Opposites Attract - Mirio
“He’ll be here shortly..” Tamaki slouched in his seat, staring at his phone. “He’s leaving the agency now.”
“That’s fine.” You glanced down to the slouch male and dragged your finger down his spine, causing him to jerk upright. “Stop slouching, that’s not good for your back.”
He flushed and mumbled out an “okay” before forcing himself to sit upright.
The café bell rang after a bit and the two of you glanced over out of curiosity to see who it was. And low and behold, the man you were waiting for. And holy shit for an omega he was beefy, Tamaki wasn’t kidding you about his friend not looking like an omega.
“Sorry I was late, we caught a villain but he gave us the slip so it took a bit longer to catch him again.” Mirio smiled and raised his hand in a wave. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Tamaki’s always talking about you. I’m Togata Mirio, though I’m sure you already knew that!” He laughed and took a seat across from you.
The entire time Mirio spoke you forced yourself to squint. Now it made sense that Tamaki called him the walking sun, was this man ever not smiling? It didn’t help that his scent quickly invaded your nose, a citrus mix that screamed “sunshine child”. It didn’t make sense and you weren’t going to try to make sense of it.
“I did, Tamaki told me.” You introduced yourself quietly and Mirio’s large hand reached across the table allowing your small hand to be engulfed in his as he shook it.
The three of you ordered and made small talk until the food arrived, and by small talk I mean Mirio did all the talking.
“I was really surprised when Tamaki told me he’d made a new friend.” Mirio suddenly changed the topic. “Not that he hasn’t before but the fact he initiated it? I’m so proud of him!”
Tamaki flushed at the praise, burying his face into his arms on the table. “Mirio..” he mumbled. “You make me sound like I’m some kind of loser..”
Mirio laughed and patted his friend’s shoulder. “Not at all, I know dealing with people is hard for you. That’s why I’m so proud you worked up the courage and took the first step.”
Every laugh from the omega had your chest rumbling, how could one man be so positive and upbeat? You disliked the overly positive type but for some reason you couldn’t bring yourself to hate the man in front of you. “He’s right Tamaki, one step at a time in opening up. You don’t have to do it all the time.”
Tamaki raised his head some and looked up at you. “If anything I’m grateful you reached out to me.” You reached forward and tried brushing his bangs from his face, forcing the violet curtain from his eyes.
Neither of you saw Mirio’s smile falter at the gesture. He didn’t remember Tamaki saying the two of you were dating, because that seemed like a pretty serious gesture on his omega friend.
The violet male flushed again, burying his face back into his arms as he whined your name. “Stoooop..” Tamaki was clearly embarrassed and you weren’t helping the situation. “Let’s just eat.”
“Right, the food will get cold otherwise!” Mirio said, glad to finally change the topic. It took everything in him to not let his jealousy rear its ugly head.
Mirio asked you various questions as the three of you ate, if you had any siblings, what you did for a living, how old you were. It almost felt like an interrogation, like he was trying to find out if you were as good as Tamaki said you were and it made your stomach ache. God what did Tamaki even say about you? Did he tell Mirio that you were just as bad as he was when it came to being insecure or depressed?
At some point the two had gotten up to use the bathroom, leaving you a moment of peace alone at the table. When they finished and stood at the sinks together Mirio shot his friend a glance. “Are you and her dating?”
Tamaki choked on air quickly trying to sputter out a stream of “no’s”. “Wh-why would you think that??” He shook his hands dry and stared up at his friend who’d gone suspiciously serious.
The blonde stood there, his smile gone and brows slightly furrowed at his friend's answer. Before Tamaki could ask he quickly smiled again as if nothing was wrong. “No reason! We should get back before we make her wait too long.”
Mirio dried his hands and Tamaki quickly followed after. He’d never seen his friend get so serious like that outside of something work related. Did he like you or something? The two sat down and Tamaki watched as Mirio’s smile grew genuine as he talked animatedly at you.
Despite originally being hesitant to this arranged meetup you found yourself having fun. It was fun seeing Tamaki open up with his childhood friend around, and despite the blinding aura the blonde radiated it was fun listening to him talk. “Ah crap.”
Tamaki looked up from his milkshake curiously. “Something wrong..?”
“Yeah, my boss needs me to come in for a few hours. Someone had to go home sick.” You exhaled and stuffed your phone into your pocket before grabbing your coat. “I hate to be the first to leave--”
“But duty calls, we know the feeling.” Mirio chuckled. “We have been here for a few hours after all, I’m surprised they didn’t kick us out.” He joked.
A small smile rose to your lips, the first of the night and man was Mirio vibrating with excitement at it. He’d have to wait for you to open more in hopes of seeing a proper smile from you. “This was fun, we’ll have to try and do it again.” You set down a few bills to cover your half of the meal and Mirio tried to return it.
