Coexistence

War Stains Red

Bakugou POV:

I found myself in a void of darkness. I couldn't feel anything, couldn't see anything and couldn't comprehend anything. "Is this....is this the afterlife?"

"Not necessarily." I heard a voice to know who it was without even looking behind me. "It's good to see you again, Katsuki. How are you and your mother holding up?"

"....Are you here to bring me with you, dad?" Around the age of 6, my old man died in an attack by a Ghoul. An Investigator got the son of a bitch responsible, but not fast enough where he can be saved. Though nobody blamed me, the night he went out was to get a notebook for me since I was too fucking stupid to ask the old hag earlier in the day and needed it for school. My old man hated to see us argue and didn't want the hag to go out on the streets alone, so he opted to get it. Since that day, I felt nothing but guilt thinking I was at fault for what happened. I bottled this up so nobody could think I was weak, but deep down I had the feeling of being the one responsible even to this day.

"No. I'm here to see you my boy. See the man you became."

"Tch. Well you're not looking at much. I'm nothing but a pompous asswipe who can't even keep a girl I cared about that got knocked up by a fucking half breed safe." I started to laugh hearing this from my mouth to start crying. "I can't even fucking keep her from getting into fights for that freak."

"Katsuki..."

"Nothing I've done up till now can even prove I did anything right! I made Uraraka hate me, I've been a complete asshole to almost everyone I've met, I bet even the fucking kid I tried to help after she lost her mom hates me!"

"I'm sure she-"

"NOBODY LIKES ME, DAD! FACE THE FACTS! I'M NOTHING BUT A SELFISH, EGOTISTICAL, ASSHOLE THAT THE WORLD WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT! WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY TO ME-" I felt someone hug me to see dad. He moved me to put my face into his chest for some reason.

"It's ok. You can cry my son. I know it hurts. Just let it out for right now." I started punching him to try and make him let me go before slowly stopping and balling my eyes out.

"WHY!? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE US, DAD!? IT'S NOT FAIR! I JUST WANTED..." I started falling to my knees, unable to stand anymore. "I just wanted to be someone people like you respect. Why couldn't you help me be that?"

Dad came down to his knees and kept hugging me. "I know I left you both, but understand that is the last thing I wanted. I know these things happen and they're hard, but sometimes you just have to accept this and keep going. You only truly lose if you can't get back up or refuse to keep going."

"*sniffle* Not much good that does. I'm probably dead by now."

"Not yet. If you truly want to do something to help, then you need to stand tall now and try to fight to keep what you want to." I nodded with my dad starting to turn transparent. "Sorry, but this is all the time I have. I want you to understand that I'm always watching over you. Stay to what you want to and never give up." He disappeared from what I can see and the area started to brighten up for it to be difficult for me to see.

With Ochako and Bakugou, 3rd person POV:

"UNBELIEVABLE! OUTSMARTED! ME! BY TWO BRATS THAT HAVE YET TO EVEN MOVE OUT OF THEIR DAMNED PARENTS' HOUSES!" Furata began shouting in rage as Ochako began laughing hysterically at him.

"YOU SHOULD SEE YOUR FACE RIGHT NOW! IT'S PRICELESS! HAHAHAHAHAH!" She kept laughing in the chair while the truth about Furata and the rest of the Washu clan was shown on the screen along with their medical records and the RC count of every Washu family member since the start of the CCG along with the illegal funding on the black market. "The moment You realized you lost, your face looked like you completely shit a brick."