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"Oh come on Izu! We've been planning this since we were little, you can't bale on me now," Ochako complained to me as she paced my room. We had been best friends for practically our whole lives, and she was dead set on dragging me to this thing.

"I don't want to go, Ochako, all of the alphas in this town only want to use us as sex toys, I'd rather not find my mate," I told her.

Tonight was this special ball that was thrown once a year. Basically, if you haven't found your mate by the time you are 18 you went to the ball to try and find them. It was such a big deal and I hated it.

"Oh come on! You and I used to dream about finding our mates and now you want to bale on this opportunity?" Ochako asked sitting on the bed beside me. "What happened?"

"What happened was-" I started as I stood up. Now it was my turn to pace. "-I found out that the majority of alphas use us just to get off, I don't want to be stuck in a relationship like that," I said. "Not again." I looked down at the floor sadly. "Besides, I'm perfectly happy on my own."

Ochako got up taking my hands in hers. "If you won't go to find your mate then at least go so that I won't be alone," she said, giving me her puppy dog eyes. "You know, I heard they have free alcohol there, and you know how easily I could get drunk without supervision."

"Are you trying to guilt-trip me?"

"Is it working?"

I stare at her a little longer. God, I hate this, but she's right, I can't let her go alone. "Fine, but I'm only going for you, I don't have to talk to anyone I don't want to."

"Yay!" She said happily bouncing up and down. "Now help me pick a dress!" she said running to her closet and pulling out her dresses. And honestly, that process was waaaaay too long.

In the end, she picked a nice peachy sort of colour dress. It reached just above her knees and had a floral design. It poofed out at the bottom making it look more frilly.

I personally felt like it was too short, who knows what someone might do if they saw some sort of opening. For some reason, people see clothing as an invitation and don't ask if it's ok to touch them.

"Ok, now you!" Ochako said. "We should go to your house."

I sighed. "Fine," I said. "But I still don't want to go."

Ochako put her dress neatly on her bed. We still had 4 hours till they had to leave so there was no point in wearing the dress at the moment, she could accidentally ruin it or something.

The walk to my house wasn't that long, in fact, it was under a minute because I was only three houses down from where Ochako lived. We said a quick "hey" to my mom before heading up to my room to pick out an outfit.

"You're telling me you only have one outfit for this sort of thing?" Ochako asked, surprised.

"I mean ya? Do you know how expensive this stuff is? The only reason I have this is that my cousin got married and I needed something to wear."

"Boy you are lucky I am your friend," Ochako said taking my outfit and fiddling with it a little.

"What are you doing?" I asked, confused.

"Just fixing it for the occasions." She spun it around so I could see and then told me to go put it on.

Even I had to admit I looked good. I had a red button-up and black dress pants with suspenders and a matching tie.

I stepped out of my washroom and into my bedroom for Ochako to inspect my outfit.

"Well aren't you dashing," someone said from the door making us both turn to see who it was. It was my mom, of course, she came up to see what we were doing. "Sweetie your tie's crooked."

"Mom," I whined, dragging out the word as she fixed my tie.

"I see Ochako talked you into going huh?" She said with a smile.

"Yep! I did!" She was way too happy about this.

"I don't want to go, but I don't want to let her go alone," I told my mom.

"You're such a great friend," my mom said, ruffling my fluffy green hair. "I think whoever your mate is will be happy to have you."

"I'm not going to find my mate," I told her. “I’m only going for Ochako.”

Ochako put an arm around my neck "that's what he thinks, I think he wants to find his mate."

My mom chuckled. "Well, either way, your father and I are going out with some friends, you can take the car, just be safe." Why do I feel like she meant that in more ways than one?

Ochako put her thumbs up. "Will do Mrs. Midoriya," she said smiling.

"Have a fun night you two," she said before kissing us both on the foreheads and turning to leave.

"You too mom," I called after her. She said one more goodbye before leaving. "I should probably change, we still have a few hours."

"Good idea, you don't want to get that dirty."

And so began my night of terror.

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Todoroki's POV

"Are you ready?" My sister, Fuyumi, asked as she straightened my tie and brushed off my shoulders where a small dust bunny had attached itself.

I rolled my eyes a little. "I don't get why I have to go to this thing," I mumbled. It's not that I didn't want to find my soulmate, because I did, it was because my dad was making me go and I hated doing what he told me to do.

"Yes, you do," Fuyumi said. "It'll be fun, trust me!" She said happily. "I met my soulmate at one of these."

"Ya, I know," I said. "He spilt his drink on you by accident, when your eyes met it was like an electric shock going through you and you just knew it was him. He invited you out as an apology for spilling his drink on you," I said in the cheeriest voice I could muster.

"When you say it like that it doesn't sound fun," she said rolling her eyes. "You're making my alpha sound boring."

"Isn't he though?"

"Oh stop that Shoto," Fuyumi playfully hit my shoulder. Her mate, Tensy, was the eldest son in the Iida family. He was really nice but tended to follow the rules and play it safe whenever he could. But he made her happy so that's all that matters.

"Ok ok," I said putting my hands up to stop her from messing with my suit.

I was wearing a white suit with a dark blue dress shirt and a white tie.

I think I looked pretty good. My mom had gotten me the suit when she heard I was going to the ball.

"Shoto, are you ready to go?" My father, Enji, asked coming into the living room where I was with Fuyumi. If you're gonna know anything about my father you should know he's a complete dick. He abused my mom to the point where she had to be in a mental hospital for a few years when I was a kid. It was my dad's fault that I had a large scar covering at least a quieter of my face.

"You're driving me?" I asked unimpressed. "Can I drive myself?"

"I want to make sure you don't chicken out," he said grabbing the keys.

"How about I drive him?" Fuyumi said stepping between us before I could yell at him.

"Don't you need to be going home?" Enji asked.

"It's on my way," she said taking the keys. I silently thanked my sister. I don't know how I would survive a 20-minute car ride alone with him. "Tensi will understand if I'm a little late."

Reluctantly Enji handed her the keys. "Make sure he actually goes."

"Of course," she said smiling a little. "Come on Sho," she said heading to the door.

I'll be honest if Fuyumi wasn't asking me to go to this thing I would ditch the second I got there, but we made a deal. I had to stay till 10.

Fuyumi wanted me going so I would be happy, but my dad wanted me to go just so I would have a mate. Give him a successor. The only reason he had me and my siblings in the first place was to have a strong alpha take over his business, and since my oldest brother has been missing for years, my second oldest brother was a beta and my sister was an omega, that left me.

My dad was adamant about me finding my mate so that I could have kids and they would be strong. He doesn't seem to understand that I'm not him and am not going to force my omega to have kids with me until we have a "masterpiece" as my father did with my mother.

I got in the car on the passenger side.

"You know dad just wants you to be happy right?" Fuyumi asked as she got in on the driver's side and started the car.

"If by happy you mean exactly like him then yes, I know," I said looking out the window as she pulled out of the driveway. "I'm not going to be like him," I said quietly.

"I know," Fuyumi answered in a quiet tone as well. "And you won't be," she said. There was a moment of silence before she spoke up again. "I'm happy you're doing this."

"I'm only doing this because of you," I told her. "If anyone else asked I wouldn't have gone."

"And that's probably why dad told me to ask you," Fuyumi laughed a little. "I think you'll have a lot of fun tonight Sho, even if you don't find your mate, maybe you'll make some friends."

"That's what you keep saying," I sighed.

"And I mean it!" She said smiling. "Just promise me you'll at least try to have some fun tonight, ok? Even if you just talk to someone new or dance or something, just have fun."

"I can't promise anything," I said. I watched the trees go by as we got closer and closer to the ball.

Even if I did find my mate, what would they think of me? It's not like I'm overly talkative or anything, I'm quiet and reserved. Will they be ok with that?

I found myself worrying a little too much as Fuyumi pulled into the parking lot. I shook the thoughts out of my head and unbuckled my seatbelt.

"Have fun," Fuyumi said as I opened my door.

"Ya, I'll try," I said tiredly.

"Oh and Sho?" She asked making me turn back around. "Give this to them when you find them." She held out her hand in a fist waiting for me to put my hand under hers.

"What is it?" I asked putting my hand out for it.

"Mom told me to give it to you," she said. "Give it to your mate when you find them."

"Ok," I said taking the small bag she had given me. As I walked up to the door I poured it into my hand to see what it was mom had given me. It was a small charm bracelet, I recognized it as the one my mom always wore. I remembered her telling me the story behind it, she had fallen in love with someone before she met my dad and even though they weren’t mates they had wanted to spend their lives together. She told me she wore it as a reminder that there is still good in the world and that there was someone out there that loved her the way my father couldn’t.

I smiled a little and put the bracelet back in it’s protective bag and put it in one of my pocket before heading inside.

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Ochako and I arrived at about 5:55, five minutes before the ball officially started. Many people were already there and Ochako had already dragged me into the crowd starting to talk with everyone.

I didn't do much talking, I just wanted to sit in the corner and wait it out, but I couldn't leave her alone with how many alphas were around.

The ballroom was large, like bigger than a big wedding venue. There were a few tables along the front walls with different pastries and other party foods. There was of course a bar that had many drinks that I had never heard of plus a few nonalcoholic beverages for those who didn't drink or were going to be driving home afterwards.

"Let's get a drink!" Ochako said, pulling me towards the bar. It's not that I didn't drink, because I did, it's more that I've heard enough stories of people's drinks getting drugged and I didn't quite fancy that happening so I settled with a small cup of water and finished it quickly. "Oh come on Izu live a little, have some fun!" She said ordering me something else and handing it to me.

I reluctantly took the drink and was dragged back into the growing crowd of mingling people. I don't see how people could have fun at this thing.

Ochako abruptly stopped making me nearly knock her over. "Can you just pick a direction?" I asked looking over at her. She was looking straight ahead, her eyes were following something or someone. "What is it?" I asked, trying to see what she was looking at.

"Wow he's hot," I heard her say under her breath. I sighed of course that's why she stopped. "K so Imma go talk to the cute guy over there, you go mingle and find your mate." She pushed me away from her and headed in the direction she had been looking.

"Wait! Ochako!" I tried to follow but quickly lost her in the crowd. "Well fuck." I had lasted about 20 minutes before getting ditched by the one person I was there for, great.

I looked around still trying to find Ochako as I made my way to the edge of the room. What was I supposed to do? I don't want to talk to these people, half of them are probably just trying to get into someone's pants, that was not going to be me.

I sat on one of the benches still scanning the crowd. Everyone was nicely dressed, either in dresses or a nice suit. There probably wasn't anyone over the age of 21 in the crowd other than maybe the waiters who were carrying trays of food around the room and the bartenders.

I noticed someone walking towards me, and I don't mean like just going to sit in a seat near me, he was making eye contact. He had weird purple hair that almost looked like it was shaped to look like balls on his head, and he was short, like extremely short. It's not that I have anything wrong with short people, I'm relatively short myself, but this guy just creeped me out.

"Hey baby, the name Minoru Mineta, you look lonely, you want to maybe get out of here and do something a little more exciting?" Man, this guy was a creep. He is the whole reason I didn't want to come to this thing.

"I'm fine, I'm actually here with a friend and I shouldn't leave without them," I told him. Everything about him just set off sirens in my head telling me to get away.

"Oh come on babe, it would be more fun than hanging around this place," he said, sitting way too close to me and resting a hand on my thigh much too high for my liking.

Ok that is a very big no right there. "I said no," I said, moving his hand off of me. "I'm not interested in you."

"Oh sure you are, you're just playing hard to get," he said.

"Hey! I've been looking everywhere for you!" Someone with blond hair said walking up to us. I gave him a confused look as he spoke. "Come on dude, let's go get some food," he said taking my hand and pulling me away from the pervert. When he got further away he spoke "I'm sorry, you just looked really uncomfortable and I could tell you didn't want anything to do with him. I'm Denki Kaminari by the way."

"Oh Umm ya thanks, I'm Izuku Midoriya," I said. I could tell this guy was an omega like me and it made me feel like I could relax a little. "That guy was a creep."

"He is, I'm sorry I pulled you away though, I probably shouldn't have done that," he said, getting a little shy.

"No, I'm glad you did, I don't know what to do when people try to do stuff like that. Thanks again." The last time an alpha tried to flirt with me Ochako ended up having to chase them off because I was too confused, shocked, and polite to get him to go away. "Did you come with anyone or are you alone tonight?" I asked, hoping I wasn't keeping him away from his friends.

"Well, I came with my friend, but she found her mate almost immediately. So I left them alone so they could get to know each other," Kamianri said scratching the back of his head.

"Ya that's pretty much what happened to me," I admitted. "She dragged me here then ditched me after 20 minutes."

"That's rough, do you want to hang out with me?" He asked.

"Only if you don't mind," I said.

"Ya of course!" He said happily. Man, this guy was too nice for his own good.

"You mentioned getting food earlier, let's go get some," I said

"Ya! Let's," he said. We went to the food table and grabbed a small plate to put our snacks on. Most of this stuff was way too fancy and I had no idea what it was so I just settled with carrot sticks. "You said you were dragged here, did you not want to come?"

"Honestly no, the only reason I came was that I didn't want to let my friend come here alone, but that didn't really work out."

"You don't want to find your mate?" I knew he meant no harm with the question, but I've been asked that so much it was annoying.

"Well, no, not really, I don't want to be stuck in a relationship with a shitty alpha for the rest of my life, and if that means never finding my mate then so be it."

Kaminari thought about what I said. "I guess that makes sense," he said. "I think whoever you end up with will be good to you though."

I thought he was being too optimistic, not everyone in this world is so nice. "Maybe," was all I said.

We continued talking but soon got interrupted by music that started to play indicating it was 7. A few people started to dance, and everyone else made room so they wouldn't be bumped into.

Something seemed to catch Kaminari's eyes as we talked. It was the same look that Ochako had so I was pretty sure I knew what was about to happen.

"Hi, I was wondering if you would like to share a dance," a guy with dark purple hair asked Kaminari, bowing and putting a hand out for him to take as you see in the movies.

Kaminari looked over at me and I nodded, saying I would be fine on my own. He took the other's hand and I was once again left on my own. I didn't really mind, I would be fine as long as that perv from earlier didn't show up.

I went back to one of the benches and watched as people danced, talked and laughed. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little jealous.

I just wanted this night to be over with.

Todoroki's POV

I wandered around the crowd. People were laughing and dancing and chatting. The overall feel of the room was happy.

I made my way over to the bar where I ordered a drink. Might as well have one if I have to spend the next few hours here.

The bartender handed me my drink and I wandered around a little more, being careful not to spill my drink on anyone as my sister's mate had. If I'm finding my mate tonight that is not how I want it to go.

I felt drawn to the other side of the room where a few benches were set up along the wall. I made my way over there and spotted someone looking around the room. Maybe he was trying to spot his mate?

I sat down a little bit away from him and scanned the crowd of dancing, laughing, happy couples and groups. I looked over at the boy next to me, he didn't look happy, he didn't look like he was having fun.

"You looking for someone?" I asked. He jumped a little and glanced over at me not looking me in the eye.

"I-umm ya, my friend," he said, looking back at the crowd.

"Not your mate?" I asked, curiously.

"No," he said, looking down at his hands. He seemed on edge. "Not my mate."

"Oh, what does your friend look like? Maybe I can help?" I asked, scanning the crowd as well.

"She has short light brown hair, and is wearing a puffy pink dress," he said. "Are you not looking for your mate either?" He asked.

I shrugged. "Not really, my sister wanted me to come to this," I explained. "It would be sort of nice to find them though. What about you? Why aren't you looking?"

"It's a long story," he said looking over at me. Our eyes finally met and I felt a shock of electricity shoot through my body, just like Fuyumi had described it. He must have felt it as well because his eyes widened slightly as he stared at me. "Oh," he said quietly.

He didn't seem happy, instead, he looked back down at his lap and it felt like he was putting up walls around himself. He looked back up at the crowd still looking for his friend but seemed a little more eager now.

"You know, it'd be easier to find your friend if you were on the dance floor," I noted.

"It'd be weird for me to be on the dance floor alone," he said, turning his head only slightly to me.

"I never said you'd be alone," I said getting up and holding out my hand hoping he would take it. "May I have a dance?"

He looked skeptically between my hand and my face before giving me his hand and getting up. "One dance," he said.

"Ok, one dance," I agreed, secretary hoping he didn't really mean just one dance. I placed one hand on his waist and my other took his hand. he placed his hand hesitantly on my shoulder. The hand I was holding was a little sweaty, probably from nerves. "You said she had a pink dress right?" I asked looking down at him then back at the crowd looking for a pink dress.

"Umm ya," he said. His movements were stiff and he wouldn't look up at me. "Pink dress and brown hair cut in a bob."

We danced in silence, his eyes were trained on the crowd. I wondered why exactly it was he didn't want to find me tonight. "So, if you didn't want to find me, why'd you come?" I asked as I spun us around to the beat of the music.

"I didn't want my friend coming alone," he said. "She can be reckless sometimes."

I nodded my head. I guessed that she was an omega as well, he probably wouldn't be nearly as worried over his friend if she was a beta or alpha. "So, she wanted to find her soulmate but you didn't?" I asked.

His eyes fell to the ground. "It's not that I didn't want to find my soulmate," he said quietly. "Because I used to, Ochako and I would dream about it together all the time."

"What changed?" I asked.

He was silent for a while and I wondered if it was too quiet for me to hear. "A lot happened," he muttered.

I didn't know what that meant, but I felt like I shouldn't ask quite yet.

The song was coming to an end and our dancing slowed. He finally looked back up at me. "You know," he started. "You sort of remind me of..." his words trailed off and he let go of me, pushing himself away. "I-I'm sorry I-I need some air," he said, running away to one of the balconies. I stood there confused for a moment before I saw someone with light brown hair and a pink dress run past me shooting me a glair.

That must have been his friend.

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Oh my god, I can't do this, I can't do this. I paced the small balcony trying to clear my head. I could feel my breathing speeding up as I ran a hand through my hair, closing my eyes to try and concentrate. Just breath.

"Izu are you ok?" I heard Ochako ask as the doors opened and closed behind me.

I couldn't think, too many memories were flooding back. That smirk that would plaster his face was ingrained in my memories. "I-I don't know, I'm scared Ochako," I managed to say. "I'm really, really, scared."

Her brows creased and she took my shaking hands massaging them lightly. "Hey, it's ok, look at me, it's ok." Her voice was calm, just like all the other times she had done this for me. "Just breath, tell me what happened," she said gently.

I took a few shaky breaths. The air was cold but it felt nice. I tried to clear my mind. "I-I found him, Ochako, my mate, I found him."

Her eyes widened and a smile grew on his lips. "Oh my god, Izuku that's amazing!"

"No," I cut her off. "No it isn't, I didn't want to find my mate, I didn't want to come here because I knew if I did I would and now I have and I'm scared he's just going to use me," I confessed. "Just like- I just don't want that to happen, I can't do that again Ochako." My eyes stung as I tried to hold back tears.

"I'm sure he won't," Ochako rubbed my hands some more. "Not every alpha is like..." even she couldn't say the name. "Him. This guy is your mate, the universe thinks you two are meant to be together, he will treat you right and if he doesn't he'll have to answer to me!" She said getting into a fake fighting stance and making me laugh a little.

Deep down I knew she was right, and he did seem like a good guy. It was just that nagging sensation in the back of my mind telling me not to trust someone so easily again.

"Thank you, Ochako," I pulled her into a hug. "I don't know what I would do without you," I said.

She hugged me tightly. "Well you wouldn't be here, that's for sure," she said chuckling. "If you want we can leave, I've already found my soulmate and we've exchanged contacts. He’d understand."

"No, you should stay and get to know him more, I'll be fine, I'm just going to stay out here for a while," I told her. "You should go have fun." I pushed her gently towards the door. I didn't want to stand between her and her mate.

She hesitated but then smiled. "Ok, but as soon as you want to leave, text me, got it?" She said putting her hands on my shoulders and looking me in the eyes.

I nodded. "Got it." She smiled slightly then went for the doors.

Before her hand reached the knob she stopped. "He's going to be good to you, you know that right? He's not going to be like the other alpha," Ochako said not looking back at me.

"How do you know?" I asked. I wish I could say that so confidently.

"I just have a feeling, and you know my feelings are rarely wrong, right?" She asked glancing back at me again.

"Ya, I know."

Once again I was left alone on the balcony but I was ok with that, I needed to clear my head. I rest my forearms on the railing and look across the forest that surrounded the building. Just over the trees, you could see water, it was a lake big enough that you couldn't see the other side of it. The sun was setting over the lake and it looked beautiful.

Sunsets were one of my favourite things to watch, the reds, yellows and organs colliding with hints of pink scattered over the clouds. They were beautiful.

I let out a breath and closed my eyes taking in the cool night air. Should I go back in? Will he be waiting? The omega in me hoped he was but the other part just wanted to be alone and wait it out front for when Ochako was finished. I wasn't going to make her leave early.

I heard the door open but didn't look, I just took in another breath of fresh air. I had a feeling I knew who it was anyway.

"Hey," I heard them said. They leant against the railing as well but faced towards the building. "You want a drink?" He asked, holding out a cup.

"I don't take drinks from strangers." Call me a little paranoid if you will but I'd rather not get drugged tonight.

"Oh, fair enough," he said, pulling his hand back and placing the cups he was holding on the railing. There was an awkward silence that neither of us seemed to know how to fill. "I saw your friend inside," he said.

"Ya, I saw her too," I said. I didn't really know what to do or say. He was supposed to be my lifetime mate, but I was scared to try and get close to him.

"Did... did I do something wrong in there?" He asked. There was a sort of worry in his voice, a worry that wouldn't be there if he didn't really care.

I didn't know how to answer that. I sighed, "no," I told him. "It's not you," I might as well be honest if he's supposed to be my alpha.

I could feel his eyes staring at me, looking me over, I felt uncomfortable. His eyes went back to the door and I turned around. It was getting bark outside so I wasn't able to see much anyway. The lights from inside lit up the balcony nicely, I watched as people inside danced with their lifelong partners, laughing, chatting, just having fun. Part of me wanted to take his hand and pull him back inside to dance, but the other part was screaming at me to not let down my walls. I didn't know what to do.

"So," he started breaking the silence that had fallen between us again. "I don't think I ever actually caught your name," he said, scratching the back of his neck.

"I never threw it," I said, making him laugh. I usually joked when I felt uncomfortable, it was like a coping mechanism for me.

"Well do you mind throwing it now? I'd rather have a name than just call you 'hey you' all night," he said with a laugh.

"Oh, you think we'll be together all night?" I said with a small smile. We may fall into some awkward silences, but once we get talking it feels so easy, so right. But I don't know if I like that... it felt a lot like it did when I was with HIM. The way our banter went back and forth like this, I didn't know if I liked it.

"It's a hope," he said with a small laugh.

"Izuku Midoriya," I said. I might as well try and get to know him, just need to make sure I don't let my guard down too fast.

"Shoto Todoroki," he said. Why did he act so much like him? The way he laughed, the way he joked, even just how I feel around him. It was all too familiar.

Todoroki's POV

"Izuku Midoriya," he told me. It was a nice name, it suited him.

"Shoto Todoroki," I told him.

His eyes widened slightly. "W-wait like Todoroki, the millionaire Todoroki?" He asked shocked.

"Well that would be my father, but ya," I said scratching the back of my neck. Great, he had heard of my family, probably know's my dad's a grade a shit, this is not going to help me, especially since he seemed on guard all the time.

"Wow, o-ok, umm," he didn't know what to say. I could see his mind racing for the right words as he fiddled with his suspenders. His green curly hair fell in front of his eyes. I couldn't help but laugh, he looked so cute like that. Midoriya looked up at me with a flushed face. "W-what?" He asked.

"Nothing," I said. "You're just cute."

His face went even redder and he covered it with his hands. "I-I am not," he said into his hands.

I laughed a little again. "Sure," I said. "Not cute at all."

He peaked through his fingers, his face still a bright red. "Stop laughing," he muttered.

"I'm not," I said surprising a smile.

"Yes, you are."

"Ok, maybe I am a little."

He looked like he was trying to act mad, but honestly, it just looked really adorable. I was so lucky to have him as my soulmate, I may have just met him but it was safe to say I was falling hard.

I looked back in front of me to where everyone was dancing. I wanted to ask him to dance again but I didn't want him to run away like last time, I also didn't know why he had run off so I should probably try and figure that out. "So, why'd you run off earlier?" I asked, curiosity getting the better of me.

As soon as I said it I knew it was a mistake, Midoriya became tense and his smile faded.

"I-it's a long story," he muttered looking down at the ground.

I thought for a moment. "We have time if you want to tell me that is," I said not wanting to push him.

"I... I haven't had great experiences with Alpha's..." he started, wording it carefully as he went. "And I was reminded of someone and I know you're not him, but at the moment you were acting a lot like him and... I don't know fight or flight kicked in I guess." He looked ashamed. "And I chose flight."

I wanted to do something, he was sad, he was hurting. I wanted to help, but I didn't know how.

"I'm sorry," he said quietly.

"No, it's ok, I understand," I told him. "You don't have anything to apologize for." There was more silence, neither of us quite sure what to say. I lent my head back and looked up at the dimming sky seeing the stars start to appear. "Do you want to go back in? Maybe have another dance?" I asked changing the subject and hoping this was the right choice. "Maybe I'll make you fall for my dancing skills."

Midoriya looked over at me, a small smile returning to his lips. "And give you a chance to step on my toes again?" He asked with a small laugh. "And it's going to take more than just your dancing to make me fall in love with you," he said with a small smirk.

"Who's to say you already aren't in love? We are soulmates after all."

His face was tinted a light shade of pink. "If it's so easy, then make me," Midoriya said. "Make me fall in love."

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"So make me," I said with a smirk and newfound confidence. I had no idea where it came from but I wasn't going to question that right now. "Make me fall in love with you." That confidence was slowly seeping away.

Oh my god, what am I doing? It's like someone has possessed my body and is making me say all this. I bet it's Ochako. Ah stop it I know it's me, but how? I don't want to fall in love, that hasn't worked out all that well for me.

But this was supposed to be my soulmate, he's supposed to be different. Ochako says he's different. I want to believe her, I really do, but I don't know how to start.

