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The next night, taehyun brought beomgyu home with him. And no, it wasn't in the sense he wished it was.

Their walk was peaceful, with beomgyu insisting on stopping in the middle of the bridge so he could admire the water below and the city lights all around. 

"Nothing could beat a view like this," he said with a smile on his face, just taking it all in. 

Taehyun studied beomgyu's side profile, admiring his own personal view. His dark hair was a bit messy with the wind blowing it around, and he had the urge to run his fingers through it. 

"Sure," he agreed, but he could care less about the cityscape in this moment. He quickly looked away before he got caught staring. 

Beomgyu continued to lean up against the railing, just watching the river below. Then he yawned. 

"Come on," taehyun stood up straight, turning to continue along the bridge. "My building is just over there," he pointed to a large one down the river a little, right next to many other buildings the same size or bigger. 

Beomgyu's eyes widened. Taehyun must be paying a fortune for an apartment along the riverside like that. The building was obviously new, all lit up and fancy, blending in with the rest of the city of the lights. 

Taehyun lived up on one of the higher floors, which were more expensive. The eleventh, beomgyu thinks he remembers. He wasn't too sure though since he was busy admiring everything else. The place looked like a five star hotel, but with apartments instead. 

It was late at night and super quiet. Taehyun let them into his place, and flicked on some lights. 

Yeah, wow. This was really nice. The wooden floor was freshly polished, the carpeting in the living room plush and soft. The kitchen was a big open area in a sort of square formation so that you could cook on both sides with lots of counter space. Cabinets were above and below, along with two pantries and a fridge. There was a hallway that led to what beomgyu assumed were the two bedrooms and bathroom, also a little hallway closet to store coats and anything else bulky. 

All of that stuff was nice and all, but what really got beomgyu impressed was the massive glass window on the farthest wall of the living room. It spanned from the floor to the ceiling and the view was breathtaking. He could see the entire other side of the city along the river, even their restaurant. That was the first thing he walked up to, and he couldn't take his eyes away from it. 

Taehyun watched him for a moment, secretly pleased that beomgyu obviously loved his place. He didn't care much for luxury, but he's got to admit he did pretty well with everything. He's never had anyone to share it with though, so he can't even muster half the excitement beomgyu was currently showing. His days were just get up, work out, go to his shift, come home, eat, go to sleep, and repeat. He's come to realize that being alone takes away some of the joy in the smallest things.

"You know," beomgyu began, turning away (reluctantly) from the window, "when you said I would have to sleep on the couch, I thought it was going to be a small cramped thing like my old one," he chuckled. 

Taehyun snorted and rolled his eyes. "I'm not that much of a jerk. It folds out into a pull out bed."

The huge cream colored sectional sofa was the best couch beomgyu has ever seen. It followed the entire wall and curved at the end going the other way forming an L shape. The larger part must be the pull out bed. On the opposite wall was a mounted TV. Taehyun's place was simplistic with it's furniture and decor, but by no means lacking whatsoever. Beomgyu is perfectly fine sleeping on this couch, and he could enjoy the view at night as well. 

Plus everything smelled like taehyun in here, so his wolf was completely content and satisfied. It was warm in here, smelled great, spacious, and for some reason gave off an air of safety and comfort which put beomgyu at ease. His bones were growing tired now that he doesn't have worry and anxiety coursing through his veins anymore. 

"If you take off the main cushions and pull those levers on either side, the bed will pop out," taehyun explained. Wait here while I go find an extra set of sheets and blankets for you." 

"Okay!" Beomgyu grinned, letting out another yawn. He watched taehyun go down the hall and then he turned back towards the couch. His feet were killing him, and so he plopped down onto it and snuggled into the corner of it. 

Taehyun must have been gone no more than 5 minutes, but when he returned he was surprised to see beomgyu fast asleep with his head resting on its side on his shoulder. He didn't even pull out the bed. 

He stood there with two blankets, some sheets, and a pillow and debated whether to wake him up and get the bed made, or just leave him on the couch and take care of it tomorrow. 

Wow, beomgyu must have been tired to fall asleep that fast. Taehyun felt really bad for him, so he chose to make him more comfortable on the couch and leave him be. He walked over and picked up his socked feet, propping them up and laying them straight. Then he curled a hand behind his head, his fingers tangling momentarily in his soft strands while placing the pillow under him. Beomgyu helped him by adjusting himself in his sleep. Finally came one of the blankets that he gently placed on top of him. Beomgyu didn't even change out of his work uniform or shower, that's how tired he was. It was fine. He can just shower in the morning. 

Taehyun crouched down next to the couch and took a moment to watch him sleep. With a soft touch, he traced his fingers along the side of his face and brushed some of that messy hair out of the way. It was always getting in beomgyu's face, which is why he pulls it back most of the time. He has to admit, beomgyu looks sexy as fuck with his hair pulled into a ponytail, but he likes it even better when it was down and all over the place. Really, he could have any hairstyle and still look amazing. 

His wolf rumbled a soft pur, liking the fact that beomgyu felt safe enough with them to fall asleep right in front of another dominant predator. He felt really possessive over this boy, which wasn't normal. His wolf should be urging him to go find a beta or omega as a mate, settle and make a home here for them. But instead he turns away from anyone even potentially interesting and perks up whenever beomgyu enters the room. 

Shit, what the hell was wrong with his wolf? Was he an idiot? Were they both idiots? Because taehyun has never gotten half aroused around other partners like he does whenever he's with beomgyu. 

Taehyun carefully removed his hand from beomgyu's angelic sleeping face, with beautiful long dark lashes and full lips slightly parted just begging to be kissed, and stood up. 

An internal war is continuously going on inside his mind with his alpha wolf. The animal wants to be free from it's mental constraints, he wants to take, take, take. He wants to own and be owned. And he was out of control. Taehyun is always on edge, high strung, stressed beyond belief from the effort it takes him to keep his animal tamed. He's tired of struggling. He wants to let go, to snap the chains, break down the mental wall separating him and his wolf, just get lost in his feelings where he and his inner animal could finally become one like it should be. He shouldn't have to fight with his other half like this. 

But he was scared. He doesn't want to hurt anyone like he almost did back in college with a rut partner. He doesn't want to see the fear and wariness from the omegas and betas back then any time his rut came around. They immediately scurried away, not wanting to help him but at the same time they didn't want to hurt his feelings rejecting him in case he asked. They liked him as a person, but not his animal.

That was a blow to his gut. Not being able to accept both parts of the person, the animal and human, was a horrible rejection. They were one, neither can exist without the other. And so his wolf retreated back in anger and hurt, resulting in taehyun locking him up tight. They haven't been on the same page for anything ever since. 

Nobody has ever come along willing to try to tame both man and beast. Nobody has bothered to stay with him through it all. Not a single person was strong enough to handle him, and so he chose to never have another partner again. They don't need him and his baggage. 

He continued to stare down at beomgyu, mentally trying to get himself to leave his side. His wolf wanted him to stay, watch over him while he slept. He bit his lip to try and clear his head.

Would beomgyu be scared of him if he witnessed just how out of control he truly was? What would he do? How would he react?

Those were answers to questions taehyun hoped he would never get. 

~

Beomgyu blinked his eyes open at the first signs of light. He shifted around on the couch, shuffling to a more comfortable position before going back to sleep. But as soon as he let his mind wander, he snapped his eyes open again. 

Oh yeah, he's at taehyun's place. Glancing to the open window, he noted how the sky was still dark with just a little bit of the sunrise peeking over the horizon. It was beautiful, and beomgyu just stared at it for a few minutes longer before remembering that he should be at the restaurant and literally halfway through cleaning by now. 

Jumping up from the couch and letting the blanket flutter to the floor, beomgyu scrambled to get his mind and body in order. He needs to go-

When he finally managed to focus, he heard movement coming from down the hallway. Was taehyun up already? 

Groggily, he walked down the hall to find the source of the noise. He passed the bathroom on the right, door slightly ajar and dark inside, then he passed the first bedroom on the left. Judging by the huge king sized bed and dresser he got a glance of real quick, it must be taehyun's bedroom. Finally the bedroom next door answered his curiosity. 

Taehyun wasn't joking when he said he used the spare bedroom in his apartment as storage. It was big, but had boxes all over and workout equipment scattered here and there. He noticed the other alpha using athletic bands to do some resistance training with his muscles, airpods in his ears and completely in the zone. Beomgyu gulped at the sight, his eyes hungrily taking in taehyun's form. 

Oh yeah, he needs to get to work.

He lightly knocked on the door, hoping to gain taehyun's attention. It worked, and the other snapped his head up and took out an earbud.

"I'm late for work, so if it's okay to use your shower really quick and-" beomgyu started to explain, trying really hard to keep his eyes firmly on taehyun's face. The practically non-existent muscle tee he was wearing wasn't leaving anything to his imagination. And boy has he imagined over the years. 

"You've got the day off," taehyun interrupted him, standing up to stretch, then reaching for a hand towel to wipe off the sweat. Who the fuck works out at the break of dawn and still looks this good? Beomgyu was certain his hair was a rat's nest and his face must look like he got stung from a hundred bees, that's how puffy it probably was. 

"Wait, what?" 

Taehyun shrugged, walking over to his water bottle and chugging some of it down before continuing. 

He's doing this on purpose. He's totally doing this on purpose, beomgyu concluded. Nobody drinks water that sexily after intense exercise, unless you're a GQ model doing a commercial. Whenever beomgyu has to do any form of physical exercise, he inhales the water like a suffocating fish. 

Licking his lips and trying to resist the urge to attach himself to taehyun's neck, maybe suck dark marks right over the center of his throat where his adam's apple is bobbing up and down from his very staged sexy rehydrating moment, beomgyu snapped back to his senses, sort of, to listen to taehyun explain why the fuck he's not going to work. 

Capping his bottle, taehyun turned to him. "I texted hueningkai and got you the day off. You need it. I'll cover for you."

Okay, all dark fantasies were now shattered, and replaced it with anger. Beomgyu got pissed at taehyun just going ahead and meddling in his schedule. He crossed his arms over his chest, just now registering he's still in his gross chef uniform. 

Running a tongue over his teeth, he stopped himself from snapping them at the other alpha. "No, what I need is to make money. And I can't do that if you're taking my hours away from me." He glared across the room to get his point.

Taehyun straightened his stance, sensing the aggression and challenge in the air. Then he walked closer, more like prowled, towards beomgyu. His wolf wasn't having any of this, and he was rooting taehyun on to make his point clear.

"No," taehyun countered with a stern voice that made beomgyu bristle and let out a growl of warning. "What you need is some rest. You need to take a long hot shower, dress in some clean and warm clothes, wash and press your uniform for tomorrow, and eat and sleep. You could barely keep your eyes open 5 minutes last night, hyung. Hyuka agrees with me, you need to take a break for at least a day or you're gonna wear yourself out to the point of becoming sick. Tell me I'm not wrong," he lifted a brow, waiting for beomgyu to say otherwise.

He could see the conflict raging a storm inside beomgyu's head, and he knows he's got him right where he wants him. Which is safe and comfortable inside his home. His wolf let out a bark of agreement for once.

They silently stared at each other for a few more minutes, and then finally beomgyu dropped his arms to his sides and relaxed. 

"This is probably some grand scheme to get me out of the way and win temporary Head chef," he sniffed haughtily, not knowing what else to say. Nobody has ever bothered to take care of him like this since he left his parents. So he was a baby at home and likes to be doted on by everyone, cut him some slack. 

Taehyun grinned, knowing he won this round. You can't force another alpha to submit, so instead he reasoned with him logically. And it worked.

Plus if beomgyu truly wanted to do whatever he wishes, no one can stop him. That made taehyun feel better knowing he didn't accidentally force beomgyu to submit against his will with his alpha dominance. They were even.

So in conclusion, beomgyu must be much more tired than he's letting on, otherwise he would've fought taehyun tooth and nail on this and just go to work on his own.

"You saw right through me," taehyun replied back playfully. "Gotta get my only competition out of the picture." 

"Asshole," beomgyu joked, but then yawned. It was still really early, and now that the panic of being late for work is gone, he's tired again.

"Here, let me show you where everything is before I leave," taehyun jumped into gear. 

He led beomgyu to the bathroom, showing him where the towels and stuff were. He also had an extra toothbrush in the package he could use. Then he gave him full access to his bedroom to change. Since beomgyu's stuff was still at hueningkai's place except for what he carries in his duffel, he was grateful for the extra change of clothes. 

Next came the kitchen, where taehyun had a decent amount of food stocked, but nothing major. 

"Got any coffee?" Beomgyu asked sheepishly. 

Taehyun shook his head regretfully. "Sorry, I don't make it often. I have a single cup coffee maker but that's it."

Beomgyu waved it away. "That's ok, I'll pick up some grounds on the way home tomorrow."

"I have tea and sparkling cider though," taehyun offered. Which was fine by beomgyu. He will drink anything. 

Finally, taehyun helped him make the bed after pulling it out. They set the sheets on and added the blankets and an extra pillow.

"I like to hug something while I sleep," beomgyu grinned without shame as he made taehyun give up another one of his pillows from his bed. 

After writing down the wifi password and security code to his front lock, it was time for taehyun to leave and prep for the day. 

Beomgyu waited while taehyun showered and got ready, just sitting on the edge of his makeshift bed in the living room and staring out of the window. The sun was almost completely up now, the sky a mixture of blue, red, orange, and violet. He was sleepy, but he really wanted to shower and throw his clothes in the wash. 

Thirty minutes later, taehyun was dressed and about to head out. 

"Okay the bathroom is all yours. I'll see you tonight, hyung," taehyun waved to him as he put on his shoes.

Beomgyu glanced over, giving him a small sleepy smile. "Yeah, see you," he replied quietly. 

Taehyun looked hot as fuck, with his hair damp and messy, his chef's shirt unbuttoned slightly and flapping at his collarbone, showcasing a broad and toned chest.

The door clicked shut, the beep of the security lock echoing through the apartment, and then beomgyu sighed out a deep breath. This was weirdly nice, and he's not talking about the obvious luxury in taehyun's apartment compared to his old one. 

An hour later, beomgyu was well showered, his long hair dried, and he felt all warm and content in comfortable clothes. His uniform was in the wash for tomorrow and finally, finally, he crawled back into bed. He had to close the curtains because of how bright it was outside, and then his head hit the pillow. 

His eyes quickly drooped as he bundled himself under taehyun's covers. Everywhere around him was taehyun's delicious scent, and it was extremely calming to him and his wolf. He was out like a light in no time. 

~

Taehyun tilted his head to the side and debated which one he should pick. 

There were so many flavors and different kinds of coffee grounds, and he didn't really know which ones beomgyu preferred. 

It was a long day at work, lots of shit to do since once again their grill chef was out, but he handled it the best he could. Some of the more experienced assistant chefs took charge and actually made a difference. Hueningkai announced that there would be a major bonus pay for whoever was voted head chef, so now everyone is actually on their best behavior and doing their jobs properly. He snorted at the absurdity of it all. 

On his way back, he remembered how beomgyu really wanted coffee this morning, so he decided to take a small detour and pick some up. Which brings him to this moment of indecision. 

Finally choosing an original coffee ground flavor since beomgyu said he will drink anything, taehyun made his way to the front cashier. He also bought some snacks and ramen to munch on during the late nights at home. He wasn't used to having company, but it was kind of nice knowing someone was waiting for him when he comes back. 

When he entered his place and kicked off his shoes, he noticed the living room lamp on and beomgyu staring out the window with a glass of water. His hair was all over the place and he seemed to be in a daze. 

"I take it you got some good sleep?" Taehyun chuckled, heading to his kitchen to plop the bags on the counter. He began taking everything out of the bags.

Beomgyu grunted in reply, not turning away from the view. 

"I bought some coffee so you won't have to tomorrow. I didn't know which kind you liked though-" he jumped when he felt a presence over his shoulder. 

"Oh thank God," beomgyu said, excitement in his sleepy voice. 

"Holy shit, how did you get over here so fast?" taehyun hissed out, covering his heart from the scare. 

Beomgyu was already hugging the small package of coffee grounds, skipping over to his little coffee maker. 

"Next time, get the big boy bag. Because this will last me like, a week at the most."

"You're a freaking coffee nut," taehyun muttered, shaking his head. 

"It fills my dead soul up with caffeine. Besides, you're a work out nut so you have no room to judge," beomgyu argued back, flicking the machine around with expertise.

"A little bit of exercise wouldn't hurt, you know. It's good for your body. I'm gonna go shower and change, then I thought we could eat some ramen. Sound good?" 

"Hell yeah," beomgyu agreed, looking through the cabinets for some mugs. He found a few on a shelf, and pulled one down. The biggest, which is usually taehyun's favorite hot cocoa mug, but he let it go. He was fine with just beomgyu touching it. If it was anyone else, his wolf would bite off their fingers, that's how possessive and out of control he was on a good day. 

You would think being chefs that they would make something delicious to eat while at home. But spending the whole day cooking for other people and then coming back to cook some more was exhausting. Nothing beats a nice bowl of instant ramen with eggs while watching some TV. 

Taehyun was in the middle of laughing at their program when he glanced over at beomgyu since he went strangely quiet. As they ate their ramen, they decided to watch a fiercely competitive cooking show, and then argued the whole time about who they thought would win. 

Now it has been quiet the majority of the episode. 

Turns out beomgyu was tired again and fell asleep on his makeshift bed. The empty bowl of ramen rested on one of the end tables near the couch. 

Taehyun clicked off the tv and got up from his spot on the ground since his couch was being occupied temporarily for a while now. Carefully, he took both their bowls into the kitchen, opened the curtain to reveal the beautiful nighttime view, and then turned off the lamp so beomgyu could sleep. His uniform and other clothes were done and ready to go, and taehyun made sure his alarm was set to get beomgyu up early for his cleaning duty. 

With one last glance at the sleeping figure, he made his way down the hall to go to sleep. 

~

"We're falling behind, chef," one of taehyun's assistants called to him in a worried voice. He was quickly sauteing up garlic and oil for the next plating of pasta orders.

Taehyun flicked his gaze to the right towards the huge line of orders backing up on him, and then to the left at the very empty row of burners that should have bodies in front of them. Two of his assistants didn't show up without notice, and now it was just down to him and one other omega assistant. 

The new hire, hyunjae, was worthless and clearly mingyu's newest lackey. Whenever taehyun asked hyunjae to help with a dish, he did the bare minimum and then wandered over somewhere else. Taehyun had to keep calling him back, which was getting irritating. 

Which left the other assistant chef who didn't know how to do anything other than salad, the one from the other week who couldn't even grill a decent piece of chicken; Kevin. He's now the new bane of his existence, officially replacing beomgyu. Plus, beomgyu was way hotter, if you asked his personal opinion (nobody did). 

Taehyun didn't mean to snap so harshly, but his wolf was growing angry with all of the high tension emotions raging around the place, and so taehyun was completely on edge trying to keep him contained and under control while at the same time focusing on the task at hand. 

"Can't you do anything fucking right?!" He yelled at the incompetent assistant. It was noodles for fuck's sake. How could he not be able to cook noodles properly?! 

"Listen man, do you want my help or not," the assistant boldly snapped back. That was a first.

Taehyun sent a harsh glare in his direction. "I'd rather give my customer a late pasta dish done delicious and right, than one that is on time but undercooked and nasty. They pay good money for their food. The reputation of this place will go way down if you keep producing mediocre dishes." 

"My cooking isn't that bad! Why do you always have to be a major jackass to me?!" Kevin mouthed back, emotions growing high. 

"Your cooking is shit! No one else was decent enough to tell you! I'm doing you a favor!" Taehyun growled, his eyes glinting red with rage. His alpha wolf was coming to the surface like a freight train, and it was painful to keep him chained back before he makes taehyun lunge for the other wolf's throat. 

"You just think you're all high and mighty because you've got the owner's son in your pocket-"

That was the last straw. The mental wall he had between his wolf's consciousness and his own was splintering, and soon he will see nothing but red. Deep down he was scared what his wolf will make him do, he was scared to not be able to keep him tamed. He was internally freaking out, feeling cornered and surrounded, and he definitely knew this was it; soon he will lose his job and his reputation will be so bad no one would want to hire him and-

Before he was unable to maintain a grip on his sanity, he felt strong arms wrap around his waist from behind and force him to lean back into a sturdy body. Then his eyesight was covered with a warm palm, preventing him from seeing the threat in front of him, the chef his wolf considered dangerous that needed to be eliminated. 

Taehyun unintentionally let out a low growl from his wolf at being restricted, but once the familiar and soothing scent wrapped around him, his wolf began to back off. 

