Absolute Chap. 2

[kumo_is_kumo]

Title: Absolute

Pairing: Chanbaek, Kaisoo

Genre: WolfAU, SoulmateAU, Romance, Angst, Smut, Fluff

Length: Series

Summary: Baekhyun waits, but Chanyeol backs away from him. Kyungsoo runs, yet Jongin comes after him.











Poster by: ate nylevoj



Chapter 2



Breath stuck in his throat, Jongin watches as the omega in front of him fidgets with the white apron. He can’t blame him though; none of them sees this coming so it must be taking him in surprise as well.

The omega, pale skin and wide eyes and pink lips, avoids his gaze before clearing his throat.

“What can I help you with?” He asks, voice steady and calm.

Jongin wonders why his omega doesn’t run into his arms just like every tale he hears from his parents. There is no dramatic first meeting where pheromones are spreading all over and lips locking like their life depend on it.

“Jongin?” His co-worker calls and nudges his arm.

“Ah, yes,” Jongin tries to be professional, “are you the one responsible in ordering goods?”

“It’s not me but usually I have my assistant does that. Is there any problem with the goods we are ordering?”

Jongin gulps before he shakes his head, “No- actually, yes. There is a bit problem with the quantity of the ordered goods. Can we… can we check over it?”

The omega nods his head before motioning for him and his co-worker to follow after him. jongin holds himself back from running over and taking the omega into his arms, to just smother him with little kisses and praises and words of how long he has been waiting for find him.

His omega doesn’t seem to want the same thing though, because he is clearly avoiding Jongin’s eyes as they settle into his office and having this… distance between their seats.

“So, what is this about?” The omega speaks again, his voice so low yet so soft, making Jongin almost wants to close his eyes and drown himself in it.

“Uh, we… we received an order over the wanted goods about two weeks ago and from the notes form out logistic team, your assistant ordered three packs of it. When we did the checking call, someone from your place said to have ordered four.”

The omega nods his head, “There might be some mistakes. I’m so sorry for bothering you but I think my assistant has made a mistake in ordering. I clearly stated to him that I need four. I’m terribly sorry, is it too late to change the order?”

Jongin stills as he listens to the voice. His co-worker seems to notice that he is out of it, before she takes over the conversation.

“No, it’s not a problem. We only need to contact our logistic team and make some change on the invoice. I will state it once again, so you order for four?”

“Yes.” The omega nods.

She nods back, “We are very glad to be able to clear this misunderstanding without any more problem. It’s very nice to do business with you, Mister?”

“Mr. Do. Do Kyungsoo.”

Jongin shivers as he hears the name of his omega. The omega with skin as white as the snow, lips as red as the strawberry, eyes as wide and as shiny as the roundest of the sun, has the name of Do Kyungsoo.

Kyungsoo.

“Jongin?” His co-worker calls for him worriedly.

“Yes?” He responses to her, not taking his eyes off his omega. The omega clearly avoids any eye contact with him, Jongin is sure of it. But why? There are no stories of omega refusing their alpha, so this clearly makes Jongin confused.

“We are done. Let’s go back.”

“I… Noona, can you wait in the car for a while? I will join you soon.”

The girl stares at him in confusion before she complies with his request without anymore question.

Jongin watches his omega freezes on his spot as he approaches him slowly.

“Look, Mr. Do—”

“Listen,” the omega cuts him off, the wolf in Jongin grunts for being cut by his omega but Jongin ignores it.

“I don’t have time for this.” The omega tells him without looking at him and Jongin blinks in surprise.

“Uh, are you busy? Should I come back later?”

There is a tired sigh from the omega before he finally lifts his eyes to stare at Jongin. The alpha feels his breathe is stuck in his lungs as his eyes meet with those round orbs, he can just swim in them for forever.

“No. You should never come back.”

“What? But we are m—”

“I don’t need you to say it because we are not. I don’t need it.” The omega, or Kyungsoo, says sternly and Jongin feels thousands of needles pierce through his heart at the rejection.

“B-But I’m your alpha—”

There is a growl coming from the omega.

“Never, and when I say never you better remember it for the rest of your life, never say your status in front of me. I’m not going to submit to you like any other omega out there just because you are higher than me in term of social status.”

Jongin gapes blankly, trying to find anything to come back.

“Just go. And don’t ever try to come here again.”

Then the omega leaves him alone in his office.

Jongin has just been straightly rejected by his omega.



