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Katsuki stepped carefully over the sleeping alpha and felt around until he found the pants he’d been wearing. Finding anything more felt like a risk. He was still lacing the ties as he slid between the heavy leather flap of the tent's entrance. A few paces away, two men in metal armor and carrying ridiculously oversized weapons jumped to attention, scrambling to stand shoulder-to-shoulder. Katsuki made a face as he attempted to hurry by, but they put themselves in his path. Great. Of course there were guards stationed outside the tent. He shot a glare up at the taller one. “What?” he snarled, small fangs bared.
“M-my, uh... My Queen... It would be dangerous to wander alone,” the short one on the left stammered, practically rattling in his armor. His face was flushed, and he couldn’t maintain eye contact for more than a moment.
Katsuki fought not to groan. He could smell the arousal on both of them, and this close, the alpha stink was overwhelming. Katsuki had only ever found a small handful of alpha scents agreeable. These two were rank and cloying, like rotten fish and mud. He didn’t dare glance downward, already struggling not to gag. The last thing he wanted was for them to think he was interested.
“Get out of the way, perverts,” he snarled, taking a stomp forward towards the shorter one, making both alphas jump. “What were you doing, huh?! Fuckin’— fucking listening?!” He was more embarrassed than he’d ever felt before. That amount of shame was hard to deal with, but anger? Anger was easy. So he leaned into it. His hands dropped to his sides, fingers tensed to push his claws out as far as possible. A threat from an omega wasn’t much compared to two armed alphas, but Katsuki wasn’t afraid. He’d die before he would live under anyone’s thumb.
When the two guards did nothing but trade a quick look, Katsuki threw his hands up in frustration. If they weren’t looking for a fight and they weren’t afraid of getting caught spying, he could only assume they were actually there to stand watch, despite the fact that it was supposed to have been his personal guard. “Why are you two wastes of air here, anyway? Where’s my guard? Eijirou. Ei-ji-rou? Hello?” He waved his arms as if he wasn’t sure they could see him.
Blank stares. One of them shrugged. Katsuki felt like he was speaking in another language. “Just get out of the way!”
He moved to shove between them, but both jumped out of the way as if his very touch would burn. Katsuki took advantage and slipped between them, huffing in angry little puffs of cursing as he stormed off. He ignored the way they called after him. They might be able to eavesdrop on him in bed, but touching him was apparently going too far, he noted sourly. He couldn’t help but notice there was a hell of a lot of ‘not wanting to touch him’ going on tonight, and it was really starting to rub him the wrong way. He hadn’t wanted the guards touching him, but the rejection still felt somehow personal.
He made his way through the darkness, heading towards the light of the celebration. As he approached, he noticed that most everyone had partied themselves out and were in various piles sleeping. Some fucking, he noted with a little sneer as he began to walk between the piles, looking for one topped in spiky red. Actually... A lot were fucking. Katsuki wrapped his arms around himself as if it would protect him from their influence.
It was so easy for everyone else.
The thought made him shudder. He’d made a fool of himself, and now he was running away in the night like a coward. Katsuki was moments away from returning to the tent when he spotted a familiar head of spiky red hair. The loud snore that tore through the night air confirmed it.
He’d found Eijirou.
Sneaking up, Katsuki gave the thick mass a sharp kick. Eijirou coughed, sputtering on his inhale as he woke abruptly. His confused scowl at the rude awakening was quickly replaced with a wide grin.
“Hey! Kats! What’re you doin’ out here?” he asked around a yawn. Next to him, an unfamiliar omega stirred in their sleep and snuggled closer to Eijirou’s wide chest. The two friends met each other’s eyes, then glanced quickly away, both blushing. Katsuki pretended it was disgust he felt and not the slightest twinge of jealousy. Eijirou was a big man and Katsuki knew from personal experience how nice it was to cuddle up against him.
“Just get up, you big dope,” he snapped, crossing his arms. He was quiet enough not to wake the omega. “You’re supposed to be my guard, and you’re out there stuffing some shitty omega? You gonna drop me that fast every time or just when you think some other alpha’s got me handled?” His words were bitter, and the accusation felt sour in his mouth. He never liked lying to his friends, but it wasn’t like it was entirely out of the question. He needed Ei, and he couldn’t just say that, so he added a little angry huff on top, just to get his point across.
Eijirou made a face and pressed a finger to his own lips, shushing Katsuki. “Dude, shh. You know it’s not like that. What kinda alpha is gonna handle you, huh? I know you better than that. Hang on, lemme... Just...” He wiggled carefully away from the omega at his side before standing up, completely unashamed of his nakedness.
