The year Meng Youli presented as an Alpha, she finally managed to knock her nemesis, Lu Que, off the top spot they had shared on the overall rankings.
Everyone thought Lu Que would soon present as an Alpha too, and that the two would keep competing. After all, he was always stone-faced, cold, and good at fighting, nothing like a delicate Omega.
Yet Lu Que still hadn't presented, and Meng Youli kept beating him.
When someone looking for gossip asked Meng Youli what she thought about it, she wore her sweet, doll-like face and replied in a melodious voice:
"I hope my defeated opponent, Lu, can pull himself together soon. Even if he's destined to lose, he shouldn't give up!"
"He has to keep getting back up after every setback, keep fighting after every defeat, and see it through to the end!"
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Meng Youli thought Lu Que would never present. Since he could no longer threaten her, she gradually lost interest in him.
Until one day after class, Lu Que was looking down at his phone when a classmate who was about to fall grabbed his wrist. By accident, the classmate tugged down the black glove Lu Que had always worn on his left hand.
Lu Que quickly pulled the glove back into place, but Meng Youli's sharp eyes had already caught the secret beneath it: a hideous scar.
It looked frightening, and strangely familiar, too.
...The person she was flirting with seemed to have a scar just like that.
But the person she was flirting with was supposed to be a sweet, soft Omega!
In disbelief, Meng Youli went to check their chat history, only to see a message the other person had sent her half a minute earlier: [I'm out of class.]
The message above it was from the previous night, sent reluctantly after Meng Youli wouldn't stop pestering him.
A photo showing the lean curve of a boy's waist.
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Meng Youli didn't spread Lu Que's secret around.
On the contrary, after seeing all the sides of Lu Que that no one else knew about through a screen, Meng Youli, who had originally just wanted to tease him, gradually fell for him.
But just as she was hesitating over how to come clean
Lu Que's rut... arrived.
As Meng Youli watched helplessly while the boy was taken away to be quarantined, she received a message from him.
[I don't want to use suppressants.]
[They said... I can call my own Alpha.]
Meng Youli: Fuck!!!
*A scheming, pervy, sweet Alpha girl x an innocent, gullible, cool-guy Omega
*Some personal worldbuilding:
1. After presenting, people can use outside means to conceal their secondary gender, but they can't hide their rut or heat.
2. When pheromone concentrations reach a certain level, Omegas and Alphas can mutually mark each other.
*Jan. 22, 2022
Theme: Unity and friendship
