Quirks don't make a hero

Chapter 28: Comfort

"I love you..."

"I love you too."

~~~

Waking up with a groan and a sore neck, Izuku opened his eyes, almost expecting to see the amethyst eyes he was dreaming about, wide open. And yet, when he moved his vision to the bed, he couldn't help but feel almost relieved when they were still closed.

He didn't want to be asleep when his lover woke up, after all.

Standing up from his chair with a stretch and a yawn, Izuku made his way closer to the sleeping, unconscious, he reminded himself, not asleep, but unconscious, for sleep was a too kind word to be used in this situation, boy's side.

Taking his hand, he pressed one last chaste kiss on his bony knuckles, chuckling sadly at the way his body twitched, yet didn't move more than that.

"See you soon, my raccoon."

Shooting him one last look, filled with love and heartbreak and longing, he walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.

"Panda? Really?"

Izuku turned to face his tired-looking parent.

"What?" Izuku giggled slightly, "his eyebags look like a raccoon's and they're both nocturnal."

Aizawa just sighed and ruffled his son's hair.

"Go back to your room and take a shower before I sign you out. You can visit your boyfriend tomorrow after we start packing."

Izuku froze momentarily.

"Packing?" He tilted his head, gazing into his dad's slightly amused eyes.

"UA's building a dorm system. They're making us ask every parent to sign the forms, and since we are your parents, you basically don't have a choice."

Izuku just huffed.

"I would have been mad if you said no anyway."

Walking together through the bustling halls of the hospital, Izuku couldn't help but let his mind wander. So many things happened to him recently, though he counted recently as not so recent. For him, recently started when he made it into UA.

"Hey...dad?" Izuku's voice sounded small and childlike, almost exactly like when he first found out he was quirkless, though Aizawa didn't know that.

"Yeah?" Aizawa grunted.

"I love you..."

Aizawa didn't hesitate to respond by pulling him in by the shoulder and pressing a kiss into his forehead.

"I love you too."

~~~

Packing wasn't hard, since he already had experience with packing up all of his belongings, and this time it was easier since it wasn't everything. Finishing up the last box, he turned his head when there was a knock on the open door, his blonde-haired parent leaning on the doorframe.

"Are ya winning, son?"

All Izuku could do was laugh, full belly laughter, before tearfully responding.

"I-I'm p-p-playing p-p-porn g-games," was all he could say before the two of them burst out laughing once more.

Called by the sound of his husband and son's laughter, Aizawa came up on the other side of the doorframe, and watched, with an open smile, as his family laughed joyously, especially because of the past few days.

"You done?" He asked as the other two's laughter slowly dissipated into small giggles, causing him to roll his eyes fondly.

"Yeah, dad, I'm pretty much done," Izuku grunted as he stood up from his spot on the floor, before closing the last box and walking over to his parents.