AN: Woah. So here you go, up to date on everything I currently have written. There probably won't be another chapter for a little while, and I'm hoping that the next one can be longer too.
There was no point in trying to hide the pregnancy. The news got out rather quickly as soon as the media caught him with the slightest of a stomach bulge, but he didn't care. He and Eijiro both lied through their teeth, saying that it was Red Riot's child whenever they were asked. And everyone believed it. Why would they ever have a reason to question it? It was obvious that they were in love, so yeah, why not have another child?
But once again, when Haruki was born, there was a lot of excitement, and many silent questions. Because Haruki had those same dull blue eyes that his older brother did. It was concerning. Everyone in their friend group was trying to figure out what could be done, but when Katsuki didn't say anything, what could be done? They didn't know the truth behind any of it. And that's how things stayed.
Or that's how he wanted it to be.
Haruki had barely been out of the hospital for a month before there was a knock at the door. Katsuki glanced at the clock as he held the child against his shoulder gently. It was a little bit early for the kids to be coming home. Perhaps it was a friend, but there had been no messages.
As soon as he opened the door, he hated himself for not thinking far ahead enough check out the window to see who it was.
Dabi's mismatched face was soon invading his space. He could feel one hand pushing on his left shoulder while the other laid gently over the hand that rested against Haruki's small back. The door shut, most likely from the raven's foot kicking it shut.
"D-Dabi..!" He wanted to take a defensive stance, hold his child as far away from this man as he could, but just smelling his scent left him spellbound. All he could do was stand and let his rage boil.
The blond was immediately brought back to his senses though as he felt Haruki's small warmth being pulled away from his shoulder. Right into Dabi's arms. How much he wanted to scream. To yell at him. To fight back. But all he could do was weakly reach out with a whimpered "Don't hurt him.."
Pathetic. He was supposed to be the hero. Not just to the public, but to his children. Haruki didn't know him as a hero, he knew him as his mother, as his protector. And he was failing.
"Now why would I hurt my own son?" Dabi turned his back on the omega, cradling the little baby in the crook of his arm. "You never told me how cute he is, Katsuki. I bet little Kazue looked exactly the same. My eyes, my hair."
Katsuki whimpered again and tried to reach out the alpha, feebly attempting to take his son back. "You monster..let him go, he never did anything.." His voice sounded so pathetic. How could he let himself be so weak?
Dabi spared him a glance over his shoulder. "How cruel of you Katsuki. As if I would hurt my child. Stop crying about it." The alpha turned back and handed him over.
As soon as Haruki was safely back into his arms, Katsuki's senses finally kicked into action. "Monster! Get out! Get out of my house! You're not welcome here!" Even with the child tight against his chest, he screamed at the male, pushing him with one hand back towards the door.
"So mean, Katsuki. I wasn't doing anything. And you opened the door for me. But I suppose I did what I came for." The alpha calmly opened the door and stepped outside, pausing once on the front step.
The blond wondered why he would stop, and readily moved to shove him again, only to stop as he spotted his two other children standing just inside the front gate. Kazue held his sister's hand tightly, free hand gripping onto his book bag strap. There was a conflicted look on his face, like he knew that something wasn't right, but Akiko just tilted her head, wondering why her brother had stopped walking so suddenly.
Katsuki was in a small panic. What was he to do? How do you explain this? He barely had time to think before Dabi was walking towards them. He couldn't see the male's face, but he was scared about what expression he would be making.
"And there he is. My big boy." Dabi's arms opened as he approached the little raven. "He looks so proud of himself."
Kazue's eyes started to dart between his mother and the man that stood before him. What was he supposed to do? The question was obvious in the boy's eyes. But Katsuki was still frozen in the door frame, holding Haruki tight against his chest, the baby somehow keeping calm despite everything.
Time seemed to slow down in that moment though. Dabi was barely a foot away from them, arms stretched out in front of him. And the look that went across Kazue's face told how much fear there was before a black puff of smoke formed between them. Kazue came running out from the cloud, darting around Dabi with his sister in tow as he ran to his mother, clutching tightly onto his leg.
Katsuki was shocked for a moment, but it didn't take long for him to understand that Kazue had caused the smoke in order to make an escape, and Dabi was left stunned at the gate. The blond easily leaned down to wrap his free arm around both his kids, pulling them close against him as the alpha turned back around to peer at them curiously.
"Oh, I see," he muttered, eyes obviously boring down onto Kazue, "you never told him, did you? Who his real father is."
The omega tensed as he pulled both children closer, trying to step back into the house. To get them away. He needed to set Haruki somewhere safe before he could even try to fight. "Of course I didn't tell him. There was no reason for him to know. Now leave."
Dabi sighed and stood up straight, placing his hands on his hips. "Alright, I guess I'll tell him then. It'll be a while until Haruki can understand it.."
Katsuki instantly tensed, eyes widening in fear as he tried to cover Kazue's ears. But with only one free hand, it was hard. "Don't you dare say a word to him! You already ruined his life enough!"
The alpha sneered "Ruined? I've barely been a part of it."
Kazue looked up at his mother curiously. "Mama..what's he talking about?"
"Kazue, don't listening to him. He's lying." He tried to pull his family back into the house, but Dabi was close behind, looming over them.
"Lying? How rude. You're the one that has been lying to him all his life. Honestly, he has no reason to trust the words that you say if you can't even tell him who his father is."
Katsuki could feel Kazue shifting against his arm, but his eyes were focused on Dabi now, obviously not liking being torn between his mother and this stranger. And Dabi knew that he had his attention, so he crouched down, and latched onto Katsuki's free arm so that he couldn't drag them away. "Oh, Kazue. It's sad. Because you should be able to recognize the face of your father. That was my bad, yeah?"
"Dabi, don't you-" Katsuki threatened.
"But you should know who your real dad is...because it's me."
Kazue's little eyes went wide with shock and clutched tighter onto his mother. And he started to shake his head. "No..that's not true..Eiji's my dad."
"Your mother has been lying to you Kazue. Because he doesn't want to admit to the truth. You're my little boy."
"Dabi, shut up!" Katsuki shouted, trying to pull his arm away from the alpha.
"He has, the right to know, Katsuki."
The moments after that were filled with arguing as Katsuki tried to shield his children away from the reality. He couldn't even remember when Eijiro had come home. There had just been a lot of yelling, and..flames. The red head had grabbed onto his collar and tried to take a few swings at Dabi, with threats and harsh names, but the raven haired alpha had been quick to make an escape, abandoning his jacket in the process.
Eijiro had ran after him, but after three hours of searching in the neighborhood and surrounding areas, there was nothing. It was like he had never been there in the first place. Eijiro came home looking dejected, but agitated beyond belief. And Katsuki was almost scared to see that wild look in his eyes.
But the person he was more concerned about was Kazue. He had started crying at some point, mumbling to himself that he wasn't true. But there was so much shock in his eyes, that Katsuki knew that he had believed what Dabi had told him. Even if he was only 4-years-old. He knew deep down that those words had been true.
All Katsuki could do was hold his son close to his chest, and mumble that everything was going to be okay. He wanted to believe it. He wanted to believe that this would be the end of everything.
And for a time, it was.
