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Bakugou and Kirishima came tumbling through the entrance way of the Heights Alliance building. The duo of 2A were in their own world as Kirishima made a playful lunge at Bakugou who easily dodged. Laughing and giving his best friend the finger. "Come on Ei, I saw that shit coming a mile a way. Got to be more prepared." With that Bakugou threw himself at Kirishima and jumped on his back.

Kirishima hefted the 'beast' of 2A higher on his back, effectively giving The Katsuki Bakugou a piggy back ride. Kirishima laughed as he walked further into the building. He loved seeing Bakugou like this. He had come so far from the Bakugou he met on their first day of Yuuei together.

A year and a half later and Bakugou was his best friend, he had also watched Bakugou awkwardly ask out Mina Ashido and then watched as the bombastic blonde almost passed out when she said yes. The self dubbed Bakusquad loved him, and he had basically became friends with almost everyone in the class. No matter how much he knew Bakugou would never admit it, the 'beast' was just plain loveable.

Kirishima knew how much a lot of these people meant to Bakugou now. He knew how much he meant to Bakugou. He knew how much Mina meant to him. He also knew how much Uraraka, Jirou, Kaminari, and Sero also meant to the firecracker blonde. Bakugou cared for these people, no matter how much he said he didn't.

The two of them finally stumbled into the common room where they were met with a very concerned looking Mina. She was biting her nails and that was a sure sign she was stressed. Bakugou slid off Kirishima to check on his girlfriend. "Hey. Pinky, what's wrong?"

Mina glanced back towards the main area of the common room then back to Kirishima and her boyfriend, "He finally did it. Midoriya finally did it."

Bakugou's heart sank with that statement, he knew exactly what that meant. With a glance over to the rest of the class surrounding the fucking bane of his existence, Deku, he knew it was true. The green hued bastard finally used the ace up his sleeve, he told everyone about That Day in middle school.

He felt a pang in his chest as the rest of his friends and classmates turned to him. Tension and anger filled the air. 'Just ask me about my side. Just ask me, just somebody ask, that's all you need to do.' This is what was running through his mind as he prepped himself for their questioning that he knew was about to come.

Angel face looked at him, he could almost see the hope in her eyes. The hope there was a misunderstanding. There was one but probably not the one she was thinking. Out of all of those people staring at him, the rest of the squad meaning Pikachu, Tape arms, Ears and then Angel face were the ones he hoped asked for his side of things. They meant the most to him besides Mina and Kiri.

They also should know him, they should know something else was going on at that time. He was an ass sometimes still but they had to know he had his reasons for that fucked up day and outcome. They just fucking had to. They were his friends. His first real friends other than Kiri and Mina that he had.

Angel face took a deep breath and just took the leap, "Did..did you tell Deku to kill himself in middle school?"

Bakugou steeled himself, bracing for whatever outcome that wouldcome from his confession. "Yeah, I did."

He felt the air being sucked out of the room. He gave them the same look of indifference he usually held but on the inside he was fucking screaming at her to just ask him why. They had witnessed the hell he had gone through in the last year, the had watched him work his ass of to be more open and kinder, they witnessed his journey over this last year and a half. Fuck, they had to at least partly know him somewhat by now, but apparently they didn't, and in an instant he didn't know the people in front of him anymore either.

- A little over a year earlier

Bakugou sat with Mina next to him on his bed, they had just started dating a few weeks ago, and Kirishima was sitting at his desk. They were studying but he could tell Kirishima wanted to ask him something. He kept seeing his shitty haired friend taking glances at him. "Spit out your question shark face. I know you want to ask me something."

Kirishima took in a deep breath, "Why do you and Midoriya not get along at all? I know you try to ignore him but when he tries to talk to him, you yell and bite his head off. I know people think you're just a bully because of some of the stories he's told but I know there has to be another side to it. I wanted to ask you myself instead of taking someone else's word for it anyway."

Bakugou sat there for a moment, kind of dumbfounded. "Nobody's ever asked me for my side before. They usually take his word for it and just write me off as an asshole."

Mina put a hand on his, "We're not going to do that to you Cherry bomb. You know that."

Bakugou ran a hand through his hair and sighed, "Okay, just let me fully explain everything, and I mean fully explain it. I couldn't stand it if you two ever hated my guts."

