The final chapter of Lose Control. Can this really be true? Yeah, it is lol. It's been a long ride and I'm so glad to have so many of you here for the ride. To my reviewers:
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It's ja boo: THE DAY HAS COME.
Ashido was screeching like a banshee while scratching up the Nomu that got ahold of her. Acid was working wonders on top of the scratches. Midoriya had twisted a head of one of the Nomu's with a kick, body glowing with One for All to prepare himself for another Nomu attack.
Tsuyu was currently playing keep-away out of Shigaraki's sight and the Nomu he sicked after her and Uraraka was focused on keeping the hostages safe. Unfortunately, that meant being unable to use her quirk because she didn't want to drop the cages. Uraraka noticed that one of the cages was being moved as it neared the window, then saw Levi pulling the cage out to safety. Relief washed over her briefly. A hero!
He gestured for her to come out of the window, which she followed and dropped the cages once she saw the police gathering to them. She was fired up now that they were safe.
Levi caught her before she could launch herself back into the fray. She cowered under his glare.
"What do you think you're doing, brat?" he growled. She shook a little in fear.
"Uh, um…f-fighting villains?" she answered, unsure that was something she should've said. Yup, because she was tossed down into the arms of the officers close by. Levi dusted his hands off.
"Leave this shit to the real heroes and go back to your parents." Uraraka sniffed and grumbled in irritation. But he was right.
Midoriya steadied himself for another attack, ready to launch himself towards the Nomu at full power. But before he could put his plan to fruition, a giant ice wall formed between him and the Nomu. His heart lifted at the smell of his mate's pheromones. Shouto had come to save him!
Worry followed shortly after once he realized that his alpha's ice was sharper than it normally looked. 'Oh no,' he groaned. He had to stop him from getting out of control, but it was good to have him fight the villains. Eh, he should probably be the bigger person and save them.
Which would be the plan if he wasn't in this ice dome Shouto made! The ice wall turned out to be a protective barrier that was designed to keep him safe. He banged on the ice in frustration, which didn't crack despite hitting it with One for All.
"Shoucchan, lemme out!" he shouted. Obviously, no response. That overprotective sweetheart! He loved his consideration for Izuku's safety, but this was ridiculous! He sat down and pouted for a bit. He was going to get himself out of here eventually. He just needed a minute to think. Hopefully in that minute, Shouto wouldn't greet him with a pile of corpses.
Todoroki's tunnel vision was targeting the Nomu that dared to fight his mate. Within seconds, a flying head soared through the air and landed next to Shigaraki. Someone shrieked in surprise because Nomu's were genetically engineered to have tough skin that even bullets could barely scratch. But Shigaraki wasn't worried when another Nomu with higher speed raced past him towards the hero. It was meant for close quarter combat and the brat's quirk was best for long ranged, from what he had remembered.
Todoroki was suddenly seized by the throat by the larger Nomu. The beast lifted him into the air, roaring in primal joy that he had grabbed onto a powerful alpha.
Todoroki didn't budge when the Nomu tightened its grip around his neck. Large fingers squeezed around the tinier throat, a cruel, satisfactory grin permanently set on its mouth. The fated alpha looked dead in the eyes, but Nomu didn't keep its grin for long.
In one swift motion, Nomu fell to the floor in an ungraceful heap, clutching its profusely bleeding wrist. It let go of the alpha to scream in pain and writhed on the floor. In Todoroki's hand was an icicle sharpened like a dagger. The icicle was bright red with blood against the glass-like ice. He slowly approached Nomu and with one hand, lifted its head up by the chin and exposed its neck to the villains. He brought the dagger across its neck, cutting the beast's neck and leaving him to bleed out on the floor. But Nomu still had fight left, lashing out to try and strike again. Todoroki's blazing boot crushed its skull and blood splattered the floor. The air was suffocating and silent with dominant alpha pheromones. For a moment, the villains sat paralyzed by the coldness of the alpha's eyes. He was going to kill them.
Shigaraki broke out of his paralysis first, calling for more Nomus to defend them while he could use the distraction and gather what belonged to him.
A flying Nomu came straight towards Todoroki next, zeroing in to fully impact him with flying force and momentum. Focused on the teen, Nomu aimed straight towards him with the intentions of blasting Todoroki through the wall.
Instead, Nomu was snapped out of its flight with one of its wings singed deeply with burns. Todoroki was holding a flaming whip in his left hand. He had the whip made a while back to better use his flames that didn't involve just shooting them from his left side. He snapped the whip around Nomu's neck and yanked him towards himself, sinking the ice dagger into Nomu's chest as he got closer.
The life draining from its eyes gave him little satisfaction. The body dropped with little grace on the floor with its dead eyes staring at the ones who created him. Shigaraki clicked his tongue. His quirk was best used for close quarter combat and the brat was a long ranged expert with close ranged training. Curse Dabi for having other duties today to not help him.
But the villains found themselves being caged in ice with no escape, much to their surprise. Shigaraki roared in pain when ice crept down his skin. He couldn't feel his hands. His fingers touched, yet they felt nothing but the pressure. Turning his palms up, he was shocked to find his very palms were frozen solid on the surface. Frostbite.
Thinking fast and scrambling away from the ice, Himiko dug through her blood supply and chose the vial she had been treating like liquid gold. Izuku's blood. She could get close and drain the alpha of his blood and kill him.
