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He had resolved not to panic, but Seoyoon was flustered and embarrassed once again. As he hurriedly stepped out of the tub, dripping water, he grabbed a neatly folded bath towel and roughly dried Seoyoon’s hair and body.2e66710ee3c089bd

Passing through the spacious reception room, he threw open a door. The bedroom, furnished with a bed, was simpler than he had expected. With only a wide bed, a small standing hanger for gowns or pajamas, a bedside table, and indirect lighting, the room was simple yet luxurious, and Seoyoon quickly realized it was a guest room, not Kijung’s bedroom.21c37bbb32146988

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“Since I live alone, I don’t have any clothes that Seoyoon would be able to wear.”32a532cf281b5d90

Even as he said 0d0c824910 that, Kijung handed him 555ec57a3f a set of clothes. Seoyoon, who had 880e291166 thought he would 6dca081174 have to lie 36b05752db down naked, accepted cf9694f2f9 it with a c9dd625f8e slightly dazed expression.5991b321e9082656

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It was a pajama 795aa06b57 shirt with a very 94bf734857 smooth texture. Seoyoon, who 065d3ee55c wanted to 3524ececf3 cover his 0cbb901bea body anyway, 23517fce48 put on e6f10bc43c the clothes 8f52ee41c7 without hesitation, c5146805a5 but as 77c459d33b expected, the 62d43cc66a size was 1488dbdf2c too large, cfbeb51a22 and the d2240d4af2 hem and eb5b0149ef sleeves drooped 92432031a9 down. Kijung, who was watching 8a04531e52 him, wore a faint 1d4af47133 smile.82a099270c94afab

“It reminds me of the day we first met. You wore my shirt that day too, and it wasn’t this baggy, was it? It didn’t look bad.”3a71e2ee0b80bc47

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No matter f011e65485 how much 577e7d460e the past 13f8e94930 becomes a d4647af384 memory when 4a67cab5f3 you look a1ad3a43c5 back on f9c22fd455 it, the 185a408be4 frustration Seoyoon adb1a0a0d5 felt on 31175fd46e the day a331cd3054 of the 1b9ee89e67 blind date e19976f00c had not 2e5e685729 yet faded bc438af48b enough to 8183f2b81b be laughed a547302362 off. Instead of responding to 3b714ac16b his jest, Seoyoon gave d50bae3635 him an answer that 70a0266f62 slightly changed the subject.1b66fe9e57ab3569

“I still have the shirt you lent me. I’ll be sure to return it next time.”0f811599501673b8

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“You don’t have to bring it. Dispose of it as you see fit. You can throw it away.”becc7b73df164568

He knew he 4f868845bb would say that, c87a457a4a but he was f92aafdc70 reluctant to turn f1919dcd6d it into trash. Seoyoon replaced his answer 11bb18c6ae with a bitter smile.7d258b379c188ee0

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“It’s late, so you must be very tired?”5141b599b449658d

Seoyoon was startled and straightened his posture. Until he entered the house, he had been so tense that he didn’t even feel sleepy, but after taking a bath, he felt so languid that he only wanted to fall asleep. Worried that his fatigue was showing, Seoyoon smiled.97359abe06a22d55

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“I’m not.”1dc891719933543b

“I’ve changed my mind. Let’s just sleep tonight.”ad399a19c9dfa6c1

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Seoyoon couldn’t answer his indifferent words and only blinked. He had come to his house prepared to experience even more pain than in the car, but he couldn’t figure out why Kwon Kijung, who had been as fierce as a predator with a meal in front of him, had suddenly become so docile.8820d41045a415f6

Could he have made d0078d6340 a mistake without realizing 1b88656cac it? Had he already discovered fa6c2e4489 something he disliked after 593b1d92d0 spending so much time 00cfd14c2b together? In a b071f83a43 few short 89d1077c9e seconds, all 253868eae8 sorts of 7331f175cd thoughts complicated 7e524e0726 his mind. Perhaps his expression had 47ff700cf2 become quite dark, as a1d7d34e63 Kijung, who was looking 982bf1fe34 at Seoyoon, chuckled.cd360e4a548d9d3f

