What Could Have Been (vigilante deku)

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"So you guys are..like..together now?" Izuku asked with a smirk as he glanced between Minato and Jr, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively at them. The two had mutually decided that they would voice their blooming relationship at that moment instead of waiting and letting stuff build up and making it harder to spill in the future.

Jr blushed. "N-not officially."

Minato placed a hand over Jr's and grabbed it, lacing their fingers together. There had been a lot of hand holding between the two before, but this was the first time it was out in the open and had more than simple friendly intentions behind it.

"We're staring off slow." Minato said, his answer more confident then Jr's stuttered response. The red head was glad that Minato was bolder than him. He didn't have to strain himself to detail his answers. He had Minato who would do it for him.

Izuku smiled. He was just happy that Jr had someone to love that wasn't him. Now that the greenette was aware of his friend's old feelings for him, he had started seeing their relationship in a different light. He had taken advantage of it and hadn't seen just how fragile it really was. So..he was glad that Jr had someone now. He could be happy, even if Izuku somehow left the picture.

They were interrupted by a knock on the door. A doctor walked in and smiled politely. "Just came here to deliver some news." He said and grinned. "Midoriya, you're free to leave in a couple hours. Most of your tests have returned and are perfect. Not a single flaw. Once the last 3 come back, you'll be discharged."

Izuku sighed, relief overflowing himself. He may be going back to the detention centre, but anything was better than cancer and the hospital. "Thank you." Izuku said and bowed slightly, showing his respect to the man.

The doctor returned the bow with his own and waved before exiting. The doctor now gone, Hizashi spoke. "You hear that, Izu?" The blonde asked, happily. "You're leaving!"

Izuku lowered his head. "I am." He said and took a shaky breath, leaning into the warmth of his boyfriend. Izuku may have monotonously only replied with 2 words, but he was overflowing in emotion. His cancer was fricking gone. His sensei was back. He was in love. He had people who cared. His dad was less of a dick. And even though he wasn't fully okay yet, he was beginning to forgive himself.

Maybe that's what he's been missing his entire life. His own self forgiveness. Perhaps the reason he pushed everyone away wasn't just because of the fear of them losing him, but because he also equally feared losing them and it being his fault. Technically, if he lost them because he died of cancer, it was his own fault for being reckless and giving it to himself.

The door opened and a skinny blonde was shoved in by the familiar hand of Aizawa. "Everyone out, we need to speak to Izuku about something." The ravenette said seriously, glaring at everyone in there. He took the bag he had grabbed from Nezu's office and tossed it carelessly onto a chair, pushing All Might further into the room.

"Do you have to be so aggressive?" All Might asked as he stumbled and caught himself before falling. He frowned and rubbed his frail shoulder where Aizawa had been harshly shoving him.

"Would you rather I put your finger in a saw machine?" Aizawa threatened menacingly, not really that fond of the number one hero at the moment. Not like he ever had been. Even when they were teenagers, Toshinori had always been the loud kid.

All Might furrowed his brows. "What does that even have to do with anything?"

"Because, dumbass. With no fingers you can't unconsensualy slip stuff in someone's life support." The hero turned his attention back on the group of people who hadn't moved.