Chapter 1

"Hey Kiku! I heard you got into W University?" Alfred Jones, an alpha high school junior with blond hair and sparkling blue eyes asked as he burst through the door of their anime/game clubroom. He scanned the room quickly, and after seeing that only his Japanese friend was present, took a deep breath and sat down next to him.

Kiku, a beta high school senior, glanced up from his art and answered, "Ah, yes, I did. I was actually expecting to get rejected or wait-listed, since I heard that the biology program was extremely competitive."

"With your grades there's no way you would've been rejected!" Alfred reassured. He started tapping his foot to try and calm himself down and to prepare himself for what he was going to say eventually.

"But I also think that me being an international student helped, since WU seems to accept a high rate of international students," Kiku replied while going back to drawing.

"H-Hey Kiku, we'll still keep in touch after your graduation right?" The blond uncharacteristically stuttered.

Kiku gave a small smile. "Of course. That should not even be a question, Alfred-san."

Alfred could feel his heart in his throat. His palms started to sweat, and his heart pounded rapidly. Being a young, clumsy junior with a crush on a smarter, more mature senior is not going well for Alfred at the moment. "So uh, I just wanted to ask if you…if you um…" Before the young alpha could finish his question Kiku's Skype video call tone went off.

"Ah, I'm sorry. My parents are calling. Excuse me." Kiku accepted his call, stood up, and walked out of the clubroom while greeting his parents. Once Kiku shut the door behind him, Alfred planted his face on the desk and heaved a sigh.

"Great. It'll take me forever to work up the courage to confess again," Alfred muttered. Although he was an alpha, Alfred didn't act like one most of the time. Many people have said that he is excellent at sports and treats everyone very well. Even though times are changing, there are still some alphas who refuse to treat omegas as their equals or who refuse to take betas or other alphas as mates. Because of his sunny disposition and slightly clumsy but charming personality, many people adore Alfred and would jump at the chance to be his mate if he ever asks, may it be omega, beta, or alpha. Unfortunately for Al, the beta he's had his eyes on for months now doesn't seem to realize the alpha's feelings.

As a result, Alfred never worked up the courage to confess, and Kiku ended up graduating and leaving for college. However, they still kept in touch through video calls and messages. During that time, Alfred, now a senior, worked extra hard, juggling schoolwork and sports, to get into WU. With Kiku gone, he went to the anime/game club less often and hung out with his sports friends. During his senior year, Alfred also went through a surprisingly late growth spurt and slowly attained the natural alpha attributes, such as jealousy, slight possessiveness, and the courage and will to assert dominance. Thus, during his conversations with Kiku, whenever the Japanese beta would talk about his new omega friend and roommate, Alfred's would feel the flames of jealousy in his chest, but would never show that side to Kiku. His new alpha-like attributes however, helped him become even more popular, and had to deal with confessions from omegas and betas left and right. Time flew by and Alfred got accepted to W University, lifting his spirits immediately. The alpha then decided to visit Kiku and take a look around the campus during the weekend of Kiku's spring break. Kiku, of course, was happy to host Alfred and show him around the campus.

Before Alfred knew it, that weekend had arrived and he found himself rushing towards the Japanese beta and crushing him in a tight hug. Kiku, who was still not used to being hugged as a greeting, got extremely flustered and tried to pry away.

"Sorry about that, Kiku, I forgot that you're not very big on hugging," Alfred apologized as he released the poor beta.

"It's alright, Alfred-san. I am glad you got accepted here," Kiku replied. "Shall we go back to my room first to drop off your bag?"

"Sure!" Alfred agreed, his heart thumping a little faster at the thought of seeing Kiku's room.

Alfred gazed at Kiku's form as he followed the older beta. "He hasn't changed a bit. Still the same old Kiku," Alfred thought with a small smile. "I bet his room's super clean too. Unless his…roommate isn't." Alfred groaned internally. "Right, I guess I'll be meeting his roommate, huh. Why does Kiku talk about him so much? Is he that great? Is it because he's an omega who managed to get into college? How does he have a bigger impact on Kiku that I do? Me, who's been Kiku's friend longer? Have they promised to be mates? What if they've already bonded? What happens during his heats? ARGH stupid older omega…" Alfred's internal monologue continued until they reached Kiku's room, and he only snapped out of his stupor after Kiku called his name multiple times.

"Um, Alfred-san? We're here." Kiku announced as he fished his keys out of his pocket and opened the door. "Arthur-san, I'm back."

"Welcome back Kiku." Alfred's ears perked up at the stranger's voice. The stranger had an accent, probably from somewhere in England. The alpha peeked at the stranger from over Kiku's shoulder and was suddenly overcome with a plethora of emotions. He had short blond hair, a different shade from Alfred's, and bright green eyes that seemed to hold a lot of strength and determination.

"He's…actually pretty good looking. No wonder Kiku goes on and on about him. NO! He's competition! Hey, he has a nice scent too, although it's faint. It's a nice change from Kiku not having one…but is he okay? Is an omega supposed to have that faint of a scent?" Another feature of the omega soon caught Alfred's attention. "Wow, his eyebrows are huge, but it's a nice huge." Unfortunately for Alfred, out of all the things he could have said as a greeting, the first thing he said was the last thing he thought.

