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After his transition into an alpha Sasuke's life changed. His father had taken a new interest in him. Since Itachi was a beta Sasuke had basically become his fathers successor to take over the family business. His mother had started treating him differently too. She hardly ever scolded him anymore and when she did her words lacked any real authority. She was also more submissive. He could see the difference between how she had treated Itachi when he presented as a beta in comparison to how she treated him. Things at school had also changed. He had been put into a different class, which was only for alphas.

Being an alpha was as everyone had said, full of special perks. So far Sasuke could handle everything about being an alpha except for two things. One, his body was changing and it was changing fast. He had grown a whole foot taller in the short week he had been an alpha. His voice was getting deeper and there was something on his dick growing. It was like a bump of some sort. He knew it had something to do with being an alpha but he didn't know what it was and he was way too embarrassed to ask anyone. And the other thing, his instincts were overwhelming him. He had become aware of scents he had never even noticed before. With just one whiff of a person he could tell if they were an alpha, beta, or omega.

His personality was now also being affected by his alpha instincts. He found himself always wanting to dominate. It didn't matter the situation he just felt like he had to be the one in charge and in control. Sometimes he felt crazy, like he'd self implode and give into the animalistic urges. It was hard to suppress them. He had asked his friend Neji (an alpha he had met in one of his special alpha classes) why his instincts drove him so crazy and all Neji had said was that it was normal for those who had newly presented to not be in full control of their new identities.

That was a load of bullshit.

In the entire week he had been an alpha Naruto hadn't been to his house once. The first day Sasuke chalked it up as Naruto being busy. The dobe was a college freshman so Sasuke guessed that Naruto probably had to rush a report or something stupid like that. The second day Sasuke assumed the same thing. The dobe had let too much work pile up and was now paying for it with having to work all day. On the third day Sasuke became suspicious. Had Itachi told Naruto about him presenting as an alpha and now Naruto was jealous? That theory amused Sasuke so much that he actually believed it until day five. If Naruto were jealous he wouldn't have taken this long to show his face, he'd want to come over to see if Sasuke really had presented as an alpha. On day six Sasuke had almost asked Itachi about why Naruto hadn't been over in so long but then thought better of it. If he asked his brother then Itachi would most likely tell Naruto and Sasuke didn't want the dobe to know that he was asking about him.

So here he was. Day seven and still no annoying dobe. It wasn't that he missed Naruto. He just found his sudden disappearance odd. The dobe was here practically every day playing video games so him not being here for so long felt strange.

Sasuke sighed. He was pathetic. Why was he worrying about an omega who annoyed the shit out of him? He should be happy that Naruto wasn't here screaming like a wild animal and stinking up the place anymore.

He shoved a spoonful of the tomato soup he had heated up a few minutes ago into his mouth. His mother had made it special for him last night; it was his favorite food but for some reason it didn't taste as good today. What was wrong? He knew for a fact that his taste buds hadn't transformed into liking only certain things when he had become an alpha so why did his soup taste like nothing?

"Why the long face, loser?" Itachi teased, coming into the kitchen with a big grin. "Seriously, what's wrong? You look like you just got delivered bad news." Itachi asked as he took a pair of poptarts out of the cabinet and popped them into the toaster.

"Just a long day, I guess." Sasuke replied annoyed. Damn, the dobe's absence was making him visibly upset. How embarrassing.

"Cheer up, it's the weekend." Itachi sing-songed.

"Sunday doesn't count."

"Uhh who decided that? It does count. It's a day that comes at the end of the week meaning it's still part of the 'weekend'." Itachi scoffed, "and here I thought they were teaching you advanced shit in those fancy alpha courses of yours but apparently not."

"Shut up, you know what I meant." Sasuke tsked.

"I know. I just like messing with you, it's fun. It's not every day I get to tease an alpha." Itachi grinned.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Anyways, you're going to the library again?" Sasuke stated not asked because the answer was obvious. Itachi had his backpack on and his car keys in his hand meaning he was heading out to the library. He had done so every day this week. Sasuke figured without Naruto here to play video games with his brother had nothing else to do but study. Or at least that was what he had thought at first.

"Yup, I gotta ace my next chem quiz."

"It's Sunday and you're still going to study? You've never been so into studying before. It's weird." Sasuke observed suspiciously.

"I can't afford to be average anymore now that there's an alpha in the family. Mom has been on my back about getting my grades up all week."

Sasuke could tell Itachi was lying. He spoke too quickly. "Why doesn't Naruto come over anymore?" Sasuke asked pointedly. He was tired of the charade. It was the question he had wanted the answer to all week. He couldn't actually believe he had swallowed down his pride enough to ask his brother.

"Why do you care? Don't you hate him?"

"Yeah, so? I'm curious why he stopped coming over that doesn't mean I like him." Sasuke said defensively.

"Don't worry about it." A strange look adopted itself in Itachi's eyes. He looked closed off, sort of angry. Sasuke couldn't guess why.

