Compelled Smile (1)

*This story is from the POV of the app developer, Yanagi. It takes place earlier than the occasions of the principle story.

The marriage ceremony of my classmates.

On the glamorous venue, I discovered the again of somebody sitting together with his head down.

That particular person was sitting on the seat on the bride’s household aspect. I heard that the bride had two youthful brothers who had been a few years aside from her, in order that particular person should be considered one of them.

Even from a distance, I may instantly inform that the expression on his face wasn’t a vivid one.

Whereas everybody else had joyful smiles on their face and had been in a festive temper, he was the one one with a somber expression. It made me curious and I couldn’t take my eyes off him for some time.

He appeared as if he was apprehensive about one thing.

He would go searching his environment and typically furrowed his eyebrows, as if he was in ache.

His pained expression at all times remained in my reminiscence.

The explanation why I remembered that occasion despite the fact that one 12 months has handed, was as a result of I handed by him once more.

It was in entrance of the verse clinic. I occurred to see him on the entrance of the clinic I visited for my common checkup. He appeared to have gotten a bit of taller, however my impression of him hasn’t modified a lot.

He was nonetheless strolling together with his head down, and he walked proper previous me with out even noticing my gaze.

“He’s Sou. My little brother-in-law.”

It was Ninomiya Kazuki, my physician and likewise my classmate, who defined that to me whereas taking a look at my chart.

He was additionally the star of the marriage ceremony from a 12 months in the past.

It’s been virtually a 12 months since he began opening the clinic after his marriage. Many different sufferers beside me have began coming right here now, and it’s getting tougher and tougher to get the time I wished once I make an appointment per week upfront.

Kazuki’s character should be one of many causes too.

He has a relaxed and delicate air with him, and simply listening to him speak makes you are feeling comfortable. This a part of him hasn’t modified a lot since he was a scholar. Despite the fact that the clinic has grow to be extremely popular, he nonetheless takes time for every affected person, and the truth that he listens to their wants in a caring method scores excessive.

Furthermore, the truth that Kazuki himself is an omega should be the rationale why this clinic is extra well-liked than different verse clinics.

It was fairly uncommon for omegas to be a health care provider.

This was as a result of not many individuals even aspire to grow to be one. Even when they did, a lot of them would possibly assume that they might by no means obtain it.

Regardless of what number of good suppressants had been developed, omegas had been usually affected by the warmth. It was the norm for them to be unable to guide a traditional life round that point.

Since they couldn’t even stay their day by day lives correctly, there was no method they might sort out their research.

And warmth at all times comes as soon as each month. Each time omegas took some days off for his or her warmth, the hole in educational efficiency between them and their friends grows. Even when they make an effort to shut the hole, the subsequent warmth cycle would come quickly.

Many omegas stopped attempting and gave up on their future due to this actuality.

I used to be a type of omegas who made that effort, however Kazuki’s effort was immeasurable, as he had clearly acknowledged from the time we met that he wished to grow to be a health care provider.

He was actually a tough employee, at all times being on the prime of the grade alongside the alphas.

Plenty of omegas wished to be examined by such an omega physician, so this small clinic was bustling with sufferers from everywhere in the nation.

“So that child can be an omega.”

“Yeah. I came upon a few 12 months in the past, simply earlier than the marriage.”

Is that why he at all times had that type of expression on his face that day?

The explanation why he at all times appeared so gloomy should be as a result of he nonetheless couldn’t come to phrases together with his gender as an omega. As an omega, I can considerably perceive that feeling.

Nonetheless, despite the fact that one 12 months has handed since then, his expression hasn’t modified a lot.

Once I noticed his face as he got here out of the clinic with a downcast expression, it instantly jogged my memory of that day. He would possibly nonetheless be dragging one thing heavy about his gender.

“Don’t you take heed to his issues, Kazuki?”

The truth that he simply got here out of this clinic implies that he should be a affected person right here as nicely.

Omegas who had no pair want to go to the clinic no less than as soon as each two months. This was as a result of they want a suppressant each time their warmth arrived.

I ponder if he depends on Kazuki… as his private physician, brother-in-law, and likewise a fellow omega.

“…Hm, you already know, Sou is the kind of one that doesn’t really feel comfy discussing his issues with folks round him. He did have me as his private physician, however he nonetheless gained’t inform me what he actually feels but.”

Kazuki appeared away from the chart, turned his chair round, and confronted me. He has a troubled smile on his face.

He tilted his head barely and tapped his fingers behind his ears.

It was the gesture Kazuki usually do when he was serious about one thing.

“I’m questioning if I ought to suggest him to a different clinic.”

“He wouldn’t even discuss it to you?”

“No, that’s not true. He’s greater than prepared to speak to me. However, how do I say it? He most likely does it unconsciously, however it looks like there’s a line between us… I believe that perhaps he’s not telling me how he actually feels. Ah, that is simply how I really feel about it, I don’t know what’s actually occurring.”

“…I type of perceive it.”