MELTING DESIRE!, BAKUDEKU

XXVI. FLASHBACK FROM THE PAST.

The person lead them to their table with Deku glued to Bakugo's side. Bakugo took his coat for him and Deku slid into the seat first, so Bakugo slid into the seat across from him.

Bakugo began to remember something tragic from his past the moment he hit the seat. It was something he tried hard to forget about many times before, but the memory had taken over his brain and wasn't going anywhere.

Flashback

Bakugo had returned home one evening and his mom was sitting there on the front step, but his moms attention wasn't turned towards her son. Instead it was turned towards the boy her son had been with. She watched as he walked in the opposite direction of her own son.

It was Bakugo's first year in middle school at the time. He had his hands in his pockets and he was staring at the ground as he was walking past his mother. He felt his mother's wrist grab ahold of his hand.

TW UP AHEAD

Bakugo stopped dead in his tracks. He gulped before slowly turning his head and looking down at his mom.

"You seem to hang out with that boy quite often." His mother had said.

"I wouldn't call it hanging out. He just follows me around everywhere. It's not like we're friends or anything." Bakugo had replied. Bakugo remembered exactly how it felt when his mom had begun to twist his wrist, squeezing it tighter by the second as she stared into her son's eyes.

"You better be telling me the truth. Now you know I don't mind you making friends, right? You can make as many friends as you'd like, but you know you're not allowed to date boys... right?" His mother had asked. Bakugo tried to pull his arm away. The more he struggled to get loose, the more she twisted his arm.

"H-Have you lost your damn mind?! There's no way I'm fucking gay! N-Now let go of me!" Bakugo yelled. Bakugo's mom stood up and slapped Bakugo across the face in an instant. It was a hard slap.

"Next time a simple "right" would suffice or even a nod would've been enough, but never speak to me using that tone again. Do you or do you not understand? Answer me!" Bakugo's mom had yelled.

"I-I understand..." Bakugo whispered. He was staring at the ground. His mom had finally let go of him and headed inside their house. This was back when Bakugo had been living with his parents. He was so relieved when he was finally able to move out of his parents house. He knew he had to get away from his homophobic mother who would never support him if she knew the truth. He didn't want to think about what she would do to him if he were to come out and say he was gay.

Bakugo had tears streaming down his face. His entire cheek was red. His left cheek to be precise. He was shaking uncontrollably. Deku had been long gone. Deku never knew what Bakugo had to go through because of his mother. No one knew other than his dad, but his dad couldn't say or do anything about it. He always agreed with his wife no matter what.

His dad had been watching from the window. He came outside once his wife had gone upstairs and hesitantly placed a hand on his sons shoulder. Bakugo shook his hand off.

"Are you alright?" Bakugo's dad had asked.

"I'm fine! God dammit! I'm fucking fine!" Bakugo yelled. He had tears spilling from his eyes. He wasn't fine, but he would never allow himself to admit to that. He wouldn't look his dad in the eyes. Instead he stormed past him into the house.