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I Was Always Yours to Have

Summary:

Izuku Midoriya isn't sure how to exist without Kacchan. So when he's forced to confront who he is without his other half, things only get worse. He finds himself picking up his phone on the day of Kacchan's funeral and pressing send.

Or: It gets better and then gets much much worse

Notes:

PLEASE be mindful of the tags, do not take this fic lightly.

the dates are a bit wonky probably but the idea is we start right after izuku returns to UA after his vigilante arc

I also made a spotify playlist if you’re interested in that kind of thing, find it here

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Kacchan ☆

Fri, April 26 at 23:49
Kacchan are you coming?
The movie already started where are you (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞
Ashido said I shouldn't bother bc you told her to go away!
ffs

i didn't tell pinky to "go away" i told her to FUCK OFF, if you're gonna gossip do it right

Kacchaaaaan
Pls it's a new All Might documentary!!
I wanna watch it
With you
STFU oh my god

Fri, April 26 at 23:53
fine fine i’m omw

like hell i’m letting ur dumbass out of my sight

Yay!!! („• ᴗ •„)

Wednesday 18:31
Hey

Wow, this hurts

Hahah

We just buried you.

It was weird, burying All Might and then…you.

I wonder if you even knew?

I mean how would you

I’ll just tell you

All Might died to keep AFO at bay during that fight

He had this awesome mech he used too!!!

Apparently Dave had made him this car that could transform and stuff

You remember Dave? Melissa’s dad?

Yeah anyway

You would’ve loved it

Or hated it?

Probably both

You’d say it was ridiculous and like some early 2000s movie or something

But I think you would’ve thought it was cool too

Wednesday 18:50
I wonder if you can see this, where you are?

In the ground or

In heaven

Or whatever

Idk

Why am I doing this?

I know you’ll never read it

And even if you did, you’d hate me for all this self pity

It’s okay

You can hate me. I hate me too

I’m sorry I wasn’t fast enough

Wednesday 19:04
I’m sorry I didn’t save you

I miss you

Kacchan ☆

One Year Ago
Mon, Feb 19 at 15:41
wtf was that?

????
What was what?
class.

the stupid fucking training thing Aizawa put us thru

u were slacking

Oh, yeah! Sorry
I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night ( ; ω ; )
idiot

how the hell are u supposed to surpass me

and make OFA your own

if you won’t even take care of urself

It wasn’t intentional!!
yeah yeah

whatever, just get some fucking sleep

u look like shit, got bags like that insomniac creep

??? Hitoshi?
THE HELL ARE U ON FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THAT PIECE OF SHIT FOR??

(*´▽`*) Hehe I was joking, Kacchan
??
Mon, Feb 19 at 15:53
Kacchan??
Don’t ignore me
Plssss
I’m sorry
I can see your phone buzzing
(。•́︿•̀。)
Kacchaaaaann
JFC SHUT UP WHATEVER

idc

do what you want

Okay, Kacchan
Are you still gonna tutor me tonight
?
Or did I upset you
i’m not upset at shit

fuck off with that

Mon, Feb 19 at 16:03
ofc i’ll study with you dumbass

can’t have you falling behind already

Yay!! Thank you, Kacchan!

Kacchan ☆

Wednesday 23:08
Do you remember you left me a voicemail?
It was towards the end of first year
You still hated me
I think
You called me bc someone told you my score on one of the exams
I was training and you were in the dorms
So you called me
I cherish it a lot
Especially now
When you’re
Well
You know.
Wednesday 23:17
You were so angry at the time
It’s nice
The dorms are so quiet
UA is so quiet
Without you
Please come back
Thursday 08:10
I feel angry
At you
At our class
For grieving you
Which isn’t really fair?
You were their friend too but…
It’s not the same
You were the closest thing to me in my life, you know?
No I guess you don’t
You can’t know anything while in the fucking ground
I really can’t do this

Kacchan ☆

Two Years Ago
Sat, Sep 5 at 17:10
dinner.

Okay!
Sat, Sep 5 at 17:35
Wow, Kacchan! It’s amazing, thank you for cooking for us!!
whatever

ik i’m amazing idiot

Well, still
It’s nice to get praise either way right?
Sat, Sep 5 at 17:46
Um
Why weren’t you down with everyone else though?
why would i?

