Light the way | Bakugou x Reader x Todoroki |

Chapter Eleven| Hurt

Screams of agony, shadowy figures, the fear in my mother's eyes. That's the last thing I saw before jolting from my slumber. Strands of my (h/c) locks clung to my sweaty forehead as I tried to calm my rapid heart. It's been awhile since I've had that nightmare, it was exactly like I remembered.

An endless loop.

Tossing the comforter from my clammy body, I was wafted by the cool air blowing down on me. I was wide awake now. Grabbing my phone from my stand I decided to check the time, causing my eyes to squint from the sudden brightness.

3:26 AM

Great, now I have to wait a few hours before I can get ready for school. With an annoyed groan, I slowly got up from my bed and began to drag my feet over towards the bathroom. It took a few seconds for my eyes to adjust to the lights while I stood before my sink and mirror. Cold water was sure to help my sweaty state.

The moment my hand had reached out towards the handle I had froze. The dark bruising that once coated over my skin was now a yellowish color. This had caused the heat in my cheeks to increase as I thought back on yesterday. My fingers ghosted along the part Todoroki had touched, I could still imagine the coolness from his hand.

"Stop thinking about it." I caught the reflection of my shaking head as I quickly turned on the water. The heat in my cheeks began to subside as I splashed the cool water over my face. That had helped tremendously.

Flicking the light off, I trudged over towards my bed once again and heavily plopped face first into it. Sleep, I need to get more sleep. Pulling the comforter back over my body I had forced myself to close my eyes. However, they didn't remain shut for long. Within a couple of minutes I had found myself staring out the partly opened window.

Why did he feel the need to tend to my bruises?

The scene kept repeating over and over in my head. His gentle touch on my hand, and how slow it seemed when he pulled it away. Gah! I shouldn't overthink it, just because he helped me doesn't mean anything.

Yet, I still catch myself thinking about it.

~X~

The classroom was a chattering mess when I entered. Everyone was still pretty thrilled with the fact that people knew who they were and wanted to talk with them. Though me on the other hand wasn't overly thrilled about it, if anything it just made me anxious. The fear of one of the many people who had came up to me actually knowing who I was. It was only a matter of time, I just know it.

Brushing the thought, I couldn't help but catch eye of a familiar glare on my way to my seat. Bakugou's usual scowl was much sharper as he directed his glare past my figure and towards the back row. When my eyes had followed I was surprise to see the person he was glaring at was Todoroki. He seemed quite oblivious to the threatening gaze, either that or he was ignoring it.

Bakugou's gaze didn't stay for long before he shot a look in my direction. But the moment are eyes had connected he was quick to turn away. Odd, wonder what has him in such a mood today? With a curious gaze I slowly took my seat.

"Good morning."

My gaze quickly left the back of the ash blonde's head before meeting Todoroki's soft gaze. A slight smile playing in the corners of his mouth, that was enough to get my heart rate going. Fighting back a blush I returned the good morning and gave a bright smile.