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Sweet Venom is a South Korean alpha boy band formed by Belift Lab. The group was formed through the 2020 survival competition show I-Land. The group consists of five members: Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, and Ni-Ki. 

Blossom is a South Korean omega duo formed by Belift Lab. The group consists of members Sunoo and Jungwon.

Like all bad things in Heeseung’s life, he had Jake to blame for this.

It had all started in an Inkigayo hallway with Jake’s superhuman sense of smell. The alpha was like a bloodhound, and the members often joked that he had a sixth sense when it came to sniffing out omegas.

A literal slicked sense that seemed to work through medical grade scent patches somehow.

Usually, this was hilarious to Heeseung. There was nothing funnier than their group entering a meeting room after TXT and watching Jake make a beeline towards the seat that he knew had been kept warm by Choi Beomgyu’s butt.

But Heeseung sure wasn’t laughing now.

It had been a long day, jam packed with behind the scenes vlogs and SlikTok challenges filmed on top of their early morning music show performance.

With the end of the day quickly nearing, Heeseung sensed relief on the horizon for his group members, himself, and the migraine that was steadily thumping away right between his twitching eyes.

Freedom was so close that Heeseung could taste it. It tasted like the coldest, most refreshing gulp of water- maybe because they all had to dehydrate themselves to make their muscles look their best.

Human rights violations aside, Sweet Venom were almost done for the day.

But the universe had a funny way of striking when they least suspected it.

“I smell omegas.” Jake whispered, entirely unaware of how creepy he sounded. He began sniffing the air around him with urgency, nearly striking Heeseung with his nose in the process.

“What the hell are you talking about- ?”

“Fuck, he’s right! Omegas!”

Sweet Venom had run into Blossom because they shared a genius company that saw no harm in overlapping comebacks. The two groups had barely interacted as HYBE treated the omega duo like prized princesses and kept them locked away in their tower. Far away from Sweet Venom, who were probably bridge dwelling goblins in this fairytale fantasy.

Heeseung had no reason to think much about the two omegas in Blossom before and smiled politely and bowed low as they approached The five alphas on his side of the hallway were appropriately social distancing from the two omegas across from them.

No scandal could possibly come forth from this, amen.

Prayers were needed because there, across the dingy hallway, stood two angels who looked like they’d floated straight down from heaven.

“Damn.” Someone mumbled in appreciation behind Heeseung. He could’ve sworn that someone else let out a low wolf whistle. It might have been Heeseung himself, who was starting to lose his grip on reality after such a long workday.

It made sense that the sight of some scantily clad omegas was all it took for Sweet Venom to lose it.

Despite there being only two omegas in Blossom, there still seemed to be a leader between them. Sunoo stood back, watching Sweet Venom carefully, as Jungwon stepped forward to greet them.

He might have been the most unassuming looking leader in the history of the industry with his small frame and youthful chubby face. Despite his heeled boots, Jungwon had to look up in order to make eye contact with Sweet Venom, but he did so with ease like he was used to it.

“We watched your performance this morning! You guys did great.” Jungwon said. He was standing with his hands behind his back, posture pin straight and knees apart like a little army general. It was at odds with his revealing schoolboy outfit, which consisted of a cropped white blouse, skinny tie hanging low and black booty shorts.

He looked more stripper than schoolboy and that was all the more reason for Heeseung to keep his eyes up.

“Thank you.” Heeseung replied, equally polite. The less words he said, the less likely it was for this to result in a career ending, life ruining scandal.

“You were awesome too!” Jay echoed from behind Heeseung. The other four alphas were using their leader as a human shield, peering around him to gawk at the omegas. Heeseung was sort of like a Russian nesting doll, hiding a series of progressively smaller alphas behind him.

Well, minus Riki. Their big baby alpha was crouching down to try and minimize his presence, knees bent as he peered over Heeseung’s head.

“Thanks!” Jungwon and Sunoo said in unison, before turning to smack each other playfully and share a little giggle at how in sync they were.

As a leader, Heeseung was perfectly in tune to how antsy his group members were behind him. They were practically vibrating with excitement at their close proximity to the pretty omegas, and Heeseung hoped none of their overenthusiasm was picked up by the many cameras surrounding them.

Especially Jake, who was breathing harder on Heeseung’s shoulder than that one dinosaur in Jurassic Park. He’d have to check his clothes for drool stains later. That could be a biological hazard.

After taking a few group photos, with Sweet Venom on one side and Blossom on the other, it was time to exchange albums. A manager handed Heeseung a copy of theirs and he moved to hand it to Jungwon, when Sunoo stepped forward instead.

Despite military level media training, Heeseung couldn’t stop his eyebrows from shooting up in appreciation at the sight before him. After all, he was just an alpha. He’d been so focused on being professional when talking to Jungwon, that his eyes hadn’t once strayed over to Sunoo.

Now, the other omega was all he could see. Sunoo had shyly tapped Jungwon on the shoulder and the two had exchanged a knowing look before Sunoo was allowed to step forth and accept the album from Heeseung.

The omega’s beautiful face lit up with a pleased grin and he bowed low in thanks. Sunoo had the honour of being the older one, which meant his outfit was exponentially more slutty. His cropped blouse ended right below his nipples and his little shorts sat even lower on his hips, showcasing the soft pale skin of his stomach.

It was like one of those impractical looking comic book superheros, drawn by a horny alpha artist with just one hand. Since the other would be furiously jerking off to their creation.

“I hope you pull me!” Jake said loudly, because he hated their careers and was always willing to risk it all for a crumb of omega attention.

Heeseung wanted nothing more than to whirl around and give Jake the nastiest stink eye to try and shut the other alpha up, but all he could do was keep up his best customer service smile for all the cameras surrounding them.

“Sunbaenim, I’d love to!” Sunoo said, eyes kind and voice sweet as he giggled over Jake’s excitement. “But, the odds are pretty low, no? 1 in 5? You’d have a better chance of pulling me.”

Either Sunoo didn’t entirely understand Jake’s double entendre, or he was just that much of an innocent cherubic angel.

“Lucky us. We’d love to pull you.” Sunghoon grinned. His face was soft with affection and Heeseung surely had the same one on his thanks to Sunoo.

Realizing that he looked exactly like Sunghoon, who was visibly simping over the omega, made Heeseung quick to try and school his face into a neutral expression. He couldn’t afford to be caught simping and slipping like this.

Jungwon must not have received the same vigorous media training as them because discomfort was all over his face. He looked deeply unimpressed, eyebrows furrowed and mouth twisted as he stared at Sunoo and the harem of alphas he’d just picked up.

This must’ve been a daily occurrence for them as Jungwon just shook his head and grabbed their own album from a nearby manager.

The same silent look of understanding passed between Jungwon and Sunoo before they traded albums. Jungwon took Sweet Venom’s and handed it to a manager to put away, while Sunoo held out Blossom’s album.

The harsh fluorescent lights above suddenly transformed into a heavenly glow, spotlighting Sunoo and making him shine. He was smiling so sweetly, eyes curved into crescents and cheeks flushed a pretty pink. He used both of his tiny, delicate hands to hold out his album, body slightly bent over with his cute little ass sticking out.

At that very moment, Heeseung understood why alpha fans would go bankrupt just to support an omega idol like this.

Unfortunately, that was where things began to rapidly unravel. Like a cartoon, everything began to go wrong in quick succession.

Unlike Blossom, Sweet Venom didn’t possess the telepathy that every omega seemed to share with each other. There was no silent look of understanding. It was act first, think later.

…

Well. It was more like act first, think never.

Jake surged forward in an attempt to take the album from Sunoo. Despite this interaction only promising for him and Sunoo to brush their fingers at most, Jake was moving with the urgency of someone about to have sex with their favorite idol if they were first.

However, Jake single mindedly trying to get to Sunoo had him forgetting a very important obstacle in his path.

The obstacle being Heeseung’s body.

Heeseung’s eyes shot wide open in horror as he felt Jake accidentally collide with his back. Time slowed down to a torturous crawl as Heeseung was pushed forward. He had already been feeling mildly dizzy from exhaustion and dehydration. He was nothing more than a domino toppling over, arms flailing and windmilling wildly before he abruptly knocked into Sunoo.

The poor omega looked terrified and he let out a shriek when Heeseung fell on top of him, before the two crashed into the floor in an unceremonious heap.

In the chaos, the album had gone flying from Sunoo’s hands and smashed on the ground before it skittered down the hallway.

“Shit, the CD- !” Jay looked panicked and moved to grab the album off the floor.

This act of goodwill immediately backfired as the sight of Jay crouching on the floor made Jungwon freak out and he was quick to try and help the alpha out before he could get his clothes dirty.

“Sunbaenim, wait!” Jungwon cried out and dove to be the first to pick up the album.

The sound of Jungwon yelling made Jay whip around to look at the omega and their heads promptly knocked into each other. The collision made a similar sound to a microwave door being slammed shut, making everyone around them wince in sympathy.

The force of Jay’s giant head bumping into Jungwon’s sent the two stumbling backwards, crying out in pain.

Jake was standing frozen, arms still outstretched and a look of horror on his face at the carnage surrounding him.

Meanwhile, Heeseung was about to break the world record for how long someone could hold their breath. He was too scared to move an inch, and was particularly terrified of a certain set of inches stirring to life at the sensation of having Kim Sunoo underneath him.

It wasn’t Heeseung’s fault that this was a KnotHub video, complete with all the cameramen, come to life. Sunoo’s body was trembling underneath his, bare skin warm and soft to the touch. The omega’s chest was heaving and he was struggling to keep his composure, eyes wide and lower lip trembling as he lay trapped underneath the alpha.

But then, as their eyes met, Sunoo did the strangest thing. A hysterical giggle bubbled out of him and he turned his head to try and hide the amusement on his face.

Sunoo wasn’t scared. He was… loving it?

Unfortunately, that was the only confirmation Heeseung’s erection needed to rise to the occasion. He felt his leather pants grow impossibly tighter and began to panic. His pants were already so tight he had to be vacuum sealed into them earlier that morning. Any bit of arousal and his erection was going to be so prominent that it would be like a compass. Leading them all straight to danger.

Heeseung’s normally rational human brain had been swiftly evicted from his head. Now, his wolf brain was in control and all it could think was the caveman like grunting thought of; “pretty omega make alpha horny”.

Sunoo with his long lashes, sweet plump pout, slim sexy body and the shy twinkle of glee in his pretty eyes. He was so close to Heeseung that the alpha could see everything about him up close. The glow of highlighter on Sunoo’s cheeks, the sheen of his colored contacts, the way his scent patch had begun to peel off his neck and allowed Heeseung the rare chance to smell an omega’s enticing scent- .

This was all too much for Heeseung, whose last experience with an omega’s touch had been the stylist who had vacuum sealed him into these leather pants earlier that morning. Which had been an extremely unsexual and humbling act, by the way.

But, before anything even more career ruining could happen, Heeseung felt himself being lifted off of Sunoo. Not helped. Lifted.

He felt like a stuffed animal in a claw machine being grabbed from above and pulled upwards. The sight made Sunoo even more amused, as he watched Heeseung be yanked up by God.

Well, not God. It was Sunghoon who had pulled Heeseung up from the back of his shirt, like a mother cat scruffing a misbehaving kitten.

Then, Sunghoon immediately pushed Heeseung to the side before going back in to help Sunoo. Not lift. Help.

He was the picture perfect gentleman as he extended a hand towards Sunoo, silently waiting for permission. Heeseung had been unceremoniously grabbed and hauled up like a sack of potatoes but Sunoo got prince charming politely waiting before making the first move.

“Thank you, sunbaenim.” Sunoo said in awe, shyly peering up at Sunghoon as the alpha gently helped him back onto his feet.

“Are you okay?” Sunghoon asked in a quiet voice, more sweet than he’d ever been with his band members.

“I am now.” Sunoo smiled and it was the closest thing that window-less hallway had ever seen to the sun.

The sight was powerful enough to make someone whimper. But that also could’ve been Jay, who was holding his head and groaning like he was a cartoon character with an egg shaped bump on the top.

That should be me! Heeseung’s inner wolf howled in anguish as he looked at Sunghoon tenderly holding Sunoo’s hand. Just watching them struck Heeseung with the most uncharacteristic hateful urge to leap into the air and karate chop their hands apart.

Since he didn’t possess the strength to do all that, Heeseung instead looked around the hallway, dejected and hoping someone was having a worse time than him. At least that would make him feel better. Just a little.

Unfortunately, he made eye contact with one of the several cameras that had just captured every single bit of this interaction. The realization made Heeseung want to sink to his knees, grab at his hair and wail.

Fuck. Koreaboo was going to be all over this.

“The good news is that you don’t have a concussion! The bad news is that you don’t have a concussion, which means you can’t take medical leave and you can’t sue Sweet Venom for your injuries.”

Jungwon sighed at that, his annoyance causing the pounding in his head to flare up even more.

“And- sorry- why are you my doctor right now?” He asked and Sunoo just smiled cheerfully.

“I’m all the company can afford right now!”

The two omegas of Blossom were back in their dressing room, far away from the war zone of a hallway they had just been evacuated from. Their managers had all but yanked them away from Sweet Venom in an effort to minimize the amount of injuries caused, although a truly impressive amount of damage had already been done.

Jungwon had barely managed to twist around and smile apologetically at the alpha he had knocked heads with. Jay? The poor alpha had looked distraught- either with pain or worry- and had been reaching out, mouth open like he had something to say.

All Jungwon could get out was “don’t worry, everything’s going to be okay!” before he was pulled down the hallway and Sweet Venom had disappeared from view. It was a familiar lie he often told himself and Sunoo but Jungwon had never reassured an alpha like that before.

Jungwon had also never seen a group of alphas look so worried for them before. Their concern was appreciated since they had been the cause of everyone’s suffering.

