That morning, Izuku wasn't able to walk with me to school so instead Kacchan and Kirishima. I would be lying if I said their friendship wasn't odd. It was a love, hate kind of thing but then again, so was everyone's relationship with Kacchan.
As I followed behind Kacchan with Kirishima at my side, we stopped at a light to wait for our time to cross the street. As I did, something caught the corner of my eye causing me to look over. Down a few houses was a man in a dark cloak, standing in the shadows. I couldn't really see his face, just his silhouette but I could feel his eyes piercing into me. Chills crawled up my spine as I continued to stare at the ominous figure.
I was pulled out of my thoughts by the sound of someone yelling at me.
"YOU COMING DUMBASS?!?? DON'T MAKE ME LATE AGAIN OR ILL KILL YOU!!!" Kacchan screams at me from the other side of the road. I roll my eyes at his words and proceed across the street to catch up with the two boys. As we continued to walk, I looked back to where the man was but he was gone.
"You okay Y/n?" Kirishima asks from besides me. I look up at him and flash him a toothy grin.
"Yeah just imagining things."
When we arrived to school, Izuku was outside waiting for me. I gave Kirishima a small fist bump and waved bye to Kacchan before going over to Izuku.
"Goodmorning Sunshine." He greets me happily. I lean over and peck his cheek causing his face to flush a light pink.
"Morning Broccoli, how was training this morning?" I ask him.
"It was okay I guess, same as always. There's only so much he can show me, I have to figure the rest out for myself." He responds as we begin to walk into the school.
"Well....It shouldn't be long before you figure out a fighting style that suits you and one for all best." I shrug.
As we made our way towards the classroom a familiar brown haired girl stood outside the door, searching through the crowd of students until her eyes landed on us. My stomach and chest tightened and suddenly I felt anxious. I never thought about how this might affect our friendship with Ochako. I didn't want things to be awkward between us, I wanted us to keep being friends but at this point it was completely up to her.
As we approached her, I watched as she nervously twiddled her fingers and her face became red. She lowered her head and stared down at the ground as she began to spoke.
"Hey um.....I....I just wanted to say I'm really sorry about....you know....the other day...," She apologies before looking back up at us, "I don't want you guys to feel uncomfortable around me and think things have changed when they haven't. I still want to be friends." I give her a large smile and approach her, wrapping my arm around her shoulder.
"Nothing has changed one bit. You're still our best friend." I respond her. She looks over at me and grins before hugging my side.
"Really?" She asks in disbelief as she looks back and forth between Izuku and I.
"Yeah, it was all a misunderstanding due to lack of communication. I don't think anyone can be mad about that." I chuckle.
"Well good, and As long as you guys are happy then I'm happy."
And like that, things were back to normal. Things were peaceful and now it seems like we can have a normal school life and relationship. No more heralds, drama and etc. Just us trying to become heros.
URGENT READ BELOW ⬇️
This update is super short becaaauuussseeeeee IM PUTTING THE NEXT PART INTO BOOK 2. Yep, book 2. This book was just getting super long and I wanna evenly space things out so I'm doing a book 2 of this story. Does it make sense? Probably not but I already started it so it's too late.
Same characters, same story with new arcs and new characters. It's gonna be epic y'all! So look out for when I publish book 2.
You Make Me Strong 2:
Even in darkest times
COMING TO A WATTPAD NEAR YOU
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In the future....maybe? Maybe not?
(Warning If you don't read the manga maybe don't read this. I don't read it but I spoil myself with Twitter and TikTok so I know a little bit of whats going on. ANYWHO YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED)
The sound of the door opening and closing snapped me out of my deep thoughts. It's been happening a lot lately. Being unable to focus, constantly falling out of reality and into a completely different world. A world where he.......he was still around. A world where he chose us...and not some other path.
Warm hands were placed on my arms as I felt the familiar heat of someone's lips on the back of my neck. I forced a smile as I turned my head to see the familiar face I've grown to love over the years.
"How was patrol?" I ask him. He removes his hands from my arms and trails them down until they're placed on my growing stomach.
"Long, a building was set on fire luckily we were able to get everyone out." He sighs heavily, nuzzling his face into the crook of my neck.
"Were you hurt?" I ask him in concern.
"Just a few scratches, nothing big." He replies. Before I could ask him a question, one I asked everytime he came home, a question he hated me to ask because deep down he knew he wouldn't be able to give me the answer I craved; The sound of small feet came down the hall, followed by giggles.
He removed himself from me and turned around to see a bouncing little girl rush towards him. Her eyes bright crimson like his own but her hair resembling mine.
"There's my little firework." He beams at her as he scoops her up into his arms. She giggled and wrapped her small arms around his large body.
"Did you get the bad guys today?!" She asked in excitement.
"Of course I did! What kind of hero would I be if I didn't catch all the bad guys to keep you and mommy safe?" He grins cockily. I roll my eyes as I smile at them.
She adored her father more than anything. He was her number 1 hero, her world, and wanted to be just like him. She not only had his explosive personality but explosive quirk as well, mixed with mine. She was a force to be reckoned with, just like Katsuki...aka Dynamite.
"Can I watch tv before dinner daddy?" She asks her dad.
"Hmmm I don't know about that one, gotta ask mamma." He grins down at her before they both look over at me.
"That's fine but when I call dinner, your butt better be in your chair at the table. Okay missy?" I instruct her. She nods as she wiggles out of her fathers embrace. Before she dashes off to the living room, she pecks my belly and giggles.
"Hi Izuku." She hums to my belly before running off. I smile as I watch her run off before looking over at Katsuki who now had a sad expression. I knew why and I knew better than to ask. We would be bringing our son into this world, named after one of best friends who was nowhere to be found....Just a legend.....A shadow....
He was the one that came up with the name and it shocked me. He didn't really like talking about him. Maybe because of the path he chose or maybe because he knew deep down....I still loved Izuku. But he was gone and I needed to realize that.
When he left Katsuki and I became closer and closer, bonding over our shared pain until it grew into something more. After UA, we became pro heros and then we got married. While I was pregnant with our little girl, I took a break and than once she was born I went back into the hero business. But now that I'm pregnant with our little boy, I decided to retire completely and focus on parenting. I help out at Katsuki' agency though, filling out required papers, bringing in new interns, and other stuff. It wasn't the life I trained for but I knew parenting and being a hero would be stressful especially if something happened to both of us....
I didn't plan on this life. Honestly I thought I'd be with someone else and doing other things but I'm happy. And Katsuki has made me feel loved, safe, and has brought me comfort in my darkest times....So I should just forget Izuku.....
I go over to Katsuki and wrap my arms around his torso, doing my best to hold him with my giant belly in the way.
"I think sometime this week we should call your mom, have her watch lil one and go out for a date night when you don't have to work." I suggest. He looks down at me, placing his hands on my hips as he grins.
"That doesn't sound like a bad idea. Where would you want to go?" He asks me, starting to sway me back and forth a bit.
"Mmmmm how about our favorite ramen spot?" I suggest. He lets out a small laugh at my suggest.
"We haven't been there since we were in school Y/n, I doubt it's still there."
"It is, I looked it up dummy." I argue.
"Okay idiot we'll go. I'll take you on Thursday since that's my day off, I'll go call mom." He chuckles. He kisses my cheek before releasing me and heading back to our shared bedroom.