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Something that was widely debated on the internet was the second genders of all the Dream SMP members. Some, like Dream and Eret, weren’t very shy about it and had no problem telling the world. But there were some that hid it from the public. Though one thing about it all was that the rest of the SMP knew still what the others were, so the public might not know it but the SMP were all aware of it. And this was true for everyone, except for Wilbur. At no point had he ever told anyone his secondary gender - the only ones who knew were his family and SootHouse, he lived with some of them after all and he was very close with the rest as well.

Had he been a Beta or Alpha he was quite sure he would have told everyone by now. But he wasn’t either of those. Which meant no one knew that he, Wilbur Soot, was an Omega.

There had been so many reasons why he hadn’t told anyone, the sexualization of the secondary gender was a big one - how their struggles and heats were romanticized by people who knew jack shit about it, and also how Omegas were treated like less in the media as well. It felt so hard to just find random people on the street who didn’t go around talking about how Omegas were just mates and submissive partners - breeders.

It made Wilbur’s skin crawl, these people thought they knew everything about Omegas but they didn’t! There were so many things wrong with their thinking. For example heats weren’t sexual. Sure that may be what they had originally been evolved to be - an incentive to mate and produce young - but in all honestly that wasn’t really the case anymore, it was mostly just a very hormone filled bout of sickness that would have anyone bedridden when it hit. During the heats it was actually better to spend them cuddled up with close friends or even better packmates instead of going the sexual rout. And the thing about Omegas being submissive? Well Wilbur didn’t think himself very submissive so that’s that.

It was all just a bunch of fear of how everyone would start treating him after he told them that kept him from doing it. Sure the internet were way ahead of the media on Omega rights and pushing away all that old thinking and being a lot less caring about the secondary gender, but even then there were some bad eggs in the bunch.

But recently he’d been thinking telling a few of them, the rest of SBI mainly, and it had been something his roommates had been supportive of him doing - but they weren’t rushing him and were making sure he was heading into this without thinking first.

He was streaming today, doing a thing where people sent him links and he’d check them out and rate them from 1 to 5. He was about forty minutes in when he was sent a link, it looked innocent enough - no weird things seemed to pop out at him at least - so he pressed on it and - oh, oh it was a Reddit post guessing his secondary gender. There were six main points, one for and one against every dynamic. He exited it before he could read more than the first few lines.

Understandably chat went off the rails, questions about his secondary gender popping up left and and right. It made him visibly uncomfortable and people on chat noticed and tried to stop the others, not that it worked.

“Uhm, I don’t know why you’d sent that to me!” He laughed, rubbing at his arm as a distraction, “Anyways! Let’s move on shall we?”

So the stream when on, though he couldn’t wipe the post from his mind, and in the end he ended it a bit earlier than planned but he just couldn’t continue whilst this shaken. It was embarrassing, getting so worked up over ONE thing, but he couldn’t help it.

Wilbur turned off his computer before walking up into the living-room, collapsing on the sofa - and David in turn. Though the other man didn’t seem to mind, simply just patting his head before turning his attention back on the tv. He liked moments like these, where he could just relax with his friends without any worry about anything, it was comforting. It was also a place where he could let himself thinking clearly, which meant it was where he made his decision.

He was going to tell everyone he was an Omega. Starting with the other members of SBI.

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Wilbur’s hands were surprisingly not shaking, he thought they would be with how bad he’s shaking, but hey he’s not going to let that bother him now. The first people he went looking for clips of were, as expected, the other members of SBI. Phil was the first he went for, seeing as the man was the most likely to have spoken on the topic.

And lo-and-behold a video title “Philza speaks about secondary genders on stream!” Was right up top. With one last breath in he clicked on it.

It was a clip from one of his hardcore streams, and he was just chatting about something or another when the donation popped up, asking simply: “what’s your options on omegas Phil?”

