Every Single Part, Is Who You're Meant To Be
Izuku sat beside Eri, leg bouncing up and down as his thoughts whirled around in concern. Eri was talking animatedly with Shoto about whatever it was that they were watching--Izuku wasn't sure what it was.
Eijirou placed his warm hand on his thigh, forcing his leg to still and bringing him back to himself. Eijirou stared at him in concern as Katsuki gazed at the elevator, a deep frown set on his brows.
"You should go check on them, Midoriya," Aizawa stated from where he was leaning against the wall, eyes closed. "If they're fighting and it turns violent, your scent will calm them down, seeing as you're their child and everything,"
Izuku bit his lower lip, hesitating.
"I'll come with you," Katsuki stated gruffly, standing up from his seat on Eijirou's other side, looking expectantly at Izuku.
"Right, yeah, okay," Izuku muttered as he stood up, Eijirou's hand slipping from his thigh. "We'll be back soon," he stated.
Katsuki was already standing in the elevator, one hand holding the doors open for him. Izuku smiled as he jogged into the lift, letting Katsuki push the button for the top floor.
He was worried. Gon had looked like he wasn't entirely there, like he didn't recognize anyone. Izuku doesn't think he'll ever forget that dark look on his father's face; it had been really frightening.
The elevator doors dinged open and the two stepped out. They couldn't immediately hear any commotion, like things breaking or shouting voices; it was impossible to fight silently, verbally or physically.
They made it to the door, glancing at one another until a faint smell reached them. Kacchan seemed to realise instantly what it was, his face turning bright red.
"We should leave," the blond stated gruffly, keeping his voice low.
Izuku looked at him questioningly. "What? But why-?"
"AH, FUCK, YES! GON!" Killua's pleasured shout cut him off.
Izuku's body froze for a second as another stream of muffled moans travelled through the wooden door.
"They're fucking," Katsuki hissed in embarrassment as he gripped Izuku's wrist and dragged his mate out of the hall and back into the elevator, pressing the button to close the door.
Izuku felt like his face was on fire, that wasn't exactly something he wanted to hear his parents doing. The two stood silently in the elevator for a few minutes, avoiding each other's eyes.
"Oh my god," Izuku groaned mournfully into his hands, shaking his head.
"Let's just tell everyone else they were fucking talking and we didn't want to fucking disturb them or something," Katsuki offered.
Izuku peaked at his mate through his fingers, noting the pretty blush on Kacchan's cheeks, it was always so endearing to see the angry alpha blush.
"Right, yeah, let's do that," Izuku agreed, nodding as he dropped his hands.
Katsuki sighed, leaning his head back against the wall of the elevator. "Something must have happened, though," he muttered.
Izuku made a curious noise.
Katsuki stared into his eyes, head still tilted back. "They don't seem like the type that would just go around, fucking wherever they could find some semblance of privacy, especially not so soon after finally reuniting with their kid and meeting new people," Katsuki stated, lowering his head to better look at Izuku.
Izuku nodded thoughtfully. "You're right. They both like to act shameless, but they're both pretty shy at times," Izuku mumbled, squinting at the carpeted floor.
"Fuck it, just ask them later," Katsuki stated as he pressed the button for the ground floor.
"W-what?! I can't just ask them something like that, Kacchan!" Izuku stammered, blushing.
The doors opened and they stepped out.
"Why the fuck not? If Killua can shamelessly talk about your sex life, then you can about his," Katsuki stated.
Izuku flailed as they walked. "I barely even know them!" He pointed out, and suddenly, he felt very upset as he came to a stop, right in the middle of the elevator and sofas where everyone was sitting. Kacchan stopped a few paces in front of him, turning to look at him.
With everything that's been going on, Izuku hadn't even had a moment to really bond with his parents.
He suddenly felt empty.
"They're fucking talking or whatever!" Katsuki shouted at Eijirou, who had asked where the two adults were.
Kacchan turned to him again, a frown on his brow as he walked to Izuku, cupping his cheeks, red eyes trying to find and connect with Izuku's pretty green one's.
"Listen, just fucking ask them to spend time together, they'll understand. Fuck, their instincts are probably screaming at them to be as close to you as they can; they probably just don't want to overwhelm you," Katsuki stated, voice gruff as he kept it low so no one could overhear.
"Can I really just ask them that? Would they even want to-"
"Of fucking course they'll want to! They came back for you, didn't they? I doubt they'd come all the way here just to fucking tell you they're fine and then fuck off. They want to spend time with and get to know you," Katsuki stated firmly, finally finding Izuku's eyes.
The shorter alpha nodded and smiled timidly. "Okay. I'll, I'll think of something!"
Katsuki smirked and pulled away.
Izuku started to mumble to himself as he thought about how to bring the topic up to his parents, when suddenly, fingers dug into his waist and wiggled.
