#1 In My Heart

Remote

Todoroki POV

The past couple of days were boring. Sunday was a lazy day per Ei's orders so we laid on the couch all day and watched tv. They're introducing me to a lot of animes to "broaden my horizons" I guess. I won't lie, some of them are really good. Yesterday I had my first mission. It was just a simple robbery I needed to take care of. The guy didn't even really put up a fight. Felt kinda bad for him to be honest. Today is therapy day so I have the day off. I wonder if everyone realizes I'm able to come back to work after my appointment. Working would be better than just staying at home all day. I guess I could train and go to the gym to get back into the groove of everything but, I'm not really feeling it today.

"Whatcha thinking about" Ei says to me. "Oh. Nothing. I just don't know what to do today after I see Trace." I say back to him. "I'm sure you'll think of something babe. If you want, we can have lunch together" he says again. "Yeah! That sounds great actually!" I respond cheerfully.

"Uh. I have some news." Kats comes out into the kitchen.
"How long..." I ask. I already know what he's about to say. He gets the same look every time they dispatch him somewhere remote.
"I don't know... They didn't tell me... All they said was that they're dispatching a lot of us this time..." He says with a sad look on his face. "I don't even know what we're going against. But they need me to leave today"
"Oh..." I can feel myself tear up. It's always hard when one of us has to leave. The past few times it's only been Kats. "You didn't get a call, Ei?" Kats questions him.
"Uh. No. Why would I? They never dispatch us teachers unless it's bad." Ei says back to him. "Oh. They said they were going to call UA. I thought that's what they meant."
"So there's a possibility that you're both leaving?" I say to them interjecting their conversation. "I get to stay here while you two go off doing whatever. Great." I roll my eyes. I can feel my sadness turn into anger but I can't stop it.
"Hey. Calm down. You don't even know I'm leaving." Ei says while glaring at Kats.
"Yeah. They could've mean't something completely different" Kats says trying to reassure me too.
"When are you leaving?" I question Kats.
"I'll be gone by the time you get home from seeing Trace." He says.
"I'm canceling today" I say picking up my phone.
"No. No you're not" Ei snatches the phone away. "This is the one time you're going to need to talk to her." I don't want him to be right. But he is. "I should be going with you..." I say as I put my head in my hands.
"No. You shouldn't. Even if you were able to, I wouldn't let you" Kats says pulling me into a hug. "You'd put yourself in danger to protect me. And while I appreciate that, I'm not losing you. Ei, doesn't need to worry about both me and you. That wouldn't be fair to him" he says as he rubs my back. "So instead I get to worry about the both of you? How is that fair?" I snap back pulling away from him. "You don't even know if Ei is leaving. You're acting like a child" he snaps back. I look at the time. "I have to go. I'm gonna be late." I say as I wipe my tears. "Is this really how you want to say goodbye to me?" He grabs my hand as I start to walk away. "Come back safe. And unharmed." I say as I pull my hand away. "Please... Don't let me lose you..." I put my shoes on and head out the door.

Bakugou POV

"You didn't tell him..." I question Ei.
"I was going to but I didn't know they called you in too. I'll tell him when I have lunch with him. He just got back into the field. This is going to break him again." He grabs my hand. "I'm glad he's going to be here. Safe. But we're not going to be here. It could be upwards of two weeks. Maybe more."
"I know." I say kissing his hand. "Do you happen to know who they haven't called in?" I question.
"No. I'm pretty sure all of us have been called in... except Sho."
"Best case scenario, we're only gone a couple days. I guess we'll just have to knock this out quick then." I say as Ei wraps his arm around me. "I didn't expect us to fight... That's not how I wanted to say goodbye to him."
"He'll be okay babe. Try not to stress about it too much. We're gonna come back. And you both will have forgotten about the dumb fight. And he'll be so excited to see us again. We could even take him out on a date like to an amusement park or the zoo or something. We'll take the day off work and plan a whole day just for him." Ei says.
"That actually sounds like a great idea. I don't think we've been on an actual date yet. How are you so good with the romance stuff?" I laugh.
"Because I've dated before. Whereas you were just into hookups" he says before kissing me.
"How did I go from having zero girlfriends, to having two boyfriends at one time?" I jokingly ask.
"You tell me Mr. Turn Down Every Girl Ever" he says laughing back.
"They weren't Sho... or you..." I say back.
"Actually. Forget I said that. And don't tell Sho I said that. I'll murder you if you repeat that to anyone. And I'll deny it."
"Ugh whatever. Go get ready. You have to leave soon." 
"You're right. Can't be late or I'll get yelled at."

I didn't want to leave. And I didn't want Ei to leave either. I don't want Sho to be alone. I know he's going to be okay. But that won't stop me from worrying about him. Just like I know he'll never stop worrying about me.