[Dunk]

Dunk was there.

He was entirely there.

He knew what happened to his first heat, he knew that Joong didn't do anything that would harm him in any way possible, he knew that Joong tried his best to not break their promise, and he knew how much it meant to him. He was there, even though his mind was losing its control and his body acted in his own way, but he was there. All he felt and wanted was only the handsome and gentle alpha in front of him. He wanted to devour him, he wanted to touch him, he wanted to always feel the warmth of his body and smell the amazing scent that was produced by him.

Dunk was so intoxicated by Joong, it's true.

And he was so glad that his first heat in his entire life, he spent it with Joong.

It was hard for him too, everything was burned and he felt pain everywhere. But it was still bearable because Joong was beside him, protecting him and helping him to get through that without taking anything from Dunk.

Dunk was so glad, that's the reason why the first thing when he finally regains his control for his body and mind again, he cries. He cries not because he is in pain again or sad over something, but he is just glad. The wave of relieveness washes all over him and he never feels this much gratitude over someone before.

He is very thankful to Joong Archen.

Dunk looks at his naked body and he wants to cry more because there is no single scratch or bruise painted on his body. Joong and his self composure was really out of this world. He glances at Joong naked body and he grimaces at how much bruises and marks all over his body. Dunk doesn't know that he really likes to bite someone this bad. He just found it out now.

"What's wrong, Dunk?"

Joong opens his eyes and looks at Dunk with worried eyes. His pheromone shows Dunk how he feels right now and Dunk starts to cry again. Why is he such a cry baby? All his life, he remembers he rarely cried. When his parents told him regarding Dao's death, he remembered he didn't cry this much. He just felt numb.

But why can a gentle and sweet alpha that was coming to his life unexpectedly can make him cry this much?

Joong calls his name again and Dunk feels the urge to say this right away.

"Thank you for not taking that away from me."

Dunk was crazy afraid that his heat would end up with him losing everything. He learned that an alpha can impregnate omega when the weakest one fell into their heat. The thought gives him shivers because he just doesn't want any more surprises in his life at this moment. Meeting Joong and falling into this state in his embrace was already such a big surprise for him, it shaken his ground and made it hard to control himself.

Joong hugs him tight and he exhales a relieved breath, then he kisses Dunk's forehead slowly. "Welcome back, Dunk Natachai."

Dunk hugs him back and tries his best to stop his emotional feelings and his annoying crying. Joong might hate to hear that. His heat maybe was a big burden for that man and Dunk doesn't want him to feel more irritated at how emotional Dunk is right now.

Dunk wants to say sorry but he can't say anything, do you ever feel so overwhelmed you can't even form any words in your brain and speak it out with your mouth? Because Dunk is feeling like that right now.

Maybe Joong can feel that, because Joong starts to tap his back gently as if he wants to calm and console Dunk with his touch and his calming pheromone.

"It's okay, Dunk. You did great."

And he kisses Dunk's forehead again.

Dunk is crying for almost thirty minutes and after he finally has his composure, he feels that Joong is falling asleep again. Dunk looks at his peaceful face and at that moment he knows that Joong is exhausted. The alpha maybe used all his might and strength to control himself while Dunk was in his heat period, and now when it's all over, the adrenaline left him so he fell into a deep sleep.

Dunk smiles at the sight of Joong and he comes closer to kiss his lips, a sign of gratitude. When their lips are inches away, Dunk hesitates. He still can feel Joong's lips on his and it tastes really incredible. Even the human Dunk, wants to taste it again but they aren't in the position where he can kiss him without his permission.

"You can kiss me, if you want."

Dunk jumps out of his position, as if Joong can read his mind, he answers it immediately.

"I thought you were sleeping."

Joong smiles but he doesn't open his eyes. "I'm sleeping but I direct all my senses to you so I can always feel you."

Dunk was conflicting himself and always asking whether his life can be back to before Joong. And should he give that man his trust? Dunk is getting his answer this morning while looking at Joong's peaceful morning face.

He can't.

He can't go back to his old life where Joong wasn't in it. He wants to know this guy more, he wants to spend his time with him, and he wants to know how he thinks and feels for Dunk. He still doesn't know where their relationship will go but he is willingly to give this man his full trust.

His unblind trust.

