Cyrus' POV

Once the class had settled down a little I took attendance, barely finishing before an arm stuck up in the air. I quietly sighed under my breath, looking down the arm to see who it belonged to, finding a young she-wolf with a foul expression on her face, what had upset her so thoroughly this morning?

"Yes Lucinda?" she lowered her arm and crossed both of them with a huff.

"Are you not going to say anything?"

I lifted a brow at the snark and challenge in her tone, my animal stirring from his slumber to grumble at the blatant disrespect she was showing us. My animal was a solitary one but understood our position, and took it seriously, he was also not one to allow being walked over, he had a fine temper which I kept under straight jacket tightness, especially around youngsters. "About your bad manners?" She stuttered for a moment and lowered her gaze. "I might be young but I am still your teacher, you will address me as Mr Stetson, and speak to me with the respect you give to the rest of your teachers, am I understood?"

"Yes Mr Stetson," she mumbled.

"Good. Now, what did you want to ask me?"

"Mr Stetson, why haven't you reprimanded Nobu for not sitting in his seat?" she glared at the mated pair who were still wrapped in each other's arms behind Ambrose's desk, Nobu's chair noticeably empty aside from his bag.

I sighed heavily, barely managing to keep my eye roll internal. How did she honestly think that was any of her business? How I do or not reprimand other students has got absolutely nothing to do with her. "That's why you interrupted the whole class?" I sounded annoyed, and I was, Nobu and Ambrose weren't being disruptive, was she so vindictive of others she couldn't stand to see them being affectionate?

"It's unfair, if they get to sit together then I should be able to sit with my boyfriend too." she snapped out in a huff.

"Their mated Miss Canos, and since you want to stick your nose in everyone else's business, I will inform you that they have my permission, but I didn't feel the need to waste all of your time telling you that since you have no place knowing about the subject matter of our private conversations."

Lukas hadn't said anything about it, but I understood that looking after them wasn't just in the physical sense, they were both obviously distressed and required each other for comfort, especially at the moment. Ambrose must be bursting with fierce protectiveness, trying to force them apart could have cataclysmic repercussions. The last thing anyone needed was another fight breaking out.

I saw Ambrose looking at me with gratitude and I slightly nodded my head his way, I wanted him to know I had his back, the teachers had failed them both in the past, atrociously. I hadn't met their previous shifter teacher due to his sudden departure, but from what I'd heard he hadn't exactly acted professionally, especially around Nobu.

Considering what Nobu had told me yesterday and my animal's curiousness I had asked the council about the fate of the student that had attacked Ambrose. They hadn't told me much, but enough, enough to know the school had grievously neglected another of their students. I did wonder if Ambrose and Nobu knew, knowing might not change their opinion, but it might give them answers. They were attacked by a Charivari, the council knew after the student had come of age as tests were required before being put on the database, and the council would inform the school, I'd even checked myself, but nothing had been implemented after the information had been given, if anything the attack was the school's fault.

A Charivari wasn't an easy thing to be, it was a rare gift, some would say curse. The powerlessness created disquiet in the shifter, which wasn't good for the human or animal side. Some animals can be notoriously hard to handle, the bigger headed the harder, but a lion? It was a bad mix, putting aside the unique character of the animal and its upbringing.

I wasn't saying all lions were assholes, but they were more predisposed due to their apex predator status, but saying that meant all apex predators were predisposed to be assholes. Lion's just seemed to be extra special in that regard, maybe it's because they're referred to as 'the king of the jungle', or that the council had put them on a pedestal. Lions weren't rare shifters, far from it, they were everywhere, in most cities there was a pride present, even in this little town there was a pride. When you think of big cats, the first animal you think of is a lion, in human culture they were used frequently, as a sign of courage, a national symbol, a company logo, they were one of the most well-known animals on the planet, and it had clearly gone to their heads.

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Nobu's POV

I really didn't want to do P.E today, aside from the fact I just wanted to cuddle with Ro, I was experiencing some discomfort. My back hurt for one, then there was this odd pain in my pelvis and hips, I say odd because I hadn't felt anything quite like it before, even during Ro's rut, so I figured his impromptu mounting wasn't the culprit. Which meant it must be due to the fact I was pregnant.

Ro led us out of our form room, his arm around my back, hand grasping onto my hip and keeping me close as we made our way to the changing rooms. Like always it was already quite full and Ro took us to our usual spot in the corner, dropping our bags onto the benches provided. He stood between me and the room, green eyes boring down at me with an intensity that was hard to stand.

A protest was on the tip of my tongue when he gripped the hem of my shirt and pulled it over my head, my cheeks flushing when he proceeded to dress me for P.E, even nudging me to sit on a clear part of the bench before tying my laces. I felt like a child, but being cared for was a nice feeling, so I kept my protests to myself, still sitting on the bench as he began to change himself.

