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7: Mapo Tofu

Third Person POV

The USJ incident was all over the news. The League of Villains and the plan they had to kill All Might was made known to the world.

The man named Tsukauchi, who worked with the police, had looked into the League of Villains, and was now sharing the information he had found with the staff of U.A. The students had paused their studies the day after the incident, as the school had temporarily closed.

Y/N had been released from the hospital under the promise that she wouldn't do any vigorous training. It turned out she had broken four ribs, as well as mildly fractured her skull.

The first thing she did was rush home to check on her mother, who fortunately was alright.

Later, in the middle of the night, she texted Bakugo to ask if he wanted to go for a walk around the city. Surprisingly, he actually agreed.

Y/N pulled on some ratty sneakers and a light sweatshirt before stepping out into the crisp night air. It was a gamble to ask Bakugo to walk with her, considering he goes to sleep at 8:32 pm. But she caught him on a good night — or maybe it was more of a bad night.

A little earlier, Bakugo woke with a start in a pool of his own sweat. His fists were closed tightly around the sheets, and the noise of his quick-paced breathing filled the room.

It was just a dream. Stop being such a baby.

He went to go change his sheets, as it was always a fear of his that he would accidentally explode his entire room in the middle of the night. His mom would probably kill him.

After putting on new covers, he stood in the bathroom, hovering over the sink. He splashed some cold water on his face, using his hands to push back his hair.

Just a dream.

Bzzz.

Who's texting me at this hour?

A check of his phone revealed it was Y/N, asking him if he wanted to go on a night walk.

Why not? I can't sleep anyway. He thought to himself, and texted back "K".

She also told him to meet at the nearby movie theater, so that was where he headed after putting on a shirt. When he got there, she was already waiting for him, her eyes fixed upon the bright lights of the theater sign.

"So. You didn't end up going to sleep at the same time as the Kindergarteners today. Why's that?"

"I was busy." He grumbled. "So where the hell are we going anyway?"

"Relax, Kacchan. It's a walk. We can go wherever we want."

As they headed down to the more urban area of town, Y/N noticed Bakugo was fidgeting with his ring.

"So what were you really doing up?"

"I told you. I was busy." He said once again.

"Cut the shit Kacchan, I know something's wrong."

"You're so fucking annoying, Y/N. Always so nosy." He snapped.

"I'm concerned about my friend. I'm sorry that offends you so much."

"Fine. I had a nightmare. There. You happy?"

"Overjoyed." She said.

And after a moment, she spoke again.

"Was it the same one?"

"Yeah."

"Sorry."

"It's fine. I don't want to talk about it."