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Takemichi is afraid at first, not understanding why this is happening to him, because he thought that only pregnant people lactated and he's not.
He's never even slept with anyone before.
Hiding away, because there are embarrassing wet stains on his shirt where his nipples are he tries to dry them off- only to shudder and involuntarily moan because they're so sensitive. His eyes even tear up when he realizes that there's no simple solution to this.
It's not even moments later when the door opens up behind him, and he doesn't have to turn to know who it is, because of the floral pheromones and the there's only one person who's so dedicated to him for some reason.
Inupi is always one step behind him. The alpha is always so attentive and patient and Takemichi doesn't know what to do with this kind of devotion. Because he truly can't find another word for it. It's hard to believe that the alpha had chosen Takemichi to follow and even worked hard to ensure that Takemichi would be secure in his position. No one dared challenge him, and Taiju had seemed peacefully accept Takemichi as the new leader, too, despite everything having been his.
Despite having known it was Inupi, he still gasps at the alpha's presence.
"What's wrong?" The alpha asks urgently without letting a moment pass by. He can probably scent how distressed Takemichi is through his pheromones.
"I-" his lips wobble but he manages to not cry even as he says in a cracked voice, "I don't know, this-" he gestures at his chest but then regrets it. He doesn't want attention drawn to it!
But Inupi's eyes had quickly focused on Takemichi's chest and his gaze is unreadable but intense even after Takemichi's covered himself with his hands.
The ensuing silence is daunting, Takemichi almost breaks down crying because he has no idea what's running through the alpha's head. Inupi can be pretty intimdating when he wanted to be, and even though he'd only ever treated Takemichi with overflowing kindness he had a subconscious fear of people that were hard to read because he couldn't tell what their intentions were.
The alpha turns but whatever relief Takemichi could've had is extinguished because Inupi shuts the door and locks it before turning back to him and stepping towards him slowly with caution but it does little to abate Takemichi's growing anxiety.
Instinctively, he backs away every time Inupi takes a step closer, only stopping when he hits the wall behind him, even then he shoves at the alpha to get away, but his wrists are caught carefully in the alpha's firm grip.
"I'm only trying to help," Inpui reassures softly, and after considering it, Takemichi eventually nods, giving permission, as he stops struggling against the alpha out of instinct to fight. He trusts Inpui, he really does, but there are some ingrained responses he has from the times he's been trapped in situations that were very- unpleasant, to put it lightly. He gives the alpha a long look, trying to decipher what he may be thinking about this.
Does he think Takemichi is pathetic? An omega who dreams too high but can't even take care of himself? But Inupi's expression is surprisingly gentle and his eyes are tender with an emotion he's rarely if ever seen in the alpha's eyes before. He's usually detached and closed off, but right now he gives Takemichi something resembling affection.
"It's okay," he says, squeezing Takemichi's arm in reassurance before his hands move down to the hem of his shirt to lift it up.
Takemichi shudders as the material slides up his skin, leaving him bare, the urge to hide is strong, but he decides to trust Inupi. The alpha knows what he's doing and seems like he genuinely only wants to help. But once the shirt is completely up, he stares at Takemichi's chest for a long enough time for Takemichi to feel even more self-conscious, so he instinctively reaches up to cover himself, but Inpui releases a noise that stops his hands halfway.
It sounds like a needy whimper and it shocks Takemichi into stillness as he stares up, wide-eyed at the alpha; Inupi looks like he's straining, his cheeks red and his chest heaving from his intense breathing.
All embarrassment flees him as concern takes its place. "Inupi-kun?" He worriedly asks.
"C-can I?" The alpha begs, and his shiny eyes and red cheeks makes him look a little drunk. But Takemichi is confused even as something stirs in his stomach as an emotion swells in his chest.
"Can you what?" He quietly asks for clarification but he has a feeling and it should be strange. But he actually feels calmer than before even as heat rushes through his veins.
"Drink," Inupi says hoarsely and it's all he seems able to say at all in the state that he's in, and Takemichi stares as one of the most put together person that he knows fall apart right in front of him, almost wantonly.
Takemichi's perception changes right then with a realization as his inner omega also emerges within him.
He isn't cruel, so won't deny any of his own anything that he's capable of giving, and no longer does he feel ashamed of this as a newfound sense of purpose fills him.
"Yes," he says but it sounds more like a command; Inupi's face is breathtaking in his wondrous relief and joy before he leans down to take a nipple in his mouth to suck on. Takemichi has an intense warm feeling as he cradles the alpha's head gently in place, and naturally coos at him.
Inupi has always been a little too good for him, and now Takemichi has something to reward him with as a treat.
(This isn't the last time that it happens, but Takemichi also isn't any closer to figuring out why he's lactating though because he'd just find Inupi instead so the alpha would help him out, and enthusiastically he did.)
It doesn't take long for Koko to realize something had shifted between Takemichi and Inupi, so because he didn't want to be left wondering any longer he decided to follow them when they had gone away together alone for the nth time as they've grown prone to and he hadn't predicted it to be like this. His first guess what that they were fucking, even though Inupi would have married Takemichi first before doing anything because he's that kind of hopeless, but the scene he walks in on is somehow more obscene than his conjured up fantasies.
