Authors Note: I own nothing… nothing you hear?

Okay so I got a question about my thesis and what I am studying in grad school, so I thought I would lay it out for you all. I am getting my MA in East Asian Languages and Cultures. I am focusing on gender and sexuality in Japanese literature and manga. What I would like to do is look at the Omegaverse as portrayed in Japanese doujinshi. Specifically I want to look at a few doujinshi on Shingeki No Kyojin (Attack on Titan) and a few from Yuri on Ice and Haikyu. I wish there were more out there on Haikyu but I have only found 1 called Miracle Fate that is in two parts (bought both of them and loved them). I want to look at how these doujinshi specifically play with gender and how the authors are able to explore socio-political sex/gender boundaries and enforced sex/gender hierarchies and socio-biological constraints. That is the main idea. Still playing around with it and there is more to it but I don't want to get too ahead of myself until my adviser looks at my proposal and approves it. If he doesn't then I will be back to the drawing board.

As far as summer vacation goes I am hoping to bang out at least one more chapter on this story. I don't know if I will hit that goal since I do have other things I need to do to prep for next semester. In any case here we are with Day 3. I hope that you all enjoy these chapters since next semester I won't be able to write much again. Be forewarned this chapter contains some role reversal. If you don't like switching roles, sorry. But I like how the chapter came about. I wasn't originally planning on putting something like that in this chapter but man it was such a good opportunity I couldn't pass it up. I skip the smexy part. I just can't write it out. I also skipped day two. Kind of starting in the middle of blocking practice.

"You were even earlier that time." Shoyo remarked as they headed back towards the end of the line.

Tokui, a fourth-year alpha, balled his fists pissed. Who did this little shrimp omega think he was correcting an alpha? He'd played volleyball since junior high and he wasn't about to be corrected by some omega three years younger than him. "There isn't anything wrong with my timing" he seethed back at the kid. "You jumped even earlier than I did."

"Yeah, that's because I'm short and it takes me longer to get that high. As tall as you are you need to wait a little longer to jump." Shoyo replied. He could see that the alpha was getting a bit upset but he couldn't not say something. Blocks were a team effort so they all needed to be on the same page when they jumped.

Tokui growled in response, his alpha coming to the surface at being shown up by an omega. Shoyo stepped back in surprise at the anger and the alpha presence he felt. Shoyo hadn't realized the guy was that pissed off. The other alpha in their blocking group put a hand between them.

"Dude, let it go" he chided the fourth-year as he glared at Shoyo. "And you keep your mouth shut."

Shoyo balled his fists. "I didn't say anything that wasn't true" he retorted back. "I was trying to help."

"I don't need 'help' from someone who probably slept his way into a scholarship." Tokui growled out still seething. The other alpha smirked at the insult.

Shoyo saw red at that using every ounce of restraint not to clobber the two. He felt Tobio's attention snap over through their bond at Shoyo's sudden burst of pure anger and felt him begin moving back through the line, his own anger already riled up in response to what he had felt over the bond. By the time Tobio made it over to them Shoyo had found his tongue and responded back with venom.

"I didn't sleep my way into anything."

"Bullshit!" the fourth-year alpha retorted glancing at Tobio. "Everyone can smell the fact that you two are fucking like rabbits, already violating the no dating policy."

Tobio opened his mouth to respond in pure rage but Shoyo cut him off. Don't… he said over their bond. It was enough for Tobio to pause and swing his gaze over to Shoyo.

Don't tell me don't, this ass deserves to be put in his place.

Yes, he does, and I'll put him there myself through volleyball. They're both just pissed cause I'm better than them and they know it. Shoyo glanced at the line. "You're up next" he remarked. "Get back in line, I can handle this."

Tobio growled at Shoyo, unhappy, but turned around and stomped back to the front of the line.

"That's right little alpha," Tokui commented under his breath as Tobio walked away. His set his eyes on Shoyo. "He knows what the coach would say if he knew you two were violating the rules."

"Go ahead and tell the coach," Shoyo retorted snidely, "won't change the fact that I'm still better at volleyball than you."