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“Why do you look disappointed?”39c79529d5ac8a5a

“No, it’s not that. I was just wondering if I had… made a mistake.”590b21de798d6534

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“It has nothing to do with Seoyoon-ssi. Let’s just say I regained my reason after pouring water over my head.”0be8506b17450da9

Kijung gently pulled Seoyoon’s hand, who was standing there blankly. There was no reason to stand there any longer, so Seoyoon slumped down on the bed as he led him.7a8e7fa6c6708e41

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“I can go to work a little late tomorrow, but you said it’s the first day of the exhibition. I heard you were excited about preparing for such a big exhibition for the first time, so I’m worried about you spending the night awake.”280fc3653f6c743b

“…It’s okay. I came here expecting that much.”10ee74f5971bd949

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“To be honest, I was a little impatient earlier because you were following along better than I expected. Whenever the chairman grumbled that alphas are fickle and their judgment can’t be trusted, I was a little dissatisfied inside, but at this rate, I won’t be able to argue with those words.”6eacf80ede43e2d0

“But Chairman Kwon is also…”b1c4a7256bb52945

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“An alpha. That’s why he says that.”168491ba1ca6832b

Seoyoon was already 3f4dae137c lying down. The cloud-like 4b6da28f9c bed that 9b6f01f380 lightly wrapped d66df7362b around and 19b9a3666c supported his 6e9d798d3b body was 167ff7df0c very cozy, 7259680e77 but his 4296938a50 heart felt 3cf5984567 as uncomfortable b2b6893cb2 as if ac3525b7b3 he were 87e0b77364 lying on 815ed29cf2 a bed 0c0acff849 full of 89583ea32f gravel. To save face, Seoyoon 642958bb67 spoke in a small 0ef0ce95ba voice.6dd1e10d76e500b1

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“If I had known this would happen, I should have gone home earlier. I think I’m just disturbing your rest.”81d1defd60487e73

“That’s not true. You were about to go home because your brother called earlier.”7173a3bd2ae26440

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“Why is that…”ae9657601e9f4d94

“If we’re going to act like lovers, I wish you would be a little more faithful to your role. Isn’t someone who gets a call from their family while kissing and goes home a failure as a lover?”2b84a5fcfdfc8157

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Once again, Seoyoon was speechless and stammered without making excuses. Hearing it that way, he was definitely the worst lover, the kind who would have complaints posted about him on internet forums. But… Kwon Kijung also seemed to have lost interest in him, so he was trying to leave quickly.e5bb8cb3695efa05

“I’ll be careful.”b1d21d809dcf1d4b

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He thought of a few disjointed rebuttals, but Seoyoon soon gave up. It wasn’t wrong, and he had been criticized for being stiff from the beginning, so he might need training as he said. To look like a couple who are madly in love in the eyes of others.7eb65c30fff6c92a

After looking down at b80679f17a Seoyoon, who was lying e480aaf2dc straight on the bed, 351a35b5e7 for a moment, Kijung b60f188699 got up and said df6686f10e goodbye.e8a3f9f8031e7267

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“I’ll see you in the morning.”b8d954ce23b3bec2

“Are you going to sleep right away too, Director?”6d32d71a2e0fa4f8

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“Well, I’m going to review a few things and then lie down.”3b2cb75329203124

“Good night.”1fa52c0431a9c877

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Seoyoon, who watched 035f478f10 his silhouette as 7a35b7519e he left the 6ec579b54d room without hesitation a13ee1685a after giving a 957ad353df short nod, straightened 96c7aff145 his head and 8f0ec1c7b8 blinked awkwardly in 353c98fb55 the darkness.93842543713dca5e

He thought he had been dragged to the villain’s headquarters, but he was going to spend such a peaceful night. Of course, there were still problems.58b738c89f2d0c71

