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Minho took a gentle sip out of his warming green tea and leaned back against the headboard with a content and happy smile. Part of him knew that he should be rightfully asleep right now, that there was no more danger for him to protect against but he just couldn’t quite get to sleep that night. The kitsune was not overly bothered by the fact though, he had everything that he could want right here in this room and nothing was ever going to change that now.
A soft, highly garbled mumble came from his chest area and Minho turned his attention to the omega laying there. The softest, fondest smile crossed Minho’s face as he took in Chan, laying exactly where he was meant to be, content and pleased with life as a gentle purring filled the air that could only be coming from an contented omega. Changbin was spooned up behind Chan, his arms wrapping firmly around in their big protective style that the omega always loved, whilst his hands almost locked themselves around Minho’s thigh to ensure that the other alpha was there.
It was common for them all to sleep like this, both alphas wrapped firmly around their omega to give him the constant reassurance that they were there for him and nothing would ever break them apart. Even on the rare times that they had an disagreement, or an argument, it was always resolved before bed and they slept together like this. Of course, being in a dorm with five others had made things a little awkward so the company had just decided that it’d be better to set them up with two dorms so that the trio could get their privacy and the others a little breathing room.
Because they were their own little pack, of two alphas and one omega.
They had planned to bring in the others, because that had always been the plan but on the night of their mating ceremony, they had realised that they were complete. There was nothing missing from their bound and they did not bring the others into it. Thankfully, or maybe slightly worryingly, no one took too bad to it as they just acted like a family pack now with a mated trio instead of the mated pair. Chan had fretted, feeling that he was betraying them all, until the twins had tackled him down and smothered him with kisses and affection, whilst Seungmin had merely lectured him about how life was meant to go, and to everyone’s surprise Hyunjin admitted that he had been offered a courting by another pack whereas Jeongin had introduced Beomgyu to them all.
The chaos that had been the first few weeks of mated life was something that Minho would always cherish even if it was a complete whirlwind of emotions. But it had all been for the best in the end.
The kitsune smiled down at his two mates before pressing quick silent but love filled kisses on their heads before getting up. Chan muttered something as he turned over, settling down into Changbin’s embrace, whereas the alpha opened one eye to question where Minho was going in the middle of the night. Giving the signal for ‘doing the rounds’, Minho blew the other alpha a kiss as he settled down before quietly setting off to the spare rooms where the others were. The others had decided that it would be fun to come and crash at the pack dorm, as it was dubbed, because it wouldn’t be long before they were getting bombarded by visits from everyone when the announcements were made. They wanted to enjoy the peace and quiet of having the secret all to themselves, though Minho knew most of them just wanted to get his cooking before Chan would start hoggin the attention.
But the alpha did not mind, especially seeing as soon they would have to head out of this dorm to a secluded place on the outskirts where they could get through the next few months with as little stress as possible. The company had put out a statement that Chan was currently ‘bulking up’ to impress Stay even more, but many had started to already figure out what may be going on. The omega wasn’t showing yet, but that would not be for very much longer. Just a couple more stages to go, then the farewell one and that would be it.
The kitsune still wasn’t one hundred per cent sure if Chan was carrying his or Changbin’s pups, but neither one of them cared in the slightest. They had agreed to raise the pups as their own regardless of who the actual father was. If they could both accept Jeongin and love him like their son, then Chan’s pups were going to receive the exact same amount of fuss, love and attention from both alphas.
No matter the technicalities, Minho still felt incredible giddy about becoming an father and was looking forward to meeting the first lot of cubs. Because both alphas had sworn to give Chan all the cubs he wanted and apparently he wanted lots, which made sense given that he had a heart as big as the ocean. Though Jisung had joked that he was just trying to create his own little company’s worth of future idols who would tear up the world with 3racha’s vocals behind them.
Jeongin had flicked Jisung on the forehead for that comment before anyone else could react and hilarity ensured after that.
Minho was glad that Jeongin was looking forward to becoming an big brother, even if the age difference was going to be questionable in some cases but they could think of no one better. Jeongin had grown up so much in the last year, with proper care and tenderness from all the pack members and it was clear that he was going to be a strong, reliable and very loving alpha to Beomgyu. It was no surprise that the first time the young omega had been introduced, they had all instantly fell in love with the shy and cute little bean who clung to their baby alpha like someone was going to try to force them apart. There was a lot of darkness in the omega’s past, not even Jeongin knew of it all, but it was clear that they were meant to be together.
The elder kitsune chuckled as he realised that he was looking down at Jeongin, who had opted to sleep in his room at the pack house which was pretty much how his old room had been arranged, whilst he had been having these thoughts. He even kept the Eevee purple bedsheets. The youngest phone was dangling on his pillow, still connected to a face time call with his omega, both of them fast asleep and snoring gently. Several sneaky shots were taken on Minho’s phone to show his two mates, before he carefully tucked Jeongin in to ensure that he was comfortable and set his phone on charge so that he could wake up next to Beomgyu in the morning.
Gently he caressed the sleeping kitsune’s snow white ears, watching as they twitched repeatedly about, “You did so well today, little one, even if you think you didn’t.”
