"𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞

𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍."

- 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜

25.


Over the next 2 weeks, Bakugou nearly killed me with training. We were in the gym together every single day.

I'm also pretty much deaf between his constant yelling and that stupid ass whistle.

But its fine.

As sore, tired and annoyed as I was, I loved being his student. He pushed me to go beyond any limits I thought I had. He wants me to be in the best physical and mental shape possible in order to pass. The mental part is a bit more difficult for me, but I did notice that my thought process was beginning to change—I was starting to think more like a hero.

However, I quickly realized that I was not going to pass the written portion of the exam if Bakugou was tutoring me. His style of teaching is: Yelling.

"WHAT DON'T YOU GET, IDIOT?!"

Then, getting frustrated when he has to re-explain anything, and yelling some more.

"I ALREADY TOLD YOU THE DAMN ANSWER IS 2,007!"

This usually ends in me telling him off.

"You can't seriously expect me to want to learn from you if you're gonna act like a jackass the whole time."

That would usually irritate him more.

"I WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE A JACKASS IF YOU'D JUST LISTEN!"

Then we'd start fighting.

"SO, YOU JUST DON'T WANT ME TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS?!"

"YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO ASK ANY GODDAMN QUESTIONS IF YOU JUST LISTENED THE FIRST TIME!"

"YOU ARE SO FUCKING ANNOYING!"

"I'LL KILL YOU!"

So, after about 3 days of us nearly blowing up the agency, we came up with a solution. He enlisted the help of Kirishima, Eraserhead, and All-Might. They began tutoring me on everything I'd need to know for the written test, and it was going great.

There have been a few small leads on what's happening with Ichiro, which we're staying on top of, but still no word on where he's located. He hasn't made any moves, nor have their been any more reported missing persons cases. I've got the worst gut feeling about all of it though. I can't shake the thought that this is just the calm before the storm—and that all hell is gonna break lose when we least expect it.

On another note, Bakugou never brought up the fact that he told me he loved me, and neither did I. I'm not even sure he realizes that he said it. I'd been thinking about it a lot, well, when theres room in my brain to think about it. I know I'm falling in love, and falling fast. I like what we have, but I still don't know what it is.

Is he my boyfriend?

I don't know how to answer that.

He's my... something. He's my everything.


"Take 5!" Bakugou yelled from below

I looked down at him from the cliff structure I was perched up on.

"Why?! Things were... just... getting good!" I called down, breathlessly

I quickly thought back to something All-Might had mentioned in one of our lessons.

"One of the most important parts of being a hero is knowing when to take a break and recharge. You can't take care of others if you don't take care of yourself."

I jumped up, being sure to come down extra hard on my feet. My heavy boots met with the rocky surface, creating a loud thud that echoed through the gym. I used the sound from the echo to make a couple of explosions to steady myself as I leapt down.

"Have I told you how goddamn amazing you're doing, babe?" He said

"Is Katsuki Bakugou complimenting me?" I joked

"Shut up before I take it back." He grumbled

I laughed

"I'm kidding. Thank you, Kacchan."

I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek as he handed me my water bottle.

Bakugou's Point of View

"Hey, uh... tonight, some of the extras are going out. They invited us. I said no, but Kirishima is bugging the shit out of me about it. Do you wanna go?"

She shrugged

"Sure, sounds fun."

"Dammit. I was hoping you wouldn't say that."

"Oh, come on. You seriously need to relax sometimes, Kacchan. I've been working my ass off and I deserve a break. So do you."

She grinned at me, causing a smile to unwillingly break out across my face.

"Fine. Whatever. We'll go."

I really don't understand the way Rei changes her mood so dramatically. She can go from the most abysmal sadness, to having the brightest smile in the room instantly. Its probably her only real "villainous" quality, she's kinda manic.

I don't get it—but I like it.


I swear, there aren't enough hours in the goddamn day. Rei and I accomplished a lot, but still not nearly everything I wanted to get done.

I was in my room, silently griping to myself about what a fucking pain it is to be going out tonight, while simultaneously trying to loosen up because I know Rei wants me to.

Its not working.

I fastened the last button on my shirt and took one more look at myself in the mirror.

"Ready, Kacchan?"

"Yeah, I guess—"

I caught a glimpse of Rei's reflection in the mirror and my heart jumped into my throat.

The first thing I noticed was her hair, it was in two big silver buns, one on either side of her head. She wore a form fitting black dress that hugged her curves in all of the right ways, and black leather platform boots with lots of silver buckles. They made her taller, but she was still short as hell.

Fuck, the things this girl does to me...

I walked over to her, and slid my arms around her waist.

"Goddamn... Do we have to go out, or can we just skip to what comes after?" I hissed into her ear

"Nice try, explosion boy, but keep it in your pants." She laughed "We'll see what comes after, if you're good."

I rolled my eyes. She fixed the collar of my shirt and kissed me.

"Lets go! We're gonna be late."

Reiko's Point of View

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at least a little nervous about tonight. I mean, I know quite a few of Bakugou's friends, but not all of them. We're going out drinking with mostly everyone from Class 1-A, plus a few other heroes. Who knows what'll happen?

Plus, what if some of them are the heroes who... lost faith in Bakugou after he started working with me...?

Wait—shit. We also never discussed what we're going as. Do we act like we're together, or...?

Before I had any more time to panic about it, I heard something.

"HELLO?! WHAT ARE YOU STARING INTO SPACE FOR, DUMBASS?!"

"What? When did we...?"

I looked up to find that Bakugou had opened the car door, and was impatiently waiting on me to get out.

"Oh... shit, sorry. I guess I zoned out." I said as I stepped down from the car

"KACCHAN!" I heard several voices shouting from across the street.

I saw a small cluster of people outside of the bar—a few I recognized; Kirishima, Deku, Todoroki, Sero, Denki, and Iida, but there were a lot of unfamiliar faces.

I'm starting to get anxious again.

I need a drink.

"Reiko-chan!" Denki beamed

"Hey!" I called out with a wave

We hurried across the busy street and met up with them.

Iida's hand abruptly shot into the air.

"Bakugou-kun! As a hero, you shouldn't be jay-walking! You should obey all traffic and pedestrian—"

"SHUT IT, FOUR EYES OR I'LL KILL YOU!"

"Hey, Iida-kun—good to see you again." I said "Don't mind him."

"Likewise! and trust me, I rarely do."

"WHAT WAS THAT!?" He shouted

I giggled awkwardly and tried to subtly kick Bakugou's ankle.

"Be nice." I said through clenched teeth

Jesus christ, will he calm down for 2 goddamn minutes?

"Hey, Reiko-chan." Todoroki said, appearing from somewhere amongst the group "Oh, Bakugou, yo."

"Yo." He replied

"You got ol' Bakugou out of the house, eh?" Sero chuckled

I nodded proudly.

"Yeah, yeah... I'm here." He said, in his best 'I'm trying to be nice' voice.

"OOOH! KIRISHIMA-KUN! IS THAT HER!?" A very girly voice exclaim

I reeeally hope I'm not the 'her' in that sentence.