Absolute Chap. 8

[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 8



“Baekhyun, can you hear me? Answer me, please,” Jongin begs, face scrunching up in worry. The other guy doesn’t answer him and Jongin sees the eyes roll to the back of his skull before Baekhyun loses his consciousness.

“Shit,” Jongin panics, suddenly doesn’t know what he is supposed to do. The night is slowly coming and the sky slowly turns darker. He glances to left and right, trying to find someone but to no avail no one is there around him.

Jongin cradles the other into his arms, heaving him up before slowly laying him down on the back seat.

“Please, Baekhyun,” he whispers pleadingly, starting the engine of his car and driving frantically to the only place that he knows very close to where he is right now. He keeps stealing glances through the rear mirror, in case Baekhyun would wake up but the other is still unconscious just like before.

Sweet Delicacy is still bright and Jongin can see all the employees are currently cleaning. It seems like they notice his car and they all smile to him, but instead of heading to the door, Jongin opens the backseat of his car and heaves a conscious someone.

He hears someone gasps, maybe it’s the cashier girl Seulgi or the pastry girl Seungwan. Jongin can’t care anymore as he brings a conscious Baekhyun into the place and in search of help.

“What happened?” Someone asks and Jongin notices the guy as the place’s manager.

“I… I found him on the side road and, and,” Jongin stutters, panicking. He is told to lay Baekhyun down on the sofa booth. Baekhyun is not moving even an inch, his chest is heaving so quickly that Jongin is worried that the other might be having the hard time to breathe.

“Please wake up, Baekhyun.” Jongin whispers softly, wiping the dried tears and cold sweat with his sleeve.

Kyungsoo stands on the other side of the room, watching silently.

Jongin keeps his eyes on Baekhyun for most of the times, completely ignoring the rest of the employees continue cleaning the shop. He can hear the distinct sounds of people talking behind him, can feel someone else sits on the chair just beside him. Jongin can’t understand what had happened to Baekhyun? Why would he look like a mess? What happened exactly?

Someone pats his shoulder and Jongin gazes back, finding a straight faced Kyungsoo watching him. Jongin gives the omega a thankful smile, noticing the silent gesture as a movement to console him.

He waits for a few more minutes where he spends the time pondering over what could be the reason behind Baekhyun’s tears.

“He is awake!” Jongin hears someone saying, followed with a gasp. He rises up, leaning over a writhing Baekhyun who is slowly opening his eyes.

“B-Baekhyun?” He calls softly, trying to pull any reaction from him. Baekhyun’s eyes open and when they land on the sight of him, tears fill them again.

“Jongin,” Baekhyun calls softly in between his sobs, rising up from where they laid him down. Jongin helps him slowly and in a matter of a second, he has an armful of a sobbing Baekhyun in his arms. A frown comes forming on his head while he pats onto Baekhyun’s back, trying to calm him down.

Kyungsoo stares silently from behind his back, eyes locked onto the crying omega.

“Baekhyun, what happened?” Jongin asks when the omega’s cry slowly subsides. Instead of a verbal answer, Jongin gets a shake of head from the other. He sighs.

“Baekhyun,” he calls softly, leaning away to look at the other’s crying face. He reaches to wipe the tears away with his sleeve before holding onto Baekhyun’s shoulder to steady him. “Tell me what happened to you.”

The crying omega doesn’t want to tell him but with much questions from Jongin, he ends up choking out a soft answer of, “A-Alpha.”

Jongin feels anger rising up on the back of his head. Baekhyun, the sweet omega, who has always dreamt of a gentle alpha as his mate is not crying because of the said alpha.

“What did he do? What did he do to you? Did he force you?” Jongin asks, glowering in anger and a sense of protectiveness. Baekhyun sobs heavily, heaving for air into his lungs.

“H-He,” Baekhyun starts in a whisper, “he… r-rejected me.”

A series of gasps coming from the whole place. Jongin has never felt this big of an anger in his entire life. His mouth hangs open as he is unable to form a word.

“W-What?” He asks in case he hears it wrongly. Baekhyun’s lips tremble as he continues crying again.

