Hello, my dear friend.Uhm.. you think you can write about comfort TDBKDK, after the current events of the manga? ThXs <:O
[Placed during the hospital arc, post-war events]:
That day the sun is nowhere to be seen, and instead, a closed gray sky spreads up above and as far as where the eye is capable to see. Dark clouds cluster together forming an impenetrable wall for the light of day to pass. A fitting (and ironic) sight for such grim times.
In the distance, a thunderous roar makes a harsh announcement.
It will rain soon.
He doesn't care though, his mind having more pending and cruel things to think about, so he stands in the hospital's rooftop, his mismatched gaze fixed in an invisible (and unreachable) point on the horizon.
The time passes, minutes, hours probably, it's all surreal, but Shouto just stays there, motionless and in silent contemplation.
Alone.
The city extends before him, busy civilians walking to catch the bus, honking cars stuck on the traffic. At first it appears that nothing has changed, but with a closer look one can see that that's not true at all. Things are more silent now, almost no heroes can be seen patrolling the streets; the people move cautiously, constantly checking their surroundings, like if they were expecting something bad to happen in any moment.
Given the recent events, those fears are justified, no place can be considered safe anymore. What happened that day has unleashed a chain reaction of unpredictable events that worsens with each passing day. This chaotic nightmare doesn’t seem to have an end...
Another thunder is heard, and more sooner than later, the rain droplets begin to fall mercilessly, concealing the tears he hadn't realized he was shedding.
Still, he doesn't care. He doesn't have the energy to do so, not when his family's past has already been exposed in the way it did, all those wicked secrets laying now in the open, available for everyone to see, for everyone to judge... He can’t stop to rest knowing that his older brother has become a murderous villain and is somewhere out there, contributing to the crumble of the world...
Shouto is at a loss, not knowing what to do... what can he do...
(Can things even be fixed at this point?)
He looks at his bandaged hands, felling useless, powerless, and choking back a sob, he slowly falls to his knees, overwhelmed by the many dreadful thoughts that plague his mind, and that, at times, appear to be slowly pushing him to insanity...
The water feels cold against his skin, that sensation helps to keep him centered and (partially) aware of his surroundings, but that doesn’t help to lessen the pain nor solace his silent despair.
It’s until he doesn’t feel the rain hitting his body anymore when he finally realizes that at some point he stopped being alone. An umbrella now covers his form, shielding him from the rain.
"If you stay like this, you’ll catch a damn cold," the blond boy before him reproaches.
“Sorry, it’s just... I... I need a moment," Shouto answers quietly, his eyes still glued to the floor.
“We know,“ a green-haired figure joins them, and crouches besides the bicolored boy, “but you were taking a bit, so we decided to come and check on you,” he informs, gently placing a hand on Shouto’s shoulder.
That gesture is enough to finally make him raise his gaze, and face his friends. Yet for a moment, the touch almost makes Shouto flinch, his blood mildly boiling when he remembers the hurt caused by the deception of the person he had trusted so much into, but almost inmediatly he dismisses all those poisonous thoughts. He is tired of arguing.
At this point, so many revelations have drained him. The conversation of a few days back is still haunting him, more negative emotions that have piled up inside of him. He discovered he got lied, and in response he shouted, he got angry, he may have punched a wall or two, and he also cried.
(These days he has been crying a lot, hasn't he?)
Still, once explained, he was able to understand his friend’s actions, and seeing the worry and the honest regret in Izuku’s eyes made the negative feelings go away almost entirely. After all, he couldn’t be mad at him forever. Not when they needed each other more than ever.
“I’m as fine as I can be.“
That clearly means he is not okay, and he can tell that his friends have noticed. But he also knows that everyone is hurting, not only him. The war has affected all of them, so he considers it selfish to burden his friends with more worry because of his fault.
"You don’t need to be here... you’ll get sick too," he offers, as if with that excuse he could get them to leave.
But obviously they stay.
"You are fucking crazy if you think you can get rid of us, because we are not going anywhere without you,” the blond announces, “we are not going to leave you alone.”
Izuku nods, supporting the motion, "We promised it, didn’t we?"
"We are here."
"With you."
A lump forms in Shouto’s throat, and his eyes get wet, (because he knows that this time their words are sincere). With no more secrets between them, and having to face a world full of uncertainties, it’s reassuing to know that he can trust in them, and that they can trust in him.
He tries to wipe the tears that blur his vision. There’s so many things he wants to say, to thank his friends, to express how much he appretiates their support (and company), but his voice breaks before he can do it, and his next attempt is interrupted by a hug from the freckled boy. Then Bakugou crouches too, joining them, and soflty begins to ruffle the crying boy’s hair.
"You are kind persons too, you know?"
Shouto is not alone, none of them are, they have each other. They are together in this.
And that’s the most important thing that they must engrave in their mind if they want to fix the mess that has put the world upside down.
(Because after the rain, the sun always shine again).
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I have been working on this since when we were right at the start of the hospital arc in the manga and still ignored... so many things, so this drabble contains many speculation I had at the time and, as a consequence, doesn’t exactly match the canon events (something I have decided to partiatly ignore as well), so, this is my take had the post-war events in the hospital had happened differently, but still, I hope you can enjoy this little re-imagined thingy, and also, I apologize for taking so long to complete your request @weny4r ;-;💔
Now, talking about the manga, I think comfort TDBKDK is right what we need in these trying times 🤧🥺 Thank you so much for your request ^^💖
