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chapter 16

❝ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 ❞

↳ Did I say something wrong...?

Midoriya gasps before exclaiming, "It's only been a month?! Your compatibility must be high then! May I ask what personality type you are? Blood type? Birthday?"

"Eh? Uhm, I'm not sure about personality type or blood type but my birthday is (mm/dd/yy)..." you answer, a little overwhelmed by his sudden enthusiasm.

"Didn't I just tell you not to talk to that damn nerd?" Bakugou growls under his breath.

"And I said it's rude not to respond, right Kacchan?" you mutter under your breath while still smiling at the green-haired boy.

"Listen, cat eyes. Don't call me that, ever. Again."

For once, he actually seems pissed; his expression is calm, but his eyes have an unexplainable contempt in them, and they're staring right into yours. Flinching, you lower your gaze and look down at your hands.

"...Sorry, Katsuki. I won't," you mumble.

"I guess he really hates being called that..."

He exhales loudly and rests a hand on your head, rubbing it around and completely messing up your hair.

"H-hey!" you hiss, "You're going to make a bird's nest in my hair!"

"Your hair's already messed up."

"Oh. Right. We fought...

And I'm in front of these guests looking like a total homeless person!"

"Ah," you say as you frantically wave your hands around, "I'm dressed like this because me and Katsuki were sparring earlier. I promise I'm normally a clean person," you finish as you sheepily laugh.

"Sparring!" Midoriya echoes with glee. "Do you have a quirk then? May I see it? What is your fighting style? What was your experience like fighting with Kachan?"

"Where did the timid little boy go? Why is there a reporter in front of me?"

"Oi nerd. You're overwhelming her. Shut your damn mouth," Bakugou snaps.

"S-sorry Kacchan!" Midoriya squeaks.

He immediately cowers in fear like a little bunny. You could tell that their relationship wasn't exactly the best, but it seems worse than you thought. You raise an eyebrow at this and lean into the ash blonde's ear.

"Katsuki, don't tell me you bully this kid?" you whisper, half expecting him to ask if you're dumb. But instead, he boasts.

"HA? AND WHY WOULDN'T I? HE'S JUST A QUIRKLESS BRAT."

It takes a while for you to hear what he said.

"...just because he's...quirkless...?"

Something in you boils as you process the words that just came out of his mouth. Didn't he say he wants to be the number one hero? But he's bullying people? Isn't he closer to being a villain then? Midoriya doesn't seem like the type to even hurt a fly, but he's bullying him? Why?

As these thoughts ran through your brain, you didn't see the hand waving in front of your face.

"Oi, cat eyes," Bakugou calls out, but you don't respond.

Instead, both your eyes begin to glow; the right turning golden, the left becoming red.

The ash-blonde vividly remembers how you had said your eye glows yellow when you use your quirk, but there was no conversation on a red eye. There was no talk about the looming aura that was instilling a tense feeling into his very core.