The Sickly Corporate Drone Is Marked by His Mortal Enemy

[ABO] [Enemies to Lovers]

[Sharp-tongued, soft-hearted, fussing Alpha X Tough-talking, frail Omega]

Xu Heng can't stand his colleague Chen Zaiye.

He's loud, meddlesome, and loves going to work. Every day, he might as well have "I'm an Alpha, I'm bursting with energy, I serve the people" carved into his forehead.

He's the complete opposite of Xu Heng, a fragile Omega who gets a fever from a breeze, a headache from staying up late, and indigestion from eating too fast, and who's been hoping for a transfer ever since his first day on the job.

With his transfer just around the corner, Xu Heng is finally about to stop seeing Chen Zaiye wandering around in front of him every day.

But during a call that night, his heat suddenly begins, and the two of them are alone in the same room.

Hearing someone calling for help nearby, Xu Heng lowers his head and bares the gland at the back of his neck.

Since you're so eager to meddle, it wouldn't be too much trouble to help me out with a bite, right?

A lock of hair brushes the back of his neck, fangs pierce his gland, and warm body heat spreads across his skin.

Quick, efficient, safe.

It's so convenient to have an Alpha with you when you're out!

Wait, no...

There was supposed to be a temporary mark lasting three hours. How did it turn into a deep bond lasting three months?

How am I supposed to explain the scent of Chen Zaiye's pheromones on me when we're really just innocent colleagues?

With his transfer so close, Xu Heng just wants to pretend the accident never happened and get through his last three months as Chen Zaiye's colleague in peace.

But Chen Zaiye starts acting stranger and stranger.

On field duty, Xu Heng squeezes into a crowd of Alphas, as usual, to rescue an Omega who's being bullied. Chen Zaiye protects him like a mother hen, pulling him into his arms.

During his heat, Xu Heng takes an inhibitor and plans to sleep it off, but Chen Zaiye bangs on his door for half an hour before finally getting it open.

When he learns that the mark can be removed, Xu Heng goes to the hospital on his own, only for Chen Zaiye to storm into the doctor's office with a dark expression.

Xu Heng is puzzled: Why are you always hanging around me?

Office romances are forbidden in our department. Don't make our coworkers get the wrong idea and mess up my transfer.

*

Chen Zaiye keeps his distance from Xu Heng.

The well-groomed Omega is here for a stint at the grassroots level, sporting a cold expression every day that says, "The world owes me three million the moment I open my eyes," and barely saying a word to his colleagues.

He never imagined he'd choose to spend the rest of his life with an Omega, much less someone like Xu Heng, a distant beauty on a high peak.

Even the one time that night when the Omega's sweet, alluring pheromones made him lose focus, he buried the feeling deep inside, bound by reason once he came to his senses.

But...

Chen Zaiye sees Xu Heng squeeze into a brawl between Alphas: Do you have any idea how to protect yourself after being marked?

Xu Heng: I wouldn't know. I've never been marked.

Chen Zaiye rushes over during Xu Heng's heat to provide pheromones: How long were you planning to endure it if I didn't come?

Xu Heng: Maybe the inhibitor was expired. I usually just sleep it off.

Chen Zaiye hears that Xu Heng is trying to force the mark off: Don't you know that damaging a deep mark could cause permanent damage to your glands?

Xu Heng: I thought it was about the same as getting a tattoo removed.

A distant beauty on a high peak? This guy knows nothing about basic health!

Chen Zaiye frowns deeply.

An Omega who gives him so much to worry about.

*

Three months later, Xu Heng sits in front of a doctor, staring at his test results.

"Mr. Xu, your blood test shows that the temporary mark has completely disappeared."

"And the ultrasound clearly shows a gestational sac."

Wait...

Weren't office romances forbidden?

How did we end up with a baby?!

1. A fictional ABO setting, a slice-of-life story about office workers, 1v1, HE.

2. The sickly character is purely a personal preference and has nothing to do with real-world medicine.

3. The workplace setting is entirely fictional. Please don't compare it with reality.

4. Pregnancy and childbirth appear in the second half.

5. I love switching perspectives and can't write without doing so, so this is told from both characters' perspectives.

Theme: Love life and be kind to your colleagues.