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In this world, there are 3 different sexes you are born with, in addition to your normal sex. You have male and female. And then you have Alpha, Beta and Omega.
Alphas are the top of the food chain. They’re (typically) smart, good looking and good at just about everything they put their mind to. If we put a label on them, they’d be the Uncommon to Rare type.
Betas are average. They’re just normal people who don’t have to deal with things like pheromones or heats or ruts. They’re the most common and take up a large portion of the population.
Lastly, you have Omegas. Omegas used to be at the bottom of the pyramid due to their heat cycles and inability to control their pheromones. They couldn’t work for very long because heats tend to last a week and sometimes they could be unstable and their heats can come at random. Although nowadays, they’re about on par with Betas in terms of social standing thanks to the medications that have come out. Now the main difference is that Omegas have a super high fertility rate. If we put a label on them, female omegas are on the Super Rare tier while male Omegas are on the Ultra Rare tier.
I am Miyano Yoshikazu and I am an Omega.
My mom tells me stories sometimes about how it was when she was a kid, about how parents of Omega children would apologize to them for being born an Omega. She remembers how her mom cried when she found out her daughter was an Omega and how growing up people kept her at a distance, even though it wasn’t something she could control.
It’s not like that now though. Medicine and suppressants have come a long way and now, as long as an Omega is properly taking their meds (it’s now a daily pill instead of an injection that you use once your heat starts), they can live totally normal lives.
“Yoshi-kun?” My mom knocked on the door to my room as I was getting all my things together. “Are you up? You don’t want to be late for school,”
“Yes, I’m coming!” I called out and grabbed the few things I had left on my desk and shoved them into my bag.
I quickly went to the kitchen and sat down as my dad also came to the table. My mom set the last of breakfast onto the table and sat down herself, “Are you sure you’re going to be okay, Yoshi-kun?”
“I’ll be fine, mom.”
“Relax, dear,” My dad said, gently taking her hand. “He’s been taking his medicine. He’ll be fine. It’s not like it was when we were kids,”
“Oh, I know. But this is a mixed school. It’s not just Betas and Omegas, it’s Alphas, too!” My mom cried.
“Mom, I’ll be fine. This school is known for being super safe for Omegas even though they have Alphas. And it’s not like I haven’t been around Alphas before,”
“Sure, but the only Alpha you’re constantly around is your father. That’s very different from an Alpha you met in school.” She said and I sighed and shared a look with my dad. He shrugged. There wasn’t really anything we could do to abate her worries.
And what she said was true. My dad was an Alpha and my mom was an Omega. They weren’t fated to be together or anything like that, as they liked to say, my mom just happened to be an Omega and my dad just happened to be an Alpha. Even if one or both of them were a different sex, they liked to say they would have still ended up together.
“Oh! If you don’t hurry you’re going to be late. Both of you,” My mom suddenly switched gears and quickly cleaned up our finished breakfast.
I went to the front door while my dad went go to collect the things he needed for work. “I’m off!” I called out to them.
“Take care!” My mom waved from the kitchen, trying her best to hide her worry. I waved back and made my way to the train station.
I had made sure to leave some extra time just in case something happened, and luckily got to the station with time to spare. The last thing I wanted was to be late on my first day of high school. I got on the train once it pulled in and after a quick glance, saw that the majority of the seats were taken, despite the early hour. I debated going onto the Omega only car but decided against it, just in case anyone from my new school saw me. I personally didn’t care that I was an Omega but I still didn’t want it broadcasted to the entire student body.
I sighed and pulled out the student handbook. It wasn’t a very long train ride to the station at the school but it wasn’t a short one either and it wasn’t like I could bring my manga with me to school. The train stopped twice and on the second stop, as the doors slowly opened I smelled… something. It wasn’t an unpleasant smell and it wasn’t overpowering or anything like that but it caught my attention all the same. I looked up, trying to figure out where it was coming from when my eyes landed on a very tall man with dyed brown hair and piercings standing on the platform on the other side of the door, looking just as confused as I was.
He was covering his nose but when he looked up our eyes locked and I froze. His eyes went from cold and hard to soft and warm in an instant and I quickly felt a heat rising on the nape of my neck as my heart began to pound. We stared at each other like that, completely frozen until the doors shut and the train began to move again.
I took a deep, shaky breath as I was suddenly able to move again, and put a hand over my heart, trying to calm it down. It still felt like my heart was trying to jump out of my chest.
“Are you okay?” A woman asked with concern, as apparently seeing me crouched over and clutching my chest. I tried to respond but my voice got stuck in my throat and all I could do was shake my head. They seemed to realize something was wrong and quickly guided me to the door to the Omega car and helped get settled there. The woman got off the train before I did, but said to go to an attendant at the next stop if I didn’t feel better, but luckily, sitting down really helped. I fanned myself with my student notebook, trying my best to delay the fever that had suddenly hit me. By the time the train stopped at the correct station, I was feeling completely normal… minus the confusion about what had caused those sudden symptoms in the first place.