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Terms 

Alpha -  Alpha's are regarded as the highest in the hierarchy, frequently being models, singers, CEOs, and pro athletes making up the majority of the rich and famous. Alphas are defined by frequently being larger and more muscular than either betas or omegas, along with superior senses. Alpha's can impregnate their partner no matter gender while in a rut (Includes secondary meaning two alpha males can have kids, but it's much more complex, and the submissive partner has to take medications to assist in the process). They make up 30% of the population; however, female alphas are rare; only about 20% of alphas are female. 

Beta -  They are considered 'normal' people. Their scents are not very powerful, and they don't have heightened senses like omegas or alphas. They make up 60% of the population.

Omega -  They are considered to be the lowest on the totem pole and until recently were only regarded as good as submissive 'house wives' and 'breeders'. Omegas are still considered more submissive and more nurturing than the other genders, frequently working in positions to help people (e.g., Medical, Teaching, Social Work, Veterinarians, Therapists, etc.). No one stops omegas from pursuing other jobs; however, frequently, omegas choose not to pursue positions of power, preferring the more nurturing side of the spectrum if they decide to work at all; some prefer to settle down and be homemakers. Omegas are frequently frailer and have sweeter scents than the other genders; they also have the most potent scents. Omegas get heat and will be able to get pregnant during this period (however, two female omegas can't reproduce nor with a female beta.). They make up 10% of the population like alpha's male omegas are extremely rare, making up 5% of the omegan population. 

Heat -  A heat is a period that happens four times a year when omegas are extremely fertile and have an intense sexual drive and start slicking. With an alpha, the chances of getting pregnant are 75% or higher; with an alpha in a rut or a bonded partner, the chances are 85%, and with an alpha in a rut who is bonded to them is 95%. Heats typically last 3-5 days but can last up to 7. Alpha's go into rut four times a year 

Rut -  A Rut is a period of time in which alphas want to mate and breed to get their partner(s) pregnant. During rut, alphas will knot their partners, which is a growth at the base of their penis, preventing semen from leaking out. A rut will typically last 3-5 days, going up to 7 days on rare occasions. 

Bonded  - Have mated and sealed the deal with a bite mark over a scent gland; bonded mates can feel each other's emotions. When a bond breaks, the bite turns black. (Note: People can have multiple bonds, and with any other secondary gender, for a bond to form, all parties have to bite each other. Bonding must be done during heat or rut. 

Mated -  Being mated is similar to engagement, where the partners are preparing to become a bonded pair or group. This usually contains heavy scent marking. All parties involved will frequently wear or have something on them that shows that they are mated (e.g., Rings, Bracelets, Necklaces, Earrings, Tattoos). Some people will make mating pieces for their intended themselves. 

Court Mates  - when a pair or grouping participates in the act of courting, deciding if they would like to mate then bond.

Courting -  Similar to dating, the partners take each other out and will take care of each other alphas, and omegas shower their partners with care and gifts to prove they can provide. 

Scent Marking -  People rub their scent glands together, mixing their scents, used to claim a person. This is done by parents, friends, court mates, and mates since scents are mixed permanently once bonded.

Secondary Genders

Alphas

• Kageyama Tobio
• Nishinoya Yuu
• Daichi Sawamura
• Tanaka Ryunosuke
• Ushijima Wakatoshi
• Bokuto Kotarou
• Sekimukai Koji
• Kuroo Tetsuro
•  Morisuke Yaku
• Korai Houshiumi
• Shizimu Kiyoko 
• Iwazumi Hajime
• Lev Haiba (western order)
• Kindaichi Yutaro
• Aone Takanobu

Betas 

• Ennoshita Chikara
•  Futachuchi Kenji 
• Kazuhito Narita
• Kinoshita Hisashi 
• Goshiki Tsutomu 
• Terushima Yuji 
• Atsumu Miya

Omegas

• Sugawara Koushi
• Tsukishima Kei
• Hinata Shouyou
• Oikawa Tooru
• Azumane Asahi
• Kozume Kenma
• Satori Tendou
• Kenjiro Shirabu
• Yamaguchi Tadashi
• Yachi Hitoka
• Kunimi Akira
• Akaashi Keiji
• Osamu Miya

Pairings: 

Hinata x Kageyama

Tsukishima x Bokuto

Oikawa x Iwaizumi x Ushijima

Asahi x Nishinoya

Sugawara x Daichi

Kenma x Kuroo 

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Everyone knows there was a fight for women's rights, but that was before the adaptation of the secondary gender. A disease spread through mankind that caused women to become sterile, and the population started falling; this is what we call the great fall. Several years after the virus spread through the population, a geneticist named Alfred Darwin created a formula that would allow men to carry children and women to impregnate. He had been working on this his whole life for same-sex couples. Several years after the drug came out, secondary genders became a thing. You were either an alpha, beta, or omega of the three alphas, and omegas were the only ones with adaptations. An alpha could always impregnate, and an omega could always get pregnant.

On top of that, alphas' were stronger in all aspects. Omegas quickly became mistreated and frequently abused by others. After a long fight for their civil rights, they got treated better, but things still happened, so an organization aroze to protect omegas, especially the young ones. This organization is called Fallen Petals; they quickly became a powerhouse, and not even the government would touch them. All the agents of this organization are named after flowers.
Agent Aster finished her shpeal to the room full of high schoolers. She sighed and said, "You guys should grab a card on the way out; it has the safe houses' address and my number; if you need me, I'll be there." With that, everyone filed out of the gym, all of them grabbing the cards, which relieved the agent to no end.

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It was morning practice for the Karasuno volleyball team, but something was wrong. Hinata, the resident ball of sunshine, was refusing to go near Kageyama, but it wasn't just Kageyama; he wouldn't get too close to any of his teammates. This confused everyone to no end; the energetic boy continued like this for a week before Coach Ukai decided he needed to intervene. It was Monday when the coach made his move during morning practice. He brought rice balls and some other snacks for the group. When Hinata entered the gym, he saw the assortment of snacks arranged on a table. He was confused about why it was there, but he couldn't care less he was hungry. Once he got to the food, he was about to pick up a rice ball when he took a whiff of the smell and immediately felt nauseous covering his face; he bolted out of the gym, going faster than any of his team had ever seen to god knows where. It was several minutes later when he didn't return, that they all started to worry. The alphas were especially worried, which surprised everyone since the omegas tended to be more anxious.
"What if he's hurt? I mean, did you see the speed he ran out of the building at..." Suga said worriedly.
"I'm sure he's fine, Suga, but if it would make it feel better, we can look for him," Daichi said, patting his back.

