"You know, I thought you'd be mad."

In fact, Hitoshi had thought that his mother would be absolutely livid with him, having come home splattered in someone else's blood with a bloody lead pipe in his hand. Instead he's greeted with a tight embrace from both his mother and his boyfriend, his little sister attached to his leg with a hug of her own. 

"Oh, I'm furious. But I'm glad that you're safe." Shota clarifies pulling away from his son to reach up and smack him across the back of his head. Hitoshi flinches with an 'ouch!' even though Shota knows that it didn't actually hurt and that he's just trying to placate him. The omega's hand goes to rest on his hip and Hitoshi already knows that he's in for a lecture.

"I've got half the nerve to take that pipe to the side of your fucking head; are you out of your mind?! Anything could have happened to you, Hitoshi. And not to mention that you lied to your father and I about where you were going this morning." 

"Mum, if I had told you that I was gonna go help my friends beat the shit out of a rapist, you'd never have let me leave. Besides, we were fine. Those alphas at Shiketsu might be bigger but they're a bunch of pussies." He counters and flinches back when Shota goes to hit him again, hiding behind Fumikage. He knows his mother wouldn't hit such a gentle creature and, sure enough, Shota backs down with a growl. 

"I should kick your ass." 

"I'm sorry I lied to you, Mum. Really. But somethin' had to be done and Tetsu and I were the only people to help. You always talk about helping people and you said that you were proud of me for helping those in need. Aren't you proud of me now?"

Shota's glare softens a bit and he sighs, pinching at the bridge of his nose. "Of course I am. Although my job dictates that I shouldn't be...as a mother, I'm proud of you. Proud of you for protecting someone who couldn't protect themselves. And proud of you for making an example out of one asshole so the others know not to do what he did." He admits, a smile finally surfacing. "I was worried about your future. You know, since your face is all over the internet now as the guy with purple hair who helped beat the shit out of a rapist. The fact that he was a rapist might get you some press points but Yuuei might not be so excited to see a kid on their dean's list stomping the shit out of kids from their rival University." 

The videos had gone viral that fast? It wasn't even one thirty! 

"Well, would ya look at that, mum. I'm famous." 

"Toshi." 

"Alright, alright, I get it. I'm in big trouble. They gonna make you take me down to the station?" He asks, knowing full well that SPD takes violent crimes quite seriously---especially ones as bad as what they did to Inasa. While Hitoshi didn't physically touch Inasa, he did assault his friends who were (presumably) innocent and helped Touya by giving him a lead pipe to commit assault with a deadly weapon. They could very well book him for assisting. 

Shota snorts out a laugh. 

"No. Nobody filed a report or called the police. At best, I'd give you a citation for civil unrest but that would be pointless since I'd be the one paying it. Besides, if you think I'm gonna arrest my own son then you're sorely mistaken. They can kiss my ass if they think my boy's gonna sit in a cell for this." He says, squatting down to lift Eri into his arms. "But some good news came of all this. I got a call from the captain today and apparently Yagi's been doin' some footwork." 

Hitoshi relaxes against Fumikage, arms wrapped around the beta's middle as he kisses the back of his head. 

"Yeah?" 

"Mhm. Apparently he spent all morning in the file room scouring the place from top to bottom. And he found some reports dating back at least three years. Six reports to be exact. All sexual harassment reports filed against one Yoarashi Inasa, not including the one rape allegation that he beat in court just last year." 

This grabs Hitoshi's interest incredibly. 

"Holy shit, for real? Why the hell have all of those reports been brushed under the rug?! Why were they not revisited after a fuckin' rape investigation?!" 

"I'm not sure. Yagi and I work special victims cases but I suppose the board didn't see this case in particular important enough for us to be in on; we've never heard of it and wouldn't have ever known if Yagi didn't go digging for it. I don't know what happened to light a fire under his ass like that, but he's not gonna stop until he's got an arrest warrant for the kid." Shota discloses, nuzzling against Eri as she begins to doze off in his arms, sensitive to his scenting. Hitoshi tilts his head curiously. 

