Explosive Touch [Bakugo Katsuki x OC] - Book 2

Chapter 11 - A Peaceful Afternoon

Well, that's awkward.

You see, everyone dreams of something. Alright, that's pretty obvious, isn't it? Okay then, moving on. The thing is, you need one big dream to chase after all your life. It can give you a purpose, a goal, and you can always look back at it when you're feeling lost. However, such dreams are typically things that take years, maybe even a lifetime, to achieve. Thus, you can never be too sure it will come true.

So, you set yourself other, smaller goals along the way. They all will ultimately lead you there, but they're a lot like checkpoints. They're there just to make sure you're still chasing after your big dream and making progress.

So, not too complicated, right? Now that we've got the basics out of the way, let's move onto something more specific. Becoming a pro hero is a difficult task. Becoming a powerful and well-known pro hero is an even more difficult task. So, naturally, you'd need a few of those so-called checkpoints. For example, getting into UA (or any prestigious hero school for that matter) would be one. Getting good grades is an obvious choice too. Something a little more difficult to achieve would be to place high in the public's eye. But how does one do that, you may wonder?

By doing well in UA's sports festival, of course. Simple. In theory. But in practice, nothing is ever as easy as it sounds. After all, you'd have to be among the top four students spanning all of UA's classes and courses. That's a pretty tiny margin there.

But just imagine for a second, what a magnificent feeling it would be - to stand there, to be showered with attention and applause from the public, all eyes on you, people praising you for your achievement. Yup, an amazing feeling indeed. Something you'd never forget...

Is what Atsuhi had always hoped it would be. But then she was forced back down to reality. Let's see how it was going, shall we? Majestic podium? Check. Loud applause? Check. An overwhelmingly enthusiastic public? Check. Impressed pro heroes? Check.

A furious, restrained first-place winner who was forced to wear a muzzle because he had been crazy mad ever since he woke up? Um, that wasn't exactly on the list...

I never would've imagined I'd be standing here... Let alone with Bakugo-kun looking... like that...

She felt sorry for him. He probably wouldn't want this - he hated being pitied. But this was just cruel. First, they go and accuse him of being a villain when all he did was show respect to his opponent. Then, they treat him like some animal that might just bite people's heads off.

She would've pleaded with him to stop acting like this, would've tried to find a way to encourage him and tell him it was okay. But no. The awarding ceremony was set to begin the moment he opened his eyes. Thus, she was left glancing at him every so often, doing her best to calm him with her eyes. Of course, there was no way that was going to work if Bakugo never looked at her. He was furious, his eyes were darting across the whole stadium. But Atsuhi could only sigh and watch on. Never in her life would she have thought that she would be standing on the podium of UA's Sports Festival and just impatiently awaiting for it to be over.

"Now, let's move onto the awards ceremony!!" Midnight appeared with a sweet smile and so the crowd began to cheer yet again. "It's time for the medals! Presenting them this year is, well - you know who!!"

Oh, we know alright!

As All Might landed triumphantly on the ring (not without an awkward pause when Midnight accidentally cut him off) the cheers became even louder. He soon grabbed the bronze medal and headed towards the podium.