Izuocha's Love Stories

5 - TRANQUILITY

By: rex_101111

Izuku has a broken leg, a dislocated shoulder, one eye so swollen he can't open it, and also possibly a concussion.

Despite all that, he can't help but feel profoundly at peace. Perhaps it was because he had finally managed to bring down the League of Villains once and for all, the final battle with Shigaraki being to blame for most of his injuries. Maybe it was the fact that he was able to sit down and breathe for the first time in the literal weeks since the final assault on the league began.

And what a place he chose to finally sit his (incredibly sore and bruised) ass down, on top of a wrecked League combat machine in the middle of a field and direct view of the sun slowly sinking into the horizon.

The soft and calm sounds of Eri by his side didn't hurt either. The girl's kidnapping at the hands of the League was what spurred on the final operation, and when Izuku burst into the heart of their home base and saw her, she was in rough shape.

Now though, she rested boneless and exhausted next to him, having dropped there an hour ago before placing her head on his shoulder for what she promised would only be "a minute to rest my eyes." She caved to her fatigue almost as soon as she said that, and has been snoozing quietly ever since.

Izuku himself was in no hurry to wake her, knowing that reinforcements would come shortly to clean up any remaining stragglers and drag them to jail...and possibly take him to a hospital once they had the time.

For now, he was content to wrap a limp hand around the young girl's shoulder as she rested, quietly waiting for whoever showed up first to take them home.

"DEKU-KUN!"

Izuku blinked before turning to the sound, a frantic call to ascertain his whereabouts and condition, no doubt, but his lethargy (and possible concussion) was making it hard to place both the owner of the voice and where exactly they were shouting.

"DEKU-KUN WHERE ARE YOU!?"

The volume suggested Kacchan, but kun dismissed that notion right away. Not to mention that he was fairly certain that, regardless of whatever improvements had occurred to their friendship, he would likely not care enough to come looking for him.

If Izuku had to guess, Kacchan probably figured he would drag himself back eventually, so why bother looking?

...not to mention that, now that he was listening to the voice more closely, it sounded distinctly female.

"IZUKU!"

"...Uraraka?" He shook his head and leaned over the edge of his perch on the fallen machine to look dliken, seeing the very same heroine running about the scorched battlefield, whipping her head back and forth to find him. "Uraraka-san! Up here!"

Her head whipped upwards, her face lighting up when she caught sight of him. She quickly touched various points on her person, pink flashes erupting when her quirk activated as she did. As soon as she started to float above the ground, she raised her legs for a second before kicking at the ground as hard as she could, sending her rocketing upwards towards his perch.

She overshoots only slightly, putting her hands together as she passed him. "Release!" Soon she slowed her ascent and began to drop downwards, rolling as she hit the metal surface of the robot, bringing her face to face with him, noses inches apart.

"Uh...hey?"

"Hey?" She muttered with a shake of her head. "We lose communication with you for 3 hours and all you have to say is hey?"