Angel, Mei, Suki, and Sana were in the girl's locker room changing from their maid outfits to school uniforms.
Sana stretched her arms "Ahh, it feels so good to finally take that thing off."
"Mm, I agree, that was… embarrassing" Suki added as she finished buttoning her shirt.
Mei approached Angel and gently touched her arm "Are you sure you're alright Angel-chan?"
Angel smiled and nodded "I'm fine thanks to you Mei-chan! I just… I feel like…" Everyone could hear the sadness in Angel's voice "I feel like Bakugo won't want to talk to me again… after seeing how weak I am…"
"Angel-chan, no offense but, he's probably known how weak you are for a while…" Suki had to point out something obvious to Angel. She is an Angel, with a small body, there was never any chance he thought she was strong. "If he talked to you before then that means he doesn't care if you're strong or weak…"
"Thank you Suki-chan, but I…"
"ah, no buts! Let's go, they're still waiting for us!" Sana pushed Angel out of the locker room and the rest of the girls followed. They found the U.A students waiting for them.
"Sorry did you wait long?" Mei smiled at them.
"Oh no, don't worry… I'd wait forever for you…" Uraraka and Yaoyozuro hit Mineta at the same time for being creepy.
"Sorry about him…"
"It's alright… why don't we show you around? There are a lot of fun activities going on!"
"Thanks Yamori-san, please show us around." Kirishima led the way for the rest of the U.A students, pushing them all ahead, well, except for Bakugo. Kirishima gave Mei, Sana, and Suki and look and the three nodded.
"Come on let's not wait, there's so much to see!" Mei pushed the U.A students far into the crowd, Suki and Sana followed behind quickly. They tried to put in as much space between the group and Angel and Bakugo. The plan: Operation first date.
Earlier
Back at the maid café the group was having a wonderful time bonding with their new friends. "Hey, Yamori-san" Kirishima beaconed Mei over. "Could you show me where the bathroom is?"
Mei blushed a little and knew she couldn't refuse, she would also like a break from boys staring at her all the time. "Yeah! Let's go!"
Mei led Kirishima out of the classroom and towards the bathroom, but she stopped her. "Wait." He grabbed her arm and spun her around to face him, making her heart skip a beat.
"uh.. uh yes?"
"I need your help with something… it's about Bakugo and Angel."
Mei relaxed a bit "Yeah of course! I want to help my friend too!"
"Good, so I want to get them alone together for the art festival…" Kirshima explained his plan to Mei and Mei passed it on to Suki and Sana who were on board.
Present
Angel was so shy walking next to Bakugo that she didn't even realize they got separated from the group.
"Hey." Angel was startled from hearing Bakugo's voice and turned her attention to him. He was simply looking forward, not glancing at her at all. "Where are we?"
"huh?" Angel looked around for a bit to see that they were all by themselves. "Ehh? Where did everyone go!?" Angel's face went pink when she realized she was all alone, with Bakugo. Okay Angel… Breathe Angel… AHHH WHAT AM I GOING TO DO! I CAN'T HANDLE BEING ALONE WITH BAKUGO AHHHHH! They were in a crowded hallway and someone accidently bumped into Angel, pushing her onto Bakugo AHHHHHH! NO ANGEL, RUN NOW AND CUT YOUR LOSES! "I'm sorry!" Angel looked up a Bakugo who was looking away from her, she could see his cheeks were red. … could it be? Is bakugo also nervous?
S*#!, %*#k! %#$ *! God damnit I'm going to kill those guys! What am I going to do now? I can't be alone with her! Bakugo looked at Angel who was twiddling her fingers and avoiding eye contact. Crap, how the hell am I supposed to talk to her… I should also say sorry but… Bakugo was about to speak up when a person with a purple monster masks jumped behind Angel, scaring her into Bakugo's arms.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH/FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
"haha sorry for scaring you, but you've been standing outside our classroom for so long, I thought you'd like to experience our Haunted house." The student showed that his classroom door was decorated with cobwebs and fake spiders.
Angel usually didn't like scary things but she needed something to keep her mind off the fact she was alone with Bakugo. "Sure! Let's do it!"
"Great! Enjoy! The boy announced in the classroom that "two guest are coming in!" and Bakugo and Angel walked in together, walking closer than usual.
So far there wasn't anything to bad, just fake spiders and skeletons and ominous lighting. Angel walked close to Bakugo, almost hugging his arm. This is okay, this isn't too bad… But then suddenly a girl in a ghost costume with long black hair jumped out in front of them, causing Angel to scream. But not Bakugo…
"HEY WATCH IT GHOST GIRL DO YOU WANT TO DIE?" the Student dressed as a ghost looked terrified and ran away screaming. Bakugo took a deep breath. He wouldn't admit it, but when he gets scared, he goes into "fight" mode more than "flight" mode. While Bakugo was calming down he heard laughing behind him.
