💥 Bakugou's Point of View 🔥
I paced around the hallway for several hours until the doctor walked out the room. "Is she okay?"
"Fortunately, the internal bleeding stopped before it worsened- its only fair for you to know that your friend Agatha has an abnormal type of healing factor."
Well she's abnormal too, so that makes a lot of sense.
"But I suggest that you let her rest before leaving."
"She's awake?"
The doctor nodded. "You can go and see her if you want-"
I didn't bother letting him finish and went straight inside the room, to see Agatha sitting on the bed with her legs pulled up and hands pressed against her eyes.
She looked.. lost.
I walked up to her side and placed a hand on her shoulder, making her look up to me. "I'm not gonna ask, but at least say something."
Agatha sighed, leaning her head against my stomach. "Hugo's fifty fifty at this point, so I might as well get ready for lawsuits. I made another shit show- but that doesn't mean you have to get involved."
"I'm involved either way." I clenched my fist. "Dabi- that's the name of the bastard who nearly killed those dumbasses back in classes A and B. He and his goons burned down half of the forest lodge and abducted me! And All Might he.. he sacrificed everything just to save me-"
"I'm aware." Her answer came out cold that I remembered who I was actually talking to.
Agatha's a murderer, Katsuki. Not to mention the sibling of a infamous villain, best keep that in mind.
"That's why.." She hesitated, running a hand down her hair. "That's why I want to find him and finally get some answers."
"Well goodluck on that-"
She grabbed my arm before I could turn my back to her. "Please.. I need your help Bakugou."
"Help?" I scoffed. "I knew you were screwed up in the head, but this just takes the fucking cake. You're asking me to help you find the villain who attacked us, who costed UA a lot of good people- can you even hear yourself right now?!" I pulled my arm back but she was just too persistent, to the point that she kept her grip on me and ended up stumbling against the wall.
Agatha raised her head with tears piling up on her eyes. "D-Dabi's my brother.. he's the only family I have left." She cried. "I'm begging you Bakugou.."
I didn't know what came over me when I rammed my fists to the wall, barely missing her face by an inch.
Even after what bullshit just came out of her mouth, I couldn't bring myself to hurt her.
"You're on your own."
🌚 Agatha's Point of View 🌚
I watched as Bakugou walked out of the room without another word with blood dripping down from his knuckles.
I let myself sink down to the floor and sighed, wiping my eyes with my sleeves. "Shade."
The shadow appeared at my side not a second later. "I need you to do me a favor."
He nodded in understanding.
~
08:04 PM
By the time that I left the hospital, I went straight to my homeroom teacher's office to confront him but I didn't expect so many people to be here.
Shouto and Izuku were the first ones to take notice of me, followed by Yaoyorozu, Ochako and Kirishima.
Aizawa-sensei sighed, as if he already knows what I'm about to say. "Its insane what a kid like you comes up with when family is on the line." He said. "Sit down."
I took the seat in front of his desk across from Shouto, who has a lot of explaining to do later.
"Your friend Todoroki here told me about your plan of departure for tonight so I brought in the students who have something they'd like to share with you."
I turned to Yaoyorozu first as she rubbed her arms hesitantly.
"I-It was a really traumatizing experience for me, mainly because of the Nomou's we faced and the knock-out gas mixed with smoke that put me in a mild coma."
Izuku spoke up right after her. "Both my arms were broken and I could barely even walk that night after facing a villain head-on. I was told that if I suffer the same thing again, my body would be at risk of permanent paralysis."
"There was this one girl who had a mask that attacked me and Tsuyu-chan. We both thought it was part of the game until she pulled out a knife and managed to cut me- weirdly enough, she had this machine on her back that took an insane amount of blood from me." Ochako sounded scared even up to this day.
What kind of freak would take a blood sample and just flee? Who knows what that psycho did to it.
"I don't wanna say it but I wasn't much help at all the night it happened." Kirishima sighed in frustration. "We had remedial exams and the teachers didn't let us join in the fray. I felt so bad for not even trying to do anything.. and when we got out, the place looked like hell. Only a small part of the forest lodge survived, the rest burned and turned to dust."
I looked up to Shouto last and saw how he was already staring at me. "So you gathered everyone here to convince me that its pointless to even try?"
"Aggy-"
"I know its pointless.. but I have to try." I slid off the chair and got down on my knees, bowing my head to the ground. "Please.. I'm begging you- all of you."
Ochako was the one who knelt beside me. "Please get up, Agatha. Its painful to see you like this."
"I know I'm asking a lot, to put you through the same hell you overcame just to find the person who caused it all."
At that point, I've sank down to my lowest point and left myself vulnerable despite Shade's disapproval- never once has he let me swallow my pride.
