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Hanagaki Takemichi had not had an easy life, being an orphan since his birth and, to top it off, a defective omega. Knowing that he was abandoned as a mere baby by his own parents with only a note that said what his name was at the doors of the orphanage hurt him; however, despite everything, he trusted the words that the nuns who raised him told him from a very young age “Don't worry Takemichi, you are very sweet and your blue eyes stand out so surely a couple will adopt you soon” but that… never happened.
This society is divided into alphas, betas, and omegas; one could not know until what category a baby belonged to from birth but until the child turned five years old. Obviously the most privileged were the scarce alphas, betas were the most common, and omegas, although they were also few like the alphas, had it much harder because many people still saw them as walking incubators, but luckily now in the 21st century the laws protected their rights more than before. It is because of that that most couples who wanted to adopt did not do so until after the orphans turned five years to know what category they belonged to.
The day they did the blood test to find out what he was, the little obviously like everyone wished to be alpha but he wasn't bothered by the idea of being beta, the only thing he didn't want was to be omega because all the other kids said that omegas had it tough in life. And since he from his birth was cursed with bad luck, he turned out to be exactly that and on top of that, over the years he realized a detail: he was a defective omega.
His pheromones were so faint that you couldn't smell them unless you were stuck to the scent gland he had on his neck, his heats or ruts were nonexistent and even the doctor who treated him told him that he was very likely infertile. Because of all that, although on the identification card of Hanagaki Takemichi it clearly read "omega" he could perfectly pass as a beta, although with the typical weakness of those of his real category since he didn't have much strength physical, but yes great endurance and stubbornness.
Due to all his supposed defects no couple wanted to adopt a omega child so "problematic" and so Takemichi spent his entire life inside the orphanage with the nuns, taking care of the other orphans until he reached the age of majority and had to leave. Despite his physiological defects and the fact that he never got to have a family conventional, the black-haired guy was optimistic about life or at least he tried.
He lived in a small apartment in an old complex of buildings, he worked from Monday to Thursday in a DVD store whose manager unpleasant took every opportunity to vent her frustrations scolding him and from Friday to Sunday he worked washing dishes in the restaurant of his best friend.
Despite his life being monotonous, boring and without spark; Takemichi strove day by day to be able to survive and enjoy the little free time he had, which he used to visit the old orphanage where he was raised and bring them snacks both to the children and to the nuns who had raised him.
Additionally, he also used to hang out with his friends Atsushi Sendo alias "Akkun", Takuya Yamamoto, Makoto Suzuki and Kazushi Yamagishi, all of them like him were orphans from the orphanage however unlike him they were adopted. Despite that they all continued to maintain the contact with the passage of the years and when they had some free time they would get together to eat ramen, laugh for a while, and talk about old times.
It wasn't a glamorous life, but it was Takemichi's life and he liked it.
"Happy birthday, Takemichi!" exclaimed Tachibana Hinata, his best friend with a big smile adorning her beautiful face. "Sorry about the cake, I know it's very small but since I just finished my exams yesterday I didn't have much time to prepare it."
"Don't say that, Hina-chan! It's perfect and the most important thing is that it's made by you. Thank you very much." he said while scratching his head embarrassed, both were sitting at one of the tables in the restaurant run by Hinata's mother.
It was a Friday late at night and there were no more customers because both had waited until closing time to sit down, put the small chocolate cake on a table and celebrate Takemichi's 22 years.
"Now you're a full adult! We should go to a bar and drink a lot of alcohol to celebrate." exclaimed the girl between laughs, spreading her joy to the black-haired boy who watched the smoke from the small candle he had just blown out dissipating in the air.
"But Hina-chan, I've already been an adult for a couple of years." he replied amused and just at that moment, his old cell phone vibrated in the pocket of the red hoodie he was wearing that day.
He immediately took out his phone and upon seeing the message on the screen, he smiled happily.
"Why that smile? Is it your girlfriend?" she joked and burst out laughing when she saw how her friend blushed immediately.
"Of course not, you know I don't have a girlfriend! It's Akkun, he says he's waiting for me with the others in a bar in Shibuya and that since it's my birthday, they're treating me."
"Oh great, I want to go too!" she exclaimed, getting up from the chair to the black-haired boy's surprise. "I'll go to my room to change clothes and put on some makeup, meanwhile you can eat the cake that I prepared for you, okay? It doesn't matter if you don't finish it, since we can leave it in the refrigerator and you can eat it tomorrow. Well, I'll be right back."
