Marked After My Pheromones Spilled

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Tang Ruan inherited his parents' alpha genes, only to end up as a sweet omega after his second gender manifested.

And the only person around when it happened was Pei Qihe, the aloof top student in his class.

They say Pei Qihe is cold and hard to approach, and never makes the first move to befriend anyone.

They say Pei Qihe is a top-tier alpha, but no one has ever smelled his pheromones.

They say Pei Qihe has so many admirers that their love letters could fill a mountain, but he always turns them down politely. He has been single for over a decade.

Then, because of some mysterious promise, he stopped accepting anyone's love letters at all.

But why does the Pei Qihe Tang Ruan knows seem nothing like the one in those rumors?

When Tang Ruan can't do his homework and gets mocked for it, Pei Qihe tosses him his math assignment. "Hand this in for me."

When Tang Ruan goes into heat, Pei Qihe carries him to a hotel, then sits silently outside the door and keeps watch all night.

On Pei Qihe's back, Tang Ruan clearly catches a faint scent.

After falling for Pei Qihe, he finally works up the courage to write him a love letter.

Pei Qihe says, "Didn't I tell you I don't accept anyone's love letters? I made a promise to someone."

Tang Ruan: ...

He never thought that one day he'd pick up a rock and drop it on his own head.

Tang Ruan argues, "Do you really listen to that person so much? If they told you to be with them now, why wouldn't you listen?"

Pei Qihe pulls him into his arms and smiles. "I would."

I've been waiting for you to say it plainly.

Notes:

1. The story is mainly told from the receiving partner's point of view. The first part of Chapter One briefly uses the pursuing partner's perspective because of how the story begins, but after that it's all from the receiving partner's point of view.

2. The pursuing partner's pheromones smell like a faint mountain spring.

The receiving partner's pheromones smell like creamy, crisp peach. (Updated.)

An aloof, abstinent, doting alpha x an adorable, clingy, soft little rice-ball omega.

3. A feel-good, sweet romance.

Blurb for Falling in Love with My Rival After My Secret Is Exposed

[Younger man x older man / Sweet romance]

When Jiang Xian was fifteen, he spent the summer at his grandfather's house and met an eleven-year-old boy.

The little boy followed him everywhere, calling him "big brother," giving him snacks and cold soda, and even gifting him a jar full of sparkling fireflies.

When summer ended, the boy clung to Jiang Xian's waist, tears in his eyes. "Big brother! I'll grow up quickly and marry you. We'll get married and stay together forever, okay?"

Jiang Xian pried the skinny arms off his waist and yelled at his phone, "Stop talking! Get online!"

More than a decade later, Jiang Xian entered showbiz. His dazzling, alluring looks were a stark contrast to his goofy, chuunibyou personality.

During an interview, he accidentally spoke his mind and trashed the popular acting star Fu Boyuan. His fans scolded him so badly that he couldn't sleep well for half a month.

From then on, Jiang Xian unilaterally declared Fu Boyuan his rival.

One day, while in heat, he happened to see an app whose slogan was, "Every alpha you want is right here." He downloaded it, and the first man he found was just his type.

The man, whose screen name was "Erudite," was mature, steady, calm, and gentle.

Jiang Xian: Do you know the actor Fu Boyuan?

Erudite: Yeah.

Jiang Xian: He's so annoying. Doesn't he get tired of putting on an act all the time?

Erudite: Yeah.

Fu Boyuan silently made a note: Jiang Xian likes sincere people.

Not long afterward, Fu Boyuan himself clung to Jiang Xian, nuzzling frantically into the hollow of his neck. The cool, composed image he showed on camera was nowhere to be seen. He pouted, "Big brother, are you really not going to marry me? My pheromones smell amazing. I got bitten all over by mosquitoes catching fireflies for you back then, and I still have scars. Lift my shirt and look at my waist, please? Doesn't that count? Waaaah."

Note:

1. An elegant, aloof alpha in public and a sweet, clingy puppy in private x a goofy, chuunibyou omega and dazzling beauty.

Theme: Saving each other is what makes us each other's light.