Fiery Hearts (Bakugo x OC)

Chapter 34 (I Like You...)

Back in the dorms, I was sitting in my room, thinking about All Might's secret while everyone else was down in the common area. Even with everything we'd talked about today in class, I couldn't get his secret out of my head.

My thinking was interrupted by a knock at my door. I got up to open it and was met with Kirishima. He had a serious look on his face.

"Hey-" I said.

"You're coming with me." He grabbed my arm and started dragging me somewhere.

"Hey! Where are you taking me?" Kirishima dragged me all the way to Izuku's room for some unknown reason. Hopefully he's about to tell me why. He knocked on Izuku's doors and Izuku opened it with a serious face too.

"Thanks, Kirishima. That's all I needed. I'd like to talk to her alone now, if you don't mind." Izuku said.

"No problem, man. Glad I could help. I just hope you can get through to her better than I did." Kirishima responded and he left.

I entered Izuku's room and then, suddenly, it all clicked and I gasped.

"Is this about Kacchan?" I asked.

"Yes...but I need you to listen to me, Yumi. I know Kirishima has asked you about him before, but denied anything being wrong. But I know you better than that, and I know for sure that something has happened between you two." Izuku said.

'Izuku knows me well...more than I'd like to admit.' I tried to deny it again.

"There's nothing-"

"Kacchan told me..."

I gasped and stopped talking.

"He's hurting, Yumi. He's hurting because you're not talking to him. Don't you understand? You're his best friend. Without you, he's lost and distraught. It's true that I don't know what happened between you two, but it's also true that he doesn't either. You have to go talk to him. I hate to be rude, but you can't be the reason he has extra stress on his hands right now. Not you. Please, Yumi."

Izuku's words hit me hard. I was shocked and I looked down at the floor, sadly.

"I know.........I know I'm being selfish by ignoring him.....but, I'm at a loss for words right now. I don't know how to talk to him anymore. How am I supposed to talk to him again after so long? Where do I begin? Just the thought of me talking to him scares me, and then that thought scares me even more.

Kacchan has always been my best friend, so the fact that our friendship is being torn apart by something as stupid as this, and the fact that it's all my fault is making me feel more guilty than ever." I said.

Izuku and I fell into a long silence.

"If you don't mind....Can I ask what happened?" Izuku asked hesitantly. I gave him an embarrassed smile before answering.

"Well, in your eyes, I'm sure it's no secret that I've liked Kacchan for a while...."

"Oh, uh...yeah. I guessed it a while ago." Izuku said. I chuckled. 

"Well, in a way, I got rejected before I could actually tell him how I felt." I said.

"Oh....oh...That must've hurt a lot."

"It's okay, Izuku. I understand what I have to do. As embarrassed as I am, I really do want my relationship back with Kacchan. I'm glad you came to talk to me. Thank you. And, I'm sorry for being such a pain." I said, sincerely.

Izuku smiled and we hugged each other. After I left Izuku's room I went straight over to Kacchan's room. I was so nervous, shaking even. I stood outside his door, contemplating whether or not I should knock. I ended up chickening out, but tried again the next day.

I was standing back at Kacchan's door again. I finally gathered the courage to knock and the aggressive hot head, Kacchan slung his door open. He calmed himself when he saw it was me.

"Hey...Can you let me come in?" I said. Kacchan stepped aside for me to walk in.

"What are you doing here?" Kacchan asked.

"I'm sorry." I said, bluntly. Kacchan gasped and he seemed confused. "I was ignoring you for a long time. I'm sorry." I said. 

Kacchan grew annoyed.

"You kidding me? You ignore me and then just expect me to accept that lousy apology? Are you an idiot? I'm gonna need an explanation, dummy." Kacchan said, angrily.

I gasped. I didn't want to tell him the real reason. It was too embarrassing. So, I rebutled.

"I'm not an idiot. If you don't wanna accept my apology, then that's on you. But personally, I'd like things to go back to normal." I said, walking out of his room. I was stopped in my tracks by Kacchan grabbing my wrist.

He pulled me back into his room and pushed me against the wall with a serious look. He had one hand on the wall next to me and the other in his pocket.

"I'm not joking around here. I need an explanation. You put me through a lot of crap that I wasn't too fond of."

Kacchan was really close to my face, just inches away. I was feeling even more nervous than before. If I was nervous just trying to knock on the door, this was a whole other level of nervousness.

I turned my head away from him. I was VERY hesitant to tell him anything, so I just stayed silent.

"Talk." Kacchan demanded.

"If I tell you......Things might change between us." I said.

"What are you talking about?"

"If I tell you why I ignored you, you'll think I'm an idiot, and things will be awkward."

"Just tell me already! I don't care about all that other crap. I just want to know!"

I swallowed the lump in my throat and whispered, "I like you..."

Kacchan paused and looked surprised. I got super scared and teleported out of the room. I zipped back to my room blushing like crazy.

'Why did I say that!?'