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Shouto was completely attracted to cute things.
To be more specific, Shouto was completely attracted to Katsuki doing cute things. And yes, I’m aware that “Bakugou” and “cute” aren’t exactly the most compatible combination of words, but after a certain discovery, there’s no way Shouto wouldn’t admit that the blonde is utterly adorable. He started paying attention to the explosive boy after a certain public event, when, in the silence of the class, only a single sound was heard: a sneeze. A quiet “ah-choo”, acute, girly. The owner of it?
Bakugou.
Everyone, even their teacher, stared at him, wordless, incapable of formulating a reasonable phrase. The blonde seemed unaware, confused, ready to tell everyone to fuck off when Kirishima screamed “Dude, you sneeze like a kitten.” As Katsuki tried to blow Kirishima’s face, Shouto turned back to face his desk, an uncontrollable blush taking over his cheeks. To be honest, he had never really payed attention to the explosive boy, but after the event? He found himself incapable of not paying attention to him, searching for other adorable things the blonde was capable of. And he actually faced some, like when he found Bakugou sleeping on the couch, hugging his own coat, or when Bakugou was singing a pop song while cooking his (and his friends) dinner, and it was even more adorable when the blonde noticed him, face going to a dark tone of red as he yelled from the top of his lungs for Shouto to get the fuck out. After the latter, Todoroki went back to his room, finally admitting that yes, he is in love with Bakugou Katsuki.
So, yes, you can say that Todoroki Shouto was attracted to cute things.
And, as any teenager in love, he was now watching Bakugou change. That may sound a little bit like a creep, but what can he do? They needed to change for class and it wasn’t his fault that the blonde had a body worth the stares. Maybe he stared for too long, since Bakugou had just left and the Halfie hasn’t even took off his shirt yet. Oh, well. He picked his clothes on the bench, noticing a strange ornament. What was that? A rabbit? He frowned, picking up the cellphone charm, a little cute animal that resembled a rabbit, white with big ears and big blue eyes. Shouto is almost sure he has seen it before, it’s one of Hello Kitty’s friends, he knows it at least, since his sister really liked it when she was younger. But, again, why was it here?
In that moment, Katsuki stormed through the door, making Shouto hide the charm on his palm (because how lame it would be, being seen with a girly rabbit on his hands? No, thanks, Shouto doesn’t want to be mocked by his crush, thank you very much). The blonde didn’t seem to notice him there, looking from side to side, as he was searching for something, he bowed to look under the bench and… Oh. Something clicked on Shouto’s mind and before he could even notice, he was already asking “Is this yours?” while showing the little charm in his palms. Something sparked on Katsuki’s eyes and he got closer, forgetting to put his usual frown on his face, seeming just glad, leaving the worried expression behind.
“Why do you have that?”
“I just found it. On the bench.”
“So, what the fuck you waiting for? Give me that shit” and Shouto did, observing as Katsuki took his cellphone to secure the charm there, mouth open with the surprise. “Don’t you tell this to anyone, understood, fucker?”
Shouto nodded, as if in a trance, “Do you like it…” what was the rabbit’s name again, he tried to remember “…Cinnamonroll.”
Katsuki seemed surprised with the question, snapping his gaze out of the charm to look at the Halfie, shocked “Do you know it?”
“Hm, yeah, it’s one of Hello Kitty’s friends, if I’m correct.”
“And do you fucking like it?”
Shouto never payed attention to it, to be honest, only knowing their name since his sister was really aware of it when they were, like, five, but if agreeing could keep this talk with his crush going? “Sure, it is cute.”
And maybe that was the right answer, since Bakugou smiled, the softer smile he has ever made in Shouto~s presence, and looked at the charm again, with a found expression, “It fucking is, isn’t?” and then back to Todoroki “So, you bastard like Sanrio, huh? Wasn’t fucking expecting it.” Sanrio? Who was they? Todoroki cocked his head to the side, waiting for a explanation and Bakugou sighed, “Hello Kitty, My Melody, PonPonPurin. Cinnamonroll. Their fucking company, are you dumb? Everyone knows that.”
“Oh, I’m aware, just surprised” he didn’t know, actually, and was sure that many didn't. “Yes, I do” shit that was vague. “Specially Purin.”
Apparently, another right answer, since Bakugou snorted “You seem like the Purin type” what the hell was a Purin type, Shouto wondered, but just agreed, maybe it was a compliment? Who knows, he was never called a Purin type before.
Don’t let the conversation die, Shouto, think about something, anything! “So, you like this… Hm, thing?”
“Couldn’t you be more fucking specific? But yeah, dunno, I just like everything that is cute” he held the charm right in front of Shouto’s face, almost touching it on his nose. “And do you see this damn shit? He flies, with his ears. That’s so fucking badass, bet he could kill some bitches easily” and now was time for Shouto to snort, who would think about a cute flying rabbit going around on a murder spree?
“Bakubro! We are waiting long here, everything alright, dude?” someone yelled from outside, voice recognized as Kirishima, making the blond sigh and adopt his usual frown again, yelling back a simple “I can fucking linger here for how many hours I fucking want, asshole!” and then turning on his heels to meet his friends outside, not before throwing a “Guess you aren’t that much of a fucker, Icyhot” that made Shouto’s heart melt a little, ironically.
Maybe Todoroki should try to get into Sanrio, after all.