"First off, Deku and I aren't and never were the best of friends or whatever the shitty nerd says we were." Bakugou hoped he wouldn't lose Mina and Kiri after this.

"I've said and done some awful shit I'm not proud of but I had my reasons. It doesn't fully excuse it but they're legitimate reasons. I started telling Deku to leave me alone right around when I got my quirk. We were like four, we were just little kids and sort of friends but not fuckin best friends or whatever dumb shit he says we were. I just wanted everyone to leave me alone so I could work on being a hero. I knew ever since I was just learning to walk that I wanted to be a hero."

"I wanted to be left alone. All the other kids left me alone after the first or second time I asked. Deku never did. Not after the tenth time, or the hundredth time, or even the thousandth time I asked. He never left me alone. Even if I went out to the most remote part of the woods near my house to mess with my quirk, he would always fuckin find me. No matter where I went, he was like my fucking unwanted shadow."

Bakugou took a deep breath before he continued, unknowingly playing with the hem of Mina's shirt. "Then when we were around eight, it changed for the worse. He was still my fucking shadow but I found out he was taking notes on me like a fuckin experiment. He already had two full notebooks completely full on just information about me when we were just fucking eight years old. I found them in his backpack one day, and they had stuff in them that he couldn't, or shouldn't have known about me. My exact height and weight at the time, that I had two chipped teeth from an accident while testing out my quirk, or what my fucking sweat tasted like!"

"I tried telling my parents and even his mom but nobody believed me. I told him to quit being a creep and leave me alone or I was telling the teachers. He didn't stop and nobody ever cared. I started to fully bully him and got physically violent just hoping he'd fuckin just get the point and leave me alone but he never did. I just got meaner from there, just meaner in general because I was on edge from being watched all the damn time." Bakugou felt his hands starting to sweat so he wiped them on his pants just in case.

"He was just always fucking there. As I got older and tried to have friends again, he always ran them off claiming he was my best friend and just being weird about shit. It came to a head on our last day of our second year of middle school. I thought I was finally free of him because he never told me he had a quirk and he never talked about applying to Yuuei. He never trained at anything."

"When I said that I was applying for Yuuei, he said he was too, and he was writing in another damn notebook about me. It was proudly titled 'Kacchan # 9'." His hands were starting to smoke and lightly pop.

"I flipped the fuck out because I thought this place would be my fucking safe haven from him and he ruined that too. It's always been poor defenseless Midoriya trying to befriend the rude Bakugou, but it's never been Bakugou is severely uncomfortable and nobody ever fucking believes him. Deku has always had everyone on his side, I've always been the asshole, so that day I truly lived up to that reputation. I told him that if all he's ever going to do is be a nasty creep and follow me then he should do me a favor and take a swan dive off a roof or I'd end up killing him myself."

He rubbed his eyes and couldn't bring himself to look at Mina or Kirishima, feeling for sure he was going to find hatred in their eyes. "I know what I said was wrong to a point, I'm not saying it wasn't. I know it was. I knew it as soon as I said it, but I was just so fucking frustrated. Nobody ever believed me and then my only hope to escaping from him was up in smoke. He smiled that fake smile and me and I snapped. I know what I said was wrong but I will never apologize to that Deku. I would change what I said if I could but I can't. Even still, I will never apologize for it. Not to him. Not for the years of bullshit he put me through and then always making me look like the problem."

Bakugou kept his eyes on the ground, just waiting for them to get up and leave him there. Kirishima was going to hate him and Mina was going to break up with him. He felt Mina squeeze his hand instead though, "I believe you Katsuki. You clearly know what you said was wrong, you even said you'd change it if you could. That shows you know it was wrong. Plus Midoriya is far from innocent here."

Kirishima jumped up to sit next to them, "Yeah! Like you acknowledged what you said was wrong and have worked to change your outlook plus I know you try to actively ignore Midoriya. I'm sorry I never knew the full story. What he did to you, still does to you, it isn't right. It's super unmanly to make people feel uncomfortable."

Bakugou couldn't actually believe it, "You guys actually believe me? You don't think he's automaticly innocent and I'm lying?"

Mina leaned into his side, "Of course we believe you cherry bomb. I don't believe that you would lie to us. It's pretty obvious you tell the truth and take blame when it's necessary. You always have, ever since we met. We're totally going to try to help make sure he stays away from you from now on."

