A little later.
“Are you feeling better?”
As I calmed down and stopped crying, Shun smiled and spoke to me in his usual cheerful manner, as always.
Shun, who didn’t change even after knowing I’m an Omega…
“Yeah, I feel much better…! Thanks, Shun.”
“Haha! Well, it must be tough to keep lying! But hey, you don’t have to lie to me anymore, okay?”
“Yeah…! Hehe! Shun?”
“Hmm? What is it?”
“Thank you so much for being my friend…”
Shun seemed a little embarrassed by my words as he was scratching his slightly reddened cheeks with his index finger.
Shun shows that gesture when he’s embarrassed…! Haha! It’s just like stroking Yamato’s hedgehog!
Just as I thought that…
Memories of Yamato from spring until now suddenly flooded my mind…
I didn’t want to leave Yamato alone, and I should have known how painful it is to be alone…!
What am I saying…! Right now, I’m leaving Yamato alone again…!
And Yamato…
When Yamato knows my truth, will he still be my friend? No, should I tell him that I like him…?
I want to convey…
Rather than regretting not saying it…
I want to firmly tell you that even though I’m an Omega, I still love you…
I’d be happy if my feelings could reach you through the shining “proof of friendship” and the friendship bracelet in my right hand…
“Yuto, hang in there! Make sure you convey your feelings!”
Shun’s encouraging words and the “proof of friendship” push me forward…
I’ll properly convey my feelings to Yamato…!
When I returned to the classroom with that decision in my heart after sneaking past the teacher’s watchful eyes from the rooftop, Yamato was nowhere to be found…
* * *
In the end, I couldn’t find Yamato, and without any response to my messages, I greeted him the next day…
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
Lately, Yamato always arrives at the classroom before anyone else, so on this day, I didn’t even stop by the station and headed straight to the classroom.
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Ccv P’ii qgbqfgis mbcnfs ws offilcur ab Tjwjab…!
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Zs tfjga alutafcfv… Po la mbcalcefr ilxf atlr… Qf’ii fcv eq klatbea mbcnfslcu jcsatlcu ab fjmt batfg…
Yamato… I don’t want that…!!
As I was thinking that…
I noticed something sitting on top of my desk.
A neatly folded black object… Yes, it was the scarf that Yamato always wore around his neck…
I reached for the scarf and gently brought it close to my nose… Ah, the scent I love is undoubtedly Yamato’s…!
And from the scarf I picked up, a certain sticky note fluttered down to the floor… I picked up the sticky note…
[I’m waiting on the rooftop.]
This beautiful handwriting…! It’s Yamato’s handwriting without a doubt…!!
I tightly clenched the sticky note and the scarf in my hand… I hurriedly headed towards the rooftop, ignoring the gazes around me…
Yamato…! Wait for me…!!
When I reached the rooftop, I saw Yamato’s back, which was so big, so small, and so dearly loved…
I wanted to leap into his arms right away…
I wanted him to hold me tight right away…
But not yet… I had to convey my feelings properly first… So, I took a deep breath…
“Yamato!!”
I tried to make him turn around with all my might… And his back, which had been ignoring my calls, slowly turned towards me…
“Yuto… you’re late…”
He said to me with a gentle smile…
Just that… made me so happy that tears wouldn’t stop flowing right there…
Because I had been lonely for so long…
Because I had missed him so, so much…
But still, I had to convey my truth properly… I had to convey my feelings to Yamato properly… That was the determination in my heart, guiding my steps closer to Yamato, even as I cried…
And finally, the moment arrived…
While facing Yamato, our eyes met… And I began to express the emotions that I couldn’t contain any longer.
“Yamato… I’m really sorry for the other day… for being so selfish and leaving you alone, for running away… and even though you gave me this scarf with such kindness…”
“You know… There’s something I really have to tell you, Yamato… I-I… I… Actually…”
My words got tangled up… I should just be honest and say that I’m an Omega, but the next words wouldn’t come out…
I was more afraid to admit being an Omega to Yamato than I was to Shun… Because he’s my best friend… Because he’s someone I love… I wanted him to accept it, but that was also my pride…
That was when…
Yamato’s warmth enveloped me tightly… Yes, strong and firm…
“Take your time… Yuto, please tell me…”
I recounted everything without hiding anything as I was wrapped in Yamato’s warmth and kindness, shedding many tears as I talked about the painful experiences I had faced as an Omega, just like with Shun…
While gently stroking my head as I sobbed, Yamato accepted everything…
“It must have been tough… You must have felt lonely… You’ve really endured so much to come this far… Thank you for telling me everything.”