"Prove that you are worthy and aren't just here to toy with me," I continued. Why was I saying this? It's not like I had a choice in this matter, the universe already decided I was going to fall in love with this alpha. I could try and fight it but I know that would only hurt both of us in the end.

My words seemed to make his smile falter slightly but it didn't leave his lips completely. Great, now I'm probably making him feel bad. "Ok, I'll take you up on that challenge, just know that it's going to be very hard for you to win this."

"Whoever said I wanted to," I said. I really did want him to be good. I wanted to have someone to be able to hold and hold me, the universe says it's him so he's supposed to be good to me... right? He's supposed to be good.

Todoroki smirked. "So what about that dance now, make you fall for my dancing skills first," he said offering his hand to me.

Ok, calm down, say something funny. "What skills? The only thing that will be falling is you when you trip," I chuckled while taking his hand. Man, that sounds so cringy now that I'm saying it. Definitely sounded better in my head. Why can't I just keep my mouth shut? I'm going to embarrass myself and then he's probably going to hate me.

I pushed the thoughts aside, as much as Todoroki reminded me of him, something told me he was different. There were little things, like how tender he held my hand, or the spark that I felt when we touched, or the small sparkle I would catch in his eye when he looked at me. He WAS different.

He laughed a little and that made me feel a bit better. "Well, if you're the one who ends up falling I'll catch you." Oh god, he was so cheesy. At least I'm not the only one.

"Is that supposed to be a pickup line?" I asked as he held the door open for me.

"Did it work?" He asked. There was a small smirk lining his lips as he talked.

"No," I said. Ok, maybe it worked a little. He pulled me out to the dance floor and placed his hands on my waist while I put mine on his shoulders. It was sort of weird doing this, I understood the concept of dancing but I had never really danced with someone before. When I say that I mean like a formal dance, I've danced plenty of times with Ochako, but never a slow dance.

Todoroki seemed a little uncomfortable as well. Maybe we should find something else to do?

"Hey, I Uhh know it's 8 but do you want to maybe go and get some dinner since there wasn't exactly a proper meal here?" Todoroki asked, pulling me from my thoughts.

"Dinner?" I asked not catching everything he had said.

"Ya, I mean, you said you didn't want to be here, so I just thought..."

"I don't know," I told him. "I'm supposed to be driving my friend home tonight."

"Oh, ya, understandable."

"Sorry," I said looking down.

"You don't need to apologize."

He says that but I feel like I do. "So- I mean, ok," I said, catching myself before I apologized for apologizing.

Todoroki laughs a little and I feel my face heating up. I've already lost, haven't I?

I let my eyes fall on the crowd again and notice Ochako waving at me from the side of the dance floor. When we lock eyes she gives me a thumbs up asking if I were ok. I nod discreetly and she smiles brightly. She was standing with a guy, he had blue hair and a black suit on. He seemed really proper. He was probably her soulmate.

"You know, m-my friends just over there, I.. I could ask her if she has another drive," I said not making eye contact with him. I know I at least have to try to get to know him so I guess dinner would be a good way of doing so.

"Only if you want to," he said with a small smile. I could tell he was trying to make me as comfortable as possible. He didn't know what had happened in my past, but he knew I didn't want to move fast. I appreciated it, but I also felt bad for being so cautious around him.

"Ya, it's fine," I said letting go of his shoulders while he let go of my waist. "I can introduce you guys as well." She was my best friend, Todoroki was going to need to know her.

He followed me over to the edge of the dance floor where Ochako was talking with her soulmate. They were laughing about something, I assumed one of them had told a joke. Ochako's face lit up when she noticed me and Todoroki coming over. She bounced and come over to drag me the rest of the way. "Izu, come meet Iida." She said happily.

I assumed Iida was her soulmate. I felt like I recognized the name from somewhere but couldn't quite place it.

"Iida this is my best friend, Izuku," Ochako introduced, pulling me forward.

I stumbled a little, but two hands on my shoulders stopped me from face planting and making a complete fool of myself. I looked to see it was Todoroki. I felt my face heating up and turned to look back at my friend as he let go of my shoulders.

"It is nice to meet you Izuku, I am Tenya Iida," the alpha in front of me reached out a hand for me to shake.

I felt weird with him calling me by my first name since we just met, but I didn't know how to call him out on it without sounding rude.

"Uh ya, nice to meet you too," I said shaking his hand.

Todoroki's POV

Midoriya seemed stiff as he shook Iida's hand and I could understand why. I had met Iida a handful of times since my sister was married to his brother, Tensei. Iida could be hard to get used to at first. That's not to say he's a bad guy, he's actually really nice, he just comes across and very proper.

"Soooo, who's this?" Midoriya's friend, Uraraka, asked with a small smirk.

"I'm Shoto Todoroki," I said bowing a little. I notice Uraraka snicker a little, I don't know why though. Maybe it was because I bowed? I greeted Iida as well.

"Do you guys know each other?" Midoriya asked referring to me and Iida.

"Yes, his sister is married to my brother," Iida explained. "We've only really talked a handful of times though. It's nice seeing you again."

"Likewise," I said with a nod.

Midoriya seemed to be getting a little nervous but I couldn't tell why. "Todoroki and I were thinking of heading out, do you still need a ride home?" He asked Uraraka.

Her smile seemed to widen. "Look at you getting comfortable," he said teasingly. Honestly, it didn't seem like Midoriya was comfortable, but then again I didn't know him very well yet. "And no, Iida offered to drive me home tonight, so you can leave whenever you want to."

Midoriya gave her a nod. And they seemed to have a small unspoken conversation before Uraraka smiled. "You two have fun, I'll talk with you tomorrow K Izu?"

"Ya, talk with you tomorrow," Midoriya said. "It was nice meeting you Iida."

"You too, and it was nice seeing you again Todoroki," Iida said with a small wave.

I nodded and we turned to leave. Uraraka and Midoriya seemed like polar opposites. Uraraka was hyper and excited to meet anyone and everyone while Midoriya was cautious and seemed to want to keep to his own bubble. I wondered how they had become such close friends.

"Is it ok if we take your car? My sister had to drop me off so I don't have one here," I explained.

"Uhh ya, that's fine." He dug his keys out of his pocket as we neared the door. He seemed less stiff than before so that was a good thing... I think. He led me to his car, taking the driver's seat. "So Uhh where do you want to go for dinner?" He asked.

I thought for a moment. "Is there anything in particular you want?" I asked him. I had a good idea of the restaurants around here so if I knew what he wanted I could narrow down the search.

"I guess chicken sounds pretty good right now," Midoriya said with a shrug.

"Ok, there's a restaurant a few blocks from here," I told him. He nodded and started the car. I gave directions as we went. We didn't talk much, but it also wasn't an uncomfortable silence.

"Are you sure this is the place?" Midoriya asked looking up at the restaurant in front of us.

"Yes," I said plainly.

"T-this is too fancy," he stammered. "I-I probably can't even pay for a side dish here."

"That's ok, I asked you out for dinner, I'll pay," I told him.

"I-Uhh." I could tell he was fighting with himself on whether to accept or not. "This is really fancy," he said again.

I chuckled a little. "Yes, it is," I said. He glanced at me then back at the restaurant.

"Are you sure this is ok?" He asked.

"Yes, it is ok," I reassure him. He nodded a little and I walk us inside. The only good part about Enji Todoroki being my father was that I didn't usually have to set reservations, though usually I still do. My father being a famous millionaire has its perks.

We were seated almost immediately and handed two menus.

Midoriya scanned the menu. "T-this is all so expensive, I can't let you-"

"I said it was fine," I said once again, cutting him off. "It's my father's money anyway."

"That doesn't make me feel better," Midoriya muttered, not looking up from the table.

The waiter comes around asking for our orders, and though reluctant at first Midoriya orders Chicken Khao Soi.

The table was silent for a moment as the waiter left to retell the orders to the chefs before I remembered the bracelet my mom wanted me to give my mate. "I have something for you," I said reaching into my pocket and pulling out the small bag.

"You have something for me?" He asked confused.

"Yes."

I held out the bag and he stared at it for a moment as if he was waiting for it to jump out at him. He glanced back up at me, his green eyes showing his uncertainty, before taking to the bag and opening it.

"A charm bracelet," he muttered turning it over in his hand. It was silver with little snowflakes dangling around it. He looked back up at me. "Y-you didn't have to do this," he stammered, his face turning a light pink. "This is really too much, you didn't have to-"

"My mom wanted me to give it to my soulmate when I found them, so it's more like a gift from her, not me," I explained to him. He sat quietly before looking down and fiddling with the bracelet.

"Oh," was all he said.

"Here, let me put it on," I offered, holding out my hands for him to give me the bracelet so I could put it on him.

He placed it in my hand and handed me his right wrist, staring at his lap while I wrapped it around his wrist. "You know I can't help but feel like your trying to buy my trust," Midoriya said scratching the back of his neck. "With the fancy dinner and bracelet and all..."

I pulled my hand away. "No, that's not it," I told him. "I'm not trying to buy your trust."

There was a moment of silence and I could tell he was trying to find his words. "I know I'm being cautious, and it's probably really annoying for you, but I do want to be able to trust you, you're my soulmate, after all, it's just hard for me to trust people, especially..." he trailed off.

"Alpha's?" I finished for him.

"I'm sorry," he muttered looking down at his hands and pulling at his fingers.

"It's ok, you don't need to apologize, I get it," I told him, lightly placing a hand on top of his to get him to stop fidgeting. I don't care if I just met him that night, all my instincts were telling me to comfort the small omega in front of me.

"I don't think you do," Midoriya muttered.

Our dinner came and we ate. Both of us were relatively silent for the majority of the meal. At the end of the night, we exchanged contacts before he dropped me off at my house. I told him to text me when he got home, just to make sure he had a safe drive. I only received a nod in return. The only thing I could think as I approached my house was wondering who had hurt my mate.

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Midoriya's POV

My parents were still out when I got home. I went up to my room and collapsed on my bed. I was so tired, so much had happened.

Rolling over onto my back I hold my hand up above my hand to look at the bracelet that Todoroki had given me. He said his mom had wanted him to give it to his mate, I wondered why. It was pretty, snowflakes dangled from the chain and glistened when the light hit them just right. It reminded me of winter, but not just the cold, everything that came with the season. Hot chocolate, skating, snowball fights and cuddling up near a fire with a good book.

"Oh ya, he wanted me to text him when I got home," I muttered pulling out my phone, my thumb hovering over the contact.

Blighting the bullet I clicked on his contact and started typing, sending the message before I could rethink.

-Shoto Todoroki-

Me:
Hey, you wanted me to text when I got home, I'm home.

There was a minute before he texted back, my heart doing an involuntary flutter when I saw his text.

Shoto Todoroki:
Good to hear, I'm happy you got home safe.

Me:
Thanks again for dinner, and the bracelet.

Shoto Todoroki:
No problem, we should do it again sometime.

I smiled at the text. I wouldn't admit it but I missed him.

Me:
Are you asking me out on a date?

Shoto Todoroki:
Well, I wasn't going to just not ask you out after tonight.

I chuckled a little at his text. I could imagine the small smirk that was probably crossing his lips at this very moment.

Me:
So you are asking me on a date.

Shoto Todoroki:
Yes, I am asking you out on a date.
Maybe to the movies, or dinner again, or even just walking through the park. I want to get to know you better.

Me:
I guess I got to give you a fighting chance since I still haven't fallen in love yet.

Shoto Todoroki:
I think you have fallen in love already.

Me:
You do, do you?

Shoto Todoroki:
Ya, I just have the feeling. Must be our soulmate like or something.

I roll my eyes at my phone, letting out a soft chuckle.

Me:
Right, soulmate link.

Shoto Todoroki:
So is that a yes to the date?

Me:
Yes, that is a yes.

Shoto Todoroki:
Are you free on Thursday? I'll pick you up for our date.

Me:
Oh, you're waiting for Thursday? You seemed pretty eager I thought you would want to do it tomorrow.

Shoto Todoroki:
I was just giving you a few days to get ready, but if you are truly that eager then yes we can have our date tomorrow.

Me:
...
I see what you did there, well played.

Shoto Todoroki:
I thought so.

Me:
I'll be ready tomorrow at 11.

Shoto Todoroki:
Then that will be when I pick you up.

Me:
Where are we going on this date?

Shoto Todoroki:
I think you'll just have to wait to find out.

Me:
Hey, that's not fair, I won't know what to wear!!

Shoto Todoroki:
Just wear something nice, but not extremely fancy.

Me:
I don't think that helps.

Shoto Todoroki:
You'll find something, I have faith.

Our conversation continued and I don't know if I would admit it out loud but I really liked talking with Todoroki. He just had a way of making everything around me disappeared, even just over text. This was a new feeling for me, something that set Todoroki apart from my past. I'd even go as far as to say I was getting comfortable with him. It had been one night and Todoroki had managed to make me feel so many different things.

I couldn't help but smile up at my phone when he sent a good night text after our conversation. This feeling was new and I loved it.

Todoroki's POV

When I got him my father was waiting in the living room, reading the newspaper I think.

I tried to just walk past him and go to my room but he stopped me in my tracks.

"So?" He asked. I knew what he wanted and there was a split second.. a very brief moment in time, where I actually regretted meeting Midoriya that night. I knew my father, I knew what he wanted, and I knew he was going to attempt to force me into doing everything he wanted. There was no way I was going to, but I knew he would try.

"Ya, I found him," I said plainly as I tried to walk past him again.

"Him?" My flaming piece of trash of a father asked.

"Yes, him, now move out of my way," I said trying to push past Enji. He looked enraged, but did I give two shits? No.

"You're mate is a guy?" He asked.

"Ya, what about it?" I asked, very annoyed. I knew my father had problems with this, he always has. I stared him down, silently urging him to say something, anything to degrade my mate. I wanted a good reason to punch him in the face, though I would gladly do it without one.

"So you're a fag," he muttered. "Great just what I need, Toya's disappeared and the only other alpha in our family is a god damn fag."

"What are you gonna do about it? Force mom to have another kid? I couldn't give two craps about you or the family name or shit, so don't come to me acting like I care. I already did what you asked and went to that ball, I found my mate, so don't get all sad that is not some girl." I finally pushed past him and headed to my room, leaving his abusive ass in the hall.

For a while I had been looking for a place of my own, I'm 18 now so it's not out of the question, I'm of legal age and all that shit. I have the money, I just needed to find somewhere nice.

I sat on my bed, falling backwards so my head was on my pillow. My phone buzzed and I saw it was a text from Midoriya. Instantly my mood brightened.

Midoriya:
Hey, you wanted me to text when I got home, I'm home.

I smile at the text. It's hard to explain but the way he texted was so cute. It was so him.

I replied after a moment of just smiling down at his text.

We texted pretty late into the night, I had asked him on a date for tomorrow. I planned to take him to the movies and we'd see where things went from there.

I could tell he was getting comfortable as we texted and I couldn't help but smile at that. I didn't want him to feel like he had to have his guard up when around me. We were soulmates, he should feel safe around me no matter what.

—next day—

Midoriya's OPV

I can't believe I agreed to thing. The more I thought about it the more worried I became. I was digging through my dresser trying to find something to wear. I had to find a nice outfit. I need Ochako's help.

—💛Ochako—

Me:
Ochako I need your help.

💛Ochako:
What? Why? Is everything ok?

Me:
I may have possibly agreed to go on a date with Todoroki.

💛Ochako:
OH MY GOD REALLY???

That's great, your opening up!

Me:
It's not great, I'm freaking out.

💛Ochako:
Ok, chill I'll be there in a few minutes. I need to get dressed.

Me:
Ok.

I turn off my phone and keep looking for something to wear. I was still in my pj's and was regretting agreeing to this. When I answered last night it was because at that moment I felt like I wanted to see him again, but now I don't. I don't want to embarrass myself.

A knock came at my door.

"Come in."

"Your dad let me up- wow what tornado came through your room?" Ochako asked, stepping over a pile of clothes.

"I may be freaking out a little, I don't know why I agreed to go on a date, last night I didn't even want to have a mate, and now I have one, and I don't know what to do," I vented. "But now I'm going on a date and I can't find something to wear, and even though I don't want to have a mate, I don't want to look bad on this date and nothing seems to be working for me right now and-"

"Ok, just breath for a moment. When do you need to be ready?"

"By 11, he's picking me up," I said. It was 10:07 so I had a little under an hour.

"Ok, I can work with this," Ochako told me to sit and not worry about anything as she started digging through my clothes. She's the best, she puts up with my rambling and helps me whenever I need it. She was there in my darkest times. Ochako was the best friend I could ask for.

"Here, go take a shower and put these on, I'll be waiting." She held out a small pile of clothes.

I took it and headed to the washroom to shower. I still couldn't believe I was doing this. I wash my hair and do all the other stuff you do in the shower before stepping out and drying off. I took a moment to just look at myself in the mirror with my towel around my waist.

More thoughts began to creep in, not so great thoughts, so I shook them away and began to put on my clothes and blow dry my hair.

Ochako had picked out a plain white top with my green plaid and black jeans. It was casual but also looked nice.

When I'm done I go back to my room and find Ochako picking up some stuff that I had tossed around in my panic. "You don't have to do that, I'll do it later," I said, taking one of my shirts from her hands.

"You want it to be clean if you guys come back here tonight don't cha?" Ochako smirked a little.

"Ha, as if I'd let him in my room right away," I said rolling my eyes.

Ochako gave me a sad smile. "You have to open up to him eventually Izu, I get it's only been one day, but he's your soulmate."

"Ya ya, whatever," I said half-jokingly. There was a small buzz that came from my pocket.

"Who is it?" Ochako asked, cocking her head a little.

I took out my phone. "Speak of the devil," I muttered. "Todoroki."

—Shoto Todoroki—

Shoto Todoroki:
Hey, are you almost ready? I'm about to leave.

Me:
Ya just finished getting ready.

Shoto Todoroki:
Great, can I have your address so I can pick you up?

Me:
If you insist
(address)

Shoto Todoroki:
Thanks, I'll see you soon.

Me:
See you soon.

I closed my phone.

"You're smiling," Ochako noted with a smile on her face.

"Am not," I said blushing lightly and shoving my phone in my pocket.

"Are too, you do like him, I can tell," Ochako said, smirking.

"Ya whatever, he's my soulmate, it's hard not to like him at least a little," I said rolling my eyes.

We talk a little longer before the doorbell rings. Ochako and I shared a look before she started pushing me to my bedroom door.

I heard the front door open. "Hello, I'm Shoto Todoroki, I'm picking up Midoriya for a date," I heard Todoroki say.

Shit, my parents opened the door, this will be fun. To Ochako's surprise, I ran downstairs to stop my mom from saying anything that would embarrass me.

"Izuku! Someone's- oh there you are, you didn't tell me you had a date," my mom said grinning ear to ear. "I thought you had said you didn't want-"

"Mom, can we not right now?" I cut her off. "Anyway, I'll be back later today, bye mom, bye Ochako," I said, pulling Todoroki out of my house not wanting to be embarrassed by them.

"Your mom seemed nice," Todoroki said as I let go of his hand and closed the door.

"She's embarrassing, that's what she is," I mumbled. Todoroki chuckled and we got in the car.

"How's that?" He asked.

"If we stayed there any longer you would have found out." I love my mom to death, but she is the kind of parent that would invite my date in and show them my (most likely naked) baby pictures while telling them my embarrassing stories.

"Well now I sort of want to go back and see how she's embarrassing," Todoroki joked as we pulled out of the laneway.

"Going back would also include you being threatened by Ochako," I inform him.

"Why would she threaten me?" Todoroki asked, confused.

"Because I'm her best friend and you're dating me," I said. The night before she had had a few drinks and wasn't as overprotective as usual meaning Todoroki had unknowingly dodged the interrogation that was most likely going to be coming his way again.

"Oh so we're officially dating now, I thought I had to make you fall in love first," Todoroki said, glancing over at me a little. There was a small smirk on his face and I just rolled my eyes. "That is unless you already have fallen."

"I have not fallen in love with you yet," I told him, what I didn't say was that I was pretty darn close.

"Just give it time, I think you will," he said as he turned a corner.

I roll my eyes again. I knew I would, but that didn't stop the fact that I'm still not 100% sure if I wanted to.

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Midoriya's POV

We pulled into a parking lot and I looked out the window to see where we were. It was the movie theatre. I looked over at Todoroki who was unbuckling his seatbelt. "What movie are we seeing?" I asked curiously.

"You'll see," he said. "Hope you like Marvel." We got out of the car and started our way to the theatre.

My face lit up. Marvel End Game had come out a week ago and I hadn't had the time to go and see it. I could only assume that that was the move we were coming to see. "Ya, It's one of my favourite franchises. DC's also pretty great, but I like Marvel better, well I guess I like most superhero movies." I realized I was rambling and shut my mouth. "I'm rambling, sorry."

"No, It's cute," Todoroki said. My face turned red as I stared at the ground, watching my feet as we walked up to the entrance.

How can he even say stuff like that with a straight face? If I ever tried something like that I'd be too flustered to spit anything out.

Todoroki held the door open for me and we stepped inside. Instantly the aroma of buttered popcorn and those nachos with the fake cheese hit my nose. It was strong but not overbearing.

Todoroki must have bought the tickets online or something because he handed two slips of paper to the person that did the whole ticket thingy and sent us on in to get our snacks.

"You want popcorn?" Todoroki asked me.

"Ya, sure." We got in line and though I tried Todoroki insisted on paying for the popcorn. I don't care if his dad's a millionaire or whatever, he shouldn't have to pay for everything.

It wasn't till we got to the theatre and took our seats that I realized how comfortable I was now with Todoroki. Of course realizing this made me nervous, my brain telling me I shouldn't be so comfortable with an alpha I had just met the night before. It hadn't even been a full 24 hours.

Even if he was my soulmate I had to be more careful. I told myself. But I also really liked being able to be myself around him. Why can’t I just make up my mind? I’m either comfortable around him or I’m not! I need to pick!

I think Todoroki picked up on the sudden shift in my mood because he glanced over at me with a concerned look. "Are you ok?" He asked quietly as people took their seats around us.

"Hu? Oh, y-ya," I stammered. "I'm fine, just Uhh, it's nothing." A semi loud group of people sat beside me and I tried to ignore them. As long as they didn't keep talking when the movie started it was ok.

Todoroki's brows furrowed. "Are you sure? You seem to be getting tense," he noted out loud.

I scratched the back of my neck. "Ya, I'm fine." He didn't seem to believe me, but he also didn't ask any questions.

The movie trailers were starting to play when the scent hit me. I stiffened in my seat and didn't dare look behind me because I knew HE was there. Why did he have to be here now of all times? I was having a good time and now... I sucked in a breath and tried to calm myself down, he probably hasn't noticed me, omega's noses are sharper than alpha's. The chance that he's picked up my scent over all the others is slim.

Todoroki glanced my way again, seeing I was very stiff and very uncomfortable. He offered me his hand for comfort I guess? I hesitated for a moment before taking it. I was here with Todoroki, I don't have to think about who's behind me.

He squeezed my hand lightly and the movie started.

Todoroki held my hand the whole movie. It didn't take long for me to forget about everything I had been stressed about and get absorbed in the film. Hero movies always did this to me. Everything else just became background noise.

I've loved hero's my whole life and when I was younger I wanted to be one. Of course, people don't have powers in my universe so that would never happen. Besides, I'm an omega, there were rarely any omega's in any superhero film unless they were the 'damsel in distress' or love interest to the hero who was more often than not an alpha. I think there was only one or two omega superheroes I can think of but they weren’t very popular.

Most times though, I can put aside the politics of the film and focus on the action. It may sound strange considering how jumpy I can be but I loved action scenes, anything high speed and exciting. My brain often worked fast and the action seemed to be the only thing that would keep up with it sometimes.

Todoroki's POV

The movie hadn't even started and Midoriya looked tense and on guard. He looked almost scared but I had no idea why.

Not knowing what to do I offered him my hand, hoping that would help him calm down. He glanced down at my hand and raised his to take mine, hesitating for a moment before letting me wrap my hand around his.

He already seemed less tense now and that made me happy. I had no idea why all of a sudden his guard had gone up, he seemed fine when we were walking in, in fact, he seemed more open with me than the day before.

The movie started and I continued holding his hand. The tension in Midoriya's shoulders quickly disappeared when the movie started. Slowly he became more absorbed with the film and I'd be lying if I said his reactions weren't more entertaining than the movie. Of course, I loved the Marvel movies, but the look on Midoriya's face when everyone was undusted and came through the portals was so cute.

He looked like a little kid who just got the new toy that all their friends hand.

The movie ended and we sat through the credits like any good Marvel fan would do.

"I can't believe that," Midoriya muttered as the credits started to roll and the lights flickered on.

I couldn't help but snicker at his face. He seemed so shocked and yet also content with the ending as he looked over at me.

"I honestly don't know what I was expecting, but I don't think it was that," I admitted. Out of the corner of my eye, I couldn't help but notice someone staring at us, well Midoriya to be specific. He was the only person left in the rows above us since some people don't seem to get that Marvel has after-credit scenes.

I brush it off and turn my attention back to Midoriya who was now rambling about captain America and analyzing how he couldn't have gone back and married agent Carter because that would change the timeline completely.

I just smiled softly down at him, if I had known superheroes was what it took to get him out of his shell I would have brought them up last night.

Of course, these things never seem to last forever and the guy that had been staring at Midoriya was now plopping himself down in the seat beside him.

The omega visibly stiffened but wouldn't turn to look behind him, instead he just closed his eyes and tried to regulate his breathing which was quickly increasing. He knew this guy.

"Hey Izuku, long time no see," the guy said swinging an arm around Midoriya.

Midoriya's hand tightened around mine as he turned a little, but only enough to see the guy.

"What do you want?" I said more hostile than I had meant it, but then again, he had his arm around my mate who seemed to not like him at all.

The guy glanced at me then back at Midoriya, completely disregarding me. "So what have you been up to? I never see you anymore, not after that bitch of a friend of yours nearly scratched my eye out with a fork." He laughed like it was a funny memory but Midoriya wasn't laughing, he looked like he was about one second away from crying.

"I-I don't want to-to talk to you Yuuma," he muttered looking down at his lap.

"Sure you do sweet cheeks, you love me," Yuuma said taking Midoriya's chin in his hand and turning it to look at him.

