Friends (KatsuDeku)

It was a dream, right?

2.

Villain. Knife. Red eyes. Blonde. Kacchan. Blood. Kacchan.

"Why did you save me?!"

Kacchan.

"Friends..."

"Let's be friends again, okay?"

Screams. Katsuki's dead eyes, his blood on Izuku's hands, his cold skin on Izuku's as he cradled him on his arms.

Izuku choking up on his tears. His heart bursting in pain, his head pounding, blurring his vision on the image of Katsuki dead.

"Deku."

Kacchan! Kacchan! KACCHAN!

"Deku! Wake up!"

"We're friends right?"

No. No! Please!

As he gives Katsuki one last look, wiping away his blood stained face to see him more clearly. That pale face, blood dripping down on his mouth.

I wish we were never friends...

"DEKUUU!"

Izuku woke up when that screaming voice ringed on his ear and pain spread through his cheeks. He was in his dorm room, recognizing his All Might poster collection. He recognized his classmates inside his room, as one of them turned the lights on. They all looked worried.

"Deku!! Are you still half-asleep?!"

That voice that echoed in his memory. Kacchan.

Katsuki was on top of him, kneeling over Izuku on his bed. A hand gripping his collar. Kacchan is here. Kacchan is alive.

"Kacchan..." His own voice was hoarse and his throat raw. It seemed he w as the one screaming. It was dream. A nightmare. It's was just a nightmare. Tears fell as he pulled Katsuki closer, calling his name over and over again.

"It was just a fucking nightmare." Katsuki pushed Izuku off of him, though gentle, looking concerned.

"Yes...yes, it was....." Izuku sobbed.

His classmates sighed in relief before settling down on their respective rooms. Iida gave him a glass of water for his throat before going to bed. Katsuki stayed behind until everyone left.

"I'm going to bed..." Katsuki said as he stood up, heading for the door but a pair of hands gripped on his shirt.

"Don't go...Kacchan." panic rising on Izuku's mind. The dream was still fresh in his mind. Kacchan dying on his arms.

"It's okay..." Katsuki reassured him, suddenly awkward with the situation. "It was just a nightmare."

Katsuki wanted to comfort him but the gesture had an opposite effect as he sees Izuku suddenly became panicked.

It's okay.

"O...kay.." Kacchan's voice gurgled with blood. "Are..y-you..o...kay..."

The memories flooded Izuku's mind like a dam. Katsuki voice looping in his head,.

"Nononononono...why did you save me?! Kacchan! Kacchan! I'm here! Don't go! Don't leave me! Katsuki!!" Izuku gripping Katsuki shirt almost tearing it out. The sound of his name on Izuku's shaking voice put his attention on Izuku. He was looking at him with teary panicked eyes but it didn't reflect anything on them. It was like Izuku can't see Katsuki standing in front him.

"Deku! I'm alive! I'm right here!" Katsuki tear Izuku's hands away from his shirt and put it over his chest. "See? I'm alive."

Izuku was pulled back from reality as he felt Katsuki heart beating on his palms. Strong. Alive. Izuku looked back at Katsuki, eyes reflecting him, he sees Katsuki more clearly now.

"Kacchan...you're alive..."

"Of course you nerd, don't kill me off!" Katsuki hugged him tight, relieved that Izuku was okay now and felt him relax under his touch.

Izuku rested his chin on Katsuki's shoulders and reciprocated the hug, feeling his warmth and the beating of his heart.

It was just a dream. a nightmare. Kacchan's here. He's alive.

"I'm always here, you idiot. We're friends, right?"

Izukus eyes widened with disbelief. The words that supposed to make him ecstatic, the words that made his heart flutter with happiness are the words that fill his heart with dread and anguish.

His body trembled at the words. Fear settled in his body and he could only hold Katsuki tighter to calm himself down again.

It was a dream, right?

Ehhh! So I made many drafts for this, since im oozing with death. It's a little angsty ahead. Like my heart was breaking when writing it. Hope you stick around!

:)