Strength doesn't make a hero

Chapter 2.3

A/N: I'm sorry that I didn't post in a while but I had or do have some kind of writers block right now so it's hard for me to actually write something. I hope you still enjoy this chapter. And I want to thank Izzys_book_love  again because without her I wouldn't be able to post this chapter.

Since the faithful day, on which Izuku fought the Sludge Villain, his mental health had improved continually.

His last panic attack had been the one on live TV, when Dabi had saved him. But this was already a month ago.

Izuku hadn't seen Dabi since then, but he was keenly aware of the fact that Keigo and Dabi were still texting on a regular basis.

After the dinner they had shared at Keigo's place, he accidentally overheard Keigo asking for Dabi's number. With an embarrassingly sad excuse.

Izuku couldn't help but wonder why Dabi had given Keigo his number after this ignominy of an attempt to flirt. But who was he to judge. He liked Dabi and had no problem with the two of them texting.

In all honesty, Izuku wanted Keigo to have somebody to make him happy. And every time the both of them were texting, Keigo seemed to be just that. And when Keigo was happy, Izuku was happy, too. One morning Izuku had even found Keigo happily dancing through the kitchen when he had entered for breakfast.

Despite the good mood, though, that had settled in the Takami household, there were also moments Izuku wasn't cheerful.

Since he had come across his old childhood-friend he couldn't help but constantly keep an eye open in hopes he would maybe see him again. Izuku needed to know if he was alright.

When he had talked to Keigo about the whole incident, he had told Izuku about a loud, blonde boy. The green-haired boy was rather positive that he had been talking about Katsuki.

Izuku couldn't help but keep an eye open for his childhood-friend since he had recognized him back then. He had missed him for so long he didn't thought he would ever see him again. But now? Katsuki was somewhere out there, not too far from where Izuku lived. It was only natural that he would keep searching for him.

But, despite it would be easier to ask Keigo for help, he didn't ask him for help. How was he supposed to explain the situation if the other didn't even seemed to like his old best friend.

After searching for a month, Izuku finally gave up.

Not forever, though.

He was sure that they would see each other again. They had to.

Maybe at UA. Maybe while going to the supermarket. Or maybe as pro heroes. But they would find each other again, Izuku was sure of that.

But no matter how much he wanted to find Katsuki, he couldn't spend all his time on that. After all, he aimed for going to UA, and that meant hard work, studying and exercising. He couldn't solely relay on the things he had learned at the Hero Commission. He didn't want to, either. And he couldn't even be sure that it would be enough to get accepted.

After all, UA was the best hero school in Japan. It would certainly not be easy to get in.

Working out, though, turned out to be more difficult than expected.

Right after the sludge villain incident, reporters had started to swarm around Hawk's agency. The moment Izuku stepped outside to go for a run, they were on him, hassling him to get answers and comments out of him.

It wasn't until Keigo stepped in that Izuku was able to free himself. And only after Keigo officially confirmed Izuku to be his son and asked the reporters to leave him alone, the area in front of their home cleared up again. Maybe, but just maybe, because the No. 2 Hero had looked pretty intimidating when he announced this.