Mark came back with the underwear and handed it over to Alan. Then, he rummaged through his closet and found a shirt and pair of jeans for Alan.
" Hey Mark, these are a little big for me. I mean, don't you have something else. I am too handsome to wear such baggy clothes." Alan pouted while trying to tuck his shirt in.
" These are my favorite ones. They are a little tight and make my muscles look big. Maybe, you are too small." Mark tried to tease Alan.
Alan glared at him, " Call me small one more time and I will kill you."
" Dude relax. I was just kidding." Mark replied.
" You see, you cannot make fun of my physique. I was born as omega but I still have enough power to tear your privileged alpha ass. God forbid, if I was born as alpha, you people would have crawled under my feet." Alan clenched his fist and was thrilled just by the thought of that possibility.
" Yeah. That's true. Thank god you are not alpha." Mark giggled. " Just the thought of that makes me scared."
" Are you mocking me?" Alan gnashed his teeth." You should train with me sometimes. I need an opportunity to beat up your arrogant ass. I bet you won't be so smug then."
" Oh. I think the same. We need to train together and find out exactly who is on top?" Mark remarked.
Alan was taken aback for a moment, " top?"
" Yeah, strength wise." Mark replied. Then, his point of view got the hint of Alan's point of view, " Oho, what were you thinking Alan?! You are such a pervert?" Mark pulled his cheek.
Once again, Alan was taken back. " What are you doing? Stop touching me! You...double pervert."
" Ha ha... that's the best you could come up with?" Mark giggled.
" Hmph, I don't want to talk to the likes of you. We are getting late. Let's go." Alan replied.
" Alright. Can you pick that duffle bag for me?" Mark requested as he was holding the other one.
" What is in this bag?" Alan asked.
" My clothes. This one is Ben's" Mark explained. " Now let's get going."
Alan mumbled." Yes. I don't want Rui to wake up without me."
" There you go again. Why are you so obsessed with her? Do you like her or something?" Mark asked the question that has been torturing his mind.
" Yeah. I like her. And I like her a lot." Alan replied.
" Alright." Mark was speechless. He didn't know what to do or how to reply. Isn't it impossible for two omegas to have babies? How are they even gonna survive like that?
They went down the elevator and to the parking, entered the car, started driving to the hospital. And during all that time Mark was thinking only one thing." Why does he even like her?"
" Did you say something?" Alan asked as he heard Mark mumbling.
" Yeah. Why do you like her? " Mark argued.
" I like her because... I don't have a peculiar reason. It's just that, when she is with me, I feel like I finally have someone I can call family." Alan replied.
" So, you are planning to start a pack with her? And have you confessed?" Mark inquired.
" What?! What confession? Aish... What the hell are talking about? " Alan became furious. " It's not the like kind of like. It's the like where I really like her even if she she doesn't like me."
Mark stared at his face, " I did not understand a word you said."
Alan was losing his temper. " Mark, Rui is my only family in this world."
" You two are brother and sister?" Mark was confused.
" No. Well, kind of. But she means a lot more to me than a sister." Alan replied. " I know, you must be thinking if we aren't lovers or siblings or friends, then why are we so close. Right?"
" Ah. Yes. I feel like I got a cramp in my brain."
" Let me try to break it down for you. I, my family abandoned me when I was born. So, I am an orphan. I was fostered by someone and then got separated from them too. Then, I was just like a peck of dust wandering here and there. Everything was blurr until I found her. Rui, she was so kind to me. When everyone looked at me as if I was an eyesore. Her eyes held the gentle affectionate gaze for me. Even after we...we went through a lot...because of a certain someone. " Alan side eyed." But, she stood by my side at all cost. You see, this kind of affection where the person stays with you even when you are of no use,I have never felt it before. I always thought people talk to each other for benefits. Rui, after being with me, she had experienced more losses than benefits. But she still kept that gentleness. And I believe, that's exactly what a family does. I haven't experienced it before, but I believe if I had a family, they would look like Rui. That's why I am ' obsessed' with her. She is not my sister or a mere friend, she is my family."
Mark was taken aback by the sudden explanation. " You know Alan, families don't do that nowadays."
" Huh?"
" I mean to say, families don't love like that anymore. They have also become like the others. They try to use you as a display of their reputation. It feels like you are nothing more than a medal to them. If you shine and shimmer, they will proudly show you off to the world. But once you lose that shine, they will toss you around like trash. You can have such fantasies about family because you never had a real one. Believe me, if you ever came to have one, you will regret it." Mark went with the flow and opened up to Alan as well.
" Do you? Do you regret having a family?" Alan was startled by sudden round of heart to heart talk.
" Hmmm...I do. But I am glad I have Ben. In your words, he is my only family." Mark replied with a gloomy smile.
" What about your parents?" Alan asked out of curiosity.
" My mother is no more. My father hates me and my grandfather, I am his medal." Mark replied," only big brother treats me like a human."
" That's...fucked up." Alan replied.
" Ha ha ha... You are supposed to say sorry." Mark chuckled. " Don't you feel sorry for me."
" Mmm...nyaah...I am in no place to feel sorry for others. And I still think you are pretty lucky. It is fucked up but not that much." Alan replied.
" Ha ha ha...not that much? That's just...it makes me look like I am desperate for your pity."
" Hey! It's fine. As long as you still stand strong, every thing is fine. You have fucked up family, so what? You are here and smiling. It's good enough to be grateful for. Mark, you know I have learnt something through experience. As long as you don't wish for too much, you will be satisfied with what you have. I am okay with having Rui and you should feel fine for having Ben. Quantity of relation doesn't matter, quality does."
" Hmm. Thank you." Mark replied.
" For what?" Alan asked.
" For not saying sorry. I really don't like being pitied." Mark confessed.
" I understand. I hate it too." Alan smiled back.