She quickly slid out undetected through a spot in the ice before it was frozen. Running the vial along her tongue, she gauged about a solid minute or two before her transformation would come apart. That was plenty of time to incapacitate him. She shivered in pleasure as she took on Izuku's form. She totally needed that other boy's blood to get close to Izuku and get more blood.
She managed to find a close opening to Shouto, who wasn't paying attention to her while finishing the ice prison. Adrenaline and excitement running through her veins, she forced herself to sound as soft as sweet Izuku.
"T-Todoroki-kun?" she stuttered, pleased when Izuku's voice left her lips. She smirked internally when Todoroki froze up. She pulled off the best sad eyes she could muster.
"Y-you ca-came for me!" She ran up with the intent to hug the alpha and stab him with one of her needles on full suction to drain as much blood as she could. But as she stepped closer, a sharp pain exploded from her abdomen through her false Izuku's costume. Another shard of ice as sharp as glass. Todoroki wrenched it further into her abdomen. His eyes were so cold that even she was terrified. He could kill her.
"You don't have his scent. Filthy alpha." He twisted the ice, causing a pained, inhuman cry out of her. Her poor disguise began to melt away with her consciousness as her blood ran down her body and pooled at her feet. Her neck was exposed to him, a sign from olden times of when alphas killed others to protect their mates. Necks would be bitten through and the weak would die quickly from bloodloss. His teeth sharpened behind his lips, hungering for blood.
He wasn't going to use his teeth. No. He needed to kiss Midoriya after the battle was over and he needed his mouth to be completely clean in order to swallow his mate's taste. He grabbed the needle from her hand and stuck it into her neck, her machine automatically sucking her blood into a tube. Then he saw the other needles she had and cruelly smirked. With minimal effort he hauled her into the ice prison with the rest of them. With her other needles, he darted several of them into Shigaraki, Twice and a few others he didn't care to recognize. The villains were trying in vain to free themselves, but anyone touching the ice was doomed. They scrambled to get the needles out of each other, but blood was losing quickly from Himiko's machine.
Behind Todoroki, a gateway slowly appeared and Kurogiri slowly emerged. He had to open a gateway into the warehouse facility nearby. He could only buy a few minutes of time, but it was enough to take the others away and escape. But his metal collar was being pierced at the same thought. Before he could react, electricity shot through his body. He couldn't cry out because his mouth wouldn't move and his voice refused to answer his brain.
Before he lost consciousness, he only managed to make out the uniforms of the heroes who stopped him. A woman with short straw colored hair stood over him with wires in her hands connected to his collar. That was all he saw before he was shocked into oblivion. After she made sure he was truly unconscious, she smiled proudly to herself.
"Heichou, Kurogiri has been capacitated!" she announced into her receiver.
Levi nodded as he received her report. "Good work, Petra. Eld, Gunther, go and retrieve his body. Petra, if he recovers, shock him again until he's secured. I'll handle the rest of them. The rest of you will go into the other warehouses with the rest of the heroes and take out the shit villains or escort the hostages out."
A sick scheme involving human trafficking was not allocated to just one warehouse. They would be foolish to think so. His squad quickly confirmed their orders and retreated from the warehouse. Levi had tossed Mina out the window earlier as well after saving her despite the pink alien whining out that she needed to save Midoriya. The brat was fine, he was just being protected by his alpha. Though he could commend her efforts on trying to get him to care about needing her help. He just didn't care in the end.
Levi approached Todoroki, who was eyeing the villains through a patch of transparent ice. The last thing he'd allow them to see before they died was the face of a vengeful alpha. His ice in this state was as solid and durable as diamond. His fire could melt it, but he wasn't going to. His ice was the perfect container.
Shouto growled lowly as he watched them cower before him. "I'm going to kill everyone here slowly. Just like how you wanted to do to my mate."
He could use his flames to heat up the ice so hot that boiling water rained down and boiled them slowly Maybe they would drown before that, if death was gracious. He could replenish the ice continuously for it to happen. Or he could heat up the dome and suffocate them gradually. Or he could go in and kill them himself as he did with the Nomus. Himiko was half-dead anyway and Shigaraki was useless without the use of his hands. It would be fast, but not satisfying. They had to pay for stealing his mate and wanting to use him for their carnal pleasures. The very thought of it was sickening.
With his mind made up, he pressed his left hand against the ice. Inside the prison, the villains waited with bated breath until someone shivered.
"It-it's getting colder!"
"And are...are we moving?" They were. The wall was pushing them closer to Todoroki so he could watch their life slowly drain out. The walls of his prison were layering and layering, causing the space inside to get smaller. Those who would still move trying breaking the ice to stop it from building, but it was fruitless. It was like striking diamond. The ice was stained with blood from being struck over and over again by weaker, wild hands. Shigaraki tried eroding the ice, but howled in pain as the erosion affected the frostbite combining with his skin and reversed damage onto himself. He lost blood from the needle and his focus was fading. Twice was trying his best to keep Himiko conscious, afraid to pull the ice dagger out because the rest of her blood would paint the floor.
Seeing Levi, several of the villains cried out to him.
"Help! He's gone insane!" Twice pled. Levi barely glanced at him. He was more interested in what method Todoroki was going to use to kill them.
"I should let him kill you all. That way there's less of a chance you idiots won't come back." His cold response had them almost crying in desperation.
