I'm in so deep I had to make a DKBK tumblr

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AITA for losing my shit when I realized my "friend" has been lying to me and everyone else for over a decade?

Basically what it says in the title.

I've known this kid my whole life. Our families are close. We haven't been close ourselves for a few years, but we used to be attached at the hip when we were younger. We even planned to become heroes and start an agency together.

I was pretty set on that plan, even though he was pretty useless at just about everything and would probably only slow me down. I figured I was good enough to carry the both of us, and he was pretty good at reading me and following my lead. Even if his quirk had ended up being lame, there's support items and shit.

Thing is, he didn't get a quirk. Like at all. And that sucked and changed all our plans. He was even more weak and useless than anyone thought, but he was still my friend and I would look out for him, so it wasn't the end of the world. Or it wouldn't have been.

Except he acted like it didn't change anything. Acted like he was tough shit and started fights he couldn't win and acted like I was the weak one who needed his help. His ego must've been the size of the goddamn moon, right? It pissed me off, and we stopped hanging out after that.

Even then, he was always around. Same neighborhood, same classes, same general proximity.

Even without being especially close, I figure he probably knows me best out of everyone, even my own parents. (he was like kind of obsessed with me growing up) And I was pretty sure it was the same the other way around. No one knows this kid better than me. I'm like the unofficial Loser Boy expert.

But apparently not! Apparently it was all bullshit!

We both got into a prestigious high school program and we're in the same class, and this motherfucker walks in DAY ONE with a quirk! It's not even something lame and embarrassing, it's like a really strong quirk that he's showing off to everyone and had no possible reason to hide before now except to play mind games with everyone.

So I obviously lost it. Yelled, made a mess... just made a real ass of myself.

Can you blame me though? I was in shock! He's a liar and a cheat and obviously some kind of psycho to have lied about something like that for so long, right? He ruined our childhood for some fucked up long con. He deserved to be called out, didn't he?

Forward march and here we go!~

Izuku learns throughout the story that you can't save people who don't want to be saved.

But still, that was probably such a crushing blow emotionally. He's putting together a plan to rescue Katsuki, the strategist he is, in the midst of very real danger, and while doing so has to factor in that Katsuki may well rather die than reach for Izuku's hand.

But getting frazzled because the two explicitly gay people(specifically, cis men, in this scenario) he knows of are Katsuki and Aoyama...

In his mind, he can't possibly ask kacchan bc he can't divulge his feelings yet! It would be awkward since Kacchan is the only man he is aware he might feel a certain way about! and he really can't ask Aoyama simply because Aoyama pretty much walked out of the womb knowing he was gay so it is a different experience than growing up thinking you're one thing then finding out you might not be.

Additional thought! He talks to Aoyama anyway, and one thing leads to another, and Izuku tags along to a Pride event with Aoyama and Tooru(In addition to just going for fun and camaraderie, they do charity/community work through their agency and go every year!) and maybe even a few other 1-A friends, like Ochako, Tsu, etc. And Izuku is able to get a sense of the community!

He loves it! It's a good time! And through some conversations he has with friends and with strangers, he's approaching the understanding that he may be bisexual, actually?? And Ochako is like "Why didn't you tell me about all this sooner??" Because she is covered in bi flag colors herself and wearing her hair up in a messy bun suspiciously similar to Himiko's buns.

Ochako gets a bi flag for him at some point during the day and slings it around him, so he's wearing it like a cape, and Izuku feels...good about it! He's all smiles! He's making discoveries about himself, finding support, and having a wonderful first Pride. The one thing that would make it better would be...

Thats when he sees Great Explosion Murder God DynaMight on a small stage doing crowd work. Signing autographs, high fiving little kids, taking photographs with fans where he bares his teeth, scowls and flips off the camera- at the fans' request(they know what he's about), and at some point providing some small fireworks shows for the spectacle. He's decorated with rainbows too, his gauntlets have a new, green/teal/blue finish on them of the male gay flag for the event.

Turns out that Katsuki has started working the event for charity as well, and being Best Jeanists sidekick at the time, also reps the agency!

Izuku watches him work for a while, the fans eating up his moody demeanor as his trademark, finding such appreciation for DynaMight's work until he's basically just staring with heart-eyes... and then Katsuki suddenly spots him.

He suddenly acts moody that no one(Specifically Izuku) told him that Izuku was coming to the Pride event, and more so, WHAT THE HELL, DEKU, YOU'RE BI AND DIDN'T TELL ME!?

He takes it slightly personally, not because of his own latent, and hidden feelings for Izuku, but because he wants to be someone Izuku trusts, and it kind of wounds him to think that Izuku might not have wanted to come out to him, his childhood best friend and also someone in his life who is out as a gay man.

Ensue the miscommunication followed by explanations ("I wasn't hiding anything, Kacchan, I just didn't know until today!") and then understanding, maybe even a confession, if Izuku is feeling up to it, and if Katsuki presses about what brought him there.

They spend the rest of the event together after Katsuki is done with his part on the stage, Aoyama and Tooru (and Ochako + Tsu) leaving Izuku to his newfound discovery.

People do see them and photograph them together, and rumors start flying online.

Katsuki does nothing to argue with the rumors. Izuku is a little more busy explaining to his mom after she'd seen said rumors and photos, about 1. his new found realization, 2. Why he hadn't told her yet(much like Katsuki's reaction) because she loves him no matter what and just wants him to feel safe and happy, and 3. explaining to her that no, Katsuki and him are not dating(yet), it's a little more complicated than that at the moment.

Katsuki wastes no time, and starts romancing him in earnest the very next day, stopping by Izuku's classroom at lunch, determined to change that "it's complicated" to "dating".

How do you think he knew that. Is he just assuming because they're childhood friends. Did it come up in conversation when they kidnapped Bakugo.

While this dynamic is very frustrating to read, it's also SUCH good angst, like Izuku on his repress train, just shoving everything down and ignoring his feelings while katsuki is just going through the five stages of grief with his every interaction with Izuku.

And there's the added layer of guilt from both of their sides; for Katsuki, it's their past, and for Izuku, it's Bakugou's death, with the icing on top being a handful of ptsd for both of them.