Reita let out a wet cough and he was lifted up into Kai's arms. The alpha grabbed a cup by them and dipped it in into a red bowel of water. He brought the cup of water to Reita's lips for him to drink. The blonde coughed out again splashing Reita's face with water, but the alpha wasn't mad. Suddenly, Reita pulled away from Kai as he vomited beside them. The alpha made Reita lay back down on the pallet so he could wipe off his sweaty face. Shinya was soon at their side checking the blonde.
"He coughed too hard again." Kai said. "Shinya it's been a week already."
"Lift him up." Shinya ordered placing a stethoscope into his ears. He lifted Reita's shirt and placed the cool metal piece against his back. The blonde struggled to take in steady breathes, but Shinya only need to hear a few before pulling away.
"So?" Kai asked.
"I'm positive it's turned into pneumonia. We just have to keep him on his medicine. I'll increase the dosage though. For now he just needs to rest. He can have more cough medicine now." Shinya said taking the brown bottle by the red bowel. He field the cap that was on the lid, then had Reita drink it. "Let me check your shoulder while you're able to sit up."
Shinya was careful as he had Reita move his arm around in slow circles. Reita whimpered from the motion and Shinya placed it back into the makeshift sling. He looked at the yellowed bruises on his shoulder and smiled nodding to Kai to help lay the blonde back down.
"It's healing well, but you still have to be careful with it okay." Shinya said.
Reita nodded letting out a few coughs in the process. Shinya moved to Kai next to check his head injury. He cut the bandages away to and studied the stitches for a moment. He smiled and patted Kai's shoulder.
"Your stitches can come out in another day or two. I'm not going to wrap it again, but be sure not scratch at it okay."
Kai nodded and watched Shinya get to leave. The alpha took Reita's hand as he laid next to the blonde and began sending soothing pressure into his mate so he could have a restful sleep.
Across the room, Kaoru was sitting by Aoi, petting his head. Aoi had woken up earlier that week right after his fever broke, but has been sleeping off and on as he dealt with the fatigue caused by the pain. He would wake a couple of times long enough to drink something before falling back to sleep. The whole time Kaoru stayed by his side, refusing to leave for any reason.
Aoi let out a soft groan as he opened up his eyes and Kaoru smiled down at him. The alpha reached for a cup of water sitting nearby and gently lifted Aoi's head for him to drink. The omega took in three gulps before he pushed it away and slowly sat ignoring Kaoru's protests for him not to. Aoi gave him a soft smile placing a hand onto his alpha's chest and Kaoru's shoulders dropped a little. He gently grabbed Aoi's hand and brought it up to his lip to kiss. The omega laughed a little, but was suddenly pulled into rough kiss. He moaned closing his eyes and he wrapped his arms around his alpha's neck.
"Whoa clam down now." Shinya laughed as he sat next to them. "I haven't even looked him over yet."
The two pulled apart with Aoi blushing a deep red. Kaoru kissed his forehead before allowing him to sit back so Shinya could do a full examination on him. The beta checked every little thing on Aoi to make sure he was okay and soon the omega began to squirm.
"What's wrong?" Kaoru asked.
Aoi gave a small smile. "I have to use the bathroom."
"Why didn't you say so sooner?" Shinya laughed. "Go on, Kaoru will walk you out."
Aoi took in a deep breath as they walked outside. He looked around for a moment before going to the side to relieve himself. Kaoru waited patiently, but notice Die sitting outside the fence. The red and black haired man was staring out in the forest, but it didn't seem like he was really looking at anything in particular. The alpha seemed completely worn down as if he hadn't been sleeping. Die dropped his head and rubbed it with a hand.
"Kaoru?" Aoi spoke and the alpha turned to his omega. "What's wrong with him?"
"Who knows?" He sighed. "Come on, let's go back in."
"Actually, I was wondering if we could do a little running." Aoi mumbled looking away. "I feel kind of jumpy and I'd really like to burn some energy."
Kaoru smiled and patted his shoulder. "Come on then."
