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They say that cousins are usually a child's first friends. So being born 15 days apart meant that they would be practically inseparable, and that's exactly what Mina and Izuku were. Together since birth and doing practically everything together, they were more like twins than cousins. Their first words were even a botched version of each other's names! Izuku was Zu and Mina was Mi. Mina was always Izuku's protector and Izuku would help ground her when she needed it. They were always each other's shoulder to cry on and Mina would inevitably beat up anyone that would make Izuku cry in a bad way. So in high school when Mina started dating Eijiro Kirishima after she presented as an omega, Izuku should have been threatened that he was taking away his best friend, but surprisingly, he was happy. Mina finally found someone outside of the two of them to make her happy and truthfully, Eijiro fit right in with them as an alpha. Izuku presented as an omega not too long after.

So when he helped Eijiro plan the perfect proposal during their senior year of high school, he was happy that the alpha was going to join them forever. He didn't even mind being the third wheel or not having any luck in the dating department himself. There was a whole world outside of their high school and an entire life to life after they graduated, so there was no rush, right? Plus, Mina and Eijiro seemed to fulfill any of his romantic itches. He was Mina's man of honor at their surprisingly lavish wedding and as he was trudging through college he became uncle Zuzu to her two kids.

Kota and Eri loved Izuku more than any kid should love their uncle, but could you blame them? No matter what he was doing he would always drop everything for them. Eijiro always looked forward to seeing Izuku because it meant that he and Mina could have some couple time and those two would be well taken care of. Neither of them let Izuku get away with literally giving up his youth for two children that weren't his, but he always refused payment saying that he didn't need compensation for taking care of his family. It was the manliest thing that Eijiro had ever seen and he would be forever grateful to the little green angel.

So he paid for all of Izuku's school in secret and made sure to thoroughly vet the people that he dated. Sure it tended to backfire, but they were all losers anyways. First, there was Shindo who only wanted Izuku for sex, there was nothing wrong with that, but Eijiro and Mina crossed the line at making Izuku cry because he didn't want to be exclusive. That's when Eijiro got involved and Izuku never heard from him again. Then there was Iida who wanted more but Izuku wasn't willing to give, but he was a gentleman about it so it never escalated. Ever since then it had been a failed string of dates and relationships. It was hard for a shy kindergarten teacher to meet anyone let alone date.

That's when he found out that he was infertile. His heats were absent for as long as he could remember and his doctors had all attributed it to stress, but after about two years of missed heats, they found that something was wrong with his reproductive system. Most male omegas had a vagina with an enlarged clit in place of a cock, but he had a vagina with a tiny little cocklet just above it. For all intents and purposes, it worked just like a regular penis could, it was just little. The vestigial organ often indicated infertility due to an underdeveloped uterus and narrow passage for sperm flow. While it wasn't common, it did happen and Izuku happened to be one of the unlucky ones. Just having a penis didn't make you infertile, there were plenty of omegas with dicks that had babies, but Izuku's was an extreme case.

It wasn't his fault, but it didn't stop him from feeling like a broken omega. Suddenly, all of his failures felt earned. No wonder his relationships never worked out and no one ever approached him. They could probably just tell that he was defective. Even beta's and other omegas seemed to shy away from him. With time he realized that he didn't feel any anger at not being able to have kids. His omega was content with his pack's children, Kota and Eri. They were his everything and even if he couldn't have kids, they, along with the children he was privileged enough to teach, were enough for him.

It did, however, make dating  extremely  difficult. He tried to be upfront with everyone he went on dates with because he would hate to get invested and then have them dip. They all reacted like he expected them to, politely, and then they would ghost him. It got so bad that he resigned himself to being single forever. It wasn't the end of the world and he wouldn't die if he never had a partner, but it would be nice to get a kiss every once in a while from someone who kind of likes you. 

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It was never talked about, but Izuku knew that Eijiro was part of the Yakuza. It was the only explanation for the fact that they had an extravagant wedding right out of high school, the lavish vacations, and Mina being able to stay home with two kids all while having housekeepers, cooks, gardeners, and other domestic workers at their aid. It never really bothered him knowing that since Eijiro had to have been pretty high up. As long as Mina was happy and Eijiro treated his family well, what was there to worry about?

Until Mina walked into his little two-bedroom home one day with her spare key and demanded that Izuku get ready for a date. That was a big problem because one, he didn't date and two, it was movie night! He had his snacks and a streaming service ready and everything!

"Get up!" Mina pulled his hair, grabbed his keys, ushered him out of his home, and drove him to her home in her luxury vehicle. 

She knew about his infertility and was the first one to hold him when he cried about it. Anytime he felt like he needed a sympathetic ear she was there for him. Of course, he had other friends but no one knew the extent of what was going on with him besides his family. He didn't want anyone to see him as broken or to pity him because there was nothing to pity! Omegas didn't need kids or mates to be complete people! And while Mina was usually the first one to rally behind him, she seemed the most eager to get him to date. Hence why she barged into his home with the spare key he was really regretting giving her and squeaking excitedly about a double date that she arranged for them.

"So he's like, really cute and Ei's boss at work. You'll like him!"

That was all she said about him on the ride despite Izuku's pathetic attempts to try and stop her. It'd been literal years since he'd gone on a date or even dressed up. Most of his clothing was just khaki pants and boring button-up's to go to work in and then a plethora of random pajamas he had to chill at home and make quick grocery runs in. Even now he had on ratty pajama pants with the waistband all worn out and an old band tee that he's pretty sure used to belong to Ei in high school. The worst part about it was that he had absolutely no clue that this was going to happen. One minute he was messaging his best teacher friend, Ochaco, about his weekend plans of doing nothing, and the next he was sitting in Mina's spare bedroom staring at a pair of too-small pants and an elegant red button-up shirt that looked like it cost more than what his house was worth. 

The worst part was that he didn't even have the figure to pull it off! While most omegas, even men, had curvier bodies, Izuku was stockier and a bit more muscular than most. It almost made him look like an ugly mix between a twinky beta and an alpha if they stopped growing right before they presented. It wasn't the most attractive and he was fine with that. What he wasn't fine with was having his lack of attractiveness thrown in his face by perfection incarnate! Mina was literally the perfect omega and it sucked when she tried to get him to dress up because he always felt inferior.

Not that he would ever let her know, he didn't want another lecture.

When Mina presented, she literally hit the genetic lottery. Big boobs and butt, tiny little wait that wouldn't budge even after two pups, and an angelic face so sweet that she was able to bag the most sought-after alpha at their school. It was no competition really, Eijiro had been in love with her since before either of them presented. It was hard being related to her because everyone always compared them. Not their family or friends, but everyone else. Mina was perfect and Izuku was just… Izuku. No matter how many times she would reassure him or how many times he tried to brush it off, he knew they were right.

He could never be bitter about it though. She deserved that and more, plus he was a part of her family; how could he not feel anything less than elated for his best friend?

Izuku picked up the pants that looked like they cost more than half of his yearly salary and held them up to his hips. "How is this supposed to fit me?" They looked at least two sizes too small.

Mina was sitting in front of her luxury vanity while she added dramatic winged liner to her lids. "By jumping up and down so many times you tire yourself out and feel like taking a nap."

"Unhelpful," Izuku stuck in one leg and grimaced at how tight it felt already. Once he managed to get in both his legs and was stuck at his hips, Mina stopped and turned around to look at him for the first time since she snuck him in the backdoor. If the kids heard that Zuzu was there then the evening would be ruined.

"What are you doing?" She looked at him, completely appalled.

Izuku flushed and tried to scramble out of the pants only to fall and flounder on her Alaskan king-sized bed. She really was so extra sometimes. "I was trying to put these pants on like you told me to! Thanks for the encouragement."

"You are literally so dumb," she sighed in defeat and pulled at one of the pant legs, letting him free. "You can't wear boxer briefs with these! You'll never be able to put them on." Leaving him to glare after her, she walked into one of her closests and came back out with what only could be described as a collection of strings.

Izuku's face paled. "What's that?"

She winked at him and threw it over. "This a G-string and it helps prevent panty lines." 

Dodging it in time, he jumped back up and made a grab for his pajama pants. Too bad Mina was faster than him and snatched them up first. 

"I'm not in the mood tonight, Micchan!" He made a grab for them but failed when she ran into the bathroom and stuffed them in the toilet.

"Me neither, babes! Now you have to change if you want to leave with pants."

As much as he loved Mina, she was the only one that could drive him so crazy. She always had to have her way, and the worst part was that she  did  always get her way! This was her game and everyone else was just playing it. Tears stung his eyes and he wiped his face furiously. Why couldn't she just leave him alone tonight? All he wanted was to eat junk food and wallow in his own loneliness while all of his friends were spending a night in with their mates and pups.

Immediately her face softened and she walked over to pull him into a hug. "I'm sorry, Zucchan." She whispered. As frustrated as he was, he hugged her back tightly. "I know that I'm being really annoying right now, but I know that you're going through it and I needed to do something to pull you out of that place."

The truth was that he was starting to feel terrible. He had amazing friends and great family, but the nights were long and once his friends with mates and pups needed to leave he was all alone. It started to fuck with his self worth too. Was he not even worthy of a date anymore? Some nice conversation and maybe a walk in the park with someone who he wasn't related to as a reprieve from his usual days.

"What if he doesn't like me?" Izuku sounded so small, like when he found out that he was infertile.

"Then you would have had an evening eating gourmet expensive food on someone else's dime while you hang out with me and Ei."

"You know I hate those places." It was a lie, he loved being treated like he was worth more than an underpaid teacher, but he hated doing it on Mina's, or rather Kirishima's, dime. No matter how much they insisted it just didn't feel right to him.

"Then do it for me. You know that I have the most fun with you there." 

Izuku considered it for a bit, losing all hope when Mina pulled back and smiled at him with big hopeful eyes. He saw so much of Eri in her and they both knew he would relent.

So when Izuku squeezed into what Mina assured him was a brand new, washed, never been worn G-string, Mina helped him into the pants again. This time they got stuck right under the curve of his generous ass when Eijiro walked in and paused. The sight of his wife helping tug her cousin and one of his best friends into a pair of pants was too much. He felt like his brain melted and he couldn't look away. When did Izuku get so thick?

"Get out!" Mina seethed and threw a pillow at him. Izuku turned around, face red and a stuttering mess trying to hide behind Mina.

It wasn't until the first pillow hit him that his brain caught up and ran out of the room after slamming the door.

"Don't you know how to knock?!" Mina's muffled voice screeched through the door.

"My love, I'm so sor-" He paused. "Wait, this is my room! Why do I have to knock?!"

A loud thud was heard and he felt the vibration through the door. It was best to keep his mouth shut so he ran to one of their many spare rooms to begin to get ready there.

If life were fair then Izuku would have dropped dead, but it was not, so unfortunately for him he would have to live with the fact that Eijiro Kirishima just saw his ass in a G-string thong.

"I'm sorry about that, babes." 

At least she had the decency to look bashful. Izuku covered his face and shook his head. "Can we please just get these pants on me? I don't want the kids running in next."

She nodded and with a lot of determination and prayers they were able to get the pants up past his ass and buttoned properly. The strangest part was that now that they were on, they didn't feel so tight. He walked up to her full-length mirror and took a look at what he was working with. After a few turns, he had to admit to himself that Mina knew what she was doing because he looked, dare he say,  sexy . Sexier than he's felt in a long time anyway. She must have noticed the look on his face because she shoved the shirt at him with a smirk.

"You gotta show off your ass-ets," she giggled and walked back into her closet to get her dress. Once the shirt was on and he helped zip Mina up into an elegant little black dress, they both looked into the mirror and Mina insisted they take a photo. When they both dressed up like that it was easy to see the family resemblance. The curly hair and giant smiles gave them away all too easily.

"You look so cute!" She typed furiously on her phone, perfect red acrylics tapping on the screen. "I'm texting Ei that we're ready and to bring the car around back to pick us up."

"You're not calling him?"

"No," she pouted. "He looked at someone's ass that wasn't mine!"

Izuku had to stifle a laugh. Eijiro was literally Mina's slave and would do anything to make her happy. He's proved it time and time again so it wasn't a surprise when they got into the car and a box of fancy chocolates was waiting for Izuku and a diamond bracelet with 100 red roses waiting for Mina. Eijiro would never do anything to lose Mina, he didn't even think Eijiro knew that other omegas existed. The incident was all but forgotten as they made their way to the restaurant.

*

Thanks to valet parking they made it in record time and walked a red carpet into the restaurant leading to the most beautiful man that Izuku had ever seen scowling into his phone and barking orders. Blond hair spiky and uncontrollable while his otherwise gorgeous face scrunched up in anger. The second that Kirishima stepped up to him, he hung up his phone and nodded a greeting. It was jarring to see how different the two were, but somehow it worked. Eijiro pulled Mina in by the small of her waist and watched as Katsuki ducked down to offer Mina a kiss to the cheek which she returned.

"You're late." His voice was gruff and when he stood straight up Izuku could see how tall he really was. Not quite as tall as Eijiro or as wide, but equally as stacked. Arms for days that disappeared into a slim waist. Just looking made his mouth go dry.

"Yeah sorry about that!" Mina beamed. "We kind of had a wardrobe malfunction." She turned around and winked at Izuku's blushing face.

"This is my cousin, Midoriya Izuku." 

Izuku bowed deeply before coming back up and flinching when he saw the man's glare. It was entirely animalistic, like he was stalking prey and he would pounce at any moment. The fear paralyzed him in place, gaze unbroken until Eijiro threw his arm over the blonde and grinned over at Izuku. "And this is the boss man, Bakugo Katsuki!"

Katuski turned his gaze over to Eijiro and scowled. He didn't greet or so much as look over at Izuku as he turned to walk into the private room and take a seat at the four-person table. Eijiro took Mina's hand and quickly followed, making sure to pull out her chair across the empty one next to Katsuki. Izuku trailed behind him and took the only available seat across from Katsuki who was looking at him as if he was a weird bug that transmitted diseases to humans.

It was then that Izuku realized that this date would be disastrous. The worst part was that Izuku had hoped it would at least go well enough to make a new friend. He didn't mind having mated friends, but a single friend that he could relate to would have been nice.

"So," Mina started the conversation as she laid a cloth napkin across her thighs, "did you know that Izuku's a kindergarten teacher?"

Katsuki huffed in Izuku's direction and opened his mouth before a waiter interrupted to take their order. In a panic, Izuku ordered the same thing that Mina did because he hadn't had enough time to look at the menu. She had good taste though so he wasn't really worried about it.

Mina and Eijiro quickly picked up a conversation between the two of them leaving Katsuki and Izuku to figure it out.

"So…" Izuku began as he twiddled his thumbs, "how was your day today?"

Katsuki barked a single laugh and crossed his arms, face immediately morphing into a sneer. Giving Izuku a once over, he gave his answer. "Bad."

Izuku audibly gulped and stole a glance at Mina who was too busy showing her husband a photo of what probably was her children being cute. He couldn't help but feel a little sad that he didn't get to see it.

"Oh, well… I'm sorry about that," the concern in Izuku's voice was genuine. "I kind of had a rough day too. First I get to work and the kids were having a rough day because one of their classmates from a different class was in the hospital for some problems with his lungs. They couldn't concentrate so after about 20 minutes I gave up and we created a really big poster for him where all the kids dipped their hands in paint and made little handprints in lieu of signatures because they can't write yet and then I just wrote their names in marker so their classmate could know who was who! Then we spent the rest of the day making paper cranes for good luck wishes that all the kids were great at. It wasn't bad because of that, but the principal came in after finding out that that we didn't do anything in the curriculum for the day and he chewed me out so that really sucked! Then I go home and want to relax when Mina comes over and ambushes me and sticks me into these tight pants. Not that I'm not having a good time or regret coming here! I just wish I had a little more of a notice beforehand, y'know?"

Katsuki simply smirked and leaned back, making sure his legs were spread wide. "So you're the reason for being late and making me wait here like an idiot."

Izuku could feel the color drain from his face as Katsuki continued. "Do you always mumble like that when there's absolutely nothing to talk about?"

Izuku opened his mouth to respond before closing it immediately. He bowed his head and mumbled an apology. The rest of the time was Izuku trying to find different topics of conversation with Katsuki that wouldn't make him ramble and that weren't about him. So far that was the weather and what kind of food Katsuki likes. When he wasn't getting one-word responses or grunts for answers they were listening to Mina or Eijiro address them as a group. It wasn't until their food came that Izuku was grateful for something to do.

Unfortunately for Izuku, the food was amazing and for the first few bites he couldn't help the small sounds of pleasure from escaping his lips. That stopped the second he found Katsuki staring at him, his own food going ignored. Apologizing one more time, he kept quiet until the bill came and it was time to leave.

"Thank you for the lovely evening, everyone!" Izuku bowed deeply once they were at the entrance. "I had a great time, but now I'm going to head home."

"Hey, no man," Eijiro reached out to stop him. "We're taking you home."

"It's okay! I live really close so I'm just going to walk." That was a complete lie. It would take him 45 minutes at minimum to get home, but he couldn't bear going home with Mina and Eijiro and them asking about how he felt about Katsuki.

Despite the protests, Izuku managed to make his way out and head towards his home. 10 minutes away from the restaurant and in the dead of night with only streetlights to light his way, the tears began to fall. Of course, Mina didn't set out to make him feel like this, but it was hard getting rejected time and time again. The worst part was that he liked Katsuki! The way he talked to Mina and Ei was so engaging and like he was having fun despite his rough exterior. He couldn't help the sobs that forced their way out of his throat as he got home and crawled into bed, naked and shivering. Getting rejected by strangers was one thing, but getting rejected by someone who agreed to go on a date with you and finding out that you weren't what they wanted after all stung.

