Four Clans One Heart

Chapter Ten: Dragged Under

With the drama out of the way they can continue shopping for some more of the ingredients.

While they're browsing through a shop looking for their item Izuku feels a tingling feeling in his neck just before his head suddently jurks to the side. His anxiety levels spike instantly. Oh no not now he thinks to himself.

Shoto rounds the corner sensing the anxiety coming from his shorter mate. "Bakugo is paying for the stuff. He said to wait outside for him," Izuku simply nods his head in response not trusting his voice.

As they leave the shop Midoriya's nose scrunches a few times and his tounge clicks in his mouth. Stop, stop, stop! Suppress them before they find out he screams in his head. "Are you okay? You're a bit; twitchy," he knows Shoto is only trying to look out for him but his words just make Izuku more worked up which always makes his tics worse.

His foot taps on the ground twice like a rabbit as his head twitches. "Please try to *growls* sorry, ignore it," his face is red with embarrassment and frustrated tears collect in the corner of his eyes. "Hey it's okay. There's not need to get worked up over it," Shoto reassures him. He releases some calming pheromones and sees Izuku's tense shoulders begin to relax.

Just as Shoto is about to ask what's going on Bakugo exits the shop. "C'mon losers," he starts walking away before the other two can respond. Midoriya suddently blurts out "*shut up*," and quickly slaps a hand over his mouth. Bakugo stops in his tracks and turns around to glare at Midoriya "S-sorry Kacchan! I can't *mmmhm* stop them," his head snaps so hard to the side it hurt his neck. Katsuki's gaze softens.

"It's okay, I know you can't. Where's your meds?" Shoto has never heard Katsuki's voice so gently before. "They're at my old home. I *tounge clicks* haven't been able to take them," Katsuki gently rubs his head "You go get them and give us the list. We'll finish up the ingredients needed here," Izuku nods his head with a nose scrunch before leaving.

"What's wrong with Izuku?" Shoto asks not overly liking being left in the dark. "The nerd has Touette syndrome. It's a neurological disorder that causes involuntary movement and noises to happen called tics. He takes these special berries at the start of each month that surpresses them completely," Shoto quietly follows Bakugo as they manover around the village, taking in all the information given to him.

"So back there he was ticing? Why didn't he tell us?" Bakugo let's out a sigh "It's simple really he doesn't like having them. He thinks he's a freak and has a disease. It makes him feel even worse when someone points them out," Shoto falls back into silence.

Over with Midoriya he growls at himself when one hand pinches the other. Hissing slightly at the pain caused from all his messed up tendons in his hand spasming. His tounge clicks as his head turns to the side twice.

He strips from his clothes and places them into a bush before flying over to his ex patents house in his half form. Silently landing outside his window he places his claws under the window and hoists it up. He makes sure to be careful to not accidently hit his horns on the window frame and make a noise.

Izuku lands on the wooden floor with a slight creak from the floorboard. His claws tap along the ground as he walks like a dogs. A tic makes his tail thump the ground and he freezes. After making sure there is no footsteps heading his direction he continues forth. Opening his wardrobe he lifts out a few sleeves and instantly slides one on up to cover his scar.

Next he goes under his bed to get the jar containing the berries or meds. A tingling feeling fills his head and he knows what's about to happen. A tic makes him swing his head back and slam it against the underside of the bed. His vision begins to blur and black seeps in around the edges. Quickly scrambling to his feet he takes the jar and the extra sleeves and hops back out the window.