Crimson Petals - [Bakugou x Reader]

Chapter 12

You were pacing through your room like a lion in a cage. Too stunned to cry, you were trying to calm your nerves by biting your fingernails. What the hell did just happen? Your mind was utterly blank. You were full of emotions, but at the same time, you were completely numb.

What you had just witnessed changed everything. You knew that this was going to cause a lot of drama and you'd be in the centre of it all, whether you wanted to or not. There was no doubt in your mind that Ochako would blame you for what had happened, even though to their knowledge you hadn't even been present during this incident.

So what would you do when Ochako would inevitably confront you? Should you play dumb and pretend you have never had any feelings for Izuku and that you had no idea what she was talking about? Or should you say that yes, you had feelings for her boyfriend and you wouldn't deny it any longer?

You had thought that Izuku had forgotten about you, but the fact that it was your name which had left his lips, was pointing into a different direction.

If you were to express to Ochako that you didn't have feelings for Izuku, then that would definitely be the end of any potential relationship between you and your crush.

If, however, you would admit that you had feelings for Izuku, it would no doubt cause more drama than you could handle. At this point you thought that admitting your feelings for Izuku could potentially lead him to break up with Ochako, but did you really want that to happen?

You weren't a homewrecker, you didn't want to be that person. Also, she would no doubt make you look like a terrible person in front of your classmates. Ochako was a sweet girl, so people would probably side with her and potentially be mad at you.

Was it really worth risking to become the outcast of your class? Having to eat lunch with Mineta for the rest of your time at UA because nobody else would want to hang out with you? Maybe you were overreacting, maybe people wouldn't take sides. But what if they did?

Also, there was another issue that you couldn't get over so quickly. Did you really want to be with Izuku after he had slept with Ochako? Even if he had thought about you, he had still done it with her. Could you really accept that? What if the images of the two of them would never stop haunting you? You would always compare yourself to her, and that couldn't make for a healthy start of your relationship.

Suddenly a loud noise from the room next door made you stop in your tracks. Ochako and Izuku had returned to her room. It sounded like they were arguing. You weren't surprised by that, every couple would argue if something like that had happened.

You knew you shouldn't try to listen to what they were saying, but you couldn't help yourself. Part of you thought that you had to just let them be. The last two times in which you had ignored your voice of reason you had witnessed things you wish you wouldn't have seen, so maybe you should just go to bed and bury yourself under blankets to drown out the noise.

But you were a nosy person, and you couldn't fight your nature right now. It kind of involved you anyway, so it wasn't too bad to listen... Or so you tried to justify your actions to yourself. You pressed your ear against the wall you shared with Ochako and tried to hear what was going on.

On the other side of the wall, things were going terrible. Ochako was crying hysterically, and Izuku was just standing in the middle of her room, not moving a single muscle. He had no idea what to do. The moment your name had left his lips, he knew that he had messed up like never before. How could this happen? He was so incredibly confused. He had actually moaned your name while spilling into his girlfriend's mouth. What kind of douchebag does that?!

Asking out Ochako had been something he hadn't been sure about from the beginning, but he thought that with time he'd fall for her again. And he did, at least that's what he told himself. She was cute, and she was nice, and she was in love with him. But at the end of the day, she wasn't you.