Midoriya's P.O.V.
"So…Izuku. Can I ask you something…"
"Oh yeah Toru? What's up?" I asked noticing she had Koda, Ojiro, and Mintea behind her with anxious smiles.
"Are you and Todoroki like… dating?"
"Boyfriend and boyfriend? Doing the nasty?" Mineta added his eyes widening as he came into my personal bubble. I felt my face get bright red. Umm… I really wasn't sure if I could totally answer that question. We went to dinner, he had cold soba, which apparently is his favorite food, it made him so happy in this just… beautiful light. We talked for hours, closed the restaurant down! The next day he took me to breakfast, which turned into a study date, full of laughter and well, fun! Since then, we've gone to the movies, went to get ice cream, a museum… not to mention we've been studying together pretty much every chance we get. But is he my boyfriend? I don't know. Maybe. There are definitely flirtatious kisses quite often. I love it when he hugs me. And we've been spending a lot of time with each other lately. But… I don't know. He hasn't exactly officially asked me to be his boyfriend. And sometimes… I feel like he's holding back. He'll kiss me, but it's like he's afraid to take it any further. Like he's scared to touch me. Is it me? I mean yeah, we're going slow and it has been so nice these past few weeks. But I'm worried he doesn't want to be my boyfriend, like there's something stopping him from asking me. Maybe we're just friends who kiss each other every now and then… nothing more.
"Umm… I think you'll have to ask him that." I muttered, looking down at my shoes.
"What Icy Hot's too much of a pussy to ask you out? Lame. Guess he's not much of an alpha." Kacchan snarled, going to his locker right next to mine, making the group I was talking to move aside a bit.
"He's a total alpha! Hot and cool, not to mention incredibly good looking. Maybe he just needs some time!" Toru exclaimed.
"Maybe he just wants to play the field a little bit longer." Mineta whispered to me. That thought didn't sit very well with me. But then again… maybe he does. I mean what alpha wants to get in a relationship right after they mature? Especially with someone as plain as me…
"Whatever, a real alpha would take charge and rut whoever they damn well pleased." Kacchan growled. I felt my hand go to the back of my neck and rub it. It was hot. I've been counting the days. My next heat should start very soon. I should probably head back to the dorms and take a dose of my suppressants soon so I can concentrate in class tomorrow.
"I should get going." I said, closing my locker.
"Whatever Deku." Kacchan said not looking at me, getting things from his locker. I bowed to my other classmates and started walking home to the dorms. I caught a whiff of almost burning cinnamon as I walked down the path. Kacchan? I stopped and turned around, waiting for him to catch up to me.
"You're gonna start your heat soon nerd, better get on your suppressants." He growled, stomping past me with a scowl on his face.
"What? Why? I mean… how do you know that?" I asked, catching back up and trying to maintain my pace with him. He hasn't really talked to me much at all lately, not since our fight before this semester started. Now he's telling me about my heat? How does he even know?
"You sit behind me in class, stink up the whole damn room when you're about to start it. It's annoying." He growled, not looking at me.
"I do not!" I objected.
"You can't smell it, it makes me want to just-" He stopped himself, clenching his fists and his teeth, continuing to walk at an even faster pace now.
"It makes you want to what Kacchan?" I asked, running in front of him, forcing him to stop.
"Leave it alone nerd." He said pushing past me. I got so mad… I channeled One For All through my body and felt myself push him to the ground. "The hell Deku!" He said, standing up in anger.
"Ever since we fought things have been weird between us! Then I mature, it's like you can barely stand being around me! What gives!" I said holding in my anger as best I could, but I felt my quirk pulsing through me, threatening to break loose. His glare bore into me, I thought for a moment he was about to hit me… or something else. I wasn't sure. "Say something!" I yelled. He was about to when… "Katsuki." Kirishima came out of the dorms and took a few steps outside towards us.
"Go away shitty hair." He yelled, making a small explosion in his hands, and sizing me up, his lips dangerously close to mine.
"If you two fight again, you'll be expelled. I'm just trying to look out for you Bakugo!" He said coming forward.
