Life was going smoothly…
but it was only the quiet before the coming storm.
For a few days, everything stayed peaceful.
Then one morning, everything changed.
Eren arrived at college and immediately felt that something was wrong.
The campus atmosphere was strange.
Students were standing in groups, whispering, checking their phones, talking in low voices.
Some faces looked excited.
Some looked shocked.
Some looked cruel.
Eren didn't pay much attention and walked toward his class. When he entered, he saw Yuna already sitting there.
But Yuna's expression was not normal.
He looked tense, confused… and disturbed.
Eren walked to him. "Is something wrong?" he asked quietly. Yuna suddenly looked up at him. "Eren… don't you know what's going on today? The whole college is talking about it. Everyone is gossiping. I still can't believe it's true."
Eren frowned. He had no idea what Yuna was talking about. Seeing Eren's confused face, Yuna stared at him like,
Are you serious? You really don't know?
Yuna pulled out his phone. "They're talking about Kael. The rumors are spreading everywhere."
Hearing Kael's name, Eren took the phone from Yuna's hand and started scrolling.
The more he read, the darker his face became. At one point, he was gripping the phone so tightly that the screen started cracking.
Yuna quickly grabbed his hand. "Eren—calm down. I don't believe this. Kael doesn't seem like that. From what I've seen, he's a good kid. He would never do these things."
Hearing that, Eren relaxed a little…but his chest still felt tight.
On the other side of campus, Kael had just arrived. He immediately noticed the change in the air. People were whispering when they saw him. Some pointed at him. Some stared at him with disgust. Some laughed quietly.
Some looked at him like he was something dirty.
Kael didn't understand what was happening, but he ignored them and walked toward his class. That's when he saw John and his gang in the hallway — the same boys who had bullied him in the cafeteria before their suspension.
Kael tried to pass them. But one of the bullies sneered and said loudly, his face full of disgust: ,"Wow… that day this slut was acting so innocent when brother John only asked you for sex. Who knew you're into old men? Guess poor omegas do anything for money."
The group burst into laughter. John just stood there smirking, looking at Kael like he was something filthy.
Kael's anger exploded inside him.He was about to speak—Then he saw the wall.
Photos. His photos. Pictures of him getting into different cars. Pictures of him walking beside different men. One photo showed an old man holding his hand.
Kael froze. His heart stopped.
He quickly opened his old phone.
Everywhere. Every social page.
Every forum. "Look at this innocent omega's truth."
"He sells himself."
"How many sugar daddies does he have?"
"How many times has he sold his body?
The comments were even worse.
Kael's vision blurred. Tears fell from his eyes. John's gang kept throwing cruel words at him, laughing, mocking, enjoying his pain.
But Kael wasn't hearing them anymore. He wasn't thinking about the rumors. He wasn't thinking about the people. He was only thinking about one thing: What if Eren believes this? What if Eren looks at me with disgust? That thought hurt more than everything else. Kael could survive hate. But he could not survive ,his moon looking at him that way.
At that moment, Kael couldn't understand anything. It felt like the whole world was moving away from him. His breathing became difficult. His chest was rising and falling too fast. His vision started to blur.His face turned pale. Tears filled his eyes.
Suddenly, he forced himself to move. He started running toward the classroom.His legs were shaking.
He almost couldn't stand. At one point, he lost his balance and fell hard to the floor.Pain shot through his body. But he didn't stop. He stood up and kept running. Only one thought was in his mind: I have to tell Eren. None of this is true. These are just rumors. I need to explain everything.
He finally reached the classroom. He saw Eren sitting with Yuna. They were talking about him. Kael stepped inside, about to speak—
Then he heard Yuna's voice."Eren… what do you think about all this, About what's written about Kael, About those photos, Do you think it's true?"
Kael stopped. He stood there, hidden behind the door, watching Eren from behind.
His heart was beating so loudly he thought he might faint.
Then Eren answered, his voice calm and cold "I don't care, Whatever someone does, whoever they're with, however they live — it's none of my business, And it shouldn't be yours either. Focus on your own life." Those words hit Kael like ice.
Yuna hesitated. "I thought you two had become close this past month. He was always following you around.You never even told him to stop." Eren turned and gave Yuna a sharp, cold look.Then he said nothing.He simply opened his book and focused on it.
Yuna fell silent.The class began.But Kael had already run away. He didn't hear anything else. He didn't see anything else.
If someone had been watching closely, they would have noticed something strangeWhile Eren spoke those cold words, his hands were clenched tightly under the desk.
So tightly that blood slowly started dripping from his palm. Inside, his jaw was locked.
His body was tense. But his face…remained completely emotionless.
The entire class passed like that. Eren couldn't focus on a single word. Then he noticed. Kael never came to class. His jaw clenched even harder. His chest felt tight.
Still, he sat there with the same cold face,
showing no emotion at all.
Kael didn't stop running until his chest burned. He pushed through the back gates of the campus and stumbled into the quiet road behind the old buildings. His knees finally gave up near a narrow alley. He dropped to the ground, his back against the wall, breathing like he had been underwater too long.
His hands were shaking. His phone was still open in his palm. Still showing his photos.
Still showing the lies. Still showing the cruel words. He pressed his fist to his mouth to stop himself from making a sound. "I didn't… I didn't do this," he whispered. "I didn't… I swear…"
Tears rolled down his face without control.
The painful kind that makes your chest hurt.
For the first time in years, Kael felt twelve years old self again.
Cold.
Alone.
Running.
Something felt wrong to Eren.The whole class ended, and Kael never came back.
At first, Eren told himself it didn't matter.
He forced his face to stay cold, empty, unreadable. He packed his bag and walked toward the cafeteria with Yuna. But inside his chest, a strange pressure kept growing.
a heavy feeling.
Like something bad was about to happen.
Yuna was talking, but Eren barely heard him.
His eyes kept moving, searching four kael small figure but he found nothing his jaw clinch .
Elsewhere — behind the old building
Kael sat in a corner near the back gate, his knees pulled to his chest. He was sobbing.
Quietly. Broken. Trying not to make a sound.
His phone lay beside him, the screen dark now. But the words were still burned into his mind. He wiped his face with his sleeve and tried to stand.
That's when it happened. A hand came from behind and pressed a cloth over his nose and mouth.
Kael's eyes went wide. He struggled. He kicked. He tried to scream. But the smell was too strong. His body grew weak.
The person holding him was powerful — burly tattoo alpha. The grip never loosened.
Within seconds, Kael's vision went dark.
The man looked down at Kael's unconscious body, then made a call. "It's done."
Mark's laughter filled the room.
Loud, Wild, Uncontrolled. "Good," he said into the phone. "Very good." He ended the call, lifted his glass of red wine, and took a slow sip.
Around him, the servants kept their eyes on the floor. No one dared speak. The butler only sighed quietly. Mark leaned back in his chair, smiling. "That slut omega needed a lesson," he said softly, almost cheerfully. He laughed again. A dangerous, pleased sound. "After today," Mark continued, "he will never look at what's mine again."
The servants lowered their heads even more. The butler closed his eyes for a moment. Young master is becoming more dangerous every day.
Meanwhile in caftria. Eren stopped walking.
His chest tightened. Yuna noticed. "Eren? What's wrong?" Eren's eyes were fixed on the hallway. "nothing," he said slowly.