Waving the lingering memory of Sweet Venom away, Jungwon instead focused on Sunoo. The other omega was crouching in front of him and using his phone’s flashlight to check Jungwon’s eyes.

“Can you see when I do this?” Sunoo asked and abruptly shoved the blinding light of the phone into Jungwon’s eye.

“Ow! What the hell, hyung? No, I can’t!”

Sunoo frowned and leaned closer, peering at Jungwon’s face with a judgemental look.

“Ooh, that’s not good.”

Jungwon responded by shoving Sunoo away from him and sent the other omega toppling backwards into the sofa.

“Why is everyone pushing me today?” Sunoo whined, although he didn’t look too bothered as he was laughing his little butt off.

As Sunoo tossed his head back and cackled with delight, Jungwon’s eyes landed on the other omega’s peeling scent patch. It was hanging on by a thread, barely able to stick to the omega sweaty skin after being put through a long day of promotions. The sight made Jungwon roll his eyes.

No wonder Sweet Venom had been acting like animals.

Alpha idols could barely handle dating bans and extremely limited interactions with omegas. Sunoo showing up and showing off his scent, whether accidentally or on purpose, was the equivalent of poking a feral wolf pack with sticks and riling them up before letting them go loose.

And loose was exactly how they’d acted.

The throbbing behind Jungwon’s forehead was almost unbearable. He tried to wrap his arms around both his eyes and ears in an attempt to block everything out but it didn’t work since he could still hear Sunoo.

“If you keep talking, I’m going to push you off a cliff.” Jungwon said but his heart wasn’t really in the threat, voice sounding weak to his own ears.

“As if you’d actually do that.” Sunoo scoffed, settling back against the couch and hugging a cushion close. “You’d miss me way too much!”

Jungwon almost wept with relief as a manager appeared with a bag of frozen corn. With a kind smile, the manager balanced the bag on top of Jungwon’s head and secured it with a pat before taking a call across the room. Their entire team must have been busy doing damage control to keep World War 3 from breaking out after what Sweet Venom had just done.

“Thank you!” Jungwon called out after their manager and finally allowed his body to relax against the sofa, the loss of adrenaline from the day leaving him exhausted.

“Ugh, I’m so jealous of you right now!” Sunoo said, the pout evident in his whiney voice. “I wish I had a bag of frozen corn on my face. Why do you get to do everything fun?!”

Jungwon had no idea how Sunoo could still be so excitable and full of energy after the day they’d just had. The comforting icy weight of the frozen corn had helped dull the pain and was making Jungwon very sleepy. Maybe if he closed his eyes and laid very still then Sunoo would get the hint and- .

“Hyung, I can feel you staring at me. What do you want?” Jungwon said and couldn’t help but smirk at the sound of Sunoo gasping with shock.

“How the hell did you know that? You can’t see anything right now!” Sunoo dropped his voice into a suspicious whisper. “I always knew you were a witch.”

“I wear many hats.” Jungwon said, trying to sound as nonchalant as possible. Difficult, given the corn on his head. “If you have something to say, then say it! Before I pass out and die from my undiagnosed concussion.”

“It’s just…” Sunoo trailed off with a dramatic sigh, obviously distracted as he’d ignored what Jungwon had just said. “Don’t you think they were kinda cute?”

To Jungwon, this made no sense.

What the hell was Sunoo talking about? Who was he referring to? Did he mean Blossom and he was speaking in the third person? Their managers? Cameramen? The bag of frozen corn on Jungwon’s head? Maybe there was a fun little cartoon mascot on the packaging that Sunoo was talking about. He did love that sort of thing.

“ …the corn?” Jungwon wondered aloud, brow furrowing in confusion. “I mean. I guess corn is the cutest vegetable but- .”

“What? Why would I call corn cute? You’re so corn brained right now! Is your favourite website ‘CornHub’?” Sunoo said in a teasing voice, although he abruptly turned serious as if he’d just realized what Jungwon was saying. “Maybe you do have a concussion…”

“A corncussion.” Jungwon mumbled to himself.

“Anyway! I meant Sweet Venom! Weren’t they kinda cute?”

This made Jungwon pause once again. His brain was processing things slower than usual and he needed a moment to gather his thoughts before expressing them eloquently- .

“What the hell are you talking about? One of them jumped on you with intent to hump and the other played bumper cars with his head and mine! What do you mean you think they’re kind of cute? They’re kind of criminals!”

Jungwon clawed at the bag of frozen corn on his face in an effort to pull it off, feeling like a cat fighting with its cone. He managed to sit up, hair wild and eyes narrowed in suspicion at the sight of Sunoo staring off into the distance with a dreamy look.

“That Heeseung guy didn’t mean to jump on me.” Sunoo explained, smiling as if the memory made him happy- for some reason. Maybe he was the one with a concussion. “I saw what happened! He was accidentally pushed and just fell! It was all just a misunderstanding.”

Unfortunately, that did make sense. It wouldn’t have been the first time alphas tripped over themselves in an attempt to get Sunoo’s attention. Usually, this was hilarious to Jungwon but this time he’d been caught up as collateral damage.

There was nothing to laugh about in Jungwon’s life at the moment.

“I still don’t like him.” He frowned. “What if this was all an elaborate plan his group members made up to get him on top of you so he could slip his dick inside of you?!”

Sunoo let out a startled laugh at that, cheeks immediately turning bright red.

“Now how would he have been able to do all that? He was wearing some very tight fitting leather pants.”

“I don’t know how he’d do it. But from what I’ve heard about that Jake guy… I don’t think I’m that far off. Sweet Venom seem capable of evil.”

“You say that about all alphas!” Sunoo pointed out with a giggle, smiling as if this was a fond memory. “Aw, you should have seen the look on his face when Heeseung-ssi fell on me. Oh, he looked so cute! So scared too! Like a newborn baby deer in headlights! Wait, that’s actually really sad to think about. Aw… newborn baby deer…”

Sunoo had gotten distracted by his own thoughts again. If Jungwon didn’t move quickly here, the other omega would be lost in dreamland for a while.

“Please don’t tell me you have a crush on Sweet Venom’s leader.” Jungwon begged, ready to get down on his knees for this. “Please don’t tell me he fell on you and you fell harder. Please!”

Sunoo just puffed his cheeks out and pointedly avoided eye contact with the other omega. There was no way that the white walls of their dressing room were more interesting than Jungwon, but Sunoo wouldn’t look away.

“Fine. I won’t tell you that! Because you’re clearly not ready to hear it.” Sunoo said since he was put onto this Earth for the sole purpose of ragebaiting Jungwon and taking years off his life. “Don’t say I never do anything for you!”

Jungwon stared at Sunoo for a moment, in disbelief at the other omega’s words.

“I wish you had this concussion instead of me.” Jungwon said.

“Rude! Although I would have made it a funcussion!”

The pros of being in an idol duo meant that Jungwon only had to deal with Sunoo.

The cons of being in an idol duo meant that Jungwon was the only one around to deal with Sunoo.

Jungwon had thought that he’d been doing Sunoo a favor earlier, when he let the other omega be the one to give Sweet Venom their album. He’d seen it in Sunoo’s eyes that he was attracted to the alphas in Sweet Venom, and one look at the alphas confirmed that vice was indeed versa. Obviously. Sunoo was stunning. Alphas in this industry may have been stupid, but they weren’t blind.

But, all Jungwon had expected was some light eye fucking and fingertip touching at most. Like what had happened when Sunoo had let him give Jungkook their album earlier that day.

If Jungwon knew what a cartoonish chain of events he’d accidentally set off, he would have done something different. Although, hindsight was 20/20 and 2020 had been a terrible year and…

Where was Jungwon going with this? … maybe he did he have brain damage.

“Whatever.” Jungwon sighed and moved to lay down once again, resting his head on his emotional support bag of frozen corn like it was a pillow “I guess this isn’t even your weirdest crush. Remember when you and K sunbaenim- ?”

“We don’t have to bring up every memory we have of each other!” Sunoo shrieked and smacked at Jungwon’s shoulder to try and shut him up.

Jungwon couldn’t help but laugh at that, relieved that the universe had returned to its natural order and he was the one ragebaiting Sunoo again.

“You should just sleep with that Heeseung guy and get over him.” Jungwon advised, noting how this made Sunoo’s eyes widen and his cheeks go pink once again. “Get him out of your system by getting him in your system!”

“How can you give me relationship advice when you’re single?” Sunoo asked, looking pained like he dreaded hearing the answer.

Jungwon just smirked.

“Coaches don’t play.”

Sunoo shook his head, barely able to hold back his own smile at that.

“Well… you might not approve of Heeseung-ssi but what about the guy who helped me up? I think his name is Park Sunghoon? He was super cute, right? The perfect gentleman, heh…”

Jungwon squeezed his eyes shut, trying to remember the alpha in question. In all honesty, alpha groups like that all tended to blend together into a sort of menacing blob he needed to protect himself and Sunoo from.

His pounding head reminded him what a piss poor job he had done at that.

“Park Sunghoon?” Jungwon mumbled to himself and frowned at the memory that surfaced. All this frowning was probably weighing heavily on his face and making him look older than he was. It might have been free to be a hater, but it did have other costs. “He was very… eyebrow forward.”

“He was, wasn’t he?” Sunoo said with delight, shaking Jungwon excitedly like that was somehow the right answer. “I… I just think they’re both cute!”

“Hyung, having a crush on two members of the same alpha boy group might be the messiest thing you’ve ever done. And that’s saying a lot.”

“I’m really not that messy.” Sunoo insisted, face animated and voice rising in pitch like it usually did when he was offended. The other omega’s offended reaction just fueled Jungwon even more. He couldn’t give Sunoo his concussion, but he could still hit the other omega where it hurt.

“You belong to a species scientifically known as the homie hoppers.” Jungwon said matter of factly and Sunoo gasped at the accusation.

“I haven’t even hopped to a single homie yet!” Sunoo blurted out and then abruptly realized what he’d just said. His eyes nearly popped out of his head like a squeeze toy and he clapped his hands over his mouth, horrified that he’d been caught Freudian slipping.

Being right used to make Jungwon so happy. Now, all it did was frustrate him even further. All he could do was sigh and let Sunoo know that he wasn’t mad, just disappointed.

“Hyung if your life was a TV show, it would be called The Summer I Turned Shitty.”

Judging by the look on Sunoo’s face, that was the most offensive thing Jungwon could have said.

“Now that’s just plain rude.”

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Sweet Venom’s ride home was silent.

It was more quiet than the time they’d tried to reset their Wi-Fi router together and ended up seeing everyone’s search history. It was hard to make eye contact with your band members without remembering what kind of porn they looked for, frantically searching through KnotHub with one hand while the other gripped their erection for dear life.

It certainly didn’t help that Jake’s attempt at an apology had fallen flat. Fallen flat like Heeseung had fallen flat onto Sunoo. Fallen flat like Heeseung’s erection after he’d realized how many cameras had just captured his literal floppery.

“Hyung, I’m sorry but- .” Jake began in an earnest voice, puppy dog eyes out in full force like Heeseung was an omega he was trying to seduce.

This apology was already off to a terrible start.

“You should actually be thanking me!” Jake finished, reaching out from around Heeseung’s seat to try and hug (?) him. It was unclear what was happening. Heeseung just felt like he was being grabbed at by tentacles, which made him think of Riki’s search history, which really wasn’t the mood right now.

“Why would I thank you?” Heeseung demanded to know, smacking Jake’s tentacle arms away and making him whimper.

“That was the most action you’ve gotten from an omega, ever!” Jake pointed out. “I mean- you pretty much got to second base with Kim Sunoo. You’re welcome.”

“You’re welcome?” Heeseung repeated in an incredulous voice. “You’re welcome? You might have just ruined my life but you’re welcome?!”

“Jake, buddy.” Jay groaned, voice muffled through a bag of frozen corn they’d taken from the Inkigayo cafeteria for him to ice his face with. “Now’s not the time.”

“For what?” Jake demanded to know. “The truth?”

Sunghoon sucked his teeth loudly, looking strangely in tune to the conversation for someone with earbuds in.

Heeseung sucked his teeth louder to show his dominance. He had to be the better sucker between them.

Wait- .

Riki, who’d been suspiciously silent this entire time, decided now was the perfect time to speak up.

“You know hyung- .” Riki began, and Heeseung didn’t even need to turn to confirm the sticky smirk on their baby alpha’s face. “When we were talking about pulling Sunoo sunbaenim, we didn’t mean to try and pull his clothes off.”

Heeseung couldn’t even respond with something defensive, dignified, and not dickheaded, because Riki wasn’t done yet.

“Isn’t it crazy how Sunghoon hyung won and you lost?” Riki mused out loud. “He literally pulled Sunoo sunbaenim by helping him up and, by the looks of it, Sunoo sunbaenim wants hyung to pull his clothes off now!”

“That’s enough out of you.” Heeseung snapped at a cackling Riki, his inner wolf wounded at all this teasing. “All this talk about pulling, what about Jakey pushing me? I’m a victim here!”

“And we are blaming you.” Sunghoon piped up, having the audacity to playfully nudge Heeseung’s side. “Have you tried being not so easy to push over?”

Heeseung just grit his teeth.

“I’ll consider it.”

“Does anyone else want me to help them get to second base with a pretty omega?” Jake asked the car.

Their driver perked up, looking mildly interested in Jake’s offer. Thankfully, he kept his focus on the road so that was one person in that car who cared about keeping their job.

“Um … me?” Riki was quick to volunteer himself, hand shooting up so hard he nearly punched a hole through the car roof.

Jake gave Riki an unimpressed onceover before turning to the other alphas.

“Anyone else?” Jake asked and Riki just slid down his seat with a dramatic groan.

“My life is so hard.” Riki complained, grabbing at his gel crunched hair in frustration. “And, yeah, it’s even harder than Jay hyung’s life even though he definitely has a concussion right now!”

“My frozen corn is leaking on me.” Jay said, looking mildly alarmed at how damp he’d gotten.

