Lab Baby

Tag, You're It

Seonghwa woke up in pain. Not like before, where fire coursed through every fiber in his body. No, this was achey, and his lower back and his rectum hurt. It felt as if someone had tore through it and bruised it. He reaches back to feel if there was any blood leaking, only pulling his hand back to see the left over mucus leaving his body.

Something was still in him, and he whimpers as he sat up slowly. It pushed further in him, stretching him more and he squeezes his eyes shut tightly in slight pain.

"How are you feeling Seonghwa?"

The Omega opens his eyes, groaning, "It hurts."

"Can you describe the pain?" The doctor stood by the bed, an iPad in her hand ready to type in the results.

"Achey," he whispers, "head... hurts... body hurts..."

"Does it feel like you're on fire?" He shakes his head, and she hums, "Good. That means the biggest part of your heat is over. Usually if an Omega doesn't have an Alpha's knot, their heat can progress for several days and they become desperate for it."

I can see why, Seonghwa thought as he rolled his eyes.

"Well, you'll stay in this room for another two days to make sure the heat symptoms completely leave your body. You will still be checked up on and tested until you leave here. Hopefully, in another two weeks we can take a blood test and it'll show us positive results."

She smiles at him once more before turning on her heel and walking out of the room. Seonghwa sighs, laying back in bed and covering himself with the thick blanket they provided for him. The lighting in the room was too bright for him, so he covered his head with the blanket and closed his eyes.

Wanting more than anything to chase away the nightmare he lives in.

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Two weeks slowly creepy by, and Seonghwa waits every minute for one of the assistants to come in and take him to be checked. The next set of two Omegas were currently getting treated for their heats, Seonghwa's heart ached for them.

As he sat reading one of the books they provided for them to read, he started to feel hungry. Not necessarily hungry, but he could really go for a snack. Checking the digital clock hanging on the wall in the small quiet area, he indeed noticed it is almost that time for them to grab a banana or a yogurt if they wished.

He saved his page in his book, standing to stretch out his limbs before walking towards the door. An Omega he passed by looked up, his eyes were wide with wonder and curiosity when Seonghwa started to leave the room, "Seonghwa? Where are you going?"

"It's almost time for us to grab a snack," Seonghwa comments, pointing to the clock, "I am feeling a hit peckish, might as well grab a banana or something to eat."

"They're just going to make you walk it off or exercise it off," another Omega comments boredly, not looking up from her book, "There's no point on eating here if they're going to make you work it off to maintain your BMI."

"Well it's offered so might as well take advantage of it," Seonghwa shrugs, turning away from the others to leave the room once more.

The Omega that stopped Seonghwa first, Trenton, stood as well, following the taller quietly. He falls into step with Seonghwa, brushing his blonde hair back, "I think I may grab a peach."

The two Omegas made their way to the small snack bar, Seonghwa's stomach growled noisily. The Omega couldn't help but blush and place a hand on his stomach. He frowns, noticing it wasn't as soft...

Trenton giggles, "Well, I think that's a sign it's time to get a snack! Perfect timing!"

Seonghwa chuckles nervously, his cheeks still warm as they approach the snack bar. Trenton immediately grabs a yogurt from the fridge and a bag of granola with raisins and berries mixed with it. Seonghwa hums as he looks at the many choices. The yogurt looked pretty good... but so does a banana. He shrugs, why not get both?

Grabbing both, they take their snacks back to the quiet area where the others were either reading or napping. Trenton rips open the yogurt lid and licks the residue yogurt off of it before dumping his fruit and granola in it. Seonghwa began peeling his banana carefully, the sweet smell hitting his nose made his stomach growl once more and his mouth slightly water.

But as he goes to open the yogurt, he noticed a funny smell coming from it and frowns. He brings the container up to his nose, and sniffs the brim of the container. It didn't smell very pleasant to him, but he checked the expiration date and noticed it was still a week or so away before expiring. He makes a face, deciding to just tough it out and mash his banana up in the yogurt. Maybe that will make it smell slightly better and make it more appetizing.

But as he brings the mixture to his lips, his tongue barely touches the concoction before he's gagging. Everyone's eyes were immediately on him as he pushes the yogurt far away from him, swallowing harshly to chase away the bile rising in his throat.

The smell from Trenton's yogurt didn't help, and he gags once more before jumping out of his seat and running to the nearest trash can. He falls to his knees, barely making it to the trash can before vomiting his lunch up in the bin.

Trenton's hand pats Seonghwa's back gently, another Omega calls the attention of the assistant and doctors. Pretty soon, he feels other hands touching him and helping him exit the room. He was brought into an examination room, the doctor who helped him with his heat was there and began running a series of tests.

First a simple temperature check, then blood pressure and heart check. Second, they swabbed his mouth with a Q-tip and took a urine sample. Finally, she grabbed a large needle and took some blood from the vein in his arm. Once these tests were done, he was instructed to wait there until they brought in the results. He sighed and laid back on the bed, staring up at the plain white ceiling.

He never gets sick. The doctors and assistants here at the facility were very cautious and always made sure the Omegas and other wolves in their care were healthy and stayed that way. For him to suddenly get sick from tasting yogurt, something he really loved to eat, seemed very peculiar to him.

And then it hit him.

Seonghwa felt his heart shatter as he shook his head, tears welling up in his eyes at the horrific realization, "No..." he whispers.

Unfortunately, he didn't get to grieve the news before the doctor steps in. Her eyes were excited and she was smiling widely and proudly just as she would normally, "Well Seonghwa, we have some very good news."

Seonghwa knowing well what the information was, felt his tears brim his waterline and squeezes his eyes shut. The tears track down his cheeks, he tried to hold in the sobs as he spoke, "What is it."

"Well we knew it was almost time to run some tests on you to see if the serum has planted successfully. After running a series of tests, we are happy to confirm that they all came back positive."

Seonghwa places his head in his hands as the news washed over him, and the next three words shook his world.

"Seonghwa, you're pregnant."

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