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Kirishima watched Bakugou attentively as the blond eyed the pastries on display in the bakery.

Kirishima just couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that this was his boyfriend. HIS boyfriend! Not just a simple friend. Not just a crush outside of his reach!

And this right here isn’t just eating breakfast at a bakery!
This is a date.
This was a breakfast date with his boyfriend and it wouldn’t end there but they’d bake something for their friends together after this.
His boyfriend, Bakugou Katsuki would help him bake something really nice and who knows what else will happen and-

Kirishima rolled the thoughts around in his head over and over again.

Maybe he was still dreaming?

“Oi, Kirishima? Anyone fucking home?”, fingers got snapped in front of the redhead’s face. Nope. Not a dream. Definitely not. He felt a smile creep onto his face.

“What’s got you smiling like an idiot?”
“You.”, Kirishima beamed and Bakugou quickly turned around to face the pastries again. However, the glass of the display worked as an awesome mirror, Kirishima noted pleased. He suppressed a giggle. After all, he didn’t want this date to be over after only the five-minute walk to the bakery.

“Seriously?! That’s so fucking cheesy…”
“Sorryyy, what were you saying?”
“If you had fucking listened-“
“I’d know it. Yes yes.”, Kirishima laughed and placed his arms around Bakugous shoulders in an effort to show how sorry he was. The momentary stiffness greeting him to that motion was just that. Momentary. Only seconds later the blonde’s shoulders eased again and at least some weight finally started leaning against Kirishima’s chest.

“But I don’t, so please tell me Bakugou. Pleaseee? I really am sorry!”, Bakugou huffed.
“Yeah, you better be.”, he crossed his arms, and for a short moment, Kirishima wonders if he might have gone too far but luckily that was quickly wiped off his mind as Bakugou started talking again.

“I asked what you’d like to eat.”
“Ah!”, well, he should have probably been able to figure that out himself. This was a breakfast date after all… anyways. “Yes, oh, and?”, there was a faint smile on the blonde’s face.

“Erm… I- wait a second.”
“Oh my god please tell me we didn’t just stand in front of that fucking display for three fucking minutes and you didn’t even look?!”
“No, no I totally did! Really! Please trust me I just-“
“Just hurry.”, Bakugou nudged Kirishima in a way that made him look up and meet eyes with the bakery saleswoman. She had a bright smile on her face as she placed a paper bag on the counter. Her short black hair had flour in it and her gloved hands straightened out her apron as her eyes narrowed in on the redhead.

“I’d recommend our cookie pastries with jam! Or our chocolate cornets. We just made a fresh batch and they are still warm.”
“Oh…I’ll have one of those then, thanks!”, the girl laughed and nodded before getting to prepare the rest.

Kirishima placed his chin on Bakugous shoulder and closed his eyes for a short second.

“And you?”, Bakugou, that was still trapped in Kirishimas arms turned around a little to look into the redhead’s eyes. Damn it Kirishima didn’t pay attention again…
“Erm… yeah same.”, the blonde raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything. Soooo, the answer probably was right… right?

They waited a little and Kirishima slowly realized what he just agreed to. Coffee. High possibility for black coffee. Ouch. Maybe he should have paid more attention…

A snicker came from Bakugou and Kirishima straightened himself. “What’s wrong Kiri?”, at the nickname Kirishima normally would be melting right now but he knew that it was meant to sound mocking. Kirishima still melted of course but that didn’t mean he wasn’t starting to pout.

When his boyfriend slightly struggled against his hold, the redhead finally released him from the embrace. It just started to click what his plan was when Bakugou was already placing money on the counter and the woman behind it took it smiling, counting everything through and placing another, third paper bag beside their other two and the cups.

Kirishima didn’t know what to comment on first as his brain started working in overdrive so he just blurted out “That’s not part of our order.”
“Don’t worry about it. It’s on me since we really need to get rid of those.”, she smiled and pushed it closer to the boys while winking. What a nice lady!

