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Mornings fucking suck ass.
Even today on his supposed day off, his stupid shitty internal alarm clock decided to ruin his sleep, rousing him awake at six fucking thirty in the morning.
He tossed and turned in bed, cursing up a storm when sleep didn’t come as easily as it did the night before.
Eventually, he gave up and begrudgingly dragged his ass away from bed. With nothing better to do after he had long already finished eating his breakfast, he turned on the television and mindlessly flipped through the channels in search for something to keep him entertained.
So far though, all of the ones he had seen so far had left him uninterested in the ones since they all appear to be the same old cliché shit he had already seen many times in the past.
Minutes tick by and he was growing extremely more impatient, so he said ‘fuck it’ and settled on watching some random horror movie, half expecting and hoping for it to lull him to sleep with how shitty it would inevitably be.
Only for him to be proven wrong not even an hour later, when his eyes were still intently focused on the screen and he reclined back onto the plush of his couch, fully immersed in the horror movie playing on his television.
At the scene of the woman just standing completely still in front of the killer, he gripped his pillow tightly to the point that its seams were almost ripped and was moments away from chucking it to the corner of his room.
Well, he would have done just that if not for his phone which had suddenly rang obnoxiously against his pants.
Irritated, he threw the pillow he was holding down onto the ground and aggressively yanked his phone out from his pocket.
Not even bothering to spare a glance to the caller ID, he yelled out a loud “The fuck you want from me?!”
“Rude.” He hated how fast his heart had pound against his chest at the sound of the voice on the other end of the phone, Eijirou. “Is this how you greet your boyfriend?”
Involuntarily, he rolled his eyes even though his boyfriend couldn’t exactly see it and barked “This better be important. What do ya want?”
“I need your help, Katsuki.” Eijirou’s voice turned grave. And at that, all thoughts about the movie left his mind as the only thing his brain could now focus on was the man he was speaking to on the phone.
“What? Fuck! Did something happen?!” He yelled into his phone, unable to keep his concern from showing through his voice, his hands fidgeting a little as he held the phone close to his ear.
“Um yeah, sort of.” He didn’t need to see Eijirou to know that the redhead was currently rubbing the back of his neck in exasperation. “Something came up at work and now I have to fill in someone else's shift, so I don’t think I will be able to take Teppei to the aquarium today.”
The idiot couldn’t have made it more obvious what he wanted him to do, “And you want me to take him there.”
“Well, if it’s not too much of a problem for you.” At this point, had this not been a conversation taking place over the phone, Eijirou would already have been casting his puppy dog eyes at him in a bid for him to say ‘yes’. “Besides, didn’t you say something the other day about today being your day off?”
“Tch, fine.” He relented, knowing full damn well how he had little choice in that matter to begin with especially given the tight chokehold his boyfriend had on him– he was bound to go along with every single whim the redhead asks.
So, he simply sighed and grabbed the remote off of the table in order to switch the television off to ask “What time is it?”
“Later at ten.” His boyfriend responded with a grin he knew was certainly gracing the redhead’s lips. “I’ll hand you the tickets I bought in advance when you get here, so you don’t have to worry about that.”
“ ‘Kay.” He grumbled. “I’ll be there in like ten minutes.”
He hung up the phone soon after, and got up to steadily get dressed in order to meet his boyfriend at his apartment.
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Indeed, his calculations were right and he had managed to reach his boyfriend’s home in ten minutes tops. And no, he didn’t fucking rush his way there; there was just less people down on the road that’s all.
Almost immediately after he had barged his way through inside the doorway of the redhead's house, he was tackled in a bear hug by his cheery boyfriend who greeted him with a soft and gentle “Katsuki.” which had sent shivers to trickle its way down his spine.
Wordlessly, he brought his arms up and wrapped them around his boyfriend’s body to return the embrace, drawing them closer to each other.
They broke apart from their embrace when the sounds of footsteps drew near, and he pulled back to see Teppei’s tiny form approaching them
The kid waddled over to him, going over to clutch his pant leg as he stared up at him with his big ruby red doe eyes.
“Hey, kid.” he addressed Teppei, stooping down to the kid’s level to pat him softly on his raven tufts whose face had brightened up considerably just from the pat he had given to his head.
"Bakugou-san!" Once again, he was reminded how Teppei was Eijirou's son with how his grin was almost exactly identical to the one he liked seeing on his boyfriend's face– sunshiny and full of radiance at its finest. "Dad said you'd be the one taking me to the aquarium."
"That's right." He confirmed the other's statement, and smirked at his partner as he continued, "He sent me in to act as your babysitter for today."