His interruption had visibly displeased Inupi but embarrassed Takemichi before the omega's face turned into one of understanding, and he had asked him if he wanted to join them, and Koko wasn't going to pass that up.
But he feels Inupi's eyes on them from where he's sitting on the couch beside Takemichi, but as heavy as his friend's stare is, it doesn't seem to be of disapproval. He just knows the familiar feel of that.
This is different. More heated.
Jealousy.
How greedy, Koko thinks in amusement as he suppresses the urge to smirk.
He's known for a while that Inupi has grown a little more than infatuated with Takemichi over the course of their time spent trying to recruit the omega into Black Dragons; Inupi was the first to meet the omega and had insisted that they needed him. At first it wasn't to be their commander, just another person to lead a smaller faction of the gang but then Inupi's perception has sharpened and he's grown to appreciate and admire Takemichi differently.
Koko had been rather shocked when Inupi had seriously suggested overthrowing Shiba Taiju, their own gang leader to give the position to Takemichi.
Then he had bursted out laughing from hysteria because it was the last thing he ever expected to hear from Inupi, didn't even think his friend was capable of it at all. Inupi is a stickler for the rules when it comes to the orderly fashion of their system, he's loyal to a fault like a canine, but only to those he feels like deserve it. He may not have been overly fond of Taiju or seemed to completely warm up to him, but he was obedient and admired the alpha enough with some gratitude since Taiju had been the one to resurrect and reinstate the former reputation and glory of Black Dragons.
Something like a betrayal was more in Koko's nature if he had a better option available. To be honest, he only stayed because of Inupi, he still felt responsible for him and naturally protective because there were times when Inupi could he naive in his idealistic perspective and blinded by his own obssesion to make that seemingly unrealistic dream a reality.
Even when they were already a stabilized and more than proficient gang who the locals knew very well, the other alpha still continued to yearn for a leader with spirit and charisma, a person with the ability to care for everyone with a stronger and purer heart than most people even had.
He wanted another Sano Shinichiro.
Hanagaki Takemichi had apparently set off all of Inupi's inner fanboy criteria even before he realized it. The omega was meek at first, but flourished in his element when he was comfortable, he had shone like the sun and even Koko was caught up in the boy's rays.
Koko had also watched by Inupi's side, as Takemichi became more than a recruitment, but someone that Inupi had started to preciously cherish.
As soon as Takemichi had been on Inupi's radar, his friend had followed the younger boy around like a dog, practically growling at anyone who stared at Takemichi for longer than what he considered appropriate and his glare was so cold it could freeze the artic. Otherwise he sulked when Takemichi didn't give him that much attention, always fleeing in favor of staying with them for another second longer than he seemed to deem necessary.
It was a little pathetic and Koko had only stepped in to do something about it because he couldn't withstand another second of Inupi looking like a kicked puppy.
Takemichi had seemed overly suspicious and wary of them, so Koko had to do what Inupi couldn't because the other boy was blinded by his own obsession to even know that the omega needed a more subtle approach.
Koko's idea of subtlety was to go behind the scenes and create a safe environment for Takemichi first by getting rid of Taiju so the omega would feel safe in Black Dragons and after months of scheming hardships it had worked. Well, they didn't completely get rid of Taiju because he still lingered around and had enough clout to get by, however he didn't seem as malicious as before.
Taiju had given away his leadership with dignity though he seems to have an odd attachment to Takemichi, too, something Inupi hadn't been too pleased about.
Koko had mockingly referred to it as mommy issues in his head because Takemichi had that vibe going for him, and Taiju is kinda a freak. But Koko will make sure that the alpha doesn't get any ideas in his head, he can look at Takemichi but never get close enough to touch or see him like this.
"Do you want to try?" Takemichi asks gently, in a tone that's clear that he only wants to make sure that Koko doesn't feel left out and Koko doesn't even get to form a thought because the omega lifts his shirt like it's all natural to expose himself without any shame. But Koko blushes, feels his face and ears to the back of his neck burning when he sees the omega's swollen nipples.
There's a small drop of milk leaking from the portuded tips, and he's suddenly really hungry, though it's more of a perverted desire, and he forgets himself entirely as he surges forward to latch his lips around a nipple. The omega hums to comfort him, as if he needs to be eased into it but he sucks greedily, taking everything and his mouth wraps around with no intention of stopping anytime soon.
The omega tastes divine. So sweet and he's starting to feel much better.
So it's true. Omega milk can soothe you.
Inupi was a greedy bastard for hoarding this all to himself but he can easily forgive him because Koko might've done the same thing in his place. This is way too good to share even with someone you care about.
He's not a pup but he thinks this is the kind of nourishment he'll not just always want, but also need. He likes that Takemichi is an omega, likes that he's so carring and attentive, if only the omega was open to the idea of helping them through their ruts too.
He'd make sure that the omega had no reason to ever leave him or Inupi behind if he's filled with their pups and marked by them both.
It's something he'll share with Inupi later. But he knows that Inupi wouldn't exactly agree.
He'd want to do everything properly.
All romantic gestures because it's what Takemichi deserves and Koko thinks he isn't actually opposed to that either.
As long as they're mated to Takemichi in the end, he's willing to wait as long as he needs to because everything will be perfectly worth it.