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Midoriya was sat on his bed, wearing a sage green hoodie that hung loosely on him, and All-might themed Pajama pants. He was reading an article on 'new and upcoming heroes around the world,' before Bakugo knocked on his door, and marched into his room. He was wearing a wine red hoodie with black sweatpants. He stopped in front of Izuku's bed, and Izuku swears he could practically hear the blonde's thoughts. He closed his laptop and looked up at him. "Yes, Kacchan?" He said.
"You've done all your piercings yourself." Bakugo stated. Midoriya's ears were completely littered with piercings. Four lobe piercings on each ear, an industrial on his right ear, and two cartilage piercings on his left ear. He had a septum piercing as well. There was a faint scar on the bridge of his nose by his eyebrows where a bridge piercing used to be. He had done that one impulsively in middle school with a curved barbell instead of a straight one, and he hardly had the right anatomy for it to begin with.
"yes, I have." Izuku said, puffing his chest. "Is that all?" An amused smirk was making its way to his face.
"I want you to pierce my ears."
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Bakugo was sat on the closed toilet seat in Midoriya's bathroom while Midoriya rummaged through the cabinet under his sink for the tools he'll need. He pulled out two unopened piercing needles and set them on the bathroom counter. "Any reason in particular you wanted a new piercing?" he asked.
Bakugo shrugged. "dunno, Just bored." He said, eyeing the decorations in Midoriya's bathroom. There was an All Might hand towel folded neatly in a small basket on the other side of the counter, along with an unscented foam hand soap. A forest green toothbrush, along with a matching green razor sat in a plastic All-Might cup next to the soap. His eyes slid over to Midoriya's shower, which had All-might shower curtains. It was surprising to him just how much shit you could buy that All-Might's face on it, but it did not surprise him nearly as much that Midoriya would buy it. Of course Deku of all people would buy All-Might shower curtains.
Midoriya opened one of the needles, and set it down. "You're sure you want your ear pierced? I don't want you to get mad at me if this is just some impulsive decision that you're gonna regret later-"
"Oh for fucks sake, Deku! Of-fucking-course I'm sure! Why else would I be asking!?" Bakugo said. His temper was shorter than usual today, it seemed.
Midoriya stopped opening the second needle for a moment to just look at the blonde in front of him. He noted the way his knee was bouncing, the way he kept repetitively relaxing his hands, spinning the ring on his index finger, then making a fist. He noticed the way Bakugo's crimson eyes would widen ever-so-slightly when he glanced at the unopened needles, and the way he would bite down on his bottom lip.
To anyone else, Bakugo would probably come off as impatient, and annoyed right now. Midoriya knew better than that. "Kacchan, are you...scared?" He said, helpless to the laugh that escaped his lips.
Bakugo paused, his eyes shot up to meet Midoriya's gaze. "Are you kidding?" He crossed his arms. "what about a tiny needle is there to be scared over?! You're just taking too long, nerd!" Bakugo looked back over at the tools Midoriya had laid out on the bathroom counter; Two piercing needles- one partially opened, a pair of clamps, an All Might themed handheld mirror, and a skin-safe marker. He stared a little harder at the needles.
I fucking knew he had a fear of needles, Izuku thought.
"you know what to expect. I mean, you've clearly had your ears pierced before." He spoke gently, maintaining eye contact. he pointed a finger to Bakugo's ears, which had one silver hoop in each lobe. The right side of his ear had a small chain dangling from the hoop. Midoriya smiled softly, then turned to finish unwrapping the second needle. He opened the wooden cabinets under his bathroom sink, and pulled out an unopened bottle of "saline wound wash." Bakugo watched as he did this, and caught a glimpse of two more unopened saline bottles. How often did Deku pierce himself? Judging by the amount of piercings that were on his ears alone, clearly, very fucking often.
"yeah, but that was by a professional, and when I was a just kid, dipshit." Bakugo rolled his eyes and let out a huff. Midoriya dramatically put a hand to his chest and gasped, mouth hung open. The corners of his mouth turned upwards.
"Kacchan, I'm hurt!" he gestured to his very professional UA dorm bathroom. "you're in good hands. I wouldn't pierce you if I thought I'd botch it." Bakugo looked him up and down and muttered a sarcastic 'sure.' Midoriya silently checked off all the supplies on the table, then put on a pair of blue latex gloves, and turned to face the blonde in front of him. Bakugo swears there was a hint of chaos that glimmered in the grin that Izuku flashed at him. "you ready?" Bakugo nodded, and tried to steel his nerves. He was still freaked the fuck out, but the man can dream.
Opening the saline bottle, Midoriya sprayed a bit of the saline on a Q-tip and cleaned the areas of Bakugo's ear he was going to pierce. "Okay. First, I'm going to mark it out using this marker, okay?" he held up the skin-safe marker, and then proceeded to mark out dots on his earlobes. He made sure to give an appropriate distance between this marking and his already existing ear piercing. Not too close, but also not too far up his earlobe. Seeming satisfied, he grabbed the handheld mirror and held it up to Bakugo. "What do you think?"