"Well no one asked you to!" He yelled as Kirishima quirked up, pulling Kacchan away from me.
"What did I tell you, take it out on me!" He whispered harshly into Kacchan's ear, just loud enough for me to hear. Take what out on him? What's going on?
"Kacchan."
"He's good, we're good here, see you around Izuku." Kirishima said, pulling Kacchan as far away from me as he could get, small explosions emitting from Kacchan the whole time. It was so weird, what just happened? Why did Kacchan just blow up like that? Why did I? I mean I was pushing him to the ground before I even knew what happened. Like something overpowered me. It was… just crazy for me. How quickly I lost control. Maybe I just… need a cold shower. Something to reset whatever was going on with me. Maybe it's just my heat approaching, making me all fast and loose with my emotions. That has to be it. I wasn't seriously about to fight Kacchan again. But if I wasn't going to fight him, what exactly was I about to do?
I decided it was best to go take that shower. Get clean and get my apparently overwhelming scent off of me. I was going into heat. The fact that the ice-cold shower actually felt good told me that much. Kacchan is right, I should take a suppressant. So, I went to my room and got out my kit. I got the syringe and drew up the medication. I was about to give myself the shot when there was a knock on my door. It was Todoroki. I instantly broke into a sweat and felt the blood rush… well… to the lower part of my body.
"Hey Todoroki."
"Hey Midoriya." He said with a warm smile before kissing me on the forehead softly. "I just wanted to bring you some things. I umm… I could tell it was that time… for you." He said, not making eye contact with me, but showing me a big brown paper bag full of things.
"Oh… really?" I said nervously, pulling the door back so that he could come inside. He nodded, slowly entering, paper bag in hand, and sat in my computer chair. I sat on the edge on my bed, trying to conceal my arousal as I tried not to let his scent do terrible things to my mind. It didn't help that my slick was already threatening to leak all over the place.
"I brought you some special tea. It's supposed to be comforting… and a wrap for my ice so that it will last longer and not be so cold to your skin. I also brought you a heating pad…" He said pulling out some things from the bag. I felt tears come to my eyes, he… he really does care about me. "Midoriya?" He looked at me, very concerned.
"This is so nice." I said wiping away tears.
"I… I just wanted to make sure you were taken care of. Your last heat being so rough and all."
"Thank you!" I said, wrapping my arms around him. He tensed up a bit but accepted the hug, then after a few moments pulled away, although keeping a hand to my side, softly, gently.
"Did I interrupt something?" He asked, looking at the syringe on the desk.
"Oh that…" My face got hot all over again in embarrassment. "I was just about to take my suppressant, that's all."
"Do you need help?"
"Umm… sort of… it's a little difficult to hold and inject at the same time…" I said getting the needle.
"Just tell me what to do."
"Uh… I just have to lift up my shirt, grab a little bit of muscle, then could you… just slowly inject me." I asked, carefully handing him the syringe.
"I helped my mother a few times, I can try." He said, taking it from me and focusing. I pulled my shirt up a bit, I guess showing him my six pack a little as I tried to gather enough skin. I felt my scent gland flare accidentally. Oh no. He certainly smelled it, his eyes widening.
"I am so sorry!" I didn't mean to! His scent was just so nice, flaring my scent gland was like a reflex!
"No, no, you're fine, that's why you need the injection right? Hold still. It will be over soon." He reassured, remaining focused on the task. I did and he guided the needle into my side, feeling whole-heartedly embarrassed. He injected it slowly and patiently, so much better than I could have done on my own.
"Thank you."
"I don't mind at all. Really."
I blushed. "What else is in there?" I asked with a chuckle, looking down at the bag and pulling down my shirt. Just act normal Midoriya. Come on, stop being all weird.
"Oh… just this." He said shyly, pulling out his gym shirt. I gave him a questioning look. "Well I read that an alpha's scent is the best thing to sooth an omega's heat." Uh… yeah it is but… that means I'll be thinking about him all heat long. I mean not that I wasn't before, but… now he'd know about it! "I hope it's not too forward."
