"You really are the biggets asshole. The biggest selfish one I know," Shouto said, slapping his magazine shut and standing up.

Katsuki barely had time to step in the door after four days of disappearing.

"I want to hear-

Shouto stepped up to him and punched him in the nose. Bakugou fell backwards, before landing onto the floor on his ass.

"FUCK ICYHOT!"

"Izuku hasn't been home since you two fought. I can't find him and he's only called me once crying he was a terrible person. He's tried his damndest to be a good fucking friend to you and this is how you treat him! Over a woman who has no idea you love her and don't even fucking treat right either!"

Katsuki was in such shock. Shouto never yelled or even cussed that much.

"Him and I try so damn hard to make sure you aren't mad or unhappy but I'm tired of walking on eggshells around you! Be a fucking adult and deal with your feelings right!"

Ground Zero stood up.

"You're only mad because you're in love with him and you haven't told him!"

Shouto delivered a second punch to his nose, gushing blood onto his fist and Katsuki's clothes.

"I haven't told him because I know how badly he always wanted to be a hero! He told us everything- maybe you before me but I completely understand! Even then- I don't know why you! I didn't want to burden him with more worry than he already has! He's the one with a fucking super power destined to take down a super villain and all you think about is yourself!"

Shouto headed into the kitchen to wash the blood off his hands.

"Fuck! I think it's broken-

"Good you deserve that and more."

"Why aren't you at work anyways?!" he snapped, ripping off paper towels to catch the blood dripping from his nose.

"Father gave me two weeks off saying I've been too stressed and I need to deal with my dumbass friend. Izuku requested two weeks as well and took off."

Katsuki stared at Shouto as he dried his hands off.

"Are you leaving too?" he asked softly.

"No, you are."

Shouto shoved him out of the kitchen.

"Go out there and find him you idiot. If I would've messed up- I would've been looking for him. All he's done is to make you happy any chance he could. He's constantly trying to make up for everything and what was there to make up? The fact you're stupid?"

"That's fucking offensive-

"It's true. Get out."

Shouto shoved him out and slammed the door.

X

X

"Ok, let's go over it again," Shigaraki said looking slightly annoyed.

Ochako turned pink and nodded. They had gone through it six times and she constantly kept asking what if.

"I swear the situation could change from anything we think of and I'm glad you think ahead but we need to make sure we get our part right no matter what."

Ochako chewed on her lip.

"Well Deku taught me to think ahead and what all the outcomes could be. I just don't want to mess this up. I won't be leaving without you."

His expression softened.

"We have three days left. You will do fine. The only thing that is unknown if my quirk. We don't know if it's gonna come back and I've been trying but nothing has happened."

"It'll come back," she said.

"Thanks."

Tomura looked at the floor.

"Alright. We only really know of the dining room, shower area and the training room. You are sure we are on a ship. I think they went through great links to make it feel like someone wasn't. So I would like to assume we are in the hull. We can assume there's at least two floors then the ship deck. As big as everything seems to be, I believe I'm right."

Ochako nodded.

"How did you end up knowing a lot about ships?"

"Well, when you're a kid and you're bored, you learn stuff."

She gave him a smile, "Sounds like a nerd was bored and wanted to learn stuff."

He gave her the finger.

"So, we slip through the ceiling?" Ochako asked with an innocent smile.

"Yes. We have to be careful about the floors above and the ceiling we're crawling on. We need to listen for footsteps. We are going to have to break through the floor."

Ochako was still chewing on her lip.

"That's where you come in."

"How so?"

"You have muscular legs. You could break through the floor."

"That's if it's wood."

"Why didn't you listen the first time?"

"I have a better idea."

Tomura raised an eyebrow.

"Alright."

"What if we move the ceiling tile slightly and make sure we are going in the right direction? Drop to the floor and make our way back up to stay hidden? They have to have cameras."

He arched an eyebrow for a moment then nodded.

"We can do that. It'll give us cover even if they spot us on the cameras. For a short time anyways."

"See I listen..."

He made a face.

"After a few times I do," Ochako said with a grin.

Tomura pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.

"You love me remember? That means you love my inability to pay attention."

The villain groaned wondering why for the hundredth time in the last ten minutes.

"Hey- I have to love your nerdy ass. You might as well get used to it."

"Oh really? Why's that?" he asked looking amused.

"Because you're stuck with me."

His playful expression disappeared.

"Do... do you mean that?"

