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Puberty is normally the time when a human being presents. This is when they become an alpha, top of society, a beta, the middle, or an omega, the very bottom.
Betas are the most common of people presented. Next was the Alpha. The main difference between the two was that the alpha was stronger. There might have been strong betas but the strength was more when it came to omegas. The omegas were rare, especially male omegas. It was a hassle to be an omega. You’d have to worry about the heats and your scent. An alpha could actually smell an omega’s scent from 15 feet away. They were venerable and more often than not raped by an alpha.
Due to all the problems of the decreasing population and inhumanity of others; scientists created something amazing. A special tablet for omegas to take that masks their scent and makes them smell like a beta. All an omega had to do was take one and for 15 hours their scent would be masked, heats excluded. Though the effects of a heat still went through and the tablet couldn’t mask the scent very well during a heat.
For one young male, he was over excited to see what he’d present as. With a beta mother and alpha father he was quite happy with the options he could have. The young male was Hinata Shouyo; age 13.
When the boy actually presented he was the last in his whole class but it wasn’t that that got him so upset. Hinata Shouyo presented as an omega. Never in his wildest dreams could he have thought of presenting as an omega. The orange haired male actually locked himself in his room for a few days out of the fear of his parents finding out. What he didn’t think through was that his scent was stronger than most.
On the 5th day of Shouyo being locked in his room, his mother knocked on the door. She spoke to him in a very calm and sweet voice. “Shouyo, I bought something for you. Your father and I both know what you presented as so we wanted to help. It’s a medication that hides your scent. You can go to school and people will believe you’re a beta.” She knocked on the door again before entering.
The woman looked exactly like her son. She had messy orange hair that was as long as her shoulder blades and Shouyo got his smile from her. Today she wore a simple white blouse and a black pencil skirt. She probably just got home from work.
Standing up from his comfortable corner of pity, the 13 year old looked at his mother and started to cry. He ran up and hugged her tightly. He was scared of what would happen now that he was an omega. “Mom, I’m so scared. I have no idea what I’m going to do. Omegas are the reason so many alphas go to jail. Please! What do I do?” he cried into his mother’s shirt. She calmly stood there, hugging him and running a hand through his hair.
“The medication. Take that until you find a mate. Once you’re mated than you won’t have to worry. Other alphas will already know you belong to someone when they smell you. Until you meet the person you want as a mate then take the pills every morning before you go to school. Never forget.” She still spoke sweetly to her son as if she was dealing with a lost kitten. “When you have a heat we’ll keep you home saying you’re sick.”
The plan was good and it worked. Every morning Shouyo would take a tablet and everyone thought he was a beta. Only his family knew of what he really presented as. He started playing volleyball a lot more and he finally got to go to a tournament in his final year of middle school. Two weeks prior he got his first heat and skipped a week. Then, after 7 days of training, it was time.
Yukigaoki’s first match was against Kitagawa Daiichi; a powerhouse. Shouyo knew the possibility of winning was one in a thousand but he still tried to motivate his team. He was also completely motivated until a scent was caught in his nose. It was the scent of an alpha, not just any alpha. The scent over powered all other scents and it scared the male. It was obvious that his teammates couldn’t smell it, but it was so strong.
“Can’t you guys smell that?” The short boy asked the small team. Each member looked at him as if he was insane; and in that moment the smell overwhelmed Shouyo. He glanced beside him and an alpha male walked past. Shouyo could swear that there was a cape and crown on the male as he walked by. Either way the smell completely had him dazed. He was so dazed in fact that the black haired alpha glanced over at him.
The alpha’s nose twitched and his eyes widened. Then he turned away and walked back with his team, murmurs from Yukigaoki could be heard behind him.
“Sho-chan! That was the King of the Court!” One of his childhood friends whispered into his ear. Little did he know that the King would become such an important factor in his life.
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Shouyo grabbed his medication and took it with a big gulp of water. He was on his way to Karasuno for morning practice. He had to talk to the captain and coach Ukai about how he would be missing the next week.
Most of the time he would say he was sick, but this was an important part of training; and the team would end up going over to visit. This time though he would tell them that his family was going on vacation for a week and that he had to go. He defiantly couldn’t let the team know that the main reason he wasn’t going to be there for a week was because of his heat.