“Ah I got it, keep it.”
You huffed and pushed his hand with the money back towards him. “Just take it, I’m not starting a payment war.” It came out harsher then you meant to and you didn’t miss the way Tamaki flinched at your tone.
Mirio held your stare, his smile gone momentarily before returning. “Okay.” Tamaki exhaled in relief. He didn’t know what he’d do if the two of you started a fight, probably die of embarrassment at the attention.
“Sorry for raising my voice Tamaki.” You gave his back a gentle rub causing him to sit up and turn towards you.
“It’s okay.. I know you didn’t mean to.” He smiled and you gave his cheek a gentle pinch.
“You two be safe getting home.”
“We’re heroes, we’ll be okay.” Mirio chimed in.
“Text me when you get to work.” Tamaki tugged your sleeve and you couldn’t help but coo at seeing the poor omega worry.
“I will,” you patted his head and turned to Mirio. “It was nice meeting you.”
Just as you were leaving the café you were stopped by a hand on your shoulder. You spun around and nearly bumped straight into Mirio. “Whoops sorry! I was sorta wondering.. Think we could trade numbers?” He laughed and rubbed the back of his neck. “It’d make planning stuff easier then having to go through Tamaki.” he partially lied.
“I guess that makes sense. Sure.” The two of you traded numbers and you swore Mirio vibrated with pure happiness over just a couple of numbers. Your inner alpha rumbled at seeing the sunshine omega so happy. “I’ll text you when I get to work.” You waved him goodbye and Mirio gave a big wave back.
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Weeks had passed since the initial meet up, the three of you hung out a few more times and one of them left you and Mirio alone when Tamaki got called into work.
Hanging out with Mirio became easier, he never seemed offended when you were quiet. And if he was he didn’t say anything, perhaps it wasn’t an issue given how quiet Tamaki usually was? Nevertheless Mirio’s scent never seemed to waver to show his displeasure at how distant you seemed.
If anything it made you uncomfortable at times, the more you spent together the more he was exposed to your sudden depressive episodes and mood swings. But Mirio always took it in stride and responded calm and supportive during the episodes, as if he’d been through this before.
After the last time the two of you hung out you started receiving gifts at your apartment. The scent on the gifts was subtle and hard to pinpoint, it didn’t smell like anyone familiar. Most of your co-workers were alpha and betas and none of them had a rather noticeable smell. You didn’t recall suddenly attracting any omega’s, sure you bumped into a few but nothing worthy of them sending you courting gifts. And if they did that meant they were a stalker to find where you lived, creepy.
The first gift was harmless, a simple soft knitted scarf in your favourite colour. Okay they knew your favourite colour, so whoever it was likely talked to you often. That didn’t help narrow it down any, you frequently chatted with co-workers and had a small friend circle.
The second gift was also harmless albeit shocking, the jump from knitted scarf to necklace had you panicking. Sure jewelry was common when courting someone but it was usually the alpha courting the omega, which meant this person seemingly didn’t care about any of that. If anything it had your heart racing at the fact this possible omega didn’t care about old fashion traditions, which hopefully meant they didn’t mind you being a runt alpha.
Before a third gift could ever surface you were confronted by Mirio. Who upon seeing you wear both the necklace and scarf seemed to grow fidgety and flushed. He greeted you with his usual bear hug but unlike previous times he didn’t back away and give you space.
“I see you're wearing them, I’m glad you like them!” Mirio smiled and laid his hands on your shoulders. “I take it that means you're okay with this.. With me courting you?”
Suddenly everything made sense, someone who knew your favourite colour and that you’d been needing a scarf. If any of the people you knew didn’t care about traditions it would definitely be Mirio, he himself was the opposite of traditional. Bodily wise he screamed alpha, while bodily you screamed omega.
A worried whine from the blonde in front of you snapped you from your thoughts. Instinctively your inner alpha rumbled to ease the nervous omega for neglecting him. You placed your hands on his forearms for comfort before speaking. “You’d.. Really be okay with an alpha like me..?”
Mirio scowled at your words, was that really hard to believe? Heaven’s did someone say some cruel shit to make you believe you weren’t worth courting? “Would you be fine with an omega like me?” he fired back.
“Wh--of course! I don’t care about that shit. You could be as big as All Might and I wouldn’t care!”
He chuckled at your quick response and let his hands slip down to rest just above your elbows. “And I don’t care if you're as short as Uravity, none of that stuff matters. My dad raised me to not look at the shape or secondary gender of someone, you could be an omega just like me and I’d be fine.”
When he saw you weren’t going to speak Mirio quickly continued. “My parents are both omegas, even before they gave me that talk I didn’t see anything wrong with it. They were both happy and that’s all that mattered. So no, you being short and small doesn’t matter..” He paused. “Especially since you make me feel this way..”
