Goodbye Kacchan.
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Katsuki Bakugou's POV
I pulled back from Auntie Inko's embrace, "W-what do you mean you always knew?"
The mother of the boy that I loved more than anything in the world only smiled with her tear stained cheeks, "It wasn't very hard to tell you know. In the beginning, I always thought you were the mean boy that called my son Deku. But once I started to watch over you two when Mitsuki was gone, everything clicked in my head. I watched you everyday and I learned something about the way you acted every single day. I am and adult, much older than you Katsuki. After a while, you start to understand the difference between childhood sweethearts and true love. And there I was, a grown adult, who forgot all about those silly little elementary school things. That one saying? 'You know if he's mean to you, it really means he likes you' and oh boy did I see that in you."
I blushed lightly between these ugly and weak sniffles that kept pouring out of me. There was no way that I was that easy to read? I had always been the strong and tough Bakugou that no one dared to approach. Who knew the boy who would make me soft was the one who I pushed away all my life? Why didn't I just accept how he felt, how I felt, before? Her hand found its way to my cheek once more, wiping away tears that still managed to escape my eyes.
"But you were not always mean to him, so please don't blame yourself for his actions. I saw the way you put him down then pick him right back after. I saw the way that you hated seeing him sad, crying, or hurt. I saw the way you looked at him with anything but genuine hatred. You were only mean to him not because you hated him, because you loved him. I honestly could never understand the reasoning behind that, but what more could a mother ask for. There was someone out there who loved my dear Izuku in a way that overpowered any love I could give him. You are all I could ever ask for my son to have. Thank you so much." Her sniffles turned into a warm and welcoming smile.
"I-I don't understand. Ho-How come you're not angry with me? I didn't protect him. He's gone now and it's all my fault. I can't smell his warm inviting fresh cookie scent. I just want to see him, I just want to tell him how I really feel and fix all of this. I just want to hold him in my arms and explain to him that everything will be okay now that I'm here." I clasped my hands together, pressing my nails so deep into my skin that I started to draw blood.
She wobbled as she got up. Auntie Inko held out her hand for me. I unclasped my hands and took it gently into mine, giving it a light squeeze. I got up and followed her down the hallway into Deku's room. It was strange. Sure I have been to Deku's house whenever my mother and his wanted to meet up, but it had been years since I had last been in his room. Would it be the same? I watched as she pulled open the door slowly and revealed what lay behind it.
And honestly, it hasn't really changed. Maybe the sheets changed but it was the same nerdy room I remembered. The walls were covered in different types of All Might posters. His desk was lined with all types of All Might action figures, rare limited ones to ones you could find at your local grocery store. I found myself smirking at the sight of it, he's always going to be a nerd, isn't he?
Auntie Inko went to his closet and moved a bunch of his clothes out the way and pulled out a box. It was a simple plain orange box that looked like it had faded over time.
She walked back over to me and handed it to me, "I wasn't supposed to know that he had this. I used to walk into his room all the time and he would throw this box into a corner and pretend he was working on homework or something. I always pretended not to notice. It was none of my business so I never prodded at it. If he wanted me to know about it, he would've told me. If he ever finds out that I showed this to you, I'm honestly going to get a real earful from him, but I feel like this is something you should see."
I took the box into my hands and examined it closely. On the top scribbled in what I can only describe as a child's handwriting, were the words:
'FOR KACCHAN, MY BEST FRIEND IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!'
I was about to open it when a smaller and much neater printed in the right corner of the box caught my eye.
'for the person who is, and always will be, my hero.'
"Oh Katsuki, I could only imagine what it's like not knowing where your mate is." Then she left me in his room, dumbfounded with the box in my hands.
I slowly took off the lid, unsure what was going to be in it. My breath caught in my throat and I fell back into his bed. There were countless pictures of us when we were kids. Some were when we were in middle school, and a couple were even from U.A. The pictures weren't the only things that were in that pale orange box. There were old birthday cards, drawings that we made together, small gifts, wilted flower crowns, and so many other collected memories from our past that we shared. Before I realized it, I found more tears springing from my eyes.
I picked up one of the photos and it struck me directly in the heart. It was a picture of Deku waving to me before I left on a week vacation to a different city that was three hours away from where we lived. I remembered that day so clearly now.
(Flashback!)
"Come on Katsuki, we have to go now. Your dad is waiting for us in the car," my mom pulled at my arm clearly annoyed.
"But Mom! I want to stay here and play with Deku! I don't want to go away." I growled at her, explosions sparking in my palm.
