Virtual Alpha and I

ing his shirt.

As I tried to pull his arms out of the sleeve of his shirt, I noticed there was something tightly fitted around Yuugo’s right wrist.
It was a thick black bangle, a bit unsuitable for Yuugo.

When I stared at it, Yuugo noticed my gaze.
He cast his gaze down on my face while stroking the bangle with the other hand.

“Are you curious about this?”

“…I was just wondering what it was.”

Yuugo seemed to be hesitating over his reply.
He opened his mouth and swallowed his words again.

I wonder if it was something difficult to say.

I couldn’t do anything but wait for Yuugo to respond.

“You see… this is a rut suppression ring.”

“Rut… isn’t that the thing that alpha get because of omega’s heat?”

A rut is an estrus phenomenon that alpha produced.
Unlike omegas, it didn’t happen periodically, but mostly happened when they are exposed to omega’s pheromone.

Omega’s heat pheromone could easily take away an alpha’s reasoning.
It’s said that alphas who were in a rut will attack omega in front of them regardless of their own will, and worse they could even bite the nape of the omega too.

If that was a ring to suppress it, that means-…

“I’m wearing it for a countermeasure against omega’s heat… But, it’s not a fun thing to talk about right now.”

He said that and smiled as if to cover it up.

The pained expression on Yuugo’s face made my heart ache.
It was also partly because I imagined the reason why he was wearing that ring.

In normal daily life, there was no need to take a countermeasure against omega’s heat.

If that so, then something must have happened that made him must wear it.
Some incident that he had to cover up with such a pained smile.

I remembered the posts I had seen on a forum yesterday.

I wonder if an omega forced him to get exposed to their pheromones, just like what was written on that forum.

And that’s why Yuugo dislikes omega even more…?

I touched Yuugo’s face gently.

As I stroked Yuugo’s cheek to comfort him, he narrowed his eyes a little.

“…Could it be, you know something about it?”

Maybe it was because I ended up making a pained expression too.
He noticed it right away.

Without being able to hide it, I nodded my head honestly.

“Yesterday, I saw a forum on the internet… I thought maybe it was because of something like that.”

“Is that so… Sorry.
I must have made you feel uncomfortable, right? But, all of that was just an attempt.
You’re my only omega.”

For some reason, he apologized to me instead.

But that’s wrong.
It wasn’t Yuugo who was at fault.

“That’s-! That’s not something you should apologize for.
Even if it was just an attempt… it probably made you feel terrible.
I was just worried about you!”

There’s no use yelling to Yuugo here.

But I just couldn’t hold back this emotion.

“If something happened that made you must wear this, I thought it’s only natural… for you to dislike omega.
I’m sure I’d be the same if someone wrote or said something like that about me… That’s why you’re not wrong at all.”

I didn’t even know what I was saying anymore.
But, I just wanted to convey this feeling properly.

I put both of my hands on Yuugo’s cheek and peered into his eyes.

“…Don’t force yourself with me.
You don’t have to smile with that kind of face.”

I pulled Yuugo’s head close to my chest and hugged him tightly.
I rubbed the tip of my nose to his soft hair.

Yuugo also rubbed his face against my chest.
It felt like I was dealing with a big animal.

“—Thanks, Sou.”

Yuugo looked up, said that to me, and smiled.

It wasn’t a forced smile like before.

This time, I felt somewhat embarrassed when seeing his happy face.
I still couldn’t get used to his handsomeness, after all.