House of Alphas Chapter 81: Confusion (Patreon)

You sat upon the bed trying to understand what had just happened. 

A man you had never before seen, in and out of the game, just spoke to you as if he were familiar to… not you…but Raven.

You had thought most of the prime omegas' life was within the omega home, so there shouldn’t be anyone who knows any of them on a more personal level. As soon as a pup shows signs of being a prime omega they are sent to Mei Mei to be raised. Most of a prime omega’s life is within that home. And they are pretty much stripped of what little they had from before. Not even their scents could be linked to another pack. 

It was a process that you couldn’t even bear to understand. How could anyone send their child away just like that? Sadly, a prime omega always poses lots of threats so the parents are usually thrilled to get rid of the pup. As rare as prime omegas are, it’s almost like a curse to the pack.

Dove doesn’t even speak about her family or anything besides the people that are within the omega house. 

That’s just the (unfortunate) prime omega life…

So how would this person have known Raven before she even left the house? You didn’t know that man. You have never met him, so it had to be before you had come to be.

You replayed what had happened in your head. Trying to pick out clues. 

Everything about that interaction was strange…

You remembered the way he looked at you…

How his eyes brightened…

He looked so happy to see you and sounded upset when he thought of the alphas hurting you. He almost gave off that same energy as your alphas when they thought someone had hurt you. It wasn’t a stretch to say that this man cared about…Raven… and what about this…link?

You said you would call him- which was a bit of a slip-up on your part- but he seemed pleased with that answer… so link and call… were the same thing… it was just like the phone thing you had before.

You never even got to experience this ‘link’ or whatever it was. Well… you don’t rememberit.

But by the sounds of it, it probably had something to do with communicating telepathically. A link between minds perhaps?

You looked at your hand, but you couldn’t see it…the mark you knew was there. It had to be. When the mysterious man touched your hand you felt that warm sensation… just like when Mahito did it. So then… it was Mahito you linked with… it had to be…

What the fuck… 

You shivered at the thought of what could have happened when your mind linked with Mahitos.

Could that man be working with Mahito? The only other people who knew about this ‘link’ were G.Ma and the little girl who created it. So that put the Beta into two categories…a witch or…a villain.

You mapped out your theories.

Theory one…

If he were a villain then why hadn’t you ever seen him? 

Perhaps he went under the radar…a character that was never introduced. However, someone who was familiar to Raven…you felt you would have seen him. 

Unless… he dies…

Theory two…

If he were a witch you could only assume he perished somewhere along the way… he didn’t die in the witches’ massacre, you didn’t see him there. Maybe the misery of losing all his loved ones took him to a dark place…

But then that circled back to you- or more importantly Raven- what does this man have to do with Raven?

Witch or villain, this person knows of Raven.

But how…?

You released a low growl, all of this was so confusing!

This mysterious character has created such a ripple in your busy mind. 

You already had so much on your plate but now this was just another thing to add.

You needed to know his importance.

You just may need to talk to him… to link with him. But your alphas won’t be thrilled about that idea especially after what happened last time.

Maybe… you shouldn’t tell them…

Perhaps you could slip into the bathroom and link with the man to get more information…

The thought of lying to your alphas had you feeling sick. You already hated the idea of keeping the true villain away from them. But that was for the greater good… the only question was… what about this? 

You heard a beep as the symbol upon the door lit up. 

“Careful now.” Toji speaks as he drags in a limping Nanami. Two bottles of grata in his one hand as the other held the blonde up.

Getou was right behind them with a mask, gloves, and a spray bottle.

You gasped when you saw your blonde alpha, rising swiftly, “What happened to him?” 

“Bathroom…” Nanami murmured.

“Don’t go in there yet, I have to disinfect!” Getou pushed past as he quickly went to clean the blood up…and quite possibly the entire bathroom honestly.

“Toji?” You question again, cupping Nanami’s pale face. His skin was damp with sweat.

“He’s fine sweetheart…” Toji spoke as he set the two bottles on the table. He then guided the blonde to the bathroom. 

You followed closely behind, Getou busy scrubbing the floor like a parent hyper-fixated on a dirty spot. 

“Oi~ What did I say?” Your clean freak alpha grumbled

“He had to-“ Toji began but Nanami was already throwing himself toward the toilet so he could throw up.

Getou’s eyes flashed with disgust as you gasped in shock.

“-yeah throw up.” Toji released a light chuckle.

“Why are you laughing? He’s not fine!” Already you were on the floor patting Nanami’s back as the poor alpha moaned. “Was he poisoned, did you drink too much, what happened?!” You were looking back and forth between your alphas begging for an answer. “Why did you let him drink two more bottles?”

“He didn’t open those bottles he just…” Toji leaned against the frame of the door with his foot propped up, “Has a little money sickness is all.” He finished with a shrug.

