RH Chapter 26

Chapter 26 – Revealing Secrets

Resonance 5, Part 5

Novel Title: 共鳴発情 オメガバース (Resonance Heat: Omegaverse)

Author：岩本薫 (Iwamoto Kaoru)

Illustrator: 蓮川愛 (Hasukawa Ai)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists: 本浄天音 (Honjou Amane) & 苅谷煌騎 (Kariya Kouki) / 首藤煌騎 (Shutou Kouki)

*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*

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Zaa, zaa, zaa… 

The sound of running water could be heard from the bathroom, separated by just a door.

After the animalistic lovemaking had ended, Amane pushed aside the lingering Kouki and stood up. His steps were slightly unsteady as he entered the bathroom, closing the door with a click.

Watching the taut, naked back disappear, Kouki disposed of the used condom and put on his shirt and trousers, settling onto the sofa. Leaning his head back against the cushion, he gazed up at the slowly rotating ceiling fan, reflecting on the ‘special event’ that had just occurred.

A coworker – his partner – and they had had sex. They had only known each other for three days. And it was with a man.

While he wasn’t inexperienced, this was his first time with a man.

It was irregular in every sense. Just a few hours ago, he never would have imagined it happening.

In that regard, the turn of events had exceeded his expectations.

But he didn’t regret it.

He had discovered that he could become this enthralled in intimate relations with another person.

This was the first time he had experienced such a transcendent arousal, one that had swept away all reason and restraint. An acute, primal arousal that had overwhelmed his entire being.

(…Could it be?)

As he reviewed the events, a certain possibility occurred to him. He had considered it even during the act. But the waves of pleasure had interrupted his train of thought.

(Was that it?)

Comprehensively weighing the various factors, ‘that’ seemed to be the only plausible conclusion.

Just as he arrived at this realisation, the bathroom door opened. Amane emerged, his upper body bare except for the towel wrapped around his waist. Rubbing his damp hair with the towel, he approached the sofa.

Picking up the discarded t-shirt from the floor, he pulled it over his head, then retrieved the bottoms and stepped into them, fastening them. As Amane did this, Kouki called out to him.

“Honjou-san, are you an omega?”

One reason he suspected this was Amane’s sudden, intense arousal – the kind of heightened state that would be unlikely for a beta. That had to be a heat.

And the other clue was the wetness in his rear, a characteristic of omegas due to the uterus in their rectum, which would secrete lubricating fluid when in heat.

“……”

“So you are an omega.”

Amane, who had been unresponsive until then, finally glanced Kouki’s way. His gaze was cool and his expression was blank. There was no sign of the turmoil of being caught.

Freshly showered and composed, Amane seemed to have washed away all traces of the previous, intoxicating pleasure. Seeing this icy detachment, in contrast to Kouki’s still smouldering core, left him feeling empty.

But he knew he couldn’t just bask in the afterglow. Now that it had come to this, there were many important things they needed to discuss.

“And you’re an alpha?”

Without revealing his own category, Amane had turned the question back on him. Kouki simply acknowledged it; “Yes.” He needed to be upfront about himself if he wanted Amane to open up as well. And if Amane had noticed the development of his ‘knot’ during their intimacy, there was no point in denying it.

“So your sudden rut was caused by my heat, then.”

Rut, the acute heat that only occurs in alphas towards omegas, was the likely cause of his sudden arousal.

“It’s probably… the first time I’ve been like this,” Kouki said. 

“I see,” Amane said, raising one eyebrow.

“Honestly, I don’t really care about your sexual preferences. But I do want to know why an alpha like you was assigned as a regular police officer in our police station.”

Brushed off as if it didn’t matter, a sharp pain shot through Kouki’s chest. He thought he was used to Amane’s acerbic tongue. But it still managed to hurt him.

But he knew he had to lay all his cards on the table at this point.

Steeling himself, Kouki revealed the truth.

“My real name is Shutou.”

“Shutou?” 

Amane reacted with a start, turning his body towards Kouki. Fixing him with a stern gaze, he asked, “Don’t tell me, the Shutou family?”

“That’s right. The Shutou family.”

“Hah… Of all people, the Shutous!” 

Sweeping his bangs back with a careless gesture, Amane continued.

“I thought your fancy clothes and refined mannerisms were a bit odd. But I never imagined you’re an alpha. Let alone a scion of the Shutou household and that you would be assigned as a lowly beat cop. That’s just not normal.”

Frowning, Amane listened as Kouki explained, “Becoming a police officer has been my dream since childhood. My parents were against it. But my older brother helped me get into the police academy. However, I enrolled using my mother’s maiden name, Kariya, to hide the Shutou name.”

“Of course. If the media found out, it would be a huge scandal. And you’d be useless for actual police work. Who else knows about your background?”

“The Squad Commander, the Superintendent, and the Chief Inspector are aware.”

Amane’s shapely lips twisted in understanding. “I see. So that’s why they stuck me with you. The old man’s scheme was to force me to work with you in the field, hoping you’d tuck your tail between your legs and run off. Am I right?”

“The Superintendent – you mean he had that kind of motive?”

“What else could it be? You, an alpha from a prestigious family, becoming a lowly beat cop? You’re nothing but a liability to the department. If you’d just settled for a bureaucratic career like a proper alpha, they’d be happy. But with your mysterious enthusiasm, you’re just a nuisance to the actual work. They want to get rid of you as soon as possible.”

Wincing at the biting criticism, Kouki asserted, “Even if I’m a nuisance, I won’t quit.”

“Of course the alpha-sama wouldn’t care about being a burden,” Amane sneered, emphasising the honorific.

Unable to hold back, Kouki asked, “Honjou-san, what do you think of alphas?”

Approaching the shelf, Amane grabbed a pack of cigarettes. “They’re the privileged elite up in the clouds,” he said dismissively, tearing open the package.

“I’d like to hear your personal opinion, not just a general view.”

Placing a cigarette between his lips and lighting it, Amane exhaled a plume of smoke. “I don’t like them,” he muttered lowly.

“…!”

“I’d rather not have anything to do with them.”

Though Kouki had suspected as much, hearing the outright rejection stung deeply in his gut. This sensation of pain in his chest and weight in his stomach was unlike anything he had felt before.

It seemed that sleeping with Amane had triggered some kind of change within him.

Still unsure of the nature of this change, Kouki took a deep, steadying breath.

Dwelling on this wouldn’t help. For now, he needed to grasp the situation at hand.

Steeling his resolve, he pressed on.

“Let me return to my initial question. Honjou-san, you’re an omega, aren’t you?”

“Proof?”

“Before and during our sexual encounter, you were emitting omega pheromones. And the secretion from your rectum is a characteristic of male omegas with a uterus.”

Amane clicked his tongue, as if acknowledging it.

“And if I am?”

“Is your status as an omega publicly known?”

“Like hell it is.”

Amane shrugged.

“No one knows… except you.”

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*Translator’s Note: It’s gonna take some time for you to tame this wild beast omega, alpha-sama. Based on the previous mature chapter, I think the ‘knot’ in Iwamoto Kaoru’s work is kinda different from those from CN omegaverse web novels. It’s more like the wolf’s mating type in the animal kingdom. But we’ll see. I might be wrong. -K

Next update: 2024.12.14

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