Both the scent of sandalwood and rose petals soon disappeared from center park. The omegas who were on the run, finally halted at the gate of home economics department. Rui and Alan, both were struggling to breathe. They seemed to be exhausted. However, they still could summon a lot of strength as long as its about escaping. Afterall, these two were pros at running away. Since the time they first met, there have been numerous instances of them escaping the dangers. If there was an award for the people who create a mess and then escaped from it, Rui and Alan would have been the champions. These two were really the fear factor duo. No one could create a mess, like they do.
After taking in sufficient amount of oxygen, Rui spoke first, " Hey, there is no one behind us. Have we lost them?"
" I don't think they followed us. Because if he wanted to, polar bear would have caught us in no time. I guess he was satisfied with the answer." Alan contemplated.
Rui was confused, " What answer?"
Alan realised that Rui was not close enough to hear their conversation at that time. So, she doesn't know what happened. He took a deep breath and explained, " Oh, it's just that he asked me why we were following him that day, outside the club. So, I told him that it was you who said that he looked similar to your first crush. We followed him in order to confirm your doubt."
" What! My first crush? What the hell!", Rui was fuming," You sacrificed my first crush in order to escape from that devil. Alan, you idiot!"
" Hey, What's the big deal? It was the only thing I could think of." Alan tried to reason with Rui.
" Why? You could have said it was your first crush?" Rui retorted.
" I would have,but then it wouldn't have made sense. He is your childhood friend. It is still believable that you used to have a crush on him. Do you think it would sound believable if I say- Hey Mark, even though I have never seen you before, you were my childhood crush."
" Alan, you… at least you could have said that I confused him with some old classmate. Why first crush?"
" Aai…what's is fun in that. It won't be romantic anymore Rui. Just imagine, a girl who accidently met her first crush after several years. She was so overwhelmed that she could not help following him. Wow. So romantic" Alan cooked a super cringe worthy shitty romance scene inside his head.
" Romantic my foot! Do you have any idea what you have done?" Rui grabbed on to her head and squatted on the floor, " Shit! Shit! Shit!"
" What? Why so much shit? What is wrong? It is just a story, what's the big deal?"
" Shit.. Al… do you think Ben heard you two?" Rui asked with eyes full of hope.
" Yeah, he was there all the time. He definitely heard us."
" Shit!" Rui started pulling her hair.
Alan saw the disappointment on Rui's face. He was trying hard to figure out what went wrong. Suddenly, the holy light glowed inside his mind. " Your first crush…? you don't want Ben to hear about it..? oh my god! Rui, Ben was your first crush?" Alan yelled in surprise.
" No…" Rui replied. Then she took a deep breath and replied, " Yes. But in my defense, he was really kind and sweet to me back then. So, I had a little… this little crush on him." Rui gestured with fingers.
" Oh Wow! So, you had it in the past and now you don't?" Alan asked even though he was already aware of the reply.
" No… I don't know. He has changed a lot. I don't know him anymore." Rui replied with utter despair.
" Ha Ha ha… but you still do care if he heard my answer to Mark or not. You like him, don't you?" Alan said in a teaing tone.
Rui nodded, " You see, back in elementary school we weren't differentiated into alphas or omegas or betas. We were just kids with equal rights and equal opportunities. Back in the days me, Ben and Mike…sorry Mark were best buds. I had the best time with them. Every weekend we used to play in the park. And whenever we played house, I would be the woman of the household. Mike would always cry and cling on to me because he wanted to be the husband. However, I would always choose Ben because I liked him. He was this little cutie, with gentle and polite conduct. He was like a royal prince. And I was obsessed with princes at that time. Thereafter, we remained best friends and stayed together until graduation. However, with graduation, our friendship came to an end. I never saw them again. I tried to find their new school but I couldn't."
"Now that we have met again, I don't know how to feel. I mean he looks great and he is still a kind soul. Still, I cannot think of him as a friend. Especially, when he is one of those alphas." With a sigh, Rui ended the little flashback.
" So, you mean that polar bear.. no, that Mark Richard is actually your childhood friend? He is that Mike or whatever you said?"
" Sigh, Yeah. Unfortunately, that is true. I did not recognise him at first but today when I saw him up close, it really was him." Rui said.
" What! Then you actually spied on your childhood friend. I can't believe it. You actually didn't recognise the so called first friends you made. That's messed up." Alan thought out loud.
" Yeah I know. They have changed so much,from cute little playmates to tall and cunning alphas. How am I supposed to recognise such mind boggling beings. And the fact that I spied on him, I don't regret it. It was a job and I had to do it. Plus, that jerk deserved it. In fact, stalking him is nothing, I wish I could haunt him. That asshole… he looks like a delicate doll but he is a beast with no mercy. Ugh, I wish I could just…" Rui started wringing her hands.
" Just what?"
" I wish I could just… twist his every joint. I swear to god, when he was holding on to your arm, I was going crazy." Rui replied.
" Hey… take it easy. It's our first day at university, we have to remain low key. Remember what boss said, a spy should always be like shadow, a faint but untouchable presence. From now on let's avoid those two. I don't want that guy to know about us and our background. With his status and power, he could ruin us and your family business in no time. Let's just avoid that trouble."
" Alright. But how are we going to do that? I mean Mark is in your class and Ben is in mine." Rui also wanted to stay away from those jerks. They both were alphas and somehow, being around Ben made her nervous. It would be better if she could just stay away from him.
Alan thought for a while and the replied, " For now, let's enter the class at the last minute and leave the class before the others. In this way, we will never cross paths with each other. Soon, they will forget about it too. Until then, let's spend the least time in college and maximum time at firm."
" Agreed. Let's do that." Alan and Rui high fived.