The World Is Ugly (but you're beautiful to me)

Chapter One: Should Have Stayed In Bed

Reki woke up to the sounds of his sisters running a muck being loud and as playful as usual, the oldest of his sisters chastising the youngest two for some unknown reason to the red head. With a gruff sigh Reki sat up and stretched hearing the satisfying sound of his joints cracking and loosening up from his slumber. Still he hesitated to get out of bed he was feeling more sluggish then usual, more tired and achy all over. He had half his mind settled on laying back down and trying to get a few more precious minutes of sleep, but alas that wasn't an option. Langa would worry if he was late to meet with him.

Reluctantly he made his way out of bed standing up and turning to glance longingly back at his warm nest of pillows and blankets that he was leaving behind in favor of the harsh waking world, though Langa was a perk of the waking world he supposed, and skateboarding, still it was a disappointing moment. He made his way to the bathroom to clean up and relieve himself before getting dressed but as soon as he shimmied his pants down his legs.. blood. He recoiled a bit surprised by his own menstruation cycle. He didn't keep up with it like most omegas, his was so irregular it was almost impossible to predict anyway, so it was always an unpleasant surprise.

Almost as if on cue there was a sharp ache from his lower abdomen. The stiffness and aching from this morning suddenly made perfect sense. He was even more inclined to sneak back to bed now but still.. Langa was waiting for him. He couldn't keep his best friend waiting! After all Langa didn't even know about his omega presentation, so it wasn't like he could explain the situation. Nope. He had no choice but to buckle up like a man and endure the already miserable day.

Putting on a sanitary pad he pulled his underwear back on and then proceeded to get dressed, baggy sweatpants (black of course in case of possible leakage) and his hoodie and topped off with his signature headband. As normal as any other day. Yet his attitude wasn't as typical, he slunk out of his room dragging his feet and holding his stomach as he made his way down the hall. His energy was low and his back ached and random cramps in his abdomen and ovaries caused immense discomfort. His slow march to the kitchen was regretful he wished he hadn't woken up today.

He merely grunted in acknowledgement to his mothers morning greeting grabbing a slice of toast and spreading some jam on top quickly. He could feel his siblings and mothers gaze on him could sense their worry. He wondered how they figured out he was in distress so quickly, while most omegas bellowed pheremones when experiencing stress.. Reki was on a slew of suppressants to mask any scents. His family were betas anyway so they wouldn't easily pick up such pheremones.

He sniffed himself as confirmation that nope he didn't smell anything off about himself, his family could just sense something was wrong. "I'm fine. Just a little tired." He reassured them granting a soft smile to his mother and sisters before heading toward the door, toast held in his mouth as he laced up his sneakers. "Byuh." He mumbled his speech muffled by the piece of toast, he didn't wait for a reply just quickly making his way out the door and grabbing his beloved skateboard.

Skating wasn't as fun in his current state the cramps and bleeding made it difficult to enjoy anything as of the moment, but the uncomfortable feeling of dribbling blood as a result of his activity made it even more uncomfortable. Why had he been cursed to be an omega? It was unfair. Extremely unfair when statistics are involved. Omegas were incredibly rare with only 5% being born one nowadays, even more sparsely were male omegas like himself. So why had he been born one? The odds were heavily stacked against it happening but yet... here he was. A male omega, a rarity.

Omegas used to be just as common as alphas being born, but then the dowry system was implemented. A archaic practice that for some reason still persisted to this day, but much less common. The gist was that an omega's family's would pay a sum of cash or other valuables to have an alpha mate with their omega. Depending on the alphas family status the dowry could be costly and cause great financial stress on the omegas parents. Thus parents did not want omega children.