Prompt: alpha/beta/omega dynamics baeksoo

Word Count: 7216

Note: this contains hint!abuse and bullying. be warned.

It’s not about hierarchy or because of their status, but as a kid, Baekhyun has always been too soft and weak-willed to be an alpha. He’s too small and frail and because of that, he’s always being bullied despite of his status. It was a shame because his mother is a well-known politician, a role model and known to all as a powerful alpha. He can hear whispers that he must have took his father’s soft-spoken and gentle traits. At first, Baekhyun is okay with that thinking that it’s a compliment, but when he finds out that it’s an insult, he felt this weird sad thing at the pit of his stomach. It doesn’t feel nice and Baekhyun hates the feeling.

It’s just funny because no matter how many times he was spoken of bad things, they never say it in front of him. So growing up, Baekhyun got used to the whispers stabbing behind his back as he walked past them.

They were eating dinner when his father, an omega, placed a crumpled in front of them. “Baekhyunnie,” although his voice is soft, it had a commanding tone in it. “Can you explain to me what the meaning of this is?”

Baekhyun blinks twice. “I don’t know what that is.”

“Let me see that.” His mother takes the paper in her husband’s hand and opens it. And slowly, they watch as her expression turned grim and into an angry one. “What’s is this?” She exclaims, turning to face it to him and his big brother, Baekbeom, who stopped chewing on his chicken wing upon reading the paper. In big red letterings, it reads: OFF ALPHA

Baekhyun pales.

“Is somebody bullying you at school?” Mrs. Byun demands. “Tell me Baekhyun so I can talk to their parents. Or rather, give me your teacher’s name. That is straight up bullying and that damn teacher should be aware of what is happening to their students so that they should be disciplined. I swear, I’m going to file a lawsuit at that ing –“

“Honey,” His father soothes her. “That’s not always the answer.”

“Nobody calls my son an alpha ! I am going to find that person responsible even if I have to take that school down myself.”

Baekbeom, not wanting to partake in the ruckus, quietly picks another chicken and places it on his plate.

“Mom, it’s – it’s okay.” Baekhyun whispers. “It’s not a big deal. Usually, I just ignore it.”

“So it’s been happening a lot?!” Mrs. Byun seethes. “That’s it. I’m calling the teacher, right now.”

And maybe this is the reason why Baekhyun is like this. His parents are super overprotective of him that it feels like he’s inside a huge protective bubble. Unlike Baekbeom who was given the freedom to do anything he wanted, Baekhyun is always locked inside the house. When Baekbeom wanted to go to camp, they would let him but for Baekhyun, they would say no, fearing that something bad might happen without their watch.

The bullying stopped once his mother got involved. Now people are afraid to go to him even if they just wanted to make friends with him.

This protective bubble is suffocating him.

Baekhyun couldn’t breathe.

The alphas in this society are s. They have the freedom to take in many partners despite having one mate. Betas are considered the normal people and omegas are the submissive types. Soulmates are so rare that it only happens in 3 out of 20 mated couples.

His parents aren’t soulmates, his father had told him that, but his mother had been an adamant chaser that it was expected for him to fall in love sooner or later. The competition had been hard then because his father is a very strong and handsome omega, but his mother pushed through and wooed him with her gifts and prowess. But what really caught his attention was her voice, his father told him. Baekhyun’s mother have a wonderful singing voice and hearing it made his father captivated. So after three years of courtship, they bonded and formed a family.

Despite a politician, his mother isn’t one those alphas unlike the others and his father is lucky to end up with an alpha who’s eyes doesn’t stray. Unlike the old society, some alphas doesn’t care about the bonds because even if they knew that the person is already mated, if they find them beautiful, they’ll take those chances just to get a taste. Their kind takes pride on being higher and more civilized than humans. Baekhyun thinks that’s bull. They’re no better than humans.

“I’m going to work.” Mrs. Byun said. “I’m going to be late so don’t wait up.” There was a pause then a laugh. “I mean it. I don’t want to see you still awake waiting for me when I come back.”

Her husband has his hands on her hips, smiling. “I’m still gonna wait for you anyways.”

One tender kiss before she left with a smile plastered on her face, his father waving goodbye. Their family isn’t perfect. It’s full of flaws and there are numerous times when he witnessed them fighting but their bond is strong despite not being soulmates. Baekhyun wants that to happen with him either he finds his soulmate or not. He just wants someone to be with him until he grows old and die.

“When will I find my mate, pa?”

“I don’t know, son.” His father said. “Nobody knows when you will meet your soulmate. It could be tomorrow or when you’re older – the possibilities are endless. But when you get to see someone that will make your heart flutter, do not hesitate to take that chance.”

Baekhyun grins but a wave of doubt comes through him. “What if I become one of those bad alphas, pa?”

