[ Curling forward a little further, Shouto firmly drops his face into Izuku's own shoulder, closing his eyes tight and grounding himself like that. He's solid and real, and even if he's a little different from the Izuku that he last saw before going to war, it's still him. Everything about that realization calms him, as much as being off that table does, and he huffs out a rough breath.
I'm here. He believes it. He believes that Izuku would tear down the world to find him, if he had to.
And Shouto knows he would do the same. Everything in his path would be razed and gone, if it tried to stand in his way. So he comforts himself in that, and in how much he loves this one person.
After a few moments of standing like this, he murmurs: ] You got bigger.
[ Shouto can't help the hoarse laugh that escapes him, brief and tired, but real. He tilts his head and knocks it gently into Izuku's, still holding onto him. ]
Never doubted that.
[ He's not a scrawny little runt anymore, but those eyes are the same. That heart is the same. ]
Still Izukkun. [ He doesn't use the nickname as much anymore, compared to Shoucchan, but it comes out now. He knows. ]
[ Slowly, his fingers loosen their hold on the material of Izuku's uniform. It's so strange, seeing him here, like this - at war with the rest of the world. Midoriya Izuku has always had fight in him, and has always wanted to stand up to the bullies, so it's not that. All of it amounts to the fact that he didn't have the power to always stand and fight.
He takes a deep breath, another faint shudder, and nods his forehead into his shoulder. ]
[He's a little different now... but the heart of him, the part that's always wanted to stand up for every single person who's ever been trampled on? That stayed. It aches at the way Shouto was treated, how they found him strapped to a table- but he's okay now.
He's solid and real and nothing is wrong. Everything is fine because they're finally together again. As long as Izuku is here, he's going to make sure nothing bad ever happens to his childhood best friend.
He's never felt pure terror grip him before. Even the super serum didn't terrify him the same way seeing Shouto hurt did. He might... have to re-evaluate his feelings. Is Shouto really just his childhood friend, or is there more to it than that?
The musing can wait for later. For now, all he wants to do is be here for his friend.]
And you're still my Shoucchan. You know you can always talk to me.
[Even if most of their childhoods were spent with Shouto protecting Izuku from bullies. Izuku was the one who tried to protect Shouto from Todoroki Enji.]
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I'm here. He believes it. He believes that Izuku would tear down the world to find him, if he had to.
And Shouto knows he would do the same. Everything in his path would be razed and gone, if it tried to stand in his way. So he comforts himself in that, and in how much he loves this one person.
After a few moments of standing like this, he murmurs: ] You got bigger.
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I did. I volunteered for an experiment.
[But he's still himself at his core. Still the same person who wanted to help his country, wanted to protect people the whole world wide.]
I'm still me, Shoucchan.
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Never doubted that.
[ He's not a scrawny little runt anymore, but those eyes are the same. That heart is the same. ]
Still Izukkun. [ He doesn't use the nickname as much anymore, compared to Shoucchan, but it comes out now. He knows. ]
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His breath catches at the nickname. It's been far, far too long. He gets it, Shouto's grown up-- but he's always Shoucchan in Izuku's heart.]
Still your Izukkun.
[Quiet enough that just Shouto can hear him.]
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He takes a deep breath, another faint shudder, and nods his forehead into his shoulder. ]
I know. You always will be.
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He's solid and real and nothing is wrong. Everything is fine because they're finally together again. As long as Izuku is here, he's going to make sure nothing bad ever happens to his childhood best friend.
He's never felt pure terror grip him before. Even the super serum didn't terrify him the same way seeing Shouto hurt did. He might... have to re-evaluate his feelings. Is Shouto really just his childhood friend, or is there more to it than that?
The musing can wait for later. For now, all he wants to do is be here for his friend.]
And you're still my Shoucchan. You know you can always talk to me.
[Even if most of their childhoods were spent with Shouto protecting Izuku from bullies. Izuku was the one who tried to protect Shouto from Todoroki Enji.]