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“I’ve never asked anything of you before, so please if you ever cared for me at all please help me, I know you work for the government so please” Ango froze, looking closely at Dazai, he’d never heard him this desperate, scared. It honestly unnerved him, what could make Dazai, the demon prodigy scared? He almost didn’t want to find out.
“What do you mean Dazai? I’m with the port mafia.”
“Oh cut the crap Ango, you know I’m not that stupid”
Ango sighed, “What is it that you would need help with?”
Dazai faltered for a moment, “I need you to help me get Oda and his pups out of the mafia and out of danger. And…” He trailed off, looking down at his hands, he said softly “and I need help getting my pups out as well.”
Ango was stunned, “Your pups?”
Dazai looked up from his hands, his eyes were slightly red, had he been crying?
“Yes. My pups, I presented as an omega” He looked back down.
Ango was stunned, “but.. But I thought you were a beta?”
“Everyone did, I presented late, really late. Mori always knew I was going to be an omega so I did everything in my power to hold off my presentation, and then when I finally did present, well, I had enough strong suppressants stored up to last me a couple years. I… I would never ask anything this big of you unless I knew it needed to happen and it does, badly. I don’t know what Mori is going to do when he finds out I presented without his knowledge.”
Ango sighed “I know Mori is strict but is it really going to be the end of the world if he finds out? I’m more concerned with the fact you already have pups at 17. Please tell me they at least are adopted?” He said, dropping his head into his hands.
After a moment of silence, Ango slowly lifted his head wondering if he made a mistake by saying that Dazai had become so quiet Ango wasn’t even sure he was still there. Looking at Dazai’s face, Ango started to worry “Dazai..?”
“You don’t get it” Dazai croaked out, voice cracking with emotion, whether it was anger, distress, or a mix of both, Ango wasn’t sure, Dazai’s face was completely blank.
“Dazai, what don’t I get?” After a beat of silence Ango softened and said “kid, what don’t I get? I can’t know if you don’t tell me”
Dazai hesitated, then clenched his fists and took a deep breath “I already have a mate.”
Ango quickly butted in, already starting to panic “Oh god was it consensual? Who is it? Is that why you-”
Dazai snapped “I wasn’t finished. Just..” He took a deep breath and unclenched his fists “that’s not the issue, it’s the fact that my mate isn’t Mori that is the issue”
Ango paled “Dazai, what is that supposed to mean..”
Dazai looked up, finally making eye contact with Ango, staring at him blankly “ever since I was 8 years old Mori told me the second I presented he would take me as his mate. He took me in when I was 7 to see if he could cause an omega to present feral.” Ango looked like he had seen a ghost but Dazai powered on, “I showed strong maternal instincts and omega traits even as a child. It didn’t take long for Mori to realize I was smart. Once he found out about my ability he decided he was going to keep me. He would keep trying to cause me to present feral, but also started raising me to be his mate. That’s why I need you to get Oda and the pups out, Mori is a madman with no respect for innocent life. He will kill all of them to punish me for not coming right to him when I presented.”
Ango was silent, trying to process everything Dazai had told him, trying to figure out what part of that he needed to address first, he hesitated a moment more before saying “Dazai, what did he do to you, there’s only been a couple documented cases of feral omegas.. Ever. And all of them were caused by extreme isolation, torture, and child loss.”
Dazai’s mask wavered, only for a moment, but Ango could see Dazai was crumbling “Before.. Before a male omega presents, the male omega’s sperm is viable, it only becomes sterile after presentation, so theoretically an unpresented male omega could father a child.”
Ango closed his eyes tightly, feeling his heart breaking for this kid, “Dazai, please tell me what I’m thinking isn’t true.”
Dazai paused for a moment, gathering his strength once more, “I can’t because it wouldn’t be true. From the ages of 8 to 13 Mori would.. molest me and used my sperm to impregnate surrogates every three months. He found out that at three months old he could test if a child has an ability. Q is my biological child. Q’s nickname is Q because he didn’t have a real name until he was three months old. I called him Q because he was the 17th child Mori made me father. The reason he didn’t have a name until he was three months old was because if the child didn’t have an ability Mori would kill them. Q was the only child out of the 20 children Mori made me father that had an ability. The rest of them are dead.”
Ango made a noise as though he had been punched, he was only a beta but the thought of losing all those children sounded unbearable to him, he couldn’t even imagine the pain Dazai was in, Ango didn’t need to hear anything else, he knew what had to be done.
“Okay.” Dazai looked at Ango, startled, “okay..?”
Ango looked Dazai in the eyes, “I’ll do it, I’ll get Oda, his pups, and your pups out.”
Dazai let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding in, “Thank you Ango. That means a lot to me. I’ll make sure to keep Mori distracted when the time comes, as long as they’re safe nothing else matters.”
Ango, with newfound confidence stated, “No.” Dazai looked at him, ”no? What do you mean no?”
“When I said I’ll get Oda’s pups out I meant ALL of them.”
Dazai searched Ango’s gaze, confused, “..yeah all of them, kyouka and his 5 orphans.”
Ango softened “Dazai, you’re his pup too.” Dazai looked startled, “I’m going to make sure ALL of Oda’s pup’s get out, that includes you kid.”
Dazai opened and closed his mouth like a fish out of water, Ango wondered absentmindedly if that was where the redheaded executive got the nickname mackerel, could he be Dazai’s mate? Ango filed the thought away for later, now's not the time.
Ango continued on “Dazai, you’re a victim. You deserve to have a life away from that man, a life where you can be happy and live with your pups without fear that Mori is going to take that away from you. Please let me help you get out of here. I guarantee I will be able to get you and the rest of the pups full pardon for any crimes committed. I know the director of the Special Division for Unusual Powers personally and he has no tolerance for taking away anyone’s autonomy, especially omegas. Please, just let me help you, Oda cares about you so much kid, hell I’m a beta and I still consider you my pup, so please I can’t help you unless you let me.”
Dazai stood frozen in shock, contemplating everything Ango just said. “I.. I don’t understand”
“You don’t have to understand, you don’t have to believe me that we care about you but please just let me help you anyways.”
Dazai faltered for a moment, then his resolve crumbled, “Okay, I’ll let you help me.”
Ango smiled softly, "Thank you Dazai."
The edge of Dazai's mouth formed a small smile before he quickly put back on his mask, "okay what's the plan, how are we going to get everyone out safely?"
Ango replied, "well first, you're going to have to tell me about your other pups, earlier you said pups plural but only mentioned one."