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Izuku silently sat there, looking down at his hands and lightly tracing the fading scars that adorned his pale hands.
He hadn't known what to say, it was supposed to be kept a secret, even his presence outside of the castle was supposed to be kept a secret. Yet here he was, right in front of four strangers and his old friend.
In a moment of confusion, he simply told half the truth, deciding in a haze to trust these unknown figures. "So you're telling me your practically sneaked out of the castle to just get some old rusty sword?" Though he may not have come up with the best explanation.
"K-Kind of?"
"What do you mean kind of?" Katsuki question in his regular harsh tone.
"Bakugo, chill, clearly you're not helping in this situation," Ejijro puts his hand above Katsuki's mouth, giving him his best attempt at a stern look before looking back at the two strangers with an apologetic smile.
Even with being there for quite a while, the two were still not super comfortable, their groups very outgoing personalities not helping in the matter.
"Ah, the rain stopped," Mina suddenly says, bringing the attention away from the explosive boy and towards the opening of the cave which had suddenly become more brightly lit, more than likely due to the sudden sunlight that had appeared from the disappearing clouds.
Izuku quickly decides that it was time for them to go, not because he had anything against the people in front of him, but simply because he didn't want to trouble them any more.
Suddenly noticing his absence of a shirt, he looks around for it only to notice it laying folded beside him, a noticeable blood stain on it. It looked quite disturbing, despite the many times he had seen his own blood, something about it just looked gross.
"You probably don't want to wear that at the moment, if anyone saw you, you'll definitely be questioned immediately."
A guilty look overtook his features, of course he always had to mess things up, if he just hadn't been so sensitive, then he would still have a shirt to wear.
Barely a minute passed by before something was thrown at his face, it slowly fell down onto his lap, causing him to look down and quickly spot what it was. A simple beige shirt with long sleeve. He looked up at the group in front of him trying to figure out who threw it, not because he wanted to complain about the sudden force that hit his face, but because he wanted to thank them.
"Just put on the fucking shirt, shitty fucking Deku."
His mouth slightly hands open, before a smile graces his lips. "U-Um, could y-you please turn around..?"
They all turned around, giving as much privacy as they could without leaving.
Carefully, he tried to get the shirt on, not being able to hold back a wince when it lightly graced the newly bandaged scar on his back. The fabric was rather thin, but if he wore the hood as well, he probably could avoid freezing at least in the day time. "I-I'm done.."
When they looked back at him, he couldn't help but feel his cheeks heat up, attention was after all never his favorite thing.
Together, they stood up from the rather uncomfortable ground. Ochaco begun packing up the medical supplies and as well their own blanket that she had previously been seated on.
Looking around for anything else that they might have left out, she quickly spots the hood that was simply laying in a pile against the wall. "Midoriya-kun, here."
Izuku turns around at her few words, only to be met by something swung around his shoulders and then buttoned around his neck. It reminded him of something much worse, but as soon as he spotted the younger girl's calm face, he calmed down.
"So, you're leaving now?"
Izuku turned around at the sudden voice behind him. "Y-Yeah, I'm sorry f-for disturbing your presence, b-but thank you for helping us," a small smile spread across his freckled cheeks as he bowed towards the pink girl, as well as bowing towards the rest of the group as a small gesture of gratitude.
Though, just as he was about to say something else, Mina suddenly cut him off.
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"This is fucking stupid."
No response was heard as his own group seemed to be ignoring him, talking to the now very confused cinnamon bun.
"I'm the fucking leader, not fucking Deku or round cheeks over there."
Mina shot him a quick glare as she looked back down on the map she had been sharing with Ochaco. "Well certainly that would be a quicker path, but it's much riskier."
"Fuck this, I'm leaving."
It was only when the explosive blond muttered out those words that the group actually started to acknowledge his existence. "Calm down Bakugo, we can't stay here either way, and if they don't mind, why can't we just join them?" Eijiro lays his hand on the blond's shoulder. While they all were quite close, Eijiro was most certainly the closest to Katsuki meaning it was almost always his job to calm him down.
Even with just the one simple gesture, the red head still received a glare from Katsuki. "Why the fuck would I want to be near Deku and round cheeks for any fucking longer?"
"Y-You really don't n-need to come with us if you don't w-want to," Izuku stuttered out, looking rather guilty for the scene that had been going on behind him.
There was a moment of silence before Katsuki spoke up again, a big frown on his face as he could feel his friends giving him a look that was clearly trying to convince him. "Fuck off, fine, but just until we get far enough from town," as a response to his words, his friends gave an overly enthusiastic cheer and then begun to walk again, leaving the argument behind them.
