Candy's POV

I turned to Noya, "so what did you two do before now?"

"We went to the park, and then he took me to meet his mom," she replies.

My eyes sparkled at the mention of Sho's mom, "how is she?" Shoto looked down, which caught my eye.

"She's fine, I think." Noya whispers, then puts her hand on Shoto's and turns to him. "You ok?"

Shoto nodded, looking up to Noya, then over at me. "She's fine, getting better actually." He replied, and I saw him grip Noya's hand tighter.

I looked at him, confused. "What happened to her?"

He looked down, sighing. "He put her in a mental hospital."

My eyes widened, I never expected it to get so bad, "I'm sorry."

"Who did?" Noya asks, clearly confused.

Shoto shook his head, and responded to me. "It's ok." he gave a small smile, "she's getting better." Shoto and I both looked at Noya, I then looked at Shoto, and he nodded at me.

"Wait did Candy not know she was in the hospital?" Noya asks, tilting her head. I just shook my head, and she looked down, "oh...oops."

"The last time I heard from them was when my aunt was still in the house."

"Oh..."

"I think, I know who placed her there, it was that bastard, wasn't it?" I ask, my voice going cold, as my body tensed. I saw Shoto's eyes harden, as he gave me a sharp nod.

"Who?" Noya asks, still clearly confused.

"Endeavor." I forced out, as venom dripped from my voice. I saw Shoto grip Noya's hand tighter.

"Oh..." Noya mutters.

I grabbed Katsuki on reflex, looking for comfort. "How is he through?" I whispered out, my body still tense.

Shoto gave a curt nod, "he's changing, but it's hard, y'know? To forget." He says, and I nodded. Noya was rubbing the back of Shoto's hand with her thumb, probably trying to comfort him. I watched as Shoto smiled lighty, and brought his lips to Noya's hand, pecking it.

"You ok?" Noya asks, smiling, softly. \

"Yeah." He whispers, out.

"Mkay."

I look at Bakugo, "do we have food?" He nods, pulling out some snacks. My eyes sparkled, grabbing the first snack I saw, handing some to Noya. "It's gonna be a long ride." I grin at her.

"I'm not hungry" She says, shaking her head.

I gave her a blank look, sighing, "You don't have eat it now, you can eat it later, plus you need to eat something, we're gonna train once we get there" She sighs and takes it putting it beside her.

"You better eat it Noya, we don't want anyone fainting in the camp" I looked at her, "Please?"

"I'll think about it"

Bakugo looks at me "just make her eat it, or trick her or something" he whispers.

I sighed, nodding, accepting the answer she gave me, I looked at Sho, giving a small nod. He gave me a nod back, and I looked at Bakugo. "I'm not good at that Kat."

"Then have half n half do it" he whispers.

"I think he already is," I grin.

Shoto's POV

I looked at Noya, "where's the snack?"

"Right here" she says, handing it to me.

I opened it, revealing a packet of trail mix. "What's in it?" I ask, Bakugo.

"Some nuts, raisins, and other stuff" he responds.

I nod, and look at Noya, "do you have all allergies?" I ask, picking up a nut.

"No, why?" She asks, and I can hear the worry in her voice.

I shake my head, "nothing, just asking." I hum, as I place the nut in front of her mouth, "here try it."

"No thanks"

"Ok, how about this, you eat one, and I'll eat two? We'll continue this until you start to feel nauseous, and don't lie." I offer, keeping my voice firm, not leaving any room for her to argue.

"No thanks," she repeats.

"Noya." I sigh, "we can't have you not eating anything for the whole day. It's already been a half day. You've already missed breakfast and lunch, you can't miss this or else you'll faint, or worse get hospitalized." I exclaim, pleading with my eyes.

"Fine, give me the stupid nut" she mutters, and I smile in triupmh.

"I know you're not used to this cause of your parents, and that's ok, we'll move slowly but you have to listen to us, to me, we are doing what's best for you" I tell her, looking down at my lap, I look up again, "I want what's best for you." She looks down, and I hand her the nut.

She eats the nut, and looks at me, "happy?"

I grin, nodding, "very," I whisper out, popping two raisins in my mouth. She sighs, and I look at her, handing her a raisin, "here try this." She groans, and puts the raisin in her mouth.

My face lit up, seeing Noya eat, even if it was only a little, I popped another two nuts into my mouth. "I'm so proud of you, want some tea?" I ask, lifting up the thermostat that I'd brought.

"Fine, just give it to me" she mutters.

My grin falls "are you mad?"

"Nope," she says, looking at me, and I could tell she was lying.

I looked down, I could tell she was lying, "you are..."