Jeongin had joined them on stage that night, just for a couple of songs, and stay had gone completely bonkers for it. Minho had been proud of the youngest, their little agipan, because he had performed so well and there was so much potential for him to continue on as an idol. Maybe not with Stray Kids, but there were still many discussions to be had in regards to that. But tonight had been special, for everyone and Minho was proud that the boy had done so well.
Confident that he was comfortable, Minho slipped out to check on the rest of the horde, finding Hyunjin in the living room with the ’00 line sprawled across him in various stages of resting or sleeping. Jisung was sprawled happily in all directions, his head on Hyunjin’s lap, his arms out towards Felix and Seungmin and content, deep snores escaping from his open mouth.
Seungmin had his glasses on and was reading a book on cubs, as he had taken to doing since their private announcement. He had his headphones on, not loud enough for Minho to hear but loud enough that all other noise distractions would be cut off from him so it made sense that he did not acknowledge Minho’s presence. He didn’t really need to, as Minho was just checking up on them so it was all good.
Felix was curled up into Hyunjin’s left side, covered with a blanket and was hugged into the elder omega as tightly as could be. There was the smallest sheen of sweat on his brow and when Minho took a deeper sniff of the air, he picked up the slightest change in the young omega’s scent. Gently he hunkered down next to the omega, reaching out softly to push a stray strand of hair behind his ear, “Oh, little one.”
“Don’t you worry, alpha,” Hyunjin spoke softly, his free hand joining the petting of Felix, “We’ve got a sound plan in place for him. This is just the start of his pre-heat, he’ll be okay for a day or two.”
Minho smiled towards Hyunjin, “One of your alphas offering to help?”
Hyunjin shook his head fondly, “One of his potentials, actually.” The elder omega was texting on his phone with his free hand, “But they’re all good and he won’t get hurt from any of them. I’ve already warned them all about what you’ll do if he does get hurt.”
A pout momentarily formed on Minho’s face before he grinned, “Do I get to meet these alphas of his before?”
“Maybe,” Hyunjin chuckled gently, “Depends on whether you want the secret to be kept for longer or not.”
Opening his mouth to argue, Minho had to close it once again because that was a discussion to be had later. Everyone had a pretty solid guess on who was courting Hyunjin because San could not keep his bragging mouth shut at the best of times, but learning that Felix also had someone – or someone’s – was interesting. Though the kitsune figured that Chan would already know as the omegas rarely kept secrets from each other and Aussie Bro code came into play. Minho did not understand that in the slightest and just let it be for the sake of his own sanity.
“Hmm, I’ll ask Chan in the morning when he wakes up,” Minho replied, glancing at the time, “You going to sleep soon?”
Hyunjin gave a dramatic eye roll, and playfully sassed, “Yes Daddy, god you’re so demanding.”
Minho bonked Hyunjin on the forehead with his hand before standing up, “Just making sure you don’t end up exhausting yourself.”
“Worry more about your two mates first, I’ll be fine,” Hyunjin said, “Especially when cubbies are born, you’re not going to get any sleep at all.”
Deciding that he couldn’t be really bothered to process that sentence properly right now, Minho shook his head and smiled too fondly at all of them before heading back off to the kitchen in order to get a couple of glasses of water. With that done, he headed back to his own nest and clambered back in after setting the water down safely on the bedside.
Changbin chuckled as Chan immediately rolled over to hug into Minho tightly, “He got startled awake and thought you had gone.” His voice was thick with sleep but he snuggled closer to the pair of them, wrapping them both in his big strong arms and squeezing tight for just a few seconds. “Silly Channie having nightmares again.”
Minho nuzzled Chan’s face until he could bring him up in order to give him several kisses, “You’re not getting them again are you?”
Chan shook his head, eyelids drooping so low it was clear that the omega just wanted to go back to sleep. “Just you were gone…got worried.”
“Not going anyway, baby,” Minho whispered back, kissing Chan again on his lips, followed by his eyes, nose and forehead before reaching up to kiss Changbin as well. “You’ve got me and Binnie forever, and nothing is going to take either of us away from either you, or these precious little ones.” The kitsune shifted a little, his hands caressing the not quite yet there bump and sought out the little life pulses that he could feel just under the skin. “Going to protect you all forever, going to watch them grow up, give them more siblings to play with, help them through the tricky times of life, find their mates so they can give up lots of grandpups to play with and it’ll all be directly by your side Channie.”
The kitsune looked back up at the omega, who was smiling radiantly at him with water droplets in his eyes. They were happy tears though and it wasn’t long before the omega was kissing the kitsune, as well as his alpha wolf who was pouting that he wasn’t getting any kisses even though he had probably gotten more than his fair share when Minho had been checking on the others.
After a few minutes, they settled down together, skin touching skin, breaths mingling whilst their bodies tangled together in a happy little pile that was their forever. Nothing and no one could take it away from them, as their promises were sealed with three paper flowers that had been folded on the day that the spring flower display went up to mark their uttermost commitment to each other. As it had been from the moment that Minho had started folding them all those years ago.
~Fin~