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It starts with Kaminari, as does most ridiculous things in 1-A. He's speculating with Kirishima about why Bakugou and Midoriya are so nice to each other again. After summer break of first year, the two were buddy buddy. More often than not, Bakugou was seen with Midoriya, Uraraka, Iida and them or Midoriya was sitting with the Bakusquad™. It was weird but a welcome change.
"Dude, Bakugou was probably abducted by aliens." Kaminari theorized, squinting at Kirishima from his seat. "A week into our second year and no 'Shitty Deku' s? Something's up."
Kirishima scrunched his nose at the suggestion, "He probably just saw the error of his ways and reconciled."
Kaminari scoffed, "Bakugou is so emotionally constipated, he wouldn't say thank you even if you saved his life."
Kirishima nodded at that. As the two were thinking about the whole situation, Midoriya walked in with Uraraka and Iida. They called him over and he bounded over with a smile on his face.
"What's up?" Midoriya greeted, his smile was so bright even on a Monday morning. It made no sense to anyone, except maybe Kirishima because he was the same way.
"What happened between you and Bakubro?" You're so civil it's almost scary." Kaminari questioned.
Midoriya chuckled and raised a scarred hand to his neck. "Ah... We had to see each other for dinner a lot because our parents are good friends so we kinda got used to each other. I guess?"
Kaminari nodded and Midoriya scurried to his desk when Aizawa walked in. So they had to hang out pretty often..... it must've led to an apology or something. It must've been instigated by Bakumom because neither would have willingly talked about it.
He glanced over to the two boys and was surprised to see a note being passed from Midoriya to Bakugou. It seemed that Aizawa had seen it too, he plucked it from Bakugou's desk and read it aloud.
"'I stg I WILL tell the class the story about the knee scrape if you don't chill rn' I hope that can wait until later or else you won't be able to finish the year at this school anymore." Aizawa droned, looking the boys dead in the eye. Kaminari could not wait to hear that story.
Everyone was back at the dorm in the library doing homework. Kaminari's brain was being beat out of its skull with Bakugou's 'disciplining' (read: whacks via magazine) when he burst.
"What was that note all about?" He asked. Midoriya, from his spot between Uraraka and Bakugou turned beet red from the mention.
"Godammit I told you they would fucking ask about it!" Bakugou huffed, crossing his arms.
Midoriya touches his fingers together nervously and smiles, "Kacchan wouldn't stop bugging me about my sleeping habits so I said that. He never did chill. So I guess I'm telling you the story."
Bakugou's eyes widened and he tried to cover Midoriya's mouth but was stopped by Midoriya. Judging by raw strength, Midoriya is one of the strongest out of the entire class. It was a hard hand pushing battle to win. Predictably, Bakugou's hands were held in place and Midoriya started the story.
"When we were younger- around 4-, I slipped on Kacchan's patio and scraped my knee. I was sobbing and Kacchan and he's like 'Are you okay, Deku?' And he goes to get ice, right? He comes back with an All Might band aid and an ice pack and after he patches me up. Kacchan, get this, kisses my tears away." Midoriya finishes leaving the Bakusquad™ shook.
"You fucking suck, Deku." Bakugou cursed.
"Holy shit, dude. That's nice!" Kaminari interjected.
Ashido nodded her head enthusiastically in agreement. Iida was murmuring his agreement while Uraraka practically had stars in her eyes.
"Dare I say it? A soft Baku?" Uraraka squealed. Kirishima had to hold him back from vaulting over Midoriya.
"Can you do an impression of each other?" Sero asked. His face was screaming mischief and Kaminari was very interested in that turnout.
"Fucking duh. I've been around Deku since I can remember, it's second nature."
"Uh-huh prove it."
Bakugou's face shifted immediately into a softer expression. "Ahh I think I hit you too hard, do you need an ice pack?" The table was silent, "What the fuck is wrong with you guys?"
"Oh my god!!!" Ashido squealed. She was brimming with energy. "That was so accurate! That's insane!"
Sero turned to Midoriya, "Can you do it too?"
Midoriya's face contorted into an intimidating frown and he glared at the group, "I will beat your fucking ass if you don't cut that shit out!" Midoriya growls. "I think it's like that."
"Holy shit." Kaminari breathes out after a beat of silence.
"Proposition time. If you two act like each other for a week then I will give you both whatever you want and won't complain about studying for the next two weeks. That includes Kaminari." Sero proposes.
Midoriya looks at Bakugou and Bakugou looks back and for awhile it seems they're communicating solely through their eyes before they agree to the deal. And thus begins the week of confusion.
Everyone spends next Monday in anticipation. News of the bet got around and it seems people have even started betting about how long the two will take to break character. It begins when Bakugou walks through the door.
He has his tie on right and his pants aren't sagging for once. He greets Aizawa and the class with a cheerful smile and goes to sit down. Aizawa looks as though he's seen a ghost and looks around for a second. Probably to make sure there weren't any Punk'd even that show has been off for who knows how long.
Midoriya shows up a little bit after with no tie and sagging jeans. His shirt isn't buttoned all the way and he looks like he's ready to murder someone. In conclusion, Bakugou. He walks to his seat without greeting anyone and slouches. Aizawa is looking like the white lady and equations meme. No one bothers to explain until the end of class.
Neither of them break character even during lunch. Bakugou orders katsudon with rice and egg with a happy look on his face. He doesn't even try to sneak some hot sauce onto his plate. Midoriya ends up getting extra spicy curry rice and a roll of spicy tuna sushi. He doesn't flinch the entire time and eats everything without breaking a single sweat.
The second day was dreadful. Bakugou spent the entire training nerding out over people's quirks and Midoriya kept yelling 'DIE'.
In other words, Kaminari regrets being curious in the first place.
All Might spews blood on the third day at the sight of the two. Aizawa pats his back silently and pockets a bill from All Might. They thoroughly deny the entire interaction when brought up.
When the class has their designated 'family time' (a result of a lot of angry emails), they break character to talk to their mothers and father. When confronted, Midoriya argued that it wasn't counted because he didn't want to yell at his mom. Sero reluctantly agreed.
The end of the week neared and everyone was extremely relieved. It had gotten freaky, they were too accurate and it was unnerving. Midoriya mimicked Bakugou's mannerisms perfectly and even made the Bakusquad™ study twice a week like Bakugou did. Bakugou was too nice and hearing him say 'please' and 'thank you' was creepy. The class did know Aizawa had been counting down as soon as it had started.
On Sunday, the duo showed up at Sero's door wearing matching smirks. When let into the room, they both looked at Sero in expectance. "I want your American rapper posters and Netflix password." Bakugou demanded.
"I want all of your late night snacks, if that's okay?" Midoriya asked. This was what Sero needed, nice Midoriya and kind of a dick Bakugou. He went his stache and gave Midoriya three grocery bags of snacks and drinks. He handed Bakugou his Kendrick, Childish, Big Sean posters, and a scrap of paper and shooed them out his room. It was 7 in the morning on a Sunday. He wanted his sleep.
Midoriya looked at Bakugou as they walked back to his room. "Maybe we should tell then about our relationship. After all, that was what they were originally curious about."
"Meh. They can figure it out themselves." Bakugou shrugged. "For now lets watch Netflix and eat shit."
"Sounds good."