Untitled Part 34
Chapter Thirty Four: Unwanted Circumstances
Ukai~
With a large can of amber ale in hand, and a sneaky backup beneath his wicker chair, Ukai sat outside on the front porch, contemplating his changing feelings.Why, after witnessing the terrible attack on the yellow house, had his feelings for Miyo suddenly changed? Sure, he had always admired the raven woman, both her delicate beauty and unyielding spirit were beyond appealing, but his feelings had always been spurned by her mated scent. Until their time together at the hospital. When he sat there with his agitated Alpha students, and the whirling smells of Omega sickness, something inside of him had snapped. Suddenly, he found himself needing to mate with her. He no longer cared about her mated status. It was no longer just an entertained idea that filled his daydreams with pleasant inconsequential thoughts. Now, the very notion of Miyo belonging to somebody else, someone like Sonny, left him bristling with icy chills of rage.
She was his. She had always been his, right? Ukai didn't care what it was going to take-- he would cut off his own arm to have his way with her. His instincts commanded it and he was more than willing to comply.
Although their unusual and sudden pairing had satisfied his feral spirit, his conscious mind was plagued with a deep seated fear-- he and the raven Omega barely knew each other. Had enough time elapsed? Were they rushing into something that would ultimately fail? Would the passion between them fall prey to differences they had yet to find?
"Knock, knock," a familiar voice called quietly, rapping on the door frame with the edge of a wine glass. "Ukai? I'm coming out, so plug your nose."
He craned his neck back, eyes taking in Miyo's breathtaking form-- even more beautiful in his drunken buzz. He took in a short breath then plugged his nostrils, taking a slow sip of beer as he watched her saunter forward, down the front steps of the porch.
"I'm going to stand out in the yard," she said with a sly wink as her converse lightly grazed over the dewy grass. "This should be far enough away, right?"
"Yeah..." Ukai unhappily replied, his words nasally from his plugged nose. "Should be fine, I guess."
As he released his nostrils, his throat rumbled out-- agitated with the ridiculous circumstance that had been forced upon them. After sleeping with the raven Omega a few nights prior, her mated scent had grown even stronger in its resolve to keep him away. It burst out with impunity any time he drew within a few feet of her small figure-- and it was quickly lengthening that distance with each passing hour.
One more day, he thought to himself with a small growl, just one more day, and she was going to be all his.
"So, it seems like Oikawa and Hajime have worked out their little scuffle," Miyo coyly remarked, stretching her arms up to the dark sky. "Thank the heavens for it. Seriously, Oikawa is a pain in the ass to deal with when he's upset!"
"Yeah," Ukai nodded in agreement, gesturing her with a distant cheers of his beer can. "Hajime is, too. He gets so fucking hostile. You can't even talk to him."
"It's match made in heaven, then~~"
"Mmm."
"Are you okay?" Miyo asked after a few moments of creeping silence-- filled with the sound of evening cicadas. "I know that you've got a lot of on your plate. Want to talk about it?"
"Mmm, I do have a lot going on," Ukai grumbled, squeezing the can in his large hand. "I'm just frustrated...with a lot of things."
"I can smell that. You got a list ready for me or what?"
"It's a long list."
"So? Do we really have to do this little song and dance, professor? Just tell me what's on your mind."
She was pushy, Ukai had known that from the first moment they met. The woman had been absolutely adamant of her nest's innocence in the whole, fire incident-- ignoring his skepticism of the story with ease. It was a trait that Ukai was grateful for. Without her unwavering spirit, his Alphas would have never met the Omega nest and he would not have come to know her so personally. At that thought, he let out a small breath of relief. At least he would never had a problem with her outspoken personality-- it was an aspect of her that he greatly admired.
