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"W-what's the meaning of this?" Izuku asked, eyes watering as he stared at the two bodies lying on his and Monoma's bed. Their bed. His vision gets blurry and his body starts to shake as his grip on the doorknob tightens.
"N-neito?" He called shakily, waking both Neito and Kendo up.
They both got up and yawned before they noticed that they weren't alone in the bed and that Izuku was standing by the doorway, staring at them. Monoma stared at him back, mouth slightly parting before he hurriedly stood up and walked towards Izuku. Confused, worried... shocked. Snapping out of his sleepy daze.
"B-babe," he started, hands stretching trying to hold or touch Izuku, but the smaller green-haired man swatted his reaching hands. "Please let me explain. It's not what you think." he pleaded, clearly panicking.
"It's not what I think?!" Izuku repeated incredulously. "What the hell do you think am I thinking, Neito?! And what should I suppose to think about all of this?" He yelled as he gestured to the two of them, Neito and Kendo, both naked on their bed, in their room. In their apartment.
Izuku was trembling as tears started streaming from his eyes down to his cheeks. He was trying not to let out a pathetic sob. Kendo wrapped herself in their comforter, covering herself and completely avoiding his glares. She's also crying silently, her shoulders shaking as she sobs while Neito is completely naked in front of Izuku.
"W-we... We were drunk, babe! I don't know what happened a-and, and I just, I don't know! I woke up with her beside me. N-naked and, and I can't remember anything," Monoma stopped as he swallowed thickly, "I-i'm sorry. I'm so sorry, Izuku. Please..." His voice was pleading, begging Izuku to believe him and forgive him. His hands are shaking because he wants to touch Izuku, he wants to hold him. Reach for him and comfort.
Izuku stared at him before laughing almost crazily, "You think I didn't know that? That you were both drunk?" he asked both of them, slightly feeling guilty when he saw the way Kendo suppressed her cries by covering her mouth using her palm. "I was there! I was there drinking with you! I was there when you kissed her in front of our friends. I was there when you both giggled like a teenager after making out in front of everyone! I was fucking there, Neito!" Izuku shouted.
He doesn't know how long he can cry right now but he needs to. He wanted to. He wanted to finish this. It's disgusting and he needed to end it.
"Why didn't you stop us-"
"Why didn't I stop you?!" Izuku cuts Neito off, and his glares at him intensify. "I was frozen in place, Neito! I don't know what to do at that moment! I was stuck, shocked and hurt, and confused while looking at you kissing her! Don't you fucking dare ask me why I didn't stop you or do anything!" Izuku keeps yelling as the taller man looks away, "And do you really think, both of you, that that was all I know? That this and that was all I know and saw, huh?" he asked, he smirked for a second before scowling.
Neito looked at him again and Kendo also tried looking at him but when Izuku turned his gaze on her, she looked away. Embarrassed and guilty. Izuku took a deep breath, controlling his voice and remembering what he had known and what he had planned for this moment. Everything that needs to be said, everything he needs to do to end this all.
"You like her," he said as he looked at him dead in the eyes. Neito's eyes grow bigger as he shakes his head slowly.
It's not a question but a statement.
"N-no. No... Babe, I love-"
"Stop cutting me off, Neito!" Izuku hissed as he continued to glare at Monoma, "You still like her." he stated before chuckling lowly.
"Oh, no. That's not the right term," Izuku spat while pointedly looking at Kendo, "You still love her." he corrected himself while Monoma just kept on shaking his head.
"You do." he said, voice completely hinting that he's not accepting any of the blond man's bullshits, "You still do. You still love her. She's your ex-girlfriend, right? You have been together since our second year. You were in a relationship with her for five years, right?" He asked.
"Me and her were done, Izuku! I don't love her anymore and you know how much I love y-"
"Oh, no, I do. I do know how much you love me and how much you love her. It's completely different, Neito. In our two-year relationship, you made me feel like I needed to be better than her. You... You made me feel like I was not enough. You made me feel like there's a competition between the two of us. Me and her. You made me feel like you love me, but you love her more. You still love her more. Your feelings for her never fade, Neito. Y-you loved her and, and you keep on loving her even though we were together. So, I know... I know that you love her. You do. You still do... Don't you, Neito?" Izuku said, now sobbing while clutching his chest.
"I-i do? Is that what you were feeling all this time? But, no... N-no. I love you, Izuku. Kendo's in my past, babe. P-please." Neito begged.
Izuku snorted at that, fat tears steadily falling from his eyes down to his freckled cheeks.
