The three of us left the ruined building, Eijirou and me running behind the hot-headed boy. We had to come back to the main zone, where that 'Kurogiri' and the man of the weird hands were causing problems.

'I hope Denki has already contacted the academia...' I thought, feeling uneasy. 'Everything would have been different if All Might were here...' The number one hero appeared in my head, though that hope faded fast, since I also remembered his state. Somehow, I was feeling that little by little, All Might would be the one who would need help, something that made me a little sad.

I pushed that unpleasant feeling away and sighed deeply. 'Will they arrive on time to save us?' I wondered. After that, I remembered that our classmates were in the same situation as us, or maybe worse. If we wanted to become good heroes, we should plan on going to save them. "Shouldn't we go and help the others first?" I asked concerned.

In my opinion, the best we could do at that moment was find the others and stay together, since like that, we would be stronger. "Bakugou said it before, the villains are weak! We can trust our friends!" The red-haired boy answered. 'Oh, well, that's true...' I nodded in agreement, remembering how scared were the villains I had to fight before.

'They almost pissed in their pants. That was cool, heheh...' I laughed to myself, a smirk adorned my face.

"By the way, how is that gate man knows (l/n)'s name!?" Eijirou wondered aloud with worry, making me gasp and come down from my thoughts, my eyes wide open. 'Shit! I forgot about that!' I exclaimed internally. 'I don't know either. It happened very fast and I didn't have time to think about it...'

My friend took a quick glance at me and noticed that my expression changed into a scared one and I seemed lost in my thoughts again. That made him regret what he had just said immediately. "O-Oh, I'm sorry... I shouldn't have reminded you that..." He apologized, running closer to me, and trying to catch my attention.

I let out a sad laugh. "Don't worry, I shouldn't forget about that either. They know my name and I don't know why..." I sighed, not knowing what to think about the fact that bad people like them knew that about me, something that made Katsuki growl in annoyance. "The damn teacher called you just before that motherfucker appeared in front of your stupid face! He only heard your name, moron!" Katsuki responded, not turning his head back to look at me in any moment.

I could have got mad due to his choice of words, but I was so done with him that I didn't care at all. 'Oh, it makes sense.' I thought while staring at his back, a sudden calm filling up all my body. "Y-Yeah... I was scared for nothing..." The hot-headed boy just 'tsked' at my response. "Make that shitty head of yours work before bumping into dumb conclusions." He blurted, still not looking back at me.

'Motherfucker! Are you trying to reassure me, or not!?' I sent him an intense glare from behind, something that Eijirou noticed and made him laugh. "Aaw, c'mon, guys, don't be like that!"

I let out another deep sigh and continued my pace with my two classmates. I could go faster, you know, but that would make me feel exhausted and I couldn't use my quirks. 'I have to save some of my strength to fight back...'

Fortunately, we were already reaching the end of the ruins zone. "If we run straight this way, we should reach the main area soon. And if we're lucky, we can take them by surprise." I informed while running. "I already know that, rat. Don't bother with your obvious comments." Katsuki responded rudely, making me grunt and send him a scowl from behind. 'Oh my god, I was just trying to help!' I exclaimed to myself annoyed, but this time I couldn't remain silent.

"Even in a situation like this, do you have to behave as you usually do!? Or even worse!?" I asked the boy, my anger was very noticeable. "Gosh! What's wrong with you!? Can't you cooperate for one time in your life!?" My patience wasn't by my side at that moment and also I didn't understand how Katsuki was capable of behaving like a little kid now. He just moved his head to his right side a little, enough for me to see the outline of his lips. "I don't remember asking you to come!" Katsuki yelled.

"Huh!? And stay in that super stable building!? Are you kidding me!?" I shouted back at him. "Fuck, why can't I block you in real life, too!?" I couldn't help but facepalm at the surrealist moment I was living with him. The male jumped at my words and sent me an even bigger glare.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY!!"

"HAH! MAKE ME IF YOU CAN!!"

Eijirou remained silent all of the time, hearing our fight with amusement. "You sound like an old marriage..." He muttered, but not quietly enough to be unheard and made us shut up abruptly. I took a quick look at my red-haired friend, a pink blush from the anger and the embarrassment because of his comment adorned my face. "K-Kirishima...?" I didn't know why did he blurt that out.

The boy just chuckled after seeing my reaction. "I bet that even in a situation like this, if Mineta were here, he wouldn't hesitate and he would have made a very dirty comment about what you said, (l/n)." He commented, sending me an apologetic smile before letting me realize what was he talking about.

