CHAPTER TWO | BROTHER

ALPHA NATE

“Chillax dude. He won't find out about it." I laugh it off.

“How are you sure he would never find out?"

“Because I'm sure the twins wouldn't rat themselves out like that. The consequences would go two ways and with the kind of man Alpha Chris is, the twins would suffer more. I'm sure that'll guard our little secret with their lives." I reply as I sign some overdue paperwork.

Raphael nods his head in understanding. “You need to be extremely careful, dude. Don't get in trouble and don't knock someone up before your mate shows up."

I nod with a wave of my hand, dismissing his advice. “Yeah... yeah. Whatever."

Raph sighs, his shoulders slumping in defeat. He knew trying to make me change my ways would be fruitless.

He's silent for a while and one gaze at him tells me that he's deep in thought.

“What if your mate turns out to have a flat ass and tiny boobs? What would you do? Reject her?" He inquires, a look of pure disdain clouding his face when he mentions the last two words.

I reply without skipping a beat. “Firstly, the is fucking impossible. The moon goddess knows my taste and wouldn't give me something below my standards. And if the worst happens and I don't like any part of my mate's physical appearance, there's always BBL and breast implants. Hell, I'll change her look if she's not pretty enough."

“What if she refuses? You can't do any of those without her consent. What if she's against surgeries and loves the way she is? What would you do?" He asks.

“Dude, she can't say ‘no' to me. Have you forgotten who I am? I'm Nate. Girls literally worship the ground I walk on. I'm sure my mate wouldn't be different." I became deadpan.

“What if she's different? What if she doesn't want any of that?"

I give him a look that basically screams ‘are you kidding me.'

“They are all the same. They all want me. I'm hot cake, you know. You would be swooning right now if you were a female." I wink at him playfully.

He blankly watches me and I don't need rocket science to know that I am slowly getting on his nerves.

“But if she's different... then I'm sure I'll find a place in my heart to love her for who she is. I'm not that big of an asshole. I'm sure she'll be perfect for me no matter the size of her boobs or ass."

Saying that Raph looked shocked by my reply would be the biggest understatement of the century. He looked at me like I'm an alien that replaced the real Nate.

He moves his hands from his forehead to his jaw the same way one does to wash his face. “Are you really Nate? Am I dreaming?" He cleans his ears three times. “Are my eardrums damaged? Did I really hear what you said right?"

I pick up one of the papers on my desk and throw it on him. “Stop being dramatic, asshole. I'm not as bad as you think I am. It might come as a shock to you but I have a heart and it's working perfectly fine."

He doesn't stop his dramatic act. Instead, he widens his eyes, gasps and then covers his mouth with his hands like he just revealed a secret. Looking around like a person preparing to steal, he shifts closer to me and whispers. “Really? You have a heart? This must be the most shocking news of the century. I genuinely thought the moon goddess created you without one."

I smack him at the side of his head as hard as I came.

Glaring daggers at me, Raph caresses the side of his head I had just hit him. “Fucking asshole." He mumbles.

I grin, showing him my middle finger in reply.

“Why wouldn't you reject her?"

I shrug. “Because it would be extremely stupid to reject someone the moon goddess created specially for you. I believe the moon goddess knows us more than we know ourselves. She knows the perfect soulmate for everyone. I'm sure everything would work out just fine. I would always appreciate whoever the moon goddess mates to me. Big boobs or not, I'll accept her because the moon goddess knows the best."

“Wow! That is the only sensible thing I've ever heard drop out of your mouth. I feel like a mother watching her child grow into a beautiful lady... so proud, Nate. I'm proud of you." Raph says and wipes a non-existent tear from his left eye.

“Stop talking like a pussy dude. You're one second away from growing a vagina." I tease him.

Raphael doesn't laugh like I expected him to. “I need to tell you something, Nate. I just don't know how you'll take it."

I could tell he is extremely nervous with the way he is scratching his ear. Raph has this thing where he scratches his ear until it bleeds whenever he's nervous.

“Okay..."

He scratches his ear harder and I immediately know that whatever he's about to tell me is extremely serious.

“You would hate me. You would probably try to kill me."

I frown, displeased with the fact that Raph thinks I'm that horrible of a person. “I can't hate you even if I wanted to. You're my best friend. We've been through some really fucked up shit and you've always got my back. You're a brother to me, why would I ever..."

“I found my mate." He blurts out, cutting my statement off.

I leap to my feet, unable to hold in my joy and excitement. I'm so happy for him. I doubt a person who just won a lottery can be as happy as I am.

Raphael has been through so much and I'm so happy that life is finally working for his good.

This news just made me the happiest man alive.

I don't tell him any of that though, instead, I pat him on the back. “Finally, someone would be losing his virginity and becoming a real man. Now tell me, who is the lucky girl? How did you meet her? When did you meet her?"

Raphael hasn't stopped scratching his ears and they are already bleeding.

“That is the problem, Nate. It's not a she but a he. My mate is a guy. I am gay Nate and I know you hate gay people."