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Bakugou's eyebrow twitched. He stared at the tiny fluff ball curled up in his girlfriend's hands. Its fuzzy body trembled against her.
"What the hell is that?" He scowled, gesturing his finger towards the small creature.
"Katsuki!" Ochako hissed. "She is a kitten!" She ran her hand over it's back, gently scratching at her fur. "I found her and... she needs a home."
Bakugou's nose twitched this time. A home? Oh no. He knew what this fucking meant. Ochako would wanna keep her and then he'd be the one cleaning up all the litter and hairballs. All the dirty work would fall on him.
"No," he scoffed, folding his arms over his chest.
Of course, the look on her damn face almost broke his fucking heart.
Ochako's eyes went wide, disappointment flashing across her brown irises. "K-Katsuki! She's just a kitten! I found her in the debris and no one claimed her so I..." She bit her lip and frowned. "We're keeping her, at least until we can find her a better home!" she scoffed and hugged the small bean of a cat to her chest.
She stormed towards the living room, plopping down on the couch in a huff. "Don't listen to him," she cooed at the shivering cat, "Katsuki is angry all the time. It's not you."
Well, she wasn't fucking wrong.
The kitten snuggled under her chin, rubbing its face on hers, and Bakugou twisted his lips. Better home, his ass. First off, the thing was already way too attached to Ochako to have her let it go, and second off, their home would be the best goddamn home that little kitten could ever hope for!
Sitting in the chair next to their couch, he sighed. "And how exactly did you get stuck with this cat?"
"I didn't get stuck with her," Ochako said, rolling her eyes. "She was trapped between some large rocks. When were doing cleanup, I moved them and found her there, shaking. I tried to see if she belonged to anyone, but no one claimed her and the vet said she wasn't chipped."
"Mmm..." Bakugou grunted, looking at the way the kitten rested on Ochako's chest.
"Stop glaring at her! She's an innocent little baby," she said, looking at the cat lovingly. Her fingers gently stroked through her fluffy fur. Stupid cat, rolling all over his girlfriend. "You're probably just jealous she can sleep on my boobs," Ochako smirked.
"Oi!" Bakugou hissed. "I'm not jealous of the damn cat!" he yelled and pushed himself out of the chair to grab his keys.
"Where are you going!?" Ochako frowned, turning towards him as he made his way over to the door.
"The store!" he yelled out, slipping on his boots. "We're gonna need crap for the little shit."
Ochako's mouth curved up into a small smile, and damn was he fucking weak for her. The cat had only been in the apartment for two seconds and already he was doing everything for it just because it made his girlfriend happy.
~~
Bakugou collected the necessarily items—a litter box and some litter, some food and bowls, and a small toy—and threw them into the shopping cart. He'd stormed down the street to the pet store. The last thing he needed was the cat peeing on their new goddamn carpet they'd just bought, so best to buy it all now.
Fuck. He sounded like his old hag of a mother.
"Kacchan!?"
...
Fuck.
He knew that voice and he felt his entire body twitch. Maybe if he ducked down a different aisle he could avoid him.
No, it was far too fucking late for that.
Deku came bounding up, his green eyes wide as he peered into Bakugou's shopping cart. "Did you and Ochako get a cat?!" He smiled.
"What the hell are you doing here, nerd?" Bakugou snorted.
Okay, the sight of Deku no longer made Bakugou want to burn his fucking eyes out, but he still didn't feel like talking to him. Not about this cat bullshit.
"Oh! Melissa asked me to grab some food for Luna on my way home. She's stuck at the lab late tonight," Deku sighed. "But if you and Ochako got a cat, maybe we could have a cat play date!" he said cheerfully.
The idea of spending time with Deku with their cats made his skin crawl and he shook his head. "We didn't get a fucking cat. It's a stray Ochako found and is keeping until we find someone who wants her. You want her?"
"Uraraka found a cat?" Deku blinked. "Uhm... that's okay, Kacchan. I think Luna would feel sad if we brought another cat into the house."
As always, Deku was fucking useless. "Yeah, yeah. I gotta get back before this thing takes a shit on my new rug."
"You know, you might enjoy having a cat! They're very loving but usually only to the people they're close to. Kinda like you, Kacchan!" Deku laughed.
"Shut up, Deku. Don't ruin cats anymore than you already have," Bakugou snapped, storming towards the checkout counter.
"Okay," Deku shrugged, brushing him off like everything was normal. "See you later!"
After paying for the items, Bakugou walked past the cat window in the pet store. A few of them were rolling around playing together. They were... actually pretty cute. The shits.
~~
"I'm back," he called out, kicking off his shoes, and he was surprised when Ochako didn't answer.
Stepping into their living room, he saw her completely asleep on the couch, the tiny kitten curled up next to her. The cat was mostly golden brown, though she had little white paws; her body rising and falling with her breath.
She immediately sat up when Bakugou stepped into the room, her large green eyes staring at him intensely.
He let out a huff of air. "I'm not going to hurt you, idiot." He clicked his tongue and pulled a blanket over both the kitten and Ochako.
While she slept, he set up the litter box in the bathroom and the food in the kitchen, dumping the small can of wet food into the new pink bowl.
Suddenly, he heard the small pattering of feet as the tiny kitten trotted over to the kitchen, probably alerted by the smell of food. Her paws almost looked too big for her body as she flopped her way over to the bowl. Her green eyes turned towards him and then back to the bowl.
"It's for you, dumbass!" Bakugou said, nudging her butt forward. He took a seat on the floor, wanting to make sure she actually ate.
The little cat began to eat, her tail swishing back and forth. Good. At least the idiot figured that out.
