Katsuki and Y/n finally decided they are going to keep this from Izuku. At all costs, it isn't long before her parents are back home and they probably already know. She needs to speak with them soon.
"Can you believe it?" The female asks with a faint smile as they walk up the stairs, mind to head to her room.
"What?" Katsuki has his bag over his shoulder, giving the female a bored glance.
"That a few months ago, we meet. Screwed up Izuku's locker, had a fight with each other and then now....we are stuck together" She keeps chucking lightly, not knowing if it's a happy laugh.
Bakugou gave off a smile in return. It had all been a crazy ride for everyone. They absolutely hated each other, but now it seems they all need each other in a way.
"So what? You gonna live with us too now" She laughs and opens the door to her room.
"Not for too long, just until it gets safe" He jokes back and throws his bag on the floor and basically jumps on her bed.
"Well, you'll have no problem feeling at home" She rolls her eyes.
"K-Kacchan?!" A voice makes the teens turn around. Izuku stands there shocked and a bit overwhelmed to see his childhood friend.
"Hey nerd" He grins, "What took you so long, you've been in that bathroom for an hour" He moves to sit up.
Izuku immediately blushes and hides his face. "That's not relevant! What are you doing here?"
"Well I came to stay with you two, I wanna make up for lost time" It was scary how good Bakugou was at lying. Or maybe...it wasn't a full lie.
Y/n shakes her head and interferes, "Bakugou is going to stay here for a while. Is that okay Izu?" She smiles sweetly at him.
Izuku hesitates, not because he doesn't want Bakugou to stay here. But why? He already feels like something is wrong. However, the curly haired boy pushes those thoughts at the back of his mind and replies:
"Sure, that's fine"
Y/n clasps her hands in delight. If they just kept the act going on for a while, the police will find Rose and give her the punishment she deserves. Everything will be fine.
"So, anyone want food?" The girl asks as the two boys quickly nods, "I'll make us something to eat while you two just hang around—and NO peaking into my stuff!" She glares at the blond before leaving out the room.
"So Deku, what do you think she is hiding in this drawer?" Bakugou smirks deviously as he isn't the one to follow orders. He walks closer to the drawer before Izuku yelps forward and grabs his arm.
"Kacchan!! Don't do that, she's gonna kill you" Izuku panics as Bakugou laughs, giving Izuku a ruffle on the head.
"Don't worry so much, I wouldn't do that...besides it's probably filled with girl stuff that I don't want to see" He gags and walks over to his bag to shuffle for something.
"Yeah...hey Kacchan?" Izuku stands behind him, he had been meaning to ask him for a while. "Are w-we friends now?"
Bakugou stops his movement, just staring at the floor. It makes Izuku even more nervous but he silently waits for his answer.
"If you've forgiven me...for everything I've done. If you can still trust me to be your friend, if you can still look into my eyes," Bakugou starts and then pulls something out of his bag, hiding it behind his back. "Then yes, we are friends"
Izuku starts tearing up, all this time. All he ever wanted in life was to be accepted by Kacchan. Maybe now...he can finally be free?
Then the blond boy shows Izuku something. It's something he has been working on for a long while. Izuku gasps, it can't be.
"I managed to get you a new one. The art may not be exactly the same, but at least it's a pretty similar duplication" It's his hero analysis for the future. It's in Izuku hands again. Izuku can't believe it. His hero book is back.
"I'm sorry for ruining your dream. You deserve to be happy" Bakugou says and Izuku can see the guilt in his red eyes.
"K-Kacchan" Izuku starts crying heavily before embracing the boy in a tight hug. "Thank you" He keeps muttering while clenching Bakugou's shirt tight.
"I'm....I hope one day, no matter what happens. You get the life you've always wanted" The red eyes boy mutters while rubbing his hair gently, "I'm going to be right there with everyone else. Your life is precious, please don't take it away"
The words Izuku needed to hear. But at the same time. Bakugou is dying with guilt. He needs Izuku to keep hope because one thing for sure. Rose is still out there.
"I won't Kacchan, I'll fight. I won't do it again. I'm not alone anymore, I have you, Y/n and Todoroki. I'll do my best just like you all have been doing for me" Izuku still buried in Bakugou's chest, crying and feeling overwhelmed.
But what he doesn't notice is Bakugou's expression. He's worried. And he can't put any burden on his friend.
Bakugou pulls Izuku closer and buries himself on his shoulder. "No matter what happens, I'll do better. I'll be a better person"
Izuku smiles, realizing how much he has changed from just last year. Everything has changed and it feels good.
