The next day was awkward. Katsuki was tired because he couldn’t sleep all night. He had to ventilate his room the whole night, because Izuku’s scent wouldn’t leave. And he didn’t need the arousal in the air.
He went down to make himself breakfast, when Eijiro and Izuku walked in, with Aizawa in tow. Great, just great. “Ah, Kacchan, this is perfect timing, we need to talk to you.”
“I’ll go, get Ochako and Mina.” Eijiro said and left. Katsuki exhaled. He knew that it was because of last night. He clenched his teeth, he didn’t want to talk about it but he knew that he couldn’t escape that.
A few minutes later Eijiro came back with the two omegas. Ochako’s hair was a mess and both girls looked tired. “Morning!” the girls mumbled.
Since they were the only ones down here, they sat around the table. “Katsuki, I am sure you know what this is about” Aizawa started.
“Yes, about last night …”
“Exactly. I talked about it with Izuku and Eijiro already” Aizawa started.
“Wait, before you continue … I – I already got scolded by Iida and he made the point clear. I was wrong, too” Katsuki stopped him. Shota raised an eyebrow.
“My behavior was wrong. I shouldn’t have lead you on. I accused you of toying with me, while I did just the same. I also claimed you as ‘my alphas’ this was wrong, too. I am sorry” his cheeks were red.
“Thanks, Kacchan” Izuku mumbled. Eijiro nodded in his direction.
“Well, this simplifies things for me” Aizawa murmured. “Anyway, you wanted to say something too.” He looked at Eijiro and Izuku.
Katsuki gulped. What now? “Kacchan, we talked about this yesterday. We came to the conclusion that this relationship isn’t going to work.”
His eyes widened, no! This wasn’t what he wanted.
“Yeah, for Ochako and Mina too, we cannot continue like that. Kats was right, we can’t control ourselves, and we don’t want to bring any of you in danger.” No, no, no! This was not okay. Katsuki knew that it was for the best, but his heart clenched at the thought of not being able to cuddle with either of them.
“Understandable. You are not in the condition to do it” Ochako said.
“We are not mad about that. It’s logical. We understand your situation” Mina added.
“Thank you. We appreciate it. It was a hard but necessary decision” Izuku stated.
Katsuki stared blankly at the table. For a moment he could only hear a white noise. This wasn’t what he meant … he didn’t want to loose what he had!
“Katsuki!” Aizawa’s voice brought him back to reality. He blinked multiple times. “I know this must be hard, but it is for your best too. Please, for the next month, do not invite them to your room, or go into theirs. Actions like this could unnecessarily trigger the beast and recovery will be pushed back with any time the beast shows up. Do you understand?”
The black eyes of the teacher pierced through his red ones. “I … I understand.” His voice broke.
“Sorry Kats, but it has to be.” Eijiro looked him in the eyes.
“No, it’s okay. I said it myself … No more cuddles until … until you are alright again …” he couldn’t hold Eijiro’s gaze. “Would you excuse me?” He stood up.
“Yeah, this was all we wanted to talk about, you can go.”
Katsuki left the table and went back to his room. He felt like he was frozen inside. He didn’t want that to happen, he clenched his jaw. Why was he such a fucking moron? He threw himself into his nest, he tried not to explode. He hugged one of the pillows and he started to scream.
The next days were gray for Katsuki, all Sunday he stayed in his room he didn’t feel like coming out.
Like they promised, Izuku and Eijiro stayed away. Mina and Ochako tried to get him out, but he wouldn’t even open the door.
The girls went to the city on Monday after school to get the pillows, they looked amazing! Carefully they carried them back to the dorms. They didn’t need to be careful to get them inside, since Katsuki was out in the gym training. He had asked Tetsutetsu of all people to be his punching bag.
They talked to Izuku and Eijiro and they took the respective pillow with them and scented them. They hoped it would give Katsuki a little bit of comfort.
Katsuki woke up the next morning, he felt better now after his training with Tetsutetsu. He had blown off a lot of steam. Yawning, he made his way downstairs.