I got out of my seat and pulled Midoriya with me, away from that alpha and behind me. "Why don't you fuck off, he said he didn't want to talk with you." I felt Midoriya holding a fist full of my shirt and pulling slightly. He was probably trying to get me to back down so we didn't start a fight, but I had put enough of the puzzle pieces together to figure out this was the guy that hurt my mate.

"So you got a new alpha have you?" Yuuma scoffed. "Predictable, you were never able to be on your one for long."

I didn't know what that was supposed to mean but Yuuma had taken a step forward so I growled at him to back off. "I don't know what the fuck you're talking about but I don't want to see you near my mate again, got that?"

Yuuma looked more intrigued than threatened. Midoriya was still pulling at my shirt, whispering a small. "Todoroki you don't have to do this."

"Your mate? Ok, I see, so the bitch friend convinced you to actually go to that stupid ball last night."

"Please Todoroki, can we just go?" Midoriya mumbled.

I growled again, before backing off with Midoriya, he stayed in front of me since Yuuma was now behind me. All my instincts were telling me to go and beat the crap out of Yuuma for being the one to hurt Midoriya but I couldn't leave him alone right now, and I was not bringing him back over there.

We got outside and we stopped walking. Midoriya didn't bring his eyes to meet mine. "You're mad," he muttered. "I'm sorry."

I had no idea why he was sorry, but the fact that he seemed sad pulled me from my thoughts of murdering Yuuma. "Why are you sorry, it's that alpha that's making me mad."

"But I-"

I don't know what he was going to say because I cut him off. "No, it's not you're fault, you are not the one that needs to be sorry."

I had a sinking suspension that that alpha was the reason Midoriya apologized so often. He probably made him feel bad for his rambling or having an opinion or anything else that he apologizes for when he doesn't need to.

His eyes were trained on his shoes. "Can you drive me home?" He asked quietly. "I don't really wanna be out after that."

I gave him a sad smile and nodded. "Ya, sure." I offered him my hand and he took it. He was less hesitant than in the theatre so I took that as a good sign. I led him to my car, opening the passenger door for him before going to the driver's side and getting in.

Both our seatbelt's clicked and I pulled out of the parking lot. Midoriya's eyes wouldn't look up from his hands that were intertwined probably painfully tight in his lap.

I opened my mouth to speak but closed it unsure if I should ask before opening it again. "Should I know who that was?" I asked. I had a decent idea, but I wanted to know if I was right.

I glanced over at Midoriya who still wouldn't look up from his hands. "He's... my bad experience with alpha's," he said quietly.

I remembered him saying the night before that he had had some bad experiences with alphas. At first, I had figured that he had maybe been catcalled a few too many times, or flirted with by people he wasn't interested in, but that, what happened back there came from more than just a few catcalls.

"An ex?" I asked.

"Ya, an ex," he muttered.

Even though we all had a soulmate some people would still date. There are people out there who never actually find their soulmate. For all, they know they were on the other side of the world. I don't know why Midoriya had dated him, and I don't know if I should ask yet, but there was a feeling in my gut that said that it wasn't of his own free will, at least not after the first few dates.

"I'm sorry if I ruined the date," Midoriya said quietly.

"You didn't ruin anything," I ensured him. "Other than the ending, I still had fun with you."

Midoriya was silent for a moment. "Ya, I did too." That made me happy.

"You know, you're pretty adorable when you get sucked into a movie," I chuckled, trying to lighten his mood as I remembered his face during the movie.

When I glance over, Midoriya still hadn't moved, but now his face was a bright red and his eyes were wide. It was clear he didn't know what to say to that.

God, he was adorable. I hated that he had had to deal with Yuuma, but now I was here. I was going to protect him, no matter what.

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Midoriya's POV

I hated ending the date early, but there was no way I could be out right now without thinking of Yuuma and I knew that would make it hard for me to do anything. I just needed to be home right now, where I knew I was safe.

Even though Todoroki told me not to apologize for the date I still did. He walked me to the door and I hesitated for a moment, turning to look at him again. "Thanks for taking me to the movies," I said forcing myself to bring my eyes up to his. "I'm sorry we had to end it short," I said.

Before he said anything I put my hands on his shoulders to pull him down a little and kissed him on the cheek. Without a word, I headed inside before he could say anything.

I felt my face starting to heat up as I closed the door, leaning against it for support. Why was I getting so flustered over a small peck on the cheek? I don't know.

I ran a hand over my face and pushed off the door when I heard footsteps coming downstairs.

"Oh Izuku, you're home early," my mom said smiling brightly. "Did you have fun on your date?"

"Ya, I did," I said smiling a little. She took my hands and pulled me into the kitchen to boil water for tea.

"Tell me about this Todoroki guy," mom said smirking a little. "Isn't his father the CEO of some big company?" She asked.

"Uhh yeah." I could feel my face flush a deep red. "I met him last night, h-he's my- my soulmate," I stammered out.

Mom's face lit up, her eyes sparkled. "Oh sweetie I'm so happy for you," she said coming over to pinch my cheeks as she used to when I was younger. "I know you said you didn't want to find your mate, and I still don't know why, but I'm happy you put yourself out there."

Yeah, that's right, I never told my parents about Yuuma. They have no idea why I stopped wanting to find my mate. They don't know about what happened, both my parents were out of town.

"I... I am too," I told the truth. I scratched at my arm nervously. I wasn't really sure why I was nervous though. "He's sweet, I'm lucky."

I heard the kettle go off and mom poured two cups of tea. "I was expecting you two to be out later, where did you go?" She asked.

I explained the date, I left out the fact that Yuuma showed up and said that Todoroki had a family thing he had to help with. Thankfully she believed me and didn't ask too many more questions. Minus the encounter, I did have a good time.

"Will I get to have a proper conversation with him soon? You rushed him out of the house this morning."

"Are you going to tell embarrassing stories and show him my naked baby photos?" I asked back, sipping my drink.

Mom just smiled playfully. "Well, I will some time or another."

I groaned and leant my head against the table. Mom just laughed and rubbed my back. I was having a hard enough time with this already I didn't want to add embarrassment on top of it, I did that enough myself already. "If you don't do anything embarrassing I'll bring him over soon," I said not thinking too far into this.

Having Todoroki over for more than just a pick-up or drop-off would be a big step for me and I had to make sure I was ready before it happened. He would be invited into the house and this was my safe space.

"Mmm no promises," mom said smirking a little.

"What aren't you promising?" I heard my dad's voice come from behind me. I turn to see him in his work suit, he must have just gotten home. My dad had blond hair and dark eyes, he was very tall and if I didn't know him so well I would probably be scared of him, but he's sweet and makes my mom happy so that's all that mattered.

He wasn't my birth father, my biological dad died when I was one, I've only seen pictures of him and even then there weren't many. My mom hadn't married again for a while, but my birth father wasn't her soulmate so when she found Toshinori our family all just fell into place. They met when I was 3 and got married when I was 5 I don't remember having anyone else there as my dad.

Since my mom hadn't found her soulmate till she was about 35 I honestly wasn't expecting to find mine so soon.

"Mom's threatening to embarrass me when I bring my mate over," I said.

"I'm not threatening anything, I'm just saying I may let one or two stories slip. Maybe the one about that cute onesie you were obsessed with, or how you would dress up as a superhero all the time."

I groaned again, but there was a small smile on my lips. "Okay, stop patronizing the boy," dad laughed his deep hearty laugh.

Mom smiled up at him. "Okay, okay, but that doesn't change the fact that I want to properly meet him, okay?"

"Yeah, okay," I said rolling my eyes. "I'm going to be in my room if you need me." They both nodded and I send upstairs to my room.

Todoroki's POV

Midoriya kissed me on the cheek and slipped through the front door, leaving me on the porch. My hand raised to touch my cheek lightly as I let a small smile slip onto my lips. He was getting comfortable.

The drive home was silent, I didn't bother turning on the radio, the silence let me think.

I wanted to know what Yuuma did to Midoriya, what exactly made my soulmate so scared of the alpha and most other alphas in general. What happened that made Uraraka nearly scratch his eyes out with a fork.

I let out a sigh, I had a feeling it would be a while before I would get any of these answers from Midoriya, that is to say, if I ever got them. I'd never force him to say anything, that's not something I would ever do to him. I want him to feel safe, I want him to come to me when he was ready when he wanted to tell me.

I park the car and head up to the front door.

"You're home early," Enji said from his office as I step inside. His office door opened up into the front hallway of the house so it was nearly impossible to get anywhere without him seeing. "You said you were probably coming back around supper." Well good to know he actually pays attention to my schedule..

"Ya, we bumped into someone and he wanted to go home," I said kicking off my shoes.

I was about to head to my room when the sperm downer kept talking "You should bring your mate over so I can meet..."

"Him?" I finished. I knew he had problems with anyone in a same-gender relationship but the fact that he couldn't even acknowledge that my omega was a guy was just sad, even for him.

"Yes." He cleared his throat. "I want you to introduce me to your mate."

"Ya, I'm not doing that," I said plainly.

"Why not? I want to meet-"

"No, you're a dick and I'm not letting you near Midoriya for as long as I can help it. You just want to push your personal agenda on us." I walked away before he could say any more. After what happened today I don't think I ever want Midoriya to meet my father.

He abused me and my mother for the longest time, driving my mom to a mental break. He claimed that it was supposed to be making me stronger, so I would be his masterpiece, the new face of the company when he passed it to me. Honestly, I didn't give two fucks about his company, I'd gladly get my own job and cut him out completely, but to do that I had to also say goodbye to my siblings, and unlike my father, they were actually cool.

I sat at my desk, propping my feet up and pulling out my phone to check my notifications. I had felt it buzz a few times while I was at the movies with Midoriya.

I noticed a missed call from Fuyumi. I spun once in my chair before standing and clicking on the phone icon, calling her back.

The phone ringed twice before she picked it up. "Hello, Fuyumi Iida speaking," she said.

When Fuyumi first got married it took a long time for me to get used to her saying that when I called. It still sounded a little weird to me now but it wasn't so bad.

"Hey, it's Shoto," I said sitting on my bed. "You called?"

"Sho!" She said happily. "How was last night? Did you stay till 10 like you said you would?" She asked. I could hear a smirk in her voice.

I bit my lip. Midoriya and I did not stay till 10, we had left around 8. "Last night was good," I told her. "And Uhh, no, I didn't stay till 10."

"Sho, you promised!" Fuyumi said.

"I know, I know, but I met my mate and we went out for dinner," I explained, putting my hands up in defence only to realize she couldn't see.

"You met your mate?" She asked almost surprised. "That's amazing!" She exclaimed, forgetting about the promise I broke.

I laughed a little, she seemed more excited about me finding my mate than I or Midoriya were.

"What's their name?" She asked."what are they like?"

"Izuku Midoriya," I told her. "And he's really... cautious, I mean I think he's warming up to me, we went out today again. He was shy at first but I brought up superheroes And he rambled on about them so that was good I guess. I think he trusts me, but I don't know."

"Why wouldn't he trust you? Did you do something to break his trust?" She sounded stern when she asked this.

"What? No! I didn't do anything to him, we bumped into one of his ex's today when we were at the movies, I think something really bad happened between them and it damaged his trust in alpha's." I fell back on my bed and looked at the ceiling. "He looked scared and I didn't know how to help, I mean we just met yesterday so I have no idea what happened between them."

Fuyumi was silent for a moment while I talked. "Well Sho, you're a great guy, and a better alpha, he'll warm up to you, I know it." She wasn't a confident person, but I had learned that when she sounded confident like this she was almost always right.

"Ya thanks, anyway, how are you doing? How's Tensei? I saw his brother last night but we didn't talk too much."

"I'm good." I could hear a smile in her voice. "And Tensei good as well."

Our conversation continued, I felt a lot of comfort talking with Fuyumi. When our mother was hospitalized she was sort of my motherly figure and less of my sister. She was always the one to be there for me. That's probably why I have a stronger connection with her than Natsuo. My brother's great, but he was always the big goofy brother.

When I hung up with Fuyumi I pulled my laptop on my lap and continued my search for a house of my own. I didn't want to waste time living here, especially if Enji was going to try and get me to bring Midoriya over.

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Midoriya's POV

I don't know how it happened but I ended up talking with Todoroki all week. We’d call, we'd text, and at one point I FaceTimed him, which was a big step in my mind. It was just so easy to talk with him.

The problem came when I fell asleep on Friday. It had been a few weeks since I had this nightmare but that didn't change how bad it had been. More often than not my nightmares were memories with crazy detail like I was being sent back to the past.

-dream-

My heat was a day late, so that was already stressing me out. It's never a good sign to have your heat late or miss it when you aren't pregnant.

Ochako had come over to check on me because my parents were out of town on a work trip. I hadn't seen her in a long time because of Yuuma so we were in my room catching up. I was feeling a little lightheaded so I had my head laying in Ochako’s lap while she played with my hair. It was normal for me to get lightheaded before my heat so this was a good sign.

"You know, the ball's coming up in a few months, you should think of going," she said.

"Ochako, I told you, I'm happy with Yuuma, I don't need anyone else," I told her, but deep down I knew I wasn't happy. He had been yelling at me and he hit me when I didn't do what I was told it was really bad sometimes. But Yuuma said I wouldn't be able to find anyone else who would take me and I thought he was right. After all who would want a useless omega like me?

"I know you’re not happy, I've seen you happy," Ochako said sadly. "You should think about it, your mate could help you be happy."

She had been trying to convince me to leave Yuuma for a while, that's why I wasn't supposed to see her anymore. He said I was being brainwashed by her and it's sad to say but for a small amount of time, I believe him. I didn't anymore but that doesn’t change the fact that I had at one point. There had been a few times I got away from him, telling myself I'd never go back, but I did. I always ended up back with Yuuma.

I had never been in a relationship before Yuuma so for a long time I didn't know it was a bad relationship.

"Ochako, I'm happy with Yuuma, I am," I told her, trying to convince myself just as much as her. "I don't need my mate." I could feel my body heating up now, my heat was coming. I curled into a tight ball wrapping my arms around my stomach. "Ghha cramps," I groaned.

Ochako ran her hand through my hair again. "I'll get you some water, ok?" She asked standing up. "But really, just think about what I said."

I nodded weakly and squeezed my eyes closed trying to think of anything other than the pain.

The scene changed, but only slightly. It was a day later, I was curled in bed, surrounded by my nest. My breathing was heavy and my whole body was burning up. Ochako had just brought my food in and left to read a book in the living room. That's when it happened. I remembered everything so clearly.

My window slid open, fast and almost silent. The cold wind hit me and I shivered, curling into a tighter ball. At the time I had no idea what was happening. A sickening laugh came from the window and I peaked through my blankets to see Yuuma. "You look so vulnerable," he laughed. "Perfect conditions for me to do what I want."

He walked towards me, and I was frozen. I couldn't move a muscle. He was letting out a very dominating scent that made me cower and cover my head in my blankets.

He pulled the blankets off me and got on top. "You're cute, but I'm not here for cute." His hands pulled at my shirt and I whimpered, trying to push him away but I was too weak. Even on a good day, I wasn't strong enough, but in heat, I was weaker. "Be a good little omega and submit. You're only here for my pleasure after all."

"N-no, s-staahhh," I tried to say but he started to suck on my neck, effectively cutting me off. "I-I don't- don't want this."

"Sure you do, you're in heat, it's the only thing you're good for so let it happen. Satisfy me." He pinned my arms in one hand while the other worked on pulling my pants down. "Already so slick for me," he laughed, probing at my ass. "I wonder if I could fit yet."

"S-stop!" I yelled. "I- stop!"

"Shut up, you do as your told omega," he growled making me whimper loudly. “You are mine and I will do as I please go you.”

"Izuku is everything-" the door opened and Ochako stood shocked.

"H-help," I managed to whimper out.

Ochako was furious. It was the closest to Farrell I had ever seen her. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING TO IZUKU?" She yelled. "GET OUT NOW!" She came over and tried to pull Yuuma off me. I struggled but his grip was too tight and neither of us was all that strong.

"Fucking bitch, should have known you'd be here," Yuuma muttered. He must have known someone had been home since he broke in through the window.

"I SAID GET OUT," she yelled at him again.

"Y-Yuuma- get o-off," I whimpered still trying to push him off. My distressed scent was filling the room, overpowering his dominating one.

Yuuma pushed Ochako away. "I'm fucking busy, get lost."

Ochako grabbed the fork off the plate of food she had brought me earlier and ran at him. He let go of my hands to stop Ochako and I continued to try and push him off me. “Get out,” her voice was deadly and coated in thick venom.

"You fucking think I have to listen to you? You're both just stupid fucking omega's. He's mine and I will have him."

That's when I woke up.

-end dream-

I bolted upright in bed, my heart racing and a cold sweat covering my body. My eyes fell on my window and I quickly got out of bed to make sure it was still locked. It was.

I let out a sigh of relief but didn't relax completely. The memories washed back over me like a typhoon and I collapsed on the floor, my legs giving out. I let out a weak sob, covering my mouth to try and keep quiet so I didn't wake my parents.

I pulled out my phone, I needed to talk to someone, I needed to be distracted. I curled my knees into my chest and leant against the wall while clicking Ochako's contact. If I was being honest with myself there was only one person I wanted to talk to, and I blamed this feeling on my omega. Everything in me was telling me to go to Todoroki. But I couldn't do that, we've only known each other for a week.

Ochako wasn't picking up. I tried one more time. I guess that really did only leave one other person. It's not like I wasn't able to tell my parents but mom would freak out and try way too hard to get me to tell her what my dream was, and dad wouldn't know what to do. Then again I didn't know if Todoroki would either but at this point even just his voice would calm me down.

Todoroki's POV

I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. I had no idea what time it was, but I knew it was late.

Tiredly I pick it up. "Hello?" I asked.

I heard whimpers of the other side. "I-I'm sorry I- I just Ochako wasn't picking up and-"

"Midoriya? What's wrong? What are you doing awake?" I asked, suddenly very awake and alert. Immediately everything in me was saying to comfort him.

The line went quiet for a moment and I was one second away from getting in the car and going to see him. "I had a nightmare," he muttered.

A nightmare, he woke me up in the middle of the night because of a nightmare, well at least it wasn't anything dangerous.

"I-I'm sorry, I-I just- you-you we're the only person-only person I wanted to talk to." He was crying, I could tell that much just by his voice. "A-and Ochako wasn't picking up and- I'm sorry."

"No, It's ok," I said rubbing my eyes. "Do you want to talk about the dream?" I asked, looking up at my ceiling. I had no idea what I was supposed to do, but he trusted me enough to call so I had to try.

He was silent for a moment and I had a feeling he was shaking his head. "No," his timid voice came over the phone. "C-can you distract Me? I-I'm sorry, you probably want to be sleeping I-I can hang up-"

"No, Midoriya, it's ok, you don’t need to worry," I told him. "I want to be here for you."

A very quiet "ok," came through the phone. Midoriya worried too much, and I had a feeling that the alpha we bumped into at the movies was part of the reason.

"Ok, how about we talk about superheroes," I said, trying to think of something that would distract him.

"S-superheroes," he repeated.

I didn't have nearly as much knowledge as Midoriya had on superhero's but I had enough to at least start the conversation. He asked me to distract him so that's what I'm going to do. "Ok, you know a lot about superheroes so tell me, where does Black Panther live?"

"H-he uhh, Wakonda," Midoriya said. "E-everyone thought-thought that it was a third world country, but i-it's not. They have a lot of vibranium."

"Ok, good," I said. He was already starting to calm down so that was a good thing. "Who's your favourite character from Black Panther?"

This continued for a while. As much as I wanted to know what his nightmare was I didn't want him to start crying again because I asked. He wanted me to distract him so that's what I was going to do.

"So, it's been a while since our first date, you think you're up for a second one?" I asked.

"A second date?" He asked.

"Ya, I mean it's been almost a week since our last one and I haven't seen you in person since then." We had FaceTimed on Wednesday but it wasn’t the same as actually seeing him.

He was quiet for a moment and I didn't know if it was because he was shocked I was asking or if he had gotten too flustered to talk or both. "Uhh, y-yeah, I-I'd like that," he said. I could hear a small smile in his voice and that made me happy. "When-when are we going to go on the date?" I could tell he was flustered and I could just imagine the blush that had covered his cheeks.

"There's a fair in town, we could go there," I offered.

"I-I've never been to a fair," he admitted.

"Then it'll be a first for both of us," I told him.

"You've never been to a fair?"

"No, my father never let me." When I was younger he was dead set on making me his "perfect" successor, and as I got older and could make more of my own decisions I never had a reason to go. I didn't have friends to go with, Fuyumi and Natsuo had their own lives to deal with and if I’m being honest I never really wanted to go to one.

"We'll know we have to go," Midoriya said happily.

I smiled a little. "Ok, so that settles that. We should probably go to sleep now, we can talk about it more in the morning. Are you good to sleep now?" I asked.

Midoriya hummed. "Yeah," he said quietly. "Thank you Todoroki," he said. "I'd usually call Ochako, but she wasn't picking up."

"It's fine, I want to be able to help you however I can."

"Okay, well good night Todoroki, and thank you again."

"Good night Midoriya, call any time."

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Midoriya's POV

"Izu, I'm so sorry I didn't pick up last night, is everything ok?" Ochako asked when she called me back that morning. I had slept much better after I talked with Todoroki, and I hadn't thought much about the incident either.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I had that nightmare again, but I called Todoroki and he helped," I said as if it was nothing.

"Wait, you called Todoroki?" Ochako asked. "Man he's already taking all of my jobs as your best friend," she said. I had a feeling she was rolling her eyes and laughed a little.

"He's not taking all you're jobs," I said with a laugh. "He was just the only other person I could think to call."

"Well, I need to have a talk with him about his responsibilities as your mate since I'm your best friend and he needs to know the lengths I would go to keep you safe."

"Like nearly forking out a guy's eye," I muttered. "Ochako, I love you, and I'd do anything to keep you safe as well, but I don't know if you have to threaten Todoroki," I laughed.

"I'm not going to threaten him, I'm just going to make sure he knows what he's getting into."

"Right and that's not going to involve threatening."

"You can't blame me, you've been through too much, and you are too pure to go through it again," she said sadly.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say," I laughed. I honestly didn't understand why she went through so much trouble for me, it had been like this since we were kids. She was always the one protecting or standing up for me, it happened so much that I was very shocked when we found out our second genders and we were both omega's.

I heard Ochako sigh. "You are too good for this world," she muttered. "I wonder if god's missing any angels cuz I think I found one."

My cheeks got hotter. "O-Ochako, y-you know I don't know how to react to that stuff!" I said getting very flustered.

"You are an angel and you can't deny it no matter how hard you try." I groaned a little and shook my head. "Ok but back to Todoroki, you're opening up to him! That's great!"

I hummed a little. "It's sorta hard not to, he's just so easy to talk to. And it doesn't help that all my instincts are telling me to go to him," I muttered the last part.

"I told you he wasn't going to be like you know who and I'm right, so... I told you so," she said laughing.

"It's only been a week, I don't know him all that well yet," I said. "We don't actually know if he's gonna be like Yuuma," I said so quietly I almost didn't hear what I said.

"Mhhhh but I'm still right, I talked with him for like a minute the night you guys met and I could already tell he was different," Mina said I could hear the smile in her voice and I had a feeling she was spinning around in her swivel chair. "You liiiiiikkkeeee him and there no denying it!"

I sighed hearing my mom call me from downstairs. "Go patronize someone else, I have to go, I'll talk to you later."

"Bye angel." I could hear the smirk in her voice and I turned off the phone before she could say anything else. I buried my face in my hands for a moment, trying to get rid of the blush.

I ran downstairs to see my mom struggling to Cary groceries into the house. I took a few bags from her and helped carry everything to the kitchen.

Not too long after I finished helping my mom I felt my phone buzz in my pocket. I was expecting for it to be Ochako trying to get me all flustered again but this time it was Todoroki. I couldn't help but smile.

Shoto Todoroki:
Hey, how did you sleep after last night?

Me:
Actually really good after I talked to you
thank you.

Shoto Todoroki:
That's good to hear.

Me:
You mean good to read.

I laughed at my own text as I sat back on my bed, pulling my knees up to my chest as I held one of my pillows close to me and rested my chin on it.

Shoto Todoroki:
Ah yes, sorry, it's good to read.

Me:
Sorry again for waking you up last night.
You're probably tired now from not getting enough sleep.

Shoto Todoroki:
I told you it was ok, I'm happy to help.
And yes I'm a little tired, but no more than usual.

Me:
Are you sure? I really didn't mean to bother you, I was tired and didn't know who else I could call.

Shoto Todoroki:
You said Uraraka usually helped right? Why not your parents?

Me:
Ochako's the only one who knows what the dream is. She was there.
I never told my parents and my mom gets all overprotective whenever I have a nightmare no matter what it is.

He didn't text back right away and for a terrifying moment, I thought I said something wrong and somehow scared him off.

Shoto Todoroki:
If you ever want to tell me what happened I'll be here to listen.

I read over the text a few times, letting it sink in.

Me:
We'll see.
I do want to tell you... but I just don't think I'm ready.

Shoto Todoroki:
Take your time.

Why did he have to be so nice? And all gentlemanly and just uhhhg it's been a week but it feels like I've known him forever.

Shoto Todoroki:
Oh, I had texted you for another reason today.

Me:
And what would that be?

Shoto Todoroki:
To set up our second date.
We figured out where but we never picked a date or time.

Me:
Where were we going again? I don't really remember much of what we talked about.

Shoto Todoroki:
The fair.
I was thinking tomorrow if you're free.

Me:
Ya, I'm free tomorrow.

Shoto Todoroki:
So I'll pick you up, around 12 sound good?

Me:
Ya, 12 is good. And if you want we can just meet at the fair, I don't want to cause you trouble.

Shoto Todoroki:
Really Midoriya, it's no trouble. I wouldn't have asked if it were.

Me:
Right.
So I'll see you tomorrow then, around noon.

Shoto Todoroki:
Yes, we'll see each other around noon.

Todoroki's POV

I was getting ready for my date with Midoriya. It was the fair so I wasn't going to dress up too much but it was still a date so I had to look good.

I was wearing a plain white v neck t-shirt with a yellow cardigan sweater thing and some plain black jeans.

When I thought I looked good I headed to the front door grabbing my keys. "I'm heading out," I told my father.

