Omega Scent

8. Stubborn duo

"Can you call me in a normal way? Do you really want me to die young?"

Gabriel's voice boomed in Jeremiah's room. Gabriel was a cop, and he was worthy enough to be a cop. Tall, big and muscular, he can scare everyone even without his police uniform. Jeremiah had to cover his ears every time the man's stern voice shouted.

Jeremiah nonchalantly pulled the blanket over his shoulders. Dealing with the police face to face is always annoying.

Right now, he wasn't in a good condition to fight back. Even in his prime, he couldn't stand Gabriel's cruelty either.

"Gabb, I have a rare wine. They say this wine has been stored for almost 100 years. Want to try it?" Jeremiah spoke nonsense to lighten the mood.

"Want to try, my ass!" Gabriel took a sharp breath and circled the bed to get closer to the Alpha.

Jeremiah backed away as Gabriel lifted his chin and moved it left and right. "What?"

After seeing that the Alpha was completely pale, Gabriel was once again convinced. He let go of his buddy's face roughly and crossed his arms.

"Why don't you just die on the streets? I'm surprised you're still alive to mess with one Omega after another? Still not selling?"

Jeremiah hated it when Gabriel suddenly grinned.

This man is scary.

"Are you making fun of me?" asked Jeremiah, offended.

Gabriel sat on the edge of the bed. "Why don't you just be honest with your mother anyways? Aren't you tired of this?"

Gabriel's hand grabbed the porno magazine on the table and flipped through it.

To be honest, Gabriel was still a bit annoyed with this single Alpha man. Who wouldn't be upset if in the middle of the night someone called you saying they were being surrounded by heavily armed thugs. Even Gabriel, who had received calls like this from Jeremiah several times, could still be lied to for some reason.

Because he came here in such a hurry, he had the wrong one on his shoe. Even in winter, he only wore light pajamas.

Up to this point, he knew his worries were in vain.

Gabriel stared at the ass of the Alpha male model in the magazine with blank eyes. Even though he was upset, he was actually worried about his best friend. "What if I tell her you're allergic to Omega?"

Jeremiah glanced at Gabriel, saying nothing.

Gabriel was completely unaware of Jeremiah's rare condition. He only knew that Jeremiah was allergic to Omega, it was because of the reason Seth made when Gabriel caught Jeremiah bringing Alpha back to his house many years ago. Gabriel is straight as steel, he doesn't like deviation like Alpha and Alpha pair. But luckily he tolerated Jeremiah's condition because he had seen for himself how Alpha was vomiting because of Omega.

By the way Gabriel is Alpha.

Since knowing Jeremiah is deviant, Gabriel has avoided and even hated Jeremiah. Luckily now their friendship is fine.

"I've heard something that allergies are actually representative of a person's mental state." Gabriel looked at him seriously. "Have you been traumatized by Omega in the past?"

"... No. I'm just allergic because they smell bad."

Gabriel narrowed his eyes in disbelief. "The smell of one Omega pheromone can stimulate many Alphas at once, are you sure you're a normal Alpha?"

Jeremiah immediately changed the topic, "Hey! There really is a 100 year old wine, do you want to try it or not?"

The Alpha cop was sure that Jeremiah must be hiding something. And maybe Jeremiah didn't want to talk about it at all. Finally he relented. "No thanks. I have to go back first. My wife is alone at home."

"Oh, he's pregnant, isn't he? How is he?"

"Still better than this dying Alpha," Gabriel quipped.

Jeremiah threw him a porn magazine. Unfortunately Gabriel was able to dodge so the magazine hit someone else behind him.

"Oh Seth, how's that Omega?" Gabriel stepped aside when he saw Seth coming through the door. "I have to go home now. Problem solved, right, buddy?"

"He's fine. Not a direct heat. Someone put a aphrodisiac in his drink so his heat comes faster." Seth explained.

"What? Heat? Then you have to take him away!" Jeremiah covered his nose with the blanket.

The smell of Omega in the heat is usually so strong that it penetrates several meters away. Zac's room was downstairs, next to the kitchen, completely secluded like a housekeeper's room. But with this distance, Jeremiah was still worried.

Jeremiah didn't want to experience the intense nausea sensation he had a few hours ago. His stomach was currently sour and his mouth was constantly watering.

Really bad taste.

Yuck.

"The heat did come faster, but it wasn't direct heat. I've given him heat suppressants," said Seth.

Gabriel frowned. "Don't need someone to temporarily mark him?"

"He doesn't want to." Seth shook his head.

"Don't want to?" Jeremiah's tone rose.

Seth ignored Jeremiah easily. "He said that temporary marking didn't really work for him. He asked me to drive him home."

"Do that! Take him home now!"

This time Gabriel also ignored Jeremiah. "Then will you take him? Or me?"

Seth shook his head. "Not in this condition. He could be harassed by the Alphas out there who are attracted by his smell. Let him stay here first."

