The Claimed Omega

It was a hard task trying to find the healthiest cheeseburger for his mate who wouldn't settle for anything else, but he did, and Wonho thoroughly enjoyed it. And now he is on the carpeted floor, lying down as if the bed is not only a few steps away from them.

That is unhealthy. He wants to complain about it but choose not to. He doesn't want their last moment together to end with him scolding the pretty thing.

'Where are you going?' Minwoo stops buttoning his coat halfway at the sudden question. He thought Wonho is trying to get back to sleep. 'Are you leaving?'

'You don't want me here.'

'I don't.'

That short, sure answer feels like a stab. He knows this was coming but that doesn't make it any less painful. 'I'll leave you alone.' 

'Now?'

'Before your next wave comes.'

'Why?'

Confused, Minwoo turns to the omega who is now sitting up. He is expecting something, Minwoo doesn't know what. 'Because… you don't want me touching you…?'

'But you touched me. We had sex.'

'That was different. You needed help.'

'And fucking me was the only way.' How should he react to that? Now that they are both calm, he realized that, yes, he had other choices. But he chose to sleep with Wonho. He had no excuse for that.

'I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking straight. I am now. You want me to leave you alone. I'll do that.'

'I didn't want the bond either but you never cared. You looked for me and made sure the bond stayed strong when I tried hard to break it. What changed?'

So that was it. What Wonho wanted to say to him. The 'talk' he always pushed the omega of having. It is finally happening. 'Wonho, that wasn't… I didn't know we were mates…' 

Both of them were clueless of the other, there wasn't any obvious signs. Even the people around them didn't know. He wasn't guilty of that. If anything, since Wonho remembered some of his attackers, shouldn't he remember Minwoo too? 

Not that he is blaming the omega or anything…

'That might be true last year, but you know about it now. You knew about it and you still wanted to meet me at the lake. Why? I clearly didn't want this, you knew what meeting me means. And yet you…'

Their meeting was not his fault. 'You came to me yourself.' 

'Because you fucking told me to!'

He knows he should be patient with the omega since the latter would be agitated due to his heat, but he feels like he is being bullied. 'You didn't come to me the first time I asked you to. Not last month. Not last week. I didn't threaten you. You came to me, because you wanted to.' 

'Because of my heat! Shouldn't you know that? Being the omega-expert you are? What did you expect me to do?'

Minwoo clenches his jaws at the question. He wanted Wonho to meet him, that was true. 'I only wanted to give you the result…'

'And what?' 

And what? He isn't sure what he wanted. He wanted Wonho to be free from his trauma? He wanted Wonho to be able to relax? No, that was the lie he told himself; he actually wanted to be with Wonho. He is hoping for a second chance. 

'Were you actually thinking about me? About what I wanted when you waited there everyday? I wanted out. You, didn't let me.'

'Wonho… I'm sorry. I forgot…' He messed up again. Again and again. He knows Wonho is bound to him. He knows how bonds work. But those are always two different things for him. It just never clicked…

'Good for you. I guess claiming someone against their will and almost killing them is a forgettable thing for you. I want that kind of memory too.'

Fuck. FUCK! He knows he deserve the beating but this is too much for him to accept. This, and that, are completely different things! He had his reasons for forgetting the night! 'WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THEN?'

'I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT!' Wonho stands up as he screams his confusion. Feeling all his muscles tensed at the perplexing confession, Minwoo moves his eyes left and right, his mind in disarray. Should he get mad? Should he leave? Wonho clearly conveyed his displeasure towards him. Maybe that is why he stopped Minwoo from leaving? So he can spat on his face for the last time?

'I don't want you to leave…'

God. He really cannot understand this man. 'You hate me.'

'I hate you. So much. Fucking hate you.' Minwoo bites the wall of his mouth to stop himself from reacting. He never feels so little of himself until right now. People have only ever loved him or hate him out of jealousy, and in some occasion, annoyed by him but they never affect him even the slightest. 

'You bit me and left me there. I thought…' He hears a hiccup. Finally finding the courage to face Wonho, his heart breaks into pieces. His omega is crying again, but now, he can feel the misery. It is all around them, sprinkled in his distressed pheromones. '-One of the alphas… disgusting alphas…'

'Wonho.'

'It was so hard for me to… you… I thought he'll find me and, and do it again, I- everyday I-'

Shit. He cannot let the man speak anymore. Running towards him, Minwoo pulls Wonho into his arms tightly, pushing his head into his shoulder. 'I'm sorry I left you back then. I shouldn't have left you.'

'I hate you.' He fels the weak push on his chest. Squeezing him firmly, Minwoo plants a kiss on the top of his head, his forehead, rubbing his cheek onto his head. 'I'm sorry. I won't leave you. I'll never leave you again. Let me stay with you.'

'Don't leave me.'

'Never again. I'll take responsibility. Give me another chance.' Minwoo feels a hand enveloping over his waist. 'I'll protect you. I promise.'