Dimitrios:Good morning, pretty boy. I’m missing your mouth already. Why don’t you send me a picture of those pretty lips of yours?
Dimitrios watched the screen for a moment. Three little dots at the bottom showed that Remi was texting back.
Remi woke when his alarm went off, turning over and feeling the soreness in his lower half, but that didn’t even register past the fact that he was amazingly, blissfully warm. There was no cold leaking into his covers from outside. His whole apartment was warm from his heater, and it made getting out of bed a thousand times easier than usual.
He rushed through his morning routine, knowing he had to stop at the bank to deposit his check before his first class. The omega pulled the bag with his clothes from the previous day out of his backpack to get his coat, but everything in the bag had taken on the scent of his slick. He knew that he couldn’t wear his normal coat until after he washed it.
Remi threw on an old black t-shirt and pulled on the hoodie that Dimitrios had let him borrow. It was warm and immediately made him feel sleepy. It was so oversized and thick it was like wearing a blanket. Remi zipped up his backpack and headed out, locking his door and jogging down the stairs, practically floating the half block to his bus stop.
He tucked his hands inside the long sleeves and waited, shivering. The hoodie was warm, but his jeans were full of holes. Remi ignored the chill and focused on the fact that he was about to deposit fifteen thousand dollars into his bank account. He couldn’t stop smiling as his bus arrived and he jumped on.
The bank was busy for such an early morning, but he filled out his deposit slip and waited his turn in the long line of people, most of whom were in business attire. The suits and ties had him thinking of Dimitrios. Would the alpha be at work already? He imagined how the alpha must look in his fancy office. He was certain that Dimitrios would be sexy when he was being all big-boss and commanding. He remembered the alpha asking if Remi would come see him at his office after hours. Maybe he’d get a chance to find out for himself.
Remi let his mind drift through fantasies of what Dimitrios might do with him at his office, and he felt his cheeks get warm. He turned his thoughts away from the possibility of hiding under the alpha’s desk and sucking him off, and toward school. That was always a safe bet.
He thought about his first class of the morning, which was all about knife techniques. Remi had been amused when he’d seen the option on the class sheets, but it was actually one of the most helpful classes he had. He’d learned so much about the proper way to prepare ingredients in that class. It was insane how much he’d been doing wrong.
When it was finally his turn, Remi made his deposit, then withdrew enough cash to pay his rent. He tucked the money into his backpack and left the bank feeling light as air. It was gently snowing again as he exited the bank and he looked up at the sky with a smile, opening his mouth and catching a snowflake on his tongue like he remembered doing as a child. He practically skipped to his bus stop and waited, watching the snowfall and his breaths puff out little white clouds. As he waited the snow got heavier and heavier until it was a flurry of white outside the little shelter where he stood.
Remi put his hood up before he dashed forward and onto the bus when it stopped in front of him, shaking the snow off as he entered and took a seat. He rode to the stop that was closest to his school and hopped out. He didn’t pause before he began running down the sidewalk the two blocks to campus, rushing into the building to escape the weather.
The omega’s wet shoes skidded on the already slippery floor and he almost fell. He was caught and steadied before he completely lost his footing. Remi looked up to thank whoever had helped him and gave a weak smile when he saw his ex-boyfriend, Cade Nash.
“Woah there! You okay?” Cade asked as Remi righted himself.
“Yeah. I’m fine. Thanks.”
Remi shook the snow off himself, brushing at the hoodie where the ice had started to melt and soak into the cotton.
“How have you been?”
Remi glanced up to see Cade staring at him with a little half smile, a little hopeful. The omega felt bad that he’d hurt the alpha. He was a good guy, and during their very brief relationship, he’d been almost overwhelmingly sweet and gentle. Unfortunately, Cade Nash just wasn’t what Remi was looking for. He knew that half the omegas on campus would trade their left arm for a chance with the handsome alpha, yet for Remi, his feelings toward the other were ambivalent.
“Fine. You?” The omega answered politely.
“Good. I was gonna ask…” Cade began, but paused, and Remi could see in his face that he’d caught the scent of another alpha on him by the way his brows furrowed quizzically. “Are you seeing anyone right now?”
Remi felt awkward. He wasn’t really‘seeing’Dimitrios the way Cade meant, but he thought that maybe a clean break would convince the alpha to give up on his crush. There was no such firm goodbye as saying hello to someone else. So he lied.
“Yeah, I am. How about you? Anyone special in your life?”
“No… I guess not.”
Remi gave him a sad smile and patted his back consolingly.
“That’s too bad. I’m sure you’ll find someone. Anyway… I gotta go. Time for class. Later, Cade.”
“Later…”
Remi headed off to class quickly, keeping his head down and turning at the first corner. He really did feel bad for shutting the alpha down. He knew that Cade had had real feelings for him, and that was really sweet, but Remi would only be hurting him more by letting him think that they had a chance. If he was being totally honest with himself, the reason they’d never had sex was because Remi hadn’t felt attraction to him like that. The omega had unbelievably specific expectations about sex and how he wanted an alpha to act and to treat him. Dimitrios Cirrilo had blown past those expectations and into the stratosphere, and there was nothing that an alpha like Cade Nash could offer him anymore.
Cade was very kind and sweet, but that was kind of the problem. Even on the few occasions that they had made out, the alpha was always trying to slow things down. He wanted to make love and romance someone. That was beautiful and very touching, but Remi hadn’t even gotten aroused by it. He didn’t want that kind of romance. He didn’t want to make slow, sweet love. He wanted someone to hold him down by the hair and fuck him until he saw stars. He wanted someone to dirty talk him until he was wet and aching and so turned on that he’d cry and beg to be knotted. Was that so much to ask?
Maybe it was, but it wasn’t like Remi could change himself to suit someone else’s tastes. He’d gotten his first real-life look at hard and dirty sex with Dimitrios, and he didn’t think he’d ever be able to accept the soft and sweet lips and hands of someone like Cade now.
The omega smiled a little to himself as he thought about the fact that he’d get to fuck Dimitrios again soon. He had to admit the sex was amazing between them, and Remi was already ready for round two, even if his lower back and ass were still sore. He didn’t care, he’d let the alpha do whatever he wanted to him. He knew now that Dimitrios was made for sex, and he wanted another taste of the dark need that the alpha had awoken inside him. The need to be dominated and to submit. The deep and abiding need to please.
Remi made his way into the classroom and pulled his hoodie off, hanging it over the back of his chair to dry the hood and shoulders. He sat down at his usual work station next to Phoenix who shared most of his classes with him. He only had one class that wasn’t shared with either Phoenix or Aiden .