I'm dead without you (omegaverse)

The McCallister children - Ikumi

'Alphas have always been considered superior to other genders due to their physical and mental strength. Alphas are above average in intelligence and risk-taking, which has given them an advantage in both education and working life. The majority of those in high positions are alphas, but there are downsides to being alpha as well. They live shorter lives and have fewer children. Alphas need omegas, who can get pregnant more easily compared to the other genders.'

Then the narrator started talking about the difference between omegas and beta, and Ikumi turned off the phone. She sat on the bed and looked at her cell phone with a thoughtful expression on her face. Ikumi already knew a lot about the three Second genders. She had read several books on the subject, and because of her otousan, she had been most interested in omegas. But after everything that had happened to Eamon and Caoimhe, Ikumi wanted to know more about alphas as well. Ikumi was a smart girl who loved to read books, and she wanted to learn at least one new thing every day. Just as her papa Kei had asked her to try to do.

Even though Ikumi was only ten, she was already certain that she was an omega. She already figured that out several years ago. After all, she looked just like Shiro did when he was her age. But it didn't bother Ikumi the slightest that she wasn't beta or an alpha. If being an omega meant that she was like her father, then it was a really good thing. After all, her otousan was perfect, and she loved him than anything.

The girl put the phone away, laid down on the bed and stared at the ceiling with her arms crossed over her chest. The ceiling was filled with white stars that swirled slowly on top of the black background, forming a bright galaxy, and a shooting star passed through it and vanished near the window. It was Dorian that had bought her the home planetarium, and she liked it a lot. Ikumi could rest in bed for hours and dream about faraway galaxies. The young girl really loved her new room, in the new house she now called home.

"Good morning Ikumi-chan, it's time for breakfast," she could her father say from the other side of the door before he opened it.

The petit man walked in and looked at his daughter with a bright smile. Today, he was dressed in black, with a long-sleeved shirt that went down over his knees and big black trousers under. Ikumi always liked what Shiro was wearing. A bit different from what other adults had on, but she liked that he wasn't like others. And what's more, Ikumi just loved seeing her otousan so cheerful. Shiro never seemed happy before he went to London, except when he was with her and Deion. Toward others, he used to wear a fake smile all the time, but now Ikum hadn't seen that smile once. He really seemed happy.

Ikumi sat up and turned off the star projector. Shiro got on the bed beside her and gave his daughter a gentle hug and a soft kiss on top of her head. Shiro wasn't tall, but he was still more than a head-higher than her. Ikumi knew that she wouldn't grow so much more. Omegas were, after all, small in size.

"Did you sleep okay?" Shiro asked.

They still spoke Japanese to each other when they were alone. She had no problem speaking English, she knew it fluently, but it was reassuring to speak in her native language.

"Yes. I dreamed of papa."

Shiro looked a little startled at first, but then he smiled tenderly. This was different from how Shiro had reacted earlier when Kei was mentioned. He would instead look sad as if he were close to bursting into tears. But not now. And Ikumi knew it was all thanks to Dorian. It was thanks to him that Shiro had regained his happiness.

"What did you dream?"

"About that time, we were at Disneyland. And we met Tinkerbell, and I didn't want to leave because I wanted to fly with her."