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Izuku is back home when he gets the most unexpected guest; he thinks it's one of his coworkers or perhaps Uraraka whom he met on accident while she was patrolling the area Izuku worked in.
But when he opens the door, he finds Bakugo Katsuki standing at the other side of it with a similar surprised expression. Which is weird considering he's the one who decided to pay Izuku a visit.
"Kacchan!"
"De-Izuku... it's nice to see you again."
His face is slightly pink like he's embarrassed, maybe it's because the situation is awkward, considering they stopped seeing each other after middle school because Katsuki got in the UA and Izuku had to go to a regular school because he was quirkless.
"Come in!" He's the first one to recover from the shock. It's nice to see his childhood friend again; he can tell he has changed and has seen it during interviews.
He's a very famous pro hero now, the number one and Izuku knows he's worked hard for it.
"Do you want tea?"
Katsuki sits on the couch and nods; he's wearing casual clothes, which means he probably has time. He's oddly quiet, Izuku knows he has changed, but he doesn't think he has changed that much.
Something must be bothering him.
"So what brings you here?"
Katsuki clears his throat rather loudly and Izuku is glad he's busy in his tiny kitchen at the moment.
"I saw a picture of you on Round Face's Instagram and I... asked her to tell me more about you."
"Round Face?"
"Tch! Uraraka!"
"Oh," Izuku says, chuckling a bit. Now that sounds more like him; giving his friends nicknames.
"Seeing you again made me realize how much I missed you," Katsuki continues, looking down at the tea Izuku hands him. "And I'd like for us to be friends again, if you are okay with it."
Katsuki is sweet now... well, Izuku is sure he always cared, but he hid it better before, behind a lot of anger issues.
He doesn't know if he can survive this Katsuki, but he certainly wants to try.
"I'd love to."
"You're still a crybaby," the pro hero mumbles, but he's smiling softly at Izuku.
Katsuki says he has time so they chat for a while; Izuku surprises himself by telling him about how his mother died and why he chose to move back into her house.
It feels lonely sometimes.
"I'm sorry," Katsuki says, and Izuku can tell he's completely sincere. "Auntie was the best. Always very patient with my stupid ass."
He chuckles again and realizes talking about her doest hurt that much when Katsuki is around.
"She was truly amazing."
They talk about Katsuki's job for a while; Izuku tries and miserably fails not to look too excited about the details the pro hero shares about his missions.
"Still a nerd, huh?" Katsuki chuckles, amused.
"Kacchan!" Izuku pouts, but he doesn't deny it.
"I'll bring you merch next time I pay you a visit."
"Really?"
"Sure, nerd."
Before leaving, Katsuki takes a picture of him while he's distracted.
"No, please!"
"Round Face can't be the only one allowed to have pictures of you," Katsuki mumbles, already smiling down at his own phone. It's probably because Izuku looks ridiculous.
***
Katsuki keeps coming to his house; it's a little bit tricky because his working schedule is messy, but they make it work. Izuku has a regular office job which means he's free every single day after 5 and on weekends.
The first time Katsuki takes a day off, they go to an amusement park, and he buys Izuku a crepe. Despite wearing regular clothes and a baseball cap, some people recognize Katsuki and ask for autographs, but they're mostly respectful and let him alone with Izuku after a while.
Izuku has so much fun that day; Katsuki takes a few pictures of him trying to win an All Might plushie and enjoying his sweet crepe.
He is used to Katsuki taking random pictures of him now; Izuku realized a while ago that it was useless to ask him to stop.
However, this is probably the first time Katsuki pulls him next to him so he can take a picture of the two of them.
Izuku looks pleasantly surprised while the pro hero smirks at the phone camera; he looks amazing as always, and Izuku himself doesn't look that bad so it's alright.
He doesn't think the pictures might be a little bit of a problem until Uraraka calls him a week later.
"Are you dating Bakugo?"
"WHAT?" Izuku squeaks, almost dropping the plate with rice balls he just made.
She didn't even say hello before throwing him a question like that one. He knows he's blushing to the tip of his ears at the moment and is glad she didn't make a video call instead.
"No. We're friends!" He stammers. "Why are you asking that?"
She hums in a way that makes him think she doesn't believe him at all.
"Have you seen his Instagram lately?" She asks suddenly.
"Well... I think he added me, but I'm not usually on social media that much," Izuku admits. He doesn't actually remember when was the last time he uploaded something.
"You should check it out," Uraraka mumbles mysteriously. Maybe she's trying to wake up his curiosity. "Well, I'll call you another day because my patrol just started!"
That's how Izuku ends up on his couch, biting one of the rice balls and scrolling through Dynamight's Instagram.
"Oh, no."
This is probably the reason why his coworkers keep staring at him a lot lately. One of them asked him if he knew Dynamight and Izuku thought they might have seen him picking Izuku up from work once or twice, but this makes a lot of sense now.
