Flower Girl || Bakugo x Y/n

Chapter 11: Haunting me

Y/n's POV
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"Come on honey. You know what to do." Her voice sounds sadistic as she places her knife in my hand. The man is crying and shaking his head. His eyes are so wide and scared.

"I'm not going to hurt you." My voice doesn't sound like mine. I think I'm crying too. My hands are shaking.

"You have to, Y/n. Just like I taught you. Brand him. Now."

"N-no. I don't want to. You have to stop mama this isn't fair." My voice was cracking and barely above a whisper.

"Fine." She snatches the knife out of my hand, anger radiating off of her. Before I can think she back hands me and I fall to the floor. She grabs me by my hair and starts dragging me up the stairs. To the room. I'm screaming and trying to get out of her grip. She tosses me into the room, then comes up to me and points the knife under my chin. "You'll think about what you've done. Eventually, you'll be just like me. It's inevitable."
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I gasp and shoot up in bed. I'm sweating and breathing heavy. A nightmare.

I look over at the alarm clock on my bedside table, 2:06a.m. Her birthday. It's already almost 3 months into the school year. And it's her birthday. The third one since she's been convicted.

I hear soft footsteps quickly making their way towards my room, then the door slowly creaks open. "Hi, Angel. It's okay. It was just a dream." This happens every year. Every year Katsuki offers to sleep in my room with me to keep me company. Every year I decline and say I'll be fine. I'm never fine tho. The nightmares are less frequent than they used to be, but every year on her birthday I get one. It's always something that's happened already. Always so vivid.

Katsuki makes his ways to the bed and slips under the covers, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me close to face him. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you." My voice is shaking and quiet. I rest my forehead against his and sigh heavily.

"I was hardly sleeping, I knew you'd wake up soon." He brushes his fingers through my hair in a comforting manner. "Try and get some sleep. We have school today." I just shake my head. I won't be getting any sleep tonight.

It must be so weird for other people to see Katsuki around me. I think about how Kirishima or Kaminari would react if they seen him right now, being so gentle and comforting. They probably wouldn't let him hear the end of it, but I think anyone would just be confused. Confused on how the angry boy who literally had to get chained up and the sports festival being so gentle. Confused on why we say we're just friends when it's clearly so much more.

I lay there with him, trying to get my mind off of everything. At around 5:50 i decide to get out of bed and Katsuki follows suit. I take a quick shower, not washing my hair. I wash my face and brush my teeth. Put on light makeup to cover my dark circles. I'm about to start doing my hair when Katsuki walks in, already in his uniform, his tie loose and blazer not on.

"Let me do your hair." I just nod and sit down. I produce a skinny flower crown with red flowers to match my uniform.

I've always liked doing fun hairstyles with my hair. I have so much of it. Putting it in updos and braids and incorporating flowers into it was always so fun. When I moved in with Katsuki, for whatever reason he decided to learn how to do some of the hairstyles. He was really bad at it initially, but Katsuki won't stop trying something until he's perfected it.

He puts all my hair into one big french braid, leaving pieces in the front and some pieces sticking out the braid just like I like it. He grabs the flower crown in my hand and places it on my head. Then grabbing smaller flowers off my vanity and places them randomly throughout the braid.

When he's done he puts his hands on my shoulders, looking up at me in the mirror. "You're beautiful." My eyes widen and I feel my cheeks heat up a little.

"Thank you." i look down and try to focus on something else, grabbing my various earrings and placing them all on my ears. Then grabbing a simple gold necklace and placing it around my neck. I finally look back up at him. "Are you ready to go?" He nodded and grabbed my hand, not letting go of it all the way to school.