Noah's p.o.v
"What gift should we get your bother?"
Long story short Alex forced him to make a stop to purchase a gift for his brother. Okay that is putting it lightly, what she basically said was: "Get your brother a gift or else I return home; I refuse to go to a wedding empty handed it is bad manners even if I am just accompanying you."
"Do not worry we truly not required to buy him anyth-"
She got out of the car, and this was before they got to the airport. Lucas, Toby and Jayden tagged along.Jay cancelled his invitation because of work and his fated mate who is still unconscious. He will be driving them to the airport and he was surely eating this drama up. Every woman his been with have always submitted to him with no effort from his end and now there pouts an adorable stubborn woman he wants in his life.
"What I mean is that we can just show up empty handed, my mother has already prepared the gifts." He told her multiple times but she's persistent. "Besides she just wants to see the reason I refuse to let her guilt me into seeing one of her friend's daughters."
Either way Alex did not stop moving towards the mall, Lucas and Toby got out and followed. Noah sat back and looked at Jayden with a hopeless expression. he knows how much his cousin enjoyed the fact his not in control.
"Finally, the universe has answered my prayers..."
"But you know mom-"
"Alex considers herself as a guest, besides she has different customs than we do. She may hate them but most of what she says, do or act has been her norm for a long time. Oh yeah, take note... You. Are. Always. Wrong."
"What are you talking about? I explained-"
"Even as a Deucalion when it comes to our mates, we always need to know when it's not worth fighting. Otherwise, they get angry and refuse to talk to you for a month and you sit here with that stupid facial expression."
"I'm still your alpha."
"So? I call it how I see it. Listen Noah, in relationships you either suck it up and comply to stupid activities say for example... watching every single JASPER or LYKN concert. You will have to listen to every single song and keep track of every name and to show a modicum of interest in that." He sounds frustrated and looks stressed even thinking about the horrors. "Do I like watching Leo watch other man dancing on a stage with a face of make-up and hear him rave about his bias? Nope. I don't care who the hell Aou, William, Joong, Hong, Santa, or even that Pond is. But me showing interest and just watching makes him happy then later I get happy, that's how the world works."
Jay shrugs and went on his chat to check on Leo who is still out. The combination of what basically are drugs in his system, combined with alcohol for his system poisoned him. If they were to drink the herbs it is to be moderated or else, it would serve as a toxin if your system is weak. Jay is just driving them to the airport and will drive back to his mate; the nurse must have reassured him because he looks visibly relaxed.
"Fine but I know I'm not wrong on this one but to avoid altercations I will concede. How long does this last?"
"What is, until you die?"
Jay laughs and he released a sigh of defeat and followed his fated who bounced from shop to shops. Lucas and zippy looks to be doing their own thing, Lucas clearly going along with whatever zippy was saying. When zippy picked out a waffle maker as Logan's perfect gift he smiled and gave Lucas a kiss on his cheek. They proceeded to go getthe gift-wrapped hand in hand looking cosy and all lovey dovey.
Tearing his eyes of them he followed behind Alex. My living hell, the woman was indecisive and picky at the same time which means she keeps touching, putting down, comparing two items before ditching both. It was truly like shopping with his mother, he would rather jump off a plane than pretend to care what his brother would receive as his wedding gift. Although just seeing his lovely fated focused just made her look cuter and more adorable in his eyes, he finally found something to focus on.
"I'm not the reason, right?"
"Reason for what?"
"Mmm, the reason you refuse to let your mom set you up…"
Alex whispers and tried to duck her head to hide her adorable shyness, he loved the fact that his fated is responsive to how she feels physically. Eyeing a toaster as well as a waffle maker, those would be perfect appliances for newlyweds who are planning on getting their own place.
"Do you want to be the reason?"
She flushes at a loss. Deciding on ignoring Noah for peace sake she manages to push him to one side, and he chuckled. Out of the corner of her eye must have seen it, a perfect gift that has to be on the registry. He followed the call of one of the new models, it was the clean modern blender with multiple useless functions that would still serve to just make juice or a shake. In order to end the torture of indecision he smiled at the blender as if it's something his brother would really need.
".... Let us get them this blender. Common Noah I am sure a blender has to be on their registry, right? It looks perfect. Plus, it is your brother, I think you should put thought into this and maybe when you get married, he will do the same for you."
