Dominant Enemies… and mates

Team Up

{ Laurent }

I wake up feeling weird. Ever since my wolf came home from visiting Kingsley, there's something wrong with him. I'm not quite sure why because my wolf blocked me out like he always does when he's alone with Kingsley in his room, but I know he's angry and sad for some reason.

I go downstairs the next morning earlier than usual because I couldn't sleep at all.

My parents are talking in the kitchen in hushed tones but as soon as I arrive, they both shut up and just look at me reproachfully.

"Good morning?" I ask, but this morning isn’t looking very good. My dad doesn't even answer me, he just shakes his head.

"Sit down to eat in silence," he tells me and so I do, I sit down to wait for him to serve me while Diory finally comes down, hair wild and clothes askew, "Is this a new fashion trend I don't know about or are you half asleep?"

"I'll fix myself on the way to school," my sister says with a whiny tone, walking over to my father to hug him, "Remember what happened yesterday? God, Laurie really fücked up."

She’s such a mean bïtch.

"Sit down and don't make things worse," my father tells her after scenting her head and then he sits down at the table next to me to keep burning my head with his eyes, "Are you ready to talk now?"

"Dad," I whine, raising a hand to put my hair over my eyes to maybe disappear from this conversation. My daddy puts a plate of food in front of me, "Is it poisoned?"

"If I wanted to kill you I have more fun ways to do it, kid," he spits before he finishes putting the plates down and sits down too, right in front of me to let me know once again how upset he is, "Do you know what people are saying about me?"

"No," I mumble, starting to eat.

"That I'm a complete disgrace to the universe for bringing you into this world," he blurts out and I know he's exaggerating, so I don't say anything.

"When did they say that, Daddy?" Diory asks, earning an angry look at her, "I was just asking."

"They didn't say that to me directly but I saw how everyone was looking at us as we were leaving and I can imagine what they were thinking!" He continues, pounding the table. My father sighs and once again looks at me like he wants to throw me off the planet. Even my hair isn't enough to cover me from those bad vibes, "I don't even want to leave the house because I know Annalise will be waiting for me to drive by her house so she can complain, again, about you. I'm sure that woman has a picture of me in her basement and every time you do something stupid she goes and throws knives at it."

"Love, don't get so upset," my father tells him trying to grab his hand but he pulls it away. And I don't even have to look to know that once again my father is trying to dismember me his eyes, "Laurent is going to fix this. He’ll go apologize to the family."

"What?" I spit, "How? Why? No!"

"You have to," Diory presses just to annoy me and really I feel like throwing something in her stupid annoying face but I know if I do anything it's just going to make everything worse, so I settle for raising my middle finger at her, "Laurent is giving me the finger. I feel assaulted.”

"Shut your mouth and eat," my dad blurts out, not paying her any mind. I almost crack a smile, "Your father is right, Laurie, I think it's the least you can do."

"But... But!" I look for words to get out of this, but everyone just stares at me like I'm an aggressor, "I didn't do anything wrong! Why is everyone assuming it was rape or something?! We didn’t even do anything!"

"Laurent, listen to me," my dad says sounding more serious than ever, "Annalise Seong has been putting in complaints about you to the security department and the chapel for ten years now. At this point she has about a hundred complaints. She knows they're useless because, usually, your fights with Kingsley are not a big deal. Usually. But she knows they’ll serve a purpose when the time comes and you do something so bad that there's no way we can cover your äss even with all the power your grandfather has!"

"But I didn't do anything!"

"It doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is what Kingsley says," he spits at me, "And what do you think a guy you've been picking on for years is going to say? Huh? What do you think?"

"We both know how he acted when his wolf left. What he was about to say when he was fücking calling for help. He probably doesn't even remember what happened, so that’s all the more reason to say anything he can think of to hurt you," my father adds, his whole body tense, "So yeah, this is really, really bad. And yes, we need to go do damage control and that starts with apologizing to his family."

"God," I blurt out, covering my face and growling into my hands, "I don't want to."

But I can't break free. My father forces me to go to the Seong's house as soon as we finish eating. And I can't even do it alone, he's here with me making sure I won't run away. I feel like I'm five years old again.

I raise my hand to ring the doorbell and ten seconds later, Annalise Seong opens the door.

Annalise is a petite omega with long black hair and she has the same lunatic eyes as Kingsley. She has always hated me as much as her son, or maybe more.

"What's this about?" she asks, eyes narrowed with suspicion. I look up at my father begging him to say something instead of me because I can't. I've never been so fücking embarrassed before.

And it gets even worse when I can see Kingsley coming down the stairs with a frown on his face when he realizes I'm here.

"Laurent wants to apologize for what happened yesterday, can we come in?" my father asks. Annalise thinks about it for a few seconds, but then snorts and nods.

My eyes connect with Kingsley's and for the first time I feel like we're on the same side. The same confused and embarrassed side.

And it gets even worse when Erika Seong appears in front of me with tense shoulders and stands in front of King as if to protect him from me.

God, kill me now.

"Uh... I want to apologize," I start, but I don't even know why I should apologize if it's all Kingsley's fault, "I shouldn't have accepted Kingsley's wolf advances at that time. I should know better and I regret it."

I don’t regret it. I would do it again.

"What?" Erika asks, genuinely confused. King looks at me with wide eyes, "What do you mean by that?"

"Kingsley’s wolf came to the locker room and..."

"Honestly, there's no need to talk about this. There’s nothing to apologize for because nothing happened,” Kingsley silences me, trying to step forward but his alpha mother won't let him, "Why the hell are you standing here like you've corrupted me somehow? You know nothing happened!"