Racing down the mountains on his bike, Shouyo met up with his best friend, Kageyama Tobio. Kageyama was once known as the King of the Court but when the team lost to Aoba Josai he was renamed. He might still be the king but he’s different now. Kageyama also happened to be the same alpha that overwhelmed his nose about a year prior.
“You’re late, dumbass!” the male called at the fast approaching orange haired boy.
Unlike Shouyo, Kageyama had a totally different look. He had black hair that was chopped just above his blue eyes. Somehow he managed to always be scowling and his smiled scared others. He was also taller than Shouyo. The spiker was 162.8cm tall while the ‘genius’ setter was 180.6cm tall.
“Sorry, Kageyama!” Shouyo returned the yell as he kept biking down the hill. Instead of stopping he rode a little faster. This was part of their morning routine. Shouyo would race his bike next to Kageyama running. They would race until they got to the school and would see who won their race. If this stopped then something would defiantly be out of the ordinary.
Like always, the raven haired boy chased Shouyo as if it was nothing. The two raced until they ended up at Karasuno; both extremely out of breath and ready for practice.
As they were lying in the dirt panting, Shouyo glanced over at his friend. “Kageyama, I wanted to tell you that I won’t be at school or going to practice next week.” He said to his teammate. Kageyama did not take it lightly.
“A few months ago you took a week off. With you missing all this practice the team won’t be in such a good state in the Spring Tournament. Why the hell are you going to be off for a whole week?” he asked/yelled at the omega.
Shouyo frowned at the way the alpha spoke. “Kageyama, I can’t get out of this.” He sighed and stood up from where he was lying. Alone, he walked to talk to coach Ukai about next week.
He’d never understand. Bakagayama would never understand what it means to be an omega and having heats. He thought as he opened the door to the gym. Quickly he spotted the coach talking to Daiichi, perfect.
“Alone this morning, Hinata? Where’s Kageyama? Did he finally dump you?” Tsukishima Kei called from the court. He was an alpha, and a tall one at that. He stood at 188.3cm and was the tallest person on the team. He was also a first year like Shouyo.
Next to Tsukishima was his best friend, Yamaguchi Tadashi. He was shorter but a lot kinder. He always called the taller male ‘Tsukki’ which never seemed to annoy him. Yamaguchi was also a beta.
Ignoring the comment, the omega ran to his destination. “Coach, can I talk to you for a minute?”
“What is it, kid?” he asked calmly. Coach Ukai was a really great coach, aside from the fact that he yelled a lot.
“I’m not going to be at school or coming to practice next week.” he explained simply. The coach took the news surprisingly well and told him to go and practice with Kageyama, who just recently entered the gym.
About halfway through practice that morning, something became off. Everyone froze and all the volleyballs in the air hit the floor. Everyone sniffed the air and every alpha’s eyes became blown. There was a scent in the air that no one had ever smelt, one that was like ecstasy. An omega in heat.
Right in the middle of the court, Shouyo Hinata was shaking. All the eyes landed on him. “Help.” came the smallest plea from the boy. He was starting to cry as he stood there in a bumping position. The first person to speak was Tsukishima, surprisingly.
“Yamaguchi, take him to the nurse!” he yelled at his friend. It was odd how he was an alpha but he wanted to help the omega instead of do something bad.
The freckled boy ran up to Shouyo, grabbed his arm and led him out of the gym and into the school to the nurse’s office. Shouyo was scared of what was going on. His heat was supposed to come next week, why now? Why was Yamaguchi helping him? Why wasn’t he affected like the other betas?..... Why does he smell like an omega?
“Yamaguchi- are you-“ Shouyo was about to ask but he was placed on a bed I the office.
“Only my family and Tsukki know what I truly presented as. I’m just like you Hinata.” As he spoke, the nurse entered the room. She immediately called Shouyo’s parents and he was sent home.
In the gym things took a different turn. Kageyama was growling when Yamaguchi stepped within a meter radius of Shouyo and kept growling when they left. He was the only one who actually growled and once Shouyo was gone all eyes were on him.
“An omega……” was all anyone was able to say until coach dismissed practice.