"Hahaha! Oh my… Bakugo… that girl's face….Hahaha!" Angel wiped a tear from her face while Bakugo gave her a confused look. "I'm sorry… ha.. for laughing… but.. hahaha, it's just, they're supposed to be the ones scaring us, but you ended up scaring them!' Angel tried to cover her mouth as she laughed. Luckily for Bakugo it was dark so Angel couldn't see him smiling. The two went through the rest of the haunted walk together, students tried to scare them but ended up being scared of Bakugo which only made Angel laugh more. When they finally made it out Angel burst out laughing again. "That was the most fun I've ever had in a haunted walk through!" With Angel's smile, Bakugo was able to relax.
Usually when Bakugo lashes out at people, everyone either tries to calm him down or tells him to stop. This is the first time he's made someone laugh, and not laugh from bullying kids, but he really made someone laugh with his own flaws. He didn't purposely scare those kids, that's just how he reacts when he gets scared. Instead of getting mad at him, Angel laughed. It made him feel, comfortable.
Angel finished laughing and felt an arm brush up against hers. She looked at Bakugo who was once again avoiding eye contact. "Come on, let's go… you said you would show me around." Angel was stunned at first but smiled and nodded. I think this might be the happiest I've ever been. Angel couldn't stop smiling as she walked next to Bakugo. They visited classrooms here and there, and they were so distracted by everything going around, they both didn't notice that they were holding hands. Once they got outside and out of the crowd they noticed and Angel immediately let go, her face turning scarlet.
"Ahh sorry!"
"Uhh, it's ok…"
"I guess it was crowded!"
"Yeah…"
"it's not as crowded out here!"
"yeah…"
"So, I guess we don't need to umm, ho-hold hands…"
Bakugo didn't say anything, he just nodded.
"Uhh, come on, let's play a game!" Angel walked over to a booth that was doing a ball throwing game.
"Oh! It's Angel-san!" The boy running to booth perked up with he saw Angel, the other students working also perked up. "Angel-chan! "welcome Angel-san!" "Please come play!" "Thank you Angel-sama!"
Angel awkwardly laughed. She turned towards Bakugo "this must be a first year class… I keep forgetting how famous I am…"
"Please Angel-san! Play our game! We'll let you play for free!"
"Oh no! Please let me pay for it!"
"Whoa, that's Angel-sama for you! So kind!"
Bakugo was disgusted by how these students were treating Angel. She's a person you idiots…
"So, how do I play?"
"you just need to throw this ball and try to knock over those bowling pins. If you knock down three, you win a prize!"
Angel nodded and grabbed a ball. She took a deep breath and with all her might through the ball as hard as she could, closing her eyes for maximum strength. The ball didn't even come close to the pins, but before she noticed, the students motioned at each other to knock over the pins anyway.
"Oh wow congrats you did it!" the students all clapped for Angel and she smiled. Bakugo rolled his eyes. Angel was given a free food pass as a prize. "You can use this at the Takoyaki stand down there."
Angel took the food pass and thanked them, she ran over to Bakugo "let's take a break for food!" and ran towards the Takoyaki stand.
Bakugo signed "should I tell her or not tell her…"
Angel And Bakugo found a quiet place to sit and eat their Takoyaki. They were silent for a bit before Angel finally decided to speak. "Ummm, Bakugo-kun… I'm sorry about earlier… with Hi-kun." Bakugo was shocked she was the one apologizing. He felt it was his fault, so he should be saying sorry. "The thing is, Hi-kun has been my friend for years so I didn't want to hurt him, but, I wanted to stay with you, so I probably caused unnecessary problems…"
Bakugo didn't even hear the last part, all he could hear was 'I wanted to stay with you'. Bakugo didn't know what to say to this. Angel paused for a moment, when she realized what she said her face went red "I.. uh… what… what I mean is… You were my customer so I couldn't leave a customer so… uh…" Angel's eyes started spinning I can't believe I just said that out loud!
"ha.." Bakugo laughed a little, but tried to cover it up. He was too embarrassed to let this small girl know she made him laugh. "Oi, calm down… I get it okay?" Although that really did surprise me…
"eh? Oh, haha, sorry! I just got… umm, flustered, that happens a lot… If I ever start talking to fast just say 'Angel. You're talking to fast.' And I'll try to stop!" Angel looked determined.
"Uhh, yeah…" Bakugo took a deep breath, he gritted his teeth, he knows he has to say it it, but, he doesn't know how. "I'm.. also.. ss..sorry…"
"huh?" Angel was dumb founded Why is he apologizing to me?
"for hurting you… and your friend…"
"Ehh? No NO! I'm fine it's okay really!"
Bakugo felt his face getting red so he tried to change the topic "So, he called you El-chan?"
