Polygamous Depression

Chapter 8

Bakugo POV
This whole villain situation sucks. This basement is cramped, but at least there's water.

"Are we just gonna pass the time in silence? I'm bored!" I groaned to the others.

"Yeah, guys. Let's play a game." Said spiky hair.

"What game should we play?" Said Half 'n half.

"How about truth or dare."suggested spiky hair.

"Ok. Midoriya, you in?" asked half 'n half. 

"H-huh? Oh. Yeah. I'm in." Deku said, looking as if he didn't know what he'd agreed to.

"I'll go first. Half 'n half. Truth or dare?" "Dare." "I dare you to bite me." He walked over to me, picked up my hand, and bit me. "Hey! Not that hard!" I shouted in pain.

"Kirishima. Truth or dare?" "Truth." "Is it true you can't feel anything?"

"No. Midoriya. Truth or dare?" "Ummm. Dare!" "I dare you to tell us the truth about where you were yesterday." "W-what? H-how does that count? Urgh. Fine. I visited my mom's grave. My dad was there and said that I killed her when I told him I didn't know how she died. I miss her a lot." He said, kind of muddling his words together.

"I'm sorry, De- Izuku." I said. "Why, Kacchan? It's not your fault she died. Kiri. Truth or dare?"

This round, everyone picked dare. Spiky hair had to lick the wall, Icyhot had to set something on fire then freeze it, Deku had to sing the broccoli song, and I had to yell in a girl voice.

The next round started with Icyhot.

"Kirishima. Truth or dare."

"Truth."

"How did you get those bruises?"

"What bruises?"

" The ones I saw on your arm when you were licking the wall. How did you get them?"

"Can I pass? I don't want to talk about it."

"No. You can't pass. Who hurt you?" I said.

"My dad. He gave me these bruises. Whenever I'm late, whenever I exist at home, before I left. He uses me as a punching bag because my mom died when she gave birth to me. He calls me an idiot, but it's fine. I deserve every hit." He says, his smile leaving his face.

"You don't deserve it, shark boy. You're not an idiot."

"Yeah. Ok. Truth or dare?"

"Truth." I said without thinking. "How's your family life?"

"It's boring. My parents are never home. When they are, they give me heck for being alive. Sometimes, I get beat, but it's mostly verbal abuse. I don't eat because they say I don't need to. They say I need to be the number one hero. Hehe. It's fun." I say, quickly wiping a tear off my face.

"Deku. Truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"Why did you use so much toilet paper the other day?"

"Huh?"

"The morning after we moved in, and you were in the bathroom. I went in after you, and the full roll was almost empty. That's so unlike you."

"Oh. It was nothing."

"Tell the truth, izuku."

"You're not gonna like it."

"Tell me anyways."

Instead of speaking, he took off his shirt. He had wrapped his arms and stomach in toilet paper. I saw some faint red. Then he unwrapped himself.

"Oh, Izuku. Why didn't you tell us?"

"I thought I would be a burden. This helps take away my pain. I told you you weren't gonna like this."

"Still, we're glad you told us." Shark boy said.

Then we crawled over to him and had a group hug. He started to cry.

"You sure I'm not a burden?"

"Shut up, nerd." I said.

At this point, we were very tired, and Aizawa hadn't returned. So we decided to just go to sleep. We laid down close together and waited to go home.