"No! Not at all!" I squeaked. He smiled, that small and beautiful Todoroki smile.
"Well I'm glad." I took the shirt gratefully with a smile. "I guess I should head out then, let the medication work." He said making some ice and wrapping it up in the cover.
"No! I mean… please stay." Hold me.
"You want me to stay?" I nodded blushing uncontrollably now.
"Please?"
"Umm… only for a little while."
I nodded, getting into my bed and turning my tv on. He sat next to me, looking a little uncomfortable. I couldn't stop myself, I wanted him. I pushed him back on the bed, urging him to get comfortable, wrapping his cool right side around me. He was tense for a few minutes then embraced the cuddle, bringing his lips to my forehead and keeping them there. Finally… finally I felt some relief as my heat started. We just laid there, him holding me, keeping me cool, cuddling. It was… so nice. Exactly what I wanted. He held me all night long, just cuddling as we fell asleep.
Todoroki's P.O.V.
"Shoto Todoroki here to see Rei Todoroki."
"Rei was just telling me how she hoped she would see you today, go on back hun, she's ready for you."
"Thank you." I bowed gratefully to the nurse before walking to my mother's room. I got there and knocked on the door softly.
"Shoto."
"Mom." I said as she hugged me tightly.
"I'm so glad you came." She said covering me with kisses all over my face.
"How are you mom?" I asked when she finally let go of me and we were able to sit down.
"I'm so much better now that you're here Shoto. I was really missing you." She said taking my hand with a smile.
"I miss you too mom."
"How's school going?"
"It's been hard, but I've been doing really well."
"That's my alpha."
"I can almost regulate temperatures, I'm so close."
"You'll get it, I know you will." I smiled. "Is there something on your mind Shoto?" I couldn't stop myself from telling her. There's only been one thing on my mind these past few weeks.
"Well mom… I… I met someone."
"You did? Oh baby!" She said hugging me tightly.
"His name is Izuku Midoriya."
"The one you fought in the sport's festival? Yes, I remember him. He's very cute." I felt myself blush. Yes, cute is a very appealing quality of his.
"He's an omega…" I said rather timidly.
"Oh Shoto. That's wonderful!" I looked down, playing with my fingers just a bit. "You really care for him, don't you?"
"I… think I might love him." I said, barely a whisper. The thought of love… scared me completely.
"Shoto." My mom hugged me tightly.
"I'm just… not sure I even know what love is…"
"Your father and I weren't the best example for you. We were never in love. But that doesn't mean that you can't be."
"I just… have no idea what I'm doing. And I know he can tell. He wants me to give him something… deeper." More kissing, more contact, make things official, for real. And I want that, I do. I want to be Izuku's boyfriend. I want to do everything with him, be with him, both sexually and beyond. But… I'm just so scared that I'll hurt him. I saw my father hurt my mother so many times. Too many times. That's not the type of alpha I want to be. But I am… so much like him. So much like him and I hate it! And the way Midoriya smells, the way he looks when he's in heat… "I'm scared I can't control myself around him."
My mother held me close once more. "You are not him. You are not like him. You have the power to not be like your father Shoto. I have faith in you… have a little faith in yourself." I nodded. Faith in myself. Ever since the sports festival, since Midoriya… I've been… wavering. I thought if I outright rejected my father, refusing to use his quirk, I would find the way. Inasa at the provisional licensing exams proved that sort of thinking only brought me closer to being him. I want to be a better alpha, a better alpha for my mother, for Izuku. I'm just scared. Scared to let Izuku in, scared to lose control around him. I'm holding back because… What if I lose it and become like my father? Anytime Izuku's near my head goes straight to the gutter. I want to do terrible things to him. Rut him, mark his entire body with claims. Just thinking about the way he smells sends me into a tizzy. It takes all my restraint just to maintain composure.
