Izuku's P.O.V.
It's funny... It boggles my mind how the people you thought would be the nicest people, always have a bad side. It's crazy how... you make the smallest mistake... it could cost your life. All I had to do... was say "yes", and I would have lived.
It happened all the way back, in our first year of middle school. Kacchan gave me a note to meet him at the bridge that connected two parts of the city. It was... weird... He never wanted to hang out with me once I was confirmed quirkless. I shrugged it off. Maybe he wanted to bond again, and possibly be friends!
I met him at 6:30pm, exactly when the letter said to. I saw him waiting, and sighed before walking up.
"Kacchan!" I called out.
"Finally, nerd. You're here." His voice was soft for once.
"I- I saw the note, a- and I wanted to know what you had to say!"
"... Deku... I... I like you!"
"E- Eh..?"
"I've liked you since we were in elementary school. I want you to go out with me!"
"K-Kacchan... This is very sudden! I-I don't know how to feel."
"Please! I know I was an ass, but I'll change for you! I've never wanted anything more than to be with you!" He feel to his knees, in a begging position.
"I- I... No, Kacchan! I'm sorry, I don't feel the same!"
"What...?"
"I said no! I'm not comfortable being with you after everything you've done! I don't like you that way!"
"N-No...! You're supposed to say yes, stupid Deku! You're supposed to love me, then we get married!" He got onto his feet, and cornering me against the edge of the bridge.
"K-Kacchan, stop! You're scaring me! We can still be friends!"
"I'm doing SO MUCH for you right now! I'm the only person who would ever like you because you're useless! If I can't have your heart, THEN WHO WILL?!"
The last thing I remember was calling off the bridge after Kacchan's quirk went off. He screamed out something I could not hear, my ears were ringing. I reached out, but no one was there to take my hand. Then the feeling of freezing water hit my skin, then nothing.
"And that's how I died." I finished, brushing through her hair.
"That's so sad, Zuzu! That Kacchan guy sounds so mean!" She turned over to face me.
"I'm not mad anymore. We were both young and stupid. I mean... maybe it was for the best. I wouldn't have gotten anywhere without a quirk. Now, I get to live here with you."
I combed my fingers through her hair, giving a small sigh.
"Do you think Kacchan regrets what he did?"
"Maybe... How about we go take a walk? Your hair is done anyways!"
"Yaya! Mama said that the cloud beasts were going to be gathering!"
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A Kiss From the Afterlife (Ghost Deku AU)
FanfictionA victim of death, a young boy who died at an early age. Maybe he shouldn't have accepted Bakugou's request to meet him by the bridge. Maybe... He could have prevented everything if he hadn't said "No." A short story dedicated to "The Ghost Of UA" s...
