#also no two week break meant i had zero chance to build up false hope and loads of analysis as soon as the 'what the FUCK' hit
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My November 5th experience was being completely unplugged from basically all social media - I was tracking the election through AP News - and not watching Supernatural live because I had it slated to binge over Christmas break. I was diligently avoiding spoilers. None of my friends were spn fans. No one I knew would have had that episode on.
And yet.
I still heard the barest of whispers. Half caught glimpses of recommended entertainment headlines. Did... Did Destiel go canon in S15??? No. It's just clickbait. They would never. I am not falling for a bunch of shippers overhyping another plausibly deniable bro bonding quote no matter how much soft romantic lighting the crew slipped into it. Yeah, the Destiel queerbaiting, we've all seen it. It's not special anymore.
And then a concentrated blast of ALL those emotions + the next month of reactions + the goddamn finale fucking steamrolled me in early December 😃😃😃
#spn#destiel#nov 5 2020#nov 5th#it's nov 5th eve#i think the two approaches - live mass hysteria vs concentrated speed run - aren't really comparable#but the speedrun did have it's merits. felt like injecting fandom heroin for a week straight so that was fun#also no two week break meant i had zero chance to build up false hope and loads of analysis as soon as the 'what the FUCK' hit#ladyluscinia#15x18#nov 5 2022
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Queen of Hearts
Summary
In a world where all you were capable of doing was stealing hearts and breaking them, causing chaos and shattering any form of love, giving someone your heart seemed impossible.
You needed hearts to survive so you could only steal and sit on all the love in the world because giving love was your biggest weekness.
But maybe you didn't mind being weak for him. And maybe you let go for just this once. And maybe you forgot that there was always a higher power...
Pairings: Jungwoo x fem!reader
Genre: Angst, Fluff, Manipulation, Supernatural, mythical, sad ending.
Warnings: Death
Word Count: 2.7k
You sat on your throne as you looked out at the chaos you created, Hearts broken and left to burn in the pits of hell you called your existence. Sucking the love out of anything is what you did best and this is what gave you a tiny semblance of joy.
The cool wind swept through your hair as you sat at your balcony looking out at the mess you made, a smile graced your lips.
To anyone else everything was normal but only you knew what you did to turn this neighbourhood of pure happy hearts to something so tainted.
The convince store below your apartment seemed peaceful but only you knew that the owner was having second thoughts about what he thought was a happy 20 year-long marriage. About how he suddenly desired anything but his wife. Of course, after having a taste of you and the possibility that he could have you why would he want to go back to his wife?
You smirked looking at the topmost apartment on the four-story building in front of your apartment, where a girl sat staring at nothing in particular longingly, waiting for her lover to return from the military but you knew he wouldn't return to her, instead he would run away with another man. But the false hope you gave her would lead to the perfect heartbreak once she gets the news.
Your gaze wandered to the ground floor which was mostly empty except for the dead man that lay in that flat for four days now. Killed by his own son who ran away to the military.
On the second floor lived that dead man's ex-wife who was diligently preparing a meal to take up to the fourth floor, cluelessly in love with someone who will never be hers. You were disappointed though, she didn't know her feelings towards the girl, and so she still seemed happy and content treating the girl like her own ‘daughter’
You hated that she was happy but guessed you couldn't have everything.
The third floor was your favourite. The most sinful house among all, with dim lights and loud moans.
He was a young man who had everything but that wasn't enough for him so he tortured his finance until she left him and then found a new target. A much older target.
'The wife of the convince store owner and the psychopath- a disaster in the making' the thought amused you.
You smirked knowing that without your help everything would be normal and not as exciting as it is now. You knew that if not for you introducing people and giving them a little nudge nothing would have happened.
Three knocks at your door put an end to your little session of basking in the glory of your creation. You sighed as you made your way towards your front door.
It was either your next victim who you met at the bar yesterday, the amazon delivery guy with the clothes you ordered or the baine of your existence.
Your door swung open and you came face to face with the cutest,, cheekiest smile ever. Turns out it was the baine of your existence, your neighbour.
"What are you doing here" you scowled.
"Don't pretend to be mad" he spoke letting himself into your apartment, making his way towards your couch. "You absolutely love my presence"
The one person that had so much love to give that even if you steal his heart a thousand times he's never run out of it. And it was impossible to break his heart because it just was so well guarded.
"You’re intruding my own personal time Jungwoo" you frowned.
"All you do is sit on that chair in your balcony and stare outside like an absolute creep," he says rolling his eyes. "Mrs. LaBlanc is quite creeped out by you"
The only reason that old hag was creeped out by you was because she knew that you knew more about her crush on the 4th-floor girl than she did.
"You're quite chummy with Mrs. LaBlanc aren't you?" You said smirking trying your best shot at starting something.
"The only person I get chummy with is the food from McDonalds," Jungwoo said mirroring your smirk and you frowned.
"I'm being serious love if you like her you should take your chances with her," you said seriously, an encouraging smile gracing your face that all your past victims believed as if it was their Holy book.
"What makes you say that “Jungwoo said spacing out slightly, thinking.
Ha! Jackpot. He was seriously thinking about your question now.
"Third person’s point of view hun," you said looking at his brown orbs that didn't seem to notice your stare. "I see what you don't see"
"Your right," he said turning to you, expression serious. "You do see what I don't"
You finally had him. But that was too easy...
