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#joongdok - a/b/o au - mafia boss!kdj and subordinate!yjh

- Based on オメガの婿取り by Kuroi Yodaka

"Huh? Blind dates?"

Kdj felt his eyebrow twitch.

"Yes, blind date. I have selected a few alphas for you, they are all good people, Dokja-ya."

Persephone's face didn't falter.

She even signaled yjh, who was standing behind him, to pour her more tea.

"Mother, I appreciate your sentiment but you know I have no intention of getting married."

He tried his best to remain calm. Everyone in the gang, including his parents, was aware of how much he hated

the idea of marriage, and alphas in general. Those snooty bastards could just go to hell.

"Dokja-ya, me and your Dad never want to force you to do anything, but being an unmated omega in this world is too dangerous, even for you."

He wanted to refute, but he had to admit what

she said was right. In order to become the head of the gang, an omega like him would need to marry another alpha and become the de facto boss. It was just how this stupid world was operated, with arrogant alphas standing at the top of the pyramids while omegas were looked down on

for being weak in nature.

Even if they were strong and knew how to stand on their own feet, those high-and-mighty bastards would never accept the fact that an omega was better than them. That's why he held a deep grudge against the majority of alphas, who knew nothing but to

discriminate against others based on their secondary gender. Nonjudgmental alphas like his adoptive parents still existed, but they were too few and far between.

"I understand. But mother, what if the others are uncomfortable with this idea?"

He tried to reason with her.

The members of their gang were well-known to be overprotective of him, even going to the extent of cutting down everyone who dared to approach him. It was a nuisance back when he still attended school, but now he wished they would do the same to these marriage candidates.

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that. Our dear Joonghyuk here even helped me pick out some, you know?"

Persephone gestured at yjh, whose face remained the same throughout the whole meeting. Feeling betrayed, kdj sent a glare in the beta's direction, but the bastard promptly

ignored him, suddenly finding the wallpaper opposite him interesting.

"Yoo Joonghyuk will send you the list of candidates later on. If you find someone who you would like to meet, tell me and I would help you set up a meeting."

The woman was smiling, but her face clearly said

"No bullshit". Kdj, having spent a long time with her, knew better than to not mess up this time. After all, she wasn't called the Queen of the Underworld for nothing.

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"Yoo Joonghyuk."

The moment they stepped into his office, kdj grabbed the beta by collar. One look and

everybody could tell that he was thoroughly pissed.

"Explain."

He gritted through his teeth. Never in his life would he imagine that this overprotective sunfish would approve of him getting married. He thought he could use the man as a shield every time someone brought the

topic up.

[Oh, sorry, Joonghyuk here doesn't like it so I wouldn't get married.]

It had been his excuse up until now. At some point, people even mistook yjh as his lover for how much he had repeated that sentence. Mind you, the man was his best friend slash subordinate, not

lover.

They stayed like that for a while, with kdj glaring at yjh while the man wore a blank expression on his face. After some time, the smaller man, tired of the mind game, let the other go and flopped down on his office chair.

"Fuck you, Yoo Joonghyuk."

Yjh didn't say

anything as he readjusted his collar. Then, he swiftly pulled the phone out of his pocket, tapping something on the phone screen before looking back at kdj.

"You can find the images of the candidates in the file I just sent you."

"Shut up, you traitor."

The omega threw a book

at the other. And just as he'd expected, the bastard managed to catch it. Damn his crazy reflex.

"The Madam told me to inform her once you chose a suitable candidate."

Promptly ignoring his words, yjh continued.

"Tell them to cut their dicks off, then I would meet them."

Kdj chided. For an alpha, that was equal to becoming a eunuch, no matter if they were male or female.

"The Madam also told me to inform you that if you don't choose one person among the candidates, she will burn all of your books in the library."

Upon hearing those words, he

had no choice but to open the file that had just been sent to him. If it were his mother, she would definitely do that. Therefore, for the sake of his babies, he would have to meet one of those snooty bastards.

As kdj scrolled through the images, his mind unhelpfully supplied

that they were nowhere as good-looking as the beta in front of him. Sure, the sunfish might have a foul mouth, but at least his face was good. And it just so happened that these alphas were ugly as hell.

