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“Katsuki?”
Bakugou hummed in acknowledgment from where he was laying in bed, arm thrown over his eyes to block the sunlight. It was Saturday and he was exhausted.
He had recently began teaching at a local middle school - a job complimentary of the old hag. He wasn’t sure who she bullied into hiring him before he could finish his degree, but he was forever grateful.
Sure, he never saw himself as a fucking PE teacher, but beggars couldn’t be choosers.
Especially when he had a family to take care of.
He considered seeing if he could get Eijiro a job there too. That could be fun.
Maybe that would make work a little more bearable.
“Eri is three now.”
“Yup.”
“I think this a good age to take her trick or treating.”
“No.”
Suddenly Bakugou wished he hadn’t acknowledged that he was awake. They had already had this conversation before.
Bakugou thought it was stupid to pay money for a costume that Eri would grow out of within a month. And it was even stupider that there was a holiday dedicated to cavities and sugar rushes.
But of course Shouto was dying at the idea of them dressing up as a family. He wasn’t sure how he had gotten away with avoiding Halloween before, but he wasn’t about to give in now.
Before he could shut down the conversation, Shouto had crawled on top and was shameless straddling him. Instinctively, Bakugou’s traitorous hands were wrapped around his fiancé’s (a word he never got tired of using) slim waist.
“You can’t just sit on my dick and get your way every time, Princess. We are not dressing up our kid to get free candy.”
“But—“
“No buts.” Bakugou cracked open his eyes and avoided directly looking at Shouto’s pout. “I’m serious, Sho. She doesn’t need all that sugar.”
Shouto responded by putting his hair up into a messy ponytail.
“It’s a commercial holiday meant to upsale candy.”
“Uh huh.”
“And I cannot in good conscious support that shit.”
“I’m listening…”
“I’m serious, Sho.”
“So am I.”
-
As it turned out, Bakugou was a weak man who could not say no to a pretty face and a sloppy blow job.
And Todoroki was a man with a really, really pretty face.
So they compromised.
-
When Bakugou came home three days later, it was to too many packages by the front door.
“Sho…” Bakugou kicked off his shoes and shook his head. “What did you do?”
He was met with… no response. So he called out for him again.
“Sho, baby, where are you?”
Still no response.
“Bakugo Shouto! Where the fuck are you?”
It was then that Shouto magically appeared in front of him, no Eri in sight. What was in sight, however, was Shouto in a Mrs Incredible costume.
And the reason he knew it was supposed to be a Mrs Incredible costume was because it was shear and came with a choker.
“Sorry, I was trying to see if I liked this or not. I ordered it from Fashion Nova and I know you’re gonna give me crap for supporting fast fashion, but—“
“Shut up. Don’t say another fucking word.”
-
From the hole Bakugou tore into the fabric while trying to get Shouto out, they were not going to be the Incredibles for Halloween.
Bakugou was okay with that.
-
It was the next day when Bakugou received a picture of Shouto and Eri dressed in matching Lola Bunny from Space Jam uniforms to include the rabbit ears.
And while Eri looked adorable…
Bakugou had other words to describe Shouto. Especially in those shorts.
-
After that was a princess and the frog costume.
Except Eri was the frog.
(“I asked her if she wanted to be the princess, but she said I have the hair for it. Plus green is her favorite color!”
“And what am I supposed to be?”
“My Prince Naveen?”
“Cute, but no.” )
The costume did make Bakugou want to buy Shouto dresses, though.
-
And then there was Kim Possible.
Or more accurately, Eri was Kim Possible. Shouto was Shego.
And he expected Bakugou to be Drakken.
Bakugou passed on that. Blue wasn’t his color.
-
Bakugou’s final straw was when he came home to Shouto as Sailor Moon, Eri as Chibiusa, and what Bakugou assumed was supposed to be his Tuxedo Mask costume.
And as much as Bakugou wanted to grab Shouto by the ass, ruin his stupid space buns, and do unspeakable actions to his fiancé… He couldn’t.
Because Eri was right there, showing her own matching space buns to him.
And fuck, she was cute.
And begging him to let her dress up as Chibiusa for Halloween.
And Bakugou knew that he couldn’t say no to his daughter.
“Daddy look! My hair isn’t really pink! Papa bought me fake hair from the Halloween store!” To prove it, Eri ripped off the wig and raised it high above her head. “See?! I told you!”
“Now, wasn’t that nice of Papa? Did you tell him thank you?”
The dramatic gasp told Bakugou that Eri was too excited to remember her manners. As an apology, she threw her little arms around Shouto’s bare legs and hugged him tight.
“It’s okay, Baby” Shouto lifted her up onto his hip and kissed her nose, “Seeing you all dressed up is thanks enough. I wouldn’t have gotten the idea if weren’t for you either.”
Eri beamed.
Soon, though, Bakugou ushered her to go take off her costume and bribed her with tv time to give himself time to speak with Shouto in the kitchen.
“Now,” Bakugou huffed when they were finally alone. “Why are you so adamant about finding us these ridiculous Halloween costumes? And you better have been returning them shits back! We got a teacher salary to pay all these bills.”
“I offered to get a job to help pay the bills if money is an issue… But yes, honey “ Shouto rolled his eyes. “I have been returning and exchanging costumes. Minus the Mrs Incredibles.”
God, Bakugou thought. Rip a costume off a guy one time and he never lets it go.
“You know what I mean. I told you before we even got fucking engaged that I was gonna be the breadwinner and you would be the stay at home dad.”
