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It Took Me By Surprise
This is a story where Bakugou has been dating Deku for a while, but their relationship has never been healthy. This is how its unavoidable end came about..
I would react badly to the slightest hint of hesitance..
"Stop! I'm sorry!" His voice quavered.
He'd bend awkwardly to suit my mood no word from his defense..
"Go away!" I shouted. He looked away, anger flashing in his eyes. I knew he wanted to help me, but why should I let him?
I'd cry knowing how my tears felt like acid burning through his skin..
"If you hadn't done that, All Might would still be here!" It was a low blow, and he knew it. We had been arguing for a long time and I knew he was fed up. I snarled inside but decided to play a different angle to appeal to Deku. I let tears well up and turned away, and they dried almost instantly. "Kacchan, I'm really sorry! That was really mean, and I apologize.." I smirked. I knew I could play that fool.
Pushed every little button but the right one that would let me in..
Anger, sadness, fear.. Deku felt every one on an almost daily basis while we dated. But he almost never felt happy. Why should he? Stupid quirkless weakling. Why can’t he just open up and let me fix it?
Now he's afraid of me..
He slammed the door open. I looked up, about to retort with an arrogant jab, but stopped short when I saw the raw fury and fear boiling in his eyes.
He's afraid of me..
"I'm leaving.. Bakugou." I gaped. We'd been dating for months, and he'd never once called me Bakugou. It was always Kacchan.
It took me by surprise..
"What do you mean you're leaving?!?" "I'm sick of this Ka-Bakugou! You treating me like trash, taking me for granted!" The one part of me that cared about Deku was curling up, telling me not to do this. "What are you going to do?!" I snarled. "I'm not telling you! You don't need to know anymore!" I reeled from his outright defiance and anger, but tried not to show it.
The hatred in his eyes..
He slammed the door closed again, leaving me shocked. I'd never really loved Deku that way and had seen this as another way to put him beneath me in the beginning, but I'd grown to care a bit about him. But I couldn't show that, no matter how hard I wanted to. I squeezed my eyes closed, his blazing eyes burning an image in my mind.
I've pushed this man as far as he could go, but he lacked the words to let me know..
I pulled myself up to the window and looked down, watching Deku trudge through the rain. I saw him hug Todoroki and start crying into his shoulder. Todoroki looked up and gave me a long look. I let myself be a little vulnerable for a second and let my regret show. If only I'd noticed, maybe I would've let Deku go sooner.
He acted out; now I can see it is my fault..
I remembered Deku starting to fall behind in class and become more reckless and reclusive. I'd chalked it up to his personality, but now I knew it was much more than that. The fool. Me or him? I didn’t know, and I still don’t. We’ll never know, now.
To what could've been and what we ended up losing..