"Wow, your eyebrows are huge…but it's a nice huge." Kiku chuckled as soon as the sentence was said while the omega stared at Alfred with an open mouth, then sharpened his stare to a glare. "That wasn't a very good first impression was it?"

"It definitely was not," the omega bitterly replied and folded his arms.

"Please excuse Alfred-san, Arthur-san," Kiku apologized between chuckles. "He is not very eloquent when expressing himself."

"I suppose I'll let this one go," Arthur sighed. He got up from his desk, walked towards Alfred and extended his hand. "My name is Arthur Kirkland. Pleased to meet you."

Alfred took his hand and gave a firm handshake. "I'm Alfred F. Jones. Nice to meet you! Sorry about the eyebrow comment, honestly. I really wasn't thinking when I said that."

"It's alright, everyone else I've met commented on my eyebrows before, so I'm not surprised. Everyone except Kiku that is," Arthur explained.

Kiku gave a small nod. "I thought that it would be rude to bring it up when we first met so I avoided it."

"Hey Kiku, d'ya wanna show me around campus?" Alfred interrupted, trying to dissipate the comfortable atmosphere the beta and omega were creating.

"Ah, yes, of course," Kiku answered. "You can put your bag on my chair. Also, Arthur-san, would you like to join us on our tour?"

Alfred walked over to the empty chair to dump his bag and almost immediately felt small stings of jealousy. He turned his head to glare at Arthur, hoping that the omega would get the message. "Let me and Kiku go alone. You can hang out with him whenever you like anyway." Alfred couldn't keep up his glare for long though. Arthur's and Alfred's eyes met and somehow, Arthur's stare managed to calm Alfred bout of jealousy, making Alfred soften his glare and turn away. "He has really pretty eyes too. I…can say I won't even be surprised if him and Kiku have already promised to be mates. …Wow, that was unexpected. Why am I giving up so early? This isn't like me!"

Alfred glanced at Arthur again and saw the omega wrinkle his nose, as if he could detect a mess of scents. "Oops, I need to keep my emotions under control. Unless he can detect my disapproval?" Alfred became slightly hopeful that Arthur wouldn't come, but that hope didn't last long.

In the end, Arthur agreed to go with them, disregarding the signals the alpha was giving off. "Sure, I'll tag along. I've already finished the paper I've been working on."

"You have been working too much, Arthur-san. You need to take a break," Kiku suggested.

"This will be my break," Arthur answered. "Well, let's go."

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As Arthur and Kiku were showing Alfred around campus, Alfred kept sending short glares towards the omega, especially when he felt like Kiku and Arthur were too close. Whenever Arthur would catch him, Alfred quickly turned away and stared straight ahead. The trio took a short break at an on-campus café, which allowed Alfred and Kiku more time to catch up. Kiku, of course, kept bringing Arthur into the conversation which irked Alfred a little, but he figured it would be rude if Arthur was left out, so in the end, Arthur ended up learning a lot about Alfred and Kiku's high school lives. Alfred also found out, surprisingly, that although he looked forward to spending time with Kiku, he liked talking with Arthur too. From the conversation Alfred now knew that Arthur was originally from London, this was his first time in America, and it took him almost the whole first semester to get adjusted to his new life. Kiku added that even when Arthur was dealing with homesickness, the Brit still managed to get straight A's in his classes and make Dean's List.

"How do you do that?!" Alfred enthusiastically asked, his blue eyes sparkling with curiosity. "You even got Kiku to praise you in academics, which isn't easy!"

Kiku commented, "Arthur-san is very passionate." Which made Alfred choke a little on his coffee. "He even applied to be an RA next year. I keep telling him that he should not be taking on too many responsibilities, but he would not listen."

"I'm not that busy, Kiku," Arthur mumbled.

"That is a lie, Arthur-san. You are currently our first year representative, have joined multiple clubs, and have two jobs," Kiku chastised. "If you keep this up your health will be greatly affected."

Alfred watched as Kiku and Arthur talked, an uneasy feeling pooling in his stomach. He was sure there was a hint of jealousy included, but there was another feeling he couldn't quite pinpoint. Was it concern? Was he concerned for Arthur's health as well? "His omega scent was pretty faint. Is he eating well enough? Does he get enough sleep?" The alpha wondered why he had these thoughts, when he was sure that he wouldn't even like Arthur. After all, why would he like someone who stole his crush away from him?

Suddenly, Kiku's cell phone started ringing. He took a look at the screen and excused himself. "I am afraid I must take this call. I promised my family that I would talk with them. Alfred-san, is it okay if I leave you in Arthur-san's hands for now?"

"Yeah, no problem! You should go talk to your family," Alfred reassured. Kiku gave a short nod and walked out of the café.

"Alright, Alfred, now may I ask you why you were sending me so many mixed signals during the day?" Arthur abruptly asked. "One moment I'd see you glaring at me, sending me warning signals, and the next second you would calm down and I'd detect embarrassment."

