By Zephyria 
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He felt a sense of relief only after taking a quiet elevator up and stepping into the silent hallway. After opening the door to the department lounge and confirming it was empty, Yoon Ji-woon stepped inside and helped Eun-won sit on the sofa.
“Are you cold? Want a blanket?”
“No, I’m okay. Can I… borrow your phone? I left my bag behind….”
“Ah, oh! Here. Call Hyung quickly. I’ll keep watch outside so no one comes in. The passcode is 5555.”
“Thanks.”
Listening to the sound of Yoon Ji-woon leaving, Eun-won calmly recalled Cha Se-jin’s number. Since getting married, he had memorized the number, thinking of Cha Se-jin as his family and guardian. However, trying to recall it suddenly, it didn’t come back to him clearly right away. Closing his eyes, Eun-won recalled the numbers one by one, the ones he had muttered aloud over and over.
“Ah….”
Once he remembered the middle four digits, the last four followed naturally. After dialing the number, Eun-won pressed the call button and held the phone to his ear. He could feel his hands, burning with fever, trembling as if he were cold.
The dial tone rang. Once, twice, three times…. What if he can’t pick up the phone…. Maybe I should try taking more suppressants if Woo-min brings my bag. Ah, I think he mentioned there’s a Trait-bearer clinic on campus…. If I go there, maybe I can get a suppressant injection…. I shouldn’t bother the Executive Director, so maybe I’ll go there first…….
-Yes.
Just as he was about to hang up the unanswered call, the connection sound clicked and Cha Se-jin’s voice was heard briefly.
“…Executive Director…. It’s me, Seo Eun-won.”
-Yes… Huh? This isn’t your number. Did you lose your phone?
“No, it’s just… I left my bag in the classroom, so I borrowed a friend’s….”
-Your bag? How did that happen. Is something wrong? Where are you right now?
Hearing Cha Se-jin’s voice, Eun-won felt his pheromones flowing even more wildly. Feeling his breath grow shallow, Eun-won fought back the urge to cry and barely managed to speak.
“Please, please come now, Executive Director…. I think… my heat cycle has started….”
-What? Where are you?
“I’m in the department lounge….”
-Who is the friend you borrowed the phone from? Ho-kance?
“Yes….”
-Switch to Ho-kance, and stay there. Don’t leave. You’re alone, right?
“Yes….”
-It’s not rush hour, so I’ll be there soon. Just wait a bit. Put your friend on.
At the sound of Cha Se-jin’s voice turning serious, Eun-won stood up and held the phone out to Yoon Ji-woon, who was standing outside the lounge door. Seeing the screen where the call was still active, Yoon Ji-woon guessed the situation before a word was spoken; he quickly pushed Eun-won back into the lounge and closed the door.
“Hello, Hyung…! You must be very worried, but please don’t worry…!”
-Enough. Is Eun-won alone inside right now?
“Ah, yes! I’ve left him alone and closed the door; I’m guarding the front right now!”
-Good job. I’ll be there in 30 minutes, so make sure no one goes in. Especially Alphas. You know what happens if an Alpha goes in.
“Yes! Even as a Beta, I received trait education, and I stayed awake and learned well back then! I’ll make sure no one enters until you arrive, Hyung! Please don’t worry.”
-Call me immediately if anything happens.
“Yes!”
After confirming the call had ended, Yoon Ji-woon put the phone in his pocket with a look of mission-driven determination. He opened the closed door and looked at Eun-won, who was sitting not on the sofa, but on a hard chair.
“Why aren’t you lying on the sofa?”
“No, I’m okay….”
“Hyung said he’ll be here in 30 minutes. I’ll be guarding this place until he arrives, so don’t worry.”
“Yeah, thank you. And I’m sorry….”
“Just pick one. Do you want to be thankful or sorry?”
“…Thank you.”
Yoon Ji-woon clenched his fist and told him not to worry again before closing the door. Eun-won collapsed onto the desk, enduring sensations spreading through his body that were indescribable—or rather, too embarrassing to describe. He felt more hot liquid leaking over his already damp underwear. He felt as though his pants were wet too, which was why he couldn’t sit on the sofa.
“……Hng….”
After a sudden chill swept through his body, a heat laden with deepened sexual pleasure slowly spread, as if caressing his insides. Every time that happened, a strange sensation spread through his tightly closed thighs. Even though he knew he shouldn’t, he kept squeezing his thighs tighter and tighter. What had been mere sensation shifted into pleasure, digging deep into the inner part of his thighs.
“…Ah….”
When he finally released the tension, his body went limp. Opening his eyes, the familiar department lounge shimmered. His mind was hazy, as if he had been drinking. Earlier, the world had become clear for a moment if he steadied his mind, but not anymore. He didn’t know how to regain his composure, and he couldn’t focus his vision.
“…….”
Cha Se-jin…. Cha Se-jin, Cha Se-jin.
He missed Cha Se-jin. He craved him. He wanted to smell his pheromones. He desperately wanted to be held tightly in his arms… and he didn’t hesitate in wanting him to kiss him.
…Please, please, hurry….