They both changed into their wolf forms and ran out past the fence into the open grass. Aoi ran around as Kaoru chased him until he suddenly turned and tackled to alpha. They rolled around nibbling at other before Aoi took off again with Kaoru chasing him.
Die watched them from his spot at the fence wondering how nice it would be actually have a mate. He sighed to himself as Aoi jumped over Kaoru's body then tackled him again.
"Looks like Aoi's doing better." Toshiya said walking up to Die. He sat next to the other alpha watched to two lovers run around each other. "I haven't seen Kaoru actually having fun in a long time. He's too serious for his own good."
Die kept silence so Toshiya wasn't sure if he was being ignored or the alpha just didn't have anything to say.
Toshiya sighed and patted Die's shoulder. "Die, listen to me. It doesn't matter if you weren't meant to be born. Right now you're breathing, your heart is pumping, and your mind is working. You exist and everything that lives has a purpose no matter how small. You may think that you won't ever find anyone or connect with anyone, but you already have. You've connected with us, you have become a member of our pack. You won't ever be alone again as long as we're here. As long as I am here." Toshiya grabbed Die's hand and the alpha finally looked at him. "You are alive just like all of us. We all have a piece of our past that we're not happy with. Some of us struggle more than others in dealing with our history, but that shouldn't stop you from living. Our pasts, our scars tell us where we've been and how we've lived but that doesn't define who we are."
Toshiya reached in and placed a soft kiss on Die's forehead before standing up to leave. Die looked up at him and whispered. "Are you going to tell them?"
"It's not my place to, but the sooner you tell Kyo why you refuse to go in the lab, the better. He'll understand and he won't make you do something that brings you pain. Whenever you're ready, talk to him okay."
"Easier said than done." Die sighed.
"Hey, our pasts don't define us. Our actions do. Don't let your past control your future."
Ruki's leg was shaking as he sat by watching Shinya look over Uruha's body. The omega seemed completely calm though and was trying not to laugh at how nervous Ruki was being. Shinya smiled at them as he rubbed Uruha's lump and sat up.
"Everything looks good so far. You've gotten bigger these past couple weeks. Are you still getting morning sickness at all?"
"No, it's pretty much gone away. I feel nausea every once in a while, but it goes away pretty fast." Uruha answered rubbing his stomach.
"Good. Let me know if anything out of the ordinary happens okay."
"Of course." Uruha said and Shinya nodded before taking his leave. He moved to go to the hallway before looking back. Ruki was sitting next to Uruha rubbing his stomach and kissing his lips. Shinya looked at Ruki's scabbed neck and took a steady breath before heading down the hallway towards the stairwell. He reached down and rubbed his own stomach as he began down the stairs to go help Shou sort through the medicine.
Aoi laughed as he change back into his human form rolling on his back. Kaoru changed to lay over him. They were both sweating and gasping for air. Kaoru moved down to catch Aoi's lips and the omega happily kissed back as the alpha held his cheeks. Kaoru moaned as he moved down a little to Aoi's neck to breath in his scent. Aoi giggled until he felt Kaoru's erection against his leg. The omega lifted Kaoru's head up to find his eyes glazed.
"Should we go inside?" Aoi whispered. "So I can take care of that for you."
Kaoru groaned as he sat up and helped his omega up. They took long strides to the gate past Die, but then Aoi stopped and looked down at him. The omega knelt down by Die's side, catching his attention. The alpha sniffed the air taking in the strong smell of pheromones then looked up at Kaoru who was glaring at them.
"I never got the chance to say thank you. You may not remember, but when Hiro had me caged up, you brought me food and water. Thank you for helping me." Aoi whispered. He leaned over to place a kiss on Die's forehead before standing up. Die watched wide eyed as Aoi and Kaoru moved to head back in. He rubbed the spot where Aoi kissed him and smiled. He sniffled as tears fell from his cheeks and he buried his head into his arms.
Ryoga and Tsuzuku lying next each other cuddling when Ryoga suddenly perked up and sniffed the air. Tsuzuku rubbed his chest. "What's wrong?"
"Alright." Ryoga shouted catching everyone's attention. "There's an omega going into heat."
