After Falling for My Alpha Rival

Jiang Yi hated Lu Huaizhi, hated him from every angle.

Lu Huaizhi was handsome, came from a good family, and got good grades. Most importantly, he was supposed to be Jiang Yi's childhood betrothed, yet he had differentiated as an alpha.

He differentiated earlier than Jiang Yi, was a high-quality alpha, and fell for the same omega Jiang Yi liked.

And so, childhood friends became rivals in love, and they started competing over everything.

Things changed in the first semester of their senior year of high school...

One day, Lu Huaizhi suddenly went into heat. He didn't take suppressants or seek out an omega.

He dragged Jiang Yi, who was passing by, inside. "Let me bite you."

Jiang Yi's eyes widened in shock. "Dude, look closely! I'm not an omega!"

"...I know. You're Jiang Yi."

Lu Huaizhi said, pulling down Jiang Yi's collar and biting his gland.

Then he gave it a light lick and remarked, "It's so cool."

Jiang Yi: "You think you can just do that?!"

Afterward, Lu Huaizhi was diagnosed with an infodump dysregulation syndrome.

To make matters worse, he was allergic to most omega pheromones.

The doctor suggested he try being around an alpha whose pheromones he found less repulsive.

Jiang Yi smugly waited for Lu Huaizhi to come crying to him.

But Lu Huaizhi would rather suffer until he couldn't get out of bed than give in.

Unable to watch him suffer any longer, Jiang Yi dragged him up and said, "Fine, bite me. I'm clearly in your debt from a past life."

Lu Huaizhi smiled faintly. "Thanks."

Jiang Yi's heart skipped a beat.

He thought, I'm doomed.

After Lu Huaizhi bit him, Jiang Yi asked curiously, "What's it feel like to mark someone?"

Lu Huaizhi replied flatly, "Try it with an omega."

Suddenly irritated, Jiang Yi grabbed Lu Huaizhi.

"Let me bite you, and I'll do anything you want."

"Get into the top fifty in the next exam?"

Wasn't that basically asking him to become first in their grade?

Jiang Yi gritted his teeth and agreed.

From then on, Jiang Yi knew he had fallen for the wrong person.

What's it like to have a crush on your rival in love? Agonizing, but sweet at the same time.

He wanted to confess, but love without material security was like a pile of loose sand, and no young love was without regrets.

Jiang Yi had thought they'd never speak again, since their breakup had been truly ugly.

Unexpectedly, at their class reunion six years later, the successful Lu Huaizhi appeared before Jiang Yi, who had nothing to his name, a ring on his finger.

Lu Huaizhi saw the hundreds of suppressants in Jiang Yi's room and laughed in exasperation. "Do you think your life is too long?"

Jiang Yi said coolly, "Mr. Lu, what does it have to do with you?"

Lu Huaizhi was momentarily at a loss for words.

He didn't know how to placate him. All he could do was obediently bare his gland and ask eagerly, "Do you want to bite me?"

Jiang Yi: "...Who taught you that?"

They hadn't seen each other for years, and now he knew how to flirt, and was so good at it.

[Wild, carefree optimist puppy who gets knocked down by life again and again, alpha x gloomy honor student who holds it in until he finally snaps, alpha]

(Peppermint x lily of the valley)

(Mutually devoted, each other's first love in the truest sense)

[POV starts out leaning toward the pursuer's side and shifts toward the pursued's side later.]

Theme: Love life.