I looked at him with an arched eyebrow. "Eh? Why...?" But faster than I wanted, it hit me. A sudden scene with Katsuki and me appeared in my head. The ash blonde boy made me kneel down in front of him, grabbed my hair and then, he was choking me with his dic- 'STOP IT RIGHT NOW!!'

I couldn't tell if my embarrassment could be any bigger. "K-K-KIRISHIMA, WHAT THE HELL WITH THAT COMMENT!?!?" The only little thought of Katsuki and me that way was enough for my heart to skip. 'I'VE NEVER THINK ABOUT HIM AND ME KISSING!! AND NOW, EIJIROU IS MAKING ME THINK EVEN WORSE THINGS ALL OF A SUDDEN!!' I was almost getting dizzy, and things I'd never thought with the hot-headed boy, were appearing in my head.

Eijirou began to laugh. "Hahahah! (L/n), even if you try to hide your face with your hands, your gloves are as red as you!" I looked at him in disbelief. "STOP ACTING SO NORMAL!!" I yelled, making the boy try to articulate 'I'm sorry' between his laughter.

'Me!? And Katsuki!?' I couldn't help but bring the same scene to my head again and again. 'STOP IT ALREADY!!' I ordered to myself all flustered.

'I-I don't like him that way! He's just a friend, right!? Ah, no, no! He's not a friend! I don't like Katsuki, I hate him! I've also blocked him because I don't want to talk to him anymore! Y-Yeah!'

For a moment, we forgot about the walking-grenade in front of us, who also exploded as red as a tomato after realizing what our classmate was referring to. "W-W-WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, BASTARD!?!? I-I'LL MURDER YOU, SHITTY HAIR!!" He yelled while stuttering.

His shouts startled me and made me look at him. Katsuki's red eyes were on Eijirou, but as fast as my (e/c) ones landed on him, he drove his gaze to my figure. The boy's expression didn't hold a glare or a growl, no, his mouth was half opened and his eyes wide, sweating a lot because of the sudden embarrassment of the situation.

Our eyes connected, the blush that adorned our faces grew bigger and bigger, something that made the both of us realize that we were thinking in the same thing. "Oww... Bakugou! Don't look at me like that!" I said after hiding my face again, making the ash blonde boy choke with his own saliva. "Y-YOU LOOKED AT ME FIRST, RAT!!"

How I wanted to be dead at that moment. 'My heart is going to get out of me!' I thought while bringing one of my hands to my chest.

"Hahah! Oh, man, I'm sorry! But that was hilarious..." Eijirou said, wiping away his tears. "I wanted to ask this before, but... is there a problem between you two?" The boy asked with some amusement in his voice, already knowing that of course, something was up.

"WE'RE TOTALLY FINE!!" We shouted at the unison.

- - - - -

Some minutes passed and we already reached the main zone. Katsuki and I were unable to speak or look at each other after our classmate's bright comment before, but we tried to act cool and forget about that.

The three of us noticed from afar that All Might was fighting some weird muscled man with bird mouth and with his brain uncovered by his skull. We tensed up at the moment we noticed that the pro hero was having a hard time to beat that monster. "What the fuck is that thing..." I asked with some fear.

"Is All Might... OK?" Eijirou also questioned after seeing how they were wrapped in two holes: their legs in one place and their upper body in other. That Kurogiri didn't let the pro hero smash the weird bird-man's head and created those portals, something that made the monster take advantage of the moment and catch the man by his sides.

Suddenly, I noticed that he had blood on his left side, the same place as his weak spot. My eyes widened at the moment I realized that monster had his tight grip in All Might like that. 'No! Fuck! Why has to be there!?' I was aware that the only ones that knew about his state were the teachers, Izuku and me, and I mustn't tell anyone about what All Might showed me. He trusted me, but that didn't mean that I wasn't terrified because of what I was witnessing and that I couldn't do anything.

'I don't know what to do! Should I go and help him, or would that make it worse!?' I threw my hands to my head, a weird and unpleasant sensation was growing inside me. I couldn't believe that I was leaving All Might at the villain's mercy without doing a thing. "AAARRGGG!! WE MUST DO SOMETHING!!" I was that desperate that I didn't notice that I summoned my scythe and was preparing myself to run to them. "I'M GOING TO KILL THAT SHITTY BIRD!!" I yelled with anger.