"Where are you going?" He asked from his office.

"A date with Midoriya," I said plainly as I put on my shoes. "And why do you suddenly care?"

"Can I not ask where my son is going?" He asked coming to the door and leaning against the frame as I got ready.

"Not since you're an abusive asshole," I said plainly as I took the keys to my car and left the house, not caring how Enji would react.

I made a quick stop at a flower shop I knew, picking up a Bouquet of amaryllis. According to the owner of the shop, they meant "splendid beauty" and I thought it fit well.

I walked up to Midoriya's house, holding the flowers behind my back, and knocked a few times on the door. I didn't wait long for Midoriya to open the door. He looked really nice today. He was wearing a nice blue t-shirt, tucked into some black jeans. It looked like he had tried to stile his hair but gave up when it wouldn't so what he wanted it to do.

"Hey Midoriya, are you ready to go?" I asked.

He had a soft smile on his lips as he looked up at me. "Ya, I'm ready."

Wait almost forgot about the flowers. "I got these for you as well," I said holding the flowers out to Midoriya before he could exit the house.

His face tinted red and he slowly took the flowers from me. "U-Umm t-thanks," he stuttered cutely. "I-I'll umm put this in some water and we can go, you can... you can wait inside." He let me inside and went to find a vase for the flowers.

A plump green-haired woman came around the corner and her face lit up when she saw me. I remembered her from the first time I came here to pick up Midoriya. "Oh, Todoroki! Izuku said he was going on a date with you today!" She said with a bright smile.

"Hello, Mrs. Midoriya. And yes, we're going to the fair," I told her.

Her smile reached her eyes, and small dimples formed on her cheeks. "Oh you're so polite, and handsome," she said pinching my cheeks. "You and Izuku are going to make such a great couple. You know, he used to dream about finding his mate with his best friend all the time, they had even planned out their weddings." I couldn't help but laugh a little at this. From what I knew of Midoriya he didn't seem like the kind to have done that, but I guess if something big had happened with Yuuma then that could have changed things later on. "Oh, you should come inside, have a cup of tea! And we can talk! I want to get to know the alpha my son is dating."

I wasn't quite sure what to do, I got the feeling that Midoriya wasn't completely ok with me being in his house, but I didn't want to be rude to his parents since they seemed much nicer than mine.

Thankfully I didn't have to make a decision. "Mom, stop that, it's embarrassing," Midoriya said coming up behind his mom and pulling her away from me and my cheeks. "I thought we agreed no stories," he muttered to her.

"But sweetie, he's your soulmate, it's my job to embarrass you," she said smiling.

Midoriya groaned and hid his face in his hands for a moment before looking back up. "We're going now, I'll be home later today."

"Ok bye Izuku, have fun," his mom said kissing him on the cheek before saying goodbye to me as well and letting us leave.

"So you've already planned the wedding hu?" I asked with a small laugh.

Midoriya's face turned a bright red. "I-I that was a- a long time ago," he stammered. "A-and I-I was like 9."

I laughed a little more and opened the door to the passenger seat for him. I got into the driver's side. "I just didn't take you for someone to plan out their wedding," I chuckled.

His face somehow got more red as he looked down at his lap. "I-I- me and Ochako would talk about it," he said. "She would be my bridesmaid, and I would be hers" he muttered. "And we talked about flowers and outfits and all that." His voice somehow got quieter and quieter as he spoke and I couldn't help but find it cute. "That's weird isn't it?" He muttered.

"Not at all," I told him. "My sister had her wedding planned out when she was 11," I told him. "She would sometimes even act it out with me and my siblings," I laughed at the memory. "So no, it's not weird."

Midoriya let out a soft chuckle. "You're sister's married now isn't she?"

I nodded. "Ya, two years now," Todoroki said.

Midoriya hummed a little and nodded. "You know... I used to think my dreams of a nice wedding were lost after Yuuma," he muttered looking out the window. "I'm not so sure of that now."

I glanced over to him and couldn't help but smile.

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Midoriya's POV

We arrived at the fair around 12:20. Both of us had lunch before we left so we went right to the ticket booth to get tickets for the rides.

"What should we go on first?" I asked counting out my tickets to make sure I got the right amount. I looked up to Todoroki, thinking for a moment before shrugging.

"It's up to you," Todoroki said looking down at me.

I looked over the fair, seeing what rides and games there were and then looked back up at Todoroki. "They all look so fun, I can't pick." I've never been good at making decisions, big or small. This also applied to my heart apparently, because I can't decide whether I should trust him though I'm definitely leaning towards yes.

Todoroki chuckled. "Ok, how about we just work our way through them then." I smiled brightly up at him and nodded. We make our way to the first ride. It had been so long since I had been to a fair it all felt so new to me.

The first ride was one of those spinning teacup things. There was one group that was already on the ride that looked like they were spinning so fast it would knock the cup off the spinner. Thankfully it didn't. When we got on and the ride started spinning Todoroki and I spun the wheel that sat in between us making the teacup spin. It was fun, and I felt like I could relax. It's been a long time since I felt like I could relax around anyone who wasn't Ochako or my parents.

My legs wobbled as we stepped off the ride and I almost knocked into Todoroki as I stumbled. I felt his armrest around me keeping me steady but also making my face an unreasonable red. I pulled off him, staying a few steps away. That was really close, I can't even tell if I liked being that close. Aahg why can't I just forget about everything with Yuuma and trust Todoroki already? I can already tell he's a good guy, much better than the other alpha, so why can't my brain just accept that?

"You ok?" Todoroki asked, pulling me from my thoughts.

"Hu? O-oh yeah, I'm ok," I said with a small nervous laugh. "Let's- Uhh- let's go to the next ride," I suggested nodding my head to the closest ride.

He gave me another one of his small smiles that I was slowly starting to fall in love with and nodded. Part of me wondered if he smiled, a full smile, all that often. "Sure," he said quietly.

As we wandered around I got this strange feeling and a shiver ran down my spine. I'd felt it before, someone was watching us, the question was... who. God, I hated this feeling, I could feel their eyes on me as we entered the section of the fair that had all the games. "Umm- T-Todoroki? C-can you hold my hand?" I asked not looking up at him, but still offering my hand.

He had a soft smile on his lips and took my hand, intertwining our fingers together. I instantly felt better, giving his hand a soft squeeze. I could still feel someone watching us but I felt better now that Todoroki was holding my hand. It probably sounds stupid, but that’s how it is. I pointed over to one of the games that looked fun. "Can we try that game?" I asked.

He looked to where I was pointing and nodded. "Sure, maybe I'll even win you a prize," he joked.

I felt my face heat up a little. "Y-you don't have to do that," I said quietly.

"But what if I want to?" He asked looking up at the prizes. He smirked down at me before handing the person who was running the game some money and in return was handed three rings.

"How good's your aim?" I asked curiously as I watched him gauge the distance the pins he was trying to land them on were.

"Depends on the day," he said with a sly smirk that I couldn’t read. Apparently, today was one of his good days because he got two of the three rings on the peg worth the most points and the third one landed on the peg with the second-highest points. "You wanna try?" He asked.

"I-I'll probably fail," I said scratching the back of my neck. After he did so well I felt like I'd just make a fool of myself.

Todoroki handed the person running the booth a few more dollars and was once again given three rings. "You'll do great," he said handing me the rings. I stepped up to the line and glanced nervously at Todoroki. "Do you want my help?" He asked. I wasn't sure what he meant by that but I nodded.

Todoroki stepped behind me and took my hands lightly in his. I stiffened, half of me saying Todoroki was way too close for comfort, and the other half loving the way his chest just barely hovered over my back and there was a very tiny voice in the back of my head telling me to just get over it and let this happen. "Relax," he said quietly, having me raise my hand to throw one of the rings.

With Todoroki's help, I got two on the second-highest pins and one of the third highest. We were handed our prizes, todoroki got a large teddy bear stuffed animal and I got a medium dragon stuffy.

"Here," he said handing me the teddy bear. "Told ya I'd win you a prize."

"W-what?" I looked at the stuffed animal Todoroki was handing me. "That's- you don't have to-"

"I said I wanted to," he cut me off. I do not have the words to describe how unbelievably annoyed I am at myself for not being able to trust him. This alpha was clearly a good guy, and he was already treating me WAY better then Yuuma ever did.

I looked down at the two prizes I was holding. "Then you take the one I won," I said handing him the dragon.

He looked like he was going to decline but then took the stuffy and laughed a little. "If you insist I guess."

"Now it's even," I said. It was sweet, but I didn't like that Todoroki kept giving me things. I felt like I was somehow using him when he did that. It also didn't help that I never know how to react when someone gave me something.

Todoroki gave me another small smile with a nod.

Todoroki's POV

He handed me the dragon plush that he had won and I smiled a little. "You always seem so against me doing things for you, is there a reason?" I asked as he offered me his hand to take again.

Midoriya looked at the ground and shrugged. "I don't want to use you," he said. "I know what it feels like to be used and I don't want to do that." His voice was quiet and he didn't look up at me as he spoke.

"Me showing you affection through gifts isn't you using me," I told him. "But if you're uncomfortable with it I can stop."

He was quiet for a moment. "It's not that I'm uncomfortable with it, I just don't want you to think I'm here because of your gifts or money or any of that. 'Cuz I know you're wealthy but that's not the reason I'm here, I'm here because of the whole soulmate thing and I want to know you and all that."

God, he's so cute. "I know, from the first time I met you I knew you weren't like that." He looked up at me and I wish I knew what he was thinking as he scanned over my face before looking away again. "And I'm not one to use people either, so you don't have to worry, you can trust me."

Midoriya looked at the ground, giving a small nod. "Every part of me wants to trust you Todoroki," he said quietly. "My brain just isn't processing that I can, if that makes sense. I mean I know you're a good guy, it's just everything's stuck on my ex."

I listened quietly, the fact that we even had to have this conversation broke my heart. He had been through so much that I didn't know about, and I know it hasn't been long but I just want him to be able to trust me. I want him to be able to trust me enough that he doesn't have to worry that I'm going to use him or honestly just that he can talk to me about anything.

"I have this war going on in my head one how much I should trust you and I know that shouldn't be happening because we're supposed to be soulmates and all that but it's happening and it's making me second guess a lot of things and it's taking longer then I want it to for me to feel ok with confiding in you." He let out a sigh. "I'm sorry, you probably don't care too much about all that."

I pulled at his hand a little to get him to face me. "You don't need to apologize for this, I want to know how you're feeling, the good and the bad. The other knight when you had the nightmare I told you to take your time in telling me about it, remember?" I asked. Midoriya gave a small confused nod. "That applies to everything else. I never want you to feel uncomfortable with me. I should be able to be someone you can talk to whenever. That's going to take time and that's ok. We move at the speed we’re both comfortable with."

Midoriya gave another nod. I don't know what I'm able to do to help him. All I can think of is just being here when he needs me. I wish there was more for me to do.

We continued looking around, playing a few more games and going on some more rides.

The sun had set and we had just finished our corndogs when Midoriya pointed over to the Ferris wheel. "We haven't been on that yet, the view would probably be nice."

I smiled and nodded and we started our way over to the line. After our small chat Midoriya seemed a little more comfortable which made me happy. Honestly, I find it crazy that I was a little scared to find Midoriya that night at the ball. I didn't want to be like my father, but now I know for sure I'm not going to be. I was going to protect Midoriya and I was going to be the best alpha I could for him.

When it was our turn to go on the Ferris wheel Midoriya and I sat on one side of the basket, is that what it's called? The lights were beautiful as we slowly rose up the wheel. The city could be seen and I could only imagine the view that we would be able to see at the top.

The lights surrounded us and we could still hear the sound of children laughing and people playing games and going on rides but at the moment everything just seemed to melt away. Midoriya had one of the biggest smiles I've seen on him as he looked around at the lights. I lifted a hand to the omega's cheek softly caressing it and took it as a good sign that he nuzzled his cheek into my hand a little. "Midoriya..."

He hummed and looked up at me, his eyes catching the lights of the Farris wheel and shining more than before. He was beautiful I can't believe he is my soulmate.

"I- can I kiss you?" I asked. I leaned forward only an inch waiting for his answer.

He looked a little shocked by the question but didn’t pull his face away from my hand. He bit his lip in that cute way that I've noticed he did when thinking. He seemed a little hesitant as he answered, "I- y-yeah, y-you can," Midoriya stuttered as we stopped at the top of the wheel.

I leaned in slowly, giving him a moment in case he wanted to back out before connecting our lips. He took a moment to kiss back but when he did his head tilted to the side ever so slightly. Both our eyes fluttered closed and it felt like it was just us. A similar feeling to when we met rushed through my body, sending shivers all the way down to my toes and making my heart skip.

My fingers brushed some of his hair off his cheek as I pulled away. His eyes stayed closed for a moment longer, a deep blush coating his cheeks as he looked up at me and then to the side. A small smile closed his lips.

My lips tingled and I missed the sensation, but for now, I was ok because as far as first kisses go, I couldn't have asked for better.

I noticed a shiver run over Midoriya's skin and I had a feeling he was getting cold. His blue t-shirt probably wasn’t giving enough warmth now that the sun had gone down. I took off my sweater and put it around Midoriya’s shoulders making him look up at me. “You looked cold,” I said.

“But now you’ll be cold,” he said about to take off the sweater and hand it back to me. I put a hand softly on his shoulder.

“I don’t get cold easily, I’ll be fine.” Alpha’s are better at regulating their body temperature better then omega’s so I’d be able to handle it.

His lip found its way between his teeth again before he looked away and pulled the sweater around his shoulders. “O-ok, if you say so.”

“Besides, I like seeing you in my clothes,” I muttered, leaning down and placing a soft kiss on his forehead.

Midoriya’s cheeks turned a bright red and if we weren’t at the bottom of the Farris wheel needing to get off I have a feeling he would have curled into a tight ball to hide his face.

What did I do to deserve such an adorable little omega?

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Midoriya's POV

"That was fun, thank you Todoroki," I said as he pulled into the driveway to my house.

There was a soft smile on his lips as he parked the car. The drive home had been relatively quiet, but my brain had not. I couldn’t get my mind off whoever it was that had been watching us. "It was fun," he said. "I'll walk you to the door." Todoroki unbuckled his seatbelt and I did the same.

I should probably tell him, shouldn’t I? "I uhh- I didn't want to mention it earlier because I didn't want to worry you, but for a little while at the fair, I think someone was watching us," I said quietly as we walked up to my front door. I don't know why but I felt like he should know this.

I couldn't read Todoroki's face. He looked like it was a mix between annoyance and something else I couldn't quite place. "Ok, well it was probably nothing." By his reaction, it didn't seem like 'nothing' but I didn't say anything else about it. "I'll see you soon Midoriya."

I nodded, a small smile on my lips. "Yeah, thanks again for the date, and I guess the stuffed bear as well," I said with a small laugh as I held up the prize Todoroki had won for me.  "Oh you probably want your sweater back," I said about to take it off but Todoroki's hand stopped me.

"Keep it, for now, it'll give me a reason to see you soon." There was a small smirk on his lips as I stared up at him.

I felt a small blush creep onto my cheeks. "O-oh, ok," I stuttered pulling the yellow sweater back over my shoulders. "I should- I should head in, drive safe Todoroki."

He gave me a small kiss on the forehead before I went inside and he left. I couldn't help the smile that crept onto my lips. Everything just felt so right when it came to Todoroki. I know I told myself not to let my guard down but it was coming down fast.

"Was it a fun date?" I heard my dad ask from the living room. He sat in the armchair with a book open over his lap and his reading glasses on. Mom wasn't there so I was pretty sure she had gone to bed meaning my dad probably stayed up to see me when I got home.

I smiled softly. "Ya, it was. Todoroki won me a prize at one of the games," I said holding up the bear. It was really soft and had a small red bow around its neck, sort of reminded me of the one I had when I was a little kid.

"Good to hear," he said getting up. "You should get ready for bed, it's getting late."

I nodded and headed upstairs to get ready and into my PJ's. I had been expecting a small interrogation from my dad since he hadn't met Todoroki properly yet, but I guess he just wanted to make sure I got home safe.

I flopped down on my bed, pulling out my phone to see a bunch of missed texts from Ochako. Basically, she was just asking about the date and then the later it got the more urgent the texts seemed. The last one she seemed really worried that I hadn't been responding. It was 11:00 so I guess it is a little weird for me to be out so late.

I sent a quick text just saying the date was fun and that we could talk about it in the morning since I know she will want to know everything about the date.

Everything about the date... my mind lingered on the kiss Todoroki and I shared on the Ferris wheel. Honestly, I surprised myself with my answer when he asked. But it felt so nice, it just felt right, having him there with me and so close. I guess that's why we're destined to be mates. Everything with Todoroki just feels so right. It honestly scared me a little.

My hand trailed up to my lips, brushing over them and I let out a sigh. "God, I'm totally falling aren't I?" I muttered to myself.

I knew it was inevitable but I felt like this was happening really fast.

Unconsciously I held Todoroki's sweater up to my nose, taking in a deeper breath than I had meant to and closing my eyes.

"It'll give me a reason to see you soon."

His words lingered at the front of my brain. I didn't have the words to describe how even just that sentence made me feel.

Everything he said was right. It all just stuck and made me trust him more and more.

I covered my face with my hands and shook my head. "Just go to bed Izuku or you'll be up all night," I told myself.

It's not like I'd admit it later but I may or may not have slept with Todoroki's sweater clutched to my chest and with my nose buried in it. Hey, don't blame me, it's my instincts making me do this.

Todoroki's POV

When Midoriya told me someone had been watching us I had a feeling I knew who it was. Of course, my father would try and interfere like this, track my relationship and try and step in when he thought it convenient for him and have us do what he wanted.

When I got home I found my flaming trash of a father in the kitchen making coffee. He had some big project thing for work due in a few days so I guess he was going to try and pull an all-nighter.

He nodded to me as I entered the kitchen, not seeing that I was mad. "So why'd you have someone watching me and Midoriya on our date?" I asked, getting right to the point. He knows I hate it when he messes with my life and yet here he is tracking my date. Did he actually think I would let him mess with my date? With Midoriya? With my omega?

Wait no, he's not my omega yet technically. But he is my boyfriend. The point is he thought I would just roll over and let him interfere. There is no way I could do that.

"I don't know what you're talking about," he said calmly as he took a sip of his coffee. I had the strong urge to knock his cup out of his hand but resisted, I wanted answers first, then I'd probably do that.

"Don't pull that 'I don't know' bullshit you always pull. Midoriya saw someone watching us, I know you're behind it." I was honestly a little surprised I hadn't noticed, but then again I've noticed Midoriya's senses seem to be working overtime. The thing with Yumma probably messed with his head and that's why, and I don't blame him for that, but I do feel bad that he doesn’t seem to be able to relax all that often.

He let out a long-suffering sigh. "You never tell me anything so I took matters into my own hands."

"I don't tell you anything because you pull shit like this. If you weren't an ass to me and mom then MAYBE I would tell you stuff but instead, you put mom in a mental hospital and abused me for most of my childhood."

"I did that for you."

"Bullshit."

"She hurt you," he said.

"You hurt me." When I was about 5 my mom had a mental break because of the abuse my father put her through and poured boiling water on my face. It scared because after realizing what she had done she tried to put ice on it. Putting ice on a burn can make it scar and that's why my face has a scar on it now. "And you hurt her. The only reason mom did that was that you drove her to a mental break."

"Shoto, you don't understand."

"I think I understand enough." I turned to leave. "Oh yeah, you wanted me to tell you things, so I guess I should tell you I found a place and I am moving out in a week."

I left before he could say anything else. I couldn't wait till I was able to move into my own house. Away from Enji. Eventually asking Midoriya to stay with me, though I knew that would probably take a while considering I know he likes to move slow when it comes to our relationship.

I'd love to be able to live with him. Wake up every morning with him in my arms. To see that smile and those little freckles that scatter his face. Be able to protect him. I don't want what happened to my mom to happen to him and I was going to make sure it didn't.

That reminds me I need to set up a visit with her soon. Maybe I can invite Midoriya as well. I want him to meet her, and the last time I was there mom wanted me to invite him over as well.

I pulled out my phone to text Midoriya but when I saw how late it had gotten I was pretty sure the omega would be asleep.

Then I noticed the little red notification sign on the messaging app. I opened it and saw Midoriya had texted me about 20 minutes ago. I had forgotten to take my phone off silent so I missed the text when it first came in.

Izuku Midoriya:
Thanks again for the date I had a lot of fun with you.
Good night Todoroki

I smiled down at my phone. I didn't want to wake him up but I also wanted to reply.

Me:
If you had so much fun then we should do it again sometime.
And good night to you to Midoriya.

I lay back in my bed and tried to fall asleep, memories from my date with the cute green-haired omega swirling my head as I drifted off into sleep.

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Midoriya's POV

Dreams were a strange thing. Some are happy, others sad, sometimes we see our innermost desires. Then there were always the nightmares, and of course, the dreams that you couldn't quite explain because they were way too out there and you didn't even know what was happening.

It had been a while since I've had a dream that wasn't my memory of Yumma. Most dreams I've had lately were of that time Yumma broke into my room during my heat, or some of the times he would hit me or yell at me. I had almost forgotten what it was like to have a normal dream.

I was sitting in a living room, not the one in my house though, I didn't know where it was. I had a book open in my lap as I curled into the corner of the couch, a blanket keeping me warm.

The living room had a coffee table and another couch. There were a fireplace and photos up on the wall. There were plenty of neatly folded blankets laying across both the couches.

I heard a door open and looked to see Todoroki coming through the front entrance with a few bags in his hand along with a briefcase, presumably from work. The first thing I noticed was that he was a few years older. Probably early 20's.

"I'm home," he said closing the door and kicking off his shoes, putting his stuff down on a bench that was near the front door. My dream was in complete control as I got off the couch going to greet him, his arms wrapping around my waist loosely as I let mine hang around his neck. "How's my little omega doing?" He asked, leaning down and pressing his nose into my neck and giving it a small kiss.

Chuckling, I smiled at Todoroki, "I'm very good, alpha. How was work?"

He hummed into my shoulder, his arms tightening ever so slightly. "Not bad, just tiring. You know my company needed to partner up with Tenya's, he can really crack a whip."

"So I've heard."

He spun me around so my back was against his chest, his large hands caressing my stomach. It was a little larger than usual. I giggled a little at the action as I felt his lips kiss against my marked scent gland. "And what about chibi? Giving you any trouble?" He asked with a smile in his voice.

I looked up at him again and smiled, kissing him lightly on the lips. "Chibi's perfect as always, Sho."

Sho... my mind lingered on the nickname. Sho.. was that supposed to be short for Shoto?

I was pulled back into the dream when I heard small feet padding along the floor. "Papa, dada, come look, come look." A little kid, about 3 or 4 came running up to us. She had my green hair, with frosted tips, and one bright blue eye, accompanied by a stormy grey eye.

A name filled my head and I felt it fall over my tongue as I spoke. "What is it Chiharu?" I asked picking her up and sitting her on my hip.

She pointed towards the kitchen. "Chizu and I made something! Eiko and auntie Ochako showed us!"

I walked into the kitchen to see another little kid sitting on the ground with a bunch of pots and pans scattered in front of him. He had the same eyes as Chiharu but his hair had red tips instead of white.

"What did you two do with all the dishes?" Todoroki asked, shaking his head at the kids as Chiharu jumped off my hip and went over to her brother.

She smiled up at us. "We made drums! And Eiko helped us write a song!"

I smiled fondly at the two as Chiharu grabbed one of the stir sticks to use as a microphone and told Chizu to play the 'drums.' Chizu started hitting the pots and pans while Chiharu sang slightly off-key.

I laughs softly and looked up at Todoroki, seeing him smiling slightly at our kids.

Then I woke up.

I lay there in bed for a moment, I didn't know what to think. I just lay there, staring up at the ceiling as I processed my dream. One hand fell on my stomach as the other rubbed at my eyes.

A family with Todoroki.

Living with him, having kids with him.

I shook the thought from my head. This was way too soon to be thinking of that, we only just went on our second official date, third if you counted the night we met.

But there was a part of me that loved that idea. Definitely the omega in me. I loved the thought of having someone I could trust and rely on. Someone I could love and would love me. Someone that would protect me. Someone I could come home to after a long day or even just be that someone who they are coming home to. I wanted someone who would cuddle me when I'm feeling down. Someone that I could wake up to in the morning.

I took in a deep breath, holding it and letting it go in a deep sigh.

I wanted that to be Todoroki.

Todoroki's POV

I look at the time, 9:46 am. Midoriya would be awake now, right? Ya, I think so.

I pressed on his contact and let the phone ring. I had just finished talking to my mom about our next visit. She wanted me to bring Midoriya so she could finally meet my soulmate.

The phone rang four times before he picked up. "Hello?" A groggy voice came through the phone and I was pretty sure I just woke him up.

"Hey, Midoriya. Did I wake you up? I'm sorry," I said. He sounded so cute when he just woke up.

He hummed a little and I heard some shifting on the other side of the phone. "No, it's ok. I just didn't get a lot of sleep last night."

"Oh, did you have another nightmare?" I asked.

"No, not a nightmare, but I did have a dream that kept me up thinking for a while." I couldn't quite tell but he sounded almost embarrassed.

I nodded then realized he couldn't see me. "Ok, well that's good to hear that you didn't have a nightmare."

Midoriya hummed again. "So why'd you call?" He asked, sounding a little more awake.

"Right," I said, almost forgetting the reason I called in the first place. "I just got off the phone with my mom and she wants to meet you. I'm visiting next weekend and she wants me to bring you."

Midoriya was quiet for a moment. "She wants to meet me?" He asked sounding almost shocked.

"Yeah of course she does."

"Why would she want to meet me?"

I couldn't help the small laugh that passed my lips. "Because you're my boyfriend, she wants to get to know you."

"I-umm ok," he said skeptically. I understood that trust wasn't exactly something that came easy to Midoriya, so it was reasonable to me that he didn't know how to feel about meeting my mother. "Wait did you say next weekend?" He asked again.

"Yeah, on Saturday."

I heard him take in a sharp breath that was followed by a semi-shaky sigh. "I'm sorry, I can't this weekend, my heat's going to be starting around Friday," he said.

Makes sense that his heat would be soon. They happen once a month and we've already known each other for two weeks. "That's fine, we'll just have to reschedule," I told him.