"You don't see what I do so you obviously won't know how much I'm NOT attracted to her," he said flashing you his signature smile.
You smiled back. You were used to this now, it was impossible to crack him and you just knew it wasn't going to be easy.
"You pay an awful lot of attention to me," Jungwoo said a sly smirk playing on his face.
"It's because you're my favourite" you winked at him.
"But for someone who’s your favourite you're always trying to set me up with people other than you," he said pointedly. The statement catching you off guard.
Yes, they fell in love with you often, but to them, you were only forbidden fruit. But pretending to date them was harsh and it gave you the most joy but it was the cruellest, you just didn't expect Jungwoo to be one of the victims whose heart you would break yourself.
You smirked "If you wanted a date with me all you had to do was ask" you said, sitting on the arm of the couch as you trailed your fingers up his arm.
"So is that a yes?" He asked hopeful puppy eyes shining.
"Of course" you smiled at him.
This was it, this was the start.
When he said date you honestly expected to be taken to McDonald's.
So you were rather surprised when he took you for a movie with the best seats, followed by a fancy diner.
But his company was fun and he radiates the perfect feeling of love for you to suck up. It would be so fun breaking him.
He was so sweet and innocent and pure.
He 'walked you home' even though you were neighbours and even hesitated before kissing you and sending you home.
It was a lovely feeling and you knew you were going to have the time of your life with this one.
For the victims directly involved with you, you usually had a process that you follow.
It was a three-stage full proof plan.
The first stage- The 'I'm on top of the world with your touch' stage.
It was where you couldn't get enough of each other.
The dates continued and suddenly Jungwoo was always where you were.
And you were always where Jungwoo was.
You two couldn't keep your hands off each other. And as you saw it, you had him right where you wanted him.
"You're warm," you said nuzzling your head against Jungwoo chest. It was a Sunday, the day where the world seemingly slows down and the two of you were on your couch, in each other's arms.
"You're cold" he chuckled. You looked up at him and raised your eyebrow.
"What?! He whined laughing, “That makes you perfect," he said grinning widely, placing a soft kiss on your forehead.
You knew you were cold, it was just people would usually never point that out.
"My body heat being that of a dead corpse makes me perfect" you said sarcastically giving him a forced smile with zero malice "Nice to know"
Jungwoo chuckled, brushing his hands through your soft hair "Yes that way I can cuddle you without it getting too hot for me and you're cold self gets all warmed up by me" he stopped to look at you and smiled "It's perfect"
You smiled at him and leaned forward, capture his lips in yours.
He was smitten by you and that meant stage one was going perfectly.
Things progressed as you wanted it to and you reached stage two- The 'You're dating me right?' stage.
You flirted with guys in front of Jungwoo face and called it being friendly. And slowly one by one made him distance himself from all his female friends.
You were possessive of him but lived your life as if you were single.
He always had to come to get you drunk over your ass, at bars with random guys hands all over you. You were always touchy with everyone and made sure Jungwoo saw you. You openly complimented other guys. But the moment he strays for even a second you pulled on his leash and held onto him.
You didn't let him even talk to girls. Made sure to get extra touchy with him the moment a girl started flirting with him. If he smiled at anyone you'd demand his full attention to be back on you and he gave you the attention you wanted without batting his eyes. Without complaining and with zero resistance, you didn't have to force it out of him, unlike your other victims he just gave it to you.
But that was also a downside, he still stuck with you even though you flirted with other men and we're getting handsy with other men right in front of him and it didn't seem to bother him at all.
And you tried everything in your power to make him jealous, making him feel ugly feelings. To make him want to be demanding but he never blinked once when it came to you trying to rile him up, it almost seemed as if he didn't care but at the same time he did everything he could to show you he cared for you and loved you. And you thrived on the love and affection and heart eyes he gives you and only you.
And he became your obsession.
Stage three was the stage you give him your everything and then just pull away, taking everything away with you.
(Less creative name, you know, but it works)
It was an important stage and you let him believe you loved him.
You took care of him when he was sick, cooked for him, held him close to you. Kept his heart in your tiny cold hands.
You would visit him after work and take him out, help him whenever you could and was just there for him.
This was the stage where you got past the difference in opinion in your relationship but that wasn't hard for you since the only difference in opinion between you two were whether you should eat burgers with tomato sauce or barbecue sauce.
This was the more domestic stage. Where things seemed to be settling down and where it was very easy to fool someone into thinking that this is what love should look like.
You watched him carefully as he sat on the desk in your apartment typing away in his laptop, brows scrunched in concentration and tongue poking out.
"I can't concentrate with you staring at me," he said eyes still glued to his laptop and you felt heat rush to your cheeks.
"I like to stare at what's mine" you replied back immediately and he only smiled.
"I know I can see the heart eyes," he said turning to face you and smiling.
Heart eyes? He was clearly reading more into what you feel for him. Or maybe you've just gotten better at acting.
You looked at the smiling boy and maybe you didn't mind if you held onto him for a long time because while every other victim of yours always wavered in giving you their affection his was constant.
You constantly stole pieces of his heart and it still never decreased in size. It was as if his heart was eternal and you liked that. After all, you were the queen of hearts and what was better than having a forever giving heart?
