None of us continued after what had happened. Besides a small panic attack and mental break down before I dressed nothing of importance really happened. Kirishima kept trying to blame himself but after explaining that I had been jealous and apparently so had Kacchan he started to ease up on the self-blame.
Sho walked me back to my dorm hoping that he would come back but he didn't. It was around 6 before I even fell asleep and still nothing. Multiple phone calls went directly to voicemail and so many unread messages. Maybe he had blocked my number temporarily if I had upset him. It didn't seem unlikely because of how he had been in the past. With only about an hour of sleep, I trudged to get ready for classes. If I had upset him enough maybe he had gone to his own room and I would see him in class so we could sort this whole thing out. Kacchan wasn't there. I was starting to get worried. The only thing I could get a laugh out of was the fact that the bright red circles on Denki's cheeks from the night before hadn't washed off. Mina made a point to pinch his cheeks and crack a few jokes at his expense for kicks.
I let out a heavy sigh worried that if I had just acted differently he wouldn't be missing right now.
Sho and Kirishima hadn't seen nor heard from him since the night before either and seemed almost as restless as I was.
I didn't even get a chance to ask where he was going it happened so suddenly. Even so, it wasn't like him to miss classes even on a Friday especially with him taking remedial classes so he could get his hero's license.
"Hey, Izuku? Have you seen Bakugo today?" Denki said as if no one else had filled him in. "All I remember from last night was playing truth or dare and calling Kirishima's mom."
I sighed realizing he didn't remember Eijiro's confession to Kacchan.
"Some stuff happened and he needed to take a walk to get a breather and never came back. At least that's where I assume he went. He didn't tell anyone anything." My eyes were starting to well up with tears as I struggled to choke out the words.
"Wait that's why he's not here?" Ochaco pushed Denki out of the way grabbing my shoulders "have you reported this?"
I shook my head. "I figured he would come back but he hasn't so far so..."
"We should go see his mom after classes. He's been going home a lot more lately so maybe he's just there." Kirishima said softly as he helped Kaminari out of the floor.
"Sorry..." Uraraka said looking at him and gently brushing dirt off of his shirt. "I was worried about Izuku... but if you guys don't find anything out please report it. It's not good to keep this from the teachers."
I nodded. "I will. I'm worried but I know he wouldn't want us making a big fuss over this until we know for sure what's going on."
"Do you want us to come with you?" Kirishima asked scratching the back of his neck awkwardly.
"If you want to come with to see his mom I don't see a problem with it but she may ask what caused him to storm out in the first place. She can get a bit nosy sometimes."
He nodded "I know. I've met her before. She got a bit too personal.." he said quietly before slightly chuckling. Eijiro sounded uncomfortable thinking about whatever it was he was thinking about.
I scratched the back of my head nervously thinking back to the last time I had gone over there. She had pestered us with a few too many questions, made a lot of innuendos, and then a huge argument broke out between the two. That was only a week or so before he made his trip over last time.
"I know what you mean..." I said quietly chewing on my bottom lip.
"Wait is his mom scary or something? Is she a pervert?" Uraraka cocked her head to the side confused.
Eijiro shrugged his shoulders "maybe not a pervert but more of thinking that everyone is sleeping with her son?"
I held back a small chuckle thinking about it. "She doesn't think that." I spoke quietly "she likes to tease everyone because she knows that she's got an attractive kid. Someone who swings both ways at that.." I glanced down at my hands "
"I guess that makes sense. It's just a bit hard to tell shes teasing with some of the things shes said." Kirishima said glancing over to Denki who looked as though he had something he really wanted to say.
"Shouldn't we head out? I can't remember much about last night but... he's not answering the phone.." He stopped bouncing on his feet to dig out his phone and turn it around to show all of the messages he had sent Kacchan.
I sighed looking at the immense amount of messages that didn't even say read by them. He hadn't even seen the texts.
"If he was taken... he probably didn't have his phone or it's off. Have you called him?" Iida said placing his hand on Uraraka's shoulder to calm her silent panicking.
