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The three of them have always seemed so obnoxiously happy together, but now that they’re all dating- and fuck it if he knows how that works- they’re even more obnoxious. Not that Katsuki cares, not one bit. Why on earth should he care, that those three pains in his ass have decided to take a step past being the absolute best of friends? Why on earth should he care that Deku’s not only gotten himself a girlfriend, but a boyfriend as well?
~X~
Tenya is still confused about how he found himself involved in something like this. Dating was never on his agenda for high school; in fact, he had been more than willing to put romance on hold indefinitely, and focus entirely on his career, but it seems life had other plans for him, in the form of Midoriya and Uraraka. The two have been valuable friends for so long now, and even as he knew he was developing feelings for the both of them, he tried to keep them under wraps, certain that it was wrong for him to feel this way.
He always though the two of them would end up together, and that he was nothing more than a third wheel, and then, somehow, he ended up with the two of them. It was easy to read their feelings for each other, but it isn’t until they confess to him that he realizes their feelings extend to him as well.
There’s just one matter that none of them have addressed yet, and he isn’t sure if he should be the one to bring it up. Still, there’s the matter of Bakugo, and how he’s supposed to fit into all of this.
~X~
Ochako is the first to bring it up, when it’s just her and Iida talking. She’s been wondering about this since before the three of them got together, but she can’t sit on it anymore.
“Don’t you think Deku and Bakugo have something going on between them?” she asks.
“Well, I…” Iida somehow manages a look that is both surprised and knowing. “I’ve always assumed, but it’s probably more complicated that you or I realize.”
Frowning she says, “Yeah, I guess, but still...it’s not like he’s all bad, all the time. He’s getting better all the time!”
At this, Iida doesn’t even meet her eye, and she wonders if he feels the same way she does. “That’s true, but...it’s not something we should interfere with. Don’t you feel weird, talking about your...our...boyfriend like this?”
She can’t help but laugh at the way he struggles to even admit that that’s what he is to them, and she shrugs, “I was just wondering, is all.”
~X~
Izuku wonders every day how he managed to get so lucky, but he also wonders what on earth is wrong with him, that he can’t stop wondering what Kacchan thinks about all of this. Iida and Uraraka have been wonderful to him from the beginning, and they’re both amazing people that he absolutely adores, and yet his volatile childhood friend is still on his mind far too often.
~X~
Katsuki doesn’t want his eyes to linger on the three of them. Because it’s not as if he’s interested in what they do together, not even as a general curiosity. He doesn’t care , not like that, and not any more than that. Sure, he’s always taken far too much of an interest in Deku’s life, but fuck , they’ve known each other for so long that he can’t help but be a little involved. There aren’t feelings , or anything stupid like that.
He’s nothing more than a pest that always finds its way in Katsuki’s way, and nothing more. And as for his friends- his significant others , or whatever the hell he’s supposed to call them now...he doesn’t have anything to say about them at all. There’s nothing worth saying about any of them.
Iida is needlessly stiff and boring, and must think himself better than everyone else just because of that, because of his fucking morals or whatever. He’s a pain in the ass with a stick rammed up his , and he’s got that face that’s oddly mature and those freaky ass legs that are kind of nice when you look past the weirdness, and Katsuki does not give a fuck about any of that.
And, sure, Uraraka is cute if you’re into that sort of thing, but her positive attitude is nauseating . She and Deku were fucking made for each other, he supposes, and if Iida is there to ground them, then that’s fine, it’s a match made in heaven that he doesn’t care about one bit. He certainly doesn’t care about that thing her hair does, or that goofy smile whenever she gets something right.
And he will never care about anything Deku does, so why does he keep watching the three of them together and scowling and getting so damn pissed off?
~X~
It’s only after Uraraka comes out and asks about that Iida starts to lose the ability to hide it from himself, and when he’s alone, when the other two aren’t around to take his mind off of things, that he berates himself for allowing something like this to happen. He should be happy enough as he is; having the two of them is already too much, and falling for anyone else is simply being greedy.
But falling for someone like Bakugo goes beyond all reason, and he should know better, he really should. For one thing, there’s the fact that Bakugo is Bakugo , and for another thing, there’s the complicated something that has always existed between him and Midoriya. Even if the two of them got together, he doubts he or Uraraka would have any part of it.
Having a crush on their obnoxious classmate, on that absolute terror is something that he should be smart enough not to do, but there’s really nothing Iida can do to stop it.
~X~
She supposes that she’s always sort of had a thing for him, in a weird sort of way. Bakugo is certainly impressive and strong, and not bad on the eyes at all. Even though it was Deku who caught her eye first, and stuck with her, and even though Iida was quick to find his way into her heart as well, Ochako guesses that she’s always kind of had a thing for Bakugo.
Maybe it’s just knowing that he definitely has a thing for Deku, but now that she’s got a relationship, she can’t help but wonder how they’re going to get him into it. He might not ever come to like her or Iida, but she likes to imagine an ideal scenario where all four of them can be happy together, and even if that doesn’t work out, she knows the way he looks at Deku, and the way Deku looks back. For their sake, at least, it would be for the best.
The only problem is, she doesn’t really know what to do.
~X~
Izuku doesn’t exactly know what to do either, but he can’t shake the feeling he gets almost constantly lately, the feeling of absolute malice . And whenever he feels that, he knows that Kacchan must be staring him and the others down, and that he’ll look away once he looks at him, and pretend like nothing happened.
He shouldn’t be so concerned with Kacchan now that he has Uraraka and Iida, but he can’t ignore the part of him that always hoped for something more, nor can he ignore the signs that become all the more obvious now that he has somer romantic experience. If he weren’t already taken, then perhaps something more could be happening between them right now.
Except...except his relationship is already so unconventional, and he spends more and more time wondering just how things would work, and observing what little interactions he can between them as a group. Through this, he picks up on more and more signs, and while the other three are grappling with their own feelings and questions, he’s the first one to actually come out and ask what they’re going to do about this.