They had managed to get out that window. They had just sent in Pikachu and Pinky for the 'recovery' mission, everyone was outside for backup in case anything happened.

"You guys are f*cking insane. We need to get to a hospital. Kirishima can't... " He looked at the boy on Pikachu's back.

'What'd they do?'

Pinky signed to him. He shook his head. "No time for that right now. We just need to get away from here as quickly as possible." He placed a hand on Tape's shoulder for a guide. "I can't see very well right now.." He explained.

Tape nodded and started to lead the way, getting out of the sight of the villains base as soon as they could.

It looked like the 'rescue' team was made up of Pinky, Pikachu, Tape, f*cking Deku, the Bird and Half n Half. Which was a decent enough group of people. It was the middle of the night so the Bird could lose his sh*t on the villains and they would hopefully be fine.

He sat on a hospital bed, explaining everything he knew to the police as nurses looked at his arms and stuck an IV in one of them. They wrote things down and showed it to him in order to communicate with him.

He could still hear Kirishima screaming in the back of his mind. On a constant loop, a reminder that there was nothing he could do.

"And when Kirishima- the other boy that came in with me gets out of surgery let me know." He requested after he was finished with his questioning and basic patching up. The nurse hesitantly nodded and left without anything else, leaving him to sit in there alone.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that the 'rescue' team came in, offering him his phone so he could text them.

'1-A GC: How are you feeling dude? ~Pikachu'

Bakugou glared directly at the electric boy in front of him with a hiss. "What the f*ck do you expect me to be? You expect me to just say 'oh I'm a bit sore but otherwise I'm great!' Kirishima is in f*cking surgery right now. It's been six days. Six days of torture. They beat him, every day. And I couldn't do a g*dd*mn thing about it. So yeah I'm the best f*cking guy in the world right now. I'm so happy I could run around in rainbow lala land singing nursery rhymes to a baby unicorn." His tone dripped with sarcasm. That definitely made the mood in the room all light and airy. He could feel the happiness radiating off of everyone.

Again.

Sarcasm.

'1-A GC: We sent the heroes in after we got out, so they should be taken care of. ~Bird'

'1-A GC: And right before we found where you guys were… there was a scream.. Was that?~Pinky'

"Kirishima." Bakugou answered quietly, looking over to the window and closing his eyes. He could clearly see it. He could hear it. His entire heart ached every time he closed his eyes and it was f*cking hell itself. "It was Kirishima…" He looked back down to his phone.

'1-A GC: What happened to you guys in there?~Tape'

He glanced up and watched as Pikachu and Pinky scolded him for asking such a question. He waved it off.

"I was out cold for five of the six days. According to Kiri, he was practically forced to train with them every day, until he reached a breaking point. Not just one of them at a time, they would all fight him, using him as some sort of punching bag. Once he was broken for the day they would toss him back into his room. Then when I woke up they threw me in there with him. They did the same sparring thing again with both of us, and afterwards we tried to get out… and he must have told them it was all his idea or something. Because they decided to punish him. And that's what they did." He explained, after that he fell silent and watched them text in the groupchat. He didn't care about anything they were saying.

He didn't care about anything. He just wanted for someone to come tell him that Kirishima was ok.

(Kirishima)

G*d the bright lights above him were really harsh. He turned his head as he blinked his eyes open, letting them slowly adjust before he ever considered looking around the room. He groaned quietly. His entire body hurt. He couldn't move at all, he felt heavy and weak.

Then the realization hit him. He was in the hospital. He wasn't in the villains base anymore. He felt tears well up in his eyes. Thank g*d. His breath shook as he struggled to not cry. Holy sh*t. They got out.

They.

Where was Bakugou. He tried to force himself to sit up to look around the room but he couldn't. G*d everything hurt so much. He clenched his jaw and moved his hand to the side of the bed, hitting the button that made his bed sit up for him. He winced but it was worth it.

Bakugou was on the other side of the room, back to him. He was getting water. But he was alive. That was what mattered. He hadn't sacrificed himself to the villains like he had wanted to. He was ok. He let out a small sigh of relief.

When the blonde turned around he nearly dropped his glass. Kirishima smiled as best he could at him. He couldn't raise his hands to sign to him but he didn't think he needed to. Bakugou had to have been thinking the same thing as him; we lived.