"But I'm a big boy now," Teppei pouted, puffing up his cheeks as he turned to look at his father. "I don't need a babysitter, dad!"
"Sure, you are," Eijirou chuckled, reaching a hand out to playfully pinch at one of his son's cheeks. "So, be sure to be a good big boy for Katsuki while you two are at the aquarium, okay?"
"Okay, okay!" Teppei swatted at his dad's hand pinching his cheek. "I'll be good!"
His chest curled and fluttered at the disgustingly sweet scene he was witnessing, and it's shitty how he couldn't get rid of the soft smile which had appeared on his face no matter how hard he fucking tried.
His name was then called, prompting him to swivel his head to meet his boyfriend's gaze, who had quickly surged forward to peck him on the lips.
Instinctively, his body melted into the kiss as he reveled on the all too delectable lips pressed against his, butterflies making its way through his abdomen yet again at the sensation.
When a tongue slipped inside his mouth, he snapped out of his stunted state to push Eijirou back with a hand to his chest and a burning red face "Not in front of the kid."
"Oh right. Sorry about that, Teppei." Eijirou turned to his son apologetically with equally flushed cheeks the color of his hair, though Teppei didn't seem at all fazed by their display of affection.
"It's okay." Teppei said casually. "Couples kiss all the time."
"How the f-" At Eijirou's glare, he was able to catch himself before the swear word could leave his mouth. "How did you know that?"
"That's what uncle Denki told me when I saw him and Shinsou-san kiss the other time." Upon hearing the explanation, Eijirou sweatdropped from beside him as he made the mental note to fucking kill Dunce Face the next time he'd see him.
Luckily for Dunce Fance, he wasn't able to dwell further on his murderous thoughts seeing as Teppei had begun jumping up and down, excitedly telling them they should be going soon.
"Calm down, son," Eijirou chided, then he turned to look at the time on the clock. "But we should get going soon. C'mon, I'll give you two a ride there."
"Thanks." He grumbled under his breath, watching Eijirou disappear into the living room to gather his bag from his couch in preparation to leave.
Moments later, Eijirou emerged back into the doorway "Now we're all set. Teppei, got everything you need?"
"Yup." Teppei replied, readily grabbing the hands of the two adults to lead them outside. "Let's go!"
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It wasn't long until they had reached Musutafu's aquarium, and Eijirou pulled over to the side of the road in order to bid them farewell "Have fun you two!"
"Bye, Dad!" Teppei hugged his father goodbye, giggling a bit when his nose got booped which was then shortly followed by a light kiss laid on his forehead.
Once Eijirou was done saying his goodbyes to his son, it was Katsuki's turn to be grabbed into an embrace. Before he could even protest, Eijirou pecked him quickly on the lips and whispered a soft "Take care." by his ear, causing his stupid shitty body to tingle all over.
Not trusting his voice to speak coherently in his current state, he simply nodded at a grinning Eijirou who had reluctantly let him go out from his hold.
Not even a second later, every single part within him was already reacting to the loss of warmth as he desperately craved to have those comforting arms be wrapped around him once more.
One glance at Eijirou made it clear his boyfriend was in the same fucking boat; the redhead was biting his lip the way he always does whenever he was struggling with something.
Stuffing his hands into his pockets, he cleared his throat a bit to catch the other's attention "See ya later."
"Yeah," It's amazing just how fast Eijirou had shifted back into his sunny demeanor. "I'll pick you guys up a couple hours later."
"You better not be late," He grumbled. " 'Cause I ain't gonna be happy if you kept us waiting."
“Don’t worry.” He promised earnestly, holding his gaze intently. “There’s no way I’m ever making you guys wait.”
Heat bloomed to his cheeks just by how Eijirou was looking at him, warm and tender, like he was some precious fucking thing even though it’s far from the truth of how he actually was.
Realizing that the redhead was expecting a response from what he said, he had sputtered out “I- whatever just fucking go to work already!”
“Alright!” Eijirou opened the door to his car, stopping momentarily to say over his shoulder, “Let me know when you guys are done. Hopefully, I’d be off of my shift by then.”
Both he and Teppei watched Eijirou give them a final wave before he drove off into the road, it was almost pathetic how his heart had abruptly deflated as soon as Eijirou had left.
However, he didn’t allow himself to linger on staring at the road like a lovesick loser for long. Not giving his inner turmoil to fester, he grabbed Teppei by the arm to steer him towards the direction of the aquarium’s ticket counter. "Let’s go before the crowd inside gets more annoying.”
“Yay, let’s go!” Teppei happily exclaimed his assent on his suggestion, as he started babbling on about the possible creatures they might get to see inside there “I can’t wait to see the sharks!”