"Just breathe with me for a few seconds, okay?" A soft and deep voice said behind his ear. Taehyun could feel the other alpha's hot breath hit his skin and it made him shiver. 

Following beomgyu's instructions, he focused on his breathing. The more he inhaled and exhaled, the deeper his scent went into his lungs and filled his mind. His wolf whined inside his head, laying down on his paws and allowing beomgyu's strong alpha pheromones to wrap around them. 

Finally taehyun relaxed in beomgyu's firm grip. It wasn't a romantic grip like some of the chefs in the kitchen probably thought it was. No, instead it was a strong hold to keep taehyun from fighting back in case his alpha wolf went berserk and tried to lunge for Kevin again. 

"That's it," he said, hooking his chin over taehyun's shoulder and just holding him. "You feeling better now?" 

Taehyun gulped, and he nodded. "Yeah," he whispered. "Just a little."

"I'm going to remove my hand from your eyes," beomgyu warned him. "And then you're going to show me how to make the dishes you need so I can help you. Sounds like a plan?" He continued to talk to him calmly, not intimidated in the least by taehyun's earlier agitation and anger. His wolf secretly appreciated the lack of fear from this other alpha. 

"Okay," taehyun said so quietly, beomgyu could barely hear him. 

And then the warm hand was gone and his world returned with light, causing him to blink a few times and adjust back to the fluorescent lighting above them. He hesitantly glanced around the kitchen, terrified with what he would find.

Will the rest of the kitchen staff look at him with a glint of fear like the others did in college? Will they avoid him now because they worry he will snap and go out of control like he almost did a second ago? Will they be afraid to approach him like a normal person?

But what he found shocked him, for the most part. Mingyu, hyunjae, and the two assistants under him didn't even care about what was going on. They were still filling out their orders. Jeonghan just shrugged and went back to work. Beomgyu's assistants glared at Kevin, probably because they were still annoyed they had to deal with him and his shitty cooking the other week with the chicken incident. Sangyeon was an experienced beta chef working on soups and just minding his own business. And his pasta assistant currently nodded his head in approval. It would seem everybody except Kevin didn't have a problem with taehyun losing his cool, which was weird. 

In fact, everyone was more interested in the way beomgyu still wrapped his arms around taehyun's waist, loosely this time, and had his chin hooked over his shoulder with their cheeks pressing together. 

Beomgyu turned his face and brushed his lips against the shell of taehyun's ear, whispering quietly to him. 

"They aren't bothered with your outburst, if that's what you're worried about," he breathed his hot breath against taehyun. "You were right to get angry and put Kevin in his place. He was messing up everywhere he went, and causing extra work for the rest of us since we have to constantly redo it. We are losing time and money because of him." 

His lips caught briefly on taehyun's earlobe. There is no doubt beomgyu knew what he was doing to taehyun, the way his heart skipped a beat and the slight flush coating the tips of his ears being a strong indication. Beomgyu was subtly rubbing up against his neck, right over his scent gland, probably 'accidentally' marking himself on him. Taehyun's wolf let out a purr, wanting more. Wanting beomgyu's teeth to sink right there instead. The thought made his stomach flutter. The anger from before is now replaced with full blown sexual attraction, and his wolf wants him to do something about it. 

But no, they have to get these orders out, and now he's definitely behind. 

"What do you need from me?" Beomgyu asked, slowly backing away. It physically pained him to drop his arms from taehyun's waist, to remove his lips from his ear, to get farther away from the delicious aroma of his scent. 

Beomgyu wasn't looking for someone to date at the moment, not after the mistrust Changmin placed in himself and his wolf. But if it was taehyun…

His wolf always felt comfortable and relaxed around taehyun, somehow knowing on a subconscious level that taehyun always had their backs. Kind of like comrades, packmates, friendly competitors, for lack of a more modern comparison. 

Taehyun blew out a breath, regaining his composure. Right, he needs to be professional and get his head back into the game.

"I'll show you how to do my dishes once. You think you can copy with just that?" His sauces and plating was done a certain way, so beomgyu would need to see it first before helping.

By the confident smirk the other alpha gave him...yeah he can copy it with just a glance. 

Taehyun quickly went through the next five different dishes, explaining how to make it at the speed of light. Beomgyu stood over his shoulder and watched, and then he nodded when taehyun was done demonstrating.

Rolling up his sleeves, he took half the stack of orders from taehyun's growing pile. 

Kevin scoffed, pausing in his prep for soup now. Sangyeon called him over to help since he was clearly off pasta after that little episode. 

"There's no way he can take on half your orders just from that," he said with disbelief. 

Taehyun remained silent, stepping back and letting beomgyu go at it. Honestly, he knows he doesn't have to babysit, but just in case beomgyu needed help he would be right there. 

In no time at all, beomgyu was making dishes almost as skilled as taehyun, sliding the plates down the line towards the assistant who easily finished them off. He mimicked exactly what taehyun showed him, causing a broad smile to widen on his face.

Yeah, beomgyu's got this. So he confidently stepped back at the head of the line and started pumping out his orders.

But he couldn't help glancing up at Kevin briefly before returning back to work. 

"You see, that's a real chef right there. I'm completely confident his food is done correctly and is delicious."

"Aw sweetie, you're making me blush," beomgyu laughed, sliding another plate towards taehyun who caught it easily. 

"Shut up before I bang this pot on your head," taehyun threatened with a tiny playful growl. 

"I'll keep the orders with the meat separate," the head waitress called from the counter. "Beomgyu-ssi, you've got about five building up over here. Twenty minutes!"

"Not a problem!" Beomgyu called back, finishing up half his stack of orders. Then he ran back to the grill and threw on ten steaks on one half and four chicken breasts on the other half. Usually you would need to grill one type of meat at once so that you don't get them mixed up or ruin the cook time. But beomgyu doesn't have any seconds to spare, plus he's skilled enough to remember which meat was cooking at which tenderness. 

Searing both sides of three steaks, he plated them and easily passed them to his assistant. Those were the rare ones the customer wanted. Next came the medium-rare. By that point, the chicken breast was also finished and he turned to slide those over to taehyun. Normally he would cut up the meat for taehyun, as a courtesy, but taehyun can do it today since he doesn't have time to be super efficient. 

Once he was done with those, he slapped some pork onto the grill and made his way back around next to taehyun, easily grabbing the rest of his stack and finishing up these orders. 

"Keep an eye on that, will ya?!" He called over to his assistant. He got a wave in confirmation. "Two minutes for the searing!" 

The night was busy, but taehyun easily got through it because he had the help of beomgyu at his side. He will forever be grateful.

~

"Congratulations taehyun! You've been officially voted as temporary Head chef until yeonjun hyung returns!" Hyuka clapped, a wide smile spreading across his lips. 

Most of the kitchen staff clapped along with him, minus the few bitter looks he was getting from Mingyu and a couple others.

Taehyun gulped, not used to so much attention on him. He honestly didn't think people would vote for him, especially after his little stunt a few days ago with Kevin. 

But those opinions didn't matter to him, not really. What truly mattered was a certain dark haired grill chef who stood to his right. Taehyun risked a glance, afraid he would find disappointment or jealousy, or maybe anger towards him for winning something so coveted by many. 

But beomgyu had a huge smile on his face, completely confident as he clapped. He almost looked...proud. Why did that make his stomach flutter? Why did his wolf purr and puff up his coat of fur at the prospect of beomgyu being proud of them? Taehyun also basked in it, and the tips of his ears almost flushed red. Almost. 

"Thank you everyone, I will try my best," taehyun bowed to the kitchen staff and hyuka. 

"My father was feeling generous and decided to give everyone a bonus!" Hyuka clapped with glee, smiling at everyone with a sparkle in his eye. In his hand was a stack of cute thank you cards, the bonus money no doubt in each of them. "We know how tough it's been without proper leaders since soobin and yeonjun are out, so we will compensate for all of your hard work. It will be included with the next paycheck! I'm keeping this in my office until the end of the month and it will be handed out with each of your paycheck receipts. Good luck today!" With some final goodbyes, hyuka waved and left the kitchen.

Each of the staff walked up to taehyun to shake his hand and bow, giving him their support as their new leader. Taehyun was touched, really. His heart felt so warm that he didn't even care when Kevin and Mingyu and a select few didn't bother to greet him. It was whatever, because he's in charge now. 

Last was beomgyu, and taehyun anticipated his touch the most. It's been near impossible to keep his hands off of his new housemate when they are together at home, holding back the best he could up until now. He held out a hand for beomgyu to shake, but instead of quickly getting it over with beomgyu pulled him into a hug. Taehyun stumbled in surprise right into his chest, their hands still clasped together and smashed between their bodies.

"Knew you would get it," beomgyu whispered into his ear, his scent overwhelming taehyun's senses. "I definitely voted for you."

Before letting go, beomgyu dragged his lips up from taehyun's ear and brushed them against the temple of his head. It was done so subtly that anyone would have thought he just accidentally bumped against him as he pulled away from the 'bro embrace'. 

Taehyun tried to snap out of his daze and not think about the growing arousal between the two of them. He can just barely smell a hint of it coming off of beomgyu. If he didn't live with him now and grew accustomed to his scent, he wouldn't have caught it. 

"Thanks, but I thought you would want the position too," he said quietly with some confusion. The sounds in the background indicated everyone went back to prepping for the day.

Beomgyu laughed lightly, shaking his head. "Usually yes, I would've fought you tooth and nail for the spot. But I'm way too busy and trying to focus on my current situation instead of worrying about leading the kitchen. You're perfect for it, after me of course," he smiled playfully. 

Taehyun rolled his eyes and pushed beomgyu's shoulder. "Shut up, you're such an arrogant asshole."

"Your sweet words do funny things to me," beomgyu laughed, snickering when he dodged taehyun's half-hearted kick to the shin.  

"Whatever. Get back to work," he commanded with a sexy growl. Beomgyu would like to believe that was reserved only for him.

"Yes sir!" He mock saluted, turning on his heel and heating up the grill. 

Taehyun tilted his head slightly to the side as beomgyu bent down to scrub off the racks to the oven. 

"What are you looking at over there, chef?" His favorite assistant Chanhee asked with a knowing smirk.

"Just admiring the view," taehyun replied, reluctantly moving his eyes away from beomgyu's ass so that he could get back to work. 

"Of course," Chanhee giggled, slicing garlic. 

~

"Shit! I'm late for work!" 

Taehyun looked up from his phone, hearing a bunch of cursing and running back and forth between the bathroom and his bedroom. 

Yeah, beomgyu definitely took too long in the shower. Plus he's been sleeping in a lot later than usual, but taehyun figured he needed it since he gets back home later than him most days. He picked up even more extra work three times a week on top of the cleaning duties he already had, courtesy of hyuka. 

Also, taehyun noted how beomgyu has slowly moved into his home, his stuff mixed everywhere with his own. Since beomgyu doesn't have a bedroom, he stores all of his clothes in the extra space in his closet, and his other items now have a drawer of their own in his dresser. His toothbrush holder holds an extra toothbrush, and his shower is loaded with a bunch of soaps and shampoos that aren't his. Laundry day now consists of a huge load of clothes, both of theirs going in at the same time. They both wash their chef's uniform in the same wash, separately from normal laundry because of the grease and other food particles. And well...everywhere taehyun looks is a touch of beomgyu on the place.

His coffees have their own little space in a drawer near the coffee maker, and his shoes pile up at the door in the hallway, he has random snacks filled in his cupboard, and he likes to buy the weirdest things to add to the place. Like that little succulent in a cute pot now sitting in the middle of his kitchen table. 

'To brighten the place up', he told taehyun when asked. Not that taehyun minded. He doesn't really bother decorating. 

Taehyun continued to eat his breakfast, something simple for his stomach this early in the morning: rice with meat, garlic, and sauteed vegetables, and a side of soup. 

"If hyuka ever asks why I'm late, say I got stuck in traffic," beomgyu said over taehyun's shoulder, tying his hair back in a half ponytail. 

Taehyun snorted while continuing to scroll through his phone and the local news. "You walk to work. And it's less than a mile away." He took another huge bite of his food while ignoring what he knows is a pout on beomgyu's face behind him. 

"Whatever, I'll think of something else then. And share some of that, I didn't have time to eat." 

Next thing taehyun knew, he had a lungful of beomgyu's fresh scent filling his airways as the other alpha leaned over his shoulder and took the spoon out of his hand. Beomgyu just got out of the shower, so his scent was potent and mouthwatering. Taehyun just wanted to turn his head into the crook of his neck and inhale deeply. Or bite. Either was fine with his wolf. 

He was too much in a daze to stop beomgyu from scooping up a spoonful of his breakfast and eating a few bites. He was too sidetracked from a warm body pressed against his back to shove beomgyu away before he finishes the bowl. 

And what was even more surprising was that his wolf didn't mind sharing with beomgyu. His alpha was possessive over his things, and didn't like other wolves taking it. It's taken taehyun some time to manage to control the animal in that aspect, trying to make him understand that he doesn't need to be so territorial. But he hasn't had to exert any effort whatsoever with another alpha of all people.

"Thanks for the meal!" Beomgyu said with a laugh, quickly getting out of the way before taehyun could take a swipe at him for stealing a good portion of his food. However, the punch never came.

"Yeah, no problem," taehyun muttered, looking down at his bowl and clicking his tongue in apprehension. 

Wait, were the tips of his ears turning red, or was that beomgyu's imagination? Nah, can't be.

"Okay I definitely gotta go!" He grabbed his bag and phone and booked it out of there.

Taehyun continued to stare down at his meal, missing the warmth that quickly disappeared along with beomgyu. 

He knows what this means. The way his heart skips a beat every time beomgyu is near, or how he has major urges to just lunge at him and claim, leave marks and his scent all over the other male. How his wolf purrs and lets him into his space. 

Having beomgyu live here was a major mistake. Because it gave taehyun the horrible opportunity to realize just how much he likes beomgyu, both him and his alpha wolf. 

They've never wanted a mate before. Not even when he had partners in his first years of college. Now he understands why. Beomgyu has always been there, skirting just on the outside of his periphery. Once again, a constant in his life that he wants to keep permanently. His wolf growled in approval at that thought. 

Well, shit. 

Taehyun wants to mate an alpha wolf. 

~

Beomgyu stared at the walk-in freezer with a frown. The huge door was ajar, the lock hanging loose.

This wasn't good. At all.

He quickly opened it up wider and walked inside, noting the dripping of thawing ice falling to the ground and creating small pools of puddles. He glanced at the thermostat, noting the temperature. 

Shit, it was too warm in here. Way too warm meaning the door was open all night. 

With expert hands, he pressed gently on the wrapped meat and noted how soft the flesh was. This was way too thawed to be safe to consume. He doesn't know how long it's been sitting here like this, and raw meat can only stay at room temperature for an hour or two at most. 

Shit, he can't serve any of this meat. 

Making his way towards the back of the freezer, he sighed with relief when the ones farthest away from the open door were still salvageable. At least they didn't lose everything for today, but he's definitely short on meat now. He needed to marinate the beef for later today and he would spend the morning thawing it while he cleaned. That's when he noticed the open door. If he didn't arrive so early, it would've been way worse by noon when he usually arrived to prep. 

Naturally something this severe needs to be reported to the head chef and the boss, so he quickly pulled out his phone and dialed taehyun. 

"Uh, taehyun? We got a problem."

Standing in hyuka's office an hour later, taehyun glared at the back wall with his arms crossed over his chest. 

Beomgyu was explaining what he found to both him and hyuka, and then they checked the logs to see who was the last to clock out the night before.

As head chef, it's taehyun's responsibility to make sure everything was set before leaving. Only beomgyu and one or two people stayed later than him last night, so if either of them messed up, it was on him. But taehyun trusted the people in here to not be dumb enough to leave the fucking freezer door open all night long, and beomgyu was here so it definitely shouldn't have happened. 

"The freezer was shut and locked when I left it," beomgyu stated with one hundred percent confidence. "But I cleaned up the grill and checked the meat stock in both the fridge and freezer pretty early so I could get to cleaning up right away after hours. Anyone could've had access to the freezer after me from the time we were all cleaning up until it was time to go home."

Taehyun frowned, his jaw tight and tense from grinding his teeth in anger. 

"How much did we lose?" He growled out, dreading the answer.

Beomgyu sighed, running a hand through his bangs. "From just a quick glance, everything on the shelves close to the door, maybe all the way to midway in the freezer. So a lot, especially the high end beef I need for dinner. I'm not so worried about the chicken and pork, but that beef was damn expensive." 

"Fuck," taehyun hissed. He glanced at hyuka who looked tired and groggy from being dragged to his office so early in the morning. "Hyuka, what the hell is going on around here? You know for a fact accidents like these don't just keep happening all at once and continuously."

Beomgyu nodded in agreement. This was getting really suspicious. 

Hyuka sighed, rubbing his eyes while he thought. "I'll have to check the cameras, but we don't have one close to the walk-in. The best I can do is see who went to and from both the freezer and fridge near closing time. That's not a lot to go on."

Taehyun remained silent and beomgyu breathed in a huge calming breath.

Hyuka gave beomgyu an apologetic look. "Sorry hyung, but you're on the list of people who could've done this since you were also in there around that time-"

"He didn't do it," taehyun growled out, but hyuka held up a firm hand to stop him right there. 

"I know, you both are my closest friends, but as your boss I can't withhold information from my father and I can't show bias in a matter this serious. We lost a lot of money, and it would've been fine if it was just a simple accident. But you're right, someone is purposely doing all of this and I need to treat everyone fairly until I figure out who. Until then, continue your work and order a rush of meat from the butcher downtown."

Beomgyu nodded, not offended that he's being looked at as a possible suspect. Taehyun on the other hand wasn't too happy about that, and he clenched his hands into fists under his arms to keep himself in control. His alpha let out a low and threatening growl that vibrated inside his head, both of them angry at the prospect of beomgyu being blamed or targeted for something he didn't do. That was not okay to them, and the over-protectiveness for their potential mate rolled off him in waves. 

"Taehyun, I'm sorry but this looks really bad as head chef. If you can't keep your staff under control, my father might get involved and force you to step down," hyuka warned, sounding angry and apologetic all at the same time.

"I know," taehyun hissed with a snarl. It wasn't aimed at hyuka specifically, he was generally pissed off. 

"Hey, hey! Don't worry, we will try to be more careful. Until then, let's just focus on our cooking so that our reputation doesn't tank, okay?" Beomgyu cut in, smiling casually and being reasonably calm in this situation. 

However, taehyun could sense it; the underlying thrum of well hidden rage with every one of beomgyu's movements, his smile, his tone, the look in his eyes. He could see that beomgyu's alpha no doubt wanted to find the threat and tear them to shreds, but it was carefully tucked away into an eery aura of calm. 

Beomgyu was the true predator here; willing to lie in wait quietly for his opportunity to strike, both he and his wolf perfectly in tune with each other. All taehyun was good for was going berserk and hunting the threat in a loud, noisy, and very 'in your face' manner. They were completely different yet the same, and it fascinated him but also made him extremely envious. 

"Thank you," hyuka breathed out, trying to relax his tense muscles. "I'm going to be bringing people in one by one during the day to question them. Expect to be called in at some point too," he told them both. 

Taehyun bowed his head in understanding. His wolf was okay taking orders from hyuka's omega. Hyuka didn't command them or try to force them into something. He reasoned with them like actual people and not animals, and that placated his very easily pissed off alpha wolf. His wolf wasn't unreasonable, he just hated being told what to do and being looked down on. He was highly protective of the both of them, the testosterone and dominant vibes constantly coursing through him and making the both of them touchy and on guard. It's been like this since puberty for taehyun. He went through a lot of changes; he grew taller, face more angled and sharp, his scent stronger, his animalistic instincts that often accompany their second genders rising to the sky. It slammed at him all at once, and he's been struggling to deal with it since. Theoretically, males, especially alphas, don't stop growing and developing until 26 or 27 years of age. So he's still got a little while to go before his psychotic hormones settle down. He's quite proud he's managed to hold out this long without another accident happening, if he does say so himself. Yes, taehyun the man was calm and not easily ruffled, but his wolf was hyper sensitive and easily angered so they were constantly clashing in a mental battle of wills. 

And if taehyun isn't careful, his wolf might one day get loose and attack in a moment of anger. He's ashamed to admit he's got a problem co-existing with his wolf, and this is his secret he will take to the grave. If anyone found out that there's even just a 1% chance of taehyun losing his mind to his animal's instincts, he will be kicked to the curb and ostracized. 

"Not a problem!" Beomgyu laughed with a carefree voice. He finds this kind of fun; it's been a while since his wolf was let out to play, toying with their enemies in a very manipulative and secretive way. Whenever someone upset him enough to want to strike back, he had a blast coming up with ways to screw them over so good they didn't even know they were being messed with. It wasn't often this happened, but he loved the challenge when it did.