"I'm sorry," he mumbled.

"Don't be, you can't control it. Either way, it's not like I can't go and see her without you. You coming along and meeting my mom was just a bonus."

He let out a small chuckle and I smiled. "If you say so." I heard him shifting again. "But it probably wouldn't be a bonus if she doesn't like me," he muttered.

My back straightened. The thought of someone not liking Midoriya was foreign to my mind. "I think she will really like you," I tried to reassure him. "And from what I've told her I think she already does like you."

"You talked with her about me? Why would you do that Todoroki?" He asked. I could hear a small whine in his voice and I could tell he was embarrassed.

Once again I found myself trying to hold back a small chuckle and failing. "Because she is my mother and she wanted to know about the cute omega I met at the ball."

Another small whine of embarrassment came through the phone. "Don't say stuff like that." His voice was muffled a little making me think he was trying to cover his face. "It's embarrassing." I could imagine how red his face is and it made me smirk a little.

"Or is it because you think you'll fall in love with me even faster," I teased. "Unless you already have that is."

"Todoroki," he whined again and I found myself laughing a little. He was always so cute when flustered and I wish I could see his face right now. Mumbled words came through the phone but I didn't understand them.

"Sorry I didn't catch that," I said adjusting the phone slightly as I listened to see if he would repeat what he said.

"N-nothing, s-sorry," he stuttered. "I- it was n-nothing."

I chuckled. "If you say so."

I don't think he meant to say this out loud but I heard him muttering some more. "Why do you have to sound so attractive over the phone."

I smiled and pretended not to hear what he said. "You're mumbling again."

"A-Ah sorry!" He said sounding a little panicked.

"It's ok, I don't mind."

"R-really?" He asked, fumbling over the word.

I nodded but then remembered he couldn't see me. "Yeah, I don't mind." He sighed a little and it got me thinking. "Midoriya, do you mind if I ask you something?" I asked.

I could hear the curiosity in his voice. "What is it Todoroki?"

I paused for a moment. Should I ask? "You... you seem to panic when I tell you you're mumbling, is there a reason?"

His side of the line went quiet and if it weren't for the absence of beeping I would have thought he hung up. "You remember Yuuma right?" He asked quietly.

"Your ex."

"Yeah, my ex." He sounded so fragile and I wished I was there with him. "He wasn't the kindest when it came to me mumbling or speaking out of turn," he muttered. I let the information sink in. "I'd often come away from those encounters with bruises."

I didn't know what to say. What are you even supposed to say when you hear someone was being abused by their ex? What was I supposed to say knowing my mate was abused? "I... I'm sorry for asking." I couldn't think of what to say. But honestly, I didn't know what I was expecting. I had met Yuuma, it sadly made so much sense to me.

I heard Midoriya shifting around on the other side of the phone. "Don't be sorry, it was my fault for always mumbling."

"Midoriya, it's not your fault for mumbling. Please don't ever think that." It was making more and more sense why Midoriya was so cautious. I had known that he had had a bad experience with Yuuma but now that I knew he was abused by the alpha I could understand it better.

Midoriya was quiet. I couldn't tell if he was debating arguing what I said or if he was just taking it in. "I... I need to go, I'll talk to you later."

"Oh, ok, we'll talk again soon, ok?"

"Ya, sure, bye."

The phone started beeping, telling me he had hung up before I could say bye.

I sighed and rubbed my eyes. I think I overstepped.

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Midoriya's POV

I had no good reason for avoiding Todoroki the way I did after our phone call. I'll admit that. But I felt like he was getting too close and it was starting to scare me. I wanted to open up to him and talk to him but it scared me too much so when I had slipped up and told him a little about what Yuuma did, I did the only thing I could think of, I pushed him away.

The days leading up to my heat and during my heat, I forced myself to stay in my room and not answer the phone unless it was Ochako or my parents. I think I scared Todoroki a little after hanging up so fast because he called and texted several times.

I know I shouldn't be pushing Todoroki away, but I have trust issues and I didn't want to be hurt again. Every bone in my body ached and missed Todoroki but at the moment I just needed space. I wasn't sure why but I did.

"You gotta answer him eventually," Ochako scolded me. I sat in my desk chair curled up, the sweater that Todoroki had given me sitting on my knees so it was closer to my face. It had lost Todoroki's scent but it was still soft and comforting. "You can't just push him away because you opened up a tiny bit and got scared!"

"I know," I mumbled, resting my forehead against my knees.

"I understand you got trust issues, but you have to talk with him again!" Ochako paced my room, probably making a groove in the floor from how much she walked that one line. “He’s your soulmate. It's going to do more harm than good to push him away now.”

"I know," I mumbled again.

She stopped in front of me, her hands on her hips and leaning forward a little. "If you know then answer the alpha's damn texts!"

I lay my head back against the seat and looked at Ochako. "I can't! He's going to hate me!"

"He won't hate you."

"I have so much baggage and shit going on in my head! It’s hard for me to trust people! He's going to hate me."

"That won't make him hate you."

"But it will! I can barely get through one conversation with him without freaking out that I said something wrong or said too much or-"

"Izu, babes, at this rate you're going to spiral. So take a deep breath and let me talk you through this rationally." I nodded and took in a deep breath. "You, Izuku Midoriya, are my best friend, so I think I have the right to say that you are thinking about this way too much. A lot has happened over the past two years. But you gotta put Yuuma behind you and look at what you have now. I don't know Todoroki well but from what I saw the night of the ball and what you've told me he's a great guy and doesn't want to hurt you. There aren't a lot of alphas in the world like that."

"But-"

She put a finger over my lips. "Let me finish. So what if you told him about that bitchy alpha. If he wants to understand you he's going to want to know everything about you. The good the bad and the ugly. You don't have to tell him but I think you should. If he runs because of something that happened to you in the past then he doesn't deserve you." I nodded weakly. "He keeps texting you doesn't he?" I nodded again. "So he's not running. So you get that phone of yours out and text him back!"

I sighed. "Why do you have to sound so reasonable?" I asked pulling my phone out reluctantly.

"Because I'm your best friend and seem to be the only one who has a steady relationship with my mate," she said. Ochako and Iida had a decent relationship. She already knew a lot about him and they had gone on many dates. I sort of wished I wasn't such a scaredy-cat and just let myself be comfortable with Todoroki already.

Todoroki had texted me a few times.

After the phone call...
Todoroki Shoto:
I'm sorry if I overstepped asking what happened, I won't do it again if it makes you uncomfortable.

A little while after that...
Todoroki Shoto:
Are you going to text me back or do you need time?

An hour or two after that...
Todoroki Shoto:
I take silence as you needing time.

Tuesday...
Todoroki Shoto:
Hey, you'll be done with your heat soon right? Can you text me when it's over? I miss talking with you.

Around noon on Tuesday...
Todoroki Shoto:
I'm probably texting too much, aren't I? Just text me when you're ready to talk again, no rush.

I sighed. I had put him on mute so I didn't feel guilty ignoring his texts but seeing them all know just made me feel worse.

"So you gonna text him or what?" Ochako asked making me jump a little. I almost forgot she was still in my room.

"Ok, ok, I'm texting him."

I sighed and tried to think of what to say.

Me:
Hey, sorry for not answering. You didn't overstep, I just freaked out a little. I sort of miss talking with you as well and I had no right to ghost you like that, I'm sorry. Please don't be mad at me.

After rewriting that about 20 different times I finally sent it and tossed my phone onto my bed so I didn't have to see it when Todoroki would yell at me over text for ghosting him for almost two weeks.

"See that wasn't that hard," Ochako said rubbing my back.

I looked up at her with a deadpanned look. "You have no idea how high my anxiety is right now. He's going to be mad."

Ochako rolled her eyes. "He's not going to be mad."

I hid my face in my knees again. "Yes, he is," I muttered. I'm not sure what it was that gave me the impression that Todoroki was the type to get made over stuff like this but my brain wouldn't let me think otherwise.

Ochako sighed, grabbing my phone when she saw it light up with Todoroki's text. "Here, he texted back, read it." She shoved my phone into my face making me look.

Todoroki Shoto:
I'm not mad at you, why would I be? I'm just happy you're texting me back again. I don't exactly understand why you freaked out but that's ok. I'm not mad.

I stared at the text for a moment, looking over at Ochako who motioned for me to keep texting with him. "I have a date with Tanya, you keep texting your boyfriend. Don't ghost him again k?"

"Ok," I said with a small nod as she walked out of my room.

I sighed at looked back down at my phone.

Me:
I freaked out a little because I felt like I was saying too much, you don't want to hear about the shit I went through. It also scared me a little that I felt like I could talk with you about it.

Todoroki Shoto:
I want to know everything about you, not just the good stuff. I know you say it scares you but I do feel happy that you feel like you can open up to me, I want to be here for you.

Me:
You don't want to know everything.

Todoroki Shoto:
Midoriya Izuku, there is nothing you can tell me that will make me not like you anymore.

I stared down at the text. My brain running a loop of "yeah right" over and over.

Todoroki's POV

Midoriya was taking a while to answer. Honestly, I was just happy he was texting me again.

Me:
If it makes you feel better I've had bad stuff happen to me too. How do you think I got the scar?

I was trying my best to just take the heat off him for a moment. I hoped he didn't think I was trying to make things about me because I wasn't, I just wanted him to know he's not alone.

The little dots on the screen appeared and disappeared a few times before he finally hit send.

Midoriya Izuku:
Can I ask how you got the scar?

Me:
Yeah, of course.
When I was five my dad wasn't the greatest, he still isn't, but he pushed my mom to a mental break. She poured boiling hot water on my face. When she realized what she had done she tried to put ice on it but that only made it scar.

It took a minute or so for the dots to appear in the bottom corner of the screen again.

Midoriya Izuku:
I'm sorry I asked.

Me:
No, it's fine. I want you to know these things about me.

Midoriya Izuku:
Didn't you say you were visiting your mom? Why would you still want to see her after that?

Me:
It wasn't her fault. I think I scared her that night on accident and as I said my father had pushed her to a mental break.
She's in a mental hospital now and in a much better state of mind.

Again it took some time for him to answer. This was probably a lot of information for him to process so it was understandable.

Midoriya Izuku:
I see.

Me:
I know you're probably looking for something to say, but you don't need to. I've already gotten over it and forgiven her.
I wanted you to know because I want to be able to share things with you. We're supposed to be soulmates. I want to know everything about you.

Midoriya Izuku:
...
I want to tell you everything.

Me:
Do it on your own time. I just don't want you to ghost me again because you think you said too much when you didn't.

I hoped I wasn't overstepping. I just wanted him to know he could trust me. Unlike my father, I was someone that would do anything to protect their mate and I wanted Midoriya to trust me.

Midoriya Izuku:
You remember Yuuma right?

Ok wow, he's actually telling me now, ok, that's cool. I thought he was going to wait.

Me:
He's your ex, right?

I remembered Yuuma, I remembered exactly what happened at the movies with him as well. Midoriya had been terrified and if we hadn't been in public and if I hadn't have been with Midoriya I probably would have done something I would have regretted.

Midoriya Izuku:
I think I should start from the beginning.

Me:
Tell me whatever you're comfortable with.

It took a long time for the three little dots to go away and his text to appear. This was a long story.

Midoriya Izuku:
My mom hadn't found her mate till after she had me so I didn't think I was ever going to find mine. Yuuma and I had known each other beforehand and were close friends. Everything he said was right and he made me feel like more than just a worthless omega. He eventually asked me out and I said yes. It was perfect for the first few weeks, and I couldn't have asked for better. It was slow but he started to degrade me and get mad at me for no reason. But I didn't see that it was a bad relationship. I had never been in one before and he made me believe that he was the best thing that could happen to me.

I thought that was the end of the story and I was already having to hold myself back from hunting down that sorry excuse for an alpha but Midoriya's story continued.

Midoriya Izuku:
He made me think that Ochako wasn't a good friend and wouldn't let me talk to her and I was basically put on house arrest by him unless we were going out together. He would hit me and yell at me for everything and when I finally started talking with Ochako again he got really mad.

His text stopped again and I was about to respond when he sent yet another text

Midoriya izuku:
I broke up with him about 6 months before the ball. Ochako had been helping me work up the courage. I was happy when I finally did it. But then about 3 months before the ball when I went into heat Yuuma broke into my house.

I didn't know what to say. I just wanted to hunt down that alpha and murder him.

Midoriya Izuku:
Ochako was there and attacked him and got him out of the house before anything could happen but it really messed with me. Without her there he would have raped me.

I waited a moment longer to make sure he was truly done. I couldn't believe this happened. I take back what I said earlier about regretting possibly hurting him, next time I see Yuuma he's going to need to have a coffin ready because only one of us is walking away from that encounter.

I wasn't sure what I could do to comfort him and it was killing me.

Me:
I'm sorry that happened but thank you for telling me.

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Midoriya's POV

Todoroki Shoto:
I'm sorry that happened to you but thank you for telling me.

I read over the text looking to any underlying tones or hints that he was mad.

Me:
So you're not mad?

From what I knew of Todoroki I had no reason to think he would be mad, but that didn't stop my brain from telling me he was.

Todoroki Shoto:
No, why would I be mad?

Me:
I don't know, I guess I was just expecting you to be mad.

I guess my brain had been hardwired to expect a bad response when I opened up. Yuuma hated it when I did that sort of thing.

Todoroki Shoto:
I could never be mad at you, especially over something like that. If anything I'm mad at Yuuma.

Of course, Todoroki's understanding like that. He's not the type to yell. I don't know what it was that made me think he would be mad, but I'm very glad he wasn't.

I flopped down onto my bed, pulling the stuffed bear that Todoroki had won me at the fair, into my arms. I didn't deserve him.

Me:
Can we FaceTime?

I had hit send before I could think of what I was asking. Of course, it's not like it's a big deal, but I did just ghost him for two weeks, why would he want to see me now?

Todoroki Shoto:
Yeah, sure.

My phone started vibrating and a message popped up "Todoroki Shoto would like to FaceTime"

I clicked the accept button and saw Todoroki's face pop up on the screen. "Hey," he said quietly.

"Hey," I repeated. "I umm, I'm sorry again for-"

"I already told you Midoriya, it's ok, you don't need to worry about it."

I looked down, away from my phone and nodded. "Oh, ok," I said quietly. I wasn't sure what else I could say, I just wanted to hear him again. His voice had become so soothing to hear. I groan at myself, forgetting that Todoroki could hear me. I think I've fallen for him.

"Is everything ok?" Todoroki's voice pulled me from my head and I looked back to my phone.

"O-oh yeah, all good," I said trying to smile. "Just uhh thought of something is all."

I saw a slight smile cross the alpha's lips. "Oh? Can I ask what it was?"

Preferably no, but here we are, he's asking! "Oh uhh I- umm, just y-you I guess?" I said getting quieter and quieter. The small smile on his face grew a little.

"Oh?" He asked.

I covered my face with the stuffed toy. "Don't look at me like that," I whined.

"Like what?" He had a crooked grin and I know he could see my reddened face.

Our conversation had been so serious and now... now I was getting flustered over his smile. "L-like- like that! I don't know, you're just looking at me like- like you love me or something!" The words had left my mouth before I could process what I was saying. I hid my face in the stuffed bear and prayed he somehow didn't hear me.

"It's hard not to love you Midoriya," Todoroki said softly, a small laugh following.

My face found its way impossibly further into the stuffy. I wanted to say it back but I couldn't bring myself to say it. "You can't just say stuff like that," I muttered instead. "It's embarrassing."

I heard another small chuckle. "Maybe, but it's true." I made some undignified sound that was replied to with another laugh.

"Todo..." I whined again. "I-I don't know how t-to respond when you say stuff like that."

He probably had some supper smug look on his face, but I was too embarrassed to get my face out of the stuffed bear. "Todo?" He asked, I could hear the smirk in his voice.

I realized the nickname I had given him and peeked out from the stuffy, looking at my phone that was propped up on a small pile of blankets. "I-I meant Todoroki."

He smiled slightly. "You can call me Todo if you want," he said. "Can I give you a nickname as well? It's only fair."

"Y-you want to give me a nickname?" I asked.

He nodded. "But only if you’re comfortable with it."

My curiosity was getting the better of me and I wanted to know what he would nickname me. "Ok, s-sure, Todo."

His smile grew slightly as I waited to hear what the nickname would be. "Ok, then can I call you Mido?" He asked.

I found it unfair that I was a blushing mess while he was able to look so bashful and calm and just... have no major reaction! "I-I, Y-Yeah, Mido's fine." I should not be blushing as hard as I am right now.

He chuckles a little. "You seem to be getting very flustered Mido."

I was, and I had no good reason for it. It was just a nickname! Why am I getting so flustered over a nickname! "I-I- shut up." Whatever came out of my mouth next was incoherent and probably somehow embarrassing, though I wasn't even sure what I was trying to say.

Todo was holding in his laugh, a hand clasped over his mouth, but I could see the smile in his eyes, something that he didn't seem to show very often. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be laughing." His hand slowly fell from his mouth and I saw a small smile.

"No, you shouldn't be," I said before hiding my face back in the stuffy.

It had been almost two weeks and yet somehow we ended up back in these easy conversations that we used to have.

I'm happy I told him.

Todoroki's POV

Mido hid his face back in the stuffed bear that I had won him on our date to the fair. It made me happy to know he kept it close. I had also noticed the sweater I had lent him sitting in the background. I didn't care if it meant nothing to him, seeing that something I had given him was kept so close made me happy.

"So would you be up for another date? Or are you mad at me for laughing?" I asked, smiling a tiny bit. It was adorable how flustered he had gotten over the nicknames, I didn't deserve this angel.

"I-I'm not mad," he reassured me, stuttering a little as he spoke.

A small smirk found its way across my lips. I was about to speak when someone entered Mido's room, making me stay quiet as the omega turned his head to look.

"You're father and I are making grilled cheese for lunch, would you like any?" His mom's voice came.

Mido smiled and nodded his head. "I'll be down in a minute, I'm just talking to Todo," he said.

"Oh, you're talking with Todoroki?" She asked coming into the frame. "Hello dear!" She said smiling. Her son had the same smile as her.

"Hello Mrs. Midoriya," I greeted with a small wave.

Then I saw her face light up with an idea and noticed Mido regret telling his mom I was on the phone with him. "You should come over for dinner tonight. We haven't had a proper conversation to get to know you."

"Mom, I thought we agreed," Mido whispered. I didn't know what he was talking about, but I could assume it had something to do with him wanting to invite me over and not his mother.

"I can see if I'm free," I said, seeing how Mido seemed to be more uncomfortable at the thought. This way if he doesn't want me to come over I can just say I'm busy anyway, even though I know I'm not.

Mrs. Midoriya smiled brightly. "Very well! Tell Izuku if you can make it so I know how many plates to set."

I nodded and we said goodbye. Mido groaned a little as his mom left and he hid his face in his hands.

"If you want you can tell her I'm busy, I don't need to come over for supper," I told him. "I don't want you to be uncomfortable."

Mido shook his head. "It's not that I'd be uncomfortable," he said before muttering, "well maybe that's a small part of the reason." He looked back at the phone. "I know my parents are going to embrace me and I wasn't ready for you to know all the embarrassing stories they are going to end up telling you."

I tilted my head a little. "You don't want me over because you're parents are going to tell me about you?" He asked with a small laugh. "The stories can't be that embarrassing."

The look Mido gave me made me question my statement. "It's also just that... the last time an alpha that wasn't my dad came in the house was..." he trailed off but I could fill in the gap. "And I'm not saying I don't trust you, it's just I-I have two voices shouting in my head telling me different things."

I nodded slowly. I could understand his worry, though he does not need to worry. "What voice do you want to listen to?" I asked.

He looked down and played with a blanket that was on his bed. "The one that says to invite you over," he muttered.

"So does that mean I'm coming over for supper?" I asked.

Mido bit his lip before nodding a little. "But didn't you say you might be busy? You should check I don't want to get in the way of your plans and-"

"Mido, I have no plans, I only said that in case you didn't want me coming over," I told him. "That way you could just tell your parents I was busy."

He stared at the phone for a moment before covering his face again with a groan. "Why do you have to be so... so... aaaghh."

I couldn't help the laugh that slipped out. "So aaaghh?" I asked.

He just nodded.

"I have no idea what that means," I admit.

"Neither do I," he muttered into his hands. "You're just..."

"I'm just...?"

"You're too understanding, and nice, and just so... amazing. I'm not used to it."

I chuckled again, wishing I could kiss his cute flustered face again right now. "I’m amazing? Really?” I asked in a slightly teasing tone.

He nodded a little. Muttering something that sounded a lot like “too amazing for me.”

“Well if I ever do something you don't like just tell me, ok Mido? I don't want to become un-amazing to you."

He blushed a dark red and nodded again. "O-ok," he said.

I had said it before and I’ll say it again, I don’t know what I did to deserve this angel for a mate. Everything about him was just so perfect to me and it was getting to the point where I couldn’t imagine this omega not being a part of my life. I guess that’s why we’re soulmates.

“When should I be over for supper?” I asked finally.

“U-umm, we usually eat around 6, so I guess... 5:30 if that’s ok?”

I nodded with a small smile. “I’m happy I’ll be able to see you again Mido.”

“Y-yeah, me too.” He was quiet a moment longer. “I- umm... I should go, my mom’s probably done making lunch, so see you later I guess.”

I gave him a small smile and wave. “Yeah, I’ll see you at 5:30.”

He hung up and I fell onto my back on the bed, smiling dumbly. He is way too cute and he is going to be the breath of me one of these days.

Man, I really do love him, don’t I?

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Midoriya's POV

I was more worried about Todo coming over than I should have been. I knew that. But there was still this nagging in the back of my head that no matter how hard I tried it just wouldn't go away.

The doorbell rang and I went to get it, taking in a deep breath to prepare myself before opening the door. Something I would never admit out loud was the way that Todo's scent immediately calmed me the second I opened the door. It was a nice mix of mint and campfire and if I could I'd just smell it all day.

Ok, brain, focus, I can't just stand here. "H-hey Todo." Why do I have to stutter!? I smiled shyly up at him.

He returned the small smile. "Thank you for having me," he said with a small bow.

"Oh, Todoroki!" I heard my mom say from behind me. "I'm so glad you could make it!" She exclaimed happily as she came to greet the alpha. "You should invite him in, Izuku, he is your guest after all." She patted my shoulders taking me out of the small daze my brain had fallen into.

"R-right sorry! Umm come in, come in," I told Todo. I moved out of the doorway, nearly tripping over a shoe but catching myself on the wall.

"It's fine, thank you," Todo said with a small reassuring smile as he stepped into the house.

"Why don't you show young Todoroki your room, I'll have dinner done in about 20 minutes," mom said with a smile.

My room? Do I have to show him my room? I don't know how I felt about that, it's not like I didn't trust him, because he's proved that he's not someone to do anything to me without permission, but that nagging was getting louder at the thought of being alone with him in my room. "U-Uhh y-yeah, sure," I managed to say.

"Oh, and your dad should be home soon so expect a visit from him, and don't forget to keep the door open Izuku," she said with a bright smile before turning to leave.

"M-mom!" I called, my face turning a bright red. She didn't seem to care how flustered she had made me from the comment and continued to the kitchen. I turned to Todo, he was watching with an amused expression. I've learned that he likes seeing me flustered, though I'm not sure why, I think my face looks ugly when all red. "I- my rooms upstairs," I told him, turning my back so he couldn't see my flushed face.

"Lead the way," he told me. I could hear a smirk in his voice and honest to god I didn't know how I would be able to handle looking his way while that smirk was still there. It's so sharp it could kill me, and I'm not even sure if I'd be mad if that's what kills me.

I lead him up to my room. I had made sure to clean it before he came considering I didn't think I could get away with us staying downstairs the whole time. I went to my bed, picking up the folded sweater that he had leant me and held it out to him. "I-I'm sorry it sort of smells like me now," I muttered, looking down as he took it. "I tried washing it."

"That's ok," he said simply. "I like your scent anyway."

I could feel my face flush a dark red. My scent was a mix of dark chocolate and pine, I always thought it was a weird mix so hearing someone say they liked it made me very flustered. "Y-you can't just say stuff like that," I whined, hiding my face in my hands.

He just chuckled. "And why not?" I couldn't tell if that was a serious question or part of his playful banter.

"I-it's embarrassing," I muttered, not raising my face from my hands. "I-just saying you like my scent like that."

He hummed a little and I felt one of his hands brush through my hair. "But it's true," he said placing a small kiss on my head where he had brushed my hair to the side. "The chocolate mixes nicely with the pine," he muttered softly.

My knees were threatening to give out. I had no words to explain the way my stomach flopped or my heart fluttered as his lips touched the top of my head again. My hands left my face and I looked up at him shyly. One of his hands was still tangled through my unruly green hair as he ran it a little further so it was on the back of my head.

I had no idea what he was thinking, or what he was going to do, but I was strangely ok with everything so far. "You're hair's soft," he muttered, looking down at me. The hand that was at the back of my head moved to my cheek and I could help the urge to nuzzle into it. His hand tilted my head up slightly. "Can I kiss you?" He asked, leaning down ever so slightly.

I bit my lip lightly and nodded, "y-yeah."

He smiled and kissed me softly. I felt his free hand land on my hip, guiding me a little closer. I didn't have the words to describe the sensation that was going through my body, it felt like lightly was striking every nerve, but better.

"I see you two are having fun," I heard my dad's voice come from the door. I pulled away from Todo, blushing a deep red.

"D-dad!" He was leaning against the door frame with a smug sort of smile on his lips.

"No, no, don't mind me, I just wanted to say hello to my son and his boyfriend, but I see you two are busy." I hid my face in my hands, embarrassed to no end.

"Hello, Mr. Midoriya," Todoroki said, I wasn't looking but if I knew him well enough, he was bowing his head. "It is nice to meet you."

"Likewise young Todoroki, and feel free to call me Toshinori," dad said. Mr. Midoriya was my birth father's name. It's hard to explain exactly what happened with last names when my mom remarried, but basically, mom and I were still Midoriya's and Toshinori was Yagi. I think they talked about changing mom and my last name, but something happened and I'm not exactly sure how we got these results.

I looked up and saw them shaking hands, dad had a big smile on his face like always. At least he likes Todo.

