Loving The Beautiful Alpha

Today is a good day.

The weather has been warm these days. Despite living in a city, the clouds are still drifting in a slow and relaxed manner. Together with the cool breeze of air, it can make someone sigh in satisfaction.

Various people are every busy in the city. The streets are full of life as usual. Some of those people are rushing to reach the trains and buses while the others are walking very fast while talking with someone on their phones. There are also the cars lined up on the road while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.

While the outside world had been busy for hours now, a certain young man who just woke up is moving at a fast but messy pace.

Asher Myein is silently cursing his brother while checking the phone he left charging last night. He received several missed calls from his teammates, a few messages from his brother, and a voice message from their mother. Asher groaned in frustration while rubbing a hand on his face. He first checked the voice message from his mother.

'Asher, I have to travel abroad for the next two days. I'd already sent yours and Aster's allowance in your bank account. You two should take good care of each other, alright?'

Asher hummed as an answer although his mother cannot hear it. Then he opened the drawer to get the clothes he needs to bring today. He pulled two black shirts, two pairs of shorts, a pair of socks, and one clean towel. After that, he abruptly closed his drawers and pulled his phone that is charging near the table. While trying to put the clothes inside his duffel bag, Asher called his brother which he answered after three rings.

"You scrub! Why didn't you wake me up?!" Asher scolded in a loud voice.

(What are you talking about? I definitely wake you up! I tried to wake you up for almost thirty minutes. But your lazy ass does not want to leave the bed at all.)

"Ugh! I will kill you later, Aster! I only have thirty minutes before my first class starts!"

(Yeah, yeah. See you later, Asher. Don't forget to lock the door once you leave.)

"Wait. Where are mom's car keys?"

(Stupid. It is my turn to use the car remember?)

"Aster!"

(Whatever. Don't stink the room with your scent, got it?)

"The hell is wrong with you? Listen here, you-Hello? Aster? Hello?! Ugh! That little shit!"

'Calm down...' His inner wolf whispered to him.

'Yeah, yeah. Whatever.'

Aster had already ended the call before he can answer him back. Asher groaned in frustration before he put his phone inside and zipped his duffel bag and make sure that he already put the things he will need for the practice later. Asher quickly undresses and hastily throws his clothes on the laundry basket before pulling a clean shirt from his shared closet with Aster. While closing the buttons of his shirt, Asher saw the words imprinted on his skin under his collarbones.

'Mi Girasol'

It was a Spanish word that means 'My Sunflower' written in bold cursive letters. But contrary to its sunny and bright image, the colors that embraced the letters on his skin are blue and purple. It looks mysterious and elegant. Aster and his mom once joked that whoever his significant other is, he or she must be a beautiful royalty princess.

'Move faster or you will be late.'

Clicking his tongue, Asher quickly fixed the last two buttons of his shirt. Then he put a small amount of gel on his palm, rubbed it on his fingertips, and used it to style his hair. After making sure that he doesn't look shit anymore, Asher grabbed his phone, wallet, and motor keys.

Since his ugly brother used their mom's car today, then he will use his motorcycle to arrive at their university as soon as possible. After double-checking their door's lock, Asher did not try to use the elevator anymore. Instead, he used the emergency stairs and ran as fast as he could just to arrive at the parking lot. His and Aster's shared apartment was located on the fifteenth floor of this building. Asher just treated his run on the stairs as a morning exercise since he already missed his morning practice.

Aster quickly finds his motorcycle in the parking lot. Its luminescent yellow-green color can be easily spotted even from afar. Taking a deep breath, Aster runs in its direction, straddles the motorcycle and turns it on, wears his helmet, and starts moving it forward. He put a bit more speed on his motorcycle than usual although there is a chance that the police will catch him. Still, he has to make sure that he will arrive at their university on time. He remembered they will be having an exam today and Aster cannot afford to fuck it up just like the last time.

Because of his boldness, Asher released some of his scents but it quickly dispersed in the air. When he passed by on a group of high school students, some of them turned their heads to follow the direction of his scent. A smug look appeared on his face when he saw their reactions in the bar-end mirror. Shaking his head, Asher continued his journey until he arrives at the university.

After a few more turns and shortcuts, Asher finally arrived at the university. He first checked the time from his phone. He still has seven minutes before the school bell rings. Parking his motorcycle at the back of their school, Asher quickly put its lock before greeting the school guard and dash towards his classroom. While running, he bumped with his brother, and the food he was holding scattered on the floor.

"You jerk! Look where you are going!" Aster shouted at him.

"Shout at me later, scrub! I am going to be late!" Asher replied.

But before Asher leaves, he took his brother's cinnamon bread and runs in the corridor again. He ignores his brother's shout telling him to pay him back later for the bread he stole. When he sees his classroom, Asher puts more speed on his feet and dashes towards the door.

