23. Nolan

23

Nolan

I t was well past noon by the time Nolan felt better, his head cleared and his stomach settled. Ah, fuck, he shouldn’t have drunk so much last night, but of course, he hadn’t been able to help himself. He had wanted to stay because Lan wasn’t coming home with him. He’d feel lonely as fuck if Lan wasn’t with him, but there was no way he’d reveal that fact to anyone. Besides, he hadn’t had a good night drinking and just hanging out with Adam and Chase for a while, a good six months in fact, since Adam had left the Sullivan Mansion, and that had only urged him to enjoy the wine even more.

He sighed and was about to get up when he heard the door opening, followed by a soft voice asking, “Master Nolan, are you awake?”

Lan, huh? Coming to check on him. How cute.

“Yeah, I’m awake,” he said.

“Are you feeling better?”

“Yeah, I’m feeling better,” he replied.

The boy came into the room and sat on the side of the bed then. He asked, “You want to shower or something? You stink of alcohol.”

The brat. Blunt as always.

He sighed. “Yeah, I’ll shower.” He sat up and ruffled the boy’s hair. “What have you guys been up to while I was sleeping off my hangover?”

“Stuff,” Lan said.

“Stuff, eh?” he repeated as he got off the bed.

Lan asked, “Master Nolan? Do you know what an omega is?”

Nolan turned to look at him. “Why do you ask?”

“No reason,” the boy said. “I just heard that word and thought you might know.” He smiled, and it made Nolan’s heart skip. Lan continued. “You know a shitload of things, like a sage or something, so I thought…”

Trust that rascal to stroke his ego just so he could get what he wanted. Stroking his ego was good, but stroking his cock would be much more desirable, Nolan thought.

“Omegas,” he said as he headed over to the en suite. “They’re in old beastkin texts. They’re a being opposite to the alphas. They have a different kind of life essence.”

“Oh,” Lan said. “I see. So, they have life essence, too, huh?”

Retrieving a spare toothbrush and toothpaste provided by the ever so prepared Adam, Nolan started brushing his teeth, while listening to Lan humming a silly tune, which made him smile. When he was done, he headed over to the shower and turned it on. Testing the water as it sprinkled on his hand, he said, continuing with the omega subject, “They’re mere legend, Lan. They don’t exist, at least there’s no concrete evidence of it. ”

Lan stopped the humming and then said, “But what if they’re like alphas? Alphas are meant to be merely urban legend, but they do exist for real. I mean, you, Master Adam, and Dr. Chase, not to mention Luka Valentino and Sean Montgomery and their right- and left-hand men, are all alphas.”

Nolan took off his clothes as he said, “True, but like I said, I’ll put an approval stamp of it’s real on it when I see one.” Stark naked, he went into the shower.

In the bedroom, Lan made himself comfortable on the bed, lying on his stomach. He grabbed the pillow Nolan had slept on and hugged it, inhaling the scent—a mixture of Nolan and alcohol. He didn’t like the alcohol stink much, but Nolan’s smell always made him smile. He said, “I think it’s real.”

Busy washing himself, his hair and body full of bubbles and the shower cubicle now filled with the aroma of spring flowers, Nolan said, “Even if they are real, and that’s a big if, they’d be rare, even rarer than the alphas and they’d be hard to find.”

“True,” Lan said. He was quiet for a moment and then continued. “Do you think they look different?”

Rinsing himself, with the bubbles sliding down his body, Nolan said, “The texts didn’t say specifically with details.”

Lan tilted his head to one side. “In my opinion, since they’re beastkin, I think they’ll have beastkin appearances, and since you said they’re opposite of alphas, wouldn’t it be the case if they, I don’t know, have a total opposite look to the alphas? Alphas are always tall and strong and have that striking look, you know? They stand out like a mile away and ooze charm and charisma and all that stuff, the stuff the average beastkin, and more so human men, are super jealous of, so wouldn’t omega be like that, too, but in an opposite way? If you think about it, the alphas are like the yang energy, the light, the sun, the hard and strong, the masculine counterpart, the alpha , wouldn’t it be true if the omegas are like the yin energy, the dark, the night, the moon, the soft and gentle, the feminine counterpart, the omega ?”

Turning off the shower, Nolan frowned, deep in thought for a moment, and then he smiled, his eyes narrowing. He got out of the shower and walked into the bedroom, stark naked, water dripping from his ripped body.

