Life Within a Tarot Deck

Pawns to a Sick Game

Izuku felt warmth around his being, slowly waking him up and his other senses. He felt like he was floating in the air, (or water?) and he no longer felt any pain. He scrunched up his face in confusion before opening up his eyes. He was facing up and he saw clear skies and the sun shining brightly, it felt nice.

"That is weird, I thought for sure after all the misery I would be in hell." Izuku said, now looking at his hands, the wounds inflicted were still there but no pain.

He was lost in his thoughts before he heard a familiar voice forcing itself into his mind.

"Izuku, I'm sorry!"

"Kacchan?" Izuku looked down at the scene and saw that Katsuki was wrapped around Mitsuki's arms, crying in despair, for him?

'Wha-how? I thought he hated me.' He looked at the scene in disbelief. 'Why would someone who beats and yells at me every day, say sorry?'

He had then remembered something that he didn't know he had, a memory hidden deep in his subconscious.

~

The students of Aldera currently had Izuku tied to a tree and they were using their Quirks on him to see the effects they had on him. One of them had a pretty nasty Quirk that had made him vomit whatever frugal contents his mom had given him that morning.

"All right, Extras. Time to wrap this up!"

Katsuki showed up and one of his hands was sparking and the moment he got close to the greenette he punched his stomach hard. Izuku gasped in pain, coughing and spitting out blood before passing out due to lack of oxygen.

Meanwhile, during lunch hour, Katsuki and his two friends were carrying Izuku out of school. The greenette heard some mumbling but he was still unconscious to make anything out.

"Those damn extra's are getting on my fucking nerves! Why can't they leave the Nerd alone?".

"I don't know man, he has never done anything to deserve this. But I think you overdid it, he was coughing up blood!"

Katsuki clicked his tongue."I know, dammit. I am taking him to my house so he can recover over the weekend."

Izuku moaned and leaned towards the blonde's chest, tears falling down his eyes as the pain wracked through his body. The blonde looked down at him and held him tighter.

"Don't worry, Deku. You'll get through this somehow."

~

Izuku blinked at the information that he had forgotten. 'He-he cared about me?' He then looked at Mitsuki, and she looked just as grief-stricken, she looked like she wanted to cry too, however, she was in mother mode.

Mother...

~

Katsuki and Izuku were studying at the Bakugou residence and Izuku was trying to hide the mark on his left cheek his mother had given him that morning. Mitsuki came up to bring them snacks and stopped briefly to look at the greenette's face.

"Izuku, what is that on your face?"

Izuku flinched when Mitsuki touched his cheek. "I-it's nothing, I accidentally fell down some stairs before heading to school with Kacchan." Katsuki looked at him with a deadpan expression, and the greenette hoped he did not catch him in a lie.

'I can't tell them that it was caused by mom, they wouldn't believe me anyway.'

Mitsuki pulled his face closer to her, scrutinizing the mark before grabbing the first aid kit. "Hmm, if you say so. Let me treat that right quick before you get home. I am sure Inko would have a fit, knowing that the school allowed you to go through the day looking like that."