The Other Side - Katsuki Bakugou x OC

Chapter 27

Hinami stepped into, what she could only assume was, the LoV's base. There was a cheer. Her brain felt fuzzy, and she couldn't quite work out what was going on.

"Shig?"

"Kyo, what's going on?"

"Well, I only took over her mind briefly. I didn't have time to rework her entirely. You knew I wouldn't be able to do that until we got back."

"I thought it would last longer than this!" He hissed.

"It's not my fault that stupid blonde knocked her over and snapped her out of it!" He retorted, grabbing a bewildered Hinami's hand and pulling her over to a chair. "Sit." He ordered. Confused and alarmed, she obeyed. "Now look at my finger. You're going to take a quick nap." Almost involuntarily, she yawned. Just like before, everything around her slowly started to disappear.

When she opened her eyes, there were a lot of people staring at her, only two of which she recognised.

"Hi, Shig. What's going on?"

"You're at my home."

"Why?"

"It's a long story. Why don't you make friends with this lot? I know that Toga has been excited to meet you." He said gently, sounding very different to how he usually did when speaking to the LoV. A short blonde girl squealed excitedly.

"That's me! I can't believe you're here! I finally have a girl my age here!"

"We're the only girls?"

"There's one more. Big sis Magne!" She pointed to a woman.

"I like your skirt." Hinami said politely.

"Thank you! I'm still not used to wearing them. It feels... good." They shared a smile. Toga started talking again.

"This is Twice. He's a sweetheart! Spinner and Compress are out at the moment. That grumpy guy over there with Kurogiri is Dabi." She pointed to a dark-haired boy hunched over a beer and a person in a suit with purple wisps surrounding him and obscuring his silhouette.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all."

"She's so polite." Kurogiri pointed out amusedly. "Much better behaved than any of you already." Dabi rolled his eyes and reached behind the bar for another beer.

"A polite, soft little hero. Great."

"What the fuck did you just say to me?" Hinami snapped. Everyone looked at her with raised eyebrows, taken aback. Toga started laughing.

"You're going to be so much fun!"

"Before you do anything, let me show you where you can stay." Shigaraki held his hand out to Hinami. She noted the black gloves covering his last two fingers and vaguely remembered giving them to him. Her memory was fuzzy. Maybe she hit her head. With a small smile, she took his hand and stood up. As they left, she could feel everyone's eyes following her.

"What do you remember?" He asked.

"Uh... Not a lot. There was a fight with my classmates. They started attacking me..."

"Yes. I got you out of there. We already checked you for injuries. You don't have a concussion or anything." So she did hit her head. That would explain the fuzziness.

"That's good to hear..."

"You seem off."

"Yeah. Why did they do that?"

"A misunderstanding. They thought you went against their heroic beliefs."

"Did I?"

"You should." He danced around the question smoothly. "They're stupid."