Like always he wasn't shy, he undressed without a care, kicking off his shoes and tugging his shirt over his head all at once. It mused up his long hair and smoothed it back with a hand before they went to unbuckle his belt and jeans. I averted my gaze and stared at the little money spider making its way across the cream painted wall, ignoring how my cheeks burned with warmth.

"Hey, guys!" Felix exclaimed as he came over, already changed, about to plop himself down beside me, freezing as a low growl filled the room.

I stood up quickly and took the few steps to Ro, his pale green eyes practically glowing as they glared warningly at Felix, the arctic fox made himself look small and refrained from any sudden movements.

I wrapped my arms around Ro, nuzzling my cheek against the few soft hairs on his bare chest, his P.E shorts sitting low on his hips. "I'm okay," I assured softly and he quietened down, his arms possessively wrapping around me.

The P.E teacher entered the room, immediately noticing the lull in chatter, the room had gone deathly silent after Ro's growl. "Everyone in the gym!" he ordered and Felix took his chance and bolted, most of the students leaving in moments, the last few stragglers changing quickly and leaving just the three of us.

He merely glanced at Ro and sighed deeply, mumbling something under his breath. "You're both excused, go to the library until break," he said nothing more, already on his way out.

Ro didn't need to be told twice, he was already dropping his shorts, reaching for my own P.E clothes when I wasn't fast enough.

"Ro." I huffed slightly, now standing in my briefs with my shorts around my ankles, stuck on my legs because I was still wearing my shoes. I toed them off and stepped out of my shorts, gasping when he gripped my hips and pulled me closer, my previous discomfort flaring a little at his firm grasp.

I saw his lips pull into a frown and he rubbed my hips, the warmth of his palms soothing my aches. I sighed and leaned against his chest, a soft purr starting in my own. "Could you rub my back too?" I requested in a soft voice, a low hum coming from my throat when he did just that.

"Your back troubling you already?" he gathered and I nodded, his fingers turning a little more firm and I groaned quietly when he hit a particularly sore spot, my lower back feeling the worst of it. He slipped his thumbs into my briefs and I let out a pained moan as he dug them in the curve of my ass, working his thumbs in circular motions. It hurt, but I could feel it easing the pain further up my back, I didn't know whether to press into his touch or away from it, only realising I was doing both alternatively when he hit the spot dead on and I tilted my hips forward to escape. He growled as I pressed our lower halves together, my conflicted swaying had unintentionally aroused Ro.

He quickly grabbed our stuff and herded me through a door, it smelt of dust, rubber and stale sweat, old gym equipment filling up most of the small room, which was dark aside from a small window near the ceiling that let in a little sunlight, leaving the room cool and dim. He dropped our stuff on the floor and the door clicked closed behind him, he nudged me down onto an old pile of crash mats and quickly followed, the material cold against my bare skin.

"Ro wha-" he cut me off with a searing kiss, his lips and his tongue scrambling my brain until I couldn't string together a coherent thought. The smell of his arousal quickly filled the small space and sparked my own, his lips only turning rougher at its scent.

He parted our lips and I gasped for breath, watching with internal panic when he pulled down my briefs, knowing that the door couldn't lock from the inside and that anyone could walk back into the changing room and find us. The thought of getting caught terrified me, I'd never be able to come to school again, that's if I didn't die from embarrassment.

"Ro, someone mi-" I started to say but he cut me off again.

"They won't," he assured in a growl, hands roaming hungrily over my bare skin, a frustrated puff of air leaving him when my worried expression didn't change. He got up and glanced around, spotting a wooden horse and dragging it in front of the door, the top of it high enough that it prevented the handle from being able to move and I gulped, there goes that excuse.

"What abo-" He grinned and rummaged in his bag for a moment, procuring a bottle of lube and I stared at him with a disbelieving look, why in the hell was he carrying a bottle of lube around school for?!

He rolled me over and I felt the warmth of his body against my back moments before he covered me with it, teeth teasingly nibbling my neck just as two slick fingers penetrated me.

I gasped loudly, the familiar burn a lot easier to get used to, especially after his rut, my body was so attuned to what came next by now that it relaxed automatically and opened up for his fingers. I bit my lip hard to keep quiet when he angled his fingers down to rub against my prostate, two fingers quickly turning into three, all of them pulling out when he deemed me prepared enough.

A breathless cry left me as he thrust inside, for the first time in a while without a condom, feeling his skin against mine felt amazing, and from the uneven breaths fanning my neck and the strangled groan, he felt the same.

"Nobu... fuck I missed this." he hissed and started to move, the extra drag and friction of skin against skin had my legs trembling and although I tried my best I couldn't keep my voice down. With each thrust he just filled me so completely, dragging against my walls mercilessly and stimulating my prostate over and over.