Kirishima nodded, "Definitely. I'm not letting him make you uncomfortable anymore. Do you want to tell Aizawa Sensei?"

Bakugou gave them both a small smile. "Thanks. I don't want to tell anyone else yet, especially if I have you guys. I just hope whenever the time comes and I have to explain this to the others that they understand too."

- Present day

The rest of the class seethed at him and it was a punch to the gut. He knew it was self earned to an extent but it still fuckin hurt but he wasn't going to let them know that. If they truly didn't know or trust him well enough to even ask him why, then fuck em.

IcyHot sneered at him while class rep and ponytail both looked angry and just disappointed. Bird boy glared while dark shadow hissed at him. Pikachu was shaking his head like he knew Bakugou wasn't worth the trouble. That hurt. Ears and Tapes wouldn't even look at him. That hurt. Angel face looked downright betrayed. That one really hurt. In one way or another, they all looked either pissed off or completely destroyed. He didn't know which part he hated more.

Well it looks like he was going back to being the actual beast of the class. The asshole nobody but Mina and Kiri can put up with. Which hurts because he knows the others are going to treat Mina and Kiri differently too and that's not fair to them two of them. That part pissed him off because be mad at him, whatever, but they better not be upset with Mina or Kiri.

Kaminari looked at Mina and Kiri, "Aren't you two going to come stand with us and get away from that asshole?" Bakugou rolled his eyes but stayed quiet. He really didn't want this to be hard on Mina and Kiri.

Mina held Bakugou's hand, "I won't leave Katsuki's side. He knows what he did was wrong and has changed since then, but don't you maybe think you all are judging too quickly?"

Kirishima nodded as he stood by Bakugou's other side. "You guys aren't even asking if he has a side of the story to tell and that's not cool."

Sero crossed his arms over his chest, "You two knew about what he said and have stayed by him. Mina you're still with him?"

Mina was getting upset, "Why would I throw away over a year long relationship with someone I love just from some word of mouth?"

Todoroki tilted his head and questioned Mina and Kirishima. "Does that monster hurt you guys? Mina are you scared of him, to leave him?"

Bakugou clenched his fist to keep from shooting off explosions. That's what the fucker thought of him? These fuckers. One situation was all it took for them to turn on him.

Mina was more pissed off at that accusation than he was and he didn't think that was possible. "What did you just fucking say Todoroki? Katsuki has never hurt me. He's never even upset me. I can't believe you would say that!"

Kirishima was extremely pissed too, "What the hell dude? I'm not scared of blasty. He's my best friend."

Iida pushed his glasses back on his face, "So you both knew and willingly didn't share this information?"

Mina scoffed, "You don't know anything and you're all jumping on Bakugou and to conclusions. Plus unlike you guys seem to understand, some things are more than they just appear."

Ojirou scoffed this time, "This is completely villainous behavior. The three of you should be ashamed. I can understand these being Bakugou's true colors but I thought better of you two. Ashido, Kirishima, you two should be extremely ashamed." The rest of the class apparently agreed and started belittling the three of them.

As Bakugou had zeroed in on the green haired sniveling creep sitting in the back, Mina started crying from the incoming insults.

This is when Bakugou finally lost his composure completely. An actual roar seemed to rip its way out of his throat. "Watch what you motherfuckers say. You want to jump me and talk shit about me, fine. You fucking leave Mina and Kiri out of it! Not a damn thing is their fault."

He stepped straight up to Tails, he kept his voice even this time but still completely laced with venom, he took enjoyment from seeing his classmates slightly cower backwards, "You or anyone else make Mina or Kiri cry again. I'll skin you alive. You want a damn monster to blame. I'll give you a fucking monster."

They wanted the beast back, fine, they could have him. They wanted to treat him like he was some monstrous stranger, then fine. That was fine by him. He understood the situation didn't look good, but they should have known him by now. They should know he doesn't act out without a reason.

"Kacchan! I'm sorry! It slipped out. I didn't mean for this to happen. Please understand. I can talk to them, I promise."

Bakugou stopped in his tracks at the sound of Deku's voice. The lying bastard.

Iida put his hand on Midoriya's shoulder. "You have nothing to apologize for Midoriya. Bakugou is a brute. An embarrassment to this great school."

Bakugou scoffed, these fuckers didn't know a damn thing.

