Scents - A Shinkami Omegaverse AU

Probably a Murderer

Which brought the boys to where they were now. Denki looked cautiously at the tall, purple-haired man in front of him. "Um," Denki started eloquently. "Are you going to like, rob us? Because Bakugou already took the register, so..." The man blinked, like he wasn't entirely sure what had just happened. He then looked at Denki, who was still holding the broom and staring at it, assessing whether or not it could be used as a weapon.

The stranger stiffened, pulling a hand through his thick purple hair. "Um," the man replied even more eloquently. A shiver of pleasure went down Denki's spine. The man's voice was rough and low, like a predator about to pounce on his prey. Yeah, it was definitely a turn-on, which Denki almost said out loud, catching himself at the last moment so all that came out was a strangled squeak. And so the two stood in an awkward stalemate.

Denki tried not to inhale through his nose. The stranger in front of him smelled like new-cut grass, the heady aroma of lavender after rain, the quiet escapes he got from his family, and a hot white chocolate mocha on a cold winter's day. In short, everything that made Denki feel safe and at home. Kaminari was afraid that if he breathed in that scent too much, he might go ahead and burrow his nose into this guy's neck, where his scent gland would be, and that would be awkward to say the least.

Or at the very least, he would go into heat, which... yeah, no, that would be worse.

Thankfully, the man spoke again. "Sorry for uh-" he looked at the door, hanging open on its hinges, self-consciously. "Breaking in. Sometimes I can't control my strength." He sort of lifted his arm to flex his bicep cautiously and Denki flushed a deep pink, giggling and replying, "It's alright. My boss is gonna have my head, though."

The alpha's eyes widened and he visibly panicked, pulling out his wallet. "I can- I can pay for all the damages, I'm so, so sorry," the guy said, pulling out several bills and handing them all to Denki.

The blond boy shook his head with a smile. "You don't have to, but thank you. Was there something you wanted?"

"A donut for my little sister and maybe a large black coffee, Mr.- uh, Kaminari?" The man said, scanning Denki's name tag. He pulled out some more bills, looking forlornly at his wallet, but Denki brushed it off, insisting he'd already covered everything.

"Just Denki is fine. What's your name?" Denki asked, stepping behind the counter.

"Hitoshi Shinsou," came the reply.

As he watched Denki start on his order, Hitoshi mentally slapped himself. What the heck had that been? The faux-casual "Sometimes I can't control my strength," and then on top of that, that stupid little bicep flex- was he going to be like this around every attractive male he ever met?

And why had he told this guy that he was buying a donut for his sister? What if this Denki character turned out to be a creeper? Was that really worth making this guy think he was a responsible older brother?

Though he had to admit that Denki's little blush after the whole idiotic display kind of made the whole thing worth it. Maybe it was his voice that had caused him to share so much? The sweet-smelling omega had a relatively high, warm voice, smooth like velvet, nowhere near as scratchy as Shinsou's was. He was trying to tamp down the dirty thoughts, but this omega was cute and he imagined he could make Denki blush in a whole different way if given the chance.

He sighed at himself and went back to trying not to breathe in Denki's scent.

Denki looked at Shinsou, who was touching the dark circles under his eyes, and went back to making the coffee. He'd already gotten the donut ready for Shinsou's sister- That's so cute though, he's a responsible older brother- and he was working on Shinsou's coffee, adding warm milk and making it decaf. Sure, the alpha hadn't necessarily asked for decaf, but judging by those bags, Shinsou definitely needed a sedative with all the power of a horse tranquilizer.

"Younger sister, huh?" Denki started conversationally, looking back.

A small, fond smile grew on Shinsou's face, almost like he didn't realize it was there. "Yeah. Eri. She's eight."

Denki laughed a little at the accidental smile. "I'm an only child. Is having a younger sibling fun?"

Shinsou thought over the question a bit. "Well, only with a large age difference, I guess. Without one it gets a bit annoying when they want things you haven't quite grown out of yet. Or at least that's what I've heard."

"So she's how many years younger than you?"

"Twelve years. She's adopted," the alpha replied.

"So you're twenty then," Denki calculated in his head. "That's cool, I'm only a year younger!"

Shinsou laughed quietly to himself, though Denki wasn't entirely sure why. He finished up the drink and brought the coffee and the donut to Shinsou. "It's on the house," he smiled brightly, blushing a tiny bit when their fingers brushed.

Shinsou was looking at him with an unreadable expression, though his cheeks were a bit pink as well, which made Denki feel marginally better about where else he'd like to see the alpha, aka on top of him. Maybe Shinsou wouldn't notice.

As the alpha left the shop, Denki inhaled that fresh scent that he could still smell on Shinsou, sighing a bit at, simply put, the love that this man's scent radiated. Shinsou waved over his shoulder, looking back at Denki with an almost imperceptible grin, and Denki waved back, searching for Shinsou's retreating back even after he left the building.

"Thanks for visiting UA Coffee Shop!"

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a/n 

Just want to clarify what their scents are because I like doing that sometimes lol

Denki smells like honey, caramel, and toast. In general very warm and summer-y smells if yk what I mean.

Shinsou often smells like a black coffee to others, but to Denki he smells like fresh lavender and hot drinking chocolate, which are more wintery smells.

The boys have now officially met, but this isn't the end of the exposition, still one more chapter left of that.

Also I forgot to note that I screwed up their ages on purpose- canonically Hitoshi is a year younger, here he's a year older because backstory.

Fun fact of the week: You will never actually smell the same scent as someone else.

Love y'all! - gale