The others were – to his surprise – already in the common room or kitchen. He raised an eyebrow, even the guys who usually slept much longer. “Oh, good morning Kacchan!” Denki stood up and rushed towards him. He pulled him into a hug. “Happy birthday!”
Surprised by the hug, Katsuki lifted his arms and tried to get his balance back, he slowly wrapped his arms around Denki. “Thanks …”
Others came forward and hugged him too. Katsuki was a bit irritated about all the hugs, but he didn’t say anything, he knew they meant well.
Ochako and Mina group hugged him. “How’re you holding up, Kats?” Mina asked.
“I’m fine” he immediately said. They smiled at him, knowingly, but they didn’t say anything. They grabbed his arms and dragged him to the kitchen. “Oi, what’s wrong with you?” he grumbled.
“You’ll see!” Mina said excitedly. They pulled Katsuki in front of the table. There was a big cake. Orange food paste spelled “Happy Birthday, Katsuki!” Some candles were burning on top of it.
“I hope you like it. Even though it is sweet. But a cake with hot sauce …” Rikido grimaced.
Katsuki chuckled. “No, its okay … Thanks” he mumbled.
Rikido gave him a thumbs-up. “No problem, man.”
The others surrounded the table and him and they really sang ‘happy birthday’. A slight blush was on his cheeks. When they finished he blew out the candles.
“We have presents for you, but this will have to wait till after the classes.” Ochako said she had wrapped one arm around his waist.
“Oh, you didn’t have to do that, you already bought me so much the last year.”
“Eh, but you only turn 17 once. You’re an old man now!” Mina pinched his cheeks.
“Oi, Raccoon eyes, what are you doing?” He managed to spit out while she still held his cheeks.
She laughed and after that she stepped aside and others came forward to congratulate him. Eijiro and Izuku however stayed a good distance away. They smiled at him, but didn’t approach him. It stung a little in his heart, but he just had to accept this.
Afterwards, they sat down and ate the cake. Katsuki had to admit, it was delicious!
The school day was mostly uneventful, except All Might came over and pulled him into a hug, while congratulating him. Damn, a birthday-hug from his idol? In which world did he deserve that?
Midnight wanted to hug him too, but Katsuki resisted against that, his cheeks were bright red after that. The others had a good laugh.
They ate their lunch still in the classroom, since the alphas couldn’t go to the cafeteria. While they were eating, Itsuka and Tetsutetsu came over. “Hey, Katsuki!” The girl greeted.
“Hey, bro!” Tetsutetsu grinned, he showed his shark teeth.
“Oh, hey” he was a bit confused.
“We heard it is your birthday today. Happy birthday” Itsuka smiled.
“Yeah, bro, happy birthday!” Even more to his confusion, Tetsutetsu grabbed Katsuki by the shoulder and gave him a tight hug.
“Uuuhh …” Katsuki stammered. “Th-thanks?” Itsuka laughed at that.
“I told you, Tetsutetsu, this would overwhelm him!” She punched his arm.
“Pah, as if he couldn’t handle a manly bro-hug!” Tetsutetsu squeezed him tighter.
“I can’t breathe!” Katsuki managed to say.
“Oh, sorry!” The omega coughed when Tetsutetsu released him.
Eijiro laughed from behind Katsuki. “Yo, bro, nice to see you take care of Kats!” They gave each other a bro fist. “And damn, you got even bigger, bro!”
Tetsutetsu smirked. “Hell yeah, bro! You’re still tiny!” Eijiro let out a friendly growl before he burst out laughing. Tetsutetsu joined. “Damn what a cute growl!” he joked.
“Oi, how about training tomorrow? I wanna see, who’s harder” Eijiro bumped his fists together.
“Sure, bro, got no problem with that!” They bro-fisted again, before Itsuka pulled Tetsutetsu back, but she was smiling too, so everything was okay.