"Past? Then why is she here now? If she's in the past, why do I feel like you wanted her more than me to be your future? To be in your future? To be with you in the future? Why is she the one you were kissing and holding last night and not me? Why her and not me? Why, Neito? If you don't love her anymore, then why are your eyes telling me otherwise?" he smiled bitterly as he stared at Kendo who was now looking at them with wide eyes. "Stop lying to me, to us, and to yourself. You just need to admit that you still love her because you do. Your eyes never lie, Neito... You look at her with so much love, so soft, longing. Like you wanted to just hug and kiss her every time you saw her. The way you talk to her? It's different from how you talked to me. There's always a difference, Neito. You can ask everyone for confirmation. They will tell you I'm right and that you do love her still." Izuku shrugged, sighing before turning his gaze to Monoma again.
He needed to end this now. He wanted to.
"Let's end this relationship, Neito. I-i... I can't do this anymore. I can't keep on hurting myself, believing that you can love me more than her. I can't keep on letting you hurt me over and over again. And, and this is basically cheating, right?" Izuku wobbly smiled again, "Sleeping with your ex-girlfriend? And the fact that all of our friends know that this happened... That this is happening? I'd want to save myself from embarrassment and pity." He started stepping backward, smiling sadly at the two who were both staring at him.
Kendo with shock and Monoma in horror, both frozen in place.
"Please continue your unfinished business, relationship. I'm sorry for even getting in your way... I hope you, two, will live a happy life." he said giving them his 'forced' smile before turning his back and running towards their apartment door.
Well, not 'their' now. It'll be Kendo and Neito's from now on.
But he doesn't care.
That is what he wants. That is so much better.
This is so much better.
Izuku's now breathing much more freely and the heavy feeling in his heart slowly disappearing, lightening.
He smiled to himself as he wiped the tears on his face when his phone rang. He hops in his car first before answering the call.
"Hey..." he greeted, sniffling a little.
"Hey," a deep, soft voice replied, "How's it going? Does it work? Are you okay? Where are you right now? Are you still in Copycat's shitty apartment?"
Izuku laughs, "Kacchan! Breath! Asking multiple questions is my thing."
"Shut it, 'Zuku." Kacchan grumbled, "Just, just answer my fucking question... Does it fucking work? Are you okay? 's everything alright?"
"It's done. It worked. Our plan worked. And, and I'm okay, Kacchan. Perfectly fine and trust me, I feel ecstatic. I'm so excited to see you, Kacchan! I'm in the car, you know I won't answer the call if I'm still in his apartment." Izuku giggled when he heard Kacchan let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank fuck." the blond says, "I'm waiting for you, nerd."
Izuku smiled to himself as he hummed to Kacchan, telling the other that he was on his way and that he needed to end their call so he could focus on driving as fast as he could.
When he arrived in front of their house, Izuku literally ran into their home. His true house, his home, where he truly belongs...
Kacchan was waiting for him in the living room and when the blond man saw him, he immediately stood up and greeted him with open arms. Izuku jumped to hug Kacchan as the other spun him around, both of them were giggling, laughing.
Kacchan sat on the sofa after a minute bringing Izuku with him, who was still clinging onto him and now sitting on his lap, and kissed the smaller's nose.
"Welcome home, love." the blond whispered.
Izuku giggles before kissing his Kacchan's lips,
"Yeah... I'm home."
"So how did it go?" the blond asked, hugging Izuku tightly.
Izuku shrugged, "Just like what we planned. I was a little nervous and guilty though. You should've seen how they were both crying." he said as Kacchan chuckled before kissing the top of his head.
"Yeah? They were? Tell me more, love. What happened?" Kacchan asked and Izuku happily complied, retelling the blond everything that had happened earlier in Monoma's apartment.
"Well, when I opened the door, they were both still sleeping and naked on the bed as we expected. I was shaking in excitement, Kacchan! Then I started to think that you were the one lying on the bed with other extra so I could easily act and cry," Izuku giggles when he felt Kacchan shaking his head, "then I took a deep breath before saying the first dramatic line on the script that Kami and Mina made. They slowly woke up and looked at me in shock, they were both cute honestly, but I was so nervous that I started shaking so I gripped the doorknob. Neito- I mean, Monoma tried to touch me but well we both don't want that, and he said he wanted to explain. That 'it's not what you think'. That's like, the exact line Kaminari predicted he would say!" Izuku exclaimed in amusement as Kacchan laughed, watching his little love with so much love and adoration in his red eyes.
