By Zephyria 
After the phone call with Jeong-min ended, Kim Ju-hwan smiled while looking at the phone screen. Why was Shin Jeong-min so cute lately? If Jeong-min knew he was thinking this, he would probably make a stern face and ask if he was crazy.
Yes, if he said that, he would probably answer that he was crazy. He felt like he would pour out all those childish words that he thought he would never utter, and eventually even say that word.
Kim Ju-hwan handed over the tasks he had handled to his subordinates and left the company. On the way to Jeong-min’s house, a flower shop caught his eye. After being lost in thought for a moment, Ju-hwan pulled his car over to the side of the road and looked at the flowers for a long time.
He could clearly envision Jeong-min’s face of disgust. Even if he got annoyed, wouldn’t he eventually accept them? Wouldn’t it bring a bit of life to that desolate house? Kim Ju-hwan got out of the car and entered the shop.
As soon as he entered, a large bouquet that particularly caught his eye was boasting its beauty, with various types of flowers harmoniously blended rather than just one kind of rose. He found it absurd that he thought it was like Shin Jeong-min while looking at it, but Kim Ju-hwan happily bought the bouquet and got back into the car.
The navigation informed him that there were 30 minutes left until the destination. He wanted to arrive quickly, talk to him, and spend the rut together. Not the terrible rut they spent together last time, but this time, he would devour him from head to toe, filled with love. So that he could never leave his embrace again.
However… that thought and hope were shattered in about 40 minutes. It was obvious that Jeong-min was either sleeping because he was struggling or in a situation where it was hard to get up. There was no way he would have the presence of mind to open the door. Instead of calling or ringing the bell, Kim Ju-hwan asked for the security office’s understanding. The security guard, who had seen Kim Ju-hwan several times already, readily opened the door, and he easily reached Jeong-min’s floor. As soon as the elevator doors opened, a strange pheromone was felt in the hallway.
It wasn’t Jeong-min’s pheromone. Since the house was designed to prevent pheromones from leaking, there was no way Jeong-min’s pheromones would flow out. It was a pheromone more unpleasant and repulsive than that. One that Kim Ju-hwan knew all too well.
That pheromone lingered in the hallway and eventually knocked on the only door on this floor. Kim Ju-hwan felt the blood drain from his entire body. He entered the passcode and slowly opened the door. As the pheromones grew stronger, the bouquet in Kim Ju-hwan’s hand gradually lowered until it finally slammed onto the floor.
Without even taking off his shoes, he strode into the house. And he saw two figures entangled on the floor of Jeong-min’s bedroom.
It was exactly the same scene he had seen on some other day. He felt the illusion as if he had returned to the past.
Ah… now I know why I was so angry seeing that sight back then. Because someone touched what was mine…. He had been blinded by jealousy and rage. He didn’t know it then. He had simply denied the unfamiliar sensation.
If he had known this feeling at the time, would something have changed? Would this situation not have happened? Why is he now, having realized his feelings, filled with more fear?
He wanted to snap that Alpha’s neck right now, but he couldn’t because Jeong-min might get hurt. And… in case this was a situation Jeong-min wanted…. In case he was ruining the happiness he had only just found…. Fearing that he might be hated by him… he couldn’t move an inch.
The man on top was shaking his hips frantically. The man pinned underneath was staring blankly at the ceiling until he suddenly turned his head at the pheromones he felt.
Upon discovering Kim Ju-hwan standing at the door looking at him, Jeong-min snapped back to his senses. His chest felt tight. He didn’t want to show him this side of himself. Thinking this was wrong, Jeong-min began to resist again after having stopped, but Shin-woo hugged Jeong-min even tighter.
“Hyung, please—please!!”
“Ah, I love it. When did you become an Omega? Huh? Then you should have told me first.”
“No. I’m not an Omega!!”
He had never become an Omega. Although he had desired it so strongly, he knew his own body well. He had never once become an Omega in his entire life.
“Ah….”
Kim Ju-hwan had disappeared. He was gone.
“I’m going to knot, Jeong-min…. And let’s imprint. Now, finally, all those tedious processes will end.”
Imprinting…. If Jeong-min had become an Omega, it would be possible. But Jeong-min didn’t think he had become an Omega. Hadn’t the test results not long ago shown that the probability of becoming an Omega was almost zero? Then why was he suddenly gripped by fear? He had finally become connected with the Alpha in front of him, so why did he feel that this was wrong?
“Hyung, calm down. Ugh!”
He felt Yu Shin-woo’s member growing inside his body. It hurt. It hurt so much—Jeong-min unconsciously let out a scream, and Yu Shin-woo immediately covered his mouth. Jeong-min tried his best to pull his body away. He tried pushing Yu Shin-woo’s shoulders and twisting his body, but he failed as he had no strength at all.
