𝘞𝘈𝘕𝘛𝘌𝘋//𝘐. 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘺𝘢 𝘹 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳

23. 𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘚𝘐𝘖𝘕

"You should stay here for a while. You need someone to keep a look-out for you, and it's too dangerous to go back to your apartment and stay by yourself." Izuku suggested, but I directly shut it down. "No." I curtly said. The six of us were gathered in the living room, Izuku and me on the couch, Aizawa and my father on the other couch across from us, Shinsou on an armchair and Katsuki standing and leaning against the wall. "Y/n-" "No. Just no. Don't even consider it. I'd rather die a hundred times than risk being caught here and completely ruin your career. Not only that, but it seems like I'm being hunted by some freaky catholic cult, and I don't need them getting to you."

Izuku sighed, running his hand through his curls frustratedly. "Y/n... I-" "Not with you either, or your Mr Aizawa. That damned detective is already suspicious of both of you." I interrupted my father before he could offer the same idea. "I'd offer, but my apartment is small as shit." Shinsou piped in. Katsuki took a few steps towards us and stared at me. "I'll take her." He grumbled. I frowned and stood up to face him. "I don't need you to 'take me' like I'm some kind of stray cat. I can take care of myself on the streets. I've been doing it for years."

"You know, Kacchan is right, you haven't had a connection since the 2nd grade, and he's definitely not on the suspect list of people that would help you after how he apparently fought against your manipulations during the kidnapping." Izuku spoke from his seat, nervously eyeing the two of us. "Yeah. Listen to your little boyfriend." Katsuki smirked. I raised an eyebrow and took a step forwards, he did too, we were face to face now. "Never thought you were the guy to make the sacrifice play. What? You tryin' to make yourself look better?" I retorted, grinning.

"Don't need to play house with you to make myself look better. I'm the number two hero. You may not be an S-Class villain, but you've gotta stop pretending that you're some hero. We both saw what happened with that guy who shot you." Katsuki tilted his head and sent me a provocative glare. My eye twitched and I smiled in disbelief. Aizawa opened his mouth to interrupt us, but Izuku put his finger up, motioning for him to wait. "Let them, it's how they've always communicated." He assured.

"A hero? Like you? You only became a hero to feed your insatiable ego that developed along with that fucked up quirk of yours." I nodded towards Izuku, and Katsuki's frowned deepened. "You're a lab rat Y/n, everything extraordinary about you came from your granddaddy's attempt at making you useful." The two of us got closer and the tension became denser. His jaw was clenched, and my tongue prodded at the inside of my cheek. We were so close that I see the reflection of my own eyes in his. "Well, you know what? I'm not going to listen to someone who spent their life putting people down to be number one, and they're still not there. Oh, and the only way you'll get there, is if Izuku retires."

After that, it was silent for a long while. The other were now unsure if they should intervene or not since the tensions remained high, and we looked like we were one wrong breath away from a fight. Everyone but Izuku flinched when Katsuki held out his hand. I shook it with a smirk, he grinned back. "Should be fun being roomies." "So you're comfortable putting my career and life in danger?" "You'll live." I squeezed his hand harshly, and he did the same before we both sat back down on the couch. "See?" Izuku whispered to Aizawa.

"So, what comes next?" Shinsou spoke up, quite unbothered by what just happened. "I think we should find the person who unleashed that Nomu on you." My father suggested. I nodded. "Yeah, I've got some... inquiries that need to be answered." Aizawa sent me a questioning look. "Are you going to ask or ask?" He raised a brow. "I'll ask properly for now..." I clarified. Izuku and Katsuki shared confused looks.

"We should go to the factory where we found the tub that most definitely stored that Nomu and look for any evidence that must've been overlooked. We didn't have the full picture back then." Katsuki told Izuku. "Yeah, good idea Kacchan. But we need to sneak in, it's probably under government supervision now." "Wait, did you send in the lab results for the chemical we found? Because I didn't, so maybe there won't be anyone." "I didn't, but we should still stay safe-" "You found what?" I finally spoke up, still shocked after the first sentence. "And you tell me now?- You know what. Doesn't matter. Let's just go."