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Bakugou Katsuki is an absolute perfectionist, and he doesn’t hesitate to gloat about it to anyone who comes across him. Katsuki reasons that if he is to be the future number one hero of Japan, he needs to be perfect in absolutely everything he does.
And that is why he is currently outside the dorm on the track running sprints alone and sweating buckets.
At 7 in the goddamn morning.
On a Sunday no less.
Katsuki also thinks he’s a genius, because Deku is unable to function before 8 on the weekends, and the rest of the Bakusquad don’t get up until 10 A.M. Deku’s nerd squad, outside of Four Eyes are slightly better in that regard, however, none of them get up before 8:30.
Glasses at least attempts to keep up with Katsuki, actually joining him on occasion for his early morning workouts before class. The weekends are completely different, the fucker loves his beauty sleep.
And here Katsuki is, training to be a better hero than all of them. His drive to win is unmatched. He’s tried to get all of them to train with him early in the mornings before class and on the weekends, but nooo, they want their beauty sleep.
Newsflash chucklefucks, go to bed earlier and stop playing video games past one in the morning. He hates being woken up by shouting in Shitty Hair’s room with the TV blaring and Pikachu crying after a loss because he pressed the wrong button due to exhaustion and being unable to see the screen enough to miss a finishing combo. And then they wonder why their grades are horrible and always beg him to tutor them.
Lazy fucks.
God help him, they will send him to an early grave.
Deku’s nerd squad is not much better, also staying up late for their Dungeons and Dragons campaign nights. Katsuki honestly cannot see the appeal, but at least they are consistently on top of their grades. He guesses that Four Eyes is the main motivator for that squad when it comes to homework.
Fucking teacher’s pet.
With burning legs, he jogs a mile around the track as a cooldown and then completes some stretches before he goes back to the dorm to fix up a mean breakfast.
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Katsuki did not expect to be tackled right when he entered the common room, and he absolutely did not let out a yelp in surprise. He shouldn’t be surprised actually, because this is how Deku greets him now when he returns from being out.
He just lets it happen every time. Like the lovestruck idiot he is.
Katsuki just lays on the ground like a starfish, Deku sitting on top of him and muttering something about a new training combo that they should try, which they could have tried during his workout for fucks sake.
Whatever, he’ll just drag Deku out of bed before class for his training session tomorrow.
Katsuki just sighs and rolls his eyes while Deku rambles on about a new hero that’s arrived on the scene recently. “Kacchan, his quirk is so interesting because he can freeze his surroundings in space! Don’t you think that’s so cool? Imagine what he can do against villainsandalsohowcanhecompareagainst…”
Yep, there goes his nerd. There’s no stopping him when he’s going a mile a minute and honestly, Katsuki doesn’t want to stop him, so he just listens to the rush of words while gazing into Deku’s eyes. However, Deku doesn’t even notice as he’s too captivated with his own rant.
Katsuki finally remembers that he’s on the floor, and his sweat is seeping into the carpet in the common room. It’ll start to smell like caramel if he stays here any longer. And while he loves torturing the class, Four Eyes would lecture him about the importance of hygiene and keeping rooms clean.
Wouldn’t be the first time.
Katsuki’s an absolute neat freak, he’s always had perfect hygiene and have you seen his room?
Its fucking spotless thank you very much.
He failed to notice the footsteps arriving in the common room until he hears a stern voice call for him, “Bakugou, your sweat is staining the carpet.” Ah, speak of the devil and he shall appear.
He lifts his head up to see Four Eyes chopping his arms up and down, stating that its impolite of high school students to be sitting on top of each other. Deku finally snapped out of his trance to explain that he was the one who tackled him to the ground. All the while, Katsuki thinks staying on the ground would be pretty funny, if only to annoy Glasses.
“Let’s go make breakfast Kacchan, I want some Miso Soup.” Deku is now standing, offering a hand to help Katsuki up, which he only takes to drag Deku back down to the ground.
Four Eyes begins his protests once again but Katsuki interrupts him to tell him the carpet is comfortable to lie on and that he doesn’t want to move. He gets a huff back in response.
He only grins back, which leaves his face only moments later when he hears footsteps tumbling down the stairs and into the common room.
