[Pretend-gentle but truly tyrannical Alpha seme × Aloof to others, devoted puppy-like beautiful Omega uke]
Chen Ji looked after Lu Yuning for three years.
He spent those three years raising him from a penniless little beggar in the slums to the most popular social liaison at Star Academy.
In the end, all he got was, "Let's break up."
His Omega boyfriend threw himself into another Alpha's arms right in front of him, giving him a scornful glance.
"Chen Ji, let go. We're not right for each other."
"You can't give me what I want."
So Chen Ji said nothing and gave his blessing with a nod.
He was an excessively gentle Alpha: handsome, refined, easygoing, considerate, and attentive. Even his pheromones smelled like soft rain, quietly soaking into the earth.
But if he was so gentle that he could hand his own Omega over to someone else, then he was a coward.
In no time, Chen Ji became the laughingstock of Star Academy.
Everyone said that even the lowest-ranking Omega wouldn't want an Alpha like him, and that he was destined to spend his life alone.
Until Ye Huaici, the Empire's little prince and an S-rank Omega, transferred to the school. On his first day, he walked right up to Chen Ji in front of everyone, wearing a cold, alluring expression, and knocked on his desk.
"Marry me."
Chen Ji: "?"
That was sudden.
*
Everyone at Star Academy agreed that Ye Huaici was perfect in every way, except that he had terrible taste in Alphas.
Of all people, why had he chosen Chen Ji, who had no backbone at all and was dull and easygoing?
An Alpha like that probably even had a limp, ineffective mark, no good for intimidating anyone.
Then enemy forces invaded Star Academy and tried to kidnap Ye Huaici by force. The students in their ivory tower were all pale with fear when a terrifying wave of pheromones swept over them and made everyone bow in submission.
Amid countless stunned stares, Chen Ji took off his glasses and gave the enemy an arrogant, cruel smile.
"You're trying to take what's mine. Have you decided how you want to die?"
The empire's three great powers had long been kept awake at night by rumors of him. The top assassin, a bloodthirsty tyrant who had slaughtered countless people, the undisputed strongest Alpha, had come out of retirement after many years.
*
After learning Chen Ji's true identity, Lu Yuning shamelessly came to ask him to get back together.
But it was Ye Huaici who opened the door.
The beautiful Omega wore only a thin layer of clothing, stood in a languid pose, and was wrapped in pheromones that smelled like ocean tides as he bared his claws and declared his claim.
The little prince gave him a scornful glance, a wicked and dazzling smile playing at his lips.
"Thank you for giving him back to me."
"Now he's mine."
Reading guide:
* Older seme, slight age-gap grooming, a familiar scumbag-getting-his-comeuppance plot, and melodramatic ABO romance.
* Seme-led. Both leads love each other deeply. Extreme stan faction readers, please stay away. For plot purposes, the seme has an official but purely nominal ex-boyfriend, but he and the uke are each other's only partners in body and heart.
* A lighthearted outlet written on a whim. The style may be very different from my previous work, so proceed with caution. The author is an uncomplicated mutt who goes woof woof woof.
Theme: Love can overcome every hurt.