“Does anyone else who’s not Riki or Jay need my help?” Jake asked once again.

“You didn’t even help me! You just ruined any chance I had with Sunoo.” Heeseung said loudly, smacking Jake between every word as punishment.

“I- ow- didn’t- ow- mean- ow- you!” Jake managed to get out. “I think I just helped Sunghoon- ouchies!”

“Thank you, Jakey.” Sunghoon said sincerely. He settled back into his seat, legs spread, arms crossed and a cocky smirk on his face.

Heeseung’s inner wolf growled at the sight, itching for a way to prove itself. If they weren’t in a moving vehicle on the highway, he would have pounced on Sunghoon and smacked the other alpha’s contacts out.

The piercing blue contacts in Sunghoon’s eyes were just unsettling him even more. Somebody buy him brown contacts, please, Heeseung was shaking.

That night, Sunghoon couldn’t stop thinking about Sunoo after their chance encounter. It turned out that one alpha’s floppery was another alpha’s meet cute.

He thought about Sunoo while he sat half naked on the floor of his bedroom and tried to peel his leather pants off, wishing he was taking the omega’s pants off instead. Those seemed way easier to remove.

He thought about Sunoo while he was brushing his teeth, as the sight of his own reflection just made him want to look at the pretty omega instead. Don’t get Sunghoon wrong, he was the original visual and he knew it- but being in a group like Sweet Venom sometimes made him sick of looking at all alphas, himself included.

He thought about Sunoo during every step of his skincare, he thought about Sunoo as he got undressed, and he really thought long and hard about Sunoo while he was in the shower.

Long, hard, and with girth too.

However, Sunghoon’s train of thought hit a snag in the road as he made his way down the apartment hallway back to his room. All thought bubbles of Sunoo burst and the all too familiar sounds of his group members arguing infiltrated his mind palace instead.

Through Jake’s open door, Sunghoon could see that he and Riki were laying in bed together.

Not like that although not not like that. The two were laying side by side and engaging in parallel play by going on their phones next to each other.

Riki had gotten comfortable with one arm tucked under Jake’s head and he looked away from his phone, sighing at the sight of the alpha he was cuddling.

“Jake hyung, why weren’t you born an omega?” Riki asked, voice willful and melancholic like he’d thought about this before.

Jake shot up like a rocket, narrowly avoiding headbutting Riki in the process.

“I’m not having this argument with you again!”

That was all Riki needed to start arguing. Again apparently.

“It’s like every part of you was supposed to be an omega!” Riki sounded genuinely confused as to how this could happen. “And then God forgot to flip one last switch and sent you out into the world… like this!”

He gestured wildly at Jake who stared back, eyes wide. Jake may not have had blue contacts in at the moment, but he was always kind of giving that unsettling Blue Eyed Stare.

“Well, first of all, God makes no mistakes so jot that down!”

Riki just sighed again.

“Sometimes I feel like you were made in a lab to mess with me specifically.” He said and Jake just scoffed.

“Young people these days think the world revolves around them.” Jake said before moving to cuddle Riki again. “Here, look at this SlikTok I just saw.”

The two got comfortable cuddling once again, argument forgotten in favour of their screen addiction.

Sunghoon decided not to linger on that for too long. Braincells were already an endangered species in this group. He couldn’t afford to lose any more.

As he got comfortable in his room under the covers, Sunghoon was a man on a mission. Not the kind of mission he was usually up to at a time like this, although muscle memory did have him typing out ‘knothub’ into his phone browser before he realized what he was doing.

He hastily backtracked, cheeks bright red as he instead searched up something even more scandalous.

With great shame and a heavy heart, Sunghoon searched up ‘kim sunoo’ and prayed the autofill wouldn’t serve him any horny suggestions.

Sunghoon let out a sigh of relief as he scrolled past suggestions of ‘kim sunoo real name’, ‘kim sunoo height’, and ‘kim sunoo birthday’ before finally allowing himself to just search the omega’s name and look at the first page of results.

Thankfully, all the suspicious searches had the decency to hide themselves from the front page. There were no horny subreddits or forums dedicated to slowed down jiggle gifs here. Those were the kinds of slick and twisted things that lay waiting for him on the second page and beyond.

Fuck. Kim Sunoo was offensively good looking. The slickos and perverts that made up Blossom’s creative design team had taken full advantage of Sunoo’s duality and often styled him to play up both his cuteness and his sexuality.

Sunoo was often painted with a youthful pink flush on his round cheeks and shiny gloss on his plump lips, and his cherubic face worked in stark contrast to the lewd outfits he was often wearing.

As was expected for an omega idol, his slim body wore clothes that covered only what needed to be covered. He seemed to constantly be paraded in a uniform of tiny tops that just barely covered his nipples and little shorts that just seemed like repurposed pairs of underwear.

Sunghoon felt a bit like Jake at that moment, needing to check his lips and chin for drool as he scrolled through photos and videos of Sunoo in outfits each more lewd than the last.

His body was obscene, all smooth pale skin with a slim waist that looked perfect to grab that led straight to the world’s greatest ass, one that seemed to be constantly put on display. Every other video of Sunoo on stage seemed to be shot from the back and focused on the way his bouncing around led to his shorts constantly riding up, spotlighting the tantalizing curve where plump thigh met bouncing butt cheek.

It was this specific thought that shook Sunghoon out of his horny stupour. He hadn’t even realized it, but he had slowly pulled his phone closer and closer until his nose was practically touching the screen.

Sunghoon needed to be calm. He needed to be calm right now. He was simping over Sunoo so hard that he’d practically become a mouthbreathing knothead.

He decided to focus on the more wholesome part of Sunoo’s image, to deter his inner wolf from demanding the omega show some hole.

Sunghoon clicked on a video titled “sunoo and jungwon being best blossom friends FOREVER” with a thumbnail of the two omegas hugging each other tightly. Mhm, they looked close. Maybe the video would have a clip of them kissing like so many other omega idols did- ?

The began with cheerful wii music in the background, text explaining to the viewer ‘hi guys this isnt meant to be a ship video i just wanted everyone to see how cute pocketz are together as friends!!!’.

Sunghoon frowned, feeling a bit targeted with that. Was that fucking disclaimer about him?

The first clip that played was from Blossom’s episode of Knowing Bros and Sunghoon’s eyebrows shot up in appreciation at the omegas and their skimpy little outfits. He knew that male omega school uniforms made shorts mandatory but anyone wearing that would have been dress coded immediately at his old school.

Sunoo had taken off his blazer and was moving around in an animated fashion while he spoke, causing his boy shorts to slowly but surely turn into a pair of panties as they rode up his plush thighs.

“- I seriously don’t get it!” Sunoo was in the middle of saying, huffing as he crossed his arms over his chest. “There’s only two of us, why is Jungwonnie the leader?! He’s younger than me anyway!”

The camera cut to Jungwon who was sitting right beside Sunoo, wearing a devious little smirk like he took great pride in this position.

“I’m wise beyond my years.” Jungwon boasted and his words just made Sunoo pout even harder.

“Are you calling me stupid?!” He whined as Jungwon pointed and laughed at him.

“Wait, you two aren’t twins?” One of the alphas asked, looking disappointed for some reason. Sunghoon couldn’t help but grimace. That guy needed to keep his twin fantasy to himself. Sunghoon would never think inappropriately about an omega like that- .

When the camera cut back to Sunoo, Sunghoon was glad he was laying down. As the blood rushing down to his dick would have caused him to fall off the bed and hit his head and then he’d be dead.

Sunoo shot the camera with some serious side eye, clearly wondering what the hell that guy was talking about. Although it did feel a bit like Sunoo in the video had just broken the fourth wall and knew that Sunghoon was watching him and getting hard and that side eye was for him.

With an awkward cough, Sunghoon skipped forward on the video and landed on a clip of Jungwon looking disgusted while Sunoo did some over the top aegyo.

Sunghoon had just gotten comfortable and felt an affectionate smile take over his face at the sight when he felt an ominous presence behind him.

He froze and paused the video, turning slowly towards his doorway where Heeseung was just standing there. Menacingly.

“Why the hell are you just standing there and watching me?” Sunghoon laughed, trying to play it cool and subtly hide his phone screen. “You look like Slenderman.”

Jay, who was walking behind Heeseung on his way to the kitchen to swap packs of corn, paused and laughed.

“He looks like Slenderman’s broke cousin ‘I have no money to Spenderman’!”

Sunghoon burst out laughing as Heeseung went “yah!” and turned on Jay.

“Watch it! Or I’ll give you another concussion!” He said in a low voice, although it was hard for him to look threatening in his iconic leopard print beanie. That, paired with his bare face scrubbed clean of makeup, made him look like a newborn pup being brought home from the hospital for the first time.

Jay just laughed and scurried to the kitchen like a little rat. Heeseung sighed before setting his sights on Sunghoon once again.

“What are you doing?” Heeseung asked in an accusatory voice, approaching the bed with slow suspicious steps. “Having… fun?”

“I was until you showed up.” Sunghoon answered truthfully and was very rudely punished for this when Heeseung jumped onto his bed, crushing him in the process. “Ow! Hyung!”

“No one here respects me.” Heeseung complained loudly, maneuvering on top of Sunghoon so he could pin the other alpha onto the bed with his knee. He grabbed at Sunghoon’s pillow and tried to yank it out from underneath the other alpha’s head, presumably to smother him with.

Sunghoon could have easily pushed Heeseung off of him but he allowed this to happen. Heeseung really needed a win after today.

Just as Heeseung had lifted the pillow above his head, looking like he was the Cain to Sunghoon’s Abel about to bash his brother’s head in Bible style, something seemed to catch his eye.

Sunghoon’s phone had slipped into view during their scuffle, revealing a screen paused on the most incriminating piece of evidence that would give him a life sentence in horny jail. Sunoo doing aegyo.

“What the hell are you watching?” Heeseung laughed incredulously, dropping the pillow and immediately snatching the phone instead.

“Give that back!” Sunghoon tried in vain to tap into his dormant alpha instincts, but they were dormant for a reason. As in, they didn’t exist. All he could do was shout and smack at Heeseung’s face like a feral cat to try and get the other alpha to give in.

The sugary sweet sounds of Sunoo performing the Ottoke song flooded Sunghoon’s room and through the suspiciously silent apartment. Great, now everyone knew what a freak on a leash Sunghoon was. There went his coveted title of ‘Most Normal Member of Sweet Venom’.

“It’s not what it looks like!” Sunghoon groaned, giving up on the offence in favour of collapsing on the bed and covering his face. “I was just… um… I… uh- ?”

“I think this would be less embarrassing for you if you’d been watching porn.” Heeseung informed him in a matter of fact voice and got comfortable on the bed next to Sunghoon. “If you were watching ahegao and not aegyo, hah!”

Sunghoon parted his fingers so he could stare suspiciously at Heeseung through them.

“How do you know what ahegao is?”

“How do you know what that is?” Heeseung shot back and he and Sunghoon stared at each other in a suspiciously sexual stalemate.

“Anyway…” Sunghoon finally said, sighing as he watched Heeseung go back to watching the clip of Sunoo with great delight. “Hyung, you can’t tell anyone about… this. Alright?”

“About you gooning to Sunoo doing aegyo?” Heeseung asked and Sunghoon recoiled at the accusation. “I know what you are! Everyone thinks I’m the pervert who fell on him to try and feel him up, but you’re the real creep here! I bet you made Jakey push me into Sunoo so you could help him up and make me look bad!”

“You really think I planned that?” Sunghoon couldn’t help but laugh a little. “You’re crazy, hyung.”

“Notice how you didn’t deny the gooning?” Heeseung pointed out with a Grinch-like smirk. “I rest my case.”

Jay, who was walking back from the kitchen to his room, paused in the doorway of Sunghoon’s room and let out a loud “hah!”.

“More like Park Sungoon!” Jay said, looking far too proud of himself for someone with a bag of frozen corn leaking onto him again. “Ah, I kill me…”

As usual, Jay was his own target audience for all his jokes and his laughter faded away as he disappeared behind his bedroom door.

Sunghoon just rolled his eyes, although he was oddly touched that Heeseung thought he was some sort of genius supervillain. Even though the older alpha was entirely incorrect. Sunghoon had merely been an innocent bystander earlier and had watched in horror as his members had dropped one by one like dominoes, and was even more upset that poor Sunoo had been caught in the crossfire.

He had no ill intentions whatsoever and had just wanted to help Sunoo up. But, the moment their hands touched, Sunghoon knew he had made a horrible mistake. As Sunoo’s soft, small hand was enveloped by his and the omega smiled kindly up at him, Sunghoon knew for certain that he would never be the same again.

Maybe Sunoo was the real evil here, an omega who had the power to yank alphas into his orbit with nothing more than that gorgeous smile.

Judging by Heeseung’s heart eyes as he watched a clip of Sunoo in a crop top rolling his hips on stage, the omega seemed to have reeled not only one but two alphas.

Which was very rude, by the way. Sweet Venom could barely reel in fish during their fishing trips, let alone any romantic interests. Well, except Jake- with both fish and omegas- but he was an anomaly and shouldn’t be counted.

Sunghoon looked at Heeseung and then down at the screen where Sunoo was giggling and shaking his butt, and then forced himself to look back up at Heeseung. Out of his two options, this was the least preferred, but this was a conversation that required eye contact.

“I think we’re gonna need a bigger boat.” Sunghoon said solemnly, gesturing to where he and Heeseung were crowded into his twin bed.

Back when they’d debuted, two members could easily fit into this very bed and they often spent their nights sleeping side by side so they wouldn’t be alone. Now, years later, and they were still sleeping on the very same beds they’d outgrown, just alone now.

There was a metaphor there somewhere. Or a human rights violation. Sunghoon wasn’t sure.

Unfortunately, Heeseung didn’t seem to grasp at what Sunghoon was getting at and just looked at him like he was insane.