Maybe you'd keep him after he admits to loving you.
"Heart eyes? Only people who love each other can see those" you joked and he stilled looking at you expectantly.
"You love me?" He asked carefully and you smiled.
Here it was. Here is where you trap him with you forever.
"Don't you love me?" you asked, smiling at him cheekily.
"I asked you first" he pouted. "That means you don't love me so forget it" he sighed going back to whatever work he was doing.
"Ok fine!" you exclaimed loudly to get his attention back onto you "fine," you said more calmly and carefully this time.
If you had to say it first so that he says it back and you can trap his heart with you forever then so be it. It's not like you minded anyway you did love what he was offering you.
"I love you," you said with the sincerest tone, too sincere but it didn't matter as you looked into Jungwoos warm and bright eyes.
And he smiled the biggest smile that you have seen him smile yet and it was directed to you and you felt as if you were floating as he looked back at you with that look on his face.
"Great," he said and your bubble burst and you frowned at the odd response.
He closed his laptop and quickly picked up his belongings.
"What are you doing?" you asked standing up from your seat in confusion, you felt weak at the sudden drain of hearts from your being.
"I'm breaking up with you," he said still smiling but it had a sinister undertone to it.
"What why?" You cried out still confused and feeling weaker by the passing second.
"Cus I don't love you," he said casually "Never have" he shrugged.
"W-what how," you asked making your way towards him "But you're supposed to love me"
"But I don't," he said eyes cold and no more as welcoming and comforting as before. You reached out to hold his hand and your eyes widened and a gasp left your mouth, Jungwoo smirked at your reaction. His hands were cold, ice cold.
He wasn't warm anymore and you retracted your hand away immediately. You felt yourself growing weaker as the seconds passed.
"How can you n-not love me?" You felt yourself shiver.
He just laughed at your question "What you think I'd ever love you?" He pointed at you accusingly "Just because you are the queen of hearts doesn't mean you're invincible" he said smirking and your eyes widened in fear and you fell to the ground, the coldness spreading through you quickly.
He stole every heart you had ever stolen from you. Leaving you empty.
"H-how d-did you k-know?" You managed to get out through chattering teeth, your body slowly growing colder "A-are you the King" white puffs of air surrounded you as you spoke. He couldn't be.
"King?" He laughed the smirk never leaving his lips. He bent down to your level "Don't you think you would have realised if I was the King of hearts?" He said grabbing onto your chin and staring into your dying eyes. Your eyes widened as you struggled to speak and to move away from the man.
How could you have been so stupid? You should have seen the signs- you were always where Jungwoo was more than he was where you were, you were obsessing over him when it should have been the other way round and you admitted to loving him before he admitted to loving you. He tricked you, he made you feel loved only to remind you that you were never going to get a love that lasts because you didn't have a heart and there was no love strong enough in this world that would never fade away, it was meant to always be that way. But you couldn’t help but slip this one time, letting yourself fall in love. He was draining you off all the hearts you had, leaving you lifeless. And the worst part was you let him. You let this happen but yet you couldn't hate yourself for loving him. Even as it slowly killed you.
He let out a soft chuckle. "Not that powerful in front of the Ace of hearts now are you?" he said throwing his coat over his shoulder walking out the front door with all the hearts that once belonged to you as well as the life that once belonged to you as you slowly faded into nothingness.
A/n: So I showed this to my friend and she hated the fact that this has a sad ending so I do have a alternate happy ending for this fic but I'm not sure if I should post it or not?
#nct#nct127#nct imagine#nct127 image#queen#hearts#queen of hearts#nct angst#nct fluff#manipulation#sad ending#Jungwoo#jungwoo imagines#jungwoo fic#jungwoo ff#angst#fluff#kpop#kpop imagines#nct u#dark#neo culture tech on my mind#new chaotic technical-difficulties#neo culture technology#jung woo#kim jungwoo#nct jungwoo#nct imagines
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Chapter 6: Aria Di Baule
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“Are you sure about this? You think we can trust her?” Bakugo cautiously asked Midoriya. “I’ve seen her in action. I’ve gotten to know her a little bit. She honestly kind of reminds me of myself when I was younger, even though she’s older than us” Midoriya reassured Bakugo. “Gross” Bakugo grunted. Midoriya rolled his eyes at his friend’s jest. “I know she said she wanted to be back home after 3 days but with what you two discovered today, I think we’re going to need her help for a little longer” Midoriya continued. He asked Bakugo to call the pro hero and let her know about the change in plans.
“Goddamnit it’s Ground Zero you dumbass. I’ve made arrangements for you to stay in town a few more days. You’ll be picked up tomorrow morning and brought to my agency”.
Midoriya watched Bakugo immediately hang up with a scowl on his face. He would have laughed if his friend didn’t look so angry. “Don’t you think that was a little harsh or abrupt?” Midoriya asked. “She understood. And even if she didn’t, she’s going to be picked up and taken here anyway” Bakugo replied. Midoriya shrugged.
The two discussed how to go about their meeting and the living arrangements for Hado. Everything was all planned out. Now all they needed was Hado to arrive tomorrow morning.
Bakugo watched as the pro hero walked in looking like a bit of an airhead. She was staring at the articles on the walls. She looked surprised like she had no idea who the article was about. It pissed him off a small bit. He bit his tongue to keep him from saying something too harsh. “Hey dumbass. Let’s go” he barked out.
