A sitting duck

Izuku rushed into his house as soon as the car left. He ran to the kitchen, dropped the grocery bags and threw up in the sink. His heart was beating fast, his legs were shaking violently, he was trembling all over. The fear only hit him as soon as that man said that sentence. He couldn't believe that man was the one who raped him two days ago! Izuku felt sick to his stomach. Izuku immediately put all the ingredients for the sukiyaki back. He didn't feel hungry anymore, he only felt uncomfortable and scared. He said he would come back for Izuku, he was going to come back and rape him again! Izuku couldn't deal with that type of trauma, not again. Izuku went up to his door and locked it immediately. Nothing scared him more in that moment than the thought of that man coming back.

'Two days later'

Izuku was starving. He hadn't eaten anything for the past four days. He had lost at least 6 pounds at this point. He heard his doorbell ring from the living room and he answered:

"Come back another day! Now's not the best time!" "Deku! You better answer this damn door before I kick it down!"

It was Katsuki, but to be honest he still didn't want to answer the door. Bakugo pounded on the door as Izuku pulled his comforter over his head.

"Not now, Katsuki! I'm still mourning my cat!"

The noise at the door went silent. Izuku was happy he had convinced Bakugo to leave for now. He closed his eyes and thought about whether Katsuki would be mad if he decided not to eat today either. His train of thought was disrupted when Katsuki ripped the comforter off of him and threw it onto the couch.

"Get your lazy ass up Izuku." "No…"

Izuku climbed onto the couch and back under the comforter. But that didn't last long because Katsuki grabbed the comforter off of Izuku, balled it up and threw it into the kitchen. Izuku was upset about the fact that he had no other choice but to sit up.

"What happened to the damn cat?" "..." "Izuku, answer my damn question." "The backyard." "I didn't ask where the body was Izuku! I asked what happened to it!" "If you want to know what happened to Kenzo you can dig up the body and find out for yourself."

Katsuki was clearly upset by the statement and the aloofness in Izuku's voice. He threw Izuku over his shoulder as Izuku kicked and screamed.

"Put me down! Katsuki! Stop messing around and put me down!" "Where's the shovel?" "What!?" "Where's the shovel!?" "It's in the garage! Now put me down!" "Hell no. I'm going to dig up the cat's body and you're gonna tell me what happened that caused your cat to die." "What if I don't want to explain!?" "Then I'm going to report your ass for animal abuse dammit! I'm your friend but If I find out you were hurting this damn cat behind my back I'm calling fucking PETA and ASPCA!" "I would never hurt Kenzo intentionally and you know that!" "Then tell me what happened to her dammit!" "She got fucking shot ok!?"

Katsuki stopped moving towards the garage. Izuku started crying and Katsuki put him down.

"What do you mean 'she got shot'?" "It's exactly what it fucking sounds like ok!? You got your answer now leave me alone!"

Katsuki looked at Izuku, who was covering his face while crying.

"I-Izuku, what do you mean Kenzo was shot?" "Kenzo got shot by someone…" "Who shot her?"

"What?" "Who shot Kenzo?…" "I-I'm not sure." "What do you mean you're not sure?" "I-I don't know who shot her…"

Izuku sat down at one of the seats at the island in the kitchen and Katsuki immediately stood in front of him

"Who shot Kenzo!?" "I told you I don't know his name!" "So it was a break-in?" "Yes…" "What did he steal?" "Why?" "I'll replace it." "It's not something that's replaceable…" "So it was a family heirloom or…" "I told you, you can't replace it." "Izuku did he even steal anything?" "Oh, yea he stole something…" "So what did he steal?" "I'll let you guess." "Dammit just-"

As soon as Katsuki had started talking he realized what Izuku meant. He hugged Izuku and cried. Izuku followed suit and cried as well. Remembering what happened just 4 days ago was still too much for him to bear, and knowing that that man might be coming back scared him even more.

"W-why *sniff* didn't you just tell me you i-idiot?" "I-I was scared ok!? *Sniff* I didn't think you would believe me…" "Why wouldn't I believe you asshole!?" "I was scared…I didn't want that man to come back and kill me…"

Katsuki kept hugging Izuku. He didn't know what to do, he had work later that week for a new movie he was starring in, but he didn't want Izuku to be by himself. Just then a large growl rang throughout the room. Katsuki looked at Izuku and Izuku looked away from Katsuki embarrassed.

"Izuku…" "Y-yes, Katsuki?" "When did you last eat?" "Oh, umm. That's not that big of a deal…" "Answer me Izuku… When did you last eat?" "Four days ago." "How many days ago!?" "...Four…"

Katsuki went into Izuku's fridge and pulled out a few ingredients used in sushi and sashimi.