Takemichi opened his mouth but didn't get to say anything, because his friend ran to the second floor of the place which was basically the family home while the first floor functioned as a restaurant.
The omega sighed defeatedly nevertheless, a warm smile adorned his face as he stuck a fork into the juicy cake and then proceeded to take a big bite, moaning pleasurably because it tasted as good as every year.
One of the happiest moments in Takemichi's life was definitely his birthdays, because he always spent them with his friends and Hina made him a delicious chocolate cake. While chewing, the black-haired boy watched mesmerized the stairs where the brunette had disappeared and despite the sweetness of the cake he felt a bitter sensation oppressing his chest.
Tachibana Hinata was an omega he had known since his days in the orphanage, although unlike himself, Akkun, and his other orphaned friends, Hina's reality was very different. She did have parents who loved her, but when she was three years old they had a car accident and her dad died, both she and her mother survived however since her mom until then had been a housewife and had no income to support her, so she left her for a few years in the orphanage, despite that she always visited her and promised her she would come back for her.
And she did, Hina's mom worked hard to open her own restaurant and even fell in love again and had another child with a good man she met. Once her life stabilized, Hinata's mom came back for her hand in hand with her new little brother Naoto and took her back home.
Takemichi fell deeply in love with the omega who spent a great part of his childhood in the orphanage; however, Hinata always saw him as a brother and besides, how could an omega as perfect as her fall in love with a defective omega like him? Impossible.
The black-haired guy little by little resigned himself to the idea of having a romance with her, but it hurt a lot when the brunette one day opened up to him and told him how very in love she was with another beta girl named Emma.
That girl was also an orphan and spent many years in the orphanage with them, although Takemichi was never very close to that beta, Hinata did become very close to her, so much so that they practically became inseparable best friends.
However, the omega never imagined that the brunette harbored such feelings toward that blonde beta and he would still not know it if Hinata hadn't confessed it to him that day when she got drunk on his 20th birthday.
The truth is that Emma left the orphanage before Hinata, since as far as is known, her grandfather came to pick her up and the only thing Takemichi remembers from that day is that Hinata cried more than ever in her entire life, he did everything possible to console her but nothing calmed her.
Shortly after that, Hinata's mom took her back to her home and then the brunette re-established contact with Emma. According to what Hina had told him, both continued being friends for many years but the brunette never dared to confess for fear of being rejected and that Emma would distance herself.
"What a tragic love triangle." whispered Takemichi as he took the last bite of his small chocolate cake. "Or should I call it a quartet?" he whispered while squinting his blue eyes, remembering the words that Hinata had said to him between tears of frustration on his birthday, when because of the alcohol she confessed everything to the black-haired guy about her unrequited feelings for that Emma.
That night two years ago in that Roppongi bar, Hinata confessed to Takemichi her feelings for Emma and also revealed to him that days before she had mustered the courage to confess her love to her friend but was sadly rejected, since the beta told her that although she valued her feelings a lot she couldn't accept her because someone else already occupied her heart.
It was ironic, Takemichi was in love with Hinata, she in turn was in love with Emma but that beta liked another guy whose name he didn't remember but what he did remember was the hatred in her brown eyes, Takemichi had known his friend since childhood and never saw so much anger reflected in her gaze.
He would never forget what she told him that night, clenching her teeth due to the hatred she felt. "I don't care that Emma-chan rejects me for another man, but at least I'd like that guy not to be a damn criminal who will drag her into the darkness"
"What bad taste that Emma has. I would never fall in love with a criminal and much less choose him over Hina-chan."
"What are you muttering about, Takemichi?" The black-haired guy jumped from his chair upon hearing the brunette's voice, who had just come down the stairs and was looking at him like a weirdo, tilting her head to one side.
She was wearing a white strap dress that reached just above her knees, a pair of black heels not too flashy but that added centimeters to her short stature, light makeup very fresh and her long hair was tied in a ponytail. She looked simple but incredibly pretty. Takemichi smiled embarrassed as he picked up the plate with cake crumbs to take it to the sink.
"I was talking to myself, don't mind me." He brushed it off and Hinata frowned more but immediately shrugged her shoulders, letting it go.
"Alright, I'll call a taxi."
"Ok!" exclaimed the omega while washing the plate in the sink with a smile, stopping thinking about the memories from two years ago.
That was already in the past, that day was his 22nd birthday and he was going to have a good time with his friends at the bar, without any Emma or anything problematic ruining it for him.
