So This is Goodbye...?
*Genkan: Traditional entrance to Japanese homes where they keep shoes.
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The boycott and criticism that followed after were inevitable for both brands Ichiban and Reborn; Bakugou lost a great number of supporters and business partners for being in a relationship with another man, as well as Shimura for supporting them both. Izuku couldn't help but blame himself for what happened, even though it wasn't his fault, and Bakugou and Shimura assured him about that.
It was the greenette's day off and Katsuki paid him a sudden visit as he has been doing since the conference meeting. The freckled one let him in in the middle of breakfast, so he went back to the table and resumed eating as the Incubus watched him checking that morning’s news on the tablet as he always did. Katsuki stretched out his neck and peeked into what Izuku was reading from over his shoulder, taking the device off the greenette’s hands as he saw another article about Ichiban on the screen.
“Hey!” He protested.
“Izuku…” Katsuki sighed as he closed that tab. “I told you not to worry about that.”
The small one hesitated. “But Kacchan has always aimed for the top and had the greatest brand of Japan… You had a dream come true, and I took it from you.”
“No, I gave up on that dream, because I found out there are more important stuff.”
Izuku went quiet.
“Look… I'd be lying if I said that I don't mind the criticism and boycott, but you're not responsible for any of that. Being number one has always been important for me and still is, but you're more important than my brand. Only because we’re dating, that doesn’t mean you have responsibility over what happened, it was all me.” Bakugou said as he placed the tablet on the table.
Izuku couldn't hold it anymore, his lower lip trembled and the first few tears sprouted from his emerald eyes; Bakugou wiped his cheek with his thumb.
“I'm sorry-” He sobbed.
“It's not your fault.” Katsuki scolded.
“No… I'm sorry for beating myself up over that, I just…”
“I get it… but you don't need to apologize for everything, it's becoming a bad habit.”
Izuku smiled back. “Right…”
Katsuki caressed his face and kissed his green locks. “By the way… my friends want to set a date for us to meet, Denki and Kyouka are dating now and they want to introduce us.”
“Oh, that'd be great! Can I invite Todoroki too?”
The Incubus' smile fell at the request. “What you don't ask me with a frown that I don't do with a smile?” He gave in with a vein throbbing on his temple.
Izuku giggled. Even though they settled their differences, Kacchan and Todoroki still weren't much close; maybe his boyfriend had no idea, but the bicolor really looked up to him, or maybe that was the very reason for the blonde to feel the need to compete with him.
At the set date, they decided to meet at the apartment Kyouka shared with Denki, especially given the amount of reporters and paparazzi surrounding Katsuki’s building after the conference meeting.
Something the Succubi kept between themselves was that, besides roommates, they also used to be friends with benefits before finding their soulmates, they decided to call it off to stay faithful to their partners.
Katsuki offered to drive his boyfriend and Todoroki to the place, once there, they were received by the hosts right away.
“You're here early!” The blonde mentioned as he opened the door. “We're still waiting for the others, but come on in!”
The three of them entered the place where they found all of Katsuki's friends talking amongst themselves, they greeted the newcomers walking in the living room.
“Hello! Kirishima mentioned about you. Itsuka Kendou, right?” The greenette spoke up.
“Right, and you must be Midoriya, is that correct?” The gingerhead mentioned.
“That's right, nice to meet you!”
“Likewise.” Itsuka said, bowing back. “And you must be Katsuki Bakugou, right?” She pointed at Kacchan.
“Oh, right.”
“Eijirou said a lot about you! You must be very close!” Itsuka smiled brightly.
Katsuki held his neck. “Well, we've known each other since we were kids, after all…”
“Don't be modest, Katsuki! Ei is your best friend, everyone knows it!” Denki cut in.
“It's a huge pleasure to know my boyfriend's best friend!”
“Oh, yeah… likewise.” Katsuki said, bowing back.
“And you… Eijirou must not have told me about you.” Kendou pointed at Todoroki.
