𝐂𝐀𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑, b.katsuki | ✓

THIRTEEN

FLOWER GIRL

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HER FIRST INSTINCT WAS TO VISIT MEI AFTER SHE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL. The sweet taste of chocolates and candies lingered on her tongue even after she had finished eating the gifts given by her classmates. Bakugou walked with her with his hands in his pockets while her hands gripped a box of chocolates. She knocked on Mei's door and then opened it when no answer came. There, she found Mei sitting up on her bed and staring out of her window. 

Effy went in while Bakugou decided to stay outside. Mei's hand was casted and she wore the damned itchy hospital gown. Effy placed the box of sweets on her bed post and took a seat on the stool next to the injured girl's bed. "Hey, Mei." greeted Effy and got no response. The blonde girl didn't bother to ask if she was okay because she knew Mei would say she was even if she wasn't. Mei's Bulimia didn't seem to be getting any better but in fact, was getting worse. Effy wanted to help but she just didn't know how. 

"I brought you chocolate," she supplied lamely. But Mei didn't seem to want to talk to her. "Mei, I'm so sorry. I didn't want to watch you die. You have to understand. Please. You... you can run away. Start over. You don't have to kill yourself to kill yourself." Mei did nothing but click her tongue, "I wanna talk to him."

"What?"

Mei turned to fully look at her friend, "I want to talk to Bakugou-kun." Effy didn't know what to say or feel. Her friend had just woken up and the first thing she had asked for was to see Bakugou. The girl ran her uninjured hand through her hair and opened the door to see Bakugou leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. "She said she wants to see you." she told him. Her tone was distant, as if she was still trying to grasp a hold of the situation but also held a hint of jealousy. Knitting his eyebrows, he went inside nonetheless and closed the door behind him.

Mei sat cross-legged on her bed with her hands on her lap. Her wheatish skin was cracked with small scratches and bruises, some that were now covered with bandages. She looked at him and then at the stool near her bed, telling him to sit without actually saying anything. With his eyebrows raised, he huffed and sat. An eerie and stuffy silence engulfed them. 

Her gaze not leaving his face, she flicked her wrist to make a swish sound as her hand cut through the air and a pink flower appeared in her hand. She held it towards Bakugou. Bakugou, who was looking down, looked up when he saw pink from the corner of his eye. He looked up to see Mei holding out the flower with a small smile on her face. Doubt evident in his eyes, he slowly took the flower from her hand. "Uh, it's my Quirk," she said when she noticed the confusion in his ruby red eyes. "I can control plants."

"And I thought I'd give this to you." she paused for a second then continued, "That's a pink hyacinth. It resembles happiness... and I want you to be happy, Bakugou Katsuki." 

"Why?"

Her lips stretched into a sad smile and she ran a hand through dark hair, "So that you can make Effy-chan happy." 

He leaned closer, "Why don't you do it yourself? She loves you, not me."

"No, she doesn't. She may love me like a sister or something but she loves you. I've seen it and I know." Bakugou didn't want to believe it and he didn't want to admit that he had started developing something for her. It may not be love he was feeling for her; it could just be a stupid crush but it was something. He clicked his tongue and got up, hands balled up inside his pockets. "Get well." he said as a curtesy and left in the blink of an eye. 

When he was out of the room, Effy gazed at him with expecting eyes and he clicked his tongue, looking away. "Let's go." Knowing he wasn't going to tell her anything, she followed him as they exited the hospital. 

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A forged smile decorated her lips when her classmates bombarded her with questions. "Guys, seriously, I'm fine." she reassured while patting Kaminari's back. She and Bakugou had just arrived from the hospital and she was being interrogated and being showered with gifts while the latter was pushed to the sidelines to just sit and watch. He scowled as he watched Effy as she threw smiles carelessly as if she really was happy. But a while later, he was just relieved when the commotion died down. 

Currently, he was strolling through the hallways of the school building, searching for his sex buddy. He had seen her slip away when everybody dispersed and he swore he had seen something silver in her hand. So he searched, not hoping for her to turn up or having any expectations of the same. But he searched nonetheless... but why? He did not know. His feet carried him to the place he hadn't searched and he pushed the door of the roof open.

Effy was looking at the horizon when he came and stood beside her. He glanced at the cigarette between her teeth and snatched it from the grip of her teeth. He flung the stick as far as it would go and said, "They're bad for you. Do you have a fucking death wish?" She didn't answer and instead lit another. "I know." He rolled his eyes, "What are you even doing here?"

"I might ask you the same thing."

"Tch, I came searching for you, dumbass. I saw you leave, figured you were going for a smoke."

"All true." she paused, "So, why did Mei give you that flower?"

He didn't say anything. She chuckled, "I uh, heard her say something about me." The blonde boy tensed but dared not to say anything. Another pause.

"Well," she chucked her cig down the railing, "whatever she said about me... about us is probably wrong. Come to think of it, love is like a cigarette." She then flicked the metal railing, making a deep thung sound and left. It took him more than a minute to realize that she had not only indirectly rejected him but also demolished the idea of them ever dating.

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im too lazy to edit this part. 

i haven't stopped staring at that robbie kay gif for like, ten minutes.