Chapter 18

I woke up to an unfamiliar ceiling.

I blink a few times, and I slowly lifted myself up. The room was large and Western-styled, with a soft bed and a dazzling morning sun. As I take a look around the somewhat familiar room, the door opens and Yukiya walks in. That’s when I finally realized that this was the guest room of Yukiya’s parents’ house.

“Good morning, Shuhei, is your body okay?”

“Yeah, it’s fine. More importantly, what happened? How did I get here?”

“I called the driver to the school and had him bring us to my house.”

“I see… I’m sorry to have troubled you.”

Hearing Yukiya’s words, I gradually remembered what had happened yesterday. Then it dawned on me, and I turned to face Koya.

“Yukiya, are you alright? Did those guys do anything to you?”

“Don’t worry, I’m all right.”

“See? There’s nothing to worry about,” He smiled and raised his arms. I felt relieved when I heard Yukiya’s words. At the same time, I calmly recalled yesterday’s events and pondered the numerous questions that arose.

“Shuhei, will you listen to me?”

I nodded to Yukiya, who began to talk with a mysterious look on his face.

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“When I think about it, you’ve always protected me, Shuhei.”

Yukiya told me the story before I met him, and also the story from the time he met me to today.

“Shuhei, there’s something I’ve been keeping from you for a long time.”

After yesterday’s incident, I had some idea of what Yukiya meant by “something.” That’s most likely why he was telling me at this point.

“I’m an Alpha.”

It’s not that I wasn’t surprised by Yukiya’s words, but I still found myself thinking, “I knew it.”

I can’t blame him for hiding it from me. In the first place, I myself never once thought that Yukiya was an alpha, and I treated him as an omega as a matter of course. It must have been difficult for him to finally tell me about it.

“I’m sorry for not noticing it sooner.”

“No, you don’t understand, Shuhei. I’ve deliberately kept my alpha status hidden.”

When I apologized, Yukiya shook his head as if to deny it.

“I thought that as long as I was an Omega, you would always be there to protect me, that’s why I didn’t tell you. Please forgive me.”

“That’s why, Shuhei, you didn’t do anything wrong,” Yukiya apologized, bowing his head to me.

“When you ended our relationship, I regretted it immensely. I thought I was being punished for hiding things from you and using cowardly means to monopolize you.”

“No, I didn’t mean it that way, I just thought that I shouldn’t stay around you. I thought that if I stayed by your side any longer, it would be an obstacle to your happiness.” Yukiya admonished me for making such excuses and continued.

“I understand that you said that for my sake. That’s why I thought about it again, about your and my future. But I still felt that if it wasn’t Shuhei, I don’t want to give Shuhei’s spot to anyone else.”

Thinking back, this was the first time I had heard Yukiya express his opinion to me so openly. I didn’t interrupt him and just listened to what he had to say.

“It doesn’t matter if there is someone else who is more suitable for you, Shuhei; I will be the man who is most suitable for you. I will be better than everyone else, so no one will be able to beat me, so no one will complain about me.”

That must be why Yukiya came running to me yesterday. I wonder how much courage it must have taken for him to do that, how big a decision it must have been for him.

“I’m not going to let you fight alone any longer; I want to protect you as well, Shuhei.”

The wishes Yukiya said, I understand.

“That’s why, I want you to live with me, to love me once more…”

As he said this to me pleadingly, Yukiya’s hands trembled with nervousness and anxiety.

After hearing Yukiya’s words so far, what need to hesitate? I pulled Yukiya’s body close and hugged him.

“I love you, Yukiya. I still love you, as I have for a long time.”

I have never met anyone I wanted to protect more than Yukiya. And I am sure that will never change.

Yukiya cried as if he couldn’t stand my words any longer, nuzzling his face against my shoulder. I rubbed his back as he tightened his arm around me and whispered to me.

“I love you too, I’ve loved you the most in the world since the first time I met you.”

Tears involuntarily spilled from my eyes at Yukiya’s words.

Yukiya told me that he had always been protected by me, but by protecting Yukiya, I myself had also been saved.

—–“Omega or not, Shuhei is and will always be my hero.”

If Yukiya had not said that to me that day, I would not be where I am today. It was also because of his words that I wanted to be a hero, just like what he called me.

It was Yukiya who inspired me to believe that I could protect him, even if I am only an omega. It was thanks to him that I was able to crawl out of despair that day.

I was the one who was saved.

That’s why, this time, I swear to you forever. No more broken promises.

“I will protect you for the rest of my life.”

At my word, Yukiya smiled as happily as he had that day. And then,

“In that case, I’ll protect you, Shuhei.”

“Then we will be the strongest, right?” Yukiya said, to which I nodded my head and replied, “Yes, we will.”

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