Virtual Alpha and I - Chapter 39-2

Their Valentine’s Day Date (2)

“…Umm, …is there any chocolate that’s cheap and looks presentable?”

Expecting a no, I still tried asking.

Well, I probably shouldn’t have asked that to staff from a high-class store.

“Ah, if that’s what you’re looking for… you can try going to the shop over that corner. They’re fairly cheap, cute, and look voluminous.”

The lady was very kind.

I guess she was aware of my budget, so she went out of her way to show me chocolates from another store.

I wonder if that’s okay.

“Umm, I’m sorry. Thank you.”

“No problem. Ah… I’ll try to hold your boyfriend back for a minute, so please go while you still can.”

She said ‘boyfriend’.

So we looked like that to others. I thought they wouldn’t notice. I mean, how could she find out?

While the lady was checking Yuugo’s chocolate wrapping, I stealthily left that place. I went to the store she recommended and immediately picked out some chocolates for Yuugo.

I put the wrapped chocolates in my bag and sneak back to the previous store.

“Ah, Sou. I lose sight of you for a second, I was surprised.”

“Mm, my bad. I saw some really beautiful chocolate, so I was just admiring it.”

“Which one? Do you want to buy some?”

“I’ve had enough of them.”

I quickly tried to stop Yuugo who had believed my lie and was about to go buy another chocolate right away.

I could see the lady from earlier looking at us and smiling happily.

*

After having a late lunch, we went to Yuugo’s house.

Looking at the boxes piled up on the living room table made me feel a bit dejected.

Sure, I like chocolates. I could eat a lot of sweets, but this amount is a bit… you know?

“Sou, you want some coffee, right?”

“Yeah!”

“Haha, are you tired of all that sweet stuff?”

“It’s not that. What about you? Aren’t you tired from all the crowds?”

“You’re right. I guess I was a bit surprised because it was my first time going to a place with so many people like that.”

As he said that, he sat down next to me and offered the coffee that he had brought.

Yuugo also took a sip of the coffee.

“Your first time? You don’t mean going to the Valentine’s Day fair, right?”

“Yeah, I meant I never went to places like that. After all, I’ve always been avoiding places with a lot of people.”

He touched his left wrist as he said that. It was the place where the rut suppression ring bangle was.

Right now, he no longer wore the ring there. Because it was no longer needed after he changed his canine teeth to artificial ones. It looks like he still brought suppressant with him because he still reacts to the pheromones, even so one thing has changed significantly.

But just because the ring is gone now doesn’t mean he could easily forget what had happened in the past.

It seems like Yuugo still had a sense of dislike towards omega other than me. Well… for me, that’s already good enough.

After all, I’m sure Yuugo would be really popular if he was friendlier.

“Then, why did you want me to go together with you today?”

“I wanted to pick out the chocolates together. I thought I could have a good time with you. –Well, I didn’t think there’d be that many people there.”

“Pfft, ahaha. Your face was really something before you enter.”

When I remembered his face, I couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

His face at that time was just that terrible.

“But, I also had fun. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a festival like that. I think I used to like crowded places like that.”

“Is that so?”

“Like at summer festivals, isn’t places with a lot of liveliness feel so great? Well, I haven’t gone to festivals ever since I found out I was an omega, though.”

Even if there are omegas with a stable heat cycle like me, we’re still a bit afraid to go to the crowds.

Because you never know when something might happen.

But now that I became Yuugo’s pair I don’t have to worry about things like that. Thanks to that, I feel like my range of activities has expanded.

“Thanks to being your pair, I could go to much more places. If I think about it that way, being a pair is kinda convenient.”

I didn’t mean to care that much about it, but I feel that having a heat was limiting my actions.

I still have my heat like usual now, but just having Yuugo by my side made me feel completely safe. Even if something happened, the only person who would react to my pheromones is only Yuugo.

“…I wonder about that.”

“Hm?”

“I don’t think I’ll be able to give you that much freedom.”

He hugged me tightly, then whispered that to me in a low voice.

I felt a sweet numbness run through my back. I could smell the scent of Yuugo’s pheromones mixed in the air that I inhaled.

“Is that possessiveness?”

“Yeah. I don’t really want to show you to other people.”

The expression on Yuugo’s face which showed alpha-like possessiveness shook my omega’s instinct.

Being desired in this way was no longer something that I disliked. If anything, it excites me.

“…Chocolate smells pretty nice, but your scent is my favorite after all.”

“Me too…”

As I open my mouth as if asking for it, my favorite sweet flavor spread in my mouth.

*

“Here you go.”

“Huh? Did you also buy something for me?”

“It’s just something cheap, though… it’s Valentine’s Day after all. I also wanted to give you something.”

–I almost forgot to buy something for him, though I will keep it a secret.

After exchanging our desires for each other several times, I gave the chocolate to Yuugo on the bed.

When I saw Yuugo smiling happily as he looked at the chocolate that I gave him, I feel a bit more bashful than usual.

“Can I eat it?”

“We had just tasted so many chocolates, you can still eat more?”

“The one you gave me is special.”

I only bought it for him, I didn’t think he would be so happy about it.

I wonder if he’d be even happier if it had been handmade chocolate. Well, I don’t think I’d be able to make it that well, though.

“This one tastes the best among all the chocolate I ate today.”

“You’re exaggerating.”

“That’s not true, try it.”

Yuugo’s face slowly got closer. I could smell the sweet aroma of chocolate from his mouth.

Mixed with that smell was the scent of Yuugo’s pheromones. The scent melted my mind just like chocolate.

“Do you still want to do it?”

“…You should stay over at my place today.”

“You had no intention to let me leave from the start, aren’t you?”

He smiled softly and beautifully, but his eyes were beastly.

I could see a fierce light shimmering in the depths of Yuugo’s pale brown eyes.

END.