"Ah! Yeah, when I was younger I used to go by El-chan. You see, I actually used to hate the name Angel…" Bakugo raised his eyebrow at this. He was curious about this, he was curious about her. He wanted to learn more about Angel. "You see, my mother has an Angel quirk, and when I was born, I already had a halo over my head. My wings didn't develop until I was four but, my parents knew I inherited the 'Angel quirk' so, my mother named me 'Angel.'' Bakugo didn't say anything, he just listened and nodded. "Well, when I got into school, some kids would make fun of me, for being named after my quirk…
"Oh look! It's Angel the Angel! Hahaha!"
"cut it out!"
The group of bullies gathered around Angel and started singing "Angel the Angel, Angel the Angel!"
Four year old Angel's eyes started to water "Stop it! Please!" she covered her ears to toned out the singing, but she couldn't get it out of her head.
"I was embarrassed because of my name, and I used to fight with my mother about it a lot, and one day I had enough…"
Little five year old Angel walked up to the board and wrote 'E L' and she hit the board a few times. "My name is no longer Angel is El okay? E. L. I am EL!"
"When I started Elementary school I automatically introduced myself as "El" and people stopped bullying me. But, I wasn't really happy. I didn't want to change my name just because of some bullies. So before I started middle school I had a long talk with my mom about it.
"Mother, I'm afraid if I go by Angel… people will laugh at me again… why did you have to name me after my quirk?"
Angel's mother wiped her eyes "Oh sweetie, we named you Angel because you are special. We wanted you to grow up kind, caring, and gentle, just like an Angel. You are my little Angel and I will always love you no matter what. If you want to keep calling yourself El, I'll support you, but, just because a few bored kids made you feel bad, doesn't mean you have to give up who you are…
"I didn't want to hurt my mom anymore, and I didn't want to let those bullies win, so I went back to being 'Angel' and no one said anything about it! Actually, they said the name fit me. It made me so happy, that I allowed anyone to call me by my first name, I prefer to be addressed by my first name. Angel is Angel and no one will take that away from me, never again!"
Bakugo was drawn in my Angel's story, he wanted to hear more about her, he wanted to know everything about her. "Your mom has an Angel quirk, but what about you dad?"
"My dad? Umm, my dad is… well.. my dad is…" Angel looked down a bit
Oh no, is her dad dead? Did I open up an old wound?
"My dad is quirkless."
Bakugo's heart sank. He couldn't say anything. He didn't want to say anything. As soon as he heard the word 'Quirkless' countless memories flooded in of all the times he beat up Deku and treated him like he was nothing.
"I was actually bullied a lot about that too. By the same kids who made fun of my name, they also mocked me because of my father…"
"You know why your mom married your dad right? It's because he's quirkless, and only an Angel could love someone as pitiful as a quirkless nobody."
"That's not true! My dad is the bestest dad in the world! That's why my mother married him! She loves him and so do I!"
The bullies pushed Angel down "Yeah, and you're and Angel too right? Like I said, only and Angel could love someone quirkless." The kids all laughed and rode their bikes away from Angel. Angel sat there wiping her tears.
"No, my dad is caring and brave! And he reads me a story before bed every night! And he checks under my bed for villains! I love my dad because he's the best!" Little Angel sat alone on the ground crying.
"Luckily most people don't really care if your quirkless or not. I mean, it's not like my father was a hero, he works in a hospital! He's really a kind person and I love him very much, no matter what other people say."
Bakugo couldn't say anything.
"I think people who looked down on others just because they're quirkless are miserable people."
Bakugo was frozen. She was right. He was miserable. Stupid Deku, it's his fault for thinking he was better than me, he always treated me like I was some helpless kid, and then he dares stand up to me… I didn't hate him because he was quirkless.. it's because he…
"Ah! I'm sorry! I've been talking about myself this whole time! What about you did you have any childhood nicknames?"
Bakugo looked away. He couldn't look at Angel right now, he felt he didn't deserve to.
"hmm, well, you're first name is Katsuki… so maybe… Ah! Kac-chan!"
"WHO THE HELL IS KAC-CHAN!"
"Ahh I'm sorry!"
Bakugo calmed down "Sorry… again…"
"haha, it's okay, you startled me that's all." Angel smiled at Bakugo but he just looked away Now things are awkward again… I wonder if I said something wrong… I probably shouldn't have called him kac-chan, that is pretty childish. Angel decided she needed to break the silence and was just about to say something when
"OIII BAKUGO-KUN!" the two looked up to see a girl with pink hair and pink skin running over with an invisible girl and.
"Mei-chan!"
Hey Everyone! Thank you for reading my chapter, I hoped you enjoyed Angel's origin story. Next chapter will be the last of the art festival arc so keep following to find out what happens! Let me know what you think and thank you!
