Light the way | Bakugou x Reader x Todoroki |

Chapter Seventeen| Mystery Man

Silence filled the room the moment the door had clicked shut. I couldn't believe it, was my eyes deceiving me? Rage was beginning to boil as my brother stared blankly at the television screen. No, he was defiantly real.

"I'm sure you got questions."

Yoru gave a quick glance my way before lazily gazing back over the television. I could not even begin to describe the emotions running through me as I shot a look over towards my aunt. Her gaze was cast down at the floor, avoiding my furious and confused glare.

"What is he doing here?"

"Relax (Y/n), I'm not here to do any harm." Yoru decided to respond for my aunt as he stood from the couch. I took a defensive stance waiting for him to step closer, however, he remained put.

"It's true, your brother isn't a threat."

My stance was quickly broken when my aunt's hand gently took hold of my shoulder. Her eyes alone were enough to show how distressed she was. But I didn't allow it to get to me, instead, I just focused on the tips of her eyelashes in order to avoid her staring into her guilt.

"He and I..have been working in secrecy."

"What?"

She grimaced slightly when I had harshly shoved her hand from my shoulder. I couldn't believe it, she's been working with my brother behind my back. Why? Why would she do such a thing? Panic and rage was the only thing I could feel as I backed away from her, this couldn't be happening, why would she do this to me?!

"We've been protecting you." My head whipped back around when Yoru had spoken up.

"And why would you do that!?" He remained silent when I had snapped at him. It was hard to make out what he was feeling, were there even any emotions at all? I don't think I'd ever know with that poker face of his.

After a few moments of utter silence, he let out a heavy sigh.

"When mom died, it was as if I was no longer blinded by the darkness and could finally see the truth of our family. In father's eyes, we are not his children but his weapons used to do his dirty work. And all for what? Money?"

His eyes slowly fell to his hands, the veins coating the top of them seemed to pop out more when they formed into a fist.

"I've done so much wrong because of him, so much that it haunts me..but luckily, you got to escape it before you too did wrong."

There was pain in his eyes when he spoke, I've never seen him express such an emotion.

He was actually sad, no, he was in agony.

The lump in my throat began to throb as I continued to listen.

"Because of that, I'm going to do everything in my power to keep it that way. I don't want you to ever experience what Akuma and I went through. This is why I'm protecting you."

I was fighting back tears when he had finally looked back at me. His confession had only caused the aching pain in my throat to travel down to my chest, it hurt so much.

Why? Why does my heart feel as if it would tear into two at any moment?

Though his confession was somewhat heartwarming, I still refused to cave in and completely trust him. Even if he hadn't wronged me as much as Akuma has, he still caused pain, so it'll take a lot from him to earn my complete trust.