-- THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE MATCH --

"All RIGHT!!!!"

Karasuno shouted in unison. They beat Seijoh! Rose stood there giving high fives and hugs to the team before she went over to console her Seijoh cases.

"You only won because our ace is out of commission!!!" Oikawa's complaints could be heard across the gym

"Please! We would have beat them even if they HAD their ace playing!!!" Noya said confidently

Asahi smiled and when he thought no one was looking he placed his hand gently on his lower abdomen. His baby made it, they were safe, even during the match. He dropped his hand quickly before anyone could catch him, but Suga made eye contact and smiled knowingly before turning to address his ecstatic teammates.

"I'm gonna go to the bathroom, be right back…" Asahi smiled and headed away from the group

Asahi went to relieve himself quickly. It wasn't smart to separate from a safe group, especially as a pregnant omega; however, the little one in question was already pushing on Asahi's bladder. Asahi emerged from the bathroom and went towards the fountain to get a quick drink.

"Now what could a cutie like you be doing over here by yourself?"

Asahi turned around quickly and pressed his back against the nearest wall. It was an alpha. A particularly strong smelling alpha. He had a volleyball resting between his hip and his forearm. He must have been on one of the teams that played already. Were they playing Karasuno next? Asahi wasn't sure what it was but this guy gave off a bad vibe and Asahi tried to make himself smaller and shrink away from this menacing force that loomed over him.

"You really are a pretty omega…" the alpha trailed his fingers down the side of Asahi's face and jaw, stopping his fingers right under Asahi's chin. The alpha seemed to be inspecting the terrified omega under him, tilting his head and inspecting his neck.

~Please don't smell me.~ Asahi begged silently in his head, praying that this alpha didn't smell that he was with child, Asahi was scared enough as it is!

At that exact moment the alpha made eye contact with wide eyes. "you…" the alpha looked baffled, "You're pregnant…"

Asahi's heart dropped. ~Am I really that potent?~

"But you aren't bonded…" the alpha smirked, "So you don't have an alpha right?"

The alpha reached down to place a hand on Asahi's stomach. Immediately the omega pushed the alpha's hand away. He was scared, he didn't know what to do, he wanted Rose, he wanted Suga, he wanted… Noya… The thought of his "baby daddy" as Suga so gently put it, brought tears to his eyes, his inner omega was screaming. ~I have an alpha! Noya is my alpha! I want Noya!~

"Oh… an attitude…?" The alpha smiled menacingly, "Well, since you don't have an alpha… in order to properly claim you…"

~NOYA! SUGA! ROSE! ANYONE!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!~ Asahi screamed internally, afraid that if he screamed out loud the alpha in front of him would become violent.

Meanwhile back with the team. Suga was picking up slight scents of an omega in distress but couldn't figure out where they were coming from. He had an awful hunch and set off to find Rose.

"Rose…" Suga called her and carefully approached the grieving team

"You smell it too Suga?" She asked

Suga nodded.

"What? What do you smell?" Seijoh's ace had asked

A familiar scent hit Suga in the face like a brick wall. ~Was Iwaizumi pregnant too? How many omegas were getting pregnant? Could the distress be coming from him? His team did lose after all, and he couldn't play…~

"There's an omega in distress but I can't tell who or where…" Suga said

The distressing scent suddenly became a lot stronger. A look of realization raced across Rose's face, "Suga quickly come with me!" She yelled and headed as fast as she could toward the scent.

Meanwhile back with Asahi. The alpha was eyeing him carefully, "So… in order to properly claim you…" he took the volleyball in both of his hands, "I just have to do THIS!!!"

"UGH!" Asahi groaned as the volleyball was slammed and pressed into his stomach. Suddenly there was a popping sensation and then a second later there was an excruciating pain ripping itself through Asahi's stomach. He crumbled to the ground and started sobbing uncontrollably.

~It hurts. I want Noya.~

"HEY!!!" Rose bellowed, she was making her way toward the alpha with her palm extended towards him

The alpha dropped the ball and covered his nose. Suga followed behind Rose carefully until they reached Asahi. Rose pushed her palm towards the alpha's nose and he backed into a corner and fell to his knees.

"Asahi are you okay?" Suga asked worriedly

Asahi just sobbed.

