empty crown // bakugou x reader

Chapter 16

While (y/n) was sound asleep instead of doing paperwork, Bakugou walked down the hallways, making his way to the garden, despite the heavy rain that blurred everything outside.

Every second day, we hear from that psycho. First the invitation, then the bomb.

He climbed a tree and jumped from its branch to another one, without any of the patrolling guards noticing. He wore the cloak that (y/n) allowed him to keep when they firstly signed the contract, so his face was completely covered by the hood.

Would that make him suspicious if a guard's eye caught him? Yes. But he hated the look on (y/n)'s face when she stood up from her throne. To his surprise, a cloaked guy actually appeared behind the castle, and without wasting another second Bakugou jumped at him and pushed him face down on the ground.

"Are you one of Monoma's rats?"

"H-He sent me!"

"What were you going to do? Attack the Princess?"

"Of course not! I was just going to paint his cypher on the walls. He claims he has special plans for the Princess."

"He what?!"

Bakugou grabbed the guy by the collar of his shirt and pushed him on the castle's walls.

"I-I don't know! I swear!"

He glared at him for some seconds and then took a deep breath, letting him fall to his knees.

"Listen here small fry, let him know that if he ever tries to pull one of his little stunts I'm going to slit his throat."

Monoma's 'rat' was so terrified that he couldn't even stand. Well, Bakugou was an assassin afterall. He nodded and ran away, Bakugou covering his head with his cloak's hood once again, even though he was already soaked by the rain. He sighed and climbed another tree, jumping through an open window that was near his room.

While walking down the hallway, he took off his hood and pushed his wet hair back, gritting his teeth at the sudden breeze that made him freeze from the cold.

"Where were you?"

He flinched at the sound of her voice. Who wouldn't really? He took off his cloak and tried to open his room's door, only for her to rest her back on it, clearly not allowing him access.

"Listen, your highness, I'm in a bad mood right now and I really-"

"And what I really want is an answer. Actually, I demand it. So spill it."

"Ah, I wasn't feeling tired so I decided to take a walk outside only to get caught up by the rain. Ask the guards."

"I believe my castle has doors large enough for you to walk through."

"I took a shortcut." he instantly replied.

She clearly knew that he was lying but she decided to rely on her trust and not question him further. She pushed herself off the door and opened it for him, however, before he closed it she put her foot in between the door and its doorframe, preventing it from shutting completely.

"Grab a change of clothes and come to my chamber. The guard's showers don't have hot water at this hour and I'm sure that you don't want to catch a cold. I'll be waiting."

She closed the door and walked down the hallway, taking her sword out of its scabbard just in case she got attacked again. That's how it was going to be from now on unfortunately, she feared walking around her own castle.

...

After knocking three times on her door, he started feeling anxious when he heard her soft footsteps approaching it. And when she opened it, he finally realized what was going on.

"Wait, is it really okay for me to be here?"

"Don't worry." she smiled. "Nobody's going to hang you for entering my chamber except from me."

He rolled his eyes at her and glanced around her room while she carefully closed the door without making too much noise.

"It's.. not what I expected."

"What were you expecting?" she scoffed, "Pink walls and unicorn stickers?"

When he didn't reply, she shook her head in disbelief.

Her room was beautifully decorated and very spacious, her large bed taking most of the space apart from her bookcase and other furniture.

"You can also check out my wardrobe if you're that curious."

He blushed and rushed inside the bathroom, (y/n) chuckling softly and sitting on her desk. Since she had fallen asleep, she didn't catch up on her paperwork like she initially planned to and she knew that Aizawa wouldn't stop complaining about it if he found out.

As soon as she finished with the said paperwork, Bakugou got out of the bathroom fully dressed while drying his spiky hair with one of (y/n)'s soft towles.

"Thank you for this. It helped me relax." he smiled while putting the towel next to the window for it to dry. "I'm going to sleep well tonight that's for sure. Well, goodnight."

Seconds before unlocking the door, (y/n) grabbed him by his sleeve and made him stop right away.

"Can you sleep here tonight? It's been two days since we've heard from Monoma and I'm afraid he'll do something again."

"You figured that out too?" he asked surprised.

"His timing? Of course."

Bakugou sighed and turned around, glancing around the room for a place to sleep on.

"Oh, I'll bring out a futon and a pillow." she said, sprinting to one of her closets and taking it out. "Lay it down there next to my bed so that you aren't as close to the window and I'll come in a bit."

While she took her sweet time changing into her sleeping gown, Bakugou layed down the futon sloppily on the carpeted floor and grabbed a pillow from (y/n)'s bed, but before he layed down he decided to take a final glance outside the window.

"Everything alright?" she asked in a worried tone while exiting the bathroom.

Bakugou's eyes couldn't help but scan her whole figure that looked so vulnerable inside her sleeping gown, being a huge contrast to when she wore her formal clothing.

"Yeah, I just wanted to see how much it was raining."

"Oh, okay." she simply murmured before covering herself with her cozy sheets. "Are you comfortable? If you're feeling cold throughout the night let me know and I'll hand you another blanket."

"Yes, don't worry." he chuckled, covering himself with the futon's rather warm covers.

"Alright. Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

He closed his eyes and burried his face in her soft pillow, her sweet scent making his heart beat insanely fast. And after some minutes, he fell asleep thinking,

Hey, this is actually pretty cozy.