"You two must love cleaning the dorm." Kirishima laughs, slinging his school bag over his shoulder, getting ready to leave for class.
"You must love having a death wish because every time you open your mouth-"
"Yeah, yeah, you wanna kill me, I get it." He says with a knowing smile.
"It's funny though… Two mortal enemies getting punished together…"
"What's funny about it?" Bakugo inquires, slightly annoyed. As if having to deal with Eraserhead yesterday hadn't been enough, and to top it off Shoto Todoroki now knew about their relationship. Who knew whether he could be trusted? It was possible that it was only a matter of time before everyone else found out.
Bakugo was prepared to fight the half-and-half bastard. He didn't trust him in the slightest, because, why should he? But Izuku seemed to have faith in the guy so he would just have to let this one slide.
"Nothing. Just that you guys seemed to have grown closer since the last time you were punished together and I have a curious disposition."
"Piss off." Bakugo says, rolling his eyes in dismissal and Kirishima grins.
"There's something you're not telling me," He tries again but Bakugo isn't one to give in.
"Go to class and annoy the other brats, I don't have time for this."
"Fine but just remember," Kirishima says in a singsong voice, "the walls are thin, and I'm impressionable…"
The last thing Kirishima sees is Katsuki's horrified expression before he turns and heads towards the elevators.
"I've been thinking," All Might begins, sitting down across from Eraserhead in the teacher's lounge during lunch.
"I'm listening." Eraserhead answers coolly, pouring himself a cup of coffee, looking at his colleague with mild interest.
"We should talk to Midoriya about what we read in the book," Eraserhead frowns but chooses not to interrupt. "You said that the condition of the room in the picture exactly resembled the state of his room when you saw him so maybe it's possible that he had the exact same dream too…"
Eraserhead closed his eyes. That's exactly what he'd been thinking. The thing was, he didn't want to involve any of the students into this chaos. Yes, Izuku found the suitcase, and yes, Izuku seemed to play a major role in the story, but, he was still a child, and as tough and cold Aizawa seemed to be on the inside, he deeply cared about his class.
"That's true, Toshinori, but I'm not sure if that's a smart move…" Aizawa sighed, closing his eyes.
"What's the worst that could happen?" All Might argues and Eraserhead grimaced.
"If I've learned anything, it's that that question always leads towards unthinkable tragic events… but okay," Aizawa found himself agreeing. "Let's have a chat with Midoriya."
It's the fourth day of Izuku and Katsuki's one week long punishment, and the two boys are bone tired from having cleaned the dorm every morning and the dishes every night.
This just wasn't fair and Bakugo was ready to call it quits and kill someone else or himself if his classmates didn't stop dirtying the dishes and the place, constantly.
Currently they were both in the common area, sitting on the couch. In fact, "Sitting" was putting it too nicely. Their bodies were half on and half off the furniture and neither could find the energy to move.
Katsuki was dozing off while Izuku was looking at his phone with a frown.
A sudden yelp from Mineta suddenly jostled them from their positions.
"What are you doing?" Izuku grumbled while Bakugo only opened his eyes and fixed his classmate with a murderous glare.
"I just saw a spider in my room!" He said in a high pitched voice which further aggravated Katsuki. He had just run out of his room, courtesy of the said spider and looked terrified.
"Is that something to be yapping about!? I'm trying to sleep here." He groaned and Mineta muttered a sorry, biting on his bottom lip nervously. There was no way he was returning to the confinement of the four walls of his bedroom until the bug had been disposed of and he was sure it was not coming back.
"Can't you just take care of it yourself, we're tired Mineta." Izuku groaned and Mineta looked at him with pleading eyes.
"Come on, help me out, please!" He pleads and Bakugo gets up from the couch angrily.
"Fucking hell, fine! If it'll get you to shut up and leave us alone."
Mineta starts, "Oh… So Midoriya isn't going to-" He stammers, scared of Bakugo, which only annoys Bakugo even more.