The pack started whispering and sniffing each other as the omegas checked their bodies. Their attention was drawn to the hallway when they heard laughing coming from it. Aoi was giggling as Kaoru leaned on his kissing his neck, but stopped when he noticed all eyes on him. His smile dropped and he blushed looking away feeling awkward. Kyo walked over to them only to have Kaoru start growling.
Kyo sighed. "Aoi, I think your heat is starting."
"Oh? I guess it is about that time." He mumbled. "What should we do?"
"First, we get Kaoru to unlatch himself then we place you in a room."
"Why can't Kaoru come with me?" Aoi mumbled.
"Listen Aoi, I know you two have become close, but you have properly connect before a bond can be sealed."
"We already did." Kaoru snapped glaring at Kyo. The alpha seemed to have some of his sanity still under control for the time being at least. Kyo stared wide eyed at them.
"When?"
"When Reita was in heat. Pheromones you know."
"I'll get a room ready for you guys." Hitsugi announced. "Come on IV, help me out."
Aoi waited by the door with Kaoru still hugging him from behind and kissing his neck all while rubbing his hips up against the omega. Aoi blushed feeling his alpha's erection rubbing against his ass.
"Kaoru, stop…" Aoi let out a soft moan, but Kaoru pushed harder and the omega growled out snapping at him. Kaoru growled out and bit down on Aoi's shoulder, but his omega growled again and scratched at him. Kaoru finally backed off a bit whimpering as he rubbed his head on Aoi's shoulder.
After a few more minutes of them going back and forth with each other their attention was caught by Hitsugi. He pointed inside and Kaoru was quick to push Aoi inside. IV went to close the door for them, but the alpha slammed it shut for him. The two omegas laughed as they started placing towels in the crack under the door.
Inside was a mattress taken from one of the rooms in the lab and a sheet for them to use. Kaoru was quick to push Aoi down on the mattress. He let out a low growl and started to crawl over him, but Aoi growled out. The raven rolled them over so he was on top and snapping at Kaoru. The alpha whimpered out as he slowly crawled out from under Aoi and moved away from him. Aoi turned on his side, wiggling in his pants as he moaned out a little. Kaoru groaned out watching Aoi roll around on the mattress whimpering as his heat started his him at full strength.
Reita startled Kai awake with his raspy cough and the brunette was quick to lift the blond up in his arms. Kai grabbed some water to give him and took steady gulps before coughing out the water. Kai sat him up and patted his back as he coughed up a green sticky fluid. The sound Reita coughing caught Byou's attention and he made his way over. Reita was finally catching his breath as Byou cleaned him up.
"He's coughing up stuff, is that bad?" Kai asked.
"No it's normal. His lungs are just trying get out the buildup of mucus."
"My chest hurts." Reita whispered.
"Where at?" The alpha asked and the blonde rubbed his hand over where his ribs were at. "That's caused by your heavy coughing. Your muscles are probably just sore from constant movement. I'm going give some more cough medicine so just take it easy."
Reita nodded as Byou got the medicine and poured it into a cap. The blonde drunk it before laying back down with Kai placing a wet rag on his forehead. "Byou, he's not getting better."
"He is. Pneumonia isn't something that can be recovered from in a day. It takes a couple of weeks. Just give him time, he'll be fine."
"We can't move if he's sick. Kyo wants to leave as soon as possible. We've been trekking the woods for almost a month now. Kyo wants to get to Kaoru's home as soon as possible."
"Kyo won't leave you guys, no matter how long it takes for Reita to get well enough to travel."
"I know, but…" Kai sighed looking down at his sleeping mate. "I can't help but worry."
"It's in your nature." Byou said patting his arm.
Aoi groaned rolling on the mattress already soaked in sweat as Kaoru stared at him. Aoi managed to throw his shirt off and rolled onto his stomach as tugged at his own pants. He whimpered out and Kaoru was quick to kneel by his side. The alpha leaned over sniffing Aoi's scent as he gently rubbed his omega's back. Kaoru cautiously moved his hands around Aoi's waist to unbuckle his pants. Aoi turned his head to look at Kaoru showing him watery eyes and blushing cheeks.
