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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.cf6a5db8731e84ba

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.628f37401d3d7284

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“Since I live alone, I don’t have any clothes that Seoyoon would be able to wear.”f220ada6a7c35e74

Even as 8103991b29 he said 93943869f8 that, Kijung a4b6419592 handed him 40a1cee5eb a set f47d9e38ab of clothes. Seoyoon, who had 4a9f08a75d thought he would ad49d61745 have to lie 4199f14492 down naked, accepted b815f87743 it with a 7ab3db30fd slightly dazed expression.277aa7f76b385872

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It was a pajama 3568580739 shirt with a very 22001749e1 smooth texture. Seoyoon, who wanted caf6e316a1 to cover his 716077cf7f body anyway, put 60d08834b7 on the clothes 9965e286ac without hesitation, but 52e14eafd4 as expected, the 1808fa8284 size was too 14771373d8 large, and the 6f604a08ef hem and sleeves 9c1baa7724 drooped down. Kijung, who 9b8353d069 was watching b6d8f2700a him, wore 757a2bfd33 a faint 3d1ac10e4b smile.bceea34f3927d59d

“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.”8d50264d3eac4d45

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No matter ccb1a39ab7 how much 549723f56d the past bcabfaaa0e becomes a 5678f8ea8a memory when 973be387a7 you look 41febdbf3a back on 1592a12691 it, the bff079935f frustration Seoyoon fe99fa454e felt on 2ad0e8e005 the day ae2be17d91 of the fea1ce8ff6 blind date 892e8d9102 had not 6f0d27b06d yet faded bca23878f1 enough to 91dfc74641 be laughed 2bc5ec0cc1 off. Instead of responding to 4b7a750699 his jest, Seoyoon gave cc73686c5c him an answer that 4382d603b6 slightly changed the subject.76837732d97c0a93

“I still have the shirt you lent me. I’ll be sure to return it next time.”9b189978929dd8bd

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“You don’t have to bring it. Dispose of it as you see fit. You can throw it away.”ea8503de4b05858d

He knew 38bc287ed3 he would 106b011f9e say that, b1d04b84a7 but he 04611ee986 was reluctant 7cfb0f2bdb to turn 79587ba59d it into 96bb955d61 trash. Seoyoon replaced his answer 0371319336 with a bitter smile.e7bccce13034a70d

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“It’s late, so you must be very tired?”96c06f419803e2cf

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.34665e8984648f16

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“I’m not.”076fafe81886ba64

“I’ve changed my mind. Let’s just sleep tonight.”3a88843667b0f703

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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.29b4e609cbe812c9

Could he have made bdccd6d33b a mistake without realizing 58fa180646 it? Had he already 1186145d27 discovered something he 2ac96cba23 disliked after spending 6f41828b3d so much time 01151179b9 together? In a 7f0cf4f3d7 few short 68889859b1 seconds, all c0c7b8884f sorts of 7b273d6046 thoughts complicated bd06fa65ee his mind. Perhaps his 8d29523b8a expression had be9905ea55 become quite f1833a4062 dark, as 71cb03af4c Kijung, who a715dddab6 was looking b9651f5af9 at Seoyoon, 0676d13bb2 chuckled.93e989c248fcf61d

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“Why do you look disappointed?”67bf756f06d3904c

“No, it’s not that. I was just wondering if I had… made a mistake.”a516473792e0755c

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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.”3f482330ccf43710

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.92583becd53afbb4

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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.”34b24aae6dc969dc

“…It’s okay. I came here expecting that much.”83acc1a9a763ba11

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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.”c610274fd3383f4b

“But Chairman Kwon is also…”cc31ef1233a142c7

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“An alpha. That’s why he says that.”53b4027bc8a02c9e

Seoyoon was already d400b332ca lying down. The cloud-like 1484c119ba bed that c43aa6f58a lightly wrapped fbab859998 around and 4dacfcf84b supported his a92471f562 body was 28653ae52c very cozy, 9dc9ec4f2e but his 4e65845f3d heart felt 55349c8f51 as uncomfortable a06e2261fe as if 682fa48945 he were 91eedc78f4 lying on 2cb059efcc a bed 30d8c9b6be full of ccf1c4c19e gravel. To save face, Seoyoon 6e9d928e4b spoke in a small 7cd4bafa3f voice.9734168bbd45f201

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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.”285fadb78afef0ee

“That’s not true. You were about to go home because your brother called earlier.”ec3a5bc6dafe1de5

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“Why is that…”985bb7ad53dc1119

“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?”eb3298704c8a328e

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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.56b27e24e24a6c33

