When I woke up, I was amazed that I had been able to sleep without Matt's jacket near me. And worse, I had slept longer than usual, like a baby.

I looked down, realizing that I didn't feel cold at night even though I hadn't covered myself up. It turned out that I had curled up under John's huge jacket.

I put my head inside the jacket in shame, making me feel his pheromones even stronger. I quickly pulled it out and sighed.

'What the heck is going on?' I thought.

I should have bought a jacket a long time ago, but my laziness for not going shopping and not wanting to spend money had made me put it off until now. And every time I came to the hotel, John offered me one of his jackets.

Maybe that was getting to me since I practically spent the entire day near his pheromones. 

I tried to ignore what just happened and started getting ready to go to where we had agreed.

It was Sunday, a day that had also happened to be my day off. And now that I thought about it, I didn't quite understand why I had to accompany John for something related to work.

Last night he had said he needed help with some stuff and wanted me to go with him to get a second opinion.

I was ready an hour before the agreed time. Since it was my day off, it was also the day I took the few clothes I had to be washed. I grabbed the laundry bag and before I left the room, my eyes fell on John's jacket. After giving me one every day, he had finally decided to lend me this one until the end of winter. And now that the weather was starting to change, I wouldn't need it as much. I put it on and left the hotel, but not before paying the fee for the whole week.

I headed to the usual laundry room and left all the things there, including John's jacket.

I didn't want to leave it, but I had slept with it and also had to return it soon, so I decided it was time to buy one so I wouldn't freeze to death in the days that remained. The weather was changing, but it was still really cold. I headed to the shopping mall and walked into the first clothing store I saw. I grabbed the first decent jacket that fit me that I found on sale and decided to buy it.

I didn't usually do that, but now that I didn't have that much money, I had no choice. 

As soon as I got out of the room, I pulled it out and put it on. It was warm. Not as warm as John's, but it was still very warm.

Matt used to complain that I was too picky about clothes, although he liked my style. But after I left home, I stopped doing that because I didn't want him to spend too much money on me, so I just took the offers. Matt said I didn't have to do that, but I did it anyway.

One day, out of the blue, he showed up with several outfits that were my style, but also expensive. I had pestered him for buying them, but all he could manage to say was that they were for 'his omega,' while giving me a kiss. And now I only had one of the outfits he had chosen, and it was the one from that day.

I sighed and put my hands in my pockets. 

I still missed him, a lot. Memories of him always came to my mind, but they weren't as painful as they used to be.

– Excuse me... – I heard someone say behind me as they grabbed my sleeve.

When I turned my head, met a pair of slanted black eyes that I had only seen twice before.

I could feel my whole body tensing up. I looked at her, somewhat stunned.

The times I had seen her I hadn't paid much attention to her, but now that she was in front of me, I could clearly tell that this girl was definitely a foreigner. From her features, I could tell she was Asian, perhaps from China, Korea, or Japan. 

Her face was quite delicate and her skin very white, contrasting with her long black hair.

– D-Do you have a minute? – Matt's omega asked with her surprisingly good command of English.

I frowned, but then I relaxed.

I had no idea what she wanted to tell me, but I figured there was no harm in hearing what she had to say because she didn't seem like a bad person.

– ... Sure. – I answered, turning completely to face each other. 

 I was several inches taller than her, as she was really small.

I noticed a hint of doubt in her gaze, but then to my surprise, she leaned in.

– I'm so sorry! – She shouted.

I opened my eyes, stunned.

– I didn't want to ruin anything, I swear... Um... I'm truly sorry! – She apologized again. Receiving no response, she raised her face and looked at me. – Maybe you do not want to hear this from me, but really, I didn't mean to ruin everything. I'm not that kind of person. – She added. 

She was right, I didn't want to hear it. I didn't even want to meet her, but it seemed that life or destiny liked to play with me.

I took a deep breath so I wouldn't say anything stupid.

– It's okay, I can see you're not. – I blurted out, not really knowing what else to say.

She looked at me for a second and then looked down.

– It's just that we... We will go live in my country, South Korea. And I don't want to live with this in my heart, knowing that I didn't apologize to you. – She said, placing her fist on her chest.

I suddenly froze.

Matt is moving to South Korea with her. To start his family.

My breathing began to rattle, and I clenched my hand inside my jacket. If he was making that decision, he most likely thought about it carefully, concluding that it was the best thing to do.

But that was okay. That's okay. He can do it because he's thinking about his family. Thinking about it, a pain passed through my heart.

Yes, his family, the one we would no longer have.

It was another direct blow from reality. 

I took a few deep breaths until my breathing became normal. The woman just looked at me, attentive to my answer.

– You didn't do anything, so no need to apologize. – I made a pause. – P-Please take care of him. 

Take care of him for me. I thought, and I realized that he meant it very seriously, making me want to cry immensely.

My eyes filled with tears, but I forced myself to hold back.

I swallowed hard.

The woman observed me for a second and started crying, nodding nonstop.

I stepped back, not knowing what to do. People passing by began to look in our direction, so I placed a hand on her head and began to stroke it, trying to calm her down. I felt like I should be the one being comforted, but I figured the pregnancy made her even more sensitive than usual and she was the one who needed the most support right now.

Remembering her pregnancy, I looked down at her stomach.

It was huge.

I did the math in my head from that time, and she was probably about to give birth in a couple of months.

But from what I knew, omega babies were more likely to be born early, sometimes as early as six months, and so needed to be constantly monitored.

Without thinking, I reached my hand towards her belly, knowing that this child was the son of my beloved Matt.

I reacted when the omega remained completely still.

– Oh, sorry. – I apologized, moving my hand away.

There was silence for a few seconds.

– You can do it. – She said sipping, a little calmer.

I slowly moved my hand closer until I touched her stomach.

It was round.

I remembered once that the shape of the belly said a lot about the baby's gender.

And since it was round, it was likely a girl.

I sighed and smiled sadly.

– Congratulations. – I told her. – It's going to be a girl, right? Take good care of her.

She looked at me somewhat surprised, then looked down at her belly, as she nodded. She stroked it lovingly and smiled.

I lowered my hand, and without another word I turned around, ready to leave. I raised my hand in farewell and started walking.

I put on my hood, as tears formed in my eyes.

I kept walking as best as I could until I stopped. I couldn't go any further because everything looked so blurry. I sniffled hard and blinked several times until the tears stopped threatening to come out.

Looking up, I noticed that I was already close to the square where I had agreed to meet John. I lowered my head again and walked slowly towards the place.

As soon as I arrived, I sat down on the first bench I found and stayed there, with a somewhat lost look.

All this time I had tried not to think too much about Matt and the whole omega thing, and after talking to her, it was as if for a moment I had returned to that time, but now that I was here alone, everything felt very far away already.

A reminder that I needed to see John came to me, so I reached into my pocket for my phone and checked the time. There was still a little over thirty minutes until the appointed time. I sighed and tried to downplay what had just happened.

A shadow of someone running in my direction caught my eye slightly, but I didn't turn around. I lowered my head to text him to hurry up, but before I could send it I saw a pair of feet in front of me. 

I looked up thinking it would be John, but instead, it was Matt.