Not as planned 1 - Katsuki Bakugo   von Puraido
                                 (A/B/O Verse)
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                                 Kapitel 99: 
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After dinner, they cleaned the dishes in no time and then they sat back on the
couches, Kairi was next to Toya, she had Hotaru in her arms.

Toya was feeling pretty good. The past couple of month and especially the past
couple of days were a roller coaster ride for him, so it was nice to just relax.
He was surprisingly comfortable in Kairi’s presence. After all that had
happened to him, he felt pretty unsafe around alphas and at first he was wary
around her too, but she never gave him a reason to feel unwelcome. She was
nothing but nice to him, and she even got him out of prison.

She had a scarier presence than Endeavor but she was super nice around small
children and she had given him some tips for Hotaru, he was thankful for that.

Keigo was next to Toya. “You know, Kairi, I never thought you were this good
with pups” Hawks mumbled.

Kairi raised her eyebrows. “Ah, why’s that?” she asked.

“Because you’re always so … scary” he grimaced.

Kairi chuckled. “You’re not wrong. But why would I be scary now? I’m only
like that, when I have to be. Besides, I don’t want to scare the pups.”

“Did you raise many pups?” Toya asked.

“I got five bio children and one step son, plus I have already small
grandkids, and I helped Kaleb with his other children, I sometimes go over to
the orphanage in Batoh and take care of them. Over the years it got plenty.”
She answered.

“Are there many orphans?” Toya asked.

“Yes, unfortunately, many children end up there. In a violent city like Batoh
it’s not uncommon, that children lose their parents.”

Hotaru started to get a little fuzzy, Kairi smiled at her and released some
pheromones to calm the pup down.

Toya sniffed the air and his eyes widened a bit. Her usually strong and
overpowering scent of tobacco, leather and ethanol was now completely gone and
she now smelled like a fresh sea breeze mixed with lavender and lemon. Toya
leaned subconsciously closer to her because it was such a pleasant smell. He
started to purr.

Keigo leaned over too. This was so much better then the strong scent. He let out
a chirping sound. Toya looked at him surprised. Kairi looked over to him too.
Embarrassed, Keigo put his hand in front of his mouth. “Uhh, sorry” he
mumbled. His cheeks were burning red.

Kairi laughed at that. “Sorry, boy, you’re too young, besides I don’t do
omegas” she winked at him.

Keigo stared at her. “I, uh, well too bad! Your loss!” He turned away in a
huff.

“Aww, poor Hawksy, it seems you just don’t have luck with the alphas. First
my dad and now her, too bad” Toya said in a snarky voice.

Keigo turned around fast. “I-I’m not interested in him! I-I’m just a
fan!” he tried to defend himself.

“Aww, did you forget that you basically confessed your love for him to me?”
Toya raised his eyebrows. He put a finger under Keigo’s chin and smirked.

Kairi started to chuckle heavily. “Don’t be embarrassed, kiddo, it’s
nothing to be ashamed off, I know I’m hot and so is Endeavor, like
literally.”

Toya sighed. “This is kinda yikes to hear people talk about him like that.”
He grimaced. “Especially after they learn how he really is.”

Hawks was still red in the face. He had heard Toya’s story and how Enji had
been to his wife and children, yet his feelings for him were too strong to
simply go away.

Kairi’s gaze softened. “I’m sorry for what he did to you, your siblings
and your mom.” She patted Toya’s white hair.

“Thanks” Toya exhaled and reached for his daughter. Kairi gave her to him.
Toya cradled his child and leaned against Kairi, she was still sending out the
fresh and calming pheromones. She put an arm around him, and just let him lay
there, even though she wasn’t the biggest fan of cuddling.

Hawks pouted a little, Toya looked so relaxed, he couldn’t suppress a smile.
The past months were really stressful for Toya, so Hawks was happy, that he
could finally come down.

“Why don’t you ‘do’ omegas?” Hawks asked.

Kairi shrugged a little. “They just don’t appeal to me, omegas are too
small, too soft, and most likely too obedient and this is everything I don’t
like.”

“No? That’s really strange, I never met an alpha who didn’t like omegas”
Keigo mumbled. “So you were never, ever interested in one? Did you never have
sex with them either?”