Katsuki stared at Eijiro’s broad back in front of him. He wished he could hug him too. His thoughts were interrupted by an “ahem”. Katsuki looked to the source of sound and raised his eyebrows.
“Monoma?” he wondered, what the guy wanted.
“Rumor said it is your birthday today?” his voice was snobby and he looked down at Katsuki. The omega’s eyebrows wandered even higher.
“Yes? Why do you care?
“I don’t, but I was nearby. So … happy birthday, I guess.”
“Hmm, thanks, I guess?” Katsuki wasn’t sure what this was. He stared at Monoma, the beta stared back.
After a few seconds, there was a slight blush on Monoma’s face. “Anyway, have a nice day” a little bit stiff, he turned around and to more of Katsuki’s confusion, he walked over Yuga. They talked about something and then they both left.
“Hey, what’s up with that?” Katsuki asked no one in particular.
“They talk about cheese, they are both ‘gourmets’ now” Kyoka answered. “Or something like that.” She shrugged.
“Ah …” Katsuki answered. He returned to stare at Eijiro with a dreamy gaze.
Hero training was really, really hard. He had to train with Eijiro, he sent some really heavy explosions towards the alpha. Unfortunately he could still tank them all. But it was worth it. Eijiro turned full unbreakable. His whole body creaked, it sounded absolutely terrifying. He was surrounded by the smoke created by Katsuki’s explosions. His eyes seemed to glow. It was scary but also absolutely stunning.
After training he had some bruises. “I hope you’re okay.” The redhead asked.
“Yeah, I am good. Damn, your unbreakable is amazing!”
“Thanks! It’s all because of you” he gave him a breathtaking smile. Goddammit, Katsuki thought. They went back to the changing rooms.
Katsuki quickly showered. When he was about to leave, Yuga passed his way. “Oi, Sparkles!” he called out. The beta turned around.
“Oui?”
Katsuki walked closer and pushed him further away from the others. “What’s with you and this Monoma guy, huh?”
“We are both Amateur de fromage. I discovered it, while we were residing at the Class B Résidence.”
“What now? I don’t speak baguette!” Katsuki growled.
Yuga sighed, still smiling. “Cheese lovers”, he translated.
“Ah, but really? Monoma? Isn’t he like mean all the time?”
Yuga chuckled. “Not if you know him better. And who could be mean to a fellow cheese lover?”
“Weirdo” Katsuki huffed, but he gave him a smile, as a sign, he meant it in a friendly way.
He fully changed now and together with Denki and Hanta he made his way back to the dorms. Luckily the school day was over now. He was really excited for the presents, they got him. He wondered what it would be.
Denki had an arm around him and the charger cable in his mouth. The beta talked excitedly about the training. Katsuki was just glad, that his friend was in a better mood now.
Hanta was taking part in the conversation too he walked on Katsuki’s other side. They arrived at the dorms and they dragged him to the couch. “You just sit here” Hanta said. Denki stayed with the birthday boy.
Katsuki leaned his head on the headrest and closed his eyes. Meanwhile, Denki used his shoulder as a rest, the legs stretched out on the couch. He browsed some things on this phone, from time to time he showed some memes to Katsuki.
About ten minutes passed and Katsuki heard the other coming down. “Kats!” he heard Mina’s voice. Suddenly, all the girls were on him and hugged him.
“Wha!” he exclaimed.
“Are you ready for your presents? We all got them for you!” Mina wrapped her arms around him, she rubbed her cheeks against his.
“Yeah, I am ready” he purred slightly.
“Okay, boys come here!”
Katsuki turned his head as good as he could, he saw Deku and Eijiro approaching. He raised his eyebrows. Each of them had a giant present.
“Kacchan, uh, this all turned out a little bit different than we expected …” Izuku started.
“The girls made this for you, with the help of everyone” Eijiro added.
“We still hope you’ll like it …” they both finished. Katsuki blinked a couple of times. He was a bit confused but instead of asking, he just took the presents.
He could feel that everyone was on edge with excitement. He slowly unwrapped the first present, it was on the softer side. A pillow? His eyes went wide when he saw it. Oh no, they didn’t …?
