57. Fighting Over You

"I promise to do better please Niel and I'll speak to my brother as earlier promised. We've fought before but never for this long..."

"Get out of my room Mijin. You had no right to barge in here. Damn it! I can't even enjoy a paradise beach because of you and your lover hovering around me all day long" Niel was speaking as he walked towards his unpacked suitcase. He was supposed to leave tonight and was running late because of Mijin. He hadn't expected to find her in his room in waiting, confronting him...or rather beg him to take her back.

This was another side of Mijin he'd never expected to see.

"We should have broken our relationship a long time ago. We are toxic to each other." Niel said calmly, remembering vividly Elric's words and hating to have to agree that he had been right in pointing that out. "If we are to get back together again, I doubt I'll ever be able to leave you or even grow as an individual as I have in the last few weeks of being away from you."

"You can't possibly fathom such thoughts babe. We were good together, a team. Three years of our lives spent together going down the drain over a simple misunderstanding... Haven't I promised to remain loyal to you?"

Packing his clothes, Niel replied without looking at Mijin. "I don't regret us being together. I did my part as a boyfriend and supported your goals and dreams. We agreed to part ways if either of us met our fated mate but I can't continue to be blind to our reality and play along with you. I've given up on the childlishness of meeting a fated anyway. Well, after suffering loneliness the past couple of weeks, I can now understand Yeon not wanting to have his heart toyed with again because it really hurts to find out I was in a relationship with you all by myself. Please Mijin, respect my decision and just move on with your life..."

"...but I still love you babe..."

"We are not dating anymore so stop calling me that." Niel said and resumed packing his clothes. "Where are my inhibitors?" He thought aloud looking exhausted as he reached for the drawer and took a tablet out only for Mijin to slap his hand away. He watched in silence at the pill fell underneath his bed but seemed unbothered and reached to get himself another one.

"Please stop ignoring me!" Mijin shouted and grabbed both his hands. "The fact that you are still taking inhibitors shows you still care about me..!"

"I'm doing so because you are here and I do not wish to make anyone uncomfortable. In fact, I planned on stopping once I left for the states. There I'll be completely free of you."

"States?" Mijin's hands fell from him, setting him free to resume packing his belongings and was stopped yet again when she grabbed his bag, spilling it's contents on the floor.

"You're leaving me? Running away like a coward?" Mijin scoffed angrily.

"Yes. I am a coward and a snitch and I hate it. This is what I have become from being with you....and if you insist on getting in my way, I'll gladly inform the police what I know of your escapades with Maya..."

"I told you that in confidence!"

"Your brother could have died Mijin! Have you no remorse over what you two did?"

"I loved you!"

"So did I and look where it got us? You don't listen to anyone but yourself Mijin! You don't think about the consequences of your actions and who it may hurt either...even now, you're more concerned of your needs than paying attention to what I'm saying..."

"Did you really tell Yeon everything...?" Mijin asked and stiffened, hoping for a positive answer. She had been suspicious of her brother from the moment he and Stan showed up. He'd been avoiding eye contact with her and hadn't ran to embrace her as he usually did, not to mention avoiding her calls for some time. She'd just assumed it had been Stan's influence but still, there was no way Yeon would have changed in such a short time.

"I told him everything like I told you before. I got tired of keeping your secrets."

"Why couldnt you wait? It was my secret to tell." Mijin could feel her body shaking from anger and fear...she couldn't tell which was stronger.

"Does it matter anymore? He already knows the truth and hasn't reported you yet. You should be grateful to him..."

"I asked you why you couldn't wait and you haven't answered me yet Niel."

Frustrated, Niel bent down and began picking up his belongings. He remembered Stan informing him of his wishes to keep Yeon's location a secret and he understood why since at that time...even now, Yeon was still vulnerable.

"You keep throwing fingers at me about betrayal but look at you now and what you've done to make me the culprit..."

"You promised to come clean but never did. Your brother chose to forgive you and I'm sure your parents will too. If you keep taking advantage of them like that, you'll end up alone Mijin."

"You're one to talk..."

"I haven't harmed anyone..."

"Yet you knew of the drugging incident. If I get arrested, you're as good as an accomplice."

"Please leave. Don't make me force you. I don't want to have to stoop that low Mijin. You being here will make me miss my flight back..."

"You never loved me! I see that now...so easy for you to walk away when you'd equally agreed to the open relationship. Why I'm I the one being blamed here? Why is everyone labelling me as the bad guy? Elric is far much worse than me but no one seems to care! Yes. I enjoyed the flings but the hype has passed and I see that now since it thretened our relationship!"

Niel had many answers to her question but did not want to start another argument with her. He was running out of time and needed to leave as soon as he could. "Just come clean as you promised."

"Yet you still continue to pack up..."

"You'll survive without me." Niel said then remembered he needed to take his inhibitors again and reached for the drawer once more but Mijin quickly advanced towards him, wrapping her hands around his waist.

"I won't let you go Niel! I should have never allowed you to leave in the first place...!"

"Let go Mijin. If you don't, I will not hesitate to use my scent and we both know how that will turn out."

"You wouldn't dare..."

Within seconds, Mijin began sneezing and shook her head at the discomfort but still held onto Niel, refusing to let go.

