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SOLO ARTIST TODOROKI SHOUTO ANNOUNCES HIATUS

It hasn’t been long since 19-year-old Todoroki Shouto released his successful second single, Leave, before announcing on Chirper that he will be going on indefinite hiatus. Yuuei Entertainment confirmed the announcement.

No reason has been given for the hiatus at this time.

COMMENTS ON SOLO ARTIST TODOROKI SHOUTO ANNOUNCES HIATUS

[BEST VOTED] I cried when he made the announcement TT_TT

[BEST VOTED] Whatever the reason, I hope he continues in entertainment. He’s got the face for it

・My dad’s coworker’s sister-in-law works at Yuuei Ent and I heard it’s bc of drugs

- [response to “My dad’s coworker’s”] I highly doubt that lmao

- [response to “My dad’s coworker’s”] He would never!!!

- [response to “My dad’s coworker’s”] Makes no sense tbh

・Is he sick? : (

・He’s not even that great of a singer

・First!!!

・Did daddy get fed up with his career choice? XD

- [response to “Did daddy get fed up”] This comment has been deleted.

- [response to “Fuck off, we all know”] I was joking lol calm down

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Izuku was briefly shocked when Shouto came up to him in the lobby of Yuuei Entertainment. Remembering his more experienced colleague in the entertainment business was now on hiatus, it made sense Shouto would take the time to greet him. Whatever the reason, Izuku always appreciated the company even if it was just for a moment from Point A to Point B.

“Todoroki-senpai!”

“Just Shouto is fine now,” The request baffled Izuku, “Vocal lesson?”

Izuku laughed, running a hand through his nearly-messy hair, “Yeah…Then straight to dance practice. I feel like I’m improving…”

“Good to hear,” Shouto’s following question was even more shocking than Shouto coming to see him at all. “Interested in joining a group?”

Izuku gave him a blank stare, letting the question sink in.

“A group? As in singing and dancing?”

“That’s right.”

“…Are you sure you want me to join? I mean, I’ve only been here a year… there’ve got to be others…”

Shouto shook his head, “I’ve already asked three others, and they've accepted. You’re our final piece.”

“R-really?! I-I mean… I’m definitely flattered and interested, but I don’t know if-” He started to mumble, a habit he’s had since he was young, and a habit that highly amused Shouto.

“Izuku.”

“Y-yes?!”

“You’ll do fine.”

“I… well… okay! I’ll do it!” Shouto gives him a pleased nod as they reach Izuku’s destination. Hand on the doorknob, the boy asks, “Who else did you ask?”

“Well, just Eijirou, Denki, and… Katsuki."

“Oh, those three? That’s good-” Izuku paused. “K-K-Kacchan?”

“Yes.”

“M-maybe I shouldn’t… I mean… Kacchan, well… he… hm….”

“I’m not going to force you if you really don’t want to,” Shouto cuts in. “This was a gamble, especially since groups need the best kind of chemistry possible to push forward together… But vocally, you and Katsuki may balance each other out.”

“Mn…”

“Think on it,” Shouto squeezed his shoulder. “We’re going to have a meeting about it tonight in the boardroom at 7. If you’re not there, I understand.”

“Thanks…”

Izuku went into the room as soon as Shouto walked away. With the band proposal on his mind, with Kacchan thrown into the mix, his lack of focus earned him a scolding from his vocal coach.

He was left with a couple hours to decide after his lessons.

The pros of joining outweighed the only con (Kacchan), but even so, why did it feel like Kacchan would outweigh everything else?

What were the pros and cons of having Kacchan as a bandmate?

The pros: Kacchan was an amazing singer, danced really well if he put his mind to it, and was more or less a team player… if he put his mind to it.

The cons: His temper.

However, Kacchan seemed to have cooled down since they were kids. It wasn’t like he actively teased him whenever they were in the same room nowadays… so that was good? Probably?

And if they were stuck together in the same group, then maybe it’d be okay?

…Hopefully?

Who knew when a chance like this would come up again? Many trainees would wait years before debuting, if at all.

At 7PM, Izuku walked into the boardroom where his future bandmates and a few board members waited.

When Shouto smiled at him, when Denki waved excitedly at him, when Eijirou stood cheering at him, Izuku knew everything would be okay.

The fact that Kacchan didn’t look his way was another thing, but…

It wasn’t as terrible as it could have been.

=One Year Later=

MIC: A passionate new group is soon on their way to debuting! Full of surprises since their trainee days, who are these young members?

MIC: Kaminari Denki, born June 29^th. With a quirk like his, he’ll electrify all their fans with his moves and sense of humor.

MIC: Kirishima Eijirou, born October 16^th. Don’t take him for granite, he’s got a voice that will rock anyone’s world!

MIC: Midoriya Izuku, born July 15^th. Despite joining Yuuei Entertainment much later than the others, his sweet face will send a shockwave through everyone’s heart.

MIC: Bakugou Katsuki, born April 20^th. Just because his temper is fiery doesn’t mean he can’t stun everyone with his explosive vocals.

MIC: Back from hiatus, Todoroki Shouto, born January 11^th. Creator and leader of the group, his cool demeanor can send the hottest of chills down the spines of everyone listening.

MIC: Present Mic here, right outside these boys’ practice room, where they are rehearsing for this Friday’s upcoming showcase. Amazing, look at them! They really have their choreography together, don’t they? Especially with a greenhorn like Midoriya in the group, they’re working extra hard for that showcase!

MIC: Speaking of working hard, it looks like they’re about finished, so let’s talk to them!

Cut to five boys sitting in a row: Kaminari – Kirishima – Todoroki – Midoriya – Bakugou.

MIC: Are you nervous about the showcase at all? This will be the first time all five of you will perform together as ELEMENTS in front of a big audience, won’t it?

KIRISHIMA: I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous at all, but I think the excitement exceeds that.

MIDORIYA: [nods] If anything, we’re all a little more nervous about our overall debut. [laughs] We don’t want to let anyone down.

KIRISHIMA: Right. I also think some of the pressure stems from the reality show we're also doing.

MIC: What about you, Todoroki-san? How does it feel to be back on stage again after your hiatus?

TODOROKI: Performing solo is one thing, I only needed to focus on myself. With four people performing with me, I’ve learned that I have a bigger weight to carry so I can’t let them down.

MIC: Do you miss that solo life?

TODOROKI: I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t something I wanted to keep doing. This sort of group is less lonely and more… lively.

Kaminari and Kirishima chuckle, while Midoriya grins.

MIC: This group is an interesting one, to say the least! With someone as experienced as Todoroki-san, what about the greenhorn, Midoriya-san? Compared to these four, you only recently got into entertainment, right?

MIDORIYA: Right. I joined Yuuei Entertainment two years ago, with no experience in dancing and singing. I wanted to act, and was accepted with my impressions…

MIC: We’ve all heard you’re really good at impressions! Can you show us one?

MIDORIYA: Of course! There’s one famous character I’m really good at, I hope you can guess… [clears his throat] [expression and voice completely changes] No need to worry, citizens! I am here!

MIC: Aaaah! That’s Yagi Toshinori’s All Might! Amazing!

MIDORIYA: Haha, yeah… I’m a long-time fan.

MIC: Hopefully, you’ll be able to tell us more about that at the showcase! Ah, looks like we’re running out of time, so one more. Is it true Midoriya-san and Bakugou-san are childhood friends?

BAKUGOU: [snorts] Giving fans fodder, are you?

Kaminari, Kirishima, and Midoriya side-eye Bakugou in horror.

MIC: …Fodder? What do you mean?

BAKUGOU: I know all about how fangirls get, and let me tell you that I will not, under any circumstances, give anyone the opportunity to—

TODOROKI: [clears throat] I’m sorry, Present Mic, we really should start cleaning up here.

MIC: Right, right! See you boys at your showcase! And don’t forget, viewers, their reality show, STV Presents: STV ELEMENTS’ first episode will be airing Thursday at 7PM! You too, can join this hot, new rookie boyband on their journey from first forming the group to their deb—

The TV shut off.

“What a garbage interview,” lounging on the sofa with a towel over his damp hair, Katsuki tossed the remote onto the table. “They didn’t even try to clip the last question with how much of a train-wreck it turned out for them.”

“You’re overreacting, Kacchan.”

“It’s true. And Denki didn’t even get to talk.”

Denki called from the kitchen, “That’s fine. Fans seem to like the ‘silent, handsome’ type the most.”

“Better yet, let’s make sure he never talks if he spouts slop like that,” Katsuki sat up, removing the towel from his head.

“You’re just mad the only question that involved you personally was about your friendship with Izuku,” Eijirou laughed, only to be met with a sofa cushion to the face.

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COMMENTS ON PRESENT MIC’S POST-REHEARSAL INTERVIEW:

[BEST VOTED] OMG!!! SOON!!!

[BEST VOTED] Good luck!!! I’ve been following you since you were announced as ELEMENTS

[BEST VOTED] No-EXP Midoriya is already getting popular. Good luck, kid!!

[BEST VOTED] This is the first interview with Shou-chan that didn’t mention his father once. Kudos!

・That impression was hilarious

・Aww, Denki seems shy

・Bakugou has a point

・BaKa was bad-tempered as ever. Never liked him even during his trainee days lol

・Who are these people

・Katsuki was out of line :/ It’s not like the fans are hurting them with their fics and art

- [response to “Katsuki was out of line”] They’re real people and it’s weird

・First!!!

・Midoriya’s dress sense is kind of shit

- [response to “Midoriya’s dress sense”] Sorry, he just seems out of place in general

・Not a fan of Shouto. Anyone can go places when they’ve got a famous daddy

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MAVER’S TOP TEN KEYWORD SEARCHES THIS WEEK:

1. Todoroki Shouto
2. Midoriya Izuku
3. ELEMENTS debut
4. Bakugou Katsuki
5. Togata Mirio scandal
6. Shiretoko Tomoko health
7. Ragdoll health
8. Yagi Toshinori
9. Todoroki Enji son
10. Yaoyorozu Momo film

Don’t
This is my ocean
Don’t try to cover even the sun that shines on me

- Mine- [Leave]

End Prologue

Chapter Text

STV Presents: STV ELEMENTS.

Camera pans over to the Yuusei Entertainment dorms, as five young men tiredly walk out the door to go to the van, right next to the cameraman. The sun has barely risen.

TODOROKI: Good morning…

KAMINARI: Sorry for my hair…

MIDORIYA: Please excuse us…

KIRISHIMA: Let’s do our best today! [shoulder punches cameraman]

BAKUGOU: [noise]

The men take their respective seats in the van as the cameraman follows. Cameraman continues to film them as they are driven along.

NARRATOR: It has been a year since ELEMENTS has been announced, and now their official debut is close at hand. These last several months have been tiring for all of them, but they’ve yet to show any sign of giving up.

KIRISHIMA: [the only one in the van who is fully awake] Today, we’ll be filming the PV for our debut song, Four Seasons. It’s a bit romantic, on the pure side, about meeting with a long lost love. A lot of groups lately have been debuting with hot dance songs, but we wanted to throwback to some of the older debut songs from ten years ago. Hopefully, our personalities can still shine through.

TEXT: For those who don’t know, what is your role in the group?

KIRISHIMA: I’m the main rapper and lead dancer. As opposed to Denki, who’s the main dancer and lead rapper. Basically, he’s got all the major dance parts, and I’ve got all the major rap parts. [chuckle] No one will be hearing any sort of rapping in Four Seasons, but we do have a small dance number to show off in the PV.

Cut to outside the new location as the van pulls up. Kirishima gets off first as the other four follow, tiredly rubbing their eyes and stretching.

NARRATOR: Today will be another step toward the world of debut.

Cut to Todoroki within the building, as the others are getting their outfits fixed behind him.

TEXT: What are your thoughts on the debut song?

TODOROKI: We didn’t want to debut with something energetic. We decided on a sweet, romantic song and went from there. ELEMENTS has a great range of personalities and voices, so we wanted to let them shine in every way possible. Our own Izuku wrote most of the lyrics to Four Seasons, so I’m hoping his feelings can reach everyone.

 Cut to Midoriya.

TEXT: Is Four Seasons based on a real experience?

MIDORIYA: [laugh] Where’d you get that idea? [smile] Most of the song is inspired from films and dramas I’d watch with my mom growing up. Uuum, I don’t know, I’m just a softy at heart when it comes to “lost loves” and all that.

DIRECTOR OFF-SCREEN: Midoriya-san!

MIDORIYA: Ah, okay! [grins at the camera] Anyway, it’s up to interpretation. [waves]

NARRATOR: Four Seasons, the upcoming debut single from ELEMENTS. A song about purity and a lost love.

Several cuts to the boys performing their bits for the PV.

NARRATOR: For the video itself, Bakugou-san’s parents designed their outfits. These outfits are nicely coordinated, each one presenting the individuals’ styles and personalities without clashing!

Cut to Kaminari.

TEXT: What are your thoughts on the debut song?

KAMINARI: When Izuku showed us what he wrote, admittedly, I cried. [laughs] I get emotional when it comes to romance, so… [rubs the back of his neck] Hopefully, I don’t end up crying at any point during the shoot, haha!

Cut to Bakugou.

BAKUGOU: It’s alright.

Pause.

BAKUGOU: I’m going back to work now.

NARRATOR: The official PV for Four Seasons will be released Friday at 9AM, so look out for it!

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Katsuki dropped his head back, desperately wanting the show to end.

“Turn it off. I don’t want to watch anymore. I hate it.”

“Don’t you want to hear them gush about Four Seasons and how romantic it is?” Eijirou held the remote, turning up the TV instead.

“No.”

“Don’t you want to watch us practice?”

“Who the hell wants to even see that?”

“A lot of people, buddy. A lot of people.”

After throwing a cushion at the redhead, Katsuki stood.

In his amusement, Eijirou sang loudly, “I want to give my love to you, even in my dreams!”

“Shut UP,” the blond’s response was prompt enough for his friend to sing even louder.

“I WANT TO FREEZE TIME WITH YOU HELD AGAINST MY CHEST.”

Pouting, Katsuki marched away and turned the corridor, nearly bumping Izuku.

“Kacchan!”

“Move it.” Kacchan made way for his room, bumping shoulders with him along the way. Izuku watched him go and sighed.

Heading to the living room, the fact that Eijirou was still belting out the lyrics to Four Seasons made Izuku laugh. It was flattering, knowing there were people who genuinely enjoyed it, even if they were his own bandmates.

“So, what’s Kacchan mad about this time?” Izuku greeted through the singing, sitting on the couch. The other man turned down the TV.

“He’s mad because I wouldn’t turn our awesome show off.”

As if on cue, Kacchan marched back out and into the kitchen. Eijirou’s thumb hovered over the volume button of the remote as the blond furiously pulled out ingredients.

“Gonna make somethin’, buddy?”

“Waffles.”

“Ah,” Izuku piped in. “I thought you were still on that training diet?”

“It’s a cheat day.”

Eijirou turned the TV back up to block out anything else Kacchan might have wanted to say.

Halfway through fixing up the batch of waffles did Shouto and Denki come in, with an envelope in Shouto’s hand.

“Yo, welcome back,” Eijirou called over the noise. Noting the strange look on Shouto’s face as he studied the envelope, he muted the TV.

“Mail?” Izuku asked, prompting Shouto from his thoughts.

“This was in our mailbox, but there’s no return address. Just ours.”

“It’s not uncommon for fans to send those kinds of letters, is it?” Eijirou straightened up, while Kacchan curiously poked his head out of the kitchen.

“It’s not, but…”

“Want me to open it?” Denki offered. Shouto shook his head, and carefully opened it himself.

It didn’t take long before the entire band crowded around their leader, looking at the photographs in his hands.

“Those are us,” Izuku said, all coherent thoughts halting.

“No shit, Sherlock,” Kacchan snapped, taking one of photos. “These’re outside the place we filmed the PV.” Photos of them entering the building early that morning and leaving in the late evening. None of them, as for as they knew, saw anyone who could have taken the pictures in the area.

“Someone actually followed us?” Worry shaded Eijirou’s features.

Shouto furrowed his eyebrows, looking over every photo. After a moment, he tucked them back into the envelope and pulled out his phone.

“I’m calling the police. Can one of you call Aizawa?”

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The police came and went as if nothing happened, leaving with the photos and the groups’ answers to their questions. Aizawa, their worn-down manager, warned them not to go anywhere the rest of the evening.

Izuku struggled to sleep, tossing and turning in bed. After what felt like an hour, he got up to watch TV.

With his blanket, he quietly stepped into living room through the darkness, using his phone’s flashlight. He avoided looking at the windows despite all the curtains being drawn, and when the back of the couch came into view, he ran for it.

Quickly leaping onto the couch, he breathed a sigh of relief before realizing he was not alone. Panic overwhelmed his body as he aimed his flashlight at the person he believed to be the photo-taking stalker.

“What the hell…” Kacchan rubbed an eye, obviously forced from his sleep. It seemed he had fallen asleep sitting up, hand holding up his head with the help of the armrest.

“Kacchan? What are you doing here?” Izuku didn’t realize his light was still aimed at the blond until Kacchan shoved it away.

“None of your damn business. What are you doing here?” Making no attempt to leave his spot, Kacchan simply readjusted himself to get comfy once more. With both their legs pulled up onto the couch, it was cramped, but he didn’t complain.

“I… couldn’t sleep.”

“What, you afraid of some asshole stalker?”

Izuku opened his mouth to deny it, but was there even a point?

Fixing his blanket over himself, he responded, “…Aren’t you?” Kacchan snorted and pulled some of the other man’s blanket over his own legs.

“Hell no.”

“Must be nice…”

Silence followed and Izuku rested against the armrest on his side. A cold half-minute passed before the blond spoke up.

“Well. Stalkers suck and all, but seriously, they can’t touch us, right? So there’s no point in being scared, especially when there’s a group of us and just one of them," He closed his eyes and continued to rest his chin on his hand.

Izuku glanced at him and smiled, “Are you trying to make me feel better?”

“Why would I do that? I’m just telling it like it is, nerd," Kacchan lightly kicked at him as if trying to prove his point.

"If you say so.” Regardless of what it was, it really did make him feel better.

“Seriously, you have the weirdest imagination. Just go to sleep. Or whatever. If you kick me, I’ll kick back twice as hard.”

“As you’ve proven during our old sleepovers.”

“Yeah, see, you know full well how serious I am.”

“Yeah, yeah. Night, Kacchan.”

“Shut up.”

After frequently being around Kacchan for the last year, Izuku learned not to take a lot of the things he says to heart. Compared to how he used to be, the Kacchan nowadays was harmless. Occasional temper aside.

When the group was first brought together, Kacchan did everything avoid him. It had been during the “end of their friendship” phase years ago when he stopped teasing him period and just ignored him. It was easy back then, but not so much now that they had to work together.

Somewhere down the line, maybe during those practices, or even when they all ate together, Kacchan softened up and started speaking to him again.

The final step toward feeling accepted within the group.

Izuku cracked an eye open, looking in his bandmate’s direction.

“Kacchan?”

“What.”

“Are you still ticklish?”

Silence.

Izuku gasped, “You are.”

“I will end you if you cross this line.”

I want to know you a little more through your smallest whispers
I would even win against the monsters in your dreams

-Hug- [Four Seasons]

End Chapter 1

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<<OMAKE – DELETED SCENE - Putting the band together.>>

The announcement of his hiatus came as a shock to everyone, even those in the business, but it was a long time coming. Even before the release of Leave, Shouto had realized stardom as a solo artist wasn’t for him—regardless of his popularity. It took a great deal of sorting things out with the company, but his wish finally came true.

“Did you want to go into acting full-time?” CEO Nezu asked him. “You’re still contracted under us. Unless you’re willing to buy yourself out, you still have to work.”

Shouto nodded, “I’d like to put a group together.” Nezu’s eyes shone in interest.

“We’ll have to discuss this with the board but go on.”

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Of all the trainees at Yuuei Entertainment, Shouto had his eyes on four specific young men.

Three of them had been with the company for no more than five years, sharpening their skills in what they were best at.

Shouto conveniently found two of the men in the dance studio in the middle of a break. They straightened up once they saw him, because why would Todoroki Shouto of all people be here?

“Are you two interested in joining a group? We need people who can rap and dance.”

One of them dropped his water bottle.

“You’re kidding.”

Shouto didn’t understand where the joke was.

“I’m… not.”

Hope glimmered in their eyes, and both men glanced at each other before looking back at him.

“You’re asking us? Personally?”

“That’s right. I’ve been given free rein in gathering the members.”

“S-Senpai…”

Shouto holds his hand out to the boys and they take turns shaking it.

“No need to call me that. We’re equals now. Just Shouto is alright,” a slight smile tugs at his lips. “That’s fine with you, right? Eijirou, Denki.”

“Y-y-yes!”

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He found the third member at the company gym, working on his stretches.

“Katsuki,” Shouto walks over. “I’d like to speak with you for a moment.” The third member acknowledged his presence, but continued stretching.

“What do you want?” His response was rude, but as his personality was well-known among the company, Shouto wasn’t fazed.

“I’m putting together a group. Are you interested in joining?”

“Hah? Why would I want to be in a group? I can debut just fine on my own.”

Shouto didn’t miss a beat, “We’re the same age and you’ve been a trainee for almost six years. If this keeps going, you’re never going to debut.”

The look the blond gave him was all Shouto needed to know that he won.

“When’s our first meeting?”

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SNAPPYGRAM

mido715 Our sister band is cheering us on at the showcase!!

[image of Midoriya, with Uraraka, Asui, Ashido, and Jirou peace signing behind him]

COMMENTS

・MY SWEET BABY GIRLS AAAAAHHHHHHH

・Are you dating lol

・sin(x)!!!

・Way to make me feel worse about not being able to go TT_TT

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mido715 Warming up, brushing off the showcase jitters @redXVI @shockZZ

[video of Kirishima and Kaminari doing vocal exercises in their dressing room]

COMMENTS

・HELP

・omg idc if it’s just warming up, they’ve got voices of the purest angels

・how does it feel always being surrounded by hot men

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mido715 Our leader is too fancy for this world @todshou

[image of Todoroki adjusting his outfit, looking into the mirror]

COMMENTS

・HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

・Why can’t I be there!!! : (

・Ive got the livestream up and ready, cant wait to see you guys

・end me

・my crops!!!

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mido715 Look who’s also here! <3

[image of Midoriya with Inko, both peace signing the camera]

COMMENTS

・Mama and baby! Youre both so cute <3

・Ah wow look it’s my future mother in law

・You look exactly like her!!

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mido715 Left your phone

[image of Bakugou, holding the camera to his face as he eats a protein bar]

COMMENTS

・OH  M Y GOD

・AMA with bakkun pls???

・I never knew I wanted bakugou creeping into accounts so badly until now

・WHAT. WHA HT. WAHTHTTTTTTT.

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mido715 This is great

[image from afar through window of Midoriya speaking with an interviewer; Bakugou’s reflection can faintly be seen in the glass; he is still eating the protein bar]

COMMENTS

・I CANT BELIEVE THIS

・AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

・keep his phone forever ok

・help I cant stop laghinggnfgk

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mido715

[video of Bakugou]

BAKUGOU: To answer everyone’s questions, Deku is indeed. A cuddler.

COMMENTS

・W AHAT the FUACK

・Omg omg omg omg

・IM ACTUALLY CRYING

・werent u talking abt fodder before, what do u thnk this is now

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“We would like to personally thank all of you for coming out to the showcase tonight,” Shouto smiled, looking to the bandmates lined up at his side. “and also thank you to our senpai group for giving us support tonight.” He gestured for the girls to come onto stage. They walked on, waving to the audience.

Mina stepped up to borrow the microphone, “Take care of our ‘little brothers’ for us, okay?” The crowd cheered, and she handed it back. Eijirou raises a fist.

“Did you all have fun?” He nearly yelled into the microphone and excited screams filled the venue. “What was that? I couldn’t hear you over my yelling!” The cheers grew louder and he laughed.

“Look forward to our other stuff, alright?” Denki winked. “We got a lot of stuff planned out, and it’s all gonna be awesome!” Even more cheering.

“Seriously, thank you all for your support!” Izuku smiled. The jitters he felt before the showcase were long since gone, and now he never wanted to leave the stage. “If you haven’t seen it yet, the PV for Four Seasons has already been released, so we hope you enjoy it!”

Kacchan was the last to speak, “I finally have a Snappygram, so you all better follow it! It’s Mido715. Catch you later!” The crowd laughed as Izuku gave him a confused stare. Before he could retort, Shouto had them all bow and leave the stage.

The feelings from post-showcase were enough to make him forget what he was even confused about.

Getting back to their dressing room, they couldn’t help but cheer and holler. The adrenaline rush from the entire showcase was too much for them to contain.

Yelling, laughing, hugging. In Izuku’s case, there was some crying, resulting in Kacchan ruffling his hair and calling him a crybaby. But Kacchan was laughing, too.

“We should celebrate! Grab a bite somewhere,” Denki suggested once they all finally calmed down and changed.

Eijirou snapped his fingers, “I’m really craving some okonomiyaki.”

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mido715 Post-showcase meal! Yummy!

[image of okonomiyaki frying]

COMMENT

・I was at the showcase!! Afterwards I went home and ordered your single <3

・Have u seen the damage bakkun has done

・my mouth is watering TT_TT

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After the satisfying meal, the group started piling into the van. Patting his pockets, Izuku stopped himself from entering.

“Left my phone inside, be right back!”

As he hurried away, Kacchan called after him, “You really gotta stop leaving that thing in random places, space case!”

Izuku checked the table they had used. He checked under and around it. It wasn’t anywhere.

He used it earlier, so where did he put it?

“Excuse me,” A soft voice sounded from behind Izuku, and he spun in shock. A girl wearing a high school uniform shyly held his phone out to him. “This is yours, right? You dropped it by my table on your way out… By the time I noticed, you already came back in…”

Relief flooded his entire being as he took it.

“Thank you so much!”

The girl smiled; her smile seemed a little off, but Izuku pushed the feeling aside.

“I should thank you… I wanted to ask for your autograph earlier but didn’t want to bother you.”

“My autograph?” Excitement fluttered in his gut. At least, he that’s what he thought it was.

“Uh huh. I was also at your showcase earlier,” she reached into her bag and pulled out a notebook and pen.

“It’s…! It’s no problem!” Izuku took the notebook. “Um…! Who do I make it out to?”

“Himiko’s fine.”

“Himiko-san…!” Izuku shakily signed his first autograph under her gaze and promptly handed it back. Every second that passed with her felt more and more… off.

The girl looked it and let out a content sigh.

“Thank you. I’ll treasure this for the rest of my life.” She hugged the notebook. Her stare prodded his soul in ways he didn’t appreciate but, once again, pushed that feeling aside.

“That’s flattering, thank you!” He laughed, clutching his phone as though it was a lifeline. “I look forward to seeing you at our future shows!”

“Oh, I’ll be at every single one.”

Izuku laughed again, regretting what he said, and left as quickly as possible. He scrambled into the van and sat down, pressing himself against his seat as much as he could.

“What’s up with you? Did something happen?” Denki asked, unwrapping a piece of candy.

“I… hm…” Izuku took a moment to calm his heart, realizing just how much he was panicking in that girl’s presence.

“Izuku?” Shouto furrowed his eyebrows in concern.

“I ran into… a fan,” Izuku couldn’t stop trembling, staring at the black screen of his phone. “She found my phone, then asked for my autograph…”

“What, dude!” Denki straightened. “You gave your autograph to a girl, lucky!”

“There’s more to it than that, but I don’t know,” The darker haired boy shook his head. “She just didn’t seem… right.”

Kacchan snorted, “Well, that’s rude coming from you.”

“That’s…! No, Kacchan, I mean, like…” Izuku ruffled his own hair, trying to get the words out. “I didn’t feel safe the longer we talked.”

A silence covered the group before Eijirou suddenly laughed.

“Izuku, I love you, but that isn’t very manly.”

Izuku groaned and rested his head against the window, “Just…! Forget it then.”

“I’ll bring this up to Aizawa, don’t worry,” Shouto said. “There are fans out there who can get a bit extreme. You’re justified in feeling that way.” He squeezed the shorter man’s shoulder.

“Thanks, Shouto.” Breathing out, Izuku’s mind drifted to the photos. If idols lived every day of their lives with creepy encounters, he may consider a different career path.

The van was quiet as they are driven back to their dorm. Izuku felt tired but couldn’t find it in himself to nap on the way.

He wasn’t tired enough to miss feeling a pair of eyes on him. Glancing at the seat across from him, he noticed Kacchan looking away.

