Friends (KatsuDeku)

I can see Izuku one last time

7.

Aizawa cringed when he heard Bakugou suddenly puking on the carpeted floor of the teacher's lounge. The other teachers scattered to help his student. All Might was patting Bakugou's back, his eyes worried. Aizawa was the only one still sitting down, even with the commotion, his eyes continuously looking at his hands.

"Shouta?" Aizawa felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up to see Present Mic with a worried look. "Shouta? It's okay..."

Aizawa replied by slapping his hand away.

Nothing is okay! NOTHING WOULD EVER BE OKAY! Especially when the image of Midoriya Izuku in the bathroom stall sitting on the toilet bleeding out just 20 minutes ago still lingered in his mind!!

Aizawa clenches his fists turning white, he can still feel Midoriya's blood on him, even when he washed his hands so many times.

Why did Midoriya...? I didn't notice it. I should have done something! No child would do something like that without any signs....

"Ka..cchan..."

Why did Midoriya call Bakugou's name before he--?

"Young Bakugou?" Aizawa hears All Might's choked up voice and it made his heart drop.

He rushed where All Might and Bakugou were, the teachers scattering to give him way as they saw Aizawa's face full of worry and fear.

"Bakugou?!" Aizawa screamed and the feeling of dread only intensified as he saw Katsuki's face.

His face that usually so full of fire, arrogance and determination was just gone. He was blank. He sees tears streaming on Bakugou but his eyes were lifeless.

Like Midoriya's when Aizawa found him.

"BAKUGOU! BAKUGOU!" No response. He desperately shakes Bakugou so he'll snap out of it. He hears All Might's worried voice telling him to stop.

No! I can't! He can't lose two of his students, not like this! What do I do?!!!

A hand pressed on Aizawa's back. He looked up to see All Might in his skinny form with a sad look on his blue eyes. "It's okay...", All Might said.

Aizawa didn't even notice that he was crying.

Aizawa wanted to scream, wanted to tell everyone to fuck off, nothing is okay, when two of his students suddenly became different...and he doesn't know why...

"Leave us..." Aizawa said, looking at his hands. A request for the other teachers to get out , leaving an unresponsive Bakugou, Aizawa and All Might inside the lounge.

Aizawa looked at his hands again. He remembers that sickening smell of blood when he went inside the bathroom during break time....

When Aizawa heard the shatter of the mirror and came upon Midoriya a second too late...When Midoriya Izuku just slashed his own throat with a broken mirror glass...choking up on his own blood...trying to say Bakugou's name...

Aizawa wanted to scream. How he failed to save his student and the world seemingly is crashing down...I shouldn't have been a teacher...I couldn't save anyone! I couldn't----!

But Aizawa can't say it. Not in front of this man. Not in front of the person who is trying to hold it together. Not All Might. To him, Midoriya Izuku was like a son. And Aizawa wasn't able to save him... "All Might... I'm so---"

"De...ku..." Aizawa's eyes widened as he heard Bakugou's voice.

"Bakugou?" Aizawa shook Bakugou again and this time he responded.