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✮Lee Minho is a beta. And so far, he has spent his entire twenty-four years of life being told what betas can and cannot do; What they are meant for and what they aren't.Betas are worker bees, place holders in the pack, the foundation of society. Betas teach, organise, and manage. They make sure the pack runs smoothly and fill the spaces they need to.Betas aren't leaders, betas aren't nurturers, and betas don't have dreams and aspirations or wishes. Betas don't mate. Betas don't breed. Betas don't love.They are born, they work, serve a pack and then they die.As Minho was a designated beta from birth, and his parents never let him forget it, he’s been hearing that shit for as long as he can remember.For a while, Minho had fought back. He rebelled in his teen years; pursued his dream of dancing, joined a pack, and was even intended to an omega.He was so in love with her.And she… left him the moment an alpha came along.Because, sure, he had a pseudo rut, and a knot but he wasn't a real alpha . Just like he could have a heat, leak slick and take a knot but he wasn't a real omega. He was a beta. No one mates with betas.And that was true for MinhoUntil he met the Bang Pack. Until he met Chan. ✮Minho’s involvement with the Bang Pack all started with Kim Seungmin.If he had taken better notice of the 'Bang-Kim' on his name tag he would have realised much sooner that of course the younger beta was part of a pack.Kim Seungmin worked in the cubicle next to Minho’s and the two became fast friends with their eerily similar eccentricities and sense of humour. Their banter and playful little jabs at each other flowed easily, and it didn’t take too long for Minho to realise he quite liked Seungmin, and would even be interested in courting him. Which was fine, because Kim Seungmin was also a beta.Unfortunately, Minho soon found out, at a company basketball game designed to uplift team spirit that Minho’s supervisor all but forced him to go to, that Seungmin was quite taken. Seungmin apparently has an affinity for sports, because when Minho arrived at the company gym (only a fashionable half hour late) the younger beta was already on the court, decked out in what Minho could only assume was Seungmin’s college team jersey. The luridly coloured red and yellow uniform was a far cry from the soft neutral colours Seungmin normally dons in the office. As a matter of fact, that was the first time Minho has seen Seungmin in anything but a turtleneck sweater, and therefore also the first time Minho had seen the litany of claiming bites along his neck and upper arms. Minho couldn’t have counted them from the sidelines, but there were enough to imply that Seungmin was very much in a pack. And when the younger beta had wiped sweat from the side of his neck, it drew Minho’s attention to what was obviously a mating claim as well. It was safe to say that Kim Seungmin was off the market. It was such a shame. Minho rarely found other people that weren’t put off by his strange way of thinking and communicating, much less people that indulged him the way Seungmin had.Minho would have spent the entire rest of the event sulking over the lost opportunity that he never really had, if it weren't for the unfamiliar coworker that approached him. “Hey!” The freckled alpha said timidly as he approached, “Sorry if this is like, really weird- but is there any chance that you dance?”Minho quirked an eyebrow, it was a very weird if not surprising question but he was caught so off guard by the accuracy that he was inclined to hear the explanation. “How can you tell?”The blonde little alpha lit up, “I knew it! I just had a gut feeling like- I could see it- it's just like-” he paused, “It's just your vibe!” Minho had only blinked at the very random use of heavily accented English. He must have realised that he was not understood, because the alpha, Bang-Lee Felix from marketing as his nametag read, continued to explain, “It’s like your atmosphere! You just have the air of the dancer! How you carry yourself just made me think, ‘ah, he must be a dancer.’ You have the build for it too!”Minho nodded, humming, “I suppose that makes sense.”Felix grinned, “Where do you dance now?”Minho shook his head, “Nowhere.” and something about the blonde little alpha’s sunny disposition had Minho feeling comfortable enough to share more, “I was a part of a troupe,” he didn't say pack, because Felix didn't need to know that part, “And then I went pro for a while, went on a few tours with some bigger artists in my teen years. But then when I wanted… a less mobile job, I applied to be an instructor. But most of the agencies were worried I wouldn't be able to sufficiently instruct the classes…” ‘Why would a class of dancers listen to you when you aren't an alpha?’ “So I ended up here after my troupe eventually disbanded.” after his pack didn't need him anymore, “Everyone is doing something else now, some of them are trainers, one of them became an idol, but I haven’t had the time to dance since I started here last year. I don't really know of any studios in the area..”Felix’s expression, which had fallen slightly while listening to Minho's little story, lit up all over again at the last part, “Well you're in luck! The company gym recently opened a new indoor studio room. My packmate and I are the only ones to use it so far and we've been trying to put together a little dance group to meet up once or twice during the week. Would you be interested?”Before Minho could answer, he was interrupted, “Interested in what?”Felix’s smile had brightened impossibly at the voice “Oh! Hi Minnie! Is your match finished already? I'm sorry I missed the end of it, I got distracted talking to…” Felix paused, wide eyed and bashful as he realised he had never asked Minho for his name “Minho hyung?”Ah. Bang-Kim, Bang-Lee This was one of Seungmin’s packmates. And, based on the way their scents were intertwined, he was also Seungmin’s mate. “Hi Seungmin.” Minho greeted simply “Oh, you two know each other?” Felix asks, surprisedMinho hummed, his smile gentle, “Seungmin is my cubicle neighbour.”“Oh! You're the work-hyung he spends his lunches with! Well, I was just asking Minho if he would be interested in coming to dance practice with Hyunjin and I.”Seungmin turned to him, “I didn't know you danced hyung.”Minho shrugged, “I haven't in a long while, but I suppose it would be nice to pick it up again as a hobby.”“Great!”Seungmin nodded, “Well, I can send you Felix’s contact and you guys can figure it out.”And they did. Felix introduced him to his packmate Hyunjin; an omega and kindergarten teacher who actually leads the ballet class at his primary school. The trio had agreed to meet on Mondays and Fridays after work. It took a little while for them to warm up to each other, but Minho found Hyunjin’s flare for the dramatics very entertaining and that made him a perfect target for Minho’s special brand of teasing. It didn't take too long for the three of them to become a little tight knit group. Slowly but surely, over the next couple of weeks Minho had met the rest of the Bang pack. First, he happened upon Changbin at the company gym. They hit it off pretty well and took turns spotting each other. Minho only realised the omega was from the Bang pack when Seungmin and Felix came to collect Changbin so the three of them could go home together. Then, he met Jisung, Hyunjin’s mate, when the alpha dropped Hyunjin off at one of their dance sessions. His packmates had managed to drag the alpha into it, citing Jisung’s dance experience from when he was an idol trainee before he decided he preferred the producing and songwriting aspect of music. Minho came to consider Jisung a kindred spirit, the alpha just made Minho feel very seen and understood. It was nice.He went on to bump into Jeongin at the supermarket, when the alpha recognised him from a photo that Minho didn't even know Felix had uploaded to his Instagram story weeks prior. They had decided to shop together as Minho was already considered a friend of the pack at that and they also became quick friends. The younger alpha was just as quick witted and sharp with his tongue as Minho was and the two of them got along swimmingly. Before Minho knew it, he had friends in the city other than his cats. He was almost never home because he spent all of his free time with the Bang pack. One of them would ask him to go see a movie, or go to the gym or the park or shopping, Jisung would ask if he wants to watch a big cats documentary, or Felix would ask for advice on cooking. Minho always had something to do and someone to do it with. It was to the point that he even started to smell of them from all the casual scenting over his wrists and arms. He was just short of being adopted as a Bang. Well except that he hadn't met the Pack Alpha yet. Which he learned was through no fault of his own. The