Bakugou turned to go, and he guided his crying girlfriend and completely upset best friend away from this mess. Angel face called out to him. "I can't believe I respected you Bakugou. I.. I hate you."

He didn't show how bad that one hurt. He just scoffed, "Get in line pink cheeks, and you might want to hurry because the line's already getting pretty full."

Bakugou held on to Mina and Kiri as they all three went upstairs to Bakugou's room. He had Mina. He had Kiri. He wasn't going to let people mess with them or hurt them in the process.

He knew Mina and Kiri were both social butterflies, they thrived in social settings. He didn't really want them to be wrapped up in the middle of this. He would take the brunt of this all if he could. He'd have to try for them.

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Aizawa studied his class. Something was up. It had been tense in his class for days now, but today it was clearly apparent.

When he had walked into class, Bakugou had been at his desk scowling like normal. Mina and Kirishima were standing there talking to him, like normal, but that's where the usual normal stopped.

Mina Ashido and Eijiro Kirishima were usually happy students. They were social butterflies that liked to be around others. Today and the last couple actually, they were really quiet and reserved and they kept their heads down when they were talking to Bakugou.

Then there came the matter that Kaminari, Sero, and Jirou were nowhere near them. Those six were usually always together in the morning. Except now it seemed the other three wanted nothing to do with them.

It seemed the whole class were collectively sneering at the three of them, but it was easy to see the main target was Bakugou.

Then there was Midoriya.

Midoriya was being coddled by Uraraka and Iida. They had been keeping him close at all times. The green haired boy had an intense look on his face as he looked at Bakugou. Bakugou sneered and snarled back at him.

Something had happened.

He didn't know what but something had happened, and it seemed like it was mainly between problem children one and two. Of course it was, even if It had been over a year since something major had happened between Midoriya and Bakugou.

Bakugou had been trying, and it had showed. He wasn't as rowdy in class. He was still Bakugou but he was more tame. Having Ashido and Kirishima in his life really seemed to help, and then he made other friends.

That's when the 'Bakusquad' became a thing. Then Bakugou had started to get along more with Uraraka and even Todoroki. The kid wasn't alone anymore and he seemed to like that he had friends for once.

Something changed over the last few days.

Aizawa didn't fully understand. He should probably get involved but he would stay out of it for now. He would see if they could figure it out for themselves before he had to step in.

He tapped his podium to get everyone's attention. Kaminari glared at Kirishima as he took his seat, and Uraraka did the same when Ashido took hers. Yeah, something was definitely up.

Aizawa ran a hand through his hair. He was too tired for this. "Okay, We're doing hand to hand combat training today. There's no need to get into your hero costumes, we're going quirkless today. A good eighty percent of you still rely too heavily on your quirks. Sometimes you may be in a situation where you can't use your quirk, or maybe your quirk has been erased in some way. You need to be able to defend yourselves and civilians without the use of quirks."

Most of his class still weren't the best at hand to hand but some where. Bakugou was by far the most talented in quirkless combat. Uraraka, Ojiro, and Todoroki were plenty capable in hand to hand. Kirishima and Shouji were getting there. The rest still needed a lot of work. Mainly Midoriya. The kid relied too heavily on the gift he was given.

Aizawa rolled his eyes at the class's complaints. He ended up looking to Bakugou. The young explosive teen had an absolute feral smile on his face.

That look, combined with the tense atmosphere made Aizawa even more exhausted. This would not end well.

-

Bakugou felt a lot of feelings as he walked towards the training room. He loved quirkless sparing. It was a wonderful way to relieve his stress but now it had a different meaning. It was going to be a way to show his so called former friends why it was a bad idea to mess with Mina and Kiri.

Because he was still a Bakugou. He was still Lord Explosion Murder. He was still the beast of 2A.

These extras had been treating Mina and Kiri like shit for days now. Today was his turn for a little revenge.

The class had been calling him names, which he could handle. What he couldn't handle was them all calling Kiri and Mina awful shit. They wouldn't let the three of them use the kitchen or common rooms without a fight. They shoulder checked and shoved the three of them when teachers weren't around.

They were heroes in training huh? Sounded like bullshit to him.

They made it to the training grounds and they found out they were doing a tower elimination style of sparring. Meaning, two would start and the winner went on to face the next opponent. If someone kept winning, they just kept fighting.

