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chapter 03 : care

katsuki felt so dirty compared to izuku.

the king in front of him was so clean, his clothing practically oozing the scent of clean money all while he was clad in a now dirty, torn robe.

his feet were uncovered, revealing how much he'd ran due to the amount of rocks set into his wounded skin.

it hurt a lot, though katsuki ignored it as izuku guided him to a room.

it was a large room, bigger than any room he'd ever come to know. the door was high and the ceiling was even higher.

though, what really caught katsuki's attention was the most enormous bed he'd ever seen in his entire life. the size alone seemed to be the size of his entire childhood bedroom.

"you seem uncomfortable. am i the cause?" izuku asked, watching katsuki intently.

the blond flinched at this before shaking his head vigorously. "no! it's not you it's just.." katsuki trailed off as he lifted his injured foot.

izuku then gazed down at the blond's lower half only to notice the blood, both dried and fresh. they were dirty, as was the rest of katsuki's body and clothing.

"please, follow me once more." izuku said before quickly taking off his crown, along with his robe and setting it on his bed.

katsuki only listened to izuku, trailing behind the young king into another room.

this room had a bath, once again, it was enormous. katsuki could gawk at the unreasonably large space he was now in for hours.

though, he didn't. he only mumbled under his breath before looking up to izuku.

"sit and watch, okay? i'm going to run you a bath. i know your hurt." izuku explained, only for katsuki's face to explode into a cherry blush.

katsuki couldn't believe this. was he really going to be bathing in the king's bath? this was odd. it somehow triggered katsuki's fight or flight. to which he obviously choose flight as he began to back away.

"it seems that am the cause of your discomfort, my apologies." izuku spoke as he noticed katsuki's trembling. katsuki only shook his head. izuku truly meant good yet his nerves were so untrusting!

"no, it's my fault. i'm just - i've just never expected this to happen to me, okay? i'm so.. so confused." katsuki sighed sadly, taking a seat.

"confused? tell me all about it then." izuku said as he began to fill the bath with water.

katsuki's lips trembled as he began to recall his day. it was rough and now that all of the adrenaline had been drained out of him, he'd finally realized how upset he actually was.

"why'd you run into the palace, hm?" izuku hummed, not looking up from the bath as he added a bit of bubbles to the warm water.

"i was.. scared, okay? my shithead of a grandfather tried to.. sell my body. to these old dirty men.. i didn't know what to do. but then, i ended up making a woman upset and so then she tried to get me killed." katsuki frowned, picking at his finger tips.

izuku's eyes widened at this, katsuki's situation seemed to be much more urgent, more concerning than he had thought.

this struck worry in izuku's chest, he frowned softly as he looked over to katsuki. "if that's the case, why don't you stay a bit longer? until you're safe, that is."

katsuki furrowed his brows, "why do you keep offering me things? you let me in so quickly. you're too trusting."

izuku only chuckled at this, shaking his head and he tended to the bath, making sure it would be as comfortable as possible for the blond.