Tokui went deadly still at that. "Oh yeah, well we'll see about that." Everyone around them seemed to look the other way when all three of them turned to face the front of the line, half sympathetic to Shoyo and the other half thinking he deserved whatever came next. The three of them moved through the line silently till it was their turn to block again. Shoyo readied himself as he watched the toss go up. They moved as a unit to the side but just before they were about to jump he felt a subtle order pushed at him under Tokui's breath. "Mess up." It had been whispered, just barely audible, with hardly any power behind it. Shoyo fought through it and overcame it rather quickly but not in enough time to jump. The two alphas jumped for the block as Shoyo watched, grinding his teeth. The spike went through right where Shoyo should have been. When the two alphas landed there was a smug look on their faces. Shoyo was so preoccupied in dealing with the order he didn't have time to react when Tobio came over and pushed Tokui back hard, ready to pummel the crap out of him.

"You ass." Tobio shouted pulling his arm back and fisting his hand ready to punch. He'd felt the order wash over Shoyo and though he may not have known what the damn order was, it didn't matter to him. NO ONE ordered his mate about. NO ONE! Especially after what had happened last week with Suda.

"Break it up," the coach bellowed stepping in between the alphas before anything happened, hands up pushing them apart. The entire gym now focused on the incident.

Tobio dropped his hands to his side in fists. "Keep your orders to yourself." He yelled at the fourth-year letting everyone know what was really going on, not caring if Shoyo protested or not.

"What orders?" the alpha hollered back just as loud. "Just because you're overprotective of your sex buddy…" he started but was interrupted by the coach.

"Shut it." Coach Yunaiyama ordered, his alpha out in full force backing the order in steel. All the alphas in the gym felt the punch in their gut from the order, the betas taking a knee. Shoyo's legs gave out under the order and he slumped to the ground landing on his ass, hands between the knees of his bent legs. The order was heavy for him even though it didn't hurt and he wasn't fighting it. His breath rushed out of him and he panted to keep from going light headed. Shoyo frowned. The strength of that order had literally knocked him on his ass. God he really hated being an omega sometimes.

Yunaiyama frowned as he saw Hinata hit the ground. He released the order almost immediately, watching the omega take a breath. He glanced around the room and watched the whole gym collectively take the same breath. He'd made his point, no need to keep the order up. Yunaiyama turned his head towards Kageyama. "Take 5 and cool your head, now" he stated strongly nodding his head at the door. He heard the alpha growl but the boy huffed over to the door leaving the gym. He turned his gaze back towards Tokui. "What order?" he asked with authority.

Tokui had been about to answer when Shoyo spoke up. "It's fine," he said a bit shakily, still recovering from the coach's bellowed gag order. "He didn't mean to do it." Everyone that had heard the argument between Tokui and Shoyo earlier stared in disbelief at the omegas words, even Tokui himself stared in shock. "Placement has us all on edge, I think it just slipped out." Shoyo lied. He closed his eyes taking a steady breath. He hated lying, re really did, but this was about more Tokui's jealousy and flat out disrespect. He knew there were other alphas in the room who felt the same. This was about 'perception' and Shoyo knew that this incident was important to clear the air and change what people thought they knew about him and Tobio.

Yunaiyama frowned, not really buying it from Kageyama's reaction. He looked back at Tokui. "Is that true?" he asked the alpha. Tokui didn't say anything and simple nodded. "What was the order?" Yunaiyama asked Shoyo.

Shoyo bit his tongue and swallowed, pushing out another lie. "To not mess up." It was close to the original order, it just had an extra word.

"And Kageyama's reaction?" Yunaiyama asked, still not fully buying it.

Shoyo inwardly sighed in relief, at least he could answer this one truthfully. "To..." He stopped himself from using Tobio's first name, reminding himself that this was about perception. He cleared his throat and started again with a steady and loud voice. "Kageyama didn't hear what the order was, since his alpha is sensitive he just felt the order being pushed out at me. He reacted like that cause he's still on edge from last week when that jerk from the basketball team tried to order me to have sex with him." Shoyo saw rather than heard a hushed murmur go through the gym at that announcement.

It was plausible, Yunaiyama thought, unable to come up for a reason why the omega would defend Tokui if that hadn't been the case. Sighing he nodded his head in understanding and faced Tokui. "No more orders" Yunaiyama stated. "Consider yourself warned. If anyone issues order again you will not enjoy the consequences. I don't need players messing each other up during placement, whether intentionally or not. I need an accurate read on each of you to make the best selection possible for the team. Not getting an accurate read will only bring the team down."