"Fine. Then, I'll be going first. I have to make a report about the five men who were caught. After the search, not only did they have rare types of aphrodisiacs, even other illegal drugs. At least I wasn't too wasteful because of this stinky brat." Gabriel patted Seth on the shoulder.

Seth nodded.

The stinky brat who had been ignored since earlier sneered, he wanted to say something, but surely no one would listen to him.

After Gabriel said goodbye, Seth sighed, he felt a little tired and glanced at Jeremiah the cocoon. Laugh. "How are you, bud?"

"Like šhit."

Seth held Jeremiah's cold forehead. His face looked worried. "I'll prepare you a new hot drink."

On the other hand, the still irritated Jeremiah said sharply, "No need to be so fussy, Seth. I want to settle the account with that Omega. This time there's no rebuttal!"

***

After feeling so weak all night that he couldn't feel his own bones, this morning Zac felt much better. He had been taking heat suppressants and taking inhibitors on his glands, the hot sensation of boiling in his blood had lessened. But he was too tired right now.

There was a sudden knock on his bedroom door. Seth comes in with a glass of water.

Zac hastily sniffed the air and felt a faint pheromone smell from his own body. He still couldn't control it during the heat.

Then Zac's gaze focused on Seth's haggard face, dark circles under his eyes. "Hey, you look tired."

"Look who's talking." Seth half laughed.

Zac chuckled back. "Where's Jeremiah?"

"Sleep."

"And you didn't sleep?" Zac asked again. "Your eye bags are so thick."

Zac was confused. Maybe because he had fallen for this Beta the first time, he thought under any circumstances, this Beta always looked attractive. Seth was wearing a loose white shirt with button sleeves rolled up to the elbows. There was a trace of tiredness in his gray eyes, even his hair was a bit messy, but somehow this added to his handsomeness.

Zac remembered how strong Seth's hands were holding him in the blanket. Beta's body was so cozy and warm that Zac wanted to keep hugging him.

"Zac?"

"Ah?" Zac's daydream broke. "You said something?"

"I want to apologize to you. Last night I refused your wish to go home, but it seems I have to take you home this time."

"Oh, I got kicked out?" Zac doesn't feel sad at all even if it's true.

"You see, after your pheromone attack not only Remi's physical condition was affected, but his mood as well," said Seth with a sigh.

"I see."

After all Zac really wanted to go home and take refuge in his former boss. There, he would be well cared for without him having to worry about being attacked by Alphas out there.

In the past, when the heat came, it was only with his boss that he felt he could depend and feel secure. Also, Zac has a condition where only his former boss knows and no one else knows. During the heat, never once did Zac finish with any Alpha, not even if it had to be temporarily marked. It's because of Zac, a different Omega.

——The difference lies in the glands that are in a hidden place.

While Omega usually has glands on the nape of his neck, Zac doesn't. So it can be said that Zac is actually still a virgin too.

"Get ready. I'll get the car," Seth said before heading out.

"Mn."

***

"Didn't you bring anything?" Seth was heating up his car when he saw Zac coming out the door.

"I don't have much with me," Zac said hoarsely.

In the morning light outside, Seth could clearly see Zac's pale complexion. This Omega has a smooth and soft face, without the slightest blemish, as if his skin is the same as the skin of a newborn baby. Seth subconsciously smiled.

"Why? Is there something wrong?" Zack is confused.

Seth wanted to say, if he wasn't gay, he would definitely date Zac. But he swallowed those words and sold Jeremiah instead. "If Remi wasn't allergic to Omega, he would definitely date you."

Zac's lips twitched.

Such a grumpy man dating him? Better for Zac to be single for life!

Eh? These words seem to have been with him somewhere?

Then he remembered what Jeremiah had said when he suggested a good caption for the photo post;

"Instead of saying youre handsome, kind, talented or about how I kneeled to get you, I'd rather be single for the rest of my life!!!"

Yeah, at least their vision and mission are the same. They are not matched with each other.

"Let's go."

Seth had opened the passenger door and was waiting for Zac to come in. This treatment made Zac blush and he tucked his hair behind his ears excessively. Still hoping if Seth magically turns into Alpha.

"Disgusting!"

Zac heard the swear and looked for the source of the voice. He found Jeremiah on the upper verandah with a blanket over his shoulders and an annoyed expression. Zac quickly looked away.

"Thanks, Seth. You're so kind," Zac said, deliberately saying softly, "Not like a certain someone out there."

Seth smiled.

But why did he feel someone punched a hole in his head from above?

As he was guessing, the door on the balcony slammed shut.

"Looks like I just made him jealous. Do you think he's jealous because we're together? Even if he's jealous, I don't even care." Zac giggled and entered without hearing Seth's reply.

On the other hand, Seth was speechless.

His thoughts were so intertwined, he felt that Jeremiah and Zac actually had something in common; they are both very confident in themselves.

And they are also stubborn.

tbc.