*Katsuki's POV*

What kind of shitty quirk condemned someone to death unless they confessed to their crush before 5 days. Who thought such a shitty quirk would be wielded by a fucking brat who couldn't even control it? I should explain how this happened to me. 

I had been walking home from UA (the prestigious school for aspiring heroes) when a snot-nosed little brat bumped into my legs. The kid had dull rosy hair which fell in ringlets down her back. She had adorable little freckles, which reminded me of a certain someone, which appeared to be shaped like minuscule hearts. Her wide, frightened eyes were a perfect blend of red and pink. Overall, the squirt looked like the embodiment of love. "Watch where you're going kid." I grunted I didn't want to yell at her, she couldn't have been any older than 8 and there was no way I was getting dirty looks for making a kid cry (again). "Wait, Mister! You can't leave yet. I've accidentally used my quirk on you!" the pipsqueak squealed, she sounded like she was on the verge of tears. I stared down at the kid and was about to ask what the fuck she was on about when a woman who looked like she could be the girl's mother or sister came bounding over. "Nori!" The woman cried in relief, "Where have you been? You haven't touched anyone, right?" the woman continued frantically. The little girl, Nori, slowly nodded her head and pointed to me. I was confused as fuck. The woman's face paled dramatically and she spun around to look at me critically. The way her eyes scanned my body as if I was a piece of meat made me extremely uncomfortable. "We need to talk, please follow me to the bench." The woman sighed. I was begging to get a bit concerned, only a little bit though, by the way the woman was acting. 

The three of us sat on the bench in silence for a minute or two. "So are you gonna spill or what? I'm getting real tired of waiting, I have places to be you know!" I barked at the woman. She sat silently for a minute longer, twisting her hands nervously in her lap. "Well... You see, my daughter's quirk is quite unique. It's deadly though. Her quirk is called Cursed Love. Anyone she touches is cursed. To put it simply, if you don't confess to the person you have romantic feelings for within the next 5 days, you are going to die on the 6th day." I sat in stunned silence. As if my life wasn't already complicated enough with being in my second year of the hero course and having two crushes, but now I was going to die. Fan-fucking-tastic! "Today counts as the first day. Each day will become more painful. Spending time with the person you love will reduce the pain. On the third day, you may start to cough blood. By the fourth day, you'll probably be finding it hard to breathe. By the fifth day, you'll be bedridden. It's certainly not a pleasant experience." the woman breathed out. Her eyes were wide with panic and her hair was messy from how many times she had run her hand through it. I wanted to scream at the bitch. I wanted to scream that she should have kept a better eye on her kid. But she looked at her wit's end. If I knew anything from my upbringing, it's that it was hard to control kids with powerful quirks. I took a deep, measured breath, and looked at the two frightened people in front of me. "Fine, thank you for telling me. I'll be on my way now." I said through gritted teeth. I couldn't be bothered to deal with people. I was going to die soon. There was no point in denying it. I'd rather die than admit to Deku and Icyhot that I liked them. 

I slammed the front door to my house shut, alerting my hag of a mother that I was home. I was contemplating on whether I should tell her about the whole event in the park. She deserved to know that her only child was going to die, right? "Stop being so violent Katsuki!" the old hag screamed from the sitting room. I marched into the room and fell onto the sofa. Hag looked at me as if I had committed a sin, which I guess her eyes I had. I hadn't uttered a word since entering the house which was very out of the ordinary. "What's wrong, brat? You look really pale." the old hag asked. She wasn't shouting or insulting me which meant that she was actually concerned. "I'm gonna die soon." I said bluntly, not taking my eyes off of the stupid game show playing on the TV. My mum gasped in shock before gently hitting me upside the head. "Don't joke like that. That's no way to greet me when you come home for the day!" hag yelled directly into my ear. I screwed my face up in anger and looked over at her lazily, "I ain't lying you old hag! A stupid brat hit me with her quirk. If I don't confess to my stupid crushes I'm gonna die in 5 days. And I'm not planning on confessing to no one!" I hissed at her. Somehow, my mother's youthful face became even paler than it already was. "Are you serious? No no no no no!" the hag began hyperventilating. I looked at her in shock, who knew she cared so much. "You confess to Izuku and that Todoroki boy as soon as possible Katsuki! I'm not losing my only son because he's too much of a stubborn asshole to confess!" I was surprised to see tears begin to well up in the old hag's eyes. "OI! Don't fucking cry. Your life will be better once I've kicked the bucket anyway." I said dissmisevly. That somehow didn't reassure her. Instead, the hag wailed even louder and clung onto my shoulders like it was the last time she'd see me. "Please Katsuki! I can't lose you yet. Either you die in the line of work or not at all you asshole!" my mum cried into my shoulder. I wasn't sure what to think. Here was my asshole mother crying into my shoulder because she didn't want me to die. I honestly thought everything would be better off if I died. It seemed as though I was mistaken. 

When the old man got home later that night, his reaction was very similar to the hag's. He blubbered and cried, telling me just to confess, pride be damned. I will admit, seeing my parents crying so much made my chest ache and throat sore from all the tears I was holding in. I cried silently to myself that night. Seeing my parent's reactions had made me question whether what I was doing was right. I didn't want to admit to my crushes that I liked them. Especially since Shoto and Izuku were the star couple of the school.

It's a new story! It's gonna be short, probably 5-6 parts long. I said in Occurrence that I would write a Todobakudeku story so here I am. It's gonna be really cliche and  I don't think it's gonna be the best quality but oh well! Anyway, thank you for reading the first chapter of Countdown and I hope you have a wonderful day wherever you are.