Bakugo's P.O.V.
Three days suspension. I got three days. You know what Shoji got? Two. Shoji got two fucking days for assaulting a heavily pregnant omega and I got three days for beating the fuck out of him. How fucked up is that? He should have been expelled. Stripped of any hope of ever becoming a hero. But no. All he fuckin got was two days. Damn near killed Half 'n Half.
He won't show it, won't talk about it, but I know he's been shaken up ever since. I should have done better, protected him better, all I could do was react. It just fuckin sucks, the whole situation fuckin sucks. He hasn't gone back to school since. I thought it was best if he just stayed with me during my suspension, I could keep an eye on him that way, but when I went back to school, he didn't. I promised I would protect him better, Kirishima volunteered too, but… it hasn't convinced him. He said the baby was hurting him and he wasn't feeling well. It was just excuses. I don't know what more I can do.
"Wanna help me make us some dinner?" I asked hopefully, watching him stroke his large belly on the bed.
"I'm still not feeling that well." He dismissed, his eyes seeming pretty distant.
"I won't make it that spicy alright? I know you've been having some bad indigestion."
"Thank you." I walked over and sat on the bed. He was… completely unwilling to look at me. I brushed a piece of hair behind his ear. "I think… after the birth… I'm going to turn myself over to a breeding facility. Maybe… I can do some good there."
"What? No! Sho, that's crazy talk. You know how omega are treated in those places, you can't just-"
"It's clear… my time here… There's no future for me at UA."
"You can't let one incident-"
He finally looked up and looked me in the eye. It was clear then, he had completely given up. "It hasn't been just one incident. All the omega hate me. The teachers, the students in the hero course. I am hated here. The allegations I made against All Might. No one can even stand to look at me."
"Shoto… you have goals… dreams! You can't just throw it all away!"
"I… I don't think I have a choice Katsuki." He rolled over in the bed, turning away from me. I don't know what else I could do. He's really down and I have no idea how to get him out of it.
"Just… don't make any grand decisions while I'm gone. I'm… gonna go make us something to eat." He didn't say anything and I went down to the kitchen. I felt really bad leaving him there but I didn't know what else to do. Deku would know what to do. He would have given him the pep talk of his life, encouraged him to stay. I can't do that. I don't have a clue how. All I can do is cook him a meal, try to be there for him in some way. So I did that.
I walked into the common room and gave off a distinctive back off scent. They don't understand why I'm protecting him. They're all fuckin assholes. As I approached the kitchen, it was hard to ignore that Kirishima was there at the bar, eating by himself. Things have been… hell I don't know. When Icy Hot was missing, he spent every second with me. He was as determined to find him as I was. Determined to be there for me. Now. Now I don't know what to think. We… aren't exactly talking. He asks about Sho, but… that's it. I'm not really sure what to say to him, what I could say to him.
"Hey." Is what I went with saying.
"Hey." He said briefly looking up before going back to his meal. I pulled some stuff out and started chopping vegetables. "Shoto's not cooking with you anymore?" He finally asked, watching me cook for a while.
"He's… not feeling too well right now. The baby's bothering him and stuff." I shrugged off.
"He's… gonna stay your companion?" I had to practically beg them to let me keep him. After everything… The thought of letting him get treated like shit by some other Alpha. He deserves more than that. So much more.
"Yeah… for as long as he's at this school…"
"He's thinking about dropping out?"
"He's uh… he's going through a lot right now." Kirishima nodded, going back to his meal. He and I both noticed Rust Bucket walk in, then noticed he made a conscious effort to avoid Kirishima at all costs. Well shit. "Everything okay there?"
Eijiro didn't look up at me. "Nah man. We broke up a few days ago."
"Oh."
"Cause…" He cleared his throat a little bit and looked up at me. "Cause I'm still all hung up on you." Oh. "Didn't feel right. To be in a relationship with someone, when I'm… not fully invested." Holy shit.
Before I was thinking, I was talking. "I miss you E."