Kyungsoo steps closer, feeling himself gets angry as well. As a fighter for omegas right, he can’t accept this to happen. “Omegas shouldn’t be treated badly.” He mutters lowly under his breath, feeling an ounce of pity and sorry towards the omega who is crying his heart out in front of his very own eyes.

Jongin rises up from his seat, trying to contain his anger or he will end up saying bad words in front of Baekhyun. He rubs his face with both his palms, taking deep breathes to calm himself. He gazes back to Baekhyun who is currently sniffing softly.

“Who? Who is it? What’s his name?” He growls, fists tightly curled in an attempt to stay calm.

Baekhyun shakes his head, not wanting to tell him. Jongin finds himself grunting in desperation.

“You are my best friend, Baekhyun!” He growls softly, on the verge of pulling his hair out.

Kyungsoo looks surprised up at the mention of that, suddenly feeling a weird feeling of relief washes over his chest. The previous burden sitting on his heart is slowly dispersing away and he feels like he can finally think clearly again. He wonders what kind of feeling is that.

Baekhyun bends his head down, sniffing softly. “I know but… but I don’t want to talk about him right now.” He whispers softly, voice hoarse.

Jongin parts his mouth to talk but Kyungsoo clasps a hand on his arm, resulting in the both of them surprised by his sudden unexpected move. “Let it go for now.” He says softly. The usual Jongin would be elated to find this progress but with his head being so full and fuzzy, he can’t think about it for now.

“Okay.” He mutters, sighing.

Baekhyun looks up, his eyes swollen and teary, with his cheeks flushed in pale pink. His eyes land onto the sight of Kyungsoo and he gives the other omega a weak and apologetic smile. “I’m sorry for being a mess.” He whispers lowly.

Kyungsoo waves it off, offering a consoling smile. “Don’t worry about it.”

Jongin steps closer. “It’s late already. Come on, I’m taking you back home. You too, Kyungsoo.” He gazes to his omega.

Kyungsoo maintains a short but deep eye contact with the alpha before he gazes away. “No. You should take care of your friend.” He mutters softly.

Jongin hesitates at that but with one look at Baekhyun’s tired self, he obeys to what Kyungsoo said. He nods and gives Kyungsoo’s arm a thankful squeeze. “Thank you, Kyungsoo. I will see you tomorrow.” He says.

Kyungsoo nods and watches as Jongin heaves Baekhyun up into his arms, gently putting him back into his car, and even until his car drives away from the place. He stares silently without saying anything.




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“Jongin?” Baekhyun calls meekly, fiddling with the hem of his pajamas while sitting on the couch.

“Hmm?” The alpha hums questioningly while sipping onto the warm tea. Baekhyun sniffs his nose, “Can you stay the night and accompany me?”

Jongin smiles, “Sure.” Baekhyun smiles up at him.

They spend the time talking and chatting, just like the old times when they were kids and they talked about so many things about what they wanted in a mate.

“So, who was that omega from earlier?” Baekhyun asks with a soft smile while he secretly noticing the way Jongin’s face lights up at the mention of that.

“Oh, he is… my supposedly mate.” Jongin says with a wide grin, “I’m in the process of courting him. Tough omega, that one.” He chuckles. Baekhyun watches with a gentle smile playing on his lips. “You like him a lot.” He states softly, laughing when the blush creeps onto Jongin’s face.

Jongin giggles like a kid. “I do. I really do!”

Baekhyun smiles, feeling happy that his best friend can find a very good mate. His smile drops a bit at the thought of his own.

“That alpha,” he starts softly, “he is my boss at work.”

The somber tone makes Jongin snaps his head back to the other. “Baekhyun.” He whispers softly, feeling so sad and worried over the omega. Baekhyun gives him a bitter smile, as if to tell him that he is okay.

“I miss my best friend.” Jongin says suddenly, trying to change the topic. Baekhyun smiles up at him and scoots closer until they can hug each other.

“Me too.” Baekhyun mutters, snuggling into his shoulder. Jongin runs his hand through Baekhyun’s locks, knowing full well that his best friend likes it a lot. In no less than five minutes, he has the omega snoring softly in his embrace.

Jongin finds himself sighing. “Who would hurt you, Baekhyun?”




