Is this my distorted soul

[mightdoriya]

[Izuku thought that the world they currently lived in couldn't get more harrowing than it already was. An outbreak, the side affect of a Quirk that currently had no known cure, meant that a good 5% of the world's population consisted of zombified humans who could still think and act on their own, but were very much living corpses that wanted nothing more than to turn all of their peers into the same. It was suspected that within five years time the zombies would all either die out or be killed and the epidemic would be over, but it only seemed to grow with the passing months. Ethics and morals became muddied as people couldn't bear to harm those they cared about, yet others saw the zombies only as monsters and nothing more.

Izuku was in the camp of not wanting people to have to die, and that only became more pronounced when Bakugou changed.

He was the only one who had seen it happen, so as of now he was the only one who knew. Bakugou was still accepted as a healthy human being, and had been for a couple weeks now. He knew it couldn't last, not with eventual mandatory checkups, or the possibility of him being wounded during a mission...god, what was he supposed to do?

Izuku fretted over this as he headed back to his dorm for the evening, flopping face down on his bed the moment he gets inside.]

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[mightdoriya]

H...how could you say something like that...?

[Izuku whispers, tightening his grip on Bakugou like he figures he might actually try to push him off. He's pretty surprised that he hasn't yet, but it's also clear that he is incredibly vulnerable at the moment and likely isn't really thinking.]

You're m-my best friend, I'm not just going to let you die! Not when I can do something to help! You're...you're supposed to be a hero one day! We're supposed to be rivals!

I'm not going to let this get in the way of that!!!

[bakucchan]

[When Deku says that--

"You're supposed to be a hero one day!"

That's when it gets Bakugo to snap.

He suddenly, and violently pushes against Deku to try and get him away from him, growling out his words at him as if Deku personally just spat in his face.]

How the fuck is this supposed to be a hero?! HAH?!

[On the word "this", he lifted his rotted, hastily stitched hand and shoved it into Deku's face. As if to emphasize his point.]

How am I supposed to save anyone when I keep getting the urge to eat people?! Who the fuck is going to let me anywhere near them like this when their life is in enough danger already without a fucking zombie around...?!

[mightdoriya]

[Once Bakugou starts pushing, Izuku lets him shove him away, leaning back on his heels so he isn't bruised by the force of it. But that doesn't mean his expression is any less hard right now, because despite Bakugou's yelling he's still firm on what he just said. Even with Bakugou raising his voice, making it a bit...dangerous for other people who might overhear.

Bakugou had been neglecting to tell him he was getting those kinds of urges, which meant...the virus was spreading a lot faster than he'd calculated it might.]

It's not going to be like this forever, okay!? It can't be! They'll find a cure, they'll find a way to fix everyone, somehow!

[Part of him doesn't believe his own words, but he just...he can't give up.

If he gives up on Bakugou now, there's...just no hope for him to even continue to live any longer.]

You don't mean to tell me that you of all people are giving up on yourself! You can't be, Kacchan! Not you!