Ok, focus Kirishima!

~~~~~

That fucking idiot.

Bakugou sighed when he noticed Kirishima spacing out. Again, he might add. His own beating heart aside, of course, but can that idiot not stare at him like he’s the only thing in the world in front of other people?!

Good thing the bakery is nearly empty right now but, oh god, that damn extra behind the counter is looking at them with those knowing eyes and Bakugou hates every second of it!

Okay… he doesn’t particularly hate the embrace he found himself in. He also doesn’t particularly hate the redheads gaze on him. Quite the opposite… but he hates that this is happening in front of a fucking extra that can’t mind their own business!

“Anything else for you two?”, the extra asks, and when no answer came from Kirishima, because of course, Bakugou rolls his eyes, he just ordered himself a black coffee and nudged his boyfriend to get his attention away from his shoulder he was leaning on and back on their order.

“Erm… yeah same.”, and that’s when Bakugou Katsuki almost lost it right then and there in a public bakery for everyone to see. Coffee? That idiot and coffee?! Bakugou isn’t joking when he says he almost burst out laughing. But he stopped himself before he could ask his boyfriend if he was sure. This will be his punishment for flustering Bakugou in public!

When he felt Kirishima suddenly straightening as the coffee machine started doing its job he really couldn’t fight against a short laugh escaping him.

“What’s wrong Kiri?”, he asked in the sweetest voice he could muster right now. Revenge can be oh-so-sweet, he thought. But the idiot just leaned heavier into Bakugou again with an adorable pout on his lips.

Can his boyfriend stop doing that?! This is revenge! This is to make Kirishima finally feel the consequences of his actions! But god damn it Bakugou just can’t be mad at him for long. He sighed.

When the extra finally was done, the blonde reluctantly escaped his boyfriend’s hug, got his money out of his pocket, and placed it on the counter for her to collect. If he’s going to force Kirishima to drink his punishment he can at least pay for it he supposes.

“That’s not part of our order.”, suddenly sounded behind him. Well, now Bakugou had to confess that he didn’t pay attention… but that’s only once against like eight times! So he won!
“Don’t worry about it. It’s on me since we really need to get rid of those.”, she smiled and pushed it closer to the boys while winking.

Bakugou felt his eyebrow rise unconsciously. What if that bitch didn’t know as much as he thought and was just flirting with his boyfriend?! But she didn’t look at Kirishima directly while winking, he tried to reason. As he was fighting with himself he came to the conclusion that he just didn’t like her giddy attitude.

Extras were so weird. Behaving like the fucking main characters of people’s lives!

As they left the counter and sat down at one of the tables provided for customers the redhead suddenly laughed. “I mean, I know why I’m pouting but why are you?”
“Huh?! I’m not fucking pouting! Eat your food and shut up!”, he pushed Kirishimas order to him and took extra care of putting the cup of coffee as loudly as possible on the table. The redhead swallowed audibly.

“But like… I don’t need to drink that… right?”
“Well, what do you think?”, Bakugou smiled while supporting his head on his hands. “We wouldn’t want it to go to waste right?”
“Bakugouuu.”, the redhead whined. “I thought this was supposed to be a date and not-“
“And I thought so too but someone has just been spacing out and flirting with a damn extra!”
“I never flirted with anyone other than you! Also, she was just being nice!”, his voice firm, and Bakugou relaxed at the information he had already known beforehand. That last part had just slipped out.

“Okay, sorry, should have let that last part out but still!”
“Yeah, the last part was really stupid for someone so smart!”
“Quit your flattering and drink.”
“But Bakugouuuu!”
“Drink.”
“I still need a solid reason for that!”

Bakugou thought for a bit. “You shouldn’t waste food you ordered yourself just because you didn’t pay attention as to what you ordered!”
“Talking about paying, you just paid! After your last gifts for me, I said I’d pay for our next meals!”
“It’s fucking fine, just eat!”
“But Bakugou! It’s really not manly to go back on one’s word and I-“
“Then see you drinking the coffee as fucking payment!”

There was a short moment of silence and confused blinking before Kirishima spoke again. “Did I just- did I just play myself?”
“Yes.”
“God damn it.”, he buried his face in his hands and Bakugou, just for a split second thought the redhead might start crying. But sudden laughter on his boyfriend’s end proved the opposite.

“Okay, okay! You won! I’ll drink this…”, he eyed the coffee while grimacing “beverage.”, he finally pressed out through thin lips. “BUT!”
“Yes?”
“But next time I’ll pay!”
“With what money?”, Kirishimas face got red.
“I also have some money!”
“Sure, sure.”
“I’m serious! Bakugou pleasee! I’m not some kind of freeloader I swear!”

And this time Bakugou really couldn’t fight against his own laughter bursting out. And he couldn’t stop it for a good twenty seconds before he finally got control back. He pulled his face into an annoyed frown. “That’s it, that’ll cost you! You’ll drink my coffee as well!”