"Yes sir." Tokui nodded looking dumbfounded at the omega still sitting on the floor behind the coach. 'Really, what the hell just happened?' he thought to himself not understanding why the pipsqueak didn't rat him out.

"One last thing." The coach called out addressing everyone in the gym now as he looked at Tokui. "I'll clear this up right now. Hinata receive his scholarship for no other reason than his talent in volleyball. As a starting regular player his team attended and won 2 National titles and 3 Spring Tournaments. He was the third highest scoring player on his team in his first year and the highest scoring player on his team for the remaining two years. He has exception skills at feints, rebounds, block outs, one touch blocking, and receiving. I don't want to hear another word about him getting his scholarship based on ANYTHING else. He is hear because of talent and skill. End of story, period. As the coach I will put the most skillful players on the court, regardless of their status of alpha, beta, or omega. Our goal is to win nationals. If you have a problem with this concept or don't agree with it, then get out now." The coach glanced around the room watching for wavering gazes from the alphas. No one made a move. "Alright, everyone back to practice." Everyone started moving as the coach moved back to his seat on the other side of the net. "Hinata," he called as he passed the omega as he stood up from the floor. "Damage control" he said as he nodded at the door Kageyama had exited.

Shoyo nodded moving towards the door. A hand on his shoulder stopped him before he reached for the bar to open the door. He turned and leapt back in surprise at Tokui. He put all his effort into his omega to defend whatever was going to come next. He really couldn't handle any more orders today and he had an extremely upset mate at the moment. "What?" he hissed.

Tokui frowned. "You didn't have to do that" he stated crossing his arms. Shoyo didn't respond for a moment.

"I know" Shoyo replied after a moment of thought. "I was only trying to tell you that your timing was getting messed up because you weren't used to being next to a short player like me." Shoyo took a breath before he continued. "Just keep in mind that if that had been a game, you'd have let the other team score because of your own pride and misconceptions. I know I'm an omega, but I plat volleyball just as good as the rest of you."

Tokui grunted at the response unable to refute the omega's point but not happy about it in the least. "I still don't like you," he stated flatly, "but you have my respect." Tokui held out his hand offering it to Shoyo. "I'm sorry" he said sincerely. "I was pissed off and taking it out on you. I shouldn't have."

Shoyo stared at the offered hand for a moment, debating on whether or not to take it. He didn't want to be rude but he didn't need Tokui's scent anywhere near him when he goes to find Tobio to deal with what was probably going to be a major fight between them. "I accept your apology, but you should offer the handshake to To..." Shoyo corrected himself again "Kageyama. After that order, you deserved him coming after you, and I'm not going to lie about that order to him." Shoyo said straight out. "He was protecting me, and he's super pissed at me already that I tried to handle it on my own and refused his help only for it to lead where it did. Not to mention I defended you."

Tokui frowned. The omega had a second good point and he knew it, still wasn't happy about it. But, if he were honest to himself he knew that he'd been completely in the wrong. He'd never really had good experience with omegas in his life. His stepmom had tricked his widowed father into mating by using her heat to drag him in. She then proceeded to drain his father's bank accounts dry treating them both disdainfully, and because of that, Tokui carried a heavy dislike for omegas in general. But somewhere inside he knew they weren't all like that, that he shouldn't lump them all together and he had been an ass to Hinata because of it. Tokui sighed. "Let's go find him then."

Shoyo stared for a moment in surprise but didn't say anything. He nodded and led the way out the door. He reached out over their bond and felt Tobio pull away in anger. "Damn, he's still really pissed." Shoyo said out loud not filtering himself as usual. He glanced down at the watch around his ankle, fifteen minutes.

"How would you know?" Tokui asked with suspicion.

Shoyo glanced at him thinking for a moment before he stopped and turned to face the alpha. "It's not something we tell a lot of people, but I know because we're mates." Shoyo said watching Tokui's face churn through different emotions at the announcement. His face settled on extreme distaste and Shoyo could tell it was directed more at him as an omega than at him directly. There was something there, he could see it. He didn't know what it was but he knew there was something there. He decided to tell Tokui a bit more before he jumped to the wrong conclusions again. "You know, I was natureless when I started high school?" Shoyo commented. "Kageyama and I had hated each other when we met, we did nothing but fight because he always treated me like a child since I hadn't presented."

