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Will parked his truck in his new parking spot in the back of the school. It was his first day of sophomore year, and he was so excited. Football practice was going well, he had classes with most of his friends, and he felt great. His only problem? The lack of a mate.
In this society, it is extremely normal to mate in high school, expected even. Will, being an alpha, was slightly falling behind. Mating in high school was mostly because most omegas have their first heat when they turn 16. They can have pups by then. Will knows tons of omegas in his grade that have already had pups, or are pregnant with them. What he would do to have a cute, sweet, little omega stuffed full of his pups-
“WILL!” Kayla and Austin yelled at the same time, snapping Will out of his thoughts. Kayla and Austin were Will’s younger siblings, and since he could drive now, he was in charge of taking them to school.
Austin chuckled as Kayla sighed. “Are you thinking about the whole ‘no omega’ thing again?” The beta questioned. “Because you know that mom’s been saying it’s completely fine that you don’t have an omega.”
Will sighed, rubbing his face. “I know, I know. It’s hard not to think about though…” Will muttered. Will had instincts like any other alpha. Instincts that craved an omega to love.
”Well, this year is a new year.” Austin said. “Maybe there’s an omega for you.” He said as he opened that door and got out of the car. Kayla followed suit. Will ran his hand through his hair and got out too.
Will waved by to his closest friends, Percy and Jason, as he went to his locker. He opened it up and was starting to get his stuff when a scent hit his nose. An alluring, sweet scent. It was faint, clearly from an omega who hadn’t had heat yet. Will turned around in an attempt to find the owner of the scent.
There, directly behind him, was a boy with black hair and olive skin. He was dressed in plain jeans and a t-shirt, but he looked adorable in it. The boy was small, much smaller than Will, making it clear he was an omega.
I should go talk to him. Will thought, what if he’s my omega?
Will shut his locker and started to make his way over. The alpha rubbed his sweaty hands on his pants and took a deep breath. He causally leaned on the locker next to the omega. The boy looked up, and all thoughts left Will’s head. The omega was so pretty, so cute. He was exactly what Will wanted.
“U-uh hey there!” Will spat out. Great first impression Will, he’ll totally think you’re a good alpha now. He mentally scolded himself.
The boy stared for a second, clearly thrown off and confused. “Umm… hey, alpha.” He said, with an uninterested tone. The boy had an Italian accent to him, which also explained addressing Will by his secondary gender. In the U.S. it has become common to only refer to your mate as their secondary gender, but in other countries it can be a sign of respect to address everyone new as their secondary gender.
Even with this information, Will’s alpha instincts went insane at the omega calling him that. Will laughed nervously, “S-so what’s your name?” He asked.
The boy gave another look as he spoke. “Nico…” He said.
“Nico, huh? Th-that’s cute…” Will said. He was sweaty as hell and probably looked weird. His brain finally caught up after a minute and realized he should introduce himself too. “Oh! I’m Will.” He said.
The boy nodded. “Okay then… nice to meet you, Will.” He said as he walked off.
Will cursed himself. Gods, why was he so awkward! That went terrible! This cute, perfect omega for Will will never like him now! Will groaned as he turned around and left to his first class of the day.
Soon enough, it was lunch time. Will sat down in front of Jason and Percy with a loud groan. The other alphas both chuckled. “What happened now?” Jason asked.
“I found the cutest omega ever, AND I BLEW IT!” Will said, laying his head on the table. The other two alphas hissed. They knew of Will’s predicament, but they weren’t very good at confronting him about it. The other two did have mates already after all.
Percy patted Will’s shoulder. “That’s rough, buddy.” He said. Leo and Annabeth finally came over, getting Jason and Percy to focus on their mates.
Will pushed his food around, when Frank walked up with two people. One was a girl with darker skin and curly hair, and the other was… Nico. Will felt himself get all hot and sweaty again just by looking at the omega.
“Hey, guys!” Frank said. “This is Hazel and Nico, can they sit with us?” He asked. Everyone at the table agreed quickly. Frank sat Nico down right next to Will with a wink.
Nico sat down next to Will with a lunch tray. “H-hi again, N-Nico.” Will stuttered out. Everyone at the table saw the alpha’s greeting, and bursted out laughing, except for Nico.
”Hi again, alpha.” He said, still with the same monotone voice. Everyone at the table shut up, looking with wide eyes. Since typically you only refer to a mate as their secondary gender, every was shocked.
The other girl Frank brought over, Hazel, cleared her throat. “Nico…” she started softly, “we don’t call people secondary genders in America, remember?”
Nico immediately went flush and started to babble out apologies. “I-I’m sorry, I didn’t think about it. I-I don’t mean it that way, I swear.”
Everyone at the table softly chuckles. Will spoke up. “It’s okay, I know you didn’t mean it that way.” Even though I wish you did.
Lunch went on and Nico soon left with Hazel to go grab something. Percy jumped to the chase. “Is that the omega you were talking about?” He asked. Will nodded and the table exploded in talk about it.
Frank laughed. “I have art with both those two. Nico mentioned you and I knew you must’ve made a fool of yourself in front of him.” He said. The table laughed as Will set his head down.
Will was in his last class of the day, English. The teacher had already planned assigned seats. Will was sitting by the window, with Nico sitting beside him.
Will took a deep breath, keep your cool, he thought. Just strike up a Nice, easy conversation. ”so uhhh, Nico, where are you from?” The alpha asked, even though he knew the answer.
“Nico looked up. “Oh, I’m from Italy. Just moved here over the summer.” Nico said, still a little uncaring.
Will nodded. “Cool, I’m from Texas.” He said, with some pride in his voice. Most people thought Texas was just hillbillies and such, but that didn’t stop Will from being proud of his home state.
Nico nodded, “Cool.” He said.
Will wanted to keep the conversation going since it was going so well, but then he felt Nico’s scent. The boy smelt… happy, even though he was acting like he didn’t care. Will wanted to smell that all the time. To nuzzle into the boy scent and drown in it. But he couldn’t, not yet. He needed to be a proper alpha and court the omega.
But… how does he court an omega? More importantly, how does he court Nico?