Your head cocked to the side some, so he felt the same as you? The past weeks you kept telling yourself you were only interested in him because of how bright he shined, you totally weren’t head over heels for his scent and seeing his smile.
The two of you were in public and a few people started to stare, Mirio pulled you away from the public eye and carefully backed you to the wall. “You know back at the café.. You were really close to Tamaki we actually got jealous..my omega wanted to throw a fit and I felt betrayed..”
“Betrayed?” Your brows rose. It didn’t seem like special treatment to you, Tamaki was a fine hero but socially he was still a nervous wreck. It never crossed your mind that your kindness would come off as something more. “Tamaki is like family to me, I know he’s capable of taking care of himself but as his friend I look out for him anyways.”
“I know that.” Mirio signed and leaned closer to rest his head on your shoulder.
That couldn’t have felt comfortable with the height difference, like you had done previously to Tamaki you trailed your finger down his back causing him to jerk upright. He let out a laugh realizing what you did and why before doing it again, this time refusing to let go of you.
“It doesn’t hurt I promise.” He gave you a gentle squeeze and nosed at your scent that rubbed off onto the scarf. “So this is okay..? My feelings?”
He heard you hum as if contemplating and he grew ridged with nervousness. “Yeah, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t like you.. After we first met I couldn’t forget your scent.. Or the way you smiled..”
Mirio pulled back and stared down at you with the largest smile you’d ever seen. “Oh yeah? Cause I’ve been interested in you since I walked in, you can even ask Tamaki, I haven't shut up about you.” he nervously admitted.
“I’ll be sure to ask.” You hummed. “But are you really sure it’s okay..?” The smile vanished and a heavy frown replaced it. “I’m a fucking mess.. Even with medicine my depression is bad, I don’t wanna hurt you.. What if I.. what if I do something..?”
Mirio frowned heavily, brows knitted together as he held you tight to his chest. “I won’t let that happen.. Nobody including yourself will hurt you, I won’t let that happen. I don’t care what time of the day it is, if I’m working or absolutely exhausted. If you call or text me that you aren’t okay I will be there in a heartbeat.”
He heard a sniffle and felt you break apart in his arms, his hold loosening to not smother but still firm enough to show his support. “Nighteye will understand, I’m sure he’d even understand letting you stay at the Agency while I’m working. That way you won’t be alone, and you know Nighteye would keep a close eye on you. Pun not intended.” Mirio chuckled softly and gave you a gentle squeeze trying to perk you up some.
You let out a wet laugh and wiped your eyes. “Thank you Mirio..”
The omega crooned and easily picked you up to hold against his chest. “I say we pick up some take out and go to my place or yours and watch movies. Or if you want I can cook for you!”
“Tamaki told me you couldn’t cook and to avoid letting you at all costs..” You shot him a questionable glance and watched his lips fall flat and thin.
“It was one time! One time as a teenager!” Mirio huffed, it was soft and almost childish the way he pouted. If he was upset he sure as hell didn’t look upset, it was like when a child got pouty. “Dad’s been helping me learn to cook. I don’t burn food..” He grimaced slightly. “Not everything at least..” he softly added.
You couldn’t help but laugh into his shoulder, the depressive state far from forgotten but you’d gladly accept the distraction. “How about we just get something to go? Next time we can cook together or something but I’m feeling lazy. I just wanna eat and cuddle up next to you..” You shyly mumbled.
He would gladly accept that! “Okay! Sounds like a plan to me!” Ignoring the stares that came after he carried you out he went back to rambling. “Should we head to your place or mine? You haven’t met my parents yet and I figured if we’re going to be dating then you should meet them at some point. Or is it too soon?”
“Maybe just a tad to soon.. Do they even know about me..?” You turned your face towards his neck and took in the sweet citrusy scent.
Mirio smiled feeling the heat of your breath on his neck. “They do! Sorry.. Seems I couldn’t keep quiet about you..”
“Ugh..” Burying your face into his shoulder you thought if over, better sooner than later. Especially if Mirio had been talking about you to them. “Maybe we’ll try planning a dinner, all four of us together or something..”
The omega crooned happily, his grip tightening on you slightly before the excitement in him bubbled over and he stopped. You raised your head curiously and he happily and excitedly scented you, in public. You tried to ignore the soft gasps and giggles, Mirio was known out of hero costume so no doubt news would spread fast of this. “Mi-mirio..!”
You flushed and he cradled you close like a child. “I’m just so happy is all, sorry.” He let you hide your face back into his shoulder and you gladly hid, using your scarf as an extra means to hide your face from prying eyes. “Alright food, what’re you hungry for?”