It was okay though. It always was. He just needed a day to cry about it and then he could move on for good. Tomorrow night he would be worried about what he was going to make for dinner and not about the latest alpha to want nothing to do with him.

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It was like the date never even happened. Neither Mina nor Eijiro brought Katsuki up ever again. If the rejection hadn't stung so much he probably would have all but forgot about it immediately. Luckily for him, it had been a busy few months at work as well as with Mina and the kids.

Lately, she was incredibly stressed and in an attempt to make things easier for her he started going over after work every day and even slept there on the nights that Eijiro had to work. He was gone more often than not lately and it seemed to really be getting to her. They had always been inseparable and before the kids, they tended to travel a lot. 

Spending time with the kids was his favorite thing to do, so if she needed a second to cry alone in her bedroom because she missed her husband without little eyes looking at her then it was the least that Izuku could do. Tonight though, she wanted a spa date and even Kota got in on the action. They applied face masks and got dressed in robes with their names embroidered on the front in gold thread while Eri messily painted their toenails. It was fine, the excess would fall off in the shower anyway. The important thing was that she was having fun. Kota even went so far as to prepare himself a drink of cherry lemonade and ask Izuku to cut up cucumber slices to put on his eyes like in the cartoons.

Mina had just finished her daily cry and was complaining to Izuku about never seeing Eijiro when Eri and Kota both ran out of the room in favor of playing with their new puppy, leaving them alone for the first time all day in the big empty house.

"I don't know how much more I can take Zucchan," her voice was shaky and Izuku felt pained. She only called him Zucchan when either of them were feeling vulnerable. "He's never home anymore and I know he always answers my calls, but it's hard. I used to go with him during all of his work trips but now with the kids, I can't. I just want to spend some time with my husband for a while, just the two of us."

"Well, why don't you?"

Mina scoffed and slouched in her seat on the couch. Her face mask was illuminated by some random variety show the kids had recently gotten into. "And who's gonna take care of the crotch goblins?"

Izuku gave her an exasperated look. "Me?" 

"Please, you want  my  kids for two weeks while I go and have sex in a resort in Cancun?"

"I mean, I don't need all the details but, yeah! I would love to have them over for a while so you can spend time with your husband."

Mina's lip quivered and she shifted onto her knees facing Izuku. "Really? I can't let you do that! They're a handful and you didn't have them so they shouldn't be your responsibility."

"Micchan," Izuku smiled softly and held her hand, "those kids  are  my kids. I held them the day they were born and I love them. They're a part of my heart just like you and Eijiro are. There is no other way I would like to spend the summer break from work than to hang out with them all day." As fake as it sounded, they both knew he was telling the truth.

Tears sprung in the corner of Mina's eyes and she held even tighter. "You are seriously my favorite person in the world. I could live if Ei left me, but I couldn't if you weren't here."

He knew those words were true because he felt the same way. They'd never known a life without each other and their love was completely unconditional. This is what having a soul mate looked like and Izuku couldn't be happier that he was born so close to her. Funny enough, their mothers weren't even close until after they had the kids. Both of them were single moms and even lived together for a time.

"How about you come to Cancun with us and act as a babysitter?"

"No! You need time away from the kids or worrying about them. If you want I can leave them with your mom for a little bit?"

"Hell no! She would complain the whole time. Then she would lecture me about making you our childcare slave or something. It's not like I have a gun to your head or anything! I'm just lucky is all. She's just jealous that she only had aunty Inko around and I have a lot of help."

Mina and her mother didn't really get along. Not after she got with Eijiro anyway. She felt like she was throwing her life away by getting married so young and being a stay-at-home wife with no higher education. She meant well, she was just scared of Mina ending up like she did, alone and struggling with just the help of her estranged family. And while sometimes Izuku worried too, he knew that if they ever did separate Mina was smart enough to at least clean Eijiro out and take him for all he's worth. Not that it would ever happen. For all the fighting that they did her mom never turned down the money that she and Eijiro offered her. Currently, she had all her bills paid for and she was able to retire early to travel the world and as she spoke she was in Bali on Eijiro's dime. As much as she said she didn't care, all Mina wants is peace and if all it took was a small dent in their fortune, then so be it.

Izuku however was luckier, he and his mom were incredibly close even if they didn't talk all the time. She always pushed for him to have kids, but once he found out he was infertile she never brought it up again. Honestly, he was grateful, he didn't know what he would do if he had a mother that was constantly pushing him to get treatments or to adopt. As if it wasn't bad enough that people pitied him when they found out, he didn't want to have to explain to his mother that he didn't want kids until he was blue in the face as well. All she needed was to hear it once for her to accept it. Whether or not she believed him was another story and frankly, it was none of his business what other people thought of him. He knew he didn't want kids and the reason for it, no one else needed to validate them.

As they started to discuss the details of their trip, the back door clicked open and two quiet voices made their way into the living room. Before Izuku had a chance to realize what was going on, he was face to face with Bakugo Katsuki. Life was truly unfair because just as he was starting to get over the alpha, he had to be forced back into his life. He even looked amazing too, even better than the night of the double date with his sleek black slacks and a satin red shirt that was unbuttoned just enough for Izuku's to see the dip of his collarbone and top of his juicy pecs. 

"Hey, Izuku!" Kirishima greeted them as he pulled his tie off and sat on the couch adjacent to them. He was already used to Mina and Izuku's spa days and used to join in when he had more time.

"H-hey," Izuku greeted back. His throat felt scratchy and dry and he looked away from Katsuki who was looking at him with the same confused face that he did that night at the fancy restaurant. "Well, it's getting late and I need to head home!" Without looking back he made his way to the front door and tore it open. "I'll call you later, Mina!" Ignoring her protests he slammed the door shut and sped walked in the direction of his home only to realize that he still had his facemask, robe, and house slippers on.

Why did things always seem to end up like this? It wasn't like he needed Katsuki to like him, it just felt awkward with him there. He was Eijiro's boss after all and the worse impression that he made then the worse it would go for him at work and Izuku couldn't have that. Plus, the way he acted was really rude! Yeah, maybe he didn't like Izuku, but that was no reason to treat him like a stain that wouldn't come out of a white counter. He was a human with feelings too. It was then as he got to his home and unlocked the front door that he vowed not to care about what Katsuki, or any other person, thought about Izuku romantically. It was exhausting really and he was too old for it at this point. If it happened that he met a nice person that he wanted to date, then great! If not then he still had his pack and that was enough for him.

Izuku fished for his phone and realized that he'd turned it on silent when he went over to Mina's. Messages were still coming in from both her and Eijiro asking about why he ran out. There were multiple missed calls for video chat requests from both Kota and Eri (getting them phones was going to be the death of him) probably to scold him for leaving without saying goodbye. It was like couldn't catch a break, he couldn't even use his phone because everyone was trying to get in touch with him at the same time. In a desperate attempt to escape, he force shut down his phone and got ready for bed. This could be dealt with later, it wasn't like he'd be running into Katsuki very much. After all, he'd gone almost his entire friendship with Eijiro not running into Katsuki, he probably wouldn't accidentally bump into him again.

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When his stupid subordinate asked Katuski if he wanted to have a double date with his wife and her cousin, Katsuki immediately wanted to say no. There was nothing wrong with Mina per se, but she wasn't his type and anyone related to her didn't seem like they would be Katsuki's type either. Plus, why would a grown-ass man need help to get a date? It seemed kind of pathetic, really.

Except Katsuki couldn't really judge other dateless losers, especially when he'd been having a hard time dating as well. It wasn't easy to find a partner when you were the head of a yakuza family. He didn't want a marriage or mate for the sake of merging families to get stronger or to gain more territory, he could do that with brute strength alone. If he was going to mate, then it wouldn't be some useless extra for the sake of power, it would be someone worth his time. The best of the best. But lately, he was so busy that he wasn't even able to find someone to help him through his ruts and ended up chewing the head off of all of his subordinates. Eijiro got the brunt of it since he was the highest up next to Katsuki and worked closest with him. Not that he would ever admit it, but Eijiro was his best friend and had been since they were children. Even if the Kirishima's weren't a yakuza family they always treated Bakugou as their own, so it wasn't hard to see that they would be best friends until the end of time. 

Finding Katsuki a mate or even just someone to heat share was less about making Katsuki easier to work with (although that was a plus) but setting him up with someone that would make him happy. Katsuki never dated since he had to assume responsibility early on and didn't have much of a chance to meet others organically. It always killed Eijiro that Katauki never seemed to take the time to do it. Mina was Eijiro's everything and she made him want to be the best. The best husband, partner, friend, and father all because of her. It was an amazing feeling to be able to come home and seek refuge in the arms of someone you loved and he wanted that for Katsuki. Izuku was literally the perfect person to set him up with Katsuki. The omega was every bit as stubborn and caring as Mina, just a bit more reserved. They would make a great couple and Eijiro could rest knowing that they would treat each other right. No more vetting the people that Izuku dated and getting rid of the ones who were unworthy, no more worrying about how Izuku felt like he wasn't good enough. Katsuki would treat him right and make sure that Izuku never doubted himself again. It was almost a gift that the angry alpha was bestowed with, he only sought things that were worth his time and he felt the same way about the company he kept too. He wouldn't deal with anyone otherwise.

The problem was that the date seemed to work a little too well because almost immediately Katsuki was interested in Izuku. It was hard not to with an ass like that. At first, it was purely physical, but the second that the little nerd asked him about how his day was, it was game over for him. No one usually asked how he was doing out of actual genuine concern and he knew that Izuku cared. His day was going bad because of some terrible issues, but it got worse once he realized that Izuku probably didn't know what he or Eijiro did for a living. It was almost enough for him to kill shitty hair because  how  could he drag an angel into their world like that? Technically he already was because he was related to Mina, but being related to the wife of someone in the Yakuza and being the top boss's mate were two completely different things. There was no way that Katsuki could do that to him. The nerd was a kindergarten teacher for crying out loud! This wasn't an episode of Gokusen for shit's sake, it could have real consequences! Just because Mina was okay with it doesn't mean that Izuku would be.

So he did what he did best, put a sneer on his face, and tried his best to show Izuku the worst time he'd ever had on a date. Sadly, it wasn't much different from how he usually acted around others. This time it hurt though because he could see Izuku panic the entire night. It wasn't fun, but what else was he supposed to do? After Izuku practically ran away after they finished their dinner, he worried for approximately 35 seconds before turning to his shitty-haired right-hand man and asked to speak with him privately.

"Does that guy know what we do for a living?"

Eijiro's smile pretty much melted off his face. "I don't think so, man."

"What the hell is wrong with you?! Being related to someone in our line of work is different from dating a crime boss!"

"I get it man, but he's not dumb. He probably has some inkling of it but doesn't bother to ask."

"Never let me catch you trying to set us up again, are we clear?" 

Eijiro nodded and headed back to the car where Mina was waiting for him. Katsuki waved them goodbye and walked back to his own car with a dull ache in his chest. It wasn't something he was used to, usually, when he wanted something it was always guaranteed that he would get it. Maybe he didn't want Izuku, but now he'd never get the opportunity to see if he did. He wasn't always the best with feelings, being the successor who was forced to take over at a young age took a toll on his emotional intelligence. It was also the reason he didn't date and relied on escorts for a quick and easy fuck for stress relief. As tired as he was, he didn't really have another option, did he?

Meanwhile, Mina and Eijiro were fighting about whether to talk to Izuku about what Eijiro did for a living or not. Mina was all for it while Eijiro was scared that Izuku would look at them differently and start to avoid them all.

"He's not stupid babe! How else could we afford everything we have?"

"Maybe he thinks that I come from a wealthy family?"

"Please, he helped me plan the wedding and he knew no one was helping us."

They argued well until they got home and got into bed and in the end, Eijiro ended up winning by sheer begging alone. The only reason that she didn't tell Izuku about her husband being in the yakuza was because she didn't want him to worry. Eijiro always did his best to avoid getting them involved in anything and spent a lot of money on security detail in case things ever escalated. It never got to that point. But one could never be too sure. She didn't like lying, but she also didn't want to make Eijiro anxious about Izuku looking at him differently. He wanted Izuku to think the world of him because that's how the alpha saw him. As sweet as it was, it was the stupidest reason for two people who would fit well together to not be together.

*

Mina was shocked that Izuku never brought Katsuki up again after that night. There was no way that she could coerce Katsuki into another date if Izuku didn't ask about it. So she let it go until Izuku, the actual angel, offered to take the kids so they could have a vacation to strengthen their marriage and spend some time together. Eijiro and Katsuki might have been against setting them up, but Mina wouldn't give up so easily. She could see that there was something there even if Katsuki tried to fight it. She knew Katsuki well enough to know that he would have been straightforward if he didn't like Izuku, he even would have gotten up and left the date. She didn't know why, but he stayed the entire time and that was a good sign.

But the problem was that Izuku didn't want to go on vacation with them. A really fucked up part of her was grateful because she wanted to spend time with her husband alone, but the rational part of her would miss him and her pups. That was before she realized that it was a golden opportunity to get them together without anyone suspecting a thing. Of course, Izuku had spent time alone with the kids, but not for so long. It would start to take a toll on him and he would need some kind of help. His mom wasn't in the country at the moment and Mina didn't like anyone not familiar with her kids to be around them for safety reasons. So she thought of the next best thing. After talking it over with her amazing, but dumb as a rock husband, it was decided that they would ask Katsuki to keep an eye out on the three of them while she and Eijiro were out of the country. The pups absolutely loved him (not as much as their Zuzu) and would like to see him at some point so they realize that they're not alone. It was perfect really, she could only pat herself on the back as she put her plan into action

Eijiro got the time off and was able to ask Katsuki for a favor. "Hey man, do you think you can check up on the kids every now and then?" And yeah sure, it was a dirty trick. Eijiro knew that Katsuki had a soft spot for his kids. They loved him and he even let Eri paint his nails and braid his hair while he played cards with Kota on nights that went over to the Kirishima's. "You don't have to like, go in or anything, just driving by and looking out for anything weird is good enough."

"If you can't watch 'em then stop fucking having them," Katsuki mumbled and snatched the address written on a sticky note from Eijiro's outstretched hand. There was no malice in his voice. He would love another Kirishima to pretend to hate.

Eijiro beamed at him. "Thanks, man, I owe you one."

"Shut up…"

*

Two weeks. Katsuki couldn't drive by Izuku's house every day for two weeks just to keep an eye out for his best friend's children. And the first three days he did just that, he didn't even drive by too slowly and fought the urge to set up surveillance to make sure they were all okay. It wasn't until the fourth day that he decided to get out and walk around the property to make sure that nothing was suspicious. It wasn't supposed to take long, just a quick look and he would bounce. So why he found himself knocking on Izuku's bright orange door was a mystery only to him. The worst part was that he didn't even have time to run away and regret his choices before he heard footsteps approaching the door and Katsuki had no time to prepare for what he was about to see.

Izuku stood at the door with a look of shock on his face and pink painted nails with his hair in a million pigtails all over. Even Izuku's clothes seemed to be in disarray as paint splotches and holes covered the entirety of his old shirts and lounge shorts. It was a far cry from Katsuki's designer set that he looked like a runway model in.

"Bakugo?"

The look on Izuku's face was so cute that Katsuki wanted to kiss him stupid. He might have had two pairs of curious eyes not made their way to the door. Eri and Kota were also covered in paint from head to toe and gasped excitedly when they saw Katsuki.

"Kacchan!" Both children screamed in unity as they attached themselves to his shins. Kota stuck to him like a koala and Eri demanded to be picked up, to which he did immediately. She wrapped her legs as much as she could around his narrow waist and Izuku couldn't help but smile like a goof. This wasn't at all the Katsuki that he'd met a few months ago. This one looked like a dedicated older brother or uncle.

"What are you doing here?" Eri beamed at him. 

"Yeah, did you bring us presents?" Kota was working his way up Katsuki's leg.

"Get the hell off of me you little brats! My present to you is myself." Katsuki shook his leg playfully, not hard enough for Kota to fall off, but hard enough for him to get a thrill out of it. "Ungrateful, the lot of you."

"Oh… welcome?" It came out more as a question than it did a greeting. "Do you want to come in? I'm about to start cooking an early dinner."

"Yeah! Zuzu said he would make us pancakes!" Eri clung to him excitedly.

"Pancakes? That shit's candy, not dinner."

Kota huffed and glared at him. "You can't say bad words!"

"And why the fuck not?"

"Because mommy already said to stop it!" Eri covered his mouth with her hand and immediately pulled back with a shriek. Her hand was glistening with spit after Katsuki licked it and made a face.

"Well I don't see her here, so that means I can do whatever I want. Don't you wash your hands, pipsqueak?"

Eri stuck her tongue out and pulled on his shirt to steer her into the house. "Come eat with us Kacchan!"

Both Kota and Eri were begging at this point and Katsuki rolled his eyes. "Hell no, I just came to make sure you weren't dead, not hang out."

Izuku winced at his words. Did Mina and Eijiro really not trust him with their children? He'd never had any complaints about sleepovers or when he babysat in the past. Maybe they thought he wasn't good enough with them anymore. "Um, it's no trouble, really. I have more than enough for everyone."

"And you don't think I have better things to do besides hang out with the likes of  you? " Katsuki bit. While the flinch on Izuku's face hurt. He had no choice. It was already a terrible situation that he put himself in and he needed to deescalate the situation before he was stuck in the little nerd's house.

Eri sniffled and Bakugo looked over to find her bottom lip quivering. "Y-you don't want to hang out with us?"

Kota had long untangled himself from Katsuki's leg and was now glaring furiously at Katsuki for making his sister cry.

"I didn't say th-"

"Yes you did! Put me down!" Eri was sobbing at this point, loud hiccuping and pushing herself away from him. His grip on her tightened so that she wouldn't fall and pulled her head into the crook of his neck.