"'m not surprised," Kacchan grumbled, still laughing lowly as Izuku continued.
"But I forgot the next line on the script because I'm so nervous so I, uh, improvise?" Izuku said, unsure. "Oh, well! I have the recording for the squad's request." Izuku opened his phone and played the recording.
Kacchan listens intently, a smirk forming on his lips as the recording keeps on playing.
Izuku is almost shocked and proud of himself. He forgot he said all of that. It's like, he was not the one who was talking in the recording.
"Fuck, 'Zuku. I didn't fucking know you were that good at gaslighting and manipulating other people." Kacchan laughs breathily, "Their last patrol together and the last time they saw each other was six fucking months ago! How good was your acting skill for them to believe you so easily? Or copycat was just fucking dumb?" the taller blond man asked in mock confusion.
Well, Katsuki is at least genuinely surprised, proud, and amused by his nerd. His beloved. His little love. The man who would do anything for him.
"I don't know, Kacchan! I was just improvising my lines and, well, I was crying because I'm literally imagining you lying on our bed, naked, and with someone else." Izuku pouted and he could feel tears forming in his eyes again when his brain started imagining things, "Don't you dare, Kacchan!"
Kacchan laughs loudly this time before showering Izuku's face with kisses almost aggressively.
"I would never. I love you so fucking much, and you know that. You fucking know that, love. I even stole you from Copycat." Kacchan said, smirking.
"I do know. And nope! I have loved Kacchan since I was a baby, and you just took back what was yours since the beginning. You never stole me from him because I'm yours." Izuku smiled sweetly at the love of his life.
Basically, that was the truth.
He had loved Katsuki since he was a baby but didn't realize it sooner and the next thing he knew, he was already in a one-year relationship with Monoma.
When he and Kacchan met one random night at a party, the blond confessed that he loved Izuku but promised to forget his feelings for the greenette and try to move on because Izuku was already taken. Izuku was already in a stable, happy relationship and he didn't want to break them. That he didn't want to get in their way because he saw that they were both happy and as long as Izuku's happy, Kacchan said that he was fine with it. That he was happy, too, and maybe in the near future Kacchan would find someone else to love, to be with. That he just wanted Izuku to know his feelings because he couldn't keep it in himself any longer and he just needed to let it out, thinking that maybe it would help him move on faster.
And hearing that made Izuku's heart throb painfully in his chest. Knowing that Kacchan loves him but is willing to try to forget and move on? That he thought about finding someone else? Other extra to love and be with when Izuku's here and loves him too? It physically hurt Izuku and he... he couldn't. He couldn't let that happen.
He didn't want any of that.
No.
So, he didn't stop himself from hugging the taller man that night, crying and confessing his own feelings for him. Begging the blond not to forget his love for him and never, ever move on from him. Never ever think of finding someone else and falling in love with other people that wasn't him, not Izuku.
That, "I'm yours, Kacchan... I'm always yours. Please..."
Kacchan stared at him for about a minute or so before kissing him. Claiming him.
Taking him back.
It was perfect and everything Izuku could ask for.
Although, Izuku didn't know how to end his relationship with Monoma. It was mostly because Monoma's family really, really likes him and the people of Japan love their relationship. So, they settled on Izuku continuing his relationship with Monoma, but he is Kacchan's.
He will always be Kacchan's.
Izuku was the one who was cheating on his and Monoma's relationship and not the other way around.
"Fuck, yeah. Now we need to send that recording on the group chat before the idiots bombard us. They will come here later so I wanted to fuck you first before they arrive. Let's go." Kacchan said before pulling Izuku to their bedroom.
The smaller giggles and he happily walks behind Kacchan. Letting his Kacchan drag him into their bedroom.
He will never regret cheating on Monoma for Kacchan. He will never regret planning with Kacchan and their friends on how he can end things with Neito to be with his Kacchan. He will never regret spiking Monoma and Kendo's drink. He will never regret that he brought Monoma and Kendo back to their apartment himself. He will never regret gaslighting and manipulating them. He will never regret playing and acting like the victim.
He will never, ever regret everything they did.
Everything he did.
He loves Kacchan and Kacchan only.
He did what he did because he couldn't lose Kacchan as well as his reputation and career.
He needed to play the victim for the better.
And Izuku will not just regret nothing but will also never forget anything he has done and will treasure everything that he did.
Plus, Izuku definitely had fun and enjoyed playing with them.
If he needs to, he will do it again.
He will gladly do it again... For Kacchan.
Anything for Kacchan.