[BL] Between an Alpha and Omega

H: A Little More

AN: I'll be honest, this chapter went in a different direction than I first thought but I like it all the same.

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The next few days were spent with Li Suren, trying to make a dent in a bunch of paperwork. Paperwork about what, exactly? Sensitive faculty information that had to be reorganized due to all the sudden 'retirements'.

It turned out that a lot of the information was acquired by Li Suren and added to the database for ease of access. How he got this information and why he felt the need to know this much was a question Jun Yibai wasn't keen on asking.

Mostly because it was kind of scary how much he'd learned about his teachers from this database.

When the new principal found out about the database, he demanded the information be forwarded to him since he wanted to be more involved. Hence their combined effort to scrub the database of anything that could be traced back to Li Suren.

"Are you sure I should be helping with this?" Jun Yibai asked, going through the file of one of the janitors. He'd learned that this elderly man who often greeted him in the morning spent most of his paycheck on visiting maid cafes. "This feels... illegal."

"Do you think I'd involve you in a crime, Sweetie?"

"Absolutely." He replied without hesitation. "If it's you, I'd definitely get involved in something like that."

Li Suren is the type to fearlessly move, as if he owned the world. As if nothing can touch him. It was the kind of confidence born from someone who rarely got in trouble for doing things. If Jun Yibai had to guess, it was more along the lines of Li Suren being smart enough not to get caught.

"I'm wounded! I really do need your help." The omega insisted, clasping his hands together pleadingly. "This is a lot of work and as amazing as I am, I'm only human."

"Why are you doing this alone?"

"The new principal doesn't want too many eyes on the records." He explained, reclining on his soft office chair. "Since I already saw everything, there's no need to hide it from me."

"He trusts you that much?" Considering Li Suren was hiding how much information he had, he felt it was strange.

"Does he have a choice?" He chuckled, looking like a supervillain monologuing in his chair. "I know a lot. Besides, I'm one of his best students so it's not like he'd have a good excuse to cut me off. That guy is very straight-laced and by the book. As long as I don't go overboard, we can live in harmony."

Ah, so he's cornered the hero into keeping him around using his own morals. How... like him.

"Has anyone ever told you that you talk like a supervillain sometimes?"

"You'd be the first. Should I try for world domination?"

"When you can steal my clothes without being noticed, maybe you can strive for a little more than a school."

Li Suren pouted, looking wronged at the accusation. Well, it would be fair to feel wronged by the accusation if it wasn't true.

The first day they worked together, Jun Yibai had just come from PE so he went to take a shower before going to Li Suren's office. When he noticed his gym clothes were missing, he couldn't help but ask about them. After all, he only had two pairs so it'd be inconvenient if he lost one.

"They're being washed by my butler." Li Suren had replied, casually scrolling through his phone.

"Oh really?" Jun Yibai glanced over, noting a familiar-looking cloth sticking out of Li Suren's bag. "And that thing that looks eerily like my shirt is what? A figment of my imagination?"