My mother kept pulling at me but I placed my hand on her arm, burning her slightly. She yelped in pain and pulled back her arm. I took my chance and ran into Deku's house. Auntie Inko came out with a smile on her face and led me to Deku's room. He was watching an All Might video, the one he always watches. I came up beside him which made him jump in his seat and turn around.
"Deku!"
A wide and genuine smile flooded into his features, "Kacchan! You're home! Well, I mean you're in my home but it's the same thing."
"Of course you silly Deku, we will live in the same home when we are big and strong pro heroes!"
We began to play for a few minutes. I loved playing with Deku, he was weak and I was strong. We made the best pair, we always would. He ran around the room with an All Might doll in his hand while I chased him around the room pretending I was villian. It would go on like this everyday until it was night but not today.
"Where is my brat?" my mother's voice was heard clear as day.
Deku frowned and looked at me in confusion. I quickly explained to him the situation. He nodded and sat on his bed with his action figure, acting like nothing had happened and overtop of that, acting like I wasn't there at all. I turned and ran into his closet, hiding amongst his assorted All Might merchandise.
"I'm sorry Mitsuki! I thought Katsuki just came around to play like he usually does, I totally forgot about your trip. Here I'll walk you to Izu's room." Their footsteps became louder and louder until the door swung open.
"Katsuki, you better get out here before I come and forcibly drag you out of this house."
"K-Kacchan is not here!"
"Izuku come on you know it's bad to lie to Auntie Mitsuki." His mother warned him.
"B-b-but."
I could hear the sniffling and that's when I came out. God I hated it when that weak nerd cried. My mother was looking at me with glaring eyes. Her arm was now covered in a bandage. I walked over to Deku and pulled him into my arms, stroking his back softly.
"Let's go Katsuki."
I nodded, there was no way of getting out of it now that my mom told Auntie Inko. Gently, I pulled away from my weeping friend. He only gripped onto my body harder.
"Don't g-go Kac-Kacchan!" He wailed.
I smiled and leaned my forehead on his, wiping away his tears. Deku kept hiccuping and crying. I used more force and pulled myself away from him completely but not forgetting to hold onto his hand. We walked out of his house together. My dad was waiting outside patiently tapping his finger on the driver's wheel to the rhythm of the music.
"Time to say goodbye now Katsuki and Izuku," Auntie Inko's voice spoke softly.
I pulled away and waved at him. Quickly, I scrambled into the car and rolled down my window. My eyes met Deku's bright green crying ones. He had his hands held out, opening and closing them in a grabbing motion. His mother had to hold him in place to prevent him from running into the car and going on the trip with me. I smiled at the thought of it.
"Don't go Kacchan! You can't leave me behind!"
I only held out my pinky to him and he pushed away from his mother. He ran as fast as his little legs could take him and stood at my car window. Our pinkies interlocked and we stayed there for a minute not saying a word. Our mothers only stood and watched us from a far, admiring how close a pair of best friends could get.
"You promise you'll be back for me right? You promise you won't go away forever?" His eyes were locked onto mine, searching for any bit of reassurance in my eyes.
I leaned out my window until I was right next to his ear and whispered quietly, "I'll always come back for you Deku. This is my home after all, isn't it?"
(End of flashback!)
I clenched at the part of cloth that was over my chest, as if it was suffocating me. I kept pulling out more and more pictures, each with a nostalgic memory behind it. Not all of them were good memories but they were still memories of a time that me and Deku spent together. More and more tears kept pouring out of my eyes. The nerd really kept all of our memories inside this damn box.
I don't even remember how long I was there, it could have been a couple minutes or it could have been a couple hours. My hands seemed to be working on their own. I kept pulling out the contents of the box, one after another. Until it all ran out. I found myself looking at the bottom of an old orange box. There was more writing there, in the same child's handwriting.
'HERE'S TO ALL THE MEMORIES THAT WE MADE!'
And of course, written in the bottom corner,
'here's to all the memories we have yet to make,
I love you Kacchan.'
My heart began to beat faster and I shot up from where I was sitting. All this time, while I was beating on him and taunting him, he still kept collecting little knick knacks from our past. If this boy wasn't my soulmate, I wouldn't want anyone else anyway. This was the only boy I loved and could ever love and he was somewhere out there suffering over one big misunderstanding. If only I could explain to him. Everything was so overwhelming but I knew one thing. I needed to find him because that night on New Year's Eve, I promised him something.
I promised you I would find you and I would never let you go.
So please Deku, wherever you are, let me live up to that promise.
Izuku Midoriya's POV
I watched the blur of buildings flicker before my eyes. The car ride was silent and I was beyond grateful for that. Everything just felt so empty now. The sky could have never been more blue but I still felt today was dark and grey. Maybe storms only happened within.