"Hey, don't do that, you're going to hurt yourself."

Izuku stared in awe, he never thought Katsuki could be so gentle. But to be fair to the alpha, he'd only ever met him twice, and the second time it was only for a second. It made him bite back a smile, Katsuki genuinely looked sad. He began to rub her back and lowered his voice. "Princess, don't cry. I'm gonna stay and eat pancakes with you, okay?"

Eri sniffled and pulled back, her eyes were puffy and red and the tears were still falling. It didn't even matter that his shirt was ruined, it didn't compare to seeing that smile. He wiped away her tears with his thumb and then smoothed her hair away from her face. Once she calmed down he kissed the crown of her head and pushed his way past Kota and Izuku.

The omega could no longer hide his grin. "Welcome to my home, Kacchan."

"Shut up, Deku…" Katsuki grumbled and stepped over his barefoot.

Izuku mouthed the word "Deku" in confusion before closing and locking the door. Kota zoomed ahead of him to join Katsuki and Eri and began to show him their masterpieces. Izuku picked up around them, careful not to spill any paint or water on Katsuki, and began to wash them while Katsuki played with the children and kept them busy. Truthfully, he was grateful for the help. He'd barely had them a few days before the house had evolved into chaos. Because his home was small and only had one room, the kids demanded to sleep in the living room instead of Izuku's tiny bedroom. Both of their rooms were bigger than Izuku's kitchen and living area combined and his bed was twice as small as theirs. But they had no qualms when Izuku hauled his full-sized mattress onto the living room floor. It was like a never-ending sleepover that Izuku had to supervise. Because they didn't all fit comfortably on the bed, Izuku took the couch while the kids took the mattress and it wasn't comfortable in the slightest, at this point, he was having neck pain. It was hard to sleep and he wasn't getting even a little bit of rest, but he would be lying if he said he wasn't having fun too.

He didn't have time to think about Katsuki or how rude he was during their blind date. If having him around for even 10 minutes would help him regain his sanity, then so be it. As Izuku began to mix his instant pancake mix, the kids had dragged Katsuki into the kitchen to watch because they never got to see their food being made and it intrigued them. It was more fun with the kids watching and even helping. They thought it was the most fun in the world, so Izuku didn't feel too bad about tricking them into doing chores.

"Oi, you're not gonna use that pre-packaged shit, right?" Bakugo took a seat at the tiny island with Kota on his shoulders and Eri on his lap. It was so odd to see how well he fit in with them, almost like he'd always been there. It was strange, he always thought he was the kid's favorite but now it seemed like he had competition. He wouldn't lose though.

"What's wrong with the mix?" 

"Nothing, if you like basic ass pancakes."

Izuku ignored him while he dug out the eggs and milk from his fridge. Eri and Kota were arguing about the placement on Katsuki's lap before he stood up and sat them both on the chair and made his way to the fridge next to Izuku. 

"How about we make this interesting? I make my special pancakes and you can make it your lazy way and we'll see which one the kids like better."

Izuku rolled his eyes and continued his mix while Eri and Kota went on to help him. Kota cracked the eggs and Eri fished out the tiny bits of shells that fell into the dry mix. Sure, it was messier this way but the kids had more fun and they were making memories. Since Mina had a personal chef that prefers the children stay away from their work environment, he wants to be able to give them the chance to play and show them how food is made. The giggles and the messy handprints were worth it. He pulled out his phone and snapped a few candids of the two of them brushing flour against each other and quickly sent them off to Mina. She would have either been asleep or doing unspeakable acts, so he pocketed his phone and supervised as the kids each whisked the bowl.

He was vaguely aware that Katsuki was even there. The only indication of him being alive was the noise he would make when he looked for the ingredients across Izuku's kitchen. It should have annoyed him that someone was going through his things, but truthfully he was too tired to even care. Eventually, Eri went to help him despite his protests because she felt like he was too lonely. Kota poured the battery over the heated skillet and proceeded to pour his favorite toppings onto the cooking batter, his favorite part was getting to flip it. After throwing a small fit Eri also got to choose her toppings and at the end, they made one big pancake with the last of the batter and they both threw what they wanted on there. It was mostly as an experiment, but it was sure to make memories either way.

Katsuki chose to use the stove for his pancakes and after the kids pulled at his pant legs and caused the batter to shape weirdly, he let them choose their toppings as well. As much as Izuku wanted to ignore him, he couldn't help but steal glances over at him with the kids. He was a natural with them and he couldn't help the smile that crossed his face. As Izuku was cleaning up behind them, he couldn't help but think about what a good dad he would be.

Once dinner, or rather, Katsuki's one-sided competition, was served, the kids got to eating. Both stacks of pancakes sat side by side as they absolutely tore into both of them at the same time. Izuku made sure that each kid had their choice of drink and handed Katsuki a water for himself.

"Don't eat too fast! I don't want you guys to choke."

"Yeah, it'll be there all damn night. No one's gonna take it away from ya."

Their words were futile, in one ear and out the other.

"So, who do you brats think made the better pancakes?"

Without even missing a beat, Eri shouted through a mouthful of chocolate sprinkle and chip pancakes. "Zuzu."

Kota gave a thumbs up in agreement and Izuku couldn't help but double over in pure unadulterated laughter at the absolute shock on Katsuki's face. The insult was clear as day and the best part was that neither of the kids seemed to care.

"I spent my free time to come and hang out with you losers and this is the thanks I get? I used my special secret recipe that no one else has tried before and you still vote for store-bought crap?!"

They giggled in delight as they continued through their stack.

"You know," Izuku spoke to him for the first time since he walked into the house. "Not all of us have the time or energy to look up fancy pancake recipes and try them out until they find the right one. Sometimes, it's about the experience. Maybe yours are better, but it seems like they had more fun making my stack."

Katsuki could only scowl and stare intensely at the dirty dishes in the sink. "I don't have fucking time either. My dad and I would make those on weekends when I was a kid."

Izuku smiled and took the ugly pancake Katsuki made that neither of the kids wanted and poured a bit of syrup on it before tasting it. "They are pretty good."

"Don't talk with your mouth full, it's disgusting." Katsuki scoffed and turned to start on the dishes.

"You don't ha-"

"Good thing I didn't fucking ask, now did I?"

How can you be mad at someone who comes into your home and starts cleaning? You just can't be, even if that person does it aggressively. It was nice being able to be with the kids without having to worry about what needed to be done later. How Mina and Eijiro did it he would never know. They were pretty good about splitting tasks that couldn't be taken care of by their workers and it had to take its toll. He loved being an uncle, getting to play and do all of the fun stuff while being able to hand them back at the end of the day. Sure he would always worry about them, but it wasn't the same as raising children. Izuku wanted them to get good grades and eat healthy, but he didn't have to worry about making sure their homework needed to be done or make sure they ate something other than snacks all day. That was their parents' job.

Once things had settled down and the kids ran off to enjoy their free time before bath time, they excitedly ran through the list of activities they had in store for the next day. Since he had them he wanted to make sure he was able to exhaust them so that at the end of the day he had at least a minute of peace and quiet before he crashed out.

"Are you going to come with us too, Kacchan?"

Katsuki was helping them with a puzzle. "Going where?" It was evident that he wasn't eavesdropping.

"I have the next week and a half planned for us! We're going to the zoo, some parks, the aquarium, and other places." Izuku was moving around the home to get everything ready for bedtime.

"It's going to be so much fun! We're gonna eat snacks and play lotsa games!" Kota all but abandoned the puzzle to sit next to Katsuki. "You'll come, right?"

Katuski scoffed and flicked Kota's forehead hard enough for Izuku to hear it across the room. "What makes you think I want to spend time outside in the sun with people who don't even like my food?"

"I was lying Kacchan! Yours were my favorite." Eri shouted and looked back at Izuku with a worried look. He smiled at her in reassurance before heading over to Kota to rub his forehead.

"Yeah, whatever…" Katsuki grumbled, his pride was still hurt.

Izuku giggled at the look of Katsuki's annoyed face. He brought his phone out and handed it to Katsuki. "In case you change your mind, I'll text you the details of what we're gonna be doing. Sound good?"

This had to be too good to be true because Katsuki was being a grade-A asshole and somehow Izuku was still offering his number to him? He must have been God's favorite because he could not fathom how he deserved this. "I'm not going to change my mind," he grabbed the phone and plugged in his personal number. He'd only ever given it out to close friends and family, saving another number for extras and work matters. "But it's cute that you think  you  could convince me." 

Izuku blinked and smiled up at him sweetly. If Katsuki knew him better, he would have seen the fire in his eyes. He didn't care if Katsuki choked on his stupid pancakes, but the kids wanted him there so he would make it happen. Besides, it would be fun to make Katsuki eat his own words. They all knew that the alpha was just as whipped for the pups that Izuku was, so it wouldn't be too hard.

Once Katsuki finished inputting his number, he passed it along to Izuku and cursed his sweaty hands when they touched briefly. It was like an electric shock coursed through his body. Izuku didn't look affected, which frustrated him that much more. He was supposed to be distancing himself, not falling for the damn nerd. There was no way that he would miss an outing with them, not when it was so close to what a date would be like.

It hadn't yet dawned on Katsuki how fast he was falling for uncle Zuzu.

Chapter Text

Despite Katsuki not responding to Izuku's invitation text, he knew that the alpha would show up the next day. It was satisfying arriving half an hour late to an irritated alpha who had to (mostly) hold in his annoyance in front of two very excited children. It was hard getting two pups ready for an outing that would last an entire day. He made sure that he had at least two outfit changes for each pup, comfortable shoes for Eri when she inevitably got tired of wearing her sparkly shoes that pinch after 10 minutes of wear, sunscreen to re-apply since they would be in the sun all day, healthy snacks to counteract the fast food that they would be eating all day, and enough water to make sure that no one passed out.

That didn't even include the items he would need to carry to make sure that he was covered to watch them like his wallet and phone. While they were good kids, Kota had a tendency to wander and Eri always followed behind her brother. Having Katsuki around was a blessing in disguise, it ensured that there would be at least 2 pairs of eyes on their little pack at all times. It felt odd thinking about it that way, but they would be in charge of two children together so he had to get along with him for their sake. It also didn't hurt that Katsuki wasn't bad to look at. That day he was dressed in jeans and a well-worn t-shirt that hugged his arms ever so perfectly. 

Izuku could admit when he found someone attractive, even if they were a total douchebag. The thing that confused him though was that the longer that they spent time together the more he came to realize that Katsuki wasn't all that bad. Sure, he was prickly, but when he happened to let his guard down and talked to Izuku like he was a human instead of a nuisance, he didn't seem so bad. It was confusing, he never hated Katsuki to begin with, but he knew that trying to be anything but co-babysitters with him was sure to end in heartbreak. He saw how everyone at the zoo looked at him, even mated couples were eyeing him like they wanted to pounce and either Katsuki was stupid or ignoring it because there was no way he was that oblivious. 

It only confirmed Izuku's suspicions that Katsuki could never want him. Why would he want an undesirable omega when he could have literally anyone he wanted? That was something that he'd known since they first met, so he kept his mouth shut and enjoyed the little outings that they all had together while it lasted. The times that both kids got too tired to walk that Katsuki would carry them, opting to buy them a little wagon (because Kota insisted that strollers were for babies and they were big kids thank you very much) to drag them around when they got tired instead. The pictures that they would all take together, selfies and photo booths were their best friends, were sent to their parents and Mina and Eijiro seemed to love seeing their pups have so much fun despite being so far away.

Izuku's favorite day was when they went to the aquarium and the kids got to touch the starfish and stingrays. They had so much fun that they didn't even wait to get to Izuku's place to crash out. And Izuku would never admit it, but seeing Katsuki in that blue lighting while standing underneath the curved aquarium hallway, it felt like they were the only people in the world. No one else was there so early in the morning, so they might as well have been. A few seconds, just a few seconds to indulge in his little crush, and then he would be back to babysitting duties. So rarely did he get to indulge, the image was too perfect to pass up so he sneakily snapped a photo for his own use. Maybe he would look at it on lonely nights or forget it was even in his phone until one day it disappeared like all old photos seemed to do. But in that moment all he could think about was the soft look of awe on his face as Katsuki watched an eel pass by overhead. Even as Katsuki would make sure to walk Izuku and the kids to the front door, he chalked it up to making sure that the offspring of his best friend were safe instead of any concern for the omega.

Katsuki's favorite night was when they took the kids to the fireworks festival. The pups were dressed in their yukata and Katsuki had to hold back his urge to pinch their cheeks. He was so distracted by them that he almost missed Izuku as he came out in a blue and white striped yukata. It stopped Katsuki dead in his tracks and punched all of the air out of his lungs. Those beautiful curls were parted out of his face and a light blush spread over his cheeks as Eri took a flower from one of Izuku's house plants and stuck it in his hair. For a full minute, he couldn't tear his eyes away from Izuku or form a coherent thought. It wasn't until Kota threw a few Legos at him that he cleared his throat and turned around in a pathetic attempt to ground himself. He could feel his face heating up and he knew that they would ask why his face was so red he did what he always did when he was at a loss for words.

Lash out.

"While you were wasting time getting ready with your stupid fucking robes, we probably lost prime spots to watch the fireworks. I don't know why regular clothes aren't good enough for you."

"O-oh, sorry about that Kacchan," Izuku bit his lip and felt so small. He hadn't been to a festival in so long and he loved going with his mom and Mina when he was little, so he wanted to wear a yukata to relive some of the best times of his life before he felt so lonely. Back when he felt safe and taken care of instead of a background character in other people's lives. "The good news is that you're really tall! So the pups will have a good view no matter where they are." 

Every time he opened his big stupid mouth he knew that he was hurting the omega, but he wouldn't come to realize how bad until it was too late. In the moment all he could think about was how it was getting harder and harder to breathe when the scent of pine and citrus was near. As much as his alpha was struggling to take over and pursue Izuku, he knew he had to keep his feelings at bay so Izuku could stay safe. He deserved better than being roped into the cruel realities of organized crime. That didn't stop him from walking Izuku and the pup's to the door every night. He told himself it was because he wanted to make sure the kids were safe, but in reality, it was because he needed those few extra seconds with Izuku. If he pretended hard enough, it was almost like he was dropping the little angel off after a date. Even the kids being first priority couldn't ruin the high he was riding that night as he watched Izuku buy Eri candy apples and Kota running alongside him with matching red shoes. Despite how ugly they were, Katsuki couldn't help but find them endearing.

His heart just felt so full when they were together. Even as the fireworks started going off and everyone around them gasped in awe, he couldn't tear his eyes away from Izuku who was bathed in every color and looked better and better as each light went off. That was when Katsuki realized that he had a choice to make; he could come clean and try to court Izuku like a fucking man, or he could drop him and the pups off and never come back. Sure, he'd be breaking his promise to the idiot gang, but there was only one day left. As he held both pups on his shoulders, he realized that he couldn't. After this, he could never see Izuku again. It was simply too dangerous, just last month he was in a shootout that landed him in his private hospital for two weeks. How could he worry Izuku like that? How could he bear a kidnapping attempt or someone trying to hurt the little omega? It made his blood boil just thinking about it. Plus, would Izuku even want anything to do with him once he found out that Katsuki was a criminal? Would he be scared of Katsuki? So, he soaked up as much as he could that night without looking suspicious and dropped them off at the door, eyes never leaving Izuku. And of course, Izuku knew that Katsuki was acting weird and staring, but he just thought that he looked or smelled weird because of the yukata, not aware of Katsuki's internal struggle.

Except he couldn't keep away from the omega. Never had he expected to visit Izuku every day for two weeks or even the last day before they were picked up. Katsuki promised himself that he wouldn't visit the omega after the night of the fireworks, but he just couldn't resist one last day where he had an excuse to visit him. He'd been running so behind at work that he left it to the subordinate right beneath shitty hair, Todoroki Shoto, and headed off to Izuku's place a little later than usual. Izuku didn't have any plans for them that day, something about wanting to give the kids a chance to rest before their parents got back. They were getting harder and harder to reach as the days passed, assholes probably got complacent and felt safe with Izuku watching those brats and it didn't sit right with him. He loved those kids as much as the next person, but watching two pups under six was really fucking hard to do alone with no help. 

It almost didn't dawn on him that he was speeding on over to Izuku's house in his luxury brand car while he was still wearing his work clothes of slacks and a high-end tailored red shirt that matched his eyes. The diamonds in his ears and sunglasses gleamed in the twilight sun as he parked haphazardly in front of Izuku's home. It was driving him crazy to not have talked to Izuku for over 12 hours. Usually, he went over early in the morning or met them at a location and his alpha had gotten so used to seeing him daily that it would not rest until he was next to the omega again.

In no time he was at the door and knocking. After a minute of Izuku not answering he continued to knock and contemplated breaking down the door in a panic when the door was suddenly pulled open and he accidentally knocked Izuku on the head.

"Ow!" Izuku cradled his head in his hands as tears began to gather in his eyes. 

Katsuki was about to ask why the hell it took him so long to answer when he smelled the distress coming off the omega and two cries coming from the living room. "What's going on?" This wasn't funny, his alpha was raging wild just thinking about the possibility of his temporary pack being hurt. It took everything in him not to scoop them all up and comfort them.

"The pups have been crying all night. They've never been away from Mina this long and they miss her like crazy."

As if on cue Eri started wailing for her mommy with Kota not too far behind her.

"I tried calling her so she could reassure them that she's on her way back, but I think she's already on the plane and it's a 17-hour flight so I don't want to scare her with a bunch of texts because they're obviously fine and I just need to keep it together for a little bit longer until she's back. I can't have her thinking I'm unfit to take care of them but it's just so hard and they don't want me and-" tears began to fall from Izuku's eyes and Katsuki couldn't hold back any longer. 

