As Long As You Come Home To Me: A BNHA Novel

1. Lovers' Lamets and Bittersweet Goodbyes.

The sky was an everlong blue, far away, with streaks of clouds halved by jets and planes.

As one stared into the other's eyes, the world was silent for a moment.

The land was nothing more than a dusty yellow, and the planes blobs of grey. Today came too soon, like a sixteenth birthday, or when your first guitar string snaps.

A bittersweet realization to come to over the last few months. But back then, it didn't feel real.

Maybe Katsuki would have reconsidered, maybe he would have changed his mind, maybe he would realize how dangerous all of this was and just decide to stay home where things are alright.

A whole lot of 'maybe's and not enough of what Izuku wanted.

It never happened, but Izuku held onto those 'maybe's with everything he had left.

The night Katsuki proposed the idea, Izuku slapped him. It was the one and only time they'd ever put their hands on one another like that, but it still didn't change Katsuki's mind.

"I'm applying for the Air Force, Izuku." He stated. "I need to serve my country, there's no other way I can explain it".

They held onto each other like it was the end of the world. And in many ways it was.

"Don't die on me, okay?" Izuku pleaded, voice barely above a whisper. He wished that he could have held his composure, looking put-together and classy in their goodbyes. But he wasn't, and it didn't really matter to the two of them. Both of their faces were red and puffy, and Izuku was still sniffling back the hoard of snot and tears that threatened to escape at a moment's notice.

Katsuki brushed the bangs from Izuku's forehead to plant a sweet kiss. "I won't, bunny. I promise," he remarked.

The blonde's arms slid down around Izuku's waist, making their hearts flutter in anticipation of what was inevitable.

"I'm going to call you every night, and send you care packages and flowers and make you get butterflies from ten thousand miles away" he smiled that sweet cheeky smile Izuku knew so well. The shit-eating grin that hadn't changed a bit since highschool, even when both of their boyish figures filled out into ones of men.

"I'll be back in three months to see you again, so please don't miss me too much".

Izuku nodded profusely but began to sob again, stuffing his head into his lover's shirt. When the two finally pulled away, there was a messy string of tears and snot and saliva that made the both of them cringe.

"It's okay," the blonde laughed. "I don't like this shirt very much anyway".

Izuku made an effort with his sleeve to wipe away the mess he'd made with little success. A small round of laughs were shared between the two of them. They knew it'd be the last laughs for a while.

The boy wiped the last of his tears and tried his best to look Katsuki in the eyes. "I guess this is goodbye, huh?"

The expression on his lover's face changed then, into a contorted, pained expression that could only read as guilt.

"No, not goodbye".

They pulled impossibly closer.

"Goodbye implies that I'm never coming home, dumbass. I'll see you soon, and I'll miss you every second that I don't" Katsuki pulled Izuku closer to him, in the tightest hug since their wedding day.

Izuku nodded, and just as soon as they'd arrived together, he left alone.

And the world was silent again.

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