This Life Is Amazing...

Underworld

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Part XXVIII

Between his training and the courtship, Izuku has been really busy lately. Aizawa takes him to the Olympus more often to spar with All Might himself; it's honestly really exciting.

Katsuki spends his days off with Izuku and also pays a visit to Inko every now and then; his mother enjoys talking to the King of the Underworld, and Izuku can tell she doesn't do it because of him. She genuinely likes Katsuki.

Aizawa and All Might like him too, Izuku is sure of it; they're just too busy being overprotective to remember it.

However, despite the frowns and the suspicious eyes, they allow the two of them to spend time alone together because they can also tell how much Katsuki loves Izuku.

So, all things considered, everything's going quite good in Izuku's opinion; he's very happy.

He just misses his friends.

Aizawa gives him a few days off. The first one he spends it with Katsuki in the underworld; he gets to visit him every now and then in that realm.

He's glad he never needed the pomegranate; he's not entirely sure what will happen if he takes a bite of it. Maybe it's time to give it back.

He'll do that next time. At the moment it's safe in his bedroom.

"Dynamight!" Izuku chuckles, hugging every single one of that lovely hound's heads. They're big enough for Izuku to use both arms around them.

He makes a couple of flower crowns for each one of his heads. The hound looks quite happy with them; Izuku does that every time he pays him a visit. Dynamight seems to like all types of flowers.

"He's supposed to look intimidating, you know?" The God of the Dead often watches when Izuku plays with the hell hound. He's trying to sound irritated, but his fond expression betrays him.

"He can still look intimidating," Izuku argues as the huge hound wags his tail.

"If you say so, flower nerd."

"It's time to say Hi to the kids!" Ashido cuts in, carrying that heavy book of her in her arms. The one that has the names of all the people arriving to the Underworld that particular day.

She's excellent at her job and a very good friend too.

Without realizing it, that part has become Izuku's job too, at least whenever he's in that realm; he doesn't mind it. Actually, he enjoys making little kids happy.

Contrary to most adults, the kids' souls get lost, confused, and scared when they appear down there; Izuku does his best to make them feel a bit better.

He also likes to chat for a bit with Kirishima and Kaminari; they're always making him laugh, mostly because they like to make fun of their boss and mention how besotted he is every time they can.

Izuku ends up in Katsuki's bedroom by the end of his visit. They mostly kiss, but the kisses have turned a lot desperate and hungry lately.

It's even worse (better) when they're on his bed and Katsuki is on top of him.

"Is this okay, Izuku?" Katsuki asks, voice turning deeper, lips slightly red because of all the kisses he has given to him in the last hour. His hand is sliding up the demigod's leg before squeezing it.

"Yes, Kacchan," he whispers the name, sounding very pleased with what's going on.

Katsuki seems to love his legs, especially his thighs. Maybe that's why he always gives Izuku side slit dresses; he likes when he can see at least one of Izuku's legs.

He keeps kissing Izuku's neck, the demigod is sure he's leaving a few marks and that he'll have to use the dresses that actually cover his neck for a couple of days.

He doesn't want Aizawa or All Might to see the hickeys.

Izuku has become a little bit bold too; he loves Katsuki's broad shoulders, he especially enjoys feeling his muscles under his fingertips whenever he gets to stroke them as Katsuki keeps kissing him.

"I love you, Izuku."

"I love you too, Kacchan."

There's a knock at the bedroom door that makes Izuku gasp and turn completely red before he gently pushes the god off him.

Katsuki growls.

"It better be something important otherwise I'll kill you!"

"Sorry to interrupt your sweet time with the Queen, boss!" Ashido's amused voice comes from the other side. "But a couple of confused souls are causing trouble outside and they're scaring the kids!"

Katsuki gets off the bed immediately, followed by Izuku.

"Stay here," the god says, voice turning a lot softer as he looks at Izuku again. He takes both his hands and kisses them. "I'll be right back."

Still, Izuku follows him outside and he regrets it when he notices Ashido's eyes staring at his neck and the marks on his leg.

She seems to be enjoying herself.

It's even worse after Katsuki vanishes and leaves the two of them alone.

"Aizawa is not going to be happy with me if he sees those," she mumbles, pointing at Izuku's neck.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm supposed to keep an eye on you two when you're here," she explains with an amused smile. "I'm your chaperone!"

Izuku chuckles, although he does roll his eyes. Of course Aizawa told her to keep an eye on them.

He really does think of everything.

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On his second day off, Izuku spends it taking care of his field. Uraraka promised to visit him and drink tea with him.