"No I'm not," she lies again, giving me a fake smile.

I look down, realizing what was going on. It hurt, but I needed to know the truth, so I looked up at Noya, as my smile faded. "You still don't trust us huh?" I shook my head, not giving her the chance to respond, giving her a shaky smile, I held up a nut, "here." Tears fell down Noya's face, as she looked at the ground, pulling her knees to her chest. I know she had a hard time letting people in, but all I wanted was for her to let me in. I placed the trail mix down, wrapping my arms around her, "I'm sorry for upsetting you, I didn't mean it, I'm just really worried, sorry." I whisper out, running a hand through my hair.

"No, I'm sorry...I'm really sorry," she mutters. I saw Candy glance over at us, and snuggle closer into Bakugo and I sighed, knowing they didn't want to listen to this.

I shake my head, and look at Noya, "don't apologize, I'm sorry for pushing you too hard. I should have known better." I mutter, rocking her back and forth with me. When she didn't answer, I looked down at her. "You ok? I'm really sorry."

Noya looks at me, "I'm fine, I shouldn't have gotten upset, I'm just worried," She mutters.

"What are you worried about?" I ask, looking at her. "Is it because of what we talked about in the hospital?"

"Yea..." She nods, "they attacked one, what if they attack again?"

I sigh, and pull her closer, "Honestly, I don't know, all we can do is look out for each other," I said, hugging her tighter.

"I know, it just brings back memories" she mutters.

I hum, "I know, I know, and I'll help you through those times, you just have to trust me, and hold my hand back."

Tears run down her face, as she silently cries. She looks at me, and grabs my hand in hers. "I'm so so sorry, I'm trying, I really am." She mutters, and glances at the pile of snacks, moving her hand to it, taking a granola bar from the pile. She shows it to me, before opening the package, taking a deep breath, closed her eyes, she then takes a bite out of it.

I was shocked, and grabbed her hands. "Hey, hey, it's ok, don't eat too fast, you'll upset your stomach." I mumble, grabbing the bar from her, and breaking a piece off for her. "Here, eat slowly."

"I don't mind...I'm doing this for you." She says, softly, as she begins to take another deep breath, and eats more.

I smile, "Just eat slowly, the moment you feel even a bit nauseous, please stop, we don't want that, and we don't want you throwing the food up right?" I ask, pushing her hair, behind her ear.

She nods, "alright." She eats half of the granola bar, then puts it away. "I'll eat more later," I hear her grumble.

I smile, and peck her on the forehead. I nod,and hold her close, "I'm really proud of you, Noya."

She looks at me, "thanks."

I smile, "you can take a nap if you want. I'm not going anywhere," I hum.

"I'll be fine," she smiles, and I nod, resting my head on her shoulder. "If you want you can take a nap," she says, and I chuckle.

"We'll see," I hum, thinking about the offer. She just smiles at that. I ended up falling asleep, pulling Noya close to me.

Bakugo's POV

After Candy glanced over at Icyhot and Demon girl, he cuddles up closer to me. I then put an arm around him, trying to comfort him. "Sorry," I hear Candy mutter out, and I frown, confused as to why he was apologizing.

I look at him, "You didn't do anything wrong."

"Still, I should have done better." He mutters, wiping his eyes.

"You didn't do anything wrong," I repeated. He nods, and sighs. I held him close, as he buried his face into my hair.

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"I really like how you smell, I'm using it to calm me down," he giggles, softly.

I chuckle, "it's probably because of your quirk."

He laughed sarcastically, "oh haha." I just chuckle at that. Candy looked down at me, mischief in his eyes, and I wondered what he was planning. "Have you eaten anything sweet? Or at least kinda sweet?"

"Uh, no why?" I ask, confused, as to why he would ask such a question.

He pouted, "sad, I was gonna show you something."

"Then give me some candy."

He nodded, digging into his pocket, pulling out a caramel flavored candy, he handed it to me. "How ironic." I chuckle, and take the piece of candy, popping it into my mouth. He smiles, "give it a few minutes before I show you...ok?" He asks, leaning back. I nod, and put my arm around his waist. Candy hums, looking at me. "Y'know, I just realized something...you have a really small waist," he chuckles.

"Shut up," I grumble. Candy laughed, and leaned in, pecking my cheek. I blushed like crazy, and looked at Candy to see him blushing as well.

He buried his face into my hair again, still blushing. "Sorry, if I made you uncomfortable."

"Your fine," I mutter, putting an arm around him.

Candy checked the time on his phone, and looked at me with a slight smile. "Two more minutes, before I show you."

I smile, "cant wait."

