Sugar

Trouble in Paradise

Bakugo~

"So what do you want to do with our last weekend before school starts?" I asked as I walked hand in hand with my boyfriend through the park. I looked over at the redhead with admiration, he had stuck with me through the years even when I had been downright awful to him in middle school. 

"Honestly I'm down for anything. Oh, what if we take a trip to the beach? Maybe we can invite some of the squad to join us!" I smiled under my mask and let out a chuckle. 

"If that's what you want teddy bear then I'm down," I said as we walked. It always felt off inviting Kaminari to come with us somewhere. I noticed he'd glare at me when Eijiro wasn't paying attention or would make a fuss about something just to gain his attention. But he was a friend and it would also feel weird if he wasn't with.  

"Yes! Maybe we can do some apartment searching too at some point." He said squeezing my hand as he looked up to the setting sun. "Can we find a place with a gym and a pool if we can afford it?" He seemed to be talking out loud to himself, but little did he know I had been saving up since the end of last school year. We would be more than set by the time we graduated and I couldn't wait to surprise him. 

"Hey if there was one thing you could have, aside from me and a place for us to live together, what would it be?"

"Uh, I don't know Peb, maybe a fun trip together. Honestly, I'm just happy as long as I can be with you." Our afternoon continued softly and we just continued to chat as we walked. Eventually, we had to call it a day and I walked him home. It had been a nice night and I now had a present idea for when we graduated. 

As I walked on the night got darker as the sun set sooner and seemingly faster. I began to move faster when I heard strange noises coming from behind me. I couldn't use my quirk as I left my license at home and I wasn't a pro yet. Unless I was being physically touched by the unknown party I couldn't do anything but hand to hand. When I felt a hand on my shoulder my automatic response was to flip them over myself. In response to that I was met with a man in a hat and a mask groaning. 

"God damn, I was just going to ask where I could find the closest hotel. Nice job though and I don't blame you for that but fuck that's gonna bruise." The man said as he got up quicker than most of the people I did that too. "You've got strength and I'll give you that." He told me as he rolled his shoulder. 

"Why the fuck are you out here so late if you don't know your way around? And what's with grabbing people this late? I was about to explode you." I huffed and looked around to make sure no one else was going to pop up. "Why not use your phone are you stupid or something?"

"Ha, it seems that way I guess." He laughed as if he found it funny I just insulted him. "I'm sorry to have scared you I'm just not used to this area and my phone died. I'm at fault I know but I was in a huge rush this morning due to a meeting I had forgotten to charge my phone. I just need some directions and I promise to pay you back." He sounded like he was in a pinch and in all fairness he sounded authentic. 

I let out a sigh and started telling him some easy memorable directions to the nearest room rental. When I asked him if he got it all he took out his wallet as he said yes and thanked me. "Here for your troubles of dealing with me. See you around Dynamite." He told me as he stuffed 30913.40 yen into my hand and then took off in the direction I had pointed to. While he was rushing off I was stuck there dumbfounded. How did he figure out it was me? There are plenty of other people with explosion quirks. Right? 

The weekend passed Eiji and our group of friends had a bunch of fun at the beach. I told them about my weird encounter with the guy I had a few nights prior. We laughed about it and then just enjoyed the rest of the day. But something was off with Kaminari, it was like he had had enough of something. He was closed off the whole time despite still acting happy. I had asked him a few times if something had happened and if he wanted to talk about it but he would walk away each time or ignore me.