"I don't care who it is. Just let this thing over quickly."

He threw his

phone on the table, too irritated to care if his action could cause it to break or not. They should have at least sent him someone who was easy on the eye, not some random losers who looked like they would pass out from a single punch of his.

"I understand. Then I would inform

you of the date once it's ready."

Yjh bowed to him before exiting the room. And kdj, still feeling irritated, searched for another book on the table to throw at the beta just to realize that there was none right now.

"You bastard, I would eat all of your dumplings once I got

home today!"

He yelled. That night, kdj made sure to eat all of the remaining dumplings in the fridge before yjh could get home. Damn that sunfish and his stupidly handsome face.

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"I prefer women but you would do too since your ass is nice. Say, how about we go to a hotel

after this?"

"Ahjussi, you are old. I thought you were younger. Sorry, I'm not into middle-aged men."

"I don't care about marriage, but if that means I could become the boss then I don't mind. You also need an heir, right? I can give you one if you want to."

"Omega? Ha, you

you should feel grateful for being able to sit at the same table as me."

It took kdj all he had to not crush those alphas in the balls. At one point, he even wondered if he could murder them on the spot. No, that would be too much of a hassle. They definitely didn't worth his

time. Thanks to them, his weekends were occupied and now he had a ton of web novels to catch up with.

Ever since then, he had been constantly spending time meeting up with the people he had been introduced to. Unsurprisingly, they were all assholes as far as he could remember.

Narcissist. Pervert. Sexist. You name it. What a great combination for his future husband.

"Sir, the next blind date would be on this Saturday morning. I would pick you up by 10 a.m."

Yjh told him as he placed a cup of tea along with some chocolate cookies on his office desk.

Just one smell and kdj knew that it was the beta who brewed him tea. The cookies probably were handmade by him too.

"Then you can find me at the cemetery. Remember to bring me some flowers. I like white roses."

He deadpanned. He'd rather die than meet another alpha again.

"The restaurant is near your home so you wouldn't need to wake up early again."

Yjh continued as if he didn't sense a glare being sent his way. Yeah, one of his previous dates was crazy enough to drag him to the sea just for lunch, so kdj had no choice but to wake up at 5 A.M

that day to get prepared. He remembered being so sleepy that yjh had to help him change into his clothes and carry him to the car. It didn't help that the mf was so sexist that he decided to abandon the date halfway, not caring whether his mother would be mad afterward.

Kdj was so busy cursing his previous dates that he didn't touch either the tea or cookies. It was only when yjh brought a cookie to his mouth that he realized the other was waiting for him to sample the food.

"Sweet."

He commented. But when paired with the slightly bitter tea

the sweetness was just right.

"Would you like me to reduce the amount of sugar next time?"

Yjh fed him another cookie. As the sugar started to get to his brain, kdj also began to feel better. This bastard, he always knew how to cheer him up.

"No need. But I still prefer

the matcha flavor more."

He said that because he knew yjh hated matcha.

[It tastes like grass.] The beta would say while grimacing.

Kdj was still salty about his friend betraying him, so these days, he tried to be more annoying than usual.

"Yoo Joonghyuk, I want to eat

chicken stew for dinner."

The stew usually took a whole day to finish.

"Yoo Joonghyuk, go buy me some cakes from this shop."

The line for that shop was incredibly long.

"Yoo Joonghyuk, cook me instant ramen. Remember to add 2 sausages in."

Pre-cooked food was the man's

life-long enemy.

Despite his best attempts to annoy the beta, he didn't complain at all. He even went out of his way to satisfy his selfish requests just like always with a poker face. Kdj couldn't understand what was going on in his head even if they were best friends.

The man used to be so easy to understand back when they were small though.

There was a question that had been bugging him ever since they started this whole blind date thing. Seeing that only he and yjh was in the room, kdj decided to open his mouth to ask.

"Yoo Joonghyuk."

He called the other. The beta didn't reply but he knew he was paying attention.

"Do you also think that I should get married?"

Yjh had always been cautious every time someone tried to approach him. Why did he suddenly decide to change his attitude now?

"Yes."

The man answered without hesitation.

"Why?"

"Because you are an omega."

