She Cares!
That day Viona asked Ethan to sleep alone because she was kind of worried that she might lose control seeing an omega next to her. Ethan was a little worried when he heard that because Viona didn't explain things clearly because she was embarrassed and ashamed.
She was worried about losing control but Ethan thought she hated him beside her.
Sigh...
Both of them went to sleep that day with different thoughts in their mind.
'I really have a husband now! An omega! Wow! I still can't believe it!'
Viona was in the guest room. She said she would sleep there as she offered the room to Ethan. Ethan would never deny what she wants, so he simply accepted what she wanted.
Falling asleep, as time passed, Viona was having happy dreams. A future with children, and full of laughs.
But Ethan was having nightmares. He saw his brother and father coming to visit him and complaining about him to Viona. Then Viona got angry at him and asked for a divorce.
He was awakened by the nightmare as he mumbled 'don't want', tearing up.
'I don't want to divorce.'
A divorced omega won't be accepted by society with a good impression. They judge them, and insult them very badly, affecting their mental health and their whole life.
Omegas always got bullied for those things, but no omega had the power to stand up against them.
That's just their unlucky fate.
That's what every omega knew.
Born as an omega, it was a bad thing. But if it wasn't for omegas, how could children be born?
They treat omegas as machines for sex and machines to breed their kind.
That was really unfair.
But every omega wished they could get an alpha who would treat them with love.
That was the last string for them to survive.
So did Ethan. Living in hell, facing more mistreatment than any other omega, his last hope became Viona, the only alpha he felt he could put his faith on.
.....
It was early in the morning when Ethan woke up, feeling uncomfortable, unable to sleep more. He saw the wall clock showing it was 3.00 am. He didn't want to sleep again. So he woke up, walking to the bathroom lazily, taking a cold shower, trying to wash away the discomfort lingering in his heart and body.
After putting on some fresh clothes, he walked out of the room, thinking he should start arranging or cleaning the house since he had nothing to do. He was used to work like a servant. So he simply thought it would be better to do those cleaning silently, letting his alpha rest more.
That was his job anyway.
But to his surprise, Viona was already in the living room doing something.
From behind, Ethan couldn't see what she was doing. So he slowly walked to the couch, but it seemed like she heard his footsteps.
She turned around, facing him, giving off the soap smell, looking fresh but wet like a chicken caught in the rain. He didn't wipe his hair because he never did it before. He had no time to do that and always just let the hair wet even if the water in his hair would wet his clothes.
"You! Why are you up so early? Wait! Did you take a bath early this morning?"
She was surprised that she didn't even hear the water running sound. But her omega stood in front of her like a dog who got caught in the rain.
Viona looked a little mad. That made Ethan flinch and he hesitated to answer her.
"It's not too early. It's normal for me."
As he said he looked at Viona who had a poker face, trying to guess what that meant.
Ethan didn't know what was going on in her mind. But her glare made him nervous.
She walked closer to Ethan silently a gloom covering her face. Ethan was confused at first, but when his legs gave up standing and it got hard to breathe from that pressure landed on him all of a sudden, he knew what was going on.
The alpha in front of him was angry.
That pressure was caused by her.
"Did you use hot water?"
"...No."
The pressure got even harder for him to handle. He was going to fall when suddenly Viona grabbed his hand.
"Ethan, you didn't wipe your hair, didn't you? You are going to catch a cold! How could you be so careless! taking cold showers early in the morning and you didn't even wipe your hair, yet wandering around the house as if nothing happened!"
Her voice was raised and the grip on his wrist tightened, scaring him but, surprising him.
Was she worried about him?
It made a new sensation run through his body, but his face only showed terror at that moment making Viona regret being angry at him.
"Sigh...I am not mad at you. Don't make that face."
Viona couldn't see him like that. He looked so pitiful.
She dragged him to the couch, brought a towel, wiping his hair gently while observing the close-up look of her omega.
Ethan just stayed frozen until the last moment she finished and said it was done. When her fingertips touched his ears and neck, he couldn't help but tremble slightly as they were very sensitive to alpha's touch. He was a little panicked.
After she was done, she sat next to him glaring at him, a light smile on her face.
"Ethan, I don't care how you lived in your old home. But from now on, you must remember you are living in a new home with a new person. So you must not be careless. You must take care of yourself well because I want you to do so. Got it?"
Ethan nodded as usual but felt her voice sounded strict and a little cold. It was an order, wasn't it?
That was the first time she was strict after they had spent the whole day together only showing her gentle side.
Her tone was cold. But different from his father's.
They were not the same. She wanted him to be careful. She was ordering him to make him take care of himself. But his father did all those to insult and harm him.
'There are not the same...They are different. She cares about me.'
That's when Viona finally lost it.
Cheeks slowly turning pink, an innocent smile drew his lips up, his eyes also seem to be smiling, he nodded again.
Why was that she could not stop her lips from drawing a smile?
How could someone smile that innocently?
Her husband looked so adorable.
Must protect him!
'Does he like it when I care about him?'
Why would he not?
All he wanted was comfort and love.
His dream of getting cared by someone seemed like coming true.