salvare [BnHA] ft. Ritsu

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Izuku would never forget. The moment his eyes laid into the familiar sky blue hair, he knew it was his first crush's.

No one else have that hair color and, and,- he moved to another angle to catch the sight of their eyes and freezes.

It is the same navy eyes but,- there's something.. deeper. He can't help but to feel fear creeping up into him as his face twisted a bit. What... what happened in the past 15 years..?

Izuku found himself unable to take a step forward, to go to his first crush's side. Thus, letting them walk away to whereever they're trying to go.

Their eyes were dull, no shines at all. It made him shiver from the thought of it and it just hurt so bad. As they move to another way, making Izuku unable to see their face anymore, he proceeds to observe their whole set up now.

That's where he find it odd, they wore a long pants, long sleeve and a turtle neck, in mid-summer. It was as if, they're trying to hide something.

But Izuku couldn't move forward nor backward. He just let himself lost the sight of his first crush. And when he did, he finally could move and rushes back home.

"Kacchan!" He called out loudly at the same time he open the door of his and Katsuki's share house. He didn't care he looked desperate and is gasping out for the lack of air, he just needed to get this news to Kacchan and fast.

"The fuck Deku? Did you get chased by some extras and forgot to buy the fucking groceries?" Came Katsuki's voices from the kitchen, seemingly annoyed Izuku came back without anything.

Now that Katsuki reminded him, he forgot he was supposed to buy groceries for his and Kacchan, as today is a rare day where the two got an off time. "Shit, I forgot." Izuku breathed out, uncharacteristically cursed out which earned a raised brow from Katsuki. "Wait nevermind that! Kacchan, do you remember? Riri?" Izuku recovered and remembered what made him rush back and practically bounced towards the kitchen's counter.

Katsuki paused, "Riri?" He voiced out confusedly.

"Yeah! You know our childhood friend, before our quirk manifested!! The, blue haired and uhhh navy eyes?" Izuku tried hard to describe them but seems like it didn't get through Katsuki. "The one who moved right after like, a month or two after we both came out as quirkless?"

Katsuki still didn't seem to be able to remember but he didn't voice out anything else either.

"Urgh, wait! I think we still have our kindergarden's photo album!" Izuku didn't even realise he was rushing much and unconsciously used One For All to help him.

Katsuki meanwhile washed his hands as he was in the middle of preparing lunch and walk toward the living. He's still trying to remember the Riri Izuku mentioned. It was like, he remembered but doesn't too. Something's tugging him.

"Found it!" He then heard Izuku's exclaim and Izuku himself soon arrived next to Kacchan and flips through the album towards the front pages. "This! Ritsu Sakuya, Riri," he heaved out pointing to the same sky blue hair and navy eyed child, who was coincidently being in the middle of child Izuku and child Katsuki in the picture, "my.. our first crush." Izuku then added on in a whisper.

"That's," Katsuki finally voiced out that could barely be heard, "Riri, yeah, I remember now." He breathed out shakily. "What... what about them?"

Izuku gave a strained smile, "I.. I saw them, on the roads earlier." He admitted out as Katsuki looked at him in wide eyes. "But,-" Izuku curled his hand and grips on the photobook tightly while his other hand seems to caress the photo, "Riri... Riri's eyes were so empty and- lifeless- and-" Izuku halted when Katsuki placed a hand to calm him down, "Do.. do you think Riri also went... through bullying because they're quirkless?" Izuku questioned out that came out as a whisper.

"Hey, 'zuku," Katsuki called out hushed, cupping into Izuku's cheeks, rubbing into his face too to the flowing tears. "It's okay, do you want to find them?"

"But,- but-"

"Riri's around here right? We might come across them again," Katsuki voiced out, before shaking his head, "we'll be sure to see Riri again. Then the next we see them, we'll know the truth, okay?"

Izuku shakily nodded, "good, that's how you should be, number one hero." Katsuki slightly praises, trailing some more kisses.

"I couldn't move when I saw Riri's lifeless eyes, I'm.. I don't deserve the number one." Izuku voiced out softly.

"Hey now," Katsuki slightly squeezed Izuku's cheeks in between his hands and forced the two to make eye contact, "you're human too, cut yourself some slack for a moment. In case you forget, today's suppose to be your, our holiday after a fucking year."

Izuku sucked up.

"Good." Katsuki seems satisfied now that Izuku shutted his mouth. "Now, let's get back to that groceries so we don't starve."

"Okay."

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25 March 2023

Hi i've been corrupted by ao3 uhuh
Enjoy aha