" Go fuck yourself, Kacchan."
... Wait what-
"Ha?! Who do you think you are?! Don't fuck with me-"
"What? Now do you care about me? Fuck you, leave me alone…" He turned to see him from his place with a look that... Wasn't angry? But it wasn't the typical expression he had when he shrugged into place, nor was it the reaction he would expect from the nerd. Katsuki only went blank after hearing it. Deku had a different aura ...
He saw the nerd from top to bottom. And in that instant, he recognized what was happening. He had rarely seen Izuku Midoriya like this: Frustration, insomnia, that 'I don't want any more shit, leave me alone' mood... Shit, this is bad. And apparently his companions also noticed it, who fell silent when they heard Deku speak that way to the blonde.
When the teacher entered the class Izuku chose to give advice to Katsuki.," Kacchan. Go to your place". He said, pointing to the front.
Katsuki turned around and returned to his seat...
Shit, this is bad. This is very bad. That voice that told him that there was something wrong with Deku tried to make him realize the truth, but he already knew it. It was too obvious that it was wrong. That there was something wrong.
And it was worse if the teacher made them that exam that the extras said they would have. Could Deku figure it out when he wasn't in his five senses? Could he solve it when at that moment he just felt the need to grab the greenette one and push him away from there to force him to sleep so that he wouldn't continue with this fucking weird attitude? Maybe that would help him or something...
Now that he remembers, once about six years ago, the nerd spent a whole night without sleep. Katsuki didn't know what to do, the boy was very... Weird that day. Any little thing made him cry in frustration and hit things like he can't control himself.
When Deku was not sleeping, it was as if he went through several phases, six to be exact: Anger and seriousness, crying about everything, starting to laugh like a villain, staring at nothing, talking too much without regret, and finally falling asleep again. new. There was no specific order, except maybe for the last part?
" Class, we have an exam today." Said the teacher in a neutral tone.
Shit.
"Professor." Deku raised his hand. Oh no, phase one. "The calendar marked that the exams begin in two weeks." The boy with the big dark circles said suddenly, without hesitating or showing the typical nervousness. The professor stared at him, and he raised an eyebrow.
"Oh yeah?" The green haired one nodded as the teacher closed his eyes.
"E-eh... Deku's right, teach!" Katsuki answered suddenly. The truth is that he didn't even remember that they were already starting their exams, so surely the nerd was right. Also, because of the aura that the freckles carried... It was better that the teacher would listen.
Izuku turned to see him sideways raising an eyebrow.
The man rolled his eyes and took his calendar out of the briefcase he always carried.
"Okay... You're right guys, sorry. "The professor said calmly, and then took out the guide book from him.
OK. This didn't go too bad...
It was time for the break, and he saw how Deku left the classroom, carrying his backpack... Damn it, Deku! Hopefully it doesn't make a mess or something... He got up too and came out after him with a tic in his eye.
Deku arrived in front of the candy machine that was in the cafeteria, there they sold a coffee that he liked. He watched as he put a bill on it and ...
"Oh no. Oh no, no..." Deku then punched the side of the machine. "No, no, no, nope, nope, no…"
Katsuki got closer to him to see that... Oh, the can got stuck.
"YOU MISERABLE PIECE OF METAL! I AM A MAN AND YOU ARE A MACHINE! DO AS I COMMAND OR I'LL... CRY. AND UNPLUG YOU!" He started shaking the machine. Katsuki rolled his eyes and pushed him away.
"Fuck off." He started pounding on the sides, and the can fell instantly. He took it and gave it to him.
"..." The one with freckles out of nowhere filled his eyes with tears... And then he began to sob. "KA… KACCHAN!"
Oh no, phase two: crying over everything.
"Bye…" Katsuki waved goodbye, touching two fingers with his forehead, turned around and left as fast as there.
Shit, now how was he going to talk to the nerd?! He no longer felt the hand that forbade him, and now with what Mina said that it could be the end of both, he KNEW that he had to do it, get it back. As he said fire hairs: in small steps... But, damn it! Seeing him like that was terrifying!
Now that he thought about it... Why did this moron come? Ugh. Maybe he should tell Aunt Inko. She would know what to do...
Me [10:20 AM]:
Auntie, Deku came to school even though you told the old hag that he wasn't going to.
Aunt Inko [10:25 AM]:
Sorry Katsuki I didn't see your message... How are you?
Aunt Inko [10:26 AM]:
Oh no I told him not to and he ignored me...
As always...
What do you think? Is he calm? Hasn't he made a mess?
Me [10:27 AM]:
Well then, but Deku is in insomnia mode.
Wel ... He's in phase two...
He began to shake the vending machine in the cafeteria and then began to cry.
Aunt Inko [10:29 AM]:
I'm going to call him... That boy never listens to me...
Thanks for letting me know Katsuki.
Me [10:30 AM]:
Welcome, auntie.
He left the conversation with the woman and was about to put the cell phone aside again when he saw that the nerd sent him something.
At one in the morning.
But it was a deleted message ...
"What the fuck are you on your mind, Deku? "He could only think.
Shit, apparently the freckled guy wasn't just weird with his fucking insomnia ...
Could it be because Mina made him do that yesterday? Did he somehow invoke Deku? Or was he having a nightmare? Was it all a dream?
He pinched his cheek.
...
Nope, this was real.
Izuku was sitting under the big tree where he always sat down to eat, where he could watch his companions play various games. He especially liked to see his teammates who were earthbenders play soccer with earthbending or watch them play power disk. In his classroom, apart from Kacchan, there were ten other masters, most of them were earthbenders, and the rest were just like him: not masters. Still, he was always alone.
How his friends said, maybe it wasn't his fault, maybe they just didn't understand...
Still, it hurted a lot, obviously.
But right now he was only thinking about having that coffee that Kacchan had kindly taken out of the machine for him...
And now that he thought about it, what fly did bite him? It was months since the blond had left him alone and he no longer bothered him, unless he ran into him and made him angry (which was with everyone, not just him) but today he spoke to him out of nowhere. Nor does he remember that he told him, the truth is that today Izuku has felt like automatic driving, but he knew that he told him something that made the blonde stay without saying anything...
Oh no...
What if Kacchan is now plotting revenge on him for something he doesn't remember? Oh no, this is bad, it is very bad. Kacchan is predictable in his reactions but not in his actions...
He was thinking about that when he heard his cell phone ringing. He took it and answered quickly.
"Hello?"
"Izuku! Where are you?!"
"Mom!? What happened? I thought you would be in work."
"Izuku! Katsuki-kun told me that you went to school! Why are you disobeying me?!" Asked Mamadoriya.
"Did K-Kacchan tell you that...? Uh..." He scratched the back of his neck. "That is… I mean... I-I didn't want to be alone in the house…"
"So what?! You are all sleepy! What will I do if something happens to you on the way to school or back?!" He could hear how his mom puffed out her cheeks. For some reason this made him laugh. "Hey, don't laugh! I'm not kidding, Izuku!"
"So-Sorry! It's just... Mom, it feels good just to be locked up there..".
"..." He heard his mother snort. "I understand, honey, but don't do that again, please. Imagine how worried you had me! I found out from Katsuki-kun you came and instantly called you! Please don't give me a heart attack! And don't go to the library today! Even if your friends go for you! Do NOT go!"
"Okay mom..." Answered Izuku.
"And take care of yourself on your return. Be alert. Please."
"Yes mom..."
" Well... Bye."
" Bye... " And they both hung up.
…
Kacchan told his mom that he went to schoo ... This is weird...
Oh no... What did he say? Remember Izuku, remember.
He started to review his day... Let's see Izuku review it since yesterday because yesterday was also strange: He had only two hours of class, he arrived at the library very early, he fell asleep at about one in an armchair and woke up at five, Then he spent a while with Uraraka and Tsuyu and because of how sleepy he was all day, he didn't even realize that an hour had passed when Iida arrived, then he went downstairs and saw that they were locked in the library ... Then Tsuyu did something to him and Nothing had too much energy...
They did things like play, dance, talk... Then they fell asleep and he stayed awake... Then who knows how, he got home... He went back to sleep but at half an hour he woke up because of the red moon... And he has been awake since three in the morning... His mother left, and when it was not long before the train arrived at school, he better decided to come…
Later... Then... He came to school... Yes, he came here, he didn't remember getting lost.. Uh... Then Kacchan spoke to him and Izuku asked him kindly to leave him alone and heed him...
...
Wait a minute! He didn't tell him kindly! He was rude to him! Wasn't he?! Oh no.
Heh... Why does he want to laugh so badly now?
Okay, whoever was external to what... Whatever was going through the nerd's head right now, he must have been just as scared as he was, right? Katsuki is NOT a coward.
He only knew that after sending the message to his aunt and seeing that the nerd sent him something, but he deleted it, he said to himself "I have to go see what the fuck." and he went.
