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Aizawa being tired has always been the understatement of the year, but the tiredness that he felt right now is different, he can feel it in his bones.
Everything is happening so fast he thinks he can’t catch up with it all. The kidnapping, the rescue, and finding his son. It was a very eventful week and a tiring one, nonetheless.
Aizawa then remembers the day that both he and Hizashi got their first soul-mark for a child in April, it was the happiest moment for them. Hizashi’s dream of having his own family is going to happen. But there was no call, the center told them to wait and that there’s a reason as to why the registering is late, and they did wait, they waited for a week but when there’s no update they personally went to the center to find out what’s happening. But there’s nothing, a case was opened for their missing soul-child. Their hero career has helped them be in the loop, but the case has gone cold.
Then another soul-mark appeared in July, they want to be happy but there’s something that’s pulling them back, their other child. But then the same thing happened, no news. Aizawa has never seen Hizashi break down like that. It was devastating, he has to activate his quirk in fear of Hizashi destroying the center.
It was three years after they were able to find one of their children, it was a magnificent boy with a powerful quirk. They saved him from his abusive carriers who had hidden the child from the world to use him for their villainous activity. But it was a year before Hitoshi started to trust them, and many years before the boy had let his walls down.
It was tiring but it was worth it.
But something is still missing and even Hitoshi can feel it. The child always asks where his missing sibling is and when are they going to save him. The kid thinks that his sibling was under the same circumstances as him, abused, and used. But the years went by and no news was heard about their first soul-child, until the rescue mission for his kidnapped student, Katsuki.
Aizawa just finished the conference when his phone pinged multiple times, he looks and sees updates regarding the rescue mission when suddenly there’s a call, he answered it cautiously, it was from the hospital. One of his students has given his number to the hospital, they managed to rescue Katsuki but that’s not the reason that they have called. He remembers the exact words that the problem child has said.
“Kacchan has marks! Kacchan has marks! It’s so many!”
Aizawa didn’t want to assume, fearing that false hope will break his heart more, but deep in his heart, he hopes that this is it, that his family will now be complete.
Aizawa remembers seeing and reading the profile of Bakugo Katsuki, two marks, and only parental soul marks, but observing the boy he knows that something isn’t right. He can see the way the boy moves with his class. But when he reported it to the center they just brushed everything off saying that he’s just grasping things that are not there and that he’s only desperate to find his missing soul-child.
He’s already in his car going to the hospital when he received another call, he picked it up but it’s not Midoriya it is from an official in the hospital, someone who’s connected to the center and the hero commission. Who knows who he is and the case about his missing soul-child.
“Mr. Aizawa, this is Haruto, we have taken Katsuki and put him in the UA hospital, it seems that your student has your’s, your husband’s, and your son’s mark.”
He was right! All this time his son was already under his nose. But the center didn’t want to investigate his claim further. Insisting that he’s crazy for connecting the dots that aren’t there. He’s really going to sue the center, big time.
Aizawa didn’t hear the rest of the call as he makes a drastic U-turn to get Hitoshi as he dials for Hizashi to meet him at the hospital.
His family is now complete. They found his son.
Hitoshi was jumping in excitement inside the car, he keeps telling Aizawa to go faster, but the boy isn’t surprised about his brother being Katsuki. Hitoshi explains that Midoriya has already shown him and Shouto things that made them think, but Izuku is claiming the truth, that Katsuki is his missing brother.
“Why is Shouto part of this?” He asked whilst driving in full speed
“Midoriya and Shouto have my brother’s mark in their chest,” Hitoshi answers, not looking at Aizawa while giggling, his serious son, who’s having an emo phase, giggling in his back seat.
They’ve reached the hospital in record time. Hizashi is already there who looks like an overhyped golden retriever.
When they went to the assigned room of Katsuki, Aizawa didn’t remember the rest, he just remembers thinking ‘finally’ as he held Katsuki who has fainted after.
They usher the other children, who also got their marks on his son to go home with an escort and that they will give an update about Katsuki’s condition.