"Mijin, I'm serious. I need to leave now..."

"No....I refuse...to let you leave until you...take me back..."

"You're going to choke at this rate..." Niel said and felt disgusted by himself for having to use his scent this way but convinced himself he had no choice. Mijin's stubbornness had already taken up most go his time and at this rate, he might as well just postpone his trip back.

Releasing large volumes of scent, Niel began to hear Mijin coughing, which after a few seconds, her grip on him weakened and he took the chance to free himself and open the windows. He felt repulsed by his behavior. He'd hoped being apart from his ex girlfriend would change him however, he'd become violent, a sell out, constantly angry and now this? He hated himself. Coming to this trip had just proved Elric's point further of him and Mijin being toxic together.

"I'm sorry, but you should really leave. You've stopped me from packing and disrupted me from taking my inhibitors. If you have any ounce of respect for me left, or for yourself, let us not ever see each other again..."

Niel stopped when he saw tears falling down her cheeks. To see Mijin crying was a rare thing yet this sight of her compelled him to comfort her but then he stopped himself from doing so. They were better off apart.

"You must hate me so much to do that...even so, I still won't let you leave. I love you Niel...always have and always will..."

"I can't deal with you right now..."

"You've become Elric's new target. I've seen you two together...that's why you beat him to a pulp right? You beat him up to protect me."

"It had nothing to do with you!" Niel shouted in anger, unable to control himself anymore at the mention of Elric. "You two should just let me be!"

"Liar! I refuse to believe you!" Mijin exclaimed stubbornly as she shook her head. "I've seen the way he looks at you! I've seen that look on him many times! He is a chaser...he is chasing you and won't stop until he gets what he wants! The more you reject him, the more interesting and appealing you become to him Niel! You can't allow him to have us both!"

"Fuck! This is why you came here? Afraid I'd give into your lover? You two deserve each other!"

"I'm not seeing him anymore..."

"You're still lying to me...!" Niel suddenly began to feel deprived of air, suffocating...this scent...Mijin. No! It wasn't her! Was it? He wondered and glanced at the window.

"Agh! What's happening to me? I can...smell something pleasant..." He returned his gaze towards a perplexed Mijin then asked. "Is it you?"

"I...I won't leave...you can act all you want..." Mijin stuttered, unsure if Niel was pretending or not.

She watched him sit on his bed then began hyperventilating and afterwards, a loud bang was heard on the door outside as Yeon's voice echoed through the corridors. Unsure of which issue to address first, she looked at the closed door then back at Niel. "What's happening to you?"

"I just felt...weird for a moment..."

Mijin couldn't help but notice the slow rise between Niel's legs. Was he getting turned on from their fight? She wondered but soon felt an enormous surge of Niel's scent and found herself grabbing the nearest seat to stable her shaking body. She felt overpowered and looked at Niel, her eyes foggy as she struggled to breathe.

What was this? What was happening to Niel? Why was he releasing so much scent?...so many scents?

No! It couldn't be! Was he scent manifesting? Mijin wondered and finally managed to reach Niel, desperately grabbing one of his legs to catch his attention but he seemed to be in a trance, sniffing around like a dog as if looking for a specific scent.

"Stop...please..." Mijin begged.

"I feel it...it's close by, leaving me...stealing my energy and pulling me to the core..." Niel spoke in a different deeper voice than before but seemed oblivious of himself as he stood up and walked to open the door.

"How is that possible? ...Unless..."

"Unless the person responsible for his heat is here Yeon..." Dad Robin spoke and slowly turned his head to find Niel behind them. He froze for a moment then looked at Elric, who'd suddenly stopped whimpering as he turned to look at them...except his gaze was on Niel.

Both dad Robin and Yeon watched as Niel strode quickly towards Elric and brought him in his arms, embracing him so fiercely as if they were lovers. A few seconds later, Elric's whimpering only increased followed by a series of subsequent scents that it was too suffocating to stay with the two in the same room.

"What the heck..." Yeon couldn't believe what was happening in front of him despite the air in the room becoming so thick and then it happened very fast. He watched as Niel tilted Elric's head and quickly sank his teeth at the nape of his neck.

"Times up Yeon! Let's get out of here!" Dad Robin spoke as he dragged Yeon out of the room, closing the door behind them.

"What did I just see? I would never believe it if someone told me it happened?" Yeon's eyes were wide open in disbelief.

"I wouldn't believe it either. That's the first time I've witnessed a marking from fated mates."

"Niel and Elric...to think Elric has been chasing him all this time as if he knew..."

"Let us leave them alone for now. They are going to need a lot of privacy..."

"Stop them...it can't happen..." Mijin emerged from Niel's room looking distraught.

"Mijin!" Yeon couldn't hide his shock at the sight of his sister. Today was indeed full of surprises. "What are you doing here?"

"Niel...is he in there?" She asked, pointing at Elric's room and when both dad Joss and Yeon added, she fell to the floor, crying hysterically. "His scent...his scent suddenly changed...I was able to take it in finally...but they were so many of them..."

"Let us get her out of here." Dad Robin said and they both helped Mijin up to a different room, further away from Elric's.

"It can't be true..." Mijin spoke after finally calming down. "It doesn't make sense... How?"

"I'm afraid it is child. Elric and Niel are fated mates."