He looked over his shoulder as he walked up the stairs of his agency. She sort of stumbled up the steps looking confused, concerned, and…was that a hint of annoyance? What did she have to be annoyed about?
They got up to Bakugo’s office. He went to have a seat at his desk. Everything had been organized for the day thanks to one of his 2 sidekicks. His sidekick would have had to do a damn good job because Bakugo wouldn’t have any less than that.
“So what is my town supposed to do without me for the next...however long you decided to keep me in town?” He heard Vocaller speak up. “Oh right. She wants to go back to her shitty town to make sure it’s protected…” Bakugo remembered Midoriya mentioning the terms of the deal they made.
“Quit your whining. Tsukuyami and Ingenium are out there in your shitty city keeping it safe” Bakugo spit out. He meant it to reassure her, but he was also just really annoyed by her blame. Midoriya walked out and jumped into the conversation. He mentioned that keeping her here was his own idea. Midoriya was always better at communicating with others than Bakugo which was just fine with him considering they worked together so often.
They walked into the conference room across the hall from Bakugo’s office to talk about all of the new information that was gathered. “Before we get started, I don’t think I’ve ever asked you your name…” Midoriya admitted clearly embarrassed. “Hado right?” Bakugo spoke. She looked over at him with more surprise. He wished he could smack the look off of her face. He closed his eyes instead waiting for an answer.
“Oh yeah….um yeah My name is Hado Hibiki…. I guess you heard Jiro say it yesterday? That’s a pretty impressive catch” Hado praised. Bakugo’s eyebrows twitched. He didn’t need her praise. He crossed his arms to keep from damaging anything in the conference room.
“Ah and you probably don’t know our names either. I’m Midoriya Izuku and this is-" He was cut off mid-sentence by Hado. “Bakugo right?”. His eyes flashed open to glare at her. That damn mobile phone charger had said his name out loud yesterday didn’t he. “Yeah. Heard it yesterday from Sparky right?” Bakugo replied. Hado nodded. A small smirked appeared on her face and Bakugo’s blood started to boil.
“Okay…now that we’re all familiar with each other, let’s talk about that discovery you two made yesterday” Midoriya moved the conversation forward. They began to talk about the hidden door connected to a bakery. Bakugo and Midoriya had spoken to the owner that morning and it seemed like they didn’t know anything about a hidden room. There also wasn’t a false room in the store’s blueprints. Upon further research, they dug up the map of the city’s underground sewer system, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. This map however was about 20 years old so there is a chance that the underground passageways could have been altered in the past 10 years or so.
They asked about the panels Hado found and how she managed to get them to unlock. “So, there’s a mechanism inside the panels that activate when pressed and are connected to each other. I’m guessing they won’t unlock unless pressed in a certain order because of how the mechanism tries to unlock each one. Instead of trying combinations I just amplified the soundwaves in each panel to activate the mechanisms all at once, causing them all to unlock and open the door” Hado explained. “That’s pretty resourceful” Midoriya commented.
“It would’ve been more resourceful if she had backup with her. Instead she called my agency panicked because she hadn’t planned that far ahead” Bakugo sneered. Hado laughed nervously and rubbed the back of my head. “Yeah sorry about that…” She apologized. She looked like she was just playing it off. She honestly looked like something was bothering her, but she wouldn’t say anything about it.
“Whatever” Bakugo replied, looking away from her.
The three of them went through some strategies, preparing for either the villains to come back out again, or to infiltrate their hideout. They were hoping they could implement the infiltration mission first, but they wouldn’t be able to have their team for that together for another 2 weeks. They would just have to wait and hope for the best.
“So where am I going to be staying for the next 2 and a half weeks?” Hado asked. Bakugo stood up quickly and turned toward the doorway. Hado looked after him confused. “Are you coming or what dumbass?” Bakugo called back to her. Hado realized what was happening and rushed to follow him. She thanked Midoriya on her way out as he waved to her.
She followed Bakugo a little way down the hallway from the conference room. He opened up a door on the left side and kept it open for Hado to go through. This was his very own bedroom away from home. There were plenty of nights where he would stay late at the agency and going home would just take too much time. To be more efficient, he had a room built specifically for him to sleep in when he works those late nights. It was painted all black but only had the bare minimum of a bedroom. There was a cot against the corner of the room and a small table with a chair near the door. There was also a counter with a coffee maker. There was a door on the right side of the room that lead to a shower for cleaning up. Bakugo didn’t need a whole lot to get going for the next day.
Hado walked in and inspected the room. Was she looking for reasons to insult the room? “This room kind of reminds me of my room back home” Hado said with a warm smile. “What do you mean?” Bakugo growled. “Oh well….I mean…I’m a pro hero but I don’t make a whole lot of money so I just have the essentials in my small apartment” She explained with a little bit of nervousness in her voice.
Bakugo realized that not every hero would be able to afford a nice agency building but having a home the size of this room wasn’t even an option in his mind for a hero. He felt a small pang of guilt in his chest.