Bakugou moved over to the bed and sat down, carefully taking his hand. He didn't even open his mouth to say anything, he just held his hand for a long while.

When he did move though, he moved to kiss the redhead.

And g*d was that the best kiss they'd ever had. G*d he loved Bakugou so much.

They rested their foreheads together for a long moment before Bakugou finally spoke.

"We've gotta stop doing this whole getting hurt thing. We end up in the hospital far more than we should. Maybe chill for a while?" He offered with a slight grin. Kirishima nodded a bit, smiling back at him. "Is it ok if I let the others in here? The morons are all worried f*cking sick about you." Kirishima nodded again and pecked the blonde's lips one more time before he pulled away to go find the others and bring them in.

"Kiri!" Mina called as she quickly came over and examined him. "I'm so glad you're ok." She whispered as the others followed in behind her. Todoroki and Midoriya were there too!?

"Thanks Mina, what happened?" He questioned. Bakugou sat back down on the bed with him, careful not to touch him too much, both of them knew exactly how much pain he was in right now.

"After the court case we started looking for you instantly. The Pros actually let all of us help in the search since we have our licenses- and we kind of threatened to look for you guys with or without their consent. We found your general location yesterday when we saw Dabi around the area, and then we found your exact location after you shouted. From there we just brought you here and alerted the pros of the villain's location. I think they fought with them, but in the end the villains escaped again, the Illusionists quirk seems to be the most powerful out of all of them." Midoriya explained to him. He nodded slowly. At least he had somewhat helped in a way.

"So what are we going to do then? Because they're just going to come back again and take Bakugou. Maybe even more than him." Kirishima spoke, glancing at the blonde next to him, who was sitting with his eyes closed, gripping onto Kirishima's hand. Naturally he was unaware of everything they were saying.

"Why just Bakugou?" Todoroki questioned, leaving off of the wall and crossing his arms.

"I didn't tell him, so nobody mentions this to him. But they had us there because they wanted our quirks. They were waiting for some doctor dude to get there so they could take them and use them for whatever their plans are. They want his more than they want mine. They already have quirks similar to mine, so they don't really need it." He told them, glancing at Bakugou as the boy ran his thumb over Kirishima's knuckles silently.

"I'll text him and fill him in a bit. But I won't tell him that part." Sero took out his phone and started typing to Bakugou.

"So it's probably not a good idea to go off of school grounds at all…" Kaminari mumbled. The others nodded.

"I think if we just stay on school grounds we'll be fine, but if they're smart, they'll find things that aren't on school property to lure us out. If they really want it that bad." Mina motioned her hands as she leaned against the end table by the bed.

"Like our families…" Kirishima whispered. Mina nodded.

"So we need to talk to Aizawa and see if we can get everyone's families to a safe place?" Kaminari confusedly motioned. They wouldn't be able to bring everyone to the dorms, there wouldn't be enough space for everyone.

"We can try. If we can get the girls to have a sleepover, and get all the girls in at least two rooms, then at least most of the girls rooms would be available. And our group at least can all stay in Bakugou's room, it's really clean in there and stuff. Midoriya's group can stay in his room, and Mineta can sleep in hell." Mina chuckled a bit, Kirishima and the others of the 'Bakusquad' following soon after.

"That would work better I suppose then. That'll leave enough rooms open for at least a few families that would most certainly be targeted to get in and be safe." Todoroki motioned as he once again leaned against the wall and started thinking.

"Yeah well what about all the f*ckers that have siblings? We can't fit everyone in, and since when has the b*tch-a*s league of villains ever done anything smart? If we can somehow manage to get everyone in than great, but until then, we just need to talk to the f*cking teachers and stop and think." Bakugou spoke up, looking up from his phone.

"I suppose he's right then. The best action to take next is to talk to Aizawa. He should be on his way here after trying to track the villains anyways." Midoriya said with a nod.

"In that case we'll go wait for him in the waiting room, they told us we shouldn't be in here with you for too long and should let you rest. I'm glad you're ok." Todoroki nodded and stepped out of the room to go wait. Midoriya nodded and followed him out of the room, followed by Tokoyami, leaving the Bakusquad alone in the room.

