Chapter 305: Honoring Haseul-nim

Seoha’s POV

"A wedding right now?" Gawon asks, looking around the nest to gauge everyone’s expression.

"It would be so beautiful" Jisu says, hands pressed together with a happy smile on her face.

"And Sooin in a little bride’s dress, ugh! I can already imagine it" Yunah says, having a cute aggression over what she’s picturing.

Are they being serious? I can really have my dreams come true in this place? But...why?

"Hyung..." I say to Yujun and he gives me a nod. "I told you I understand your pains and struggle. So, let’s give you a reason to be happy" he says lovingly.

"I’m so happy" I say. My eyes are already filled with tears

"If you’re happy, why are you crying?" Gawon asks with confusion.

"Because I’m too happy" I say and sniffle as they come together to hug me. The omegas coo softly at me as they soothe my omega.

It feels like being in omega heaven.

I’ll be married and I’ll really become captain’s wife!

I really went from stealing his black card to being his husband, or rather...wife.

"But...I’ve always wanted Minjae to be at my wedding" I say.

"It can be arranged. That’s actually why there’s a day gap; we’ll fly him in and prepare a safe space for his baby boy here" Yujun says.

"But..." I start, looking for another excuse to postpone it.

"You can also have your honeymoon here. Yeon mom has a small vacation house. You and your mate can spend bonding time there no matter how long you want" Yujun says.

"But..."

"I’ll station guards. And we’ll makes sure nothing happens while you’re away" the older omega says.

"B-"

"Oppa, if you say but again, I swear to the goddess I’ll punch you" Jisu groans and I laugh, sniffling and wiping my tears off.

Wow.

"Are you hungry?" Yujun asks, patting my head fondly.

"Yes!" Yunah responds and he tsks at her.

"Not you. You said you’re grown and no longer needs me" Yujun says to his baby sister who grins at him in response.

"I’m your baby forever" Yunah sticks her tongue out and Yujun sighs.

"Come on, let’s check in on the babies" he says, taking my hand and leading me out of the room.

"Do you crave any food in particular?" he asks and I shake my head.

I don’t really have any cravings, I’m just feeling so giddy. Oh, and I miss Taesan.

Where is he? Why isn’t he barreling down the hall while shouting my name?

That’s so strange.

"This room" Yujun hyung opens the door and leads me into a cute room.

My grandma is lying on the bed with Sooin and Haeri on either of her sides. Yeon mom is in a rocking chair with Soobin on his lap.

"Omega-time is over?" grandma asks.

"We wanted to eat something" Yujun says, going over to his mother-in-law to kiss the head of his cute son.

"Aigoo, I’ll make you kids something" my grandma says. Happy cook, she gets out of the bed and leaves the room.

"My wife" Haeri announces as she closes the space grandma left. Sooin smiles at the younger girl and accepts her octopus’ hug.

"She is not your wife, Haeri-ya" Yujun sighs, looking at me with a ’I’m tired’ expression.

"She has all of her dad’s traits" he says and I chuckle, looking at the two girls as they start talking about their favorite cartoons.

"You’re saying she’s like me, is that a bad thing?" Yeon asks teasingly and Yujun puts his hands on his waist.

"You and your son are insufferable" Yujun says.

"Try living without us" Yeon smirks and Yujun sighs again. This hyung sure sighs a lot.

"Let’s go" he says as he takes my hand and pulls me with him. I think he has forgotten about my pregnancy. He pulls me around like I’m a realistic mannequin.

"Hyung, I’m pregnant" I say, panting from the small distance we’ve walked.

"Sorry, I keep forgetting that. I got excited about having another male omega in Hwangyeon" Yujun says shyly, slowing his walk.

"Are you okay with the way I’m holding you?" he asks, looking at my intertwined hands.

"Yes, I like it" I respond with a grin.

He takes me to the kitchen and helps me into a seat while my grandma makes something for us to eat.

"Lord Hwang" a guard comes into the kitchen, bowing his head to Yujun.