Because you cooked for everyone?
Why would you spend all that time and energy just to leave
???
ur all annoying asf. i’d rather eat in fucking peace

Still… then why bother?
Cooking?
bc

they’d all starve w/o me

Sat, Sep 5 at 17:51
you included.

Would not!
I can fend for myself just fine
the fact that you just used the phrase “fend for myself” proves my point further

you shouldn’t be FENDING for shit

you should be cooking and EATING

fending implies you would struggle in the first place, dimwit

Haha
I guess you’re right
don’t laugh at me, asshole

you’re a goddamn hero in training, learn how to take care of yourself

I wasn’t laughing!!
Well, mostly
And that was almost sweet, Kacchan!
shut

the

fuck up

teach me to ever try to watch out for you

piece of shit

Sat, Sep 5 at 18:10
Okay, Kacchan. (⌒ω⌒)
the fuck is that supposed to be??

Oh! It’s a kaomoji
what.

It’s like an emoticon?
Like an emoji!
They’re cute aren’t they??
(๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ
they’re fuckin weird is what they are

y don’t you just use an emoji?

Because they’re cuter!! Obviously!
They’re fun to find and make too!
I know we don’t really text that much
So I probably haven’t really sent any to you yet
Haha
I can stop if you really dislike it
Sorry
it’s whatever, Deku

do whatever you want

jesus all these years and u still don’t have a fucking backbone??

I do too!! I just
Don’t want to make you uncomfortable
??
And you said they were weird so
idc

but you should do what makes u happy

or whatever

god fuck u for making me say this shit

Okay, Kacchan ( = ⩊ = )
Sat, Sep 5 at 18:28
weirdo.

Kacchan ☆

Saturday 20:00
You were right, Kacchan
Iw ould starve withput you
Haha
Sorry
I’ve been crying again
Itz hard 2 type liek this
Saturday 20:27
Okay I’m good now
Not good
But
You know
As I was saying, you were right
You always are
Were.
Whatever, hahaha
I can’t eat anymore
Not really
And when I do
I just kind of throw up?
It feels like middle school again
I never told you about that, did I?
Well, better late than never I guess
Anyway
It feels wrong?
Like
You’re not here, next to me so
What’s the point?
Saturday 20:34
Wow that’s depressing
I just mean
I dunno
I grew up with you always out of reach
But
You were there.
You know?
And now you’re not and
All of our friends
Yes, OUR friends
I know you loved them too
You big secret softie
Saturday 20:45
What was I saying?
Oh. Right
Our friends are just as sad over you
I know you’d be yelling at them
And me too
For being so hung up over you
You made a great sacrifice for all of us
But you didn’t NEED to
Saturday 20:57
The dorms feel weird
Empty
Aizawa locked your room the day after your funeral
I think about breaking in sometimes
I know I’d get in trouble but like
I think it’d still smell like you?
Would that be better or worse for me?
Anyway, I think he did it for your parents
They haven’t come to collect your things yet but
Eventually they will
And he’ll prbably
Unlock it for them
At dinner time I keep looking for you haha
I keep expecting you to be waving a knife around in the kitchen, shouting
But you’re not
And you won’t
I think everyone else expects it too
So we switched our routine
We have our movie nights three times a week now
Before we start preparing dinner
Saturday 21:12
Ojiro picked up what you left behind.
He cooks for us
But he’s quiet and it’s nowhere near as spicy as you would have made it
But it’s food
Not that I can eat it.
But it’s something
We
No
They
Are trying to move on
To accept it.
I just…
I can’t
You’re not gone really, are you?
You’re gonna suddenly text me back aren’t you?
Leave me another angry voicemail about how if you really died
I shouldn’t be so sad and pathetic about it
That I should fucking deal with it and move on
Right?
You’re just waiting, right?
You’ll come back, won’t you?
After Exams
Or
As a secret guest to one of Aizawa’s training sessions!
Oh, that would be fun.
“And now you’ll be competing against once thought dead, Bakugou Katsuki!”
And we’d all turn around and you’d be there
Healthy and breathing and safe
Alive
You would be there
Right?

