I turned to my place, looking through my room. I looked through every nook and cranny five times.
Maybe he's lying?
They couldn't be. Why would they assume something like that?
I paced around the room, trying to come up with a solution.
—
Izuku was so consumed with his thoughts that he didn't hear the knock on his window. He kept looking at his phone, looking through his scattered things on the floor, and pacing throughout his room repeatedly.
It was his mate Shigiraki at his window. He could smell his omega's sporadic pheromones from out there. He opened the window, closing it behind him. He didn't want to scare his omega, so he let out his scent, trying to let him know he was here. It didn't work, though.
Izuku kept mumbling to himself, out of breath. Asking himself why, he was out of breath. He was having a panic attack.
"Midoryia," Shigiraki called, trying to get his severely distressed omega's attention.
Izuku flinched but tricked himself into thinking it was in his head. Shigiraki sighed, preparing for a few punches to be thrown by the perpetrator. He caught Izuku from behind. Izuku, of course, tried to jab him in the ribs, but Shigiraki deflected it. Izuku snarled as Shigiraki picked him up, going to the bed, doing great care to not step on his omegas' things scattered across the floor.
He smelled the fear, distress, confusion, and instability from his omega. Izuku wriggled around, screaming curses and threats. He sat on the bed with Izuku on his lap. Shigiraki gripped Izuku's wrists, pressing them on his lap, not forgetting to lift one finger. Then started bouncing his leg.
Izuku was still hyperventilating, but he was aware of his alpha's presence. Shigiraki bounced his leg using his free hand to cover his omega's eyes. It helps calm down his sensory issues.
"You're okay."
"I'm here now."
"Just let it out."
Shigiraki whispered comforting words in Izuku's ear. He emitted calming pheromones, easing his omega's tension. Izuku and Shigiraki were there for close to 20 minutes. Izuku's breathing stabilized, and his pheromones weren't spiraling out of control. It was silent for a moment.
"Alpha?" Izuku's voice shook.
"Mhm." Shigiraki nuzzled his nose in Izuku's hair.
"I want to look at you."
"Not yet." Shigiraki knew better; Izuku was still unstable.
"Will you tell me what happened?"
Izuku didn't respond, getting tense once again. Shigiraki noticed the shift and went back to bouncing his leg. Shigiraki looked for his mate's phone, spotting it at the edge of the bed. He lets go of Izuku's wrist, quickly grabbing his omega's phone.
"Wha—" Izuku wanted to know what was going on.
He trusted Shigiraki, but that doesn't mean he didn't need to be informed. It would be better if that were so. Especially since this was too closely related to the boundary they tread carefully on.
"Please don't look. I swear I'm just overreacting." Izuku pleaded.
Shigiraki wasn't going to answer; he was very angry at the time. He doesn't know how many times I've seen him like this because of his school. He was going to get to the bottom of this.
"Alright, I won't just relax. You won't feel better if you don't calm down." Shigiraki said, slowly taking his hand off his omega-closed eyes.
"Don't open your eyes—." Shigiraki was cut off.
"—until you say so, I know." Izuku finished.
"You're already getting snappy." Shigiraki chuckled lightly.
Izuku scoffed, "Shut up," he retorted softly.
Izuku let loose, leaning into his alpha's body. Shigiraki rubbed his omega belly. Izuku hummed in satisfaction. It was a comfortable silence now. Shigiraki opened Izuku's phone the first thing he noticed was a comment section. He saw the pictures he saw the lewd comments about his omega. He almost slipped up, but controlled his scent, still emitting the calming pheromones for his omega. He clenched his jaw, reading more and more. Let me tell you, he was not happy. He knew Izuku was an overthinker and tended to bottle up all his emotions, but this was blatant disrespect. Shigiraki wasn't pleased with the rumors. His omega belonged to him and only him.
The one thing his omega didn't respond well to...pressure. Shigiraki then noticed which school this was.
UA.
His omega is in the most prestigious Hero High School. Shigiraki's first thought was jealousy because this school is filled with alphas and betas. Then, realizing his omega goes to UA causes more problems. Shigiraki, of course, didn't blame Izuku; it was well within his character to desire to be one of those flashy heroes. Izuku would be ruined if he became a hero now. He would only be devoured by that corrupt system. That's if he didn't reconstruct the system before his omega graduated first.
His plans should move quicker if he wants Izuku's dream to come true. Shigiraki wrapped his arm around Izuku's waist possessively.
"Izuku," he said menacingly.
Izuku flinched, "Y-yes."
"I did something bad, but I'm not happy about what I found.
Izuku opened his eyes, looking down. He saw his phone in his alpha's hand. He saw some of the comments and already knew his alpha was going to do something reckless if he didn't appease soon.
"I'm alright, I just rejected a friend." He said slowly.
"Okay. What sent you into a panic attack?"
"Some—"
"Some?"
"A lot of people gathered around pressuring me to reciprocate my friend's feelings positively."
"And?"
"I tried to mediate the crowd and agreed with Uraraka to talk privately, but some of my friends pressured me to confess now. It's been resolved, though." Izuku said, hoping to ease the tension.
"And the photos?"
"Out of context."
The air let up finally.
"I told you not to look at things like this. You know it only fucks with more."
"I know. I know, it's just the thought scares me if somebody finds out I'm an omega. I-I could lose everything." Izuku hugged himself, the thought scaring him deeply.
His alpha hugged him tightly, trying his best to reassure him he was here. Shigiraki's anger was getting to him. It always bothered him that his omega was so insecure about his gender. At times, he noticed certain mannerisms his omega would use as a defense mechanism. He didn't want to change his omega, but some of them could seriously get him in trouble. As a dominant alpha, I immediately recognized him as an omega. Others would take Izuku's behavior as disrespectful, and Shigiraki doesn't want him to get hurt.
Shigiraki nuzzled his nose in Izuku's hair, smelling his scent. His scent was honey lavender, light and refreshing.
"Beautiful?"
"Hmm?" Shigiraki noticed that his ears turned red.
"Did you brag about me?"
Izuku scoffed, "I'm not a heartbreaker."