"Dude this is like your fifth time in the hospital in half a year. You gotta chill at least a bit." Kaminari said seriously, frowning and stepping over to the edge of the bed to be by Mina.

"Yeah… I've been here a lot, but when all this is over I'll be stronger right? Pretty sure that's how it works…" The redhead mumbled off towards the end, rubbing the back of his neck. Bakugou set his phone down as Sero stopped translating.

"I guess… Just kinda calm down a little bit dude. It's scary, seeing you all beaten up like this, you just had surgery." Sero ran his fingers over his own arm, where he had his own surgery on his arms. Kirishima sighed a small bit, he could feel it, amongst the other areas of stinging pain, there were a few select areas that just felt like hell.

Bakugou stood up, letting go of Kirishima's hand and stepping out of the room before the redhead could reply to what had been said.

"Where is-"

"-I'll go with him." Mina interrupted Kam, quickly moving to follow the blonde out of the room and leaving everyone else to talk to each other.

(Mina) ((Oh lookie I'm doing something new -))

The girl had trailed a little bit behind him as the blonde asked a nurse for something. She had started to guide him off somewhere that eventually Mina lost them.

She furrowed her brows together as she stepped along the hallways, glancing into rooms, trying to find where they had disappeared off to.

Her gaze snapped to the slightly ajar closet door to her right as there was a crashing noise from inside. She pushed the door open to find Bakugou with a doctor pinned to the wall.

"Bakugou!" She called, quickly stepping forward to grab him and pull him off of the doctor. "I'm so sorry. Please don't tell anyone." She pleaded under her breath as they quickly got out of the room. "What the f*ck Bakugou!?" She questioned once the doctor was gone.

He tried to fight against her, to get out of her grasp, but he was still far too weak for that. She pinned him against the wall and stared at him confusedly, watching as he teared up, refusing to look at her.

"Bakugou…?" She whispered. The boy clenched his jaw, still refusing to look at her.

She had never seen him this weak before. He was always the strong, stubborn guy. He was an arrogant a*shole that hated everyone and everything.

Until they started hanging out with him more. He started opening up to them and being happy.

Or so they thought. They all thought it was good for him. They all thought he was amazing, and he was so much nicer to be around now.

Was that a mistake? Was it a mistake to introduce him to new emotions like that?

She let out a shaky breath. He was hurting. He was probably scared. He had grown to care about people and now he was scared for them.

She surged forwards and hugged him tightly. He didn't hug her back or pull away, he just stood there silently, giving the smallest sniffle.

"Watch the g*dd*mn horns Pinky." He mumbled after a long while. She chuckled a bit and pulled back, wiping the forming tears from her eyes before they could spill over.

She took a moment before waving to get his full attention.

'You wanna explain what that was?'

He grunted and shook his head heavily. "It was nothing. And you don't need to f*cking tell a single d*mn soul about it." He wiped his eyes and tried to walk past her but she placed a hand on his chest and stopped him, using her foot to gently kick the door shut.

'If that doctor spouts to anyone you could have your license taken away, and you know that. You were willing to risk that. So it wasn't nothing.'

She signed when she was sure he wouldn't make a run for it. He glared at her for a moment before he stepped back and leaned against the wall. Once again, his eyes drifted to not make contact with her anymore.

"I can't hear anything. I'm not supposed to be able to hear anything. Yet Kirishima screamed so f*cking loud that I could hear it. And maybe that wouldn't have happened if I had been able to hear in the first place. I need those f*cking hearing aids. I can't be a hero without them. I can't even be a good boyfriend. I hate f*cking getting like this. You know how often I'm just sitting and talking to people now? I wish none of this had ever happened! I want to go back to how it used to be d*mmit!" He shouted at her. She frowned.

'So how it was before you started considering us your friends instead of extras?'

She signed slowly, taking a step back and placing a hand on the door.

"Not like that Pinky. I just f*cking hate feeling-" She cut him off by opening the door and stepping out into the hallway. "Pinky!" He called, following her out.

If he wanted to go back to how it used to be, if he was so much happier back then, then he could go back to being a friendless, lonely a*shole. "Mina!" She paused at that. He'd called her by her name.

'Bakugou you need to figure out what the f*ck you want. Cause I know having emotions sucks but grow up. Think about what you're doing instead of lashing out in pure rage.'

