Dancing Shadows

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Ellowyn's POV-
   Everything's business as usual the next day. After spending all of our day off sleeping, training, catching up on homework, and taking time to visit Aizawa, we were faced with Aizawa in full swing. He had us training during class, completing daily homework, responding to calls from pro-heroes that were finally coming in after my interview, and stressing over a major test the next Friday that we needed to study for. So, once we caught up on everything else, Bakugou and I set up a study date for the Wednesday before the test.

   Which means I'm now sitting on his bed, attempting to solve practice calculus equations. He enters again with water for both of us. "Still on the math portion?" He asks as he takes a seat next to me.

   I sigh with frustration. "Yup. I finished every other part of the review easily but I'm just so bad at math."

   "You make it too fucking complicated." He states.

   "No, it just is complicated." I snap.

   "No, it's fucking not. You can do this." He proceeds to walk me through the problems with ease.

   "Wow. You are just good at everything, aren't you? Math, hero work, music, the list goes on and on."

   He grins at me and says, "I can think of something else I'm good at."

   I can't help but roll my eyes at how flirty he's being. Usually I'm the one coming onto him. "Very smooth."

   "I know." He mutters with a smirk before leaning over me and pulling me in for a brief kiss.

   "Hey, don't be a tease about it." I mutter back as I steal another kiss. He smiles against my lips and deepens it. He casually moves his hand on my waist to the back of my thigh so that he can pull me closer, a move he pulls so often that it feels normal at this point. I melt into him as he hovers over me and lays between my legs.

   As he continues to soothingly run his hands along the skin of my outer thigh with one hand and my back with his other, he kisses me slowly, as if we have all the time in the world and he wants nothing more than to taste all of me, and I return the favor. I slowly feel myself turn to putty in his hands. I'm so comfortable that I could never leave this moment.

   Then, for the first time, his hand strays too far towards my inner thigh and the tips of his fingers brush across the scars that rest there. I'm ripped away from my high by panic. I push him away from me and he immediately falls back to give me my space. "Are you okay?" He questions, breathless and red in the face. If I weren't freaking out, I would be amazed by how good he looks woth his hair messed up and his composure lost.

   Instead I'm stumbling out of his bed and away from him, muttering, "I'm sorry. I can't."

   "It's okay. Just breath." He replies.

   "I don't know. I can't be here right now. I'm so sorry."

   "Wait, Cherry! What happened? Talk to me!" Bakugou calls after me as I leave the room.

   I head towards my room. I'm lucky enough to not meet anyone along the way. Of course, that's until I'm right down the hall from my room and Todo is walking out of his. He locks eyes with me and seems concerned. "Ellie, are you okay?"

   I laugh as he repeats Bakugou's question. I'm on the verge of tears now but I refuse to cry. Why am I crying? "I'm fine." I reply. The cracks in my voice give me away.

   "Do you want to talk about it?"

   "No." It's the truth. I just want to shut it out and forget anything ever happened. That would be so much easier. Just as he turns away I add, "Wait, yes. I need to."