"I miss you too Kat." Damn. Damn it! I went back to cooking. Not able to process my emotions at all. No, that's wrong. I knew how I felt. I wanted him back more than anything. I wanted to kiss his stupid face and marry him on the spot. But he had to take the lead. He had to tell me how he was feeling, because I couldn't. I couldn't jump off that cliff. Luckily, Eijiro has always been braver than me. At least when it comes to expressing what's in your damn heart. "Can we… can there be… an us again Katsuki? Is that… is that possible?"
"Yes." I said, barely a whisper.
"And Todoroki… he-"
"He's not! He isn't!"
"But I want him to be."
"You… what?"
Eijiro took a deep breath. I guess he's been thinking about stuff for a while. "It's obvious you care about him."
"Not romantically, not the way I care about you."
"I know that. I think I do know that." He chewed over his words, choosing them carefully. "But seeing you with him. Watching you search for him for weeks, and the way you're protecting him now. Well…" He paused, his lips curling into a smile and then a chuckle. "It's really fuckin attractive." The wind was punched out of my lungs. No way. "I want him to stay around. Because he's good for you. And I think… he could be good for us. We could… protect him together. Be… his family."
I was… shocked. "You uh… you know what you're saying right? I mean… I've already… committed myself to taking care of him. I know the baby ain't mine, but… he is mine… you know? Even if I don't feel that buzz, even though he ain't genetically mine. And like… I'm responsible for Shoto too. I'm gonna be his alpha as long as he lets me. Till he can figure out what he wants. If he wants me, if he doesn't… It's something I need to do. The whole world's against him and-"
Eijiro cut me off. "I know Katsuki, I know. And I think I want what you want. To be there for him. We can… build a family together. The three of us and this baby. Seeing you so protective of Shoto. I want to be a part of it. I want to step up with you."
"Eijiro… being a dad, having an omega… It's not something you signed up for. It's not something you ever said you wanted. And Sho… Like I said, I'm gonna protect him, I'm gonna be his alpha, but if ever he says he doesn't want me, I gotta respect that choice too."
"I never said I wanted pups because I knew between you and I… that wouldn't be possible. But with Sho… I mean… now it is. I could… I could be a dad Kat… with you."
"Shitty hair… shitty hair look, you gotta understand. Being with Icy Hot, having Icy Hot… It can't be out of pity, it can't be because you want me and I'm telling you that now I'm a package deal. It can't be that way. Shoto deserves more than that. So much more than that! He doesn't need someone by his side out of obligation or-"
"You… you really have feelings for him… don't you?"
That… that tugged on my heart in a way I wasn't prepared for. It… really made me realize exactly why… I've been doing all of this… "Yeah Ei… I think I'm in love with him." Eijiro just nodded, nothing but understanding in his eyes. "It's not the same… as it is with you, but… he's hella smart, and witty and bratty and clueless as hell, his own person if you just… let him. And… I want to love him. Fuck. I want to just wrap my arms around him and get lost in his scent sometimes. Before I knew everything, when we were engaged and shit… As much as I was fighting it, sometimes I would think… well life wouldn't be… the absolute worst with him by my side. It wouldn't suck… But that's what I'm saying! He deserves more than 'it wouldn't suck.'"
"Well… umm… I think you and I… we could give him more than… suckiness. Together."
"Kirishima." I said firmly.
"I mean, he was my companion for a while too, ya know? Everything that you see in him, I saw that too. And for my own reasons, I was fighting it too. Shoto doesn't deserve a traditional alpha/omega relationship, he needs something unique because despite everything, he's unique as hell. And I want to give him that. I want to love him too… with you."
"We can't just… we can't just drop this shit on him. Like… 'hey Icy Hot, Ei and I made a decision and we're both gonna be your alphas from now on.' He has to have a choice in this. The freedom to decide."
"I wouldn't dream of anything less."
"Ei." I looked in his eyes… and everything… everything just suddenly felt right. Like everything is going to be okay.
"But what do you say, Kats? You, me, and Todoroki? Would that be… would that be okay?"
"Yeah." I felt tears come to my eyes. "Yeah, it'd be more than okay."
Shoto's P.O.V.