"You two can go back to what you were doing, supper will be ready soon," dad said with a small smirk as he waved, heading down the hall and to the stairs.

My face tinted a little redder as I stared at the door. Todo looked down at me and I heard a small laugh making me look up at the alpha. "You seem embarrassed," he snickered. His cheeks were tinted pink, but not nearly as bad as I imagined my face was.

I covered my face again and nodded. "I am embarrassed."

I felt one of his hands fall on my shoulder and he pulled me lightly into his chest, still chuckling lightly. "You're cute when you're embarrassed," he told me. "It's cute seeing you try and hide your flustered face."

I groan and found myself burying my face into his chest trying to hide my blush.

Todoroki's POV

I ran a hand through Mido's hair as he pushed his face into my chest, trying to hide his blush. His father seemed nice enough. I had been expecting some sort of a shovel talk, the whole "hurt him and I'll hurt you" deal, but who knows, that might end up being the conversation when we're alone.

Midoriya and I stayed in this position for a while, he kept his face covered with his hands and hidden in my chest, and I ran my fingers through his soft hair. I was pretty content considering Mido hadn't been someone to endure long periods of contact like this yet.

When Mrs. Midoriya called us down for supper Mido pulled back from my chest. His face wasn't as red, though there was still a small tint. He muttered something about heading down to the dining room and headed to the door, me following behind. The dining room table was set with four please and the food was already set out. It smelt heavenly. "Thank you for having me for dinner," I said as we all sat around the table. I was beside Mido, his parents across from us.

Mrs. Midoriya smiles happily. "It's a pleasure to have you here Todoroki, we're glad you could make it."

I gave her a small smile as she served out dinner, it was some sort of lasagna. It looked really good.

"You know we were both so happy to know that Izuku found his mate, for a while he seemed really against it," Mrs. Midoriya said. "And you seem like a nice young man."

I smiled a little. "Thank you." I got the impression that Midoriya had never told his parents about anything that happened between him and Yuuma, or else they would know why he had been against finding his mate.

"Izuku used to plan out how he wanted to meet you, he and Ochako would talk about it for hours on end," Toshinori said with a small laugh.

"Dad," Mido whined. "I said no embarrassing stories."

"It's not that embarrassing, at least I'm not pulling out the baby photos of you in those hero onesies."

"Hero onesies?" I asked playfully, glancing over at Mido who just hid his face in his hands.

"Please don't," he whined. "They're embarrassing."

Even if this made me even more curious I didn't ask again. I just chuckled lightly. "Maybe another time."

Mido turned his head a little so he could see me and shot a small glair my way.

"So, Todoroki, do you have a job? Or are you working for your father?" Toshinori asked when the table started to get a little too quiet.

"I'm looking for a job currently. I just moved out of my father's house a week ago, I have a savings fund that will last but I don't want to have to use it all now," I explained. "And I'm not interested in working with my father currently." Or ever probably, but I had to remind myself to keep my options open. Even if I hated my father, taking over for him would be a major accomplishment.

"Do you have something else you're looking to do? or is there another reason for not working with your father?" Mrs. Midoriya asked.

I noticed Mido glance over at me, silently asking if the questions were too much. I had told him a little about my past with my father so it was understandable that he didn't know if I was ok with talking about it. "I have my reasons for not wanting to work with him," I told them. "But I think it can be narrowed down to family drama," I said a little quieter.

I noticed both of them glance at my scared face before Toshinori cleared his throat. "Ah, well, enough about business, what are some of your hobbies?"

"Dad you don't need to interrogate him," Midoriya muttered.

"I'm not interrogating him, I'm just asking about his hobbies."

We continue to chat and eat. All in all, I think tonight went well. I think his parents like me, so that's good. They had told a few other embarrassing stories about when Mido was little, it sounded like he used to be a lot more carefree, not uptight and on guard.

When the night came to an end, Mido walked me to the door, his cheeks were tinted pink as he brushed a strand of his hair behind his ear, rocking back on his heels.

I slipped on my shoes. "Thank you again for having me," I told him.

He smiled a little and have a small nod. "Yeah, it was fun, even if my parents embarrassed me," he muttered the last part, almost too quiet for me to hear.

"Well, it was fun hearing some stories from when you were little," I said with a small smile. "But if it makes you feel better, I'll let my mom tell you a few when you meet."

His smile grew some and he nodded. "Okay," he said quietly, holding eye contact for a moment before letting his eyes drop back to the floor.

I lent down and gave him a soft kiss on the forehead, seeing his face tint a dark red as he looked back up at me. He chewed on his bottom lip for a moment before opening his mouth to speak. "Can..." he started. "Umm," his eyes fell back to the ground. "Can we kiss?" He asked quietly.

I held back a laugh, god why was he so cute? I hummed, tilting his head up with one hand as I lent in. "If you want," I told him.

"I want to," he said a little more certain.

I let a small smile cross my lips as I connected them with his. Him asking for a kiss was probably a big step for him. I was glad he felt comfortable enough for this.

He pulled back after a moment, his eyes glinting as the light struck them in just the right way. "Y-you probably have to be getting home," he muttered, a dark blush crossing his cheeks and running down his neck.

"I live alone now so technically I don't need to be home till I want to, but I don't want to overstay my welcome," I told him. "I'll see you later Mido."

We said our goodbyes and I headed out to my car. I think today was very successful.

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Midoriya's POV

Todo and I had plans for today, I was going to meet his mom and then we were going to go out. The details were being held secret from me since Todo seemed to like trying to surprise me, but that was ok. It was sort of fun not knowing where we were going till we got there.

Though at the moment, I was not having fun, I was freaking out.

"Your mom's going to hate me," I voiced my worry as Todo drove us to the psychiatric ward that she had been admitted to. Did the fact that she had to live in a psych ward put my thoughts at ease? No, but Todo said that she would have been released years ago if it weren't for his father, so I think it was safe to say she was mentally stable.

"She's not going to hate you," Todo told me for the fourth time that car ride.

"You don't know that," I mumbled looking out the window.

"Yes, I do-"

"But I'm just a useless omega, you’re amazing and kind and so patient with me and she'll see that you deserve so much better than me."

Todo sighed and I saw him turn on the blinker before pulling to the side of the road with his 4 ways on. A flash of panic that I knew was misplaced washed over me before I managed to beat it down and brush it away.

Todo turned so his whole body was facing me, using his left hand to lightly tilt my head to look at him. He gave me a small reassuring smile. "You are amazing too, ok? And you're far from useless. If anything it's the other way around and I don't deserve an angel like you." His thumb drew small light circles on my cheek.

My face flushed a dark red as I looked up at his two-toned eyes. I pulled back from the alpha's hand and looked to the side trying to hide my blush at least a little. "You can't just say stuff like that," I mumble, bringing my hands up to cover my face. "I-I'm not an angel."

I heard Todo chuckle lightly before I felt him lean over and kiss the top of my head. "To me, you are an angel." He turned back to the front of the car, turning off his 4 ways and pulling back onto the highway. "There's nothing you need to worry about, mom will just be happy to meet my mate and have someone else join our family."

I fiddled with the bracelet that Todo had given me the night we met. "I want to believe you, but everything in me is saying that she's not going to think I'm good enough for you," I mumbled.

"Mido, you are everything I could have asked for and more, and even if my mom thinks you're not good enough, which she won't, I'll be there telling her she's wrong. You make me happy so that’s what matters, got it?”

I gave a small nod. I knew for a fact that Todo had a much better relationship with his mother than his father, and he had said before that he wasn't one to get into arguments with her, so him saying that did help a little. "Ok..."

The drive was relatively quiet the rest of the way, I spent my time trying and failing to get my nerves under control. I'm pretty sure Todo could sense I was becoming distressed because he placed one of his hands lightly on my knee and gave it a small reassuring squeeze before whispering softly "it'll all be fine." I don't know if he was doing it on purpose but the alpha was also letting out a calming scent.

Todo walked me inside, holding my hand and rubbing small circles with his thumb. He said a quick hello to the lady at the front desk, who seemed to know him well because she called him by his first name before I was lead to the right room.

We stopped in front of the room and Todo let me have a moment to try to collect my thoughts. "Ready?" He asked me.

It should not be this nerve-wracking to meet his mom, but it was. I was so scared I could barely manage a small "yeah."

Todo opened the door, the room was a similar size to the one I had at home, it had a bed, dresser, and a smallish table-like thing with some flowers on it. A large amount of the back wall was a window and in front of that, looking out to the courtyard, was who I could only assume was Todo's mom. She had long pure white hair and was wearing a soft blue sweater. She didn't turn her face to look at us and I wondered if she even knew we had come in.

Todo closed the door and his mom turned to look at us finally. She had stormy grey eyes that matched Todo's right eye. I let my eyes fall to the ground, not wanting to stare too long.

"Hello Shoto, is this your mate?" She asked. Her voice was soft but warm, it reminded me of those cold winter days that you would cuddle up by a fire with a few blankets and a good book in the comfort of your home.

I found myself hiding behind Todo, the grip I had on his hand tightening ever so slightly.

"Yeah, this is Izuku Midoriya," Todo told her, stepping to the side so I was no longer hidden.

I looked up shyly and gave a small wave. "H-hi." Come on Izuku, get it together, make a good first impression so she won’t hate you. “I-It’s nice to meet you.”

I was greeted with a warm smile that eased my worries, though only a little. "You're just as cute as Shoto told me you were," she said with her soft voice.

I felt my face heating up and I noticed a small blush forming on Todo's face as well. At least I wasn't the only one getting embarrassed. "I- Uhh- t-thanks," I said, though I wasn't completely sure how to respond to that.

She smiled again. "Come sit, I want to get to know you, got to make sure my son is treating you right." I glanced up at Todo and he leads us to sit on the bed. I fiddled with the bracelet, remembering Todo saying it was from his mom. "You know Shoto used to tell me all about how he wanted to have a mate, he used to be talkative as a kid."

I couldn't help but smile a little as I looked up at Todo who was blushing lightly avoiding eye contact with me. Payback for my parents telling some of my embarrassing stories when he had dinner with them a week ago. "R-really?" I asked.

She smiled and nodded. "He was always talking about how he wanted to be strong so he could look after his mate when he found them."

"Mom you don't need to tell him that," he muttered looking away. I bit back a laugh. It was rare to see Todo embarrassed like this.

His mother brushed it off and turned back to me. "So tell me about yourself, you're part of our family now, I want to know all about you."

I blushed slightly and looked down, playing with the hem of my dress shirt. "Well Uhh- I- what do you want to know about me?" I asked quietly, not knowing what it was she wanted to know.

She smiled. “Does Shoto treat you right?”

Again I looked up at her, for a moment I wondered if she had reason for asking that, then I remembered Todo telling me about his father. “Yeah, he does,” I told her quietly. “You don’t have to worry about that.”

“Then I taught him well.”

Todoroki's POV

I think the meeting with my mom went well. It took a little bit for Mido to get out of his shell but when he did it was nice seeing him and mom talk. She didn't get a lot of new visitors, it was usually just me and my siblings so I think she was happy to have someone new visit.

She made sure to tell him at least one or two embarrassing stories about me, claiming that she did the same when Fuyumi brought Tensi for the first time and when Natsuo brought his mate. "And I would have done the same for Touya too," she had said sadly. "But that's not the point."

I could tell that stuck with Mido, the mention of my oldest brother. I had mentioned him before, though only briefly.

"What happened to your older brother, Touya?" Mido asked as we walked out into the parking lot. He then panicked thinking he was overstepping, apologizing and saying he shouldn't have asked.

I'll be honest, though it hurt a little that Touya wasn't around, I have never really known him, so it didn't have too much effect on me. "Mido, it's fine," I told him as I put an arm around his waist making him a little flustered. "And we're not going to the car, we're going to the park down the road a little from here, I have something planned.”

He nodded and looked down. "O-ok."

"Touya disappointed when I was a kid, 5 or 6, I don't remember him well. My dad said he got in some accident, his friend's house burnt down while he was in there, got trapped, but I'll be honest, I don't know if I believe him..."

Mido looked up at me. "You think he's still alive?"

I shrugged. "I'm just saying that they never found his body, and with how bad dad was back then I wouldn't be surprised if he ran away when he realized people would think he died."

Mido just nodded, taking in the information I had given him. "I... I hope he is alive, so you can have your family back."

I couldn't help the smile that crossed my lips at how cute he was being. "Things like this make me want to kiss you," I told him quietly.

I heard a small squeak come from Mido as his face flushed a dark red. "I-I uh..."

I chuckled lightly. "It's ok Mido, you don't have to say anything to that," I told him when he couldn't seem to figure out if I had meant it as a question or just a comment.

"B-but I- umm- I want to-to kiss you too," he said quietly, looking down at the ground as we walked.

"Oh really?" I teased playfully. We stopped walking and he brought his eyes back up to mine.

"I-" when his words didn't work he just gave me a nod, forcing himself to keep eye contact.

I gave him a small smile. "Then can I kiss you?" I asked, letting one of my fingers push his chin up as I brought my head down slightly, waiting for his answer. When he nodded again I, connected our lips, relishing in how soft they were, a faint taste of mint presumably from his toothpaste.

I swear I would kiss him all day if I could, but air is a good thing and Mido's hand lightly pushed at my chest saying he was getting a little uncomfortable.

I pulled back and I saw his eyes look past me as he pulled at my arm lightly to keep moving. I looked back to see what it was he was looking and saw Mido's ex, Yuuma. Mido had probably sensed the alpha or something while we were kissing and that's why he stopped. Why does he always have to show up?

Reluctantly I took Mido's hand and we started to walk away. Truth be told, I wanted to go and beat up Yuuma for what he had done to Mido, but realistically I knew I shouldn't, one it was probably in some way illegal, assault or something, and second I was with Mido, I knew he wasn't going to let me do anything.

"Hey Izu! Is that you?" And he spotted us. Mido's hand tightened around mine but we kept walking. "Hey wait up! I wanna talk," he ran up behind us and slung an arm around Mido making him freeze mid-step. A growl bubbled up from my chest seeing the alpha that hurt my mate touching him. "Jeez Izu, not even letting me talk."

"Get off him," I growled at Yuuma.

Yuuma let a small growl of his own be heard. "Wow, possessive much, not even letting him talk to me on his own," Yuuma sneered at me. "He likes it when I touch him so why don't you fuck off since I know he doesn't like you the way he likes me."

I pulled Mido away from Yuuma and behind me, growling lower and letting out a dominating scent. "I said get the fuck away from my omega," I growled, glaring daggers at him. "Or I'll make you pay for what you did to him."

"Your omega hu?" Was how he responded. "I don't see a mark, and I don't smell your scent on him, he's still up for grabs, I don't care if you're supposed to be soulmates, that's a load of crap."

If Mido was comfortable with it I would have scented him already, but I didn't want to push things, if he wasn't ready I would respect that.

"T-Todo, can we j-just go?" Mido asked timidity, pulling lightly at the back of my shirt. I could tell he was just trying to defuse the situation and have us go our separate ways, but I wasn't backing down first this time. All my instincts were telling me to protect Mido and if I backed down first I was showing weakness.

Yuuma looked past me at Mido and I pushed him a little further behind me. He smirked and looked back at me. "He'll see he's better off with me, he always comes back, and I have ways to make it happen." I just growled at him, annoyed that he didn't seem the least bit intimidated by me. "I'll see you again, my little Izu, and you won't be able to say no when that happens."

I continued to growl as the alpha walked away. I swear if he even tries to get near Mido again there will be hell to pay.

"T-Todo," Mido said timidly. I snapped out of my thoughts and turned to Midoriya. "C-can we go? I-it doesn't have to be home I just don't want to be here right now."

I gave him a small smile and nodded, my mood immediately lifting because of him. "Of course, we can go somewhere else."

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"Thank you for having me," Todo bowed to me and my parents as he was about to head home. I had invited him over for dinner with my parents again, well Todo mentioned wanting to get together again over the phone while my mom was in the room, and like last time, she invited him on my behalf.

"It's always a pleasure to have you Todoroki, come over any time!" Mom said cheerfully.

Todo bowed again and my parents gave us some space to say our goodbyes. He took one of my hands carefully and pulled me in a little closer. "It means a lot when you invite me over like this," he told me, a small smile crossing his lips.

"I-it was my mom, not me," I stuttered, blushing as he ran his thumb along the backside of my hand.

"I still like spending time with you at your house, doesn't matter who invited me," he told me.

"I-Uh ok, umm you should get going before-" a loud crack of thunder rolled through the house and I jumped, stumbling into Todo. What the heck Zuse?? "B-before t-that, umm."

I didn't even notice I had fallen into Todoroki's arms until they tightened everything so slightly around me. "Are you ok?" He asked.

"Y-yeah, I just- I don't like thunder," I said quietly, looking down. "O-or lightning, b-but thunder is worse because it's always s-so loud, and it scares me more than the flash of light a-and now I'm rambling, sorry."

Todo shook his head and smiled softly down at me. "It's ok, I told you before, I don't mind it when you ramble."

I nodded, remembering that conversation we had, but it didn't make me feel any better. I looked out the window and noticed the rain had picked up. It was raining so hard that you could barely see two feet outside. "T-Todo, maybe you should stay here until the rain dies down," I said. The last thing I wanted was for the alpha to get hurt driving home in this rain. He looked down at me and cocked an eyebrow. "I-I mean o-only- only if you want to, I-I'm not making you s-stay o-or anything and-" a small chuckle from Todo pulled me from my rambling once again, making me look up at the alpha.

"Mido, it's fine, I'd love to stay a little longer, the rain shouldn't take too long to pass," he said softly.

"Stay as long as you'd like Todoroki!" I heard my mom yell from behind me. We're they listening in? This is mom I'm talking about, of course she was.

Another crack of thunder went off and I jumped again. Why do I have to be so scared of loud noises?! It's annoying!

"Just let me get my shoes off then we can go do something else till the rain dies down." I nodded and Todo pulled back from me, taking his shoes and rain jacket off.

We decided on watching a movie, it was simple and distracting and since we were watching on my computer we could use headphones to block out the thunder.

I invited Todo to sit beside me on my bed where I had a few pillows set up on the wall so it was more comfortable. I did my best ignoring them thunder, subconsciously leaning into Todo's side. I don't think he minded it at all because he put his arm around my waist protectively.

"W-what movie do you want to watch?" I asked, pulling Netflix up on my laptop.

He hummed softly as he thought before telling me I could pick. Since I'm horrible at decision-making, I picked a random movie after scrolling around for a minute or two.

The headphones helped block the noise but even just seeing the flashes out of the corners of my eyes made it hard to ignore.

I was too focused on not freaking out over the storm that I hadn't even noticed the movie ended until no more sound was coming through the headphones. Of course, right after the sound stopped, a bright flash of lightning came through the window and not a second later, thunder boomed.

The lights went out.

"Mido are you ok?" Todo asked. I realized I was shaking.

"H-huh? Y-yeah, I'm f-fine." He knew I was lying, I know he knows I'm lying. "I-I told you before I d-don't like thunder," I muttered.

He took off his headphones and looked at me in my eyes. I sort of wished I could read minds so I could know what he was thinking, but I can't, I'm not a superhero.

"Is there something I can do to help?"

I looked down, ignoring another loud bang the best I could and shrugged. "I-I don't know, I u-usually j-just hide in my bed t-till it's done," I muttered. A distraction would probably do me good.

"Then can I try something?" He asked. I didn't know what this 'something' was, but I trusted him enough so I nodded. "Ok, come here," he said, opening his arms for me. A hug I guess?

I got up on my knees to go over to him but got scared by some thunder and ended up falling into his arms. Todo was warm, and the way he wrapped his arms around me was so comforting. I just felt so safe with him.

I couldn't help but nuzzle my face into Todo's chest, taking in his scent as he rubbed my back softly. "Is this making you feel better?" He asked softly.

I nodded my head, shifting so I was sitting with my legs around Todo's waist and face in his neck. His scent helped calm me, I didn't jump as much when I heard more thunder, but I did tighten my arms around Todo, the action reciprocated. "Thank you Todo," I said quietly.

He nuzzled his face against my hair and hummed softly. "Anything for you Mido."

"Izuku," I told him quietly. "You can call me Izuku."

He pulled back and smiles softly. "Ok Izuku, then you can call me Shoto."

Todoroki's POV

"Then you can call me Shoto," I told him with a soft smile.

He returned the gesture as I moved one of my hands to brush some hair behind his ear. The room was still dark from the power going out, but I could see his blush. Izuku looked to the side bitting his lip softly, indicating he was debating something. "Sh-Shoto... would you- do you want to... umm- do you want to maybe..." his words trailed off and he leant his head against my shoulder in defeat.

"Having a little trouble with your words?" I asked with a soft laugh.

"D-don't make fun of me, I'm bad with these things."

I didn't know what he meant by 'these things’ but I had the full intention of finding out. "Just take a breath and try asking again," I told him.

He took a deep breath, still hiding his face in my shoulder and tried again. "D-do you want to stay the night?" Was that what he wanted to ask?

Cute.

I nodded my head. "Yeah, I'll spend the night here," I told him. "The rains taking longer to stop then I thought it would anyway."

He tightened his arms around me for a moment before pulling back and looking me in the eyes. "But if you don't want to-"

"I want to," I cut him off. Izuku nodded and I smiled softly. "You're being very cute, but if I say I’m fine with something then you don’t need to worry," I muttered, cupping one of his cheeks.

Izuku straightened up and blushes more. "Sh-Shoto! You can't just- I'm not-" he let out a groan and hid his face in his hands. I’ve learned that calling him cute was one of the easiest ways to make him flustered. "It's embarrassing."

The lights flickered on, indicating the power was back. I could see just how red the omega's face was as he glanced up to see the lights. "Hey, Izuku?" I asked. He looked at me shyly and I lent in a tiny bit. "Can I..." my words trailed off but by his reaction, he knew what I meant.

"I-uhh y-yeah," he stuttered. "Yeah..." he trailed off as well when I lent in more. I kissed him, hearing him hum softly when he kissed me back. There was more thunder and lightning but Izuku didn't seem to notice or maybe he just didn't care? Either way, that was probably a good thing.

He seemed uncertain as to where he should put his hands, but in the end, they settled on my shoulders while mine landed on his hips. Oh, how I wished I could do more than just kiss him, but I knew that wouldn't happen soon and that was ok, I'd wait as long as I had to.

Izuku's hand fell on my chest, lightly pushing me back as he pulled away.

His eyes lingered on mine for a moment longer, his face a bright red. "Your eyes are pretty," he muttered.

I smirked a tiny bit and cocked an eyebrow, wanting to kiss the adorable omega again but refraining. "My eyes are pretty?" I repeated.

When he realized what he had said Izuku's face went beat red. "I-I mean umm- t-their nice y-you know..." he looked down and I heard him mutter to himself, "damn it Izuku, don't say stupid stuff like that."

I couldn’t help but chuckle softly. He looked back at me shyly and I brushed my hand over the omega’s cheek. “You have pretty eyes too Izuku,” I told him.

He blushes even more. “Sh-Shoto,” he whined, embarrassed.

I decided to play innocent, smiling softly at him. “Yes, Izuku? What is it?”

He rested his head against my shoulder, and I chuckled softly. “Shoto you’re embarrassing,” he whined more.

I hummed quietly, “just telling the truth.”

“That doesn’t make it any less embarrassing,” he told me.

“I know, but you’re cute when you get all red and flustered.” I ran one of my hands through his hair, ruffling it up a little as I went. “The red brings out your pretty eyes.”

“Sh-sho stop t-teasing me.”

“M’kay I’m sorry,” I told him, kissing the top of his head. Sho? Was that a new nickname he gave me? Doesn’t matter if my siblings sometimes call me Sho as well, it sounds so much better coming from him. I love him so much. How would he react if I said that?

His arms tightened around me and he moved his face into my neck making me chuckle again. “Sho?” He asked softly. I hummed, telling him I was listening. “Thank you... for staying over...”

I hadn’t noticed till now, but the rain had died down and it’s been a while since I heard any thunder, but I wasn't going to mention that. “Yeah, of course, Izuku, of course.”

The room fell into a comfortable silence, and after a few minutes, I realized Izuku fell asleep. I guess he was tired. But when I checked the clock I noticed just how late it had gotten and it made sense that he was exhausted.

I tried to lay him down so I could go and get some blankets for myself. Keyword, try. Izuku wouldn’t let go. He had koala’d himself around me and wasn’t letting go. This is my life now. I am my omega’s pillow and there is no backing out. Not that I’d want to.

I sighed, laying down on his bed and putting my arms around him, trying to get comfortable. I hope he’s ok with me sleeping in his bed with him.

Anyway, when I got comfortable I did my best to stay still so I wouldn’t wake Izuku. I fell asleep surprisingly quickly after that. Maybe it was because I was with Izuku, maybe it was because I was tired... I wasn’t sure, but I didn’t care.

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Todoroki's POV

I woke up to a warm but heavy chest. Groggily, I looked down to see my chest occupied by Izuku. Oh yeah, I fell asleep with him after he wouldn't let go.

Izuku snuggled his face into my chest. I held back a chuckle, biting my lip and looking away. Oh my god, he's so cute.

He groaned softly, shifting some more before freezing. Izuku jumped off my chest, blushing heavily.

"Morning," I said softly, propping myself up on my elbows. A small smirk crossed my lips as I watched him internally scream at himself.

"I-I s-sorry- I didn't- I didn't mean to- I'm sorry," he rambled cutely.

I couldn't help but chuckle as I sat up properly. "Izuku," I stopped him, brushing my hand over his cheek. "It's ok," I told him with a small smile. "You don't need to worry." Izuku was blushing even more as he nodded. "You looked cute," I told him softly.

Izuku hid his fact in his hands, chuckling softly to himself and shaking his head. "I-I should not be s-so embarrassed," he muttered to himself. I laughed softly, he looked so cute. The omega whined softly, trying to hide his face better. "Don't laugh at my embarrassment."

"Ok, I'm sorry."

"No, you're not."

I chuckled again, leaning over and kissing him on the forehead. "You're just so cute when you get flustered."

He glanced up at me with a semi-serious look before laughing. "You don't have to call me cute," he muttered looking away, a smile still on his lips.

I was going to say something but a knock at Izuku's door come and his dad's voice followed. "I hope you two are decent in there, I'm coming in."

