"Choose wisely Bakugou." Tomura chuckled.

  It was an easy answer. "Go ahead. Kill me instead of them. Release them to the real world, just don't hurt them." I held up my arms, ready for death. "I won't fight back."

  "I sure will!" Kirishima growled and stepped up. "I'm not letting you die Katsuki." I could feel my face heat up when he used my name. Then it turned to anger. I'm sacrificing everything for you. Let me do something good for once!

  "Me too!" Mina stepped forward too.

  "Ugh! Guys, no! This is my decision to make, not yours! You'll be safe in a few hours." I growled.

  "Alright, you get ten minutes alone with each of them since I'm not heartless. Once those minutes are over, say goodbye and meet me in the Training Room." Tomura told me. "Choose one to be alone with first."

  "Deku." I wanted to spend my first ten minutes with him, make sure he's alive and tell him everything. I wanted Kirishima to be my last ten minutes.

  "Alright. Let's go." Shigaraku grabbed Kirishima's and Ashido's wrist, with his pinky out, and walked away.

  I knelt next to Deku and slapped him. "Oi! Don't die on me now!" Tears were forming in my eyes, I could tell.

  He opened up his eyes. They were turning dull quicker than a few days ago. "Wha- K-Kacchan?" He looked around. "Ho-How did we get here?" He propped himself onto the wall, unable to support his weight on his own.

  "I carried you here. I tried to escape with Ashido and Kirishima with you over my shoulders, but our plan failed." I looked down.

  "How? What happened?" He sounded so confused.

"We got fucking caught! That's how!" I blew up.

  He looked behind me and saw the pile of ash. "Why is there ash?"

  I choked back on my tears. "Kaminari showed up and..." I was unable to finish my sentence. I started to cry uncontrollably.

  Deku's eyes widened. "He-He's dead, isn't he?"

  "Of fucking cou-course he is! He's a-ash!" I stuttered because of my cries.

  He cried with me. Kaminari was a friend to everyone in Class 1-A. How will Sero react when the others tell him?

  After around two minutes of being a wimp, I man up and stop crying. Deku started talking. "So, why are we here? Where are the others?" He stopped breathing and looked around the room then back at me with misty eyes. "Are they-"

  "They aren't fucking dead Deku. I volunteered to die for everyone to get out of this place. I have ten minutes with every person, which is you, Ashido, and Kirishima." I cut in annoyingly.

  "Wait, what?! No, you can't!" His eyes were begging me no, but I said otherwise.

  "Too late. It was either me or everyone else. I'm nothing but an asshole anyways. I'd be doing everyone a favor." I leaned back and accepted that fact.

  "No! I won't stand for it! You're going to live! We can find another solution! We have to!' He urged me to think.

  "You can sit then because I'm the one dying. Why do you care so much anyways?I was always so mean to you!"

  "Because I consider you as a friend. I wouldn't let Ochaco, Todoroki, or Iida do it, so you won't be either." He huffed. "Also, what do you mean by, 'You can sit down then'?"

  "You said that you wouldn't stand for it so I said to sit." I sighed. "Anyways, this is my decision. So do not try to change my mind. I'm trying to be helpful for once."

  "This isn't helpful! This is-" I cut him off.

  "Shut up Deku! God!" I exhaled. "Anyways, I wanted to say sorry."

  He tilted his head, he held confusion in his gaze. "Sorry for what?"

  "What do you mean, 'for what'?!" I stare at him like he grew two heads.

  "Well, there isn't anything to be sorry fo-" I felt everything boil over.

  "Yes the hell there is! How about, sorry for hurting you?! Or, sorry for telling you to die?! And sorry for always leaving you in the dust?! Sorry for everything!" I blew up.

  "You don't have to be Kacchan. I never understood why you did those things but you don't have to be sorry."

  "Yes the fuck I do! I'm an awful person! I never listened to you! I never let you close! I never did those stupid things friends are supposed to do!" I yelled.

  "Stop saying 'never', and say 'did'." Deku tries to help. He should've held his tongue, or worded it differently.

  "Okay then! I will. I did push you down. I did leave you behind. I did bully you. I-"

  "I didn't mean like that Kacchan and you know it!" He huffed. "You were the thing that propelled me forward. You helped me get to where I am today. You helped me get into UA." His eyes met with the ground. "If you never did any of that, I wouldn't have met Todoroki..." He sniffed as he thought about Half 'n Half. "I miss him."

  "Well, you'll be able to see him later so why does it matter?" I leaned up against the wall and relaxed. "Tell everyone in class that they aren't that bad..."

  "Do not talk like that Kacchan! You'll make it to school. You'll be okay. You'll have a future. Don't worry, we'll make a pla-" Deku started. He was fired up and back to his usual self but you could tell that he was only running on adrenaline. I knew that as soon as I left him, he would pass out again and he'll be taken to the hospital within Twenty minutes.

  I ignored him. I didn't want to talk about that. But, his voice carried into my head still. "It's like you want to die! Do you not care about the people who care for you?! What about Kirishima?!"

  A few tears made their way down my face. "I don't want to die! I have to! Do you not understand?! I'm saving you and the others. Let me do this!'

  He opened his mouth to speak, but the door swung open to reveal Tomura. "Time's up Bakugou."