Mikey was tapping his foot impatiently, wondering what was taking Ken-chin so long. He thought the other had mentioned going to the festival, but one of the lower division members had approached Mikey frantically bearing a message that Draken needed to speak to him urgently here.
He'd been waiting alone for almost thirty minutes, it was starting to rain, and Mikey was beginning to get antsy being without any of his pack. Thinking about it, he realized the only time he was ever not with any of his pack members was when he was at home. But obviously there he had Emma and his grandfather, who were pack in their own way. It was weird to be away from any of his closest bonds like this, and he didn't like it.
Looking around and straining his ears to hear something, anything, Mikey started to get suspicious just as his phone pinged. He pulled it out immediately and the error-ridden message from Emma immediately froze his blood. He resists the urge to fling his phone away in anger as he jumps back onto his bike and immediately screeches off.
The anger inside him boils hotter and hotter as he rides like a wild man to the location Emma had shared. His thoughts begin to draw up images of losing Ken-chin just like Pah; or worse, and he finally skids into the parking lot like the devil is on his heels.
"The reason I got called somewhere else was so you could attack Ken-chin," he stated emotionlessly. His icy gaze freezes Peh and chills the Moebius members who were already hesitant the moment he had appeared. "Who tricked you into doing this?"
"Oh-ho… so the rumours are true…" a lazy drawl sounded behind Mikey who turned to see some lanky high schooler he didn't recognize. "How interesting," said the other, casually drawing his gaze up and down Mikey's form.
Mikey's eyes narrowed at that calculating look, and he cut off the other with a swift kick, but was momentarily shocked when it connected with a firm block from the newly dubbed Hanma Shuji. The shock registered on Mikey's expression but for a split second before he immediately retracted his leg and fell back into a defensive stance that was mirrored by Hanma.
This man clearly knew how to fight, not just by the fact that he had casually blocked one of his kicks that were often more than enough to take out less experienced fighters, but the stance he held now demonstrated he definitely had some sort of professional martial arts experience at least.
"Don't be in such a hurry, Mikey. There's plenty of time for us to get to know each other," Hanma casually shook off the stinging in his hand, smiling with a crazed look in his eye. "This way I get to take down the Invincible Omega with my own two hands!"
Narrowing his eyes and staring down the crowd of Moebius members coldly, Mikey didn't deign the lunatic with a response. As Hanma delivered a stern warning to the Moebius lackeys, Mikey blinked as the calvary arrived in full force. He glanced behind him to see Baji, Muto, Chifuyu, Nahoya and all the rest proudly leading each of their divisions.
"Tokyo Manji Gang's all here, you jackasses!" Baji announced boldly. Mikey smiled softly, warming at the sight of another one of his pack member's appearance.
Once Draken too stood up and joined him by his side, huffing good-naturedly in amusement, "really gets the blood pumping, ain't it?" Mikey's smile grew in ferocity as he commanded: "Let's do this!"
"Peh!" he shouted clearly over the din of the fight. The boy in question turned to him and the expression on his face soured and warped in anger.
"It's their Commander," said one Moebius member in surprise.
"Let's get him!" shouted another nearby, rushing towards Mikey.
"'Invincible Mikey' my ass! He's just an Omega!"
Mikey swatted each of them away as if they were simply flies, and made a steady advance towards Peh who continued shouting expletives and expressing his anger towards Mikey. Finally when they were within arm's reach, Peh punched him hard, and Mikey's face snapped to the side as his cheek blossomed with pain.
"Come on, Mikey! Why won't you fight back?!" Peh shouted desperately. "You could end me with one blow!" Peh's eyes widened and he flinched automatically when Mikey's hand reaches out towards him, but instead of a blow, it wraps around the back of his neck and pulls him down, touching foreheads with Mikey.
Even before he is silenced by the look in Mikey's eyes, Peh is hit with the overwhelmingly acrid scent of a distressed Omega. It fills and invades his nostrils; a deep sadness, grief and even despair. Peh is shocked silent, and sees all those emotions reflected in the dark depths of Mikey's eyes, where he felt like he could fall endlessly and never reach the end.
"Look at me," Mikey says softly, and Peh can't bear to tear his eyes away, even though he desperately wants to. He is drowning in the sheer depth of sorrow and anguish Mikey is exuding that Peh is starting to feel like he is choking on it. As a Beta, he's never been so affected by another's scent in his life and he almost wants to break away from Mikey's hold and run as far as possible to escape the overwhelming despair it is starting to affect in him.
"I don't want to fight my own pack," says Mikey dully. Peh is practically gasping for air as Mikey's voice continues to pull him further and further under. "Come back to us, Peh-yan."
Peh swallows drily, his throat closed up, as he begins crying and reaching urgently for Mikey. He buries his face deeply into Mikey's neck and shoulder, furiously rubbing and scenting him as his body shakes, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, Mikey," he repeats continuously without realizing. He is frantic, trying to erase that deep sadness permeating Mikey's normally calm scent.
His instincts scream at him to do something, that this Omega needs him, and he only pulls Mikey in tighter. His mind brings forth memories of Pah boasting proudly about their undefeatable Omega Commander, and the trembling in his body increases as Peh mentally chastises himself for intentionally trying to harm Pah-chin's precious treasure. His shaking abruptly stills when he feels a gentle hand on his head, slowly stroking him in comfort.
In the midst of an all-out carpark brawl, Peh can only bawl and cry out as Mikey comforts him.
You know who the Mikey in my head reminds me of? Mafuyu from Given. Like, experiences really deep emotions but doesn't convey it easily, you know? At least that's kind of my interpretation of Mikey, and the main depth of his emotion we see in the show is in his eyes, but for this fic I'm giving a more 'easier' way of telling via his scent but he's usually got it reeled in pretty well unless you're real close like this. I feel like other people would crumble under the weight of his emotions, and maybe that's why Mikey can so easily tip from one extreme to another (eg future Mikey).