One in a Billion

Chapter Eight - Conversation

Bakugou walked through the hallways, holding Hina in his arms. He looked down at her. "Even when you're knocked out you look annoying." He chuckled. He couldn't help but look at her hero costume. It was simple yet effective for her quirk. It was only then he noticed the bandages around her neck. They were weak and were slowly sliding down. Bakugou pulled the rest down to see the handprint shaped bruise around her neck. This made his heart sink. He also saw that there were loose stitches. He walked faster until he reached Recovery Girl's office. He opened the door to find her sorting out a bed.

"Oh, there you are. Present Mic called me and told me what happened. Put her on the bed." She said to Bakugou as he laid her down. She examined her closely. She noticed the loose bandage around her neck as well. She cut it off her and saw the bruise. She shot her eyes to Bakugou. "What's the meaning of this mark? What did you do to her?!" She yelled at him. Luckily, Hizashi made it in time. "Hey Recovery Girl. Is she okay?" He asked, looking at her scolding the boy.

"Did you see this happen? Yamada, this is unacceptable!" She yelled as she pointed at her neck. He hesitated and ran to her and whispered in her ear. She looked up at him, nodded and healed Hina. "You, stay here." She demanded Bakugou as she stepped outside with Hizashi as he started to explain the mark. He sat next to the bed. He couldn't seem to take his eyes off her. "You held back." He said. He knew she probably couldn't hear but he said it anyway. "I know you did. Why though? It didn't do you any good." He sighed as he sat back in his chair.

"Who done this to you?" He asked while looking closer at the bruise that was faded but still prominent. The thought of someone treating a girl like her this way made his blood boil. Hizashi and Chiyo walked back inside. "I'm sorry I accused you of making that bruise, Bakugou." She apologised. The bell rang for lunch. "Go change and get something to eat. If you're worried about her, you can come back and check on her." He walked out and made his way back to the changing rooms in a worse mood than usual.

When he got there, everyone was coming out. Iida walked up to him. "Bakugou, is Hina okay? Can you tell us how she is?" The class bombarded him with questions. "Shut up! She's fine. Leave me alone!" He said, slamming the changing room door behind him. Everyone watched as he stormed off. "Well, what were we expecting?" Sero asked. The class mumbled in response. "Class!" Iida yelled, getting everyone's attention. "I recommend that we all have our lunch then we decide who should visit Hina. As class representative, I volunteer myself. Let's say, three more people come with me." The class looked among each other. Midorya stepped forward. "Can I go with you?" As he asked he felt a hand on his shoulder. "I'll join you guys." Kirishima added with his toothy grin. "Hey, can I tag along?" Mina asked. "Ok, it's been decided. "Midorya, Kirishima, Mina and I will visit Hina. We will make sure to inform all of you about her welfare. But for now, let's all go eat." Iida announced as they all walked to the cafeteria.

Once the coast was clear, Bakugou came out of the changing room. He looked around to find Aizawa walking his way. "Hey, Bakugou." He called out to make sure he stayed there. "Good job at training today." Bakugou turned his head from Aizawa. "Hey." Aizawa exclaimed causing Bakugo to look at him. "It's not your fault she fainted. Her body's trying to get used to her quirks. She mentioned that she had an adrenaline rush earlier. It could be that the majority of her energy was used up. Don't trouble yourself about it. Now, go eat." He said, walking past him. Bakugou walked the opposite way. "So she used up her energy earlier. So stupid." He grunted. He found himself back outside of Recovery Girl's office. He sighed and knocked on the door. He got no response. He opened the door and saw her bed was shut off by curtains. He walked through them to find Hina still in the bed, slightly moving around. He slowly walked up to her. He noticed she was sweating. That's when he realised. "She's having a nightmare."

He hurried to her side and took ahold of her shoulder. "Hey, wake up." He slightly shook her, causing her to start fighting him off in her sleep. "Hey, you're okay. Hey!" He yelled as she shot up from the bed, tears escaping her eyes. Bakugou kept his hands still to try and stabilise her. "You're ok." He said more calmly. She looked up at him. Her eyes widened slightly and she buried herself underneath the duvet. "Hey! Don't hide from me!" Bakugou yelled, trying to pull the duvet off her and failing. He let go with a groan. He opened his bag and searched for something. Hina peeked her head out to see why he let go. She saw him throw something onto the bed. "Here, have this." She looked to see a bento box. She reached over to pick it up. "Is this your lunch? I can't take it-" She complained as she was cut off. "Shut up. I'll just go to the cafeteria. Eat. You need the energy." He moaned as he sat down on a chair, next to the bed.

