Crazy A Married Life

#03

Idam hunched his shoulders. The large spider tattoo on Taemin’s chest flashed in his mind. There were also bloodstains on the floor. He wondered if perhaps a fight with a third person had broken out while he was unconscious. It was chilling.

“Being an extremely dominant alpha, he’s said to have better stamina and be more persistent than other gangsters.”

“What? He’s an extremely dominant alpha?”

Idam’s eyes widened. In this world, there are first genders – alpha, omega, beta – and second genders – male and female. Alphas and omegas primarily lived according to their first gender. Alphas had strong reproductive abilities that could impregnate, while omegas had wombs that could become pregnant. They were classified as recessive or dominant based on appearance, ability, physical strength, and reproductive capacity.

Among these, there existed a very small number of extremely dominant or extremely recessive individuals. Extremely dominant were called perfect phenotypes, with all abilities above average, while extremely recessive were inferior in every way. To think that Ji Taemin was an extremely dominant alpha… Well, considering his physique and appearance, it was quite believable.

“Above all, Ji Taemin hates omegas.”

“Huh? Why?”

“They say he finds omega pheromones disgusting. So he only deals with alphas.”

“What? An alpha with an alpha? Is that possible?”

“Sexual preferences are free. Ji Taemin is famous for being good at fucking alphas’ back holes.”

“What?”

Idam’s eyes shook like an earthquake at Hayun’s explicit statement. Realizing his mistake, Hayun cleared his throat and continued.

“That… that’s how much Ji Taemin likes and dominates only alphas. For such a person to go on a date with an omega? It doesn’t make sense. Something’s suspicious about that person.”

“…”

Hayun was viewing Ji Taemin completely negatively. Idam also felt uneasy about him. However, when he thought about the gentle gaze and actions towards him, a corner of his heart felt strangely warm. Idam fiddled with his latte cup, feeling confused.

Just then, a commotion was heard. Idam instinctively turned his head towards the sound. People were pouring into the cafe. It was filled with people wearing hiking clothes, perhaps from a mountaineering club meeting. Just as the door was about to close, someone else entered.

“Gasp!”

Idam was startled. It was Ji Taemin, who had just visited the detective agency. Why was he here? Pale-faced, Idam quickly hid under the table. He had just managed to hide his face earlier, and he couldn’t face him here.

“Excuse me…”

Taemin’s voice seemed to be getting closer. Tense, Idam squeezed his eyes shut.

“What are you doing?”

Hayun bent down to look under the table. His expression asked, “What’s wrong with you?” Idam curled up even more, worried that Hayun’s action might catch Taemin’s eye.

“No… that person just came in here.”

He spoke quietly, afraid his voice might leak out. Hayun looked even more puzzled.

“That person? Who?”

“Ji… Ji Taemin…”

“Huh?”

Hayun immediately scanned the surroundings. His scattered movements made Idam fear that Taemin might look their way. As a result, he felt like he was swallowing thorns every time he gulped.

“He’s not here.”

“What? He’s not?”

Idam was sure he had heard the voice nearby, so this made no sense.

“I’ve looked around, and he’s nowhere to be seen.”

“Really?”

It was baffling. Idam emerged from under the table, bewildered. Covering his face with both hands, he peered through his fingers to scan the surroundings. As Hayun had said, not only was Ji Taemin not there, but there wasn’t even anyone with a similar style or appearance. He must have been seeing things. So he removed his hands from his face. Life was already noisy enough, and with Ji Taemin added to the mix, it felt like his nerves were being worn down.

“That person doesn’t like to come to crowded places because he doesn’t want to encounter omegas.”

“Gasp. He hates omegas that much?”

“Yeah, I heard he even despises briefly brushing past them.”

The more he heard, the more Idam wondered if the Ji Taemin he knew and the one Hayun knew were the same person. Hayun observed Idam’s reaction and tilted his head.

“Didn’t you introduce yourself as an omega when you had dinner with Ji Taemin?”

“Yes. I said I was a dominant omega. But I didn’t feel at all that he disliked omegas. He was just… normal.”

He had even felt a sense of warmth from him.

“Idam, you are a bit slow.”

Hayun insisted that his claim was correct. Idam knew he wasn’t particularly quick-witted, so he couldn’t argue.

“But wasn’t Ji Taemin just briefly at the restaurant with you? Why did he come looking for you? Did you perhaps swindle him?”

“Well, actually…”

“Tell me.”

Hayun started drinking his juice, looking bored at Idam’s hesitation.

“I think I ended up sleeping with him.”

“Pffft!”

He spat out the juice he was holding in his mouth. Fortunately, it didn’t splash on Idam, but the table became a mess in an instant. Idam had fully anticipated this reaction from Hayun, so he calmly wiped the table with a napkin. Hayun put his glass back down, aghast.

“So you did go to the room? Then did you release your pheromones?”

“I wasn’t in my right mind, so I don’t know.”

In fact, Idam is an extremely recessive omega. He manifested at fifteen.

Extremely recessive omegas were rare, existing in only 0.03% of the total population. They were called cursed phenotypes. These individuals had congenital disabilities. Some became blind or suffered from early-onset Alzheimer’s, and some even experienced lower body paralysis.

Idam had a pheromone disability. While the scent itself wasn’t disgusting, alphas or omegas exposed to it often experienced extreme lethargy, physical paralysis, vomiting, dizziness, and other symptoms. Although Idam himself didn’t experience these symptoms, it was fatal for a human in a society that valued social interaction.