“Don’t just ask such questions” Toya looked irritated towards him.

“Haha, it’s fine, no, I never in my life had an omega partner, and the only
one I would consider for sex would be Mai-Li” she grinned at the omega. Mai-Li
looked up when she heard her name. She asked something in Chinese.

Kairi answered in Chinese to her. Suddenly Mai-Li started to growl, she said
something and Kairi laughed, after that Mai-Li flipped her off.

“What was that?” Keigo asked.

“Oh, I just told her what we said, and she meant that she would only kill me
if I tried something funny. She told me how she would dismember me slowly but
surely, while keeping me alive.” Kairi had a huge grin on her face, while Toya
and Keigo looked irritated. “Can you see why I would consider her? She is so
brutally honest, I like that!”

“You like death threats?” Toya asked.

“Well, it’s not like it would actually kill me, so yeah, I do. I’m always
looking for the most interesting way to die.” Her smile faded.
“Unfortunately for me, most people are rather shy about killing me, no other
omega I met would have done it, so yeah, no chance I sleep with one of them.”

“You are very strange …” Keigo mumbled.

“I just know what I like” Kairi answered.

 

The others were in their own conversations, Ian sat with his two mates, he was
snuggled against Jay, while Hua cuddled up to him.

Neito and Yuga were again close together, Eijiro watched them for some time. He
had noticed it for a while now.

Eijiro looked over to Miles and to his confusion Midnight was right next to him,
she played with the collar of Miles’ shirt. He still wondered, how Kairi could
be so casual about it that her mate was next to another alpha that was clearly
flirting with him.

Eri walked over to Kairi and climbed in her lap. “Do you know fairytales?”
she asked.

“What kind of fairytales?” Kairi questioned.

“I don’t know. Happy fairytales?”

“Yeah, stories would be cool! I mean, you know a lot about the world and
stuff, so you must know some pretty cool stories too!” Denki chimed in.

“Yes, tell us stories!” Some of the others exclaimed.

Kairi raised her eye brows. “Hmm, I guess I can tell some. But all stories I
know are not that child friendly” she looked down to Eri. “But I’ll try my
best to make them less … unhappy” she smiled at the pup.

“Oh yeah!” Eri applauded.

Kairi pursed her lips and clicked with her tongue. “Well, what story could it
be?” She thought about it.

“How about the story of Loraine?” Jesper suggested.

“Oh yeah, this one is mostly un-graphic.” She smiled and she shifted Eri on
her lap. She cleared her throat. “It is to be noted, that in this story, which
may or may not be true, all alphas are male and all omegas are female! It is
very common for old stories to associate alpha to male and omega to female
because of the rare number of female alphas and male omegas. And god forbid
woman could do anything but look nice and cook in these old days” she made a
faux shocked expression.

“Well, a long time ago, an omegan baby girl was born into a pureblood alphan
noble family, the father of the child was furious for he did not want an omegan
child. To keep the honor of his pureblood alphan family he forced his wife to
leave the baby in the forest.”

A few gasps could be heard from the students. Eri stared at Kairi, she seemed
shocked.

“The mother cried and begged to keep her pup, but she was not allowed to, and
so she did as her husband told and she brought her pup deep into the forest
where she left it.”

Toya next to her growled he hugged his daughter tighter.

“But a stray omegan family found the poor bundle and they took pity on her and
brought her to their home. They called the babe ‘Loraine’ and under their
guidance, she would grow strong and quick and clever. She learned how to wield a
sword, as well as any alpha. She could kill the deer with a bow and an arrow at
a hundred paces, and she was as graceful on the back of her horse as she was on
foot.”

“The omegan family saw, that Loraine could easily best the alphan warriors and
they wanted to show the alphans that had left her to die. They bestowed upon her
a fine horse and armor and send her to prove herself in the great tourney.”

“Now, in those days, no omega was allowed to take up arms, let alone compete
in a tourney, but Loraine suppressed her scent and kept her helmet on and she
was not discovered. She fought in the tourney, as fierce and as graceful as no
one else and she bested the strongest alphan warriors. She gained the approval
of the crowed.”

Some of the students leaned forward in their seats to listen more closely to it.
Even Eijiro paid great attention to the story.