“This isn’t a boat, it’s a bed.” He said slowly as if Sunghoon had actually lost his mind.

“I know that! I just mean- it’s a famous movie quote! And I was thinking about Sunoo fishing for us both- !”

Heeseung still didn’t get it.

“We’re people, not fish.” He said, even slower this time. Sunghoon just sighed. He did that a lot when he was with his members. He was probably poisoning them all with how much CO2 he was constantly releasing, which was a realization that just made him sigh harder.

His group members being stupid was literally going to be the death of him.

“Hyung.” Sunghoon said in a firm voice and rolled over onto his side to face Heeseung properly. He studied their leader’s face in the dim light, eyes tracing Heeseung’s familiar features.

Heeseung’s nose was scrunched up and his eyes were narrowed in suspicion like he was trying to read Sunghoon’s mind and figure out what he was trying to get at.

“We both like Sunoo.” Sunghoon said plainly and watched realization dawn on Heeseung’s face. Realization, and then frustration as he realized what that meant for them. “You fell on him and I fell for him.”

Heeseung responded to this statement of facts and logic by grunting and shoving at Sunghoon in an effort to shove him off the bed but, this time, the other alpha didn't budge.

“What are you so wide for, honestly?” Heeseung grumbled, trying in vain to wrestle Sunghoon into submission. He shoved his knee into the other alpha’s crotch and got a wheeze out of Sunghoon who responded by elbowing Heeseung in the neck. “Ow! Maybe if you stopped overstuffing your damn shoulders like you’re wearing a training bra, we’d have room on this boat- I mean bed!”

“I’m all natural.” Sunghoon managed to get out, voice high and pinched courtesy of his throbbing crotch. “You’d think we could both fit, since you’re built like one of those inflatable tube men outside a car wash- ow! My nipple!”

Heeseung cackled as he retreated, hands up to cover his own chest in case Sunghoon tried to get revenge on his nipples.

Sunghoon let out yet another sigh as he cupped his poor abused, twisted nipple.

“Hyung, you may be older than me but I’m the one trying to act like a grown up here.” Sunghoon huffed and settled back against the mattress. “Just admit it! After today… I think we both have a thing for Sunoo, right?”

“Of course I have a thing for Sunoo.” Heeseung said and then smirked. “And my thing is way bigger than yours- .”

“Not true!”

“Oh my knot is bigger too, that’s true- .”

“Hyung!” Sunghoon groaned loudly, covering his face to try and hide the amused smile tugging at his face. “Focus! We both like this Sunoo guy, so what are we gonna do now?”

“What the hell do you think we’re gonna do?” Heeseung asked and sat up, a mischievous glint in his eyes. “We’re both gonna go for him and see who he ends up picking, Duh.”

Sunghoon thought about that for a moment, feeling a bit like he was about to make a deal with the devil. Except, it wasn’t a devil. It was just Heeseung.

“You seem to have a lot of faith in yourself.” Sunghoon said, choosing his words carefully as he mulled over Heeseung’s offer in his head. “Did you forget about the flopping that quickly? I suppose you do lose your memory in old age…”

Instead of rising to the bait and going in for another WWE smackdown, Heeseung’s smirk just grew.

“It might have looked bad, but I swear! Me and Sunoo shared a moment.” Heeseung insisted. “He looked at me… and then he smiled and- .”

Heeseung cut himself off with a shake of his head, biting his lip like he was trying to restrain his glee.

But Sunghoon wasn’t impressed.

“Was this before or after you fell on him?”

“Dude. It was during.” Heeseung said and looked away, a dreamy look in his eyes as recounting the moment in question. Romanticizing it too, probably. “You don’t get it. What we had… what we’re gonna have is special.”

“What you’re going to have is a lawsuit for attacking an omega idol on camera.” Sunghoon pointed out dryly, and frowned when his words just seemed to make Heeseung happier.

“If you’re so sure that I’m gonna lose, then what’s the hold up?” Heeseung pressed, looking downright gleeful at the sight of Sunghoon faltering. “C’mon Sunghoonie. If you win, you get Sunoo and you get to prove me wrong.”

“I do want both of those things.” Sunghoon mumbled to himself and, against his better judgement, abruptly thrust out a hand to seal the deal. “Alright. I’m in.”

Heeseung squeezed his hand tight and grinned.

“May the best alpha win.”

Sunghoon couldn’t help but smile back, tightening his grip until he was practically crushing Heeseung’s hand and the alpha was wincing in pain.

“Oh I very much intend to do so.”

For a moment, they were two alphas at war. They silently dared the other to back down first and withdraw their hand, to be the coward who couldn’t face a little pain.

But, the next moment, the two simultaneously realized they were just holding hands in bed and abruptly sprung apart.

As Heeseung disappeared into the hallway, ears bright red as he grumbled to himself, Sunghoon was a man on a mission.

It was a dog eat dog world out there. And Sunghoon knew exactly what kind of dawg he needed on his side.

Sunghoon moved quickly in case Heeseung had the same idea. He had no time to waste as he tapped into his messages and began to type.

I need your help.

In the room next door, Jake’s phone startled him and Riki with a loud ‘ding!’. The two of them had nearly dozed off, brains smooth and rotted from doomscrolling on SlikTok for so long.

“Tell your harem to shut up!” Riki groaned, pulling a pillow over his head to muffle the world’s noise. “I’m trying to sleep over here!”

Jake checked his phone with bleary eyes, exhaustion vanishing in an instant once he realized who was texting him. All he could do was chuckle to himself, which had Riki peering out from beneath the pillow. Probably wondering if Jake had finally lost his damn mind and if he needed help trying to find it.

“What’s so funny?”

“Ah nothing.” Jake shook his head, a fond smile on his face as he typed a reply out to Sunghoon. “Let’s just say, things are about to get very interesting around here...”

Chapter Text

Appearances were often deceiving and one of the biggest examples happened to live in the room right next to Sunghoon’s.

Jake didn’t exactly look like a sex god, although Sunghoon wasn’t entirely sure what one would look like. They’d probably be tall and buff and the complete opposite of Jake’s small, unassuming frame but…

Heeseung was tall and Sunghoon was buff and Jake had easily slept with more omegas than both of them combined- although that wasn’t hard to do. All of Sweet Venom combined probably had a bodycount you could count on one hand, while Jake seemed to know every omega in the idol industry very intimately.

Which was why, for the first step of Operation Seduce Kim Sunoo, Sunghoon found himself knocking on the door to Jake’s room.

He hoped that the other alpha would rub off on him, although with minimal mouth sores being exchanged. Sunghoon really didn’t want to pass that onto Sunoo during their soon to be first kiss.

Sunghoon tapped his foot impatiently and knocked on the door again, this time loud enough to make the wood rattle. He was being polite by knocking and not forcing his way inside, but also because he didn’t want to walk in on Jake watching weird porn. Or making weird porn.

It was hard for Sunghoon to make eye contact with a lot of omega idols because he’d walked in on them hooking up with Jake. His respect for them usually went out the window after that.

Just as Sunghoon lifted up his fist to bang on the door again, it swung open, revealing Jake in his natural habitat.

“I’ve been expecting you.” Jake said, smirking like he already knew why Sunghoon had sought him out.

Sunghoon was also in his natural habitat at that moment because he took one look at Jake’s appearance and sighed.

Some sex god he was. Jake was wearing an oversized shirt that read ‘I LOVE BUSH (not the president)’, a gag gift that Jay had bought for him in America. He had paired that statement piece with his infamous ‘butt quack’ boxers with cartoon ducks printed on his ass that stared right at Sunghoon when Jake turned around.

“Take a seat.” Jake said and gestured to his bed, smirk growing as Sunghoon looked at it warily.

Knowing Jake’s slick and twisted ways, someone’s omega son must have squirted on his sheets recently. Making Sunghoon accidentally sit down on a suspicious wet spot on his bed was definitely something Jake would do.

So, Sunghoon remained standing while Jake just laughed and took a seat on his desk chair. He did a whimsical little spin with his legs kicked out with glee, probably just to piss Sunghoon off, before skidding to a stop with a serious look on his face.

“Alright, talk to me.” Jake said, with the exact same vibes as a high school guidance counselor trying to be friendly with his students.

Sunghoon sighed again, his second sigh in the past few minutes which wasn’t a good sign for this conversation.

“You know why I’m here.”

Jake just kept smiling his signature infuriatingly stupid smile, eyes empty and grin wide. The bastard just wanted to hear Sunghoon say it, and was playing dumb until he did.

Despite his better judgement, Sunghoon took a seat on the very edge of Jake’s bed, shoulders slumping as he buried his face in his hands.

“This is so embarrassing.” He groaned, reaching up to grab at his hair in frustration as if that could help ground him. “I’m… I’m not used to asking for help. But… Sunoo… I really like him. And I need your help getting with him.”

And then Sunghoon looked over his shoulder, paranoid and expecting Heeseung to be standing in the doorway again. Menacingly.

“Before Heeseung hyung does.” He added in a quiet voice and Jake nodded in understanding.

“I see. Heeseung hyung fell first, and you fell harder?” Jake teased, unable to stop himself from laughing at his own joke. “Ah, I kill me…”

“Now is not the time for jokes!” Sunghoon said, voice increasing in volume and desperation. “I’m serious! You’ve gotta help me out here! Didn’t you and Riki used to team up to get omegas back in the day? It’s clearly worked out great for you! Riki… not so much.”

It was true. Back when Riki actually looked like a sweet baby alpha, Jake used to haul him around like he was a single dad on the playground to try and impress hot moms.

The playground in question being backstage at music shows and the hot moms in question being any omega idol who made eye contact with him.

The plan used to involve Jake making sweet little Riki wander around backstage alone, before tearfully asking an omega idol to help him find his group because “it’s scawy here”.

It worked shockingly well and the omega would help Riki by bringing him back to Jake, who was lurking nearby. Jake would pretend to be overcome with relief and give Riki a big hug, overjoyed to have the baby alpha safe with his pack.

And, in turn, the omega would be so touched by Jake’s protective alpha instincts that they would immediately sleep with him.

Well. Not immediately. They’d wait for Riki to be gone then sleep with Jake.

The plan used to always work. Hook, line, and slicker.

Except it kind of stopped working around the same time as Riki’s growth spurt. Instead of an innocent baby alpha, Riki was now a giant emo looking grown man.

He and Jake had tried the plan one last time but retired it after an omega had taken one look at grown ass Riki sniffling to himself and went; “man, you’re the scawy one now!”.

Sunghoon didn’t exactly want that to happen between him and Sunoo, but he was open to hearing Jake’s other ideas.

“Riki’s just holding me back now, these days! Damn pup thinks he’s all grown and nonchalant now.” Jake huffed, crossing his arms and puffing his cheeks out with a childish pout.

However he was quick to drop the act and eyed Sunghoon up like he was a juicy steak dinner, eyes sparkling with anticipation.

“I’d love for you to be my new pet project though…”

Sunghoon shivered, feeling similar to an omega being objectified. Was this what it felt like to be on the receiving end of Jake’s advances? How the hell was his success rate so high?!

“Besides, you seem way easier to work with than Heeseung hyung.” Jake added. “There’s something about him that omegas just do not like. It’s like how dogs can sense when a person is evil. Not that I’m saying omegas are like dogs! And I’m not saying that Heeseung hyung is evil! I mean, he is weird but that’s not a crime- .”

“If you say hyung’s name again, I think you might summon him.” Sunghoon said and cast another look back at the doorway to confirm no one was standing there. Menacingly.

“With those big ass ears, I bet he would hear us.” Jake laughed and then immediately stopped laughing before casting a nervous look at the doorway. “...I hope he didn’t hear that.”

“With those big ass ears, he probably did.” Sunghoon couldn’t help but joke and he and Jake collapsed with laughter at that.

“I don’t care what anyone says about you, man.” Jake said between laughs, reaching out to punch Sunghoon’s arm affectionately. “You’re alright.”

“Wait, what do people say about me- ?”

“I’ll help you with this Sunoo guy.” Jake continued, effectively shutting Sunghoon up. “But there’s not much we can do right now. Find a way to get his phone number and then we can talk.”

Sunghoon frowned.

“Wait, how the hell do I do that?”

Now it was Jake’s turn to let out a long suffering sigh.

“Kids these days don’t know anything about the struggle- .”

“We’re the same age.”

“You have to work for the things you want!” Jake argued loudly. “You ever hear the saying ‘patience is bitter, but the fruit is sweet’?”

Sunghoon chewed on his lip thoughtfully for a moment.

“No but that does make sense…” He mumbled. That was a weirdly wise thing for Jake to have brought up, why was he being so insightful- ?

“Fruit may be sweet but you know what the sweetest thing in the world is? An omega’s slick straight from the source, mhm. Keep that forbidden fruit coming my way…”

Yep. There he was. That was the Jake that Sunghoon knew and… liked sometimes.

It may not have been the most helpful piece of advice ever given, but it did help Sunghoon feel a little less lost.

He’d already suffered through the unique form of torture that was being an idol. He’d survived I-Land! He’d survived the ghosts that had haunted them during I-Land! He’d survived Jay and Jake trying to shower with him because of the ghosts in I-Land! How hard could it be to get an omega’s phone number?

“So, what were you and Sunghoon talking about earlier?”

It was after dinner and Heeseung was trying to subtly corner Jake in the hallway. Although, it didn’t seem to be going well since Jake had taken one look at Heeseung trying to be casual and was clearly holding back a laugh.

“Were you spying on us?” He asked in a playful voice.

“I just overheard you guys talking.” Heeseung said and nonchalantly tossed his bangs out of his eyes, trying to let Jake know that he was a chill guy.

“With those big ass ears, I know you did.” Riki added from where he had been walking behind them on his way to his room. The baby alpha shrieked with laughter as Heeseung whirled around to kick him, shouting “yah!” as his attacks were dodged.