He trusts him because Joong shows him that he can be trusted, and Dunk loves him for that.

"Dunk."

"Hm?"

Still with closed eyes, Joong opens up his mouth again. "I haven't fixed your broken front door, sorry for that. But I'm sure no one went into our floor. I asked the building management before, so I believed that your stuff was still there at your unit, safely."

Dunk smiles.

He doesn't care about any of it. At this chaotic moment of his life, his stuff being stolen by the thief is the last thing that will bother him.

"Go to sleep, Joong. I'm okay now."

Joong smiles.

"When I wake up from my sleep, please stay with me. I want to see you everytime i open up my eyes."

And maybe, maybe... Dunk can fall in love with this man if he doesn't stop being so gentle and kind to him.

***

When Dunk gets out from that closet where his nest is placed, he faces a total mess in Joong's apartment unit and it's all because of him. There are so many empty mineral water bottles in his way in Joong's bedroom. The bedroom that he remembered before was so neat and clean, now it has turned into a full mess.

He goes to the bathroom in Joong's bedroom, taking a bath because his body still feels sticky, and after a very fast shower he uses one of Joong's black sleeveless and short pants. He needs to check his apartment unit and he can't go out naked. Before he goes out of that bathroom, he notices that this bathroom has a connecting door to his apartment unit. No wonder he could smell Joong's scent which was so strong on the first night he was moving out here while he was showering.

He has a mission today; he needs to tidy up Joong's place.

But before that, let's face something terrifying first.

Check up on his cellphone.

He believes that his cellphone is still in his bedroom, it's already running out of its battery after six days. Dunk walks into his apartment unit and laughs when the view of his broken front door is still there, hanging helplessly. He will call building management to fix it after he tidies up Joong's place.

He walks inside his own apartment unit and feels cold all of sudden. He didn't realize it before but his apartment unit feels so empty and cold. Or he just used to be with Joong's warmth in these past six days so living alone bothers his mind?

When he reaches the bedroom, his phone is there, on his bed. It's running out of battery just like what he thought. He searches for his charger and plugs it into his phone, not too long, the phone comes back to life and he sees almost fifty missed calls from his mother and he doesn't want to count how many messages were sent by his parents.

He just needs to open the last one that was sent an hour ago.

It's already been six days, Dunk Natachai! If you don't call today, mom will go back to Thailand and go to your place.

Mom isn't in Thailand?

So before he calls his mother, Dunk is pressing his house worker number first; Aunt Pim. She was one of his mother's trustworthy workers. She helps the Boonprasert family for so long, longer than Dunk's age. She was Dunk and Dao's nanny when they were a child.

After calling her, Dunk is glad that his parents have been in Europe for their business trip since seven days ago. That's why no one came to his and Joong's place all this time. Thank God!

He calls his mother next and his ears are getting hot for much nagging she is right now and Dunk just accepts it all. Dunk explains (lies) that he went on a solo trip and forgot to bring his phone. Of course, his mother goes rampant, how can her son not tell her that he was going for a trip? More of it, alone?! And not bring his phone?!

Dunk is listening to his mother's never-ending rage and it is still better than telling her that finally her son was experiencing heat and he was spending it with an alpha. His mother will fly to Thailand right away if Dunk tells her the truth.

After fifteen minutes full of rage and nagging, finally his mother let him close the call, she says she will be back in two more weeks and Dunk must be present at home when they come back. Dunk says yes and closes the call right away. He is tired.

When the phone call is over, he notices that his bedroom was visited by someone before. It's probably Joong because all of his medicine is gone from his bedside table. This reminds him that he need to go to Dr. Tong for his weekly check up and what should he say to him for his disappearance in the past six days. He missed one of their check ups.

He will think about that later, the thing he needs to do right now is to clean the messiness on Joong's place before he feels too much guilt for the alpha.

Dunk needs almost two hours to make Joong's place look like a human place again. The last place he cleans up is his bedroom, the messiest one. Joong still sleeps soundly at Dunk's nest. Dunk needs to check up on him several times to reassure himself that the alpha isn't dead.

When Dunk cleans up Joong's bedroom he finds something that bothers his mind.

Why are there so many pills on Joong's bedside drawer? Dunk isn't aware of what kind of pill is this so he searches it on the internet. When the result shows him that he is holding a sleeping pill, his eyebrow raises a little.