"I'm worried about the welfare of my students with all of this crappy violence," he at last relinquished, slumping down in the wicker chair at his terrible thoughts. "And I'm pretty panicked about mating with you, but that's not against you or anything, I'm just overthinking things. Then there's the case against the intruders. I mean, how the fuck am I going to convince the Disciplinary Committee to take action when they completely ignored a fucking burnt down residence? Oh, and that transitions well into my realization of just how fucked up society is. And the people in it. People like Sonny... " He finished with a guttural snarl, shifting uncomfortably in his sudden agitation.
"Ah," Miyo remarked, setting her now empty wine glass down on the paved walkway next to her. "Well, at least the problems with me will be sorted after tomorrow...hopefully."
Oh, hope wasn't going to he necessary. He was going to mate with her, even if it took every ounce of his life force to do so. Admittedly though, he was a bit concerned about how well their personalities would fit together after the deed was done, but now wasn't the time to bring it up. He had only barely convinced the woman to mate with him in the first place. If he threw any sign of hesitation or fear her way, he knew that she would back out of their agreement in a heartbeat.
She was too selfless for her own good.
"I can help you with the other stuff, you know," the raven Omega continued, looking up at the dark sky with a pleasant smile. "I've got your back, and I'm sure that having another professor's testimony would do some good, even if it is from an Omega..."
"Yeah...I'd appreciate that. I just hate that your opinion is going to be marginalized because of..." He grumbled out, trailing off as an unfamiliar fragrance seeping into his open nostrils. "Miyo, come here," he abruptly barked, hastily rising to his feet at his sudden realization. "Now."
Alphas. Intruders. Four. He took a large step towards the edge of the veranda, instincts coiling around inside his gut like knives and slicing at his organs. The intruding scents were more than a little curious and they held an intense interest in the inhabitants of the yellow house. An interest that he was not pleased with in the slightest. They were not going to let them take another confident step towards his property. Not on his watch.
"HEY, MOVE ALONG!" He roared out to the shadowy figures, throwing his half-full can of beer nearly the full length of the lawn to violently illustrate his point. "MOVE. ALONG."
"YEAH," Miyo shouted in agreement as she snapped around to face the curious men. Much to his dismay, she had remained out in the yard-- unprotected. "THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE HERE, SO LEAVE."
When the hesitant Alphas remained in place, Ukai continued in a loud snarl. "YOU LOOKING FOR A CHALLENGE?" His instincts were screeching at him to move forward to guard his Omega. "BY ALL MEANS. COME. AT. ME. SEE WHAT HAPPENS," he challenged, stepping towards the edge of the porch to do just that. "COME. AT. ME."
As his furious scent whirled out into the yard, subtle whimpers of resignation reached his waiting ears. The group of Alphas shuffled in place, internally debating their next move, before sluggishly turning to disappear in the dim light.
Ukai was halfway down the front steps, skin crawling with an unbent need to ensure his Omega's safety, when Miyo interrupted his movements in a frantic voice-- accompanied by a fresh wave of nausea in his stomach as her fragrance reached his senses. "Ukai! Stop. Back up," she hissed as she scrambled back to lengthen the distance between them. "I can't reign in my scent any more than it already is, so pull yourself together and slam down those instincts, or you're going to be sick all over the porch. I'm fine. They're gone. Relaaaaaax."
Relax. Relax. Relax. He consciously commanded himself, mentally shoving at his wily feral nature. Miyo was safe. The unknown Alphas were gone...
What if they came back? Threats. There were still more potential threats.
"If anyone else intrudes on our little shindig, I'll come up onto the porch, okay?" Miyo hastily added, sensing Ukai's failing struggle against his instincts. "I'll be okay. You're five feet away from me, not across the world. Also, I'm mated, remember? They probably wouldn't have any interest in me."
The verbal declaration of her mated status did nothing to sate Ukai's instincts-- but five feet away...he could work with that. If something happened, he would be at her side quicker than any other Alpha in the world. Of that he was certain.
"Fucking fuck," he snarled as he hesitantly backed up the steps to furiously pace along the wooden floor boards of the porch. "Sonny's. Fucking. Scent. I want it GONE!"