Katsuki glanced down. He couldn’t help it. Immediately, he tossed a hand over his eyes. “Ei! Put something on over that thing! You’re gonna club a small animal to death if you let it swing around.” Katsuki couldn't stop himself from wondering where the hell an omega was supposed to put all of that. He pressed a hand to his lower abdomen and frowned. Impossible.
Eijirou grinned sheepishly and shrugged. “It’s not that big,” he argued as he found and pulled on his pants.
“Ugh.” Katsuki just groaned and walked away. He didn’t glance back to make sure Eijirou followed. Eijirou always followed, and he had ever since the two were children.
Katsuki walked steadily out into the darkness and away from the light of the smouldering bonfire, taking the few moments alone to brood in silence.
“Uhh, Kats. It’s not really safe at night... this far out.” Eijirou spoke up as he slowed from the jog he’d used to catch up. He glanced back at the distant people all gathered together. To them, he and Katsuki would be little more than shadows against the wall of trees that led into the woods.
Katsuki laughed derisively but stopped and flopped down in the grass. “Fine. Everyone’s so damn worried about me. It’s weird.”
“That’s my job now too, bro. Or, uh. Highness?”
The omega shot a harsh look up at his best friend, eyes narrowed dangerously. “You ever call me that again, and I swear I will beat your face bloody,” Katsuki bit. “Talk to me like you always have, numb nuts.”
Eijirou laughed, sounding a little relieved as he sank across from Katsuki, his back to the woods. “Oh, good, cause I’m not real good at that whole manners thing. Now, you gonna keep snapping my head off or tell me why you’re out here instead of curled up with that alpha?”
Katsuki’s expression darkened. He stared down at a little smattering of wildflowers near his knee, feeling shame and regret well in his chest as a physical pain. “I don’t know,” he began, thinking back to the tent he’d been so eager to escape. “It was going fine, I guess.” He recalled suddenly the orgasm that had exploded from between his shaking thighs, the feeling of Izuku’s fingers stretching him so wide it felt almost impossible, and his cunt gave a weak little pulse, as if it missed the feeling. Katsuki felt betrayed by his body but tried to look like he was unaffected.
In front of him, Eijirou reached up suddenly, covering his mouth and nose with both hands.
“What?” Katsuki demanded, a little offended at the sudden reaction. Eijirou had never objected to his scent before.
“Dude...” Eijirou lowered his voice to a whisper, glancing around like there was anyone who might overhear. Dropping his hands, he leaned in close. His words were quick, hurried, like he was letting out a long-kept secret. “You can’t come here, us alone, and you smelling like that... Fuck, Kats.” Eijirou's tone was positively scandalous as his eyes went wide, and he suddenly drew back. “Did he leave you hanging?”
“N-no.” Katsuki felt caught. “I... I kinda left him hanging.”
Katsuki’s scent was forgotten, as Eijirou’s concern for his friend took over his instincts. “What, why? Did he do something bad? Are you okay? Did he hurt you?!”
“I’m fine. God. I just.” Katsuki took a deep breath and blew it out slowly, his spiky bangs dancing around his forehead. “I chickened out, Ei. I couldn’t.... I couldn’t go all the way. Everything was too much, and I guess he picked up on it and said we could wait a little longer...” Katsuki recalled how he’d been more than a little disappointed at that conclusion and looked down at his lap.
“And you kinda wanted him to insist, didn’t you?” Eijirou finished, hitting the nail on the head with startling accuracy. Katsuki nodded silently. Eijirou leaned back on his arms, turning his face up to the night sky. “I’ve been telling you this forever, Kat, but you don’t have to be so scared of sex. You had an alpha that wanted you and you clearly wanted him. I’ve never smelled you like this. Plus, you’re married! There should be nothing holding you back now.”
“I....” Katsuki squirmed in place, feeling the lingering wetness between his thighs. He whimpered. “I don’t need another thing to happen to me whether I like it or not. I need this to be a choice I make. I need to pick my first.”
Silence stretched between the two friends. Katsuki barely dared to breathe. He was debating getting up and running off to live with wolves when Eijirou spoke up again.
“Katsuki. What are you asking me to do?” He spoke slowly. Purposefully.
There was no way Katsuki was going to say it. A soft whine was the only answer he was going to get.
“If you’re asking what I think you’re asking, we can’t. You’re married! A queen , for fuck’s sake! They would behead me if I even looked at you too long. This--” he gestured around them, indicating their isolation and then between them, pointing out their compromising states, “--this is already too much!”