“What?! It’s not my fault you find pleasure in my suffering!”
“I do not-“, Bakugou sighed before collecting himself again “just drink. And sure, next time you’ll pay.”, he rolled his eyes.

“You don’t seem to believe me.”, Kirishima sighed as well before lifting the cup up to his mouth. “But thank you for the unexpected kindness, your highness.”
“Oh shut up.”
“And what if I don’t?”, Bakugou lifted his own cup of coffee and suddenly his boyfriend was really quiet.

There was a deep breath and Kirishima emptied the entire cup in one single sip.

“Fuck, did you just drink that all in one go?!”, Kirishima opened his mouth only to let a pathetic sound out. “Hooot!”
“Yeah, no shit!”
“And sho bitter!”, he hung his tongue out while fanning with his hands. Tears were forming in the edges of his eyes and now Bakugou felt bad. Of course was that idiot going to just chuck everything in his mouth! That really shouldn’t have come as a surprise.

He grabbed his own cup and noted that luckily the coffee wasn’t as hot as it should have been, so the burn couldn’t be that bad. For the first time in his life, he was glad that the coffee didn’t have the right temperature.

“Take a bite of your food, the chocolate will help with the bitterness.”, the redhead nodded and took a big bite out of his cornett before slumming back on his chair. His expression of pure torture shifting to a somewhat blissful one. “Remind me to never space out while ordering again.”, he let his head fall back while taking an even larger bite.

“Will try. You good?”
“Am I good? I just drank the most disgusting thing in the whole world and burned my tongue dude!”, he whined again while sticking his tongue out for Bakugou to see. The blonde quickly closed his eyes in disgust. “First of all, swallow everything before putting your tongue out on display like this!”, the tongue instantly disappeared again “Second of all, sorry, I didn’t take into account that you’d just… do THAT.”, he motioned with his hands towards Kirishima and the redhead laughed.

“You should have known that!”
“I know!”, they both laughed and then relaxed into the chairs once more.
“At least you said sorry.”, Kirishima mumbled with a pout that evolved into a smile on his face. Bakugou didn’t comment. He knew he didn’t have to for his boyfriend to understand.

Silence took over till Bakugou couldn’t take it anymore.
“How is your food?”
“I don’t know… I think it’s good but I can’t really taste anything anymore because of a certain someone.”
“I said I’m sorry!”
“How is yours?”, Kirishima pointed at Bakugous melon pan. The blonde shrugged.

“Like warm breakfast more.”
“I feel you but mine was already warm enough.”, Bakugou glared at his boyfriend but it was in a light-hearted way.

“By the way, what did she put into that bag for us?”, Kirishima pointed at the paper bag laying between them. “I don’t know.”
“Let’s open it!”
“Later.”, Bakugou grunted and Kirishima just snatched the bag before Bakugou could even blink.

“Hey!”
“I just want to look!”, he said as he opened it and took a peek inside. And suddenly his face got, not bright red, but a little pink. Interest peaked Bakugou straightened himself. “And?”

“It’s… I think one of the cookie pastry thingies the saleswoman mentioned.”, he put it back down onto the table without unpacking it. Red eyes suddenly avoiding Bakugous. “And?”

“And erm… look.”, he pushed it back towards the blond and he as well looked inside.
“Oh.”, these were two big cookies, glued with jam. Heart-shaped cookies. The upper cookie heart had a smaller heart cut out of it to see the jam through it and really sell that whole heart look. ‘Needing to get rid of those’- his ass.

“You think she knows we are on a date?”
“… no. All friends just hug like that while ordering breakfast- of course, she fucking knows!”
“Ah…”
“That a problem with you?”, his question was met with a radiant smile.

“Are you joking? That means this is real!”
“What the hell?! So it wouldn’t be real if she didn’t see it?”
“No! No, that’s not- it’s just… this doesn’t-“, he sighed in frustration.
“It’s okay, I think I know what you mean.”
“I know you don’t really like public displays of affection but… it’s nice when others know.”
“…I guess.”
“You think so too?!”, the redhead jumped up excitedly. Cute.

“I guess… but I don’t like these nosy extras to know everything.”
“Okay, okay.”, he laughed.

After they finished they cleaned up after themselves and got back outside, already on their way back to the dorms when “Shit.”
“What?”
“We forgot to look for inspiration for baking something for the rest of the squad!”, oh. Okay, it would be a hard lie to say that Bakugou didn’t forget as well.

As he looked at his boyfriends heartbroken, literally heartbroken, expression he quickly was looking for something, anything, so it might seem like he did think about the rest.

“We can make these cookie pastries.”
“You think?”
“Everyone likes cookies and they don’t seem complicated. Even you’ll be able to do that.”
“That’s an awesome idea! Let’s hurry!”, he called out while grabbing the blonde’s hand and pulling him after himself. Bakugou should be annoyed but he actually loved this. His boyfriend was just way too adorable. He sighed in defeat before catching up to the redhead to run right next to him.