Omega X 

Chapter 10.1 | The Unraveling Reality

The veins on the side of Aston’s face pulsate. He takes a few deep breaths. Seok only stands with his arms crossed. X is holding his side with both arms, lying on his bed, now clothed in a set of dark blue pajamas.

Aston shoots dangers at his friend. 

“Those events are considered medical emergencies Seok!” Aston yells angrily. “You had two events where Alphas had attacked him, I should’ve been called right away! I don’t know what you were thinking, you know we are not treating just a normal Omega!”

“I had it, and still have it, under control Aston.” Seok shoots back.

“Under….ha! You say under control!? Show me your medical degree Seok!” 

X suddenly shouts. “Stop!” He clenches his lower abdomen harder. “God dammit shut the fuck up and do something about this!” 

Seok and Aston both turn towards X. Aston bends down at X’s bed. “Sorry X, I’m just a little flustered about the prior events. I’m going to get some readings and look you over to make sure it is the medication. How many shots have you been given thus far?” 

Seok jumps in and answers. “This evening was his second dose, today he started his Accelarax.” 

“Hmm, I see…” Aston takes X’s temperature and then his PhL.

“His temperature is fine and his PhL’s are basically the same when I last took it. PhL’s are slightly increased by a couple hundred though…” He tucks away his equipment and pulls out a pill bottle from his medical bag.

Seok eyes the bottle. “What is that?” 

Aston hesitates a bit. “It’s an oral sedative, I’m going to have to take blood samples to check his Pherasone levels. The medications should not be working this quickly, it’s worrying me.” 

“I don’t want needles.” X whimpers. 

“That’s why I have these.” Aston shakes the bottle. “I’ll give you one and wait fifteen minutes, it’ll prevent any sudden panic attacks and anxiety. While the pill works, I’d like to feel around your abdomen to check for any swelling, you can also tell me where it hurts the most.” 

X purses his lips. “Okay…” 

“I’ll get some water.” Seok strides out of the room and moments later returns to X’s room. Seok bends down and hands X the water as Aston hands over the pill. X looks at it and swallows it. 

“You sure this will help?” X Asks.

Aston smiles. “Yes, it will, don’t worry.” 

X looks up at Seok, “You won’t leave when he takes the blood sample?” 

Seok shakes his head. “I’ll be here X.” 

Aston sits on the side of the bed. “Now, let’s feel around and see if I can feel any swelling. Due to Omega’s reproductive system being so close to the abdomen wall, it’s quite easy to feel it through pressure as the uterus swells.” 

X grumbles. “Ugh…gross….” 

“Now, let’s lie flat on your back and I’ll pull your shirt up a bit.” X does as he was told and lies on his back, he swivels his arm across his face and over his eyes. Seok stands by watching X closely. 

Aston presses under his left rib with the tiles of his fingers. “Pain here?” 

X shakes his head. “No…” 

He presses above the belly button. “Here?” 

“No…” 

Aston presses down on below the belly button and asks again, X shakes his head no. 

“Aright, let’s see.” Aston gently grabs hold of X’s pajama pants and underwear. He pulls them down to his pelvic region. 

Suddenly, a hand strongholds his own. Aston ceases and tilts his head up to his side. “Seok?” 

Aston’s eyes widen as he sees his Alpha friend trembling, his eyes glowing orange, and his sharp teeth exposed. His breaths are quickened and fast paced. 

Alpha eruption? Seok… you have to be kidding me right now! 

Aston knows the signs of an Alpha’s eruption when it comes to their Omega. Aston also knows the risk he is in right now with Seok not in his right mindset. But to see an eruption between an Alpha and Omega that are not even imprinted nor marked....? 

“Seok…this is for medical purposes.” Aston looks down at Seok’s hand, his nails are piercing through his skin. “Yun Seok.” Aston sternly says. He has not seen his Alpha friend in this type of possessive state since Ari… 

I need to calm him down before he rips my throat out….

Aston looks over at X who seems to be unaware of Seok’s current state. “Yun Seok.” Again Aston whispers stern but calmly, “I need to check X’s lower side of his abdomen, that’s all. You know I won’t do anything.” 

X grumbles, “Are we almost done yet?” His voice is sluggish and slow, a sign of the sedative starting to take effect. 

Seok flinches and realizes what he was doing, he retrieves his hand back, his eyes are still an orange hue. “Fuck…” he curses under his breath.  “Give me a moment…” Seok exits the room. 

Aston grovels to himself, God damn he’s getting worse with this attachment to X…to have a sudden eruption like that is serious...

Aston sighs and proceeds. He presses on X’s lower side, on the side of the X marking. “Ngh!” X flinches in pain. “That’s where the pain started….it goes straight to my back….” 

“Alright, and here?” He presses down on the middle, right above X’s groin area. 

“Argh!” X releases a painful cry. 

“Yeah, it’s swollen here.” Aston slips X’s pants back up and pulls his shirt down. X lies his arm down and looks to see Seok is gone. 

“Where’s….Seok?” X asks. 

Aston fumbles with his medical bag. “He’ll be back, don’t worry X.” 

X’s panic starts to rise despite the sedative kicking in. “No…I…he said he’ll stay….” X suddenly sits up, he wobbles from the sudden movement. 

Aston puts his arm up, “X stop!” 

X tries to hit Aston’s arms away. “No…Let go!” 

Fuck, what the hell? Aston grabs X’s arms and tries to calm him down, “X, try to take deep breaths, remember to take deep breaths, Seok will be back, don’t worry. I won’t do anything until he comes back.” Aston lies his hand on X’s cheek, “It’s okay, don’t worry X.” 

X can feel the sedative work more and he slowly is laid back down. 