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Shoyo knew his behavior had been weird lately, but he had hoped that they would just leave him alone. He knew that they had no intention of leaving him alone when he saw that the coach had bought food. Coach never bought them food unless he was planning something. He tried his best to act normal when he went up to the food, but as soon as the scent hit him, a massive wave of nausea swept over him, and he ran out the door as fast as he could. Initially, he thought about going to the boy's bathroom, but he didn't want to be questioned, so instead, he ran out of the school grounds as fast as he could. He quickly got to his house, running upstairs and into the bathroom, spending several minutes throwing up. After that, he put his hand on his stomach and thought about how things had become like this.

It had been almost a month since the incident, as he liked to call it, and he had been hopeful that he wouldn't get pregnant, and nothing else would happen; it would be forgotten. The incident had happened when his last heat started while he and Kageyama were studying in his room. Kageyama ended not being able to control himself and mated with the omega. His hopes were ruined, though, when he started to throw up the next day, so he went to a convenience store and bought a couple of pregnancy tests. He went to the bathroom and waited. When all three of the tests said positive, he freaked out. He was PREGNANT with Kageyama's child; they weren't even courting how could this happen. He threw the tests away and left the store going home. He decided he would keep the child, but he wouldn't tell the team, which went double for Kageyama.

He locked the door and climbed into his bathtub, sinking into it. He put his hands to his face and started to sob uncontrollably. There was no way he could go back to the team now. They would find out, then they would all hate him and kick him off the team.

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Suga was growing more and more concerned as they couldn't find him anywhere. They decided to go and check back at the gym to see if he had come back. When they got into the gym, he asked, "Did Hinata come back here? We couldn't find him anywhere." Everyone shook their heads and looked even more worried.

"Well, we could have missed something lets look around again, meet back here in ten minutes; also, go in pairs of two just to be safe," Daichi said; well, it was more of a command, but that didn't change anything. Ten minutes later, everyone was back in the gym.

"Did anyone find anything?" Daichi asked. There was a series of 'nos and nopes' that followed. "Okay, next question, does anyone know somewhere he might go?"

"I do, his house is near here, and it wouldn't have taken him long to get there at the speed he was going," Tsukishima said.

"Okay, can you take Suga and me there?"

"Yeah, I can." It didn't take long for them to reach Hinata's house. They found the door unlocked. The three of them went into the house to look for him. Suga found him soon and gathered the others.

"I found him; he's in the upstairs bathroom," Suga said.

"There is something wrong. What is it?" Daichi asked, concerned about the tone his mate had.

"He's crying, Dai... and the door is locked. I can smell his distress...," Suga said dejectedly. The other two tensed Hinata rarely ever cried, and even when he did, it was usually after he had lost a match. Even then, it was never for long. Not long after that, the distressed scent increased enough that it could be smelled prominently from downstairs. Daichi went running up the stairs taking two at a time to get to the distressed omega. Suga, on the other hand, told Tsukishima to go back to the club and tell them what was happening before heading up.
Daichi knocked on the door to see if Hinata would respond but no such luck. "Hey, Hinata open the door," he said.

"Noo.... go *hic* away!" Hinata yelled in between sobs. It took all of Daichi's self-control not to break down the door.

"Hinata, sweetheart, please unlock the door; dad, and I are worried." Suga pleaded. A minute or two later, the door clicked, but he didn't open the door. Suga gently opened the door to see that Hinata had crawled into the bathtub again but hadn't drawn the curtain. Suga climbed into the tub and wrapped his arms around Hinata's shaking form. "Hinata baby, what's wrong?" The older omega asked. All Hinata did was break down into sobs, clutching onto Suga's shirt. All he could do was rub his back and tell him everything was going to be okay, whatever it was. Soon enough, he calmed down enough that he could speak again. "Mom... where's dad?" Hinata asked in a meek voice.
"He's outside the door baby, do you want me to tell him to come in?" Suga said in a soft voice. The only response he got was Hinata nodding. Suga let go of the small boy and got up to grab his mate. "Daichi, Hinata is asking for you." The two went back into the bathroom. Daichi quietly whispered, "We should take him back to his room; it's more comfortable there." Suga nodded and went over to the bathtub.

"Hinata, sweety, do you want to walk back to your room or have Daichi carry you."

"I want dad to carry me," Hinata said, reaching his arms up in a motion to be carried. Daichi went over and scooped the young omega up. Hinata immediately buried his head in the alpha's shoulder as he was brought back to his room.
Hinata was becoming more and more worried about Daichi and Suga's reaction to his pregnancy. He didn't have time to continue worrying, though, because they were already in his room. Daichi set him on his bed, and then he and Suga sat on either side of him. "Okay, so now you'll tell us what's wrong, right." Although Suga had phrased it as a question, it was most certainly not.

"Promise you won't hate me?" he questioned. The mated couple in the room shared a concerned glance before Suga answered, "We could never hate you, Hinata, we promise."
Hinata glanced between the two of them before he continued, "Well... um, right before my last heat started, I was hanging out with an alpha, and my uh well, my heat started while we were hanging out. Neither of us could control ourselves, and well, we ended up... you know... and I ended up..." Hinata broke down into sobs before he could finish the last of his sentence.
"You ended up what, Hinata..." Suga prodded.

"I... I... I got p.. pre... pregnant," He said finally. Immediately Suga pulled the young omega into a tight hug and started to cry a little too. It was Daichi who asked the next question, "Who was the alpha Hinata?" His tone was solemn. All Hinata did was shake his head. "Who. Was. The. Alpha." Daichi said his tone sounded deadly, Hinata buried his head into Suga's chest, and everyone could smell his distress. Daichi could be heard taking a few deep breaths.

"Hinata, I won't do anything to them unless you want me to," Daichi said calmly.

"Kageyama," He mumbled. Suga and Daichi looked at each other. "Sweetie, we didn't hear that. Can you say that again?" suga spoke softly. "I Said KAGEYAMA." Hinata was nearly screaming by the end of the sentence.

"Okay, what's so wrong with Kageyama?" Suga asked in confusion.

"HE left, and he hasn't been talking to me this entire time, plus we weren't even court mates, and he hasn't asked about it since," Hinata said dejectedly.

The other two's anger began to rise at the stupid young alpha's actions. "Well, I'm assuming you don't want him to know, but you need support and protection outside of school, so I'm going to call agent Aster." Suga said, Hinata only nodded and grabbed onto Daichi, burying his face in his chest and crying again."

Suga got up and left, taking his phone out of his pocket and dialing Agent Aster's number.

"Hello, agent Aster speaking." said a woman's voice over the phone.

"Hi, this is Sugawara from Kurasuno; we have an omega here who needs assistance."

"Okay, what type of assistance?" she asked, concern edging her tone.

"He had an alpha mate him during his heat, and now he's pregnant," Suga said.

"Okay, do you know the alpha?" she asked.

"Yeah, he's also a member of our volleyball team."

"Okay, he's not a threat, is he?" she inquired.

"No, he's not," suga said, starting to sound defensive.