Is Joong having trouble sleeping?

That's why their calls were always so late at night.

Dunk swallows his question and continues to do his things. He needs to cook something for both of them after this because he is hungry, and so does Joong. They haven't eaten anything for how long he doesn't know.

He buys some groceries from the store not too far from the apartment building and starts to cook pho. Their promise to eat at that vietnamese restaurant hasn't been fulfilled yet so he rather bring the food here himself and it will be greater if he's the one who cooks.

Dunk's parents don't know about this but Dunk loves to cook. When he was in Germany, he often cooks for him and his roommate. Cooking is his way to relieve his stress in the past because the smell of good food always puts him in a good mood.

Right now, the good smell of beef broth wakes Joong from his deep sleeping.

Dunk almost drops a bowl of pho when he realizes that Joong has already woken up and looks at him with an unreadable expression on the kitchen bar. Thank God he is already using his pants (even though his upper body is still naked) or Dunk will drop this bowl for sure if he gets out from the closet naked.

"Oh you wake up already, I'm sorry I use your kitchen without your permission." Dunk feels bad, is Joong mad at him? Why does he look at him like that?

Joong remains silent and only looks at him deeply, now, Dunk doesn't know how to react.

"I never knew the sight of someone cooking in my kitchen is really nice to see." Joong finally opens his mouth and his expression changes. Now he looks at Dunk with a loving gaze, Dunk suddenly feels shy and he throws his eyes everywhere but Joong.

"Uhmmm i cook Pho." Dunk feels his cheek heaten up a bit and maybe it's because of the warmth of this kitchen after he cooks. "I hope you're ok with that."

"I'm elated." Joong smiles at him and reaches out to Dunk's hand to grab his bowl of Pho.

The touch of Joong's hand on his skin gives him shivers, now his stomach feels like there is a butterfly flying freely there.

They are eating peacefully on the kitchen bar, sitting side by side. Sometimes Joong's elbow hits him and Dunk feels the butterfly flying again on his stomach. Shit, what happened to him?! They were doing almost everything before, skin by skin 24 hours 6 days and now the slight touch of Joong Archen can make him feel so shy.

More of it, Joong eats his food while his eyes always land on Dunk's face. As if he is eating his food with his mouth and eating Dunk with his eyes. Ok, Dunk can't hold it anymore.

"Can you stop looking at me?" He voices it out because he can't swallow his food at this moment.

"You are so pretty, Dunk. Has anyone ever told you that?"

Oh my Goodness!

What's with his raspy voice and intense glaze.

Ugh! Dunk can't do this anymore.

Dunk brings his bowl of food to the living room area and eats at the sofa. Joong laughs behind him and not to his surprise, he follows Dunk to the living room.

"By the way, your food tastes amazing. I love it."

Dunk smiles brightly toward Joong's direction and the awkwardness from before is gone. "Really?!"

Dunk is always happy when someone praises his cook. It makes him want to cook more for the praiser.

"Yeah, I'm not lying. Your pho is better than the vietnamese restaurant we wanted to visit. You should open your own vietnamese restaurant."

Dunk laughs. It sounds good, but his parents will kill him for that.

Joong sits closer to him on the sofa and their skin touches again, this time is their arms. Dunk is trying his best to swallow his food.

"Dunk."

"Hm?"

"I want to ask."

Joong looks nervous so Dunk stops his activities, he puts down his bowl of pho on the table in front of them and looks at Joong. "Yes?"

"Do you want to see me again?"

Ah...

Dunk is now remembering their last conversation before Dunk's heat and the one week space for him and Joong. Dunk is smiling mischievously.

"You don't want to see me again?"

"OF COURSE I WANT TO SEE YOU! I want to talk with you everyday, see you everyday, I want to eat together with you, I want to watch movies with you, I want to sleep-" Joong stops his word and Dunk raises his eyebrows. Joong goes into panic mode and Dunk wants to laugh. He is so evil for this.

"So, let's do that. See you, talk with you, eat together, watch movies. I can't allow the last part yet."

Joong smiles, his eyes shine so brightly. "So, no more strangers?" His questions feel like he wants to reassure himself more.

"I won't cook for a stranger, Joong."