Izuku let out a surprised screech, jumping as he started to laugh loudly; he was very ticklish. Katsuki grinned as he watched Killua attack Izuku with tickles, a happy smile on the omega's face.
Izuku managed to pull away and turn to look at his attacker, face red from laughter.
"Mom!" Izuku whined as Killua grinned catlike.
Izuku found it a little hard to meet Killua's eyes, blushing in embarrassment. Killua frowned at this, his happy mood deflating a bit.
Gon had moved to apologize very sincerely to Aizawa for nearly attacking him.
The tired male looked a bit uncomfortable at this, but assured the taller that it was fine. Izuku moved to flop back down next to Eijirou, eyes following as Killua sat back down next to Eri.
He didn't show any signs of discomfort, though he did seem a little...sad. The omega was barely paying attention to what Eri was saying to him, too deep in his thoughts to really notice the young girl talking with him.
Izuku frowned, scolding himself internally for upsetting his mother. He'd looked so happy when he was tickling Izuku, but now…
Katsuki sighed heavily, watching the small family drift even further apart.
Gon was grinning, trying to act as though everything was fine, but Katsuki could see the concern and lingering darkness in his golden eyes. Killua sat beside his mate and Eri, gaze saddened as he stared at the floor.
And Izuku was sitting there in between himself and Ei, deep in though as he quietly muttered to himself. The three just didn't know how to act around each other, torn between wanting to be close and bond as a family; and not wanting to be too overwhelming.
This was new territory and they were treading lightly. Too lightly. Katsuki got up, muttering a half-hearted excuse as he left the room and building, digging out his phone from his pants pocket.
Since it seemed like none of them were going to do anything about this problem, Katsuki supposes he would have to do something about it, but he couldn't do it alone. He'd need some help and Inko was just the right person for the job.
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The group left around dinner time, leaving with a promise to come visit again soon; Eri had seemed a little disheartened, but brightened when Izuku promised to bring her more candy apples.
The walk back to the apartment was relatively quiet, until Katsuki decided to break it.
"We should leave for the night," he stated, coming to a stop once Izuku's apartment building came into view.
Izuku turned to look curiously as him. "Don't you guys want to stay for dinner?" He asked.
Katsuki shook his head, pointing behind Izuku and towards his parents.
They were standing a few feet away, talking quietly; they both seemed a bit depressed.
"Spend the night with your family, Izuku," Katsuki ordered.
Izuku smiled sadly and nodded, tilting his head back as Katsuki stepped into his personal space to kiss him goodbye. The shorter alpha hummed as he received kisses from both his beta and omega, too.
"Hey, you fuckers!" Katsuki called to the two adults.
Izuku blushed a bit at that.
"We're going now," the blond alpha stated as he walked towards the two.
Katsuki accepted a hug from Killua as the omega said goodbye, growling as Gon ruffled his hair and gave him a hug, too. The other two received the same treatment, Katsuki winking at Izuku as they walked away, waving
Izuku blinked; that had been really attractive if he were honest. The three continued the walk back home in silence.
"We're home!" Izuku called as they entered the apartment, shutting the door behind them.
Killua yawned as he stretched his arms above his head.
"Welcome home, boys!" Inko greeted as she walked to the front door.
Gon made a curious noise. "Are you going somewhere, Aunt Inko?"
Inko shook her head. "No--well yes--but the three of you are!"
Inko held out a picnic basket with a blanket folded on top, gently handing it over to Gon.
"The three of you haven't had the time to get to know each other, so Katsuki and I came up with this idea," Inko explained with a smile. "Izuku, you know the park you and Katsuki used to play in?" She asked.
Izuku thought for a moment before he nodded; he could remember the place. "The sky is very clear at night and you can see the stars quite nicely. It's nothing like Whale Island, but it's still lovely," she states with a fond smile.
"But what are you going to do, mom?" Izuku asked, staring worriedly at the woman.
Inko laughed and waved a hand. "Don't worry, Katsuki invited me over for dinner!" She announces.
Izuku pouted. "Your having Kacchan's food?"
Inko nodded with a smug gleam in her eye; no one made food as good as Katsuki.
"Alright, now, off you go!" Inko ushered them out of the house, waving at them.
Izuku felt grateful as he lead his parents toward the park, walking in between them, arms brushing as they huddled closer for warmth. He'd need to thank Kacchan and Inko for this.
The park was empty by the time they got there, spreading the blanket open in the middle of the park.
"This reminds me of that time on Whale Island," Killua stated as he sat back, leaning on his hands as he gazed up at the setting sun.
Gon laughed softly, laying on his back, arms crossed behind his head. "Do you mean when we promised to always be together? You need to be a bit more specific, Killua, there were a lot of times on Whale Island," Gon said with a smile.