But seeing him, he only paralyzed him, like that morning when he swore at him that Katsuki had taught him as a child. And why was he paralyzed? Well Deku was laughing. Laughing at nothing. Laughing at his plate of food. Laughing at his coffee. Laughing at the coffee like the deranged he sure is...?!
How the fuck wouldn't one be scared seeing this scene?! It was only necessary for lightning to strike, there was an earthquake, the tree was set on fire, and a horrible storm appeared. The nerd would look like a cartoon movie villain, like that evil Tsarina from the Dead Tsarina and the Seven Bogatyrs movie.
This was phase three.
Katsuki just wanted to turn around to leave, but the emerald gaze met his rubies, and he knew that he couldn't do anything anymore.
"K-Kacchan!" Shit, surely he's gonna swear at him again and he won't know how to react, right? "S-Sorry!"
" Huh...? Thought Katsuki before snapping back to reality. "Okay, now what's up?
"In the morning I told you to go... That...!" He burst into tears again.
Uh, did he say the phases weren't in order?
"Eh, yeah... It's okay." Katsuki could only say, before turning to the other side. Deku was still crying like the crying fountain that is ... Ugh, this is awkward. Maybe...
Little steps, Katsuki. Just remember to do it in small steps. Little by little...
Izuku didn't know what was happening, he just felt tears running down his freckled cheeks. At least he was grateful that Kacchan apparently didn't mind that he was rude and rude that morning...
He sighed, looking at the coffee can and taking a sip, and took his chopsticks to eat some rice...
Until the blonde sat next to him. Just seeing that, Izuku just froze... Oh no. He shrugged into his place ... Oh no, did he care? Was he going to hit him again? N-No this isn't...!
...Oh, he's just eating too.
Kacchan had brought out his lunch and his bottle of water and had started to eat. Together with him. Like nothing...
Uh... Maybe if he ignores it, nothing will happen...
But apparently Kacchan didn't want to be silent.
"Why didn't you sleep last night?"
"Well... I-I stayed locked up in the downtown library... For... About ten hours, I think." Izuku said in a low voice. "And... I had nightmares after that...
"Hmm..." Kacchan seemed to understand, nodding. "The one where they kill you with pickaxes or one with your shitty luck?"
" Wait what?!"
"You told me your fucking recurring nightmare at ten. You said that."
"N-Nobody kills me! " Izuku looked at it with horror. "Do you think they kill me?!"
"How is it not you!? You told me they killed a dude with the colors of fucking nations! Oh... Don't fuck with me." He frowned and rubbed his hand across his face in frustration.
"Uh..." You can see his blue clothes and his red tennis shoes. " Now I understand why you say that, only the yellow or the orange is missing..." he sighed, and couldn't help but feel like laughing but he held on.
"It's not me, still. The... The colored one has blonde hair, he's... He's full of muscles, like Nappa from Dragon Ball Z, he's also dressed in green with red as if combining earth with fire, but he wears boots like the waterbenders... And he had arrows, like the old airbenders."
"..." Katsuki's eyes widened, but he turned forward as if thinking. "Then if it's not you ... But the other one?"
" Well, I can't see that guy well... At first he had a mask, but now the only thing I see on his head is... A shadow." Izuku just shrugged.
" ... OK. " Katsuki nodded.
Izuku took a sip of his coffee, which made his eyes open a little more.
"Do... Do you want another one of that shit?" Without saying anything he was already standing. Izuku only stared at him for a few seconds, ending up taking other coins out of his pants. Katsuki took them off and it took him two minutes to return with two more cans, one of coffee and one of what appeared to be orange soda.
"You better be fine, stay awake for the rest of classes…" Said Katsuki in a concerned tone.
Izuku just nodded while taking a can.
"...How was it that you were locked in a library?"
"Well... Well, yes. I..." he cleared his throat. "I fell asleep, while a friend took care of me... He says that I slept about four hours, and when another friend arrived I... I went to eat something and... Well... It was closed and no longer there was no one." Answered Izuku while mumbling.
The blond nodded.
"And you didn't sleep because of that? What? Did it scare you to be alone?" Kacchan seemed to be looking to tease him but not in the way that he had been doing for the last three years... Why did it feel like nothing had changed...?"
"I just... I only know that although I slept from before yesterday to yesterday I did not rest, and from yesterday to today I only slept... Half an hour, I think. And well..." He scratched one of his dark circles. Now that he thought about it, he was pretty tired.
"You look like shit." The other smirked maliciously.
"Kinda true... I guess..." Said Izuku as he couldn't help but laugh now.
Okay... Why is he laughing like THIS?!
He was grateful that even though Deku shrugged into place at first, they managed to have a relatively normal conversation... Until he started laughing again in that exaggerated way after telling him he looked like shit.
And when they returned to the living classroom, everything was relatively normal too. No one called Deku to the board so hardly anyone noticed when the nerd got lost in thought of him or whatever would happen when he was in phase four.
It would be time to leave soon and he would have to go...
Uh .. Aunt Inko had asked him in the morning to bring his notes from his. What if today..?
I just hoped the nerd wouldn't be scared of him again like he was a while ago ... It's just walking him to his house! He doesn't have to do anything else! Just make sure he gets there. It's not so weird, I mean, it's all down right now for not having slept. And it is no different than what he did before. Only the nerd would now know that he was accompanying him...
...He could also take advantage and apologize to him as well. He had just seen that if they talked, they could do it normally...
...Ok, it's already decided.
[Group "Bakusquad"]
KEM [01:35 PM]:
Idiots, I'm going to accompany Deku to his house today. Don't come for me.
Alien Queen [01:36 PM]
OMG! KATS! YOU ARE ON FIRE!
The Rock [01:36 PM]:
Oh my, then you go straight! Good luck! If you don't feel ready, take little steps!
Mr. Electric [01:36 PM]:
YOU CAN BAKUBRO! WE TRUST YOU!
The smiles [01:36 PM]:
Just try not to scare him LOL
KEM [01:37 PM]:
Shut up.
Yeah, My plan did not go as expected.
The bastard didn't sleep last night.
My Aunt Inko asked me to accompany him to his house.
And well, at least I was able to talk "normal" to him a while ago, but it's because I'm taking care that he doesn't do anything weird.
Alien Queen [01:38 PM]:
Oops! If you stay in his house make him a lavender tea
It will always help you sleep comfortably~
The blond rolled his eyes.
As always, he wanted to wait for everyone to leave the classroom before he left. He usually did this in order to make sure that the train that goes straight to the library station, the one next to the McDonald's that he went to with the kids on Friday, would arrive as soon as he did. He was leaving at a rush hour, so he preferred to wait until a time when he knew the station was not full.
But today he had promised his mother that he was not going to the library today, he had to tell the boys...
[Group "The Library Club"]
Izuku [02:01 PM]:
Hey guys
My mom won't let me go to the library today (• n •)
Uraraka [02:02 PM]:
don't worry Izu-kun !
I actually wasn't going to go either
with everything we did yesterday, I feel SOOO tired
Iida [02:03 PM]:
Well, guys. In fact, I think it's convenient that we don't go to the library today. What we did yesterday was very bad, we left the place in a mess. We moved armchairs and climbed onto a table. It was not good. We will never do that again.
In addition, from what Mr. Shimano said when we were going out, he said that they were going to see if they put cameras now in the area where we were.
Remember that he said that it was not the first time that they had left without being sure that all the attendees had already left.
So I think it is not convenient for us to go today after everything we did yesterday.
Tsuyu [02:03 PM]:
Don't worry, Midoriya
I'm not going today either
I have to take care of my little brothers
Tsuyu [02:05 PM]:
Speaking of...
Midoriya, Ochako, did you sleep well last night?
My siblings get insomnia after eating too much sugar...
Izuku [02:06 PM]:
...No ( _ )
I had a nightmare _
And then I couldn't sleep anymore
Uraraka [02:06 PM]:
I did!
at least a while
Although I woke up around six and I went to school at eight
I'm tired...
Tsuyu [02:07 PM]
Oh.
I think this was my fault too.
Sorry guys, I swear I won't do that again...
Izuku [02:08 PM]:
Do not worry!
It was an accident :D
Izuku smiled, putting the cell phone in his pants pocket. He gathered up his things and got up to leave.
"Nerd." He heard Kacchan near him.
" .." He turned around to see his old friend... "What happened, Kacchan?"
"I'm going to walk you home."
"...M-Mom asked you…?" He got a little nervous.
"Nah." Said Katsuki in a neutral tone.
"Ah… Then... W-Why?" Asked Izuku in confusion.
"Do you think I'm going to let you go away like that, all like this? Damn it, Deku. First you didn't sleep last night, then you started laughing like crazy twice in the middle of the patio today at recess, you got mad because a machine crashed and didn't gave you your fucking coffee, and who knows what you were doing right now in the last class that you literally kept looking at nowhere like if you weren't even here and you wrote down absolutely nothing when you're always taking notes."