“Oh, fuck this queen shit! I’m not-- I’m just ME, okay, and you’re you, and I trust you, I--” He broke off with a shaky inhale. “N-no knotting. And you can’t, like, cum on me or scent me up. And don’t kiss me. It’s just this one thing, Ei, please. You know how bad I am at bein’ an omega, and I don’t know how to be a queen or a wife or a lover, and if I fuck all that up--”
“Okay, okay, wait,” Eijirou interrupted, voice gentle. Katsuki didn’t spiral often, but Eijirou was the only one who ever seemed to notice and be able to get into Katsuki’s head enough to stop it. He watched as Eijirou glanced around again, checking carefully to make sure they wouldn’t be overheard. “I just don’t think this is a good idea, Kat... If we get caught...”
“We’re not going to get caught. Ei, please. It’s just a physical act. Nothing else. I just gotta know I’m not a complete failure of an omega. All I’ve ever heard my whole life is how no one is ever gonna want to mate me. I kinda always thought it’d be you, anyway.”
Eijirou’s deep brown eyes shot to his, the alpha’s mouth falling open a tiny bit. All their lives, that had always been a bit of a joke. Always together, it wasn’t long before the general consensus was that they would one day be mated. And, sure, Katsuki had considered it. They’d never really talked about it, but a time or two when they had snuck off into the night together, Katsuki had been tempted to flirt. But it had never felt right. He’d long accepted that, while Eijirou was his best friend, he held no romantic inclinations towards the alpha.
Katsuki remembered the reaction Eijirou had when he’d caught on to Katsuki’s arousal, and that distinct feeling of being in control when the same thing had happened with Izuku. He knew a weak spot when he saw one, and he wasn’t afraid to exploit it.
Keeping his eyes locked with the alpha, Katsuki bit the corner of his lip and shifted forward onto all fours. He climbed into Eijirou’s lap, taking advantage of his own speed compared to the much slower to react alpha. He was stopped suddenly when Eijirou grabbed him around his waist, easily forcing Katsuki to a stop. The blonde didn’t struggle. There was no point. The alpha’s hold was immovable and, deep down, Katsuki’s inner omega couldn’t help but be impressed. He felt a soft pulse from between his legs, briefly imagining what it would be like to be shoved down onto the grass and taken.
Instead, Katsuki boldly slid his hand down into his pants and between his legs. His mouth went slack as he swiped his fingers back and forth, soaking two fingers in slick. “I’m still so wet,” he breathed, putting on the submissive, sexual omega act that he usually despised. “I bet you could just slide in. He opened me up real good.” Biting his bottom lip, the omega whimpered softly and let his eyes drift closed. It felt good, touching himself, but nothing like the things Izuku had made him feel. He wanted that back.
Eijirou’s grip tightened hard enough to hurt, and Katsuki opened his eyes to see the alpha’s eyes were closed tightly, breath heavy. He smirked to himself. ‘ Gotcha .’ Iron grip or not, Katsuki knew Eijirou was moments away from breaking. Katsuki brought his hand up out of his pants, playing with the lingering slick between his fingers. His scent hung thick in the air, sweet and rich.
Eijirou’s tongue flicked over his lips, and his mouth hung open as if he were trying to taste Katsuki’s scent just by inhaling it.
An instant later, Katsuki was on his back, looking up at the expanse of stars in the night sky. He barely had time to blink before Eijirou was there above him.
“Don’t talk about him,” the redhead growled, dragging his heavy cock free of his clothes.
Katsuki’s eyes widened, and he felt the panic rise in him again. Before he could even deal with that, his ass and thighs were exposed to the night air as his pants were pulled down to tangle around his ankles. The night wasn’t cool, thankfully, but the air still felt cold against his damp flesh. When he pressed forward, Katsuki felt his knees bend, opening him up and leaving him exposed in a way that had his heart racing anxiously.
“Ei- wait!” Katsuki’s hand shot out, bracing against Eijirou’s shoulder, his claws pressing into the alpha’s skin before he realized he was doing it.
Eijirou barely flinched at the pain, but he stopped nonetheless. He was shuddering, gripping himself at the base with a tight fist. He didn’t speak. He didn’t question Katsuki or try to console him. He simply waited as Katsuki struggled with himself, lost in his own fight with his instincts. Only his eyes gave him away. He stared down at Katsuki with a hunger that was completely foreign and an intensity Katsuki had never felt directed towards himself.
