Ichigo had been adamant about courting him as they both talked about what was needed and what was wanted. For instance, while he had stressed that children were definitely a possibility in the future, he hoped that before things progressed to that- to get the government off of his back and to be allowed to go at his own pace. Which his new alpha seemed perfectly okay with.
As he pretty much jumped at the chance to be courted by his new alpha since he had always sort of liked the idea of being pursued. Instead of the purser. It was maybe one of the few things omega about him. And despite the fact that the very idea made him squirm a little bit with nervousness.
He also couldn't help but feel pleased that she thought him worthy of a courtship of any kind.
Many alpha's didn't even bother with courting anymore. Usually they just bit or bonded an omega and that was it.
It was beyond rare for an omega to have much say in who they spent the rest of their lives with unless they took the initiative. Or lived overseas in the U.S. since omega rights there were more...liberal.
They talked about other things too, of course.
Getting the government off of his back was the number one issue. Which Toshinori appreciated greatly since she had apparently been thinking of multiple ways to get them to leave him alone before he even asked her to be his alpha. She had some really creative ideas too.
Some of them were very much like a great big middle finger to the judges and politicians that had put him on trial in the first place. But since he wanted to do things the legal way.
She grumbled sullenly about making her nice ideas a very far off plan B.
Just so he'd be happy.
They also talked about whether or not he wanted to move in with her immediately. He didn't because he felt just a tad bit overwhelmed by the idea. And since she probably knew that before the topic was even brought up, she already had an idea that would suit him.
She mentioned having some spare rooms upstairs. And if he wanted, she could fix up a room for him and he could come over whenever he wanted and stay with her in order to bond a bit more. She also mentioned that she had nesting supplies and suppressants if he needed any.
And the fact that she was on birth control for the moment. But didn't really elaborate on the reasons why. Which was fine with him since having an ankle biter this soon simply wasn't in the plan for either of them.
Fuck what the government wanted or expected.
They needed to know each other a bit better first.
He also told her about his injury and even let her see it as he explained how severe it was and what organ's he'd lost because of it. But he was hesitant to do so at first because he worried that it just might be the thing that made her reject him, and decide that he wasn't good omega material for her.
She put his fears to rest after she'd seen his, by showing her own scars. Which were...mindbogglingly extensive. Even more shockingly so than many of his own.
Her body was riddled with the damned things. Some of which were just as bad and horribly disfiguring as his own. After which she explained to him some of the things that she had lost because of them in an effort to put him more at ease about the injury.
Nerve damage, some muscle in her shoulder, a small part of a lung, her heart, part of her own stomach, several feet of intestines, her spleen, and a kidney. Apparently everything else had been surgically fixed so he wouldn't have to worry about her suffering any ill effects from those.
Which was a relief since there was no point in them both slowly wasting away. He also wasn't entirely sure how he'd handle knowing that she was suffering like he was.
But he would imagine that knowing that she was hurting would be unbearable for him. Still, he was grateful to her for trying to put him at ease about it. Especially since it affected his self esteem and confidence so much.
Soon enough, several hours had managed to pass without either of them really noticing. And His alpha finally couldn't keep her eyes open any longer. She made a very valiant effort to keep her eyes open, but finally fell over on the couch and didn't move or speak again.
Leaving him to himself for several minutes. Which he used to scoop her up in his arms and carry her upstairs to what he hoped was her bedroom, and put her to bed. And then came back downstairs to find Chad waiting for him and nearly screamed because he hadn't expected him to just appear like that.
Holding a hand over his heart, he attempted to calm himself as he alpha asked in an unperturbed tone. "Did you two sort your stuff out?"
"Yes." Toshinori replied before carefully tacking on. "I believe so."
The man nodded his head in understanding and then held up a bag of take out. "I got you both food, just in case you were still busy talking."
He felt his face heat up a little bit as he flushed with embarrassment as he stammered out a thank you while the alpha dug out his food and handed it to him before taking a moment to explain. "I can already tell that you have a special diet. So I got some stuff that should stick your bones and be easy on your digestive system."
His blush deepened a bit at the thoughtfulness of the other alpha as he checked out the food that the man had gotten for him.
Sure enough, he had gotten him some stuff that would be easy on his digestive tract and stick to his bones. A large low sodium ramen noodles with chicken, a boiled egg, and some veggies. Rice with a ginger sauce topping. Some meat buns, and even a sticky rice dessert dish with some fruit topping.
All in all the only thing that he was aware that he'd not be able to eat was maybe the meat buns. But he would have to try a bite or two just to know for certain.
"Will you be able to eat it? Or do I need to make another trip?" Chad asked curiously, causing him to jolt a little bit out of his thoughts and replied with a slightly frantic.
"Oh no, this is fine! I can eat everything here. Thank you."
The alpha hummed but didn't comment as he took what was left in the bag to put it away in the fridge before then returning and asking if Toshinori needed him to walk him home or something. He told him no, but thanked him anyways for the thought as he began to carefully collect his things- like his discarded jacket- since he'd pulled it off earlier in an effort to make himself more comfortable and then started for the door when the alpha stopped him with a hand on his shoulder.
He froze up dreading what the man wanted but visibly relaxed when he held a paper out to him with several phone numbers.
"Ichigo's number and schedule. My number. And a few others, just in case you need something." Toshinori took the paper and looked it over for a moment as he alpha removed his hand from his shoulder and then said as he made his way to the door. "Welcome to the pack brother."
Uncertain of how to respond to the alpha's words, he merely nodded his head and then left.
He checked on his alpha via text a few hours later, and got a text back from someone who took a pic of Ichigo stretched out, half on and half off of the bed. Totally dead to the world.
And then was told that she'd come find him at work once she was finally up again and not shuffling around like a zombie.
Which was sort of what he dreamt about that night while sleeping. But instead of the kind of zombie that one saw in movies, she was a cute sleep deprived zombie that liked cuddles.
Needless to say, he began the next morning with a spring in his step that usually wasn't there.