"Y-you're supposed to be a hero!" one sobbed. The assassin scoffed.
"And what the hell does letting you live have anything to do with it? If I kill you, then you won't be able to partake in further crimes against humanity. It's worked so far against the ones I've killed before you." He's killed plenty of scum like them before. Human trafficking was one of the worst crimes and he was sent often to kill people in charge of those chains. Yet like a hydra, cutting one down meant more sprouted up. Killing as many as he could was a constant mission. Even Himiko with her last ounce of strength reached out to him.
"Please, we want to live!" Blood was dripping out of her mouth as she spoke. What a thing to hear from a serial killer. Her fear showed her age. She must really be scared this time. Levi knelt down, his stare colder than Todoroki's.
"I think you've heard that before and didn't listen then. There's no reason people like you deserve to live when you think selling and raping omegas are things you can forgive."
He stood up and walked away, ignoring the pleas from them as the space inside got tighter and their bodies were pressing against each other. There was no room to breathe. Bodies and ice crowded. Someone screamed when ice was being driven into their ribs.
Levi took his time getting to the ice Midoriya was trapped in. It takes a while to be crushed to death so slowly, after all. He could tell where the omega was because of the nonstop pounding he was doing in one area to weaken the spot and shatter it. He was doing a decent job at it, but Levi could tell that it was wearing him out.
"Step back," he ordered. Midoriya stilled inside. Someone came? Quickly, he took several paces back before Levi's foot broke through the ice. It made enough space for Midoriya to crawl out. He didn't stay long to properly thank him, running towards Todoroki.
Levi was nonchalant all the while, taking out his phone to tell All Might to send in backup to take away the villains.
Shouto closed his fist, driving the ice further down onto the villains as they wept bitterly. This was how they were going to die. Shouto's alpha wanted blood. Spurting in the air, puddling on the floor, it didn't matter. As long as his ice was stained with it to satiate him. All of his thoughts were about what if they succeeded in taking Izuku away. Forcing him on his knees, on his back, on his stomach. Izuku crying and begging Shouto to save him. Izuku ending his own life after tortures of being their slave.
He was going to make them pay for that even if it never happens. They wanted and thought about it in the first place. That alone was enough for Shouto to feel justified in killing them. In their eyes, they saw a terrifying alpha with wolf-like canines and a cruel smirk. His eyes were blood shot and manic. Their bones were clicking together with the ice bearing down. They could barely breathe with the ice crowding them and their bodies pushing against each other.
The omega raced towards his mate and launched over empty cages to reach him. In the distance, he could see the ice tomb his mate created. And he saw the villains crowding in the window Shouto was staring through. He was crushing them to death. One for All fueled his body, bunching himself into a tackle and throwing his entire body at Shouto.
"SHOUCCHAN, STOP!" he shouted, his voice breaking through to his mate. His panicked pheromones exuded rapidly to overpower the alpha's intimidation.
Midoriya drove right into Shouto's chest, holding onto him like a lifeline. His pheromones completely enraptured Shouto's senses, pooling over his mind and stunting the rage the alpha desperately gave off. At once, the alpha kneeled in submission to his omega because that's what the omega wanted. And an alpha will give anything to please his omega. His teeth slowly retracted back into a normal human's. His ice had been stopped from their slow, eventual crushing of the villains.
Todoroki's eyes became as soft as a puppy's, holding Izuku closely and kissing him. His omega was safe and sound. And he wanted him to kneel, so Shouto did so without any hesitation. His sweet omega...
Before Shouto could show his appreciation for Izuku, the two were quickly pulled apart by Aizawa's capture weapon. The beta was glaring at them intensely with his quirk and Izuku's guilty look was telling. Levi approached him with narrowed eyes.
"Why are you in here before anyone else? Where's All Might and the Volcanic Asscrack?" he asked. Aizawa didn't look away from them and gestured up to the window.
"One of my students and I came to retrieve our beta student who had been kidnapped as well. When we were out, I sensed bad behavior from problem children and had to stop it from going further."
Outside, Tsuyu was being led to her other rescued friends by Tokoyami, who was carrying her with Dark Shadow. He used his quirk to scoop her out of the warehouse when a Nomu was giving chase on Shigaraki's orders. He had grabbed her in the nick of time as Levi had killed the Nomu the second it saw him. She jumped out of his arms when they reached the others, happily embracing Ochako and Mina who ran to greet her. She turned to Tokoyami.
"Aizawa-sensei was with you, right Tokoyami-kun?" she asked. He nodded.
"He went in after I got you out. Something about needing to stop Todoroki." All three raised a brow.
"Stop him from killing villains or getting between Midoriya's legs?" Mina wondered. He sighed deeply.
"He moved with a speed unlike any I've seen before. It must be the latter." They all agreed. Yep, had to be.
Izuku was pulled up to his feet while Aizawa dragged Shouto back to his ice prison like he was a child.
"Melt the ice," Aizawa ordered, shaking his weapon like a leash. Shouto looked disgusted.
"They tried to sell Izuku as a sex slave. No," he answered defiantly. God, was he four? Levi watched on with a bored expression, not liking when Aizawa glanced over at him.
"Heichou, mind talking some sense into him?"
Levi shook his head. "I'm leaving. You can handle this mess. I have a family to get back to."