"Asahi what do you need?" Rose asked, her voice seemingly more threatening than her sweet, innocent, and cute voice everyone was so accustomed to

"Noya…" he said barely above a whisper still choking back sobs

"Suga… listen to me carefully…" Rose started, "go and get Noya, but first, ball up your windbreaker and place it over Asahi's stomach, keeping his abdomen warm will ease some of the pain he's going through…"

Suga went about the task of keeping Asahi's stomach warm, he leaned in to Asahi and whispered, "Everything will be okay, I'll go get Noya, just you wait. Everything will be alright…" and with that Suga left

At this moment the alpha's coach came around the corner. Analyzing the situation and smelling the lingering scents he pieced the information together rather quickly.

"YOSHIDA!!!! What did you do?!" The coach bellowed

Rose retracted her hand and began wiping it with a wet cloth. She had spread the tiniest bit of alpha repellant on her hand and she knew how to use it. She had to protect her cases and show these alphas that they couldn't just push omegas around with their pheromones and crazy sex drives.

"Coach I-" the alpha began

"I don't want to hear it!!! You are a disgrace!! You are suspended from the club, and possibly the school, for as long as Principal Hanamura deems appropriate!!" The coach grabbed the cowering alpha by the arm, "I am terribly sorry for the grief my student has caused…"

The coach shot a remorseful glance to Asahi and bowed his head deeply, "I am sorry for your loss…" and he dragged his student away.

Rose knelt by Asahi's side also wrapping her jacket around him to keep his body warm. She pulled out a small cloth that surprisingly unfolded into a big blanket and wrapped it around Asahi's shoulders. She examined his form and her eyes settled on the obvious blood seeping from between Asahi's legs.

~It's too late…~ Rose is generally a very sweet and understanding girl, unlike her sisters, but this royally pissed her off.

"ASAHI!!! I'M HERE!!!" Noya exclaimed running to the omega's side

Asahi's head snapped up in his direction and wrapped his arms around the alpha's neck and cried into his shoulder.

Suga ran over to Rose and gave her a look that said… ~is the baby okay?~

Rose broke eye contact with Suga eyeing the floor and slowly shook her head… ~No...~

"Asahi…" Noya barely breathed, "What's going on?"

"I'll explain after we get to the hospital, let's go!" Rose said trying to pick up Asahi. The girl was physically strong enough to but her small frame could not accommodate the large build the omega had.

"I want to come too!!!" Suga said trying to help her pack Asahi on her back

"Sugawara Koushi!" Rose said firmly, "You are going to go home with Daichi. You don't need to be in the hospital waiting in uncomfortable chairs, especially in your condition…"

"Okay…" Suga took a couple of steps back to let Noya help carry Asahi to Rose's car and they were off

~I hope that the doctors can save that little baby…~ Suga prayed silently

Suga felt a hand snake around his waist, feeling traumatized from what just happened, he spun around and came face to face with Daichi. Suga exhaled a sigh of relief.

"Kou… are you okay?" Daichi asked

"Yeah…" Suga lied

"You're obviously not…" Daichi replied

"Then why'd you ask?" Suga giggled sadly, "Something bad just happened, but I can't tell you what until the person involved says I can…"

Daichi circled his arms around Suga in a loving embrace, "Can I do anything to make you feel better in the meantime?"

"Just hold me…"

-- AT THE HOSPITAL--

Noya sat nervously next to Rose, he kept glancing at her but her once lively eyes looked rather dead, like she couldn't feel anything.

"So what's going on with Asahi?" Noya asked

"I can't tell you yet…" Rose shook her head deadly

Noya was about to get angry but the doctor rushed out of Asahi's room with his smock and gloves covered in blood. The color drained from Noya's face and he sat back down. Whatever argument he was going to make against Rose died in his throat.

After seemingly hours went by the doctor came out of the room and addressed Rose in private. Rose nodded and exchanged words with the doctor before she turned to Noya, "Asahi is alright, I need to talk to him very quickly before I let you see him okay…?"

Noya exhaled a breath he didn't know he was holding and nodded.

Rose walked into the room, "Hi Asahi… how are you doing?"

Asahi looked at her weakly, "I… could be better…" he said tears forming in his eyes

"I know… it must be hard for you…" Rose sat on the bed next to him and began petting his hair

Asahi didn't know this but he'd need all the comforting touches he could get.