But Takemichi forgot that his nickname at the orphanage was "Takemichi, the disaster magnet" and that bad luck had been chasing him since the moment he was born.
So as soon as he and Hina-chan arrived at the bar in Shibuya to meet up with the rest of his friends, they saw a bit far from their table in the most elevated VIP area a group of people who seemed a bit suspicious, rather they looked like yakuza.
Takemichi gulped hard upon seeing the tattoos on those people's arms and decided to grab Hinata by the arm, quickly taking her to the place where Akkun and the rest were waiting.
"Happy birthday, crybaby!" exclaimed his beta friends hugging Takemichi effusively and also taking the opportunity to give him a knuckle rap on the head amid laughter.
The black-haired guy laughed amused by the boys' silliness and they all went together to the bar to choose the alcoholic drinks they wanted to have. Not soon had Takemichi seen the prices of the drinks on the menu when he gulped hard, he was lucky that that day everything was on his friends' tab as a birthday gift, because otherwise he couldn't even pay for the entrance to that exclusive place since everything was very expensive.
The omega also noticed the amount of wealthy people there were in that bar-club, how they threw money around like it was water and he imagined how much money whoever owned that place must make, surely a ton.
The place where they were was Shibuya's most popular bar and that was perhaps the third time Takemichi had gone there (always on his birthdays and paid by his friends, because #poverty) but he was still surprised by the good quality of the music, the good ventilation, how clean everything was, how delicious the drinks were, the elegance of the place and of course how expensive everything was.
"Choose whatever you want, Takemichi, and don't worry about the price, man." said the redhead to reassure him.
The omega smiled at his friend and nodded. "Okay, Akkun. Then, I'll choose this one." Everyone chose an alcoholic drink to their liking and proceeded to sit again at the table they had reserved for them.
Little by little, the ingested alcohol began to take its toll on the group of friends, making them uninhibited and talk about the past and even what they had done during the last couple of weeks; Makoto again repeated that he had fallen in love with a beauty who obviously didn't even give him the time of day and everyone rolled their eyes amid laughter.
Yamagishi and Makoto were the first ones who dared to get up from their seats and go try their luck and hit on girls in the disco.
Hinata, Takemichi, Akkun, and Takuya preferred to stay at the table to keep drinking together while they secretly mocked the pathetic attempts of their two friends with drinks in hand, who were trying to hit on curvy women and failing miserably with every attempt.
"God, what an embarrassment." Takuya complained, embarrassed by the nonsense their friends were doing on the dance floor.
"Let's just pretend we don't know them." Akkun mocked as he took another sip from his glass.
"Well, I'm a little envious of them." Takemichi admitted in a low voice, but Hinata heard him and, confused, asked him a question.
"What do you envy about them?"
"That they have the courage to express that they like someone through the act of 'hitting on' them"
"But they're just making fools of themselves." Takuya contradicted, shaking his head.
"I would love to make a fool of myself if that way I could express that someone likes me, but I don't dare because I don't have enough courage." said Takemichi with a melancholic smile on his face, and Hinata, upon hearing that, looked away.
"Look! Why are those yakuza coming down from the VIP area so suddenly?" said Akkun while pointing with his finger at what he saw.
Hinata, Takemichi, and Takuya directed their gazes toward the dance floor.
"Shit, those guys are really scary." whispered the black-haired one upon seeing the tattoos of those gangsters.
They were all dressed in expensive suits all dark, wearing gold rings, some had bleached hair, and many could be seen to have skin full of tattoos underneath their suits.
"Guys… aren't they heading toward where Makoto and Yamagishi are?" Hinata blurted out suddenly, and upon hearing her say that, Takemichi, Akkun and Takuya opened their eyes wide.
"Fuck, Hina is right!" exclaimed Takuya, sweating from nerves.
Those terrifying gangsters were undoubtedly walking with their brows deeply furrowed toward where their friends were flirting with a woman who had straight black bleached hair and was very pretty.
"Shit, what do we do, Akkun?" asked the worried omega.
"Let's go see what's happening." declared the redhead, standing up from his seat while swallowing hard due to anxiety.
Suddenly, it was as if all the alcohol in his blood had vanished and he was more sober than ever.
"Takuya and I will go ahead, Hinata and Takemichi, you are omegas so just in case stay behind us two." Then he looked at Takemichi. "Don't do anything stupid, okay?"
"Okay." said the other three in unison.
Then the four got up from their table and headed straight to the dance floor of dance.