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On the next day, Jongin goes to Sweet Delicacy at the first things in the morning. Once he sees Kyungsoo, he calls for him, wearing a smile. Kyungsoo gazes up from the note pad in his hand.

“Good morning, Kyungsoo!” Jongin greets in giddy. The omega gives him a nod. “What are you doing here such in the early morning?”

“I want to see you.” The alpha admits, rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment. Kyungsoo feels the corner of his lips ticks up but he holds himself back from smiling.

“How’s your friend? Is he okay?” Kyungsoo asks instead of elaborating the other’s previous answer. Jongin smiles, “He is okay, I guess. I took him to his work place and he doesn’t cry again today.”

Kyungsoo nods his head at that. “I hope he is okay.”

Jongin grabs onto the omega’s arm, stopping him even before Kyungsoo could think of walking away from him.

“Kyungsoo, I… Baekhyun is my best friend, the one I told you before, do you remember?” Jongin says carefully, trying to seek any reaction from the omega and hoping that Kyungsoo won’t close himself just because of a small misunderstanding.

The omega nods. “Yeah, I remember that.”

Jongin grins in relief. “We grew up together, so we are very close just like real brothers. He was one of the people who taught me to treasure omegas because you guys are precious.” He says softly, gazing deep into the omega’s eyes. Kyungsoo gives him another nod, “I understand.”

To say that he is relieved is an understatement. Jongin is really glad that Kyungsoo is open minded and won’t mind his closeness with his best friend.

“If ever,” Kyungsoo starts softly, taking Jongin’s full focus back. The omega lifts his gaze up, strong and alluring Jongin, “If ever, you earn more respect from me. Great job.”

Jongin’s whole face brightens up. If his smile can light up the whole city, it would be wonderful.

Kyungsoo gives the alpha a teasing smirk. “Bring your best friend here later? I will try to cheer him up with my way.”

The alpha scrambles to give him a salute. “Y-Yes, sir!”

Kyungsoo waves him off before the omega enters the kitchen with a full smile on his face. When Seungwan asks about why he is smiling like an idiot, Kyungsoo glares at the poor girl and tells her to continue beating the meringue.




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Another sigh escapes his mouth as he tries to concentrate on his work. Baekhyun wipes his tired eyes, grabbing his cup to drink the coffee but deflates in disappointment when he finds out that his coffee is empty.

A new paper cup is placed on top of his desk, with Sunyoung’s worried face coming closer.

“Are you okay?” She asks, her perfectly trimmed eyebrows furrowing in concern. Baekhyun gives her a forced smile. “I’m okay. Thanks for the concern, and also for the coffee,” he gestures to the paper cup, “I really need that.”

Sunyoung says nothing but only nods at him. As she walks back to her desk, Baekhyun blinks his eyes and tells himself that he has no time to be weak. He gazes to the stack of documents on the corner of his desk and he realizes that he has been neglecting his work for so long.

“Okay. Focus, focus.” He mutters lowly, more to himself.







Work has been going steady for the half of the day and Baekhyun starts to believe that he is coping. For all he could, he avoids going towards that certain hallway that leads to the upper office room. He wouldn’t want to see the only person who manages to break his heart so many times even in such a short time.

Unfortunately for him, he has to go the meeting with Joohyun and that means he has to meet the alpha. With a firm gulp, Baekhyun focuses his attention on the LCD for most of the times, taking notes into his notebook, and listening to Joohyun telling him about things.

He avoids staring at the male on the head.

And he doesn’t see it, but the alpha stares at him once in a while, before gazing away completely.







Work is finally over and Baekhyun could only sigh in relief. He has been feeling so tired once half of the day passed and he really wants to relax, maybe just have fun or chat lightly with people. He grabs his bag and stuffs his phone back into the front pocket, while waiting for his computer to shut down.

He rides the elevator down, walking out of the building, and surprisingly, he finds Jongin waiting there while leaning against the hood of the car.

“Jongin?” He calls in surprise. The alpha lights up and waves at him. “Hey, Baekhyun! Are you done? Going home?”

