Possible Trigger Warnings: Mentions of self harm, self harm, hints of suicide, bullying.

Bury A Friend

Chapter One: Katsuki Bakugou

Past

Wide, green eyes stared up in disbelief and hurt. Izuku Midoriya felt the last bit of hope slip away, that her childhood friend would lighten up on the bullying. She couldn't pin-point when it started, or why, but it was definitely happening, and getting worse. And she could hear one of Katsuki's new friends laugh out a horrible word; Dyke. It was all because she kept her hair cut short and she usually wore more boyish clothes; baggy shirts and shorts or pants.

And as that evil and cruel smirk landed on her, Izuku felt the tears stinging at her eyes as she watched with horror as Katsuki agreed and let that horrible word slip past his lips. Emotion suddenly left her as her eyes became half lidded and she slowly pushed herself to a standing position, shivering from the cool air from the rain that hit her newly soaked clothes.

Izuku climbed from the water, cringing as she stuck her hands in the mud, frowning as the mud caked onto her hands and knees as she climbed out of the river, before getting to her feet. Lowering her head, she started to ring out the bottom of her shirt, like it would really do anything for her, as she started to walk, bumping shoulders with Katsuki as she passed him.

There wasn't a single word exchanged between the two of them as she walked away. That cocky smirk of the blonde's faltered for just a brief moment as he watched the dejected girl slowly walk away, trying to ring out her clothes, despite the rain pouring down on top of the group of eleven-year-old's. When the others turned to him, Katsuki just smirked a little more as he turned to head off in the other direction, completely missing the almost-dead look in those green hues as they turned back to look at him.

Months passed, and Izuku hadn't returned to school. No one really thought anything of it. That was, until Inko would start throwing dirty looks in Katsuki's direction and began ignoring Mitsuki. Of course the blonde didn't understand, but didn't acknowledge any of it. That was until…

Dream

Katsuki wasn't sure when they had started, but once more, said blonde was trapped inside a horror scene. He found himself walking down a dimly lit corridor by flickering, yellow lights. He could hear screaming; someone pleading for their life, begging for help. He came to a stop in front of the door that the sounds were coming from and found it locked, but the screaming, crying and begging was getting louder and more frantic until it just...stopped, followed by the click of a lock that sounded unusually loud ringing in his ears.

Slowly, the young blonde reached out to the handle and twisted with little effort, allowing the door to fall open a hair. With all the courage he had left in him, Katsuki Bakugou pushed open the door, red eyes widening in horror at the scene before him. There was blood, everywhere; puddled on the floor, splashed all over the walls, staining the dirty, tiled floor and dripping from the ceiling.

Movement caught his attention as his head slowly turned in the direction of the only light source, the window. There, causing a shadow, was the silhouette of a young woman in a once white hospital gown. Blood was smeared all over her bare arms and soaked her shoulder-blade length hair, her back to him.

He tried to call out, but couldn't find his voice as the shadowed figure slowly turned to look at him, the light of the moon catching on the being's eyes, making forest-green hues shine into a bright emerald green. Katsuki could feel himself go ice cold as his eyes widened at the sight before him.

Deku…

Izuku…

Present

Kirishima bolted up right when he heard his best friend scream out in a way he'd never heard the blonde scream. His voice was laced with so much fear and grief that it scared the redhead, causing his blood to run cold as he jumped up, tangled within the sheets he had been using for warmth the night before, tripping and causing him to fall slightly into the blonde's bed.

"Katsuki! Katsuki, wake up man!" Kirishima called as he regained his balance and moved to grab Katsuki by his shoulders, giving the blonde a rough shake to try and wake him from whatever hellish nightmare was causing him to thrash about and scream like someone was murdering him. "KATSUKI!" Kirishima yelled again, giving the broad shoulders one more harsh shake. Kirishima had to reel back fast, nearly being headbutted as his best friend shot up like a bullet, nearly smashing his forehead into Kirishima's.

