By Zephyria 
“This is driving me crazy….”
As soon as Jeong-min opened his eyes, he let out a breath of despair at the excitement dominating his entire body. He knew the rut was coming, but he didn’t expect it to arrive so quickly….
Usually, a rut is filled with animalistic instincts—sexual desire, possessiveness, and a longing for an Omega—but for Jeong-min, whose health was poor, everything was simply tedious and irritating.
“Ugh….”
Even so, he couldn’t do anything about the sexual desire tormenting his body, so he grabbed and shook his hard erection. As expected, far from feeling excitement, he only thought about how tedious and exhausting it was.
Only after barely managing to ejaculate once did things settle down a bit. He couldn’t do anything while dragging his unresponsive body, and he briefly wondered if it would naturally end if he just slept for a few days, but the rut was not such a forgiving thing.
As time passed, the Alpha instincts continued to pester Jeong-min, trying to wake his heavily sunken body somehow. Thanks to that, he couldn’t sleep, and his body remained in a state of lukewarm excitement, making him feel like he was going crazy.
What should he do… should he use a masturbation toy? Jeong-min remembered an Alpha-use toy he had bought long ago but never used. The problem was that he had bought it before moving, and he couldn’t remember where he had put it after the move.
“Too much effort….”
Should he just take a suppressant? The doctor had strongly warned him not to… but would they really know?
Jeong-min laughed at his own thoughts. He was a doctor himself, so what kind of nonsense was he thinking? In the end, there is always a reason why doctors tell you not to do something.
Still, deciding he needed to drink some water, he struggled to push himself up when Kim Ju-hwan happened to call. In truth, Kim Ju-hwan had been calling for a while. He had simply been too bothered to answer. Thinking that if he didn’t pick up this call, the man would likely barge into his house, Jeong-min reluctantly pressed the call button.
─ Sigh….
As soon as he answered, a deep sigh echoed through the line. There was anger simmering in it, but more than that, he could feel a sense of relief. Strange…. Now I can even tell Kim Ju-hwan’s emotional state….
“I think you picked up just in time.”
─ Yes, that’s right. I just happened to pick up my car keys and stand up.
“Go to work. Nothing’s wrong.”
─ Your rut didn’t come?
“…Not yet.”
The rut had actually arrived long ago, but he didn’t want to tell Kim Ju-hwan. For some reason, he felt like he had been relying on this guy too much lately, and he wanted to alleviate that feeling even slightly. Besides, a rut was something one had to endure alone.
─ Tell me when your rut comes.
“What could you possibly do?”
─ I feel like I need to monitor you so you don’t take suppressants, Sunbae.
The bastard is like a ghost.
“I won’t.”
─ I want to trust you too, Sunbae. But you’re someone who has absolutely no faith in that regard.
“Hey….”
─ Anyway, I’m relieved just hearing your voice. Even if you don’t want to, pick up the phone. I’ll only refrain from barging in if I hear your voice even a second sooner. Well, if you miss me, you don’t have to answer.
“That’s not happening. Hang up.”
Jeong-min ended the call while listening to Kim Ju-hwan’s chillingly breezy laughter.
“Whew….”
He let out a small chuckle while looking at the phone screen that already showed the call had ended, then suddenly flinched. Why was he laughing? It wasn’t like Kim Ju-hwan had said anything funny…. In the past, just getting a call from Kim Ju-hwan would have annoyed him, but it wasn’t quite like that anymore.
Rather, if they didn’t speak at least once a day, he would sometimes be startled by the thought, ‘Is he sick somewhere?’ Well, after they had been so physically intimate, it was perhaps natural to worry as a matter of human decency.
Still, feeling somewhat more energized than before, he drank some water. He forced himself to eat all of the lunch box Kim Ju-hwan had sent, which had arrived in the meantime, and read a bit of a book. Then, feeling his body grow heavy and his fever rise again, he lay down on the bed.
That night, the rut began in earnest. No matter how much he masturbated with his hand or rubbed his body against the bed while lying face down, it wouldn’t be resolved. It was useless even if he gripped the bed tight or buried his head in the sheets. The desire to thrust into something immediately collided with another twisted desire, shaking Jeong-min even further.
His throat burned and he was short of breath. It felt as if hundreds of insects were crawling inside his body, making him feel like he was going crazy from the itchiness. It was so agonizing that he wanted to plunge a knife into his body right now to kill all the bugs.
The words “save me” rose to the top of his throat. But who should he say them to? Jeong-min looked at the phone next to his pillow, his hand wet with semen as he stroked his genitals.
He hated it. He really hated it… but it felt as if this hell would never end unless he asked someone for help right now. Jeong-min knew well that this was a situation he could not resolve with his own strength.
With trembling hands, Jeong-min pressed the call button. Finding the person to call wasn’t difficult. Because it was the last person he had spoken to.
─ Yes, Sunbae.
Kim Ju-hwan answered before the signal could even ring once. Now that he actually heard the voice, he regretted calling. Was there no one else? Someone else….
