twenty eight

"Absolutely unacceptable!"

Jeremiah heard Primus shout in his head. He remained silent as Luv continued to hold onto him. Even when he managed to take them all back home, Luv had yet to allow Ivan to have his body back.

Except now, Primus was furious at Luv. He was seeing his interests being turned onto someone who wasn't him. All because of Luv's selfishness, yet again.

"Can I...please speak to Ivan now?"

"Why?" Luv peered up at him, watching Jeremiah look at him awkwardly. "I am still him."

"But...you aren't."

"You said you loved me because I am technically a part of him. Which is true. I realize that now."

"Yes...but you aren't Ivan." Jeremiah finally says.

Luv pursed his lips, looking at his hands and the rest of his body. He was occupying a body that was exactly his own.

When he was still the Luna over all Omegas, his face and body were just like this. The only difference was the lack of abilities. Except now he was looking at someone who looked exactly like Primus...who was wanting someone who was literally using his body.

In his mind, it was ridiculous.

"He hasn't been speaking in my mind for some time," Luv tried to scare him, feigning fear as Jeremiah didn't react, "What if he...? What if he's letting me have my chance with you?"

"He would never do that. I'm his, and he's mine. We would never give one another to someone else on account of their feelings. It's always what we both want that we care about the most, and our son." Jeremiah says firmly.

Luv felt his eye twitch, chuckling as he sat back.

"Fine, speak to him then. It won't be for long though. I was serious about the love I have for you. You're now my everything. You're what Primus once was...and I'm fully aware I'll never get that back with him. So, why am I going to miss this opportunity when you're right here before me?" Luv murmured quietly.

Jeremiah didn't say anything to that, but he did watch as Luv cradled his cheek. Leaning towards him, he looked away because he already knew what he was going to do.

He was going to kiss him.

Luv smiled, sitting back as he closed his eyes. Allowing for Ivan to come forward and take over his body yet again.

Ivan's eyes opened in that instant, realizing that he now was back to controlling himself. He looked directly into Jeremiah's eyes that instantly recognized it was him.

"Jeremiah..." He whimpered his name.

"Ivan-."

Ivan dove into his arms in that instant.

Jeremiah held onto Ivan tightly, not wanting to let him go for anything. His face pressed against his neck and breathed in his scent...truly holding Ivan again.

"I missed you." Ivan whimpered, holding onto him tighter. "I had no control over a single thing. He controlled every part of me and I thought I'd never get to use my own body ever again."

"I thought I'd never get to hold the real person who owns this body." Jeremiah pressed dozens of kisses upon his temple. "I knew you were okay because I still felt you within our Bond. It just all depended on when he'd let you take control of what's rightfully yours once again."

Ivan began to become annoyed at the idea of it. Of how long Luv went...keeping him from his own autonomy. Doing crazy things, having him look crazy...talking crazy to their own son.

"I can't...let him take over again-."

"Don't make me come back now. You're lucky I'm even giving you this time now." Luka threatened Ivan as he had to stop himself from taking over. It was because he respected Jeremiah that he wasn't doing so.

Jeremiah looked at the fear that took over Ivan's features and cradled his face.

"What's the matter?"

"Nothing." Ivan answered quickly despite Jeremiah's soft expression. He nodded for him to be honest, but Ivan's eyes looked off to the side.

He hoped he'd catch on to why he wasn't saying anything. Looking back at Jeremiah, who looked at him solemnly. Because he already began to pick up why he was so silent in the first place.

And it shouldn't have had to come to that.

"We...should try to make it clear to Luka...that you were sick. It caused you to act a little different."

"But I don't want him to then associate that when I'm sick, that I become some crazed maniac. That wasn't me, simple. I wish I could simply tell him that without making this strange or...confusing his little brain." Ivan looked back at Jeremiah who began to hold his face gently.

In his hold, all of the pent up frustrations and pain began to bubble to the surface. As tears welled within his eyes and Jeremiah began to feel his pain.

