Chiharu stared at the empty seat beside him on the bus and sighed. Izuku had been taken back to Masutafu in a hospital an hour earlier. His arms were a priority, especially after all the damage they endured at the sports festival.
But now Haru was sitting on the bus back to Masutafu alone. Well, not exactly. There were a few people from his class scattered around but anyone who had sustained major injuries left on the earlier bus. Only those deemed 'fine' remained.
Luckily enough Chiharu only had bruised ribs and some muscle soreness. Once again, his quirk was really coming in handy. Any other person would have been pulled clean in half.
"Are you alright, Iwamoto?" Todoroki asked, startling the teen out of his daze. The boy smiled a little sheepishly.
"I guess so." He replied. Todoroki's brow furrowed.
"You haven't slept, have you?". He hit the nail on the head. Todoroki knew he had too, from the way Chiharu's small smile faltered. "Here, come sit next to me.".
Hesitantly Chiharu obliged. Todoroki handed him his sweater, wrapping it around the boy's shoulders. It was pretty big on Haru, and there was something deep and affectionate in Todoroki's eyes as he noticed that.
"T-thank you." The teen mumbled, his cheeks going bright red. This was the high school romance stuff he saw on tv. In movies. Exactly this.
A question popped into Haru's head as he relaxed into the seat, tightening his grip on the warm red sweater. Was Todoroki gay?
He hadn't really thought about it before. He hadn't met many other gay people. Keigo was really the first 'out' person he had interacted with.
But maybe Todoroki was gay. And maybe he liked Haru. But there was no way that was possible! He wasn't big and muscly or tiny and cute. He was somewhere in that boyish middle ground. Awkward and gangly with a lot of growing left to do.
As his head swam with question after question about why Todoroki, probably the most conventionally handsome guy in his class, was acting like this towards him. There was no way he liked him. Absolutely no way.
While his brain worked full tilt on exactly zero hours of sleep, Haru didn't notice as he slowly drifted off to sleep. Todoroki did though, because he Haru's head meet his shoulder. The teen blushed furiously, trying to keep it cool and not set anything on fire.
Shoto tried shifting into a different position, not quite sure he could handle a whole bus ride of Haru softly nuzzling into his shoulder but he couldn't. The moment he tried Chiharu's brow furrowed, like he was about to wake up.
He needed sleep so Shoto just sat there, trying his best not to move.
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The teen stood in front of his front door, unable to make the move to open the door. 'Dabi' hadn't been captured last night, he was still at large. But he didn't know if Keigo knew that his boyfriend was running around trying to kill children.
Yeah, Haru had learned about him during the police interviews. The security camera footage was pretty damming. He wasn't even wearing a mask.
For some godforsaken reason, Chiharu hadn't spoken up about it. The police were all busy securing evidence and dealing with the villains they had captured. Add the fact that a child was missing and he would have had to force an officer to listen to him.
Still, he should have. Because there was nothing he had dreaded more in his life than the thought that he would enter that apartment and Touya would be there. Maybe he'd be sitting on the couch, clinging to Keigo like his life depended on it. Or maybe they'd be in the kitchen, using Touya's quirk to quick fry things faster.
As ashamed as he was to admit it, Chiharu had gotten used to him too. He didn't like him or tolerate him. Totally not. At All. But Touya was a permanent fixture. He was his pseudo brother's boyfriend.
But he was also a villain and probably a murderer. He burned the shit out of Haru's teacher, the only person who had noticed how he was struggling after his parents kicked him out.
Steadying himself with a deep breath he opened the front door.
He was standing there, waiting for him.
Chiharu gritted his teeth glaring at the man in front of him.
"Haru I can explain-"
The boy didn't even flinch or stop. His fist collided with Touya's face before the man could even finish.
Blood exploded from his nose.
"Who gave you the right?" He asked as Touya stumbled back, clearly shocked. "Who gave you the right to lie to him like that?! He loved you!".
Haru swung again but Touya caught it with one hand, although it was shaky and desperate. His other hand was clutching his nose.
"Haru I need you to calm down so I can explain-" "Don't call me that!" The teen shouted, shoving the man back.
