Seoha’s POV

I wake up to two bodies bracketing mine.

Sooin is half lying on me. Her arm is lying across my chest, her face is pressed into my shoulder, and her lips are parted as she drools on me.

Taesan is on my other side. The big alpha’s face is closer to my belly, he’s not putting his weight on me, but he’s pressed closely.

My life is beautiful right now. I bury my fingers in his hair, smiling to myself as he growls in response.

My alpha is always tense. I hope he gets to relax around me one day.

A knock on the door makes me get out from between them. I gently crawl off the bed and head for the door.

"Hi" Yunah whispers. She’s wearing the biggest smile as she peeks into the room at Taesan and Sooin.

"Cute" she says.

"Hi" I greet in a small voice, feeling shy about meeting someone by myself while I’m still wearing those briefs.

Taesan didn’t let me take them off last night. The alpha made me stay under the blanket.

He said he was hiding me, but his hand was on my butt the whole time!

"We wanted to have you measured for the wedding clothes. You’re quite smaller than Yujun hyung, so we wanted to see what would fit" she explains, and I look back into the room out of habit.

Taesan is still sleeping.

"Can you give me a few minutes to brush my teeth?" I ask and she nods, beaming at me with excitement as I return to the room and head for the bathroom.

I brush my teeth and run my fingers through my hair to make it look presentable.

"There’s no need to worry, Seo-ya. They’re our family too" I tell myself in the mirror to soothe my introvert side.

Hiding, blushing, and blurting out words I don’t think through is my default setting when I get shy.

I hope I don’t mess up.

I return to the door and find Yunah waiting. Haeri is by her side now and the little girl looks at me with round eyes when I shut the door behind me.

"Where is SooSoo?" Haeri asks, and Yunah ruffles the girl’s pretty white hair fondly.

"Isn’t it too early to bother your friend?" Yunah asks and Haeri pouts. "SooSoo is not friend! SooSoo is my wife" she says, stomping her little feet strongly.

"Don’t listen to your aunt, Haeri. Sooin is asleep, when she’s up I’m sure she’d love to play with you" I say, scratching her chin like she’s a cute pet.

"Let’s go?" I say to Yunah and she nods, taking Haeri’s hand and leading the way.

We arrive in a room, and Yunah takes us in without knocking or waiting for permission.

"A-ha there he is! Baby, come here" my grandma calls, and I walk to her side. "Good morning, everyone" I greet, bowing to everyone in the room as grandma measures me with an old tape.

"Did you sleep well, Seoha?" Yujun asks and I nod. I turn around as grandma pats my lower back in a non-verbal way of asking me to turn around.

"Yes, I slept well" I murmur, cheek hot as I start to wish Taesan was here with me.

Everyone in the room is looking at me. Why didn’t I wait for Taesan to wake up first? I guess I’m just as clingy as he is.

"We are starting the wedding tomorrow noon and we wanted to make sure you have something pretty to wear" Yeon says. The man is actively writing down the measurements my grandmother calls out to him and the love radiating from them makes me want to melt.

"Oh it’s going to be magical tomorrow" Yunah squeals and Haeri copies her aunt by squealing too.

"What do you think of these? We want to order one of these from the Mountain Atelier website..." Yujun holds up his phone to show me the clothes he’s talking about.

"Actually, we have a better idea" Yuki comes into the room with a grin on her face. She’s holding a Mountain Atelier shopping in her hand and Taerin is behind her.

"Sorry for the interruption but I overheard you people conversing about it" Taerin says politely, bowing her head to say hello.

"Noona" I say softly and she gives me a half smile.

She takes the bag from Yuki and pulls out a shirt.

My eyes map out the extraordinarily beautiful design before I gasp with the realization of what I’m looking at.

It’s the shirt I once called the perfect blend of masculinity and femininity. The same delicate white shirt that wasn’t released by Mountain Atelier and was hidden in the basement for Taesan’s eyes only.

It’s the same one that stole my breath on the day I ran into Daeshin at Mountain Atelier.

"Noona..." I say softly, entranced by the beauty of the shirt.

It’s made of expensive silk with a beautiful beadwork decorating the front.

"I can’t wear it...it’s too...it’s too perfect" I shake my head. She keeps giving me the most beautiful clothes that I don’t deserve, and really, I can’t wear this.

"Who else should put it on but you?" she asks as she comes closer to me.

"My baby brother made this design for our mom, but he died before he could see it actualized" Taerin hands the clothes to Yuki and holds my hands. "My brother hasn’t been human for a long time, but you’re changing his life. My mom gave Taesan a reason to dream, but you are the reason he’s reviving every dream he ever sacrificed for the mafia" she says softly.

"Noona still...it’s too much" I say. I just don’t see my myself as someone worthy of wearing something this beautiful.

"You’ll wear it even if I have to hold a gun at your head and make you attend your own wedding" she says in a no-nonsense Kang Clan tone and my grandma gasps.

"Don’t threaten my grandson with guns while I still have hands and can use my slippers" she tsks and I let out a watery laughter.

"So, you’ll wear it?" Yunah asks. Her hands are pressed together by the side of her face and her eyes are glimmering like she’s watching the cutest moment in the world.

"Yes, I’ll wear it" I say and everyone in the room cheers.

"I hope you’re comfortable with walking down the aisle with your stomach sticking out. The shirt and pants are airy and flowy, but it won’t accommodate your bump" Yuki says and I nod, placing one hand on my stomach to feel my babies.

I wasn’t before, but now that I have a real family on my side, I’m comfortable with showing the world that I’m an omega who gets to live his dreams beyond society’s chains.

"Mom, can we have a space for ramyeon at the wedding?" Yunah asks Yeon mom and Yujun makes a face.

"Please, no ramyeon" he says and I stifle my laughter.

"Why not, hyung?" I ask, and he shudders.

"For Jaehyun and I, ramyeon means bad luck" he says and Yuki’s phone starts to ring.

The woman excuses herself and turns around to accept the call. She moves away from us to keep her conversation private.

"What? What do you mean emergency?" Yuki hisses into the phone and I start to pray inside my head.

Moon goddess, please, don’t let anything bad happen.

I’ve gotten too comfortable with happiness and I can’t take any more pain.

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