The bicolor eyed Kirishima suggestively and he smiled awkwardly, he then turned back to Kendou. “I'm Shouto Todoroki, nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you too.” The gingerhead bowed back.
They spent some time talking and playing amongst themselves as they waited for Kaminari and Jirou’s dates; the blonde one constantly checked his phone anxiously.
“Oh, leave that phone aside for a bit, Den!” Kyouka protested.
“I'm waiting to hear from Toshi, he said he left home a bit ago.” The blonde retorted.
“You'll hear when he gets here or texts, you could only pay attention to us for a bit.”
Denki heard nothing of what Kyouka said, for he got a new text and was already hopping off the couch to answer the door.
They all turned to watch the new faces entering the room and saw the blonde receiving a tall man of purple hair and beard.
“Hey, you finally showed up!” Denki mentioned.
“We're here, right?” Hitoshi smiled with a peck on his boyfriend’s lips. “By the way, I brought Yaomomo for you, Jirou.”
Kyouka got up excitedly, jogging towards the door to receive the black-haired woman with a ponytail; just as Todoroki saw them kissing, he froze.
“Y-Yaoyorozu…?” The bicolor stood.
The room fell silent, they all looked from Todoroki to Yaoyorozu in confusion.
“Todoroki…?” The lady called him slowly.
“Wait, you know each other?” Kyouka asked with a hint of jealousy in her tone.
“Well, I-”
“I'm sorry… I don't think I can do this anymore.” The bicolor cut Yaoyorozu off as he hurried towards the door; right when he stepped on the outside, Izuku called him from the genkan*.
“Wait, Todoroki! What's going on?”
The bicolor stopped midway and hesitated before opening his mouth. “Momo Yaoyorozu…”
“Huh…?” Izuku mumbled confused.
“I promised myself to stay away for her sake…” Todoroki turned slowly and the greenette could see the pain in his face. “I'm sorry, Midoriya… I can't do this anymore.”
“What do you mean…?”
“I think we can no longer be friends.”
The greenette was shocked. “Todoroki-!”
“I know it's selfish! But I won't take it staying close to her… Goodbye.” With that, the bicolor left towards the elevator.
Izuku turned back into the apartment, they all eyed him with pity.
“Izuku…” Katsuki called.
The small one did his best to try and hold back his tears, still, he wiped the first few ones that sprouted. “Is alright… Kacchan.”
The cupid didn't hold back, not even bothered to put on his shoes as he went after Todoroki. His friends tried to call after him, but he wouldn't stop when it was for the sake of defending his soulmate.
Todoroki called the elevator and anxiously waited for its arrival, he didn't have time before Katsuki stormed up to him. The bicolor rushed into the cabin, but the cupid was already in there when the automatic door closed.
“What the fuck was that, Shouto?!” He exclaimed as he grabbed Todoroki’s collar.
He didn't want to feel bad for the bicolor, but his watery heterochromatic eyes made him loosen his grip; it really was odd to see him cry.
“I'm sorry… I'm really sorry, but I can't stay near Midoriya if I have to remember Yaoyorozu.” He lamented.
Katsuki let go of his shirt to listen to him. “What happened between you?”
Shouto tried to hold back his tears in vain before speaking up. “I met her some time ago… I won't lie that my first intention was to seduce her, but things got a little personal as we talked.”
“You tried the same with Izuku, didn't you?” Katsuki accused him.
“It was… but, unlike Midoriya, I really did fall in love with her.”
“Oh…” Was all the cupid managed to say.
“I had to stay away to spare her life… I couldn't get myself involved with her if I had to watch her wither to death. I'm sorry.”
Katsuki sighed inaudibly. “It's not your fault… I can't imagine how hard it may be to leave all of your friends behind to spare her, that's an act of bravery.”
“Thank you for understanding.”
“Sure…”
An uncomfortable silence filled the elevator as they waited for it to descend to the first floor; once there, Todoroki was already heading out when Katsuki called. “Hey, Todoroki!” The bicolor turned to listen to him. “If someday you get over Yaoyorozu… we'll take you back.”
