V.

Ohno sighed and leaned back against his chair, stretching his arms over his head. He checked the time on the computer and groaned. He had been working on his particular project for three hours straight. Maybe I should take a break, he thought, getting up from his chair.

Humming to himself, Ohno went to the bathroom to relieve himself. After he was done, Ohno went to his couch and plopped down face first on it, letting out a groan when he felt his back ache.

He reached out and grabbed a stray couch pillow to place it under his head. He let out a content sigh when Jun’s scent filled his nostrils. Jun had bought him the pillow a few days ago as a gift. Ohno grinned when he thought back to their date.

After consummating the relationship on both sides, they had both agreed to take it slow. Really, Ohno was happy with anything as long as Jun wanted him.

It had been a little rocky at first because they were still learning how to be with each other, and how to figure out the dynamics between them. Even if they were soulmates, they were both still alphas. Ohno didn't concentrate much on that fact, but Jun had been worried about the equality in their relationship and accidentally offending him. Ohno had told him countless times in the past few weeks that he didn't care. Still, Jun was cute when he was flustered, apologizing whenever he thought he had offended Ohno.

Ohno grinned into the pillow, inhaling more of Jun’s scent. He didn't know why Jun was so worried—they were soulmates. Jun had told him a few days after sleeping together for the second time that he was scared that they wouldn't work out. Ohno thought that was silly. They were soulmates, and soulmates always worked out, didn't they?

Ohno understood Jun’s fear, however. True, the scent of an omega was delectable to an alpha, especially an omega in heat. But Ohno knew that the smell of Jun in heat, and just Jun in general had the same effect on him. When he had said it straight to his face, Jun had turned extremely red. Ohno still thought he was adorable.

Overall, Ohno was happy and he hoped that Jun was happy because he had been on cloud nine ever since Jun had accepted to be in a relationship with him. Ohno rolled over on his back and hugged the pillow to his chest tightly. Just as he was about to take a nap, his cellphone rang in the other room. Ohno immediately sat up. It was Jun. Bringing the pillow with him, Ohno quickly ran back into the office and grabbed the phone on the desk.

“Hi Jun-kun,” Ohno greeted, trying to keep his tone normal.

“Hi Ohno-kun,” Jun greeted back brightly. “I hope I wasn't disturbing your work.”

Ohno shook his head, even though he knew Jun wouldn't see it. “No, I was just resting.”

Jun chuckled and Ohno suddenly wanted to see him again. He could imagine Jun’s face scrunched up in laughter, his teeth showing and his eyes crunched into crescent moons.

“Would it be okay if you came to the office today? I wanted to speak to you about something. I would go to you, but I'm a little swamped with work.”

Ohno grinned. What great timing! “Sure! I can come now if you want?” He hoped he didn't sound too desperate.

“Are you sure?” Jun asked, worriedly. “I don't want to disturb your work if you—”

“Not at all! I can bring my laptop with me, if anything. I want to see you.” Jun fell silent on the other line and Ohno had a feeling that Jun was blushing again. He chuckled. “If you don't mind…?”

“Sure!” Jun blurted out. “I don't mind if you come now. If that's okay with you, I mean…”

“I’ll see you soon, Jun-kun.”

“O-okay.”

Ohno chuckled and hung up the phone. Grinning to himself, he made his way over to his desk to grab his laptop. Things were looking up.


When Ohno arrived at Sakumoto Events half an hour later, he was greeted by Toma at reception. Toma waved and gave him a big smile when he walked up to the counter.

“Hi Ohno-kun.”

“Toma-kun,” Ohno greeted, “is Jun-kun in his office?”

“Yep. Should be.” The young man was grinning at him. “I don't think he’ll mind if you disturb him though.”

Ohno laughed. “But Sho-kun might.”

As Ohno made his way to the office, he noticed that the door was shut. Wondering if he should knock, Ohno fished out his phone from his pocket to send Jun a message on LINE. Just as he was about to hit send, the door opened.

“Ohno-kun!”

Ohno looked up and saw Jun standing at the door.

“Hello.” He waved at his mate. Jun smiled and ushered him inside, closing the door behind him. Sho was sitting at his desk, typing furiously in his laptop. He looked up when he saw Ohno enter. “Hi Sho-kun.”

“Hey!” Sho greeted with a small wave. “How have you been?”

“Pretty good.”

Jun rolled his eyes fondly at them. “I'm going to use the small meeting room, Sho. Text me if anything urgent shows up.”

Sho gave him a thumbs up. “Will do.”

Ohno blinked. “Eh? What's going on?”

Jun shook his head and picked up a folder from his desk. “I'll explain in a bit. Come on.”

Sho gave Ohno another wave when Jun motioned for him to follow out. Ohno frowned when they sat down in the meeting room. Jun sat down across from him and opened a folder. The scenario felt strangely like their first meeting.

“Ohno-kun, I actually have to ask you two things today, but we’ll get to business first. The other thing I would like to ask you is something more personal.”

Ohno nodded, still feeling a little cautious about the whole thing. “Okay…”

Jun chuckled and took out two pieces of paper. He handed on sheet to Ohno. “Don't worry, they're nothing bad, I promise.”