"Hey, you pair of idiots, what the hell are you doing bothering my girl?" asked one of the gangsters who had approached, he was of short stature, somewhat overweight, black hair shaved on the sides, a scar under the left eye and a stocky physique.
At first sight due to his overweight and short stature you might not take him seriously but his eyes, his voice and above all his scent didn't lie, he was an alpha with an explosive personality.
"Honey, this pair of virgins wouldn't stop harassing me!" exclaimed the girl running into the arms of the suited alpha, who hugged her by the waist comforting her.
"Calm down Yuri, I'll give them the beating they deserve." both Makoto and Yamagishi shuddered in fear upon hearing that phrase.
"Yes honey, turn them into pulp!" sentenced the young woman before looking with hatred at the two betas, going back with the other gangsters and thus leaving the path clear for her partner.
"Alright, who should I start with first?" whispered the alpha while cracking the knuckles of his large hands.
Everyone around the dance floor instead of interfering simply decided to step aside.
"Please sir, spare our lives!" exclaimed Makoto scared, kneeling down because of the fear he felt.
"I swear we didn't know you were her alpha!" exclaimed Yamagishi in tears of desperation, if they had known that that girl was some yakuza's mate would never have crossed their suicidal idea of trying to hit on her. "She never told us she had a mate!"
"They're lying! Honey, I did tell them." Then the alpha furrowed his brow even more, angry.
"So not only did they try to hit on my girlfriend, but they also dare to accuse her of being a liar in front of me…" the alpha's eyes sharpened even more. "You're dead." he sentenced with his alpha voice and the two betas almost peed their pants upon hearing that, for her part the omega named Yuri smiled slyly from behind, enjoying the faces of suffering of those two foolish betas.
"Please sir, stop!" Takemichi couldn't take it anymore and threw himself forward to defend his friends.
He knew how idiotic Makoto and Yamagishi could be, but he also knew that if that omega had told them she was a yakuza's mate, those two would never ever have tried to hit on her. They didn't reach that level of idiocy.
"And who the hell are you?" the angry alpha spat as he approached with long strides toward the omega.
"Takemichi!" Exclaimed Akkun, Hinata, and Takuya in horror.
"I'm a friend of those two, please, we can solve this by talking." said the black-haired one in a conciliatory tone, wrinkling his nose from the strong anger pheromones that alpha was emitting.
"Solve it by talking?!" he exclaimed as he stood right in front of Takemichi, both were practically the same height.
However, to the black-haired one it became clear the difference in strength when the alpha with a single hand lifted him by the collar of his shirt.
"I'm going to teach you how we solve things in my world!" right after saying that Takemichi saw how that guy raised his other hand in a fist towards him and automatically closed his eyes.
"NO!" all his friends shouted, running towards where he was being lifted by that gangster.
However, the blow never came and little by little Takemichi opened his eyes to see why that alpha hadn't attacked him yet. Then he saw that guy furrow his brow, very close to his face.
The black-haired one blushed too much when that guy brought his nose a little closer to his neck, right where his scent gland was, and then Takemichi couldn't take it anymore and struggled to free himself from the grip. The alpha simply let him go and the other fell on his butt to the ground.
"Are you an omega?" he asked, surprised. "You're lucky, I don't hit omegas."
"Takemichi! Are you okay?" Hinata said as she knelt down to help the black-haired one.
"Another omega? Damn it." the alpha clicked his tongue and his girlfriend Yuri frowned annoyed at seeing that pair of omegas interrupt the beating of those impertinent betas.
"Pah-chin, that's enough." A cold, vibrant, and authoritative voice was heard and automatically the entire bar-club fell silent.
Some footsteps were heard and everyone stepped aside, letting that person approach the group of gangsters.
"Mikey…" the murderous aura of that alpha diminished as soon as he heard that voice.
"How many times do I have to repeat that I don't like you causing disturbances in my bar?" he asked with a smile, although he seemed friendly, Takemichi trembled unconsciously.
He's dangerous, much more than that fat and grumpy alpha… the omega thought.
"But those two betas tried to hit on my girlfriend, they were harassing her!"
"Oh yeah? That's weird, because I saw the complete opposite from my office." replied that guy still with a smile plastered on his face while pointing upwards with his index finger.
Takemichi automatically looked where he was pointing, the bar-club had three floors: the first was for all people who paid the minimum price to enter, the second floor was exclusive for VIPs whose entry price was much more expensive and even had bouncers who didn't let just anyone sneak in and the third floor… the omega observed carefully and realized that apparently on the third floor there was nothing, just a large multi-meter window that was completely polarized in such a way that from his position one couldn't see what was inside.
