sympathy, apathetically | Bakudeku Oneshot
TW: argumentive/hurt/comfort, top(?) Izuku
[Requested]
It pours heavily outside. Why did it have to come to this? Whyâd you let go?
Katsuki slumps, his knees crushing the soil beneath him. Chunks of rubble scatter the ground, even after winning the fight, Katsuki was still unhappy. It was too wet to see where Deku landed, now he's trying not to have a panic attack digging through the mud and fallen bricks of buildings.
"Deku!!?" His heart strains, worried, fucking terrified he won't find him. Deku was all he had left. He couldn't lose him like this. He couldnât stomach the pressure. Not like this. Not without him.
He was losing hope by the second, digging through the rubble over and over again. The rain poured onto his back, tears dropping from his eyes.
He kept telling himself he wasnât crying, not over Deku. He couldnât after all this time, and now... would it even be worth it if he was dead?
Dekuâs POV:
My eyes opened, agape;
I was in a hospital. I couldnât remember what happened, or maybe I just didnât want to, not at the moment anyway. I sat up on the hospital bed, my eyes squinting at the condition my body laid in. My legs were in thick casts, as well as my left arm, my tattoo peeking just above it. Dried blood soaked my fingerprints as I looked at myself, trying to figure out why Katsuki wasnât sitting in the emergency contact chair, or why he wasnât here at all for some reason.
A nurse walks in, addressing my state, a small, recovering smile working itâs way across her lips.
âYouâve healed. Good. Do you remember anything?â
my hands shuffle into fists, tensing and relaxing the muscles in them.
â...â I look up to her, as she held a clipboard in her hand, checking something off on the paper attached to it.
âAaalright. Do you know where your emergency contact went? Did you see him?â
â...he... he was here?â Her commentary brings my heart up to speed, slightly,
She crosses something else off.
âYou seem to be in good condition, so youâre free to go home in two hours.â
what?
â..how long was I out?â
She sighs, supposedly hating to hear that question.
âLong enough...â she pauses, scribbling something against the paper one more time before holding it against her side. âTwo months. Oh, and take it easy, will you? Your brain... itâs... missing some things.â Her comment caught my attention.
âexcuse me? Like what?â
â..Sympathy. Sadness. Your brain took damage from the fall, and it.. altered some of your emotions. But not all of them, so I suggest taking therapy in the meantime.â
Months? Alterations? I didnât think my injuries couldâve been so severe..
âDonât worry about it too much, your emergency contact covered the fee and didnât leave your side, until today. So, when you see emâ, tell emâ youâre okay, he was almost sent to the mental hospital for his uh- âunstable state of mindâ.â
The comment brought a small smile to my face, I huffed through my nose.
âDid he say where he was going?â
I questioned. âTo a flower shop.â She stated back, knowingly smirking at me.
âOh.. Huh.â
The doorknob twists before creaking open, a spiky blonde coming in, but he wasnât in his usual mood. His head hung low, his face pink from what I could see, and he didnât say a word until he looked up at me.
â..Izuku?â His eyes looked puffy red, as the flowers smacked the floor. He rushed to me, gripping me by the collar of my shirt, kissing me aggressively.
The nurse watched for a second but slowly slipped out of the room, assumingly careless at the moment. His lips were shaking, as his crushed palm kept me in reach of him, his tears dropping onto my face before he let go.
âIve missed you, you dickhead..â His body shook as he looked me in the eyes.
Above his forced palm, I could do nothing but watch him, his eyes flooding again. It hurt to see him so...in anguish.
â...you scared the shit outta me..â he releases me, sitting on the bed with me. â...and I.. I couldnât evenâ I couldnât find you. I swear I tried, I tried so fucking hard, we looked for you for days. And..someone else found you. Someone else found your dead body and I couldnât be there to see it...â His voice trailed off, facing downwards with his fingers digging into the making of his pants. His tears spotted the floor. He couldnât fight himself from breaking anymore. And I didnât want him to. âSOMEONE ELSE FOUND YOUR DEAD FUCKING BODY AND I COULDNâT BE THERE TO SEE IT.â
Iâm sorry, Katsuki.
âI- There was nothing you could do to get to me while you still had an unstable villain on your backââ
He lifts his head, gushes of tears falling from his pretty eyes.
âDonât spit that bullshit at me, Izuku! if you want me to sit here and pretend itâd be okay to let you die, youâre more psychotic than I fuckinâ thought!â
sympathy? Yes, but...
âYou were willing to let me die in here when you left me for two weeks.â He flushes. âYou were willing to let me die when you decided that I wasnât enough to come check on for days. But I guess I can only blame myself for that outcome because I married you.â Katsuki falls silent.
â...What did you want me to do?
Watch you die for two weeks? would thatâve made you feel better? That if i suffered the whole two months with you, Iâd get some type of fucking reward if you woke up??!â..But you didnât. ...Not in time anyway.â
my eyes widened, then faltered.
â...I canât feel what you feel, Katsuki. I wish I could, but until something changes, this conversation is... one sided. Itâs... difficult, being with you sometimes.â I sigh.
His eyes scrunched at me. He mugs, leaning in, kissing me on the forehead. He sighs, his eyes glossy.
âIâll be back later.â
And with that, he disappears.
He didnât come back until it got late for visitors. He knew he wasnât supposed to be here. Yet he showed up anyway. ClĂche of him.
Katsukiâs POV:
The hospital roomâs door creaks open. Inside lays a restless Deku, who scrolls on his phone, his screen light flashing his face in the dark room. I stepped through the door, Subway sandwiches in a bag in my hand. I wanted to sympathize with him. I didnât want to argue with him. But there was nothing to sympathize about, I knew he couldnât feel it. And that was worse than the hit he had taken.
âI brought food.â I say, a small smile on my lips.ââFeelinâ any better?â
He sits up on the bed as I flicked the light on. âNow that you brought food, absolutely.â I chuckled. It was nice to see him content, especially after everything. I missed this. I missed him.
We grubbed, and now I lay in bed with him, like we used to.
âCould I tell you something?â I muttered, my arm thrown over his waist. âAlways.â He claimed.
âI wasnât sure if your eyes were ever gonna open again. And I wouldnât know what to do if you werenât here with me right now.â
âWell Iâm still here right now.â He turns, facing me, his fingers intertwining with mine. ââSo your overthinking doesnât matter. Weâre here together, in this moment, and thatâs the only thing that should matter right now, okay? I love you.â
I sigh, squeezing his hand in mine. âI love you. Im sorry about what I said,.. what I did. If I was more careful, you wouldnât be like this. I want to be a better boyfriend, a better husband. To you, to myself. I want to be better for us.â I admit, sighing.
âAnd Iâll do the same. Weâre not perfect, and we wonât always be on the same page, but that doesnât mean I love you any less. It doesnât mean I resent you, either. We have our differences, and thatâs truly what attracts us to one another in our own ways. As long as we continue to work on ourselves and each other, while keeping each other safe, weâll be alright.â He grabs the sides of my head, pulling me close and kissing me on the forehead.
âYeah. yeah.â A tear streams down my face, a breath escaping my lips. It feels good to be cared for. And it felt good to care. It felt good to love. I cherish yo, Izuku. I wonât deny you. I wonât leave you to die.












