I let out a deep sigh after Shoto left the hospital room. My head rested on the headboard and I starred out of the window, letting the wind brush my face. A knock on the door woke me from my daydream and I saw Eijiro approaching.

"Hey, are you feeling alright?" he asked, taking a seat next to my bed.

"Yeah... I'm fine, just disappointed that we could not do more to save Bakugou..." I answered with a gloomy face and looked away.

"Don't worry, we are not gonna sit around and do nothing... we will get him back in no time" he tried to encourage me and I just hummed.

"We don't even know where they brought him... where are we supposed to start looking?" I asked.

"We will find a way... just don't give up hope" he smiled and I finally managed to pull my mouth corners up to smile back.

"You are right, I should stay positive... the last thing we need right now is self pity." He nodded and before we could continue our conversation Momo entered the room.

"Hey... sorry for intruding.. but I have something to talk about" she said, closing the door.

"What's up?" Eijiro asked, facing in her direction.

"... We might have a way to get Bakugou back"

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We all gathered in Midoriyas room, discussing how to save Bakugou. To my surprise Shoto and Eijiro volunteered to go, something was not right in my opinion. I was still thinking, if I should join or not... I mean Iida was against the plan to break the rules and quite many agreed but I had the same feelings as Eijiro. Since I could not do anything back then I felt guilty and wanted to make up for my mistake.

"...I'm coming along" I said during a moment of silence and everyone starred at me.

"No you don't!" I heard the anger in Shoto's voice but I stepped forth.

"That's not up to you to decide!" I talked back and his eyes glared at me.

"This is not the time to start a fight!" Ochako exclaimed and everyone was silent.

I left the room after the conversation was over and I noticed someone following me, but before I could turn around I was already pinned against the wall.

"How many times do I have to tell you to stay out of danger!" I starred in Shoto's flaming eyes and my breathing picked up speed.

"...That's not up to you to decide what I do!" I yelled and his grip tightened, making it impossible for me to move.

"You are so stubborn!! Why can't you listen to me!!" his right side started acting out of order and flames started sparking on his face.

"S-Shoto..." I was speechless after watching his reaction, he was so angry that his quirk activated on it's own.

"If you stick around me you only get in danger! How am I supposed to protect myself when I always have to keep an eye out for YOU!?" I was silent, it was pointless to talk back when he was in this state, my words would not reach him.

"... I cannot turn back time, but I can make sure that the future is brighter than the past" his hands slowly released me and he walked away, leaving me once again confused.

"What's up with him recently?? Why does he keep saying stuff that does not make any sense?

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I dressed in some casual clothes before I left my hospital room. The decision to tag along in this rescue mission was still active and I was ready to get it over with. Especially this strange guy Dabi... we still had an open bill to settle.

"Good evening" I waved at Midoriya, Eijiro and Shoto who were waiting outside the hospital.

"Hey! Is your arm doing alright?" Eijiro greeted me concerned.

"I am fine, my wrist is almost healed" I showed him the wound and he looked surprised to see that it was nearly gone.

"W-Wow... that is amazing! Your quirk surely is useful" I smiled and pulled my sleeve down.

"Who else is coming?" I asked curiously.

"We hope that Yaoyorozu and Iida join us... but to be honest I am not sure about that" Eijiro said.

Before we could continue our conversation Momo showed up and along with her Iida. The situation quickly escalated between Midoriya and Iida, since they already fought back at the hospital room. After Midoriya received a punch from his friend the situation calmed and to our surprise both Momo and Iida decided to accompany us.

"Why do I have to sit next to him of all people..." I thought after we entered the train and I had to share a 2 seat with Shoto. I kept starring out of the window to avoid looking at him, since earlier on the situation between us was tense. My phone was vibrating and I looked at my lock screen, seeing a message from Eijiro.

"I got a seat available over here, if you rather sit with me then come over :)"

I looked over the seats and saw him waving from the other end of the train. I smiled and unlocked my phone to reply but Shoto suddenly snatched my phone.

"H-HEY!" I shouted annoyed and he quickly typed something into my phone, after he was done he gave it back and I quickly checked what he did.

"No thanks, I'm perfectly fine over here <<"

I glared at him after reading the reply he sent to Eijiro.

"Are you out of your mind? What's wrong with you??" He did not bother to look at me, instead he crossed his arms and closed his eyes, making it look like he was gonna sleep.

"Hey! We are not done talking here!! Open your god damn eyes!!" I shook his shoulder until he opened his eyes.

"What?" he said with an intimidating voice but it did not scare me off.

"Why the fuck did you take my phone and sent Eijiro that message??" I asked.

"What's so wrong about that? I just let him know you are perfectly fine with your current seat, that's all" I grinded my teeth, he was pissing me off with his behavior.

"It's none of your business besides who I'd like to sit! Just so you know I prefer sitting next to Eijiro rather than next to yo-"

"Do you have feelings for him?" he suddenly cut me off with that strange question.

