CH 2

He didn’t know why on earth he came to the hospital.

After reliving the memories of the night, Ha-hyun sat on a park bench and looked up blankly at the sky. The park where he was located was full of people who went out for an outing as it was spring.

Ha-hyun, who was looking at them with a blurry gaze at the murmur, stopped at someone.

It was a child holding his parents’ hands, perhaps it was still too difficult for him to walk alone. Why did that little boy suddenly catch his eyes? Ha-hyun unconsciously placed his hand on his smooth lower abdomen.

“Kids…”

He had no intention of getting married, let alone pregnant, and suddenly, he had a child.

She said he was eight weeks pregnant, so maybe he met him at the lounge bar, or maybe in a hotel lobby. In any case, it must be the child of the alpha who had impressed him with the scent of pine.

He blinked dumbly, thinking naturally of the man who he had spent the night with. That guy was pretty cool. The heavy yet refreshing scent of pheromone, big hands with calluses, and a strong body were all Ha-hyun’s tastes.

Oh, then he got the handsome man’s genes, so wouldn’t the baby in his womb be good-looking when they grow up? Ha-hyun, who naturally sketched out the future, let out a smirk.

Pondering, he had always worn a condom other than that day. He only had sex with this someone, whether it was just once or countless throughout the night, without proper contraception. It was the last thing he did before he parted ways with Cho-seung.

It was astonishing. How did he get pregnant with that one time? Some people made plans and tried to have children, but Ha-hyun succeeded in one time making love without any such effort.

At first, he was a recessive that it was difficult to get pregnant without a heat. What’s more, how would he go to a lounge bar in heat, was he crazy? He left the house after making sure he wasn’t in a heat cycle, which meant that he couldn’t get pregnant just because he did it without a condom.

Was it because of the opponent who appeared to be the dominant alpha? No, was that possible?

He didn’t know how this pregnancy succeeded through miraculous possibilities, but Ha-hyun was more amazed than ridiculous.

He even had an ultrasound scan and received a picture of a child the size of a pea, so he didn’t mean to deny it, but it was complicated in many ways.

While thinking about it, Ha-hyun took out the ultrasound picture he had put in his pocket again and drew a small shape with his index finger.

“Small.”

It was small when he looked at it again. It was also surprising that this tiny bean later turned into a human being and the fact that it was clinging to his stomach was also amazing. To be honest, there was nothing that wasn’t surprising in Ha-hyun’s eyes.

“I don’t dislike it.”

It wasn’t a difficult situation to raise a child. He was undoubtedly a wealthy unemployed man and it wasn’t like he didn’t have enough assets that the household could collapse just because he had a child. On the contrary, even if the born child had caused him to lose one billion won, Ha-hyun’s assets were still safe.

Because of the circumstances, the stranger who suddenly came to him didn’t look so bad. Ha-hyun’s heart was somewhat lightened not because he couldn’t have an abortion nor he wouldn’t be able to give birth.

He had money and time.

So it was ridiculous to know that he had a child, but it only made him feel amazed.

It wasn’t a planned pregnancy, nor a child with a beloved one, but a child born of one night playing with fire. He sighed in a difficult situation and thought about whether or not he had to erase it. But Ha-hyun was generous enough to support his child.

“You made me difficult to control pheromone because you want to live, right?”

Otherwise, why would he suddenly get himself checked up?

The guy who had been quiet for eight weeks sent a signal the moment he ran out of alpha pheromone. That’s what the doctor explained, so it must be true.

At the time of treatment, Ha-hyun just shook his head when he was asked if he had an alpha partner. The doctor had an understanding expression on her face and calmly explained it to him.

A child between alpha and omega needed to receive their pheromone regularly, so it was recommended, although not necessary, to alpha and omega live together during pregnancy. But she told him not to worry too much, as there were alternatives these days.

Lastly, after being recommended to get a pheromone injection, Ha-hyun willingly accepted it and came out. He had no reason to refuse the doctor’s prescription and the pheromone injections weren’t expensive either. When he learned that omega alone could give birth to a child without an alpha partner, he was just for the advancement of medical technology.

“It’s a shame to kill someone who wants to live.”

Um, um.

Ha-hyun, who was rubbing his lower abdomen and muttering continuously, followed the child again with his gaze that had stopped before. And the parents were smiling brightly next to the child.

“I think it would be nice to raise one.”

They might have only one parent at the moment they were born, but it was still better than dying without seeing the light.

After they grew up, he could hear them blame him, but he decided not to think about it until then. The future was too far away and he might meet someone who could become the father of the child and get a partner in the middle.

