SET ME FREE [ABO] by oishielmo

ME FREE

hak cipta oleh oishielmo

g enre / tema

ABO-verse, melodrama, psikologis, romansa, kekerasan, angst

PERINGATAN !

Konten dewasa 18+, masa lalu kelam, perkosaan masa lalu, pelecehan anak, pelecehan s3ksual, sedikit g0re.

catatan

Set Me Free diterbitkan di wattpad dan KaryaKarsa dengan nama pena yang sama.

Ini adalah cerita ABO-verse, dan mungkin akan sangat berbeda dari kebanyakan cerita ABO. Aku membuat omega laki-laki langka, karena pada dasarnya populasi omega laki-laki dalam cerita ABO-vers hanya 10% sehingga tidak semua alfa berpasangan dengan omega.

Set Me Free © oishielmo

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"Jangan takut gelap, karena kita ditakdirkan untuk dilahirkan dalam kegelapan. Kegelapan adalah teman sejati di mana pun kita berada, dan dunia tempat kita berada gelap."

Aku terbangun oleh serangkaian suara keras yang menggedor gendang telingaku. Tubuhku yang tertutupi kemeja putih tipis dan celana katun hitam selutut tergeletak di lantai yang dingin. Membuka sepasang kelopak mata, aku mengamati ke segala arah.

Gelap. Itu mengingatkanku pada apa yang dikatakan seorang pengemis buta ketika aku pulang sekolah. Ia mengucapkan kalimat pendek yang mewakili kebutaannya.

Jangan takut gelap

. Suara keras yang memekakkan telinga itu terdengar lagi. Kali ini lebih keras, memaksa kesadaranku untuk pulih sepenuhnya. Suara kedua terdengar seperti ledakan besar diikuti gemuruh di seluruh ruangan. Debu, atau mungkin pasir, berjatuhan dengan retakan kecil dari langit-langit ruang bawah tanah tempatku berada.

Sambil masih berbaring, aku kembali mengamati seluruh ruangan dengan tatapan kosong.

Gelap. Aku tersenyum tipis. Kegelapan adalah sahabat sejati di mana pun aku berada, dan dunia tempatku berada pun gelap. Aku dan pengemis tua buta itu pun tak jauh berbeda.

Rasa pusing menusuk kepalaku saat aku mencoba bangun, meski hanya untuk duduk. Aku merintih pelan. Saat aku mencoba untuk tetap duduk, rasa sakit itu menjalar ke seluruh tubuhku. Eranganku semakin keras dan tertahan saat tangan kiriku menyentuh makhluk lain.

Sial, benda ini menendangku.

Detik demi detik berlalu, aku menyadari rantai di leher dan kedua pergelangan tanganku telah hilang. Aku mendengus dalam diam. Obrolan orang-orang di luar pintu pun hilang.

Ke mana perginya mereka? Aku menajamkan pendengaran, mencari sumber suara yang bisa kudengar, hanya untuk menemukan keheningan. Aku mendengus lebih keras saat indra penciumanku menangkap bau yang memuakkan.

Bau anyir yang bisa menguras seluruh isi perutku. Ada bau lain yang berasal dari makhluk paling menjijikkan di dunia ini.

Bau alfa.

Aku langsung muntah, tapi tak memuntahkan apa pun selain beberapa tetes ludah.

Ada alfa di sini. Di ruangan ini.

Bola mataku bergerak liar, sementara instingku mencari di mana makhluk menjijikan alfa itu berada. Aku mengenali bau ini. Bau kopi bercampur kayu yang entah jenisnya aku tak ingat. Tapi aku ingat, alfa pemilik bau ini juga yang terakhir bersamaku sebelum aku kehilangan kesadaran.

Di mana dia? Di mana makhluk menjijikkan itu? Kenapa dia diam saja sementara aku mulai merangkak, meraba-raba sesuatu dengan mata gelapku.

Aku meringis. Seluruh tubuhku terasa remuk, belum lagi makhluk di perutku yang membebani dan membatasi gerakku.

Satu langkah, dua langkah dalam merangkakku, tanganku tak sengaja menyentuh sesuatu. Bukan, itu seseorang yang berbau kopi dan kayu. Kutemukan dia tak bergerak, kaku dan... anyir.