Riren was probably waiting for him at home with Eren. Knowing his mate, the omega probably wouldn't be sleeping and his worry kept Riren from sleeping.
All Might was coming in with Midnight and Cementoss. The latter two shivered when they saw how cramped the villains were in the ice. The alpha who did this had nearly killed them months ago. They should be glad it never got to a point like this. Izuku pouted.
"Shoucchan," he cooed, ignoring how embarrassed he felt talking like this in front of his teachers. At once, Shouto perked up. "Melt the ice so Midnight-san can put them to sleep and arrest them. I wanna go home."
Enough said. Shouto's hand slammed on the ice and began rapidly melting the prison. The villains couldn't be happier to be saved by the heroes. Cementoss used the ground to capture them individually with cement and Midnight put them to sleep with her quirk. All Might sighed as the villains were taken away. Crushing them to death. A hero who had no qualms with becoming a villain in order to protect his mate. It was frightening.
"Levi-kun, if you please, watch over the two at home. Todoroki-shounen exhausted a lot of strength today. You know fully well how to care for a fated alpha."
Levi made a face, but Toshinori wasn't wrong. "...fine." He hauled up Todoroki to his feet. He nodded for Midoriya to follow.
"Let's go, brats. Shower first, then get into the car." The two were forced to agree when Levi glared at them.
Levi said absolutely nothing on the ride back to his home. He was staring straight ahead as his sidekick was yapping away at the pounds of research she could do. Apparently her quirk allowed her to disassemble and reassemble machinery, making her a great researcher and inventor.
"I want to pick apart that tube they're using to house the Nomus with! Can I?! CAN I?!" she pleaded, drumming her hands on the steering wheel.
Levi glowered. "I don't know, shitty glasses. Ask them. And no, you can't say I authorized you otherwise I'll ban you from the facility."
Over her whine, he glanced back at them.
"How's it going back there? Expect to be exhausted. Feral fated alphas deplete a ton of energy in their berserk stage."
Shouto was cuddling with Midoriya, nodding to the other alpha. "I'm getting pretty tired. Though not as much as last time. Is that normal?"
Levi rolled his eyes. "Normal, but that doesn't mean good for whoever is brought in to try and hold you down."
His sidekick snickered. "Levi here had to have the whole squad hold him down the last time he was threatening to go berserk. Though the lot of us blamed Endeavor for that."
At his father's name, Shouto's interest was piqued.
"Why do you hate my father? Curious, not that you wouldn't be wrong," he added. Levi scoffed, blood already boiling from just thinking about that flaming bastard. Luckily on the op, Endeavor had been handling another warehouse. In the midst of the fight, Levi may have wanted to slip out and kill Endeavor while blaming it on the villains.
"Besides being a jackass? He said something that put him on my shitlist for all eternity." His eyes darkened like he was going to kill Endeavor for his next job. "He didn't think Riren was cute."
Izuku covered his mouth in shock.
It was over one of Levi's favorite photos of Riren. It was Riren's first big smile when he was only three months old and being held in Eren's arms. His cheeks were the chubbiest and Riren was reaching out for Levi to hug him. Hanji was showing everyone in the conference room where Levi had been asked to join an op. That was when Endeavor said his stupid shit when the picture reached him.
"What a weak-looking pup. I thought your clan took pride in conserving their genes and birthing prodigies in one-pup litters." Needless to say, Levi saw red and blood needed to be spilt.
Todoroki was sympathetic. "...that is bad."
Levi grunted. "And he was bold enough to say it in front of me. I threatened to peel off his skin with a toothpick so All Might had to separate us in different rooms. I can't be on any ops with him unless it's a national emergency or he apologizes. He won't and neither will I. I don't get along with anyone who talks shit about my kid."
No one could argue that.
Hanji waved goodbye after dropping them off in front of Levi's doorstep. The teens desperately needed food and sleep, but their alpha and omega was hungry for a different type of treat. Levi opened the door, heart becoming lighter when he saw his son.
Riren was playing on the floor when they entered, turning to them while gnawing on a colorful giraffe toy. He beamed brightly and practically tossed the giraffe away.
"Dyah dyah!" he cried, crawling as fast as he could towards Levi and squealing. The assassin dropped down on his knees, a warm smile stretching his lips that the two boys couldn't see. He scooped Riren up and held him close.
"I'm home, baby." Riren stared at his papa's face, noticing the wrinkles of fatigue under his eyes. He reached his pudgy hands out and rubbed Levi's face, babbling worryingly. Levi chuckled.
"Papa's okay. Just tired." Riren was too. He leaned onto Levi's shoulder to hug him some more, blinking when he saw Todoroki and Midoriya. Riddled with energy, he bounced and waved his arms.
"Doki dyaku!" Izuku waved happily at the baby.
"Hi, Riren-kun!"
Riren wiggled joyfully, then noticing all attention had gone to him. He shyly buried his face into Levi's chest.
"Kyaa!"
Levi smirked and gently patted his back. Eren emerged from the kitchen, small bags under his eyes from worry.
"Welcome home! Oh, you two are here too?" he asked, surprised to see the younger fated pair. Izuku bowed politely.
"Good evening, Eren-san. Levi-san was asked to keep watch over us tonight. I apologize for the intrusion," he added sheepishly. Eren shrugged.