"Oh, if you wanted sushi we could've just ordered-" "Shush, Izuku. You can't talk until you eat first." "But Katsuki-" "Shut your pie hole! You haven't eaten yet!"

Instead of making sushi or sashimi he pulled out more ingredients.

"A-Are you making something else Kacchan I don't understand…"

Katsuki looked at Izuku and pulled the duct tape out of the drawer. Izuku signaled himself, zipping his mouth shut and Katsuki kept cooking. Izuku was still wondering what he was making and why he needed so many ingredients for it. Then Katsuki said:

"Call dunce face and whoever else." "Why?-"

Katsuki taped Izuku's mouth shut. Izuku didn't actually expect Katsuki to do it, but he didn't put it past him either.

"Call your damn coworkers!"

Izuku pointed to the newly applied duct tape on his face and Katsuki said:

"I'll do the talking, now go sit down and put on something to watch."

Izuku immediately rushed into the living room, unlocked his phone and brought it to Katsuki, then he rushed back and turned on his favorite show.

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The doorbell rang and Katsuki answered it a minute later Kaminari, Ochaco, Sato, Koda, and tokoyami entered the living room and Katsuki went back to the kitchen. Kaminari burst out laughing when he saw Izuku. The rest of them managed to contain their laughter. Almost everyone was told by Bakugo that Izuku wasn't in a position to speak, but he told Kaminari he had taped Izuku's mouth shut.

"Bakugo! Dude! I know you told me that you taped his mouth shut, but I didn't actually expect to see Midoriya here with his mouth duct-taped shut! That's fucking hilarious!" "Kaminari! That's rude! Oh Izuku, I'm sorry that meanie Bakugo taped your mouth shut!" "Mmfm Ofmfo"

Kaminari started rolling on the floor laughing at Izuku's attempted response.

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Now everyone was laughing at Kaminari, who now had his mouth taped closed also. Bakugo had wrangled him for ten minutes because quote unquote

'His laughing was so annoying it almost made him burn the rice.'

Everyone sat down and watched the show Izuku had put on. He had to start it from the beginning because Denki kept trying to ask questions and everyone was getting annoyed. Katsuki turned off the stove and told Ochaco to help him with carrying the food to the coffee table. Izuku went upstairs and went into his room. He took out the box containing Kirishima's camera and started to look through old photos. Every single memory Kirishima had stored from years ago. The last picture from many years ago was the day before he died. A sincere smile on his face as if he knew Izuku would go back and see it. Izuku started crying, then someone walked into the room. Katsuki sat next to Izuku and looked at the picture with him. He didn't cry but he was grieving. Katsuki looked away, clearly hurt. Izuku wanted to see if there were any other things of Kirishima and he almost exited the menu. But then he saw something just below the last photo, this one was in a darker setting, but that's not why it was so traumatizing. It was Kirishima in the picture, but he was already hung and dead. That photo was taken 9 days before he was found dead. It didn't make sense. The countdown for an auto-photo didn't last long enough for Kirishima to set it, activate it, and hang himself to death before the photo was taken. Someone else was there, someone else had to have been there that day. The next picture Izuku saw traumatized him even more. This one wasn't even a picture of Kirishima, It was of himself. And the photo was taken a week before he was raped. Katsuki saw the picture genuinely confused.

"Izuku, why would you take a picture of yourself sleeping?" "Katsuki… I haven't touched this camera in years…"

Izuku suddenly felt sick to his stomach, who took that picture? Why did they take that picture? How did they get in the house!? All these questions were making Izuku's head spin. Katsuki had already closed and locked all the windows in the house. Everyone else downstairs was confused, why was Katsuki in such a rush to close all of the windows? Izuku laid down on his bed, curled in a fetal position. It couldn't have been. It shouldn't have been, he doesn't know his victims before he does that right? Izuku kept wracking his brain. He didn't even exist back then! Or maybe he just wasn't well known… It wasn't an impossible situation! He could have easily been doing the same thing he does now, except he just left no victims behind to get him caught. It made sense, too much sense. Izuku cried silently and curled up even tighter. Was he next? Would he be the next to die? Izuku eventually passed out from all the stress.

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Izuku woke up, it was already 7:48 at night. It was quiet too. Too quiet. Izuku tried to move but he couldn't. He could only move his eyes. Was this sleep paralysis? No it couldn't have been. He didn't see anything unusual move around the room. He felt a hand brush against his stomach. The sleep paralysis demon had to be behind him. But then it started talking.

