Heartless | BakuDeku

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98°F - An average temperature of the human blood.

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  It has been a few days and Midoriya couldn't help but sigh as he disarmed a villain and pressed their wrists against their back. A lingering thought ever since he visited the laboratory bugged him. It was itching him irritatingly.

"Hmph, stupid hero. Watch your back." The villain smirked back at him and Midoriya tensed when he felt something chilling. He realized that his entire back was frozen and the ice was connected to the concrete floor, causing him to be stuck. His hold on the villain was released and the criminal laughed wickedly before proceeding to beat the hero to death.

As Midoriya kneeled there, receiving the beating, he was only thinking of one thing, no...one person. Bakugou Katsuki. Why is he avoiding me? he thought.

"DEKU! What the hell are you doing?!" A roar echoed through the streets and a familiar blond with his black mask jumped down from a tall building with bombs sparking behind his arms. Midoriya's attention shifted solely to the man who was jumping down to save him. He was glad...this burst of happiness that came from just seeing him. It amazed him.

"I..."

"Save that for later. Let's take care of him first." Bakugou smirked wildly and bombed the ice that trapped me. I nodded with a grin. We both charged at the villain who was now panicking after seeing Ground Zero, the infamous bombing hero. Moreover, Midoriya, the famous number one hero was also along with him. It was a perfect star duo.

"AHHHHHHHH-" were the last words of the villain as both heroes attacked him and successfully got him arrested in the hands of the police.

"That was very unlike you, y' know," Bakugou said seriously after the police left. "Haven't I told you to just do your job and focus? What were you thinking?"

"I...I'm sorry." Midoriya dropped his head in shame. He neglected his hero duties and instead, gave in to his foolish thoughts and questions about his companion. He risked many people's lives on the streets by thinking of such useless thoughts. He was ashamed of himself...as well as embarrassed.

"Ugh...at least you apologized." The blond sneered and smacked the other male's head. Midoriya smiled a bit, despite getting hit on the head. He was happy to be touched by him, even if it was a hit. He wondered why he was so happy around Bakugou.

"Kacchan...what is love?" The greenhead asked as they returned home. The sun was gradually settling down, the orange and red sky blended together to create a breathtaking scenery.

"W-What? Why would you ask that?" Bakugou was taken aback and slightly frowned.

"Just curious...I am a robot after all, so I don't have the ability to love. I just want to know what it feels like to be in love and what it is." He answered monotonously. It was a white lie. He wanted to know because he wanted confirmation.

"Hmm...from what I've felt," he paused before continuing again, "love is when you want to be with the person you love forever. It's when you can't stop thinking about the person and you want to cherish them and also want them to love you back." He smiled a bit. It was rare to see him smile, which is why Midoriya stared at him until he noticed.

"Ahem, anyway, you get it now right?! I can't really describe it to depth but that is how I perceive it as." He blushed a bit in embarrassment. "And stop staring at me! It's creepy..."

"...then I think I love you, Kacchan."

"...what?"

"I said, I think I love you Kacchan."

Midoriya's doe eyes stared at Bakugou, who is currently too astonished and speechless to even breathe.

"D-Do you know what you are saying right now?" The blond turned his face away from the robot. Despite his extremely red cheeks, ears, and pounding heart, his mind was telling him to run and never face Midoriya again. Bakugou had avoided him for a reason and now all his efforts were going down the drain just because the robot had confessed.

"Yes...I believe so. Because what you described to me about love is exactly how I feel towards you. I want to be with you forever. I want to love you." He said every word seriously, his entire body facing the other man. It felt like a proposal.

"Shut up...shut up, SHUT UP! You are a robot, you have no heart!" Bakugou finally shouted out with wide eyes. The blond immediately broke out into a run and began sprinting home, leaving the other hero behind. The words of Hatsume haunted him as he ran.

Robots having feelings is unheard of and dangerous.

You know the answer to your own question, I can see it in your eyes. That means you also know what to do.

Do not harbor useless feelings for him. He also shouldn't be doing the same.

Bakugou Katsuki was confused. It was the first time he was ever this muddled. This issue wasn't some simple or complex hero challenge that needed to be passed by using his wits. It was an issue that had to be solved through his emotions, something that he was not familiar with using to solve his problems.

He was stuck. He was in love with Midoriya Izuku, the real human one that is now deceased. Yet now an imposter, a robot, had just confessed to him and told him all those things with the same face of his lover. What was he supposed to do?

"This is not right...a human and a robot? Hah..." He scoffed. However, the tears hanging from his eyes were so close to bursting that he had no choice but to wipe them. He finally reached the front door of his house and immediately charged into his room before locking the door.

His heart was still racing as he flashbacked to Midoriya's confession. His heart hardened and he took deep breaths. He had to do this. He had no choice. He was a human, Midoriya was a robot. The relationship was never going to work out from the beginning. Plus, what if his feelings weren't even genuine? He is a robot after all.

Bakugou sighed as he closed his eyes and just slept his worries away.

Meanwhile, Midoriya sat down on the dusty floor. He wanted to cry, but couldn't. He wanted to scream, but his vocal cords wouldn't. As his back leaned against a brick wall, he looked up at the sky with a painful expression. He had never felt such pain before.

"Is this what humans call...heartbreak? Ah...it hurts...it hurts so much, Kacchan." He sniffled, wanting to cry so badly. His hand clutched his shirt that covered his chest and he began to groan. His cold blood felt like it was boiling. Boiling itself to the point that it felt like burning his skin. He winced at the pain as his consciousness slowly faded.

"I may have no heart...but you...you are heartless," He whispered before collapsing, a single tear of fresh red blood soaking the concrete.

Midoriya experienced his first heartbreak and had crashed in the middle of the streets.