"Okay, I'll see you guys later. I need to make some calls," hyuka dismissed them, getting right to work. They can't delay this for a second, the reputation of his restaurant was on the line. He will not tolerate someone sabotaging his place of business. 

Beomgyu waved goodbye and took the lead out of the office and back to the kitchen. 

Taehyun was a few steps behind him lost in thought. He flinched when suddenly beomgyu was up in his face, studying him closely. They both paused in the hallway, the place quiet and still too early for any others to be present. 

"So, who do you think is doing this? Got any ideas?" He asked with a slight thrill of excitement to his voice.

"Not a clue. I would say Mingyu since he obviously doesn't like me. But he hates pretty much everyone so that's not a lot to go on," taehyun answered him honestly. "And why do you sound so happy about this?" 

Beomgyu stepped closer, humming in thought, invading taehyun's person space for the hundredth time. Taehyun could smell his scent strongly again, and he resisted the urge to wrap a firm arm around beomgyu's waist and bury his nose into his hair. Was that kind of weird to want to do that? Since his wolf wanted to mate the other, he supposed it wasn't. But also since beomgyu was an alpha male, their dynamics would be all off. So he held his breath and breathed through his mouth as discreetly as possible.

"It could be him if he wanted head chef badly enough," beomgyu pointed out, noting that taehyun's shirt wasn't buttoned all the way, revealing quite a lot of skin near his chest. Taehyun didn't like wearing tshirts underneath their uniform. 

"But he didn't try at all to become head chef. He never bothered pushing himself to gain the favor of the rest of the staff, so it seems even less likely it's him. It was probably Kevin," taehyun growled out the name like it was a forbidden word. He ignored the way his heart started erratically pounding in his chest when beomgyu began to button up his shirt and fix it. He left in a rush when he got the call this morning. His brain tried not to short circuit whenever he felt the brush of beomgyu's fingers against his bare skin, and he firmly clenched his teeth together to keep the strong purr building up from escaping his throat. 

This was oddly turning him on and making him hot and bothered. Beomgyu was leaving his scent all over him, and soon people will begin to question why they smell like each other. It was bad enough they did their laundry together and stayed in the same apartment. 

"Actually, you might be onto something there," beomgyu agreed. "He's totally pissed at you by the way," he giggled. Then he smoothed his hands down the sleeves of taehyun's perfectly pressed shirt, finally fiddling at the cuffs. He began to roll them up, making sure not to miss a single inch of taehyun's skin on his forearms as he did so.

Taehyun didn't even care about their lame conversation anymore, carefully watching beomgyu scent him as he touched all over his arms. Their eyes met, and he hitched in a breath. 

"What are you doing?" He whispered, unable to look away from beomgyu's intense gaze. Well, that was a lie, because his traitorous eyeballs desperately wanted to stare at beomgyu's lips instead. 

Beomgyu smoothed his hand up and down taehyun's bare arm, the sleeve now folded nicely up at his elbow. It gave taehyun goosebumps.

"You were stressed earlier, in hyuka's office," he quietly said. "My wolf and I wanted to help." 

Taehyun raised a brow at him, fighting his traitor hands from wanting to grip beomgyu by the waist and slam him against the wall, shove a thigh between his legs, yank on his hair until his head is tilted back and that pretty neck is bared for him to claim-

"Rubbing your scent all over me is supposed to help me and my wolf?" He asked with a scoff, his breath catching when beomgyu started working on the other arm. 

"Well, is it?" Beomgyu asked, secretly wondering if taehyun wanted him as much as he always did. His wolf was whining at him since they left hyuka's office to check up on him, make sure he was okay, make the anger go away, be a distraction if that's what it took. 

Taehyun was silent for a few moments and beomgyu risked looking back at him, straight in the eyes without wavering. He wanted to see for himself just how much taehyun feels for him. 

"Yeah," taehyun whispered so softly, it was barely a breath. "It's working."

Beomgyu's stomach fluttered at the underlying tone taehyun was desperately trying to mask in his voice. It was raspy, sexy, thick and heavy, and most definitely filled with arousal and sexual attraction. 

Oh. The signs were certainly there. His wolf pushed him to take, and they were always in tune with each other. So beomgyu didn't fight what both of them wanted, which in this moment was his lips on taehyun. Anywhere would do.

He gently leaned in, his intentions clear as day. He gripped taehyun's arm softly, grounding him and keeping him in control while he delicately tried to coax taehyun into kissing him. For some reason taehyun holds back from intimacy, and he doesn't know why. 

Taehyun's eyes widened, glued to beomgyu's lips as they got closer. His wolf was going so crazy in his head, lunging to take the lead and clamp their teeth into beomgyu's throat. The reaction was so intense, it was painful to hold back which scared the hell out of him. 

So he unintentionally took a step back, putting space in between beomgyu and himself. His wolf howled inside, furious with taehyun, the most frustrated the animal has ever been with his human half. 

Beomgyu froze in his spot, letting his hand slip away from taehyun's skin as the other alpha put distance between them. It was clearly a rejection, which upset him way more than he wanted to admit. Seriously, this hurt him miles above the slight hurt he suffered briefly when Changmin cheated on him. His wolf didn't care about Changmin that much so it wasn't a huge loss on his part. But taehyun? Yeah, beomgyu's wolf was incredibly devastated at this rejection, even though it was just going to be a small kiss.

Okay, that was also a lie. He knew a small kiss wasn't going to be enough once he had a taste of taehyun. Most likely they would've ended up on the floor right here in the hallway if beomgyu had his way. 

"I...need to go prep for the day," taehyun tried to squeak past his tight vocal chords. "We will try to find out who the bastard is later."

And then he was slipping past beomgyu quickly, trying to run away like a pathetic coward. 

Beomgyu let him go, watching taehyun run practically at the speed of light. He sighed, hoping to shake away the warm tingles his fingers still felt from when they touched taehyun's smooth skin. 

Okay. So taehyun was attracted to him, yes. But doesn't want a relationship with him, which sucked. Alright, he will try to process this and maybe sulk later, when he didn't have the possibility of getting fired over something he didn't do hanging over his head. 

His wolf turned his back and sat in a metaphorical corner of his mind, head hanging low and not wanting to interact with anyone. Not even the excitement of possibly taking revenge on the piece of shit who had been sabotaging their restaurant could cheer him up in this moment. 

The rest of the day went to shit. One, because he obviously was short on meat and prayed not many people would order the high end steak. And two, because taehyun rarely looked his way and only answered him when addressed. The distance between them was like oceans, and completely obvious to everyone around them, especially since the last few weeks they have been growing considerably closer, you know..from living together and all. Beomgyu would even go as far as to say they were becoming close friends. Sort of. Well, maybe...if you consider close friends who flirt and try not to jump said friend every time he saw him shirtless after a shower. At least on beomgyu's end, that is. He has no idea what taehyun's thinking in that over-analytical big brain of his half the time. He would like to think taehyun has many dirty thoughts about the both of them in bed, and just the two of them with no added extra people, but not everybody is a horny sex addict like himself so the chances of that are slim to none. 

Man, he needs to get laid. It's been way too long, partly because Changmin was such a prude, oh yeah and was cheating on him with someone else, and mostly because he doesn't think his wolf will ever be satisfied with anyone. He has had many partners over the years, a good portion of them casual hookups. However he only sleeps with people he's somewhat interested in, not just anybody would do. He's got standards for goodness sake. And not a single one of those people have satisfied him, like truly satisfied him. He has a high stamina, and could literally have sex for hours. In fact, he wants sex for hours, but most of the omegas and betas he's been with only go like one or two rounds and then they are tired or bored. Sex was not boring! Sex was a perfect physical activity, and the only working out he will ever consider doing on a daily (or hourly) basis. And his wolf agrees completely, the both of them horny alphas who want a really good time in the bed for once. 

Beomgyu refused to think that maybe the reason he wasn't satisfied with his past partners was because he didn't love any of them. Yeonjun always talked about how as soon as he found soobin, it didn't matter what they did because it was instantly 100 times better because he was doing it with the person he loved. That kind of thing doesn't really happen, does it? Maybe yeonjun was just a sap. 

Or maybe he needs to be mated for his wolf to finally settle and stick to one person. 

His eyes discreetly slid over to taehyun, who was nearby helping Sangyeon with the soups since Kevin was a shit and called off today due to "emotional distress." He studied taehyun's profile, his perfect hands easily cutting up vegetables, his focused face and slightly pouted lips while he concentrated. 

He gulped and his heart did a little thing, stuttering a bit in his chest as he watched taehyun flick his hair out of his eyes and continue to chop. 

Maybe what he needed was taehyun. The ache to be with him is growing to the point of almost painful, and he briefly wondered if this is what yeonjun meant when describing his bond with soobin. 

"It's like suddenly you understand everything you didn't know you were missing in your life. And you and your wolf want that person so bad it's painful," he had said. 

Beomgyu huffed while flipping the meat on the grill. Well. He's not sure if the constant want and ache for taehyun is his instincts begging for a mating bond with him, but he definitely knows the ache he feels down below is from his need to have his body naked and pressed to taehyun's. He can tell at least that much. 

Stupid taehyun, being all sexy and good-looking and independent, and super nice sometimes, and loyal and shit. Who wouldn't fall for him?! 

"Everything okay chef? You've been glaring at the grill for like, five minutes now," his assistant asked, slight amusement obvious in his tone.

"I'm fine," beomgyu pouted. "But you're gonna be giving taehyun this beef once it's done, and all the other meat the rest of the night. I don't even want to be around him," he snarled with annoyance. 

"Sure, but why's that?" A growing smile was showing on his assistant's face.

"I hate him. Plus his arms are distracting."

"Ah, of course," he snickered. "They are pretty deadly around here, especially with his sleeves rolled up like that."

"You better not be looking," beomgyu squinted his eyes over at the beta.

A snort accompanied that statement. "Wouldn't dream of it. We all pretty much know he's off the market anyways," he smirked, cutting the meat beomgyu just plated to him. 

"Good," beomgyu growled out, slapping another piece onto the grill and adding a loud sizzle to the endless noise in the kitchen. 

"If it makes you feel better," the beta assistant side eyed him, "he obviously likes you."

That did not make beomgyu feel better. It was so much worse knowing taehyun was attracted to him, maybe even liked him, and still fought against his urges and rejects him. 

~

"Yeah mom, don't worry. Everything is fine up here," beomgyu smiled while talking on the phone. He was walking around taehyun's apartment (their apartment?) getting ready for work. "In fact, it's more than fine, I swear." 

His eyes glanced briefly over at taehyun who was at the stove making ramen. Unlike beomgyu, he didn't have to be at work for a few more hours, beomgyu's schedule still being super crazy. The only people who would be up at this ungodly hour willingly are his parents and taehyun, that's how early it was. 

"You got the money I sent you? I put in a little extra for you and dad...no it's totally okay, I'm getting a bonus in a few days! Buy yourself some of those expensive chocolates you like or something….yeah, love you too. I gotta go now, bye!" He ended his call, and for once felt...peaceful. No more guilt at having to lie to his parents. It was never any major lies, he just didn't have the heart to tell them he was cramped in a tiny apartment and felt miserable and like shit on a daily basis. So every time he told his mom he was doing fine, he felt ashamed because in truth, he wasn't fine. 

Well, now he hasn't lied at all since moving in with taehyun. He might be sleeping on a makeshift bed-couch and still doesn't have much to his name, but he's the happiest he's been in a while. The extra hours were exhausting, the work was hard, but at the end of the day he comes back here and has dinner or a snack with an incredible boy who always makes sure his coffee drawer is stocked and sometimes stays up late to wash his uniform when he was so tired he fell asleep and forgot to do it. Every night, he snuggles into sheets and a blanket that has the most delicious scent, and maybe the sexy eye candy he gets to see every morning is an added bonus. 

Yeah, he's doing fine. 

Once he was changed and walking out of the bathroom, he glanced at the waiting bowl of ramen sitting across from taehyun. A small genuine smile shaped his lips, and he quickly looked at the clock. He had to leave in seven minutes, eating quickly, but it was worth those seven short minutes spent with taehyun in the early morning before the sun started to rise above the horizon. 

"Thanks," he said softly, taking a seat across the table and digging into his ramen. Was it weird to have ramen at almost 6 in the morning? Probably, but not for the two of them who have crazy hours. 

"You need to start eating before leaving for an 18 hour shift," taehyun clicked his tongue, almost scolding him. He was busy scrolling through his phone, no doubt reading the current news just like he always does. He was in a sleeveless shirt and shorts, his bare feet up and criss-crossed on top of the chair. 

"But sleep is so much more important," beomgyu argued around a mouthful of noodles. Damn, taehyun made some good ramen, even if it wasn't as spicy as he liked cause he added some milk into it for his own preference. 

Taehyun rolled his eyes. That was also true.

They sat in silence for a few more moments. Usually beomgyu filled it with endless chatter, but ever since he got rejected the other day, things have been somewhat awkward between them. They haven't addressed it, and he doesn't know if they ever will. Still, he's grateful taehyun isn't treating him like the plague, so there's that.

With a last slurp of soup, beomgyu sighed out in content. Then he squeaked when he saw the time and immediately tossed his bowl into the sink and grabbed his bag.

"Gotta go! See you later!" He called, scooting into his shoes and slamming the door shut. 

Taehyun sighed when all was quiet. He slumped forward and banged his forehead on the table. The whirl of beomgyu's fresh scent still sifted through the air and it was torture. 

~

The following weekend went even worse than the one prior. 

Hueningkai hasn't found out who was messing up in the kitchen, even after hours of questioning every staff member throughout the day. He even questioned the waiting staff and other people outside of the kitchen. And now that everyone knows something is going on, the person who is guilty obviously is laying low. 

However, hyuka was forced to follow protocol and interview everyone fairly. He can't just start snooping around and pointing fingers. 

The list he received from the camera footage of who went in and out of the freezer and fridge last week did narrow down his options, but not by much.

Here's who he has to suspect: beomgyu, Kevin, Mingyu, jeonghan, Sangyeon, Chanhee, hyunjae, and dino. 

At first he thought it could've been hyunjae. The guy had a problem with taking orders from omegas. A very old fashioned way of thinking, but not enough to accuse him. When hyuka questioned him, he just shrugged and said he went into the fridge to retrieve the fresh fish he sliced beforehand for Mingyu to make his sushi rolls. They were famous on this side of the river and it would be devastating for his restaurant if he had to get rid of the talented chef. The camera also backed up his story because he was indeed carrying a large tray when he left the area. 

Next came Mingyu, who snorted and said he wasn't dumb enough to do something so stupid as to leave the door open. Then he went on and on about how incompetent everyone else is and yeah, hyuka just let him go. He wasn't getting anywhere with that.

Jeonghan simply said he had bread dough in the fridge for a few hours and went to check on them. Hyuka could buy that. 

Sangyeon said he checked up on the cool cucumber soup he had setting in the fridge, then returned to work. That was a very likely story. Hyuka also got a call outside of the office by one of the waiting staff and had to end his session short with the beta. Not that it would've got him anywhere anyways. 

Then it was Dino's turn. He told hyuka he and Chanhee did go into the freezer for the dry active yeast in order to help jeonghan make some fresh dough for bread the next morning. His story collided with jeonghan's, so there went that.

Last came beomgyu. He went into hyuka's office and patiently waited for the questions.

Hyuka smiled at him from his desk. "Ok beomgyu, did you go into the fridge or freezer before closing time?" 

Beomgyu nodded. "Yeah, the freezer."

"And did you leave the door open when you exited the freezer?" 

Beomgyu shook his head. "No, I made sure it was shut."

Hyuka nodded, writing something down on his paper. "Ok, that is all. You may go."

Beomgyu snorted. "What? That's all? Aren't you going to ask more specific questions?" 

Hyuka laughed. "Nope! You're free to go."

Beomgyu raised a brow at him. "Hyuka, you can't show favoritism to me."

"I'm not. I got your side of the story through questioning, just like everyone else. Now you can go," hyuka grinned. 

Beomgyu rolled his eyes playfully at hyuka, but then waved over his shoulder as he left the office. "You're lucky you're so cute. Otherwise no one would give you your way."

"I know!" Hyuka giggled without shame. 

So now here we are, in the next week, the last weekend of the month, and hyuka is devastated. 

He opened the top drawer of his desk, and frowned. 

The thank you cards with everyone's individual bonus money is...gone. Shit. Shit, shit, shit. 

Before panicking, he calmly searched everywhere in his office in case he misplaced them. Deep down, he knew he didn't. They have been in that same spot for over three weeks now since the day he announced about the bonuses. In one last attempt, he called his father in case he went into his office without knowing. That came up as a dead end since his dad was busy trying to expand the restaurant and acquire a few more locations for the future. Hyuka was the only one in charge that goes in and out of this place on a daily basis. His dad hasn't visited in months.

Fuck. There was only one thing to conclude: someone stole them. And he doesn't know when. He hasn't opened this drawer since maybe early last week, so anytime from then until now was when it went missing. 

That was a lot of money. Each kitchen employee got one thousand dollars in bonus, plus five thousand for the head chef. That's thirty thousand dollars missing. All of them were supposed to go out with the paychecks today, hyuka personally handing it to them to make sure everyone got their share. And now they are gone. 

Saying he was beyond angry was an understatement. Now that physical money is involved, he's going to have to report this. If he can figure out who it is in the first 48 hours of noticing it went missing, he might be able to handle this quietly and out of the public's eye. Otherwise, the reputation of his restaurant is at stake. 

With shaky hands, he desperately searched the camera footage. But it won't do much because he doesn't have cameras inside his office, for privacy reasons, only out in the hallway. 

After thirty minutes of desperately scanning his footage, he's concluded that the only people who recently visited was the kitchen staff he interviewed last week, and consistently taehyun by himself, reporting on stuff and leaving behind notes on things that need to be addressed in the kitchen when hyuka wasn't present.

With a heavy heart, hyuka breathed in and out of his mouth. This was really bad. Taehyun was the only person who has been in and out of his office without him there. He never keeps his office locked, trusting his staff not to do dirty tactics like this. He wanted to build a strong foundation of trust and honor with his restaurant, and always locking things up, monitoring through cameras every inch of the place, and keeping his staff on a leash at all hours was not the way to do it. That clearly would cause a subconscious tension among everyone if they felt they had to watch their personal belongings and watch their backs at all hours of work. 

It was his fault this happened, truly believing people were better than this. But he supposed he lucked out pretty well until now. He hasn't had a single problem to this extent since he became in charge of the place. It was bound to happen eventually, much to his sadness. There was always one bad apple among the bunch every now and then.

With a sniffle, he called taehyun into his office. He chastised himself for being so emotional while he waited for the temporary Head chef to arrive, but this was his really good friend he was about to put on the chopping block.

Once taehyun entered and gave him a brief smile, his stomach plummeted.

This was not going to be pretty. 

Beomgyu glanced in worry over at the burners where they were making pasta. Taehyun has been gone a long time, ever since hyuka called him into his office. It must have been deadly urgent if he did it during the lunch hour. He knows how busy they get at this time of day.

"Got any idea what that's about?" He asked Jacob, his assistant for today. 

The beta shook his head. "No, not at all. I thought hueningkai was interviewing everyone about the freezer door being open all night last week."

He was. Maybe he found a new lead? It would make sense that the head chef would get involved-

Hyuka came through the kitchen doors, his eyes red rimmed and his face the coldest beomgyu has ever seen.

"Everyone, please momentarily stop what you are doing," he announced, his voice dead from emotion.

Why does beomgyu get a really bad feeling about this? And where was taehyun?

"I have an important announcement you all aren't going to like." With a deep breath, he straightened to his full height and stood with authority. Hueningkai was tall, but damn he looked so much bigger when he was like this, all serious and harsh. 

"It has come to my attention that someone stole the bonus money from my office. Since this is physical money that is involved, I have the right to demand you all show me what is in your personal belongings right this instant. I will also be questioning each person who has been in my office recently, starting with your head chef. Taehyun is now demoted to kitchen staff until further notice, so please try to keep things going smoothly until we figure out who took the money and get things back in order. I'm not asking for your cooperation in this, I'm demanding it."

He stared everyone down, waiting for a response. 

Unfortunately, he got one he was hoping he wouldn't have to deal with.

"Hey! You can't just go through our things like that!" Kevin interjected. 

"When it involves something as serious as this, I most certainly can as long as you are the ones handling it and showing me. I will not touch an article of your belongings, but I can watch as you pull them out one by one. If you have a problem with that, you are very welcome to leave this place immediately. I put my trust in my staff not to steal or be dishonorable. I keep doors unlocked and cameras minimal back here. But if you betray my trust, I am forced to do things like this." He waited for a response.