"No problem. I just wish I was told beforehand. I'll go make some dinner for you guys." He hadn't eaten all night, concerned when Levi was taking more time than the last.
Izuku sprang to help him. "I'll help!"
"Levi, can you handle watching Riren?" the older omega asked, grinning teasingly at Levi as part of an inside joke.
Levi growled. "Question my parenting abilities again and expect a full top to bottom cleaning day, you brat."
Eren laughed and led Midoriya to the kitchen. Riren gnawed on his fist and poked Levi's cheek with his other hand.
"Dyah dyah?" he asked cutely. Levi turned to him and nuzzled his cheek, earning a happy squeal from the baby.
"Let's get you changed, baby." He turned to Todoroki, the kindness from before replaced with indifference. "The guestroom should be ready. The spare clothes you two bring when you babysit should be in the dresser. Go check things out while I change Riren."
That was code for Riren's diaper needed to be changed and Levi wanted to be alone with him. Shouto knew when to not pry.
After taking his time to change into more comfortable pajama clothes, Shouto took an extra minute to observe himself in the mirror. He looked the same, if not a bit tired. Was he supposed to look different when he lost control? Was he supposed to feel something after everything was done? He was lectured plenty of times before that losing control over his alpha could lead to regret. Today wasn't one of those days. He just regretted how hungry he felt after. He cursed his alpha for making him use so much energy.
Levi must be done changing Riren's diaper by now. He gave them enough private time. Todoroki strode into the nursery, surprised to find Levi scanning the room with Riren breathing loudly in excitement while visibly hiding under his crib. Levi glanced his way, then turned to Todoroki as Riren giggled happily when he wasn't found.
"Playing hide and seek with my son. I'll kill you if you mock me," he warned pointedly. Todoroki shrugged. He wasn't one who'd make fun of an alpha playing with his pup.
"You could probably find him by now," the younger alpha pointed out. Levi shook his head.
"No, I don't see him at all." What a liar.
Todoroki sat in the rocking chair and sighed deeply. Seeing Riren again brought memories of when Izuku cried wanting to start a family one day. Instead of giving his mate a family, he gave him just an erratic alpha willing to spill blood to protect his omega. While it was necessary, it wasn't enough for someone as great as Izuku.
After a few minutes, Levi surprised Riren by swooping down and catching him. The baby squealed and buried his face into Levi's chest as his papa chuckled like a deep vibration. The older alpha glanced over at Todoroki, brow raised when he saw how lost in thought he was.
"Oi, do you not see how fucking cute Riren is?" he accused. "Stop looking constipated. Riren might pity you."
Riren gazed up at his papa, eyes sparkling with love as he laid his head on his chest and giggled. Todoroki looked up.
"The problem is Riren's too cute. It makes me think about what mine and Izuku's future pups will look like. Will they look like me, or like Izuku who was adorable as a pup? With Riren, he took after Eren-san, hence why he doesn't have a permanent scowl on his face like you do." His mouth was running with no filter. Levi's eyes narrowed, but didn't take the insult. The younger alpha continued with a sigh.
"I want to give Izuku a family. It's starting to become a fantasy of mine to see him pregnant one day. But we both want to be heroes. I don't want to bind him to a home and leave him with the pups. He wouldn't respect himself if he did." Izuku would love to be a mother, but his hero life would be stunted.
Levi didn't seem taken aback. Several years ago when he and Eren married, Eren was torn between starting a family and establishing his debut as a great rookie hero. But here they were, a happy family with an adorable pup while the two continued their heroic efforts. Levi sighed, smiling a little when Riren copied him. He bounced him as he spoke.
"That's not uncommon for alphas to want their omegas pregnant, but you and I both know how selfish it is. Omegas want children one day, but the person wants more before they settle down even if they continue to be heroes. You can be a hero and have pups. Eren is an example of that, but that brat works harder than anyone I've ever known. We agreed to raise Riren ourselves, but he has his grandparents who will be there if we aren't. But if we have Riren babysat by others all the time, it feels like we are failing him as alpha and omega. That's another thing to think about. Midoriya can still be a hero even if he had pups, but you start sacrificing time as a hero for them, or time as a mother. The idea of that is painful."
He couldn't imagine. They both would be drowning in guilt thinking about leaving their vulnerable pup alone, even with people they trusted. He did admire the older fated pair for that. Levi and Eren did try to make sure the shifts cycled around so that Riren always had a parent home, but what about major assignments that required days upon days of absence? Levi ran one of the best assassination squads in the country. His services were lauded as top notch and many cases he had included a lot of travel. Eren was more locally renowned, but he handled high stress situations often and emergencies were his forte. When bigger emergencies happened, both parents would put their lives on the line and risked not coming home one day. That meant Riren losing one or both of his parents. A broken fated pair meant one person dead and the other person dead inside. That was the reality of hero work.
"I don't want to put him through that," Todoroki decided. The family could wait later on in life. Todoroki already had a hard enough time thinking about Izuku in danger. Try adding on pups to that and Shouto would live with double the amount of stress.
Levi smirked. "Then remember your condoms and his birth control. There. That's it. Wait until you brats make names for yourselves, then have pups. Fated pairs tend to have at least a litter of two or three each time. My family tends to have one per litter because of some survival of the fittest type of shit. My pups are going to be powerful, starting with Riren."
