It had been a few hours since Kael left Caius standing in the clinic with absolutely no care, visibly annoyed. As soon as he reached his dorm, he took the cool bath he'd planned, got into his boxers, and laid on the bed. Since then, he'd been scrolling through his phone.
Kael's legs dangled over the edge of the bed, his brows knitted as he stared at the screen.
'It's just so fucking annoying… Why do I have to be so humiliated? Why did I even have to come into this world if it's just going to play out like my previous one…'
Currently, Kael was so angry and distraught that he couldn't help but dwell on everything again.
'I know that I'm an Omega, but why the hell is the school so fucking annoying—always saying it to my face… Why are they such bullies?' His thoughts ran wild as he ran a hand through his hair.
The incident on the college forum replayed in his mind, making him angrier by the minute. The aim to cool his head clear before combat training had long flown out the window.
'And that stupid fucking Alpha… He's such an asshole, and I… I don't even know why I behave like such a slut. If I say I'm an Alpha, then I've got to behave like one.'
Kael's teeth clenched as Leonhardt's smug face crossed his mind.
'I hate him. I hate him. I fucking hate him.'
'And it's because he makes it harder for me to play my disguise… He makes it harder for me to live my life. Why can't he just know that and keep his mouth shut? And my fucking… whether it's hormones or whatever, it needs to keep to itself. Because if I hadn't kissed him, then none of this would've happened!'
He stood up from the bed, his phone still in hand. He had been on the school forum for a while now, first to look at the post they'd made about him, where he'd been cornered against the wall by another Alpha. That's how he chose to frame it, at least. But as he scrolled further, his attention began to shift.
Leonhardt's pictures.
The worst part of the situation was that Leonhardt was so fucking handsome that Kael couldn't even properly hate him. It was like he didn't want to. He just wanted someone to wipe the smug smile off his face so that he could actually have a target.
The annoying thing was that Kael had been given the freedom to do so many things in this world and one of them was having him. Now that… that was something worth living for, if only he wouldn't be such a dick.
Kael sighed as he sat upright on the bed, trying to steady his breathing, more like a mantra.
"I need to say this to myself," he muttered.
"If I say I'm an Alpha, then I am—no matter what any dickhead or bitch says."
"In this world, where my life is somewhat better, especially because of my disguise, I'll try my best to stick to it and have fun. I just want to be able to laugh when I want, to feel things I couldn't before, and get into a real relationship… not that one-night kiss I did."
He sighed again as memories surfaced, a blush rising to his lips. His attention drifted for a bit. Kael ran his fingers over his lips as he remembered how Leonhardt had caged him against the wall, that hungry body pressing into his, his large hand pinning him still. His body suddenly felt hot, and Kael quickly snapped out of it.
"Fuck…" he whispered, exhaling slowly as he tried to calm himself.
One thing he needed to prove desperately was that he wasn't an Omega. And one way to do that was not feeling anything for that Alpha.
He looked at the time and tsked—it was already a few minutes to his combat training class, which was by 5 p.m.
Kael gave himself a few more confidence-boosting pep talks, then got dressed for class. He made sure to wear something more masculine, he was set on showing them he wasn't what they kept calling him.
He left the dorm and walked down toward the academic area, passing other dorms until he reached the lecture theater. It was already a few minutes past the scheduled time, but he didn't care.
"Being a rule breaker is one way to prove dominance," he thought as he placed a hand on the doorknob and opened it but didn't enter just yet. He lingered there as strong pheromones wafted into his nose. He stayed in place to steady his body, to keep his raging Omega pheromones at bay.
Before coming, he'd gulped down five suppressant pills at once. He wasn't sure if there was a dosage limit, but if there was, his body would definitely tell soon. His dad was to blame as he called these strong suppressants, but they weren't and there was no way they'd last Kael a month. Hell, he wasn't even sure they'd last him a good two weeks.
After steadying his breath and clearing out the worst of the pheromone attacks, Kael entered the hall and scanned the room, just to see who else would be attending the class.
He knew they were all first-years like him, but he figured making eye contact with a few of them would help reinforce his dominance. And it was going fine until he locked eyes with someone unexpected. His heart plummeted.
"What the fuck is he doing here? He isn't even a first-year."
Leonhardt stared right back at him, his attention unshifting. Kael, quite determined to maintain his confidence, held his ground. They stayed that way, eyes locked. Brown orbs into blue. Blue into brown.
'Well… I'll admit, my eyes started to sting and I couldn't keep going...'
But just as he was about to look away, Leonhardt did it first. A surge of joy rose in Kael's chest. He'd just won the first challenge he'd set for himself.
Well, it looked like someone would be treating him with enhanced respect now. After all, Omegas weren't known for holding eye contact too long, and Kael was playing not being one. Not after all those suppressants. Sure, there were things that could still affect him, but this… this was a win.
Feeling triumphant, Kael walked toward Jaden, one of the students he had locked eyes with earlier. Jaden was standing with someone, maybe a friend from his department courses.