Archive of Our Own

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a/b/o non traditional, some of my own little tweaks for story purposes added
Lots of swearing, shenanigans and spice 🔥
Bakugou POV

Spice level To be determined because this is currently a wip that may devolve into pure filth at a moments notice, so keep up with any tags going forward!

Pro heroes Omega Bakugou and Alpha Kirishima are "just friends", it totally would never work as more.
Failure would be too awkward. No thank you to that drama and possibly messing up the closest friendship either has ever had.

But pro life is stressful as fuck and heats/ruts alone are hell, especially with all that extra adrenaline constantly pumping through their systems.
So the easiest and most logical solution is a "cycle assistance company" specifically for pros who need relief with zero fuss and maximum discretion.

The gimmick?
Customized quirk created "holograms" tailored to the desires and needs of each person. No actual meeting or mixing with real live people.
Perfect yes?
The catch?
Undisclosed scent "borrowing" from compatible users in the system to make the holograms and experience more "realistic"

Most unmated pros have used similar services over the years without incident. So much so that a list of recommended companies is provided to all heroes upon graduation and enrollment is highly encouraged before starting full time work.

Bakugou recieves his list from Jeanist the first week after the graduation ceremony, along with a lengthy 'lecture' from his mentor about the importance of self care and control yadda yadda. He begrudgingly accepts both with a mildly irritated huff out of respect and shoves it aside for later.

The first few months after graduation are nothing but a flurry of bullshit paper work and red tape and Katsuki is so ready to be done with it all. He's needs to be out there God damn it.
His physio is nearly complete and his arm is well on it's way back to top form, He just wants to start patrols already! He needs to be out there kicking some ass.
At least keeping up with what everyone else is doing distracts him some what, since the idiot squad refused to ever leave him alone .

Eijirou was a regular welcome guest to his new apartment and agency and wherever he went his other dorks followed. Yes indeed his dorks, his actual friends. Their presence was a comfort he had come to rely on during the annoying transition from student to injured pro to fully functional again.

But it wasn't until the two year mark that things really started to fully fall into place as they should. His arm healed, his own agency ready to open and his friends all set to do the same.
He was so God damn ready to be a fully fledged pro in all aspects like he'd always dreamed of being.
Until one final piece of red tape slapped him in the face one morning as he was finalizing the paperwork for his agency building purchase and insurance files. Katsuki stared at his laptop screen disgruntled and pissed off. It had completely slipped his mind in the face of much more pressing issues.

An email from the commision sat awaiting a reply reminding him of the new rules and regulations for unmated pro heroes who will be working in the field. Clenching his jaw in irritation he clicked it open to read again, mentally noting the growing list of crap he now had to look into.

So what the hell was he going to do about this?! He hadn't even considered the dating/mating scene since he had presented during the last year of middle school, sights set fully on his goal of #1 and no secondary gender garbage was going to interfere with that. He didn't want distractions, But now that stupid distraction was demanding his attention and he had handle it immediately. He briefly recalled getting a list from Jeanest years ago but had tossed it after a while when he deemed it an"unnecessary nuisance". Now he had to track down a trusted source of new info asap.

There had to be some loophole he could use. He rarely allowed himself heats anyway, preferring instead to keep his body controlled with a steady flow of suppressants. Unhealthy? Maybe. But he didn't want or need some stupid whiny voice in his head getting in the way of his life and he certainly didn't plan on ever shacking up with some knot head control freak in the future either. The only alpha that didn't immediately raise his hackles to be around was Ei, and he absolutely could not go there. No matter how many times he'd thought about it or maybe even ached a little for it when the idiot did or said certain things, he could not and would not risk that. Too much to lose and he didn't need the extra interferences having to fit a full time partner into his liestyle either. So here he was.
Slamming his laptop shut and grabbing his phone Katsuki pulled up his contact list and jammed his finger down harshly on the call button. First and foremost he needed information about all the legalese on this new BS rule if he wanted to weasel his way around it, and he knew just weasel to ask.

