Midoriya's P.O.V.

"Everything okay? You've been really quiet today…" I had sex with Kacchan. Again.

"Everything is fine Todoroki."

"Your heat must have taken a lot out of you." You have no idea. "I'm sorry I missed most of it."

"No worries." I don't know what I would have done if I saw you during it any way. I would have either mauled you or confessed everything. Or worse confessing everything while mauling you. And crying…

"But are you okay? Maybe tonight I can make up for it?"

"There's nothing to make up for. Really." I said wrapping my arm around his waist as we walked to the path to school. He put his arm around my shoulder and kissed my forehead. As we walked, Kirishima and Kacchan caught up to and passed us. Kacchan gave Todoroki a wicked glare, one that nearly made me quake in my boots. Kirishima gave me a worried look. He knows, I know Kacchan told him. Neither one said anything to us.

"That was… odd. Eijiro is usually very friendly towards the two of us." Maybe it's cause I slept with his alpha. Twice.

"Yeah…"

"And what was with that glare from Bakugo?"

"I'm not sure."

"It… felt like an alpha flex." An alpha flex? That's a definite signal an alpha wants to fight, is marking his territory, basically baring his fangs, threatening him.

"You didn't even flinch." I said in awe.

"My father is a very strong alpha, he would flex on me nearly every chance he got. Long before I matured. I guess you could say I'm immune to it." But Kacchan was flexing on you Todoroki, he's absolutely pissed. "Bakugo isn't a concern to me." Maybe he should be. Your omega can't seem to stop having sex with him. But that's on me, not you. You're the best boyfriend in the world. I'm just scumb that is unworthy of your love.

"Right."

"Midoriya, I can tell something's wrong. I might be inept at most social constructs, but I can tell when my boyfriend is hurting." I am hurting. I'm so angry at myself that I slept with Kacchan again. I'm angry that it happened, that I let him, that I enjoyed it so much. My heat wouldn't let me stop thinking about him just absolutely pounding into me. Once again, Todoroki was irrelevant. I love Todoroki so much, why do I keep doing this to him?

"I just feel so bad."

"Your heat really knocked you out this month." More than you know.

"I guess." He nodded, opening the door to the school for me and walking us inside. We have hero training with Mr. Snipe this morning. Maybe that will help taking my mind off things, not make me feel so bad. It didn't.

We changed into our hero costumes and were taken to a very tall circular tower.

"Today's lesson is in teamwork. A villain has a laser beam that is going to destroy the moon in five minutes at the top of this tower. He also has a quirk that makes you and your two teammates stuck together. Along the way you will have obstacles you will need to deal with. You will be graded on how well you handle those, your teamwork and above all, saving the day with minimal collateral damage. Good luck heroes."

We each were given wrists and ankle cuffs the second they clicked on, they were magnetized, basically throwing us into our two partners. Todoroki was standing nearby and was instantly snapped into my left side. What I wasn't prepared for was who got locked into my right side. Kacchan. He came flying over, yelling and snarling as he was locked into my right side by the wrist and ankle. There I was, right in between Kacchan and Todoroki. In between the two most important Alphas in my life, in between two men I can't seem to stop hurting, in between the two people that mean the most to me. Between love and lust. Now I have to work as a team with them. Did I mention neither one is particularly fond of the concept of teamwork? There were way too many ways this could end in disaster, literally thousands, and the ones I was thinking about didn't even begin to concern the fact that I had sex with Kacchan. Twice. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

"Quit your muttering nerd."

"Sorry Kacchan."

"We should come up with a plan." Todoroki interjected.

"The plan is get up there and win before time expires. That's the plan Half n' half."

"So crass. Do we stay in the outside of the tower, or try to go in? Our mobility is severely compromised, we should-"

"Oh just shut it Icy Hot!" I haven't said so much as a word to Kacchan since he… screwed me silly on the locker room bench. And of course, I haven't told my boyfriend about that. So standing cuffed to the two of them, I felt like I couldn't speak. Even less move or fight.

"Wow, you three got paired together? What are the chances?" Ashido laughed dragging Kirishima in the middle who also cuffed to Kaminari. Kacchan clicked his tongue, throwing them a glare.

