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🧙 WHO: Midoriya Izuku & Friends
⚔️️ WHAT: Closed catch all log for the month of September! If you would like a thread you can find me on the cr meme for plotting.
🕒 WHEN: Throughout the month of September
🗺️ WHERE: Where theses threads take place
⚠️ WARNINGS: tbh

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Do you see any other nobles walking around with a knight as an escort!?

[ In the traditional fantasy sense, Deku is 100% right. However, Katsuki doesn't think that all of those stupid rpg rules need apply here? ]

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N-no, but the fact of the matter is-

[He looks so brightly determined!]

I want to be your knight! I want to stand by your side!

[He slaps a hand on his chest with so much determination. Just let him be a giant nerd!]

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[ Augh. Damn Deku... Why the hell is he so determined? This seems pretty stupid. ]

You're already at my side, dumbass. How would that make you more at my side?

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[Just let him do it!]

It's ... It's not enough! I want to make a pledge to you, Kacchan. If you want it too.

[A pledge...]

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What sort of pledge...

[ See how skeptical he sounds? How suspicious? Something about Deku's determination to see this through rubs him wrong. ]

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[Titles are important. Not in just this world but back home. The number one hero. The symbol of peace.

A knight of Avalon. As a knight he should...]

A knight should pledge his life to the one he wants to protect most, Kacchan.

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[Wait... Don't make it weird.

This is a little weird...

... But he's not taking it back!! Hold fast, Midoriya Izuku!!]

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[apshot]

[ Oh no. It's definitely been made weird. "A knight should pledge his life to the one he wants to protect most." Meaning that Deku wants to protect Katsuki most out of everyone. This isn't really a surprise. Bakugou knows this, especially since they mean a lot to each other. Even if they hadn't been dating, the importance that one another places on the other? ]

Deku...

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I don't need you making some kind of pledge to keep me safe. So this better an attempt to feel better about the things that had happened back home.

[ Because he doesn't want some pledge made because of something like guilt? ]

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[Izuku stops, looking at Katsuki with a steady gaze.]

It's nothing like that.

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No, that's not true. Maybe part of it is that I ... I want to make right by what happened too. I know. We're ... going to work together I want to rely on you for that but I ... I just...

[He still needs to accept that part.]

I ... still want something like this too.

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[ Yeah, that's what he thought. ]

I don't need you making some big fucking commitment out of guilt, Deku. Why the fuck would I want that?

[ At least he can acknowledge that it's not because Izuku is looking down on him. Or because Deku must think that he's weak or anything like that. That's what it is though. Guilt. ]

shhhhh

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Why can't I try to make up for what happened, Kacchan?

[... It's not just the guilt. He wants to do right by what happened. He wants to pledge his life to Katsuki for more than just that, though. But it is part of it.]

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Because there's nothing to make up for.

[ That's how he feels about it. There's nothing wrong with wanting to do better. But that doesn't mean that there's anything that needs to be made up for. ]

How is that any different than guilt?

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[Making up for that is part of it. But it's more than just that, Izuku did just want to make a pledge to be by Katsuki's side. Protect him, be there for him. Be on even grounds with him. He knows it sounds silly. Of course, he wants to protect everyone.

But also being his knight sounds so cool...]

It's not just that...!

[He drops his shoulders.]

Alright, then forget it. I... Maybe it is stupid.

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[ !?

FUCK! Why does the shitty nerd have to go and drop his shoulders. Maybe... Maybe Bakugou got it wrong a little? Maybe he's the one reading into things? It would be like Deku to just fucking want to be a dorky knight to some shitty noble. ]

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Augh! Look, I -

[ He grumbles. Huffs. Gets all puffy and growly. Having issues getting the words out of his fucking mouth.

Augh this is so shitty. Why does he still struggle with this? ]

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Sorry. Maybe I'm the one in the fucking wrong.

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... Eh?

[............. Did Katsuki just say Sorry? Why does that always sound like a foreign word when it's coming out of Katsuki's mouth? So rare.

It still catches Izuku off guard to this day. Even if he's heard it a few times directed, sincerely now, at him.]

Kacchan? What are you saying? It's not stupid?

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No! It's stupid! And dorky! And very fucking nerdy!

[ Don't call him out Deku! He's going to go into some sort of defensive mode if you do that! ]

Just saying I might have read too much into it!

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[Izuku looks down and quickly feels nervous about it. He hadn't taken it too seriously but there was something serious about it. Still. He looks up!]

Then- Would you consider a knight's pledge?

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It doesn't have to be about protecting you! Just ... standing by your side!

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[ A pledge to just stand by his side? Katsuki huffs. Looks off towards the kitchen. Grumbles a little under his breath. ]

...Yeah.

[ Even if it won't really work out that way back home. Here though? Bakugou thinks that he can accept a pledge for this.

Sappy as it is. ]

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[Very sappy and probably a little over the top. Izuku probably should let it go. And he almost had. But Katsuki looking like that makes him shuffle awkwardly.]

Then- Here.

[Izuku steps off the last stair and takes Katsuki's hand.

He knows they have a lot of things to say to each other. Things they should work through. Izuku knows this is a silly promise but...]

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[ Chances are that they are going to be spending quite a bit of time trying to work things out properly. They are going to have to learn to better communicate. The thing is, they are both willing to do that now. It's just going to take time to actually learn how. ]

Aren't you supposed to be making a pledge or something shitty like that?

[ Still, he takes a step back as he takes Izuku's hand. The other will be table to step down at least. ]

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R-right. I- Hold on!

[Suddenly nervous and full of nerves Izuku does the first thing that comes to his mind!

Which is dropping to one knee while still holding Katsuki's hand...

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Kacchan- ... Lord Bakugou...!

[This is so lame. and a little too much like a proposal]

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[ It's super lame. But Deku is sort of lame so that fits. Bakugou isn't about to question that. Of course the shitty nerd is going to want to do something this cheesy and tropey. Of fucking course.

That's not what short circuits Katsuki's brain. He expects some kind of dumb speech or pledge.

It's the going down on one knee bit. While holding Katsuki's hand. That's what's got him flustered and actually blushing without being able to form words! ]

Oh my fucking god Deku...

[ His free hand comes up and rubs at his own face. As if to hide the fact that he's so flustered and embarrassed. The only saving grace here is that this isn't being done out in public! At least it is being done in the privacy of their own home? ]