Shoto's P.O.V.

I don't understand my new life. Nothing seems to make sense. The companion program was not explained to me very well at all. And my companion, my alpha, doesn't seem to want to follow the program anyway. I offered myself to him and he rejected me. Alpha don't reject omega. It's not customary. It's a social convention to partake in an offered omega, even if not steadfastly attracted to that particular one. They don't turn down a wet hole. That's what my father always said to me. Eijiro doesn't find me attractive. Not in the least. That must be it. Because of my disfigurement… I don't know how to fix that.

Izuku tells me he's gay. I don't really understand that either. I've never heard of it before. That alphas can like alphas. Midoriya said omega may like omega as well. That I understood. We're submissive by nature and in packs there may be multiple omega who care for each other and pups. I've heard those bonds could be of a romantic nature. But Alpha and Alpha? It's too much dominance, who would lead? As I have said before, I don't understand. This is all really complicated and hard.

"Denki… can we… talk?"

"Oh Shoto, hey. Of course we can. Here, let's go somewhere a little more quiet." The smaller blond said, picking up his pup and leading me outside the daycare and to the garden. "What's up?"

"I… have some confusion. Kirishima. Eijiro. He refused me last night."

"You offered yourself to him?" Why was he so shocked by this?

"Is that not what the companion program is meant to do? Soothe an alpha." He was struggling with math and I sensed his self confidence plummeting. He… he needed soothing. I am supposed to care for an alphas' needs, help them to relax? What is more relaxing than knotting an omega? What would give more pleasure than breeding one?

"Well yeah, I guess, during like ruts and stuff and like once you get to know each other better."

"So I made a mistake."

"No…not at all Todoroki but, uh like, what happened next?"

I thought back to the incident. "He took in my body, like Alphas should. But then… rejection."

"Well I wouldn't put it past Kiri but uh-"

"He told me he was gay."

"And there it is."

"There what is?"

"Eijiro's gay. Has been for a long time. That's part of the reason he's here. When his parents found out they sent him to boarding school, thought maybe the programs out here would beat it out of him. Obviously it didn't work judging by his Alpha boyfriend."

"Alpha boyfriend?"

Kaminari's mouth made a giant O shape. "You didn't know."

"There are a lot of confusing things going on around me these days, I'd appreciate it if you brought me out of the dark for this one."

"Katsuki Bakugo."

"Midoriya's companion."

"Is your companion's boyfriend. Yeah."

"Oh." I had no idea what to think of it. From what I can tell Katsuki is loud and abrasive, strong and hard-headed. The type of adolescent Alpha everyone should a strive to be. But Eijiro is equally a formidable Alpha. Strong, domineering, masculine. Why would they have any attraction to one another whatsoever?

"Don't think it's on you."

"I don't."

"They're just built that way." I put my hand to my scar and remembered that feeling. The feeling that Eijiro had no interest in looking at me. Even presented fully before him. The feeling that the evaluator gave me. That I would never have any worth. "Shoto, what did I just say? It's not on you." The pup in Denki's arms squirmed and cried, causing my omega friend to readjust him and give a tit to calm him down. "You're the most beautiful Omega anyone has ever seen. And I mean that. Every Alpha wants to get in your pants, fill you with pups, even my own. I can see it in their eyes. You can have anyone you want."

"My companion is gay."

"Doesn't mean you can't sleep around."

"Sleep around?"

"Have sex with other Alphas. They'd love it. There are some pretty unhappy companionships around here, you could have the pick of the lot." I furrowed my eyebrows. No, that didn't make any sense either. I'm matched with this Alpha. My duties are to tend to him.

"Hey guys. Kaminari, they need you in the daycare." Izuku said, coming down the steps with some fresh baked cookies. "I think I added too much flour, they came out a bit doughy." He said, handing each of us one.

"Tastes great to me." Denki muttered, pulling his pup up on his hip and licking his fingers.

"If they're not perfect Kacchan won't eat them." Knowing what I now know about his Kacchan, maybe the cookies wouldn't matter.

"You should probably keep trying then." I said, swiping another cookie. They were good enough for me, doughy or not.

"Hey!" Izuku giggled.

"I'll leave you to it." Kaminari laughed, stealing another cookie as well and taking his leave.

"What were you two talking about?" Izuku asked innocently, taking Denki's seat beside me.

"Our companions."

"Oh." His heart looked like it instantly fell, as he knew exactly what I was talking about. "Well… uh there are… other ways to gain fulfillment… and they don't necessarily have to come from an Alpha." Now that had to be a lie. Anything good must come from Alphas. It's what I've always been taught. I looked down as All Might and Miss Midnight came walking up the steps.

"Kayama, aren't those the two omega boys from your class, the ones with aspirations?" All Might asked.