"Wha? Are you serious right now?" I asked, getting more and more annoyed of him behavior.

"Just answer the question" his eyes were piercing mine and I started feeling nervous.

"W-Why do you want to know?" he stayed silent and just observed my face, I could feel my heart racing and my cheeks became red.

"I'm just curious... since I have the impression that you like him more than as a friend" My reaction just happened naturally, since I wanted to clear any misunderstandings... I didn't like the idea that he thought I was having feelings for Eijiro.

"Y-You are wrong!! I don't have any romantic feelings for Eijiro! He is just a friend to me and nothing more! Why would you even think I like him more than as a friend??" I was acting weird and hysterical, I wanted to clarify that there was nothing between me and Eijiro.

"Really? Then why are you acting so strange? If you could see your face right now then I am pretty sure that you would doubt your own words just as I do" I started panicking, how could I make him believe me.

"I am not lying to you! I really don't have any romantic feelings for him!!" I shouted and Shoto suddenly smirked.

"Wow, you really made sure everyone knows how you feel now" I looked around and saw the other passenger's starring at us weirdly.

"S-Sorry..." I apologized silently and sunk into my seat.

"Well since you made a fool out of yourself I can believe you" he said, leaning back into his seat and relaxing.

"You wanted me to shout it didn't you?" he smiled while he closed his eyes.

"What if I say yes? Would that satisfy you?" I punched him.

"I don't even know why you started it in the first place! I am pretty sure you know exactly how I feel towards him" his expression suddenly changed.

"Since I know now how you feel about Kirishima, I'd like to know how you feel towards me?" my face suddenly went pale and I forgot to breathe.

"W-What do you mean?" his eyes pierced mine.

"What are your feelings towards me? do you still hate me that much?" I was silent, his question was strange, it sounded like he knew something..

"...What are you talking about? It's not that I hate you... did you forget what I did to you? How can my feelings ever make up for the things I did to you... even if I told you I like you... nothing would make up for the pain I caused you" I looked down at my hands and pressed them together to prevent them from shaking.

"I wonder... sometimes I get the feeling that you regret what you did from the bottom of your heart. I am curious why that is though, I've been thinking these days... maybe someone talked you into it and made you hurt me intentionally... but if that's really true, I wonder what the reason behind it is?" my heart started racing uncontrollably in my chest, it can't be that he knew?? There is no way he knows anything about the deal I made with his father. I promised I would never tell and it is more than sure that he would not tell anything either.

"You are overthinking... why would someone talk me into it? I did what I did acting on my own accord. But you are right, I do regret it from the bottom of my heart that I hurt you... if I could turn back time I would have thought of a different solution..." his eyes twitched.

"Really? Well it's a little hard to believe since I just recently heard something about "the real truth" from no other than your best buddy Kirishima" my heart skipped a beat as he mentioned about it.

"W-What?" his body was facing mine now and his expression was serious than ever.

"He told me that you shared a big secret with him about our past, something called the "the real truth" don't you think that makes me curious?" I could feel how my lungs blocked and I was gasping for air.

"It's not what you think it is... I told him something that only considered me and not you... it has nothing to do with you, please believe me" Shoto placed his hand on the window behind me and moved closer.

"I don't believe you! I can see it in your eyes that you are lying! But the thing that makes me upset is the fact that you won't tell me what is going on, if he was saying the truth then you are hiding the circumstances that parted us so many years ago!" I looked away from his eyes, he never questioned me this intensively before and I was never this close to spill the truth.

"Shoto... this isn't the right place to-" he took my wrist and pulled me up from my seat, dragging me through the corridor. I was pushed into the bathroom and he locked the door, freezing the handle.

"What are you doing?? Have you lost your mind?" I didn't mean to shout but it just slipped.

"You and I are not leaving until you told me the truth about that day!" I back away from him until I stumbled over the toilet and sit on it.

"I have nothing to tell you! Like I said the things I told Kirishima have nothing to do with you!" I expected him to shout at me but instead he bend down and looked at me with a calm expression.

"When we were kids, there was only you that could make me smile. You were that special person to me that I wanted around no matter what. I trusted you with closed eyes, never thinking you would ever betray me. I know you did the same, even today you are still doing the same thing you did back then. You always follow me around, taking care of me and putting yourself in harms way to protect me. It's like we never changed since that day... I questioned it many times why you still act this way, even after everything you did. But now I can't avoid it anymore since I heard from Kirishima that there is something I don't know, something that influenced your decision back then. I know that you never had the intention to hurt me, it was someone who told you to do so and I want to know who that person is." I wanted to stand up and leave but he took my wrist and stepped behind me.

"I know that you loved me back then, if you still have the same feelings for me... then I'm begging you to tell me what brought you to that decision, and why are you trying to repair everything after so many years?"

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