The excited flutter from earlier returned.

He liked this flutter.

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mido715 In response to Kacchan

[video going down a hall]

MIDORIYA: [yawn] [quietly] Thanks again to everyone who came to the showcase. We had a blast. And now, well, I’ve got a thing to do.

[camera stops at door and Midoriya knocks]

BAKUGOU: What do you want.

MIDORIYA: Can I come in?

BAKUGOU: Why.

MIDORIYA: It’s about the video you posted.

[shuffling on the other side] [door opens]

BAKUGOU: I knew you’d be filming.

MIDORIYA: Kacchan?

BAKUGOU: What. I just want to sleep.

MIDORIYA: So do I, but real quick. You’re still ticklish, aren’t you?

BAKUGOU: No.

MIDORIYA: You are.

BAKUGOU: I will tear off your arms if you touch me.

[Bakugou backs away as Midoriya moves closer]

[phone drops to the ground and the audio is just Bakugou screaming in laughter]

COMMENTS

・Karma is a biiiiiiiiiiiiiitch

・holy hell youre brave

・Srsly tho up til today I literally thought u hated each other w/ all the promo going on but today has been a whole world of surprises

・Just kiss already lol

・is this what it means to be childhood friends

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Izuku couldn’t find it in himself to care when he woke the following morning on Kacchan’s bed, phone still in hand from when he started uploading the video to Snappygram.

The tickle fight itself ended with Kacchan, in a desperate attempt to make him stop, lifting him by the armpits and throwing him onto the bed.

Izuku braced himself for a tickle attack. Instead, Kacchan fell beside him and instantly passed out.

Kacchan was in the same position he fell asleep in, and as wild as he usually got while awake, the fact that he never moved when fast asleep was something that always intrigued Izuku. The very first sleepover they had as children, Izuku—having just learned what death was (because all-knowing Kacchan taught him the ways of the world in the cruelest ways possible)—cried when he assumed Kacchan had passed on.

Snorting at the memory, Izuku carefully got up to leave. With the absence of a warm body nearby, Kacchan whined and curled up.

Izuku smiled.

The blond had come a long way since back then. They both did.

My heart is fluttering like crazy, like I’m in a dream
I’m in the clouds, boom boom, this must be love
-Nu ABO- [Love Formula]

End Chapter 2

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PRE-SHOWCASE INTERVIEW WITH ELEMENTS’ MIDORIYA

Last night, I had the honor of interviewing ELEMENTS’ very own “baby” and lyricist, Midoriya Izuku, before their long-awaited showcase. With energy at an all-time high, he was incredibly pleasant to talk to and charming to boot.

Q: What aspired you to get into the entertainment industry? And under Yuuei Entertainment, no less?
MIDORIYA: I grew up with the All Might films, and Yagi Toshinori-san was—sorry, still is my favorite actor ever. I aspired to become an actor just like him and somehow managed to get into Yuuei Ent., which was, as you know, the company Yagi-san worked under for a while before splitting off to form his own company.

Q: What made you decide to get into music?
MIDORIYA: After being accepted, I think they saw extra potential in me, and I was put into different kinds of lessons, so I’d be well-rounded in other areas. Guitar, singing, dancing… and then we discovered I wrote nice lyrics, so that was a bonus. I still want to get into acting, but I really like where I am now. I have time to get into it down the road.

Q: Is there a story behind Four Seasons? What prompted you to write it?
MIDORIYA: There is no personal story. When I write, I write based off the mood I’m in, but I never write based off personal experience. Four Seasons came into existence when we as a group decided what we wanted our debut song to be, I wrote most of the lyrics after watching several romantic films and then incorporated any changes they wanted to make. I guess you could say, in a weird way, it’s a song we made together out of love.

Q: Speaking of love, many fans are wanting to know if you are in the dating scene right now.
MIDORIYA: Oh, no! [laugh] Yuuei has a no-dating policy until a certain age, so even if I wanted to, I wouldn’t be able to date. Policy aside, I’m just not looking anyway. I’m sorry!

Q: Let’s talk about your bandmates. Who is the easiest to get along with? The most difficult?
MIDORIYA: That’s a difficult question, because we all get along pretty well. [laugh] It was awkward for me at first, because they all have more experience than I do, but they accepted me for who I am and give me advice when I need it. We’re a little like brothers in a way.

Q: It’s heart-warming to know that you all get along! Having Bakugou-san in the group must have helped as well, since you’re both childhood friends, correct?
MIDORIYA: Believe it or not, we hadn’t spoken to each other since we were younger until the group was formed, so even then it was a little awkward for a while. Our mothers are close friends though, but that’s it.

Q: It looks like the showcase is about to start soon. Is there anything you’d like to tell your fans before you start?
MIDORIYA: Thank you for all your support up until now! We’ll be coming out with more wonderful songs in the future, so look forward to those!

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CHIRPER

ELEMENTS @elements_UA
If you haven’t checked out our debut single, it’s out now! Listen to it on uSong! http://uson... #FourSeasons

Todoroki Shouto @todoshoto
Thanks to all the fans who stuck with me through hiatus & are now also supporting my friends in ELEMENTS. You are the light that guide us.

DENKI @sparkz0629
Have u listened to ELEMENTS single yet??? Go for it! Go go go!!! http://uson... #FourSeasons

EIJIROU @red_riot16
~For the days of my life you aren’t in, how do I pass them by~ <3 http://uson... #FourSeasons

MidoIzu @mido715
Forever grateful for all the support you’ve given us so far! Let’s continue walking down this road as ELEMENTS together. #FourSeasons

MidoIzu @mido715
Over a year ago, working with the greatest bandmates felt like only a pipe dream. Now I’m more than lucky enough to call them my friends.

MidoIzu @mido715
[image of ELEMENTS having a meal together; Midoriya is barely peeking into the picture to get all of them in shot; Todoroki is smiling politely while Kirishima gives him bunny ears; Kaminari is grinning with his thumbs up; Bakugou is barely looking at the camera while drinking water]
We are ELEMENTS!

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STV Presents: STV ELEMENTS.

NARRATOR: Seeing ELEMENTS working so hard for their debut, we decided to drop in to see what they do on their days off!

Scene cuts to the boys’ door and Kirishima opens it.

KIRISHIMA: Ah, what brings you here? No worries, come in, come in! Welcome to ELEMENTS’ humble abode!

KIRISHIMA: Step right up, step right in, here’s our living room! You can always catch us hanging out here before bed.

TEXT: From the looks of things, we might be getting a house tour instead…

KIRISHIMA: Over there is the kitchen! Katsuki is our chef.

TEXT: Is Katsuki the only one who cooks here?

KIRISHIMA: Well, I mean, Shouto can boil water and Denki can pour the water into cup ramen. But humans can’t survive on just that alone!

TEXT BUBBLE: This guy is a real jokester…

TEXT: Todoroki-san couldn’t greet us today, as we learned he’s busy elsewhere! The other three, however?

KIRISHIMA: We don’t do much on our days off, just laze around and relax. Katsuki’s trying to bulk up, so he’s probably working out right now. [knocks on Bakugou’s door] I’m sure we all want to see his muscles.

BAKUGOU: What do you want?!

KIRISHIMA: Just me and our friendly camera crew wanting to see what you’re doing.

BAKUGOU: [opens the door, shirtless and lightly sweating with a towel draped over his shoulders]

Text: Majestic!

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Izuku didn’t know what came over him when he turned off the TV. He stared at the blank screen with a hot face, and the only sound that broke the silence was his mother’s voice through his phone.

“Izuku? Are you still there?”

“Ah, sorry! Yeah, I’m still here, I…” He cleared his throat. “What were you saying?”

“I’m worried, Izuku,” Inko said. “Call me an overprotective parent, but with that attacker going around…”

“Attacker?” The boy straightened up.

“I thought you’d already been warned about it. Over the last several months, there has been an attacker targeting male idols.”

Izuku thought to the pictures, “I’ve heard of the attacker, but I doubt they’d go after us, Mom…” He didn’t know why he told her this. They both know he didn’t mean it.

“Please, Izuku, be careful,” his mother pleaded.

“You know I will. I’ll be fine, I promise.”

Izuku walked into the kitchen, changing the topic to what plans are for the week. He told her that on his next day off, he’d visit her.

As they’re about to hang up, Inko stopped him at the last moment.

“Wait, Izuku?”

“Yeah?”

“Please tell Katsuki-kun he should call his parents occasionally. Or, well, answer the phone in general. I heard from Mitsuki that they haven’t spoken in a while, well, not including the business calls.”

“Of course,” Izuku smiled. “I’ll let him know when he gets back.”

“Thank you, sweetie,” Inko responded. “Talk to you later. Sleep well.”

“You too, Mom.”

Izuku stretched after the call ended and opened the fridge to grab a snack. While he did so, Kacchan came in through the front door, hands shoved into his coat pockets.

“Ah, Kacchan, welcome back!”

The blond seemed tense as he grunted in response and stood at the counter leading into the kitchen. His stare instantly burned into the side of Izuku’s head before the dark haired man looked at him.

“Something up?”

“Did you go anywhere after our photoshoot this morning?”

Izuku took a moment to think, “Just the convenience store. Why?”

Kacchan gritted his teeth.

“Don’t make it a habit to go off on your own, got it?”

“…Why?”

“Because I said so! Don’t go anywhere without any of us, got it?! Just don’t!” His hands were still in his pockets, but it was far from cold inside.

“What’s the big deal? Why?” Izuku closed in on him, well-aware he was hiding something.

“Leave me alone!” Kacchan turned his back to him; however, rather than letting him walk away, Izuku grabbed one of his arms and pulled. The taller male pushed him.

“What do you think you’re doing?!”

“Why are you so mad?! What are you hiding?”

“Nothing!”

“Liar.”

“Wh-wh-what--!!” Kacchan stuttered when Izuku shoved his hands into his pockets, feeling around for whatever he could be hiding. One pocket was empty, the other…

“Give it back!”

Izuku eyed the envelope now in his own hands, with only the dorm address written on it and nothing else. Like the other one.

“Deku!”

He ignored him, turning away to pull out whatever was in the envelope. Photos.

Kacchan stopped trying to take them back as Izuku looked through them, slight tremble in his hands.

All the photos were of Izuku at the convenience store nearby.

“Who… who would…” He let Kacchan take the photos and envelope back from him.

“Just. Don’t go anywhere alone. Who knows what kind of quirk this asshole has.”

“Did you call the police? Shouto?”

Kacchan snapped, “What can the cops even do?! Huh? We still haven’t heard anything from them since the last time this happened! And Shouto even! If you want to hear someone give you words of encouragement and tell you everything is okay, call him your-damn-self!”

 Something erupted within Izuku.

“You just said not to go anywhere without anyone, and then you--!! Seriously, what’s that supposed to mean?”

Where did that come from?

“You heard me! Even before this picture shit happened, you’d always run to him whenever you wanted to hear someone say something you want to hear! It’s always been like that!” Kacchan threw the photos to the floor. “Quirkless-moron, you’d go on and on about wanting to take care of yourself, but here you are, needing a fucking hand to hold!”

“That’s… not…” When they were children, Kacchan would mock him for being quirkless. Despite growing out of it in time, he never apologized for it. The mocking hurt, but after growing up, he brushed it off, knowing it really didn’t matter, and he moved on. Or tried to, at least.

Being called quirkless earlier didn’t bother him. He was always aware of his disadvantage in comparison to many others, so of course Kacchan would bring it up when it came to the stalker.

But ‘needing a hand to hold?’ A ‘Quirkless-moron?’

“Is that seriously how you see me?” He wasn’t going to let this slide. Not anymore.

“How can I not when you’ve done nothing to--”

Izuku let his fist fly, decking the blond in the jaw and, to both of their surprise, sent him to the floor. Barely having time to register what just happened, Izuku expected him to fight back.

There was no return punch or retort.

Izuku’s heart raced from the sudden adrenaline rush. He kept his eyes on Kacchan as he touched his jaw and winced.

“Fuck. This is gonna bruise.”

A tinge of guilt pinched at Izuku as Kacchan simply picked up the pictures and stood, saying nothing to him, but the shorter male swallowed, forcing away the guilt.

Izuku watched him, waiting for some sort of response.

Kacchan didn’t give him what he was waiting for as he turned away and walked to his room.

The situation deflated as fast as it got heated, but Izuku didn’t feel satisfied at all.

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SNAPPYGRAM

mido715

[image of a notebook with mostly unreadable writing, except for the line: Unsure whether it’s because of the painful memory but I go on by emptying my heart]

COMMENTS

・New song?!?!

・When are you guys holding a fanmeet?

・A little emo isn’t it

・Who hurt you

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KANDIBLOG

::THE FOLLOWING ENTRY POSTED ON xx.xx.xx HAS BEEN DELETED FOR VIOLATION OF PRIVACY::
::IF YOU BELIEVE THIS IS A MISTAKE, CONTACT [email protected]::

[Pic] Shopping at Norson

I saw Mido-chan at [X] station and followed him to Norson fufufu he bought some bathroom items and an issue of Shounen Leap

[two photos of Midoriya shopping]

Isn’t he cute?! He looks like he just came out of a photoshoot fufu

And guess what <3

I finally followed him home this time :3

Next time I’ll knock~

The pictures came out pretty so I printed them for him and left them at the door this time

I waited to make sure he would pick it up but Baka-gou found it first u_u He better have shown them to Mido-chan!

I hope he understands how much effort I put into them and loves them as much as I do <333

Lucid hearts are defective products of this world, that’s why I badly want to taint mine
They tell me that if you love, you start to take after each other
Maybe I want to take after you a bit
-Bad- [Love Pains]

End Chapter 3

Chapter Text

SPACEJOURNAL

Title: OMG you guys!
Mood: Ecstatic

My heart is still racing but it’s already been a couple hours since I ran into ELEMENTS at MacBurger!!!

I almost cried when I went over to ask for their autographs… they were so nice!!!

[photo of school notebook with signatures]

I can’t believe it actually happened omg

Felt a little awkward going over at first because it looked like Bakkun and Izukun weren’t in very good moods… : (

The others seemed fine though… Whatever it is, I hope they’ll be okay!!!

Anyway, signing out!!! I still can’t believe I met them aaaahhhhh >w< I really can’t focus on studying right now D :

COMMENTS

・Omg lucky! I hope to have a chance encounter like that one day >w< Probably not but a girl can hope <3

・Shou-chan has such pretty writing! TTwTT we have truly been blessed

・What if BakuIzu had a lover’s spat? : ( 

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The photos Kacchan found were given straight to the police once Shouto heard about the situation and was scolded for not doing so earlier.

He took the scolding without argument.

They had a photoshoot the next day, and Izuku ran on autopilot. With what had happened the night before, he rather would have stayed home and get things sorted out with Kacchan. Or get things sorted out with him anywhere if it meant they could settle things.

It didn’t help that all throughout the photoshoot, Kacchan avoided him at every possible moment.

‘Back to square one,’ Izuku thought bitterly before pushing the thought away. ‘No, Izuku, you’re not giving up on him! He just needs to cool off, and then you’ll talk.’ Maybe. Hopefully. Probably not. Kacchan was infamous for never cooling off.

It didn’t help that he felt like he was being watched throughout the entirety of the photoshoot; he was beyond uneasy.

When the photoshoot was over, they grabbed lunch at MacBurger—Denki’s suggestion, which everyone agreed with. A surprise, because Kacchan would usually have said no for the sake of his diet.

The feeling of being watched didn’t leave while at MacBurger. When the young fan came up to get their autographs, Izuku was on high alert—and felt guilty for it after realizing she was completely harmless. Different from the other fan.

It was after she left when the weird feeling was finally gone, however. Izuku couldn’t help but feel worried about that fact as well.

“You doing okay, Izuku?” Denki took one of Izuku’s fries. Izuku didn’t even care.

“I just… have no appetite.”

“Still rattled by those pictures?”

“Yeah…” That and the other thing.

Denki draped an arm over his shoulder, “You got us lookin’ out for you, man! We got your back no matter what, so don’t stress too hard about it, alright?”

While being unable to not completely stress out over everything that has happened, his words were soothing enough for the moment.

“Thanks, Denki,” Izuku smiled, yet now he truly felt like a quirkless-moron. Powerless.

He caught Kacchan watching him from the other end of the table. Bitterness pooled in his gut as he made sure he was the first to look away.

Neither realized Shouto was watching them both.

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“Are you busy?” Izuku was sitting on his bed, strumming his guitar, when Shouto peeked into his room.

“Just doing a bit of practice, no biggie,” the dark-haired boy set the guitar aside. Shouto stepped in and shut the door behind himself.

“I noticed something's wrong,” he said. “Are you and Katsuki fighting?” Of course he’d notice. It wasn’t as though either of them were necessarily hiding it, but it was still embarrassing.

“We… had a minor argument, but that’s all.”

“Since it’s taken this long, it didn’t seem very minor to me,” the leader leaned against Izuku’s closet door. “Usually when you two argue, you’d—well, he’d have short outbursts afterwards and you’d have your own little thing to say, then it’d be okay. Right now, you’re both avoiding each other. You understand it made the photoshoot really difficult, right?”

“Sorry,” Izuku kept his gaze down. “Sometimes we just have fights we can’t recover from right away, that’s all.”

“Do you want to talk about it?”

That phrasing alone was enough to make Izuku’s eyes burn and his throat tighten up.

“R-really? I’m gonna cry because of that?” He said it more to himself than Shouto, but Shouto took it as an invitation to sit next to him and wait.

Just like that, all Izuku’s frustrations and worries came pouring out as tears. A small part of him felt even more embarrassed from being seen this way, but the rest of him couldn’t even muster the energy to care.

He wanted this whole ordeal with the stalker to be over with and to be on better terms with Kacchan again. He wanted to write songs with his friends and not be thought of as some weak, quirkless-moron who needed bodyguards.

He wanted everything to be normal.

By the time he finished crying, Izuku was too worn out to even tell the leader what happened. He wiped his eyes and Shouto lightly (awkwardly?) touched his back.

“Sorry,” Izuku said, tired of apologizing but he couldn’t help it at this point. “You came in wanting to talk and I just… well, cried.”

“It’s alright,” Shouto simply responded. “Crying’s good for you.” The shorter man laughed softly and finished drying off his face. He momentarily wondered if he looked as shitty as he felt.

“Yeah, I needed that,” Izuku finally found it in himself to put on a proper smile as he looked at Shouto. “This talk worked wonders, Leader. Thanks.”

“You’re… welcome?” Confusion flashed across his features. “We didn’t really…”

“I know, but you still helped. And I’ve decided it’d be best if you didn’t get involved.”

Shouto furrowed his eyebrows, still confused, “No?”

“You’re our leader, which makes you our mediator, right? But with this sort of thing, Kacchan and I should hash it out ourselves,” Izuku breathed out. “What I mean is… this is something between us that stems from ages ago. If you get involved, then that means I really can’t do much without your help, and it’ll only prove his point.”

The leader’s eyebrows remained furrowed, “Is that what this is about? Because there are times when--”

“No, I know. But it’s fine. It’ll be alright,” Izuku grinned. “Kacchan and I will be okay.”

It took another minute of convincing before Shouto finally accepted it and bid him goodnight, turning to leave. Upon opening the door, Kacchan came into view, who quickly turned away as if he had been walking by the entire time.

“Ah, perfect,” is all Shouto said as he grabbed the back of his shirt and pulled him in.

“Wh-wh-” both Kacchan and Izuku were taken aback—Izuku more so as he had no plans to talk to Kacchan right away. They stared at Shouto in what may have been betrayal, as the man stared back at them from the hallway.

He kept staring back as he shut the door.

Izuku’s eyes slowly trailed over to the blond, who did the same in return.

So, this is happening right now.

“Kacchan, I-”

“I’m sorry, okay?”

“Ah?”

Kacchan kept his gaze to the floor, “What I said was shitty. Beyond shitty. I,” he took a moment to inhale. Probably to think about his next words. “…know you’re not just some helpless spacecase who can’t do a damn thing to save himself because of how useless he is.”

“The phrasing was different, but that works.”

“Shut up, I’m trying to apologize,” and apologizing was clearly not something he was used to.

“I don’t know, Kacchan. Why should I let you off this time?”

“I’m sorry,” crimson eyes met green, and Izuku’s gut felt like it was beating into his throat. “I’m sorry about last night, and I’m sorry for those shitty things I did to you in the past.”

Izuku blinked. He hadn’t expected the apology to go that far.

“I was a real shithead,” Kacchan broke eye contact, running a hand through his hair. “and I know how you get. When you get put down like that, so. Whatever. I just mean. You’re tough, Deku. Not compared to me, but still.”

He was rambling, Izuku realized, while waiting for a response. He contemplated letting him go on, but the blond was clearly growing more embarrassed by the second, just saying things and trying to correct himself.

This talking-things-out-calmly Kacchan was someone Izuku never thought he’d ever have the chance to meet. Multiple times over the year, he realized just how much he mellowed out, but this?

“Kacchan,” Izuku stood in front of him. “I’m not going to let you off that easy, you know.”

“I know that, who the hell do you think I am?” The amount of offended Kacchan looked was enough to make him smile.

“I mean, there are a lot of things I want to get off my chest. A lot of them have to do with you and what you’ve said to me. How you treated me,” he expected the taller male to interrupt him, but got nothing. He’s listening. “I took a lot of things into account, thinking back on when we were kids. When everyone would tell you how talented you were- still are, how you’re going to be destined for the greatest things.”

Kacchan shifted awkwardly.

“So yeah, I get… why you were like that. Why you were… ‘better than everyone.’ Better than me. But everything you did still affected me, and to be honest, for a while I wanted to give up, being talentless and quirkless. In the end, I found myself using you and others’ words as fuel for spite and joined Yuuei.”

Izuku never dreamed that Kacchan would listen to him this long without making a remark.

“You’ve changed, Kacchan,” he didn’t have the energy to keep going. “It’s a good change, and I don’t want us to go back to how we used to be.”

Kacchan finally spoke, albeit faintly, “Neither do I.”

Izuku’s gut did flips.

They ended up relaxing on his bed and talking about different things: plans for ELEMENTS, what they did over the years—the fact that yes, Izuku did in fact bruise Kacchan’s jaw and he was now wearing makeup to cover it.

They talked about many things, and Izuku realized how much of a beautiful smile the other man had, despite everything.

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SNAPPYGRAM

mido715 Just guys being dudes

[image of Midoriya and Bakugou sitting together, making “cool” faces at the camera]

COMMENTS

・My skin is clear. My crops are thriving. My grades are up. I have 20/20 vision. The sun is shining.

・HELP YOU’RE BOTH SO CUTE

・Please tell me the dating ban is a joke

・We have been blessed

・Tell bakkun to get on social media already, it’s 20xx

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mido715

[image of a notebook with mostly unreadable writing, except for the lines: Even falling in a discouragement, never die; spread your wings, let’s go everybody fly!]

COMMENTS

・Truth be told, if you told me to jump, I’d say how high

・LET’S GO EVERYBODY FLY!!!

・OK what happened between now and last night’s post because

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[Pic] Photoshoot at the park + MacBurger

Ditched class to hang out by their dorm :3 brought my bike so I could follow their car when they left… almost lost sight of it! Luckily they had so many stoplights fufu <3

They did a photoshoot at the park!

[images of ELEMENTS posing together, with a Midoriya focus]

Mido-chan seemed off. And Baka-gou seemed to be the same way. What did he do to Mido-chan?

Seeing Mido-chan so sad really fouled my mood. Maybe Baka-gou got jealous of the pictures and hurt him > : (

It’s that kind of attitude that won’t ever get him what he wants!! I won’t forgive him!!

Anyway…

After the photoshoot, they went to MacBurger down the street. Some middle schooler bothered them for their autographs > : ( If she ever goes near them again, there will be hell to pay

I swear I will take her blood

I’ll take the blood of anyone unworthy who gets close to him.

Just as I thought, I’m a competitor
Slowly, I’ll make progress, why give up my dream?
Stand firm and look ahead
Darker the night, brighter the stars will shine
-Fly- [no title; unreleased]

End Chapter 4

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<<OMAKE – ELEMENTS’ Profiles.>>

Todoroki Shouto – Leader + Main Vocalist
Age: 19
Birthdate: January 11
Height: 179 cm
Blood type: O
Reason for joining Yuuei: To get into the acting business on my own terms.
Experience: I was involved in some commercials and had small acting roles as a child. At the start of middle school, I joined Yuuei with my mother’s permission, and trained in acting and singing. I then began my solo career singing for a short amount of time before we formed ELEMENTS.

Kirishima Eijirou – Rapper
Age: 20
Birthdate: October 16
Height: 180 cm
Blood type: O
Reason for joining Yuuei: As a joke, my friends submitted an application for me. As a joke, I went to the audition. Not a joke, I got accepted. Ha!!!
Experience: I was a backup dancer for various singers in the early days, and was even going to debut in a rap duo a couple years ago! We weren’t able to debut unfortunately, but I somehow got lucky hehe

Kaminari Denki – Dancer
Age: 19
Birthdate: June 29
Height: 177 cm
Blood type: O
Reason for joining Yuuei: I love dancing, so in middle school I auditioned and was accepted.
Experience: Did backup dancing for a while for an artist I won’t name =WINK= Was involved as a contestant in a trainee variety show for a while with a dance crew, so that was fun! I also had a chance to almost MC for [x show].

Bakugou Katsuki – Lead Vocalist
Age: 19
Birthdate: April 20
Height: 179 cm
Blood type: A
Reason for joining Yuuei: I was rebelling against my mom. I’m still rebelling against my mom.
Experience: A ton of singing and piano, guitar, melodica, drums, otamatone.

Midoriya Izuku – Sub Vocalist + Lyricist
Age: 19
Birthdate: July 15
Height: 172 cm
Blood type: O
Reason for joining Yuuei: I wanted to become a great actor and singer : )
Experience: A lot of lessons over the course of a year before ELEMENTS formed, so pretty much, just ELEMENTS! Does Drama Club in middle school count, though?

Chapter Text

ALLPOPROCK

Most Discussed Articles Today

1. The Pussycats to go on hiatus after departure of Ragdoll
2. ELEMENTS’ Todoroki talks about his upcoming role as Zuko
3. ELEMENTS announces very first fanmeet
4. Big3 Amajiki says he’s honored that his first scandal is with fellow band member Togata
5. Sneak peek at sin(x)’s new song for upcoming anime
6. Well-known backpack riding Tokyo man revealed to be Gran Torino, retired actor
7. Yaoyorozu Momo’s latest film moves even the most intense of critics
8. Top 5 shady entertainment agencies to look out for
9. Kayama Nemuri discusses enjoying her role in upcoming film Codename: Midnight
10. Todoroki Enji talks about son’s career: “He always does what he wants”

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Interviews, photoshoots, variety shows, individual projects, and sleep.

Days went by where their schedules were packed with no time to relax except for a couple hours of sleep. It was enough to wear all of them down, especially Shouto, who had been recommended to audition for a film, which went well on his part.

When they all found themselves looking forward to a day off they all supposedly shared for once, Aizawa destroyed their hopes and dreams with more news.

They were holding a fanmeet that day.

“It’ll only be a couple hours,” Aizawa told them. “Afterwards, you’ll be guesting on STV Radio, but then you’re completely free.”

The boys all grudgingly go with it.

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WORDBOOK

Kirishima Eijirou
Morning of fanmeet! Operation: Wake Katsuki commencing!

[video of Kirishima and Kaminari, grinning into the camera]

KIRISHIMA: Our little baby Katsuki is a deep sleeper and sleeps for as long as we let him. ‘Cuz we got back late last night and have to get up early for the fanmeet, we gotta work extra hard to wake Sleeping Beauty!

[camera turns to the door] [Kaminari quietly turns the doorknob and opens the door]

[Bakugou is completely out like a light]

KAMINARI: [breathy snickers] [turns on the light] KA. TSU. KI. Wake up!!

BAKUGOU: [grunt]

KAMINARI: [runs and belly flops onto Bakugou as Kirishima starts laughing]

BAKUGOU: [loud pained groan but refuses to move]

KIRISHIMA: Really?! You’re too sleepy to come after us?

MIDORIYA: [off-screen] Is Kacchan still not up?

KAMINARI: [flails his arms and legs while still on top of Bakugou] I don’t even think he realizes what exactly is happening, guys! I don’t even think he’s in this reality right now!

MIDORIYA: Ask if he’s ticklish.

KIRISHIMA: [ecstatic gasp as he moves closer with the camera] Katsuki, are you ticklish?!

