“BKDK IS REAL. IT WAS NOT CASUAL. IT WAS NEVER CASUAL. IZUKU TOOK HIS OFFER TO BECOME HEROS TOGETHER AND THEY WILL CHASE AFTER EACH OTHER FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.” i yell as they tighten my straight jacket and drag me back into the asylum. 💔
Today I posted the final part of my AO3 series
10 centimeters apart so I made some art to celebrate!
Ships: Bkdk, IzuOcha (with Bkdk Endgame)
Number of parts: 3 (one from the POV of each of the three main characters)
WC: 13.9k words
Main Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Requited Unrequited Love, Love Triangles, Angst with a Happy Ending, Mutual Pining, Midoriya Izuku Has Panic Attacks, Character Study, Manga Spoilers
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
S/o to my dear @azunou for all your help and encouragement! :*
Thanks to everyone who encouraged me and supported me along the way! <3
So...I finally posted it.
I'm honestly too overwhelmed to make a lengthy post so I'm just gonna drop the link here. >.<
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Big thanks to @azunou for beta-reading! And s/o to @skrunklysoup @z-mizcellaneous-z @mhatheoriesbrainrot for the moral support and for letting me bounce ideas off of you all <3
Enjoy~!
They were late. Not unusual for them but they really did want to be on time. They promised Emi they would be, but here they are.
Running late.
"KATSUKI BAKUGO" Izuku yells sternly
Beside Izuku their children giggles, Izuku glances at them. A little girl and boy
The girl age four and the boy age 8. They had children through a surrogate, they had found a medical procedure that was able to combine both Katsuki's DNA and Izuku's. These babies are 100% theirs. The surrogate was in a sense just an incubator, she is lovely woman, Katsuki called her kinky.
She liked being a surrogate because she liked being pregnant; she just didnt want to have to raise the babies herself.
"See. Kinky" Katsuki said after she explained.
Anyways she helps them have two beautiful children.
Emiko or Emi for short (Yes they did name their kid after their best friend shut up she has done so much for them). Emiko is a spitting of image of Katsuki, blonde hair, red sharp eyes. The only difference is freckles dust her cheeks. While she may look like Katsuki, she is Izuku all the way, kind, sweet and senstive.
Itsuki the boy (yes they did the clichè combining their names thing leave them alone) copy and paste of Izuku, minus the freckles attitude? Full on Katsuki Bakugo. He is Katsuki's karma for being a brat as child and he swears it. Because Itsuki is /only/ sweet to one of his parents and while it's not Katsuki, he is a sour patch kid really.
When the couple were discussing starting a family, Emi had offered to be their surrogate. Hitoshi was fine with it and while couple was more than happy that Emi had offered.
They couldn't ask that of her, she had done so much for them already. Had it not been for Emi the pair knew for sure they wouldn't be here today. Emi has been nothing but their greatest supporter and defender.
They could never repay her.
Plus Emi had just had little Benji that would have been too much to ask of her.
"Auntie Emi is gonna be disappointed Papa!" Emiko yells
"I'm coming you brat!" Katsuki yells back running down the stairs holding a small box wrapped perfectly "I found it!"
As Katsuki walks toward his husband and kids, he trips. On what? Itsuki's skateboard is strategically placed in the middle of the room.
See? Katsuki's karama.
Itsuki cannot hold his laughter, hunching over and clutching his sides
"YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN YOUR FACE OLD MAN" He shrieks
"Suki!" Izuku says sternly causing the boy to stand up straight "I thought I told you to put your board away?"
Itsuki swallows and nods, quickly scrambling to grab the board and put in a less harmful place. Izuku doesn't even have to say Itsuki runs to his father and hugs him.
"Sorry papa," he mutters.
See? Sour patch kid.
Katsiki ruffles his son's hair "it's fine".
For a brief moment the family forgets that they have someplace to be.
"WE GOTTA GO!" Izuku yells in a panic "oh goodness how does Emi /even/ deal with us"
Bless her heart.
"She has been for /years/ now it'd be pointless to get rid if us now" Katsuki replies
Again.
Bless her heart.
Seriously.
She watched them be gay disasters for months. MONTHS. Before they actually got their shit together and got together.
She was there for their first big fight and reminded them why they loved each other so much to start with.
She was there when Katsuki drunkenly proposed and Izuku threw up on him from nerves and too much to drink.
Emi was there when Katsuki did it right and when Izuku cried yes.
Emi was there all through the wedding planning, through Izuku's tears when the planning became too much.
Emi was the one who gave Izuku away because his dad refused to come and his mom passed years ago.
Emi was there when Itsuki was born and when Emiko was too.
Emi is there when they need help. She is such a big part of their lives, where would they be without her?