"You mean you didn't hear about what happened to Katsuki?" 

Shota pauses, brows pinched together in visible confusion. 

"...No. Wait, did Inasa do something to him?" 

"He...yeah, mum, he locked Katsuki in his car and tried to rape him. The kid's got a nasty head injury from hitting his head while trying to run. That's why Touya went to beat the shit out of him." 

Shota's expression grows solemn, humming in thought as he takes in the information his son gives him.

"That's awful! You hadn't mentioned that to me; I would have gone to comfort him." Fumikage chides and Hitoshi, presses more of his kisses into the side of his neck and against his mating gland in apology. "Sorry, love. I had only found out this morning when Tetsu had called and I didn't want you to worry. Izuku and Shouto have been taking care of him and Touya's mom has been looking after his injuries. We don't want to overwhelm him. Things were hectic." 

"Well, Inasa's gonna rot in prison once we get this case built on him. Because Toshinori is already dealing with Katsuki's current case, they won't allow him to stay in this one but I'll be overseeing whatever rookie detective they hand it off to in order to make sure they don't fuck this up. Who knows how many other people he's done this to?" 

Touya's gonna be happy to hear this and Hitoshi can imagine that Keigo,  Izuku, and Shouto will be as well. Maybe they judged Toshinori too quickly. 

"So...does this mean I'm not in trouble?" 

"Until your father gets home. Once he's had his turn to scream at you like an angry vulture, you'll be home free." 

An easy price to pay for what they've done today. 

#

Touya is less than surprised to see Izuku blocking his path upon making his way up to his room from the shower in the hallway bathroom. He hadn't wanted to use the one in his room because he didn't want Katsuki to see him caked in blood like an absolute lunatic. 

If he ever sees that video of Touya beating the absolute shit out of Inasa, though, he's probably going to figure out that the alpha may be...just a little bit unhinged. 

Izuku is leaning against the wall with his arms folded across his chest as if he's attempting to be menacing but Touya just took out a fucking mammoth on his own; he sure as fuck ain't afraid of some fluffy-headed boy next door ass bitch with freckles. 

"Michael Cera. How can I aid thee?" He says sarcastically and Izuku snorts, raising up from the wall with a roll of his eyes. "Fuck you. Did you kill him?" He asks, cutting right to the chase. Touya sighs. "No, he's not dead. Shattered his knee and his arm. Broke his jaw in several different places---" 

"Why am I not surprised?" 

"Pretty high talk comin' from someone who did absolutely nothing but sit on his ass and brood." Touya counters, shoving Izuku out of his personal space. "What's your problem with me, Izuku? Why do you keep bothering me?" 

"Because I fucking hate you?" 

"Do you even know why? I mean, yeah, sure, it's gotten worse since Katsuki came around but you've always hated me---" 

"Me?! You fuckin' asshole, you tripped me down a staircase the first time I met you and then you hazed me for an entire week---I was sixteen! Not once have I ever gotten an apology for that and you wonder why I fucking hate you?"

"Seriously? You're still pissed at me because I picked on you when you and Shouto first started goin' out? Lighten the fuck up, man. What older brother wouldn't have hazed their teenage little brother's first boyfriend? It was for shits and giggles and you turned out just fine." 

"Well it wasn't fucking funny to me! Why do you even care; it's been six years and you haven't cared before." 

Touya is becoming more and more exhausted with Izuku with each passing moment. It's much easier to handle him in smaller doses. 

"Listen, Midoriya. It's not that I didn't care. I just assumed you'd get over whatever it was but apparently I was wrong. And...well. Shit. I'm sorry I bullied you back then, alright? I didn't know you'd hold a grudge over it and while this shit should have been hashed out years ago, I wanna get it hashed out now." 

Izuku is beyond skeptical, brow raised as he gives Touya an odd once over. He looks as if he's expecting for the older alpha to grow a second head and try to rip his spine out at any moment---like Touya is a snake and that he's waiting for him to strike him. 

"Why do I feel like you're not lying?" 

"Because I'm not." 

"Okay but why? It's fuckin' weird."

