Izuku breathed a small amused sigh as he stared at Katsuki. Said blond was sitting on the bed with him, cards laid out before both of them. He had been out of the coma he was in for about a week now. Katsuki would go to school and come back and tell him about the lesson for the day, though it was very hard to pull Katsuki away from Izuku.
“Hey Zuku, when do you think you’re going to be out of the hospital?”
“When my wounds finish healing and they determine that I’m good to go.”
“Damn, oh, that detective guy had come by when you were in a coma. As well as that shitty hair.”
“Shitty….hair?”
“Yeah, that one guy who walked with us to school on that day.”
“Oh! His name is Kirishima.”
Katsuki rolled his eyes. “Yeah, that guy. He wants to be our friend. We apparently trauma bonded.”
“Awwww, I wanted to be the first one to trauma bond with Kacchan.”
“We’re trauma bonding right now Izuku.”
“Oh, right, forgot I was in a coma.”
“How the fuck did you forget! You literally told me you went through some weird test!”
“To be fair, it was me reliving my life, though I was reading it more like seeing it.”
Katsuki softly sighed and pulled him close to him. “I’m sorry you had to live through your hell again.”
Izuku shrugged. “It’s alright. I do want to get out of this hospital soon though.”
Kat snorted and nod. “You also need to give a testament to who pushed you off the roof.”
“But!”
“No buts, I know you said you’ve attempted before, but never before on school grounds.”
“Fine….”
“Good to know you’ll be telling the truth then.” Tsukauchi did not mean to scare the two, but he also didn’t expect a blast from the blond.
“God dammit you!”
“Sorry you two, I didn’t mean to cause a scare.”
“You could at least announce your presence beforehand!” Kat turned to the greenette. “You okay Izuku?”
Said boy was curled in on himself and trying to calm his breathing. He tightly gripped his hair and started pulling.
Kat makes a worried sound and gathers him into his lap and presses Izuku’s head against his chest and starts taking slow and deep breaths. “Deep breaths Zu. Deep inhale, then exhale.”
Izuku couldn’t follow his breathing pattern at the start, evident by his scared whine. But Kat kept slowly breathing for him, and he slowly was able to match his best friend's breathing.
“There we go Zu, slow deep breaths with me, you’re doing so good.” Kat slowly rocked back and forth with him.
Ever so slowly Izuku was able to breathe and think, no more blind panic. He slowly blinked a few times before tugging on Kat’s shirt as he pulled away. “I’m okay now…”
Katsuki nodded and let him get out of his lap, moving back to where he was before. The blond looked at the detective with a glare. “Fuck you.”
Tsukauchi gave an apologetic smile. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to cause a panic attack.”
“Damn right you didn’t, announce your presence next time asshole.”
The detective nodded before he looked at Izuku. “Do you think you are ready enough to tell me who pushed off the roof of your school building?”
The greenette nodded. “Yes Sir…what will happen to them once I tell you Sir?”
“They will be put into custody, juvenile detention centers until they’re old enough to go to jail. They will be charged with attempted murder, and your school with child neglect and endangerment. There is a reason the fences on the roofs of school buildings are there, yours has a lack thereof.”
Kat huffs. “Good, never liked the roof of our school, but its quiet.”
Tsukauchi nods. “Now, Izuku, will you tell me who pushed you off the roof?”
Izuku nodded slowly. “It was a group of people, four to be exact. There names are Watashi Doku, Eien ni Chinmoku, Dansei Tsubusu, and Kuro Shibu….”
“It was those four! Did they tell you to meet up with them after school again? Izuku, they’re worse than I was…”
“I know! I just…I didn’t want them to hurt you…”
Katsuki deflated. “Zu…No one could hurt me like they’ve hurt you…”
Izuku nodded. “I know. But still. We’re best friends Kacchan. And I just got that friendship back with you and I’m terrified to lose it.”
The Blond frowned and hugged onto the greenette. “I’m so sorry you’ve been living through this Izuku…”
Izuku painfully smiles as he hugs back. “You’re the best Kacchan…”
Katsuki nodded. “I know I am, no need to tell me that.”
Izuku giggled and lightly shoved him. “Your ego is almost bigger than my hero analysis notebooks.”
“My ego is not!”
“It is to! How’s the weather all the way up there on your high horse. Make sure that royal crown of yours falls off.”
“Why you!” the blond reached over and started tickling him.
“No! Kacchan! Stop!” The greenette lost his voice as he started laughing, trying to push away from the blonde.
“Not until you take back what you said about my enormous ego!” Katsuki had a smirk on his face as he tickled the boy more.
“No! Never! Gigantic ego!”
Katsuki playfully growled as he tickled him more relentlessly. “You’re going to regret making fun of my ego Zuku!”
“No!” his giggles and laughter reached out into the halls, helping the nurses and doctors to smile a little.
Tsukauchi smiles slightly. These two were obviously very close and that this even only pulled the two closer together. They’d make good heroes. “I’m not the only one that wanted to see you Midoriya.”
Izuku looked at Tsukauchi with a small head tilt. “Who would want to meet me? I’m nothing special. Just a quirkless nobody.”
“Thats no way to talk about yourself young man! That brain of yours and a mighty weapon just like mine!”
“Calm down Sir…”
Izuku and Katsuki’s eyes widened. No way. It couldn’t be. And…And he was on….
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Break The Mask
FanfictionWhat would happen if Izuku had a dormant quirk the whole time. What if he never got One For All. What if he's abused. What if he's depressed, suicidal, and has severe anxiety. What if he's starved of affection, and no one even realizes. What if his...