He watched her for a moment, and she pulled away, purring as she brushed her head against his leg. "Oi..." he muttered and glanced towards the living room. The last thing he needed was Ochako teasing him about being soft on the damn kitten. He gently ran his hand down her back. She was so small, and he wondered how old she was. Maybe the vet said when Ochako asked about the chip.
She continued to purr, nuzzling his hand with her small head and Bakugou let out a long sigh. "I get the feeling you're going to be here a long damn time," he muttered.
~~
The next day, the damn cat wouldn't stop following him around. When he played video games she sat next to him on the couch, snuggling close. When he got up to get a soda, she followed him to the kitchen. Hell, she even fucking followed him to the bathroom.
"I think she likes you," Ochako said, pouting when the cat chose to sit next to Bakugou on the couch later that night.
"The damn thing has been following me around all day. I should've let you feed her!" he yelled.
"Maybe she just likes your scent!" she giggled. "You two look very cute together."
"Shut up."
"You know," Ochako hummed, "we really need to give her a name. It's sad to keep calling her kitten or cat."
"Murder Mittens," Bakugou said flatly.
Ochako immediately frowned. "Absolutely not."
"King Explosion Murder."
"She's a girl!"
"So?" he snapped. "Fine. Queen Explosion Murder."
"Oh my god, why did I ever think you could come up with a name?" Ochako scoffed.
"They're good names!" he retorted angrily.
"No! We're not naming our cat Queen Explosion Murder!" she sighed.
"Why not? The people who take her can change it to whatever they want!" he snapped.
Ochako bit her lip, her eyes falling on the tiny sleeping bundle next to him. "Right..." she sighed. "Why don't we just call her Mittens? A cute nickname could be Mimi," she said.
"Whatever," Bakugou muttered. Nothing was going to sound as cool as Queen Explosion Murder.
When Ochako got up to get a drink, Bakugou leaned down to rub his finger against the kitten's cheek. "You can be Mimi, but between you and me, your real name is Murder Mittens."
~~
It had been almost a week since Ochako found Mimi and by now, Bakugou was used to her. Of course, he didn't say that to Ochako, and he would constantly pretend he didn't care when Mimi chose to sit next to Ochako instead of him. (He never understood why, since he was normally warmer!)
Originally, they said they weren't going to let her sleep in their bedroom, but she'd cried outside their door the first few nights, so Bakugou caved finally and left the door cracked just a bit. Ever since then, she curled up in between them, snuggling in the bed. Bakugou thought it might be nice to get her a small bed to leave in theirs so she could be more comfortable.
When he bought more wet food, he bought a small string toy, and would often sit on the floor and tease her with it.
She was such an idiot, flopping around as she leaped for the string, Bakugou couldn't help but laugh. She never gave up trying to catch it. When she pounced on it, her small teeth would bite into the little stuffed bird on the end. For a tiny animal, she was shockingly badass.
Needless to say, he was attached.
"Katsuki, I'm home!" Ochako called out and Bakugou was far too comfortable on the damn couch to move. Mimi was tucked against his arm, snuggled close while he had on the T.V. "Aren't you two comfortable?" she teased, leaning over to kiss him.
More and more Ochako was catching him in the act of snuggling with the damn cat, and more and more, Bakugou didn't seem to care.
"Well, you'll be happy to know I found a new home for Mittens."
Bakugou felt the blood drain from his face. "What?" he said.
"I know we've been looking." Had they? "But turns out Shouto asked Momo to move in with her and they're looking to adopt a cat! They said they would take her. I told her we could give them all our stuff and Momo offered to pay us back-"
Ochako kept blabbering on and Bakugou looked down at the tiny fuzzball next to his arm. Her little body was warm next to his as her soft breathing made her little butt rise and fall slowly. What the hell!? Murder Mittens belonged to them. She was their cat! Like hell he was going to give her up to Half and Half and Ponytail! Knowing them, they'd be too prissy to let her sleep in their bed at night and she would be lonely, crying outside their door.
He couldn't subject her to that!
The truth was, it had only been a week and he already loved this damn cat. She was a part of this apartment they had together... a part of their family.
"No fucking way!" he hissed, sitting up. He grabbed Mimi and pulled her to his chest protectively. "Murder Mittens is our cat!" he snarled. Mimi wiggled against him, surprised by how tightly he held her
Ochako blinked, surprised when Bakugou cut her off. "W-What? I thought you didn't want to keep her!"
Bakugou's cheeks flushed. "Whatever. She's ours. She's... already comfortable and shit," he muttered.
Ochako began to giggle, unable to hold back her laughter. "Oh Katsuki... you love her, don't you?"
"No."
"You do~" Ochako teased, leaning up to poke his cheek.
"No I fucking don't! She's... fine, or whatever."
Ochako sat down on the couch next to him, leaning her head on his shoulder. She gently pet the tiny golden kitten in his hand. "You're right... she's ours," she whispered.
"Yeah... a part of our... family or whatever," Bakugou muttered.
At that, Ochako's cheeks turned bright red and she pulled away, looking at the two of them.
"What?!" he yelled, completely flustered. "Stop making that face. We live together and... I fucking love you and... her... so... yeah. Family."
Ochako couldn't help but smile. She brushed her lips against Bakugou's, kissing him gently. "You're right! We're a family. But... her name isn't Murder Mittens," she whispered softly.
"Fuck off, that's her damn name! She's badass and she knows it!" he yelled.
"I'm still calling her Mimi," Ochako teased.
"Do what you want! Her name is Murder Mittens."
"Okay, okay," Ochako giggled and took his hand. "I love you and I love Murder Mittens."
Mimi immediately wiggled free from Bakugou's grip, purring as she jumped into Ochako's lap, nuzzling her legs. With a smirk, Bakugou leaned forward to kiss his girlfriend. "We love you too."