The omega’s breath was labored. His thoughts raced. But none of that managed to drown out the growing heat between his thighs. Eijirou’s tip pressed against him, just parting his outer lips. Katsuki was slick down to his asshole. A lot of it was leftover from before but watching Eijirou’s ruddy head had his body leaking fresh slick. He felt pinned, both by the large alpha and the little spark of curious arousal. And, for the first time, it wasn’t scary. He could never be afraid of Ei. The trust between them allowed him to relax fully and soon he couldn’t stop himself from rubbing back against it.
Eijirou was more than happy to assist. The hot drag from his entrance to his clit and back made Katsuki’s head dip back and his eyes close, toes curling in the air. It was just a few minutes before the rough panting breaths had changed from panicked to wanton. “Okay,” he finally breathed, eyes closing. He remembered Izuku’s gentle touch and a small smile pulled at his lips. Izuku seemed like the type that would be slow and gentle too. Katsuki nodded, comforted by the thought, and said it again. “Okay.”
Their eyes met, and Eijirou’s brow raised, carrying the weight of his silent question.
Katsuki hid his smile behind a sigh and a roll of his eyes. “I’m ready,” he clarified.
The heat between his thighs turned molten as Eijirou began to push inside, and if he’d been in his right mind, Katsuki would have been embarrassed at the sound of his own moan, lingering and a bit strangled. Eijirou was thicker than Izuku’s fingers had been. It hurt as he was stretched impossibly wide, but he was too far gone to want to stop now. He wanted more. Wanted it deeper. “Do it,” he demanded. “Fuck me.” He was getting annoyed at having to repeat himself, even if he was the entire reason things were slow in the first place.
He gasped sharply, totally unprepared for the sudden pain that tore through his haze of want. Eijirou’s hips slapped against the back of his thighs hard. Katsuki could only hang onto the wide span of shoulders above him as he bounced and rocked from the alpha’s thrusts. Each rough shove took his breath away, punching so deep it felt like Eijirou surely must be hitting the bottom. Above him, Eijirou breathed soft words but Katsuki paid them no mind. He dug his claws into the brute’s shoulders, dragging down and leaving raw, bloody scratches. He could barely catch his breath through clenched teeth, but somewhere along the way, the pain began to change, the heat slowly going back to that needy pulse. His thighs relaxed, opening wider, and when it allowed Eijirou impossibly deeper, Katsuki was shocked it didn’t hurt. Quite the opposite. Another moan snuck between his lips and his cheeks blushed in embarrassment. Katsuki reached up to cover his mouth, but his arm was shoved back out of the way and pinned it firmly against the ground.
“Uh-uh. Let it out.” Eijirou spoke between heavy breaths. “Alphas like that. We wanna hear everything.”
Katsuki heard the sharp smack before he realized Eijirou had struck him, slapping his asscheek hard. He squeaked indignantly, hips arching and-- Oh. Oh-oh-oh... “There,” Katsuki cried out. “Oh, fuck, right there. Harder.”
“Just like that. Tell us how you want it.” Eijirou’s next thrust took his breath away and it was all he could do to hang on. Eijirou’s hips became more frantic and Katsuki keened under the onslaught. He’d never felt so good. His body thrummed and pulsed all over. He could feel it growing, making his muscles tighten and tense, harder, tighter. It was so rough, harder than he’d been expecting but it satisfied that burning hunger deep in his guts. He threw his head back as his body arched and shook, his cunt pulsing and pulling desperately at the cock buried deep inside.
Above him, Eijirou groaned deep in his throat. “God, yeah, Kats. You’re so fuckin’ tight. I can feel ya tryin’ to make me pop. C’mon, work that pussy around me. Or you just gonna lay there and take it, mm?”
Katsuki’s face burned with embarrassment but he couldn’t resist a challenge like that. Especially not from Eijirou. While the two men weren’t exactly the same size, they were close enough that if Katsuki just let his mind wander... just a bit... it was Izuku above him, panting and thrusting. It was Izuku’s sweat that dripped down onto his shoulder, falling off emerald curls... His King’s possessive growling rumbling in his ear.
“UNH, GOD!” Katsuki’s head snapped back hard and his back arched deep. Eijirou just managed to stay inside, his pace faltering for only a moment. He wrapped his arms around Katsuki’s legs, hugging them tight to his chest and redoubled his efforts, fucking Katsuki hard and fast, making the omega cry out loudly. “Izu-- AHH-hhhnnn...”
