“No! I didn’t mean that!”
Feeling unjustly accused, Niall’s voice rose, almost as loud as Duke’s. But Duke seemed not to have any intention of dispelling his deep misunderstanding of Niall. He pointed a finger at Niall.
“Yes, I expected you to show your true colors sooner or later.”
Niall frowned. What could my true colors be? He felt uneasy yet curious about Duke’s follow-up.
“You’re an omega. Omegas have strong desires and are sexually promiscuous. They lack patience, are insatiable, and easily reveal themselves to men!”
Duke gritted his teeth as he spoke. A thick vein stood out on his cheek.
“This omega.”
Niall knew what Duke was trying to say. He had heard similar words from Duke several times before. A despicable omega. Dirty and filthy, lacking in dignity. A disgrace.
Niall waited, but Duke didn’t finish his sentence. Instead, he seemed unable to contain his anger and emitted a furious pheromone.
Niall released his crossed arms. It felt like he was swirling in an endless abyss, not wind and snow. As he sensed the overwhelming pheromones of this intense alpha, his blood chilled, and fear gripped him involuntarily.
“Did you need a man that badly?”
“Duke, please, listen to me.”
“Because you like men?”
“For heaven’s sake.”
“Was it unbearable? For me, for you?”
Duke exhaled a frustrated breath. Simultaneously, the pressing pheromones, like a tightening grip, ceased. He bit his lip and turned his head to the side. A look of defeat crossed Duke’s face amidst his thoughts.
“…Because I didn’t…?”
The words sounded less like “because I didn’t” and more like “because I couldn’t.”
A fierce wind enveloped Niall and Duke. The icy blizzard blew as if slapping their cheeks. Duke’s once proud shoulders sagged slowly, and within the blizzard, his eyes flickered.
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For the first time, Niall sensed Duke’s vulnerability and resentment towards himself. Duke, with the face of a twenty-year-old young man, was disintegrating him. A loathsome expression. An angry expression. But also, anxiety and jealousy due to his own inadequacy leading to this situation.
Jealousy.
Niall had a hunch. This was the moment he had been waiting for.
Duke was jealous now.
“Duke.”
Niall stepped forward.
“I’m sorry, but I didn’t understand what you meant. Please, explain.”
“My point is… You’re an omega. You don’t know restraint, can’t live without men. You’re also that kind of omega.”
Duke was putting on a show. It was clear now. All the insults and anger he had poured out so far were just a facade to hide his weaknesses. As that facade crumbled, anger dissipated like melting snow. Niall regained his composure and stood tall.
“Not all omegas are like that.”
Niall lightly wrapped his fingers around the hem of Duke’s coat fluttering in the wind. Duke flinched and took a step back. Long ago, the north wind and the sun had a wager on who could make a traveler take off his coat first. The north wind blew harder, but the traveler only wrapped his coat tighter. Then the sun beamed down with scorching heat. The traveler, overcome by the heat, finally threw off his coat.
“I might be that way.”
Duke’s coat had been too tough for anyone to dare undo it until now. But the problem was the person wearing the coat. He just needed to remove it himself.
There was no need for a dispute. Whatever Duke said or whatever insult he hurled, there was no need to retaliate. From now on, Niall would only give Duke positivity and love.
“But, Duke, you know. You’ve neglected me for too long.”
Duke glared at Niall.
“I’m an omega.”
Niall leaned subtly against Duke, whispering softly.
“That’s right. I’m an omega, and I like sex. But I don’t want to have sex with other men. I’ve told you. You’re the only one for me, Duke.”
And one step closer. And another step. As Niall approached, Duke stepped back. Niall closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
“I feel so hot because Duke hasn’t touched me.”
“…”
“I think about Duke and touch myself at night. It’s getting harder to resist. So, Duke, before I go into heat…”
Please touch me.
Niall’s voice was as soft as the wind. Though Duke tried to conceal his confusion, it was evident. Niall moved closer as Duke stepped back.