It’s amazing how a male omega, the dirt of our modern society, is being called the Lord of a clan.

I love this so much.

The man whispers something to Yujun, and hyung frowns. From the look on his face, I get worried and strain my ears.

"Yes, she took her brother with her and gave me the number to reach him through" the man says.

"Seoha, your mate and his sister went out" Yujun informs me and my shoulders drop.

"Oh...he didn’t tell me about it" I say, sad that he’d leave without me.

"Do you want to talk with him? His sister gave us a number to reach him through" Yujun says and I nod, waiting for him to dial the number and pass the phone.

It rings a few seconds before the call is accepted by Taerin noona.

"Hello?" she says in a snappy tone.

"Noona, it’s Seoha" I say and I hear her handing the phone over to Taesan.

"Treasure..." his deep voice says, and my cheeks heat up.

"You went out without me" I say with a pout, playing with the end of my shirt.

"Yes, my sister and I went out to..." he trails off and I hear a wet splash in the background, "...honor our mother" he completes his sentence and I feel so sorry for him.

"Oh, I understand. Please, don’t be sad. I’ll be waiting when you come back" I say softly and he grunts before ending the call.

My mate is such a good son, I wish Haseul had lived long enough to see the man he is.

I really hope Taesan isn’t too sad.

Through our bond, I reach out to offer him my comfort, but it’s shut.

Huh?

Taesan’s POV

"Honoring our mother?" my older sister asks, and I ignore her.

"We are honoring him by bringing back his fucking ring" I say, gesturing to the man in the bathtub. Yuki is dousing him in bottles of water and juice from his fridge.

"Stop talking to me, I hate talking" I say and Yuki snickers, emptying the last bottle of strawberry drink into the bathtub.

It’s fucking disgusting. It’s very messy, and I am worried about what my older sister does behind my back.

"Wake up!" Yuki yells and hits the empty plastic bottle on the man’s head, shocking him awake.

"AH!" he yells, struggling to get out of the water, but his hands and legs have been tied by Yuki.

He coughs out some of the fluid in his mouth, eyes red like a cornered beast as he fights.

"I will recognize your faces! I will report you to the police!" he says and I growl to shut him up. My alpha has been waiting for him to wake up.

I prefer a bloody but swift murder.

"Will you tell them about the stolen ring?" Taerin noona asks, leaning in to look at his face.

"I didn’t steal it! I told you I was saving it for him!" he yells, going as far as spitting in my sister’s face and I move before thinking.

I slam his head against the bathtub with one hand. With my other hand, I support myself with the cane holding me up.

"Do you know who I am?" I ask him quietly.

"I don’t know, I will have the police" he screams again.

"Have you ever heard of Captain?" I ask and he stops moving. His eyes widen at the mention of the feared masked murderer who gives everyone sleepless nights.

"I am captain, and you took what belongs to me" I inform him.

"On the bookshelf, it’s there. Please have mercy, I will become a changed man, I have a girlfriend, please" he starts to beg.

Yuki goes to search for his bookshelf and returns with my black card and the ring.

This simple black card is the string that pulled my mate together. This simple green ring is the string that will keep us tied together.

How dare he steal it?

"I’m sorry, okay? it was a simple act of thoughtlessness" he says, looking around the room for mercy.

I don’t do mercy unless it involves my mate and my clan.

Yuki doesn’t do mercy either, killing is one of her favorite things.

Taerin noona...I don’t know what she does, she always interrupts me.

My sister goes to Yuki’s bag and picks out the pliers before returning to us.

"You spat in my face; do you know who I am?" she says and the man stares with fear. I move away from the bathtub to watch.

"I am Kang Taerin, don’t cross me" she whispers and positions the pliers above the man’s nose.

"Wait...wait...WAIT" the man screams as my sister clips his nose and pulls.

Insanity.

I take my eyes off them to look at the ring and card.

I can’t wait to see his beautiful eyes light up when he sees the ring and card.

Maybe I might even steal a kiss from him as a ’you’re welcome’.