Candy's POV

I grinned, looking at the time to see two minutes had passed. My eyes glowed slightly as I pictured moving Bakugo's arm, making him poke his cheek. I watched Bakugo poke his cheek and frown "why did I do that?"

I laughed, "you didn't."

"I'm confused."

"Well since candies have sugar, the moment your body starts absorbing it, I'll be able to control the sugar particles your blood is carrying around your body" I explained to him, moving his arm once more, back to my waist.

Bakugo chuckles "that's kinda cool"

I grinned, "I know right." I laughed, I grabbed one of his hands, facing his palm up, "Can you make tiny fireworks?" I asked. Bakugo nods and sends tiny fireworks up into the air slightly. I smiled, the smell of burnt caramel flying through the air from his palms, "That's so cool" I said, "You can stop now." He nods and stops. I leaded back on his head, "Night" I muttered, slipping into a dream less nap.

"Night" bakugo says holding me close.

TIMESKIP TO THE CAMP Shoto's POV

I woke up, feeling the bus come to a stop, and looked down at Noya, to see if she had fallen asleep. I saw the distant look on her face, "so what are you thinking about?"

"Oh nothing much." I just nod, not wanting to push her too much. "I promise it's good not bad."

"I know," I smile, pecking her forehead. She smiles as well, and I grab her hand. "Come on, let's get off the bus."

She nods, and stands up. "Let's go then."I smile and walk off the bus, waiting on Noya. She ended up following

Bakugo's POV

I looked over to Candy, who was sleeping and shook him. He groaned, and buried his face deeper into my hair. "Hey, dumbass we're here," I mutter, shaking him some more.

He groaned, standing up with his eyes closed. "Guide me please," he whines.

I sigh, picking him up. "Come on."

He hums, "I'm not heavy right?" He whispers, out.

"Nope."

He nodded, "good, cause I'm staying here." I chuckled, as I walked off the bus, still carrying Candy.

3rd POV

Shoto walked over to the bags, picking up four bags, before walking back over to Noya. "Got our bags." He hums, glancing over at Bakugo, who was holding a very sleepy Candy.

"Thanks," Noya says, grabbing her bag from Shoto. Bakugo grunts, taking his and Candy's bags.

Shoto looked at Bakugo, "I could carry those for you. I'm pretty sure Candy isn't light."

"I'm fine," bakugo says, huffing. Shoto shook his head at Bakugo's stubbornness, taking Noya's hand, he led her to where Aizawa was standing, counting them off. Noya follows Shoto, as Bakugo also heads that way, still carrying Candy.

Aizawa looked around, stopping for a few seconds when he saw Bakugo and Candy, shaking his head. Bakugo rolls his eyes at him. "The rooms are the same as last year, boys and girls separated, the baths are separated as well. You can go and settle in." Noya and Shoto pouts when they heard that girls and boys were separated.

"This isn't fair." Noya grumbels. Bakugo just smirks and carries candy. Shoto glared at Bakugo's smug look.

Shoto sighs, "we can't do anything about this." He whimpers, pulling Noya closer, not wanting to let her go.

"I'm gonna miss you at night."

He nods, "me too, especially our night cuddles." She sighs and hugs Shoto tightly. "Come on, let's unpack, and walk around. How about that?" He asks, trying to lighten the mood, ignoring Bakugo's looks.

"Yea sure" she says, walking towards her room. Shoto had hesitated on letting her hand go, but nonetheless, let it go anyways. Sighing once more, he looks at her. "I'll see you later?" He asks, already missing her touch.

"Yea, see ya in a bit." She responds, walking off.

And on that note, Noya and Shoto walked separate paths that led to their rooms. Shoto had jogged to his room, wanting to unpack first, hoping to have more time with Noya.

Shoto's POV

I began to unpack the moment I claimed a futon. Jumping up, when I got the last of my clothes unpacked, not sparing Bakugo and Candy a glance, as I rushed out. "Hey half 'n' half, you can deal without being with blue for a few hours!" Bakugo shouts, after him. I ignored him, as I looked for a girl with white and blue hair.

Noya's POV

I started to unpack as soon as I got to my room. After I had finished unpacking, I walked out of the door, looking for Shoto. "Shoto!" I shout, spotting him. He turned around, probably because I called his name, he ran towards me with his arms open, wanting a hug. I smiled, and jumped on him, hugging him. Shoto wrapped his arms around my waist, nuzzling his nose at the crook of my neck, he sighed, as I felt his body relax. "I missed you," I mutter hugging him tightly.

He hums, "I missed you too." He placed me down gently, pulling back a little to look at me, "wanna walk around?"

