Beta's by SweetAlphaChild.


"Madara," Pain greets him. "You're here."

Obito doesn't turn around to face him. He stands at the edge of the tower, looking down at the streets of Amegakure.

"Is something the problem, Madara?" Konan asks.

Obito shakes his head. He can sense Konan and Pain look at each other before Pain takes a step forward. "Did something happen?"

"Perhaps you can tell me," Obito says.

Konan puts a hand on Pain's shoulder and the two of them nod.

"Deidara is an omega," Konan says.

"Yes," Obito replies. He turns around to face the two of them.

"Did something happen during his heat?" Pain asks.

"No," Obito says quickly.

Konan watches him with narrowed eyes.

"Regardless of what did or did not happen," says Obito, clearing his throat, "we need to solve this problem before it turns into something else."

"I agree," Pain replies.

"There are pills that can suppress an omega's traits," Konan says.

"None of that," Obito says, waving his hand. "We can't avoid the problem. We need to deal with it."

"What are you suggesting, Madara?" Konan asks.

"Do you want us to find a person to bond with Deidara? That's too risky," says Pain.

Konan nods. "And it won't solve the problem. Deidara will still have heats and he'll also have to deal with his mate's ruts. I still say we get him those pills."

Obito clicks his tongue. Pain and Konan fall silent.

"We can keep him unmated," Pain tries, "but if the rest of the Akatsuki find out, the situation would get out of hand."

"The only way to prevent that and keep Deidara from being absent every month is the pills," adds Konan.

Obito exhales, waving his hand. "The pills don't work," he finally says.

Pain turns to Konan. Konan makes a sound of understanding.

"What do you mean?" Pain asks but he snaps his jaws shut when Konan slaps him on the bicep.

"What would you have us do? We can't give Deidara away to an alpha, he's too valuable to the organization," Konan says.

"I'm not suggesting that," Obito says.

"Then what are you saying?" Pain asks.

Konan scoffs. "Are you saying he's disposable?"

"No," Obito snaps.

"Then what do you want us to do, Madara?" Pain asks.

"We're not giving him away to some unnamed alpha that you picked up off the street."

"Then who are we giving him to, huh? You?" retorts Konan.

When Obito doesn't answer, Konan laughs once, dry. "You want us to give him to you," she says.

"He's not yours to give away," Obito barks.

"He's not yours to claim either!"

Pain takes a step back.

"You don't even know what he wants, Madara. You can't just take what you like."

"Don't bring other issues into this, Konan," Obito says. "Deidara wants this too. I would never force him to do something he doesn't want."

"And how do you know he wants this? You're probably the one who triggered his heat in the first place."

"You know what? Yes, it was me who triggered his heat but only because he asked me to stay with him during a lapse in his medication!"

Pain waves his hand. "Lapse in medication? What? Was he on the pills before?"

Obito sighs. He turns around to look at the cityscape below, rain beginning to pour. "He knows he is an omega," he says, "and I think he's been hiding it since he came of age."

"And you took advantage of that," Konan snarls.

Obito turns back toward them and Konan takes a step forward. Pain puts a hand on her arm.

"It wasn't my intention to trigger his heat, alright?" Obito says. "These things happen sometimes, and we can't stop it. I just wanted to help him."

Konan rolls her eyes and walks away.

Pain glances at her. "Don't worry about it, Madara," he says when she's gone. "I'll organize some spare time for you both when his next heat comes and then you can, uh, do whatever you need to do."

"I'm not asking you for permission."

"No, of course not," Pain says. His face twists and he adds, "You're just informing us."

"That is correct."

"We don't know much about the relationship between alphas and omegas," Pain says. "Though I hope it's true that you can sense what the other feels."

"It's not completely false," says Obito, "but I've asked Deidara verbally and he doesn't seem to object."

"Alright," says Pain. "I'll talk to Konan."

Obito scoffs. "Whatever," he says. Pain bows and Obito nods before he teleports away.


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