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Bakugou knew for a while that he liked Deku romantically. He never meant for anyone to find out, but his friends just did. It was irritating.
It was an average night, the group of them - Ashido, Kaminari, Kirishima, Sero, and Bakugou - gathered in his room for what was deemed a study session, but was actually far from. The air was getting thick from the amount of people in his room and at this point he really wanted them gone. It was getting late anyways.
Raccoon eyes was making a scene, “I KNEW IT! I knew you liked him.”
“You did not,” Bakugou glared but he felt his face heating up. Ugh. Now he had to deal with this gang of idiots knowing. “You lucky you even found out.” After a pause, “Now forget it.”
“HuuuuH?” The pikachu lookalike starts up-
“You’re not going to confess?”
“That’s not very manly!”
“Why the hell would I confess? Leave it. He doesn't like me like that.” He didn't intend to sound pathetic about it, but that’s what seemed to come out. His friends come to his defense, saying ‘of course Midoryia likes you’ and ‘you should see the way he looks at you’. But he knows otherwise. Besides even if Deku did like him, Bakugou didn't deserve him.
“Get out already!”
“Common man, listen to us, this could be a great start to a blossoming new romance,” Kirishima goes to give him a pat on the shoulder and an excited grin.
“Get your hands off me,” Bakugou shakes him off and shoves him to the side. He wasn’t planning on ever confronting Deku about this. Though, if he did suddenly find out about this development, he knows it wouldn’t ruin their friendship. Deku would probably give him that kind smile of his and soft eyes and let him down slowly, saying he’s honored- Bakugou couldn't have that.
“You losers better not tell him!”
“We wouldn’t!”
“Scouts honor!”
“If you did I’ll fuckin kill the lot of you,” he sneers.
He knows what they want to ask him. The question of why he wouldn’t just confess already is definitely on the tips of their tongues, and he just wants them gone before they ask.
“If you don't think he likes you, how about you do some things JUST to make sure!” Mina sits up straighter with a plotting look on her face. “Let’s search up a list- things to do to see if your crush likes you, here-” she grabs her phone excitedly.
“Die!! He’s not a stupid crush.” Great. Now that was definitely not the right thing to say, with them making ooo’ing noises at him.
“Worth a shot, don't you think?” Great, now tape arms came in with optimism.
“Get out of here!”
Somehow his friends did end up leaving, he guesses they managed to weasel enough information out of him today to reach their satisfaction. Parasites.
Not that he'll ever admit it, but he did like his little group and considers them his equals. Not that they weren't annoying though.
Something they said stuck with him though, seeing if maybe Deku likes him.
What happened over middle school really haunts him, but after his apology and making up with Deku- maybe- if he did like him back- it would be Deku’s choice to take the next step, it wouldn't just be solely Bakugou’s decision.
He pulls up his phone and googles, “ how to get your crush to like you ”. Oh God, this was ridiculous. He almost quit the tab, but what was the worst that could happen?
The article was pretty stupid, telling him what he already knew, but he figured he could use some tips; spend more time with them, sit closer than you usually would, show them your sensitive side, and touch them more.
Well, he wasn't gonna do that one by one. Might as well hit all bases at the same time. Right?
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Finding Deku was easy, the boy almost always found him first usually. The thing was, he had to do this when no one was around. No way was he going to get up and personal in Deku’s business with a group of extras around.
Training was almost done, people were calming down after the session and overall exhausted. Perfect.
“Deku,” Bakugou approaches the other boy who is smiling and alert as he comes over.
“Kacchan! Hi!” He smiles while taking a drink of water. “Wasn't training great today! I saw that you perfected your new move, that was so cool! Did you copy it from that fight last week we saw-”
Now Deku could talk forever, if he didn’t stop him now he might go until the end of the session and Bakugou wanted to get this over with, “Come to my room later.”
“Huh?” Deku looked a bit startled but he had a soft look in his eyes, “Of course Kacchan, but is something wrong?”