Since the distant future was always uncertain, Ha-hyun decided to only see the near future. So, in the near future where the little child could wiggle and crawl.

“I’m curious.”

She said that the recessive omega only had about nine months of pregnancy and had to have a cesarean section, which was only a few months away.

With about seven months left, what kind of relationship will you, who is still a stranger in my heart, have with me in the future?

Can we truly become a family? Or will I remain as a simple guardian? Or maybe, you could still be a stranger.

But Ha-hyun decided to grow this bean, so he was going to try.

So, from now on, he hoped he could work hard to establish an amicable relationship with them. For example, in the part about morning sickness.

Ha-hyun was honestly frightened when he found the information that it was time to start morning sickness. What if he suddenly wanted to eat something or what if he vomited just by smelling the food?

“Don’t worry about it already.”

He would figure it out later somehow.

Ha-hyun, who followed his carefree thought, thought of alpha with the scent of pine when his mind was cleared to some extent. He was using another way of representing the father of the child in the womb.

The pheromone was fragrant and refreshing, so he thought he wouldn’t get tired of smelling them all day long. He quickly shook his head to shake off the thought of being distracted. That wasn’t the problem he had to worry about now.

“Should I tell him?”

How did he find and notify someone who he knew nothing but their name, let alone a phone number? In the first place, he was embarrassed to suddenly visit him and tell him that he was pregnant with his child. Kang Cho-seung, was it?

It had been two months and even the name had been vague. All he could remember was the making love he had with pleasure and the pheromone with the scent of pine that stuck to his body.

“It’s not necessary.”

Maybe it was necessary, but he didn’t know because he had never faced such a situation. If he needed it, he could make a request to look for him.

Besides, he might be offended by how he was sure it was his child, so Ha-hyun just decided not to look for him. He didn’t seem like that, but only had spent one night together. It was too short a time to have any certainty.

After finishing his last thought, Ha-hyun slowly raised his body, leaning comfortably on the bench. No, more precisely, he tried to.

“Excuse me.”

Ha-hyun, who turned his head with a puzzled face at the sound of an unfamiliar voice, saw the young alpha standing with a shy face and hardened his expression without realizing it.

“Do you have a lover?”

“No.”

No lover. It felt like three years had passed since he had been without them.

Ha-hyun, who only spoke the truth, shook his head nervously. His answer leaked out of his lips, but seeing his bright face, Ha-hyun clicked his tongue inwardly.

There was no ‘lover’.

“Then, your phone number—”

“I am pregnant.”

“Yes?”

But there was a kid.

Ha-hyun, who intercepted the other person’s words before they even finished speaking, remained silent and walked away. He was pregnant, so he should get something to disguise as a wedding ring. If he wore a ring, nothing like this would ever happen.

Ha-hyun, unaware of the alpha, who was looking at him with dismayed eyes from behind, just took a light step. He had been wanting to eat strawberries for a long time, so he must buy them before going home.

* * *

Ha-hyun, who returned home to buy strawberries as planned, moved quickly and washed the strawberries. Sitting at his table, as he was about to grab a strawberry and eat it, he looked down at his belly with an unfair expression.

“I said I will take care of you.”

His favourite fruit was strawberries. Next was the soft peaches and the long-awaited third place was the green grape. Although Shine Muscat was threatening the place of green grapes these days, it wasn’t important because it wasn’t the grape season yet.

“Are you really my baby?”

It was in his stomach. So, was it someone else’s child?

He thought to himself that it was nonsense. However, the unfair feeling didn’t go away, so Ha-hyun only stared at his innocent belly.

He was fine when he bought strawberries on the way home. The common sense of nausea never came up, so he picked it up a lot because there was an event at the mart.

Able to handle one or two boxes in one sitting, he bought them in large quantities, thinking he would eat them all soon, but it prevented him to imagine eating the strawberries.

“If you’re my baby, you should like strawberries.”

Kang Cho-seung, did that person hate strawberries?

Ha-hyun put down the fork in his hand, thinking of another gene donor. He felt nauseous as soon as he put it in his mouth that was fine just when he smelled the strawberry before and couldn’t eat it.

If there was a feast in front of him, wouldn’t it be like this when he couldn’t eat?

Suddenly, he thought about what would happen if he couldn’t eat strawberries even after the baby was born and took a deep breath.

“In that case, you would be born with taken half the joy of life.”

If they lived with Ha-hyun, strawberries would always be in the refrigerator, and if they hated it, he would be a little sad.

I don’t know why translating this series was harder than IDWTR or even SGG… QAQ

Ah well~!

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