Pet's Hero || BNHA Omegaverse (Sequel)

Chapter 5

"What...?" Katsuki asked in disbelief. "What do you mean?"

"I hated you. I couldn't stand the fact that I had to live with you, after all...all those years of torment." Izuku covered his eyes as he shook his head, but he couldn't stop now.

He had to say it, he had to admit what he did. Otherwise, this would all be for nothing.

"No matter how hard I tried to pretend to be a good omega, I could never forget. Every time I saw your eyes, I remembered, and it drove me insane." Izuku breathed rapidly, trying to keep his voice clear as the knot in his throat swelled harder.

He could've sworn his mating mark ached dully itself.

"I regretted it, in the end. That's why I stopped you from dying. I...I realized that the person I wanted dead wasn't the person I've been seeing for those few days after our reunion." Izuku sobbed, and bit his tongue to quiet himself down quickly. He had to finish. He had to say what he wanted to say.

He had to tell all the truth.

"I realized, the person I wanted dead was the bully from back then. The one that had made me feel so pathetic, I felt like I didn't deserve to live. But then, I realized you'd changed, and I–"

"You tried to kill me." Katsuki said quietly, still unbelieving. He stared at the omega, seeming to wait for a response. Izuku nodded slowly, another sob escaping him.

"Yeah." He answered, voice cracking.

"Did I really hate you that much?" Katsuki questioned, eyes shining sharply as he watched Izuku. "Did I really make you feel that much pain? Enough to make you want to kill me for it?" Izuku couldn't answer that. He realized that it was a very selfish decision, and Katsuki...well, after all this time, he'd changed, and he no longer deserved it. Katsuki had become a much better person, and he didn't deserve to die. Despite all that, Izuku knew he had to answer truthfully, whether or not Katsuki understood that.

"Yeah." He answered, bowing his head even further down as he clutched at his pants harder.

Katsuki went quiet, and Izuku couldn't get himself to raise his head. He had told the truth, but he didn't have the guts to look him in the eyes. Repulsion. Terror. Hatred. Disgust. Regret. If he saw any of those, he would die right here and now.

"I don't like the fact that I could've died back then because of you, Izuku." Katsuki said quietly. Izuku's breath hitched. He knew, he knew, dammit. Izuku didn't want to think about it anymore. He deserved it, but he didn't want to feel any of this again. "But you know what I don't like even more?" Izuku shook his head obediently. He would answer every question, go through all the suffering. He deserved it. He would feel all the pain that he had caused Katsuki, and even more.

But never did he think Katsuki would respond as he did.

"I don't like...no, I hate the fact that you could've died just as easily because of me." Izuku slowly raised his head, unsure of what to make of just those words as he searched Katsuki's expression. Katsuki's head was bowed, his face wearing a gloomy expression.

What? Izuku didn't understand.

"What...?" He mumbled quietly in disbelief. Just as he did, Katsuki scooched closer to him, leaning forward and making Izuku flinch and slightly move back, but Katsuki snapped forward and wrapped one arm around him, then the other.

Katsuki embraced him in a firm hug, without any hatred behind it. Izuku didn't understand what was going on.

Why was Katsuki hugging him? Was he planning on choking him, or was he doing this so that it would be easier to whisper exactly the way Katsuki would kill him for what he'd done? Why was he hugging him? Why wasn't he pushing him away and saying just how disgusting he was?