He was nowhere as rough as he'd been in rut, in fact, I'd never felt him move quite like this. He seemed to punctuate every single thrust, not with his strength but with something else, every move was so deliberate and measured, a stark contrast from his impassioned sounds of pleasure.

His teeth raked over the skin of my neck, not quite biting but giving the same message without breaking skin. I didn't need to hear his growled murmurs to know the reason for his actions. This impromptu romp in the gym's equipment closet wasn't just to release pent up sexual need, but to mark me, stain my skin with his scent and blemish it with his teeth and lips. This was an act of possession.

I could feel his lips sucking at my neck, the slight ache telling me a bruise was forming. He licked over the mark with a low growl, teeth digging into the skin just above it moments after.

After a few minutes, I forgot where I was, pressing back into Ro's thrusts and voicing my pleasure. It felt good, so good, my whole lower half ached so deliciously I didn't care I was already so close. His pelvis gently slapped against me with each thrust and a gasped moan left me as he rolled his hips, his movement stuttering and I felt him throb inside of me. His thrusts turned harder and my legs gave out on me. He kept on going, I felt so tight around him, sweet pain filled my body and I trembled beneath him, spilling onto the mats beneath me with a loud cry.

His lips brushed the shell of my ear, ragged, hot breaths fanning my skin, giving three more hard thrusts, grinding into me as he came but roughly pulling back and I felt his load not just inside me but all over my ass too. He pressed back in and gave a few lazy thrusts, his barb dragging back and forth inside me and I whimpered at the overstimulation. He pulled out for the second time and his barb tugged my entrance. He rubbed his cum covered member all over my backside with a possessive growl. "Mine."

I let my cheek drop to the mat and the damp skin stuck to the material, breathless pants coming from my parted mouth.

'Suck his cock clean.' a familiar voice purred in my head.

What the fuck?! He refuses to talk to me for months and the first thing he says is that? Not 'sorry for being a selfish asshole', or 'sorry being so secretive and going behind your back'. Nope. He's only interested in sexual gratification rather than our fractured bond.

'It will help with his possessiveness, Jesus, I was only trying to help.' I could feel him rolling his eyes at me and I scoffed both internally and out loud.

'You? Help? Oh, this is rich, you're okay being all chummy now you've got what you want. Newsflash buddy, it ain't fucking happening until I get what I want.'

'I'm not apologising for being myself!'

'So you'd rather us be at odds forever just because of your stubbornness? Or are you just waiting for me to give in, huh? Cause I can tell you now that's not happening.' I heard him let out a growl of frustration and felt him stalking back and forth in my mind.

'I only went after what I wanted so desperately, why do you see that as wrong?!' he exclaimed.

'Because you used me Eidolon, you treated our body like it was just yours without any care as to how I felt about it. You acted like it was only you in this bond that mattered, you didn't just disregard my feelings but Ro's too. Are you happy now huh? You got the cubs you so desperately wanted when I warned you it wouldn't be safe, and I was right, you saw that dream same as me, you know the fate our cubs will have, the future you've doomed us to, so I ask again, are you fucking happy?!' I snapped at him and felt him flinch, a soft whimper echoing in my mind.

"Nobu?" I could hear the worried frown in Ro's voice, thumbs gently rubbing in circles on my hips. "I know I shouldn't have but...-but I had to. I knew you weren't comfortable doing it here and I'm sorry for forcing you," he mumbled apologetically and I felt him place a gentle kiss on my neck, my whole neck feeling tender and sore from his teeth and sucking.

I grasped onto one of his hands. "I'm not mad at you Ro... I-" I sighed. I was in no way comfortable having sex at school, nor any public place, but I understood why he'd done it. We hadn't gotten caught and I'll admit I had been quite sexually frustrated as of late. "Eidolon spoke to me," I admitted softly.

"Oh..." he breathed out. "I take it the both of you haven't made up then?" his free hand left my hip, warm palm coming around to my stomach and resting there.

I did want to make up, if not for my sake then for the sake of our cubs. It wasn't healthy for our animal and human sides to fight, that and it added to the stress I was already feeling and I knew it wasn't good for the unborn twins.

'I'm sorry, okay!' Eidolon cried out, and I could feel sincerity. Knowing he was hurting his cubs must have helped him realise he was wrong, or just remorseful. That's all I wanted, for him to understand, to know he couldn't act like that again.

I felt our fractured bond mend and already I could breathe easier, tension I didn't even know I had faded away.

A strange bubbling sensation started in my belly and I looked down with pinched brows. Ro moved his hand up slowly, then back down, the bubbling sensation somehow following his movements.

It couldn't be...

My hand joined Ro's, fingers trailing over my still flat stomach, my body bursting with emotion when I felt the sensation move along with my fingers.

"What is it Nobu?"

"I can feel them." I whispered out in awe.