“Uh, that their just like everyone else?” Phil asked, slowing down his actions to address it more fully, “I don’t know what you want me to say, mate, but their just like us - just a slightly different dynamic from Alphas and Betas.”

Another donation; “Phil isn’t a bad man who doesn’t like the Omegas pog”

That made the blond snort, “Yeah! Not being cool and not treating Omegas like the regular humans they are isn’t very pog.” He then devolved onto this story about a friend he had growing up that was an Omega, “-and trust me when I say he acted just the same as everyone else! He just got moderately sick and down under once in awhile and that was it!”

And then the video ended. But Wilbur didn’t really mind, he was just so happy hearing Phil talk like that about Omegas and such, it made him happy. Next on the list was Techno. He would have done Tommy but he wanted to save that for last - just in case.

Shockingly there was a decently long video about Techno, which came as a bit of surprise he didn’t recall Techno ever really speaking in the topic, other than when he told the Dream SMP his dynamic, so he was pleasantly surprised.

“Can we talk about dynamics, chat?” Okay straight into it then! The clip was clearly from an older livestream, like start of him joining Pogtopia old, “Okay so it’s all a bunch of weird stuff. Like - why does it matter at all? ‘Oh he’s an Alpha! So he must be stronger!’ No that’s just weird! If that’s how we judge everything then we’re doomed to fall! Honestly I didn’t even think once about what dynamic everyone else has - as long as I get their clout I’m good.” And the rest was just the same old Techno babble from there, speaking about how dynamics were just a scam and such - all the while lazily fighting mobs he encountered.

It made Wilbur both laugh and feel relived, trust Techno to think about nothing but clout and literally forgotten dynamics were a thing for a bit. Though his small chuckles died down as he searched up the last one, for Tommy.

It took him a while to find something helpful, but eventually he found one that looked promising.

It was titled “Tommy speaks up against people talking about omegas in chat” and Wilbur couldn’t help but feel annoyed that Tommy had to deal with that, regular chat es bad enough but secondary gender discussions in chat? Yeah he it wasn’t fun at all.

The clip started up with Tommy just casually playing whilst occasionally glancing over at chat, pretty normal, but soon his face started falling into a frown as continue to look at chat until finally he couldn’t let it be anymore, “Okay chat I think it’s time we have a serious talk here.” He switched from the game so his entire face cam was on screen, “Okay I see a lot of you guys talking about secondary genders and saying a few incorrect thing here that I’m not going to let continue. There is absolutely no difference between Alphas, Betas, and Omegas - non whatsoever. It’s just like gender! It doesn’t matter what gender we are, sure there’s difference between every gender but it’s the same thing as is with secondary gender! Okay, look chat maybe I didn’t explain that very well but my point still stands; everyone is human! It doesn’t matter their gender, sexuality, secondary gender, or anything! So please stop treating it like it is! I’ve seen far too many people saying untrue and unacceptable things about Omegas and I’m not letting it continue.” The teen finished sure words and a hard face, he was completely serious about this and was making sure everyone understood that. Looking over at the right or the screen chat was spamming praises and agreements, much to Wilbur’s relief. The clip ended there, cutting out and freezing on Tommy’s determined face.

It made Wilbur giddy seeing all this support from not only from his friends but their chats as well (even though you couldn’t see Techno’s), he felt a bit better about telling them - the constricting fear of them rejecting him and treating him as a lesser person because of his secondary gender now dampened.

Taking a deep breath he closed YouTube, opened Discord, and sent one simple message in the SBI groupchat.

Wilby Soot: I have something important to tell you guys

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Wilby Soot: I have something important to tell you guys

Dadza: Everything okay Wil?

Wilby Soot: Yeah

Wilby Soot: I just feel like it’s finally time to tell you all my dynamic

GremlinInnit: Really?! Finally!

Dadza: Tommy!

GremlinInnit: Sorry! I’m just excited to get 50 bucks richer!