alpha, Chan, much to the dismay of his pack, was simply always busy. Minho figured it was just an eventuality. He was always over at the Bang house anyway, he was bound to run into him at some point. ✮It had been quite a few months since the Bang pack had unofficially claimed him as their own and Minho was starting to get antsy about not having met Bang Chan. It just seemed strange, he was always in the man’s house, always in his pack's back pockets and yes he’d never met him. Was the alpha avoiding him? Was that his subtle way of conveying that he didn't want to meet Minho, much less induct him into his pack? Minho had been spiraling with thoughts like that so badly that by the time the Company’s end of year gala rolled around, that the beta was on the verge of setting up a formal meeting with the alpha. At said company gala, Minho was dressed nicely, in a blue silk blouse and fitted slacks, and he had been really looking forward to spending time with the Bang’s but unfortunately he had seen neither hide nor hair of them since he arrived. He felt a little put off, no longer used to faring things alone as he had been spoiled for companionship the past few months, but he did his best. He was confident that the others would find him eventually, so he made his rounds. He talked to coworkers and made casual small talk, ate finger food and nursed a flute of champagne.He found himself conversing with a very nice, very very handsome alpha he’d never met before, after their common conversation partner, a mutual coworker, had taken off. Minho found he didn’t mind much, the pineapple and cayenne scented alpha was bubbly, easy to talk to and even easier on the eyes. Minho flirted a little after he decided to be a bit rebellious and take a risk, and had been pleasantly surprised when the alpha flirted back. Just when Minho had started to think that he’d found himself a date for the evening, an overly loud cry of “Jagi!” caught both of their attentions.To Minho’s initial dismay, the alpha had perked up at the voice, and the beta had felt a little bummed that his potential date was taken, before a smaller alpha barreled into his new mystery man. “Hyunng,” the alpha whined, “where have you been? You ditched me!” That… was Jisung…“Sungie,” the alpha smiles, “baby, you were with Hyunjin and Seungmin. You were fine and I had to talk to some coworkers-”Oh.
Oh.
Minho had been flirting with the Bang Pack Alpha.Jisung turned to Minho then, “Sorry for butting in- oh Minho hyung! We were looking for you!”Chan’s eyebrows raised in surprise, “This is Minho?”“And you must be the elusive Bang Chan.” The Alpha’s ears turned red, “Yeah, sorry we didn't meet earlier, I've just been so busy-”“It’s alright Mr. Bang, I understand.”And then the alpha had smiled at him, eyes crinkling and cheeks dimpling and Minho knew he was gone- “Please Minho, you're practically pack, just call me hyung.”And from there, the rest was history. After meeting him, Chan made it a priority to carve out time in his schedule for Minho. And sure, Minho was already so close to the rest of the pack, but things were just different , with Chan, in a way he couldn't explain. Or, at least in a way he wasn’t ready to address yet. He probably would never have addressed it if Hyunjin hadn't taken him out on what Minho assumed was another friendly outing (it was a date) and kissed him. Then he took Minho back to the Bang house and was met with sheer indignance from the rest of the pack when he bragged about being the first to kiss him. Apparently, they all wanted to kiss Minho. They all wanted Minho. Minho wasn't sure he'd ever been so thrilled about anything in his life.The courtship phase was a lot for Minho, he had never been showered in so much affection and love and gifts before, but it was lovely. It made Minho feel lovely. And before he knew it, he was signing the necessary documents, moving into the pack house, and receiving and giving pack bites. Minho was now Bang-Lee Minho, the second beta in the Bang pack.And he was so, so, happy. He takes to pack life beautifully, he thinks. He loves all of his packmates, and they all love him. He thinks he might love Chan a little differently than he loves the others, if Minho was a little more naïve, he might even think Chan felt the same way.It's never been said, but he knew that while things were different with Chan, it was only because that was the role he was meant to fill as a beta. The Pack alpha was unmated, and