"Oh my gosh, he remembers us!" Midoriya whispered excitedly.

"That's them. My two problem children."

"How are the new courses treating you young men?" Young men? I'm wearing a skirt. Male omega… well society treats us barely as human beings at all, let alone men.

"Very well sir." Izuku said shakily.

"And you… Shoto?" He called me by my first name. I felt my breath catch in my throat.

"I'm enjoying the challenge sir." He looked down at me and deep blue eyes made contact. I felt a shiver run down my spine.

"An omega that likes a good challenge. I'll keep that in mind. I heard you have an incredible quirk, maybe one day we can show you off to my alpha class, really show them who's boss." He said quietly to me with a wink. I smiled and chuckled, knowing he was only having good fun. I could never… actually use my quirk. He smiled and took a cookie from Izuku. "Mmmm… delicious." He admired, leaving us and walking into the building. All Might. Once he was out of sight, I realized Izuku was on the ground and the cookies were scattered everywhere. Whoops.

Midoriya's P.O.V.

"I'm sorry Izuku, but I'm afraid your heat likely won't come this year either."

"Are… are you sure? I'm the only omega that hasn't matured… we're supposed to mature by now… I mean Kaminari already had a baby and is pregnant with his second, are you sure… are you sure that I won't?"

"Your basal temperature is low, for it being so close to spring, everyone's temperature is starting to creep up. It just doesn't seem likely Midoriya." Recovery Girl, the Alpha nurse, said to me, taking off her gloves and shaking her head. But I can't have sex unless I've had a heat. My body hasn't matured enough to allow for a lubricated opening. Which means I can't have sex with Kacchan. I know it's a long shot but I was really hoping…

"And there's nothing you can do?"

"Quirkless children tend to miss that stage in evolution as well. It's a small miracle that you even presented omega, you knew that you could be sterile. You've known for a long time Izuku." I just need a heat. I don't have to be fertile, I just need a heat. So Kacchan might catch a whiff and… something. Anything.

"And you can't give me anything… something that might start it?"

"Most omega want to suppress a heat, not start one. Tea. Black, something with ginger, cardamom, or chai maybe. And the more you're around fertile omega the more likely your heat will start, but Izuku?"

"Yes?"

"I think it's best if you abandon the notion. Just as you didn't get a quirk, you likely won't get this either. I suppose life is just unfair in that way." Yes… life can be very unfair.

"Thank you Recovery Girl… I appreciate your advice." I said solemnly. I've heard it before. I know it's a long shot, that me having a heat, being fertile, or even getting pregnant is a long shot. I just need Kacchan to see me. See what I can offer him. If anything at all. Which isn't much, I know but... if I could just have a heat, one heat that Kacchan can be present for… maybe that will change his mind.

As I left the nurses office, I couldn't stop thinking about it. He doesn't even have to break up Kirishima, he doesn't have to! If I have a heat, I'll finally just prove to him that I'm worth something and that will be enough. He'll claim me and we'll be happy together. I can make him happy. I'll be the perfect beard, no one will ever have to know about Eijiro. It can be me and Kacchan in public and Kacchan and Eiji in private. He'll be the greatest hero the world has ever known! He can have it all. I just have to convince him that's what he wants. Right now he doesn't care much for his reputation. But heroes aren't gay, Alphas can't like other Alphas. Not in our world. But he can have it all. He can have it all and if I could just have a heat… that will convince him. Yeah. That'll convince him.

I walked down the hall, lost in my own thoughts I guess because I walked right into a wall, what felt like the hardest brick wall ever. A wall in the middle of the hallway? I looked up and there was no wall. It was All Might. Oh my gosh! I can't believe I just walked into the greatest superhero that ever existed!

"Oh Izuku my boy! I didn't see you there."

"All Might. I mean, Mr. All Might Sir. Sensei…"

"Hello! How are classes treating you, the alphas treating you well?"

"Yeah… uh yeah… everything has been treating me well."

"You fancy superheroes, right my boy?" He asked, looking down at my notebook. It was the top ten heroes notebook, the one from the '80s. I'm surprised it wasn't one of my All Might notebooks, I only have about a hundred of them.

"Yeah, uh, I uh…"

"Top ten heroes, that's a good one. From way back in the day. Does that mean you know your hero history?" Do I know my hero history? Me? Of course I do! Could I say any of that? No because all I could do was nod, and I could barely do that. "Wonderful! Listen I know you're not enrolled in my class, but I could use a teacher's assistant. Grade papers, develop lesson plans, things like that. If I could clear it with your counselor, would you be interested?"

INTERESTED? INTERESTED! OF COURSE I'D BE INTERESTED! FORM WORDS DAMN IT!

"I… yes. Yes!"

