Red And Purple

3

"Takaro just leave me alone" you practically beg, simply wanting to be left alone shouldn't be as hard as your ex had always made it out to be. "Oh what happened to Ryo, are we not still on a first name basis?" He teased pinning you to a wall. You struggle to get out and fail "stop squirming or I'll have to hit you again" he threatens. Your brain doesn't compute what he had said and you continue to try to wiggle out of his grip only to feel the sudden pain of him slapping you. You break down, the only thing holding you up is the grip Takaro has on your wrists that are still pinned to the wall. Hot tears run down your face, you don't want to be back in this situation, you don't want him to be in your life anymore.

"Hey you!" You barely hear the now muffled voice over your own sobs. Takaro drops his grip on you and leaves you to fall to the ground you don't know what happened next all you know is that the calming voice of Shinsou can be heard followed by the furious yelling and explosions of your brother, who never liked Takaro in the first place. "Hey, you're okay now, you're safe, pretty sure Bakugou over there is making him regret, well... his entire life" Shinsou says to you as he wipes a few tears from your face.

Before your brain has chance to catch up with your body you wrap your arms around Shinsou, this is the second time in just as many days that he has saved you. "THAT'S RIGHT YOU COWARD! RUN! AND DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE COME BACK!" You hear Katsuki scream at your ex before he runs over to you "are you okay? Did he hurt you again?" He asks the fury in his voice only returning at the word again. You want to tell him you're fine but, the tears paired up with the bright red, hand shaped bruise forming on your face says otherwise.

Shinsou hugs you back whispering that you're safe, that your scumbag ex is gone and as long as your brother and himself are around he won't be coming anywhere near you. You eventually calm down again and quickly realise that you hugged him before quickly moving away "th... thank you" you stutter, mentally slapping yourself. He helps you back up and the two of you head over to Katsuki "I hate that bastard...." he mumbles trailing off into incomprehensible and probably threatening mumbles.

Your brother skulks behind you whilst Shinsou walks next to you, the two of you are just talking when Shinsou seems to think of something "are you free tomorrow?" He asks. You look a bit surprised for a moment before making your reply "I just so happen to have the day off tomorrow" happy that you actually have a day off and that Shinsou seems to want to hang out with you. "Okay well one of my friends has insisted I go out with him and his friends, you're more than welcome to come along if your brother doesn't mind hanging with you" Shinsou explains how Denki had practically forced him and Katsuki to hang out with the 'squad' the next day.

Katsuki is still barely following the two of you but grumbles something in response to Shinsou before you agree to go. It could be fun and besides you've never actually met the so called idiots your brother spends time with. Before long you're at your house Katsuki kicks the door open and yells to your mother. She yells back in acknowledgement but you're not listening enough to know what either of them said. "So I'll see you tomorrow?" You ask smirking a little which makes Shinsou turn a light shade of pink "yeah, if you want to of course, they're kinda loud and energetic but you get used to them eventually and besides if you're with a group of six heroes in training your ex won't even think about looking in your direction" he smiles as you laugh a little.

You say your goodbyes and once hes out of your sight you head inside. You know Katsuki secretly likes these people, if he didn't he would let them know and not spend time with them even if he did pretend to want to be anywhere else. You know that he actually appreciates being invited out with them. Of course your problem is your anxiety, if it got too much you'd need an excuse to get away even if it was just for a short while. You're deep in thought when your phone brings you back to reality. You check and instantly get confused at the unknown number calling you. Naturally you ignore the phone, letting it ring out until it sends whoever it was to voicemail.

You say hello to your parents before grabbing a few snacks and heading to your room to figure out what you're going to wear tomorrow. You try on several outfits and mix them all together, trying to make the best first impression that you can before finally deciding on a look that you feel looks great. Happy with the outfit you fold it up and put it on the top of your dresser before getting into pyjamas.

You can still hear your mom and Katsuki arguing about something but you've been able to block most of it out for years now and this fight was no different. Until you hear your name. That's when they have your undivided attention, they never bring you up in a fight and they never argue about you specifically so this is new to you and it has grabbed your curiosity.

"I DONT WANT HER HANGING OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS THEYRE NOTHING BUT TROUBLE"
"SHUT UP OLD HAG ITS NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALONE WITH THEM AND WOULD YOU PLEASE USE THE RIGHT PRONOUNS?"

It doesn't really bother you that your mom still uses she/her pronouns for you, of course you would prefer she used they/them but it's not like you find it offensive, in fact Kat always seems to get more offended by it than you. You head downstairs just in time for the two to stop yelling "you do know I can hear you when you're yelling right?" You ask sarcastically as you grab a drink and head off to bed.

I know updates are a bit slow but I'm not getting many views on this one anyway hope you're enjoying it so far