Kacchan crossed his arms before speaking again.
"Unless you want to get the attention of strangers and they kidnap you or you want to lose yourself by not being aware of the shit around you, I will go with you"
"No... I don't remember doing any of that…" Izuku just scratched his cheek... Uh, not sleeping caused him so much strangeness? Or maybe he still hasn't gotten over that sugar spike that Tsuyu spoke... Hmm... " A-Alright then…"
Kacchan nodded.
"Let's go... Nerd."
Izuku nodded back, albeit a bit nervous.
Kacchan had not gone home for a long time, nor vice versa. He had been just under three years ago, in fact. And the truth was something scary.
But hey. His former friend had calmed down a few months ago. Maybe... Maybe he was just being nice in his way.
Kacchan was nice when he proposed. He demonstrated it with actions. How in this case... Like that morning, with the coffee and when he asked him about his nightmare...
Waiting. Did Kacchan still care about him?
...Of course he did. Although, Kacchan did not... He had attended his last two birthdays, the blonde always sent him a "happy birthday" by message, and some gifts as well...
His aunt Mitsuki said that the gifts they gave him he chose Kacchan. And well, he always made an excuse not to go, but he always received something from him ...
'Okay... Maybe I should ask him this time now what is wrong with him.' He thought.
Oh no... What if Kacchan went back to his old ways and got angry with him again? It took a long time for his anger to subside.
Todoroki used to say: "Kacchan doesn't like illogical things." This was like one of those things!
Unless treating him back to normal was logical in the head of the red-eyed...
...Oh, why is this so confusing?
Okay okay. He was walking the nerd over to his house.
He knew that the nerd had to take a train one way because it was much faster since they did not enter a rush hour. On the way back, it was quicker to walk because, precisely, they left at rush hour. Deku lived in an apartment building, around a lot of offices and factories, so you can imagine what the train station two blocks from his building would be like.
Whatever. All the way, Katsuki had to carry Deku by pulling him by the arm as it seemed that the fool was not paying attention to those around him. And they were already halfway there when he said something for the first time.
"Kacchan. Did you... Did you ever hate me? Because... Because of something I did?" Asked Izuku, desperate to know the answer...
"...Huh?"
"I-I... I'm just asking." He made a grin. "It's just... Out of nowhere you started bothering me, and out of nowhere you stopped bothering me and well... Today you're taking me to my house... I-It's weird... I've been thinking that for three years... That you were mad at me and I can't help but think that-that maybe it was my fault you walked away, but now you're... Doing these things. Out of nothing. Sorry if it's weird that I ask this in the middle of the street but ..." he sighed, turning to the other side... "Did I ever do something wrong?"
...Oh, it was phase four: Deku without mincing words. At least this was a quiet phase.
"... I-I don't hate you…" Answered Katsuki.
" T-Then? Why... Why did you leave me alone?"
"... It was never my intention to do that... I... "When we're at your house I'll explain everything, okay?" Said Katsuki to gain more time.
"...OK…"
Upon reaching the apartment, Izuku took out his keys and opened the door. He entered and waited for Katsuki to enter, but the blonde was a bit nervous about entering. It had been a long time since he went to the Midoriya apartment, ever since he came up with this stupid idea of "breaking the spirit of the nerd" to stop him from... Something. Ugh. Now knowing that the nerd was not even the one who died in his dream and what Mina and the internet told him about those witchcraft things and so on, he felt like an asshole.
Izuku stared at him patiently, after taking off his tennis shoes and putting on his slippers. He sighed a bit nervously... He was hoping this wouldn't result in the two of them fighting again...
When the blonde finally came in, he took off his boots too, but he stayed in socks. He breathed in that scent he hadn't smelled in years: The Midoriya house always smelled of peppermint scent and pine scented floor cleaner. Sometimes he would convince his mom to buy at least the cleaner Aunt Inko used to remember the smell of the Midoriya's house but it was not a common thing for him to do, only when he missed the nerd a lot.
…He just noticed he also missed Aunt Inko a lot. Because since he started with his plan, he hadn't seen him either ...
Seriously, Katsuki. You are an asshole.
Izuku went into his living classroom quickly and sat down.
"...W-Welcome..." Now, did you think maybe he should offer him some tea? Who knows how much they were going to talk. Kacchan told him that he was going to explain everything, right? This was going to be long...
When he got up to go to the kitchen Katsuki stopped him.
"Where do you think you're going, moron?"
"To prepare tea…" Said Izuku in a meek tone.
"Sit down. I'll do it." He rolled his eyes at him, and Izuku couldn't help but look at him in annoyance.
"Kacchan, I'm not that sleepy. Also you don't know where the kettle is."
"Do you think I'm going to risk it? Tell me where they keep all their shit. You're not going near the fucking stove." He saw it ugly.
"...The teas are in the cupboard there." He pointed to a piece of furniture that was hanging on the wall near the stove but not on it.
"And the kettle is there…" He pointed to another piece of furniture that was at ground level.
Katsuki grabbed things quickly and started making tea.
Izuku just stood there, trying to process what was going on... But maybe he should wait for Kacchan to speak.
Meanwhile, Katsuki was in the kitchen, analyzing the situation... Exactly what was he going to say to him? I mean, he originally just planned to bring him to his house but the nerd had to open his mouth and ask him if he hated him ... Of course he did NOT hate him! It was actually a nerve wreck because of him! ... No, wait, none of that was the fault of the nerd. It was his own fault, it was Katsuki Bakugo's fault that the nerd believed this ...
But, that meant that he made the nerd believe that he hated him... Was he afraid of him...? The way he flinched every time he got close showed it. Don't deny it anymore, Katsuki…
Proof of this was how he stayed when he sat next to him that morning... Although he also lied to his mother, so he really didn't know... Damn Okay, Deku. Why the fuck do you have to be this weird today?
The creaking sound of the kettle distracted them both. Katsuki quickly removed it from the fire and poured the cups of tea. What was it from? He didn't even know, he only saw one box and used the packages from that one. He was not a big fan of tea.
He carried the cups into the living classroom, and handed one to the greenette, and then sat in the chair that was right in front of the other boy
"Thank you..." he took it himself, inhaling the aroma of fresh leaves that came to him. "... You used the mint one." Kacchan just nodded, and Izuku smirked a little.
And they stayed like that for a few seconds.
"Well... We are here." Katsuki kept the cup in his hands.
"... Mhm..." Izuku nodded, taking another sip and setting the cup on the table between the chairs.
"..." Katsuki turned away, inhaling the soft pine scent. He hoped the scent would soothe him and help organize his ideas.
But Izuku felt that he should open the conversation.
"Kacchan, if you don't hate me... What exactly do you want me to do?"
The blonde turned to see him. He pursed his lips a little.
"I..." Katsuki looked down at the ground, scratching his head. "I-I don't know... I… I think was hoping this was easier, to be honest…"
Izuku smirked. "But Kacchan doesn't like easy things".
Katsuki looked up again, looking directly into his eyes. Izuku kept that warm smile, which made him feel a little less insecure.
"Look... I know... I did horrible things to you..." He sighed and leaned back on the chair. "And you thought I hated you... But I don't hate you. I am incapable of hating you if I'm honest…"
"..." Izuku stared at his cup. "Also... I thought you replaced me with those guys…"
Katsuki laughed at that, but it was a hurt laugh.
"I could never replace you, dork."
"So what do you want me to do? Tell me, now that I know you don't hate me, and that you didn't replace me... What do you want me to feel about you?"
Katsuki fell silent, looking away.
Izuku continued speaking.
"When, you started to behave worse. I... I talked to Todoroki-kun about it."
"Didn't the half-half bastard left?"
"Before leaving" Izuku rolled his eyes. "We talked about... That. He..." He took a sip from his cup trying to calm himself. "I told him you got mad at me. I thought it was because I woke you up, when I had the nightmare at your house. He made me understand that perhaps the absurdity of it, it might have made you believe that I was weak or something. You already held me back as a baby before." Izuku put the cup on the table.
"I-I... Just…" He sighed, taking the tea cup and took a large swallow of the liquid. He put his back on the table. "I think before I tell you exactly why I came, I need to explain why I started behaving like a jerk…" Izuku just stared at him, making a small grin.
For three years he believed the blonde hated him, but he said no. So what was the reason?
"I... I was scared." The blonde said in a very low voice, but still he made Izuku frown. Katsuki played with his fingers.
"... Scared of what?" He frowned even more, unable to understand. Afraid? What the hell?
"Scared... Of your nightmare. Scared for you."
"... Scared of what?" He asked again, frowning.
"I already told you! From that fucking nightmare! The one you told me today that you weren't the one fucking dying! I thought it was you and... I was scared! OK?!"
Izuku started laughing like crazy at that moment. "Oh, spirits. No. No, No..." He shook his head, still laughing. "You're really an idiot."
