The Outlet (Depressed/Suicidal/Abused Bakugou)

Chapter 5: It

Bakugou internally groans. They have hero training today. Of course the world has to do this when he needs it to just stop. But, of course, he must go along with everyone else. He must act like it's any other day like any other normal person even with the pain in his side. He can't let anyone look at him differently.

Not because of it.

The students move along cheerfully, chattering as usual on the way to the locker room and they change swiftly, but Bakugou grabs his clothes and darts into a bathroom stall to change unlike the other boys. Concerned glances are thrown at his stall but nobody says anything.

The class is soon out on the field, ready for instructions from Aizawa. Their teacher stands in front of them and sighs, rubbing his brow. "Alright, you gremlins, you are sparring today. Pair up."

Kirishima bounds over to Bakugou as everyone bunches into pairs. "Hey bro. Partners?" he asks, cheerful smile plastered to his face. The blonde nods at the hyper redhead as he smirks. "This is gonna be so manly!" Kirishima says, grinning and pounding his fists together.

"Yeah, alright Shitty Hair. I'm just gonna crush you like always," Bakugou says confidently, raising his head high as the two of them walk towards an open area.

They quickly get into position facing each other and both of them notice eyes on them. Every student in the clearing is staring at them, concern and worry in their gazes. Kirishima, who hadn't even considered an issue with sparring, has a realization like the day before. How is he supposed to fight Bakugou? He would be touching him with every punch! He would be hurting him so much more than just a spar. "B—Bakugou?" Kirishima stutters, turning his own worried gaze toward his friend.

Bakugou glares at the other boy, anticipating what is about to be said. "What the fuck is it, Shitty Hair?" Kirishima opens and closes his mouth several times, unable to push out the words. "Don't you dare fucking pity me, Hair for Brains! I'm fucking fine and I deal with this every time! Do not," he growls lowly," ever, pull a punch on me." Bakugou pauses, leaning forwards in his battle stance and glaring through his fringe towards his friend. "If you do I'll just end up dead in the field when I'm older because of unpreparedness."

Kirishima's eyes widen and he swallows a gulp of air before a small, real smile filters onto his face and he falls into his own stance. "Alright, bro. You're so manly," he says before lunging toward his friend.

The pairs have finally begun their fights, everyone deeply focused on themselves, their techniques, and their opponents, but Aizawa's eyes are trained on one pair in particular. Bakugou and Kirishima. With Bakugou's second quirk it should be a terrible pairing for the blonde because of Kirishima's close-range quirk, but the blonde always chooses it. Aizawa frowns. Their fight seems just like usual, anyway, and Bakugou is strong as always.

Moments later, Kirishima lands a hard hit to Bakugou's right side and Aizawa sees more pain in Bakugou's expression than there should be from the hit. His eyes narrow and he crosses his arms as he continues to spectate. Every time Kirishima hits that one spot in particular, Bakugou shows more pain.

"Bakugou," the teacher calls and the entire class freezes and looks towards the teacher, Sero accidentally colliding with Kaminari in midair, Uraraka falling to the ground after wrongly releasing her quirk, Iida tripping, face-planting, and sliding across the ground, and Mina slipping right into a boulder. Aizawa closes his eyes to collect his thoughts after witnessing his class of hero-trainees almost kill themselves from hearing the name of one student. The teacher unenthusiastically says, "Bakugou, come over here."

The blonde scoffs, avoiding a concerned glance from Kirishima, who stands next to him. Bakugou confidently strides over to his teacher. "What is it, teach?"