"I'm not. I just want to know why your idiot best friend doesn't come over anymore."

The look in Itachi's eyes intensified.

"He can't come here because of you."

"Because of me? Why?" Sasuke was confused. He had never told the dobe to stop coming over. Sure he had voiced his displeasure of seeing Naruto's face a few times but he had never outright told Naruto he wasn't allowed and it wasn't as if the dobe would've listened if he had anyways.

"Don't you get it? He's an omega, he can't be here when you're around."

"I'm not interested in that annoying dobe like that!" There was that one dream but that had only been one time! He hadn't had a dream like that ever since, "just because I'm an alpha doesn't mean I like him like that, that's gross!"

"I'm not saying you do or that you would. It was mom's orders. She doesn't want him around you."

"But why? That's dumb?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Itachi sighed. "We'll talk about this later if you want but I'm pretty sure you know the reason why." Just then Itachi's poptarts popped. He scooped them out of the toaster and took a bite. He wrapped the poptarts in a paper towel and started walking towards the door. "I'll be back. Tell mom I went to the library to study."

As Itachi crossed the kitchen Sasuke got a whiff of a familiar scent. A scent he had believed he had only smelled in his dreams. The sweet stench of Naruto's heat. So that hadn't been a dream! He had really witnessed Naruto in heat. That explained why Naruto hadn't come by. And here he had been making all these wrong assumptions. If the dream was real then that also meant that Itachi and Naruto were... Which meant that Itachi wasn't going to the library like he had been stating all week.

"You're going to Naruto's aren't you."

Itachi's hand, which had been twisting the doorknob dropped to his side.

"You're going to go help him with his heat aren't you?" Sasuke continued as he turned to face Itachi.

"You...how did you know about that?" Itachi asked flabbergasted.

"Because I'm not dumb." Sasuke lied. He wouldn't tell anyone how he had accidentally seen his brother and Naruto having sex or how witnessing said accident had ignited his transition.

"How long have you known about us?" Itachi was panicking. The way his brother's voice strained gave it away. Sasuke hadn't heard Itachi sound like that in a while. Itachi had accidentally broken their mothers favorite vase while chasing around a butterfly that had gotten into the house. That had been seven years ago.

"Not long." Sasuke stood and walked over to Itachi, "but I don't care so you don't have to sneak around anymore. Bring Naruto over whenever you want. I won't tell mom."

"But-"

"I'm not going to attack him. Despite what you think I'm not a wild animal who attacks omegas. I barely even transitioned, trust me that's the last thing on my mind."

"Fuck, you're the best!" Itachi let out a startling laugh, "I don't know why but you sound like the older brother now. Must be that alpha blood." Itachi teased.

Sasuke laughed hollowly. He was internally slapping himself. What the fuck was that? Why did he say all that unnecessary crap? Why did he want Naruto to come back? He didn't like the dobe, he hadn't lied about that but he had lied about his ability to control himself. He didn't yet know the limits of his own control. At school he hadn't been allowed yet to rejoin the regular lunch period because of the student omegas. All newly presented alphas were segregated until they were deemed ready by a counselor to rejoin the regular student lunch block. Sasuke hadn't been around an actual omega except his mom since his transition.

Why would he risk anything just so his brother could have his BFF/boyfriend over? The answer was a terrifying one. Sasuke was intrigued by Naruto. Now that he knew his dream had really happened his body subconsciously wanted to smell Naruto's scent again.

"I'll be back later tonight. I'm going over to Naruto's to tell him the good news. He just finished his heat so he's going to be really happy. Stay outta trouble, loser." Itachi kissed Sasuke's forehead then left.

The guilt swallowed Sasuke whole. He ended up throwing his beloved tomato soup down the kitchen sink drain. He wouldn't have been able to eat it anyways when all he could think about was Naruto's scent.

The next day Sasuke arrived home from school and was greeted with the familiar ear splitting scream that could only belong to one certain loud omega.

Naruto was back.

Yes, Naruto was back and so was his scent.

Sasuke could smell it even from the doorway. It was strong and oh so sweet. He hadn't expected it to smell so...good? He could recall how nice it smelled in his "dream" but his memory of the scent paled in comparison to how it smelled now. It was like Naruto's scent was comprised of all his favorite smells in the world.

Sasuke was nervous to even take a step forward. The closer he got to the scent the harder it'd be for him. He didn't know a scent could affect him this much. Was this just part of being an alpha? Would every fucking annoying omegas scent hinder him this way? He sure fucking hoped not cause this was painful. He could feel an actual ache forming in the base of his throat and his jaw muscles were starting to clench up from so much straining and gritting.

"Don't be pathetic, get a hold of yourself." Sasuke mentally chastised. He had told Itachi that he could handle this so that was exactly what he was going to do. He set his backpack down and took off his shoes then made his way to the kitchen the same way he did everyday after school.

"Is that you, Sasuke?" Itachi's voice drifted from the living room.

"Y-yeah." Sasuke called back.

"Can you pretty please with a cherry on top bring me the slice of pizza in the microwave?

