[Dunk]

Do you ever feel like you are living in this world but your life isn't truly yours? Like somebody else always chooses for you, someone already writes what you will be and you have no choice but to live up to their version of you.

Eventually, you have no control for your own life, your own happiness.

If you ever feel like that, then Dunk isn't the only one who is experiencing life like that.

Dunk looks out to the view outside his new apartment and sighs. He hates this city. All the traffic, pollution, the hot weather and also the noisiness this city gives him. If he can choose for himself, he will never want to go back to this country again.

Dunk has so many problems, one of them is his overprotective parents.

Four years ago, it was his parents who forced him to go abroad and study in Germany. They said that this country will never be good for him, he needed to live in a place where the shadow of his twins isn't there. Dunk was confused with his parents choice, but he followed it, like always.

Now they are the one who commands him again to go back to this country and take a master degree here before joining father to continue his business.

Father and mother always choose everything for him, his appearance, his hair style, his clothes, his school, his degree, his circle of friends, what he should eat, everything .

Dunk is really sick of it.

It wasn't like this before, he remembers he had a pretty chill childhood, he almost thought that his parents forgot about his existence when there was still Dao in their life. Dao, the alpha son they always wanted.

Dao was his older twin brother. Yes, you read it right. He is no longer Dunk's older twin brother because he already left this world when they turned ten. Dunk doesn't really remember the cause of his death, but his parents always said that Dao was dead due to sickness. It's not like he had fond memories of his older twin brother though. Everytime he remembers him, it's always a piece of puzzle, it is so blurry that sometimes Dunk is wondering if he ever really has a twin in his life.

But one thing that he is sure of, he remembers he always envied Dao because their parents always showed their unbalanced love within their own children to him. And now he is gone, it's a Dunk's part to take all the spotlight of their parents. Maybe it's his karma.

Thirteen years after his twin brother died, it's crystal clear that their parents want to make him the second Dao. It's good that Dao and Dunk have a very similar face and posture.

Dunk hates the color of black and white (it's so boring), but his parents always bought him monochrome colored clothes just to suit their deceased son's taste. Dunk didn't really want to take study related to science, he loves painting! But here he is, graduating with an engineering bachelor degree and will start his master degree in the same field next month. It was Dao's dream, to continue their father's business. It's not his.

All the comparisons with Dao made his childhood wasn't a good one to remember. Maybe the reason why their parents love his brother so much and didn't really care for him before is because he was born as an omega. A weak omega that is always going to the doctor to check up on his condition every single week. It's such an irony why wasn't he the one who was deceased from the sickness, why was his strong alpha brother?

Universe really loves to joke on him.

If we talk about the second gender, Dunk must reveal his other big problem. The fact that he is...

DRRRT DRRRT

Dunk is jumping from his position, he is very much shocked with how loud his phone's ringtone. He didn't expect that someone would call. Not when he was lying to his parents, he said that he will go back to this country next week. But he was going back earlier because he wanted to choose his own apartment, his private life. There is no way he wants to go back to his parent's house. Once he has already moved all his things to this apartment, it's hard for his parents to force him to go back, except they are really going all out like dragging out Dunk's ass from here.

If it's not his parent, then who is calling?

It's not like Dunk has many friends here.

Dunk hates the circle of friends his parents gave him when he was schooling here.

Dunk moves from his position of leisurely watching afternoon view on his apartment balcony to go back to his bedroom to search for his phone.

Thank God, it's Pond!

His best friend (his only friend, sadly) from his highschool days.

"Hi Pond!"

"DUNK! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU ALREADY IN THAILAND?!"

Huh... how does he know?

"Yeah yeah I know you are wondering how the hell I know, i called you yesterday but you didn't pick up. It's rare that you didn't pick up my call so I called your roommate, Daniel. Daniel said that you already packed your stuff and you are already on the flight."

Daniel and his big mouth, Dunk warned him to keep this secret. Glad that it's not his parents that call the big guy.

"You know, I can pick you up at the airport." Dunk hears a hint of sulky Pond on the line and he chuckles.

"Hey Pond, now that I'm here I wanna warn you not to get too close with me. Or your finally boyfriend, Phuwin, will get jealous. I don't want to have enemies, especially from the people i haven't met yet."