On instinct, his arms wrapped around Izuku and his left hand was running through greasy waves. Izuku didn't hesitate to fall into the embrace. This whole thing was probably harder on him than anyone realized. Katsuki helped out where he could but the one putting them to bed every night and getting them ready in the morning was Izuku. Katsuki's grip tightened as he bit his tongue from scolding the omega. Of course he couldn't handle it, why did he agree to watch them for so long?! Katsuki closed his eyes and collected himself. It wasn't Izuku's fault, he loved those fucking brats more than anything, it was those idiots' faults for putting it all on him for two weeks without checking up on them frequently. The rational side of his brain knew this really wasn't anyone's fault, but his alpha was out for blood and it wouldn't be satisfied until Izuku was calm and someone had paid for this.

The feeling of Izuku pushing away from him snapped him out of his thoughts. Although hesitant, he unwrapped himself from the omega and his heart clenched as Izuku wiped the tears away on his damp shirt. Katsuki huffed and crossed his arms. "Have you made dinner yet?" Izuku simply shook his head and grabbed onto the hem of his own shirt. Pinching the bridge of his nose, Katsuki let out the longest sigh of his life and walked towards the living room to scoop up the pups. "Go get showered and changed, you fucking reak."

Izuku pouted and smelled himself before making a face. He wasn't usually stinky, but these kids were really running him ragged. Begrudgingly he walked upstairs to his bathroom and took a 15-minute shower where he tried his best not to fall asleep or lay down in the tub. The hot water on his skin felt so good as he literally scrubbed away his worries. In the shower all he could hear was the water hitting the tile and echoing around him, no kids screaming, no TV being played too loud as he tried to ignore it, and no stupid alpha to rile him up. He wasn't uncle Zuzu in the shower, wasn't someone responsible for two small pups who were probably just as tired of him as he was of them, and he certainly wasn't some stinky omega. In the shower, he was just Izuku, a kindergarten teacher and dumb nerd who liked comics and all things All Might, and that was okay. By the time he made his way over to the bedroom and dried himself off, he felt exponentially better than he had all day. Crying it out and then calming down in the shower really seemed to be the answer to all of his problems. So far he'd done it after every unsuccessful attempt at every relationship he'd ever had and any other mishap that happened in his life and it always seemed to make him feel better.

After taking some time with his skincare routine he could smell the curry he had out from the oddly silent kitchen downstairs. It was a relief that he didn't have to worry about anyone else but himself now and as much as he hated to admit, Katsuki had been a big help to him with the kids. Although he didn't have the brainpower to think about it too much at the moment, it was in the back of his mind. One thing he hadn't had much time for since the kids arrived was laundry, he didn't worry though because most of his clothing was pajamas that he could have worn a few times anyways. But he didn't anticipate having two small pups around to be so messy, so he went through everything so quickly that now he was paying the price for it. Looking around he slowly realized that he had no underwear or clean shirts around. He could feel the tears welling up again as he rummaged around his room and was ready to give up until he found a pair of tiny volleyball shorts from when he used to play in college. That's actually how he met Shindo, after one of the matches he was waiting outside of his dressing room and asked if he wanted to grab something to eat. Izuku was so flustered that such a handsome alpha took an interest in him that like the idiot he was, he decided to say yes. 

It pained him to pull those shorts back on because the last time he wore them was right before he was ghosted by the fucking prick and the asshole finished inside after Izuku asked him not to and insisted that he didn't want to be exclusive, but it would hurt his feelings if Izuku sought dick elsewhere. It made his blood boil just thinking about it. It was the worst pregnancy scare of his life (before he found out that he never had to worry about that) and he couldn't sleep until he got that negative pregnancy test. At least he didn't have to worry about underwear, the shorts were tight enough to keep his cocklet in place and not bulging, especially at kid height. Now all he needed was a shirt, he would just go shirtless if it were him and the kids, but with Katsuki there he felt like he needed to cover up more. It was obvious that the alpha felt nothing for him and the last thing that Izuku wanted to do was make the alpha hate him even more or give him a reason to make a mean comment about Izuku's tiny little titties or big hips. Right next to the shorts in his pile of forgotten items, he pulled out a shirt that looked like it belonged to his step-dad. It was at least 2 sizes too big for Izuku, but he decided to pull it on anyway even if it did fall mid-thigh. Once more he looked in the mirror and slapped his face as hard as he could with both hands in an attempt to wake himself up and get him ready to be the best uncle those two pups could ever have. He was gonna uncle the shit out of them!

As he walked downstairs the smell became stronger and Izuku's stomach growled loudly by the time he walked into the kitchen. The pups were already eating while Katsuki plated two more plates. 

"Zuzu," Eri quietly cried into her curry. "I miss my mommy."

"Oh, I know sweetheart," Izuku scooped her up and smoothed down her hair. Kota wasn't fairing much better himself. "I miss her too. Would it make you guys feel better to know that she's not too far away? By the time you finish eating and fall asleep, she'll be here."

"You mean, if we go to sleep she'll get here faster?" Kota spoke through a bit of potato.

Izuku nodded, feeling less guilty about the little white lies he told them over the course of the past 2 weeks. Whatever keeps you sane, right? "That's right! But make sure you eat what you need of this yummy meal that Kacchan made for you before you hop into bed, okay?"

Both pups nodded and Izuku placed Eri back onto her chair where she kept eating through a clogged nose. Meanwhile, Katsuki was trying too hard not to pop a boner or blatantly stare at the little fucking nerd because  holyfuckingshit  he was basically naked. Was he even wearing pants under there? Katsuki's question was answered when Izuku walked over to where Katsuki was standing, red as the curry he preferred, and bent over to pull out some paper towels from a cabinet below the sink. If Katsuki died in that moment then so be it because he had never seen a sight more beautiful in his life than the sheer fabric of spandex shorts being pushed past their limits with the ass that Katsuki had wanted since he first laid eyes on it. The best part? The little nerd wasn't even wearing underwear. It felt like an eternity and before Katsuki could snap out of his trance he realized that Izuku was trying to talk to him.

"-acchan? Do you feel okay?" Izuku reached up on his tiptoes and placed the back of his hand on Katsuki's forehead. It only succeeded in making Katsuki more red.

Before Katsuki could think, he slapped Izuku's hand away harder than he meant to and watched Izuku's face scrunch in pain. "Shit, so-"

"I-it's okay!" Izuku grabbed his hand to his chest and put some space in between them. "I shouldn't have touched you without permission anyway. Sorry."

Why did Izuku even try? He was too tired to think about why he even tried to be civil with Katsuki. On autopilot, he had the kids blow their noses and walked back out to the living room to prepare the space for bed, appetite completely forgotten. Kota liked to sleep in complete darkness while Eri liked ambient lighting and white noise, like TV in the background. In an attempt to compromise, he found a cute nightlight that he plugged behind the couch and played some rain noises on an old speaker he had. It worked like a charm and neither pup had a hard time sleeping since they got there. 

Katsuki appeared as Izuku finished laying out the blankets. "You're not gonna eat?"

"Ah, no. I seemed to have lost my appetite." He gave Katsuki a weak smile and went back to the task at hand.

Standing awkwardly, Katsuki shifted his weight from one foot to the other as he watched Izuku carefully. The eye bags under the omegas eyes were prominent as were the shakiness in his hands. Had the fucker even eaten or slept at all since Katsuki last saw him?

"Um, thanks for helping me and," Izuku gestured towards the kitchen, "just being here for them. I know you aren't here to help me specifically, but they absolutely adore you and it's helped me retain my sanity to know that someone else has their best interest at heart so I'm not taking it all on myself. Is there anything I can do to thank you? I don't have much, but I would like to show you my appreciation somehow."

Before Katsuki could respond, the kids ran into the living room and crowded Izuku. Begging for a bath. Usually, Izuku had a hard time rounding them up to bathe, only to have a hard time getting them out once they were in. He took the opportunity to bathe them both at the same time and left Katsuki standing alone in the living room. Feeling too big for his skin, he hauled it back to the kitchen to clean up and put the food away for leftovers just in time to see the pups in their pajamas getting tucked in.

"Well, I ah, I'm gonna take off."

Izuku didn't even look up. "Oka-" 

"No!" Both pups screamed in unison. They jumped up and ran to hold onto his legs. "Please stay with us!" Wobbly voices cried out to him. It didn't even matter that snot and tears were getting all over his expensive pants. Those could be replaced, the pups' feelings could not.

"I don't have anything to wear. Plus," Katsuki looked over at Izuku, "that would be up to Deku."

Izuku blinked up at Katsuki and spoke in the most deadpan voice he'd ever heard. It could have even given Todoroki a run for his money. "I think I have an old mumu that my mom left from the last time she visited."

Katsuki bit his tongue from hurting the omega any further and began to unbutton his shirt. "Fuck you, I'll just sleep in my undershirt and boxers." Usually, Katsuki didn't wear underwear, good thing he had the foresight to do so today. "So where we all sleeping?"

Izuku motioned to the couch. "You can sleep on the couch and the kids can have the bed."

"So where does that leave you?"

As Izuku opened his mouth Kota detached from Katsuki and ran over to hang off Izuku's neck. "Tonight can you please sleep with us, Zuzu?"

"You too, Kacchan?" Eri pouted.

"I would love to, but we don't have enough room on the bed for all four of us." Izuku hugged Kota back.

"Yes! You can make it work, right Zuzu?"

And how could either of them say no to that? They just wanted to feel safe and protected by their caregivers until their parents came back. "Okay." Izuku agreed a little too quickly.

Eri hopped off to allow Katsuki a chance to finally strip down to his bare essentials before walking around to ensure that all windows and doors were locked. By the time he laid down he realized how tired he really was. Never in his life had he gone out or been surrounded by so many people this consistently before. He loved his alone time and being with everyone else was taking its toll on him. Vaguely he felt the bed shift as Izuku settled next to him. The warmth of another person beside him felt nice even if Izuku wasn't actually touching him. Each one held a sibling in their arms as they all crashed out together, awaiting the moment that their parents would finally reach them. 

*

The sun still wasn't out when Mina and Eijiro stopped by to pick their pups up. Izuku didn't move at all and Katsuki squinted over at them before registering that they were not a threat and fell back asleep instantly. Thankfully, Izuku had the foresight to pack their bags two days before they left so it wouldn't be a hassle the day of. Eijiro grabbed their things as Mina admired how Izuku curled up to the foreign body on the mattress and how Katsuki curled his arm lovingly around Izuku's waist. She almost wanted to take a photo but decided against it when the kids started talking loudly about how much they missed their parents. Quickly, she ushered them outside with a smirk on her face, Izuku would talk to her soon enough, she just had to wait it out.

It was another few hours before Katsuki's eyes would open again. An annoying beam of light escaped the confines of the curtains and shined right in his eye, but when he tried to move his arm he was stopped by a heavyweight. Annoyed, he looked down to find Izuku curled cutely around Katsuki, arms around his slender waist and legs tangled up in his. It was a dream come true and Katsuki literally felt his brain electrocute itself. He almost felt like dunce face for a second. Staying as still as he could so as to not disturb the drooling omega by his side, he grabbed his phone and snapped a photo. Too bad the flash was on and with a startled gasp he dropped his phone onto Izuku's face with a loud smack. Izuku groaned and lifted his arm from around Katsuki's waist to peel the phone from his face. Katsuki felt cold as Izuku pulled away and handed him back his phone. He was the tiniest bit dazed, looking around before he realized he was practically sleeping on Katsuki and scooted away to rub his eyes.

"I take it that Mina came to pick up the pups?"

Katsuki cleared his throat and willed himself free from his cottonmouth. "Yeah, I think I remember something like that."

"Finally," Izuku rubbed his eyes with the heels of his hands. "I would lay down my life for them, but I need a break, y'know?"

Katsuki nodded and realized that this was the first time Izuku wasn't talking to him politely. There were no pleasantries or kind veil on. In that moment they were just two people who shared an experience and it reminded him a bit of when they were on that double date. It caused him to cringe just thinking about how fucking awful he acted towards Izuku who was genuinely trying to make a good impression. Did the nerd even still like him? And before he could even help himself, he felt the words come out of his mouth. "Do you know what hair for brains and I do for a living?" Maybe he did pick something up from Izuku after all, word vomit.

Izuku stared at him for a second with his face scrunched in confusion before he answered. "I mean, it's kind of obvious. Unless Mina is just his beard and you're his lover, then I have an inkling that you guys are involved in the yakuza."

Katsuki was shocked at how casually Izuku was able to utter the words. People were usually scared shitless when they heard the word, even going so far as to preemptively search for signs that someone was yakuza before associating themselves with them. He was such an idiot, if he had just talked to Izuku from the beginning then maybe they could have been something by now. Instead of trying to keep away, he could have had Izuku sleeping up against him for months. "How long have you known?"

"I mean, for two 18-year-olds to have a giant wedding like that with absolutely no family help? For Mina to be a stay-at-home wife with a ton of help on a one-person income with no prior family wealth? I'm not stupid, I've known since we were in high school."

Now Katsuki was the one who felt stupid. He took the pillow from underneath him and pressed it into his face, letting out the biggest scream of his life. It felt good to let his frustration out, about how he was a huge jerk to Izuku, about the missed opportunities, and about how absolutely  right  Mina was. Once he was done and he couldn't breathe, he released himself from the pillow and looked over at Izuku for the first time with a clear head. Dried drool leading to his chin decorated his sleepy face and his hair was frizzy and plastered to his adorably chubby cheeks, it drove Katsuki's alpha wild. It was screaming at him to groom the little omega. "Why didn't you say anything?"

"Because that's rude? What if you did have money and you guys were like CEO'S or something? Imagine how rude it would be if I asked that on a first date." Izuku chuckled darkly. "Not like it made a difference anyway. You were able to smell the defect in me right away, weren't you?"

"What the fuck are you talking about?"

"You don't have to pretend. I know it should be impossible, but unless Ei warned you beforehand then you would have had to smell it on me or something. You avoided me like the plague that night and you haven't so much as glanced at me since you came to check on the kids." Izuku laughed bitterly. 

While Katsuki was thoroughly confused, he was more heartbroken than anything. "Warned me about what?"

Instead of the sleepy face that Katsuki expected to see, Izuku glared at him and all the alpha wished for in that moment was that he would disappear. "Look, I get it. You don't like me and don't find me attractive or a good potential mate, but you don't have to jerk me around. It's not funny!"

"Izuku," The name surprised them both, Katsuki hadn't once addressed him by name, even when they first met. "I genuinely do not know what you're talking about."

Izuku looked up and searched Katsuki's eyes for a second before all of the tension was let out of his body and he laid back onto the mattress with a thud. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have assumed you knew." A short silence followed before Izuku continued. "I'm infertile."

And Katsuki was genuinely shocked because not only was that something deeply personal that he felt he hadn't earned the right to know yet, he did not understand what that would have to do with how the date went. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"Come on, it's not like alphas are vying for the affection of broken omegas. Alphas want someone they can breed and pup, not someone like me. I mean, that's why you didn't interact with me much on our date, right?"

"That's not why!" Katsuki was shaking as he tried to contain his anger. How could anyone be so stupid as to turn down or reject someone as amazing as Izuku because of such a stupid reason? "Not all alphas are like that."

"Well, I haven't met one who isn't." And for the first time since they woke up, Izuku smiled. Not the huge sunshine smile he was used to, but a tired, sad one. "But it's nice to know that I wasn't rejected because of my infertility. I guess you just genuinely don't like me." The giggle that escaped his lips was angelic. "That's a nice change of pace honestly. It makes me feel much better, actually."

"That's not why I was being an ass." Katsuki scooted closer until their hips were almost touching. "Are you sad? About the infertility thing?"

"It's complicated. I was sad when I found out of course, not because I actually wanted kids, but because I felt like my purpose had been taken. I knew logically that omegas didn't have to have kids to be worthy, but I felt like my worthiness had been stripped from me anyway. It didn't help that anyone who tried to date me or even family pitied me and made me feel like it was such a tragedy." Izuku turned to face Katsuki on his side.

"It was pretty evident early on that I was letting everyone's perception of what an omega should be dictate my life. I'm not worthless because I can't have or don't want kids, I'm perfectly fine. I didn't go into teaching to fulfill a want of having kids. I don't think I ever even wanted kids. I love Kota and Eri and all of my students, but the thought of coming home and putting the needs of a child over myself when I'm not in the correct headspace for it just seems like an overall bad situation. I know how easy it is to traumatize children, especially when you don't even mean to. One bad day could be the reason that they fear someone's tone or voice or have nightmares for the rest of their life. I can't deal with that honestly. I love kids, and I would love my own, but I wouldn't want to have my own.

For the most part, I'm fine, it's a bunch of mixed feelings. I'm happy because I don't have to live with the fear of accidentally getting pregnant, sad because it's made making connections with other people hard because I'm constantly worried about them pitying me because of it, mad because I wasn't given the choice in the first place, and relieved because I know that if I ever do fall in love, I can enjoy it rather than share the attention of my mate with a pup. If I was born with fertility, I would have gotten sterilized after I got old enough anyway, so I saved myself a surgery I guess!"

"Fuck, can I kiss you?" The question took Izuku by surprise, but it held months of pent-up affection and lust held back by Katsuki's stupid emotional constipation.

Izuku gauged Katsuki's question and looked from his eyes to his lips a few times. "O-okay."

The feeling of Katsuki's lips on his was everything that he expected and more. Katsuki was all-consuming, leaving no room for doubt and quickly taking over Izuku's complete being. When was the last time he had been kissed like that? Never. Even if Katsuki was kissing him just to get him to shut up, he would take it. Beggars can't be choosers after all.