“Well…..I guess make yourself at home” Bakugo managed to get out in a less aggressive tone. He shut the door and let her have some privacy and walked back to his office. He sat down in his chair trying to go through how things would be run now that she was around the agency. He opened up one of his drawers and took out a few files from previous days. There was a case about a robbery that was stopped in town. He just needed to sign off on the actual capture of the perpetrator. There was an open case of some small time breaking and entering houses in the suburban part of the city. They might be able to get some work done on that case.
There was a gentle knock at his office door. “Come in” Bakugo said loudly enough for the person on the other side to hear. A well-kept man in glasses, a neat button down shirt, and khakis entered the office. It was Ground Zero’s sidekick, Catalog. His quirk: Organize. He could organize anything or anyone by any merit in his mind and they would instantaneously be put in that order. He must have 4 or more people/objects for it to work. It is incredibly useful for apprehending villains as well as organizing offices.
“Good morning Ground Zero” Catalog greeted quietly. He walked in with a black cup of coffee and set it on Bakugo’s desk. “Any new cases today?” Bakugo asked. “Ah yes there seems to have been a hit and run not too far from here. Renova is already out there trying to resolve it” Catalog answered. Bakugo took a quick sip of his coffee looking over other cases. “We have another pro hero joining our agency for the time being” Bakugo mentioned. “Oh? I didn’t think you’d hire more people sir” Catalog said surprised. “I haven’t hired her dumbass. She’s staying here for now while she helps us work on the big case” Bakugo explained. “Oh okay. Um…. would you like me to check on her?” Catalog asked a bit nervous and confused. “No, I’ll take care of her. You take care of any incoming cases and send the big ones my way” Bakugo ordered. Catalog nodded and left the room.
Bakugo spent a little more time looking over the files before deciding to check on Hado. He got up from his desk and stretched, preparing himself to go out on a few jobs after he checked up on his guest. He knocked on the door of the makeshift bedroom “Hey! I’m about to go out on a job. Are you good?” He yelled through the door. He heard a loud crash come from the other side of the door. He busted his way into the room and looked around. The room was still incredibly neat and Hado’s bag was set down next to the cot. “What the fuck?” Bakugo thought.
A loud laugh erupted from the doorway leading to the shower. Hado was poking her head out laughing at Bakugo’s expression of confusion. His anger started to rise. “What the fuck was that?!” Bakugo yelled. “I’m sorry…I just-“ Hado wheezed. “I just thought it would be funny and boy was I right” She fully explained gasping for air. “Oh you think you’re funny?” Bakugo snarled. He started to march his way over to Hado, but she quickly shut the door and locked it. “Come out of there you coward!” Bakugo shouted pulling at the doorknob. He could hear Hado laughing through the door.
The door flung open after about 20 seconds of pulling on it. If Bakugo’s reflexes were any slower, he would’ve thrown himself across the room from how fast he threw the door open. “I’m sorry” Hado apologized smiling. “You just seemed so upset earlier and so I thought you needed a laugh” She admitted shyly.
He was starting to understand that she could tell what other people were feeling and thinking. In her own way she was trying to help. “Only a dumbass would laugh at a joke like that. I’ll show you what makes me laugh” Bakugo said almost threateningly.
The two ended up on patrol, making sure the streets were under control. “So do your sidekicks take care of most of the work you guys get?” Hado asked genuinely curious. Bakugo thought the question she asked was a bit rude, but the tone of her voice seemed curious. He remembered that she doesn’t really have an agency of her own in her city. “They end up taking the smaller jobs that I refuse to waste my energy on. In a big city, many of the jobs that come through are smaller ones, but on the other side of that, you also tend to get real big cases as well” Bakugo explained. The curiosity on her face made him think of a freckled face green haired nerd that he knew of. “Is this what he meant by he sees bits of himself in her?” He thought to himself.
“Okay well what does a big case constitute” Hado asked. “Think city-wide destruction, hostage situations…you know…big stuff” Bakugo responded. Hado nodded in understanding. “I don’t see too many ‘Big’ cases back home” She admitted.
“Oh look it’s Ground Zero! Did he get a new sidekick?!” a person on the street yelled. A large group of people started to gather and chatter about the two. “No way. Ground Zero doesn’t just hire sidekicks randomly. Maybe it’s his girlfriend” one person threw out. He looked over and saw Hado’s face get red. Now this was funny. Seeing someone humiliated in public was comedy gold for him. “Maybe she’s his mom?” Someone else threw out. Hado’s face went from red with embarrassment to red with anger. “Nah she looks too young to be his mom” another person responded.
He thought the response would calm her down but when he looked over at her she still looked pretty pissed off. Then suddenly he couldn’t hear the crowd at all anymore. “Motherfuckers. Thinking it’s okay to just say whatever the fuck they want about whatever hero walks the street”. The voice surprised him. Hado was…complaining?
“What’d you do? Why can’t I hear them, but I can hear you? I mean it’s nice to not have those extras constantly in my ear but…how?” Bakugo asked with a smirk on his face. He enjoyed seeing her angry. It was entertaining to say the least. “I just fucking stopped their soundwaves from reaching our ears. I thought all this idiotic rambling would be annoying to you too so I made sure you wouldn’t be able to hear it either” Hado explained with a disgusted look on her face.
Bakugo let out a roaring laugh. “Now this is my kind of humor” Bakugo nearly yelled. “I can insult any of these extras without fear of my pro hero rank going down” He said with a big smirk on his face. Hado looked over with a lifted eyebrow. “I mean…I guess you can. It’s a nice way to get out some frustrations safely” She said smirking now too.