“Nobody respects me in this damn pack.” Heeseung grumbled, turning around to face Jake once again. His eyes lit up as he sensed a bit of sympathy from the other alpha and he immediately decided to take advantage of this. “Except you, right Jakey? You wanna tell me what you told Sunghoon, right?”

Jake visibly hesitated, looking over Heeseung’s shoulder like he was searching for a reason not to confess right now.

Smelling weakness, Heeseung decided to pounce.

“Don’t you think it’d be more fair if you gave me and Sunghoon the same advice and see who Sunoo picks?” Heeseung pressed, leaning close just to make Jake sweat a little. “... unless you hate democracy? Jakey, do you hate democracy?”

“You sound like a school bully trying to take Jake’s lunch money.” Jay pointed out with a laugh as he too walked behind them on the way to his room. “Although… in a really weird way.”

“Please don’t take my lunch money, hyung!” Jake begged, eyes sparkling with barely restrained glee as his words made Heeseung scowl. “I’m broke! Wait… we make the same money. That would make you broke too…”

“I’m not broke.” Heeseung snapped and shoved Jake into the wall as the other alpha just laughed. “All I wanna know is what you told Sunghoon earlier. Is that really so much to ask for?”

Jake casually dusted himself off like he was cornered and threatened and harassed by other alphas all the time. Knowing how close he was to all those omega idols, it wouldn’t be surprising.

“Sorry hyung, but I’ve sworn my allegiance to Sunghoon.” Jake said with a slick eating grin, not looking sorry in the slightest. “I feel like I’m betting on a horse race with you two! Except you’re not horses, you’re people! And you’re not in a race, you’re at war with each other for Sunoo’s heart!”

“They’re in a race war.” Riki said as he walked from his room to the bathroom.

“Riki, don’t say that!” Heeseung said in a panicked voice that was drowned out by the sound of their baby alpha laughing maniacally to himself.

“Exactly.” Jake nodded. “That’s exactly it. You two are like horses in a race war- .”

“Will everyone please stop saying that?”

“And I want to bet on the winning horse!” Jake continued, ignoring Heeseung entirely. “Which is Sunghoon, by the way. Not you, hyung. You’re the losing horse.”

Heeseung had no idea how this conversation had spiraled out of his control so suddenly.

“I’m not a fucking horse- !”

“You know, you kinda look like one too.” Jake mused, rubbing his chin as he studied Heeseung’s face. “Maybe we should change your government assigned emoji from a deer to a horse.”

That was all Heeseung could take. He shoved Jake into the wall, but not without one last glare at the other alpha.

“You’re a joke.” He informed Jake, whose eyes widened in realization.

“Woah, that’s almost my name…”

Whatever. Jake’s advice had probably been dumb anyway, and Heeseung wasn’t just saying that to try and make himself feel better.

Why was Jake giving out advice on how to seduce an omega? He just went up to them and something about his stupid face was like saying a trigger word to a sleeper agent. He turned omegas into sleeper agents that suddenly had to sleep with him using just one look!

Honestly, Jake was a serious threat to the local omega population and should be locked away. And kept far away from Sunoo! If Jake came out of nowhere with a steel chair and was the one to sleep with Sunoo, like a literal underdog, Heeseung was going to be pissed.

He was so mad about this piece of fanfiction he’d just written in his head, that Heeseung barely noticed Sunghoon standing in the hallway, eavesdropping on him and Jake.

“Woah, watch you’re going, hyung!” Sunghoon laughed, and the sound of the other alpha being so jolly just made Heeseung scowl. “...hey, why the long face?”

If looks could kill, all of Sweet Venom would already be in a mass grave by now.

“Heeflop.”

“Stop it.”

“Heeseung try not to flop challenge FAILED.”

“Shut up.”

“Me when I’m in a flopping competition and Heeseung is there.”

“I SAID ENOUGH.”

Jake and Jay were both laughing so hard, they could hardly get their words out. The two alphas had barged into Heeseung’s room and settled on both sides of the grumbling alpha, always happy to kick their leader down when he was at their lowest.

While they had an entire team dedicated to monitoring all the comments on their socials, Jay and Jake had taken it upon themselves to read out some of the English comments on their latest vlog. The one that had memorialized one of the worst moments of Heeseung’s life.

He wasn’t sure if the most popular moment of the video was the part where he fell on Sunoo, or when Sunghoon helped the omega up. Either way, seeing that be the most replayed part was tough. And Heeseung was probably contributing to that, with how he kept going back to that part and wincing at just how bad it looked.

What was Jake so small and petite for? The angle hid him behind Heeseung completely, making it look like Heeseung had spontaneously decided to launch himself at Sunoo to try and grope him. Heeseung was a victim! He’d been pushed!

And he was currently being pushed again, this time to the brink of insanity, with Jay and Jake’s taunting words.

“Heempty Deempty had a great fall.” Jay read aloud and then shrugged before scrolling. “That one’s a bit of a stretch.”

“I liked it.” Jake said and this made Heeseung stick his head out of his blanket burrito, glaring at the other alpha.

“You stay out of this.” Heeseung hissed. “You’re the one who got me into this situation!”

“And what a sticky situation it is!” Jake laughed delightedly, not even looking the least bit sorry. He was laying on his stomach, feet kicked up in glee as he gave a thumbs up to any comment that was being mean to Heeseung.

Jay looked up from his phone, mildly alarmed as he side eyed Heeseung.

“Hyung, you really should try and contact Sunoo to apologize.” Jay pointed out. “It kinda looks like you attacked him, got hard, was dragged off him, and then ran away. You should probably- I dunno- send him an edible arrangement or some shit.”

“I didn’t get hard, I thought about getting hard! There’s a big difference!” Heeseung felt the need to defend himself, reaching out to smack at Jay. He tried to aim at the alpha’s still sore head to maximize the pain inflicted. His shrieks were like music to Heeseung’s ears.

“It’s not that big.” Jay managed to get out between yelps, and let out a surprised yell when Heeseung shoved him off the bed. “Ow!”

“Besides, you guys attacked both members of Blossom.” Jake seemed extremely excited by this fact, grinning ear to ear as he looked between Heeseung and Jay. “They need to start worrying! When they come around you guys, it’s a 100% fatality rate!”

“Oh my God.” Jay straightened up from where he had dramatically collapsed on the floor, peering over Heeseung’s mattress with a panicked look in his eyes. “I never said sorry to Jungwon…”

“In your defence, you both had concussions so it makes sense you forgot.” Jake said. “Then again, you did cause both concussions so... I think it circles back around to being your problem. So, yeah. You should say sorry.”

“But I don’t have his number, and neither of us have our own social media accounts.” Jay rubbed his chin, looking deep in thought. “How do I get in contact with him?”

Heeseung perked up as that was his question exactly. Jake was about to give him a solution that would lead him straight to Sunoo’s heart and- .

“Carrier pigeon?” Jake suggested.

Jay mulled that one over before shaking his head.

“No, that doesn’t work. I don’t know any pigeons.”

“That’s your problem?” Heeseung asked in disbelief. “You don’t even know where Jungwon lives, how would your carrier pigeon get to him?”

“I trust the pigeon. He’d figure it out. I mean, that’s his job.”

Heeseung had had enough of this conversation. So, he turned to Jake, hoping the other alpha and his big mouth could distract them from this.

“Jakey, how do you message all those guys you sleep with? You don’t have any personal social media either.” Heeseung pointed out.

“But I do have the password to Sweet Venom’s official Instagram account.” Jake said with a grin, pulling out his phone to show that he was already logged in. “I just message omegas from here!”

Both Heeseung and Jay turned to stare at Jake and give him the look. The one that consisted of a slow head turn and face pained in disbelief as they struggled to register what Jake had just said.

“What.” Heeseung said.

Jay nodded in agreement because what?!

“Jake, I can’t believe I have to remind you of this but- . There are five of us in this group.” Heeseung sighed. “How would an omega know who is messaging them?”

“You know, I’ve been saying there’s too many of us.” Jake said. “I’m sure we could get rid of like… one or two people.”

“Through murder?” Jay asked, looking mildly interested. Like he already had some members in mind,

“Well, I was thinking something like Survivor where we vote each other off the island- the I-Land if you will- but that works too!”

Heeseung, who had had more than enough, decided now was the time to step in with his authority as leader and head alpha.

So, he reached out and smacked both Jake and Jay’s heads at once. The twin cries of pain they let out were like music to Heeseung’s ears once again.

“Focus. Both of you.” He said sternly and wiggled his fingers menacingly, silently promising another smack if they didn’t listen.

“Ow, you hit hard, hyung! I think I have a concussion now!” Jake complained. “For real though, not like how Jay was lying for attention earlier!”

“I wasn’t lying for attention- !”

“FOCUS!” Heeseung yelled, reaching out to scruff both alphas in front of him and tried to shake some sense into them. “Jake, what were you trying to say?!”

Jake was trying so hard to form a thought, bless his soul. Looking into his big empty eyes was like staring at one of those old DVD loading screens and waiting forever just to see the logo finally hit the corner and a thought finally form.

“What was I saying before?” Jake mused out loud. “Jay’s fake concussion- .”

“Not fake.”

“Heeseung hyung being a flop- .”

“You’re on thin fucking ice.”

“Blossom… Sunoo… Jungwon…pretty omegas… “ Jake’s eyes abruptly lit up with realization. “Oh right! How I get in contact with so many idol omegas! Why didn’t you two remind me?”

Heeseung’s hands itched to shove Jake off the bed and watch gravity drag his big head down to the ground. Instead, he showed impressive restraint by sitting on his hands and nodding to encourage Jake’s train of thought. Hopefully, it wouldn’t get derailed this time.

Jake pulled out his phone and tapped into the Instagram app where, alarmingly, he actually seemed to be logged into Sweet Venom’s official account.

“Dear God, you actually have access to that?” Heeseung asked in horror. Honestly he hadn’t believed Jake one bit when he’d first admitted it, as it seemed too outlandish and dangerous to be true.

But, Heeseung felt dread grow in his stomach as he watched Jake smirk while scrolling through his explore page. It consisted entirely of posts from famous idol omegas and Jake’s finger hovered ominously over every like button. One wrong tap and Sweet Venom would be publicly liking a post from a rival group’s personal account, destroying their careers in seconds.

“Jakey please be careful.” Jay sounded as terrified as Heeseung felt, hand outstretched and trembling as he watched Jake linger on a shirtless photo of Lee Taeyong, licking his lips at the lustful sight.

“You guys are so dramatic.” Jake rolled his eyes. “Acting like I’m defusing a bomb or something- .”

“A bomb would have less casualties than this.” Heeseung murmured, trying his best to reach out and snatch the phone from Jake without liking any incriminating photo in the process.

“I’ve done this a hundred times before.” Jake said in an effort to reassure the other alphas- which just alarmed them even further. “See, this is how I pulled THE Hwang Hyunjin!”

Jake tapped into his DM’s and turned the phone around to show his screen.

Heeseung mentally braced himself for the deranged set of messages he was about to read. He reached over to his nightstand to grab his reading glasses, rubbing them clean on his shirt before putting them on. He needed to see this fuckery in 4K.

The conversation had gone like this:

@SweetVenomOFFICIAL: ur the most beautiful omega ive ever seen ahahaha

u single or what?

let me kno lol

@hynjinnnn: …

why is a social media intern saying this to me…

@SweetVenomOFFICIAL: oh my mistake lol

its me!

the one and only

im tryna be UR one and only ahahaha

and im not trying to leave u lonely lol

@hynjinnnn: there are five of u which one is it

@SweetVenomOFFICIAL sent a photo

wakey wakey bc its me jakey ahahahaha

maybe nakey?

:P

lol

@hynjinnnn: …

wait why r u kinda cute lol

Heeseung let out a long suffering sigh and removed his reading glasses. He’d seen enough for today.

“How do you do it?” Jay demanded to know, reaching out and grabbing Jake by his scrawny shoulders to shake an answer out of him. “HOW DO YOU DO IT?”

Jake allowed himself to be shaken like a brown sugar bubble tea, grinning like he had the audacity to enjoy this.

“I’m telling you, he does black magic on all these omegas.” Heeseung insisted, watching Jake out of the corner of his eye to see how the other alpha reacted to these accusations of witchcraft.

“It’s true, I do pay Etsy witches to put spells on every omega idol in the industry.” Jake confessed in a casual voice, like he was talking about what he’d just had for lunch.

“What- ?”

“But that’s only when my shaman isn’t available.” Jake continued and looked down in amusement at where Jay still had a vice grip on his shoulders. “Can you unhand me now?”

The three of them went quiet, each with their own motivation here. Heeseung and Jay were trying to figure out if Jake was lying for attention and Jake was just happy to be included.

“I think he’s making fun of us.” Jay whispered, leaning in close to try and read Jake’s mind. A difficult task given the fact that Jake’s mind palace had been vacated of any thoughts a long time ago.

“I also think that. And I don’t like it.” Heeseung whispered back and Jake just smiled innocently.

Well, as innocently as someone like Jake could look.

Jay held out for another moment before he crumbled. He let go of Jake in favour of collapsing on the bed, hands clasped together in a praying motion.

“Please give me your shaman’s number!” Jay begged. “Please, please, please!”

“Calm down Jaybrina Parkpenter!” Jake said, barely able to get through his joke without laughing.

“You really shouldn’t be encouraging him.” Heeseung said in an effort to take back control of this situation, but no one listened as usual. “He’s probably just messing with us!”

But Jay wasn’t convinced.

“I need all the help I can get, man.” He said mournfully, kneeling in front of Jake again the moment Heeseung let him go. “I mean, it’s not like our lives can get worse, right?”

Heeseung just hoped God didn’t take that as a challenge.

“Man. Lee Felix is the finest of fine shits.”

It was too early for Jake to be this horny- although, there was never an appropriate time for the alpha to act inappropriately.

No matter what time it was on the clock, Jake was always thinking with his cock.

