Do You Trust Me? πŸ₯€

Bakugou POV


For some stupid unknown reason, class 1-A was being dragged into a meeting with the staff of UA, as well as some police officers.


I didn't give a shit about any of it. It was probably going to be about one of the many attacks by the league of villains and we were going to be asked stupid questions and ultimately waste a lot of my precious time.


I just sat down in an empty chair, wanting to get this over with. Everyone else sat down, leaving the seat next to me open. They knew that Kiri always sat beside me, so they'd started to just leave the space open and work around it.


I waited patiently (not really) for Kiri to show up with the rest of the class so the meeting could start, but soon everyone had arrived except for him. Our entire class was there and that's when I noticed.


Sato, the last one to enter the room looked for a chair on the students' side and didn't see another open one, besides the one next to me. However, on the teacher's side, there was just the right number of chairs.


There were 19 chairs for 20 students, and Kiri was nowhere to be found.


Sato hesitantly sat down in the seat next to me, saying that he'd find somewhere else when Kiri got here. I wasn't listening to him. I didn't care what he was doing, I needed to know what was going on.


"Oi, assholes, does anyone know where shitty hair is?"


The teachers raised an eyebrow at me. Aizawa sensei sighed exasperatedly. He looked awful, like he hadn't gotten any sleep. Well, he always looked like that, but sleep deprivation looked normal on him. This was like he'd been to hell and back. "That's Bakugou's nickname for... Kirishima," Aizawa sensei explained. It looked like just saying that sentence caused him pain.


One of the police officers cleared his throat and stood up. "Class 1-A, we've called all of you here because there is something very serious that we feel you have a right to know. It is pertaining to the recent attacks on UA by the league of villains."


Everyone held their breath.


Was Kiri kidnapped? Shit. Shit! We have to go get him back! Why are they sitting around calling meetings when he's in danger?!?


"We believed that all of the attacks happened because there was a traitor within UA, supplying information to the league of villains. I'm sorry to say that we were right. After some secret investigating, we discovered who the traitor was. I'm sorry, but Kirishima Eijirou betrayed this school and is currently in police custody."


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I could feel the silence in the room wrap around my throat and strangle me. I felt like I would pass out right then and there.


They're wrong. There's nothing more to it. Kiri would never do that! He wasn't the one that did this, they've got the wrong guy. Yeah. Those fucking morons got the wrong guy. The only person that I'll ever love, and they take him away because of some evidence that probably wasn't real. I won't let them do this. I'll prove that they're wrong.


"Bakugou." It was Aizawa sensei's voice calling me. As I was pulled back to the reality around me, I saw everyone's eyes on me, and only me. I wanted to rip their eyes out of their head, every last one of them.


"It wasn't him." I stood up and walked out. They tried calling after me, but I didn't stop, didn't listen. Then they tried to forcibly stop me from leaving, but I blasted a hole in the wall without second thought.


My pace quickened to a run as I dashed out of the building, my tears falling behind me as they were swept with the wind.


He didn't do it. He didn't do it. He didn't do it.


I kept repeating it in my head, like a mantra. I swore that I would never lose faith in him, no matter how bad things got. He needed someone to believe him right now and that someone would be me.


It didn't take much thinking to figure out where they'd be holding him. There was a police station not too far from the school grounds, it was obvious he'd be there.


I ran there as fast as my legs could carry me. As I kept running, the muscles in my legs ached and my lungs begged me to stop, to slow down, but I didn't. The soles of my feet suffered from the impact of every frantic stride as I kept moving forward, refusing to wait.


After what felt like hours, I reached the police station. I swung the doors open, igniting every stare, and kept running, past everyone in front of me. None of the officers were expecting me and I blew by them. I looked in every window, trying to find him.


Then, I saw that bright red hair through a small window on the front of a door. I pushed away the officers that were standing in front of it and let myself into the room.


