Their Hot Romance (BakuDeku)

Chapter Twenty-Five

Katsuki jumped when a harsh knock came on his door. Ryuu picked his head up expectantly. Katsuki placed his bookmark in his book, which he'd been reading for a while now, then placed it down on the coffee table as he got up. Another knock sounded through the apartment. "I'm coming." Katsuki called. He swung the door open effortlessly. A small smirk creeped its way up to his lips at the sight of Izuku Midoriya. The alpha wore his hero costume, which looked slightly frayed and dirty. "What're you doing back here?"

"We should talk." Izuku whispered.

Katsuki felt his stomach twist uncomfortably as he thought about everything he'd done wrong in the last forty-eight hours. Really, it had only been around six hours since the nerd left for work after breakfast. What did Katsuki do? "Okay." He let Izuku in. The pair took a seat on the couch. Ryuu lied down at Katsuki's feet, sensing the omega's spiked nerves already. "Why are we talking?"

"Because I'm nervous, Kacchan. We've never done this before, and we need to discuss how we're going to go about it. People already think I'm courting you, but they'd go ballistic if they somehow found out that we spent our cycles together. Not to mention the amount of backlash we'd get from being two alphas that are together. We could lose our rankings for that kind of thing! Let's not forget that we might chose to have kids someday. And the villains that could..."

Izuku's words became static to Katsuki's ears. He couldn't feel the quickening of his breathing. He'd gotten pale and light headed. His thoughts were only centered around what all this was most likely leading towards. He didn't want to have to tell everyone about his little secret. And at this rate, he knew that was exactly what he'd have to do to put his alpha at ease.

Ryuu barked, snapping Izuku from his rant. The alpha looked down at the canine. "What is it, Ryuu?" He asked. The smell of Katsuki's distress hit him before Ryuu could even try to tell him. Izuku grabbed Katsuki by his face, but the omega swatted him away. Ryuu hopped up onto the couch to do his job. Izuku watched with wide eyes as Katsuki slowly returned to the real world. Tears were streaming from his eyes. He furiously wiped at them.

Damnit! He mentally cursed. He wiped at his eyes, but he still wouldn't stop crying.

"Kacchan...?" Izuku called softly. Katsuki didn't think twice before curling into Izuku's arms. He tightly gripped his hand in Izuku's uniform. "Kacchan, what's wrong?"

Katsuki shook his head. He didn't want to admit it. He really didn't want to see that guilty look on Izuku's face again. He'd seen it after his last panic attack. "I forgot to take my meds." Katsuki muttered.

"It's okay, Kacchan." Izuku whispered in an attempt to soothe him. Katsuki worked through his breathing, listening to Izuku's soft shushing and cooing until he'd calmed down more. When it came to asking questions, Izuku kept his mouth shut. He didn't want to be the cause of Katsuki's distress anymore.

Eventually, Katsuki fell asleep in his arms. The panic attack must've sucked all of his energy out. Izuku softly pet Ryuu's fur with one hand while texting with the other.

Chatting with Uraraka

Uraraka, I have an omega-related question for you
-Deku

Sure thing, Deku!
-Uraraka

I keep startling Kacchan into panic attacks... How do I make it stop?
-Deku

Deku, I'm an omega
-Uraraka

I don't suffer from severe anxiety
-Uraraka