"Dad!" Izuku scolded now embarrassed for other reasons. "Don't say stuff like that!"

Toshinori stepped into the room, disregarding his son's embracement. "Inko prepared breakfast for all of us, it'll be ready in a few minutes."

"O-ok," Izuku stuttered, shooing his dad out of the room. "Embarrassing," he whined, leaning against the wall and hiding his face in his hands again.

"I think your dad's pretty cool," I told him.

"That's because he's yet to have a one on one with you."

"I'm sure I can handle myself Izuku."

"You may be able to survive my dad but the second Ochako gets you alone..." he trailed off and I wasn't sure if I wanted to know where that was going.

Over our time dating, I had only met Uraraka three times. Usually, it was short bump-ins since we were trying to get somewhere on time. She didn't seem like the type to be mean or threatening but I remembered Izuku mentioning she had almost stabbed Yuma’s eye out with a fork.

Anyway... after breakfast Izuku and I decided to go out and wander around looking at the different shops. Izuku was quick to relax, taking my hand and dragging me into stores which I gladly followed the adorable omega into.

"Sho! Look at this!" Oh my god, he's like a little kid on Christmas. Izuku held up a very large sweater that had two of his favourite characters from this beta-verse show he watched. I didn't see the hype in a world where everyone was a beta but if it made him happy then so be it.

I smiled softly at him. "If you like it so much I'll get it for you," I told him.

His face tinted red. "U-Uhh you don't have to do that, I have my own money," he told me, pulling out his wallet.

I know he has his own money but I want to spoil my omega. "I know, but I want to get you something."

"Y-you don't have to."

In the end, we split the bill. Izuku got the extra-large sweater, which was probably 3 sizes too big. He didn't bother with putting it in one of the shopping bags, instead the omega put it on the second we were out of the store. The sweater came down to his knees, and the sleeves were enormous on him, but wow he looked so small and adorable in that sweater.

Izuku took my hand again, his sleeve covering his actual hand, but I still made it work. "Can we get something to drink at the cafe over there?" He asked pointing in the direction of a small cafe.

I nodded and he leads the way, a happy smile on his face.

As we ordered I noticed one of the baristas staring at us. I don't think Izuku noticed, but I was getting uncomfortable and discreetly pulled the omega closer to me.

We were about to go find a seat as we waited for our drinks when she approached us. "You wouldn't happen to be Rai Todoroki's son would you?" she asked.

"Uhh yeah, did you know her?" I asked, not quite sure what I should do.

The barista flashed a smile that had a strange soft sadness to it. "Yeah, we used to be close," she told me. "A bit of a weird question, but do you know if she still has a charm bracelet? It has snowflakes on it."

And then it clicked. I smiled a little, figuring out who she was. My mom had told me before that she had fallen in love with someone long before my father met her. This must have been her. "Yeah, she never took it off," I said. "Till I met Izuku, then she gave it to me to give to him," I explained. Izuku looked up at me, lifting his wrist and asking if that were the bracelet we were talking about.

I nodded and he looked back down at it. "Wait, if this is important then should I give it back? I feel bad if I have something important to her."

I chuckle a little and so does the barista. "You worry too much," I told him, kissing the top of his forehead and making him blush.

"Come here, I wanna tell you something," the barista said to Izuku. The omega took a step closer and I leaned in. "I gave that bracelet to Rai-" she gently took Izuku's hand and pushed the sleeve up enough to show the bracelet. "-because I loved her, I wanted that bracelet to symbolize love."

Izuku's eyes lingered on the bracelet, a soft blush crossing his cheeks.

"But because we weren't soulmates and it's not exactly normal for a beta and an omega to be in a relationship we couldn't be together properly. Now that bracelet symbolizes Shoto's love for you. Rai wanted you to have it so you would know he would always love you."

Izuku looked at her and then back at me, he was at a loss for words and honestly so was I. She couldn't have worded it better.

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"Order for Todoroki," the barista called.

"I'll get it," Izuku said getting up from our table. Before I could protest he was headed over to the counter to collect our drinks.

I watched Izuku from the table as he struck up a chat with the person giving him our drinks and I almost didn't notice the girl sliding into the seat next to me. "Hey Sho, long time no see," the person said. I recognized her instantly.

"What do you want Toga?" I asked rolling my eyes.

"I just wanted to know if I still had a shot with you," she said with that sickening smile of hers. We had met a few years ago and she kept claiming we were meant to be together, even if we weren't soulmates. "How serious is that little relationship you have with the cutie over there?" She asked pointing to where Izuku was still chatting with the barista.

"Very, he’s my soulmate, now leave, I don't have the energy to deal with you today," I said with a small growl in my voice. I just want to have one nice date with my boyfriend, is that too much to ask for? Does the universe hate us so much that it keeps sending these stupid people to mess it up? Like Yuuma and Toga and that guy who followed us at the fair. Someone was plotting against us.

"Mhhh, always playing hard to get," she said smiling. "See you later pumpkin," she said. Before I knew it she was kissing me on the lips then out the door. What the fuck? Did she just kiss me? What the actual fuck!?

The sound of glass shattering on the ground pulled me out of my daze. I looked up to see Izuku staring at me in shock and terror, tears welling in his eyes.

Before I could say anything he turned to run away.

"Shit," I muttered, jumping out of my seat and running after him.

Everyone was watching, and if I wasn't so focused on following Izuku I would have heard Toga laughing her ass off.

Midoriya's POV

"Thanks again for the drinks," I said with a smile as I waved to the barista.

My smile soon fell though when I turned around and saw some girl kissing Sho. She had her blond hair tied up in two messy buns on either side of her head, and I couldn't see her face, but that didn't matter I could tell she was kissing Sho. "See you later pumpkin," I heard her say.

I was stunned. How could he do this to me?

The cups I was holding fell from my shaking hands, shattering on the ground. Shoto looked over at me and I didn't know what to do. Why would he do this to me?

I couldn't stand there any longer. I turned to run out of the coffee shop, not caring if people were staring. I wouldn't be able to make it far so I ran around the building, letting a choked sob as I wiped my tears. I thought he was different, I thought he wasn't going to use me, I thought...

I heard someone running towards me. "Izuku, I-" Shoto started to say when he got close enough to try and caress my cheek and wipe away tears.

"No, stop I don't want to hear it!" I yelled trying to push him away, the tears still streaming down my face. But he was much stronger than me and didn't move much. "You used me. You're just like the others. You're just like Yuuma!" I threw the charm bracelet at him, not wanting anything that lied about how he 'loved' me. "You don't love me."

He looked hurt, he looked so hurt that I would compare him to Yuuma, the alpha who tried to rape me, but I didn't care at the moment, he hurt me. "Izuku, I do love you," he tried to say but I turned away not wanting to hear his lame excuses. "Listen to me," he said taking both my wrists so I couldn't push him again.

"You know what I went through! I-I trusted you!" I yelled trying to pull my arms away. "I thought you were good. I wanted you to be good- I thought I could trust you, but you-you cheated on me," I said as a sob broke through again. My emotions were overwhelming me. I needed to just be alone but I couldn't get myself to move. "You used me," I choked out, my knees buckled under me and I fell to the ground. Shoto came down with me, still holding my wrists.

"Izuku, I'm not cheating on you, I would never hurt you like that or in any other way," he said cautiously letting my right hand go and bringing it to my cheek and lightly pushing my face to look at him. I couldn't read the emotions in his eyes, but he looked hurt.

I resist the urge to press my face into his hand, pulling it away instead and using my free hand to push away his hand that lingered near my cheek.

I saw him kissing that girl, how could that not be cheating? He didn't even try and push her away. "Then why'd you do it?" I asked. "Why would you?" My eyes were still teary as I looked Up at Shoto's face. "W-why?"

His face looked pained and sad. "She was someone I used to know, she would try to get with me whenever she saw me." I looked away, so this had been going on for a while. I should have known. Why would someone like Todoroki want someone like me? "I tried telling her I wasn't interested, I've said it every time I see her."

"And yet you still-"

"If I knew she was going to kiss me I would have done more to push her away," he said. "Izuku, I'm not cheating. Ok? I'm not. I love you too much to do that to you." I looked back up at him trying to find the truth in his words. I wanted to believe him, I really did, he was the best thing that's happened in my life for a while, but I don't know how I could trust him right now. The scene played in my head again.

More tears streamed down my face. I choked back a sob that threatened to force its way up my throat and lowered my head. I couldn't get any words out, I just cried and shook my head.

Carefully Shoto wrapped an arm around me and pulled me close in an attempt to comfort me. I tried to push him away. "J-just leave me alone," I choked out a sob.

"At least let me drive you home," Todo said trying to cup my face again but I pulled away.

"I-I'm calling Ochako t-to drive me," I said trying to push him away again. This time Todo leant back and gave me a little bit of space. "Just leave me alone."

His jaw clenched and he let out a sigh. "Then let me stay until Uraraka gets here," he said.

"I don't want to be around you Todoroki." There was more venom in my words than I had meant to put there but if it got my message across then fine.

The alpha sighed again, clearly hurt that I had gone back to using his last name instead of his friend name. He got up off the ground and nodded slowly. "I'll just wait over here then, I don't want you to be left here alone right now," he told me, heading over to the entrance of the alley and leaving no room for argument.

I thought he was going to be different. I thought Todoroki wasn’t going to hurt me, but he did. He’s not as different as I thought he was.

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Midoriya's POV

"Come on Izuku, you gotta come out of there eventually," Ochako called through my door. "What even happened back there?" She asked. After what happened with Todoroki at the cafe Ochako drove me home. She hadn't asked any questions but did give me the option to speak.

I haven't told her what happened, I don't want to talk about it, and I don't want to think about it either. The second I got home I ran up to my room and locked the door, leaving Ochako downstairs and confused, hoping she wouldn't do what she's doing now and take the hint. "J-just go away!" I yelled back.

"Izu, you don't have to tell me what happened but at least let me-" her words cut off and I heard quiet muttered from the other side of the door.

"Izuku can you let me in?" I hear my dad ask this time. His voice was low and soothing, making me want to go and open the door but I didn't, nor did I answer. "My boy, it's better to talk it out than keep it all in."

I got out of bed with an annoyed sigh, opening the door. "I said I don't want to talk about it, so leave me alone." I slammed the door but it didn't close, someone's food was lodged in the doorway.

"Ouch," dad said before carefully pushing the door open more. "I know you don't want to talk about it, but it's never good to let your emotions build like this."

"Izuku, just let us help," Ochako said quietly.

My eyes stung and I felt my shoulders start to shake. "J-just leave m-me a-alone." My voice shook and I tried to hold back a sob while wiping my face with the sleeves to my sweater. "P-please."

Everything in me was screaming for comfort, for warmth, for the alpha I was soulmates with... the alpha who hurt me. I felt a heavy, but comforting hand rest on my shoulder and within seconds I was falling into my dad's arms, sobbing against his chest.

"Ochako can you give me some time alone with my son?" Dad asked, rubbing me back gently.

She hesitated but nodded, leaving us be. "I'll be downstairs," Ochako said quietly as she headed for the stairs.

"Son, are you ok?" He asked softly, running a hand through my hair in an attempt to calm me. I shook my head, a sob cutting off any words that tried to form. "Did something happen with young Todoroki? Is that why Ochako had to pick you up?"

It wasn't often that I talked to my dad about relationships, so it was a little weird, but oddly comforting. I nodded my head. "H-he- he's cheating o-on me," I sobbed quietly.

"It's ok, my boy, it's ok," he said quietly. But it wasn't ok. It wasn't. He was supposed to be my soulmate, the one person I was supposed to be with for the rest of my life, the one person who wasn't going to hurt me, the one person I could trust with anything, and he did this to me. "Maybe it was a misunderstanding."

Todoroki had told me he wasn't cheating, but he was kissing that girl, how could he not be cheating? He didn't even look like he wanted to push her away or anything, he just sat there and kissed her.

It was clear my dad didn't know what to do, he just rubbed my back trying to help me calm down, and it would have worked, if my brain wasn't telling me to run to Todoroki for comfort and then reminding me of what I saw. It was just a constant loop, a few things my mind made up mixed in there.

Todoroki telling me I was useless.

Him scolding me for being so weak.

And a vision of that tender hand not being so tender...

I knew those were false memories, I knew that. He had never done anything to hurt me before, but then today...

I pulled away from my dad, staring at the ground as he watched me worriedly. "Can you just leave me alone?" I asked. "Please." My voice was wobbly, threatening the crack.

"Of course son," he said softly, patting my head a few times. "If there's anything you need, I'll be downstairs."

"Ok."

"Do you want Ochako to come up?" He asked.

I had almost forgotten she was still here, just downstairs. "No... you can tell her she can go," I said quietly, stepping back through my door.

"I'm sure you'll work things out," he said before I closed the door.

I let out a shaky breath, going over to my bed and laying in it. Todoroki's scent still lingered from that morning, I couldn't decide if I liked having it here or not.

Unconsciously I pulled the sheets up to my face, wrapping myself in his scent, another soft sob passing my lips.

Uraraka's POV

I waited downstairs, mulling over what happened. Why did Izuku need me to pick him up? Todoroki was there, and he looked a little worried, but why couldn't he drive? And if he wasn't able to drive how did he get home?

No, this was something more than not being able to drive. Izuku had been crying, and he hadn't been wearing that bracelet Todoroki got him the night they met. It's not like he lost it, he never took it off. Something else that I thought was weird was how Todoroki had been waiting at the front of the ally instead of with Izuku. Does that mean... did something happen between them? Is that why he was crying?

I heard Toshinori come back down the stairs with a soft sigh. He was sort of like a second dad to me, with how often I'm here and how long I've known Izuku's family, so I'd say I knew him well. Toshinori was not one to sigh like that without reason. I stood up looking for answers I didn't know if he had.

He gave a sad smile. "Izuku's just a little heartbroken," he said, though there was an underlying thread of anger in his words. Heartbroken? Why? What happened that made him heartbroken? "He believes young Todoroki had cheated on him."

My mind ran blank for a second. So that's what happened. Todoroki hurt Izuku. He hurt my best friend, I'm not letting this slide. Izu had been hurt too many times before for me to let this slide even an inch. I will kick that alpha's ass.

"He seemed unsure, but it was hard to tell," he continued. Yeah, unsure because he's still trying to find a reason to trust him. Izuku wasn't the type of person to hold a grudge, he wanted to forgive, it was in his nature to forgive. Even when Yuuma was being a dick, Izuku forgave and forgave so many times. I think he would have spun the truth in his head to make himself the villain that night when Yuuma broke in if it weren't for me telling him constantly he wasn't. Izuku wants to forgive but he doesn't know how.

"Do you think... do you think I can go up and talk with him? Or does he want to be alone?" I asked. As much as I wanted to go and murder that alpha for hurting my best friend I needed to check on him first.

He shook his head sadly. "He wants to be alone, he said you could go home if you wanted."

I nodded with a small sigh. "Ok," I said quietly. But there was no way I was going home right away, I had a pit stop to make.

After saying goodbye to Izu's parents I headed out to my car, almost missing the kind waves our neighbours gave me as I hopped into the driver's seat.

Shit, I didn't know Todoroki's address...

I gripped the wheel in both hands, my knuckles turning white before I let them slack and rested my forehead on the shearing wheel. I needed to calm down before I made any decisions.

I was protective of Izuku, I knew that. He was like a little brother to me and my instincts always told me to protect him, but sometimes I had to just take a step back and reminded myself that he wasn't a little kid in need of protection. He was my best friend but he could handle himself from time to time. Of course, my inner voice was shouting at me that now wasn't one of those times I should be listening to rationality.

"I don't even know his address," I repeated out loud. "So I can't do anything."

Izuku knows his address. No, he wants to be left alone. I have to respect that so just breathe and calm down and go home.

My phone started ringing and I sighed making sure I wasn't about to snap. It was Tenya.

"Hey Ten," I said trying to sound normal.

"Ochako, is everything ok? You left rather abruptly saying Izuku needed a drive or something?" My boyfriend asked. I had been at his house when Izuku called. I would have had Tenya tags along if Izuku hadn't sounded so broken and on the verge of tears, he didn't need an audience for that.

I rested my head against the back of my car seat, letting out a sigh. "It could be better," I told him. My mind wandered for a moment and I was hit with a realization. "Do you know Todoroki's address?" I asked.

"Todoroki's address? It may be on my phone but I don't know because he moved not too long ago. Why do you need it?" He asked.

I bit my lip for a moment, how do I tell him his girlfriend was about to explode at an alpha for hurting her best friend? "I want to pay him a small visit on my way home." I tried to hide the hostility that I was sure seeped into my voice.

Tenya was quiet for a moment. "A visit..." he repeated. "Does this have anything to do with why you needed to pick up Midoriya?"

"I- ok maybe," I told him. "I just need to talk with him about something and I don't have any way to contact him and I feel like this would be much better suited for an in-person conversation."

He seemed to hesitate, and I could understand why. If he picked up on the hostility in my voice or even just the hesitation I had on telling him why he'd be concerned. "Ok, I'll look," he told me. "But you have to promise not to do anything rash if I do give you his address. Got it?"

"Yeah, yeah, just hand it over," I told him, grabbing the notepad and pen I kept in the overhead compartment.

He hesitated again when telling me he had the address and once again just before telling me what it was, he didn't know what I was going to do and honestly neither did I. "Thanks babe," I said happily. "I'll drop by later."

"Ok," Tenya said with a small sigh. "Don't do anything rash."

"Already said I wouldn't, bye, love you."

"Love you too."

I hung up and tapped the address into my phone, only a small voice in the back of my head wondering if Tenya gave me the wrong one so I wouldn't do anything I'd regret, and another one telling me not to do it at all.

I ignored both and set on my way, putting my car into drive and heading down the road in the right direction.

Todoroki's house was... smaller than I expected. I mean, his family is in the same wealth range as Ten and his family so I assumed that he would have a large house.

I pulled into the laneway, taking one extra moment to try and collect my thoughts. I had to remind myself that this wasn't my fight, but that didn't stop the anger that bubbled up in my throat when I remembered the way Izu had been crying.

Getting out of my car I marched up to his front door, knocking several times, all rational thoughts slowly seeping away.

The door opened and before he could get a single word in I started talking, the voice of reason in my head was gone. "You hurt him," I said. I had planned on some things to say but my mind went blank to them as I stupidly let my anger control me. "You hurt Izuku. He's at home crying because you fucking cheated on him!"

Todoroki seemed shocked that one, I was there, and two, I was mad. He took a step back, into his house, trying to figure out something to say.

I followed him into the house, the door shutting behind me. "All you alphas are the exact same! You just go around doing whatever you want and hurting us along the way!" I jabbed my finger at his chest. "Izuku has feelings you know, he has feelings and you hurt them! He's been locked up in his room since he got home all because you fucking cheated on him!"

His expression pained, turning almost sad. Does he think I'll pity him if he's sad?

"He's your soulmate! You can't do this! He trusted you and that's not something he can do easily and you just took it and broke it! You broke his trust and made an enemy with me, is that what you wanted?"

Todoroki just stood there, taking everything I was throwing at him and saying nothing back.

"Are you done?" He finally asked.

"You- don't just 'are you done' me! You hurt my best friend and you should count yourself lucky that I don't have a fucking fork with me right now!" I'd be going for the eyes without hesitation right now.

"Sho? What's going on?" Some woman in her early twenties poked her head into the front entrance. She was pretty, her white hair had flecks of red scattered through it and settled nicely on her shoulders.

"Is that her? The person you cheated on Izuku with?"

"What?" The woman asked bewildered.

I jabbed a finger in her direction. "Oh don't act all innocent-"

"Uraraka this is my sister," Todoroki told me, pulling me back from threatening her any further. "And I wasn't cheating."

My vision rimmed with red. "Get your hands off me," I seethed, venom dripping from every word.

Todoroki took a step back, putting his hands up as if to say sorry. "I'm not cheating on Izuku," he repeated.

"Sho, what's she talking about?" His sister asked. Now that I got a good look at her I recognized her from the photos Tenya had shown me of his brother and his wife. She must be Fuyumi.

Shoto took a deep breath as if to try and stop himself from getting mad. "This is Uraraka, Tenya's mate, and Izuku's best friend," he told her.

"Don't say his name so easily like that," I hissed at him.

Fuyumi looked between us for a moment. "What happened between him and Midoriya?" She asked.

"That's why I called you here to talk, I needed advice because they think I'm cheating but I'm not."

"Like fucking hell you're not!"

His fist clenched. "YOU W-" he cut himself off, taking a deep breath so he wouldn't yell. It was like he was dancing on thin ice, a chasm of anger and frustration bubbling up under him. "You weren't there, Izuku only saw the aftermath."

Fuyumi came over to us, placing a hand on her brother's shoulder when she saw how unstable his emotions seemed. "I'm sure we can work this out, but you both need to calm down so we can have a proper conversation."

"I don't need to calm down," Todoroki growled softly, only proving Fuyumi's point.

"Do you want me to call Natsuo? Because I will." I could only assume that was their brother.

Todoroki grumbled something under his breath before sighing and turning away from me. "You can come in," he said, not looking over his shoulder. "I'll give us a few minutes then we can talk."

Reluctantly I stepped further into the house, following Fuyumi to the living room while Todoroki went upstairs to cool down.

"He doesn't usually get angry so easily," Fuyumi told me, sitting in one of the armchairs. Despite what people think, I believe Alpha's have less of a grasp on their emotions, especially anger. It was more likely for them to break out into a full-on fight than it was for omega's or betas. "And he seemed so broken when he called, that's why I came over."

"He's the one that cheated, he shouldn't be the broken one," I muttered, crossing my arms. "HE hurt Izu."

Fuyumi and I sat for a moment in silence. "You know..." she started. "I like to think I know my brother," she said. "I helped raise him when our mother was sent away, he wouldn't hurt his mate, not intentionally."

"But he did," I said.

"He said you weren't there, maybe it was a misunderstanding."

"He could be lying."

She let out a sigh. "I can see you care deeply for Midoriya, but maybe this is something you should let them handle on their own."

My hands curled into fists in my lap, who is she to tell me I can't try and help Izuku. "He's like a brother to me," I told her, my eyes beginning to sting and threaten tears. "And he's been through too much, I need to do more so it doesn't happen again." I had been there to watch him but then Yuuma got in and I almost couldn't stop him. Izuku got hurt because I hadn't been able to stop Yuuma from getting in, so I have to help now. "I'm supposed to be his best friend, I'm supposed to help keep him safe."

Todoroki came down the stairs again before Fuyumi could say anything. I wiped my eyes, putting a more angry look on my face.

"Now why don't we all talk," Fuyumi said, ushering Todoroki to come and sit with us.

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Midoriya's POV

"Izuku someone's at the door for you!" Mom yelled up the stairs. I groaned, I didn't want to get out of bed, I had a headache, my hair was a mess and I was on the brink of tears again.

I took one moment before swinging my legs over the bed and heading downstairs.

Mom was talking to whoever was at the door and by the way she was talking it made me believe it wasn't Ochako or even Todoroki. Who could it be?

"It's been so long since you've been over, what have you been up to?" she asked.

"Work mostly." That voice. No no no I can't do this right now, I can't do this right now. "But my parents and I also travelled some." Lier.

I got to the bottom of the stairs and went over to the door, keeping my breathing as calm as possible. "Leave," I told Yuuma, venom coating my word.

Mom looked at me shocked. "Izuku that's no way to talk to Yuuma," she scolded.

I took in a shaky breath. Too much had happened today for me to have the energy to be nice. "No offence mom, but he has to leave."

"Why Izuku? It's been so long, we haven't caught up," Yuuma said, pretending to be hurt by my words.

Mom pulled my sleeve softly and lent up to my ear. "Is there something you're not telling me?" She asked quietly. I nodded discreetly. She put on a fake smile and turned back to Yuuma. "It seems like a very bad time right now, Izuku's been through a lot this morning, maybe you should come back later."

I silently thanked her for not letting him in. She didn't know what happened but she picked up on how much I didn't want to see him.

"Oh well, maybe I can help, give you someone to talk to."

The energy it would usually take for me to be scared of the edge he had to his voice wasn't there. I just felt numb and didn't want to deal with him. "Yuuma, I do not have the energy to deal with the shit you're trying to put me through, again, so leave me alone."

He looked shocked, but after so long of him abusing and trying to make me scared to disobey him, he shouldn't be surprised. I felt like my mom being there was the only reason he wasn't yelling yet, and honestly, she was the only thing stopping me from going off at him as well.

"Mrs. Midoriya, would you mind if I talked with your son alone?" He asked, probably thinking my confidence was coming from mom.

"I'm not sure if that's a good idea," she said.

"It's fine," I told her, glaring at Yuuma. Mom furrowed her eyebrows and I nodded again for her to leave us alone. "So are you going to leave?" I asked Yuuma, crossing my arms.

"Tsk, bitch, don't talk to me like that, I do what I want when I want." He grabbed my shirt caller, dragging me closer to him in an attempt to make me scared. It would have worked if I had the energy, but I don't. I hadn't had a chance to regain energy after what happened with Todoroki.

"I can not stress this enough," I said slowly so he would understand. "I do not have the energy to deal with you today or even be scared of you today. So for once, fuck off."

His face was riddled with confusion in my newfound confidence. I used to be confident like this, but after two years of Yuuma stripping it away it was hard to get it back, but I just don't care anymore. Todoroki, my soulmate, cheated on me, so what's the point now.

"You will come back to me like you always do," he seethed. "That's why I did this, to get you back."

I took his hand and pulled it off of me. "Don't you understand? I don't see the point anymore. There's no point so I'm not going back to you. I'm going to be alone now and you can't change that."

"You don't understand. The point was for you to be mine again and for that blond bitch to get that fucking alpha you had clung to." What? "You are mine, you belong to me, not that fucking half and half bastard of an alpha!" He pushed me back and everything just clicked.

"You..." Shoto was telling the truth. It was like a veil had been lifted, the bark part of my brain that was telling me nothing mattered anymore was suddenly blinded by the realization that this was a setup.

Yuuma just kept spewing nonsense. "You were supposed to become mine after that." Again he grabbed my shirt called, but this time he pushed me into the doorframe, towering over me. My brain finally caught up to how much danger I could be in. This was the guy that took the time and effort to break into my room through the window that was on the second floor just to rape me.

