Marshmallow

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1st Person
After spending some quality time with my creation, I discover that he is tied directly to my emotions and reacts accordingly, becoming something of a bodyguard. I shiver a little as it starts to snow, watching the fallen snowflakes stick to my ice child. I giggle as I slowly watch him become covered in the stuff. He looks like a marshmallow, and that's what I decide to name him.

Marshmallow starts to follow me around the school campus, keeping a close eye on me whenever he can as I walk around for the rest of the week.
Over the next few days, my classmates take turns training with me and my new bodyguard, and they seem to be enjoying the new challenge. I use Flying Fish to stay out of their reach as I give instructions to my creation to attack my friends without hurting them. I don't allow the others to destroy him entirely, using my ice to repair him every time he takes damage.
I am proving myself to be a more formidable opponent than before, taking great pride in my newest ability. I love him deeply, treating him like my own child and feeding him chips of ice. As much as I wish I could bring him inside, I know that wouldn't be safe for him. He would melt very easily, so he stays just outside of my dorm building. The constant love and attention from me makes him grow until he is almost as big as Mt. Lady, and has become accidentally dangerous if he moves around too much.
I keep him in check, making sure to keep my own feelings stable so Marshmallow doesn't lose control.
He is not aggressive unless he has to be, but he unintentionally scares people until one day when Bakugo decides he needs to take things into his own hands and get rid of my beloved creation.

I notice Bakugo staring Marshmallow down through the window, as if considering doing something. He glances back at me and catches me staring at him, then starts to make his way outside towards Marshmallow. The look on his face gives me a bad feeling, and I jump up to follow him.
Where is he going, and who is about to die?
"Kacchan, what are you doing?"
"What do you think I'm doing? I'm gonna go kill that damn ice monster you made." Bakugo growls.
"Oh no, you don't! Marshmallow is the closest thing I have to a human child and you will not hurt him!" I try to block the door, but he easily pushes me out of the way.
"Don't try to stop me, Goldfish..."
To my despair, a few of my other friends agree that Marshmallow needs to be gotten rid of, trying to tell me that my ice child has gotten too big and unintentionally dangerous to be kept around.
They hold me back, but I scream and fight them as I watch Bakugo use his Quirk to destroy Marshmallow right in front of me. My screams of agony carry across the building, catching the attention of the rest of my classmates as we watch our classmate destroy the creation I have worked so hard to keep alive this week. I fall to my knees and cry over my fallen child, and a few of my classmates try to comfort me, trying to reassure me that I can make another one when I have to.
I don't want to make another one. I loved THAT one. My beautiful Marshmallow...

"Hey. Goldfish." Bakugo says softly, interrupting my mourning. "You okay?"
How dare he ask if I'm okay after he just broke my heart?
"Do I look like I'm okay?" My voice is shaky as I attempt to contain my mixture of rage and sorrow.
"Look, I'm sorry it had to happen this way, but it had to be done. I know how much that thing meant to you, and I hope you can forgive me."
Now he's asking for forgiveness? He really is arrogant if he thinks I'm going to forgive him so easily after what he just did.
I'm gonna kick his ass.
My eyes darken with rage and my friends have to hold me back to keep me from lunging at Bakugo, trying desperately to keep me from starting a fight. Bakugo stands still in front of me, obviously not afraid of me. I look up at his face, expecting to see his usual cocky smirk, but I'm surprised to see that he does actually look like he feels bad about what he just did.
I relax a little and my friends let me go. I turn on my heel and go straight upstairs with my nose twitching in rage. I'm lucky that the others leave me alone long enough to let me cry myself out in the privacy of my room.

"Goldfish." Bakugo says on the other side of my door as he knocks more gently than he usually would. "Dinner is ready. Come downstairs and eat."
I sniffle as I look at the time. I've been crying nonstop for over an hour already, and I don't feel much better than I did earlier. I get up and wipe my face clean before I open the door to find him still waiting for me. My eyes narrow and I clench my fists at the sight of him as my nose twitches again.
"Why are you still here?"
"I said I was sorry, okay? Clean yourself up and come eat. You can't be mad at me forever."
That's the last thing that comes out of his mouth before I slap him as hard as I can and slam the door in his face.

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