BNHA AU Little Bedtime Stories

Good For You (Bakusquad + Midoriya)

Warning for Bakugo's hero name. If you don't know it at this point, welp, sorry to spoil it for you. Also cursing. Bakugo has a potty mouth, what can I say.

Bakugo can't breathe. He tries. Inhale. Exhale. Nothing comes in or out. The flashes are blinding him. He needs to think. He needs to process everything. He needs to calm down. He almost faints. But he won't let the media see him weak. He's not a teenager anymore. The flashes continue. He wants them gone.

"Dynamight, are you okay?"

His manager is worried about him. He needs to stop. He needs to think.

"Get me the fuck out of here," he grumbles.

He doesn't see what his manager does next. He knows the flashes aren't seeing him. He doesn't hear them. His manager pushes his shoulders. Bakugo brushes his hands off of him.

"Don't fucking touch me."

"Dynamight, sit down. Please."

Bakugo huffs. He growls in disagreement but slides down into the chair. He can hear his manager taping his foot. Impatience never gets anyone far.

"Fuck off," he mumbles.

"Huh?"

"I said, fuck off!"

He needs to be alone. He needs to think. What has he done?

His manager sighs of defeat and closes a door. Bakugo closes his eyes and brings his hands to his hair. He can't breathe. He can't comprehend what just happened. The click of boots reaches his mind. Ashido's boots. Why is she here?

"So you found a place where the grass is greener."

That's definitely her voice. It has that touch of annoyance in it. He has never heard it that way. She's always so cheery and bubbly. Never annoyed. In a serious way.

He looks up. Everything is white. Except her. She's pink. Dumbass, of course, she's pink. Her skin is pink pigmented. She has her hands on her hips, black eyes glaring at him. He's standing, he realizes.

"And you jumped the fence to the other side," she points at him, eyebrows furrowed. "Is it good? Are they giving you a world we could never provide?"

What is she talking about? A world they could never provide? Who's they? He jumped a fence? Is she talking about what happened... his mind stops for a second.

"Well I hope you're proud of your big decision," she rolls her eyes. Something she never did to anyone in their class. Not even him. "Yeah, I hope it's all that you want and more."

Her voice is raw. As if she had cried all day and was barely trying to hide it. Her voice is angry. She's angry. About today? Bakugo doesn't understand.

"Now you're free from the agonizing life you were living before."

Before he can understand what she's trying to convey, Kaminari pops up out of nowhere, a finger in his chest.

"And you say what you need to say so that you get to walk away!"

His eyes are glaring at him, red. His finger turns into a fist and rests uncomfortably on Bakugo's heart.

"It would kill you to have to stay trapped when you've got something new," he snarls.

He throws his hand to the side, frustration in his movements. What is he trying to say? He just wants to reach the top. To get better. It's not like he's killing people to get it.

"Well I'm sorry you had it rough," he crosses his arms on his chest, using the same tone as Ashido, "and I'm sorry we're not enough. Thank God they rescued you."