Piece of the puzzle, you're my missing part

[inheritance]

[It starts off as a normal day--well, almost normal. If it weren't for Todoroki being horribly sick and missing his classes, then it would've been just like any other day on the UA campus.

Still, his friend's been sick for quite a few days now, and Izuku can't help but worry about him. Once classes are out for the day, Izuku makes a beeline for the dorms, heading up to Todoroki's room and knocking on the door without hesitation.]

Todoroki-kun? It's me. [Hm, the door's unlocked. Izuku opens it as quietly as he can, peering at the lump on the bed when he steps inside.] Are you feeling any better?

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[glaciers]

[He wants to say something, to stop Izuku-- Midoriya from leaving a a hurried rush. But somehow all the words get stuck in his throat as he watches his alpha pull away and leave.

Midoriya didn't want him at all, did he? It was just the heat's influence over him. Shouto never should've gotten his hopes up like that. Of course Midoriya wouldn't want him like that. The heat was driving him into a rut. He wasn't thinking clearly. He didn't want Shouto.

A hand comes up to hold the bite mark on his neck. What would've been binding if Izuku had presented before him.

Maybe it's better this way?

Even if he tells himself that, it hurts. It takes him hours before he gets enough courage to contact Midoriya at all. And when he does it's a text with one word.]

Sorry.

[inheritance]

[Izuku had thought he couldn't feel any worse after waking up this morning, but he'd clearly been wrong. His hand trembles as he reads the text and types out a response.]

It's not your fault. You don't need to apologize.

[It breaks Izuku's heart, that Todoroki would apologize when it was Izuku who had fucked up spectacularly and probably ruined everything. Never mind that he'd liked Todoroki for some time now--he'd be lucky if Todoroki still wants to be friends after this.]

[glaciers]

[It hurts to be told that. He'd rather burn himself again than suffer through rejection. Especially from somebody he adores so strongly.

He's not wanted.

He throws his phone onto his futon before getting up and pacing. It takes him a good ten minutes before he manages to gather his thoughts enough to send anything back.]

I'll leave you alone.

[Since that's obviously what Midoriya wants, right? With the way he fled out of Shouto's room that morning.]

[inheritance]

[And... there it is. Though Todoroki's never really hesitated to speak his mind before, Izuku figures that this--everything that happened in the past day--is a bit of a special circumstance.

He knew it was coming and it still hurts more than he could've expected, losing Todoroki because of a mistake. It's his own fault. He deserves to be cut off.]

If that's what you want.

[glaciers]

[Of course it isn't. Of course that's not what he wants. He wants to wake up to Midoriya's embrace, he wants to be claimed, he wants to be Midoriya's omega.

But he's fooling himself. There's no way somebody like Midoriya would want an omega like him.

It would be better to distance himself, wouldn't it? At least the rejection wouldn't sting so much.]

Yes.

[As he hits send he feels himself tearing up.]