Izuku slipped his tongue in once he gained some confidence and couldn't hide his moan when Katsuki pressed up further against him and cradled his head through hair threaded fingers. It was everything that he missed about being with someone. He was so touch starved that he was even willing to let a huge jerk like Katsuki touch him. But did it really matter when Katsuki's warm hand was snaking its way up Izuku's large shirt and his other palm laid flat just above his cocklet? 

"Touch me more," Izuku gave his permission and Katsuki nearly tore the offending material from Izuku's body. He didn't expect Izuku to be so muscular and it was doing things to him. Usually, the sex workers he hired were soft, not that it was a bad thing, but knowing that Izuku was sturdy made him want to test it out. Bend him and push the omega to his absolute last limit and then go a little further. Izuku looked so gorgeous beneath him and a sudden possessiveness engulfed his thoughts. He could have been doing this, it should have been him all those times making Izuku feel like royalty, not some fucking extra with a small dick making him feel like shit.

Izuku felt up Katsuki's incredible arms and eventually went up to cup his face. It was hot and maddening and dizzy and everything he never had in a kiss before. It was a struggle to breathe and hold in his embarrassing moans. He was so ridiculously hard and wet that he was probably leaking all over the mattress. That was weird right? Being so turned on by just a kiss. Despite his struggles, the little noises bubbled up his throat and vibrated against Katsuki's tongue.

"You sound so fucking pretty." 

If words could kill then Izuku would have been long gone. It was like the proverbial gate of his voice broke down and all of the moans and pants in his chest escaped. 

"You wanna know how you can pay me back?" Katsuki licked at Izuku's swollen pink lips.

Izuku looked straight into Katsuki's gaze and the alpha nearly broke. Izuku looked so ruined already from just a little kissing. 

"Get naked," Katsuki whispered.

The only thing keeping Izuku decent was his tiny little shorts, so it was easy enough to get them peeled away. Strings of slick stuck to the shorts from his puffy pink cunt and Izuku covered his equally red face in embarrassment. Katsuki was gonna think that he was some desperate whore! And while he was, it didn't need to be pointed out. That was more of a third date topic and as much as they had been hanging out, none of them were really dates.

Meanwhile, Katsuki was biting his lip so hard that it was about to tear open any second. It took all of his willpower to not nestle himself between muscular thighs and feast on Izuku's gorgeous swollen pussy. He felt like he was going to have a goddamn heart attack.

"Spread 'em." Katsuki couldn't contain his excitement, palming at the erection in his boxers. 

Slowly Izuku sat up until he was against the couch and shyly spread his legs. He could feel his ass getting soaked and his pussy clench around nothing. Katsuki's smoky scent was drenched in arousal and it was driving Izuku crazy. The only reason that he wasn't touching himself was that Katsuki was eyeing him like he was his last meal. It was evident if Izuku made any sudden move then Katsuki would pounce. That wouldn't be the worst thing ever though, right?

Katsuki removed his shirt and it was all Izuku could do not to drool. Instantly his nipples pebbled and a lust-filled haze filled him. He  needed  to be touched, himself or otherwise. Katsuki seemed to realize this and moved quickly to remove his boxers and crawled over until he was caging the little omega. The size difference only added to the appeal as he touched Izuku's thigh tentatively. 

Izuku's breath hitched and Katsuki took that as an invitation to move up further until he could feel Izuku's slick that had run down along his inner thigh. He wasn't the only one having fun, Izuku was fully drooling as he eyed Katsuki's thick cock. It was definitely the biggest that he'd seen so far and the first one whose knot showed through even when he wasn't fully erect. The only thought that filled his head was how much he wanted it in his mouth. Before he could slide down to do so, Katsuki reached up and caressed Izuku's dripping pussy, gathering slick on his fingers before bringing it to his lips and suckling hungrily making sure to stare Izuku dead in the eyes. Izuku could have cum right on the spot if Katsuki had been touching him. He felt like he was on fire and every inch of his face that Katsuki touched was tingling and burning for more.

"Me too," Izuku whispered and placed his hands on Katsuki's shoulders.

The alpha was surprisingly gentle and while Izuku was thankful, he couldn't help but wish for Katsuki to be a little rougher with him. But at this point, he would take what he could get and if that meant him taking the wheel, then so be it. Izuku maneuvered them until Katsuki was lying on his back. Placing one more kiss to those rough chapped lips, he kissed down Katsuki's chest and abdomen until he reached Katsuki's leaking cock. It was nestled in a thin layer of fine blond hair and was at least as big as Izuku's face. A shiver ran down his spine and slick was practically gushing out of him at this point. He was so desperate to be touched that he brought one of his pillows in between his legs and placed a few kitten licks to Katsuki's musty cock. It smelled and tasted vaguely smoky, like a campfire. Without thinking about it he began to rub his cocklet and clit against the pillow and he took the head of Katsuki's cock into his mouth and sucked  hard.

The groan that ripped out of Katsuki's throat was almost enough to throw him over the edge. Quickly he set a pace to himself and as he suckled he took more and more into his throat until he was licking near the base of Katsuki's cock where his knot was almost fully formed. All Katsuki could think about was if his mouth and throat were this warm and tight then his pussy would make him see God. Never in his life had he wanted someone so badly. For a hot minute there he even thought he was broken. Even if he was, it seemed like Izuku could be the one to fix him. 

"Fuck! So damn good." Katsuki couldn't help but grunt.

Embarrassingly enough, he wasn't going to last long with Izuku's skilled tongue. If Katsuki could have mustered more than one brain cell to string together any type of coherent thoughts, he would have been mad because who the hell was teaching Izuku these skills and why couldn't it be him?! But instead, all he could focus on was the show that Izuku was putting on as he humped the pillow, ass jiggling with every twitch and movement on his hip. That coupled with the fact that Izuku was fondling his balls perfectly threw him over the edge. Before he could warn Izuku, thick ropes of cum were being swallowed down professionally until he was sucked dry. The only fluids left on his body were his sweat coupled with Izuku's saliva.

Izuku popped off Katsuki's cock and immediately went to grind down harder on his pillow. One of his hands reached up to play with a puffy light brown nipple. Never had Katsuki been jealous of an inanimate object, but there was always a first time for everything. His spent dick began to twitch in interest as he imagined it was Katsuki's face the omega was riding instead of an inferior pillow. Izuku also didn't last much longer. He saw Izuku pull at his nipple and mouth open as the loudest whine he'd ever heard left his lips, drool and all as he rode out his high on the pillow that was now completely ruined.

It was the most gorgeous thing he'd ever seen in his life. Whatever happened from here on out, he had to witness it again. He  had  to be the cause of that blissed-out face from now on no matter what.

Immediately Izuku collapsed opposite of Katsuki and panted for a bit as they both caught their breaths. The silence was comfortable and welcoming stretching into several minutes as they laid side by side, almost but not really touching. In the end, Izuku was the first one to break the silence. 

"Sorry about that," Izuku reached for his shorts and pulled them on despite Katsuki's pouts, "I would say I'm not usually that unhinged, but then I'd be lying." He gave Katsuki a wobbly smile and threw his shirt over his body. 

As much as Katsuki was enjoying that ass that he'd been dreaming about since they first met, he knew he should get dressed too. He only grunted in response as Izuku stood on wobbly legs.

"Well, uh, thank you so much for your help these past two weeks, Bakugo." Izuku bowed deeply. "I really appreciate everything that you did for me."

"Who the fuck is Bakugo?" Katsuki scoffed. Izuku just had his cock in his mouth, it was no time to act formal. If he was being honest it was breaking his heart.

"Are you still okay with me calling you that nickname? The kids aren't here anymore and I probably won't see you again."

At that point, Katsuki could admit that his heart was hurting. It must have shown on his face because Izuku held out his hands.

"I'm sorry! I'll call you Kacchan." He smiled sadly. "Thank you for that. It'd been a while. I'm gonna head upstairs and clean up. I have work tomorrow after all!"

As Izuku turned to walk away, Katsuki caught his wrist. "Wait, what are you doing?"

Izuku was caught off guard. "Um, going to pee and take a shower so I don't get a UTI or a yeast infection?"

"What do you mean you won't see me again?"

"Well the kids are back with Mina and we really never saw each other before. You didn't want to date me and you said this was to repay you, so I assumed you were done with me."

And at that, Katsuki's heart completely shattered. The worst part of it all was that Izuku said it with so much conviction, he really thought he was just some cheap fuck for Katsuki to use and then throw away. Everyone who had a part in making Izuku's self-worth so low would fucking pay, even if the two of them never amounted to anything.

"That's not what that was," he started.

"I didn't want to think it was a pity thing, but I guess it was." Izuku sounded so small. "You don't have to pretend that you want to keep seeing me or that it meant more to you just because I told you about my sad backstory."

"That's not what I'm doing!"

"If you want, you can call me if you want to do this again? I won't expect anything else and if my schedule is free I'll meet you somewhere or here since I never have anyone over." Izuku began to mutter more about potential locations. "I'm not afraid of your status either, so it won't be a problem."

"That's not what I want!" Katsuki barked despite Izuku's flinch. "I don't want you to be a quick, cheap fuck, I want to court you." He said with the utmost certainty. It was the most important thing he'd ever say.

Izuku paused for a second before he furrowed his eyebrows and his face contorted in anger. "Look, I get that it's easy to make fun of me and I'll just take it for the most part, but that's not funny."

If you asked Katsuki how the end of this conversation would go, he would have said with a cute omega purring in his lap, not whatever the fuck this was.

"You made it clear that you did not like me from the moment we met and you spent not only our entire first date making me feel so bad that I came home and cried, but every time you came over as well. You also made it abundantly clear that you were there for the pups and Ei,  not  for me. And you know what? When someone shows me who they are and how they feel about me, I believe them." Izuku snatched his hand away and turned around to make his way up the stairs. The stench of angered and distressed omega quickly replaced the after-sex smell in the cozy living area. 

"I'll be your quick and cheap whore, I'm used to that, but I won't let you play with my feelings like that. I can be nothing to you, but please don't toy with my feelings and give me false hope." With that Izuku made his way up the stairs and told Katsuki not to worry about locking the door before he disappeared around the corner.

How did it all go to shit in less than 10 minutes? They were doing so well and of course, Katsuki had to fuck it up. It was entirely his fault, if he had just talked to Izuku like hair for brains suggested, then they wouldn't be doing this. They would probably be on a private beach somewhere enjoying their time with Katsuki worshipping Izuku's ass and kissing him goodnight and good morning after every sunset and sunrise. He had no one to blame but himself. 

After a solid minute of staring after Izuku's retreating figure, he got dressed and debated running up and apologizing once and for all. But he couldn't do that. Not when the wounds were so fresh and at a time when Izuku clearly did not want to see him. As he was leaving he noticed a small notebook and pen near the front door and quickly wrote what he hoped would be the beginning of a much-needed apology. As the shower turned off he exited the house and made his way down the road, not even caring that his car had been towed away in the night for parking illegally. It wasn't until he reached a sizable tree that he punched it in a fit of rage until it snapped in half. The bleeding and pain on his knuckles meant nothing when he was the one who hurt his omega so terribly. He was just like every other fucking extra in Izuku's life who made him feel miserable.

The tears began to fall and no matter how much he wiped them away they kept falling. Blood, snot, and tears covered his face as he continued down the road to his compound. He had to fix this, he was  going  to fix this if it was the last thing he did. Even if afterward Izuku wanted nothing to do with him, he would fix it and make it so that no one else could ever make him feel so unloved ever again.

Chapter Text

The most embarrassing moment of Katsuki's life was not when he accidentally shot himself in the foot when his mom tried teaching him how to shoot when he was seven, but several years later when he had to resort to asking his idiot best friend for dating advice. Obviously, he lacked in that area with how fast everything with Izuku crashed and burned. He hadn't even heard from the omega since that day and every moment that passed filled him with anxiety. More than anything, he hated to admit when he was wrong, and to ask shitty hair for advice meant that he had to admit to the fact that not only was he wrong, but that the idiot that was his subordinate was  right.  His hesitation lasted a total of half a day before he called Kirishima into his office and told him to shut the door behind him and lock it.

"What's up, dude?" Kirishima laughed nervously. The only time that he was ever called into Katsuki's office was when he was getting reamed for something that happened or if he was near his rut and needed to assert dominance on someone on his team. Kaminari usually got the brunt of it, but the rest of the time it was usually who was closest to the boss man at any given moment.

Katsuki sighed heavily and ran his hands over his tired face. "I fucked up with Deku." He mumbled pathetically.

"What?"

"I said I fucked up with Deku," Katsuki said through clenched teeth and pounded the desk with his fist so hard it caused the mahogany desk to crack.

Kirishima flinched and backed up to the door. By Deku he had to mean Izuku, right? "How? I mean, you guys looked pretty close when we went to pick up the pups."

Grief flashed in Katsuki's eyes for a second before the same tired expression settled on his face. After some coaxing from Kirishima, he explained everything that happened that night down to the amazing sex they had despite Kirishima's obvious discomfort with the subject. For a minute there Kirishima was furious with Katsuki because Izuku didn't deserve to be treated like that. Not the man who, besides Katsuki, was his best friend and one of the few people he would do anything for. He wanted to set them up because he wanted Izuku to be as loved and spoiled as Mina was by him and vice versa, not to feel worse than he had when he was single. Izuku was his family and Eijiro would do anything for him. Time and time again he'd proved it and there was no one that he felt safe enough to leave his precious pups and mate with than the omega. That feeling went both ways; Eijiro had never shied away from getting rid of anything that hurt Izuku and he really thought that the omega would be safe with Katsuki.

He should never have suggested that the two of them meet on a blind date and he wouldn't have if he knew it was gonna end up like this. Izuku was supposed to be better off with Katsuki, not thinking he was the same as every other alpha who tore him down. It took all of Eijiro's self-control to not attack Katsuki, verbally or physically, but then he saw the regret in Katsuki's face and his resolve to fix his problems. Katsuki planned to set up an entire night to promise and show Izuku how precious he really was through his actions and words. It was a huge deal coming from the boss himself when he never gave a fuck about his partners in the past. After collecting himself he took a seat on Katsuki's desk and shook his head.

"Look, I'm too close to this. Honestly, I want to knock your teeth in for being an asshole and I want to bash my head in for allowing it." Usually, he would never talk to Katsuki or anyone he considered a friend really, like that. This was a special case though and considering how someone was hurting his family, he was going easy on Katsuki. Childhood best friend pass and all that. "I think you need to talk to someone who hasn't only been with one person and angst-free their whole life."

"If you tell me to talk to that idiot I swear to go-"

"I think you need to talk to Sero." Katsuki groaned and Kirishima continued. "He's been with several omegas and he's really good with people. He's also dating Shoto and they seem really happy despite the bumpy patch they had."

How could Katsuki forget? He had to keep those two separated for months because Shoto refused to so much as even look at Sero and it all came to a head when he sent them out on an assignment together and the half and half idiot shot Sero in the shoulder on "accident." Todoroki was the best shot they had so it was obvious it happened intentionally. No one knew how Sero managed to reclaim himself but not a day has gone by so far where flowers were not on Shoto's desk or lunch wasn't prepared for him every day. Maybe it was worth a shot to ask them, no pun intended. Whatever Katsuki had done could not have been as bad as what Sero did.

Too bad for him that he was almost wrong.

Katsuki didn't call Sero into his office because that was only for when he was ready to tear him a new one. No, he needed soy sauce face in neutral territory to be able to get the most out of it. As much as he hated talking about his flaws, Izuku was worth the hit to his pride. If this would grant him a chance at even possibly getting to court the omega then he would do it as many times as it took.

A few hours later he cornered Sero in one of the buildings many break rooms and made sure that the door was locked. This information didn't need to be spread to extras, just the people he needed to hear from. "Oi, soy sauce face," Katsuki cleared his throat and Sero turned around with a jump. Sero didn't notice Katsuki lock the door so he just flashed his usual perfect smile.

"What's up boss man?"

Katsuki hated when they called him that, but it was a sign of affection so he let it slide. "What happened between you and that half and half idiot?"

Sero blinked slowly as the grin began to fall off his face. He opened and closed his mouth a few times as he tried fruitlessly to find something to say. "W-what's this all about?"

"Just fucking spill it."

Sero looked down at his shoes and bit his bottom lip. Katsuki was never one for gossip or to get in other people's business unless it was detrimental to him or the business. Even when he was shot Katsuki didn't interfere, so it must be something important. "Am I getting fired?" Shoto was always closer to Katsuki and he still wasn't in the clear with his boyfriend just yet and he wasn't sure if he would ever be.

"That depends, are you gonna answer me?"

The look of shock on Sero's face along with his personal sense of failure over not being able to court the omega of his dreams must have made him soft because he just sighed and brought a bandaged hand up to his bloodshot eyes and rubbed hard until he had spots in his vision. For the first time, Sero really looked at him and noticed the scent patch and wrinkled clothing. Katsuki never came to work looking less than his best. Everything about him today was so uncharacteristic that he couldn't help but worry. Yeah, Katsuki was his boss and sometimes he went too far on stuff, but more than that he was Sero's friend, as much as the blonde hated to admit it. Loyalty went both ways and they'd been working together professionally and personally to know that they've proved it to each other.

"Are you okay, man? You don't seem yourse-"

"Of course I'm not fucking okay!" Katsuki barked and immediately took a step back and positioned his hands on either side of his slender hips. "Look, what I'm about to tell you doesn't leave this damn room. Before you fucking say anything, know that I wouldn't give a shit or be asking if I didn't need help."

Sero nodded and steeled his resolve. Katsuki  never  asked for help. More than anything he would always tell his subordinates to fuck off and eat his ass anytime they even looked in his direction with the intention of offering help.

A deep sigh left Katsuki's mouth and his shoulders dropped. "I fucked up with a potential mate and I need to know how you won Shoto over."

