Chapter 3
was the first to wake up the next day. He tried to sit up but katsukis arms held him firmly. The events of yesterday played out like a movie in his head. He wanted to bury himself in a hole. Being caught self harming was bad but nothing he hadn't dealt with before. But being caught high, the thought of kachaan seeing him in that state made him want to die more than usual. Katsuki opened his eyes . He didn't really want to let go of Izuku but he could see that Deku was uncomfortable. He let go of the boy and put on his best pissed off face. “You have a lot of explaining to do Deku”.
Izuku sat up and began to stutter out apologies about how he didn't remember coming over . His theory was right. High Izuku was definitely more confident. “ I'm not mad about you staying over. I brought you here dipshit” Izuku shut up after that and Katsuki decided there's no point in dancing around the subject. “How long have you been smoking weed?”. Izuku stares at the ground.
“Six months” he was ashamed and he waited for the backlash for Kachaan to start yelling at him, but it didn't happen. “So a few months after your auntie Inko died”? Katsuki asks calmly . “yea” izuku stuttered out mostly out of shock.
“Deku, I think, maybe you should see a therapist”. Izuku laughed awkwardly “i can't afford that kachaan, you know th” katsuki cut him off “ill pay. You obviously fucking need this izuku, it will help you”. Izuku wasn't necessarily against therapy, he just had certain plans and therapy would interfere with them but if he went against kachaan's offer to pay for therapy, he would get suspicious so he agreed. One of katsukis friends was going to come over to meet him while Kachaan was at work.
Which meant that kachaan really didn't trust him. Izuku can't help but wonder if he said something yesterday because kachaan did everything possible to keep him from being alone.
He looked in the kitchen and Amane gave him a warm smile and a thumbs up. By the time kirishima arrived it was already two in the evening and kachaan was still trying to force feed him some fried rice. izuku wasn't intentionally starving himself. He just didn't have the motivation to do basic tasks. Everyime Katsuki tried to force him to eat something he'd end up puking his guts up. Izuku knew that Katsuki was worried but he assured him that he wasn't anorexic or anything. Katsuki didn't believe him though. Ejiro knocked on the door and Katsuki opened up. “Bakubro!” Ejiro shouted ,a huge smile on his face “what's up shitty hair”. They talked by the door for a few moments before Ejiro shouted ” SO WHERE'S THE CUTE GREENETTE,YOU TAlK ABOUT LIKE 24/7” Katsuki punched him in the arm.” shut the fuck up” and Ejiro laughs. Katsuki opens the door and motions for Kirishima to follow. They walked towards the living room where Izuku was sitting on the couch in one of Katsuki's t-shirts and sweats which was way too big for him. Staring at the tv. Both Ejiro and Katsuki could tell he was out of it. Katsuki called his name several times before he snapped back to reality. Looking at I zuku, Ejiro had an idea of why Bakugou wanted to hang out with him. He's so small that Ejiro would have definitely been concerned about his age if Bakugou hadn't ,one,talked about him since the first year of high school, and two, had baby pictures of them together. Izuku's arms were covered in bandages. Izuku waved and smiled “ hi im Midoriya, Izuku but you can call me Izuku ''. Ejiro smiled “I'm Ejiro Kirishima” Deku cut him off and momentarily Katsuki saw a side of Izuku he hadn’t seen in a long time “You're the pro hero Red Riot from that movie MY HERO ACADEMIA! I knew Kachaan was friends with someone named Ejiro but i didn't think it would be You.!!” Ejiro laughed “wow i'm not really a popular actor so i didn't expect you to recognize me”. He sat on the couch with Katsuki and the two of them conversated for a while. Just as quickly as the little light in Izuku's eyes came, it disappeared. He sat on the other side of Bakugou and did not make another sound. Once again he was lost in his head. An hour later, Katsuki leaves to get dressed.Before long Katsuki heads out the door but not before pulling Ejiro aside and telling him under no circumstances was he to leave Deku alone for more than thirty minutes and to try to coax Izuku to eat . Kirishima was by no means dumb. Even without anyone telling him any details he managed to figure out that Izuku was