He felt cold.
His skin bare and bruised,
Somebody's touching him…
A hand trailed up his thighs to his chest, brushing the over-sensitive buds of his nipples.
He moans, whining at the overstimulation.
The hand coursed upwards towards his neck, softly pressing his glands than wrapping itself around his neck, squeezing.
He started choking, lungs gasping for air – he tried clawing at the grip but his hands are tied.
Blackness swayed on his peripheral, his mind slowly consumed in black, Bakugo…
--
"B-ahhh…"
"Oh shit! He's waking up!"
"Shit, quick! Somebody get some water!"
Kirishima heard the loud thud of footsteps before a cold object touched his lips "Slowly, slowly," a cold burst of liquid rushed down his throat. He eagerly gulped it down, furrowing his brows when he's had enough. Kirishima opened his eyes, a blur of yellow compelled him to blink through the fogginess.
Kaminari entered his vision, his eyes misty with tears "Kirishima!!!" The beta cries, snot dripping down his nose.
"Kami…" he rasped, trailing Kaminari's face down to his outstretched hands that were snuggly wrapped around his neck.
The memory of that dream shot back right then and he felt terror at the sight.
"Unnn…" Kirishima wobbled, trying to shake the hands off.
"Kirishima wait!!! Don't move-" he gave a harsh tug, successfully slipping away from Kaminari's grip. Though as soon as he did, a jolt of electricity numbed his nerves. He let out at a pained shriek, body jerking along the shock.
"SHIT!" Kaminari wrapped his palms around the collar, pausing the shock from hurting Kirishima any further "Kirishima listen to me! If I let go you're gonna get zapped, understood? So stay still, please."
"Baku-"
"I'm here shitty hair," a hand softly caressed his bangs, he looks up to meet the alpha's face, furrowed with what seems to be- worry?
"Baku- [cough] Are you alright?" He reached up to touch him, only for Bakugo to grab his arm instead.
"I should be asking that you fucking idiot. Tell me what the fuck that's for." His finger pointed over the collar.
Like a switch, all the memories from before came flooding in – the train being delayed, getting attacked by a rapist, being rescued by his friends, and Bakugo's scent. He shuddered at the thought, wanting nothing more than to be swathed by that scent again. Staring up at Bakugo's eyes he saw the apparent worry in them, swirling together with confusion, frustration and most importantly hatred.
"Don't worry… I'm just being trained," Kirishima forced a smile - He doesn't want Bakugo to hate him.
Bakugo's eyes widened at that confession, "Fuck… you're one of those people..." He exhaled.
"One of what?" Kaminari stutters, getting nervous from Bakugo's tone.
"He's getting prepared for an *Omiai, that shit is underground now, no wonder I didn't recognize your collar…"
"Eh??? For real?!"
What…
"What??" he doesn't know that... Is he really going get a *Miai? He thought he was free to choose his mate.
"You don't know? Shit... they didn't tell you yet, this collar-"
Wait. Is all of this just for him to be offered to some random alpha…? Is he really just a product his parent's crafted? Is that really all his purpose in life? To be sold?
Kiri felt tears beginning to stream down his cheek, he really doesn't have rights all along… his life is a lie. He started sobbing, big fat tears soiling his cheeks and the sheets under it.
"I- [sob] might as well d-die…"
"Kiri…" Kami frets, hands twitching to brush the tears away but unable to.
Bakugo can't deny that statement nor can he assure him. Kirishima is lost in dread now, finding out that you're a walking contract does that to you… though he can't shake off this feeling, this weird fervor inside him screaming to shelter the omega. He also has questions on how he smelt Kirishima that far…
"Hey guys, I brought dinner." Sero exclaims, entering the room with a tray full of bowls. "Is Kirishima okay?" Sero was welcomed to the sight of Kirishima sobbing on his bed, with Kaminari kneeling beside him crying along, not to mention Bakugo's oddly pained expression. Welp, that answered his question, if not, the scent of dread lingering in the air is proof enough.