The bicolor smiled in surprise. “Thank you.” Was all he said before the door closed between them.
Katsuki called up to the floor of his friends' apartment and leaned against the cabin's wall, sighing as he waited for it to make it to his destination.
“So this is ‘goodbye’...” He mumbled.
Back at the apartment, their friends comforted Midoriya as Momo isolated herself in a corner looking anxious; when they heard the door open, they looked up at Katsuki with no sign of Todoroki.
“Kacchan…” Izuku called.
The cupid approached to comfort him. “I'm here, baby.”
“What happened, after all?” Kyouka asked sternly.
“I'm sorry, Izuku… but I guess Todoroki won't be back.”
The greenette sobbed loudly at the news, Katsuki hugged him.
“And what does he have to do with Momo?” Kyouka insisted.
“Baby-”
“Don't you ‘baby’ me!” The Succubus cut her off.
“Hey, don't be so harsh on her, Todoroki stayed away for her sake.” Katsuki explained to everyone's shock.
“What do you mean…?” Yaoyorozu asked slowly.
“You couldn't be together… it's complicated. He backed away to spare you.”
The room fell silent until Momo spoke up. “Oh, my God…”
“What's your story with him, after all?” Kyouka asked her cautiously.
The black-haired woman hesitated. “We met some time ago… our first intention was some casual sex, I won't lie but, after a night of flirting, he just asked if we could see each other more often… We had a few dates until he got more distant with time and vanished… He blocked my number and we never saw each other again. I was confused at first, I really liked him, but I got over it and moved on.” She said that last part smiling at Kyouka.
“So… nothing happened between you two?” The cupid asked to be sure.
“Seeing him here today was surprising, I won't lie, but we didn't have our first kiss nor anything of the kind.”
“Shit…”
“Kyouka.” Momo approached and hugged her crying girlfriend.
“I'm sorry I doubted you.”
“Is okay, I would be confused too.” The black-haired woman smiled.
“So Todoroki won't come back…?” Izuku asked cautiously.
Katsuki hesitated. “No, I guess this really is ‘goodbye’. Unlike Yaoyorozu, he didn't get over it.”
“Oh…” The greenette let out slowly.
The cupid caressed his back. “Wanna go back home?”
“I didn't want to say I do, but this was too much for today.”
“Is okay, Midoriya, we get it; by the way, I think we better call it a day.” Denki said, his friends agreed.
“I’m sorry about that.” Izuku lamented.
“What did I tell you? It’s becoming a bad habit, it’s no one's fault.” Katsuki scolded.
“Sure…” Izuku said slowly.
They all went back their respective homes; after a long, silent car ride, Katsuki walked his boyfriend up to the front door.
“Will you be okay on your own?” He asked softly.
“I don’t wanna bother.”
“Staying by your side is no bother at all.”
Izuku smiled amidst his tears. “In that case, wanna come in?”
The Incubus smiled in understanding, following him inside.
They cuddled on the couch watching movies, later, Bakugou suggested they’d go to bed; just as the Incubus kissed him goodnight and cuddled by his side, Izuku got up on his lap, leaning in for one more heated kiss.
“What’re you doing?” Katsuki asked, pushing him slightly. Even though he wanted to, he didn’t find it fair to take advantage of the short one after that catastrophic day.
“It’s been a while, huh?” Izuku mentioned in a whisper.
The cupid smiled maliciously; at that point, he could no longer hold back, Izuku didn’t always take initiative.
He let the small one lean back in and caressed his body, savoring the sweet moans enacting from the greenette’s mouth as he groped from under his shirt and boxers, feeling his waist and plump butt.
Bakugou wanted to take the lead, to roll on top of Izuku and do as he pleased, but the freckled one was being so bold that the blonde held himself back and watched him hop on his dick, laying to sleep in his arms right after.
Author's Note
Adult Shinsou grows his beard out and my opinion’s the only one that matters u.u
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