My Old Hero

59: Last Piece

After they finished eating dinner, Katsuki basically walked Izumi back home again. Once they got to her apartment complex, Izumi quickly wanted to get back inside. 

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow for lunch! Have a good night, Kacchan!" Izumi said and ran off. 

"Oi- you can't just- bye... Deku..." Katsuki said. Katsuki turned around and sighed as he looked up at the night sky. 

'Don't feel like going home yet...' Katsuki thought and remembered there was the park that wasn't that far from where he was. 

He started walking there and didn't turn his back once. Izumi hid behind the corner of the building and watched as Katsuki was walking away from her apartment complex. 

'I don't want to go back in yet, and being a cat yesterday was kind of fun. Maybe I should follow him and see how he'll react.' Izumi thought and shifted into her cat form.

Katsuki sat down at the first bench he saw in the park and sighed again. 

"This is all Deku's cousin's fault, if she didn't appear, then I would spend more time with Deku." Katsuki said. Izumi was hiding in the bushes and listening to him talking to himself. 

'Is Kacchan upset that Emra is still here? But I'm sure Emra told him why he can't see me, right?' Izumi thought. 

"Damnit, I'm gonna go crazy if I can't see Deku more than this." Katsuki said. 

'What? He'll go crazy, if he doesn't see me? I thought he would go crazy when he does see me. Does Kacchan really like me? Let's see how he'll react if he sees me.' Izumi thought and crept out from under the bushes.

Meow 

Katsuki looked down from the bench and saw a dark green cat sitting in front of him. 

"What the- you're the same cat I took home yesterday?!?! What're you doing out here?" Katsuki said. 

"Sorry Kacchan, I didn't mean to scare you, but I wanted to see you more." Izumi meowed. 

"Like I understand cat talk. How'd you get out of my neighbor's place? No- how'd you get out of my place last night? Why do I even fucking bother, you're a cat, you can't understand me." Katsuki said. 

"But I do understand you, Kacchan." Izumi meowed. 

"Tch- as much as I want to keep you at my place, you'll just escape again." Katsuki said, getting up from the bench.

He knelt down in front of the cat and slowly petted the top of her head, she began to purr. 

"You're so easy to please, I wish you really were Deku sometimes." Katsuki said. Once he stopped petting her, he gently lifted her off the ground and carried her back with him. 

"Not doing this again, my neighbor will get pissed at me if you're out." Katsuki said, and started walking while carrying the cat back.

Katsuki stood in front of the door leading to his neighbors place, and he wasn't sure if he should do this. He looked down to see the cat staring back at him. 

"Tch- don't look at me like that, it's your fault you got out. Let's just get this over with." Katsuki said and knocked on the door a couple times. He waited a few seconds and then the door opened to the sight of a pair of deep blue eyes. 

"Katsuki- is something wrong?" Takashi asked. 

"Ah- your cat... she got out again." Katsuki said.