DISCONTINUED!(Various!BNHA x Reader) Given Chance

Chapter 42

Three...

Everything was in slow motion, your pupils dilating as Bakugou's spinning figure was headed towards your way in a fast rate. You felt stiff as if you can't move to your own accord-- heavy, perhaps, is a better description to layout how conflicted you feel, enough to stay rooted on your ground. You didn't know whether to dodge or shield yourself with the remaining energy you have left. But with fear gripping your heart, you did neither.

Two...

You don't understand. You didn't feel like this when you faced Todoroki's full-powers head-on. Something about this was different, you know it to be. But what-- no, why? Both of the males were powerful, but how could have this situation caught you off-guard? What was so different with Bakugou's and Todoroki's attacks?

One...

Maybe it wasn't the quirk that worries you. Maybe... it was the user.

"Face it, you're fucking afraid of me.", that phrase echoed at the back of your head to seemingly answer your unspoken questions. That confrontation; when Bakugou told you he recognized the fear on your face, you told him you were no longer scared of him because you believed that he'd never intentionally hurt you-- the reason how both of you moved on.

You thought Bakugou got over it ever since that day, but here he was-- having to just conquered it, after you had slapped some sense into him.

And perhaps you were just the same. You thought you've moved on since that conversation, and yet here you are. You have still yet to recover from the unmentioned trauma you had with Bakugou. You never really thought about it back before you confronted the ash blonde, but now that the incident was replaying in your memories, you were reminded of why you felt so conflicted whenever it comes to facing him.

You were still afraid of him. Especially now that Katsuki's intentions were to hurt you.

He may have changed. Even for just a little.

But you didn't.

You still had the underlying fear over Bakugou.

Zero...

And with that, the impact was made, forcing you to submit to the darkness of the familiar state of unconsciousness. What happened next was beyond your control, along with the greenette's.

~*~*~

An explosion spurred on the arena, and surprisingly, another one rang out from the crowd seats all at the same time, surprising both the crowd and spectators equally. All Might was first to recover from the shock, and immediately searched the crowd seats to identify what spurred such destruction. However, the smoke clouds have yet to dissipate before he could even look for the cause.

From the 1-A section of the crowd, the students around the area either ducked or shielded themselves for cover. Blocks of ice were used as a barrier, but was easily shattered into glittery fragments-- only bits of it remained solid on the ground from the shockwave, however, it did the trick on weakening the force. It was fortunate that Todoroki was quick to react to protect his classmates within his parameter. However, damage was still evident on their side of the arena.

Concretes around them were visibly cracked, but not enough to crumble from a gentle touch, but you can still say that the wind pressure was powerful enough to even create damage on the solid material. The seats that were once stuck on the ground flew in multiple directions-- as far as it could get from the source of the combustion.