13 Chapter 13:Control

Bakugou looks at the fragile girl in his hands. He holds her and treats her as if she is made of glass. Becuase that's the state that she's in right now. She's vulnerable.

Where is he gonna put her? He needs to go fight the villains, but he can't just leave her here.

"Why do I even care about you?"he mutters the question to himself. But somehow, even thinking and saying it doesn't make him care any less.

"You always make me worry, you son of a bitch."he holds her head closer to him. "Can't you just stay out of trouble and not have me thinking you're gonna die every five minutes?"

He thinks back to when the villains had her in their grasp. The first time it was his fault. She had ran forward becuase she was worried about him and Kirishima. And then the villain could've done anything with her.

"You could've gotten hurt and it was my fault.."he whispers to himself. He treats her like shit, but she still worries about him. She always gets hurt becuase of him. Yet, she continues to care about him. Why? Why does she care about someone who hurts her?

When the other villain with the knife had her. He was sure he was going to lose her. He was actually scared. And worried. But she fought back. Even when she was hurt. She always fights back.

"Wait what am I doing?"he let's go of her head and stands up. "I have to fight."

The look in her eyes when she realized that the villain wanted to hurt Bakugou. She was scared, but then she was angry. Not not angry, furious. He had never seen her like that.

"Alright I need to stop wasting time."he looks around. What is he going to do?

"Hey, Bakugou, what are you doing?" Kirishima asks.

"She fainted on me."he rolls his eyes. "Again."

He mutters that last part to himself.

"Oh no. Well, where are we gonna put her?"

"Young Bakugou, Young Kirishima. Stay out of the way."All Might tells them.

"No way. We have to help you. You can't fight that villain by yourself."Kirishima tells him.

"Young Todoroki, you too. You children need to be safe."All Might says again.

"We're not children."Todoroki says. "We can handle ourselves."

"You need to get her out of here."All Might points at the girl in Bakugou's hands. "All of you need to get out of here."

Kirishima looks at Y/N. Then back at All Might. Then at Bakugou. "You should help him fight. You're stronger out of the both of us. I can take her and get her out of here."

Bakugou looks at him and then at the girl again. Maybe he should. But he can't. He won't feel like she's safe unless he knows it himself. "No, you go fight. I need to get her out of here."

"Bakugou, come on man. What is your deal with her? You know you're stronger than me. You can help fight that guy."

"I just...I'm the one who has to get her out, alright?"he snaps at the red head.

Then Kirishima remembers what the villain said back at the building. About Bakugou caring about Y/N in a 'different way'.

At first he was kind of confused on what that meant. But now he knows. "Bakugou...do you like her?"

Bakugou's face gets flustered and he is stumbled back by the question. "W..what? No I don't! What's wrong with you, you moron!"

"Well you don't ever wanna let her go and remember what the villain said at the earthquake zone."

Bakugou doesn't say anything. He just looks away. And shakes his head no.

"He said you care about her in a different way. And you told the villain that you would kill him if he touched her. That has to mean someth-"

"Just shut up! Geez, I don't like her! I don't like anyone!"he yells. "I just wanted to distract the villain so she could get him. That's why I said that!"

Kirishima doesn't believe him. "Fine. Then give me her."

Bakugou holds her a little tighter for a second, but then gives her to Kirishima. "Just get her to safety."

"Yeah. I will."he says. The girl moves around a bit and mumbles, like she knows she's not in Bakugou's arms anymore.

"That's odd.."Kirishima mumbles. She stops moving, but her expression is different.

"What?"Bakugou says almost immediately after Kiri speaks.

"After you gave her to me, she started moving. And her face looks different. It's like she knows she's not in your arms anymore."

Bakugou looks at Y/N, then he turns. Could it be? "No that's not possible, dumbass."

"Bakugou look at her face."Kirishima says.

Bakugou turns around slowly and looks at her. Her face is different. She doesn't look as peaceful.

"She's probably waking up."he says.

"No. That's not it."Kirishima looks at Y/N, then at Bakugou. "She feels the difference between me and you, even when she's unconscious. She needs you."

"Tch. That's stupid."Bakugou scoffs.

Kirishima walks closer to him. "Bakugou you know it just as well as I do. Here."

He hands Bakugou the girl and her face goes back to the way it was.

"Get her out of here."Kirishima says.

Bakugou nods and walks away.