But Katsuki noticed that he had tears in his eyes. Shit. He already made him cry again.
"You call that an explanation? "Izuku saw him, still with tears in his eyes. "How could you believe that was enough to treat me like this? What scared you so much to do this to me?" He wiped himself with his hands.
"...I feel like an asshole, okay? You told me a nightmare and days before I... Saw something on TV and…" Katsuki snorted, crossed his arms, and let himself slide a bit on the couch, looking smaller. "B-because of a fucking documentary pops was watching about fortune tellers and shit, I thought that dream was your future and... And I was very scared... I didn't want to lose you and..." He put his hands to his face, hiding but without stopping talking. "I thought that if-if I made you give up and stay put, if I just made you fucking stop wanting to go out and shit, that would protect you or some stupid thing like that... Ugh! I was ten years old! OK?! I was more of an asshole than I was right now."
"Kacchan. You haven't treated me like this since I was ten. You have done this since... forever." He said suddenly the greenette one, looking at him seriously. "Always being cruel in a casual way and making me feel miserable for as long as I can remember to the point that I just could follow you back like a duckling but getting zero attention from you, from our friends..."
Katsuki looked at the ground in shame.
"You always made excuses. You beat me to… Teach me to defend myself? You weren't even giving me a chance!" He heard him start to sob as he said all this. "You forced me to do things that I did NOT want to, like when I broke my arm at seven because you wanted us to jump from a high place. I always had to run after you, knowing that I am very clumsy with my movements... You call me "Deku", which means "Useless". Do you think that will not affect me? Or that it won't make me feel bad?"
Katsuki sighed. "They were jokes... Cruel… But they were jokes."
"I thought that, but they still hurt." Izuku saw him with a grimace that was trying to be funny, but it had too much pain behind it. "A lot."
"...I guess so…"
"My father abandoned me before I was born, you know." Katsuki shrugged more in his place. "Then you did all this to me. And Todoroki-kun left... Todoroki-kun and you were the only friends I had as a child. You have been with me since I was born, Todoroki was there since I was eight... But then it all ended out of nowhere when I was ten." He sighed. He wiped away the tears again. "For three years I was all alone... I thought I was not going to be able to make friends again because I… I just felt this was all my fault. But now I have friends. And they don't treat me like you did. Like, they respect me and they care about me just as much as I care about them"
Katsuki turned away, saddened.
"I just want... To know what to do. Know what you want me to do. Treat you like a stranger? Unfortunately I don't think I can. Do you want us to be friends again? I would love to, but I don't want to keep going in your shadow or for you to treat me like a baby."
Katsuki closed his eyes. Izuku was in phase one again, but this time he was grateful, as he deserved all this scolding, and he doubted that the freckles could tell him all this while being normal. "Thanks for not making it easy for me... I understand."
Izuku stared at him, tilted his head and raised his eyebrows a little.
"I... I don't know what makes me treat others like that. I've been like this forever. Nobody tells me I'm wrong..." He sighed. "I-I guess... I'm pretty selfish."
"You are."
" I deserve that you rub it in my face, I suppose..." he smiled sideways.
They stayed that way for a few minutes.
"Hey, Kacchan, have you stopped to think about what could have happened if you hadn't done any of this?"
"...I do it all the time, actually."
Izuku looked back at his cup.
"I'm not asking you to forgive me, but... Seriously... I'm sorry I did all this .. I... I don't even know what's wrong with me. I get mad about everything. I try and try, but I end up in a stupid vicious cycle that keeps reminding me how many things I fucked up, how many friendships I screwed. I hang out with those idiots you've seen but ..." He leaned his elbows on his knees and his head in his arms. "But before I got together with them, I didn't have any friends either."
"What? You are popular in our classroom. You hang out with Matsuda and Yohan all the time."
"Those are their names?" Asked Katsuki.
"..." Izuku saw him wide-eyed, and Katsuki saw him back...
And they started laughing. A lot of.
"I forgot that you consider everyone a bunch of extras."
"Not everyone..." The blonde shrugged. Izuku smirked, sadly.
"Still, I'm a Deku to you."
"... No, you're not..." he hunched over a little. "The meaning of the nickname was also a joke. But I... I don't really think about the meaning when I call you that. It's… Just a nickname."
"I do. And it hurts…"
"Sorry…"
Izuku closed his eyes, sighing.
"Don't call me that... I... I... I don't feel like it really affected me that you called me useless for so many years, but…" He moved his feet a little "Maybe unconsciously. I was left alone, and I didn't try to make friends for years and I don't even know why really... Maybe, because I really felt like I was useless..."
No... You're not useless…"
Izuku hugged himself a bit while Katsuki scratched his neck to hide his nervousness.
"Okay. I'll try not to call you that…"
" Just like that?"
"Just like that." Katsuki sat down again, maintaining an open posture. "Although I am very used to saying that to you, and well, I've been calling everyone by nicknames since I'm a kid... So this might be a hard habit to replace... Feel free to tell me if I call you Deku again."
Izuku puffed out one of his cheeks in response.
"...Unless you find another meaning... But a good one! Nothing... Uh... I can't think of anything... But don't be insulting, please."
"I am an idiot, it will be difficult, so... I prefer to call you Izuku…"
"Okay..." He smiled sideways "And yeah! You are the biggest asshole I know." Izuku let out a small laugh.
"…I guess I deserve it." Katsuki agreed, rolling his eyes. Oh, wow. How many things would it take for Katsuki Bakugo to accept insults from a third party? Only Izuku Midoriya could do it three times on the same day without taking a hit.
"Can you forgive me? For... For everything. Everything I did to you. Abandoning you, calling you Deku, not giving you any genuine reason for doing this even though my head only said it was the right thing to do... ..." He took a deep breath, trying to keep the tears from coming out.
"...Kacchan..." He automatically got up from his seat and put his arms around him. "To be honest, you didn't even have to say it. I never held a grudge against you..." He smiled shyly at him. "I was hurt, but… I don't think you have to say sorry to me… But if you want this, I… I forgive you…"
And he couldn't take it anymore. The tears came and went, with nothing else to do. And so they stayed for about ten minutes, in which the blonde cried on the shoulder of his old friend, just like that night he did the same three years ago, but now... Who covered him with his arms was the one with green hair.
He felt so small right now.
And when he calmed down, he could only wipe his cheeks.
"I can't believe that I had to wait until you were all awake so that you could tell me my truths and to stop my cowardice…"
"...I guess the times led to this happening." He smiled, now sitting next to the blonde. He had some tea but made a face. "It's already cold..." He said with a plaintive voice. Katsuki hadn't heard that in years, which made him laugh too.
"Shall I reheat it for you?" Asked Katsuki.
"Nah, I'm fine." He smiled warmly at him.
And so they were silent, another half hour ...
"Then what do we do?" Katsuki spoke this time.
"About what?"
"You know…" He made a face. "Be friends…"
"..." Izuku just scratched the back of his neck. "Yes I want to, but…"
"But...?" Katsuki felt his heart begin to beat faster.
"Okay, Kacchan. I can not. Not for the moment."
"...Oh …"
"I need to process all of this, okay? he played with his fingers. "I need... To know that none of this will happen again."
"...You're right..." The blonde hunched over again, reaching for his hair and scratching it in frustration. "I'm still an asshole with anger issues that he believed that a good way to protect his best friend would be to destroy his spirit without even hearing the whole story…"
"And I'm still a child who ended up believing that because he was he was left alone, and that perhaps he also believed that he was useless…"
"...We're screwed, right?" Katsuki couldn't help giving a sad laugh.
"I think so…" Izuku pouted.
"Have you thought about taking therapy? It could help you... Because I have done so...
"The funny thing is that... I already took therapy." He shrugged in amusement.
"That's nice to hear, nerd…"
"But it's not because of this... Do you remember that my plane is really ugly and so on? He smirked, but the blonde nodded without judgment. "Well... I go to therapy with a psychologist who helps me remember things. He gives me tips and methods to not forget important things, like writing down things and making schedules ... I have improved a lot in school thanks to him~"
"...Is that why you always have posts with notes?" The one with freckles nodded. "Oh ... And you haven't thought about telling him about... You know?"
" We don't pay him for that…"
" It's your psychologist. You should at least... Gossip or whatever they do."
"Maybe I will…"
They were silent for another few minutes.
"...So... Do you want to wait?"
Izuku stared at nothing for a few seconds, then nodded.
"I think it's the best. For both of us... How do I tell you this? I don't want to go to your shadow, nor be chasing you... Nor that you are forcing me to do things that I do not want... nor anything like that..." He played with his fingers. "I want us to have a genuine friendship, okay?"
Katsuki only thought about that prophecy that Mina made to him yesterday: You don't have much time to reconcile with him or it could end badly for both of them ... He didn't say anything that he HAD to do to become friends with automatically, just fix himself...
Well, this gave him hope. Izuku gave him hope.