The two of them spent the next 2 minutes yelling at the people gathering in the street. They laughed at each other’s insults for a bit before deciding to get back to patrolling. The crowd was incredibly confused as to why they couldn’t hear either of the heroes and their question of who the woman was still went unanswered.
The two continued their patrol through the city. Bakugo relaxed a little bit, feeling a bit more comfortable around Hado. Nothing too major happened that day but really anything could still happen at any time.
A few days passed and Bakugo was finally starting to get used to Hado and her little habbits. She definitely wasn’t as nice as he thought she was at the beginning. She also knew how to do her job well enough that Bakugo didn’t have to go running to save her. That was a big plus for him. He was worried he was just going to be on baby sitting duty. Having her around all the time was annoying at first, but as she opened up and started to show what she could do, it became a lot more bearable for Bakugo.
The two almost became inseparable as they continued with their hero duties. Since Bakugo never addressed who she was, rumors began circulating around the town. The most widely accepted rumor was that she was just another sidekick. Bakugo didn’t ever have a flashy introduction for his first two sidekicks, so it would make sense that they didn’t know exactly who this new hero was.
The rumors continued to spread of this new sound hero and the rumors went deeper and deeper down….
“Hey! Heads up there seems to be something popping off near the shopping district!” Renova yelled to Hado and Bakugo. “I’ve got this. You go take care of the ‘Big’ cases” Hado teased and amplified the soundwaves to push herself in the direction of the yelling.
She landed near where a building had a chunk taken out of it. She placed herself on top of a nearby building, surveying how much damage there was and by how many people it was caused by. She quickly scanned the rubble to see 4 different people emerge from the dust. There was a large buff man, a sleeker sketchier looking individual, a short woman with a cigarette in her mouth, and a muzzled man. They walked so nonchalantly out of the wreckage and began to look at the crowds of people running and screaming.
Hado amplified the soundwaves behind the crowds to project them forward just a little faster to keep the out of harm’s way of any of these villains. She silenced her steps and approached them from behind. She tried to listen intently to them as they spoke.
“Oh man I can’t wait to use this new quirk” the sleezier man spoke. “Yeah yeah just hurry up and test it already. I’m waiting to get my quirk next you know” The short lady spoke, taking a drag between sentences. Hado approached slowly, ready with a capture device that would wrap itself around the target and fully restrain them. She tried to throw her first capture item at the sleezy looking man but was grabbed by one of the others. The man with the muzzle had her arm twisted behind her back. “I GOT A HERO I GOT A HERO” the man said underneath the muzzle. She silenced his soundwaves quickly before they could reach the others. She flicked the capture item at the man and he quickly released her arm and fell hard onto the ground. His arms were fully restrained, and his legs were tied together.
The sleezy man was already in the air ready to wreak havoc, but Hado knew she couldn’t be too hasty. She had to take the others out first. “Where did Muzzle go?” The big buff man asked looking around. He turned and spotted Hado.
“Shit”
Hado pushed herself out of the way of a giant fist that swung her way. The shorter lady then spewed embers from her mouth while Hado was mid-air. Hado put as much amplitude into the waves in front of her to slow the embers down and send them flying back the direction they were thrown from. One had managed to find itself in the short woman’s hair. “AHHH! I just had my hair done!” She patted the ember out and took one last drag of her cigarette.
Hado knew she had to get to the man currently on a rampage in the middle of the city. She tried to throw a capture item at the large man first, but he caught it in his hand and crushed it into dust. “That must be his quirk. I don’t think he’s so strong he can crush matter that small…I think he can turn matter into dust without the power from his muscles” She thought still flying through the air. She couldn’t look back though. If she was fast enough, she would be able to stop the other man and then deal with the rest.
She flung herself near where the man had grown giant spider legs all protruding from his back. She was visibly disgusted, but she could handle this. He was in an area with plenty of buildings which would make it harder to take care of. Hado concentrated and created an extremely powerful soundwave that only traveled a very short distance. The end product sliced through one of the spider legs causing the man to scream out in pain. She propelled herself to the next leg and did the same thing again. More pained screams came from above.
Before she could make her way to the next leg, she felt the air begin to heat up. A lot more embers than before were flying through the air directly at her. She dodged to the left only to run into the buff man from before. He grabbed her by the arm. “I can’t let him squeeze me or else I can kiss this arm goodbye”
Hado amplified more soundwaves to push herself directly upwards. She felt a sharp pain in her shoulder and arm. The big guy was still holding on though he was confused for the moment and didn’t try to use his quirk on her. She used this moment of confusion to kick him straight in the nose. He let go and immediately put his hands on his nose.
Hado continued to fly up and was thrown straight into the man with the spider legs. Hado and the man were winded by each other and began to fall to the ground. Hado opened her eyes and tried to cushion her fall with more soundwaves. She was barely able to make them in time. She still hit the ground hard. A warmth began radiating in her side. She coughed up a bit of blood. She had enough adrenaline coursing through her that she didn’t feel the pain of her newly acquired broken rib. She stood up shakily but found herself surround by the ember woman, the large man, and the man who had grown spider legs. She was trying not to panic, trying to think of a way to take them out.