He was right there. Staring at me, mouth hanging open. I quickly grabbed an empty chair from the room and used it to block the door just in time, as the officers started trying to open it.


"Bakugou? What are you doing here?" Tears started streaming down his face in a steady flow as I walked up to him and engulfed him in a bone crushing hug. When I noticed he wasn't hugging me back, I looked at him and realized that he was handcuffed to the table in front of him.


"I'm going to fix this, alright? I'll get you out of here and I'll get the dickheads off your ass, alright? I swear, I'll fucking fix this."


He nodded as he started crying even more. "Bakugou, I swear I didn't do it. I would never want to hurt you. I mean it, I had nothing to do with this." His voice was frantic, desperate, but I believed him. I knew he was telling the truth.


The officers were banging on the door and the loud noise almost drowned out Kiri's soft whisper, but I heard it loud and clear. "I would never betray you. I love you too much to ever hurt you."


The officers had almost gotten the door open. I knew they would get it eventually, but I wanted more time. I knew I wasn't going to get any though, so I attached myself to Kiri once more and held on to him as the door swung open and the officers dragged me by my arms, out of the room and away from Kiri.


They made me sit in the station and shortly after, Aizawa sensei got there to pick me up and bring me back to UA. Normally, there would be a driver, but Aizawa sensei was behind the wheel, bringing me back to the dorm.


"Bakugou, I know he didn't do it, but as long as I have no proof, my faith is worthless."


I felt tears start to form in my eyes and I looked away from him, refusing to so much as look at him. "If they want proof, that's what I'll give them." He looked out at the road solemnly, but said nothing. I was glad that he said nothing, because there wasn't a single word he could utter that would stop me from doing whatever I had to do to clear Kiri's name.


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It was the next day, and the police were still roaming around the school. The news had obviously spread, because all I heard in the hallways was people slandering Kiri's name.


"Did you hear? A boy from 1-A was a traitor!"


"Can you believe someone would fake wanting to be a hero to serve people as awful as the league of villains?"


"He had to have been a horrible person to betray people that trusted him and considered him a friend."


I glared at every person I heard. "ALL OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP! YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING! JUST FUCKING BE QUIET!"


An officer was in the hallway and started to approach me, probably to reprimand me. What he intended to do, I would never know, because I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt before he had the chance to speak.


"You're going to tell me every piece of evidence you've got on Kiri and I'll sit there and prove every single bit wrong, even if it takes all fuckin day."


That's how I ended up in an interrogation room with two police officers. "We can only trace back one time he contacted the LOV, but it's undeniable proof."


"You're basing this off of one piece of evidence?!?"


"A message was sent from his phone and deleted not too long after the recipient read it. It detailed the location and time of your class training exercise next week. It also stated what pro heroes would be there and who from the league of villains should be sent to deal with them."


"That's weak!"


"It's proof. There was info on the LOV that we didn't even have, only an insider could know those things."


"It's shit is what it is! You've got a teenager locked up over a text message? Have you asked him about it?"


"There is nothing to ask. And no, that is not all the evidence we have. We've also been told by UA that he's been leaving the school grounds late at night without permission. Can you name a reason he would do that?"


"Yeah, because I fucking asked him to! We were out of snacks and I couldn't afford to get in more trouble, so he said he'd go for me. If I knew my bag of chips was going to get him arrested, I never would've wanted it! Besides, that's not evidence, that's speculation!"


"When the league of villains attacked during summer break, he happened to be far from the action."


"He risked his life to save me!"


"And conveniently managed to be ten feet from the most dangerous villain we've ever seen and not get injured in the slightest, while a group of pro heroes were put out of commission."


"They came up with a good plan!"


"Yes, the LOV thought this out quite well."


The second officer, who'd stayed quiet for the entire conversation, finally spoke up. "I'm sorry, but his fate was sealed yesterday when he got careless and sent a message from his phone on the school WiFi."


I froze. "What the fuck did you just say."