She hesitantly opened the box to find very neatly prepared food. Her eyes widened at the food but she looked at the boy to double-check he was ok with her eating his food. "It's not for show. Eat it. If you really don't want it just pass it." He sighed as he put his hand out to grab the box. She quickly turned and grabbed the chopsticks that were attached to the box to start eating. He kissed his teeth and sat back in the chair. "So? How is it?" He asked. She turned to him while still eating. "It's great. Send compliments to the chef." She smiled. He smirked as he put his arms behind his head. "You're looking at him." Her eyes couldn't help but widen. "Wait. You made this?! It's really good." She exclaimed as she finished. She leaned back in the bed and sighed, satisfied with her meal.

Bakugo couldn't help but look at her neck. "Hey." He said to get her attention. "What happened to your neck. It looked like a handprint." Hina looked at him, hand reaching for her neck in reflex. "I-I-" She stammered out, remembering the incident. He could clearly see the distress behind her eyes. "Never mind. Forget I asked." He said to ease her. "Eraser told me about why you fainted. Don't over-exert yourself, dumbass. Especially since you have more than one quirk." She was surprised at his display of concern. Next thing they knew, they heard the door open. But they didn't hear Recovery Girl. The curtain was pulled aside by Iida. There was visible confusion when the four students saw Bakugou.

"Hey Hina. Oh, Kacchan." Midorya meekly said, causing Bakugou to growl. "Bakubro! We were wondering where you were at lunch. Didn't think you'd be here." Kirishima cheerfully said as he walked up to the unimpressed hot-head. "Bakugou. Nice to see you looking out for others." Iida stated. Bakugou got frustrated with the arrival of his classmates. "Ugh, I'm leaving. Haven't had lunch." He moaned as he got up to leave. "Oh, ok. Thanks for coming." Hina smiled at him as he turned around. He left and shut the door behind him.

"Hey, when did Bakugou get here?" Mina asked as she sat on the side of the bed. The others leaned in, needing to know the answer. "Oh, I don't really know, to be honest. I woke up and he was here. I think he'd just come in though." She chuckled nervously. "Remember, we are not here to talk about Bakugou. We are here to see how Hina is doing." Iida said. "Hey, I'm fine now. Don't blame Bakugo or anything. I just ran out of energy. I did some training earlier and I seemed to have overdone it." She quickly stated so they wouldn't get the wrong idea. "Well, we're glad to see you're alright!" Kirishima smiled. The door opened yet again. This time it was actually Recovery Girl. "Oh, good. You're awake. Are you feeling better? Do you think you can walk?" She asked as she walked up to the group. Mina shifted to the end of the bed so Hina could try to step out of the bed.

As she tried to stand up, Iida stood next to her in case she needed support. She wasn't able to put weight on both her legs till she started to fall backwards onto the bed. Iida reached out for her arm as she huffed at the impact and hissed at the pain. "Hmm, ok. I did try and heal it but your left leg seemed to have taken some damage. I will recommend you use crutches for at least a few days." Recovery Girl stated as she walked to a closet in the corner of the room and pulled out a pair of crutches. "You can stay and rest in here until the end of the day. I can ask Present Mic to get you something to eat from Lunch Rush. Your guests can have around 15 more minutes then I think you should leave Hina to rest." She said as she picked up her clipboard and started writing something down. "Oh, I've already eaten so I'm fine. Thank you for the crutches." Hina smiled as she readjusted herself into the bed. Recovery Girl nodded as she sat down at her desk.

The group spent the next 15 minutes talking to Hina about how school life was going for them so far. Iida looked down at his watch as they were talking about their experience at the Sports Festival. "It's 1:15. We should leave now." He signalled his classmates to stand as they bowed. "Thank you for organizing our training session and we hope you get better soon. We will make sure to inform our class of your well-being." They stood up and made their way to the door. They turned around and waved as the door shut behind them. She kept her smile until the door closed. She sighed and slumped down further into her bed.

Recovery Girl looked over at Hina. "You look tired. Rest up. Present Mic will come to pick you up once school is over." She smiled as she went back to her work. Hina relaxed and shut her eyes. Chiyo couldn't help but look down at the sleeping girl. "For a girl who's been through so much, you sleep so peacefully." She chuckled. Her face dropped once she remembered what Hizashi told her. "Poor thing."