“Or the money blues.” Getou chuckled as he continued to clean, “This happens when he spends too much money. A rare disease that only Nanami Kento gets. The cure is actually more alcohol so maybe you should get him some.”

Toji nodded going to grab the alcohol as he called, “I gotcha medicine buddy!”

“Oh~” You understood now as the blonde released a pitiful groan. 

“I don’t even want to think about it…” He murmured.

You gave him a pained smile as you leaned your head upon his shoulder, “Thank you for doing what you did Nanami… It was really cool how you took charge like that….” 

That seemed to make the blonde feel a bit better, “It was the only idea I could come up with during that time. I hope you don’t think I regret my decision because I would do it again if I had to.”

“I know. It was really hot~.” You winked kissing him on his blushing cheek. “Perhaps another kink you’ve uprooted.“

“I will have to remember that.” Nanami chuckled as he sat back and leaned against the wall.

“Let me get you some water.” You giggle flirtatiously.

Stepping over your cleaning alpha you made it into the main room where Toji was standing with his hands upon his hips. His nose was twitching as he sniffed around with furrowed brows.

Oh, shit-

“Hey…” He began, “…It’s like that smell is still in here, I could have sworn we already scented it...”

“Yeah…” You nod making your way to the complimentary stone water bottles that sat on the table.

“Yeah?” Toji questioned. “…Is there something you want to tell me?”

“Um…I was…gonna talk to you about that actually…” You speak softly while pouring Nanami a cup of water. You then turned slowly while cradling the stone cup to your chest. 

Toji was giving you a hard stare.

“Toji-“

“Did someone else come in here?”

“I…I wanted to talk to you guys about it…when everyone gets here-“

Toji had crossed the room within seconds, his hands upon your shoulders, the sudden action made you drop the cup you had, but you couldn’t even give it a second thought as Toji was speaking frantically.

“Did they hurt you?” His eyes scanned your body swiftly.

“No! No, he didn’t-“

“I knew I shouldn’t have left-“ Toji’s nose wrinkled, “His scent is own you- did he touch you?!”

“N-“You paused for a second realizing that he did hug you-which wasn’t a big deal- but that millisecond of a pause was enough for Toji to see red. “NOT LIKE THAT TOJI-“

The alpha’s chest puffed as he marched toward the door. He was so pissed he couldn’t even talk, he was just an alpha on a mission.

“TOJI STOP!” You ran to pull at his arm, but your efforts were futile. He was just moving with you dragging along. “TOJI DAMMIT-“ With a little grunt, you slipped under his arm just in time to block the door, his hand on the handle.

“Aye, what’s going on?” Getou called from the bathroom door, Nanami was also coming out to see what the commotion was about.

“Toji?” Your blonde called to the man, “What is the meaning of this?”

But Toji was focused on one thing and one thing only. “Baby girl he touched you- he touched what was mine. Get out of the way.”

“Toji wait it wasn’t like that he just hugged me!”

Toji’s frown deepened as he growled, “That doesn’t make that any better- what gave him the right to believe he could even touch you? Why was he touching you?”

“I know-but wait just-WAIT PLEASE-“You shout just as Toji goes to pull you out of the way. He paused again as you continued. “Ok-ok” You were breathing rapidly trying to think of a better way to diffuse this situation. “I know it sounds bad but the person was-“

“Wait…did someone touch you?” Getou questioned, now feeling the anger that Toji felt.

Nanami looked confused, but he did not seem as pissed as the other two, “Was it the omega Uraume?” He spoke steadily trying to understand the situation before he went balls to the wall (you hope he doesn’t).

“No something crazy is going on and I need you guys to listen.” You pat Toji’s chest gently, “Can we just sit down? Please.”

Toji contemplated your statement for a second and then released the knob.

Thank Tengen-

*BEEP* 

The door beeped and then it opened. 

Looking over your shoulder your stomach dropped- oh fuck it’s the gremlin-

Sukuna raised a brow, looking at your angry alpha and then at you. “What the fuck is going on here?”

-and the instigator 

“Oi~ what did we miss?” Gojo questioned, then he pointed at Toji, “And why do you look like you are bout to tear someone apart?”

“I am.” Toji declared.

“He’s not-hehe not.” You giggle nervously and then clear your throat so you can speak sternly. “…Now if everyone would just come inside and relax and sit down I have to tell you something very very important okay?”

Sukuna looked at Toji but you waved your hand in front of their eye contact, “No-no-no! Inside Now! Princesse’s orders!” You turned to point at Toji for that last part as he took a deep breath. 

“Come here so I can get that stench off you at least.”

“Yes sir-“ 

“What stench-“ Sukuna started with his eyes narrowing.