"Fantastic. If and when I get it cleared you can start right away."

"Cool." I said just trying not to faint. All Might nodded, smiling and taking his leave down the hall to the training facility. How I wished I could follow. For All Might. For Kacchan. To be a hero. But I don't have a quirk and even though I'm an omega, I may never mature. I may never be able to have a purpose in life. I looked down and made my way back to the dorms.

I'm teaching Todoroki to cook tonight. Just a simple curry. He never really learned how to cook either. I'm not sure if it's because royal wives don't have to cook, servants and all, or because his omega mother wasn't in his life. I asked him about it, but he dodged the question. I only figured it out because that must be why his grooming was so odd. No omegas around to teach him the way, only an alpha father to impose what he thinks is right. At least he had someone. Everything I've ever learned is from this place. Alright Izuku, enough feeling sorry for yourself. I made my way to the dorms and walked inside. As usual all the children were running around with their dames, waiting for their alphas sires to get out of hero practice and come see them. I went to the kitchen and Todoroki was already there, looking beautiful as ever, reading a cookbook as he sat delicately on the counter.

"Garlic and Salt. The key to good cooking I believe."

"You're probably not wrong. Here, get that big knife and I'll show you how to chop garlic properly." Todoroki nodded and got out the cloves and cutlery.

"How was your annual?" I looked down. "Not good?"

I shook my head, "Shoto are you… fertile?"

"Yes, of course. I scored a 9.68 out of ten on my diagnostic." That was impressive by all tests. Denki only scored an 8.2 and he got pregnant outside of a heat. A 9.68, it's a near perfect fertility score. He's… so valuable…if it wasn't for his scar… if he wasn't an omega…

"Oh." Was all I could say.

"Why, what was your score?"

"I don't have one, can't score until you get a heat."

"Oh… right."

"Recovery girl said if I hung around fertile omega it might spur my heat. Would you mind if I stayed close?"

"Not at all, I consider you a good friend, I'd be happy to help." He said as we began cutting the chicken. "Do you think our Alphas will enjoy this meal?"

"As long as we make it spicy enough… Kacchan will certainly not hate it. After a long day he tolerates my cooking."

"Tolerates?"

"He's not easy to please."

"And Kirishima?"

"A lot easier."

"But I'll never please him sexually." Omega are built for sex. That and pupping. If we can't fulfill the one thing we're supposed to be good at… what good are we?

"Food… friendship. Eijiro is a good person. You'll easily find fulfillment in other ways."

"Is that how you cope with it?"

I looked down, feeling tears come to my eyes. "It's been difficult." Shoto pulled my chin up and wiped the tears away. He didn't say anything but just the act was enough. "I… I love him." Shoto just nodded, stroking my cheek and taking away the pain.

"I'm not sure I understand it."

"What? Kacchan and Kirishima?" I explained it the whole night the other night but I'm pretty sure due to his grooming he'll never fully understand.

"Love." Oh. Oh Shoto…

"It's umm… complicated."

"I'd never heard the word before about a month ago. I looked it up, but I still don't really understand what it means. I'm not sure why so many people go chasing after it. Not when life has already been decided for each of us. It seems… difficult to attain." That's a… really bleak way to look at it. He's really never heard the word before? I umm… my mother used to say it… all the time. But that was… before. Before I turned out to be a quirkless omega. I haven't heard it since. Not from anyone. I want Kacchan to feel that way towards me, to say it to me, just once. In the back of my mind I know that probably won't happen. But part of me, deep inside, I feel like… I want Shoto to know that word, to hear it said to him, feel it. Maybe… maybe even by me.

"Well uhh… because it feels good."

"You cry over Katsuki nearly every night."

I bit my lip. Sometimes it's like Shoto's from another planet. "Like I said… it's complicated."

Bakugo's P.O.V.

"Almost there guys! Just keep holding it down!"

"Fuck you look so hot right now."

"Bakugo."

"Seriously, if we weren't doing a job right now, I'd be all over you."

"Katsuki."

"What? I can't admire my rugged and manly boyfriend?" He blushed the color of his hair.
"Not with Shinsou and Shoji right over there, no."

"Have I ever told you your hero suit looks freakin hot on you?" Barely even clothes.

"Nearly every time I wear it."

"Well-"

"You're about to rut aren't you?"

"Me? No way."

"The spring's coming, the sun's out… you're about to rut."

"No."

"Yes!" I rolled my eyes at him, keeping one of Mr. Ectoplasm's clones pinned as he tried to escape from under me. Kirishima lowered his voice, "Maybe we should talk about it with our companions." The thought of Deku being anywhere near this dick made me go soft. So soft I accidently let go of Ecto freak and was violently thrown off of him.

"Damn it Bakugo!" Shinsou yelled.