Joong looks like he wants to hug Dunk out of his happiness but he holds himself. Dunk laughs at his reaction. At times like this, Dunk remembers that Joong is one year younger than him. He wants to pamper this child so much if his reaction of happiness is this big.

"Joong, can I ask something too? It can be something too personal, you don't have to answer if you don't want to."

About the sleeping pill that stuck in Dunk's mind for the past hour, he really wants to ask.

Joong nods at him. "Just ask, I will answer everything you want to know."

"Do you perhaps have any trouble sleeping?" Dunk is finally asking and Joong looks taken aback by the question. "Oh I'm sorry. It's okay, you don't have to answer that."

"No, it's fine. I'm just surprised you know about that."

"So? Is it true?"

Joong sighs and gives Dunk a little smile. "It's not trouble sleeping, Dunk. I can't sleep. I have chronic insomnia, so I can't sleep without a sleeping pill."

It feels like someone just clenched his heart tight. Dunk feels hurt by this information.

"How long have you been like this?"

Joong looks like he doesn't want to say it but he says it at the end because Dunk is waiting for his answer. "Ten years? Maybe more? I don't know, I don't remember when the first time I fell into this state. I did anything though, to cure this damn insomnia. I went to psychology, psychiatry, even to shaman. But nothing works."

Joong is looking at Dunk's eyes now. The loving gaze is back and Dunk doesn't understand.

"Until you."

Dunk is confused right now. What did he say?

Joong can read Dunk's confusion and he explains more.

"The sleeping pill may have damaged my senses so I couldn't smell any omega's pheromone this past ten years. Until you came, and your 'rich vanilla and warm coconut, a slight fragrance of aloe vera, lily of the valley, and chamomile' came into my senses. It shakes me to my core and I feel the urge to find you. But it was hard to finally meet you, right? But one thing, Dunk Natachai." Dunk feels like Joong locks him with his eyes right now. "The night you came to this place, the night that I could smell your scent was my first night having a sleep without sleeping pill."

Dunk never felt this before.

All his life, he never feels like he is doing something great to other people. He just lives because he can't die. Everything is already written for him by his parents so he doesn't really want to pursue something. He doesn't care how other people are affected by him. But after hearing that, after hearing that Joong Archen who can't sleep without his sleeping pills for so many years can sleep just by the smell of his scent, for the first time he wants to do something to help other people that is important enough for him.

"Wow, your scent."

Without realizing it he releases his pheromone, sweet enough to get Joong intoxicated by him.

"Dunk.."

Dunk knows that Joong is holding on to his last straw of patience, but he wants Joong to know that the information Joong tells him before is really affecting him. For the first time, he wants to do something for others.

Joong's eyes fall into Dunk lips and Dunk knows how much the other wants to kiss him right now and Dunk feels the same way. It's crazy how much Joong affects his life and they only meet less than a month.

Dunk nods, gives the man permission to kiss him. He closes his eyes and the next thing he can feel is the softness of Joong's lips on his lips. It feels so sweet and good. He wants to devour it forever. When Dunk is breathing he can smell those damned sweet notes of pear, bergamot with dark and intense woody notes mixed up with his rich vanilla, lily and warm coconut scent.

This is perfect.

"You know, Joong." In the middle of their slow and sweet kiss, Dunk opens his mouth. Joong looks like he lost focus but he hears Dunk's words. "It was also my first heat." Joong stops and looks at Dunk with a frozen expression.

"What?"

Dunk pulls Joong into another kiss while trying to keep talking to each other. "Mmmhh.. You and your scent also trigger my first heat."

You know Joong, it is proven then, there is something that only works because it's us.

Because Joong and Dunk's horizon is finally met, and the universe of their life starts to shift into the direction that only two of them can reach.

Dunk places his hand into Joong's hair and grabs it with the same rhythm like how Joong is kissing him deeply. "Joong."

"Mhhh.. what?" Joong bites Dunk lips. "You want to talk or kiss, choose one, I can't do both."

Dunk laughs, he wants to 'torture' Joong more because his reaction is way too funny. He slips his hand to the alpha's bare chest and touches it lightly. "Oh God, you're gonna be the end of me." Joong says out of frustration.

Dunk licks Joong lower lips and he hears the man gasps. "Can I sleep at your place while waiting for my front door to be fixed?"