“Eventually they came to the grand melee fights. And Loraine stood against the
alphan knight, Eldric. She had bested him before and Eldric was determined, not
to lose a second time. Out of desperation to regain his honor he tripped Loraine
and shoved her to the ground, ripping off the helmet.”

Tsuyu had grabbed Ochako’s hand as she listened to the story. Her index finger
touched the corner of her mouth.

Kyoka had her arms wrapped around Denki’s, she was also on the edge of her
seat, while Denki was equally engaged in the story.

“A silence fell upon the arena, as Loraine was revealed. Furious, for he had
lost to an omega, Eldric declared the tourney invalid, an omega had taken part
and this was not allowed. But the crowd cheered for Loraine, while Eldric was
being shamed. And so, blinded by rage he forced her to her knees. ‘Know your
place, omega’ cried he and beheaded her.”

Gasps went through the ranks of students. Setsuna was on the edge of her seat.
She had gripped Yosetsu’s hand in an iron grasp and almost broke his bones.

Ochako was more furious about it as she should be how dare he behead the omega
just for fighting?! She was really engaged in the story.

“Oh no! I had hoped for a happy end!” Yui mumbled.

“The son of the king, Prince Nathaniel, was present and he recognized her
strength and bravery and he began to see the injustice done to the omegas in his
land. So, when he was made king, he rewrote the laws of his land, so that omegas
could also become knights and he knighted Loraine after her death.”

The omegas exhaled in relief, at least something positive.

“Every omega who was knighted revered Loraine the Brave, for she is the patron
for all omegan knights.” Kairi ended the story.

“Oooh, so she did something good?” Eri asked.

“Yes, with her bravery and her raw talent, she impressed the spectators and
the future king, if it wasn’t for her, the omegas would still be seen as meek
little creatures that can’t protect themselves.” Kairi explained to her.

“So, this is what moved the people to give omegas more rights?” Denki
asked.

“If the story is a true story or just that, a story, I may not know, but it is
certainly true that omegas were not allowed to own any kind of weaponry. They
were not meant to defend their homes, for this was their alphan mate’s duty.

“Wow, this must be a really old concept. I mean I can’t even imagine to just
sit at home and to do nothing” Katsuki snarled.

“This is not an old concept at all. In many European countries omegan rights
were heavily restricted and only after 1945 they started slowly to progress.
Some countries were more open to give omegas their rights, like the UK, Germany,
France and Spain, but many Slavic countries as well as Hungary and Romania were
not that generous. While many omegas got most of their rights during the
sixties, in those countries it was not the case.”

While she talked, Present Mic had taken Eri from her and he brought her away, it
was really late now and she didn’t need to hear such history yet. She was a
bit fuzzy, but Joseph and Leigh went outside with them, and showed her some more
tricks with their quirks. This made her happy.

“Why took it longer in those countries?” Momo asked.

“I can only really speak for Romania since I grew up there, at that time the
dictator of Romania spoke actively against omegan rights, so we got the reform
after his death, and even then it took a few months. Omegas got their rights in
the 1990s. Even Russia was a couple of years earlier and they have some strict
policies. Up until this point many omegan people, female or male, were not
allowed to work without their alphan mate’s permission and this was in the
seventies. It never affected my family directly, since we had no omegas and my
mother and sisters were betas, but I saw it with my neighbors.”

“Oh my, how was living in Romania at that time? You said it was the
seventies?” Tenya asked.

“Yeah, it wasn’t good. Romania came to wealth but only really for already
wealthy people. They just did not care for poor people, they had to live in the
ghettos and it was horrible there. Due to my father being an alpha, we were
relatively wealthy, so we never were in any danger to end up in the ghettos. But
uh, it got a lot more complicated during the beginning of the war of the Soviet
Union and China in the 80s, and the Poland-Czechoslovakia conflict after 1987.
Many refugees came into the country, from both the Soviet Union and
Czechoslovakia, but unfortunately many criminals also came with them and those
refugees made it all worse and … well a lot of bad stuff happened.” She put
emphasis on the ‘bad stuff’, the students could guess what was going down.
Izuku tilted his head, was that the point where she was snatched, he wondered.