BAKUGOU: I’m awake, leave me alone!

KAMINARI: He has been woke!

KIRISHIMA: Operation: Wake Katsuki success!

BAKUGOU: LEAVE. GET THE HELL OUT OF MY ROOM.

[video cuts out]

COMMENTS

・We are absolutely blessed to have people like you in this world

・Shoulda tickled him tbh, I have his screaming hyena laughter from Izukun as my ringtone and need another one
                -OMG seriously do you have a download for it somewhere
                -ofc!! Enjoy. http://megafireuploa...
                                -Absolute music to my ears. Bakkun is a precious gift
                                -This screaming hyena is everything to me. What an angel
                                -I can’t get over Izukun’s demonic laugh accompanying him

・I’ll see you guys at the fanmeet! It’s great knowing this was the morning you had

・Omg I never imagined Denkin would ever do something like that, what a nice side to see

・It must be so lively at your place lol

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The group waited in the backroom minutes before the fanmeet, making extra sure they looked okay and didn’t look as dead as they’ve been feeling.

Izuku took a moment to close his eyes and breathe; he felt like he should be used to all the attention like this by now, but it was still a little nerve-wracking.

“You okay?” Kacchan voice rang through his thoughts and he looked at him.

“More or less,” Izuku responded. “Just a little more nervous than with the showcase, is all.” The blond nudged him with his elbow.

“As long as you don’t do anything embarrassing, you’ll be fine.”

“If that’s supposed to make me feel better…”

“It wasn’t. I was just saying it like it is.” The cool smile Kacchan gave him brought back the belly flips, and Izuku felt even more anxious, for different reasons.

A staff member of the building came in with plastic cups of water on a tray.

“Sorry, this is all we have,” she apologized, handing each group member a cup. She smiled at each of them as she does so, and when Izuku locked eyes with her, he felt a familiar wave of uneasiness.

“I’m looking forward to your future works, Midoriya-chan,” she said, and the man nodded and smiled, holding his cup. He didn’t remember ever meeting her before. Why was her gaze so bone-chilling?

“Kacchan, you’ve never met that staff member before, right?”

Finishing off his water, Kacchan wiped his mouth, “No. Should I have?”

“No, but… I don’t know, there’s something familiar about her, but she seems too old to be a schoolmate.”

“Who knows, maybe you saw her at the showcase or something?” Kacchan turned to finish getting ready. Izuku didn’t think twice when he started coughing, until Eijirou yelled.

“Dude, is that blood?!”

Shouto was the first to hurry over, placing a hand on the blond’s back. Kacchan continued to cough, clutching his stomach with his free hand as he sank to his knees.

“Call an ambulance,” the leader told Denki. Without missing a second, he looked at Eijirou, “Get Aizawa.”

Izuku felt helpless the moment Kacchan vomited, and Shouto managed to catch the blond’s slumped, unconscious self so he didn’t fall into it.

The ambulance was there in no time, taking Kacchan to the hospital. Shouto left with him while the other three stayed behind with Aizawa.

The fanmeet and radio appearance were cancelled; fans were refunded their tickets. Izuku, still in a daze by what just happened, called Kacchan’s mother himself.

As he explained what happened, he found himself staring into Kacchan’s cup. He felt like vomiting himself when he noticed a milky, thick substance sticking to the insides of the cup.

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The police didn’t go as far as to call it a “murder attempt,” but Izuku wasn’t naïve enough to believe that. Thinking back on it, the way the cups were handed out to them by that suspicious staff member, it should have been obvious she was up to something.

He should have noticed something was up, and if he had, maybe he could have stopped Kacchan from drinking it. Kacchan’s, as they discover, was the only one laced with super glue. Someone tried to kill him.

When Izuku saw Kacchan’s parents at the hospital later, he grew so overwhelmed that he got on his knees and bowed his head, touching the ground.

He spent the next moment crying and apologizing that he couldn’t save their son, that he should have known, that he should have stopped him—

Kacchan’s mother stopped him and pulled him back up, hugging him tight.

“Silly kid,” Mitsuki said, and Izuku felt warmth in her hold. He forgot how warm her hugs were—and hadn’t even realized they were the same height now. “Don’t go blaming yourself, you hear me?”

“But… but I…”

“No,” pulling away and cupping his cheeks, she looked him straight in the eyes. He would almost be fearful of her if he didn’t know who she was. “This is not your fault, Izuku. Someone out there wanted to hurt you boys, and you didn’t know.”

Izuku’s voice cracked, “Auntie…” Mitsuki wiped away his tears with her thumbs.

“He’ll be okay, kiddo,” she smiled. “It’s terrifying to think about, but right now, at this very moment, let’s take in the fact that my kid’s got fight in him. He threw it all up. He’ll be fine.”

Izuku ended up crying even more—he admitted to being crybaby after all—but right before he did, he noticed that even Mitsuki’s eyes were puffy and red.

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Now trending:

ELEMENTS’ FANMEET CANCELED, BAKUGOU KATSUKI RUSHED TO HOSPITAL

ELEMENTS’ ACTIVITIES PUT ON HALT UNTIL MORE UPDATES ON MEMBER BAKUGOU’S HEALTH

WORRIED FANS SHOW THEIR SUPPORT IN IMAGINATIVE WAYS FOR ELEMENTS’ BAKUGOU

ELEMENTS’ BAKKUN HOSPITALIZED, STILL WAITING FOR STATEMENT FROM YUUEI ENTERTAINMENT

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STATEMENT FROM YUUEI ENTERTAINMENT

Hello, this is Yuuei Entertainment,

As was announced by multiple media outlets, Bakugou Katsuki has been hospitalized. We are halting all ELEMENTS-related activities.

Before the fanmeet at [x], Bakugou had gotten sick after drinking a beverage offered by a suspicious person delivering drinks to the band. All suspicious persons related to this incident are currently undergoing questioning. We will continue to work with the police during this investigation.

Please do not worry, as Bakugou is now being taken care of. ELEMENTS’ activities as a whole will resume once he recovers. Individual members’ activities will continue as scheduled.

As was our policy prior to this incident, we ask that everyone please refrain from gifting homemade food and drink.

Thank you for your support.

Yuuei Entertainment

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Izuku’s lyric book

You are not next to me
Outside of my window, holding an umbrella
You used to wait for me
I cry

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[Pic] I did it!!!

[image of staff member from earlier, peace signing with her tongue out]

How do I look??? fufu just kidding, it’s not actually me!!

I took this before I went in to do the job :> It’s all worn off now

Baka-gou won’t be bothering Mido-chan anymore now <3 

The umbrella that was too big in my eyes
The umbrella I close facing the world that made me cry
The umbrella I opened with the promise of forever
Under the now ripped umbrella are two hearts
-Umbrella- [no title; unreleased]

End Chapter 5

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<<OMAKE – DELETED SCENE – Katsuki’s story.>>
(Chapter 4, Izuku’s room)

“I have a question.” Izuku adjusted himself on the bed to sit cross-legged. Kacchan continued to lay on his back, hands resting behind his head as he seemed to be on the verge of falling asleep.

“Whatever it is, the answer’s no.”

“I’ve heard rumors about you-”

“No, you haven’t.”

“-about why you just couldn’t debut-”

“I’m not the only one in this group who’s been a trainee for-fucking-ever.”

“Eiji and Denki both have legitimate reasons, though. What’s yours? And I doubt it’s as extreme as the infamous rumor: You killed a man.”

Kacchan rolled onto his side with a groan, turning his back to the other man.

“Do we have to talk about it?”

Izuku sighed, “If you really don’t want to, then I’m not going to force you.”

“Good.”

He waited.

“Ugh, fine, whatever, if you really want to know,” Kacchan sat up, ruffling his own hair in frustration. “You know how I joined just to also avoid modeling for my mom?”

Izuku remembered that day perfectly, because the moment word got out that the blond was accepted, Mitsuki came to their house to personally ask if Izuku was interested in the modeling industry. (Inko politely declined in his place.)

“Well,” Kacchan continued, not waiting for the other man to answer. “there was all that going on. And then, the second I joined was a huge slap in the face from reality.”

“What do you mean?”

His chuckle is hollow, “You know how extreme I was. I was better than everyone, I was the greatest, most talented person in the world. That mindset took a complete 180 the moment I was accepted.”

Izuku suddenly realized what he meant.

“Everyone was better,” Kacchan explained. “Better than me. Everybody was working hard to debut, putting in their blood, sweat, and tears, and there I was, thinking I could do it in a year or two. Easily.

“But nope. That didn’t happen. I trained and trained, but my attitude and confidence went of control. Because I wanted to rush debut, I trained nonstop and flat out refused to sleep. I didn’t eat as much just to gain that ‘perfect body’ everyone else seemed to have. I broke someone’s leg out of frustration,” he looks at Izuku, whose eyes gaze back in shock. “So yeah. No. I didn’t kill anyone, just their career for a while. Then I got kicked out and my mom threw me into therapy for a while.”

Izuku never heard about any of this.

“So, that took a while to get over and then by some miracle, Yuuei took me back some time before you joined,” Kacchan looked at him. “It’s something very few people know about, not even anyone in the band knows, and we would all like to keep it that way. But now you know about me, my shady past, and my wicked eating disorder.”

“That’s… not really funny…”

“It’s not. I’m just saying. It was wicked. Like. Awful. And I was about to turn fifteen at the time, so I was starving, overworked, and desperate. And I was angry at everything.”

Kacchan returned to his earlier position of resting back with his hands behind his head, “Anyway, that’s basically it. Here I am, healthier with a clearer head… usually.”

Izuku cracked a smile at the last word, “Usually? Make that sometimes.” He laughed as Kacchan shoved his leg.

“I’m doing better, alright?”

“Good,” the dark-haired man responded. “because we wouldn’t be the same without you.”

Chapter Text

Kacchan was awake when his bandmates and manager visited the following day. His voice sounded low and rough—a side effect that should heal in time.

“You all missed the cops. And Auntie Inko,” he casually told them once they entered, as though he had not just been hospitalized. He gestured to some containers on the nightstand. “She brought food for everyone.”

“Bless her sweet, sweet heart, but bro,” Eijirou wandered up worriedly beside the bed. “How are you feeling?”

“Well. My throat burns and my stomach feels disgusting, and the doc just told me I got reflux esophagitis, but you know, other than those things, never been better.” Ah, Kacchan was definitely back.

Aizawa put his hands in his pockets, “So the police questioned you?”

“Yeah,” Kacchan replied, taking a moment to cough. “I just told them what I knew, which wasn’t much. I heard they got the staff lady in custody too, but apparently she doesn’t remember shit.”

“That’s what they said to us, too.”

“Anyway, I’ll be free to leave real soon. I also gotta take some meds for this shit I got going on inside me now.”

Izuku felt anxious about how the blond was handling the situation. Surely, Kacchan realized that a stranger went this far to hurt him and may try to do so again.

The group had lunch with Kacchan before they needed to leave, but Izuku stayed behind to talk, telling their bandmates he’d take the train back.

After the guys left, a tenseness Izuku didn’t notice before in Kacchan’s form seemed to leave him. 

“Kacchan?” Izuku sat next to him at the edge of the bed.

“What is it?”

“Are you really okay?”

Kacchan’s expression changed from simply tired to annoyed.

“What kind of a stupid question is that? I’m fine.”

“Yeah, but…”

“Just because I’m stuck here now doesn’t mean I--” he halted mid-rant to cough painfully. “Fuck, it hurts. Anyway, Deku--” he looked back at him and stopped. “…shit, why are you crying?”

“Ugh, just!” Izuku wiped his eyes in frustration. “You’re here and someone out there hurt you and…! And there’s nothing I could’ve done to stop it and I don’t know what could happen in the future and…!” His mind was racing when he broke into his ramble. He couldn’t even fathom why it was like he was the one more bothered by the whole ordeal than Kacchan.

He focused too much on getting his thoughts out that he doesn’t notice Kacchan pull him by the shirt until they’re face-to-face, and his words got caught in his throat.

“Izuku.” Izuku’s mind went completely blank when he feels Kacchan’s breath brush past his face.

“Yeah?” His response was weak coming out, but he felt the return of those flips in his gut.

“Breathe.”

“Bre-breathing.”

“Alright. You good?” Kacchan didn’t let go of his shirt, but Izuku heard him swallow.

“I’m… I’m good.”

The blond let go of him and Izuku pulled away, heart racing faster than what feels like humanly possible.

“I’d be lying if I said this whole thing didn’t bother me,” Kacchan said as Izuku straightened himself out. “Of course it does. Some asshole thought it’d be cute to fuck me up. But I can’t just keep thinking about it and do jack shit. I’m gonna go out there and spite every last one of them by being alive and well.” His voice had a light waver to it, and Izuku noticed his hands are trembling as well.

“I’m gonna live, and if they still hate my guts for it, then fuck ‘em,” the moment Kacchan started to wipe his eyes was the moment Izuku pulled him into a hug.

Kacchan didn’t push him away, simply resting his head on his shoulder as he shook. He let out a soft, angry sob. Izuku tightened his hold on him.

“Fuck ‘em.”

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SNAPPYGRAM

mido715 Look who’s okay!

[image of Midoriya and Bakugou outside of the hospital, making ridiculous faces]

COMMENTS

・He looks energetic, what a relief!

・TTTTT_________TTTTT im so happy

・omgggggg look at him!!! Seriously this whole ordeal has been scary!!

・I hope justice gets served : ( Whoever hurt Bakkun needs to own up to it

・My new phone bg <3

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katsu01 Due to popular demand, I finally got my own account.

[image of Bakugou outside in casual wear, with (Izuku's) sunglasses on and a smoothie cup in hand]

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katsu01 That’s actually unfortunate

[image of Bakugou’s smoothie spilled on the ground]

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katsu01 how the hell do you use this site without followers

[image of Midoriya yawning at the table they’re at]

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mido715 Kacchan now has his own snappygram! @katsu01

[image of Midoriya pointing at Bakugou, who is in the middle of uploading the yawning photo]

COMMENTS

・I’M SCREAMING

・What a time to be alive

・My crops are still thriving.

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CHIRPER

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
Due to popular demand, hi.

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
I dropped my smoothie and I might actually cry.

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
This is absolutely the worst day of my life.

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
I am so fucking sad right now.

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
[same photo of Midoriya yawning as the one on Snappygram]

MidoIzu @mido715
Please follow @katsuki_the_immortal so he changes his username and stops posting that picture

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@mido715 [zoom in of yawning photo]

MidoIzu @mido715
@katsuki_the_immortal STOP

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@mido715 No.
[even more zoom in of yawning photo]

MidoIzu @mido715
@katsuki_the_immortal Stop laughing
[image of Bakugou grinning at his phone, sitting across from him at a table outside a café]

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@mido715 This is so stupid, we’re right in front of each other and we’re on chirper

MidoIzu @mido715
@katsuki_the_immortal Well, if you stopped looking for memes, we wouldn’t be having this problem

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@mido715 I’m right HERE, TALK to me

MidoIzu @mido715
@katsuki_the_immortal How about you talk first

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
[video]

BAKUGOU: [mockingly] How about you talk first, my name is Deku, and I wanna win everything—

MIDORIYA: [laughs off-screen]

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MIDOBAKU DETOX
Welcome to midobaku_detox, a news and fanworks community all about the relationship between Katsuki and Izuku of the pop group ELEMENTS. Before joining the community, please be sure to read the RULES thoroughly.

Writers, please read the GUIDELINES before posting any fanfiction.

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[NEWS] Bakkun is finally on Chirper and Snappygram!

katsuki_the_immortal – Chirper
katsu01 – Snappygram

I can’t stop laughing at all his chirps. It’s amazing seeing this side of him when all we’ve ever really seen is him being a little put off by stuff. Is this his way of making us less worried about that hospital visit? How cute!

And real talk, it’s so cute seeing him and Itsukun so close! Before all their interactions lately, I would never have believed they were childhood friends lol

I’m really curious to see how Bakkun actually interacts with the rest of the group ^^ We only really get to see his natural reactions with Eijikun, but not the other two

Here’s to their beautiful friendship!

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When Kacchan returned to the dorms with Izuku, the door opened before he could even touch it and was greeted by two lively men screaming “welcome home” in his face. Their leader stood behind them, blowing once into a party horn.

“Listen, bro, this is really awful to say, but because you got sick, Aizawa took pity on our souls today and rescheduled our individual stuff too, so thanks, man!” Eijirou ruffled Kacchan’s hair.

“Dude, my esophagus is fucked.”

“Yeah, that part sucks, and who knows what’s going on with the culprit, but everything else is great!”

Izuku and Denki laughed as Kacchan grabbed the redhead and gave him a noogie. Shouto cut in after a moment.

“You should probably come inside. It looks like it’s about to rain, so it’d probably be a good idea to protect you from the,” he paused, completely deadpan. “elements.”

The four men stared at him.

Kacchan was the first to laugh.

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KANDIBLOG

Sad

It didn’t work : (  Guess I’ll have to try harder…

Even in my dreams, people disapprove
They say I’m crazy – If I erase the world
That makes you mine
-Fan-

End Chapter 6

Chapter Text

SNet NEWS
ELEMENTS TO CONTINUE ACTIVITIES WITHOUT MEMBER BAKUGOU

After the sudden hospitalization of ELEMENTS’ Bakugou Katsuki and official statement from Yuuei Entertainment, it has been announced that the recently debuted group ELEMENTS will be resuming their activities without Bakugou.

According to Todoroki, leader of ELEMENTS, “He is doing alright, but he’s too physically unwell to take part in activities. He will be back before we know it, so please don’t worry.”

COMMENTS ON ELEMENTS TO CONTINUE ACTIVITIES

[BEST VOTED] Really sucks : ( Hope he feels better soon.

[BEST VOTED] They JUST debuted and then this happens. I feel terrible for him.

・Does that anti feel any guilt about this? I would press charges
- [Response to “Does that anti”] Did they reveal for sure it was an anti?
- [Response to “Did they reveal”] Someone poisoned him on purpose. I’m pretty sure it was an anti
- [Response to “Someone poisoned him”] I can’t believe anyone would even think about doing this

・Lmao I wonder how many people who’d usually say he deserved it are saying it now. the cops are watching you

・I am so angry that people who aren’t afraid to hurt others like this exist
- [Response to “I am so angry”] I’m so shocked and betrayed

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CHIRPER

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@elements_UA can one of you bring me a smoothie later

MidoIzu @mido715
@katsuki_the_immortal …None of us run the official account, you can’t just ask for a smoothie

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@mido715 Still got your attention, didn’t I?

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Izuku sighed, unable to believe that he was spending the break in his schedule bringing Kacchan’s heart’s greatest desire (at the moment, as the doctor said he shouldn’t have coffee). When he walked into the living room, smoothie in one hand and a bag of convenience store food (for himself) in the other, Kacchan looked over from the couch.

“You actually did it.”

“And you thought I wouldn’t.”

“You never cease to surprise me, Deku,” his tone was light and teasing.

“Riiight, right,” Izuku sat with him, handing him his smoothie, “Enjoy, Kattan.” Kacchan sputtered and shoved him, looking back at the TV.

“Watching our show?”

“The recent one, yeah,” the blond sipped his smoothie, hand drifting to the remote to change the channel, but stopped to rant. “I don’t know why people find this shit so interesting. A lot of it’s exaggerated anyway.”

“Aww, you don’t like how they make you and Eiji out to be inseparable besties who helped each other out so much pre-debut that you know everything about each other?”

“Wait, they said that?”

“Previous episode.”

Kacchan groaned, “Half of the time, I have no idea what goes on in his head. He did help me out a lot, though, so they got at least one thing right.”

“And the besties bit?” Izuku laughed when Kacchan grew flustered.

“It’s not as wishy washy as they’re making it sound,” the blond grumbled. “Now shut up and eat. It smells awesome, and I’ll take it if you don’t.”

“You can’t even have this.”

“I know, and I hate it.”

The hour was spent discussing every exaggeration that happened during the reality show, and as Izuku grabbed his backpack to head back out, Kacchan stopped him.

“Deku.”

“Yeah?”

“Be safe.”

Izuku smiled, “I’m more worried about you, you know.”

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Izuku had a bad case of the Kacchan-brain, spending most of the walk to the station just thinking about him. Aside from the flips his stomach did every time the man so much as breathes in his direction (and he did find himself realizing he was too embarrassed to admit), he told himself Kacchan would be on anyone’s mind after the poisoning ordeal.

His mind was so clouded by thoughts that he almost missed the mugging that happened right in front of him.

“Help, thief!” he heard a shriek before seeing a girl get pushed to the ground. The mugger, more muscular than anyone Izuku should ever go up against, took off with her bag. Snapping out of his thoughts, Izuku spotted the mugger before the large man shoved him out of the way.

Without a second thought, Izuku swiftly regained his bearings and chased him. The man was surprisingly slower than he expected, as he easily caught up and leaped, tackling him into the ground.

Izuku realized he should have planned this better after the man elbowed him in the nose. Adrenaline overrides the pain as he struggled to get the bag back, and it wasn’t long before help arrived to the scene and the mugger is detained.

Izuku caught his breath, turning to return the bag.

“Thank you so much!” Upon seeing her face, his heart rate does the opposite of what he wants and increases.

The girl from the restaurant the night of the showcase smiled wide at him.

“You’re my hero, Mido-chan!”

“Just… doing what was right,” Izuku smiled politely as she took the bag. She pouted as she clutched it.

“You got hurt because of that oaf,” the man didn’t have time to think twice as she swept her thumb right under his nose and he backed away, pulling out his handkerchief to cover his nose.

“I’ll be fine, don’t worry!” His discomfort soared when he noticed the girl didn’t clean the blood off her hand.

He needed to leave.

“Sorry, I have. I have an appointment,” he apologized and rushed for the station, ignoring the calls from the police on the scene. He felt her eyes digging into his back until he disappeared through the ticket gates.

If he had looked back, he would have seen her lick her thumb.

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Aizawa met him at the interview twenty minutes later and showed him his phone.

Izuku squinted to get a better view at the video taking up only a third of the top of the screen, but the title, “Midoriya Izuku is a hero!” caught his eye.

“What’s this now?”

“Looks like you caught a thief and got bashed up is what it is,” the manager said coolly as Izuku watched the video. Someone had taken the video from across the street, and their exclamations of awe filled him with pride as someone else close by had called for help.

“He only got my nose and I bled for a while, but I’m fine now,” the younger man tensed at the look he receives.

“You’re a good kid, Izuku, but your appearance plays a big part in your job,” Aizawa put his phone away, pulling him into the restroom to clean up the blood Izuku missed with his handkerchief, and checked over his nose. He sighed deeply looking over his shirt, to which Izuku responded to by pulling a clean shirt out of his backpack.

“People are calling you a good-hearted hero,” his manager stated. “You’re getting great publicity, but if that guy had bruised you up more, you’d be out of commission like Katsuki. Be more careful.”

“Yes, Dad,” Izuku responded.

Glare.

“Sorry,” but they both knew he wasn’t.

-

Throughout the interview, Aizawa stood out of the way and watched; Izuku found it hard to focus the moment he caught his manager getting a phone call and leaving the room, but he pushed through the interview regardless.

Aizawa returned when the interview is over and Izuku grabbed his backpack.

“You’re driving back with me,” Aizawa swiftly walked out, forcing the idol to jog for a moment to catch up before matching pace with him.

“Did something happen?”

“Looks like Katsuki got a surprise visit from you.”

“Me- what- me?” Ignored, Izuku keeps silent during the drive back.

‘What happened to Kacchan?’

-

Seeing the police at their dorm was a reality that Izuku didn’t want to get used to. He felt additionally self-conscious seeing people in the area trying to see what went on.

He followed Aizawa inside, hearing Kacchan’s already worn voice accompanied by Denki’s shaky one as they talked to the police. The living room was trashed, with things knocked off shelves and a bloodstain setting into the couch.

As they came in, Kacchan’s eyes met Izuku’s for a moment before the blond looked elsewhere, continuing to answer questions from the police.

Izuku noticed a bandage wrapped around his arm, and Denki also seemed to have received a few minor scratches on his arms and face, but nothing too major…

He walked over to the two as Aizawa took his turn to speak with the police.

“Are you guys okay? What happened?”

“Izukuuuu…” Denki looked rattled. “It was terrifying! I just came in and she was all like, strangling him and going at him with a needle and-”

Izuku paled, “Who’s she?”

“Someone who was pretending to be you,” Kacchan rubbed his bruising throat, finally meeting his eyes. “She had a transformation quirk and tricked me into letting her in by pretending to be you.”

“There’s someone who’ll actually…”

“She said she forgot her key, and I let her in,” the blond paused, choosing his words carefully. “…then she had me pinned and stabbed me with a huge-ass needle.” Kacchan gestured to his arm with his chin. “Literally, it was the worst.”

Izuku nearly fainted hearing about the needle and leaned on Denki for support.

“So, that hurt like a bitch, but then she started strangling me,” Kacchan went on. “She kept screaming at me to ‘die, scum,’ and then at some point she stopped looking like you.”

“That’s when I got back,” Denki cut in. “I panicked and threw her off Katsu, but she was a girl, so I felt really bad, but then she attacked me, and then-”

“I knocked her ass out and we called the cops.”

“There were more police here but the ones that left took her,” Denki breathed out with a hand on his chest. “That was beyond terrifying. She seriously wanted to kill us.”

“What… did she look like?” Izuku didn’t know if the info would matter to him one way or another, but the sick feeling in his gut wants this to be settled.

“Blonde,” Kacchan explained, and as he went on, the sick feeling grew worse. “Buns on the sides of her head. Cardigan.”

Izuku did his best to steady his breathing as he sunk to the floor, and his bandmates knelt beside him.

“That was… most likely the fan I met after the showcase,” he said after a moment. “I saw her again today.”

A policeman walked over with Aizawa in tow, “Sorry to interrupt, but did you say you’ve met her before?”

“Y-yeah,” Izuku didn’t realize how badly he was shaking as he described his encounters with the girl until Kacchan placed a hand over his clenched fists, and he calmed down.

He told them about the night of the showcase when she returned his phone, then began telling them about the encounter that involved the mugger.

“And then… ah!” Izuku remembered the video that somehow went viral that fast and got out his phone, pulling it up. With the main focus on him and the mugger (who the policeman recognized as “the guy who was brought in”), Izuku was grateful that the person continued to film until he ran off.

“That’s… a lot of blood, are you sure you’re okay, dude?” Denki worriedly looked away from the screen to eye Izuku’s nose.

“I’m fine, just sore, but there…” he swallowed as they all key in on the girl.

“That’s definitely her,” Kacchan muttered.

The recording doesn’t stop until after Izuku disappeared into the station; with how shaky the recording was by the end of the video, no one would have thought twice about the girl. However, with all their focus on her, they noticed one specific detail.

“She--! She licked your nose blood!” Denki covered his mouth. Izuku didn’t know if he should be feeling violated, but he did.

Kacchan placed a hand over his bandaged arm, frowning, “If that’s how she transforms, then she might have had a plan after she killed me.”

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TRENDING NOW

Idol Attacker Finally Arrested

Toga Himiko (17) has been detained after being caught attacking rookie boyband ELEMENTS’ Bakugou in the groups’ dorm. Toga, who formerly attended [x], has been known among her family and classmates for her obsessive behavior.

Toga has admitted to all known idol attacks, as well as attacks not related to the Idol Attacker. She also has a history of bribing criminals, such as the infamous mugger ELEMENTS’ Midoriya stopped in the rapidly viral video. The police have also seized her phone, email, and any social media accounts she owns; several Kandiblog users flagged many of her entries, having believed she was simply a stalker who followed the news and just wanted attention.

She has also admitted to being responsible for the very recent incident that hospitalized previously mentioned Bakugou. The staff member in custody has been dropped of all charges, while Toga will be filed against by the Bakugou family. It is not known if her previous victims will also take part in filing lawsuits.

The Idol Attacker has been well-known over the past year for attacking and hospitalizing male idols, but has revealed to have hospitalized females as well, under different guises.  

COMMENTS

・What a relief…

・Has she even gotten help at all, or did her family just ignore her? Is she going to get help after this?

・How did she go this long without getting caught?

・Why would anyone do such a thing? Why Bakugou? Why did she want to do this at all? I get that she’s “got an obsessive personality,” but that doesn’t explain anything here.
- [response to “Why would anyone”] Because yandere
- [response to “Because yandere”] No, but was she obsessed with Bakugou or someone else? What?
- [response to “Was she obsessed”] Does it even matter? She was caught? Don’t overthink it
- [response to “Does it even”] Every little thing matters in this case, because there are people out there who are just like her and aren’t afraid of hurting others for the sake of obsession

・I expected someone like her was the culprit in all those attacks. Young people are too wild these days.
- [response to “I’m not surprised”] Would you like some avocado with your toast

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COMMENTS
katsu01 I’m glad you’re you.