Everything suddenly made sense - Katsuki didn't just look sick, he  was  sick, lovesick. His poor boss was suffering from a broken heart and he was asking for help on how to fix it. Sero almost felt honored that he could help before realizing that it was only because he fucked up that Katsuki was looking for advice. Still, it proved that he was good for something as a friend after all.

"Really? An omega?"

Katsuki nodded and Sero decided that he would use this time to get some more information on Katsuki's love life. Not to take advantage of the fact that he was pretty vulnerable, but it was actually important info. Shoto was a beta, so the situation might be a little different.

Without further prodding, he decided to just tell Katsuki. He hated telling the story, but it helped him to remember why he was in hot water with Shoto and why he needed to be patient with the other man.

"Look, it's a really shitty situation and I know that I fucked up pretty bad, so don't judge me too harshly, okay?"

Katsuki rolled his eyes and Sero took it as a cue to continue.

"Remember last year when you assigned us to oversee a contract signing for a few months in Kyoto? Well, since it was in a rural part of the city and there was nothing to do but drink and act a fool all day, we ended up sleeping together to pass the time. I thought it would be a one-time thing, just to have some fun with him while we were away, but Shoto came looking for me after the trip was over. At the time I thought that as an alpha it was fine to play with a beta because they were just there to pass the time."

Katsuki's jaw tensed and he tried not to judge Sero. That was an outdated and frankly, sexist way to think. As much of an asshole as he himself was and the fact that he was raised in a traditional family with an alpha mom and an omega dad,  he  didn't even think like that. He even would like to think that regardless of Izuku's second gender that he would have fallen in love with the menace either way.

"But Sho didn't see it that way. We never talked about defining the relationship and I always wanted to treat him well because I genuinely did care about him so much. We work close together and the more I got to know him the more I realized that he was pretty kick-ass. I guess I gave him the impression that we were dating but I was still sleeping around, still looking for that omega that I could mate and settle down with. I don't even know what I was thinking now that I look back on it. What was I gonna do if I did find an omega? Just drop Sho like the ugly ends of a pack of bread? I was so fucking stupid… anyway, my rut hit one day and I was talking to an omega that I had started getting closer with and I invited her to stay for a few days after my rut ended to hang out and the day it ended Sho came to surprise me and found us making out in my bed.

She screamed and I just laughed and let Sho know to come back in a few days as I tried to calm her down with scenting and soft touches and when I looked over at his face…" Sero was making a fist so tight that his knuckles were white. He sounded like it genuinely pained him to relive this memory. "I'll never forget the look of absolute devastation on his face. He turned around and walked out and didn't answer any of my texts or calls for a long time after that. The worst part was that I let her stay the next few days before she left on her own accord, mad that I didn't officially ask her to court. When I came back to work it was like any part of our relationship after the work trip never existed. The shitiest part was that he wouldn't look me in the eyes and when he did, there was nothing. It was just a haze of empty emotion in those gorgeous mismatched eyes. When Denki asked him out for drinks he got a smile from Sho and I realized how much I missed when that smile was on me.

At first, I was just trying to get him to be friendly with me again and when that didn't work I just kept escalating it until one day it hit me that I loved him. I loved him and I ruined everything. Most importantly I hurt him."

A click was heard and they both turned to find Shoto opening the door with a spare key. Being so high up he had clearance and access to the entire facility, even Katsuki's office.

"Is… everything okay?" Shoto looked around until his eyes landed on Sero. The slightest tense in his jaw gave him away entirely to his friends. "What happened?"

Immediately, Sero walked over to his boyfriend and placed a gentle kiss on those plush lips. Wiping the hair away from his face he brought Shoto's slender waist close to him and continued petting his hair. "I love you so much."

Shoto's shoulders visibly relaxed and as much as he wanted to be annoyed, all he could muster was a dramatic eye roll and a playful push to the alpha. "Yeah yeah, is the car ready? I'm starving."

"On it babe."

Sero walked back over to the counter where Katsuki was standing to grab his keys when the boss spoke up.

"Why did you forgive this screw-up?"

Without missing a beat, Shoto responded. "He became my bitch. Isn't that right?" 

"Woof." And if Sero had a tail it would be wagging full force as he walked back over to Shoto and placed a few wet kisses on his cheeks. This time Shoto couldn't hide his laughter when Sero licked up the shell of his ear and bit the lobe teasingly before walking out to get the car.

Katsuki suddenly felt like he was intruding, but he was too desperate to gain some insight into his own shitty behavior to stop staring. Once they were left alone Katsuki took a seat at the table and Shoto sat next to him. Much like Eijiro, there were no secrets between the two. Perhaps they weren't childhood friends like he and shitty hair were, but they'd been through enough together since their preteen years. Both of them had pretty shitty parents but found a family through what they did no matter how terrible it seemed.

"Why the sudden interest in my love life? I thought you didn't care."

"Say the word and I'll fucking fire him."

Shoto chuckled and played with the luxury watch on his wrist. It appeared shortly after Sero was shot. "If you asked me a year ago I would have taken you up on that." He looked up at Katsuki with a faint blush on his cheeks. "But now we're doing pretty well."

"Then, demote him to errand boy?"

Shoto full-on laughed at that one. "He's basically a glorified errand boy now." Katsuki's sincerity threw him for a loop. He was an incredible leader and a great friend, but he usually minded his own business and watched from the shadows for a chance to swoop down if anything should go south. But even the strongest needed a helping hand from time to time. "Who is it?"

Katsuki sighed and ran his hands over his face again. Usually, he hated touching his face, but it seemed like it was becoming a nervous habit. "Someone I might have lost any chance with." Every time he told the story he felt his heartbreak that much more. This time was no different and somehow telling Shoto made him realize that he went wrong in more ways than just one. Shoto was a better listener than he was and was actually able to hide his judgment unlike Katsuki earlier when he was judging the hell out of soy sauce face and for that he was grateful. He felt shitty enough having hurt Izuku, he didn't need anyone else reminding him about how much of fuck up he was.

After a few seconds of silence, Shoto finally spoke up. "The reason it took so long for me to even give Hanta the time of day was because he apologized for the wrong reasons."

Katsuki was thoroughly confused. How was there a wrong way to apologize?

"He apologized because he didn't want me to be angry at him anymore, not because he hurt me."

And Katsuki was slowly starting to understand why it was a good thing that he left that day and didn't try to dig himself out of the hole sooner. He would have lost any chance he had with Izuku for sure.

"He wanted things to go back to normal and it was pretty clear that both of us had pretty different definitions of what that was. I wanted to date and he wanted to fuck other omegas." Shoto grunted the last part through clenched teeth. "It wasn't all his fault either, I was too scared to come out and just tell him what I wanted and I paid the price."

"I'd reached my limit the day I shot him. After we finished the assignment I let my guard down and suddenly he was kissing down my neck and I was almost ashamed of how  good  it felt. It was like a wave of relief washed through me. I missed him so much and despite him being a prick, he always made me feel good - physically and emotionally. I was ready to straight out forgive him when he whispered 'I knew you'd come around.' Into my ear."

Katsuki sneered and ticked off all the ways that Sero would have to die now. Even though Katsuki heard him out and understood that he was just an idiot who didn't know how to use his words correctly, he couldn't help but be infuriated. Just because he himself was an emotionally constipated idiot didn't mean he didn't know how to empathize.

"I lost it completely and pushed him off of me. I don't even remember what I said but it was something to the extent of 'you're a selfish prick and I'd sooner die than crawl back to you.' I kept yelling at him and he tried to apologize again and then he told me that he would do anything to get me to forgive him and I asked if he would die for it. He stepped up and said yes so I shot him in the shoulder as a warning before calling for help. I honestly thought he'd leave me alone after that, but I guess the bullet did him some good because for the first time since I saw him with that girl he came to me and asked to talk. I agreed and the rest is history."

Katsuki could tell that the details of their reconciliation were for their ears only and he knew when boundaries were being set. When it came to his friends anyway. 

"So, I just need to talk to him, right?"

"Hear him out and really  listen  to what he says. Not just with his words but with his body language and eyes, they usually also have a story to tell."

And for the first time since he left Izuku's home, he felt hopeful. If Sero could get back Shoto after basically cheating then there was hope for Katsuki yet.

"Do you have any photos? This has got to be one special omega if they've caught the attention of our fearless leader."

With a nod and a slight blush on his cheeks, he brought out his phone and looked through the gallery. Most of his photos were the brats, but he managed to sneak a few of Izuku while he was trying to pose them and when others would offer to take family pictures of them. His favorite though was Izuku's awestruck face looking up right as the burst of light exploded above them. If Katsuki had nothing else, he had the most amazing smile forever encapsulated in his phone.

"He is quite beautiful." Shoto couldn't help but bite back a smile. Izuku was nothing like the company Katsuki usually kept. Truthfully he expected someone like Camie, his favorite sex worker, who was all legs and soft curves with huge tits and a sexy aura about her. The omega in the photos looked like the type of mate that could make you food and play with your hair when you're sick and smile at the littlest things. He was pleasantly surprised to say the least.

"He is, isn't he?" And if Katsuki didn't have the dopiest smile on his face.

Neither of them heard Kaminari walk into the room nor did they expect him to look at Katsuki's favorite photo of the omega and whistle loudly. "Wow, that is one cute omega. Is he your new plaything? Can I have a turn when you-"

Before he knew what happened he was already on the floor, feet swiped out from under him and a large hand crushing his windpipe. Katsuki hovered above him with an unrecognizable snarl on his face and alpha fangs terrifyingly close to the betas face. Kaminari tried to show his neck but in panic attempted to tear the hand away from him. It was the wrong move and it only made Katsuki squeeze harder. "Say it again, I dare you."

Shoto looked at the scene before him in abject boredom before walking out of the room. There was no way that he was staying late to help hide a body. Plus, Kaminari deserved it. When had the boss ever shown them a picture of anyone? He should have known better. Kaminari looked after him and begged internally that Shoto would come back and peel the feral alpha off of him. This was it, he'd really done it now; he was going to die. He shook his head as much as could, face turning red and tears collecting in his eyes. 

Katsuki seemed satisfied enough and let him go. Saliva and mucus ran down his chin as he coughed and tried his best to catch his breath. He didn't need a mirror to know that a bruise was already forming on his neck or that he wouldn't be able to talk for a few days.

"Get the fuck out of my sight." 

Kaminari had never moved so fast in his life. Even with the tears and spots in his vision from the lack of oxygen he made it out of there in record time. Katsuki usually didn't get violent. But Izuku seemed to bring the best and worst out of him. He wouldn't apologize, Kaminari shouldn't have gone there and he would never be sorry for anything when it came to Deku. Better late than never.

*

The last thing that Izuku expected to happen at the end of his time with Katsuki was for the two of them to sleep together, the thought of being asked to court never entered his mind. Kicking Katsuki out was more out of shock than anything else, but as he showered and had time to think about it now that he finally got some sleep he realized two things.

The first being that he was famished. He hadn't eaten well since the day before the kids left and all of the activities that he and Katsuki got up to just made it worse. And the second was that Bakugo Katsuki was a prick. Like, a colossal jerk. Who the hell just played with someone like that? Izuku wasn't an idiot, did Katsuki really expect him to fall to his knees and thank him for giving Izuku a chance? It was so stupid it was almost funny. Although, he seemed genuine enough. It was almost worse than being straight-up hated. He got a little bit of what it would be like to have Katsuki and, yeah, while it wasn't the best sex he'd ever had in his life, it felt nice to be wanted. This was a hard part. Did he like Katsuki or just how Katsuki made him feel when they were fooling around? It was hard to tell the difference when the alpha spent all of his time making sure Izuku knew he wasn't wanted while still being kind about it. He didn't need to hug Izuku when he was having a breakdown or help with the kids to the extent that he did, but did he do that out of obligation or because he took pity on Izuku?

His head spun with every possibility and theory that he almost missed the little note written on his turtle-themed notepad that a parent gave him on the last day of school last year. 

Izuku,

 

Please give me a chance to explain. This Saturday, meet me at my place at 7 and I promise if you still hate me I will never contact you again.

 

-Kacchan

Izuku turned over the little note and found the alpha's address. His first instinct was to scoff and rip the note to shreds, but after about 10 seconds he simply put the note back and walked over to the kitchen to heat up last night's meal. The audacity of that man! Coming into Izuku's life only to give him mixed signals and still thinking he had the right to ask Izuku for favors. Meet him? For what? To have more lackluster sex where he got off and Izuku had to take care of himself? As he ate he only got angrier and stabbed his meat harder than he needed to. This wasn't good, he couldn't make a rational decision about this so he decided to do what he always did.

Ask Mina.

Unsurprisingly, she answered before the first ring ended and immediately began with the questions. Talking to her about stressful situations always calmed him down, but it was fun to tease her by withholding her most wanted information for a later time. So he told her about his time with the kids (that she already knew about because of the texts and videos he would send) and he could feel her buzzing from her home and only felt a little bad that he wasn't answering any questions about Katsuki specifically. Once he was done she was all too eager to have her turn.

"Okay, so what was all that with you and Kats? You were totally sleeping on him when we got the kids!"

Izuku was taken aback. He couldn't for the life of him recall that. "We were? I don't really remember that."

"You were on his pecs and drooling and he had his arm around you like it was the most natural thing in the world!"

Izuku's face heated up as he got up and placed his dish in the sink to soak before he deep cleaned for the first time since the kids arrived. He was almost certain that Katsuki also wasn't aware of their position because he would have pushed him off for sure. Right?

"I mean, I guess. We didn't really get along like that while he was here though, but uh, we did kind of have sex?"

Mina squealed and then it was questions at ten million miles a second. Once she was calm enough to only ask questions every two seconds Izuku explained the situation and almost instantly she was quiet.

"Was he even good?" She asked, as if that would make up for anything.

"I don't really know, I just sucked his dick and took care of myself."

"Did you even let him try?"

Izuku paused for a bit before answering. "Not really..." And maybe he wasn't being fair to Katsuki. They didn't talk about anything beforehand and in that moment he really was too into Katsuki's dick to care. 

"Look, I'm taking a side and it's 100% yours, but I have to tell you something about him. He's stupid. Like, actually really dumb. Yeah, he went to an elite university and graduated top of his class and is one of the smartest people I've ever met or whatever, but he's clueless about how to process his own feelings. I've known him since high school and while he's usually good at reading other people, he's so stupid about himself."

It started to click in Izuku's brain, although there were still big pieces missing.

"Ei said that Kats doesn't even date, every attempt he ends up dumping them too fast for getting needy or whatever and even in his ruts he hires sex workers if that."

For some reason, that bit of information really shocked him. It wasn't a bad thing, but it explained how sex happened so suddenly without any real foreplay. Katsuki had always paid for a service, and that meant he was getting taken care of with only money in return. If he wasn't used to having actual sex then it would make sense that he wasn't the best at reciprocation. Not that Izuku even gave him a chance to. It also explained why Katsuki joked about sex being Izuku's payment to him for helping him out if he really didn't mean it. 

"From what I know he doesn't really date or even sleep around casually. So if he asked to court you then more than likely he was serious. He doesn't have a history of fuck boy behavior and I doubt he would start with you, especially considering how you're our family." She bit her lip on the other side of the line and debated how much she should tell him. It killed her that he was feeling like shit over this when it was her idea in the first place and she'd already meddled enough in their affairs. Plus, if Katsuki wanted a fighting chance then he would need to explain and make it right on his own. Izuku liked honest people and she had faith that Katsuki would do right by him.

If not, then she could interfere.

Izuku was silent on his end. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to hear Katsuki out? How the alpha handled this entire situation sucked, but maybe if he owned up to what he did and worked for it, then there might be a chance of them working out and potentially courting.

"Why didn't you guys tell me that Ei was yakuza?"

She knew this question was coming. They didn't keep secrets from each other. The sky was blue, flamingos were pink, trees had leaves, and Midoriya Izuku and Kirishima Mina always told each other everything. Nothing was off-limits. Even if it was about the sex Mina had with Ei or Izuku's own sexcapades.

"Ei was scared. He didn't want you to hate him or be scared of him."

"I would never."

"Of course  I  know that, but I needed to do it for my husband, babes. He was really anxious about it and in this case, it was better to ask for forgiveness than for permission."

Of course, Izuku understood. Sometimes your mate came before anyone else. Even your own pups, but it didn't make it hurt any less. They hung up soon after so Izuku could continue to clean and move his mattress back into his bedroom and fix his nest.

That night when he laid curled up in his nest with his e-reader and rain sounds playing on his phone he decided that he would at the very least meet with Katsuki and hear him out. If it didn't work out then fine, but if there was even a little chance that he could get even the slightest crumb of closure then it would have been worth it.

*

The second that he texted Mina about his plans to meet Katsuki again he regretted his choice. The fact that she didn't respond immediately was the first and only red flag he needed. The silence that followed was like the calm before the storm and two days before his meeting with Katsuki he was proved right when several boxes from different high-end clothing brands landed on his doorstep. As soon as he signed the form acknowledging that the packages had been received he called Mina to scold her.

"What the hell is all this?!" He hissed into his phone.

"Yay! They got there early. Okay, so how do you like everything? Which is your favorite?"

"I don't even know what's in these boxes but I know they were exp-" The sound of the phone call ending cut him off and he stared at the phone with his mouth agape. Did she just hang up on him?! A call for FaceTime came through and he answered it quickly.

Before he even had the chance to speak she was talking at him while running through her home. "Open them right now and try them on! I want a fashion show." When she reached her room she shut the door and sat on her bed excitedly.

Izuku sighed in defeat. Even when she wasn't there it always ended the same, with him doing her bidding. "I swear if it's fancy outfits I'm gonna take them back to you post haste."

"Oh, so you wanna see the kids you've been avoiding all week? You know the second you get here they won't let you leave until they convince you to move in with us."

