Secrets and Masks | Bakugo Katsuki

10

Hot. It was hot. Miruzu's pale skin reddened at the glaring rays of the sun. I should've followed Nii-san's advice to wear lotion... she had thought. She pouted as she fixed her tie and skirt.

"U.A. has finished its first semester and summer vacation has started. But... for those striving to be heroes, there are no days of rest," Aizawa started as they all stood before him. It was the day that they will go to their training camp which they have no idea where it is.

Miruzu mentally scoffed at what her teacher had said. So can I leave now...?

"At this training camp, we'll aim for even greater heights-- for 'Plus Ultra'!"

"Do you have lotion?" Miruzu mumbled towards Shoto who had noticed the reddening spots on her pale skin. Miruzu looked like she was about to kill the sun for what it had done to her body.

"I don't have one, sorry," he said apologetically, he felt bad. He then took a mental note that he would bring some next time. Miruzu sighed and looked at Yaoyorozu... she immediately shook her head. Next time, I guess. She looked at Bakugou, and then she immediately went to him and Kirishima. Kirishima was the one doing the talking and Bakugou was just scowling as he listened.

"Do you guys have lotion?"

"For what?" Kirishima asked.

"I don't need one," Bakugou replied as he looked at her pale skin slowly reddening from the sun's rays. He was already thinking of the impossible but gladly, Kirishima had tapped his back out of his daydreaming. "You look like a fucking tomato," he said.

"I know, shut up," Miruzu rolled her eyes.

She looked over at Class B who just arrived. Miruzu saw her opponent from the Sports Festival, Shiozaki, and she waved at her. Shiozaki gladly returned the wave.

"We had trouble at the sports festival, but it's nice to meet you, Class A," one of the students in Class B greeted. One student nodded in agreement.

They entered the bus and Kirishima suddenly decided at the last minute to not sit beside Bakugou. Miruzu was one of the last people to sit so she sat beside Bakugou who froze at the sudden skin contact. Her skin was cold despite being under the sun for minutes. He saw how the red marks on her body faded as the air conditioner hit her skin. Kirishima grinned from his seat as he saw how Bakugou was tensed up.

"You have any idea what will happen in camp?" Miruzu asked Bakugou, who snapped out of his daydreaming.

"I don't care," he replied. "I'll be giving my best anyway," he added.

"Mhm," Miruzu nodded while she hummed and wore her headphones to get some sleep. She also wore her cuffs so she would easily sleep. Bakugou redirected the aircon away from him and closed it. He glanced at Miruzu who was sleeping soundly already as music blasted onto her headphones.

His gaze travelled down to her wrists that had her cuffs on. Why does she need to sleep with her cuffs on? He asked himself. He looked at his own hands and remembered that he needed to wear gloves before so he wouldn't burn anything up while sleeping when he was still a kid. He then wondered what happens with Miruzu's shadows when she sleeps without her cuffs on. He then clicked his tongue in annoyance as he remembered,

Why in the hell do I fucking care? He had thought.