definitely on Suicide watch. He went over to Izuku who was still in a trance. He knew how to deal with these types of situations because his other best friend, Kamanari, has disisostive “ He sat beside Izuku. ``So you're the famous Izuku Midoriya, literally all of highschool your all Bakugou talked about “Izuku looked at Kirishima “ really” he asked doubtful “yea” Ejiro replied “don't tell him i told you this but he had so many mixed feelings about you. He never really hated you, he was just confused, that's all'' Ejiro waited for his reaction, “ maybe”. All Izuku muttered out before staring at his phone. Ejrio noticed he'd type something, move his phone towards the empty couch seat on the other side of him then erase whatever he typed just to type something else. “Izuku'' Ejiro says worry written on his face “ are you alright?” Izuku looked up “y-yea im o-ok just tired” Ejiro nods reclusively Ejiro leaves the room to get some blankets and by the time he gets back izuku is already asleep. Ejiro covers Izuku with a blanket and heads to the recliner chair beside the coffee table. Izuku is definitely not as energetic as Bakugou made him out to be in the past but maybe that's just because of what he was going through. Ejiro knew that Izuku's mom had passed away recently. Katsuki had been close to her when he was younger and was pretty upset about her death. But even so he did his best to be there for Izuku and Ejiro knew it. He remembered Bakugou coming over to his place both angry and depressed because Izuku screamed at him and kicked him out for the first time EVER. Katsuki explained that Izuku never acted that way and that he needed to be there for Izuku but he wouldn't let him. Then made a remark about how this must be how Deku felt during middle school. Ejiro sighed he was tired and needed to sleep but at the same time he wanted to make sure Izuku couldn't do anything rash. Ejiro pulled out his phone and sent a text to his wife mina. He knew she had invited Momo ,Froppy, and Uraraka for a slumber party. He was curious about how it was going. She replied almost immediately and they texted back and forth for a few hours before Ejiro finally crashed. When he awoke the next morning, Bakugou and Izuku sat on the opposite couch talking. Ejiro sat up and rubbed his eyes. Izuku waved at him. ¨morning Kirishima¨. Ejiro responded ¨morning¨ Izuku was quiet again as Katsuki and Ejiro talked. In all honesty he wanted to go back to sleep but he didn't want Kachaan to see him as lazy. Plus after Kirishima left he needed to go back to his apartment for his journal. If he was going to go through with his plan he needed that journal and by no means could he let Katsuki see it before Friday. He rested his head on Katsukis shoulder. He was mentally drained and the day hadn't even started. In all honesty he half expected Kachaan to push him off of him. But he didn't, he just ran his fingers through Izuku's tangled green locs. Izuku closed his eyes. He was tired, so tired. he couldn't wait for Friday. His thoughts drift to Katsuki. Izuku didn't really know how his death would affect Katsuki but he knew Bakugo was strong. It would hurt for a little bit but then he´d be ok, because kachaan was so much stronger than Izuku was or ever could be. He'd become an great actor and eventually forget all about him and Izuku was okay with that. After a while Ejiro left and Katsuki got up to cook breakfast. It was a simple dish with just eggs and bacon. And after ten minutes Katsuki called izuku into the kitchen . Izuku got up and sat down in a chair nearest to Bakugo, who had put a small plate in front of him along with a cup of water. Before sitting down beside him with his plate. Izuku stared at the plate. Katsuki looks at him ¨ it's alright if you don't eat it all. Just try to get something in your stomach ¨. Izuku nods and picks up his fork. He takes a bite of eggs. He could do this. He swallows, then eats a piece of bacon before pushing his plate away. Thankfully,Katsuki doesn't force him to eat anymore. Only to drink a full cup of water which he does. Then tosses out his food trash and washes his dishes. Katsuki finishes eating soon after and Izuku takes his dishes much to his disapproval and washes them too. Katsuki heads to the shower and Izuku just sits on the couch staring at the wall. He was glad that kachaan was off today and tomorrow. He really needed to grab some stuff from his apartment.