I have… two boyfriends. Or something. I don't actually think I understand. Eijiro and Katsuki, they are… back together. Back together and they want to include me. They said they wanted us to be a family. They want to be fathers to my baby. The sire of my baby doesn't even want to be its father, but they do. And then… they want me too? They don't want me to simply produce children for them in this arrangement… they want me to be an active participant. In a relationship with them. As equals. I… wouldn't be an omega in the relationship and they wouldn't be alphas. We'd all just be… boyfriends. I don't think I understand it. Eijiro has never been attracted to me and Katsuki… well Katsuki has never expressed any feelings of romance towards me. But everything has suddenly changed.
They convinced me to return to school, that they would walk me to every class. Protect me. I never didn't feel protected by Bakugo. I never blamed him for the… incident. I blame myself. For being a burden to Katsuki. For being… something he feels he needs to protect. I go over it countless times in my head, like a continuous loop that I just can't stop. No matter how hard I try. The revolving question: What could I have done differently? I'm afraid I still don't have a good answer to that, or even an answer at all. I… maybe I shouldn't have been so determined to take the math midterm. Be in that math class at all. It was…overreaching for an omega, asking too much. I put myself in a vulnerable position. I shouldn't have been so wet and sloppy with how I dealt with my heat. I was practically asking for it. May as well have had whore stamped on my forehead. My father had spent a great deal of money on a chastity device for me, maybe I should have appreciated it and been more grateful. The device… it was painful.
The cold metal cage sought to make my already substantially small penis even smaller, constricting it and conforming to look like something more similar to a woman's clit than a penis. The cage was connected to a large bulb that was inserted inside of me. Almost a steel knot with no give. It prevented slick. If I were to slick up, it would expand, getting bigger to prevent removal for penetration. The slightest arousal felt like punishment. I tried, I really did, but the more I wore it, the more blisters started to form. My father began to notice and that was the end of that. He couldn't risk my penis becoming disfigured much like my face. I had failed and maybe my failure was the reason for my… rape.
It's still uncomfortable calling it that. Katsuki and even Eijiro now… we've talked about it. Bakugo had remarked in frustration, "How could you consent when you don't even know what the damn word means!" He reflected and apologized, but for some reason that sentiment has resonated. There are… a large number of concepts I hadn't even heard of before I matured. It's not like that wasn't a possibility, I'm realizing that my upbringing was very sheltered and potentially narrow-minded. The concept of love. It took me losing my love, Izuku, to understand it I think. So I've been wondering if… maybe that is also true in the concept of consent. That… it took me being in a position where I was not consenting to be able to understand what consent could mean. It makes me wonder if… I've ever actually consented to anything. Eijiro asked me if I wanted to hold his hand as they walked me to class. He asked me. He asked me if I wanted something to happen to my body. The touch of a hand hold. I declined in the moment. I was allowed to. It's a mind-boggling concept. Consent. That I could say no and that would just be… respected. He didn't even seem mad or upset. Like it was… okay to say no. Fascinating. Consent is compliance in or approval of what is being done or being proposed by another.
Katsuki caught me googling it while we were doing homework which sparked another conversation. He told me consent isn't enough, when it comes to sex, you need something called Affirmative Consent. Explicit, informed, and voluntary agreement to participate in a sexual act. I admit, I had to look up voluntary, and then free will, and then autonomy after that. I took notes, did a little research actually. I'm not sure I have a concrete conclusion but… Well… I don't think my no, or lack thereof, my request to wait or stop… maybe it was not the most explicit no, but also certainly not an explicit yes. Informed… well I think neither party was very informed. I… was not informed. I did not know All Might could even potentially be interested in me. Even less being informed that when I went to his office I was going there for sex. But I also think All Might was not informed. I think he was operating under the assumption that I would jump at the chance to mate with him and carry his progeny. I'm not sure I informed him that wasn't the case. I'm not sure he would have… understood. As far as voluntary… I don't think that I… did that. Volunteered. But I keep thinking well… maybe All Might thought my fertility score alone was enough to volunteer to womb to carry his offspring.
