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𝙨𝙚𝙧·𝙚𝙣·𝙙𝙞𝙥·𝙞·𝙩𝙮

 𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙣

 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙮.

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Izuku was certain he was going to die in this stinky alleyway. 

He was bleeding, he was paralyzed, he was hungry and he was certain that there was no way Todoroki could fend for both of them, Iida and the useless pro-hero behind him.  It was a sad fact, yes, but one he faced nonetheless. 

He would never get to see his pretty omega classmate again. Never got to tell her how he felt. Never got to actually show her how he could love her. 

He finally got his quirk under control too! And all for what? 

Hot flames licked his cheek as Todoroki-- Shoto when he was on the field, he supposed-- pushed Stain back, growling as a knife skinned his cheek. The villain tried getting in closer to lick at the dual-users cut, falling back as another wave of hot, blistering fire burst out once more.  

 "Interesting friends for a fake like you, Ingenium. " Stain spat, growling in anger as he tossed another switchblade up before catching it, whipping it with incredible speed towards Todoroki who couldn't switch sides fast enough to block it with ice, instead using his arms.

Turns out, he didn't need to black in the first place.

A dark figure jumped in front of him, redirecting the knife around their body before throwing it up much like Stain did, slowing it's momentum down. They caught it with a snicker, wings fluttering. 

"Didn't you know playing with knives is dangerous?" The knife was flipped shut before the figure pocketed it, standing in front of the injured groups. 

"Liah?" Izuku shakily asked, praying it wasn't the omega. As much as he wanted to see her, he didn't want to get her into danger. Not while he was like this. Not while he was injured on the ground, barely getting his mobility back. 

The figure turned, yellow eyes gleaming with mischief, highlighted by her quirk. If they weren't in immediate danger, Izuku would've fawned over her for hours on end. "Angel on the field. You were there when I picked it out, Deku." 

Her smirk sent butterflies up his spine. 

"What are you doing here?" Shoto spoke up next, not taking his eyes off of Stain. He knew he couldn't fight Midoriya, so he would take his anger out on the next best thing. 

She snorted, flapping one of her wings three times as it stretched in a certain direction (If the alphas were to guess she was stretching the wing). "Making sure you don't get yourselves killed." 

Bright crimson feathers shot forward, weaving between them as they shot to Stain, another body falling behind Stain.  Adaliah left the alphas as she went on the offence, expertly blocking any and all hits the villain tried hitting her with.  Hawks was behind her, getting more successful hits in in five minutes then they had in twenty. 

And just like that, the battle was over. No prolonged fight, no major injuries other than Iida, the downed pro, and the occasional cut or scrape. 

"I hope you know how incredibly idiotic and numb brained this was you three." Hawks sneered, watching the alpha students slowly get up. They had the audacity to look ashamed of themselves-- or at least, the green and blue haired ones. The red and white candy-cane lookin' ass simply pushed past him, walking up to the only female, holding out his hands in a sort of questioning motion. When she made no move to pull away, he held her smaller hands in his, tracing the, alarmingly deep, cut on her hand she had apparently gotten when she caught the knife. 

How did he miss that?! Keigo was watching over her the entire time and he swore she caught it properly! 

Adaliah only shook her head, laughing it off as she held her hand in her other. 

It was almost sad how many of the surrounding alphas whined at the action. 

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"Are you sure you're okay?" Adaliah whined, rubbing Iida's palm with her own bandaged hand, whining when he made an act of clutching his hand in 'pain'. The pain killers were still coursing through his veins but she didn't need to know that, right? 

Right. 

The other two were still asleep, Adaliah staying until she could say goodbye to each of them,  Hawks and Kai waiting outside for her. 

"A little sorry, but nothing I can't handle." He said, watching her head tilt. It was just as cute as it always had been.  

She hummed, moving slowly to lay on his bed beside him. Her shirt rose up, showing a patch that sealed her recent stomach pump injury. It was a quick in and out, a quirk healing her up right after. 

Iida still wanted to kill Stain for making her use her quirk to the extremes anyway.  

"How'd Hawks know when to attack?" He asked, slowly scooting back to rest along the wall his bed was pushed against. Adaliah smiled softly, shaking her head before lifting one of her wings and shaking it like she did in the alley. 

"When I ran off to help you guys, he caught up pretty quickly. I explained that I didn't know what was going on, just that Izuku was in trouble. He understood, telling me to lead the way, and that's how we found you guys. We came up with a quick plan to pull attention away from him getting into position behind Stain and, well, the rest is history I suppose." 

"So when you pointed your wing in a certain direction, you were telling him which side was the better option to come in from?" 

Both teens looked up, seeing Izuku and Shoto in their own beds, sitting up and listening intensively.  

Adaliah laughed, shaking her head before nodding. "Yeah. I'm more surprised it worked than anything." 

"What do you mean your surprised it worked?! Who do you take me for, dove?" A voice indigently squawked. Hawks had stumbled in when the door gave way and it seemed that not one of them were surprised. 

Kai stepped past him, Adaliah standing to meet with him and leave.

She wasn't in any trouble. She had permission to use her quirk and acted simply in self-defense. So in turn, she was free to leave. 

When she turned to leave, waving to the boys behind her, it took everything not to chase after her. 

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Katsuki: You like me? Like my personality?

Adaliah: I know, I was surprised too.

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Adaliah: Fuck me if I'm wrong-

Shoto: You're wrong. 

Adaliah: What-

Shoto: YOU.

Shoto: ARE.

Shoto: SO.

Shoto: WRONG. 

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Adaliah: I made a marshmallow Katsuki! See his arms are crossed because all the other marshmallows are annoying him. 

Adaliah: Do you like it?

Katsuki: *Tearing up* It's fine. 

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