Yamato continued to speak kindly, despite his voice trembling with tears, comforting me…
And as we both shed tears, I came to know Yamato’s truth…
“I also… I also have something I need to apologize to you for…”
“Eh…?”
“Yuto… if you’re not a Beta… Then, I’m not a Beta either… I’m sorry for hiding it for so long… The truth is, I’m… actually an Alpha…”
Wha-… No way… Huh, wait, Yamato is an Alpha…?
Even though he was by my side as an Omega… Normally, he shouldn’t have been able to control his instincts…
Although there were so many things I wanted to ask and discuss, Yamato didn’t like being interrupted…
So, while crying, I gently listened and kept my heart open to his words…
“I was the same… Among the Alphas, I was an outcast… I didn’t have a place to belong… So, even if it meant lying, I pretended to be a Beta and came to this high school…”
“But, but… Yuto, as soon as I saw you, I realized that you were an Omega… Even a slight pheromone reaction would give me away as an Alpha to those around me…”
“So… I kept turning my back on you… I was already struggling to control my own feelings and maintain the lie…”
“But, but… those feelings gradually changed… Watching you, living as an Omega, I thought, ‘Wow, this guy’s amazing… so lively and enviable…’ Even that…”
“Regardless of gender, you desperately tried to make me turn around; you became my first friend…”
“Every day was happy… And as I tried not to get caught as an Alpha, I endured your pheromones many times…”
“And… I fell more and more in love with you… It grew bigger with each passing day, with each new memory with you…”
“But at the same time, seeing you desperately pretend to be an Omega made my heart ache… I didn’t want to hurt you… when you were trying so hard…”
“So, I decided to suppress my feelings… I thought it would be enough if I was the only one who loved you…”
“But I had already fallen in love with you since I first saw you… I couldn’t hold back anymore… Because… when I carried you on my back, I thought it was only my feelings…”
[I… I love Yamato…]
“Despite how much we lied to each other, maybe we loved each other… Maybe we’ve been suppressing our feelings for each other…”
“I want to tell you my feelings too… Even if it means revealing that I’m an Alpha, even if you know my lie and decide to leave… I want to tell you properly…”
“I’ve been thinking that since that night… But in the end, I couldn’t fully express my feelings… I was just thinking that it would end without being able to convey them…”
“I absolutely didn’t want that… I believe that even if Yuto learns my truth, he won’t leave… That’s why I’m here now, believing in that…”
Yamato’s voice and body are trembling… His feelings are palpable as he holds me tight…
We both… No matter the circumstances, I have been living with lies… It was even harder because there were reasons we had to lie…
But… We don’t need to lie anymore… In front of me is the beloved Yamato… And Yamato also loved me…
“Y-Yamato…”
“Yuto… what is it?”
“I… I’ve always… *sniff*… I’ve always loved you, Yamato! Even now, I still love you!”
“Ahh! I…! I’ve loved you so much… Yuto? Haven’t I been saying it all this time…? That what’s yours is mine…”
“Which means you… belong to me… Do you understand what that means? I need you… I can’t bear to be without you…”
“I’ve always… always wanted to tell you… Yuto… I love you from the bottom of my heart…”
And then… I gently stole Yamato’s lips…
My lips surely belong to Yamato as well…
Our first kiss, mixed with our tears… It was salty, yet somewhere sweet and warm…
As we kissed, I clung tightly to Yamato… I could feel pheromones emanating from my own body…
But… I didn’t try to suppress them… I no longer needed to lie about anything…
My best friend Shun… and the one I love, Yamato, are here for me…
Because my precious place is right here…
The pheromones released from me smelled incredibly sweet… Like the sweet yet tangy scent of strawberries, a faint red pheromone lingers in the air…
We embraced tightly for a while as we were wrapped in pheromones… We repeatedly kissed to confirm our love…
So cute..happy for them🤗
Thanks for the new chapter
Yep, he knew! ☺️ Btw, could it be that the word Omega is used instead of Beta in the sentences where Yamato is confessing his feelings? I don’t think Yuto had been pretending to be an Omega 😅