“In! GET IN!”

Gojo began to giggle as he whispered to Sukuna, “She’s so cute when she stomps her foot like a little BunBun.”

You quickly slammed the door shut with two hands feeling shy by Gojo’s words and all around overwhelmed by all the sudden commotion.

Did you really stomp your foot? You didn’t even notice.

You shake your head from the silly idea as you turn around to see Toji waiting for you.

“Must you scent me now or-“

“Now.”

“Okay okay.” You were surprised how grumpy this was making your alpha. Considering you’ve been around plenty of omegas and betas you couldn’t understand why this beta’s scent in particular was making him upset. Perhaps it’s because of how strong it is.

As your alphas got settled Toji sat upon the bed and pulled you into his lap. He licked at your neck making you squeak and flinch. A muscular arm squeezed around your stomach, and your alpha gave you a warning snap of his teeth.

Your eyes fluttered in surprise as you went still, allowing Toji to continue covering your scent with his tongue. 

You weren’t the only one surprised by his behavior.

Sukuna looked ready to pop now, “Was there a fucking alpha in here or something?”

“No! It was a beta.” You say swiftly.

“Yet his scent clings on you.” Toji grumbled in annoyance.

“What fucking beta?” Sukuna continued his interrogation. “I thought I told you to let no-“

You cut the alpha off, “He knows Raven! The beta knows Raven, not me.” You say to your pack as they look rather confused. “No, I didn’t let him in, he was the one staying here before us. I suppose someone didn’t take his key bracelet away, but he spoke to me…well Raven and I don’t…I think he knew her before the omega house maybe?”

Getou cocked his head to the side, “How is that possible?” 

“Is that possible?” You ask your blonde. 

“Perhaps Raven was a late bloomer…?” Nanami shrugged.

“Then…What was he to her?” Gojo questioned. “Like were they….” 

That question seemed to make all your alphas narrow their eyes in slight jealousy. 

Oh boy-.

You wave your hands while talking swiftly, “I don’t know! I never saw him in the game, even when the villains reveal themselves! And-and He wasn’t a part of… like any side. I think he dies?…fuck maybe he dies tonight I don’t know! And come on guys he’s a beta. If anything maybe he was just a really close friend.”

Sukuna clicked his tongue, “So this guy comes in here and what?”

You felt Toji lighten up his grip on you as you repositioned within his lap. His scenting process was done but it seemed he still wanted to keep you close to him- which you weren’t going to complain about.

“Yeah…you see…” You began but you decided to…change a few things here and there in the story. Just a few tweaks that you are sure would have set your alphas off. “He wanted to make sure I was okay…” Saying he asked if your alphas were hurting you would surely piss them off. Hey, it was like the same thing, you weren’t lying here. “The beta just seemed to care about my well-being.”

Sukuna scoffed, “You think he’s a good guy or something? Anyone who is in this shit hole is up to no good.”

You blinked as your mouth fell open, “Sukuna-“

“Don’t Sukuna me-“

“No, wait I don’t think he’s bad! I was thinking of how he may be a witch perhaps… maybe that’s why he’s here! What if he’s here with Yuta!”

“What made you believe he was a witch?” Getou still looked rather confused, nothing was adding up. 

You close your hand tight before bringing it in front of you. “Uh…” you then opened it, “…He gave me the mark to call him.”

“…”

As you looked around cautiously you were afraid that you may have made a mistake by telling them… within the next second they exploded.

“Are you kidding?” 

“Absolutely not.”

“Toji did you catch that scent, I’m ready to find him now.”

“One step ahead of you.”

“Guys!” You stood up and put your hands out like you were trying to settle a pack of wolves. “I didn’t want to tell you guys because I didn’t want you to act like this but please- I want to be open about these things without you guys going crazy!”

“Fine.” Gojo began, “I don’t think we should go out there and drag him by his balls but I don’t think you should call him either.”

“Gojo but-“

“No buts.” Toji spoke with a clipped tone. 

“I think it’s a fair trade.” Nanami nodded. “Last time we thought this whole thing would be fine and then… it wasn’t.”

Sukuna agreed, “The reason we are here in the fucking first place was because you were attacked the last time you cast that shit.”

You took a deep breath as you looked at your alphas who all seemed to come to the same agreement. You went silent as you turned your gaze away from them. Why couldn’t they see how important this was? You know that they were scared but they just didn’t have the whole picture. 

They just had to trust you!

When you turned to look at your alphas your tongue went heavy.

Gojo was standing before you with a stern gaze, “Promise us you won’t.”

Sukuna also hovered over, “Yeah we all know how stubborn you can be. Don’t make me give you a real punishment.”

“I’ll do it too if that’s what it takes to protect you.” Toji added. 