"Yeah no, I'm out of here," Kevin said, throwing his apron onto the ground. "I'm not going to be searched like a druggie."

Hyuka raised a brow. "That is your decision. You will be paid for your work up until this minute, and then terminated. We will not rehire you back in the future. And please be mindful, if I find out you were the one who stole the money, I'm coming after you with a team of lawyers."

Beomgyu shivered at the subtle threat. Hyuka wasn't playing around.

"Whatever. I didn't take the stupid money," Kevin muttered under his breath, stomping towards the staff locker room. 

It was quiet as he left, and then hyuka stared at the rest of the staff. "Any more objections?"

The entire place was quiet, and no one spoke up.

"Excellent. I'm going to begin with the assistants. No one is allowed to leave this kitchen while I'm in the back room with each of you one at a time. If whoever did this has the money on them right at this instant, I can't have them running off or dumping it somewhere, now can I?"

Just then, the door opened, and a very angry looking taehyun entered the kitchen. He avoided everyone's eyes as hyuka directed Jacob out of the kitchen and into the locker room first.

A small bit of chatter erupted from everyone, but then a scoff rang out through it.

"I think it's clear who did something as stupid as this," Mingyu spoke up, finishing his sushi roll. 

"Really? Who?" A female asked from the back.

Mingyu rolled his eyes. "It was probably beomgyu. It's obvious he needed the money."

Beomgyu flicked his eyes away from taehyun to stare at Mingyu in shock. "What the hell Mingyu? Why would you put the blame on me?" 

Mingyu shrugged casually. "Please, you don't think we didn't notice how poor you were? It must have gotten real bad, because for a while there you were looking like some beggar on the streets. Messy shirt with stains, unkempt hair, old worn out shoes, things like that. Our restaurant is way too prestigious to have it's chefs coming in like that."

"Hey man, that was rude," Chanhee spoke up, glaring at Mingyu.

Beomgyu's cheeks flushed in embarrassment. He hoped he hid it well just how bad he was doing a few weeks ago, but apparently that wasn't the case. 

Mingyu snorted. "I'm just saying it like it is. I'm just as pissed as the rest of you. Not only did my bonus money get taken, but now we have to go through endless interrogations and being watched every second of the day. On top of that, I'm now behind on my orders and will have to stay overtime. So yeah, I'm going to start taking matters into my own hands. And right now I'm going to be honest and say I think it's beomgyu. He's the one who needed the money the most. Maybe things got too tough and desperate times call for desperate measures," he shrugged casually again, as if his words weren't toxic and placing doubt in everyone's mind towards the person he's accusing. 

"It wasn't me!" Beomgyu denied, growing angry. "You can't just throw shit like this all around-"

"Stop this right now," taehyun said in a deadly calm voice. 

"Why? Are you upset that I accused your little crush of theft?" Mingyu sneered over at taehyun. If it wasn't clear before, it definitely is now; Mingyu totally has a problem with taehyun. "Or maybe you both were in on it, planning to stash the money and high tail it out of here." 

"What are you even talking about?" Beomgyu snapped his teeth at Mingyu. He carefully walked around the grill to get a good glare in at the other alpha, hands on his hips. "Hyuka will determine who the guilty member is. And it's not me. Maybe it's you," he growled. 

"Oh no, don't put the blame on me. If it's not you, it's definitely taehyun. Why else would hueningkai demote him so suddenly? What were you doing in his office all the time?" Mingyu gave taehyun a suggestive look, his implication very clear. "Having a lover's quarrel with the boss?"

"You better stop right there," jeonghan butted in from the other end of the kitchen. "We are dealing with money theft and nothing else. Accusing our head chef of sleeping with the boss could get you fired."

"Whatever," Mingyu rolled his eyes. "It's clear taehyun is the one probably more guilty than beomgyu, but hueningkai is just covering his ass by going through procedure and questioning the rest of us. This entire kitchen is going to shit under taehyun's supervision anyways. Don't tell me you guys don't agree."

"That's not true!! Someone else is causing all of this!" Beomgyu defended taehyun.

"Oh shush you, beggar. Maybe taehyun promised a cut of the money if you helped him cover it up," Mingyu stuck his tongue out at beomgyu.

Okay, now beomgyu was definitely pissed. He tried to keep it civil until now, but Mingyu was a true asshole. "What is your problem with taehyun?! You've been on his ass for months now. If we are all pointing fingers, then maybe it was you who took the money and sabotaged the kitchen. You're just laying blame right away to divert the attention from yourself. Go on, ask everyone else what they think of taehyun as head chef," he said confidently, crossing his arms over his chest. He waited.

"Well?" Mingyu asked, just to amuse beomgyu.

It was awkwardly silent among everyone else.

"Well, I've only been here a short while, but yeah, the kitchen is starting to get a bit out of sorts as the days go by," hyunjae spoke up.

"Oh shut up you, your say doesn't count," beomgyu hissed at the newcomer. He earned a chuckle from jeonghan.

"Actually, it's been really hard to keep up in taehyun's pasta line. All of our ingredients are all over the place, my stuff goes missing, I have to constantly keep remaking dishes because they just aren't good enough," haknyeon spoke up. He was one of taehyun's other assistants; one of the two who didn't show up for work that one day, screwing taehyun over. 

"Says the guy who calls off all the time," beomgyu glared over at him. "Are you even here long enough to notice this stuff happening?" 

"And the way he treated Kevin," Eric also added in. He was the other one who skipped out on taehyun with haknyeon. 

"Because Kevin was shit, so don't even go there," beomgyu bared his teeth in warning. 

"I bet he didn't even win the voting for head chef. The boss just gave it to him because he's his little favorite-" Mingyu laughed.

"This is stupid, everyone cut it out! Taehyun is literally right here-" Chanhee cut in, but then watched as taehyun abruptly spun on his heels and marched out of the kitchen. It was clear by his scent and facial expression that he was beyond angry. 

"Oh no," Chanhee said, running after him. An alpha male mad wasn't a good thing, especially with a building full of unfamiliar people, like a restaurant at its peak during lunch. The alpha wolf would feel threatened and caged in. The only thing that could calm an alpha down enough was a soothing scent from an omega.

Beomgyu knows this, so he let Chanhee go after taehyun, biting the inside of his cheek to keep himself from growling in possession. 

"I've had enough of you," beomgyu stomped up to Mingyu, giving him an unwavering glare despite Mingyu being slightly taller than him. "You're just an all around shithead, aren't you? If you weren't so good at your job, hyuka would've kicked your ass to the curb." 

"Aw how cute, defending your little pal," Mingyu said with a snotty tone. "You two both just come in here and walk around like you are something special. Meanwhile I've been here for years and still get treated like a normal kitchen staff."

"That's not true and you know it. Your problem is you just want to be treated like some king or whatever," beomgyu stabbed a finger at him. He didn't touch Mingyu though. Once an alpha initiates contact with another alpha, things could get ugly. 

"I don't take insults from a poor boy," Mingyu laughed in his face.

"And I don't listen to shit coming from an asshole's mouth," beomgyu quipped. He was moments from taking a swing at Mingyu when Chanhee ran back into the kitchen, his face white as a ghost and his eyes wide in fear.

"It's...it's taehyun. He's so upset he lost it," he gasped, looking at everyone with a plea for help.

Beomgyu immediately forgot about Mingyu, smoothly walking over and around the counters and burners to get to Chanhee.

"What happened?" He demanded. Chanhee had about 10 seconds to explain before he left the kitchen.

"I followed him to the men's bathroom, and boy is he angry. I tried to calm him down, talk to him, but as soon as the door shut behind me, he completely snapped. He's destroying the bathroom, punched the mirror- I… I d-didn't know what to do, nothing was working. Not even my scent. Maybe we should get hueningkai-"

"I'll handle it," beomgyu said.

"W-what? No! If an alpha approaches him when he's like that, it could be so much worse," Chanhee warned, stepping in beomgyu's way. 

"Move," beomgyu growled, not meaning to be harsh, but his wolf was hounding him to go help out taehyun.

"I can't let you," Chanhee gulped, trying to make a stand against an alpha as strong as beomgyu. His eyes widened in shock when he noticed the power radiating off him. Beomgyu was never this dominant before, he thought he was more of the casual alphas. 

"I wasn't asking," beomgyu said in a calm but deadly voice. It sent shivers of nervousness down Chanhee's spine. 

Then beomgyu spun to the rest of the kitchen staff. "Tell hueningkai where I went. And I will make myself clear only this once. No one, and I mean no one, is to approach the men's bathroom until I say so. That's an order." 

Yes, he just used his dominant alpha status to order all of the betas and omegas in the kitchen to follow his word. He never does this, but a situation like this was very serious. Any one of these people could get hurt when approaching an alpha in a rage. He stared everyone down, his chin high and shoulders back, taking up much more space than he seemed a moment ago.

One by one, with surprise on all their faces, the betas and omegas bowed their heads in acknowledgement. They had no choice, beomgyu's dominant vibes and pheromones were just too strong to disobey. It was in that moment they truly realized how powerful beomgyu was, how easily he could have bullied them or forced them into submission the entire time he was here. Usually an alpha of his caliber didn't work in a place like this. 

Beomgyu couldn't do much about the other alphas in the room, but if they were smart they would avoid the bathroom as well unless they planned on fighting for their lives against an alpha in rage. 

With a nod of thanks, he stepped around Chanhee and speed walked to the back hallway where the men's employee restroom was located. It was far enough away from the public and other customers, so at least he didn't have to worry about other people walking in on them.

A minute later, beomgyu didn't even hesitate to open the bathroom door. He shut it and locked it, taking note of his surroundings. The mirror was shattered, some blood in the center of the damage, one of the faucets was knocked off the sink, and a tile in the wall broken.

Taehyun was panting in front of it, his back facing beomgyu. He had his hand pressed to the wall next to the cracked tiles, his knuckles covered in blood from his punches.  

"Taehyun, look at me," he called over to him, slowly walking closer so he wouldn't startle him. Taehyun's scent smacked him in the face, full of rage, anger, and a slight hint of fear. 

"Don't listen to what that asshole was saying. He just wanted to start shit, and you're his favorite target," beomgyu kept talking. Finally he approached the other alpha, and reached a hand out to touch him.

The moment his fingers brushed taehyun's shoulder, he immediately felt a slam into the side of his jaw, causing him to step back and regain his balance.

His eyes widened in surprise, a sharp ache creeping across his jaw and cheek. He raised a hand to where taehyun just punched him, testing out the damage by moving his jaw back and forth. So far, it seemed to be only bruised. Taehyun definitely could've done more damage if he wanted.

"Go away," taehyun sneered, his teeth showing a snarl. His irises were totally red, and his words were barely coherent. The wolf was definitely more in control than the man. 

Well, now beomgyu was pissed. He couldn't help it, another alpha just attacked him. Plus he didn't like to be commanded.

"No, I don't think I will," he said back in a snotty voice, hands on his hips. "First of all, you are scaring Chanhee and the others with your little pissy mood. Second of all, it's pretty pathetic of you to get upset just because dumb ass Mingyu goaded you into it. And third, you better back the fuck up before you get smacked the fuck up. I'll let that punch slide for now, but it won't happen again. And yeah, that's a threat." 

Beomgyu waited for taehyun's response, not bothering to leave his personal space. It was an invitation for a fight, but he didn't care. 

An invitation that taehyun's wolf saw as a challenge, and took it. 

Next thing beomgyu knew, he was dodging another swing in reflex, blocking taehyun's punch with his forearm and catching the next in his other fist. His fingers curled around taehyun's fist, using his grip to pull him closer. 

"That wasn't very nice," he breathed into taehyun's face. Right now he was barely talking to taehyun the man, and mostly to his wolf. His irises were no longer red, instead his eyes took on a pretty green color with a feral look in them. 

Taehyun quickly broke free from his grip and tried to knee him in the stomach. Beomgyu stepped away and instead braced both hands on taehyun's shoulders. With his strength he pushed until taehyun's back was colliding into the tile wall with a slam. He pressed his body into taehyun's to keep him in place.

"Hey, I need you to calm the fuck down. If anyone else saw how bad you are, you might get fired!" He growled in taehyun's face.

Taehyun was equally as strong as beomgyu, maybe a lot stronger now that he was in a rage, so fighting him full on would be pointless. Instead, beomgyu tried to keep him trapped between his body and the wall until he knocked some sense into the alpha. 

Taehyun lunged forward and snapped his teeth at him, scraping a bit against the skin of his throat leaving a slight red mark in its place. A warning, but not enough to harm though. Beomgyu concluded taehyun must still have a smidgen of control if he wasn't full on slaughtering him. He struggled a bit more in beomgyu's arms, trying to worm his way out of the grip. 

Beomgyu's hold was slipping, so he did something risky, enveloping the both of them in his scent and making sure it mixed well with taehyun's. Usually this would get omegas to submit, but at most it just made taehyun pause, a low growl rumbling from his chest as he made another move to mouth at his throat.

Is it weird that beomgyu got kind of turned on by that? Why was taehyun's wolf so obsessed with marking up his throat, almost as if he wanted to claim him? 

The alpha was definitely not wanting to calm down any time soon, and taehyun kept rubbing himself up against his body to get free, trying to snap his teeth at his throat or jaw, and beomgyu couldn't help but think of other ways he could force taehyun to calm down-

It was an insane idea. But if taehyun can't get rid of the rage, then he needs to replace it with a different feeling. And there are two feelings almost every alpha couldn't control when they don't have their wolves tamed: rage and arousal. 

"If you want to use that mouth so badly, then I can think of other ways to do it," beomgyu breathed against taehyun's lips, their faces impossibly close. He bumped his nose into taehyun's as he tilted his head, pressing his lips gently to the other's. 

Taehyun paused, the growling stopping. Then he tried to jerk away from the kiss, pushing at beomgyu's shoulders to get him away. 

"Nope, look at me. If you wanna fight, then this is how I fight," beomgyu growled, using a hand to grip taehyun's chin and forcing him to look at him. His own alpha wolf wasn't angry at taehyun for punching them and fighting with them. The animal understood taehyun was out of control and unable to stop himself from swinging at anything that came near him. Instead, he let out a rumble of arousal from finally having taehyun pressed against them, the small taste he got from their kiss not nearly enough. 

Man, both beomgyu and his wolf were horny idiots, totally suicidal for falling in love with another dominant alpha. 

Taehyun glared at him, his wolf still staring back through his eyes, their gaze heated as well as angry. Their attention was completely on beomgyu and his wolf now.

"That's it, my alpha boy. I want you to calm down. Look only at me," beomgyu breathed out, licking taehyun's lips between every word. He was playing with him, distracting him from his rage. He pressed his lips lightly to taehyun's, then broke it quickly. He did it again and again, just small pecks, coaxing taehyun for a reaction. "I know you want to kiss me, so don't hold back," he smiled with half-lidded eyes. 

Finally he got a reaction, with taehyun chasing his lips at the latest kiss. He was slowly coming back, regaining his control over his animal. But he wasn't all there quite yet. 

Beomgyu pressed his lips even harder against taehyun's, getting lost in the feeling, letting taehyun's scent envelop him. Once taehyun kissed him back, he moved his hand up from his chin in order to cup the side of his face, holding taehyun still so he could deepen the kiss. Taehyun breathed out against him, opening his mouth and letting beomgyu lick inside. The kiss soon became sloppy and wet, taehyun's teeth lightly sinking into beomgyu's bottom lip, earning himself a moan that quickly made him want more. Their tongues glided together, their breathing getting harsher as their lungs demanded for air. 

Taehyun's hands slid up into beomgyu's hair, while at the same time beomgyu's other hand sneakily made its way down taehyun's torso and hovered at the waistband of his pants.

"We should stop," taehyun said with a pant in-between kisses. His wolf growled at him after he said that statement, and continued to fight for dominance in his mind. The control between the two kept switching back and forth constantly. 

"Nah, I don't think so," beomgyu chuckled confidently, reconnecting their lips and swirling his tongue inside taehyun's warm mouth. When they separated again, he smirked. "Admit it, this is working, and both you and your wolf are liking this way too much to stop."

Taehyun sucked in some air, trying to catch his breath. Yeah, they both liked this a lot. And it was working. His wolf was too hyper-focused onto beomgyu instead of the threats he considered outside of this bathroom. It took everything in taehyun to keep his alpha contained and chained up so he could escape to somewhere he wouldn't hurt anybody. This bathroom was the closest thing he could find before he let loose, the pain at keeping his wolf tamed too much to handle. He lost sight of what was in front of him, his wolf completely taking over. 

But then here comes beomgyu, fearless and all up in his space with that very dominant scent he's never smelled from him before, which was hot as fuck, and then next thing he knows he's kissing him. And now he can't stop. If they go any farther, he's afraid he won't be able to stop in other ways too, claiming the other right here in a fucking bathroom. 

Beomgyu continued to kiss him, his entire body hot and flush against his own. And that sneaky hand of his managed to unbutton his pants, getting the zipper halfway down before taehyun even realized what was happening. 

"Can't have you returning to the kitchen with a hard on, now can we?" Beomgyu purred, leaning in again to suck on taehyun's bottom lip. "Let me take care of it. Just relax," he said, tracing his lips near his jaw. He removed his one hand from the side of taehyun's face and wrapped it around his waist to keep him still. The move should've made taehyun bristle, but instead he found himself melting into the touch. 

He hissed when cold air hit his now free cock, and then moaned when beomgyu wrapped a warm hand around his girth all the way at the base. He gently swiped his thumb over the tip in soothing circles, again and again to the point of torture. Taehyun released even more precum at that, and it got swept up with beomgyu's hand as he slowly squeezed up and down his length, smearing it all over and providing a nice glide as he went. 

Taehyun buried his face into the crook of beomgyu's neck, panting at the incredible feeling down below. He turned so his lips pressed against beomgyu's throat, and he gently licked and sucked at the skin there.

Beomgyu seemed to like that, moving his head so that his neck was easier to access. He purred again, pressing his body harder into taehyun's and trying not to grind into his hips. He was just as hard as taehyun, but he refrained from doing anything about it. For now. Right now he needed taehyun to give in to his arousal and need. Nothing like a good orgasm to chase away any negative feelings and anger. Well, it seemed to always work for beomgyu at least. 

He grinned when he felt sharp teeth scrape against his scent gland. "You seem to really like my neck and throat," he commented with a soft and breathy laugh. His voice was thick with arousal, loving the attention taehyun was giving to his body. He could feel as well as hear the choked up little moans and whimpers taehyun was releasing the more beomgyu sped up his hand around his cock. He was enjoying this as much as taehyun seemed to be enjoying it. 

"Faster," taehyun mumbled pathetically into his neck, not able to hold back anymore. His hips thrusted in time with beomgyu's hand, and he gripped hopelessly against beomgyu's forearm to hold onto something. 

Beomgyu grunted in response, twisting his fist just right, causing a nice suction that made taehyun see stars. He bit beomgyu's neck lightly as he moaned, spilling cum all over beomgyu's hand and dripping onto the bathroom floor. The bite wasn't hard enough to leave an imprint of any kind, but it did make beomgyu get that much harder in his pants and shiver with want. 

Taehyun panted into beomgyu's neck, leaving his skin sticky and moist. His body slumped against him, no longer able to hold himself up. He whimpered when beomgyu kept lazily jerking him off, making him oversensitive. A little bit of cum left over leaked out of his tip, and yeah, he can't stand anymore. 

Beomgyu carefully lowered him to the floor, and he shamelessly leaned against the tiled wall, his legs spread open and dick hanging soft and loose over his boxers. He couldn't even find the strength to tuck himself back into his pants at the very least. 

"Was my hand that good?" Beomgyu smirked, arrogant as all hell while standing above him looking down at taehyun's totally blissed out face. 

"It's been awhile since I've been jerked off," taehyun mumbled. He wasn't even bothered by beomgyu's obvious cockiness. He deserved it after that little performance. And man could the guy kiss. Maybe those rumors back in college about him being amazing in the sheets was true. 

Taehyun stared back at him with half-lidded eyes, all hooded and filled with a sexed out look. Beomgyu's mouth went dry and he was immediately reminded of his own problem. 

"You feeling better now?" He asked taehyun, studying his face for any sign of rage still leftover from his wolf. But his eyes were back to their normal brown color, with slight glints of red when the fluorescent lights shined on them. He looks a lot better from his perspective.

"Yeah, still a bit horny, but my wolf has settled. He wants more though, the bastard," he chuckled dryly to himself.

Beomgyu smiled, and it was so pretty. Taehyun just stared up at him, unable to look away.

