Chapter 1

I made up my mind and looked up.

I looked straight back into my boyfriend’s anxious eyes and spoke quietly.

“Let’s break up.”

His eyes widened even more at my words, and the tears that he could no longer hold back spilled from his eyes.

“Why…?”

A faint, almost muffled voice asked me what I really meant. Even without asking me that, you should already know what I mean. I clenched my fists tightly in frustration and disappointment.

“I can’t protect you anymore.”

As an Omega, I can’t make you happy. There is no guarantee that I will be able to help you when the time comes .

You knew that all along, didn’t you? Still, I foolishly believed that I could do anything with just these “feelings” until today.

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In addition to the primary sexes male and female, there are other sexes in this world called Alpha, Beta, and Omega. While 80% of the successful and revered people in society were alpha, Omega was the most inferior, and when they became an adult, they would suffer something called an estrus or heat every three months. During this period, Omegas would seek excellent seeds and secrete pheromones to attract Alphas and Betas. Naturally, during this period, Omega would be unable to do anything due to the inability to concentrate. Although discrimination against Omegas was less common than it used to be, it’s not difficult to imagine how difficult it was for Omegas to enter society. In the first place, few companies would hire Omegas. Even if they’re hired, they are mostly paid less salary or w orking in an undesirable position in their workplace .

That was why the best way for an Omega to survive in this world was to find a partner, and it’s even better if that partner was an Alpha. There are sufficient reasons for Alphas to seek Omegas. Alpha and Beta, Omega and Beta, and Beta and Beta could have children, as long as they are of different genders. (Only Omega could conceive children regardless of their sex) . However, only Omegas could give birth to the Alphas children. There was almost no possibility of conception between Alphas, and furthermore, due to genetic reasons, Alphas were seldom attracted to each other. And between Alpha and Beta or Beta and Omega couples, almost certainly only Beta would be born. The only child born to an Alpha and Omega pair would be an Alpha. Among many theories, the most popular theory was that Beta’s gene was the most dominant and canceled out the Alpha and Omega’s genes. Needless to say, the population of Alpha and Omega was much smaller than that of Beta.

In addition, Alpha and Omega could enter into a mate relationship, which is established when an Alpha bites the nape of a matured Omega, which would restrict the Omega’s pheromones during their heat cycle so only their alpha pair could smell it.

As the birth rate of Alpha was decreasing year by year, the engagements of Alpha and Omega were encouraged, and there’s even a marriage hunting party focused on Alpha and Omega. It’s also not unusual for two families to engage their Alpha and Omega children from the moment they’re born.

In such a world, I wonder how much hardship there would be for love between Omegas. In my mind, I know that there is no future for this kind of love, which could be called treachery against genes. But then I met him. The person I love the most in the world, the person I want to make the happiest. I would do anything to protect that smile. I really thought that if you smile, I wouldn’t need anything else.

But fate, as if mocking my wish, easily tears this relationship apart.

I couldn’t keep dreaming happy and joyful dreams as I did when I was a child. Even though my mind refused to accept it, my body would not stop developing as an Omega. One day, about six months after I started college, it suddenly happened to me. My first “heat”.

I found myself on a hospital bed. My boyfriend, Adachi Yukiya, was looking at my hand with concern. I would do anything for him, right? I suddenly thought about it. I thought I’d be the one to make him happy. But now, I realize it was such a ridiculous wish.

After my parting words , he continued to press for an answer.

“ I’m sure there’s someone better for you than I am .”

Only an Alpha could match and stand next to you. You deserve someone much better than me to protect you.

” … Even you’d say something like that to me too.”

I reached out to Yukiya, who was crying profusely, and grasped his hand firmly.

I’m no longer qualified to wipe away Yukiya’s tears.

Short note: I’ll use the term ‘secondary sex’ or perhaps ‘verse’ often to refer to abo dynamics, and ‘primary sex’ refers to male and female.

also a warning from me. [Warning: This story contains attempted r*pe] Don’t blame me later, I already warned you.

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