chinanigans | BKDK: Wolf in the fire

BKDK: Wolf in the fire

[Bakugou Katsuki had been missing for as long as Izuku could remember.

He was barely young enough to understand what it meant when someone went missing, namely someone he called his best friend growing up. They'd been very young, only four or so at the time, when Katsuki had suddenly vanished with seemingly no trace of him left. There had been search parties, and notices posted. He was on TV, and Inko had to carefully explain to her young son why. Heroes searched tirelessly for him to no avail. And after so much time had passed, it had been assumed the young child had either died of exposure or had been kidnapped. As of now, nearly twelve years later, no body had been found.

Izuku still thought about him sometimes, though he didn't know what to make of his disappearance. There had been a funeral for him and everything, so it felt like that was just...it. That he was gone, forever. Maybe one day they'd be able to find his remains and give his parents proper closure, but for the time being his case remained opened and cold. It had been a disgrace for the top heroes of the time, but there was nothing they could do but keep searching down leads even if they went nowhere.

It was around the anniversary of Katsuki's disappearance now, as the last cherry blossoms fell and school was in full swing. Izuku had been on his way that day, walking down the sidewalk towards his middleschool. They'd be graduating soon, and after that they'd be choosing what highschools to go to. Some chose UA, some Shinketsu. Izuku knew who he'd try out for, of course.

He just wished he weren't alone in doing it.]

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[The flames causing the guy to back off gives Izuku enough time to scramble to his feet, just barely keeping his backpack from falling off his shoulders as he rises up, heaving for breath. His mouth is still smoking, gaze narrowed as he glares back at Katsuki, who is now much more animal than human.

His Quirk? It must be...he watched the way his body changed, making it impossible to fully make out his face now that he's more wolf than person. It's like he's a werewolf.

Izuku grits his teeth, the base of his throat glowing in warning.]

Don't- don't come near me. Don't come any closer!

[Katsuki lets out another growl, much deeper and more animalistic while Deku scrambles to his feet. He prepares himself for when he turns around, but seeing him face to face gets him to drop his offensive stance. Something about him.. something is tugging at the back of Katsuki's mind.

He tilts his head, and takes a couple steps forwards with his nose in the air, sniffing to see if he can figure out what's wrong.]

You smell! Smelly dumb human!

[Izuku feels...similarly, though it's harder for him since he's still running high on adrenaline after getting attacked. His face aches, dark marks where Katsuki bit him starting to form. It won't be easily explained, even if he tells people someone attacked him randomly in the street. The way he talks is even stranger, and it sends an icy spear of fear through him, as if expecting to be attacked again at any moment.

He takes a step back, flames licking at the back of his tongue.]

I-I said don't!

[Katsuki ignores his warning, instead continuing towards him with his sniffer out, trying to remember where that scent was from.

He drops to all fours, even, and stalks towards him slowly, his tail wagging between his legs.

It's so familiar... where is that scent from?!]

[Izuku stumbles back further, and though he could easily blast this guy in the face with fire from here, he can't...make himself do it, somehow. And the further he tries to escape, the less of where he's going he sees until he ends up tripping on the sidewalk and falling flat on his ass.

He shuffles backward further though to try to get away, pulling in towards himself with smoke puffing from his mouth like an anxious choo-choo train.]

Wh-what do you want from me?!

[Bakugo doesn't answer-- at least, not at first. He continues getting closer and closer, until the two of them are inches away. And at that point he's close enough to lean in and get a really nice, deep sniff in... smelling him close enough that Deku can feel his hot breath on his skin.

And after being able to get a good enough smell, Bakugo's eyes open just a fraction larger.]

I.. zu.. ku?

[He says that name as he leans back, his Quirk slowly deactivating, making his features more and more human-like.]

[When he hears his name spoken- "Izuku"- he feels like he's starting to lose his mind. How could a perfect stranger know his name? Even if they'd heard it somehow offhand, or were stalking him or-

Then the Quirk deactivates like a shed skin, once again revealing the true person underneath, and there's recognition dawning in those features. That platinum blonde hair, and soft features now sharp and hardened with age. A visage he thought had been erased from everything but his oldest memories.

Izuku's mouth goes dry, the last sparks of his flames turning to ash on the back of his tongue.]

......K...Kacchan?

[Hearing his nickname spoken out like that, for the first time in over ten years, has tears spring to the corner of Katsuki's eyes and before he even realizes it himself he throws his arms around the other boy and holds him tight.]

You.. y-you....

[He tries to get something out, but his brain can't quite keep up with his thoughts. He was.. raised after wolves, after all. The most he really knows is what he learned until he was five as far as speaking Japanese goes.]

[Izuku is still in a stupor when Katsuki lurches forward and throws his arms around him, his heart leaping into and lodging firmly in his throat. He's so...overwhelmed that for a moment he can't speak. He can't comprehend this enough to even know how to respond, at least until his body takes over and tears spring to his own eyes unbidden.]

I...I d-don't understand...

[He whispers thinly, looking beyond Katsuki's shoulder to something he only remembers, the laughing face of his best friend just days before he disappeared.]

It....can't be....you...you were...

Taken.

[Katsuki finishes his sentence, claws digging into Deku's skin as he holds him tight and tries to wrap his mind around seeing his childhood friend-- seeing another human for the first time in years.]

You were here. Always. The whole time.