"Because I'm an actual adult and I've got no qualms admitting when I've done something wrong and apologizing for it? You ever notice I haven't ever returned all of your aggression? It's because I'm not the one who's been angry all this time." 

He sighs, scratching sheepishly at the back of his head. 

"And...it may be best for us to at least be cordial with each other if Katsuki and I are going to be together." He adds in a mumble and Izuku's face scrunches in an incredulous expression. "You wanna be with Katsuki?!" 

"I thought that was obvious." 

"I didn't think you were serious!" 

"Yeah, well, I just cracked a guy's skull for him so...I don't know how much more serious you want me to be." 

Surely Izuku isn't that dense, is he? 

"Okay. So what if he says no?" 

"Then we'll still be friends. What kinda moron abandons someone they care so much about just because they don't want to date?" 

By the look on the freckled alpha's face, he assumes that Izuku would be that kind of moron. The younger hums thoughtfully, as if he'd never thought a day like this would come. "Okay. So I hate you a little less. And to be honest I still don't really approve of the idea of you being with Kacchan. I mean, you're violent and vulgar and everything that is the opposite of what he is---of all of the good and purity that he is and I don't want you to ruin him." 

Touya is about to very pointedly remind Izuku that he doesn't need Izuku's approval to court Katsuki, but the younger man stops him when he holds his finger up in a motion to tell him to hold his horses. 

"But you've been incredibly kind and gentle with him. Mindful of his sensitivity. Encouraging his odd quirkiness. Protecting him and his dignity. I don't like you. But you obviously care about him and I can trust that you wouldn't break his heart. So…" Izuku takes a deep breath as if to steady his nerves. As if what he's about to say is going to be the most difficult statement he's ever had to make. He opens his eyes again and roughly pats Touya on the shoulder. 

"Good luck." 

Oh. 

Well, shit, Touya wasn't expecting that. 

"Uh. Damn. Thanks, dude." 

"Sure. Oh, but if he says yes, I'm gonna push you down a flight of stairs. You know, make it a tradition." 

"If you even breathe too close to me on a flight of stairs, I will break your nose." 

"Glad you could see it my way." 

Izuku follows Touya to his room in silence, either to retrieve Shouto or hoping to get a front row seat of Katsuki rejecting Touya to his face. 

How supportive. 

He peeks his head into the room, smiling when he sees Shouto and Katsuki sitting on his bed. Shouto has a bottle of pastel pink nail polish in his hand, seeming to have already painted Katsuki's nails and moved on to get his toes to match. Katsuki looks like he's about to jump right out of his skin with happiness, dimples prominent on his cheeks with how wide his smile is. He knocks on the doorframe to get their attention before entering so he doesn't startle them and ruin Shouto's concentration.

"Touya!" Katsuki seems so excited to see him and Touya's heart has never felt so full. "Hey, Kitty Kat. Your nails are really pretty, I like that color on you." He says, a satisfying feeling washing over him as Katsuki's cheeks turn rosy. "T-Thank you! Shouto says that pink is my color and though I am still unsure of what he means, I believe he may be right." He giggles as Shouto finishes, wiggling his toes. He's careful not to ruin the paint on them by smearing it on his skin. "You were gone all morning! I was very worried, as you seemed to be quite upset when I last saw you. I am sorry that I upset y---" 

"Don't you apologize for that, doll, that wasn't you." Touya corrects him quickly as he sits on the edge of the bed. "What happened last night wasn't any fault of yours. Some people are just horrible fucking people. There was nothing that you'd done wrong. So I don't want to catch you blaming yourself for any of this, you understand?" He says, gently but firm in his finality. He won't allow Katsuki to somehow make Inasa being a piece of shit his own fault. 

Katsuki gives him an affirmative nod, though Touya has a feeling that Katsuki will bear this unnecessary guilt for quite some time. He'll be there to help him get through it. Every single step of the way. 

He reaches out to take one of Katsuki's dainty hands in his own, so enamored by how small and soft it was in comparison to his much larger, calloused one. Where his are scarred and hardened, his are smooth and unblemished. It's as Izuku said. Everything about them is such a stark contrast. 