***



Being stared for such a long time by such a dominant alpha makes Baekhyun almost loses his consciousness. He can smell the strong scent of his alpha; gosh it’s his alpha, as it is swirling all over the room as the newly smelled scent.

Baekhyun shudders when he runs his eyes up and down at the sight of his alpha, taking in his appearance into his memory. He looks so neat and authoritative, just like someone you can trust and lean onto. His inner wolf keens in delight.

“Hello, Mr. Park. Welcome to the editing team.” Joohyun greets the alpha with a bow and a smile.

The alpha male takes his gaze away from Baekhyun and that is when he can feel his breathe coming back to him.

“You have already known my name but I will just introduce everyone to follow the rule. I’m Bae Joohyun, the head of the editing team. The second in charge is Zhang Yixing, who is unable to come due to being sick today but he will be back tomorrow. This is Park Sunyoung, the first editor in charge. And the other one is Byun Baekhyun, the second editor in charge.”

As Joohyun mentions his name, Baekhyun feels the alpha’s eyes dart back to him and it makes him bends his head down in submission. It’s really hard to look at the alpha’s direction; it will feel like he is disrespecting him because he still doesn’t know how he should act around the dominant male.

“Good work, everyone.” The alpha speaks, voice so low that it makes Baekhyun flinches in surprise as he doesn’t expect it to be this heavy. It also sends a wave of shiver through his whole body and Baekhyun grips onto his desk in panic, damn it, his alpha shouldn’t be able to trigger his heat this quick, right? His whole body feels like it’s on fire and Baekhyun starts seeing stars in his eyes.

“I’m going to take over the company for a while because my father has been admitted to the hospital as most of you have already heard,” he talks again, unaware that his voice only is capable in turning Baekhyun into a mess.

“So for the time we will be working together, I will need your help. Thank you and have a nice evening.”

The alpha spins on his heels before he walks out of the room. Baekhyun flips his eyes open in disbelief, dizziness going away as soon as the alpha moves further. What is happening here? Where is the infamous part of wanting to drag your destined mate into your arms and promise to never let go?

Is everything only a lie to deceive a kid?

“Baekhyun? Are you alright? What’s wrong?” Joohyun comes up to his desk and touches his arm to check on him.

“Oppa, are you sick?” Sunyoung adds in worry.

Baekhyun blinks the remaining dizziness away and he shakes his head, “I-I’m fine. Just… feeling a bit tired. Can I go back home now?”

“Yes, sure. It’s the end of hours anyway. Rest a bit.” Joohyun caresses his head and he sends her a thankful smile.

“Thank you, noona. I will… go now.”

And Baekhyun grabs his bag and coat, stumbling out of the office with mind clouding with confusion and curiosity.

Why doesn’t his alpha come to him like his father came to his mother when they met? Isn’t it the way destined mates do when they find each other? Or maybe his alpha doesn’t know that they are mates? Maybe his scent is clouded with other people in the whole office so that he can’t recognize him?

Baekhyun shudders into the seat of the bus, huffing tiredly.

As he remembers the stance of his alpha, he can’t help but to whine lowly in the back of his throat. His alpha or Mr. Park looks so dominant, Baekhyun feels like submitting to him immediately. He would gladly offer his bare neck for him to claim and mark. He would gladly offer his life for him.

Maybe he can try again. Maybe tomorrow his alpha will be able to recognize him.



Or not.

Baekhyun stills on his pace as he meets eyes with the alpha who has just arrived into the office while he himself is going towards the restroom.

Mr. Park has just as much as glanced at him before turning around the corner and closes the door behind his back.

What the hell is going on here?



“Baekhyun?”

He spins on his heels as he hears the call of his name.

Another alpha, or who Baekhyun usually calls with Yixing hyung, stares blankly at him.

“Hyung, you are back.” He breathes out in relief.

The alpha nods his head, “Yeah, I am. But tell me then; what are you doing here in the middle of the corridor standing and simply staring at nothing?”

Baekhyun rubs his nape embarrassedly.

“Uh, I was just... nothing. I’m not doing anything in particular.”

Yixing sends him a pointed look, “Alright if you say so. Don’t try to lie to me.”

He smiles an innocent smile, trying to reassure his friend that he is not lying.

“How are you, hyung? Are you really fine now? Don’t force yourself.”

“I’m fine. Why does everyone ask me the same thing over and over?” The alpha huffs, crossing his arms in front of his chest. The move makes Baekhyun stifles a laugh.

