…Wow. Fuck. I’m really going to lose my mind.
The thirst rushing up made me swallow hard without realizing it, then clamp my lips shut.
If I didn’t, I felt like I’d start panting like an animal and bury my face in Jung Hwangseo’s body just to inhale his scent.
‘Why the hell is his body that good, too?’
My eyes slid slowly up and down Jung Hwangseo’s body.
I thought he did nothing but eat and fool around every day, but he must work out—there was a sharp, unmistakable six-pack carved into his abs.
Damn. His body’s insane. The kind that makes you want to touch it until you lose your mind.
I found myself staring at Jung Hwangseo, who was lying there obediently, completely subdued by me. Just moments ago, his mouth had been running nonstop, but now it had gone quiet in an instant.
Was he shocked… or enjoying this situation?
Well, knowing Jung Hwangseo, something like this probably counted as nothing more than a small event to him.
If that’s the case… touching him a little should be fine, right?
As if possessed, I lifted my hand.
Then I traced my fingers over the sharply defined abs etched across Jung Hwangseo’s stomach. The rock-hard texture made my fingers tense unconsciously.
Every time my hand moved, I could feel his body twitch beneath it. I’d only meant to touch him a little out of greed, but the more I touched, the more I wanted to touch.
His reactions were way too good.
Watching Jung Hwangseo bite down hard on his lip as if trying to suppress his arousal, seeing those reddened lips, made a vicious urge to dominate surge up inside me.
The image of pressing my own mouth against those lips refused to leave my head.
Normally, I would’ve been disgusted—but right now, physical contact with him felt desperately necessary.
If I didn’t, it felt like the thirst would burn my throat to ash at any moment.
Slowly, I raised my hand again and reached toward Jung Hwangseo’s face.
I stroked his jaw.
When I did, Jung Hwangseo rubbed his face against my hand like a cat begging for affection.
‘Ah, I seriously can’t take this anymore….’
In the end, I couldn’t hold back any longer and reached out with my other hand.
That hand went straight to my own face.
Smack.
‘Get it together, Kim Hanyul!’
In my hazy state, I mercilessly slapped myself across the face.
The shock snapped my mind awake in an instant.
“Haah. Hahk.”
I need to get out of here.
My body was still hot, but the impact of the slap had at least put some strength back into my legs.
Just in case, I grabbed the blanket and started wrapping Jung Hwangseo up tightly, like a kimbap roll.
If I couldn’t see him at all, it should get a little easier.
“Pretty one? What are you—ugh. W-wait… I’m dizzy!”
Ignoring whatever Jung Hwangseo was saying, I wrapped him up thoroughly in the blanket and bolted out of the room.
If I stayed in that room even one second longer, I was going to turn into a beast and pounce on him.
My heart was pounding like it might explode, and my head was already overflowing with images of violating Jung Hwangseo.
“Haah….”
Thankfully, the farther I got from Jung Hwangseo’s pheromones, the more my mind slowly began to calm down.
But I didn’t let my guard down and glanced downward. My condition was still dangerous.
I immediately left the house and ran to a pharmacy.
I’d seen how to deal with this kind of situation in the book.
What I needed was a heat cycle suppressant.
A drug meant to calm an aroused omega’s body.
“Welco—”
“Medicine. I need medicine.”
“Yes?”
“Omega heat cycle suppressants!”
“…Ah, yes. Right here.”
The pharmacist handed over the medicine after I practically shouted.
I snatched it from them like I was robbing the place and tore it open, swallowing it in a rush.
The pharmacist hurriedly handed me some water and spoke.
“…Oh my. You must be an omega. Once you calm down a bit, go straight to the hospital and get an injection. Shots work better than pills.”
“Th-thank you.”
Thankfully, the pharmacist seemed to be a beta.
“Haah… hah.”
With their consideration, I sat on an empty chair and rested for a bit. Once I felt my body settle somewhat, I stood up.
The medicine was definitely working. I felt noticeably better than before.
That confirmed it.
This wasn’t a simple cold or body aches—it was a heat cycle. An omega’s heat cycle. Damn it.
My thoughts were a mess.
Why did I suddenly become an omega?
The Park Gyumin I knew from the novel was definitely a beta.
I recalled the Park Gyumin from the book.
Housekeeper Park Gyumin.
There was a clear scene in the novel where he felt bitter upon realizing he was a beta—not an alpha—when he saw Park Hana, an omega.
And now I wasn’t even a beta, let alone an alpha. What the hell was this. The curses bubbled up on their own.