"Every time I called it went to voicemail directly... " I sighed glancing down at my phone.
"I tried too and the same thing happened... " Kirishima sighed.
"I highly doubt he blocked you both. We need to report this to the school. If a student has gone missing they need to know." Iida pushed his glasses up and took ochaco's hand causing a small blush to cross her cheeks.
"We will if he's not at home. We need to verify that he's not just visiting his mom instead of going to class." I sighed pulling out my phone to check it for messages then reluctantly sliding it back into my pocket.
It took us a bit to walk over to Kacchan's house. Eijiro followed close behind me a black beanie pulled so far down it almost covered his eyes. Denki had managed to get the bright circles off of his cheeks just in time for us to leave but now had spots from scrubbing too hard. He wrapped a scarf partially around his face to hide them.
It was a bit chilly for early November. Cold enough for our breath to be seen. Three small taps on the door was all it took for her to run out and throw her arms around me and Kirishima. Mitsuki Bakugo.
"Oh, boys it's great to see you! Is Katsuki with you?" She glanced around our group before taking a step further out of the door to look on both sides as if she may have missed him.
"He's not home?" My voice cracked slightly.
"You don't know where your punk-ass boyfriend is?" Her sweet voice hardened slightly.
I sighed shaking my head.
"He walked out last night to get some fresh air and never came back. We thought maybe he needed someone to talk to so he might be here... I guess we were wrong." Kirishima said softly while staring at his feet awkwardly. Denki started to turn around seemingly to head back to campus but was quickly stopped by Eijiro grabbing his collar.
"Well come in boys. Maybe I can be of some assistance of where he might have gone." She sighed moving backward through the entrance to let us in.
"Oh, this one is new." She cooed softly and then giggled as Kaminari walked by.
"I'm just his friend." He threw up his hands almost as if he were surrendering to someone. I suppose his reaction had to do with the conversation from earlier that day.
She laughed so hard that a small snort could be heard. "I figured. It's just nice to tease his friends every now and then. Let's you know how far they will let you push them." She gently shoved his shoulder after his arms were put down. "Plus I already know he's dating Izuku. He came to me for advice a while back before they even started dating."
I chuckled awkwardly sitting on the couch beside an uneasy Kirishima. "Anyways you said you might know where he is?"
She shrugged and sat across from us. "There's a park not too far from here that he likes to go to when he needs to clear his head. It really depends on the circumstance though." She shifted in her seat seeming to get more worried.
"Mrs. Bakugo.." Denki awkwardly shuffled next to her with crossed legs.
"Bathrooms down the hall to the right. Try not to wet yourself. " she gave a sly smirk and after he left the room sat forward slightly.
"Now... why did he storm out boys?" Her eyebrow raised and my stomach sank.
"Well..." my mind flashed back to visions from the night before. The laughing and pleasure and then the jealousy and frustration. Then immediately to the worry. "We decided to try something. He got worried that I was jealous then he got jealous himself... he walked out to clear his head."
"He was also a bit tipsy I feel I should mention that." Kirishima sighed trying not to even look in our direction.
"Ohhh so let me guess you three were with him doing well... it. Separated off into groups and it didn't go as planned?"
My eyes widened at the similarity to what happened.
"It wasn't Kaminari though. It was a past fling of De- I mean Izuku's."
"Ah. You see that makes a bit more sense. He wasn't really giving off the vibe of gay or even close." She laughed softly despite the seriousness of the situation.
"Vibe of gay?" I cocked my head to the side.
"He was staring at my chest. " she shook her head laughing softly "it's not a big deal but it proves that he's not really interested in guys much. Unless he's just not into you two."
I shifted uncomfortably in my seat trying to ignore the conversation.
"This probably isn't something he would walk all the way to the park for. Even with him being slightly intoxicated it's still not a place I could see him going that late at night." She sighed pressing her finger to her bottom lip in thought.
"Though if he even smelled of alcohol he may have not wanted to stay on campus. It just wouldn't be good for him to get kicked out of U.A. for drinking underage."
