Friends (KatsuDeku)

Loop 0 : Don't praise me

0. (The beginning: Original timeline: number of time loop: None)

Izuku hears his own footstep thud to each step on the stairs towards the roof. He feels as if his own body is moving on its own.

Why am I even going to the roof again? Izuku felt something tug him to the place. Like he had to be there. He had to be there now.

His stomach drop as he opened the door and saw Katsuki on the edge of the roof, leaning on the railings with his elbows. He simply stands and looks over to the bottom of the building but then he tried to climb over the rail.

Izuku panicked. What is Kacchan doing? Why is Kacchan...? Don't tell me....

"Kacchan!" Izuku shouted as he ran towards him. His own panic made him trip and he crashes to the asphalt. Izuku whips his head in hurry, scared that Katsuki would be gone from his sight.

But, he was met with a Katsuki kneeling over him. He had tears on his cheeks, his red eyes blank from their usual fire but Katsuki looked calm, not at all annoyed, and that calmness made Izuku more panic.

How come I didn't notice this? Why?! Please... don't...

"Kacchan, Kacchan! Don't leave me!" Izuku cried out, his hands reaching for his legs, not letting him go.

He hears a small low chuckle from Katsuki and Izuku looks at him helpless and now confused. He feels tears welling inside as he hears Katsuki's laugh empty and in pain.

"Kacchan...it's okay...please, tell me what's wrong.." Izuku slowly stands up on his own and he reaches for Katsuki's hands. It was warm.

Katsuki was quiet, his arms limp even on Izuku s grip. Izuku sees those ruby eyes stained with more red and Izuku's heart breaks.

"Deku...I'm sorry..." Kastuki's voice cuts through the silence, it was broken and raw. "Shitnerd...I'm sorry..."

"Kacchan, why are you saying sorry? What's wrong?"

Katsuki's face twisted in pain and he grabs a fistful of Izuku's collar. He tugs it closer to him, he looms over Izuku with anger and frustration.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHATS WRONG?!! I...I HURT YOU! I MADE YOUR LIFE HELL FOR ALMOST A DECADE! DID YOUR SHITTY BRAIN FORGET?! THEN WHY THE HELL WAS I---! Why the hell am I regretting it so much for so long then?!"

Izuku froze.

I...I did this to him. Kacchan is crying because of me. I don't want that!

"I'm sorry!" Izuku embraces Katsuki in a tight hug spilling apologies in his lips as he grips his hands over him, afraid he'll run.

"Why....are you apologizing, you idiot?" Katsuki whispers on Izuku's ear. "Why are you even doing this to a...a monster?"

"No! You're not! You're not a monster, Kacchan! Don't you ever say that again!"

"But...it's fucking true!" Katsuki resists Izuku's embrace but Izuku won't let him go.

"You're not! You're absolutely not! Kacchan! You're amazing to me! Putting aside what you did, your sheer amazingness...it blinded me!" Izuku cries out his heart, his tears staining Katsuki's shirt.

"Dont praise me!" Katsuki tries to pull away from him. He pushes Izuku's arms around him so he can wriggle himself free but Izuku steeled himself.

"DONT PRAISE ME! I've been praised all my life! I hurt you so much and all I got was praise! You had a quirk all this time and I didn't know what to do! Why did I bully you then?! Why did I hit you then?! Why did I call you 'DEKU'?!!!!"

Katsuki screams. His heart torn from guilt and anger. His angry at  the world, he hates himself, he hates this shit right now where he feels himself break in front of Izuku. He should have been stronger than this but the moment Izuku came and opened his damn mouth, he broke.

Izuku suddenly lets go of Katsuki and reaches for his face. He felt the cold tears on Katsuki's warm cheeks and he cries. He has to tell him. He has to understand. All those times, he never hated him. All those times, he wanted him to look at him! All those times, all he wanted was to be by his side!

"KACCHAN! I FORGIVE YOUUUU!" He looks at him in the eye. Katsuki froze from the shock as he processed his words. "Kacchan, I forgive you! I forgive you! Please, let me be by your side again! Let's go back and be...be...friends ag--"

Izuku couldn't finish as he felt Katsuki's arms strongly pull him in that he almost winced from his grip on his shoulders. Katsuki cried. He cried like a child. All the things he kept bottled up, he lets it go and clings to Izuku like a lifeline.

"It's okay. It's okay. Kacchan, I'm here..." Izuku speaks words of comfort. He felt Katsuki's grip on him relax and he adjusted himself to be more comfortable with this...this hug. He consoled him even as the sun set and the sky darkened.

Eventually, Izuku fell asleep. Izuku looked up to the starry sky, brings Katsuki closer to him letting his chin rest on his shoulder...and sees everything turn slowly black.

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Yahoo! Thanks for the reading guys! You are the best! The votes are almost 150! You are blowing my mind! Thank you so much!!!

Sooooo, I'm planning of making a couple of chapters for the original timeline of Katsuki and Izuku. Take note on the numbers above. I know I've been writing the numbers just for fun on the previous chapters but I finally found a way to make it a zero!

I hope I can make the chapters as fluffy (but angsty since I can't do fluff at all) as possible. 😄😆

Thank you again!