My Pawfect Rebirth

49: Apology

Katsuki got discharged from the hospital this morning, and he told me he was gonna head over to your place as soon as he could.

"Wait- WHAT?!?!"

Izumi went into a panic, just knowing that her childhood friend was basically back and wanting to see her, not what she expected to know early in the morning. 

"Holy Woah! What should I do?!?! I haven't talked to Kacchan in 7 years, and talking to a dog is completely different than talking to a person! Wait- What time is- no way... Aster sent this message 20 minutes ago and I'm just now reading it!?!?! That means Kacchan will get here any minute, and my place is a mess!!! I gotta clean this up before-" 

A loud knock of the door was heard and the greenette jerked her head at the door.

 'Oh no, is that him?!?!' 

"Hey Deku, it's me... I uh- I just came to talk to you." his voice echoed.

Izumi looked around her place in a panic and then looked around and saw her large messy apartment 

"Ah- J-Just one minute~!" she yelled. 

There wasn't an answer, but even if there was one, she didn't hear it since she was scrambling to grab all her trash and clothes up off the floor. She threw all her clothes into her bedroom and slammed the door since she knew Katsuki wouldn't go in there. 

She took one last glance around her apartment, it wasn't perfect, but it was better than what it was minutes ago. 

"Okay, I'm coming!" she yelled. 

Just as she was about to open the door, she looked down at what she was wearing, a sports bra and leggings. Her face turned red and she immediately ran back to her bedroom and grabbed the first shirt she saw which was way too big for her size, but it was fine.

As she was to grab the door handle and open the door, it swung open. 

"Geez Deku- how long is one-" 

Katsuki opened the door and didn't realize just how close she was to the door. Both of their eyes went wide to see each other, as well as the feeling of it suddenly getting warm in the room too. 

"...Minute?" 

"Ah- K-Kacchan... g-good morning..." Izumi stuttered. 

"R-Right... um... I just got out of the hospital." Katsuki said, averting his gaze from her. 

"O-Oh, Aster told me that. A-Are you feeling okay?" she asked. 

"Yeah, but... there's some things I have to tell you..." 

Izumi looked at his face, he had a slight shade of pink hit his cheeks and he was rubbing the back of his head. She noticed right away how his dog ears were twitching and his tail was wagging back and forth, a lot. 

'Oh God, please don't be what I think it is. And now that it's been 7 years since I last saw him... WHY DOES HE STILL LOOK HANDSOME!?!?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!?!?!' she felt like her head was about to explode.

"Uh, Deku-" 

"Huh?" 

"Are you fine with me talking to you?" 

Izumi jolted, not what she was expecting him to ask her first, but okay. 

"Y-Yes, I'm fine! S-So what were you wanting to tell me?" she asked nervously.