Stuck Between Realities-Remastered

Epilogue~At the Beach

Izuku hummed as he joined Katsuki at the beach. "What you doing all the way out here, Kacchan?"

Katsuki sighed. "I could ask you the same."

Izuku laughed, sitting down next to Katsuki. "Just saying bye to Kashi and Charlie. They're heading off home. Apparently, now that AFO is in jail, she's going to tell her friends about her real identity."

Katsuki raised an eyebrow at that. "Really?"

"If we hear Shiketsu is blown up, we can assume someone insulted her." Izuku grinned as Katsuki sighed. Izuku tilted his head, nudging Katsuki's side. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"I'm worried. Shigaraki got away, and we're no closer to stopping the League of Villains."

"Hey, don't worry about that." Izuku poked Katsuki's side disapprovingly. "If you're only going to focus on that stuff, you'll trip over your own two feet. Don't worry so much about the future, and just work on improving your skills now."

"I don't like being lectured by you."

Izuku laughed, stretching out his arms and flopping into the sand. "Are your parents going to let you go to the dorms?"

Katsuki nodded. "Took a bit of convincing, but Mum agreed. Probably wouldn't have if we told her what AFO actually did to me."

"Best no one finds out about that. If it gets back to the media, UA will be in even more hot water than they already are. Not to mention, Charlie would likely be forced to try and restore some of the Nomu."

"You think it would be possible to bring those people back?"

"Unlikely. Even a few days as a nomu damages the brain. You remember how long you were hurt. Someone who's been trapped like that for months or years- there might not be a way back."

Katsuki sighed. "I think we should tell UA."

"Are you sure? If you do that, they may not trust us."

Katsuki tightened his expression. "No, they may not, but they need all the information. I won't tell them what I know about Charlie, only that someone managed to restore me. I won't tell them about you if you don't want it."

"You're kidding right. No way I would let you do this alone." Izuku whacked Katsuki's side as he hissed.

"Will you stop hitting me?"

"Nope." Katsuki smiled. "Thanks, Izu." He carefully stood up, stretching his arms above him. "We should go home."

"Want to stay at my place? Emiko's getting good at cooking, and Shoto is currently learning how to play video games."

Katsuki blinked. "Had he never played one before?"

"No, can you believe that? For how rich his dad was, the man sure was stingy." Izuku grinned, leading Katsuki away from the beach.

Fin

This story shall continue next week in its sequel story, Fighting For Reality.