My Ride or Die- Kiribaku Fantasy AU

Six

Kirishima

We ended up just running around the arena until we both completely disappeared, running from elven guards trying to get us before we were totally invisible.

The crowd shook the chained ceiling. Guards stabbed at the air with their spears to no avail. I stood in the center of the arena with Bakugou standing by me, his hand on my front left leg.

I ducked my head. "Get on my neck once we get out of the tunnel." I whispered.

"Aren't you going to fly us out here, shitty dragon?" Bakugou asked quietly.

"Um, I can't fly. But I can run faster than you." I said awkwardly.

Bakugou sighed and patted my head. I held back a purr that swelled in my throat. I walked stealthily past all of the guards in the arena and climbed into the tunnel that Bakugou had come out of before we "fought".

I had to scoot forward up the tunnel on my stomach because I was much too big to get through it normally. Bakugou walked ahead of me, keeping one hand behind him on my nose so that I wouldn't run into him.

When we got to the exit of the tunnel, Bakugou walked around to my ear.

"I'm going to get rid of those guards." He whispered.

I nodded and Bakugou's hand left my head. After a few seconds, I saw one of the Elves grasp at his neck and collapse. The other one dropped his spear and went to check on his friend, but the spear rose into the air and the blunt end smacked down on his head, knocking him out as well.

Hands appeared in thin air wrapped around the spear. The potion was starting to wear off.

"Quick!" I forced myself out of the tunnel and stuck my partially visible head next to Bakugou. "We have to get out before they come after us!"

Bakugou slung one leg over my neck and pulled himself up the rest of the way. He leaned forward, his chest against my head, and wrapped his arms around my neck.

"Uh... what are you doing?" I shifted around nervously.

"Holding on, damnit. I assume you're going to go fast?" Bakugou sat up and leaned forward to look down into my eyes.

"Not so fast you're going to fall off." I laughed. "I have a pretty good equilibrium."

Bakugou leaned back and placed his hands on the back of my head to keep his balance.

"Ready?" I crouched down and shifted my weight back.

"Go already, Shitty Scales." Bakugou sighed.

I launched myself forward and sped across the bare sand, kicking up clouds behind me. I felt Bakugou rocking forward on my neck, gripping tightly to my scales.

We were silent for a while.

"Why'd you rescue me anyway?" I asked.

The man stayed quiet.

"I know you aren't asleep. I can feel you ripping out my scales back there." I chuckled. "Answer my question."

Bakugou released my scales, still not saying anything. After a few moments, he took a deep breath, "Why do you need to ask? Just be grateful I did."

"I am!" His response surprised me slightly. "Just wondering...."

Almost ten minutes later, I was still running. Dragons had amazing stamina for flying, but I couldn't fly so I put it to use on the ground.

Bakugou slumped forward and wrapped arms around my horns and under his chin, looking ahead I assumed.

My heartbeat accelerated. I took shallow breaths, and it wasn't because I was tired. I could go for an hour or so without even breaking a sweat.

I felt every breath Bakugou took. The warmth of his body seeped into mine and gave me a strange sense of calm. The slow, steady pulse of his heart pounded from his wrists and neck and chest. A gentle wind blew the thick fur of Bakugou's cape, making it brush against my ears. Bakugou turned his head so that the side of it rested on top of mine. His soft hair tickled my scales, my skin, my skull, my brain.

I felt everything. All the way down to my core.

As much as I didn't want to admit it, I was falling in love with this man. This human.

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