Desperate for time she concentrated and made Deku’s voice boom behind them. It was enough to make the villains shake. “Wait!” The sleezy man yelled. “This is the one that can throw her voice. That’s probably just a distraction. That hero’s no where near here right now” He pointed out. Hado cursed under her breath. Breathing was starting to get harder for her so producing anymore voices was out of the question anyway. She tried weakly to push the sleezy lanky man away only for him to be grabbed by the bigger man. “Your sound waves are getting weaker” The big man pointed out.
They started to close in on her. Walking backwards she tripped and fell. The big man stepped hard onto her right leg breaking it in an instant. She screamed out in pain. She tried again to push them away with a strong soundwave. They were barely pushed back a foot. Hado felt tears string her eyes. “Please…. not like this…..I have a town to protect” Hado almost faded out of consciousness.
Before everything got too blurry, she heard a loud yell quickly getting closer and closer. Bakugo? She tried to keep her eyes open. She thought she saw the big guy get flung incredibly far by a very specifically placed and powerful explosion. Bakugo had centered all of his energy into one spot for an extremely strong and extremely painful hit. “More heroes” the woman hissed.
Hado saw the woman try to approach her and set her on fire with an ember but she was suddenly in the air, being carried by someone. She looked up and saw Deku’s face contorted into fear and worry. Hado couldn’t hold on any longer and closed her eyes.
Midoriya held Hado close and propped up enough to where her broken leg and broken ribs wouldn’t be damaged any more. He made his way to where he had organized a rescue area. A pro hero healer was on sight ready to take Hado and treat her. Midoriya set her down gingerly and leapt his way back into the direction of the large explosions.
Midoriya felt a pit in his stomach. The fear and worry he was feeling earlier wasn’t for Bakugo, it was for the villains Bakugo was fighting.
The only other time he had seen Bakugo this furious was when Midoriya’s own life was on the line. It was terrifying back then, and it was still terrifying now. Bakugo had grown up and become incredibly good friends with Midoriya and on several occasion Midoriya owed Bakago his life. He watched as Bakugo grew not only as a hero but also as a person. He got better at controlling his anger and redirecting that energy into his fighting. If he managed to lose control of that anger, then lots of other people would be in danger.
Midoriya rushed to the scene where Bakugo was fighting the villains. The bigger man who got shot across town was out cold. The woman who was producing the embers was also out cold on top of him. The last member of their group was in the air fighting with Bakugo. Midoriya figure that his quirk was the spider legs he had grown but now the man was moving differently. He had such precision and speed that he didn’t have 10 minutes ago. Something was definitely wrong.
Bakugo was having trouble keeping up with him and the smirk on his face was only making things worse. Strings of explosions went off in the air, but the man was untouched. Bakugo did manage to grab the man by the collar, but the man did not look worried at all. Midoriya saw him mouth something to Bakagou before Bakugo pulled is other hand in front of the villain’s face. Light started to form in his palm. He was charging up a massive explosion!
Midoriya quickly shot forward and grabbed Bakugo with one and the villain with the other. He directed Bakugo’s hand upward as an incredible explosion lit up the sky. People in the next town over could probably see it. The villain laughed maniacally and suddenly was switched out for a civilian woman. Midoriya looked over in disbelief. He looked back at Bakugo who looked like he was having a complete meltdown.
Midoriya landed on the street with both of them in hand. “I apologize for that ma’am. You should be safe now” Midoriya said to the woman releasing her. He still held Bakugo by the one arm but Bakugo had stopped moving. He was clearly at odds, shaken by the fact that a pro hero was hurt on his watch along with the fact that he had almost accidentally murdered a civilian.
“Hey dumbass! You need to cut it out before I make you”
Midoriya and Bakugo both look up at lightning speed. The voice sounded like Bakugo’s voice but weaker. They both saw Hado limping her way over to them smiling like she didn’t have a care in the world. The healer hero was running right behind her yelling for her to stop. “Thank god you two are…. okay” she weakly gets out before she starts to fall. Before she can hit the ground Bakugo catches her. “What were you thinking you idiot” he whispers harshly to her. “I could ask you the same thing” She replies quietly before passing out in his arms.
The healer motions for Bakugo to place Hado on the makeshift stretcher he set up. The healer quickly gets to work trying to stop the internal bleeding. She is then taken away in an ambulance.
Midoriya puts his hand on Bakugo’s shoulder. “She’ll be okay. She’s stronger than you think” He tries to reassure him. Bakugo swats his hand away. “I know that idiot” Bakugo chokes out. “That’s why it’s so hard to see her like this” he says quietly and walks off.
Midoriya left his friend to sort out his thoughts and went to check on his sidekick, Renova. It looked like she had rebuilt most of the destroyed buildings with her quirk. “Were there any civilians hurt?” Midoriya asked. “No. Luckily the fighting ended up in an abandoned area of town” Renova replied.
Even while he was exploding with anger, Bakugo had managed to make smart decisions and keep the town safe. Midoriya was proud of his friend.
