The royal twins

32

Shoto and I sat in the throne room, as usual.

"This is boring," I said.

"Yeah, but a boring job means a happy kingdom," Shoto said with a shrug.

"Indeed," I said. Suddenly, the doors swung open.

"Brother!" Shoto and I exclaimed simultaniously.

"There's someone I think you should see," He said.

Two guards walked in with someone. Spiky blonde hair peeked out behind Natsuo's white.

"Bakugo?" Shoto said as he stood up. "What happened to you?"

Tears welled up in my eyes and Katsuki smirked tiredly. "Glad to see that I was missed."

I stood up and ran at him, literally jumping on him and wrapping my arms tightly around him.

"Your majesty!" One of the guards exclaimed.

"You fucking asshole," I said.

Katsuki chuckled. "I would hug you back, but my hands are tied."

I let him go and Natsuo placed me on my feet. "Release him."

One of the guards nodded and uncuffed his wrists. "God, what the hell happened to you?" I said as I put my hand on his cheek and healed his injuries.

"It's a long story."

"Where's Kiri?" I said.

Katsuki paused for a moment.

"Is he okay? Bakugo what the hell happened to him?"

"Calm down, ____," Shoto said as he put his hand on my shoulder. "Looks like Bakugo has had a rough time."

I sighed. "You're right. I'll have Sakura tend to you, and send a healer to heal any wounds I missed."

"Thanks," He muttered before he, literally, collapsed onto the floor.

"Katsuki?!"

~~~~~~~

I sat by Katsuki's side until he woke up. My hands laid in my lap, and I stared down at them. My mind was flooded with thoughts and assumptions of what happened.

"Oh, shit," he grumbled as he sat up.

"You're okay!" Eri exclaimed.

"Sup, kid," he said.

"I healed all your wounds, and the maids cleaned you up," I muttered.

"Nice," Katsuki said.

"Are you hungry?" Eri said. "The cooks and I made you lunch!"

"I guess I could eat," Katsuki said with a shrug as his stomach growled loudly.

~~~

After lunch, Katsuki and I were the only ones left in the dining hall.

"Where's Kiri?" I said.

Katsuki shrugged. "Dunno."

"You don't know?!" I exclaimed.

Katsuki sighed. "About a month after we left, Kiri ran into some trouble. Word that a dragon killed the king spread through out the kingdom, and they were being hunted. Some people tried attacking us. We fought them off. Then, everything is blank until about a month ago. I randomly woke up in the woods with no Kirishima."

"I see," I muttered.

"I'm sorry," Katsuki said, which surprised me. "I should've been there- should've been stronger."

"Nonsense!" I exclaimed as I stood up from my seat. "You did all you can. We'll take care of it. Now, where did you wake up?"

"Outside the village your brother found me in."

I nodded. "I will do everything I can to find him."

"Are you doing that for me, or yourself?"

I shrugged. "A little bit of both."

~~~~~~~~~~~

Natsu, Hawks, and I sat in the study as Shoto attended to other royal needs.

"So, basically, the only lead you have is that village?" Natsuo said.

"Pretty much. I'm not saying send out a search party for a leadless search, just," I paused. "Keep a look out. And, Keigo, maybe take an extra minute to look around when you do your morning patrol?"

"Consider it done," he said.

"____ are you sure this is a good idea? For all we know that boy could be de-"

"Don't- Don't say that, Natsu!" I exclaimed. "Kiri will come back to me- he'll come back to us. He may be battered and bruised like Katsuki was, but none of that matters, because he'll come back to us alive."

"Look, (n/n), I'm just thinking realistically about this. There's almost no chance that he's alive."

"Well I still have hope! The only small amount of hope I have left in me tells me that Kirishima is alive! And," I paused for a moment. "I won't give up until I see him again."

"You've got my support, master," Keigo said. "And I'll do all I can to see you smile again."