Kacchan ☆

One Year Ago
Tue, Jan 16 at 22:57
oi
u left ur shitty hoodie
come get it
Wed, Jan 17 at 00:02
OI
don’t fucking IGNORE ME
i know ur shitty ass is awake
ur hoodie fuckin reeks i can’t sleep with it in here
Wed, Jan 17 at 00:14
Omg

Kacchan

I’m so sorry, Todoroki called me!

I can come get it now?

fuck u
it’s mine now
WHAT??

are u illiterate now?
ur not getting ur hoodie back
it stays here.
Why????

bc u were too fucking busy w toDoRoKi
so it’s mine now
now fuck off so i can sleep
I thought it stunk too much too sleep??

I’ll come get it now

Kacchan?

??

Don’t be like this

zzzzzz
Kacchan!!!

Kirishima

Hey, man! Saw you weren’t in class today, wanted to check in?
Everyone is grieving Bakugou’s death too so we’re here for you okay?
I know we didn’t know him like you but we still loved him in our own way
Let me know if you’re okay when you get this, okay dude?
We all care about you

Aizawa

Tuesday 13:42
Midoriya, here are your lesson plans for this week
[LINK]
I would much prefer to see you in class, but I understand what you are going through.
Please remember you are not alone.
We all lost Bakugou and I am always around if you need someone.
He would not want you to give up, remember that, problem child.

Tsu

Thursday 10:05
Hey, Midoriya
How are you doing?
We all are worried for you
Kirishima says you aren’t replying to anyone
I’m always here if you need a study friend, okay?
Maybe try taking a walk soon too, it can help to leave your room
Let me know if you want someone to come along

Kacchan ☆

Thursday 22:19
I broke into your room

It wasn’t even that hard either?

I had to scale two floors

And I was a little afraid Kirishima or Uraraka might catch me

Or even Aizawa but

Nope

I just used float to go from my balcony and onto yours

Your balcony door was even unlocked

I wonder if that was on purpose?

Maybe Aizawa left it unlocked on accident

Maybe Kirishima unlocked it because he knew

Maybe you unlocked it

Did you?

Haha what am I even saying

They’re worried for me you know?

Thursday 22:23
I know, at least

I see the way everyone looks at me

On the rare occasion I show up for classes

Oh

I didn’t tell you that did I?

Well I’ve stopped going to class

It hurts too much to not see you there

Shouting and yelling

If I close my eyes I can almost imagine you’re still there but

I open my eyes and your desk is empty

Always fucking empty

And I…can’t.

Don’t worry though, I’m not falling behindor anything

Aizawa arranged online classes for me after the first couple weeks of me not even leaving my room haha

I’m really worrying everyone in UA and I feel awful

But I also… don’t

Because you’re not here

You’re supposed to be here

We’re supposed to be heroes together

Why is it just me?

Why is it all up to me?

Kacchan, please

Thursday 22:40
I can’t believe you kept it

Like, I knew you did because I’ve still had one less hoodie but

Seeing it is…

You really cared, didn’t you?

Oh god

Thursday 23:00
It somehow smells like you too haha

Everything smells like you

I should’ve expected this

I mean it’s your room

But it’s still

I can’t

I don’t want to leave

Tsu was right, leaving my room did help

Just not in the way she thought

And maybe help isn’t the right word for this

I miss you so much

Your blankets smell just like you

Mom ♡

Sunday 07:15
Izuku, hon. I’m withdrawing you from UA.
What?

Oh, so that gets a response?
Love, you haven’t been responding to anyone other than submitting Aizawa your assignments and he says you’ve been sleeping in Katsuki’s room?
Sweetie, you know none of this is healthy.
Aizawa says you can come home for the remainder of your year and by graduation decide if you want to become a hero still.
You can’t continue on like this, Izuku.
Please, come home?
Okay

Thank you. I’ll pick you up this afternoon?
I can make katsudon.
Or…something else, if that’s too soon
I’m not hungry

Izuku.
Not katsudon, please

Okay.
We’ll decide later?
Okay

Kacchan ☆

Friday 18:36
I think I loved you

I think I still do

Your parents cleared out your room a couple days ago

And came over with a box of stuff

Auntie looked just as distraught as I feel

So did your dad

He was so quiet, and yeah, he always sort of is but it was different?

