An explosion went off as Bakugo was across the common area in less than a millisecond. Mina squeaked and hid herself behind Kirishima's body, who hardened and braced for impact. Bakugo grabbed at his neck and glared, "I said go to bed or die." Iida and the others moved to restrain Bakugo but he was angry, they had no right to tell other people their business!
"I'm sorry Bakubro-" Kirshima tried to reason but Bakugo's eyes sharpened, he glared at both him and Mina.
"Fuck you, and fuck pinky too. You really think it's so manly to be telling other people our personal business? Knowing fully well how vulnerable she is right now, why would you go and do something so fucking stupid!"
Kirshima averted his eyes suddenly, guilt overtaking him as Mina looked down at the floor in shame also. Mina held onto Kirishima's back tightly and whimpered, the sound letting his scales disappear as he stood up straight.
"You're right..." Kirishima nodded, "It wasn't. I should have respected your privacy." He side stepped and looked down at Mina with gentle eyes, "We all should have."
Mina pouted but turned her back to the group, "I regret nothing." She stated, before turning and heading up the stairs. Bakugo tch'd as Ochaco's friend group finally turned to look at him. He took in their gazes, hard, cold, untrusting.
"What?"
"So, you're swooping in and lifting Uraraka off her feet last minute now that Midoriya is gone?" Todoroki said it bluntly, resting his face in his hand as he sat down in a nearby chair.
"I'm not sweeping anyone off their feet." Bakugo hissed, "I was just trying to comfort her-"
"Sexual assault is not comfort-" Iida said seriously, but as those words left his lips, Bakugo turned and punched him. Iida's glasses fell off his face and flew across the room and Momo gasped and rushed over with Tsu.
"You bastard!" Bakugo shouted, "I never sexually assaulted her? Where did you come up with that one? I would never force myself on her! I'm not a monster!" He turned, fully explosive as he stormed away and up the stairs to his room.
Ochaco watched from the door of the kitchen, eyes hardened on her group of friends. She bit her lip as they leaned down to check out Iida's wounds. Todoroki still sat, uncaring. His mixed eyes lifted up to look at Ochaco's brown ones. His eyes widened, at the coldness he saw. "Uraraka." The girls looked up suddenly and Ochaco clenched her fists at her side. She uncaringly walked past them, no words to be said. Momo reached out and grabbed her wrist suddenly, "Chaco, did Bakugo hurt you in anyway? If he did, don't worry, we'll be here to protect you!"
Ochaco was furious. Protect her? Protect? None of them had the decency to even tell her Deku had left until it was too late, everyone knew before her and they kept it a secret. And how dare they accuse Bakugo of assaulting her! She whipped around, eyes narrowed even more as her voice spoke with venom, "Bakugo would NEVER touch me inappropriately like that. It was consensual. Don't you dare act like I'm some weak girl who can't protect herself."
"Chaco, that's not what we meant, ribbit." Tsu put her arms up defensively, as if trying to calm the chaos, "We're just as worried about you."
"Ha!" Ochaco threw her head back and laughed, "Worried? None of you even had the guts to tell me the truth when Deku left." Her eyes teared up and she wiped her face quickly with her arm, "It hurt. A lot."
"We're here, Ochaco, we're listening." Tsu said calmly.
"But Ochaco, are you really sure using Bakugo this way is going to help resolve your issues with Midoriya?" Iida asked as he sat up, "Sneaking out and kissing Bakugo, who is Deku's lifelong bully by the way, would probably break Midoriya's heart to hear."
Using? Using Bakugo?
Breaking Midoriya's heart!?
"You have a lot of nerve, acting like my heart wasn't broken after having to hear about how he left." Ochaco hissed, "I'm done with this conversation, Iida. I'd rather you not shame me for my decisions anymore." She turned and walked away and Todoroki turned to look at Iida.
"Well, great job, class rep." Todoroki rolled his eyes and stood up, "Now she'll never open up."
Aizawa had banned her to her room for the rest of the week, so that is where she went back too. She walked over to her mini dvd player and threw in a disc with some music on it. She pressed down on it and then jumped into her bed, letting the music take her to a better place. She was angry and that was the last thing she wanted to be. Her eyes opened as she reached for her phone and started texting away quickly.
"So. Guess I'll be the princess locked in a tower until someone comes to save me. Or until we graduate."
It buzzed back suddenly. Her heart jumped and she flushed. Was he waiting for her to text first? She opened it quickly.
"I'd come save you but it'd be sexual harassment."
She giggled to herself, her fingers tapping quietly against her keyboard.
"Or it'd be comforting for a frienddddddd~"
She put her phone down and bit her lip when she didn't get a response. Was that too much? Had she been too forward? She opened her phone to text him again and apologize when her door opened. She shut her phone quickly and her head shot up. Spikey blonde hair caught her attention almost immediately as the door closed with a click behind him. He walked towards her bed directly and crawled on top of it. He slid into the space between her and the wall and leaned on his elbow, cheeks in the palm of his face as he stared at her with a blank look on his face. Her brown eyes returned a look of confusion, and her face covered in a scarlet blush. Had he actually just gotten up and came to her?