Tokui frowned not knowing where Shoyo was headed with this. He was already disposed to be upset thinking they had mated due to Shoyo being deceitful but he reminded himself that he shouldn't jump to conclusion. They'd just had an entire incident because of that. He'd try to give the kid the benefit of the doubt and listen to the story with an open mind.

"After we played volleyball together for a while, we started to become friends somewhere along the way." Shoyo remembered Tobio giving him those longing glances, it was just after the time he'd begun using Shoyo as a way to make it through his rut. Shoyo's emotions turned through happiness and contentment as he remembered. He felt Tobio's attention over their bond as Shoyo's emotions moved even more when he continued his story. "One day I really hadn't been feeling well. I made it through practice but I felt unsteady so instead of riding my bike home I had decided to walk. Kageyama had been worried about me making it home on my own thinking I might have had a cold. It's what I had thought too. But when he caught up with me I was already really out of it. I didn't understand what was happening. My body didn't feel right, it was hot and it hurt." Shoyo's body stirred at the memory and he felt Tobio pull on their bond signifying that he was probably coming back, his anger still present but put on the back burner in curiosity of finding out what was going on with his mate to cause such emotions. "When Kageyama touched me for the first time it felt really good for both of us even though we still didn't get what was happening." Shoyo smiled. "It wasn't until he thought how 'fuckable' I was that he understood and pulled back from me spitting that I was in heat and presenting as an omega. But my brain was so fuzzy that I didn't understand what he was saying. It wasn't until I was on his bed with slick running down my legs that I understood what was happening."

Tobio rounded a corner and paused when he saw Shoyo and Tokui standing across from each other by themselves. Anger surged through him and he almost started forward to punch the alpha but stopped when Shoyo started to speak.

"The next morning we woke up bonded together as mates." There was a soft smile on Shoyo's face. Tokui listened in silence and fascination at the story. His initial thoughts about the situation were completely wrong, based on his own experiences with omegas, but he could see this was completely different. "His parents were so mad at me the next morning blaming me for what had happened and my parents were mad at him thinking he had taken advantage of my first heat when I wouldn't understand what was happening to me. But their reactions were based on what they perceived to be true, not really taking into account what might have actually happened."

Tobio frowned, why the hell was he telling that jack ass alpha any of this?

"The next week was hell, as a new omega I had so many horrible orders thrown my way just so the alphas in my class could show off to their buddies how big and strong they were by bullying the new male omega into submission though they'd never do such a thing to a girl. Some of those orders were really bad." Shoyo shuddered in remembrance.

"Sexual?" Tokui asked on a hunch. Shoyo nodded unwilling to think more on it. When Tokui remembered the omega's earlier statement about the order he had received just a week ago he could see why Kageyama had reacted the way he did. He'd have done the same thing if he were in that alpha's place.

"Since then, Tobio's done nothing but protect me." Regret passed through Shoyo. "I should have let him knock out your teeth for that comment about sleeping my way into a scholarship." Shoyo said flatly.

Tokui smirked. "Yeah you probably should have" he agreed with the omega. "I shouldn't have said it, but I thought you would be like my stepmom." Tokui explained. He told Shoyo about his mom passing away when he was 9 and what had happened to his dad after that, how abusive she had been until he presented as an alpha himself, the debt they were fighting after his dad was finally able to force her to break the bond and dissolve their union, how horribly she had treated them both during that whole process, and how much he detested omegas because of her.

"She sounds like a bitch." Shoyo remarked. There was silence between them for a few moments.

Tokui sighed. "Come on, let's go find him so he can punch me and get this over with" he quipped, a bit in jest to raise the heavy mood.

Shoyo smiled looking down at his watch on his ankle to see how much time they had left as he remarked, "He's on his way back already." When he looked at the watch the timer was gone. "Uh…"

"I'm already back." Tobio announced as walked up to the two. Shoyo and Tokui looked at him in surprise not expecting his sudden appearance. He scowled at Tokui still wanting to punch the guy but didn't because he knew he'd missed something major while he'd walked around to cool off. He looked at Shoyo. "I'm not happy with you" he grumped before pulling Shoyo into a hug. He rubbed his scent all over Shoyo not caring what everyone would think when they got back.