Aku mendengus lagi sambil menutup mulutku karena mual. Aku hampir tersedak tawa ketika menyadari sang alfa tak bernyawa.

Tak tahan dengan kenyataan ini, aku pun tersedak, lalu tertawa. Keinginan untuk muntah tiba-tiba lenyap. Tak lama kemudian, aku teringat sesuatu. Buru-buru mendekati tubuh menjijikkan itu sambil terus menahan rasa mual untuk mencari sesuatu.

Aku meraba dari kakiku, hingga pinggangku. Berharap menemukan kunci ruangan ini. Namun yang kutemukan adalah sesuatu yang lain. Aku melepas sarung yang terikat di pinggangnya. Bibirku melengkung membentuk senyum saat aku meraih senjata yang terbungkus di dalamnya. Untuk sementara, aku menyimpannya. Pencarianku berlanjut lagi. Kali ini aku menemukan pisau lipat. Aku bersorak gembira sebelum tendangan itu kembali.

"Sialan, berhenti menendang!" seruku marah sambil mencengkeram bagian tubuhku tempat makhluk itu berada. Aku tak mengerti mengapa ia masih hidup saat ini.

Lupakan makhluk ini, aku harus menemukan kuncinya. Gemetar itu tak berhenti. Rasanya semakin sakit. Aku terus mencari, merogoh setiap saku celanaku dan pakaian yang dikenakan pria alfa ini. Tahu-tahu aku menyentuh sesuatu yang basah, seperti cairan yang mengental, tepat di dada kiri pria itu. Di bagian itu, aroma dendam tercium berkali-kali lipat lebih kuat.

Tanpa kupedulikan, aku terus mencari, terus mencari hingga tanganku basah oleh sesuatu yang mencurigakan. Di saku kemeja pria itu, kutemukan korek api dan kunci. Akhirnya, aku menjerit bahagia. Sesaat, kegembiraanku buyar ketika merasakan sakit yang luar biasa di perutku. Kugigit bibir bawahku, jari-jariku mengepal erat. Jantungku berdebar kencang.

Sial, makhluk kecil ini semakin jago menyiksaku.

Tunggu saja, ini hanya sementara. Aku akan keluar dari tempat terkutuk ini, lalu memulai hidupku seperti semula, seolah baru bangun dari mimpi buruk. Senyumku tiba-tiba mengeras begitu menyentuhnya. Makhluk ini bagian dari mereka. Ia tak mungkin ikut denganku.

Genggamanku pada pisau lipat semakin erat. Tanganku yang lain memegang korek api yang kutemukan bersama kunci. Aku merasakan kehangatan di permukaan wajahku saat menyalakannya. Tak ada cahaya, tetap gelap karena aku hidup di dalamnya. Lalu, sebuah ide gila muncul di benakku untuk menyingkirkan makhluk ini dan rasa sakit yang dibawanya.

Aku teringat kisah Kakek Seo, seorang lelaki tua renta yang merupakan mantan veteran perang. Ia bercerita tentang bagaimana ia selamat setelah terkena ranjau darat. Aku ingat betul, bagaimana Kakek Seo bercerita secara detail ketika perutnya terbelah dan isi perutnya keluar. Semua orang yang mendengar ceritanya meringis ngeri, dan aku pun tak terkecuali.

Kita memang tak punya banyak pilihan dalam keadaan terdesak, bukan? Dengan pandangan yang menggelap, aku meraba-raba, melepaskan pakaian luar pria itu. Persetan dengan bau anyir dan busuk serta feromon alfa yang menempel di seratnya. Aku lebih khawatir pada makhluk ini.

Aku tak tahu seberapa efektif kain itu dalam menghentikan pendarahan. Jika kau tak mencoba, kau tak akan tahu. Bahkan jika aku akhirnya mati karena kehilangan banyak darah, aku tak peduli lagi.

Setetes darah merembes dari ujung jari telunjukku yang menyentuh ujung tajam pisau lipat itu.

Sementara aku duduk bersandar di dinding ruang bawah tanah yang sempit ini, aku menggigit sepotong kain. Pemantik api menyala saat bilahnya menyentuh api.