A short 4 rings and his call was answered with a low flat tone simply stating "Bakugou."

"Mindfuck" Katsuki quipped back down the line. Man this guy still irked him but no one knew their way around the technicalities of the system better than an underground hero.

"A pleasure to speak to as always your Majesty. How may this humble extra be of service?"

"Fuck you"

"Hmm, you're not my type sorry."

"Oh for fucks sake...look, I just need some details about the bullshit new pairing regulations, specifically how to get the fuck out of them." No point in beating around the bush, Shinsos prolonged snark would just irritate him into hanging up and pride be damned he needed help.

Another drawn out "Hmmm" followed by a beat of silence then "No can do"

"The fuck?! Don't 'no can do' me asshole, you still owe me for getting you a shot with Dunce face don't forget!"
An exasperated sigh had Katsuki baring his fangs and growling down the line at the Beta.

"Yeah yeah I'll buy you some flowers Princess, look there is no out. You get your pissy ass a mate or a heat partner or you hand in your license. They're not taking any more chances after the Cryo incident Bakugou. Take it or leave it."

Katsuki was growling before but now he was downright snarling. Fuck. Fucking fuck! He remembered the fallout of that all too well. It was major news for months and has Hawks running serious damage control. Alpha pro hero Cryo was triggered into a rut rage when some dumbass villain got the bright idea to try 'dosing' him to get out of being arrested. Landed himself in the ICU and Cryo decomissioned with a half dead villian for a mate.
A literal fucking nightmare.
All of which could have been easily prevented if he had been mated or 'scent soothed' from a regular partner.

Katsuki understood the risks and necessity of the rules the commision put in place. He did. He just hated it and damn it he was smart enough and strong enough not to get himself into a mess like that in the first place! Not only that but Omegas were wired different than stupid knot headed Alphas. He was wired different.
Random scents and shit never set off his heats like other people, they just give him a nasty ass headache.
So why should he have to be included in this bullshit rule?! Damn it to hell.
Speaking of headaches one was quickly forming and he had to physically force his jaw to unclench and his throat to stop vibrating in irritation.

"Fuck you asshole." he ground out.

"You're welcome, better get on that" Shinso drawled back and then promptly hung up.
Jackass.

Katsuki glared down at his phone and ground his teeth together before flipping to his contacts and jamming his thumb down on another number.

Almost immediately a cheerful voice greeted him loudly from the speaker,

"Hey Bro! Whats up?!"

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Katsuki was torn between the steady feeling of calm his best friend usually gave him and the building dread of the fuckery the upcoming conversation was likely going to cause.

"Kats? You there? Everything ok man?"

He heaved a sigh, endeared and frustrated in equal parts.

"Fine Ei. Long day dealing with bullshit is all"

"Oh yeah? Still stuck on that paperwork huh?" he chuckled sympatheticly.
"I hate that stuff too bro, no one told me at UA that being a hero would mean having to do so much of it! I thought I'd left the homework behind but nope, it followed me home!"
Katsuki grinned at that. He could picture the alpha waving his hands around as he spoke, voice picking up speed in eager affinity.

"Yeah paperwork and assholes."

Kirishima chuckled again,
"Who's the asshole this time?"

Katsuki grinned widely, his frustration lessening in spite of himself. Leave it to Eijirou to wash away his anxiety effortlessly with just his usual banter.

"Just the usual suspects Ei" he quipped in amusement "but isten I called to ask you something specific"

"Oh? Whats up?" Kirishimas voice lilted in interest giving him his full attention.

Katsuki hesitated a moment to fight past the last remaining dregs of nerves before huffing once and then hurriedly blurting his words out,

"What rut service do you use?"

Silence.

Great. Now its awkward and his anxiety is coming back. Good job Katsuki, another reason he avoided dealing with all this secondary gender crap.

