บท 4: Ch 4: Best friends
"Rika, wait! Don't leave! We have a lot to talk about. Hey, Rika-!"
"Suzie, wait! Don't run around. Your body has not recovered yet-! Rika, you wait as well!" The urgency in her voice was palpable, a clear indication of the seriousness of the situation.
Rika could hear the sound of hurried footsteps coming after her. It was clear that Suzie decided to go after her because Rika left their conversation in the middle.
On the other hand, Mark was only acting up because Suzie was acting up. Rika thought he would have gone after Rika if Suzie had acted.
She was almost out of the front gate when Suzie reached the door and opened it.
"Hey! Stop being such a troublesome person, Rika! Just because you cannot grasp how serious a situation is does not mean-"
Rika glared back, and Mark quickly touched Suzie's mouth.
Even he had realised that Suzie was crossing the line.
Their family had tried to explain to Suzie what being a beta was like, but she did not understand the concept and did not want to understand it.
Suzie had bloomed into her secondary gender without that awkward phase in the middle of being a pseudo-beta. That was why she often said these words.
"I'll handle her, Rika. But are you sure you want to go to school alone? I can drop you off if you wait a bit."
Mark promised, but he looked a little guilty now.
Rika covered her neck with a high-neck jumper to hide what happened. But Mark must have remembered what he did to her neck.
"It's okay! I do not need your help. Just get Suzie to school on time. I heard that she has a final today."
Rika reminded her brother before she left for the last day of the school.
'Knowing Suzie, she would bomb her finals for sure. But the school board would pass her anyway because of our parents and her condition. On the other hand, I had to work my ass off to make it through as the top student.'
Suzie sighed as she walked toward the school.
She felt bitter about all her time studying to get good grades. She had hoped that it would make her parents feel proud of her.
But it was too late when Rika realised her parents did not care about her. Her identity as a top student had been recognised, and people expected things from her.
Turning herself into a misbehaving student from this position forward was a burdensome task for Rika.
Finally, Rika reached her school and went to her class.
She had walked to school, and it had consumed all the extra time Rika had before her class.
People looked at her but did not pay her any special attention. It directly contrasted how her brother and sister were treated when they went anywhere.
"Rika, come here. I saved you a seat beside me. Will you sit with me today?"
Rika looked toward where her only friends sat. She could swear that the air around her friends shone brightly when she approached them.
"How was your weekend, Rika? Did you get your acceptance letter? I have so many choices that I can't choose."
The bubbly Alpha is sitting in front of Rika as one of her best friends, Emily. She was a gorgeous Alpha with silver hair and green eyes.
She was bright, strong, and capable of standing up against anyone else.
That was how Rika knew her - their families shared a history.
"I did get my letter of acceptance. What about you, Damian? Did you get your choices as well?"
Rika turned toward the other half of the pair in front of her.
Unlike Rika, Damian was an alpha who looked his part. He was strong-looking, handsome, and scary.
And yet, he looked like a spoilt cat at the moment.
"I don't want to look at that list anymore. When he heard I had gotten it, my old man asked me where I wanted to apply. I want some peace."
Damian looked tired, making Rika wonder if the reason behind his being tried was not his father but his nightly activities.
Like Rika and Emily, Damian belonged to a mafia family. But Rika had heard that he was active behind the scenes and violent.
Despite knowing this, she did not feel scared of him.
"Enough about Damian, Rika. I want to know where you are going. After this, we both need to go to the same university. That's what we promised, right?"
Rika's face broke into a smile at Emily's cheerful and dominating voice.
Despite being female, Emily had moments of dominance where she was more dominant than anyone else. It was a wonder that both she and Damian had been able to keep their relationship going for as long as they did.
'Maybe this is why they break up every other week, and I have to patch them up. Would they get a shared omega or break apart later?'
Rika shook her head, expressing that disturbing thought. She should not be thinking negative thoughts about her friends.
*snap*
"Hey, are you fine? Where did your mind disappear toward, Rika? I was still talking to you."
Emily asked in a pouty tone. It made the young alpha look cute in Rika's eyes.
"I was just thinking about my fight with my siblings last night. It was nothing major, so you have to worry about it. I did not even get hurt much."
Rika bragged about it to her friends but did not notice how the pair tensed and exchanged a worried glance.
"Come with us for a minute. Don't worry! We want to talk to you alone."
Rika suddenly felt that she was in trouble, but she pushed her feelings down and followed her friends out.
After all, she was a beta, so she doubted something would happen to her. Most people were not interested in her anyway.
She did not even think of it much when Emily pushed her toward the wall and reached toward her jumper's neckline.