Pond really loves to talk about Phuwin to him, all the chasing things he did to finally get him. Dunk really wants to meet this Phuwin guy faster, to see how amazing he is that someone like Pond was tamed under his foot.

Sometimes he also mentioned his other friend, the alpha one, Joong ? Pond didn't tell much about this Joong guy because of course he loves Phuwin more so he talked about his love story more often, excitedly. Like an eager puppy.

"Nah, he won't be. You are an alpha, why does he need to get jealous? I'm not into alpha and alpha relationships and he knows it so well."

Ahh..

Sometimes Dunk feels bad that he lied to Pond about this thing. He really likes to be friends with Pond and he doesn't want their relationship to change if Pond knows that he is an omega.

Now you must be wondering if he is an omega and Pond is an alpha, why didn't Pond know that? When in this second gender world, an omega pheromone can make alphas go crazy and notice what is their second gender precisely.

And also... too close to an alpha is never too good for an omega, omega can go into heat anytime and it's a burden to them if they have an alpha close friend.

The answer is.. Dunk's other problems . Which is :

Dunk doesn't have any scents.

Dunk doesn't produce any omega's pheromone that can be noticed by alphas. He can scent alpha's pheromone but it doesn't affect him in any way, because there is something wrong with his hormone that makes him... never get into heat.

He is indeed a weird omega.

To be precise, he is a weird and virgin omega.

And he is 23 years old this year.

Look how perfect Dunk's life is?

He has overprotective parents, a deceased twin brother, and he is a late bloomer omega which caused him to go to the doctor every week to check his condition. Because he never got into heat, it is so easy for him to get sick.

If it's too cold, he will catch a fever. If it's too humid, he will get the flu. If it's too hot, he will have this bone ache that stresses him more than fever and flu can be.

That's why he hates hot weather so much.

But still, every blood test, it will show that Dunk is an omega. It will be easier if he is a beta. How he wishes he is a beta. But sadly, once again, the universe really loves to joke on him.

"Hey Dunk, are you there?"

Dunk is lost in his thoughts again and forgets that he is still in call with Pond. "Yes, what did you say?"

"Where are you now? In your parent's house?"

Dunk shakes his head as if Pond can see it. "Nope i bought my own apartment, i'm waiting for my stuff to be sent here by the delivery services."

Pond is chuckled in annoyance. "And again you didn't tell me. I can help, you know."

"Nah it's fine." Dunk is pausing at the moment and here someone rings his apartment unit's bell. "But I want to meet you Pond, let's meet up by the weekend. I want to meet Phuwin too. Can you arrange that?"

"OF COURSE!" Pond is so excited, it sounds loudly in his ears. "I will ask Joong Archen too. Remember the alpha I told you about before? Who is very good at dancing like me?"

Joong... Dunk also wonders who this Joong guy is. Pond is always saying that Joong is so handsome (almost as handsome as him, Dunk quotes his best friend's words). But for Dunk, he wants to meet someone whose name is so pretty.

Joong Archen.

His name is so pretty.

"Yeah, I remember him. I want to meet him too."

"Good! By the way, why do we need to wait until the weekend? And can you give me your apartment address?"

Dunk looks at him surrounding and the feeling of hate a messed up place to live irks him. "I need a full 4 working days to tidy up this apartment. I really hate messiness. By the way, can we meet at your place? I don't think my apartment is ready to accept guests by the weekend."

Pond laughs. "Typical Dunk! Ok, I can arrange that."

Dunk smiles. He misses his friend so much. "Good! Thank you. By the way, Pond, seems like delivery services have arrived at my place. See you later, Pond."

"Yes, yes! Please tell me if you need a hand, ok?" Dunk is agreeing on Pond's kind help but deep down he knows he wants to do it by himself. He doesn't like people (even though it's his best friend) to touch his stuff.

After ending his call with Pond, Dunk is walking towards the front door and sees delivery men are already starting to pile up his boxes of stuff in front of his door.

"Mr. Dunk Natachai?" Someone asks his name and gives him a paper that needs to be signed by him.

Ah.. he has so much stuff to unbox.

Dunk spends his afternoon and evening unpacking his stuff and tidying up in his apartment (which is bigger than his thought it would be). Seems like there are still a lot of boxes there and he is so damn hungry.

So he halts his activities, grabs his wallet, and walks outside to search for food.

