Burning Love (Bakugo x reader)

Chapter 103

After eating you all started exploring the different little stores. Bakugou followed behind you as you followed Mina, Uraraka, and Hagekure as they ran from store to store.

"I'm looking for a cute Spring dress." Mina explains as we walk into the 3rd clothing shop and gets to work looking for a suitable dress. The group spreads out as we all do our own thing while Mina searches with the help of a couple girls.

As you walk around the stores you notice all the trendy feminine clothes on display and you get to thinking. You don't really wear skirts, outside of school, or dresses or cute clothes associated with femininity. Come to think of it, your current clothes don't necessarily look pretty or cute at all, you think as you glance down at what you're wearing.

Some dark grey baggy jeans with a black oversized hoodie with basic black and white shoes. Then you glance over at your friends with their cute creative outfits tied together with fashionable accessories. You always did choose comfort over fashion, but at this moment you wish you would've listened to Fuyimi's advice on how to dress.

Would Bakugou like me better if I wore prettier clothes? You didn't get to think further on this thought when you felt someone come up next to you.

"Whatever you're thinking right now, stop thinking about it." Bakugou says firmly, looking into my eyes. Is this what Hagekure meant by how he looks at you? You hadn't even realized your arms were crossed tightly over your stomach until he grabbed one of your wrists so you would drop your arms.

"Would you like me to dress differently?" You say in almost a whisper. He scoffs, realizing he was right about what you were thinking.

"I want you to wear whatever you want, idiot." He says with a light smirk, letting go of your wrist and ruffling your hair before walking back to the group. You smiled lightly as you fixed your hair and followed behind him.

"Y/n! Help me pick what color I should get." Mina comes out of nowhere and shows you two dresses. "Momo said this one goes well with my skintone." She continued holding up a pastel yellow cute sundress. "But this one is my favorite color." She said holding up the same dress but in a light green color.

"Uh. I think you should choose the one that makes you happier. You'd look good in both." You tell her with a light smile at her pout.

"That doesn't help Y/n!" She sighs looking at both dresses.

"Then, I guess you should get the green one if it's your favorite color. The dress is for you right, not about how others see you." You explain, hoping to help her decide. You see her begin to smile and then feel Bakugou peer over your shoulder.

"You wanna look like a watermelon?" He laughs evilly as you elbow him in the stomach and glare at him.

"Oh my god! I didn't even think about that!" Mina cries out. "Maybe I should just get the yellow one." She says.

"Don't listen to him Mina, you'd look cute in the green one, and not in a watermelon way. And even if you did you'd be the cutest watermelon ever." You try to make her feel better and you guess it worked because she started laughing.

"Aww, thanks Y/n." She says, wiping a tear of laughter from her eye. "I'll get the green one." She decides, putting the yellow dress back on the rack.

Mina then notices how you began scolding Bakugou for being rude, but it seemed like he wasn't listening to a word you were saying. He looked down at you with amused eyes and a slight smirk, but only Mina noticed since you were too busy scolding him.

"You guys are a pretty good pair." She says, crossing her arms and smirking at the both of you.

"Oh We're not-"

"Of course we-"

You and Bakugou spoke over each other, both of you stopping mid sentence before turning to look at each other. You agreed to be together but you didn't think he'd be willing to openly express it since it's going against school rules and if your Father even heard a whisper of you having a boyfriend you couldn't imagine what he'd do.

"What?" Bakugou's soft voice pulled you out of your thoughts and your mouth fell open but no words were coming out. Mina stood awkwardly with wide eyes and a guilty conscience. Another moment of silence passed before Bakugou's expression hardened and he turned around to leave the store.

"Wait Bakugou!" You called out to him and tried to grab his hand as you followed behind him. You followed him all the way outside the mall until you stepped in front of him. "Bakugou please I didn't mean it like that I just...I'm.." You tried to explain but were trying not to let the tears escape your eyes.

"No, fuck you. I thought there would be no more miscommunication." He averted eye contact as he slightly sniffled. "I asked you for a fucking reason and what? You just forgot about that? Wanted me to look like a fucking idiot?" He exclaimed, remembering how happy he felt telling his friends you were his girlfriends.

"No of course I didn't forget I just... I just don't think people should know." You do the worst possible job of explaining how you feel. He stares down at you for a moment with a shocked expression before he speaks up.

"So you're embarrassed to be with me in public? Is that it? Afraid your stupid brother might see?" He says he's loud but it's not anger in his tone, it's sadness.

"Of course not. I didn't mean it like that." You bring your hands up to your face, mostly to hide your face but also to wipe the tears forming in your eyes.

"Weren't you the one on my ass telling me to start saying what I actually mean?" He retorts and he's right, you did tell him that. He sniffles again before continuing. "Maybe this was a mistake. You obviously don't understand how I feel." You take your hands off your face to look at him.

"What? No. I-I do." You protest but he quickly turns you down.

"No, you don't Y/n! You act like a fucking robot all the time...except when we were alone. But as soon as we're with other people you revert back to being this selfless...oblivious nobody!" He brings a hand up to his head, rubbing his temples in anger as you just stare down at the ground, feeling the tears run down your cheeks. "Just...Just leave me alone." He finally says, walking past you, and this time you don't follow him.