The Emerald Prince

Chapter 119: Aftercare

B. I. S. H. Please.
B(akugou) I(zuku) S(hoto) H(itoshi)
I thought that was so clever until I realised Bakugou's first name is Katsuki so it doesn't work. *cries*

Welcome to my second favourite chapter. So w h o l e s o m e
I wish I was Izuku. Well, current Izuku, I'll pass on the trauma thanks.

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Bakugou walked Izuku back to the Heights Alliance, glued to his side and watching him carefully. When they entered the living room, they found Hiniyuki there, the bicoloured teen immediately engulfing Izuku in a hug and half carrying him to the sofa.
Feeling a little spare, and with a lot of feelings ready to burst that he didn't have the language to express, Bakugou left them to go to the kitchen and make a huge quantity of Katsudon to force feed his.. friend.

Izuku felt the shame growing in his gut, coiling and shifting as Shoto nuzzled into his shoulder, still shaken. Why had he been so impulsive? So stupid...after all they'd been through together how had he really believed they would discard him?
"I'm so...so sorry Sho..." he whispered.
The taller teen squeezed him almost painfully, "you said you'd always be in my corner..." he whined.
Izuku curled into him, heart clenching as unsurprisingly for the umpteenth time that day, tears wetted his cheeks, "I'm sorry...Shoto...I wasn't thinking clearly...I'm really sorry..."
"Please..."whispered the bicoloured teen, "never again..."
Izuku let himself be lost in Shoto's warmth and affection, his voice firm and determined even as he relaxed, he felt tired, "never. Never again."
Shoto gave a hum of approval, though he continued to hold Izuku so tightly in his arms, the greenette was becoming slightly short of breath.

"Dude, are you trying to suffocate him?" Asked Sero, having just entered the room.
Hiniyuki's shoulders stiffened as he swiftly pulled back. Izuku leaned forward immediately to close the sudden distance, "hey, he doesn't mean it like that Sho!"
"Shit," cursed Sero, realising how his words echoed Endeavour's attack on Izuku, "that was a poor choice of words, I didn't mean that at all Hiniyuki!"
Shoto resisted Izuku pulling him back into the hug, "I'm not..." he murmured weakly gazing straight at Izuku with earnest frightened eyes, "I'll never..."
Izuku stroked his hair affectionately, murmured softly, "I know, we all do, Sho, you never were and never will be anything like him. Tell Hanta you don't blame him so the poor guy doesn't feel too awful though?"
Shoto glanced over at the raven haired teen, "sorry...Sero, I know you didn't mean that."
"No, I'm sorry, hanging around Mina and Denki makes it easy to lose your filter... I know perfectly well you are nothing like Endeavour, Hiniyuki."

Izuku nodded, gently, and Sero uncertainly made his way over to the kitchen to leave them in peace. To Izuku's surprise, Shoto actually laughed.
"What?" Asked the greenette, cocking his head.
Heterochromic eyes met his, "we're so broken aren't we, Zu?"
Izuku snickered and leaned back in to press their foreheads together, "always were, but glad you've finally realised."
Shoto smiled.

A cough drew their attention back to the kitchen doorway, where Bakugou stood holding a huge steaming bowl of katsudon and some chopsticks, "come on nerd, heard you barely ate for days."
He strode forward and, with aggressive affection, shoved the bowl into Izuku's lap and semi-harassed him until he finished it all, still in Shoto's arms.

"Seconds nerd?"
"Kaachan no! I'll explode!"
The blond scowled, "guess you can finish the leftovers then half n' half."
"Thanks?" Asked Hiniyuki as another bowl was shoved onto Izuku's lap where he could easily eat it.
The blond gave a curt nod before settling beside them and pulling out his phone.

They stayed like that for a while, long after Shoto finished the last of the Katsudon. At one point Izuku tried to get up to go to the toilet, but the pair didn't even glance up as Shoto pulled him back onto his lap.
"Guys!" Whined the greenette.
"No." Said Shoto firmly, sighing in satisfaction as the smaller body pressed back against his own again.
"Yes." Said Shinsou, having just got back to the dorms. He sat down in the arm chair next to them and beckoned expectantly with his hands. Hiniyuki pouted in irritation but released Izuku who attempted to escape only to be stopped deftly by Bakugou and sent back with enough momentum so that he fell into Shinsou's lap.
"Thanks Katsuki." Said the insomniac with faint surprise. The blond nodded, eyes not leaving his phone.