Gunhee’s POV

I woke up cold and lonely. As I try to sit up, I hiss in pain as the pain all over my body had worsened overnight. I slowly, as to not cause too much pain to myself, walk towards the kitchen. Kihyun has always made it a habit to make breakfast before he leaves so that he knows all the members have had a proper breakfast before starting their day. Usually, when I wake up, there is food either in the fridge or left on the table by the last person who ate. Today, however, there was nothing. I looked in the fridge, the microwave, and the table but there was nothing. Then I remember what happened last night, how they accused me of cheating on them.

‘No’ I tell myself ‘they are your mates they would never purposefully not leave you any food’ I try to convince myself

I decide to get an apple to eat on my way to work since there is no way that I could make anything in the little amount of time I have to get ready and to get to work. Knowing that it will take my a longer time than usual to get to work, I decide that I should get ready and leave the house early so that I am not late. I hurriedly (as hurriedly as I can go with the current pain in my body) get dressed and head out the door. I have to constantly stop and take breaks as the pain is just too much for me to take. When I finally make it to the coffee shop that I work at I look at my watch and see that I still have around 15 minutes until my shift starts. I walk inside and am immediately greeted by Jinyoung, my manager.

“Hi Gunhee, how are you today?” He asks me as I slowly make my way towards the backroom to wait until I can clock in

“I’m fine” I say voice barely above a whisper. Jinyoung gives me a look like he wants to ask something else but I walk into the breakroom before he can get a chance.
I know Jinyoung noticed something off about me but I am thankful that he didn’t bring it up at least not until my breaktime.

“Gunhee” he says when I sit down at the chair across from him

“hmmm” I answer while looking at my phone. It is currently on a blank page but anything is better than me looking at his face right now because I know it I do, I will break.

“I know something is wrong with you… I can’t smell your mates which is very worrying because you usually reek of them…did something happen between you guys?” He asks and I try so hard not to look at his face because I know that if I look at his face, then I will immediately break.

“I don’t know what you are talking about Jinyoung hyung, something is probably wrong with your nose” I say still staring at my phone hoping that he drops the topic

“Are you serious right now? You and I both know that there is nothing wrong with my nose. There is something wrong with you and I can smell it. I can’t smell any of your mates and that is a big deal believe it or not. You and I both know that your mates never let you leave the apartment without scenting you. And I can smell the distress coming off of you. So either you tell me what happened or I am going to bring Jin here and he can deal with you himself.” Jinyoung threatens me while sending me a glare. When I just continue to look down, he sighs loudly before walking out of the breakroom and calling for Jin hyung. I sit there for a few minutes until I feel someone sit down next to me. I look up and see that it is Jin Hyung. I immediately look down when we make eye contact and he sighs.

“You know that Jinyoung is really worried about you right? He said that he couldn’t smell any of your mates on you and that you reek of desperation…and fear” He says before taking a breath “did one of your mates…hurt you?” He asks and I frantically shake my head

“No. They would never do anything to hurt me…” I say voice fainting out towards the end

“You don’t sound too convinced Gunhee” He says before taking my hand in his “I know that you love them and I know that they love you too but if they are hurting you in any way than you need to tell someone. It is not healthy.” He says and I sigh

“they aren’t hurting me Jin hyung…I promise” I say and he gives me a sad smile

“you might not think so but you do realize that as an omega you NEED to be scented. Especially a mated omega like you needs to be surrounded by their mate’s scent to feel a sense of security… This is the first time since you started working here that you didn’t come here reeking of one or all of your mates. I know you don’t want to talk about it but something had to have happened for your mates to stop scenting you…are you guys not working out? Is the pack breaking up?” He asks and I freeze

They…they wouldn’t break up the pack because of this…right?

They can’t break up the pack. It is the only family that I have besides Mino

Oh god I was going to be alone again

A mate less omega alone on the street…another night like last night would happen on a regular basis. I think to myself. I didn’t notice that I let out a pained whimper followed by tears until Jin hyung pulled me into a hug and I start sobbing in his arms.

“shhh Gunhee it’s gonna be okay…you’re gonna be okay…whatever is happening you are not alone you never have to be alone. You have my pack, Jinyoung’s pack, and Mino’s pack to rely on. Don’t make yourself deal with this alone when you have so many people willing to help you.” He says rocking me back and forth. Finally after around 10 minutes, my sobs die down into tiny sniffles.

