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Izuku is empty. Completely void of the happiness that once permeated his entire being. Although sad, Izuku knows he has no one to blame but himself.
Currently Izuku is throwing a party. Well, he's an accessory at a party that 'happens' to be at his house. The house he didn't decorate. The house he didn't want.
But enough of the woe is me situation, Izuku chose this life. "I mean I choose to stay" izuku says over and over. A mantra, a chain holding his floating body to existence. Life wasn't always this grey izuku thinks. Once before, a long time ago I was in love.
Izuku had..no has a first love his name is Bakugou Katsuki. Love, for Izuku is not sudden. It doesn't happen all at once, No it's gradual. It sneaks up on him and drowns him in a whirlwind of emotions. So when Izuku heard his only love Katsuki was coming back he felt giddy. He felt an emotion he had so long wrote off as nonexistent.
When these feeling arose Izuku tried to snuff them out. He tried to lock them up and lose the key. But that all changed when he walked in.
What he was doing at "izuku's" party was a nonfactor for izuku. The thought didn't even cross his mind all that was there was hope. Hope for freedom. For his hero to save him from his chains of reality.
Kacchan's eyes caught his across the room and Izuku would be a liar if he said those fiery eyes didn't cause his breath to hitch. Izuku stared or maybe Kacchan did. Izuku's not sure he cares either way. Becasue they were there together in one room again.
Magnetic was the only way to describe how they moved and pushed through the chatting people who Izuku didnt know, and didn't care to know.
"Hello" was all izuku said. He had thought of this moment prayed for this moment hoped for this moment for years. And all he could stutter out was a hello. But that seemed to be enough becasue Katsuki asked him to get some air with him.
And God was Kacchan's voice everything he had thought it would be. Izuku could write poems and sonnets. On Katsuki's voice alone. However for now just getting some air would do.
They walked to the nearest balcony, silent. But Izuku felt his heartbeat was excruciatingly loud. The outside air was crisp, if not a bit cold. But that mattered little to the duo as they stared at one another.
"I've missed you" Kacchan said his head angled up towards the sky. For a minute Izuku wondered if he was talking about him or the stars.
"I've missed you too" "Oh God I've missed you" Izuku said, the last part getting caught in his throat. He did look at katsuki. Only him. Always.
"You haven't changed as much as I thought" katsuki chuckled.
"you thought I changed?" Izuku said.
"Of course I thought you changed" katsuki said with a thoughtful expression."with this get up you have on and the fact you're even at this party was there any other excuse." katsuki said voice trailing off towards the end.
Izuku looked down at himself, Of course katsuki had thought he changed. Here he was wearing a suit coat. His tie was even tied correctly! Izuku had changed. Unbeknownst to him he had in fact changed.
"Whether that's true or not" Izuku started "my feelings have neither wavered nor changed" izuku stated with false confidence.
"Is that so-" but before Katsuki, his Kacchan his only love could answer...
Izuku's husband walked in. Izuku felt heartbroken empty yet again floating far far away from this moment. So close to freedom he could taste it but his chain is of course snatched down.
"Ah I see you've met my husband" Shindo yo said. "I do apologize for the delayed official meeting" Katsuki stepped back. And Izuku wanted to wail. He missed the closeness he wasn't even aware he had.
"Your husband" Kacchan said he was talking to Shindo. But I knew from his unrelenting gaze who the question was actually directed at.,
"Yes my husband" I decided to say becasue I chose this. Becasue it seems even Kacchan, no katsuki my first love, my hero could not save me from myself.
"I truly am so happy to have him" I gritted out. Tears threatening to spill from my eyes.
Becasue at least in this lifetime me and my husband, We're sticking together.