Ohno slid the sheet in front of him. A contract? He looked up in confusion. “What's this?”

Jun grinned and unhooked the pen from his folder. “It's a contract. For your designs.”

“Huh?”

“After we mailed out those invitations for Aragaki-san’s wedding, she called me a week later and said that a few of her girl friends were, in her words, ‘in love with them.’ And I know that you do commissions mostly, and I personally love your art—”

“Thank you,” Ohno said shyly.

Jun grinned. “—and Sho does too! So we wanted to actually hire—no—create a partnership with you. Ohno-kun, we would like to have your services in graphic design exclusively for Sakumoto Events. It's a contract and it's valid for one year. Oh, and you’ll have your own office as well.”

Ohno blinked in surprise. Even an office? “Wow. This is unexpected,” he admitted truthfully.

Jun nodded shyly. “Sho and I have been talking about it since the beginning of the month. He loves your designs too. It would be an honour for us to have you design for our little business exclusively.”

“Would I be able to take commissions for others still?” Ohno asked, looking down at the contract. Ohno thought it was a wonderful idea. It would allow him to be around Jun more often. However, Ohno did value his freedom. If they didn't let him…

“Of course! I know that you have quite a few commissions at the moment and I know you love your independence. I won't take that away from you. It's just that, if we do have something coming in for our events, especially the busy season, we would like to have the first priority,” Jun explained.

“Hmm… okay then.” If it gave him more opportunities to be with Jun, Ohno was going to take it. Jun grinned and passed him the pen.

“Great! If I can just get you to read over the contract and if you can sign…”

Ohno skimmed the document, trusting that Jun and Sho knew what they were doing. He knew he should read the terms and conditions of the contract carefully, but Ohno trusted Jun. He signed his name and dated it before handing it back to Jun.

“Is there anything else?” Ohno asked while he watched Jun do the same thing on his end.

“I’ll give this to Sho later to sign. I know it’s not proper protocol, but…”

Ohno shook his head and gave him a gentle smile. “It’s okay, I trust you.” He liked how red Jun got from that harmless compliment. Jun let out a cough before gathering the papers into the folder. “Was there something else? You said you had two things…”

“Yes!” Jun said, placing the folder to the side and reached out to grab Ohno’s hands. Ohno looked at him in confusion but placed his hands in Jun’s. “I actually wanted to ask you something… it’s a personal thing. Well, it’s work-related but I guess it’s a personal thing too and if you wanted to say no, I understand because it’s a little—”

“Jun-kun, breathe.” Ohno watched him in amusement. Jun blushed and slightly tightened his hold on Ohno’s hand before taking a deep breath. “What did you want to ask me?” Ohno asked encouragingly. It was probably important if Jun was this nervous.

“You know Aragaki-san’s wedding?”

“Yeah.”

“Well… it’s happening this weekend.” Jun drops his gaze down to their intertwined fingers. “And… I was wondering if you wanted to come with me? I’ll be working but, I thought it would be…” Ohno watched in fascination as Jun’s pale complexion turned red again so fast.

“Sure,” Ohno said. It would be nice, Ohno thought. “I don’t have any suits though…”

Jun’s face was flushed again but he shook his head. “It’s fine, I can get you one. So you really—?”

Ohno chuckled and nodded. He squeezed his fingers around Jun’s. “Yes, yes of course!”

Jun looked relieved. “Oh! That’s good! Well, the wedding is on Saturday. I could come over in the morning—”

“Spend the night,” Ohno interrupted. “That’s easier, isn’t it?”

“Well, y-yeah I guess,” Jun stammered. Ohno beamed at him. “Is that o-okay?”

“Always,” Ohno said with a nod. “I get lonely now.”

He laughed when Jun turned red as a tomato again. He was so fun to tease.


On the day of the wedding, Jun had gotten up at eight in the morning. Since Jun was the event organizer, he had to be there early at the venue to make sure that everything was set up for the ceremony and dinner. Ohno grumbled and rubbed at his eyes sleepily as Jun smiled down at him apologetically before giving him a kiss on the forehead.

“I’ll be back,” Jun told him, letting his hand rest on Ohno’s shoulders.

“Hmm… don’t stay too long,” Ohno mumbled, closing his eyes.

When he got home a few hours later, Ohno was already out of bed and working on one of his commissions in his office. He almost didn’t hear Jun at the front door until he heard the alpha curse loudly when he dropped his phone.

Since the wedding wasn’t until later in the evening, Ohno shut down his computer and dragged Jun into bed for a quickie. Ohno gasped as Jun pushed in, filling him up. It felt so good. Ohno moaned as Jun stroked him in time with his thrusts, allowing him to reach his orgasm faster. Ohno lost it when Jun leaned down to lick his neck before marking him.

Ohno had wanted to sleep after making love, but Jun had to go back to the venue in a couple of hours. After lying in bed for half an hour, Jun dragged both of them to the showers. By three in the afternoon, they were out the door and on their way to the venue.

