Blooming Freely
Chapter 1: System Error: An Enigma In My DMs
[Setting: The official, anonymous Acedia High School Community Forum. Thread #402 is trending under the 'Hot' section with over 1,500 active users refreshing the page.]
[System Notification: Thread #402 — "Who let the giant dog loose in the East Hallway?!" is now LIVE]
User_Beta99
Did anyone else just feel that sudden heavy gravity wave near the lockers on the third floor? My knees literally buckled and my books flew everywhere. 💀 What the hell was that?!
Ome_Cutie
Me too!! 😭 I was walking back from the cafeteria and I had to lean against the wall. The air got so thick it felt like honey. It smelled like intense, crisp cedar wood and fresh mountain rain. It definitely didn't feel like a normal Alpha pheromone spike. It was way too heavy! It felt like absolute authority!
Rep_Class_Prez:
Attention all students! Please stay calm and remain in your classrooms until the ventilation system clears the corridor. The student council has officially confirmed a temporary pheromone leakage. It belongs to Lu Zhang from Class 12-A. Please do not panic. It was not an aggressive attack.
Dunk_ Wei🏀
Hey! Don't call my team captain a wild dog! 🐕 Explanations below! Read this before you guys start writing fanfiction on the forum! 👇
Dunk_ Wei🏀
Lu Zhang was running down the stairs because he was late for lunch. He tripped over his own oversized shoelaces, dropped his brand-new phone down an entire flight of concrete stairs, and panicked. His rare Enigma aura leaked out for literally two seconds because of the shock. Calm down, people! He didn't mean to dominate the whole hallway!
User_Beta99
Wait... did you just say ENIGMA?! 👁️👄👁️ Like, the mythical tier above Elite Alphas?!
Ome_Cutie
: Ahhh! The legendary Enigma rank?! No wonder! He can make dominant Alphas kneel like they're nothing! 😭 King Lu Zhang, please step on me! Take my credits! Take my soul!
GossipKing_ Chen
@Ome_Cutie congratulations, you have just raised 50 credits to the school cringe fund. Anyway, the "Mighty King" doesn't look very terrifying right now. He is currently sitting on the corridor floor like a lost, sad puppy, literally sniffing and crying over his severely cracked smartphone screen. 💅 Someone gets him a box of tissues.
[Setting: Private Direct Messages — Unknown Number ➡️ Yung_XY]
Zhang _paws🐾
Hey babe! Are you outside the West Gate with my iced Americano yet? 🥤
Zhang _paws🐾
Please tell me you're close. I'm literally starving, and my screen is bleeding black pixels right now. I can barely see what I'm typing. Hurry up pleases 🥺🐾
Yung _XY
Who the hell are you calling babe?
Yung _XY
You have the wrong number, idiot. Lose it.
Zhang _paws🐾
Whoa! Spicy cat! 😲
Zhang _paws🐾
Wait, let me look at the paper receipt from the café.......
Zhang _paws🐾
Ah! The cashier girl's handwriting is completely terrible. It looks like a chicken stepped in ink. Is this really not the delivery driver? 😭
Yung _XY
Do not text this number again. Blocked.
Zhang _paws🐾
WAIT! DON'T BLOCK ME! 🙏🙏🙏
Zhang _paws🐾
:Please don't leave me alone in the dark!
Zhang _paws🐾
My phone screen is literally leaking purple liquid right now and half the touch sensor is completely broken. You are the only person who actually replied to my emergency texts. Have some mercy on a dying student! 💔
Yung _XY
Not my problem. Go to a repair shop. Buy a new phone. Leave me alone.
Zhang _paws🐾
So cold! You are freezing me to death! 🥶
Zhang _paws🐾
But hey, I just noticed your texting profile picture. It’s a grumpy little cartoon black cat wearing a silver piercing on its left ear. It's so cute! Is that based on you? It looks exactly like your texting personality. Sharp and prickly. 😉
Yung _XY
Do you want me to track your IP address, dump your physical location, and leak your entire private chat history to the varsity basketball team, 'King' Lu Zhang?
Zhang _paws🐾
How on earth do you know my actual name?! Are you a psychic cat?! 🔮 Are you stalking me?!
Yung _XY
The entire school forum is literally screaming about you dropping your phone like a clumsy, brainless giant brute, you absolute clown.
Yung _XY
Stop typing. Look up from your bleeding pixels right now.