It's been a while since he's seen his friends; the absence of one of them is completely his own fault since Aizawa told him not to talk about Katsuki's courtship in front of him.

So far Uraraka is the only one who has listened to Izuku gush about Katsuki, but she has told him several times he should tell Todoroki as soon as possible.

With those thoughts in mind, he walks down to the river to check on the plants there and make sure all of them enough nutrients from their surroundings.

"I'm glad to finally find you here."

Todoroki's voice doesn't startle him, but it surprises him a little; he wasn't expecting to find him there at that particular hour.

"I've been visiting your field a couple of times this week, hoping to find you," his friend smiles, mismatched eyes glimmering with joy. "But I haven't been lucky until today."

"Sorry, I've been busy," Izuku blushes, feeling slightly guilty for not saying the whole truth.

"I know you're training with Aizawa and All Might," Todoroki grins, taking a few steps closer to Izuku. "I'm glad. Iida has mentioned you have made a lot of progress lately."

The blush spreads down his neck at the compliment; Iida is honestly too kind, Izuku doesn't think he has worked that hard to deserve such kind words.

Besides, he hasn't only trained these past weeks; he's been hanging out with Katsuki a lot.

"My family has missed you. They want to see you again."

"Tell them that I hope to see them soon," Izuku mumbles immediately, feeling bad about that too. "By the way... how is everything at home?"

The demigod presses his lips tightly for a moment, regretting asking that question.

"I'm sorry, you don't have to answer that–"

"It's okay," Todoroki cuts him off, putting a hand on his shoulder. "You can ask me anything you want."

Izuku nods, soft smile tugging the corner of his lips up again.

"Do you have time now?"

"Sure!"

They sit next to the river side as Todoroki talks about the discussion he had with his father. Nothing has actually been resolved between the two, but at least Endeavor won't get close to Izuku again.

"You didn't have to, you know that, right?" The demigod says after a while. "I... that's why I've been training. I can take care of myself."

"I know. But that man has always tried to control every single aspect of my life," Todoroki says, taking a deep breath. "And I'm tired of it. I wanted him to understand that he couldn't make decisions for me anymore."

"You're right," Izuku nods, smiling at him. "I'm really proud of you, Shoto!"

For a moment, it looks like Todoroki is about to reach a hand out to him, but he reconsiders and moves it back.

"What about you? Is the training hard?"

"Absolutely!" He chuckles, prompting Todoroki to laugh with him too. "I mean, we're talking about Aizawa and All Might!"

"I should've guessed. Aizawa used to train me too, and it was anything but easy," he grins as his shoulders relax completely before looking into the demigod's eyes.

"I have to tell you something, Shoto," Izuku begins, feeling nervous out of the sudden. He shouldn't. Todoroki is his friend; he'll be happy for him!

Besides, it looks like things with his father have gotten better so Izuku doesn't see why he should keep hiding information from him.

"What is it?"

"Kacchan started courting me!" He blurts out with a huge smile on his face. "I know you don't like him that much, but he has a good heart and I think we'll be... uhh... Are you okay?"

Todoroki is not moving anymore; he's not even blinking, Izuku is not entirely sure if he's still breathing.

There's no trace of that happy smile on his expression, the one he had just a few minutes ago; he looks like he's in pain.

"Is this... please, tell me you're joking."

"I'm not. I'd never joke about something like that!"

Todoroki looks paler now somehow; a shadow obscures his eyes, and his hands start shaking a little.

"Shoto?"

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You can read part XXIX, part XXX, part XXXI, part XXXII and part XXXIII on my Patreon already.

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I love Regulus with the whole “I know I will be dead long before you read this but I want you to know it was I who discovered your secret” thing. Like yes, I too couldn’t bear the thought of not getting credit for doing iconic shit even after my death.

bodyguard x singer bkdk for a request ^_^

🌸 To be heroes together

Clip Studio Paint | Sept 8, 2024

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The 3rd illustration was actually part of this idea!! But since I finished it first and liked it so much I posted it separated 🥰

As for their conversation at the beginning, I think we could say it's around ch. 429, when Bakugou asks Deku how the embers are doing. He answered in front of everyone, but he was a little more honest in private later 😕

I cried sm while drawing it and listening to Birds of a Feather haha

bkdk virtual boyfriends!!

despite everything, it’s still you—?

Athena, bleeding everywhere and covered in electric burns: Do you have any idea what I had to do to bail you out??

Odysseus: uh. Fight zeu-

Athena: I had to DANCE Odysseus!! To DISCO!!

Fight, little wolf!

Some messy lighting/effects test rkgk since it’s been a while!🙆