"No, come get it yourself!" Sasuke frowned. No way was he stepping a foot inside the living room where the source of the incredible scent resided. He didn't know what he'd do if he got close to Naruto. All he knew was that he didn't want to embarrass him self by letting the dobe know that his scent was affecting him so much.

"You're mean!" Itachi huffed. "Go get it for me, please Naruto."

Sasuke froze. Why was his brother such an idiot! Did he not realize that Sasuke was having an internal war with himself right now and having Naruto in the same room as him would only make it worse!? Of course he didn't, Sasuke had stupidly told him that he could handle Naruto's scent. He didn't even have time to escape; Naruto had already seen him through the kitchen doorway.

Sasuke took a big gulp of air and held his breath right before Naruto entered the kitchen. He could make it through this. It should take the dobe less than thirty seconds to grab a goddamn piece of pizza from the microwave.

"Why are you staring into space like that for? You look dumb."

Naruto's taunting voice broke through Sasuke's iron clad will to ignore. He tightened his lips. If he replied it'd prolong how long Naruto stood in here and also if he opened his mouth he'd have to inhale which wouldn't be good with Naruto's scent lingering everywhere.

"What? No snarky reply? That's a miracle." Naruto cocked his head to the side and looked at Sasuke quizzically. "You look pale, are you okay?"

Sasuke remained quiet. He needed the dobe to leave already! He couldn't hold his breath for much longer.

"You really don't look good." Naruto's voice held a tint of worry, "you need to go out in the sun more. You're so pale you could pass as a vampire." Naruto laughed loudly. "Can you imagine th-"

"Go away and stop insulting me!" Sasuke huffed out. He couldn't hold it in anymore. "Damn how long does it take you to realize that someone doesn't want to talk to you!"

"Oh, so you were ignoring me," Naruto smiled, his pink lips stretched across his pearly white teeth. "I thought you were sick since you looked like such an idiot."

Sasuke ignored Naruto's insult. He couldn't focus on it even if he tried. All he could focus on was the indescribably sweet scent that Naruto was emitting. It was wafting over him like waves, lulling him in closer and closer.

"So it's true, you're an alpha." Naruto spoke as he eyed the mark on Sasuke's lower neck. His features twisted into anger. "Well I guess a congrats is in order." Naruto said sarcastically. "You must be proud."

"Don't congratulate me when you don't even mean it." Naruto's scent had changed. It was no longer sweet but slightly bitter. Sasuke didn't like it.

"Don't tell me what to do. God I hate you alphas! I'm still older than you!"

Sasuke hadn't known that Naruto hated alphas. That knowledge for some reason hurt him. Why though? It wasn't like he ever wanted Naruto to like him so who cared if Naruto hated his secondary sex trait.

"I guess we have that in common. I hate omegas just as much as you hate alphas. So run along and go bring my brother his slice of pizza already."

"Shut up you alpha prick." Naruto sneered.

"Make me you omega bitch." Sasuke stared down at Naruto making direct eye contact.

"Don't call me that!" Naruto screamed. He lunged at Sasuke but unfortunately had slipped in his haste. Sasuke reacted reflexively; he threw his arms out and caught Naruto before he could fall.

"Y-you..." Naruto blinked rapidly. He couldn't believe what had just happened. "You saved me." Naruto looked up at Sasuke amazed.

"I just caught you." Sasuke corrected, not wanting Naruto to make this seem like he actually cared for the blond.

"Thank you." Naruto said awkwardly. He looked down then back up again, "wait, what the hell! Are you taller than me!?" Naruto yelled, just barely realizing that the Uchiha had gone through a growth spurt.

Sasuke smirked. "Yup. From the looks of it I'm a whole head taller than you. By the end of this week that might double."

Naruto's scent changed suddenly. It was now sweet again. Sasuke couldn't pinpoint what had caused the rapid change in Naruto's scent. Now that it was sweet again it was affecting Sasuke weirdly and Naruto's new much closer proximity wasn't helping at all.

"Hey, you like my scent?" Naruto exclaimed as he took a whiff at the air around Sasuke.

"Get off of me." Sasuke abruptly pushed Naruto away. He was mortified. The one thing he hadn't wanted to happen was for the dobe to know that his scent affected him! "All omegas smell good, you're nothing special." He instantly regretted it when he saw the hurt look settle in Naruto's eyes. Naruto's scent grew bitter again.

"I should've known you were just like every other alpha."

"What's going on in here? Seriously, baby, I could've eaten my pizza already with how long you took." Itachi whined as he came into the kitchen. He was oblivious of the tension.

"Sorry." Naruto said in a clipped tone. "I was just congratulating your brother on his transition into an alpha."

"Oh, that's nice of you." Itachi smiled. Still oblivious.

Naruto grabbed the pizza from the microwave handed it to Itachi then went back to the living room. All the while his scent remained unpleasant.

"He's probably super jealous. He really thought you were going to be an omega. Don't mind him." Itachi explained while chewing on his pizza.

