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“Kaveh-senpai, can I kiss you?”
The person in question snaps his head up from the sketch he’s been doing for the past couple of hours upon hearing the request. Kaveh stares at Alhaitham, making sure that he didn’t just mishear him, but the serious look on the other’s face practically confirms that yes, the young alpha who’s previously reading a book across from him was really asking for a kiss.
“Wha-what?” Kaveh bewilderedly exclaims, as a little flush is steadily creeping up on him at the rather bold request. Older he might be, but he’s pretty much inexperienced in that area as well.
“Kiss you.” Alhaitham reiterates calmly. “I want to kiss you, Senpai.” He continues with a firmer tone.
“Wha— But—” Kaveh cuts himself out. He licks his lips nervously and takes a deep breath to compose himself, before he calmly stares into the alpha’s eyes. “Alhaitham, you shouldn’t say that to just anybody.” He lightly scolds him.
“Then who?” Alhaitham asks as the matter of fact with a raised eyebrow, challenging him.
Kaveh blinks at the rather bratty action before he takes a deeper breath.
Easy, Alhaitham is young and it hasn’t been long since he presented. With no real guardian around him, no one can teach him this kind of thing.
“You should do it with the one you love, like your lover or your omega.” Kaveh tries to explain gently but just as firmly.
“But you are. I want you as my omega, as my mate.” Alhaitham replies with a tilt of his head.
Kaveh’s jaw drops even further at the unexpected declaration. He opens and closes his mouth a few times, unable to articulate any response to that.
It seems that the young alpha takes his stunned silence as a confirmation, because Alhaitham spares no time in putting down his book fully and leans toward him "Can I?" He asks as his face is now barely within an arm's length from him.
"No!" Kaveh splutters and immediately leans back to his chair, giving them a wide berth of distance.
A look of genuine disappointment on Alhaitham's face kickstarts him to recover from his outburst. He looks... like a kicked puppy.
Which is unfair.
Alhaitham is anything but a puppy despite his still-cute face. The things he says on a daily basis more often than not bear the unpleasant thorns of truth and no one can really handle his bluntness. Additionally, it won't do to yell at someone who's younger than him, and as he said before, Alhaitham has no one to teach him about right and wrong, especially as an alpha.
"Alhaitham..." Kaveh calls, a little bit unsure of how to approach the subject. "You shouldn't do that with just anybody. Even though it's just a kiss, it's still quite an intimate act between lovers."
Alhaitham tilts his head again with a look of contemplation on his face. "It doesn't change the fact that I still want you as mine." He says rather flatly, as if he’s tired of circling on this matter.
Well, there's no doubt that Alhaitham is an alpha, if the way he phrased things are anything to go by at this point.
“How can you know that you 'want me' when you barely have anyone around you, Alhaitham?" Kaveh points out reasonably. "You barely converse with your fellow alpha and you even purposefully avoid your omega peers because as I quoted from yourself ‘They’re annoying’.”
“Why can’t you believe that I like you? I do want you, Kaveh-senpai and my social circles don’t affect what I’m feeling for you.” Alhaitham stubbornly demands as he stares him right in the eyes.
Kaveh exhales softly. Usually, taking a logical route with hard facts will be more than sufficient to make the young alpha understand stuff, but perhaps today is not the day. "Eleven years." He states solemnly.
"What?"
"I'll kiss you if you still feel like it in eleven years, which I highly doubt that." Kaveh snorts.
"Why eleven?" The gray-haired male questions.
"Because I like the number." Kaveh shrugs offhandedly. "And of course, that can only happen if I don't have an alpha by then." He adds with a hum.
Alhaitham narrows his eyes sharply as distaste is painted all over his face. "You can't have another alpha, Senpai. No one will be good enough for you."
"And you are?" Kaveh amusedly asks. "Well, enough of this. Shall we go get some dinner at the cafeteria?" He asks as he stands up from his seat, trying to close and divert the topic.
