Morals

Nine

A/n-unedited!!!!

"Now young heroes, take long strides toward your future and go beyond-,"

"Plus Ultra!" All might ended his long-winded speech to us as we took our leave from the podium. I tied with Icy-Hot and fucking Deku for second place. In third place was the damn Bird brain with the shadow quirk. Finally, if you can fucking believe it, the pretty extra got first. I was beyond pissed off at this point. Not only did she beat me three times but took my place as the top third year. Nothing could calm me down right now. I knew when we got back to the apartment things wouldn't be nice. That was until I got a glimpse of her depressed face. For someone who just had a big win, she didn't look joyful at all. With her face like that you'd think she got last. It was as if someone broke her heart into a thousand tiny pieces. Like shards of glass were piercing her chest wall, or she was being suffocated by a storm cloud. It made me less inclined to tease and mock her. But what made things worse for me was her actions when we reached the apartment. 

She usually has snide remarks or jeers she likes to throw at. And now would have been the perfect time being as she won for the third time. But nothing, absolutely nothing was said to me. It was complete silence coming from her. Her aura was sucking the energy from my body. I felt almost as drained as she did. something stupidly weird was going on. 

We went about our night as per usual. We ate dinner with the dummies and everyone went to their own rooms. I did my homework and decided it time for bed. As it was close to my bedtime anyway. But I thirsty like any other normal person. I wanted a glass of water so my throat wouldn't be dry as I was trying to sleep. Who needs extra added annoyances when their relaxing? 

I passed by the extra's room on the way down to the kitchen. I caught the faint sound of sniffling. I knew immediately that someone was crying. Her door was slightly ajar, so I peeped inside. Lo and behold, the princess of attitude was bawling her eyes out. I couldn't really think of a reason she would be crying. After all, she did win the whole thing. That was until she started talking to herself.

"My performance today was so....inadequate." Bingo! That why she was sniveling. 

"Why couldn't I be stronger...better. Why am I so weak?" That, for some reason, enraged me. Weak? How could she call herself weak? she was far from weak. I've never admitted that an opponent was worthy but her, it was definitely true. Her skills are top notch even if she has a time limit. 

"You're not weak." I pushed her door open and walked into her room. Is this technically an invasion of he privacy? Yes. But do I care right now? Hell no.

"Bakugou, what're you doing in here?" She sniffed trying to hide her face from me. 

"I was passing by when I heard your crazy ass crying." I kneeled down to her level since she was sitting on the floor in front of her bed with her knees to her chest. She hung her head so I couldn't look into her face. 

"Now that you've heard and seen me cry, are you going to hold it over my head?" 

"What would I look like holding anything over anyone's head?,"

"I know how it feels to think you're weak all the time." She lifted her head to look at me. She wiped her tears and rested her face on one of her knees.

"How come you know this feeling?" I scoffed at the question

"You think I'm some emotionless shell?....Of course I know the feeling."

"What made you feel that way?" 

"I'm the reason All Might lost his powers." Her eyes widened at my statement.

"How did he-"

"He came to save my ass after I got captured by some villains. He fought the boss guy and his power was already low." I never thought I would be saying it again after getting over it. I felt like I needed to say it to her.

"I told you my stuff, now its your turn....spill." I demanded

"It's not something I talk about to others." She was reluctant to say but came out with it after a few minutes.

"My father is dead because I was weak." Tears ran down her cheeks with that comment.

"How did he die?" 

"We used to go on these walks out in nature and he would always tell me to be careful of roots poking out of the ground, but one particular day I wasn't paying attention. They were cutting down rotting trees in the forest we walked in. I tripped on one of the roots from one of those trees. I hurt my knee from my fall and I started........*sniff* crying. I didn't notice the tree falling. My father noticed it and it was almost too late. He dove into the ground, tossing me to the side and the tree fell on him. He died a few days later from the damage. I couldn't do anything in my feeble body," 

"I was just five when it happened and-"

"Why are you blaming yourself for something you couldn't control? You were five dumbass."

"If I had been paying attention to my surroundings, my father would still be here." She sniffled as her face was in her palms. 

"*sigh* You were weak back then. But now you're much stronger. He'd be proud." I leaned back onto her bed, looking up at the ceiling. 

"I hope so." We sat in silence for the rest of the night. When I glanced over at her, she was sound asleep, facing toward me. I let out a sigh before picking her up bridal style and laying her in her bed. I looked around her room for a moment before taking me leave. 

'Damn, I wasn't trying to tell my fucking life story. I was just trying to....what was I trying to do?'

'No, seriously. I'm fucking flabbergasted with myself. I'm getting soft.'

"Fucking pretty extra..."