Please Don't Go (Book 1 + 2)

【23】

"Hey Deku, can we talk?" Bakugo asked as he heard the shower turn on.

Izuku nodded and sat down on the bed as he brushed out his tail. Bakugo nervously stood in front of him scratching his ear.

"I- um- I'm sorry for the way I treated you...when we were kids. I thought I was protecting you ya know. I thought if I kept telling you that you couldn't be a hero you'd give up. I thought you didn't have a quirk so if you became a hero you wouldn't be able to defend yourself.

At first, I just thought I could protect you from danger. We always said we'd be the wonder duo, I'd be the sword and you'd be the shield. I figured I'd be your sword and shield...but then I saw a Pro get killed on the news. And my immediate thought was if a pro with a strong quirk could die so easily then what chance did you have?

I couldn't stand the thought of you dying and I couldn't stop it. Me being a dumb kid thought that if I made you give up on being a hero you'd be safe. Then I thought that if I was killed that would hurt you more. So I started to hit you. I thought that if I made you hate me it wouldn't hurt you so much if I was gone.

I didn't know about your mom...I didn't know that I was making everything worse. Yeah, I was only fucking 5 but I still hurt you intentionally. Then they found your mom with that note and they gave up looking for you saying you were dead. I-I blamed myself for it...I-I thought that you were gone a-and I'd never see y-you again.

The last thing I said to you was that I wasn't your friend. I hated m-myself so much...I didn't want t-the last thing you heard from me to be a lie. You don't h-have to forgive me, I-I don't deserve forgiveness. I-I'm just happy you're a-alive-" Bakugo started to break down not being able to keep his mask intact.

His eyes widened as Izuku pulled him into a hug, "I-I'm glad y-y-you're alive t-too"

Izuku's voice was extremely hoarse and barely audible but Bakugo understood him. He began to cry harder as he hugged Izuku back and buried his face into his shoulder. Kirishima stood on the other side of the door, a small smile on his face. He gave them some time and sat in the hall watching YouTube.

After about thirty minutes Kirishima decided to walk into the room to see Bakugo on his laptop and Izuku...grooming(?) him.

Bakugo looked up from his laptop, "Where the hell have you been?"

"I got hungry, whatcha guys doing?" Kirishima asked sitting on the bed.

"Looking up modifications for my hero suit." Bakugo turned back to his screen.

"Cleaning" Izuku signed then went back to picking at Bakugo's hair.

"I don't know why but he insisted on "grooming me" or some shit" Bakugo shrugged.

"It's how wolves show affection. Since he has some of my attributes and I was the only person he was with for a long time he picked up on a lot of my behavior." Ōkami explained from his spot on the floor beside Bakugo.

Izuku crawled over to Kirishima and started to pick through Kirishima's freshly washed hair.

"How long have you two been together? He seems closer to you than the other animals." Kirishima asked.

"We met when Izuku was only five. I was a pup at the time and He and his sister protected me from a bear. That's when his second quirk manifested and I became his first contract animal. They were risking their lives for me and I wanted to protect them in return..." Ōkami trailed off and Izuku tensed up.

"That's so manly!" Kirishima exclaimed wiping a manly tear.

Bakugo paused and turned around, "Sister? What sister?"