"OK."
"...Okay…" And after this, Izuku rubbed his eyes and yawned.
"Are you sleepy?" The one with freckles nodded.
"Yei…"
And as if just saying "Yes", Deku… No, Izuku fell asleep there, babbling things into the air.
"All Might... It's great..." He started snoring between the babbles. "And Kacchan... He always wins…" More babbling .. Although that made him raise an eyebrow.
Katsuki rolled his eyes, but he couldn't help but smile. Maybe... Maybe he should put the nerd to bed.
Yes... That's what he had to do.
He got up and took the nerd, carrying him on his back. He took him to the classroom that had a small sign that had his name on the door ... Katsuki couldn't help but smile: That sign had been given to him by Izuku about… Four years ago?
He opened the door, being greeted by a well ordered classroom... How he remembered it.
He left the boy on the bed and sheltered him.
And then curiosity piqued him, beginning to see everything he had taped to the walls: That old world map, the bookshelves full of notebooks, a chalkboard with a well"marked schedule, a cork tabloid with many neat notes and reminders. He supposed that those were the tips that that psychologist gave him...
And at that moment his stomach growled. What time was it? He checked his cell phone... FIVE IN THE AFTERNOON?!
He snorted. Now what should he do? Leave as if nothing?
...Oh. If he didn't eat anything, then neither did the nerd...
He went to the kitchen, and started looking in the refrigerator for what was there. Maybe he could do something for both of them? And for Aunt Inko, of course.
So it was. The refrigerator had a package of pork fillets, rice already cooked in a pan, and eggs... Everything to make Katsudon.
So it was. He made enough for three servings, leaving two plates ready for the nerd and Aunt Inko to microwave and eat whenever they wanted. He ate alone, washed the dishes on him, and left leaving a note:
'Thanks for listening and making me see reason, Nerd. I made food, left it in the fridge for when you wake up, I guess. '
And he went to the train station ...
Standing there, he thought about what had just happened... And did he somehow feel lighter? Obvious. He had, at least, made up with Izuku. Now he just had... To think of something so as not to keep calling him Deku even though he no longer thought about its meaning... Uh.
That would be difficult...
He pulled the cell phone from him, feeling... Need to tell the dumbasses what happened.
[Group "Bakusquad"]
KEM [6:30 PM]:
Well.
I'm going back to my house.
That...
That was intense...
The Rock [6:30 PM]:
HOW DID IT WENT!? HOW ARE YOU?!
KEM [06:32 PM]:
He told me to fuck myself.
Twice...
And he called me a jerk and selfish.
And other things.
I guess I deserved it...
But I think we ended up understanding each other?
Mr. smiles [06:33 PM]:
HAHAHAHAHA YEAH YOU DESERVE THAT
GO FUCK YOURSELF KATS LOL
Electric Lord [06:33 PM]:
I agree with Sero! ¯ \ _ ಠ_ಠ_ / ¯
Alien Queen [06:34 PM]:
X2
The Rock [06:34 PM]:
X3 ️
KEM [06:35 PM]:
Nah nah nah. The ONLY one with the right to call me an asshole and a Jerk in this fucking world is Izuku Midoriya.
You do NOT have that fucking right.
And you'll all never will. Neither in this life nor in any other.
So back down, assholes.
Mr. Smiles [06:36 PM]:
! WOW MIDORI HAS RIGHTS, WELL, WELL, WELL...
AND NAH, KATS
WE WILL KEEP YOU TELLING YOU THAT LOL
Electric Lord [06:37 PM]:
X2
I'M GOING TO KEEP TELLING YOU TO FUCK URSELF (' v ')
Alien Queen [06:37 PM]:
x3 lol
and then what happened next?
✨ tell us! tell us!
KEM [06:38 PM]:
Well... Strangely, he didn't let me go just like that.
He forgave me but.
I'm basically... On test?
He said that he was not ready to accept me back into his life as his friend. Still. Which gives me some relief.
The Rock [06:38 PM]:
OOOH
Little steps
as I said!
You will see that when your friend is ready he will come with you
And he might join us too someday!
Alien Queen [06:38 PM]:
YEYEYEYEYEYE IMAGINE THAT HE ENDS UP LIKING US AS WELL
Mr. smiles [06:39 PM]:
LQBFLABFS imagine he tells us embarrassing things about Kats LOL
KEM [06:40 PM]:
Then you will NEVER meet him.
The Rock [06:40 PM]:
HEY SERO SEE WHAT YOU JUST DID?!
Electric Lord [06:41 PM]:
You take the fun out of life! (）︵
THAT is not said out loud!
The Rock [06:42 PM]:
HAHAHAHAHA EXACTLY THAT IS NOT SAID OUT LOUD ️
Whatever
Bro, Bakubro, I'm proud of u
u were so freaking brAVE
anyways
Changing the subject
We did a promo for the team today where you were with Midobro
To get an airbender for the competition
We made a video for TikTok of that
It's already up so you can't tell us what's wrong or something
But there is already the call for the team so
You know
We have to prepare~
KEM [06:44 PM]:
Well do what you want with it. Just don't pick a useless shitty, we need someone not that bad if we want to win.
Not like we couldn't win with me.
But I don't want to carry y'all dumbasses.
The Smiles [06:44 PM]:
Don't worry bro
Electric Lord [06:44 PM]:
We have the advantage that we put that everything is for within a month~ So that it has diffusion and that (ಠ_ಠ)
KEM [06:46 PM]:
Okay.
I think tomorrow when we train we will choose the team's waterbender.
Pink witch, Horse Teeth. Prepare yourselves.
Alien Queen [06:44 PM]:
Whatever you say Kats ~!
Mr. Smiles [06:44 PM]:
Yes sir! ️
Katsuki smiled a little at this. The train came right in front of him and he managed to see his reflection.
And after years of seeing the reflection of him... He realized that he was still him, but different. And before that reflection, he said "Goodbye" to that old him. He had a new goal. And he had to fulfill it.
Izuku Midoriya had just given him hope, hope that he could truly change and improve.
… Wait he promised the nerd that he was going to go to a therapist...
… Holly shit.
That day, Izuku had no strange dreams, only good memories. Memories of Kacchan and him playing on the swings in a park, of them two playing in puddles of water, running from one side to the other, of Kacchan swinging him on the swing that Uncle Masaru put them in the backyard of his house, dancing though the blonde made fun of him and how he danced.
"HAHAHAHA YOU LOOK LIKE A DRUNK GIRAFFE!"
"Why a giraffe?!"
"Have you seen how they drink water?!"
" ...OH NO... YES I DANCE LIKE A GIRAFFE!"
"HAHAHAHA!"
"BUT, BUT... Uh... Uhhhhh... UUUH! YOU LOOK LIKE A RABID CHIHUAHUA WITH YOUR BOOM BOOM HAIR!"
"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAID TO ME?!"
And then they laughed, as if nothing that happened in those three years had happened.
Izuku smiled between his dreams, seeing how his little self and little Kacchan continued to play, taking him with them, traveling the world, holding hands, and when they were not holding hands, he saw a red thread stretching, and then he shrunk every time they took each other again...
And it was in that instant that he noticed that he was made of smoke, just like in yesterday's dream, but this time he didn't feel desperate. He felt at peace.
He was at peace.
And after three hours, he woke up. He stretched out on his bed, and opened his eyes to see the ceiling. He yawned a little...
"... How weird... I'm in my bed..." He said to himself, but he closed his eyes again, snoring a little... After that, he turned around between the covers...
And he fell to the ground wrapped in you.
"...Ouch..." Now yeah, he woke up fine, and sat up, blinking somewhat confused. He was still on the floor... "...Is it Dawn or... Dusk?"
He managed to get rid of the covers, while he looked at his window. His curtain was lit by the faint orange rays of the sun. He got up, reaching for his alarm clock to check the time.
"It's 08:30 AM... Oh, it's late." When he was just awake, he had to talk to himself, apparently stretching himself again, and that was when he noticed that he was wearing normal clothes and not his pajamas
"Uhh, how weird..." He pouted to then yawn once more. "I think I got up to go to school but my... My mom didn't let me..." he began to think, going straight to the bathroom. He washed his face. Or not? Oh, he didn't know...
He was like that for a while, trying to remember what happened today. Uh, just remember weird, pretty but weird dreams. With Kacchan, with them as boys, with them as tweens, playing, then talking, calling each other names...
"Hmmm..." He sat on the toilet, and put a hand to his chin. "Did I insult Kacchan in my dream?" He frowned as he couldn't fully remember.
He got up to go to the kitchen, noticing that he hadn't eaten in a long time.
"Did I eat at school?" Wait a second, I didn't go to school today..." He was paralyzed when he saw a paper with a note on the kitchen table... The letter was NOT from his mother...
"I'll take it." Said Izuku as he opened the letter.
'Thanks for listening and making me see reason, Nerd. I made food, left it in the fridge for when you wake up, I guess.'
