Vivi followed Leon outside to the back deck where he led her. Their entire family was still inside chatting. It wasn't unusual for Leon to want to hang out away from the family's prying eyes. "What's up Leon?" She asked once they were outside.
"Would you be willing to grant me one birthday wish? No matter what I ask? I have something for you in return for granting it."
"What is it, Leon?" She asked.
"First promise me that you'll grant it."
"Fine, what do you want for your birthday? You only turn 18 once after all."
"I want you to look at me." He requested huskily.
"I do look at you, Leon…"
"No, I mean really look at me! In the eyes and don't look away. I want you to see me, really truly see me!"
Vivi didn't quite know what to say. She really hadn't looked Leon in the eyes properly in a long time. The last time she had she had quickly looked away since she saw his puppy love for his 'big sis' as he used to call her. Then she had caught him entangled with yet another omega when she tried to meet up with him. And on her last birthday, he refused to meet her eye. Now he was requesting she look at him?! She supposed that she could acquiesce to this since this was really a simple request for his birthday.
She looked him in the eye and gasped. She was shaken. Looking back at her wasn't his typical sapphire eyes, instead was the deep dark lake blue with a hint of green tourmaline to his eyes. His eyes were a fully mature alpha. She wanted to drown in their endless beauty. She longed for him with all her being. A tingling sensation ran through her body and turned into a full-on spark as Leo took her hand and kissed her palm. She uttered an involuntary moan as he looked her straight in the eye.
Her omega was screaming at her. His alpha was roaring in his head, he inched closer, took another step, her omega responded with a heat in her loins that she could barely contain. He whispered to her, "Do you see it, Vi? Do you see what is meant to be? How I've longed for you to see it, to feel it too. You're my mate, my fated one. I want you to know how long I've waited for you to realize this."
She could only nod and then she surprised herself and closed the small distance between them. She kissed him. Not the family friendly peck on his cheek or forehead, but full on liplock. She took her time savoring the feel of his lips upon hers and gasped as he licked her lips, darting his tongue into her mouth the instant she opened it. She barely held back a louder moan as the electric thrill sent her throbbing lady parts into a wet pool of moisture between her legs at the exhilarating contact. It felt like forever, and at the same time it felt like it was over in an instant, when a voice broke them apart.
"Save it for your love nest, Leon. Mom and Dad are waiting inside for us to open our birthday presents." Noel rolled her eyes at her brother finally making his move on Vivi. He had only been in love with her since he was 10 when he presented his alpha gender. It took him 8 years to finally get across to Vivi that he loved her. From the pheromones these two were producing if she hadn't interrupted, her brother might have hauled their 'cousin' up to his room, in the attic. "Oh, and take a moment to calm down. No one wants to see you sportin' a kickstand…"
"Fuck, Noel! Couldn't you have waited a moment longer?!" He cursed.
"Sorry Bro, no can do. If I hadn't interrupted you, who knows when you would have stopped sucking face? Besides, isn't that why you got that love nest in the mountains? Don't worry, Mom and Dad are clueless about how you spend your money." Noel rolled her eyes.
"And how do you know how I spend mine?!"
"Easy, I'm your sister and last I saw debited from our shared account was quite the sum for a rental. It doesn't take rocket science to know that your share of birthday money over the last couple of days went towards furnishing a love nest. I mean come on, why else would you visit an adult store out of town?"
"NOEL!" Leon growled at his sister.
"What? It's not like I care, besides, congrats on finally getting your mate. Don't worry I don't plan on letting Mom, Dad and our uncles know about it or you and Vi."
Vivi was stunned. She was still trying to process everything. But her brain picked up pieces of the conversation between Noel and Leon. A love nest? Mountains? Adult store?! Could it be that he had been taking omegas to this place? She fought back tears as she misunderstood the conversation between the siblings. Wasn't Leo hers? Yet he was still taking omega to a secret hideaway?! She turned and rushed to the side gate and let herself out. She ran right to her car and didn't turn around to the shout from Leon. She continued to fight the tears in her eyes as got into her car and started the engine. She peeled out of the driveway a bit recklessly, but she needed to get away, to clear her head and not see the man that she had instantly fallen for, break her heart further. Fated mates her ass! She was just one of many of his conquests!
"NOEL! Look at what you did!" Leon was now pissed. Vivi undoubtedly misunderstood all that his sister had said. "Tell Mom and Dad I'm sorry, but I have to go after her! She can't misunderstand this, or me any longer!" Leon would go the distance to prove himself to his love. He would prove that he wasn't a shallow creep like she was probably thinking right now. He knew Vivi like no else could. Even her parents often misunderstood her or her actions even though she was very much like her Mom and their Grandma. It was astounding how much they misinterpreted her actions when they were so similar to them both.
He hurried to his car and headed for the place he knew she would find solace in at this time of night. The lake on the outskirts of town was her thinking spot she went to ever since she could drive. He would go to her and make her understand that this love nest was for her and her only. He prepared it to be special for them both, but he decorated it to her taste and stocked it with all the things she would like. Big fluffy towels to set by the hot-tub? Check. Extra-large, King-size bed? Check. Big fluffy down comforter? Check. The pastel colors that soothed her and the periwinkle of her favorite color for the curtains and bedspread? Check. Scented candles that matched her pheromones? Check! Edible massage oil in chocolate? Check! Strawberries and chocolates with a large bottle of whipped cream? Check!
Everything was perfect for them, he just needed to get her to understand this. She would know the instant she saw the place; he knew it. After reaching the lake, he parked in the parking lot some distance from the water and scanned the shoreline for her unmistakable figure. She was tall for an omega girl, and she was also petite but at the same time she was curvy in all the right places. She wasn't overly busty like some girls, nor was she too curvaceous in her hips either, but they were well set with a wideness that would mean easy childbirth. His alpha appreciated and supplied that fact to him at the wrong time…
He groaned and told his alpha to stuff it for the time being. It would get its chance to prove that after they were mated and married. He would never ever interfere with Vi's dream of being a doctor. He wanted to help her achieve that dream and find success before he would let his lusty alpha impregnate the woman he loved with his whole being. Loving someone meant supporting them and their dreams. Not hindering them with something that they had plenty of time to have in the future.