"Yea, sure" I nod. Shoto nodded, and we started walking around, looking for Ai-sensei, so we could inform him of the walk, Shoto and I were going on. I took Shoto's hand in mine as we walked, smiled. After we talked to Ai-sensei, we headed out, inhaling the forest air. "This is nice," I mutter, as we walk.

Shoto's POV

I looked back at Noya, bowing like a prince, extending a hand, "shall we?" I watched as she blinks in confusion and I frowned, as I tilted my head up, still bowing.

"I'm confused, what are you doing?"

I sighed, gently taking her hand in mine. "It's like an invitation every prince does to their princess, when he's asking for her hand."

"Oh....sorry I didn't know," she mutters, looking down.

I shake my head, "no don't apologize, it's ok."

She looks up at me, "so what do we do now?"

I tap my chin in thought, "we could either walk around, or look for a clearing and sit there until lights out," I suggest.

"I'm fine with anything."

I nod, "then let's look for a clearing," I said, as I took her hand in mine walking towards the tree line. She nods, and follows me. I walked deeper into the tree line, holding her hand tightly so that she doesn't get lost. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm a little hungry," she mutters, pulling the rest of the granola bar out of her pocket, pulling the wrapper down, eating it slowly. I looked at her, shocked she was eating by herself. I smiled and nodded, as I turned back to the front, looking for a clearing.

Noya's pov

I gave Shoto a fake smile, I wasn't really hungry, but I was doing this for him, "it's so pretty."

Shoto nods, holding her hand tightly, as I took a bite out of the granola bar, "wait until you see a clearing!" He says, excitement in his voice.

"Can't wait!" I grin. After a few more minutes of walking, we stumbled onto a clearing with a small stream, filled with patches of white flowers here and there. Shoto gasps, pulling me closer, so I could see the view better.

"Woah!" I mutter. Shoto looked around, spotting a spot that looked perfect for sitting. He led me to a spot in the middle, and sat down, pulling me with him. I leaned my head on his shoulder, "this is really pretty."

Shoto nods, "but not as pretty as you." He says, placing his hand on mine. I blush, and Shoto looks down at me. "I mean it, you're really beautiful" he whispers.

"T-thanks" I say blushing even redder.

Shoto smiled, and leaned in a bit, his ears turning red. He glances at me, before looking back into my eyes. "I really want to kiss you." He whispers out, so quietly, the wind carried it through my ears.

"Y-you d-do?" I ask blushing more. He nods, holding my cheek tenderly, and I look at him, blinking. I wasn't ready, I didn't know what to do... "U-um.....I-I'm n-not ready....I'm so so sorry" I mutter.

He nodded, pulling back a bit, the look stayed in his eyes. "It's ok, I'm glad you told me, I didn't want to make you uncomfortable." He says, pushing my hair back, kissing me on my forehead instead.

I look down with tears in my eyes "I'm really sorry."

He shook his head, looking at me. "No, don't be sorry, I'm sorry I even did that when you weren't ready." He says, gently holding me in his arms.

"It's alright."

Shoto looked up at the night sky, seeing the stars peek out, he looked down at me, extending his hand out to me once more. "We should get back before dark," he says, smiling down at me.

"Yeah, let's go." I say standing up, still feeling guilty about declining the kiss. He pulled me up, hugging me close, before grabbing my hand, as we started to walk back to camp. I sighed as we walked, thinking of what he had told me.

He looks back at me, "are you ok?" He asks, as he stops walking, and gets in front of me. "Was it because of what I did??? I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable."

"No, everythings fine....I just wish we didn't have to go to separate rooms." He laughed a bit, nodding at what I said.

"It's not funny," I pout.

"I know, I'm laughing because you look cute when you pout." He said, pinching my cheek a bit.

I blush and yawn, as we get back to our rooms, "well goodnight Sho..."

He pecked my forehead again, "good night Noya, have sweet dreams...oh here." He says, taking off his jacket, and handing it to me. "Just imagine that as me, when you get lonely."

"Thanks" I smile putting it on and walking into my room. I sighed, as I laid down, thinking about Shoto, as I fell asleep.

Shoto's POV

I watched Noya walk into her room, before I headed to my room, to see if anyone was awake. I saw Bakugo and Candy asleep together, and I sighed, "lucky." Walking to the futon, I changed into bed clothes, and laid down, hoping morning would come fast so I could see Noya. I fell asleep sooner than I thought I would, "guess I was tired." I mumble, before slipping into dreamland.

Bakugo's POV right after everyone got to their rooms for the first time.