"I'm all you've got, you stupid dwarf. So show me where the damned spider is or else-"
"S-sure!" Mineta cuts in, almost frantically walking away from Bakugo, leading him towards his room. Katsuki follows behind, mumbling under his breath.
Meanwhile, Izuku is still looking at his phone with a slight frown on his face. There is a long string of texts from All Might on his phone, asking him too many questions all at once. Before Izuku is able to formulate a reply to one of his questions, another one pops up and Izuku is kind of annoyed at this continuous barrage of interrogations.
Just as he's typing a reply into the chat box, a phone call from Eraserhead lights up his screen. He answers it, almost relieved at the interruption.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Midoriya. All Might and I were just discussing the suitcase you found in your room."
"Oh!" He simply replies. All Might's messages made more sense to him now.
Are you okay, Midoriya?
Have you been able to make any other progress on your quirk?
Eraserhead told me you called him the other day, your room was trashed, are you hurt?
Have you spoken to your mother recently?
So on and so forth. It was a little exhausting.
"Yeah… Well, we wanted to talk to you about some of the stuff we found. What are you doing right now?"
"Bakugo and I just finished cleaning the living room… We were resting…"
"Have you learned something from your punishment?" Mr. Aizawa says coolly and Izuku groans.
"Yes, sir…"
"Good… so as I was saying, are you free right now?"
"Yes."
"Great, can you meet me and All Might in my office at the school in 15 minutes?"
"Sure…"
"All MIght and I will be waiting… Speaking of which, I know he has been texting you continuously for the past 30 minutes."
Izuku chuckles lightly in embarrassment, "Yeah…"
"Don't worry, he won't anymore, I asked him to stop."
"It's actually not a problem… I would have replied, it's just that…" Izuku trails off and Eraserhead laughs.
"I saw the texts, I told Toshinori that this borders on harassment at this point. Well, never mind that, just get here as soon as you can."
"Sure, see you soon." Izuku says, hanging up the phone.
As soon as he hangs up, he feels two strong arms firmly wrapping themselves around his shoulders, and a head resting on top of his own.
He breathes in Katsuki's familiar scent, filling him with a sense of warmth and comfort.
"Who was that?" Bakugo asks, his voice having dropped several octaves, sounding very deep.
"Mr. Aizawa," Izuku whispers, his hands reaching up to touch Bakugo's arms, basking in this feeling of being at home. "Him and All Might want to talk to me about the suitcase we found the other day."
"I see…" Bakugo says, still resting his head softly on top of Izuku's. Feeling needy all of a sudden.
These emotions were very new to him, and sometimes threatened to completely consume him whole. He felt the urge to share all his experiences with Izuku, and yearned for him to do the same, but he wanted to be careful. He didn't want to crowd his boyfriend.
"Can I come with you?" He asks in a quiet voice and Izuku hums, still running his fingers along Katsuki's arms, his hands, and his fingers.
"Sure…" He responds softly, turning around slightly and capturing Bakugo's lips with his own.
Their lips move in sync. There is a slight fear of being caught in the middle of their shared living room, which only makes the sensation running through their bodies more thrilling.
Their lips hungrily moving against each other for a few more seconds before they both pull away reluctantly.
"We should go." Izuku says, still looking at Bakugo's lips and Bakugo smirks.
"Yeah, let's."
"You need to let go of me first."
"I know."
They look at each other for a few more moments, neither wanting to move away from their positions.
Another message from All Might suddenly pops up in Izuku's phone, making him sigh and pull away reluctantly.
"Let's go." He says, grabbing Bakugo's arm by the elbow and leading him outside.
"It's good to see you Midoriya!" All Might chirps and reaches out towards his student with his arms outstretched.
Izuku looks at him weirdly but allows himself to be hugged by his teacher.
Eraserhead coughs, making them break apart, and leading Izuku to look down in embarrassment.
Bakugo chooses this moment to make his presence known by stepping into the office.
Eraserhead and All Might look at him in confusion.
"How can I help you, Bakugo?" Mr. Aizawa asks and Izuku jumps in.
"Actually, I brought him along… I hope that's alright."