บท 5: Ch 5: Alienation in familiarity
Emily reached out to grab Rika's collar and pull it down.
Rika was certain the alpha girl had noticed her unease. The most telling sign was Damian's sudden transformation from his usual bored expression to one of fierce protectiveness.
"Hey, I am fine! I told you I got into a little fight with my brother yesterday. He hit my neck a little harder than usual, and now it is all stiff. I would appreciate it if you don't touch it."
Rika cursed her voice for coming out half-hoarse.
Technically, she was not lying about what happened last night. What she did not tell Emily was just how hard she had been hit.
"Your brother hurt you? Let me see how bad it is. Emily, move to the side."
Damian's concerned expression made Rika flustered.
It was rare for Damian to show an expression other than laziness or annoyance, and it was even rarer for him to show concern for anyone.
Rika could count the number of times she had seen Damian concerned about someone, even counting the number of times he had been worried about his lover, Emily.
Despite all this concern and her heart leaping into her throat at the looks of concern, Rike maintained her rationality.
She couldn't stop both Emily and Damian's hands from pulling her collar down, but Rika was fast enough to snatch it back up before either of them saw her neck.
"Come on! I told you that you are overreacting here. I am fine! Let's head back to class now. This is our last day, so we should not miss it."
Rika was smaller and thinner than the two people in front of her, so it was easy for her to sneak past them and head to the class.
Neither alpha stopped her, but they exchanged glances over her head.
'This couple! Seriously! Do they always have to show how close they are to each other? I feel like such a third wheel when I am with them.'
Rika sighed but knew better than to voice her complaints out loud at this point.
She had helped both sides resolve their issues more than she could count and wanted her investment to be well-spent.
Rika entered the class first and quietly sat down at her table. No one noticed her entering the room.
Her lack of presence was something that Rika had suffered ever since she was a kid.
Despite being part of a flashy family and having the most striking friends, she was somehow the forgotten one no one cared about.
"Emily, Damian, are you both back? Did you both leave to have a little 'fun' while still in high school? How sneaky of you."
Rika blinked and looked up at the bold question that had just been asked.
She was unsurprised that no one noticed her when Emily dragged her out, but she was surprised that someone dared ask Emily such a personal question.
Damian entered seconds after Emily entered the room. He draped his arms around Emily's middle and pulled her closer.
It was a warning for everyone else to butt out of their business.
If there was one thing everyone wanted to avoid, it was angering Damian. Everyone in their class was either an alpha or an omega, so they were affected by a sudden shift in Damian's pheromones.
Emily had once told Rika that Damian was highly dominant, even for an alpha, and his pheromones smelled scary.
That was before her friends had started dating for real, so Emily had no idea how much of it had changed for Emily.
"Hey, man! Sorry! We understand. We will not tease your girlfriend anymore. Just get your pheromones under check, alright? We cannot take it anymore."
Rika watched her classmates turn their heads away from Damian's direction, and he looked pleased.
Emily did not look pleased, so she shrugged Damian's arms around her body.
"Alright, this is enough, Damian. I am sure everyone understood your point. Now, calm down, and let's hurry back to our seats."
Emily dragged Damian over to Rika's table and sat down.
Damian's mood looked better, but it was likely not any better than before. Everyone else took a subtle step back when the alpha pair approached Rika.
"So, did you have 'fun'?"
Rika teased Emily as soon as her friend sat down.
Her teasing caused Emily to make an annoyed and offended face.
In hindsight, it was not the best move Rika could have made, and she realised it as soon as everyone gave her an offended and angry glare.
'Ah, shit! Did I miss a social cue? Was I not supposed to tease my friends?'
Rika felt worried for a second because of all the looks she was getting. Most of them were subtle, but they all looked at her the same way, which told her she was foolish.
Thankfully, Emily did not make
"Don't you dare start as well, Rika! Don't give Damian ideas, either. God knows we don't need him to be any more active than he already is. No, don't glare at me. We both are animals in bed, but you are in a league of your own."
Rika was thankful when Emily did not get angry with her. But now, even she was beginning to feel uncomfortable.
This conversation had taken a turn in a direction where Rika had no right to butt in.
Emily gave too many details about her personal life, making Rika squirm.
Rika looked at Damian; the male alpha was not even paying attention to his lover. It rewarded him with a lovely bruise on his arm by his said lover, and he retaliated.
After that, a small fight broke out and only settled once the teacher entered the class.
Once again, Rika felt forgotten when her friends entered their world. But this time, Rika was thankful for this distraction.
She did not have to answer Emily's question about her future. Now, Rika only needed to keep this up for a month and would be free.
As much as Rika loved her friends, she knew she did not belong in their world.
It hurt, but it was a truth she accepted.
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