When Lin Jianyan was sixteen, he presented as an Alpha.
From then on, he pretended to be a Beta.
It wasn't until college that he and his junior, Lin Shiyu, moved out of the dorms and rented a place together.
Lin Shiyu had no idea Lin Jianyan was an Omega.
So Lin Jianyan began taking suppressants and getting inhibitor shots like crazy. When he had neither medicine nor injections, he would lock the door and hide from Lin Shiyu.
Ever since he had hidden from everyone that he was a Beta, Lin Jianyan had never let anyone into his room.
Because the room was filled with the scent of his pheromones.
He thought he could keep up the act for a long time, until the day his lie was exposed.
Lin Shiyu had recently picked up a new habit.
Or rather, a bad one. He knew Lin Jianyan couldn't smell it. How could a Beta smell pheromones? So he had no qualms. He wanted this scent to seep into every corner of the apartment, into Lin Jianyan's clothes, his pillow, his skin. He wanted everyone to know that Lin Jianyan belonged to him. Even if no one else could smell it, it was enough that he knew.
It was a secret, almost pathological possessiveness.
He knew this habit was far too perverse.
But he just couldn't stop. Every time he saw Lin Jianyan sitting across from him at dinner, every time he saw that stretch of fair nape when Lin Jianyan lowered his head, every time he saw his cheeks turn faintly red from the "heat," he wanted to release even more pheromones, to wrap him up completely, to make him smell entirely of him.
Even though Lin Jianyan couldn't smell it.
Even though it was a one-man revel.
He was more than happy with that.
He suddenly laughed, thinking he was a pervert.
But so what?
Lin Jianyan didn't know, anyway.
He never would.
Without a word, he grabbed Lin Jianyan by the wrist and dragged him outside.
He paid no attention to Lin Jianyan's feelings. "Let go! Are you crazy? That hurts! Let go!"
Lin Shiyu dragged him into a narrow alley. Lin Jianyan was just about to speak when something soft pressed against his lips, silencing him.
This kiss was nothing like the gentle ones before. His urgent kiss was fiercely possessive, leaving Lin Jianyan's mind completely blank.
He tried to push him away, but was held down.
Lin Shiyu was nearly driven mad by what Liang Xu had said. Jealousy took root in his heart.
Content warnings: The love interest and the protagonist met long ago, and the love interest already liked the protagonist back then.
The romance moves quickly. They like each other because of their looks, and only fall in love after spending time together. Their initial reasons for liking each other are very superficial.
The protagonist is a heartthrob, popular with everyone.
Seductive, gentle love interest (?) x aloof, looks-conscious protagonist (?)
Love interest: jasmine and gardenia scent. Protagonist: jasmine and pre-rain Longjing tea scent.
Blurb started on 2023.1.2
Theme: To be added