I’d been able to smell Jung Hwangseo’s pheromones all this time, but since I never went into heat, I’d just thought I was a slightly unusual beta.
Never once did I consider that I might be an omega.
But omega.
Omega.
Repeating the word over and over still left me stunned and shaken.
‘There has to be some kind of mistake. Yeah.’
Clinging to that last shred of hope, I decided to go to the hospital.
Since running into an alpha on the way could be dangerous, I left the pharmacy immediately and took a taxi.
* * *
Even after taking the medicine, I wasn’t fully calm. My body trembled as I arrived at the hospital.
Fortunately, the wards for alphas and omegas were separate, so I sat down to wait my turn with some relief.
Rolling my eyes around, I saw several omegas who’d come in for treatment.
They all had slender bodies and pretty faces, to the point where it was hard to tell whether they were male or female.
I’m an omega too… like them?
I looked down at my own body.
I’d thought I looked like some pretty boy leeching off others, but….
Just then, I made eye contact with one of the omegas. Their brows furrowed slightly.
Maybe I’d been staring too hard.
Only then did it occur to me that it might’ve been rude, and I hastily dropped my gaze to the floor.
How long did I wait like that?
Soon, my name was called.
“Yes. What brings you in today?”
When I entered the examination room, a male doctor who looked to be in his mid-forties asked while looking at my chart.
Sitting across from him, I haltingly explained what had happened to me.
“…I was definitely a beta. I thought it was just a cold or body aches, but the symptoms felt exactly like an omega heat cycle.”
“You were a beta? What’s your name?”
“Park Gyumin.”
“Your date of birth?”
I answered his questions quickly.
After typing for a while and searching through something, the doctor’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Ah. You really are a beta.”
Looks like he’d found my traits.
I immediately nodded in agreement.
Right? I’m a beta, right?
Then hurry up and explain what this situation is.
Why did I experience a heat cycle that only omegas are supposed to have?
“But… an omega heat cycle. This would be that case, then.”
“That case?”
I looked at the doctor anxiously.
“We’ll need to run more tests to be certain, but these days, there are rare cases like this.”
Rare cases of what?
I waited tensely for his next words.
“It’s very rare, but if a beta is regularly exposed to an alpha’s pheromones, they can sometimes manifest as an omega. Of course, this only happens if the beta already has some omega traits….”
The doctor lifted his gaze from the screen and looked straight at me.
“It seems you were a beta with latent omega traits.”
I was left completely speechless.
What kind of absurd nonsense was that…?
This wasn’t information I’d ever read in the book.
A beta turning into an omega… an omega?!
“…Is there any way to turn back into a beta?”
“If it were before the heat cycle, maybe. But once a heat cycle occurs, there’s no going back.”
At the doctor’s answer, my last bit of hope crumbled completely.
I should’ve left that house the moment Jung Hwangseo started releasing pheromones….
Instead, I’d been exposed without knowing anything, only to manifest as an omega without realizing it.
I should’ve come to the hospital the moment I noticed the scent.
But I’d been too overwhelmed, and I never imagined that just smelling pheromones would warrant a hospital visit.
And that’s how this mess happened.
I sat there blinking blankly, and the doctor cleared his throat once before continuing.
“Try not to worry too much. Medical treatments have improved a lot these days. Even during heat, if you take medication, it’ll be uncomfortable and dizzy, but manageable.”
“…Yes.”
“How do you feel right now?”
“Better after taking the medicine.”
“An omega heat cycle usually lasts about a week. However, since you’ve only just awakened, your condition may be unstable, and the duration can vary. You may be calm now, but the heat could return at any time. And pheromones are another issue.”
“…Pheromones?”
My body produces a scent now? Like Jung Hwangseo?
The more I listened, the more my head went blank.
And when the doctor said that if I couldn’t control my pheromones and kept leaking them, alphas might pounce on me, my mind went completely white.
If I leak pheromones… alphas will… me?
I’d always thought of it as someone else’s story in a novel.
Realizing that it had become my own story was beyond horrifying.
I hadn’t even used the front yet, and at this rate, I was going to get breached from behind first.
Unaware of my inner turmoil, the doctor calmly typed into the chart and spoke.
“…For now, go out and get an injection first. After that, we’ll proceed with more detailed tests. I’ll also inform the nurse. They’ll kindly explain the basics—how to handle pheromones, precautions for living as an omega, things like that.”
“Yes… thank you.”
The shock was immense.
I’d grown up as a tough guy, led countless subordinates as a gangster boss….
And now I was an omega….
An omega…!
Staggering to my feet, my mind half gone, I made my way out of the room.