“Huh? No.” Bkaugou straightens out, “We’re watching that new Pro Hero documentary that you were rambling out.”
“Really!? I didn't manage to watch it in theaters because of exams, I thought we’ll have to wait after the renting price goes down since it’s 3100 yen and that's just so expensive for a movie!”
“I managed to get a copy. Don’t worry about it.” That technically wasn't a lie, he did get a copy. By buying it full price.
Deku seems ecstatic. Shit, maybe this wasn't a good idea. He wouldn't be able to tell if Deku likes him or if he’s just infatuated with this stupid movie, but seeing Deku so happy because of him was also…nice. “Yeah, so come at 5.”
“Yes Kacchan! I’ll bring snacks!”
Deku was so loud. He craned his head to the side and saw Ashido and Kirishima with a thumb up and large smiles. He has to usher Deku to the side so he won't catch a glimpse of that.
“Don’t go out buying anything.”
“It’s not the full experience without snacks though,” Deku looks at him with doe eyes. Lord, he is getting delusional if he’s describing his eyes like that.
“I have that stupid energy drink you like and pocky in my room.” After the hag bought him a mini fridge for his dorm, for what reason he doesn't know, he started stashing snacks in there. Primarily the ones Deku likes, for when he's ever in his room.
He sees Deku fluster and before he even says anything Bakugou retrites. “Shut up. I’ll see you tonight.” He doesn't wait for Deku's response, but he knows he’ll be seeing him later.
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By Deku’s definition of 5 o'clock, he comes 10 minutes early.
“Hi Kacchan!” He hears right when opening the door. Of course the nerd’s in pajamas. Deku seems a little red. There’s only a lamp lit in his room, which was quite bright but it gave a nice ambience to the room.
“Hmh,” Now that Deku is actually here it makes it harder to go along with his plan. Well, he’ll get him to sit on the bed first, that way he could sit next to him but closer than usual. “Well are you gonna sit down?”
“Haha, yes,” he moves to the bed.
Bakugou grabs the snacks and tosses them over on the bed, grabs his laptop, scoots next to Deku and plops it down on his lap. Was he sure about doing this? He could just watch the movie normally, Deku would never know.
He feels Deku shuffle beside him fidgeting.
“What are you doing?”
“Uhm.. it’s just that- I’m pretty cold I just wore my shirt.”
“Well what do you want me to do about it? It’s winter. Should’ve worn more than a damn t-shirt stupid Deku.”
“Uhh…I guess I can go back to my room and get a sweater or icouldjustborrowonefromyou.”
“Tsk,” He plops the laptop onto Deku’s lap as he makes his way into his closet. By the time he made his way over in that 5 second time frame it hits him- Deku is gonna be wearing his clothes, on his bed, watching a movie, in his room-
He needs to pick a sweater most obnoxiously his. Grabbing one he makes his way back, he wonders how Deku would look in it- but that's the least of his concerns. Time to take that article into practice.
He throws the sweater to Deku who makes a little yelp noise and throws it on himself. By the time he walks over, Deku has gotten under his covers too with the laptop beside him.
He might as well get under the covers too. He wasn't sure if Deku was expecting that, but he felt the boy startle a little. He maneuvers the laptop and sets up the movie, resting it on his lap as he sits up against the bed frame but then gets comfortable and slouches into it. Deku is oddly quiet and there's distance between them.
Maybe this was a bad idea. Might as well watch the movie in peace.
Bakugou goes down to place the laptop between them, but Deku stops him, “You could leave it there.”
“Huh? How are you gonna see?” Then he feels Deku shift and tuck himself into Bakugou and rest his head on his shoulder blade. Oh.
He doesn't want to seem too startled so he doesn't say anything and hits play on the movie. He feels Deku sigh, and can't help but notice the sound of his own loud beating heart. Damn, and the shitty nerd can hear that.
Whatever. He might as well pull what dumb move Kirishima does on Mina, and maneuvers his arm so it's around Deku. Deku sinks into him.
He could get used to this.