"Don't Do It..." A TodoBaku Story

What's this feeling? - Chapter 6

Bakugo's POV:

Why did I do that? Why did I hug him? I don't like people. Past me would never do this, but... I couldn't risk him taking his life.

Why did I care?

I always hated hugs. When I was little I would bite and scream at my mom If she even tried to hug me. But for some reason I liked this. The hug felt warm, comforting and... loving.

I tightened my grip as I lowered my head. He's the only one who got to see this side of me. What would the others think?

After awhile I placed my hands on his shoulders as I slowly pushed him away. We stared at each other for a while, not exchanging any words. I sighed as I stood up. Thoughts ran through my head as I suddenly heard the front door open.

Shit! My parents were here. I hadn't even thought about where Todoroki would sleep. He could just stay in my room since I never allowed my parents to enter anyways. But how would he eat and go to the bathroom? I couldn't kick him out. What if he tried to kill himself again?

"Stay in here as I deal with my parents. You can use the computer or just rest but don't make any sounds." I said to him. He just gave me a small nod as he laid down.

I opened the door to confront my parents.

Todoroki's POV:

Bakugo's bed was softer than I imagined. I heard voices from the other side of the door. I couldn't tell if he was arguing with his parents or if they were just always that loud.

I'd... never been in some else's house before. Other people would be scared of the unknown but this place felt so safe compared to my home. My dad was probably panicking right now. I shut my phone off so he couldn't call or track it. I'd probably be yelled at tomorrow, I'd probably get beaten to a pulp tomorrow.

But I didn't care.

I laid there for about thirty minutes until Bakugo came back with a little plate of food. "Here. Eat up." He said as he handed me the plate.

"Thank you..." I started taking small bites of the food. "I didn't really think about where you would sleep. You shouldn't need to sleep on the floor so you get the bed and I'll figure something out." Bakugo said as he started looking for blankets.

Why was he being so nice to me? I still couldn't get it...

"Argh... Dammit! I can't find shit!" Bakugo yelled as he threw the only blanket he could find on the ground. "Bakugo It's your bed, I-I shouldn't even be here. I'll sleep on the floor." I said as I stood up from the bed.

I didn't deserve to sleep in his bed. He went out of his way to bring me here and I didn't want to cause any more trouble. I'd hate myself for it. Especially after what happened yesterday.

Bakugo sighed. "Let's get ready and we'll figure it out later." He said. Bakugo opened the door to look for his parents and when the cost was clear I went into the bathroom. He gave me one of his pajamas and allowed me to open a new toothbrush. I felt so bad for using his stuff. Why was he letting someone like me, someone so worthless, someone that only hurts the people around them use this?

After I was done he told me to lay on the bed. I was hesitant at first but it started to sound like he was getting a little irritated so I did it. Laying on the bed I watched as Bakugo was trying to make something comfortable with his one blanket on the floor. It was thin and had probably not been used in years. It hurt so much seeing him suffer because of me. I couldn't take it.

I grabbed his arm. "Please lay in the bed. I don't want you to uncomfortable because of me!" He could clearly see the hurt in my eyes as I said that because he immediately gave in.

He laid down beside me with his back towards me. "Wait are w-we both gonna sleep in the bed?" I said. I thought he would force me of the bed to the ground but he let me stay. "Shut up, it's not that weird!" Bakugo muttered. He obviously didn't want to make things awkward. The best thing would be for me to roll over too. After all it's kinda weird to share a bed with someone you barely know. But I just kept staring at him.

He felt like the only thing that mattered in the world...

Wait. Why did I think that?

The next day:

I opened my eyes and was immediately struck with panic as this wasn't my room. Then I remembered what happened yesterday. It was early as always. Well this was normal time for me. My dad was probably not awake yet so I opened my phone.

I had 26 messages from my dad and 3 from Fuyumi. I completely ignored Endeavor's messages and went straight into Fuyumi's.

Shoto, Where are you? Are you okay? You didn't get hurt or anything right? Dad is really mad you should probably come home soon!

Is everything alright? Dad is trying to search for you! This is bad. Did a villan kidnap you?

Shoto please answer! I was up all night waiting for you! Did you sleep somewhere else? Oh god please don't tell me you are dead or something!

I felt really bad now. I guess she was really worried. We aren't even that close though... I thought she wouldn't care.

I'm fine. I'll come home after school today.

I knew I couldn't get away with this twice or the police would get involved.

I saw Bakugo rolling and then let out a huge yawn. I stayed still as he was waking up. If I made any sudden moves he would probably uppercut me.

The walk to school was really awkward. No one said a word. But I guess this was for the best because I really didn't know what to say.

We kept staring at each other during the school day. Yaoyorozu went up to me and asked if I was doing okay. I really didn't actually know if I was okay or not. I hadn't even really processed what had happened theses last two days.

I really wanted to follow Bakugo home again. He offered the option but I knew I had to refuse. I promised Fuyumi I would come home.

My dad was waiting for me when I came home. God, I really didn't want to do this.

"Where were you yesterday?" my father asked in a serious and threatening tone. I didn't answer. "WHERE WERE YOU YESTERDAY?" I still didn't answer.

"Why do you have to be so GODDAMN ANNOYING!" Father said as he grabbed me and threw me against the wall."You can't become a hero by acting LIKE A CHILD! DID YOU SERIOUSLY TRY TO RUN AWAY OR SOMETHING?"

He punched my head and kicked my stomach. This was worse than usual. Because this wasn't training. It was pure punishment.

But then something unusual happened.
I started crying.

I curled up into a ball on the floor as I started to bawl my eyes out. I hadn't even realized that I had started crying these last few days. But this time I went all out.

"CRYING? REALLY? THIS IS INSULTING! HOW DID YOU BECOME EVEN MORE WEAK AND PATHETIC? Father screamed as he kicked me in the stomach again.

I blocked my ears as I took it. I just wanted it to be over. He was screaming but I didn't listen. It hurt so much. My body was screaming. It wanted to die more than anything else. But I tried to block out those thoughts too.

Ater he stopped punching I ran to my room, stumbling. I locked the door and threw myself on the bed. I started crying like crazy. Constant waterfalls came out of my eyes as I let out all the pain in my life. I was tearing my sheets and pulling my hair. I just wanted everything to stop. Why was my life just agony?

But...

I was happy. Because... I was finally feeling emotions. I was finally normal again. I wasn't broken anymore.

This went on for hours. Most of it were a blur. But I had finally calmed down. My energy was all used up and I decided to go straight to sleep. It didn't matter that I was still in my uniform, hadn't eaten or brushed my teeth.

Before I went to sleep I looked beside me. Yesterday Bakugo was there. I'll admit I had stared at him sleeping. Wich I knew was really creepy but it was just something about him. I just wanted to have him here more than anyone else.