His expression didn't change as he answered the question. At that moment, kdj felt something pop inside his head. The beta should have known that he hated to hear such words more than anyone.

"Bastard, that's not the answer."

He gritted, trying his best to not throw a book in the other's head. Fuck this sunfish and his damned tongue.

"Because... I want you to be happy."

The reply this time didn't come out until much later. And yjh's voice was uncharacteristically

small.

He wanted to refute, saying that his happiness could never be determined by whether he was married to an alpha or not. Yet the moment he took a look at yjh's expression, the words that were prepared to leave died on his tongue. It was so genuine yet vulnerable at the

same time.

"Happy huh..."

He mumbled. Even he didn't know what his happiness or future was going to be like. But there's one thing for sure: he didn't like a future without his life-long partner in it.

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"The rumor doesn't do you any justice. You really are more beautiful

in person."

The alpha in front of him smiled as he placed a kiss on his hand. It didn't escape him that the man didn't look half bad.

Kdj was on another blind date set up by his mother. He couldn't remember the man's name, but his presence was somewhat tolerable. And he didn't

stink of cologne like the others did.

"Thank you."

He only gave a curt reply before sitting down on his own. Normally, the omega would wait for the alpha to pull the chair out for them, but he didn't want to waste time doing something so pointless. He had fully functioning

hands, why did he have to let others do things for him. (Yjh was an exception, ok? He liked watching the other grimace as he was ordered to do something he disliked.)

The other didn't say anything about his action, only turning to call the waiter to order their food. The wine

soon arrived and kdj didn't hesitate to drown his own glass. From his previous experiences, he needed some booze to deal with these bastards.

As the meal proceeded, they started to exchange small stories with each other. The man was surprisingly a good listener, he even went

along with kdj when the omega was talking about his favorite novels. Normally, the other alphas would have started to go off about themselves, not caring a bit about what he said. It was a nice change of pace, he had to admit.

The wine was good, so kdj kept drowning it glass

after glass as if it was just some cheap alcohol. The more he drank, the more he felt light-headed. Was wine supposed to be that strong? He wasn't even on his 4th glass.

At some point, the omega started to feel heat pulling into his lower stomach. His face flushed as a bulge

formed on his pants. The room became too hot all of a sudden, making him want to strip off all his clothes on the spot. It was when did he notice that his heat was coming. Shit, why did it have to be now?

"Dokja-ssi, are you alright? You look unwell."

The other's voice was

laden with worries, but his eyes said otherwise. Kdj had been far too long in the underworld to know what those eyes meant.

"I-I'm fine."

He tried his best to calm down, but it was to no avail. His pheromones started to leak out, filling the room with the scent of old books

and white roses. It was a unique scent that was different from the usual omega scent of vanilla, one that would turn many alphas off due to how earthy it was.

Kdj could see the man's nose wrinkled at the presence of his scent, but the smile on his face didn't falter.

"Dokja-ssi, if you wouldn't mind, I could bring you to my house. We have a wonderful omega doctor, so she should be able to make you feel better."

The omega's vision was blurry, but he could see the alpha walking up to him with a creepy smile on his face. The man's hand was

dangerously close to his butt while the other was about to pull him into an embrace.

Kdj was too drunk on his heat to think of anything coherent, but he knew full well that he didn't want to be touched by those hands. Without a delay, he mustered all of his remaining strength

to land a punch on the alpha's face, effectively knocking the man out. Now that the immediate threat was gone, kdj also found his consciousness slowly slipping away, his hand growing limb as he tried to call yjh. The last thing that he was aware of was the sound of the beta

screaming through the phone, telling him to hang in there. Ha that bastard, always the worrywart.

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As kdj drove through the haziness of his heat, he felt strong hands wrapping around him while his body was enveloped by the sharp scent of cedar wood and red wine. It was such a

distinctive scent that he would surely remember if he had encountered it before. He didn't know who did the scent belong to, but for some reason, he felt incredibly safe as if he'd arrived home after a long day of work.

[I wouldn't mind if it was this scent.] And that was his

last thought before he passed out again.

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"What do you mean you don't know?"

Kdj hissed. Even herbal tea and cookies wouldn't be able to calm him down now.