End Chapter 7

Chapter Text

“Really? You forgot your key. You’re such a space case, Deku.” Footsteps followed him to the couch, and he assumed Deku’s key was left under the cushions.

Deku was really close to him, looking at him, right into his soul probably.

“Deku, don’t you have to leave like, right away?” He tried not to choke on his words, but he did anyway at what Deku says next.

“Do you like me at all?”

“What- Deku, what.”

“I just want to know…” He was pushed onto the couch and Deku planted himself on his lap. “Do you like me? Do you… love… me?”

This wasn’t the Deku he knows.

“The hell’s wrong with you? What kind of a sick joke are you trying to pull?” he couldn’t look him in the eye as he (barely) tried shoving him off, but the tight grip Deku had on his arms made him falter. Deku or not, he wouldn’t admit to anything if they think cornering him like this will get them what they want.

“Did you know you’re not good enough for me?”

This wasn’t Deku

Unable to respond, he looked at Deku. Deku, who was grinning wide at him with a mad look in his eyes.

This wasn’t

“You’re not. There are people better than you ever will be for me.”

This

Deku leaned in, breath hot on his lips.

“You’re scum, Baka-gou.”

The needle in his arm happened too fast. Deku’s hands around his throat happened too fast.

Why? Why, Deku, why?

“Die!” Deku yelled right into his face. “You scum, just die!”

Then…

Deku wasn’t Deku anymore.

The girl’s grip tightened around his throat, and she laughed hysterically.

Thrashing and thrashing, he couldn’t get her to let go, he started to fade, he saw Deku instead of the girl, grinning maniacally at him… he…

“You’re destined for great things!” a voice called out. The pain stopped and darkness filled with voices of the past overwhelmed him.

“You’re such a great singer! You don’t even have to try.”

“Wow, you’re gonna join Yuuei? If anyone can join the greatest agency out there, you can!”

“That Katsuki never ceases to amaze me!”

The voices calling out to him turned into whispers.

“He doesn’t have to put any effort in.”

“Bakugou seems to think highly of himself, doesn’t he.”

“He doesn’t even work that hard, and he thinks he’s so great.”

“He’s going to debut in a year? What a joke.”

“Why would he debut before me when he hasn’t even done anything about his body?”

Stop.

“You’re so talented, Katsuki!”

Stop it.

“He’s not that great.”

Stop! 

A small hand reached out to him through the darkness. A hand radiating innocence, trust, and pure admiration.

“Kacchan!”

Katsuki jolted awake, and he felt like he just finished running a marathon. He covered his face with both hands. It had been over a month since Toga attacked—they even moved to another dormitory building Yuuei owned.

About a couple weeks after the hospitalization and that damn attack, he was given the okay to return to his activities; however, his voice was still affected as he wasn’t completely healed yet. That was annoying—not that it made any difference during television performances; they all usually lip-synched during those anyway.

They still had that new single to work on, however. The last month had been filled with songwriting, especially on Katsuki’s part, thanks to originally being out of commission.

As for anything else that had gone on after the arrest of Toga, the staff member who was framed for poisoning Bakugou met up with the group. She had apologized—something she wasn’t expected to do at all since she herself did nothing wrong. On her end, Toga had attacked her and left her unconscious in a custodial closet, where she woke up alone and wandered out confused, only to be caught by security.

In the end, the group treated her to lunch as their own apology for everything she went through and parted ways on good terms.

Now all of it was in the past. So he tried convincing himself.

Katsuki got out of bed and threw open the door to go to the bathroom, almost running into the person who was standing right in front of his room.

“Kacchan! Good morning!” Deku greeted him, and his memory-dream stewed in his mind. Katsuki only grunted in response because he hated mornings and his mouth tasted awful.

“I’m making a quick coffee run before we head out. Want anything?”

The taller man grunted again, not wanting to converse right now.

“So usual smoothie, then? Any specific kind?” Deku’s prodding was adorable even this early in the morning, and boy, did he want to kiss him.

And as that thought exited his mind as fast as it entered, Katsuki closed his eyes and exhaled through his nose. Apparently, that response was good enough for the shorter man.

“Strawberry, got it.”

He wanted to kiss him terribly.

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He first realized he felt something towards Deku during the year they worked toward debut—he couldn’t understand what it was.

Deku had stayed long after their dance practice was over to keep training; Katsuki was originally going to let him keep going and head home, but as he watched him, he was brought back to his own earlier days at Yuuei.

Spending every night practicing, ignoring the pain all over his body and the blisters on his feet. He’d usually have a small amount of food and an energy drink (or two) to get through the day. At that age, desperate to do anything to be perfect, he learned there were other trainees who were purging.

Sometimes, even now, he felt the temptation.

But having watched Deku, at that time, work into the late hours until he could barely move was the final pull that tugged Katsuki toward him. The fact that Katsuki could go in without being noticed in a room filled with mirrors proved how focused the newbie was.

“Hey, Deku.”

With his concentration broken, the shorter male jumped, “Kacchan!”

Sweat had been dripping down his face and his cheeks were flushed; Katsuki sighed.

“You’re going to hurt yourself if you don’t rest.”

His own mantra.

“I know, but-”

“No buts. Let’s go home.”

“…Us? Together?” The confusion on Deku’s face was so goddamn adorable. He found it so adorable that he didn’t even realize it was adorable—all his face did at the time was piss him off, because of course, together.

“If you just went back with us earlier when it actually was time to leave, we would have still gone home together anyway, dumbass.”

“I guess you’re right there.”

“There’s no guessing, because I am right,” when Katsuki realized his temper was starting to flare, he inhaled, pinching the bridge of his nose.

An uneasiness seemed to evaporate off Deku, because after a moment, he laughed.

“What the hell are you laughing about?”

Deku caught his breath and wiped his forehead, “For some reason, since we all got together, I’ve been afraid of you.”

“Hah?”

“Well, not exactly, I just mean… I thought you hated me after all this time, so I did my best to not upset you, but…”

“Hate you?” Katsuki felt beyond offended. “Why would I—how old do you think I am, ten?” He was met with even more laughing. “It’s not funny!”

Deku continued to laugh, clutching his stomach, and seemed ready to pass out.

“I’m just… relieved, is all,” he finally responded, after regaining his composure. “Now that you finally snapped at me, I feel like I can do anything now.”

At that time, Katsuki couldn’t understand what the tug in his chest was, so he ignored it.

(But he didn’t mind it every time he felt it afterwards.)

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After a packed day of photoshoots and meetings, Katsuki lounged on his bed, staring at his phone before deciding to text his bandmate.

Katsuki
Are you awake

Deku
Seriously? I’m across the hall

Katsuki
So that’s a yes

Deku
Why aren’t you sleeping?

Deku
I got lyric inspi so I’m writing, what’s your excuse?

Katsuki
Day off is coming up

Deku
Yes

Katsuki
Plans?

Deku
None so far

Katsuki
We should do something

.

Katsuki
Did you pass out

Deku
Sorry, writing but got anything in mind?

Katsuki
Idk I figured you’d think of something

Deku
We should ask the others what they’d be into

Katsuki dropped his phone on his face. The invitation was meant for just the two of them.

Katsuki
If they don’t wanna come, what do you want to do

Deku
I think they’ll want to, but 

Deku
I haven’t been to the movies in a while

Deku
If Ochaco and the others are free, we should invite them too

Deku
I think she mentioned having the evening that day free at least

Katsuki wanted to break his phone.

Katsuki
I don’t have their numbers

Deku
I do

The blond flipped onto his stomach and buried his face in his pillow, groaning.

Deku
Ochaco said they can do a movie

Deku
Ofc we probably should be careful bc gossip but since we’ll be in a big group, it should be fine?

Deku
I still don’t know how any of this works honestly

Deku
Just that low-key is the way to be

Deku
Anyway I haven’t seen the latest All Might yet

Katsuki
Ok

Deku
We can figure out the first part of the day with the guys

Katsuki
Ok

Deku
You know we could’ve discussed this in person?

Katsuki
I’m comfy

Deku
: )

Deku
Night Kacchan

He wanted to kiss this man so badly.

Katsuki
Night Deku

End Chapter 8

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Katsuki sat on a swing with his face in his hands the moment things settle down for them.

“This was supposed to be a day off. Day off means no work. No work means no talking to teeny bop magazines, Deku.”

“I didn’t know they’d go all out on us!” Deku slid dejectedly down a slide and remained at the bottom. “They seemed like they needed something to write about and were nice enough, so…”

“Deku,” Shouto knelt next to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. “the fact that you have the right to say no also applies to the media, no matter how nice they are.”

“I-I know that!”

“Just a friendly reminder.”

Denki sighed, “We lost one whole, precious hour of our day. How are you going to repay us?” Eijirou draped an arm over Deku’s shoulder, holding onto him as if to stop him from running.

“I say you should buy us crepes.”

“Ooh, crepes sound awesome,” Denki high-fived him, and they proceeded to chant ‘crepes.’

Katsuki watched as the two led Deku away, much to the dark-haired man’s distress. Their chuckled as he shook his head, following them.

Alright.

So…

Even though he wanted to hang out with just Deku today, this wasn’t so bad.

…

It wouldn’t be so bad if he could be given the chance to talk to Deku at all; however, the entire day was filled with the group stealing his attention. Or his own attention being stolen by the rest of the group, of course they’re his friends, too.

But dammit, Deku was also his friend. He was his friend first. …Dammit.

…

Eventually, they met up with Ochaco and the others and went to the movie theater. Surely, he’d at least be able to sit next to Deku, right? He’d be able to watch Deku watch a movie about their favorite comic book hero, right?

‘Somehow, we ended up at completely opposite ends of this group.’

Not that he minded sitting next to Eijirou—when they had any time at all to relax during their trainee days, Eiji had been his default movie watching buddy. Regardless of genre, however, ever since their first horror flick night, Eijirou grew extra careful agreeing to movie nights with Katsuki.

“Reviews say this is gonna get real,” the redhead nudged him excitedly as they wait for the film to start.

“No way it’ll beat All Might and Sir Nighteye. That was an absolute masterpiece.”

“Are we really going to argue about this again, dude? That movie was a joke.”

“It was a masterpiece, and so was All Might Forever.”

“You have the shittiest taste in movies.”

“Are you guys talking about All Might Forever?” Deku’s voice emerged from the other end of their group, confirming Katsuki’s long-time theory that he did have a quirk, and it was ‘selective hearing for All Might.’

“Yeah, Katsuki says he loves it. Gross,” Eijirou responded.

“Awww, it was a good movie!” Deku grinned, “I remember watching it when it came out with Kacchan!”

“We did watch it together, didn’t we?” This conversation would be a lot if there weren’t seven people separating them.

“Uh huh. We should watch it again some time.”

Katsuki couldn’t not smile, “Dude. We should.”

“You two are on your own in that case,” Eijirou held up his hands. “I’m not going to sit through that garbage again.”

At that moment, Katsuki realized the trick to spending time alone with Deku at all.

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The film ended on an emotional note and they all left the theater with their worlds rocked. Deku excitedly explained every little reference he caught in the film to anyone willing to listen (Ochaco, new to the All Might universe but interested, and Shouto, who always seems to be interested in what his bandmates have to say). Everyone else was caught up in their own conversations.

They eventually parted ways with the girls and went back to the dorms.

“Did you enjoy it?” Finally, after the entire damn day, Deku was walking alongside him while the other three talked amongst themselves.

“Hell yeah, I did.”

“Though, still doesn’t compare to All Might Forever,” an amused twinkle shone in the shorter man’s eyes.

“Hell no, it doesn’t,” Katsuki chuckled and shoved his hands into his pockets. “When’re we watching it, by the way?” Deku pulled out his phone and checked it.

“Well, I’ve got nothing going on tonight,” he said, glancing at him before looking elsewhere. “and that TV in my room is rarely used.”

Holy shit, he wanted to kiss him right now.

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“Have fun with your shitty movie night,” Eijirou called out before Deku closed his bedroom door. “This doesn’t mean I’m being replaced, right?”

“Of course not. Just when we want to watch the greatest movie of all time,” Katsuki made himself at home right on Deku’s bed, his back against the headboard and his hands behind his head. “That, and horror flicks. Funny how Deku can stomach those better than you can.”

“I didn’t know what we were going to watch, and you traumatized me! That’s something that will never be forgiven!”

Deku laughed and finally shut the door as the redhead stomped off to shower. Katsuki watched him get the film set up before Deku took his spot on the bed beside him.

“I haven’t seen this in a while,” Deku said, pressing play on the remote.

“Neither have I,” Katsuki tried not to think too much at how close (and warm) Deku was as the film started and they sat in near-silence.

Ten minutes of the movie goes by, and the blond hoped Deku couldn’t hear how hard his heart was beating.

This was all he wanted today, and somehow, things worked out. He just… needed to calm himself down.

It took another ten minutes before his little rush disappeared, and the two made short comments here and there as the film went on.

About forty-five minutes into the movie, Katsuki realized Deku wasn’t saying anything anymore. Before he could even look over, he feels Deku’s head touch his shoulder, and he momentarily tensed.

Of course he’d fall asleep after a day like this. Not that Katsuki minded being a pillow, but he didn’t want to finish the movie without him.

Carefully reaching for the remote, he stopped the movie and remained still for a moment, not wanting to pull away. Deku’s soft hair tickled against his cheek, and it took all his self-control not to rest his head against the sleeping man’s.

Katsuki’s fists clenched on his lap as his heartrate picked up again. He closed his eyes and inhaled as quietly as possible, before letting out his breath, just as quietly as before. He tensed when Deku let out a soft noise, lightly nuzzling into his shoulder.

He is so cute.

Katsuki stayed there for a moment longer before feeling like he was going to doze off. With a sigh, he carefully lifted Deku’s head off his shoulder and moved to lie him down properly.

“Mn... Kacchan?”

“Go back to sleep, spacecase,” Katsuki pulled the blanket over him.

“Sorry… is the movie over?” he swallowed as Deku loosely takes his wrist before he can pull away.

“Don’t worry, I didn’t finish it without you.”

“Sorry…”

“It’s fine,” Katsuki didn’t realize his own smile until Deku was sleepily smiling back at him. A faint blush accompanied the freckles on his cheeks.

“We’ll finish it next time,” Deku promised, closing his eyes. “We can use our next day off to hang out… just the two of us... like before.”

The blond took a moment to let it sink in while Deku yawned, letting go of his hand. By the time it did sink in, he didn’t have time to respond before the other male spoke again.

“Night, Kacchan.”

Katsuki loved him.

“Night, Izuku. Sweet dreams.”

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“All Might is the coolest!”

“I’m gonna be just as cool as All Might.”

“You mean it, Kacchan?”

“Duh! I’m gonna be just as cool and I’m gonna have two-teen… no, three-teen more movies than he does!”

“That’s amazing! Is three-teen a lot?”

“Of course it is!” Katsuki scribbled something onto a sheet of drawing paper. “Here, this is for you, so when I get famous, this’ll be tons special-er.”

“Wow, Kacchan, you can even write your name?”

“I am smart!”

“I dunno how to write mine yet… I’ll catch up to you soon, though, just wait!”

“As if, Deku! I’m gonna leave you in the dust!” Katsuki pressed his hands over the other boy’s cheeks, squishing them together. “I’m gonna be super famous and awesome, and that’s the hardest thing in the world, but I’m gonna do it!”

Deku didn’t push his hands away, but instead dug his fingers into the blond’s armpits, tickling him.

Katsuki let go, laughing uncontrollably before Deku stops.

“I can do it, just you watch me, Kacchan!” the boy beamed, taking his turn to squish Katsuki’s cheeks together. “Then you’ll be my biggest fan!”

“Not if you’re my biggest fan first!” the blond poked at his sides, earning a squirming, giggling Izuku in return.

That’s right… he was probably just as ticklish…

Deku kept giggling, trying to push his hands away, “You first!”

“No, you! “The only thing you’ll be number one in is being my biggest fan!”

“It’s a race!”

“You’re on.”

Deku looked at him, the innocent smile on his face becoming deranged… and he vanished. Katsuki felt breath over his ear and a deep whisper.

“Do you deserve that, though? Me, as your biggest fan?”

Fingers curled around his throat, tightening.

It’s happening again.

“After everything you put me through?” the voice broke into a laugh that sent terrified shivers down his spine.

“Izuku…” Katsuki choked out, reaching to pull the hands away, but there was nothing there. He could feel them around his neck, but there was nothing, there was nothing, there was nothing—

He heard his own voice scream in his head, “What makes you think you can get anywhere without a quirk? Get real, Deku, you’re useless. Just give up.”

“That’s… I said I was sorry, I…”

Deku’s voice hissed into his ear, “What makes you think you deserve me? That you deserve to love me?”

His voice became Toga’s.

“You don’t deserve him. You can never make him happy.”

Katsuki jolted from his sleep, feeling sick.

He sat up and buried his face in his hands, taking a moment to steady his breathing. When he was sure the world around him wasn’t trying to kill him, he looked at the time. He still had an hour before he needed to be up, but he couldn’t go back to sleep if he was still worked up.

He decided to go out for a jog and desperately hoped his mind is clear by the end of it.

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SNAPPYGRAM

katsu01 Was attacked on my morning jog by a vicious beast, nearly tore me to shreds

[Image of Bakugou sitting shirtless at the park with a puppy on his lap; the owner most likely took the picture for him]

COMMENTS

・I bombed my exam yesterday but this pic saved me

・WHERE IS YOUR SHIRT YOUNG MAN, MARCH BACK HOME AND PUT ONE ON
-that beast destroyed his shirt

・pretty sure you were the one who attacked the innocent creature lollll : P

・Shredded is right. …oh, you meant actual shreds. I still stand by what I said.

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ALLPOPROCK

[Rumor] ELEMENTS’ Izuku and sin(x)’s Ochaco rumored to be dating?

[image of Midoriya and Uraraka walking together and talking to each other. Todoroki has been purposefully left out of the photo with the help of camera angles and editing]

Just last night at [x] Theater, ELEMENTS and sin(x) were seen leaving the building, with members Izuku and Ochaco looking extra close. Could there be a relationship blooming, despite their agency’s No Dating policy?

COMMENTS

[BEST VOTED] Ooh, look out, that stalker chick could come for her lol

[BEST VOTED] Why is this any of our business? I thought this site specialized in actual news, not baseless rumors created just because two people are interacting.

・My heart would break! But wouldn’t they be more secretive because of that policy?

・Nooooooo my wife : (

End Chapter 9

Chapter Text

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1. Todoroki Enji talks about what it was like raising ELEMENTS’ Shouto
2. Live-action Avatar film starring actor Ojiro Mashirao set for release next fall
3. Fashion designer Bakugou Masaru announces design competition for upcoming line
4. Actor Monoma Neito on short break due to old leg injury issues
5. Witnesses debunk ELEMENTS dating rumor
6. ELEMENTS’ Denki starts dancing channel
7. Exclusive sneak peek to the first five minutes of sin(x)’s adorable new anime
8. Yaoyorozu Momo to start singing career; first album release TBA
9. Renowned baking prodigy Satou Rikidou to join in Great Quirky Bake Off
10. Big3 Amajiki opens up about anxiety

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A meeting was held later in the day about the lone rumor. It wasn’t much a meeting as it was just a warning from Aizawa to the whole group.

“We’re not going to bring unnecessary attention to it and it’ll just die down,” their manager said, dripping some eye solution into his eyes. “However, I highly recommend you all to be careful from here on out. I don’t care who you hang out with, but you’re also well-known faces with reputations. The media likes to create drama, and the wrong move can get you in trouble.”

Deku looked down at his own feet, embarrassment radiating off him, “Sorry…”

“I thought it was funny,” Denki said, patting his back. “Especially knowing the context of the conversation you guys were having.”

Shouto pulled up the photo on his phone, “I’m impressed with how I’m just not there.”

Even Katsuki was amused, truth be told, but he knew Ochaco well enough to understand she was probably stressing out about this rumor as well.

However…

He couldn’t not feel at least a little jealous about the whole situation, and he hated it. The rational part of his brain told him not to stress about it, but the irrational part wanted to take away any attention the media had on the rumor by making a new one.

By means of fodder, as he remembered calling it during one of their first interviews (he was grumpy that day).

He shook the thought away.

That wouldn’t be fair to Deku. They could both get in trouble if the agency even suspected them to be dating. No Dating policy means no dating regardless.

No matter how much he and Deku would have the upper hand in getting away with a lot of things. Being in the same band and all.

Katsuki forgot there was a conversation happening around him and was drawn back into it when Aizawa changed the subject.

“I know your show just ended,” he started off. “but there’s been a request for you all to star in this coming season of Baby & Me.”

Eijirou spoke up, “The one where you… take care of a baby for a couple months, right?”

“That would be correct,” Aizawa looked at his phone, double-checking his notes. “In your case, if you’re all comfortable with going through with it, the child this season is a five-year-old.”

“Well, I’m okay with it,” Deku spoke up. “Kids are fun, so if you guys want to, I’m on board.”

“I’d be against if it I was alone, but if it’s with you guys, it’ll be okay,” Denki crossed his arms.

“There will be people around to help if you need it. It’s not like they’re going to leave you with the camera crew filming every mistake you make that could ruin a child’s life,” their manager added.

“Oh, if that’s the case, then hell yeah, let’s do it!” Eijirou straightened up. Shouto looked at Katsuki, waiting for his answer. The blond felt their eyes (Deku’s eyes) on him.

“I’m on board,” he spoke. It’ll be fine. …right?

Shouto looked at Aizawa, “Looks like we all want to do it.”

“Alright. I’ll let them know to get the contracts ready and have your schedule sorted out.”

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“Maybe this whole baby business is a terrible idea,” Denki said during their dinner at a small, homestyle Japanese restaurant near the dorms. “Something could go wrong.”

“Dude, we’ll be fine,” Eijirou spoke with his chopsticks in his mouth. “I used to watch my neighbor’s kids early on in middle school, and as long as they didn’t destroy anything, we all lived.”

Deku perked up, “It really shouldn’t be that hard with all of us. Who knows, the child might pick a favorite out of us!”

“Ooooh, favorites,” Denki’s previous mood was replaced by more positivity. “By the end of the show, I’m definitely gonna be the kid’s fave, just you all wait.”

“I dunno, man,” Eijirou stretched. “I’ve always had a way with kids.”

“Why's that, because you are one?"

Katsuki’s momentary thought was that Deku could absolutely get along with the child.

The passing thought was enough to make him choke on his food.

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He didn’t know what possessed him to stand in front of Deku’s room long after they get back from dinner. He could see light leaking from the bottom of the door, so he knew he wasn’t asleep.

Dammit.

Ever since that whole ordeal with Toga, Katsuki found himself more attuned to Deku’s existence …more so than he usually would be.

The sound of Deku faintly plucking guitar chords reached his ears and he stepped closer to the door to listen closer. The chords stopped, and it was silent for a moment before Deku started to sing—obviously as quiet as possible to not disturb everyone else’s rest.

And here Katsuki was, standing in front of his door like a creep.

Trying to hear what he was singing, Katsuki moved even closer, only to bump his head into it. The singing stopped, and he wanted to punch himself. Katsuki took a step back, to pretend it never even happened, but the door opened before he could get away.

“Kacchan? What are you doing?”

Yes, Kacchan, what were you doing in front of Deku’s room in the middle of the night, listening to him play guitar and sing?

“…I had to piss.”

“Oh, then… I’ll leave you to that-”

“I’m done pissing.”

The dark-haired boy stared at him, “…You can’t sleep, can you?”

“…I really can’t,” truth be told, he was over being afraid of those dreams, but those dreams just would not leave his head.

“Wanna come in and help me with this song?”

Katsuki didn’t remember answering, but he guessed he answered positively because he was now sat in his usual spot on Deku’s bed with Deku showing him his notebook.

“So I’ve been working on this as a little side thing to unwind,” he said as Katsuki read through the lyrics. “I was thinking of setting it aside for one of you guys to use as a solo.”

“Solo, huh?” Katsuki finished reading but kept his eyes on the page. Deku’s words soon register, “One of us? You don’t want to sing this? It’s good.”

Deku laughed, shaking his head, “I’m pretty sure you guys could sing it much better than I ever could.”

“You watch your mouth, hear me?” Katsuki straightened up, genuinely angry. “I highly doubt any of us could even emit the kind of emotions you want us to for this.”

“I really couldn’t, though…” This wasn’t like him at all. Katsuki exhaled in annoyance and flicked his forehead, earning a surprised yelp.

“The hell happened to the newbie Deku who isn’t afraid to charge forward and demolish everyone’s hearts with his incredible lyrics and voice?”

“Kacchan…”

“No, this is your damn song that you’ve been working hard on, so you’re singing it, and we’ll make it a duet if we need to, as long as you sing it. Got it?” Katsuki regretted his words for a moment when Deku’s eyes began to water.

“That’s… the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me,” he wiped his eyes. “Thank you.”

“…Well. Glad you didn’t take it the wrong way,” the blond rubbed the back of his neck, looking back at the page. The lyrics were sweet, he noted. Deku was incredibly good at romance, and he hated that he found himself relating to the lyrics more than he wanted to.

Deku sniffled and leaned into him to look at the notebook; Katsuki did his damnedest to keep his own body from tensing.

“You think this could work as a duet?”

“Hell yeah, see?” Katsuki took the next few minutes pointing things out, jotting down his own little notes onto the page. It wasn’t long before both were completely involved in making the lyrics better, humming tunes to each other to see what worked best.

They never worked together like this on a song before. Katsuki couldn’t get enough of it.

Neither realized how much time went by until a knock sounded at the door and Shouto peeked in, squinting.

“You two are still up?” he yawned. “It’s almost two.”

“Ah!” Deku’s eyes widened and he looked at Katsuki. “We better get a couple hours in at least.”

The blond didn’t want to, but with how late it is, he would feel like death in the morning regardless of whether he slept or not.

“Right,” he stretched and stood, seeing Shouto already disappeared to the bathroom, and headed for the door.

“Kacchan?”

“What is it?” he looked back. Deku smiled at him, clutching onto his notebook tight with a twinkle in his eye.

“Want to work on this more tomorrow night?”

“What a stupid question,” Katsuki smiled. “You know I do.”

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CHIRPER

MidoIzu @mido715
~ A part of me hopes that the rainfall tomorrow isn’t a lie ~

(Katsuki stared at his phone, on the verge of falling asleep. He closed his eyes for a moment, before sending his own response.)

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
. @mido715 ~ Under our shared umbrella ~

(As he fell asleep, he didn’t realize there was a heart fluttering in the room across from his.)

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SPACEJOURNAL

MIDOBAKU DETOX

[NEWS] Izukun and Bakkun’s chirps!

You’ve all probably seen these already, but aaaahhhhh!!!

[image of Midoriya’s chirp]

[image of Bakugou’s chirp response]

Any idea what they could mean? Lyrics from the upcoming single?

Are they finally dating? (lol)

COMMENTS

・Whatever it is, my teeth are rotting from how sweet they are lmao

・Bakkun has transformed from a hardened beast to a soft kitten, I can’t handle it.

・“Lyrics from the upcoming single? Are they finally dating?” Why not both? :D

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ALLPOPROCK

[News] ELEMENTS confirmed to star in new season of Baby & Me

Popular STV show Baby & Me just confirmed on their official Chirper that the upcoming season will star ELEMENTS.

For those unfamiliar, the shows premise is to follow idols as they “raise” a baby for at most three months. For season 4, ELEMENTS’ child will be a five-year-old boy.

Are you excited for this upcoming season? Check back for more info and behind-the-scenes photos!

Today, I’ll properly tell you how I feel
It’s amazing how much I’ve fallen for you
-Ai Ai Gasa (Shared Umbrella)- [Fallen]

End Chapter 10

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<<OMAKE – All Might Forever.>>

“Kacchan’s here!” Izuku exclaimed, leaping from his spot towards the door. Inko laughed as she opened it for him, greeting their visitors with a smile.

“Look at you, Katsuki-kun. Is that a new shirt?”

“Yeah, Papa made it!” the blond boy patted his own chest proudly. “He said it was for the number one All Might fan!”

Izuku gasped, “Can I have one, too?”

“No, this is special,” Katsuki stuck his tongue out, and his mother placed a hand on his head, ruffling his hair. Mitsuki looked at Izuku.