"I'm sorry" Shoyo muttered sincerely. I really really am… are you, I mean, do you hate me now? Shoyo couldn't help but whimper through their bond, knowing he had hurt his mate's feelings with how things had gone.

I don't hate you, I couldn't never hate you. Tobio replied through their bond. "Dumbass" he muttered back out loud.

Tokui watched for a split second but turned away and headed back to the gym. He didn't care to see the rest. They'd hash things out the rest of the week and he'd kick that little twerp's ass at volleyball fair and square.

When Shoyo and Tobio returned to the gym Shoyo rejoined his blocking team while Tobio went to the coach to apologize for his violent outburst. The coach lectured Tobio. "Should it happen again, no matter the reason, you will be removed from the team for the semester. I won't have violence on my team. If you have a problem with orders or the like being thrown towards Hinata then you will tell me and I will deal with it. Do you understand?" Tobio nodded and then moved to rejoin his own blocking team. There was a little bit of tension around Shoyo and Tobio for the rest of blocking practice but things progressed smoothly, most of the rumors having been dispelled when the coach had made things clear about Shoyo's scholarship. Fumiya, Keizo, and the other scholarship students felt a bit more at ease as things finally settled. Looks liked the team was finally starting to build.

Tobio frowned as he walked back to the dorms with everyone. Shoyo was his normal boisterous self, having recovered from the earlier incidents of the day. Tobio really did admire that about Shoyo. Even if he'd never say it out loud Shoyo would know. But Tobio just couldn't recover from things so fast, he'd always been that way, and he was a bit concerned about it. With everything that had happened and changed for them over the past couple weeks, he'd thought that he was doing well but then came the situation with Suda. It was the only other time he'd wanted to act violently towards anyone since dealing with Sumita back in their first year. But not even a week after, today with Tokui, he'd felt such rage and anger that if the coach hadn't stepped between them, he definitely would have punched Tokui. He still thought Tokui deserved to be punched because it was clear from Shoyo's emotions that the order had upset him and it could have really done damage in the wake of what Suda had done. Tobio frowned even more. He'd never known an alpha's orders could be so devastating and harmful. Granted he understood that such consequences were extremely rare and that because they were fate mates that he and Shoyo were bound to experience such things, what was that called again? Murphy's law or something? But still, he felt unsure of himself.

He'd never considered himself a violent person. Yeah, Shoyo always said he was grumpy or angry most of the time and that he yelled to much, but never had he been violent. He vaguely wondered if Shoyo had felt or seen a difference in the last couple of weeks because he felt like he saw a difference. Was that why Shoyo had been determined to handle it himself, afraid of Tobio becoming violent? Was Shoyo afraid of him? Tobio shook his head to dispel his thoughts. This train of thought would get him nowhere, he knew that but he glanced at Shoyo who was talking animatedly to Aone who was nodding along. When they got back to the dorms Tobio didn't really feel like eating, he just wanted to go to sleep, but he forced the meal down knowing he would need the energy tomorrow when matches finally started up. When they finally made it back to their room he was relieved that the day was over. He watched as Shoyo divested himself of his clothes and he did the same moving behind Shoyo and embracing him, trying to relieve his alpha of the uncomfortable feeling that seemed to have settled somewhere in the pit of his stomach.

Shoyo smiled as he felt Tobio's skin come in contact with his. It had been a long and exhausting day for the both of them. Shoyo turned in Tobio's arms and laid his head against Tobio's chest while he wrapped his arms around Tobio's waist. He could feel a bit of uneasiness over their bond and a bit of fear, but overall, he felt Tobio's relief at being so close together. I want to connect Shoyo thought to his mate.

Me too, but is that okay? Tobio asked a bit unsure with the way things had gone earlier in the day.

Shoyo moved back and looked up at Tobio in confusion, why the heck wouldn't it be okay? Tobio had been the one to mention it after the issue with Tokui and they both wanted to connect. Something was definitely up, was it part of the small amount of fear he had felt earlier? Instead of answering his mate's rather stupid question Shoyo stood on his toes, reached his arms up around Tobio's neck and pulled the alpha down gently into a kiss. The kiss was soft and sweet, no lust behind it. Tonight was about connecting to each other and nothing else. They both needed something, deep down they needed something, and connecting was the only way for them to figure out what it was and get what they needed.