“Who is everyone, by the way?”

“First in the morning, Joonmyeon. Then before this I meet Kibum, and then Wheein. And now you!”

“We are just worried about you, hyung. You are exhausted because you are working nonstop. Tell me again when the last time you took a day off was.”

Yixing purses his lips.

“You don’t remember, don’t you? Please don’t scare us like that. We don’t want to see you faint again. Think about Joonmyeon hyung.”

“Alright, alright. Stop with the lecture already.” The alpha grunts before pulling Baekhyun by his arm and they head to their office room.



When the lunch time arrives, Baekhyun stretches on his seat, hearing his backbones do some pops. Yixing comes to his desk and ruffles his locks.

“I miss the lunch food. Joonmyeon can’t stop shoving porridge into my mouth.”

Baekhyun grins at the image of a panicking Joonmyeon feeding Yixing with bowls of porridge for days. Everyone knows how messy it is when it comes to Joonmyeon and health care.

“You don’t say that. Joonmyeon hyung loves you too much.”

Yixing glances away, “I know. I’m kidding. Come on, I’m hungry and I need to hear gossips from Kibum for the days I’m not here.”

“Oh, oppa. Do you know that we have a new boss?” Sunyoung pipes in.

The alpha blinks. “New boss?”

“Yes! Big boss is hospitalized so his son is taking over his place.”

Baekhyun zips his mouth.

Yixing hums, nodding his head.

“So when can I see this new boss?”

“You can see him later,” Joohyun joins into the conversation as the four of them walk out of their office towards the lunch room, “we are having a meeting after lunch.”

Yixing groans, “Damn, my head hurts...”

None of the three believes him and his act.

“Don’t even try, oppa.” Sunyoung laughs.

Baekhyun keeps silent.



“Baekhyun,” Joohyun calls for him and he looks up from the script he is currently reading.

“Yes, noona?”

“Can you help me bring this document to Mr. Park?”

Sunyoung is out in meeting with the writer of the novel she is handling while Yixing is in the middle of phone call which sounds so difficult. Joohyun’s office phones ring from her left and right.

Gulping down, Baekhyun nods his head. “Okay.”

Joohyun sends him a thankful smile as she hands him a stack of newly printed papers before she goes to answer the important call.

With the papers in his hands, Baekhyun walks out of his office and turns a corridor, before he stills in front of the certain door. This is it. He is going to meet his alpha again after this morning. This is going to happen anytime, but he doesn’t think it will be this soon. He is not brave enough yet.

With a sudden surge of certainty, Baekhyun lifts a hand to knock on the wood.

“Come in.” The alpha’s voice speaks from the inside and Baekhyun closes his eyes to calm himself.

As he turns the handle down, the wave of strong scent of alpha greets him and Baekhyun almost drops the papers but he keeps a tight grip onto them.

The alpha’s head snaps towards the door as soon as Baekhyun enters the room.

“What is it?”

Baekhyun fidgets, the door closing with a soft sound behind his back.

“I... Joohyun noona needs me to... give these papers to you... Sir.”

Mr. Park nods his head.

“Put them there.”

Baekhyun is trembling by the time he stops just across the desk. He can feel the stare coming from the alpha and it will be a lie of he says he doesn’t want to stare back. He wants to drown in his orbs.

But he keeps himself back in difficulty, hands tremble as they puts the papers down and unluckily for him, a few stacks of papers fall down.

With a low hiss, he drops onto his knees to collect them before muttering a soft apology. The alpha doesn’t even respond to him.

He starts to wonder when the hell his alpha will recognize him.

As he slowly walks towards the door, he stops just before his hand could touch the metal handle.

“M-Mr. Park?”

He glances through his shoulder and finds the alpha is staring straight at him. He gulps nervously.

“T-This might be so sudden but... I... I’m... We are- we are ma-”

“Get out.” Mr. Park orders.

Baekhyun winces at the hard tone.

“Sir?”

“Get out.”

The omega trembles and blinks, before his eyes glance somewhere else. The hard gaze from the alpha is so scary right now. He is scared.

“Mr. Park, we are mat-”

“I said get out!” The alpha growls, aura emitting dominance and it’s clear right now that he is annoyed.

Baekhyun lets out a scared whimper before he stumbles on his steps, running out of the room in fear. He has never seen an alpha being angry. This is the first time and it’s really scaring him.