It’s obvious how the gray-haired student is still unsatisfied with the way things are, but in the end, Alhaitham nods as he also stands up from his seat. "Very well." He agrees.
As the young alpha helps him tidy up his sketches and utensils, it doesn't escape his notice how Alhaitham will occasionally rub his wrists against his things, lightly scent-marking them.
A thought to scold Alhaitham passes Kaveh's mind, but well, isn't this how young alpha commonly react to a threat? Alhaitham has always had an adverse reaction whenever he sees him walking with his alpha friends and as far as he knows, he's the only omega Alhaitham is in frequent contact with. Maybe his instinct sees him as part of his pack and it's not like Alhaitham's scent smells foul for him.
"Alpha pup." Kaveh thinks as he internally shakes his head. Less cute than a puppy, but still cute enough. The only difference is that said pup can bite and growl now.
With that thought in his mind, he leads them out of the humongous library of the Akademiya and goes towards the direction of the cafeteria.
Eleven years later
“Alhaitham—” Kaveh hisses in protest as he’s being forcefully cornered against the cold, greenish wall in the corridor in Akademiya. He had just finished his morning class, when the gray-haired male appeared and practically dragged him out in front of his students to this desolate and deserted area. He thought that the younger man had something important to say so he went along with it, but it seems that it’s not the case.
“What did you think you’re doing?” He demands hotly as his cheeks inevitably flush at their rather close proximity. It doesn’t help that Alhaitham is also emitting such a delicious and provoking scent that makes the omega in him purrs at the undivided attention from a strong alpha.
Unlike him who’s having a mini chaos inside of his head, Alhaitham only stays silent as he stares at him languidly.
Like a leopard, who’s eyeing his prey.
“I’m collecting your promise to me.” Alhaitham says slowly after a while. His eyes are persistently staring at him and Kaveh doesn’t know what or how to act under the heavy attention.
“What promise?” He asks instead, trying to grasp and hold on to facts and logic, instead of the sinful voices inside of his head.
“You promised to kiss me in eleven years.” Alhaitham declares. “I’m here to collect my due.”
Kaveh’s jaw drops upon hearing the unexpected statement as a particular hazy memory pops up in the front of his mind unhelpfully. “That’s a long time ago!” He splutters indignantly. “Why did you even remember that!”
“You have to keep your promise, Kaveh.” The alpha murmurs as his tone drops an octave. “Or is the Light of Kshahrewar someone who wouldn’t honor what he promised?”
Kaveh frowns at the light threat and scowls as his cheeks heat up at his own stupidity eleven years ago. He faintly remembered being flustered by something Alhaitham said, that he ended up promising such a thing.
Which means, it’s actually the young alpha’s fault in the first place, but he can’t just deny that he did make the promise either.
“Ugh— Fine!” Kaveh says before he leans forward and leaves a super fast peck on the alpha’s cheek.
“Even a kid knows that’s not a kiss, Kaveh.” Alhaitham chuckles amusedly as a rather suave and smug smirk appears on his face. “Here. Now.” He murmurs as he taps on his lips, taking a step forward and crowding him further to the wall. “Are you scared?” He teases.
Bristling at the obvious bait but still willingly walking into the trap, Kaveh hisses. “Fine.” He says as he grasps the alpha’s face and angles it properly to catch his lips.
He’s only thinking for a little mooch, seeing that his omega instinct is wailing and scratching inside of his head to seduce and secure Alhaitham as his, so he has to make sure that he won’t lose any control, but his plan is ruined when the alpha suddenly lunges forward. Catching and claiming his lips like a hungry hyena, holding the back of his head tightly. Alhaitham’s woods and petrichor scent also break out and thicken around him, rendering him weak on the knees with each lungful of the pheromone as their biological reaction kicks in. The alpha’s warmth also makes everything feels headier, as he’s practically squished to receive everything Alhaitham gives to him. Kaveh puts his hands on the gray-haired man’s chest, trying to remember reasons and logic before they truly get carried away.