All Sunghoon could do was grimace and steer Jake down the Music Bank hallway, far away from the omegas of Miroh so they wouldn’t have to hear this.

“That’s what every omega dreams of hearing.” Sunghoon said wryly, although knowing the effect that Jake had on the local omega population it wasn’t impossible to believe.

The two of them had just finished filming some SlikTok dance challenges with Felix and Minho and, in Sunghoon’s opinion, it had gone fine.

Thankfully, there had been no bloodshed and carnage like what had happened with Blossom. Sunghoon had been normal and dutifully filmed the two videos required with Minho, and had been rewarded with a kind smile from the omega because of it.

Jake… was less normal.

He had taken one look at Felix and it was like Cupid’s arrow had struck him right in the butt. It was Jake’s weak spot, after all.

“Felix is so bad, bro.” Jake insisted as he and Sunghoon made their way down the hall, back to Sweet Venom’s dressing room. “His hair, his face, his ass.”

“The father, the son, the holy spirit.” Sunghoon continued, grinning from ear to ear as he waited for Jake to laugh at his joke. However, the smile slid off of Sunghoon’s face when he was rudely ignored as Jake just kept muttering to himself like a madman.

“His freckles are so fucking cute. He looks just like a strawberry… and I like my strawberries covered in cream heh.”

“Jakey, it’s 6am. Just because 6 sounds like sex doesn’t mean you have to be so damn horny right now- .”

Jake shook his head, chuckling fondly at the mental image he’d just cooked up.

“Man, I’d fuck the slick out of him.” He boasted, fist thumping his chest. “I need his cute little Aussie ass in my life. They say home is where the heart is. Well, home is where I’m hardest. Ayo!”

Jake held up his hand for an expectant high five. Sunghoon sighed but obliged. Admittedly, that had been a good one.

“When was the last time you hooked up with an Aussie omega anyway?” Sunghoon asked, morbidly curious about Jake’s answer.

“It’s been way too long.” Jake frowned. “I really need to be with someone who just gets me. Just last week, me and that Kevin Moon guy were going at it and halfway through he just looked at me and went ‘you don’t have to keep faking your accent, it’s just us here.’ I was like, what?”

“Wow, that’s crazy.” Sunghoon said, not feeling bad for Jake in the slightest. Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas. Except Jake was the dog here, and he didn’t actually have fleas… yet. “It would be even crazier if you heard him say that and still- .”

“Slept with him?” Jake finished Sunghoon’s sentence, a cheeky grin on his face. “Yeah. I mean, of course we still fucked! Can’t get too picky when you’re trying to get slicky.”

“That can’t be an actual piece of advice you’re giving me.” Sunghoon said, staring at Jake in disbelief.

“Who said anything about you?” Jake shot back, looking just as confused as Sunghoon felt. “I’m obviously the main character in this story!”

Unfortunately that did sound right. Sunghoon just sighed and picked up his pace, eager to take Jake back to Sweet Venom’s dressing room and make him another member’s problem.

They had almost made their way back when something down the hall caught Sunghoon’s eye. Past all the groups taking photos and filming dance challenges with each other, at the very end, stood two familiar looking omegas.

Oh hell no. Jake must have rubbed off on Sunghoon and given him his powers, because how the hell had he managed to sniff out Sunoo and Jungwon from so far away?

At first, it looked like the two omegas were giggling and holding hands and the sight was so adorable it made Sunghoon’s heart swell. And that wasn’t the only organ expanding.

However, upon closer inspection, Sunghoon realized that Jungwon had actually sunk his claws into Sunoo’s arm and was maniacally cackling as the other omega shrieked and tried to break free.

…hm. Sunghoon was still into it, to be honest.

“Dude, look.” Sunghoon nudged Jake and gestured down the hallway with a lift of his chin. “Don’t make it obvious but- .”

Jake immediately whipped his head around to look, damn near breaking his neck in the process.

“Omegas?” Jake asked eagerly. “Did someone say omegas?”

“I didn’t actually- .”

“Woah, there’s Blossom right over there! Quick, wave at them!” Jake was already hopping up and down and waving to try and get Blossom’s attention.

Despite the loud and crowded hallway, Jungwon spotted them immediately. His head snapped up and the smile abruptly slid off his face at the sight of Sweet Venom.

Understandable, but it still hurt to see.

Jake wilted a little at the frosty reception and awkwardly lowered his hand.

“Dude, wave at Blossom and smile so they know we’re not here to attack them this time.” He whispered loudly and Sunghoon was quick to listen.

He hoped he wasn’t smiling like a serial killer as he waved at Sunoo. Technically he was waving at Jungwon too, but it was really just for Sunoo.

It took a moment for Sunoo to realize what he was looking at. He was standing on his tiptoes and squinting through the crowd, trying to figure out what had made Jungwon so upset so quickly. Once he realized it was Sweet Venom, Sunoo’s eyes widened and he lit up with visible glee.

“So fucking cute.” Sunghoon whispered under his breath, heart clenching painfully as he watched Sunoo eagerly wave back at him. “It’s not a want anymore, I need him.”

“And suddenly I don’t seem so crazy anymore, huh?” Jake teased.

Sunghoon didn’t even bother gracing that with a response. All he could focus on was Sunoo. The omega was so far away that he was basically just a little blob, but he was still the most beautiful blob that Sunghoon had ever seen. A beautiful blob that was bouncing up and down and by God did Sunghoon want to see Sunoo bouncing on it- .

With a forceful shake of his head, Sunghoon expelled those thoughts from his head.

“Do you ever get so horny that you start feeling bad about it?” He asked Jake who seemed to be an expert on this sort of thing. Not about feeling shame, moreso the feeling horny part.

“Yeah.” Jake said in a heavy voice, a strangely forlorn look on his face as he gazed down the hallway. “That’s that pre-nut insanity talking. I get it. I’m always sort of pre-nut anyway.:

“And you are always sort of insane.” Sunghoon agreed, although he felt a bit hypocritical saying that as he was immediately distracted by Sunoo once again.

The omega had stepped a little closer, and the details of his outfit had come into view. Him and Jungwon were dressed as office sirens in form fitting slacks and a sheer white button down that left little to the imagination. Bayonetta glasses were perched stylishly on Sunoo’s button nose, and he was watching Sunghoon from behind them, glossy lips stretched in a smile.

Sunghoon’s imagination was running marathons at the sight. Sunoo looked like the sexiest secretary- and not just because that was the role Sunghoon automatically pictured for omegas in the workforce! Jungwon, who was dressed similarly, definitely looked like a sexy CEO.

All Sunghoon wanted was to have a moment alone with Sunoo and he wondered if the omega’s glasses would steam up once they got down and dirty and- .

“Omegas probably don’t think these sorts of things about us right?” Sunghoon asked in a sheepish voice, suddenly too shy to make eye contact with Sunoo. He felt guilty for even allowing those thoughts to pop up in such a public space, especially when Sunoo himself was smiling so innocently from across the hall.

“Are you kidding?” Jake let out an incredulous laugh. “Have you read the kinds of crazy things our fans tweet about us on the daily? Of course omegas get horny too!”

“... but in a different way right?” Sunghoon couldn’t even begin to fathom the mental image of Sunoo gooning to him. The omega must have expressed his arousal artistically, laying in a canopy bed on his belly, giggling to himself as he detailed his fantasies in a diary.

Or, something like that.

“I dunno, man.” Jake shrugged. “I used to think I was too freaky for these omegas, but they’re some super freaks! Sometimes, it’s like they’re trying to freak me out.”

Sunghoon refused to believe that was true. Jake was probably lying for attention. There was no way someone as pure and innocent and angelic looking as Sunoo could ever be as gross as an alpha.

Unbeknownst to Sweet Venom, Blossom were having a little private conversation amongst themselves down the hall.

Despite the crowded hallway, Sunoo only had eyes for Sunghoon. The omega looked like the poster pup of ovulation with his lidded eyes filled with lust and the sensual way he was biting at his lower lip.

His blood was rushing, his heart was pounding, and his lust? Barely restrained.

“Park Sunghoon is so fucking hot.” Sunoo said in one hurried breath. “I want to spin on his dick like a pottery wheel so he can shape me into a better omega!”

Jungwon looked worried by that, but not for the reason one might expect.

“Why did I just get déjà vu…?”

Chapter Text

Heeseung was used to acting like a single father to Sweet Venom, but he’d never dealt with an iPad baby before.

It was after dinner and everyone was gathered in the living room, ignoring each other as usual while recharging their social batteries.

Well, Heeseung was trying to ignore the others but Jay was making it hard to do so. The other alpha was sitting right next to him on the couch, looking visibly affected by what he was watching on their giant shared iPad that was pointedly tilted towards him.

Usually, Heeseung didn’t care what his group members did on their own time. In fact, he preferred not knowing. The one song was right, the less he knew the better.

As long as no one was getting hurt and the group’s reputation stayed intact, Heeseung didn’t give a rat’s ass what they got up to without any cameras around.

But, out of the corner of his eye, Heeseung couldn’t help but notice that Jay was looking strange. Well. Stranger than usual.

He wasn’t fighting with Sunghoon, trying and failing to parent Riki, or rolling his eyes at whatever Jake was up to.

Instead, Jay looked hypnotized as he watched the same video play over and over again. At first, Heeseung hadn’t noticed the looping song, but slowly he began to recognize that it was one of Blossom’s title tracks that Jay was glued to.

Heeseung tried to casually crane his neck to politely stick his nose in Jay’s business. He needed to know what had the other alpha so entranced, all wide eyed and unblinking, finger trembling every time he had to replay the video.

The video in question looked like pure fetish bait. Well, not so pure.

Sunoo and Jungwon were frolicking around on the beach in barely there bathing suits, the shaky camera probably because the director’s other hand was preoccupied.

Their pale skin glowed tantalizingly in the sunlight, slim figures on full display as they chased each other around, splashing water and shoving at one another between dance breaks.

While Heeseung personally would have been replaying the scenes where Sunoo was sunbathing or in the outdoor shower or spilling coconut water on himself, Jay’s preferences were the opposite.

He unconsciously sat up straighter when Jungwon was on screen, holding the iPad close to his face like he was trying to sniff the omega through smell-o-vision.

And then there was that one scene. The one that had Jay damn near ready to snap the iPad in half with how overcome with lust he’d become.

The camera panned down from Jungwon’s smirk, tracing his scantily clad body until it settled on his ass as he began to shake it. Well. He was an idol omega. He was really just shaking his lower back but he was shaking the fuck out of it.

Jay was thirsting harder than Jake had thirsted over TXT when they shook ass to that one song about having tinnitus and being rock hard. Or was it about how being a rock was hard? Heeseung wasn’t entirely sure what TXT was about.

“Goddamn, he’s shaking the fuck out of that little Blossom booty.” Jay murmured in appreciation under his breath, moving to rewind that specific part. However, at the realization that Jungwon throwing it back was the most replayed section of the entire video, Jay shot up in indignation. “What the damn hell?! What perverts keep rewinding this?!”

Riki, who had also been peering over Jay’s shoulder, just laughed.

“My hyung in Christ, you are the pervert in question.” The baby alpha pointed out, nearly collapsing with laughter at Jay’s scandalized reaction.

“No it can’t be…” Jay whispered to himself, sounding like a mad scientist in disbelief as he journeyed down to the comments section. What he found there, unfortunately, horrified him even more. “What the hell? The top comment is just a timestamp of Jungwon shaking ass and they’re calling it Blossom backshots!”

If Jay thought he was going to get sympathy from his group members, he was sorely mistaken. After all, Sweet Venom was a pack made up entirely of young and horny alphas, so that was the funniest thing they had heard in a while.

“Blossom backshots…” Sunghoon repeated between laughs, reaching up to wipe a tear of mirth from his eyes. “Ah, the Internet is a beautiful place.”

“It’s not funny.” Jay protested, holding the iPad at arms length and squinting at it to try and make sense of the screen. “How do I report this comment for sexual harassment?”

“Which you can’t spell without ‘ass’.” Jake said, barely sparing a glance from where he was busy scrolling through slowed down jiggle clips of Hwang Hyunjin performing on stage.

“Don’t you think that’s kinda creepy?” Sunghoon pointed out, face twisted into a grimace.

“As if you haven’t watched worse of Sunoo.” Jake shot back, laughing when his words made Sunghoon turn bright red. “Besides! Last time I hooked up with Hyunjin, I asked him if I could jerk off to these videos and he said he was cool with it. Consent matters, man!”

Sunghoon looked aghast.

“My God…” He said, voice quiet. “You’re the world’s first ethical gooner…”

Meanwhile, Riki was watching Jay struggle to report the comment with great delight.

“Give it up, grandpa!” He cackled and Jay let out a frustrated shout.

“Yah! You do it!” Jay thrust the iPad into Riki’s hands, with the exact same frustrated energy of a dad who couldn’t figure out that damn newfangled technology.

“Sure.” Riki shrugged and took the tablet. And then he proceeded to like the comment, laughing even harder when he made Jay nearly explode in frustration.

“YAH!”

“You better not be logged into our official account.” Heeseung warned Riki who froze and stole a guilty glance downwards at the screen.

“Uh…we’ll be fine.” He said and tried to smile innocently at Heeseung, using his baby alpha cuteness to appeal to the leader.

Jay reacted normally to that and threw himself onto the floor, groaning into the carpet with frustration.

As this was a normal reaction for Jay to have, Sunghoon barely blinked as he stepped over the other alpha and wrenched the iPad from Riki’s hands.

The baby alpha whined about that for a moment before he abruptly realized he was supposed to be nonchalant. With a flip of his bangs as if he was trying to get back into character, Riki huffed and then moved to sit with Jake so they could watch slowed down jiggle clips together.

Sunghoon took a seat next to Heeseung and, like moths to a flame, the two leaned in close to pay special attention to Sunoo’s scenes in the music video.