He just kept zoning out and I felt so bad for him

Auntie kept crying too

It was weird because

You know

She looks so much like you

Or I guess you look like her

Looked

Whatever, you know what I mean

And you never cried

Neither does she normally

She really loves you, Kacchan

Anyway

Mitsuki gave me this look and hugged me before she left

She said she knew how much you meant to me

That I probably loved you more than she does

And I started thinking

Is that right?? Is that what this is?

And yeah, I think so.

I love you

Friday 18:50
The words don’t feel like enough?

Like if I could’ve said “I love you” to you it wouldn’t have ever been enough

It’s not enough to sum up how I feel

I want to wrap myself up in you

God, does that make sense?

I wish I could’ve gotten the chance to curl up in you

To bury my hands in your ribs and make a home right there

Next to your heart

Stay there forever

Listen to it beat

Memorize the sound

Would you have let me?

Fucl fuck fuck

Wednesday 10:03
Mom started taking me to therapy

Dr. Auichi thinks I loved you too

She thinks I need to let go

But you’re coming back, right?

She doesn’t think so, she thinks I’m not grieving you properly like this

I think I agree with her too.

But I don’t want to, I can’t let go of you.

There is no world without Kacchan

So come back, yeah?

I love you

So come back

Saturday 10:09
Happy anniversary

It’s been a year since you left, haha

A year without Kacchan

Wow

We visited your grave earlier

Everyone.

Class A, Aizawa, all our teachers, our parents

Best Jeanist was there too

I figured you would want to know that

He says he’s sorry, by the way

He wishes he tried harder to stop you

I dunno.

I wore the hoodie you stole.

Saturday 23:15
Mom let me go for a walk

I’m walking on rooftops but shh, our secret, okay?

Haha, not like you could tell anyway

It’s nice.

The breeze.

I haven’t gone for a walk like this in a while, man

Tsu was really right about this, huh?

I should apologize to her

To everyone really

I should talk to them more

Saturday 23:48
Hey Kacchan?

You can stop ignoring me now

Hahaha

I should stop pretending you’re coming back, shouldn’t I?

You’re really gone, aren’t you?

Sunday 00:01
I love you.

Wednesday 8:12
Graduation is soon.

I’ve started going back to class

I told Aizawa I’m not sure if I can be a hero after all this, but I’d still like to do something

Like I could be like Hatsume and make tech

Or help on the sidelines

It means I might not graduate this year though, I may have to spend a couple extra years in UA in another course

I think it’ll be fine though

It might be nice even?

I’ll be behind everyone, for sure but…what’s the fun in taking the easy way, right Kacchan?

My whole life has been a rollercoaster of difficulty, what’s one more?

I wish I could ask you what you thought of this all

Do you think I’m being stupid?

Am I just making mistake after mistake?

Can you tell me, please?

Wednesday 8:50
Kacchan

I love you

Monday 14:09
Kacchan I think I have to stop this

Dr. Auichi says I can’t progress until I let go of this part of myself

She says life is full of small deaths and rebirths

And this part of me that clings onto you like this isn’t good for me

I told her I can’t imagine a world without you in it and she told me I’m already living in it

And she is right

But

Why couldn’t I figure out my feelings before you died?

Why did I have to see Auntie cry and have everything click into place then?

Why couldn’t I have told you back then, back in April?

I have so many regrets

What would be different?

They say it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all

But I feel like I’ve somehow done both.

I love you Kacchan

And I have lost you again and again and again

I can’t take losing you another time

Fuck, Kacchan

I can’t stop crying

Hahah I bet you’d laugh, seeing how hard this is for me

I hope you’d laugh.

I miss you with every ounce of my soul

I love you with every beat of my heart

But I can’t keep chasing after you anymore, okay?

I can’t keep reaching out for a hand covered in dirt

You’re gone

God, you’re really actually fucking gone

And I have to actually accept it or I’ll never be whole again

I’ll probably never be whole again either way

But I’ve got to try

I hope I’ll see you again some day

Just don’t be too mad at me, okay?

Goodbye, Kacchan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Izuku

Three Months Later
Sunday 12:05
what the actual fuck