Their height isn't all that different but why is it so hard to push him off?
“Alhai—” His second attempt to stop them both is replaced with a breathless moan when the alpha bites and tugs on his lip roughly, before forcing his tongue into his mouth.
The hands that are put on Alhaitham’s chest naturally snake up and wrap themselves on his shoulder instead. One of the younger man’s hands is also wrapped around his waist, flushing their hips together and another mewl escapes from him at the sensation.
Their kiss has gotten more animalistic, raw in a way that takes all of his breath away. He almost can't keep up with the pace Alhaitham's pushing through, rendering him breathless and wanting.
In his defense, it's been a while since he has had a good kiss, or an alpha who knows how to kiss, as the matter of fact. His hands move instinctively at the intense and pleasurable feeling and his fingers accidentally scratch against the alpha's neck. It seems that it only breaks something further in Alhaitham’s mind, for it propels the gray-haired man to push him harder against the wall as the younger’s hand grips the back of his head just as hard, forcing him to tilt his head up as the alpha devours him.
Even with layers of clothes between them, there’s no doubt of the hard bulge of arousal on Alhaitham’s pants, as it consistently rubs against his own omega cunt. His underwear feels soaked with slick as the scent of their carnal desire spreads between them and he’s about to give in to his lust, when Alhaitham surprisingly separates their bodies a little, giving them a break.
Their breaths are still mingling with each other when Alhaitham stares at him solemnly, although there is still an apparent gleam of lust in his eyes. “Move in with me.” He whispers raspily. “I’ll provide for you, Kaveh.”
And with that, Kaveh’s rationality also makes a comeback in one slam. He takes a deep, shuddering breath as he wipes the excess saliva and the wetness around his lips, flinching slightly at the sensitivity after his lips are practically being mauled by the alpha.
“No.” Kaveh refuses firmly. “How did you know?” He glares at the slightly taller male.
“Does it matter?” Alhaitham questions back. “Wouldn’t my place be a better option than some random, cheap motels infested with unhonorable and smelly alpha?”
Kaveh grits his teeth at the reminder. What Alhaitham said is true. He even has to move and block the door with the motel’s desk every time he’s about to take a shower or go to sleep and frankly speaking, it’s been a while since he has had any decent sleep without the help of the alcohol.
“Rent.” Kaveh finally relents as he closes his eyes, praying that this decision won’t come and bite him back in the ass. For example, like him caving in and letting Alhaitham fucks him. It seems that his declaration also shocks the younger man.
“What?” Alhaitham exclaims with a frown, as a tinge of sourness and displease permeates around him.
“I’ll pay rent.” Kaveh reiterates firmly.
“I don’t need your money. I can easily provide for you, give you everything you need.” Alhaitham argues.
“And I don't want that.” Kaveh resolutely says. “I want to get back on my feet with my own hands and I want us to be equal in this matter, Alhaitham.”
The gray-haired male sighs. “Fine, but we’ll be roommates.”
“What?”
“You’ll have your own room for your stuff, but you’ll sleep at mine.” Alhaitham firmly says.
“What are you insinuating here, Alhaitham?” Kaveh narrows his eyes dangerously.
“I’ve told you from years ago, even before our fallout, that I’m interested in you, Kaveh.” Alhaitham answers just as firmly. “Or are you going to deny the instant spark we had just a few minutes ago?” He raises his eyebrow as his hand goes downward and rubs his soaked omegan cunt.
“Alhaitham!” Kaveh hisses as red flushes his cheeks at the proof of their mutual interest. It gets darker when he sees that the alpha’s bulge is still pretty apparent as well.
“I’m not interested in playing this push-and-pull game with you anymore, Kaveh. I’ve waited long enough. You will move in with me and I will court you.” Alhaitham firmly says. “Whether we fuck in between or not, it’ll be up to you.” He adds with a shrug before fishing out a yellow key. He grabs his right hand and puts it on his palm.
“I’ll see you tonight, Kaveh.”