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Wei Wuxian was thrown into the discipline room. His weak knees could no longer hold his weight and he slummed down on wooden floor, his body shaking uncontrollably and pheromones leaking out. His first heat has come unannounced in the middle of practice and he was immediately dragged away from training field by Madame Yu.
The door was shut with violent force.
“Kneel down!”
Wei Wuxian heard a strict order from behind. He knew that Madame Yu was standing close to the door, as so many times before. But this time was not as usual. Far from it actually. Normally he would be dragged to the discipline room when Uncle Jiang was not in Lotus Pier and only for his presumed punishments.
No one ever witnessed him and Madame Yu going in together. She never dragged him in, she would always whisper to his ear when they were alone or give him a sign to go. Never drag him in front of the whole training field of disciples.
But this time was definitely not like any previous ones. He was in heat now. His first heat, which defined him as an Omega. Never in his life would Wei Wuxian imagine being one. And neither would anyone else really. With his cultivation talent, he should have been an Alpha. Usually an Omega could not become a strong cultivator. Usually, yes. But Wei Wuxian was the very impersonation of Yunmeng Jiang sect’s motto “to attempt impossible”.
He was so surprised he did not react to the order immediately as he normally would. He only looked up at Madame Yu with surprise in his eyes. His whole body engulfed by waves of burning sensations.
Madame Yu’s face became dark. “I said ‘kneel’,” she repeated, her voice getting dangerously low and quiet, full of hidden threats. Her eyes two bottomless holes of hatred. “How dare you, you filthy Omega. Getting into heat in front of everyone, what will they think?! Yunmeng Jiang sect head disciple being a filthy Omega, we will lose face in eyes of all other sects!”
If Wei Wuxian was not so surprised himself, he could have reciprocated that he never knew his second gender as he was living on the streets when examination time came. Then again, it is better that he was shocked speechless and did not anger Madame Yu any more.
His body was weak, hot and aching all over, no strength left in his limps. He still tried to get up from the floor into kneeling position as so many times before. He failed miserably. With his head spinning and sight blurring, he had no control over his movements.
Madame Yu watched him struggle on the floor. Her patience running thin, Zidian started to crackle around her finger. Wei Wuxian heard familiar threatening sound and knew what would follow if he did not obey the order immediately. He redoubled his efforts.
After another three tries he had finally managed to get into kneeling position. His body trembling all over, knees and hips unsteady. He felt like he would tilt over any second. The burning sensation cursing inside his body only grew on intensity.
Madame Yu contemplated his pitiful state with cold eyes. No pity nor consideration shown on her face.
“Well, I guess I got you out just in time, no one should have figured out you have just manifested as a filthy worthless Omega.” Her word cut like knives into Wei Wuxian’s very soul. “So…” Her lips curled into a sadistic, calculating grin.
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Wei Wuxian startled awake, cold sweat covering his whole body, hands shaking slightly. It took him several minutes to remember where he was and to shake the nightmare off. He looked over to the bed Jiang Cheng was sleeping in, fortunately he did not wake up. Careful not to disturb his rest, Wei Wuxian got out of the bed and quietly exited the room.
The inn’s hall was dimly lit by few candles. He needed to go out and get some fresh air to calm his nerves. They will be arriving to Cloud Recess tomorrow. He needed to calm down and get some more rest. He could not let himself embarrass Yunmeng Jiang sect during official greetings in front of Gusu Lan sect and all guest disciples due to his lack of sleep. He did not want to imagine how would Madame Yu react to him loosing Jiang sect’s face even before the lectures start.
He took deep breaths of cold air, his body slowly ceasing to tremble all over. His mind was going thousand miles a second. He remembered the last words Madame Yu spat out hatefully into his ear before his and Jiang Cheng’s depart: “Don’t you dare embarrass the Yunmeng Jiang sect’s name and let anyone find out you are a filthy worthless Omega.”
His imagination was running wild as he went over events of tomorrow. He imagined all possible scenarios of how those official greeting ceremonies could go wrong. How he could screw up and it he would be send back to Lotus Pier and into Madame Yu’s punishment chamber.
He shook his head. “No,” he told himself to calm down, “it will be alright. My next heat is not coming for another two weeks. Plenty of time to see how things are handled in Cloud Recess. To get used to the place and figure everything out.”
After several more minutes Wei Wuxian returned to the room. He glanced in direction of Jiang Cheng’s bed, fortunately he was still sleeping. Wei Wuxian didn’t want the younger boy to witness his distressed state and ask any uncomfortable questions. After all, Jiang Cheng did not know he was an Omega. No one except for Madame Yu knew the shameful truth. Everyone knew him as a Beta.
Wei Wuxian got back to his bed and closed his eyes. Morning came without him caching a single wink of sleep.