"I know that! But my parents are forcing me to come and apologize anyway," I reply, just as annoyed as he is. The last thing I want is to be here, but my father pinches my arm to shut my mouth.

"We're not here to talk about what did or didn't happen," he blurts out, in his pre-fabricated polite tone, "Laurent wants to apologize for the scandal that happened over this incident that really wasn't what it seemed. It clearly wasn't what it looked like, was it, Kingsley?"

"Exactly! It wasn’t. It was just a mistake!" he replies, trying to move again, to no avail, "Mom, just... just accept the apology and tell him to go away."

Erika looks completely pissed off and Annalise looks confused, but they both force themselves to look calm.

{ Kingsley }

Idiot, imbecile, stupid, dumbass Laurent is once again ruining my whole life.

"Okay," my mother agrees through her teeth, forcing herself to smile, "I accept the apology, thank you for coming here. But please, Daniel, have better control over your son from now on. They're not kids anymore, this kind of thing shouldn't keep happening. Kingsley will be gossiped about because of this and he's just a kid, he doesn't deserve what they're going to say about him."

"Of course he doesn't deserve it, especially if it's not true," Daniel says and I take a deep breath, wishing Laurent doesn’t open his mouth again. Daniel and I seem to be on the same page now, I think he realized that my mothers weren't aware of what happened in the showers, "Laurent will set the record straight at school to the best of his ability, I promise. Kingsley doesn't have to deal with nasty comments when he's such a good kid. I assure you things will turn around."

"Okay. I hope so," my mom says and then they both make light conversation with Daniel as he and his dumb son leave the house.

As soon as we're alone and the door closed, they both turn to look at me with a million questions in their eyes.

"What did Laurent mean about your wolf being out, Kingsley?" My mother demands and I can only close my eyes, defeated. Everything had gone relatively smoothly until this ïdiot came along, "I want an explanation and this time, make it the truth."

I raise my hands towards her as I try to find words, but with each passing second I can feel my mother getting angrier and angrier.

"Listen, maybe I didn't tell you everything, but I didn't lie to you," I start, looking at my mom for help but it's useless, I forgot how over the top she is with absolutely everything that happens to me, "I went into the locker room because I was confused and wanted to pee and then I found Laurent, but nothing happened between us. Laurent just... we were just fighting and he pushed me in the showers, like I said, that's why I was all wet."

"Try again. I'm not buying it," my mother blurts out, her jaw harder than before and her eyes look like knives ready to murder me, "Why did Daniel think what happened was bad enough to come and apologize, Kingsley? They haven't done that in years."

"Mr. Daniel felt very guilty because he came in when I was about to get dressed, but he obviously turned around and just told me that everyone was looking for me, like I said, and took his son to get out of there," I say, but fück, my lies are failing and everyone here knows it.

"And why did you decide to undress with Laurent still in there?" my mom presses, coming at me from the other side. God, this is too much pressure. I can feel myself sweating.

"I'm going to say it one last time," my mother warns, her scent getting heavy with alpha power and I know I've already lost, "Tell me the truth."

God, I have no choice but to blurt out the truth. About my wolf coming out and how we ended up making out in the showers before Laurent's father arrived to stop us. My mothers are horrified just as I knew they would be and that’s why I decided to lie.

"Please, stop," I say to my mom as she starts blurting out things in Korean that I don't understand, but I do understand her panicked tone and I know she's about to do something embarrassing like go complain to Frank about his grandson bothering me. Again, "Please. It was a mistake, I know, but it won't happen again."

"Kingsley," my mother complains, shaking her head, "I don't even understand how your wolf got out, you're not old enough for that, he's not mature yet."

"I don't understand it either," I mutter, looking down. That's not a lie. And I could tell them that my wolf is obsessed with Laurent but even I know what that means, even if I deny it to my Alpha. And I don't want to say it out loud, "I think he was having some kind of heat or something, that's why that happened. Normally I would never approach Laurent like that, seriously. I swear."

"Are you sure that guy didn't force himself on you?" my mom asks, completely ignoring me, "Because I wouldn't be surprised. Not one bit. In fact, it was only a matter of time before he did something like that..."

"No, Mommy, really," I reply with a grimace, "I swear. There wasn't even time for anything, just... trust me. I'd be the first one to report something like this. Please, let's just let this go."

"Okay. Anna, stop it, baby," my mother reaches over to my mom to grab her shoulders and stroke her to calm her down, "Kingsley is right, it looks like in this situation Laurent didn't do anything wrong. But we have other problems to focus on."

"Yeah, like the fact that I'm going to be late for school and I haven't even eaten yet," I try, but my mother looks at me to shut my mouth.

"No, like the fact that your wolf is manifesting early and coming into heat when you're still a kid," she spits and my mom now looks worried about that, "We'll go talk to a doctor, okay? But there's no need to lose your head. Kingsley is a big boy, we knew this kind of thing was going to happen sooner or later."

"With that guy? No. Absolutely not," my mom blurts out with a grimace. I just nod.

"Of course not. I don’t like Laurent at all. That really won't happen again," I assure and for some reason they both calm down at my words.

And then I have to go to school without having had breakfast and deal with everyone staring at me like this is some stupid teen movie. Thankfully, no one tries to talk to me and the only people who approach me are my friends, who know absolutely everything that happened because I spent the whole night talking to them on video call since my moms wouldn't let me go to the sleepover with Zay.

We walk into the classroom and the first person my eyes meet is Laurent. Great.

"Did you hear they fücked yesterday?" someone whispers in the corner and I close my eyes to grunt. This is not fun at all.