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Sitting together in the tree where they were perched, Izuku watched as Kacchan slept peacefully. He couldn’t sleep here, the forest was a far too open place. They were too vulnerable. They were in a tree for goodness sake! What would happen if they fell?
They were tied in, but still!
Slowly though, Izuku relaxed. Nothing had happened thus far and Kacchan would be upset if he was too tired to hike around in the morning. Sure, years of getting only a little sleep left him up at weird hours, but he still did sleep and hiking all day was due to make anyone tired.
Hours later, he woke up to a rustling beneath him.
The sun had not yet graced the horizon but the sky was beginning to lighten.
He glanced around rapidly. Where was that sound coming from?
He looked beneath him for the source of the sound.
Shoot.
Dabi and Shigaraki walked beneath him, arguing.
This couldn’t be happening.
It was supposed to be a normal field trip. They were supposed to hike, camp, and scavenge for a few days and then go home.
It should have been fine.
So why was Shigaraki of all people out here in the middle of nowhere? Were they purposefully trying to stalk him to get him killed?
It certainly seemed like it with the number of villain attacks he got into.
“I’m telling you, Gigantomachia will never follow you. He only cares for your sensei.”
This was bad. Like really bad.
They weren’t strong enough to fight, even with their quirks. Blackwhip wasn’t stable at the best of times and it was messing with the rest of One for All. Not to mention whatever Float was doing.
“Sensei said he’d follow me. He has to, Sensei doesn’t lie.”
Dabi sighed, “Your sensei isn’t infallible, Shiggy. He’s in prison right now, for goodness sake.”
Shiggy huffed. “Let’s just set up camp here and drop it? Okay?”
Izuku could see Dabi roll his eyes from his perch. “Sure. Good place as any.”
They sat down and began to set up camp at the base of Izuku and Kacchan’s tree.
This was extra bad.
They weren’t just passing through, they were sticking around..
Izuku gently placed a hand on Kacchan's mouth. If they heard his snoring they’d both be done for.
Izuku held his breath, hopefully they wouldn’t hear him.
Kacchan startled awake, his eyes wide and ready to scream at Izuku.
Izuku widened his eyes equally and held his other hand to his lips in a shushing motion and pointed beneath them.
Kacchan signed to Izuku, “ When’d they show up? ”
“ Just now, they were arguing and woke me up. They’re setting up camp, I don’t think we can get down.”
Quietly, under his breath, Kacchan swore.
Izuku could agree with the sentiment but tensed, hoping that the villains beneath them wouldn’t hear.
What was Kacchan thinking! Saying anything was such a bad idea when they were right beneath, it seemed like he was just trying to get them killed.
They even couldn’t use their quirks because of the suppression quirks that Aizawa-Sensei put on them. So they couldn’t speed through the forest and now they couldn’t get out of the tree. Without the cuffs, Izuku might have even just been able to fly them out but it was futile.
Slowly, Izuku crawled forward in the tree nook to hug Kacchan. He needed some support right now.
It was risky to move, he knew, but he couldn’t hold it in himself to care.
Kacchan opened his arms to let Izuku in and they sat side by side.
Very quietly, Izuku whispered to Kacchan to get his attention, “Kat.”
They would have to wait it out, but who knew how long the wait would be.
Kacchan turned to face him, rustling some of the leaves near his head in the process.
Shigaraki looked up. “What was that?”
Dabi shrugged, “Probably just a bird. We are in the wilderness, after all. It’s like you’ve never touched grass before, you weeb.”
Izuku just pulled Kacchan closer and signed, “ Sorry. Just wanted to get your attention. I wanted to say I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have picked the forest. ”
Kacchan huffed softly, “ Someone else would have picked the forest if you didn’t, idiot. Better us than Tapeface and Acid. ”
Izuku gave a chuckle under his breath, “ True .”
Luckily, Dabi and Shigaraki seemed intent to only stay the night and move on.
That at least, was a blessing. They didn’t have to get down before they left.
Thus, the night was quiet.