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It's late at night. The rain is pouring down as though the sky itself is crying, tears soaking through the piles and piles of letters. I'm standing in front of his statue alone. Everyone else has left.
I clench my fists, cursing under my breath at the metal likeness of his face. I don't have to look up to remember what it looks like.
Wipe that stupid smile off your face, Deku!
I'm not going to write him a letter.
Why should I?
"You weren't supposed to die," I whisper, my voice shaking. Finally, I meet eyes with the statue, but its stare is dead and cold. I don't care who can hear me, anymore. "YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE, YOU IDIOT!" I stomp my foot, water running down my face. "You useless, useless idiot! I have NOTHING to say to you!"
I take in my breath in a gasp. My shoulders are shaking, now. Something inside me is cracking, crumbling, disintegrating...but I don't know what.
Just save me again.
Like old times.
Snatch me away from the villain's hands. Drive me home after a fight at the bar. Nag me to call my mom back. Lecture me about what it means to be a hero.
Save me so I can hate you, so I can hit you, so I can tell you how you'll never be anything more than 'Deku.'
The word makes me feel small. I collapse to my knees, splashing down into the water pooling on the ground.
We always took turns saving each other, didn't we? I kept mental score with my blood boiling every time you got a point on me, while you just thanked me or laughed it off.
"SAY SOMETHING!"
The statue continues to smile. I remember when he rescued me from a water villain, a slime villain, a plunge into a river...He might have learned to smile in the face of danger, but he'd never gotten that look of earnest concern out of his eyes. The metal doesn't quite capture it.
"ANSWER ME!"
I'm screaming now, wordlessly. The rain drowns out my cries, the water seeping into my body, extinguishing the raging fire inside.
"Please..."
Just do it again.
We've spent so long chasing each other...Now he's left me to chase forever. But it's not a chase when I'm alone.
It was my turn to save you, you know.
That would have been so much easier than what he's left me to do.
I don't know how much time passes before I finally pull myself together enough to leave. It's still dark, and the rain is still pounding with ferocity, hammering against the concrete. I take one final look at his statue, not caring about the water landing in my eyes, because they're already wet.
With the weight of the world on my shoulders, I turn around at last.
Goodbye, Izuku.