Keep Fighting, Izuku [BakuDeku]

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Trigger Warning- This episode gets very depressing so if you have a history of depression and want to avoid getting upset I understand. Read at your own risk.

*Time Skip, 2 months*

Izuku POV

I'm so happy. Kacchan makes me so happy. But what if it's just some kind of sick prank? What if he hates me still? What if... he never loved me or if he's just pretending to love me right now?

"Hello, Izuku? Earth to Izuku?" My mom shakes her hand in front of my face.

I snap out of my daze as I come back to reality. I look at my breakfast plate to see that all of my food is still sitting on it.

"Right, breakfast. Sorry, Mom." I mumble and let a nervous laugh escape.

"Anyway Izuku, your entrance exams are tomorrow. Are you sure you want to apply to UA? Your quirk only just manifested not long ago. What if you get hurt, sweety?" My mother says worriedly.

My quirk. The only reason I have a quirk is because All Might gave it to me.

"I'll be fine, Mom. Remember I trained hard every day this summer. Plus Kacchan and I are going together so we'll watch each others backs." I glance at the clock. "Alright, it's almost time that I get going. Thank you for the food!" I quickly snatch a piece of toast and grab my favorite red shoes and slide them on before walking out the door.

I walk towards Kacchan's house, waiting for him to meet me. He meets me and we head back in the direction of UA. We walk next to each other and our hands brush. I feel my ace heat up as Kacchan takes the opportunity to grab my hand with a, "C'mon, Nerd."

"R-right sorry, Kacchan. I'm just so nervous. What if I can't control my quirk all the way and someone gets hurt? I don't think I'd be able to live with myself..." I trail off while staring at the ground.

"Listen, Izuku, you're a hero. You'd never hurt anyone. I love you. Both of us are gonna get through this exam and we're gonna be part of the hero course. It'll be fun to watch you try to surpass me." He smirks knowingly. Strangely, this reassures me.

Over the last two months, I've spent as much time with Kacchan as I could when I wasn't training with All Might after he gave me One For All. Being with him puts me at ease, even if we're not doing a lot. The more time we spend together the more I realize I need him. When he's gone I feel cold and lonely. I feel like I can feel the tendrils of depression and loneliness wrap around my heart and squeeze me until I can't breathe. Just being next to him makes me feel happy and calm. I feel like I can forget about everything that happened in the past that makes me struggle.

I look at Kacchan and squeeze his hand. His red eyes return my gaze and I can't keep the smile off my face.

"What are you smiling at, you damn Nerd?" He says sarcastically, in his usual aggressive tone. But I know that there's a certain softness in his voice he only uses with me.

"Nothing, Kacchan, I just can't wait to surpass you. Then we can go public." I say with a huge smile on my face. Just thinking about going public gets me excited. But that also means we'd tell our parents and I have a feeling sleepovers would happen less if we told them.

"We're here, Deku." Kacchan says, removing his hand from my grasp and shoving it into his pockets, lest anyone see us.

"Alright, let's do this." I say determined.

*Time Skip, during the exam*

There are explosions all around as everyone puts their quirks to use to take out various robots for points. I take in the scene unfolding around me, panting, trying to keep up with those in front of me so I too can gather points. I see Kacchan in front of me, destroying robots left and right.