Emote: Bakugo x OC Reader

Chapter 76

What the hell did she just say? Something about being in love?

Katsuki. I pictured his face, those deep red eyes and his lips, the way they turn down sometimes in a way that makes him look like he's pouting. Katsuki. Mandalay said that the villains were after Katsuki. 

"What do you want with him?" I cut her off, wanting to sound stronger than I felt, but my voice was barely pushed past a whisper.

"Huh?" She stopped talking and tilted her head to the side, examining me with an increasingly wicked smile. "Who?"

Fuck. I was losing focus and my vision was starting to blur. I hated her maniacal grin and the way her cheeks were colored a rosy pink, the blush seeming to only deepen the longer she looked into my eyes. She looked so goddamn happy to be sitting here toying with me and it was pissing me off. I wanted her to feel despair and hopelessness. I wanted her to feel so helpless she was rendered immobile with her fear of failure.

Activating my quirk, I hit her with a barrage of emotions and I watched as her eyes widened just the slightest bit. I felt the pressure of the cool blade against my neck lessen for a moment and I was moving before my mind had a chance to catch up with how reckless this could be. My hand wrapped around her wrist and moved her hand holding the blade away from me at the same time I tilted back and lurched forward, crashing my head into hers.

"Fuck!" I yelled out as the crack that sounded seemed to be swallowed up by the forest.

"Nakano!"

I heard my name being called but I couldn't see anything. Were my eyes closed? I felt myself falling but before I could hit the ground something thin and wet wrapped itself around my waist before I began catapulting through the air. The air was sucked out of my lungs as I was pulled backwards, my limbs flailing limply until I felt something press against my back and then I stopped moving. Why hadn't my feet touched the ground yet? The pressure around my waist disappeared as I slowly opened my eyes.

I was surprised to find that I was staring at the night sky, scattered with stars that were blurred by the haze of smoke.

"Nakano, are you okay?"

I looked over to see Uraraka, her dark brown eyes filled with concern as she pulled me down slowly until my feet were hovering above the ground. Nodding, I wrapped an arm around her shoulder as she released her quirk. As my feet landed, I felt light headed and leaned into Uraraka more than I had intended. She quickly wrapped her arm around my waist and helped me stand upright.

"I've got you," Her voice was firm and reassuring, although I could sense the fear radiating off of her fingertips as they touched my skin.

As I squeezed her hand, I pictured calm as if it were a clear, ripple free body of water that I poured into her. Looking ahead of us, I noticed Sue for the first time, her hand outstretched in front of us in a protective gesture.

"Can you move?" Sue asked over her shoulder, her eyes remaining on the psychotic blonde that was now getting up to her feet.

It felt as though I had split my head open. The throbbing pain seemed to shoot from my skull down into each part of my body, seeping into every crack and crevasse, consuming me. Just the thought of moving was excruciating, but when I recalled Mandalay's message, the burning desire to make sure that Katsuki was okay overrode this thought immediately.

"Yes," I said and I was surprised at the steely determination in my voice despite the corners of my vision becoming hazy.

"You guys go back towards camp. I'll hold her off." Sue said and I opened my mouth to protest, but Uraraka was already cutting in.