“hey, can you stay here real quick? I need to tell Jinyoung that I am going to let you go early” he says and when I open my mouth to protest he cuts me off before I can start “and no you are not working today. There is obviously something wrong with you and I am not letting you work when you just broke down. Call one of your mates to come and pick you up” He says before walking out the door

I first call Kihyun but it goes start to voicemail, same with Hoseok, and Hyunwoo, and Minhyuk. Till every single mate that I call’s phone goes straight to voicemail. I sigh in frustration and throw my phone to the side

He comes back around 5 minutes later to see me with my phone laying to the side and head in my hands.

“so” he asks “who is picking you up?” and I once again sigh and decide I might as well tell the truth

“no one answered” I say voice barely above a whisper. He looks at me shocked

“No one answered? That is so strange…usually they would answer when it rings for the first time” he says before thinking for a moment

“Give me your phone” he says and I hand over my phone. He presses a few buttons in it before holding it up to his ear

“Hey Mino this is Seokjin Gunhee’s boss…no no no he isn’t in any trouble…well not here….oh yes, I was calling because I was wondering if you could pick up Gunhee from the shop?...Yes, he already tried calling all of his mates but none of them answered…I know that you are probably pissed off right now….yes I completely understand…listen I need you to come and pick Gunhee up from the coffee shop…yeah I understand that I just don’t trust him to walk home alone in his current state…no no no he’s not hurt physically as far as I know….i think that these are questions that you should ask when you come and pick him up..yeah…yeah…that is fine…okay see you then” he says before hanging up my phone and handing it back to me

“so, Mino is going to be here after his last class ends which is in around 30 minutes. My guess is that he is going to be taking you back to his pack’s house because he may or may not be pissed off at your mates right now” he says and I nod “you just stay back here until he gets here okay” he says and I nod again. I decide that since I will probably be waiting for a little while, that I should take a nap. I close my eyes and fall asleep on the couch.

I am awoken by a someone shaking my shoulders. I slowly open my eyes to see Mino standing over me. He smiles slightly at me when he notices that I am now up.
“hey Gun” he says to me smiling while using my childhood nickname

“hey Mino” I say smiling back I sit up and hiss at the discomfort I feel in my lower back. Mino notices and his expression immediately darkens.

“What’s wrong?” he asks helping me sit up and I shake my head

“Gunhee I know damn well that that isn’t nothing. Now either you tell me what happened or I will go to your pack’s house and beat the living out of every single one of your mates” He says venom leaking off his tongue when he mentions my mates. Mino has never been very accepting of the pack that I chose to become a part of. He always thought that they would treat me wrong.

“They didn’t have anything to do with it…can we go to your house now? I promise I will tell you there I don’t feel…comfortable talking about it here” I say and he nods before helping me stand. I pick up my stuff that I need and we head towards the exit. I turn towards where Seokjin and Jinyoung are and wave goodbye to them. They both smile at me and wave back

“Mino, if you don’t think that Gunhee is ready to come back to work just call me okay?” Seokjin asks and Mino nods

“of course, thank you so much for taking care of my cousin and being understanding” He says smiling to Seokjin

“It’s no problem whatsoever. Gunhee is such a sweet kid and a hard worker. I would never want to work when I am under so much emotional stress and I do not want to force my workers to do something that I myself would never do. Oh and Gunhee, don’t worry about your pay. You are still getting paid this week and however long it is till you feel like you are able to work again. Do not force yourself to come back early make sure you are properly rested, okay?” He asks and I nod my head before walking outside with Gunhee.

Throughout the whole car ride with Mino, I could feel his eyes on me from time to time. I just sit there and stare at the window, knowing that I will have to tell Mino the truth about what happened to me.

We finally arrive at his house. The minute we walk in, one of his mates Taehyun starts bombarding Mino with questions. He hasn’t noticed me yet because I am currently hidden behind Mino.

“Where did you go? You sounded so mad when you were on the phone! You were so pissed off when you left! Is everything okay? Di-“ He starts spouting off questions before he is interrupted by Mino

“Tae, I need you to calm down. I will fill you and the rest up on what happened later but right now, I need to talk to Gunhee alone. So we are going in my room right now okay?” he asks and Taehyun nods his head before going and helping Jinwoo make food. I follow Mino into his room and sit beside him on his bed. I don’t know what to say. How are you supposed to tell someone that you were ? What would Mino say when he finds out what my mates did? He already doesn’t like them…would he make us break our bond? Will he try to match me with a “better” pack? Will h-

“Gunhee” Mino says cutting off my thoughts “you have to tell me what happened to you. You claim that your mates didn’t hurt you but when I was talking on the phone earlier with Jin hyung he said that they never hurt you physically meaning that they hurt you some other way. Did they do something to hurt you? Did those ers play with your self-confidence again?” Mino asks seething. Before we officially mated, the others found out that I dealt with self-confidence issues. Whenever they would get upset or mad at me, they (mainly Hoseok) would say and do things that would break down my self-confidence even more. I eventually broke and told Mino and we went off on them. After that, he doesn’t trust them with me anymore.