So, I guess you could say, I've been testing the waters in consent ever since. That and it feels, maybe for the first time, that I'm being offered a space where I can experiment. Katsuki and Eijiro are determined to create that space for me. I'd be lying if I said I didn't like it. We were watching a movie and… I asked Eijiro if he wanted to hold my hand. His face lit up and it made me want to allow that action all the time. A… blanket consent. To hand holding. And then Katsuki… He won't ask anything of me, but… I decided to try asking it of him. I asked if we could scent each other. He was so delicate with me, scenting me with care and borderline caution, letting me scent him almost bashfully. I really like Katsuki's scent, it's powerful. Like… smoke, but more like a smoke of a campfire burning cinnamon sticks. I like Eijiro's too. Shockingly I think I would describe it as manly. A soft musk, not potent or off putting, but like that of a provider, earthy and notes of cashmere. Wearing their scent makes me feel… exceptionally safe. I'm a little embarrassed to say that I would like to wear their scent all the time.
This morning they dropped me off and I allowed Eijiro to kiss me on the cheek. They said they wanted to treat me right, how I deserved to be treated. But they also said that they're not going to push me, that I can come to them on my time table. If I even wanted to at all. They're giving me a choice. I get to make the decision of where my life goes next. That's what they said. That I deserve to choose. I've never thought that I deserved anything. That I should just be grateful for what alphas give. But… it's becoming increasingly difficult to think that way. There's a part of me that questions it. A part of me that agrees that I should get a choice. And for the first time in my life… I feel as though I would like to… choose. And I think I would like to choose love and kindness, from Katsuki and Eijiro. It feels… right.
As right as it feels, I don't think I deserve it. I've hurt a lot of people. The entire school seems to think I should be publicly stoned for the claims I've made against All Might. But even if anyone other than Katsuki and now Eijiro believed me, it wouldn't have mattered. All Might has felt no repercussions in the slightest. Not a one. Whereas I'm being punished everyday for it. I worry… I worry that if I weren't currently pregnant, they would have done away with me long ago. But I suppose it's what I deserve. I have created quite a mess for the people around me. For some reason Katsuki has forgiven me, so fully and so effortlessly. I don't feel at all as though it's something I am worthy of. But the person's forgiveness I most desire, who I quite possibly hurt the most in all of this, is Izuku.
I know I am not worth his forgiveness, it's not even fair of me to desire it. I would apologize until the end of time if it would allow him to even consider it. I would get on my knees and beg. I didn't want any of it, not that it would have mattered if I did. I wronged Izuku on so many levels, so deeply. I was supposed to be his friend. I voluntarily deceived him. That's not what friends do to one another. I know that much. But if he could ever find it in his heart to forgive me, just a little… I don't know. I don't know if we could ever repair our bond, but it's something I very much want. I miss him more than words can say.
Even now, we got out of class early, as we often do. In the past Izuku and I would have made the most of it, headed to the library to study. That's most certainly where he's rushing off to now. Without me. It still hurts, even though I know I should be over it by now. Everything concerning Izuku hurts. I started to pack up my things, noticing I was moving slowly as everyone else seemingly rushed out. The baby is exceptionally big, I nearly look like I'm carrying full term twins. I'm in the final few weeks of this pregnancy. Everything, every movement seems to slow me down, but I was in no hurry. I had no place in particular I had to be. Bakugo and Kirishima are currently in Hero Training. I'll make dinner with them in a few hours, if they even let me do that. Katsuki has been doing a lot of the cooking recently, while Kirishima tells me all about hero training as he rubs my back and my feet, talking to the baby, kissing my belly. Then we do homework and we… cuddle as we fall asleep. The three of us. It's… wonderful. But until then… I'm not needed. Not wanted.
I threw my backpack over my shoulder and pulled out my phone. I should probably text one of them to tell them I got out of class early. They made it clear they are not trying to be overprotective and overbearing alphas, but that I require a heightened level of protection while at UA as they put it. Because they love me. Katsuki and Eijiro love me. As I typed out a message, I was looking down, headed for the door. I felt his presence before I actually saw him. Rather than sending a message, all I could think to do was send my location. Classroom O22. I barely hit send before the phone was being taken out of my hands.
"Who are you talking to little omega?" He almost sneered. "I thought the whole school hated you for your little stunt." I froze, like he has this hold over me and I couldn't move if I wanted to. Much like… every encounter I've ever had with him. He was so imposing, so sinister. I had spent three weeks with actual villains and never felt such fear as the fear I was feeling right now. Here I was, once again, alone with All Might.