~Back at home~

I feel myself waking up. My eyes squint due to the light. I close my eyes due to the light. My head feels wierd and I feel the room spinning.

"Honey?"I hear my mother's soft voice ask.

"M-Mom?"I manage to mutter.

"Yes we're here."my dad says, sitting next to me. "Are you all right?"

"Yeah my head just feels wierd and I feel dizzy. And I'm hungry."I lay back down and the dizziness lessens.

"All right. I'll warm you up food."my mom walks out.

"Here."my dad hands me a water bottle.

I open it and drink. "What happened?"

"The school called is and told us what happened. At the USJ. The old lady healed you, but she said you needed as much rest as possible. Do you remember?"

All the memories come back to me."Yeah. I fought back, but I was already sort of drained and I was hurt, so I fainted. On Bakugou..." I can't believe it. I fainted on him AGAIN. Is this gonna be a usual thing or something?

"Bakugou? Isn't that the kid you don't like?"

"Well...yeah, but he-um-I...it's complicated."I stutter.

My dad raises an eyebrow."Complicated? How?"

He has suspicion in his voice. Why?

I suddenly realize why. "Oh! Wait-no! It's not like that."

I feel my face go hot. I also remembered what I was thinking before I passed out. I was thinking about if I liked Bakugou. It's ridiculous. Of course I don't. He's...well...he's Bakugou!

"When I had the attack at lunch last time, he helped me. He tried to get me out if the crowd, he couldn't before I fainted though, so he took me to Isla. They both helped me wake up."I explain.

"Oh. Alright. You should've said so. You should do something to thank him. Me and your mom can help."he tells me.

"I know, but I don't know what he likes. I don't even know IF he likes anything. He's very complicated."I sigh.

"Well...what about cookies? Or something like that. Who doesn't like cookies?"

"I guess..."

"Cookies? What about them?"my mother asks, coming into my room with a plate full of food.

"Well I was saying we could make some to thank one of Y/N' s classmate. For helping her when she had an attack."my dad tells my mom.

"Oh that's a good idea. What type should we make?"she asks.

"I don't know. I don't know what he likes. And besides he probably wouldn't like it. He would get mad at me for that."I pull my legs to my chest and grab the plate from my mother.

Bakugou would probably yell at me for giving him a present in front of everyone. Because it's embarrassing to get a present from a girl or something else as dumb as that.

"Why would he get mad at you for that?"my mom asks me.

I swallow a spoonful of food. "I told you. He's complicated. I should do something small that won't attract attention."

"Maybe you should buy him something. Like a sweater or a shirt."my mom suggests.

"I guess that could work."I nod.

"We can go tomarrow. If you're feeling up for it."Mom tells me.

"Yeah I should be fine by tomarrow. I just need sleep and I'll be as good as new."

Both of my parents smile and nod.

"Alright we'll let you eat. If you need anything call us."my dad says, standing up.

I nod and swallow more food. I should really get his phone number of he's gonna keep rescuing me.

I've never really liked the idea of the girl always having to be saved by the boy. I like it when girls take charge. When they can fight for themselves. I made a promise to myself that I would never be like that. Having to rely on a man. But Bakugou keeps saving me.

I don't really know why, since he claims he doesn't care, he keeps saving me. I can't stop thinking about it. Why take me to Isla? Why wouldn't he let me go at the USJ? Why did he tell the villain he would kill me if he touched me? Ugh this is making me crazy!

Why is the million dollar question right now.

"Um, you okay, hun?"Isla's voice brings me back to reality.

"Huh what? Of course I am. Why do you ask?"I stutter.

"Becuase you're hurting your water bottle."she laughs and points at the bottle I didn't even know was in my hand.

I look at it. Wow I really squeezed it."Oh...wow."

"I know."she walks over to the me and lays down next to me.

"Gosh how I missed you."I place my head on her shoulders. She makes everything so much better.

"I know. I missed you, too. You had me worrying so much."

"Yeah,sorry."

"It's alright. Just promise me I won't lose you."she puts her head in mine and grabs my hand.

We both look at the matching rings we've had since fifth grade. "Promise."

"All right. Now cross your heart."she smiles.

"Isles-"

"Do it!"she commands.

"Fine. Cross my heart."I make an X on my heart and smile.

"Good."she doesn't let go of my hand.

I can't take these thoughts running around in my head anymore. I need to ask someone. Isla is my best friend. I can tell her. She'll know what to say.

