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"What's your problem? You've been rude to me all week."
"My problem? My problem is that every time you say something funny or make a cute face, my heart does a little somersault and I hate it."
"You're angry at me. . . because you have a crush. . . on me?"
"That's right. Except it's not a crush. It's just that annoying feelings pop up when I'm around you. Like an allergic reaction. An emotional rash."
Katsuki pinched the bridge of his nose.
“you’re not making any sense Deku”
“ok, let me get this straight to you Kacchan”
Someone scoffed in background.
“This is not funny Kaminari!”
The golden blonde boy proceeds to full on laughing that only made Deku glower more.
“the pun you made is just so funny dude. You’re indirectly confessing to Bakugou, that means there’s nothing straight going on with you.”
“urgh!” Deku grunted in frustration. “I’m out, I’m done.” Then proceeds on pointing an accusatory finger to Katsuki, “don’t follow me Kacchan or I’m gonna launch my self outside the window. Detention be damned.” Then walked out of the common room.
The room went silent except the wheezing boy on the floor.
“what?” Kaminari ask dumbly.
“it’s rude to make fun of someone clearly distressed, man.” Sero reprimanded him.
“it’s Midoriya, the demeanor shift quirk will wear off any day soon, he’s going to forgive me by then.” Kaminari defended himself.
“you know, I kinda wish the quirk will not wore off forever, so you guys will stop exploiting his purity.” Uraraka confessed. “No offense Bakugou,” she added when she realizes that Katsuki was there and also affected by the quirk.
“None taken” he replied.
Katsuki agreed with her though. Thanks to that fateful encounter with a mugger while on their weekly joint training at the beach, Katsuki and Izuku was struck by a demeanor altering quirk of the distressed kid of the victim. The kid was so scared for her mother that he let off his quirk and affected the people with in the five-meter radius. That includes him, Izuku, the kid’s mother and the robber. It was a blessing in disguise because the criminal proceeds to confess to the police about his small group of criminals. He’d done it on his attempt to erase all the negative vibes in his life. But the thing is the kid was so scared shitless he lost control over his quirk that it will linger longer than it normally should. Recovery girl said about 10 days or so.
And now they’re stuck with this, an easily irritated Izuku and a way too cheerful Katsuki. And Katsuki is torn between the comfort he found at being so cheerful all the time and the secondhand distress he feels every time he sees Izuku this irritable. But it doesn’t matter though, because soon the quirk will wear off and they will be back to normal.
The only problem is the indirect confession from Izuku. Katsuki maybe acting like an airhead, but he is not dumb. Izuku just told him he’s cute, his heart doing some somersaults every time he sees Katsuki and the emotional rash statement? Yep. Definitely a confession.
But Izuku clearly despise it. He doesn’t realize that everything will be fine if he will just give in to his feelings. Katsuki has just to make him realize then. Now, how did Izuku got under his skin before? Ah. By simply being “a little shit”.
It’s time for Operation: Izuku’s official Confession.
“you didn’t realize you were thinking out loud, did you?” Kirishima asked beside him. “and to add icing to the cake, you were planning like you weren’t the one he’s going to confess to”
Oh. Katsuki just got a brilliant idea. “Good, that means I’m not going to explain things to you.” He said brightly to the red-head beside him who’s regretting ever talking the blonde.
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“Eiji! You should eat more vegetables, it will enhance the quality of your skin, thus helps with your quirk” Katsuki reprimanded while putting more vegetables in Kirishima’s plate. The red-head just forced a smile for lacking better thing to do. He’s really against this plan but agreed that there’s no other ways to make Midoriya admit to his feelings. Kirishima already accepted his faith as a sacrificial lamb. He’s just hoping to live long enough to become the best man for their wedding.
“Thank you, Kat. You always take good care of me.” He complimented the blonde who is putting way too much vegetable on his plate. Kirishima is not a picky eater, but damn, no one can eat this much vegetables, even vegetarians.
“For Pete’s sake! If you’re going to flirt in front of everybody, do it right!” someone shouted across from where they were sitting in the cafeteria. The someone who Bakugou intended to get antsy about their pretend flirting. “Kacchan, are you trying to kill Kirishima by force-feeding him all that vegetables?” Then just like that Midoriya was out of the cafeteria.
The cafeteria was immediately wrapped in eerie silence after the door shut with too much force.
“If you’re going to make him jealous, do it right.” Snickered Todoroki who then followed the angry green boy outside.
Kirishima heard a strong huff beside him then looked at Bakugou. And he regretted it instantly. The current Bakugou may be on cheerful mode 24/7 but right now there are almost literal flames coming out of his pupils. That means Todoroki can still push Bakugou’s buttons even though they went invisible after being hit by the demeanor altering quirk. Kirishima has another hope then. That the school may be still intact by the end of the day.
