Silent Beauty

Chapter 20: I Don't Know

"Ma?"

"Oh Alfred, how do you not know?" Tony wiped the tears from his eyes and looked at his son with a smile. "You're in love."

Seeing his boy's face turn red was the highlight of his day. Alfred, being an alpha, never got in touch with his emotions as much as his omega twin. He didn't know how to speak about them as well as others.

"N-No I'm not! How the hell can I be in love with this guy? I barely, we don't know each other at all!" Alfred protested. Tony smiled.

"I know from experience."

Alfred deflated a bit as he looked at his mother. Tony loved to tease his son, but that was not what he was doing.

"I've told you before, the story between your father and I. I absolutely hated the thought of an arranged marriage and barely spoke to him. Yet, even though I was harsh and unresponsive, he still gave me the time of day and I slowly grew to like him, then we fell in love. Alfred, why don't you try it out? Give yourself time to see if you have fallen in love with Arthur for yourself. I'm only saying it now because that's what I see. You are very smart Alfred, you'll know."

"I...don't know Ma. I don't think he likes me in that way. And it's not like I can ask him. He doesn't speak." Alfred sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

Tony pursed his lips. "Words don't always communicate what we say. Scents can tell us a lot about a person. It's how the world worked before languages, isn't it? I say just try it out. Ask him to go out again, and if he says yes, then ask him if he'd consider it a date. Omega's are bashful honey, you know this. He won't respond by word, smell his scent. If it's nice, he might be thinking yes. It's not hard to do."

Someone off-screen called for Tony. "I have to go, work is waiting. Tell Mattie I said hi okay?"

"I will Ma. Tell Dad I said hi, and Michael I sent him his birthday gift early."

Tony nodded and disconnected.

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Alfred turned off his computer and looked at his phone, which was on his left. Alfred licked his lips and picked it up, putting in his passcode and going to his texts. He clicked on Arthur's contact name, 'Artie :D', and started typing.

Hey Arthur, are you free later today?

He put his phone down and shook off the worry he was feeling. He shouldn't worry. Not at all. Why is he worried? Is he even worried? No, that's not what he was feeling. He had a pit in his stomach, people usually feel that when they're...uh...nervous! There we go. He was nervous.

His phone buzzed and Alfred picked it up.

Yes, why?

His heart thumped loudly in his ears.

I'm done with my test, do you want to hang out?

The three dots haunted Alfred. They danced and hid the message Alfred desperately wanted to read. His phone vibrated in his hands.

Sure.

A sigh of relief left his mouth.

Awesome, I'll come to get you soon. See you then! ;)

The message sent and Alfred jumped out of his bed, stuffed his phone in his jeans and threw on his bomber jacket. He looked in the mirror and ran a hand through his hair. "Eh, good enough." He grabbed his keys and ran out the door, heart thumping with his opportunity in hand.

He was going to court Arthur.

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Hey everyone! I'm sorry for being gone so long. I started college after summer ended and it's a bit harder than I anticipated. Plus I had a family emergency that kept me from working on it.

I'm sorry it's short, I didn't really know what to do. I'll try to make the next one longer. I'm just a bit tired from writing all these papers in my other classes and then writing this. That's a lot of writing and my hands hurt. Plus I have projects to work on due in less than a month. It's been hard but I'll make it through.

I hope you guys liked it!

Tony Jones-Williams is Alfred, Matthew, and Michael's omega mother. 'Mother' and 'Father' isn't strictly bound to one gender in this AU. Since omegas, despite being male or female, can give birth, they are technically mothers. Same with alphas being fathers. Instead of gender stereotypes, there are sign stereotypes. Omegas are more feminine, Alphas more masculine, and Betas don't necessarily have to fit into one of those stereotypes. Their father will show up later.

I was gonna make his parents SuFin, but its used everywhere so I decided not to.

Yes, Alfred has finally realized his feelings for Arthur. Arthur is still thinking about whether or not he really likes Alfred. And Alfred is going to court Arthur! :D

We'll see how that unfolds later.

Have an amazing week everyone!