Purified - MHA OC fanfic

Chapter 18: Darkness

~ Purified ~

Chapter 18: Darkness

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Tuesday, November 21

All eyes are on me when I enter class. I'm one hour late. I ignore my classmates staring at me and my damaged clothes and walk to mr. Aizawa, our homeroom teacher.

"You're late, Nebula," he says.

"Yes, mr. Aizawa. I'm sorry." I tell him what happened. I don't tell all details though, I don't want to accidentally expose my real identity.

"You should visit Recovery Girl," he says. He turns back to the class and resumes his lecture. I don't know what it's about, but I don't really care. I walk out of the class and bump into someone. I look up to see 2 crimson eyes looking at me. "Oi, watch where you're going, weird eyes."

I ignore him and continue my walk to Recovery Girl's office. At least, that's what I wanted to do, but I can't move forward because of a strong hand grabbing my arm.

"What the hell happened to you?" Bakugou asks. I look at the ash blonde, confused when I see some kind of concern in his eyes.

"Why do you care?" I respond.

"Answer my damn question, weird eyes!"

"Okay, okay. I was kidnapped by a villain," I say.

His eyes widen and his face goes blank.

"Bakugou-kun?" I ask. I kind of feel bad.. but why?

He looks away. "Tch, you should watch yourself better, Nebula."

I look at him in disbelieve. Did he just call me by my... name? So he did remember it! But why? And why the hell do I care?!

"Bakugou-kun, are you okay?" I ask.

He looks like he's about to say something before his eyes turn back to their aggresive look again. "Of course I am, 'cause I'm fucking awesome!" I chuckle at his sudden burst of energy.

"All right then, fucking awesome Bakugou Katsuki, you should head back to class," I say. "I'm going to Recovery Girl. Check you later!" I smile before turning around.

"Hell no!" Bakugou shouts.

I startle and turn back. "What?"

"You're not going alone, weird eyes," he says, looking away and blushing slightly.

There's that nickname again.

"I can take care of myself, Bakugou-kun, but thank you for your concern," I say, before walking away.

I enter Recovery Girl's office and look around, but I can't find her.

I sit on the bed and decide to wait for her.

I look at my hands. Full of scars. I take off my school jacket and look at myself in a mirror. My arms, my neck, my face. Scars everywhere. I lift my hand and carefully touch the scar on my right eye. I flinch and quickly take my hand back. I start trembling when memories start playing in my head. Every scar tells its own story. Every scar has its own pain. Its own trauma.

Suddenly, everything goes black. Not because I pass out, but because darkness starts surrounding me. It appears out of nowhere and flies around me like a tornado. This time, my eyes don't turn purple. Instead, they turn black. I feel my feet lifting off the ground. The tornado starts rushing faster and faster, the darkness taking full control of me. I scream, tears running down my cheeks. My heart goes crazy and I'm breathing uncontrollably. I scream louder and louder, and flashes start appearing in the tornado. Every flash that hits me, brings back another memory. Not only the memory, but also the pain. I scream and shout and try to stop it, but there's nothing I can do.

Until I hear a familiar voice.

I can't see the person because of the darkness.

"GET OUT OF HERE, BAKUGOU-KUN!" I scream with all that I have. "IT'S TOO DANGEROUS, GET OUT OF HERE, NOW!"

And then, everything goes blank.

I don't hear or see anything no more.

I only feel pain.

Pain in every cell of my body.

I can't move, I can't speak.

I can only suffer.

Alone.

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I wake up to an extremely bright light. Everything is white.

My eyes adjust and I realise I'm in a hospital. I sit up and whine.

Pain is pounding in my head. I look around and see I'm connected to various equipment with a lot of cables.

I wince at a sudden pain. All my scars are aching. I lift my shirt and examine my stomach. They're.. giving... light?

Then I realise I'm not alone.

I look at the ash blonde boy sitting on a chair, sleeping with his head on my bed.

His face looks so peaceful right now. I stare at him for a few seconds, admiring his calm face. He's actually very handsome.

I slap myself as I catch myself blushing. What was that?!

A nurse enters the room. I place my finger on my lips and point at Bakugou to let the nurse know that he's sleeping. She chuckles and whispers that she will come back later.

I turn back to Bakugou and reach my hand to his head, stroking it through his hair. It's so soft...

He growls and opens his eyes slightly.

"Hello there," I say in a very soft tone.

"Hmpf?" he raises his head and looks around. I pull my hand back and place it on my lap.

Then he notices my shining scars.

"Nebula.."

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