After pain // Bakugou Katsuki

Week Nineteen

Some disruptions happened with an infection coming from the gash in my head so I had to stay another week which wasn't the best but I had no choice but to ride it out. My friends kept spamming me if they could visit and to shut them up I agreed for it to be today. I wasn't really looking forward to it because what would we talk about. Regardless, the moment came when the door opened and the group of them walked towards me in their UA uniform. Kirishima patted my shoulder while Mina and Denki gave me a hug. Sero was the only one I respected because he didn't push himself and just stood nearby.

"We missed you so much Blasty!" Denki whined which made me roll my eyes. "It's not the same without you."

Liar, liar. You were fine months without me. Or did you forget?

"We're so glad you're doing okay," Mina added.

You liar. You're all liars. You didn't care when I broke apart for months. You only care when it's physical.

They pulled chairs nearby and formed a strange semi circle around my hospital bed. They each updated me on updates about our class. Apparently Aizawa had a sixth pet cat he named Mic and Aoyama came out as gay. I mean good for him, if it wasn't fucking obvious to begin with. Fruity European. (I'm European shhhh) They then turned the attention to me.

"So, how's it been in hospital?" Kirishima asked.

"Nothing interesting, a bit boring if I'm honest. But I've been sleeping lots which is nice."

"Hell yeah! Sleeping is the best," Denki cheered which made it difficult not to smile. I liked Denki, he was one of the most honest people out of them. Sure, he could get easily tricked or manipulated but he was pure deep down so I didn't feel betrayed by him.

They grabbed lunch meals from the shop in the hospital and ate it with me while I had the hospital food. It was company but I wanted to be alone, I wasn't feeling so comfortable. No matter how much they hung with me now, it still had the same level of strangeness as if they randomly hung out with me a month back. Time was moving on and staying still at the same time. While some things moved, like me being in a hospital, other things remained like how I was with my friends. After thanking the nurse for taking my empty tray, Denki brought out a card deck and we played a few rounds of go fish. Only Denki and Sero were left in this round as the rest of us had ran out of cards.

"Aces?"

"No, go fish." Sero replied.

...

"What about threes?"

"Nope."

"What?! You have nothing, how's that possible?" Denki cried.

"Sucks to suck amigo. My turn, do you have any threes?"

"You cheater!"

Sero wheezed and fell on the floor, dying of laughter while Denki kept throwing his cards at him with a pout. I did miss the shenanigans, I'll admit that. Kirishima turned to me and smiled and I looked away, focusing on the potted plant at the end of my room. I heard him clear his throat and expected something to be said but it never came, thankfully.

They stayed with me until the sunset and the nurse told them it was closing time. Denki tried to bribe the poor woman with money and thankfully it didn't work and they were escorted out. I leaned back and sighed, finally by myself and able to unwind after the tiring day. I moved around to find a comfortable position and then I melted into my pillow, closing my eyes and softly breathing as I drifted off into sleep.

I felt someone rub my cheek and my eyes snapped open as I shifted to see who it was. The last thing I expected was Denki's face so close to mine. What the fuck? I swatted at him and he whispered. "Hey, it's just us. Shhh."

"What the hell is going on?"

"Calm down Blasty, we snuck back in. We wanna have a sleepover."

God, kill me. Why won't they leave me to rest? They didn't even tell me about a sleepover happening. I was so tempted to buzz for a nurse. The room was quite dark apart from the flashing green light above me but I could still make out who was who, just about. They sat on the floor and beckoned for me to get out and join them. I don't even know why I agreed. We all were on the disgusting floor but they didn't seem to care. Mina giggled while the others grinned. "Look at us! We're so mischievous," she declared with a playful pose.

I didn't feel happy. I didn't enjoy this. But I had to suck it up. The numbness was as strong as ever and I wanted to die. Die? I never thought of that before. If I died, to be put out of this misery. I didn't consider it. I just thought I had to survive each day. I didn't think there'd be a way out of it. Death.

No more numbness, no more being with people, no more being a bother. I know it's for the best. I know what I have to do now. The revelation was instantaneous but strong as ever. I finally had some sort of purpose now.

The group decided to play a game on their mobiles and I just sat there, crossing my legs. I nearly spoke to get their attention but felt hesitation and my voice close up so I didn't in the end. They asked if I wanted to join after thirty minutes but I declined and started climbing back to my bed.

"Hey, where are you going?" Kirishima pouted.

"My back hurts, I'm going to lay down." I cuddled against the pillow and felt warmth again, closing my eyes just for a second...

Again, my cheek was poked and my eyes opened to Denki hovering over. I don't know but something snapped at that point. To annoy me was one thing but to also ignore and play around with me when it suited them pushed me past my limit. I had enough.

"Leave me the fuck alone!" I yelled put, surprisingly not alerting the nearby staff.

Their eyes all raised and Denki flinched back, retreating to the rest of the group.

"That's not nice, Bakubabe." Mina commented.

"Fuck off! I didn't ask for you to come here, get the fuck out!" I hadn't felt this angry in a long time.

"You're being so rude!" Mina yelled back with her arms crossed.

I was about to reply when Sero stood up and moved so he was between us. "Listen amigos, we are all tired. It's late and Bakugo had a damn accident. He's just going through a lot so how about we leave him to rest now? I'm sure we should sleep too."

"Thank you," I mumbled while snuggling into my pillow and finally falling asleep. I didn't stay awake long enough to hear how the others responded, I guess tomorrow I'll see if they stayed or not.

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