"Excellent, because what I just did for you? Yeah that wasn't free. It's my turn now," he said with a purr to his voice. It was seriously sexy whenever he used it, and taehyun was quickly liking it a lot. 

Taehyun watched as beomgyu's hands went to his pants, unzipping it and pulling both it and his boxers down just enough until he was free from it's confines. Beomgyu's gaze was heavy on taehyun's face, all intense with want and need. He carefully stepped over taehyun so both of his feet were planted on either side of his hips, the lower half of his body level with taehyun's face and trapping him once more against the tile wall. 

Taehyun reluctantly looked away from beomgyu's very impressive and full cock to glare up into his eyes. "What the hell are you doing?" He growled out at the other alpha. But despite his obvious agitation, arousal continued to swirl in his lower abdomen. 

Beomgyu licked his lips, reaching down to grip taehyun's chin gently. "I help you, and you help me. Fair trade. Now suck," he commanded, thrusting forward and softly brushing his tip against taehyun's lips. 

Taehyun continued to glare at him, debating what to do. He could easily leave, walk away, abandon a horny beomgyu in this bathroom. Or he could finally give in and have a mouth full of beomgyu's cock to suck and play with. Yeah, the answer was obvious. 

Beomgyu's legs almost gave out when taehyun finally wrapped his lips around the tip, slowly sinking further down his length. His eyes never left his own, still holding a glare but also a sex crazed want. Beomgyu let out a loud moan when his tongue was added in, and he just barely held himself back from thrusting. He placed both hands against the wall and let taehyun take care of him, his mouth so warm and wet it was heaven. Soon the bathroom was echoing with sucks and slurps, and whimpers and curses. 

Thank God the door was locked, cause they were so fired if anyone walked in on them. 

~

Hyuka raised a brow when beomgyu and taehyun shuffled into his office an hour later.

They both had a wild appearance despite being still prim and proper. However, if he looked closely, he could see their shirts were ruffled and wrinkled, hair looked like it was quickly patted down, beomgyu had what appeared be a bruise forming on his jaw, and oh yeah, they smelled like sex and their scents mixed. 

But he decided to let it go. For now. He had more important things to address.

"I'm sorry about the bathroom," taehyun bowed his head in shame. He just got done reporting the incident to hyuka, who wanted to see both of them when taehyun calmed down. He was surprised to find that half his staff was freaking out with worry when he returned from searching Jacob's belongings, and Chanhee explained what happened. He respected beomgyu's wishes and didn't approach the hallway with the bathroom, and instead dragged Mingyu into his office to bitch him out for provoking two alphas. After demoting Mingyu temporarily and placing him on probation, he then continued with his search among the employees, saving beomgyu and taehyun last, for obvious reasons. 

Hyuka waved it away. "It was minimal damage, and I understand under the circumstances why you did it. That's the risk I'm willing to take when employing alphas in this cramped and high stress job. Thankfully no one got hurt and you were able to calm down...with the help of beomgyu," he tacked on that last bit, giving them both a once-over. 

Beomgyu shrugged. "It was no problem," he said casually, a hint of a smirk forming on his lips.

"Anyways, I would like to apologize to taehyun. You are being reinstated back to temporary Head chef, and your bonus was just doubled. Yours too, beomgyu."

"Huh?" Taehyun said, shock on his face. 

"Woah, what the hell happened while we were in the bathroom?" Beomgyu yelled, blinking at the sudden change in attitude. 

Hyuka sighed, deflating in his seat. "I got a confession," he admitted. "Take a seat while I explain."

They both obediently sat down in the chairs across from hyuka's desk, listening intently.

It was stupid, really. And the biggest surprise to both of them. 

It made sense that Mingyu, or even Kevin, was the one sabotaging the kitchen and stole the money. However it was neither one of them. Or any of their assistants. 

"No way! Sangyeon did it?!!" Beomgyu gasped, standing up and unable to sit back down from the shock. 

"He had a grudge against taehyun. Well, actually pretty much everyone who was a senior chef. He wanted the spot for head chef back when my father was choosing for the kitchen. But yeonjun hyung got it. And then soobin hyung managed to become sous chef proving that we don't care about secondary gender roles in leadership. He remained complacent and continued to stay here working for me and waiting for an opportunity to get promoted. That finally came when soobin hyung became pregnant and took time off. He really wanted the head chef position. I guess lots of staff both in and out of the kitchen have been talking about you two behind your backs for a few weeks now. Nothing negative, just stuff about how either one of you would be great as the new head, and how they think it's so entertaining you two seem to be so close, always bickering and shit like that. Really, you both have made the kitchen a much more lively place since I hired you. But anyways, once I announced that we needed the head chef spot filled soon, Sangyeon knew it was going to be either of you based on votes. He tried to make taehyun look bad by sabotaging his ingredients and sauces. He also tried sabotaging everyone else's stuff too, it just wasn't obvious because nobody spoke up about it. After questioning the others, I found out he threw away some of jeonghan's imported flour from Europe for his bread, he left mingyu's fresh fish sitting out all day, and left the door ajar to the freezer where all of beomgyu's high end meat was stored. Just shit like that. It made every senior chef in the place look incompetent, ultimately increasing his chances of getting promoted over you all."

"I'm gonna beat him up," taehyun muttered under his breath, clenching his fists in his lap. Beomgyu walked behind his chair, still too hyper to sit properly, and he rested his hands on top of taehyun's shoulders to keep him calm while hyuka continued.

"And the money?" Beomgyu asked.

Hyuka pursed his lips. "It was hidden in his locker, locked away. He was waiting for a chance to sneak it into taehyun's locker without being spotted, but there was always someone still around after hours. Mostly beomgyu because of his overtime he's been doing. So he didn't have a chance yet. It must have happened when I questioned him last week about the freezer. I remember I had to cut our session short and leave before him. I trust that my employees wouldn't steal from me, and that was my stupid mistake. I'm forced to take some more precautionary measures around here now and start locking things up," he said sadly. 

"We're sorry this happened," taehyun told him. He was glad it was all solved now though. He didn't even care about the money, his heart going out for hyuka. 

"It is what it is. Some people are just overcome with jealousy or greed. With Sangyeon it was both," hyuka sighed tiredly.

"It's always the quiet ones you gotta look out for," beomgyu nodded, causing the other two to snort.

"Anyways, I need to basically reprimand Sangyeon the rest of the day. My father is on his way right now to take care of it. Then I need you all to apologize to each other and build back the teamwork that was lost because of all the suspicion and blaming each other over what Sangyeon did. Taehyun, I trust you can take care of that as executive chef. Go, finish out lunch, and then I'm closing the place down for the rest of the day. Everyone has a half day, including you beomgyu hyung, so no cleaning," he said sternly with a pouty face. "Even if you stay, I won't pay you, so go home and take a break."

"Ouch, you're harsh," beomgyu joked, laughing softly. He patted taehyun's shoulders one last time in the hopes of giving him comfort.

Taehyun finally stood up from his seat and took a step towards the door. He already missed beomgyu's warmth and presence. "I'll get going first and smooth things over with Mingyu," he grumbled. He was so not looking forward to that. 

Beomgyu laughed out loud, and hyuka smiled. "Good luck with that."

Once the door closed shut, hyuka gave beomgyu a knowing look.

"So, mind telling me what happened in that bathroom?" He accused. 

Beomgyu smiled like a wolf. "Oh, this and that," he answered vaguely. 

"You smell like taehyun," hyuka added.

"Do I?" Beomgyu gave him a fake innocent look. "I sure hope so," he growled playfully. "Maybe then haknyeon can stop flirting with both me and taehyun," he sniffed pettily, referring to one of jeonghan's omega assistants. "That omega isn't good enough for either of us anyways." That wasn't true, but beomgyu was just possessive and bitchy like that. 

Hyuka barked out a high pitched laugh. "Well, what about me? What if I wanted to mate you as an omega? Hmm?" He questioned, wiggling his eyebrows up and down suggestively. 

Beomgyu gave him a once over, then scoffed. "Sorry, you're not my type," he answered back teasingly. "I have my eyes set on a sexy alpha boy." 

Hyuka rolled his eyes, grabbing a pen and flinging it at him.

"Go, get outta here. And no flirting at work!" He called as beomgyu booked it to the door with a laugh. "I'll let the bathroom incident slide this time, but not again!"

"Wanna know what else I let slide in my hand?" Beomgyu grinned evilly as he opened the door slightly, peeking back at hyuka.

"Gross!" Hyuka screeched, throwing his stapler next. Beomgyu slammed the door just in time, hearing a bang against the wood. He snickered as he jogged back to the kitchen to do damage control.

~

The next week went by fast but normal. Things were settling down around the kitchen, and all that drama was hopefully put past everyone. Mingyu stopped talking his shit, Kevin was gone for good, Sangyeon was fired, and everyone's food and ingredients stopped going missing or getting ruined. Plus the bonus pay basically made everyone happy enough to get back to work and start acting like civil people again. 

The only problem beomgyu had was getting taehyun to basically flirt back with him, or make out or whatever; he was just throwing a few suggestions around. 

But ever since their little bathroom incident, which was totally fucking hot by the way, taehyun hasn't acknowledged what happened between them at all. The topic was taboo. Beomgyu still can't get the image of taehyun choking on his cock out of his head, or coming down his throat watching him swallow all of it. Or the way he filthily continued licking and sucking until he was clean. It was so wrong in all the right ways, and they were practically perfect for each other. His wolf agrees one hundred percent.

He doesn't know why taehyun keeps up this push and pull tactic, and it was kinda pissing him off. Mostly because he was horny, and wanted sex. With taehyun. A lot of it. Damn, he always knew it would be good between him. That little bathroom scene had him coming harder than he ever has before. He could only imagine what it would be like if they went all the way. 

Mind blowing. That's what it would be like. 

Taehyun has been feeling funny for the past few days. And no, it's not because of the incredible blow job he gave beomgyu last week after his episode. Lately he's been having headaches, and getting cranky, and sweating more than usual. He figured it was the stress of basically almost losing his job thanks to Sangyeon, and then almost losing his job because he snapped and went on a rampage like an elephant in the bathroom, and then almost losing his job again because he did filthy things with beomgyu at work, so yeah, a lot has been going on lately. 

But now things are settling, and he can't help but think he's missing something important. 

"What are we going to include on the menu for our holiday special at the end of the month?" Chanhee asked, sidling up next to taehyun and sauteing bell pepper and onion. Taehyun was glad the omega didn't get offended when he snapped and yelled at him to leave him alone last week. Chanhee was just trying to help, but his omega scent only made it worse for his wolf. 

Right, taehyun was head chef now, which means all menu items submitted from the rest of the kitchen staff needs to be approved by him and finalized before they can order the ingredients. 

"Oh shit, I forgot we need to do that. How many days do we have until the special comes out?" Taehyun commented.

"Well, today is the 8th, so we have about three weeks," Chanhee did the math. "That should be enough time."

Taehyun nodded his head. "Good, I want everyone to submit their ideas by next week and then I'll finalize it-"

He paused from swirling his pasta in a cream sauce that will compliment the bell pepper and onions Chanhee was preparing for him. Quickly he counted under his breath how many days it's been since-

His rut. Shit, he forgot it was supposed to be this month. With everything happening, it slipped his mind. And by all the signs his body is giving him, it's clear it will be happening in another day or two. 

Damn, he's going to have to take off work for the week and let hyuka know. The kitchen is going to be in shambles if he doesn't prepare right now. Maybe beomgyu could take over as head chef in his place…

"Nope, can't do it," beomgyu told him after work as they walked back to their apartment. 

"What?" Taehyun said, looking at him with furrowed brows. The least he could do was grant him this favor after all they've been through. "Why not?" He said with a little irritation. He couldn't help the snippiness to his voice, his rut was always a bitch to get through. 

"Because I just notified hyuka yesterday how my rut starts in three days, right on the dot every 2 months. I'm taking the week off the day after tomorrow," beomgyu told him casually, swinging his arms as he glanced over the edge of the bridge and down into the river. 

"Oh god," taehyun groaned, pausing in his spot. Beomgyu continued a few steps ahead and then turned back to look at taehyun with curiosity. "Why, what's wrong? Why do you need a substitute so suddenly?" 

"Because my own rut is in like, a day or two!" Taehyun huffed, running a hand through his hair. "It completely slipped my mind."

Beomgyu's eyes widened as realization hit. "Shit, at the same time? What are we gonna do about that? I totally forgot to like, talk to you about it when I first moved in."

Taehyun frowned, continuing to walk next to beomgyu. He opened his mouth to suggest the first thing that came to mind, maybe beomgyu could go to a friend's house, but then immediately closed it back up. Where would beomgyu go? He can't spend the night at yeonjun's, the newborn pup and soobin would definitely not like a horny alpha on their rut nearby. Hyuka still has his sisters and aunt over so that definitely was out of the question. 

Taehyun sighed. He may find beomgyu annoying and impossible to be around (that wasn't true anymore), but he wasn't heartless enough to kick an alpha on their rut into the street to fend and deal with it on their own. 

"Well, we are just...going to have to go through it at the same time here in my apartment somehow. How long are you gonna take off work for?"

Beomgyu blinked in surprise. What taehyun just did was beyond noble. Two alphas sharing the same space while on their ruts for a few days? That was not an ideal situation. Alphas get territorial, and are very hard to be around unless you're their mate or someone they are super close with. Beomgyu doesn't have to ask to know he would not fall into either of those categories for taehyun despite the obvious sexual attraction between the both of them. He's been rejected indirectly like, three times now. Taehyun clearly wasn't wanting something more with him.  

He gulped, nodding and then brushing some dark bangs off his forehead. "I'm gonna be out for about four days. I take it you're the same?"

Taehyun ran a hand down his face in what beomgyu presumed to be a gesture of stress. 

"Yep. But five days for me. Mine goes a bit longer than everyone else."

Beomgyu nodded again in understanding. "Thank you for allowing me to stay. Also, we need to establish some ground rules to avoid any problems during the next few days. What about rut partners? Are you going to be bringing anyone over?" 

Wow, beomgyu gets right down to business. Taehyun can appreciate that.

Taehyun sighed again, this time with a small grunt of displeasure. "No, I don't have any partners. Not anymore."

Oh? This was news to beomgyu. He would've assumed taehyun got down and dirty every rut, if the way they came together in the bathroom last week was any indication to go by. 

"Why not? Having a rut without a partner can't be comfortable," beomgyu cringed. He would just about die if he didn't have someone to help him out. And his ruts were on the mild side. He doesn't get pain or cramps like most other alphas, but he is pretty horny the entire time, which could be a pain all on its own if he didn't have help to satisfy it. 

Taehyun rubbed the back of his neck and glanced around the street a few times before answering. "My ruts...they are very aggressive. I used to have partners, but one time I got too rough, and almost hurt the poor omega. I felt really bad too, and I almost didn't regain control. Word got around, and all the omegas and betas in the area were too scared to help me out if I asked. So now I just deal with it on my own. It's better this way."

Oh boy. Beomgyu actually feels bad for the poor guy. And after thinking about it, he could see where taehyun was coming from. That alpha rage in the bathroom probably looked pretty terrifying to everyone at the restaurant. So imagine that taehyun but also super horny, out of his mind and out of control, and beomgyu understood why the other alpha was being so cautious. It was all starting to add up now, why taehyun avoided physical contact and intimacy despite knowing his wolf needed it like they needed oxygen to breathe. 

But the funny thing is, beomgyu wasn't afraid of taehyun when he went on a rage. Hell, he even got punched in the jaw and still wasn't scared enough to back off. It actually made him even more pissed and determined to get taehyun under control and calmed down. And boy, calming him down was so fucking hot, he was getting turned on just thinking about it yet again. 

"Man, I'm sorry about that," beomgyu said with sincerity. The only one who could potentially take on taehyun during his rut was probably a mate. Once their wolves decide on a mate with their whole heart, they would never harm them no matter what. 

Taehyun waved a hand, hating the thought of his rival pitying him. "It's fine. I usually lock myself in the bathroom and manage." Sort of. Actually not really. He dreads his ruts whenever they come, which is usually every 2-3 months. Plus, if he was being honest with himself, none of the other omegas and betas from before could completely satisfy him. He had to majorly hold himself back...until he couldn't take it anymore. 

Beomgyu frowned in thought, then he shrugged. "Okay. Usually I need someone to help me out, but now…" he flinched, remembering the recent betrayal from his last partner. "Yeah, I think I'm gonna go solo this time around. I'll just take the living room, you take your bedroom, and we try to avoid each other as much as possible. Sound good?" 

Deep down, taehyun knew this wasn't going to go smoothly. He and beomgyu were too much alike. They both were pushy, strong, independent, and preferred to do things their own way. But they have no other choice, so they would just have to make do. 

At least beomgyu wasn't bringing someone else over, which oddly made taehyun's wolf settle a tiny bit.

He finally admitted to himself that he hated seeing beomgyu with other people, knowing what was going on behind closed doors.  

"Fine. We will have to try our best," taehyun blew out a breath. 

~ 

The next day, taehyun felt like shit. Yeah, his rut was definitely coming, and he deemed it wise to just call off a day early. It was better safe than sorry, considering how his wolf acts during a rut. 

He was currently in the kitchen eating one of his comfort snacks, chocolate covered crackers. His stomach always felt queasy during this time and he didn't usually eat much. He just wished he paid better attention so he could stock up his fridge properly with juice and other comfort foods. 

"Ooo those look good!" Beomgyu said, snatching the cracker out of taehyun's fingers before it could enter his mouth. He munched on it happily, laughing as usual. 

Taehyun normally doesn't care when beomgyu steals his stuff, but he was so not in the mood today, much pissier from the pain in trying to keep his wolf contained so he wouldn't go berserk. 

He let out a really deadly growl, glaring at beomgyu. It shook every nerve to beomgyu's core, and he tilted his head in curiosity.

"I haven't heard that sound from you before, are you okay?" He asked, carefully retracting his hand from the bag of crackers sitting in front of taehyun. He knows when to not cross boundaries. 

"I'm fine," he snapped, grabbing his bag and beginning to stand up.

"No you're not," beomgyu called him out on his bullshit. 

Taehyun ignored him and turned, intending to lock himself up in his room with his bag of snacks. He dug another cracker out and raised it to his mouth. 

Beomgyu was definitely not going to tolerate being ignored like that, not when something was wrong with taehyun. So he lunged for the cracker, and again ate it, moaning obnoxiously about how delicious it was.

"Well, if you're fine, then you wouldn't mind sharing half the snacks that I helped buy," he said with a bratty tone. He reached around taehyun and retrieved yet another, only managing to put it halfway between his lips. Taehyun spun so fast, beomgyu barely saw it coming. Then next thing he knew, he had a face full of a beautiful angry alpha and sharp teeth lightly scraping over his lips while his cracker was stolen right out of his mouth. 

"It's mine," taehyun rumbled, getting up in beomgyu's space. "Now go away. I'm not in the mood to deal with you today."

Beomgyu's lips still stung from the harsh semi-bite, and that really turned him on. He smiled devilishly, then wrapped his arms around taehyun's waist and drew him closer to his body. He has to go to work soon, the clock was ticking, but this was much too fun to pass up on. "Are we finally going to have a repeat of last week?" He asked in a low voice, his eyes trained on taehyun's lips.

Taehyun scoffed, pushing at his shoulders a little. "No, I just have a bad headache from my rut coming soon, and don't really feel like handling your bullshit. That's all. Also we are not going to have a repeat of last week, so don't get your hopes up for more."

Beomgyu's jaw tensed at that. Huh. So they were finally gonna talk about it now, were they? 

"Aww why not? It was just a little kiss. No harm was done," he whined cutely. 

Taehyun scoffed. "Just a kiss? A lot more happened than just a kiss."

Beomgyu sneakily reached with one hand for the bag of crackers, intending to continue to piss taehyun off. He took another between his teeth and taunted it in front of taehyun's face. His eyes zeroed in on beomgyu's lips, and then he lunged again, swiping the snack and brushing his lips against beomgyu's before licking them clean. 

"That's just a little kiss, not what we did in the bathroom, now let go of me," taehyun squirmed out of beomgyu's hold. 

Beomgyu let him slip out of his arms, staring at taehyun with so much heat and want. His lips tingled from his touch, and he desperately needed more. Plus the added potent spice to taehyun's scent from his oncoming rut just made things ten times worse. 

The tension in the air crackled between them, but taehyun ignored it. 

"This isn't over," beomgyu warned.

"Yes it is," taehyun snipped back at him. "And get me more snacks and ice cream on your way back. I can't even stomach the look of food right now," he grumbled. He looked adorably miserable, and beomgyu chuckled softly.