Kaoru growled out as he yanked Aoi's pants and underwear off, throwing them to the side. Aoi gasped as he sat up on his knees sticking his butt into the air and Kaoru moved behind him only for the omega to push up against him. The alpha groaned feeling his mate rubbing against his erection that was still constricted by his tight pants. Aoi pushed up against Kaoru again, whimpering out his name as he did.
The alpha tugged at his pants as he unbuckled them and pushed them down enough to let his swollen cock out. Kaoru squeezed Aoi's butt cheeks, making him moan out and Kaoru moaned in response. He looked around the area and found a basket holding a few bottles of lube. He grabbed one and fumbled with it trying to get the lid off. When the lid did come off, the alpha squeezed a generous amount into his hand and coated his cock with it. Kaoru placed his member between Aoi's cheeks and started rubbing against him while pushing his cheeks together. Aoi shivered feeling his mate grinding against him.
Aoi whimpered out, calling Kaoru's name and that drove the alpha over the edge. He quick squeezed more lube onto Aoi's entrance before placing his cock against him and pushed in. Aoi clawed into the mattress as he felt Kaoru entering his body. The alpha didn't wait before he started thrusting and Aoi gasped out burying his face into the mattress and biting into it. Kaoru reached around to grip the raven's dripping member making Aoi cry and shiver.
Kaoru leaned over to bury his face into Aoi's neck to breath in his scent. Aoi felt the vibrations from his alphas throat as he growled out and bit down on the raven's shoulder. Aoi reached back to hold onto Kaoru's neck as he the alpha continued to pound into him. Kaoru licked up his omega's neck before forcing him to turn his head so they could kiss. Kaoru pulled away and pulled out making Aoi cry out in protest, but Kaoru forced his omega to turn over. Kaoru spread Aoi's legs open and pulled him closer so he could thrust back into his mate. Aoi whimpered but grabbed his own cock and started massaging it his mate continued his motions.
Kaoru leaned over to capture his mate's lips. The alpha grabbed his mate's thighs and laid them on his own shoulders so he could have better access. Aoi pulled away from the kiss to cry out and his alpha bit down on his neck. Aoi moaned as his stomach tensed up and his hips jerked. Warms streams of white squirted onto his own stomach and chest. Kaoru grunted when Aoi tightened around him and he felt his body suddenly release. Kaoru collapsed onto his mate, allowing Aoi's legs to fall back to the floor.
The two laid there gasping for air, until Kaoru slowly sat and up looked into Aoi's eyes. He took in the sight his omega's pink cheeks, wet hair, and sweat rolling down his face. Kaoru closed his eyes as he leaned down to kiss Aoi on the lips. The raven hummed as he wrapped his arms around Kaoru's neck pulling him closer.
Die sniffed the air as he lifted his head up looking around the forest. He was in his wolf form hunting for more food. Toshiya told him it wasn't needed, but it was more to burn his energy than anything else. His ears twitched as he heard something moving in the grass nearby. Die's hair raised up along his neck as he slowly walked through the trees and bushes. He peeked through some leaves to see a small deer eating on its own. He licked his snout and took charge to attack. The little deer was startled and took off, but Die chased after it as it squealed out.
The deer went around some trees and Die followed close behind only to stop when he saw the herd. A large buck grunted out as it raised up on its hind lands kicking its hooves toward Die. The wolf dropped his ears and the buck charged at him as he ran away. The buck struck Die with its antlers and threw him up into the air. The wolf whimpered out when he landed and the buck started charging forward again. Die jumped his feet growling out as the buck drew closer and he got ready fight back when a grey wolf jumped through the air. Toshiya growled out biting onto the buck's neck as he tackled him down. Die was quick to jump in and help take down the buck.
The two worked together to drag the buck back to the lab skin and store for later. They made it up to the fence where Die let the buck drop from his mouth. He turned away to head back into the forest, but Toshiya was quick to cut him off from leaving. They both changed into their human forms to face each other.
