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Izuku stretched as he made his way up the stairs to his floor since the elevator was out of order. Apparently, Denki is sick and short-circuited it when he had a sneezing fit. Izuku passed Aoyama's door and paused before backtracking. He sniffed and sure enough, he could smell sadness and distress slipping through the cracks of the door.
Izuku knocked on the door, "Yu? It's Izuku, can I come in?" he asked softly.
There was a bit of shuffling before the door opened revealing a teary-eyed Aoyama, his hair and clothing were a mess. He didn't seem or look like himself at all and it had Izuku worried. He entered the room and closed the door behind himself before gently cupping Aoyama's face and releasing calming pheromones.
"Are you ok? What happened?" Izuku frowned.
"Can we sit down?" Aoyama asked quietly.
"Of course,"
They moved to the bed and Izuku sat at the end as Aoyama laid down and rested his head in Izuku's lap. Izuku gently brushed through Aoyama's hair, waiting patiently until he was ready.
"Today I was finally ready," Aoyama started "I was gonna tell Iida I liked him,"
Izuku hummed in response and Aoyama kept going, "I asked around and found out he went to the support course to get his costume looked at. I overheard him and Mei speaking and it sounded personal so I stayed outside not wanting to intrude," Aoyama stopped and bit his lip.
Izuku brushed some hair from the boy's face, "What happened?" he asked gently.
"Mei had asked him if he was seeing or courting anyone and he told her no. She asked about me and said that we looked close and it was obvious I was interested. Then he...he said that he had interest in me but he doesn't know anymore. 
He said I smelled re-," Aoyama choked up, "He said my scent repulsed him and he didn't want to reject me but courting isn't really his thing.
 I- am I a bad Omega? Omega's aren't supposed to smell bad, no one will want me if I stink," Aoyama quietly cried.
Izuku released more of his calming scent, "That's not true, out of every Omega I've met you have the best scent. How can he find honey and strawberry repulsive? Anyway so what if he doesn't like you back, you're strong, beautiful, kind, and smart. Any Alpha would be lucky to have you as their mate, I bet there's an Alpha out there right now just waiting to court you," 
Aoyama sat up and looked at Izuku, "You really think so?"
Izuku smiled, "I do,"
Aoyama tightly hugged Izuku's neck and the boy hugged him back, gently rubbing his back.
"Thank you for being here,"
"Always,"
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Izuku crossed his arms as he stood around with Eijiro and Shoji discussing today's training and their sparring match. They had a field trip coming up soon and knowing Aizawa it was going to be worse than regular training.
"Zuzu!"
Izuku looked back to see an excited Aoyama running over to him and smiled a little. The boy had been so depressed lately and Izuku was happy to see him smiling again.
"What's up?" Izuku turned fully.
"I got the spot on the UA magazine with Todoroki-Kun!" He said excitedly as he quickly scented Izuku.
Izuku smiled wide and scented him back, "Really? They picked you?"
"Uh-huh, come on you gotta come with us to get fitted for our clothes," Aoyama said, pulling on his arm.
Izuku chuckled, "Alright alright," He turned back to the other two "I'll see you guys later, sorry"
They chuckled, "Don't worry about it man,"
"I wouldn't be able to say no to that either,"
They reached the entryway where Shoto was already waiting, he and Izuku did a quick swipe against each other's wrists and then left.
"So what's the theme for this quarter?" Izuku asked.
"Heroes Gala," Shoto answered.
"Oh wow really? Are you going to wear a tux or gown?" Izuku turned to Aoyama.
"I think I'm gonna wear a gown, do you think I can pull it off?"
"I think you can,"
"Of course, you can,"
Aoyama smiled big, "Ok!"
"Oh yeah, Sho does Yu smell strange to you?" Izuku asked.
Shoto leaned down and sniffed the boy, making him squeak in surprise and spasm slightly as the boy's hair tickled his neck.
"I can barely smell him, your scent overpowers his," Shoto informed.
Both boys looked surprised to hear that and looked at each other in confusion.
"Wait really?" Izuku leaned down and sniffed him as well "I only smell Yu's scent,"
Aoyama smelled himself, "I barely smell him on me though,"
"What about me?" Izuku held his arm out.
Shoto sniffed, "I can smell me and Aoyama but your scent still overpowers ours,"
"Weird, why can't I smell him?" Aoyama mumbled.
"Well, you two have been scenting each other multiple times a day, every day for the last three years. You're probably just scent-blind," Shoto shrugs.
"Makes sense I guess," Izuku nodded to himself.
"Why do you scent each other so much anyway? I'm surprised your scents haven't mixed at this point," Shoto shook his head.
Aoyama looked away embarrassed, "I don't know, when we started being friends I kinda got excited and would scent him every time I saw him. I guess it just became a habit after all this time, it feels weird not to," he explained and Izuku nodded in agreement.
"Yeah I get that, I was the same way at first. I didn't get the whole scenting and bonding thing so I went a bit overboard. I don't know why you let us though," Shoto shook his head.
"I don't know, me and Katsuki scented each other all the time as pups so I thought it was normal for friends to do it so often," Izuku shrugged.
"Regardless we're a pack now so isn't it alright to scent each other as much as we want?" Aoyama looked up at them.
"I guess, it may be hard to find a mate, but it shouldn't bother a mate though," Shoto pocketed his hands.
Izuku paused in realization, "Fuck,"
The other two stopped walking and turned around to see a frowning Izuku.
"Izu?"
"What's wrong?"
"Sorry, Yu I think it's my fault, Iida must have meant my scent, not yours," Izuku apologized.
Aoyama stood confused for a second before it clicked, "Oh...well it's alright, I just have to meet someone that'll be ok with it right? Just like Sho-Kun said," He smiled.
Izuku nodded, "If you're alright with it then so am I,"
"I wonder what color scheme they're going with," Shoto wondered aloud.
"Probably the school's colors," Izuku shrugged.
"I hope not, I wanna wear something lilac or baby blue," Aoyama whined.
"Those colors do suit your complexion well,"
"I know right!"