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💔💜(Kiribaku) Stealth Mission

(You will feel PAIN. Either that, or I'm a terrible writer and couldn't make you feel pain. That's the goal. Am I using this as a way to procrastinate homework? Yes.)

{Katsuki's POV}

I was sitting on the couch, rewatching Demon Slayer, when my husband walked into the room, on the verge of tears. "Katsuki, I have bad news..."

I scratched my undercut in confusion. "What is it...?" I ask cautiously.

He sits on the couch next to me, holding my hand. "I'm being sent on a stealth mission, and that means no outside contact at all. I'm not allowed to tell you where I'm going, and this could last a few weeks, months, or even years..."

Tears instantly start running down my face, as I struggle to find words that can describe my anger, grief, and fear. "W-what the hell?! They can't send you! You have a husband and a 3-year-old daughter at home! What about your depression, PTSD, and all your other trauma that you go to therapy for? There are so many other pro heroes that would willingly go. Eijirou, please. You can't go..."

He engulfs me in a bear hug, whispering in my ear. "I love you so much. We have one week left together before I leave, so let's make it count."

"Daddy, why were you yelling?" I look over and see our daughter, Akiho standing in the doorway, clutching her orange blanket. "And why are you and Papa crying?"(Fun fact: Akiho is a gender neutral name that means fire and autumn. I did approximately 5 minutes of research, so don't come at me if I'm wrong.)

I try to hold it in, but my emotions overpower my ability to mask my feelings. Eijirou has to do the talking. "Oh, sorry if we woke you up, Akiho. But we have something important to tell you. Come over here." How is he forming coherent sentences?

When she walks over to the couch, I pick her up and sit her in my lap. "What's happening, Papa?"

Eijirou takes a deep breath and wipes away his tears. "I have to leave for a super top secret mission in a week. It's so secret that I'm not allowed to talk to you or Daddy when I'm there. And I don't know how long I'm going to be gone for. I might be gone for a few months, okay, Aki?"

"Kick the villains' butt!" Akiho cheered. I'm glad that she's not too upset about the situation, she doesn't understand that Eijirou could very well die on this mission.

"Yeah, I'll make sure to do that." he says, bringing us both into a hug.

~~~

The week passes by in an instant. Akiho is at daycare, she already said goodbye to Eijirou. Now we are at the agency, and I am sure as hell not ready to say goodbye. "It'll be okay, Katsu. I promise that I'll come back, nothing will stop me from being with you and Akiho."

I hold onto him for dear life, not wanting him to ever leave my hug. "But what if you don't come back? I love you so fucking much, I don't know what I'll do if you die! And what would I tell Akiho? That her papa lied, and is gone forever? You fucking promised her that you'd come back!"

He rests his hands on my shoulders and gives me a quick kiss. "And I will. I will abandon the mission, turn into a villain, kill other heroes if it means being back with you and Akiho. I love you both so much, and you're the two most important things in my life. I have to go now..." His voice cracked. "Take care of Aki, okay?"

~~~

It's now been one week since Eiji left, and I miss him so fucking much. I want to hear his voice, feel his touch, see his beautiful face. I subconsciously grab my phone and dial his number. It goes straight to voicemail. I don't know what I was expecting, he said that he couldn't have any outside contact.

I decide to leave a voicemail, pretend that he can actually hear me. Pretend that I'm not just alone in our cold bed, crying while our daughter sleeps peacefully. "Hey, Eiji. I know you're probably never going to hear this, but I need to pretend that I can talk to you."

I wipe a few tears from my face as I continue. "I fucking miss you so much. Akiho does too. I think she finally realized what it means that you're gone. She loves you a lot." A sob escapes my lips. "I love you so fucking much, I can't fucking handle this. You don't know how much I want to see you again, to be in your hugs, hell, to even hear your voice. I love you so much, and if you forget it I'll blast your face in." I end the voicemail like that, knowing full well that he'll probably never see it.

~~~

It became a bit of a routine, that every day, I would talk to my phone, pretending that Eijirou was on the other side. I would talk about my day, our daughter, and just about how much I miss him.

It's been about 3 months since Eiji left, and I still feel like shit. I'm currently cooking dinner for me and Akiho, when I hear a scream. "DADDY!!!! HELP!!!!"

I ran over to the bathroom where Akiho was, and saw her standing there, with what seems to be magma dripping from her hands. Well, that was definitely not what I was expecting. "I-I'm scared."

"It's going to be okay, Akiho. Is it burning you?" She shakes her head. "Good. It'll be okay, you just got your quirk. Like how I can create explosions, and how Papa can harden himself."

"H-how do I make it stop?" She asks shakily.

I turn on the sink, and place the stool in front of it. "I'm going to need you to put your hands under the water, this will cool off the magma, and turn it to rock so we can deal with it. Okay?"

She nods her head and puts her hands in the water, the magma almost instantly turning into black rock. It falls right off her hands and onto the floor. I crouch down to her level, and engulf her in a hug. "Thank you, Daddy."

I trace circles on her back and whisper in her ear. "Shh, shh. Of course. What kind of number 2 hero would I be if I didn't help my own daughter? Now, do you want to help me make dinner?" She happily nods her head, and we go to the kitchen.

~~~

"Hey, Eiji. Tch, it's so dumb that I'm still pretending that you can actually hear me. But, today was eventful to say the least. Akiho just got her quirk, it seems like she can secrete magma from her hands, we'll go to a quirk doctor tomorrow to get a full reading." I continue to tell 'Eijirou' about our day, and eventually I end the voicemail.

~~~

It's been 6 months since Eiji left, and I'm cooking myself lunch. I have the news on for background noise, when I hear something that catches my attention.

"Pro hero Red Riot has come back to Japan after a 6 month long stealth mission."

What?

"Yes, that's right. Our beloved ball of sunshine is just getting back to Deku's agency as we speak..." That's all I need for my body to be taken over by adrenaline, and run out the door.

I use my explosions to get there faster, and when I arrive, there is already a fuck ton of people at the front door. I see a helicopter landed on the roof, the doors opening. I land on the roof as Eijirou steps out of the helicopter, looking exhausted.

"Eijirou!" I leap on top of him, making us fall to the ground. "Fuck, Eiji. I missed you so fucking much, goddammit! I love you." I cry into his faded red hair. The red is less vibrant, and about 3 inches of black was visible at the roots, and tied into a ponytail.

"Katsu... I love you so much." His voice is cracking. "I listened to every single voicemail, hearing your voice every night kept me sane. Thank you so much." He listened?

"No, I didn't think that you'd actually see them. That's embarrassing."I grumbled.

He chuckles a little through his tears. "I think it's cute. And Akiho got her quirk?! I can't believe I missed it!" He pauses for a moment. "I love you both so much..."

"We love you too..."

(Woah! That was longer than I intended it to be! Over 1,400 words! Yes, the ending was rushed, but I wanted to finish it, and I didn't really know how to end it.)