"Obviously, they did it by ranking, you three dunces at the bottom." I looked over and Yaoyorozu, Iida, and Tsu were paired together. All alphas, all ranked very high academically, as well as heroically, although those rankings won't be official until after the sports festival this semester. If what Kacchan said was true, then… did that make me in the top three? Obviously Todoroki and Kacchan were the top two but me? No, no way. It's probably a coincidence. Or some highly planned way to force us to bond. Force us to bond, torture us all, yeah, something like that. Stop it Midoriya, right now you have to focus on figuring out a way to get us through this.

"Alright, everyone ready? I hope so. Three, two, one… Go!" Kacchan growled and blasted us towards the tower. The outside tower was made of solid steel, there was no footholds or handholds anywhere, but Kacchan didn't care. He blasted his own, nearly dragging the two of us up with him.

"Kacchan! Kacchan this isn't going to work. We need a strategy, you can't just pull us up the tower and expect us to pass!" I yelled at him. He clearly wasn't listening. I was about to channel One for All, drag him down so we could make a strategy, but then Todoroki made an ice grip under my left hand and foot. I looked over to him.

"It would be pointless to go against him and waste time. He's not fit for teamwork. May as well pretend to be a team and not get docked points." Todoroki said, making more hand and foot holds, melting the steel with his left hand, making grips with the ice for me with his right.

"Right." I said, trying my best to climb in tandem with him while not getting my arm yanked off by Kacchan. This is such a nightmare.

"It's clear you don't want anything to do with us Bakugo, but could you at least avoid making us climb in front of windows. It's really poor strategy." My boyfriend commented. He seemed, pretty annoyed with Kacchan at this point, and I wasn't doing much better. Shoto was right. This was really not a good strategy. Even more so when I was pulled in front of a window and I locked eyes with one of Mr. Snipes guns. Oh no.

"Guys. Gun." Was all I could think to say as I saw the barrel turn red with a shot being fired.

"Midoriya move!" I was pushed out of the way when Todoroki pushed himself in front of me, in front of the shot and blasted the window with his fire. It caused us all to lose our hold and fall a good ways to the ground. Kacchan landed on top of me, Shoto on top of him. Yeah, that didn't exactly feel good.

"Ugh are you kidding me?" Kacchan fumed, throwing us both off of him.

"I told you it was a bad idea, on top of a mindless, thoughtless plan."

"Like you could do better Icy Hot." Kacchan brushed himself off and moved to try again. I lost it, channeling One for All making him stop dead in his tracks and forcibly pulling him back to us. He tried not to let me see his shock, but I saw all of it. He was so mad, but so was I. There was so much at stake, so much going on. I know there were so many feelings flying but this was class, this was our future. Couldn't he see that? Couldn't I? I felt like I couldn't breathe, like I could barely see, my emotions just taking over.

"We need to do this Kacchan, if we don't come up with a plan, we're going to fail! We can't just push through it! Do whatever you want because you're you!" I screamed, suddenly feeling like I was losing breath. What's happening to me? Why am I falling apart? I felt like I was gonna pass out.

"What's wrong with you?" Kacchan yelled putting a hand to my face. I wasn't sure if it was because of concern or frustration.

"You! He's trying to do his best and you keep screwing it up!" Todoroki said, violently batting Kacchan's hand away and pushing him back. Now they were fighting with each other, it was even worse. My vision started to get very blurry, I felt like I was fading away.

"I'm not doing anything to him, you're the one dragging him down!"

"I just saved his life, a life you put in jeopardy!"

"Sixty seconds remain." Oh my god, oh my god!

"Midoriya, you have a plan, I know you do, what is it?" Shoto said, turning to me.

I swallowed, looking at him nervously, but calming myself. "The three of us have a lot of power, especially together. If we put our strength into one big burst, all at the same time, acting as one, we should be able to make it to the top. My job in the middle is to keep us on course, you two need to deflect those obstacles Mr. Snipe was talking about. We can do this." I said firmly, although I was feeling very, very ill.

Todoroki nodded, Kacchan blew out smoke. "Damn nerd."

