Collision; a BakuDeku story

Chapter 6

*2 weeks later*

Sitting in the far corner of Akuma's office, Midoriya started to consider asking someone to open a window but his mouth felt so dry that every breath he took burned his throat.

His whole body was tense and the murmuring of the nervously walking staff was barely audible over the sound of his own heartbeat.
Passing out from the lack of oxygen seemed like a good solution to end this situation.

What they thought was big turned out to be much bigger, like finding a maggot on the floor and discovering that a mouse was rotting away underneath your kitchen counter.
At first the thing Todoroki was handling was supposed to be a small drug operation but, after including Bakugo and him into the operation and asking the right people the right questions, they soon found out that it wasn't just a small drug sale but a whole market of illegal possession, from weapons to quirk traffickers.

All those underground connections Midoriya made came in useful, especially since one source unintentionally revealed to them the time and place of the next big sale. Turns out bad guys aren't really keeping tabs on the modern spy equipment.

"Tsk, C'mon."
Akuma bit her nail while intensively staring at the walkie-talkie the police gave them.

Actually, all eyes were on the object, people in the room waiting to receive the news if the final operation went smoothly.

But with each passing minute the tension grew.
If all had gone as planned they should have received the news by now.

The thoughts of all the horrible scenarios in Midoriya's head collectively froze once the walkie-talkie went on, Akuma swiftly grabbing it.

"Shits handled." was all that Bakugo said.

The once tense room exploded with euphoria, the voices mixing together in an excited shout and a sound of champagne being opened was heard.

Midoriya on the other hand felt like someone punched him in the stomach, the color from his already pale face getting completely drained.

It's over.
The mission was complete, its success will be used as a cover up in order to preserve Bakugo's publicity and they no longer needed to be in each other's lives.

There was finally fresh air in his lungs.
Before he was fully aware of it he already left the building, running to get his already packed things from Bakugo's place.

And then he'll be running back to his old apartment in order to get all his other stuff.
After that comes running away to a new place.
And then more running as he'll try to get away from everything.

In the last two weeks that's all he had been doing; running.

The morning after that horrific attempted confrontation, Midoriya was doing all he could to avoid Bakugo; keeping himself busy with chores or his own work, excusing himself by saying that he had something to take care of but in reality he was just aimlessly walking the streets late at night until he was sure that Bakugo fell asleep.

The only time they were together was when they worked on the assigned mission but they always had someone with them, be it a sidekick, Akuma or Todoroki. And even before teaming up Midoriya made sure that he and Bakugo were never alone.

But Bakugo seemed persistent to talk to him with each passing day.

And after this mission Midoriya couldn't help not to think that Bakugo will have no problem with using force in order to get them to talk.

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He should've told someone to keep an eye on Midoriya.
This thought kept plucking Bakugo's brain as he stormed out from Midoriya's old apartment.

He did consider that Midoriya might make a run for it once the job was done but what he didn't take into account was that he'd be held back after wrapping up everything.

Akuma immediately wanted him to give a word to the press and the paperwork that came after seemed to last forever. Sprinkle in the procedure that came after catching the bad guys and Bakugo lost 6 hours.

He had to give some props to Deku; the guy knew how to disappear fast. But it was only a matter of time before Bakugo finds him, his connections as the Number Two Hero stretched far and wide.

He stopped dead in his tracks; and what after he finds him?

Right now, with the media and Akuma thrown off his back, the situation was perfect.
Especially since his troubling past literally ran away.

Then why the hell was he chasing after it?

His mind was back in reality when his phone started buzzing.
"What?! " he yelled the question once he answered, not even looking at the caller's ID.

"Umm... we found him." He couldn't remember which sidekick he was talking to after registering the words. "Would you like us to send you the address? "

He opened his mouth but no words came out.

His eyebrows narrowed; was this what he really wanted? To finally tackle the past?

More importantly, what about Midoriya?
How selfish would this be of him since he knew that Deku was deliberately avoiding this topic because of everything it carried with it?

"Boss? You there? "