Izuku had laid down on his new bed, Moon curling up next to him while purring loudly. Raising a shaking hand Izuku started petting the cat, "Should I try talking to Bakugou? He seemed almost remorseful," Izuku said talking to himself, looking up at the ceiling before sighing, "I'll have to sort out my own feelings before talking to him. But I will talk to him."
Getting up from his bed Izuku looked in the mirror while messing with his hair, maybe a haircut would help. But now the question was what style? Izuku has always wanted an undercut, that could work. Nodding to himself Izuku walked out his new room with Moon following behind him "Aizawa, can I ask you something?"
"Sure kid," Aizawa said while starting on dinner.
"I wanna get an undercut," Izuku said as he sat down at the table.
"Sure," Aizawa said while he started to set the table, "we can go after dinner."
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Katsuki was pacing in his room, he was making sure that his plan would at least get Izuku to talk to him. That's all Katsuki wanted at this point, just a chance to sit down and talk with Izuku. This would work, Katsuki had made sure of it.
His plan was simple, show Izuku that he had kept all of the sentimental things from their childhood. Katsuki would start small, that All Might keychain that Izuku gave Katsuki on his 3rd birthday. He'd hooked the keychain to his bag, making sure that it would be visible to Izuku.
Nodding at his work Katsuki got ready for classes, deciding to put his ego aside Katsuki slipped on the uniform tie. God did he hate ties, it reminded his of the sludge villain. That almost killed him if it wasn't for Izuku, damn. Katsuki should thank Izuku properly for him saving his life.
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Sitting down in his seat Katsuki waited patiently for Izuku to walk into classroom, messing with his dumb tie while he waited. Deciding his tie was too boring to play with Katsuki grabbed his homework and finished it. Only looking up when heard gasps coming from the girls, what Katsuki saw shocked him. Izuku with an undercut!
"Deku-Kun! You look so good with an undercut!" Uraraka said as she played with Izuku's hair, "and your hair is somehow still as fluffy as ever!"
"Thanks Uraraka, I got this done last night. My mom would talk about me getting an undercut, I'm glad I went through with it! My head feels a lot lighter," Izuku said rubbing the back of his head before looking over at Todoroki, "what's up Todoroki?"
"You talked about your mother in past tense," Todoroki said not missing a beat. Todoroki meant well, Izuku knew that much. But he was a little emotionally stunted, so he didn't know how to read social ques.
Taking a deep breath Izuku smiled sadly before speaking, "that's because a few days ago. My mom passed away," Izuku said as he looked at his locket, "she died due to a heart condition."
"I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have said anything," Todoroki tried to apologize to Izuku but he was cut off by said boy.
"It's okay Todoroki, I know you mean well. Besides, I'm healing in a much better environment," Izuku explained as he noticed Katsuki watching him, "I'll be right back."
Walking over to Katsuki's desk Izuku sat down in his seat, "hey, Bakugou," Izuku said calmly not trying to start a fight with the blonde.
"Hey Midoriya," Katsuki said back as he looked up at the green haired boy, "look I'm so sorry about everything that I did growing up."
"I know, but at the moment, I'm figuring out my feelings about all of this," Izuku said smiling softly at the blonde, "I think for now, the best option for the both of us. Is to wait and see what happens."
"Agreed, does mean I can take off the tie?" Katsuki asked looking at the tie like it offended him, seeing Izuku nod Katsuki ripped off the tie and threw it out the window, "thank god! Because fuck ties. They remind me too much of that D.I.Y slime guy, and thanks for saving me from him."
"I didn't exactly save you from him," Izuku said looking down at his scared hand, "all I really did was by you some time to breathe, even then it wasn't enough time."
"It was plenty of time," Katsuki said as he pulled out a note from his bag, "my parents watched the attack as it was happening. When I got home they wouldn't shut up about how thankful they are of you, according to them. Your their hero."
"I am? I didn't even know that they said that," Izuku said as he gently took the note Katsuki gave him, "I'll unblock them."
"Why'd you even block them in the first place?" Katsuki asked turning around in his seat to look directly at Izuku, "They tried calling you the day Auntie passed, but the couldn't get through."
"I think I did it because I knew you'd try to get in touch with me through them," Izuku said as he gently opened up the note, "I might have overreacted just a tiny bit."
"I noticed that you got rid of your All Might stuff, how come?" Katsuki asked genuinely curious about the answer.
"I got rid of it because it reminded me just how much mom loved me, I didn't throw anything away. I just sold all the posters, and donated all of the figures to an orphanage," Izuku said as starting to silently read the note, "Turns out that 10th anniversary poster for All Might went for a lot of money."
"Yeah? What are you going to do with Auntie? She and Ma never really talked about funeral plans," Katsuki said before continuing, "I know Ma wants a god damn Viking funeral, whatever that is."
"Viking funerals are when you place the dead body on a wooden boat and you set the boat on fire," Izuku explained finishing up reading the letter, "And for mom, I'm not sure. I could do what we did with Papa."
"That's the first time you brought up Uncle Hasasi in a while," Katsuki said before remembering something he did want to give Izuku, "Auntie did say that she wanted you to have something of his actually."
"What? She kept most of his things in a safe, but I wonder if Auntie Mitsuki knows the code to it," Izuku said as he started to go into a muttering storm until he saw what Katsuki was holding, "is that his mouthguard?"
"Yep," Katsuki said as he handed it over to Izuku, "And yes Ma does know the code to the safe, she said she'll give it to you on your birthday."
"It's in perfect condition, Aizawa is going to love seeing this again," Izuku said as he held the guard in his hands.
"They knew each other?" Katsuki asked surprised that what he heard, "how and why?"
"They went to UA together," Izuku said as he got up from his chair to hug Katsuki, "thank you, this is the best thing you ever did."
"Your welcome Midoriya," Katsuki said as he hesitatly hugged back, not wanting to hurt Izuku again. But they were making progress! That made Katsuki smile brightly.
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Dear Izuku,
If your reading this than it means I died on the line of duty. I told Inko to hold onto this for me until you got into UA, I knew you had it in you son. On my deathbed I was told about you being quirkless. Know that changes nothing between us.
I think you will be a terrific hero, and I know that you will live by my ideals. Those of saving everyone you can no matter what. I know you also looked up to All Might, and I'm sure you're going to make him so proud of you if you ever meet him.
Inko is also so very proud of you Izuku, I know because I am. You have this ability to just inspire all those around you. You've inspired me to be the hero I was, and I know you'll inspire those that come after you.
Love your papa, Hasasi.