I make sure my parents aren't around listening. "Hey, Isla. Can I ask you something that's been bothering me for days?"

"Of course. What is it?"she sits up an spooks at me.

"Um...well..you remember Bakugou, right?"

"That jerk who left you when you were hurt? Yup. As clear as day."she rolls her eyes. She's still mad at him for that.

"But he helped me when I had the attack at lunch, remember?"I ask, hopeful she'll understand why I'm conflicted.

Her expression changes. She's still annoyed at him, but she knows what he did meant a lot to me. It meant a lot to her, too. "Yeah, I guess so. But it still doesn't justify what he did."

"I know, but ever since that happened things have been...different between us."I lower my voice slightly. I really don't want my parents hearing me.

"Different?"she raises an eyebrow. Just like my dad.

I grab the remote on the dresser next to me and turn on my t.v. "Yes different. It's...it's hard to explain."

"Do you...like him?"Isla asks. She Isn't grinning, but I know she is on the inside. I can hear it.

"Wha-I-he-gah! I don't know!"I fumble with my words and my cheeks feel hot again.

"Ohhh I see."Isla says. Now She's grinning.

"Bakugou doesn't care about anyone. He made that perfectly clear. But he still helped me. And something happened at the USJ."I pull my blanket higher up, covering my face.

"What is it?"

"So..um, there was this villain who had me. He had a knife to my throat. Don't worry I wasn't in any danger. Remember I can break people's bones."I reassure her quickly. She nods and let's out a sigh. "Obviously, Bakugou didn't know that. So the villain was putting the knife closer to my throat and he screamed 'I'll kill you if you touch her'."

Islam's expression changes to confused. "O-oh. Really?"

Ok the disbelief in her voice kinda makes it sound like she thinks I imagined it. Which, I mean considering who we're talking about, makes sense. But still. I'm not crazy. "Yeah I know. That knocked me off guard, too."

"Well...that's new. Girl, why do you have to fall for someone so complicated?"she puts a hand to her forehead and shakes her head. "He says he doesn't care, but then he does things like that."

"I know right? And then like a minute after that, he's insulting me again. I just don't understand."

"Maybe he likes you, but doesn't know what to do about it. Or he's trying to figure out how he feels. This might be new for him."she grabs the remote and changes it.

"I guess that makes sense. But what if he doesn't?"I don't know how to feel about this.

"Come one. If he's saying things like that, then it means something. Anything else he did?"she choses a channel that is showing Yuri!! On Ice. Me and her love this show. We've already seen it, like ten times, but who cares? Right?

"Well, I hurt my leg and I couldn't walk so Bakugou carried me. As if that wasn't wierd enough, he didn't want to let go. He said that I always get hurt becuase of him, but I still care. And it's true, but it was wierd that HE cared."I keep my eyes fixed on the screen. Yuri on Ice always makes me feel better. But even that can't help me wrap my head around the questions I keep asking.

"See, that's even more evidence. But please be careful, Y/N. He's something special. And I don't mean that in a good way."I she lays down again and pulls the blanket over her. "I don't want you to end up hurt becuase of him."

"I know, Isles. I won't let myself be like that."

"What do you wanna do? Do you want to keep things the way they are now or do you want something to change?"

"I...don't know. I want to answer all of these questions. But the only way to do that is to look for answers. I don't think I should do that. Becuase to get answers means I'll have to talk with Bakugou about this. And I really don't want to do that."It would be embarrassing if Bakugou knew what I was thinking about for the last few days. That all I could think about was him. I would dig a hole, bury myself, and die.

"Alright. You do what you want to do. When you want to. If you want answers, you know what you have to do."she yawns and turns up the volume.

I nod and sigh. "Ok I don't want to talk about this anymore. Can we just watch this?"

"Of course. I love this show."

"We both do."I laugh and Isla laughs too.

"A little to much I think."she pats down her hair, but doesn't stop laughing.

I can figure this out later. Another day. Right now, I just want to appreciate what I have. And that I am alive and well. Bakugou can wait.

Alright, so my wifi still isn't working. I hate this, too. Trust me. I will try my best to post as much chapters as I possibly can. I'm sorry, I really am. But I don't have any co tell over this issue. My brother usually handles the interent and Wi-Fi stuff. So yeah. Sorry again! Also, sorry if there's any errors in here.