"Okay, I'll come over and pick you guys up." She said and hung up.

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Only Tsukishima had come back from going to Hinata's house. Everyone immediately surrounded him, asking questions. It was only after Coach Ukai told them to shut up did he get a chance to talk. "He's at his house, Daichi and Suga are with him, and when we got there, he was in distress or something like that," he said flatly.

"What do you mean he was in distress?" asked Ennoshita.

"How should I know? Sugawara told me to leave and tell you guys they found him," Tsukishima said with a shrug of his shoulders. The team was on edge for the rest of the day since none of their teammates returned. It was afternoon practice when the seething couple came in, and the bombardment of questions began again. It was Asahi who broke through the cacophony of sound, "Is Hinata alright?"

"Hinata is fine, guys..." Daichi said

"Are you sure about that? I mean, he looked like shit earlier, and he isn't with you," Kageyama said nonchalantly. That's all it took for all of Suga's tightly controlled fury at the young alpha to explode. "How dare you... How dare you ask that." Suga seethed as he stormed up to the young alpha and grabbed him by his shirt's collar. It surprised everyone on the team since they had rarely ever seen Suga get mad, and even then, it never got physical.

"I have no clue what you're talking about," Kageyama said, trying to pry the angry omega off his shirt's collar.

"Oh, you have every bit of knowledge. I mean, how could you do that to him, and now he's..." Suga was abruptly interrupted by Daichi. "Suga stop, he said he didn't want him or anyone else to know..." Daichi sounded just as angry but still pulled his omega off of Kageyama. They both threw one final glare at Kageyama before they left.
"Well, that was interesting," said Tsukishima as he followed the couple out of the building. It took him very little time before he caught up to them. "So what was that about?" he asked dryly. There was a quick glance between the two before they decided to answer his question.

"Okay, we'll tell you, but you cannot under any circumstances tell Kageyama," Daichi said.

"You have my word, but can I tell the other omegas?" Tsukishima asked.

"Yes, but you have to be careful," Suga said. A quick nod from Tsukishima was all it took.

"Kageyama mated Hinata during his last heat, and now he's pregnant." Tsukishima looked utterly confused, which was a rare occurrence for him.

"That shouldn't be a problem, though," Tsukishima said.

"Yeah, well apparently, Kageyama refuses to talk to him outside of practice anymore, and on top of that, they were neither court mates nor bonded," Suga said, sighing.

"So, where is Hinata hiding out?"

"He's with Agent Aster of Fallen Petals."

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Hinata was surprised to see some familiar faces when he got to the safe house. Both Kuroo and Kenma from Nekoma High were cuddled up on one of the couches. It was apparently just as shocking for them since when they saw the small ginger, both of their eyes grew wide, and Kenma actually dropped his game console. He didn't have time to chat, though, since Aster herded him off to one of the empty rooms in the safe house and wrote his name on it.

"Quick breakdown of the rules, tell me if something is wrong, tell me if you're bringing someone over, and always have someone with you when you go out, preferably an alpha or myself. Also, about the nightstands, the right one has condoms and that kind of thing while the left has toys of the adult variety," Aster said. A bright red blush overtook the small omega's face at the mention of what was in the nightstands. After his blush went down, he walked back out into the living room to see what was going on. Both heads turned to him when he sat down in the chair across from the couple.

"Hey, so what brought you two here?" asked Hinata.

"Well, we were going to ask you the same thing. We've been bonded for a year now, and we wanted a safe place to spend my heat. Kenma said, cuddling deeper into his mate's side.
"Um... well, my heat started while I was hanging out with one of the alphas from my team, and he mated me, not like bonded or anything just sex, and we haven't talked since, and on top of it all, I'm pregnant," he said dejectedly. The look of utter defeat on the omega's face was something the other two had never seen before. So in an act of rare affection, Kenma hugged Hinata, not just a quick squeeze but a long one that said, ' I'm here for you.' If it weren't for the fact that he was all cried out, Hinata would have broken down crying again.

"Well, that's a shitty move to pull, so I guess Kenma is just going to have to share me for a little while since, given what I know, you're going to need the help and attention," Kuroo said in a tone that if you hadn't known him previously, you'd think he was talking about the weather. Most people would think the offer was utterly ridiculous and that Kenma would kill his alpha for the suggestion of giving affection to another omega, but that was a wrong assumption. Omegas would often band up and share an alpha if one was abandoned or their alpha died; this was especially important if the omega in question was pregnant or had recently lost a child.

"I think that's one of the first good ideas you've had in a while, Kuroo," Kenma said, dragging the smaller omega with him when he snuggled back up with his alpha. Hinata didn't waste a moment burying himself in Kuroo's other side. Kuroo was surprised when the little omega started cuddling him, but one sharp look from his mate told him that he better take care of him however was needed or else.

It wasn't until late that the couple and Hinata headed to bed. The couple looked at each other before stopping Hinata in his tracks. "You can stay in our room Shoyo." The use of Hinata's first name by the other omega was highly intentional as it let him know that they were completely serious. They forgot that the bed was only built for two people, so they needed to go and find Aster to see if they could get a bigger bed.

"Hey, Aster, are there any rooms that will fit all three of us? We want to make sure Hinata is okay," Kuroo said.
"Hmm... I think there might be one over there." She said, pointing in the direction of a room with double doors. Following where she had indicated, they found that the place was big enough for all three of them with extra space. There was a table in there and a bathroom. They settled in quickly, the two omegas shooing the alpha out of the room so they could talk.

"Shoyo, I'm going to tell you a secret... I'm pregnant too." Kenma whispered. Hinata looked shocked but also excited for the other boy.

"Have you told Kuroo yet?" he asked.

"No, not yet. I was hoping you could help me," Kenma said. Hinata looked just about ready to burst; he was so excited.

"Of course, how are you planning it?" The two went on planning until the young alpha came back. The trio cuddled in bed all until they fell asleep, the exhaustion of the day catching up with them.

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The week progressed in a similar manner; he spent time with Kenma planning his pregnancy reveal to Kuroo it was going to be priceless to see the older man freak out at the news. Despite loving to spend time with his friend Hinata knew he was just distracting himself from his own problems. It was frustrating for the young omega; he never thought he would have to do everything alone. Though he knew that wasn't true because he had people who supported him, they could never replace his missing alpha, and soon enough, he knew they would be more concerned over their own litters. That was just guessing on his part except for Kenma, of course. With all of this running through his head Hinata decided it was time to talk to Aster about what he would do. 

He found her in the living room, snacking on some popcorn while watching a movie. Upon seeing his approach, she paused the video and patted the seat next to her. "So it's time..." she sighed. 

"Yeah, it couldn't wait any longer; I need to figure out what to do." He said, his tone displaying just how serious the matter was for the young volleyball player.