She cleared her throat. “Anyway, do you want more stories? I mean, I don’t
really know light hearted stories but lighter than real history.”

It was clear that she wanted to direct the topic back to something more
positive.

“Oh, do you know a story of the beginning of the dynamics? I mean, it is
heavily discussed how it all started, no one really knows, but I bet there are
some interesting European stories for the whole thing.” Itsuka asked.

“Yeah, there is actually a story. She was told to me by a friend’s
mother.” Kairi cleared her throat again.

“Centuries ago, when the people had only their primary gender, there was a
young, beautiful woman. Morrigan, for that is what people called her, had long
ebony hair, eyes of the color of gold and honey and a smooth, ivory skin, she
was known throughout the land for her unrivaled beauty. When she came of age,
she got the attention of the King Callahan, and he took her as his wife.”

“Morrigan was not just special because of her beauty, but she also possessed
the gift of magic – in a world where only few people had this kind of power,
it was frowned upon to use it. But with Callahan’s blessing, she practiced her
art. She lived as his wife for a couple of years. One day, a young bard named
Allister, came to the castle. And Morrigan was captivated by his voice, and he
by her beauty and they fell in love.”

Katsuki looked towards Izuku before his eyes shifted to Eijiro, he could see the
sad look on his face. A lump started to grow in Katsuki’s throat.

Kinoko was restless in her seat. “Oooh, the plot thickens” she mumbled, she
grabbed Pony’s hands.

“Morrigan and Allister fled the castle and they looked for refuge in the
wilds. They met a clan of witches and they lived with them, happily for many
years. Morrigan gave birth to a daughter and a son of Allister and their luck
was perfect. But one day, she received word from a traveler, that King Callahan
was dying and he longed to see her face, one last time.”

Mina shifted in her seat, she suspected that something wasn’t right.

“Morrigan’s heart swelled with pity for the man that was once her husband,
and she begged Allister to return to the castle one last time. Allister allowed
it and with her new family, she returned to the castle, to see her former
husband; but when they returned, they were surrounded by Callahan’s men and
Allister was slain in front of Morrigan’s and his children’s eyes.”

Gasps and quite exclaims of ‘oh no’s could be heard. Mina gripped the fabric
of her skirt tighter. She knew that something bad would happen.

“Morrigan was locked up in the castle’s tower, as well as her children,
there to await Callahan’s judgment over them. Her son was taken away and some
guard beat him to death and the daughter awaited a fate, even worse then death.
After they were done, they brought her back to the tower, where she succumbed to
her injuries.”

Toya gritted his teeth and he grabbed Keigo’s hand next to him. Some of the
omegas shifted uncomfortably. They were thankful that Kairi didn’t describe it
in too much detail. They were sure, that she could.

“Distraught by the loss of her love and the death of her children, Morrigan
plotted revenge. She summoned a demon of the forest she had lived in, intending
for it, to reek vengeance against Callahan. But something went awry and instead
the demon possessed her and turned her into an abomination, half human half
wolf. The walls and floors of the castle were painted red, when she made her way
through the halls in her search for Callahan, yet none of the men and women she
met died that night, for they turned into vicious man-wolf beasts themselves.
Morrigan did not want them to have an easy death, she wanted them to suffer, as
her daughter and son did.”

“She arrived at Callahan’s bedroom and he was the only one that was
slaughtered this night. When the dawn arrived, the last remnants of Morrigan’s
humanity had melted away, she left for the wilds, followed by the men and women
who had turned into beasts. For many years to come, Morrigan – or the beast
that was left of her – transformed dozens of people and with the help of the
men she begat her werewolf children. As did many of the other women and soon the
werewolf population grew.”

“Even after Morrigan’s death, the curse was not broken. But through the
breeding with normal humans, the beasts took on more and more humane forms and
eventually they looked like normal humans again, with the ability to shift into
their wolf forms. Back in the days the men were declared to be the ‘alphas’,
strong leaders who had to protect the packs, while women were declared
‘omegas’, the weak and obedient wives who would do as their husbands said.
It was unthinkable that a woman could become an alpha and a man could become an
omega.”

“How did this change then?” Katsuki asked.