"Mina." He started sternly. "F*ck. Don't f*cking tell another soul about any of this alright?" His tone grew harsh. She crossed her arms over her chest and shrugged with a gentle nod, urging him to continue. "There's a lot of emotions I haven't felt before…" His voice grew quiet. Dangerously quiet for someone like him. Probably because he couldn't hear himself and didn't know exactly how quiet he'd gotten.

She raised a brow. Oh f*ck he was going soft on her.

"I have never felt… comfortable around people. Ah… I haven't felt… happy around people that aren't my family. I rarely ever feel fear, or worry. I don't usually feel pain- like mental pain. I didn't talk for long periods of time calmly. I didn't get jealous, I didn't used to think about other people's feelings, or the consequences behind my words and actions. Don't get me wrong I treat everyone outside of our group the exact same as I always have. But you morons… I worry, I get scared, I think about you guys more than I want to. I don't get enough studying or training anymore. And Kirishima. F*ck Kirishima dude." The boy in front of her huffed and motioned. "I love him too much."
She grinned and flicked his forehead to get his attention back on her rather than his little dream world.

'Love?'

She signed teasingly. He flipped her off. "No sh*t. Don't tell the other morons." He huffed. He looked past her towards something. She looked over her shoulder to see Midoriya and the others talking to Aizawa and All-Might down the hall.

She pulled her phone out of her pocket and motioned it to him so he would know she intended to translate for him. He nodded and walked with her down the hall towards where they stood.

"-good his surgery went well." They caught the end of what All-Might said.

'And how are you?'

Aizawa signed to Bakugou. Both of them were kind of surprised at it. They knew most of the class had taken the time to learn how to sign but she hadn't realized the teachers had started learning too.

"I'm nowhere near as beat up as Sh*tty Hair is.. So I'm fine. It was mainly my arms that got f*cked." He grunted quietly.

'So you're cleared to go home already or do they want you to stay for questioning?'

"Stay,they want to make sure the injuries I do have don't get infected, keep working on my ears, and they do want the police to come in and question." He explained. They nodded.

'Alright. Your parents are here to see you. I think they went to Kirishima's room.'

Bakugou nodded and turned to walk back to Kirishima's room, where Kam and Sero remained probably. He motioned his phone to Mina so she would continue texting him the conversation. She nodded.

"Did they mention to you guys what the idea was? For our parents?" Mina spoke up after their parents were mentioned.

Todoroki nodded. "We briefly mentioned it before they asked about Kirishima's surgery." He answered.

"You all are good and right to worry for your families, and perhaps it would be good to have them stay on property where we can ensure that they're safe." Aizawa began. "But we don't have the space for everyone's entire family to stay on the property-"
Mina cut him off and explained what they had discussed back with Kirishima, about how they had decided that they could all share rooms with each other to make space. "And it'd just have to be 1-A's families right? They never target any other class. And maybe it can just be specific families. Like nobody has to tell Mineta at all." She offered, doing her best to convince him.

"... I'll consider it.." Aizawa spoke under his breath.

"Also, All-Might, how did the search for the villains go?" Midoriya asked. Both Aizawa and All-Might frowned.

"Endeavor is still after them, but there's been no sight of them. Whatever power that illusionist holds is seemingly too strong…-" He continued to talk but at some point Mina zoned out of it, it was a lot of hero details that Todoroki and Midoriya were more interested in. She of course wanted to find the villains and all, her mind had drifted onto other things.

Her eyes followed a woman as she walked past, her face lighting up in a bright smile as she followed the woman into Kirishima's room.

"Sura!" Kirishima called. It was their favorite nurse.

"Hello!" She greeted them all brightly, hugging Mina, Sero and Kaminari before she looked over to Kirishima and Bakugou.

She gave Kirishima a kiss on the cheek due to obvious reasons of: it would hurt to hug him. When she got to Bakugou she grinned and hugged him tightly. And he actually hugged her back.

"I'm glad you're safe." He had told her. Everyone kind of just stared at him. It was so… weird for him to be so nice. Just a moment ago with the teachers he had been his usual harsh and grumpy self.

The group continued on to talk about everything, eventually leading into random joking around like they used to.

It was really nice. For everyone to be so happy. For everyone to be together, and alive.

She loved this group.