Killua stuck his tongue out at Gon, Izuku chuckling softly at their antics as the two started to argue.
"How did you like Whale Island, Izuku?" Gon asked after a small while.
"It's really beautiful there, but a bit too...nature-y for me," Izuku replied.
Gon started to laugh heartily at this.
"I didn't think you'd grow up to be a nature child like me," he stated between laughter.
"That's because you grew up in nature," Killua pointed out as Gon sat up.
"That's true!" Gon agreed.
"Do you like living in the nature like that, mom?" Izuku asked curiously.
Killua always gained this sparkle in his eyes whenever Izuku called him mom.
"Meh, I'm neutral, I don't mind it, but it's not like I absolutely love it, either," he stated with a shrug.
"How's Aunt Mito and Alluka?" Gon questioned eagerly.
Killua looked at him equally as eager.
Izuku smiled. "They're fine! Doing really well, they just miss you guys a lot,"
Killua smiled sadly at his lap. "I bet they are," he spoke softly before raising his head to look into Izuku's eyes. "Did you get to meet Nanika? She was really excited to see you,"
Izuku raised an eyebrow as he tilted his head curiously. "No? I only met Aunt Mito and Alluka,"
Killua smiled wistfully up at the sky. "I'm not too surprised, she's very shy,"
"She's only shy to come out on her own when you're not there," Gon pointed out.
"Come out? What do you mean?" Izuku questioned.
"Nanika lives inside of Alluka. I'm not sure what she is, but she's been living in Alluka ever since they were little, sort of like a split personality," Killua explained. "Nanika has the ability to grant a wish if three of her requests were granted first,"
Izuku nodded with interest, listening intently as Killua explained this to him and how exactly Nanika's ability worked. Killua hesitated a moment before he started to tell the story of how he rescued Alluka from the mansion and asked Nanika to heal Gon.
Izuku really wanted to ask about what happened back then, but refrained from doing so, not wanting to push the topic too much. Gon seemed to notice this, though. He tentatively started to talked about it.
Izuku remained quiet as Gon struggled to talk about this particular part of their past. It was clear he still felt extreme guilt over this, ashamed of how he lost control and hurt Killua. The omega sat tensely, desperately wanting to comfort Gon, but knew the alpha needed to get this off his chest.
Gon had been very apprehensive about telling Izuku about this, afraid his son would reject him once he heard what he'd done. Gon tended to think of himself as a sort of monster.
He was still plagued by dark thoughts, and he'd nearly lost it again when Kite died in the war, but Killua had pulled him back, and Gon's been overprotective of him ever since. That and what the King had nearly done to him. Killua still shudders just thinking about it, even now, six years later.
"I," Izuku started after Gon grew quiet, breaking the uncomfortable silence. "I think people tend to do stupid things whenever someone they love gets hurt or killed. I think your reactions were normal and justified, dad, considering everything that happened. It's a lot of pressure to put on a fourteen year old, the two of you were only children, and to get thrown into a situation like that, willingly or not, is just too stressful,"
"Most people would have broken down a lot sooner and worse if they were in your place," Izuku explained, smiling gently at his parents.
Gon was still tense, though. "But-"
Izuku cut him off. "I don't think you're a monster," he stated firmly. "You're...a hero; my dad and I, I love you,"
Gon let out a breath, body relaxing as he wiped tears from his cheeks. Killua smiled, he knew this was such a relief for Gon; and for him, too. There was always that lingering fear that their son might reject them once he finds out about their pasts, but that fear was squashed, now.
"Everything about you, your scars, your past, everything single part, is who you're meant to be and I accept and love that," Izuku uttered, smiling brightly as tears started to well in both older male's eyes. "The two of you are my parents, you made me and brought me into this world!"
"And even though you guys are a bit crazy and quirky, I wouldn't want you to be any other way. I accept you guys for who you are as Gon and Killua, mom and dad, ex-assassin and monster," Izuku finished.
Killua whimpered; he had hoped Izuku wouldn't find out about his past, but he supposes it was naive of him to think his son wouldn't find out about it somewhere.
Izuku smiled softly, moving to sit on his knees and pull both his parents into a warm, comforting hug.
"How did you find out?" Killua whispered into his shoulder.
Izuku chewed on his lower lip as they pulled back, wiping away tears from red stained cheeks.
"Hisoka kind of dropped the ball after he lied to us on where we needed to go next. If it weren't for Bisky, I probably wouldn't have met up with Cheadle," Izuku explained.
Gon sighed harshly. "Should have known that guy wouldn't keep something like that to himself,"
"Where'd he tell you to go?" Killua asked curiously.
Izuku bit his lip again, considering. He wasn't a very good liar and Killua had the ability to see right through lies, so trying to lie to his mother was probably a bad idea. Was it a superpower all mom's had, to be able to tell when their children lied to them?