Bakugou and Kirishima were the first two picked. They would start everything off.

Bakugou took his position opposite of Kiri. "You ready to block everything out and kick the shit out of each other?"

Kiri smiled at him for the first time all day. "I'm winning this Suki."

They went at it for a solid ten minutes. Kiri had been getting better but Bakugou was still better. He finally made Kiri tap out. Bakugou held his hand out to help his best friend up, "You're getting better shark face."

Kiri looked determined, "I'm going to beat you one of these days Suki."

Next was Bakugou and Jirou. She tried to give him a glare but he could feel her nervousness.

Bakugou had to tell himself to not let up. They wanted a monster, so they would get a monster.

He let a side of himself come out that he had hidden away. A monstrous and dangerous side. He was pushed to be a monster growing up, but he kept that part of him locked away. Deku pushed him to that side growing up, so did his parents. Deku continuously followed him. Examined him. His parents didn't want a weak son. This is the side of him his former friends wanted to see now.

This is what they all wanted tough. This is the side they wanted to see.

He growled like an animal as he let that side free. They wanted a beast so a beast they would get.

It took less than two minutes to take out Jirou. Bakugou snarled and growled the entire time. He wanted these people to know who they were messing with. He may have gone soft for them and let them hurt him. He may have let them hurt him, but he was still a Bakugou.

He tore through Jirou. Then invisibitch. Then four eyes. Ponytail. Big lips. They all fell quickly and violently. He punched and kicked harder than necessary. He was quick and aggressive. He snapped and snarled the entire time, but he was still safe. He hit hard enough for it to hurt but never hard enough to cause permanent damage.

Then there was Todoroki.

Bakugou let another feral grin come to his face as IcyHot stood opposite of him. He growled out, "I'm going to kill you halfie!"

Todoroki could throw a hard punch but Bakugou could punch harder. Plus he knew better defense. After about fifteen minutes, Bakugou got him locked in an arm bar and locked it in place. "Tap or I'll break your damn arm you halfie bastard! Don't tempt me!"

People were screaming at him, calling him a monster. Good.

Bakugou was torquing halfie's arm like a pretzel. If the fucker didn't tap soon, he was going to break it. He would break it too. He didn't have any qualms against it.

Bakugou looked to Aizawa, "If he doesn't tap, I'm going to break it!"

Aizawa looked Todoroki straight in the face and then looked at him. "If he doesn't want to tap, break it. There's not knowing when to quit and then there's being stupid."

Bakugou felt his feral grin return as people gasped and looked at their teacher. They didn't understand. He was right, there's not knowing when to quit and then there's being stupid. Bakugou had to learn that the hard way.

Seconds before he was about to snap Icyhot's arm, the fucker finally tapped.

IcyHot held his arm to his chest as he looked at Aizawa then back to Bakugou then back to Aizawa. "You were really going to let him break my arm instead of stopping the match?"

Aizawa Sensei nodded. "I knew that's what you wanted. You wanted a stoppage. The real world doesn't stop for you. A villain would have snapped your arm in an instant. Sometimes you have to know when to back off. Sometimes you have to know when to quit and gather your bearings before returning to a fight."

Halfie then turned towards him, "You were really going to break my arm weren't you?"

Bakugou flipped him off, "Yeah. You wouldn't tap like a dumbass. You think I feel bad? I don't. You all wanted this."

-

Aizawa watched as Bakugou snarled like an animal and threatened to snap Todoroki's arm one minute and then the next minute, he's sparring with Ashido with a genuine smile on his face. He was still giving it his all but you could tell he was having fun and that Ashido was too.

Bakugou gave her pointers as they sparred until he finally pinned her. The two of them snuck a quick kiss when they thought he wasn't watching.

Then as if a flip was switched, as soon as it was announced that Bakugou was going up against his next opponent, Kaminari, the smile fell. It fell and it was replaced with something more feral. Something more dangerous.

One thing was for sure, Bakugou was on a mission. Aizawa didn't know exactly what mission yet, but the kid sure was determined as hell.

Bakugou didn't pull his punches. He fought hard and one after another, opponents fell until it was just Uraraka and.. Midoriya.. That was going to be something to witness.

Aizawa seen Bakugou wipe sweat and blood from his brow. "You still good Bakugou?"

Bakugou just gave a nod and a grunt for confirmation. "Then let's go. Uraraka, you're up."