"It will be! We've just got to last a few more hours, okay?" Miyo asserted in a soothing voice that did well to ease his pained insides."Okay?"
For a moment, Ukai said nothing, but then he heard a pleasant sound that rattled warmth down to his bones-- Miyo was purring, and he loved it. He loved it more than he ever though possible, but his joy from the sound quickly faded to irritation. He would like it a lot more if he could experience it with the Omega in his arms.
"Okay," he grumbled as he ran a large hand through his dyed hair to try and stay his frustration. "Why the fuck are these fuckers showing up anyways?! Did we send out a party flier that I don't know about?! Are the Omegas not wearing their goddamn patches?! Is there a full moon tonight?!"
"It's because of the alcohol," Miyo imparted, craning her neck back to ensure that their unwelcome visitors were indeed gone. "It inhibits our ability to control our scents. You know that," she chastised, crossing her arms over her small bust. "I mean, the patch can only do so much. Our house probably smells like a hundred Omegas right now. Of course it's going to lure in some unwanted attention."
For a brief moment, the Omega's tranquil scent reached forward to comfort him. It was a natural response on her part and she quickly shut it down with impunity. "Is here okay?" She asked, gesturing at the small distance between them. "I don't want to rile up your instincts any further..."
"Yeah, it's fine. You're downwind. But I'd be happier if you were behind me. Not out front. Exposed," he growled out through gnashed teeth. His feral nature was still screeching for him to close the distance between them-- to protect her from some unforeseen force.
"Okay, good," Miyo replied with a small nod, narrowing her eyes at his obvious irritation. "I'm...sorry that my scent affects you so much. I honestly wish that it didn't. I wish that had I met you before everything with Sonny..."
Ukai barely heard the woman's soft, apologetic words. They were distant, as if she was calling at him from the end of a long, dark tunnel.
Would she just come up onto the porch? Get off of the unguarded lawn? He would much rather deal with the nausea from her mated scent than the nausea he felt from her defenseless position-- being so exposed to threats. Just...come...near...the...house.
He snapped his dark gaze up to meet Miyo. "Get inside," he abruptly snarled out. His tone was challenging and his scent was dominant-- every word out of his mouth was being guided by his instincts. "Now. Get inside."
He wished that he could have stopped his feral nature from uttering out the unwanted command. It had boiled over from his internal stress-- his hatred for Sonny's scent, the intruding Alphas, and his inability to guard Miyo properly as her Alpha.
"Excuse me?" Miyo remarked, raising a manicured eyebrow at his sudden, feral words. "I don't fucking think so. You don't get to command me."
He knew that. He knew that, but he couldn't help his Alpha nature from assuming ownership. His soul understood and respected that she was not his, but his instincts were another story altogether-- they weren't called feral for nothing. It was a known fact that Alphas maintained little authority over their animalistic nature and, unfortunately, Ukai didn't have a Hajime caliber of control over his own. There were going to be times when they slipped through his grasp. It was something that Miyo had to make peace with it they were going to make things work.
"I know," he growled, grinding his teeth together until his jaw jarred. "I know that. You need to...understand that I can't...control them all the time," he explained, his mental fight against his feral instincts making the words choppy. "Please, just come inside. Or at least on the porch. I can't deal with this right now. I'm fighting a losing battle. If you could smell it, you would know."
Miyo's pale face relaxed and she smiled under her breath. "I understand that there are going to be instances where your instincts are going to take over, and there will be times where I will follow their commands. But not right now, Ukai. Practice makes perfect. Even if you hate it, you've got to keep trying. Clearly, I am in no danger right now...and I have no desire to see you sick because of my scent. It's...it makes me feel terrible about myself...that you can't smell me without wanting to throw up."
Of course it did. If Ukai's scent left the woman nauseous and vomiting, he wouldn't want to be anywhere near her-- wouldn't want to see the pain he would be unwittingly bestowing upon her.
