In Her Name [BNHA x Reader]

[76] The Culmination of Days on End

"We need to talk."

That was what you'd said, but where were you even supposed to begin?

It should've been obvious.

This whole time, Bakugou had been hurting Midoriya without so much as blinking.

And what had you been doing?

Nothing.

Absolutely nothing.

What you did do was follow Bakugou like a sailor lost at sea.

He was a beautiful star, your guiding star, Polaris in the shape of a boy.

His brightness had left you blind.

Midoriya, who had been chasing after Bakugou ever since they were little, had only ever come close enough to get burned.

For ten years, Midoriya had been crying all alone.

And in the six months you'd known him, you hadn't been able to change a thing.

You couldn't even save someone who had always been right by your side.

Some hero you were.

You stared past Bakugou, past the confines of the cold restroom walls, past cities and fields of green, past roaring oceans, until your eyes pierced into the back of your own head.

Those red eyes of yours were not meant for–

"Bakugou."

He didn't make a sound. Neither did he move a muscle.

But it wasn't because he was afraid or because he felt as if he had been caught red-handed.

He was waiting for your next movements.

Your next words.

"Why did you do that?"

And then all Bakugou could see was red.

Why did he do that? Why did he do that?

How could you ever understand?

What would you know?

Anger sank its fingers between the gaps of his ribcage until he wished he couldn't feel anything at all.

"Kacchan!"

Bakugou could've killed Midoriya right then and there.

Midoriya must have known Bakugou's anger like the back of his hand, because he immediately threw himself in front of you.

Your eyes widened. "What are you–...?"

Even after ten years of this, Midoriya was willing to stand.

As long as he had someone to protect, he was willing to stand.