Work Text:
Kyouka doesn’t know how it happened. One minute, she’s just listening to her parents try to encourage her to allow them to set her up with a family friend’s kid, and the next she’s saying, “I already have a boyfriend.”
The worst part is that when they started to question her about it, she said Bakugou’s name.
Bakugou Katsuki of all people!
Why did her brain just choose to be dumb today?
Once her parents were satisfied with her answers, they suggested that she bring Bakugou over at some point for them to meet him, as if that wouldn’t be the most embarrassing thing ever. She just told them that she would ask him about it and escaped to her room.
Kyouka tried to keep her breaths steady as she typed a message to the Bakusquad group chat.
we're the main characters, fuck everyone else
7:28 pm
music emo: who took my braincells, i need them back
bubblegum princess: oh no hun what happened??
music emo: my parents were trying to set me up with some guy and i panicked
chaotic himbo: please tell me that you told them you were already dating someone
sarcastic common sense: i bet she did
music emo: …i did…
puppy in human form: who??
music emo: i would like to apologize first
chaotic himbo: oh this should be good
bubblegum princess: hush you
puppy in human form: why would you need to apologize?? obviously you said it was one of us or you wouldnt have texted here and the only one who wouldnt be okay with that is katsuki
music emo: …..
sarcastic common sense: no way
chaotic himbo: oh my fucking god
bubblegum princess: oh honey
puppy in human form: i feel the need to apologize now
music emo: its fine kiri
angry hottie: why
music emo: i dont know! you were the first one to pop in my head!
Kyouka almost cried when Bakugou’s contact filled her screen because he was calling her. She couldn’t just ignore him, since he already knew she was on her phone, but the temptation was certainly there. She took a deep breath and answered the phone call.
“So, why were your parents trying to set you up in the first place?” Bakugou asked, not even bothering to say hello or anything else that could be considered a waste of time.
Kyouka groaned at the reminder of what her parents were trying to do that caused her to become stupid enough to get into this situation. “They have convinced themselves that I am overworked and that the best way to deal with it is to go on a date or get into a relationship.”
“Huh… funnily enough my mom was going on about something similar yesterday, telling me that I just need to get a significant other who can deal with me to calm me down or some shit.”
Kyouka chuckled at the mental image of some poor sap trying to calm an angry Bakugou down before realizing what he was implying. “Wait… you want to go along with it?”
“I mean, it’s just to get our parents off our backs, and our friends already know about the situation… so why not?”
“I can think of a few reasons!”
“Tell me.” Kyouka hesitated for a moment too long, and Bakugou started to speak again. “If you really don’t want to, that’s fine. I don’t really care either way since you’re the one who would have to get yourself out of a mess, while I don’t have to do anything as long as I don’t say anything about it. I’m just saying that it would be really convenient for the both of us for you to agree, so what do you say? Wanna be my fake girlfriend?”
Kyouka probably needed to get her brain checked soon, because the only thing that she even considered responding with was, “Yes.”