"Yes your highness," he mockingly bowed. Yeah he really had to go, being officially late now. "I can handle everything today and tomorrow in your place, but then I'll be out of commission too, just a fair warning."

Taehyun waved him away, heading to his bedroom so he could nap. It will be the last decent sleep he might have for the next five days. His ruts were the most painful thing he's ever experienced in the world. 

Beomgyu came back late that night with a few bags full of snacks, just like taehyun wanted. Also some pain killers, plus his ice cream (strawberry, he bitchily texted him back later that day when he asked what kind he should get) and a few drinks, mostly juice (apple and lemon, he received in another bitchy response a few hours into the work day). 

He chuckled under his breath, finding it hilarious how moody taehyun becomes when he's on his rut. Usually most people would be insulted or annoyed with the snippy comments and nasty attitude, but beomgyu found taehyun cute when he was demanding. Probably because he never acted like this on a normal day, and also he felt a little bad about his rut being so painful that he immediately feels like shit even before it blows into full force. Plus...he just likes taking care of people, and also being taken care of, so dealing with cranky taehyun for a few days and doting on him was actually kinda nice and really amusing. 

Glancing at the ajar bedroom door, beomgyu put the snacks and ice cream away, and got ready to take a shower. He had a huge day tomorrow since he was subbing for taehyun as head chef, so that means he needs all the sleep he can get. 

Throwing his clothes in the wash and cleaning up, he went to sleep without seeing taehyun again. Poor guy must be exhausted if he's sleeping this much. Taehyun rarely needed more than four hours to be a functional person throughout the day. 

~

The next morning, taehyun woke up in a sweat. It's begun, and panic swirled and settled in his chest. He thought he had at least another day before things got really bad. He also knows it's not natural to fear his ruts, they are a common bodily function necessary for alphas. But ever since that incident a few years ago...where he snapped out of his haze and saw what he did… 

The poor omega just wanted to have a fun time with a horny alpha. But taehyun was too rough, too demanding. He needed release so badly, and he just couldn't find it. The omega was whimpering, begging him to slow down, let them recuperate for another round. 

Okay...the whole incident honestly wasn't that bad, taehyun didn't hurt them, not yet at least. He managed to gain focus and control just in time. He managed to cage his wolf up inside of him and let the omega go back home despite his rut going on for another three days. The omega walked away unharmed, albeit maybe a little bit sore with some bruises from his fingers holding on tight to their waist while he plowed into them for hours. And scared. Taehyun couldn't forget the fear in their eyes while they hurriedly grabbed their clothes and booked it out of his college apartment. 

That was probably the most traumatizing for him. He felt disgusted with himself, guilt and horror taking hold of his insides at what he became during a vulnerable moment. 

So he refused to let it happen again. He wants to be a good person, he doesn't want to wake up and one day find out he went too far while in a violent lusty trance because of a stupid rut. Which is why he will continue to handle his ruts on his own. He can do this. He will get through this by himself, like he always does. 

But it still didn't make the pain hurt any less no matter how solid his control was. He gripped his sheets in an iron fist, whimpering as the waves of heat and cramps started to get worse as the minutes ticked by. Usually if he was asleep, he would barely notice. But once he was awake, it felt like it hit him tenfold. 

An hour went by, then another. He balled himself up on the bed, the blankets kicked off. He was in just his boxers, and his skin was clammy with sweat. His door was cracked, he knows he needs to close it. The scent of his strong pheromones might put beomgyu into a rage. But he couldn't get up, not for a little while at least. His dick was hard and leaking a big wet spot onto his boxers, and his stomach was clenching and unclenching from the painful muscle spasms. He tried to breathe in through his nose, out through his mouth. And then the spasms got worse, they always did on the first day, the pain rising to impossible degrees. He started to cry a little, biting his bottom lip so he could contain the sobs.

He needs to get to the bathroom, usually a warm bath would help with the spasms. However, his muscles were in too much pain to even lift his body, so he just laid there in agony until it eventually died down. 

"Hey taehyun, I'm just letting you know I'm leaving for work and I'll be gone most of the day, so you don't have to worry about me being here when your rut starts-" beomgyu opened the door to taehyun's bedroom. He was trying to be courteous for the other alpha, let him have his first day to himself without another alpha invading his territory. He figured he would just work the whole day at the restaurant and come back really late, where hopefully taehyun would be locked away in his room or bathroom. Really, he's such a nice guy. 

But the sight in front of him made him pause in his rambling, assessing the situation. His wolf inside him went still, watching taehyun closely and whining a bit in sympathy. They both could sense how much pain taehyun and his wolf were in, not that they needed to sense it. The tears running down taehyun's face when he looked up at his intruder was evidence enough to let beomgyu know he was not doing so well. Damn, taehyun wasn't kidding when he said his ruts were bad.

"Hey, are you okay?" He said softly, careful not to take a step into the room. He didn't know how taehyun would react to someone else getting close to him while he was so vulnerable. 

"I'm fine," taehyun gritted between teeth, rubbing his face into the sheets so beomgyu wouldn't see the tears. He was too prideful for this annoying boy to witness how bad he truly was. "Go away," he snarled. 

He refused to admit to himself that beomgyu's scent made him even harder, the taste addicting on his tongue. 

Beomgyu watched him for a few more seconds, and then shrugged. "Okay well, clearly you're lying but I hope you feel better later. I'm gonna go now and stay out of the way."

"Yeah, you do that," taehyun hissed, a small whimper getting stuck in his throat. 

Reluctantly, beomgyu turned and shut the door to the bedroom. He made his way to the hallway, bending down to put on his shoes.

He was already in his chef's uniform, the crisp white top clean and buttoned around his frame. His black slacks didn't have a single wrinkle on them. This was all thanks to taehyun's washing machine, steamer, and ironing board. Seriously, the other boy has helped him out immensely these past few weeks. 

After getting his shoes on, he made sure he still had his keys in his pocket and started to twist the doorknob. 

And then he heard a loud cry with heavy sobbing coming from the bedroom across the large apartment. His wolf whined inside his head again, urging beomgyu to go towards the noise. To check up on the other wolf, the instinct to comfort and soothe pounding into every single muscle of his body. 

Beomgyu shook his head, trying to clear his mind from the possessive growl rumbling up his throat. He swallowed, his knuckles white against the doorknob. 

Another sob, followed by a desperate moan rang through his head, the sound hotwiring his body and jolting everything awake. He's never reacted so badly to such a sound, having many partners in his time since puberty and he first started getting ruts. But lord, taehyun sounded so pretty, even if the moan came out broken and full of pain. 

His irises started to glow a light red, the strong desire to mate coursing through his body. And holy shit his scent was delicious. Beomgyu had to hold his breath a few minutes ago otherwise he would've jumped the poor alpha. His pants got tight, his heart pounding loudly in his chest. Heat coursed through his entire body. Fuck, at this rate taehyun might even trigger his rut a day early.

This was not how he thought their ruts were going to go. He figured they would just both have to open a ton of windows to ventilate the pheromones so they don't kill each other. But instead...he groaned. 

The front door slammed shut, the lock clicked, and then it was quiet inside. 

Soft black socks padded across the wooden flooring, and then a bedroom door opened up wide.

Taehyun sniffled, his sheets clenched so hard into his fists he's surprised they didn't rip yet. One time that happened. He snapped his head up when his door opened again. 

God dammit, what the hell was beomgyu still doing here?!

"What the hell?" Taehyun snarled, the words coming out garbled from his throat. His irises were glowing a neon red, and he bristled as the other alpha entered his small territory. 

"Let me help," beomgyu told him calmly, approaching taehyun's bed with caution. His muscles were tense, ready for a fight any second. Going near another alpha in rut is suicidal and nobody would blame taehyun if he ripped beomgyu's throat out.

"What the fuck did you just say?" Taehyun hissed back at him, the words not nearly as threatening as he hoped it would be due to a painful cry escaping his lips at the last second. 

"I want to help," beomgyu repeated, climbing up on the bed. He unbuttoned and unzipped his black slacks to give him more leg room as he crawled over to taehyun. Without stopping it, his heart ached for the other boy. Such a strong and prideful alpha wolf, both mentally and physically, was now curled into a ball and trembling with pain and muscle spasms. Beomgyu honestly couldn't relate to him at all, his own ruts just made him incredibly slutty and horny. He rarely felt pain besides the constant throbbing need to come. 

Which oddly enough, he especially feels pretty much every time he's around taehyun, even on days when he's not on his rut. 

Taehyun bared his teeth, but otherwise didn't come for his throat. Or maybe he couldn't because of the pain. Either way, beomgyu was also an alpha and knew exactly how to handle him in such a crucial moment. 

He climbed over taehyun's body, and rolled him onto his back, wincing at the high pitched sound of pain taehyun released from his lips. Then he straddled him, pinning him by his shoulders while leaning down to look him straight in the eyes.

"Taehyun, look at me. You don't have to go through this alone. I can make it feel better," he spoke to him earnestly. He means every word. 

Taehyun's skin was like fire under his fingertips. And then the boy shook his head harshly. 

"No, don't wanna hurt anybody," he rasped, biting his bottom lip to keep himself from moaning. A wave of need rolled through his body. Unintentionally he bucked his hips up towards beomgyu in desperate need for some kind of friction, but came back empty. Beomgyu was kneeling on either side and hovering just a little bit above taehyun, the only physical contact being his hands on his shoulders. It wasn't enough, he needs more. "I almost hurt an omega back in college. It ended really badly and I never took a partner again. My wolf is too wild and out of control ever since a few years after puberty. It's gotten worse and worse and-" he hiccupped, fresh tears making his eyes glassy. 

Beomgyu snorted, looking down at him with heated eyes and dark hair falling into his face. "You're not going to hurt me. I'm not fragile like those wimpy others you've been with." 

He's wrong. Taehyun was afraid of what he would do to him if he lost control. For some reason the thought of harming or scaring beomgyu away hurt a lot more than it did for everyone else. He swallowed, refusing to think about what that meant. 

So he made the only safe decision he could think of; he struggled against beomgyu's hold and tried to get up and off the bed, far far away from the other alpha before he did something stupid-

Beomgyu rolled his eyes and scoffed. "How dumb do you think I am? I totally knew you would try to throw me off." He dropped his entire body on top of taehyun, making sure his ass was pressed nice and snug up against taehyun's dick. He smirked when he heard a huge gasp of breath. Yeah, taehyun liked that. 

Taehyun froze in his struggles, his upper lip curling into a snarl. "Get. Off."

Beomgyu leaned down, taunting him with a wide grin. He nuzzled the tip of his nose cutely against taehyun's. "No," he replied in a bratty voice. 

Another spasm of pain and taehyun teared up, dropping a few down his cheeks, the image of beomgyu above him a little blurry. "Why are you doing this?" He whispered, his voice failing him as he tried to breathe through his nose. 

Beomgyu softly brushed his lips against taehyun's and then he leaned away so that he could look him straight in the eyes. "You're in pain. Taehyun, handling a rut like this on your own can't be good. You're going to lose your mind! How about we help each other out instead?" He tilted his head to the side, liking the idea more and more. "We scratch each other's itch, basically. Your rut gives you pain, and it will pretty much go away if you fuck something. My rut makes me impossibly horny. I literally could go for hours and hours, and a lot of times my partners can't keep up. They leave after a day, and I have to find someone else to come replace them. Not even my ex-boyfriend, may he rot in hell, could satisfy me. I felt so bad too," he frowned at the memories. The few times he had to lay in their bed in agony because his ex refused to help him. He claimed he was too tired, not in the mood, didn't feel like missing work in the morning, the excuses were endless. "Wouldn't this benefit both of us? You can be as rough with me as you want, in fact the harder the better," he winked down at taehyun. The gesture would have been cheesy on anyone else. "And I can have a nice pretty hole to fill up and keep me occupied for as long as I need. Your physical stamina is incredible, so I know you can keep up with me just fine. It's a win-win!" 

Taehyun stayed still under him, the fight slowly ebbing from his tense muscles. Yeah, he was caving, and beomgyu could tell he was seriously considering this. His mind was obviously whirling with thoughts, probably analyzing each and every aspect of this new proposal. Beomgyu has known him long enough to be able to guess exactly where his train of thought was going. 

Finally, taehyun spoke. "Is this some kind of new way to mock or make fun of me? Are you gonna try and get me to bend over and then run along and tell everyone how Kang Taehyun agreed to be your whore during his rut? Because if that's the case, then you can go fuck off-"

Beomgyu sighed, interrupting him. "You know I wouldn't do that to anybody, not even the annoying jerk who gets on my nerves everyday. Trust me taehyun, there is no mocking on my end. I want this just as badly as I know you do." To prove his point, he grinded down into taehyun's hips, making sure he rubbed up against his dick. They both moaned at that. 

"Fuck, you feel incredible under me," beomgyu panted. He grinded his ass into taehyun again, and again.

"Stop," taehyun said weakly. He was straining to keep himself from giving in, just letting go and taking what he wants. 

Beomgyu pressed his fingertips into taehyun's shoulders. "Can't, feels too good," he said with a slight slur, his eyes still locked onto taehyun's. He began to dry hump him, needing his clothes off desperately. "Want you so bad," he begged. 

Taehyun uncurled his fists out of the sheets and rested them on beomgyu's calves. Just being in close contact with him was slowly helping. His mind wasn't as fuzzy, and beomgyu's scent both aroused him and calmed him. The pain was still there, but it was taking a back burner to his thoughts. 

"Taehyun," beomgyu whispered, and wow he loved hearing his first name leave his lips. The same lips he's fantasized about for a very long time, and even more after he tasted them last week. 

"But-" taehyun began to argue, still worried he will hurt beomgyu. He's caged his instincts for a few years now, and once he lets that strong control crack and leak out in the slightest, he was afraid what might happen. 

"I'm not an omega or beta, taehyun. I'm an alpha, and I can handle myself in case you go rampant. Trust me," beomgyu reassured him, skimming his fingers up his shoulder and towards his neck. Slowly, he wrapped his fingers gently around taehyun's throat. But it wasn't to demand submission. It was a way to calm taehyun's raging wolf down. The poor thing must be going crazy behind the strong mental brick wall taehyun built around him to keep him locked up. 

Should taehyun trust him? Should he give in to his urges he so desperately needs to let out? The wolf inside him was telling him to go for it, banging his head against the cage for taehyun to grab onto this boy already. Why did his wolf like beomgyu so damn much? His weird interest in the other alpha was part of the reason why taehyun continued giving beomgyu a hard time over the years. It made him uneasy with just how much both man and wolf became attached to another predator just like them. Yet here they both were, constantly imagining what it would be like to have their hands all over this boy above them.

The wall between taehyun and his wolf cracked slightly, and finally he couldn't take it anymore. He reached an arm up and curled his fingers around the back of beomgyu's neck, feeling the soft dark strands as he did so, and then yanked him down. 

Their lips crashed together, and beomgyu had to adjust so he wouldn't lie flat on top of taehyun with the sudden movement. He easily kissed back, wet noises between their tongues quickly filling up the room. He smirked into the kiss when he felt taehyun's fingers wander down to the waistband of his uniform pants, trying to tug them off. Breaking the kiss, he panted into taehyun's mouth. "Yeah, this is what I'm talking about," he said with excitement. 

Shuffling a bit, beomgyu got up to slip off his clothes. First his dark pants, then his chef's shirt, both landing in a ball on the floor. Oops, looks like he's going to have to re-iron them. His boxers, and comically last his black socks, joined the pile. Both knees were digging into the mattress on either side of taehyun's hips as he knelt above him, completely naked and unashamed. He knows he looks damn good, but having taehyun's heated eyes roam all over him, hearing the low rumble growl of want escape his throat, really made him blush. 

Yes, this is what beomgyu's always wanted. Someone to pleasure him as much as he likes to pleasure other people. Someone who could take charge sometimes, bend him over and fuck him like a slut. His mouth watered at the thoughts of what taehyun could do to him. 

Another wave of pain made taehyun curl up a little underneath him. He whimpered, squeezing his eyes shut tight and trying to breathe while it passed. 

Beomgyu snapped out of his horny daze. He needs to hurry. 

Bracing a palm into the mattress next to taehyun's head, he bent down to brush his lips gently over taehyun's cheek. "It's ok taehyun. Hyung will take care of you now," he told him in a soft voice. He surprised even himself with how much he wanted to help and make taehyun feel better. He's never had this kind of reaction before, not even with his ex-boyfriend. His wolf whined again inside his head, telling beomgyu to hurry and get a move on things. "Let me be a nice warm hole for you to fill up, alright?" He said sweetly despite the filthy implication, giving him one last kiss on the other cheek before moving down the bed. He chuckled when taehyun groaned in arousal at his words.

Carefully, beomgyu removed taehyun's boxers from his legs, earning a loud hiss and growl of discomfort from the other boy. Beomgyu took note of the huge red and angry looking dick leaking precum everywhere, and suddenly his mouth watered. No. Later. He can suck taehyun's fat cock later, after he gave him some relief from the pain. 

"Where's your lube, taehyun? I can't produce slick like an omega, and I can already tell you're gonna be stretching me to my limits," beomgyu said with confidence. 

"Bathroom cabinet, second drawer down," taehyun growled out, another wave of pain making his words slur. 

Beomgyu easily hopped off the bed and raced to the bathroom, buck naked. Taehyun would've appreciated the sight of his bare ass swaying as he left, but his whole body felt like it was getting stabbed with needles and he couldn't really get a good reaction from down below at the moment. 

Man, how much he's imagined bending that sweet ass over and fucking it. It couldn't be healthy. More times than he could count he would watch beomgyu bend over at work, ass in the air while he cleaned, and briefly wondered how far they could go before someone caught them at work. He couldn't believe his fantasies were finally becoming a reality. It wasn't often an alpha would give up control enough for another to fuck them. Hell, even he prickled at the idea of himself getting fucked from behind. But for some reason, his wolf didn't mind it if it was beomgyu doing it. In fact, the little traitor playfully crouched to the ground, ass up in the air with his tail wagging at the prospect of being mated-

Taehyun wasn't going to go there at this moment. He quickly shut down on those thoughts. They were both helping each other through their ruts, nothing else. He will admit the sexual attraction between them is off the charts, but nothing more.  

What felt like an eternity later but actually was probably only a few seconds, beomgyu finally returned with cherry flavored lube in his hands. 

"Still like your stuff sweet, huh?" He raised a brow of amusement down at taehyun. Then he climbed back up and watched as taehyun flushed a pretty pink color that didn't have to do with his rut.

"Shut up," taehyun murmured, unable to come up with a snarky reply for once. That was a bad sign he wasn't feeling well, if beomgyu didn't already know that. Taehyun sniffled, wiping his tears into the sheets under his face as proof.

Beomgyu lathered his fingers up in lube, and stuck a hand behind him, circling his rim a few times and getting things nice and wet. He moaned softly, and the sound calmed taehyun momentarily, the pain easing back like a monster in the dark retreating from the light. He widened his eyes as he watched beomgyu stretch himself open above him, taking in his facial expressions of pleasure, his lips parting with soft little breaths and the muscles of his arm working so he could get himself nice and wide to take taehyun inside. 

Taehyun licked his lips, getting aroused just from this. He ached. He ached so damn much for beomgyu. His hand unconsciously wandered down to his dick, squeezing a fist around it and pumping it to relieve some of the pressure. However, his eyes stayed on beomgyu's face and honed into every sound and movement like a predator watching his prey. 

The dark and heated look didn't go unnoticed by beomgyu. He glanced down at taehyun's fast moving fist, smug with the fact that he was getting off to him fingering himself. 

"You like what you see?" Beomgyu smirked. He added in a second finger, the wet sounds joining the slick motions of taehyun's precum covered hand jerking himself off. 

"Yeah, you're fucking gorgeous," taehyun grunted, his voice hoarse and half gone. 

The easy admission made a swirl of heat curl up into his stomach. Oh. Beomgyu liked that a lot. 

But he quickly regained his confidence. "Well, how about I give you a better view," he told him. Then beomgyu removed his fingers, shuffling around taehyun and turning the other way. He spread his legs wider and bent over, bracing his left hand into the mattress by taehyun's leg. 

Taehyun now had a full front row view to beomgyu's ass inches from his face, his pretty hole partially stretched and puckering for something to fill it up. Then he lost his breath when beomgyu inserted two lubed fingers back inside himself, beginning to finger fuck his hole and continue to stretch it out, right in front of taehyun's face. 

He couldn't look away, the sight was too amazing. He was very conflicted in this moment, torn between the need to continue watching beomgyu fucking himself with his fingers, bending him over and fucking him right now, or eating his ass out with his tongue. All options were very tempting, and his dick became even harder if that was possible. 

