Captured By The Cold Detective (BL)

He Juan answered without looking up, "Horrible. I really have no idea what’s so good about being an Alpha. If I can choose, I would prefer to be born a Beta instead." He did not even have to ask to know that Mu Yuze must have found out about his rut from Chen Youzhi, that busybody.

It was said that Alphas were notorious for being a control freak. But ironically, they were born with a physique that caused them to lose control once a year – just like a curse. He Juan did not consider himself a control freak, but even he did not like the feeling of losing control. The sweltering heat that slowly burned his sanity to crisp, the maddening sensation as if his blood vessels were bursting apart from within, the horrendous desire that turned him into a mindless beast... it was too ugly. A sight so appalling that it shouldn’t be seen by others.

Even if he spent it with someone else, what he received was only momentary pleasure limited only to the satisfaction of flesh. And as soon as he sobered up, the suffocating hollowness and disgust would rush in like a bucket of ice injected into his veins and he’d need to scrub himself at least thrice in the shower before he could function properly.

That was the main reason why he did not like having a partner when he was in rut. Of course, unless the situation was truly dire.

Upon receiving no response from Mu Yuze, He Juan finally raised his head and saw the boy gawking at him in shock. "What?" he asked, amused. "Is it so surprising? Haven’t heard of an Alpha who wants to become a Beta?"

"No, I..." Mu Yuze quickly dropped his gaze to the bowl in his hands and fixed it with a stare so intense as if he wanted to drill a hole through it. "I thought... it’s the period when Alphas would have... fun... to their heart’s content..." his voice got smaller and smaller until it was barely a whisper in the end, but He Juan heard it nonetheless.

"Fun?" He Juan let out a mirthless scoff. Where did Mu Yuze learn something so misleading like that? He couldn’t have learned it from the cheap porn in the computer cafés, right? He put down his empty bowl and wiped his mouth with a tissue. "Well, I don’t know about others, but for me there’s nothing fun about it at all. Imagine this," he leveled Mu Yuze with the most solemn expression he could muster. "You’re confined in an enclosed room with no way out. Every single second of the day, you feel so awful and upset like you’re going crazy. There’s nowhere to vent, no one to turn to, and you even have to deal with it for days. Tell me, do you still think that it’s fun, Xiao Ze? Hmm?"

Mu Yuze stared at him blankly. Just as He Juan thought that his small lecture had managed to worm its way into Mu Yuze’s brain, he heard the boy mumble, "No one to turn to...?"

He Juan barked out a disbelieving laugh at that. "Goodness, Mu Yuze, I have said so many words, but that’s the only thing that is stuck in your mind?!"

"No! It’s not like that—!" Mu Yuze snapped at him in fluster, crimson suffused into his fair and pretty earlobes. He looked like he had no idea where to put his hands and feet. "I thought... I just thought that..."

"What?" He Juan raised a brow and guessed with terrifying precision, "Do you think that I had fun to my heart’s content with another person during my rut period?"

Mu Yuze’s lips parted, but no words came out of it. On the other hand, his little face instantly exploded in bright crimson akin to a boiled lobster. He Juan saw that his hold on the porridge bowl was getting more and more unstable and he hurried to take it away from Mu Yuze’s hands before any messy accident could occur. Even then, Mu Yuze was still unable to come to his senses.

’Seriously?’ He Juan thought in disbelief. ’He really thought that I was entangled with another person these past few days?’

Alas, could he even blame Mu Yuze for assuming something like that? As much as it pained him to admit, he had indeed taken a few partners to his bed (only during the rut period) and he knew clearly what kind of impression the society had of Alphas...

"Hello?" He Juan waved his hand in front of Mu Yuze’s face, an amused smile on the corner of his lips. "Earth to Xiao Ze?"

Mu Yuze blinked quickly a few times. His face got even redder, if it was possible, almost as if He Juan could squeeze the blood out of it. "I–I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to—"

"Sssh, it’s okay, there’s nothing for you to apologize for." He Juan hurriedly whispered a few words of comfort before Mu Yuze’s flustered ramblings could evolve into a whole panic attack. He let out a mirthless chuckle, "I understand, really. It’s only natural for you to think so. After all, the whole world also assumed that Alphas will not be willing to spend their rut alone, as opposed to Omegas and their heat. How to say it..." he pondered for a while and slowly said, "They’re not wrong. I know a few Alphas who need to take two partners when they’re in rut because of how intense it is."

Mu Yuze looked increasingly uncomfortable and his gaze kept darting between He Juan and the hallway as if he was calculating his chances to escape.

Seeing him like this, He Juan clicked his tongue and reached out to pinch Mu Yuze’s chin, forcing the boy to face him and him alone. "Hey, Gege is talking to you here. There’s nothing to be ashamed of. This is a physical education lesson, understand?"

Mu Yuze gritted his teeth and glared at him angrily. This time, even the rims of his eyes were reddened and his thin frame was shaking slightly out of mortification. "I... I don’t need to know something like this..." I am not shameless like you, was what he did not scream out loud but both of them could hear nonetheless.

Mu Yuze looked like he was going to spontaneously combust if He Juan were to say one more word. Too bad, He Juan was but a mean adult who liked to tease timid and helpless teenagers in his free time.

"Tsk, still so shy?" His fingers on Mu Yuze’s chin moved to pinch his crimson earlobe, his tone teasing. "You’re already fifteen years old now. Isn’t it the perfect time to be involved in puppy love? What should you do if you keep being so shy, hmm? Will you run away if a girl confesses to you?"