Sasuke shrugged. He grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge then went up to his room to start his homework.

For the entirety of Naruto's stay his scent stayed the same. Sasuke had to fight the urge to go downstairs and fix it.

The following day at school Sasuke felt more tired than usual. He was angry and every little thing annoyed him. He decided to skip lunch. He didn't want to be surrounded by other alphas when he was feeling so down. It made him feel weak.

He snuck out the alpha only lunchroom and ventured through the halls and up to the rooftop where he knew no one else would be.

Just as he had thought no one was there. Sasuke took off his stiff uniform jacket and laid it on the ground in a shady spot. He sat and reclined his head on the wall. No matter how hard he tried he couldn't stop thinking about the damn dobe. Why did Naruto's scent have to affect him so much? He wished he could snap his fingers and then poof he wouldn't care how Naruto smelled anymore.

"Is the seat next to you taken?" A twinkling voice sounded out.

Sasuke glared up to where the voice had come from. A girl with long pink hair and green eyes was looking down at him. She was holding a bag with hearts all over it.

Had she come here to eat her lunch? He had never seen her in any of his alpha classes.

"I usually come up here to eat my lunch too. I was surprised to see someone else in my spot" The girl smiled.

If this was the girls spot then Sasuke really had no right to refuse her. He moved aside to make room for her in the shade.

"Thank you." The girl sat down much closer than Sasuke expected.

"You're Sasuke Uchiha right? You were in my homeroom. When you didn't show up to class I already knew what happened. Congratulations on transitioning into an alpha. You're so cool so I knew you would," the girl blushed, "I'm Sakura Haruno, do you remember me?"

"Of course I do." Sasuke actually didn't remember her at all. There were so many girls in his homeroom there was no way he could remember all of their faces. He wasn't insensitive enough to tell Sakura that though. Girls could be so easily offended so he lied.

"I'm happy that you do!" Sakura cheered, "As a reward I'll let you have some of my home cooked lunch." Sakura excitedly opened her bag and pulled out a bento box. Sasuke had to admit the food looked pretty good.

They ate in relative silence. Sakura would occasionally blabber about something mundane and Sasuke would pretend to listen as he munched away. It was almost calming. Like an escape from thinking about Naruto.

"You know, I've always heard that alphas can be dangerous when they are alone with an omega but Sasuke-kun isn't like that at all! You're so nice!" Sakura confessed.

Sasuke stopped mid bite. "You're an omega?"

"Yes!" Sakura sang happily. She pulled down her uniform collar and revealed the one tailed mark that signified an omega. "I transitioned two weeks ago!"

"Shit." Sasuke cursed underneath his breath. No way, he hadn't even noticed that Sakura was an omega. He hadn't smelled anything. Nothing at all...which meant that it wasn't "all omegas" who's smell affected him...it was just Naruto's.

"What's wrong, Sasuke-kun?" Sakura questioned concerned.

"It's nothing." Sasuke replied, "absolutely nothing."

"You've looked angrier than usual all day, what's up with you dude?" Neji asked when Sasuke finally went back to class.They hadn't been friends before transitioning and Sasuke couldn't really say that they were friends now. They were more like acquaintances that just so happened to be in similar situations.

"It's nothing." Sasuke bit out.

"Bullshit. I can smell that you're mad so what happened?"

"Don't fucking scent me, that's gross." Sasuke growled.

"It's really strong how the fuck can I not?! Now tell me what's up!"

Sasuke sighed; Neji wasn't going to leave him alone until he told him what he wanted. "It's this omega-"

"An omega!? Already, who is it?"

"Shut up so I can talk!" Sasuke snapped, "it's my brothers boyfriend. I got in a fight with him but it was that idiots fault. He smells so damn good!"

"So scandalous." Neji tsked. "What are you going to do?"

"I don't know! If I knew what to do I wouldn't be here telling you my problems now would I?" Sasuke felt like he was going crazy. Naruto's scent did things to him. He was ashamed and also extremely embarrassed to admit it but Naruto's scent was his favorite smell in the entire world. The dobe had a scent like nothing Sasuke had ever smelled before. Naruto's scent made him want to dominate. And not dominate everything but just Naruto specifically. It drove him crazy and yet he still loved it. He wanted to smell the scent all the time but he couldn't because it made him feel literally insane. The conflicting feelings made him hate Naruto even more.

"Have you smelled an omega before? And I mean one you aren't related to?"

"Of course I have." Neji scoffed as if Sasuke was asking something ridiculous.

"How do you handle the urges then? Their scent doesn't get to you?" Sasuke inquired desperately. "I'm tired of feeling like I can't control myself!"

Neji shook his head, "I don't know, I just do. It's not that hard for me but it's different for every alpha."

Sasuke hissed. That wasn't the answer he wanted to hear but he could do nothing about it because their teacher was glaring at them, signaling them to be quiet before they got in trouble.

