Stupid Bunny. (Bakugo's Demise.)

✨Chapter 96✨

Sweat dripped from your forehead as you tried desperately to bench 120 pounds, which you could barely hold up.
No one was around, though. That's how you like it when you leave for the gym.
Almost the dead of night, somewhere to take your undying anger out if not on your poor boyfriend.
It wasn't anything serious, you'd just begun to get a bit strained lately.
Finding absolutely no motivation to do anything but.. well.. Lay here and bench something you are barely able to lift.
But with each pop of a braincell, you managed the bar into the air... Then slowly and carefully back down to your chest again.

With Katsuki, it wasn't anything truly out of the ordinary. If anything, he's gotten a bit colder too.
Or maybe your lying to yourself... Maybe you don't push him away?

You didn't have much time to think about that though before you were screaming out in near agony.
But this is what hero's do , right?

Despite this, though, you muscled through like the rest of them.. with some sort of broken tenacity accompanying you.

It didn't matter at all.
Not until you got to graduation.

Then all of this would dissolve into dust, and you'd be saving people like you always wanted.

Saving people like you always wanted ..

That's what you'd been missing.
All of these mindless lifts done for nothing but the sake of passing and Katsuki's approval, you'd forgotten..
That is why your here. Why you worked so hard to pass the entry exam.

Suddenly, the bar felt a hundred times lighter than it did.
You could be lifting pure air if you weren't so sure it was 120 pounds.
Then another 10..
Maybe you over did it by the time you finally stopped and packed up your things..

It seemed you finished in time though, passing Kirishima once you opened the door.

"Oh- Hey Kiri."
You smiled to him.

He appeared surprised at first, then just smiled in return. "Hey (Y/n)."
"What are you doing here so late?"

You thought about that for a second.. you aren't one to be here this late, if at all...
Why keep lying?
You sighed, "I've been really behind on training, and my body is weak."
"..I've been coming here a lot when Katsuki goes to sleep so it seems like I'm doing it all effortlessly."

Eijirou nodded, kind of not sure how to respond.
"I didn't know you were that behind?"
"You looked like you were doing fine."

You only shrugged, "Maybe it's just me."
"Eraserhead said I was really close to failing and still am so.."

Awkwardness lingered in the air for a moment.
"So you know.."

Kirishima seemed to have snapped out of his head at that, flashing you a smile again.
"Well, you shouldn't worry too much."
He put a hand to your shoulder, "Putting in that much effort shows how badly you want to succeed."

That was true.. if you didn't want to succeed, you wouldn't exactly be here, stressing your body out, would you?

Just like that, the corners of your mouth upturned to a smile, "Yeah.."
"You're right."

Soon, he realized he was... Touching you.. and pulled his hand promptly away.

"Thanks." You spoke.

"Oh sure!" Kirishima exclaimed, sweat practically dripping down his forehead.
"I know you've got in it you!"
"You're the most manly girl I know!"

You giggled, "You're too sweet," and patted his chest.

Do you call Katsuki sweet too?
He doesn't know if he wants to be better or on the same level as him.
You're just being friendly, obviously. He shouldn't be thinking so much into this.
Yet, suddenly, his face was heated up to about 250° and he could do nothing about it.