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Keith smiled as the lanky Alpha, oblivious to his gaze, entered the classroom. His tired eyes watched as the boy took his seat just infront of Keith and instantly started talking energetically to the gamma, Hunk, seated to his left. Keith didn't know what they were saying, he wasn't paying enough attention. Instead, he focused on the passionate glint in the Alpha's eyes, the smile that seemed to brighten up all of his features and even the small crows feet that came when he smiled too wide. He couldn't smell his scent, not from here and not with so many other scents in the air. But he knew that it smelt like the beach at sunset, a scent that was uncommon for an Alpha, but he loved it none the less.
"I swear to fuck Keith if you were anymore gay you'd literally be a pride flag," Pidge stated. Keith didn't even notice when the Delta had got here. Was he that bad? Apparently, Hunk and Lance heard Pidge's quiet statement and decided to all poke fun at their friend.
"At this point i'm pretty sure that he bleeds rainbow which would actually be kind of awesome now that I think about it,"
"Ugh, you shoulda seen him in second period, he was practically drooling over this Beta dude," Lance made it a point to stare at Keith accusingly. You see, Keith had made it a point to attempt to sit behind Lance in every class they had together which made it easy to say that he wasn't staring at Lance but instead at someother guy if he was ever caught. His plan was almost foolproof.
"Like you can say anything Lance,"
"Somebody needs to get this man a boyfriend, and fast, before he drools so much he manages to flood the entire school," Pidge smirked.
"Oh haha guys," Keith basically mocked them. For once he was glad when the teacher called the class' attention. He didn't like talking about dating and all that kinda stuff. Mostly because of how the only guy he'd ever wanted to date in his entire life would only ever see him as a friend but... That wasn't his main problem.
If you were to look up the definition of an Alpha, it would match Keith perfectly. Dominant, strong, impulsive, possessive... The only label that didn't actually fit him was the title of 'Alpha'. Keith wasn't an Alpha. He was an Omega. He was an Omega that liked to pretend that he wasn't. Despite society evolving, Omegas were still seen as weak and feeble-minded. Of course there had been many changes throughout history that had brought more equality to light yet there were still barriers such as the stereotypes. Keith wasn't weak.
If you were to ask any of Keith's friends, they'd say he's an Alpha. Because he didn't want even the closest people to him to know the truth. It was too risky. Of course, Pidge had found out after both accidentally walking in on him on his heat and also digging through Keith's medical files. However, Keith knew he could trust the Delta with almost anything and so he actually came to them to complain about most things. Most things being...
Lance, the beautiful Alpha sat right infront of him. His friend of six years and crush of seven. Keith was genuinely shocked once he had found out Lance was an Alpha since in all the years he had knew him, he had never acted like an Alpha. He was too flirtatious and yet lacked the confidence to do it like an average Alpha. The average Alpha would flirt to see if it's prey was at all intrested and if they were they would persue the person the first chance they got by dragging them somewhere away from sight (Only if the person agreed to follow them). But Lance... Had a different approach. He flirted for too long and always lost the intrest of the other person. He never played the game correctly. It was mostly a matter of flirt then fuck but Lance never seemed to get past the first stage.
Lance had always called it an 'Edurance test'. If they couldn't deal with the way Lance flirted, they didn't deserve him. And Keith could honestly see the point, it was a way to see what the other person wanted. If they just wanted sex, they would leave evetually but if they wanted more than that, they'd stick around.
So why did no one else stick around?
Keith had seen Lance flirting and he wasn't half bad at it. He wasn't good but it's not like he came off as a creep (most the time). Lance was honestly really sweet and would just dish out compliments to the prettiest thing that caught his eye. Keith knew that if Lance were to use any of his lines on him then he'd instantly melt and be putty in Lance's hands. Even the cheesiest line and Keith was gone. It wasn't fucking fair-
Oh, class was over. Well then.
"I'm home!" Keith shouted as he shut the front door behind him. Keith had expected a simple 'hello' or a 'hey' from his brother only to find out that the large Alpha wasn't home. At that fact, Keith could only sigh. Shiro was either at Matt's place or at work. No matter the option Keith still had the house to himself-
"Keith! Ugh, sorry I didn't hear you come in," Allura 'greeted', she gave him a small hug and Keith only stood there surprised. She had her hair tied up and it seemed to be wet, but it wasn't raining?
"What the hell are you doing here?" Keith asked, putting his bag down.
"My shower's busted so Shiro said I could use yours," Is that what Shiro said this morning about the shower? "But anyway, how's things going at school?"
Keith knew what she was asking despite her technically not asking it. He knew her ways.
"Is it normal to wanna eat your pillow because guys are too cute? Because I wanna eat my fucking pillow," Keith groaned as he finally made his way to the couch and took the opportunity to lay face down. Allura only laughed at Keith's misrableness.
"I'm guessing Lance did something today?" Keith groaned because she was right.
"Stupid Alphas, stupid cute sexy Alpha Lance,"
"Preach it brother," Allura mumbled, opening up her phone. "The stupid Alphas part not the part about Lance..."
Allura was a strange character in Keith's life. She was an old friend of Shiro's but was only a couple years older than Keith. She attended university online and she barely left her apartment unless it was for her job or to buy stuff. Keith had always thought of her as some twisted kind of big sister who only really came around if she wanted something. Despite all that, she had been one of Keith's main support systems when he had presented as an Omega. Allura herself was only a Beta but was able to offer more support than Shiro could, him being an Alpha and all. Everyone had thought that by the time Keith hit age thirteen, he was going to be an Alpha. Surprisingly, Allura was the only one who wasn't shocked. All she did when she found out was give Keith a tight hug and handed him a box of suppresants that she had bought just in case.
"Shiro said he's gonna be home late so I'll stick around 'til he comes back," Allura commented. Keith finally sat up on the couch.
"You're just here for a better Wi-fi connection, aren't you?"
"No," Allura smiled slightly, obviously lying.
"Allura, literally everyone except Shiro knows that you steal our Wi-fi," Keith deadpanned.
"Whatever, you avoided my question," Keith groaned and quickly left the living room. "Hey! Get back here!"
Keith ignored her. No way he was going to talk about anything to do with school or Lance. Honestly, all Keith really wants right now is a nap.