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Oikawa paused on his way to the field when the sweet smell of peppermint hit his nose. Knowing that another Omega was in heat, he wanted to check on them and help them, if possible.
Looking around curiously, he spotted the doors to the gym open, and cautiously made his way to the gym. Peeking in the crack, he saw a pile of the volleyball teams clothes scattered on the ground, it was visible to be seen if any of the Volleyball team walked by. Oikawa wondered if Yahaba or Kunimi had gone into heat, but dismissed the thought because no one had a peppermint smell….except for one person.
Cautiously, he toed off his shoes and made his way to the pile of clothes on the floor. He could hear tiny, pained whimpers coming from the pile and felt his heart break a little. Oikawa was the Omega Captain of his team and he needed to keep them safe, they were all his pups. Slowly sitting next to the pile, he let out a while and a curl of raven hair popped out of the pile. Slowly inching his hand toward the spot where the curl popped out, he slowly moved the two t-shirts that were on it.
He came face to face with their supposed Beta middle blocker. Oikawa cooed and brought a hand up, petting the messy raven curls. Matsukawa purred loudly and leaned into the touch. The Captain cooed once more and scooted closer to the middle blocker, when he pulled on his arm to get into the nest of messy clothes. Matsukawa shifted a bit in the pile of clothes and draped himself into Oikawa’s lap. The brunette cooed, once again, and ran his fingers through the messy curls, making them messier.
“Wanna tell me what happened, Mattsun~?”
Oikawa was in his, what everyone called, Mother Hen Mode. It was where Oikawa would adopt a soft voice and loving look on his face, akin to his Omega nature, and treat everyone like his own pup. To everyone outside of Seijoh, he was considered an asshole, but to everyone on the team and people who knew him well, he was fiercely protective of people he got close to. It was the personality that everyone loved, but rarely got to see. He needed to act like an Alpha, so that no one would underestimate him. It gets out of hand sometimes, when he still carried the condensing attitude outside of the court, but other times if one deserved it, they’d get to see the soft side.
Matsukawa purred and leaned closer, so he could rub his nose on Oikawa’s stomach.
“I don’t really know. I was in my math class and everything just started getting really sore. Like I started sweating profusely and my peppermint smell just..was all over the class. I think one of the Alpha boys in my class was about to jump me too…I think”
Oikawa whined and laid down on the pile and brought Matsukawa closer to himself. The other Omega chirped happily and buried his face in Oikawa’s chest.
“What happened next, hun?”
It took the Middle Blocker a while to answer, when a fresh wave of pain wracked his body and he shivered in the younger Omega’s arms. Oikawa chirped at him softly and ran his hands through the messy curls again. Gaining his bearings, he continued.
“After that I-i ran away from the class. I wasn’t thinking…I just ran. I found myself standing in the gym and went to the back and just grabbed everyone’s clothes and dumped them over here and just..buried myself in it. Now you’re here”
He looked at the younger in question.
“What’re you doing here anyway? Aren’t you supposed to be in class or something?”
Oikawa hummed and just pulled Matsukawa closer to him.
“Oh, I was on the way to gym class, but I smelled the peppermint and saw the gym doors open. So, I came here to investigate. I almost thought that Yahaba or Kunimi might’ve gone into heat, but I only know one person who smells like peppermint. Of course, that got me even more scared cause this was gonna be your first heat even though we thought you were a Beta and-”
Oikawa cut off when he felt a puff of breath on his neck and looked down to see Matsukawa asleep, face buried in his neck and gripping onto his and one of Makki’s shirts. Without wanting to disturb the new Omega, he slowly maneuvered around until he gripped his phone and brought it up to his face. He sent a text to his mate.
‘Mattsun Omega. In Heat. Won’t be in class.’
With that done, he put his phone on silent and placed it near his face. He wrapped his arms around Matsukawa and closed his eyes.
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Tooru woke up to the sounds of cooing and stiffened up. He couldn’t remember where he was, but the smell was vaguely familiar.
“Hey back it up!! You all know better than to crowd around an Omega in heat!!”
The familiar deep, gruff voice and the even more familiar smell of vanilla finally relaxed Tooru enough that he could move his face from the nest. He saw his mate standing over them and purred loud enough to get his attention.
Hajime turned around and looked down at his mate and chirped at him in question. Tooru chirped back, but stopped when Matsukawa shifted in his arms. He chirped again quietly and the Alpha say down on the ground next to the nest.
The Middle Blocker looked absolutely adorable with his flushed cheeks and groggy, half-asleep look. There was a multitude of cooing and that had snapped the other awake. He peeked over Tooru’s side, since they were still lying in the nest, and looked at his other teammates.
He squeaked and tried to sit up, but Oikawa was holding him down and he didn’t have the energy to sit up anyway. So, he just flopped lifelessly back down onto the pile and gave up.
The strong scent of cinnamon wafted through the gym and Matsukawa instantly sat up, scaring the living daylights outta Oikawa. Luckily, Iwaizumi caught him before he could fully tumble out of the nest. The pair looked up as Hanamaki’s cinnamon scent filled the gym.
Oikawa sat up and brought Matsukawa closer to his body, eyeing out the pink haired male. Iwaizumi and Kyoutani were ready to grab Hanamaki by his shirt in case he decided to jump the Omegas. By some stroke of luck, Hanamaki managed to come to himself and looked around the gym. He could see Oikawa hugging Matsukawa close to his chest, while the latter was peeking him from the Captain’s arms. Iwaizumi and Kyoutani were standing in a way that they were gonna pounce on him if he suddenly made the wrong move. Looking at the rest, he noticed how they were all huddled together.
“What’s going on?”
As the Head Alpha and Omega of their pack, Oikawa and Iwaizumi made him sit on the ground and explained the situation to him. He was shocked at the turn of events. Who knew that the Middle Blocker would turn out to be a very late bloomer? Better late than never he always said.
Oikawa pointedly stared at him and Hanamaki wondered why he was looking at him like that when Iwaizumi barked out a growl at him. He blinked and realized that he was snarling at the Omega. He had the good grace to look down in shame and waited for someone to say something.
“What about you, Hanamaki? What were you doing before you came into the gym?”
Hearing Oikawa calling him by his full last name was nerve-wrecking. He could almost feel how bad Iwaizumi felt when they had that baby falling out before getting together with Oikawa last year. He sighed and started recounting from when he was held behind by the teacher, to finding no one in the locker room, and feeling the need to bond and protect and finally finding himself in the gym.
“…and after I left the locker room I got closer to here and then I smelled the peppermint and everything went blank. Next thing I know, I’m here and this is happening”
There was a collective humming sound form the group. Everyone stayed silent until a nice popped up.
“Should we try to take Matsukawa-senpai home? We do have the practice match against Karasuno today”
….fuck.