When the Days are Dark

Chapter 2

6:15 am

You woke up and checked your phone. Reading the time you panicked, just a little because who would care if you're just 30 minutes late? It only takes 15 minutes to do your morning routine... If you skipped styling your hair.

You quickly got out of bed and began your morning routine. Just the usual— showering, brushing your teeth, getting dressed, etc. You decided to wear a tank top and black gym shorts that you stole from your ex-boyfriend years ago. By the time you were done, it was 6:31 a.m. You grabbed your phone and ran downstairs, a bit too fast to stop yourself from running into Bakugou.

You stumbled back, while Bakugou just stood still, unfazed by the collision, like a brick wall. Your eyes trailed up his muscular body before your eyes met his. "Did no one tell you to come at 6 or was the memo too hard to understand?" Bakugou glared at you, you could see the other recruits and  Mina standing behind him. "I understood just fine, I just overslept." You said with a bit of an attitude, attempting to walk around him.

Iida stopped you and held out his hand as if he was a bum asking for money. You look at his hand and then up at him, "What?" you ask before raising your hand in confusion, simply giving him a low five. Denki chuckled, covering his mouth when Bakugou shot him a side-eye glare.

"Your phone," Iida said, that was the shortest sentence he ever said. Quite concerning, he looked annoyed that you were late. "Why?" you asked, looking past him to see Mina signaling you to give him your phone. You sighed and rolled your eyes, slapping your phone into his hands.

"Alright guys, thanks to Sleeping Beauty, we will be running to the house." Bakugou clapped his hands jointly, before stretching his legs a bit. "I hope you guys are fit, I don't need to be slowed down more than I've already had..." He said, glancing at you.

"Easy! How far do we have to run?" Denki asked, stretching along with Bakugou. "Two miles, " he answered, opening the door with Iida running out before him. "Be there in 20 minutes." He told the lot of you before running.

After stretching, you, Deku, and Mina were out the door. At first, you were ahead of them but then Mina quickly caught up to stay by your side. "Girl, Didn't I tell you to be downstairs by six am?" Mina squinted, "We could've been in a car-" she whined, holding her head back. Y'all we're nearly ten minutes in and you both were sweating. Mina was wearing a sports bra and yoga shorts, so it wasn't hard to see where her sweat was falling.

"I'm sorry. I forgot to set my alarm last night." You groaned. "Understandable. Just try to follow directions next time, Bakugou gets pissy when things aren't going his way." She rolled her eyes.

"I agree. Kacchan can get hectic when things aren't right." Midoriya said. He had been next to the two for a while, he just finally decided to speak. You jumped and Mina flinched. "Boy, you can't just pop up out of nowhere! Almost gave me a heart attack, " you said, giggling at how you reacted to Midoriya's appearance.

"Oh- sorry."

"And what do you mean by "Kacchan, " Mina raised an eyebrow, "You know him?" she questioned, causing Midoriya to stop running. He didn't answer, silent like his mouth had been sewn shut. But Mina kept running, looking back to see if he was at least going to TRY to form a sentence.

But he didn't.
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Bakugou stood in front of the elder's house, looking at the time on his phone. There are only 20 seconds left.
19...18...17...