Shangri La Pt. 1

24: Realization

As he stood outside of the shed right as he left the greenette sitting inside, something in his chest ached that it annoyed him. 

'That damn Jellyfish might be right, so I'm just gonna have to act like a stranger to her from now on. I probably shouldn't have done something like this to begin with.' he thought as he left the shed to head back to the training grounds to see his colleagues that he hadn't seen in 4 days.

Sitting there unsure of what she just heard, Izumi was uncertain of what to do now. 

"He... He doesn't want to see me anymore? This... is... AWESOME!!! Finally, I don't have to worry about him bothering me!!!" she squealed as she laid on her back on the futon. She felt as if she was free for the first time in a long time and not having to worry about anything anymore. 

"That's one less thing to think about now, as I can probably go see my mom tomorrow and check how she's doing. Oh yeah, and I haven't been able to see Shinso in a while either, so I should go see him too. Ah–" 

When she thought about it, she remembered how the Captain had appeared to be wearing the same robes ever since he'd arrived in this city. 

"Maybe I can pay him back for what he's done today by getting him some new robes. Yeah! Nothing too flashy, but it'll be something he'll be able to wear comfortably! Ah– But I don't know his size... Then why don't I just ask Katsuki to be my guard tomorrow when I go into the city and get him a personal set of robes just for him? Yeah, that'll be perfect! I'll have to sneak out of the place with Katsuki, but that's okay, we'll be careful just like last time! Yosh! This is the perfect way to make us stop seeing each other and end our friendship here. Hooray!!!"

As all the knights were feasting for the night after a long hard day of training, none of them were expecting to see their Captain storming up to them and looking a little... irritated. 

"Hey, it's Bakugo!!!" 

"Where the hell have you been man?" 

"Yeah, we've been looking all over for you." 

But as he approached them, he only glared at them and caused all of them to shut their mouths from saying another word. 

"I'm tired, don't fucking bother me today." he groaned as he walked past them and went to the temple where all the soldiers have been resting. 

It was one thing to see their Captain this angry, but to see him like this right as he returned, it only reminded them of his return from the last time he came to the East.

"Woah, Acri, you saw how Bakugo just reacted, right?" 

"Yeah, something's definitely bothering him, but what?" 

Gin turned to watch the blond leave their sights and he could tell that something had to happen for him to act like this. And the only thing that would make sense would be that a certain greenette turned him down or something similar to this. 

'He's only acted that way when it was about that girl, so something must've been said for him to act like this. Best not to ask him since I'm sure I'm just gonna end up in a fight with him.' 

"Not really sure, but let's not bother him about it since he can be a bit sensitive." Gin answered, only leaving the rest of the knights to question if their Captain was going to be okay.

The following morning arrived, and Katsuki was lying there with bloodshot eyes as he didn't get a wink of sleep from the night before as a certain greenette was on his mind.