Panasnya menjalar hingga ke gagang pisau, saat aku tahu pisau itu siap digunakan. Tangan kiriku yang gemetar menyentuh perut bagian bawah, ujung-ujung jariku membentuk garis.

Aku memekik keras saat merasakan sakit yang luar biasa yang menyertai gerakan makhluk ini. Ia seolah tahu apa yang akan kulakukan. Aku menggigit kain yang menutupi mulutku sambil mengumpat dalam hati. Akan kupastikan dia mati setelah ini.

Pintu tiba-tiba terbuka. Aku membeku seperti belati yang siap mengiris perutku.

Rasa sakit itu menurunkan kewaspadaanku terhadap sekeliling. Tak ada waktu untuk mencari tempat bersembunyi. Aku tak punya waktu.

"Sial, tempat ini bau sekali," kata seorang pria yang pertama kali masuk. Beberapa pasang langkah mengikutinya.

"Itu Ketua Jang, kan." Pria kedua dengan nada lebih santai bergegas menghampiri. "Eh, ada orang lain," tambahnya.

Aku menelan ludah dengan kasar. Tubuhku kaku dan tak bergerak. Kedua kakiku lemas. Keringat dingin mengalir di pelipisku.

"Hei!" panggilnya, entah siapa lagi selain aku. Kudengar langkah kaki mendekat, langkahnya. Pisau di tanganku terlepas dari genggamanku sementara jantungku berdebar kencang di tulang rusukku.

Terdengar suara seseorang mengendus. Pasti pria nomor dua ini. Sosoknya begitu dekat. Aku tak melihatnya, tapi aku merasakannya. Baunya berbeda dari pria pertama, tapi dia sekelas Alfa.

Aku masih tak bereaksi. Apalagi ketika dia setengah berseru, "Kau omega?!" Terdengar tawa kecil. "Astaga, kau benar-benar omega. Pria Omega!" serunya penuh semangat kepada kedua temannya. Ya, kurasa ada tiga. Jangan mendekat

! Jangan sakiti aku! Kumohon, bunuh saja aku!

Di antara tiga kalimat itu, aku tak bisa memutuskan mana yang harus kupilih. Mulutku terkatup rapat saat merasakan hembusan angin menerpa wajahku. Saat itulah pria ini mengibaskan tangannya tepat di depan wajahku.

Sekarang aku takut. Sangat takut. Ketakutanku berlipat ganda hingga aku merasakan cairan itu menggenang. Aku takut aku akan buang air kecil, seperti pertama kali aku berada di ruangan terkutuk ini. Ini mungkin pertanda saat terakhirku di sini sebelum aku mati.

Di belakang, dua pasang langkah mendekat. Suara orang yang sama bertanya, "Kau baik-baik saja?"

"Jangan sentuh aku!" seruku parau, menepis tangan yang kurasakan beberapa sentimeter di depan wajahku. Dan benar saja, aku memukulnya dan berusaha menjauh meskipun sia-sia, punggungku sudah bersandar di dinding.

Hening sejenak. Aku yakin, meskipun mereka tidak melihatku, mereka terkejut dengan kondisiku. Hingga akhirnya pria yang sedari tadi diam itu membuka suaranya.

"Bukan hanya laki-laki omega, tapi juga laki-laki omega yang sedang hamil."

"Apa yang akan kita lakukan padanya?" tanya pria yang masuk lebih dulu.

"Atau padanya," tambah pria kedua. Nadanya terdengar antusias. "Laki-laki omega itu langka."

Mendengar percakapan tiga makhluk menjijikkan di hadapanku ini membuat telingaku sakit. Aku meraba-raba lantai semen yang berdebu dalam diam, mencari sesuatu yang takkan kugunakan untuk...

"Akh!" Aku menjerit tertahan saat gelombang rasa sakit itu semakin menjadi-jadi.

"Hei." Aku tak mengenali pria pertama, kedua, atau ketiga itu lagi. Rasa sakit ini sungguh menyiksa. Makhluk ini benar-benar tahu waktu yang tepat untuk melakukannya.

Sambil memegangi perutku, aku meringkuk bersama beberapa tetes air yang menggenang di sepasang mataku yang tak berdaya.

