[Dark, powerful Viper Alpha with a spider-tail disguise x cold-faced, adorable Sapphire Ornamental Tarantula Omega]
In his previous life, Zhu Xi was utterly alone. Reborn into an ABO world as a Beta, he had loving parents and an older brother, and everything was wonderful.
Until his seventeenth birthday, when he saw six furry legs growing out of his reflection in the mirror and fainted on the spot.
Zhu Xi had differentiated as an Omega.
Those six legs, gleaming with a beautiful metallic blue sheen, were the mark of Sapphire Ornamental Tarantula genes.
Rare. Precious.
His family had worried he would feel sad about being the only one who was different, so they had never shown their beast forms around him. Now, they no longer held back.
Their once warm and loving home became a three-A-rated tourist attraction: the Spider Cave.
But Zhu Xi was terrified of spiders!
Zhu Xi discovered the secret of the Beta who was usually the least noticeable person around.
He cornered him in a little dark room and delivered a classic villain's line.
"I know your secret. If you don't want me to tell anyone, you'll have to do what I say. You're not a Beta. You're a spider too, right?"
Yin Shuo: "...Right."
To avoid unnecessary trouble, Yin Shuo had always presented himself as a Beta.
He never expected the usually elegant and aloof Zhu Xi to approach him of his own accord.
And ask to see his beast form.
Faced with those beautiful eyes looking up at him pleadingly, Yin Shuo agreed to the request that was basically *harassment.
He stood in the shadows and released the sinister, crawling "spider."
Then Zhu Xi screamed and bolted through the door.
Yin Shuo: "..."
The same thing happened a second time, then a third.
Yin Shuo watched Zhu Xi insist on taking him to the little dark room again. "?"
Zhu Xi found it hard to explain. "I'm really afraid of spiders. If I let it show at home, my family will be heartbroken! I think seeing them more often might help me get over it. Can you help me?"
Yin Shuo smiled as he cupped his face. "I'll help you, as many times as you like... But this time, you can't run away."
Zhu Xi was deeply grateful. "I absolutely won't run away!"
But it seemed he'd made a fatal mistake.
"You can look for as long as you like, Xixi."
Cold snake scales coiled against his skin. Wrapped in Yin Shuo's pheromones, Zhu Xi went limp in his arms, his face flushed and his breathing ragged.
Then he saw the fake spider at the end of the snake's tail, and his whole world came crashing down.
"Liar! You're not a spider at all!"
He was afraid of spiders, but he was even more afraid of snakes!
Rumor had it that Zhu Xi, an Omega of a rare species, was dating a Beta.
"A BO relationship? That's pretty brave."
Zhu Xi set the record straight. "He's a Viper Alpha."
"...That's even braver!"
* My personal headcanons are everywhere.
The blurb was screenshotted and saved on August 9, 2026.
Theme: Love can help people overcome their fears.
