A Happy Ending with My Pheromone-Deficient Beauty of a Childhood Friend

Ji Yulin was a late bloomer and eventually presented as an omega. He was born with a disability. He had a crush on Pei Ren, but because of his physical condition, he carefully hid his feelings. Ji Yulin underwent gland surgery, and his unspoken love for Pei Ren died with it. His plan to pursue his childhood friend, an alpha, was abandoned before he even got started. Ji Yulin decided they should go back to being just good friends. ** Pei Ren had presented as an alpha very young. He was rated S+, handsome and refined, proper yet wicked, with all the traits of a top-tier alpha. He had no shortage of admirers, but had always remained single. He had vaguely told people that he liked beautiful female omegas. The only omega close to Pei Ren was his childhood friend, Ji Yulin. When their friends and family tried to set him up with Ji Yulin, Pei Ren smiled carelessly and said, "We're not right for each other. We're just brothers." As his young friend reached adulthood and needed the comfort of pheromones, Pei Ren jokingly told him that if he wanted to date, he could introduce him to an S+ alpha. He'd personally vetted them all. When his young friend started seeing the alpha he'd introduced, Pei Ren became distracted, restless on the verge of losing his temper. The thought of someone touching Ji Yulin, of someone marking him, made Pei Ren instantly uneasy and furious. How could those devious alphas be allowed to touch Ji Yulin? Later, it turned out the devious alpha was Pei Ren himself. It was a bitterly cold winter night. The moment Ji Yulin stepped through the door, a wave of heat surged up behind him, nearly drowning him in its embrace. Ji Yulin endured kisses that seemed ready to consume him, his fingers gently tracing the handsome, stern face before him. Pei Ren had spent so long on the battlefield that the lazy look in his eyes had faded years ago, replaced by a solemn, sharp intensity. The time they spent together had grown increasingly precious. More often than not, Pei Ren would gaze at him with quiet, profound focus. Ji Yulin murmured, "I can't help feeling... you've changed so much." Pei Ren rasped, "Have I?" He poured the longing from their two months apart over Ji Yulin. The scent of cedar wrapped around the gentle sweetness of raspberries, like a scorching cold flame licking him passionately. "No matter how many years pass, I will always be devoted to loving you, Yulin." A gentle, elegant omega with a congenital disability X a handsome, wicked alpha with overwhelming protectiveness (in their youth) An elegant beauty and pianist as the bottom / a stern, devoted military officer as the top (in adulthood) PS: Some personal headcanons. The top dotes on the bottom. At first, he thinks he likes beautiful female omegas, and loves the bottom without realizing it, constantly doting on him and getting jealous until he finally figures it out. The original high school setting came with too many restrictions and was hard to write, so I've changed some of the plot points and the background. The main characters' names and most of the setup remain the same. Blurb revised on 220426 Theme: Whether young or old, I will always love you as I did at the beginning