Katsuki never stood a chance. Within moments, he was cumming, hips rolling greedily on the cock deep inside and, while it whited out his vision, Katsuki couldn’t help but feel like he wasn’t full enough. There was more . He wanted to be full, wanted his belly to bulge and strain, to feel it spilling out down his thighs. Gods above, he wanted to feel Izuku cumming deep inside. Maybe even knot him... stretching him even wider until it hurt again... filling him so full he couldn’t move... Katsuki moaned weakly, feeling his cunt pulse hard enough that his breath caught.
And, in a way that was all too familiar, Eijirou was right there with him. “Fuck, Kats. Let me cum in you, baby,” he begged without an ounce of shame. He turned his head and pressed a kiss to Katsuki’s ankle. His fangs, swollen and ready, teased over the little bump of ankle bone. “Please, please, gods, I’ll pup you so good.” Eijirou pulled back, looking down at Katsuki with weepy eyes so pitiful that Katsuki had to look away.
”Ei, no…. You can’t. You promised.”
Eijirou wasn’t listening. He was rocking himself slowly back and forth and Katsuki realized the alpha’s knot had already started to swell. He wasn’t thrusting as deep anymore and Katsuki could feel something hard and wide bumping against him. Each little rock of Eijirou’s hips came with the grind of his knot.
”He’s not even a worthy alpha,” Eijirou snarled, his jealousy building up, edging into anger. “You came to me, didn’t you? I know you want my fuckin’ knot, Kat. Listen to how wet you are.” He shoved hard, pushing in until Katsuki’s folds let out an embarrassingly wet sound as his slick gushed.
Katsuki’s head fell back and he fought not to moan. Fuck. He could do it all again. Already. All he had to do was say yes…
He could feel himself stretching wider as Eijirou began to push the start of his knot into him. Gasping sharply, Katsuki began to struggle. “Ei! N-no! I mean it! STOP!”
The words were barely out of his mouth when Eijirou stopped. He yanked himself free, a deep snarling growl sending a wave of fear through Katsuki he’d rarely ever felt before. The omega watched in a mix of confusion and guilt as Eijirou pulled out and dropped back onto his knees. They locked eyes as he began to jerk off with a furious intensity.
“Kah- ts... AH!” He choked out Katsuki’s name when he came seconds later, spilling thick and heavy over his tight fist in a series of thick spurts. His cum splattered uselessly onto the grass below. Finally, he broke eye contact and Katsuki couldn’t help but feel like he could breathe again.
Silently, Eijirou attempted to shake his hand clean, then gave up and wiped it down the thigh of his pants, which he was still half-dressed in. Katsuki almost laughed at the absurdity.
Still without a word, Eijirou eased himself back into his pants, hissing as he stuffed away his most sensitive parts. Katsuki frowned. He was aware that something was wrong, that Eijirou had gone very suddenly cold on him. When he spoke up, his voice was cautious, almost timid.
“Ei?”
Neither of them moved.
“Mm?”
“Are you mad?”
“No.”
“What then?”
Silence. Katsuki tried again. “Ei.”
Eijirou pulled back just far enough that he could make eye contact. “Heh, just— Just me being stupid.”
Katsuki’s eyes narrowed. “Are you trying to piss me off or something?! Fuck.” Sitting up, Katsuki wiggled back into his pants, feeling exposed and vulnerable. “I told you, Ei… I told you this couldn’t be anything before we even started.”
Eijirou sighed and nodded. He rubbed his face with his clean hand and let out a low groan. “I know. I know . I just...” The alpha sighed again and glanced up at Katsuki, though he could only meet his eyes for a second. “You called his name and... I couldn’t stop myself. I got jealous, and it's like everything else went out of my mind entirely. Fuck.” He swore softly, barely above a whisper. His hands tightened into fists, and his head hung low.
Katsuki felt a tightening in his chest. In the same way that Eijirou knew him so well, he also knew the alpha. Eijirou prided himself on being a good alpha. One of the best. And any time he fell short of that, he ruthlessly beat himself up over it. Katsuki had no doubt he was sitting there, silently scolding himself for a momentary lapse.
“Oi.” Katsuki stretched a leg out and kicked Eijirou’s kneecap just light enough to not be painful. “Stop that,” he demanded, keeping his foot in place and pushing repeatedly until the alpha began to get annoyed. Smiling, he goaded a little harder, playing a familiar game. “What? Am I annoying you, huh? You gonna make me stop or something?”
Eijirou shoved his foot away, but the smile that broke out on his face gave him away. “Kats. Seriously? Right now? My dick hurts, bro.”
“Oh, fine.” Katsuki returned his smile. “As long as you stop yelling at yourself over there.”
“I pressured you.”
“Yeah? And I pressured you first. Call it even.”
Eijirou frowned. “I don’t think it works like that.”