On the walk after school Sasuke contemplated not going home. What was the point when Naruto was going to be there? If he went he'd just be setting himself up to suffer. He was really not going to go but then something odd happened. His alpha instincts refused to let him not go. His body knew that the source of the alluring scent was at home so that was where he had to be too.

Before stepping into his home Sasuke took a deep breath just as he had done the previous time. It was better to take precautions instead of regret it later.

He went straight to the kitchen. So far so good. He took out some bread, ham, tomatoes, and lettuce from the fridge and set about to make a sandwich. By the time he got the lid off the mayonnaise he was losing his ability to keep holding his breath. His lungs burned but he fought through it. He spread the mayo on the bread; his hands shook as he did. Little black specs were appearing in his line of vision and his head was pounding. This was ridiculous and he knew it! But he didn't want to be drowned in Naruto's scent again so he kept his mouth shut. He finished spreading the mayo then got a knife and started to cut the tomato into slices. By the time he got to the third slice his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he staggered back. He couldn't hold it anymore. He was stubborn though so instead of taking a breath he put his hand over his mouth and plugged his nose. His body couldn't handle it anymore, he felt like he was going to explode. He fell back and tripped to the ground. He landed roughly, the pain shocked his system and as a result he opened his mouth. He instantly made an alarming discovery, he still couldn't breath. His mouth was open but he couldn't suck in any air. He was suffocating? Sasuke pounded his chest to try and kick start his lungs but it didn't work. His face felt numb and his fingertips were tinged blue.

"Oh my god!" Naruto came running into the room, attracted by all of the commotion. "Are you okay?!"

Sasuke wheezed. There was no airflow going in or out of his lungs so he couldn't respond even if he wanted to.

Naruto ran over and knelt at Sasuke's side. He pressed his hands flatly against Sasuke's chest and began to pump up and down. "1-2-3'!" Naruto counted aloud as he pumped. It wasn't working; Sasuke's face was turning paler.

"I'm going to give you mouth to mouth." Naruto announced, sounding abnormally shy.

Sasuke's eyes widened. He didn't want Naruto's lips anywhere near his but he was in no position to refuse help. He nodded in approval.

Naruto shyly bent over and connected his lips to Sasuke's. He breathed in and got back up to pump. He did this three times by then Sasuke's color had come back and he was breathing normally but Naruto continued and strangely Sasuke allowed it. Every time Naruto's lips touched his he got a powerful whiff of Naruto's scent. It was hypnotic and soothing. Each time Naruto's lips lingered longer. Sasuke had enough of these shy kisses, he wanted more and he was damn sure going to get what he wanted.

When Naruto pressed his lips against his again Sasuke grabbed the back of Naruto's head and forced him to keep the connection. Naruto let out a surprised whimper but quickly melted into the kiss. Sasuke was an inexperienced kisser but that didn't matter. Their scents intermingling on the tips of their tongues was more than enough to make up for Sasuke's lack of skill. Sasuke licked along Naruto's bottom lip, he bit down hard. He couldn't help himself. He had an odd desire to mark Naruto's body in any way he could. Naruto wasn't one to be outdone; he bit Sasuke's lips back. Hard, harder than Sasuke had bit him. Sasuke could feel blood accumulate on his lip.

"I'm not sorry." Naruto murmured between kisses.

"It would be weird if you were." Sasuke moved his lips down and started to kiss along Naruto's jaw. Naruto's scent was the strongest there, he hadn't expected for it to be so concentrated. His mind went blank. He wanted to own this scent forever. His mind kept chanting to him to take what was his. Sasuke opened his mouth and secured his lips around Naruto's neck where his pulse point was. He began to bite down but suddenly Naruto was gone.

His vision cleared, he felt like he had emerged from a foggy dream.

"What the hell were you doing to him?!" Itachi had snatched Naruto out of Sasuke's arms. He was holding Naruto protectively as if Sasuke were a raging bull that would charge at any moment.

"I-I don't know." Sasuke admitted breathlessly.

"What the fuck I knew this was going to happen! I thought you said you could control yourself!"

"I can-I-"

"No you can't!" Itachi roared, "clearly you can't handle being with Naruto when you just attacked him. I swear I went to the bathroom for one fucking minute and you take that as a chance to attack Naruto? How cou-"

"Itachi stop." Naruto murmured.

Itachi immediately quieted down. "What? Why?"

"Because it was my fault. I'm the one who got lured in by his scent. I'm not used to the smell of an alpha so I got overwhelmed."

"If that's true then I don't want you coming over anymore."

"No! I don't want that," Naruto exclaimed, "It was my fault but I don't want to stop coming. I love spending time with you here. I don't want that all to be messed up just because of a mistake." Naruto glared at Sasuke, "it won't ever happen again."

Sasuke refused to let Naruto's cold words affect him; it was fine with him that Naruto called what had just happened a mistake. Because it was exactly that-a big fucking mistake that should've never happened. But even though Sasuke thought that a tiny part of him felt disappointed.

Itachi looked unconvinced.

"I'll go to the clinic and get scent suppressants. I promise I won't ever let it affect me again."

