By Zephyria 
“Welcome, Sunbae.”
Kim Ju-hwan smiled brightly. After meeting Shin-woo and leaving the hospital, Jeong-min had called him. He answered as if he had been waiting and sent someone to guide him here.
He expected to meet at a hotel or somewhere else, but unexpectedly, the place he called him to was his own home.
“Come in.”
Jeong-min saw the slippers neatly placed at the entrance, but he didn’t feel like entering readily. Seeing Kim Ju-hwan’s face didn’t make him feel afraid, nor did it make him lose the desire to ask for a favor. He simply didn’t want to be entangled with him if possible.
“Sunbae?”
“I want the drug….”
At the same time Kim Ju-hwan let out a hollow laugh, the expression vanished from his face. He cast off the mask he had been wearing since their last meeting.
The man with cold, dispassionate eyes was the ‘Kim Ju-hwan’ that Jeong-min knew. Exactly as he was.
“Drug?”
“Yes.”
“Sunbae. You should use a subject. What drug? Headache medicine? Or something for an upset stomach? Surely not contraception. Or… is it a suppressant?”
He spoke slyly as if he didn’t know, but he was clearly different from before. His voice had dropped significantly, and every movement was intense. It was as if he were saying, ‘Hurry up and tell me exactly what you want.’
“Stop pretending.”
“Ah~”
As if realizing, Kim Ju-hwan stroked his chin and slowly approached. Then, he whispered in Jeong-min’s ear.
“A drug that turns an Alpha into an Omega?”
In an instant, goosebumps broke out all over his body. It felt as if a snake had suddenly coiled around him. While Jeong-min stood frozen, Kim Ju-hwan moved. He took a step back, put both hands in his pockets, and leaned forward slightly to look at Jeong-min.
“Sunbae. There’s no way such a drug exists.”
“What? What do you mean? You said there was a drug….”
“I said that. And I said I would give you any drug you wanted. But did I ever say I had a drug that turns an Alpha into an Omega? If such a drug existed in the first place, wouldn’t it have been made public and turned the world upside down by now?”
This was nonsense. He had walked right into Kim Ju-hwan’s arms believing only in that one thing, and now he was told it didn’t exist… What should he do now? How….
“Right. So it doesn’t exist.”
Then there was no need to stay here. There was no time to talk here. He had to find another way quickly. He would search every pharmaceutical company in the world. And he would look for cases—whether there were any trait converters.
“You’re in a hurry, Sunbae.”
As Jeong-min grabbed the doorknob, Kim Ju-hwan reached out from behind and grabbed Jeong-min’s hand.
“You really disappoint me every time. Even trash that’s been used and thrown away isn’t treated like this.”
“Move. I have no further business here, so I’m leaving.”
“How cold. But you’re admirable, Sunbae. You came to me knowing I had the answer, right? It also means you remember every single word I said…. So, I’ll give you a reward.”
“If you’re going to talk nonsense-….”
“I’m researching it. Since I was born talented enough to sit in this position, I thought I should try turning the world upside down. I’m researching it with a huge amount of money. It’s being conducted in Germany.”
Only then did Jeong-min let go of the doorknob and slowly turn around to look at Kim Ju-hwan again.
“Why don’t you just come inside now, Sunbae?”
Kim Ju-hwan entered first, and Jeong-min changed into slippers and followed him. A black leather sofa caught his eye in the spacious living room. The inside of the house was simply bleak. In a desolate place with nothing but the absolute essentials, Kim Ju-hwan placed an on-the-rocks drink in front of Jeong-min.
“Drink. It’ll warm your body.”
Not warm water, but telling him to warm his body with high-proof whiskey. In a way, it was the fastest method. But Jeong-min didn’t want to drink alcohol or anything else.
“Finish what you were saying.”
“Yes, yes.”
Kim Ju-hwan nodded and walked down the hallway of the house, soon returning with a small aluminum case and sitting opposite Jeong-min. When he placed it on the table and entered the password to open it, a crisp ‘click’ sound was heard. Inside were syringes, injectable medicine, and white pills in a small glass vial.