[It feels like he's being choked. From the inside, outside...all over. He hasn't realized yet he's started shaking, his hands coming up to grip the back of Katsuki's shoulders reflexively.]

Of course I was, I- w-what do you mean "taken"? Were you kidnapped?

Yeah.. kinda.

[If you can call it that.

He pulls himself back from Deku, but still holds onto his shoulders as he gets a good look at him. He was just as doofy looking as he remembered, but a little buff. What was his Quirk again? Did he ever get to see what it was? He can't remember that much yet.. but just thinking about it has a tail behind him wagging.

Also. He's naked. Just by the way.]

Big dogs found me. My Quirk appeared, and they thought I was one of them.

B...big dogs?

[That...he can't wrap his head around that. Dogs took him away?

Dogs...or maybe something wilder than that, given what Katsuki looks like now. Him being naked would probably be more of an issue if Izuku had the time to process it. Right now, he's still struggling to process the fact that he's alive at all.

Izuku sniffs, very clearly struggling and failing to fight back tears, his heart sinking a little when Katsuki pulls back out of their embrace.]

You're...a wolf?

Oh, wolf. Yeah, that's the word.

[It's been.. too long since he last learned any Japanese..

He notices, though, how Izuku's eyes are watering. How tears are welling up and slowly dripping down his cheeks and it gets a frown out of him, his ears pinning back to his head.]

Don't cry, stupid. You look like prey. Weak.

[It's annoying him.]

B-but...

[He's telling him not to cry, yet Izuku is...already crying, there's no stopping it once he's started either.]

I thought...I t-thought you were...

[You know. Dead. For YEARS.]

I know. I did too, at first.

[Imagine being a five year old suddenly being dragged into the woods by the collar of his shirt... he feels bad that Izuku's been worried this entire time, though. If he were honest, he figured he'd been forgotten about. And after some time he.. forgot about Izuku, too. It was just in the back of his mind after the years of living with a different kind of family but now that he's here.. everything is flooding back.

Because Izuku's crying, and clearly in distress Katsuki leans close to him, and licks his cheek, tasting the saltiness of his tears against his soft tongue.]

....m'sorry, Izuku.

[.......okay, that's weird. Izuku isn't sure what to make of being...licked, like that, but whatever. That doesn't matter right now, not when Katsuki is here, in the flesh. And it's not a dream he's having, for once.

So Katsuki will just have to put up with Izuku reaching out to hold him closer, burying his face against his shoulder with a shuddering sob.]

[Katsuki's honestly not that surprised when Izuku clings to him further-- from what he remembers, he's always been emotional like this. It's kind of funny to see him still being a crybaby years later, though.

...years later..]

...hey. How old are you?

[He just realized he. Doesn't know his own age.]

[...give him a minute, he's kindof still blubbering here.]

F.....fifteen...

Fifteen?!

[There's obvious shock in Katsuki's voice when he says that,]

How old am I?! Fifteen? Then... how long has it been, Izuku?! Five years??!?

[he cant count]

Ten...it's been ten.

[He corrects, since they were around four, fiveish when he was taken.

Izuku pulls Katsuki closer, even while he's probably panicking just a little. Just let him hold you for a fucking second like damn.]

Ten..

[Katsuki repeats that, and he slowly lifts his arms to wrap them around Izuku again. He's been missing for ten years? Has anyone looked for him? Did anyone really care..? How could he be gone for so long...

The emotions start to catch up with him as well as that realization sinks in, but rather than sobbing like Izuku has been doing, he does what's instinctual at this point for him.

He turns his head up to the sky and howls, and Izuku can hear a chorus howling in response not too far away.]

[Izuku stiffens, his eyes widening and his crying momentarily tapering off to sniffles and hiccups as he looks up when Katsuki starts to howl...a haunting echo of howls in the distance answering him. They really shouldn't be doing this out here in the middle of the street, he's realizing...but fortunately it's early, and nobody is out right now.

It's not that people didn't care, either. They just...couldn't find him. And eventually, his family had to give up. It's been so long now that he could only be presumed dead with confidence. Izuku knows it must hurt, but he doesn't know of any other way to explain it as he drops his head against Katsuki's shoulder again, dragging him close even as he howls at the sky.]

[It's a few minutes, but pretty soon the howling dies down and is replaced with soft sniffles and whimpers. Katsuki slowly pulls himself back again to look Izuku over, really get a good look at what ten years had done to his best friend. He looks.. pretty much how Katsuki remembers, though he doesn't remember much beyond a boy with a big green bush of hair. Seeing him fills his mind with lots of small memories, though. Memories of the two of them pretending to be Heroes together, watching their favourite Hero fight on television together, having sleepovers and playing together... it's all things he had forgotten over time, but having Izuku in front of him and feeling the warmth from all of those memories was.. really nice.

He felt at home, more than ever before.]

...Izuku. What.. what do I do?

[He doesn't know what he should do now that he's home. He has a family in the wolves but his real family should be here still, too...]

[Izuku wishes he had an answer for that. He really does. But to be asked it now, especially when Katsuki has come back into his life after being assumed dead for most of his own...it leaves him at a loss, feeling almost worse than he had when he thought Katsuki wasn't around.

Even worse still: his family. They all presume him to be dead as well, but with the way Katsuki is behaving now...could he so easily just go back? Izuku isn't sure what to do, or say.]

You...you live with wolves now?

[He asks instead of giving him an answer.]

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