"Katsuki. I'd like to talk with you about something important. Something I've been meaning to say for quite a while now but it just never seemed to be a good time. I know that you've been through a lot within the past…" 

Would it be accurate to say that it's only been a few days? It feels as though Katsuki has been struggling long before he came to them. It's just much more brutal now than before. 

"And I don't want to be insensitive to the rest that you need but if I don't do it now, I don't know if I'll have another chance to do it. Are you willing to hear me out now or would you rather I wait?" 

Katsuki's face pinches together, obvious confusion and concern plastered across his face but Touya assures him that there shouldn't be any. He doesn't intend to say anything to harm or upset him. No bad news or...well, he supposes this could be considered bad news depending on how Katsuki feels about him. 

Shouto stands up from the bed with a kiss to Katsuki's temple. "You might wanna talk to him, angel." He advises, grabbing Izuku to try and drag him out but the alpha doesn't move until Shouto glares and claps him on the back of the neck. 

"Hey!" 

"Move your ass, Izuku, I'm not joking." 

"Fine, fine, fine. Yeesh." Izuku grumbles as he begrudgingly leaves the room and closes the door behind him. Touya actually laughs, shaking his head at Izuku's shenanigans. Nosy little bastard. 

"What did you want to talk about, Touya? Are you feeling alright?" Katsuki prompts him and Touya, heart beating wildly against his ribcage, takes a deep breath to steel his nerves. 

"I'm fine. Hell, I'm the most alive I've ever felt in my life but...I'd be even better if I just got all of this off of my chest." He replies. 

It's now or never, Touya. 

Don't fucking bitch out, just do it. 

"You remember that night...a few weeks back at the party? We were both pretty wasted and I said some things that we never got the chance to talk about and---" 

"Please. I...I know that you were just lost in the moment and that your judgement was...fairly impaired. I had known but I figured that we could just forget about it and move on so that I would not have to hear you tell me that you had misjudged your feelings for me." Katsuki begins. Touya goes to cut him off before he gets the wrong idea and runs with it but it seems like Katsuki has been holding these feelings in for quite some time and it would be unfair for Touya to disregard them so he let's him speak. "I had even managed to convince myself of the ridiculous idea that entertaining Yoarashi would somehow be better for the both of us. Make things easier. But instead, it only served to push you away. I only managed to get myself into trouble, as it would seem I have a rather great talent for. I know better now. And I also knew that we would have to have this talk at some point but you do not have to express to me how you feel. I am aware." 

Touya is, for lack of better phrasing, fucking stunned. It's a lot for him to unload and he's fairly shocked to know that Katsuki often thinks about him. That Katsuki was sad about the fact that Touya had been absent. He didn't know that he was so important to Katsuki. 

And it's clear that Katsuki doesn't know how important he is to Touya. 

"You...dated Inasa just to try and get over me?" 

Katsuki doesn't confirm or deny him, but the answer is fairly obvious. 

"Guess that's neither here or there. Katsuki. That isn't why I wanted to talk. I mean, it is but I think you might have the wrong idea." He tries to clarify but that only seems to frustrate Katsuki instead of comfort him. 

"It would seem that I often have the wrong idea about your words and actions, no? I do not understand what it is that you are attempting to convey to me and that is a trait of yours that does tend to...as you would say, get underneath my skin. I have quite the ache in my head so I do not think I have much more energy to play this incredibly long guessing game with you. Whatever it is that you must say, Touya, please just say it." 

Touya's brain stalls for all of ten seconds as he attempts to comprehend what Katsuki is trying to communicate but then it occurs to him that Katsuki is telling Touya that he's been giving him mixed signals and that he's had enough. 

"Alright. I'll just come right out and say it, then. No tricks, no frills, no underlying meaning. Remember...everything I say to you is comin' right from the heart. I-I...I just wanted to...uh…" 

Katsuki's frown has Touya stumbling over himself as he stammers and tries to reword his thoughts, unscramble them and get them out in one piece. 