"I--" He began, pacing over to the far side of the porch to physically shake off his frustration. "Okay, just come up onto the porch, please? I want to make sure the back is clear of any unwanted visitors and I don't want...I don't want anything to happen while I'm-"
"Good call!" Miyo yelled in interruption and reached to pick up her glass from the pavement. "Okay, you stay out back and I'll watch the front. Divide and conquer. It'll kill two birds with one stone. We can watch over the lot and keep out scents separate for the time being."
Ukai snorted. "That's not exactly what I had in mind," he grumbled, sighing deeply at the Omega's unabashed courage. "I'd rather you not defend the front on your own. What if-"
"Ukai," Miyo interjected and flashed him a skeptical look, her emerald eyes piercing his own. "Did you forget about the other night? My scent can do some damage. You've seen that first hand."
Her scent. He had seen it first hand. In all the commotion over the last few days, he had forgotten to ask the woman about her strangely terrifying fragrance. Even now, recounting the paralyzing scent had him shaking with fear and his instincts coiled back inside his mind at the memory. "Okay, what the fuck is that about, by the way?" He questioned hotly as he adjusted his headband against a few stray hairs. "I've never witnessed, or even fucking heard of something like that in my entire life..."
"Yeah, it is unusual. I'll give you that," Miyo chirped with a musical laugh that melted his insides.
A few more hours...she was his in a few more hours.
Ukai cocked an eyebrow. "So, are you going to tell me anything more or just leave me terrified of your freakish nature?"
"Freakish?! I'm not a freak!"
"You kind of are. I mean, that shit was scary, Miyo. It's one thing to be spooked by a dominant Alpha scent, but an Omega one? Fuck, just thinking about it gives me chills~"
"It's not as scary as you think," the raven said with a small shrug, toeing a flower in the grass. "I don't have much control over it. It kind of, comes and goes whenever it pleases."
"I thought, uh, that Omegas had crazy good scent control," Ukai put forth as he sat down on the steps in front of her. "You know, practice from having to keep in reigned in all the time..."
"Yeah, we do, but the paralyzing scent I have is...different. It's sort of, an unconscious reaction. Similar to your Alpha instincts, I guess."
"When did you first notice it?"
"Oh, that's a long story."
"Yes, and?"
"Okay, fine. Get comfy. Grab your spare beer," she remarked with a sly giggle, raising an eyebrow as he reached back to snag the tall boy hidden behind him. "I have two brothers, not sure if I've told you that or-"
"You did not."
"Yeah, two of them. Twin Alphas, if you can believe that. And a whole host of cousin Alphas. Alllll boys. I am the proud, sole Omega of my family. I guess I'm pretty lucky that they were so supportive of me. They're kind of the reason I've been so successful in snagging an Alpha profession..." Miyo trailed off with a small, reminiscent smile that sent butterflies through Ukai's stomach at her subtle beauty. "But that's neither here nor there. Anyways, when I was, god, I think I was twelve or thirteen...yeah...thirteen. I was at the park with my brothers, and one of my cousins. They got into this stupid argument. I don't even remember what it was about, but they all started brawling. Pretttttty normal among Alphas, but as it went on, it started to turn really fucking violent. Looking back now, I guess they were young and couldn't control their instincts very well...they lost their conscious control."
Ukai sighed and ran a hand through his blonde hair. "Yeah, that has been known to happen. Especially in younger Alphas..." He agreed, humming under his breath as he sipped at the fresh beer. "That's why boarding schools are so popular, hey? The kids there are always under some watchful eye. Working parents can't always keep track on their teenagers..."
"Mmm, too bad your kiddies aren't forced to stay at home like mine are..." Miyo murmured under her breath before continuing. "Anyhow, I don't know how long the brawling went on for, I just remember seeing a lot blood. Oh, and hearing these awful and terrible snarls. Even now, I can hear them in my head, I hate it."
