Yunho messed up.

The Omega scrunched up his face before rubbing it with his hand as he walked into the waiting room,embracing himself for his Alpha and all of his pack members to come and yell at him.

They had a variety interview with Oneus 2 hours ago and in the middle of it, Yunho had become too playful and unconsciously started to flirt with Keonhee, one of the Alpha in Oneus. Mingi had stopped playing with the others when he smelled the flirty scent from Yunho and glared at the Omega, crossing his arms and he didn't even care when the camera zoomed in on him.

Keonhee had realized this and told Yunho to stop whatever they were doing quietly and Yunho stiffened, finally realizing that he was giving out his flirty scent that he only did to Mingi before. Widening his eyes, he looked over to Mingi and flinched slightly when he saw Mingi downright glared at him as the other ATEEZ members pursed their lips at Yunho.

"Oh, s-sorry. I didn't mean it to be that far.. I was only being playful.." Yunho explained while scratching his neck and Hongjoong, the Head Alpha and Ravn or Youngjo, the Head Alpha of Oneus quickly got into action and changed the subject to continue the variety. Yunho had gone to Mingi to apologize quietly but the Alpha had blatantly ignored him for the rest of the filming making Yunho felt guiltier by the minute.

--

"What was that Jeong Yunho?"

Yunho flinched when Mingi spoke to him in his Alpha's voice as soon as the Omega arrived in their waiting room. He had stayed back for a bit to apologize to the filming crew about what had happened and luckily they all waved him off, saying that it did made the filming a bit interesting and that he was not at fault and they forgave him.

"Flirting with another Alpha while your Alpha is present in the room, pup? I've trained you better. Now what are your excuses?" Hongjoong scolded Yunho without his Alpha's voice as he could smell that the Omega was slightly panicking.

"I w-was only playing with Keonhee hyung.. I didn't mean to let out the flirty scent.. I swear! I'm so sorry! I'm sorry, Alpha!" Yunho desperately apologized to both Mingi and his head Alpha. Hongjoong sighed in disappointment while Mingi kept quiet, still glaring at his Omega with his angry pheromones fully out making Yunho grimaces at the smell.

"M-min?"

Mingi shook his head, "No. I don't want to hear it. That is a lame excuse. I never 'accidentally' let out my flirty pheromones unless it's for you. Whatever it is, you must've felt something towards Keonhee hyung. I can't believe this Yunho. Do you really love me at all?"

Yunho paled and shook his head quickly, desperately trying to grab Mingi's hands but the Alpha pulled away, making Yunho's lips wobble at the rejection. "No! I don't have any feelings towards Keonhee hyung! Of course I love you Min! You're my mate! Please forgive me! I will control it better!" Yunho explained desperately but the Alpha was still upset and he just shook his head and walked out of their waiting room.

Yunho helplessly looked over to the other members, the Omegas gave him a pity stare while the Alphas gave him a disappointed stare. "I promise I won't do it again.. I'm sorry head Alpha.." Yunho said to Hongjoong with teary eyes and the head Alpha sighed softly, smearing his wrist onto Yunho's neck, scenting him there to calm the distress Omega down.

"Let him be for a while. Let him calm down. Let's go." Hongjoong said and all of them walked out of the waiting room with Yunho trudging at the end of the line with his tail between his legs.

--

M-min?

Yunho whimpered when Mingi didn't reply to him back and his suspicion about Mingi had blocked their link came true. Seonghwa heard Yunho's whimper as he was cooking dinner while the Omegas helped him and Yunho was standing next to Seonghwa as he cut the vegetables.

"Are you okay, pup?"

"Mingi blocked our link.." Yunho whispered and the Luna sighed. "Your Alpha is a possessive type, pup. So it's no wonder that he blocked your link to teach you a lesson. He'll open it back later, okay?" Seonghwa tried to comfort the Omega but it only made Yunho feeling anxious more.

"B-but he never blocked our link before.. W-what if he still blocks me when my heat comes..?"

"When is your heat?"

"I don't know.. Soon.. M-maybe in 3 days.. Maybe less.."

".... You're entering pre-heat now I assumed?"

Yunho nodded quietly, making Seonghwa sighed once again. "So that was why Mingi was so angry at you. You're in pre-heat yet you let out your flirty scent towards another Alpha.. You know how Alphas are, pup.. They are really sensitive when it comes to this, especially if they are already mated."

