By Zephyria 
“Shin-woo hyung… what do you think I’ll be?”
He cautiously asked the question he had asked before.
“Didn’t I tell you before?”
I know. I remember. But that’s not the answer I’m hoping for.
“That I think you’ll be an Alpha,” Shin-woo said, remembering Jeong-min’s question. The strength drained from Jeong-min’s shoulders.
“And you said you think you’ll be an Omega.”
He remembered.
“Yeah. I think I’ll be an Omega. I want to be an Omega.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to be an Alpha? Your parents seem to want you to be an Alpha… well, does that even matter? Your own will is what’s important. Jeong-min, do you really want to be an Omega?”
“Yes.”
“Why do you want to be an Omega so much?”
“…I want to… have a child.”
The child of the person he loved. For that person, he wanted to give birth to a child that resembled him.
“What?”
Shin-woo looked at Jeong-min in surprise, as if he had heard an unexpected answer.
“I want to… have a child. I’m curious what it’s like. To give birth to and raise a life….”
Shin-woo hyung… I want to have your child.
At Jeong-min’s words, Shin-woo wore a complex expression. Then, he quickly downed the rest of his cola and snatched the can from Jeong-min’s hand, crushing it.
“You’re still a kid, but there’s nothing you won’t say. Just study more, brat.”
Shin-woo laughed and flicked Jeong-min’s forehead as if getting revenge for the smack earlier, then stood up.
“Ah, I think I need to stop by the student council for a moment….”
Shin-woo said, checking the watch on his wrist. Jeong-min sighed.
The time they spent alone was barely five minutes. It was a happy but truly short time.
“Yeah, go on ahead.”
“What about you?”
“I’ll go back in when the bell rings.”
“Alright. Got it. See you later.”
“Yeah.”
Watching Shin-woo leave, Jeong-min pulled his knees up and buried his head.
‘Idiot… dummy. Clueless human. Just wait. I’ll definitely become an Omega and throw myself at Shin-woo hyung. I’ll just pounce on him.’
Jeong-min sighed deeply, crushing the empty cola can.
“Unexpected.”
Jeong-min was startled by a voice suddenly coming from behind. The owner of the voice stepped out from behind the water tank.
“…Kim Ju-hwan.”
Since when had he been there?
“Sunbae… you wanted to be an Omega?”
“Eavesdropping on other people’s conversations… you have a nasty hobby.”
Jeong-min brushed off his pants and stood up. He no longer felt any value in staying here.
“I wasn’t eavesdropping; I was here earlier than you seniors.”
“Oh, were you?”
Jeong-min wondered if he should thank him for not ruining their time. As Jeong-min tried to leave in irritation, Ju-hwan grabbed his arm.
“What is this?”
Jeong-min tried to pull away, but Ju-hwan’s grip was so forceful that he couldn’t budge, causing him to frown.
“Let go!”
“Do you want Shin-woo sunbae’s child that badly?”
Jeong-min’s heart dropped with a thud. It felt as if the strength was leaving his body.
“What?”
“It was quite desperate. Though the person who received the confession doesn’t seem to know.”
“You… how….”
“Do you want to ask how I knew? How could I not?”
Kim Ju-hwan laughed as if it were absurd.
“Do you know how much of an Omega’s gaze you have when you look at Shin-woo sunbae? Hold me. Look at me.”
Kim Ju-hwan, speaking as if it were nothing, leaned down and whispered in Jeong-min’s ear.
“Give me your seed.”
He felt insulted, but he couldn’t refute it. Because it was the truth.
And he felt sad. If someone who had barely known him could tell, why didn’t the person himself know?
“So. What is it you want to say?”
Jeong-min asked, looking straight at Ju-hwan. There was no reason for him to hear such things from this man, nor was the content something to be ashamed of.
“I just felt like praying too. I saw someone’s desperation for the first time today.”
“Praying?”
“I will also pray that you become an Omega, sunbae.”
“That’s bad luck. I don’t need your prayers.”
As Ju-hwan shrugged and loosened his grip, Jeong-min shook him off violently and quickly left the rooftop. He felt a gaze from behind but tried his best to ignore it.
✽✽✽
Then the second semester of the second year began, and time started to fly. Shin-woo hyung passed the entrance exam for Korea University’s College of Medicine, which he had wanted so badly. Hyung, who said he wanted to make sure no children in the world were sick, aspired to be a pediatrician and was taking a step toward that dream.
