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𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙙·𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 

𝙖𝙙𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 

𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

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Soft snores lightly rung out through the room, as Adaliah turned in her bed, hair splayed out behind her. She was absolutely adorable, laying on her side with her hands clenched up by her head. Her window was open as a soft breeze blew through the room, bringing a fresh smell with it, mixing with the stale vanilla scent that underlaid in the room.

A ruffle was heard as a black-clothed body slowly crawled through the open window, their ruby eyes scanning the neat room. Aspen popped her head up from the foot of the bed, but immediately relaxed at the familiar scent. The figure smirked,  slowly making their way to Adaliah's bedside table, carefully grabbing the phone that laid there.

Disregarding the cord that was plugged into the phone, the being smirked before taking off the back of the phone, attaching a small, sticky chip . The phone buzzed as it reset, now giving the culprit full access to any of Adaliah's social media, text messages, contacts, everything. She was not getting away from him, nor was he loosening his grip as some people thought. He was tightening it. He was leashing a once free dog, keeping her close. He was breaking her in before things went to far. 

With a final smirk, they plugged the phone back in before casting a glance to the sleeping omega.

A few moments of contemplation later and the black hood on their head was pulled down, ash blond locks soon popping up every which way. Katsuki shook his head before leaning down, leaving a small peck on the female's temple, patting Aspen and quickly making his exit, leaving as quietly as he came.

His omega had been unsupervised for far too long, and with their new classmate- a male alpha- he wasn't ready to take any more chances. Not now, and not ever again. 

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"Give me the word, and we'll turn back."

"What word?"

Katsuki grumbled, smacking the back of Adaliah's head lightly gently before walking ahead, the omega quickly trying to catch up, Aspen yipping beside her. The alpha didn't slow down, only smirked when the white-ette hooked their arms to keep her nearby. 

She had been planning to go to the nearby mall with the rest of their classmates, and Katsuki (Who adamantly refused in class) had a sudden...change of heart. So he and Adaliah were going together, walking side by side with Aspen by her side.  

"Don't be a smart ass."  He hissed, grimacing at the bustling mall in front of them. People were everywhere, shoving and hissing, talking loudly. He felt overwhelmed. He could only imagine what she was feeling

Being pulled to one side, Katsuki watched as Adaliah allowed Aspen to dictate a path with minimal people, leading them to a map touchpad so they could figure out where to go.  Adaliah snapped a peice of a treat off for the pooch while Katsuki figured out a route to the food court they were meeting at. He mapped one out in his head before taking the omega's hand, gently, and leading the way. 

They stopped along the way for Dango skewers, but made it there in a timely manner nonetheless.  Immediately, a few of their classmates waved them over, beaming brightly when they approached.  Most of their classmates were already there, so it took little time for them to greet each other before they were rearing to separate into different groups to divide and conquer. Only for one hold up. 

"Come on, shitty tits-"

"Hold on, Bakubro, the store she needs is on the way to my store-"

"Both of you need to knock it off. She'll stick with me- er- the girls-"

Adaliah had long since tuned out the arguing on who she would go with. She needed very few things (A refill of dog-treats, for when she would be  cleared to come to school with Adaliah, a new collar for Aspen, and a few new scrunchies and sweatshirts), and honestly, at this point, was fine with going on her own. Every time she moved though, someone just managed to catch her. Maybe it was the jingling of Aspen's collar, or maybe it was just she was being too obvious. Either was, she had been stuck for- what- twenty minutes now?

Stretching her arms above her head, Adaliah yawned before standing, rolling her eyes when Katsuki immediately locked onto her. 

"I have to pee." She snickered, quickly handing Aspen to him before turning to go to the nearby  washrooms. He grumbled but let her go. Which in hindsight was probably a bad idea. 

She took care of business, washing her hands quickly before taking a few minutes to straighten herself out; brushing her hair back into the way she liked it, tightening the ponytail that kept half of her hair out of her face and straightening her cobalt sweater (Hers-pshh. It was Katsuki's.). All was fine and she should've been in and out, but just as she was leaving a hand snaked around her jaw, locking over her mouth. 

Immediately, her hands flew to her mouth to try and pry it off of her mouth only for an eruption of heat to make her pause.  Her hands clamped on the hand nonetheless, maybe trying to make it act like an anchor as her breathing hitched. She could smell nothing but ash and firewood around her which was just as off-putting as it was comforting. 

Her back hurt with how hard against the person's chest she was being held. It was sweltering in the small bubble around her, like the person was an inferno themselves, and based on how scared the hand around her mouth she probably wasn't far off. Metal prodded her cheek and chin, and the tears that leaked out of her eyes made them gleam as they glossed over the staples. 

"I haven't even done anything, kitten."  The male, he was decidedly male with how low his voice was, chuckled-- doing so more when a hiccup ruptured through her. She was probably on the verge of a breakdown with how burnt she smelt now.  

She was hiccupping and shaking in his grasp as her hands clung into the hand around her mouth, squeezing it but not prying it off; she didn't know what his quirk was and if her quirk was weak to it. 

The male-- alpha with how strong his scent was-- chuckled, bringing up one hand into her field of view. Sapphire blue fire burned in front of her, gleaming off the reflection that showed in her eyes. The fear that highlighted every curve and bend of the flame made him laugh, deep and low.  "You have though. You've become quite the issue to us. Quite the little bottle rocket, aren't you?" 

The quivering increased and at this point, he was sure she was having a meltdown. Her eyes clamped shut and sobs that just sounded painful wailed out of her. Her grip was loosening, like she had given up.  

Good. He wanted that flicker of light to die out. Make her bend before possibly reigniting it. 

He paused when footsteps neared the bathroom, dropping the girl and tugging on his hood. Shigaraki was somewhere around here and he did not want to be left behind again. 

Adaliah slumped to the ground like a sac of potatoes, bringing up a hand to her mouth as she continued sobbing, giving him the perfect route to escape without her seeing any of his facial features. 

He smirked as a blond with a service animal stormed past him, peeking into the girls washroom before rushing in.  Shame he was too late though. 

That flame was extinguished and it would need a miracle to bring it back. 

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All might: What's trending now kids?

Adaliah: Pain.

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Ochako: I need advice.

Adaliah, eating a thing of cookie dough:  You've come to the right place.

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Satou: Who ate all the cookie dough?

Adaliah: ...

Satou: Adaliah.

Adaliah: Ninjas. 

Satou: I didn't see  any ninjas.

Adaliah: No one ever does.

Satou: ...

Adaliah: ...

Satou: ...

Adaliah: Check mate.

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AN: 

Ya'll, application forms are so expensive like $125 for what? To possibly get accepted? Maybe get rejected? I love the idea of graduating but fuck is it expensive.