"Uhh" a nervous chuckle and a cough, "Sorry bro you caught me off guard there. I uh, thought you weren't interested in any of that stuff is all". the intense curiosity in his tone of voice was undeniable. And of *course* he would be curious.

He'd spent a significant amount of time on the receiving end of Katsukis many rants about how much he hated the whole designation garbage, the social push for mates and packs and other stupid shit that he wanted nothing to do with.

And most importantly how it all made him incredibly uncomfortable, because what came so easily and normally to everyone else was just so *different* for him.

Yes he had his heats and some nesting instincts around that time like all Omegas did but other than that he just didn't really feel the urge.

That obessive desire towards alphas that he kept hearing them squeal about during highschool was a foreign concept to him for the most part. The few times he felt any real pull at all towards *anyone* at all was with the alpha he was currently troubling with this bullshit, again.

The reminder has his hackles rising again unbiden.

"I'm fucking *not* Ei, you know that shit. It's this stupid new partner regulation! I don't have a choice but to register with some bullshit service to keep my God damn license."

"Oh damn yeah, right, sorry man. I didn't even think about that, I've kinda been signed up with mine from the start because Fat insisted on it." he chuckled awkwardly, starting to ramble. "The one I use is really great though I don't think you'll hate it as much as the others, I mean at least they don't pair you up with random strangers and.."

Katsukis ears perked up at that, his spine snapping ramrod straight at the implications his mind suddenly supplied him with and drowning out the rest of what Eijirou was saying.

No strangers? Fucking *what?!*

Did that mean Eijirou was pairing up on the regular with people they *knew*?!
He didn't realize his thoughts had dissolved into growls until Eijirous voice snapped him back to reality.

"Kats? You good man? Damn sorry I'm rambling, I know you hate this stuff. I can just send you some links and-"

"So they pair you up with your fucking colleagues?! Who the is comfortable with that?! What the fuck Eijirou?!!"

His ire and anxiety exploded, his mind and chest buzzing like a hive of angry bees suddenly at the thought of Eijirou hooking up with someone like that. Someone possibly that *Katsuki* knew.

Yes logically he knew rut and heat services paired you up with people for that *exact purpose*, but now all of a sudden that fact seemed a bit too *real* for some reason. It's not like he cared who Eijirou paired up with, he absolutely *didn't care*, right? It was just the principle of it!

"What?! Oh my God dude no! It's not like that at all man. They don't even pair you up with actual people at all like, damn it, time out" Kirishimas voice rose in a fever pitch along with his, the panic he had no doubt picked up in Katsukis tone adding to his urgency.

"The hell Ei?! You're not making any sense!"

"I know! Ok just, *huff* hang on dude." Katsuki listened impatiently, growling low as Eijirou took a deep steadying breath in and out before starting again.

"Ok look. This company is different from the usual ones. I picked it specifically for that reason Kats, the idea of pairing up with just anyone doesn't sit right with me either ya know?" and heavy pause and another deep breath.
"Anyway, these guys run a specialized quirk based system. It's pretty cool actually, it *creates* a partner for you, no real humans needed!"

"Creates? The hell?" The feeling in his chest slowed down some, one strange new unease alleviated and his interest piqued with this bizarre quirk explanation.
"Like a body double?"

"Hologram actually, so kinda? Here man just let me send you their link, I suck at the complicated technical stuff" he laughed softly in obvious at the calmer mood shift. Man this was shit was always too damn uncomfortable to deal with.

A ping had his attention shifting to put his phone on speaker and open his messages to look at what Eijirou had sent him.

A business page link to "HoloSaphix"

Katsuki snorted out loud. The fuck they think they are ,a porn site?

"Ok I got it, I'll check it out. So lets never talk about this again?" Eijirou let out a sudden bark of a laugh at that.

"No problem man. Always here to help though, no matter how wierd yeah?"

Damn this sweet adorable idiot of a man.

"Sure Ei, and thanks"