"W-What I'm tryna say is that I'm pretty sure that I'm falling in love with you and that I wanna be your man." He says in one breath, swallowing harshly around the lump in his throat when Katsuki's entire face falls flat onto the floor. 

The omega's eyes are so wide that it's almost comical, mouth agape in utter awe as he rears back away from Touya. He's flushed up from his chest to his ears, nearly shattering Touya's confidence altogether with such a look on his face. 

"I-I-I mean...y-you don't have to...y-you know...accept me. I just wanted to, u-uh, let you know." He adds and Katsuki doesn't even blink, just gapes at him like he's just told Katsuki that he's pregnant with twins. Touya's heart begins to sink down low in his gut in a sense of defeat and humiliation. He squeezes Katsuki's hand in his own, a pleading gaze in his eyes. "Y-You ain't gotta accept me but at least say somethin'. You're really breakin' my heart, here." He laughs bitterly and Katsuki finally releases a breath that he hadn't even realized he was holding, holding a hand at his chest as if Touya's words have pierced him somehow and---

"N-No---Kats, don't cry! Shit, I didn't mean to upset you." He panics a bit and goes to get up from the bed to grab some tissues for him when Katsuki's trembling hand grabs at the back of Touya's shirt. 

"Y-You...want to be with me?" 

It's almost as if he doesn't believe him. 

"Y-Yeah. I mean, I thought it was pretty obvious but I realize that you take things quite literally and that you understand things better when they're...simplified. But yes. I would like to...court you. Romantically. If you are willing." 

Katsuki's tears become heavier and now Touya is just incredibly confused on what is happening. Is he being rejected or not? 

"U-Um. Angel, I know you're really, ah...emotional right now but I really need a yes or no, please, before I go insane." 

And then he smiles---God, Touya's heart feels like it's about to give out at any moment. 

"Yes!" 

"Y-Yeah, I kinda knew you'd say n---"

Touya's brain short circuits and kick-starts all within the span of thirty seconds, face completely frozen in awe. 

"Did you just say yes?" 

"I did!" 

"...to going out with me?" 

"Yes!" 

"...as in...you'll be my boyfriend?" 

Katsuki giggles, hands reaching out to hold Touya's face in his palms and pull him closer. 

"Yes." 

The beaming grin that spreads across Touya's face is enough to rival the sun itself, unbridled giddiness radiating right out of his pores. 

"Baby. You don't understand how happy that makes me." He breathes out, hands resting on Katsuki's slim waist as goes to hold him close. He raises a hand to wipe Katsuki's tears of happiness from his rosy cheeks and the omegas giggling intensifies into bubbling laughter. "I do believe that I can take an educated guess." 

"If I don't kiss you in the next ten seconds, I'm gonna go crazy." 

And the next Touya knows, that little vixen is fluttering his eyes at him; looking up at him through those long and pretty lashes---who taught him that?!

"Well then, what's stopping you?" 

"Oho~, you're gonna get yourself into some trouble with that, you little flirt." Touya murmurs against Katsuki's lips, leaning down to finally catch those cherry plump lips with his own. 

Cue mental fist pump. 

A shout from the hallway startles them both apart. 

"It's too fuckin' quiet in there, you'd better not be gettin' frisky!" 

"Izuku, leave them alone!" 

"Why, so he can be gettin' down and dirty with Kacchan in there?" 

"If you'd go fuck your own boyfriend instead of worrying about mine, maybe you wouldn't be such a fucking spastic bastard." Touya calls back and he hears Shouto burst into laughter in the hallway before it cuts off into an abrupt help. 

"Fine, I'm gonna go fuck him right now!" 

"Izuku, my parents are here!" 

"Sorry Mr. Todoroki, Mr. Takami!" 

"Whatever, just use a condom." Keigo chides and Touya nearly falls off of the bed in laughter. He can hear their mother fussing at him from the other room but Keigo seems to find him more amusing than he does threatening, cooing and telling Enji how cute he is when he's mad and Touya gets the feeling that it won't be long before they're busy with one another as well. 

The horny bastards in this house. 

