(i purchased both N and C version for NEOZONE, how about you?)

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 Donghyuck is understandably panicking. Waking up at four o'clock in the morning, drenched in sweat and uneven breathing with the Alpha's hand protectively wrapped around his waist. Mark is still deep and sleep because even though it's embarrassing to admit, Alphas will also get tired after getting their mate through the first night of their heat. It's always strong and exhausting for the pair, going many rounds just to get rid of the intense burn in Omegas and Donghyuck can't help but feel so defeated at how reckless he acted the previous night.

Needy, clingy, and kept asking for more, honestly, if he could travel back, he would have slapped yesterday him silly. But Mark was so different from their fling night, he was caring, and while he was moving his lower part like a beast last night, he still managed to take care of him so well, planting kisses and whispering praises to send him eases. He has to admit, the older is not as shitty as he thought. The older has what Donghyuck wants in an Alpha.

And it's not good. He is not supposed to be falling for Mark, he shouldn't be having unrealistic hopes or daydreaming about the person that he has always been disliking. Letting out a breathy laugh to pity himself, Donghyuck takes a hold of the Alpha's hands and tried to tug it off. Well, emphasis on "tried" because what happens later is the grip only tightens and Mark stirred in his sleep, possibly already woken up by him but since he is still very sleepy, his eyes remained close.

"Alpha, let off"; "I can't Hyuck"

The younger rolled his eyes, "I'm positive that your arms are not dead"

"Yeah but...I don't want you to leave", Mark answered, voice raspy. "Sleep, we still have a lot to do tomorrow"

Leaving wasn't even an option that he had in mind though. All Donghyuck wanted was to leave the room for some fresh air, maybe sitting out the balcony for a bit to think about his miserable situation and well when he is depressed enough...well, he guessed Mark did think a step ahead of him.

He is afraid. The longer he stayed, the deeper he might fall for him. Mark's charisma is natural, hypnotizing and undeniable he is not ready to let go of the past. He knows that he is being petty since the older obviously doesn't mind about it anymore the moment he realized that Donghyuck wears his mark but he wants to hold on to it, even though he is too much of a coward to confront Mark about what happened between them in high school.

The older seems to sense his tenseness though because moments later Mark started rubbing circles around his hip, kisses are lazily peppered all over his neck, he lingers near his mark spot and Donghyuck squirmed, melting into the older's embrace.

"D-don't be a dick", he whimpered and the Canadian lets out a breathy laugh, "Don't you love that the most about me?"

"You're really confident about your appearance now, aren't you?", Donghyuck cocked an eyebrow, can't help but having a small smile on his face and Mark shrugged, "If I successfully lured the school's sweetheart in being my Omega then yes, I think I did glow the fuck up"

"You're so full of yourself, you didn't change since high school," the Omega said and immediately, he wanted to slap himself silly.

Everything was going so well and Donghyuck, being a dumbass he has to ruin it by bringing up what caused them to have bad feelings towards one another. He peered the other and he looks a bit taken back, the smirk on his face is frozen and the Omega is washed with guilt. Using the opportunity, he pushed himself off the bed and clumsily picked up his pieces of clothing on the ground and sprint out of the room, slamming the door shut behind.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck", he cursed when he is in the living room, slipping on his jeans, "Why the fuck am I so stupid? Why must I feel the need to say that?".

After checking if his phone is in the jeans pocket, he rushes on to put on the shoes when a pair of hands grabbed him from behind and pull him back.

"Where do you think you're going at this ungodly hour?"

Mark is standing in front of him, the room is too dark for him to see what his expressions is but chills run down his spine.

"You're leaving, aren't you?", oh god, the way his voice just gotten so deep, so scary comparing to a few minutes earlier got him shaking. "I treated you so well Hyuck"

"I didn't back out when I saw what I did"

"I put aside our bad blood to be a good Alpha"

"I researched like an idiot and do everything that could make you feel less crappy"

"But oh no, you have to hold a grudge on something we're BOTH at fault in high school", Mark groaned, "Can you just chill out for a while and let things go smoothly? I'm doing this for you, I'm not even gaining anything in this!"

"I get it, it's all my fault, okay!?", Donghyuck shouted back, "It's my fault that I am a slutty ass bitch who let anyone just...mark me. It's my fault that we hate each other so much. It's my fault that we're now stuck in this shitty situation that brings you no gain. I am sorry, I am so sorry for being like this"

He knows deep down that the relationship they once had, the relationship that they just now had, he broke it, completely. He knows that Mark is a good guy but he just wants to blame him for something so he could feel less shitty about himself.

He knows that the Alpha doesn't deserve this.

"Lee Donghyuck..."

"I know that you want to help and thank you so much for helping me the last weeks but I...I can't let myself drag you down like this too, especially when I can't ignore the past as you do. So...let me deal with myself alone, I don't want you to help me anymore", he said, looking down the ground.

"Are you out of your mind? I am your Alpha, I insist on taking care of you, I am not some douche that just going to let my people..."

"You're my Alpha but I'm not yours. No mark, no say, don't you get it?", Donghyuck takes a deep breath, letting mean words flow out, "It's a one-night-stand gone wrong, let me worry about my own consequences and don't worry about my brother, I won't tell him anything"

Mark rolled his eyes, he feels defeated that even though he worked hard, his points still can't be managed to get across to the younger. The Alpha rarely gets offended deeply but the fact that Donghyuck single-handedly decided that he doesn't need help is straight-up ridiculous, he knows that the younger will suffer without him.

He is not willing to do so because.......

"Alright then, leave", Mark walked past him and open the door, "I'll let you leave so that you can understand and come back to me later"

The Omega's face is painted in white. He harshly gulped, phone clutched in his hand, he followed Mark's order and leave, muttering a small, "Goodbye Mark"

The older didn't even bother to say goodbye back.