"So you have a few options. I know you're keeping the child, but you will need support to raise them. We can get you set up with government support after you leave my charge, and you can do all your work online, so you dont have to go to school in person. Another is that you can find another couple, perhaps a pairing of two alphas or betas; even an alpha and beta would probably work. Now, this isn't a romantic relationship unless all parties are willing. The last option is basically telling the father and getting support from him if that goes wrong, you still have options one and two." She smiled lightly and placed a hand on his shoulder, offering much-needed support. 

"I think I need to tell Kageyama at least even if it doesn't work out, but option one is pretty likely knowing him." he sighed, almost defeated. "Will you come with me." It would be hard for him to explain, but he would start small by telling the rest of the team. Then his other friends ending with Kageyama and his family. He grimaced at the thought; he hadn't talked with any of his family after presenting as an omega. They basically bought him the house near the school and paid his living costs, but otherwise, they wanted no contact with their only son. 

He had told Aster he would be inviting over several groups of people over the next few days.

Chat between Sugamama and Hinata

Hinata:  Hey, could you bring the team except for Bakayama to the safehouse tomorrow?  

Sugamama : Of course, it's time, isn't it.

Hinata : They should know I'm going to tell my friends on the other teams a couple of days later and then get everyone's help to tell Kageyama. 

Group Chat: Friendos (Everyone except Karasuno) 

Hinata:  Hey, could you guys come to talk the day after tomorrow, and I mean all of you. 

Bokuto : Anything for my disciple, I'll drag Akaashi with me. 

Izumi : Koji, and I will make it. 

Ushijima : I'll bring the team over after practice

Oikawa : Chibi-chan, what's this about. 

Hinata : Suprise ;) 

Oikawa : You hurt me, Chibi-chan, but we'll be there. I'm curious now. 

Yaku : I'll round up the others from our team. 

Aone : where? 

Hinata : Oh! Right, I forgot it's on the card for the safe house for Fallen petals. It's the XXXX one show up whenever except super early or late. 

All : We'll be there 

He spent the rest of the evening with Kenma petting the flustered boy's hair while lying in their bed. It was odd, but neither he nor Tetsuro minded the orange-haired ball of energy joining them. It was only platonic, but none the less he knew Shouyo had become dependant on their affection, and when his pregnancy came to light, he wouldn't be receiving it anymore. He wondered how badly it would affect his best friend. 

 The day was moving too fast for his liking, and he knew that his team would be here soon. He knew that worrying would do him no good, but he was far past the point of thinking logically. He was too preoccupied to notice when his teammates walked in. He nearly jumped into the ceiling when Suga tapped him on the shoulder, which wasn't that surprising given his nervous state. When he saw his teammates, he calmed down substantially. Gathering his team and pointing to the couch across from him. They sat there for at least five minutes; his eyes were somewhat glazed over as he tried to come up with what to say. 

"Hinata, you can do it; come on," Suga said, shooting him a reassuring smile. Hinata shook his head, and after the silence, they had just experienced, it was a little shocking to hear the sound of the slap in the face he had just given himself. Instead of his usual sunshine grin, he just sighed and sat down, letting one of his hands rest on his stomach. 

"So, how much do you guys know?" Hinata asked. 

"Not that much, only that Suga is angry at Kageyama, and it has something to do with you," Ennoshita said. 

"Well, to make a longish story pretty short, I'm an omega... no shocks there, but my last heat came on a little suddenly, and I was with Kageyama. He ended up spending my heat with me or part of it at least, but he left and hasn't talked to me about it, and you guys know that we had no prior romantic relationship to that point. Well, we don't have one now either. Now I'm pregnant and... you know the rest, He muttered. There was shock on all their faces except for three; Tsukishima, Suga, and Daichi. 

Oh, to say that Nishinoya was angry was the understatement of the century; he was downright furious. No one and he meant NO ONE, would ever be allowed to hurt his kohai; it was a crime punishable by death, and even that wouldn't be enough for him. The fact that Kageyama had gotten Hinata pregnant was bad, but if it had been a mutual agreement and he had been there, he would have only punched him. Since Kageyama had abandoned Hinata, the alpha in him screamed to kill the bastard and protect the vulnerable omega in front of him. Though everyone knew he would never admit it, Tanaka was in the same boat. 

Asahi wasn't surprised by the news he had found Tsukishima crying the day the ball of sunshine had disappeared from volleyball practice. He was beyond furious with Kageyama, but he was a far better actor than he was given credit for and hadn't shown any signs about his knowledge of the situation. It had broken him to pieces to hear that Kageyama had left Hinata that night; he had talked to his family about what to do, and the only solution he could come up with was to talk to Yu when the problem came to light. 

Ennoshita, Suga, and Daichi all shared similar reactions to the situation. The first part was to be furious and sock Kageyama in the jaw. Then the need to comfort and mother Hinata came in, and they had to collectively resist the urge to steal the small boy and hide him from the world when he started to cry into his hands, his shoulders shaking viciously.

Tsukishima had broken down when he found out what the king had done to Hinata. After calming down and explaining to Asahi, he called Bokuto because he needed to see him since he was having a hard time coping and wanted his alpha. Bokuto had agreed to meet and told him he would be down even earlier because Hinata had invited him to down the day before he was scheduled to arrive, so he would need to stay at his place.

They were all shocked out of their thoughts when, surprisingly, Yamaguchi spoke up. 

"Um... Hinata, have you tried to talk to Kageyama?"

The deadly expression that crossed Hinata's face was that they needed to know. "Yeah, I did; he just said to forget it and go back to normal since he didn't feel anything for me." The deadly glares of every person in the room directed at Kageyama intensified by at least 200%. 

"So, Hinata, what are you going to do?" Asahi asked, a concerned look resting on his face. 

"Since I'm keeping the baby so my only options are to a) raise them alone, b) Join another pair so they can help me, c) or ask Kageyama for help. None of those appeals very much, and Kageyama won't want to participate or, worse, battle me for custody of the child when they are old enough to be away from me," His voice cracked, and a small tear escaped him when he said that last part. He soon found himself enveloped in a group hug. After that, the conversation drifted away from serious topics. Soon enough, everyone was heading home, but Hinata recognized that he wouldn't be able to go back to Kenma and Kuroo tonight since they would be too wrapped up in each other to comfort him tonight. He grabbed the nearest person so that they wouldn't leave. He wasn't even looking at who he was holding onto for dear life. 

"Hinata?" Asahi asked. 

"Don't wanna be alone," He mumbled, burying his face deeper into Asahi's chest. 

Asahi looked over to his lover for assistance. The only responce he got was a smirk. He thought about dislodging the small boy and going home to spend the evening with his beloved Yu. He couldn't find it in himself to do it. Sighing, he picked Hinata up and sat down on the couch, setting him on his lap. "Hinata, what do you need?" though he had phrased it as a question, it had a slightly commanding tone.  