“Cuddle pile!” and oh no, it’s his idiot squad.
Katsuki doesn’t get a moment to think before bodies land on top of him, Deku had escaped at the last moment before he was also crushed under all the weight.
The absolute traitor.
He decides after a very sharp elbow to the hip to finally shove everyone off him to actually go make breakfast.
“Blasty, so the squad and I were thinking about going out on the town today and we wanted to ask if you wanted to come with?”
Katsuki just stares at Pikachu in response, because there is a big test on Monday that the Hobo had been drilling into them for the past two weeks, and these motherfuckers want to go out the day before?
“Have you forgotten about the test tomorrow you dolt? Have any of you begun studying?” and then Katsuki is reminded that no they have not begun their study preparations.
“But Kacchan…” and his eye does not twitch in response to Pikachu’s antics, “we were only planning to go out for a few hours, we’ll study the rest of the day when we get back. We’ll even study through dinner,” the rest of the idiots rapidly nod their heads in agreement.
He’s going to have to fucking tutor them again isn’t he?
“Actually...” and oh no, Four Eyes is talking “.. I had also wanted to get some fresh air before the big test tomorrow, so I think going along with you four would be for the best, my brother mentioned this book he wanted to read so I can grab it for him as well. I’ll let Aizawa-sensei know of our plans so he can approve it.” Katsuki absolutely cannot believe that the idiots had roped in the class president into their plans.
Actually he can, because his idiots can be very persuasive when they actually try.
Now if the squad would actually put that effort into their schoolwork, Katsuki would be pleased.
Katsuki only roll his eyes as he walks into the kitchen to make breakfast for him and Deku. He tunes out the idiot squad debating about the importance of sleep, or rather, ‘how sleep is not important because look at Aizawa-sensei, he looks amazing with how little he sleeps’. Katsuki desperately wants to hit his head on the counter and knock himself out when Four Eyes enters the debate to state that ‘sleep is an important part of life and is pivotal towards your health’.
It’s been proven detrimental to your health to debate the squad on absolutely anything, Katsuki can and will attest to that. But if Four Eyes wants to lose his brain cells then more power to him, he won’t stop him.
“Kacchan” and there’s Deku calling out to him in the mayhem, beaming smile absolutely blinding Katsuki’s eyes, “I also want to go out, I saw some new Edgeshot merchandise online and there’s a new All Might statue being released today.” Katsuki slams his head on the counter after that.
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“C’mon Kacchan, it’ll be fun.”
“Kacchan, I know you want to get another All Might hoodie.”
“Kacchan has All Might hoodies?”
“Kacchan has a lot of All Might merchandise from over the years.”
Dammit nerd, just throw all his secrets away why don’t you.
Katsuki can only lean over the counter, massaging his temples to ward off the growing headache that comes with two people screaming Kacchan at him.
“Alright, if all of you can shut the fuck up for five minutes then I will consider going.” And Katsuki was honestly surprised that everyone including Four Eyes, did indeed shut the fuck up.
He’s got to hand it to Glasses, because if he’s coming along, then Kastuki isn’t having to watch his squad and Deku at the same time. Now, he may actually get to spend time with Deku while Four Eyes struggles to contain the chaos that is the Bakusquad.
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Katsuki wonders why the squad have to be menaces to society, because Pinky keeps pestering him about what he’s going to buy for Deku, because apparently, he only goes shopping when Deku is involved.
He’s going to pretend he never heard that last part, because while Pinky is absolutely right, he’ll never admit it.
Waiting for the train to arrive was easy, but a ten minute ride into town feels like thirty once the squad is involved.
Katsuki looks on as Tape Face decides that he’ll hang upside down on the train, like a total fool. Deku laughs at his antics while Four Eyes lectures him about ‘how his behavior is uncouth for a student that represents the great U.A!.
You know, the usual lectures that don’t work.
“Kacchan,” and there’s Pikachu testing his limits because he’s pulling out his phone and bringing up a restaurant he wants to eat at, “this place serves Mapo Tofu that you obviously will love, but there’s also a mochi shop close by that we,” Pikachu truly means just him “..want to go to.”