"One last time Midoriya, once we get on that plane and leave to America, there's no turning back. Are you really sure that you want t leave all of this behind? Your friends? Your mother? Him?"
"I promise All Might, this is what I want."
We pulled up at the airport and began to unload our bags. Luckily, no one really noticed All Might going to the dorms for some reason. He took everything I needed and came back out saying that everyone was out doing something at the time. They were probably in class. It turns out that All Might had been to the United States before, and he even had a house there that we could stay at. I should have known that though, he is the world's Symbol of Peace. He was basically worshipped everywhere that he went.
"Sir?"
I looked back up and locked eyes with the woman at the counter.
"Your bag please?" I handed her my bag and she gave me my boarding pass.
Gate 78, Flight CA0812, From Japan to U.S.A.
I was really doing this, wasn't I? Running away from my problems and never coming back? Yes, that was exactly what I was doing. We walked in another awkward silence to security. I honestly always thought this was the worst part about traveling. I hated hated hated hated security. It gave me anxiety because I always felt like something was going to go wrong.
But as usual, nothing happened. Well I mean, nothing happened other than being swarmed by All Might fans from all over the world who were visiting Japan at the time. Most of them were crazy fangirls while there were a couple younger boys that squealed. I smiled at them, they reminded me too much of myself.
"And this, everyone," All Might pulled me into the middle of the crowd, "Is going to be your new Symbol of Peace! I promise you, he will keep you all safe."
I smiled an even wider smile and waved to all of them, "Hello, my name is Deku and I promise to protect you all!"
They all cheered and soon enough I was being asked questions by random people and signing literally everything in sight. I felt a slight twang of pain in my chest when I introduced myself as Deku though. It was a name so closely linked to the boy I was so desperately trying to let go of. But it was my hero name, it was something that had its meaning changed. It wasn't useless Deku anymore, it was the Deku that means I can do it. I can get over you Kacchan, I promise you that much.
By a hair, All Might and I escaped the grasps of random fans. We were literally out of breath by the time we arrived at our gate. I couldn't help but laugh. Could I really handle all of this in the future?
"It feels good to hear you laugh again, my boy."
I looked up at All Might, "So what exactly is the plan when we get there?"
"There's not exactly a plan but I already contacted the school and told them about this trip. Well, I mean I didn't really call it a trip of course. I said it was studying abroad to get a better taste of how villain and life in general was like out of Japan. Your mother should be getting a phone call from the school soon. As of right now, you are completely in my care."
I nodded and was about to speak again when he interrupted me by saying, "Don't think this is just a trip for fun though, I am taking every opportunity to train you so you can be an amazing successor to the title, Symbol of Peace."
Once again, I nodded. As much as I wanted to think about how fun this trip would be, I couldn't think of anyone else other than Kacchan, Kacchan, and Kacchan. He was all that filled my mind and honestly it had been this way for too long. Something in my heart kept aching. Maybe I was excited to leave him behind in my past. Maybe I was a little bit sad to let someone who played such a big role in my life go. I wasn't just a little sad. I thin anyone could tell, I was literally leaving across the world to get rid of these feelings for him. To finally get him out of my head.
"Now boarding flight CA0812 to America."
We both got up and made our way to the man that was checking out boarding passes. I waited patiently in line. A part of me wished this was some type of cliche movie where the love interest found the person they were looking for just as they were about to board the plane. I smiled at that silly thought as I gave my boarding pass to the man. but maybe I'd just check you know, just in case. So I turned around and
there
he
wasn't.
I sighed quietly to myself as All Might and I made our way through the crowd and onto the flight. We were sitting first class because All Might was basically royalty. The first class seating was pretty cool but honestly pretty empty. Each passenger basically got a small room. It had snacks, a television, and chairs that could fold out into a bed. I chose a seat near the window? it was pretty much more secluded than the rest of the small rooms. I liked it though, I would be able to watch over Japan while we flew over it.
It took around twenty minutes for everyone to board and then we were off. I felt my heart jolt as the airplane took off. Looking out the window, everything that I knew and became so familiar with all my life was slowly drifting away. I watched as the buildings became smaller and smaller and the people basically disappeared.
This was it, this is where my life would begin.
Even through that whole, here's where my life actually begins, I found myself pressing my hand up against the window. I had to say something to him. Say something to him one last time before I would completely let myself let him go. I looked back down into the small bunch of buildings that I used to be able to call my home.
Quietly, under my breath I whispered to him,
"Goodbye Kacchan."
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