"You know freckled bunny~ you look so cute when you're sleeping~"

Izuku was terrified, it was him… It was that man… He was in his bed. But how did he get in the house? It didn't make sense, when did he get there? How did he get up to the second floor without alerting the others downstairs? Izuku felt his hands caress his body slowly. He felt uncomfortable, he felt scared, he wanted to scream, he wanted to cry, he wanted to shove him so hard into the nearby closet. But he couldn't move an inch. The man's hands started to roam lower on his stomach and Izuku tried to scream, but no sound came out of his mouth. The man's hand roamed into Izuku's pants and he started stroking his shaft. Izuku didn't like this. He wanted to tell him to stop; he wanted to scream for help at the top of his lungs. The man kept stroking as he whispered to Izuku:

"You like that don't you? You're such a cute little slut y'know that?"

Izuku wanted to shout for help; he didn't want this; he didn't want this man near him.

"Oh? Lookie what we have here~"

Izuku stared at him in horror, in his hands was the camera Kirishima gave to him. He was going to try screaming again, knowing it was hopeless. But he still was going to try until that man said the most horrifying thing ever:

"Oh! I remember this red-haired boy~ he was the first out of all of them. I don't understand why he would kill himself just because I did it with him a few times… You remind me so~ much of him… always so cheerful, always so happy. I couldn't help but be turned on at the thought of what you would look like crying, or screaming out in pain as I take your virginity against your will… I just had to come see you~ but you're asleep. I wanted to see you scream today… but i'll be back soon~ i just need to get the police off of my tail…"

Izuku stared at him in shock, he was there. He was with Kirishima before he died. This bastard made Kirishima take his own life!

"I want to take a photo of you freckled bunny! To commemorate the last week of your virginity~ enjoy it while it lasts~"

Izuku saw a bright white light flash in front of him and he was awake in his room again. It was 12:38 in the morning. He sat up quickly in his bed and rushed downstairs and into the living room. Everyone stared up at Izuku from the table, They were playing uno.

"G-Guys? What happened?" "Oh, hey Izuku! Bakugo had to leave because he still needed time to get back to the USA and get over his jet lag before starting his work again, but he saved some food for you in the fridge. Which reminds me! Have you heard about the weird thing with the break-in rapist lately Izuku?" "No, I haven't."

Izuku hadn't watched the news lately because he was too traumatized to hear about the break-in rapist.

"Well, they say he's not raping too many people anymore! But they haven't caught him yet. They think that he's been going after a certain target for a while! they're gonna use that target as bait and draw him out that way!"

Izuku was shocked. Was he the target the police were going to use to draw out that man? He didn't want that, he wanted to stay out of that man's life and vice versa. Ochaco's reaction changed from determined to concerned.

"I-Izuku, what's wrong? Are you ok? Why do you look so pale?" "O-Oh, sorry ochaco… I just feel a little bad for the person who's going to be used as bait for that break-in rapist… they must be so scared…"

Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Everyone was confused and Izuku answered the door cracking it slightly. A sleep-deprived police officer and a more eccentric police officer stood at the door.

"We're here for Izuku midoriya. Is he home?" "Umm, actually I'm Izuku Midoriya officer… Can I help you?" "Yes, have you had a recent encounter with the break-in rapist lately or more than once in the past?"

Izuku could technically tell them he didn't. He hasn't seen that guy in 2 days since he last went out… but that dream earlier started to pop back up in his mind, just what did it mean?

"N-no officer I'm sorry…"

The more bizarre looking officer started to look upset, like he was getting impatient. He pushed past the sleepy cop and stood in front of Izuku.

"Don't try that bullshit with us! You know you can get arrested for lying to an officer kid!"

Tokoyami rushed to the door and stood in front of Izuku.

"He said he doesn't know anything officer. Continue your search elsewhere!" "His neighbors beg to differ! They say he was the last and current victim of the break-in rapist!" "My neighbors have no proof!" "Lets see your CCTV camera then." "W-what? There's no camera what are you-"

Izuku looked up at his door frame. He had forgotten about the neighborhood watch meeting a month ago when they said cameras were going to be put up for safety precautions. Izuku had no choice but to give his camera footage to them. But weirdly, there was no camera footage to give to them. The card was gone.

"O-Officers, I'm afraid I can't give you the CCTV footage…" "What! Why not!?" "I-It's not here…" "What do you mean!?" "The footage card is gone. I just installed it last week and it was new."

The bizarre Officer threw his nightstick on the ground and cursed really loudly. Izuku felt very intimidated and almost closed the door but the tired police officer stopped the door with his foot and gave his card to Izuku.

"The name's Shota Aizawa, police captain of the Chiba police department. If you end up seeing anything, call me." "Y-yes sir."

Izuku closed the door and placed the card on the table. He wouldn't be using it anytime soon…