The moment he opens the door and steps his foot inside the classroom, the school bell rings indicating the start of the classes. Asher takes a deep breath before walking towards his seat. He put down his duffel bag and let out a long sigh.

"Congratulations for not being late, Mr. Future MVP."

Turning his head, the first thing that Asher sees is a familiar pair of beautiful olive eyes.

Turning his head, the first thing that Aster sees is a familiar pair of beautiful olive eyes.

Asher fixed the way he sits on his chair and gave his seatmate a cocky look.

"Isn't it such a huge privilege to received your congratulatory words, Ms. Who-don't-know-what-career-to-choose?"

Instead of getting mad at him, the woman tilted her head a little before giving him an innocent smile.

"Does it mean you are acknowledging how talented I am?"

"I am insulting you, stupid."

"Ah, really? Because it sounds like good praise in my ears."

"You must be having a problem in your ears, Seraphine Parr."

"You just have a few insults stored inside your simple-minded brain, Asher Myein."

Asher scoffed before rolling his eyes.

"Yeah, sure. Whatever makes you sleep peacefully at night."

Because of his answer, the woman sitting beside him giggled happily. Asher pursed his lips before turning his head and stares at her pretty face. He may look bored and bland right now, but his inner self is actually bursting in compliments for her smile.

Watching her smile can bring the warmth inside his chest. She looks more beautiful with the way her face glows and her eyes lit up in delight. Sera definitely knows how beautiful she is, but probably has no idea what her smiles can do to his heart.

'Damn it. Stop simping too much for her, Asher!'

"You are really no fun, Ash. Smile a bit, can you? It will surely make your ugly face a little better."

"Ha-ha. Very funny." Asher sarcastically said before his lips made a sneer.

"Why are you irritated so early in the morning? Here. Wipe your sweat with it." Seraphine said before giving him a pack of tissue.

Asher accepted it without a word and starts wiping his sweat. He also uses this chance to steal a few glances towards Sera. She is wearing a black fitted tank top and a pair of skinny jeans that emphasizes not only the sexy curve of her body but also her pinkish-white skin. Her long hair is also tied in a high ponytail which makes it easier for Asher to see her evenly shaped neck.

Then his eyes lowered a little to see her collarbones. As expected, it is clean and free from any tattoos similar to his. There are no blotches of colors decorating her skin or any signs that show a word tattoo will appear under her collarbones too.

"What? Mesmerized with my beauty again?" Sera teased.

Asher's face crumpled in irritation before he returned the remaining tissues to Sera.

"Who wants to admire your face? Tch. I am just looking at your patch." Asher said while pointing her neck. "You are still using those suppressants?"

"Oh, this?" Sera asked before touching the suppressant patch on her neck. "It's only for safety measures."

"Ah?"

"There are three omegas who recently joined our clubs. They are too attached to me because of my scent."

"Isn't that annoying? If they are not yet ready to be mixed up with others, they should not join any clubs for now."

"Why are you so harsh, Ash? Those kids obviously have dreams and potential."

"But using too many suppressants will hurt your health, you know?"

"Aww. Does it mean you are worried about me? I'm so touched by your concern, Myein."

"You wish. I just don't want to deal with your annoying ass every time you get sick."

Sera stares at Asher with a raised brow before she shakes her head and lets out a snicker. Before he can throw another snarky comment towards the female alpha, their old professor finally entered the class. Sera gave him a smug look while Asher growled in frustration.

Asher and Sera stopped talking when their professor gave one student a stack of papers and start distributing it to them. Today is the last day of their examination. All of the students have to take their examinations so their professors can start computing their grades next week. After this day, they only need to finish their school projects, reports, and other requirements for the next month before they can graduate from college.

Asher needs to pass this exam or else, all of the efforts he gave to his club will be wasted. He already fucked up his previous exams because he was too focused on his role as the captain of their men's collegiate volleyball team. He only got a passing mark on his previous tests and it almost makes him lose his sports club position.

Fortunately, his professors took pity on him and gave him a chance. They gave Asher a second chance by telling him to perfect the eighty percent of his exams. If he still cannot do it, Asher might fail to graduate this year and he will not get his award as the MVP of his chosen sport.

When the professor gave his signal, the whole class starts answering their test papers. He forgets everything and starts remembering the lessons he reviewed last night. Half an hour had already passed and Asher is still too focused on answering his test papers. His mind is completely filled with numbers and equations until he smells the familiar and addicting scent that is coming from the female alpha sitting next to him.

Cinnamon and vanilla.

Asher quickly turned his head and saw Sera who removed her scent suppressant just now. Her scent is actually not too noticeable considering that their class is full of alphas like them. But Sera's addicting scent is something that is already imprinted in Asher's mind. It is also not helping that Sera is only a few inches away from him!

Only a whiff of her scent and she instantly put him under her spell.