"Oh shut the fuck up eye bags part two." I said blasting back over to the clone and once again subduing him. He's really not the best fighter in the world. One swift punch and knocked him out good this time.

"You guys we got it! We won!" Raccoon eyes exclaimed, running up to us with the key.

"Winners, team Mina."

"Team Mina? We did all the work!" I yelled.

"You held some bad guys down while I ran into the burning building. I think I, as team captain, deserve this win." Pinky gloated as we got up and adjusted ourselves.

"You all did well. Hit the showers, Alphas." All Might said as he and Mr. Ectoplasm regrouped. We did as we were told and left for the showers. I grabbed my towel and body wash and made a beeline for Eijiro's shower.

"Kat! What if someone sees?"

"Fuck 'em I don't care who knows about us." I said, closing the curtain and pulling him into a kiss. I really couldn't care less. They all know anyway, and all are too fuckin terrified to say anything to the authorities. It's fine.

"One day we're gonna get in trouble, then what? What do you think they'll do to us?"

"I honestly don't care." I said taking off my hero uniform and getting under the water with my boyfriend.

"We could be suspended or expelled? Kiss our hero careers goodbye."

"Or get a slap on the wrist knowing this fuckin school." I mumbled into another kiss with him. It felt so good kissing him, I just wanted to keep kissing him forever.

"We have to do something about your rut this year… and mine. I'm sorry but white knuckling it in separate rooms while we send each other dirty pics is not gonna work for me bro."

"I'm not your bro, babe." I shook off, pulling him into another fierce kiss.

"If you rut, I'm gonna rut, and we can't be anywhere near one another or we'll tear each other to shreds! So what do you think we should do? We have to do something, Kats." I got under the water and washed my hair, shrugging. I don't know. I thought the white knuckling worked last year. "Maybe… since we both have omega now…"

"Maybe what?" I dared.

"I don't know… maybe you let Deku… soothe you." There were so many things wrong with that statement.

"And on the off chance Deku goes into heat?"

"The off chance." I knew the odds weren't good. Deku useless as ever and all. But still… if he were gonna go into heat it would be while he's sitting on my dick, then nine months later we got some real problems.

"That's what they're there for, isn't it?"

"Unofficially." I finished washing my hair, squirted on some body wash, and turned to my boyfriend. "You wanna use your companion as a chew toy during ruts, go right ahead, leave me out of it."

"I'm not gonna cheat on you."

"For the last time, it wouldn't be cheating." Omega are barely even human. A fleshlight with a heartbeat.

"Me putting my dick in someone else, someone that's not you, yeah, that's cheating Bakugo."

I put my hand to my forehead and rubbed. "If you have some primal need…"

"You have it too, even if we both know it's not for omega."

"But omega are the only one's that can take dick, yeah I remember our age old problem."

"We could revisit that."

"No."

"Babe."

"We'll figure something out." I said, finishing with the shower altogether.

"That's what you always say. You say that, we don't figure it out, then I'm the one taking a cold shower trying to stave off a rut!" Kirishima yelled as I opened the curtain. Hitoshi, freaking Mind Fuck, was there, listening to every word.

"What do you want, asshole?"

"You geniuses ever thought of a threesome?" He said calmly, rolling his eyes.

"Oh fuck you." I said getting in his face, my big ass dick basically smacking him in the thigh.

He fuckin cracked a smirk. I'll kill him, I swear I will. "Look I'm just saying… Alphas need sex. A lot of it. Our brains have actually evolved to want it and need it constantly in order to keep the population populated ever since the 70% of the population went beta and sterile. And who has evolved to sorta be able to handle all that wild, feral, needy sex? Omega. Not alpha on alpha. That's the kiss of death. Alpha/omega sex. I get it, you love who you love, nothing wrong with that. But your lizard brain, the thing runnin everything down there, it needs a tight, wet hole. There is no substitute. So spice it the fuck up Kacchan, invite an omega to your bed, branch out." He laughed. Fuck that, that Mind Fuck fucker!

"You piece of shit! Fuck you!" I slammed him back into the locker behind him, letting my towel drop and asserting my dominance with a growl.

"Kat, you gotta chill out! Let the man shower!"

"Yeah Kitty Kat, let the man shower." Eyebags said, pushing my grip off of him, going into the shower before we were fully done. I growled and nearly lunged at him, but Eiji pulled me away.

"He's not worth it, you have to relax. Count to ten."

"I'm not fuckin counting shit!" I put my clothes on and ran a towel through my hair. My boyfriend and I grabbed our stuff and started walking to the dorms before I exploded that crazy ass motherfucker.

"You know he has a point…"

"Who does?" I grumbled.

"Shinsou."

"What?"

"What if we had a threesome?" A three what?

"You have got to be shitting me."