“no, they don’t bring up anything to do with my self-confidence anymore” I say and he nods.

“Okay, then what happened? If you mates didn’t hurt you, then someone had to. Don’t think that I forgot about that pained look on your face when you tried to sit up at the café” He says and I sigh

“Mino…I…i….i…was….i was….i was….. ” I say tears falling from my eyes as the words fall from my lips

“What!” he yells grabbing me by my shoulder and turning me towards him “Who did it! Who the did this to you! Was it that Hoseok?” he asks releasing my shoulder and curling his hands into fists

“No! it wasn’t any of my mates!” I shout trying to hurry and clear any misunderstanding that he might have

“Then who the did this and why aren’t any of your mates stuck by your side? If I would have known that this happened to you, than you wouldn’t have even left the house let alone try to go and work! What the is wrong with them!” he yells clenching and unclenching his fists.

“I…I…I…don’t know who it was….it was dark and I…I..i was walking back from work….he was drunk and forced me into an alley and oh god it hurt so bad Mino….i didn’t want it….but he made me….and…and they said that I wanted it….i swear I didn’t…they called me a …they didn’t know what happened…I didn’t get a chance to tell them….they wouldn’t let me…” I said in between sobs

“Who didn’t know what happened Gunhee?” Mino asks and I try to answer but I am sobbing too much. Mino quickly pulls me onto his lap and runs a hand through my hair while rocking me back and forth. Something that has always been able to calm me down since I was little.

“m…yy…..m…mat…es” I manage in between sobs. I feel Mino stop rocking for a second while everything clicks into place.

“those ers” he whispers to himself and he resumes rocking me back and forth. We sit like that for around an hour when I start to feel too hot for my body.

Mino’s POV

“why is your hair so sweaty?” I whisper noticing how sticky my hand currently feels from running it thorough Gunhee’s hair

“hot” I hear him choke out and I move my hand from his hair to his forehead to feel it. I hiss at the amount of heat that is currently radiating off of him. Then it hits me that his heat has come early. More than likely from the amount of emotional trauma that he has gone through in just one day.

“” I mumble to myself realizing that the only ones capable of helping him at the moment are the s that he has as mates. Since mated omega’s heats can only be ended by their mates.

I pick up his phone and dial Hyunwoo’s number. It goes straight to voicemail. I try calling the rest of his mate’s number but the same thing happens. I look back and Gunhee and see him withering in pain on the bed.

“motherers” I shout before I pick up my own phone and call Minhyuk. He answers my call on the third ring

“Hello?” he asks

“listen here you , Gunhee is in heat not that any of you give a about him but you need to come over here and help him.

“listen the little has a whole bunch of alpha friends who would be more than willing to help him through his heat an-“ he starts but I cut him off

“no er you listen, you don’t know Gunhee no matter how much you and the rest of your useless pack think you do. Don’t you EVER call my cousin a again you ing prick. You don’t know what the he has had to deal with because his so called pack has never been there for him and probably never will. I swear to god if you and the rest of your useless pack don’t get your asses here within the next 30 minutes, I am going to make sure that the bond between you and my cousin is completely broken and that you will never EVER get the chance to even look at him ever again. I swear, you ers don’t know how lucky you are to have Gunhee in your pack. The way that you guys treat him, I am surprised that he is still with your ty pack….now get your asses here to help my cousin or I swear on everything I own. I will kill you all and make it look like a freak accident.” I say as I angrily hang up the phone and leave the room to go in the living room.

“Jinwoo hyung, I need you to take everyone out for a while…Gunhee went into heat and I also need to take to his pack. I don’t want everyone to hear our conversation because it is going to get heated” I say and he nods

“Gunhee is lucky to have a cousin like you in his life” He says to me smiling while he ruffles my hair and rounding the rest up so that they can leave. Once they are gone, I only have to wait around 10 minutes before there is a knock on the door...