He closed the door and locked it, then approached me. Was this reality? It felt just like so many of my nightmares, exactly like my worst imagination. But… This was not a dream. I was real. All Might was really standing in front of me. Again. And again, I was all alone with him. I backed up as much as I could, nearly stumbling over the desks, until I couldn't back up anymore. He had cornered me against the wall. His large form imposing on me. Dominating me. He rung my neck and lifted me up onto my toes, my feet not even really touching the ground anymore. I pawed at his hand but he was completely unwavering, sheer aggression shining in his eyes. Power so strong, like he could snap my neck on a whim.
"All Might… Please." I begged.
"Tell me why I should show you any kindness? You nearly ruined me. My career. My reputation. My legacy? You nearly tore down everything I've spent my entire life to build!"
"I'm sorry." I couldn't breathe. The baby within me began to move and squirm. I started seeing spots in my vision. "Please… your son… he can't breathe." All Mights eyes glinted, he was absolutely seething. He dropped me for a second before pinning me back by my shoulders with a force that made my head hit the wall with an audible thud. Owe. He tore open the buttons of my shirt with one hand, placing it roughly on my abdomen. His eyes softened, he was feeling the buzz. I tried to move, to take advantage of his momentary fondness, but I was so ferociously pinned, it only made his claws sink deeper into my shoulder.
"I thought you were an obedient omega. That I had chosen the perfect vessel for my prodigy to grow within. But then you turn on me. Make me out to be some rapist. Like I'm a villain in your mind." He took a moment then smacked me. My whole brain vibrated, head turned fully to the side as I felt the iron taste of blood pool in my mouth. The worst slap I had ever felt. Harder than Mitsuki's, my father's. It hurt so bad I wanted to whimper. "I made you great. Allowed you to fulfill your only purpose. I gave you value. And you forsake me! You accuse me! Me! Do you have any idea the damage you have done?" He spat, sinking his claws deeper into my shoulder, surrounding me with intoxicating Alpha pheromones that made me sick and nearly gag. "It's clear that you are unworthy. Unsuitable to mother the greatness that's within you." He traced his hand along my belly again, his anger overtaking the buzz. "You are ill-equipped to parent my legacy. And with the genetic line as great as the one we've created here… No. No, I will not let an unruly omega like you influence my prodigy any longer. Once you give birth, I will have you declared unfit. Take this child for my own."
"How?" I felt myself say all on my own. Against my better judgment.
"Excuse me?"
I swallowed the blood in my mouth. "How? In order to relinquish my right you would have to acknowledge. Acknowledge that you're my child's sire. That you raped me!" He was stunned. Stunned that I had spoken to him in that way.
"I didn't give you anything that you didn't want. Anything that you wouldn't have begged for." His hand squeezed firmer on my belly. It made me sick.
"What makes you think that you can just put your hands on me? That it is welcomed? Because you're an Alpha? Because as an omega I should feel overjoyed to simply garner your attention? I said no All Might. I fought you, I tried to push you away, asked you to wait, but you forced me to submit." My memory of the incident is often cloudy, I think about it so often. But the more I think… the more I remember how clear it should have been that I did not want to have sex with All Might that day. At the very least, I know I wasn't excited, chomping at the bit, and affirmatively willing, and I know All Might knew that.
"Because you're beneath me. You should take what I give you and be happy because I chose you."
"You raped me. I didn't consent to this."
All Might raised his eyebrows and shoved me back against the wall. My head was reeling, a certain concussion. "What I did was kind. I didn't hurt you, make you bleed. I made sure you were in heat so you would enjoy yourself. I left you unclaimed so you could still have a life. A life handed to you on a silver platter that you fucked up all on your own! I kissed you, knotted you and made you feel wanted! Like a prize, not like the trash you've proven yourself to be." He violently turned my head and spoke into my neck, pushing my chin and cheek up and against the wall to give him access. Forcing me to bare my neck to him. It hurt. "But now… now I think I shall show you what real rape is. The true power and right of an Alpha." He bared his teeth at me, dropping his pants and exposing himself to me. No, no, no! Please no! I can't! Not again! "Oh now you're scared? Where was the fear when you were talking back to me? When you accused me of rape? All bark but no bite?" I fought as much as I could, but collared, as pregnant as I was, I was helpless. Once again, I was completely helpless.
