~12~

*Time skip- to the day after the sport festival*

Bakugo POV

What have I done?! I thought while debating whether I should facepalm myself with my hand or with my door.

Or rather, what the fuck have I said?! I was sitting on the floor in my room, trying to understand why I always find ways to mess things up.

Just recalling my little conversation with Deku made me bury my red face in my hands. At first, I was proud at myself for being able to say 'thank you' to Deku. But one second later I had to ruin all my progress by saying:"You fought well. You know, relatively to a weak nerd".

What is this supposed to mean? He didn't even answer me. He looked shocked.Of course he would be shocked! During all this years I was just yelling at him. Getting angry about every single thing he did. He wasn't expecting me to be nice to him all of a sudden. He wasn't expecting me to thank him, or to say some stupid, unclear shit.

Now he probably thinks that I'm weird. A very weird creep who once bullied him.

Why would he want to be my soulmate?

There you go Katsuki, exactly when you finally accepted your feelings, you lost your chances with your soulmate.

It was morning and I was supposed to get ready for school, yet I didn't move a muscle.If I go to school I will probably see Deku, and I definitely wasn't ready to face him now.

Couldn't I say something else? Even ׳You were amazing׳, 'You did great' or 'It was a fantastic battle' could have done the job. But after all, no matter how hard I tried I couldn't imagine myself saying this kind of things.

To be honest, I wasn't even sure if my mouth can pronounce those words.

"Katsuki wake up! You are going to be late for school!" I heard my mom's voice calling me from downstairs.Little did she knew I didn't get much sleep that night. It was hard enough for me to fall asleep, but I woke up pretty early too. I was sitting on the floor next to my bed and analyzed whatever happened in that short conversation for at least two hours.

Something is definitely wrong with me.

Since when I'm worrying so much about what other people think about me?Since when I'm thinking twice before letting a word slip out of my mouth?

I stood up and shoved some notebooks into my school bag. Most of the time I wasn't paying attention in class anyway, so it didn't matter for me whether I forgot one notebook or not- I could just use another one.The teachers won't know, and even if they will I was sure that Aizawa sensei wouldn't be bothered by it.

I knew that learning to my next exam might be hard with the study material dispersed in 3 different notebooks, but at that moment I didn't really care.

I tried not to, but all I could think of was Deku. Deku and how he'll respond when he sees me today.

Hopefully, everything will be okay. This is Deku after all, he is nice and he will never judge someone over one stupid sentence.And yet... The problem is that we know each other for a long time, and I didn't exactly waste those years in helping him and showing him the good parts of me.

I did the opposite.

"You don't want to eat?" My mom asked me as I went down the stairs and head to the entrance door."I'm not hungry" I replied simply and opened the door."Wait!" She said and I turned around just in time to see her walking towards me, with a curious look on her face. "Did you already talk to Midoriya about you being soulmates?"

What?! I was ready to every question she might have asked me, every question but this. My eyes widened and I felt my cheeks getting red.

Why is she asking that!?This is none of her business!

I immediately turned around and closed the door behind me without hesitation.I accepted my feelings, yes. but I wasn't ready to talk to her about it. I had enough on my mind either way.

As I started to walk away from the house, I could hear my mother's quiet voice from behind the door.She was giggling.

Is she laughing at me?!Doesn't she have something better to do?

Although, I had to admit that her weird behavior distracted my mind and prevented me from thinking about Deku. Well... at least until I entered the school.

While I walked fast past the school gate and towards my class, I looked around me worryingly. I was torn between the desire to see Deku, and the fear of the reaction he'll have when he'll see me.

When I entered the classroom he wasn't there. Honestly, I never knew that it's possible to feel so relived yet so disappointed at the same time.

I put down my bag next to my table and set down. I hate it. Why can't I stop thinking about him!? This is not normal! Even if he is my soulmate, I should be able to think about things that are not related to him.Because my head was full of Deku, I didn't spend any time being happy about the fact that I won the sport festival. Moreover, I didn't spend any time being angry about Todoroki, who didn't use his left side during our battle. That stupid half and half boy. What was he thinking? That he is better than me? Why didn't he-

Deku entered the classroom.Suddenly, all the anger that was filling my body one second ago fade away as if he was never there.

He was listening to one of his friends with a smile. His green curls moved softly when he nodded his head as an answer to some question.He walked past me and sat down in his place, still talking with that stupid friend of his who was moving his hands to all the directions while speaking.

But he didn't look at me. Not even for a second.

I knew that. A part of me knew that nothing will happen. Not just because of the idiotic things that I said. But because we never talked to each other in school. And even if we did, I always ended up yelling at him. I knew that, but somehow not being able to do such a simple thing - not being able to talk to him - made my heart shrink in pain as frustration and irritation filled my body.

Mitsuki Bakugo (katsuki's mom) POV

I never imagined, not even in my wildest dreams, that I'll see this kind of expression on my son's face.

He looked so surprised and embarrassed when he closed the door behind him and ran away from the house, that I couldn't hold my laugh back.

I wanted to ask him about Midoriya, but I guess it was too early for that. I thought.

Well, at least he didn't yell and claimed that he will never be his soulmate. I shrugged and let out a sigh.

It's a progress.

Bakugo POV *time skip to lunchtime*

Finally! The bell rang and the lesson was over.I was so tired from the lack of sleep that I couldn't concentrate on the lesson at all. At least, that was what I told to myself in order to avoid the truth.

This is not fair. Not fair at all. How come I am such a mess because of him, while he is acting so relaxed and normal?! Shouldn't it be the other way round? Why do I have to feel this disgusting feeling called depression just because he didn't talk to me?

No. I need to control myself. I have no idea what that green light I once saw around Deku did to me, but I can't go crazy over little things like that. I need to relax.

I opened my school bag and took out my sandwich, suddenly understanding how hungry I was.

Maybe I should've eat breakfast after all...

"Midoriya, are you coming?" "Yes, one moment" I heard Deku's voice, he was close to me.I looked up to see him standing in front of my table.

"H-hey... Kacchan... Can I... talk to you after school about something...?" He asked.

Perfect! This is your chance Katsuki! Say something cool! Something manly!

"U-uh... okay."

"Really!?" He looked surprised. "Then I'll meet you at the school gate!" He said with a big smile that almost melted me and walked away quickly, as if he was afraid that I'll suddenly change my mind.

——————————————————————-Hello again! ✨I am very sorry for the late update ;-; School is almost over for me (just one more day!) but I have a super big test in the university that I'm worried about >< So I don't have a lot of time to write because I'm spending more time learning (or at least that's what I'm trying to do XD)

Whatever ~ let's change the subject :3

What do you think? Will Bakugo finally tell Midoriya that they are soulmates in the next chapter, or am I planing Something else for those two? (Muhahahahaha)

BTW thank you for all the votes and the comments ❤️Reading them makes me laugh/smile at my phone like a creep in the middle of school (but who cares my friends thinks I'm weird anyway). And I wasn't planning to stop writing this fanfic or something like that, but your comments really motivates me a lot - so thank you (again)❤️

>But seriously 10K views? 0-0 Am I dreaming?<