I nodded as it seemed like something he may overthink about so he would probably stay in the shadows either right off-campus or at the edge.
Either way, I knew we had to get back and tell someone that he was missing.
The walk back to campus seemed as though it dragged on way longer than it should have. Denki tried to lighten the mood and failed many times.
A sigh escaped my lips as we reached the gate at the edge of U.A.
"We will find him Midoriya. It's not like this hasn't happened once before with the league..." Kirishima said but as he got closer to the end of his sentence the words got quieter.
He was right but something about this felt different. It wasn't like there was a full-blown attack on the school. Where ever he was he probably didn't want to be there and whoever he was with took him by force. There was a good chance that they were waiting for a moment when he was impaired to strike.
I felt a hand gently touch my shoulder.
"You're muttering again man..." Kaminari sighed "and it looked like someone alerted Aizawa.." my eyes shot over to Eraserhead who was walking in our direction. It was hard to tell if he was pissed off, worried, or honestly any number of emotions by the look on his face.
"Bakugo isn't here today is he Midoriya?" He said bluntly as he stopped in front of our small group.
What was I supposed to say? He just disappeared after a night of passion gone wrong while he was intoxicated? I couldn't meet his eyes. Twiddling my thumbs I softly shook my head.
"Do you have any idea where he could be?" His voice hinted at concern.
Once again I shook my head avoiding his gaze.
"Last night we got into an argument while hanging out and rather than blow up the dorms he went for a walk. He never came back though." Kirishima sped through his words like if he stopped he would die.
"Why didn't you let someone know?" Aizawa pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance
"We figured we should make sure he wasn't just mad at us and at home." Kaminari wrapped his arm around me and Eijiro forcing a smile. Luckily he didn't remember the night before so he may have thought that it was the truth. Honestly, I'm pretty sure that's the story we told him.
Mr. Aizawa groaned shaking his head.
"When a student goes missing one of the first things you're supposed to do is report it so we can find them."
After a moment I got the courage to speak. "Who told you?"
He sighed glancing back to me.
"Tenya Iida. He was extremely concerned"
A soft sigh escaped my mouth. It made sense that the moment he heard that Kacchan was missing that he would report it. Honestly, we probably should have done the same instead of checking with his mom first.
"Seeing as you don't know where he could be I think it would be best to inform the principal and send out a search party. A missing student could cause an uproar." He turned away from our group taking a step in the opposite direction. "And he could be in danger."
"Bakugo in danger? You've gotta be kidding me." Kaminari choked out with a small laugh. Aizawa's eyes darted to him. The look on his face was a mix of extreme annoyance and anger. It quickly changed back to his normal look of pure exhaustion. This was most likely due to the fact Denki is a student and it's probably not a good idea to bitch slap a student.
"What he means is even though we are extremely worried we know how strong our friend is." Eijiro rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly trying to fix the situation.
"He may be strong but everyone has their limits. We also don't know who took him or why. However, because of the past, the league has with him it's probably them." He paused for a moment walking a few steps towards the school. "We will find him though. So don't worry and don't try to fix this on your own." Aizawa looked directly at me with the last part of his sentence. I knew it was directed at me especially with what happened last time Kacchan went missing.
With that, he left us. Presumably to talk to the principal. I hated that we caused more work for him to do. At this point, all I could do was sit and wait.
Hours had passed and to keep myself from going against Mr. Aizawa I locked myself In my dorm room trying to compile a list of where he could have gone and where he could have been taken but kept coming up short.
The edges of my fingers were bleeding from picking at them. My appetite was next to nothing and despite being exhausted I couldn't sleep.
I could hear my phone buzzing from across the room. It was hard to move because I hadn't really eaten much that day and with the lack of sleep my body just seemed so heavy.
I had a message. It was from Kacchan.
I'm fine don't look for me.
I immediately tried to call but it went straight to voicemail.
Was this really him or just someone who wanted the worst for him?