Seok walks back into the room. “Is everything alright?” 

Aston looks back at Seok, “I should be asking you that Seok…” 

He glares at the doctor. “I’m alright Aston.” He sternly replies. He walks up closer to X. “Were you able to feel anything?”

“He has a lot of pain in the one ovary, his uterus is swollen. I’m sure the blood sample will show an increase of his Pherasone. It can be dangerous if he doesn’t start omitting pheromones…considering everything you told me, he already has….but you and Ashford are not effected by it yet..” 

“Is it maybe a new sub type of pheromone? Or even a new class of pheromones?” Seok asks.

Aston shrugs his shoulders. “At this rate, I wouldn’t be surprised. A new breed of Omega, a new class of pheromones with new sub types… who knows what they do to Alphas.” Aston’s last remark hints at his friend.  

“I already told you I’m alright, Doctor.” Seok hisses. 

X flutters his eyes open to see Seok and a sigh of relief escapes his mouth. 

“You’re…back…” he closes his eyes, a gentle smile appears on his lips. 

He smirks. “Yeah..told you before I never go back on my word stupid Omega.” 

“Yeah…stupid…Alpha” X breaths are gentle and deep. Seok bends down on one knee as Aston preps the needle set for the blood daw. 

“Seok,” Aston begins. “Within the next couple of days I want to give X a full body MRI.” 

Seok frowns. “What for? Did you find something you’re not telling me?” 

He shakes his head as he finds a good vein to draw blood. “No, nothing like that. His blood and readings have revealed a lot. I’m thinking it would be wise to do an MRI to see if we can find more to this mystery. As long as we have him, maybe we can find some more things—“ 

Seok sharply cuts him off. “What do you mean as long as we have him?” 

“Seok we have to face the possibility—“ 

Seok places his hand on Aston’s shoulder and squeezes. Seok’s mouth moves close to Aston’s ear, in a deep and threatening voice, Seok whispers. “You never mention that again, are we clear Aston?” 

Aston slowly nods with a crestfallen expression imprinted upon his face. he finishes the blood draw.     

It’s too late. 

These two are already forming a subconscious bond to each other….

Seok lights up a cigarette outside X’s bedroom. Aston walks out with his bags.

Seok blows out a puff. “You can do the MRI during evening times, Ashford can escort him if my work drags longer than usual.”

Aston takes a second to reply back. “Yeah….” He wipes his face. “I need to wash my face, you have really worn this already exhausted doctor out…”

Seok remains silent as Aston sets his bags down and heads to the guest bathroom. He steps over to look inside X’s bedroom from the doorway. X is sleeping peacefully, little breathing noises escape from his mouth as his chest heaves up and down calmly. Seok takes out a metal container to extinguish his cigarette in. 

He softly steps up to X and slides the omegas pants down just enough to uncover his X marking. His fingertips once again find themselves stroking the marking, leaving strong traces of pheromones along the X. They glide themselves to everywhere Aston had touched, leaving behind more pheromones…

....stronger pheromones.

Aston glances into the mirror. An elongated sigh escapes him.

“Damn Superiors…” he shakes his head. That was the second time in all 25 years Seok has ever talked to me in that manner…Ari was the first time he’s ever threatened me like this… Seok what is going through your mind?

He turns the faucet on to cold and bends over to wash his face. As he strokes his face with the chilly water, the pen in his breast pocket falls out. CLINK! It hits the edge of the sink and falls to the floor, rolling underneath the sink.

“Ugh…” Aston grunts. He finishes his wash and dries off his face. He bends down to his knees and looks underneath. “Where did you roll to…?” He notices it rolled to the corner and reaches for it. However, there was something else there, almost as long as the pen.

“What’s that…?” Aston retrieves the pen and then the mystery object. Immediately upon touching he realizes what it is. “What the fuck?”

A used hypodermic needle.

Aston rotates it to see something written on it.

ALCELL BLOCKER.

SWOOSH! 

BAM! 

Aston storms out of the bathroom, the door slamming against the wall, the impact of the door knob puts an indent into the wall. Seok had been texting on his phone near X’s closed bedroom door. He immediately looks up, he angrily shouts. “What the fuck!? I don’t need another fucking door broken—!”

STOMP. STOMP. STOMP.

Seok flinches slightly as Aston grabs him by the collar and whips the needle into his face. Seok drops his phone. 

“When the fuck did you start taking these again!? How much!?” Aston is breathing quick, the adrenaline rushing through his veins.

Seok only stares into his friend’s eyes. Aston becomes more agitated, he throws the needle to the ground and grabs hold of Seok’s right arm and forcibly pulls up his sleeve. Numerous needle marks punctured his skin, various bruises stain his skin. There must be over a dozen marks on just this one arm. Aston’s voice shakes with shock and anger. “Seok….” Seok pulls his arm away and pulls down his sleeve. Still he remains silent.

“You're smelling his pheromones aren’t you…? Do you know much A-Blockers you’ve taken!? You can permanently damage your gland!”

“I can’t and have not smelled any pheromones coming from—“

“Why do you keep hiding shit!” Aston cuts him off. SLAM! He pushes him against the wall. “Tell me the truth now!” 

Seok breathes in deeply, trying to control his anger. “I’m telling the truth Aston. I have not smelled pheromones from X.” He answers in a low deep voice. “My regular ruts just started coming back, to control myself I took my Alcell Blockers…. Sometimes it takes a couple of them—” 

“When?” Aston quickly asks. Seok hesitates. Aston shakes him. “WHEN?” 

Seok takes a moment to answer the question. He looks away from Aston before finally answering. 

“The symptoms started the night X came into my home.” 

Omega X 

Chapter 10.1 | The Unraveling Reality

To be continued