Bakugo x Lore 🍋 (Bakugo x OC)

Chapter- 56 Punishment

Compress sat in the corner of the room with his book reading silently when Lore walked back out of the closet. Her hair was braided down overhanging a dark blue hoodie Tomura often wore. She had on a pair of his black joggers, and seemed to be more comfortable.

"Welcome back to the land of the living dear," Compress said as he closed his book to give her more of his attention.

Lore shrugged and asked, "Does the land of the living have bras by any chance?"

"I'm afraid not. Toga is our only other female living here, and I fear you two are not quite compatible in that way."

"I will take your word for it," she sighed as she held out the hoodie. "At least this is thick enough no one can really see anything."

"Indeed that is true. It is late, so would you like any dinner?"

Lore walked to the window and looked out at the cityscape pensively for a long moment. "Compress?"

"Yes dear?"

"A-am I confined to this room?"

He pursed his lips. "I do not honestly know. I was merely assigned to guard you. Why? Would you like to leave?"

Lore smirked at him over her shoulder making him smile in return at the cheeky look. "We both know I won't be allowed to leave in that sense, but I feel better with clothes on. I thought I could at least pretend I'm not a sex slave being kept in a crazy man's bedroom."

Compress had to admit he had not expected this streak of humor from her, so he had to cough a few times to get his laughter under control. Lore fiddled with her hoodie strings as she turned back to him. She seemed shy. Nervous perhaps.

"I know I'm not here willingly, but I'm not an idiot."

"I know you aren't dear," Compress reassured her. He set his book down and offered, "I can go ask him if you can come down to the bar. Would you like that?"

"Yes, but...can you tell me the truth first?"

That would entirely depend on the subject of her question, but he remained respectful as he inquired, "About what?"

"Is-is he going to try and..." her eyes moved over to the bed.

Compress's eyebrows swung up in surprise. Of everything he thought she was going to ask about that had not been one of his first guesses. 

He was always rather good at trivia and knew most of the answers during the League's weekly trivia Tuesday nights, and that skill typically transferred over to his ability to read people. Alas, this petite woman was throwing him more curve balls than he had been prepared for.

He walked over to her and placed a hand on her bicep. When her eyes rose to meet his, he promised, "Tomura is many things, but he will not force himself on you. He cares too much for you to hurt you like that."

"But why? Why does he care? He doesn't even know me."

Her voice was so small, so insecure, and her eyes were filled with questions he'd never be able to answer because he didn't know the truth himself. He knew why the League wanted her. After her proving she was able to cancel the after-effects of Tomura's quirk, she could singlehandedly stop the hero's losses which was something they did not appreciate. If they were able to get her blood, they could also work on cloning her quirk. An enhancement of that kind would make many of their stronger members unstoppable, but neither of those answers had to do with why Tomura was so taken with her. 

Compress tucked a strand of hair behind her ear making her blush. "I don't know my dear. I just know he will not hurt you. Not in that way."

Lore nodded after a moment of thought. "Thank you Compress, and...I'd appreciate it if you could ask him about coming down."