The alpha blinked a couple of times in surprise, but quickly answered, "Oh, uh, you should ignore those…"

"I certainly will not, Jones," the omega challenged. "Now tell me why you were acting the way you were."

"Ok, ok!" Alfred gave in. "I was just frustrated that you and Kiku get along so well, so I assumed you were already dating or have already promised to be mates, but I've like Kiku since high school and I've known him longer so I thought you stole him away from me and I didn't like that." Alfred revealed everything quickly, in one breath and took a large gulp of air once he was finished. "So… yeah, that's why."

Arthur had his chin propped on his hands as he let himself slowly decode and process Alfred's extremely fast speech. "Hold on. So, all this time…you thought Kiku and I were dating?" Arthur slowly repeated. Alfred looked straight into Arthur's eyes and nodded. What the alpha expected was Arthur confirming his suspicion or, even though this is rare for omegas, challenge Alfred. What he didn't expect was for Arthur to burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?" Alfred asked, a little offended that Arthur would laugh at him after he had told him about his crush on Kiku.

"I can't believe that you thought we were dating!" Arthur wheezed between his laughs. "Oh Alfred, I am just very good friends with Kiku. We have very similar work ethics and habits so it's natural that we would get along well."

Alfred's alpha side, which thought that Arthur was laughing at him and berating him, threatened to surface, but the more logical side of him knew that that wasn't the case. Alfred's head then perked up at an idea. "Hey Arthur, if you guys aren't dating may I ask you for a favor?"

"It depends on what type of favor it is, lad," Arthur replied. Before Alfred could say anything, Arthur continued, "Wait, let me guess. Do you want my help so that you can get Kiku to return your feelings?"

Alfred nodded. "Yeah. I know it's a bit awkward to ask you since I just met you and everything but it'd be great if you could…"

"Well, it all depends on if Kiku," Arthur interrupted. "I respect Kiku's feelings and if he doesn't see you in that way at all, then there is no point in me helping you change his feelings."

"Kiku's already a good friend of mine. I'm not going to force him into feeling anything for me," Alfred growled, a bit ticked off that Arthur would suggest that Alfred wanted to manipulate Kiku's feelings. "I just want some help from you as a wingman. It's mainly for the rest of this semester, since I'll be coming here after I graduate. By that time, I won't bother you as much, and if I see that Kiku will never be interested in me as a mate, I'll back off."

Arthur, pressured by the angry signals the alpha was emitting, unknowingly shrunk back in his seat. The omega cleared his throat. "Very well. I will…help you but only on certain occasions."

Alfred's previous mood immediately vanished and his face lit up as he reverted back to his happy-go-lucky personality. "Thanks Arthur! Oh, and sorry for that. I just got a bit pissed off that you'd think that I'd force Kiku in something he doesn't want."

Arthur visibly relaxed. "It's…quite alright. I supposed it's also my fault for jumping to conclusions."

Alfred gave Arthur a bright smile. "So we're cool then! Since you'll be acting as my wingman why don't we exchange numbers?" Alfred looked at Arthur expectantly with his phone already in his hands.

Arthur sighed and fished out his phone so that the two of them could exchange numbers. "You'd better not call me for anything unnecessary," Arthur warned.

"Ok, ok, don't worry, I won't!" Alfred reassured while laughing softly. "Thanks agains for agreeing to this, Arthur."

"Yes, yes, you're welcome," the omega replied.

And thus, a new friendship was born between the two and would continue to bloom throughout the rest of the semester, even until after Alfred arrived at W University as a first year.

I posted this on my tumblr (teddiehtet) too, so if you guys want you can check it out there!

This is my 2nd Hetalia fic, and I decided to contribute to the fandom by writing about my Hetalia OTP, USUK! I've always been a huge fan of the omegaverse, and I've read a lot of omegaverse fics. I never thought that I'd try writing one, since I was afraid I'd butcher America's and England's characters in this universe. But… I wanted to take the challenge, so here it is! At first, I only thought about doing a one-shot, but once I got this idea, I thought that either a two-shot or a 3 chaptered fic would be better. Also, please tell me if you think I'm butchering anyone's character, because I'm concerned that I am. I hope everyone had fun reading this and I hope no one was bothered by the one-sided Ameripan here! USUK is endgame though. ^_^ (Also, dork Alfred gives me life.)

Some info about this omegaverse. It's basically traditional omegaverse, but in this universe, any type can take any other type as mates. For example, alphas traditionally take omegas as mates, but here, they can also take betas and other alphas. However, the rest is basically traditional omegaverse. The omegas go through heats and alphas are the ones who can help them the most during the heats. Betas can also do so, but they are not as comforting as alphas are. Omegas and alphas can sense pheromones and emit them while betas can't. However, they are extremely good at reading facial expressions. The traditional pair is alpha/omega, but here, other pair types are also steadily increasing. That's why it wasn't weird for Alfred to have a crush on Kiku or for Alfred to think that Arthur and Kiku were dating.