Itachi sighed. "Fine." He finally calmed down, he grabbed Sasuke in a semi chokehold and ruffled Sasuke's hair, "sorry I got so mad at you. I seriously thought you attacked him."

"Don't touch me." Sasuke pushed Itachi away. He was fuming. Naruto had some nerve.

"Don't glare you look freaky!" Itachi tried to ruffle Sasuke's hair again but Sasuke caught his hand before he could.

"I said don't touch me." Sasuke hissed. He glared at Naruto.

Naruto flinched. Sasuke's scent terrified him.

"So that was an accident?" Sasuke wanted to make sure. He needed to hear Naruto say it again so he could confirm it for himself.

"Yes." Naruto replied, "it won't happen again."

"Good to know." Sasuke grabbed his backpack and strode out the kitchen. He didn't look at Naruto as he left. Naruto's scent was more than enough for him to know that the idiot was crying.

Naruto didn't talk to him the next day or the day after that. Sasuke had never received the silent treatment from the dobe before, sure he had expected it since he was also ignoring Naruto but it still surprised him. In the past it would've been his perfect scenario, the dobe not speaking to him and keeping his annoying thoughts to himself but now it really bothered him. He didn't like it one bit. In fact he'd even go so far as to say that he was offended that Naruto was ignoring him. How dare the dobe not speak to him. Sasuke was his alpha so he should obey! Wait...Sasuke wasn't Naruto's alpha but the dobe should know his place.

When Sasuke got home that day he was greeted with an unexpected sight. Naruto alone in the kitchen. It was an unspoken rule that after school the kitchen was Sasuke's zone and the living room was Naruto's and Itachi's. That's how it had always been. So why was the dobe lounging on the island chair.

Sasuke had a dilemma on his hands. He could go straight upstairs and avoid Naruto or he could go about his normal routine and go make his self a snack.

No, there was no dilemma. Naruto wasn't going to ruin his routine. He was going to go about like usual. Sasuke put his backpack down and went to the fridge. He pulled out some Thai noodles that his brother had bought yesterday then popped them into the microwave. He was painfully aware of Naruto. It was ridiculous.

"Are you still ignoring me?" Naruto abruptly asked.

The question caught Sasuke off guard. It was the first time Naruto had spoken to him since that day. Sasuke chose not to reply. That in it self was enough of a reply to Naruto's question.

"Hello, I asked you a question. Do you even notice me?"

Sasuke grunted in reply. Of course he had noticed Naruto. He had smelled Naruto before he even walked into the damn house. Even though Naruto was on suppressants the dobe's scent still managed to register in his mind. Those pills didn't work for shit. All it did was dilute Naruto's scent into a slightly milder smell. And it was a smell that unfortunately Sasuke was still addicted to.

"Wow, you finally acknowledged my presence." So does that mean you're not ignoring me anymore then?"

"Does my brother know you're in here?" Sasuke finally broke the silence. Why was Naruto even here trying to start a conversation with him? They had both been ignoring each other and for a damn good reason too.

"No, he doesn't."

"Then go before I get in trouble."

"That's not going to happen scaredy cat." Naruto's eyes practically twinkled with mirth. "I'm here because I want to apologize about what happened last time. I didn't mean for it to get out of hand like that. Itachi doesn't think I should apologize so I asked him to go buy me some food right before you got home. So you can stop ignoring me already."

"My brothers absence doesn't mean anything. I'm still ignoring you. Go away."

The mirth in Naruto's eyes dimmed. Sasuke didn't know if he imagined it but he thought he saw Naruto frown but then smirk, erasing the sad look. "Oh, I get it. Since you're an alpha now you're too good to talk to me." Naruto chortled, rolling his large blue eyes, "that's why I hate alphas, you all think you're too good for everyone else."

"That isn't true." Sasuke snipped. Naruto's scent had changed, he smelled distressed and it was making him want to reassure the blond. "You're just bothering me, I'm trying my best to control myself right now and you being here makes it harder for me to do that." That was as honest as Sasuke had ever been with Naruto. Fuck, what was the dobe doing to him?

"So you really do like my scent that much?" Naruto looked down, a stupidly adorable smile graced his pink lips. "I wasn't sure because you always glare at me but then when we kissed-"

"Don't fool yourself. Your scent is nothing special." It was a miracle that Sasuke could actually say that with a straight face.

"Don't lie to me. I may be naive but I'm not dumb!" Naruto crossed his arms over his chest and the action blew a gust of Naruto's maddening scent straight into Sasuke's face.

Sasuke clenched his jaw. He was exhausted of having to fight back his urges whenever he was in Naruto's vicinity, which was every fucking day. He wanted to just cave in and dominate Naruto then soothe away the distressed smell but he couldn't give in so instead he glared at Naruto.

"Apparently you are dumb because I'm telling you your scent isn't special but you won't listen! Remember what you said? It was a mistake that will never happen again."

Naruto bristled at the harsh comment.