Todoroki's gaze fell to the pup. It was hard to believe that the adorable pudgy baby was going to grow up and possibly follow in the footsteps of an assassin. When attention shifted to the pup, Riren buried his face in Levi's chest and cooed shyly. Levi chuckled and patted his head.
"Of course, he doesn't have to worry about that any time soon. Who gives a shit, he's not even a year old yet." At that, Levi went off on a tangent with a dark look on his face. "Stupid fucking flame bitch. That's why his ass couldn't get up to number one unless All Might retired."
Todoroki couldn't comment.
At dinner, Riren refused to sleep early because he was so excited and wanted to play. He fussed hard when Levi told him it was time for bed. He cried and clung onto Eren, the easier parent on discipline. Now he was sitting in his high chair and banging his little table happily with his hands. Baby knew how to play the game. Levi glared at Eren.
"Honestly, why warn other people about fucking up his sleep schedule when you're the one doing it?" he muttered.
Eren frowned. "But he's too cute to say no to! You spoil him a lot too!"
He wasn't about to let him forget the time Levi took him to a baby toy store and let Riren choose everything he could want for him to buy.
"This isn't about fucking spoiling him, this is about making sure he grows and stays healthy!" Levi argued. The brunette smirked evilly.
"Why, because you ruined your chances to grow anymore?" He laughed when the alpha viciously stabbed at his dinner. The younger fated pair couldn't laugh because Levi would force them to clean the tiles with a toothbrush.
Riren nibbled on his hands and bounced happily as his parents continued to argue, playfully on Eren's part, for the majority of dinner.
As dinner winded down, Levi and Todoroki silently gazed at their mates. That's when something important came to Levi's mind.
"Have you been properly grooming him?" Levi asked as they watched the omegas chattering happily while playing with Riren.
Todoroki blinked. "There's a proper way to do it?"
They cuddled often, but grooming wasn't something they did a lot. Most of the time, Midoriya was shy since it was embarrassing. It was just licking.
Levi's smirk was smug. "That's how I know you two are still brats."
Todoroki narrowed his eyes intently, but continued to watch the older alpha. Levi leaned over to Eren from behind when the omega had his back turned to him. Without a word, he leaned in and ran his tongue slowly along Eren's nape. On instinct, the brunette mewled in pleasure and pressed himself against Levi.
"Nghnnn..." he murmured. Izuku and Shouto were left speechless with Riren cooing in the background. Eren snapped out of it and glared at his husband.
"You pervert! You showing off to teenagers?! How insecure are you?!" he shouted. Levi slanted a look towards Shouto.
"Find their good spots on their necks and scent glands and give them extra attention during the grooming. It ends up being one of the most intimate things you can do with a mate that isn't sex. Based on their reactions, it can be better." He ignored Eren raging beside him.
"And you do it in front of Riren!" Eren continued to yell, pointing at the pup. When Riren noticed all eyes on him, he shrieked loudly and shook his arms for affection from his mama.
Levi was sent to give Riren a bath, letting Eren stew as he washed the dishes. He was scrubbing the dishes a little harder than normal, ears red from embarrassment. Todoroki calmly wiped the table while Izuku swept. They hadn't said a word to each other during dinner since Levi's little public display. The alpha glanced over to the reddening omega.
"Would you mind me ever doing that to you?" he asked bluntly. Izuku trembled visibly. Laughing nervously, he turned and gave Shouto the purest of smiles.
"Uh, no? I guess. I didn't think grooming can be so intimate. Eren-san looked very relaxed," he whispered that last part and glanced up at Eren. Said omega growled.
"It's not that I don't like it or anything," he admitted stiffly, "but I prefer knowing it's gonna happen! If you groom your partner right, they turn into instantly boneless. I could've fallen forward and died! Right in front of Riren!"
He started ranting again and slammed the dishes hard into the rack. Izuku went to talk him into calming down, not knowing Shouto watching him. What spots were Izuku's pleasure areas? There was a lot of trial and error to be done.
The pair went to bed and Eren stomped into his bedroom. The guestroom was luckily further away from the master bedroom and Levi was having Riren sleep in their room. Todoroki had wondered why, but noticed that an unopened box of condoms was sitting on the nightstand.
In their bedroom, Levi had set up the co-sleeper next to the bed. Riren was laying inside, trying not to fall asleep as Levi gently pet his head. Eren had cooled down and was lying next to him as the alpha smiled to their pup.
"He's going to be a great hero one day. Thanks to his papa and his assassin genes," he added with a sneer.
Eren took offense like he wanted him to. "Maybe he won't take your stupid genes! Maybe he'll take mine and we'll see a giant toddler tearing up the city!"
Levi quirked a brow. He can only imagine the smug look on Eren's face if that were to happen. He wouldn't stop Riren, he'd just sit there demanding Levi to admit that his genes were superior while Levi would be worried about Riren putting a dirty car in his mouth.
"Look! That's my baby!" Eren would probably yell proudly to the terrified bystanders around him. What a brat.
Cozy from a warm bath and snuggly tucked in bed, Midoriya sighed as his arms wrapped around his mate in bed. "Today was something, huh, Shoucchan?" he asked, laughing a bit.
Shouto groaned, nuzzling Izuku's neck. "Awful. You could've gotten hurt."
"And you could've killed someone," Izuku replied, though it wasn't accusatory.
"They deserved it," the alpha muttered. He gazed at his omega intensely.
