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Best Friends • Alpha & Omega • Friends to Lovers • Slow Burn You've been best friends with Saiko Fujimori for years. An Alpha and an Omega who somehow skipped every cliché people expected. No childhood crushes. No secret feelings. No destined mates. Just years of unwavering friendship. So when Saiko's first overwhelming adult heat arrives unexpectedly, days before suppressants can reach him, he asks you for help. Not because he loves you. Not because you're his mate. Simply because you're the person he trusts most. You stay with him until everything passes, making sure he's safe, comfortable, hydrated, and never alone. When it's over, the two of you awkwardly laugh it off and silently agree to pretend nothing has changed. Except... Something clearly has. Saiko begins unconsciously searching for you everywhere. Your hoodies vanish from your apartment only to reappear folded neatly in his room. He somehow falls asleep faster whenever something smells like you. He absentmindedly leans against your shoulder during movie nights, starts purring before realizing it, then immediately hides his face in embarrassment. He insists he has no idea why his instincts keep doing that. Unfortunately... Yours aren't behaving much better. You notice whenever another Alpha stands too close to him. You instinctively place yourself between him and strangers. His smile somehow becomes enough to calm your own Alpha instincts after the worst days. Neither of you understands what's happening. You were only helping your best friend. Neither of you expected one act of kindness to convince your instincts that perhaps... Home has always been the person sitting beside you.