"And why the hell do you even care if I like your scent or not? It doesn't fucking matter since you have my brother already. You sitting here apologizing doesn't change anything if you really feel sorry then you can show me by not going near me ever again!"

"You're so mean, Sasuke." Tears began to trickle out of Naruto's eyes. "You don't think I'm confused too? I don't understand why I can't stop thinking about you. I said that last time because it was a mistake but I can't stop-"

"Whoa, what's going on in here." Itachi asked as he strolled into the kitchen. He set the bag of takeout on the counter and went to stand by Naruto.

"Nothing." Naruto hissed. His scent said otherwise though. The lingering smell of anger mixing in with Naruto's usual scent was obvious.

Itachi glanced curiously between Sasuke and Naruto. He observed Naruto's pissed off expression then back to Sasuke's clenching jaw. "Hmm," Itachi eyed Sasuke as if he were a misbehaving child, "what did you say to Naruto to make him so mad?"

"I just told him to leave me alone." Sasuke answered honestly.

Itachi seemed taken aback by that answer but then he regained himself. He pinched Naruto's cheek. "You let something like that get you so worked up?" Itachi laughed as Naruto's glare became fiercer, "don't pout it makes me sad," Itachi exclaimed then picked Naruto up into a bear hug, squishing the much smaller blonde against his chest.

Sasuke stiffened at the open display of affection. His mind flashed back to that day he caught Naruto in Itachi's bed. He squeezed his eyes shut and tried to banish the cursed memory. He couldn't, the image of Naruto submitting to Itachi was branded into his brain. He cursed, he wanted to snatch Naruto away from Itachi and make him submit to him instead. Like a broken record the words dominate, dominate, dominate played over and over inside his mind. He wanted to get up and force Naruto onto all fours, to make him apologize for letting another man ever hold him, and then he wanted to dominate Naruto in a way no one-especially Itachi-had ever done before.

"-suke, Sasuke, are you listening?"

Sasuke jolted back to the present. His eyes focused back onto his brother's face but his eyes lingered on the arm Itachi had wrapped around Naruto's waist.

"No, sorry what did you say?"

Itachi sighed, "I said that I know you're not aware of it but ever since you became an alpha you can come off as sort of...an asshole. You snap a lot and it can be intimidating especially to omegas. I've seen the way you talk to mom sometimes… I didn't want to say anything but maybe you should seek out counseling. Transitioning can be hard; I can't even imagine how hard it is to transition into an alpha. You need to learn how to control yourself, especially around omegas." Itachi rubbed his hand soothingly up and down Naruto's hips and Sasuke's glare hardened. He should've been the one comforting and calming Naruto down. What the fuck was his brother doing acting as if Naruto were his?

"Whatever." Sasuke hissed and got up before he did anything he'd regret like attacking his own brother over an annoying dumb blond omega. He took his food out the microwave and left the kitchen. As he walked he accidentally made eye contact with Naruto. The blond was angry but the slight shimmer of sadness glimmered in his blue orbs. Sasuke kept walking, he ignored his inner instincts, which were yelling at him to go and comfort the blond. Naruto didn't need him when he had Itachi.

His brother was right. He couldn't handle anymore of his instincts; he needed help in sorting out what the fuck was happening with him. He wanted answers to why being around Naruto made him feel crazy and irritated all the damn time.

He really did need help because feeling like this was pure insanity.

The seat Sasuke was sitting in was uncomfortable. It was velvet lined and sunken in, worn down by the amount of different people who'd sat in it before him. The clock on the wall ticked by and the sun was blaring in through the giant window located at the back of the room. He never imagined that this was what a therapist room would look like. He sighed as the clock ticked on.

The heavy wooden door of the office swung open and a small woman with a notebook clutched in her hands came into the room. She bowed and took a seat across from Sasuke.

"Sorry for arriving late! I had to pick up my daughter from preschool, she got a fever and the teacher was worried it was a whole fiasco-" the woman stopped when she noted Sasuke's sour expression, "sorry, I'm Shizune your therapist and you must be Sasuke. It's nice to meet you."

Sasuke nodded.

"Tell me about yourself." Shizune's voice was sweet and calming, like a mother lulling her son to sleep. Her short black hair was cropped around her face and her black eyes shone with sincerity. She fit the image of an omega perfectly but she didn't smell like other omegas. Her scent was mixed with another more domineering scent. The conflicting smells confused Sasuke; it was like Shizune's scent had a protective guard around it. God, he hated that he noticed the differences in scents. Everything had been so much simpler before his transition. Back then he didn't notice things like how people smelled like. He wanted to get up and leave but he stood seated just for the small chance that this woman could give him the answer to control his instincts.

"I'm sixteen years old, I presented as an alpha almost two weeks ago, and I'm a student."

"Congratulations for presenting as an alpha. I'm sure your parents are thrilled." Shizune smiled. She tucked a strand of her short hair behind her ear as she wrote the little bit of other information down. "So, how do you feel about presenting as an alpha?"

"Annoyed."