That's when he sees a vietnamese restaurant nearby his new apartment building.

Vietnamese food?

Sounds good.

And he walks there without notice that his life may be changed into the direction he never expected.

***

It's 2AM in the morning and Dunk is having a stomachache. His first night in his apartment building ends up with him being sick again. And he is pretty sure it's not from the pho he ate before. Everything in his body seems fine after the Vietnamese restaurant but something was bothering him when he was having a bath before.

When he was showering, he slightly smelled an alpha pheromone. Is his neighbor an alpha? He doesn't have any issues with that considering his weird condition of an omega. But he still wonders who has that kind of scent, it's so strong and seductive at the same time.

It's not really clear, but he smelled a contrast of light, sweet notes of pear, and bergamot with dark and intense woody notes. It's not that he hates it, but the scent makes him want to shower faster and get out of the bathroom because he suddenly feels unsteady in his foot. Is it because he hasn't smelled any alpha in the past 24 hours?

After that, he tries to get some sleep. The scent is no longer in the air when he closes his bathroom and goes to his spacious bedroom. People say the first time sleeping in a new environment will bother him and it's true. He can't sleep and the lower part of his stomach suddenly feels hurt at 2AM.

Is it time to go to his personal doctor? It's only Tuesday.

Dunk groans and walks up from his position on bed. He lazily drags his feet to search for better clothes to go outside. He isn't really sure that Doctor Tong is still awake at this ungodly hour but at least he will go to hospital first before his condition turns into something that will make his parents notice that their son is finally home but didn't tell him.

He calls a taxi and gets outside.

***

Dunk is coming back to his apartment when it's already evening. Doctor Tong was rushed into hospital when Dunk called him. Dunk always thinks that Doctor Tong sees him as his own son that's why examining Dunk's condition always becomes his priority in his life. That's why he had no problem going to the hospital at 3AM. Even though Dunk feels so bad to him, but his stomach ache feels worse and worse every minute passed.

After being injected with some medicine, Dunk fell asleep in the ICU room and woke up almost ten hours later.

"What the hell.... My stuff!"

Dunk remembers his boxes that are still on the outside of his apartment, he not yet done with his moving in agendas. Thank God the medicine is very effective, he doesn't feel the pain anymore. He needs to go back.

Doctor Tong once again checks up on him when he wants to go outside the room, he assures him that he is ok now. He looks pretty unsure of Dunk's word but he chooses to just give Dunk another set of medicine and let him go.

Dunk is not lying though, he is very fine right now. He walks easily and no more stomach aches. He reaches his apartment door thirty minutes later.

When he wants to walk inside and starts to unpack his box again (thanks God no one touches it), he notices a paper folded into two near his boxes. He takes it and opens its fold.

There is a letter from someone he doesn't know. The handwriting is so bad but Dunk tries to read it.

Hi neighbor!

Thank you for choosing this place to live, hehe, I've been living on this floor alone for too long. Thank God you came! I was trying to knock on your door to greet you in person this morning but it seems like you're out already :(

That hehe and sad emoji makes Dunk smile. Seems like his new neighbor is a funny person.

If it is not bothering you, I want to meet my neighbor and welcome you properly. Do you have time today? I can buy you some food for dinner, you can go to my place or I don't mind going to your place either.

No no no no. Bad idea. Dunk hates people to go inside his place, especially if they aren't close enough.

Or if you are not comfortable with that yet.

Seems like his new neighbor can read his mind!

Can we grab dinner together outside? How about Vietnamese restaurant near our apartment building? Yesterday I ate there and I really like the food and ambiance.

Whoah, Dunk also thinks the food and ambiance in that place is good. Seems like he can connect with his new neighbor well.

I'm fine with everything. But since I need to go to class, you can contact me in this number. Just said the password is "vanilla and warm coconut" and I will know that my new neighbor is contacting me, not some creepy spammer hahaha

But i'm not forcing you, if you aren't comfortable enough to eat with me, it's okay. I can wait, but I really want to meet you, my new neighbor.

See you,

Your 804 neighbor.

Dunk looks up to his own apartment door, it shows number 805. He smiles, his new neighbor seems like a very chill and funny person. If he can bond with Daniel, an alpha who is really straightforward and masculine, he can also bond with this new neighbor of his. He looks like a kind person too.