“We can get you one with your own special design, how does that sound, kiddo?”

This was the greatest day of Izuku’s life.

“Yeah!”

Katsuki crossed his arms, a bit miffed that the other boy was also getting a special shirt, but as long as it didn’t look like his awesome shirt, then it was fine.

The boys were taken into the living room; Inko got All Might’s newest movie set up on the TV, and the mothers left them so they could watch it in peace.

Izuku sat in complete silence; Katsuki the same. Both were completely taken in by the film, and while they didn’t understand every single thing that was happening, their worlds were completely rocked thanks to the action scenes.

By the end of the film, they were gushing about All Might.

“That’s my favorite movie ever, of all time!”

“Nuh uh, it was mine first.”

Izuku pouted, “We saw it at the same time, Kacchan…” Katsuki took a moment to stare at him.

Instead of blowing up, he slid off the couch, holding out his hand, “Shut up, Deku, let’s play. I’ll be All Might and you’ll be Sir Nighteye.”

The dark-haired boy got up and took his hand, “I wanna be All Might…”

“We can take turns!” Izuku beamed, accepting this response. As they played, Katsuki beams as well.

Chapter Text

It had been days since Toga appeared in his dreams, but he dreamt of Deku often. Deku, with his psychotic grin and wide eyes, taunting him. Telling him how awful he is. How undeserving he is.

He preferred Toga every time this Deku appeared, but Toga never showed up.

Though, this current dream… wasn’t terrible.

“Are you going to cry?” Deku sneered at him, all the while running his fingers through Katsuki’s hair as the blond rested his head on his lap. The Deku of his dreams had long since stopped trying to kill him.

“Now why the hell would I do that?”

“Because I hate you.”

He knew better, yet every time, this Deku liked to remind him how much of a screwup he is.

“I hate you so much, Kacchan,” the dark-haired fake stopped caressing his hair to trace a finger down his cheek. His voice lowered to a whisper, “Do you hate me, too?”

Dream or not, he couldn’t hate Deku. Never Deku.

As though reading his thoughts—who was he kidding, this guy was part of his thoughts—Deku laughed and took his chin.

“You’re so cute, Kacchan.”

“Fuck off.”

This wasn’t normal.

“Is that any way to treat me, Kacchan? I thought you wanted to kiss me?”

Katsuki swallowed.

“You can kiss me, you know. I’m right here,” Deku pulled him up as he leaned down and ran his tongue up the blond’s cheek. Katsuki tensed. “You can do more to me, you know. I won’t stop you.”

Gritting his teeth, Katsuki pushed him away and stood.

The Deku of his dreams wasn’t Deku, and he hated him.

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A week after they accepted the offer for Baby & Me, the group and their manager were introduced to the boy they’re to take care of.

The show’s producer gestured to the woman and child standing before them; Deku was the only one of the group to let out the gasp they had all been holding in.

“I’m sure you are all familiar with Sousaki Shino from The Pussycats?”

Deku wheezed, “Mandalay.”

“Nice to meet you boys,” Shino laughed and gave them a wave. “This is my nephew, Izumi Kouta. He’ll be in your care. Kouta, say hello.”

Rather than obeying, the boy looked away, holding on tight to his hat and obviously wanting to be anywhere but there.

“Kouta…” Shino was about to plead, when Deku was the first to step forward and held his hand out to the boy.

“Kouta, huh? My name is Izuku. We’re gonna have a lot of fun, okay?”

None of them saw it coming.

Kouta rushed forward, head low, ramming right into Deku’s crotch. Eyes wide, he slowly sank to the floor. The rest of his bandmates automatically took a step back, momentarily more concerned for their own safety than how Deku was doing, the second Kouta looked at them.

“Kouta,” Shino chided, kneeling to check if Deku was okay. “I’m so sorry, he’s not usually like this.”

“This is stupid. They’re stupid. I want sin(x) nee-chan instead,” Kouta stomped his foot. Katsuki felt for the kid; he was sure that no matter the child, they would all rather have the pretty girlgroup taking care of them in comparison to, well… this boyband.

“You said you were okay with ELEMENTS, Kouta.”

Kouta put on his hat and lowered his face to hide it, “I changed my mind!”

It took fifteen minutes to calm him and accept the irreversible situation. Deku was fine but wary, and Katsuki couldn’t help feeling amusement from Deku crossing his hands together in front of him as if preparing for the next attack.

The next attack never came, and the meeting wrapped.

“The first week will be spent testing your fatherhood skills and warming up to him before you all live together in the housing we’ll provide. If Kouta really can’t warm up to you by the end of the week, we may have problems filming,” the producers words loomed over them like a threat. “I’ll leave all the details with Aizawa-san. And as the contract says, you can upload behind-the-scenes photos, but videos can’t be more than thirty seconds long.”

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ELEMENTS @elements_UA
Are you excited for the new season of Baby & Me? We are! Do you have any guesses on who will come out the “ultimate dad?” #Baby&Me

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@elements_UA Not @mido715, that’s for sure

MidoIzu @mido715
@katsuki_the_immortal : ( Kacchan

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@mido715 I didn’t say you wouldn’t be number 2, but even then I think that might be asking too much

MidoIzu @mido715
@katsuki_the_immortal Kacchan

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@mido715 You wouldn’t be the ULTIMATE dad. That’s my spot. Maybe I’ll share if you’re nice to me

MidoIzu @mido715
@katsuki_the_immortal Ahem that will be my spot, so you better start stretching those muscles bc I’m gonna wipe you out

EIJIROU @red_riot16
@mido715 @katsuki_the_immortal Oh. My. God.

DENKI @sparkz0629
@mido715 @katsuki_the_immortal WOW ok get a room

Todoroki Shouto @todoshoto
@mido715 @katsuki_the_immortal @red_riot16 @sparkz0629 Behave.

DENKI @sparkz0629
@todoshoto yes dad

EIJIROU @red_riot16
TBH @todoshoto would own all of us in being number one if he weren’t busy with filming #Avatar this month

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@red_riot16 Ass kisser

Closing out of Chirper, Katsuki received a text.

Eiji
At least Im not kissing Izuku’s ass all the time ;D

Katsuki
The hell did that come from?

Eiji
Dude it’s so obvious you like him

Eiji
Well idk about the rest of the guys, maybe Denki probs but it’s obvs to me

Katsuki
I don’t like him

Eiji
Dude if you wanna talk abt it, I got your back man

Eiji
Like even just to sort stuff out, like in our line of work you cant even act on how you feel

Eiji
And usually it feels good to just talk

Eiji
I wont force you but just know that Im here when you need it

Katsuki read through the messages before dropping his phone onto the nightstand and pulling his covers over himself.

He remained that way for moment in thought and threw off the covers, staring at the ceiling. He exhaled, already regretting everything when he picked his phone back up again.

Katsuki
He’s so fucking cute Eiji

Katsuki
He’s so cute and all I want is to hold his hand and kiss him and just

Katsuki
I don’t know just

Katsuki
He’s right there and I want to touch him and that damn song we’ve been working on has been just

Katsuki
I don’t even know what to do with myself and these feelings and

Katsuki
I can’t do anything Eiji and it’s torture

He didn’t notice the tears stinging at his eyes until his vision became blurry.

“Dammit…” Katsuki furiously rubbed at his eyes, beyond embarrassed that he was even crying about this shit.

Katsuki
I want to hold him and make everything better

Katsuki
I want to make everything up to him bc I was an absolute shithead to him in the past and I don’t even deserve his smile

Katsuki
Even if we had a chance, I wouldn’t be good enough for him

Katsuki
He deserves someone better. Someone who can make him laugh and never cry bc he cries so fuckin damn much I never know what to fuckin do

Katsuki
I want to be the one to give him everything bc he deserves that much

A long gap passed without a response, and Katsuki almost set his phone aside as his text tone finally went off.

Eiji
Dude you dont even know how lucky he is to have you

Eiji
I dont even think you know how you guys look when you 2 are together

Eiji
Like seriously even Izuku looks like he never wants to stop having fun with you but that’s just an observation on my part

Eiji
You should talk to him man. I cant say anything more than that

Eiji
But you do know that no one follows the dating ban?

Katsuki snorted at the reminder. He highly doubted it even mattered when he and Deku would never be, especially when talking to him about his feelings would end things terribly between them.

Katsuki
I’ll talk to him eventually I guess

Katsuki
Just not now. Or soon.

Or ever.

Eiji
If you need a wingman, I’m here bro ; )

He did feel better after that talk, though. He was glad it wasn’t in person, with how much he had been sniffling and wiping his eyes.

Katsuki
Seriously what would I even do without you

Eiji
Continue to pent up your feelings over a lot of other topics over the years before you literally explode?

Katsuki
You’re right there

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Dream!Deku held his hand as he rests his head on his shoulder.

“I’m surprise you’ve lasted this long,” he sighed. “Just get it over with so I can coldly reject you, hm?”

Katsuki said nothing. He still hated this Deku.

“All of this is going to slap you in the face one day. It’ll be embarrassing for everyone.”

He closed his eyes, and Deku continued to talk.

“Poor Eiji. Even he had to deal with your feeling vomit. What have you even done for him? What have you done for any of your friends?”

“Shut up.”

Deku lifted his head from his shoulder, “Shut up?” Katsuki looked at him with narrowed eyes.

“Shut the fuck up. You’re not Deku. I won’t let you keep pulling this shit over me.”

“But it’s all true, my dear,” the dark-haired man straddled him, draping his arms over his shoulders. “All of it. Why should I lie to you?”

Katsuki looked away, and Deku laughed, pressing his lips to the blond’s neck.

“You’ll never get rid of me, you know. I’ll be here for as long as you’re aware how absolutely awful you are,” he bit down.

Katsuki woke in a cold sweat, hand over his neck.

The memory of the pain remained when nothing was there.

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The first week of filming went by terribly—for the band. For everyone else, it was perfect footage that Kouta was more than happy enough to provide. Fortunately, no one was exposed to the awful head butting that Deku had to deal with on their meeting day.

Almost each member put in the effort to get on Kouta’s good side; the only one who couldn’t do anything was Shouto, as he could only come for the first two days. Funnily enough, Kouta always asked why he was the one gone and not literally anyone else in the entire group, breaking a few hearts as he asked.

By the end of the week, Katsuki found Kouta warming up to him, a confusing feat in itself since he was the only other one barely putting in effort.

“Koutaaaaa…” Eijirou clapped his hands together twice before holding them out. “Don’t you wanna fly?”

Kouta frowned at him from his spot within Katsuki’s crossed legs, a car in one hand and action figure in the other.

“No. I wanna play with Katsu-nii.”

Everyone in the room had a double take.

“N-nii?” Denki knelt, pointing to himself. “Kouta, what do you call me?” He hung his head when the child turned himself away and drove his toy car over Katsuki’s chest.

No one else in the room heard him at the moment, but Katsuki knew that at least his mic caught Kouta’s words.

“Katsu-nii isn’t a liar.”

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“I’m so envious, Kacchan,” it was Deku’s turn to come into Katsuki’s room for once as they finished what they could of the duet. “Kouta really likes you.”

“I can’t help that I’m so likable,” this earned a snort. “What?”

“Nothing, nothing,” Deku flopped onto his back on the bed. “It just looks like you might be number one after all, even if it’s only been the first week.”

Katsuki chuckled, “I’m only doing well because Shouto’s not there.”

The dark-haired man gasps, “You did not just say that.”

“What? It’s true.”

Deku shot up, leaning in close, “The Kacchan I thought I knew would say it’s because he’s the absolute best, regardless of whether or not our leader is around.”

“Maybe I’m an imposter.”

“Who are you and what have you done with Kacchan?”

Deku was close enough that he could feel his breath.

“Ka…cchan?” How long had he been staring silently at Deku? How long had he been blushing?

He was gorgeous.

Katsuki found himself drawn in by the gravity known as Midoriya Izuku.  He didn’t realize how close he was to kissing him until he felt Izuku’s hands on his cheeks, pulling him in and closing the gap between their lips.

End Chapter 11

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<<OMAKE – Galagirl Quiz: Which ELEMENTS’ member are you most compatible with?>>

A day after filming for Baby & Me starts, in an attempt to get Kouta to like them more, Izuku called Ochaco and begged for sin(x) to come over. Everyone received the okay, and sin(x) visited for lunch.

Kouta took the time to bask in the attention of his favorite people, which in the end, led to him stealing away Ochaco, Tsuyu, and Katsuki. Because of course Katsuki.

(Kouta nearly got Shouto as well, but the moment he laid eyes on him, he shyly shoved his hat into the man’s hands and walked over to the group he took for himself.)

With everyone else being ignored by the child (and in need of more content for the cameras), Mina reached into her bag and pulled out the latest Galagirl magazine.

“So, guess what I picked up last night, exclusively for our favorite boys?” Embarrassment washed over Izuku, remembering the interview at the park and the journalist who was just please, please, please, just one interview, it’ll be really quick!

Mina flipped to the last page of their interview, where “Which ELEMENTS’ member are you most compatible with?” was printed in large, bold letters. It took up a third of the page, with promotional solo shots of each member decorating the edges, and the quiz taking up the space that’s left.

Kyoka saw the page and laughed, “This is gonna be good.”

“Alright, boys,” Mina held up the magazine. “Are you ready… to find out who you’re most compatible with in that hot boyband, ELEMENTS? Who wants to go first?”

While Izuku didn’t mind quizzes like these (they were charmingly silly), he couldn’t help but feel ten times more self-conscious with the cameras on them (and with Kacchan nearby).

Eijirou took the magazine and went first, not voicing the questions out loud, and was followed by Denki. They both, hilariously, get the same result.

You’re most compatible with: Todoroki!
No matter the flaw, as long as your heart is in the right place and you work hard,
he’ll be there for you regardless of how close or far.
While he tends to be the rock that can keep you grounded,
you are both more like the wind, guiding each other when you may need it.

Eijirou clenched his fists, “That’s… the manliest thing I’ve ever read!” Despite feeling moved by the result, Denki was disappointed he didn’t get himself.

“Sorry,” Shouto responded quietly.

“Don’t be sorry, you’re amazing!”

“Since the great Leader got both of you, let’s see which one he’s most compatible with!”

You’re most compatible with: ELEMENTS!
You’re everything the boys need in their lives,
and all of them are everything you need.
It’s not recommended to date all of them at once,
but you’re someone who can ground them and can provide the comfort and safety they may need sometimes.

Eijirou rubbed at his eyes, “Leader!”

Shouto looked a little embarrassed, “Sorry.”

“Why are you sorry?! You’re so cool!”

Izuku straightened when it was finally his turn. The questions were basic, but he was surprised he couldn’t even pinpoint which answer would lead to whom.

As for his result…

You’re most compatible with: Bakugou!
Because you’re not afraid to fight for your dreams and do what’s right,
you’ll definitely make it on this bad boy’s radar.
While your personalities may be different, opposites attract,
and you’re the ice to his fire, the white to his black, and the sunshine to his rain.

Eijirou covered his mouth to hold in a laugh. Izuku actually laughed out loud, attempting to make the entire situation funny and ignore his racing heart (not to mention, it was a little unnerving that Katsuki's result specified that they already have different personalities, like it knew).

“Hey, Kacchan!” he called to the blond, who is sat on the floor with Kouta next to him (though, the child’s attention seems to be completely on the girls sitting with them). “It looks like I’m most compatible with you!” He laughed as he said it, but oh boy, does he feel light-headed.

It took a moment for it to click in Katsuki’s head, and he let out a loud, almost-forced laugh.

“I could’ve told you that!”

They both laughed even harder; Eijirou covered his face. Katsuki stood and made his way over to the group, snatching up the magazine.

“Let me try,” he went through the questions, muttering his answers. “A… definitely C… the hell, yeah, that’d be B…”

He furrowed his eyebrows at his result.

“So! Who’d you get?” Mina asked, and he shoved the magazine into her hands.

“…Deku.”

You’re most compatible with: Midoriya!
Sometimes, even the baby of ELEMENTS needs excitement in his life,
which you can easily provide. If he is the surfer, you are the wave.
You have a heart of gold even if you might act otherwise from time to time,
and he can trust you enough to be there for him.

Izuku wondered if the cameras were catching how red his face felt if it was as bright as Katsuki’s was.

Eijirou burst out laughing and stood, clapping.

“Let’s congratulate the newlyweds!”

Mina cheered, and even the film crew were laughing and hooting, taking it as a joke.

Relieved that no one was taking anything seriously, Izuku still covered his face, hoping the embarrassment quickly passes.

Chapter Text

Kissing Deku was like… kissing Deku.

Katsuki had no magical comparisons to make when kissing Deku; kissing him was magic. It probably felt magical because he never dreamt this would happen—even in his dreams with the fake Deku continuously mocking him and tempting him.

This Deku was the real deal, with his slightly chapped lips and calloused fingertips touching his cheeks.

When they pulled away from each other, Deku looks like he was hit with a gust of wind, cheeks flushed. They stared at each other for a moment as the situation took its time to sink in.

Deku gradually gaped and Katsuki’s eyes widened.

“Did that?”

“That really.”

“I.”

“Oh.”

Katsuki couldn’t fight off the embarrassment over the fact that it happened at all. Deku was blushing so much, he couldn’t even meet his eyes as he straightened himself out, but made no move to leave the room.

That was a relief.

“Should we… talk about this?” the dark-haired boy finally managed a full sentence, and Katsuki exhaled. He didn’t want to talk about any of this, because he knew it was all just in the heat of the moment.

But Deku deserved some sort of… closure. If that’s what it was. Katsuki himself probably deserved it, but he didn’t want it like this.

“If you wanna talk, you can start,” it came out harsher than he wanted, especially now that the shorter man was fidgeting uncomfortably from the statement.

“Sorry,” Deku said. “I just thought…” his voice cracked, and the blond felt a pained tug at his heart. “Forget it. Sorry, I’m just gonna…” When he stood, panic and confusion filled Katsuki, and he also stood, grabbing Deku’s wrist.

“Deku.”

Deku wouldn’t look at him. Why? What’s wrong?

“Forget it.”

You’re awful, Kacchan. The worst.

“C’mon, Deku.”

“I’m tired, Kacchan.”

Yeah, Kacchan, tired of you.

 “Izuku.”

This finally made the shorter male to look at him, eyes filled with hurt. Without any more prompting, Deku asked him.

“Did you feel anything from that?”

Yeah, Kacchan. Did you? From that kiss you didn’t deserve?

Katsuki’s eyes never left Deku’s; he felt guilty that he knew what the other man wanted to hear, but he—

You don’t deserve me. You’re rotten. Awful. You’ll just end up hurting me, Kacchan.

Kouta’s voice echoed through his head: ‘Katsu-nii isn’t a liar.’

He didn’t want to give up before they even begin.

“I did.”

Deku’s posture adjusted slightly as if startled, and he took a moment.

You’re going to hurt me. You’re terrible, Kacchan.

“You did?”

Katsuki continued to ignore the thoughts and found his words, “If I knew I wasn’t going to feel shit, I wouldn’t have kissed you at all.” This response seemed to be enough for Deku, who relaxed and stepped toward him.

“You wouldn’t have kissed me if I didn’t guide you in,” he flicked the taller male’s forehead.

“Ow—guide me? What am I, a plane?”

“With how bad your lip aim was? You might as well could be!”

“So you’re saying you’re gonna be my pilot from now on, is that it?”

“Maybe I will be!”

“Fine!”

“Fine!”

Staring at each other like this, adrenaline rushed through both their systems from the sudden yelling match and made this entire situation… hilarious.

Deku was the first to break, giving Katsuki a shove as he laughed. The blond followed in laughter after the shove, running a hand through his hair.

They ended up once again sitting with each other on the bed, the lyric notes on Deku’s lap. They were too distracted talking about their situation to work on the song right away.

“Does this mean we’re together?” Deku asked, staring down at the notes.

“…If you want us to be?” Katsuki assumed earlier that the whole thing with airplanes and pilots already meant they were asking each other out.

“Well, I… do,” Deku’s cheeks flushed. “But wouldn’t it be a problem?”

“Why, ‘cuz of the ban? Well, if we’re careful…”

“We could get kicked out, Kacchan.”

“Like I said, we’ll be careful. If anything, it’ll be easier for us anyway. To the media, we’re close childhood friends, and just because fans suspect us means nothing without solid proof.”

Deku’s eyebrows furrowed in thought, “That’s true, but…” His voice drifted and Katsuki sighed, stretching.

“If you genuinely don’t want to, I’m not gonna force y-”

“No!” Deku was damn close to his face again. “I want to.”

God. He’s adorable.

“Then we’re dating.”

“No takebacksies,” Deku held out his pinky. “Unless you absolutely want to break up.”

Katsuki snorted, hooking his pinky with his own, “Yeah, yeah. No takebacksies.” He leaned in and gave him a chaste kiss. He felt Deku smile against his lips.

They ended up doing a lot more kissing in lieu of working on the song. Neither of them cared so much.

By the time they finally got back to the song, it was too late to start working on it and Deku was getting up to head back to his room. Katsuki watched him, mind in a surreal haze. Were they really together? For real?

“Oh,” Deku stopped at the door and looked at him. “So, that time you asked about our day off, and I invited everyone to the movies…”

“What about it?”

“I didn’t want to assume at the time, but… were you trying to ask me out?”

Katsuki felt his face heat up, remembering how upset he was, “Yes, and you had to go and piss me off and invite everyone and their mother.”

The other boy laughed, “Sorry. I panicked when you asked.”

“You panicked.”

“Yeah. I had my feelings all figured out, but I accepted that you wouldn’t ever want to go out with me. So, I panicked and invited everyone.”

Katsuki glared, “I hated you so much when you did that. I seriously hated you. I wanted to kill you with my own two hands.”

“I’m sorry!” Deku didn’t look sorry, with that big, dumb, adorable, cute smile on his face. “I told you before we’d hang out next time, right? We can make that our first date.”

The blond inhaled, “…Okay.”

“Okay?”

“Yes,” Katsuki let him open the door before he spoke up again. “Wait.”

“Hm?”

“What do you mean, you had your feelings all figured out?”

“Exactly as it sounds?”

“No, asshole, I mean. You actually had to think about it?”

An amused smile played on Deku’s lips, “Did you think I just decided to like you and went with it?”

“…There are a lot of things you do that way, so…”

Katsuki’s stomach felt like it seized itself when the other male stood in front of him, crossing his arms. The blond usually hated when people looked down on him like this, but Deku…

Deku was fine. Very fine. Beyond fine.

“I had my own feelings figured out, and it would have been nice if you just said that you wanted to hang out with me.”

“You seemed pretty damn set on inviting Ochaco.”

“Jealous?”

“No,” Katsuki looked away.

“You were.”

“I was not,” he didn’t even remember feeling anything besides completely betrayed.

“Well, alright. I’m going to bed,” Deku dropped his hands. “Kacchan? What’s that up there?”

Katsuki looked up, “Mm?”

Deku kissed him.

“Night, Kacchan.”

He was out the door before the blond could respond.

That… was a great way to end the night.

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He dreamt of Deku again, but this Deku was the one he knows.

The one who smiled, laughed, and teased him.

The Deku from his dreams made no appearance this time around, and Katsuki woke smiling into his pillow.

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SNAPPYGRAM

katsu01 My son

[Image of Bakugou with Izumi, sticking their tongues out at the camera]

COMMENTS

・I knew I always wanted ELEMENTS + children but I didn’t know I NEEDED IT LIKE FOOD

・OW MY OVARIES

・I’m a guy but I really want you to father my children

・Such a cute child!!! I can’t wait!!!

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katsu01 Isn’t my son the cutest

[Image of a closeup of Izumi’s face as Izumi eats pudding]

COMMENTS

・STOP

・He’s so adorable!!!

・If bts is this cute, i cant imagine how cute the actual show will be

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mido715 “Katsu Papa”

[Image of Bakugou with Izumi on his shoulders, peace signing the camera; Izumi has sunglasses on]

COMMENTS

・Did I save this pic or did it save me

・My crops have fed a dozen villages. Thank you.

・Is the air pressure different up there?

・You guys debuted like a second ago and now Bakkun’s a dad, my children grow up so fast

・This is the reality I wanted

・So are you telling me Bakkun is #BestDad

・And here, we see a lion and his cub in their natural habitat

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mido715 ELEMENTS’ new room!

[Image of a room with four futons laid out, with enough space for a fifth one; writing has been applied to the photo after the fact: Mido – Baku – Kami – Kiri ]

COMMENTS

・AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

・Show us the greatest pillow fight the world will ever witness

・Sleeping footage! Sleeping footage! Sleeping footage!

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CHIRPER

EIJIROU @red_riot16
I leave the room for two seconds. @mido715 @katsuki_the_immortal @sparkz0629 #Baby&Me
[Video]

BAKUGOU: [holding Midoriya from behind by the arms as Midoriya tries getting away]

IZUMI: [just poking into Midoriya’s sides, tickling him]

KAMINARI: [assisting Izumi in the tickling]

MIDORIYA: [laughing and squirming, unable to break free]

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Todoroki Shouto @todoshoto
I’m missing out on everything good in this world.
[Rechirped Kirishima’s video]

MidoIzu @mido715
@todoshoto Kouta said he can’t wait to see your movie, Leader!

Todoroki Shouto @todoshoto
@mido715 I take it he’s warmed up to you?

MidoIzu @mido715
@todoshoto : ) …He said that to Kacchan.

Todoroki Shouto @todoshoto
@mido715 I’m so sorry.

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The house they moved into temporarily is big enough for a family of three, so the group was forced to share one room to sleep in, while Kouta’s room was next to theirs.

Katsuki continued to be the boy’s favorite, but Kouta’s relationship with the others wasn’t as cold as it had been the previous week. Eijirou, who already understood children, was soon seen as the second favorite amongst the present “fathers,” with the playful Denki coming in third.

As for Kouta’s relationship with Deku…

“Why won’t he acknowledge I exist?” the dark-haired boy spread out on his futon at the far end of the room. The camera crew had long since left for the day, with Kouta sleeping soundly in his room. “I’ve been trying so hard. He accepts the gifts you guys get him, but it’s like he doesn’t even want to take mine.”

Fresh from the shower with a towel draped over his head, Denki sat on his own futon. Katsuki used the free space in the room to do sit-ups.

“A wise man once told me,” Katsuki started off, sitting up with his legs crossed. “children can tell if you’re being genuine or not. We don’t realize it a lot of the time, but they can be perceptive when it comes to obvious fakers.”

Deku didn’t respond, but Denki looked impressed, “Whoa, who was the wise man who told you that?”

“My dad,” Katsuki responded without a second thought. “He got worried when he heard about the show, so he called with all sorts of tips.”

“So that’s why Kouta likes you so much.”

“No, I haven’t changed myself one bit. I guess my shitty attitude attracted him. That seems to happen a lot.”

Denki laughed, but soon went quiet when they both noticed Deku was still silent.

“Izuku?” Denki removed the towel from his head. “I’m sure he’ll warm up to you soon…”

“No, it’s…” Deku furrowed his eyebrows, continuing to stare up at the ceiling. “He’s right. I’ve been trying way too hard and Kouta hates it. Even I hate how I’ve been acting. In front of cameras, too.”

“Deku…” Katsuki wanted to say something to comfort him, but what could he say when he was actually right? Seeing how hard he was trying to force Kouta into paying attention to him was actually sad.

“I’ll do better,” the dark-haired man said, determination in his tone.

Relieved, Katsuki dived onto his futon, rolling over to Deku’s.

“You bring yourself back up real quick, don’t you?” he proceeded to tickle him, and Deku squirmed.

Denki watched the situation unfold before him and sighed.

“If I didn’t know any better, I would’ve gotten the wrong idea about you two.”

Katsuki and Deku came to a complete stop and stared at each other as their bandmate left the room to hang his towel.

Deku whispered, “…No more of that?”

Katsuki closed his eyes, clearly distressed, “…no more of that… maybe.” His eyes shot open as the other man gave him a quick peck on the lips before rolling away from him with a laugh.

Neither noticed their two bandmates outside of the room; Denki’s fist tightened around his towel as he handed Eijirou a ￥1000 bill.

End Chapter 12

Chapter Text

Katsuki stood by the rice cooker with several bowls following morning, camera crews already filming; the crew was surprised he was the first and only one up out of all of the group.

Whistling, he placed rice in all the bowls, followed by a mixture of chicken, egg, and onion at the top.

“I made a lot of rice,” he said on film, finishing off the last bowl. “and since we’ll be leaving him with his aunt today because of our shoot, I’m thinking about packing some onigiri for him.”

