By Zephyria 
The contract was honestly written based on the conversation they had in the hospital room. There was nothing in it that would disadvantage Jeong-min, and likewise, nothing that would disadvantage Kim Ju-hwan. It was a clean contract, focused strictly on their respective goals and interests.
In fact, since Jeong-min was in the position of the ‘underdog’ who would have had to agree even if Kim Ju-hwan had brought an unfavorable contract, he was inwardly bewildered to see such a fair one.
Come to think of it, Kim Ju-hwan had always been like that. He was clean in everything. So clean that it sometimes felt chilling. Jeong-min chuckled, wondering if he had been the one overlooking that.
“I think we can proceed with the contract as it is.”
“Is there nothing to add? Revisions are possible.”
“Forget it. I can’t even get advice from anyone on this contract anyway.”
He couldn’t show it to the family lawyer. If he did, the news would 100% reach his home, and it would undoubtedly cause an uproar.
“That’s true.”
Jeong-min put the contract back in the envelope.
“Then, the signature—”
“Let’s do it at home.”
Jeong-min looked up to say, “At your house?”, but then he felt something was strange. The parking lot they had entered was not the one he had frequented for decades.
“We have arrived.”
While Jeong-min was stunned, Kim Ju-hwan got out of the car and opened the passenger door for him.
“Get out.”
“Wait, this is your house. I want to go to my house.”
“There are things to discuss… I’ll drop you off when we’re finished. And I don’t think there’s a better place than here to sign a contract.”
“Haa….”
That was true. If it were really Jeong-min’s house, he would have had to sign the contract in the car. Even so, he didn’t feel like getting out of the car readily. Perhaps it was because his body remembered what had happened in that house. His lower body, which hadn’t been painful for two days, began to throb.
“Sunbae.”
Kim Ju-hwan called Jeong-min as if urging him. Sensing that he had absolutely no intention of compromising, Jeong-min reluctantly got out of the car.
“What’s in that paper bag?”
“Medicine.”
As Jeong-min got out while clutching the paper bag preciously, Kim Ju-hwan asked curiously. After hearing the answer, he seemed to lose interest and walked ahead, boarding the elevator that had arrived as if he had been waiting.
“Sit down.”
As soon as they arrived at the house, he said as he took off his jacket. It had only been a week since he had received injections and taken medicine on that sofa. And he would have to spend countless more identical days ahead. Well, what could he do? He had chosen this himself. Jeong-min steadied his heart once more and sat on the sofa. Then, he took out the contract again and signed it with the fountain pen that had been in the jacket’s inner pocket.
“You’re really impatient.”
Kim Ju-hwan said, clicking his tongue as he set down a coffee cup.
“You sign it too.”
As soon as Ju-hwan sat opposite him, Jeong-min pushed the contract forward as if he had been waiting, and Kim Ju-hwan borrowed the pen from Jeong-min and signed. They split the copies, and Jeong-min took his share and stood up.
“Where are you going?”
“What do you mean where? I have to go home. Isn’t our business finished now?”
“Sit down. I have something to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“I have to explain about the drug and discuss what needs to be done.”
“Couldn’t you have discussed that at the hospital?”
“Sunbae. I am not that kind of idle person. Just sit. I’ll explain.”
He desperately wanted to say he didn’t need such things and leave the house immediately, but what could he do? He was the ‘underdog’ who had just signed a heavy piece of paper. Jeong-min sighed and sat back down on the sofa.
“Drink up. It’s the beans you like.”
How did he know which beans I like? As Jeong-min expressed his doubt, Kim Ju-hwan tapped the table, telling him to drink. He took a sip reluctantly, and as he felt the clean, nutty flavor, Jeong-min blinked.
Surprisingly, it was the most delicious coffee he had had recently. For Jeong-min, who hated acidity, it was the best. Still, he didn’t want to admit it was delicious, so he just drank it in silence. Watching him, Kim Ju-hwan eventually stood up and brought out the aluminum case and tablet he had seen before.
The thought ‘Already?’ crossed his mind, but every day was urgent. As soon as the aluminum case was placed on the table and Jeong-min reached for it, Kim Ju-hwan quickly grabbed his wrist.
“I told you, you’re really impatient.”
“What is it?”
“Calm down. We’re not doing it today.”
“What?”
“I told you. I wasn’t just idling around.”