"When I arrived, you'd already been outside of the restaurant. I didn't know what alpha you are talking about."

Yjh's face remained expressionless as he repeated his answer once again.

"Have you tried asking the staff to check the cameras?"

"They said the cameras were broken that day."

Of fucking course. That bastard would tamper with the security cameras if he wanted to mess him up.

However, for the time being, it was the last thing that he cared about.

For the past few days, he had been trying to find the alpha who helped him get out of the restaurant that day, but no progress had been made so far. It also didn't help that yjh was particularly aloof about

the whole thing while kdj was on the verge of going crazy for not being able to smell that scent again. Never before did he want to meet an alpha this much.

"Try to remember, Yoo Joonghyuk. He was an alpha with cedar wood and red wine scent."

"Sir, I'm a beta."

He was so

desperate that he forgot betas' noses were much less sensitive than that of alpha and omega. Great, now he encountered another roadblock.

"Ask the staff. Flip the whole restaurant over. I don't care how you do it, but you have to bring me that alpha."

Kdj glared at his

subordinate. Technically, it wasn't the man's fault, but he needed someone to vent his anger on.

"I understand. But may I ask why are you so fixated on finding that person?"

Yjh looked at him with his usual expressionless face. Right, why did an omega who had been cursing at

alphas started to go crazy over finding one?

"Promise me you wouldn't laugh."

"I wouldn't, sir."

He took a deep breath before continuing.

"I-I thought he is my true mate!"

"Excuse me?"

The beta stared at him in disbelief. It was the most emotion that he'd showed ever

since he entered the room to inform kdj of the search's results.

"Don't ask me why. I just know."

He grumbled, his face flushing red like a boiling squid. Ever since he was small, kdj had always adored the concept of true mates - an alpha and omega pair who couldn't live

without their other half. At some point, he even dreamt of having one, gushing about it daily to yjh.

But as he grew up, he started to realize how unrealistic those ideas were since an alpha and an omega could never be of equal standing. It was only when he caught whip of that

particular alpha's scent that the word "True Mate" started to pop up in his mind once again.

"A-anyway, how is the investigation into that fucker? What kind of drug did he use?"

Kdj tried to change the conversation topic to the bastard who dared to mess with him that day.

He didn't know that he was drugged until lsh - their gang's own doctor - ran a test on him and said that he was fed with some kind of heat-inducing drug.

"I believe it is a new kind of drug we have never seen before. Its potency seems to exceed that of the normal ones."

Yjh's face turned murderous as he thought about how that drug had put his boss in danger. That day, the first person that he saw when he opened his eyes was none other than his friend, whose face was distorted with worries. It was such a funny sight that he felt like laughing in

the middle of a heat.

"You're right. If it were enough to knock me out then that drug is definitely not normal."

Ever since he was small, kdj had been trained to resist all kinds of poison and heat-inducing drugs. At this point in life, he had developed resistance to nearly

all kinds of drugs, so the emergence of a new drug that managed to nearly take him down was certainly alarming. Just imagining what kinds of effects it could have on normal omegas made him shudder.

"Are there currently any leads?"

He asked, trying to come up with names that

could be behind this new drug.

"Nothing is certain for the time being, but we do know that the drug comes from overseas."

Yjh handed him a list of potential underworld organizations, all of which were names that he was familiar with: Olympus, Papyrus, Emperor, Asgard,...

All of them were giants that would create fear just by the sound of their names, which was understandable considering the organization was capable of researching and producing such a dangerous drug.

"Inform me once there is more information."

Yjh nodded with determination in

his eyes. Kdj knew that the man, just like him, was more than eager to find out which bastards decided to mess up with the life of omegas.

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"Water..."

Kdj groaned as he tried to reach for the cup of water on his bedside table. Due to the remaining effects of the drug that

day, his heat had returned earlier than usual.

It just so happened that yjh was out of the house that day, so he didn't have anyone to boss around. Normally, the beta would have been fussing over him by now, trying to comfort his heat-drowned self as much as possible.

TBC!

I need to go to sleep now lol, but I would continue with this tomorrow! Hehe hope that you guys enjoy this au because gosh I'm a big fan of the original work 😊

Please check the author's other works out, they are amazing too👌