Katsuki closed the lid to the rice cooker and looked straight at the closest camera, “I’m going to rank the true number one in his heart real soon.” This earned some chuckles from the crew.

He would be lying if he said Kouta didn’t have a soft spot in his heart. Katsuki hadn’t expected it to happen, but he found the child relatable with how he himself used to be. The only difference was that, while Katsuki had been more open with his grievances as a child, Kouta was more closed off, regardless of who he liked more in the group.

By the end of these three months, he hoped the child would be more open with his smiles and would trust them more.

Katsuki surprised himself by having these kinds of thoughts at all.

“Anyway, food’s all done, so let’s get everyone outta bed!”

Kouta was already out of bed and getting dressed on his own when Katsuki checked on him.

“Hey, kiddo, wanna help wake everyone up?”

Kouta looked up from the shirt he’s trying to button up, failing to get the buttons in the correct holes. The blond knelt before him.

“Need any help?”

“No,” Kouta snapped, making another attempt to fix his shirt before looking up helplessly at the man in defeat. He let Katsuki fix his buttons and murmured afterward, “Thank you.” Katsuki ruffled his hair in response.

“C’mon.”

Shouto was already awake, with a day off from the film but still had their music video shoot. He smiled and awkwardly pat Kouta’s head when the boy greeted him. Denki woke when Kouta accidentally tripped and landed on his stomach. Eijirou was more difficult to fully wake up; the moment Kouta nudged him, the redhead pulls him into his arms for a snuggle and goes back to sleep.

Kouta let out a noise, squirming in his hold.

“Eiji-nii, get up!”

“Five more minutes.”

The boy kicked him hard in the stomach, forcing Eijirou to let him go so he could curl up in pain.

“Whyyyy?”

Kouta didn’t answer as he pushed himself up and walked over to Deku’s curled up form. He looked back at Katsuki with a frown.

“You know,” Katsuki said. “he’ll wake up if you give him a kiss.” The child frowned even more, forming a near perfect, upside-down U with his lips.

“You do it. I don’t wanna.”

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Eijirou shoot up; he kept his gaze on Kouta, noting the child was looking back as if it were a challenge.

“If you insist,” the moment Katsuki took a step over, Kouta held out his hands to stop him.

“No!”

“Oh? But you said-”

“I’m awake, I’m awake,” Deku murmured, rubbing his face. Sitting up, he looked at Kouta and smiled, “Good morning, Kouta.” The boy, not responding, began to walk away. Katsuki placed a hand on his head to stop him.

“Someone just greeted you, kiddo. What do you say in return?”

He remembered his younger years, how he blew off people who greeted him. How his mother would scold him for being rude.

Kouta wasn’t his own kid, but Katsuki’s father reminded him that he was still a child. He was still growing and was now in the care of people who were still in the process of maturing themselves—this kid’s development was (terrifyingly) in their hands, whether there were cameras around or not.

That freaked Katsuki out.

“I don’t want to.”

“Kouta.”

The air was thick, and everyone was silent.

“I don’t want to,” the boy said again.

“Kacchan, it’s fine…”

“No, it’s not fine,” Katsuki frowned, keeping his hand on Kouta’s head. “When someone greets you, you greet them in return, Kouta. What do you say to Izuku?”

Kouta kept his mouth shut and stubbornly wiped his eyes. Seeing this, Katsuki let go of him and sighed.

The air grew thicker.

Eijirou took Kouta outside to cheer him up and Katsuki stayed behind to finish making the boy’s lunch.

When one of the film crew asked him how he felt about the situation, he only responded, “I’m just a kid, too. Just because I’m one of his favorites doesn’t mean I already know how to handle him.”

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They were driven to their shoot after dropping Kouta off; during breakfast, the child sat himself next to Shouto, but kept to himself.

Admittedly, Katsuki felt bad as they ate, but he had no idea what to do about the situation. Would it have been fine if he yelled? His mother would yell at him even as an adult, but he always yelled back and never listened anyway. His father suggested against yelling, and to just… speak to the child instead of at him.

But how the hell did that work?

Staring at his reflection in their dressing room as he slipped on his shirt for the music video, he jolted when he saw Deku behind his reflection.

“Shit, Deku.”

“Sorry,” the dark-haired man stood beside him, already dressed with his makeup applied. “Are you okay, Kacchan?”

“Why wouldn’t I be?”

“There was that thing earlier with Kouta.”

“I know, and it pisses me off,” Katsuki wanted to frown, but the makeup artist that just stepped up beside him would tell him off for making a face. “What the hell are you supposed to do when a kid is just. Won’t?”

“…Whatever it is, I’m sure you’ll figure it out, Kacchan,” Deku tried not to laugh at the dirty look the taller male gave him.

“Don’t you dare use me as the easy way out, nerd.”

Deku snorted, “Well, alright then, blondie.”

Katsuki’s dirty look nearly transformed into a full-on scowl until the makeup artist politely asked him to keep a straight face.

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STV

[VIDEO] Sneak peek for ELEMENTS’ PV for new single, Secret Summer

NARRATOR: The boys of ELEMENTS are back with their fun new single, Secret Summer! We’ve been given the chance to go behind the scenes of their music video.

Shot switches to ELEMENTS energetically filming activities meant for the summertime.

TODOROKI VOICEOVER, as song plays in the background: Long story short, it’s about a summer love. This person had met someone beforehand, and they’re looking forward to spending the rest of summer with them.

Shot switches to Kirishima.

KIRISHIMA: Denki and I have rapping parts this time around, so look forward to some emotional shots to the heart! Bang bang!

Shot switches to Midoriya and Kaminari laughing during filming.

NARRATOR: Just like their debut song, the lyrics to this single were written by Midoriya and composed by the whole group.

Shot switches to Kaminari.

KAMINARI: We’re lucky to have Izuku on our team and are even luckier that Yuuei actually lets us use our own songs. We’re really hoping fans can see us as inspiration in that aspect.

Shot switches to the group once more, singing to the music, before switching to Kirishima nodding along to music, winking at the camera.

Shot switches to Todoroki laughing as Bakugou drapes an arm over his shoulder. Kaminari comes up behind them and makes a face toward the camera, only to be bulldozed into by Kirishima. Kirishima forces them all into a group hug that topples everyone into the floor. Midoriya walks over with some tennis rackets as if he hadn’t just seen what just happened.

Shot switches to Midoriya.

MIDORIYA: Secret Summer is more energetic and fun than Four Seasons. [laugh] Regardless of whether or not you have that “summer love,” I hope it brings a smile to your face when you hear it.

Bakugou comes up behind him and wraps his arms around him from behind to pull him away.

BAKUGOU: You’re needed on set.

MIDORIYA: [lets himself be pulled along] Hope you enjoy it! [waves to the camera]

BAKUGOU: Support your favorite artists by buying their music!

MIDORIYA: [laughs and shoves him away so he can walk on his own]

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COMMENTS

・This band is full of skinship and I’m all about that noise

・Did! You! See! Bakkun’s! Smile!
-[response to “Did! You! See!”] Didn’t! You! See! Shoukun’s! Angelic! Smile!
-[response to “Didn’t! You! See!”] I’ve never seen him so happy!!!
-[response to “I’ve never seen”] Right?! I never noticed when he was solo, but he’s definitely a lot happier?
-[response to “Right?! I never”] This whole group is just so happy and precious, it’s like what happened after they debuted never even happened.
-[response to “This whole group”] Seriously though, Bakkun wasn’t even gone more than a few weeks after that nonsense happened and now he’s working so hard here, how are any of them human, we are not worthy

・Never forget this: [link to clip from their Present Mic interview: Bakugou complaining about giving fangirls fodder]
-[response to “Never forget this”] RIP, old Katsuki will not be missed
-[response to “Never forget this”] His near-death experience probably messed with some wires in his head and his heart grew 3 times its size lol

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Kouta stuck to Shouto’s side that night, showing him an action figure he brought from his aunt’s house: a character Shouto played before his solo debut, in a film based off the hit superhero series, Masked Ranger OOO.

His adoration of Shouto made a lot of sense. Katsuki related to that—hell, of the entire group, Deku should relate the most because of how much he worshiped All Might.

With how much Kouta was sticking to him, Shouto was the one to put him to bed; the rest of the group sprawled on their futons exhausted as their leader comes into the shared bedroom.

“Tomorrow, you’re going back to film, right?” Denki sighed sadly. “What’re we going to do without you?”

“You’ll manage,” Shouto sat on his own futon. “Just listen to what he has to say.”

Katsuki chewed on his thumbnail; he noticed Deku shift from the corner of his eye.

“What if he just refuses to say anything?”

Their leader only smiled, “Give him time.”

Katsuki didn’t like that answer.

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You’re a failure, Kacchan.

The blond woke with a gasp and covered his mouth, instantly aware of where he was and that he didn’t want to wake anyone.

Steadying his breathing, he turned to face Deku; eyes adjusting to the darkness, he realized he wasn’t there. He didn’t move for a moment, assuming the man was at the toilet, but the longer time passed, the antsier he became.

Being as quiet and careful as possible to not bump into anything or anyone, he crept out of the room. The light in the hallway was on and no one was in the bathroom.

No one was in the living room.

Katsuki heard murmurs coming from Kouta’s room, and the more he listened, the more the murmurs sounded like singing.

Was Deku singing a lullaby?

The door was cracked, but he didn’t touch it; instead, he leaned against the wall and continued to listen, closing his eyes.

Kouta hiccuped softly as Deku sang; from the sound of the boy’s shaky breathing, he had been crying earlier.

By the time the singing stopped, Katsuki was unaware of how long he had been standing there—just that even he almost drifted off.

Everything was still for a moment before he heard light, slow footsteps move toward the door and he stepped away to give the other room to leave.

Deku didn’t notice him standing there until after he shut the door. The blond smirked the moment Deku jumped and clutched his chest.

“Kacchan,” the whisper that spilled is filled with relief.

“Sorry,” Katsuki ruffled his hair. “What happened?”

Deku responded by taking his hand, “Can we talk outside?”

The story came out as soon as they left the house, sitting side-by-side on the porch.

“I had trouble sleeping, so I was going to go out for some air,” as Deku spoke, he lightly pressed their thighs together. Katsuki appreciated the warmth. “but I heard him crying, and all I know is that it’s because of his parents.”

“All you know?”

“He didn’t give me all the details,” the dark-haired man says. “Just that they’re never around very much and he misses them.” Deku leaned back on his hands and looked up at the stars.

“If I remember correctly, they’re both in the police force, so he doesn’t see them often,” he continued. “Which is why he’s staying with his aunt… who tends to be busy herself, so they still have to hire someone to watch him.”

Katsuki leaned back as well, mimicking Deku’s posture, “Now he’s stuck with us. And even we’re busy.”

“We’re also probably the ones spending the most time with him out of everyone else in his life until this is over,” the other man’s voice grew quieter. “Let’s say we do get close to him and he opens up to us. What’s going to happen to him afterwards?”

Katsuki’s throat tightened.

“He’ll be well taken care of by a nanny, but what good is it to give him something to… learn to believe in and tear it away afterwards?” Deku’s voice kept steady. “He’s given everything he points his finger at, but only because he can’t even have his parents with him.”

Katsuki wrapped an arm around him and pulled him closer. Deku rested his head on his shoulder, dropping his own hands onto his lap.

Only the sound of Deku’s light sniffling could be heard through the stillness, until Katsuki spoke up.

“He’s a spoiled, lonely little brat,” he meant no malice, rubbing his boyfriend’s arm. “Doesn’t mean he’s free to charge through life without any damn manners.”

Deku chuckled softly, “Shut up, don’t stress about that now.”

“In the morning, then.”

“You’ll make him cry again.”

“He’s five. At this point, we have to feed it to him like-” Katsuki stopped and snapped his fingers. “-like an airplane.”

“Kacchan.”

“I guess I’m the pilot this time since I’m the only one here who cares about teaching this kid how to say good fucking morning,” at this point, he was saying it just to make Deku laugh.

It worked.

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The next morning, Kouta went through his routine of waking everyone up. Shouto was already awake and about to head out for filming, but he stayed back with the camera crew to watch.

Kouta nudged Denki awake, tripped on Eijirou, stepped on Katsuki’s stomach, and stopped at Deku. Rubbing his stomach, Katsuki was still half-asleep as he watched the child plant a kiss to Deku’s temple and nudge him.

“Izu-nii, wake up.”

Bang! And my heart goes ba-dump!
Love truly is a super express
Feelings expanding to the fullest
My victory will be with a straightball

-Summer Time- [Secret Summer]

End Chapter 13

Chapter Text

CHIRPER

ELEMENTS @elements_UA
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[image of ELEMENTS peace signing the camera with Kouta]

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@elements_UA
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EIJIROU @red_riot16
@katsuki_the_immortal You monster, you know I can’t grow facial hair

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@red_riot16 Out of the kindness of my heart, I did you a favor

MidoIzu @mido715
@katsuki_the_immortal @red_riot16 I look like a baby TT_TT

#1 Katsuki Ever @katsuki_the_immortal
@mido715 @red_riot16 Maybe you should have been the baby instead lol

EIJIROU @red_riot16
@katsuki_the_immortal @mido715 tbh I think we’d all enjoy that too much

EIJIROU @red_riot16
@katsuki_the_immortal @mido715
[gif of trollface with the dancing stick body]

EIJIROU @red_riot16
@katsuki_the_immortal @mido715 I’m sorry

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SNAPPYGRAM

mido715 His butt is also asleep

[image 1 is of Kaminari looking smug as Izumi naps with his head on his lap]
[image 2 is of Kaminari with his face in his hands as Izumi continues to nap]

COMMENTS

・AHAHAHAHA RIP

・I wish I was in that kid’s place

・Tfw you feel bad but you cant stop laughing

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katsu01 A Deku in his natural habitat

[image of Midoriya taking the picture of Kaminari with his face in his hands]

COMMENTS

・Are you bored

・This boy is prettier than me and idfc

・Does someone need attention?

・Please make a real nature documentary about izukun

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Redriot16 This wasn’t planned, nope

[image of Bakugou eating a protein bar while taking a picture of Midoriya taking the picture of Kaminari with his face in his hands]

COMMENTS

・REALLY, I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED

・I can’t believe after so long, after the only other pic on your snappy of your knee, we’re blessed with this
-his knee is also a blessing
-Well yeah I know but we need more blessings

・We! Need! More! Pics! Of! Bakkun! Eating!

・The squirrel in his natural habitat, staring at his boys

・Look at this photograph

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KATSUKI’S PHONE GALLERY

• Shirtless reflection of himself in a mirror
• The dog from the park
• Selfie with Deku at a café
• Deku fast asleep in his futon
• Kouta piece signing camera
• Another selfie with Deku, on the Secret Summer set
• At a restaurant, Eijirou eating ramen giving him a thumb up
• Close up of Deku covering his own face

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It hadn’t even been a full two weeks since they started dating, and Katsuki was feeling antsy. Things were going a little too well for the two of them.

Eijirou didn’t know about their relationship—he was aware of Katsuki’s feelings, but not the relationship that finally came from it. He assumed.

If Denki figured things out, he hadn’t said anything, and the same for Shouto.

The last few weeks, Katsuki and Deku held back on their affection (and that was absolute torture for the Katsuki). With every moment they had together, whether in front of staff or on camera, Katsuki took extra care to give their three bandmates attention.

Admittedly, he felt shameless pride swell within him the moment Eijirou told him that the blond was giving him a run for his money as the band’s Skinship King.

Katsuki didn’t care if it meant the rest of the world was fooled.

But things were going so well with the band. No one was questioning how affectionate he had become, when usually, any change in behavior would make Eijirou interrogate him at least.

Adding to the frustration was the fact that Deku was so close to him every night, and he couldn’t even hold him. They did go as far as holding hands underneath their connected covers, but that was as good as it could get. …Especially when Deku would let go of his hand after five minutes because “Kacchan, your hand is so sweaty.”

Regardless of whether the group knew or not, they still had to worry about camera crews coming in and out of the house at any given moment.

He didn’t know how he was going to survive the rest of the filming.

Nearing the end of the second week since the start of the KatsuIzu Couple’s (as fans online have started to call them) relationship, Katsuki’s nervousness about their band reached an all-time high.

Relaxing on his futon between Deku and Eijirou, it took a moment to register when Shouto let out a long breath and spoke up with, “Alright. It’s time we had a talk.”

“What about? Is something wrong?” Deku looked up from his notebook.

“Everything is… fine. For the most part,” his next words were hesitant, but the looks Eijirou and Denki gave him were enough to push him forward. “There’s something we need to discuss with you two.”

Katsuki felt sick, and he knows Deku was inwardly panicking just as much as he was. Eijirou spoke next, taking the load of the situation off their leader’s soulders.

“We,” the redhead rubbed the back of his neck. “know about you two. Like. It’s been a while.”

On autopilot, Katsuki reacted instantly, “What the hell is that supposed to mean?” One part of him said to trust his bandmates, but the other part was telling him to fight until the very end to protect this secret.

“You guys are dating, aren’t you?”

Instead of feeling like the world was ending, satisfaction washed over him just from hearing it come out of someone else’s mouth; however, he pushed the feeling aside.

“Seriously, where the hell did you get this idea? We are not-” he stopped the moment he felt Deku’s hand on his back.

“Kacchan…” Deku said, and it was then he accepted that there was no running from this. The dark-haired man sighed and sat next to him, radiating awkwardness, “When did you guys find out?”

“We suspected,” Shouto’s voice was warm. “Well, I did, for a while. That there was something there, between the two of you. I didn’t get confirmation until not too long ago when I heard these two talking about you two actually dating.”

“Denki and I had a bet going,” Eijirou bragged. “We bet on whether or not you two’d get together or keep pining. That said, I now have myself a crisp ￥1000 I’m waiting to spend on like, eight of those mochi donut rings at Seventh Mart.” Denki crossed his arms, not appreciating the reminder.

“Anyway,” the dancer cut in. “just watching you two lately has been painful. So we wanted to let you know that you don’t need to keep tiptoeing around us.”

Katsuki and Deku paused.

“We can cover for you if you ever need it,” Shouto smiled. “You know you can count on us.”

Eijirou grinned, “Though, it won’t be free. Those mochi donut rings aren’t gonna pay for themselves!” Katsuki crawled forward with a snort, giving him a shove.

“Dude, payment or not, we’re all bros here,” Denki grinned. “You have our support one hundred percent, and well, we can’t afford to lose you guys if something happens, y’know?”

Deku’s voice cracked, “You guys…”

Denki held up a hand, “Just. Keep the super lovey-dovey stuff on the downlow. You’re my bros, but do we really have to see you making out all the time?”

“Like this?” Waiting all day to do this, Katsuki took Deku by the chin and turned his head, giving him a kiss on the lips.

“Kacchan!” Deku turned red faster than he was able to cover his face, but it was worth seeing Denki double-chin.

“No worries,” Katsuki felt so satisfied, looking back at their bandmates. “We’ll make out on our own time. Do you care about noise at all?”

Deku smacked him with a pillow.

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“He likes strawberries, doesn’t he?”

“Yup.”

Katsuki filled his grocery basket with ingredients meant for cake; Deku came over with a small carton of strawberries, placing them into the basket as well.

It was a group decision to do something nice for Kouta, as his birthday was still a ways off. Katsuki and Deku were put in charge of baking a cake, while Eijirou stayed behind with the child. Shouto and Denki were given the responsibility to find presents Kouta would like.

Cameras were still on every single one of them.

“Should we also get him pudding?”

“He’s already getting cake.”

“Well, yeah,” the dark-haired man looks around. “but to snack on tomorrow? Or whenever?”

Katsuki didn’t answer, half-listening as he looks over flour. Deku started to mutter.

“Maybe instead of pudding, we could try apples. That might be healthier. He likes pears, too. …Pudding might cheaper… we already have strawberries--”

Halfway through his mumbling, Katsuki picked out the flour and caught what Deku was saying to himself.

“—we’ve been given a budget, though… but his health is important, so--”

“Deku.”

He jolted, “Ah, yeah? Are we good on everything?” Katsuki reached over and pinched the other man’s nose.

“Get him the pudding and whatever. Pears. If there isn’t enough in the budget, I’ll cover the rest.”

“Ah, Kacchan!” 

“If you can grab that stuff, I’ll head this way for banana milk,” Katsuki turned on his heel and started walking. He smiled to himself, hearing Deku’s footsteps hurry in the other direction.

Even with the two of them being filmed in a public place no less, Katsuki felt a sense of pleasure shopping with Deku.

After grabbing the banana milk, he headed back in Deku's direction, mind drifting to how many more times they'd be doing this together.

Maybe one day, the two of them could go shopping for themselves. As a proper couple.

As if the world read his thoughts, he glanced at the windows and saw a couple walk by, arms locked; turning away from the window, he caught Deku coming toward him with the pudding and two pears. His eyes also trailed after the happy couple before they disappeared past the windows.

Katsuki ignored the bitterness that pooled in his gut.

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To better surprise Kouta, they went to Deku’s family home to bake the cake. With Inko feeling self-conscious about having cameras in her home, the film crew left for the Baby & Me house.

That was a breath of fresh air.

Inko left them to bake, letting them know she’d be at the Bakugou household having tea. Katsuki asked her not to tell his mother he’s there.

Inko laughed and said she could make no promises, leaving after patting both boys on the cheeks.

And then…

Finally. Actual alone time with Deku.

The two moved about the kitchen the best they could with limited space; Deku followed Katsuki’s orders, not trusting himself to do anything without permission.

It was difficult baking a simple cake with two people, when Katsuki could easily do everything on his own, but they managed. It wasn’t long before they got it into the oven and had nothing left to do but wait.

Deku leaned back against the counter, “Almost there…”

“Barely,” Katsuki checked the timer. “After it bakes, we still gotta wait for it to cool before doing any fancy shit with it.”

“More waiting, but I’m not complaining,” the shorter male sighed. “A part of me just wants to take as much time as possible so we can just… hang out.” [BGM]

Katsuki took one look at him before his feet move on their own; in an instant, they bumped noses, with his hands on the counter on either side of Deku. Wide, green eyes gazed back at him.

As if he was waiting for something.

His mind drifted to the couple they saw walk by the supermarket.

“Deku…”

Deku’s hand lifted up to his jaw, fingers lightly tracing over the skin, “Mm?”

“Doesn’t this piss you off?”

“Doesn’t what piss me off?” Katsuki tenderly bumped their foreheads together, and Deku dropped his hand to wrap his arms around the blond instead. He appreciated how warm Deku is. 

“Not being able to do anything. Having to hide… this,” saying it out loud, Katsuki wished he had really realized it when they first asked each other out.

So what if it’d be ‘easier’ for them to secretly date compared to other celebrity couples. Having to hide it was still painful.

“I hate hiding,” Katsuki murmured. “I hate not being able to go out on real dates with you… even if we had the time, we still can’t. I hate it so much.”

He wanted to hold his hand. Kiss him. Hug him. Take cheesy, couple photos with him.

Katsuki wanted to let the world know that Midoriya Izuku was his boyfriend, but he couldn’t. He couldn’t gush to anyone about this handsome boy who wormed his way into one Bakugou Katsuki’s heart like it was nothing.

“I know,” Deku said, tilting his head to kiss him. “I hate it too, but just being able to spend time with you like this is enough for me.”

As Katsuki pressed their lips together, he couldn’t stop thinking about how perfect he is.

Perfect, am I? Are you sure you’re good enough for that sort of thing, Kacchan?

He felt the voice nag at him in the back of his head. Deku's hand reached up once more and Katsuki felt his fingers run through his hair.

Are you sure, Kacchan?

The voice that mocked him for so long in his dreams began to waver, and he didn’t realize how out of breath they are before he broke the kiss.

He studied Deku, searching his features for anything that might say Katsuki doesn’t deserve him. Instead, he found nothing but trust. Hope. Adoration.

He was beyond perfect and Katsuki didn’t deserve him at all, but…

Lips lightly brushing, he murmured, as more of a resolve to himself than to the man in front of him, “I’ll fight for you.”

Izuku smiled against his lips, “I’ll fight for you, too.”

Whether or not he truly deserved him, he meant it before and he meant it now: he’d be damned if he gave him up without a fight.

Because in this world, I only see you
Did you know the way you give me pain,
Is done solely by you?
I need you so much
-Daisy- [Bright Smile; songwriter: Bakugou Katsuki]

End Chapter 14

Chapter Text

TEXT

Katsuki
Are there enough dishes n shit over there for two more people

Eiji
Yeah why?

Katsuki
Long story short

Katsuki
Our moms

Katsuki
Walked in on us

Katsuki
Uh in his room

Katsuki
We were getting dressed tho so it wasn’t too traumatizing

Eiji
OH MY GOD NO WAY

Eiji
KATSUKI you WOLF

Katsuki
It’s not what you think

Eiji
LMAO WOW

Eiji
AT HIS PARENTS’ HOUSE

Katsuki
They want to come over and meet Kouta

Eiji
We get replacement helping hands so you & your husband sneak off for more alone time?

Katsuki
Eijirou.

Eiji
Please give Kouta a little brother, it’d mean the world to him

Katsuki
I can’t look Auntie Inko in the eye anymore, Eijirou.

Eiji
I think he really wants someone closer to his age to play with

Katsuki
My mom laughed the entire time we were decorating the cake, Eijirou.

Katsuki
But I can and will destroy you without a second thought, Eijirou.

Eiji
X’D

Katsuki
Fuck you

Eiji
Give me a sec, I gotta find my Izuku mask

Eiji
Do you guys use safe words or no

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SNAPPYGRAM

mido715 Party for our son!

[image of Izumi beaming next to a prettily decorated cake]

COMMENTS

・Look at that SMILE

・Just watched the first episode and jumping from the baby in that to this baby is like walking into another reality

・Is this what they call character development?!

・I want that cake TT_TT

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mido715 We have guests <3

[image of Midoriya with Midoriya Inko and Bakugou Mitsuki hugging him from either side]

COMMENTS

・FUTURE…. MOTHER IN LAWS…

・You’re a spitting image of your mom! Bakkun too :’D

・They’re so beautiful <3

・The amount of cuteness is more than I can take

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katsu01 Look at my kid being damn helpful, I’m a proud mama

[photo of Bakugou cutting a piece of cake for Izumi]

COMMENTS

・I WAS REALLY CONFUSED FOR A SECOND

・Wait is this bakkun’s mom?!

・Did bakkun’s mom steal his phone?! LMAO

・OH MY GOD please give us stories or something

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katsu01 Aww

[image of Midoriya feeding Bakugou a piece of cake]

COMMENTS

・I screamed and woke my cat

・@tomodachi Are you seeing this?!

・I didn’t do the shipping thing but I do now

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katsu01 Psyche

[image of Kirishima feeding Midoriya a piece of cake]

COMMENTS

・You cruel woman!!! Haha

・Is this just a party where everyone feeds each other cake, because why am I not there being fed cake

・<3 This world doesn’t have enough of those two

・That lucky cake and lucky fork and lucky both of them

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katsu01 Bakumom signing out <3

[selfie of Bakugou Mitsuki peace signing]

COMMENTS

・YOU’RE SO BEAUTIFUL

・My eyes have been blessed way too often in my short lifetime, we are not worthy

・How does your skin look so amazing? Any tips and tricks?

・Please hijack bakkun’s phone again soon!!!

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Days later, Katsuki was chopping vegetables when Kouta wandered up to his side.

“Katsu-nii.”

The blond paused his cutting for a moment to glance at him, “Mm, yeah?” He was glad he stopped cutting, because the sudden hug to the leg he received from the child would have made him cut himself.

“Thank you for always cooking…” Kouta squeezed his leg before hurrying back into the other room, and Katsuki faintly heard, “I did it, Izu-nii!”

Katsuki waited a few minutes before he goes back to cutting to recover from the emotion that swelled in his chest. The camera crew enjoyed the show he gave by leaning on the counter and hanging his head.

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STV PRESENTS: BABY & ME.

Scene shows ELEMENTS performing for a music show.

NARRATOR: After a promotional performance for Secret Summer, the ELEMENTS men returned home with young Kouta and promptly fell asleep!

Shot cuts to the inside of the house the following morning, with the entirety of ELEMENTS sleeping in their room. Izumi opens the door and peeks in.

TEXT BUBBLE: Here comes the early riser!