Was that the office of that man? If so, that guy could see everything that happened in the bar-club, but they themselves couldn't see him. How creepy… Takemichi thought.
"What do you mean, Mikey? I don't understand." said that alpha who apparently was called Pah-chin while tilting his head a little.
"You never understand anything, Pah." snapped a deep voice that made the hairs on Takemichi's nape bristle. "Apparently you only have air in that empty head of yours."
"You stay out of it, Draken." Pah-chin clicked his tongue annoyed while watching another alpha approach.
The black-haired one wrinkled his nose displeased and hugged Hinata even tighter, how many more alphas would come? He felt like he was suffocating from so many strong scents.
Although of all the alphas present, the one who wasn't releasing any of the pheromones and yet was intimidating was that unusually short alpha with blond hair combed back.
"That dirty omega you defend so much was having fun with those betas on the dance floor, I didn't see her oppose it at any moment and then out of nowhere she acted offended when she saw you." Mikey said without mincing words and then automatically Yuri tried to defend herself.
"He's lying! Honey, that's not true! Believe me!" screeched the omega while clinging to her boyfriend's strong arm.
"What did you say?" so the smile on Mikey's face disappeared completely. Everyone present shut their mouths and swallowed hard.
"Did you just call me a liar? You dare?" the omega shuddered from fear when she saw those dark eyes that reminded her of black holes staring at her fixedly, as if he could incinerate her simply with his gaze.
"Hey, bitch." Pah-chin pulled his arm from the omega's claws and incinerated her with his sharp gaze. "How dare you contradict the big boss?"
"W-what?" the girl blinked several times thinking that all that was a dream, why would her boyfriend of several months suddenly treat her with such coldness?
"If Mikey says you're a dirty and lying omega, then that's what you are, period." Pah-chin sentenced as he walked away from her, heading directly to the VIP area. "If you still don't get it, we're done. Don't let her pass where I am."
The omega gaped like a fish out of water, she tried to approach her now ex-boyfriend but several gangsters got in the way and warned her that if she insisted on entering the VIP area they would use force even if she was an omega. She, not being stupid, left from there yelling a bunch of insults.
"Mikey, thanks for stopping him before he caused a scandal." a sweet voice finally made Takemichi react, he looked around to see where it it came from and then he realized that it came from that tall alpha with blond braided hair and shaved on the sides; only the voice obviously didn't belong to him but to a short girl who clung to the strong arm left of that guy they called "Draken".
"It's okay Emma, today is a day for you all to enjoy so I couldn't let Pah-chin ruin everything over a stupid omega." the black eyes of that alpha named Mikey softened when he saw that blonde beta who smiled at him hanging from the arm of the braided alpha.
What kind of characters were all these crazy people? Takemichi just wanted to flee from there with his friends in silence, so that's what he did. Little by little he got up from the ground with Hina's help, however he immediately felt how his friend suddenly started to tremble.
"Hina-chan? Why are you trembling like that?" asked the omega in a whisper.
When he turned his head to see his friend's face, he realized that she was staring fixedly ahead. Takemichi followed the gaze of the brunette and took it to that blonde beta.
"Emma-chan?" When Takemichi heard that name from the lips of Hinata, he finally put the puzzle together.
So was that girl the same one who grew up for several years in the orphanage with them? She had changed quite a bit, rather she had developed too much.
"Hina-chan?" said the beta surprised as she let go of the arm of the braided alpha and ran into the arms of the brunette, hugging her without thinking twice. "God, so much time has passed!"
Takemichi stepped a few steps away from both women; it was an unexpected reunion but no less nostalgic for that. Both the betas shed tears as they hugged, however it was obvious from afar that the most affected was Hinata.
Akkun, Takuya, Makoto, and Yamagishi approached Takemichi, looking at him as if asking with their eyes what the hell was happening. However, the omega simply shrugged indifferently.
He didn’t feel like explaining the story of the two of them to his friends right there.
"Emma-chan… why?" Hinata finally said between sobs as they broke away from the tight embrace they had shared. The brunette released a wave of pheromones that clearly reflected her sadness. "Why are you still staying with him?" she asked, looking sadly at the beta and then turning her gaze with hatred toward Draken, who was standing a few meters away. "How could someone as pure as you get involved with despicable criminals like all of them?"
Emma couldn’t say anything; she only trembled in place, and a couple more tears rolled down her flushed cheeks.