Sero placed the tray on the edge of the bed, beckoning for Kaminari to bring Kirishima over. Kaminari paused his crying to nudge Bakugo along, the alpha growls but helped push Kirishima off of the bed. Kaminari awkwardly followed, his hands dangling along beside the redhead.
"I know you're tired Kiri, but it's been hours since lunch. You should eat something." Sero offers him the udon his mother cooked. Kirishima nods, not trusting his voice to reply and grabbed the bowl of udon with a bow (Kaminari's hands awkwardly following).
Sero offered Bakugo a bowl; who dazedly received it.
"Sero, I want to eat too.." Kaminari pouts, his hands still clutched around Kirishima's neck.
He gave a fond sigh at the beta, "scoot here, I'll feed you." Kaminari's eyes sparkled at the offer, quickly scooting to the edge of the bed.
--
Bakugo can't fan off this urge. It seems to be getting worse, his heart keeps pounding at seemingly nothing. Kirishima is no longer exuding distress – he's sleeping, so there's really no reason for his heart to beat like this. Yet his instincts is screaming that 'something' is coming for the omega, that something he doesn't know.
A call for Sero broke the comfortable silence in the room, Kaminari groaned beside the dozing Kirishima.
"I'll get it." Sero voiced.
"Wait, I'm coming with you." Bakugo tailed behind, he has a bad feeling about this.
--
A middle-aged man and woman greeted them before Sero's doorway.
"Hello Hanta, I believe Eijiro is here with you, we've come to pick him up. It's getting late for a school night." The woman smiled, craning her neck to catch a glimpse of the redhead.
Bakugo felt a growl simmering in his chest at the sight of them "Are you his parents?" Bakugo grits out.
"Yes we are. And who might you be? Are you his friend?" the man eyed Bakugo with interest, he can smell possessiveness roiling off the young alpha.
"The name's Bakugo Katsuki, and Kirishima's upstairs getting roasted by a fucking collar." He inevitably growls, vibrating his chest with deep angry rumbles.
"Bakugo…" Sero warns.
"Ah- Yes, the collar. Kirishima has been disobedient lately, we just wanted to make sure he doesn't stray." The man laughs – like it's a fucking joke.
"Tell me why I should give him to you?" He gave a challenging growl-
"Because you're not his alpha boy," The man smiles, despite his dominating scent.
Goddammit that's true… Kirishima is still under his father's protection right now, there's no way he can disobey the house alpha without risking losing a pack family.
"Oh~ so you're Bakugo! The alpha Kirishima sparred with," The woman cuts in, bowing to Bakugo "I'm sorry for Kirishima's rogue behavior, he doesn't mean to challenge you, I hope you'll forgive his actions."
"Yes, I hope you'll forgive him. He has a lot to learn." The man bows as well.
"Tch-! I don't give a fuck about that. We were just sparring, what you fuckers should do is apologize to Kirishima, he was almost raped because of your fucking collar!" Sero held him back; Bakugo didn't even notice he was ganging up on the man.
"-Where is he?!" The woman gasped, undoubtedly surprised to hear that news.
"He's upstairs ma'am, I'll take you to him. Bakugo, behave."
Sero left him with the man, who was quietly and unnervingly observing him "What?" he snapped, not comfortable at being looked down upon.
"Have you ever heard of *Unmei no akai ito Bakugo?"
"Hahh???? That's a sappy fucking tale you tell to a kid,"
"Well I guess you're too progressive to believe in one," the man sighs, "For all it's worth, I am training Ei to be the perfect omega so he's able to find his fated mate – the legend says the closer you are to your instinct, the stronger the pull."
Fuck??? This family is a bunch of nut-jobs.
"I am ensuring a healthy and happy future for Eijiro by doing this, so you don't have to worry about him Bakugo." the man smiles "now let's check on him,"
--
"Ei! Oh, Ei…" his mother hugged him, her tears dampening his shirt "I heard what happened! I'm sorry…I'm so sorry… we should have not let our worries go this far…" Kirishima pats his mother's back in assurance, Kaminari's hands awkwardly dangling along.