IZUMI: [goes and sits on Bakugou, who is laying on his stomach]

BAKUGOU: [groans in pain]

IZUMI: Katsu-nii! Time to wake up! I want breakfast. [pats his back]

BAKUGOU: [another groan]

TODOROKI: [pokes his head up sleepily from the other side of Kaminari] Kouta?

IZUMI: [gets up, stepping on Bakugou, Kirishima, and Kaminari as he heads over to Todoroki; they all groan]

TODOROKI: [yawns and sits up; lightly ruffles Izumi’s hair] Shall we wake them together?

IZUMI: [smiles wide and nods]

TEXT BUBBLE: Kouta’s undying love for Shouto-nii is obvious <3

IZUMI: Time to wake up! Nii-chan, wake up! [proceeds to pull off everyone’s covers as Todoroki opens the blinds]

TEXT BUBBLE: It’s time to get up!

Kirishima whines as the light blinds him, but sits up. Kaminari sits up to grab his covers and wrap himself up; he then leaves the room with a yawn. Shot jumps to Midoriya and Bakugou.

TEXT BUBBLE: Are these two even alive?

IZUMI: Katsu-nii!! [walks back over to Bakugou and sits on him again; smacks his back]

BAKUGOU: [muffled into his pillow] Bug Deku.

IZUMI: [stops hitting him and looks over]

BAKUGOU: [still muffled] Don’t forget to give him a kiss.

IZUMI: [gets up and sits beside Midoriya]

TEXT BUBBLE: He’s still doing this?!  

TEXT BUBBLE: Katsu-nii!!!

IZUMI: [lightly nudges Midoriya] Izu-nii, it’s time to wake up…

MIDORIYA: Mnn… [curls up]

TEXT BUBBLE: Is Izu-nii the real baby of the show…?

IZUMI: C’mon, wake up… Izu-nii… [leans down] [kisses his cheek]

TEXT BUBBLE: He did it again!!!

Scene replays from different angles three times.

MIDORIYA: Mn…? Good morning, Kouta…

TEXT BUBBLE: Prince Kouta successfully brought Sleeping Beauty from his slumber!

IZUMI: [mumble] Good morning, Izu-nii… you gotta wake up. [nudges Midoriya again]

BAKUGOU: [rolls over real close, nearly wiping out Izumi] Waaaaake uuuuuup!

TEXT BUBBLE: Katsu-nii is suddenly energetic this morning!!!

BAKUGOU: Get him, Kouta!

MIDORIYA: Kouta, no- [laughs as both Izumi and Bakugou start tickling him]

TEXT BUBBLE: …What exactly is happening in this house?

Shot cuts to Todoroki.

TODOROKI: Kouta, want to get breakfast ingredients with me? I’ll even get you a snack.

IZUMI: Yeah! [jumps up and leaves the room]

TEXT BUBBLE: In the end, his allegiance lies with Shouto-nii…

Camera follows Todoroki.

TODOROKI: Let’s brush your teeth first.

IZUMI: [goes up to him and takes his hand] I wanna do it with you, Shouto-nii.

TEXT BUBBLE: Todoroki Shouto, his beloved Sakai Yuuki in Masked Ranger OOO, is the true MVP in Kouta’s heart.

TEXT BUBBLE: Meanwhile…

Shot cuts back to Midoriya and Bakugou.

TEXT BUBBLE: These two…

BAKUGOU: [had since crawled over Midoriya to tickle him better]

MIDORIYA: [yells, tickling back]

BAKUGOU: [screams, dropping beside Midoriya; tries to get away]

TEXT BUBBLE: It feels a little like this could lead to something inappropriate…

The two wrestle in an attempt to pin the other.

BAKUGOU: [straddles him, grabbing his wrists] Do I get a morning kiss too or do you only accept kisses from our son?

MIDORIYA: Honey! [frees one wrist to tickle him again]

TEXT BUBBLE: We can’t look away…

TEXT BUBBLE: It’s like these parents are fighting, but… they’re not.

Shot switches to Kirishima, who is slowly backing out.

TEXT BUBBLE: [Kirishima’s PoV] Should I stop this…?

Shot switches back to Midoriya and Bakugou.

MIDORIYA: [eventually has the upper hand in tickling]

BAKUGOU: [continues scream-laughing] Stop! Stop, I give up!

MIDORIYA: [stops]

BAKUGOU: [recovering, about to get up]

TEXT BUBBLE: Is this it? Is it over?

MIDORIYA: [sudden short yell-laugh as Bakugou drops back down to take his cheeks into his hands]

BAKUGOU: [squishes his cheeks]

MIDORIYA: Really? Honey.

TEXT BUBBLE: Papa Katsu wants a second baby…

TEXT BUBBLE: Maybe it’s a good thing Shouto-nii took Kouta away…

MIDORIYA: Kacchaaaan. [sticks his bottom lip out in a pout]

BAKUGOU: [continues to squish his cheeks] [deep growl] Dekuuuuuuu. [starts tickling him again]

MIDORIYA: [laughs and squirms] I…! I want a divorce!

BAKUGOU: [tickles him even harder] ‘Til death do us part, isn’t that the saying?!

TEXT BUBBLE: We’ve lost control of the situation…

Shot switches to Kaminari and Kirishima watching from the doorway, as if their souls have completely left their bodies.

TEXT BUBBLE: The Childhood Friend duo are in their own little world…

TEXT BUBBLE: The others look left out…

Shot switches to Todoroki assisting Kouta with zipping up his coat. Kouta curiously glances back towards the bedroom where the laughing is, while Shouto looks completely unbothered.

TEXT BUBBLE: Good luck, ELEMENTS… You’ll need it…

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“You guys are getting really sad.”

Katsuki looked up from his phone and shot Eijirou a glare. It was only the two of them in the living room, sitting at the kotatsu, while Denki was running an errand and Shouto had gone to bed early because of an early filming shoot the next (and final) day. Deku was taking a bath with Kouta; the child’s laughter could be heard every once in a while from the bathroom.

“Like, you were sad before? But this is sad. Beyond sad.”

“Shut up, it’s still show content.”

“This is so sad, I could cry,” the redhead wiped away a fake tear.

“What is your point?” Katsuki didn’t need to be reminded of the few times he almost did kiss Deku on camera in the heat of the moment. This world was testing him.

“You two,” Eijirou said, pulling out an envelope. “are going on a date on Tuesday.” He slapped the envelope onto the table and slid it over. The blond’s eyebrows furrowed as he picked it up and peeked at the contents.

“Tickets?”

“It’s in your schedule. To ‘test the amusement park out for Kouta.’ Make sure it’s fun,” Eijirou grinned. “That day’s a Baby day off, so Kouta will be with his aunt. You’ll still be in public, but the only cameras that’ll be on you would be security cameras.”

Katsuki closed his eyes and inhaled, unable to control the grin that spread across his face.

“You bastards.”

Eijirou laughed, “Love you too, man. Have fun with your boyfriend.”

End Chapter 15

Chapter Text

With shorter lines and less crowds, going to the amusement park on Tuesday was the greatest gift their bandmates could have given them.

“I don’t think Kouta is going to even be allowed on half the rides we’ve gone on,” Deku said, adjusting his sunglasses and slipping his hat back on.

“We can recommend them for when he gets older,” Katsuki also had sunglasses on, but with the hood of his sweater pulled up to hide his hair.

They looked suspicious, but at least people wouldn’t recognize them right away.

He hoped.

Not that it mattered in the end, since according to the agency, this was in their schedule and was not at all a date. Nope.

Then, why did he still feel so anxious about it?

“Thirsty?” Deku asked, pulling out his wallet.

Automatically, not even thinking about beverages, Katsuki responded, “Yes.”

“My treat, what do you-” the dark-haired boy paused and gave him a look. “Kacchan.”

“What? You asked,” the taller male crossed his arms with a smirk. “By the way? You are really hot.”

It felt real good being able to freely tell him all these things.

“You know what I meant…! Idiot…” Deku ducked his head to hide his blush. “Let’s get hydrated.” The word-choice made him snort, but it was charming nonetheless.

“Yes, darling.”

“Kacchan!”

This guy getting more embarrassed about using pet names off-camera than on-camera was beyond adorable.

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While heading for the haunted maze attraction, a young fan, followed by her apologetic father, hurried up to them with her phone. She politely asked to take a picture with them and they agreed to it; her father took the photo and they parted ways.

“It was only a matter of time before we got spotted,” Deku sighed. “It’s not as bad as it could be, though. Ah!” Katsuki pushed him along to hurry to the haunted maze.

“We lost like, a minute of our date time together.”

A chuckle escaped the shorter man and they made it into the haunted attraction. As soon as they entered, Katsuki stopped.

“You ready?”

“You couldn’t ask before we went in?”

The blond shrugged, “I was in a hurry.”

Deku made a face and loosely hooked his fingers into one of Katsuki’s hoodie pockets.

“I don’t do well with these attractions, but-” a scream from further ahead stopped him from speaking, and he exhaled. “it’s not real. And you’re here.”

Katsuki slid his hands into his pockets, pulling Deku’s hooked hand in as well.

“Just keep in mind, everything that jumps out is usually just an employee.”

He felt Deku relax beside him before tensing up again as they walk.

“Usually?” he looked at Katsuki for clarification, and Katsuki only smirked back in response. “Kaccha—AAAAAH!”

And, thus, the jump scares began.

By the time they reached the end of the haunted attraction, Katsuki yawned while Deku had his head down and buried against his shoulder.

“There, we made it, you chicken,” he squeezed Deku’s hand in his pocket before pulling it out. “Jeez, how do you even sit through movies when you’re this jumpy?”

“It’s different when it’s actually happening to me, okay?”

“They’re harmless.”

“Still!”

As they walked away from the attraction, Katsuki’s voice was low as he kept an eye out for anyone who may be within earshot.

“Do you want a kiss to feel better?” The question silenced the shorter man for a few seconds.

“Well,” Deku lightly bumped against him. “maybe later.”

“We can arrange that.”

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By the end of the day, a few more rides and snacks after the haunted attraction, the two concluded the amusement park would be fun for Kouta, even if they themselves were getting a little tired of it.

However, on the dating side of things, they both knew they couldn’t end a great date without the one cliché in many dating films that involved amusement parks.

And Katsuki wanted to do every single cliché with Deku just because no damn rule would ever stop him from doing anything romantic with this ordinary, amazing, plain, beautiful boy he loved so much.

“The Ferris wheel.”

“We’re really doing this.”

“Fuck yeah. And the sun is about to set, too. It’s gonna be awesome.”

Deku laughed, and the next moment, they were on the Ferris wheel.

They sat across from each other before the ride starts; as soon as their cabin lifts off, Katsuki moved beside Deku and the cabin rocked.

“Kacchan, what are you doing, go back…!”

“It’s fine, Deku,” Katsuki took his hand and laced their fingers. “Just don’t squirm.”

“It’s impossible to when at any moment, we could fall to our deaths!”

“Mmm… we’ll be fine.”

“You seem so sure…”

“Of course,” he gave Deku a smug expression. “I’ll save you if it comes to that.”

Deku scoffed, looking away with a blush, “Whatever.” Katsuki chuckled and continued watching him. The lighting from the sunset made him glow. When they reached the top of the Ferris wheel, Deku squeezed his hand as he looked back at him.

“Are you watching me?”

“Well, where else should I be looking?”

Deku scrunched his nose playfully, more relaxed, as he leaned toward him and rested his chin on his shoulder, eyes wide as green gazed up at him.

“Probably the view?”

Katsuki turned his head a bit more to kiss his forehead, “You’re the view.” His boyfriend laughed, sitting back up.

“You are so cheesy.”

“Says the guy who writes the cheesiest lyrics on a regular basis.”

“They’re good.”

“I didn’t say they were bad, you nerd,” he caressed Deku’s hand with a thumb.

“Then I should keep writing those cheesy lyrics.”

“Duh. Then maybe if you write enough, they’ll start being about me.”

“Maybe they already are?”

“No way,” Katsuki squinted. “You said yourself that you don’t write based off personal experience.”

Deku looked away, feigning a dramatic innocence, “That was in the past.”

“Izuku.”

He looked back at him, “That’s my name, don’t wear it out.”

“You sneaky shit,” if they weren’t already on their way down, he would have kissed him.

“I have to proclaim my feelings towards you in some way,” Deku looked beyond pleased with himself. “You’re not the only one here who’s emotionally constipated.”

“Well, no shit,” curiosity got the better of him. “What ones are about me?”

“That’s for you to figure out.”

“Deku. Don’t make me beg,” Katsuki pouted when Deku hums in response. “I’ll bite you.”

“As if that scares me.”

“You kinky shit.”

The dark-haired boy uses his free hand to push him, “Katsuki.”

“I’ll keep note of it for next time,” Katsuki tapped the other’s nose using his free hand. “Just so you know, it’d be hot if you bit me.”

“We are really having this conversation, aren’t we?”

“So that’s a yeeees?”

“…Later.”

The blond held up his hand and kissed his knuckles, “Yes, sweetheart.”

Deku covered his face, and the two continued their banter during the following two rotations.

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IDOLWORLD

ELEMENTS’ Katsuki and Izuku spotted at [x] Amusement Park!

Fans have recently spotted Bakugou and Midoriya of ELEMENTS on Tuesday. The fans reported the two to be very relaxed and close. As expected of childhood friends!

One fan even asked to take a picture with them and uploaded it onto her Chirper account (link).

Here are some photos other fans took from afar.

[image of Bakugou and Midoriya standing in line for a roller coaster]

[image of Bakugou and Midoriya at a snack booth]

[image of Bakugou and Midoriya entering the haunted attraction]

[image of Bakugou and Midoriya walking across the park]

[image of Midoriya laughing as Bakugou says something]

[image of Bakugou and Midoriya getting into the Ferris wheel]

It seems like they both had quite the day! Do you think it could be related to this season of Baby & Me?

COMMENTS

・That actually looks like a date if I’ve ever seen one with my own two eyes
-[response to “That actually looks”] I was about to argue, but the more I looked at the pics, the more I believed you

・Regardless of what this is they’re so cute???

・You’re all freaking out over nothing, this is connected to Baby & Me

・My friend’s uncle is one of the camera security guys & he said Izukun had his hand in Bakkun’s pocket the whole time they were in that haunted place lmao
-[response to “My friend’s uncle”] Omg I hope this is true because that’s adorable
-[response to “My friend’s uncle”] The fact that your friend’s uncle even knows who they are is astounding!
-[response to “My friend’s uncle”] I take it Izukun doesn’t like scary things lmao noted

・Did they actually go on a Ferris wheel at the end of the day tho, oh my god this was a date

・They are standing way too close for this to not be a date

・Holy shit you can barely see it but in the snack pic, but Bakkun’s face when he looks at Izukun is how I want my future husband to look at me

・What does Yuuei have to say about this lmao
-[response to “What does Yuuei”] This hardly even counts as anything, so there’s nothing to say about it
-[response to “What does Yuuei”] This was def for Baby & Me :/ Calm down

・Someone said it already, but I really wish my boyfriend would look at me like Katsuki looks at Izuku

・Everyone is overreacting? Stop acting like they’re gay. It’ll make them uncomfortable
-[response to “Everyone is overreacting”] Is it a problem if they were?
-[response to “Everyone is overreacting”] And you’re also acting based on assumptions
-[response to “Everyone is overreacting”] WOW, you can just stop right there and think about what you just said.

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The news about their day at the amusement park broke out like a wildfire among tabloids, and it made Katsuki anxious. At least the fact that scoping out the park for Baby & Me was true, and their agency knew that much, but…

Different photos spread online. Photos of almost every moment they had, except (luckily) when they were in the Ferris wheel. Each photo made him feel ill at the thought they couldn’t even be given an ounce of privacy without people trying to butt into their business. It didn’t matter if they wore the disguises.

He underestimated how sneaky fans could be. He got careless-- hell, he was careless even before the date. He underestimated a lot of things, and one wrong photo could land both him and Izuku in hot water with Yuuei.

Don’t bring attention to it. Don’t mention it ever again. It will die down.

Fuck, he was careless.

Their job… they could lose their…

He snapped out of his thoughts as he received a phone call, and he checked to see who it was. Feeling even more anxious, he answered.

“Aizawa?”

“Get Izuku and come to the agency. The CEO wants to talk.”

It took every ounce of his strength not to throw up.

The trip to the agency was silent after they left the shared house, and both men were afraid to address what the situation could be.

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There was a large brown envelope on CEO Nezu’s desk when they entered, and Katsuki was afraid to find out what was inside.

“Have a seat,” the CEO was friendly enough as he spoke, but… the fact that he was the one speaking to them rather than some other company representative was nerve-wracking.

As the two idols seated themselves, the CEO’s mood darkened. Out of the corner of his eye, Katsuki noticed Izuku’s hands clenched over his lap. Aizawa stood at the back of the room by the door.

“You may have some idea as to why I’d like to talk to you today,” Nezu slid the envelope toward them, and Izuku took it. “and you may be wondering if it has anything to do with that ordeal with the park, and… it could be related, depending on the both of you.”

Katsuki noted the tremble in Izuku’s hand as he opened the envelope and pulled out photos.

“Someone called T.S. sent us those and they say they have the originals. They’re asking for ￥500,000 if we don’t want those photos to be published.”

Katsuki paled when he saw the contents.

They were from the day they baked the cake, right as they were leaving Izuku’s family home. Due to the embarrassment of being walked in on after a very intimate moment, they left ahead of the mothers after decorating the cake so the trip wouldn’t be awkward for the four of them (correction: three. Katsuki's mother would just keep laughing).

Each photo was a play-by-play, full of carelessness; Izuku had been holding the boxed cake when Katsuki slid his hand into the shorter male’s back pocket. This was followed up with a kiss on the cheek from Izuku and Katsuki removing his hand.

What was even worse is someone actually followed them to the house and waited for them to come out. Katsuki didn’t remember seeing anyone in the area when they left, that was why he took the chance. He was such an idiot.

It was never going to end, is it?

“Sir, isn’t this… stalking? Shouldn’t we be doing something about this?” Izuku set the photos down, and all Katsuki wanted was for them to explode.

Nezu shook his head, “As far as we know, they were simply ‘walking by’ and saw you. They’re well in their right at that point to take photos.”

This was fucked up. Beyond fucked up. It was obvious they waited. They hid themselves. Why couldn’t anything be done?

“That’s where you two come in,” the CEO eyed them both down. “You two have a choice to make.”

Katsuki hated this.

“In the world of idols, your greatest mistake is that you were caught, regardless of whether or not you two are in a relationship. Yuuei’s dating ban after debut is lifted after three years, and you were unable to make it to even one year.”

While having rarely ever talked to the CEO in the past, every conversation with Nezu was nice. Friendly. And now… not so much. Of course he wouldn’t be.

“One choice is that we pay this person the amount of money they asked, but you two will be put under another contract to work it off, which is in addition to the money we spent training you before your debut. What happens to your relationship will be your decision, but you mustn’t be caught again,” Katsuki clenched and unclenched his sweaty palms the CEO continued. “The other choice involves not paying this person the money and they publish the photos.”

“…And then, sir?” Katsuki’s voice came out weak. He wanted to yell. Scream about how pissed off he was about the situation.

“You two will be suspended from activities until further notice.”

“Sus… suspended?” Izuku looked ready to drop.

“We’re not fools here,” Nezu said. “No dating means no dating, but we are well aware that no one follows it.”

“Then, why?” the blond asked. It was so stupid. “This whole thing could have been avoided-”

“If there was no ban?” the CEO slid from his chair and walked toward the window, looking out. “It makes sense for business reasons. We want our young idols to focus on work. We know how popular idols are too, at your age. Young, single idols means innocence, pulling more fans in and keeping them, if only for a while.”

Katsuki rested his face in his palm, breathing out.

It was so stupid.

“But it’s…” Izuki swallowed. A bit of confidence laced his voice as he spoke up, spoke Katsuki’s mind, “…it’s so stupid, sir.”

CEO Nezu looked back at them and smiled sadly, “I know, Izuku. And I understand how much it hurts you. Both of you. This is, however, how the industry works, and one slip up could mean disaster, even for a moment.”

“What happens if we get suspended?”

 “Three to six months of no activities,” Nezu explained. “You wouldn’t even finish Baby & Me. Your bandmates must work without you, and there will still be a great loss because of you two, whether it be from sales or sponsors. You also must record a formal apology and announce you are not together. Depending on how much of a loss the situation turns out, it’s likely you’ll have to leave the agency.”

“Isn’t there something that can be done? Let us work and deal with the consequences as they come?” Izuku stood. “We… we were caught, but please. Can’t anything be changed? We’ve… been working so hard, sir.” Katsuki wondered why Izuku was the one pleading, when he was the one who instigated in those photos.

The CEO shook his head, “I’m sorry, Izuku. I can’t make any exceptions. With the ban in place, in the public’s eye, you’ve made a mistake. However, the agency and I will do what we can to protect you and soften this blow, regardless of the decision you make. We are aware of your talents and will do everything to keep you, but you cannot go unpunished for breaking the rules.”

A choice had to be made: Either pay the money and work off even more debt than they already were under but there would be no drama, or let the photos get published and potentially lose everything they worked hard for up to this point.

The person who took the photos would win either way but paying them off was what that person wanted; it was the goal. Stalkers didn’t deserve rewards.

Katsuki looked at Izuku, who was staring at the desk in thought before looking back at him.

In the end, they made the same decision.

“We’ll let the photos be published, sir,” Katsuki said, standing. He then bowed, at a complete ninety-degree angle. “We’ll take the consequences as they come.”

Izuku bowed as well, “I’m sorry for all the trouble we’ve caused.”

CEO Nezu gave them a joyless expression, “I’m sorry there’s nothing more I can do to protect the both of you.”

In the end, the two left the building as silent as when they went in.

End Chapter 16

Chapter Text

Now trending:

LEAKED PHOTOS REVEAL TWO ELEMENTS’ MEMBERS IN A RELEATIONSHIP

ELEMENTS’ BAKUGOU AND MIDORIYA SUSPENDED FROM ALL ACTIVITIES

MIDORIYA AND BAKUGOU FROM ELEMENTS MAKE A PUBLIC APOLOGY FOR MISGUIDING FANS

BABY & ME TO FINISH WITH THREE MEMBERS OF ELEMENTS

ELEMENTS’ BAKKUN AND IZUKUN ANNOUNCE THEY ARE NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP

MIDORIYA OF ELEMENTS APOLOGIZES AND PROMISES HE IS FOCUSING ON MUSIC

ELEMENTS LOSES SPONSORS OVER DATING DEBACLE

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IDOLWORLD

[HOT!!!] ELEMENTS’ Katsuki and Izuku are dating

[photo of Bakugou with his hand in Midoriya’s back pocket as they leave the Midoriya household]

[photo of Midoriya kissing Bakugou’s cheek]

It looks like that fun day at [x] Amusement Park wasn’t all just for Baby & Me after all! As it turns out, Katsuki and Izuku of ELEMENTS are dating!

A fan on Chirper by the name of @TS_handson happened to see them leaving what they suspect to be a parent’s house and snapped some shots we thought we’d share!

What do you think? Do you think they’re cute? Do you support them at all or no? Comment with your thoughts!

EDIT: Please stop telling me that we ruined their careers! This is first and foremost a news site, and this specific topic is news! Whatever disturbance this causes lies with them and their agency, not us or the photographer. Thank you.

COMMENTS

・What the FUCK, it’s this what ruins careers. I thought this website was better than this. Shame on you and shame on that fan.

・Are you sure the fan just walked by or was the fan stalking them, because the way these pics are set up is creepy

・Wow, great job Idol World, you got two amazing singers suspended

・Why is everyone angry at the writer when these two were the ones who were dating in the first place? There are rules to follow
-[response to “Why is everyone”] There is also a thing called invasion of privacy and also stalking, but since it’s apparently okay to take photos of private moments as long as they’re outside, those two things don’t even fucking matter

・What the hell!!! How is this okay?! Take this down right now!

・The fan’s Chirper has been suspended, we did it guys.

・I always knew they were close but not this close? Idk I’m a little uncomfortable

・I don’t even care if they’re dating or not, I just want them to keep making music!!!

・It’s their fault for getting caught tbh

・I’m sad they’re not free but… I’m fine that they’re dating each other lol

・Seriously, I love ELEMENTS a lot and if their happiness is what breaks them up… you know what, no, regardless of whether they break up, I’m quitting this site if this is the sort of stuff you’re going to post. You just lost a reader.

・Idols are humans too. Leave them alone.

・This would be really different if this was at an airport, but this is near someone’s home and that’s not okay.

・Tbh I don’t agree with their lifestyle but what good comes out of outing them

・I don’t want to be associated with other fans if we’re going to be seen as creepy stalkers from now on

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Katsuki scrolled through the comments on the post on his phone, lying on his bed at his parents’ house.

While still allowed to use the dorms as his home, staying under these circumstances made things too tense. Seeing his bandmates drop in occasionally to grab or drop stuff off would only make the guilt worse.

Still, staying at his family home felt stuffy and wrong; however, it would never beat the stares he received when he went to the agency to get any kind of work done, whether anyone needed him there or not.

Getting into modeling was out of the question, at least for a while—he was fine with that.

(Deku also made the decision to stay with his mother for a while. He was also currently in talks with the agency to focus on acting lessons.)

Having to tell Kouta that they wouldn’t be seeing each other for filming was heartbreaking. Kouta left the room to cry and refused to say goodbye to them when he and Deku had to go.

Eijirou told them he’d help figure something out, as did Denki. Shouto promised nothing, but even Katsuki knew their leader would try doing something as well. Their group was a family, after all.

He still felt like he let them all down.

Sighing, Katsuki closed out of the site and almost tosses his phone to the other end of the bed before getting a call from Deku; naturally, he answered right away.

“Yo.”

“Are you home?”

“Yup.”

“Could I come over? I don’t really want to be alone with my thoughts right now.”

Katsuki sat up and looked out his window; as he figured, Deku was already on his way down the road.

“I can see you.”

“So is that a yes?”

“I dunno. I kinda want to say no just to see you turn and walk back home.”

Deku stopped walking and looked toward the house with a frown. Katsuki caught his eye and cracked a smile, giving him a wave.

“Door should be unlocked.”

The dark-haired man stepped into his room a moment later and saw him lounging back.

“Kacchan…” Deku made room beside him, draping an arm over his waist. Katsuki adjusted himself so he can hold him closer.

“Talk to me.”

“I feel like shit,” Deku said. “Like… at least if we paid the money, we’d be the only ones affected, but now the group’s been affected, and we… let them down.” Katsuki couldn’t disagree, but he was unable to find the voice within him to agree. Since coming back, he was left with his own thoughts, and all those thoughts were how much he screwed everything up.

They should have paid the money… that… would have been the end of it, right? Or would more threats to expose them have come? Would they have needed to pay even more money?

“They’re probably angry with us,” the dark-haired boy continued, and Katsuki felt a wetness on his shoulder. “We were selfish, Kacchan… we put them through a lot…”

He agreed with him on that as well, but for once, he found it in himself to respond otherwise.

“I don’t think they’re angry with us, Deku,” he murmured. “Don’t doubt they’re angry in general, we all are, but… I don’t think it’s directed at us.” He hoped. He desperately hoped. Especially after everything Shouto had done for them.

“Kacchan,” Deku’s voice was small. “we haven’t even been a group that long.”

“I know.”

“They were everything to us.”

“I know.” I know. I know. All he could say is ‘I know.’ There was nothing he could say or do to better the situation.

Deku pushed himself up and looked at him, and Katsuki noticed how red and puffy his eyes are. How long had he been crying?

“Is any of this worth it? We haven’t even been dating that long, and… that band was our job. And we’re going to lose it over us.”

Katsuki sat up, “Izuku, are you considering…”

“No. Yes? I don’t know…” Deku rubbed a hand over his tired face. “I just. I want my friends back. Our music. I’m still in denial about this suspension thing, and I can’t focus on anything, and it’s killing me knowing we’re the ones who hurt our band. Just,” a fresh tear trailed down his cheek. “I still have so many things I wanted to do with them. With you. I don’t want to break up, I just… I want my music and you. And at the same time, I feel like an idiot for being so upset over this, because if we had… just waited the three years…”

“Izuku,” Katsuki stopped him, wiping away more of the tears that slid down his cheeks. “It’s okay to want everything. You’re human too, you know. You don’t just stop being human after you become an idol. Feeling that way doesn’t make you a bad person.”

How was he finding all these words? Didn’t his father tell him something like this at one point?

The Katsuki from five years ago wouldn’t have said any of this. He would have told Deku to stop his fucking crying and get over it, this was the entertainment industry. Of course it was gonna be tough, nerd.