Izuku's face paled. That was the last thing in the world that he wanted despite all of Mina's pleas. It was the only thing he would never allow her to talk him into. He would sooner go back to living at his mom's place than live with them. As close as they were, distance only made the heart grow fonder even if they were seeing each other multiple times a week. "I say this with all the love in the world, fuck no."

All she could do was ugly laugh and wipe the tears away from her eyes. She understood, kids were a handful and Mina herself wasn't easy to handle. It seemed like her husband was the only person in the world who could handle her own special brand of person and not need a break from it. He even went so far as to thrive on it. "I get it, the only reason I'm not there now is because I promised the kids that I wouldn't leave the house for a month. I don't know why though, they're playing quietly in their rooms and get annoyed when I walk in." She rolled her eyes.

By the time Izuku got all the boxes open he was quite literally exhausted. There was no way that he was going to try on every single one, but he could look at them. Each one that he pulled out was more scandalous than the last and Mina was explaining the comfort level of each one.

"Where would I even get the chance to wear these?"

"On your date?"

"It's not a date! We're just meeting to talk about some stuff."

"Sure, and you're telling me you don't want it to end up with you on all fours?"

Izuku's face heated up. "That's beside the point." He mumbled.

"I've never gotten any complaints from Ei about any of these, so I know that they'll be a big hit."

"Well, Kacchan didn't seem to mind my shorts either." Izuku pulled out one tiny set of a yellow see-through lace bralette and a tiny lace thong. "Mina, my lips will be fighting for their lives for which one gets to stay in this thing."

She snorted a laugh. "Oh, so that runs in the family too then? You think our mom-"

"Do not finish that sentence! What is wrong with you?!"

"I mean, definitely Auntie Inko! She's had a man forever and I know that's part of the reason he stays. Uncle Toshi stays fighting his health conditions just for a taste of it I know it."

"I don't want to think about My mom's vagina or my parent's sex life!" Izuku dropped the lingerie and kicked the box far away from him.

"She pushed you out of that pussy of hers and this is how you respond? Ungrateful!"

Izuku ended the call and Mina couldn't help but finally burst into laughter. It was too easy to tease him, but it also served a bigger purpose. Izuku was the biggest worry wart she'd ever met. Exactly like his mother and he tended to catastrophize every little thing until it inevitably became a panic attack. He'd gotten better over the years but he still literally made himself sick with worry at any given chance. This was her way of saying thank you for taking the kids (since he wouldn't take any other payment) and a way for him to let loose and relax a bit before the date. She always felt better after she dolled herself up even if Ei would never see it. They were both very sexual people so maybe it would also work for Izuku.

After the shock of Mina talking about his saint of a mother like that, Izuku sorted through his favorite sets of lingerie and reluctantly began to try them on. After the first fit of a simple black silk panties and cut out matching chest straps he was really starting to feel himself. Never in his life did he think he was attractive enough to pull off lingerie. It was always for other people, not for omegas that were too muscular, but the longer he looked at himself in the full-length mirror in his closet the more he realized the appeal of it. While he was in the second fit of a blue bow bandeau and thong, he dimmed the lights and put on some music to dance around in. The way each set highlighted his muscular legs and barely covered his puffy light brown nipples made a shiver run up his spine.

Even though his cocklet and chubby cunt struggled to stay in the panties he loved the way he looked. In that moment Izuku didn't feel like his legs were too short or that he was too stocky. No, as he stood in the third set that matched his hair, a tiny sheer baby doll that left nothing to the imagination, he began to touch himself. His little dick strained against the fabric and left a little wet spot above where his pussy began to also leak. Shyly he pulled at an erect nipple and watched his aroused face in the mirror. Did he always look that nice when he was feeling good? It only served to egg him on more, he stuck two crooked fingers of his scarred hand into his mouth and licked and sucked over the rough texture. He always thought scars were sexy, but no one else seemed to. It didn't matter though, not when lust made his eyelids heavy and the desire he felt for himself was engulfing him at an alarming rate.

Usually, when he got off it was because his body was begging for some type of release or because it felt lust in the context of watching others get off and feeling arousal at that. This was a new experience for him, looking at himself and realizing that he was every bit as sexy as he knew he was and then some. Saliva dribbled down his hand as he sucked harder and imagined that same pressure on his dick or his clit. When was the last time he paid attention to himself before Katsuki touched him? All too quickly he pulled out the box of toys he kept under his bed and pulled out his favorite dildo. It was a burnt orange color about 9 inches long and girthier than four of his fingers. It wasn't often that he reached for it, but when he did he knew he was in for the night of his life. It almost reminded him of Katsuki's dick minus the lack of knot.

He ran back in front of the mirror and plopped his ass down with his legs in front of him. If he wasn't so horny then he would have half a mind to take cute photos, but there was always time for that later. Slowly he spread his legs and started to palm at his mound, erect dick and clit twitching at the stimulation. Izuku whined in pleasure and pulled those panties to the side revealing his glistening hole. Slowly he dipped two fingers into his soft folds and threw his head back with a whorish moan. Usually, he had to work himself with his fingers before he could even get the head of his toys in, but this time was different. This time he was nice and open, folds engorged beautifully and flushed pink with his arousal.

Reluctantly he slipped his fingers out and bit his lip at the strings of slick that connected his two fingers. He wasn't going to last long and that was fine, he just needed something in him  now.  Despite not having regular heats or a working reproductive system, he was still an omega whose hole ached when it needed to be filled. Wasting no time he held the toy to his pussy and rubbed up and down the slit and let the stimulation drive him impossibly close but not enough to throw him over the edge. 

His hole clenched around nothing and he took a deep breath before breaching his squelching hole. He couldn't tear his eyes away from the mirror while his hungry hole took the toy like it was nothing. God, he was such a slut. So wet only because he tried on a few cute thongs? Who could blame him though, he was sure that if anyone saw him at that moment they wouldn't be able to keep their hands away from him either. He could hear the squelching of his dripping cunt over the music and boy was it really doing it for him. After a few thrusts, he removed the toy suddenly and the urge to clean himself off of it was overwhelming. It was hard not to imagine strong arms and a mean grin hovering over him telling him to clean it off. 

If that wasn't enough to throw him over the edge then he didn't know what was. He could practically hear Katsuki's taunting voice in his ear asking him to be a good boy for him and take his dick. If Katsuki alone tasted amazing then what would they taste like when they were together? Bringing the toy to his lips he licked a stripe up and couldn't help the blush that spread down to his nipples. It was so  dirty  but felt amazing. Suckling the head he brought his free hand down to his mound, middle finger rubbing circles on his oversensitive clit and palm rubbing against his erection. The mirror was all but forgotten the second that Izuku imagined those red eyes watching him it was all over. His thighs shook and the pressure in his stomach built until it exploded and complete euphoria overtook him. It was disorienting to do anything but just lie there and take it but he continued to work the dildo until he had it almost completely down his throat with the encouragement of his imagined Katsuki caressing his face and cooing at him.

When he finally came down from his high he removed the toy from his mouth and laid in absolute bliss. When his breathing returned to normal and he convinced himself to clean up and go to bed the only thing he could think of was how it would have been perfect to lay his head on pillowy pecs and drift to sleep with the scent of his alpha.

*

The weekend practically snuck up in him. Getting the students back on track after vacation mode was never an easy feat and he had little time to think of anything else. In the moments when he wasn't bone-tired, he would find himself thinking about how their date would go. Would Katsuki apologize and make it up to him? Would he expect Izuku to have gotten over it and make a friends with benefits situation after all? Before he knew it he was getting dressed and making sure that he looked presentable enough with just a hint of eagerness without looking desperate. After a quick search, he realized that Katsuki's place was 45 minutes away from his, so he had to leave at least an hour early to make sure he got there on time. It really baffled him as to why Katsuki would go out of his way to visit Izuku and the kids every day. Perhaps he already knew the answer but didn't want to admit that maybe Katsuki wanted to spend time with them.

As he exited his home he made sure to check his hair in the mirror at his entrance and fix his new glasses. They were thick and black-rimmed thanks to his doctor. While he'd always worn contacts his doctor warned that because his eyes were sensitive that he would have to stop wearing them or he would develop severe lazy eyes. It didn't bother him too much but he also didn't want to shell out more time and money on preventative procedures. Luckily for him, it didn't take too long to get ready because thanks to Mina, he had an outfit prepared. Black brand-name joggers and a cropped top used for working out showed off his abs perfectly with a flannel button-up shirt tied around his waist as the perfect cherry on top. He couldn't help but be thankful that she sent over a casual outfit even if he did think that band name loungewear was a waste of money. It really pushed forward Izuku's narrative that this wasn't a date, but him allowing Katsuki to speak his side.

After psyching himself off a bit he exited and made sure his door was locked before stopping dead in his tracks. Waiting outside of his home was a sleek black Mercedes-Benz with two casually dressed men who looked like they were having a heated discussion. The one with red and white hair caught his eye and gave him a small smile while the taller one with black hair grinned at him. As he debated running back into his home and calling Mina, the taller of the two called out to him.

"Midoriya Izuku? Bakugo Katsuki has sent us to pick you up in the case that you still wanted to meet with him."

Izuku simply stared at them for a second before his eyebrows furrowed and crossed his arms at his chest automatically. "Wow, so was his plan to force me to go all along?"

"Not at all," the shorter of them started. "If you don't want to go then we'll leave immediately. We were sent just to offer you a ride. If you didn't show up then we wouldn't have knocked on your door or contacted you in any way."

Izuku felt relieved and a little disappointed at that. Katsuki hadn't tried to contact or coerce him in any way since the last time they met, so their story checked out. 

"I'm Todoroki Shoto and this is my partner Sero Hanta." They both bowed.

Izuku realized he was being rude and bowed back. "Midoriya Izuku, nice to meet you both." He offered them a giant grin and walked to the open door that Sero was currently holding. "If you guys don't mind me asking, what were you fighting about?"

Both of the men also got into the car and started to take off. Todoroki blushed to his ears and turned to the side. Sero just grabbed his hand and brought it to his mouth for a kiss. "Sho was telling me about how adorable he found you from the photos the boss showed him, and absolutely no offense Midoriya, but I think Shoto is the most adorable thing on the face of this earth." Todoroki snatched his hand away and covered his face before mumbling a plea for the taller man to shut up.

"Absolutely no offense taken." Izuku couldn't help the stupid smile that spread across his face. As poor as his dating luck was, he was happy when he saw other couples being cute. 

Then it hit him.

"Um, w-wait," he called out to them. "Kacchan has photos of me?" 

Sero had to bite back a laugh at how cute Izuku sounded calling his beast of a boss by Kirishima's kid's nickname for him. 

"He had quite a few of them," Shoto reassured him. 

All Izuku could do was bury his face in his hands, careful not to touch his glasses too much, because why and how did Katsuki have photos of him?! He spent the entire time being such a dick and complaining about having been near Izuku that the last thing he expected was for Katsuki to have photos of him. Were they of all of them as a group? Did he sneak photos of Izuku as he had done to Katsuki? The information was too much for him that he could only respond half-heartedly to any conversation that either of the men up front tried to start with him. 

It felt like no time and forever had passed as they reached the entrance of what looked to be a densely packed forest with a fancy-looking gate up front leading to a winding driveway. The entire scene reminded Izuku of a fancy mansion one would find in the west, not Japan. Sero pushed a button attached to the dashboard of the car and the gate began to open. On the other side of the gate were about two kilometers of forest and the other six being a garden with lakes and bridges that Izuku had never had the pleasure of seeing. He was the only one who was dumbstruck because Todoroki and Sero looked straight ahead until they reached a home that truly put Mina's to shame. It was a home that he'd only seen in historical dramas, one where extended family and servants were supposed to live. It was extremely traditional and well maintained, but a little eerie considering that no one else looked to be around. It wasn't quite dark yet but the sun was setting and he could see the outside lighting begin to turn on.

"We're here!" Sero announced before walking out of the car and opening Izuku's door.

Izuku gave him a weak thanks as he continued to look around the property in awe. It was like an out-of-body experience. The sounds of birds chirping and cicadas singing made him feel at peace like when he and Mina used to look for beatles as children. There was absolutely no sign of the outside world and if he closed his eyes he could pretend no one else existed. It was peaceful in a way that he couldn't ever remember experiencing.

"Whenever you're ready you can head through that dirt path and across the pond into the home. No need to knock, just walk right in and you should be greeted by the boss himself." Shoto called from the open window of the car.

Izuku opened his eyes, realizing that he was not alone bowed in thanks. Before they took off, Sero handed Izuku a folded piece of paper. "If for some reason you feel like you need to leave, call us. We won't be on the property but we'll still come and get you."

Either these two strangers who he'd never met before really cared about him or Katsuki really wanted to assure him that Izuku was the one who was calling the shots tonight. Izuku offered a small grin and turned to walk towards the pond. He was able to tune out the sounds of the car leaving and focus on the beautiful sight before him. The pond reflected the lights of the home beautifully and the only thing he could feel as he took a step towards the entrance of the house was excitement. Maybe it was the scenery or how accommodating Katsuki was being, but he didn't feel afraid or scared of what was to come.

After he reached the entrance he knocked twice before opening the door and announcing himself. Katsuki didn't answer immediately and Izuku took the opportunity to view the decorations inside the home after he removed his shoes. Vases and foreign objects lined the halls, it reminded him of a museum. Katsuki's family must be avid travelers to have amassed so many items. The only thing that made him a bit sad was the fact that there were no photos on the walls. The first thing that anyone would see when visiting Mina's home were pictures of her kids, the same went for Izuku. He couldn't help the disappointment he felt to not be able to see Katsuki as a child with that same scowl on his face.

As he made his way around the corner he didn't notice Katsuki and bumped into him. Immediately Izuku jumped back and trembled. His heart was rattling around in his rib cage and Katsuki's face scrunched in concern.

"You scared me!" Izuku lightly slapped Katsuki away from him. "You're so large but don't make a sound when you move?"

Katsuki stepped back and his usual frown found its way onto Katsuki's face once more. "Shut up. You're in  my  house, if anyone it's me who should have been scared." He turned to walk back into the kitchen and Izuku followed him, still a little shaken up. 

"You're gonna be scared of a little omega half your size?" 

Katsuki tensed and cracked his neck. As Izuku calmed a bit he realized that Katsuki was dressed almost as nicely as he was during their first meeting minus the coat. Suddenly he was feeling a bit underdressed and hunched over to cover his exposed midriff. If Katsuki wasn't wearing an apron then he would have probably gone home to change. 

"You… you look nice," Katsuki mumbled. If the home wasn't so quiet then Izuku would have definitely missed it. The fact that he'd never seen the omega with his glasses on made tonight even more special. He was pretty fucking adorable.

"Um, thanks?"

And maybe he should have said something back because now there was an awkward silence settling between them. Katsuki pointed him in the direction of the dining area and asked him to wait there until the food was ready. For some reason, it felt nicer than the restaurant they went to when they first met and it only served to make Izuku more nervous. In an attempt to calm himself down he reached into his pocket for his phone to check in with Mina when he felt nothing. Checking the other pocket and only finding his keys and paper that Sero gave to him made him realize that like the idiot he apparently was, he didn't have his phone with him. Hanging his head in shame he realized that if he wanted to leave he either had to tell Katsuki himself or run the 8 kilometers to the gate of the property and hoped it would open automatically lest he have to climb his way out.

Luckily he didn't have time to think about his idiocy when Katsuki walked out of the kitchen sans apron with two bowls of Katsudon. Izuku hadn't realized how hungry he was and felt like his stomach was protesting against him. Once Katsuki plated it in front of him and took a seat Izuku took a bite and was in heaven. Much like their first encounter he was moaning and making a blissed-out face. And Katsuki, much like the first time, stared at him. This time though his gaze was a bit softer and, dare Izuku say, fond. He fought the urge to apologize and chewed slowly now that his stomach understood that it didn't have to have everything right that second.

The silence wasn't as awkward as when he first arrived, but Izuku would be lying if he said it was comfortable. Katsuki looked like he wanted to say something but couldn't quite figure out the words to articulate his thoughts. In an attempt to make him feel more comfortable, Izuku started the conversation.

"Katsudon is actually my favorite food, y'know?"

Katsuki simply nodded. "Shitty hair may have mentioned it."

And if Izuku knew better he would have said that Katsuki was blushing. He obviously cared enough to make sure Izuku wasn't completely miserable tonight.

"It's really good! Definitely top three."

"Huh?! I should be number one! Who the hell is ahead of me?"

Izuku giggled and listed off his top contenders. "My mom first and then me! I know I didn't cook a ton when you were over but I make a mean Katsudon."

"Is that so?"

Izuku nodded and gave a small smile.

"Then, when am I gonna get to try it?"

Izuku took another bite and chewed thoughtfully before swallowing. "It depends. If you behave then maybe soon."

Katsuki's breath hitched in his throat. He was supposed to be apologizing, not discovering some weird kink he didn't know he had. Before he could lose focus he found himself blurting out something he hadn't planned on telling Izuku about until later that night. "I got a vasectomy."

Izuku's chopsticks fell out of his hands and clanked on the table loudly. "W-what?! Like, today?"

"No, you idiot!" Katsuki bit, face aflame with embarrassment. "When I turned 18 I had it done as a birthday gift to myself."

Izuku was completely taken aback. Was this because he disclosed about him not being able to have kids himself? He knew alphas that had gotten snipped but that was usually after about 4 pups and they felt like they were done, not before they even had one kid. Even then it was really hard to convince them because it made them feel like less of an alpha. Katsuki must have not cared about other people's opinions to have done it and was completely serious about not wanting kids.

"Is it okay if I ask why?"

Katsuki merely shrugged and moved his barely touched food around the bowl. "I didn't have the best upbringing and I have a lot of issues that I don't want to take out on a kid."

