BakuDeku - One Shots

9) TodoBakuDeku - And Now We Wait

(*This takes place after ch 298 so --spoiler alert-- anyways, hope you enjoy this semi-fluffy(?) story to get away from all the heavy angst so far!)

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The League of Villains had won this war, no doubt about it. Sure, the heroes and the police department might have captured around 16,900 villains from the Paranormal Liberation Front, more or less, but the League of Villains now have the escapists they have liberated from prison, and now they will help hide their trail. Now Shigaraki has more time to rest his body before the next big fight happens. Even though the league isn't sure how to go about "following" their new temporary leader All for One, they've come up with a plan on how their next attack will look like, who's getting involved, and most importantly, when it should be. 

They ended up deciding that they'd gather up the strongest villains that have escaped from prison to help their plan, and planned to give Shigaraki around 1 or 2 months to rest before starting back up on the action to make sure he's perfect this time. It sure as hell wasn't going to be easy, but seeing as how Shigaraki had fought in the war, it gave newfound hope to the league as well. 

While the league planned their next attack, the UA students were still being monitored in the hospital to make sure they were okay. All Might had taken it upon himself to literally stay there 24/7 to help out in any way possible, but he mostly did it because he had felt guilty about not being able to help out in the war, not being able to protect his young students, about not telling his successor the truth about the fourth user of OFA, and for putting Young Midoriya through all of this unnecessary pain. 

It was because of him that Midoriya ended up like a vegetable, his body in a full cast and bandages all over, and still in his comatose state. It has been close to a full week, and there were still no signs of waking up. And it was all his fault. If only he had been there. If only he had told him about everything and not kept secrets, then Midoriya wouldn't be here in the first place. 

Young Bakugo had already given him his fair share of insults and threats and punches. He deserved it anyway. Even though Present Mic and Aizawa and the rest of the teachers told him it wasn't his fault, deep down he couldn't help but feel like it was, and he had confirmed that feeling when he saw Young Bakugo's face as soon as he had stepped into Midoriya's room after finding out about his condition, when Bakugo had awoken from his own sleeping state. 

That was the face of true horror. After that, so many emotions flashed through his face that All Might did not know what his true feelings even were anymore. Worry, anxiety, anger, confusion, hopelessness, regret, and guilt. In all honesty, All Might had never seen Bakugo show so many emotions, so many tears, that he knew he had messed up bad. Even as a week later had passed by, All Might couldn't help but feel inferior to Katsuki's feelings, though Katsuki had kinda forgiven him. He was planning on completely forgiving him when Deku woke up, which was hopefully soon. 

The whole class paid Deku regular visits, leaving flowers, or talked about their day, even talked about the news in hopes it might get Deku to wake up to get him to realize the crisis situation the world was in right now. But alas, one can only dream. 

The main people still being hospitalized were Aizawa, Gran Torino, Endeavor, Bakugo, Todoroki, Deku, and a few other people who needed extra checkups. Todoroki, being the most mobile one, paid some visits to Aizawa sensei, which always ended up in an awkward but comfortable silence, sometimes he just listened to Aizawa talk about random things which was a lot more comfortable than Todoroki would like to admit. 

Other times he visited Bakugo, but seeing as he couldn't yet talk, he just ended up getting yelled at to leave his room. Todoroki took advantage of his much worse state and didn't move, finding it much more boring to go to his empty room to stare at the colors of the walls all alone. He enjoyed Bakugo's company, it made him feel less lonely. Sometimes they'd play card games to pass the time, or Bakugo would rant about whatever he's thinking about at the moment. Other times, Bakugo would get so irritated at Todoroki that he would get up and start to fight him. Todoroki would only watch as Bakugo winced in pain as he tried to throw a punch. Todoroki decided a week later was a good time to start on physical therapy, so he helped Bakugo move or stretch on the areas he needed help on. Bakugo agreed to the help solely because of the fact he wants to get the hell out of this pudding-filled hospital. And because he was getting tired of staying in bed all day. Really no other reason, or so he said.