"Kau baik-baik saja?" tanyanya, itu pria kedua, nadanya terdengar khawatir. Sial, aku tak butuh belas kasihan dari makhluk brengsek sepertimu. Tinggalkan aku sendiri.

"Jiwon, dia akan---"

BRAKK!

Aku tak bereaksi apa pun ketika pintu besi yang dibuka paksa itu mengagetkan orang-orang di dalam.

"Apakah semuanya sudah diurus?" Seorang pria bersuara berat juga bertanya dengan tegas di ambang pintu.

"Ya," jawab pria ketiga.

"Kau kehilangan satu," katanya dengan suara yang lebih tenang. "Atau kau ingin dinikmati dulu." Pria terakhir masuk.

Hening sejenak. Aku yakin mereka saling berpandangan. Mungkin mereka sedang berlomba menentukan siapa di antara mereka yang bisa menikmatiku duluan.

"Tidak," jawab pria kedua.

"Baiklah kalau begitu," kata pria terakhir yang muncul. Ia terdengar memegang sesuatu, sesuatu yang selalu bersamanya. "Ini yang terakhir." Ia masih melakukan sesuatu.

Aku mengenali suara ini. Suara orang-orang mengisi peluru ke dalam senjata api.

Kontraksi yang menyakitkan itu datang lagi. Saat itu aku menyadari sesuatu. Makhluk kecil ini akan segera lahir ke dunia. Tidak, aku tidak akan membiarkannya. Ia pasti hanya akan menjadi salah satu dari mereka.

Lupakan bangun, dalam posisi duduk dengan posisi merangkak, aku menatap pria terakhir yang memegang pistol.

Bunuh aku, kumohon...

"Tunggu!" Ada sebuah instruksi. "Dia hamil dan—"

"Dia menginginkannya, Siwon, dia menginginkannya. Lihat saja tatapan kosongnya. Omega ini memohon agar kematiannya dipercepat."

Inilah yang kupilih. Pria itu sepertinya mengerti. Ia melangkah lebih dekat kepadaku.

"Jangan terlihat sedih, Jinwoo, dia hanya seorang omega," kata pria itu, sudah sangat dekat denganku, begitu pula moncong senjatanya.

Aku menyerah. Aku memejamkan mata dan menahan napas. Tanganku meraba sesuatu. Satu hal yang kusesali. Aku harus mati dengan makhluk ini di dalam diriku. Semua indra langsung lumpuh saat suara memekakkan telinga memenuhi ruangan. Semuanya perlahan menjadi gelap

SET ME FREE

g e n r e / t h e m e

ABO-verse, melodrama, psychological romance, violence, angst

WARNING!

18+ Mature content, dark past, rape in the past, child abuse, sexual harassment, slight gore.

n o t e

Set Me Free is published on Wattpad and KaryaKarsa under the same pen name.

This is an ABO-verse story, and it may be very different from most ABO stories. I made male omegas rare, since in the ABO-verse their population is basically only about 10%, so not every alpha is paired with an omega.

Set Me Free story writer by oishielmo

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"Don't be afraid of the dark, because we are destined to be born in darkness. Darkness is our true companion wherever we are, and the world we exist in is dark."

I woke up to a series of loud sounds pounding against my eardrums. My body, clad in a thin white shirt and black cotton knee-length pants, was lying on the cold floor. Opening my eyelids, I scanned in every direction.

Dark. It reminded me of what the blind beggar said when I was on my way home from school. He uttered a short line that represented his blindness.

Don't be afraid of the dark.

The deafeningly loud sound was heard again. This time it was louder, forcing my consciousness to fully return. The second one sounded like a big explosion followed by a rumble throughout the room. Some dust, or maybe sand, fell along with small cracks from the basement ceiling where I was.

While still lying down, I scanned the entire room again with a blank gaze.

Dark. I smiled faintly. Darkness is my true companion wherever I am, and the world I exist in is dark. Me and that old blind beggar weren't so different.

A piercing headache struck me as I tried to get up, even just to sit. I groaned softly. When I tried to maintain a sitting position, pain spread throughout my body. My groan grew louder and restrained when my left hand touched another creature besides myself.

Damn it, it kicked me.

