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>“...That’s it?” Judging by the lack of change in his expression, Bakugo won’t be changing his mind about you anytime soon.
“Well, now there’s that whole “Made it his own” thing you just mentioned back there which seems far more important than some pervert…”
You wait to see if he reacts to that, or by some miracle, starts to explain what he meant by it. But your hopes are dashed as he keeps on, silently and purposefully, <span class="mu-i">not</span> looking at you. You fill in the awkward silence with one last passing thought instead.
”So, beyond that… what else is there?”
Still not looking your way, Bakugo’s eyes narrow and a snarl starts to return to his lips. A moment later he moves towards the alley entrance, picking up his pack mid-stride. You're about to speak up again to ask him to hold up, but he pipes up at last.
>"Fine! Fucking...fine.” He blurts out, tired eyes blinking and finally connecting with your own while his arms rise in exasperation. All of it sort of mirrors your own sudden outburst a little bit ago. So he made up his mind too? “Here's what I have. Deku had never, not once, shown his quirk before getting into U.A., or the Entrance Exam if Round-Face's story is true."
You nod along instinctively. You had heard or figured as much from your talks with everyone that first week of school. It’s the next part, that puts all of it in a new light, that makes your stomach twist.
>“After the battle trial he admitted, to me, as some shitty apology or something, that he got his quirk from someone else. That he was going to make it his own… It all sounded especially retarded, even for him. But thinking about it… That quirk, when it actually works, just how similar it is to All Might's, right?..."
Bakugo’s gaze drops after that, his grimace looking particularly gloomy.
You had guessed there was some connection from the little pow-wow at the sports festival, but now there’s a far weirder explanation for it: Midoriya <span class="mu-i">got</span> his quirk from someone else, that someone possibly being All Might. Not inherited, but taken from him. Or given? Stolen? Xeroxed?! Are any of those things even possible?
>"As for that pathetic random encounter Icy-Hot made me stumble into the other day, there isn’t much to tell. Didn’t even deny working for the League while I made sure his nose stayed flat. So it seemed like his blubbering about letting down whoever put him up to it was the truthful kind."
You inhale to ask the obvious question and Bakugo flashes his hand (literally, with a light <span class="mu-i">thwump</span>) to interrupt you again.
>”No. There’s no way in hell he was talking about Shigaraki. No one, him nor the rest of that fucking circus of stupidity, at USJ could spin up the fear that kept that piece of shit wailing at me long after he should’ve fallen quiet… That’s it.” Bakugo finishes before adjusting the straps of his bag over his shoulder.