“You see, the titles ‘alpha’ and ‘omega’ were really just descriptions
like ‘man’ or ‘woman’ today, the term ‘beta’ wasn’t used in those
days. They hadn’t figured out the biology behind it all. Slowly over the
years, more and more woman took up arms, and fought battles as good and as brave
as any men! You could say the story of Loraine is in correlation to this. And
they discovered, that those women had the same physiology like their male
counterparts. They were also able to grow a penis with a knot and to begat
children, therefore they weren’t really ‘woman’ in the eyes of the others.
The same applied to men that had the physiology of, what they declared an omega.
Men, who could become pregnant, who were physically weaker than other men, they
were too declared as omegas, for they were not ‘real men’.”

Katsuki growled a little at that. Not ‘real men’, he didn’t like that.

“For the longest time, male omegas were discriminated against. Omegas were
less worth than alphas at the time, and while many found a female alpha to be
strange, they would never dare to speak against them, publicly, but omegas
didn’t have a status, so males were most often chased out of the cities, to
live in the forests as strays.”

“Wow, really great” Katsuki growled. “That French alpha bitch seemed to be
from centuries ago too.”

“Yeah, in many ways they are. Loup-Garou thinks that those stories are a
hundred percent true and that he, with his werewolf quirk, is the true
descendant of Morrigan, even though from the legends Morrigan was of British
origin. But I guess there is a version of that story in every country. I’ve
heard a German Version, the name Morrigan swapped with Sidonia, same for
Callahan and Allister but otherwise the same story. So yeah, that’s that. And
like I said, it’s just a story!”

“But still, there could be something true to it” Ibara said. “In most of
these old tales there is a hint of truth.”

“Hm, well, if you wanna believe in such stories, go for it. For me they are
just cute little stories. Some versions more creative than the others.”

“I knew something bad would happen, when Morrigan went back to the castle, it
was so obvious” Mina voiced her thoughts.

“For the listener it sure is, but if you are the one in that situation it’s
not as easy to see.” Kairi mentioned. “Sometimes you are blinded by your own
emotions and can’t make calculated decisions.”

“I guess that’s true …” Mina murmured.

Katsuki bit on his lower lip, gazing back to Eijiro, the redhead sat back on the
couch, arms crossed before his chest. Tetsutetsu mirrored him again.

“Now we had a tragic love story, do you know any good love story?” Setsuna
asked.

“Uh …” Kairi furrowed her brows. She looked up while she thought about it.
“Hm, no … that ends in tragedy … hmm, this one’s not good either” she
mumbled to herself.

“How about the story of Gwendolyn and her soldier?” Miles suggested.
Kairi’s breath hitched for a moment.

“I suppose that is a suitable story … plus a short one” she looked
thoughtful. “This story revolves around gods and stuff, so yeah.” She
cleared her throat.

“Once upon a time there lived a fair omegan maiden, called Gwendolyn. She had
many suitors but she denied them for she did not love them. One day, Gwendolyn
was sitting by the fountains in the gardens of her father’s castle, singing
and dreaming, when her voice caught the attention of a young omegan soldier.
Entranced by her voice, the soldier walked over to her, and as their eyes met,
he fell in love with her, and she with him.”

“But when Gwendolyn told her alphan father about the man she had chosen, he
was furious, for Gwendolyn was high born, but her love nothing more than an
omegan soldier, not even an alphan one.”

Denki guessed that this story took place after the one with Loraine, since the
soldier was an omega. He still held Kyoka’s hand, but his free hand slid into
Hitoshi’s, he grabbed it and rubbed his thumb over Denki’s back of the hand.
Denki smiled at him.

“To keep the two apart, he had Gwendolyn imprisoned in his castle and sent her
soldier to the wars. Alas, not even two weeks had passed, when news of his death
reached Gwendolyn. She wept for her love and besieged the gods to deliver her
from this cruel world. The gods themselves were moved by the earnesty of her
plea, they gathered her in their arms and lifted her high into the heavens,
where she became a star. The gods also lifted up the soul of her soldier love
and there he dwells across the horizon from her. The band of stars between them
is a river of Gwendolyn’s tears, cried for her lost love. The gods say, when
she has cried enough, she will be able to cross the river, to be reunited with
her lost love.”

She cleared her throat. “Yeah, that’s that.” She pursed her lips, one
could see that she didn’t like the story.