Several seconds passed before I realized the chains that had been circling my neck and both my wrists were gone. I coughed in the silence. The conversation of the people outside the door was also no longer audible.

Where did they go? I sharpened my hearing, searching for any source of sound my ears could catch, finding only silence. I coughed harder as my sense of smell picked up a disgusting stench.

A nauseatingly metallic smell that could empty the entire contents of my stomach. There was another smell, one that came from the most disgusting creature in this world.

The smell of an alpha.

I immediately vomited, but brought up nothing except a few drops of saliva.

There's an alpha here. In this room.

My eyes darted around wildly while my instinct searched for where the disgusting alpha creature was. I knew this smell. The smell of coffee mixed with wood whose type I couldn't remember. But I remember, the alpha who owned this smell was also the last one with me before I lost consciousness.

Where is he? Where is that disgusting creature? Why is he silent while I start to crawl, groping for something with my blind gaze.

I grimaced. My whole body felt crushed, not to mention the creature in my stomach, so burdensome and restricting my movement.

One step, two steps I crawled, my hand accidentally touched something. No, it was someone with the smell of coffee and wood. I found him motionless, stiff, and... reeking of metal.

I sniffed again while covering my mouth to hold back nausea. I almost choked on a laugh when I realized the alpha was already dead.

Unable to bear this reality, I choked, then laughed. The desire to vomit suddenly vanished. It didn't last long, I remembered something. I hurriedly approached that disgusting body while continuing to fight nausea to search for something.

I felt from his feet, up to his waist. Hoping to find the key to this room. But what I found was something else. I removed the holster strapped to his waist. My lips curled into a tight smile as I gripped the weapon wrapped inside it. For now, I put it aside. My search continued. This time I found a folding knife. I cheered happily before it kicked me again.

"Damn it, stop kicking!" I exclaimed angrily while clutching the part of my body where the creature resided. I couldn't comprehend why it was still alive at this second.

Forget this creature for now, I had to find the key. My trembling wouldn't stop. The pain intensified. I kept searching, rummaging through every pants pocket until the clothes this alpha man was wearing. Suddenly I touched something wet, a kind of thickened fluid, right on the left side of the man's chest. In that part, the metallic smell was many times stronger.

Ignoring it, I kept searching, kept searching until both my hands were smeared with that foul substance. In the man's shirt pocket, I found a lighter and a key. Finally, I cried out in joy. Just a second, my joy vanished as an intense pain was felt in my stomach area. I bit my lower lip, my fingers clenched tightly. I felt my heart rate start to race.

Damn it, this little creature is getting smarter at torturing me.

Just wait, this is only temporary. I will get out of this damned place, then start my life as before, as if just waking from a nightmare. My smile suddenly stiffened upon touching it. This creature is a part of them. It cannot come with me.

My grip on the folding knife tightened. My other hand held the lighter I found with the key. I felt warmth on the surface of my face as I lit it. No light, it remained dark because I lived within it. Then, a crazy idea crossed my mind to immediately get rid of this creature along with the pain it brought.

I remembered Grandpa Seo's story, an old, frail man, a former war veteran. He told a story about how he survived after stepping on a landmine. I remembered clearly, how Grandpa Seo described in detail when his stomach was split open and his intestines came out. Everyone who heard his story winced in horror, including me.

A person doesn't have many choices in a desperate situation, right? With my blind vision, I groped around, removing the man's outer clothing. To hell with the metallic, rotten stench and the alpha pheromones clinging to its fibers. I was more pissed at this creature.

I didn't know how effective cloth was at stopping bleeding. If I didn't try, I wouldn't know. Even if I ended up dying from blood loss, I didn't care anymore.

A drop of blood welled from the tip of my index finger that touched the sharp edge of this folding knife.

Meanwhile, I sat leaning against the wall of this narrow basement. I bit down on a wad of cloth. The lighter was lit as the blade touched the flame.

I felt the heat travel all the way to the knife's handle; at that moment I knew the knife was ready to use. My left hand trembled as it felt my lower abdomen, my fingertips drawing a transverse line.

I screamed loudly as I felt an intense pain accompanied by movement from this creature. It seemed it knew what I was about to do. I bit the cloth gagging my mouth while cursing vehemently in my heart. I made sure it would die after this.