"Annoyed?" The therapist repeated in shock, "b-but why? You must be excited! You're now an elite member of society. You're destined for greatness!"

"Excited?" Sasuke laughed, genuinely amused at such a wild concept, "people keep acting like being an alpha is the greatest fucking thing. I thought so at first too but ever since I presented as an alpha I've become an animal. My mind is constantly trying to dominate things. I can't even fucking sleep all through the night anymore!"

Shizune smiled knowingly, "that's normal, Sasuke."

"You don't understand, I literally felt like killing my own brother the other day just because he hugged some dumb blond."

"I do understand." An empathetic look settled on Shizune's small features. "Let me guess, you feel like you're on the brink of insanity?"

"How'd you know!?" It was like the omega had read his mind and saw his inner most turmoil. Sasuke felt like rewarding her but then shooed the weird (alpha instinct) away.

"I know because it's a part of basic puberty. Every young alpha at some point has such a thought."

"So, I have to feel insane for the rest of my damn life and this is just my body changing into its final stage?!"

"Oh, no! God no!" Shizune shook her head quickly, "once you claim a mate your instincts will be leveled out. Your mate will calm down your urges monumentally. This isn't your final stage so to speak it's more like the pre-step to your "final" stage."

"Mate?" Sasuke repeated the foreign term.

"Yes, your bonded pair. It's the person you'll claim as yours."

"Claim?" Sasuke questioned again. He could feel himself getting angry at the fact that he didn't know things that a omega knew.

"Since you're an alpha you'll be the one to claim your mate. You claim someone by biting his or her neck," Shizune extended her neck and pulled down her turtleneck revealing a crescent shaped scar, "this is a claiming mark. I usually don't show others it because my mate doesn't like it when I do but for teaching purposes I'll allow you to see it. Only an alpha can give a mating mark and once they do that person is their bonded pair. My alpha, Tsunade, gave me this and as a result I belong to her. It's one of the privileges of being an alpha."

Sasuke tried to absorb the overload of information. He had never really known of such a thing as claiming. His father was a beta so his mother didn't have a claiming mark and he had never noticed any mark like that on any of his aunts or uncles-not that he was ever truly looking for it though.

He frowned suddenly realizing what this meant. "Does this mean I have to wait until I find a mate to calm my instincts down?"

"Of course not! I realize you're still a teenager and claiming a mate is far in your future. Claiming is just the most effective and natural way but there's another way. You might have noticed that my scent is different than other omegas?"

Sasuke nodded.

"That's because my alpha has mixed her scent with mine by rubbing her scent gland against mine. Its called scenting and I'd recommend you try to scent with someone. It doesn't require giving a claiming mark but it does have almost the same calming effect for an alpha. You can even let someone scent you!"

"I don't have anyone I want to scent with." Sasuke scowled because as he spoke for some misbegotten reason Naruto's face came into his mind. Why'd he think of the dobe? He most definitely didn't want to rub his scent gland against Naruto's!

Shizune sighed, "There is actually one last way to tame your instincts though I don't really like resorting to this method. You can take a medication called suppressants to calm your alpha urges. It's not very common because many alphas don't like to hide their natural alpha essence with drugs but it will calm you down. I really don't prescribe them that often, mostly only to omegas, but if you'd like I can prescribe them to you."

"So it's either take drugs or suffer?" Sasuke sighed. And people really had the audacity to say that being an alpha was a "privilege." Sasuke snorted. What a fucking joke. It was even funnier since he was one of the idiots who had believed that at first too. "I'll take the drugs."

"Are you certain that is what you want to do?"

"Yes."

"Very well then!" Shizune cheered, "I'll just need to confirm with your parents and then I'll write your prescription right up!"

Sasuke glared at her. He wanted the drugs now. Why the fuck did he need permission from his mom and dad? Wasn't he supposedly above them? Plus it was his own damn body! He could put whatever he damn well pleased into it. He glared harder at Shizune, mentally yelling at her to obey and just go get his suppressants already.

Shizune stopped mid rant-she seemed to shrink right before Sasuke's eyes. "I have to ask you to stop sending alpha waves to me, it's very disrespectful to try and dominate an already bonded omega." Shizune was trembling slightly and her voice sounded strained. Her scent became guarded.

"Sorry, I didn't know I was doing that." Sasuke forced himself to calm down; he was taken aback by Shizune's reaction.

Shizune perked right back up. "It's okay because I know you're still learning!" She smiled widely, "you know, you're not like the other alphas of your age that I've consoled. You're stronger, maybe that's why you're so overwhelmed by your urges."

Sasuke didn't reply. He knew Shizune was attempting to compliment him but he wasn't flattered. He actually wanted to scream. Just break down and dissolve until nothing was left of him. If he was "strong" then why did he feel so weak right now? In that moment of sadness he thought of Naruto. Why? Again he didn't know. But the image of the blond omega managed to calm him down only for a brief fleeting moment. It was enough though for Sasuke to realize that he had some serious repressed feelings for Naruto.