-

Bakugou smiled that feral smile as Cheeks approached her position. This would be a good fight. It also hurt though, and not physically. He had respected her. He had respected her almost as much as Kiri. Her turning her back on him fucking hurt.

She glared at him. "I respected you Bakugou and all you're doing now is showing what a true bully you are. You going to break my arm if I don't tap?"

He frowned at her. "I respected you Cheeks. You turned on me. You didn't even try to learn if there was another side to the story. You just turned on me. You turned on Mina and Kiri." He then sighed, "If you don't tap. I'll snap your arm in two just like I almost did halfie's. I don't care what you all think about me. Call me what you want."

That was false. He did care and that's why it all fucking hurt.

She sneered at him. "You won't get the chance to even come close."

They fought and they fought hard. It was a twenty minute straight up fight. They both punched and kicked and snapped at each other. It was brutal and it was nasty, but Bakugou was the one left standing. He was bruised and bloody but he was standing.

Iida and some others ran over to pink cheeks as she was trying to sit up. Iida turned to look at Bakugou. "How dare you go this hard on her. What is wrong with you?"

Bakugou scoffed. "Even after the sports festival. Even after this fight. You all still doubt her. She's not weak. She's not fragile. Hell she's better than almost all of you in any form of combat. I'm pissed at her but she's not a damn piece of glass. Quit treating her like it."

She barely sat up and caught his eye as he finished his rant. He looked her straight in the eyes, "You should have just talked to me angel face. It was just that simple."

Bakugou let Mina wipe off his face as he waited for the final match to start. His body hurt. More than that. Every bone in his damn body ached. Mina hugged him close. "We're taking you to Recovery Girl after this Cherry bomb. Please."

He just nodded at her as he swallowed another mouthful of saliva and blood. He then weakly smiled at her, "Nobody disrespects you and Kiri. Not on my watch."

She hugged him tight. "You are not what these people call you Suki. You're so much more than they will ever know. I love you."

He kissed her forehead. "I love you too Pinky."

Then it was time for his match with Midoriya. Bakugou took his place. "You ready to die Deku? This all your doing anyway."

Deku looked at him with those big stupid green eyes. Eyes that acted like they had no idea what he was talking about. The fucker even had the audacity to have tears in his eyes. "Kacchan. I'm sorry about all of this. I really am. I didn't mean.."

Bakugou growled, it was low and deep in his throat. "Yes you did! You know exactly what you were doing. You seen me fuckin happy with actual friends and you just couldn't have that could you? No, because if I have friends then you can't stalk me all the time."

"Kacchan, I don't know what you're talking about. I want the best for you."

Bakugou had had enough. "Liar! Now get ready for me to beat your ass. You can't fight for shit."

That was the honest truth. Deku couldn't fight without a quirk to actually save his life. It took Bakugou less than five minutes to get him wrapped in an arm bar just like IcyHot was. "Tap you shitty Deku! I'll snap it without any fucking remorse."

He felt Midoriya start to automatically use One For All on instinct, "Midoriya, you use your quirk and you'll be disqualified. Tap or find a way out or deal with a broken arm." Aizawa was keeping a close eye on them.

Bakugou looked down at Deku, "You think I won't break it?"

Deku looked at him through half closed eyes and talked through gritted teeth. "You won't because it will make you look worse. You don't want that do you Kacchan? Do you?"

That fucker really thought he wouldn't do it. He thought he had him under his finger. Think again. Bakugou gave him one more chance, "Tap or I'm snapping it!"

"You won't do it!"

Bakugou looked towards Aizawa Sensei and he received a nod. "If he doesn't tap. Break it. Life won't stop for him or anyone else."

Fuck it.

The was a snap and a pop. Then there was the angry screaming. People were screaming and cursing at him. What did they expect?

He said he would do it and he did it.

He said he'd feel no remorse and he didn't.

Bakugou walked off towards Kiri and Mina as everyone gathered around the bawling Deku. The shitty nerd didn't even cry this much when he broke both of his legs and one of his arms last year. He was no doubt playing it up for those around him.

Bakugou took a look back and met eyes with cheeks. He expected to see nothing but rage, but he saw something else. She look conflicted.

Maybe he got through to her and she was actually going to talk to him about things.

Or maybe she was considering how she was going to make his life hell for what he just did.