Dadza: Did you bet on Wilbur’s secondary gender? @Blood god

Blood god: I can neither confirm nor deny anything

Dadza: oh my god you betted on it

Wilbur laughed as he read the chaos that was happening, it was familiar and comforting to see. Though it was best he put an end to this now before it got out of hand

Wilby Soot: It’s okay Phil I don’t mind, really

Wilby Soot: Call? This is really important and text just feels wrong

GremlinInnit: Yeah!

Dadza: Works for me

Blood god: Just start the call

Wilbur starts the call after that, knowing that if he didn’t do it now he’d never get the courage to do it again. Not even a second later the other three join.

“Big man!” Came Tommy’s cry, as full of energy as ever.

“Hello to you too, you gremlin child.” Wilbur bit back, a smile forming on his face.

Techno and Phil both said there hellos as well, though way less shouty than Tommy’s greeting. Phil continued talking, “Are you sure you really want to do this Wilbur? You don’t have to tell us if you don’t want to, it doesn’t matter.”

“No, no, I want to do this Phil - you all deserve to know.” Wilbur argued, touched that the older man thought about his comfort over their need to know, but he need to tell them, not for their sake, but for his own peace of mind, “I need you all to know.”

“Well I’m glad your comfortable enough to give me 50 dollars,” Techno hummed, a little laugh escaping him at Tommy’s outraged cry.

Phil was laughing as well, “I still can’t believe you two betted on this!”

“You simply just don’t understand our superior way of thinking!” Tommy boasted, Techno adding his agreement to the statement as well.

This conversation had gone off track very fast, and Wilbur thought it was time to get back on track, “Do you guys want to know or are you all going to continue this argument?” That shut them up quickly.

Okay, wow this was real, he was actually telling them. Wilbur’s hands were shaking as he asked, “Techno, Tommy, what did you two bet on?”

“I said Beta, Tommy Alpha.” Answered Techno.

Okay, yeah no that’s fair to assume he guessed, “Both bet 50 dollars?” Dual confirmations, “Do...do I get the money if your both wrong?”

Silence, and more silence, but then finally: “Your an Omega?”

“Yeah,” He answered, cursing his shaky breathing for making the word shake, “Yeah I am.”

“Okay.” Wilbur’s head snaps up at that, what? Did, did Techno just say ‘okay’? Almost as if seeing his confused face the American elaborated, “I mean, I’m happy you feel comfortable telling us this, but really I would have said the same thing even if you said your one of the other two. It doesn’t really matter.”

“Your not worried?” Phil argued with the man, turning his attention back on Wilbur afterwards, “Are you okay? Safe and all?”

“Yes I am Phil! I have been for the past few years!” The brunet argued, “All my roommates know, and they’ve known for ages and as such know how to handle everything! I’m fine Phil, and as much as I’m happy your worried about me this is an instance where I tell you to not worry.”

“Sorry Will,” Phil apologized, genuinely sounding sorry, “I was just worried, I didn’t mean to imply you couldn’t look after yourself.”

Wilbur let out a deep breath, “I know Phil, I know, it’s just... I’m a grown man, I don’t need to be coddled.”

“As if I’d ever coddle you, Wilbur!” Tommy said, speaking up for the first time since the big reveal moments ago.

“Oh you shut your mouth! You-you gremlin child!” And then they were right back to bickering like usual, and the last bits of tension bleed out of his body. They all fell back into their usual banter then, like nothing big had ever been discussed previously at all. Even Kristen had joined in on Phil’s side, and she was the one to bring up something they’d all been thinking about yet non dared say out loud.

“Do you guys want to become a pack?”

It was silent for a while before Phil spoke up, “You all don’t have to, of course! We’ve just been talking about it recently and now was as good of time to ask as ever.”

Wilbur stared at the screen with silent disbelief, this was not something he had expected. He soon realized how long he - and Techno and Tommy as well - had been silent and spoke up, “Uh, yeah okay wow that’s a big thing, heh. Can-can I have, like, a week to decide? I need to think this through.”