"In a ditch, dead probably" Hitoshi would say.
And he isn't even wrong.
Katsuki and Izuku are disasters.
They owe Emi. And how do they repay her? By being late to her anniversary party, some best friends they are.
They are supposed to be there on time because it's like a whole nother wedding just smaller.
Izuku is Hitoshi's best man and Katsuki is Emi's man of honor and these idiots are late. All because Katsuki misplaced their gift for the couple.
Technically it's not a gift, Hitoshi wanted to give Emi a custom ring for their anniversary. He commissioned Katsuki's company to make it. See he is going to ask her to marry him again.
Izuku cried when Hitoshi told them and Katsuki would take it to his grave but as he designed the ring he teared up.
The little family makes it to the venue as soon as they step foot into the place their kids run off to say hi to everyone. Hitoshi appears out of nowhere scaring Izuku half to death
"Where the hell have you two been?" He questions
"Blame Kacchan" Izuku says
"Oi! Not just me your damn brats too"
Izuku laughs "oh now they're mine?"
Hitosho rolls his eyes before leaning closer "Do you have the /goods/?"
"This aint a drug deal" Katsuki scoffs "But of-fucking- course i do"
Katsuki digs into his pocket pulling out a black velvet box. Hitoshi takes the box as if he drops it and the box and what's inside will break.
Hitoshi shakely opens the box, inside is a silver ring encrusted with aquamarine gems and in the center of the ring a blue topaz diamond. On the inside of the ring is their original marriage date.
Hitoshi wanted the ring to represent their children because they are products of their love. Aquamarine for Benji and blue topaz for Shoji.
Hitoshi looks up and his dark purple eyes are wet with tears
"Thankyou" he breathes "Its beauitful Katsuki"
Katsuki shrugs with his ears turning pink "It was nothing" Katsuki looks toward where Emi is squatting down talking to Emiko and Itsuki. "Anything for her"
There's fondness in his voice and love that will never die. Katsuki still loves Emi and he always will, it's a different type of love though. He knows that he'd do anything for her in the same way she would for him.
Hitoshi pockets the rings just as Emi makes her way over.
"Finally! You guys would be late to your own funeral I swear!" She laughs
Izuku pulls her into a tight hug and kisses her temple "Kacchan's fault him and his gremlins"
"Hah??? My gremlins???" Katsuki shouts pulling his husband off his best friend "Get off her. She is /my/ best friend yours is right there"
Katsuki nods toward Hitoshi before engulfing Emi in a really tight hug. Katsuki hugged her as if he hadn't seen her in years, he always hugs her like that. It started the night he admitted he was in love with Izuku.
Sometimes Katsuki cant believe that was so long ago, sometimes it feels like yesterday.
Emi pats Katsuki back and laughs "Please stop calling my angels of a niece and nephew gremlins"
Katsuki scoffs "You don't even know what Itsuki did to me before we left"
"No I know" she laughs "Emiko told me. You need to pay attention. Itsuki could have lost his skateboard"
Katsuki gapes at his best friend "You are fucking enabler you know that?"
Emi gives a cheeky grin hugging Hitoshi's arm "I plead the fifth".
Katsuki does a 'tch' and the four enter the rest of the party. They mingle and say hello to everyone, including their adorable nephews Benji and Shoji.
The pair were perfect mixes if their parents, Benji has Hitoshi deep purple eyes which contrast well with his silver hair that he got from Emi. Benji is a tired boy much like his father while his little brother is a ball of energy like his mother with lavender hair and light gray eyes.
Don't let their cuteness fool you, they are menaces to society and for whatever the reason maybe Katsuki is their number one victim of torument. They band together with their leader Itsuki and plot Katsuki's downfall.
"I get bullied by children" Katsuki would say after falling victim to their pranks.
Katsuki and Izuku sit down tiredly after dancing around. Emi and Hitoshi are the only ones on the dance floor, slowly swaying together. Izuku lays his head on Katsuki's shoulder with a small smile on his face.
"I love them" Izuku whispers and Katsuki smiles and looks down at his husband
"Me too," He replies.
Izuku and Katsuki are happy that their best friends found happiness and love in eachother. They are happy that they get to bear witness the purest forms of love, up close and personal.
Hitoshi gets on one knee and holds open the box
"Emi, my angel, will you do me the honor of marrying me again?"
While to Emi Katsuki and Izuku are her otp, she and Hitoshi are their goals.
Because a love like theirs is a love everyone wants to have.
Emi thinks that even though Katsuki and her had broken up that night. They grew closer then in all the years they've known each other. They talked about everything. Working through Katsuki's feelings. She reassured him she wasn't hurt or upset.
One night Katsuki had asked
"So does this make me gay?"