[Setting: The West Wing School Library — Second Floor. Silent Study Zone.]
[Action Tag: Xu Yung sits by the large, tinted glass window. A black, oversized hoodie completely hides his slender frame, his knees pulled up slightly against the edge of the mahogany table. His premium noise-canceling headphones are pulled down around his pale neck. His sharp, cat-like eyes glitter with pure irritation as he glares directly across the long table.]
Sitting exactly opposite to him, separated by only three feet of polished wood, is Lu Zhang. The 188cm tall, muscular basketball star slowly lifts his head from his shattered device. His messy golden-brown hair sticks up in all directions, and his wide eyes blink in utter, comical confusion
Zhang _paws🐾
[Types rapidly while staring intensely across the table, his eyes locked onto the black hoodie] Are... are you actually the boy in the black hoodie right in front of me? 😳
Yung _XY
Obviously. Stop staring at me like that. It's incredibly creepy, and you look like a predator.
Zhang _paws🐾
[Types furiously, his long thumbs turning into a complete blur on the shattered glass] Oh my god.
Zhang _paws🐾
Oh my god, you are so incredibly pretty.
Zhang _paws🐾
Your eyes are literally tilted upward exactly like a real cat! Why are you hiding inside that giant hoodie? 😭✨ It looks like it's three sizes too big for you!
Yung _XY
Go away. Look back at your broken screen.
[System Prompt: User Yung_XY has enabled 'Do Not Disturb' mode. All incoming messages from Unknown Number will be muted for the next 8 hours.]
[Action Tag: Lu Zhang gasps shockingly loud, completely breaking the library's absolute, sacred silence. The strict head librarian instantly glares at him from the main desk with a lethal, life-ending look.]
Zhang _paws🐾
[Mouths silently and frantically across the table: "Please take off the mute! I'm sorry!"]
Yung _XY
[Slowly flips his middle finger up directly against his phone screen, tilts his head with a cold smirk, and pulls his heavy black hood lower over his face, completely shutting out the world.]
[Action Tag: As Yung's heart rate accidentally accelerates from the intense, sudden eye contact, his emotional spike causes something hidden to slip. A subtle, completely imperceptible whiff of sweet, cool plum blossom scent leaks from the collar of his hoodie, drifting gently across the small gap between them.]
Zhang _paws🐾
[His advanced Enigma senses twitch instantly. The gentle, sweet scent cuts through the heavy air of the library. His eyes widen significantly as he stares at the grumpy boy. A massive, goofy, and completely captivated dimpled smile slowly breaks across his face.]
Zhang _paws🐾
[Whispers softly under his breath, his heart hammering against his ribs].......Found you, my little cat.
[Setting: Private Chat — GossipKing_Chen🍿 ➡️ Yung_XY]
GossipKing_ Chen
Hey. Yung. Pick up.
GossipKing_ Chen
Why is the golden retriever star of the basketball team currently vibrating in his seat right across from you?
GossipKing_ Chen
I am sitting three rows behind you guys in the history section, and I can literally see his imaginary tail wagging so fast it's creating a breeze. What did you do to him? 👁️
Yung _XY
Nothing. He is an idiot who doesn't know how to use a phone. Don't look at him, his stupidity might be contagious.
GossipKing_ Chen
Oh, really? Because he just took a sneaky photo of your black hoodie, cropped his own face next to it, and set it as his lock screen background.
GossipKing_ Chen
I have a clear view of his phone from here. The Enigma is completely gone. He looks like he just won the lottery.
Yung _XY
Unmuting him right now. He is dead.
[Setting: Private Direct Messages — Lu_Zhang ➡️ Yung_XY]
Yung _XY
Delete that photo right now before I break your other phone screen
Zhang _paws🐾
AHHH! YOU UNMUTED ME! 🎉🥳✨
Zhang _paws🐾
Wait, how did you know I took a photo? Are you watching me through the hoodie? That's so romantic! 🥰
Yung _XY
I have eyes everywhere. Delete it. Now
Zhang _paws🐾
No way! It's my lucky charm now! It's the only beautiful thing on this broken phone.
Zhang _paws🐾
Besides, we are destiny! Out of all the phone numbers in this city, my broken thumb typed yours. Don't you think that's a sign from the universe? 🌌
Yung _XY
It’s a sign that you need remedial kindergarten math classes to learn how to read numbers properly.
