No One's POV:
Alfred enjoyed the time he was spending with Lilo and Arthur.
Both of them were on her bed, and Arthur had the girl on his lap while he was teaching her a new sign; Alfred watching and practiced too.
He was teaching her 'hungry'.
(Alfred was definitely going to use that one in his lifetime.)
Arthur was making a 'c' with his hand-his fingers were curved but not touching the palm-and the fingertips and the palm were facing his chest, with his arm horizontal, going from the top of his chest down to the stomach. Lilo copied him. She practiced it a few more times before Arthur was satisfied.
Lilo smiled and giggled, wrapping her arms around him in a hug.
Arthur hugged her back.
Alfred smiled at them. It was cute watching them. It was like a mom and her baby.
Arthur the Mom, somehow it fit.
"You're good with kids." Alfred commented.
The two looked over at him and Lilo nodded. She made grabby hands at her 'My Little Pony' backpack and Arthur got it for her. She opened it up and pulled out a folder-Monster High, somehow, it didn't surprise him-and she pulled out a piece of paper. Getting a pencil, she wrote something for the fellow alpha in adorable but sloppy handwriting.
'Artur is te bestest momy evr! 3'
Alfred read it out loud and Arthur hid his face in his hands, but what lingered of his scent said he was happy.
Alfred winked at Lilo.
"Oh yeah, I agree with you Lilo. I think he's an awesome Mom."
Arthur opened his fingers to give Alfred a look. One that said 'thank you' and 'how could you'.
Lilo looked at them and smiled. She poked Arthur until he removed his hands from his face and signed something.
Arthur's eyes widened when he saw what Lilo signed.
She pointed to Arthur and with her hand out in a '5', she tapped the thumb on her chin twice. Then she pointed to Alfred and repeated the sign, but on her forehead instead of her chin.
She called Arthur 'Mom' and Alfred 'Dad'.
Arthur's face flushed and he shook his head rapidly.
Arthur poked his right shoulder with his right hand pointer finger, then moved it to his left shoulder and poked it again. He made a fist with his right hand, but kept it as if he was giving a thumbs up, and moved the thumb under his chin, then out to her shaking his head. After he did that, he had both his hands in a thumbs up position, the knuckles of both hands touching, and made a circle with his hands.
'We're not together.'
Lilo frowned.
She rested her pointer, middle, and ring fingers from her right hand on the side of her head then pulled the hand away, shaping in in the form of the letter 'y', then did the same sign for 'not' as Arthur, thumb under chin then out.
'Why not?'
Arthur rubbed the back of his head, looking over at Alfred. He seemed confused. Arthur bit his lip and grabbed the piece of paper Lilo used and her pencil, turning it over to write on the back.
'She thinks we're dating. Can you help me explain?' He wrote and gave it to Alfred.
Alfred read it over and nodded.
"Oh. Well you see Lilo..."
Alfred had never had to do this. He wasn't one to explain what the types were and how they worked. He wasn't the one who explained it to others. Parents were. (Hell, his mom was the one to do it, not his dad!) Alfred is not a parent, he is a 19 year old alpha with little experience with kids...well, there was Michael but Mattie would take care of him more because of the omega instinct but that's not the point! He isn't even done with school! Yeah he was there for a sport scholarship but the school made it clear that wasn't the only reason he could be there. He had to focus on other things, like academics. He had no time for mating with all the work he's piled under, and less to have kids.
Arthur turned Lilo to face Alfred, but she stayed on the Omega's lap. The audience did not make this any easier.
"Well...uh..." Alfred looked at Arthur, and after seeing the pleading look in his eyes, he sighed and straightened up. "There's three signs: Alphas, Betas, and Omegas. I won't go into a lot of detail but Alphas and Omegas mate, and that's when cuties like you appear." He booped her nose and she giggled.
"In order for an Alpha and Omega to mate, the Alpha has to go through different, uh, accomplishments. First things first, choose an Omega, and let the Omega choose you too. The Omega needs to like you back, if not, no dice. Next is, uh, courtship. The Alpha must present gifts to the Omega and they must gain the approval of the Omega too. You can't give them a gift they don't like."
He had a small flashback of the chocolates he gave Arthur that they ate together.
"They need to, basically, date each other. And gain approval from their family! The family of both sides must be fine with the courtship. When all that is said and done; both families have given the okay, and both the Alpha and Omega are comfortable with it, they can mate. See, Arthur and I haven't done that. So we aren't together."
Lilo slowly nodded, then looked at the paper. Alfred handed it to her and she wrote something. After, she handed it back.
'Wil u?'
"Will we what?" Alfred asked. Arthur looked at the paper, equally confused.
She took the paper back and wrote something else.
'Get togiter wit Arter sily!'
(Damn, her writing was cute but it needed work.)
