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All Hitoshi could think about was the peaceful look on his face as his boyfriend fell. But He couldn’t help the pitiful screech of his name that slipped from my lips as he lunged towards the railing.
“IZUKU!”
He ran, throwing himself halfway over the railing, reaching, grabbing at any part of him he could, but there was nothing. Nothing in his hand, all he could do is watch as the love of his life fell to the ground.
Izuku’s body hit the ground with a thud, unmoving, no matter how many times Hitoshi yelled his name. He wouldn’t get up. He wasn’t fine.
“Izuku, no” the words came out as a whisper before he screamed.
“NO!” He had never ran so fast in his life, his legs burning and chest tightening as he bolted down the stairs. Once he made it down to the ground level, he flung the door open so it banged loudly on the wall. He didn’t stop, he couldn’t, he wouldn’t.
He pushed through the awestruck, growing crowd, yelling at people to get out of the way. He was unable to stop the gut-wrenching sob that ripped through his already raw throat when he’d finally made it past the crowd.
Hitoshi felt his legs buckle and he fell to his knees beside his boyfriend; tears falling from his eyes as he reached out hesitantly. He gently pressed his fingers to the boy’s wrist checking for a pulse. He waited.
1 second
2 seconds
3 seconds
4... 5
Nothing
“No!” Another sob wracked his body. “WHY!?” Hitoshi let his body fall over his partner’s body gently, his hand still clutching his boyfriends smaller one. “I can’t lose you Zuku. Why’d you do it? Was there something I couldve said to make it all stop hurting? Please Izuku, I love you, don’t do this to me. Don’t leave me, Please.”
No, no no , no, no, no! Why didn’t I do anything! I was so useless. FUCK! WHY COULDNT I DO ANYTHING. Why didn’t I notice something was off. He's my fucking boyfriend. I’m so stupid, he's always had bad self- worth. Why didn’t I do anything? I just listened when he put it off as another fucking mood swing. Maybe if I wasn’t such a fucking idiot I could've helped you. When you hurt under the surface, I never did anything. God I’m a terrible boyfriend.
“ Please Izuku! Come back to me dammit. Theres so much I wanted to do with you still. I Love you! Don’t leave me too, please! DON’T YOU GIVE UP DAMMIT! You still have your whole goddamn life ahead of you! KEEP FIGHTING!”
And then he felt it.
The faint sound of a heart beat under his head.
Hitoshi let out a breath he didn’t know he’d been holding in when that blessed sound graced his ears.
He clutched his boyfriend’s hand tighter, letting out a whisper as he did so.
“Thank you”