The door suddenly burst open. I froze in the position of the dagger ready to slash my stomach.

The pain had lowered my awareness of my surroundings. There was no time to find a hiding place. I wasn't fast enough.

"Damn, this place stinks," said a man who entered first. Several pairs of footsteps followed him.

"That's Chairman Jang, right." A second man, with a more relaxed tone of voice, hurried over. "Eh, there's someone else too," he added.

I swallowed roughly. My body was frozen, not moving. Both my legs felt weak. I felt cold sweat trickling down my temples.

"Hey!" he called out, to whom else but to me. I heard footsteps approaching, his footsteps. The knife in my hand slipped away, while my heart raced even more wildly in my ribcage.

I heard the sound of someone sniffing. It must be this second man. His presence felt very close. I couldn't see, but I felt him. His smell was different from the first man, but he was from the same group. Alpha.

I still didn't give any response. Especially when he half-shouted, "You're an omega?!" A soft chuckle followed. "Oh my god, you really are an omega. A male omega!" He exclaimed happily to his two friends. Yes, I was sure there were three of them.

Don't come closer! Don't hurt me! Please, just kill me!

Among those three sentences, I was confused about which one to choose. My mouth was locked shut as I felt a gust of wind hit my face. It was when this man waved his hand right in front of my face.

Now I was scared. Terrified. My fear multiplied until I felt fluid pooling. I was so scared I pissed myself, like the first time I was in this damned room. This could be a sign of my last moment here before death.

Behind, two pairs of footsteps approached. I heard the same person ask, "Are you okay?"

"Don't touch me!" I shouted hoarsely, I swatted at the hand I had felt just inches from my face moments ago. And sure enough, I hit it and tried to create distance even though it was futile, my back was already against the wall.

There was a moment of silence. I was sure, even without seeing, they were shocked to see my condition. Until finally the man who had been quiet until now spoke.

"Not just a male omega, but a male omega who's pregnant."

"What should we do with him?" asked the man who first entered.

"Or to him," the second man added. His tone sounded enthusiastic. "Male omegas are rare to find."

Hearing the conversation of these three disgusting creatures in front of me made my ears hurt. Quietly, I felt around the dusty concrete floor, searching for something I failed to use for...

"Agh!" I screamed, the sound stifled, as a wave of pain worse than before hit me.

"Hey." I couldn't tell if it was the first, second, or third man. This pain was truly torturous. This creature really knew the perfect time to do it.

Clutching my stomach, I curled up simultaneously with a few drops of water pooling in the pair of useless eyes I possessed.

"Are you okay?" he asked, it was the second man, his voice sounded worried. Damn it, I don't need pity from disgusting creatures like you. Leave me alone.

"Jiwon, he's going to---"

BANG! I didn't react at all when the iron door, forced open, startled the people inside.

"Has everything been taken care of?" A man with a heavy and firm voice asked from the doorway.

"Yes," replied the third man.

"You missed one," he said, his voice flatter. "Or do you want to enjoy him first." The last man entered.

A moment of silence. I was sure they were looking at each other. Maybe drawing lots to see who among them could enjoy me first.

"No," the second man answered.

"Alright then," replied the man who had just appeared. He sounded like he was holding something, something he brought with him. "This is the last one." He was still doing something.

I recognized this sound. The sound of someone loading bullets into a firearm.

The painful contraction returned. At this second, I realized something. This little creature was about to be born into the world. No, I won't allow it. It would definitely just become one of them.

Forget getting up; in a crawling sitting position, I gave a look to the last man holding the weapon.

Kill me, I beg you...

"Wait!" An instruction was heard. "He's pregnant and---"

"He wants it, Siwon, he does. Just look at his blank stare. This omega is begging for his death to be hastened."

This is what I chose. The man seemed to understand. He took one step closer to me.

"Don't make such a sad face, Jinwoo, he's just an omega," the man said, now very close to me, and so was the muzzle of his gun.

I resigned myself. Closing my eyes while holding my breath. My hand groped for something. One thing I regretted. I had to die with the creature inside me. All my senses went numb instantly when a deafening sound filled the room. Everything slowly turned dark.

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