“Of course, mate.” Was Phil’s immediate response, “Take as long as you need.”

“Thank you.” Wilbur glanced over at the clock and saw how late it was getting, “Hey I got to go now, but thank you all for accepting me and shit.”

“As if we ever wouldn’t have,” Techno snorted, “You could have said you were an orphan and I wouldn’t mind! And you know how I am with orphans.”

Everyone in call devolved into ringing laughter, all know very well what Techno thought about those orphans. After a few more rounds of goodbyes Wilbur left, shutting off his computer and moving into the living room where Matt and David were talking. The other two looked up as he walked in, “Everything gone well?”

The tall brit hummed in agreement, flopping down on the couch next to the other two, “Better than great even, Phil - well technically Kristen actually - invited me and the others to be a part of his pack.”

“Well that’s great!” David said happily, “Did you say yes?”

“I told him I’d think about it it, but, aren’t you upset by this?” Asked Wilbur, brows furrowing as he looked at the other.

David looked at him weirdly before something clicked to him, “Wilbur, you won’t be abandoning us if you join in a pack with them - we’ll still be pack after all.”

“Yeah!” Matt agreed, “We’re not I’m the old ages anymore, Wil, you can be a part of multiple packs! And plus, I think the others will actually be mad at you if you tell Phil no - they can all clearly see how much you care about those three.”

The brunet cracked a smile at them, “So I have your blessings?”

They dissolved into laughter at that, David gently punching him in the arm at the playful question. Sure Wilbur hadn’t decided for sure if he wanted to join or not, but it was nice knowing he had his friends - his first packs - blessings if he decided to join.

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Ranboo gets mother henned

Ranboo had been doing a pretty normal - if not long - stream today, other Dream SMP members popping up once in a while to either do a little bit with him or to just chat. But consistently throughout the stream Wilbur would chime in and check on him. Be it through a donation, joining the server temporarily, texting him, or just straight up calling him. The chat had noticed him doing this as well and all it took for one person to say “Mombur” for chat to spam it, and honestly Ranboo couldn’t help but agree with them - Wilbur had been acting like a mom, or a mother hen more like it. And the thing is this wasn’t even the first time he’s done it, nor was he the first “victim” of Wilbur’s!

He does the same thing with Tubbo and Tommy, and whilst Tubbo was as confused as him, Tommy seemed to know something that they didn’t - going much softer whenever Wilbur started mothering over him (though it was barely noticeable if you weren’t looking)

Not to say he didn’t like it - in fact he actually found it quite nice. Not only was Wilbur fun to be around, it was also very comforting knowing the older man was always there for him as a comforting presence and he just naturally gravitate towards him when it came to comfort. He thinks it’s the fact that he’s still technically a pup, still not fully grown into his dynamic yet, but still he hasn’t seen any one acting like this with him before - not even Mr. Dadza himself! (Somewhere deep in his mind he recalls old school lessons about dynamics, and how out of all of them the Omegas where usually quick to attach themselves to pups and start looking after them, and even deeper down it clicks in place what’s going on. But surface Ranboo doesn’t fit it together, so he remains oblivious)

Soothing presences

It was no secret that Schlatt was an Alpha, he wasn’t even a little bit shy about it and often proclaiming it proudly, and neither was Quackity’s status as a Beta. So the two knew what they were getting themselves into when they agreed to room for Twitchcon together (so there wouldn’t be any Alpha on Alpha tension, not that ir really worked), they just didn’t expect to start fighting on the first day. It got so bad that they both had to leave and go back to the hotel room to cool off (not a good idea really, making them both go back to the same space).