"OH NO... I REALLY SNAPPED AGAINST KACCHAN!"
The next day, Izuku went to school trying to look normal. But how was he going to be normal?!
He called Kacchan a jerk, and told him that he was selfish too. And he snapped against him... Twice... Oh, if he came and the blonde was angry with him, he knew he was going to suffer.
He opened the door of the living classroom trying not to make noise, wanting to go to his place also in silence...
But Kacchan turned to look at him instantly, and made a gesture with his fingers and his head... Wait, is he saying hello?
Well, Izuku was not a rude child. He greeted him back, waving his hand. And he went to sit down fast.
Then things went normal, as always. They were in math class and they were doing some exercises.
"Midoriya, please go on to solve this exercise." Except... For this. You see, his memory problems got worse when he got nervous. And when he got nervous, he felt that he had to repeat out loud everything he knew about the specific subject, so he began to murmur to him, but that made his companions scared or made fun of him. And when it came to math, the teachis for some reason almost always chose him to pass even though he never raised his hand (as he said before, he didn't like to feel watched). And well, this day he was no exception.
The truth is that this time he snorted a little, but he got up to do the exercise.
Two squared x's minus x's plus ten ... This exercise is just factoring this equation, right? Uh... ...
He did it.
"Very good, Midoriya. You can return to your place." ...And he did it right! He turned around smiling a little, and was going back to his place until he felt a foot that made him stumble.
And he would have fallen on his face, had it not been for an arm that stopped his fall.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU, ASSHOLE?! " Kacchan yelled at him ...Wait. It wasn't him.
"Ka… Kacchan?!" The blonde let go of the green haired one, just after Izuku managed to balance himself and take a few steps forward away. But as soon as he did, Kacchan got up from his seat and grabbed Matsuda by the shirt, a long fingered boy that Kacchan hung out with (but who, now he remembered, Kacchan didn't even know his name...) And who was the one who put Izuku's foot.
"Hey, Bakugo! This was just a joke!" Said the long fingered boy trying to defend himself.
...Oops, this was going to end badly.
"BAKUGO! TO YOUR SEAT, NOW!" They managed to hear his teacher's screams.
"AH?! AND WHY ME?! THIS BASTARD HAS MADE DE… NO, IZUKU TRIP ON HIS FEET FOR MONTHS, AND YOU HAVEN'T DONE SHIT, YOU USELESS TEACHER!" Kacchan said as he waved his free hand, letting a flame shoot out of his palm.
" Kacchan, calm down! " Izuku took him by the shoulders, pulling him back. " It was just a joke!
"ARE YOU GOING TO LET THEM KEEP TREATING YOU LIKE THIS?! AM I THE ONLY ONE TRYING TO BE BETTER OR WHAT?! THE FUCK IZUKU, DEFEND YOURSELF AS WELL!"
Izuku blinked... Uh, isn't he mad at him for yesterday then? ...And now he's defending him?! OK. This is weird... But, that means...
"I told you to give me time, not… this." He whispered to him, puffing out his cheeks. "I-I just don't want problems, neither for me nor for you…"
"..." Kacchan snorted, letting go of Matsuda and crossed his arms.
"Bakugo, to your seat. " The teacher said again. Kacchan finally listened. "Thank you, Midoriya."
Ugh this would be more difficult than he thought. Although he at least could defend the nerd, right? But, now, I-I mean, Izuku got upset with him... Shiiit! Why is he so bad at being nice?!
At recess time, he was about to go after Izuku but the two extras that he hung out with so that he was not alone prevented him.
"Bakugo... What fly did bite you?" The long fingered extra asked, making a frown.
"What do you two want?" He grunted at them.
"Oops, we just want to know what happened." The extra with standing hair raised an eyebrow. "I mean, since when did you defend Midoriya? You were the one who started everything against him, from a young age."
"..." Katsuki closed his eyes to try to keep calm. "And what's wrong with me wanting to stop bullying him and shit?" They both opened their eyes in surprise. "Ha! Fucking assholes, do you think I would still be an annoying kid like you two? Don't fuck with me. Mature or something."
"... Bakugo, you are boring." The one with the long fingers said, as he rolled his eyes. "Let's go Yohan, let's leave this asshole in his attempt to be a good person, I guess." And he turned around.
"Do you think Midoriya will enjoy a little dirt in his food?" He asked with malice.
"Yeah, he would love it." And they both laughed.
In that instant, Bakugo felt a vein swell on his forehead snap. He grabbed them by the shirt real quick, and pinned them to the wall with force.
"If any of you dare to touch Deku and I swear the spirits I'm going to kill you both..." His raspy voice sounded even raspier and heavier than it already was, which made him look and sound even more intimidating. "Leave him alone..."
Both boys gulped and just nodded. When he released them, the fabric of his shirts smelled a little burned.
And finally, Katsuki left the classroom.
When the school day ended, Izuku walked when everyone had already left, as always, but this time he felt more relaxed. At the entrance, he saw Kacchan at the door and he greeted him as in the morning. Izuku waved back, now smiling a little.
And they said goodbye the moment they left the road.
That day, he was supposed to meet Uraraka-chan in the park. Only Uraraka. But the truth is that at that moment he couldn't think much. Did Kacchan defend him today? this was so weird... Although he kinda liked it. Besides, he knew Kacchan was strong, but not strong enough to… Carry him with one arm.
He turned red just thinking about it.
"Izu-kun! " A female voice pulled him out of those thoughts. "Over here!"
"I-I'm coming!" He started running, reaching a small picnic table where the girl was eating... a McDonald's hamburger.
"I didn't buy you anything, sorry" She said, taking one more bite.
"Don't worry, I'm not hungry. "He said calmly.
"Then. What are we going to learn today, teach?" She asked with full cheeks, but Izuku was looking away, very focused on something-wait he was muttering. Uraraka raised an eyebrow and snapped her fingers in front of his face.
"S-Sorry!"
"Freckles. What is in your head today?" The girl raised an eyebrow. "I mean, you're always distracted, but today you're worse. Even worse than on monday and you were all sleepy and crazy on sugar rush" She put a fry on her mouth.
"I-I'm just ... thinking about something that happened today."
"What are you thinking about?" She cocked her head curiously.
" ... Do you remember what I told you guys on Monday? That... My best friend dumped me and started being meant to me and that?" She blinked a few seconds and frowned. But she nodded. "Well..." He scratched the back of his neck. "H-He went to my house yesterday and-"
"What did he do to you? Do you want me to do something to him and leave you alone?"
"WHAT?! URARAKA-CHAN, NO!"
"Then?" She crossed her arms. "You said that kid even started beating you".
"Uh... Yes, about that... I-It's been about three months of him not doing it and-"
"And just because he stopped doing it for a few months you're going to convince yourself this kid isn't trouble!?" She frowned even more, and took an angry bite of her burger, which made her chubby cheeks look even chubbier. Izuku laughed a bit but became serious again.
"Uh, well ..." He scratched the back of his neck. "Well actually eh… yesterday he came to my house and apologized for everything and... He half explained to me what happened to make him threat me bad".
"Tell me at least he gave you a good reason… but I doubt it HAHAHA"
"Nah, he didn't" Izuku rolled his eyes. "But..."
"You forgave him. After years that he made you suffer, you forgave him."
"... Yes, but... I mean, look. If he does something ugly to me again, I'll tell him "Bye-Bye" there at that moment. I already told him that I won't be putting up with his nonsense anymore. But it's just that... I-I don't think my heart could carry... Resentment against him, Do you understand?"
"Hmmm… you care for him, right?"
"Obviously... we literally grew up together. I've known him since I was a baby..." he turned away, sighing in frustration. "O-Our relationship is complicated, we were always very involved with each other, our mothers are best friends and Auntie Mitsuki is my godmother, and my mom is his' so it's kinda hard to not be related somehow?"
"Uuuugh it sounds like it is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious complicated" She rubbed her face and then offered him a fry. He took it.
"It is, so yeah" He made a grin of frustration. "I'm giving him the opportunity to, y'know, make it up... he promised me that he was going to give me my space, and that he was going to try to improve. He... he wants to be my friend again".
"Well, he's going to have to work a lot. I still remember that when I met you, you were a nervous wreck, and you couldn't be your sassy self without apologizing every three seconds or without hiding and blushing" She stung his nose. "But ... if you think it was the right thing to do to forgive him, I believe you"
He smiled a little... But then he remembered what Kacchan did that day.
"... Yeah, uh, actually I was already happy with the fact that Kacchan and I talked and that I forgave him. The... The problem is something he did today that just…" he shivered.
"What did he do?" she frowned.