"I understand what you're going through Asahi… I lost a baby once too…" Rose smiled sadly, "So I know that you're going to try to hide away, but you can't do that…"

Asahi made eye contact with Rose and let his tears fall.

"If you become touch-starved after losing a baby it can cause you to drop… Do you know what that means?" Rose said

Asahi shook his head, they never covered that in school…

"When you drop or enter a drop you lose consciousness and your body starts shutting down…" Rose said holding Asahi's hand, "it IS fatal if you drop when by yourself… that's why I can't let you get touch-starved… dropping is very rare but it does happen, only to omegas…"

Asahi squeezed her hand as if she was the only thing tying him down to the earth. He started sobbing again. He felt Rose shift next to him and place her arm over his shoulders.

"It'll be alright Asahi… but there is someone who wants to see you…" Rose rubbed his shoulder soothingly, "Do you want me to explain to Noya? Or do you?"

Asahi sat quietly for a minute. ~Maybe she should tell him. Rose is really soothing like that. But if I don't tell him he might be even more mad.~

"Can you just tell him please?" Asahi's sobbing quieted a little, "I don't think the words would make it out of my mouth…"

"Alright…" Rose gave him a tight hug before exiting the room.

Asahi closed his eyes for a bit and waited for the small alpha to enter the room.

Noya sat in the waiting room seat until Rose emerged from the room. He popped up out of his chair and ran over to her.

"Is he okay?!" Noya asked frantically

"He's physically okay, he's recovering just fine…" she looked away from Noya, "he's going to be traumatized for a while though…"

"Wh-what happened…?" Noya's voice was soft and quiet for once

"Noya sweetie…" Rose started pressing her lips into a thin line, "You should sit down before I tell you this…"

"What could be so horrible?!" Noya was getting frustrated

~Just. Fucking. TELL ME!!!~

Reluctantly, Noya sat in the chair next to Rose and she held his hand, caressing it softly.

"Noya, Asahi is my charge before I can be your friend, so please remember that I cannot break my code…" she started, "Okay sweetie… I'm sorry to say this but…"

Noya tensed in his seat, did it have to do with him? Was Asahi mad at him for some reason? What was going on?!

"Noya… you just lost a baby today…"

~What…?~

Noya felt numb. ~What does she mean?~ His inquiring eyes cued her in.

"Asahi was pregnant…" she said tightening her grip on his hand

Rose watched as Noya's face lit up for a brief moment before the dread and sorrow filled his eyes.

"Was…?" Noya looked down at his lap, "and I… we… lost it…"

"I'm sorry Noya…" Rose said squeezing the young alpha's hand, "Asahi asked me not to tell you that he was pregnant… but he was about 2 months in…"

"Why…?" Noya choked back a sob, "Why didn't he want me to know?!"

"Calm down…" she said soothingly

Noya locked tear-filled eyes with the woman next to him, "What do I do?"

"You go in there, and you talk to him…" she said pulling him into a warm hug, "He needs you now, more than ever… it's the worst feeling for an omega to know that there was nothing you could do to save your pup…"

"What if he hates me now…" Noya voiced his concern

"Noya… when Asahi was attacked by that other alpha… he said he wanted you…" she smiled sadly, "I don't think he hates you…"

Noya nodded. ~Wait… what?~

"What do you mean attacked?" He asked

"I thought Suga would have explained the situation when he went to get you…" Rose sighed, "Asahi was cornered by an aggressive alpha when he went to the bathroom…"

"WHAT?!" Noya was furious, how dare another alpha make a move on HIS omega… wait… Asahi wasn't HIS omega… fuck…

"Noya, there are some alphas out there that are just ruthless. If they see an omega they like they'll go for it…" Rose shook her head, "A lot of alphas in general will hit on pregnant omegas too, it's just proof that they're fertile and can carry pups…"

At this point, Noya was seeing red.

"Though…" Rose said thoughtfully, "Majority of the time, the alphas will wait until the baby is born to kill it and THEN impregnate and claim the omega… it's rare for them to force a miscarriage…"

Noya stood up from his seat, seething. HOW DARE THEY!!! He was ready to march over to Asahi's room and demand to know which alpha it was and where they went.

