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Bakugou woke up abruptly, he had a nightmare, he sits up, his covers are a bit charred but not destroyed since they were fire proof... he's sweating, tears stuck to the corners of his eyes. He’s panting, eyes wide...he tries to calm down, it’s just a dream… yet the dream sinks in a bit and he puts his hands on his face.
“Just a dream...” he repeats to himself trying to turn his mind quiet, but it doesn’t, he feels himself shiver and accidentally lets out a sob “Fucking weak..” he mumbles into his hands, crying over a dream katsuki? Pathetic, his mind’s insecurities supply.
He sighs, and buries himself in his blankets, he wouldn’t be able go back to sleep now…
He tries to muffle his sobs in his pillow but it doesn't work that well, not a minute later he hears a knock on the door of his dorm room and a quiet click of the door knob and the door opens, he can't see who it is but he doesn’t need to, he already knows... no one else would have the courage to enter Bakugou’s room like this other than him…
Kirishima rubs his eyes, sleep mussed, his hair is down falling over his face gently. “You ok? He asks softly.
Bakugou sighs into his pillow not turning to face him “Kiri...m’fine.”
Kirishima frowns, he knows he’s not “I heard sobbing...” Bakugou huffs “I'm said I’m fine...go back to sleep...” Kirishima sighs walking a bit more into the room closing the door “Was it a nightmare?”
Bakugou stays quiet, reluctant to reply eventually he does “..yeah.”
Kirishima looks at him and then at the clock, 2:30 “I can stay if you want?”
Bakugou huffs and turns to look at him eyes bleary “I'm not a damn baby...”
“I know, I never said you were” kirishima says softly chuckling gently. Kirishima yawns and sits down next to a laying bakugou, Bakugou's buries his face back into his pillow, kirishima can only see a fluffy mess of soft, blonde, spiky hair.
“Do you wanna talk about it...?” He asks gently.
Bakugou shakes his head “I don't want to relive it.”
Kirishima gets it and nods with an understanding hum “Wanna hear about a weird dream I had? It’s not a nightmare though.” Bakugou sighs and sits up a bit slowly “sure.”
Kirishima grins “Ok, so first off, I was a dog.”
“...A dog?..” He asks.
Kirishima chuckles softly “mhm, one of those big ol fluffy ones!...uh I think their called...oh! A Saint bernard!”
Bakugou sighs holding back a smirk “I know what they are dumbass... go on..”
Kirishima grins “so, I was in a dog park...” he goes on and on retelling the dream until he's just talking about dogs and random topics he can think about right now, the dream had made absolutely no sense, but it had been interesting to hear, Bakugou smiles softly as Kirishima talks on and on, the nightmare long forgotten, He watches Kirishima as he babbles on, the boy was very energetic, his hands moving a bunch when he spoke, the way his whole face lit up when talking about his favorite things made Bakugou’s heart clench, yet he would never admit it to the other.
After a while Bakugou leans against Kirishima's shoulder, starting to feel a bit drowsy, Kirishima takes notice and smiles softly “gettin sleepy?”
Bakugou just grunts softly and buries his face deeper into Kirishima's shoulder, Kirishima chuckles and pulls a blanket over the both of them, then he begins to gently stroke Bakugou's head, Bakugou closes his eyes and yawns softly feeling comforted by his best friends presence, a bit later Kirishima himself yawns, he sits there in comfortable silence for a while, still playing with Bakugou's hair.
After a while he looks down and asks “You still awake?”, bakugou doesn't reply and kirishima starts to hear faint snoring... so no…, leaning down, he whispers “I'll be here when you wake up, yeah?”, he then looks at Bakugou gently and presses a soft kiss to his forehead.
Bakugou's face contorts a bit into a pout, and kirishima chuckles quietly, he was probably having a dream, the boy was quite the restless sleeper, and Kirishima found it the cutest thing, he moves his hand to caress Bakugou's cheek.
As he’s admiring the boy he finds himself accidentally whispering out loud... “I Love you Bakugou…” when he realizes what he’s done he quickly covers his mouth with his hand, scared the other might’ve heard it he keeps his eyes on him for any sign of the boy waking up, Bakugou doesn’t do anything, continuing to rest, Kirishima let’s out a breath “thank god..”
Kirishima continues to admire the boys features and how peaceful he looks while he sleeps and sighs deeply, he wishes he could tell Bakugou how much he loves him, but he doesn't do love... he probably doesn't even like guys, he couldn't ever see kirishima in that light...
He once again whispers, as if he had accepted his fate “ I love you...” kirishima's eyes start to water as thoughts cloud his mind, he wishes to tell bakugou how he feels but it would ruin their friendship.
Kirishima sighs and leans down, looking closely at Bakugou's face... the boy was perfect, his features were so soft, his skin, his lips, smooth and gentle... he wanted to kiss him so badly yet... he couldn't... he could never..
He sighs and moves down, adjusting bakugou very gently, placing the boy’s head on the pillow, kirishima faces Bakugou and wraps his arms gently around him, burying his face in Bakugou's shoulder, he mumbles into it “I really wish I could hold you and tell you how much I love you...I really do..but it's dumb isn't it…? You could never love me back…” it hits him again, hopeless... bakugou will never feel the same...ever, he sighs bringing his hands to Bakugou's back and tracing random gentle shapes, He relaxes when bakugou responds to the touch with a soft hum and moves closer to him as if it were Bakugou's way of telling him to stay.
“you know... if there was any chance you felt the same way as me…l'd risk it all...” he says with a sigh, he leans into bakugou as his eyes grow heavier, he's tired but he refuses to fall asleep, not yet..
