Prologue. BIG FUCK
“Maybe I should quit.”
Gu Jongyeol was genuinely mulling it over.
And for good reason — the results from his recent health checkup had hit him harder than he’d expected.
[Um…… Well…… So……]
[Doctor. Why are you so nervous? What are you trying to say? What, am I dying?]
[Excuse me? Oh, no. It’s nothing like that.]
[Then why do you look so scared? Just say it. I’m not the type to kill people, so don’t worry.]
[Um…… Well, patient Gu Jongyeol, please don’t get upset when you hear what I have to say.]
[Why would I get upset? I’m fine, just tell me.]
[Um…… The thing is……]
[Doctor. I’m about to lose my patience, so can you just say it?]
[Gu, patient Gu Jongyeol has become an omega!]
He’d thought it was complete nonsense — but amazingly, that was exactly what had happened.
Gu Jongyeol, a human being.
A man who had lived thirty-five years as a beta, and now, suddenly — an omega.
They say you can make peace with even the shittiest things in life, but wasn’t this a bit much?
He finally understood why he’d been so reluctant to go in for this checkup. Maybe some part of him had already known he wouldn’t want to accept the result. Gu Jongyeol stared blankly down at the health checkup report with “Omega — Type C” written on it, then let out a long, heavy sigh.
“I really should just quit.”
This was something that warranted serious thought.
The company Gu Jongyeol currently worked at was a den of alphas.
He’d entered this place at seventeen, and had somehow managed to survive all this time as a beta — enduring, catering to, and putting up with countless alphas. That was precisely why he’d been able to hold his ground. But if he suddenly became an omega, those disgusting people would not only swallow him whole — they’d spend days gnawing at him without stopping.
[If our Jongyeol had been an omega, I would’ve had him ages ago~]
[Haha, right. Jongyeol, it’s such a relief you’re a beta. What, are you starving for an alpha? Want me to help you out? I’ll grab you real tight. Even though you’re just a beta — I’ll make a special exception for you!]
[Jongyeol. Don’t ever turn out like those pieces of garbage over there. They’re out of their minds. The moment they see an omega, they can’t keep their dicks in check. You have no idea how glad I am that you’re a beta.]
……God. He really should quit.
Gu Jongyeol looked up at the sky.
Just drop dead already.
— Rrrr. Rrrr.
Just as he was scowling through the throbbing in his head, his phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket.
“What.”
— Sir, where are you?!
“Where else.”
In front of the damn hospital.
“Getting coffee. Why.”
Gu Jongyeol answered flatly, and the voice on the other end let out an exasperated “Ugh!” before yelling again.
— The Young Master caused another incident! The Chairman’s been blowing up, demanding you handle it immediately — it’s a total mess over here!
The word Young Master made the headache that had just barely been easing flare right back up again. Gu Jongyeol let out a sigh and stared blankly at the report still in his hand. He glanced around and spotted a trash can nearby.
“Text me the location.”
— Yes, sir! I’ll hang up now!
Gu Jongyeol hung up before the other person could even finish speaking. Then, face set in a hard line, he walked straight to the trash can and crumpled the report with all the force he had before hurling it inside.
I’m an omega.
This is genuinely fucked up.
Gu Jongyeol, a human being.
Thirty-five years old.
He’d dropped out of high school in his first year, for reasons he could barely explain, and never went back. He’d been an orphan from the day he was born — no home, no anchor, scraping through each day on the cold, hard streets.
It was on a summer day, when he was seventeen, that a man appeared before him.
“I’ve been seeing you around a lot lately. Are you an orphan? No place to go? Want me to take you in?”
Gu Jongyeol hadn’t eaten anything but water in days. He was starving. He slowly lifted his gaunt face, and through his blurred vision, he made out a man in a white suit with white shoes — white coat on top of that, a black scarf as his only accent, and a white hat.
The mustache above his lip clashes strangely with his handsome face — and yet somehow it suits him, Gu Jongyeol thought, before answering.
“I don’t sell my body.”
“Hahahaha!”
The man in the white hat burst out laughing at Gu Jongyeol’s flat response. He tilted his head slightly, eyes curving up at the corners.
“I’m not taking you along to put your ass to use — but if I’m the one taking you in, you’d have no choice but to put that body of yours to work, you know?”
“What do you want me to do?”
“Hmm. What should I have you do……”
The man in the white hat thought for a moment, then suddenly dropped to a crouch right there on the spot.
“Truth is, my wife left me not too long ago.”
“Left you?”
“She’s an alpha, but she fell for an omega and ran off.”
Alpha-omega pairings were supposed to be fate — some destined bond or whatever — so running off together wasn’t unheard of. But Gu Jongyeol was a beta, someone who lived entirely apart from both types, a thoroughly ordinary person.
Gu Jongyeol stared at the man in the white hat as he let out one heavy sigh after another, then asked:
“Are you an omega?”
“Haha, as if. Do I look like an omega to you?”
Gu Jongyeol shook his head. The air he gave off was unmistakably alpha. Just his eyes alone were enough to make you feel something — so he was probably on the dominant end. The man in the white hat continued.
“Anyway, that’s how my marriage fell apart — and I’ve got a kid, you see. That part’s a bit of a headache.”
“A child?”
“Yeah. Thing is, I’m a pretty busy man. No, not just pretty busy — insanely busy. So I have no time to pay attention to what goes on at home. That’s probably why my wife strayed in the first place.”
“……”
“Bottom line — the wife walked out, and because I’m so slammed, the kid’s been left home alone lately.”
“How old is the kid?”
“Four.”
“Just a little snot.”
“Drools and everything.”
The man in the white hat quietly watched Gu Jongyeol as he let out a low “Hm.”
“If you really have nowhere to go, want to try being a nanny at my place? Room and board included. I’ll pay you well.”
Gu Jongyeol thought this alpha was clearly not in his right mind. To walk up to someone sleeping under a bridge out of nowhere, strike up a conversation, and then immediately offer a job — how stupid. He had no idea what about himself had made the man think this was a reasonable thing to do.
“Why me, of all people?”
As if the question itself was strange, the man in the white hat stared down at him for a long moment before answering with a smile.
“You’re a beta, right?”
“Yeah.”