"Does my feral side bring you shame? Does it scare you?" he asked, more for reassurance than anything. To his surprise, Izuku was blushing and laughing nervously. Knowing his mate so well, Shouto felt himself stiffen.
"Not at all. You're my alpha and I love you very much, Shoucchan. But I hope you let me fight as much as you do for me. I had that situation under control." Or so he thought. Shouto frowned.
"Izuku, you were kidnapped right in front of me. After hearing what that was about, all I could think about was what they were going to do to you and I lost it. They wanted to be theirs. They wanted to steal you away from me and kill your freedom. If I didn't fight, I wasn't protecting you like I should."
Shouto wasn't wrong. The prostitution ring would go underway if no one stepped in. While Izuku and his friends would fight tooth and nail for freedom, who knew how many Nomus the villains had? The others couldn't take down Nomus on their own if the enemy kept throwing them around freely. Looking into his mate's eyes, Izuku could see the pure worry and devastation. He was truly scared for him. He cupped the alpha's cheek.
"You did save me though, Shoucchan. I think you've established that when your father denied us." At the mention of his father, Shouto's expression darkened.
"He still hurt you," he pointed out, still angry at himself for that. Izuku pressed his lips to his.
"But you've done everything right. And for that, I am glad I am yours. Even if someone tried to take that away from us."
His legs spread and clung around Shouto's hips. His adorable, innocent look was the opposite of what his pheromones were saying.
"Will you take me, alpha? Show your omega who he belongs to." Eyes widening, Shouto gave full control to his alpha.
"Nghnn, ahh!" Izuku moaned, feeling his body bounce from the sheer force of Todoroki's thrusts. His arms were wrapped tightly around the red and white alpha, clinging tighter as the alpha's cock mercilessly slammed into his prostate rapidly.
"Ah..." he mewled into Shouto's ear. "S-so...soooo gooood~"
That only encouraged Shouto to drive into him harder. Beside them on the nightstand, the box of condoms had been clumsily ripped open with wrappers scattered around the bed. The condom they were currently using was filling with Shouto's semen before it was callously thrown out and replaced with a new one.
The sheets were stained with their mating and the walls had been scorched with ice melting off the ceiling.
In the morning, Aizawa was given an invoice for the replacement of his sheets, mattress and the repair of his walls. Levi wordlessly handed it to him in the morning with Riren on his hip. The older fated pair was going about their day with their pup waving happily at his babysitters like an intense war wasn't going on at their dinner table. The invoice was crumpling in the teacher's hand as he glared at guilty Izuku and nonchalant Todoroki at the table.
"Again?" he hissed. Todoroki nearly rolled his eyes.
"Again," he replied with little emotion or guilt. Aizawa sighed in frustration. All Might better get him another goddamn raise.
Bakugou approached them when the pair was cuddling on the communal couch in the living room of the dorms. They weren't having sex like he had seen them do before, thank fuck for that, but they were doing something just as gross. He deliberately ignored Todoroki's tongue running slowly over Deku's scent glands. It was like watching wolves grooming each other. Todoroki took a minute one day to find Izuku's best spots and now loved spending time giving his mate more affection besides cuddling.
He stuffed his hands in his pockets as he got into their line of sight. "Oi, Half-and-half, heard you lost your shit again."
Todoroki stopped for a mere second. "Yeah," he answered in a bored tone before going back to licking Deku.
A vein popped on Bakugou's temple. "Fight me." He did not like being treated so callously.
Shouto didn't even spare him a glance. "Not interested." No one interrupts grooming time.
Midoriya giggled as his mate's tongue touched a particularly sensitive part. "Shoucchan, that tickles!"
Bakugou's temper flared from being ignored for a fucking kink. "Quit groomin' him and fight me!"
"No," was Todoroki's reply. Bakugou nearly popped a vessel.
"Why you fuckin'-" He reached out to yank Deku off Half-and-Half's lap, but Todoroki seized his wrist with his left, ready to brand him.
The fated alpha was growling with his eyes part-crazed. "Don't even think about putting a hand on Midoriya to get to me. I'll just kill you. You won't get a chance to fight."
Midoriya smiled back sympathetically to his friend as the blonde was released. "Kacchan, you know I can't control him well when he's like this."
The blonde was sneering at them sourly. "I'm getting you guys arrested for public indecency."
Were they paying attention to him? No, because fucking Half-and-Half was nibbling on Deku's neck and Deku was giggling again rather than not listening to Bakugou.
"Aww, I love you too, Shoucchan."
Explosions were going off from Bakugou and the other two were unbothered. "FUCKIN' TAKE ME SERIOUSLY, DAMMIT!"
Weeks later, the class decided to throw an evening party to celebrate not having something dramatic happen to them in the last 27 days since the last villain attack. It was perfect since exams finished up.
The dorms were decked out in grand decorations that didn't fit the budget of high schoolers. Momo was to thank for that. Denki raised his red plastic cup.
"So the last few weeks have been utter hell, I gotta say. Let's turn up and party!" he shouted to the cheers of his more enthusiastic classmates. Aizawa had to chaperon and was glaring at Denki heatedly.
"If anything even comes off as slightly alcoholic, everyone is writing reflective papers and peer reviewing each other's after three days without Wi-Fi." The threat was ignored as music was turned up and poor dancing took over the floor.