“Well, it does. I was on you hard, Ei. I knew what I was risking when I started it. You wanna fight for omegas so hard, maybe stop and realize that we don’t always have to be the victims. Maybe I took advantage of you. I--” Katsuki stopped and sighed, looking up at the sky. He exhaled heavily, and then finally looked down again, meeting Eijirou’s gaze. “I manipulated you to get my way. I’m the one that should be saying sorry right now, okay? And the more you sit there and punish yourself, the worse I feel about doing it.”
Eijirou’s brows knit tightly, and he stared at Katsuki in stunned silence for a few moments. “You--” He stopped as soon as he started, mouth opening and closing once more as he struggled to find words. “You’d do something like that?”
Katsuki felt shame claw its way up his spine, making him shrink in on himself. “I guess so... I couldn’t think of anyone else to go to. It had to be you. I wouldn’t trust anyone else.”
Eijirou was quiet as he looked back at Katsuki, weighing his reasons and apology. “Well. I mean. I guess it wasn’t all bad, right? So, now what? We just... go on? Like it never happened?”
“Yes?” Katsuki’s voice was pitched much higher than usual, questioning but hopeful.
The redhead snorted a laugh, shaking his head slowly. He looked up at Katsuki and the two held each other’s gaze. Finally, Eijirou looked away.
“Yes,” he said. “Never happened. C’mon.” The alpha stood up, wincing a little as his still-sensitive dick shifted into its usual place. He held a hand down to Katsuki. “River’s not far. If you don’t wash off first, you’re not gonna be able to deny anything. I’m all over you.”
Katsuki’s cheeks burned from a mix of shame and arousal. “Maybe I should go alone. I know the way...” It was sort of true. He knew in theory from all the times the alphas had told stories of leaving the village. Because he was an omega, he wasn’t allowed outside the walls unless there was an alpha to protect him.
Eijirou raised a brow. “Bro. You think I’m gonna let you out there alone after a bear sighting? You get eaten by your own totem and they are all gonna blame me. And you know what? I’ve had enough of your shit tonight, Kats, so we’re gonna walk out there together and you’re gonna wash off without giving me more lip.” He rested his fists on his hips, giving Katsuki a look that dared him to argue.
Katsuki wasn’t going to. He really did feel guilty for using his friend like he had. Eijirou had every right to be short with him. He climbed to his feet, making a face at the wet, slightly cool squish between his legs. “Right. Lead the way, then.”
“And if anyone asks, you got sick. Again. You sought me out and we went to clean you off.”
Katsuki nodded, a little surprised that Eijirou could lie so easily. “Got it. How’d you know I got sick?”
Eijirou’s grin spread slowly, and his mood shifted. Chest out, he stretched up to his full height, showing off as he confessed. “That cute handmaid of yours from the wedding?”
Katsuki nodded.
“Twice. She came back with a friend.”
Katsuki laughed, giving Eijirou’s shoulder a rough shove. “You knothead, you made me feel bad!”
“Kaaaat, keep your voice down,” Eijirou complained, shoving him back just as rough, though he made sure, of course, that the ground was clear first.
The two continued their noisy play-fighting as they left the village. More armored guards were posted there as well, but upon recognizing Katsuki, no one even dared make extended eye contact. They were only a few feet from the village’s walls when Katsuki realized two of them had followed, though they kept a respectable distance. When Katsuki began to grumble, Eijirou reminded him that he was going to have to get used to the extra protection, even if he didn’t need it. Katsuki agreed reluctantly.
A short walk later, the omega was shuffling naked into the river’s cold flow. When they’d arrived, Eijirou had insisted he hide himself partially so the guards wouldn’t see him strip. Remembering the two nosy fucks outside his wedding tent, he couldn’t help but agree it was a good idea. He shivered visibly as the water sloshed up over his waist, little waves lapping higher and higher until he was in just over his shoulders. Eijirou sat off to the side, his back turned respectfully and a keen eye on the unfamiliar guards as he waited silently for Katsuki to finish bathing.
Without soap, Katsuki was forced to soak a little longer than he would have liked. His teeth were starting to chatter softly when he finally decided that he’d rubbed off as much of Eijirou as he could. It felt deeper than just a physical ridding of his scent, somehow. More like he was shedding the child that he still clung to in himself. He would come out of the water a changed man.
“Oi, Ei,” he called as he came back out, rubbing his palms over his shoulders and down his arms. He was freezing. “You shoulda brought a blanket or something, dumbass. Your queen is freezing.”
