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Todoroki Shouto loves soba. Everyone who eats with him knows that he will always be slurping that buckwheat noodles whenever he’s eating. He only eat it when it’s the cold kind.
Everyone has their own favorite food that they like to eat so no one sees a problem with that – Iida already given up on lecturing Shouto about his meal.
The only time he didn’t eat soba is when he’s on dates with his boyfriend Midoriya Izuku, and doesn’t Shouto just loves the way that sound. To him the most important thing when on their date is the restaurant that has katsudon in their menu.
If him not eating soba is the only thing he needed to do on their date so could see the way Midoriya smiles from joy of eating katsudon then he didn’t mind at all. He could asked Fuyumi to make some soba for him when he gets home.
In the dorm, everyone in 1-A knows about Shouto’s love for soba. It’s backed up with the fight he had with Uraraka that ate his leftover soba. A box in the pantry dedicated for him – thank you, Izuku – fully stocked with soba.
No one saw that as a problem, except one person.
Bakugou Katsuki.
Bakugou didn’t have any problems with people always eating their favorite food. He always eat spicy food every time.
The problem is with the way Shouto eats his soba. He always slurp them. And the sounds that of it grated on Bakugou’s already thinning patience with the bicolored boy.
So one day when Shouto open his soba box – Kaminari named the box – he was faced with an empty box.
Now, Shouto is a boy has little thing that can affects him. Midoriya Izuku, his asshole sperm donor, and soba. If Shouto went on a killing spree because of soba would it be over the top? Well we wouldn’t put it pass the heterochromatic boy. He did not used his left side to spite his old man for more than a decade, so he can kill anyone for soba, except if it’s Midoriya Izuku, but that’s a different matter.
He was walking with cold apathy on face and aura screaming murder when he arrived in the dining table and found the resident exploding Pomeranian, Bakugou Katsuki sitting there with a bowl of soba, his soba, and bottles of spices on the table.
Bakugou with deadpan looks staring at Shouto right into his eyes while he’s slurping the buckwheat noodles that he dipped in red liquid sauce, that Shouto think contains half of all that bottles of spices.
They stared at each other for some time. Neither break eye contact. Minutes went by. Bakugou was running out of soba to slurps before he take another from his bowl and slurping it quite loudly. Shouto squints his eyes, trying to control his quirk from running out of control because of his wrath.
Kaminari walks in to find two of class 1-A top students glaring at each other with the atmosphere of a battle field. He’s sweating a bit once he looks at Shouto’s hand where there’s some frost on it and some flicker of flames on his face.
Kaminari flinched once Shouto moves only to walk out of room. He could hear his heartbeats in the silence that is cut of by the sounds of the lift.
He then just noticed the sounds of Bakugou slurping.
“Um, Bakugou what was that about?”
“Half’n half pissed off that I’m eating his stash of soba.”
Kaminari eyes got so big they almost pop out of his head. He looks at the noodles in the bowl soaked in red liquid.
“Dude! That’s his soba! Aren’t you scared that he’s going to kick your ass for eating it.”
Bakugou scoffed. “Hah! I like to see him try! He can’t even beat me in the sport festival! I’m stronger than fucking half’s half!”
“Well, technically he didn’t used his left side when-”
“SHUT YOUR MOUTH PIKACHU! I beat him!” He let out some sparks before going back to slurping the soba.
“Suit yourself Bakugou. I just hope you’re ready for what he plans for you.” Kaminari says before going to his original goal, the kitchen.
When he walk out with a mug, Bakugou already finished eating. He sits across the explosion blonde looking at the satisfaction that was engraved to his face.
“So, what brought this on?”
Bakugou just looks at him. The silence stretch before with him staring at Kaminari and his smile that tells him that he won’t budge for the answer. Bakugou relent. “Half’n half needs to know how it feels being on the receiving end of his fucking annoying table manners.”
Kaminari was so shock by reason that he almost feel his brain short circuit. It needs him a moment to be processed.
“So, let me get this straight. You’re pissed with the way Todoroki eats his soba that you get back at him by eating a pack from his soba box with that hell’s bloody broth, and eat it the same way he always does.” He said before taking his drink.
Bakugou smirks. “Not just a pack. All of it.”
Kaminari choke by that statement. He spit out some water followed by some shocks. Bakugou immediately jumped back to get to a safe distance from the water and electricity.
“The fuck are you doing! That’s gross!”