“Duke, since I came here, I swear I haven’t had sex with another man. But…”
“But?”
“If you keep neglecting me like this…”
“…”
“Then maybe…”
Niall hesitated, but Duke understood what he was trying to say. Duke’s eyes flickered anxiously, then turned fierce, then flickered again.
The muscles in Duke’s tightly clenched jaw were so deep that shadows crept in. He still seemed perplexed, but as he understood the nuances in Niall’s words, a dangerous atmosphere gradually enveloped them.
“You.”
As Duke, who had been wavering for a while, regained his composure, about to reprimand Niall with a whip-like reprimand, Niall closed his eyes. Then, with a sigh, he opened his mouth, revealing the red, moist mucous membrane and tongue inside.
Without pouring out any disdainful words about omegas, Duke took a deep breath. His gaze seemed fixed between Niall’s lips.
Hmm, Niall swallowed with a light moan. With his lips parted, he delicately extended his tongue, moistening his lips.
Even with his eyes closed, Niall could feel Duke’s gaze. Duke couldn’t take his eyes off him. White teeth. Red tongue. The open mouth of an omega.
“Behave yourself.”
Finally, when Niall closed his lips again, Duke, as if released from a hallucination, turned away from Niall with a confused gesture. Even at this moment, Duke tried to lecture Niall with a trembling voice.
“Behave… as an omega should…”
“I don’t want to.”
Niall rejected with a smile. Then, he parted his lips again, showing his moist mouth. Duke groaned, pressing his hand to his forehead. The pupils in his eyes quickly lost focus. He tried to pull himself together by shaking his head briefly and vigorously, but the focus kept blurring.
“They say men are weak against temptation. And I’m a man, an omega, on top of that. So…”
Niall’s fingertips grabbed Duke again. Duke swallowed his saliva with a gulp, then turned his head around anxiously. It was finding a way out. Before he could really leave, Niall leaned deeply towards Duke, whispering, “So what will you do with me…?”
His breath was quickening. Niall pressed his chest against Duke’s, tilting his head up. When he licked his lips with his tongue between his parted lips, Duke’s chest throbbed hotly. Niall’s chest also pounded. It was exhilarating.
“I’m an unrestrained, immoral omega. So, please protect me, Duke. So I won’t become promiscuous. So I won’t seek other men.”
Ten fingers moved stealthily, passing Duke’s wrist and arm, climbing up to his shoulder. Those fingers hesitated for a moment, then returned behind Duke’s neck, intertwining with each other. When Niall exerted a little force, Duke’s head slowly lowered. Like a soaked flower bud unable to bear its weight any longer, he leaned down towards Niall’s lips.
Duke’s fingers trembled awkwardly in the air. The two plush lips touched with a moist sound before gently brushing against each other. Niall pulled Duke’s neck down a little more forcefully with each kiss.
Moans escaped with each brush of lips. It felt cold and smooth. Duke’s first kiss felt like gently warming frozen petals with his lips.
Lost in the kiss, Niall suddenly stepped back as the wind rushed past. It was, of course, Duke who stumbled toward him. Duke stood there, his face flushed red. Touching his lips with his fingers, Duke’s face turned even redder, now even to his ears.
Seeing that, Niall muttered to himself as he was left alone. Unbelievably, Duke seemed cute. He had always been handsome enough to shatter preferences and identities.
He blushed with that pretty face implying this was his first kiss. Isn’t that adorable? He runs away after teasing like that. He scolds me, then runs away after just a little kiss. Where’s the justice in setting someone’s heart on fire like this and then leaving?
“Hoo.”
Niall took a deep breath and looked in the direction where Duke had disappeared. Now he felt like he might have some idea of how to handle Duke. There was no tug-of-war with Duke, who was moving away instead of closer. It was only pulling and pulling, gradually stripping off the clothes under the hot sun.
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