Yunho wiped his tears with his sweater paws when he realized that he had been crying, before continuing to cut the vegetables and help Seonghwa to cook their dinner. He prayed that Mingi will forgive him before his heat comes because he doesn't like to be alone when it hits him and he wants Mingi when it happens later.

They finished cooking and Yeosang went to call the Alphas as Wooyoung set the tables. Yunho and Seonghwa went to put the food in their respective plates and bowl before putting them on the table. Yunho is hungry, mainly because of his pre-heat but he doesn't know if he could actually stomach them because of the anxiety that had been piling up by the minutes, worrying about Mingi.

They all sat down at the table and Mingi was the last one to arrive at the table. When he saw that the only unoccupied seat was next to Yunho, he grumbles, letting out another frustrating pheromone and Yunho could sense it right away, making him pursed his lips and stood up without a word. "I-I'll eat in my r-room.." Yunho said quietly, picking up his plate and bowl, putting it on a tray and was about to walk to his room that he shared with Mingi but Mingi suddenly spoke in his Alpha's voice.

"I don't want you in the room."

Yunho deflated, nodding his head curtly. "I'll be in t-the nest room.."

Yunho put the tray of food on the table, not feeling like eating anymore and flopped on the bed, sighing softly. He grumbles when a sudden wave came from his stomach, making him pressed a hand there. "Please not now.. Let Mingi calm down first, heat.." Yunho closed his eyes, trying to ignore the pain and he fell asleep minutes later.

"Are you punishing him, MIngi-ah?" San asked as he ate his food and fed Wooyoung at the same time.

"Of course I'm punishing him. He flirts on camera and in front of me when he's in a goddamn pre-heat." Mingi scoffed, shoving down his food angrily.

"Are you going to ignore him when his heat comes?" Seonghwa asked and Mingi nodded his head.

"Yes. That would be my punishment for him. He could satisfy himself with the toys instead. I'm not going to help him in this heat."

"Are you sure that's the best solution? Your bond with Yunho is special, you know? Like me and Hongjoong."

"What about it then? I won't believe in those special bonds as they are just myth and nothing more. Yunho will survive without me. If we're so special then Yunho should've controlled his hormones better anyway."

"He said it was not on purpose, though.. Maybe you should give him some slack.." Yeosang mumbled quietly but Jongho quickly patted his thigh telling him to be quiet.

"If I give him some slack, who knows if he will do it again after this. I've been spoiling him so much and this is what I get back in return? No. I'm not going to give him any slack from now on. He should know that he's my mate and these kinds of behaviours are certainly not going to happen anymore."

"If he shows any and I mean ANY sign that he might be physically hurting because of your punishment, drop it immediately and comfort him. Do you hear me?" Hongjoong said, giving Mingi a stern look and Mingi nodded his head. "Of course. I will though I doubt it will happen. As I said, he will survive. This is just a tiny punishment."

--

Yunho woke up 2 hours later, feeling a bit cold and his head throbbing. Rubbing his temple with his sweater paws, Yunho slowly got up from the bed and looked at his untouched food, sighing and picked it up before going into the kitchen. He put the leftover in the pot, heating it up, putting back the rice that he didn't even touch in the rice cooker.

"Did you eat, pup?" Seonghwa said as he had smell Yunho's pre-heat sense that seems to intensify since 2 hours ago. Yunho absent-mindedly nodded his head. "I did but I didn't finish it.." Yunho lied as if the Luna knew he didn't eat, he would force him and Yunho really doesn't want to eat at the moment.

"Eat something if you're hungry later. You need to eat a lot before your heat comes." Seonghwa reminds him and Yunho nodded his head. "I will, Luna." Yunho said as he turned off the stove and walked into the living room, finding everyone there except for his Alpha.

Yunho played with his sweater paws before glancing at the Omegas while nibbling at his lower lips. "O-omegas.. C-can we cuddle tonight..?" Yunho mumbled but he made sure that the others could still hear him.

"No. Mingi said to us not to let our Omega cuddle with you until your heat ends, pup. I'm sorry. He's the 2nd in command here so we have to heed his orders." San said apologetically even before the Omegas could answer.

Yunho's lips wobbled at that but he nodded his head nonetheless. Yunho then looked up at Seonghwa and Hongjoong, silently pleading for them to let Seonghwa cuddle with him tonight. Omegas in pre-heat loves cuddling and if their Alphas can't cuddle them, the other Omegas in the pack could.