"Hina-chan, stop!" Takemichi exclaimed, trying to grab his friend by the shoulders and pull her back to get her out of there. If she kept insulting those yakuza, she would only get herself killed.
"Hey, you bitch." The guy called Draken finally spoke, releasing a wave of alpha pheromones that showed just how angry he was.
Takemichi’s beta friends bent over, unable to withstand the pressure, while the black-haired omega whimpered in fear. Hinata used all her willpower to ignore her omega instincts and lifted her head, staring with pure hatred into the black eyes of the alpha who had stolen the love of her life.
"The nonsense coming out of your mouth made my Emma cry. How about I break you?"
"Ken-chin〜" That short alpha finally spoke again.
Until a moment ago, his gaze had been fixed on the ground while listening to what Hinata was saying, but when he raised his head, a wide grin stretched across his face, making Takemichi shudder.
In fact, now that Takemichi looked more closely, all those yakuza were dressed in expensive suits, and even Emma was wearing a luxurious red dress that highlighted her curves. However, that guy named Mikey was wearing gray sweatpants, a large white shirt, and… flip-flops.
He was the most disheveled in that place; however, when he spoke, everyone fell silent and listened to him. Until now, that guy hadn't used his alpha voice nor released his dominant pheromones at any damn moment but even so his authority was undeniable.
Who the hell was he?
"You know? Today is a special day." Mikey began to say with a smile as he slowly approached them, more specifically to Hinata who couldn't stop trembling but still kept her gaze firm. "Today we celebrate the engagement of Emma and Ken-chin." he said pointing with his fingers to the beta who returned to the arms of her alpha with braids.
Upon hearing that, all the ferocity disappeared from the brown eyes of Hinata and only a great emptiness remained.
"But you ruined everything because you can't get over my sister's rejection, stupid resentful omega."
Sister? Is Emma the sister of that terrifying alpha?
Neither Hinata nor Takemichi had time to process that, because Mikey took a last step, ending up right in front of the omega, barely separated by half a meter at most. The brunette was still in shock and all her initial courage had vanished into the air.
The alpha had his hands hidden in his pants pockets and the smile on his face only intensified; Takemichi at that distance could finally smell a faint woody essence, Mikey was making an effort not to release pheromones but the omega could still smell a little bit.
That alpha smelled like a humid jungle, freedom and wildness. That scared Takemichi. What would a madman like that do to them?
"I don't give a shit that you're an omega." Mikey began to say while taking his hands out of his pockets. "I'll give you a good hit for the tears you made my sister shed with your shitty words."
Just as the alpha finished saying that sentence, Takemichi pulled by the arm Hinata and moved her aside, placing her behind him. Automatically Akkun, Takuya, Makoto, and Yamagishi gathered courage from where there was none to surround the omega in a protective circle.
And Takemichi was left standing in front of the alpha, whose smile had completely disappeared and whose black eyes were darker than ever. He stared fixedly at Takemichi for the first time; until then, he hadn't paid him any attention and thought he was just another whiny beta like the rest of his friends.
But he had to admit that he had balls to stand up to him, even if it was just to impress the omega hiding behind him. Mikey looked at Hinata with contempt; all omegas were the same... they acted brave, but when it came down to it, they hid behind someone stronger to avoid being hit for something they themselves provoked. How disgusting they were to him.
"A mere beta dares to stand up to me, how funny." the yakuza behind had to hold back their laughter as they watched Takemichi tremble like jelly with Mikey standing right in front of his eyes, however his blue gaze never wavered.
"If you're going to hit someone, hit me." Takemichi declared more determined than ever. "But you won't lay a finger on Hinata."
"Oh..." Mikey frowned, surprised by the bravery of that beta.
Then he took one more step closer just to see if he could intimidate him, but he saw no hint of doubt in the boy's blue eyes.
How interesting…
Just as the alpha was raising his fist to smash it directly into Takemichi's face to teach him a lesson, finally, an almost imperceptible scent reached his nose. It was then that Sano Manjiro, alias Mikey, the big boss of the criminal organization Tokyo Manji, better known as Toman, which controlled Shibuya as if it were his playground and exerted enormous influence over Tokyo and Japan, for the first time he hesitated.
"Taiyaki?"
"WHAT?!" all the gangsters looked at Mikey with their eyes wide open, they couldn't believe that in a situation like that their boss felt like eating his favorite sweet.
"You smell like…" Takemichi blinked several times without understanding absolutely anything and Mikey also blinked strangely while slowly lowering his fist. "You… aren't you a beta but an omega?"
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