❝Stars Aligned❞ » Katsuki Bakugou x Fem!Reader

81 (rewritten)

A/N: I'm gonna be honest.. I hated the way I rushed this chapter so we are rewriting it a smidge :) oops

The mission was finally over and the streets eventually cleared besides the occasional police officers and some heroes lingering around. You had finished your report with the officer and with one of the lead men in the hero commission. You then handed over the body cam that you had securely strapped to your gear for safety purposes.

They needed to watch you, watch the way your quirk worked in action but they didn't want to risk their lives to do so which is why they attached a camera to your chest and watched it live as you completed the mission at hand.

You sat in the passenger seat of the car, staring out the window, your hand rested on top of Bakugou's hand that was already sat on top of your thigh. You felt a sense of pride, this was your first major mission back and as an adult, someone labeled as a pro hero. It was definitely a huge accomplishment on your part.

But not long after the day had passed, the heavy weight had soon returned on your shoulders and the pride had swiped away as you sat on the couch on random day, staring at the tv screen. The headlines swam in like crazy, the pictures taken of you on this mission were plastered on the flat screen with the newscaster speaking about your return.

You sucked in a sharp breath, listening to the words while reading the headlines on the bottom. "Former UA student returns," "Former high school student, with quirk swiped away from the mass villain Shigaraki, rises from the dead," "New quirk? Inside Y/N's devastating new power," "Daughter of fallen pro hero emerges from the shadows, why she disappeared."

Every paper, every site, every segment. You were everywhere, you were on the front of the newspapers that people don't even bother to look at anymore. You were on every social media site. You were on almost every News Channel. It was slowly making your head spin with how crazy it was all becoming. It had only been 2 days since that mission and you were everywhere in a heartbeat.

And they didn't hesitate to dig up your past at UA, a past that was not unfamiliar to the public considering every time you were on the news, it had something to do with Shigaraki. The public didn't forget about the damage you did when you were being controlled, the way your destructive power had destroyed a good amount of the city. They also didn't forget about the fact that you somehow let him suck that quirk out of you and had him destroy even more of the city.

Obviously it wasn't your fault what happened but a lot of the people blamed you for it even though you almost died on the ground at UA from it. The scars on your shoulder, your back and stomach was a huge reminder of that day and the posts made about you sent you further into hiding.

Another thing they talked about a lot was your father's sacrifice and how a big top pro hero killed himself to bring back a hot headed teenager.

You finally turned off the tv, the old wounds were slowly cracking open once again as the memories flooded your mind like a tsunami. You knew this would happen and you tried to prepare yourself for it but it still felt like you couldn't take it.

But as the bad things remained in your head, one thing stood out that one of the news caster had said. That was you definitely being a top ten contender. You were already being seen as a top ten pro without even being officially apart of an agency or even labeled as a pro yet.

It was surprising but also.. refreshing to be seen by at least someone. Especially that someone not being your boyfriend but someone you don't even know, that doesn't even know you but saw that potential and that light you have.