(I can't keep writing this story because I keep getting hung up on how many bathrooms an ABO world would have, and how anyone could tell at a glance whether someone is an Alpha, Beta, or Omega. After all, the protagonist starts as an Alpha, turns into an Omega, then turns back into an Alpha. I can't help thinking about these things. I put over forty thousand words into the outline alone, and another ten or twenty thousand into the character profiles, only to lose steam over these details. It hurts. It really hurts 😭)
The utterly straight Alpha Li Jiang is fond of abruptly ending relationships and jumping straight into new ones. He doesn't care when his Omega ex-boyfriends call him a womanizer and a scummy Alpha. He just keeps doing what he wants.
Then karma catches up with him. He unexpectedly goes through a second differentiation and becomes an Omega, and develops Pheromone Dysregulation Syndrome. His heat suppressants stop working, and he has to get physically intimate with a highly compatible Alpha.
Li Jiang: Hah. An Alpha? Never in this lifetime.
But an unexpected heat leaves him in a miserable state. In the middle of his suffering, Li Jiang gets a message from the hospital telling him that an Alpha has a pheromone profile highly compatible with his.
He grits his teeth and thinks, If this useful guy is practically delivering himself to my door, I might as well use him.
Li Jiang has never seriously pursued anyone before, but he deigns to contact the man. To his utter surprise, he's rejected. Li Jiang sneers. He's never met anyone he wanted but couldn't get, and Omegas are no exception. Neither are Alphas.
He tries every trick in the book: acting weak and pitiful, casually showing off his charm, and even putting himself in danger to pull the tired old hero-saves-beauty routine. In the end, he successfully lures the difficult Alpha into his grasp.
Li Jiang gloats: That's me for you. Got him wrapped around my finger in no time.
*
Ye Zhaomian is in his first relationship. His Omega boyfriend, Li Jiang, is beautiful, outgoing, and affectionate. They're deeply in love, and Ye Zhaomian has already planned their future together.
Until one day, he finds another phone belonging to his boyfriend in their shared apartment.
Someone keeps sending messages to the phone:
"It's about time. Your new Alpha's going to get boring soon, isn't he?"
"Don't tell me you've caught real feelings for your useful little tool, hahaha!"
"Just have breakup sex tonight. I've found you another Alpha, and he's no worse than the one you have now."
…
Behind Ye Zhaomian, his boyfriend is showering in the bathroom. Just a minute ago, he'd said he was going to put on something nice to surprise him.
"Bonus Scene"
The two of them are breaking up, and Ye Zhaomian is about to move out of their shared apartment.
Li Jiang blocks the door and looks at him pitifully. "Are you really going to abandon your wife and child?"
Ye Zhaomian freezes. His gaze falls on Li Jiang's deliberately exposed eight-pack, and he hesitates. "Are you pregnant?"
Li Jiang: "Not yet. But... Mimi, get him!"
Ye Zhaomian suddenly feels something tug at his leg. Looking down, he sees a fluffy kitten clinging to him, wearing the same pitiful expression as its owner. "OAO, meow~"
Li Jiang: "And it's pregnant, too. Would you really break up with me while I'm pregnant?"
Ye Zhaomian: "..." As ridiculous as it is, he's wavering.
The cat yowls again and again between them. "Meow! Meow! Meow!" I'm not! Don't slander an innocent little kitten!
*
To win Ye Zhaomian back, Li Jiang tearfully plays the doting wife and learns to cook from recipes online.
Ye Zhaomian looks at the blackened lump in front of him and asks, "What is this?"
Li Jiang: "Oh, I put in too much soy sauce. It's edible."
Ye Zhaomian puts down his chopsticks. "Let's just order takeout."
Beside them, the cat kicks over its own equally black artificial cat food and yowls its agreement.
Li Jiang: You won't eat it? Fine, I'll eat it! Ugh
Gentle, considerate, highly principled top vs. formerly scummy Alpha, now beautiful and pampered bottom. The top is inexperienced; the bottom isn't, and used to be the one on top. After they meet, they only have each other. There will be pregnancy later in the story. For plot reasons, the top appears at the beginning of Chapter One, but the story is mainly told from the bottom's perspective afterward.
Theme: Take responsibility for your own life.
