𝒜𝓇𝒶𝒸𝒽𝓃𝑜𝒾𝒹 || 𝒦.𝐵. 𝓍 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝒹𝑒𝓇

𝖙𝖜𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖞 𝖋𝖎𝖛𝖊

Bakugou's POV:

Yet another day had passed of boring classes and constant chatter, it was the end of the school day and L/n was about to split up from me and Kirishima to walk to Aldera to get her sister. She had already made a right turn; going the opposite way from me and Kirishima. I quickly contemplated whether I should walk with her or if I should just stay with shitty hair. I stopped walking which made Kirishima stop in his tracks and turn towards me.

"I'm gonna walk with-" I paused as I couldn't think of a name to call her, "spider-loser. You know; make sure she doesn't get into any trouble."

Shitty hair grinned as he chuckled, "What? Haven't come up with one of your infamous nicknames for her yet?"

"Shut up!" I yell at him even though I'm walking away from him headed towards L/n.

I heard Kirishima's footsteps walking away getting fainter each step he took, I figured he would be fine by himself. He has a strong quirk. As I caught up to L/n I thought about some shitty names that I could call her. I couldn't just call her by her name, everyone would think I actually respect her.

Bug brain must've heard my footsteps following behind her because she turned around just before I walked next to her. She seemed taken aback.

"Bakugou? I thought you were walking with Kirishima?"

I shrug my shoulders, "Wanted to make sure you didn't get yourself into any trouble."

She smiles and laughs breathily, "Sure."

I turn my attention to her, "What's that supposed to mean?" 

"You know I'm fine by myself, plus it's not that far." She reassured.

I roll my eyes as I mumble a sarcastic 'mhm' in response. Bug brain notices but doesn't retaliate. We continue to walk to Aldera in silence, I have my headphones in but they're playing my playlist very quietly. L/n stares at the ground as she walks, her wireless headphones playing her music quite loudly. I can hear what she's listening to. I recognize the song, just not the name of it.

The song is about to end and I still can't put my finger on it, it's starting to annoy me. Then the final chorus comes on and it says the title of the song.

'You are all I need'

'I'm in the middle of your picture, lying in the reeds'

F/n fell asleep in my arms. She couldn't stop crying when she told me about Isamu and I didn't know what else to do other than scoot closer to her and open my arms. She immediately fell forward into my chest and my heart started panging against my chest. It wasn't out of love. I was just scared of doing this whole "comfort" thing wrong.

I stayed sitting up straight for 8 minutes. My spine ached as I slowly slouched over every couple seconds. I noticed her sniffles had came to a stop and my shirt started to dry from her tears. I looked down to her but I couldn't see her face. I shifted my position and leaned my arms back to see if she was asleep or not. She was.

I stared at her tear stained face for what seemed like hours. I never took my eyes off her. I studied every feature on her face, every freckle and every crack in her chapped lips. My eyes started to burn as I had them open for too long. I blinked profusely and turned my head while squinting my eyes. As soon as my eyes stopped burning I caught myself in my thoughts thinking about her.

'Why do I feel this way?' I wondered

'How do I even feel?'

I couldn't even figure out how I felt. It's like- I don't hate her. Nowhere near that. But I don't like her romantically. I made a commitment to myself to not get distracted by romance and focus on becoming the No. 1 hero. And I haven't gotten anywhere near ending that commitment. I ended up spending almost an hour sitting against my bedframe pondering how I feel about the girl asleep in my arms.

'I know I care about her, but I have no romantic interest in her. If I could at least establish a tiny part of how I feel then I'll be able to live with that.'

I picked up my phone to check the time. 7:52pm. The song I was playing before F/n came over showed on my lockscreen. 'All I Need' by Radiohead. I rewind the song to the beginning, press the play button, click the power button on the side of my phone and put my phone down on the hard floor. I look down at F/n once more before I adjusted my arms to under her knees and under her upper back.

I stand up slowly, somewhat struggling to hold F/n's weight for so long before I place her gently on my bed. I look down at her again then I turn to pick up my controller to my PlayStation. I grab the TV remote and turn down the volume all the way, press 'x' to resume gameplay and I continue my game quietly. The only thing being heard is F/n's favorite song.

Word Count : 862

(hi guys sorry its a short chapter i have horrible writers block from this chapter and its kinda hard to imagine what bakugou would internally think and tell himself so this chapter took forever lol. i wouldnt want to spend more time on this other than different chapters i could be spending my time on. thank you for reading this far <33 love ya cuties)