"Let's do it. Now." Todoroki said stepping up to the tower, preparing himself.

"Whatever." Kacchan said following suit. Finally.

"On the count of three." I said, surging my power through my body. "One… two… three!" Kacchan unlocked his gauntlet, Todoroki used his fire. I jumped as hard as I could, we were, flying through the air, fast. Very fast. Bullets were flying at us, both from the inside of the tower and outside, but even they couldn't get off a shot before we were well past them. We reached the top of the tower in mere seconds. Looking down we made a massive crater. But we made it. That's what matters.

"You pass."

"Yes!" I exclaimed as the cuffs came off us. The second they did I put my hands to my knees, struggling to breathe, struggling to see. It was like the walls were closing in. I grabbed my chest. What is happening to me? I felt my knees hit the concrete roof.

"Midoriya!" Shoto put his hand in my back. Kacchan bent down in front of me, concern on his face too.

"What's wrong?"

Mr. Aizawa came to us, bending down in front of us, putting his hand to my forehead. "I've seen this before. He's having a drop. Usually it's when an omega experiences severe emotional distress by their mate, or at least an alpha they have an incredibly close bond to. It's a clear signal of distress."

"Izuku, breathe, breathe. What do we do? How do I fix this?" Todoroki pulled me head to his chest. I didn't hear the answer. I… dropped.

Todoroki's P.O.V.

"You two look comfortable." Uraraka said gleefully sitting down beside be on the couch.

"My leg's been asleep for the past hour."

"You're such a good alpha, it's so sweet that you would let yourself be uncomfortable for the sake of your omega's comfort." She admired.

"He's had a rough day." I said petting my snoozing omega's green curls.

"You care about him so much, it shows." She said nodding, getting herself comfortable. "I just thought you might have him hidden away, recovering with you privately, not here out in the open with everyone." Trust me, that was exactly what I had wanted to do. But I was advised against it, so here I am.

"Mr. Aizawa said it would be best of he recovers around friends that love him. I'm just trying to do what's best for him."

"You're so good to him." She said putting her hand on his thigh.

"I just wish I could figure out why he dropped."

She made a face, I couldn't read it, but it didn't seem particularly positive. "Izuku feels a lot of emotions, and he feels them quite strongly. I'm sort of surprised he hasn't dropped before this."

"Am I that bad of a boyfriend to him?"

"Oh no Shoto, that's not what I meant at all. I'm sure this barely has anything to do with you at all."

"But what does that mean? Omegas drop because of emotional distress with their alphas." I looked over to Bakugo. He's been sitting across the room from me since we sat down, just glaring at me, arms crossed. Midoriya shifted in his sleep, curling further into my embrace, burying his nose deeper in my scent gland. I watched Ochaco follow my gaze, she looked worried. "You think it's because of him."

She looked down. "They've known each other all their life. There are… very complex feelings between them."

"I worry… I fear Izuku's feelings for him are stronger than the one he holds for me." I confessed.

"Midoriya loves you Todoroki. His feelings for Bakugo are so different than the ones he has for you. He knows where he belongs."

"I hope you're right Uraraka." I looked back at Bakugo.

"He can't be here because he's worried about Midoriya can he be?"

"He's been here all afternoon. Everyone else has come and gone, he hasn't moved from that chair."

"That's not like him."

"No. It's not." Not like him at all. It made me very uneasy, but I did my best not to let it show. Why is he here?

"What was he like before all this happened?"

"Angry… Explosive." Possessive…

"And Izuku?"

"He was… quiet. He wasn't feeling very good this morning, I thought he was just… recovering from his heat or something. But he was acting strange. Maybe I should have known a drop was coming." He's been wanting to have sex during his heat. I haven't been able to control myself enough to try. I got his hopes up, but in the end wasn't even around to sooth him. Was that enough to cause a drop?

"What happened this weekend?"

