"You're looking a bit frazzled today Ludwig, is something wrong?" My friend Kiku, a beta, asked.

Sitting in the desk next to mine, I looked towards him. To say I was frazzled was a bit of an understatement. My leg had been bouncing all day just watching the minutes go by on what seemed to be the longest day in history, and along with that I've been feeling Kiku staring at me all day, trying to figure out what it could be about. I glanced over toward my friend, staring back with an expression that was vacant, yet somehow presented itself with concern. I might as well answer.

"No, nothing is wrong." I lied. I'm not sure why, Kiku knows somethings wrong, and sooner or later he's going to find out.

"What's bothering you? I'm here to talk if you need to, Ludwig." He replied. Well, I saw that coming.

"...I'll tell you some other time okay?" He seemed to understand, and with a nod dropped the subject.I could never really tell what was going on in his head, but I was thankful for his respect of boundaries. He may be finding out sooner or later, but I'd prefer later as with everyone else in school.

The fact of the matter was, I had been freaking out ever since I found out my older brother was pregnant. The night I found out he just looked so...vulnerable. For weeks he had been acting weird. Holed up in his room, wouldn't hardly say anything. Just avoiding everyone. Something in his eyes just seemed...wrong. Then I had walked in on him when he was getting dressed for after a shower one night. I noticed a definite bump on his abdomen. I probably wouldn't have even given it thought if he hadn't have frozen...Or if I hadn't smelt the hormones. But he did...and they were present. That repelling scent that he had been marked by someone. That unmistakable scent an omega only produced when expecting. At first I was frozen.

"H-hey West...what uh, what's up?" He asked as if hoping I hadn't just figured out what I had. Despite my state of shock I hadn't missed the nervousness he had failed to hide. Realizing I definitely figured it out Gil lunged forward and tackled me to the ground and gagged me with a scarf before I could start freaking out. The second my skin hit carpet I let loose growl and struggled to try and get up.

"West stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!" Gilbert said as he kept me restrained on the floor while trying to hush me. I couldn't help it. I was furious and my instincts were sending me into a rampage! I growled and struggled as my brother tried to keep me pinned to the floor.

"What are you doing up there boys?" Our mother called.

"N-nothing mom! Just wrestling kesesesese~!" Gilbert called back and forced out a convincing laugh. It almost shocked me out of my struggle with how dead it sounded from where I was.

"Be careful, and don't break anything! Dinner's almost ready."

"Okay!" Gil hollered.

"Ludwig seriously, you gotta calm down!" Gilbert said as he crawled on top of my back to weigh me down. It worked. I didn't want to accidently hurt him by throwing him off, and neither did my instinct as an alpha. The fact that he was an omega, my brother and pregnant shut my rage off so quickly I too drained to do anything but heavy breathing. Gilbert carefully untied the scarf from around my mouth.

"Alright...I'm calm…Get off…" I said.

"Only if you promise not to freak out."

"That ship has sailed brother." With a soft chuckle Gilbert hesitantly got off my back and sat on the floor. I sat up and for a moment neither of us got up, moved to get off the floor, or said anything. There was something in his expression. It was blank yet it expressed his terror more clearly than anything else I've ever seen from him.

"Brother how could this happen?" I finally blurted.

"Pfft, I think that's pretty obvious Luddy." He laughed, though he seemed so haunted behind it.

"You know what I mean! What happened? How? When?" I started rattling off. The more I questioned him the more withdrawn and flustered he looked. He just looked...disturbed. My eyes widened.

"Brother did...? Were you…?" I couldn't even finish the sentence. Gilberts eyes widened in a look of horror before he could conceal it.

"Kesesesesesesese Seriously West? You think big brother would let something like that happen?..." Gilbert denied.

"I'll kill him! Who was it?! Tell me his name!"

"West you promised you'd stay calm!"

"I made no such promise, now tell me who the father is! NOW GILBERT!" He flinched when I yelled at him. He never flinches. That's when I realized I had grabbed onto both his arms. I gasped and released him.

"Brother I'm so sorry-,"

"It's fine." He said sternly. "Just...No more questions m'kay?" He said.

"I'm not going to drop this Gilbert. I will find out." I said with equal sternness.

"Whatever, we'll talk later." He said and pulled on some more clothing, as he was still only in boxers. "Come on, dinner's almost ready."

And talk we did. I could be equally stubborn when I wanted to be, but I never got Gil to tell me who the father was or what his plan is. Every time I tried to talk to him about something he'd clam up or get mad or upset. It didn't matter what my instincts were, or that I was his brother, he wasn't going to say a thing. After a while I came to the painful realization that I was treating him like my older brother like he would've wanted, instead of an emotionally upset hormonal omega. I always found myself forgetting what he was. I had to back off or risk him shutting down completely. I did however manage to make him agree to finally telling mom and dad.

When the bell rang I hastily made a beeline for the parking lot to wait for him. I had to be there and help walk him through it. I waited, and waited until the parking lot was less crowded. Something wasn't right. Gilbert was never this late to go home. I got worried. Maybe he was just in the bathroom. So I looked. I looked for my brother in every bathroom, classroom and door the school had until I was sure he was not on campus. In a panic I called everyone of my friends and his to see if they knew anything. Nothing. I tried to think of anywhere he could've gone but nothing came to mind. It was going to be dark soon, and that was dangerous for a lone omega. Pregnant or not, it wasn't safe. Within an hour I found myself driving through town searching all over just hoping to catch sight of his albino complexion glowing in contrast to his dark clothing. I was out past midnight until I could no longer ignore the calls from our parents. I drove home. As soon as I drove into the driveway I stayed in the car. Both my parents burst out the door and started yelling about being home late, and not answering their calls, and how worried they were. Then they noticed Gilbert wasn't in the car and their angered tones turned frantic as they tried to get me to unlock the car and get out...And tell them where Gilbert was… How could I tell them?