You stood in Niki's bedroom, looking around a little....awkwardly.

What's there to be awkward about being in your boyfriend's bedroom? Well, it's just that....this will be your first time spending your heat cycle with your Alpha. Well...technically, not your Alpha yet cause you both aren't mated YET.

You both were 20-year-old university students in Seoul, living in separate off-campus apartments. You both had been in a relationship for three years now, ever since you both were 17 and in high school.

And till now, you, who was an Omega, had been going through your heat cycle alone. While he, an Alpha, had spent his rut cycle alone.

Both of your reasoning being, well, being mated is a permanent typa shit and you both needed to make sure that the other is the right choice. Which is COMPLETELY valid.

Niki's apartment bedroom was big with a big enough bed for two people.

The said person was in the kitchen, making some apple juice for you.....and preparing other things now that you'll be spending the next 2 weeks with him, the duration of your pre-heat and heat cycle.

Niki was....a very VERY tall and handsome Alpha.

He had a sharp, effortlessly handsome appearance that balanced confidence with a playful charm. Standing at 186 cm tall, his physique had been lean yet athletic, clearly shaped by years of boxing and dancing. His shoulders were broad, his arms toned, and even beneath loose clothing, there had been visible strength in the way he carried himself.

His black hair was always styled messily, swept back with a few loose strands falling over his forehead, giving him an effortlessly cool look. His narrow, feline-like eyes always seemed to hold a teasing glint, especially whenever that subtle smirk appeared on his lips, deepened by the dimples in his cheeks with porcelain smooth, flawless skin and sharp jawline.

An ideal handsome Japanese guy.

By personality, he was a non-dramatic, calm, cool, yet an attention-seeking Alpha who preferred to act nonchalant and cool in public, but a quiet, romantic guy with you behind closed doors.

Your pre-heat symptoms had started making you sensetive for a few days now, and Niki suggested this idea of you spending your time with him and letting him take care of you.

Good thing it was summer vacation time.

"You haven't started setting up the nest yet?" Niki's voice came through the door. He was still in the kitchen. "You can have any of my clothes, you know? I'll be there in 5 minutes."

Yeah....Niki had always been the type who was into clothing. And courtesy of that, he has a TON of clothes in his huge closet. Starting from hoodies, jackets, shirts, jeans, and pants. Plus, there were a lot of blankets and pillows of hsi too that held his scent enough for comfort.

Till now, in the comfort of your OWN apartment, you had built nests in your bedroom with your own clothes and a few of Niki's clothes after you both started dating. So did he during his rut cycle with some of your clothes.

But now....it was JUST his clothes. You know how to built a nest with clothes, but it's just....it's your first time with him...

"You haven't started yet?" Niki finally showed up, entering the bedroom and seeing you standing in front of his bed, looking....awkward.

He smiled and wrapped an arm around your waist, pulling you to his chest and bending down a little to reach your eye level and tuck his nose against the underside of your jaw, right where your scent gland was.

Your jasmine pheromones have started to grow sweeter and sweeter day by day now that your pre-heat period has started, and they will go the strongest during the start of your heat cycle. His own dark chocolate pheromones flared, but only a little.

"Need some help? I don't think I'll be much of a help....well, I never made a 'nest' during my ruts and just...survived on rut suppressant meds and self-care." Niki smiled sheepishly, a little embarrassed at his lack of knowledge. "How do Omegas even make nests? I've never seen one."