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Chapter 10: A small moment.

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What's going on?

That thought was on her mind as Uraraka slowly got up from the hard floor, wincing for the sudden pain on her lower back and her calves. The impact was worse than she thought it would be. Honestly, she can feel the bruise already forming.

"Uraraka-kun, are you okay?" She heard Iida ask her as he too, got up from the ground. His face guard had a visible crack from her punch and a dent on the center of his back, again from her attack.

"Yeah, I'm okay." The brunette smiled, though she was wincing in the inside, and wiped the dust off her costume. "But what happened? I can't contact Midoriya-kun." She asked in a slight panic tone.

Her heart was beating fast from worry and she clenched her fist tight. She couldn't help it. When her friend is nowhere and she can't get a hold of them, she starts to worry like a mother hen. Especially if it's the small green curly haired fanboy.

"I don't know." Iida replied and adjusted his helmet. "We should probably go check it out."

The anxious brunette nodded her head and they both sprinted towards the doors.

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Disappointment.

All she could feel right now was disappointment. Well, also worry for her friend, but that doesn't match as high as her other emotion. She felt disappointed from one person. And you can guess who it was: Her soulmate.

She slightly scoffed at the thought while her mark burned, warning her closesly.

When she and Iida ran to their partners, they were shocked to witness the damaged that took place there. The entire wall building was obliterated — courtesy of Bakugou's Quirk and craters on the other ends. Their partners were breathing heavily and were injured. Actually, it was only Uraraka's partner that has been heavily injured while as Bakugou only had his costume ripped and torned.

Immediately when her chocolate eyes landed on her partner who fell to the ground face first, she ran to him, knocking her shoulder with the shaking ash blond boy, who didn't even respond, and knelt down towards Midoriya.

Then everything else just became a blur. People came and took Midoriya to the nurse's room, All Might coming in and trying to reassure Bakugou. Uraraka and Iida both walked out, trailing behind the two. She could only remembering staring at the back of the ash blond boy, feeling disappointment and pratically sending silent messages of it to him.

Bakugou didn't even look up the entire walk.

And now, Uraraka was in the same room with the others, now listening to the reviews of her test.

She felt a familiar person standing beside her and she didn't even glance at him. She just kept her eyes straight ahead, trying not to feeling anything for the surprisingly quiet boy next to her. She bit her bottom lip. He didn't utter a word. All he did was stand there, his bangs hiding his expression.

"Well, even if I say that," All Might started out. "The MVP for this battle goes to Iida and Uraraka!" He grinned widely, showing his perfectly white teeth.

Huh?

Uraraka snapped her eyes to All Might, her mouth slightly ajar from shock. That went to Iida as well who looked at the number one hero with his jaw dropped. Why would they get a MVP? Is it because they both didn't beat each to the pulp?

Asui placed her finger upon her chin, tilting her head slightly. "It's neither of the winners, Midoriya or Bakugou?"

All Might smile stretched and placed his hands on his hips and hummed. "Hmm, well...Why is that? Does anyone know?"

"Hai! All Might-sensei!" The familiar voice of the black haired girl said, raising her hand in the air.

Uraraka quietly clicked her tongue. She doesn't want to hear her opinion in her battles. No thank you.

"That is because Iida-san had adapted the most to the context of this training. Uraraka-san had been the most calmest one of them all. She had discussed plans with her partner which the villains didn't do at all and quietly defeated the villain without causing any damage to the building."

A second flinch was felt beside Uraraka. She did a quick glance up at Bakugou but couldn't see his face expression. He just did nothing. It was like he was utterly defeated. But then again. This happens to a boy who has too much pride in oneself. Uraraka knew that Bakugou alway thinks himself as the best, and when something is in the middle of his path, he will destory it.

For an perfect example: Their soulbond.

Her heart did a tight squeeze but shook her head, wanting to forget about this and focus. She looked back straight.

Then Yaoyorozu decided to now comment on Bakugou's behaviour. Which made the brunette for some reason stiffen slightly — She blames the soulbond entirely.

"It appears that Bakugou-san has some obvious personal grudge, and as All Might-sensei said earlier, it is foolish to launch a large-scale attack indoors. In the same way, taking into consideration the damage he has received." Yaoyorozu ended and everyone became quiet. The classmates were all impressed of her speech.

