Cry a little to be fine ~TodoBaku~

Chapter 11: baby

Katsuki Bakugo

I woke up, once again, cradled in Shoto's arms. I was getting way too used to this, and wasn't even surprised when I felt his warm body against my side. I peeled myself off him, and walked upstairs to my room to change. It just so happened that Dunce Face was out of his room, and saw me walking back to mine. He laughed aloud when he saw me, and I just stormed passed him as if he weren't there, and went into my room. I sprayed a bunch of deodorant on myself to atone for not showering yesterday, and changed quickly into school wear.

I was just in the process of tying my tie when the door opened, and a sleepy looking Shoto walked into the room, approaching me. He softly patted my head before grabbing my tie and doing it up for me.

"I'm not a baby, you know? I can do it..."

"I know you can, but I wanted to. Plus...you are a baby."

"Am not!" I said with a pout. He just laughed and rustled my fuzzy hair, saying "mhm, of course not. Come on, we'd best go."

We walked into class together, and I pointedly ignored Dunce Face's grin, sitting in my seat and staring forward. It was after class that things got interesting, though. I hang back, and Shoto did the same, unsure of what I wanted.

"Something wrong boys?" Aizawa said to us, and I spoke quickly.

"I'd...I'd like to contact the police..."

"...right, I'll do that immediately. Are you sure you want it talk to them? You'll need to tell them everything, understand?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Good. I won't be long." He said, and walked out of the room. Shoto immediately grasped me into a hug, and said "I'll be right next to you, just take your time and tell them everything you can, ok...?"

And that's exactly what I did. I told the policeman about the malnutrition, the hitting, the lies about what it meant, the lack of privacy, everything. I didn't cry, just monotonously droned it out. I showed them the bruises and scars on my body and arm, evidence littered all over me. They seemed pretty happy with it, and confirmed the address in order to arrest them. Aizawa gave us the rest of the day off, and Shoto led me back to his room. He was out briefly getting us sandwiches from the cafeteria, but returned quite quickly, out of breath from running over.

We ate quietly, and once we'd finished, settled for just cuddling up to each other, no movie this time.

"You did so well today Katsuki, I'm very proud of you." he finally said, kissing my head again. I looked up at him, my eyes watering a little bit as the whole thing caught up with me, and said "I-I'm still scared..."

"I know...and that's ok. But I won't let them get you,ok? Nobody is going to hurt you now.." he cooed into my ear affectionately, and I joked "you sure you should be a h-history student? Get your ass in t-the therapy course..."

"Thanks, but nah. I just know that if I did I'd be way too blunt with some people. If you hadn't noticed, I say it how it is usually."

"Yeah, but I don't mind. It helps me believe that you're right..."

"Of course I'm right. I'm always right!" he said playfully, messing up my hair again.

"Ok asshole, stop doing that, it's annoying"

"But it's fun! Your hair is so poofy, like an angry little explosion on your head!"

"...you're such a child"

"Awww, meanie!" He teased, and I just rolled my eyes and pinched his cheek playfully. We locked eyes for a minute, not moving an inch as we looked at each other, before he awkwardly stopped it by sneezing into his hand. We locked eyes again, and I couldn't control my laughter. Soon, we were both laughing, him tickling me as he scolded me for laughing at him, only making me laugh even harder. Coughing fits followed shortly for both of us, and my chest didn't feel quite as tight as it ever had before when I coughed, showing clear improvements in my health.

I rested my head on his blanket-covered lap, settling down into a comfortable position. He scoffed at this, and said "selfish much?"

I just kept still and said "if you had any idea how comfortable you are, you wouldn't blame me~", without even looking up at him. I could almost feel him blushing though, and I smiled to himself, rolling my head around on him a couple of times to get comfortable. I felt my eyes begin to drop, and was welcomed into the dream world, serenaded by the comfort of the very hot boy I was asleep on.

It wasn't too long later when I woke up, and pushed myself up off of Shoto, and smiled tiredly at him. He was still wide awake, brushed an errant hair off my face, saying "morning, sleepy. Or, well, afternoon..."

"G'morning..."

"You do this really cute pout when you sleep, and your nose twitches, like a little bunny!" He said with a smile, before making to stand up, abandoning me in the blanket. I just cuddled into the warm, pine-scented space he left behind, relaxed and content with the world.

It was then, as Shoto was making a coffee for himself, that the door opened, and Aizawa came in immediately.

"Bakugo, Todoroki, I apologise, but you need to come with me now."

"Why, what's up?" Shoto said without missing a beat, and Aizawa just sighed, obviously not pleased with the situation himself. He looked me dead in the eyes, completely disregarding my cuddled up state, and said a few words that scared me a little more than they should've

"They want to see you..."
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Short chapter, cuz I fell asleep while writing it 😕

Fact of the Day: Bakugo is, in fact, a baby 😌