Tears finally fell as his body refused to listen to the medicine or his own will. Tears soaked his eyelashes and stained the sleeve he was lying on, darkening the fabric. His legs, pooled with pleasure, kept tightening involuntarily. The pleasure was sweet, but it only spread shallowly around the surface, leaving him wanting more, and a faint moan escaped his lips. Thirty minutes felt far too long.
* * *
“Ah, fuck. This crazy bastard drives like shit. Why the hell is he blocking the way? Did they all take drugs together?”
As soon as he left the office and got into his car, Cha Se-jin had been speeding down Hankuk Boulevard. He let out a long blast of the horn at a car that suddenly cut in without a turn signal and slowed down, then shifted to an empty lane and accelerated. He was already anxious, and he couldn’t believe how many times he had encountered the same thing.
His temper made him want to just ram through everything, but knowing that would not only prevent him from arriving on time but could lead to bigger problems, he decided to suppress his anger for a moment.
An Omega’s heat cycle triggering wasn’t actually that shocking. It was natural. There was no need to be overly worried or panicked. Since he was safely locked in the department lounge, he knew that being five or ten minutes late wouldn’t cause a catastrophe.
However, his head, heart, and body were different. While his head knew he needed to stay calm, his heart and body told calmness to fuck off as they raced toward Eun-won. With eyes full of irritation and sensitivity, Cha Se-jin gripped the steering wheel and turned left following the sign for Hankuk University. He was finally close to Eun-won. He could arrive in five minutes.
Going further inside and entering through the university entrance he usually used, Cha Se-jin navigated the familiar route to the building with the department lounge and parked. He immediately got out and entered the building.
“Wow, fuck….”
As soon as he stepped inside, he could smell Eun-won’s pheromones, though faint. A few Alpha bastards were gathered around, looking like they had nothing better to do. Cha Se-jin grit his teeth hard before releasing them and quickly climbed the stairs with his long legs.
The higher he climbed, the thicker the sweet scent of milk became. Seeing it leak out enough to fill the entire hallway, he didn’t even need to see to know what state he was in. Cha Se-jin checked the room number Yoon Ji-woon had sent, went up one more floor, and entered the hallway.
The pheromone scent grew intense, signaling that Eun-won was near. Cursing at the stimulating scent, Cha Se-jin spotted Yoon Ji-woon raising a hand toward him and approached.
“Hello, Hyung! You’re here!”
“Yeah. Where’s Eun-won?”
“He’s inside! I made sure no one could get in.”
“Good job.”
As he was about to enter the lounge, Cha Se-jin looked at an unfamiliar face standing next to Yoon Ji-woon. Flustered by the gaze that seemed to ask ‘Who the hell are you?’, Jung Woo-min bowed his head while holding Eun-won’s bag. Yoon Ji-woon introduced him.
“Ah, this is Jung Woo-min, Eun-won’s friend. Uh, he’s the one who brought Eun-won here and, uh, brought the bag!”
Lowering his gaze to confirm Eun-won’s bag, Cha Se-jin opened the lounge door.
“Ugh….”
A pheromone scent so thick it was indescribable hit him instantly. It was so potent it felt as if his brain was melting. For a moment, he forgot where he was, what the situation was, or who he was standing in front of; he felt an impulse to immediately open the body of the prone Eun-won and penetrate to the deepest part.
Wow, shit. Should I tell the other guy to keep guarding outside and just do it here?
It wasn’t impossible. Since someone was already guarding the door, he could just tell him to keep guarding for another 30 minutes. The smell of semen would be overwhelming, but he could just get rid of that. If anything broke during the process, he could just replace it with something new—he could even rebuild the entire lounge if he wanted, so that didn’t matter.
Loosening his suffocating tie, Cha Se-jin felt his mind heating up as he closed the door. Eun-won, who hadn’t heard the door open but had heard it close, finally lifted his head. And then.
“…Executive Director….”
He called out desperately. With tears clinging to his lashes, as if he had been waiting only for him, as if no one but him would do. Cha Se-jin approached and cupped the cheek of the sobbing Eun-won with one hand. His cheek was burning.
“Yeah, I’m here. You don’t have to worry anymore.”
“…I waited for you….”
“You waited?”
Cha Se-jin smiled at the tone that sounded like a spoiled child asking why he was so late, and he looked down at Eun-won, who was rubbing his cheek against his palm. From the moment he smelled the thick pheromones, his member had grown in volume. If he stayed here any longer, he felt like he would actually have to open Eun-won’s body in such a wretched place. But he didn’t want to do that.
“Let’s go. Home.”
Looking at Eun-won, who was exhaling feverish breaths and shedding tears, Cha Se-jin rubbed his cheek and then pulled his hand away. As if hating the loss of contact, the tears fell more sorrowfully.
“Darling, fuck, I want to touch you more too. I’ll touch you when we get there, okay?”
Taking off his suit jacket, Cha Se-jin tossed it roughly onto the desk and rolled up his shirt sleeves. Then, he leaned toward Eun-won in the chair and scooped up the small, hot, trembling body in his arms.
Eun-won’s two arms wrapped around his neck. Usually, when he was picked up like this, he would be surprised or too shy to know what to do, but not now. He welcomed it. Wanting to be pressed even tighter, he clung to the neck and rubbed his face against Cha Se-jin’s shoulder and neck.
Fuck, I’m really going crazy.