Twilight ||| Oneus

~~15~~

A few minutes later, Youngjo walked around the corner and immediately pulled Hwanwoong into his side at the sight of the other omega. "What's going on?"

"I'm not sure, he just woke up." Keonhee looked up and noticed Hwanwoong still giving him a worried look so he immediately turned away. He didn't need anyone's pity...

The three of them waited patiently for the omega to calm down a little before Keonhee handed him a rag he had placed in his pocket to wipe his mouth. He looked so pale and his entire body was shaking. When he sat down to lean against the side of the hut, Keonhee also noticed that his eyes were incredibly bloodshot. "Thanks." The omega said. His voice was raspy and thick.

"Can you tell us your name?" Youngjo stepped forward and crouched in front of him, making the omega immediately flinch a little once he sensed the alpha. The air started to fill with an apple smell but it was... off... almost like it had been burned or was tainted. "My name is Youngjo, and I'm the Head Alpha of this pack. This is my Luna, Hwanwoong, and my beta, Keonhee." He gestured to each in turn.

Keonhee felt himself cringe at how Youngjo introduced him, but he knew the alpha didn't mean anything by it.

The omega still looked disoriented and his hands were shaking quite a bit, but he looked at all three of them and then closed his eyes. "Seoho."

"Can you tell us where you're from, Seoho? Do you have a pack that could be looking for you?"

Seoho shook his head, then turned it to the side and made a face like he was going to throw up again. "Where... am I?"

"You're in our territory, north of the small market town your were in."

"Market town?" Seoho looked confused while looking down at the ground.

Keonhee swallowed the lump in his throat before speaking again, "Yeah. I, um, I have to thank you, for helping me out back there."

Seoho locked eyes with him looking even more confused. "What?"

"Do you..." Keonhee shifted in place a little, "do you not remember? You helped me with those alphas." He noticed Seoho's hands were still shaking really bad, almost like he had a twitch or something.

"Here." Hwanwoong stepped forward and held out his hand. "Let's get you situated and we can get you some water, okay?"

Seoho smacked his lips at the sound of that and took his fellow omega's hand. Keonhee moved to follow them, but Youngjo placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him. "He doesn't look right." The alpha whispered.

Keonhee flinched away from the touch but nodded. "No, I wonder if he's sick."

The older pursed his lips and let out a low growl. "If you brought something contagious into our home..."

A same whimper escaped Keonhee and he turned away. He had had enough of angry alphas and the thought of upsetting Youngjo honestly terrified him after the alpha had been so nice to him.

"I'm sorry." Youngjo offered quickly. "I'm just stressed." He reached up to try and comfort Keonhee but dropped his hand when he noticed another small flinch. "Do you think you'll be able to help him?"

"I don't know, but I promise I will do my best." Keonhee kept his head bowed. He could feel his chest tightening and the continued stinging of his cheek didn't help things.

When he didn't get any kind of response from Youngjo, Keonhee slipped past him and walked over to where Hwanwoong was handing Seoho a shallow bowl they had carved from a fallen tree for him to sip water out of. The omega also had a fur wrapped around his shoulders.

He looked nervous. His hands kept twitching and he surveyed the area with quick jerks of his head.

Hwanwoong glanced up and gave Keonhee a concerned look before stepping away to attend to his alpha.

Keonhee took a deep breath and went to sit on the ground next to Seoho. "How are you feeling?" He asked gently.

Seoho eyed him nervously then took another sip of water with the bowl shaking in his hands. "Okay. Head hurts."

"I've got something I can give you for that, hang on." Keonhee sprang up and ran over to his garden to pick a couple of leaves off a special plant he had been growing. When he turned around he noticed Seoho watching him with great interest. He handed them to the omega. "Suck on these, one at a time, until all the flavor goes away. It'll help with a headache."

Seoho did as he said and tilted his head to the side. "Lemon?"

"It does have a bit of a lemon-y flavor, which I find makes it more pleasant." The beta smiled for the first time that day. "It usually works pretty instantly too."

"Yeah, it does. Thank you." Seoho nodded and pulled the fur tighter around his body.

"You're welcome to stay with me if you'd like, or if you have a home..."

"I don't." Seoho glared at the ground. "I'm tired though."

"Alright, well you can go lay down for a bit. I'll be close by if you need me, okay?" Keonhee offered a smile and kind of got one in return before Seoho seemed to drag himself over to the hut and disappeared without another word.

Keonhee watched him go but stayed where he was at. His mind felt so overwhelmed at the moment and he slowly raised his hand back up to cup his cheek. Visions swam in his mind that had Keonhee shaking as he tried to force them away.

Only when he was sure everyone was in their own huts did he let a couple of tears slide down cheeks. Then he quickly wiped them away and returned to his garden, where he planned on being until someone was in need of him again.

~~Written by flamewhipper ~~