Underwater (kiribaku/bakushima)

Where is he?

Trigger warning ⚠️! (Abuse, violence, self harm) if you're sensitive to this, please do not read! Be careful, please!

Kirishima POV:

"Where have you been?"

It'll be over soon.

"I ASKED YOU A FUCKING QUESTION! ANSWER ME, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!"

Don't answer.

"ANSWER ME!"
He picked me up by my collar. Seems familiar.

"THE WATER BILL CAME TODAY! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY YOU OWE ME?? HUH??" He started shaking me violently.

Just let it happen. Don't protest.

"YOU BETTER GET ANOTHER FUCKING JOB! HOW WILL I AFFORD MY DRINK? YOU BETTER GET ME MY MONEY FAST EIJIROU, OR YOU'LL KNOW WHAT ILL DO-!"

My eyes widened. I know what he'll do. Not that. Not again. I finally nodded.

"Yes! I'll get another job, I'll use my money to buy your drink. I promise. Please! Not again, I'll be good!" I begged.
I know it won't work. Whenever he threatens anything, he does it anyway, even if I do what I'm told. I hate begging. I hate talking. I just want a bath.

He threw me against the wall.

"Get the money. I'll consider."

He then kicked his foot into my stomach and stomped off. I trembled weakly and tried to crawl to the basement. I almost fell while going down the stairs. But somehow, I made it to my bed.

I laid down, curling in on myself and continued to tremble.

I'll get the money, and extra. I'll get another job, the supermarket is looking for employees right? The restaurant down the road too, people need babysitters. And I can take dogs for walks. I don't need to buy food either. If I can juggle all those jobs at once, I can pay it off right?

I want to mind to sleep already, I want to go back underwater. But the air in my head is keeping me near the surface, near consciousness. I need to go down.

It all has to stop.

It all has to stop..

Somehow I made my way over to the dresser.
I feel around, looking for scissors.
My shaking hands finally grab them.

I neatly roll down my sleeves.

Deep breath in.

I drag it along my skin.

And out. In-

My pace picks up.

And out. In-

I keep going. It won't stop.

At this point I forget how to breath. My mind focuses on one thing and I'm able to get deeper into the water.

My hands drop the scissors without me knowing.

I want more.

Cutting has lost feeling a long time ago. Now I ache to go further. But this can satisfy me for a few hours.

I crawl back to bed.

My stomach hurts. My finally, I'm starting to make my way further and further down. Until I hit the bottom.

THE NEXT DAY.

Bakugou's POV:

"Yo! Wassup Bakugou!" I gave Ryan a high five.

"Nothin', had a fuck ton of homework yesterday though. And what the hell happened to your head?"

He pointed to the bruise on his forehead.
"Some bitch threw a fucking water bottle at my head." He said blandly.

"Really? Hahahaha-" I cut myself off.
Oh.
OH.

"And I have a fair idea who it was." He said, eyes narrowing.

'Oh shit!'

"I think it was that red haired loser."

Phew....

No wait-  double shit!

"How come?" I said casually.

"Because I found this." He pulled out a book with my name written messily on the cover.

My heart started beating faster.

"This is your book, yeah?"

I nodded. I'm in for it-

"Well I found it in a bush. Dude musta left it behind."

I nodded slowly.

"He was the last in the classroom, so he musta gotten into your stuff. Must have been mad pissed you laughed at him. Maybe he wanted to vandalise is but left it behind when he ran."

"That makes sense." I agreed.
No it fucking doesn't, what is wrong with this guy?

"Plus, you went home early. It could only be him. Let's find him."

My heart sprang again. 'Find him?!'

The bell rang.

'Thank fuck.'

"Ah fuck. Guess we'll have to find him at break. See ya Bakugou."

"Yeah see you."

But we didn't.

He didn't come to school.

Where is he?

[Authors Notes!]
Aaahh, sorry for the short chapter!
I'll make up for it tomorrow, I promise!
Just to get serious for a moment:
This book will contain a few references to rape, and if it in anyway makes you uncomfortable, then you don't have to continue. I'll put more trigger warnings in the first one or two lines so you know what's coming up and you can skip/prepare yourself for it.
I'll see you in the next chapter! Take care of yourselves!💖