Two days ago he asked me to share his heat with him. He pushed me onto the bed and wrapped his tiny muscular body in my arms. I wanted nothing more to tear his clothes off and make sweet love to him all night long. But we weren't ready for that. It would be entirely too soon. So soon and I would have lost control. I can't hurt Midoriya like that. I won't. So I come off as cold, uninterested… I'm not that great with human interactions to begin with. I just wish I could show him how much I cared about him. Find my own way, without my alpha instincts getting in the way. Without giving in and becoming him. My father. My mom has faith in me… I hope to not let her or Midoriya down.
My mother and I talked a bit more, just enjoying our visit with one another. When visiting hours were over, I said my goodbyes to her and took the train back to UA. It's always hard leaving my mother, she's the only source of comfort I really ever had in my life. Except now. Now I have Izuku. He is such a ray of sunshine. I can't help but be drawn to him. And he's so caring, so soft, yet so strong and talented. He tries so hard to reach his goals. I feel like he's changed my entire way of thinking. Before, all I could think of was to find a way to be the number one hero by rejecting my father and his quirk. Friends didn't matter, other people didn't matter, I just had to be better than my father ever could be and do it without his quirk. Izuku has shown me just how stupid and unfulfilling that kind of life is. He's also shown me how much better life is, a life with him in it. I don't ever want to lose him.
It was late when I got back to the UA dorms. I wanted to go straight to bed, get up early in the morning to train. But I had something to take care of first. I wanted to check on Midoriya. He's on the third day of his heat. This is his second heat ever and his first… took a lot out of him. His body just isn't used to it yet. Izuku is one of the toughest people I've ever met, but the pain of heat knocks even him down. I hope my scent was able to sooth him while I visited my mother today. I know it was a little forward, we aren't exactly official, I'm not his alpha, but I want to be. I really do want to be. If he'll have me. So I walked to his dorm room and knocked on the door. I could smell he was in full-fledged heat now, although it was drastically dulled by his suppressants. Good, he's taking care of himself, staying on suppressants. It kept my urges at bay and any other alphas from prowling around too. That gave me peace of mind, so I created a wreath of ice and left it at his door, heading back to my room so as not to disturb him. As I walked down the hall, I heard his door open.
"Todoroki?" I turned to see Midoriya's heat flushed face poking out from his door. His scent hit me pretty hard even from down the hall. He had just… taken care of himself.
"Sorry I stopped by so late, I just wanted to make sure you had some ice to get you through the night."
"Thank you, that's so nice of you."
"You're welcome. Have a goodnight Midoriya." I said bowing to him then moving to continue my way to my room.
"Wait! Umm…" I turned back to him.
"Did you need something else?"
"I just wanted to talk." His face looked so hopeful, so cute. I struggled to say no, and instead nodded and walked back to his doorway. He played with the hem of his shirt, well, actually my shirt, a blush on his face. I had no idea what to say so I remained quiet. "You visited your mom today?" He asked nervously.
"I did."
"Ummm… how'd it go?"
I confessed to her exactly how much I care for you. "It went well. We're doing much better."
"I'm sorry you don't get to see her much."
"Years past when I wasn't able to see her at all, now that you've given me the courage to visit, I cherish the time I do have with her."
He gave me such a beautiful smile. "I'm glad I could help." He bit his lip, fidgeting around a bit.
"You were extremely helpful in me repairing my relationship with my mother. Was my shirt helpful to you today?" As I asked my question, he turned bright red.
"Yeah, it uh, umm it was really helpful." He squeaked. He is so adorable. "Do you ummm… maybe want to… come in." I wanted to more than anything. But his heat is much stronger than it was yesterday. Even on his suppressants I'm scared I'll lose control. My mind… all I want to do is strip him of his clothes, kiss him deeply, and have my way with him. But Midoriya is special and he deserves to be treated that way. We're not even dating yet because I fear I'm incapable of the love he deserves. Me staying with him during his heat several nights in a row is just a little more than I think he and I are ready for right now. I want to be a better alpha for him.
"I'm not sure that's wise. But I'd like to study with you tomorrow."
His eyes saddened, "Yeah… sure." I took his hand and kissed it softly.
"Goodnight Midoriya."
"Goodnight Todoroki."