Lan widened his eyes, his cheeks turning crimson. He hastily got up and muttered, his gaze drifting over the man’s hunky body, “Why the hell are you naked?”

Standing right in front of Lan and ruffling the boy’s hair, Nolan chuckled. “What are you embarrassed about? We’re both men.”

Lan glared. “That is not the point.”

Nolan wrapped his hand around the boy’s arm and nudged him up as he said, “Lan, let me see your cock.”

Lan widened his eyes and snapped, “What the fuck are you going on about?” as he pushed his hand against the man’s hard chest and struggled to free himself at the same time.

Nolan wouldn’t let the boy go as he said, chuckling, “Come on, let me see your cock.”

“What the heck is wrong with you, idiot Nolan!” Lan muttered in outraged. “You sexually frustrated or something? Then go masturbate or fuck one of the many girls you have wrapped around your little finger.”

“I don’t have any girls wrapped around my little finger,” Nolan said as he circled his other arm around the boy’s waist. Then he pulled Lan back until the boy was on his lap as he himself sat down on the bed.

“Nolan!” Lan demanded. “Nolan, you idiot! If you don’t let me go, I’m going to hit you.”

Nolan, bigger and much stronger, already had the boy pinned against him and was pulling the boy’s pants down from his waist. Lan was about to shriek when Nolan shut him up by planting a kiss on his lips.

Lan widened his eyes and froze, his heart racing. When Nolan deepened the kiss, their lips pressed intimately and Nolan’s tongue stroking along the line of his lips, Lan’s body squirmed. He became breathless and out of sorts when Nolan finally moved back, staring at him long and hard. Then the man drifted his gaze down, and when he saw the hairless, cute cock, he swallowed hard, and said, “Holy fuck!”

Lan finally gained his sense back, feeling Nolan’s eyes on his private part—his shameful hairless cock—and he saw red. He said, “Nolan, you fucking bastard!” as he smacked his fist into the man’s face.

Both embarrassed and pissed, his face hot and red and his eyes teary, the boy got up, pulled his pants back on, and stormed out the door.

Sitting there rubbing his cheek, which was burning hot, Nolan smiled. That was the first time Lan had hit him, and by fucking God, it hurt, but strangely enough, he wasn’t upset. Rather, he knew he deserved it, but of course, he couldn’t help himself. At least now he knew one thing for certain and that was omega did probably exist. No, not just probably, more like a high probability they do exist. After all, how many beastkin were out there with a certain kind of look and charm with hairless genitals. If looks were to be classified, the alphas would be in the Grade A category while the omega, S, special. If there was a yang, then there was always a yin. Balance.

He smirked. Special, eh? That meant he’d have to get back to the beastkin library and do more research. But first, he’d have to apologize to Lan, although the boy, with his bright eyes and cheeks burning crimson, being so pissed was so fucking cute and such a turn-on.

Ah, the fucking cute hairless cock. He had never seen anything so… enchanting.

What else was there? The ancient texts he had translated from Latin which he had yet to tell a soul about?

Omegas: A delicate being so alluringly beautiful one found it hard to describe. Body slender and refined, skin soft and smooth, body and genitals free of hair. Ah, there was also the mention of a special womb in a male and they go into heat once a bond has been connected.

Once a bond has been connected. What the heck was that? And a womb in a male? Was that even possible?

Nolan raked his fingers through his wet hair.

Research. He needed to do research ASAP because he just knew it’d drive him crazy if he couldn’t find the answer soon.

He got up and, still stark naked, left his room and walked into Adam’s room a couple of doors down. Luckily, his brother was there, and the moment Adam saw him, he nodded toward the walk-in closet. Nolan hurried in. There, he grabbed a towel and dried himself as he said, “So, I just pissed Lan off and received a smack to the face.”

“Serves you right,” Adam said, busy scrolling through the emails on his phone. “You finally crossed the line, huh?”

Browsing through Adam’s casual clothing section of the closet, Nolan said, chuckling, “Yes and no. I kissed him to shut him up, but that’s not the reason he smacked me.” He rubbed his cheek. “Still fucking sore, by the way.”

Adam chuckled. “I bet it is. I taught him self-defense, after all.” He lifted his head. “Speaking of which, I should teach Shiro self-defense, too. The boy is too vulnerable for my liking, especially since he’ll be walking around the backstreets and such, looking for Kuro.”