"All three of them were bashing into each other so violently, I didn't know what to do! I remember thinking, oh, shit, my scent is so panicked, it's going to make things worse! Then, something just, snapped inside of me. I wasn't scared anymore. I was just...so angry. So angry that I thought about killing them for being so...stupid. I screamed out at the top of my lungs, yelling at them to stop, and then they just...froze in place. It was like someone had pushed pause on a remote or something," she explained with a hearty laugh-- one that Ukai could only assume, filled the night air with her delicious scent. "My brother Ren, he was stalled in place with his fist, like, inches from my cousin's face! I wish I had a picture of it!"
Ukai shivered. "Okay, see, that is so fucked," he countered, cringing away at the thought of the paralyzing scent.
It was not something he ever wished to experience again. An all-consuming aura that locked you in place against your best interests? No, thank you.
"It is fucked!" Miyo agreed, still giggling at her recollection. "It is so fucked, and honestly? I have yet to come across any research on it. Which, I guess makes sense..."
"Why on earth does that make sense?"
"I mean, how would our Alpha overlords feel if they found out about this shit? I've kept it pretty well a secret, and I'm sure that I'm not the only one who has the ability."
"Oh, yeah..." Ukai growled with a small puff of air. "So, it comes out randomly, or what?"
"Not randomly...I think. It mostly pops out in instances when I'm really, really mad about something," the raven Omega explained with a cheeky grin. "So don't piss me off!"
Oh, he definitely wasn't planning on it. Hell was more likely to freeze over.
"Hey, go check out the back, okay? I'll be fine out here. I proooooomise that I will shout out for you if something happens," Miyo affirmed, playfully punching the air in front of her to illustrate her fragile toughness.
"You're ridiculous, you know that?" Ukai said, rumbling with laughter at her dramatic display. "Okay, I'll go. But I want you to know that your story didn't make me feel any better about leaving you out here on your own..."
"What? Why?! My scent can paralyze an Alpha in their tracks!"
"Yeah, when it works...randomly."
"Well, it'll be good practice for me, then."
Why was she so difficult? Ukai was not going to win this argument. "I would rather-" He started, only to find his frustrations cut off by the eager raven Omega.
"And I would rather you trust me. So, trust me, and go."
Fine, he would go, but he was going to make damn sure that one of his Alphas stayed watchful of her in his absence. What the woman didn't know, wouldn't hurt her.
"Oh!" Miyo exclaimed, clapping her hands at her sudden realization. "Could you send Yamaguchi out here on your way? He and I need to have a little chat about that Alpha boy. The one with the glasses."
Yamaguchi...the freckled one...the quiet one...
"Hey," Ukai said as he slowly stood up, stretching his tired muscles towards the sky. "Tobio said something interesting about him the other day..."
"About Yamaguchi?"
"Yeah...he said that the freckled kid's scent paralyzed him in place during the altercation. I remember it cause I was thinking that it all sounded eerily similar to what you did to me..."
"Shit," Miyo said, cocking a knowing eyebrow. "I'll ask him about it. Wouldn't it be weird if we both had the ability? I mean, what are the chances?!"
Ukai hoped that they were low-- one terrifying Omega was enough for him.
"And if you're gonna talk to him about Tsukishima, tell him that the stupid blondie likes him," he put forth, turning towards the front door-- his instincts were agitated, but they were momentarily sated by Miyo's adamant disposition.
"I knew it! You're sure? Like, really sure? I don't want to give any false hope to the kiddie.."
"Pretty fucking sure," Ukai asserted with a curt nod before stepping into the open doorway. "Please, please, just stay on the porch, okay? And don't do anything reckless, for christ's sakes. My heart can't take it."
He was sure. Tsukishima's scent had shifted in the last few weeks, and tonight was no exception. In fact, since the altercation, the blonde Alpha's fragrance had devolved even further-- a state of perpetual annoyance with his uncontested instincts. Instincts that wanted to mate with the freckled boy.
"Yes, yes," Miyo affirmed, waving a delicate hand at him as she started towards the veranda. "I promise!"
Good. One more night of stress, he thought to himself with a huff of frustration, then his scent would be embedded in her milky skin for good.
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