Deku

I went offline, packed myself a bag, and ran. I needed to be alone right now. No one to bug me. No one to talk to me. No one to comfort me. I'd made a fool of myself. Kacchan had started saying he liked me more than a friend. Then I joined in and we kept going. And the way he defended himself when Kirishima said something. My phone kept buzzing, but I ignored it. I knew that my classmates saw me run outside. I knew they were yelling after me. Some were even trying to catch up to me. But I ignored them. I didn't listen. I didn't pay attention. I just ran and ran, until I used the winds to carry me away.

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When I stopped, I sat down, and looked out into the sunset. I was on top of a building. But I wasn't thinking about jumping. I was too busy cursing myself for coming out. For being too stupid not to realize that Bakugo couldn't love me like I loved him. He had changed recently, and I thought things were getting better, I really did! But it didn't look like it now. I wiped my tears away, and sniffed, before inside me snapped. And I didn't feel sad anymore. I didn't feel anything now. It made me panic. I didn't know what was going on. It worried and terrified me. "You know how it feels now, don't you, kid?" I knew that voice. It was a villain. Before I could get on my feet, they laid a hand on my shoulder. "Don't move, or call for help, unless you wanna get burned." It was Dabi. Touya. Whatever he was going by now. "I just want to talk." I froze in fear, not daring to say anything. But I tried to keep calm. "You've liked him for years now, right?" "Wait-h-how did you-?" His grip tightened. "Let's just say I've had a similar expirence. Anyway, he tried confessing, right?" "Y-yeah." "Then someone said something and he defended himself, right?" I stayed quiet. He was actually pretty on point. "That's what I thought. And now he's trying to say it's not a prank. That he was serious?" I nodded. "Relax, kid, you don't have to be so tense." He took his hand away. "I'm not here for you, remember?" "Yeah." He stayed quiet for a minute, watching the sunset. I think I'd gone insane because what came out of my mouth wasn't something I would ever say. "C-can I join the league?"