Chapter 45: Awakening to Fear

I regarded him with a vague stare. My mind was slow and sluggish, but finally my brain-cells connected and I realized - It's gonna hurt again. I didn't like that. I wanted to go back to being a baby, when I cried for two days straight. Even sooner, I just wanted my old life back, with no explosions and quirks and villains - I just wanted to disappear. I squeezed my eyes tightly, hands balled into fists, and waited for the pain to strike. Bakugou was not going to stop, was he? That's just how he is, I guess. "A very rude boy." But seconds tickled and nothing happened. I cracked one eye open to meet Bakugou's vermilion ones. He was crouched down over me, his face a breath away from mine, and his deadly hands brushing over my frame. But he looked confused. "What-" he stood and looked around, completely disregarding me. "Where the hell did that damn extra go?!" I was appalled.