"C... Can you stay with me tonight? I don't wanna be alone can't handle it..." Hinata was almost so quiet he couldn't hear him. 

"I can, but I need to talk to Noya about it. Would it be okay if he stayed too?" 

"Mhm." that was the only answer he received from the small boy as he waived Noya over to talk. 

"Noya, he doesn't want to be alone tonight; I'm going to stay; what about you?" He asked, a slightly desperate edge to his voice. 

"I think I can. I just need to tell my parents," He said with a smile. 

"Oh, and Yu, I want to talk to you about something regarding Hinata." Noya nodded, walking away and pulling out his phone to call his parents. 

Hinata was exhausted; it had been a long day, and tomorrow would be another one. He started to drag Asahi towards his room, it was the one he had been using with Kuroo and Kenma, but the two had moved out. He told Aster that he had no intention of going back to the other room since he would probably end up sleeping in here more than not anyways, so it became his official room. Hinata grabbed his Pajamas and left the couple. 

Noya was curious about what his gentle lover had wanted to talk to him about, and now that they were alone, it was the perfect time to bring it up. "Asahi, what did you want to talk to me about?" 

"I want to make Hinata a temporary and possibly permanent third to our relationship," Asahi spoke resolution in his voice. 

"I don't know, Asahi, that is a major decision, and we don't even know if Hinata will allow it yet..."  

"I know Yu, but even if it is just cuddling and being there for him during and after the pregnancy, he needs the support, and you heard him earlier; Kageyama is as likely to want this child as he is to quit volleyball." 

"Okay fine, we'll ask, and if he joins us, we'll see where it goes from there," He said, sighing. 

Hinata walked back into the room, both Noya and Asahi looking at him thoughtfully. He felt completely out of the loop. "Sooo did something happen while I was gone," he said, looking between the two men. 

"Um... well, Hinata we-" Asahi was abruptly cut off by Noya, who took over the conversation. "Hinata, will you be our third?" Hinata blinked at them, obviously taken aback by the question. He started to laugh after that, thinking that this all had to be a joke. "That was a great Joke, Noya- senpai," he giggled.  

Asahi stared him dead in the eye, expression completely serious. "We aren't joking, Hinata; we want you to be our third, not so much romantically, but so we can care for you and your child." 

Noya took up the thread after that, "We want to do this, hell my instincts have been screaming to protect and love you all evening even with Asahi here, and he's my bonded omega." Hinata was apprehensive. He didn't want to ruin his friends' relationship or be a burden.  

"Um... are you guys sure... I don't want to be a burden on you." Hinata doubted it would be a problem given how caring his teammates were; he wanted to be cautious, though. Taking another person on in a relationship was difficult under normal circumstances. Not to mention that person being an omega and then adding on the pregnant bit, it becomes a million times harder. 

"We're sure, Hinata, but this only happens if you agree, and we would be here for you anyway, even if you didn't decide to join us." Asahi gave him a comforting look as to say everything would be okay. 

"Noya- senpai, I would like to try this... and it's not as if Aster hadn't suggested I join a pre-existing relationship." Noya's face split into a giant grin, Asahi's smile was no less bright. That night the newly formed trio cuddled, finding sleep and comfort in each other's arms. 

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Earlier that day: 

Kenma had been busy planning how to tell Kuroo about his pregnancy since he found out. The addition of Hinata made it both easier and harder for him to reveal his condition to his best friend turned lover. Today was the day, though; they had explicitly planned this so that Hinata could tell his team without interrupting, and Kenma could tell Kuroo. 

It was ten in the morning when he roused Kuroo from his rest to catch their train to Tokyo. The date was located at an arcade that Hinata had found while looking online, and there was a nice restaurant near there so they could get dinner and tell Kuroo about their child then still have time to get back to the safehouse. 

Kuroo swiftly dressed to leave. He was still sleepy as Kenma practically dragged him out the door. This was very uncharacteristic of his pudding-haired lover since Kenma himself was known to sleep late into the afternoon. The train ride back to Tokyo went by faster than he thought it would, and it gave him time to get some more sleep in. 

The arcade they went to would have been hard to find if Kenma hadn't had directions. It was called Retroscore Game Center. The whole place was decked out with both classic and modern games; the carpet had neon spots covering it, and the lights were dimmed, making the neon spots almost seem to glow. They spent most of the afternoon there Kenma had beaten him at all of the games except for Pac-man, which the Nekoma captain had spent obscene amounts of time and money on to beat Kenma's score once. 

Once dinner came around, Kuroo was perfectly happy grabbing some pizza from a nearby shop and finding a park to sit at and eat it, but he soon found that Kenma had also had a place for dinner picked out a little ways away. As they made their way to the restaurant, Kuroo noticed something different about the setter; he couldn't be sure, but he seemed nervous or even anxious about something. The dinner was excellent, but Kuroo couldn't shake the feeling that something was off, and his instincts nearly shot through the roof when an elderly female alpha told Kenma he was cute. 

Kenma had worked up the courage to tell Kuroo by the time they got dessert, and of course, he ordered the pie. "I need to tell you something." even though he was trying to keep his voice steady, he could tell that it was shaking a little and that Kuroo had noticed given the serious expression on his face. 

"Okay, what is it?" 

"I need you to not freak out. Well, you remember how we spent my last heat together." Kuroo gave a nod looking slightly more panicked

"Well, I ended up getting pregnant..." 

If Kuroo hadn't known that Kenma would never joke like that, he would have laughed at his boyfriend but, Kenma would never do something like that, so he was definitely telling the truth. Kuroo was over the moon; a smile split his face. "Really?!?! I'm gonna be a dad." His excitement was oozing off of him.  

"That's what I said now; sit down and let me finish my pie." 

That was all that was said before they went back to the safe house Kuroo couldn't keep his hands off his love's stomach the whole way there. They had forgotten entirely about Hinata when they went to sleep. 

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The next day when the Hinata awoke and found himself wrapped in both Asahi and Noya's arms, he nearly screamed in surprise until he remembered the events that had transpired the previous night. He let out a relieved sigh hoping that he hadn't woken up his bedmates. The universe, however, wasn't working in his favor as Noya stirred from his sleep. 

"Hina, you okay?" Noya said sleepily. 

"Yeah, I'm fine..." he knew he didn't sound convincing, but deception was never his strong suit. Proving his point, Noya raised an eyebrow and frowned. When a pair of giant arms wrapped gently around his torso, he knew that his interaction with Noya had woken the gentle giant. 

"What's going on?" Asahi asked his moring voice was husky, and it sent shivers down Hinata's spine. 

"This one," Noya said, pointing at him, "won't tell me what's wrong; he bolted straight up, and he's been sweating and looks like he's seen a ghost." Hinata sent him an accusatory glare that all but said,  'how could you tell him that it would have been fine if you left it alone.'