Midoriya knocked gently on the hospital door before letting himself in. Hado was still passed out and Bakugo was sat right there next to her with a pained expression on his face. He seemed to be apologizing under his breath. Bakugo turns to look at Midoriya with as much of a normal face as he can muster. “She needs to stay with you” he says suddenly. Midoriya, taken aback by the statement, looks at him incredulously. “I got careless about those stupid rumors. I never addressed them, and they spread. They spread to those goddamn villains who targeted both my agency and her” Bakugo admitted. Instead of questioning it, Midoriya nodded in agreement, letting Bakugo have his moment. He started to prepare arrangements for Hado.
Hado slowly opened her eyes to see some familiar faces. “Oh thank god you’re awake” Jiro sighed, relieved to see Hado conscious. “Woah. Hey everyone” Hado says weakly. They all look like they’re about to cry. “You shouldn’t be talking right now! You need to get as much rest as you can after all that you went through” Ashido fussed.Hado just gives her a bright smile.
“What you did out there was so manly!” Kirishima interjected. Hado managed a small laugh. “Thanks. Is it also manly to have broken bones?” She joked. Kirishima looked like his tears were going to well up any moment “Your bones may be broken but your spirit clearly isn’t” he said wiping his eyes with his arms. “You did look pretty cool, but we were all really worried about you. You tried to take on 3 villains at once?! That’s a bit too much for even some of us” Ochako pipped up. Asui nodded in agreement. “Sometimes it’s better to run and let others better suited take care of the situation, gero” Asui added putting one finger up to her chin.
“Well I’m glad you’re okay because you need to start that band with Jiro here so I can be your lead guitarist” Kaminari chimed in. Hado laughed again but felt a sharp pain in her side and grabbed at it. “Dude shut up. You’re going to make her wounds worse” Sero said as he wrapped tape around Kaminari’s mouth.
Jiro leaned against her bedside and asked “So has your family come by yet? Are we the first to get you a get-well gift basket?”. She held up a basket full of fruits and set them on the table next to the bed. Hado felt her stomach sink. It wasn’t their fault. They didn’t know. She smiled again. “It would be really weird if they did considering they’ve been dead for almost 10 years now” Hado replied trying to make a dark joke out of it.
Jiro put her hand to her mouth. “I’m so sorry…I didn’t….I didn’t know” Jiro apologized. “Don’t worry about it. It’s been 10 years since it happened. I got counseling for it in high school at UA. I’ve pretty much healed from that wound” Hado explained.
For the next few minutes, they chatted like normal and it made Hado feel the slightest bit better. She was thankful to be able to call these heroes friends.
A day later Midoriya and Bakugo both stop by to check in on her. Midoriya made the same mistake of asking about her family. When she explained, he apologized profusely. She reassured him that it was alright. She noticeed Bakugo being very quiet. She turned her head to face him. “Thank you both for saving me. Thank you Bakugo for being so quick on the draw. If you hadn’t had been there, I would’ve been in much worse condition”.
“Yeah sure whatever” Bakugo mumbled.
Midoriya then told her that she would be staying at a place near his agency. “We want to try and keep your contact with the outside to a minimum” Midoriya says. Hado’s face twists in one of displeasure. It sounded like she would be on lockdown. Almost like she was grounded. Yeah, she got hurt pretty bad this time, but she wouldn’t make the same mistakes. “So, you’re just going to lock me up and expect me to be okay with this” She fought back angrily.
“Shut up you damn idiot. They’re looking for you! If you don’t take care of yourself, you won’t be lucky enough to be in a hospital bed next time” Bakugo barked. Hado was taken aback by the sudden increase in volume. Through that anger she could tell he was worried about her and a small bit of guilt started to spread in her chest.
“Kaa-chan, don’t you think that was a little harsh..” Hado holds up her hand to stop Midoriya. “No no. He’s right. He usually is as I have learned this week. I’ll go along with this plan. Please just keep me updated and let me help when I can” Hado responds.
Bakugo looks up surprised by the response. Hado swears that something about his face softens but only ever so slightly. Midoriya must have seen it too because he dismisses himself from the room saying he was going to get everything ready for Hado.
Bakugo continued to sit a chair away from the bed, refusing to look at Hado.
“Hey. You can go ahead and call me a dumbass if you’d like. I was absolutely out of my element in that fight and it was stupid of me to think I could hold my own”.
“I don’t need your permission to call you a dumbass, dumbass. You’re stronger than you give yourself credit for. Next time you need to have a backup plan that includes dodging the enemy until help arrives. I thought you were smarter than that, damn idiot”.
“Ah you’re right. I should’ve known better. Thank you Bakugo. I know I scared you and I know you’ll never admit that. I don’t want to worry you again. You have enough on your plate as it is”.
“You’re damn right you scared me. Use that goddamn fucking brain of yours next time” Bakugo growled. Hado looked shocked. She didn’t think he would ever admit something like that to anyone. She swore she saw a tear roll down his cheek, but before she could confirm it Bakugo stood up and headed for the door. “Thanks for your work. Midoriya will take it from here”
Bakugo left the room to be met with Midoriya. “Beating yourself up isn’t going to help. She cares about you, you know?” Midoriya advises patting Bakugo on the back. Bakugo grunts as they leave the hospital.
Chapter 5 Chapter 7
#mha#bnha#my hero academia#boku no hero academia#izuku midoriya#katsuki bakugo#kyoka jiro#kirishima eijirou#kaminari denki#ochako uraraka#tsuyu asui#sero hanta#aged up#pro hero au#vocaller#sound out#character growth
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