"Kind of. Maybe bisexual or pansexual" she answered not really sure if it did. "But you don't have to label yourself, just be Katsuki''
He hummed. They were laying on the floor of their living room. Just relaxing as soft music played.
"Are you going to move out?" He asked his voice was small
"Eventually" She said turning her head to stare him with a grin "I have to make sure you get the guy"
Katsuki looked at her and gave her a small smile "I love you, you know?"
She nodded. She knew, he just no longer loved her like he used too. And that was okay. She thinks that maybe she fell out of love too, watching Katsuki fall in love with Izuku.
"I love you too"
"You promise you don't hate me?"
She laughed and pulled Katsuki into a hug "I promise. I swear it. Cross my heart and hope to die"
"Thankyou Emi" Katsuki breathed.
He had been thanking her a lot lately. She didn't know why, she hadn't done anything. But she started to think it was for not being upset, for accepting Katsuki. But she couldnt be upset about something that was out of Katsuki's control. How could she not accept him? She was in love with Katsuki all the way up until this point and she would love him after.
No matter who he loved. As long as they loved him back.
Emi would be fine.
Now the matter of getting Izuku to realize his feelings? Was an entirely different ball game. He was still hung up on Shindo, who a week later after the hallway incident cheated physically.
Izuku came to apologize to Katsuki and Katsuki shushed him, hugged him and comforted him. All the while internally freaking out because and Emi quotes
"I WAS TOUCHING HIM, HE WAS TOUCHING ME"
Katsuki later that night had freaked out. Now that his feelings were front center, Katsuki did /not/ know how to act around Izuku.
Emi tried to tell him he needed to act as normal as possible around Izuku but all Katsuki could do around Izuku was panic... in gay...
He was hopeless...
Katsuki was a gay disaster.
August was a hard month for Emi not because she was heartbroken but because of how disastrous Katsuki was. But she knew that this was all new for him. Ofc he wouldn't know what to do, so she supported him as best as she could and honestly some of his panics were funny.
Like when Katsuki saw Izuku in booty shorts when he was about to go on a run. Izuku was exiting the building and said a casual hello to Katsuki who promptly stopped functioning. Katsuki turned on his heels and dashed up 5 flights of stairs. Burst through the door scaring Emi who almost dropped her cup of tea on her
"HE IS IN BOOTY SHORTS! I CAN'T DO THIS" Katsuki yelled "HE IS GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF EMI"
She snorted and watches him pace back and forth
"How does one woo someone??" Katsuki asked "How does one CONFESS?"
Emi smiled because in order for Katsuki to confess, a certain green haired sunshine boy needed to understand and know his feelings.
Emi had a feeling that time was coming soon. Katsuki isn't exactly subtle and Izuku is a smart boy.
September 2xxx
Fall had creeped in and knocked politely on the door. Katsuki was struggling more than ever with confessing, he wanted to get it right.
Make it perfect.
While Katsuki struggled with that. Izuku was having a battle all on his own. He had been distant again from Katsuki. But also with Emi (especially with her), Katsuki was wrapped in figuring out a way to confess that he truly hadn't noticed, at least not yet.
Emi knew that Izuku was realizing Katsuki's feelings because he'd flush a bright red when Katsuki stood too close or complimented him. Emi also knew that Izuku was coming to terms with his own. If the way he avoided Emi like the plague was anything to go by.
Emi and Katsuki were coming back from apartment hunting. Katsuki felt bad and offered to move out and let Emi keep the apartment but Emi figured he'd want to be closer to Izuku.
Plus Emi won't lie as cute as they are and as much as she accepts this happened and how much she supports them. Emi needs her own space away from them.
And that's understandable.
Izuku was just exiting his apartment with a friend of his, Hitoshi who was visiting from his hometown. He was good company and he was pleasant to be around. Emi liked him, Katsuki at first was jealous (ofc he was). Then Katsuki realized there wasnt a single gay bone in Hitoshi's body and even if there was he saw Izuku too much as a little brother to even consider him more than that.
Katsuki cornered Izuku and the greenette had looked like a deer in headlights
"K-kacchan" He stammered
Katsuki glanced at Hitoshi "Sup eye bags"
"Katsuki" Hitoshi had said boredom in his tone before he looked at Emi "Hello Emi"
She gave a small wave watching Katsuki from the corner of her eyes.
"Hey nerd, are you avoiding me?" He asked and Izuku shook his head.
Katsuki leaned out of Izuku space with a small nod and smile "Come over later, a new level of World Heroes dropped"
Izuki nodded quickly with a smile "Sure Kacchan"
Before Hitoshi and him left, apparently it was Hitoshi's last day in the city and would be returning home. Izuku and him wanted to grab lunch before Hitoshi's train had to leave.
