Mind of Mine || ʙᴀᴋᴜɢᴏ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

chapter 38

Twisting side to side, the crack that followed was satisfying as you sighed in relief. God, your back was hurting way too much at your young age. Following the crack were some stretches, your muscles relaxing as the tension slowly dissipated with the movement. Standing up and facing the training ground, you waited for the boys to hurry up.

"Okay, I'm ready! Let's do this!" Midoriya exclaimed energetically, jumping up and down in place as a way to get his heart pumping.

With the revelation of his quirk and the upcoming doom of more quirks appearing in Midoriya, you had taken it upon yourself to train the boy. And helping you with said training was the man who knew how to swing with his eyes closed- Cellophane.

"Damn, I've never seen somebody so excited to face plant before," Sero snickered, stretching down to touch his toes before standing back up. "Can you even control your quirk Midoriya?"

"I managed to get a good grip on it if I solely focus on the whips. The other day I managed to control a wisp of it-"

He paused as he heard your laughter, "A wisp? Oh god, I need to see this!" The boy had arrived the other day with Bakugo, excitedly chatting about the 'supposed' major improvement he did today when it came to Blackwhip. You had raised an eyebrow at the remark to which Bakugo angrily said, and you quote "Don't be happy about something so weak!" To say the least- you were very much intrigued.

Midoriya glanced away, a slight blush coating his freckles as he rubbed the back of his head. "Well, it's not much compared to what you and Sero can produce but I managed to control it for a brief second before it went poof and I think that counts for something!"

"Deku," stepping forward, you ruffled his hair, shaking your head amusedly at his sudden burst of words. "I'm not making fun of you. We don't expect you to suddenly become a pro with a quirk that just developed. But the word 'wisp' makes it sound so cute so I want to see it is all."

"Yeah Midoriya, even something as minor as that should be celebrated!" Sero added, shooting some tape at the metal pipes overhead, swinging slightly. "Now show us!"

The power sputtered, like a rusty engine being revived after so long. Little tendrils of power did leak out from his arm, and you understood why he referred to it as wisps. They were so tiny and skinny, you wondered if they could even restrain a fly.

It was important that he grasped this soon, which is why you took initiative in the next step, a bit wary of what you were about to suggest. "I'm going to try something okay? With my quirk, I'm going to tug Blackwhip out of you and control it, if it seems calm enough, I'll let go and you must try to keep it steady. Did you get it?

"Right, I got it." Taking a wider stance, Midoriya clutched the wrist of his left hand, eyes never straying from yours as he waited. From above, Sero crouched on a steel pipe, keeping his eye out for any danger that may result from Blackwhip.

With his consent, the power brewing under your skin moved forward, shyly inching over the dark tendrils and pulling them out. Keeping a close eye on Midoriya, you were going to stop at any sign that he was in pain or uncomfortable, but the boy never grimaced. Instead, he seemed to get even more excited, green eyes bright as the powers mixed.

There was no hesitation from Blackwhip and you wondered if this was a subconscious move from Midoriya or if the past user of Blackwhip was somehow influencing the power. Still, you took the win and slowly retreated from the tendrils, letting them float on their own.

Midoriya was able to hold them out for a steady minute or so before they got extinguished. "Now that's what I call progress," you stated, fingers cracking as you got ready to do it again.