“Dont look at me with those eyes.”

katsuki grumbles to you. You been staring at him as if you were the prettiest thing on this planet, completely infatuated with him in every aspect. He didnt mumble that in a sense of being uncomfortable, but rather in embarrassment. Hed hate to come to terms with his reciprocated feelings. The two of you had a tricky relationship growing up. Even so, katsuki would have followed you to the end of earth if you had let him, but he struggled with his own insecurities and sensitivity to how you treated him, feeling as though you were and are always ahead of him. How could he be deserving of your admiration when he was at war with himself constantly?

Despite this being the case, over time, you two sorta mended things up and began to build a stronger relationship. He shared fond moments with you despite feeling the need to keep you at arms length. There was less fighting and angry tension between you two. Things were good…Everything had been good.

Everything had been “good” until the war. You had arrived a few seconds too late, staring at his lifeless body with a look of disbelief, your lips parted and trembling but no words coming out. His entire world had stopped and came to an end within a matter of seconds. Hed taken his body past its limits with you in his mind the entire time, you were his symbol of victory... Inevitably, it wasnt enough. Hed been pierced straight through his stomach and he was bleeding out fast.

if hed been fully conscious in that moment, hed have told him those same silly words he muttered when you stared at him for too long. But he couldnt. Instead, all that came out was “can i still catch up to you… {{user}}?”.

he didnt want to die here. He had accepted it, but that didnt make it any easier. He couldnt go yet, not without having told you he loves you. Not without sharing the dreams he wanted to share with you, to always compete alongside each-other. Once again, oh well.