Serendipity | A TayNew Omegaverse AU

Chapter 6

New's POV

Earth's arms were encircling a shorter male omega, and his tongue was deeply buried in the latter's throat. I wasn't sure why, but my heart sank a little.

Fuck.

Of all the places and times we could've met, it was now, and it was when Earth was with someone else — another omega.

Someone else, not me.

My replacement no doubt.

As I stood there, unable to look away, everything around me was crumbling. Tears welled up in my eyes, and I began to tremble.

Earth had already gotten over me by just nine weeks. It only took two months to erase the year we spent together. He didn't seem to care as much about me as I did about him. The reality was painful, unfathomable, but it was true. Earth was with someone who wasn't me, and he hadn't noticed me standing here as he was too busy sucking the omega's face off.

I tried to hate him, but I couldn't. After all, he was just like me. He fell for the alpha just like I did. Who knows, perhaps Earth will fall for him back and I will just be alone.

I slapped my hand over my mouth, barely suppressing the choking sob that escaped my lips. I needed to get out. I ducked down, making myself smaller and more indistinguishable, and then took in a breath, attempting to sneak past the couple.

It was a tight squeeze, but I made it through, catching a whiff of Earth's aroused scent: coconut and sandalwood, potent as it mixed with the omega's floral scent. I did my best to ignore it, anxiously trying to get past it. Unfortunately, I bumped up against an arm. Earth's voice reverberated across the air after the arm jerked.

"What's– oh."

His tone of recognition and dread shattered my skin like glass.

I didn't look back. I bolted, my palm pressed against my mouth, both to keep myself from puking and to muffle my sobs as I weaved my way among other students. I dashed out into the backyard, shivering from the sudden drop in temperature. I wasn't wearing a jacket and it was windy outdoors, but I didn't mind. The cold was numbing.

I collapsed to my knees, letting out a hoarse cry, tears streaming down my face as I trembled.

Earth... with another omega.

This can't possibly be how it ended.

"New?" said a familiar voice — concerned, worried, and safe.

It was Krist.

Before stretching out a hand, he looked at my puffy eyes and sunken figure with a troubled expression.

"Let's go home," he said gently. "C'mon."

I nodded, following the beta's lead and slipping an arm around my shoulders. I felt weak and pathetic as I sagged against his shoulder. I had sobbed a lot in the last month for an alpha who seemed to have completely forgotten about me. I selfishly prayed that Earth and I were going through the same thing. I wished that we were both in pain and yearning for each other. I hoped that Earth was also replaying every single lazy day we spent in his bedroom, joking about with his frat brothers, making out in campus hallways, or fucking in the back of his car, even though his air conditioning was crap and we were both flushed and sweaty afterward.

Those memories haunted my dreams, making it difficult for me to get a good night's sleep and leaving me exhausted and devastated, while Earth went out and hooked up with other people.

It was fucking horrible.

Krist didn't say anything. He didn't need to say anything.

He ushered me onto the couch once we returned, handing me a tub of ice cream that we had been keeping in our mini-fridge for rough days. He then went to get his laptop and started watching Love, Rosie, my favorite comfort movie, while I tried not to think about how the last time I saw it was nearly four months ago with Earth.