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2022-02-09
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Secret Secret

Summary:

A Hyunlix story

Lee Felix has a secret, and a big one at that. He's an omega, surrounded by purely alpha family members. Because of this rare phenomenon, and his recessive gene he is able to disguise himself as a Beta.

Hwang Hyunjin is an Alpha. Basically the picture-book perfect version of one. Handsome, talented and powerful - a dominant Alpha, the cream of the crop that everyone admires and adores.

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At first glance one would think that the two had no similarities and lived in different worlds, however they practically grew up together.

Although they once thought they knew each other well, lots of things are actually left unsaid. While struggling with the constant pressure of school, society and matters of the heart, what will become of these two unlikely men when they clash once agin?

Notes:

A/B/O Setting:

There's regular normal people in the world, but about ten percent of the world's population presents as a shifter, regular people know about them. Other entities exist but they are much more obscure.

There are primary and secondary sexes, the primary sex is A, B or O, as far as gender/genderidentity goes, people are as diverse as it gets. Usually one would only differentiate the primary gender because it is what has the most impact.

Alphas usually have sharp and defined features, they are considered predators and are often fit and good looking. They can shift between their animal and human form completely. They make up 5% of the, with a fraction of a single percentage consisting of "dominant" alphas. Due to a strong sense of competitiveness and a broad spectrum of skills, they are often leading figures such as CEOs and politicians or turn toward the entertainment industry.

They usually have a domineering and deep scent, which they usually choose to be obscured by scent-blockers, it is the polite thing to do when in company of others.

Betas make up about 94% of the shifters, They have the ability to shift to a hybrid form and can utilize the strength of their respective animal partially.

Omegas are often smaller and with soft features. They usually sport animal like appendages that cannot be hidden and they are unable to shift. They are very rare, only filling the last 1% of the community.

Whether ones sex is male or female, Alphas are able to impregnate (and to get pregnant - albeit unusual) and Omegas are able get pregnant (or impregnate - albeit very rare.)

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Ch.1

Chapter Text

Felix' POV:

My life has always been a little different from others. When I was young, that thought never occurred to me, since it was all I was used to, also my evaluation hadn't come out at that time.
After all, children under the age of six are all equal.

There's nothing that actually differentiates them from each other. They might come from different families of different backgrounds, some might be inherently rich or poor, good or bad looking or differently talented.

But all these factors don't count in our society, as the first evaluation at the age of eight, can change the recipient's life, as well as that of their families.

In our current society, the first evaluation is like an uncertain lottery ticket. If you are really lucky, you might just win the grand prize, but the chances are extremely low.

However there are also the kinds of people, rich enough to buy thousands of tickets and obviously, their chances are a completely different matter.

However, thankfully the rich can't actually pay money to win this specific lottery, as it is more like a shell of fortune: completely random.

However for some people the stakes are still majorly different than those of others. I am of course speaking of genetics.

They might not be one hundred percent accurate, however there are guides in the way to cheat the system and the most surefire way is to simply breed in the correct way.

Excuse me if that sounds animalistic, but that's exactly what it is. All classes and genders of people can be together and conceive children, however whether or not those children will become successful in their future is a major concern for lots of parents.

There's people that don't want their children to be shifters, as it brings a different type of societal pressure with it, but loads of people secretly hope for a shifter child. Anyone can be a shifter. Even if born from regular parents, as long as a dominant bloodline shines though, there can be a sudden reveal. Of course, lots of shifters conceive with other shifters birth out of convenience and also physicality. Well added comes the situation with pheromones, every creature releases them, but only some supernaturals can distinguish them. This is why Shifter-Alphas and Omegas find each other so well, they just work well together.

Incredibly so in fact. Their natures are drawn to each other and what one might lack get's made up by the other. This is the reason why basically all Alphas are searching for an Omega.
Not just any but theirs. Their perfect other half, and although most of them settle somewhere else in the end, it doesn't really matter. They might fall in love with someone and forget all about it.
That's the way it is and always has been.

I also dreamt of being a successful alpha, marrying a pretty Omega and living together happily ever after...

And then I fell in love with my best friend at the tender age of five.

Hwang Hyunjin... if one were to open a dictionary, his picture might just pop up next to the word perfection - [pəˈfekʃən] = probably Hwang Hyunjin.

He really was a creature worth admiring. When he protected me from a rabid dog at the playground even though he was scared to death as well, I fell for him. Hard. And I never recovered from it.
That was the point at which I decided to forget my dream of meeting an Omega.

After the incident we quickly became close friends. Whenever we were together, I found myself falling for him even more. It was almost scary.

Hyunjin was a bit older than me, but not a lot. He was always taller than me though. And despite this, he always moved with a certain elegance.

I wasn't a scrawny kid, but I certainly wasn't him. However, both my parents had been Alphas so I was convinced I would be one too, just like how I supposed Hyunjin was.

It didn't matter, Alphas were considered as the leaders and they would naturally be attracted to a suiting mate. Two Alphas being together was great actually, after all the chances of producing powerful offspring was just that much higher.

I only worried about this: Hyunjin saw me as his best friend, and I knew that all too well. However, one thing gave me hope.

He said that he would never be together with an Omega, that meant I had at least that hurdle out of the way.

I never dug deeper into why exactly he was so adamantly against the one thing all Alphas desired, and I didn't care anyway, it was perfect for me!

If only…