Their grumpy time semi-glaring at the other was interrupted by a knock at the door. Schlatt opened it to reveal Wilbur, looking impatiently down at him. The American barely opened his mouth before the taller was inside the room, settling down on the bed Quackity was occupying. He looked them both in the eyes before speaking, “Since you both seem to like arguing so much I’ve been sent as a mediator - the quicker you both behave the quicker I’ll be back in my own room, so behave you too.”

Naturally they barely lasted ten minutes before arguing again, at which Wilbur just pulled them both to the bed and sat between them. They both complained about this, but a well set glare from the Brit shut them both up quickly. They sat in silence for a long while before Quackity drifted off, sinking into Wilbur’s side, on the other side of the bed Schlatt was snickering quietly, tired eyes looking at his sleeping roommate with mirth. He would say something, but he could feel himself drifting as well so he just stuck to laughing at how the other fell asleep faster.

After both of the trouble makers had fallen asleep Wilbur let himself relax, thank god those two had fallen asleep finally he didn’t know if he’d last any longer. And, even as he loathed to admit it, he was thankful for his naturally calming scent (one useful thing he got from being an Omega) that helped clam the loud Alpha and Beta duo.

The Minecraft’s discover a tall little cuddle bug (I know they already know but shhhhh) 

Wilbur’s visit had been planned long before he’d revealed his dynamic, but Phil and Kristen were both happy when they thankful managed to get enough time to gather up some stuff for the tall mans stay. Many blankets and pillows had been bought, just in case a heat hit and Wilbur needed to make a nest and nestled down and wait it out, medicine had also been bought with enough to last an army (at least in Phil’s opinion, Kristen disagreed).

On the day he arrived they all sat down to go over what they’d be doing for the two weeks he’s spending with them, things like doing a prank on their followers by streaming from the others account had been planned, and irl cameos on normal ones, as well as a cooking stream, and Wilbur had even tentatively brought up his decision on the pack thing, but they agreed to have that talk when Tommy and Techno where both available (which ended up being a few days later, and not so shortly after that the SBI pack was officially a thing! Kristen had joked saying “SBI + Kristen pack!” But that was quickly shut down by the other four, Mumza was a member of SBI and they wouldn’t hear differently). But other than that they really just had a lot of time it hang out and do random stuff.

Of course staying together for two weeks meant things where discovered about each other, something Phil and Kristen would happily learn soon.

You see Wilbur is a bit of a cuddle bug, he adores cuddles and any form of affection involving holding onto another person, but only when he really trust them. And this is something they had been aware of, Phil knew from late night calls that Wilbur didn’t show much physical affection to anyone not family or outside his pack and he had told Kristen as much - just so they didn’t cross any boundaries Wilbur had. So to their great surprise one night the tall Omega draped himself over both of their laps and settled comfortably, a content sigh leaving him as he sank fully into them. Neither of them dared move, both kind of in silent awe at the situation. Kristen because Wilbur just looked so adorable and relaxed like this, and Phil because he didn’t know Wilbur trusted them enough to do this, it warmed his heart to see.

(Of course they got a shit ton of pictures. All for blackmail purposes of course, yes indeed all for blackmail only reasons. Nothing else. No, nada, nothing at all.)

+1 Tiny little purr make the heart go brrrrr (Wilbur + Niki)

Wilbur had been excited when Niki had been able to come down and visit him, discord calls filled with a buzzing energy from the both of them only adding onto the happy energy they already had. His housemates were relentless in their teasing about his excitement, comparing him to both a puppy and a cat high on catnip - sometimes even at the same time.

“You like her more than us, we get it Wil, so why don’t you just replace us with your online friends already?” David joked, head thrown back over the couch to look at where Niki and Wilbur had just walked in, the latter in the middle of a throaty laugh.

Matt popped his head out of the kitchen to join in, “Yeah! Honestly we’ve been putting it off but me and Dave think it’s about time we tell the pack tha-“ he didn’t get to say more before Wilbur came running at him, making him have to bail and run back into the kitchen leaving Niki and David laughing after the two. Soon enough even David joined in the hunt, offering his spot on the couch for Niki so the German could have a perfect vantage point as the three brits ran around their kitchen. It was a complete mess, especially when David tripped and face planted into the couch next to Niki.

