Horns and Halos (TodoDeku)

Chapter 15

Izuku's POV~

We drove away from the motel as fast as possible. We had to get out of there before the cops showed up. I mean, we could have gotten out of any legal trouble that might have ensued, but it was just easier and less time consuming to avoid it.

The ride back to our hotel was made in silence. I wasn't sure what was going through Sho's head, but I figured quiet was probably the best option. He needed time to think through and process everything that had just happened. He'd probably be able to do that better by himself.

When we actually got back, he swiftly the car, not once look or waiting for me as he briskly walked our hotel room. I didn't take it personally. I couldn't even imagine what he had to be going through at that moment in time. The brother he thought gave up on humanity was actually just rogue, but was close to getting a one way ticket to eternal imprisonment. He had to be beating himself up right about then.

And I wasn't wrong about that.

I hadn't been walking nearly as fast as he had, so obviously he beat me back to our room. He caught the elevator before I did, and I didn't get there fast enough, so I had to wait for it to come back down. When I finally did get back to the room, I could hear muffled crashes all the way down the hall. I knew it was coming from our room, so I rushed down the hall to the door.

It was locked. Hotel room doors are always locked. I didn't have a key. 'Why couldn't I have grabbed the extra key?' I mentally shouted at myself.

The noises didn't stop or quiet down, and I knew that soon someone would be up to yell at us. I frantically knocked on the door. "Sho! I don't have a key, please let me in." I pleaded, knowing it probably wouldn't work.

The noise stopped for a second, as if he was contemplating something, and then I heard his soft footfalls move towards the door. Seconds later, it was open and a panting Shoto stood in front of me on the verge of tears.

"Shoto..." I said softly, moving inside of the room and gently shutting the door behind me. I pulled the taller boy to me, wrapping my arms around his shoulder as he buried his head in the crook of my neck. That's when the sniffling started.

I maneuvered us around the room, trying to get to one of the beds. Before I could get very far into the room, Sho spoke up.

"It's all my fault." He said softly.

I stopped my movements. I moved him back, just so I could actually look him in the eyes, but I still kept my arms looped around his neck. "How could any of this be your fault?" I asked him in a soft voice. I wanted to know, but I didn't want to be to forceful and upset him even more.

"I should have stopped him from leaving. I should have stood up to our bastard of a father. I should have done something!" He pushed away from me and shouted the last word.

I was shocked. I couldn't' believe he actually blamed himself for what his brother did. "Shoto, you said so yourself earlier, you were five years old. What could you have possibly done?" I asked him, walking towards him slowly, like approaching an injured animal.

"Something! Anything! I could have looked for him! I could have ran with him. I could have down something Izuku, but I didn't. I put up with that fucking Demon until he decided to leave. I let him drive away everyone. All of my family. All because I did nothing!" He yelled at me. Well not exactly at me. He was yelling at himself, but he was talking to me. If that makes any sense.

"You were five Shoto! You can't expect a child to fight an adult's war. There was absolutely nothing you could have done. If you want to blame someone, blame your dad. Blame Toya. Blame your mom." I said, now only a foot or two away from him. "But never, ever, blame yourself. You were a child. You were put through constant emotional and physical abuse by someone who should have loved you unconditionally. You can not blame yourself for not helping others when no one was helping you."

"That's not-" He wanted to keep fighting me. He wanted to keep tearing himself down. But he was exhausted.

I gently grabbed his face in my hands, and pulled him down to my level. I placed my forehead against his and closed my eyes, taking a deep breath. "Just let me help you." I whispered.

"You can't." He said back, his voice cracking just slightly.

"I'm an Angel, helping out those in need is kind of what I do." I said with a light giggle, which succeeded in getting him to at least crack a smile. "C'mon. You're exhausted. Not only did you just have the biggest emotional smack in the face, but you also just drove for seven hours straight. You deserve some sleep." I said, moving away from him and leading him the rest of the way to his bed. I didn't trust him to actually get there by himself. He'd probably come up with an excuse to stay up and do something like work or school.

I gently pushed him back, so he was actually sitting on the bed. "There you go. You do know how a bed works, right?" I asked him teasingly.

"Of course I do." He said back with a playful eye roll.

"Mhm, sure you do."

Once he was actually laying down, he was seconds away from passing out. I moved back, ready to go sleep in the bed next to his, when he reached out and grabbed a hold of my wrist. I looked back at him in confusion.

"Stay." He mumbled.

"Sho, I'm just going to my bed. I want to sleep to." I said with a quiet laugh.

"No, stay." He said again, making me even more puzzled. Until he pulled my arm and I fell onto his bed, right next to him. I felt my face heat up, but luckily he was to tired to even notice.

I managed to somehow get under the blankets and Sho pulled me closer to him, so I was curled up against his chest.

"Stay." He mumbled one more time before his breathing evened out, signaling he had finally fallen completely asleep.

"Always." I whispered back, just before slipping into unconsciousness.