Anchor

- Chapter 6 -

Asami pov

"Now?" he nodded leaving his room and motioning for me to follow him. We entered the elevator and the ride down was quiet. Bakugou lead me to the kitchen where he placed the kettle on.

 I sat myself by the table watching him move up and down the kitchen the scent revealing he was making tea. Once he was done he brought over two cups and the kettle. He silently poured the tea with a frown on his face making me worried. I watched as he sat opposite to me but still, he didn't say anything until after he drank his tea where he sighed. 

"You good?" he finally spoke up after another 3 or so minutes of silence. 

"Shouldn't I be asking you that?"

"Tch! This is stupid! Why did I...you're younger than me, dammit!" I smiled slightly at his struggle.

"Maybe, but I'm glad you think you can rely on me." he paused looking back at me "It makes me happy, because I rely on you, so if you need to rely on me, then I'll be there just as you have for me!"

"Tch. Dumbass you're still younger than me..." I took a sip of my tea. Not bad...I can do better though. Heh, I'm going to hold this over his head.

"Katsuki...relying on me is okay too. I can see it in your eyes sometimes. The way you get lost in your thoughts when something happens. Something is bothering you, and since you've come to me about it, I'm guessing it's about the kidnapping?" He grunted

"And what of it?"

"Are you afraid? Do you keep looking back when someone walks behind you? So you'd rather no one be behind you?"

"The fuck?! How the hell-?"

"I do the same. Well, it's a bit different for me. When someone reaches out to touch me, I subconsciously still until I hear their voice." I stared down at my tea "It's mentally tiring to be so afraid of my surroundings, so that's why I push myself in training. I don't want to be helpless. You... I can see you doing the same. Thinking ahead, but it's not enough is it?"

"No. It works at times. And then there's times like this where I find myself sitting up at night like an owl or some shit...like now. Sometimes I train... Tch. Fucking weak. I'm fucking weak!" My eyes widened in shock.

"Weak... what?! Who told you that?! There's nothing wrong with how you feel! You're not weak!" my hair lit a flame in anger "Whoever said that can shove it! If they were in our situation they'd have quit already! They'd have crumbled under the pressure and the glares long ago! So whoever said it needs to be hit." Bakugou stared blankly at me before he chuckled 

"Calm down cotton candy. No need to light a flame over me."

"Hmph! Who said it, I just wanna have a...talk..." I huffed, outing the flame with my hand.

"What? You gonna lecture my old hag?"

"What?! It was your mom?! Oh most definitely! You're driving me to your house tomorrow!"

"No way bubblegum! Besides, she's right. I was weak." he stared intensely at his hand. 

Ah please tell me his mother isn't like Endeavor!! Please tell me she didn't realize the impact of her words!! Or else, adult or not, she's getting a piece of my mind!!

"You're not weak for getting kidnapped, Katsuki!"

"No, not about that..." he looked at me his usual glare gone and replaced with a calm solum face "I was weak for not protecting you." I blinked confused "You just woke up, but you were taken alongside me and I should have fought to protect you. Instead that burnt bitch did it, kept the chick and that masked two face away. I was too weak to keep you safe. So why... why do you still trust and rely on me?" Bakugou looked defeated, he looked tired, he looked remorseful. 

I don't like those looks on him.

"Because I have more reasons to than I don't. Your attitude is terrible, to a lot of people. But like Midoriya, Kirishima, Sero, Kaminari, and probably all of the class by now, we understand you. Despite your tone, your actions prove who you are. You really did protect me. Your words don't often follow your actions but I can handle that. Since I returned, I saw how you've looked after me when Sho-nii couldn't. That was enough for me." I smiled.

"Tch. Whatever..." he looked away glancing back when I giggled "Hurry up and drink your stupid tea! It should help you fall back asleep." I nodded and drank the rest of my tea. I stood up "Leave it. Go to bed." I smiled.

"Hai! By the way...I can totally make tea better than you. One day, I'll let you taste it, and defeat." Katsuki gained irk marks on his head so I ran off before he can start screaming at me, laughing softly as I did.

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I hummed staring intensely at the crate of eggs. Katsu sent me grocery shopping as payback for telling him I can make tea better. He was cooking tonight and he sent me to buy some missing ingredients, but... which egg was it he wanted? The white or the cream..? 

"Buy the cream ones, they seem bigger." I froze and my thinking grounded to a halt. I didn't dare turn to face the person. I sighed picking up the dozen cream colored eggs.

"Arigatou. Now, who am I speaking with?" I still refused to turn until he told me, which he hasn't yet.

"I couldn't help but notice you, and I had no intention of coming here but still I found myself standing behind you. Who do you think I come as?"

"I don't know... I want it to be my ani, Yori. But he's dead, isn't he?"

"No. Never... at least I hope so." I turned to face him. He was once again covering his face with a hood and an added shades, his clothes were blue this time with his pastor shoes replaced for normal ones "Will you, talk to me?" even with the shades, I could see the pleading in his eyes. His dead tone gave way a little too. I sighed.

"I care for you way too much, this could be a trap Asami..." I grumbled "Fine, whatever! You have ten minutes before someone thinks I'm taking too long and comes to get me." he nodded 

"We can talk outside." I nodded and quickly took his hand.

"Don't think too much. If I don't someone will think you're kidnapping a child." still he tightened his hold on my hand. He was warm, too warm. Frowning I cooled him off.

Ah! I'm not supposed to do that! Ugh! Asamii!!

"Right. What I'm going to tell you will not be the entire truth. You have to decipher for yourself which words are true to which ones aren't. I do wish to reveal myself to you, but all in due time..." I frowned. He's planning something?

"How much of it will be a lie?" he shrugged. "Mm. Go on, times running out."

"I was born into a hero family. My parents quirks are opposites but they loved each other a lot, despite the incompatibility. They married and had me. I gained my father's ability but stronger, however I had my mother's body, hence why my flames burn me. I was the first born, a year later I got a sibling, then another and another and another. In total there's five of us. My mom died suddenly after the birth of my fifth sibling, that made my father change and he focused solely on power.

My quick was ideal for him but the way my body reacted wasn't, so he ignored me in favor of my two youngest siblings. One had already began training at five and he started the youngest when he was three. I tried one upping them, I tried to show him I was here too, I wanted to be seen, but only my youngest saw me. We got in trouble for it quite a lot because they could handle my quirk, just like you can... One day I ended up in an accident trying to prove myself.

They think I'm dead... I intend to keep it that way. I see them sometimes, they never see me. Now, you decide, what's true, and what's the lie. Keep safe for me okay?" Dabi stood ruffling my hair and kissing my forehead before he left.

His story is similar yet different... While thinking I went back to collect the basket I stuck to the floor with ice to keep others from taking it. Dabi...who was it, that hurt you so?