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Hinata Shouyou presented as an Omega at the age of 16, much to his despair. His house had been small; his family had been way too poor to afford all his needs. He had been locked in his house after presenting, never allowed to leave for reasons that were unclear to him. His parents didn’t want to explain much, both of them being Betas and having no idea what it meant to be a male Omega, apart from the fact that he would be treated like shit. A frightened child with equally frightened parents wasn’t the best situation. They couldn’t provide him with an Alpha mate, they didn’t even know any. His parents had decided to give him to an Omega shelter in hopes of him finding a suitable mate.
He approached the shelter nervously, hiding his bag behind his legs and eyes dropped to the ground. There was a male sitting behind the desk, tapping away at the computer still unaware of Hinata’s presence.
“Hi!” Hinata said causing the guy to jump in surprise.
“Hello?” The guy said, peering down at Hinata with wide brown eyes.
“Can I…stay here?” The orange haired Omega asked, his eyes remaining on the floor. God this was so embarrassing. His mum had made up a story for him to use, something about being abandoned but his mouth had gone dry and he couldn’t conjure up the words to speak.
“Of course, we’ll need a blood sample though.”
“To ensure you’re an Omega.” He added, noting the blood drain from Hinata’s face.
“Do I have to tell you why?” Hinata asked, watching as the man, which upon closer inspection had a named tag that read “Narita”.
“No, not unless you want to,” Narita replied, “Ah! But you have to tell us if you have had a mate before.” Hinata shook his head rapidly.
“I only just presented! I’m 16.”
“Wow that’s late for an Omega,” Narita replied, scrunching his face slightly, “Anyway, your name?”
“Hinata Shoyou.”
The guy turned to the desk and began to type briskly before pushing himself out of his chair and ringing this small bell type thing.
“Someone should come get you and then you can get settled into your room.” He gave him a small smile and sat down behind his desk, typing once more.
A beta by the name of Ennoshita directed him to the showcasing room, where he would spend all of his time until an Alpha had chosen him. The room was spacious, painted with whites and cream colours, the bed filled with all sorts of plush blankets, sheets and pillows. There was a desk in the corner with a large television placed on top. Hinata placed his bag awkwardly on the bed, glancing over his shoulder at the large window that took up the whole wall. A bland hallway was on the other side, if it was there for sunlight there was no way it would work so why was it there?
“May I ask what the window is for?” Hinata asked.
“For display,” Ennoshita replied flatly, his brown eyes watching Hinata’s face scrunch up in confusion, “For Alphas.” He added. A slight blush crawled up Hinata’s cheeks as he realised.
“I guess that’s what I’m here for,” He laughed awkwardly. Omega shelters were normally for the abandoned and abused, yet here he was with loving parents back home.
“You will have to let us now when you are expecting your heat. During that time, you will be moved to another facility to prevent any Alphas reacting.” Ennoshita stated, his body already retreating to the door. Hinata’s blush deepened, he had yet to go through a heat, his body only had just presented.
“I-uh don’t know how to...uh…tell.” He admitted, rubbing his foot against the ground, his eyes lowered to the floor.
“When you begin to nest your heat will accompany you a few days later. Just let us know.” He slightly bowed and left Hinata alone. The new Omega sighed as he turned to his bag and begun to unpack his things. He had read things about Omega’s heats and it would be an understatement if he said he was scared. There were so many things involved and apparently it was so painful people actually died. Hinata shuddered at the thought as he stuffed a half-folded shirt into the draw. The pain was something he was not looking forward to and the inability to do anything else except breed. When he first presented as an Omega he had already begun to fantasise about what is was like to have kids. He knew he was young but age meant nothing to the government when it came to Omegas. He sighed, knowing that at least he could hope to have a gentle Alpha to help through his heats. His mother had always told him it is good to have dreams.
A couple hours later another staff member retrieved Hinata and brought him out to the main lounge where about ten other Omegas were sitting, withdrawn and silent. He looked back at the nurse, reading the name tag “Yachi” before addressing her.
“Uh…Yachi are we not allowed to talk?” He whispered, eyes darting around the room. It looked so bleak. She offered a smile.
“Of course, you can,” She said before pausing. The young blonde looked around nervously before glancing back up at Hinata, “I mean I think.” She dashed off, muttering something about asking. The orange haired Omega turned to face the room again, noting some looked away from his gaze. He sighed to himself, already feeling the pang of loneliness in his chest.