Midoriya

Before we left the apartments Massiah had thrown our bloodied clothes in a washing machine and left it running. We had left through the front and entered the street. The police had sectioned off the front of the casino with tape and kept a cluster of curious locals away. The ambulance with Bakugo would have left a while ago. I hoped he was okay.

Massiah led the way silently out of the street and down a few blocks till we reached a park. The sun was setting by now and I realised I would be late back to the dorms. If they hadn't already heard about Bakugo being injured they would realise something was up when neither of us returned. I could picture Mr. Aizawa glaring from the front steps of the dorms at me when I returned so late. I wonder if anyone had called...

"My phone!" I yelled in panic and patted the pockets of my borrowed pants frantically then froze. It would be in the pocket of my pants...the ones now in the washing machine. I let my shoulders droop. I hoped no one had tried to contact me. It would only make them worry more if I didn't answer. I looked up at Massiah defeated. Her lips were tight as she tried not to laugh at me but I could see the sparkle of amusement in her eyes.

"Sorry," she said finally, "I should have checked for you" I sighed.

"No, I should have thought about it myself" I dragged my feet.

"Well, I guess I did distract you" the sight of her in her bra came back to me and I felt my face warm again. I had hoped my first time seeing that sort of thing would have been with someone else.
"This should do" she said, walking up to a park bench beside a tree and sat. I followed and sat down a foot away. She seemed to notice my distance and smirked to herself. There was a long moment of silence as I thought of where to start.

"I wanted to talk to you about -" I started

"About my quirk" she finished, her expression serious again as she glanced at me from the side, "You have my quirk" she added. I opened my mouth but she continued, leaning forward to rest her elbows on her knees.
"I felt it. When you came to find me I felt you coming and I could tell there was something different about you this time. Then I saw you trying to stop your friend's bleeding...You weren't very successful so I thought I'd give you a push, and what do you know, you stopped the bleeding. I knew for certain then that you had my quirk"

I was speechless. What did she mean she could feel me coming?

"I'm sorry Izuku. This is all my fault. If I hadn't given you my blood -" she stopped herself, clenching her jaw. The sun had set now, the park becoming shrouded in darkness. I could hear cars going along their way just beyond some trees, but the park was empty and peaceful.

"If you didn't give me your blood I would have died" I corrected.

"Maybe that would have been better" I was taken aback, "If I knew this was going to happen I never would have -" she cut herself off again, turning to face me with sadness and regret in her eyes.

"Your quirk isn't bad" I added trying to stay positive.

"My quirk is the problem" she snapped, "You will get hurt because of it"

"What does that mean?" I asked back tensely.

"Those men today, they came because of me. They want my quirk and if they find out you have it...they will hunt you down Izuku. They will hurt you and everyone you know just to get to you" her red eyes brimmed with tears about to spill over.
"They have been after me for a long time," she continued, slumping back against the park bench and looking up at the tree branches above us.
"Staying with my uncle, that man, was the only thing keeping me safe and now that he's gone, because of me, they will stop at nothing to get to me"

I had no words to say. I didn't know whether to comfort her or stay silent. I saw a tear run down her cheek as she stared up at the branches.

"What if you came back to U.A with me?" she looked back down at me and I gave her a soft smile, "with your quirk you could become a great hero and the school would protect you as one of their students" I held hope and she gave me a soft smile back but shook her head slowly.

"It's too late for me to be a hero. I have done too many bad things to redeem myself now" she wiped her tears away with the back of her hands and sniffled.
"But there's a bigger problem" she added, looking at me hard.

Massiah

Izuku watched me with concerned eyes. I didn't know how to phrase what I needed to say and I sat silently for a moment looking into those deep green eyes knowing that I was responsible for destroying his life.

"I can't go to U.A and -" I hesitated and bit the inside of my cheek willing myself to continue. I had been in many battles, been injured countless times, watched people I fought beside die, but somehow these words were harder than any of that.
"You can't go back either" He blinked in surprise at my words and his mouth hung open a little for a moment before he gathered himself to speak.

"Why?" he asked more calmly then I had expected.

"Those men saw your face. If you go back to your school or your family they will all be at risk" he looked away from me, between his eyes creasing from thought.
"Even if I killed them all, even if the police caught them all, they have cameras in their masks. They will hunt you down because I saved you again. They will think you're someone important to me and will use you to get to me" I could feel my throat tightening again. More than once now, his life would have been spared if it wasn't for me.
If I had just left him.
If I had just let him die back there on that bloody floor, chocking on his own blood. No, the sight caused me too much pain.
Even today, I had watched him be wounded. I could have let them kill him, but by saving him I showed them that he meant something to me. I had ruined his life twice over.

I chocked on a sob and felt tears overflow and run down my face. Izuku turned his attention back to me again. He moved closer, resting a hand on mine and squeezed it a little. I looked at him and despite the sadness in his eyes he smiled at me softly. How could he still be so kind to me after everything I had done to him. How could he still stand to be around me. Anyone else in this situation would be crazy not to run from it.

"What do I do no then?" he asked quietly looking away into the surrounding darkness.

Far away I felt everything. I could feel the blood pumping in the bodies far away, walking the streets, driving past in cars. Closer I could feel a mass of bodies heading our way, grouped together in a formation and moving to briskly towards us to be people passing by. Without any distractions I could feel them closing in on use easily.

I turned to look at Izuku. Grabbing his hand and stood up bringing him up with me.
"Now, we run"