“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”

William Blake

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The tension surrounding 1A is thick, enough for anyone and everyone to notice.

It's been a week since the incident where Aizawa found his son, and the truth was revealed.

Izumi had made it a point to not talk to any of his classmates, even his brothers. He would go so far as either eating outside or in the teacher's lounge.

On the rare occurrence that he does eat in the cafeteria, he sits alone and always rakes out his hearing aids.

No matter what 1A did, no matter what the brothers did, no one was able to get him to stay and talk. No one was able to apologize.

It was getting to the point of frustration on everyone but Izuku's part, so, they decided on a plan.

Hopefully, it worked.

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The plan was set. They had all decided to corner Midoriya when he came back from talking to Midnight-Sensei and then to apologize.

And so, all of them, except the four brothers, Kaminari and Momo, of which the latter was talking to Aizawa-Sensei, were in the common room and waiting.

Finally, after about thirty minutes of waiting, Midoriya walks through the front door of the dorm.

When he spots them waiting, he immediately makes to turn around and leaves again, only to be stopped by Ojiro, who stood in front of the door, blocking his exit.

Seeing the door blocked, Midoriya tried to make his way to the staircase, only to then be stopped by Shoji.

Huffing in irritation, he turns towards the class, a glare on his face, and making sure every single one of them is in his viewpoint.

"What do you want?" he asked, hostility evident in his voice.

"Deku-kun,  we wanted to apologize! There is no reason to be mean. It's in the past, okay? No need to dwell on it." Uraraka said, trying and failing, to apologize.

Izuku scoffed, giving her an incredulous look, not believing what he just heard.

"What the fuck kind of apology was that? It was worse than the sorry of an excuse I gave Kaminari, and that was a shitshow. Yes, it's in the last, but it still happened, you still did it. You still did, even when you had no right to judge me or my actions! Hah, some friends you all are."

Just as Izuku turned to leave, Iida, frowning, spoke up, doing his hand-chopping thing.

"Midoriya-kun, I understand that you are upset and that we hurt you, but that is no way to talk to any of your classmates! We made a mistake, we're admitting to it and apologizing for it. You shouldn't drag this out. We were concerned for a friend, one of whom you had just started to attack randomly. You need to understand that we were angered on his behalf. Stop being a child!"

"Iida..." someone whispered from behind the class rep, probably realizing the fault in his words.

"Child?! I am the child?! Please, enlighten me. Who were the ones who stole my things? Who were the ones who destroyed my homework? Who excluded me in every single group activity, even when it counted for our grades?! You have gotten me in trouble with not only the teachers but also my parents! You have ruined my grades, something I worked tirelessly to get where I am, one of the only things I take pride in! You were the reason I saw so many detentions. Yet I am the child?!"

Izuku was panting by the end of his rant, eyes swimming with anger, betrayal, and hurt. A scowl on his face.

"What you all did was blatant bullying, and it could very well be the reason for you not becoming heroes. If you wanted 'justice' for your friend, you should've found a different approach, not one that ruined my life."

This time Izuku did turn around and headed to the staircase, Shoji not stopping again.

Just before he reached the top, he stopped and only halfway turned, not even bothering to look at them.

" Do not ever try and approach nor talk with me again. We are not friends, and neither do I wish to be your friend for any foreseeable future," he said, venom dripping from his tongue.

The class cringed, finally realizing just how badly they fucked up. Hearing a tired sigh, they looked up to find Aizawa-Sensei and Momo standing at the entrance, Momo looking at them with clear disappointment, especially Iida.

"You need to realize that Midoriya is human too and that he has feelings and that he hurts too, especially over what was done and what you just said. Words hurt, Iida and Uraraka. Are you trying to give him a half-assed apology and then tell him it's all in the past? It hurts him, and it makes him feel his feelings aren't validated. Calling him a child, because he doesn't want to forgive you, something to which he has the right not to, hurts. "

Aizawa sighs again and looks at them tiredly.

"Give him space. Don't try to force him to forgive you. It won't work. Trust can be broken in just a few seconds, but it takes years to heal. Remember that next time you want to do something you know would break the person's trust in you."

With that, he turned and left, leaving Momo and the class.

" I'm disappointed in every single one of you. Especially you, Mr Supposed Class Rep."

With that, Momo also left for her room. Her last words had really hurt them, especially Iida, who knows that what he did, does not uphold his morals or his principles.

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Later that night, the Bakusquad, bar Kaminari who was with Shinso, we're gathered in their leader's room.

They knew what this was about, and it made them shift nervously from where they were sitting on the bed. It also didn't help that said leader was standing in front of them, frown on his face and arms crossed.

He was angry. Not his usual anger. No, this was a silent kind of anger, the one which they truly were scared of. Baku you was pissed and they knew.

"You're going to tell me what you did. If I find that a single detail had been left out, there will be hell to pay. Do you understand me?"

They all nodded, knowing that they had no choice. And so, they started telling him everything. With every little detail of what the class did, and with every word leaving their mouths, the anger burns hotter in his eyes. His jaw tightens, the tension in his body grows, and his scowl deepens.

By the end of it all, it looked like he was visibly restraining himself from doing anything rash, and with a rough voice, he addressed them.

"From this point forward, and until I feel otherwise, none of you will approach me. You will not talk to me, sky with me, nothing. You may be my friends, but Izuku is my brother, and none of you, not one of you had the right to do what you did. In the time where we are not in contact, I will work through my thoughts and emotions. From there, I will figure out what I want to do further regarding our relationship."

That had hurt. Kirishima will admit. Being called a friend, and being told he wouldn't be allowed to contact his boyfriend in any way really fucking hurt.

"You will not approach Izuku or any of my other family members. Not if they do not approach you first. Understand?"

They all nodded. Bakugou gave a single nod in return, before nodding his head towards the door.

"Leave."

Simple as that. No goodbye. No regret. No waver in his voice. It was almost emotionless. Devoid of any emotion except that of anger.

"Kats-" Kirishima tried to call out, reaching out to touch, to hug, he doesn't know. Yet it didn't matter, because his love ripped himself away from his touch, as if he had been burned, and he tried to ignore the breaking of his heart.

"No, Kirishima. You knew what you were doing. You knew how I would react. Leave."

And so they did, and Katsuki tried to ignore the tears that escaped the eyes of his soul, tried to ignore that breaking of his already broken heart.

That night, two lovers, ripped apart by a single act of stupidity, lay alone and heartbroken in their own bed, longing for the embrace of their other half.

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IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE!
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Hi yes hello.
It has indeed been a while and for that I am sorry. Motivation is a little hard to come by these days, but I promise you I am trying.

Hopefully, you enjoyed the chapter, The end had been a struggle, because I am tired and wanted to sleep, but also wanted to finish the chapter and give it to you.

So anyway, here it is.

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