Beomgyu was now making some sexy moans, adding in a third finger. But he couldn't reach to where he wanted, he couldn't get that perfect angle to touch the wonderful bunch of nerves that he knew would make him explode. 

"Hey taehyun, help a guy out here," he called over his shoulder. "I know my ass is a pretty sight, but you aren't gonna be getting any of this if I don't have my prostate touched at least once while I'm stretching myself." 

Taehyun snapped out of his trance. He was enjoying this way too much more than he should, and hell, even his hand momentarily stopped jerking himself off because he was so into watching beomgyu. 

"Not a problem," taehyun rasped out, placing both hands onto beomgyu's cheeks. He slapped one lightly, testing out the waters, waiting a second to see if he will get his dick chopped off for doing that to another alpha male. But instead he heard a little moan. 

"Don't do that. Not yet or I'll come right now," beomgyu whimpered, his hand stuttering inside his hole. 

Oh. So beomgyu wasn't against spanking. He will remember that. 

Taehyun gently removed beomgyu's fingers out of himself, and the other boy relaxed and rested his weight slightly on top of him. The awkward position with his arm under and behind him caused a little bit of soreness after a while, and beomgyu was grateful for the change in dynamic. He waited eagerly for taehyun to finger him up, finish what he started and get him nice and ready to take a pounding from that delicious looking fat cock he could feel under him. 

But it wasn't fingers that beomgyu felt a moment later. Well, they were parting his ass cheeks, but instead of entering his hole, he felt something warm and wet. And then he let out a loud moan as taehyun started fucking him with his tongue. 

"Oh fuck," beomgyu hissed, gripping the sheet into a fist. "Fuck, fuck, fuck." He loves it when someone eats him out, and the fact that this was taehyun made it a hundred times more enjoyable. His muscles trembled with the force to hold himself back from coming right here and now. Yeah, yeonjun was definitely right; when you find the right person it made it so much more fun and exhilarating.

Taehyun was very good at this, making beomgyu see stars. His tongue speared in and out of him, swirled all around his walls, and the sucking wet sounds he was making went straight to his dick. Beomgyu couldn't help himself, he shamelessly backed up against taehyun and started to ride his face, moving his hips and demanding more. Taehyun's fingers dug into the sensitive flesh of his cheeks, and soon a finger was joining his tongue. Beomgyu let out a soft cry with how good it felt. 

Oh ho, this boy was definitely going to get lucky these next few days. Beomgyu has never felt this much pleasure from someone ever, and they haven't even done anything major yet! 

Taehyun used two fingers to stretch him wide, and then inserted his tongue in-between them to go deeper into his hole. Beomgyu had a knee jerk reaction to that, accidentally pressing his weight and ass onto taehyun's face. He let out a loud groan with taehyun's name, and he could swear he felt taehyun smiling against him. 

He lifted his ass up, not wanting to suffocate the poor boy, and finally he couldn't take it anymore. "Enough," beomgyu panted, moving away from taehyun, audibly whining at the loss of taehyun's tongue and fingers. "As much as I was enjoying that, we need to move on," he said, his voice gruff. He spun back around on the bed and got himself a good look at taehyun's face. Beomgyu sucked in a breath at the sight. His pupils were dilated and wide, his face flushed from having it deep in beomgyu's ass, and his lips were red and swollen. His tongue came out to swipe against them, no doubt tasting beomgyu still. 

"Fuck, that was hot," beomgyu whispered, earning a confident smile in reply. "I think you definitely earned your right to fuck me." 

Taehyun rolled his eyes. "Of course I did," he said with cockiness that really should irritate beomgyu, but instead it made him harder. Taehyun noticed, his eyes drawn to the way his dick twitched with anticipation. 

Then he took on a serious look. "How do you want to do this? It can't be easy for your wolf to like being fucked by another alpha, so maybe we could do it standing up-"

Beomgyu giggled, pressing a finger to taehyun's lips to shut him up. "Thank you for being considerate, but my wolf has no problems with you fucking us in all positions. In fact the little whore is totally blitzed out at the moment after that hot tongue action you gave me. So here's your repayment-" he said, rolling off of taehyun and going to all fours next to him on the large bed. He side glanced at taehyun, waiting. 

Taehyun just stared wide eyed at him, disbelief on his face. He didn't move for a second, just taking in beomgyu's naked body. The delectable arch of his back, his slim waist, his flushed skin, the movement of his muscles as he braced himself into the mattress offering himself for the taking. 

He waved his ass a little in the air, a gesture to hurry up. Taehyun let out a loud groan and breath of air. His wolf stopped battering against the slightly cracked mental wall, and took a moment to admire the other alpha baring himself for them. He sniffed, letting out a growl of pleasure at beomgyu's scent of arousal. 

Yeah, finally he and his wolf were on the same page. They both wanted beomgyu, right here, right now. 

He snatched the lube up, and started slicking his dick up and down. The pain was forgotten, lessened considerably after eating beomgyu out. Once he started giving in to his arousal, the pain began to ebb away. 

"Fuck yeah, get yourself all nice and wet for me," beomgyu growled out playfully. "I love those sounds the most." 

"I'm not going to be gentle beomgyu," taehyun warned again, he needed the other to know one last time. "I can't be gentle," he whispered, his red irises almost blown out from his pupils. He moved behind beomgyu and admired his waiting ass, his puckered hole begging to be filled up. 

"C'mon my little alpha boy," beomgyu laughed, throwing a look over his shoulder. "Dick me down nice and good. I deserve this for being so generous and thoughtful. Really, nobody is as nice as me, so you owe me for-" he moaned when taehyun slapped the tip of his dick against his rim, teasing him and rubbing up against his hole but not quite entering yet. "Oh shit, do that again," he said.

Taehyun did, rubbing against him nice and slow, catching the rim every now and then. He watched as beomgyu clenched every time, trying to suck taehyun in. Fuck, this felt amazing. So he continued to do it for another minute or two, ignoring beomgyu's growls of sexual frustration; he was growing impatient. 

Beomgyu didn't like to be teased, much. He liked to be fucked good and hard, and he was too wound up to deal with it right now. So he reached a hand back and gripped taehyun's dick, positioning the tip to his hole and forcing taehyun to slowly enter inside him.

"Wow, you're pretty desperate like a whore," taehyun chuckled in amusement, allowing beomgyu to keep inserting his dick into him for a good few inches.

"I'm not like a whore, I am a whore. So get to work and make me feel good," beomgyu mouthed off back to him, letting go of his dick once he felt he was inside a good amount. 

"Yes sir," taehyun mocked, gripping beomgyu's waist and keeping him still while he entered at a leisure pace. He watched as beomgyu took him in and slowly stretched around him as he went deeper. Finally he was in all the way, and the feeling was breathtaking. Taehyun's eyes fluttered closed as his cock was wrapped up in a tight heat, making him almost whimper. It's been too long since he felt relief from his rut, even this small amount was enough to put him at ease for a few hours. 

"Are you going to destroy my pretty hole, or will I have to do all the work?" Beomgyu snapped him out of his emotional moment. He felt beomgyu rotate his hips a few times, and taehyun let out a painful whine.

Beomgyu paused, looking back with worried eyes. "Are you okay? Did I hurt you?" He asked, his brattiness from a moment ago gone. 

Taehyun shook his head and swallowed the lump in his throat. "No, you just felt so good. It's been a while-" he cut off on a choked sob.

Suddenly beomgyu's eyes filled with compassion. He got what taehyun meant. "Does it feel better? Am I helping?" He wanted to make sure he wasn't forcing taehyun into anything. He practically threw himself at the poor alpha earlier, not giving him much of a choice.

"Yeah," taehyun cleared his throat from the emotion. "Yeah you're helping a lot." 

Beomgyu grinned. "Good, because I'm horny as fuck, and I was afraid you would leave me hanging." 

Taehyun shook his head, flicking his damp bangs out of his eyes. "Nope, no stopping now."

Beomgyu let out a breath of relief, dropping his head towards the mattress. And then he sucked in a breath again when taehyun slid out of his hole almost all the way, and then snapped his hips and slammed back in at full force. 

"You okay?" Taehyun asked, rearing back again but pausing just in case. 

"Hell yeah, keep going," beomgyu told him, his voice muffled from facing down with his hair in the way. He let out a grunt when taehyun did it again, and again, speeding up with each hard thrust against him. 

Taehyun's surroundings faded away. All he could focus on was himself, beomgyu, and the sound of his cock driving back and forth into a tight little hole. He was slowly losing control, the pleasure too much but not enough. Surprisingly, the state his mind was in isn't as bad as years before. Both he and his wolf hyperfocused onto beomgyu, taking great pride in the pornographic sounds of pleasure he was making, all because of them. They managed to hear when beomgyu begged him to go faster and rougher. A growl of approval escaped his lips when beomgyu threw his hips back, meeting him somewhere in the middle and making the feeling between them ten times better. Taehyun's wolf spurred him on, urging him to touch the other, own him. So he wrapped his fingers into the back of beomgyu's dark hair and dragged him up against his chest, kissing his neck and shoulder while his hips continued their marathon of thrusts down below. 

Taehyun was pleased when beomgyu seemed to like his hair being pulled, and he had to blink himself back to reality so that he could focus on what beomgyu was trying to say to him.

"Shit taehyun, I'm coming. I can't hold it-" he parted his lips and moaned long and deep, the sound coming from both him and his wolf. White painted the sheets under him, and his body slumped slightly while he still chased his high. But taehyun wouldn't let him go. A strong arm wrapped around his waist and kept him suspended there kneeling up on the mattress against a warm chest. Beomgyu braced a hand against the headboard, trying to catch his breath while taehyun continued to fuck him from behind.

"I can't stop, beomgyu," taehyun whimpered. He was too into it, it would take everything he had in him to stop and pull out now to give beomgyu time to recover. He doesn't think he could do it. Beomgyu felt too good, smelled addicting like taehyun, sex, and his delicious scent mixed all in one, and just having his body against him was like heaven. He buried his face into the crook of beomgyu's shoulder, holding in a sob. "I can't...stop," he breathed in between thrusts. His orgasm was finally creeping up on him, and he knew just a little more will get him there. 

"Keep going," beomgyu demanded with a hoarse voice. 

"But you're sensitive," taehyun began to argue, still pounding his hips against beomgyu's ass. His breathing was becoming labored, and the sound was sexy in beomgyu's ear. 

"I like it," beomgyu reassured him, gripping the headboard even more. "I could go again, the heat isn't gone yet." It was true, his rut hasn't consumed him in full force yet, that probably won't happen until tomorrow, but the tingles were there. He wasn't satisfied, he wanted more. "Please," he whispered. "Don't stop."

Taehyun had to remind himself which one of them here was out of control. Beomgyu wasn't lying when he said that he got incredibly horny with the need to have sex for hours. 

Well, that was fine by him.

He loosened his hold on beomgyu's waist, allowing the other boy to bend forward and hang on to the headboard better. Then he just...let go. 

"Taehyun, taehyun, taehyun," beomgyu chanted breathlessly, his muscles straining to hold on to the bed so he wouldn't get slammed against it and the wall with the force of taehyun's thrusts. Shit, he was incredible. He hit all the right places, went so deep inside him, his cock brushing up against his good spot over and over. Beomgyu bit his lower lip and blinked away tears of pleasure. This is what he needed, and he finally found it. Taehyun fucked him so good, being with him here like this made everything feel so right. 

They were going at it so hard beomgyu didn't even register the straining noises from the bed below them. They both were letting out grunts and moans, swearing left and right and demanding more from each other. 

And then there was a crack, and a thump, but taehyun was still going, beomgyu equally into it as he pushed his ass back and swirled his hips into taehyun's pelvis. Taehyun pushed and pushed against him, smooshing him into the wooden headboard and using it as leverage so he could rail beomgyu with a heated ferocity. Beomgyu came once more on a cry, his hand wrapping around his own cock so he could pump it and prolong his orgasm, and his walls clenched onto taehyun behind him.

Taehyun finally slammed one last time into beomgyu, the heat inside him consuming him. This orgasm hit him with such a painful intensity, and his vision went momentarily black. He swelled up inside beomgyu and just released everything he had.

That last thrust caused beomgyu to push against the headboard once more, and then the wooden bed frame broke. The bed collapsed on one side, jostling beomgyu who was right in the middle of pumping his cock, and taehyun who was still coming deep into beomgyu's hole. 

Neither one of them paid it any mind, letting their orgasm take over for a few more minutes. 

Beomgyu's cock softened, his hand and the headboard a mess of cum under him. Taehyun's vision came back and he slumped against beomgyu's back. They both toppled to the side where the bed was collapsed, no longer able to keep upright. The room was completely silent except the heavy breaths escaping both of their lips. 

Taehyun felt tingly and happy all over, both he and his wolf well satisfied for once. That was the most intense orgasm he's ever had in his life, and his muscles were spent. Still, his cock was stuffed deep into beomgyu's hole, and he wiggled it around a little.

That earned him a deep moan from the boy under him added to the soft wet sucking sounds from his cum leaking all around his dick. Even after two major orgasms, beomgyu's body still tried to suck taehyun back in for another round.

"You okay?" Taehyun asked, his voice failing him from how hard he's been moaning beomgyu's name for a long time. 

"Mhmm," beomgyu hummed, his hand still on the headboard, just resting there. 

They didn't say anything else, but it wasn't awkward, both of them basking in the after-sex glow.

Finally, the silence between them was broken by soft giggles.

"What's so funny?" Taehyun wondered, giving beomgyu wet kisses on his back and shoulders, his hand smoothing up and down the side of his ribs. 

"We fucked so hard that we broke the bed," beomgyu continued to laugh. "This is the best thing to ever happen," he brought a finger up to wipe away a tear from his laughter. 

"Not for me. I have to replace it now," taehyun pouted. "Wooden bed frames aren't cheap, you know."

Beomgyu let out some ugly snorts, burying his face into the sheets. His whole body rocked with fits of giggles. "I can't wait to tell soobin and yeonjun." 

Taehyun's eyes widened. "Oh no you don't. They can't know, we'll never hear the end of it!" 

Beomgyu shook his head. "Nope, I'm telling!" 

Taehyun rolled him over onto his back, pulling out of his hole in the process, and they both slid at an angle on the bed a tiny bit from the uneven surface. He pinned him with his hands and a harsh look. "Listen here Choi, we take this to the grave. Or at least you will, which could be in the next few seconds if you decide to make the bad choice." 

Beomgyu snorted some more, moving his sore legs and wrapping them loosely around taehyun's waist. "I'm going to need some bribing then." 

Taehyun raised a brow, bracing his elbows into the bed on either side of beomgyu's head. He carefully lowered his body on top of beomgyu, letting his weight settle slightly. They were chest to chest, warm skin against warm skin, and it was the best feeling taehyun has ever experienced. It made it even better when beomgyu casually wrapped his arms around his neck like they do this everyday. 

"What do you have in mind?" He played along, studying beomgyu's face. He was still grinning, and the laughter remained in his eyes. It was a breathtaking sight. 

Beomgyu swirled his fingers into the hair at the back of taehyun's neck, pretending to think about it. And then he smirked. He pulled taehyun down, and let their lips touch, initiating a sweet and gentle kiss. 

Taehyun easily gave in, kissing back and memorizing the feel of beomgyu's lips gliding against his like they belong there, fitting perfectly in the spaces. He doesn't want this kiss to stop, his chest warming up and his dick hardening again. 

"Hmm, again already?" Beomgyu hummed against taehyun's lips, rubbing himself up into taehyun's body. He could feel how hot and sweaty taehyun still was, and his muscles slightly twitching with spasms.

"Sorry, I can't help it-" taehyun began to say with a sniffle, wrapping his arms completely around beomgyu's entire body to keep him pressed tight against him. He clung onto him for dear life, and shit he was a goner for beomgyu. He was just so emotional and a mess, yet beomgyu was still here with him, actually enjoying the time they spent together from the way he smiled and laughed softly in his ear.

"Don't apologize, let's go another round," beomgyu breathed into his ear, running his hands through the back of taehyun's hair. "Cause you know, I'm such a saint and can't have my fellow alpha suffer from his rut and totally not because that was the best sex ever and I selfishly need more of it, or anything-" he continued to ramble with a shit-eating grin, rolling them over so he was on top and giggling when they slid on the still uneven surface of the bed. 

"You're an asshole," taehyun cut him off with affection, just laying there with his arms resting up by his head and watching beomgyu straddle him. The sight was beautiful. He felt warm and strong hands press into his chest and then beomgyu spread his legs wider so he was sitting comfortably on his stomach. 

"You love it though. Now clench those fantastic abs for me so I can ride them a bit," he demanded, flicking some of his hair out of his eyes. 

"Always knew you were admiring them every morning I worked out," taehyun said back with a smirk, flexing under beomgyu. He watched as beomgyu lazily rubbed himself up and down his torso, his now hard dick dragging across his heated skin and leaving a trail of fresh precum all over his abs. 

Beomgyu looked down at his motions on top of taehyun, the sight filthy and messy. There wasn't really any delicious friction from these movements, his dick wasn't getting squeezed or rubbed, and his hole wasn't getting filled or abused. He was just leisurely grinding and humping against taehyun's nicely toned and warm stomach, letting his sensitive cock feel every ridge and bump of taehyun's abs, and yet he was just as turned on as he would've been if they were doing the other stuff. The room was quiet and filled with their short breaths, and the sun was slowly coming up through the crack in taehyun's curtains so he could see his face clearly as he moved against him. Their eyes didn't leave each other for a second, both gazes filled with so many emotions. It sent flutters through beomgyu's stomach and even more arousal. He bent in half, leaning over taehyun as he continued to rub, his scent and cum now all over his skin. With careful hands, he cupped taehyun's face and kissed him softly, letting their breaths mix and their tongues gently curl around each other. Taehyun finally moved his hands off the mattress, reaching up to grip beomgyu's waist and stop his movements. 

"Need more of you," he pleaded against beomgyu's lips. 

He didn't have to say anything more, beomgyu already backing up down his body so he could realign taehyun's cock into his ass. They both groaned into each other's mouths while he stretched around him, and then just sat there and kissed over and over for a few minutes before doing anything. 

Beomgyu broke the kiss with a gasp of air, needing to breathe again, and then slapped his hands on taehyun's stomach to hold on tight. Next thing he knew, he was throwing his head back with a moan and bouncing on taehyun's cock with delight, both of them going at it pretty hard once again. 

Well, at least they didn't have to worry about fucking on a slanted bed anymore. With a crack and a thump, the other side evened out. 

Beomgyu was so going to brag to yeonjun and soobin.  

~

The rest of the day involved beomgyu helping clean taehyun and himself up in a warm bath to soothe the muscle cramps still wracking taehyun's body, and doting on him the best he could.

He made sure taehyun stayed hydrated, had some pain meds, and always checked on him while he napped. Towards the end of the day, taehyun was feeling slightly better and well enough to eat, so beomgyu came in with freshly cut fruit and chocolate covered pretzels. And hot cocoa. The amount of chocolate this boy ate while in rut was incredible.

Still, he found his heart clenching at how adorable taehyun looked, all blitzed out and dazed while he munched on his snacks. He just wanted to pinch his cheeks, or maybe suck his dick, but he restrained himself until taehyun was finished eating. He had to keep up his strength for the rest of the week since beomgyu was a crazy sex addict on his ruts. Beomgyu was only mildly horny at the moment, but tomorrow he will be feeling it full force, and taehyun better deliver. 

"Why don't you sleep some more and I'll let you fuck me again when you wake up, ok?" Beomgyu told him softly, getting up to clean taehyun's plate and take his cup to the kitchen. 

Taehyun nodded and watched him walk out of the room. On his way out though, he accidentally dropped one of the napkins taehyun used. 

"Dammit," beomgyu grumbled, juggling the dishes so he could bend down to pick it up.

Taehyun tilted his head and admired the view, not much left to the imagination with how tight beomgyu's boxers were around his ass and thighs. 

Beomgyu picked it up and glanced behind him, noticing taehyun staring. He stood back up and smirked.

"Were you staring at my ass?" He asked him directly. 

"Yeah," taehyun sighed in content. "I'm always staring at it. What a nice ass you got, and after last night, I can definitely confirm it's nice." 

Beomgyu scoffed. "Of course it is. Just be lucky I'm sharing it, because you are one of the very few people who's gotten a chance to fuck it." 

"It's mine now, so no more sharing it with anyone but me," taehyun nodded in decision, slowly going back under the sheets so he could get some more sleep. The pain meds and slight food in his stomach was making him drowsy.

