In the Shadows |Bakugo x Reader|

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Fuji stood outside Ground Zero's front door thinking of what exactly he'll do once he knocked. After some time he just shrugged and knocked figuring he'll come up with an idea in the moment. He heard some footsteps then the door opened.

"Why the fuck are you here?"Ground Zero asked

"I came to have a small talk with you. Can I come in?"

He eyed Fuji suspiciously but moved to the side letting him walk in. Fuji went to the sofa sitting down and waited for him to sit down too.

"So I heard about what you said to Boss"

"What about it?"

"It pissed me off so I came to talk to you"

"I don't need to hear a damn thing from you"

"Whether you want to hear it or not I won't be going anywhere until we're done with this conversation"He shrugged leaning back on the sofa "Imagine you have your best friend. They're someone who isn't too fond of people and prefers to not interact with them. Someone who always keeps their guard up and rarely lets people in. They then meet someone who they genuinely like and want to talk to. They let this person into their life and then that person does something to ruin just about every good emotion your best friend felt towards them. How would you feel if you watched as your best friend that has nobody finally gets somebody and that somebody somewhat hurts them?"

He didn't answer instead just still sitting there staring at nothing.

"I would assume you wouldn't feel too peachy...I don't know what was running through your mind as Boss told you the news but I do know you're childish for the way you handled it. I'm not sure if you're stupid or something but Boss really likes you. Pretty sure even though you said what you said she probably still does like you. And I'll be damned if I let you get her pregnant and act as if it's just her fault. It's both of your responsibilities not just hers"Fuji said standing up

"It's been 3 days since you heard the news. I'll give you one more day to speak to her about what happened. If you don't speak to her I can promise you that you'll regret that"

"Why the fuck should I listen to you? I'll do it when I want to"

"You don't have to listen to me but be prepared for what I do in return"

With that sentence Fuji walked out the house and left. Then tomorrow rolled around but Ground Zero hadn't spoken to you, so the following day Fuji was back outside the hero's house. He knocked and waited for the door to open. When it did he spoke.

"I was really hoping I wouldn't have to get to this point but you don't know how to listen"Fuji said looking the hero in his eyes and activating his quirk "Hmm well this is interesting"He stated as he made his way through Ground Zero's mind

"You do an amazing job at hiding your feelings. You often have a lot of fear, doubt, and regret running through your head....and it looks like it all started when you ended All Might"Fuji said showing Ground Zero that memory all over again

"Stop"

"You regret that with every passing day. It doesn't matter how many people try to reassure you. You have a lot of self doubt too. You just don't think you're strong enough and no matter how hard you've trained you still think that. You put on an amazing facade for the world"Fuji said bringing back multiple memories of all the times he has doubted himself

"Shut up. That's not true"

"There's no point in lying to yourself. We're both looking at all your self doubt over the years"

Fuji watched as the hero shook his head trying to rid it of those memories. Tears were forming in his eyes which made Fuji stop showing the unwanted memories.