"So… What I'm hearing is you want to marry me?"
"No. No. No. I'm just speaking hypothetically, if you were to get married to a woman."
"Three no's would have hurt if your heart rate did not pick up. Alright Axx get the blender. I cannot wait to find out what Logan gets us for our wedding."
"Shut up."
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Alex's p.o.v
She made to walk away but her annoying fated handed him his card. Originally, she planned on paying for his brother's wedding gift but now that she has the Deucalion'sblack card. She will be saving her money for rent, for next month.
"Whatever makes you happy, what should I call you? Queen?" He laughs "But that does not sound right, don't you think? Luna."
"Shut up. We had an agreement. It sounds fine."
"Alright Luna... See, it is like we already married."
"Stop teasing me. Marriage is not something you can joke about."
"So, you do want to get married?"
"What are you hearing? In fact, give me the drugs you take so I can understand… What in what I said, says I want to get married?"
"Literally the last five words in your sentence. You just said and I quote: 'I want to get married.'"
"That was a question genius!"
"Yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Good you just answered it."
Realisation dawned on her and her face reddened. The day she is tricked by Noah, now nothing in this universe makes sense anymore. They got the gift wrapped and walked to the car and this time they both sat at the backseat and Jayden drove them to the airport.
.
They boarded the plane, and she was stuck sitting next to Noah, it was first class. She has never been on a plane and the moment she boarded her anxiety flared; she moved anxiously.
"Nervous?"
It was an observation, but she denied it by shaking her head no. She is too afraid to speak so she opted to looking around her body now trembling as take-off time drew closer.
"Everyone please put on your seat belts on and switch devices off, we are about to take off."
The flight attendant spoke and her face paled. The plan started rocking and she clung onto the body next to her burring her face in his warm strong muscles. with his scent playing with her lady parts, she did not realise that that they have already left the ground.
"Please get us two glasses of red wine."
Noah must be speaking to one of all attractive women walking around with short skirts and bought breast. When she heard what he ordered she hid her head clearly scared to actually be jealous of a man she has no right to.
"No, I don't drink. Please get me Pina Colada mocktail."
She muttered but she's sure the Flight attendant heard her. her face still hidden against his chest, refusing to let go of the only thing that made her feel safe especially this high above ground. She had no intention of loosening her grip. Then she heard the click of heels walking away.
"If there's anything at all I can do for you, please don't hesitate to ask."
The woman's voice sounded sweet, maybe even concerned. But then she switched languages.
"Zhè shì wǒ de diànhuà hàomǎ, rúguǒ nǐ xiǎng yuǎnlí hémǎ—"
(Here's my number, in case you want to get far away from the hippo.)
Alex froze. The flight attendant pretended to fall, stumbling in Noah's arms. Her scheming grip on Noah slipped slightly pushing her away, she is still scared shitless, but she will put on a brave face. She understands Mandarin enough to catch that insult. Maybe the woman assumed her race or appearance limited her to English. Maybe she thought she could get away with it. Alex was on the verge of tears, but she refused to give her the satisfaction of seeing her cry over their shallow cruelty. Then Noah spoke. His voice was no longer soft, no longer the usual cheerful tone.
"Enough."
The single word cracked like thunder.
"Nǐ bié pèng wǒ. Bǎ nǐ de lèsè jiǎn qǐlái. Hái yǒu, bié zàishuō wǒ nǚ péngyǒu de huàihuà, chúfēi nǐ xiǎng ràng wǒ shēngqì, fǒuzé hòuguǒ zìfù."
(Don't you ever touch me. Pick up your trash. And don't you ever speak ill of my girlfriend again unless you want to suffer the consequences of making me angry).
His voice was dominant, protective, and full of challenge, he defended her. Her wolf stirred, then settled as his warm fingers gently pried hers loose from his shirt, grounding her. He didn't need to say more. He had already done enough just by standing up for her, unapologetically.
"Here drink this."
OMG, his still using that authoritative voice. She drank her drink without complaint, and the man brought her head slowly resting it on his shoulder. Suddenly something cold touched her ear but before she could jump 'Run' by BTS started playing. That is my favourite song, how did he know? He was on YouTube playing all BTS and JASPER songs until she drifted off to sleep.