Only Red

Chapter Seventeen

Bakugo hugs me again, but this time more gently, as if I might break at any moment. I hugged him back, not being able to express my pain and sadness any other way.

We sit there for a moment in silence, not daring to break it because we both know what will come next.

"Bakugo-" I start looking up at him.

"Katsuki." He cuts in.

"Nani?"

"Call me Katsuki." He says blushing a bit.

"Katsuki," I say, blushing a bit at the informality even though Mina and Denki asked me to use their first names a while ago. "I-"

I'm suddenly cut off as footsteps start making their way down the hall. Me and Ba-KATSUKI, both turn our heads to see who it is before the figure finally turns the bend.

Aizawa sensei looks over at us with a bit of guilt overtaking his usually apathetic facade.

"It seems I'm interrupting something but-" I brace myself for whatever he's about to say. "-It appears we were able to apprehend the villain, and she said that if we really want you to be reversed then we better act fast because apparently there's some sort of time limit."

I look shocked, but after a moment shake myself to steady my thoughts. This is good. I'm sure the cure won't be something stupid like 'kiss your one true love' so it'll just be in and out.

Bam.

Then I'm back to being Eijiro.

I look over at Katsuki and he nods, helping me up from our position on the floor. I brush off my skirt as if that will help with how I look, because you might as well have a blinking sign that hangs over my head reading: THIS BITCH JUST HAD A PANIC ATTACK!

Aizawa seems to notice this too and says, in a slightly less monotone voice than usual; "If you want you can clean up a bit before we head out, I'm sure the difference of half an hour is not what the villain means by time limit."

I nod at him gratefully as I steady myself against the wall before turning to go to the girls bathroom when Katsuki grabs me by the hand.

"Hey," He starts softly. "We can continue this later okay?"

I nod again and start my walk. Luckily there's a bathroom only a couple halls down so there's less of a chance of meeting someone along the way. Eventually I make it to the bathroom, and I sigh once I see myself in the mirror.

Well if Aizawa doesn't want me to have to face this woman looking like a wreck he might have to wait more than half an hour...