Thankful she somehow managed to get the three to slow down and finish making dinner, and for the rest of the night they all playfully jabbed at each other from time to time. Niki even joining in to tease them sometimes.

After dinner Wilbur sat down to do a stream and the other three (okay look idk how many people Wilbur actually lives with but for my sake let’s just keep it at Matt and David) sat down to watch a movie, about an hour in Niki sneakily peered in as he streamed, taking a photo of his back and leaving immediately afterwards, and then once back at the couch the two men helped her come up with a funny caption before she posted it on Twitter. Naturally they soon heard Wilbur loudly react to it after his chat spammed about it, and he even came out to wack her upside the head before retreating back to his room.

About an hour later Wilbur ended stream and joined them on the couch, somehow snuggling up to Niki whilst only touching David a tiny bit (Niki still wonders what magic gods he’d been praying too) with his toes, and it was so calm and nice Niki could just imagine herself drifting off. But before she could a low rumbling filled her ears, her gaze traveled around the room with confusion, wondering just where the sound was coming from, but then she felt something on top of her chest moving slightly and it all clicked in place. It was the thing on her that was making the sound, that thing, being Wilbur.

She softly cooed, the sight of her tall friend comfortable and purring warming her heart, before quickly realizing that “oh yeah Wilbur was purring”, purring, as in the omega exclusive (well mostly exclusive, nature can be weird sometimes) trait. A tap on her shoulder brought her out of her revelation, and she looked up with her mouth still open with surprise.

It was Matt, face as serious as she’d ever seen it. He looked from her, down at Wilbur, and then back up at her. He didn’t say a thing but his warning was clear “don’t tell anyone”. And she sharply nodded, miming zipping her mouth shut before flicking away the key. This earned her a smile from both awake men, both of them giving her a relived smile.

The next morning Niki sat down and explained to Wilbur that she knew, and that she was okay with it. One long discussion later and she was invited to a group chat named “Those in the know”, suspicious at best and telling at worse - but it was on brand so she loved it.

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Hello everyone! It’s been a while huh? Well I suppose you all are owed an explanation.

I haven’t updated recently because the end of the school year will be hear soon, just two weeks left! 
I had a lot of tests these past few weeks so I couldn’t really write all that much (that and writers block is a pain in the butt) but once school is over and summer starts I’m planning to start writing way more again! So look out for in a couple of weeks time! :3

I’ll see you all later, hopefully, so have a wonderful time until then!

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Alrighty! First of all, hi everyone, it’s been a while :3 second of all, Happy New Years everyone! 

Now I think it’s time I kind of explain where I’ve been and why there haven’t been any updates lately. It all started when I got writers block (we’ve all been there, we’ve all hated it), but then I came to think harder about it - and realized I had been worrying about uploading and writing as if it was the assignment that would make or break my school career, which is very bad way to work! It creates stress and anxiety I could not handle or properly deal with, it got to the point where even looking at Google Docs made me feel bad! So I decided to take a step back, sit down, and actually process everything. In the end k came up with something - I would publish NOTHING on any of my two active books (One-shot book and Nothing Changes) until collectively I had 10 works done and lined up. Because I thrive on a schedule, so making sure I could keep one is what’s best for me. So yes things are getting written, it might just be a while before it starts showing up.

But into happier news! I have been doing better :D just letting myself relax, finish the school work, watch Ranboo, and relax more has allowed me to get better. So I won’t promise a date for when the uploads start up, but I promise I’m working on it.

Now, I have nothing more to say, so if you have any questions you’ll like for me to answer then its perfectly to just ask and I’ll do my best to answer :3

Have a lovely time everyone, enjoy what the new year has to offer us