"Noya calm down…" Rose said grabbing his shoulder firmly and forcing him to sit, "Asahi needs to be comforted… he feels like a failure for not protecting the baby… and he needs you…"

"Right…" Noya nodded

Rose squeezed his hand once before letting go and watched the alpha's form disappear into the room. Inside, Noya's eyes landed on Asahi's sleeping form. Asahi fell asleep waiting for Noya to enter the room.

~He's been through a lot today…~

Noya made his way across the room and to the bedside chair, he grasped Asahi's hand and squeezed it tenderly. Asahi's eyes slowly opened.

"Noya…?"

"I'm here Asahi… I'm here…" he rubbed his thumbs over the back of the omega's hand. It was comforting.

"I-I'm so sorry…" Asahi blubbered

"Don't be…" Noya heard his own voice crack

"But I hid it from you…"

"Why…?" Noya asked finally looking at Asahi with tears in his eyes

Seeing the libero with his tear-stained face shattered Asahi's already broken heart into even smaller pieces.

"Why didn't you tell me we were going to have a baby?"

"I… I…" Asahi tried to speak but for whatever reason couldn't find the words. ~Why DID I hide it from him?~

"I'm not mad Asahi…. I just want to know why…" Noya squeezed the omegas hand, "Did you not believe that I could protect you and our pup?"

"No Noya that's not it!!!" Asahi almost screamed, "I knew you could!! That you would do whatever it takes to keep us safe!! But…"

The tears on Asahi's face finally broke Noya's control. He threw himself onto Asahi, embracing him tightly.

"I'm sorry…" Asahi clung to Noya, "I was scared that you wouldn't want us, that you'd be mad at me, that… that you'd… tell me to get rid of it… because we weren't bonded…"

"Azumane Asahi…" Noya spoke carefully, "I would have told you that we would bond after the baby was born…"

"You would?" Asahi sniffled pushing Noya away from the hug to look into his

"Yes I would…" Noya said brushing a few stray hairs behind Asahi's ear, "in fact… let's bond the next time you are in heat okay?"

Asahi's eyes widened, "Really…?"

"Yes, I love you Asahi… did I really need to point that out?" Noya smiled softly and bopped their noses

"I… love you too…" Asahi smiled for the first time in what felt like years

Noya pressed a quick, sweet kiss to Asahi's lips before sitting back down on the bedside chair.

"Hey Noya…?"

"Are you really going to keep calling me that?" Noya smirked

"Uh um… Yuu…" Asahi blushed

"Yes Asahi?"

"Do you think… that um… we could… you know..." Covering his face with his hands Asahi felt his whole body blush, "try again…?"

At this Noya blushed, "Of course… what makes you think that we wouldn't?"

"Okay…" Asahi couldn't handle all this embarrassment. He covered his face with his forearm as Noya held his free hand

Very soon the doctor and Rose came in and smiled knowingly as the couple separated hands and looked away from each other blushing, "Well Azumane-san… we would like to keep you here and monitor you over night…" the doctor started, "In order to save your reproductive organs we had to clean you out, which needs time to heal, you won't go into heat for about three months, so no sex until you have your heat…"

Asahi and Noya both blushed harder if it was possible.

"You should still be fertile after this so after the three months, if you and your alpha would like to try again, it shouldn't be a problem conceiving…" the doctor continued, "while you are both rather young, I wouldn't suggest having children until you both graduate from high school, but seeing that Azumane-san is one of Rose-san's charges, the choice is really yours to make…"

Asahi and Noya looked at the woman who walked in with the doctor and she smiled at them.

"Thank you doctor…" she smiled and the said man left the room.

"Remember, I help anyone who is in need…" she smiled, "if you two choose to have a baby, you don't need to worry financially until I see that you are both ready to be out on your own…"

"Thank you so much Rose!!" Noya smiled excitedly

"Yes, thank you…" Asahi blushed

"Well, Asahi you are going to need your rest, I'll come pick you up tomorrow when you get discharged…" she smiled, "Noya, let's go, I've gotta take you home… I'll wait outside…"

Noya looked at Asahi and smiled. Giving him a quick peck and said, "I'll see you tomorrow…" and with that he left.

Asahi fell into a rather exhausted and dreamless sleep.