Hongjoong bit his lips. He wanted to let Seonghwa cuddle with Yunho but Mingi had asked him not to politely right after the dinner and now he's fighting with himself on what he should do best. He could see that Yunho is stressed and it won't do good on his body but he's in the middle of a punishment from his Alpha so Hongjoong sighed, shaking his head.

Yunho however had a hunch already so he deflated before Hongjoong could say anything. "It's f-fine, I'll just go to sleep.. Good night.." Yunho mumbled and trudged to the nest room again. Feeling like he would cry again, Yunho rubbed his eyes with his sweater paws to prevent the tears from falling and lay on the bed.

"I hope Mingi will calm down tomorrow.." Yunho mumbled to no one and closed his eyes, burying himself underneath the blanket.

--

"You reek, pup. You can't go to schedules. I'll cancel all of your schedules until your heat ends. Do you want me to do the same with Mingi?" His manager said the next morning when he went to wake the Omega up. Yunho nodded slowly before biting his lips again at the question. "Go ask him, hyung. If he wants to stay then yes but if he doesn't then it's okay. I'll be fine." The manager titled his head as usually Yunho would demand for Mingi to be with him all the time but he heed the Omega's words and went to ask Mingi.

Yunho sighed and whimpered when his stomach hurt again. He slowly got out of the bed and went to the living room to see them off. The Omegas looked at Yunho with pity when they smelled the Omega's obvious sweeter scent while the Alphas scrunched up their nose for a bit. Yunho had stayed a bit far from the Alphas to not trigger them as he waited for Mingi and his manager to come out.

"A-are you staying, M-min?" Yunho asked quietly as soon as he saw Mingi walking into the living room. Mingi ignored him again and it took all of Yunho to not break down in front of everyone. This is his punishment. This is what he deserves so he had to suck it up until Mingi lifted the punishment up.

"Mingi will go to the schedules, pup. Will you be alright alone?" His manager asked and the only thing that Yunho can do is nod his head sadly. "Yeah, I'll be fine, hyung."

"Don't forget to eat." Seonghwa said to Yunho before they all went out of the house to go to their schedules, leaving a very stressed and sad Yunho. Yunho had control of his emotions so as to not let the others know that he's not fine at all but he wanted to be a good Omega again so he suppressed all of his stress inside until he's sure that they are not anywhere near their apartment before letting it all out.

Yunho went to the laundry room, knowing that he couldn't enter his shared room with Mingi and search for one of Mingi's shirt on the racks, taking it with him to the nest room. He buried himself under the blanket and hugged Mingi's shirt close to his chest, inhaling Mingi's scent even though the shirt had already been washed.

--

Seonghwa sighed as he entered the nest room, Yunho's scent filled the whole room as the nest room had a suppressant smell and noise cancelling on the door so no one could smell or hear anything from the outside. He went to the bundle on the bed and shook Yunho's shoulder gently.

Yunho groaned, opening his eyes slowly and turning his head over to Seonghwa. "Hm..? Oh.. You guys are back.. What time issit..?" Yunho mumbled sleepily before he doubled over when the heat waves surged in his stomach. Seonghwa frowned, caressing Yunho's back softly. "Just now. I think your heat is here, pup. It's already 9. Did you eat anything today?"

Yunho nodded his head though he hadn't even gone out of the room that day. "Is M-mingi still mad at m-me? It h-hurts, hyung.. P-please.. I n-need him.." Yunho teared up, curling into himself as the pain of waves surged throughout his body. "I'll try to talk to him, okay pup? Let's get you out of this thick sweater. You need a lighter clothes." Seonghwa then helped Yunho pull his sweater off, making the younger Omega sigh softly as his body cooled down for a bit.

M-min?

Yunho burst into tears when Mingi didn't reply and knew that he still blocked their link making Seonghwa frown and hurry to calm the Omega down. "What's wrong, pup?"

"M-mingi is still blocking our l-link, hyung.." Yunho sobbed, burying his head in Seonghwa's neck. Seonghwa sighed and helped Yunho into a lighter shirt while trying to comfort him. Yunho curled up right after Seonghwa put him down on the bed as Seonghwa got up from the bed. "I'll go find Mingi. Call me if you need anything. Your phone is on the table." Yunho nodded weakly.

"I don't want to. I told you I won't be with him this heat." Mingi huffed as he rolled around on his bed though he did feel a bit guilty for letting his mate go through on his heat alone.

