Catch Me If I Fall [BakuDeku]

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Uraraka chatted animatedly to Izuku along with Iida and Tsuyu down in the common room. They had asked him about why he and Katsuki were called out by All Might, but Izuku told them that the pro hero had wanted to inform them about a villain attack near their home. As to why they were gone for the rest of the day and his bandaged hand, he said that Katsuki started a fight with him and got them in trouble. The trio seemed to have bought the lie since they didn't ask any more questions and were quick to change the topic.

Lying to his friends made him feel guilty, but none of them knew about his mother. For some reason, he didn't want them to know. Especially now that the cause for his mother's death was uncertain and under investigation still. The thought of his father being behind it all was surreal, but at the moment he was only a suspect. There was still so much to uncover, and he didn't think he was ready for any of it.

"Hey, guys..." Uraraka whispered, snapping the greenette out of his thoughts. They all turned their attention to her, wondering why she was whispering. "Has anyone noticed that Bakugo has been glaring at Deku-kun this entire time?"

Izuku immediately tensed, instinctively looking over his shoulder. Sure enough, Katsuki was glaring at him with a scowl on his face. Kaminari and Mina were at his side trying to get his attention, but the blonde simply ignored them or brushed them off every now and then. He didn't want to take his eyes off Izuku, knowing that the greenette would take the chance to flee and hide. Katsuki certainly wasn't in the mood to go around playing hide and seek with his childhood friend.

"But Bakugo-kun is always glaring at Midoriya, ribbit," Tsuyu pointed out, her index finger pressed against her lower lip.

"It's true, but ever since he came down earlier he hasn't taken his eyes off of him. Don't you think it's a little odd?" Uraraka countered, looking at Izuku in concern.

It was true. Only a few minutes after Izuku's panic attack, Kirishima came pounding at the door in search of Katsuki. The blonde, of course, sent him off with a mouthful of curses and insults, making the redhead laugh and say he'll wait for him downstairs. Using the distraction to his advantage, when Kirishima disappeared to his own room Izuku bolted out, grabbing a spare key and successfully escaping the blonde's room. Lucky for him, his friends were downstairs, so he went to them immediately.

Not long after, Katsuki made his appearance in the common room and didn't waste any second in sending a deep glare in Izuku's direction, although it went unnoticed by the nerd. That was until Uraraka decided to bring it up and having seen said glare sent shivers down his spine.

"I-I'm sure it's nothing," Izuku said, turning back to them while scratching the back of his neck. "He's probably mad that he didn't get the fight he wanted."

"That is probably true," Iida agreed, pushing his glasses further up on his nose. "Although he should stop trying to solve problems with violence! It is completely unprofessional for a future hero to pick fights with his comrades over futile things!"

"If you think about it, the only person that Bakugo picks fights with more often than not is Deku-kun. While he does tend to pick fights with other people, the one he's constantly taunting is Deku." Uraraka said, crossing her arms.

"I always found it interesting that you have both known each other since you were little, has he always been like that, ribbit?" Tsuyu asked, drawing all the attention to the greenette now.

"N-Not really," Izuku admitted with a hint of sadness in his voice. He spared another glance towards the blonde who was certainly still drilling holes at the back of his head, and quickly averted his gaze.

"It is clearly a topic that Midoriya is not comfortable with. Let's talk about something else," Iida intervened, and Izuku was silently grateful. There were too many things going on between him and Katsuki that he'd rather not talk about him anymore. Thankfully, the girls were quick to change the topic and didn't press him on the matter.