Yung _XY
Pack up your things and leave this table. Your cedarwood scent is making it hard for me to breathe.
Zhang _paws🐾
Oh no! Is my scent too strong?! 😧 I'm sorry! I'm holding it back as much as I can!
Zhang _paws🐾
Wait... you can smell my cedarwood? But normal Betas can't smell pheromones clearly unless they are super high...
Zhang _paws🐾
kitty... are you an Omega? 👀
Yung _XY
I am a Beta. I just have a sensitive nose. Shut up.
Zhang _paws🐾
Hmmm... Okay, if you say so! 😉 But your nose isn't the only thing that's sensitive. Your ears are completely red right now, Yung-yung!
Yung _XY
Don't call me that! Who gave you permission to use nicknames?!
Zhang _paws🐾
Your red ears gave me permission! 🐾
Zhang _paws🐾
Hey, the library is closing in ten minutes for the weekend. Let me buy you that strawberry milk from the vending machine downstairs as an apology? Please? 🍓🥛
Yung _XY
I don't like sweet things.
Zhang _paws🐾
Lies! Lin Chen's public blog says you literally buy two cartons of strawberry milk every single Friday afternoon! I did my research! 📚
Yung _XY
Lin Chen... that absolute traitor. I am going to murder him.
GossipKing_ Chen
[System Notification: User GossipKing_Chen🍿 has left the building via the fire escape.
Zhang _paws🐾
Come on, just one milk! Then you can block me again if you want! (Please don't actually block me though, my heart will break into more pieces than my screen 🥺)
Yung _XY
Fine. One milk. And if you follow me after that, I am calling the campus security app.
Zhang _paws🐾
Yay!! Meet you at the stairs! 🏃♂️💨
[Action Tag: Xu Yung snaps his phone shut, his face burning a bright crimson shade beneath his dark hood. He grabs his backpack, deliberately refusing to look at Lu Zhang as he stands up. He walks quickly toward the exit, his heart beating a frantic rhythm against his chest.]
[Action Tag: Lu Zhang practically leaps out of his chair, nearly knocking over his own heavy sports bag. He beams broadly, his bright golden-brown hair catching the evening sunlight through the library windows as he trots happily behind the smaller boy like a massive, loyal guardian dog.]
[System Notification: Chapter 1 — SUCCESS]
introduction
author Itariworld
: Hey there, my lovely readers! Welcome to the official introduction of "Blooming Freely." 🌸
author Itariworld
it also first chat story I ever written
author Itariworld
Pull up a chair, grab your favorite snacks, and let me tell you a little secret about the story you are about to read.
author Itariworld
I was honestly so tired of toxic Alpha drama, forced bonds, and heavy angst in Omegaverse stories. I wanted to write something completely different. Something soft, hilarious, and deeply comforting.
author Itariworld
I created a world-class, terrifyingly powerful Enigma... who turns into an absolute, whiny, tail-wagging puppy the second he falls in love. 🦮❤️
author Itariworld
And I paired him with a tiny, fierce, independent black cat of an Omega who handles his problems with a sharp tongue and a fast-clicking block finger. 🐱💢
author Itariworld
Our story kicks off with a massive digital system error. 📱💥
author Itariworld
let start with our maincharacter
author Itariworld
now side character
author Itariworld
This is a 100% soft romance, heavy rom-com, low-anxiety chat story. You can expect a lot of text-spamming, chaotic school forum threads, and a very slow-burn, ultra-fluffy physical romance as these two move from high school rivals to college roommates.
author Itariworld
Oh, and watch out for the side couple (Lin Chen × Han Wei). They are a sarcastic, money-loving Beta and a loud, clueless Alpha who bicker so hard they might accidentally set the group chat on fire. 🔥🍿
author Itariworld
I poured so much love into writing these characters, and I hope they bring a massive smile to your face today.
author Itariworld
Before you dive into story, please don't forget to Add to Library ❤️ so you never miss an update, drop a Comment 💬 to let me know your favorite lines, and leave a Like 👍 to keep my typing fingers energized!
author Itariworld
Thank you for being here. Let's watch them bloom freely together! 🚀🌸
Chapter 2: The Tail and The Shadow
[Setting: The Acedia High School Cafeteria. Monday Morning Rush. Noise levels are at maximum.]
