Shades of Blue (Omegaverse BL)-Chapter 88 - 86 | Not Broken
The words of Blue were able to pull everyoneโs attention towards him. They all had the same question in their headโโWhat was the real face of Preston?โ ๐ป๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ธโฏ๐ท๐๐ฐ๐โฏ๐ญ.๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ
"Blue! Stop it!" Atlas rebuked Blue with a loud voice, his face completely changing.
If Blue was scared by Atlas, he didnโt show it because he totally ignored him, focusing on what he wanted to do.
"What Iโm about to say is totally controversial. Itโs obvious my brothers donโt want me to say it. But if not now? Then when?" Blue was speaking with a strange smile on his lips.
The paparazzi and media got really close after hearing the word, โcontroversialโ.
"Preston was a very stupid man. A very cruel and stupid man. You wanna know why he was stupid? This dumb man valued power over anything else. Even his own blood. Hmm, yes. Let me tell you what this late father of mine thought of Omegas." Blue spoke very quickly, moving around and refusing to remain on one spot.
"The man thought Omegas were weak trash. Forget that bullshit persona he used to put up about equality and justice. This was the same man who almost disowned me when I manifested as an Omega. But when he discovered I was dominant, slightly different from regular Omegas, he decided to keep me.
"No, Iโm not abusing the word, โkeepโ. He really did keep me, like a pet." Blue nodded his head to his own words, almost reassuring himself that the things he was saying were true and not make-believe.
"But the funny thing is that this man. This particular person youโre all here for is capable of pimping. Donโt look so surprised, I was his first prostitute. Yeah, thatโs the word. I was his first prostitute whom he frequently pimped out to several Alphas.
"They would receive money in exchange for giving me a temporary mark. Haha. It happens, donโt look too surprised. It was all so I could retain my โdominantโ quality. That was the only thing useful about this black sheep of a child standing in front of you here today." Blue gestured to himself as he spoke.
Winter was aggravated on the spot he was standing. He was of the belief that Preston used to molest Blue. He was so far off from the truth! Winter had no clue that this was what Blue wanted to do here today.
Blue had only asked for his support so he could uncover Prestonโs real face at the service. If Winter had known, he wouldnโt have...
Winter didnโt complete his train of thought as he sighed out loud. Cause fuck, even if he had known, there would still be nothing he would be able to do. He just wished that he couldโve held Blue in support while all of this happened.
This was because Blue looked like he needed to be held, supported. He frequently laughed mockingly at himself as he spoke with an unfamiliar smile on his face. Winter didnโt know what to make of these actions.
He just knew that he needed to be with Blue.
"Ah... but thatโs not all. This shouldnโt come off as a surprise to everyone, but you see him, my first brother Atlas, and the other one, Eliot. Yeah yeah, them. Get good photos of them. They were also in cahoots with my father to destroy me." Blue hastily pointed out because at this time, Atlas was tired of remaining composed.
He took angry strides towards Blue who was actually waiting for him to come over. No one else was brave enough to do so, recalling Blueโs earlier threat of breaking their jaws.
"Ahh, you donโt want your real face to be revealedโ" The mic was ripped away from Blue and thrown on the ground by Atlas.
Blue did not show a single sign of fear standing up against his brother who could be said to be three times his own size.
Atlas grabbed onto Blueโs arm in an attempt to drag him out of the service. Blue did not simply let himself get dragged.
"Let go of me, you motherfucker!" Blue cussed, kicking Atlas on the back of his knee, causing him to put a pause in his movement.
At that same time, Winter came to Blueโs rescue, ripping him free from Atlasโs grip. And surprisingly, Winter came with a hand microphone and gave it to Blue.
"Thank you," Blue said to Winter, then winked at him. "Iโm gonna wrap this up very quickly."
Blue then ran away and left Winter to handle Atlas.
"Oh, where was I? Sorry for the disruption. I was talking about my abusive and oppressive brothers. Man, itโs really hard being the only Omega in a family of Alphas. I couldnโt even contest against them. Any little protest and I would get smothered with choking pheromones." Blue shook his head as he spoke.
His voice was light, but his words were heavy. It was not normal in any way for Alphas to use their pheromones on their own family. Especially their oppressing pheromones. Using them against an Omega was already a huge no-no. Not to talk of using them against an Omega that was related to them.
"You guys can see how my brothers are trying to stop me from exposing them. If it was years ago, all they had to do was release their pheromones and I would go quiet. Iโve really come far, havenโt I? I put up with them for so long due to fear, then ignorance.
"But no more. Iโve suffered, havenโt I? And the main cause of my suffering is already dead, unable to take responsibility for what I am todayโa broken Omega. But itโs fine. As long as you guys can cancel out the Kent family, Iโm good.
"Not asking for too much, am I? Itโs just unfair for such people to be looked up to when theyโre not better than the criminals you see locked up in cells for abuse. Theyโre worse than animals..." Blueโs voice dropped down to a whisper at his last sentence.
As fate would have it, he turned around and realized that he was standing close to the open coffin. Dead Preston Kent looked so different. Blue didnโt see the man on his last days but it was clear that he had emaciated so much that he became hollowed out.
Blue didnโt feel pity for the corpse inside the coffin. His anger wasnโt even present any longer. Blue also couldnโt say that he completely felt nothing. He didnโt even know how to describe the way he felt.
It was between pleasant and displeased.
"Are you okay?" Someone tapped Blue on the shoulder, bringing him back to the present.
Blueโs eyes shook before steadying once he realized that it was Winter who touched him. He turned off the mic and nodded, saying, "Yeah, Iโm fine."
"Are you sure?" Winter pressed on with concern.
Blue still responded with the same words, further showing that he was, in fact, not fine.
"Letโs go home." Winter put an arm around Blueโs shoulders.
The paparazzi had already surrounded Atlas and Eliot with millions of questions, staying clear from Blue after being threatened by Winter not to come close to them.
The people who had attended the funeral were still surprised at the amount of information revealed to them. Some of them were fellow pro-boxers, others were distinguished men of the society. In fact, no one in attendance was a small person.
Blue was sure that among them, there were certainly Alphas who had once marked him. But because he couldnโt clearly remember the faces of any of the Alphas, he couldnโt call them out.
Blue believed that in due time, they would all receive what was coming to them for their past actions.
Blue and Winter settled into Winterโs car. Before taking off, Winter said to Blue, "Youโre not a broken Omega."
Blue, who had been in over his own thoughts, said, "Huh?"
"You said that you were, but youโre not a broken Omega." Winter said again.
Blue looked at him without saying any words.
"Youโre perfect the way you are. Nothing else matters. Youโre not broken, youโre not trash, youโre not a black sheep, youโre just who you areโBlue." Winter said deeply, looking into Blueโs eyes.
Blue wanted to make a joking comment about really being broken, but faced with the sincere expression Winter was wearing, he couldnโt.
"Youโre not broken." Winter repeated himself.
"Iโm not broken." Blue echoed.
Winter nodded, satisfied with Blueโs words, then leaned towards him and placed a chaste kiss on his lips.
"Always remind yourself of that, okay?" Winter said.
Blue nodded, then thought to himself, โHow would you know if Iโm not truly broken?โ
Author has something to say: Alright, that wraps up volume one of Shades of Blue! Hope yโall like it.
The next volume is going to be set two years into the future. It will no longer be a college romance. And itโs going to have a lot of strong themes, so prepare yourselves.โค๏ธโค๏ธ
