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As the oven dinged, the little boy hopped off the couch he was sitting on, merely nine-year-old and yet the brightest of his age, he giggled away as he was picked off the ground and taken in the grip of his one and only lovely mother,
'Momma~'-he sang song, and yet didn't bother to get away from the woman's grip who only chuckled and kissed him on the cheek,
'Let's see if they are done, hmm? But I want you to stay back and be a good boy while mumma gets the tray out.'
The blonde boy nodded animatedly, his hair bouncing atop his head as he was put on the counter and he kicked his feet excitedly,
He watched his mother open the tiny compartment to the oven, taking a sniff as the purely sweet delightful whiff of freshly baked brownies filled up his nostrils leaving him whining all ready to grab a bite,
'Turns out they look perfect, sunshine.'-the woman spoke, turning to her son whilst putting the tray aside,
'We'll have to let them cool down a bit, however, don't wanna burn our mouths now- do we?'
The boy nodded,
'Do you think Pa will be happy?'
'Ofcourse, my brownie. He'll be so happy to taste the delights baked by his own son.'
The blonde boy, merely nine years old grinned at the thought of his father being happy and maybe he could finally get that art kit he'd been wanting for a while, the stickers in the kit were so cute-
The doorbell rang almost at the same moment and the boy was quiet to raise his arms up making grabby hands,
'Alright, there you go, Lix. Go and open the door for your father whilst I transfer the brownies to a dish.'
Little Felix ran out of the kitchen, making a beeline towards the main door and he had to tip-toe to actually grab the lock,
He twisted the doorknob, quickly unlocking the chain that held the door, and pulled it open, looking up at his father with big-doe eyes that sparkled as the man's face came into view,
'Pa! Up-Pa! Up up!'-he motioned, waddling behind his father, already wanting to hug the elder, because kid one not, Little Felix was a huge 'cuddle bug' in the words of his mother.
His ministrations however were ignored as he watched his father throw away his office bag, which made a sound once colliding against the wooden flooring leaving the boy to flinch and take a step back,
His lips wobbled, as he watched his mother hurry out of the kitchen, with her lips parted and eyebrows clenched out of worry,
'What happened-'
His father put up the envelope, the sign of their government printed on it and for once Felix frowned, not understanding what was going on.
'What's the matter?'
'Well-you see, this boy's results came out, for the test he took a week ago! The rank test and guess what he got-'
Little Felix remembered having to take a test, where he met a sweet woman who asked him several questions, made him do some puzzles and put him in several situations where he had to do stuff he truly wanted,
He didn't understand much except he enjoyed spending his time and according to his mother it was important but right now-
'He's ranked an omega- A FUCKING OMEGA!'
At the 'dirty word' and the loud voice, the boy ran around his father over to his mother, clinging to her legs and hiding behind her as he gripped onto her, heart thundering against his chest, lips wobbling and eyes tearing up already,
He disliked people fighting. He disliked loud voices and when it was his own Pa? He hated it!
'Calm down, you're scaring him-'
'Scaring him? I should have known- a boy who can't even handle a single bug was bound to turn out as a weak omega-'
'Hun, ranks don't even matter-'
A world like theirs, where ranks were something similar to MBTI types except people took them rather seriously like one's high school final scores- there were three, the first and top most being an alpha, the second being a beta, and the third being a normal that was a mere human with no definition, and then came the last one, ultimately one which was only common within 'most' girls and some rare boys.
And since Felix turned out to be an omega that actually defined a certain set of things for him,
For example, he had to have an alpha as a mate- a partner when he came of age or fell in love. That was the hierarchy.
Secondly, he was supposed to be the 'weakest' and probably the 'dumbest'.
And thirdly, he was to be 'protected' and treated as some sort of 'pet'.
That was how their world worked and even though most people like the woman, Seo-na-his mother; herself hated it, since they knew what it felt like to be a part of some defined stereotypes, she couldn't help but stare at her husband out of pure horror and something which was a mix of pain and anger.
She couldn't believe that this man, who loved their son as much as she did was right now hating on him just because he got an 'omega' as a rank.
Why did he have to care that much either way?
She knew her son was soft and she had had her doubts but to her, he'll always be her little sunshine, old or not, he'll always be her son whom she'd protect till her last breath and it was supposed to be the same with her husband, his father until then-
She watched as the man tore up the test results and then proceeded to grab Felix out of her grip, pulling the boy harshly to make him stand in between them,
She watched Felix tear up and a sob rake his petite self as he cried,
'You're going to train hard- prepare for the next final test that happens once you're certified as an elder and I'll personally make sure you get an alpha, a beta even, and anything lower than that, you'll see things you never dreamt of.'
Okay, scratch her love and previous thoughts, the man in front of her wasn't anything like her husband. She couldn't believe her eyes or her ears and it was purely out of instinct as she proceeded further to snatch her son away from her husband's clutches who had taken it so far as to slap their own son,
'You do not get to touch him or train him-'-her voice was shut when she felt a hand across her cheek, leaving her looking to the side,
Little Felix's sobs echoed through the house, and Seo-na watched her husband, a fury-filled look on her face and yet hiding a broken heart beneath,
It was the moment she promised she'd do anything to save her little sunshine, protect him from the clutches of the world, and if she had to fight society for it,
She'd do it.
She had had Felix with very much difficulty, after two miscarriages and it was only right to be so protective over her son. Was it her treatment that led him to become an omega?
She immediately shook away the thought,
Her sunshine boy, ever since he was born, was pretty much soft at heart and whilst others of his age were generally naughty and filled with excitement, the boy was the one to stay quiet and do what he loved whether it be doing something related to crafting or helping her around the house after following her as a toddler.
She knew it wasn't his fault and that he simply wasn't made for this world, he was an angel and she was going to protect her little angel no matter what befell upon them.
As she stared at the tear-stricken face of the boy, who had fallen asleep after asking her about his father and whether it was his fault, she had quietly shushed him up, telling him it wasn't her fault and that he was the best boy she could have, the best son and if her husband didn't see it, she'd make sure he didn't see the boy either, no harm was coming her little Lixie's way, call it a mother's protectiveness or a wife's anger who had been dealing with a marriage solely because of their son, known to the fact that the man who was her husband was out their snogging women whom he found 'enough'.
She wasn't going to let him harm their boy, and if that meant she'd have to fight an 'alpha', she was ready to do it.
Little Felix was innocent, her brownie boy who deserved the world and all the love he could get, his soft heart worth millions, his eyes carrying the galaxy, she wasn't going to let his flame die away just like that.
That night she made a silent promise to herself and to her sleeping Felix,
'Mumma will be here for you, love. I'll protect you, and make sure you're happy.'
Oh, but was a promise so easy to keep when the world out there was waiting to turn upon them?
Only time would have told her.
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