The pain from having broken the curse, but now having to deal with the other side of it. It was as if all of the struggle and heartache was in vain. Just to deal with other part of it, the other part of Ivan that isn't fully him.

"I'm just sick of this. I just want to be happy with you," Ivan whimpered, tears beginning to escape his eyes as Jeremiah's eyes began to water too. "We didn't go through everything we went through...so that we could deal with two others relationship. It's not fair! How is fair to us?! Then Luv is reckless and selfish, he's making me look like a lunatic - even in front of our son because it's not 'his son'. I don't...no, I can't keep doing this Jeremiah."

Jeremiah saw how overwhelmed Ivan became, trying to use his own pheromones to calm him. His own tears falling quicker with each passing second as Ivan became more and more distraught.

"It was supposed to be you and I against the world, not you and I against the other parts of our selves. If Luv takes over again and I am forced to sit back and just...take it until he decides to let me live freely? I think I'll lose my mind or worse." Ivan breathes, ignoring Luv's patronizing voice in his own head.

"You'll be fine. You can't lose your mind in your own head. Besides, it'll be an alternating type of thing. I won't just live out your life for months. It'll only be a few days at max." Luv tells him, selfishly believing that that would help him feel better.

Except it only made Ivan more distraught as he grasped onto Jeremiah pleadingly.

"Please...help me." He begs desperately once again.

"How can I? If I could take away your suffering, I would. I don't know how I can help with this. With Luv...but we can't keep doing what we've doing... And I can't let you do what you've done again Luv." Jeremiah now spoke to Luv when he said such a thing.

Luv found himself feeling irritated, because Jeremiah even said that he loved him since he was a part of Ivan. That meant he should've been able to accept them both equally, in his mind.

Since Primus couldn't do it, he saw Jeremiah was able to. Except to him now, it seemed he wouldn't even be able to have that much.

"If he really loved me he'd accept both of us. Why is it that I'm being put last in everyone's story!?"

"You weren't put last in your original story." Ivan responded back aloud, causing Jeremiah to nod in agreement. "You made choices that resulted in things becoming this way. It wasn't 'being put last', it was to protect you instead of destroying you. Luna told me the story."

Luv remained silent because he didn't care what story was being told. No one was seeing it from his point of view.

That no one listened, that he was ultimately abandoned, punished for wanting to be more - because of the visions their own son showed, and being out to be this horrible person. He was sick of it all being put onto him, because it wasn't just him.

He accepted his faults...he just didn't understand why he had to become someone entirely from this. There was no 'going back' or 'changing' in his eyes. After everything they've been through...after everything he's been through, there was no way it could get better for him.

Especially if the one person he needed most in all of this wanted basically nothing to do with him.

It made him want to die like every other Ivan did. But this time, he didn't want to be reborn.

It just felt useless.

All of his did.

"That 'story' is shit. I am still tied to my past after thousands of years, and no one wants a thing to do with me. Not even Primus, and because of what?"

"Because of the things you do and how you only think about yourself. You're so quick to do things, when it doesn't need to be this way!" Ivan snaps, closing his eyes as he shook his head quickly. "You think and act that way I once acted. Has dying...thousands of times not woken you up?! Once was all it took...for me to want to change because I do love Jeremiah. I love him too much to continue behaving the same way and being the way I was. If you can't change...then that means Primus isn't enough-."

"Watch your mouth."

Ivan looked directly at Jeremiah as his eyes were kindly upon him.

To hear those words...that was all it took for him to warm his heart again. He stood up from Ivan as he watched him watch him too. His hand remained cradling his face, only to let go.

He wanted to stop this.

Luv was getting out of hand and he didn't want to bring the Luna into this any longer...but at this point? He felt like it was necessary for the safety of their family and image.

"I must...do something." Jeremiah tells him.

"Okay, I'll be here."

"I won't go anywhere. I'll just be outside the room. Can you please stay right here for a moment while I do so?"

Ivan nods, watching Jeremiah walk out of their room and close the door. Aware that he was probably going to try and deal with the Luv situation.