“Sharks you say?” A smirk came upon his lips at the mention of the animal his boyfriend holds to the highest regard. “Am I correct if I’d guess your dad is the one who mentioned them to you?”
“Yep!” Teppei confirmed his suspicions. “He said they’re the manliest animals to have ever lived in this world!”
“ ‘Course he’d say something dumb like that.” Katsuki couldn’t help the amused snort which had spilled from his lips at hearing something so completely Eijirou; he really was too far gone by this point.
“Hey, they’re not dumb!” Teppei defended petulantly. “I see them on the movies dad showed me and they look so cool!”
“Well, if you’re sure about that.” During the months he had come to know the kid since he started dating Eijirou, he had come to learn that the kid had a knack of bringing out his more playful side he didn’t really know existed “Movies do tend to exaggerate a lot sometimes.”
“They’re cool! I’ll prove them to you!” Teppei huffed, stomping off towards the entrance of the aquarium.
“Kid, wait up!” Thankfully, the kid hadn’t run off too far and Katsuki had managed to corral him in place before he could lose sight of him. “Stop running off like that, you’ll get lost!”
“Sorry, Bakugou-san. I got too excited.” Damn it. With the way the kid was looking at him apologetically, he just couldn’t be too mad at him.
“Whatever.” He awkwardly patted the kid’s head, hoping to get rid of the shitty guilty look tainting his face. “Just don’t do that again.”
“I won’t.” Teppei swore, bringing his pinky out for a pinky promise. “I promise not to leave your side the whole time here.”
Fuck, he must be growing really soft because he returned the pinky promise without any hesitation— something he would have decked someone on the face for back then, if they had even dared tell him he’d be doing such a thing in the future.
But here he was now, doing something he had never envisioned himself practicing— all for a kid that wasn’t even someone he could call his own; no matter how much his shitty inner subconscious wanted that to be the fucking case.
“Bakugou-san,” Teppei’s call of his name brought him out of his musings “Are you okay?”
“ ‘M fine.” Sighing, he offered a hand out for the kid to take. “Let’s go see the sharks you love so much.”
In spite of how Teppei’s cheers were drowned out by the noise of the other people in the aquarium, the kid’s enthusiasm was like a diamond in the night sky, obnoxiously bright yet somehow contagious at the same time.
Perhaps that was why he had allowed the kid to pull him by the arm, and drag him to see the creatures without any fuss.
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“Ugh, we should fuckin’ sue the ones who put the sharks on the other side of the aquarium…” In his annoyance, he had accidentally let slip the swear word around Teppei.
He grimaced, already imagining the lecture his boyfriend would be giving him. Fortunately, though, Teppei’s attention was instead focused on the Stingrays on the other side of the glass, so he hadn’t heard his slip up.
“Ready to move on, kid?” He spoke up in a louder voice, effectively catching the boy’s attention. “We still have a long way to go until the sharks.”
“I’m ready.” Even with his affirmation, Teppei looked incredibly distressed about parting with the Stingrays; a fact made all the more damn obvious with how he was biting his lip much like what a certain somebody does. Still, the kid tried to remain strong “Goodbye, Stingrays!”
Now, he might be emotionally constipated as fuck, but he sure could damn tell when someone was trying to suppress how upset they were. And so, in an attempt to make the kid feel better, he leaned down and pulled the kid to his chest in the midst of the swarm of people around them.
Teppei seemed stunned by his action, something which was understandable considering he had never really initiated any sort of embrace with him in the past.
“Hey,” He begun in a tone he hoped was reassuring. “It’ll be okay. You’ll see them again for sure.”
“Really?” Teppei sounded uncertain, almost disbelieving and it unnerved him since it was such a far cry from the optimistic kid he knew.
“Yeah.” He could feel Teppei’s tiny hands clutching at his shirt, but he didn’t mind it at all. “You and your dad can come here next time to give them a visit.”
He had expected for Teppei to jump for joy at his words and cheer up instantly. Instead, the kid appeared to be confused as he asked something unexpected, “But what about you? Aren’t you gonna join me and dad?”
‘Yes, I fucking am’ Every inch of his body wanted him to say, but he couldn’t quite vocalize his true wants. After all, he wasn’t Teppei’s father in any way and he wasn’t quite sure if the kid was receptive to the idea of him becoming one of his parents, so he instead questioned “Do you want me to?”
He clenched his teeth as he berated himself for ruining things and making the whole thing fucking awkward. He moved to let go of the kid but the kid simply refused to let go, encasing him in a vice grip with his tiny arms “Of course!”