Sunoo didn’t need to be hooked up to a lie detector in order to confirm his hips didn’t lie. The way his body moved spoke for itself.

“Lord have mercy.” Heeseung said in one hurried breath, words jumbling together as he stared at the screen in awe.

Even though Jay was facedown and clawing at their carpet like an angry cat, the other alpha suddenly didn’t seem so crazy. If Heeseung had been alone, he’d also be pressing his nose to the tablet screen every time Sunoo showed up.

“When I look at Sunoo, I really do believe there’s a God.” Sunghoon whispered, reaching out to stroke the screen affectionately.

This made Heeseung frown and he reached out to smack Sunghoon’s hand away.

Why did Sunghoon have to be better than him at being horny? He already had the brawns. Having brains too was just plain rude.

“Alright, hyung. I feel bad for you so you’re coming with me!”

It was a few days later and Heeseung was half asleep in their dressing room at Inkigayo. He was done with hair and makeup and was propped up against a couple cushions to keep his outfit from creasing. Despite the uncomfortable position, he had managed to doze off.

Made sense, since it was ass o’crack in the morning. All Heeseung could do was blink blearily up at Jay, his sluggish brain wondering how the other alpha had so much energy. He was standing over Heeseung, fully dressed with his hands on his hips and a manic look on his done up face.

“This is a weird dream.” Heeseung mumbled to himself, hoping if he pretended to still be asleep then Jay would leave him alone.

Like how Jake pretended to play dead, tongue lolling out and everything, whenever an omega he was with tried to go through his phone.

“You’re not dreaming, wake up.” Jay insisted, reaching underneath Heeseung to very rudely yank his emotional and physical support cushions away from him. “C’mon, let’s go! We don’t have much time!”

Heeseung got up with a weary sigh, mildly curious as to where Jay was taking him. He was also still half asleep, with a brain that was soft and squishy and easy to manipulate like putty.

He felt a bit like Jay in that one Sweet VenO’Clock where they’d gotten the alpha to go down that giant slide after he’d woken up from a nap, as he was too confused to say no.

Ah, that had been a classic.

A quick glance around the dressing room revealed that everyone else in Sweet Venom was too busy to notice them leaving.

Sunghoon was waiting for his turn to get dressed and was fast asleep, covered with his jacket like a blanket until only his eyebrows were visible. If Heeseung were a worse person, he’d bribe the makeup artist to shave Sunghoon’s eyebrows off and sabotage him in the race to win Sunoo’s heart.

But Heeseung was a good person so he didn’t do that and instead only thought about doing that.

Riki was busy with some last minute adjustments to his clothes, with the poor stylist having to deal with yet another growth spurt from the baby alpha. Meanwhile, Jake was getting his hair and makeup done and was glued to his phone, probably texting one of the many members of his harem.

The poor stylist who had been snooping over Jake’s shoulder looked both intrigued and horrified at what they were seeing on his screen.

“What are we doing?” Heeseung asked as he followed Jay to the door of their dressing room. Instead of answering, the other alpha just swung the door open with a giant grin.

Jay cheerfully greeted the person on the other side, a deliveryman who had his hands full with a giant gift basket wrapped in clear plastic and tied together with a colorful bow.

“Thanks, man.” Jay said and took the basket into his arms, balancing it with one hand so the other could pay the guy. “Keep the change.”

Heeseung watched all of this happen with great delight. Seeing Jay in action was like watching a live action Boss Baby. It was hilarious watching him do business and act like he had everything under control when he was always stressed and yelling and being bullied by Sweet Venom.

“Aw, Jay, for me?” Heeseung reached out to grab the gift basket, eyes sparkling with delight at everything inside of it. He was already drooling at the decadent sight, boxes of strawberries dipped in chocolate, packets of Buldak in every flavour imaginable, and snacks that had gone viral on SlikTok and were impossible to find anywhere. “You shouldn’t have!”

“Good, because I didn’t.” Jay laughed and stepped away from Heeseung, arms tightening around the basket protectively. “Why would I get this for you? It’s for Blossom!”

He wants Sunoo too! Kill him! Heeseung’s inner wolf howled, already prepared to rip Jay’s throat out.

Heeseung ignored his inner wolf as he was a human being who knew the world didn’t work like that. Also, Jay was already wearing his stage outfit and getting blood out of that would be a nightmare. Their poor stylists already had to deal with so much.

“For… both members of Blossom?” Heeseung asked in his most normal voice, trying to play it cool.

Jay must have been smarter than he looked, as he merely raised an eyebrow and huffed out a laugh.

“Are you serious, dude?” Jay plucked out a greeting card that was nestled in between all the goodies in the gift basket. He handed it to Heeseung and encouraged the other alpha to read it with a lift of his chin. “I thought I was so obvious.”

Heeseung frowned as he flipped the card open, recognizing Jay’s familiar blocky handwriting as he began to read.

Dear Jungwon,

Jay here! From Sweet Venom. I can’t stop thinking about the other day. I’m really sorry about the mess. My group members are just like that. We kinda cause mess wherever we go haha that’s lowkey our thing.

Anyway, I’m really sorry I accidentally attacked you with my big ass head. Seriously, that thing is like a weapon. I hope you’re doing okay right now.

It was so sweet that you tried to help me out with the album that fell. And then you still smiled at me and told me everything was going to be okay after that, even though you were hurt too. You seem like such a good leader. Heeseung hyung can learn something from you to be honest, haha I really hope he doesn’t read this…

To be honest, seeing you smile like that made me think I had died on impact and you were an angel. Corny but true haha. And now I’m wondering if you felt something between us too.

If this is a weird thing to do, just give the basket away or keep it and pretend like this never happened- seriously, I won’t mind. I just wanted to let you know how I feel.

So I’m just gonna write my phone number down here and if a cute omega like yourself wants to tell me how much you liked the gift basket… I encourage it haha. No pressure! If you think this is too much just set this note on fire and never speak to me again and I’ll back off I swear!

xx xxx xxxx xxxx

P.S. oh I totally forgot to mention Sunoo haha he can also take whatever he wants from the basket of course! Unless you wanna keep everything for yourself, then feel free to ignore this part. I mean, that’s what I’d do if I was you haha.

Heeseung was quiet for a moment as he took all of that in. Jay was watching him carefully, nervous and trying to gauge the other alpha’s reactions to his confessional letter.

“Why are we all so bad with omegas?” Heeseung sighed, already thinking about all the ways this could backfire and go horribly wrong. He wouldn’t blame Jungwon if he got the ick from this, hit Jay over the head with the gift basket, and then attacked Heeseung for being an accomplice.

“I know. I think Jake took all our luck and that’s why we struggle so much.” Jay grimaced, side eyeing the other alpha in question who was happily minding his business across the room.

As much as Heeseung loved blaming Jake- it was one of the group’s favourite pastimes after all- he knew that it couldn’t always be Jake’s fault. Just… most of the time.

“I think sometimes… we’re the problem.” Heeseung said in a dejected voice.

“You think Riki has a chance of being normal?” Jay asked hopefully, always looking out for their baby alpha.

“Well, he was raised by us. So… no.”

Jay just sighed and tightened his arms around the gift basket, holding it close as if for emotional support.

“Hyung, if you think I shouldn’t do this, then I won’t.” Jay said, voice low and thick with nerves as he looked between Heeseung and the door of their dressing room. “I know I was making fun of you in that letter but I really do trust you!”

There was nothing Heeseung hated more than having someone’s life in his hands. Even though he was Sweet Venom’s leader, he had grown up as the youngest child in his family and had no experience being the wise older brother when it came to giving advice.

Maybe Sweet Venom had fumbled so many omegas over the years was because of Heeseung…

Heeseung was still kept up at night and haunted by memories that had happened early on in their debut. Once, a young innocent Riki had asked him for permission to flirt with an omega idol and Heeseung had happily encouraged him to go for it! After all, what was the worst that could happen?

The omega had ended up side eyeing Riki and asking him if it was ‘Take Your Pup to Work Day’, assuming he was some manager’s little snot nosed crotch goblin.

Poor Riki had been traumatized and ran back to Sweet Venom with tears in his eyes, which certainly didn’t help the snot nosed crotch goblin allegations. Maybe that was why their baby alpha was so emo and nonchalant now…

But, to deny his members a chance at a happy relationship was just as bad- if not worse. Jay should go for it, if just to find closure and move on.

You missed 100% of the shots you didn’t take, although that was a bad metaphor since Sweet Venom sucked at basketball and often missed 100% of the shots they did take.

“Look, if Jungwon isn’t into you like that, then this whole thing looks super creepy.” Heeseung felt the need to point out to Jay, watching the other alpha shrink with embarrassment at the realization. “He’s gonna think you’re some sort of Korean-American psycho.”

“Right but- .”

Heeseung might not have always been respected by his members but, this time, he was able to shut Jay up with a single raise of his brow.

“But,” Heeseung continued. “If he likes you too, then I think he’d really appreciate all of this. And I think there’s only one way to find that out. C’mon.”

“You’re the best, hyung!” Jay grinned and Heeseung couldn’t help but smile back, the other alpha’s enthusiasm too infectious to ignore. He held the door open for Jay and tried to close it as subtly as possible to prevent anyone else- and especially not a certain Sunghoon- from joining their side quest.

While Heeseung had Jay’s best interests in mind when making this decision, he’d be lying out of his butt if he didn’t admit how selfish of a choice it was. Letting Jay talk to Jungwon let Heeseung talk to Sunoo which left Sunghoon behind and left him out of another potential win.

Besides, if Jay went on to fumble Jungwon it would make Heeseung look so good in comparison.

He might’ve seemed creepy to Blossom but at least he wasn’t that guy.

Oh. And Heeseung had to apologize to Sunoo too.

He had forgotten about that part… but only because it had been an honest mistake! Sunoo would get it. He’d probably just smile and shrug Heeseung’s apology off and say something like “it’s no slick off my back!” and then kiss Heeseung as an apology for all the suffering he’d gone through because of this.

Kiss him all open mouthed and sloppy with tongue and everything- .

“- guys! You guys! Where are you going? Can I come too?”

Heeseung’s dream sequence was very rudely interrupted by the sight of Jake sticking his big head out of the door, like a nosey cat who wanted to hang out with their owner in the bathroom.

“Where the hell did you come from?” Heeseung frowned, tempted to close the door on Jake’s face. “I thought you were getting your hair and makeup done.”

Jake did the flower pose with his hands, showing off his smooth shiny hair and glowing face with a proud grin.

“I’m done early! Now it’s Sunghoon’s turn. And it’s gonna take a while if you know what I mean, haha. Just kidding! We all know he’s hot.” Jake was a citizen of Yapan the way he wouldn’t stop yapping, already out the door and joining Heeseung and Jay in the hallway. “So, where are we going?”

Heeseung and Jay shared a wary look, both thinking the same thing. Introducing Jake to the omegas they liked would be a recipe for disaster. It would be like introducing an invasive species to an environment and watching irreversible damage be done to the world around them.

But, the chances of Jake making it down the hallway without getting distracted by another omega idol were slim to none. His government assigned emoji didn’t lie one bit. Jake was like a dog and the industry was full of squirrels that loved being chased by him.

Jay seemed to come to the same conclusion too and just shrugged, allowing Jake to walk between him and Heeseung as they made their way through the halls.

“I got Jungwon this gift basket to say sorry that I gave him a concussion and also to let him know that I like him.” Jay explained casually, like this sort of thing was a regular occurrence for them. “And I wrote my phone number down so he can let me know if he likes me back and wants to take things further.”

Jake nodded with his eyes closed, looking weirdly wise like he was a prophet that had foretold this in some sort of prophetic prophecy.

“Respect.” Jake said when he opened his eyes and reached out to bump fists with Jay. Then, he turned to Heeseung with an accusatory look. “So what are you doing here, hyung?”

“Why am I here? Well… I’m here because… “ Heeseung had been offended at the start of his sentence but trailed off unsure since he didn’t actually know why Jay had invited him along. “Wait, why am I here?”

“Why are any of us here? Isn’t that the question.” Jay chuckled to himself but abruptly stopped laughing when he realized that Heeseung and Jake were staring at him expectantly. “Honestly? I just felt bad for Heeseung hyung. Everyone’s been so mean to him lately, like he committed a crime!”

“Thank you!” Heeseung felt relieved that at least one of the members was on his side. He had almost begun to think he was in the wrong here.

“His only crime is being horny.” Jay continued. “Which isn’t even a crime! If it was, Jake would be locked up for life.”

“That’s true.” Jake confirmed with a nod. “But don’t put handcuffs on me because I will cum immediately.”

Heeseung and Jay couldn’t help but laugh at that, even though deep down they knew that Jake wasn’t joking. They had learned to not think too much about what the other alpha said or else they would start spiralling.

“Hey Heeseung hyung, I’m glad you finally have someone on your side.” Jake said, referring to Jay with a tilt of his head. “Because- not gonna lie- your life was making me sad.”

Heeseung opened his mouth and then closed it, unsure of how to respond to something like that.

“Okay.” He finally said and Jake grinned like he’d just given the older alpha a compliment.

“Now that Jay has a horse in this race- ow!- wanna make things interesting?”

To Jake’s credit, getting punched in the side by Heeseung mid sentence didn’t deter him one bit. He was looking at Jay and waggling his eyebrows suggestively, and the other alpha looked intrigued by this offer.

“Make things interesting how?” Jay asked as they made their way down the stairs, voices bouncing off the walls.

“I bet you 20 dollars that Sunghoon’s gonna sleep with this Sunoo guy first.” Jake said with the confident air of someone who could see into the future.

Heeseung’s fingers itched to push Jake down the stairs but he stayed quiet, waiting to see how Jay would respond.

“Dude, we’re in Korea.” Jay just laughed instead of immediately defending Heeseung’s honor, which was quite rude of him. “Shouldn’t it be in won?”