[System Notification: Private Direct Messages — Lu_Zhang ➡️ Yung_XY]
Zhang _paws🐾
Good morning, Yung-yung!!! ☀️✨
Zhang _paws🐾
Did you sleep well? Did you have dreams about me? 🐾
Yung _XY
Why are you awake.
Yung _XY
Why are you texting me.
Zhang _paws🐾
Look! The screen isn't bleeding anymore! The touch sensor works perfectly! I can type 100 puppy emojis per second now! 🐕🐶🐾🐩
Yung _XY
Truly a tragedy for humanity.
Yung _XY
Put the phone down and go to class.
Zhang _paws🐾
But I'm already outside your classroom! 🏫
Zhang _paws🐾
Look left! I'm waving at you! 👋😁
[Action Tag: Xu Yung slowly turns his head toward the door. Lu Zhang is standing in the hallway, towering over the passing students, wearing his varsity basketball jacket. He is grinning widely, his arm swinging back and forth in an aggressive wave.]
Yung _XY
You look like a giant lunatic.
Yung _XY
The disciplinary teacher is literally walking up the stairs behind you
Zhang _paws🐾
Wait, really?! 😲
Zhang _paws🐾
System Notification: User Lu_Zhang is offline]
[Action Tag: Through the window, Yung watches Lu Zhang spin around, panic, and sprint down the hallway like a startled deer, his long legs blurring. Yung lets out a very soft, accidental huff of laughter before instantly catching himself and scowling at his screen.]
[Setting: Classroom 12-A. Home Room Period. The homeroom teacher walks in with a stack of papers.]
[System Notification: Group Chat — "Biology Project or Death" has been created by Rep_Class_Prez][System Notification: Rep_Class_Prez has added Yung_XY, Lu_Zhang, GossipKing_Chen🍿, and DUNK_WEI🏀 to the chat]
Rep_Class_Prez:
Attention everyone. This is your assigned group for the mid-term biology research project. 🦠
Rep_Class_Prez:
The topic is "Secondary Gender Hormones and Pheromone Receptors."
Rep_Class_Prez:
It is worth 30% of your final grade. No switching partners. Good luck!
Dunk_ Wei🏀
I am an Alpha! I play basketball! Why do I have to write a 15-page essay about pheromone receptors?! My braincells are crying! 😭
GossipKing_ Chen
Because you skipped the last three biology labs to practice your three-pointers, you absolute ape. 💅
GossipKing_ Chen
Don't worry, I will write the essay. But my current rate for carrying dead weight is 500 credits. 🧾
Dunk_ Wei🏀
500 CREDITS?! LIN CHEN, YOU ARE A BLOODSUCKING VAMPIRE!!! 💸🧛♂️
Zhang _paws🐾
WAIT!!! 👁️👄👁️
Zhang _paws🐾
Look at the group list!!!
Zhang _paws🐾
YUNG-YUNG IS IN MY GROUP!!!
Zhang _paws🐾
THE UNIVERSE HAS SPOKEN!!! WE ARE SOULMATES!!! 🪐💖✨
Yung _XY
Teacher. I want to apply for a solo project. I will write 30 pages by myself.
Rep_Class_Prez:
Request denied, Xu Yung. The groups are final.
Zhang _paws🐾
Yay!!! Don't worry, Yung-yung! I will do all the heavy lifting! I can carry the books! I can buy the coffee! I can be your personal lab assistant! 🐶🎒
Yung _XY
I just want to survive this semester without getting a headache.
Yung _XY
No one text me until the first meeting.
[Setting: School Library. After School Study Session. Group Table 4.]
[Action Tag: The four boys sit around a massive oak table. Lin Chen is typing rapidly on his tablet, looking deeply amused. Han Wei is staring at a biology textbook like it's written in an alien language. Across from them, Xu Yung has his hood pulled low, trying to read his notes. Lu Zhang is sitting directly next to Yung, leaning in so close their shoulders almost touch.
[Private DM: GossipKing_Chen🍿 ➡️ Yung_XY]
GossipKing_ Chen
Look to your right.
GossipKing_ Chen
The Enigma is literally vibrating again. If he leans any closer to you, he’s going to fall into your lap.
Yung _XY
Tell Han Wei to pull his captain away. He is radiating heat like a radiator.
GossipKing_ Chen
Han Wei is currently trying to figure out if Alphas and Betas have the same blood type. He is useless. You are on your own, buddy.