Candy whined, as I laid him down on a bed, and he seemed to be searching for me, while he was asleep. I sighed, and laid down beside Candy, holding him close. Icyhot was getting annoying so I looked over at him. "Hey half n half, you can deal without blue for a few hours." He ignored me, as I just continued to hold Candy close, as he slept. Candy was busy drowning in my scent, "he must have been tired," I mumbled, as I closed my eyes and fell asleep as well.

Timeskip to around two in the morning

Candy's POV

Groaning softly, I opened my eyes, only to be face to face with Bakugo. I then looked out the window, seeing the stars out, "I slept the whole time?" I ask, myself. I began to untangle myself from Bakugo's arm, and he groaned when I stood up. I looked around the room, placing a pillow in Bakugo's hold so he didn't wake up, and kissed his forehead. "I'm just going to the bathroom" I whispered out. He went back to sleeping soundly, as he hugged the pillow tightly. I smiled at this, as I headed out.

I tiptoed to the door, and opened it. "Once I was outside, I stretched my arms, smiling when I heard the pop. "I should explore." I mutter to myself, as I begin to walk. Thankfully, I had grabbed a flashlight, before I headed out, so I turned it on, to see where I was going. "I wonder if there's a clearing here." I mumble, looking around.

As I was walking around, I heard the sound of running water, I had decided to follow the sound, as I stumbled upon a clearing, with a small stream flowing with patches of wild flowers here and there. I sat down by the stream, turning off the flashlight because the moon was shining so bright tonight, "Beautiful..." I whispered out, my voice blending in with the sounds of the night creatures. I looked around, only to spot something bright blue flashing, "What was that?" I stood up, dusted my pants off, grabbing a few pieces of hard candies, I walked toward it.

3rd POV

Dabi stayed hidden as he waited for candy to get closer. Candy walked closer to the sound, pausing when he heard a branch snap. Dabi came out of hiding and looked at him "come with us and you won't get hurt."

Candy gasped, turning on his flashlight when he heard the voice, the flashlight and candies falling on the floor. "Touya." I whisper out, a hand covering my mouth.

"My name is dabi," He hisses.

Candy shook his head, "what happened to you?" He exclaims, taking a hesitant step forward. "Did HE do this?" I ask, tears falling down my face.

"Come with me without fighting and you won't get hurt" he says glaring a bit, completely ignoring Candy's other question.

Candy shook his head harder, taking another step back. "No, I have to tell Sho you're alive! He thinks you're dead! Aunt Rei as well!" I shouted, taking one more step back, tears falling down my face, not wanting to believe that he did this.

Dabi sighs, "we could have done this the easy way," he mutters, looking at Candy, "but you just had to b difficult." He sighs, kicking Candy in the stomach.

Candy doubled over, blinked, and Dabi was gone. After a minute, he stood back up, and looked around for him, reaching for his back pocket. Dabi had grabbed a pole, and hit him over the head, effectively knocking him out. Candy fell to the ground, and Dabi picked him up, throwing him over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes, as he walked through a portal that had appeared.

Noya's POV

I woke up, and immediately started looking for Shoto, only to realize he wasn't there. I gripped his jacket tighter around me.

I heard Mina wake up, and she looked over at me, "are you ok?"

"Yea, I just miss Shoto..." I mumble.

She nods, moving her blanket back a bit to sit up. "Wanna get some fresh air?"

"Yea," I nod, standing up, heading outside.

Mina looks at me, and points at the jacket, "you aren't wearing the jacket?"

"Huh? Oh thanks" I mutter, grabbing the jacket and pulling it tightly on me as I walk outside to get some fresh air.

3rd POV

Mina nods following Noya out, quietly closing the door. "Where do you wanna go?"

"Uh, to the clearing that Sho showed me earlier." Noya says, and Mina coughs to hide her smirk.

"Lead the way." Mina says, handing a flashlight to Noya. Mina followed her, pulling an acupuncture needle, halfway to the clearing they heard a thud. She looked around alarmed, "what's that?"

"I-I don't know..." Noya mutters, turning around, and you could tell she wished Shoto was her. She wasn't ready to use her quirk yet, it was too soon, her quirk isn't under her control yet.

Mina looks at her, "wanna check it out?"

"Uh sure," Noya mutters, heading that way. Mina follows, once they were close enough to the thud, Mina deactivated her quirk, sticking the needle in Noya's neck, slowly knocking her out, as her quirk completely deactivated, it showed a girl with blond hair in the style of 2 space buns, she was smiling. Noya gasps as her eyes widen and she falls unconscious.

Toga giggled, picking Noya up bridal style, walking towards the thud came from, only to see Dabi with Candy on his shoulder, "Let's go" Toga giggled. Dabi nods, and they both go through the portal Kurogiri had made.