The Katsuki from five years ago would hate to see how soft the person he was now had become, especially toward the man crying next to him.

Now, though, he wanted everything Izuku wanted.

“Katsuki…” Deku was unable to finish his thought before the blond’s phone went off. Katsuki almost ignored it before seeing that it was a call from Eijirou. He looked at his boyfriend apologetically and answered.

“Yeah?”

“Hey man, you home?”

“Well, well, well, looks like I’m Mr. Popular tonight.”

“Then it’s safe to assume Izuku’s with you? ‘Cuz we dropped by his place and no one was there.”

“He’s here. We’re just talking about stuff,” Katsuki stood to look out the window. He spotted their three band members with Kouta holding both Shouto and Denki’s hands; Eijirou was leading the way, and each man had a bag of food in hand, “You said ‘we’?”

“Kouta said he misses you guys, so we thought we’d drop by and hang.”

He caught Deku’s curious gaze as he left the room to head for the front door, “Just come over, then.”

“Gotcha, see you in a sec.”

Katsuki opened the door before they reached it; Deku called out to them from behind.

“Guys?”

A small human rushed at Katsuki and hugged his legs, nearly knocking him down. Placing a hand on the child’s head, he looked back up at their friends, who held up the bags.

“It’s been way too quiet back at the house,” Denki grinned and winked. “Thought we’d come see where the noise went.”

“There should hopefully be enough food left over for your parents,” Eijirou kicked off his shoes and slid them out of the way with his foot. “As if we’d crash at your place for free.”

Shouto lingered in the doorway as Eijirou and Denki went in and Katsuki carefully peeled Kouta off his legs. His gaze drifted downward and he bowed; Katsuki and Deku stepped forward awkwardly in response.

“I’m sorry,” Shouto said. “I haven’t been a good leader. I couldn’t even protect you when everything was going on. The fact that… I still can’t do anything now that…”

“H-hey…” the blond held up a hand. “There’s nothing you could have done. Don’t… don’t apologize.”

Deku moved toward Shouto and carefully straightened him up, “It’s not your fault. We were the ones who…”

“Hey!” Eijirou marched back out to meet them. He placed a hand on Katsuki’s shoulder and gestured between him and Deku. “We’ve been trying to get Leader to stop feeling bad, and knew you were feeling bad, so for now, why don’t we just have some fun, be bros, and relax for like, two minutes.”

He didn’t show it, but Katsuki could tell that even Eijirou was worried for what may happen to their band. They all were, and it’d be strange if they weren’t.

They all tried to have fun as they ate that night, although the strain was obvious. Even Kouta, who usually did as he pleased regardless of how anyone was feeling, behaved and sat with Izuku, refusing to let go of his hand unless it was to sit with Katsuki.

When Mitsuki and Masaru arrived late that night, they found Kouta sleeping on the sofa and five grown men passed out around the kotatsu in their tiny living room.

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THROUGH RAIN AND SUN
Your #1 Source for ELEMENTS News!

Calling all fans!

For anyone who hasn’t been keeping up, Midoriya and Bakugou have been suspended from ELEMENTS activities, because of the No-Dating Policy.

However, we at TRS find the suspension unfair and the policy inhumane towards people who just want to love. If you agree, please sign the petition HERE.

We are also planning a meetup in front of Yuuei Entertainment. If you have time, please check out the details on our mod’s blog post, HERE.

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A week and a half passed and Katsuki looked up from his music to stare at his ringing phone. Whatever it was, he doesn’t want to deal with it.

The ringing stopped after a moment and he exhaled, looking back down at his work, trying to forget the world as it was now didn’t exist.

The ringing started up again.

With a groan, he picked up the phone and looked at it before answering, “Don’t you have a recording sessi-”

“You gotta come to Yuuei, man!” Eijirou’s voice ripped right through his own. “It’s crazy!” It took a moment to register, but Katsuki could hear faint chanting in the background. “Dude, a lot of people are pissed about you two!”

The blond furrowed his eyebrows, “We expected-”

“No! No, I mean! They’re pissed about the suspension! Extremely pissed!” the redhead’s words made him freeze. “Nobody can come into the building or go out, cops are trying to disperse them, but holy shit!”

Katsuki found himself getting up and grabbing his coat.

“There are people out there with signs! It’s pure chaos, dude, they really want you back!”

Mitsuki spotted Katsuki on his way out, “Katsuki, where the hell-”

“Deku’s!” was all he could say as he forced on his shoes and bolted for Deku’s house. Eijirou continued to talk.

“Dude, even Aizawa in in shock about how extreme this has gotten. Seriously, nobody expected this, and I’m sure as hell the higher ups are just as surprised. Like, this has never happened before!”

“I’m at Deku’s now. We’ll-”

The door opened right as he reached it, and Deku was in the process of slipping on his own coat with his phone to his ear.

In unison, they both said, “See you,” and hung up.

Katsuki was out of breath when he shoved his phone into his pocket, “Denki?”

“Yeah,” Deku shut the door behind him, fixing his shoe. “Eiji?”

“Yup.”

They hurried to the agency—not the best thing either of them should have done with how things were out there, but they needed to see for themselves.

One train ride and a jog over, they saw the chaos that Eijirou spoke of.

From the looks of things, people had slowly begun to disperse, but others were adamant on staying despite the arrival of more police. Most of the fans looked like students, with uniforms of different designs.

Staying as far away as they could as possible, Katsuki tapped Deku’s arm and gestured for him to follow. Ignoring some stares from passerby not associated with the crowds, he led him to the locked back entrance of the building and used his keycard to get in.

While the inside of the building was not as chaotic as the outside, there was a stir. There were people concerned and agitated that the crowd was disrupting the peace; there were others who found the whole situation amusing, especially over two members of a boyband.

Katsuki could hardly believe that they caused this much of a stir. He assumed the worst would happen the day of the news and die down, but this?

They met up with the rest of their group and looked out the windows.

Many people in the crowd had signs reading various things: ELEMENT5 ALWAYS, WE WANT KATSUIZU, IT’S NOT THE SAME WITH 3, PULL THE SUSPENSION, LET THEM LOVE, THE BAN IS SHIT.

(Admittedly, Katsuki found it precious that they even figured out how to write ELEMENT5 and emphasize they wanted all five members at the same time.)

While the crowd was much smaller now than it had been when they first arrived at the agency, Katsuki couldn’t help but hope. Hope that something changed.

If something has changed, you’re the one who caused it, Kacchan.

“They’re really causing a ruckus out there, aren’t they?” CEO Nezu’s voice spoke up from behind the band, and they nearly didn’t catch his soft voice.

“Sir,” Deku spoke up. “This is… I’m sorry--”

Nezu stopped him, “Why don’t we talk in my office? It would be best if all five of you came.”

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“It’s been a long week, hasn’t it? Barely a dent into your suspension,” the five boys were seated in front of the CEO’s desk, afraid of where this conversation would lead.

Afraid of what the crowd might have caused, now that the whole band was sitting together like this.

Katsuki’s mouth was dry; the hope he felt earlier crumbled as Nezu looked over all of them.

“This outcry was unimaginable,” the CEO finally said. “We expected the loss of sponsorships and potential collaborations with your group; however, what happened today was unexpected.” Nezu slid a small stack of papers across the desk, “We even received a petition, not only signed by fans, but people associated with the agency. Truthfully, a simple petition like this, no matter the amount of signatures, wouldn’t be enough to change our minds.”

“Are we going to split up, sir?” Shouto asked, and to everyone’s surprise, the response he received was a laugh.

“After today? No, splitting you up is the last thing we want to do. With that kind of support, I’m afraid they’d burn the building down next.”

Katsuki couldn’t laugh at the obvious joke—after meeting Toga, he could actually see it happening.

“We haven’t discussed this with the board, I’ll deal with them, but I’ll be pulling your suspensions.”

Katsuki’s heart jumped.

“I will also revise the dating policy for everyone in the company,” Nezu continued. “I tend to lack faith when it comes to fans and their idols. It seems… fans these days are more mature than they used to be.”

“Sir?!” Deku leaned forward in his seat, clutching the edge of the desk. The CEO looked upon them kindly.

“As idols, there will still be rules you absolutely must follow, but… you are now free to date.”

End Chapter 17

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<<OMAKE – DELETED SCENE (Chapter 14) – Letting the cake cool.>>

Somewhere down the line, they ended up in Deku’s room on Deku’s bed, with Katsuki’s hand up Deku’s shirt, and god, this boy was beautiful, all he wanted was to eat him.

Deku, bless his soul and entire existence on this goddamn earth, somehow got Katsuki’s shirt off without taking his head off with it, but Katsuki struggled so much with the other man’s shirt that laughter from the shorter male ensued; the laughter stopped when the blond shut him up by kissing him.

So damn sweet.

He trailed a hand over Deku’s thigh before feeling the other’s hands already messing with Katsuki’s pants, and how was this boy undressing him so easily?

“Deku,” he found himself grunting against the other’s lips, and Deku’s eyes seemed to tear into him hungrily, and who was he to deny that look?

Katsuki pulled back for a moment to kick off his own damn pants and finally slid Deku’s damn shirt off his body before tossing the shirt somewhere behind him, who gave a shit, and went back to kissing him.

“Kacchan,” Deku murmured against his lips. “Are we…?” So appetizing. So damn appetizing as Katsuki started to trail kisses over his jaw, down to his neck.

“What, Deku?”

The roughness in his voice shocked the two of them, but had a very obvious effect on the other man as he groaned.

“Doing this?” it came out as a whine, and it was adorable, and he was hearing this for himself.

“Want to?”

“Fuck yes, please,” there was a pause and a blush spread across Deku’s cheeks. His voice grew quiet, “M-my bag... has… the stuff…”

Hot.

“Gotcha.”

Katsuki kissed him again, hooking his thumbs into the waistband of Deku’s pants before a loud voice erupted from right outside the house.

That familiar, loud voice Katsuki grew up with.

Everything stopped and the two stared at each other, barely hearing the front door shut. The loud voice grew even louder, followed by a soft laugh from none other than Inko.

“Shit--”

The two scrambled for their clothes as the hot atmosphere completely drenched with a chill. Deku looked around for his shirt and ended up throwing Katsuki’s on, while Katsuki hopped slightly as he hurriedly tried getting his pants back on, only to lose his footing and hit the floor.

“Boys?” Inko called, and they’re so close to the door, and Katsuki was trying desperately to get his damn pants back on as Deku glanced around the room for anything that seemed to be inappropriate, and dammit, dammit, dammit—

The door opened and their mothers were standing in the doorway. Everyone froze, staring back at one another like deer in the headlights.

Mitsuki was the first to break the silence, bursting into laughter at the sight of her son on the floor, still struggling to get his pants on. Deku looked as though he wants to vanish into the walls, covering his face and making an attempt to look as small as possible.

Katsuki’s mother was still laughing hysterically when Inko slowly shut the door without a single word. Katsuki lay on the floor for a moment, contemplating becoming a hermit, before Deku nudged him with his foot.

“Kacchan…”

The blond breathed in response.

“…Yeah, I don’t feel like it either anymore.”

Both of them kept their head down after getting properly dressed, leaving the room to find their mothers—their dear mothers who gave birth to them and raised them and supported them through everything—waiting in the living room.

Inko was still as embarrassed as earlier, but Mitsuki was at least calm after all the laughing. Deku was a worrying shade of red, and… Katsuki felt so damn awkward, he couldn’t look at Inko.

He could glare at his own mother though, no problem.

“So, how long has this been going on?” Mitsuki asked before anyone can say anything.

“We’ve. Been dating a few weeks,” vague as possible. He didn’t want to talk about this, he would rather find a rock and hide under it.

Mitsuki clapped her hands in excitement, “Inko! Our boys’ve become men!”

Wait. Did she actually think they.

They both actually thought they already went.

All the way.

“Mom! That’s not…!” He wanted to explode. And Inko was listening to all this. It was a surprise Deku hadn’t passed out yet.

“No need to be embarrassed! Doing it, not doing it—it’s all normal!” Mitsuki got up and wrapped her arms around them both. “Why, when Masaru and I started dating, he was adorably shy about it, so I told him I’d wait forever if I must--”

“I don’t want to hear this, Mother!”

Deku and Inko covered their faces.

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When Katsuki texted Eijirou while they got the cake ready to go, he was too embarrassed by the entire situation to even try to explain what happened.

It was probably best they knock this out now so whenever it did happen, Eijirou doesn’t make a big deal about it.

Because everyone knew he’d find out one way or another.

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・Me af tho

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・Those ARE matching rings!!! Matching pinky rings!!! My heart can’t take this!!!!

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mido715 <3

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・HELP ME

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The next few months flew because of how busy they were with Baby & Me, promotions—not to mention all the new interview requests asking to discuss Katsuki and Izuku’s relationship (which they wouldn’t talk too much about). Sponsors for the group gradually returned when they noticed the ELEMENTS’ fanbase had grown immensely since the whole suspension issue happened.

While they were now allowed to be open about their relationship, as the CEO said, there were still rules to follow as idols: 1) Any sort of PDA beyond handholding is a no-no; 2) Discussing relationship issues with anyone outside of the band, immediate family, or Yuuei’s health counselor is a no-no; 3) Anything that could cause a terrible scandal is also a no-no (the CEO gave them a stapled packet filled with examples of what these scandal causing things could be. Katsuki didn’t bother reading it).

It made everything easier now, and for once in a long time, he felt like he could focus on things other than holding himself back from lunging at Deku.

Of course, this whole relationship business didn’t stop the hate mail and death threats from the vocal minority of angry fans and antis, but with news of a law revisions coming into play, those began to die down as well.

By the end of those few months, the filming for Baby & Me came to a close and they said goodbye to Kouta.

The goodbye took place at a park near the dorms and was exactly as painful as they all thought it would be, possibly more. However, the group made promises to call him and even visit him when they had free time.

On a lighter note, Kouta’s mother would be on leave for a long while, so he’d be with her.

Izuku was in tears, with the crew filming, as he knelt in front of the boy and gave him a hug. It took time, but Kouta grew to love him as much as the others.

“Be good, okay?” Izuku squished him and pulled away. “Help your mom around the house, especially now that you’re going to be a big brother, okay?”

Kouta rubbed an eye and nodded, “O-okay.” Izuku smiled and wiped the boy’s cheeks before standing up.

Katsuki stepped forward and crouched, holding out his arms. Kouta hiccupped and hugged him; the blond wasn’t usually a crier unless someone made an attempt on his life, but he was damn close to it at this point. He was definitely going to miss waking up to this kid’s voice, and making food for this kid, and being depended on by this kid, and god, this Baby & Me business was really messing with him.

“Keep working on those greetings, got it?” he picked the boy up and looked him in the eyes. “If I find out you haven’t been saying your greetings, I will find you, and I’ll…” he gave Kouta a few tummy pokes, making the child bust out a giggle.

“Okay…” Katsuki gently set him back down as Kouta finished wiping his eyes. The child’s mother walked over and took his hand, giving the men a smile.

“Thank you so much for everything you’ve done. I know he was a handful.”

Shouto nodded and responded warmly, “It’s been a learning experience for us, too.” Kouta’s mother laughed softly and looked at the boy.

“Alright, Kouta, say bye-bye.”

Kouta sniffled, and waved to them with his free hand, “Bye-bye.”

Eijirou followed Izuku in the “Tears” category as the band waved back, and the mother and son left. The Baby & Me crew also said their goodbyes soon after, packed up, and left.

“He’s a good boy. Such a good boy!” Eijirou wiped his eyes. Denki pushed him.

“Stop crying, man, I’ll start crying!” he looked at Izuku, “You, too!”

“I’m sorry, I just! Miss him already,” even Katsuki knew he was just being funny and exaggerating, but at the moment, it really did feel like that.

But of course, Katsuki was in the same boat as Denki, and just wanted the crying (mainly from Izuku) to stop.

He took Izuku’s hand and laced their fingers, “You wanna work on a song?”

“A… a song sounds good.”

“Alright, let’s go home and work on a song. Want to take a bath before the song?” He pulled him along toward the dorms, with the rest of the group following after.

“Y-yeah.”

“Then we’ll take a bath before the song.”

Denki made a gagging noise from behind them, and Eiji laughed, already recovering from the tears.

“Mind if a third person joins?”

Katsuki shot a look back at him, “Yes. We mind.”

“Aww, the offer’s there if you change your mind!”

“I will never change my mind.”

Izuku let out a laugh and Katsuki squeezed his hand. He decided to take that moment to make him smile even more.

“Hey, nerd.”

“Yeah?”

“I love you.”

The blush that spread across his cheeks was instant, but Izuku smiled wide.

“C-c’mon, you…” he hurried ahead and pulled him along.

Katsuki followed him with a chuckle, already aware the feeling is mutual.

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Group

Pre-date scandal, there are a lot of fans who shipped various pairings within the group.

The KatsuIzu Couple was one of the top pairs mainly because of their status as childhood friends.

KatsuEiji and EijiDen Couples are super popular as well because of how touchy feely Eijirou gets with the both of them (concerning hugs on and off camera).

ShouIzu, ShouKatsu, ShouEiji, ShouDen Couples are all equally popular because of how caring and doting Shouto tends to be with the group (the ShouIzu couple might be in the lead). Fans of these pairings actually get along with each other, funnily enough.

KatsuDen, EijIzu and DenkIzu Couples are on the smaller side, with DenkIzu a little more popular just because they're seen interacting more on camera than the other two.

Katsuki

As mentioned in [article], Katsuki started a cooking channel pre-debut as a way to vent, but he ended up more stressed out because of all the food wasted. Pre-debut, the channel had only two videos. After debut, for the heck of it, he uploaded one more with Izuku.

Post-debut example with Izuku [Warning: Lots of yelling]. 

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Obvious after seeing Katsuki's need to be number one in Baby & Me, that goes for any TV show that is competitive in any way or a live performance. Results vary depending on how Shouto does.

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Katsuki's view of the Ideal Relationship comes from watching his parents growing up. They love each other so much and Mitsuki tends to gush about Masaru whether or not he's in the same room. Katsuki found the lovey-doveyness so gross as a child that he swore never to turn out like them and was never interested in relationships from then on (for that and other reasons, he just wasn't interested).

(Little did he know he turned into his parents. Specifically his mother.)

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Speaking of his parents, Katsuki knows more about them than he really wants to because of Mitsuki's (non-graphic) oversharing.

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He is the cook of the band; originally wasn't even planning on it, but after seeing how terrible everyone else is at cooking, not only does he take this chance to be number one at it, but he also doesn't want anymore potential deaths after the Shouto Incident (see Shouto).

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As children, Katsuki began picking on Izuku the moment he found out Izuku is Quirkless. As a child, having a Quirk means everything, but as an adult, unless you're joining the police force, having a destructive Quirk is actually pointless. This fact didn't sink in for him until therapy.

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Katsuki's first thought was to use his Quirk to blast Toga away when he was being attacked; however, since he a little inexperienced using it and is still recovering from Izuku's appearance, he was just. Not doing well. He didn't want to kill anyone on accident. 

The flashback seen, however, was just his dream's rendition; Katsuki actually was about to push her off before Denki came in.

Izuku

His father is always gone because of work, but they do contact each other from time to time. However, it's not as often as Izuku likes.

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Izuku tries not to let his father's frequent absence and his mother's loneliness to skew his views on love, especially when he sees how Katsuki's parents tend to be. As he mentioned, a lot of the romantic songs he writes are inspired by films he had watched; however, now being in a relationship himself, writing comes much easier for him and he can't help but write based off his own feelings nowadays.

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After discovering Yagi Toshinori was one of the people who signed the petition to lift the KTDK suspension, he was over the moon and didn't expect it at all. Later in the week, Yagi Toshinori sent them a little gift basket of various snacks and knick knacks and a card saying "Congratulations!"

He laminated the card and Katsuki lets him keep the gift basket in his room.

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His ultimate dream is to become an actor like Yagi Toshinori, but realized his journey with ELEMENTS makes everything worth the wait.

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Because of Toga, it takes Izuku a while to trust fans who come up to him. He was incredibly wary of the fan with her father at the amusement park, but wasn't too worried since he wasn't alone.

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His hair is curly and has a mind of its own, so stylists spend the longest time on his hair out of everyone in the group.

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He can do scary stories, scary films, scary games. Scary anything. As long as it's not happening to him.

Shouto

He doesn't have the scar! Because of abuse, his mother left his father when he was young (still married, to avoid having their divorce all over the news - as Enji claimed), and she was unable to get full custody over him. He and his mother have a very close relationship however, and she was the one who supported him since he first joined Yuuei.

Shouto is also close to his sister, who was left alone for the most part and not treated in the same way as her brothers. As for the two brothers, one currently works at a hospital in another prefecture and the other ran away from home. ...They both ran away from home, which is why the brother who's in medical lives far, far away.

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He did some acting as a child because of his father pushing him to be a great actor, but down the line, Shouto wasn't that interested in acting and decided to dabble in music instead (especially to get away from his father's influence and make his own name). He finds he enjoys acting from time to time, but it doesn't hold a candle to where he is now, and he's happier.

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He's commonly seen as the group dad. The fans have not decided on the group mom, which is surprising for a boyband.

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Every time someone asks about his father during interviews, he gets real sassy and fans love him for his sass. No one outside the family knows exactly what kind of father Enji is, so the quips just make Shouto out to be a rebelling son.

Q: In a recent interview, Todoroki Enji talked about how he's looking forward to seeing you learn about the difficulties of fatherhood through Baby & Me. Do you have anything to say about that?
TODOROKI: Well, so far it hasn't been difficult, but I guess it helps that all my children love me.

(Because of his attitude towards his father, there are older adults who aren't that fond of him.)

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The Shouto Incident: Shouto can't cook worth a darn and isn't trusted in the kitchen. He has his hot & cold quirk, but isn't trained to use them properly, so in the early band days, after accidentally catching the stove on fire (not quirk related), followed by blasting the entire kitchen with ice in a panic, he was banned from doing anything other than boil water. (He has practiced a little bit since then, though.)

Eijirou

Auditioning for Yuuei was actually meant to be a joke amongst him and his friends, but then he got accepted and went with it. While he did backup dancing for other singers, he was working to debut as a rap duo with another trainee, Tetsutetsu. However, the duo was unable to debut as Tetsutetsu was forced to leave Yuuei for a short amount of time for family reasons.

(Tetsutetsu returned shortly after the ELEMENTS debut and will be debuting as a solo rapper.)

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In the first few months of their debut, a fan wrote and sold an infamous R18 AU fanfic about all five of them in an intimate, polyamorous relationship (the money went purely into just the printing). Eijirou owns a copy (at first as a joke, but it's surprisingly well-written) and it's widely known that he does after a fan asked if he had ever heard of it, to which he responded, "I own it, but aren't you a little young to be reading that sort of stuff?"

[Inspiration]

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He's not actively looking for dates because his band has his entire heart, but his band having his entire heart has him a little confused.

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He has a lot of photos on his phone of his bandmembers sleeping in awkward positions or with awkward faces, and no one in the group knows about them. Also, Katsuki makes the best sleeping faces.

Denki

Did backup dancing pre-debut, as well as was part of a dance crew for a variety show starring trainees of Yuuei. He was also trained to MC, and was almost chosen to MC for an unnamed music show.

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At debut, he thought being quiet and handsome would gain him more fans ("Girls love mysterious guys"), but as it turns out, more people would pay more attention to him if he stood out and was more or less himself.

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He's a big, big fan of sin(x) and tends to chat with them often. He's closest to Jirou.

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Out of all the bandmembers, he's closest to Eiji, who was usually his dance partner all throughout their trainee days. Eiji also helped him with his rapping after the Eiji+Tetsu rap duo fell through.

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One time for a friendship exercise on a variety show, someone had the gall to make him and Shouto hold hands. Shouto has surprisingly soft hands. Denki was embarrassed for thinking that at all.

KatsuIzu Couple

They stop talking to each other completely in middle school after Katsuki joins Yuuei and talk to each other again after ELEMENTS is formed. Inko had known about the therapy as it was happening, but knew about the rift between them, so said nothing about it to Izuku.

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Imagine Inko's surprise when she found out the two would be debuting together. Of course, she was also incredibly worried, given their track record with each other, but she's fine now.

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Songs about Katsuki written by Izuku:

Love Pains [Bad - Tablo] - Somewhat about him, but he tries not to make it personal

No Title; Unreleased [Umbrella - Epik High] - Somewhat about him, but he's still trying to sort out what's going on with his own feelings

Fallen [Ai Ai Gasa - Tegomasu] - So about him it hurts. Katsuki actually has no idea it's about him, but the rest of the group has it figured out. Also the fans, especially since Izuku and Katsuki release it together as a duet

Secret Summer [Summer Time - NEWS] - Only Izuku knows it's about Katsuki, but Eijirou might have caught on

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Katsuki doesn't write lyrics often, but when he starts to Feel Things, he writes whatever is on his mind. Bright Smile [Daisy - Alex Chu] is a solo song they release with the repackage of their first full album after the dating debacle, and everyone knows it's about Izuku.

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After the dating issue goes by, Izuku and Katsuki decide to get couple rings. They find some nice, simple ones painted "gold" and wear them on the pinkies of their right hands.

However, after a bit of time, the gold rubbed off so now the rings are nearly black and their fingers get a little green. Denki gets on them about buying better quality rings, but NO, these are THEIR. COUPLE. RINGS. (But maybe for an anniversary or something.)

Fans have sent them rings as gifts after noticing their rings have faded, but Izuku and Katsuki both agree not to wear any of them (especially since there are. So many. And fans might feel left out if theirs aren't worn).

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They finally finish All Might Forever together to celebrate after finding out about Toshinori helping petition.

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Katsuki doesn't know, but Izuku has more pictures of him on his phone than Katsuki does of Izuku.

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Not only do they have All Might movie nights, but they also have scary movie nights now that Eijirou dropped out of specifically that genre. The two rarely get scared by whatever they're watching, and spend a majority of the movie discussing things that are wrong with it.

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They also spend some free evenings cuddled up and listening to scary story readings.

Skinship & Fanservice

ELEMENTS don't necessarily play into fanservice, but the group is known for their ~natural skinship~, mainly Eijirou and Katsuki. But mainly Eijirou, the Skinship King.

Eijirou tends to hug and hold hands with everyone, because they're his boys and he loves his boys so much. He would date all his boys platonically if he could. That's how much he loves his boys. There are a lot of behind-the-scenes footage of Eijirou hugging his bandmates from behind; he mostly does this with Katsuki and Denki.

Shouto is the complete opposite, and is very awkward when it comes to physical contact. He has only ever properly hugged his mother and sister, but not often. However, he'll still accept hugs if there are any offers.

Denki works with hugs better than Shouto can, but hand-holding is too intimate for him, so Eijirou is careful on that part.

Katsuki doesn't even care. He just doesn't care. But if you touch him without his permission, he'll kill you.

Hugs make Izuku happy, especially those group hugs. He accepts hand-holding, but like with Denki, it has a more intimate feel to it. Pre-date "scandal," Eijirou would always hold his hand; post-date "scandal," Katsuki chases Eijirou off whenever he sees him even try.

Others

Yaoyorozu Momo is a really popular actress and a great singer at that, and the single, Warning [Last Angel - Koda Kumi], she releases that features ELEMENTS was a hit among fans of both artists, and they performed this song on TV as well as ELEMENTS' first concert 

Momo also makes an appearance in their music video Hide and Seek [Sherlock (Clue+Note) - SHINee] 

Momo and ELEMENTS end up close friends and she has lunch with them from time to time. She is especially close to Shouto, as they recently realized they knew each other as children because of their families.

Kouta loves his big brothers! He grows interested in singing because of them, and acting, because of his number one super star hero, Shouto.

Kouta's mother gives birth to a baby boy, and when Kouta calls ELEMENTS late into the night saying his mommy is having the baby, they all rush to the hospital to give the Izumi family support. The baby's name is Kano.

Ochaco is one of the first people who provided Izuku support when he first joined Yuuei, and they've been close friends ever since. Pre-dating scandal, their closeness has been expressed frequently on their own social media, and there were fans of both groups who were quietly convinced they were dating.

Big3 are also under contract with Yuuei.

Big3 performed the themesong, Super Kick [Climax Jump - AAA] for the film Masked Ranger OOO, which Shouto was a part of.

Little did anyone know, the scandal-not-scandal that involved Mirio and Tamaki actually was a date. They're just better at it than Katsuki and Izuku. (They don't announce anything after the dating ban is lifted-- more for privacy reasons, mostly on Tamaki's part)

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