"B-but I'm not, I'm not yours so leave me alone." I did my best to keep my confidence as it slowly seeped away. "I've told you before, I don't want you."

"Yes you do," he seethed.

"What makes you think that?" I asked, looking him in the eyes.

He didn't say anything. Yuma's hand just shifted so it was around my neck but he didn't squeeze.

"Why would I want to be your omega after what you did to me?"

"Because I'm the only one that will take you," he told me. And so he's said so many times before, so much so that I believed it.

I stared up at him, a blank face. "I had someone who loved me," I told him. "I had someone who wanted me, as me, and didn't try and change me."

"He didn't want you."

"You don't know T- you don't know Shoto," I told him, the guilt of what I said to him rising the longer I thought about it. "And I'd chose him over you any day, but because of you I thought he cheated on me and I don't know if I just ruined what we had because of you. So I will not go back to you, ever, because you're the reason I lost one of the most amazing people in my life. So get off my porch and leave me alone."

I knew this could end badly, he wasn't getting what he wanted. A growled ripped its way through his throat. "You don't get to tell me what to fucking do omega."

Todoroki's POV

Uraraka and I finally made up after an hour or two of my sister trying to get us to talk. She seemed skeptical that I hadn't actually been cheating but believed me nonetheless.

A phone buzzing pulled us from our conversation. Uraraka checked the caller ID and excused herself from the living room saying it was Izuku.

I sat back in my seat, letting out a soft sigh. Maybe she'll help me convince him it was a misunderstanding.

A moment later she came back into the living room looking frantic. "I-Izuku- he- I don't know what happened but something's not right."

Giving her a worried look I stood up. "What happened?"

"Y-Yuuma-" that was all she had to say for me to grab my keys and start heading for the door.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Fuyumi asked. She could tell with was serious, but I didn't want her near Yuuma.

"It's fine, I'll deal with it, just go home ok?"

She hesitated before nodding. "Ok, call of something happens."

"I will." I took my car and Uraraka took hers and we set off to Izuku's house.

It took everything in me not to speed, getting stopped by the police would just slow me down more. I gripped the steering wheel, muttering to myself in an attempt to calm down. "It's ok, he'll be ok, Izuku can handle himself."

That didn't stop the small voice in my head saying he was in danger.

Turning off onto his road I noticed the car was gone, so either his parents weren't home or- no, he's ok, just stop thinking that.

I got out of the car as fast as I could, running up to the door, Uraraka on my heel. She knocked and we waited anxiously. No answer. She knocked again.

Midoriya's dad opened the door. "Oh Ochako," he said smiling softly, though the smile didn't last long when he saw me. "What can I do for you?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"I-is Izu home?" Uraraka asked.

Toshinori's eyebrows creased in concern. "No, he left about 20 minutes ago with an old friend of his, is everything ok?"

"Where did they go?" I asked. "Please we need to know."

I guess the worry in my voice got to him, telling him more was wrong than just the misunderstanding from this morning. "Something about going downtown," Toshinori said. "What's going on?"

"We don't have time," Uraraka told him, pulling me away from the door and to her car. "I'll drive, it'll be faster going in one car."

I nodded, not complaining as I got into the passenger side. "Do you know where they could have gone?" I asked.

"I have an idea."

I couldn't calm down, no matter how hard I tried. A constant loop of 'my mate is in trouble' running through my head.

Uraraka pulled into an empty parking lot. The place looked abandoned, then I saw Izuku's car. "He's here," I muttered. Uraraka nodded, unbuckling her seatbelt.

If I'm telling the truth I wasn't sure if I wanted Uraraka coming in with me. Yuuma had a few screws loose and I knew that if something happened to her Iida would resent me and possibly my family for a long time.

We crept over to the front of the building and peeked in. Before Uraraka could go in I put a hand on her shoulder and pulled her back. "I know he's your friend, but-"

"Todoroki... I'm not staying out here," she told me.

"If you get hurt because of Yuuma..."

Her eyes scanned my face before sighing. "The second something happens I'm going in there."

"Thank you," I said softly before peeking back through the door and heading in.

The place was empty, reminding me of an old wear house but smaller. I noticed the dust on the floor had been disturbed so I followed it to the back room.

"S-stop, I don't- stop-" I heard Izuku begging before his words because muffled.

"Prepare yourself my Izuku, he'll be here in a few minutes then we can start." I took a breath before stepping through the door, glaring at Yuuma as he stood behind Izuku. "Oh you're finally here," he laughed. "I guess we can finally start."

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Midoriya's POV

"I guess we can finally start," Yuuma chuckled, bringing his finger to drag over my throat.

I let out a shaky breath, trying to spit the gage out of my mouth by he had tied it around my head and it wouldn't budge. I was stupid for acting confident, I was stupid for trying to stand up to him. He got mad and forced me to leave, coming here. He had tied me to a chair, arms behind my back and legs together in front of me. I could barely move.

Shoto growled, stepping closer. "get away from Izuku."

"Why should I? You cheated on him, he dumped you, he's all mine now." Yuuma's head lowered, hovering closer to my neck. "I can mark him now and you can't do anything about it because you broke his trust in you."

I shook my head, a tear slipping as I tried to tell him to stop but all that came out were muffled pleads as the gage prevented me from talking.

"I said, get away from him," Shoto's growl darkened, coming closer. "Now."

"I'd stay were you are Todoroki, or I'll mark him right now."

Todoroki didn't come closer, but he didn't stop growling either. "He's not yours."

"He's not yours either, if you don't remember, you cheated and he found out."

"I didn't cheat."

"That kiss you and Toga shared says otherwise." The fact that he knew her name only aided my hypothesis that he had set it up. How could he know her name? I didn't even know her name. I never told him that they kissed either. Yuuma had set it up and I was stupid enough to believe it.

Todoroki seemed to notice the same thing. He knew I wasn't one to tell Yuuma anything about my personal life, so how did he know what happened?

"You don't deserve Izuku, he was mine before he was yours." Yuuma's k9's extended, brushing across my neck and making me whimper.

Todoroki's eyes fixed on where Yuuma's mouth came close to closing around my neck. Silently I begged for him to do something, tears streaming down my face.

Yuuma seemed to ponder something for a moment before pulling back from my neck and spinning the chair around so I was facing him. "I guess it's no fun if I can't hear you," he muttered, untying the gage. "Thought it would be better."

While Yuuma was distracted with me I heard Todoroki's footsteps come closer, he tried attacking, it looked like he threw a punch but missed while Yuuma pulled me from the chair and away from him again. "I said don't come closer," he growled once more, now with our backs facing the door we had come in and Shoto in front of us. He was three, maybe 4 meters away but there was nothing he could do.

"And I told you to let him go!" Shoto growled loudly, regaining his footing and looking ready to charge again.

"P-please just let me go, I'm sorry about earlier, j-just let me go." Trying to be strong when I was at home didn't help my case.

Yuuma's mouth cam back to my neck, licking over the skin as his k9's brushed my skin again. "Where's the fun in that? This way I get what I want."

"D-don't please- don't m-mark me," I begged.

He just snickered.

Marking was a thing that usually happened between couples who had been together for an extended period of time. It's like a warning to others saying you were taken and that they had to back off. A mark would also link our minds, though it would only be one way unless I also marked Yuuma which I wouldn't. Marks faded with time, usually lasting up to 10 years before they need to be redone.

I whimpered again, I don't want Yuuma's mark, I don't want him to be in my mind, I don't want him to be my alpha.

I noticed Todoroki glance behind us, nodding discreetly, though not discreetly considering I noticed it. Yuuma didn't, he was too busy making a show.

So this is it, I'll be calmed by an alpha I want nothing to do with. He won't let me see my friends or Shoto, he'll probably lock me up and use me whenever he sees fit.

I didn't want this, I didn't want him, I wanted Shoto, I wanted my-

My thoughts were cut off by sirens. Wait why were there sirens?

Yuuma also seemed confused, turning us to look at the front door where Ochako stood, police cars pulling in behind her.

Whilst distracted, Shoto came up behind us, pulling Yuuma away and pushing him to the ground. He pulled me away from the alpha and began undoing my restraints, whispering softly. "It's ok, it's ok Izuku, he's not going to hurt you now."

He finished untying me while two police officers put handcuffs on Yuuma, taking him away. Something about being arrested for kidnapping, trust passing, assault, abuse and a few other things I didn't catch.

My emotions hit me like a bulldozer. It had happened so fast and now it's over. I looked up at Shoto, my eyes filling with tears as I collapsed into his arms, sobbing loudly. "I-I'm sorry, I'm sorry I-I didn't believe you, I-I'm sorry."

His arms made their way around me, holding me close as he nuzzled his face into my hair. "It's ok," he said softly. "It's ok."

Todoroki's POV

"It's ok, it's ok," I muttered into his hair, just happy I could hold him close again.

"I-I'm sorry, If I had just believed you then-then this wouldn't- it wouldn't have happened. I should have believed you. I'm sorry, I-I-I take back all the bad things I s-said, I'm sorry." He sobbed loudly, his arms tightening around me as if he was scared that if he let go I'd disappear. "D-Don't be mad at me, p-please d-don't be mad."

I ran a hand through his soft hair as he cried into my chest. "It's ok, I'm not mad," I repeated, hoping to reassure him at least a little. It could have been worse, I know that doesn't take away from how serious the situation had been, but it could have been worse.

"N-no it's not."

"Yes, Izuku, it's ok."

He shook his head, crying more into my chest. "It's not ok. I-I was stupid, a-and blamed you, but you-you wouldn't hurt me. This is because of me, you deserve so-so much better than me." I feel like some of this was coming from things Yuuma had told him.

"Stop lying." If anything I didn't deserve him. He had been through so much and I never knew how I was supposed to help him. "That's not true."

He pushed me away so he could look into my eyes, tears still stained on his face. "I-I'm not- I'm not lying. You deserve an omega who's better than me, someone who doesn't get afraid when you get too close because they forgot- they forgot that you a-aren't going to-to hurt them," he started to say.

"You deserve s-someone who can say "I love you" and-and not feel like they could be messing u-up. I know I'm supposed to be your soulmate, I know-I- I know I'm supposed to be the person you love and-and cherish and who can do the same for you but I don't know how to when my brain- my brain keeps telling me to run when you get just a-a little too close." A small sob broke through his words and he covered his mouth trying to stop himself from crying again.

It seemed like everything was just hitting him at once and I didn't know how to help. "I-I took the first opportunity to stop- to stop trusting you because I didn't think you'd ever want to be with me. You deserve so much better than I can give you, I want you to have so much more. Because I-I really do think I love you and I don't know how to handle that feeling because the last time I felt it... the last time I felt it I wasn't with a great guy but I know you're not just a good alpha because-because you're an amazing one and you're so patient with me and-and kind and you don't ever push and I-I love that about you but I still get scared because you deserve so much better then me and I-I know it's only-it's only a matter of time before you realize the same thing and leave me because-"

I cut him off with a kiss. Usually, I'd ask, but he was rambling too long and I couldn't get him to stop. He's the one who deserves better, I wasn't able to do anything to help him when he needed me. I held both his hands, giving them a soft squeeze and when his shock subsided he kissed me back, not sure what else to do.

"Izuku, you're everything I could have asked for and so much more, so don't say I don't deserve you, ok? I love you, and nothing will change that, ever, not even your crazy ex or your stuttering or the fact that you need time. I'm not going to leave you, ever, ok?" I told him softly.

He nodded, pulling me back into the hug. "I- I love you too Shoto," he muttered into my chest. "I'm sorry I thought you- I'm sorry I thought you were cheating. I-I should have believed you, we wouldn't be here if-"

"Izuku," I cut him off again, he would continue if I didn't. "It's not your fault."

"But-"

"It's not your fault."

He let out a shaky sigh and nodded again. "Right," he said quietly. "It's not my fault," he muttered.

I nodded. "Good."

One of the police interrupted our moment, and though I understood that they needed to question us about what happened, I didn't want to have to talk with anyone but Izuku for the time being.

Answering their questions took longer than I would have liked, but if it would help them with arresting Yuuma then I'd deal with it.

Izuku held onto my hand tightly, not leaving my side as the police questioned us. He was shy but I was able to answer most of them.

The police finished up, leaving us to go back home and try and de-stress after what happened.

"I see you two have made up," Uraraka said quietly as she approached us.

Izuku nodded, looking down at his feet. "What Yuuma was saying didn't line up with Shoto cheating," he told her. "He set it up so I'd leave Sho."

I squeezed his hand softly. I could tell he was feeling guilty, the only thing I could think to do was she him I was there for him. "We should get you home, it's been a long day," I told him quietly. Honestly, I was just happy he was ok and knew I didn't cheat on him. Even if this might set us back a little, he still wanted to be with me.

"Yeah," he said with a soft sigh. "I want to go home."

Uraraka took Izuku's free hand and began leading us outside to where we had parked Uraraka's car.

"Who's going in what car?" I asked.

"I can go with Izuku if you promise not to reck my car," Uraraka said, holding her keys in one hand.

"I-I want Shoto to come with me," Izuku said softly. I looked over at him while he stared at the ground. "I-if that's ok," he added.

"If that's what you want," Uraraka told him, patting his shoulder once before leaning in and whispering something to him. Izuku nodded a little, glancing over at me before saying goodbye to Uraraka and leading me to his car.

"Izuku?" I stopped him before he could get in the car.

"Yeah?" He asked, looking up at me. Something was different, like the small spark that used to shine in his eyes was gone.

"Are you ok?" I asked.

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Midoriya's POV

"You don't need to keep everything in, ok? You can tell Todoroki how you're feeling," Ochako whispered to me.

I nodded my head, glancing over at Shoto. He had come all this way to help me. I should be able to tell him how I'm feeling but I don't know how. The only feeling I truly recognize is fear and that was only directed towards Yuuma.

"Don't close yourself off, ok?" I nodded again, saying goodbye to Ochako and leading Todoroki to my car. By this point, the police had all left and the air felt almost too quiet as Ochako's car drove away.

"Izuku?" Todoroki asked softly before I could reach the handle to my car.

"Yeah?" I asked, looking up at him. My emotions were piling up and the only solution I could think of was to beat them all down with a metaphorical mallet to keep them from showing themselves. I'd rather feel nothing right now than the ever-growing flood that I was keeping at bay with a single thread.

"Are you ok?" What does he think? I was just kidnapped from my own home, unable to protect myself against that alpha for the second time, nearly marked by someone I didn't love and then that more than likely would have lead to me being raped and abused by him for as long as he kept me in his custody. So I'm just peachy.

"Yeah."

I could tell he didn't believe me. "Izuku."

I turned to face him properly, leaning my back against the car. "What? What do you want me to say? I'm dealing with these emotions the only way I know how and that's to forget about them until they go away." Shoto looked shocked as I looked down at my feet. I don't usually snap at him like that, I can understand why he's shocked. "I just- can we not talk about this right now? I just want to go home where I- where I can feel safe."

He sighed softly. "Ok, but if you want to talk-"

"I don't."

"Ok."

I got into the car and a few seconds later Shoto joined me in the passenger seat.

The drive was silent, and that was probably a good thing considering I think I was a few wrong words away from breaking down. I know what happened, I was there, but my brain hadn't fully processed it. The longer I sat in silence the longer I had to think about it. I let out a shaky sigh, wiping my eyes to stop them from tearing up.

Shoto glanced over at me, studying my face before speaking. "Pull over," he said.

"What?"

"Pull over, I'm going to drive, you're not in the right headspace."

"Well neither are you," I argued. I could tell he was still mad about what had happened, though I knew he wasn't mad at me in particular.

"I'm not the one about to break down," he said in a soft voice trying to calm me some.

I drove a little further before putting my blinker on and pulling off to the side of the road. My hands didn't leave the wheel for a while, I just sat there, Shoto watching as a tear slipped down my face. "He was going to mark me," I said softly as if the realization just hit me. "He was going to-"

Shoto stayed quiet, letting me say what I had to say.

"He-he was going to mark me a-and do s-so many things," my breakdown was starting and it would only snowball from here. "A-all because I- I tried to stand up to him a-and told my mom I could handle him. I-If I hadn't th-then-" Shoto rested a hand on my knee, rubbing his thumb in soft circles.

"You're safe now," he said softly. "And I'm with you, I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you again."

I let out a shaky breath, a small sob following as I wiped my face more, old tears being replaced by new ones. "I-I can't I- I can't do that again- he- I-" another sob.

"Izuku, look at me," Shoto told me, the words only registering when I heard them a second time. "He can't hurt you now," Shoto told me. "He can't hurt you, and I will never hurt you, so you're safe, ok?"

I nodded, nuzzling my cheek into Shoto's hand as he brought it up to cup my face. "D-don't leave me." I didn't want to be vulnerable, but for Shoto, I could make an exception. I trusted him now, I... I loved him.

"I won't."

"P-promise you won't."

"I promise I won't," his voice was soft as his eyes trailed over my face, trying to think of something else to say that would make me feel better. "I'm here for you."

I brought a hand up to hold the one that was on my cheek and nodded. Mouthing a soft "thank you" as Shoto brushed his thumb over my cheek wiping my tears away.

Todoroki's POV

I didn't know what to do. Izuku was feeling so much pain and all I could think to do is offer to drive him home.

I pulled up to his house, putting the car in park.

"Sho?" Midoriya asked quietly.

"Yeah?" I asked, looking over at him while I unbuckled my seatbelt.

"Could you..." he started, dropping his eyes to the centre console trying to find the right words. I tilted my head to the side, waiting patiently for his question. "My parents were going to go out and help a family friend move tonight and umm... I-I don't want to be alone."

"Do you want me to stay the night?" I asked.

"Please?" Izuku asked, looking up at me. "I just- I don't want to be alone after that."

I gave him a soft, reassuring smile and nodded. "Yeah, of course," I told him. I could understand why he was hesitant to be home alone. This was the second time Yuuma had done something to him in his own home.

"Thank you," he muttered quietly, getting out of the car.

I walked him up to the front door, his parents leaving at the same time. I guess they were just leaving now.

Toshinori didn't seem happy with me but didn't mention it as they said goodbye to Izuku and let us head in.

After entering the house, Izuku was quiet, he was really quiet. He kicked off his shoes, not saying anything.

"Izuku? Is there something I can do to help?" I asked, unsure of what I could do.

He turned around and hugged me around the waist, burying his face into my chest. "I want to forget about Yuuma," he whispered. "I don't want to think about it."

I wrapped my arms around him, rubbing his back softly. "Alright," I told him quietly. "Then let's do something to get your mind off him." Izuku took in a long shaky breath before nodding and pulling back some. "Do you want to watch a movie or something? Or we could just cuddle," I offered, brushing his hair out of his face.

He decided on watching a show called Fairy Tail. We situated ourselves on the couch in the living room, Izuku leaning against my chest while he held my arms that were around him. I couldn't care less about the show, but if it made Izuku feel better then I'd endure it and cuddle him.

"Hey umm, Sho?" He asked quietly as the main theme for the show started playing.

"Mhm?" I hummed softly, telling him I was listening.

He was quiet for a moment longer, trying to figure out how to word what he wanted to say. "Why... after what I said to you why would you still want to help me?"

There's an easy answer, simply that he's my soulmate and I love him, and there's a more complicated answer, "I know what it looked like, your reaction was understandable because it looked like I was cheating. But even after that, I knew I still loved you and wanted to make sure you were ok, even if you didn't want me around."

He took some time to process the answer. "How did you know I needed help?"

"What do you mean?"

He shifted so he could look at me. "How did you know I was in trouble and needed your help?"

I gave him a curious look. "You called Uraraka, she said you sounded like you were in danger, something about Yuuma and so we went to find you."

"I... I never called Ochako," he told me. "My phone was taken away once he got me in the car, I didn't have a chance to."

"Then who...?" My words trailed off as I thought. "This doesn't make sense."

Izuku nodded, looking down. "Can we think about this later?" He asked.

Right he wanted me to distract him, not talk about what happened. "Yeah, sorry," I said softly. "You know, I just realized something," I told him, making Izuku more curious.

"What?"

"You had told me to make you fall in love, you said earlier that you loved me, so I made you fall in love."

Izuku's cheeks tinted pink. "I-" he laughed softly. "I guess you did."

"Took longer than I thought it would," I joked.

Izuku hummed softly, forgetting about all the troubles of this past day. "It may have only taken a few weeks," he admitted. "I just didn't want to believe it."

I raised an eyebrow, a playful smirk crossing my lips. "Oh really?" I asked.

A dark blush coated his cheeks. "O-oh shut up," he muttered looking away. "You're my soulmate, of course, I fell in love with you."

My smirk shifted into a soft smile as I kissed him on his cheek. "I'm happy you're my soulmate," I muttered quietly, resting my forehead against the side of his head. "Can I kiss you?" I asked.

"Oh, so you're back to asking?" He asked teasingly. "You didn't seem to bother before."

I hummed softly. "Yeah, sorry, you wouldn't stop rambling about how you didn't deserve me, I had to do something to stop you."

"You could have just told me to stop."

"I did," I muttered, pecking his cheek gently. "You didn't hear me, you were stuck in your head and I couldn't think of another way to get you back."

"Oh..." Izuku muttered, looking away from me. "Ok."

I pushed a strand of his hair away and scanned his face. "So can I?" I asked again.

Izuku's eyes met mine and the omega nodded slowly. He didn't seem sure but he initiated the kiss, leaning up to my lips and letting them brush together before I closed the small distance that was left.

Our eyes fluttered closed as I tilted my head to deepen the kiss. The omega's body relaxed in my arms, letting his guards fall.

When he pulled back, he let his head rest against my shoulder, a soft smile crossing his lips. "I always forget how amazing that feels," he mutters. "You make me forget about my worries."

"You do the same for me."

"I'm glad," he mumbles into my shoulder. "Thank you for being here for me and for forgiving me."

I smiled softly at him, kissing the top of his head. "Of course," I muttered against his hair. "I'll always be here for you."

Chapter Text

Midoriya's POV

Sho and I were taking the day to walk through the park. It had been a week since the whole Yuuma incident and I could confidently say I was the happiest I had been in a long time.

I still felt bad for thinking he would cheat on me, but Shoto reminded me that it was ok and I didn't need to think about the past anymore.

"Can we get ice cream?" I asked, pointing over to a small ice cream shop on the other side of the road that decided the part from the shops.

Sho nodded, a small smile crossing his lips. "Yeah."

I smiled brightly and pulled us over to the shop, only vaguely remembering that the last time we did something like this was when I was made to believe Sho was cheating. "We should go to the bridge once we get out ice cream, it has a good view."

"The bridge?" Shoto asked. I guess he's never been around here then, or it was more of a place where Ochako and I went and not known well.

"Yeah, there's a bridge not too far from here that passes over a stream, it's on one of the lesser-used trails."

Sho nodded. "Ok, you'll have to show me."

"I will!" I smiled up at him as we entered the ice cream shop.

My friends and I used to go to the bridge in our free time to just hang out and when we were younger, play. Though after my childhood friend Kacchan moved away we started going less and less and eventually stopped once I started dating Yuuma. Ochako and I didn't go back after I broke up with the alpha, maybe it could be to hang out again, now that all that drama is over and done with.

While I was off in my head Shoto played for the ice creams.

"You know I could have paid for my own," I told him.

"Yes, I know that, but you weren't paying attention so I paid." He licked his ice cream, I think he ordered a double scoop of Moose Tracks. It looked good, with lots of chocolate in it.

My ice cream was a double of Neopolitan, arguably my favourite flavour the shop has. "Then I'll just have to pay you back," I told him.

I think Shoto was about to argue when his words got caught in his throat and a soft growl replaced it as he glared at the person who just walked in.

It was the woman who had kissed Sho.

Her eyes met ours and a guilty look crossed her face. She took a deep breath and approached us.

"What do you want?" Shoto asked, still growling as he punched me behind him.

I peeked over his shoulder, studying her face.

"I-" she took another deep breath, closing her eyes for a moment before speaking. "I'm sorry," she said, making us both confused. "About what happened, I'm sorry."

"Why should we accept your apology?" Sho asked.

"You don't have to... but I am sorry," Toga repeated. "I... I didn't know what Yuuma had been planing, he just said that if I did that then- no, you know what... nothing makes up for it, I'm just really sorry. I didn't know he would be so forceful or- or try and do those things. I didn't know his endgame and I still went along, I shouldn't have."

I stared at her for a moment, she was being sincere.

"Would have been nice if you realized that before putting Izuku through that," Shoto grumbled. "You could have helped us when he kidnapped Izu."

Toga scratched the back of her neck. "I tried," she said. "When... when it happened, Yuuma gave me Midoriya's things so he couldn't contact anyone," she began to explain. "When I realized what he was doing was wrong, I used his phone and called the first contact, umm Ochako I think."

"You were the one to call?" I asked.

"I knew she wouldn't believe me if it was me calling and I'm good with voices so..." her voice shifted to mimic mine. "I mimicked your voice to call her and tell her you were in trouble."

Well at least that cleared one thing up, but that’s creepy, hearing my voice come from her.

Shoto studied her for a moment longer. “I always forget how creepy it is when you do that,” he muttered looking away. “Now that you’ve finally understood what you did was wrong does that also mean you’ll stop going after me?”

Toga laughed softly. “Yeah,” she said. “I’m sorry about that.” Well, that makes me feel a little better. “I umm... I found my mate as well so... no offence but no longer interested in you.”

Sho shook his head. “None taken.”

“I’ll umm... I’ll let you two get back to your date, I’m sorry again.” Toga gave a small wave before walking past us and to the counter to get ice cream. I’m pretty sure I heard her ask for two cones so I think she was here with her mate as well.

I looked up at Shoto, trying to read his expression.

“At least that cleared some things up,” he said quietly, looking back down at me.

I nodded in agreement. “Yeah, now we don’t have to worry about either of them.”

“Exactly,” Sho whispered, leaning down and placing a kiss on my forehead. “Now why don’t you show me where that bridge you were talking about is, I’m curious about it.”

I smiled brightly. “Right!” I said happily, taking Sho’s hand and leading him out of the ice cream shop and back to the park. “I used to go there all the time with Ochako and our friends, I haven’t been there in a few years though so I sort of hope it’s still there.”

Shoto followed me, laughing softly as we walked down one of the paths that lead to the bridge.

I had a lot of memories there so it was a special place, I was happy I’d get to share it with the alpha I had fallen in love with.