Eijirou sputtered over a few unintelligible sounds. “Well, excuse me, my Queen. I really didn’t expect company ,” he retorted, putting significant emphasis on the last word. “I’m afraid you caught me a little unaware.”
Katsuki walked up to him, smirking. He felt a little shiver of excitement, knowing very well he was pushing even his boundaries. That didn’t mean he was going to back down. “Shame,” he said. “Don’t let it happen again.”
The ‘yes, your highness’ that Eijirou answered him with was, to an untrained ear, perfectly respectful. Only Katsuki saw the little flare of anger and amusement in his guard’s eyes, and he walked off, leaving Katsuki feeling quite confident that their relationship had remained unchanged. Being able to close the book on the possibility that there might have been more between them had been a catalyst Katsuki hadn’t known he needed until the whole thing was done and over. And, yeah, okay, maybe he’d been a little manipulative, but it had worked out in the end! Katsuki was all but whistling as the small group of four walked back to the entrance.
The extra guards fell off once they were inside the walls of the barbarian settlement, and within seconds, were replaced by a short omega who made a beeline for Eijirou, ignoring Katsuki completely. Katsuki wasn’t really bothered by that. It was kind of nice to be ignored after the day he’d been through, and so Katsuki chose not to make a big deal. He simply stood aside and shook his head as the little omega male stood on his tiptoes to wrap his arms around Eijirou’s neck and draw him down into a pointed kiss. Katsuki struggled not to laugh and looked away, pressing a hand down on his mouth to keep himself quiet. A snort might have made its way out, earning him a quick glare that Katsuki found easy to ignore. He certainly wasn’t going to present a challenge.
“Jiiiii, you’re coming back soon, aren’t you? You promised it would be quick and I’ve been waiting a long time!” The omega was laying it on thick and syrupy, his chokingly sweet scent stinking up the whole area.
Katsuki exhaled hard, frowning in distaste. He never could figure out what it was about omega scents that drove alphas wild. They all just smelled like rotting yeast to him. Sweet, cloying, and utterly repulsive. But he could see the immediate effect on Eijirou. The alpha’s thick arms wrapped possessively around the omega’s waist and drew him in close, head bowing just a tiny bit, needing to get closer to the source of that scent, and quite literally licked his lips as if he were starving.
“Yeah, baby,” he answered, nuzzling at the omega’s ear and hair, scenting him until the blonde drew away with a coy giggle.
Katsuki had to give it to him…. He was good. Eijirou was completely wrapped around his finger.
“You’ve been real good for me,” the alpha continued, laying the praise over his all too willing recipient in soft tones. Katsuki had certainly never heard Eijirou’s voice sound quite like that before, and he chanced a glance over at the pair.
The omega’s leg was lifted and wrapped over Eijirou’s thigh, and the alpha’s large hand splayed over his barely covered ass to hold him in place. They could barely keep themselves from dry humping standing right there. Katsuki saw Eijirou’s hips move and the omega’s toes curl in response.
Blushing and annoyed about it, Katsuki crossed his arms and looked away. “Hurry it up, Ji ,” he snapped, purposefully mocking the nickname the omega had used.
The look he got over the blonde omega’s shoulder told him maybe he was pushing it a little far. Still. It wasn’t like he was going to back down now. He sniffed and looked away, waiting. He couldn’t help but remember, with slight bitterness, that just minutes ago he had been ‘baby.’
”You gotta take me back,” he said with finality and looked away before he could see the disappointment on Eijirou’s face. He could apologize later.
Truly, he wasn’t even thinking about Eijirou’s feelings at all but the embarrassing heat that had snuck into his guts at the sight of the omega presenting himself so open and wanton. No barbarian omega would have done something so intimate in public. But Eijirou’s omega truly seemed not to care that anyone else was around. There was absolutely no question as to what he was offering, and it was like the more that knew, the happier he was about it. He was boldly staking his claim on Eijirou and daring anyone to do anything about it. Katsuki had never imagined such a thing. And he couldn’t help but wonder… had Izuku expected him to act like that? Would he eventually?
Katsuki felt his face curl in distaste at the thought. No. There was no fucking way he would ever do something so personal in public view like that. No. Fucking. Way. He crossed his arms and turned angrily away from the two and their horny display.
He didn’t see the look that Eijrou turned down to the omega, but he heard the warm coo in his voice. “I’ll run back to you. Promise. Will you wait for me, baby? Hm? Just a little longer, okay?”
The shameless omega sucked in a slow, deep breath and let it out even slower. Katsuki fought down the urge to growl at the way he was dragging everything out. Little attention whore.
