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Izuku remembers the first time he and Katsuki met. It was sometime in early October a few years ago, the leaves in the trees had just turned red and brown and the ongoing apocalypse had just been going on for a couple of months.
Izuku remembers how he fell in love by just looking at the man bashing in a zombies head after he had just saved Izukus life, blood in his blonde hair, red eyes matching the blood on his cheek and with a raspy voice he asked,
“You okay over there? You didn’t get bit, right?”
Izuku could swear that he had gone deaf for just a few seconds, maybe he did get bit? Maybe this is heaven? He allowed himself to close his eyes for just a few seconds. He had been on his own since almost the start of the apocalypse. His mum had died early and he didn’t really have any friends or other family. How he had survived until now was unclear.
“Hello? Are you deaf?” Asked the voice. Izuku had almost forgot that he was still there so he opened his eyes and saw that the man was crouched beside him.
“Uh, y-yeah! I’m okay, thank you” he whispered out trying to avoid eye contact. The man sighed and stood up, he reached out his hand and looked straight at Izuku, “Well? Are you going to take my hand or not?” He asked with an annoyed voice.
Izuku felt his cheeks burning and offered his hand to the man who with ease dragged him up to his feet.
They stood in silence for a moment until the man with blonde hair and beautiful red eyes finally spoke “Bakugou Katsuki” he muttered out and started walking away slowly, when he was a few meters away he stopped and looked back “Ya coming? You clearly need my help and I could use some assistance in carrying stuff”
Izuku did not know what to do. In one way this is what he always wanted, a group or at least someone he could stick to but in another way he feared this. After loosing his mum - the only person in his life he actually cared about he kind off decided that being alone was the way to go, so he didn’t have to get hurt once more. But before he knew it his mouth worked faster than his brain and he just said, “Oh, yeah. Let’s go” and he quickly hurried to this -Bakugou Katsuki-, wondering what will happen next.
A few years later…
“RUN!” Katsuki screamed. His voice more raspy than it was the day they met. Izuku ran the fastest he could beside him, away from a horde of zombies that had just came out of nowhere. He felt himself trip on a rock but before he could fall, a strong arm catches him. Looking up he saw Katsuki staring at him with fear in his eyes, that kind of fear that he’s never seen before.
Before Izuku could ask what was wrong they both were by their car they had found a few weeks ago, they both quickly jumped in and drove off. After driving for a few minutes Katsuki stopped on the side of the road where he put his head on the steering wheel and before Izuku could ask what was wrong Katsuki let out a scream a few tears left his eyes. All Izuku could do was looking at him with scared and sad eyes, had something happened? Was he bit? Did they forget something important? Was he tired of Izuku? Realizing that being two people is too much work? As Izuku started muttering he felt a cold hand on his cheek, two red eyes looked into his and with a shaky voice the love of his life said,
“Izuku, you have gotten bit at the back of your shoulder”
…
Izuku tries to remember, he tries to remember what went wrong. When did he get bit? As Katsuki continues to curse with words no mother would want their child to say he was setting up a fire. All Izuku could do was sitting beside, feeling afraid and worthless. He’s going to die, and he haven’t even had the chance to tell Katsuki how he feels.
He feels tears dripping down his cheeks, when did he start crying? He tries to remember, when? When did this happen? Obviously when the horde found them, but he couldn’t remember feeling any pain or a time where a zombie got that close to him. Just WHEN did this-
“It must have been when you pushed me aside” Katsuki spoke not looking at Izuku “You don’t remember that? A zombie was about to attack me and like an idiot you pushed me!” He screamed out, clearly upset. He looked at Izuku, his eyes now fully red from crying, “I- I didn’t even get the chance to tell you that..” and then he stopped himself looking down at the fire he was trying to start but where he clearly wasn’t successful.
“I love you” Izuku said. This time his heart working faster than his brain. “I have love you since the moment I saw you” he smiled sadly and before he knew it it felt cold lips on his. “You idiot! You’re such an idiot!” Katsuki said between his tears, and before Izuku knew it he felt a rope being tied between their hands. “Wh-what are you doing?” He stuttered out.
Katsuki cupped his cheeks with his hands and looked straight into his eyes “If you think that I’ll continue on alone you’re wrong and if you think that I’ll continue alone as a goddamn zombie without you. You’re also wrong” he kissed Izukus temple and smiled “I love you too, and I have since I saved your ass that day and I’ll love to continue on like this”
How could Izuku not start crying harder after he heard that? Tears were streaming down his face as he muttered apologizes to Katsuki, when Katsukis hands cupped his cheeks once more and Katsuki spoke up “There there, no more crying. Let’s not spend or last hours together crying. Let’s sit down by the fire and talk. Alright?” He smiled lovingly at Izuku who just nodded his head and kissed Katsuki.
…
Izuku will not remember his last hours on earth with his new boyfriend. But they did write down their thoughts and feelings in a notebook Izuku always had with him and left it in their car for someone to hopefully find. It didn’t matter anyways to them, because after Izuku turned into a zombie he attacked Katsuki who in that way later turned himself into a zombie they stared walking away in the distance hands bound together by a rope. But if you looked closely you could see that their hands were cupped together, almost as if the rope was unnecessarily.