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Shouto didn’t know how omegas were supposed to be cared for outside of his family’s skewed dynamic. All he had ever seen was how his mother took care of the children and he assumed that was their duty and how they found their joy in life. His duty was to become the number 1 hero that his father would never be. His secondary gender didn’t really matter because he was going to be a hero no matter what life decided to throw at him. Everything changed once he moved into the dorms. It started off with Midoriya (as most things did), he was an alpha raised by a single omega mother. During their homework sessions in the common room Midoriya would lean into Shouto’s space when he'd have a question. The touch itself was innocent, but it spread warm feelings in Shouto’s gut that had him thinking his quirk was malfunctioning. When he hurriedly got up to go to recovery girl, Midoriya went with him and sat outside. “My dear Todoroki, has your family not explained to you what your omega needs are yet? They should have! But luckily, I have pamphlets for this reason. I believe your class like many others will be building a pack for now since your home packs have been disrupted. Take a look over these pamphlets and if you have any more questions feel free to ask me or Midnight since she’ll be teaching the sexual education course this year.” Recovery girl quickly filled his arms with pamphlets like ‘Your omega and you’ and ‘What to expect as a new omega’ and shoved him out the door with a clean bill of health. Midoriya took a look at the pamphlets in Shouto’s arms and turned a wonderful shade of red as he started to ramble, “Oh I get it now, I only know so much since I’m an alpha but, my mom taught me enough to take care of any omega in need! My touch must have filled you with unease since I’m unfamiliar! I am so sorry Todoroki-“ “Midoriya, I liked your touch. Please continue the way things were.” Shouto said quickly cutting off the ramble Midoriya was beginning. Midoriya simply nodded and followed Todoroki back to the common area. They resumed their studies with Midoriya having his knee placed touching Shouto’s but not too far so he can’t move it away. Then he’d get a gentle whiff of watermelon from the alpha which caused Shouto to smile at the alpha’s behavior. After Midoriya became more affectionate with Shouto slowly the rest of the class followed his lead. Surprisingly the next to show was none other than class representative Ida. Ida came from a line of betas and prides himself in being an understanding Alpha for alphas and omegas alike to feel comfortable around. In the evenings Ida helped Shouto with his dinner since they have similar taste in food. More often than not Ida was found lecturing Shouto over a bowl of cold soba about how a hero like himself needs a more diverse diet. The mornings they shared were much different. They didn’t speak at all in the morning. Since moving into the dorms they realized they arrive in the kitchen around the same time, Ida from his run and Shouto from his morning meditation. Ida simply cooked double the first morning since he was overly hungry and then realized that Shouto was not going to cook for himself. With a sigh Ida pulled out a second plate and prepared the same meal twice and gave one to Shouto while going to the other side of the table to begin his meal. The small smile Shouto awarded him had him making every double morning worth it since. Their whole meal is covered in the scent of blueberries from the Alpha, and it is over 15 minutes after Ida serves them, so they aren’t bothered in their shared breakfast. The next to show affection was Uraraka. The bright beta invoked what she called ‘a cuddle puddle’ the whole class takes their spare blankets, pillows, stuffed animals, etc and pile into a giant nest in the common room for movie and game nights. During one movie night Kaminari and Ashido tried to pop popcorn kernels on Shouto’s hot side and he restrained himself from telling them that they needed a concentrated heat source to pop the popcorn. Shinso was in the kitchen preparing the popcorn as they all took turns preparing snacks. He called out to Kaminari and Ashido, “Hey leave the poor guy alone, popcorn will be done in 15 minutes!” Ashido whined back, “But wouldn’t this be so much faster if Todoroki could fire it up!” Kaminari nodded in earnest with her. In all honesty Todoroki hadn’t said anything because he was enjoying their hands on his arms. Ashido’s hands were slightly rough due to the acid she pours from them but her beta pheromones and strawberry scent pleased Shouto’s inner omega. Kaminari’s hands were also rough due to the electricity quick he had but his alpha scent of lemons also pleased Shouto. He had to stop a purr from running up his throat, but he could get used to hands on him like this. What snaps him from his pleasant thoughts is a very disgruntled Bakugo who grunts out, “Stupid fuckin’ extras don’t you understand how popcorn works? It needs a concentrated heat source like from his fucking hands.” And with that Bakugo shoved a handful of kernels into Shouto’s hand and closed his fingers around it gently. ‘Hm that felt nice’ Shouto’s omega preened at the attention from the angry alpha that smelled like mangos. “Go on, show them.” Bakugo said while crossing his arms and resting his weight on his hip like he had something to prove. Shouto slowly began to heat up his hand and within 5 minutes all of the kernels were popped everywhere because they can’t plan ahead to save their lives. Shinso came back into the room with the freshly popped popcorn and nearly dropped it at the sight of Todoroki nearly encased in popcorn that he and Bakugo popped off together with their quirks. “Now I am not cleaning up this mess!” Shinso stated and walked to the other side of the nest where Midoriya and Uraraka were laying giggling at their classmate’s latest adventure. With bellies full of popcorn, they all passed out in the common room with some All Might documentary on and Shouto felt truly at peace. To his left was Bakugo letting him lay on his chest, to his right was Mina sleeping peacefully on his lap and Denki was laying curled around his feet. The other classmates were in similar states if they weren’t awake. Shouto felt at peace with his pack and laid his eyes to rest.