"H-He defended me..." he cocked his head. "He defended me from... One of his... Followers?" he moved his fingers a bit embarrassed. "Matsuda is a classmate who's an earthbender, he likes to tease me by putting his foot to make me fall and sometimes he throws dirt on my food". He frowned even more, and she listened very carefully... "Today... Today was no exception, but... This time Kacchan stopped me from falling and yelled at Matsuda and… AND" Recalling the situation made him turn red and shake his head. "Kacchan made a fight in the middle of the classroom and the teacher scolded him but Kacchan complained to me for not defending myself and-"
"Okay the fact that he defended you and told you to defend yourself as well, gives him two or three points to get out of my made-up black-list... But he is on a tightrope" She smirked. "And what's wrong with him defending you? I see it as something good" She rolled up the paper she was holding the burger with. "At least he's trying to redeem himself. Or something like that"
"Well... I just... I-I freaked out! I'm just not used to people doing that! It feels good but weird! Besides I told Kacchan to… fork himself twice yesterday"
She started laughing a lot. "FORK HIMSELF HAHAHA!"
"Y-You know I don't like to swear!
"I get it, I get it… It was just funny!"
He puffed his cheeks, as the girl stopped laughing and made a movement to ask him to continue
"Anyways… I thought he would be mad at me but-but he did defend me… It's very weird! Also he actually carried me with one arm?! Like if I was light as a feather!? It was…!" His cheeks flushed, and he covered his face with his arms over his face. "Aaaaaaahhh..."
"Oh, Izu-kun! Well, you should get used to it" She beamed at him. "You have people who would defend you tooth and nail. You have us! And if your little friend "Kacchan" is willing to redeem himself, he is on that list too".
He just nodded, his cheeks still red.
"It's good that you have someone to be your bodyguard at school and outside of it" She just smiled at him, got up to throw the paper bag and all that McDonald's gave her that wasn't food (except the paper bag and napkins) and returned with him. "But I think you should defend yourself as well, so take his and my advice please"
He nodded again...
"So what are you going to teach me today?" She moved excitedly on her seat.
"... Oh yeah. Uh... Well... I don't know, whatever you want?" He pulled his phone out of his pocket, whispering under his breath. "I think I already helped you with everything that could help you with your bending, I-I mean ... I'm not a bender and well... Don't you think it's kind of weird that a non bender is helping you with your bending?"
"Of course not! There are still many things you can teach me!"
"Uraraka-chan, I am not an air nomad."
"But you have a lot of knowledge of them!" She put her hands up. "With all that you know, I assure you that your head would be the size of the planet! She puffed out her cheeks. "Besides... I saw something at school and... I wanted to see if... Could you help me with that?"
"... Do you mean normal classes or-"
"I saw a call for a pro-bending team on tiktok... I-It looks interesting, but I don't know much about that sport and well... I know you know, you're basically an expert. So... can you teach me how to play?"
"... AND WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY BEFORE?!"
"BECAUSE I JUST WATCHED IT TODAY!"
"TRUE! Uh..." he brought a hand to his lips, squeezing the bottom of it with his fingers. "When is the call...?
"Well, it said it was like... in a month?"
"... We have time"
"So how do we start?"
A week went by with these kinds of interactions. Katsuki and Izuku saw each other at the entrance, greeted each other, and did not speak again, Izuku went to the library with his friends and / or trained with Uraraka for this future plan of the girl to join that pro"control team that he saw. In tiktok, Katsuki went with the fools to train by his side at that gym and they prepared everything for the call that they opened although Katsuki did not see it.
The following week, Katsuki started talking to Izuku a bit more, although it was normal things like ...
Situation one:
Izuku was doing the homework they had just been given in the living classroom, and he was very into it ...
"Go eat lunch, nerd" Kacchan said after leaving his bento in front of him. "Still have ten minutes for recess"
"Uh? Oh! Okay, thanks Kacchan" The greenette said simply and began to eat.
Situation two:
"What did he say we had to do? Wasn't paying attention" Katsuki whispered to Izuku.
"Kacchan not paying attention? What a world I live in now!"
"My head is on other shit. Just tell me what we have to do!" He spoke again in a whisper. Izuku gave a little laugh.
"It's just completing pages fifty and fifty-one of the reading book".
"... Thanks"
"You're welcome!
Situation three:
"I'm going to the machine. Do you want that ugly coffee you always want?"
"... C-Can you better bring me a coke?"
"Money first, dumb-dumb"
And more.
Apart from everything, Kacchan's followers also began to treat him with more respect: Matsuda stopped putting his foot down as he normally did, nobody made fun of his mumbling anymore, also his food no longer tasted strange (which means his classmates stopped putting strange substances and dirt on his food). Then you can imagine that Izuku had had a very good two weeks IN GENERAL. Not only after leaving school he was having a good afternoon with his friends but also at school. He still didn't really have friends (unless what Kacchan was doing was considered friendship) because, even if his classmates had already left him alone, he was still all alone... But being alone without being disturbed is better than what he suffered before!
Also, Katsuki didn't have to do much to turn those extra morons against the nerd, simply by threatening those two assholes who dared to try to annoy the nerd AFTER seeing how he defended him ... Ha! They were really a bunch of cowards. Their names were not worth learning, as he had shown before. Two weeks in which, little by little, he could also start talking to De-I mean Izuku, like a normal classmate from school, little by little ... Little steps, as The Rock said.
The third week was when Izuku realized that perhaps now was the time to go letting Kacchan come back to his life. Not suddenly, obviously, but ... Do you remember that tiktok where Todoroki-kun was doing theories?
Me [03:30 PM]:
Kacchan Kacchan Kacchan! ヮ
Look look!
[Izuku sent a link]
The truth was I was a little nervous to send him this link, but still he did. He had already tried and regretted it at the last minute! But this time he wouldn't be afraid of his reaction, no.
Kacchan [03:31 PM]:
What the heck is that thing?
Me [03:31 PM]:
A tiktok!
Kacchan [03:32 PM]:
Does this thing say I have to install that shitty app?
Me [03:32 PM]:
Oops, don't you have tiktok?
It doesn't matter, let me download it and send it to you! O_O
Katsuki raised an eyebrow. At that time he was in the gym along with his fools. He didn't expect De-I mean, Izuku to send his something. He at some point he expected him to ask his about homework but ... he sent him a link. And then a video.
[Nerd sent you a video]
"Uuuuh! Who is Nerd?" Denki leaped up behind his.
"GET OFF!" Katsuki shook himself to make Dunce face go away, and almost instantly put the video on.
He saw a white-haired girl with red-Wait, he knows her? He's sure he knows those hairs-THAT'S THE HALF-HALF BASTARD ?! IS THAT THE NERD ?! AND HIM?!
Me [03:35 PM]:
Fucking shIT, IS THAT ICYHOT?!
Nerd [03:36 PM]
Todoroki-kun*
YEYEYEYEYE I FOUND THIS THE OTHER DAY WHEN I GOT LOCKED IN THE LIBRARBY XD
Library*
I think Fuyumi-chan recorded us a few days when we were with Todoroki-kun!
She also has other videos! : D but Todoroki-kun hardly appears in them .m.
Me [03:37 PM]:
Fuck you, how the hell did I not realize that she was recording us?
Nerd [03:37 PM]:
I imagine she did it secretly: ')
But Fuyumi-chan has more tiktoks! And many followers
She is good at recording and you can see that she cooks delicious food (◡ ω ◡)
It could explain how you didn't notice if she's been doing it for so long hehehe
Me [03:38 PM]:
Hahaha we should charge her if she's making money off that video or something.
Nerd [03:38 PM]:
No!
Don't be mean, Kacchan!
Katsuki couldn't help but smile. The truth is that he ended up replaying the video. This ... he brought back memories. It was one of the times when he saw Izuku happiest, plus he felt happy too.
And so distracted was he that he didn't even notice the idiots were right behind him, watching him replay the video like four times.
" ... Is that Midobro and you ?! The Rock said in the highest voice he had. " They're so cute!
"... AND YOU WHAT ?! FUCK YOURSELF! He shook himself again.
" Not! "He heard the pink witch say, so that later he would take his cell phone and watch the video himself. " Aw! Midori was very pretty! And who is that pretty boy with colored hair ?! And you were so little, Kats!
" But always with that bad temper"Sero he made fun of his, taking the cell phone from Mina.
Katsuki got up to chase them and take his cell phone, but these idiots were passing his cell phone.
" Stop him! They're going to break my fucking cell phone!
It was Denki's turn to capture him but ...
"... Oops ..." As Katsuki said, they broke his cell phone.
" ... Kaminari, Sero, Ashido, Kirishima ...
" ... Shit. " Sero took a few steps back. They only felt how the atmosphere began to heat up.
" B-Bro! Do not worry! It was an accident! W-We are going to pay you!
By the fourth week they weren't friend-friends, but the initial discomfort was much less, almost nil in fact ... They finally felt ... Normal.
Izuku suddenly still flinched when Katsuki spoke to him, but just by inhaling a little, calming himself down, and remembering that the blonde had promised to change and that things were going to be different (and especially that he was showing it) calmed him down. .