“Yeah it’s gonna be won after I’ve won this bet.” Jake shot back and he and Jay nearly fell over themselves laughing at that.

“Ah, Jakey, you’re too much.” Jay wiped a tear of mirth from his eye and then moved to shake Jake’s hand. “Alright. I’ll take that bet.”

“Because you have so much faith in me?” Heeseung butt in smugly.

“Because 20 dollars is chump change to him.” Jake pointed out and Heeseung just scowled at him.

“You’re the fucking chump- .”

“How dare you?” Jake gasped, acting like he’d been shot. “Saying I’m a two pump and dump chump in bed is taking it too far!”

“WHO THE HELL SAID ALL OF THAT?”

“It’s just not right.” Jake said, shaking his head in dismay. “He’s slandering my good name!”

“It’s an okay name.” Jay laughed, using the gift basket in his hands as a shield when Jake whirled around to confront him.

“You guys are so rude to me.” Jake sniffled. “I hate it here!”

Arguably they weren’t rude enough to Jake but before Heeseung could say that, the other alpha had stopped pretending to be sad and immediately locked in.

Like animals that behaved erratically before a natural disaster, Jake straightened up and an almost unsettling smile spread across his face.

“I spoke too soon.” Jake said, staring right at the doors at the end of the hallway. “I love it here!”

Now, Heeseung knew that the life Jake lived operated differently than theirs. But, he would never stop being surprised when he saw how Jake’s world worked.

It was as if the very air around them transformed, plunging them into a slow motion sequence straight out of a movie. The doors swung open and Park Wonbin walked through them like the hallway was his own personal catwalk.

The omega was flanked on both sides by members of his team, with a makeup artist touching up his face on one side and a manager with their nose in an iPad on his other side.

Despite the early morning call time, Wonbin looked wide-eyed and as beautiful as ever. The ends of his sleek bob bounced tantalizingly as he walked, the movement hypnotizing everyone in the hallway who was fortunate enough to lay eyes on him.

Wonbin barely registered Sweet Venom who had stopped walking and were instead staring right at him. The omega seemed used to this sort of alpha attention and barely blinked, eyes glazed over as he looked past Heeseung and Jay before his gaze landed on Jake.

Heeseung almost looked away, but he needed to see this to believe it.

It happened so quickly, one blink and you’d miss it. Wonbin took one look at the way Jake was grinning right at him, a familiar glint in his eyes like the two had a long shared history together instead of being the strangers that they were.

Unfortunately, there were very few omegas on this planet that were immune to Jake’s charms. And Wonbin wasn’t one of them. He smiled back at Jake shyly, cheeks going pink despite the white foundation his makeup artist was currently painting his face with.

And then Wonbin looked away and the spell Jake had cast was abruptly broken. Reality crashed back in and Wonbin and his team hurried down the hallway before disappearing past a corner.

“Did we just get caught in one of Jake’s slow motion dream sequences again?” Jay asked Heeseung with a startled look on his face. He looked as if he’d just exited a dark movie theatre and was trying to adjust to the real world again.

“Yep.” Heeseung grimaced, casting a cautious look over at Jake to try and guess his next steps here. “Don’t tell me you’re gonna- .”

“Wonbaddie, I want you so bad.” Jake said, practically panting as he stared at the spot in the hallway where he and Wonbin had just shared a moment.

“He can’t hear you, man.” Jay said but common sense was wasted on someone like Jake. He was a man on a mission. An alpha after an achievement. A wolf who always got his way.

“You guys, I haven’t had sex in so long I’m starting to itch.” Jake said, voice low and heavy with urgency.

Heeseung’s nose wrinkled in disgust.

“Those are just your crabs.”

“I don’t have crabs, I have a pet dog.” Jake said flippantly. “You’ve met Layla, remember?”

Heeseung didn’t walk to talk to Jake anymore. With the same energy as handing a pup an iPad as a distraction, Heeseung gestured down the hallway where Wonbin had headed off.

“Go on doggy, fetch! Go get that bone!”

Jake didn’t even have time to be offended. He just nodded, turned tail, and ran away.

With Jake being someone else’s problem, Heeseung felt a little bit better. He turned to Jay, eyebrows raised expectantly.

“C’mon, we don’t wanna keep Blossom waiting.”

Ideally, the two alphas would have had more time to prepare. At least, enough time for Heeseung to come up with a better pep talk than he’d come up with earlier.

But, no, Blossom’s dressing room was just a few steps away from where Heeseung and Jay were already standing. All they could do was share an uneasy look, nerves obvious in their wide eyes and set mouths, before Heeseung gathered the courage to knock.

“Who’s there?” A manager’s voice called out, voice rising in suspicion.

“Uh- Sweet Venom!” Heeseung called out, exchanging a cautious glance at Jay who just shrugged helplessly. “We’re here to see Blossom.”

“You can see them on your screens at any time.” The manager seemed pissed. It made Heeseung wonder how many other alpha idols swung by Blossom’s dressing room to try and sweet talk their way inside.

Well, they couldn’t possibly be sweeter than Sweet Venom.

“What’s this guy’s deal?” Jay mumbled under his breath, glaring at the door. “I didn’t know we were dealing with President Grump…”

Heeseung just smirked and cleared his throat.

“We need to talk to Blossom.” He insisted, hoping he came across as authoritative and not like a whiney bitch. “ ...please?”

Blossom’s manager had no reason to be nice to Sweet Venom. It wasn’t like their paycheck depended on it. In all honesty, they could have opened the door enough to flip Heeseung and Jay off to send a message and get the two alphas to scram.

But, the dressing room fell quiet as if Blossom themselves were deliberating with their manager on whether or not to let Sweet Venom in.

Just as Heeseung and Jay were about to give up and go back to their own dressing room, and hopefully split the contents of the gift basket upon themselves, the door in front of them swung open.

“Hurry up before they change their mind.” Jay hissed, shoving Heeseung forward and pushing behind the other alpha until they were finally inside of Blossom’s dressing room.

It took Heeseung a moment to come to his senses, as he was frankly shocked that they’d come this far.

Blossom’s dressing room was nearly empty. A lone makeup artist was cleaning up a vanity table in the far corner and a manager, presumably President Grump himself, was staring suspiciously at them from the couch.

And the two stars of the show stood in the middle of the room, looking so different it was almost comical.

Heeseung’s eyes landed on Sunoo first and, really, there was no point in fighting how magnetic the omega was.

What the hell was the theme of Blossom’s comeback? Today saw Sunoo dressed in a biker chic costume, made up of a shiny black leather jumpsuit that hugged every slim curve close.

The result was mouthwatering and Heeseung’s fingers curled, wanting nothing more than to wrap around Sunoo’s tiny waist and hold the omega close.

Sunoo had paired the skintight jumpsuit with heavy looking boots that added a few inches to his height. However, he was still not tall enough to look Heeseung in the eye- something the alpha noted with great arousal.

Now, Heeseung may have sworn his knot to Sunoo but he couldn’t deny that Jungwon looked good too. Instead of a jumpsuit covering him from head to toe, Jungwon was wearing a leather one piece that cut off right at his ass. The pale skin of his legs looked almost unnaturally shiny, and he must have been wearing sheer pantyhose to accentuate the glow.

Those were the thighs of a killer. A killer omega who could probably crush a knotheaded alpha between his strong legs. Crush both their knot and head…

“Lord, he’s thicker than a snicker.” Jay whispered to himself in awe, eyes wide and hypnotized by Jungwon’s sexiness.

Heeseung was an empath and sensed this conversation wasn’t going to go well.

Jungwon was staring at them with the exact same energy as a convenience store employee watching a potential shoplifter. He tried to subtly step in front of Sunoo as if to prevent Heeseung from jumping on him again.

It made Heeseung grimace, even though he understood where Jungwon was coming from.

“Sweet Venom sunbaes!” Jungwon called out and bowed. By the time he had gotten back up, the omega was smiling although it did seem a bit forced. “To what do we owe the pleasure?”

Heeseung spoke fluent Corporate Bullshit and understood that meant; “what the fuck are you two doing here?”.

He plastered a smile on his face and bowed as well, sparing a glance over at Jay when his head was down.

Jay was frozen. He hadn’t moved an inch this entire time.

Well. It could have been worse. He could have shouted “DAMN!” at the sight of Jungwon and startled both omegas- effectively scaring the hoes.

“Well, we’re here because… “ Heeseung trailed off and looked at Jay, silently encouraging him to hop in at any time. “Because… ?”

Jay was malfunctioning, worse then their Wifi router after a particularly thorough goon session. So, Heeseung decided to reset him like he did with the router and delivered a swift smack to Jay’s shoulder, praying it worked.

“This is for you!” Jay blurted out and shoved the gift basket towards Jungwon, who stepped backwards as if he’d sniffed out a bomb threat.

“... why?”

Even Sunoo had dropped his smile and, instead, looked apprehensively at Heeseung.

Heeseung was struck with the urge to step away from Jay and claim that he didn’t know the other alpha.

This was bad. It was somehow more awkward than the time they’d gone to a Geffen Records dinner party and Jay had gotten nervous and pronounced hors d'oeuvre as ‘horse divorce’ in front of everyone.

“It’s- um- an apology.” Jay said in an awkward stilted voice, like he was reading lines off of a teleprompter. “Remember how we knocked heads the other day? That was totally my fault. I mean- you might not be able to remember it because my big ass head probably gave you a concussion hah… I mean- I’m really sorry! So… here.”

Jay dropped into a perfect 90 degree angle of a bow, arms straight out as he offered Jungwon the gift basket. It was less an interaction between two humans and more like a devoted worshiper offering a sacrifice to their benevolent god.

Something told Heeseung that Jungwon would have liked that comparison.

“Jay-nim…” Jungwon hesitated, brows furrowing as he stared at the alpha. “We knocked heads, you didn’t kill my entire family. This is… a lot.”

Heeseung’s heart sank in his chest, threatening to plunge right out of his butt and onto the floor.

Jay shot back up with a wild look on his face.

“Right, I’m so sorry, this is a lot! You know what, I should just leave- !”

Jay had already turned tail, fully prepared to leave Heeseung behind as he ran away, when Jungwon stopped him with a simple raise of his hand. The very air in the dressing room seemed to still, everyone going silent as if waiting on pins and needles for Jungwon’s next words.

Impressive. Even Heeseung hadn’t mastered that skill yet.

“I wasn’t finished speaking.” Jungwon said in a cool voice and Jay nodded so hard, his big head was at risk of flying right off. “Although, if you do want to leave, I won’t stop you. I’ll just ask you to leave that behind.”

Jungwon was smiling as he pointed at the gift basket that Jay had been clutching like a lifeline. He crooked his fingers playfully, as if pulling Jay forward by an invisible string and- .

Ah. It had taken a moment but Heeseung had finally gotten it.

Jungwon liked playing with his food before he ate it.

“Oh yeah, totally!” Jay said, far too loudly, and hurried to hand the gift basket over to Jungwon. He looked flustered, like he didn’t entirely understand what the omega was getting at here but was just happy to be included. “Here! You can have anything you want from me!”

“Lucky for you, this is all I want.” Jungwon grinned as he began rifling through the contents of the gift basket. He briefly looked up to peer at Jay, cat eyes sparkling with amusement. “… for now.”

Heeseung could pinpoint the moment that Jay understood he was in the clear. Without the threat of Jungwon biting his head off, Jay straightened up and grinned back at the omega.

“Yeah, I guess I am pretty lucky, huh?”

“Aw, this is so cute!” Sunoo gushed, and the sound of his sweet voice nearly scared Heeseung out of his skin. Great, now the hoes were the ones scaring him. “You know, I’ve never thought much about Jay-nim and Jungwonnie before, but I’m totally thinking about them right now! And I think they’re seriously adorable.”

“I agree.” Heeseung nodded, although he would’ve agreed to anything Sunoo was saying. The omega could have been saying the most heinous slurs imaginable and Heeseung would happily stand behind him.

Yeah, Heeseung would be real happy behind Sunoo alright.

He was so busy thinking of that joke, Heeseung barely noticed that Sunoo was staring expectantly at him.

With a jolt, Heeseung realized that this was the perfect time for him to apologize to Sunoo. Jungwon and Jay seemed lost in their own world which allowed Heeseung to take a hesitant step forward until he had successfully infiltrated Sunoo’s bubble.

“Hey.” Heeseung called out lamely, cringing at his own awkward tone. He succeeded in getting Sunoo to smile though, and the sight was powerful enough to encourage him to go on. “I just wanted to say, I’m sorry for the other day too- .”

The sound of someone knocking on Blossom’s door made Heeseung whirl around in embarrassment, like he and Sunoo had been caught in the act. The act in question being a conversation. And, barely.

“I didn’t know there was a party in our dressing room.” Sunoo giggled, looking over at Jungwon who had suspicion written all over his face.

“There’s not.” Jungwon said shortly and his frosty tone was enough to make Heeseung and Jay shiver. He was squinting suspiciously at the two alphas, as if starting to see this as less of a meeting and more of an ambush. “Who else is there?”

“We can’t see through walls, we don’t know.” Jay said, nervously looking over his shoulder at the door. Something about how earnest he sounded made Jungwon smile. Just a little.

“Hm.” The omega turned and shared a pointed look with his manager. “I’ll go see who it is. Sunoo hyung, stay back. Sweet Venom sunbaenims… do whatever you want, I’m not the boss of you two.”

“You’re not the boss of me either!” Sunoo huffed but stayed back, peering around Heeseung and making the alpha feel warm with affection.

Heeseung had been expecting Jake to be behind the door. The other alpha was probably done doing Wonbin and had wandered down the hall until his slicked sense kicked in, leading him straight to Blossom.

Or maybe it was Riki, who was a giant iPad baby with a matching attention span, and he’d gotten bored and wanted to hang out with them.

Either of those two options would have been preferable to who was actually waiting behind the door.

“Sunghoon sunbaenim? What are you doing here?”