𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 ||𝐊.𝐁 & 𝐈.𝐌||

VIII: Mama

VIII: Mama

Third POV

Dinner was officially over by the time Setsuna arrived back with Riku.

The boy, who was now dehydrated, and took little gasps as his body had forcibly pumped out all of his stomach contents and rendered him feeling weak.

"Maybe it's stress," Mitsuki noted, gently slipping a nausea relief pill underneath the boy's tongue to help with the lingering taste in his mouth, "Sorry, sweetheart."

Her hands delicately wiping the small tears that still decorated his cheek.

Hiro stayed silent, only staring at Riku who laid limp in Setsuna's arms, merely holding onto Izuku's hand.

"I should take him home," Setsuna started to suggest, earning a nod from Masaru when Riku instantly shot up from laying his head on her shoulder and squirmed within her grasp.

"I wanna..." he mustered out, "I wanna go with papa.."

"I wanna go home with him."

Without further hesitation, Katsuki stepped forward and snatched Riku out of Setsuna's grasp with no second left to spare.

They all watched how the second Katsuki was in proximity for a transfer, Riku jolted and immediately latched himself onto his sire and gripped onto him like he was going to lose him if he didn't.

Katsuki couldn't say anything, just to try and keep the peace as he turned away and told Hiro and Izuku to follow.

They left the home without another word.

Outside the warm breeze swept past, and with the way Riku refused to let go, Izuku quietly tapped Katsuki.

"You can let me drive if you want," he whispered, quietly, a look of determination in his eyes as Katsuki looked to the side, feeling Riku still grip on tight.

"Thank you." He nodded, tossing the keys into Izuku's hands.

Izuku told Hiro to please open the door for them, to which the boy dutifully said 'okay' and let Katsuki and Riku slide in before he closed the door for them and went through the opposite side.

Izuku sat in the driver's seat, watching Katsuki who gave him a quick thumbs up for him to get going.

The drive back home was silent what with Riku's obvious mental breakdown.

Both Hiro and Izuku took glances and Katsuki who squeezed his son in a protective manner and kept pressing small kisses to Riku's forehead.

Hiro fiddled with his dress pants, unsure if he should've said what he'd seen or not.

With his friend clearly not being in the state of mind, he didn't want to risk bringing up anything painful now.

By the time they arrived home, Riku's grip was still tight, but he'd quieted down.

His eyes were blurry with tears, but he gave Hiro a pleading gaze for him not to do anything.

They pulled to the front, everyone else surprised to see how those coming back from the villa looked, with Kirishima taking the lead and aiding Katsuki out of the car with Riku.