“I’ll be careful.”e4ffbe18d143cf2c

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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.cad02333ad94e64a

After looking down at 50786fe619 Seoyoon, who was lying 2c5a8a8706 straight on the bed, a060d7fcfc for a moment, Kijung 604b5342f2 got up and said f05b265b0a goodbye.5ed5f965ec4cb48d

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“I’ll see you in the morning.”b6bf0a56dc0895f7

“Are you going to sleep right away too, Director?”583f1312b6bbeaae

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“Well, I’m going to review a few things and then lie down.”aae81af89c3f9c9c

“Good night.”38cf152d0aa369f3

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Seoyoon, who watched his 19d060c265 silhouette as he left a31e93e1f0 the room without hesitation 99826a090d after giving a short 53c2621b73 nod, straightened his head f738ac7d0f and blinked awkwardly in d9d03cea04 the darkness.64b51b9d0f27790f

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.4f22b80acae4cf62

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‘I can’t sleep well when I sleep in a different place…’d4184169570fb6ee

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.7f5845d94dee181c

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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.044f69b237ab31ec

…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.bbe68fbf68c63fab

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Seoyoon gradually relaxed, 2b8358c060 closed his eyes, 1da5e58c0b and quietly waited e92c139803 for his mental edf8732458 switch to turn 4b7f0ff3a2 off.481dfb955c90346e

‘You’re Seokyung’s younger brother, right? I heard you’re an omega?’6407b5d37a8e04f3

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It was around dc0f0b1105 the age of ada99a05db seventeen.d0dbd3432699107c

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.c1cf0cfe9d58addd

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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.130ce90026fb8f1b

The first test for 6b736e3fab special traits is conducted 28087a51ec during the period of 490a0d0300 compulsory education in elementary 74ee4646ff school, but the final 68aa85a579 diagnosis is usually made 77571349ff in the late teens, 5fb840738a when secondary sexual characteristics 122e23e6df stabilize. Han Seoyoon b1fda92045 was no 74c029522e exception, and 5c37d32dac the result 9ffd949d59 of the 7e57781f0d first test, 4c29c950b1 which only 9244a542cf stated that 097b323b1c there was 2426f9af03 a high f1f4b8884e probability of 088b7c2d03 developing a 75ee623e07 special trait, 819b6a44a1 was changed 76bb97ea7e to a 3ebcc961bc final notice 971e1257e1 stating that 68457db7f9 he had f96e7a0be9 been diagnosed 3c026b88a4 as an 0235d572cb omega in 9b24c0ce7f the third e2debd8d7d test conducted 2de4416b86 after entering 748fced31a high school.63dc04fbebf5de18

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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.0625fc68e7f5294f

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.2071734dcf79c9fb

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‘Hey, what’s really different about omegas? They look the same as betas on the outside.’f9c2e45d593b8832

‘Both men and women, omegas are totally different from betas. I heard their parts are shaped differently?’8ab820df61b99227

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‘Hey, is that true? Can we take a look?’f51f0a4ba0c8d117

He thought there e4261e53ea would be no 92b2acfa20 change. Until he experienced 7008abb94f this.fff1d34caab5d229

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Surrounded by snickering f5ca74381a laughter and vulgar 29e04facfc curiosity, Seoyoon did 4fb5de7371 not respond to 83f39c1354 them. It was not f7cfb1e25f out of fear cd466353dc or shame, but ed42232ea6 out of contempt 4f92192c41 and anger.e5bfb7e84db9d1f2

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.7c0e5a9186f433a1

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Even in 350602b5dc high school, 76518cb2ad it was c5d456e7c1 hard to 5dc9748bb2 find such c2be024975 fools, but 2a48200d33 these were 1483b735ca people who 5cfcd5bc51 were supposed 7fbe2faf1d to be 837b5f8a48 college students.276c9e811bb933a7

‘Did Han Seokyung tell you?’62c1f58205fcd174

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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.267e471b578e4afe

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.c3761b5658ff2c60

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Even though he 0b4050224f had been receiving 95c0d11daf anti-discrimination education since d9e911272e he was a 6f833a27c1 child, Seoyoon had 4b41675d80 never seriously considered 24787e70e8 that being diagnosed ffffa92dca as a trait f81fa99999 meant having to bf07b3d282 endure such harassment. Before being diagnosed, everyone a17f3ddbba lives in the category b5a1d0af55 of beta, the majority df4161f012 of the world, so 2b9c6f75de it is something you 15ab88080d cannot know unless you 214c8c7208 experience it.1e4fa1e22bce0041

‘Han Seokyung, he said. I feel sorry for Seokyung. He can’t even call the guy who lives with him “hyung.”‘c9a170a233a4fc8c