But of course, if there is some good news, bad news always follows. Katsuki has a cracked core. A few more years without a proper bond and his son might fall into a permanent catatonic state.
He wants to burn the center, he wants to hurt Katsuki’s carriers. But he tried to suppress his feelings before he goes feral, his son needs him, not his anger.
It was hours of bliss, having his whole family in one room, he even forgot that Best Jeanist is also there, having his missing son in his arms, everything for the first time in almost a decade is alright.
Detective Naomasa has arrived and has filled them up on what’s happening in the investigation. They’ve already captured Mitsuki and Masaru Bakugo, and All Might is now looking for clues about Katsuki’s upbringing. They are also now tracking the representative who registered the marks wrong in Europe.
“I don’t want the center to take the lead in this case.” Aizawa insisted “They already fucked up, I don’t want them to fuck this thing again.”
And everyone agrees. Best Jeanist even gives his informants contact that might help them track the representative.
Then they heard Katsuki’s famous shouts, then, then Hotoshi has forced a bond.
He’s not angry at his son, he doesn’t even have enough energy to be disappointed, just tired.
He understands why Hitoshi did that, he remembers almost doing that to him when Hitoshi goes into feral episodes shortly after his own rescue, but Aizawa was able to stop, he always stops. But of course, Hitoshi can’t, he’s just a child who has found his long-lost brother. But what he did is wrong.
So they have a talk, a long talk. Resulting in Katsuki choosing to go home to Tsunagu.
It was a tiring week, Hitoshi has been moping, guilt and self-hate have been radiating thru the bond that they have to do a bonding again to reaffirm that Aizawa at Hizashi loves their son and that they can still fix this.
Then Tsunagu has sent a video of Katsuki sitting atop Kuugo’s shoulder and every ache that he seems to have felt has vanished. Seeing and hearing Katsuki’s childish laugh has helped lift a thorn that seems to have been placed in his chest.
People often forgot that his students are still children, despite wearing their hero costume and going to hero class, they are still 15 and 16 years old. But he would also not blame those people because sometimes, even he forgets that they are children, his class are mostly matured when it comes to life, still, they are children.
And Katsuki, his son, has to burden himself with secrets that he’s not supposed to carry, to problems that are not supposed to exist. But seeing him happy with his evidently favorite hero makes him look like a normal child.
There was tension around his own house after Katsuki has chosen to go home with Tsunagu. He can still feel Hitoshi’s confused guilt and Hizashi’s anxiousness thru their bond. He tried to send a calming one but failed when he is not feeling good as well. It was a very hard six days, but he thinks they were able to manage it.
And the video helped. But of course they also need to do something.
First, they talked to Hitoshi after Aizawa felt possessiveness again thru the boy’s core, explaining that Katsuki has free will, the boy looked like he listened and if the conversation needs a follow-up it looks like they would need to talk to the soul-partners of Katsuki. The problem child and Endeavor’s spawn.
Second, they cleaned, the already cleaned room that they assigned for Katsuki years ago, the room is already full of general neutral stuff that ranges from infancy to teenage years, they packed the stuff that Katsuki won’t need anymore and Hitoshi gets his own stuff that he thinks his brother will need. Katsuki’s stuff is still at his house, so Hitoshi felt the need to share his own stuff with his brother.
It was a busy day, but they felt that something is missing. They are already missing the loud explosion boy.
The video came as a surprise, they were having a silent breakfast when it was delivered in the Pro-Hero’s gc. Hitoshi looks at both of them expectantly waiting for some news about his brother, he smiles as he opens his phone, there was no message but there was a video, a 30-second clip that he played immediately.
It was Katsuki, freely laughing, perched on Gang Orca’s shoulder.
Then the video was followed by a long message that Aizawa read out loud for Hitoshi and Hizachi:
“Katsuki confessed that despite All Might being his favorite hero, it was Gang Orca whom he loves the most. And he admired had Kuugo since he was 4. He also has Kuugo’s mark on his lower back.
