Hanuel’s POV

I drive the car as fast as I can to get us out of there.

Our breakout was too easy, too easy for us to slack, we are just a bunch of young people invading a whole lab.

Anything could happen to us...and I don’t want Yeon getting hurt again, I don’t want him getting taken again.

My breathing is coming out laboured even if I’m not doing anything but driving, the car smells like blood, sweat and a pheromone mix between relief and terror.

Jisung has been crying with Yeon in his lap.

The omega lets himself be held, and watching them from the mirror is how I realize...they must be in love with each other.

My alpha whines at the thought, we are used to sitting next to the omega, and so used to just watching him breathe that the thought of him being with someone else feels painful.

He’s not even mine to begin with...I think he’s Jisung.

I look at them again, Yeon’s eyes are shut, he looks too beautiful to just be ordinary...his hair is long, almost reaching his shoulders, it looks uncombed but he feels ethereal.

"I feel sick" Yeon mutters and I bring the car to a stop, we still have a long way to go, my hands are shaking but I force myself to stay calm.

Two people are already emotional, at least one of us has to be levelled and logical...just in case.

Jisung opens the car door and helps Yeon out, the omega moves closer to the bushes and hunches over, I look away as he throws up in the bush.

Jisung stands next to him, rubbing his hand up and down his back, and muttering to him as he does.

I can only watch...I’m a nobody in their circle, I am just lucky to be here, to sit close enough to see that the omega I have a crush on is okay.

"Yeon needs a break, the smell in the car is choking him up" Jisung says from the place he’s helping Yeon and I nod, rolling down the windows to air the car.

I don’t get out, I don’t want to invade their space, so I stay in the car and listen in on their conversation.

Under the moonlight, malnourished and dirty, Yeon looks like a priceless work of art.

Jisung takes him to another side and helps him sit on a rock, squatting in front of Yeon, and I hear the omega’s little laughter, he sounds out of breath.

"I can’t believe my Jisungie is this grown" he says and pinches Jisung’s tearstained cheeks, and the alpha leans into his touch, "what’s with all of you and getting tall?" he jokes.

His words come out weaker and softer, but it carries that same elegant tone, like he should be on a throne and ruling.

I drop my head in a bow, a giving up posture...what do I know?

He and Jisung seem to know each other for so long, the way Yeon is leaning against him is special, the alpha is allowed to hold Yeon like that while I’m a Hwang.

The reminder of who I am makes me stiffen in the car.

I’m a Hwang.

Yeon doesn’t know that yet...right? He doesn’t know what I am.

He would hate me when it comes out.

"Yah, tall boy, what are you doing sitting all by yourself?" Yeon calls and I stare at him with disbelief, while Jisung glares at me with poison and venom in his eyes.

"Why are you calling him over?" Jisung asks, his tone is dark as the look in his eye and Yeon simply ignores it, "because he’s my friend" he says simply and beckons for me to join them.

I get out of the car, my movement jerky as I sit next to Yeon on the ground, and he lets out a sigh.

"It’s just like then, isn’t it?" he says and I nod, knowing that he’s talking about when we used to sit next to each other by the river, we didn’t talk but it felt right.

"Like when, hyung?" Jisung asks and Yeon chuckles, "shut up Jisungie, I haven’t had clean air in a while" he says and his body seems to melt into his...Jisungie.

I drop my gaze from both of them to the floor. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

I don’t fit in...I want to...but I don’t.

"Hyung" Jisung calls and Yeon hums, he sounds like he’s falling asleep, and I subconsciously release my scent for him, wanting to give him as much pheromones of relaxation as possible.

"I can’t take you home, I’m worried about your mom..." Jisung says and Yeon’s omega growls protectively, "it doesn’t matter, take me anywhere, Sung, I trust you" he says and his eyes slip shut.

"Okay...okay hyung, thank you" Jisung says, pleased to have the omega’s trust, and I just sit there, a square next to a circle and an oval...broad shoulders, deep voice and tall limbs...a Hwang too.

Once Yeon is asleep, Jisung carries him back to the car, he leaves him there before coming at me with bitter anger in his eyes.

"I’m taking Yeon somewhere safe" he says and I nod.

"I saw him kill a bastard trying to force him when I got in there, do you know what that means?" he asks and I shake my head.

"My hyung would never hurt anyone, he’s a healer, having to kill someone will take a toll on him and it’s all because of you and your bloody clan!" he spits at me and I just sit there and take it.

"He looks pale and malnourished...he doesn’t have his pup with him...I don’t know what the fuck your clan did to him and the baby, but I swear, I’ll make you regret it if Yeon gets hurt again" he sneers at me.

He’s threatening me but I’m not scared...instead, I’m worried.

Why? Why would they ever do something like this to Yeon?

He’s a male omega, and so what?

He’s still a child of the moon goddess, I guess I’ll just drop them off and disappear from their lives...