"Uh no, it's still mine and I'm the only one who gets a say in what happens to it," beomgyu argued, a hand on his hip. He glared at taehyun, who's eyes were half shut.

"Nah, mine," he rumbled out with a possessive growl coming from his wolf. Then his eyes shut completely. 

Beomgyu stood there in the doorway, blushing at how possessive taehyun and his wolf was being with him. He and his own wolf liked it so much. 

Taehyun woke up with tears in his eyes and a growl of pain slipping through his teeth. He was ravenous, needing physical touch and relief. He thrashed in the sheets, intending to go to the bathroom and maybe jerk himself off until he felt a little better, but he got stuck and tried to roll off the edge of the bed until gentle hands wrapped around his waist. 

"Where do you think you're going?" Beomgyu asked a little sleepily, dragging taehyun back towards him across the bed. 

"I need to, I need-" taehyun hissed and sniffled, not able to form a coherent sentence. 

"Shh, I got you. If you needed relief you should've told me," beomgyu said softly, kissing taehyun's neck and collarbone. His hand wandered down taehyun's naked body, gripping his aching cock and lazily jerking him off under the sheets. 

"Thought I was alone, forgot you were here," taehyun gulped in a breath, moaning at the feel of beomgyu's hand working him up. 

"I'm not going anywhere," beomgyu promised, speeding up his rhythm. The sounds taehyun was making turned him on in an instant. 

Taehyun was losing his mind. He pushed beomgyu off of him until he was on his back and then rolled on top of him. "Need you," he growled, yanking his boxers off and spreading his legs. 

"Oh!" Beomgyu gasped, feeling two fingers enter him. But it wasn't wet enough for his liking so he slapped taehyun's hand away from his hole. "You don't get to fuck me until you stretch me properly. And lube up your dick, I like it wet," he growled out at taehyun. 

Taehyun grumbled under his breath, but he listened to beomgyu, grabbing the lube and prepping him nice and good. Then he could finally sink his desperate dick into his waiting heat. 

"And go slow, I'm a little sore from earlier," beomgyu smirked, knowing it would be torture for taehyun. 

"Fine," taehyun hissed between his lips, stretching beomgyu around his cock slowly and carefully.

Beomgyu hummed in content, closing his eyes and basking in the feeling. He wrapped his legs around taehyun's waist and together they just rocked slowly. Taehyun tucked his face into the crook of his neck, kissing it every now and then as he moved. 

"This is nice," beomgyu whispered breathlessly. "Does it feel good for you?" 

"You know it does," taehyun admitted. 

"Yeah, but I like hearing it," beomgyu argued back. 

Taehyun snorted, the hot breath hitting beomgyu's skin. "Then yes, it feels incredibly good. You're nice and tight, wet, and my wolf loves being with you."

Beomgyu smiled, his eyes still closed as taehyun pushed in and out of him gently, just rotating his hips slightly. They both later came with a quiet moan into each other's mouths as they kissed softly. 

~

Beomgyu woke up and groaned. It was still dark out, probably nearing 5am, and his own rut was finally coming in full swing. The only thought pounding in his head at that moment was to fuck taehyun. 

So he unapologetically rolled closer to the sleeping wolf and kissed him awake. 

Taehyun moaned into his mouth, half asleep and opening his lips wider so beomgyu could fuck his tongue in and out of it until he was fully awake and kissing back. 

"Time to get up," beomgyu panted. "My rut is here and I basically need sex or I'll die."

"You're such a drama queen," taehyun rolled his eyes with a raspy morning voice. 

"Whatever, it's my turn now. Spread your legs," beomgyu said, grabbing the lube and expertly warming it up in-between his fingers. 

Taehyun's eyes widened. "Wait, beomgyu," he said with a small voice. The other alpha immediately stopped what he was doing, giving taehyun his full attention. 

God, this was sort of embarrassing. He tried not to flush, and was grateful it was still dark out, the only source of light being from the bathroom across the hall. 

"Uhm, I've never had a partner want to..fuck me. It was always, you know, the other way around?" He said on a question. "Cause you know, alphas and omegas, or even betas, and yeah…"

Beomgyu paused, just studying taehyun's face. He didn't look or smell scared, but rather uneasy, which was understandable. His eyes softened, and immediately he calmed down his raging hormones slightly. His wolf was desperate for release, but the animal understood the situation. Taehyun was more important to them right this instant.

"Oh, not a problem. You still want to continue then?" 

Taehyun nodded, sweat beading on his forehead. He was still going strong with his rut and yeah, sex sounded really good right about now. 

"Okay then, let's go soft and slow, like how you did with me a few hours ago. That sound good?" Beomgyu asked, waiting for a reply. 

"Yeah, I'm okay with that," taehyun breathed out with relief. 

Beomgyu hovered over him briefly and kissed him for another few minutes, just because he wanted to. And then he broke the kiss and got to work, treating taehyun like he was super delicate and precious.

The next hour consisted of achingly slow and heated movements, beomgyu keeping his libido under major control so that taehyun felt good. He connected their foreheads together as he gave taehyun long drawn out thrusts into his hole, his hands wrapped snug around taehyun's thighs to keep them up and spread open so he could fit his body between them. Taehyun had his arms wrapped tight around beomgyu's neck, quietly whimpering with pleasure into his ear.

"Can we go faster?" He asked desperately, his stomach and chest heaving with each rub against beomgyu's body.

Beomgyu kissed his lips and down his neck, licking at his scent gland and leaving marks all over his skin. "No," he breathed with a light laugh. "Gonna take you nice and slow for the first time, make you feel everything between us so you remember it forever."

"You're an asshole," taehyun moaned and panted, his fingers digging into beomgyu's back when he felt his cock glide slowly back into him.  

"I know," beomgyu answered with a smirk for probably the third time that night. Taehyun was kind of mouthy when he was in rut and he found it hilarious. 

After another while, taehyun finally couldn't take it, coming between their bodies with a cry. Then he moaned beomgyu's name and rocked his body with him while he was filled up with cum. Beomgyu collapsed on top of him, both their bodies quivering with little tingles and shocks, the heat almost unbearable between them.

Beomgyu sighed and laid on his back, waiting for taehyun to recover. There was silence in the room, but nothing weird between them. Sharing bodies with taehyun was as natural as breathing. 

"Hey, what are we gonna add to the holiday special menu this month?" Beomgyu asked randomly, turning his head to face taehyun.

He heard a giggle, one of the very rare and few taehyun sometimes lets out, and okay that just melted his heart beyond repair.

"Are you seriously asking me what we should make to eat for work? After sex?" He laughed, smacking his shoulder.

"I mean, yeah. I was curious what everyone is gonna suggest we make," beomgyu smiled. "Quit laughing! I wasn't trying to be funny!" 

"Wait, oh shit! Did you call off for hyuka yesterday?! You were supposed to cover my shift!" taehyun shot up in worry.

Beomgyu also sat up, reaching an arm out and pulling taehyun closer. "Hey, hey, it's ok. I took care of it while you were sleeping." He yanked even more until taehyun was in his lap, his back to his chest, and he wrapped his arms around taehyun's torso to cuddle. He breathed deeply into the side of his neck, inhaling his scent. The smell of sex and sweat coated taehyun's skin lightly, as well as his own scent all over him, and it made him hard just thinking about what it would be like if they were mated. Taehyun would smell like him all the time, not a day would go by where beomgyu wouldn't hug him close. 

"Your dick is poking my back," taehyun snorted. "This is not the cute and comfortable position you think it is."

Beomgyu lightly bit his shoulder in retaliation. "Cuddling you is nice, but I actually had something else in mind." 

Taehyun shifted his head to look back at him slightly. "Oh? Are you going to fuck me again already?" He was a bit stiff but ready to go for his round two.

"In a little bit. I know you're probably sore. Instead how about you just lean back against me and let me play," he purred into his neck, licking the spot right where he will claim him if they ever get there one day. 

"Play?" Taehyun questioned, his breath catching at a particularly good suck near his ear. 

"Yeah," beomgyu said, reaching for the lube. "Spread your legs a little for me and lay back, just like that," he instructed growling with approval when taehyun did as he suggested. 

Then he warmed up some lube and reached down in front of taehyun, brushing past his semi-hard cock and curving his hand under his ass so he could circle his rim. Taehyun jolted in his hold, but then shifted so he could settle more comfortably against beomgyu.

"This is nice," he smiled lazily, his eyes drooping halfway down. Beomgyu's fingers worked him open, just casually finger fucking him and playing with his hole. 

"Glad you like it," beomgyu chuckled into taehyun's ear. His teeth softly nipped at his lobe and his lips traced gentle kisses all the way down his neck and across the back of his shoulder, all the while his hand never let up on its pace. "Thought I should get you used to feeling full. I'm gonna have all kinds of fun with you later."

"Looking forward to it," taehyun moaned when beomgyu hit a nice good spot with his middle and ring fingers. Sometimes he would pull them out and run a light caress up and around his dick, jerking him off a little, and then he would go right back to playing, making wet and loud noises down below. Taehyun soon became boneless in his arms, and he came with beomgyu's other hand squeezing and rubbing a thumb across the tip of his very hard cock. 

He was still panting when beomgyu turned him around so they were facing each other, the look on his face indescribable. Beomgyu looked at him with so much feeling, like he was the only person in the world. And so taehyun didn't hesitate to seat himself comfortably on beomgyu's thighs, letting him stretch him open wide so he was filled to the hilt. And he bounced in beomgyu's lap with his face buried into his shoulder right above his heart so he could listen to his heavy breath and pounding heart while he got fucked brutally. 

Beomgyu could hear the cutest high pitched whines escaping taehyun's throat, and that just made him even more crazy, slamming up into taehyun with everything he had, trying to go as deep as possible until he came for so long inside him with a desperate moan leaving his lips. He fell backwards on the bed and brought taehyun with him, grunting when taehyun swirled back and forth on his semi-hard dick to spread the cum everywhere and overstimulate the both of them. He wanted to come again, still not there when beomgyu finished. 

"Almost there," he gasped, trying to ride out his high and tip over the edge.

"Come here," beomgyu rasped out, dragging taehyun up towards him. He cried out when beomgyu slipped out of him, leaving him hanging without release. "I'm not abandoning you, keep going," beomgyu promised him, almost as if he could read his mind. 

Taehyun furrowed his brows in confusion and studied beomgyu's face. He was just lying flat on their bed, his face flushed and dark hair wild everywhere, yet his eyes still held a sex crazed look. 

"Up, up, up," beomgyu continued to yank him, making taehyun plant both knees into the mattress on either side of his body and crawl his way up. 

"Huh?" He asked not understanding where this was going or what he wanted from him.

Beomgyu rolled his eyes at how stupid he was being. "I'm gonna suck your dick for you, you idiot. Now come up here and fuck my throat."

Oh. Oh.

Well, if he says so. Taehyun immediately climbed up until he was kneeling on either side of beomgyu's face, his still swollen dick right in front of his lips. This position was so wrong, but also incredible, and taehyun flushed everywhere when he looked down to see beomgyu eyeing up his cock with a heated gaze. 

"Are you sure I won't hurt- mmmm," taehyun began to say with worry, afraid of maybe accidentally thrusting too hard or hurting beomgyu unintentionally. But he didn't get to finish his sentence because suddenly beomgyu was tilting his head up to take him whole in his warm mouth, pouty lips wrapped tight to make a great suction. Soon taehyun was gently rotating his hips in and out of beomgyu's mouth, pressing a hand to the headboard in front of him for leverage while he watched his cock disappear down beomgyu's throat. His tongue did wonders, licking his length and circling his tip. Taehyun felt his fingers curl around his thighs and possibly leave bruises while he gripped him. He can just add those to the many other bruises that painted both of their bodies. They have barely been gentle with each other this entire time. 

Beomgyu popped off and glared up at taehyun with spit slicked and red swollen lips. "You're holding back on me," he accused, his voice half gone. Taehyun wasn't small, so he had a lot being shoved down his throat. 

Well, yeah he was holding back. But-

Beomgyu slapped his thigh to get his attention. "Fuck my throat until you come," he demanded in a bratty voice, and then he wrapped his lips back around him and bobbed his head up and down the best he could while laying flat on his back.

Taehyun braced his other hand on the headboard and did what he was told. He bucked his hips faster against beomgyu's face, chasing his high desperately. Beomgyu moaned and purred around his length, sending thrills of pleasure shooting up taehyun's body. Looking down and locking eyes with beomgyu, he came really hard inside his mouth, watching his throat bob continuously as he swallowed all of it. Holy shit, taehyun was going to pass out from this image alone. Beomgyu was the personification of sex itself and the best he will ever have. 

He popped off with a sigh, gently caressing taehyun's smooth thighs still on either side of his head. Taehyun couldn't move, all of his muscles felt like jelly, so he just leaned against the wall and tried not to sit down on beomgyu with all of his weight. He needed a moment to be able to get up and off his face. 

Beomgyu snickered at how blissed out taehyun was, occasionally leaning his head up to kiss and kitten lick his softening dick, being an evil tease. The overstimulation was too much, and taehyun carefully kneeled away from beomgyu and inelegantly collapsed onto the bed next to him.

"Shit, I can't move," taehyun said, sighing into the sheets. 

Beomgyu laughed. "Welcome to having a rut with beomgyu. Now you know why I needed multiple partners sometimes." He then reached out and rubbed taehyun's ass, giving it a smack and watching it bounce. That earned him a growl from taehyun's wolf, but it was playful so he did it again. 

"Better rest up baby, because in another few hours I'll be horny and ready to go all over again," he smiled cheekily, jumping out of bed to get them a cloth and maybe some food and drinks. Aftercare was just as much fun as the sex, at least to him. Taehyun groaned, but he wasn't serious. His wolf liked all of the attention and sex. His hormones were finally calming down thanks to beomgyu, and he barely felt the pain anymore. Beomgyu was keeping him satisfied so much that the cramps and spasms didn't even have a chance to start back up. 

One thing is for sure. He knows he's going to be blissfully exhausted by the end of this week. 

~

Taehyun finished his rut a day before beomgyu. But he opted to stay home from work for the last day to help beomgyu through his final bout of sex-craze. They basically fucked everywhere in their apartment by now; on the couch-bed, the countertops, the living room floor, the bathroom, against the hallway wall, and beomgyu's favorite spot of all: the huge glass window looking out at the nightime cityscape. 

It took his breath away, both the view of the city lights and taehyun's cock pounding into his ass while he pressed the front of his body to the glass. It was only a one way window, so no one could see them from outside, not that he would've cared even if they could. He will probably have to clean the glass later, but all he could think about right then and there was taehyun's body against his, his sexy voice moaning in his ear, and the glide of his cock stuffing him full over and over until he was coming all over the place. 

However, taehyun wasn't done, still too caught up in the feel of beomgyu squeezing him tight just right. 

"Taehyun," beomgyu panted, his breath fogging the glass at his face. There was no reply, only another moan when beomgyu clenched around him. "Taehyun," he tried again, his words a little slurry from his head in a post-orgasm daze.

"What?" Taehyun finally replied, leaning into him harder and pressing him against the window. His hands joined beomgyu's on the glass, palms flat on top of his and fingers lacing together. 

"I want you to claim me," beomgyu said weakly, taehyun's hips doing wonders to his ass. "Right here, right now. In my favorite spot in front of the river and city, with all of the pretty lights reflecting off the water and outlining the dark sky. And you deep inside me," he choked on a sob with how good it felt. His heart pounded in his chest as he waited for taehyun's response. 

Taehyun's thrusts slowed, and beomgyu feared he would get rejected yet again. But then he felt taehyun's hands tighten against his own and soft lips kissing the side of his neck near his scent gland. 

"Is this spot right here okay?" He finally said, muttering the words against his skin and licking the spot he wanted. It was an obnoxious spot for a claiming bite, visible even with his uniform shirt on. But it was perfect for beomgyu. 

"Yeah, right there," beomgyu gasped, pressing his cheek to the glass and stretching his neck for taehyun to have plenty of access. 

Taehyun growled, speeding his thrusts back up, and right before he came, he bit down hard on beomgyu's neck, claiming him right there in front of the nightime city along the river. Beomgyu cried out his name in a deep moan, coming for a second time, and he panted against the glass until he couldn't see from all the breathy fog. 

Taehyun lazily thrust in and out of him some more while licking his new claiming mark along beomgyu's neck, trying to soothe the pain. 

"You know this pretty much means I love you, right?" Taehyun whispered quietly against his ear, nipping at the skin there just because he could.

"You smooth motherfucker," beomgyu sighed in content, for once exhausted after sex. Taehyun chuckled and pulled out, and he winced when he felt the aftermath of what they did leak out and run down the backs of his thighs a little bit. 

Then he let taehyun take care of him this time around, cuddling up to him when they were clean and under the sheets. 

A few hours later, beomgyu unsurprisingly woke taehyun up, fucking him raw and placing his own claiming bite right in the exact same spot to match his own. 

"You know this pretty much means I love you, right?" Beomgyu grinned from on top of him, repeating the words taehyun said to him earlier. 

Taehyun's throat clogged up with emotion, never thinking he would find a mate for the rest of his life. It wasn't the reaction beomgyu expected, and he leaned down to kiss him gently while cupping his face. 

"Yeah, I do," taehyun answered back when they broke apart. 

~

Two weeks later, yeonjun was back at work, but only part time so he could still be with soobin most days. Soobin wasn't ready to return yet, and that was fine with everyone. Another month and he should be good. They worked it out with hyuka where soobin would work a day with yeonjun home with the pup, then yeonjun would work a day with soobin home. They didn't want to ever leave their pup alone or with a babysitter, at least not for a few years, so they would take turns in the kitchen. Which meant taehyun was still head chef temporarily, and sous chef on the days yeonjun was back. 

"So, are you guys going to tell me why you smell like each other? Your scents are mixed all over the both of you," yeonjun accused, hands on his hips as he interrogated beomgyu and taehyun like a mother. 

Taehyun looked at beomgyu, and then beomgyu smiled innocently back at him. Which meant he was about to be a little shit. 

He gave yeonjun wide shiny eyes. 

"Yeonjunnie hyung, we're housemates!" 

Yeonjun blinked, his earlier stance relaxing. "Oh that makes sense," he said while nodding his head. 

Beomgyu snickered, and taehyun snorted behind his hand. It was just then that taehyun's neck was showing pretty clearly out in the open. Yeonjun didn't notice anything earlier because of beomgyu's longer hair.

"Wait a minute you little shits! Is that a claiming mark?!" He screeched. 

Then he lunged for beomgyu, putting the other boy in a headlock and yanking his hair away to reveal beomgyu's claiming mark as well.

Beomgyu erupted into a fit of giggles, trying to swat yeonjun's hand away from taehyun's very obnoxious claiming bite on his neck.

"You both mated each other and didn't tell me?!" Yeonjun whined, jostling beomgyu around with brute strength. 

Beomgyu laughed louder, and taehyun pouted. "I would appreciate you not strangling my mate to death, that would be great thanks." 

"What the hell?! I have a phone for a reason! Not even a text! Soobin is going to be so upset, or maybe happy, I don't know he's so emotional and always crying over everything-" yeonjun continued to ramble. 

Beomgyu reached a pathetic hand out for taehyun to save him, and then gasped when his mate waved goodbye with an evil grin, abandoning him to the sharks.

Actually no, sharks would've been better, because ever since yeonjun came back he's been non-stop bragging about his pup and telling the same stories over and over. It was torture. 

"No sex for you tonight!" Beomgyu shouted right before taehyun closed the door to hyuka's office. 

He smirked when taehyun paused for a second, reconsidering his actions. Yeah, sex with him was good and he knows he's got taehyun right where he wants him.

Taehyun sighed, coming back into the office. "Hyung, we've heard that story before yesterday, and the day before. What has soobin hyung been up to?" He changed the subject. The only thing that could get yeonjun to stop talking about his pup was to instead talk about his beautiful omega mate. 

Hyuka groaned from his desk. "You do realize I have the power to fire all of you, and about a million calls to make. Go away!" 

Beomgyu stood up straight, fixing his hair and shirt. 

"Not a problem!" He smiled sweetly. "Me and taehyun will just be in the bathroom real quick-"

"You are banned from the bathroom!" Hyuka shouted, reaching for his stapler, which has become his favorite thing to throw ever since yeonjun came back and taehyun and beomgyu were impossible to deal with. 

All three laughed as they quickly ran away, yeonjun grunting in pain when the stapler managed to hit the back of his leg slightly. He didn't make it in time to dodge. 

The door slammed shut right before another thump hit it. It sounded heavier than his stapler.

"I think he just threw the desk phone at us," taehyun said, smacking beomgyu when he snickered.

"God I love working here," beomgyu told them, leading the way back to the kitchen.