My Fictober 2021 contribution.

I'm sorry for the mistakes, English is not my native language. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer : My Hero Academia belongs to Kōhei Horikoshi.

You could have died !

Katsuki was running. He was looking for Izuku but it was impossible to find him. It was their second week of internship in their third year and what must have been a trouble-free patrol had become much more complicated when a villain attacked passers-by. Another villain had appeared and Katsuki and Izuku had been separated. And since then, Katsuki had a bad feeling. He could not have said why, but he was sure something had happened to Izuku.

The heroes had arrived and one of the villains had been overcame. Katsuki then rushed off to look for Izuku. Suddenly, he saw him. He was fighting the second villain, but something was wrong. Katsuki could see he felt drained. Before he had time to do something, Izuku launched a final attack with all his strength into it. He managed to beat the villain, but he collapsed to the ground.

'Deku !' Katsuki shouted.

He rushed over to him. Izuku was unconscious. Katsuki fell on his knees next to him. He called his name, shook him, but nothing helped. Izuku remained inert. Katsuki felt like the ground was opening under his feet. It's impossible, he thought. It couldn't end like this. It was more and more difficult for him to breathe. Rescuersarrived and took Izuku away.

~00~

Izuku opened his eyes with difficulty. His whole body was aching, he had never been in so much pain. He noticed he was in the hospital. He turned his head. He saw his mother's bag and coat lying on a chair. She must have been out for a moment and he blamed himself for worrying her again. He turned his head to the other side. Katsuki was sitting on a chair next to his bed. His elbows were on his knees and his head was buried in his hands.

'Kacchan ?'

His voice was so husky that he found it hard to recognize it. Katsuki looked up and Izuku saw tears in the corners of his eyes. But he also saw the relief in his eyes.

'You're finally awake,' he said.

Suddenly his whole body began to shake. Izuku knew him well and he knew he was shaking with rage.

'You idiot !' He said harshly. 'What were you thinking ? Can't you wait for the reinforcements to arrive ?'

His breathing was getting stronger.

'You could have died ! When I saw you on the ground, I thought I was going crazy, I thought …'

He could not speak anymore. He dissolved into tears. Izuku was the reason for his tears and he could not stand to see him suffer like this. He tried to sit down and he approached Katsuki. Without hesitate, he took him in his arms. He immediately felt his arms around him. Katsuki tears flowed and Izuku hugged him. He had the impression that Katsuki was clinging to him, as if he was afraid he would disappear.

'I can't lose you Deku. I don't know what I would do without you.'

It was the first time Katsuki had told him such a thing. Izuku hid his face in the crook of his neck. He cared about him and he made a promise to himself. He would do anything so that Katsuki would no longer suffer.

The end