Change of Heart (IzuToga)

Chapter 15~A Fight With the Strongest Student?

"How does a man survive without a heart? In fact, I could've sworn the light had faded from his eyes. But, could there be a quirk that prevents death? Or at least reanimate a corpse? Just what could his actual quirk do when he was alive?" Izuku thoughts plagued his mind that entire night, going so far as to prevent him from sleeping. Toga, on the other hand, had fallen asleep, completely exhausted from her accomplishments that she didn't want to tell Izuku. But soon enough, he had drifted off to sleep, only to find himself in a nightmare.

It all began, with fire. Izuku was surrounded by it, raging against his barren skin. He was broken, beat, and scarred. He looked down and saw there were scorch marks and various sizes of cuts adorned upon his flesh. "What happened? Where am I?!" he demanded, but his words fell upon deaf ears. He stumbled forward, looking for anyone or anything among the flames. But alas, he had fallen down on his battered knees and into the fire. It didn't pain him whatsoever, although there was something just beyond his line of sight did. He saw through the flames, two silhouettes, one medium and one small that was similar to Toga. The fire was swept away and he could see, In fact, he could tell that it was Toga! And Shigaraki was choking her already dead body.

Izuku shot up in his bed, stifling a scream of fright by biting down hard onto his own tongue. A cold sweat ran from his forehead and face, all the way down to his back and abs. Toga sat up in a hurry "Huh? Izuku what's wrong!?" she asked, rubbing circles into his back to calm him down. He gasped roughly, choking on the bile that was rising in his throat. Seeing his girlfriend alive calmed him down, but he was still shaky from his nightmare. "J-Just a horrifying dream. T-There's nothing to worry about T-Toga." His breath had slowed down as he stared down at his lap.

"Izuku..." "I'm fine, see Himiko-Chan?" a slight smile appeared on his face and tears ran down his cheeks as he looked her in the face. He was still terrified, but he needed to show her that everything was alright. Izuku tried to muster up any courage he had, but it all crumbled away as he looked at her. He lowered his head onto her lap and sobbed, "It's okay Izuku-kun. It's okay, there's nothing to worry about anymore. I'm here for you, as I will always be." She ran a hand through his hair, just what made him break down like this? Toga wondered. She'd understand if he didn't want to speak about his nightmare. Especially in the early hours of the day.

After a while, Izuku had fallen asleep on her lap. Though Toga continued to stroke his hair and watch over him, she believed it would ward off any nightmares he might've had. She had fallen asleep after a couple of hours of watching her boyfriend. They would both need the rest before all of the students would come back to the school dorms for class that would begin tomorrow.

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Toga was awakened by a loud slam that had sounded off in the shared living room. It was accompanied by a loud yell. "I'LL KILL THAT FUCKING NERD IF HE SO MUCH AS SHOWS HIS FACE!" She looked down at her lap to see that Izuku wasn't there. "*Yawn* He must already be awake.......ummm. Izuku, what are you doing?" Toga was looking towards the window, where Izuku struggled in getting it open. "Just *Groan* trying to escape before Katsuki *Groan* tries to attack me." A puzzled look appeared on her face, "Well stop it. You need to rest, you're still recovering from your wounds..." Her eyes lowered down to his barren chest, his skin was still ashen and scorched. "Please, just quit while you're ahead," he sighed and stopped. "I guess...I guess you're right..." Izuku walked over to Toga and flicked her in the forehead.

"Jeez," Toga rubbed her forehead swiftly. "That hurt Izu~ Now, as an apology...would you mind telling me about your nightmare that you had earlier?" He sat down, resting his head against the rough wall. "I imagined being burnt to ash by Dabi's flames, the pain was agonizing and it still felt real when I suddenly awoke." He didn't feel comfortable with telling her a lie, yet he didn't want to scare her with what he said. "I couldn't imagine how painful it was...I'm sorry Izuku."