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Todoroki was late. Well, by Bakugou's standards, Todoroki had been late as of 20 minutes ago. But time continued to stretch on and still, no sign of Todoroki. Todoroki was surely late by his own standards at this point.
Bakugou bounced his leg. Chewed the inside of his cheek. Drummed his fingers on his phone. He could call, but that wasn't what they had agreed upon. Todoroki was supposed to call first. But maybe… maybe Bakugou should call, anyway. Todoroki had never been this late before.
Bakugou did his best to ignore the voice in the back of his mind that told him that Todoroki had forgotten. Or worse, that Todoroki remembered but simply chose not to call. Bakugou was jolted out of his thoughts by a buzzing in his hands. He looked down at his phone, blinked dumbly at the name on the screen a few times. Todoroki.
He answered the call. He willed his voice to be steady. "Hey."
Todoroki's voice was low and muffled and crackled through the speaker. "Sorry I'm late."
"It's fine." Bakugou said because it totally was. He didn't care. "Just hang up so we do a video--"
"Sorry, I can't." Todoroki cut in. Bakugou could perfectly picture him shaking his head with remorse. "It's not a good time right now."
"Oh."
Honestly, Bakugou shouldn't be surprised. It was a minor miracle that Todoroki was able to get time alone at all. Maybe he hadn't.
"Are you alone?" Bakugou asked.
"No."
Well, shit.
There was a quiet moment, then. Bakugou thought he could hear faint voices in the background through the line.
"It's good to hear your voice." Todoroki said.
"Yeah." Bakugou said around the lump in his throat. "Yeah, same here."
Another quiet moment and then, "So, tell me about your day."