Touya nuzzles against Katsuki's scent gland and the omega purrs, baring his throat to the alpha as shivering as Touya's lips ghost over his mating gland. 

"Missed you all mornin', you know." 

"Mmm~! Missed you too. Where did you go?" 

Touya smiles against Katsuki's jaw, easing him back down onto the bed to comfortably hold the tiny blonde in his arms. 

"I went to go beat up some bad guys." He says, marveling that he'd become content with simply spooning the omega in his bed where he'd only ever brought lovers home to do anything but sleep. Katsuki is the first partner he's ever had that he'd just craved intimacy with. Intimacy that's much deeper than seeing him undress or exploring his body. He'd do anything just to see Katsuki happy. 

"...you went to hurt Yoarashi?" 

"Beat the absolute shit out of him, I did. He hurt you. And he had intentions to do some horrible to you. I won't ever just stand by and allow someone to scare you---to make you cry or cause you pain. He fucked with you and he had me to answer to. I told you, you'd be safe as long as I'm around." 

"You'd do that for me?" 

"I'd do anything for you." 

Dangerous choice of words, he knows, but he doesn't regret them in the slightest. They can call him whipped or soft or whatever the fuck they want. If Katsuki wants it, he'll do what he has to in order to make it happen. And if anyone crosses Katsuki then heads will fucking roll. 

He's in way too deep to try and back out now. 

"Enough about that. We don't need to talk about things that make you sad. We don't need to talk about things that we can't change. It's been a rough few days, so how about you…" 

He pauses to allow Katsuki to fit himself against him, kissing the top of his head. 

"Lemme cuddle the shit outta you and we can take a nap before dinner, hm? You didn't meet my parents under the best circumstances but I'd like it if you stayed for dinner with us. You know. Officially. As my boyfriend. I'll take you home afterwards." 

He can feel Katsuki's lips turn up into a smile against his chest. 

"That would be lovely." 

Touya's so proud of himself for not bitching out of his confession. Tetsu owes him a shake. 

#

 "Yagi." 

Toshinori looks up from his desk, pausing in his tapping away at his keyboard to give Tsukauchi his full attention. 

"Captain." 

"Nice work on pulling those case files. Within the last few hours, several more omegas and a few betas have come forward about Yoarashi Inasa. Safe to say his parents' lawyer won't be able to save his little rapist ass this go around." 

Yagi beams, more than pleased with himself. He was able to help not only Katsuki, but other kids too. And he did it without breaking his moral code or jeopardizing his job. Inko is going to be proud of him.

"Thank you, Captain. But I get the feeling that isn't why you're here to see me?" Of course. He wouldn't have come to see him personally over something like this and by the way the captain's posture slumps slightly, Toshinori can tell that he's about to tell him something fairly stress inducing. 

"Actually, I wanted to tell you that Bakugou's parents have been found and contacted. They're coming in from the far end of the mainland so it'll be a few days before we see them. Just wanted you to know so you could prep the kid for a visit. Having them show up unannounced might be too much of a shock for him." 

Ah, right. He'd almost forgotten that Katsuki's stay with them wouldn't be permanent. 

Izuku's going to be heartbroken. 

"I understand. I'll do my best." 

"Of course, detective. And, also, we ah...have word that Tenko Shimura wants to speak to the kid." 

Toshinori's brow quirks in confusion. 

"Okay? We're obviously not doing that." 

"...well."  

Toshinori drops his pen, glaring at Tsukauchi. 

"Captain." 

"It would be a good chance to get information out of him. So far, he isn't budging. Maybe Katsuki could get something out of him---" 

"That could also potentially ruin him---he's traumatized and no longer has any trust in Tenko Shimura and he doesn't even know what he's done!" 

"Nori." Tsukauchi heaves, exasperated as he tries to reason with the alpha. "This could help Katsuki and all those kids who never made it home finally get some closure and justice. At least think about it, alright?" 

And as much as Toshinori absolutely despises the idea…

Tsukauchi is right. 

"Okay." 

"Thank you." 

This is going to be a rather difficult evening.