"Please Aizawa-sensei. If there's a chance of finding my brother- this is it."
"And if there's nothing?"
I couldn't answer that.
"Think of it this way, if your friends get hurt while helping you find this deranged man who apparently came back from the dead- are you willing to take full responsibility of their well being? Cause its not just you on the line, its also UA's name being dragged across the mud here." He leaned forward and rested his elbows on the desk. "And if somehow you manage to find your brother, what will you do by then?"
Honestly, I have no fucking idea what I'd do once I confront him. But if the Dabi I know is still alive in that man, then I might have a shot at reasoning with him.
"I'll try to convince him to surrender." I raised my head but kept my eyes on the ground.
"And if he does otherwise, swear to me that your classmates will not get caught in the crossfire."
I nodded in understanding.
Aizawa-sensei got up from his seat and fix the papers he had on his desk. "Todoroki actually gathered your friends here to get my permission, they seem to have already made up their minds about helping you in search of your brother beforehand." He then took the folder with him as he made his way out the door. "I'm giving you all an hour to pack your bags, the bus will be waiting for you behind the campus, and I'll see to it that the Pussycats are aware of your visit."
Once our teacher left the room, I turned to all of them in disbelief. "B-But I thought- that you were all.. I don't understand-"
"We're your friends, Agatha." Yaoyorozu smiled. "And if finding your brother will help you gain closure, then we're more than willing to help."
All of them nodded in agreement, and I've never been more thankful to have people like them around.
I grasped their shadows and moved them all in for a hug. "Thank you. You don't know how much this means to me."
~
09:00 PM
After I stuffed my things in a bag, which was pretty fast since I don't have that much clothes to begin with, I had enough spare time to do one last thing.
Hesitantly, I made my way to the other wing of the building and stopped in front of a dorm room.
I took in a deep breath and let it out slowly before knocking on Bakugou's door. "Hey.."
I didn't get my hopes up by expecting him to answer, but he could've at least opened the door for me.
I pressed a hand to the door and leaned my forehead on it. "We're leaving in a few minutes, so I just swung by to tell you that.. that I'm really sorry, for not being honest with you. I hope you can forgive me."
Of course there was no response.
I sighed, then looked down on my own shadow as he entered Bakugou's room through the small space on the floor.
Shade made a deal with me that he'd stay behind in order to keep Bakugou safe while I'm away- he owes me that much for taking over without my consent back at the asylum.
"I'll see you in two days, okay?" I pushed myself off the door and started making my way to the back of the campus.
On the way there, I couldn't help but feel a little confused about the situation I'm in.
I mean, I should be happy that Shouto, Izuku, Ochako, Yaoyorozu and Kirishima are tagging along with me on this trip, but on the other hand, the guy I like might not even wanna talk to me again once I come back- if I come back.
There's so many things going on right now, my mind just can't take it all at once.
"Aggy."
I looked up to see Shouto standing right beside me.
He held a hand out to me with a worried expression. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah.. I just feel tired, that's all." I took his hand and he helped me onto the bus.
"You can sit with me if you want, I don't mind being used as a pillow if its you."
I smiled at him. "That's really sweet of you Shouto- I call window seat!" I quickly jumped on the seat near the front and plugged my earphones in while Shouto got busy with lifting our luggage up on the compartment on top of us.
I couldn't help but notice how his biceps flex unintentionally as he lifted each bag- not to mention how his shirt pulls up every now and then, revealing his toned stomach.
Damn, this boy got beefy for the last 8 years.
I averted my gaze from him when he caught me staring and started laughing.
He sat down beside me afterwards with a cheeky smirk on his face. "I guess the years worth of training paid off well, if it grabs your attention that much."
"S-Shut up, Shouto."
Aizawa-sensei boarded the bus along with the rest of the guys not long after. "Is everyone here?"
"Yep, that's everyone." I blinked down on the ground when I saw my shadow move.
What the heck? Shade's with Bakugou right now, which means I shouldn't even have a shadow.
Our teacher looked around the bus for a quick headcount. "There should be 7 of you here. Where's-"
"Here."
At first all I saw was a bandaged hand raised behind Aizawa-sensei, and when he walked up onto the bus, it made my jaw drop in surprise.
"You're late, Bakugou. Time is of the essence- you of all people should know that."
"Yeah, whatever."
"Go take a seat."
He walked past me without even making eye contact and sat on the farthest seat.
I wanted to get up and join him there but the bus started moving and Aizawa-sensei was scolding me to sit down.
I tried to crane my neck up to catch a glimpse of Bakugou who was staring out the window with a calm glare.
"You're on your own." His words from earlier echoed throughout my head.
Then what the heck is he doing here?!
Fuck.. I am so confused right now.