Joong is totally losing his focus right now because he isn't reacting anymore, he just kisses Dunk endlessly. The kiss is different compared to their kisses when Dunk was in his heat because right now, Joong isn't holding himself anymore.

"You can move all your stuff here and I don't mind." He talks at the end.

Dunk smiles in between their kisses, which suddenly turns into a passionate one. "I sleep with you."

After hearing that, Joong stops everything he does on Dunk's lips right now and moves back. He looks at Dunk and his eyes are darker, Dunk never sees this sight of Joong before.

Uh-Oh! Seems like his words are translated into different things on Joong's mind right now. He needs to clarify it.

"I mean not that kind of sleeping. I sleep next to you every night so you can sleep without your sleeping pill."

The understanding waves on Joong's expression and the darker side of him leaves his face. His handsome face now shows him another loving gaze, and right now Dunk isn't throwing his eyes into anything except Joong. He accepts Joong's loving gaze to him.

"You give me your trust that I won't do anything without your permission?"

Dunk nods. "You have plenty of chances of doing that while i jumped myself toward you this past six days and yet you didn't do that. You won't do that to me that is sane enough to reject you."

Joong gives Dunk a smirk. "Or maybe, one day, I can successfully make you go insane with me."

Dunk understands what Joong tries to imply with his words and suddenly he feels the butterfly is coming back.

"And Dunk, by the way, I notice that you're blushing so many times this past hour, in case you didn't know."

What?

"I'm not blushing!"

Joong laughs. "It's okay, you're so beautiful when your cheek becomes so red. I want to make you keep blushing."

"Shut up!"

Joong smirks again. "Make me shut my mouth."

Dunk rolls his eyes and pulls Joong into another kiss.

Joong and Dunk are definitely not strangers, they declared it before, then what are they? Friend? What kind of friend kisses each other like this?

Dunk sets aside this thing about the name of their relationship for a while because kissing Joong just feels right and good.

That's enough for now.

***

"You don't really have to accompany me to the hospital, you know?"

A week after his heat was over, Dunk made an appointment with Dr. Tong for his check up. He didn't feel sick at all, more than that, he felt great, so he kept postponing his check up schedule. He hasn't told that old man about his heat. He will tell him today. He just didn't want to make a fuss before it's time to.

"It's okay. We also promised to meet Pond and Phuwin after this." Joong says nonchalantly while driving his car.

The things about Pond.

Joong and Dunk hadn't resolved that yet. Neither Joong nor Dunk hasn't contacted Pond for this long and Dunk felt the urge to meet him, to explain everything to him. To be honest he was afraid to meet his only bestfriend. Pond must be so disappointed with him. He was lying to him all this long. But he doesn't want to lose his friendship to Pond so he contacted Phuwin. He asked the omega to arrange their meeting this evening. Pond agreed with it so here they are.

But before that let Dunk faces his doctor first.

"Dunk."

Joong calls him gently and Dunk looks at him questioningly. "Hm?"

"In the future, if you feel any pain or if you are sick, please tell me. I will do everything to help you. I don't mind driving you to hospital or buying your medicine, ok?"

Dunk wants to ask, why?

"Because you help me to solve my problem and also..." Joong looks at Dunk's eyes. "I care for you."

Dunk looks back at his eyes and then he smiles.

His feelings for Joong are a little bit complicated but he doesn't want to rush things. He wants to be sure about his feelings before telling him. Joong also hasn't told him anything yet about his feelings. But sometimes, the way Joong looks at him and talks to him, Dunk doesn't want to assume, but he isn't stupid. He can read it all.

Living together with Joong is fantastic.

Dunk's personal favorite moment with Joong is whenever they eat. Whenever they eat together, they always talk about everything. Joong really likes to talk and Dunk listens to it happily. It is so easy to be with Joong, as easy as breathing.

He is a gentle, kind, and funny type of man.

He is also a respectful man, he never did anything that Dunk wasn't allowed them to. He likes doing skinship with Dunk, and to his surprise, Dunk likes it too. But the skinship was never far from kissing and cuddling into each other.

He also has a good sense of humor that Dunk loves so much. He over thinks so much but Dunk can always read him. He is easy to read and somehow he acts innocently like a little child toward Dunk. With Joong, Dunk can be everything.

His friend, his counselor, his big brother, his lov....

