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Bakugou checked one last time to make sure no one saw him before tapping softly on the window. After a few moments a shadow moved inside the house and the glass pane slid up and open. A young man with half white and red hair appeared in the window and propped his head up on his elbows on the window pane, smiling as he looked down at the blonde standing in the dark in his garden.
“You’re early.” Todoroki whispered, still smiling.
“Are you complaining?” Bakugou huffed. It was only 9pm, but it was still dark enough to keep them concealed. Todoroki grinned and Bakugou’s heart squeezed. He’d aged nicely since their first year at UA and Bakugou still got flustered at just how stunningly pretty his boyfriend was sometimes.
“No. I’ve been ready since 5.”
“Well Juliet let’s get a move on. It’s freezing.” Bakugou shoved his hands deeper into his jacket pockets.
“Juliet?”
“Juliet…you know like…Romeo and Juliet…cause I’m standing outside your window and… oh just shut up and lets go!” Bakugou felt his face heat up and looked away. Todoroki stepped back into his room for a moment, flipped off his room light, and then returned to the window.
“Here Romeo, catch.” He commanded, tossing down a backpack. Bakugou caught it and slung it over a shoulder.
“This everything that’s left?” Bakugou asked.
“Just me now.” Todoroki said, looking back into the room with a weird expression before looking back out at Bakugou.
“The most important part.” Bakugou said holding out a hand up to the window. Todoroki took it and swung one leg over the windowsill when his bedroom door suddenly crashed inward and his light was flipped on with a bellow of:
“SHOUTO!” Endeavors voice made both boys flinch and then freeze. Todoroki looked back at his father. Bakugou did NOT let go of his hand.
“Shouto if you do this, I promise I will make your life hell.” Endeavor seethed through clenched teeth. Todoroki slowly turned back to look at Bakugou outside. His mismatched eyes screamed I don’t know what to do. His sudden tightened grip on Bakugou’s hand screamed help.
Fucking figures that Shouto can face down dozens of villains without flinching and his father still terrifies him, Bakugou thought, his desire to flat out murder Endeavor increasing. But he bit his tongue and did the only thing he could think of doing, he tightened his grip on Todoroki’s hand and yanked, pulling him the rest of the way out of the window to crash into his arms. Bakugou helped him straighten.
“Wha-“
“Run.” Bakugou kept his grip on Todoroki and tugged him swiftly away from the house. The pair dashed hand in hand through the Todoroki’s house garden and through a short grouping of bushes. In the darkness they reached a low property fence and let go of each other’s hands to launch themselves over it.
“SHOUTO!” A voice boomed behind them as they sprinted up the sidewalk towards a cherry red motorbike parked on the street in the darkness. Bakugou shrugged off the backpack and tossed it to Todoroki.
“What are we doing!?” Todoroki asked, out of breath as he put the backpack on himself.
“The plan. Getting the fuck out of here.” Bakugou tossed Todoroki a black helmet and pulled an identical one over his own head.
“He wasn’t supposed to know I was gone until the morning!” Todoroki shoved his helmet on and spoke through the facemask, voice raised so Bakugou could hear.
“Plans change.” Bakugou shouted as he mounted his motorcycle. Todoroki quickly hopped on behind him, arms wrapping instinctually around Bakugou’s waist. Bakugou started the engine and peeled away just as several of Endeavors sidekicks who he assigned as Shouto’s “bodyguards” leapt over the fence behind them.
“Get the cars!” The pair heard the bodyguards shout. Todoroki tightened his grip around his boyfriend, heart pounding.
What were they doing!? This was nuts!
Bakugou took a long route to make sure none of Endeavor’s goonies were able to follow them. After about twenty minutes Todoroki allowed himself to relax and maybe even enjoy the ride. Ok, he very much enjoyed the ride. He remembered the first time he’d seen Bakugou on his bike, leather jacket…shaking out his blonde hair has he took off his helmet.
Todoroki had drooled. Literally. Midoriya and Uraraka still teased him about it.
And when Bakugou had first tossed him a spare helmet, Todoorki’s knees had almost given out. He soon discovered one of the happiest places in the world was where he was right now: On the back of his boyfriend’s bike with his arms wrapped securely around him, enjoying the silence, warmth, and just the presence of the other man as they sped up and down coastal highways and city streets.
On that motorcycle they weren’t heroes. Todoroki wasn’t Endeavor’s son. He was Bakugou’s and Bakugou was his and they were just them.
After another few minutes Bakugou pulled off the road into a parking lot for a public beach access point. Todoroki hopped off the bike and took off his helmet, setting it on the seat next to Bakugou’s when the blonde took off his as well. The minute they were free of their helmets Bakugou wrapped HIS arms around Todoroki’s waist and picked him up, spinning him around a few times, grinning wildly. Todoroki grinned back and chuckled as his arms went around Bakugou’s neck.
“How’s it feel to be fucking free?” Bakugou set him back down and pulled him into a hug. Todoroki hummed and buried his face against Bakugou’s neck.
“I’m not legally free for like, two hours.”
“But you’ll never have to go back to that house ever again. You’ll be able to quit his agency, work wherever you want doing whatever you want. You’ll be able to pick your own sponsors and ad campaigns. You won’t have to sneak around to hang out with your friends. And you,” Bakugou pulled away to cup Todoroki’s cheeks between his palms “You finally get to come home.”