Eraserhead sighs and All Might just stands there giving no reaction to the statement at all. He is only looking at the two with a contemplative stare.
Bakugo suddenly feels nervous. The tension in the air is pretty thick, enough to even make him, someone who doesn't really care about his surroundings, feel anxious.
"I can go…" He says, shifting the weight of his body from one foot to another.
Eraserheads thoughtfully looks him over and says, "I'm assuming you already know what we want to talk to Midoriya about."
"Yeah…"
"Then I don't see any reason why you shouldn't stay…" He says, gazing at his colleague who seems to have chosen to stay mute about the situation. "It appears as if Midoriya shares a lot with you, so I believe you would eventually find out what we're here for anyway."
Izuku's cheeks turn pink at the comment and Bakugo looks down at his shoes to hide the smug smile on his face.
"Well, settle down then!" He says gesturing at the chairs for the students to take a seat. All Might sits down beside Eraserhead, still without a comment making Izuku nervous. What had gotten into him?
Mr. Aizawa shows his students the chapter he and colleagues had come across and by the end of the excerpt while Izuku looks slightly horrified, Bakugo only looks angry.
"Isn't this like an invasion of privacy, or something!?"
"I'm not quite sure…" Eraserhead says and trails off, gauging Bakugo's reaction.
"This is ridiculous!"
"That's not all," Eraserhead continues, indifferent to Bakugo's outburst, "There are some dolls of you and your classmates as well," he says looking at Izuku.
"We found one of each of our students, except for yours, Bakugo." All Might says, finally deciding to break his silence.
"Huh…?" Bakugo mutters looking at Izuku who looks like he has stopped breathing in panic. "That's weird for sure…"
"Yeah. What bothers me is that since the books seem to contain everything that has happened, and possibly some details about what is going to happen, it could mean that…" All Might trails off, looking at everyone else for their reactions.
"Toshinori, you can't be serious-"
"I'm just saying!" All Might protests. "I can't be the only one who's freaking out here."
"Actually…" Izuku starts and Bakugo visibly grimaces, "I took one of the dolls out of the suitcase when Mr. Aizawa wasn't looking… And it just so happened to be Katsuki's doll."
Eraserhead sighs loudly and All Might lets out a sigh of relief.
"Where is it now?" Mr. Aizawa asks, glaring at his student.
"I have it here, with myself, actually..." Izuku mumbles, taking out the doll from his bag. Bakugo had wondered why he was bringing it along, here was the answer.
"Next time, at least inform me when you do something like that." Eraserhead says, still glaring at Izuku who is getting more and more uncomfortable under his gaze by the second.
"Of course, I'm sorry!" He says, bowing his head and Mr. Aizawa waves at him dismissively, taking the doll from his hand.
"Whatever," Eraserhead says, putting the doll into his desk drawer and flipping through the book. "I looked over some of the chapters from the previous books… It seems that they contain very detailed accounts of what has happened in the past…" He stops, seemingly deep in thought.
"And?" Bakugo interrupts. "Instead of discussing the amazing nature of the books and the toys, maybe we should focus on finding out who has been spying on us and creating this stuff. Once we find them I will-"
"That's enough, Bakugo." Mr. Aizawa says coolly, reaching into his desk drawer and taking out one of the DVDs, labelled 'Season 1'. "I happened to have seen a few minutes of this… It's interesting, to say the least."
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" All Might says, amused.
Eraserhead ignores him.
"Since you and your classmates are all a part of this," he says gesturing to the spread on his table, "I believe it would be best if everyone watched the tapes."
Izuku looks more than uncomfortable with the suggestion. "I'm not sure if that's not a good idea…"
All Might seems to agree, "We, ourselves, freaked out when we saw everything, what makes you think that the children will have better reactions?"
"We can't just keep it from them." Eraserhead shrugs and All Might sighs.
"Can I talk to you outside for a moment?" All Might asks, walking out without waiting for an answer. Mr. Aizawa follows him after a long minute, sighing loudly on his way out.