“It’s a drug currently in clinical trials. However, it has never been administered to an Alpha. Currently, we are experimenting on Betas who have the potential for a trait. So, I don’t know if this will be effective for you. The possibility is likely significantly low. And there are a few side effects. Headaches and fever are a given, and in some cases, patients just sleep for several days. We are researching new drugs to counter that…. But right now, this is the closest thing to the drug you want. Do you still want it?”
“If I were going to hesitate, I wouldn’t have walked right into your mouth.”
“You’re quite aware that you’re in my mouth.”
“What do I have to do? What do you want?”
“What I want?”
“Yes. You’re not going to give it to me for free.”
“I could give it for free. I told you. I can give you anything, Sunbae.”
As he spoke, Kim Ju-hwan pushed the case closer to Jeong-min.
“I’ve done various investigations. There have been many studies. More than you could imagine. Among them, I found the optimal trait converter. The results showed that twins, or those among Betas who have parents with traits, have the highest probability of conversion. Among twins, it was determined that if one manifested as an Omega and the other as an Alpha, both twins might have been born with both traits. It’s just that the strongest trait manifested. In other words, Young-min sunbae also possesses Alpha traits, and you possess Omega traits.”
“You mean… there’s a possibility?”
“It’s 1%.”
“Still higher than 0.0001%.”
At Jeong-min’s words, Kim Ju-hwan swirled the whiskey in his glass and took a sip.
“So, is the reason you want to become an Omega indeed because of Yu Shin-woo sunbae?”
“…….”
“And Yu Shin-woo sunbae permitted it?”
“…….”
“Did he say he would accept you if you became an Omega?”
“…Don’t cross the line. I don’t think this is something I need to discuss with you.”
“Well, that’s true.”
Kim Ju-hwan swirled his glass, took another sip, and carefully set the glass back on the table.
“As for what I want, alright. I mentioned before that the drug is more effective if you have sex with an Alpha while taking it, right? Like the ‘correction’ we did before.”
“…….”
Your silence makes me happy.
“Do it with me. Correction. How great is that? I get a place to release my desires, and you can become an Omega.”
Why did God make you an Alpha? When you look like an Omega in every way.
“On that condition, I’ll give you the drug. How about it?”
Jeong-min looked at the drug once more. As expected, hesitation was a luxury. Jeong-min gripped the aluminum case in his hand.
“Fine.”
At the immediate answer, Kim Ju-hwan, who was pouring whiskey into a glass, flinched. Then, he let out a breathy ‘ha’ and laughed.
“The first time is dangerous. Get the injection in front of me. You’re a doctor, so you can do it, right? The order is the injection first, and the pill five minutes later.”
Jeong-min put the medicine into the syringe and rolled up his sleeve. Without hesitation, he plunged the needle in. At the same time, he set a timer for exactly five minutes on his phone and leaned back against the sofa. His body gradually became languid. He wasn’t dizzy, but he felt a floating sensation accompanied by nausea, which he endured.
“You just need to get it three times a month. Currently, each one is worth 100 million won. But if you become an Omega… I’ll make thousands of times that amount. Let’s call it an investment.”
Kim Ju-hwan was saying something, but the humming sound in his ears grew louder, making it hard to hear. Eventually, he heard a ringing in his ears. Fortunately, the phone alarm signaling that five minutes had passed was heard very clearly. Forcing his immobile body up, he popped the pill into his mouth. As he swallowed the pill with a dry throat, Kim Ju-hwan stood up.
He grabbed the arm of the dazed Jeong-min and forced him up. Since he had lost his strength, he rose due to Kim Ju-hwan’s grip, but he couldn’t stand properly and kept staggering.
Kim Ju-hwan practically dragged Jeong-min somewhere. As a door opened, Jeong-min’s body was thrown onto a large bed.
‘My head hurts…. It’s throbbing….’
Jeong-min suffered on the bed, clutching his aching head. Kim Ju-hwan watched that sight and smiled.
“Does it hurt?”
“It hurts…. I feel like I’m going to break.”
“What can you do? You have to endure it. This is what you chose, Sunbae. But don’t worry. Soon, the part below your head will hurt so much it’ll feel like it’s tearing apart.”