until he found an omega he wanted to claim, Minho would be there to act as a pseudo mate for Chan. There to help the alpha through his ruts, and let the alpha scent him and mark him up and coddle him outside of rut. He knew that it was temporary. He did! Even if it was a little hard to remember with how doting and sweet and perfect Chan was, the alpha couldn't claim him. Minho was a beta. No one mates with betas. Sure, Felix and Seungmin were an alpha-beta pair, but that was different. Seungmin was the sweetest, most dandy man on the planet regardless of secondary gender, and Felix was not the Pack Alpha. They had no obligation to produce pups to ensure the longevity of the pack name, but Chan did.And as lovely as Chan was and as in love with Minho as he seemed to be, eventually he would find an omega and make them his Luna. And Minho was fine with that. Really, he was! He wasn't too sure about what would happen after, when he was no longer needed, but he wasn't too worried about it either.This pack was different, it was nothing like his birth pack, and nothing like his old pack, Chan was nothing like the omega Minho was in love with, because they loved Minho. He knew they did, and he loved them back. He would be happy to play whatever role he needed to. He could cook for the pack, be there for them to lean on, and he could help raise the future pups even if they would never be his own biologically. It was fine, great even.Besides, being Chan's acting mate was no hard task. Yes Minho had to train himself out of keeping himself quiet during sex, (his ex hadn't liked how whiny Minho is during sex because it made it too easy to remember that Minho wasn't an alpha, but sounding more like an omega is exactly what Chan would want), but Chan was so good to him it wasn't too difficult. Minho loves Chan, he's the perfect partner, and the perfect alpha. He loves sex with Chan just as much as he loves it with the rest of the pack. The Pack Alpha is an attentive lover, always putting the pleasure of his packmates before his own, loving the way he can make them fall apart with his touch.But sometimes, Minho thinks, just sometimes, Chan gets a little carried away, and says things he can't possibly mean.✮Minho's head is thrown back, back arched as he writhes in ecstasy beneath Chan. The alpha must be nearing rut with the way he seems to have gone feral, growling and snarling, grip bruising as he rails Minho into the mattress. Minho loves every second of it. Well, at least he did until-"I want to sink my teeth into your neck," Chan growls, teeth hovering over Minho's skin, "Going to spear you on my knot and make you mine."Minho's reaction is near immediate, he goes stock still, coconut scent souring wildly. It snaps Chan out of his near-rut daze, stilling his movements completely to check on Minho, "Min? Baby? Are you okay? Your scent is-""That's not funny Chan." Minho cuts off, voice quiet but firm. "It's not cute, sexy little pillow talk, you can't say those things unless you mean them."Minho wants to run, he wants to hide after he’s said the words but he can't. He’s stuck here, bared to Chan and vulnerable"Why would I not mean it?" Chan tilts his head, and if Minho wasn't so tender at the moment, he would find the puppy-like movement stupidly endearing, "Minho if you let me, I'll mate you right now.""Be serious." Minho scoffs, "You're the Pack Alpha, you can't mate a beta."Chan’s brows only furrow, "Why the hell not?"Minho sighs, "Chan... you should just wait till an omega comes along. I can't be your Luna. I can't give you pups.""Of course you can?"Minho's voice wavers, "The odds of me conceiving are-""There are other ways to-""I don't want the other ways!" Minho snaps, "I would love... I would love to carry my mate's baby... but my body makes it very, very difficult."Chan hums understandingly, pressing a soft kiss to Minho's forehead before he speaks, "Your body is beautiful, Min, and so strong. If that's what you want, we can look into it. The pack has the money, my parents can help out, we can make that happen. IVF, whatever it takes. When the time is right, I'd love to make a baby with you. Even if you decide you don’t want to in the end, even if we never have pups, there is no one else I want as my Luna."Minho feels tears gather in his eyes and a sob bursts from his lips, and then he can't stop crying."Oh, Minnie, baby..." the alpha gathers Minho up in his arms and sits up, "shh I've got you, let it out"And Minho does, he cries and sobs his way through an explanation. He talks about his parents, and his old pack, and the omega he was intended to, and all the horrible things they have said to him. Chan just comforts him and holds him though it all, reminds him that his pack loves him, that Chan loves him, and that being a beta is only a small part of him that shouldn't dictate the way he lives his life. And then Minho is bawling all over again.Eventually, after a few more minutes of cuddling and scenting and gentle kisses, Minho calms down.