Neither of them wanted to bring Luna into this willingly, but they had no choice now.

Outside of the room, Jeremiah began to pray to her. His hands clasped together with his head bowed. He didn't have to pray long before he felt a hand settle on his shoulder.

When he looked down to see her, he was quick to get this done.

Mainly in fears of Luv possibly hearing or retaliating.

"You called to me about Luv, right?" She asks calmly.

"Yes...I did." Jeremiah grinned solemnly as he even saw how sad she looked. "You've seen the way he's been behaving right? Taking over Ivan's body and...now he is trying to be with me..."

"Yes, I'm aware. It's unfortunate." She looks away because that was her mother she was talking about.

He was choosing to behave that way...and such a thing was disappointing beyond words. And the fact that he didn't even take her advice frustrated and hurt her even more.

It was as if the curse taught him nothing.

"Did you call me here to tell me about his actions?"

"I actually...wish to ask something of you for one last time in relation to this subject." Jeremiah asks her quietly, watching as she sighed sadly. "You already know what it is...don't you?"

"Yes." Luna answers quickly but without a harsh tone. Her eyes lowered from Jeremiah's, "My mother lacks the abilities to properly change...right now. His affections have now moved onto you because it's easier than having to accept that all of this has happened because of him and my brother. There's always an excuse...and you're now his new excuse as to why he can stay the same. Because you'll love him because he's Ivan, right?"

Jeremiah grinned awkwardly because he was aware now that that wasn't the right thing to say to someone like that. He saw Luna almost contemplating deeply on what she should do, but she ended up just looking back at him.

"What did you wish to ask me?"

"Is there a way...to keep Luv from taking over Ivan's body? Can he just...stay inside and never appear unless it's for the sake of Primus?" Jeremiah asked her with a little less voice just in case if Luv heard.

Despite Ivan being another room, he didn't want to take the chance.

And he was right as Luv had a horrible attitude towards Ivan.

"Where did he go? And why are you okay with him just leaving us here?"

"He can do whatever he wants. He'll be back, I'm just sitting in our room. I can't control everything he does."

"But you want to."

"I don't, actually." Ivan chuckled, leaning back completely as his hand went over his stomach. A smile slowly growing to his lips of the idea that he was pregnant.

Even though it wasn't fully confirmed, he felt like the symptoms wouldn't lie.

"Technically, your new child is my new child as well. Since I came through when you two were having sex-."

"No, that's not how that works. This child is Jeremiah and mine's alone, despite you two being in our bodies." Ivan sat up, looking down at his stomach as his hands went over it. I won't let you ruin that for me. Jeremiah is mine."

"He's ours."

Ivan had to stop himself from arguing with him, shaking his head angrily. When he stood up, Jeremiah just so happened to be walking back inside.

The look on his face told him all he needed to know.

Jeremiah was able to have the Luna do what he asked.

He was aware that once Luv found out...he'd lose his mind. Ivan feeling at peace as he rushed to Jeremiah and into his arms. Hugging him tenderly, he sighed peacefully.

"I'm safe? I don't have to worry about him?"

"No," Jeremiah says softly, aware that Luv would probably be questioning what we spoke about. "Luv, I'm sorry, but from now on - you are unable to show yourself unless it's for the sake of Primus. You can't take over Ivan's body without his permission, and you have a time limit now. You won't be doing what you've been doing. One time was all it took."

I'm saying such at thing, Ivan began to hear him shrieking in his head. He had to keep himself from reacting as he tried to tune him out.

"You said you loved me too! And now you're doing this to me?! No one truly loves me!" Luv cried out to him.

Except Ivan just held onto his Jeremiah, because he was his. And now he felt like they could finally focus on themselves. Like it should've been ever since they broke the curse.

"Now we truly...and finally can fix things for ourselves." Ivan stated happily while seeing Jeremiah smile down at him.

"Yes we can."

Can they really?

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well, Luv is handled.

but he still has issues of his own.

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