“I thought it was beautiful! I mean, yeah, death again, but there is hope at
the end” Ibara spoke. “A love, so great, that even the gods are moved” She
folded her hands to pray.

“Well, if you like it, that’s good for you.” Kairi mentioned.

“Do you not like it?” Mina asked.

“Not exactly, but it was my sister Freya’s favorite story.” She looked
over to Miles.

“Yeah, Freya, my wife and my true love, told me the story several times when
she got sick after our son’s birth” Miles held Kairi’s stare. “I mean, I
am an atheist, I never believed in any sort of god, but she told this story with
such passion that it captured me, after her death it gave me hope that one day,
I might see her again …” His voice was shaking a little bit, but he kept
himself together.

Eijiro looked again between the two and he didn’t understand it. How could
Kairi be so calm when her mate was flirting with others and talking about his
‘true love’ that wasn’t her? Maybe he was just fed up from the last couple
of hours. He knew that he should keep quiet, but it just broke out of him.

“Oi, Kairi, why are you so nonchalant when he talks about stuff like this and
flirts with other alphas?”

“Why should I be bothered?” She turned her head and looked at him now.

“I mean, you two are mates! Shouldn’t you be bothered that Midnight is all
over him? And that he talks as if he doesn’t even love you?”

Kairi shrugged. “I don’t care. Why would I, Midnight was all over me too.
Besides, it’s not love that keeps us together. Miles doesn’t love me, he is
still in love with my sister.”

“Yeah, Kairi is just the replacement, for as long as I am not reunited with my
Freya.” Miles answered.

The students looked at them in shock. “Are you serious?” Eijiro growled.
“Why are you together then, if it’s not love?”

“Convenience” they both answered.

“Care to elaborate?” Eijiro huffed.

Kairi sighed. “You see, I never really cared for mating bullshit like that,
but as long as I was unmated, several omegas were chasing after me, because they
hoped to get one or two pups out of it. It’s common practice for some of the
prostitute omegas to get knocked up by an alpha and to enter the family that
way, because they hope the get into better living situations. I got annoyed by
it and mentioned it to Miles, he proposed that we could mate, in order to keep
the omegas away from us. And since I looked a great deal like my sister, it was
beneficial for him too. So, we mated and after that, the omegas kept their
distance.”

The students were shocked, when they heard that some omegas would randomly try
to get pups from alphas. In which world did Kairi live?

“That is all? No romantic feelings whatsoever?” Eijiro didn’t understand
it. Katsuki watched him with a strange feeling in his chest.

“No, there are no romantic feelings at all. I don’t do ‘love’, never in
my fifty years, I was in love with someone.” Kairi looked at him, her eyes
were cold. “But there are several other reasons why I chose to stay with him.
He is one of the few alphas that are absolutely brutal. So are the other five of
my lovers, too, but he is the one who is the most brutal to me. Most of the
other partners I had were focused on making it as pleasant as possible for me,
but when I told them that I don’t like or need pleasantries, and prefer brutal
violence, they chickened out and called me a freak. But Miles happily
obliged.” A grin spread over her face. “He killed me a good amount of times
throughout the years and every time it happens, it’s ecstatic, to say the
least. That’s the main reason, I am still with him.”

“Okay, that’s fucked up! Did you know that about your parents?” Eijiro
turned to Ian. The prime just shrugged.

“I am aware of the fact, but really, it’s not my place to judge. They are
adults and if they like that and it’s consensual why the hell should they not
do it?”

“Oh, I knew that you were a rascal all along” Midnight purred. A grin spread
over Miles’ face.

“You have no idea, love.”

The others had their own thoughts on this type of relationship, Ochako and Mina
didn’t get it. Why would someone stay together with a partner they didn’t
love?

Izuku was deep in thoughts. His gaze was on Katsuki for a moment but then it
switched to a visibly angry Eijiro. Being mated with someone, even though you
didn’t love them … Being together with them out of convenience. He swallowed
heavily, the sparks of an idea formed in his head.

Katsuki felt strange after all these stories. He had started to nibble on his
finger nails. He felt so sick while watching Eijiro. He had told him to go, date
Izuku, so it was okay, wasn’t it! Why did he feel so strange all of a sudden?

