hanahaki ||| bakugou katsuki

hatred.

Your quirk was too strong. Everyone knew that. But the look of it resembled a villain's. The way its dark aura drives people away. Or maybe it was because of the conflicted emotions you were holding in while fighting. When stopping time, your quirk allowed those in physical contact with you to remain unaffected. So you decided to take it a little more than you usually did, and stopped time for 7 seconds. It affected you, but not enough to severely injure you. In the allotted time, you stole Bakugou and Todoroki's headbands. You instructed the team to get back to their original spot, which you directed them to. Your quirk's special effect let you see the original position you were in before time stopped. Pretty cool, right?

As time resumed, your team ran around stealing more headbands, avoiding the two teams that you've stolen from. You wanted to stall as much time as you could. All the enemy teams began to notice how there were a ton of headbands around your head and neck. "T-They noticed, Y/N!" Izuku pointed out. It was time to use your quirk to its full potential. You didn't know the consequences, but you had to win. Stopping time, you managed to get the team away from a cluster of angry opponents. 'This should kill more time...' Time continued once again. Your body began to ache all over, but you prevailed.

Bakugou and Todoroki sent explosions your way, but you opened two rifts. One sent Todoroki's attack towards Bakugou, and the other sent Bakugou's attack towards Todoroki. They began the chase on your team for the rest of the battle, and there was more pressure when the rest of the teams decided to join in. The chase was on. You wanted to send all the teams into a rift to send them away from you, but it would take too much energy. 

10 seconds left in the battle. Everyone was surrounding your team, when your stressed body felt pressure building up in it. You opened a rift under your team, and your team fell into it. Before anyone could reach your head, the rift closed, and you and your team ended up at the other side of the stadium. Your lungs felt tight. Coughing, you saw a small, white flower come out of your throat. You caught the flower quickly, hoping that no one saw that.

"TIME'S UP!"

"A-At least we got into first place, guys..."  You weakly said, as your body gave out when the cavalry battle ended.

~

"Young lady, you need to stop overusing your quirk!" You looked at Recovery Girl as soon as you woke up. "I can't keep healing you like this, you know." In response, you got up and gave her a thumbs up with a smile. "Don't worry, Recovery Girl! I promise that this'll be the last time that I overuse my quirk!"

You ran back out in time for the fighting tournament. There was an odd number of competitors, but two students resigned from the tournament. It was okay for me to compete in the tournament now, along with one other student from Class 1-B.

1st round: You vs. Kaminari Denki - win
2nd round: You vs. Iida Tenya - win
3rd round: You vs. Todoroki Shoto - win

You thought that your opponents were easy to beat, due to how much power your quirk held. You controlled it better than you had when you were a younger child. Kaminari and Tenya were the easier ones to beat. Kaminari lost when you opened a rift right under him, which led to the area that was out of bounds. 

Tenya was a harder case, though. His quirk made it hard for you to catch him. You opened a tiny rift below him, causing him to use it. Since the rift that you made was small, the time it took to create another one didn't take long. You paused time for 3 seconds; enough time for you to create a rift right in front of him. Making sure that the rift would lead him out of bounds, you also damaged his boots. Since his boots enhanced his speed, you ensured that he wouldn't back out in time. Time resumed, and sure enough, Tenya landed out of bounds.

You knew that fighting Todoroki was going to possibly hurt you anyways, so you paused time and turned the majority of the arena into a rift. You made sure to leave space in a corner so that you would be safe. While time was halted, you wouldn't feel the effects of your quirk, which was good. You resumed time, and Todoroki fell through the rift, landing out of bounds. But you, on the other hand... You weren't as injured as you thought you would. You just passed out for a couple seconds. At least you would make it to the final round on time. 

Your chest felt tighter, and you went into the restroom, only to see that more and more flowers were coming out each time you coughed. "H-Hanahaki..." You muttered quietly. "I... I don't want to tell anyone. It'll be fine for now..." Hoping that it wouldn't be serious, you put on a soft smile and walked out of the restroom, and went into the waiting room. You were happy that you got up to the final round.

Until you saw that Bakugou won and that you were up against him.

~

You hesitated to walk into the arena. Your feelings for Bakugou made you want to forfeit. If he lost to anyone again, he would be furious. And you don't want him to hate you more than he already does... But if you won, then you could have the chance to become a great hero. As you walked up the stairs leading to the battle ring, you made eye contact with Bakugou, your expression a sad one. "I still love you, Katsuki..." You said quietly enough, for only him to hear. "Why do you hate me now..?" Tears ran down your eyes. You didn't want to hurt him anymore.

"READY... FIGHT!!"

Bakugou charged towards you with explosions in his palms, ignoring your question. You looked up and saw him trying to attack. 'I have to win.' You stopped time, opening a giant rift directly in front of him. Additionally, you managed to open a smaller rift under one of his feet that was touching the ground. He would trip, then stumble into the rift. 'It'll launch him out of bounds...' You walked back to your original position, and time resumed. As planned, Bakugou tripped into the rift and lost the match.

"L/N F/N has won the match!!" The extra energy that you used up made your chest feel even tighter than earlier. You walked in Bakugou's direction. As you opened your mouth to say something, he yelled at you. "Y/N, there is NO WAY IN HELL THAT I'LL EVER LOVE A BITCH LIKE-" You tried to hold in your coughs, but you couldn't. You went through a coughing fit, dozens of daffodils spilling onto the ground, and you looked away from everyone. Using your quirk, you opened a portal that led to the waiting room. It was empty, so you could finally have a moment alone. 

"Wait, Y/N-" Bakugou grabbed your arm. 

"...Stop acting like you care about me. Your so-called 'pity' doesn't help me with anything." You pulled your arm away and disappeared into the rift.

~

"Y/N... I don't give a shit about her anyways, right..?" Bakugou said under his breath.