Villain Izuku saves Bakugo, and he hates him to death

Inspired by Villain Notebook For The Future

Katsuki Bakugo was pissed off.

But not because he'd been attacked by a villain. Oh, no, absolutely not. He could have faced that weakling any time of day if he'd wanted, but that coward had attacked him from behind.

He was almost free, to show those feeble excuses for heroes what real heroes do, when another villain had to ruin everything and save him.

His body was still shaking, his throat was burning, and the smell of the slime lingered like an insult.

He could hear the crowd murmuring around him, but he wasn't listening. He heard nothing, only the blood, fire, and indignation roaring in his ears.

Be saved?! Him?! Does he even realize who he was dealing with?! He wasn't weak! He didn't need saving!

Even though...

His breath was still shaking, even though he tried to hide it.

He didn't want to admit it, but he remembered perfectly the feeling of that slime entering his lungs. The air that was no longer coming in. His vision darkening.

For a moment... he thought he was going to die.

Tsk.

How disgusting. Even the thought of something like that made him want to break something.

And yet none of those "heroes" had lifted a finger. No one. He didn't care why, they had let him die.

And he had had to be saved by a villain. Not only were those heroes letting him die, they had also tarnished the profession that All Might (and, in the future, he) had held so gloriously.

And for Bakugo Katsuki, this was almost worse than death.

"I won't forget this, asshole." Katsuki whispered, seething with rage. He would take revenge. On these false heroes. And, moreover, on Mastermind.

Then Katsuki felt a hand gently placed on his shoulder "Kacchan? Are you okay? I only saw the end, but it looked very painful..."

"Stay away from me, Deku!" Katsuki growled, knocking Deku's hand away with an explosive bang, causing the boy to withdraw his offered hand "I don't need your fucking mercy!" he wanted nothing more than to charge at the little nerd, but he didn't have much strength left.

He'd never unleashed so many explosions, nor so loud. His arms and lungs felt like they were on fire, and he felt slightly dizzy. Honestly, he felt like shit, if not the Shit.

But he would never let Midoriya Izuku find out he was weak. He would never let that happen.

Izuku took a deep breath, trying to keep his cool. He couldn't make Bakugo any angrier, but he also had to make sure he wasn't seriously injured. For now, he simply stepped back, lowering his hands in surrender.

"Mastermind, huh? What a stupid name…" Katsuki muttered irritably, even though the more honest part of his brain whispered that there was something in that gesture... the calm, the control... that had struck him.

And that infuriated him even more.

He leaned forward slightly, his gaze fixed on the manhole where Mastermind had escaped, like a rat in a sewer.

Then, he promised the world and especially himself "When we meet again... I'll show you what a true hero is."

Izuku heard him. Despite everything that had happened that day... He couldn't help but feel excited by his friend and nemesis's vote. He couldn't help but secretly lick his lips.

Author's Notes:

Writing Bakugo is fucking hard. It's like writing some kind of alien, who operates with his own logic, and I struggle to avoid making him a caricature. And in a way, I'm really sorry, because I think his character could be very interesting, but I'm having a really hard time writing him. I can't wait for him to get some character development.