"Hardly saw him." I crawled into his bed late Saturday night, we slept most of the next day and studied, then I held him till he fell asleep after dinner. Nothing particularly exciting or strange. Other than the fact we didn't talk much at all. Maybe he was more upset with me than I had originally thought… maybe I should have stayed with him, helped him through his heat, knotted him… but when we're hero's… I won't be able to do that. Would he expect it? It's not as though he begged me to stay and I refused him, he encouraged me to leave. But maybe I shouldn't have… maybe he needed me… my stomach turned with the continued uncertainty in my mind.

"I wish I could be more helpful. I really don't know Todoroki."

"He still feeling crummy?" Tsuyu came over, bringing her girlfriend a bag of gummy worms and cuddling her.

"I can't seem to pull him out of it. His temperature has stopped dropping, but I'm still worried."

"And he won't wake up?"

"He's been in and out, mumbling a lot. When Iida came by earlier he was talking, but I'm not sure he knew what he was saying. Mostly just mutterings of Alpha and the fact that he was cold." At least he's mostly clinging to my left side for warmth. I've heated my skin has much as I possible without burning him. I feel like I'm doing everything that I can and he's getting no better. What a horrible alpha I am if I can't even pull him out of this.

"Poor guy." Tsu seems to be the perfect alpha to Ochaco. She always looks at her with adoration, shows caring and compassion. Tsuyu has never put Ochaco into omega drop… I closed my eyes.

"Tsu… How can I… be a better alpha for Midoriya?"

She licked her lips, running her hand over Uraraka's thigh as she thought. "I never thought you were a bad alpha to him at all. He seems… so happy with you. You always take care of him…" He dropped for a reason, I had to have done something. I won't let myself believe it was all because of explosion boy. I'm his alpha, not Bakugo. Ochaco put her hands over Tsu's and looked into her eyes as if to communicate something. Like she knew something I wasn't supposed to know. Could that be the truth?

"It was probably just a fluke Todoroki. Because of the stress of our second year at UA. You know how much he wants this; how much he wants to be a hero. And then maybe… spending a heat without you… it was too much." Yes… maybe it was too much. But part of me knew better. I had left him plenty of garments with my scent to comfort him, made sure he had his tea, ice, and suppressants before I left. We knew if we chose the life of a hero we'd be called away at any time. He and I accepted that. Maybe even he more than I but…in the part of my heart that wanted to blame myself for this… Maybe spending his heat apart from him was too much. We've already had sex. Incredible, earth shattering, wonderous sex. But since we took our relationship to the next level outside of his heat, maybe what's missing is going to the next level inside of it. This may be a result of us increasing our bond. He needs more intimacy from me. I felt myself squeeze the grip I had on Izuku tightly. I don't know if I'm in enough control to be able to do that. But that's what he's been wanting, begging me for. And I've been denying him. For three heats I've been denying him. And now he's dropped. Bakugo's not the reason. I am.

"Mmmm Alpha." Izuku purred into my neck, wiggling around a bit.

"I'm here Midoriya. I'm right here." I soothed, releasing a calming scent.

"You smell so good. So warm." I felt his smile, although I couldn't see it.

"Are you waking up? How are you feeling?"

"Better… really good." He bit my neck, hard. I felt electricity shoot down my spine, had Midoriya not been straddling me, the whole room would have seen my excitement.

"Midoriya."

"Want you." He muttered, continuing his bite. It… made me feel… primal. I needed to relax. Desperately.

"Well you seem to be doing better Midoriya." Tsu said warmly.

"Much." He said, pulling away from me for just a second to acknowledge her before going right back to my neck.

"So sweet." Ochaco giggled, snuggling further into her own alpha.

"I love you." He whispered, biting me again.

"I love you too." I whispered, feeling his body temperature finally raise in him. Thank goodness.

"Nice to see you're not dead." Bakugo called as he stood. My relief was quickly dashed as I held back a snarl.

"What's he doing here?" Izuku asked, his warmth suddenly fading.

"Been here all day." I tried not to sneer but glared at him. Watching him as he moved forward. Back off!

"Why?" I shrugged, preparing myself to throw hands with him if he took another step forward. I let out a protective alpha scent. He paused his stride, for just a second, glaring at me before continuing. His eyes didn't once leave contact with my own. I released another scent barrier, one that even made Tsu move away from me. He stopped, looking down and smirking.