Kim Ju-hwan clicked the tablet and showed him a screen. It was filled with medical terms, statistics, and complex calculation methods. Looking at the screen packed with words that Jeong-min, as a doctor, felt he should know but couldn’t quite grasp, he could realize one thing for certain.
As Doctor Kim and he had expected, the injection had no effect on Jeong-min; rather, the Alpha factor had taken on an even stronger trait. At a glance, it looked like a failure, but….
“The Alpha factor rarely changes.”
Omegas could sometimes be recessive and then have the possibility of becoming dominant, and while the possibility of a dominant becoming recessive was slim, it existed. There was also a possibility for a general type Omega to become dominant or recessive. That was how complex and sensitive the Omega trait factor was.
On the other hand, an Alpha’s trait factor never shifted. It was immovable; if one was dominant, they remained dominant for life, and if recessive, they remained recessive. That was the case for Jeong-min. He was a standard Alpha, whose criteria were ambiguous—neither recessive nor common. However, that trait had leaned more toward a Dominant Alpha and grown stronger.
“Yes, that’s correct. In short, the fact that you received that injection wasn’t entirely meaningless, Sunbae.”
It had certainly stimulated the Alpha factor. That was no different from saying the Alpha factor had sensed danger and, fearing change, had constructed a defensive barrier.
“That’s why I’m recreating the drug based on your data. To do that, we need to return things to the original starting point. We need to neutralize whatever is currently threatening your Alpha factor.”
An aluminum case opened, revealing a syringe. There was no need to hesitate this time.
“Don’t tell me I have to have sex with you again after this?”
“Rest assured. You don’t have to do it today. I’m not that starved, Sunbae.”
“Wow, if that’s what you call ‘not starved’ sex, I think you should change your sex style.”
“Hmm. I suppose it wasn’t to your taste, Sunbae.”
“What?”
“That’s why you’re protesting now. Asking me to do it according to your taste.”
“What are you talking about? I’m just saying. For your own future.”
“My future is my business, so you don’t need to worry about it. Rather, I’m worried about the present. So, what is your preferred style, Sunbae?”
“Is that important?”
“Of course it is. If you and I have to do this inevitably… wouldn’t it be better if we both enjoyed it while we’re at it?”
“I don’t want to enjoy myself while having sex with you.”
“Haha.”
Kim Ju-hwan laughed cheerfully. It wasn’t a timing to laugh at all, which made it even more disconcerting. However, as Kim Ju-hwan’s face soon stiffened, Jeong-min could tell that his laughter from a moment ago hadn’t been sincere.
“Fine. Well, we have plenty of time, so let’s get to know each other gradually. You said there were no issues with the contract, right?”
“Yeah.”
Now that he had signed, he couldn’t revise it even if there were issues. Kim Ju-hwan scanned the contract once more. He was the one who wrote it, so Jeong-min wondered why he was looking at it so seriously now.
“You saw the clause stating that while using the drug, Shin Jeong-min must not have skinship with anyone other than Kim Ju-hwan, right?”
“I saw it.”
“Alpha, Omega, and Beta aren’t explicitly written here, but I’m sure you understand the meaning.”
Why is this bastard treating me like a child?
“Do I look like an idiot?”
“No. That’s why I’m pointing it out once more. Just in case you do something stupid, Sunbae.”
“What?”
“I mean, don’t let me see you cradled in Yu Shin-woo Sunbae’s arms like today. I’m working hard to infuse pheromones so that doesn’t happen, and it’s not great when other Alpha pheromones get mixed in.”
“Infuse?”
“You might not know, but I’m currently working hard to put my pheromones into you, Sunbae. Just like one would for a pregnant Omega. Wouldn’t that increase the possibility of correction, even if only slightly?”
I didn’t know. I didn’t feel it at all.
“It’s because I’m putting them in very carefully, and since you’re currently on the suppressants that doctors take, you won’t be able to feel another person’s pheromones.”
That was right. Those suppressants blocked any influence from pheromones. That was why he could have sex with Kim Ju-hwan. Otherwise, it would have been harder due to a greater sense of repulsion.
“Still, it’s not that I can’t feel them at all… I didn’t notice.”
“I told you. I’m putting them in carefully. Your Alpha pheromones are stronger than I thought, so it’s hard to push mine in, but I’m doing it.”
That must be possible because he was an Extreme Alpha. A common Alpha probably wouldn’t have been able to do it.
“So, please put in some effort too, Sunbae, so that my efforts aren’t in vain.”