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Chapter 58 // Guilt //

Bet you didn't see this one coming-

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Leaning against the building walls, you looked up and admire the beautiful night sky. "So nice weather huh?" you turned beside you, facing the boy.

He glared at you, "Why the hell are you up so late?" his arms crossed to his chest.

"You're up late too, don't act like you caught me sneaking out. We both caught each other red-handed." You sat down on the ground, resting your head on your knees.

"..." He went silent, which was weird for the loud boy. He was acting oddly sus.

"I couldn't sleep, a bad dream kept me up." You confessed, stared blankly at the dark sky.

"So you had them too..." he muttered, but it was just loud enough for you to overhear it too.

You glanced at him, "You had nightmares too?" sounded a bit surprised, who knew the boom boom man had a vulnerable side too.

He flinched, "...don't you fucking tell anyone about this." He scowled at you.

"I won't, I'm not an asshole like you."

"You-"

"How do you deal with it?" you cut off his sentence. "The nightmares, doesn't it haunt you?" you asked as you hugged your legs.

He lowered his gaze at you, looking at the grip of your hands tightening. "I don't really give a shit about it." He interjected. His answers made you widened your eyes, it was an unexpected answer.

"It just made the desire to become number one ten times stronger."

His eyes reflecting the outdoor lights, he shut them closed for a brief moment. "The nightmares appeared because I was weak, because I was a wimp. As long as I get stronger, those nightmares won't do shit to me." He finished.

"...heh." A snicker escaped you, "What a strange mindset you have there." You teased.

The boy scoffed, resisting the urge to just spout curses at you. You snorted, eventually ending the cocky act.

"But at least you have the mental strength to fight them off."

Eyes glued at the ground beneath you, "Y'know...sometimes I wonder to myself-" you added.

"Why do those words haunt me."

You continued, "My quirk's useless, I'm better off quirkless. I've probably heard them a million times in my dream." You laughed at yourself.

"That nightmare of a dream"

He remained silent as you talked, what was this heavy feeling in his chest? He was...confused, for once in that pompous life of his.

"But they still scare me, and the answer is obvious, it was from the start. I just tried to ignore it the best I could." You relaxed your tense body, head leaning back.

"It's because what they said was the truth."

"No sugar coating, it was all bitter, all the absolute truth." you said grimly.

"My quirk isn't powerful like yours, nor would ever surpass yours, or the others. That mentality stuck with me for years, for my whole life."

"..."

You peeked at him, his expressions were just like you thought. A neutral look, he wasn't feeling bad or trying to cheer you up. You expected that, and that was solely the reason why you told him all of this.

No pity, no comment. Just a pair of ears listening, or so you thought.

You snickered, "Why the sad face?" you teased. "Don't worry about it, I'm slowly getting over it. It might take months, or years, but at least there's progress." You grinned.

"..."

Brushing the dust off you as you got up, you nudged him by the side. "Are you seriously just not gonna talk now? That's mean y'know, I just told you some depressing shit."

He still kept his silence, you shrugged. It was what you were expecting anyway.

"Well then, thank you for listening to me, Bakugou. I appreciate the silence."
You turned back to the building, planning to try and at least get some sleep.

"Sorry."

Stopped right on your tracks.

"..what-?"

"Hold on, why are you saying sorry to me? You didn't do anything." Now you were really sus about him, like so sus. What the hell is happening with him?

You sighed, "Please don't think much about that, it's been years."

"You didn't do anything to me, okay?" you repeated, looking at him as he was still leaning against the wall.

You shook your head, "Please, don't blame yourself. Now you're making me feel bad."

"Anyway, I'm heading back. Don't stay up for too long." You said before going in.

"..."

Bakugou clenched his fists, biting down his lips. He muttered the sentence once again, the strange feeling making him repeating it. And he knew exactly why.

"I'm sorry."

Because he's sorry.

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This is an early bonus chapter for y'all because I feel bad for making y'all worry. I'm sorry (╥_╥)

Please try and enjoy it even tho it's short af