[Setting: Private Direct Messages — Lu_Zhang ➡️ Yung_XY]
Zhang _paws🐾
Yung-yung... 🥺
Zhang _paws🐾
Why are you ignoring me? We are sitting next to each other.
Zhang _paws🐾
You haven't looked at me once in the last twenty minutes. My heart is shriveling up. 💔
Yung _XY
I am trying to read Chapter 4 about the endocrine system.
Yung _XY
Move your arm. You are taking up three-quarters of the table.
Zhang _paws🐾
[Action Tag: Lu Zhang pulls his arm back, but immediately rests his chin on his hands, staring directly at Yung's profile with wide, sparkling eyes.]
Zhang _paws🐾
Is this better? Now I'm just admiring your hard work! 🌟
Yung _XY
Stop staring. It's distracting.
Zhang _paws🐾
Why is it distracting? Is it because I'm too handsome? 😉
Zhang _paws🐾
Han Wei says my face is my best feature.
Yung _XY
It’s distracting because you look like a large predator animal waiting for its prey to drop its guard. It's an evolutionary instinct to feel threatened
Zhang _paws🐾
Predator?! Me?! 😲
Zhang _paws🐾
I'm just a puppy! A harmless, fluffy puppy who wants to help you get an A+!
Zhang _paws🐾
Look, I even brought your favorite strawberry milk! 🍓🥛
Zhang _paws🐾
[Action Tag: Lu Zhang gently slides a cold carton of strawberry milk across the wood, tapping Yung’s knuckles with the straw.]
[Action Tag: Xu Yung freezes. He looks down at the cold carton, then looks up through the fringe of his black hair. Lu Zhang is beaming, his dimples showing clearly, his gaze entirely warm and sincere. There isn't a single drop of malice or Enigma dominance in his posture.]
Yung _XY
Now open your textbook and actually read page 112. If we fail this project, I will personally ensure your basketball scholarship disappears.
Zhang _paws🐾
YES, BOSS!!! 🫡🔥
Zhang _paws🐾
Reading right now! Look at me go! I am a scholar!
[Setting: Group Chat — "Biology Project or Death"]
Dunk_ Wei🏀
Guys... I just read the section about Omega heat cycles. 💀
Dunk_ Wei🏀
It says they need a strong Alpha presence to stabilize their body temperature.
Dunk_ Wei🏀
As a dominant Alpha, I feel highly responsible and deeply knowledgeable about this topic. 😎🔥
GossipKing_ Chen
Han Wei, the only thing you are deeply knowledgeable about is the cafeteria menu. 😐
GossipKing_ Chen
Besides, modern Omegas use advanced electronic suppressants and medical safety apps. They don't need "dominant Alphas" hovering over them like flies anymore. Welcome to the 21st century.
Dunk_ Wei🏀
Hey! You don't have to be so mean! I was just sharing scientific facts! 😭
Dunk_ Wei🏀
What do you think, Captain? You’re an Enigma, your pheromones are literally built to soothe anyone.
Zhang _paws🐾
I think if a certain black cat Omega ever needed soothing...
Zhang _paws🐾
I would build a giant fortress out of blankets, block the whole world out, and keep him perfectly safe forever. 🐾🏰❤️
Yung _XY
This chat is supposed to be about the project.
Yung _XY
Stop talking about nonsense.
GossipKing_ Chen
Oh? Someone is getting defensive. How interesting. 😏
Yung _XY
Lin Chen. 200 credits to delete your current thoughts.
GossipKing_ Chen
[System Notification: Deal accepted. User Gossip King_Chen is now a silent observer.]
[Action Tag: Under the library table, Lu Zhang’s large foot accidentally brushes against Xu Yung’s sneaker. Instead of pulling away, Lu Zhang keeps his foot resting gently against Yung’s, providing a solid, grounding warmth.]
[Action Tag: Yung stays perfectly still, his eyes locked onto his textbook, but his thumbs are trembling slightly as he grips his phone. A faint, barely noticeable scent of sweet plum blossom begins to mix with the heavy cedarwood aroma surrounding Table 4.]
Zhang _paws🐾
[Inwardly screaming, typing a private note to himself]: He didn't move his foot away!!! This is progress!!! The cat let me touch his shoe!!! 😭😭😭🎉🎉🎉
[System Notification: Chapter 2 — END]
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