Candles (Bakugo x Reader)

Chapter 4

As the waking sun struggled to drag itself up the sky, you stared down onto the city of Musutafu, watching it slowly wake while standing on one of its tallest buildings.

"Man-!" You didn't turn around. "-it's been a while since we used that code." Craning your neck, you saw Shiro was walking over, sporting his old Bullet uniform as did you.

"Took you long enough."

"You see how tall this bitch is!?" Shiro gestured to the building. "It takes us regular old folk a minute to get up here!?"

"Age getting to you?"

"Rude!" Shiro Points, "We are not that far apart in age."

"Mhm." You turn back around.

"We waiting on Gray?"

"Didn't call him."

"He is gonna be pissed!" Shiro sang.

"He's busy planning out his wedding that's next month-" You turned, "-he has enough to deal with."

"Sure." Shiro shrugs, "We gonna stand here all day freezing our nips off or are you gonna tell me why you called a code?"

"Katsuki's missing." You fully turned, facing your brother.

"Little shortcake?" Shiro furrows his brows, "Nah, that don't sound right, if anyone would have tried to snatch him up, I'm sure I would have felt the blast miles over."

"He's gone." You whispered, the lump in your throat stalled your voice.

"Are you sure?"

"You think I'd call a yellow day if I wasn't?" You sharply glared.

"Alright." Shiro's voice turned soft, spotting the pain in your eyes he wrapped an arm around you, pulling you tightly against him. "It's alright, we're gonna find him."

"I-"

"Hey." Shiro pulled away. "We are gonna find him, come on, it's me and you, and this is blondie we're talking about, he can handle himself."

"I was such a dick the last time I seen him." You licked your lips, gazing up into Shiro's dark eyes.

"Uh-" Shiro cleared his throat, unsure how to comfort you. "-I-I'm sure blondie is the kinda guy who's into that shit, you know?"

You just shake your head, eyes falling to your shoes, feeling the defeat.

"No-" Shiro caught your chin, making you look at him. "-he is, trust me I can spot kinks a mile away. Now, tell me what happened, catch me up."

You explain the same timeline with Shiro that you had previously done with Naomasa.

"Hm." Shiro nods, mulling over the information. "I get where that pencil pusher is coming from, but at the same time it's Bakugo so just getting up and walking off, that's not like him."

"They haven't even started putting a search team together, or putting out an alert, or even circling his picture on the news."

"Hm." Shiro hummed, rubbing his chin in thought. "And that's taking time we aren't sure we have."

"Yeah."

"Ten hours?"

"Ten." You confirm.

"Damn that's a head start for whoever jacked your boyfriend."

"You believe he didn't just take off?"

"That kid went up against me and Gray-" Shiro shook his head. "-no way he's gonna take off just because you were pretending to not know about some holiday, I think he got jacked."

"Yeah, but buy who?"

"That is a list even longer than my dick." Shiro gestures with a sly smirk.

"Then it should be a fast list." You retort, wiping the smirk off his face.

"Ha-!" Shiro laughed, lightly punching your arm. "-there you are! I almost thought your sense of humor dried up!"

"Shut up." You tried to hide the smile growing but Shiro saw it.

"You know-" Shiro's tone grew grim. "-whoever jacked our boy...they got some juice to them so we might have to go pretty deep."

"I know." You nod, looking back out into the waking city. "Let's go."

"Alright-" Shiro nods, rubbing his hands together "-first stop, the sleepless town, our old stomping grounds!"

"You're too excited to get back there." You replied as your eyes glowed, reaching your hand out for Shiro to take.

"I am a man who enjoys a little nostalgia every now and again!"

"Mhm-" You hum, shooting him a sharp look. "-I'm sure that's the only reason you want to get back there."

"It is!"

"Your whore is showing."

"I'm a proud slut!"

"I'm leaving you in The Deep."

"Jokes on you-" Shiro grins, "Autassassinophilia is on my bucket list."