SAFE with you with ME

CHAPTER 3 NOT SO FRAGILE

Hinata laughed then winced, the dark haired Prince frowned pulling up the soft down blanket, the material was like feathers and the color of the sun matching Hinata's hair. The detailed black embroidery with spirals and other intricate mandala like designs littered the surface in a structured chaos. It, was-beautiful.

Tobio noticed the small healer's attention was drawn away from his injuries. "My mother made this. Before I was born." He stated unable to hold back a fond smile.

The omega's head snapped up a the different tone of the usually scowling alpha prince. Hinata could see a boy who lost his mother and not the would be king with his pride and fortified walls.

"My brother told me she worked on it for the nine months she carried me. " he stated in the same tone.

"You love your brother. " Hinata scooted up slowly, accepting the pillows the Prince put behind his back.

"He hates me. " This was said with a resolute sigh and slumping shoulders.

"He couldn't." Hinata replied without hesitation. As if it were a fact everyone already knew. Tobio just shook his head and focused elsewhere.

"You don't know him as I do. Ever since we were children he's hated me. He blames me for my mother's death. He never knew his mother but grew fond of mine. Then he presented and stopped talking to me. I was an Alpha and therefore I get the crown and he was married to my advisor. I don't want his stupid crown, he can keep it." Tobio grumbled. "Then he had to go get knocked up by that dumbass. I would kill Hajime, but it would kill my brother."

It was Hinata who looked towards Tobio sadly, something no one dare do. However the future King didn't feel anger instead he felt calmer? Tasting the air he realized the Omega was scenting the air. It was delicious and tranquil, "Natsu is my niece." Hinata confessed.

Tobio found himself kneeling next to bed his large hands cupping the distressed omega's own smaller fists. To his pleasure the small man didn't pull his hands back he just continued.

"My brother was attacked by his alpha he was forced bonded, the man who did that wanted an omega to brutalize to toy with he had no intention of having children let alone keeping them.

He left my brother when he found he was pregnant.  It's not fair that an Alpha can break the bond but an Omega can not. It almost killed him and when my brother survived Natsu's birth he had a new reason to live. Except his alpha came back, your brother is lucky. He presented right. So he most likely was able to live freely as a Beta or maybe he thought himself an Alpha for a short while until his secondary gender was revealed. However you've smelled Natsu there's no doubt she is an Omega. We are useless in the eyes of some Alphas. Unless we can produce alphas. So that evil man demanded more children  but Natsu she was still feeding, and this is a heat killer. He wouldn't hear it and drew a dagger."

Hinata felt the hot tears, he had fought so hard but Eiji had caught him off guard, had struck him hard across the back of the head. His threat to sell Shoyo into slavery was real that day. Hinata had regained consciousness, just in time to hear his brother cry out stepping in front of the dagger meant for the infant and it was driven deep into his heart.

"Fool!" Eiji shouted "FOOL!"

Hinata had screamed but he didn't hear any words from himself or the shrieking baby on the floor covered in her mother's blood. He vaguely remembers the small bassinet stained red and turned over.

Hinata grabbed the baby and ran without turning back, he never turned back. The omega snapped back to the present pushing that nightmare away. His mother had been beaten repeatedly until one day she didn't get up and his father was an Alpha that left him and his brother to fend for themselves.