─ Sunbae? Why aren’t you saying anything?
I don’t know. Was there anyone else? It feels like there’s only ever been Kim Ju-hwan.
─ Shin Jeong-min, why are you silent? Are you sick?
“Kim Ju-hwan.”
─ …Don’t scare me. My heart just dropped to hell. But why does your voice sound like that? Are you sick somewhere?
“My rut… came.”
─ I knew it. Is it very hard? Well… you must have called me because it’s hard, Sunbae.
It was true, but because he said it like that, Jeong-min bit his lip hard, unwilling to admit it.
“You make it sound like I’m the kind of person who only calls you when I’m struggling.”
─ If you don’t want to be misunderstood, call me normally too. I’d pick up your call even at the moment of my death.
“That’s a scary thing to say.”
─ …More importantly, your voice sounds really bad right now… what do you need?
He knew. Kim Ju-hwan knew exactly what Jeong-min needed right now. That’s why he was asking.
Sly bastard.
─ Do you need an Omega? Then I’ll send one.
“Then go ahead and send one.”
As soon as he answered, the other end of the line went silent.
─ Ha, I lost. Fuck, how can I ever win against you, Sunbae?
“Was that just talk? I’m disappointed. I was serious.”
─ Stop right there. Unless you want to die.
“You started it first. Knowing full well.”
─ I know? I don’t know?
“…Don’t lie. You know.”
─ I wonder. The only fact I know is that you need me right now, Sunbae? But that’s something only I know; you don’t seem to know it….
“…Hey. Kim Ju-hwan.”
─ How would I know if you don’t say it? You know, things can be different for each person.
No. It’s the same. It’s the same, but… why is it so hard to talk about this? It felt as if his throat were blocked, and he couldn’t bring himself to speak.
─ Say it.
However, like a thoroughly trained beast, he felt his body open up the moment he heard Kim Ju-hwan’s voice. Until a moment ago, the Alpha’s desire was greater and he wanted to thrust, but now his backside was twitching, wanting to be messily impaled. As if he had become an Omega.
There was no more speech from the other end of the line. Instead, he could hear Kim Ju-hwan’s breathing. And strangely, he felt as if he could sense his pheromones, which he had never smelled closely before, coming from somewhere.
“…Wow.”
─ …Where to?
“Come to my house.”
─ Is it okay if we spend the rut together?
“Yeah.”
─ …….
After braving the shame and embarrassment to answer, there was silence again. Why is he so quiet? He’s making me feel pathetic.
“Are you coming or not? Why aren’t you saying anything?”
─ Of course I’m coming. I have to. Wait for me, Sunbae.
The call ended, and only then could Jeong-min breathe. At the same time, for some reason, his heart began to throb. Is he crazy?
Jeong-min lay back on the bed and looked around. The room was a mess. Needless to say, the bed was a mess too. Of course, Kim Ju-hwan had already seen him at his worst, so he wouldn’t say anything even seeing this. But he felt suddenly embarrassed. Just as he moved his body, thinking he should tidy up at least a little, he collapsed back onto the bed.
He thought his excitement had subsided for a moment during the call, but it seemed he had been mistaken. Well, whatever, what does it matter if he shows every side of himself. Jeong-min closed his eyes. He felt as if he had regained a bit of composure. He felt he could hold out until Kim Ju-hwan arrived.
How much time had passed? Jeong-min opened his eyes to the sound of continuous vibrations. Had Kim Ju-hwan arrived already? The guy always managed to get in by talking to the security office, so it couldn’t be that he couldn’t get in….
“Uh….”
Looking at the phone, it wasn’t Kim Ju-hwan. It was Yu Shin-woo. His grip tightened on the phone. Strangely, he hadn’t thought of Shin-woo once since the rut began. This person, too, had suddenly contacted him after days of silence. There was nothing good about answering the phone right now. Thinking this, Jeong-min set the phone to silent.
Just then, the doorbell rang. Was it Kim Ju-hwan? But this guy, he knows the passcode and yet he’s doing this again. Remembering the times he would ring the bell saying he was playing a prank whenever he came, Jeong-min clicked his tongue and let out a small laugh. He got up from the bed, threw on some clothes, and barely managed to make it to the entrance to open the door.
“You could have just come—”
“Jeong-min.”
Ah….
“Shin-woo hyung.”
Why is hyung here? No, he could come. He could, but why at this timing….
“You didn’t answer the phone… I was worried….”
Yu Shin-woo scanned Jeong-min from head to toe. That gaze felt strangely unpleasant.
“Your… pheromones….”
“Ah, sorry. Hyung, I’m in rut right now, so I can’t control my pheromones. It might be harmful to you.”
As Jeong-min tried to close the door quickly, Yu Shin-woo blocked him. He was smiling broadly. It was a bright smile he had never seen before.
“Hyung….”
“Your pheromones are sweet…. It’s almost like an Omega’s pheromones.”
On the other hand, a dark shadow slowly cast over Jeong-min’s face.