Todoroki smiled and allowed himself to be pulled into a soft, gentle kiss. A kiss that was not Bakugou’s usual style and one that sent flutters all the way down to Todoroki’s toes.
Home. Home was wherever Bakugou was. Had been since they started dating their 2nd year of UA. Right now that home was an apartment Bakugou had bought right after UA, his parents having no problems signing consent for him. An apartment Todoroki had been smuggling his things to for a long time. An apartment that Bakugou referred to as “Mine and Todoroki’s place” despite the fact Todoroki had only been able to stay there the rare night Endeavor wasn’t in town.
Todoroki would live in a cardboard box if it meant he got to be with Bakugou and away from Endeavor.
Two more hours. Two more hours then he would legally be an adult and out of Endeavors grasp.
He leaned in to steal another kiss from the blonde. And another. And another. And-
Bakugou’s phone beeped and they reluctantly pulled apart. Bakugou opened it, growled, then shoved it back in his pocket.
“Deku says there’s cops at our place. Your dad must have figured you’d be with me.”
Todoroki frowned and ran a worried hand through his hair.
“I should go back.” He whispered.
“Uh…over my dead fucking body”
“Katsuki you could be charged with kidnapping. You know my father will pressure the cops. We should have just waited till tomorrow night.”
“I would rather go to prison than have you spend one more night in his house. And in,” Bakugou checked his phone, “One hour and forty-nine minutes he legally can’t touch us.”
“And if we get caught before then-“
“Then we don’t get caught dumbass.”
“Katsuki…”
“Do not Katsuki me Shouto. I am fucking DONE waiting. We graduated almost TWO years ago. I’m tired of meeting you in alleys to steal hugs. I’m tired of telling the media I’m single because your dad will punish YOU if they found out about us. I’m tired of living alone. Im tired of waking up clinging to your pillow hoping it’ll still smell like you WEEKS after the last time you got to sleep in OUR bed. Im REAL fucking tired of only being able to SEXT my BOYFRIEND of almost five years.” Bakugou dropped his head to rest on Todoroki’s shoulder.
“I want you home, with me. I want to come home from patrol and find you on our couch with our fucking cat wearing the big ass pajama shirts you like. I want to cook you dinner.” Bakugou turned his head to playfully nip up at Todoroki’s ear. “I want to have sex with you without having a time limit. And when we’re done, I want to hold you all night and wake up with you in my arms every morning for the rest of my life. I want to take pictures with you and show you off and let the whole world know that you’re mine, not Endeavors. I want you to be happy and never ever have to spend another second with that fucking asswipe ever again. And I want it tonight. Not tomorrow. Tonight.”
Todoroki was blushing a little as he pulled Bakugou closer by his hips.
“Katsuki we don’t have a cat.” Todoroki managed after a minute.
“Not yet. But you like cats and Endeavor isn’t gunna be around to stop you the next time you find a particularly cute stray.”
“And you aren’t going to stop me?”
“Shouto Im going to give you everything he wouldn’t let you have.” Bakugou whispered, bringing his own arms around Todoroki. Todoroki felt tears sting his eyes and he squeezed his boyfriend tightly. They swayed together in the dark parking lot, illuminated by only two dim street lights, for a long while before Bakugou pulled away.
“So, we got an hour and a half to kill before I can take you home and bang your brains out. You wanna get some food?”
“Y-yes please.”
“Good. I know this noodle shop that’s open 24 hours a town over, they have decent soba.”
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At exactly 12:02am, Bakugou and Todoroki parked in the small parking complex attached to their apartment building and walked up to two police officers and one of Endeavors minions standing outside the doors.
“Todoroki Shouto?” One of the cops asked.
“Yes?”
“Sir, as a minor I must escort you back to your father’s custody. He reported you missing several hours ago. Is this man holding you against your will?” The cop gestured to Bakugou. Todoroki pulled out his wallet and handed the cop his license.
“As of…two minutes ago I am twenty years old and not legally obligated to return to my father’s custody. I actually live here.” Todoroki motioned to the building and then pointed a thumb over his shoulder at Bakugou, “with my boyfriend, with whom I was out on a date with tonight.”
Tho his voice was level, Bakugou was probably the only one who could hear the nervousness laced with every word.The cop took and stared at the ID card, the back at Todoroki.
“Uh…I need to make a call. Watch them.” The cop said to his partner. He walked to his car for a few minutes, then back, handing Todoroki back his license.
“Your missing person report has been cancelled. Have a good night at home Mr. Todoroki.” The cop turned and pointed at Endeavors minion. “And you leave these men alone alright?”
Todoroki grinned and reached behind him to grab Bakugou’s hand, hauling him up the stairs to their apartment quickly. The minute they were inside, Bakugou pushed him up against their door.
“Welcome home Shouto.” He whispered with a grin before his lips found Todoroki’s.
Home.
In the morning the press and their fans went absolutely nuts when Bakugou posted a picture on his official Ground Zero Instagram and twitter. It was a selfie he took with Todoroki. Bakugou was holding up the camera and kissing Todoroki’s cheek. Todoroki was smiling a genuinely happy smile and looking at the camera, the neck of his oversized white t shirt slipping just far enough so EVERYONE could see the healthy amount of hickies spread over his fair skin.
The caption read:
“Happy birthday babe. I’m so glad you’re mine.”
And for good measure, Bakugou tagged Endeavor.