in the woods and it was my attacker's blood."
"Hmm."
"What?" I knew he didn't believe me. I wasn't use to lying and even though I tried they could see past my stories.
"Why are you lying?" He asked as he looked at me with confusion, "unless you were attacked by an Omega." He must have seen the look on my face because he quickly stopped. "I'm sorry if you don't want me to know than you don't have to tell me."
"Yeah thanks." I answered thinking I'd never tell anyone especially them what happened in the woods. "So what now?"
"They were telling you the truth. We're going to the northern border and you're more than welcome to join us." I believed him so again I nodded.
"But…"
"We won't do anything Alfred, you have my word."
"Okay." I answered as I followed him back to the fire and sit among them. Honestly I didn't trust any of them but slowly as a few days past I started to. It was hard at first but slowly I opened up slightly to them.
Each one was a bit strange but that's why I think we got along so well and while I didn't want to I knew the only way I might survive this was to…mate with one of them. But I wasn't going to tell them what I was thinking and really I could hear my mother screaming at me to not just pick one with my head but actually love one. To trust one completely and while I trusted them it wasn't like I was traveling with Betas or other Omegas. They were still Alphas after all…
"Something on your mind?" Gilbert asked me one day as we walked alone a deserted road as the wind brushed dirt and sand past our feet.
"Not much…but I guess I should tell you something." I looked over at him as I tried my best not to blush with embarrassment, "I um…my heat is going to start in a few days..." It was the first time I really talked about it with another Alpha besides my brother and by the ways his eyes widen it was the last thing he expected me to say.
"Oh is that so?" He said stammering slightly and I knew I caught him off guard. "Well then we'll stop and find you a safe place to have it then." He said after a moment with a warm smile.
I shook my head, "You don't have to Gil it'll just slow you guys down."
He wrapped his arm around my shoulders like he'd do with Ludwig. "We're not in that big of a hurry. It's not like this place is being dragged to hell or anything." I could tell he was trying to be funny but this was one thing I was afraid of since the beginning. What if they couldn't handle my pheromones and attacked me in the middle of my heat? Would I have enjoyed it? It actually got me thinking more, I mean I would be out of my mind in a way so would I scream out in fear or welcome it? It was a twisted thought that would not go away as we found a spot to make camp for my week.
It was near a small shed and it was clear why we had stopped. So I quickly went to work making the place as comfortable as I could with what I had. "You need anything else?" Tony asked once I was nearly finished.
"No I don't think so but I wish it had a lock…"
He nodded, "True but you should be fine. We'll be here if someone tries to get you." And with that he closed the door.
Alone in my shed I shuddered, "Yeah…that's what I'm afraid of."