Said redhead took in the usually tan skin – pale as a fucking sheet – and the sweat that had drenched his hair. So this was what Katsuki was talking about when he mentioned nightmares. This...This was not the reaction to a nightmare. No, this was a damn night terror. "Yo, Baku-bro." Kirishima said, much softer, as he looked to the blonde, cautiously reaching over to touch the blonde's shoulder. "Kat, you okay, Bro?" He asked gently, but knew the answer to that.

Katsuki could still see the images in his head, clear as day, as if he had seen them with his own eyes, in the real world. Hearing his friend, he slowly lifted his eyes to look at the redhead sitting on the edge of his bed, looking worried. Katsuki swallowed, giving a weak nod as he tried to calm his racing heart, raking his fingers through his hair and cringing as he wondered how long he had been screaming since his throat was rather sore.

"Man..." Kirishima said weakly as he tried to let himself relax a bit as well. "It sounded like someone was murdering you. You need to talk to someone about these nightmares." Eijiro then said as he folded one leg and turned to face Katsuki. Said blonde lowered his gaze as he gave another faint nod, taking notice then that he was shaking, bad.

"I..." He trailed off, much unlike himself. If it was one thing Katsuki Bakugou was known for, it was having something to say.

"No." Eijiro cut in, frowning. "Kat, that wasn't some normal nightmare. You're soaked in sweat, shaking, and I'm almost positive you strained your vocal chords. And your eyes are as big as damn saucers. You need to see a professional about this." He suggested, reaching over to ruffle Katsuki's hair as he offered him a weak smile. "C'mon, I know your folks are out of the country for some fashion business, so I'll make us breakfast. Go take a shower and meet me in the kitchen." He then said, getting up and heading for the door.

Katsuki once more nodded as he watched Eijiro head off, before flinging the blankets off his form and getting up to collect some clean clothes before heading to the bathroom to get ready for the day.

He could feel it in his soul; it was going to be another rough day. Thank God it was summer vacation before sophomore year…

A couple hours later found Katsuki wandering aimlessly with Eijiro, Denki, and a couple other of their classmates. They were at some arcade bar type thing, Katsuki had surmised when he finally came out of his thoughts. As he looked around, he found Eijiro playing some racing game against Denki, Mina was playing Ski-Ball and Kyouka was playing some band game. So, to keep himself busy, he walked over and started some shooting game, taking out zombies or some shit like that.

"Hey, so is Baku good?" Denki asked as he 'shifted' gears, trying to catch up to Eijiro, who nearly crashed into a monster truck at the question, but steadied his vehicle.

"He's not feeling too hot today, but I wasn't about to let him laze about. Gotta get his exercise in, ya know." Eijiro replied, though Denki had definitely caught the slight hesitation to respond. But, the taller blonde knew better than to push when it came to Katsuki. Eijiro sped past the finish line, Denki got rear-ended by a computer right before 'WINNER' and 'LOSER' flashed across their screens.

It was at that moment they heard cheering coming from the Dance Dance Revolution area, both turning their heads to see what the commotion was, neither one taking note that Katsuki had looked over as well and nearly fainted as his nightmare instantly flashed in his head…

T.B.C.

A/N: I know a lot of people hate these, but...So, to clarify, this is going to be a femDeku story. For anyone that picks up on this, I hope you enjoy. And, try to bear with me. I have four kids, the youngest two being a set of twins who are currently going through their terrible twos, and they're all redheads, so...Yeah. XD Anyway, I will at least try to post once a month, if I'm lucky, I'll be able to update once a week, but, given the kids, my job, and my husband, I'm not sure when I'll find the time to actually write.

I will also note that the inspiration for this was from an RP with an old ex-friend. Though, that story took a way different turn than how I am planning to take this. :) And if you see this, I apologize for that last text I sent, but I still think it's best we go separate ways. We were not good friends to each other, and I meant every other thing I said to you. Tah-tah!