"Mr. Myein, stop turning your head around and start answering your test papers!"

Asher tried to answer his professor back but decided to swallow his words and continue answering his test papers. He closed his eyes and tell himself to focus on his exams. But no matter how much he tries to hypnotize himself, Sera's scent is still lingering around his seat which makes him a bit excited and agitated.

'Damn it! Fuck these hormones!'

Cinnamon and vanilla.

That's the scent of the sole female alpha that he is pining for since they were still both six years old. His simple admiration for that girl slowly turned into a crush until it developed into love. If Asher can only dictate his feelings, he does not want his heart to beat fast every time Sera is near him. He knows it is absurd to like someone who is not even his.

Each person in this world has a significant other. That person will accompany them until they take their last breath. Their other half is just waiting for them somewhere in this world. And their only guide is the splash of colors that paints their bodies together with the words that symbolize their other half as well as the deep longing their wolves will feel if they meet their soulmates.

Asher and Seraphine met at the age of six. Sera together with her single Alpha mother moved to the condominium next door. At first, Asher was not interested in their new neighbors. He does not want to be associated with other kids aside from his brother, Aster.

Ever since they were still kids, Asher does not like to play with other children because they all cannot keep up with his strength and talent. For someone who was born as a so-called 'genius' in their family, it was already destined that only a few people can understand him. But Asher does not mind it at all. For him, being a 'genius will only help him find the right people he can associate with.

But when he first saw Sera playing volleyball all by herself in the playground, his heartbeat was so fast that Asher thought he will die in a heart attack. Even the wolf inside of him was making havoc and ordering him to approach her. That was the first time the wolf inside of him became wild and uncontrollable after meeting another person.

It sounds so fucking cheesy but Asher knows that he falls in love with Sera at the first sight.

Following his instinct, he quickly made friends with the girl who always wear a bright smile on her pretty face. Sera is not only a sweet girl. He also discovered that she is a genius just like him and they share the same hobbies and interests. For the very first time, Asher made a real friend other than his brother.

At the age of ten, Asher had two things that he discovered about himself.

First, Asher learned that he is an Alpha. Second, he discovered to himself that he has the biggest crush on Sera. But to be honest, these things were no longer a surprise for him. His status as an Alpha was already a given seeing his possessiveness and independent personality.

Asher's second discovery about himself is something that everyone in his family had known since the beginning. Asher is the type of person who is never willing to hang out with just anyone else. If Asher is not playing with Aster, then he will obviously stay with Sera. Whenever Aster refused to play with him, Sera will be always there to stay beside him. The more they stay together, the more Asher's heart beats more for Sera.

On his sixteenth birthday, Asher got his soulmate mark. It is a blue and purple color splashed around the words that appeared under his left collarbones. His eyes widened in amazement when it slowly appeared on his skin when the clock strikes at midnight.

His mother explained to him the color, as well as the words that appeared on his skin, represents the purpose of his soulmate in his life. If that is the case, then Asher cannot understand the role his soulmate will play in his life. The words written on his skin is contrasting the colors that surround it.

After his excitement for the appearance of his soulmate mark slowly disappear, it was suddenly replaced with worry and anxiousness. If he already got his soulmate mark, then Sera will also get hers two months later on her sixteenth birthday too. His mother said that the two people will know if they are soulmates if their marks will appear on the same spot of their bodies. Since Aster got his under his collarbones, then his soulmate should also have the same mark on the same spot.

Asher can still remember how much he wished every day for Sera to be his soulmate. Asher's younger self believed with all his heart that Sera is his soulmate. He can feel it in his heart. Even the wolf inside of him is always longing for her presence.

Deep inside, Asher knows that Sera is the one for him.

But the universe has another plan for Asher to go against him. On the night of Sera's birthday, Asher's little heart shattered into pieces. There is no same mark as him that appeared on Sera's skin. There are no same blotches of color painted under her collarbones with a few words written on them.

Seraphine Parr is not his soulmate.

It only means there is another person destined for him. That also goes the same with the girl he is longing for since their childhood days. They are not meant for each other.

Asher cannot accept it. How is it possible? Even his furious wolf is having the same feeling like him. Is there a possibility that a mistake happened with their fate? Asher knows to himself that Sera should be the one given to him in this world. But why did it turned out like this?

The only person that he loves the most is not destined for him. There is another person that will love her with all his life. And that person will obviously love her until they died.

Up until now, Asher is still longing for Sera. What can he do anyway? Even the wolf inside of him is being restless every time she comes into his sight. Both of them are so much in love with the person who does not belong to them.

Sera has a soulmate. Asher knows it so well. Although she has no same mark on her collarbones, She definitely has one hidden on her body. Sera and her wolf are just waiting for their fated one to appear in their life.

Unfortunately for Asher, he is not the one she is waiting for in her life.