17 : Started Point

Haru slowly opened his beautiful eyes. The sunlight was nicely lightening the room. Haru took a little while before getting used to it.

He did not recognize the place. The bedroom was large and the huge bed faced a television set in the wall.

Haru tried to stand up but his arm ached. He then noticed his plaster cast. He took a moment, and the memories of what happened came back to him. He shook is head, trying his best to keep his composure.

He got out of bed and left the room cautiously. The sliding door opened onto a huge living room that was modern and more luxurious than the previous one. The balcony doors were open, letting the warm afternoon wind play in the condo.

The front door sounded and the familiar scent of pine cones and summer filled the place.

Akihito froze, troubled to see Haru.

The little Omega didn't know what to do. He was out of his room ... Sissy would surely punish him when Akihito will be gone.

Haru couldn't breathe anymore. His head began to spin. He lost his balance but Akihito grabbed him just in time and hugged him.

"- Shhh ..." Akihito said, stroking his back. "She's not here anymore. It's over. It's over ..." he whispered to him.

Haru couldn't believe his ears. He started to cry, letting his complaints flood the apartment's silence. Akihito hugged him carefully while singing to him that everything was fine.

Haru nuzzled his face in the crook of Akihito's neck while holding his T-shirt with his free hand.

After a while, Akihito sat on the sofa. Haru was on his lap. His head against the Alpha's shoulder, he was inhaling his pheromones fully. While he was crying earlier, the man had let out his pheromones in the hope of comforting him.

Haru was playing nervously with the hem of his shirt.

Their position was very intimate. But Haru didn't want to let go of Akihito. Feeling the Alpha's warm body, and smelling his scent, helped him calm down. He felt safe though he was still anxious.

"- We need to talk ..." Akihito started.

Haru looked up at him.

"- We need to discuss about what happened and ... I would like to apologize properly." continued the Alpha. "I was not by your side and I left you to suffer under my own roof. Haru ... I hate myself terribly and I don't know what I would have done if I had lost you. My ignorance has hurt you. I hope that one day you will find in your heart the strength to forgive me. "

Haru took Akihito's hand and began to trace invisible letters with the tip of his finger. "You are here now. You saved me again. Thank you." He wrote.

Akihito felt his heart sink. Haru gave him a weak smile, the very first Akihito had seen on the Omega's angelic face since they started living together.

Akihito hugged Haru a little more and with his free hand, the Omega gently patted him on the back to console him.

Akihito smiled. Haru had seen hell and yet the boy sought to appease him. With his head on the Omega's shoulder, the Alpha smelled the peachy scent that emanated from the Omega's soft skin.

He wanted to stay here forever. He didn't understand why, but Haru's presence reassured him. Even with Angela, he had never felt such peace, as if his place was with Haru and Haru with him.

"- I'm going to work at home for a while" said Akihito.

He watched Haru's face. The small sore on his lower lip was still swollen but at least it was closed. Haru had been unconscious for three days. Akihito had taken care of him.

During these three days, Akihito had watched over the Omega night and day. Haru hadn't had nightmares and even in his sleep he was gorgeous. Akihito had had the pleasure of admiring him for hours and each time he had caught himself stroking the omega's cheeks, lips or playing with the omega's soft blonde curls.

In the evening, Akihito began to prepare dinner. Haru was sitting at the kitchen's island counter. He was drinking a milkshake with a straw. It was the first he tasted. That was delicious ! The sweetness of the milk went perfectly with the bitter chocolate, the salted caramel and the cheesecake-flavored cream.

Akihito was secretly watching the Omega. He wanted to spoil him. According to Gisele, Haru had never been the asking type. Even when she offered to buy him something, Haru was refusing. All the gifts he had received from his sponsors - when he was popular at the SS Club - were either given to others for charity or sold on his orders. On the other hand, the unasual ones had been thrown out.

Akihito wanted to do something for the Omega.

When he was still oblivious to the horror that was happening in the shadows, Akihito had asked Haru what was the thing he wished he had the most.

Several times Haru had told him he wanted to sleep, leave or die. At that time, Akihito thought Haru hated him. He didn't know Sissy was mistreating him yet.

Come to think of it, if he hadn't come home that day, Haru probably would have taken his own life. Sissy would have disguised this as voluntary suicide for no good reason. And Akihito would have probably believed her.

Akihito lowered the heat under the pot and came to sit on a stool near the little Omega. Haru was enjoying his milkshake. He wasn't showing it on his face, but his big eyes twinkled every time he took a sip of the icing and he was nodding, approving the taste.

Akihito tucked a strand of hair behind the omega's ear.

He then asked:

"- Do you still want to leave?"

Haru stopped drinking and looked up at the Alpha. After a minute of silence, Haru nodded and sadly looked down at the milkshake.

"- If ... if I manage to give you back the taste of life, would you like to stay by my side?" Akihito asked afterwards.

Haru's gaze locked on Akihito.

"- I mean ... let's try. It's been a month since we live together normally but ..."

Akihito paused for a moment before continuing:

"- No. From now on we're going to live together for real. Just you and I. No housekeepers and no servants. I'll work here and stay by your side. If you don't get better ... I will not force you to stay but if my presence helps you a little .... Well ... think about it okay ? "

Haru shyly shifted his gazed towards Akihito.

The alpha was nervous. He understood if Haru refused to stay, but he still hoped the Omega would lean on him once again. He promised to himself to not screw everything up if Haru gave him another chance.

Haru nodded shyly. Akihito couldn't help but smile.

"- For now, I'll take you to the hospital tomorrow. Gisele persuaded me to keep you here until you woke up. Now I think we should…"

Panicked, Haru shook his head fiercely. Confusion swept over Akihito. Haru took his hand and wrote, "No hospital. I hate. Outside. I'm scared. Too many Alphas."

Haru resumed playing nervously with his shirt. He didn't want to complicate the situation but he really hated going out. If he came across one of his attackers, he would surely die.

Akihito cupped Haru's face and slightly lifted the omega's head to look into his eyes.

" - Okay. We'll do what you're comfortable with," he said softly. " But you need to be tend to. So I will contact my family's personal doctor."

He paused a brief moment, then he resumed :

" - She will come and treat you here. And don't worry, she is an Alpha married to an Omega. She will take care of you and I will stay by your side. Promised. "

Haru nodded slowly. He did stiffened when he heard the doctor was an Alpha but if Akihito will be there with him, he might be okay.