Tobio pulled Shoyo close relishing in the kiss for a moment. There was no fear or hesitation in Shoyo's actions and that was important. This was part of what he needed. He needed Shoyo to be the one in the driver's seat so he could get his aggression back in control. Tobio bit his lip as he pulled back from the kiss as the thought crossed his mind. They had only done this once before and neither of them were comfortable with switching roles but he really felt that it would help him with switching his aggression off. He tugged Shoyo over to the bed and laid down, guiding Shoyo on top of him as usual when he wanted the omega to take the lead, however instead of having Shoyo straddle his hips he situated Shoyo between his own legs. Shoyo looked at Tobio in curiosity at the odd position not fully catching on. Tobio's face burned bright red as he turned his face away from Shoyo's gaze in embarrassment. He hoped that Shoyo figured it out quickly because there was no way he was going to be able to voice this out loud or over their bond. He was an alpha, not an omega, this wasn't a desire he was supposed to have.

Shoyo stared at his mate for a moment while his brain frantically tried to understand what was going on. He could feel both of their desires over their bond yet Tobio had done something completely opposite of what he was expecting, on their way back home he had thought for sure that Tobio would be rough with him when they made it back to their room to let out his pent up aggression and possessiveness but when he had gently come up from behind and embraced Shoyo so sweetly he had thought that maybe they would do things slow and gentle to focus on the connection between them. He had felt that they both really needed that. Still confused Shoyo reached further with their bond to see if there was a feeling that he had missed but he couldn't find one. All he could feel was a need to have his mate take control and too… Shoyo's eyes widened when it finally clicked. Those weren't his feelings, they were Tobio's, Tobio wanted to… Shoyo bit his lip as he focused back on Tobio's bushing face that was still turned away in embarrassment.

"Are you sure?" Shoyo asked, hoping he was reading things right, he was pretty sure he was right. Tobio shook his hand no, arms moving the same way. After another moment of silence he nodded his head yes, again arms moving in the same way. The one time it had happened before had been during their weird week, just after one of their mating session when Shoyo was more alpha than omega. Shoyo sighed, if he were completely honest, he wasn't all that comfortable with reversing things between them. The last time had been, well it had felt good but also a bit awkward at the same time. Shoyo tested his own feelings, he also wanted to connect with Tobio, wanting to feel his mate inside and around him. He normally felt that way, but he also felt like he wouldn't mind being a bit more aggressive than usual. He could feel Tobio struggling with something and he wanted to hold his mate like Tobio usually held him. Yeah, this was fine. It was a bit awkward at first but once things got going the awkwardness disappeared. Somewhere along the way Shoyo felt something snap inside his mate but didn't quite understand what it was. When they finished Shoyo positioned them on their sides as he curled himself around Tobio from behind to keep their bodies connected. It was a bit tricky without a knot to hold them together but their connection finally fizzled to life like it usually did only a bit weaker and a bit blurry on the edges of the connection.

Tobio's alpha stirred in annoyance as Shoyo brought up the memory of Tokui's order and what had happened after he had left the gym but it didn't stir any other emotions, the anger having fizzled out once their connection and fizzled in. He watched as Shoyo showed him what the coach had said and the reaction that had visibly happened throughout the gym and then the apology Tokui had given. Tobio watched their discussion but nothing else stirred the alpha within him, it was completely passive and he felt relieved at that. He watched as Shoyo went through his own memories only to tense when he reached their walk home and the thoughts that had been swirling around in his head.

"I'm not afraid of you." Shoyo shook his head at those thoughts. It's true that Tobio had been over aggressive the last week or so but that was only to be expected.

"I don't want to be violent" Tobio muttered. Tobio pushed all his doubts and fears about his own control and actions towards Shoyo and it didn't take long for the omega to figure out why he had wanted to switch their roles and be on the receiving end. Shoyo cursed, he wanted to pull Tobio into a soft kiss but to do that he'd have to pull out and that would sever their connection and he wanted to be connected for a bit longer. "I wouldn't mind a kiss." Tobio stated as he finally felt at ease inside himself. He would love to stay connected longer as well but he didn't really need it like he had needed it before. Things were okay now.