“Jeong-min, look at me. Hmm?”
Yu Shin-woo pulled Jeong-min’s face to make him look at him. If they touched foreheads and locked eyes, would the imprinting… would it happen just like that? He wanted to avoid his gaze, but he couldn’t. He was scared and terrified.
“Hyung, this isn’t right. This isn’t right!!”
Shin-woo’s eyes had already gone wild. There was no trace of reason in his eyes. It’s okay. This was what you wanted so much, right? Even as he tried to soothe himself, he only wanted to run away. Would it be okay if he kicked him with all his might? Could he escape? Jeong-min clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.
Just as he was trying to escape, thinking that anything would be better than this current situation and that he certainly wouldn’t regret it, Yu Shin-woo suddenly began to gag and choke as if he were suffocating. As Shin-woo’s member, which had been growing inside, stopped knotting and shrank back, his body was pulled away as if waited for and thrown backward.
A jacket was draped over Jeong-min’s naked, ruined body. It was the pheromone he had been waiting for. Jeong-min blinked and looked at the owner of the pheromones.
“Are you okay?”
Kim Ju-hwan carefully helped Jeong-min up.
“Didn’t you… go?”
“Looking at your reaction, it seems I didn’t interrupt anything.”
He smiled bitterly and carefully lifted Jeong-min, laying him on the bed.
“Wait just a moment. I’ll go clear that thing away.”
Saying so, he rolled up his sleeves, dragged out the gagging and suffering Yu Shin-woo, and closed the door. Some commotion was felt for a while. He didn’t want to know what was happening outside. Only then did the tension release, and he could breathe properly. Clinging tightly to Kim Ju-hwan’s jacket covering his body, he barely inhaled the now-familiar pheromones and closed his eyes.
✽✽✽
Jeong-min opened his eyes to a warm and cozy feeling. He found himself lying in a bathtub, not knowing when he had been put in. Naturally, Kim Ju-hwan was sitting behind him, creating a safe place for him to lean.
“Are you awake?”
“Our house’s bathtub… is narrow.”
“It is. Let’s do it at my house next time.”
“…What about hyung?”
“Do you really worry about that human in this situation?”
“…….”
When Jeong-min couldn’t say anything, Kim Ju-hwan clicked his tongue.
“I sent him to the hospital. It seems he had a rejection reaction to your pheromones. He can’t die, can he?”
Because if he dies, you’ll feel guilty and keep thinking about Yu Shin-woo. He absolutely cannot die.
“A rejection reaction to my pheromones? But hyung said it felt like I had become an Omega.”
“He did say that. So I ran a test while you were sleeping, and you’re an Alpha. Still.”
As Yu Shin-woo was being taken to the hospital, he said he didn’t know why he had acted that way. He said he could clearly feel Alpha pheromones from Jeong-min now…. But because he looked confused, saying he had definitely felt Omega pheromones at the same time, Kim Ju-hwan had tested him just in case, but it was a no. He was still an Alpha. Fortunately. If he had been an Omega, they would have imprinted. Thinking about it was truly horrific.
“But why….”
“I didn’t tell you because I thought you’d worry, but Yu Shin-woo Sunbae is a bit strange. The research institute is also concerned about a certain part. It could be a brain dysfunction phenomenon…. I think more tests are needed… anyway, it’s not your fault. Don’t worry about it.”
When Jeong-min remained silent, Kim Ju-hwan clicked his tongue again and pulled his face forward to kiss him. In response, Jeong-min pushed him away.
“We’re still talking.”
“You weren’t answering, so I thought the conversation was over.”
Kim Ju-hwan’s hand, which had been stroking Jeong-min’s body, became more suggestive. Jeong-min knew better than anyone what that meant. It was also a touch that Jeong-min had been longing for all day… Suddenly, he remembered being held by Yu Shin-woo earlier. He had been helplessly overpowered by the force of the push. No, was “overpowered” the right expression? He had no concept of chastity anyway, and nothing to protect. But why had he felt such a strong sense of repulsion this time?
Jeong-min grabbed Kim Ju-hwan’s hand as it tried to touch his genitals.
“…Do you not want to?”
“I slept with hyung earlier.”
“…And?”
“He even knotted… do you still want to do it with me?”
“What about you, Sunbae? Do you want to do it with me?”
Kim Ju-hwan whispered into Jeong-min’s ear and then kissed the nape of his neck. Heat rose again in a body that had grown cold. If he were an Omega, a single knotting would have stopped the heat. But he was an Alpha. The rut was not over yet.
“Damn it.”
Jeong-min clicked his tongue and pulled Kim Ju-hwan’s neck down to kiss him. That was Jeong-min’s answer.