“So, all of this, the way you treat me, the things you say… are real?” Minho asks quietly, “You're not just biding time with me till you find an omega you want?”Chan is silent for a moment, and Minho watches the alpha carefully before he speaks,"Minho, I'm going to ask you a question, and I want you to answer it honestly, okay?"Minho furrows his brows when Chan answers his question with a question but nods anyway "Okay.""Do you want to be my mate?""Chan I-""It's a yes or no question Min. It's about what you want. Tell me what you really want. Do you want to be my mate?"Minho scoffs "Yes, of course I do, but-"Chan silences him with a kiss, "No buts. I already told you if you'd let me, I'll claim you right now. So can I? Can I bite you Minho? I want to, there is no one I want but you.""You, I-" Minho gasps as Chan uses the grip on his waist to bounce him on his cock, he had gone a little soft while they were talking, but Chan is already fully hard again."Once again, yes or no. It's okay if you want to wait or if you don't think we're ready, but I don't want to hear any of that bullshit about you being a beta. That doesn't matter. Your secondary gender doesn't matter because I want you, okay? Minho. I love Minho for being Minho. Not because of anything you can give me."Minho whines both at the sweet words and at the way Chan is slowly grinding him down, he can't think straight, all he can really think is-"Yes, please claim me, Alpha!"Chan lets out a low, pleased rumble, "Good.”Minho cries out in confusion and mild distress as Chan pulls out of him, but it's soon replaced with startling clarity when Chan gently tosses him onto the bed and flips him onto his stomach, propping him up onto his knees so his ass is on display.And, oh.
Chan wants access to the back of his neck.
Minho feels himself gushing slick.There are lots of places a mating bite can go. Anywhere on the several scent glands on the neck is a green light. The glands on the back of the neck, however, are the most possessive and primal place you can stake a claim. It's as if the claimer wants everyone to know they had the recipient bent over and pliant on their hands and knees. Chan is going to mount him and claim him like a bitch. White-hot want burns through Minho's entire body.He whines desperately as Chan spreads his knees further apart and lines up, pressing the tip of his cock to Minho's hole"Please Alpha, want you.""Anything for you, darling." and then he's sheathing himself to the hilt, the slide smooth from copious amounts of slickMinho sighs breathily, content, and then Chan starts moving, fucking little airy moans out of him. It doesn't take long for Minho to feel the familiar pressure of Chan's knot bumping against his rim"Alpha, alpha please knot me! I want it, I want it!"Chan chuckles "I suppose that's why you always beg for a knot hmm? You want me to breed you? To knot you full till it takes? Till you're swollen with my pups? Is that right?""Yes! Want it! " Minho cries, "Breed me please, please, please, Channie- Alpha!"Chan leans forward till his chest is pressed to Minho's back and he can press his lips along the column of his neck. The shift in angle has Minho clawing at the sheets. So good- so perfect he can't even scream."Of course baby, Alpha will give you what you need. Knot you over and over again, like my little breeding bitch. My pretty baby, perfect little beta, hmm my mate, mine." Chan's teeth sink into the back of his neck the same time his knot forces its way past his rim and Chan fills him up, and it's all Minho can do to scream in ecstasy, his vision going white as his orgasm wracks through his body.The last thing he registers before passing out his Chan's happy rumble and the gentle kisses the alpha presses to his new mark.