Katsuki truly wishes that he was still at the dorms, because having to supervise a Pikachu who is even more hyped up after a fuck load of sugar is a job in itself. Not even Four Eyes, in all his class presidential glory, will be able to rein him in.
He should be getting paid for this because only he knows the secret to reining in the chaos that is Pikachu: limit his sugar, or else he will be going a hundred miles an hour and he will absolutely crash. And Katsuki can’t have that happen the day before an important test. Pikachu did promise him that he would study, and a large amount of sugar would ruin him for the rest of the day.
Katsuki looks over at Shitty Hair, clearly the only normal one in the squad, despite the fact that he thinks wearing crocs is the height of fashion.
Absolutely-the-fuck-not, because Katsuki knows fashion due to his parents leading one of the largest clothing design companies in Japan.
So yeah, Katsuki can attest that he is the king of fashion.
Even though he is currently wearing black shorts and his favorite skull shirt.
He’ll be the king of fashion when he wants to.
Katsuki can only watch in amusement as their train finally reaches their destination, and Pinky and Pikachu had started a bet with Four Eyes who looks deeply concerned and started glancing at Katsuki for assistance.
Making bets with the Bakusquad is an experience and not recommended for the faint of heart. And he honestly does not want to hear what it's about or else he will lose his sanity. He can see Iida’s confusion, and then he’s looking at Katsuki and then smiles while placing a bet down with the idiots.
Well now Katsuki wants to know what the bet was all about, but Deku pulls him away to the Hero Merchandise store before he can even blink. “Kacchan, there’s the Edgeshot sweatshirt that I was thinking about getting, an—oh look! There’s the All Might statue that finally released!.” And Deku is now muttering a millions miles a minute, and while Katsuki can understand everything being said due to years of practice, he still tunes out because now he’s mumbling something about another All Might statue being released in two months.
Because of course Deku keeps track of merchandise releases.
He hears a screech behind him, and he turns around to see Shitty Hair gaping like a fish at a new Crimson Riot sweatshirt.
Oh no.
He already has twenty of them.
And now Shitty Hair is pointing at it while staring at Katsuki who can only roll his eyes, because Deku had told him about the new sweatshirt a month ago.
So yeah, Deku is like an obsessive stalker when it comes to merchandise.
And Katsuki absolutely loves him for it.
The rest of the Squad including Four Eyes are eying the All Might merchandise while stealing glances back at Katsuki. Four Eyes especially is wearing the face of someone who just lost a bet, because there is a new All Might sweatshirt on display.
Did Iida just bet that he wouldn’t get an All Might hoodie? Because he’s absolutely going to buy the newest All Might hoodie. Why the fuck would anyone bet against Bakugou Katsuki, the future number one hero of Japan?
Katsuki walks up to the display while Iida tries to distract him into getting something else. He thinks that Iida would be terrible in marketing, because his reasons on why to buy something else absolutely suck.
The class president looks like he’s about to cry when Katsuki picks out a sweatshirt in his size and walks over to the front to pay for it. He returns to see Four Eyes dejectedly handing money over to a smug Pikachu. He catches his eyes and throws him a wicked grin.
Never bet against Bakugou fucking Katsuki.
“Hey Deku, lets get out of this joint so I can eat some delicious Mapo.” And Deku only responds with an “Ok Kacchan,” to go along with a blinding smile while activating his blackwhip to gather the rest of the idiots.
Katsuki is hungry, so hungry in fact that he never noticed the odd feeling that was creeping up on him until they were just a block away from some delicious spicy tofu. Deku noticed though and updated him on the situation. Because of course he noticed, his Danger Sense always saving him from ambushes. The rest of the idiots don’t notice their discomfort though, too fascinated by Pikachu as he plants his face in the window of a Mochi shop.
“Bakubro, mochi is an—” and Katsuki has to tell him to shut up and pay attention because Deku stares ahead at a person just a block away, a person that Katsuki hates so very much while Deku is the complete opposite in wanting to get a chance in saving this very person. Katsuki really wished he could understand Deku’s motivation when it came to saving him.
Down the block is the leader of the League of Villains, Shigaraki.