The Bamboo Horse Alpha

[Fake kind ,back bellied , occasionally dramatic, and directionally challenged gong × Soft-hearted, tsundere, and compulsive perfectionist shou]

Yu Jiu is a beta. Handsome, academically excellent, a skilled basketball player, and someone who fights better than most Alphas—he’s considered an anomaly in school.

No one knows that he’s actually an Omega.

Then, another “anomaly” transfers to their school.

Zhai Chi, Yu Jiu’s childhood friend whom he hasn’t seen in five years, is an Alpha. Zhai Chi is kind, humorous, never releases pheromones, and is so gentle he hardly seems like an Alpha. His good looks instantly make him the dream Alpha of every Omega in school!

Yu Jiu, due to health reasons, is repelled by all Alpha pheromones—especially Zhai Chi’s. Determined to avoid him, he decides to keep his distance.

But before long, Zhai Chi transfers to his class and insists on becoming his deskmate.

Zhai Chi: “I’m new here and you’re my only friend.”

Yu Jiu: He’s so pitiful… It’s just sharing a desk. Pheromones won’t spread!

That evening in the dormitory:

Zhai Chi is already setting up his bed. “I’m all alone in a foreign country. If you don’t take me in, I’ll have to sleep on the streets.”

Yu Jiu: He’s struggling too… Sharing a dorm won’t be an issue since we’re not sharing a bed.

One day, Yu Jiu gets into a fight off-campus. Zhai Chi, seeing blood, immediately wobbles:

“This is too cruel, too gory! I’ve never seen anything so violent!”

Yu Jiu: He’s really so weak… I have to protect him!

Later, when Yu Jiu is cornered and suppressed by a group of Alphas’ pheromones, Zhai Chi takes less than ten seconds to knock all of them out.

Yu Jiu: “…”

And then, during an unexpected heat, Yu Jiu, in desperation, lets Zhai Chi—an Alpha who has never released pheromones—mark him temporarily.

Yu Jiu: Alphas are Alphas after all. They’re somewhat useful in critical situations.

Afterward, Yu Jiu tries to sneak away, only for the Alpha who had just marked him to grab his waist and look at him pitifully:

“Are you going to abandon me after using me?”

Yu Jiu: “…”

Childhood friends reuniting, pseudo-broken reunion, and a healing, sweet love story!