Katsuki watched them leave with the softest look Emi had ever seen on his face. If anyone knows, Katsuki knows that he permanently has a scowl on his face.
Emi giggled, fond of how Katsuki looked and he turned to her questioning look on his face.
"You are so smitten" she said
Katsuki shrugged ears tinted red "How can I not be?"
Emi understood. When a pull is that strong how could he not be smitten, she was sure she would have been too.
October 2xxx
It was a stormy fall day. Emi was packing her stuff as she would be moving into her new apartment soon. She had found one not too far from her current place of stay and was excited to turn the page and start a new chapter in her life. Katsuki was at work, he had been preparing for his confession for a long while now. He said it was becoming unbearable, he was tired of panicking all the time. He was tired of suppressing his feelings when all he wanted to do was shout about them from roof tops.
So Emi helped Katsuki devise a plan. Katsuki was going to set the pool area on their building up real nice (Emi thought this was genius and gave off very romantic vibes from a romance movie). Emi was going to lead him up there, were he and Katsuki would have dinner and he would confess.
Katsuki was nervous that he'd be rejected and Emi reassured him whether he was or wasn't (he wasn't Izuku obviously felt the same) he at least expressed his feelings.
She was excited for him, this new chapter in his life and she was happy she was the first to read it, witness it. She was happy to be a part of it.
Emi was happy more happy than she thought she should have been. People always tell her that she must have been upset, hurt something other than happiness. But she wasn't. Maybe as much as Katsuki, Emi felt like something was missing and that's why this had been so easy to accept.
Maybe that's why when she exited the apartment to throw out the trash and ran smack into Izuku who looked like he had been crying for days.
She felt like everything was falling into place.
"Izuku?" She questioned
Izuku turned and high tailed it right back to his apartment leaving Emi stunned. She dropped the trash and went to his door and knocked
"Zu honey... are you okay?" She asked, pressing her face to the door to har him clearer.
"I thought I could face you" Izuku answered "Look you in the eyes and tell you but I cant im so scared"
"Scared of me?"
"Scared to lose you and Kacchan"
And there she knew what this was about, Izuku was going to confess his feelings for Katsuki to her.
"You could never, Izuku open up"
"I can. If i tell you this you will hate me" a sob "i cant open the door. I can't look at you"
"Then crack it a bit. It's hard to hear"
A beat of silence before the door cracked open.
"Promise you won't hate me"
"Zu i could never"
It's true. Emi could never, no matter how much she had every right too. Emi couldn't bring herself to hate him or Katsuki. It wasn't their fault.
"I think i've fallen in love with kacchan" Izukj said "I don't know how. I don't know when. I just know around him. The world feels right, like the tilt it had, has righted itself"
Izuku sobbed and Emi sobbed with him, because it was one thing to know that he had feelings for Katsuki under her own speculations but to hear him admit it was something different.
"Please Emi" Izuki begged "Please don't hate me, I've never once betrayed your trust. I never once disrespected your relationship with Kacchan"
Emi knows, gods does she know. She watched them give each other lovesick looks for months. She watched them fall in love and watched how neither of them knew. So she knew, he didn't.
"I just can't hold my feelings anymore. But I don't wish to come between you two. You are one of my best friends and I'd rather die alone or never fall in love again. Then lose you simply because I fell in love with Kacchan" Izuku said
Emi couldn't even say anything, not because she didn't have words but because Katsuki had heard everything
"Please tell me I'm not dreaming" Katsuki rasped out pushing Izuku's apartment door open "Tell me your words are true. Right now"
"K-kacchan"
"Tell me Izuku... do you love me?" Katsuki paused glancing back at Emi who simply wiped her tears and gave him a thumbs up with a big smile. "as much as I love you?"
Izuku was frozen, his large emerald eyes darting between Emi and Katsuki.
Emi mouthed words "Tell him. It's okay" to Izuku with a nod and an encouraging smile.
Izuki glanced at Katsuki and gave a robotic nod. It was all Katsuki needed, he surged forward cupping Izuku's face and kissing him. It was clumsy but Emi could tell it was filled with love.
Emi cheered tearfully for her friends. Cheered for their love, cheered for the way this seemed to breathe new life into her.
Emi had been far too happy to be hurt.
~October present time~
That's why Emi can sit at their wedding, watching them have their first dance as a married couple.
Because Katsuki and Izuku would forever be Emi's one true pairing.
"They're so in love" Hitoshi whispered as his pressed a tender kiss to his wife's temple
"They always have been" Emi replies turning to him with a smile
Hitoshi places a hand over her showing baby bump and she places her hand over his. Their matching wedding bands catching the light.
Emi would relive and retell their love story a thousand times over. Because within theirs, is her own.
