Chapter 146 - Epilogue: Starting Over 4

'Later?'

'Seungyun told me you work till late so…'

Fuck. Now Minwoo really regrets skipping lunch! Thinking on his feet, afraid to let Wonho leave in fear of not getting another chance from the omega, he holds onto the hand as he quickly texts his friend to help with his next patient. He really needs this. 'I might be able to finish in four hours. Dinner?'

'Are you sure?'

'Yeah.' Minwoo keeps his hold on Wonho's left arm, another hand clumsily exchanging texts. To the omega, that action demonstrates how busy he is so he doesn't want to be in the way. 'Okay. I'll see you in four-'

'You're sleepy?' Minwoo pulls on the hand lightly, to stop his track and get his attention. Wonho tilts his head slightly at the sudden question, confused. In his momentary glance towards the hallway, his eyes catches on their surroundings. Wonho realizes the hospital staffs are looking at them, as if watching a play, whispering among themselves. He doesn't like this kind of attention. Deciding he doesn't want to be in the spotlight any longer, Wonho nods, though still very much confused. 'Ermm, let's go then.'

'Where to?' Minwoo doesn't answer as he leads the omega to a staff-restricted area. Wonho just follows behind. Though he is reluctant to break the rule, he doubts Minwoo will put him in danger or gets him in trouble. Before he knows it, they are already inside a room with two beds and a simple desk. It is the on-call room. 

'You can sleep here first. Sorry you had to wait that long. I'll see you later!'

'Mi-' Before he can finish his sentence, the door closes and he hears rushed footsteps away from the room. Awkwardly sitting on the bed, Wonho looks around. There is literally nothing here besides the two beds and the desk with medical textbooks, suggesting how busy the residents are to even have a hobby here. He notices a familiar looking plushie, the one SooA called 'Bong' on the bed opposite him. Realizing he is on the wrong bed, Wonho hastily stands up and lightly makes the bed before a crash of the door hitting the wall causes his heart to fall out of his chest. 

'I'll lock the door and tell the other doctors to leave you alone.' Again, before he can manage a response, Minwoo leaves, locking the door. Smiling to himself, he lies on the alpha's bed.

It smells like Minwoo.

Half running to his next patient, Minwoo rolls his eyes at the voicemail notification. He usually won't bother to leave one, but this is really important. He needs to make sure his colleague sharing the room won't come in when his omega is asleep. 'Don't you fucking dare go back to the room. I'll kill you.'

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He didn't mean for their reunion to be in a fancy restaurant, he wanted it to be casual, somewhere they can talk but Minwoo had already booked the steakhouse of a five-star hotel when he finally came back to the room for Wonho. Secretly crying over the price he would have to pay for a mere steak, the omega distracts himself by reading the reviews. 

It looks good, and has great review so besides the price, he is actually looking forward to it. Minwoo said he wanted something luxurious as it is rare for him to eat outside food due to his busy schedule and Wonho too, will never come here alone. And the alpha is so excited right now he cannot actually say no. May as well enjoy this night fully.

'You look different.' Minwoo comments, finally breaking the silence after they made their orders. The omega sitting opposite him, besides his clothing, looks really sure of himself. Which is refreshing. Back then, Wonho always looked nervous and reserved, obviously the result of that nightmare, but now, he looks confident, maybe even a little bit intimidating. Minwoo loves this change, because it tells him that the omega already recovered, or at least, made a lot of progress during the few years they are apart. 

That they didn't separate for nothing. 

On the other side, Wonho smiles at the comment, contemplating whether he should tell what happened back in France. He has a lot he wants to share, like his company, his new friends, the places he travelled to, and the ones he skipped. Most of all, he wants to tell the man about the exciting discovery of his own ancestry, of which he learned that his family is also called nobles, the 'extinct noble omegas'. 

He was visiting one of the museums when coincidentally, a professor studying about noble omegas was there and caught his scent. They exchanged phone numbers and the man taught him a lot about his bloodline not available to public. That lucky meeting is the best thing that had ever happened to him as he now knows why the alphas are attracted to him and his family so much. He is genetically a very attractive omega, a free one at that, so the alphas instinctively, couldn't resist him. Though he wanted to laugh at that, feeling sick as he was reminded of the incident back at home, he was quickly reminded of Minwoo having to undergo the same ordeal with the omegas. And also, of his own tendency to act out due to his jealousy. 

It made him feel bad about his actions back then, but somehow also made him feel a bit better, knowing that despite all that, Minwoo got through it and remained with him. Because it made him admire the noble alpha. It made him feel like he could get used to the attention too.

Maybe he can tell Minwoo about the few alphas who became obsessed with him to the point of stalking him? It will make him look brave and strong. And it will make Minwoo jealous and worry. A little drama wouldn't hurt.

On another hand, maybe not. The subject is too heavy for a happy reunion, Wonho decides to save it for later, hoping there will be, a 'later'. A few more seconds of thinking, and minutes of awkward silence later, he finally settles on commenting the same thing about the other, already out of ideas. 'You look confident as ever.'

Minwoo smirks at that, a bit disappointed for the common compliment people always gave him. 'Apparently Seungyun said I'm becoming more narcissistic.'