He asked Kuugo if he can visit, that’s why he’s here and has been here for two days already. They were inseparable.”
Both Hizashi and Hitoshi looks at each other in bewilderment while Aizawa just scoffs at the new information, he has a hint about Katsuki liking the Killer Whale hero, he has written a 5 pages back to back essay about the inaccuracy of the hero ranking, insisting the Gang Orca should’ve at least be on rank 8 and that approval rate shouldn’t have a large impact in the ranking, it was fun to read but what Aizawa liked in that paper the most is Katsuki’s passion regarding the things that he likes and loves.
The GC was then suddenly filled with heart emojis and inquiries from other heroes about the boy’s welfare
Then his phone pinged again, he looks and sees a personal message from Tsunagu, he opens it and sees the voicemail, he puts his phone on the table earning both his husband and son’s attention and plays it, it was Katsuki.
“Listen here eyebags! I can feel this stupid guilt that you’re feeling right now and I don’t fucking like it. I can’t concentrate on whatever I’m doing! Stop moping or I will fucking blast you to kingdom come! I don’t like what you did, but that doesn’t mean I would like you to harm yourself by burying yourself with this guilt just because you’ve done it. Apologize to me like a man! You stupid zombie brain! And we are going at your house on the morrow to complete this stupid bonding! Uncle Kuugo said that incomplete bonding is bad for your mental health. And I can’t be the number 1 hero if I have bad health. But I will not give you full control, or something like that. Tsunagu says that can be done. And it’s not that I don’t like you or something, I just
Then silence, but the recording is still going, he can feel the happiness radiating on his pup’s skin as a smile is slowly creeping on his face, Hizashi is snickering trying to cover his own smile on his coffee cup, while he didn’t need to hide at all, he’s just happy he doesn’t care anymore, then Katsuki’s continues
I don’t want to lose who I am to a person you want me to be. I am Bakugou Katsuki. And only I control my life. So be ready cause I will really punch you of you don’t fucking stop! It’s fucking irritating!”
Then the record stop.
It takes a full minute before the Hitoshi and Hizashi run and proceeds to whatever project they have in mind, Hitoshi went to Katsuki’s room to thoroughly clean it, again, while Hizashi runs to get his wallet and shouted that he will get grocery but returns to shout again asking them what food does Katsuki likes.
“He likes spicy food! And some healthy ones!” Aizawa heard Hitoshi's answers as the boy went to get the cleaning supplies.
Aizawa went to his backyard, his cats follow him as he sits near the peach tree, the feeling when Katsuki was in his arms back at the hospital is back. He felt safe, happy, and at ease. His son is coming home.
Then another pm was sent to him by Tsunagu;
Best Jeanist: Katsuki is asking if it would be alright to bond with you? And he’s asking if it would be alright if I bond with him first?
Eraser Head: I
He texted, not seeing what he typed, the request was sudden, he then proceeds to type a proper reply
Eraser Head: Sorry, was shocked for a moment. Of course!
Aizawa was surprised, he thought he will need many talks for Katsuki to accept a bond.
Eraser Head: He’s okay with it?
Best Jeanist: Yes, I talked to him about the meaning of the bonding and how it will help him advance on the therapy that he must take to fix his core. And I also told him that if a parental bond is present then it can balance the partner bond.
Eraser Head: Is there something I need to know about his reluctance about partner bonding?
Best Jeanist: Not at the moment. I can’t really share it with you right now, I don’t want to break his trust. I know that you’re concerned with him, but I’m handling it, and Kuugo’s helping me.
Aizawa’s core is screaming for him to take the lead, that it’s his son, but he controls it knowing that Katsuki is fine with the rank 4 hero.
Eraser Head: Thank you. And give my regards to Gang Orca.
Best Jeanist: It’s nothing. He’s my son too. And I want you to know that Gang Orca is enjoying every moment that he’s with Katsuki.
Aizawa sighs with a smile gracing his lips, everything will be alright.
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