He whispers “ I'll love you forever…ya big idiot...”, he slowly closes his eyes, “Goodnight Katsuki...I love you...” he drifts off to sleep, maybe one day bakugou will love him back…
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Hours later, bakugou wakes up, he looks up at the clock, 7am, it’s a weekend, no classes today, he hadn't woken up once during the night, he slept well better than he had in weeks, he opens his eyes feeling groggy and looks forward, his forehead is pressed onto Kirishima’s and their faces are way too close, he blushes heavily, he feels like he should back away, kirishima would be uncomfortable… they're best friends and Kirishima is usually very touchy but... he wouldn't like this... they're both guys... kirishima likes girls probably... this would be weird... this is weird.. but he still doesn't move away, instead he takes in kirishima's face, his features.
Then, his eyes move down, noticing that his legs are tangled with kirishima's, the boy holding him close with one hand at the small of his back and another running through his hair...bakugou looks back up, kirishima still asleep, so peaceful... so pretty… he’s so gorgeous..bakugou decides not to wake him... he likes the view too much to ruin it…
He carefully moves his hand and softly touches kirishima's bottom lip with his thumb, it was so soft, he wished he could feel them on his own…he shakes his head, why the hell was he thinking this? Kirishima was his best friend... his straight best friend... he needs to stop fantasizing... but he doesn't… he can’t…he moves his hand to kirishima's cheek and softly traces it with his fingers, down to his cheekbones, his jaw then his chin, the boy in front of him is perfect...
Bakugou leans forward hesitantly, closer to kirishima's face... just a bit... he'll be quick about it... he gets even closer to the boy’s lips... their noses now almost touching, it can't be too weird…Kirishima won't even know, then his body gets a mind of its own and he very lightly pecks kirishima on the lips. as soon as the touch comes it's gone, then he immediately moves back, panicking… what the hell did he just do...!?, he just kissed his best friend!
The boy in front of him had infact, been awake the entire time, he was trying his damned best to seem asleep and it seemed to work in his favor but- holy shit.. holy fuck! bakugou kissed him! Thee bakugou katsuki just kissed him!..., the way bakugou held his face and explored it so gently completely messed with his mind, the boy, usually so rough and loud holding him as if he were made of out glass…
Slowly he begins to open his eyes and blink gently looking at bakugou's face, the other was so so close to him…
Bakugou looks into kirishima's eyes as they open, he’s unsure of what to say... they stare at each other for a few seconds, quietly, then kirishima speaks so softly it was almost a whisper “you…kissed me...”
Bakugou blushes heavily “I-...” he gulps slightly, unable to bring himself to come up with anything to say, so he just nods, looking away from Kirishima's big carmine eyes as his face heats up.
Kirishima can't help but grin, bakugou had actually kissed him! His cheeks look beautiful like this, reddened out of embarrassment and shyness, he slowly lifts his hand to the others face and looks him in the eyes, gently caressing his thumb along his cheekbone.
Meanwhile Bakugou was panicking thinking he had just ruined their friendship, had ruined everything, but Kirishima didn’t look mad.. he looked happy.. content even.. maybe.. just maybe he didn’t ruined anything at all..
“Can.. you do it again...?” Kirishima asks with a teasing tone, bakugou catches it and huffs and hides his face in Kirishima’s shoulder, the redhead chuckles softly at that, “you idiot..” the blonde grumbles. “Hey you already did it once! Why not a second time hm?” He loved teasing the taller boy so much, “shut up..”
Bakugou grumbles again he was embarrassed out of his mind.. “hm and what if I don’t?” He asks Bakugou that teasing tone still ever so present in his voice “then I’ll explode you to kingdom come…you jerk..”
Kirishima only snorts and chuckles a bit loudly at that, bakugou doesn’t mind, he loves the sound of his laugh, it’s like music to him.. it makes his heart soar..
“Sure you would man..” kirishima grins “cmoooon just a little kiss?” He says with a slightly whiney air to his voice.
“No.” Bakugou says firmly, Kirishima awes and exxagerates his movements slumping down on Bakugou’s shoulder with a huff “So mean..”
“I’m not mean you idiot.. you’re teasing me..” he replies back gruffly. “I’m your idiot” kirishima says giggling softly “and I’m teasing you because I love you!, cmon just a lil ol kiss, I won’t be annoying afterwards, promise.”
Bakugou huffs and moves his head up, Kirishima does as well, bakugou stares at him then rolls his eyes, he moves his hands to cup Kirishima’s face and then moves forward pressing his lips into Kirishima’s gently in smooth, slow movements, kirishima kisses him back passionately, they don’t kiss with fervor or move crazily with it, but they both know they’ve ached for this for ages now, and they’re pouring all of their love, all of they’re pining, all of the time thinking about each other and how badly they’ve wanted to kiss one another, into this one kiss.
After a while, they pull back resting their foreheads against each other “I love you katsuki..”, Bakugou blushes heavily and looks away and sighs mumbling “I love you too, eijirou..” kirishima giggles and teases “What was that? I don’t think I heard you properly, could you repeat that?” Bakugou looks at him glaring and presses his forehead more roughly onto Kirishima’s “I said I fucking love you, eijirou, you dumbass..” Kirishima grins, over the moon, on top of the world, he feels amazing, Bakugou loves him back and he feels like the happiest man in the world, no amount of money and riches could ever topple the feeling he’s having right now.
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If the both of them walk out of their room later after it all, holding hands, talking in hushed ways or if a classmate catches one of them placing a kiss on the others cheek, no one speaks a word if kirishima starts complimenting bakugou on his features completely swooning over the other boy during their hero training, and not a peep is heard especially if they start telling each other “I love you”’s almost every day.
But they all certainly bat an eye and chuckle quietly having an idea of what might’ve happened between those two.
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