✮When Minho wakes up, he and Chan are no longer alone. They are in the den, the whole pack is there surrounding him, he seems to be at the centre of a very large nest. He's not sticky, or dirty. But he's still full of Chan's cock which means someone cleaned him up and sat him back on Chan, and he can't find himself to be too upset about it.Chan is curled around his back and Jisung is facing him, he’s staring into his eyes actually."Hi." Minho smilesJisung grins wolfishly, "Hello Luna."Minho flushes, "Oh my god." Jisung hums and starts scenting over his neck, "I'm glad you're finally our Luna, Channie was taking forever to ask you and the courting lasted so long."Minho relaxes and allows the Alpha access to his neck "...Courting?"Jisung scoffs and that's about all the answer he gets before Jisung is licking over his neck. He whimpers, alerting the rest of the pack that he's awake and soon he can feel five sets of eyes on him from all over the bed. Jisung only stops sucking bruises into his neck when he edges a little too close to Chan's new mark and Chan rumbles a warning growl that has Minho clenching around him.Jisung heeds the warning, and moves to press a gentle kiss to Chan's lip as an apology for his over-eagerness.Chan, now awake, pulls Minho a little closer to him, gently licking over his claim.Minho feels giddy.Chan sighs, "Alright, I know you guys are eager to be all over him, so go ahead. Just avoid the bite. I don't want to snap and I'll be territorial of it till it's fully healed."Once the words leave Chan's mouth it's like a dam is broken and suddenly they are on him. There are hands all over his body; touching, petting, scenting- and he feels so good, so wanted, so precious he almost wants to cry.And then, maybe just to get comfortable, maybe just to fuck with him, Chan decides to shift his hips and Minho lets out a whiny whimper at the pressure on his prostate. The hands on him freeze.He can feel the atmosphere and the mood of the room shift, tension thick, he can see the hunger in their eyes and he shivers.The touches don't stray but they change. Gentle caresses turn to firm grips, someone's claws are digging into the meat of his thighs, Hyunjin leans in to kiss him, wet and hot and dirty, someone is playing with his nipples then there's a mouth on him, someone is sucking marks onto his stomach, someone is nibbling on the sensitive skin of his inner thigh, someone has their hand wrapped around his cock and someone is petting their fingers at where he's stretched around Chan's length and he can help but preen and squirm and whine under all the attentionWhen Chan decides to start fucking him, Hyunjin swallows the moan he lets out.He feels so loved and desired and gorgeous, sexy under their care and he's quaking like a leaf.This is his pack, he is their Luna. Eventually he has to pull back from Hyunjin's mouth for air, and Hyunjin seems not to mind, simply moving down to mouth at the Luna's neck, the little sounds he was muffling escaping into the room, and it seems to make them all a little wilder; Chan thrusting harder, deeper, faster, hands gripping tighter, teeth biting harsher,Minho can't take it"I'm gonna- I'm-""Are you close, Luna?" Chan mumbles into his ear, "Are you going to come for your pack?""Yes Alpha, please please please -""Alright," Chan coos, "come for us and Alpha will give you what you want. I'll knot you- breed you all pretty and full." He hears a few groans in response to the words. He supposes his breeding kink is a little new to them, but clearly not unappreciated."Yes please, Alpha want it- want your knot please please." "Fuck, it's like he's in heat-" he can't discern who the voice is coming from, mind solely focused on coming and getting Chan's knot."I'm- I'm-" and Minho is coming all over his stomach, earning a litany of cooed praises from his pack"Good Luna, my perfect little beta, Alpha will knot you now." He does, and the pathetic little sound Minho lets out affects all of them.Once he's knotted, Chan rolls onto his back and sits up, Minho in his lapThe rest of the pack is looking at him expectantly and Chan chuckles"Go ahead" and before Minho can question what he means, he's distracted by the sight of the six of them working their hands over their cocks as they face him. One by one, they cum all over him; his chest, his torso, his thighs, his neck.He's sticky again, gross and dirty and he'll reek of cum and slick and sex for days after this but it's so good- so perfect because he's theirs. Their Luna, their Beta, their packmate and he belongs and they want him and they love him and he's so content.✮