Izuku knew that it probably took a lot for Katsuki to talk about, especially when he looked like he would rather gut himself.

"And…" Katsuki raked his hand through his hair. "It's like you said before, I don't wanna work all day and come home to a screaming kid because they wanted blueberries and then you give them a blueberry and they don't want a blueberry when they were begging you for it like 20 seconds ago and then it becomes a full meltdown because you gave them exactly what they wanted."

Izuku couldn't hold back his laughter. That was a rant from someone who'd been around enough kids to know that they're unpredictable and most times irrational. He's pretty sure that exact scenario was about Kota when he was a toddler.

"And yeah, I know that they're little and can't self regulate and shit and I don't have a problem with that, but I don't want to deal with it so better not to have kids than fuck them up like I was fucked up."

That was understandable and for the first time since he found out he couldn't have kids, he felt a sense of unity with someone else who shared his feelings exactly. As much as Izuku loved kids he just couldn't picture himself as a mom. Not one as great as his own mother anyhow. "I don't think you're fucked up. I mean, you made me dinner, right?"

"Your standards are really fucking low then."

"Maybe," Izuku shrugged. "I don't see how that's your problem though."

Katsuki bit his bottom lip. It was now or never. "I- I'm really... I'm really sorry, Izuku."

"For what?" Izuku asked. His standards may have been low, but he knew when to give a chance to someone who deserved one. While the apology and Katsuki using his first name shocked him he couldn't let it show.

"For fucking everything. For making you feel like you weren't worth my time when you were all I could think about since we first met. For going out of my way to make sure you always had a bad time when we were together and then expecting you to just fall into my arms after I did nothing to deserve it."

And as much as Izuku wanted Katsuki to apologize for being an ass he couldn't help the anger bubbling up inside him. "You were such a jerk to me."

"I know, and I don't expect you to forgive me."

"Then why invite me over?"

"Because I need you to know that I regret everything. I was scared that you didn't know that we were involved in organized crime and I was scared that either you would reject me first or get hurt because I'm the head of a prominent yakuza family."

As sweet as the sentiment was, Izuku couldn't help but feel his anger levels rise. "So what? You decided I was some sweet little omega that had to be protected because of your career?"

Katsuki flinched. While that wasn't his intention he could see how it could be interpreted that way. It wouldn't help to tell Izuku that regardless of his second gender he would have reacted the same but then it would have been an even greater insult to him. At that point, he would be telling Izuku that he as a person was weak and that simply wasn't true. He couldn't even make the excuse that he didn't know Izuku at the time because if he hadn't closed up immediately then he could have gotten to know that much sooner and not made such a stupid assumption.

"I'm an idiot." Katsuki hung his head in shame. "I don't want to ask for your forgiveness. I want to ask for a chance to apologize to you properly and prove to you that I can be a good mate."

Now that is not what Izuku thought would happen. It was like his brain stopped functioning. A quiet "what?" was all that could muster.

"I'm going to need help though. I want to make it up to you and I just need you to tell me how you want me to do that. I promise that I'll listen and ask questions when I need to but if this is going to work, and  fuck  do I want it to work, I just need a little help."

This was Katsuki bearing his heart for Izuku; laying all out in the open with a level of sincerity he didn't know that alphas were capable of. Katsuki wasn't the only one who messed up. Izuku completely dismissed him when he was telling the truth earlier and refused to hear him out in fear that it was just some sick joke. They both had things they needed to work on.

"So then, you were serious about courting me?"

Katsuki slowly reached across the table to Izuku's hand making sure that it was okay. Izuku reached out the rest of the way and let his pinky brush against Katsuki's calloused fingers. It was a small gesture, but he felt like it made a world of difference when Katsuki spoke next.

"I've never wanted anything more."

Izuku felt the anger dissipate until it was a pile of ashes waiting for the next strong wind to carry it away. As much as he hated to give in so easily, Katsuki's touch felt like coming home after a long day. As dumb as it sounded, he felt like he could breathe a bit easier.

"Maybe… we can start again?" Katsuki asked tentatively.

"No," Izuku responded too quickly. Before Katsuki could be crushed, Izuku began to explain. "I don't like that phrase. For better or for worse, what happened between us happened. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't ever forget how I felt."

Katsuki cringed and Izuku continued.

"Yeah, you messed up, but if this is going to work then it won't be the last time you mess up and I will 100% also mess up at some point. I think it's how we work through it that'll make or break us." Izuku gave a squeeze to Katsuki's hand. "Plus, I don't want to forget and I don't want you to either. Remember how this made you feel and let it motivate you to not mess up like this again to me or anyone else that you date."

Katsuki squeezed back. "If you give me the chance there won't be anyone else."

Izuku couldn't help the goofy grin that was splitting apart his face. Anyone could talk sweet, and yeah, it felt good, but did Katsuki really have the motivation for it? "And what if I didn't want to date you? What if I just wanted to be friends with benefits or just friends?"

"I'll take anything you have to give me if it means I get to be part of your life." 

That was the final straw for Izuku as he snatched his hand back and covered his face, glasses be damned. His cheeks were aflame with every word that left Katsuki's mouth. "How are you not embarrassed when you say stuff like that?" Izuku mumbled through his hands.

"It's worth the hit to my pride if it makes you blush like that." Katsuki reached over and gently pulled Izuku's hands down to see his face. "Izuku, will you allow me the honor of courting you?"

Izuku shut his eyes and tried to hide away again. Dating? No problem. Casual sex? Hell yeah. But courting? That was something that he thought he'd never experience. It was completely serious and only for when you found "the one." It was something similar to a beta engagement. After taking a deep breath he stood up and walked over to where Katsuki was sitting. There was no reason behind what he was about to do besides the fact that he was touch starved and he would use a guilty Katsuki into helping him with his needs. They made eye contact and Izuku removed his glasses before he got up and settled onto Katsuki's lap with his legs on either side of the alpha's and arms around his neck. Izuku nodded slowly and pressed himself close to his new boyfriend.

Strong arms enveloped him back and rubbed along Izuku's back. It felt so nice to be held that Izuku almost forgot about what he needed to say. "But I have a few conditions!" He pulled back suddenly and poked a startled Katsuki square in the chest. "You will never be mean to me like you have been again."

Katsuki pouted and grabbed Izuku's loud hand and placed it to his lips. "Not even to tease you?"

If Izuku wasn't already blushing at max capacity then he would have been now. "You know what I mean, jerk." Izuku pulled his hand away. "You're going to be so nice to me that everyone will freak out when they see it."

"Already planning on it, baby."

The pet name had a cute ring to it that Izuku found he quite liked. "And you're going to make a conscious effort to talk to me about your feelings. I don't expect perfection but I don't want you doing things on your own again."

Katsuki nodded obediently.

"And…" Izuku ran his fingers over Katsuki's face and ghosted over his scent gland. "You'll wear a collar for me."

Katsuki's eyes grew wide in shock and Izuku didn't blame him. Collars themselves were outdated and only worn by traditional or older couples and only by the omegas. Alphas wearing a collar was completely unheard of and Izuku didn't even know if they made such big collars. He always knew he wouldn't wear one and while he didn't particularly care if Katsuki wore one or not either, he just needed to see how committed Katsuki was to courting him. Just when Izuku thought that Katsuki was going to push him off and kick him out, he felt something stiff start to poke his ass. Both of them froze at the sensation and no one was more shocked than Katsuki. 

"D-do you like that?" Izuku choked out.

Katsuki looked away and tried his best to adjust without completely rutting up into the omega. Izuku wasn't about to let it go so easily, slowly he sat back on Katsuki's erection and felt that familiar heat in his groin as Katsuki strained to hold back his moans.

"Maybe…" As Izuku grew bolder he leaned over and placed soft kisses on Katsuki's scent gland. "We can get one of those with a leash attachment?"

Katsuki let out a full-on growl and let his hands fall to Izuku's ass and rutted up against it. Neither of them expected to end up here but they sure both hoped for it. Izuku's entire plan was just to get closure but he was glad he planned right. Closing his eyes and letting Katsuki's hands roam over him. He leaned back down to capture those lips in a kiss and preened when Katsuki's hand made contact with Izuku's bare abdomen.

Izuku slipped his tongue in all too soon and Katuski reciprocated; deepening the kiss and pressing them closer together. 

"Bed?" Katuski asked between kisses.

"Please," Izuku breathed. 

As soon as Katsuki stood up Izuku took the opportunity to wrap his legs around Katsuki's core. It didn't matter that Katsuki was sprinting through his home with Izuku placing open mouth kisses on his neck and throat because at long last they were together. They could get to Katsuki's room and Izuku could say he wanted to sleep instead of fuck and Katsuki wouldn't care because he would get to have Izuku in his arms all night. Yeah, he was a sap, and yeah, he might have been whipped, but did it matter when he had the world's greatest omega to call his? The fact that he was on probation didn't even make him flinch because he would be the best damn mate Izuku deserved.

When Katsuki finally reached his room he dropped Izuku onto the bed and watched him bounce and squeak. It was so cute that Katsuki couldn't help but cage him in and kiss around that youthful face. Izuku's giggles only spurred him on more and once the nerves left both of their bodies Katsuki ran his hands down the expanse of Izuku's muscular body until he reached the band of his sweats. Katuski hooked a finger and pulled teasingly as he turned his head to whisper directly into Izuku's ear. "This time, it's my turn."

Izuku could only moan and Katsuki began to pull his sweats off slowly only to stop once they got past his ass. All of the wind was knocked out of Katsuki's lungs. Izuku's shirt must have ridden up while they were kissing because Katsuki was looking at him like he was on display at the Louvre. 

"Holy fuck," Katsuki whispered because holy shit Izuku looked so damn perfect it made him want to pass out. 

Izuku laid there in one of the sets that Mina bought for him. A red lace thong and matching bralette sat on his person so perfectly that Katsuki wouldn't have been surprised if Izuku was sown into it. It was almost the same shade of his eyes and face after he realized that Izuku wore it over with the intention of being seen by Katsuki, and he was blessed to be able to see it. He didn't deserve it but fuck if he wouldn't thank Izuku over and over when his knot was punching in and out of him.

"D-do you like it? I didn't know if I should have worn it or if it was presumptuous of…" Izuku trailed off as he caught Katsuki's hungry gaze. His eyes were completely blown over and clouded with lust. It made Izuku hot and tingly all over and all he could think about was getting out of his clothes.

"You could wear a potato sack and I'd still beg to eat you out."

That was all Izuku needed to shimmy the rest of the way out of his clothes until he was only left in his lingerie. The cups of the bralette were sheer enough to tease and the thong was small enough to be moved to the side and sit pretty as Katsuki reamed that tight dripping hole. Izuku, getting the hint, scooted all the way up to the top of the giant bed and watched as Katsuki crawled after him like an apex predator. 

"Ca-can you please take off your shirt?" Izuku asked as he avoided eye contact.

Katsuki removed it in seconds and grabbed Izuku's hips, pulling them towards him until Izuku's head hit one of the many pillows in the bed. Izuku loved Katsuki's body as much as the alpha loved his.

While Katsuki didn't have much experience in eating pussy, he did have a dick so he knew what to do there. He could still remember the taste of Izuku's sweet slick and buttery hole and salivated at the thought. With all of the pent-up sexual desire and excitement over Izuku accepting his courting proposal (tentatively) he ducked his head and licked a fat stripe up Izuku's fat juicy cunt. The action had both of their eyes rolling back and Izuku's things tensed around Katsuki's head. Katsuki was in absolute heaven as his tongue worked its way through Izuku's folds and up to his clit, flicking every which way. Maybe he wasn't the best at this but from what he heard above him he couldn't be all that bad. Katsuki pressed a finger to Izuku's slicked entrance and slowly pressed in.

Izuku felt so full already with just one finger settled inside him. His walls clenched around Katsuki's fingers and begged for more as he popped off Izuku's clit and paid all of his attention to Izuku's cocklet. Most of his partners tended to just ignore it and he hated it. Just because it was small and couldn't get anyone pregnant didn't mean that it was useless or didn't make him feel good. Katsuki paying attention to him so completely was overwhelming. It was also frustrating because Katsuki was teasing him. With the tip of his tongue, he gave a few kitten licks to the head and added another finger. Izuku was about to ask him to hurry up when he swallowed the entire thing whole and made Izuku scream.

In absolute pleasure Izuku reached down and threaded his hands through Katsuki's head and  pulled,  making Katsuki moan. It felt so good that Izuku almost didn't notice the third finger splitting him open. He didn't last long, a few harsh sucks and Izuku was emptying in Katsuki's mouth with no resistance. Slick poured out of his puffy hole down to his ass and all over Katsuki's bed. The orgasm ripped through him suddenly and harder than he could remember. As much as he loved to touch his cocklet he didn't get to cum with it very often.

Katsuki kept suckling until Izuku whimpered and tugged at his hair a few times and brought him up to his lips. Izuku held him tight as he ran his tongue across swollen pink lips. The only thing he could think about was how this is what they tasted like as a couple and Izuku couldn't wait to find out what his slick and Katsuki's cum tasted like together. Maybe that was a little too kinky for their first time but if they were going to last then he had to attend to his needs somehow and something told him that Katsuki wouldn't be opposed.

Katsuki adjusted them until Izuku was lying underneath him completely and let his full body weight fall on top of the shorter man. It was so fucking sexy that Izuku was sturdy and could handle what Katsuki threw at him. He didn't have to worry about crushing or hurting the omega in the heat of the moment.

"Can I?" Katsuki whispered in between kisses and Izuku nodded. A whine escaped his mouth as Katsuki pulled back to undo his pants and Izuku could have died at that very moment and have been happy with a naked Katsuki being the last thing he saw. 

"Are you clean?"

Katsuki struggled to regulate his breathing because  holyfuckingshit  he was about to have sex with the omega he'd been head over heels for months about. "Yeah."

"Me too. If you want you can, um, go in raw?"

Katsuki was already about to pop his knot and he could not move fast enough. Despite shooting blanks, he'd never barebacked a person before, and having Izuku be his first was a dream come true. "Fuck yes," he breathed and climbed back on top of Izuku.

Going in for another kiss he slotted his heavy cock in between Izuku's lips and let it lube itself up before going in. "How do you want this?"

Izuku answered by taking the back of his thighs and spreading them out and bringing them in further. Katsuki was sure this was the type of happiness and inner peace that others search years for. All of the answers to his problems lay in and between Izuku's legs. "I want to see you." 

Even if Izuku's favorite position was usually on all fours, he could be persuaded to have it changed. Especially as Katsuki was filling him up and splitting him apart quickly. To his credit, Katsuki really did try to start slowly, but once he was fully enrolled into the hot wet heat of the most perfect ecstasy he'd ever felt he completely lost control. It was completely unlike anything Izuku had ever experienced before. Katsuki was fucking him with reckless abandon and every thrust made him hurt so good. He'd always wanted hard and fast and no one had ever been able to satisfy that, except for now.

Izuku couldn't even contain his moans or how good he felt and Katsuki seemed to be on the same page as him. One look into each other's eyes had them kissing again like it was the last one they would ever share. Izuku's spent dick twitched to life as every hit of Katsuki's pelvis and expanding knot knocked so beautifully onto Izuku's clit. After hitting one sensitive spot in particular Izuku's head flew back and his spine arched beautifully to display his puffy brown nipples peeking out just so from the bralette. Katsuki couldn't help but latch on to one of them and suck harshly. He let go all too soon and attacked Izuku's neck while the other boy was an incoherent mess of saliva and moans.

Neither of them was going to last longer. Izuku was nearing his second orgasm and Katsuki's knot was starting to catch in Izuku's abused cunt. "I-it's, ah! Please knot me." At this point, Izuku was panting and used the last of his brainpower to convey his burning need to the alpha above him. Meanwhile, Katsuki's movements became more erratic and he bit his lip so hard he tasted blood in a feeble attempt not to sink his fangs into Izuku's supple scent gland. Time and place, he reminded himself.

Instead, he indulged in a bit of Izuku's scent before moving past his neck and biting onto the pillow behind him. It was everything that was needed for his knot to finally pop and Izuku convulsed with his second orgasm, pulling Katsuki to him in a searing kiss that quickly turned to pecks and gentle swipes of the tongue. 

"Fuck, you're amazing." Katsuki ran his hands through sweaty curls and kissed Izuku's forehead before bringing him closer. His knot wouldn't go down for another few minutes and he needed Izuku close. He almost lost this chance so for the rest of his life he would hold Izuku close and never let him feel like other alphas have made him in the past.

"I could say the same about you." Izuku grinned at him and wrapped his arms tightly around Izuku's waist.

"Thank you, for coming over and giving me a chance." Katsuki kissed Izuku's sweaty temple. Izuku could only nod and lean into the affection. "What are you doing tomorrow?"

"I don't have anything planned. Why?"

"We should go shopping for collars." If Katsuki had any shame left then he would be blushing, but as it stood his post-orgasm flush was more than enough. 

"Wait," Izuku pulled back to look at Katsuki. "You're seriously okay with that?"

"It's not a big fucking deal. I think they could look cool." 

Izuku smiled and tucked himself back under Katsuki's chin. This would either be the best thing that ever happened to him or the worst mistake of his life. Either or, he was excited for the ride and to see where it would take them.

"I uh…" Katsuki began and Izuku couldn't help but smile stupidly at how embarrassed Katsuki sounded.

"Do you still have those pants? From the first time we met?"

"Ugh! No, they were so tight that without Mina's help I had to cut myself out of them."

Katsuki pouted and instantly cheered up when Izuku spoke again.

"I still have the thong though."

"Fuck. Spend the night? Please?"

Izuku giggled when Katsuki held him tighter. "Since you were such a good boy for me, I guess I can stay."

Katsuki couldn't help but feel his dick twitch inside of Izuku. The little omega would really be the death of him.