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“Urgh!” Izuku grunted after kicking the first tree he saw after walking out of the cafeteria too hard than he intended to.
“Stupid tree” he muttered mentally caressing his hurting toe.
“Calm down, Hulk, the tree didn’t do anything to you” said by someone behind him.
Izuku dejectedly slumped against the tree. “What do you want Todoroki?” he asked irritated. He wanted to be alone right now.
“As a hero in training, I should make sure you won’t lay waste in the field because some gremlin wanted you to be jealous.” He said monotonously, mocking Iida, as he masked his own amusement as a well-placed concern for the well-being of their school.
“You still consider Kacchan as a gremlin? Everybody adores him now that his all cheerful and cutesy as shit.” Izuku inquired, puzzled as to why Todoroki still hates Kacchan even after the annoying quirk affected them.
“It’s just temporary,” he said a matter-of-fact. “He’s going to be back to his normal self soon, and he’s too way cheerful than I could take so I still consider him as a gremlin.” Todoroki explained as he sat beside Izuku. The gesture suggests he will stay longer than Izuku would like him to. “That’s why I collected as much black mail material as I could to last a year. Hoping next year, he would be inflicted by a more embarrassing quirk.”
Izuku huffed a suppressed snort. Denying the other boy the satisfaction of knowing that he’s already altering his mood. “I used to be that cheerful”, he reminded.
“but cheerfulness suits you, bright smile and all. In fact, I’m already missing it.” The two-toned boy responded.
Izuku let go of suppressing a laugh. “I wish Kacchan was here, so he could see what proper flirting looks like.”
“if you’re still thinking of him, I must be doing something wrong.” The other boy commented.
“would you rather be the subject of my annoyance right now?” Izuku asked raising his brows playfully.
“I would rather be the only one clouding your thoughts right now.” The other boy said and move to face Izuku fully. Izuku then noticed how close they are, specially their faces. And it irritated him. Don’t get him wrong. Izuku agrees that Todoroki was the prettiest boy in their class, or maybe their whole batch. But the closeness reminds Izuku how close was Kirishima’s face to Kacchan’s earlier at the cafeteria. And the annoying must-not-be-named feelings are threatening bubble up on his guts again. So, to avoid punching Todoroki in the face, Izuku abruptly stood up interrupting the mood Todoroki worked hard to set-up. He almost felt bad. Almost.
Glancing around, Izuku’s caught sight of two blonde students just outside the door leading to the cafeteria. It was Kacchan and shitty Monoma. This is not good.
Jogging up to where the two students at. The cheeky blonde caught sight of him.
“you class 1-a bastards are really trouble magnets, aren’t you? You bunch should leave this school for good before you lead villains inside here and wreck the whole place.”
Izuku was irritable the whole week, but hearing the bastard spat bullshit render his previous irritation rather cute. Izuku was ready to pounce at him when Kacchan caught his collar and held him in place. “Deku, this guy is not worth it.” He said.
Monoma snorted. Fucking snorted. “Bakugou, seeing you this calm is so unnerving, I want to puke.”
Kacchan’s grip on his collar tightened and Izuku gambled a peek at him. He initially thought the quirk finally wore off because he swears the Kacchan behind him right now looks like the Kacchan before the quirk incident. But the words came out from him prove otherwise. “are you seeing someone right now, Monoma?” he asked.
Monoma was confused but still humored the inquiry.
“No, why?”
“well, it wouldn’t hurt to see a therapist. You can set-up an appointment online.”
The look in Monoma’s face could satisfy the whole class 1-a for a whole semester. Izuku wished he could get a snap of it. Oh wait, he can.
Izuku fished out his phone, took a snap at the bastard’s still shocked face, send it to the group chat with the caption, “got rekt, inquire later for details”, then eased himself carefully out of Kacchan’s hold. Kacchan was still intently looking at Monoma that Izuku has to apply more force on tugging the blonde to get his attention. Katsuki just let Izuku dragged him carefully into their next class.
But before they reach their classroom, Izuku tugged Katsuki into the last bathroom they have to pass to get there. Izuku immediately locked the door after he was sure they were alone there. Suddenly pushed against the wall, Katsuki’s lips instantly brushed against Izuku’s. The kiss was messy and hot and forceful and full of emotion. Izuku didn’t want to end it, but sadly he’s just human, and humans need to breath. “I know what you are planning at the cafeteria” he said in-between pants. “I don’t want to give you the satisfaction, but the way you verbally destroyed Monoma earlier was so hot I almost kissed you back there. This is the closest to a confession you’ll get from me, until maybe I return to my old wimpy self.”
The dazed look in Kacchan’s face made Izuku realize he will not get any response from him. Satisfaction washed over him for the knowledge that he also affects the blonde. Izuku tugged a dazed Kacchan out of the bathroom into their next class.
Welp, this quirk incident may not be that annoying at all.