“Hah?” was his stupid dumb unintelligent response.
“Next time, I want all of us to be here.” Teppei clarified and he realized that they were both somehow face to face now, and he could see the sincerity in the kid’s eyes,” You, me and dad. All three of us together.”
Fuck.
He’s screwed. It was getting hard to see with how his shitty fucking tears were now threatening to obscure his damn vision. He blinked them away, finding it within himself to answer “I-We can do that.”
“You mean it?” Katsuki nodded, and Teppei’s face broke out into big grin seeing it. “Really? thanks! I’m so happy, Papa.”
What?
Upon hearing the last word, his brain seemed to have stopped malfunctioning all together and his entire body froze in bewilderment “Did you just call me-?”
“Papa.” Teppei repeated innocently as if hadn’t caused the other to have an internal freak out. “I call you Papa, because you’re my Papa.”
“I am?” It was getting ridiculous how a single kid could make him spiral into fucking incredulous, but at this point it was already too late, he was already under that kid’s spell.
“Yup! You’re the person my dad is gonna marry one day after all,” Teppei’s statement caused his face to erupt in a bright red blush at the very prospect of marrying Eijirou, only to fade when the kid continued “And you care for me like how a Papa does!”
Unable to keep his feelings at bay, he didn’t pay the mind to watch his language this time around “Damn right I do!”
“Damn?” Teppei parroted, cocking his head in confusion. “What does that mean, Papa?”
“Forget it, it means nothing.” He coughed, turning his gaze towards the other creatures in the other tanks. He gestured over to the section with a bunch of jellyfishes “Wanna check them out next?”
“Yeah!”
Over the next half hour or so, this was how time had passed— with him and Teppei studying the animals more closely than they did before, closer bonds and all that.
And then finally, they had reached the section with the long-awaited sharks. Teppei’s ruby red eyes lit up, putting the sun to shame with how intensely bright his grin was.
Teppei tugged him on the arm, practically dragging him along with how fast he had run to reach the sharks. Unfortunately, just as Teppei had managed to come up close to the glass, a group of teenagers had cut in front of them. And, due to their fucking presence, Teppei couldn’t see shit now.
The kid frowned at the obstacle blocking him from properly viewing the sharks he had been looking forward to seeing. Until suddenly, two arms came forward to yank him up from the floor to place him on Katsuki’s shoulders.
“Papa?”
“ ‘This better, Teppei?” Katsuki looked up to catch the surprise gaze of Teppei whose surprise had soon morphed into joy and gratitude.
“Way better, Papa.” Teppei beamed, examining the world around him with the new vantage point he got. “I can see the sharks and wave hi to them from here.”
“That’s good then.” He then casted his gaze to the sharks in the tanks when Teppei called attention to them.
“Look at that one, Papa!” Teppei pointed over to a random whale shark swimming around near the corner of the tank.
“Oh, a whale shark.” He observed, recognizing them as one of the sharks he had read about for Eijirou. “They’re awfully slow at swimming.”
“They are?” Teppei questioned “But they seem really fast though?”
“No, they’re slow swimmers.” He scoffed. “You’d think they would swim a lot faster than that since they’re the largest fish around, but they move more slowly than expected.”
“Wait what, really?” Teppei marveled in amazement at the fact as he then begun to ask more and more questions about the whale shark to which the blond supplied with an answer every time. As he does, he realized that he was vaguely starting to resemble Deku with the useless nerdy stuff he knew. It was a thought which had made him shudder before he pushed the thought away to the back of his mind.
Then once the whale shark was covered, Teppei moved on to the tiger shark then to the hammerhead shark to the bullshark and so forth, asking him questions about them he just so happened to know.
It was an endless cycle, until it wasn’t.
Before they both knew it, they had already named out every single visible shark in the tank. It was at this point that the crowd had thinned out, so it was just the two of them and some few other people left.
Katsuki had set Teppei down onto the ground at his request, as he had wanted to walk over to the glass to say goodbye to them there.
“Bye sharks!” Teppei waved at them enthusiastically, and what he said next caused his chest to flutter a bit with warmth “Me, dad, and Papa will be coming over to visit you guys again soon!”
Once Teppei was done saying his goodbyes, he turned to Katsuki with a soft smile “Let’s go back home to dad, now.”
He allowed a small grin to show on his face “He said he’ll be over here in ten minutes.” and he offered out an arm for Teppei to hold.
As expected, though the act alone had his chest bubbling with joy, Teppei took his arm without hesitation as they leave the aquarium hand in hand- as a father and a son, he would dare proclaim with all the fucking pride in his damn chest that he has had.