Breaker of the Mighty

Chapter 8: Injustice

Bakugou sat in the backseat of his parents' car as they rode away from the hospital. After weeks of being in there he was ready to see that place in the rearview mirror. He hadn't seen Mrs. Midoriya since that day he'd accused Bane of being Izuku, and from what his mother said she hadn't spoken to her either. He felt bad for causing such a rift between the two families, but he wouldn't be swayed. If Bane wasn't Izuku then that meant his best friend was dead. Is it selfish of me to prefer he be the villain who injured me than be dead? He asked himself as his parents pulled up in front of a large family restaurant.

"What are we doing here?" Katsuki asked as his parents got out and his father opened the door for him. He grit his teeth biting down on the angry response he was going to give his dad for treating him like an invalid. His back was fine now, aside from random spasms of pain and a constant soreness. He wasn't some cripple. Katsuki stepped out of the car as he walked towards the restaurant.

"Well Katsuki we figured now that you're out of the hospital you might want to celebrate." His mother said as she opened the door for him to reveal the majority of his classmates holding a banner that read "Welcome Katsuki Bakugou." "And your friends from school agreed with us." Mitsuki said smiling as the group of children gathered around her son.

"Congratulations on a speedy recovery Bakugou." Momo said to him smiling happily with her hand upon her chest. Momo was wearing a long sleeve pink shirt and with a white skirt going down to her knees in proper dress shoes.

"Yeah boy bet you'll be in tiptop shape in no time!" Shouted Mina striking a victory pose as she was dressed in a purple hoodie unzipped to reveal a black T-shirt over jeans and sneakers.

He could see that Shoji, Koda and Tokoyami were in the back raising their drinks to him rather than get involved in the crowd that was surrounding him. "Alright guys back up and give him some space plus we're kind of blocking the entrance." Kirishima said stepping in front of Bakugou and herding everyone back a few feet so Katsuki could make his way to their table. Unnoticed by the students the Bakugou parents went outside wanting to leave their son in the hands of his friends for a while. It was true that standing for long periods of time would be a serious strain on his back, so it was best to sit down quickly. He looked around at all the people surrounding him. He didn't really know them all that well hell he probably couldn't name them all from memory aside from Ochaco who was sitting on his left talking with the frog girl Ashido, or was it Asui? Kirishima sat on his right looking like some bouncer as Denki was talking about what to order.

He only knew Momo because she was the Vice President of her class and for that matter he noticed that Iida wasn't here. "Where's Iida?" Bakugou leaned over to ask Ochaco knowing she was the closest to Iida beside himself maybe.

"Oh yeah umm Iida had a family emergency to attend to so he couldn't come. He said he's sorry." Ochaco said looking down sadly remembering the face that Iida was making when he left. Bakugou nodded taking notice of the shrimp Mineta eying the seaweed chick. Her name was Tokake, he thinks who was animatedly talking to the invisible girl and Mina.

"Don't worry Bakugou I'll twinkle that much brighter to make up for the absence of Iida and Todoroki." Aoyama said before an earphone jack was plugged into his ear causing him to drop to his knees.

"How about you twinkle a little less you're bothering other customers." Jiro said withdrawing her jack from Aoyama's ear. Bakugou watched as the sugar guy and the guy with the tail helped Aoyama from the ground to table as he nursed his ear. The entire class seemed to be having a good time enjoying themselves and all for his benefit.

Bakugou looked down clenching his fists on his knees. "I don't deserve this." He whispered to himself, but Kirishima had heard at least part of it.