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He fell asleep that night, at his usual time, despite the constant comments from his classmates about his sleep schedule. He clambered into bed, finding it easy to drift off to sleep. As he enterred his slumber, he found himself back in the dream he'd been dreaming for years. In some ways, it was his brain comforting his heart. After all, it was the one thing he wanted more than anything else. To feel like that again. But without him in his life, he found his own way to cope. The false security of watching his own childhood memories, from afar. For Katsuki, it was his form of comfort.
He found himself in his usual place, under the large tree in the corner of the park, watching a young Katsuki play around in the river with a young Izuku. The two were practically dancing around each other, unbothered by the way the water ran between the crevices of their toes or the way the wind blew their hair away from their faces. All they had was each other, and it was all they needed. In the beginning, the sight of the two of them had brought harsh tears to the face of Katsuki. But now, the dream had become his sense of peace. He yearned to feel as lost in the moment as he had felt back then. His heart had always hurt since Izuku had left town, considering the facts that Izuku was the only person in the world, who understood him. They were inseparable back then but the news of Izuku's departure had completely wrecked Katsuki. He had found ways to sooth this pain, such as enrolling into the Hero Course at U.A.
Although, Katsuki had always held out the hope that Izuku would see him as a pro hero and go looking for him. In fact, he was practically counting on it. He wanted nothing more than to get lost in the moment with him again, like they used to. Nobody needed to know that though. For all he knew, everyone had believed him when he told them his dream was to be the number one hero. That was never his dream.
It was Izuku's.