"Mingi, Yunho pleaded for you.. Isn't this enough punishment for him..? He never went through his heat alone before after mating with you. He might get sick later on." Seonghwa tried but Mingi won't have it. "No and that's final, hyung."

Seonghwa sighed and went back to the nest room, taking a deep breath before entering the room and he felt sad when he saw Yunho crying on the bed, mumbling Mingi's name.

"Pup.. I'm sorry.. I tried.. Mingi doesn't want to come here and help you with your heat.."

Yunho cried, hard and Seonghwa rubbed Yunho's back gently. "I'm sorry, pup.. But I also can't stay here.. Hongjoong won't let me.." Yunho turned around, grabbing Seonghwa's wrist albeit weakly. "N-no..P-please stay.. P-please.. I c-can't.. P-please hyung.." Yunho begged Seonghwa while sobbing hard.

"I'm sorry pup.. I can't deny the head Alpha and my mate.. Call me if you need anything and I'll come to you okay?" Seonghwa gently pulled Yunho's hand from his wrist as Yunho looked up at him, hiccuping and sobbing.

Yunho watched Seonghwa walk out of the room with despair. Yunho hiccuped again and whimpered as he felt the slick gushing out of his hole but he didn't want to do anything if Mingi was not there with him so he ignored all the pain and buried himself underneath the blanket, reaching for Mingi's shirt and hugged it close.

--

Yunho woke up a few times after that, his mind hazy and he always saw food that Seonghwa had left for him when he was sleeping or fainted. After he had woken up for the upteenth time, Yunho got up slowly from the bed and took the food that Seonghwa had put in the room before going into the bathroom with trembling legs and throwing it in the toilet bowl before flushing it down. He went to the bathtub and saw that Seonghwa already had filled it with warm water and sat in the bathtub slowly.

Yunho whined when his body shook because of the intense heat that he doesn't release but he forced himself not to do anything. I deserve this. I won't do anything unless Mingi comes here to take care of it for me.. Yunho thought, closing his eyes and after a while, Yunho fell asleep in the bathtub.

It's cold.. I want Mingi.. Yunho moaned in pain when his head throbbed violently as he slowly opened his eyes and realized that he was still in the bathtub. He doesn't know how long he had been in there but he forced himself to clean himself as best as he could before going out of the bathroom, taking Mingi's shirt and wearing it. He flopped on the bed, shivering and buried himself underneath the blanket.

This continues for another 2 days. Yunho woke up and flushed the food down before taking a shower while ignoring his heat and went back to sleep. All he did was drink the water without eating anything and sleep, wishing to wake up with Mingi by his side.

--

Yunho's heat finally went away on the 3rd day. He groggily sat up on the bed, fully aware of the massive headache but he was relieved when he didn't feel any waves of pain from his stomach anymore. His heat is gone! Maybe Mingi would finally talk to him again and stop his punishment! Yunho quickly got up from the bed, as fast as his trembling legs could and took a deep breath, suppressing any emotion of distress and scent before walking out of the room.

He stumbled to the living room and found everyone in there, including his Alpha.

"M-min..? M-my heat is g-gone.. D-do you f-forgive me now..?" Yunho mumbled albeit weakly making the others turn their heads to look up at him. Mingi narrowed his eyes at Yunho, making Yunho deflate. Am I still n-not forgiven..? I'm still a b-bad Omega..? Yunho thought. His inner Omega wailed when Mingi growled, making him flinched and staggered backwards.

"N-nevermind.. S-sorry for d-disturbing all of you.." Yunho stuttered out before running to the nest room, locking it as he didn't want any of the Omega to come up to him. Yunho slid down by the door, tears already running down his face as his inner Omega broke down because his Alpha rejected him even after enduring the grievous heat alone.

Yunho gasped when he felt something squeezing his chest, grabbing his front shirt and whimpering, falling down to the side as he gasped for air until the pain diminished several minutes later.

W-what happened..? W-what was that..? Yunho thought before yelping when his mating gland on his neck burned so much that he had to press it down with his hand to try dimming the pain down. Yunho paled. Is.. Is m-my inner Omega trying to b-break the b-bond?? B-but I d-don't want to!! Yunho got up from the floor, shakily and with a few tries because he kept falling back down because of his weakened body.

Trudging to the bed, he contemplated whether to call Seonghwa for help or not but he couldn't shake the feeling that this is what he deserved for being a bad Omega. Yunho winced when his head throbbed again and gave up on calling Seonghwa, putting his phone back on the table and went to sleep.

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"Yunho. Open