"I just wanted to… tell Deku that… his stupid plan was pretty good. He's… always been good at that sort of thing." That's what you wanted to say? You've been waiting here, stalking around, all day, to say that. Izuku looked up at him.

"Thanks, Kacchan." He said with a bright smile. An even brighter one than I've ever seen him give me. And Bakugo smiled back, ruffling his hand through Izuku's hair. I wanted to bat it away, growl and take Izuku as far from here as humanly possible, hide him away. Never to be found again. Never to be found by Bakugo. Before I could even flinch, he was gone. Leaving, walking down the hallway to the dorms. I don't know what that was… but I didn't like it. Not one bit. I don't care what happens; what kind of alpha I have to be. I vow, I'm not going to let Bakugo best me. Whatever game he's playing.

Bakugo's P.O.V.

"What's wrong?"

"I've seen this before. He's having a drop. Usually it's when an omega experiences severe emotional distress by their mate, or at least an alpha they have an incredibly close bond to. It's a clear signal of distress."

"Izuku, breathe, breathe. What do we do? How do I fix this?" Icy Hot was completely distraught. I watched as Deku panted harder, losing his balance before finally face planting it on the ground. Half n half gasped, gripping him tightly, near tears. Wow, can't say I've ever seen that kind of emotion from him. Didn't even really know the damn robot had much emotion to begin with.

"Get him to Recovery Girl, see if there's anything she can do for him. But he's going to need you Shoto, give him your scent and your warmth, but don't isolate him, keep him around friends. Let him feel he's safe."

"Right." Icy Hot said firmly, scooping him up in his arms and running down the tower with him. I crossed my arms, biting my lip as the rest of class watched out play back reels, learning what we could have done better and all that crap. Yeah, I got dinged for being aggressive or whatever, I'm not exactly a team player. We all know this. And being grouped up with the lovebirds… especially since he still won't leave him. Yeah, I was not about that. I didn't give a shit if we failed, I needed to get the hell away from them.

I fucked the shit out of Izuku. In heat. Or at least very damn well close. Then nothing. Radio silence. The ball was in his court and he just let it go. It really pissed me off. I feel like a yoyo, or a fuckin sex toy. He'll sleep with me, fuckin cheat on his boyfriend, but be with me? No, that's too fuckin far. Ugh. I wanna kill him. Strangle him then fuckin kiss him. Ugh just dump the bastard already! What's he so fucking scared of?

"Katsuki." I looked up at Aizawa as I left the locker room after class was dismissed, he was glaring at me.

"What?"

"We need to have a talk." No we fuckin don't. But his tone was serious. Even the bags under sleepy head's eyes had glares.

"Alright." He took me outside on a walking path. I was in no mood to have another come to Jesus moment. Everyone wants to knock some sense into Katsuki Bakugo. Cause I'm such a fuckin disaster. Whatever. I'll kill them all.

"I'm not gonna beat around the bush, and I'm well aware you're not a fan of it anyway. Midoriya dropped because of you."

"No, he fuckin didn't." Scarves looked down, clearly frustrated, putting his hand to rub his eyes.

"If you don't make things right with him. His body will shut down and die."

"I didn't do anything to that nerd, he's candy cane's problem not mine."

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that bullshit. But if Midoriya dies, I'm charging you with murder." I bit my lip, straightening up.

"If I… theoretically had something to do with it… how would I… you know… fix it?" I muttered, not wanting him to know he had my attention.

"Remain near. Help him feel protected. And let him know that things are okay between the two of you two. Whatever you did."

"I didn't do anything."

"Katsuki." I looked away. "Do you need to talk about something? We're both alphas, I know how it is. Present Mic wasn't always mine you know, I had to learn a little about courting too." I didn't even want to think about him and loudmouth… courting. What an antiquated word. I just want… Deku. I want to have sex with him. Possession of him. Make him mine. I don't know. There's just this need for him I can't explain. But it's not like I'm… courting him.

"I'm fine."

"I'm sure you think so, but I know that you're not. Omega's stir up emotion deep within us. Emotion we didn't know we had. You're right to feel what you feel, even clash with other alphas. But not at the expense of an omega. Am I understood?"