Iida's body trembled in happiness, Bakugou still being strangely quiet, and Uraraka just stared ahead with her arms crossed tightly. She just wanted this to be over with and visit her curly green haired friend.

Unbeknownst to her, the boy beside her took a small glance at her and clenched his fists. So tightly that it was starting to shake and small smoke emitted out.

He gritted teeth animalistic and quietly snarled.

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"Oh, Midoriya is here!"

Kirishima's voice rang throught the classroom and Uraraka's head snapped up. She turned towards the door and sure enough, there was the curly green haired boy. After a few minutes of the classmates crowdness and their conpliments to Midoriya, they grabbed their stuff and went home.

Now, it was her turn. Uraraka stood up from her chair and jogged towards Midoriya. "Midoriya-kun. Are you okay?" Brows knitted in worry.

Midroiya cheeks turned slight pink from his brunette friend who was looking up and down at his body trying to find any signs of pain, and waved his hand in reassurance, since the other one was in a cast. "A-Ah! I'm okay!"

Uraraka sighed in relief and smiled at him.

"Um, Uraraka-san, actually..." Midoriya started quietly and she looked at him with a tilt head. "Do you know where Kaachan is?"

"Kaachan? There's no name of that-" But then she stopped when she remembered where she head that name. Oh. Of course.

"Oh. You mean Bakugou?" She replied with no emotion.

Midoriya slightly flinched from that. He was confused from her behaviour towards her soulmate. He blinked owlishly at her.

"Why are you talking like that? Aren't you and Kaachan soulmat-" He yelped in shock from the sudden grip on his wrist and tugging him towards the doors where he just came in.

Uraraka grasped his wirst and dragged him out of the door. Quickly shutting the door behind them, she marched towards the hall, having a stuttering Midoriya behind her. She finally released her grip after they went to a corner and turned her body towards him. Shock and alarm was adorned on her face.

"How do you know that? You haven't even seen my mark!" Uraraka exclaimed. She doesn't usually shout, but because of the situation, her emotions are going a bit haywire. She will apologize to her curly haired friend tomorrow.

"U-Um..! I-I saw you h-holding y-your wrist a-and I s-saw K-Kaachan d-do it a-as well."

"Does anyone else know?" He shook his head vigorously and Uraraka let out a deep sigh.

It was quiet for the two of them until Midoriya decided to break it.

"Why don't you want people to know?" He asked innocently. Well, the brunette can't blame him. He has been taught that soulmates were a blessing and to show to everyone their deep bond for one another. It was like a match made in heaven. Plus, his mother has the same mark for his father (she didn't know that until one time at lunch).

The sudden feeling of prickness came back and Uraraka clamped her wrist, trying to stop it. But it was futile. She let out a small groan and let her head fall back against the wall and slowly fall to the ground.

"U-Uraraka-san!? Are you okay!?" Midoriya became frantic when he saw his friend having a pained expression.

"Yeah, I'm fine. This is normal for a rejected bond."

"...oh." The green haired boy shoulders slumped in relief. Until his head clicked on what she has just said. He snapped his head back up. "Rejected bond!?" His eyes widened in shock.

A refected bond. A rejected bond is when the soulmates deny each other, earning themselves waves of small pain of their marks until they resolve. It's nothing life threatening but it is still something serious.

Uraraka winced at the loud volume but nodded her head in confirmation.

"What happened!?"

She was about to sigh again, but stopped herself. She has been sighing a lot these days and should really stop that. Looking up at Midoriya worried face, she couldn't help but smile inwardly. What a nice friend.

And so, Uraraka told him everything. When she first had her mark, when she first met Bakugou, the encounter after school of the first day, when he told her that he didn't want her and what she had said to him in return.

As she was explaining, Midoriya's face morphed into many expressions. Shock, fear, confusion and then finally determination, though she didn't know why.

"And that's that." Uraraka finished, watching warily of her friend's face. It actually felt kinda good to get it out of her chest. She would tell this to her parents, but she didn't want to burden them with her problems. Plus, her father will go all 'father mode' on her and then she would need help from her mother.