When they got there, Jun had given him an apologetic look and told him that he wouldn’t be able to stick around for a while because of things he had to do for the clients. Ohno shook his head and waved him off. Ohno actually took the time to walk around the venue. It was a gorgeous ballroom with a beautiful garden in the back. Ohno wished he had his sketchbook with him. He wanted to capture the beauty of the flowers and trees.

Ohno shadowed Jun for a bit. Even though he knew what Jun did for a living, he had never actually seen the alpha in action. Ohno watched, intrigued, as Jun barked orders at his staff to go check on this and that, to call the vendors to confirm their orders, and many other tasks that Ohno could barely keep track of. Ohno had to keep himself from going over to Jun and disturbing him for attention. Jun was really hot when he was in his work mode, Ohno thought as the alpha checked the cutlery and glassware for any marks, and lining the chairs properly. Ohno definitely couldn’t do what Jun did everyday.

When Jun had finally announced for the team to take a break, he immediately headed for Ohno. Ohno waved when the alpha approached him by the wall near the stage.

“Bored?” Jun asked, leaning in for a kiss. Ohno shook his head and gave him a kiss. At the corner of his eye, he could see some of Jun’s staff look their way. A lot of them knew Jun had a soulmate by now, but many didn't believe it was another alpha. It was surprising for them because most people had thought that Sho and Jun were together. Ohno knew that their presence together here today would cause a buzz at the office on Monday. Still, Ohno felt giddy at Jun being affectionate in public. Like he wasn't afraid to tell everyone they were together.

“No, it's fun watching you work,” Ohno replied, leaning back against the wall. “Very alpha-like.”

Jun rolled his eyes but he was smiling. “Sho does the same thing too. “

Ohno shrugged. “Yes, but he's not you.” He grinned at him cheekily. Jun grumbled but reached out for Ohno’s hand.

“Come on, let's go grab lunch. The couple is going to arrive in a few hours.”


The wedding was beautiful. Ohno knew that Jun had worked hard on it, but to see everything fall into place was something else. Ohno stood with Jun behind the the audience when the ceremony took place and when the guests were having dinner. The newlyweds had insisted that the couple joined them for dinner. Jun had refused because he said he was still on the clock, but Ohno graciously accepted the offer. He was never going to turn down free food.

When the dancing part took place, Ohno immediately requested Jun for one dance. Jun had been reluctant at first, but Ohno had been adamant. Jun looked at him in surprise when Ohno waltzed them across the floor.

“You know ballroom dancing?” Jun asked as they moved across the dance floor.

“I did a lot of dancing when I was younger,” Ohno simply said, winking at him.

Throughout the night, Ohno noticed a lot of the guests were looking at them. Many of them were probably intrigued that two alphas were in a relationship together, more specifically, soulmates. It was definitely obvious since they smelled like each other strongly, even if they were around other people. Soulmates always had the each other’s scent on them, no matter what they did. They were marked by it forever.

Despite that knowledge, Jun had a few omegas come up to him over the night regardless. Gentleman that he was, Jun kindly rejected all of their advances while apologizing to them that he was here for work and that his soulmate was with him. There were a few women who didn't seem to believe him however, and Jun had looked pleadingly over at Ohno for help. By then, Ohno stuck by Jun most of the time. He could hear the whispers from the guests, but Ohno didn't care. He never did.

Jun had also seemed a lot happier to have him by his side while he was making sure everything was going smoothly. He did admit, in the rare break that he took that he did find Ohno’s presence distracting.

“And you look delectable in that suit,” Jun murmured, sneaking an arm around his waist. Ohno grinned.

When all the guests and the newlyweds had gone home by two A.M., Ohno stayed behind with Jun and helped him do some of the clean up before both of them headed back to Ohno’s apartment.

After the pair had showered, both of them headed to bed together. Ohno scooted over to Jun when he settled down beside him and draped an arm and leg over the other alpha’s body.

“Did you have fun today?” Jun asked, rubbing Ohno’s thigh with his hand. “I'm sorry that it wasn't as fun as it could be for you.”

Ohno shook his head and pulled Jun closer to him. Jun is so warm, he thought absentmindedly.

“No, I did have fun,” he mumbled, having a hard time keeping his eyes open. “Thanks for inviting me.”

Jun chuckled and gave him a kiss on the nose. “My pleasure. I thought it would be nice to have you come to the wedding that you helped me plan.”

“But I didn't do anything except for the invitations,” Ohno replied sleepily.

“But the invitations are one of the most important things for a wedding. Thanks for your help.” Ohno hummed and scooted closer to Jun, trying to capture more of Jun’s scent. It was relaxing.

“You're welcome…”

“I have to show you your fancy office on Monday. Did you want to go anywhere tomorrow?” Jun asked, gently combing his fingers through Ohno’s long black hair. Ohno shook his head.

“Let's stay home.”

“Of course you would say that,” Jun teased, wrapping an arm around Ohno’s waist. “Go to sleep, I don't think you would hear me now since you're almost asleep.”

“I’ll always hear you when you call…” Ohno murmured. He vaguely heard Jun chuckling and Ohno couldn't help but smile.

“I’ll hold you to that.”

Part Six