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, sure."

"Make it right Bakugo."

"Are we done here?"

"Yeah… I've said what I've needed to say."

"Great." I took off towards the dorms. Usually I work out after class with Kiri but… Yeah alright, Scarves got me thinking. I should just… check on him. There's nothing wrong with that. Just seeing if he's okay. He's probably talking his head off with his friends and two tone, giggling and laughing. He's probably fine. I walked inside and… he was anything but fine.

He was unconscious, clinging to Icy Hot like he was clinging to life. His teeth were chattering, he was obviously cold, and he was groaning in pain. Oh man. It made me feel so bad. He looked like hell. And I did that? How did I… I mean, what did I do? I had sex with him. That's it. Sex with him right before he's heat started, forcing him to cheat on his boyfriend (again), then spend his heat alone, and then the next time I see him I throw a bitch fit, almost causing us to fail, which would directly interfere with his biggest dream of all. Yeah, I'm starting to see how this is all my fault.

As I walked passed him, he let out a yowl. It painfully rung in my ears. So it is my fault. That was my frequency. Apparently after you've mated with an omega, they learn what makes you tick. Their voice can emit a frequency special to you. It makes you want to protect them, come to them, whatever. He just sent me a pretty serious distress call and he probably didn't even know it. I let out a sigh and sat in a chair across the room. Close enough that he could still feel my presence, far enough that Half n Half wouldn't rip my head off. I'm here Deku. I'm here.

I sat there all damn day. He kept calling out for me, then curling deeper into Icy Hot. Maybe he really is confused. Maybe he really doesn't know who he wants. His body sure doesn't. Just pick me Deku, it's not that hard. I'm here aren't I? Shouldn't that show you I care just as much as he does? I mean I'm literally sitting here, in what is clearly Icy Hot's territory, willing to forgo almost certain alpha death for him, what more does he want from me? I watched him for hours, just watching him breathing. After like hour four it seemed like his pain went away. He looked a little more comfortable. By hours six he looked to just be sleeping. His friends came and went. Everyone giving him their warm wishes. Even Kiri. He didn't bother to ask me what I was doing or to move away. He knew I had to be here. He sat with me for a bit, said nothing. But after a while he left too. Finally, finally Deku woke up.

He was super groggy. The poor loser had no idea where he was. But then he bit into Icy Hot's neck. Pretty damn hard at that. I got hit with a wave of ferocious jealously. It's my neck he should be biting. I had to shake it off, let him know he and I were okay. How do I do that with his boyfriend glaring daggers at me? I stood up.

"Nice to see you're not dead." I said, watching him shrink into the alpha. I moved to take a step forward, but two tone stopped me cold. Yeah, his alpha flex is pretty powerful. It freakin pissed me off and made me want to puke and piss myself all at the same time. Damn it. But I needed to keep going, tell Deku what he needed to hear. I pressed on. And dumb ass just let out wave after wave of protective flexes. Telling me not to come near. It felt like being stabbed in the side. Deku didn't even know what was going on between the two of us. How could he? Focus, come on. I came as close as I could get, halfie nearly barred his teeth at me as Deku looked up.

Say something! Make it right! "I just wanted to… tell Deku that… his stupid plan was pretty good. He's… always been good at that sort of thing." Yeah… that'll do it. Complementing him, I never do that. The look in his eyes showed me he understood what I meant.

"Thanks, Kacchan." There's that smile that makes me want to melt. I couldn't help but smile back, reach out and run my hand through his soft gorgeous green curls. I wanted to do so much more but his alpha nearly ripped my hand off as it was. I shoved my hand back in my pocket and left. For the moment I had made it right. I did what I could do. As much as it pissed me off to do it. I went back to my dorm and as soon as I opened it, E came out of his. Like he was waiting for me.

"I guess he's awake. Did he seem okay?"

"Icy Hot has it under control."

"Right…" He looked down, like he was pitying me or something. "Do you want a blow job or something? It'll make you feel better." No… it won't.

"I just want to be alone." I closed the door, leaving me all alone with my thoughts.