"Now let me turn off the collar, I'm sorry for letting you go through this Eijiro…" his mother peeled Kaminari's fingers from th back of the collar, Kirishima felt a pop and a series of buttons being mashed before her mother nods "It's okay to let go now young man." Kaminari blushed; hesitantly peeling his palms off, no shocks came.
"I'd like to thank you- Kaminari is it?" The blonde nods "-for keeping the collar from hurting my son, I appreciate it." his mother bows.
The door opens to reveal his father and Bakugo "Did you turn it off darling?" his mother nods at his father, "Great, I'd like to apologize for forcing you to wear the collar Eijiro, I really thought it was the best option to keep you safe." his father bows to him. Shit- that never happened before, I guess his father and mother really does feel guilty.
"I-It's ok father, I forgive you, but please… Don't let me use it again."
"Oh! Ei of course not… We'll find a better alternative," His mother hugged him.
"Now, now, we've overstayed our welcome. Let's thank these boys for helping Eijiro," His father announced, slowly going around the room to greet Sero, Bakugo, and Kaminari one by one, bowing and showing immense gratitude for their kindness.
Kirishima was about to exit the door when Bakugo gripped his arm "shi- Ei." he quickly corrects, Kirishima felt his heart leap at the name and the touch, definitely the touch. "Y-yeah? Is something the matter Bakugo?" he watched Bakugo's expression twist with uncertainty, "Just… just text me when you get home."
--
"Tadaima!!!"
"Goddammit Katsuki! What did I tell you? You don't need to fucking scream it!" his mother fumes, trailing out of the kitchen to greet him back "and what the hell do you think you're doing going home this late?!"
"Shut up you hag, I was at a friends place. Look, I want to ask you something important." He kicked his shoes off, walking to the living room to flop down the couch.
"What is it?" his mother grumbles, flopping down beside him.
"You're an alpha right? Is it normal to smell an omega from far away? Like a block away??"
"Hm? What's this…? Is my little Katsuki interested in an omega????" his mother coos, ruffling his spikes in amusement.
"What?! Fuck no-! I'm just curious, s-stop you old hag!"
His mother heartily laughs, "Well, believe it or not alphas that are able to locate an omega's scent from afar is said to be fated to that omega, sounds like a fairytale huh? But a lot of people says it's true. I've seen a lot of testimonies about it,"
What the fuck… fated? Is this the bullshit that Kirishima's dad was talking about?
"Like Unmei no akai ito??"
"Oh~ that old tale, now that you think about it, yeah, it is pretty similar."
"Tch whatever then, I'm going to bed, Night."
"Katsuki! What about dinner??"
"Already ate, just pack it for dad's bento." He hurriedly went upstairs, closing the door behind him.
"7:25 PM"
Shitty hair: Hey Bakugo, sup?
Blasty Mcsplode: Nothing, just checking if you died or not
Shitty hair: D'aww~ that's sweet of you Bakuchan, I wanna say thx for helping me back there, that was fr scary!
Blasty Mcsplode: Don't call me that asshole, and your fucking fault for not regulating your scent u dumbass
Shitty hair: Aw :( mean... I was too distracted! Don't judge
Blasty Mcsplode: Whatever. Did your parents say anything?
Shitty hair: Meh. They apologized, said they're asking sum1 to help me or sumthin
Blasty Mcsplode: Tch fine, that collar wasted everybody's time
Shitty hair: Ouch! I'm hurt Bakuchan :(
Shitty hair: Anyways, I gotta history homework to do, I'll see u tmrw
Shitty hair: Goodnight! <3 <3
Blasty Mcsplode: It's not the end of the world, you're still gonna be a great hero
Shitty hair: ????
Shitty hair: Bakugo? Wut???
