Shangri La Pt. 1

138: Forgiveness

"Camie–" 

"And even when everyone else was in a panic to see you poisoned and lying on the ground, I watched Izumi trying to save you. Just seeing her try to save you was something I'd never thought I'd see before, and it only made more sense why you chose her when she made a garden on the training grounds. I... Not only did she save you, Katsuki-kun, but she also made everything become pretty. That's not something I could be capable of doing, even if I tried. And because of that, I would like to deeply apologize for my actions and even trying to stop you from getting close to each other. I only made a mess, and I'm so sorry." 

Seeing the dirty blonde turning a new leaf like this left the pair a bit astonished as she truly looked like she was genuinely honest with what she was trying to say.

And because of this, Izumi started walking up to her, easily making Katsuki nervous by what she was about to do. 

"Izuku, what're you doing?" Camie slightly lifted her head to see the greenette walking straight towards her, leading her to jerk her head back down in hope that she wasn't about to get hurt. Izumi kept quiet until she stood just a foot in front of the dirty blonde and took in a deep breath. 

"Are you... being sincere?" 

"Y-Yes, I am. I-I really am sorry for everything I've done, especially towards you." Camie expressed once more as she clenched up in fear. 

But what she didn't expect was to feel a sudden–yet very gentle–touch onto her shoulders, forcing her to look up at the greenette.

"You–" 

"Y-Yes?" 

Camie really thought she was about to be in deep trouble, but when she saw a smile grow on the greenette's lips, she froze. 

"Thank you for owning up to your mistakes." Izumi started.

 "Ah– Eh?" 

"As much as I should be mad and upset by everything you've done, you've owned up for the things you've done, and that's important. It would be one thing for you to yell and say that I don't deserve Katsuki, but you didn't, you instead confessed about how I saved Katsuki. And because of that, I forgive you." Izumi explains, leaving Camie in shock. 

"Y-You– You forgive me?" 

"Wah– Izuku, why should you forgive her when she did that to me?" 

"She said it wasn't intentional, she made a mistake, Katsuki. It's one thing for someone to see they've made a mistake, it's another to know that they made a mistake. Because of that, I forgive her, and that means you should too, Katsuki." Izumi answered.

Katsuki batted his eyes at her as she seemed serious about what she said, it truly shows just how much Izumi has grown in these past few weeks. 

"I-Izuku–" 

"And that means you should forgive her too." 

"What?!?!" 

"She only did these things because she was blinded by her feelings, I'm sure you've done things that you regret when having the same kind of feelings too, hm?" Izumi pointed out, making him flinch, but she wasn't wrong. 

There were plenty of instances where Katsuki did things because he wanted the greenette to notice him, so as much as the idea of forgiving someone like this sounded bad to him, he knew Izumi wouldn't be happy. 

"Hah~ Fine, I guess I forgive you too... Camie." Katsuki sighed as he averted his eyes from both women.

Camie thought she was seeing and hearing things, as she never thought anyone could really turn this soft, but this is all thanks to the greenette standing in front of her.