Pulling on a pair of brand-new boxer briefs, Nolan asked, “But you’re going to have a team searching for Kuro, too, right?”

Adam nodded. “Mm-hmm.”

“I see,” Nolan said, now grabbing a pair of jeans and pulling them on. The denim fit his long legs and hugged his firm butt perfectly, since he and Adam were the same size.

“What did you do that he rewarded you with a fist to that face of yours?” Adam asked, putting his phone down on the bedside table.

Popping his head out of a sweater, Nolan said, “I checked his cock.”

Adam raised a brow. “You what? ”

“Checked out his cock,” Nolan said. “I was curious.” He came to lean his broad shoulder against the walk-in closet’s doorframe and folded his arms across his chest. He asked, “Have you ever noticed Lan has that alluring, beautiful look about him?”

Adam snorted. “Nolan, are you still drunk?”

Nolan rolled his eyes. “Ugh! Of course not. I’m very sober, idiot brother. But seriously, you think so, too, right?”

Adam nodded. “Mm-hmm.”

Nolan said, “Shiro and Aka, too. They, I don’t know… They’re just attractive and enchanting in that goddess kind of way, but you can’t quite find the right word for it.”

“Yes,” Adam agreed.

“That’s what the texts said.”

Adam raised a brow. “The texts?”

Nolan nodded. “Yep. The ancient texts written in Latin, of all things, the ones I didn’t tell you about last night.” He shrugged. “Well, because I wasn’t sure and you know how I like to be doubly sure whatever it is is whatever it is.”

“Right,” Adam said. “And?”

“That is what the texts said about omegas,” Nolan said. “Delicate and alluringly beautiful. Skin soft and smooth and body and genitals free of hair.” He pointed his finger upward as he continued. “And the male has a womb and goes into heat once a bond has been connected.”

“That sounds like a lot of bull,” Adam said.

Nolan chuckled. “Yeah, I know, but Lan’s doesn’t have any body hair.” He walked toward his brother. “And I mean no fucking body hair, not even on his cock.”

Adam just stared at him.

Nolan continued. “No genital hair. Now, brother, I don’t know how natural selection of beastkin work, but don’t you agree for one to have no hair on the genitals and to have a womb in a male, isn’t that kind of an evolution so our kind won’t go into extinction? Seriously, I find a cock without hair fucking hot and a turn-on.”

Adam burst out laughing. When he managed to stop, he said, “Nolan, I have no words for you except to perhaps suggest getting your head checked. Chase would only be too willing to do a CAT or MRI scan for you.”

“Adam?” It was Shiro’s voice.

The brothers turned to see Shiro at the door, with Lan behind him.

Nolan said, “Hey, Lan.”

Lan gave him the cold shoulder by turning his face away, along with a loud, “Humph!”

Apparently, the boy was still pissed with him. Nolan wasn’t surprised. To rile Lan up, the man turned to Shiro and asked, “Shiro, can I see—”

“Nolan!” Lan growl. “You fucking idiot!” He pointed a finger and glared as he continued. “I will smack you in the face again if you even dare consider doing anything weird to Shiro.”

Nolan burst out laughing. He went over to the boy and wrapped his arm around him. “Come on, Lan, stop being angry. You can’t stay angry with your own boss.”

Lan harrumphed. “I can and I will. How dare you do such a thing. I was fucking embarrassed. ”

He ruffled the boy’s hair. “Okay, look, I’m sorry. I was still drunk and definitely didn’t mean to embarrass you, although there was nothing to be embarrassed about because it was just the two of us and your cock was fucking cute.”

Lan turned to glare at him again. “Are you still drunk now?”

Nolan nodded. “Yep. Very drunk.”

“Fine, then I’ll forgive you,” Lan said. “But from now on, heavy drinking for you is banded. You do stupid things when you’re drunk.” With that, he turned on his heel and left.

Nolan ran his fingers through his hair as he chuckled. “That little wolf.” And he, too, walked out the door.

Now just the two of them, Adam turned to Shiro and said, “Did you want something, Shiro?”

“Oh, I just wanted to tell you Chase is here,” Shiro said. “He’s with Aka.”

“Right,” Adam said, chuckling. It looked like neither Nolan nor Chase wanted to be away from the one they liked, huh? He ruffled Shiro’s hair and thought that it applied to him, too.