Jaehyun lifts his arms to hold me as I fall over him in my haste. Protectively, I look back to see the shooter but he is gone. And Jaehyun, with an unexplainable strength, pulls me in to his body so that my head is close to his lips.
"Jun-ah…" he says weakly and I hear myself whimper in response, "your omega…is showing" he says and brings me closer to him to hide my face.
This motherfucker is dying and the first thing on his mind is to protect me?
"Let go, you're bleeding" I say and place my hand over his stomach, pressing down on the spot the blood is coming from the most. "I'll be fine but you won't be if you get caught, calm down and cover your face" he says and grimaces from pain.
The reminder of our location makes my head snap up, I had forgotten where we were. In my panic everyone and everything had faded into the background.
Hurriedly, I shrug off my jacket and put it over my head to hide my face, and my identity hidden from the people around us as best as I can. Some people are standing around with their mobile devices instead of calling for help.
Bracing myself, I lift Jaehyun's heavy body to carry him, half dragging him into the taxi I had hopped out of.
"Watch it, I'm injured" Jaehyun groans as I toss his body into the car. I ignore his complaint and tap the drivers shoulder for him to take us out of the chaos Jaehyun himself had made.
The Alpha moans and gasps in the seat with every jostle as the driver speeds as fast as he can on the busy road. The once chattery driver is now silent, I can see his knuckles turning white with fear as he grips the steering wheel for dear life.
I turn my attention back to the alpha. My palms are sticky with blood from applying pressure on the bleeding spot to lessen the excessive blood flow. "Is this how stupid Hwangs are?" I ask Jaehyun with irritation and he smirks at me, looking cocky even as his face pales from the blood loss.
"Yah, asshole, don't die on me" I hiss at him, and press my hands down harder on the wound. "You know you're fucking strong, don't break me" he laughs faintly, making me shut my eyes and take a deep breath to restrain from slapping him.
This is my Hwang Jaehyun.
The one that kissed me a few hours ago, the one that tended my injuries, the goofy puppy that woke me up to make ramen for him.
"Your eyes…are beautiful" he says tiredly and I shake my head at him, I know my omega is showing still through, but this time around I don't fight against it, I just let it be.
Jaehyun's eyes slip shut for a few seconds before he opens them again. "Jaehyun-ah, stay awake" I slap his cheeks lightly, "so fucking strong" he chuckles and gasps in pain from another jostling.
"Talk to me" I say gently, needing him to stay with me, "why would you attack like that? You know the audience only mean more trouble" I say and he hums weakly.
"My mother loves that little girl…they…made my mother cry" Jaehyun says, "omegas shouldn't be hurt like that" he adds and his head lolls to the side, "yah" I say as I hold his face in my palm, forcing him to look at me.
"Look at me Jaehyun" I say and he does, "so beautiful…" Jaehyun murmurs as he takes a deep breath, I nod at him, "keep talking to me" I urge him and he smiles, "you love my voice, I knew it" he jokes. "Yes I'm obsessed with it, talk to me" I say sarcastically with a roll of my eyes, still keeping the pressure of my bloodstained hands on him.
"Ramen…I love ramen, mom says it's…
not healthy…but I love ramen" Jaehyun rambles, his speech is slurred and he sounds terribly adorable. "Yeah, you woke me up at midnight to make it for you, asshole" I say and slap his cheeks again to keep him conscious.
"I think omegas bleed blue blood" Jaehyun says like a child, "why?" I ask him and he sighs, "because they are divine" he whispers.
Divine omegas…the same thing my omega self said in the dream.
"I'm so glad you came that night…you're alive" Jaehyun says and I frown at him, "what are you talking about?" I ask and he hums, "they were going to silently murder you that night…the mole in your home."
My mind flashes back to the maid who was jittery the night Jaehyun had called me to make ramen…I can't believe we have a mole that close to us. "Fuck…Jaehyun, who sent her?" I ask and his eyes slip closed. "Ramen" he says, "I want ramen" he mutters softly and I sigh.
I should be frustrated at him, I should be angry at him but this man makes me worry.
The taxi jostles roughly as it hits a pothole and Jaehyun groans loudly from intense pain.
"Jaehyun-ah, stay with me" I say, "don't slap me anymore" he whines.
"Drive faster" I snap at the taxi driver who keeps glancing over his shoulder to get a good look at us. The car smells of blood and raw pain- a smell I hate but I am familiar with.
"I hope you know what you've done Jaehyun" I murmur to myself. Aware of the potential retaliation of whoever that man's boss is, I know they will not sit by and let a member of the clan be wiped out.
"I'll do it again if it puts a stop to Omegas being disrespected" Jaehyun says, his voice sounding even weaker than it had been just minutes ago. He is starting to slip from me. With a grunt, I adjust his body and lift my hand to slap him to consciousness again.
"Don't slap me" the Alpha whines like a child and I tsk at him. "You act like a puppy" I say to him, "hmm hmm" he hums in agreement, "Mom says so too".
The taxi stops in front of Jaehyun's apartment and without wasting time, I pay the taxi driver before getting down to help Jaehyun. I carry the heavy man like a mannequin, not caring about the blood soaking up my clothes as I move with him. As I climb up the stairs with him, there is a man at the top with a distressed look on his face.
"Hyun-ah!" The man says and rushes over to grab Jaehyun's arm, "what happened to him?!" The man hisses at me, "Mom, mom I'm fine" Jaehyun responds before he passes out instantly against my body.
"Jaehyun!" The man screams, reaching out to hold Jaehyun up while I look from Jaehyun to the man and from the man back to Jaehyun.
Mom?