"Yeah, but I really am fine, " Hinata mumbled.

"You know you're not. Stop lying and tell us what happened." 

"Noya's right, Hinata; if this is going to work, you need to tell us what is wrong so we can fix it." Asahi said next, ganging up on him with Noya.  

With a huff, Hinata reluctantly said, "Nightmare, I dreamt that everyone was turning their backs on me and was telling me I was a slut and I should have controlled myself, and Kageyama got the child... and... and..." By that point, Hinata had broken down into a sobbing mess and was practically strangling Noya from the death grip he had around him. 

"Shh Shh Shh, it will all be fine; we're not leaving Shoyo no one is going to leave you." Asahi said, rubbing soothing circles on his back. His sobs gradually quieted to soft sniffles, and soon he had fallen back asleep in the arms of his new protectors. 

The wait for his friends to get there was long, and his restless energy was through the roof. Both Noya and Asahi were on the edge of their seats as they waited for the first group, which consisted of Ushijima, Tendou, Oikawa, Iwaizumi, Aone, Izumi, and Koji. Initially, all the teams were going to come down, and all of them would come to the safe house, but eventually decided on two groups of representatives, two people per team max. The second group was Bokuto, Akaashi, Yaku, Lev, Terushima, the Miya twins, and Houshiumi. The only reason for the second group was that they were coming by train, and they needed extra time to get there while the other teams were close by.  

When the first group got there, they knew that something serious was going on because when Noya opened the door to let them in, he looked like he had been run over by a truck, plus the scowl that graced his face. The next telling sign was seeing the usually hyper Hinata sitting on the couch and curled up with Karasuno's Ace, neither one of them smiling even though when the pair saw them, they tried to give them one. 

"Chibi-chan, why so down?" Oikawa jested, trying to break up the tension in the room. It was successful in relaxing everyone except the trio, who were sitting on the couch.  

"Well, I have bad news and worse news," Hinata said glumly. "You should all probably sit down for this one." 

"Shrimpy, what could be so bad that we have to sit down," Tendou said. 

"Trust me on this one, guys. You're gonna wanna sit down," Noya said, shaking his head. After they had all found a seat, Asahi nodded and seemed to whisper something in the sunshine boy's ear. 

"Well, there's no real way of avoiding it; I'm pregnant," Hinata stated bluntly. Everyone looked like a feather could have knocked them over. 

"Your joking, right, Chibi-chan," Oikawa said, voice full of shock and desperation. The look on Hinata's face told them he was serious. 

"So why is this bad news? And is one of them the daddy," Tendou asked, very confused. A dark look passed over Hinata's face; it wasn't something any of them had seen on the small angel's face before.

"My last heat started while I was studying in the presence of an alpha, and we lost control; we weren't courting or anything either. He made it clear when I asked about it he wasn't interested in me in that way, and he wanted to forget it ever happened..." Hinata's voice trailed off. 

"You loved or liked the alpha you were with romantically, didn't you." Hinata cursed Oikawa's observation skills. He nodded to Oikawa. 

"What is this alpha's name?" Ushijima asked. 

"The alpha was Kageyama," Noya spoke for him. 

"I'm not surprised he has his head shoved so far up his ass he could never realize what a treasure he's missing out on," Oikawa said. After that, they all comforted them and told him they would tell the others in their respective groups, and all of his friends comforted him. The process repeated when his other friends came over later, all of them going from shock to anger at Kageyama and support for Hinata. It had been a long day when his partners dragged him to bed and put him to sleep. 

Noya and Asahi got on their phones the second they were sure that Hinata was asleep. 

Hinata Support Group (everyone but Hinata and Kageyama.) 

Noya : What do we do about Kageyama?

Aone : Kill him

Suga : Threaten him

Ushijima : We can spike volleyballs at his head then say it's an accident

Daichi : We can kick him out of the volleyball gym.

Asahi : As much as I agree with you all, we need to respect Hinata's wishes and help him come up with a way to tell Kageyama about this and keep Hinata safe from Kageyama's rage.

Oikawa : As much as I hate to agree, but you have a point man-bun, we should respect Hinata, and then after he knows what he's done wrong, we can hurt him much more fun that way.  

All : yep 

With that settled, Noya and Asahi joined their favorite carrot top in bed, cuddled around him, and fell into a peaceful sleep.

Chapter Text

Hinata had been gone for over a week, and for the life of him, Kageyama could not figure out why the stupid tangerine had disappeared. The weirdest thing of all is that the rest of the team had stopped freaking out over the small middle blockers' disappearance several days after he had gone missing. The weirdest thing is that it was parallel to when the team started to distance themselves from him. Kageyama was distraught, thinking that he could be going back to his old ways. He was terrified of losing his team, especially when they were some of the first friends he had ever had in his life. He started to become paranoid, constantly checking that he wasn't being too demanding and asking the spikers for different types of advice on how he could better accommodate them, even volunteering to clean the gym and help people with things. 

The team had noticed the change in Kageyama as soon as they began trying to distance themselves, he would try and get close again, and it pained them despite the anger they had towards the dumb alpha. He was ripping himself apart, trying to figure out what he had done wrong. There had been several times, the omegas' maternal instincts kicked in, and they nearly spilled Hinata's secret to him. It was only a week and a half later when they realized the actual toll their actions had taken on the raven-haired boy.

Kageyama was on the verge of a breakdown. His team was ignoring him except Tsukishima, who was only slightly snarkier than usual. He truly knew what people meant when they called him emotionally constipated now; it had taken a week of sleepless nights and internet research for him to finally figure out the emotions he was processing. At first, he had only spent time thinking of Hinata, and where he was, the most probable scenario was that the orange-haired middle blocker had switched schools to avoid him. It was a completely logical theory to him since Hinata had been avoiding him religiously after his heat. He felt a seizing feeling in his chest when he thought about that. Eventually, he figured out that he was in love with the orange-haired angel and had been for a long time, just too blinded by his obsession with volleyball to notice it. He eventually riddled out that the others must know where he went and that they probably knew what had gone down between the two of them. He hated that he screwed everything up and the growing anxiety he had been hiding coming out at long last. 

During one of their evening practices, the team's actions truly came back to haunt them. Asahi and Noya had come in that morning exhausted; apparently, they had to calm Hinata through a panic attack that night after a nightmare about Kageyama taking and killing their child in front of him. Of course, the entire team knew it was utterly ridiculous to blame Kageyama for something he didn't do, but they did agree that Kageyama should die for traumatizing their cinnamon roll so much that he could have dreams like this though they kept that to themselves. So that day, everyone put extra force into ignoring him, not even responding to him in the slightest. 

