Before And After ||BNHA Kiribaku||

Chapter 24- Tuatara

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"Why? Why did you do it?!" Hagakure yelled, stamping her foot into the ground. "You knew it was a trap, so why?"

"Because they were threatening him!" Bakugo shouted back. "How many fùcking times do I have to tell you before you understand!"

"Urgh!" Hagakure paced back and forth, with police sirens sounding behind her. "That- That can't be it!"

"Yes it can!" Bakugo said, his fists erupting small explosions. "Get it through your damn skull!"

"No, it can't be because I know you!" Hagakure said, her gloves also curled up in a fist. "We spent three years of school together!" she held up three gloved fingers to emphasize her statement.

"So? What the hell does that have to do with anything?" Bakugo asked angrily. "All you did was hop around all happy while spouting off sparkles and rainbows everywhere you went!"

"Hey!" Hagakure pointed a finger at him. "I did but I still pay attention to my friends! And we're friends, so don't that we aren't!"

"Just shut up!" Bakugo yelled. "I don't want to hear any more bullshít that comes out of your mouth!"

"But I still have stuff to say!" Hagakure said. "Like how you obviously went into that trap without permission! And I know it wasn't because of them threatening Kirishima!"

"What would you know?!"

Hagakure tapped her foot on the ground impatiently. "A lot of things! Katsuki, I know you didn't go in there because of that. I mean, why would they threaten to kill him with people if the collar can already do that?"

Bakugo grit his teeth. "I-"

"Don't be stubborn!" Hagakure said before the blond could get another word out. "You were just so angry at those people, you couldn't help but go after them, right?!"

"What if they weren't?" Bakugo shot back. "Eiji could've died if I didn't go in there-!"

"BUT SOMEBODY ELSE DIED!" Hagakure screamed. Bakugo flinched heavily. The invisible hero's gloves and boots were shaking as she took in a breath. "I don't want Kirishima to die. And maybe the threat was real, I don't know. It doesn't seem too out of hand. But all signs pointed to a trap."

"JUST SHUT UP!" Bakugo yelled, turning around. "I don't have time to listen to you!"

"What else do you do?" Hagakure retorted. "There's a two-week ban from seeing Kirishima due to the organization rising to the public. You don't even do anything else!"

"Well I can leave!" Bakugo said. He shoved her out of way. "And leave me alone or I'll blow you to fùcking smithereens."

"Urgh!" Hagakure yelped, but didn't follow him. Instead, she shouted, "You hated it! You went into the trap because you wanted to kill them for taking him, right!? I did too, Katsuki! I really did! I wanted to destroy them! But me and everyone else grew up. When will you?"

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"Tch," Bakugo threw open the door to his house. "who the hell does she think she is?"

He promptly shut the door behind him, chewing on his lip in thought of what to do, before taking out his phone. Everything on the news was about the business and the organization. The entire ordeal caused an uproar throughout all of Japan, of course, since it was a staple company.

Now there was fighting. All throughout the two week ban, masked people would pop up and attack at random. 

"They're most likely targeting heroes," an investigator, who Bakugo didn't know the name of, said once. "Everywhere they go, heroes are there."

"But why?" another asked. "It's strange that they would start attacking out of nowhere, isn't it?"

"Their organization has come to light," someone said. "It's possible they're declaring war against heroes, or trying to get rid of them completely so no one stops them."

"So many questions," another mumbled. "They were so well hidden before."

"It may have something to do with Kirishima as well." someone said. 

It always was.

The two weeks ended up going quicker than Bakugo expected, especially with the threat of the organization looming over every hero's heads.

There were still precautions though. Only two heroes at a time in Kirishima's room. Not that it was a problem, since Bakugo ended up always coming alone anyways.

He was standing in front of Kirishima's door for the millionth time, thinking about the past events. If he had never went inside that meeting room, would all of this have happened?

Would organization members be popping up all over Japan, bearing the name of the company that was now going down in flames? Would that person still be alive?

'Shut up.' Bakugo thought. 'Shut the hell up.'

He opened the door to Kirishima's room before his mind could bring up any more memories, greeted by the familiar scent of the hospital.

The moment he went through, Kirishima perked up. He stared in surprise, and before Bakugo knew it, there was a body pressed up against his own.

"Eiji?!"

Kirishima nodded, quickly letting go after the brief hug. "W-W....Where?" he mumbled, looking up at the blond.

Bakugo took a step back. "Holy shìt did you just fùcking speak?"

Kirishima didn't respond, instead, he just kept staring up. There was something in his eyes, Bakugo noticed. It looked like fear, or sadness. Panic.

"W-Where.... were y-.... y... ou?" Kirishima repeated, voice frail. "L... left... y-you... l-... left. E-Ever... y... b-b... ody.... l-left."

Bakugo froze. He had completely forgotten about Kirishima. Not the ban, but the redhead himself. What had happened over the time he was away?

"Hey, listen to me, Eiji," Bakugo said. "That doesn't matter. I'm here now so don't worry about any of that shìt."

Kirishima shook his head. "I... d-don't... l-l... ike t-that. T-T... Tell me..."

Bakugo's face hardened, refusing to.

Kirishima waited. After a while, he pointed over to the side table. It was empty, completely free of the mess that was there previously.

"S-Said... it w-was... b... bad f-for m... me," he told Bakugo. "A-After I... I..."

"What?" Bakugo asked aggressively. "What happened?"

Kirishima sat on his bed, shaking his head once again. Bakugo went next to him, reading his expression.

"Goddamnit," Bakugo cursed. He pulled Kirishima into another hug. "Stupid..."

Kirishima's felt himself tense, but then loosen right after. He let himself get deeper into the hug.

Bakugo could feel it.

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A/N- i really did name this chapter after a random reptile for no reason lmao