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You know you hit a rather sensitive spot seeing your friend turning his gaze to the ground while furrowing his brow, but you know you have the right to it. And if you need to make amends, you'll have the whole summer to do so.
"So that’s it then, Midoriya? There’s a bigger threat, All for One has it out for us, and we’ll just have to trust you and All Might to let us know when we can stop watching our backs?" You fold your arms in front of you to emphasize your annoyance at his pigheadedness.
>"I-I know it must be hard, but I need you to trust me on this too." The boy pleads. "When… if the time comes and I can tell you, I will. It's not like I like this part at all…"
You glare at him while blowing another bout of clouds out your nose and give a final harrumph. Short of beating the answers out of him, you aren’t getting anywhere with this. And physically bullying a classmate you generally like wasn’t something you had envisioned for your afternoon.
Bakugo, on the other hand, gives a dry laugh before looking you in the eye.
>"That's it?" Bakugo asks as he walks ahead of you and in-front of his neighbor. "'Cause I think there's still plenty to talk about…"
"Ah'd rather not make a scene at the train station." You grumble, nodding at said building, now little more than a block away.
>"Don't worry about that. Mrs. Midoriya for sure will be glad the little shit stayed out a little late with some pals for once!" The ashen blond boy says before grabbing Midoriya by his upper arm.
Oh boy.
Bakugo immediately pulls him in to closest perpendicular alleyway . Midoriya barely stays upright as he follows, grasping his- You are pretty sure ‘friend’ isn't the right word- grasping Bakugo's wrist, trying to pry him off, but the taller boy doesn't let up, towing him along with a wicked grin.
>"Go on, use that quirk you told me about to escape." He taunts him without looking back at the boy as he pulls him further into the alleyway. "It smashes through concrete with ease, surely you've made it your own enough by now to just tug me off?"
Made it his own? What was he talking about?... <span class="mu-i">Does he know something you don't too!?</span>
You may have felt like you hit a dead end, but that clearly doesn't apply to Bakugo, who seems to know more than you expected, including what buttons to push to put Midoriya back on his heels. For someone that seemingly hates his guts, he seems to know Midoriya all too well.
Your hopes to get a solid answer today start soaring again as you peerafter them from the mouth of the alley, but a quick glance at Shoto's disapproving expression immediately reminds you that Midoriya's his friend too, and that this is hitting quite a few sour notes with him.He clearly doesn't approve of Bakugo's manhandling your classmate, and to be fully honest with yourself, you don't either… But with a chance of a breakthrough in sight… Maybe…
Maybe you can look the other way this time?... Or even help?
