Morning light filters in....
Lev blinks awake slowly. The pillow smells like Demitri. For a second, everything feels soft. Warm. Like maybe it wasn't dream.
But then ------ he looks over.
Dimitri is already awake. sitting at the edge of the bed. Shirtless. Silent. Distant.
Lev sits up, nervously pulling the blanket over his chest. ''Hey.''
Dimitri doesn't look at him right away. When he does, his expression is blank. ''That....last night,'' Dimitri says, ''It was just a one-time thing. Right?''
Lev blinks. ''What?''
''I mean-----it was just a drunk mistake,'' Dimitri continues, not harsh, but cold. ''We weren't...in our right minds''
Lev feels like he's been slapped.
Dimitri standing and push pill lev side we do not use protections you need this pill eat. I feal you have not made any mistake like others Dimitri; I am pregnant please accept me. Dimitri nods. ''Good. no hard feelings.''
Later that day.... Lev sits in dorm room. Silent. Broken. He'd never done anything like this. And for a moment last night, he thought.....maybe it meant something. But clearly, he was wrong.
A few days later.... Lev start feeling strange. Nausea. Sore chest...Overheating at night. His scent has changed--subtle, but different. He ignores it at first.
But the feeling won't go.
He buys a cheap test from the pharmacy, hands trembling.
Positive.
Pregnant.
''How did I pregnant? I took medicine.
Lev sinks to the floor of his bathroom. He warps his arms around himself. ''No.No.No.No... this can't be happening. He knows---Dimitri wouldn't want this. He'd probably tell to get rid of it. Or worse...deny it's his.
A few days later, lev gathers the courage to go to Dimitri's classroom. He walks through the hallway, practicing what he'll say in his head. ''I know we weren't close, but I am pregnant. It's yours.'' But as he near classroom door...it open
Classroom was empty. With a girl on his arm, pretty. confident. Her lipstick smeared slightly. Dimitri looks.... relaxed.
Lev freezes. Their eyes meet for a second.
Dimitri blinks. ''lev?''
Lev shakes his head. ''Wrong classroom,'' he lies. And runs. Lev bumped someone, its Dimitri friend. ''Are you the one who was going out clubbing with Dimitri that night?''
''Don't involve Demitri'' you know he killed an omega because she was pregnant with Dimitri child. And there is no news of omega family either.
Lev shaking and runs again. No.....no am not.
That night. Lev packs his bags. He tells no one. He books a flight with whatever money he has in savings.
He writes one note to his roommate: [''tell them I dropped out. I just...needed to leave.'']
And just like that----he's gone.
Lev disappears.
For himself. For the baby growing inside him. And because he knows...Dimitri never going to choose them. He thinks about himself and family.