Change of Perspective (TodoBaku)

Chapter Twenty-Nine

"Thanks." A little bit later, Halfie comes out looking proud. I can't help but smile at him and he smiles back warmly. I nearly die, but I compose myself quickly. "I guess Todoroki won, I'll just call Kirishima later. I don't like that he told you to calm down," he admits. "It's okay, I guess yelling wasn't a great idea," I admit. Now that I'm away from that, I see how stupid I probably looked. "No, Ojirou is always pulling shit like that. He's just provoking you," he groans.

"Yup, and I set him straight," Todoroki cuts in. "Huh? How?" Dunce Face asks. "I told him that Bakugo was right. That he should fuck off because this is not the first time he's poked at Bakugo. Other times he'd just say something and leave like a coward, but this time he actually stayed and waited for a reaction. It really gets on my nerves. I've really only seen him do it twice," Halfie says. "How many times has he done something like this?" Dunce Face asks.

"Uh, a few. More than five for sure, but sometimes it's small things. Anyways, Halfie, Dunce Face said you wanted to hang out?" I ask. He backtracks a bit and frowns. "What do you mean by 'small things'?" I sigh heavily. I just wanted to have a good time. "I don't know. Usually about my attitude. Sometimes about my appearance. Twice he mocked me about the Kamino thing and the kidnapping. Okay, let's go now. I don't wanna talk about it right now. Let's just have fun," I say.

"Bakugo, what? What did he say about the kidnapping?" Kaminari asks, suddenly really mad. "It's nothing, really. I'll tell you about it another time. On the way home from wherever we're going. Please, let's just enjoy this time that I have not thinking about my shit life, okay?" I beg.

They both back off and nod hesitantly. "Okay, where do you wanna go then?" Halfie asks. I sigh in relief which kind of hurts, but I quickly get over the sharp pains. "Uh, anywhere really. Where do you guys wanna go?" I ask, not thinking about where I wanna go. I'm up for pretty much anything.

"Uh, how about the park or something? We can use the swings," Dunce Face says. I'll be in pain the whole time, but sure. It still sounds fun. "Yeah, sounds good to me," I say. Halfie nods and we start walking to the park.

Dunce Face wraps his scarf around me again and Halfie pulls me into his warm side. "Thanks," I mutter to both of them. Kaminari laughs and throws a peace sign at me. I put my head more onto Halfie and I feel him squeeze my shoulder. It makes my heart flutter. "Why are you so cold all the time?" Kaminari asks.

"I don't really know, but I hate it. Without heat, there's less of my sweat. If I sweat less, then that means my quirk won't really work as well. Nitroglycerin has a really low freezing point, so it's sucks when it gets as cold as right now," I complain. "Oh," he says. I nod. "Yup. Sucks for you then," Halfie laughs, nudging my side. Pain shoots through my chest as he presses on a bruise.

I hiss is pain and we stop walking. "That hurt," I groan out. He looks at me, clearly concerned. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to do that. I thought I barely did anything," he quickly says. I shake my head. "No, it's not your fault. I just hit myself falling out of bed this morning," I easily lie. It hurts to lie to them, but I deserved this. Wait no. I don't deserve this. I don't deserved to be hit. That's what Aizawa said. Well, he didn't say that exactly, but he said I deserved to be happy.

"Actually that was a lie," I quickly say, regretting the lie I told. They both freeze and look at me weird. "My dad. He hit me last night and pulled me out of bed this morning. I, uh, I thought I deserved it, so I, um, didn't tell you. I'm sorry," I admit. "Does Aizawa know he hit you?" Kaminari asks before Halfie can. They're both so mad.

"Uh, no?"

"Let's go back inside. We should see Recovery Girl. You okay with that?" Halfie asks. I bite the inside of my cheek. I just wanted to have a good time right now. I know I would've been in pain, but I would've been with my friends. I mean, I am gonna be with them right now anyways, but it's not the same. We're gonna be in a nurse's office. That doesn't exactly scream fun.