"I'm going to help you guys." Midoriya finally announced. His eyes narrowed in determination and squeezed his not injured hand tighly. "I'm going to help Kaachan see reason that this isn't a problem!"

Huh? What did he say?

The brunette looked at her friend in shock and shook her head at him. "You don't have to do anything-" She tried to reason with him but he cut her off.

"I want to! I'm already going to see Kaachan and I'll try to talk with him about this."

She starts to raise her arm to him, while saying. "Midoriya-" But she couldn't say anymore when he quickly turned around and ran towards the other end of the hallway. Leaving her laying there with her arm stretched out in dumbness.

Uraraka blinked dumbly.

...What just happened?

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A yawn escaped passed her lips and she covered her mouth with the back of her hand. Uraraka was currently waiting for the train to come. The sky become a gold orange with tinges of red. It was now the afternoon and everyone was going back to their homes.

After Midoriya leaving in the hallways, she went to grab her stuff and started to walk to the train station. She honestly from tired from everything that happened and want to just sleep when she gets home.

Uraraka was so focused on her thoughts that she didn't even notice that there was a student in her class behind her, a little bit away from her, buried instead of the crowd. When the familiar sound of the train arrived, she lifted her head up and stepped inside of the train, going quickly to a seat before they all ran out. After finding a seat in the very back, she sat down and placed her backpack on her lap.

She groaned slightly from the soreness in her muscles, stretched her back, and tilted her head back. However, she stopped once she felt a person sitting beside her. Cracking one of her eyes slightly opened, she chocked on her spit when she realized who is sitting beside her.

It was Bakugou.

Freakin' Bakugou.

He was sitting there with his own ear buds, his arms crossed tightly and his eyes shut closed. His face didn't have his signature scowl, though even when he doesn't have it, there are small marks that show that he does it a lot.

Uraraka inhaled and moved her head away from him, looking to the right at the window beside her.

I can't get up and walk away. There are too many people here and I can't go and sit in another seat.

Besides, she sat here first. If she sat here first, he should've seen her sit there. That means he knows and still decided to sit with her. But why though?

Did Midoriya talk with him?

She glanced to her left, observing his face. Even though his face was calm, you can see the clear signs of frustration evidently. She guessed that he didn't have a nice talk with her friend— wait, are those tear stains?

Her gut twisted at the sight.

Yeah. He didn't have a good talk.

Pluggings her earbuds off, she tried to place them in her backpack as quietly as possible. She didn't want to disturb him. Yes, her soulmate is a terrible guy with a terrible personality, but she will let it go just for today. Just for today.

A few minutes later of just staring boringly at the scene before the window, the brunette felt a a weight on her shoulder and she tensed up from feeling a patch of hair tickling beside her neck.

I-Is Bakugou laying on my shoulder?

"Oi." Uraraka heard him say in a quiet gruff just beside her ear. She tried not to shiver from it but failed completely, though she didn't show it.

"Don't say anything about this."

Then he grabbed her hand and held tightly to it. He slowly intertwined each digit and just laid it there, between the small space between them.

She nodded stiffly, both of them too tired to say anything, and everything was quiet between them.

The ash blind boy didn't speak after this. He sat there, one hand holding loosly to Uraraka's hand while the other one was laying on his side. His music still going on. There were no signs of twitching eyebrows or a scowl on his face. Just his eyes being slightly opened, revealing his crimson eyes as they stared forward. He was mute throughout the whole ride, waiting for his stop.

Her mark was practically purring in delight. She felt the familiar heat run through her body and she had to physically bite down her lip. Hard. God, why can't this boy give her a break? She bet that Bakugou doesn't even have the same reactions. His face showed nothing.

Just for one minute...Just once I will do nothing and have this small moment.

Because...Isn't that what soulmates are suppose to do?

The silent brunette knew that tomorrow he will forget everything about this and they will both be back to their normal selves.

So, for the rest of the ride, they just sat in silence, not uttering a word to each other. Both silently relishing the one moment they will never have again once they get off of this train.

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Noo...I don't like how I wrote this chapter but I hoped you guys liked it. Please comment down below on what you think and what do you think I should do next.

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