“Dude! He’s going to kill you! Didn’t you remember his fight with Uraraka?”
“I can take it and will win it. Besides its just soba.”
“It’s not just soba. It’s Todorki’s premium high quality soba that’s need to be ordered from different city and province. They made it in limited quantity and some of them are probably limited edition.”
“How do you know all this?”
“I asked Midoriya and he told me, well explained it to me actually.”
“Of course, Icyhot’s fucking nerd boyfriend.”
“So? Is it good?”
Kaminari looks at him with anticipation. “It’s fucking good.” Bakugou finally said quietly before taking his dishes to the kitchen. Kaminari laughs at that. “Clean the table sparky!”
A week went by and nothing happened yet. Bakugou thinks that Shouto is scared of doing anything to him, even with Kaminari keep telling him to apologize and reminding him to be on guard.
Class 1-A was having a movie night to celebrate finishing test week as Ashido would call them. The film was finished when Iida tried to get everyone’s attention. “Everyone can I get your attention please?”
“What’s up, Prez?”
“Aizawa-sensei has informed me that we have a reservation tomorrow for dinner in a restaurant.” The class cheered. “I will sent the location to the group chat tomorrow. We will be expected to arrive exactly six sharp in the evening. Please make sure to not be late! Now let’s cleanup since it’s almost curfew.” he said while motioning his hand chopping the air.
No one complained and they cleaned up before going to their own room.
The next day the Bakusquad was walking together to the restaurant when Kirishima noticed something.
“Hey, Bakubro didn’t you said that there’s a restaurant that you want to go but can’t. The one with limited time spicy hell ramen.” Bakugou quirked his eyebrow.
“Well, I think that’s the restaurant that we’re going to.” He said while showing Bakugou his phone. Looking at the restaurant’s name Bakugou’s feet walks faster. The others were so baffled by his reaction that their legs stop moving and they got left behind.
Bakugou looks back at them. “Move faster you slowpokes!” He yells. They laugh before following him.
When they got into the restaurant everyone is already there. They took their sit, coincidently across Bakugou there’s Shouto that is currently looking at his boyfriend that’s in a conversation with Shinsou, with a small smile. Bakugou tries to control his temper from the chatter and even if he wants to hurl at the sight of it, he reminded himself of the spicy ramen that he wants.
Kirishima greets them. “Hey guy! Wow, most of you are early.”
Izuku noticed them. “Oh, hi there Kirishima-kun. Apparently we’re allowed to get in thirty minutes before the reservation, and you know Iida-kun thinks it is best if got here fifteen minutes before six.”
Said boy is talking to Uraraka. He looks at them. “Being fifteen minutes early before the appointed time is on time.” He said while chopping the air, Uraraka take the glass in front of him so he won’t spill it.
“The waiter said that it’s okay to get in since our table is already. It turns out that we also need to order once we sit here.” Uraraka told them.
“Don’t worry we know what you guys want, so we ordered for you guys, kero.” Tsuyu says.
“What the fuck did you order?!” Bakugou scream.
Iida pass him the order list. When Bakugou looks at the list and found a spicy hell ramen, he relax himself. He let Kirishima take the list. “Hm, there’s burger for Kaminari, the healthy set is probably Sero’s, oh hey, there’s a natto dish for Mina, and ah, there’s mine. Thanks guys.”
They then settle down and chatter with each other. Sometime later the waiter come carrying their order. They place the right foods according to their preference. Bakugou eyes light up when he saw the red ramen bowl with the word ‘HELL’ on it.
Bakugou watch the waiter carrying the ramen, passing him and served it across him. Right to the bicolor boy. He was dumbfounded. He snapped out of his mind when the waiter placed a bowl of hot soba right in front of him.
“You got my order switched. That spicy ramen is mine.” Bakugou said to the waiter.
Before the waiter could get a word out Shouto replied to him in a flat tone. “No. This is my order.”
Bakugou gritted his teeth before asking the waiter. “I want one spicy hell ramen.”
“Um, th-that’s the last one.” The waiter try to say cheerfully.
“It’s okay Bakugou. You like soba so much so I ordered for you one.” Shouto says, he then slurps the noodles while looking at the explosion in the eyes.
Everyone was silently watching both of them, sans the Dekusquad that’s eating their meal silently. The waiter take their chance to slip out.
“Do you know Bakugou, that this is a limited time ramen. They only made it for a month. Do you know what today date is?” Shouto asked.