"Is this why you're dating him?" The boy asked hysterically, "So you can stalk him? Track him? Or is it so you had access to a U.A student?!". Without his permission tears gathered in the corners of his eyes.
"Touya what the fuck are you-" Keigo said, rushing into the room from the training room. He stopped when he saw the scene in front of him. "Haru!" He said, rushing towards them.
"Could everyone please calm the fuck down!" Touya grumbled, still clutching his nose.
"You tried to kill me and my friends, of course I can't calm down!" Haru shouted, "Keigo, he's a member of the league of villains! You need to get him out of here-call the police-do something!".
Instead of moving to attack the man, Keigo just ran up to the teen and threw his arms around him. His wings moved to shelter both of them from the outside world.
"I know." He said, his voice soft but resolute. Honest but sad. Chiharu felt like someone had dumped a bucket of ice water on his head.
"What....?" The teen mumbled, pulling back so he could look the hero in the eyes.
"I know, Haru. I know he's a member of the league." Keigo said. A million emotions flashed across Chiharu's face in the moment but the one that won out and stayed was betrayal.
Chiharu had such honest eyes. He couldn't hide a thing. Keigo felt his heart shatter into a million pieces at the sight of someone he loved so much looking at him like that.
"He's a double agent." The hero explained, "He's a good guy, he just has to pretend to be bad. Its not-that's not who he is, Haru.". He was desperate to have the boy understand. He couldn't lose Chiharu.
"And you trust him?" The boy hissed. Keigo nodded, absolutely honest and sure in his decision. Chiharu hesitated for several minutes. He just stood there, like he wasn't sure how to compute everything.
"You let him kidnap my classmate? What did Bakugou do to deserve this?" Haru asked finally. How could Keigo just let that happen?
"I had to. He wont be hurt, I promise." The hero assured him, "Its just to get them to trust him, I promise. Bakugou will be fine.".
"You're sure?" Haru asked, "You promise?".
"I promise." Keigo said, breathing a sigh of relief. Chiharu pulled him into a tight hug.
"I hope you're right about him." The boy whispered, sounding like he was on the verge of tears.
"I am." Keigo replied. "Who knows, maybe now that you know about his big secret you might get along a little better." He teased.
"That's not going to happen." Haru said, laughing wetly. Keigo let his wings return to their normal position and light flooded their eyes.
"Are you gonna try to beat me up again?" Touya asked. He had gotten some tissues and shoved them up his nose while they were having their conversation.
"Maybe." Chiharu said teasingly. Touya huffed out a laugh.
"You know normally I would say 'bring it on' but you've got a mean right hook kid. Damn." The man said, combing his hand through his hair. "You sure you don't have super strength.".
"Yes I'm sure." Chiharu said, rolling his eyes. "Why does everyone think I have super strength? I'm just stronger than the average person because my brain doesn't stop me from lifting things that are too heavy, or using so much force I'd break my knuckles.".
"Kid, you threw a bookshelf at a spider last week." Keigo said with a laugh.
"That's normal."Haru protested. "No, its not." The pair said in unison.
"I'm taking you to a specialist after this mess." Keigo sighed. "For now why don't we-and by we I mean Touya-answer some of your questions? This is confusing, I know but I'll try to make it better for you.".
Haru nodded and the trio sat down at the table, readying themselves for a long conversation. There were really only a handful of questions Chiharu actually had about being a double agent.
And at the top of list there was the location of the league's hide out.
He was getting his classmate back.
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I had so many scenarios in mind when I started writing Chiharu coming home to a league member in his house, but I think breaking Dabi's nose was really the way to go.
Its equal parts emotional and comical.
Also slowly, ever so slowly, they're getting a better family dynamic. 😊 Haru's gonna have two overbearing mama birds pretty soon.
Shoto's crush is honestly so wholesome. He's just a little baby gay who's still figuring everything out but also is hopelessly infatuated with his classmate 😅
Its an interesting dynamic to have because it doesn't really look like Shoto has much of a chance. Haru's liked Izuku for a decade at this point. But Izuku's sexuality isn't really clear. He's attracted to Uraraka, but he's just confused when it comes to Haru.
Anyways Stay Tuned!