The girl walks into the room with a tray full of delicious food. Her eyes widened seeing the sight in front of her. She puts the tray down and practically jumps onto the boys, causing them both to laugh.
"I love you guys!!" Y/n declares, eyes shut close. "Even if Bakugou is a dick" She quickly says before the blond has a chance to grab her.
"Kacchan! Y/n, p-please calm-" Izuku is shut quiet as a pillow is thrown into his face.
"You fucking stupid or something? can't even aim at me" Bakugou teases with a challenging smirk.
"Hey, I still kicked your ass without a quirk, isn't that right Izu?" She crosses her arms confidently.
"Uhm yeah..." Izuku nervously looks down to the floor, afraid of angering the ticking time bomb.
"Butt cheeks, you promised that when we become friends or whatever, we'd have a dual" This made Y/n think back to that time, it is unbelievable how much has happened since. "So let's fight right now!" Bakugou grins and turns on his quirk, letting ashes rise from his palms.
Y/n and Izuku stare at Bakgou like he is an idiot. He knows how destructive her quirk is and still asks her to fight him right on the spot? The h/c haired girl isn't about to ruin her home and get spanked by her mother later--yes spanked.
Izuku giggles from next to her. Bakugou's explosive demeanor isn't anything new to him, it's just seeing it in a new light what makes him so internally happy. He would never believe if someone told him that this would happen in his future.
"Yeah, yeah. We can fight another day" She rolls her eyes, "Besides, I'm hungry as fuck so let's eat my homemade enchiladas!" The female quirks up. Truthfully she has already forgotten the dreaded new Bakugou came to tell her.
It's crucial to keep Izuku's mind at rest. He is just getting past the trauma and at the same time battling his inner demons. He needs to be at peace, at least here...in her home. She will do anything to keep him safe.
As the teens put the tray on the floor and start sharing their food, eating happily together. Izuku can't help but feel tears of joy brink his eyes. Was it for the very first time seeing hope lay before him?
Can that be shattered at any moment?
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A heavy metal door creaks open, inflating the once dark room in a distinguished light. The woman smiles to herself and enters, having black gloves on. In the middle of the room lays a black desk, shiny and clean except for the spread out map revealed to her eyes and interest.
Before she can take a step forward, a deep voice stops her. "Ah dear, I see you are back for a visit?" The man wearing a dark cloak spoke, emerging from the shadows of the room. It did frighten the woman at first, but she quickly recalls the familiarity.
They are family after all.
"It's good to see you again" The man steps closer, revealing his form. Dark and elegant shoes step closer to her body and he runs a simple finger through her brown locks, stopping right behind her ear to whisper "But you aren't here for a nice visit, are you? Not without a motive?" She can feel his growing smirk.
The female gives out a simple and light-hearted laugh, making the room echo it back. "Oh you know me too well dear old uncle~" She turns slightly, only giving him a side glance. "I'm here because firstly, I finished my mission at the hospital" She grins and pulls out a small chip that held hundreds of files of patients and uncovered secrets of the hospital, but that is irrelevant.
Her uncle quirks up a brow as he catches the blue chip in his hands, inspecting it before nodding approvingly. "So fast my dear, I'm proud" He takes his moment to silently sit on his desk, one knee propped the other. "But you are here for more? or else you would just give me this through my other members" He smiles maliciously.
"And secondly~I did have a little of fun in the hospital, but now I'm here for my revenge" Her voice seeps out with venom, "And I need your help" She turns to fully face him, her fingers grazing each other.
Her uncle smiles in delight. Of course, his niece would play the dirty cards, he just wonders who the poor soul being targeted is.
And he will make sure that they will remember her name.
// Important note//
Firstly - I'm sorry for not writing for over three weeks. I usually write one chap every week. The true reason for the great delay is the fact that my mom got admitted to the mental hospital (Todoroki vibes going on here)
She has been in and out of the hospital all my life, so I'm pretty used to it. It just takes a lot out of me every time. I'm sorry. So with a heavy heart, I managed to write this fluffy and cute chapter today - hope it does not disappoint too much<3
Lastly - This is the last episode of THIS arc. The next arc won't be this long aha, so it means we are over halfway to the story sadly. BUT everything will be written here, it's just the storyline will change a little from the first arc from here on.
Thank you all so much for the support of this book and yes I have everything planned out from the very start. Just the support is amazing and I love you all so much, writing is the joy of my life.
Lots of love 💕
~Hazel