[ closed ] if i told you how this story ends

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Who: Team Aidos (Izuku, Kido, and Shouto)
What: Prayer 02
When: May 3
Where: The Near Shore
Warnings: mentions of abuse and ptsd, so that's fun

The fact they managed to keep Izuku mostly occupied for a few days more than they anticipated is probably a small miracle. No ayakashi, no embarrassing prayers, no overworking himself. He even wound up doing things at the temple instead of heading off to the other shore to take on ayakashi, and Kido and Shouto had nothing to do with those plans.

But even Shouto will admit to being a little restless, by the time they take this prayer. And from what Izuku has said, it's a pretty low key prayer. Nothing embarrassing like the first one, and nothing overwhelming like the second one. No ayakashi, no cosplay cafe. Just helping someone out. So he has no complaints, even if he probably wouldn't mind fighting some ayakashi. Just so long as it wasn't like the last time.

Hands in his pockets, he looks up at the hospital that they find themselves standing in front of. His head tilts back to give him a good look at it, and he puffs out some colder air, a visible exhale.

"What's the plan, then? Do you know who it is we're looking for?"

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The fact he managed to stay at home for that long is a small miracle. He's used to doing something or other, even when he was hospitalized, when he was released he immediately went into a rescue mission.

Reasonably this shouldn't be a difficult thing. The prayer was written This is the fourth time my mother's been in the hospital. The bills keep getting bigger. I don't know what to do! I need the strength to get through this. Please... help me.... They can do that.

Izuku checked in on this one before he took it. If he's being honest, he's a little worried about taking either of his shinki on this particular prayer. The husband's been getting drunk and violent with the mother. Neither of them had great relations with their fathers. This could go poorly, even if they don't remember their lives. But he's also promised to bring them with him. If he's visiting the hospital then maybe he won't be drunk and maybe he won't be as violent. He hopes so, anyway.

"We're looking for the husband, Kurosawa Osamu."

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"The father?" Kido would've been content to stay at home. It felt nice, almost familiar, and left her feeling like maybe they were kind of like a small, mis-matched family. It actually made her happy to be around both of them with a mostly-calm situated around them.

But they were here. And like hell would Kido be left behind. Still, after the string of prayers they'd done before, she thought they'd talk to the son first. She has a bad feeling in her gut when it comes to talking to a father who's an asshole, but she brushes it of. She always has a bad feeling in her gut when it comes to prayers. "Think he'd be in the room with her?"

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"Mm." Shouto squints up at the hospital, shrugging his shoulders up near his ears before dropping them again. He doesn't necessarily have the best feeling about this, either, but he'll hold onto the promise that this would be a much calmer prayer. The son sounded like he needed help. And while it's nice, just spending time with the two of them...

He wouldn't have been able to stay at home, when there are people that they can help out here on the Near Shore. It's almost instinctive, the way he wants to do something. "If he's not in the room with her, then he might be in the waiting area."

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There shouldn't be any ayakashi, at least. Nobody's going to stuff them into weird costumes either. All they need to do is talk the husband down, Izuku could probably do this alone just fine. Knowing what he does about the both of them, he half wishes they were at home.

Still, they're here. Hopefully the dread that's piling in the pit of his stomach is just his usual worrying amped up more with Shouto and Kido's past giving it more weight.

"Let's start with the waiting area and then visit her room." He'll start walking towards the entrance, looking back to make sure they're following him.

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Kido follows along, hands stuffed in her pockets. She looks up at the building, thinking about how many injured and sick people could be inside. It's depressing. She tries to ignore it. Hospitals smell weird and they're too bright and she tugs on her hood before she crosses the entrance way to make sure it's covering most of her face.

"So what's the plan?" Kido should just stay quiet. She knows that much. The last two times she was brought on talking prayers, she probably made things worse.