"What do you think?" Izuku asks Bakugo, "Should our classmates find out about our… discovery?"
"Why does it even matter?" Bakugo says frowning. "This stuff already happened, right? So what difference does it make if everyone sees it, or not? They'll hyperventilate initially, yeah, but they'll get over it soon."
When Bakugo put it like that, hiding the situation from their classmates seemed juvenile to Izuku. He had a point. There was no reason why everyone shouldn't get the chance to see everything.
"And what about the other stuff…" Izuku asks, looking at his fingers, "I think there is information about our future in there, as well, that chapter contained everything that happened to me a couple weeks ago, and there is so much more in the book after that-"
Katsuki reaches out to gently but firmly grab his hand, "Relax… You don't have to handle the weight and worries of the world all on your shoulders… Let others deal with it, too."
Izuku smiles shyly, cheeks turning red, "That's true… Thanks…"
"Besides," Bakugo says, still holding Izuku's hand and running soothing circles on the back of his palm, "there's something that I definitely need to be worried about…"
Izuku frowns, "What?"
"I haven't always been very nice to you…" Bakugo says, looking into Izuku's eyes and smiling sadly, "I bullied you from the beginning… I'm so sorry… I don't think I've ever apologized for the way I behaved back then-"
"Hey… It's okay…" Izuku says, trying to cheer Katsuki up, "I know how you feel about that stuff and I can see that you're constantly trying to make up for it… You need to let yourself relax too, you know?" He says in a teasing voice, earning a small smile from Bakugo, "And like you said yourself, this stuff already happened, there's no use worrying about it now… I don't care about what any of our classmates will have to say about that."
"I don't either…" Katsuki whispers, staring at his boyfriend in awe. He already knew that Izuku was, like, a much bigger person than he was, but his understanding nature never seemed to astound him.
"But," Izuku says, looking at Bakugo seriously, "if you don't want them to see anything that happened back then, they don't have to. I am sure that if we try, we can convince Mr. Aizawa to not show the DVDs to everyone."
"It's fine," Bakugo says, softly. He's smiling now, already feeling a lot better about the situation. "Let's wait and see what happens."
"Yeah…" Izuku says, grinning. His smile is soon wiped off his face when a thought crosses his head.
"Hold on!" He exclaims, standing up and scaring Bakugo.
"If everyone sees that they'll eventually find out that I was quirkless and All Might gave me his power! They'll know that All Might lost his quirk because… Of me…" He trails off, staring into the distance.
Oh yeah… Bakugo thinks to himself. I had completely forgotten about that.
"I am sure All Might is also worried about the same thing-"
"Indeed, I am." All Might says entering the office behind Mr. Aizawa. "That happens to be one of my major concerns… How do you feel about your classmates knowing the source of your power, Midoriya?"
"Honestly, I don't know… It's not the worst thing in the world but… Isn't it supposed to be a secret? How it is transferred, and how it evolves over time? Do you think that everyone should know?" Izuku asks All Might, who only sighs.
"If I may be allowed to throw my 2 cents in there…" Eraserhead interjects, "Look, the story of One For All has been kept under wraps for way too long. After All Might retired, everyone became concerned for his health and condition. Quirks don't just disappear after a fight. This unraveling would actually help others better understand what happened to you. Obviously, I am aware that this information could fall in the hands of people who would try to use it to their advantage, but I believe that Midoriya is not a child anymore. He has shown that he is capable of handling the power and he is growing with it. He can defend himself if need be. Of course, we are always here to help you along the way." He finishes his speech, looking at Izuku with the last sentence.
"Thanks…" Izuku says softly, not really knowing how to respond to that.
"It should be up to him," Bakugo mutters, "It's his secret… Let him decide whether he wants people to know or not." He says, not looking at either of the three.
Izuku smiles at that. Bakugo was cute, sometimes. Actually, most of the time…
"Sure…" All Might says, looking at Izuku for an answer.
"If you think it's not a bad idea, then I'm okay with it too."
"Great." Eraserhead says, "now let's discuss another important topic."