Realization came to Bakugou when he hear that. “FUCK YOU ICYHOT! SPICY FOOD IS MY FOOD!” He screamed.
Shouto only take another mouthful of the ramen and slurps it with the same deadpan expression. Bakugou got up and stomped out. They could hear a slam of a door in the distance.
He didn’t realize that Shinsou has been recording his reaction on his phone from the beginning. Shinsou laughing was what breaks the silence. They looks at him and the phone in his hand. Kaminari then realized something.
“Oh my God… He didn’t.” Kaminari says silently, which got a silent nod from the laughing Shinsou. “I can’t believe it.” Before he start laughing.
Everyone is confused at what is happening before Kaminari told them what Bakugou did.
Uraraka then told them that Shouto planned this and all the Dekusquad members are in on it, even Iida but that’s because he’s given up on pacifying Shouto. The reservations, permission from Aizawa-sensei, and the food is also paid by him.
They then looks at Shouto. Some of them are with concern.
“Hey, Todoroki are you okay?”
Shouto looks at the speaker which is Yaoyorozu. He quirk his eyebrow in question.
“I think she’s asking if your tongue aren’t in pain.” Ashido said, slight concern could be seen in her eyes.
The bicolor haired boy just shrugged before offering his bowl. Kaminari looks at Shouto emotionless face – which was his default face – and thinks that it’s safe to assume that the ramen aren’t that spicy. Bakugou probably only wanted to try it since they’re limited time menu, he thinks.
He took a small spoon of the broth. Shinsou already in position to record his reaction. Everyone was watching him silently as he slurps the bloody red broth. Then Kaminari face got red and he was drenched in his sweat in a second.
“AH! WATER! GIVE ME THE DAMN WATER!”
He screamed while gulping glasses of water, taking glasses near him. Everyone quickly move to help him.
“Here drink this!”
“Excuse me, we need some water here!”
The waiter from before came back and calmly give them a pitcher with a sticker spelling ‘HEAVEN’. Ashido hurriedly pass Kaminari the pitcher full of cold water which he quickly drink until it was gone. He put the empty pitcher with a loud thud to the table.
“Why… How… you… Huh…” Kaminari tried to get the words out to Shouto.
Shouto just shrugged and slurps on the noodles. Hitoshi is still recording while trying to keep his laughter from getting loud even though his eyes is watering. Kaminari felt so tired that he lied on put his head down on the table. He didn’t care about Shinsou’s reaction or his reaction that was recorded.
Everyone looks at Shouto that didn’t sweat a drop and eating the noodles like how he eats his soba. They just take that as a meaning that his tongue can hold the same heat as Bakugou’s.
No one but Shouto’s green haired boyfriend that’s sitting next to him who noticed the slight temperature drop that means Shouto is using his ice to lessen the pain in his mouth.
“Shouto, can I try some?” Izuku asked. Shouto face didn’t show any emotion but his eyes are in pain and pleading his boyfriend.
Izuku took Shouto’s spoon. He took a spoonful of the broth then drinks it without hesitation. Everyone stare at him even Kaminari. Some ready to call the waiter for some water again. And nothing happens.
“Hm, it’s delicious. No wonder Kacchan was angry. What’s wrong guys?” He said with that bright smile of his, like he didn’t just drink the red blood broth from hell.
Kaminari hit his head to the table. Shinsou stopped recording and starts eating his food. Shouto keeps on eating the ramen. Everyone got back to eating their food.
When they got back to the dorm they found Bakugou cooking in the kitchen. He glares at Shouto then flipped him. Shouto didn’t give him any recognition. He just walks to the elevator. Izuku following behind him.
Once Shouto’s door is closed, Shouto hug Izuku tightly. Izuku let out a small laugh at his boyfriend’s antics as he circle his arms around Shouto’s waist.
“Shou, you need to drink some medicine first.”
“Mm…”
Izuku smiles as he slowly moved so they both can lay on the futon.
“You should’ve listen to me and choose a different plan.” Izuku said while patting Shouto’s silky hair.
“Hmm… Shut up.” Izuku giggles at the answer he got.
“You should go to sleep, Shou. I’ll take care of you until you’re better, okay.” The answer he got was a squeeze from Shouto.
“Night, Shou, sweet dreams.” Izuku kissed Shouto’s forehead and softly pat his back lulling him to sleep.