"I understand that you're upset, but-"


"You said he sent the message yesterday? When exactly?"


"Around 1:30. Why? What difference does it make?"


"Yesterday morning in class, Kiri was playing on his phone too much, so Aizawa sensei took it away. He locked it in the staff room at around 9:20 in the morning and gave it back to Kiri at the end of the day."


Both the officers looked at each other, then back to me, the at each other again. They muttered quietly to each other. "There are cameras in the school, one look at the footage and we'd know if that was true."


"If it is, then all we need to do is look and see who got the phone from the staff room."


They both looked at me once again before getting up and telling me to stay put. "I don't fucking think so! I'm going to see what bastard framed Kiri and I'm going to kill him."


They sighed, but gestures for me to follow them, which I did without a second thought. We got into a police car and drove to the school, where we pushed through everyone and made out way to principal Nezu's office.


"Hey, rat-man! We need to see the security footage from yesterday in the staff room!"


The officers looked flabbergasted by my attitude, but quickly regained their composure and turned to principal Nezu. "He's right. It's for the investigation. We might have the wrong guy."


Principal Nezu immediately complied, entering a passcode and pulling up the footage on his computer. First, they went and saw how Aizawa sensei left the phone in the staff room and locked it up. Then, we continued watching.


My heart physically hurt from beating so hard. I clutched onto my shirt near my chest, trying to distract myself from the pain. I'd never been stabbed before, but I imagined that's what it felt like. It was unbearable and I was on the verge of falling apart.


I just wanted Kiri back. I wanted to hold him in my arms as we fell asleep together, not letting him go. I wanted to wrap him up, keep him held firmly against me where I could protect him and keep him safe. I wanted him to know that he would be safe as long as he was in my arms. I wanted him to make a home there.


God, I just needed him back.


On the computer screen, a figure had entered the staff room. Then unlocked the cabinet where the phone was. Then held it and sent a message. We looked at the time on the security camera. 1:22 PM.


The person on the screen turned and we caught a glimpse of their face. It was one of the teachers. (A/N: it was just some random teacher whose name I'm too lazy to come up with)


The cops went downstairs to arrest the teacher and I walked out of the office, slowly. Relief coursed through my body as I finally felt like I could breathe again. I went to class 1-A, which was currently empty because it was lunch. The only person in the room was Aizawa sensei, who had his head in his hands.


When he heard me open the door, he looked up. I wasn't sure why I went to see him when I knew I wouldn't even be able to speak, but as he got up and moved closer to me, I grabbed onto him and hugged him tightly. He hesitated at first, but returned my hug, gently wrapping his arms around me. "Bakugou, did you do it? Is he coming home?"


I couldn't speak, but I nodded, just enough for him to understand, which he did.


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Class 1-A was all sitting in the common room of our dorm, waiting. The police said they had to straighten out some things, but they got a confession out of the culprit, which meant Kiri was going to be let out and all charges would be dropped.


We were waiting, making small talk to kill the time. Every second was torture.


Then, the front door to our dorm opened. And Kiri walked in.


I sprinted past everyone and tackled Kiri with a hug. He fell to the floor and I landed on top of him. I didn't care who was watching. I had him back and that was the only thing that mattered.


I'm not sure what came over me, but I kissed him. To my surprise, he was already moving in to kiss me when our lips met in the middle. We melted into each other, me still on top of him, as we poured our hearts into what would be our first kiss of many.


Eventually, we stopped to breathe and just went back to hugging each other tightly. Then, I felt a weight on my back. "We're so glad you're alright Kirishima!" It was pikachu. He was on top of me, hugging both me and Kiri. Then, raccoon eyes jumped on top of him, followed by weird elbows, and soon, our entire class was jumping on top of us, trying to give Kiri a hug.


I smiled at the fact that I was the only one holding on to him. And as I looked into his tear filled eyes, he smiled up at me and kissed my cheek before whispering in my ear. "Thank you for believing in me."


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