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‘I can’t sleep well when I sleep in a different place…’f94322301b53e1bc

But even if he tossed and turned a little, it was a day when he might have stayed up all night being nagged by his brother anyway… Thinking about tomorrow, when he had to prepare for the opening of the exhibition as he said, he thought he had done well to follow him.d4c3c3d5174c530c

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Seoyoon, who had been lying straight when someone was watching him, tossed and turned and cast his gaze here and there in the black void. He listened outside, but he couldn’t feel Kijung’s presence at all in the vast house.0e12a9fb9cad616d

…He was embarrassed because he had not only failed to complete the task he had been given in the car, but had even shed tears at the end, but he said that he had followed along better than he had expected. He felt relieved by the generous evaluation. It might be foolish, but he even felt a little proud, as if he had received a compliment.1c39f9c06e54753c

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Seoyoon gradually relaxed, closed 0ce0935941 his eyes, and quietly 36789534cb waited for his mental ec037e9d0f switch to turn off.443973857942899d

‘You’re Seokyung’s younger brother, right? I heard you’re an omega?’1871b6ee0e8d7fae

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It was around 0b714b9059 the age of f9d434d992 seventeen.440814d61717b44c

After finishing class and returning home, he opened the front door, but strangers were occupying the house where his parents were not. Seoyoon soon realized that they were his brother Han Seokyung’s college friends.3a3ae2af15344f40

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“Hello.” He greeted them awkwardly and tried to quietly pass through the living room, but one of them asked Seoyoon, addressing the back of his head. Instead of answering, Seoyoon turned around.655843baa8ecf69c

The first test for 220c154637 special traits is conducted b42b6f9122 during the period of 246f11af60 compulsory education in elementary 693aaf2900 school, but the final 46bed0e566 diagnosis is usually made 28d8c1f663 in the late teens, ec2ef81513 when secondary sexual characteristics e80777212a stabilize. Han Seoyoon was 0b3c95e3d9 no exception, and 41ec2138b1 the result of eb4174b8fc the first test, dc3833efad which only stated 155a2b58af that there was d56a5b5c72 a high probability 8d2935313e of developing a c04d5fac1e special trait, was a1c5cf804a changed to a ca93c6dc7e final notice stating b5ab97cc4a that he had acc421d93c been diagnosed as 82983cc627 an omega in 49d987d01d the third test 7382fa880d conducted after entering 7403e28baf high school.712f4ab679f6a09d

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He didn’t have any particular feelings. Seoyoon, as well as his family, had all predicted that he would be diagnosed as one or the other someday.e8a7c26b1423fc1d

Since he had been receiving results with a graph showing the highest probability of being an omega since elementary school, Seoyoon accepted his trait without surprise. It was inconvenient that he had to take hormones every day, but he thought it couldn’t be helped since all traits lived that way. He had not chosen a field where special traits would be a penalty, so there was no change in Seoyoon’s daily life.664d28a201d02c76

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‘Hey, what’s really different about omegas? They look the same as betas on the outside.’2832110e31e096ba

‘Both men and women, omegas are totally different from betas. I heard their parts are shaped differently?’87c4201a65a00832

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‘Hey, is that true? Can we take a look?’b384d73d122fe7e0

He thought there would 9b100646fc be no change. Until he experienced this.21a0df2915aede98

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Surrounded by snickering laughter aacc891390 and vulgar curiosity, Seoyoon 0c291ff342 did not respond to 80b1d886d8 them. It was not 2dc073513a out of fear 0fa97876d6 or shame, but 853fa633bc out of contempt ea7639fb20 and anger.28b78b839885733a

It was basic social knowledge, taught from elementary school, that each trait had slight differences in internal organ structure and function, hormone mechanisms, but no differences in appearance or mental aspects, and that discriminatory remarks against alphas and omegas should not be made. Disclosing an individual’s trait without their consent was a violation of privacy, and in some cases, legal disputes could arise.6f567354e2b729e2