Shouto preened at the title. He was a damn good stay at home dad too. He was even voted #1 Papa at Eri’s preschool with how many hours he had volunteered there.
“Yeah, yeah, I know. I just—“ Shouto deflated. “I just want Eri to have the childhood that I didn’t. Even if she doesn’t get all the candy, I want her to be able to look back and remember the time her parents dressed up with her.”
Bakugou hated how the words tugged at his heart strings.
It was easy to forget how shitty Shouto’s home life was behind all the glitz and glamor.
Fuck.
Parenthood has made Bakugou so fucking soft.
He reached before the top hat and sat it on top of his blond spikes. He looked like an angry porcupine, not that he’d ever admit that out loud.
“Fine, whatever. But if we’re doing this, it’s gonna be fucking done right, okay. She’s not gonna get fucking candy. I’ll figure out some alternatives.”
Shouto smiled.
-
Bakugou’s plan was simple. He had preplanned out a route to take Eri where he had given a list of snacks that he’d be willing to compromise on.
That way, everyone was happy.
-
Halloween night came way and Bakugou was not happy.
The very first stop they had made was to Bakugou’s parents house. He had made sure to give his dad the list of pre approved snacks that Eri could have. He had called the night beforehand to make sure his old man had ensured his witch of a mother had followed directions.
Fuck, he had even texted when they were on their way over and his mother had responded with a “I’m not senile Katsuki. Leave me alone.”
And yet, when Eri walked up to their porch and rung the doorbell, there was Bakugou Mitsuki with a bowl of fruit snacks.
Gusher fruit snacks.
“Trick or treat Granny!”
Mitsuki squealed in excitement, “Oh look at how darling you are! Give me a twirl!”
Eri happily spun around, her little skirt twirling with her “Look at Papa! He’s Sailor Moon! And Daddy is Tuxedo Mask.”
Mitsuki looked towards them, “Oh! Shouto, give me a twirl too!”
Shouto did his little pirouette, “In the name of the moon, I’ll punish you!”
Bakugou could basically see the heart eyes coming from his mom, “Masaru, get the camera! Who would’ve thought my rotten son would end up with a family so precious!”
Bakugou hated his mom.
-
Next, they went on campus to visit his old dorms. Kirishima still lived in their shared room and he was pretty sure that he had a new roommate.
Either way, he told the bakusquad Kirishima, Sero, Kaminari, and Mina to be ready with approved snacks.
Of course, they didn’t listen to him.
As soon as they entered the building, he could hear Kaminari laughing- cackling, really. Of course he was dressed like pikachu and was sitting on the lap of some tired looking bastard the common room, eating from a giant bowl of candy.
“Uncle Kami! Uncle Kiri! Uncle Zero!”
All three looked over and jumped up as Eri ran over to them, still clutching her jack-o-latern bucket filled with fruit gushers.
“Well aren’t you pretty!” Kirishima swooped Eri up and held her high. “And look at your hair!”
“Thanks! It’s a wig!”
Laughing, Kaminari looked over and did a double take at Shouto, “Looks like Eri isn’t the only pretty one in the family. I like the skirt! And Bakudude, nice top hat.”
Bakugou wondered if he hated his mom or Kaminari more.
“Where are the pre approved s-n-a-c-k-s? All I see is c-a-n-d-y.”
“Bakudude, it’s Halloween not the spelling bee! Let the girl get some candy!”
As soon as the words came out of Kaminari’s mouth, Eri was squirming out of Kirishima’s hold “Candy!? Trick or treat! Can I have candy?”
Before Bakugou could get a word in, the sleepy looking bastard was giving Katsuki a devious grin and deposited a handful of candy into Eri’s lantern, “Of course you can.”
Bakugou decided he hated him the most.
-
The trend continued.
Mina, who showed up later gave Eri a bag of smarties, which definitely wasn’t on the preapproved list.
When they went to Yaoyorozu’s Halloween sorority party, they gave her strawberry rice krispy treats and full sized candy bars.
Deku gave her goldfish - which was on Bakugou’s list - but then Ochako gave her a Popsicle to go. And slipped in a pack of hubba bubba chewing gum when she knew Bakugou was looking.
Touya and Himiko gave her an entire unopened 4lb bag of a variety of candy.
Todoroki’s own mother had made them a plate a candied apples.
And Natsuo had played a wildcard and gotten her frosted animal crackers.
At the bare minimum, when they knocked on Fuyumi’s apartment door, she was the only one who listened and had a prepared treat bag with stickers, temporary tattoos, and Annie’s organic fruit snacks.
(Bakugou may or may not have hugged her.)
-
“Papa! Daddy! Look at my haul.”
Bakugou watched, cringing as Shouto sat on the ground and helped Eri count all of the candy she had gotten.
It was too long before Shouto shook his head, “You’ve gotten enough candy to last until Christmas time!”
Eri’s eyes looked big, “Really?!”
“Really!”
“Whoa. How am I gonna eat all of that?!”
Shouto pretended to think about it, “Hmm…I don’t know! Guess we’ll just have to have candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!”
Eri looked flabbergasted.
Shouto laughed brightly and leaned backwards to smile at Bakugo. It was a big smile with teeth and crinkles by his eyes.
Bakugou tried to rolled his eyes but it didn’t quite work when he couldn’t help but smile back.
He hated Halloween. He hated super commercial holidays that encouraged sugar highs and tasteless, cringey costumes.
But fuck…
He couldn’t say no to whatever made his little family happy.