Dunk types the numbers below the paper on his phone and saves it as 804 neighbor , since Dunk does not yet know who his name is.

To : 804 neighbor

Knock knock

Vanilla and warm coconut

805 here

Dunk doesn't think too much when he sends the message.

He puts back his phone on his trousers when he feels it rings immediately. Wow, it shocks him. So fast.

Still on the front door, he opens the message and a smile shows up in his handsome face.

From : 804 neighbor

Hi 805! Damn you, send me a message!

I can't believe it, I'm so happy.

To : 804 neighbor

Calm down, horse. I'm only an ordinary person, not some artist that messages you.

From : 804 neighbor

Hahahahaha you're right. But still, i didn't expect you will message me, i'm so afraid that you might think i'm some creepy neighbor from the way i send a letter to you

Dunk smiles. Again .

To : 804 neighbor

That's cute tho, it's been awhile since i received a handwritten letter. Makes me more. Hahaha

Seems like his neighbor is having free time right now, because the replies come so fast.

From : 804 neighbor

I will! Wait for my another handwritten letters

By the way neighbor, how about my proposal? :)

To : 804 neighbor

I ate at that Vietnamese restaurant yesterday and I love the food, so I don't mind eating that again two days straight.

Pho is really my comfort food

From : 804 neighbor

I know that, and YES you say yes to my proposal

To : 804 neighbor

Now you sound like you are proposing me a marriage :')

From : 804 neighbor

Hahahaha let's eat and meet first before marriage, i don't even know your name!

Dunk isn't aware when he walks inside his apartment unit, but here he is now, on his sofa smiling while typing something in his phone. Maybe his new neighbor also thinks that he has a lot of free time too to reply that fast.

His new neighbor is interesting, Dunk gives him that.

To : 804 neighbor

I won't say my name and gender to you, let you guess until we meet tonight. What if I'm some random oldman in his 70's. I wanna see your disappointed face so badly while eating Pho hahaha

From : 804 neighbor

Oh believe me, I won't ever be disappointed in you.

To : 804 neighbor

Huek

So when will you come home? Can you knock on my door when you are ready to go? I pretty much don't have anything to do right now, I'm okay with anytime but please don't be too late. I'm someone that easily hungry haha

Dunk looks at his surroundings and shakes his head. HE HAS A LOT OF THINGS TO DO. But yeah, going out with his new neighbor won't hurt. He can unpack his things tomorrow.

From : 804 neighbor

Oh my God I need to save you from hunger!

How about at 6? My class ended at 5. I will drive my car as fast as the flash can be.

To : 804 neighbor

Nah nah, please don't drive too fast. I don't want to be the reason for some accident today haha. I can wait, just knock on my door yeah?

From : 804 neighbor

Roger that!

See you soon 805!

Dunk is not replying to the message again. He walks faster to his bathroom, he needs to take a bath because he has not yet showered since last night. He doesn't want to be labeled as someone who smells bad as his first impression from his new and funny neighbors.

After taking a shower, Dunk chooses his clothes. He wants to use his new yellow hoodie and white trousers. He really loves this kind of color. He hopes yellow is a good color for the first impression.

He searches for his arm watch and notices that it's 5 already, one more hour. Dunk plans to unpack a little of his stuff that is still in front of his door to fill the time.

It is 5.30 and someone is knocking on the door.

He is 30 minutes faster and Dunk appreciates that. But somehow he is also worried whether his new neighbor really drives his car at an unreasonable speed.

With worry and also eagerness, Dunk walks into his front door. He realizes that he can't smell any pear, bergamot with dark and intense wood in the air. It is when he is starting to get disappointed.

When he opens the door, there is no sight of a stranger's face welcoming him.

It is his mother, who looks at him with a very mad look painted on her face.

"Dunk."

Ah.....

To : 804 neighbor

Sorry neighbor, something happened, I need to go back to my family house first. Let's meet another time........

:(

To be continued

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So! what do you think about this story? it so sad that Joong and Dunk still hasn't meet up yet in this chapter, but they will finally meet... sooooooon. hehe. by the way regarding the rating of this story, there is a chance of this to go on explicit rate (lol), but let us see, i will update it, if the chapters (hahaha) comes, soo.. please suit up yourself hehe