“Yes, but what are you doing here?” Baekhyun asks, walking closer to his best friend. Jongin grins, “You, uh, remember Kyungsoo? He told me to take you to his work place. They serve the best cookies, I’m not lying. Come with me, please?”

Baekhyun stifles a smile. “Are you trying to use me as a reason so you can flirt with him?”

At Jongin’s pout, he laughs softly. Jongin makes a face. “We are making progress! He starts to pay attention to me, okay?”

“Okay, okay. No need to pout, hmm? You are no longer that Nini kid!” Baekhyun teases, poking his puffed cheek. Jongin pretends to huff.

“Hey!” Someone calls for them and Baekhyun smiles when he sees Yixing hyung coming out of the building, wearing the biggest smile ever.

Baekhyun gazes back to Jongin, “He is my colleague and—”

“Hello, hyung.” Jongin greets Yixing hyung and Baekhyun is left gaping. He then pouts when he sees Yixing hyung greets Jongin naturally.

“You guys know each other and you don’t even tell me.” He mutters lowly, feeling a bit left out. Jongin chuckles while Yixing hyung rolls his eyes playfully.

“You are the only oblivious one here.” Those two say simultaneously. Baekhyun’s pout grows deeper and the two alphas reach to pinch his puffed cheeks to tease him even further.

After their short small talk with Yixing hyung, the alpha waves bye and walks away to his car. Baekhyun crosses his arms in front of his chest, lips pursed. “How did you know Yixing hyung?”

Jongin smiles in amusement, reaching to pat his head. “I will tell you the whole story during the ride. Get inside, please, oh the precious little prince?”

Baekhyun’s pout breaks into a smile and he fakes another huff before he lets Jongin opens the car door for him. Jongin goes to the driver seat and soon they are driving away from the office building.



Mr. Park gazes from the building; fists curled tight and face frowning in confusion and half annoyance that he doesn’t even understand the reason why.




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Baekhyun enters Sweet Delicacy with a shy smile. It’s the work end time so the place is not that crowded anymore. Once the door is opened, everyone greets him with a smile. Baekhyun can notice the smile they give him is one that is asking whether he is fine after his precious breakdown last night.

He bends his head down while fiddling with his sleeves, feeling ashamed for embarrassing himself in front of so many strangers. He hears Jongin’s soft chuckle behind him while the alpha pushes him forward to walk again with a gentle push on his back.

“Uh, this is so embarrassing. I didn’t realize there were this many people last night,” he whisper-shrieks to Jongin’s ear, wanting to hide from the world. The alpha rolls his eyes, “Nah, they are very friendly. No one will judge you. If you don’t realize it yet, all of them are omegas so you shouldn’t worry about it.”

The staff room door is opened and Baekhyun can see the light in Jongin’s eyes. It’s easy to guess who the alpha’s eyes land onto.

An omega from yesterday (Kyungsoo, isn’t it?) walks towards him with a gentle smile. Instead of greeting a puppy-like Jongin, he walks straight to Baekhyun and gently pulls him into a hug. Baekhyun stumbles forward at the sudden move and he feels gentle pat on the back of his head.

“Hello, my name is Kyungsoo. I will tell you that no one should treat omega that badly so whatever thought you have that will degrade yourself in your pretty little head, erase it all.” His low voice whispers into Baekhyun’s ear.

Baekhyun feels his chest warms up at the comforting voice and he reaches to wrap his arms around the other omega. “Thank you,” he chokes out with so many feelings and appreciation.

They hug for quite a long time, with Baekhyun feeling oddly comforted by the other. Jongin is pouting by his side, wanting attention from at least one of them.

“Hey, I’m here too, you know!” The alpha huffs, acting like a child.

Kyungsoo rolls his eyes and pulls Baekhyun towards a booth to sit and to chat. Jongin dejectedly follows like a sad puppy, his imaginary dog ears drooping down.

As Baekhyun stares at Kyungsoo, it seems like the other omega is secretly giving Jongin some gentle looks even though he is currently talking to him. He secretly hides his smile as he thinks that Jongin won’t have to wait for that long anymore until his omega will accept him fully, which is a clear opposite to his own condition.









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A/N: Thanks for reading! ^^ (And also, I have life and I have work, so please, be polite and stop bugging for an update.)