Dunk learned that Joong hates being lonely, he hates eating alone the most. He really has trouble sleeping whenever Dunk isn't sleeping near him or when he can't sense Dunk's scent around him. Dunk is really wondering if someday he is disappearing from Joong's life...

No, he doesn't want to imagine it.

"Joong."

"Hm?"

"We only knew each other for a short time, but why, whenever I'm with you I feel like i know you for so long." Dunk voices out one of his biggest questions whenever he feels too comfortable with Joong.

"Hmmm..." Joong looks back to the road in front of him. "Maybe we already met in the past live? I wonder if I also like you this much in another reality of our lives."

Dunk remains silent on his seat. He holds his seatbelt way too tight. His heart beats too fast because finally the cat is out of the bag.

How should he respond?

"I always hold myself to say it out loud because I don't want to scare you. We have only met for less than a month."

Joong drives his car to the side of the road so he can tell this while looking straight into Dunk's beautiful eyes. When the car is finally stopped, Joong gives his full focus to Dunk who still doesn't know how to react properly.

"But I feel what I feel, Dunk." Joong touches Dunk's cheek and Dunk feels burning from the touch. He can't run away from this man, his eyes, his entire existence lock Dunk in his place.

"My feelings for you are too strong. I was also confused at the beginning, but I can't hold it anymore. I always think of more grandeur ways to tell you, definitely not on the road while i'm driving you to the hospital, but... at the end, i just want you to know how i feel for you."

To be honest, if Dunk is being honest here, he also feels the same. His feelings for Joong are too strong, it's unexplainable why he feels this strongly toward a man he only met less than a month ago. But he isn't Joong, he can't say it out yet.

That he likes this man too.

He likes Joong so much.

He feels comfortable and safe, he can become himself whenever he is with Joong. Joong gives him choice and freedom he never got from anyone else.

"I like you so much, Dunk Natachai."

Joong smiles at him, the smile that Dunk loves so much.

"I'm not going to pressure you into anything. But, can you give me a chance? All I ask is a chance to be with you."

I can give you anything, Joong.

But I just can't tell you yet.

"If i don't give you a chance, i won't be living with you even though we both know that my door is already fixed."

Dunk smiles and Joong is finally breathing again. He holds his breath for way too long when he confesses to Dunk.

"Now go back to driving or I will miss my appointment with my doctor."

Joong laughs and finally breaks his eye contact with Dunk.

"Roger that, boss!"

***

[Author's Pov]

It is a windy evening in Paris.

An elegant woman in her forties looks at his phone with a discomfort face painted on her beautiful face. Her hand types her husband's number and calls him right away.

"Dear, I need to go back to Thailand first."

There is so much going on in her mind right now. The information that she got before disturbs her to the core.

"Dunk was finally having his first heat and he spent it with an alpha. A stranger, we don't know who it is."

Dunk is her son, but not like her other son, he is an omega, and omega has this stuff that disadvantages them. She needs to make sure that his only son is okay and he wants to know the identity of this alpha who is close to her son. It always gives her an uneasy feeling whenever she learns that Dunk is being too close with an alpha she doesn't know.

She needs to know.

She needs to know everything that is happening in his son's life. Since Dunk starts to lie to her, he needs to step up her game to her only son.

Her protectiveness for her only son isn't groundless. There are so many things she needs to protect Dunk's from, and the hardest one is... his past.

Dunk must not remember his past.

Let it bury deep inside in the forgotten memories.

The real reason for his twin brother's death.

And the other alpha he tried to save in exchange for his twin brother's life.

In this world full of alpha and omega, she just hopes that Dunk won't ever meet that alpha again.

To be continued

***

yeahhhhh another fast update because i can't update this story for the next 10 days, i will busy with work, sorry! sooo before i go into a short hiatus, can you give me your opinion about this story or about this chapter? reading your comments is always make my day hehehe

and for the scent i promise to tell you the other day, for Dunk pheromone you can search on Victoria's Secret - Coconut Passion! i really like the smell i even bought the perfume hahaha and for Joong's.. i was getting inspired by The Body Shop - Black Musk. It is also have a great masculine scent. Perhaps any of you use this perfume?

Ok, i need to go now, see you in the middle of December! have a great day ahead my dear readerssssss~

oh! you can also reach me on twitter @jeinace , let's be friend!