Bakugo turned his head to the left, then to the right. He was silent while he looked at his reflection, and his knee started bouncing slowly again. "S'fine, whatever." The bite was missing from his words. Midoriya laughed, and then set the mirror back down.
"Alright, I am going to go and do it now, Kacchan. You're going to feel a pressure-like feeling on your ears. That is not the needle, that is the clamps." He held up the white pair of clamps in his right hand. Near the handle, there was an elastic band wrapped around it. He flexed the clamps open and close.
At the feeling of the clamps on his ear, Bakugo did not flinch. He did, however, jerk back suddenly when he felt the needle gently prod skin. Midoriya let out a 'tsk' at the movement, and dropped his arms to his side.
"Please try your best to hold still, Kacchan. You're gonna make me miss if you flinch like that."
"Just stab me already, Dammit!"
Izuku slapped his arm lightly, then leaned over to face him. "Will you wait? Stop acting like such a baby! You have sustained worse injuries than this before." He took Bakugo's heavy, and, in his opinion dramatic sigh as an 'OK' to keep going. Bakugo's legs tensed as he felt Midoriya re-grab his left ear with the clamps. It was gentle, but he applied a bit more pressure this time to keep Bakugo from moving away. "On the count of three, you're gonna feel the quickest little pinch. One...Two..."
Bakugo's eyes widened at sharp pinching feeling in his ear. Before he could register what happened, the needle was through his ear, which was growing red. "You don't know how to fucking count, Deku." He grumbled.
Midoriya carefully removed the clamp, then grabbed the silver stud from the table. "The hardest part is over. You did it, Kacchan!" He clapped his hands together. "I just have to put the earring in now. Was that so bad?" He tilted his head to the side slightly and put his hands on his hips. Bakugo Stared at him incredulously. Midoriya laughed, then fed the post of the earring through the needle and pushed it through Bakugo's ear. He clicked the back on, and then used more saline on another Q-tip to clean the new piercing.
Bakugo stared at the blood on the Q-tip in Midoriya's hand, and he exhaled. When Midoriya discarded the first needle, his pair of gloves, and the used Q-tips into the trash, Bakugo grabbed the mirror to look at the new piercing. "S'not bad." he said.
"Glad you like it, but we aren't done yet! Gotta stab you again." Midoriya put on a new pair of latex gloves, and waved the needle in his hand like it was a wand.
Bakugo's nose crinkled at the word 'stab.' He kicked Midoriya in the calf. "Don't fucking phrase it like that, Deku!"
The second ear took significantly less time than the first. Partially because this time, Midoriya pushed the needle through on 'one,' and not 'three.' Before Bakugo could protest, Izuku swiftly fed the stud through the needle and pushed it through his ear, placing the back on. "done! Let me just grab the Q-tips, you're bleeding a little." He was gentle as he cleaned around the piercing, spinning the Q-tip as it picked up the small amount of blood. He used the other end of the Q-tip to clean the wound with saline.
Bakugo's face and ears felt warm while he looked at his new piercing in the mirror. "Well, you didn't botch it." He would never admit it, but he really liked how it looked. Izuku grinned. That was the best compliment he knew he'd get out of Katsuki.
"okay, you have to clean it with this for at least three to four months. I would honestly lean more towards four with you. Clean it three times a day, don't change the jewelry until the three to four month period is over- oh, and for the love of fuck, Kacchan, don't bang it on anything during sleep or during fighting." Midoriya said. He handed him the new saline bottle.
"yes, Deku. Whatever you say, Deku." Bakugo said, grabbing the Saline bottle and standing up.
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"Oh my gosh! Bakugo, It suits you so well!" Mina cheered.
"duuddee! you look hella manly with that new piercing!" Kirishima gave him a thumbs up. "If you told me you were getting pierced by Midobro, I woulda totally joined you!" he said.
Denki elbowed Bakugo. "Yeah man! next time you get stabbed, I wanna be there to watch!" He said. Mina and Kirishima nodded in agreement.
Bakugo rolled his eyes and waved a hand dismissively at his group of idiots friends. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. And who says there's gonna be a next time, huh, Dunce-face?" he said, raising a brow. All the attention and praise would be the death of him after fighting for his life moments before with Izuku.
Izuku was downstairs as well, Standing with the group. "He definitely didn't make it take way too long on the first ear because he has a huge fear of needles. No, definitely not. Not Kacchan." Sarcasm was oozing from his words. He was only barely trying to conceal his shit eating grin. When Bakugo glared at him, he stuck a middle finger up at the blonde. "That's what you get for kicking my calf while I have a needle in my hand after you asked to be pierced." He said. Denki was laughing.
"Bro," Kirishima said. "It seriously takes guts to face your fears like that. Good on you!" He had an arm around Bakugo's shoulders. Bakugo shrugged him off
"shut up, shitty hair." Bakugo said. He probably would have let him keep his arm there, if he wasn't as worried about his piercing getting bumped into. shit, he thought, how did I sleep with my ears pierced while they healed last time?