Broken Mirror (Katsuki Bakugou)

Chapter 11: Protect

In the real world

He was watching her from afar. He always found the way she fought absolutely stunning. She was strong physically without her quirk, but if she did use it, the enemy would have no chance against her unless there was more than one. He took notice of every single detail that her body made: how her bangs flew through the air each time she dodged an attack, her amazing flexibility in her back and legs when she did tricks such as back handsprings. Cartwheels were the ones that made him lustful; the majestic way her upper body and breasts moved in that second.

I love her...

Suddenly, a hand being placed on his shoulder caught him off guard. He let out a gasp and turned around to the culprit.

"Oh, it's just you, Kirishima," he sighed with relief. He had a wide smirk on his lips.

"Who are you watching? Ishino or Yaoyorozu?"

"The fuck? Both, duh," he said, avoiding the true answer as much as possible.

"No shit man, I mean the person you mostly have your eyes on. Besides, how long have you been watching them?" A blush arose to Bakugou's cheeks as he attempted to dodge his evasive question.

"For about an hour now," he grumbled, switching from his original position from bending down to the ground on his toes to sitting against the wall with one leg straight and the other curled up to his chest. He placed an elbow on his knee and covered his mouth to hide his blush as much as possible.

"And how about the answer to my other question?" Kirishima pushed, now starting to really aggravate Bakugou.

"I'm not fucking telling you, stupid hair," he growled in a low, husky voice. Kirishima was now sitting in the same position as him, only his arms to his sides to hold himself up.

"No need to get all defensive. I was just curious. If I had to choose it would be Ishino-chan." Bakugou's eyes widened while he was watching the girls continue fighting. "She has a nice ass." Bakugou immediately stood up and started walking away. Kirishima was fast to catch up to him.

"Oi, what's wrong?" He questioned, but the blonde pushed him away, literally. The immense amount of power caused the red head to fall to the ground. "Do you like Ishino-chan?" Bakugou stopped in his tracks approximately ten feet away from Kirishima. "It's true, isn't it? I may come off as dumb, but I'm smart enough to catch on by people's actions. And you," he started, standing up, "you don't even try to hide the fact that you like her. I've noticed you watching her everyday since her first training match with Todoroki. I've noticed you trail behind her as she's walking home."

"We just happen to live on the same street," Bakugou retorted, but it wasn't enough proof that he doesn't like her.

"If so, then you would walk home with her, not stalk her."

"It's not fucking stalking!" He shouted, now turning around to meet Kirishima face to face. His face was scrunched up in anger, but his eyes held a hurt emotion. There was Kaoru #2 directly behind Kirishima with a surprised expression. Bakugou's eyes widened, then turned back around and started pacing away.

"Wait, Katsuki!" Kaoru #2 shouted from behind him. He knew she was there and listening, and yet he made me say those things. What a dick.

Tears started to form in the corner of his eyes. This was not how he wanted her to find out, not by Kirishima. When he heard footsteps rushing behind him, he began to speed up even more, turning a few corners to get away. Suddenly, he froze in his tracks unwillingly. He looked down to see a thin layer of ice attached to his feet. Todoroki? He heard the feminine voice behind him, breathing heavily, but he couldn't see her.

"Katsuki," she started, light footsteps now coming towards him. She appeared before him, holding a blue bottle that had a large F on it. "Sorry about that, but I had to make you stop somehow," she said, attaching the bottle to her belt. This time she took one out that was red with the letter B on it. She sprayed it and the ice melted. "Burn spray," she said when he gave her a confused look.

Her breathing was still very heavy and some breaths hitched in the back of her throat.

"Are you okay?" He asked worriedly. She gave him a small smile and a nod.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Without warning, her body collapsed to the ground. His eyes expanded with fear. He hurried to her side to see what was wrong. She was still breathing heavily, but she seemed unconscious.

Even though he felt awkward doing it, he grabbed her by her neck and back of her knees in the bridal style position. He looked down to her frail body to see her cheeks and forehead turning a bright shade of red.

"A fever?" He asked himself. He looked around to find out where he was. Outside of the cafeteria. He ran inside of the empty building in hopes of finding Recovery Girl.

In about five minutes he reached her office. He looked through the glass to see her packing up some things to go home. Since he had his hands full, he had to kick on the door to get her attention. Her head spun quickly towards the door to spot Bakugou with a worried expression. She walked to the door and opened it to reveal an unconscious Kaoru in his arms.

"Bring her to the bed," she instructed him. He did as she said, gently laying her body on the bed. "What happened?"

"We were having a conversation, and she suddenly collapsed. And it looks like she might have a fever," he informed her. She didn't make a response, but walked over to her to see what was wrong.

"Please step out. I'm going to have to do a couple of tests." With a gulp, he did as she said.

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Once she was finished, she walked over to the door and opened it to find Bakugou sitting against the wall.

"I'm done if you want to see her." He looked in her direction with bloodshot eyes. She gave him a sympathetic look as he got up from the ground. He hurried inside to notice her still asleep.

"I found out what was wrong. The first thing is heat exhaustion from probably being out in the sun for too long. But the second thing is that she hasn't eaten properly." He cocked in his in confusion. She sighed and approached her peacefully sleeping body. She lifted Kaoru's shirt to reveal a very thin stomach that clearly showed her bones. "She has what's known as anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder where you don't or barely eat for a long amount of time and over-exercise." He gulped in hopes that this wasn't true. There's no way she'd hurt herself like this. "And because of her not eating too much for so long can make the bones very fatigued and cause her to collapse and go unconscious. She'll most likely wake up in a few minutes. Just make sure that she gets enough to eat which includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner and that she doesn't strain herself in training."

He nodded his head.

"I'll protect her at all costs."

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After this chapter, I'm taking a little break from this story. I will come back to it in time, but for right now, I need to come up with ideas for future chapters. Also, I'm trying out for volleyball, and if I do make the team, I won't have much time to write with that and AP homework.

So, until further notice, this story will not be continuing. I'll post an update on my conversation wall to let you know what's happening with my life. If there's a ever a time where I actually have time to write, then I'll try to write a chapter for you guys.

That's it for now.

~Brooke ✌🏻