Shen Yi crouched halfway down, vomiting several times until his stomach was completely empty.
His fingertips gripped his knees hard enough to turn white, and his shoulders shook uncontrollably.
The rising stomach acid seared his throat. Tears spilled uncontrollably from his reddened eyes, and the nausea made even breathing difficult.
Only when there was nothing left to bring up did Shen Yi sink into a crouch on the floor, utterly drained. The brief bout of vomiting had left his back slick with cold sweat.
He had no strength left anywhere in his body, yet his chest heaved as though it might burst. Leaning against the stall door, he raised a hand to wipe his sweat-damp face.
The results were out, and the words burned before his eyes.
Against odds so slim they were almost nonexistent, their mental imprints had actually begun to fuse within his abnormal body. Once the fusion was complete, the two of them would have to apply to the state to adopt a child belonging to them both, based on the outcome of their combined imprints.
"The imprint fusion is still unstable, but we can essentially confirm it now. Congratulations."
The doctor's words struck him even harder than the news that he had differentiated into an omega.
The reality that had descended upon him was terrifying.
Shen Yi had lived as a beta for thirty years. He had never imagined that this day would come.
He had lived as an omega for only a little over a year. If anything had changed, it was merely his pheromones. His views and sense of self were little different from when he had been a beta.
Perhaps that was precisely why the shock was magnified, going beyond surprise and bordering on fear.
How could people feel happy about this? No