He runs back to his office with weak legs, stumbling into the room and completely startling Sunyoung who has just come back from her meeting.

“Oppa?”

Baekhyun opens his mouth to say something but the only sound coming out from him is a choked sob. Yixing comes to him in a second and pulls him down to sit on his chair.

“Baekhyun, what’s wrong?” Joohyun asks worriedly, phone ringing in the background but it goes ignored as everyone in the room is focusing on him.

As another sob bubbles out of him, Baekhyun finds himself sobbing into the arms of Yixing, with Joohyun and Sunyoung caressing his arm and head patiently to calm him down.



***



Jongin grips onto the wheel tightly and his co-worker sends him a worried glance.

“Jongin?” She tries.

The alpha ignores her.

“Hey, Jongin?”

He only realizes that she is calling when another car honks.

“Oh, Yongseon noona. Yes. What is it?”

“You seem to be out of it. What’s wrong? Are you okay?” She asks.

Jongin hisses in his mind. How come he is so open with what he is feeling? But really, you can’t blame him. His omega has just straightly rejected him without giving him a chance to talk.

“I... I’m fine, noona. Don’t worry.”

She nods her head, still not believing him but decides to not push it.



When they have arrived back to the office, Jongin slams close the car door, startling his co-worker and the security male.

“Mr. Kim? Are you feeling alright?”

Jongin lets out his aura which says don’t disturb me and the security backs away almost immediately.

He locks himself into the restroom to stare at his own reflection.

What is so wrong about him? He has just met his omega and he should be the happiest man alive right now, but look at him now, grunting and being annoyed at every single thing.

What is so wrong about being an alpha? He is not one to choose what he wants to be. This is a gift. He is born with his status. It’s not like he wants to prance around and show his status off.

There must be something going on before with his omega. The way he is staring at him and the way his tone shows how much he dislikes him being there, Jongin knows it is not his fault that his omega doesn’t even want to acknowledge him but it must be something about what happened before in his past. But what is it that makes him dislikes the status of alpha, moreover to deny his very own destined mate?

There is a knock on the restroom door.

“Jongin, open the door.”

Shit. Mama Joon starts again.

“Jongin. Don’t even try to ignore me. I will gauge your eyes out.”

With hesitation, Jongin unlocks the door and it reveals an annoyed omega staring at him. Joonmyeon pushes past him and enters the restroom before he locks the door again.

“Okay. Spill it.”

“Hyung, it’s noth-”

“Don’t you nothing me, young man. I don’t want my workers to show up in work feeling moody all day. Stupid alpha and their pride.” He mumbles the last part.

Jongin looks at him, “Hyung, what is so wrong about being an alpha?”

The omega looks at him, “Who says it’s wrong?”

“I... You said it just now...”

Joonmyeon sighs, pinching his nose bridge.

“I don’t say that it’s wrong to be an alpha. I just say that it’s wrong for alphas to be so prideful and to keep every problem in. You can talk to other people, too, you know. Don’t need to keep it in.”

Jongin nods.

“Hyung, I... I found my mate.”

Joonmyeon’s eyes bulge out. “Now this is interesting. So what makes you this moody then?”

“He... My omega doesn’t acknowledge me.”

“Pardon?” Joonmyeon blinks in confusion.

“He rejects me, hyung. He ignores me and tells me to not come again. He says to not show my status off and that he will not submit to me.”

Joonmyeon blinks again.

“I see.”

“What should I do with it?” Jongin pulls at his hair.

“I don’t know what happens but we omegas don’t like to be treated like we are nothing. We might be lower than you alphas in the term of status but we are also alive, we have our own conscience and we can make our own decision.”

Jongin stays silent, mulling the words over his mind.

“I just want to tell you that he might be acting so hard around you. But, Jongin, you can’t simply give up.” Joonmyeon squeezes his shoulder comfortingly.

“What do you think I should do, hyung?”

“Come to him. Tell him that you are different. Show him that you are not to control him but you are the same as him. Status is only status. You belong to him and he belongs to you. It’s as simple as that.”

Jongin nods, sending a smile to his friend and feeling a sudden surge of hope.

“Thanks, hyung.”

“Anytime, kid.”



And that’s how Jongin finds himself standing nervously in front of Sweet Delicacy.

His omega looks up as he is standing behind the cashier counter when Jongin pushes the glass door open.

“Hi.” Jongin greets, showing off a nervous smile which only gets a stare from his omega.

He hopes he is lucky enough to be given time to talk.









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