Chapter 28.2

Isn’t that what a pair is supposed to do? (2)

When I woke up, I was in Yuugo’s bedroom.

It was the room where we had spent all our time together yesterday. But now, there was no sign of Yuugo. I wonder where he is.

Perhaps because of the heat, I still end up looking for Yuugo even though the fever in my body has calmed down. It wasn’t that I felt uneasy, but I wanted him to be at a place where I could see him.

I slipped out of bed and left the bedroom. I could hear Yuugo’s voice from across the corridor.

It was coming from the living room.

I approached the direction of the voice while still on my bare feet. The door leading to the living room was opened slightly. As I got closer, I could hear Yuugo’s voice getting louder and louder.

“—He’s asleep. Wouldn’t it be a pity to wake him up?”

I wonder who he was talking to.

I think I could hear the voice of the other person faintly. But it wasn’t as clear as Yuugo’s voice.

“—Sou is very cute. He’s such a straightforward and lovely kid that even feels too good to be with me.”

It seems like he was talking about me to someone else.

The tone of his voice and the way he talked to them were different from when he was talking to me. I was a bit not used to hearing him talk like this.

Now that I remember it, he might be talking this way when we first met at the bookstore. That day felt like such a long time ago now.

If he was talking to someone, I shouldn’t interrupt them.

Even though I thought so, I still wanted to go to Yuugo’s side. Even if I couldn’t do that, I wanted to at least see his face.

I pushed the living room door open for a bit, so he wouldn’t notice. I opened it carefully, but the joints still made a high-pitched creaking sound.

“Sou?”

He noticed me right away.

When I peeked in, Yuugo was the only one in the living room. I wonder if he was on the phone.

“Were you talking to someone?”

“Yeah. Come here.”

Yuugo who was sitting on the sofa beckoned me over.

When I approached him, he pulled my waist closer. When I leaned my nose to his neck, I could smell his sweet scent.

{Hmm… He is certainly adorable.}

{He looked so young. Do you want to be a criminal?}

“Huh…?”

I heard unfamiliar male voices from behind me. Startled, I turned around. On the large screen on the wall in front of the sofa, there were two men on the screen.

They were also sitting side by side on the sofa.

One of them was a blonde man who looked like Yuugo but much older, and the other one was a beautiful oriental man with slicked-back black hair.

Could it be, they are—.

“They’re my parents.”

“Huh… hold on… I’m dressed like this now-”

“It’s okay. It’s their fault for calling me even when I said you’re on your heat.”

{Of course I would at least give a call when I heard my son suddenly have a pair.}

Seems like it was a video call in real-time. I felt like the blonde man said that while staring at me.

I wonder if the other side could see us too.

As I stare at the screen in a daze, Yuugo hugged my waist closer.

“You don’t have to worry about it.”

No, of course I’d get worried about it.

After all, I’m in pajamas now. Moreover, I was sleeping until just before and haven’t even washed my face yet.

Even though I was facing the screen, I didn’t have the courage to look straight at their faces. My gaze ended up wandering around the bottom of the screen.

Yuugo’s parents were both men. Did that mean they were an alpha and omega pair…?

I think I had seen the blonde man for a bit when I searched up Yuugo’s name on the internet. I’m sure he was the current president of the company. That means he’s the one that’s an alpha.

No, that kind of thing didn’t really matter now. My head is in a mild panic.

What… should I do?

“Hey, Yuugo. I think I should-”

“I’ve told you, you don’t have to worry. If it bothers you, should I end this call?”

{Don’t hang up.}

{My son is so cold. However, as expected of an alpha. I also know the feeling that our omega is the most adorable. I was that way as well.}

The blonde man tried to stretch his hand to the black-haired man… but his hand was smacked away before he could reach him.

The blonde man was still smiling happily despite that. The black-haired man didn’t change his expression much.

…They felt kind of different from what I thought they would be.

“My parents are always like that, you can just ignore them. They rarely come to Japan too, so you can pretend they’re not around.”

“…No, that’s not good.”

“Sou?”

I twisted my body and shook off Yuugo’s arms.

After standing straight while facing the screen, I bowed my head at the right angle to the two of them.

“U-umm! Nice to meet you. My name is Kimura Sou. Err… Yesterday, I became a pair with Yuugo, and— I will cherish him properly, so… uwaa-”

I should at least greet them.

That’s what I thought, but halfway through my shoulder was suddenly grabbed from behind.

He forced me up from my bowing position and hugged me tightly from behind.

“—Sou, are you trying to kill me?”

“Umm… did I do something wrong?”

“No, I thought I was going to die from your cuteness. You said things like… you’ll cherish me and all that.”

He said that and tightened his hold on me. He hugged me so tightly and I couldn’t turn my head back, so I couldn’t see what kind of face he was making now.

Even though we were in front of his parents, what should I do about this…?

“You would cherish me, Sou?”

“…Isn’t that what a pair supposed to do?”

I thought that was common sense.

He’s the only partner for me. Though… I don’t know how it was for him.

But, no matter what, my feelings for him would never change.

“Of course, I’ll cherish you.”

I answered that once again.

He hugged me even more tightly. Yuugo’s body pressed against mine.

“—I will also cherish you. Please let me do so.”

“You don’t have to ask for my permission… I’m already yours, right?”

I patted Yuugo’s head as he pressed his face against my shoulder.

He was supposed to be an older and respectable alpha, but he really looked like nothing else but a big dog when he acted like this. I wonder if it’s okay for me to think of Yuugo as cute.

{Quite a good couple, aren’t they?}

{I guess our family tends to attract strong omegas. He certainly seems like a good kid with a strong will.}

I could tell the two people from inside the screen looking at me with great interest. It made me couldn’t look at the screen any longer.

Not knowing what to say, I just continued to pat Yuugo’s head.