Alfred's face turned cherry red and Arthur hid his face in the child's hair.
"U-Uh, um, well, like I said it takes a lot of things Lilo! And we don't know each other very well! So-So we can't know what the future holds!"
Lilo nodded and yawned. She leaned more against the omega and closed her eyes. Arthur looked at Alfred and motioned for him to move. Alfred got off the bed and Arthur did too, shifting Lilo around to try and undo her bed. Alfred did it for him and Arthur laid the girl down.
They were about to walk out of the room but Arthur stopped. Alfred did too and they looked down at the young girl, who was sitting up and out of her covers. She looked at Arthur, giving him a pleading look.
Arthur sighed and laid her down again, pulling the covers over her. He walked over to a music box on a high shelf and took it down. It was pretty, with a carousel of different colored horses, dressed like they belonged in a circus.
He twisted the key until it couldn't be twisted anymore and put it on the table next to her bed. She smiled and he leaned down, kissed her forehead, and started walking out of the room. The music sounded eerie to Alfred, but he didn't think much of it.
They walked out of the room and over to Arthur's, Arthur taking a final sweep of the room before closing it.
"That was a pretty music box." Alfred commented.
They had entered Arthur's room already.
Arthur nodded. Something was off with the Omega. His scent was...different. It smelled strong of...of something-it was on the tip of his tongue but he couldn't identify it.
Arthur got a faraway look in his eyes, which worried Alfred. Was it something he did? Was Arthur okay? Was he thinking about something?
Alfred's thoughts were cut off by the very same person he was thinking of, who reached into his closet and pulled out a shoe box. He grabbed a cassette tape ("Wow, that thing must be old!" Alfred thought but kept to himself.) and put it into a cassette player that was also in the box. A voice started to sing from the device. A woman was singing. She sang in a beautiful voice a lullaby of sorts.
Alfred listened, watching as Arthur seemed to calm himself down and closed his eyes, sitting on the bed. Alfred took a peek into the box and saw a picture of Arthur and a woman who looked similar to him, but her hair was brown. Both were smiling, and Arthur had the carousel in his arms, the same one from Lilo's room. That can't be a coincidence.
Arthur's scent gave away that he was feeling sad about something, so Alfred moved to sit next to him on the bed. He wrapped an arm around Arthur's shoulders and brought the younger male's nose to the junction where the neck meets the shoulder, the place where he emits the most of his scent. He gave off a soothing and relaxing one to help the omega calm down as the woman continued to sing. Arthur breathed in deeply, letting the pheromones calm him. He kept him there until the song finished.
Arthur pulled away and Alfred looked down at him.
"You okay?"
Arthur nodded, taking the tape out of the player. Alfred looked at the tape and the pictures in the shoe box. Arthur took them out and looked through them.
"Is that you?" Alfred asked. Arthur nodded, leaning against Alfred. Alfred smiled. "You're cute."
Arthur blushed and smacked him. Alfred laughed and they looked back at the pictures.
"Who's that?" Alfred pointed to the lady in the carousel picture.
Arthur stared at her.
"Is that your mom?" Alfred guessed. Arthur nodded.
"Was she the lady that was singing?"
He nodded again.
"She has a very beautiful voice."
Arthur hummed. They sat on the bed and looked at more of the pictures.
There was one of all the kids sitting on the couch, the baby-Peter-was in Alister's lap, Maeve was in Dylan's lap, and Arthur was squished between the twins. They were all smiling, and looked very young.
"How old were you?" Alfred asked.
Arthur held up three fingers on one hand and five on the other.
"Eight?"
Nod.
Alfred smiled. "I'll have to bring some baby pics of me and Matt now since you showed me your huh?"
Arthur smiled back, the sad mood diminishing.
Alfred's phone buzzed and he looked down at it. It was a text from Matthew over a chat app.
Sent 5:43 pm
Pancake God
Alfred, where are you? I need your homework
Read 5:43 pm
Sent 5:43 pm
AlphA
I went to visit Artie, what homework do you need
Read 5:44 pm
Sent 5:44 pm
Pancake God
I need the math homework
Read 5:44 pm
Sent 5:44 pm
AlphA
Alright, I'll give it to you l8r
Read 5:44 pm
Sent 5:45 pm
Pancake God
I need it now dumbass, come back immediately, stop snogging your boyfriend
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Sent 5:45 pm
AlphA
omg no, but fine, im on my way, bitch
Read 5:45 pm
Sent 5:45 pm
Pancake God
Jerk ;)
Read 5:45 pm
Alfred sighed and looked over at Arthur.
"I have to go, but I'll come back tomorrow, okay?"
Arthur nodded and smiled.
Alfred gave him a final side hug and got up, leaving Arthur behind in his room.
And his thoughts.