However, I was quickly cut by Katsuki, who stopped me by putting his right arm horizontally in front of me and blocked my way. "Wait." He ordered. I looked at him with a confused expression, I couldn't understand why he made me stop when he's the first one to attack. "WHAT THE FUCK, BAKUGOU!?" The ash blonde boy remained calm, and pointed at Izuku with his finger. "Look."

"Huh?" I turned up my head and directed my (e/c) eyes to my green-haired friend, who was running to All Might, the same way I would have done myself if the walking-grenade hadn't stopped me. "ALL MIIIIIGHHTT!!" He shouted. It was obvious that he couldn't remain without doing anything, though he didn't have Katstupid to stop him.

"Midoriya!?" Eijirou exclaimed. "He's going to be wrapped by the portal!" Kurogiri had made a sudden portal in front of Izuku's face to prevent him from helping the pro hero, and he was about to touch it. I brought my hand to my mouth and gasped. "NO!! IZUKU!!"

I didn't have much time to watch how my friend was absorbed by the hole because Katsuki stormed to his direction and grabbed Kurogiri's physical body, leaving some explosions on it. "GET OUTTA THE FUCKING WAY, DEKU!!!"

"I'll go, too!!" Eijirou said before jumping right to the man with the weird hands and tried to attack him with a punch, though he couldn't catch him, since the man moved fast to his side. "Shit! I had him!" He cursed, taking some steps back until he reached Katsuki's side.

Then, also Shouto appeared and froze half of the weird bird, making an unexpected twist in the situation. 'I won't stay behind!' I thought to myself before running to the now half-frozen bird and cut his right arm and leg with my scythe. "Hah! Take this!" I took some steps back and stood between Izuku and Katsuki. I took a glance at the green haired boy, who was thanking all of us for helping him and the pro hero.

'Great! Now we're leading the situation!' I cheered internally while moving my weapon in a vertical position. Now I understood why Katsuki had stopped me, he was waiting for the right moment to attack. 'You're so good...' I thought while looking at him by the corner of my eye, my lips forming a tiny smile.

A new good sensation was replacing the one I had inside of me before. The villains' faces were priceless, I was sure that they didn't see that coming... Well, myself either, but that wasn't the case. After all our efforts, we managed to improve the situation to our favor. Luck was by our side!

Or that was I thought...

"Hey, hey, hey, be careful with that big knife, girl." Said the man with the weird hands before turning his head to the monster. "Noumu, just get it over with the explosive kid. And reconquer the exit." He ordered.

'Eh?'

At the moment the villain said so, the bird-man began to regenerate the extremities I cut off from his body, leaving all of us with shocked expressions. "STAND BACK, ALL OF YOU!!" All Might ordered while positioning his right arm horizontally in a protective way. "WHAT THE!? WASN'T HIS QUIRK A SHOCK ABSORPTION QUIRK!?" The pro hero wondered aloud, making the villain laugh. "I never said all of his abilities... He also has super regeneration."

Then, in a blink of an eye, that 'Noumu' stormed towards Katsuki with his fist raised in attempting to hit him. "NO!! BAKUGOU!!" I cried. I was terrified, Noumu was faster than the human eye and could hit the boy at any moment. That's why my body began to turn to his direction, almost instinctively.

'I CAN'T LET THEM TOUCH HIM!! NO!!' Tears of despair were born from my eyes, the only feeling of that boy I disliked crushed by the villain's fist was something I couldn't handle. "BAKUGOOOUUU!!"

Everything seemed moving in slow motion, I took quickly my scythe and ran as fast as I could after the villain, hoping that I could cut him in half before touching Katsuki, something that the man with the weird hands noticed. But I couldn't make more than two steps, All Might moved faster than me and took the five of us.

'What!? All Might!?' The man was smiling at me while he was taking us some steps backwards, blood pouring out from his mouth. "Leave this to me, (f/n)." He muttered, only for me. I nodded with a bit of hesitation in response, but let the pro hero continue with his fight without struggling.

"HUH!? KACCHAN!? Y-YOU DODGED HIM!?" Izuku asked after seeing his childhood friend sitting on the floor, a surprised expression was plastered in his flecked face. It was obvious that they weren't able to see what happened, their eyes couldn't catch it. "N-No... it was All Might..." I answered breathless, my legs trembling. I turned my head to the hot-headed boy, who was even more surprised than the others, something that made me realize that he knew that he hadn't been quick enough to react.