And Katsuki, although it bothered him a bit to see that he was still shrinking, he waited patiently (well, Katsuki was not the most patient). They continued with those short conversations from the second week, and De-I mean, Izuku sent him more of those tiktok videos... The truth is that he even ended up opening an account, because the nerd was filling the memory of the NEW cell phone that Kaminari He REPLACED him because those four assholes broke the previous one ...
That fourth week, they started eating together at recess. Sometimes they didn't speak, sometimes they did. It was up to Deku. Katsuki was only in charge of being there, next to him, for him. And he was willing to what, if Deku-I MEAN Izuku told him to get away from his, he would ... Just ... he hoped not to screw his, really.
And it was already Thursday. They were in the last hour of class. Sciences. And Uuuugh ... Katsuki didn't hate science, but her teacher was inept. She did everything wrong all the time, and she didn't help that on a LOT of times the bastard fell asleep while he put stupid slides on them or while they did the physics or chemistry exercises.
And Izuku felt the same about this, really. The teacher didn't even care about anything, it was a bit annoying ... he knew a lot about physics and chemistry and biology on his own merit, not the teacher's.
But that day. That day was ... Different. The teacher was still a boring and a bad teacher, but he did something that ... Maybe he raised the spirits of several of the class, those who did like the subject in general.
"Class, I don't feel like taking a final exam, so they are going to do a project. Of what they want. Obviously, the subject is science. Do whatever..." The murmurs were heard as the teacher sat in his chair "Ah, yeah, It's teamwork ah... Until Next week to deliver it". He put his hat on his face and fell asleep.
Katsuki smirked… He now wanted to the biggest and coolest fucking volcano! He had a week it was a short time, but it was possible. Working alone, cause all these extras were bad teammates: Katsuki ended up doing everything alone because they leaved him alone and took credit ugh.
"Bakugo, do you want to be with us?" The long-fingered extra asked him.
Katsuki raised an eyebrow. "Neh."
"Oh, come on!" The other extra with black hair complained.
"Neh, first of all you two always leave me fucking alone. I'm going to work on my own this time and beat your asses on it!" He smiled as he leaned back in his chair.
Izuku, in his place, could only see his notebook ... A project, science ... As a team ... Would he have to do it alone?
... Wait a mOMENT.
"... K-Kacchan ..." he stung his back. The blonde turned around in his seat ... "Y-Y'wanna be with me in the project? Only if-If you want! I heard that you were going to work alone but-but ... I thought we could be together! I-I mean, as partners... And maybe do something more elaborate, I-I mean, we would be now two! See, I have many notes of various projects that we could do and-"
"Nerd, calm down" Katsuki raised an eyebrow, but automatically smirked. "Okay, let's do it together".
And that was the first day they walked together to the exit, talking about the project.
"So ... tomorrow at your house?"
"If you want" Katsuki shrugged, smiling sideways.
"I'm sorry I can't today, uh... I have... Something to do".
"I can't either, so it doesn't fucking matter" Katsuki rolled his eyes. "... And to all this mother, what the fuck are we going to do?"
"W-We could do something with the elements! We could talk about what chemical elements do firebenders use to generate fire or what is the exact element earth benders could bend! O-Oh could it be talking about the electromagnetic fields on the water so that the waterbenders are able to control it! I read the other day that firebenders may also use electromagnetic fields to generate their fire by setting the oxygen in the air on fire, we can do something with that too!" He started giving a lot of suggestions, talking faster and faster.
"I say we make a huge volcano to send the classroom ceiling to fucking hell, let's blow that shit up!
"But Kacchan, we can't do that, we can be punished or expelled for damage to the school... Also, I think it's the most obvious and typical thing people do for this type of project and-and maybe everyone will make a volcano so imagine the whole classroom full of volcanoes... We-We should do something different because it could be kinda boring…"
Katsuki smirked maliciously.
"... BUT WE COULD EXPLODE THE CLASSROOM WITH A HUGE VOLCANO PINCH THE SIZE OF MY HUGE DI-!"
"NO KACCHAN!"
"Oh, Blasty!" A female voice interrupted them in the distance "Even walking with Midori! O my spirits Blasty's blowing up now!"
"Bakubro, the power of friendship is now very strong in you!" Oh, spirits... They're Kacchan's friends ... "It's the manliest thing I've seen you do since that day in the park that you showed us how awesome you are to firebending!"
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE RIGHT NOW?!" Katsuki yelled at them.
And they started yelling at each other. Kacchan did it with an annoyed tone while Kacchan's friends seemed not to care that he was insulting them. Izuku stood still, pouting... He felt somewhat uncomfy... And those kids didn't seem to detect it, because ignoring Katsuki, they came running in front of him (except for the one with black hair who simply walked calmer).
"Hello, hairy twin! I'm Mina!" The girl with pink hair greeted, smiling very kindly.
"And I'm Eijiro! Eijiro Kirishima! You can call me Eiji or Kiri!"
"I'm Denki, better known as the electric lord! God of lightning and-"
And he couldn't listen anymore... These guys had TOO MUCH energy... He was used to Uraraka and Iida how outgoing they were but... This was too much. And they were very close to his face…
But he couldn't be rude.
"Hi-Hi ..." he waved softly, although he couldn't help but shrink and... Somehow this made him hide behind Kacchan… Oh spirits, he hoped he wasn't blushing…
"YOU DUMBASSES! STOP, YOU'RE SCARING HIM! " Kacchan was about to hit the three of them on the head, but a hand of water grabbed the three boys and pulled them back.
"Guys, enough already. He doesn't even know you and you're getting on top of him. The fact that he's friends with Kats doesn't give you the right to do this" Surprisingly, the big tooth boy scolded these guys ... Okay, he's cool "I'm Sero, by the way".
"Hi ... I'm ... Uhm ..." he shook his hand a bit, waving.
" We already know your name, Midori ~ " Mina said, to approach and take his hands.
" I-It's Midoriya Izuku..." So close... Very close...
"Damn witch, let it go! Don't do your fucking witchy shit without permission!" Witchy things?...
At that moment he saw that the girl was looking at his palms, but she released him instantly.
"You take the fun out of life, Kats!" She puffed out her cheeks.
And they kept arguing and yelling at each other... Too much energy...
"U-Uh, I-I have to go ..." Izuku pulled Kacchan's arm, turning to the other side.
"Ah? Kacchan frowned at him, but he sighed and nodded. "Morons, Deku has to go now" Izuku puffed out his cheeks upon hearing the nickname, but he didn't say anything.
" Oh! Goodbye Midori~!"
"Bye!"
"See you tomorrow... And bye, Kacchan's friends..." He said and walked away quickly.
Seconds after, the group of friends began to walk to the other side. Katsuki stood in front talking about something with Sero. Something about the training and that today was the day and something like that.
"... I felt some very intense non-straight vibes in all the interaction of Mido and Bakubro" Denki snapped at Mina. "They even looked like boyfriends." And he started to laugh.
"Nah Denki, you're seeing things that aren't there… And be careful because if Kats listens to you, he is going to kick your ass again" Mina said with amusement.
"He is not going to do it again. He's very happy to have been with his "friend" back"
"Ah!? What the fuck did you say, dunce face?"
"N-NOTHING! ... Kacchan ~"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!"
Bonus scene:
Katsuki: -Opens the door of his house hitting it with the wall and causing a loud BAM!- POPS, PAY ME A FUCKING THERAPIST!
Masaru: Katsuki!? What happened!?
Katsuki: Fucking Deku-I mean, Izuku goes to a psychologist and I don't! So pay me one!
Masaru: ... Are you sure to needone? And don't shout that your mother can hear you-
Mitsuki: -Comes opening another door and causing another big BANG!- YOU FINALLY WANT TO GO TO A PSYCHOLOGIST?! I HAVE BEEN SAYING YOU NEEDED ONE FOR THREE YEARS BECAUSE YOU STOPPED TO TALK TO MY GODSON!
Katsuki: AH !? YOU NEVER SAID ANY SHIT TO ME, OLD HAG!
Masaru: ... This will be a very tiring afternoon... -He just decided to continue reading his newspaper while he listens to his two demons yelling at each other.
Author's Note:
Sixth chapter! Wow it took more than I expected to translate HAHAHA
And what do you think? Deku snapped at Katsuki, who totally deserved it. He told him all his shit and while being like-like this :T angwy sleep-deprived brocolini
And little by little they begin to speak again! It wasn't that fast but it wasn't sooo slow either. Especially since the asshole had already stopped annoying him before. And now he *finally* was able to defend him!
Anyways, what did you think of this episode? Beautiful? Ugly? boring? lol ;_;
QUESTIONS:
- What element would you like to be able to handle?
I personally would suck to be a waterbender hahahaha although I feel that I would end up being a non-benderin that universe :')
I love y'all! Thanks for reading! 3