He grabbed my underwear and ripped them off with a force that caused me to call out, tears in my eyes as I did all that I could to push him away. To fight this. To be explicit. "Maybe I will just give you the bite. Tie you to me. How would you like that? To never be able to be with another again? Not your pathetic little fledgling alphas." He spread my legs with ease, taking both of my thighs in his large hands and sinking his claws into them deeply. I screamed in pain as he lined himself up. It won't be the same. Not this time. If he's going to do this… I won't make it easy on him. I yelled again, at the top of my lungs. He covered my mouth but I bit him. It brought a smile to his face. "I'm going to lock you up in my basement and make you nothing more than my breeding bitch. Spend the rest of your days giving me children, never being able to hold or parent the pups after you birth them. Every spring, every year, over and over again. I will break you, Omega." He licked my scent gland, raking his teeth along it as his cock fought to breach my barrier. It hurt, oh god, it hurt!
"No!" I whined. Not again. "Stop it! I don't want this!"
"Shut up you pathetic cunt! You wanted rape, isn't that right?" Both his cock and his teeth started to sink into me. Distantly, I think I heard a blast. All I could really hear was the ringing in my own ears. Blinded by the pounding of my heartbeat and the tears in my eyes. But then-
"Don't move a goddamn muscle." There was a clicking noise. I looked up and there was Bakugo. Katsuki! My hero. He held the butt of his gauntlet to All Might's head, trigger in hand.
"This isn't what it looks like."
"I think it's exactly what it looks like." Kirishima came over, phone in hand, taking a video.
"It looks like you're sitting here with your dick out. About to take an omega that clearly wants nothing to do with you." All Might moved slightly and Katsuki pressed the gauntlet into his head firmer. "Eiji." Kirishima nodded, he put his hand to All Might's, ripping out every claw from my thigh, the whole time keeping the camera focused on All Might. All Might was forced to drop me and I pulled my clothes back on, feeling myself retreating into the red Alpha's warm embrace. He held me close and tight, kissing my forehead and keeping his phone steady on All Might.
"Listen up." Bakugo said, nudging his gauntlet to get All Might's attention. "If you ever so much as speak to Todoroki again, even glance in his direction, I'm gonna release this video. Expose you for the rapist you truly are. You have no right to his pup, and so help me god if you come near him again, I will end you. I will make it my life's mission to bring you down. I will not stop until you're behind bars. Whatever hold you think you have on him, it's over. Done. Now walk out that door and never even think about him again." Katsuki dared. All Might got up. For the first time ever he was… defeated. Small. All Might. He pulled his pants back up, zipped up his slacks, and walked out. Saying nothing. Nothing at all.
"Oh my god. Oh my god! You just… you can't catch a break!" Katsuki let out a frustrated growl then came over and put his hands on my cheeks. "Are you okay? Please tell me you're okay. He didn't hurt you, did he?" Katsuki's concern… How he had just saved me… again. He and Eijiro both. I felt like my heart was dancing in my chest.
"I am okay. I'm alright."
"Thank god. Thank god Sho!" He got on his toes to kiss me on the forehead, then pulled me into a tight hug, nearly crying as he did.
"Did he claim you? Shoto, you're bleeding." Eijiro slowly and carefully ran his hands along my neck before showing me the blood. I was bleeding but… no… I wasn't yet claimed. The bite was too high, my collar, for once in my life… I was grateful for it.
"I'm okay." Katsuki and Eijiro both pulled me into a tight hug. Crying into my shirt. Wrapping me in scents that gave off nothing but love and care for me. It was… therapeutic. It made everything I had just endured, all the weight I've been feeling for all this time, lighter. For the first time in months… I didn't feel like crying. Not any longer. I didn't feel sadness. I just felt warmth. Katsuki's warmth, Eijiro's. Despite it all, I was okay. I was safe. Safe in Katsuki and Eijiro's arms.