“Oh, nonsense.” His father laughed. “Baekhyun, you’re not going to be one them.”

“How can you be so sure?”

His father smiles then and lowers himself, one knee on the floor so that they’re at the same level. And then gently, he places his hand on top of his hair and gave it a gentle ruffle. “Because you are Byun Minhee’s son and she’s the best alpha the world has ever known. Don’t ever forget that.”

During his trek home from school, Baekhyun accidentally passed by the alleyway where his past bullies had been hanging out constantly. It was purely accidental that Baekhyun didn’t meant for it to go there. He was only in deep thoughts really and most of the times it happens to everyone. So with the hopes of not being seen, Baekhyun quickly turns around to run back.

“Hey, it’s the alpha !”

“Where?”

“I saw him!”

. . .

Baekhyun breaks out running when he hears shoes going down the pavement.

“Hey, get back here and my , you !”

He can feel his heart pounding in fear – fear for his life, for his whole-being – because he knows how much damage they’ve done to him. He felt their fists collide to his body and felt it pull against his hair. And it hurts that no matter how much he ran, he knows they’re going to catch up to him. He can hear their bikes ringing. The hoots and calls for him is getting louder and every breath Baekhyun takes only adds fire to his lungs.

Just as his body was about to give out, he felt a hand wrap around his arm, pulling him to the side. With a squawk, he finds himself being thrown inside the garbage dump by a small boy. The smell is awful and Baekhyun is this close to vomiting but he’s met with a pair of beautiful brown eyes staring at him intensely that got his breath hitching. “Shh…” The beautiful boy whispers and places his hand over to his mouth.

He hears the bicycles screech into a halt alongside voices.

“Where is he?”

“He must have went that way.”

“, he’s gonna tell his mom again, does he?”

“He won’t be if we find him.”

“Why don’t we check around here?”

Baekhyun’s breath hitched. The boy only pressed his hand tighter. The garbage dump is dark and it smells rotten but he held it in, the fear of his being caught getting higher in every beat of his heart.

“Nah, he’s not here. I can’t smell him.”

“He’s not that far. We might catch up to him if we get a move on now. Let’s go.”

And with that, they rode on back on their bikes and left. The boy waits for a few minutes before pushing the lid open. Baekhyun didn’t waste any time and jumps off the garbage dump, catching his breath from holding it a few times just to stop the foul smell from coming in through his nose. He smells of bad food and and he hates it. He must be looking awful too. , his father’s going to kill him when he gets home.

“You okay?”

But just like that, those thoughts went away when he meets eyes once again with the boy with the beautiful eyes. And it’s unfair because even if he smells like crap and there’s dark smudges on his cheek, he looks gorgeous that his heart agrees wholeheartedly with him, too. Baekhyun swallows hard and blinks rapidly. “Y-Yeah.” He managed to stutter out. “I’m g-good.”

“They’re always up to no good, those bastards.” The boy clicks his tongue and sighs. “I’ve tried telling the police on them, but they’re always getting away. them.”

Baekhyun nods fast.

“Anyways, what’s your name?”

He blinks, getting lost once again in his thoughts before he force him out of it and answers. “Uh… Baekhyun.” He whispers. “Byun Baekhyun.”

Hearing his name would have sent others backing off. There was only one Byun Baekhyun around their neighborhood and this Byun Baekhyun is the son of the most influential politician ever. But instead of backing out, the boy didn’t and simply smiles. “I’m Kyungsoo.” He reaches a hand out for a shake. “Do Kyungsoo. And I’m 14.”

He hesitates but reaches to shake his hand, nevertheless. It’s warm and small and at the same time rough and strong. Baekhyun blushes at the contact, not wanting to let go even if he needed to. “I’d love to get to know you.” Kyungsoo said. “But we stink . I think I should go. Mom’s going to kill me when she finds out I’m like this, though. But at least –“  

“My place.”

“Huh?”

Baekhyun looks up. “My place is c-closer. Do you want to clean yourself for a bit there?”

A wave of panic coursed through him when he said that, afraid that he might get rejected. But after a while, Kyungsoo giggles and the sound is like melody in his ears.

“Really? Thanks!”

Baekhyun thinks he’s in love, but it was too soon to even call it that.

Or is it?

His father was the one who opened the door and as he expected, Baekhyun got a warning look that says they’re going to talk about this later but his then it morphed into a welcoming one after noticing the presence of a small wide eyed boy behind Baekhyun. He looks behind and lowers himself a bit, his hands behind his back as he coos. “I see you got a friend with you, Baekhyunnie. Do you mind introducing him to me?”

“O-Oh, he’s… Kyungsoo.”

“Hi.” Kyungsoo beams. “I’m sorry for intruding.”

