Save Me

☹︎Seven☹︎

Izuku was currently in bed with Sero's laptop, watching newborn baby care videos on Newtube. He's worked with a lot of kids in his career but never any newborns, he wanted to make sure he does everything right for his first baby. He wrote down any tips or just things he thought were important in his journal. A knock on the door caught his attention and he paused the video he was just looking at.

"It's open," Izuku said softly.

The door opened and in walked Denki who looked just as bad as he did the day before, his eyes were still red and puffy.

Izuku, being the kind-hearted person he was, was obviously worried, "Den- Kaminari are you ok? S-should I ask Hanta to get m-medicine,"

"No no, I'm ok I just- Can we talk for a second?" Denki asked lowly.

Izuku closed the laptop and set it aside with the journal, "W-What is it?"

Denki sat in the chair, not wanting to make Izuku uncomfortable again by being too close. He tried to collect his words but one look at Izuku made him tear up once again.

"Fuck- I'm s-sorry,"

Denki buried his head in his hands as he began to cry more, sobbing quietly making Izuku grow more concerned. He hesitated for a moment before pushing himself out of bed, Denki was once someone he cared about greatly.

He still did and right now he was clearly hurting about something, Izuku may not be his friend anymore but Denki will always be his. Even though he wasn't one for physical contact anymore he pushed down his fear and pulled the man into a gentle hug.

"I-it's ok," Izuku's voice trembled as he did his best to comfort Denki.

This only made Denki cry more because Izuku shouldn't be comforting him and he definitely didn't deserve it.

"I'm so sorry Izuku," Denki cried "All this time you needed me, and I just abandoned you like you meant nothing. I was only thinking about myself and my pain that I didn't stop to think about how you felt. I just- I lost her...I found her and I sat there alone just h-holding her for an hour until they finally came. It hurt so much and I just needed you- I wanted you to be there but you never came.

You never called or sent a message and I know I should have known something was wrong. You'd never do that to me or anyone but I was in so much pain and I thought you abandoned me and I couldn't handle it. Then when you tried to reach out I lashed out at you and said- oh god why did I say that to you," He started to cry harder.

"Kami..."

Denki shook his head, "I didn't mean it Izu, I didn't and I take it back because if you really- I wouldn't be able to handle that. I h-hate myself so much, you were going through something awful and I treated you so bad," he sobbed in Izuku's arms.

"It's ok-"

"No, it isn't! I told you to die! I said it should've been you and there's no excuse for that! Oh my god, what's wrong with me? H-How could I say that to you?" He broke down more.

Izuku hugged him tighter as he cried himself, "I know you didn't mean it, you w-were hurting and you felt like you had no one. I didn't tell anyone what was going on so I know how it looks from your eyes and I don't blame you for thinking I didn't care. But I did- I still do and I know it's too late to say this now but what happened isn't your fault.

You couldn't have known she'd do that and you did everything you could, I'm so sorry you had to deal with it alone. And I couldn't be there for you then but I'm here for you now, you will never stop being my best friend. No matter how much you hate me I will never stop loving you," He smiled wiping the man's tears.

"You're not supposed to be comforting me," They both laughed through the tears and Denki looked down "I could never hate you, you're way too important to me. I'm sorry I didn't notice, I should have noticed and I should have tried harder to contact you. I can't imagine how hard and painful all this has been for you. You don't deserve what he did to you, it hurts me so much just knowing you've been suffering in silence. I promise I'll do everything I can to help you, I won't ever let him hurt you again,"

Izuku hugged his neck and Denki hugged him back, "I missed you so much," Izuku cried.

"I missed you too,"

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Denki sat beside Izuku on the couch, Izuku resting his head on his shoulder as they shared a blanket. Izuku passed Denki the bowl and he took a chip before Izuku went back to munching. It only took them a couple of days to get back to where they were, you can't even tell that they haven't spoken in three years.

Sero entered the living room and Izuku lifted the blanket so he could place the tummy warmer on his growing bump. It was to help relieve any tension or pressure he had, it helped a lot since his body was still not strong enough to support the weight of the baby.

"We have to get up a bit earlier tomorrow since we're a little ways away from the clinic now," Sero said sitting down.

"Ok," Izuku snuggled into the blanket.

"Are you excited to find out what you're having?" Denki asked.

"Mhm, I can't wait to meet them," He smiled a little and rubbed his stomach.

Sero gently nudged Izuku's cheek, "What 'ya thinking about?"

Izuku looked down, "I'm just a little scared..."

"About what?" Denki asked.

"If they'll have a quirk, a part of me wishes they'll be quirkless but the other part hopes they'll have a quirk. I know how it is to be quirkless and I don't want my child to experience that but at the same time, I don't want them to become a hero. This isn't what we thought it would be growing up, I mean we knew it would be dangerous but this? I don't want my child to experience any of this and I definitely don't want to bury them. The way things are now...this isn't a world I want to bring them into," Izuku gripped the blanket.

"I understand, things aren't the way they used to be when we were growing up, our childhood was a lot safer because we had the symbol of peace watching over us," They all laughed fondly.

"But now after the war...heroes and villains aren't what they used to be. The villains have gotten more ferocious and heroes have lost the will to be heroes after society gave up on us. Nowadays the death toll for heroes is high and it keeps on rising...I hate to admit it but heroes don't even feel like heroes anymore. They no longer care," Denki frowned.

"I wanted to wait until after the baby to suggest this but me and Shoto think it would be good to move to Z-Island," Sero told him.

Z-Island, the most peaceful place in the world with so little crime they don't even have cops or a jail. Due to a quirk anomaly eighty years ago, the island became a dead zone. Once in the vicinity, all quirks cease to work meaning everyone on the island becomes quirkless essentially. Villains don't even pay it any mind, why would they go anywhere that renders them quirkless? It's the safest place in the world as the only people who choose to live there are people who want to live peacefully.

"Z-Island? Are you sure? What about you and Sho?" Izuku frowned.

"Obviously we'll be going with you, I can still run my company from abroad and Shoto has chosen to retire now that he's saved up more than enough. The final decision is yours, we felt you'd feel much safer there," Sero told him.

Izuku turned to Denki who made a face, "I'm coming too, no way in hell are y'all leaving me here with these people,"

They laughed at him, "I wanna do it,"

Sero patted his head, "Alright, once everything is settled and the baby is safely delivered we can immigrate over,"

"I hope things go smoothly,"

"It will, I'll make sure of it,"