Shouto fidgeted as he reached a hand into his pocket. He received a package from Fuyumi this morning and Mineta's grabby hands wanted it to be something fresh-made to brag that he got a home-cooked meal from an older woman. It took until the afternoon for him to defrost.
Shouto took a deep breath and walked up to Izuku while he was dancing with Tsuyu. Tapping on his mate's shoulder, he was greeted to a golden smile that washed his nervousness away.
"Izuku, there's something I wanted to talk to you about," he murmured. The green teen beamed.
"Sure thing! Outside?" he asked, knowing how comfortable his mate was in a quieter area. When Shouto nodded, Izuku excused himself from Tsuyu and took his mate's hand before the two headed to a quiet balcony away from the party.
Uraraka spotted the two walking off and quickly pulled out her phone. In an effort to be inconspicuous yet close as possible, she bowled over Iida and Ojiro on the way to hide behind a curtain. Her pink aura mimicked a feral alpha, so no one wanted to argue or get in her way. Everyone crowded around, but kept their distance as they watched the pair.
Midoriya eyed Todoroki as they reached outside, the music now faint. The alpha had resolved his nervousness and looked at him with pure conviction.
"I love you," he confessed. That never failed to make Izuku smile.
"I love you too, Shoucchan!" he replied brightly. Todoroki had to take a step back as his heart beat faster and louder. He had to keep it together.
"You know how we mentioned getting married?" the alpha asked. Izuku blinked, processing his words before blushing warmly.
"Ah...y-yeah. I'd love to get married and have pups like Levi-san and Eren-san. Riren-kun is so cute! But I do wanna wait to have pups. Eren-san got pregnant when he was 22. By that time, he was an established hero. I wanna have pups one day, but I'd like to protect the pups already born into this world." Izuku seemed very sure of himself and Shouto appreciated him for it.
"I know. And I wanna wait too. I want to be a great hero for our pups to look up to when they're born. But...there is something I want to do even if others think it's early." Taking a small box out of his pocket, Shouto dropped to one knee. Izuku held his breath when the box was opened to reveal a diamond clustered engagement ring that could put a royal crown to shame. In the moonlight, the diamonds glittered like stars. The omega covered his mouth.
"S-Shoucchan?!" His Shouto was smiling warmly at him.
"I want to wait to have pups with you, but after what we have already been through, I realized that I don't want to wait at the very least for this. Midoriya Izuku, will you marry me?" he asked, already answered by Izuku's rigorous nodding. Izuku tackled him in a hug and kiss, Shouto holding tight and never wanting to let go.
Inside, Uraraka declared herself maid of honor and Satou was hurrying to bake an engagement cake. Iida was fiercely checking the best place to buy suits and ties. Everyone else was scrambling to re-decorate the place for an informal engagement party with Momo leading the charge. Bakugou was unfortunately dragged along for the ride by Kirishima. Aizawa stood and watched the couple laugh together and kiss before the ring was slid onto the omega's finger. He allowed himself to smile, just barely. He'd let them have their moment before splitting them physically apart to prevent the risk of pregnancy. Happy feelings be damned, their hormones were gonna be put on check, dammit.
At their home, Eren was hugging Riren tightly while arguing with Levi as to why the pup was allowed up passed his bedtime for a story. For a moment, the two smiled briefly when they realized what today was for the young fated couple, then resumed their arguing over Riren's cheerful cooing.
Toshinori was eating dinner with Shouto's family and Inko, all smiling faintly when they could practically feel their young fated couple sealing their engagement. Enji was currently leaving angry voicemails on Shouto's phone when he saw that one million yen had been used to buy a flashy engagement ring. But...he should let this go. At least for tonight.
To Shouto and Izuku, the two kissed with their hands entwined together, Izuku's new engagement ring as bright as their future.
In the world of heroes with omegas, alphas and betas making up the population, each moment was treasured for it could be the last someone could have. While many searched impassively or actively for the half to make themselves whole, on this balcony were two intertwining threads of fate that began to weave their lives together.
It's over. And it feels a little bittersweet to me. I started this story two years ago and at the time, I hadn't been living my best life. School and life had gotten more stressful and I felt like I didn't have any control of it. I cried a lot and fanfiction was both an outlet and comfort. As this story finishes, I can't believe this is the end. Now I know it's only eight chapters, but it took me two years to fucking finish lol. Eight chapters in two years. Imagine how long the wait had been between each one?
But now that this is over, what's next? There's still 'Under My Sea' and that will take its time as well. And it's still growing in terms of story and romance. Are there more Tododeku fanfics to be done? Will fucking school let me even think about it? Probably not, but that's my life for ya.
I want to thank everyone that's been with me throughout the ride, whether you were there in the beginning, middle, or if you stumbled upon at the end and binged it when it was complete. I want to thank you all for your encouragement and kindness to a stranger. I'm probably not going to meet any of you in real life, but I'm glad to share this with you.
And the last bit of this cheesy end note, this fic has reached milestones that I had never expected to reach when I began writing. This story is my most favorited and followed on fanfiction. It has the most amount of kudos on my account in AO3. Dude, I fucking felt accomplished. And now I close this chapter and continue on.
Thank you for reading.
-winternightlullaby
P.S. I probably should've added in their fucking wedding. Maybe we'll eventually see one in 'Under My Sea...'