"Hi there, stranger." She whispered.
"Sup." He leaned in closer, "So, spill your guts. What did you do after I left?"
"Downstairs?" She thought for a moment before scooting closer to him, laying down on her back fully with her head rested under his forearm. He mumbled an mhm, lowering himself fully to lay next to her, both of them staring up at the ceiling.
"I got really mad..." She whispered, "That Iida would accuse you of that."
"I was mad too..." Bakugo turned to her, "I'm not that kind of person."
"I know..." She huffed, "And then they brought up Deku and that made it worse." She crossed her arms and angrily pouted.
"Tch," His red eyes narrowed, "I'm mad at him too. He's in America and that would basically make me number one here. What a shit show, honestly. It's not fair if I don't earn it."
She turned over, rolling onto her side as she lifted her head onto his shoulder to look at him, "I understand, you didn't really get to earn your spot..."
"Mhm..." He glanced at her eyes, then the corners. She looked like she had gotten little to no sleep. "What time did you sleep last night?"
"I got a few hours, maybe..." She yawned and curled into his chest now, arm around his waist, "I was in and out a lot."
"Same..." He whispered, he turned fully and wrapped his left arm around her whole body, pulling her to him, "Wanna just sleep all day?"
"Mhm..." Her eyes closed as she fully embraced him, digging her nose into him. How lucky was she? She's wanted nothing more than to smell him again, and now she gets to get to sleep completely wrapped up in it! She smiled into his chest, "Thanks, Bakugo."
"Of course, cheeks..." His left hand came up and got tangled in her hair, "I'm here. I promise."
Moments later, her breathing evened out and softened. His eyes looked down at her as he took out his smart phone. He turned on his camera and put it in selfie mode, taking a quick photo and saving it to his gallery. He examined it closer, his fingers combing through her brown locks to the tune of the music that played on her dvd player. In the photo you couldn't see her face, but her back was to him and you could see him smiling with an arm draped around her.
There was a quiet knock on her door and he froze. He heard a female voice say her name on the other end. He cursed under his breath and slid his phone under her pillow and forced his eyes shut. The door opened slightly and he heard two gasps.
"Are they cuddling?"
"Looks like it, ribbit~"
"Should we... tell Deku?"
He felt his blood run cold.
"I don't know, I think we shouldn't. I don't think he should hear it from us, ribbit~"
"But, I think he does deserve to be updated."
"Momo, I don't think we should intrude on Ochaco's business any further. We've already made her mad enough, especially Iida." That was icy hot.
"Okay..." He could hear it in her voice, the unpleasantness. The door shut and he growled. He swore, if that loser found out he knew who he was killing first. He forced his anger down as he tried to concentrate on the girl sleeping under him. He hummed and dug his nose into her hair, yes, it was perfect. She was perfect.
Hands reached for their phone, a message. They opened up their flip phone and gasped. It was a picture of Ochaco Uraraka and Bakugo Katsuki, sleeping together in her room in the dorms.
Deku looked at the phone with lots of shock and confusion.
His best friend and the guy who bullied him forever were together!?
"Midoriya, what's wrong?" A feminine hand landed on his shoulder and looked down, "Oh, those are your friends right?"
Friends? Was Bakugo really his friend?
How long had he planned on stealing Ochaco out right from under him?
"Kacchan, I don't understand..." He whispered under his breath.
Melissa blinked in confusion, what was so disturbing about the picture? She looked closer at the girl and it clicked.
"Oh, this is..." She looked away, "The one who had a huge crush on you, right?"
"Yeah..." He locked his phone, feeling bashful, "I never responded to her feelings. I didn't expect her to move on so quickly after I left."
"To be fair, you didn't really even tell her you were leaving." Melissa sat next to him with worried eyes, "Maybe you should talk to her?"
"Ah, yeah..." He dialed her number and it rang, then clicked. His eyes lit up a bit, "Hey Ochaco, it's me, I-"
"Shut up, loser..." He could hear Bakugo's voice, "Don't be so loud. She's sleeping."
"K...Kacchan?"
"Yeah."
"... What... I don't understand, why do you have Ochaco's phone?" Bakugo asked, even though he already knew.
"Ah..." He heard shuffling, "We're uh... hanging out."
"While she's sleeping?"
"We were hanging out and she fell asleep."
"Kacchan, are you and Ochaco... together?"
The line went silent and he swore he felt everything around him turn cold.
"Who told you?"
"No one, I just assumed that because you guys are hanging out and she's sleeping that-"
"Don't bullshit with me, Deku." Bakugo whispered. Ochaco stirred under him and his hand went back to her hair, rubbing it and cuddling closer into her.
"Sorry, Kacchan... I'll just let you go."
The line clicked and Bakugo rolled his eyes. He dropped her phone and went back to cuddling her. It didn't matter, he could kill the rest of them later. For now, she was the only thing that mattered.