Shitty hair: OI
Shitty hair: Bakugo what do you meannnnn
Shitty hair: BAKUGOOOOOOOOOO
Bakugo snorts at the replies, throwing his phone on the corner of his bed instead. Why does he even bother with shitty hair?
--
"What's wrong Todoroki-kun? You've been oddly quiet today…"
The soft plea snapped Todoroki out of his thoughts, bringing him back to the cafeteria with Midoriya and Iida.
"Ah, I have? I'm sorry, I've a lot on my mind right now."
His father (that he doesn't consider) is asking him to court an omega.
Court an omega.
The fact that he even approved an omega is perplexing to him.
When it comes to power Todoroki Enji is a hard man to please, his standards are very high for his successor's mate. So Shoto never bothered to worry about an *Omiai, because he knew there will be no one worthy enough to satisfy his father's wishes. Besides, he was not interested in getting a mate anytime soon, he was too focused on being strong than horny. But that thought quickly changed when he met Midoriya.
Midoriya is a very driven person, he likes that about him. It adds fire to his rather dim spirit. And it doesn't hurt to think he's pretty… The soft features of the omega are worthy of a shrine, truly. Those big doe eyes of his, so green like Matcha, he wants to drink its sight all to himself. And that soft fluffy hair? Todoroki wants bury his nose in it, tug it, and care for it. Not to mention those freckles littering his cheeks, like constellations he'd like to trace, everything about the omega to Todoroki is cute.
The fact that he likes the most though is that Midoriya doesn't pack just looks, he's also very strong. Todoroki believes that quirk of his can beat his own any day, if it isn't so destructive to Midoriya… Todoroki was alarmed the first time he saw it, the sheer power of it amazed him enough to feel the twitch on his left side, though the aftermath left him distressed for the omega's health – since then, he's been beside the omega to ensure his safety, that be from 'Kacchan' or Midoriya himself.
Despite his refusal, Enji encouraged him to try. Having an omega 'companion' around will be a great feat to a young alpha's growth, he preached.
So the bottom line is, he agreed.
"Todoroki-kun, if there's something bothering you you can tell us you know? We are your friends."
"Yes! We will support you in any way we can Todoroki-kun."
"Ah… Thank you Midoriya, Iida, I'll tell you when I meet the person." He assures.
Midoriya adopted a sour expression at that. Person?
--
"Kirishimaaaa, you're not gonna join us to Wackdonalds???" Kaminari whines, they were in class; the school bell just rang indicating that school is over.
"Sorry guys, my parents said they have a guest over today, and I need to be there."
"Well that's too bad then, Bakugo was gonna treat us too." Sero sighs dejectedly.
"I never agreed to that asshole!"
"Aw, well I wish you were there to convince him Kiri~" Kaminari fake sobbed, leaning his face on Sero's shoulders. Sero played along by cradling the blonde's shoulder, fake sobbing along with him.
Kirishima laughed at his friend's antics "I'm really sorry you guys, next time I'll treat you to fries, but I really gotta go now! Being late is improper."
"Oi shitty hair,"
Kirishima paused his jog "Hm? What is it Bakuchan?"
Bakugo walked up to him, growling a fit "Use that name again and you're dead."
"Ok, ok, Baku- go.. What's up?"
His face twist with uncertainty, again, before settling on a scowl "If anything happens, or your parents decides to do some weird shit to you, text me."
There it is again, the rapid thumping in his chest. Bakugo has been exceptionally attentive of him ever since the collar incident, and it's been giving him little mini heart attacks - He can't forget that tantalizing scent every time he looks at the alpha, it's frustrating... he doesn't know what this feeling is.
Kirishima ignored his inner turmoil - "Yeah… I will, see you." he trekked his beating heart out of there.
--
"Tadaima~"
"Eijiro! You're just in time. The guests are already here," his mother greeted him before pulling his arm to the direction of the living room.
"Meet Todoroki Enji and his son Todoroki Shoto, from today on, Shoto will court you as your potential alpha,"
"Todoroki-kun?!"
"Kirishima…"