His jaw dropped when he ripped off the paper. It was a giant Eijiro pillow. He stood up and held it in front of him. It was really gigantic! It was bigger than him! “You’re kidding!” he pressed his nose into the pillow. “A-and it’s scented!”
Eijiro chuckled. “Open the other.” And that, Katsuki did. His jaw dropped even harder when he saw Deku on the pillow.
“Y’all crazy! You got me dakimakuras?”
“Yes! We know that you love to cuddle. And it was supposed to help you in times when they can’t be with you, or during your heat et cetera, well I still think it fits?” Mina trailed off a little.
“Do you like them? If not you don’t need to use them” Deku mumbled.
“Are you crazy?” He hugged both of the huge pillows tighter to his chest, he had a genuine smile on his blushed face. “I am never giving these away! I can’t have you, so these two will do the job!”
The others began to giggle. Katsuki didn’t care, he started to purr.
“Oh, by the way, there is something on the flipside too!” Toru teased.
Katsuki tilted his head and flipped the pillows around. His cheeks got even redder, when he saw them both shirtless on the other side. They were obviously posing in typical dakimakura fashion. “Oh my!” his head felt like it was about to explode.
“They are unfortunately not life sized, because these two are just too big!” Ochako boxed Deku playfully.
“As if they weren’t big enough …” Katsuki mumbled; the pillows where about 5’11”, while Katsuki was still 5’8”.
“So, you like them?” Mina asked, grinning widely.
“You’re kidding, yeah? I love them. Thanks!” he hugged the pillows closer to his body, continuing the purring.
“Gosh, it is darn cute” Momo mumbled. She sighed and leaned against Kyoka.
“Yep, it is!” she whispered.
Katsuki heard them, but he didn’t care. Not today. He looked over to the two alphas. “Thanks for scenting them.”
“No problem.” They said in unison. They gave him big smiles.
The evening was really nice. Katsuki wouldn’t admit it, but he was really happy. When it got late – around nine pm – he announced he would go to bed. Denki joked about him being really old now, so he had to go to bed at grandpa times. Katsuki rolled his eyes.
But the beta jumped up anyway and offered help in carrying the pillows. Katsuki gave him the Eijiro pillow to carry, he didn’t want Izuku’s scent to trigger something in Denki. He said goodnight to the others and then Denki and he went upstairs.
Denki carried the pillow up to Katsuki’s door, but he didn’t enter. Katsuki placed the Izuku pillow in his nest, before he got the other one. “You know, you can come in” he mumbled.
“Uh, well, it still smells like Izuku, I don’t want to risk anything”.
“Ah, okay … uh, thanks” Katsuki leaned against the door frame. He scratched his head with one hand.
“No problem!” Denki gave him a bright smile. “Good night” he said, while waving.
“Yeah, good night” Katsuki retreated to his room. He lay in his nest, surrounded by the calming scents of the Izuku’s and Eijiro’s pillows. He sighed, he really missed the real deal, but until then, these two would do.
He checked his phone and saw, that he had a missed call from his mother. Sighing he video called her.
“Oi, brat!” she greeted him.
“What do you want, old hag?” he asked.
“What, can a mother not wish her pup a happy birthday?” she snarled a little.
“Haha, guess you can.”
“Then happy birthday” she said. His dad appeared behind her. “Happy birthday, Kats! Did you have a nice day?” he asked.
“Yeah, I had. They gave me these” Katsuki held up the phone and moved it a little, so his parents could see the pillows.
“Oh, how thoughtful” his mother mumbled. “You have good friends.”
To her shock, Katsuki’s face softened. “Yeah … I have” he said.
She didn’t show it, but she was really glad, that her son finally calmed down and made friends.
After a few more minutes, he ended the call. He placed the phone on his nightstand, after that he cuddled into the pillows. He buried his face deep into the Eijiro pillow and with a stupidly bright smile, he closed his eyes and drifted off.