And not long after that good news, the calmly flowing water began to split into two paths.
“It hurts! I said it hurts!!”
Young-min had been irritable since dawn. However, the pain was not a lie. Seeing Young-min sobbing with a high fever, the worried mother and father called the attending physician to the house in the early morning.
The physician, who had rushed over, examined Young-min and set up an IV drip. Fortunately, after some time, Young-min calmed down. After examining the sleeping Young-min once more, the physician wiped the sweat from his forehead and spoke to the worried family.
“It’s awakening fever.”
“Oh my.”
“Finally!”
The parents were happy, but Jeong-min was confused.
‘Why….’
He wasn’t in pain at all. Since they were twins, he thought they would naturally awaken on the same day, but while he remained perfectly fine, Young-min was gradually changing.
“Oh, then wouldn’t Jeong-min awaken too?”
The parents’ gaze shifted to Jeong-min. Jeong-min’s heart pounded. He had heard that some people have no symptoms when they awaken; could he be one of them?
“Jeong-min, how about you? Are you in any pain?”
“I’m not in pain. But doctor, please examine me too.”
“Yes, I will.”
The physician sat in a chair, examined and diagnosed Jeong-min. He also took out a kit to check for awakening and dropped a single bead of blood. After waiting five minutes, the result was not the answer he wanted.
“Don’t be disappointed. Jeong-min, since Young-min has awakened, yours is not far off. Understand?”
“That’s right, Jeong-min. You’ll awaken soon too.”
“Yes….”
Leaving his happy parents behind, Jeong-min slightly opened Young-min’s room door.
Young-min’s entire body was soaked in sweat. Jeong-min looked at him with jealousy. He knew he shouldn’t, but he felt like he was going crazy with jealousy toward Young-min right now. Was he really such a rotten person inside?
“Jeong-min….”
Young-min opened his eyes slightly, looked at Jeong-min, and reached out his hand. Jeong-min held that hand. Then he knelt and prayed. It was a foolish and selfish prayer. You must never manifest as an Omega. Not you.
But God did not listen to Jeong-min’s prayer. After suffering for a full week, Young-min awakened as an Omega.
✽✽✽
After Young-min manifested as an Omega, Jeong-min’s anxiety doubled. The awakening fever that wouldn’t come to him…. He even worried that his unresponsive body might just stop growing like this.
Being an Alpha was the worst, but being a Beta was also the worst. He had to become an Omega. Jeong-min clenched his fists in agony.
“Jeong-min! What are you doing!”
It was the first day Young-min went to school after awakening as an Omega. Immediately after awakening, he had to receive basic education as an Omega at the hospital, register with the government, and do various other things.
“If you don’t come out quickly, I’m going to school first!”
Young-min shone so much that Jeong-min wondered if that’s what being an Omega was. He was already a bright child, but he sparkled even more, creating the illusion of a halo flashing behind his head.
Perhaps it was because he hadn’t eaten properly for ten days. His lines became finer, and his face became more delicate. His hair became much softer, and his skin was like white jade. It was as if he had molted. Jeong-min compared himself in the mirror to Young-min. The difference was stark. It had become difficult to call them twins. Everything had changed in just fifteen days.
“Since I awakened first! You call me hyung from now on!”
Young-min said to Jeong-min, squaring his shoulders. Jeong-min scoffed.
“In your dreams.”
“Hey!”
As Jeong-min stepped out of the entrance first, Young-min came running up behind him. Then he linked arms with Jeong-min.
“Hey, hey. Do you think everyone will be surprised when I say I’ve become an Omega?”
No, I don’t think they’ll be surprised. Because there were many people who expected you to be an Omega. I also thought you’d be an Omega. The problem was whether I would be one or not. I thought you only had one option. Jeong-min thought this inwardly but didn’t say it. He just kept his mouth shut and listened to Young-min’s chattering.
Even his voice had become as pretty as a bird’s. It had become a clean and pleasant voice.
Furthermore, what was more surprising were the gazes of the people they passed on the street…. Because they were twins, people’s eyes had always followed them, but today was different. Whether they were Alphas or Betas, men and women alike all looked at Young-min. They scanned Young-min’s body from head to toe. As an older brother, it was unpleasant, but on the other hand, he was jealous of Young-min.
Receiving people’s attention like this… being adored by everyone… there was no need to mention Shin-woo hyung, right? Anxiety crept up. They were almost at school, and he only wanted to hide Young-min from Shin-woo.