"He told us to...go to the Zoldyck Mansion," Izuku uttered nervously.
Killua tensed visibly at this, eyes roaming over his face. "You didn't go, did you?" He asked softly.
Izuku rubbed the back of his neck. "Well," he trailed off.
A tense silence followed as Killua stared at him in utter disbelief.
"Are you kidding?" Killua questioned.
Izuku shook his head, chewing the inside of his cheek.
"Why the fuck would you go there if you know what they are?!" Killua shouted.
Izuku jumped a bit at the sudden raise in volume.
"They didn't do anything to you, did they?" Gon asked in concern.
Killua was bristling, anger boiling.
Izuku hesitated. "Define 'do something',"
"Oh my god!" Killua was suddenly gripping his cheeks, tilting his head this way and that as he stared intensely at him. "Was Illumi there?! Did he touch you?!" He demanded.
"Well, I mean he did grab my throat when-"
There was pure murder in Killua's eyes at that statement, and Izuku kind of felt like he wanted to just run the fuck away.
It wasn't directed at him, but the overwhelming bloodlust that swept over them was suffocating.
"I'll fucking kill him," Killua hissed, his grip on Izuku's face tightening, bordering on painful.
"Killua!" Gon barked in his alpha voice, causing the omega to jump and come back to himself. "You'll scare him," he added gently.
Killua blinked, and suddenly the bloodlust receded as the omega realised what he was doing, silvery blue eyes flittering over Izuku's face.
Killua let out a shuddering breath, there was a small hint of fear in Izuku's emerald eyes. "Oh, Izuku sweetie, I-I'm sorry, I just-" Killua cut off, pulling Izuku into a tight hug.
"Illumi just puts me so on edge," he explained, voice soft as he tried to purr comfortingly.
He was failing a bit, body far too tense, his purr came out broken and a little stressed.
Izuku wrapped his arms around his mother's waist, breathing in his comforting scent, tinged with worry, stress and fear.
"It's okay, mom," Izuku reassured. "I don't blame you, Illumi is a bit of a...creep. I don't know who's worse, him or Hisoka,"
Killua snorted and started to snicker into his shoulder.
"That's true, those two were made for each other," Killua replied, his purr finally coming out as intended.
Izuku loved his mother's hugs, he never wanted him to pull away. It was comforting and warm, so reassuring and safe. Killua did pull away eventually, though, and Izuku had to suppress a whine at the loss of contact.
They had sixteen year's worth of hugs to make up for. Conversation flowed naturally after that as the sun finally set and the stars started to shine. They weren't quite as bright or plenty in quantity as they were on Whale Island, but they were still beautiful.
Izuku told his parents all about the parts of his life they had missed. Talking about how his dream had always been to be a great hero like All Might, how he admired the man for always being able to smile.
He told them about how crushing it was when he found out that he didn't have a quirk, how it felt like his hopes and dreams were crushed. He spoke of how mean Kacchan was to him once the blond's quirk manifested, how he was bullied by him for years.
His smile turned bright and happy as he spoke of how he met All Might and how the hero gave him his quirk. They laughed together at the stories of all the shenanigans he got up to with his friends once he got into UA.
He decided not to tell them about Shoto's past, he knew his omega would tell them in his own time. He told them all about the League, the Nomu and All For One.
He didn't hesitate even a second in telling them about One For All, it felt so natural to share all these things with them, and they sat, listening attentively.
They sat there under the stars just talking for hours, sharing stories and parts of their past. There was still a lot they needed to talk about, but they left the serious conversations for another time.
Killua even explained to Izuku--after finding out that he had heard them fucking in the supply room--what had happened and why Gon tended to get like that. It was a little uncomfortable for him to hear that whenever his father gets like that, they'd most likely end up having sex again-but it was natural. How else did they bring him into the world? Hell, he even had sex with his own mates, it should not be so awkward for him to hear this.
He didn't know why his mother was able to talk so openly about sex--even Gon had started to blush after a while--but get embarrassed whenever someone complimented him.
Izuku just chalked it up to one of Killua's quirks. It was well into the late hours of the night when Izuku fell asleep with his head on Killua's lap, lulled into dreamland by the sound of his mother's purring and Gon's voice as he talked with Killua about something, pale fingers brushing through Izuku's hair.
After a while of just watching their child sleep and basking in this feeling of content, they packed up their things once it started getting too cold. Gon picked Izuku up effortlessly and tenderly, carrying him home.
They entered the apartment quietly, Killua taking off Izuku's shoes by the door. Entering the teen's room, Killua pulled back the comforter and blankets, allowing Gon to gently put Izuku into the bed, planting a kiss on his forehead as he pulled back.
Killua tucked Izuku in, brushing away his hair from his forehead, kissing a freckled cheek. Izuku slept through all this, feeling warm, comfortable and safe.