Denki looked between Hitoshi and Kyoka, he wondered if or rather when he had to
decide which one he should choose. He liked them both, but he wasn’t sure if
they would get along. They were friends by now, but Denki would not make the
same mistake as Katsuki, Eijiro and Izuku, he wouldn’t force them to be
together. Besides, he had so much on his mind, Hitoshi still didn’t know that
he wanted to be an omega. Before he hadn’t settled this, there was no way of a
relationship anyways.

“But, why were you never in love?” Kinoko asked.

Kairi shrugged. “I don’t believe in romantic love, not after some shit that
happened to me. Don’t get me wrong, I do love my family, my children, I really
do, but I never felt love for a partner. I’m just aromantic. It doesn’t make
sense to me that ‘love’ is needed to be happy. In my eyes, it just this
overrated concept, and in the end it causes more pain than anything. But I have
normal, sexual attraction for people, especially alphas, male or female.”

Kinoko and some of the others looked at her. They were all in thought about
this. Eijiro stared at the ground, his hands were clenched into fists, he
gulped. He closed his eyes and exhaled. She was right … love wasn’t needed
to be happy … He stood up and walked over to Kairi.

“That’s a really good decision! If that’s the right thing for you, I can
respect that. And you’re right, love isn’t needed to be happy. Thanks for
opening my eyes on that. That is really manly!” He grabbed her and pulled her
up into a big bear hug. Dabi squeaked a little, when she got pulled away from
under him, but he caught himself and his daughter.

Kairi was pretty startled by that reaction but she awkwardly returned the hug.
“Uhh … alright, boy. Glad that I could help you?” She didn’t really know
what to say to that.

She looked at him, when he released her. He smiled at her, even though it
didn’t reach his eyes. She stared deep into his them now. She didn’t exactly
know what was going on, but this boy was hurting. “You’ll pull through it, I
believe in that” she murmured, quiet enough for only he could hear it. “I
don’t know what’s on your mind, but don’t let it beat you. You can do
it.”

The following smile was a bit more real. She could see, how tears collected in
his eyes and he wiped them away before they could spill. “Thanks” He
smiled.

He then turned around and walked to Miles. “I firmly believe that you will be
able to see your wife again!” he spoke. He grabbed Miles too and pulled him
into a hug.

Miles stiffened, he held his arms up, not returning the hug. “Uh, sure thing
boy, uuhhh, you can let go now … please?” he grimaced. He didn’t like
hugging, especially if it came from random people. The most he could bear were
his family members and Kaleb, but otherwise it was a no go for him.

Eijiro let go eventually. He returned to his seat. The mercenaries stared at him
with confused looks. The silence was a bit awkward. Miles sat back down, still a
bit overwhelmed.

Katsuki clenched his jaw when he heard Eijiro’s declaration, that he didn’t
need love. No, this was not right! He wanted him to love him … Katsuki shook
his head, what was he thinking? He was in a relationship with Izuku! Eijiro
didn’t have to love him. Why was it bothering him so much? And what the hell
was wrong with Izuku? Why did he stay away from Katsuki?

After that strange action, Kairi cleared her throat. “I think it’s time that
we leave. Our flight tomorrow goes very early, and I want to catch at least some
hours of sleep.” She stood up and so did the others of her group. “Well,
this it the goodbye, I don’t think we will see each other tomorrow, uhm,
t’was a mostly pleasant job for us. I never did anything like it before, uh,
well at least with the summer camp, that is.”

She looked around, and especially towards the alphas. “If any of you wants to
come to Thailand after school, just give me a call and I arrange a few things.
Thailand might be a shock for you, but it could be a very good experience.
Anyway, uh, this was all I guess” she smirked a little. “And Izuku, you know
what we talked about, you don’t need to worry about the money, its okay.”

Confused, Katsuki looked between the two, what was going on there? Izuku just
nodded. “Yeah, I know, I will think about it” he answered.

With that the mercenaries, as well as Toya with Hotaru and Hawks left the dorm.
Toya and Hawks would go with them to Thailand so they had to sleep a little as
well.

After a short while the B Class made their way back to their own dorms. The
students cleaned up a little before they headed off in their own rooms.

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