It was rather strange for Izuku, having his old friend be with him once again after not seeing him for at least five years. Not to mention, giving out information to a group of strangers that could, not that he thought they would, just walk away and end up telling numerous people. But even with the large risk, he still did it, and even let them accompany them even though he'd only known them for such a short amount of time.
Something in him just decided to trust them, and whether it was a good or bad choice didn't matter at that moment. However, he still couldn't help himself in stealing a few glances towards Ochaco, hoping that she didn't mind it either as he felt like he just suddenly threw all of them onto her shoulders.
As they are were walking down the small path hidden inside the woods, Izuku just couldn't help but wondered how things were back at home. Had the king already figured out what was happening? Or did they still have some time left to get far enough from the castle so that they wouldn't be found in an instant?
"Midoriya-kun?"
A hand waved in front of his vision as Ochaco's voice brought him out of his thoughts. "You alright, Midoriya-kun? You just stopped walking."
His eyebrows raised as he noticed all of them staring at him strangely, as if he had suddenly just grown another head. He just silently blinked before he could fully gather his thoughts and find his words that had somehow gone missing for a few seconds there. "Ah, y-yeah, sorry."
Embarrassed, he looks down at the ground before continuing to walk, the six others following shortly behind after the sudden strange scene.
An hour passed by and no other strange scenarios seemed to be happening, of course except the fact that the whole situation they are were in at the moment were rather strange.
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"Midoriya-kun?"
Ochaco's voice was barely above a whisper as the three, Izuku, Ochaco and Mina, sat near the small fire deep inside the forest. She glanced towards the four men who were sleeping in almost a pile, trying to be quiet as to not wake the four even though they seemed to already be long gone into dream land. "Y-yes?"
Even with knowing Ochaco for many weeks, he still couldn't stop stuttering, and while he was very thankful as to meet his old friend once again and have more company that was experienced with maps and such. They still didn't help much as he couldn't help himself getting nervous once someone talked to him, probably thanks to the years of not being able to voice his own opinion as a punishment almost always awaited him afterwards.
"Are you alright?"
Her voice was just as soft and sweet like always, giving him more comfort in where he was seated. "Y-yes, I'm sorry, I-I just have m-much to think about."
The three stayed silent for a moment, though fortunately, it was a comfortable silence.
That was until Mina decided to speak up. "Midoriya-kun? Oh, wait, can I call you that?"
He took a small moment to think, it was certainly nice to hear someone call him by something else than 'prince', or being super formal. "S-sure."
"Okay, I was just wondering," she paused a little, pondering if she should really ask whatever she was thinking about. "Are... are you really a prince..?"
Izuku froze up for a moment, certainly not expecting it, though he really didn't know what he was expecting. He didn't know how to answer, I mean how would he even be able to prove that he was, or at least were once a prince?
"Y-You really don't have to answer though! I was just a little hung up about what you said earlier, so what I really should have asked, is what did you mean with 'something like that'?"
Biting his lip nervously, he tried to form his words in a way that could sound a little more understanding. "W-w-well, I suppose I am a.. uh, p-prince.. but I d-don't really think I-I am one anymore.."
His words brought a small gasp out of the brunettes lips, "Really..?" Of course she had been curious about what he had meant, but she didn't really want to ask as she neither had the chance nor really wanted to since he looked rather sad once he mentioned it.
"Oh, alright, don't worry about it, I was stupid for asking," Mina gave a small apologetic smile before looking back at the fire, listening to a few sparks before a sigh left her lips. "Well, you guys should really go to bed, thanks for staying up with me but I wouldn't wanna keep you up all night."
Izuku looked up at the sky, looking for the moon only to see that it had traveled quite far across the sky, it was clear that they had stayed way past midnight and was most likely going to be very tired the following sunrise.
Deciding that it was better to just get a few hours of sleep rather than none, the three said their goodnights before the younger two laid down against the ground on top of a blanket that Mina had kindly lent them as she apparently had an extra. Laying their own blanket on top of themselves, they soon began to fall into dream land, or at least try to.
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Finally I finished, I have had such a hard time writing recently and though I thought I would be able to write more since I have break, I really just ended up writing way less.
I really want to know one thing though, do the titles of the chapters and the title of the story show up for you guys? Because when I'm checking up on the story on my phone it sometimes doesn't show up.
Please leave suggestions and feedback in the comments to help me with future chapters <3