Scarlet Blood

Prologue

The beautiful autumn leaves dance to the wind as it landed peacefully in the ground. You love this time of the year as all the leaves are covered with the fire-orange, yellow and brown. You quietly hum a tone as you were making your way to the cafe.

Although you admire the display of colors of autumn but the wind always bring a chill. Already at the entrance of the cafe, you opened the door as the sound of a tiny bell came, indicating that a customer came in. The warmth welcomed you as you sigh softly as the place was filled with the scent of coffee and pastries. The coffee shop was rather small but had a calming vibe. At the right corner beside the bartending there was a crystal clear glass cabinet displaying the perfectly lined up pastries. All the sweets was tempting you to buy all of them. You walked forward and sit down on one of the brown stool that are lined up in front of the black bartending table.

"The usual, (Y/n)?" The sweet innocent voice of your friend, Ochako asked you as you simply nodded with a smile. The brunette returned your smile as she started to prepare your (coffee drink). You quietly waited for your friend to give you your order. "Here you go, (Y/n). Fresh and warm just the way you like it," Ochako said as you slowly grab the mug.

Your soft hands feel the radiant warmth from the white mug. You blow softly as the rising air met your face and took a nice sip. You smiled softly, "Thanks, Ochako."

"No problem my number one bestie and customer." She said, cheekily.

You smiled as you continued drinking your refreshment and you heard a bell as someone entered. You didn't mind who it was but then heard a gruff voice, "Give me the fucking usual, round-face."

What the...

Ochako simply frown slightly as if getting used to his repulsive words and started to brew his coffee. You felt sorry for your friend but was rather curious of who the person was. You could hear the footsteps heading towards the bartending table. The mysterious person sat down two seats on the right away from you. You slightly gaze to your right as you saw an ash blonde male. You could see he had a scowl on his face as if he's hatting everything or maybe that is true. But what caught your attention was his crimson eyes. Eyes red as a shiny ruby longing for attention and could easily make you lost within them. At the moment of you admiring his eyes, he made eye contact with your own (e/c) eyes.

You quickly looked away in embarrassment as you took another sip. His brows furrowed and was ready to speak but stop as Ochako placed down his order. He only scoff softly as he began drinking not bothering to blow. Once again, you started to examine his features and you gotta admit he was rather attractive. The ash blond place some cash on the table when he's done with his drink and left.

"Who is he, Ochako?" You asked also done with your coffee. The brunette simply shrug, "I don't know but he usually comes here very often, same like you."

You tilted your head in confusion since you never seen him up until now. Ochako noticed your perplex look and spoke, "He comes here after you leave."

You nodded understanding and you simply pay up saying goodbye to her and left for work.

On your way to work, you always take the train station. When you waited for your train, you instantly spotted the same ash blond.

He must be waiting for his ride...

As your train finally came, you've noticed that the blond enter the same train as you.

Relax... He might go to another direction.

You let out a sigh hoping your thoughts were correct. Already at your destination, you couldn't help but to check if the blond was there, and he isn't. You let out a breath you didn't knew you were holding in. As you were walking, you couldn't believe what you saw. The blond was ahead of you and it seems like he's going the same way as you.

Your overthinking (Y/n) so just relax...

You kept on moving ahead but made sure to keep your distance. You quickly took a peek to your right, wrong move. The blonde was glaring daggers at you and quickly marched towards you. At this point, you were contemplating if you should run away or stand your ground. The blonde didn't allow you time to take action and he roughly grabbed your arm. "Why the hell were you following me?!"

You gave him a shock look but quickly change into anger. "What do you mean I was following you?! You were the one following me." You said trying to remove your arm from him but his strength was greater than you.

"Why would I fucking follow a low-life like you?!" He said, piercing crimson eyes meeting your own. You let out a gasp and clenched your teeth, "Who are you calling a low-life, hedgehog? I have no time for this cause I have places to be unlike you." You finally managed to free yourself from his grasp and quickly left not allowing him to grab you again as you blend in with the crowd.
You couldn't believe him, you two just literally meet at the fucking coffee shop since minutes ago. Finally at your work place, you opened the door and enter. "It's very unlike you to be almost late, (Y/n)." A woman said with raven-black hair and grey eyes. She was wearing a white blouse with a black office jacket and a black skirt and some black high heels. You let out a sigh since you didn't feel like explaining even though this was your boss but also your other friend, Misaki.

"I'll just let this slide since you weren't technically late," Misaki said with a small smile. "Anyway, there's going to be someone else working with us but he's not here, yet. So I hope you can show him around on how things work around here. Also the both of you will be partners."

"Ok," you said not minding about this. You felt a slight gust of wind meaning someone has open the door and you suspected it was the newcomer. "You have got to be kidding," a knowing gruff voice that you wish you didn't knew said. You slowly turn around conforming your suspicions. The blonde slightly glare at you since his new boss was there having a confused expression but the smile, "I see you two have met each other which makes things even more simple so (L/n) give Bakugou a tour."

With that said you were showing Bakugou around the place and was not pleased by this. Who knew that the guy who accused you of following him, even though you did the same, was going to work with you, just wonderful. Since you two will be working together, both of your desk were across from each other to be able to communicate. If there was communication to begin with.

Focusing on your work by scanning through the documents, you somehow ended up having a paper cut. Bakugou noticed and for some reason his eyes were focusing on your cut. Small amount of blood was flowing out as you noticed he had an intense stare towards the blood. You weren't sure what's wrong with him as you went to rummage through the cabinets to find a band-aid. You could still feel the intensity stare from his eyes towards you. You gaze at him but he quickly went back to work before your able to question him.

You gather your documents as you were preparing to head home and stand up. "Bye Bakugou see you later," you said but he was rather quiet not even looking at you. You let out a sigh as you went your way towards home.

You took out your apartment keys from your coat pocket and unlock the door. Locking the door you went to the bathroom to take a quick shower before you went to bed. As you were done changing into sleeping attire and drying off your hair, you went to bed. You tuck into your bed as you let your thoughts flow around your mind. For some reason you were thinking of the way Bakugou stare at your cut. You could clearly see the crimson eyes were filled with wasn't as it was fixated at your blood. You were shivering in discomfort but ended up slowly closing your eyes letting the sleepiness take you over you.

Just who are you Bakugou....