At one point, it was so serious that people around him fell severely ill and were even hospitalized due to his pheromones, so he became very careful about controlling them. As a result, by the time he became an adult, he had become quite skilled at pheromone control.

“If your pheromones had leaked out, you wouldn’t be able to walk around like this now, would you? Ji Taemin already hates omegas, and if he had sensed your pheromones on top of that? He would have thrown you into the Han River right away.”

“No matter what, would he really harm someone so easily?”

Idam argued, as if denying reality.

“You don’t know anything. I told you Ji Taemin is a gangster. There are more than a few people who have disappeared without a trace around him.”

“I… I see.”

The Ji Taemin that Idam was hearing about through Hayun was clearly a terrifying person.

“But Idam, how did you know you slept with him?”

“I just woke up in bed with him.”

“Without any clothes on?”

Idam nodded shyly, too embarrassed to answer verbally. At the same time, Taemin’s body flashed before his eyes. His broad shoulders, firm chest muscles, and abs chiseled like a machine were so perfect it was hard to believe he was human. Recalling it again made Idam’s lower abdomen feel warm and tingly.

“Wow, that’s crazy.”

Hayun, who had been leaning back in his chair, suddenly leaned forward with interest.

“Do you remember having sex with him?”

“No… I don’t.”

His mind felt completely blank, as if he had become an idiot.

“Then, did you notice any changes in your body or anything like that?”

“My body ached all over, and I had a fever for a few days.”

“Where exactly did it hurt?”

When Idam arrived home that day, he went to the bathroom to wash up. There were no visible wounds on the parts of his body he could see. But his waist and thighs hurt a lot, and he even felt a strange sensation between his buttocks. However, it wasn’t a deep pain.

“Just… my waist and… thighs…”

He was too embarrassed to mention his buttocks.

“Well, then you really might have done it. Why didn’t you just go to the hospital?”

“It wasn’t easy to control my pheromones. I was afraid of causing trouble if I went to the hospital, so I endured it with emergency medication.”

“Even so, you shouldn’t have done that. Why have you always been so considerate of others since the old days? What if something really serious happens!”

Hayun looked worried and didn’t know what to do. Idam also felt awkward and rubbed the back of his head.

“It’s okay. After resting for a few days, the fever went down and my body felt lighter. Now my pheromone control is perfect.”

“From now on, if you’re sick, go to the hospital. Or call me.”

“Okay.”

Idam nodded. He was still young and relatively healthy, so he could endure without going to the hospital, but he was worried about when he would get older. It would be nice if this pheromone disorder could be cured, but it was still impossible with modern medicine.

“I don’t think I could have done anything with CEO Ji Taemin, being like this.”

If they had had sex, his pheromones would have naturally been released. Also, when he woke up in the hotel, he remembered that there were no signs of his pheromones leaking.

“I think so too… but I’m concerned about the places you said hurt. Plus, you said you were naked.”

“Couldn’t it have been because it was hot? The hotel heating was very strong.”

“Then they would have lowered the temperature.”

“Ah…”

As they talked, it seemed odd to dismiss it as if nothing had happened at all.

“No matter how I think about it, Ji Taemin is strange in many ways.”

“Yeah…”

“Why did he go to the detective agency?”

A person who supposedly hates omega pheromones is looking for Idam. And not just an ordinary omega, but an extremely recessive omega with a pheromone disability. It didn’t add up in many ways.

“What did Ji Taemin say to your detective agency boss when he made the request?”

“Ah… well, that…”

Idam was too embarrassed to say it with his own mouth. His lips trembled. This made Hayun look even more curious and impatient.

“Why? What did he say?”

“He said I seduced him. And that he wants to find me.”

“Huh? You mean you, Yeo Idam, seduced Ji Taemin?”

Hayun’s eyes widened as if to say, “What nonsense is this?” Idam had the same expression on his face.

“Yeah… but I don’t remember this either.”

Repeating that he didn’t remember made him feel like a birdbrain.

“Well, it seems like you didn’t just sleep. Maybe you blacked out?”

“Gasp… Could… could that be?”

“What’s your drunk habit?”

“The wine I drank that day was my first drink ever, so I don’t know.”

“Right. You didn’t even touch alcohol as a teenager. Maybe you got completely drunk and did something flirty?”

“No way…”

Idam held his head with both hands. He wished something would come to mind now, but there was nothing. Hayun also looked dumbfounded.

“They say the quiet cat climbs onto the stove first…”

“No. I don’t remember. And I can’t do things like that.”

“Maybe it’s better for your mental health not to remember.”

Hayun touched his own forehead as if he found it dizzying too.

“How long have you been working at the detective agency?”

“It’s been just over a month now.”

“Then just quit.”

Idam looked dejected at Hayun’s suggestion.

“But the work was easy and the hourly wage was good…”

Idam sighed and drank his vanilla latte. The sweetness that would normally have been pleasant tasted bitter today.

“It’s unfair that you have to lose your job because of those people, but it’s still better to avoid danger.”

“Sigh…”

“But thinking about it again, it’s strange. Why did Ji Taemin pretend to be Han Jiwoo and show up at that meeting?”

“Are those two close friends perhaps?”

“No, not at all. That’s why I’m confused now.”

Hayun frowned, puzzled. Idam felt the same. With Han Jiwoo being unreachable, more questions were arising.