“Yeah, Ji, I’ll be waiting,” the omega promised, voice saccharine. “Hurry back, okay?”
A soft wet sucking followed, but Katsuki absolutely refused to look at them making out. He cleared his throat impatiently after just a few moments. How had Eijirou not had enough already? Katsuki wondered briefly how the hell one wife was expected to manage an alpha’s appetite. God forbid he even think about ruts!
He got a flash of himself kneeling on Izuku’s furs, ass presented high in the air, dripping thick, sticky cum, his pale skin dotted here and there with love bites, and the shiver that ran through his body took his breath away.
“Leaving,” he announced and began to storm off. He could hear Eijirou rushing to catch up.
”Bro, have some sympathy,” he said with a weak laugh. “He was so perfectly ripe…. Unh, fuck. I could have slipped in right there, and he’d have let me.”
Eijirou’s scent got stronger, and Katsuki covered his nose in response, turning a glare in the stupid alpha’s direction. He’d just taken an ice bath to avoid that!
”Heh, sorry. Sometimes I forget you don’t feel stuff like that.”
Katsuki frowned. He didn’t like the way Eijirou had said that… like he was missing something. He wasn’t missing anything. He did feel ‘stuff like that.’ It just took more than knowing each other’s name to get him there.
“Whatever, Ei. It’s fine. I just wanna get some sleep. Hey, uh... do alphas really like that? When an omega is all over them?”
Eijirou laughed softly as he fell into step easily next to Katsuki. “Oh, yeah. Can’t resist it. To be so perfectly needed? To be his whole world like that? Nothing like it.”
Katsuki thought that over for a moment and nodded. That made a little more sense, at least. And it helped to know it wasn’t just sex. At least they felt something too. It made Katsuki feel a lot better about his own emotional responses in intimate moments. “What else do alphas like?”
“Depends on the alpha,” Eijirou answered with a shrug, laughing when Katsuki glared at him. “Well, it’s true! We’re not all the same, Kat. You wanna know what your alpha likes? Find out. What, you’re not suddenly scared, are you?”
Oh, Eijirou knew exactly what he was doing, but Katsuki didn’t care. He shoved Eijirou’s shoulder with a growl. “I’ll show you fuckin’ scared,” he bit back. “I’ll have that alpha eating out of my palms by tomorrow night.”
“Good. I hope you do.”
Katsuki stopped, and Eijirou followed after, turning to look at him. They shared a quiet moment, just regarding one another in comfortable silence. When Katsuki began walking again, Eijirou fell back into step next to him. They didn’t talk anymore, and soon Katsuki could see the two guards waiting outside his tent.
Eijirou rested a hand on his shoulder. “You got this, man,” he said, smiling one of his big, dumb, dopey dog smiles down at Katsuki. “He’s seriously not gonna know what hit him.”
“Shut up. I’m not that good of an omega.”
“Bullshit. You have no idea what kinda sway you have. I’m just saying, sometimes, the longer the chase, the sweeter the catch.” Eijirou shrugged in a cute, halpless way. “All you gotta do is learn to recognize it.”
Katsuki grumbled something about Eijirou probably being right, followed by an even more muttered thank you. He didn’t linger any longer, feeling mushy enough as it was already. When he walked by the guards that had been posted outside, he made sure to stick his nose a little higher in the air and avoided all eye contact. Wordlessly and without explanation, he slipped back into the tent.
It took a minute for his eyes to adjust. The candles had burnt themselves out, extinguished by the water they floated in. He tried to climb carefully over Izuku’s mass, but the alpha let out an unflattering snort as he suddenly rolled over. Katsuki tripped and tumbled to the ground, barely managing not to drive his knee into Izuku’s midsection.
“Katsuki...?” Izuku was sleepy and confused, and it made Katsuki’s cheeks warm and his hands flex. An intense moment of cute aggression had him wanting to grab that puffy, freckled face and stretch it until he cried for mercy.
“Sorry,” he answered and took the opportunity to slip under the fur cover he would be sharing with Izuku. He didn’t even hesitate before he lay close, shifting until he was just ever-so-slightly touching Izuku. Not exactly a snuggle. Not exactly not a snuggle, either. “I was having some trouble sleeping, so I took a walk. Go back to sleep.”
Izuku smacked his lips dazedly and nodded, his eyes closed the entire time. “Mm, kay. You’re gonna stay this time, right?”
A hand rested on his hip, pulled away, then returned and squeezed softly. When Katsuki looked back over his shoulder, Izuku’s green eyes were just barely open. Katsuki couldn’t help but smile.
“Yeah. I’m here to stay.”