"I-I'm sorry, Bakugou... If All Might weren't h-here..." I managed to say, making the boy look at me. He analyzed me from head to toe, I was using my scythe as a support to not fall, my legs were shaking a lot due to the sudden rush. "Huh? W-What are you talking about, rat!?" He asked, though he was utterly aware of what had happened because of my state.

"I didn't r-react on time... I wanted to save y-you... Sorry..." I confessed between cries. The boy's expression softened after hearing my voice, a blush adorned his face. He turned his head down at the moment he noticed it and tried to avoid my gaze, sighing deeply after that. "Don't cry, (l/n)... please..." He muttered, almost inaudible.

"E-Eh? What did you say?" I asked Katsuki while wiping away my tears, receiving a 'tsk' from him. He took a few seconds before turning up his head again, it seemed as if he was thinking about something because he sighed deeply before that. The ash blonde boy stood up, his expression was now replaced by an unexpected calm one. "... (L/n), I-"

The walking-grenade wasn't able to finish what he was about to say when a great gust of wind hit the five of us. "A-AAH!! WHAT'S THIS!?" All Might and Noumu were punching each other, and by the way they were doing it, the shock wave of his fight was large enough to make us retreat.

I only got the chance to make my scythe disappear before I killed someone of my friends with it accidentally, but due to the lack of support after that, the gusts of wind threw me backwards at Katsuki. "GET OUT!!" I yelled at the boy, though instead of doing what I said, he spread his arms in attempting to catch me. "B-BAKUGOU!?" I exclaimed, not knowing why he was doing so when he could just avoid me.

At the moment that he caught me, our bodies collided and fell down. "Ouch!" My eyes were shut due to the impact, but I opened them when I noticed that the gusts of wind didn't touch my body as hard as before. "Eh?" Katsuki was on top of me and he was covering my body with his own.

I watched in awe how he was protecting me, as if his life were on it. 'Why is he doing this...?' My cheeks began to grow warm, our bodies were touching and I could hear his heart beating fast. 'Why...?'

I was confused, I didn't understand why he was protecting me from the gusts. "Are you OK, (l/n)!?" Katsuki asked, his eyes closed because of the force he was making to prevent him from flying away. I jumped at his concerned question. 'Is he worried about me...?'

I wasn't really sure if he meant it, too many things had happened between us and I wasn't as naive as before. Though the fact of me being under him, was enough for the boy to have a hard time to remain in that place, something that clarified my doubts. I couldn't help but send a warm smile at the male and close my eyes, melting into his touch.

"Yes, I am. Because you're here..." I whispered shyly in his ear after bringing my arms around his body, making easier for him to hug me tighter, too. I wanted to help the boy to not fly away, and also give him a big hug, but he didn't react, as well as he didn't reply. My cheeks were pink and my sheepish smile didn't fade from my face. 'I miss you...'

He tensed at the moment he heard me blurt that out, he didn't expect it at all. The boy relaxed after a few seconds and rested his head on mine.

'You're still the Katsuki I thought you were, are you...?' I wondered, feeling that pleasant sensation of his warmth and his protection over me once more. I didn't care about anything at that moment, I just wanted to keep feeling his heartbeat on my chest.

After a few more seconds, we heard a loud 'Plus Ultra' that came from All Might. He beat Noumu with a big punch, sending him outside the USJ. "Finally!" I heard Eijirou exclaim. I let Katsuki go from my grip after hearing my classmate and drove my hands slowly to his toned chest.

I felt so shy all of a sudden. 'I knew it... He's not as he wanted me to think he was...' I dared to look at the boy on top of me, as well as his red eyes trailed to my (e/c) ones after opening them slowly. He was no longer mad or angry, his face was holding a calm expression, those ones that only had shown to me.

"Bakugou..." I muttered quietly while trailing one of my hands to his cheek.

'What's happening...?'

Time seemed to stop, we were looking at each other, almost lovingly, with our eyes slightly open. 'Why is my heart beating so fast?' I forgot about the others, as well as the place and the situation we were in. Everything left over, even the words. 'Why is he looking at me like that? Why are his cheeks so red? Why...?'

I ceased thinking when I felt Katsuki's face coming closer to mine. 'W-What!?' The ash blonde boy parted his lips while leaning in, his half-closed eyes showed all the emotions he had been hiding since the beginning. 'No... this can't be... he's going to...' I closed my eyes, my heart beating faster, though I didn't know if I was ready for this, if I had to forget everything that happened between us and let him kiss me... 'Is this a dream?' I wondered to myself. 'What are you doing to me, Katsuki?'

My breath stopped, the boy was closing the little gap between our lips...