Tokoyami closed his eyes furrowed his brow, Dark Shadow would not quiet down and had been pestering him all day. Thankfully it was the weekend and there wasn't any classes that the quirk could distract him from. Sometimes Tokoyami wondered what life would be like if he didn't have a conscious quirk.

A knock on his door drew his attention. He got off his bed and answered it, revealing Midoriya on the other side. The green haired boy smiled at him and gave a little nervous wave. "Hey Tokoyami, a bunch of us are going into town to go shopping and I was wondering if you wanted to join us?" Midoriya asked.

He wanted to say yes, there was a new book out that he wanted to get, but with Dark Shadow shouting in his head and it taking all of his self control to keep the quirk from appearing, it felt unsafe. Unsafe for his friends. Who else could be hurt if he lost control of Dark Shadow again?

"I said no, shitty hair! How many times do I have to say it?" The shout grabbed the two students' attention, both turning to see Bakugou yelling at Kirishima on the stairs.

"Come on, Bakugou, it'll be fun," Kirishima tried as he followed his friend up the stairs. The following conversation was muffled as the two ascended the staircase.

Tokoyami and Midoriya turned back to face each other. "Sorry Midoriya, but I have some studying to do," he told him. It was a lie, but it was a decent excuse to get out of activities the class would come up with.

"Okay. Maybe next time?" Midoriya said and giving another nervous wave as he left.

Tokoyami closed the door and let out a sigh. He didn't like isolating himself from his classmates but he would do it to protect them. Grabbing a book, he sat down on his bed and began to read it, hoping that reading one of his favorite books would help quiet down Dark Shadow.

After several chapters of reading, a loud thud was heard from his balcony and Tokoyami scrambled to his feet, abandoning his book on the bed and summoning Dark Shadow. The thud was far too loud to be an item dropping down from one of the higher balconies. Tokoyami braced himself, ready for whatever it was.

Coming through the open balcony door and pushing past the closed curtains was Bakugou. The other boy took one look at him and smirked mockingly, letting a short laugh. "I didn't come here to fight, fucking bird brain, but I'm more than willing to smash your shitty face into the ground if that's what you want," Bakugou said. "Come on, we're getting the fuck out of here."

Tokoyami blinked at the intruder and willed Dark Shadow to disappear, letting his posture relax a bit. "It's quite rude to break into someone's room, Bakugou. And I'm fine here, if I wanted to go out I would have gone with everyone else," he answered.

"I've got you figured out, shit bird. You didn't leave with fucking Deku and the rest because you're fucking afraid of losing control," Bakugou said, grabbing the other by his shirt and pulling him close. "Get your stuff. If your shit control fails, I can beat you any time." He pulled up his other hand and let a tiny explosion before pushing him away.

"Fine," Tokoyami sighed, not wanting to fight with the loud blonde. He grabbed his wallet and followed him out of the room.

The two went into town and as Tokoyami was looking for that new book he wanted he couldn't help but wonder what was Bakugou's motives for doing this for him. Did this have anything to do with them spending time together at night? Could this be Bakugou's strange way of paying him back for sitting in the dark with him? Tokoyami didn't know and didn't bring it up to the blonde the whole time they were out.

When they returned to the dorms, Tokoyami turned to Bakugou. "Thank you."

"Whatever," Bakugou said as he stalked his way to the staircase. He paused at the bottom and said, "Listen here, you control your quirk, not the other way around. Got that?"

Tokoyami was left confused in Bakugou's wait. Bakugou was a much more complex person than he originally thought he was.

Hooray, they finally started talking!

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