She nodded.

"I do."

He leaned in closer and kissed her softly.

I don't want this to end.

But it will.

X

X

Ochako jumped awake as soon as she heard the food tray door slam shut. She threw the sheet off of herself, forgetting she was naked. She searched around for her clothes when a random wave of nausea hit. She ran to the toilet, held her hair to the side and puked with more force than necessary. She puked two more times before it became dry heaving and her head started to spin.

"Ugh... The hell..."

Tomura moved around and noticed Ochako was at the toilet, clutching it like she was holding on for dear life. She looked white and her eyes were bloodshot.

"Are you ok?"

"I just got sick the moment I moved... I feel like it's a migraine."

She sat against the wall with her chin resting on her chest. Tomura pulled on his clothes and brought Ochako hers.

"Let me help you," he said.

She gave him a thumbs up without raising her head. He slipped on her pants as she raised her bottom off the floor. She kept her eyes closed as she raised her head.

"I'm sorry."

"I think it's because I haven't ate that apple in a few days," she whispered weakly.

Tomura crouched down. He touched her face with two fingers as a precaution. She was clammy now.

"You have eat some of that apple."

"N-no."

"You're detoxing... You're body is dependent on that drug now."

She swatted his hand away weakly.

"I-I'm... I'm not..." she trailed off.

"You have to have some of it. You have to be functional when we leave here. You can get help with real detox but this can kill you without proper help."

She opened an eye to look up at him.

"I..."

"Please."

Ochako closed her eyes and nodded.

"Alright."

It took Ochako twenty minutes to eat the apple and she napped afterwards for a few hours. Once she woke, she felt a hell of a lot better than she had when she woke up the first time. She looked around slowly seeing Tomura was in the middle of flushing the toilet. She watched him run his hands through his hair before looking at his hands.

"Is your quirk back?" Ochako asked.

The villain jumped at the sound of her voice. He looked back at her seeing her brown eyes were slightly glazed over. She looked a little pink and tired. She looked a lot a better.

"You look better."

"Thanks."

She hugged the sheet to her body.

"I feel cold. Can you come closer?"

"Actually... I was going to move you to your side."

"What- why?"

"Just in case they decided to come back here early. I'm not counting on it since he literally has OCD and other issues. He works like a clock. He's going to assume we aren't going to do anything stupid. The fact we never tried to escape this room says a lot. We haven't tried to break out. So either he's ignorant and over confident or he is going to be suspicious."

"You really are just like Izuku."

Shigaraki wrinkled his nose.

"Don't say that-

"It's true. You both seem like you can analyze how a person thinks... The only difference he has from you is that he can learn how someone's quirk works from seeing it once."

The villain stared at her.

"I'm sure you can do the same but... his brain works faster than his mouth. You could've been friends with him."

"God, why say that?"

"I hope you can be nice to him though."

Tomura made a disgusted face.

"You two are a big part of my life. I don't want to lose either one of you."

"I'm not a big part of your life."

Ochako's big brown eyes showed her hurt.

"The time we spent in here...is now a big part of my life. I'm going to be twenty soon or I already am... I can't tell. This right here will impact me the most. Nothing in my life came close to this. You are part of that."

"This was a bad part."

"Was it all bad?" Ochako asked smiling at him.

He stood up and grabbed her ankles.

"Back to your side woman."

She laughed as he dragged her back to her side of the white room.

"I um... You know... That my sensei will be after your friends and you... Even when I return back."

Ochako felt like her heart started to crack in half,

"I know," she whispered.

"I know it feels sudden but it was something we should've talked about earlier."

Tomura put her feet down carefully.

"I'm not worried about it," she stated staring at the ceiling.

"So, you want me to not worry about it or just straight up ignore it?"

"Just ignore it. We will worry when the time comes."

"Ochako..."

"No matter what question we ask, we will have the same answer... Unless we just plan on running away from everything completely and start a new life."

"You wouldn't want that."

She stayed quiet.

"We couldn't do that though. Who knows what he would do. He would go after everyone we know and care about."

"You have people you care about?" Ochako asked softly looking a little surprised.

"My peons are idiots but they are the closest thing to family I've ever really had."

"I can understand that."

The two of them fell quiet for some time. Neither one cast a glance at the other. The waiting was boring. It made them anxious. It made everything creep by slower.

The secrets that had formed in the white room were about to be known to the outside world and they weren't ready.