Episode 4: Waking up
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*WARNING*
THIS EPISODE CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE
THAT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES
You sit in your room, painfully working through homework. The door slowly opens and upon seeing you, Bakugou barges in. "What the hell?" You stare at him, startled. "I heard you got released from Recovery Girl." he looks down tension streaking his face. "Why didn't you come to find me?" You wonder why he cares so much because he hasn't been tutoring you for that long. He looks up and glares. "Why the f**k not?" You shrug and that was obviously the wrong move to make. Bakugou gets in your face and yells. "WHY THE f**k NOT?!" You try to keep a straight face but something about being yelled at by him is both the worst feeling in the world and maybe a little enjoyable, regardless of how you feel tears well up in your eyes. "I didn't realize you cared." Bakugou looks at you incredulously. "Didn't- what do you- OF COURSE I CARED!" You don't understand why he's acting like this because he's barely even talked to you since you've known him.
You weren't friends, barely even classmates, and here he is yelling at you saying he cares. The look on his face is inscrutable. You feel a tear roll down your cheek. He looks at you with a pained expression. His breathing evens out and he paces. You don't move, you barely even breathe. Somehow his words hurt more coming from him. You don't realize he's walking towards you until you feel his hand grasp under your arms and lift you off the ground. He gently places you on the bed. He flips around without saying anything and leaves. The pure confusion you feel right now immobilizes you. You've liked him for a while but never expected him to be this way. Never thought he cared about anyone else. The weirdest part was how strange and sudden it was. It was so random. He was so mad but you don't really know what you've done. You haven't done anything right? Trying to figure him out feels as hard as describing how wifi or Bluetooth works. He's only been tutoring you for a few weeks at this point you think. Or was it shorter? That makes it worse you think.
After a while of sitting on the floor wondering what the hell Bakugou was thinking, you pick up all your things and walk toward the dorms. You don't talk to anyone you pass until Aizawa pulls you into his room. "What happened?" he looks at you expecting and concerned. "what?" he looks at you and frowns. "Bakugou just came in here and said he was no longer going to tutor you." Oh no. "What do you mean?" you ask. "I'm not sure but he came in here saying he was no longer going to tutor you and left without saying anything else. Can you please talk to him? It's so important that he learns basic communication skills or he will never become a pro hero." Aizawa looks at you waiting. "Okay." You leave, more confused than ever. Why did he quit? You thought he cared about you. You make it to the dorms after a while and walk in the direction of Bakugou's room. Each step feels like a plunge into regret. You find his door. You take a deep breath and raise your hand to knock, knowing full well what's about to happen. And you chicken out. You sit by the door taking deep breaths, half hoping he will walk out, and half hoping you will never see him again. All the confidence you had 2 minutes ago has left. You sit there for a while thinking of all the ways you could get out of this unavoidable yelling at. Someone walks over from the hallways. You can see from the bright pink skin that it's Mina. She sits next to you and leans her head back to look at you. She smiles somewhat creepily. "So what are you doing hiding outside Bakugou's room?" she whispers. "I pissed him off and now I got to talk to him." You can't decide wether or not to tell Mina about the actual reason behind the tutoring. "He said he won't tutor me anymore and I, uh, need it." you whisper back. Mina looks at you suspiciously. "Why would you need a tutor? You've always gotten pretty good grades." You try not to let yourself look nervous or panicked about her questions. "I have been struggling a lot lately, I don't really want to talk about it." You are trying your absolute best to look embarrassed and it works because you are. "Oh... okay I guess. Sorry for asking." Your jaw drops the smallest bit. She's either really dumb or really smart because that lie sounded stupid to you as you said it. "To be honest it's probably because of his girlfriend." Mina shrugs. "Are you okay?" You look at her shocked. "His what?" Mina looks at you confused. "His girlfriend? They met like a few months ago and I heard they were going out. She probably got jealous and didn't want him meeting up with you in secret. Basic crazy b***h stuff." You look at your hands slightly surprised. "Anyway I have to go. I have to help Kaminari with his homework. I can't even do mine and he wants help from me. Anyway love you!" You sit quietly by the door until you hear some shuffling from inside Bakugou's room. While you sit up from the wall you think about what Mina said. There's no way he has a girlfriend. I thought he liked me. Didn't he just yell how much he cares about me? You open the door ever so slightly. (Aizawa took the locks off a few weeks ago because Sero and Kaminari got trapped) and gasp. A girl stands in front of Bakugou. She is leaning in. They are kissing. Kissing. "Oh no." you whisper as a tear rolls down your cheek.
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