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Midoriya Izuku is starting a live video..."
Normally, this would not interest Bakugou Katsuki. He's got better shit to do. Soon he'll be graduating from high school and attending his dream college on a sports scholarship (baseball). He's maintained his high grades and his strict training regiment because he doesn't waste time.
Especially on social media. Sure he's got an Instagram. He doesn't follow many people. He's got loads of followers but that doesn't give him any satisfaction. He doesn't do any stories, and he has six photos posted. All are of him when he wins jiu-jitsu tournaments.
Any DMs he gets, he blocks. He doesn't have time to entertain thirsty girls or guys. He has 4 open chats on a different messenger app. His mom, his dad, Shitty Hair and the Bakusquad group chat, which is muted.
But the train is to the gym is delayed.
Deku is not a friend. But he's not an extra either. Something else. They attended the same elementary&middle school but he moved before high school. He didn't think much of him, just your typical smaller-than-average nerd who admired Bakugou. But he's really grown into a good athlete and keeps his grades up too. Not as good as him of course, but a good rival.
So what's his rival up to? He clicks on the live.
At first all he sees is a pair of mismatched eyes and a nose. Tch. He remembers Half n Half. Pretentious bastard.
"Wait. How do I do the thing?" he asks.
"Oh! Yeah his phone is weird. The button is right over....here!" a sweet voice answers.
Then comically big eyes fill the screen. Pretty long lashes dusts chubby pink cheeks. Her face looks kinda weird, but then she steps back into the scene and now he call see all of her. And she's cute actually.
Her and Deku are sitting on a table in an abandoned classroom. She's tiny . Deku looks the same as last time.
"Okay! While we wait a few minutes, I'll introduce everyone. Behind the camera is Todoroki Shouto" Deku starts to explain. He turns to the girl and says
"And this is the only woman I've ever loved. But she turned me down, so now I'm gay" Deku finishes.
"IZUKU!! That is NOT what happened!!" Cheeks defends herself. Smacking Deku on his shoulder.
Bakugou snorts, nearly choking on his iced coffee.
"The people want to know if she's single" Half n Half chimes in.
It's true. The comments flooding in are either the laughing crying emoji or asking for her handle or her 'at sign'.
"She is, but you'd have to fight all of our school to date her. Half is in love with her, and the other half are her best friends" Deku says.
"So basically only Bakugou could date her." Half n Half suggests.
His chest swells with pride. Fuck yeah he could!! He could beat any weak ass extras!!
And then Deku does His Thing. The zoned out, totally lost in his own mind as he thinks about this new information. Dead to the world, mumbling out loud.
"You're right! Her and Kacchan! Could you imagine their kids?!?" Deku says.
"They'd be monsters." Half n Half replies.
"Kacchan? And don't talk about our kids like that!" Cheeks says defensively. Like their hypothetical family is real.
And for the first time ever, Bakugou comments:
'DONT TELL HER MY NAME IS KACCHAN YOU STUPID FUCKS'
"His real name is Bakugou Katsuki" Half n Half corrects.
"Oh. Why does that sound familiar?" she asks.
"He won that one jiu-jitsu tournament. Remember? He beat all of us" Deku mumbles out. Still half lost.
She mulls this over, and then must remember him because she perks up.
"Red eyes? Blonde hair? Real tall?" She says. "Yeah he'd never date me."
What the fuck?? Who does she think she is?? Speaking on his behalf like that.
So he comments again:
'TELL MY FUTURE WIFEY I SAY WHATS UP'
Half n Half chuckles and repeats his request. Cheeks goes totally red in the face and hides behind Dekus shoulder.
"Wouldn't date you huh?" he teases over his shoulder.
"we didn't hop on live to find me a husband!! Tell everyone your news!" she squeaks out.
And the rest of the live is Deku explaining that he got a sponsor for jiu-jitsu. Some pre-workout supplement or whatever. Nobody gives a shit.
Bakugou starts to research the girl. MochiCheeks is her handle name. But Uraraka Ochako is her real name. Most of her posts consist of aesthetic food photos and a group photos. Handful of selfies.
Her tagged photos are much more interesting. They're videos of her and her jiu-jitsu matches or rolls. Seeing her nice thighs put a man twice her size into a triangle is seriously turning him on. Holy shit.
So he hits the follow button.
And sends a DM.