Shadewood I only wish we weren't friends

the little star child listened to his mother as she explained the situation with his father. he did not understand all that he wished to. it hurt his heart to imagine that he might not get to see his dad again because of this… fight. deku didn’t know the truth of the world yet. he was naïve in his belief that fighting served no purpose in their lives. he wanted only for his family to be together – to love each other – and for them to find happiness in that. these were things that he did not know how to put into words, so he looked up to his mother with doleful eyes and tried not to cry.
 
“did daddy say sorry?” the boy asked her softly. was there no room for forgiveness? surely, if everyone made mistakes, there had to be a way to rectify this. deku feared quietly that he might make a mistake one day that would cost him the love of his mother and this was crippling to him. the starchaser did not share these thoughts with her. he held them in a secret place within his heart and prayed that they would never come true.