Fire Heart (Todobaku)

reality check

Todoroki's POV

I watch as Bakugou leaves the arena while I stand there not knowing how to react. I was mostly upset with a hint of anger. He had just won, and we actually would be able to talk now since we are finished. I have a feeling of what upset him, which pisses me off the most. Kirishima, I have no idea what he is doing, but whatever game he is playing is about to end. It's about to be game over, and I'll be the one to finish it. "Kirishima your training isn't next is it?" I walk up behind him putting a hand on his shoulder. I make my arm stiff to make it clear this means business. Of course my voice is the same as usual so no one around us can tell the tension. "Um no, is everything alright?" his voice wavers a bit as he turns around to face me. This innocent act isn't working for me, I have no mercy on those who are fake. "Good." I drag him to the side to where no one could hear us, and force him to look at me. "What are you doing?" my skin starts to burn, and I could tell my eyes looked of a madmans. "Waiting.." I cut him completely off before letting him speak another word. "Don't act dumb, you know what I mean." my voice is low and raspy now which actually shocked myself. I usually only ever talk like this to my father which I despise. Finally, he lets out a deep breath, and closes his eyes. "I'm guessing he already told you? Well, I try to be his friend, I really do. We had such a good thing going before I caught feelings for him. We were the perfect bros, always there for each other like our lives depended on it. I miss that, I miss his company, but not the way he wants it. Of course I should have known he would hate me, but I didn't think it would be this bad. All I did was give him a thumbs up, and he left. He probably makes me look like an awful person doesn't he? Well, I don't blame him. I admit that I did him wrong, but my intentions were good. I truly did, and still do care about him. I just see him as a bro, and not a boyfriend. I guess I can't have either though..." he trails off tears streaming down his face. I hadn't realised it because Bakugou has been telling me all these things, but there's two sides to every story. my face immediately softens as I pull Kirishima in for a slight hug. My whole intention of bringing him over here was to set him straight, but really it was me who needed to be set straight. This boy doesn't want to hurt Bakugou, no one could fake these tears. Plus, you can't make someone love you. Bakugou is just going to have to accept that there is nothing he can do about it. "I-I-I was just so happy to see that he was finally happy again, but I ruined it. I ruined everything, our friendship, our relationship, our trust, everything. Everything that meant anything is gone, and it's because of me." he sobs as huge tears still fall down his face. I feel bad for him, I really do. He puts all this blame on himself, and it's finally catching up to him. "Listen, I'm sorry for getting so angry with you. I judged you before I could even hear your side of the story. We both know how hard headed Bakugou is. He's going to think of the worst things possible just so he has an excuse to act irrational. I know you care for him, and you want him to be happy. I'll even talk to him about it, maybe even try to get him to understand. Just don't blame yourself for all of this okay? It isn't your fault if this is the way you feel. Bakugou will just have to accept that you don't like him like that. There is absolutely no way around it." I hug him again, and try to wipe away his tears. I hope Kaminari doesn't get the wrong impression. That is the last thing I need right now. "Damn, this is so unmanly. Crying like a little baby in front of you, so not cool. Thank you Todoroki, and I'm glad you don't hate me. I have been keeping all of this bottled up so no one would find out about him. I know he would be embarrassed if a lot of people knew. Its good to know I have someone else to talk about all of this." he shines a big toothy grin as he uses his sleeve to dry his tears. I put my arm around him as we walk backtofhe rest of the class. Hardly anyone noticed we had left which was perfect. The only ones that really noticed anyway was Kaminari, and Momo. As I stand by myself as usual I what h as Kaminari, and Kirishima whisper to each other back and forth. Rolling my eyes I look to Momo for some conversation. She knows better then to bring up what had just happened, so she tries a different approach. "So how was Bakugou last night?" she asks mockingly.  Bakugou actually wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. My eyes widen, and I instantly look through the crowd. "Crap! I have to talk to Midoriya." I rush to him dodging through everyone. "Um, you okay Todoroki?" he asks nervously as I approach him. I never realised how much of a wimp he really is. "I can't tell you why, but Bakugou is moving in." I says the horror builds in his eyes. I hate to kick him out like this, but its for a good cause. "O-okay, I'll just stay with Iida then. I know whatever made you do this has to have a logical explanation so I trust you." his voice cowers, and actually kind of reminded me of a child's. I give him a genuine smile, and a little head nod. Going back to Momo she lets out a loud sigh. "Anyway, back to what I was saying. How was Bakugou?" she asks again, but without the mockery. I pause to think of the correct response. "He was more calm then I expected, and he's actually pretty cool." I rub the back of my head playing with my hair. This wasn't a lie, but this isn't what I actually wanted to say. What I wanted to say was that no one would ever understand how emotional this boy is, but is full of love. That his heart is broken, and not a single one of us even knew about it. Of course this is what I wanted to say, but it's obvious I couldn't. "Really? I expected him to yell and want to fight the whole time." she laugh's. After a few more minutes of small talk class is finally released, and we all head back to our dorms. "See ya Momo!" I have bye to her as she goes down the girls hallway. She waves back, and finally joins with Mina. Walking slowly I take a deep breath every step I get closer to the dorm. What awaits me, I have no idea, but I have no doubt this is going to be interesting