Remember (Todobaku)

Chapter Eleven

"If you were really that uncomfortable on the train, why did you agree to come?" Todoroki asks once they leave the train station and Bakugo takes a long, deep breath of fresh air.

That breath of air was a game changer.

"Don't tell them I fucking said this or you're fucking dead, but I do try to hang out with them. It's- I just can't anymore. I want to, but I can't. I haven't tried again that hard recently, so when they were all fucking ecstatic for me to go, I figured I could try again."

He doesn't know why he admits this to Todoroki.

Maybe because he's seen his scar. And Todoroki has seen his.

Maybe it's because of the way Todoroki trusts him so openly that he feels he can do the same with Todoroki.

"I see. You're a good friend, Bakugo."

"I'm the fucking greatest at everything," man how he wish that were true.

If it was, he wouldn't have been kidnapped in the first place.

Whatever.

The stupid store that they wanted him to see was actually a good store. Kaminari called it the "Hot Topic for extreme emos".

That was fair, but Bakugo really liked it.

There were so many hoodies and long sleeves. He saw about ten just walking in that he really liked, so he picked out a few.

When they left that store, Shinso had given Bakugo a pin that he'd found just for him in the massive pile of pins that the store just had in the middle of everything.

There was a significant difference in the amount of people in the mall than at the train station.

Thank fuck for these idiots who planned this out.

Less people means less attention on him.

And it's not because he thinks he's that fucking amazing that people stare at him and admire him, no, it's because of the kidnapping and how he was in the news pretty much for the whole three months he was gone.

Even after, when he had returned, Bakugo was in the news for months after.

Bakugo doesn't really like the news now.

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After two hours of walking around, everyone decides that they want to eat out a a place near the mall, but still on the way to the closest train station.

They all order what they want and when they all have their food except for Bakugo, they ask him about it which makes him pretty fucking mad.

"Why didn't you get anything?"

"Didn't fucking feel like it."

He sips his water and turns away, feeling Todoroki's knee bump against his in comfort. He doesn't look over at him, still drinking his water, but bumps back, a small smile threatening to appear on his face.

"You wanna try a nugget? They're pretty good," Todoroki asks under his breath as to not attract attention to them.

It works since the whole squad is talking and having a great time.

Bakugo enjoys being around them, even if he's not saying or doing anything. It's just the energy around him that makes him happy.

"Fine," he says, and steals a nugget from Todoroki's plate.

He shoves the nugget in his mouth and chews angrily.

"It's okay," Bakugo says, internally rating the nugget a seven. Stupid idiot new kid who gave him a stupid idiot nugget.