"What?" Die asked softly, but Toshiya moved closer to him.
"You can't keep running." He sighed. "You don't have to face your fears right now, but you can't keep doing this."
Die moved to walk away, but Toshiya grabbed his arm. The alpha held onto Die and pulled him closer. Toshiya rubbed Die's cheeks as he moved in and it made Die blush. Toshiya moved a little closer, hesitating as he pressed his lips against Die's. The alpha was shaking, but he closed his eyes and opened his mouth. Toshiya slipped his tongue in as they kissed each other and their arms circled each other in an embrace.
Kyo walked outside to inspect the area since Kaoru was preoccupied. Kyo looked around sniffing the air as looked around, but froze when he spotted Toshiya and Die making out. Toshiya had slowly pulled away, but Die leaned in to kiss him again and the other alpha rubbed his neck. Kyo glared and clenching his fists. He was about ready to go separate them when a cold hand grabbed his own. He looked back to find Shinya smiling at him.
"Is it so wrong that you have to interfere?"
"We know nothing of Die. He could still betray us."
"And yet you allow him to stay." Shinya said with a smile. "Deep down you know he's not a threat. Besides, he hasn't really opened up to anyone except for Toshiya. He's scared of us, of this place. He may be an alpha, but something is making him act like a lost little puppy."
Kyo sighed as he rubbed his thumb over Shinya's skin. "Okay. I will talk to him."
"No. Let him come to you." Shinya said. "Something tells me he'll be motivated to get on your good side."
Kyo looked back at the two making out before smiling at his mate. "What would I do without you?"
Shinya laughed and tugged for his mate to follow him around the building to go on nice little walk together.
Kaoru groaned as he laid on his back and Aoi climbed over him. His alpha gripped his hips as he slowly went down, taking Kaoru inch by inch. Aoi moaned out as he fully took his mate and began bouncing on him. Kaoru moaned out thrusting up as Aoi pushed down and they went with this rhythm. Aoi rode his mate and reached down to hold onto Kaoru's hands. Kaoru rubbed his hands up Aoi's sides to his chest where he massaged this thumbs on the raven's nipples.
Kaoru rubbed Aoi's chest before grazing his fingers down his raven's stomach and lower. Aoi gasped out when the alpha gripped his member and started pumping at it.
"K…Kaoru…" He cried out and Kaoru growled thrusting up harder. Kaoru grabbed Aoi's neck to pull him down for a kiss. They both moaned into each other's mouths, but Kaoru let out a low growl. He gripped Aoi's hips and pushed them down as he thrusted up with a grunt. He bit down on Aoi's shoulder as he came. Aoi let out low moan and was turned over so his mate laying over him. Kaoru pulled out as he kissed down Aoi's pale neck, down his chest and stomach then lower. Aoi clenched Kaoru's hair when he wrapped his lips around the raven's swollen cock.
Kaoru sucked down as his hand played with Aoi's balls and the omega withered underneath him finally coming in his mouth. Kaoru sucked, drinking down the seeds before he pulled off. He slowly climbed over his gasping mate's body. Kaoru kissed Aoi's lips just before he drifted off to sleep. The alpha took this chance to scent his mate and rest his body. Aoi would wake back up soon and Kaoru needed the break when he could get it.
Melody was walking with Miyavi as they discussed plans for their children when they spotted Byou and Shou were bickering outside a door. Byou was pushing a plastic container with water bottles and food inside onto Shou, but the omega was pushing it back. The two were arguing about who would take it in and who would stay out.
"What are you two doing?" Melody asked crossing her arms.
"Shou forgot to stock the room before the love birds went in and I was ordering him to take it in, but he's not listening." Byou snapped.
"Why don't you grow some balls and do it yourself?" Shou retorted and Byou glared at him. Melody rolled her eyes before taking the basket from Byou. They watched as she quickly opened the door up and quickly slid the basket inside before shutting the door again. She turned to them with raised eyebrows and walked away with her mate in tow.
"She thinks you're an idiot." Shou laughed.
"She thinks you're one too, dumbass." Byou said slapping Shou on the back of the head.