Please... make it stop... it hurts... | Depressed Deku AU

Chapter Seventeen

Ochako's POV

I was first excited when Izuku called me. I had been wanting to do something fun with him since the incident but never had the chance to ask Izuku. So when I got his call I ran out of my house and to the park as fast as I could. But it's been about 5 minutes since the time he said to meet him at and he isn't here.

I'm getting worried that something could have happened to him.

'What if he tried to kill himself again?! Or what if he is getting mugged!?' I shook my head aggressively and dismissed the thoughts 'Maybe his house is just far away or his mom made him do something before he left. Yeah let's go with that...'

I couldn't shake the uneasy feeling that was growing in my stomach. I decided to go to his house if he doesn't show up in the next 5 minutes. Then I remembered I don't know where he lives and got more nervous.

"OCHAKO!" A voice yelled, my mind went silent and I turned away. A green haired boy was running towards me.

"Izuku!!" I yell and run towards him.

When we reached each other we were both panting slightly, him more than me.

"Where were you?" I say catching my breath. He looked confused and unsure when I asked this, which concerned me further.

"um... it's kinda complicated.." He said hesitantly, I was freaked out at this point.

"W-What do you mean?" I say looking all around his body for any signs of harm, that either he or others made.

To my relief there was no sign of any such harm. I let out a sigh of relief.

"Ok, then why is it complicated?" I ask, a little bit more calm after seeing he wasn't hurt.

"Well um I-" He suddenly stopped talking and both his eyes widened as if he was in pain, and his breath became unsteady and erratic. I rushed over to him, urging him to lean on me.

"I-Izuku are you ok-" He cupped his hand over my mouth.

"Shh, don't waste your pretty face worrying. Sweetie it ruins your face." his tone of voice changed in an instant, a wide grin grew on his face.

"Come on, let go somewhere private." he said, grabbing my arm and pulling me to who knows where. I stumbled blindly behind him, I had no clue what the hell was going on.

"I-Izuku wha-"

"I said shh." He said, rather aggressively. I was too confused at the time to truly realize what he said.

'What? He was in pain, and no he isn't? Why is he acting so different? If I didn't know better I would say this was a completely different person... or maybe it is... maybe it's toga playing a prank on me. she could have turned into izuku with the blood she probably kept from when she stabbed him. That's why Izuku took so long, cause she had to tie him up and was transforming into him ' I decided to play along with his prank.

"Ok where are we going? You gonna stab me or something?" I say playfully, he just looks at me like he is thinking about it and grins.

"Good idea." He says, it sounds so sincere... toga has gotten really good at acting recently.

After a good 3 minutes of walking we get to a long abandoned alleyway, 'Izuku' let's go of my arm and pulls a silver object out of his pocket. a knife

He begins slowly approaching me, knife pointing at my left arm. I felt fear grow in the pit of my stomach as he approached.

"Haha, Very fun Toga... You can stop now..." I say through my nervous laughter, Izuku slowly approaching.

"Toga? Yeah I'm not Toga." He said he was a mere 3 feet away from me by now. "Oh? Is that fear I'm sensing?" He sounds like he's teasing me.

"C-C-Come on, N-Not fu-fu-funny. Cut I-I-It out." I stutter out, I begin to shakily walk backwards but fall onto the ground instantly. Never once taking my eyes off Izuku.

"ok, but cut what out? Your eyes, ears, mouth, or hair? I take requests." He says, smirking more.

"I-Izuku... St-stop..." I say as he brings the knife close to my left eye, tears begin to stream down my face. If this was Toga, which I highly doubt at this point, she would never do anything permanent. If anything only a small cut on the arm.

"Well? I'm waiting. Or should I just cut your pretty eyes out and be done?" He was really gonna do it... This isn't Toga, but it isn't Izuku either...

The knife was only a few centimeters from my eye, which was now dripping with tears. Then the knife stopped it's advances on my eye and got pulled back into Izuku's pockets. He began... laughing? He was laughing historically. Like to the point of his eyes watering.

"I love that expression on you!" he laughed, "Ok I'll let him back now, I've had enough fun for now." He said, wiping his eyes, he snapped his fingers and Izuku's body went limp.

"I-Izuku...?" I say, I'm not an idiot so I don't instantly jump up onto my feet to help him. After all, that thing that seemed to be controlling his body might come back.

After a few minutes, I decided it safe to approach my unconscious friend.

I cautiously walked up to him and turned over his body to check if he was hurt from the fall.

No visible injuries, I let out the breath I was holding.

And with that I touch his arm and activate my quirk, making him weightless. I hoisted him up onto my back and ran him to a hospital to make sure he was ok, trying to find words for what just happened.

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It hurts! IT HURTS! IT HURTS!!! MAKE IT STOP! I DON'T WANT TO DISAPPEAR! I don't want to do this anymore... SOMEONE HELP ME!!!

I HATE DOING THIS! BUT I DON'T WANT TO DISAPPEAR!! PLEASE JUST SOMEONE...

Help me...

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