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Even in 7c306655f1 high school, eb7e97a371 it was be26f7a2dd hard to f9b6861d88 find such 66424f168f fools, but f8074d50cd these were 272eab5629 people who c795ffaeaf were supposed 67710d404b to be 2bf2a51f35 college students.84a778e53c8e84a6

‘Did Han Seokyung tell you?’e06f809fc01664f4

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Seoyoon dropped the honorifics and asked bluntly. It was obvious without checking. The gang that was mocking him were his stepbrother’s friends.8c0a6b75f559aa44

He sighed at the cliché of the situation: his stepbrother had first thrown his recently diagnosed omega brother as fodder for vulgar gossip, and the guys, who were just Seokyung’s lackeys who were the sons of rich families, were insulting him to earn their keep.8eec6bc67fae35af

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Even though he had c731ee17d6 been receiving anti-discrimination education 9165e05a5c since he was a 9af0167b09 child, Seoyoon had never 4688959c86 seriously considered that being 0bb36bcc77 diagnosed as a trait f56fb7db7b meant having to endure 35132ced72 such harassment. Before being diagnosed, eb3390a503 everyone lives in 240a0e6c3b the category of 39c6e1108b beta, the majority 10b449fb5b of the world, 7beab23264 so it is 5a20c3b4bc something you cannot f41c05c746 know unless you bc67a61833 experience it.1b6866e2340c6086

‘Han Seokyung, he said. I feel sorry for Seokyung. He can’t even call the guy who lives with him “hyung.”‘a3941b6a72127087

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‘He said he’s pissed off because you’re cocky.’3953c580db70f1d7

‘Hey, can we take a look? Can we?’f838d42ceeac9f5a

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One of them finally reached out and pretended to pull down Seoyoon’s pants.eb123e69887215aa

‘Get out of my way!’4d32c8c5dbcc31f2

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He tried his best to shake him off, but it was difficult to beat a young man a few years older than him with muscular arms, probably from working out. In the end, Seoyoon swung the bag he was carrying and hit the guy’s head, then quickly ran up the stairs and locked the door.282753cb834c091d

‘Ugh, that hurts. I think I need to be hospitalized?’220515d76ae4e092

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‘Hey! Your brother wants to give you a good scolding. Open up!’
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The guys followed 5cf62703d1 him up and 75c3c0e60a knocked on the 194710d38f door, chuckling. Half panicked, Seoyoon 080571aa87 leaned against the 00293832e1 door and looked 70cb6fc972 for the cell e9c0add28c phone in his 83d8706849 school uniform pocket.44b499e405a839f7

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Even though he knew that his parents had left for a one-night couple’s trip and could not return immediately, he urgently called his father with trembling hands. As soon as he heard his voice, he burst into tears.4ff5bceeedac9ddd

Since he was 5e105f94e3 a child, Seoyoon 26f0b918ef had been excellent 621f264041 in academics and ce31ef821f good at drawing, a02d71ac94 often winning major f021bd7928 awards. His father 4a47502a58 was proud 2543bc6aa1 of the 690a1029d0 adopted son 81a85135ec who was 5aa171942d once his e2ff5a513d nephew, and 13d5e37e6d Seoyoon himself 9cc8aaa62d knew how d6d1eb2e41 much his da1e703c98 father cherished d3b3ec852d him. That sometimes manifested as fd084f6d2d favoritism, and his stepbrother, 26eac09a85 who was his real ab3a391303 son, had been jealous 7625574fe0 of him for a b0dc48fa45 long time.0a84bd6b0915bc4a

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Since he was diagnosed as an omega, his adoptive father’s pride had grown even more. He began to casually mention, as if it were a wish, that Seoyoon would one day form a relationship with an alpha from a good family and be of great help to the whole family.2ac63a74b9482d7e

But it was not Seoyoon’s fault that his father engaged in such behavior. If he was dissatisfied with his father’s favoritism, he should be angry with his father, not turn his anger on him, who was innocent and powerless. Seoyoon had always been dissatisfied with his stepbrother’s attitude in that regard.b8a507427e802fb6

