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Shitty hair uses his laptop occasionally. He doesn’t have his own. He can afford it. Bakugou thinks maybe it’s because he’s so old-fashioned. Manliness. Handwriting everything you can. Body wash and soap that smells like mountains. Old-timey black-and-white movies and ‘chivalry man, chivalry’. Not having a laptop is just another part of his deal. Whatever.
It just becomes a problem when Bakugou has to watch him use it. Because Shitty hair is a slow typer. All the damn extras are. (Except Deku, Ponytail and Glasses. Who can touch type, like he can.) Watching Kirishima type with his two index fingers, with that intense look of concentration on his face makes Bakugou wanna lose his mind. He even tries to help, moving Kirishima’s hands onto the keyboard so it rests on the right set of keys.
“What are you doing?” Shitty hair wonders. “I was tryna-”
“NO YOU DON’T MOVE YOUR ENTIRE FUCKING HAND EVERY TIME YOU WANNA PRESS A KEY.”
“Eh?”
“You keep it here,” Bakugou says, holding onto Kirishima’s wrist again. “Then when you wanna get to another key, you move just that finger. None of the others!”
“Oh,” Kirishima nods.
“AND DON’T LOOK DOWN AT THE KEYBOARD WHEN YOU’RE TYPING!”
“But bro how am I gonna know what I’m typing if I don’t look?”
“You’ll memorize it!” Bakugou snaps, trying not to look directly at Kirishima’s eyes when they do that ‘oh-I-get-it’ look. It’s like trying not to look directly at the sun.
“Huh. Okay. I can give that a shot,” he nods, willing, so willing, as always. Then he flashes Bakugou that shark-grin and it’s all over, because he’s so fucking handsome, isn’t he? Without even trying. “Thanks for showing me!”
“Tsch. Don’t mention it.”
*
The other issue is when the stupid dumb-haired bastard leaves tabs open on his computer. It’s nothing bad, ever. Not like porn or anything. Just little peaks into whatever was going through the idiot’s head that day.
7 minutes straight of Crimson Riot being awesome NEVER BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE
(7:04) YouTube · riothero744
Do mermaids exist? REAL PROOF
(11:14) YouTube · realtruthhero
Japanese political situation: explained
(30:03) YouTube · simpleexplanations
Upcoming hero Red Riot is so cool??
Theheroblogger > boards > new heroes
Last visited: yesterday
Best post-fight one-liners
(3:01) YouTube · soyouwannabeahero
RED RIOT SIGHTINGS
Theheroblogger > boards > new heroes
Last visited: yesterday
How to whistle like in the movies
(12:15) YouTube · yourhowtoguy
Seeing things like that open on his laptop makes him feel a weird type of way. He lingers on the pages a bit longer than he should maybe, because it proves something that he used to doubt a while back. That all this genuine good guy shit that Kirishima pulls, is not just a persona. He’s like that through and through.
It’s never so personal that Bakugou feels the need to yell at him over it. (Too much). Especially since tech lessons with shitty hair take years off his life. It’s probably something on the level of him confusing the minimize button with the close, since both make the page go away. It’s stupid and amazing, honestly, that Red has figured out how to use the Web only to the extent that it’s useful for him, and nothing else.
Nothing too personal ever shows up anyway. Until it does. When Bakugou opens up his laptop and sees this:
How to comfort a friend who is having nightmares
Wikihow > general
He knows he shouldn’t, but he can’t help it. So he hits ctrl+H, to see the history. Then immediately wishes he didn’t.
how to say i super care about you without being too much - Google Search
how do i help someone who doesnt like it when ppl think he needs help - Google Search
What is P.T.S.D.? - ptsd.org
cyclelogical effects of kidnapping - Google Search
Then it’s too much though, and his hands feel clammy, so he closes out of everything and slams the laptop shut.
The next time Kirishima offers to talk, just for a while, about nothing, he takes it.
When Kirishima asks to hug him, he lets him too.
*
The next time he sees something stupid, he’s sure it’s a joke. After the last time, he’d yelled at Shitty hair enough about tabs, closing tabs, and shit like that. He thought he’d gotten the message. But apparently not. That’s not entirely surprising, sometimes it takes a few tries to get through to Shitty hair all the way, for stuff like this. He just wasn’t expecting, well, this:
does arm-wrestling count as hand-holding - Google search
He clicks ctrl+H, to see the history that led to this ridiculous question. He knows he probably shouldn’t, but he isn’t perfect and never claimed to be, and this was an acceptable risk for Shitty hair when he used Bakugou’s things.
He isn’t disappointed.
does fist bumping count as hand-holding - Google search
How to hold someone’s hand - Wikihow - general
how to hold my bros hand - Google search
how to be lowkey when you like someone highkey - Google search
so i think my best friend is really cute - HeroProblems > forums > Latest Posts (last visited: Yesterday)
correct spelling of nightroglycerin - Google search
what does nightroglycerin taste like - Google search
He can’t take it anymore. He slams the laptop shut, not even bothering to close the tabs, and goes to find him. Luckily it doesn’t take very long, since he’s right next door. The door’s probably open. Kirishima always leaves his door open, mostly for Bakugou, these days.
Bakugou pounds on the door anyway.
“Yeah?” Kirishima says, when he opens it.
“YOU’RE SUCH A PIECE OF SHIT!”
“Bakugou,” Shitty hair chides. “Keep it down, alright? People are trying to study around here.”
He looks down at his feet, and then at spiky red hair, red eyes. “Why didn’t you tell me?!”
“Tell you what?”
“I can see your search history, you moron!”
“Oh, haha,” the other boy looks away awkwardly. “You saw that, did ya?”
“Yeah and I’m pissed!”
“You are?”
“I didn’t know you were tryna to hold my hand all the time because you liked me!”
“Of course I liked you,” Kirishima steps a bit closer. “I've always liked you. Do you like me?"
"WHO ELSE WOULD I LIKE?" he snaps.
"Does that mean-I mean. You want to?” Kirishima asks.
“Cause I want to!” he smiles, wide, right back at Bakugou like the sun, “I’ve wanted to for a while.”
“Here,” Bakugou says, unsure of how to proceed at this point, heart thumping rapidly in his chest. He shoves his right hand forward. “Take it.”
Kirishima takes it in his left hand. His hand is warm and calloused and Bakugou has felt it before. He sort of gets now, because of what he’s feeling, why Kirishima asked that question about arm-wrestling. He gets it while Kirishima rubs circles over the back of his hand with his thumb. He gets it, while they just stand there and it feels like maybe they should have done this a long time ago.
Kirishima gives his hand a squeeze, then yanks him into this room. “This is okay, right?”
“I dunno why don’t you ask the internet, huh?” he mutters under his breath.
“Bakugou?” Kirishima asks. “What’d you say?”
“This is okay,” Bakugou says, then because Kirishima deserves a real confession, for all of his trouble, he adds, "I wanna be with you."
Then he follows him in before Shitty hair has time to doubt it.