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‘He said he’s pissed off because you’re cocky.’d77a059221613cbe

‘Hey, can we take a look? Can we?’1874b7f25016ee29

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One of them finally reached out and pretended to pull down Seoyoon’s pants.77a4bb110d2d679f

‘Get out of my way!’e6e29fbb05ef24a9

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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.3dff1b7a2c31a2c7

‘Ugh, that hurts. I think I need to be hospitalized?’5c7689447a9d529f

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‘Hey! Your brother wants to give you a good scolding. Open up!’
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The guys followed him 686e564c57 up and knocked on 57eaa48f81 the door, chuckling. Half panicked, Seoyoon 78430b3df8 leaned against the 11501fdce6 door and looked e1f086b9cf for the cell 02352ad7fe phone in his 5802c15427 school uniform pocket.bd31aab8a3c91295

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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.70d8ad0ede9a1472

Since he cc98d3e834 was a 6c9dce910b child, Seoyoon 1f52d37951 had been 821a0749aa excellent in 0461f265e7 academics and fc78ebce0d good at a2cb0bd5ba drawing, often 60c25d8d45 winning major cd9aa12eb3 awards. His father was 1e57b94833 proud of the c80301b629 adopted son who 9c3fd84209 was once his 2159657de3 nephew, and Seoyoon 2655572b51 himself knew how 6c73e4861b much his father 59cda4a98f cherished him. That sometimes manifested e90bb4fde7 as favoritism, and f8bb209be6 his stepbrother, who b138d5ed0c was his real 3a94bb6fda son, had been f935a1cbab jealous of him bf614ba96c for a long 0a1ef66b0c time.7c469fcf14958964

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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.72ee6e80c1f10b64

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.7848880196381505

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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.3139ebb2a2591727

His father, b57dc70c50 who could 6db3c46ac4 not return 04b65cc38c immediately, sent 70037d6616 a close e398112e9c associate from c408493910 his company 88ba0612c9 to the 57d74451fb house instead, edc50f4204 and fortunately, 0a01a34f12 the commotion 81dadf4c2f was immediately 1059c68c38 suppressed. Those who had cc68987c91 threatened Seoyoon glossed ea4bb3200b over the situation ced322294a by saying that 5f5d5c74fd they had been 2f9473a6b1 playing too rough. But his c23e5ebfea father, who 79619b5060 had heard de0d1dca71 the whole 09bc7895d0 story, was 76c2a41c7f furious and 84d2859685 called the e3f93af9d1 brothers to e6b2f4b101 his study 949f0168e2 at the 005278b972 same time.28420267952b1d09

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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.fc39ae1d9eb1f9b0

‘You’re his brother, but you couldn’t protect him, and you let your friends say such things?’b5884de913c9caaa

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‘I’m sorry.’b903b1f691d1c7ba

‘Those guys! Friends! Bringing them into my house! Disgracing the family!’426caea3f36e5606

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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.a14b126518a3c742

‘Father, I was wrong! Please, spare me, I was wrong! I didn’t know they would do that either!’754e5c3455018d31

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Seokyung, unable 4585761a47 to withstand f3e1a0919f the beating 6d4bf0a12f any longer, 26c3a7bb1c finally collapsed 87ca36599b to the 43297f6002 ground, begging fff2dc1eab for forgiveness c9685aa9de in a 5898d73c55 desperate wail. His father, who had 5cc5a1c898 been thrashing his son, e0d30eab5e wiped his sweat and cac2dfcb83 tossed the golf club 94f2e6bb88 to the floor with a7f71c8683 a clang. He sighed as if 8faedad2a7 the earth would cave 7ba3d689b2 in.d58a385b0bf0e362

‘You two aren’t children anymore. Learn from this.’cb68a89c005b06fc

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‘……’a3ddb47c951e5092

‘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!’cb0aabff8dd627de

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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.d5d8d96ab6aaec93

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.4c0e14e30c035e82

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He was just bf8e76e31f relieved that the 072247cf29 situation had ended 1c32894008 without further incident; e6ab177bf1 he never imagined 6e61ee5233 his father would 937bb45054 beat his brother 593833c1e4 like that. His strong 4bf4853605 and strict fb354ddf2c father often 55a9ad24c1 raised his 38b4549cc3 voice and 5dbedfbd52 occasionally resorted 21854354a9 to physical 61066a021d punishment, but ed9fe7cb34 raw violence 8941f6415e with a 63eca52ac1 golf club 5cb0ef9649 was a 7076021dfd new experience e8cd861ee7 for both 113d4eb889 sons.11b208be21536b26