“Oh, no. Not at all.” Mr. Byun chuckles. “I’m just surprised Baekhyun brought someone here for the first time. I’m just… You know what? Come in. Come in.”

When the opportunity was given, Baekhyun grabs Kyungsoo by the wrist and runs up the stairs. He hears his father tell him to slow down and that he should be careful when going up but that fell deaf to his ears. His face probably is so red from embarrassment. His dad can be like that and he doesn’t want Kyungsoo to hear the things his father might say about him.

It’s just fortunate that his room has its own bathroom.

“You can go first.” Baekhyun points at the bathroom after he opens the door. “You can borrow mine for the meantime. There’s extra towels inside for you to use.” Kyungsoo nods at this and proceeded to use the bathroom. Baekhyun smiles as Kyungsoo passed by him and then waves in dismissal when he apologizes for the intrusion. But the moment the door closed, Baekhyun was sent in a panic frenzy.

He opens all of his drawers to find the perfect shirt for Kyungsoo to wear. And when Kyungsoo was finally done, he never got to find the perfect one so in a hurry, Baekhyun just picked out a random shirt on the floor and handed it to Kyungsoo. The boy blinks twice and laughs. “Aren’t you going to lend me shorts and underwear? I mean, if it’s okay to walk around the room with nothing but a shirt then…”

“Right, right!” Baekhyun immediately ran towards the drawers and picked up the first short and underwear he sees and when he hands it to Kyungsoo, the latter said his thanks to Baekhyun.

Everything would have been fine then, but the moment he was close, Baekhyun couldn’t help but stiffen.

Omega.

It’s obvious from how sweet he smells. He doesn’t smell like an alpha, like the smell of trees after a spring rain, and not of a beta that has a distinct smell of sweetness mixed with a tinge of petrichor. An omega’s scent is purely sweetness and it’s so enticing. No wonder half of the alphas and betas in the world couldn’t help but be attracted to them. Baekhyun tries hard not to blush around Kyungsoo. It wasn’t enough that the boy is beautiful. Now that he can smell him properly, everything was going haywire in his emotions.

When Kyungsoo came out once again, this time fully clothed, he hands him the towel that he used to Baekhyun with a boyish grin on his face. “It’s your turn to use the bathroom, Baekhyunnie.”

Baekhyun reddens when he hears the nickname. His father is normally the one who only calls him that and he hates that little nickname whenever he hears it from anybody other than his father. But for some reasons he doesn’t care if it’s Kyungsoo who called him that. In fact, he actually liked it and wanted the smaller male to call him that again. But Baekhyun’s shyness attacked him (he’s really not that thick-faced) and in a hurry to escape, grabs the towel Kyungsoo is giving him and runs inside the bathroom.

He’s very happy to finally get rid of his dirty clothes but once again, he’s attacked by the sweet smell of Kyungsoo at the towel he’s holding – at the whole bathroom, actually. It’s so strong that he feels like he’s gonna faint from all of the sweetness.

“ing hell.” He mutters under his breath.

He decided not to use the towel and hanged it instead, deciding to use another towel or he might actually faint for real this time.

“Your clothes are getting dry cleaned now.” Baekhyun timidly said to Kyungsoo.

Kyungsoo looks up from the book he’s reading and gives Baekhyun a grateful smile. He pretends not to get affected by it and sits opposite of where he is sitting on the carpeted floor of Baekhyun’s room. “You have so many books in here, Baekhyunnie.” He said. “How come they look untouched?”

“I don’t like to read. Books bore me.” Baekhyun answers. “Do you like reading, Kyungsoo?”

Kyungsoo huffs in amusement. “Asking me if I like reading is like asking me if I like breathing.” He flips on the next page of Beautiful Boy, the pale cover on the tip of Kyungsoo’s fingers. “But for someone who doesn’t like reading, you sure do have a wide variety of books. This book doesn’t even count as a children’s book.”

Baekhyun knows since he’s forced to read that book in around a few chapters. It’s about a father’s journey through his son’s addiction of drugs – some kind of medicine that humans are delirious about much to Baekhyun’s confusion like who even enjoys swallowing pills? His father told him to read books, Korean and English ones, just to widen his vocabulary. But Baekhyun is the type of kind who prefers playing with his action figures and running around by himself at their wide backyard.

“Dad loves to read.” Baekhyun said. He picks a random book and plays around with it before putting back on the shelf. “I don’t like reading books, but I like it when Dad reads to me before I sleep.”

“So like… he doesn’t care even if you get to read adult-y stuff?”

“Adult-y stuff?”

“You know,” Kyungsoo pauses then he smirks. “About knots and .”

“Knots?” Baekhyun blushes. “N-No, wait. Dad cares.” He mumbles, embarrassed. “He just trusts me not to read them until I become 16 or something.”

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