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He thought it would be better to call his father than to report it to the police, considering the family’s reputation. That was all.d4fbce88ecb7b2fb

His father, c8199cec1d who could 69fbadcd7f not return 4fc5e87ade immediately, sent 295ddc2397 a close fe91218c52 associate from 8a6213a355 his company 12422e724b to the 7fd624f061 house instead, 1ca95f4d3a and fortunately, 872ad42fbb the commotion 35d0436449 was immediately 39f5189f19 suppressed. Those who had 844c4b53d6 threatened Seoyoon glossed d34a59c490 over the situation bbc55732ac by saying that 3d69c1b382 they had been cb40d8a831 playing too rough. But his father, who 031935334e had heard the whole 1653a597ea story, was furious and 7bf239afae called the brothers to 8fc200aa97 his study at the f74f679cac same time.877b07a1296916f7

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Seoyoon sat in a chair, and Seokyung knelt in front of him, his head almost touching the ground. His father stood with a golf club in his hand, tapping Seokyung’s thigh and muttering sadly.f76e1b8ea402a3ac

‘You’re his brother, but you couldn’t protect him, and you let your friends say such things?’ec12a8c19dd874d3

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‘I’m sorry.’63e6f137975d9074

‘Those guys! Friends! Bringing them into my house! Disgracing the family!’e440c4d2fb84f977

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With each scream, the golf club whistled through the air, striking Seokyung’s thighs and buttocks indiscriminately. At the sound of the unfamiliar cries, Seoyoon, stiff as a board, flinched.798bd65ca6c929e0

‘Father, I was wrong! Please, spare me, I was wrong! I didn’t know they would do that either!’b951c33d652a36c3

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Seokyung, unable 1864d6d0ab to withstand 215172d86e the beating 679d7c4e44 any longer, bc3adbff09 finally collapsed 15e8a5f3a4 to the 1693a1db33 ground, begging 213988b9a5 for forgiveness c19cafa6d0 in a edabcd39fa desperate wail. His father, f7a05ef5eb who had 91895b396a been thrashing d6943a5cd3 his son, c5494c2275 wiped his 36e87937c9 sweat and 52e1338059 tossed the c0a0eb3f7f golf club 9b517ef6af to the bd38374297 floor with c4cbf8dab0 a clang. He sighed 355c0bc151 as if cd23e2399d the earth fdac4ac0d5 would cave 7be749893c in.91beeb9c8c617df9

‘You two aren’t children anymore. Learn from this.’e87f11b512f4c619

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‘……’da8e17b071496a4a

‘You need to behave yourselves. The time for ‘he’s young, it’s okay,’ or ‘he’s immature, he can’t help it’ is over! Everything you do reflects on your father and mother! I go around praising you two as brothers with such great affection, and then you pull a stunt like this? What am I supposed to do if rumors start spreading? Behave yourselves in everything you do!’aa9e28d100f92ed7

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‘We’re sorry.’ Seoyoon and Seokyung said simultaneously, bowing their heads. Seoyoon didn’t know exactly what he was sorry for, but he sincerely meant it.a8803a568b904132

Trouble between the brothers, and the scolding that followed, had been a daily occurrence since his brother, who had been reasonably friendly at first, began to hate him. But this was the first time they had involved outsiders and created a real threat. Seoyoon, terrified that they would break down the door and actually do something to him, had no choice but to appeal to his parents’ authority.02fd925765af367f

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He was just 7252bd89a8 relieved that the 75cb278167 situation had ended e307382f77 without further incident; b148b537c1 he never imagined aad88b7f8b his father would 8d94b6add5 beat his brother 73e48d84dc like that. His strong and strict c76299d515 father often raised his f7aef0b506 voice and occasionally resorted fd5bd796d0 to physical punishment, but 4374fad8dc raw violence with a 9b5ff05a27 golf club was a 1b3c7a8c52 new experience for both ccfad985e0 sons.5da2e0b719bb7ee5