𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓈 𝒜𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒 | 𝒜 𝒯𝑜𝒹𝑜𝐵𝒶𝓀𝓊 𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 |

| Chapter 16 |

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A knock was heard on Deku's door, and him being the eager person he is, swung it open with a look of worry on his face. He saw Shoto there and smiled, trying to cover up that he hoped it was Bakugo on the other side of that door. "Hey, Todoroki-kun. What's up?" he asked, stepping to the side.

"I know where Bakugo is, and you're going to help me rescue him," Shoto said bluntly. Izuku felt his eyes go wide, and his breath hitch slightly. "Woah woah, hold on. You do realize the last time we did something like this, we almost got our chance at UA taken away from us, right?" Izuku told the male. While yes, that was true, Shoto had absolutely no patience to wait for the heroes to make up a plan and save him within a month.

"Yes, I do realize that, but if it means bringing him home safely, I couldn't give a shit about losing my chance here. They can kick me out but not you. He's sitting in a room with some villain probably being tortured for all we care. And here we are waiting anxiously as the heroes try to figure some sort bullshit plan that we know will end in absolute total disaster now that All Might is down-" Izuku shook his shoulders and yelled, "TODOROKI! Stop for a minute. I'm not saying we won't go and find him because obviously, the pros arent's doing jackshit at the moment. You sounded like me. Now I know what Kacchan felt like when I mumbled a lot when he was around."

"Wait, what? You're gonna help me get him back?" Shoto asked with a wavering voice. "Yes, but we're gonna need a bit more manpower. And unfortunately for you, you came right when Kiri was still here." Izuku told him, his eyes moving to the bathroom door. There Eijiro came out with his hands on his hips and a look of 'Are you kidding me?' on his face. "How'd you find out where he was?" he asked the dual haired male.

Shoto was hesitant to tell them how he found out where he was. "That...that isn't important. What's important is that we come up with a plan. We have to be at the base at exactly twelve AM. No earlier. If we get there earlier, then everyone will still be awake. Katsuki will be on the first floor in the third room to our left. From there, when we enter the room, he'll be uncuffed and ready for us." Shoto explained.

Both Izuku and Eijiro nodded their heads and looked at each other. They had two hours until they had to go.

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The silence in the room was deafening. Dabi was asleep in the chair across from Katsuki, and Katsuki was looking around the room. The small window now had some frost on the corners of it that kept expanding to the window's center. He could see some of the stars up in the sky twinkling through the window. His wrists were irritated from the cuffs, and his head was pounding. His side's pain became less frequent as time went on, but he still felt insanely nauseous.

Never a good sign.

Dabi was only within a few feet of the ash blonde, and he had to pee. Like really fucking bad. He couldn't exactly get up, nor could he speak loudly as everyone outside of this door could hear whatever the hell was going on in the room. So he did the only thing he could think of.

No, he didn't piss his pants! He slid down the chair inch by inch until his legs were close enough to Dabi's so that he could poke him with his foot. The chair squeaked a bit with every movement he made, but it wasn't loud enough to alert anybody. His foot harshly kicked Dabi's calf, making the black-haired male jump awake and look around as if he was looking for someone. "Hey, stitch face, I need to take a piss," Bakugo told him.

Dabi looked at him and sighed. He uncuffed him and untied him from the chair. There was a bathroom in the back of the room. Wrapping his arm around Bakugo's torso, he lifts Bakugo's arm to go across his shoulders. Him slightly limping from his side but also from a sprained ankle. They got to the bathroom slowly but surely, and when they did, Bakugo went in, closing the door and flicking the light on.

He saw himself in the mirror and inwardly cringed at how bad he looked. His face was all scratched up thanks to that crazy ass blondie and her obsession with knives. He could see the blood on his shirt and a small patch of blood seeping through the gauze. He sniffled slightly and leaned against the sink. Turning on the water, he splashed some on his face and looked at the mirror once more. The only thing going on his mind at the moment was his own anger at himself for getting back into this situation.

Without any thinking, he punched the mirror. The glass shattering and the shards going into his knuckles. Surprisingly that didn't alert anyone from upstairs, but it sure as hell alerted Dabi outside the door. Bakugo slid down the wall-hugging his hand to his chest and crying silently. Dabi barged in, eyes wide and panting slightly from adrenaline. "What the hell happened?" he questioned. He then looked down and saw Bakugo with his eyes closed and tear-streaked cheeks. The mirror shattered, and blood splattered.

"What the fuck did you do that for?" he questioned again, but this time he felt more confusion and annoyance than he did before. "J-Just tie me back up," he responded. "Did you-" he got cut off. "No, I didn't! Just pick me the fuck up and put me in that damned chair so I don't have to feel so much pain in my side!" he yelled. Not having any reason to shoot back at the ash-blonde, he did what he was told. He sat him in the chair and let him stay there.

Didn't cuff him. Or tie him back up. But he did glare at him before getting back up and getting the first aid kit.

____Fifteen minutes later, after a lot of vulgar words from Bakugo____

"There, your hand is done," Dabi commented. "I can see that, dick." Bakugo shot back through clenched teeth. He was panting from not only the pain but the exhaustion that was taking over his body. "you're not allowed to fall asleep, okay? You have an hour until you're finally taken back to Shoto, so keep your eyes open and do not fall asleep."

The hour went by slower than Bakugo could've ever imagined. Though they did make small talk some of the time, you could hear the chatter of Bakugo's teeth most of the time. After Dabi began to get tired of it, he wrapped the blanket he'd been using around the blonde so that he wouldn't have to deal with his teeth chattering anymore.

It didn't work. He could tell that cause of the amount of blood Bakugo had lost on top of how cold it was in this room was a recipe for hypothermia. So As you could imagine, he used his quirk and helped warm up the male a bit.

Soon enough, everyone was asleep, and both males could hear the door open very quietly and soft footsteps from the hallway.

'He's here. He's finally here.'

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Cliffhanger! Got ya! Hope you all liked this chapter and are finally prepared for happiness and LOTS of fluff because the angst might just be over. Happy holidays everyone, and I love you all!

Stay safe and be careful out there!