“Well let’s not be too hasty. Perhaps you can activate it later but not until we learn more about it.” Getou suggested.

“Yes.” Nanami liked that plan. “With the help of Yuta we can have a better understanding of the spell and what happened the last time.”

You could barely look at any of them as they gave you the most serious expressions you had ever received. 

Fucking dammit.

“Ok.” You concede. “I won’t call him. Until I know more about it…I promise.”

“…”

There was a long drawn-out silence that stretched. The room unbelievably tensed. 

“We should rest.” Nanami finally spoke. “If that beta is with Yuta then perhaps we can get more answers from him.”

“Yeah, hopefully, he doesn’t die by then,” you speak with some attitude as you walk to the bathroom.

“Aye! You better not be going in there to talk to that fucking beta!” Sukuna shouted.

“I'M NOT!” You yelled slamming the door behind you. You sat on the toilet with a little huff, slapping your hands upon your face. 

Maybe you shouldn’t have told them. Maybe you should have kept it a secret. But that just wasn’t the type of thing you wanted to do. You didn’t want to lie. But when was a lie for the good of your pack? Was this one of those times? You could have easily kept some things a secret, like the link the beta gave you. Could have tiptoed around things and then call the beta later but no. 

You just had to tell your pack.

Well…

They just wanted to protect you.

And that you knew…

You knew it but… this was just so frustrating you wanted to cry. 

Perhaps when you meet Yuta you could get him to tell your pack that the beta was no one to fear.

Yeah…

~

You finished up in the bathroom and then opened the door. The room was dark and your alphas were in the large bed. Truly you didn’t realize how long you were in the bathroom, but it seemed it was long enough. 

Carefully you climb into the bed, slipping in on the far right side. You only did that because you didn’t want to disturb your boys. 

Lying down next to Getou you sighed, getting comfortable. 

“Hey…” Getou spoke softly within the darkness. 

“Hey…” You whisper as he wraps his arm around you. 

His hand slid down your arm and then his thumb was rubbing the center of your palm where your mark is. 

“You aren’t too mad at us are you…?”

“…No… well at first I was but I understand… but maybe I am a little…I’m not… I’m just upset about the situation. I just never know if I’m doing the right thing and it’s scary…so I feel like this is one of those things that can help. I don’t think he will hurt me.”

“No… he won’t hurt Raven. We don’t know what he will do to Y/n.”

You went quiet as you once again realized how right they were. You didn’t know this guy and if he found out you weren’t Raven what would he do? Sure he could be part of the witch group but not all of them were… well sound of mind.

“Yeah… I get it…” you whispered.

“So it’s there? For sure?”

“Mhm… I’m pretty sure.”

“Did you check?”

“I can’t. I don’t have mana.”

“Yeah- shit, you’re right I forgot.”

“I just know it’s there though. I felt this weird sensation when he touched my hand.”

Someone shifted within the bed and then Gojo threw his arm over you and Getou, “Hey guys-“

“Gojo what are you doing?” Getou questioned being squished in this weird awkward sandwich.

“Wait listen~ I just thought of something!” Gojo shouted way above a whisper.

“Satoru you’re being too loud.” Nanami called from the other side.

“Oh fuck off don’t act like any of you are sleep-but wait! Listen! I just thought of something damn it! How did that beta put that thing on you when he shouldn’t have had mana?”

“…”

“Oh, yeah how did he do that?” You were now curious.

“Truly I don’t know…” Nanami seemed just as flabbergasted.

“That just means that he’s even more dangerous.” Sukuna stated. 

“What if I told him I know G.Ma?” You tried one more time.

“No.” They all spoke in unison.

“Okay- just asking…” Well, it was worth a shot.

“Rest now, and stop thinking about that beta.” Toji grumbled.

You didn’t mean to upset Toji. And for some reason when you upset him, it was way worse because he never gets upset with you. So you say, “Okay, goodnight my alphas.” And then you close your eyes doing your best to not think about the beta.

“Goodnight.”

Your alphas called back.

Silence blanketed the room.

As you drift within your mind, you couldn’t help but hope that when you find Yuta he’d be able to ease their worries. Perhaps the mysterious beta could be another strong ally. 

Or maybe your alphas were right and he was just another enemy…

…

“Gojo can you let me go now?” Getou growled.

“But-she’s so far away~ switch with me.”

“No-“

“I’ll just get in the middle.” You sigh before your alphas could get into an argument. You shift to get in between them. Once they were settled the two finally went to sleep, and so did you.

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Chef Note:

Will we find Yuta next chapter?

Does Choso = villain 🦹 or 🧙 witch

Do our alphas have a right to deny the link/call 🧐?

How did Choso use magic 🪄

Why can’t I stop doing the Jennie dance? 

Find out in the next meal ^=^~