Kageyama was trying his best, but his team was completely ignoring him coach said nothing, and he could feel the rising panic within himself. Thankfully he had put on scent blockers that day so no one would notice. After morning practice, he threw himself into school work so he wouldn't think about it. During evening practice, he found himself working much harder to ignore the anxiety gnawing at his mind. Still, it was all for nothing after one particularly snarky insult left Tsukishima's mouth.

"You know, king, I understand why all your other teammates left you now; how does it feel to repeat history knowing that all the volleyball skills you have are completely worthless because no one will want to work on a team with you again." That was it for Kageyama, the damn that had been holding back all of the anxiety, doubt, and thoughts that he had running through his head burst. 

The room was silent everyone had stopped when they heard what Tsukishima said, waiting for an outburst from Kageyama. Kageyama just slumped in defeat; it wasn't normal for him. It set off all of the second and third years parental/protective sibling instincts at once. Yamaguchi spoke up first, "Tsuki, that was too far." Which was quickly followed by similar comments from the rest of the team. 

"No, he's was just saying the truth," Kageyama's said, his voice was filled with defeat. Everyone turned to look at him; he was tilting his head down, so his bangs covered his eyes, but no one could mistake the slight shaking of his shoulders and the smell of tears coming from him. Even Tsukishima was shocked at the alpha's words; never in his life did he think he would see the tsundere alpha cry; even after defeats, he just looked angry. 

Kageyama knew this would happen every time he thought he could make friends and finally feel like a part of something; instead of just some outsider, he would end up ruining it somehow. People never thought it would affect him since he didn't know how to express himself and seemed cold and angry. He didn't think it would happen this time though he believed he had found a genuine group of people that would accept him. How could they, though, when even his own parents couldn't tolerate him. The thought made him laugh. It was amusing how he had ruined his entire life without even trying.  

The sound of Kageyama's self-deprecating laugh rang through the gym; it alarmed them even more than the alpha crying. Kageyama had never been anything short of the picture of confidence, even when he was still getting over being left by his former team. What came out the setter's mouth next was nothing short of soul-crushing, and the full weight of what they had done to the boy came crashing down. 

"I should have known this would happen; everyone always leaves. I'm not even surprised at this point; first, it was my parents, then my sister, Oikawa always hated me, and then my team left; now this. I don't know why everyone hates me or if I just ruin every relationship I touch." Kageyama looked at his teammates, and they all seemed utterly shocked most even had the decency to look guilty about what they did even if he wasn't entirely sure why. He didn't want to be here any longer, so he just left his dumb-struck teammates standing there in the gym. 

Time seemed to pause for everyone in the team until they heard the slam of the gym doors. Then all the pent-up feelings that everyone had crashed down around them and chaos broke loose. "What did I just do?!" Tsukishima broke into tears. He knew this was at least partially his fault for pushing the alpha, and he felt terrible for it. He had only been mad at him for Hinata's sake. Yet, despite being scared of Kageyama's reaction, he had never wanted the alpha hurt. Actually he Tsukishima was pretty sure Hinata loved the stupid alpha. Hinata was going to be furious with them. As soon as the thought crossed his mind, he smacked his face. "Shit, this isn't good Hinata is going to be furious with us once he finds out, and you know he will." 

"Why would Hinata be mad at us?" Tanaka asked, just blinking at the group obliviously Noya agreeing with his friend's question. 

Tsukishima sighed at the two dunce heads. He swore that getting hit by so many volleyballs had made them dumb. "Hinata is going to be mad at us for more or less shunning Kageyama and making his beloved alpha upset." 

"But isn't Hinata afraid of Kageyama?" Noya questioned. 

Tsukishima just sighed as he explained, "He is afraid of Kageyama rejecting him, not of the alpha himself. He is in so much pain right now because he loves Kageyama, and he doesn't think it's mutual. What we just did was throw Hinata's protective instincts into overdrive because we hurt  his  alpha. I mean, what would you do if someone hurt or insulted Asahi." 

Noya thought for a minute before replying, "I would destroy whoever touched him." 

"Well, those are the same things running through Hinata's head about Kageyama. Plus, we probably made it significantly harder for Hinata to tell Kageyama since Kageyama thinks we all hate him now; it won't take long for him to extend the same logic to Hinata. I'm sure Hinata will recognize that, and it will up his anxiety, and it will be our fault." Tsukishima was resigned to his fate, but knowing he would have to fix things with the temperamental alpha wasn't helping his mood any. 

"That makes sense, I guess, so what are we going to do to fix this cause we certainly can't leave things as they are?" Suga said, being the voice of reason within the group. All of them stared at each other blankly, deep in thought over how they would fix this situation.

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Oikawa hated being an omega; it wasn't for most of the usual reasons though it wasn't like anyone ever made fun of him or outcasted him for his secondary nature. Most of the people he associated with had either long since suspected he was an omega due to his flamboyant personality or had only known him after he presented. No, what the omega hated was that he got treated like a precious porcelain doll. The omega had never been a fragile flower even no matter how much he pretended he was, the omega had always been capable of defending himself. His friends and family rarely treated him that way except when he asked to be spoiled. However, the rest of the world failed to get the message; many people would act like he would break if he even lifted a finger. The general population that treated him like that he could tolerate, but the alphas and the people who wanted to court him grated on his nerves in the worst way possible. They took his being a porcelain doll one step further. They almost forgot he was a person with feelings forcing theirs onto him in droves. It was what had caused the emergence of his dark side. Alphas treated him like an object to be owned or maybe a pet, but the omega would not accept being either. No matter how much he hated how the gentle, friendly attention he had been previously receiving was now romantic, lustful, and aggressive, he would put up with it for the sake of appearances. Thankfully Iwaizumi and his other teammates had always been good at detecting when he was about to snap and would drag him off to play volleyball, be it practice or an actual match. He would still snap, but with all that aggression directed at a volleyball, it added power to his serves that were hard for the omega to achieve otherwise. 

The reason for this particular train of thought was that his heat was coming up soon, and it seemed that more people thought it would be a good time to confess. Under normal circumstances, this would never have been a problem since he could easily defend himself if someone got a little too handsy but so close to his heat. He had a much harder time throwing alphas off of him, especially if they were persistent. Oikawa was broken out of his reverie by the sound of the shuffling feet. Looked up and saw two girls; both of them had this nervous energy about them, and he could tell that at least one if not both were going to confess to him. He sighed, not wanting to deal with this anymore today. Over five people had confessed to him earlier in the day. He was sure at this point that nearly everyone in the school had confessed to him at least once.

Plastering on his most convincing smile, he looked at the girls. "Is there anything I can help you, beautiful ladies, with today?" 

"Um... I... was wondering ifyouwouldcourtme?" the first girl said in a rush holding out a box of chocolates. 

I tilted my head, looking at her. "I don't know?" 

"Oh... I'm sorry, maybe you didn't hear me, but would you court me?" She said disappointment laced her statement. 

"No, I'm sorry" Smiling sweetly at her, patting her shoulder, He moved to leave. The girl, however, wasn't satisfied with that answer and grabbed his arm in a vise-like grip. This happened very rarely because very few people dared to touch me. I turned around and saw the girl that I had just rejected.

"You're not leaving," she growled. I hadn't noted it before, but she was an alpha that would make things much more troublesome. 

"I have practice. I have to go," He said flatly, shaking her hand off of him before continuing towards the gym. This only seemed to make the alpha-girl angrier. 

"You will court me, omega," the alpha demanded. Oikawa wasn't in the mood for this, but resisting her command was infinitely more difficult with his heat so close. The girl took advantage of his pause and made her way to stand in front of him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and stared at him with lust. This was his last straw; he was going to blow a fuse at this girl, and nothing was going to stop him from ending this here and now. Just as their lips were about to touch, someone roughly jerked him away from the alpha-girl. He was about to express both his annoyance and happiness with being dragged away when he saw Iwaizumi. The alpha looked furious without even stopping to look at the two girls Iwaizumi continued to pull Oikawa away. 

 When they were far enough away, Oikawa grabbed Iwaizumi's arm, stopping him giving him a questioning glance. 

"What?" the alpha said gruffly, raising an eyebrow at his friend. 

"Why did you do that, Iwa-chan?" Oikawa questioned. 

"Because you were late to practice, and I wasn't willing to wait any longer on you and your lovey-dovey shit," He said, scoffing then quietly adding, "and you were crying." Oikawa wiped his eyes and saw the tears on his hands; he hadn't even noticed that he was crying. He kept replaying the situation from earlier. Iwaizumi shouldn't have had to save him. He was helpless with one command, and he would bow to an alpha. Even the excuse of his heat being near didn't settle the omega's heart. 

Iwaizumi noticed the playful brunette's silence as they continued walking towards the gym; heck, he hadn't even seen that Iwaizumi was leading them in circles around the courtyard. That was highly out of character for his friend since the setter was always highly observant. Iwaizumi decided it was time to take some drastic action. He had been hiding his feelings for the omega since middle school, and it always frustrated him to no end how the flirt never seemed to notice, or even if he did, he never did anything about it. 

Iwaizumi dragged them to the most secluded spot he could find. He didn't want to be having this conversation where anyone and their uncle could overhear their conversation. "Yo shittykawa, you know you're never alone, right?" 

"Huh, what do you mean by that?" Oikawa looked genuinely confused at being wrenched from his thoughts. 

"I mean that whatever you're going through, the team is here to listen to you and help you. We care about you, especially me." 

All Oikawa could do was stare at his best friend. He hoped that what he was seeing wasn't just in his head. He had been in love with his best friend for years but never let himself hope too much that those feeling were reciprocated. "I know that Iwa-chan." he quirked his head to the side in feigning confusion. Although the signs had been pretty clear, Oikawa wanted verbal confirmation about what he thought the alpha was implying. 

"Are you stupid, kawa? I'm saying I love you, and I have for years." Iwaizumi no Hajime said quietly, pulling Oikawa closer to him, hand caressing his face. Oikawa felt a blush spread from his neck to the tips of his ears. 

"I love you too, Hajime," he said quietly, almost as if he feared that if he spoke too loud, he would break the trance they had entered, staring into each other's eyes. 

Despite the peaceful moment they were sharing, Iwaizumi came back to reality after briefly glancing at a clock situated on the wall across from them. "We're going to be late for practice if we don't get going soon." 

"What do I care if we're late?! I'm too happy to have it ruined by the team and their incessant teasing," Oikawa said flippantly, a slightly annoyed tone seeping into his voice. He was almost offended that Hajime would even think of breaking off their moment for the team or practice when all he wanted to do was stay cuddled up in his alpha's arms. 

"You care because Coach will make us both run laps around the school if we're late." Iwaizumi said, petting the now pouting omega's hair. 

"Why do you always have to be right Iwa-chan," Oikawa grumbled 

"If it makes you feel any better, I don't want to leave any more than you do, but once practice is over, we can leave together," Iwaizumi said, smiling. Oikawa only let out a dignified 'hmph' and then started dragging the alpha in the gym's direction. 

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It had been three days since Iwaizumi had started to court him, and Oikawa couldn't have been happier if he tried. The alpha was caring and attentive without being overbearing. The team had figured it out the second the omega had possessively draped himself over Iwaizumi and kissed him on the cheek. However, Oikawa pointedly avoided the elephant in the room between him and his alpha, which was his heat. Iwaizumi had tried to bring it up several times, but the omega had spent an immeasurable amount of effort to detour the alpha from the topic. 

One night after practice, Iwaizumi was hanging out with Oikawa for the evening when the omega decided to broach the subject. 

"Hajime, I think we need to talk." Oikawa's voice had a somber undertone to it despite the cheery smile on his face, and it set Iwaizumi's nerves on edge. They had gone up to Oikawa's room to get some privacy. Once they were both settled down, Iwaizumi decided to broach the subject.

"You want to talk about your heat, don't you..." 

"Yeah, I wanted to know what you wanted to do and then tell you my idea." 

"I don't know what you want to do, Tooru, but I'm willing to do anything for you." 

"I want to spend my heat with you, Hajime. I want you to bond me and make me yours. I know it hasn't been very long since we started courting, but as the team has pointed out more than once, we have acted like an old married couple for years." Oikawa's voice started trailing off near the end, and the omega had turned to bury his head into Iwaizumi's shoulder. 

"I would love to spend your heat with you, Tooru, and even more than that, I would love to bond with you." Iwaizumi's voice was soft, and he had started to pet the omega's hair. 

"There is something else you need to know about my heat Hajime. I don't know when my heat will start." Hajime stared at the omega, not entirely understanding what he meant.

"Kawa, what do you mean you don't know when it will start?" there was nothing accusatory in the alpha's voice, much to Oikawa's relief, but explaining this further was getting rater embarrassing. 

"Iwa-chan, these things are not an exact science, plus I've been on suppressants long enough that my heats tend to be weird. Sometimes they'll start with no warning, or I'll have signs of it starting for weeks before it will come." 

"How long have you been on suppressants?" The alpha's tone was had taken on hints of worry as he found out this new information. 

"A couple of years but only during volleyball season." Iwaizumi sighed in relief suppressants, could damage an omega's reproductive system when taken too frequently. 

"I'm glad; I would have banned you from taking suppressants volleyball or no volleyball if I thought you were harming yourself by taking them too frequently." 

"Awww~ Iwa-Chan, your so adorable worrying about me," Oikawa cooed. The omega's fawning session was abruptly stopped when Iwaizumi chopped him on the head with an annoyed expression. 

Several minutes later, when both of the couple's phones went off, the two untangled themselves from each other to look at the notifications. 

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