Dynamight's public Instagram account is filled with pictures of Izuku. He doesn't even post a lot of himself anymore, only one or two when he wants to announce (and Izuku is sure his PR makes him do that) he is going to a convention or something.
Well... there's also the selfie he took with Izuku when they went to the amusement park.
Now he can see why Uraraka thought they were dating.
Perhaps he should tell Katsuki to write in the description that Izuku is just a friend so his fans don't get any funny ideas about their relationship.
The weird thing is that Izuku looks good in the pictures; he seems relaxed and happy.
He wonders if that's also the reason why Katsuki gets asked a lot about his romantic life lately; Izuku hopes not, because his refusal to talk about it won't help with the rumors either, if there are any.
***
"What are you doing, Kacchan?" Izuku looks down at his lap where Katsuki's head is only to find him taking a selfie.
His thighs can be seen in the picture because he's wearing shorts that day.
"You told me to post more pictures of myself, and that's what I'm doing, nerd," Katsuki smirks mischievously as he opens his Instagram.
"I told you not to post that many pictures of me."
"You'll have to deal with that because I'm not planning to stop anytime soon."
Izuku sighs, although he's not actually mad.
"What if they think–"
"You know I don't give a fuck about what other people think about me," the pro hero cuts him off, narrowing his eyes. "I like posting photos of you and I don't want to stop just because a bunch of people might not like it."
"Alright, Kacchan," Izuku says then. If he doesn't mind, he's fine with it too.
After a couple of seconds, Katsuki rises until he's sitting next to Izuku. He looks worried.
"Unless it bothers you?" He says, rubbing the back of his neck. "I can stop if that's what you want."
Charmed by the way Katsuki cares about his feelings now, the green haired man smiles at him.
"It's okay, Kacchan. I don't mind." He assures him and then, to make him laugh, he adds: "Just try to make me look good."
"You always look beautiful, nerd."
Katsuki is blushing as he says it, and Izuku is too because the pro hero has never called him beautiful before. It makes him feel warm and fuzzy inside.
"Now get ready because Pinky wants to meet you, and she won't leave me alone if I don't do this. Shitty hair and Dunce face will probably be there too."
"You mean your pro hero friends?" Izuku jumps from the couch in a second, already excited.
Katsuki rolls his eyes, clearly irritated.
"Don't look too happy, they're just idiots!"
"They're amazing!" He says out loud, rushing to his bedroom. "I've seen them on the news!"
"Why? Do you usually watch me too?"
"Of course, Kacchan!"
"More than them, right?"
He does, but he's not sure if he should tell him that.
"Izuku!"
"Yes, I do," he admits after a while. Although Katsuki's irritation is kinda amusing to him for some reason.
***
They meet them at the shopping center; Izuku is so excited he beams when the three pro heroes approach them.
"You're even cuter in person!" The young woman with beautiful pink skin rushes towards him and pulls him into a hug like they're best friends already.
"Thanks, Midobro!" Kirishima takes both his hands in his big ones and grins at him as soon as Ashido takes a few steps back. "He never took days off until you appeared!"
"What?" Izuku turns his head around, before Kaminari embraces him too. He already likes them all, they're very friendly. "You didn't take days off?"
Katsuki is already growling at his friends to back off before pulling Izuku closer to himself. When he meets the green haired man's gaze, he shrugs.
"I do now. Don't worry about the past, nerd."
Izuku pouts, realizing that Katsuki might not take care of himself as well as Izuku thought. He had the feeling that his friend was one of those people who overworked themselves, but he didn't think it was that bad.
He still doesn't take more than one day off at a time.
"Why don't you take next weekend off?" Izuku asks him then; he can see the blond already rolling his eyes so he adds: "You can stay with me so we get to spend it together!"
Katsuki's cheeks turn slightly pink before he curses, pulls Izuku into his arms, and rests his head over his shoulder. Izuku has no idea what's going on.
"Are you alright, Kacchan?"
"Yeah..." He assures him, although he doesn't turn his head up. "I'll ask Aizawa."
"Great!"
"Can't believe Mina was right! You really are whipped!"
"Shut up, Dunce face!"
Izuku has so much fun after that. Ashido drags him into a few stores and convinces him to take a couple of clothes for himself.
He keeps telling Katsuki that they pay him well in his job, but the pro hero insists on buying him all the clothes Izuku chose.
"Thanks, Kacchan!"
"You should also put the clothes on when you get back home so your Blasty can see how good you look in them!" Ashido winks at him; she's clearly enjoying herself a lot.
"Pinky..."
"That's a great idea!" Izuku cuts the blond off. "You always had a good taste in clothes! Probably thanks to your parents. You can tell me what combinations look best on me! Would you like that, Kacchan?"
But Katsuki is already sitting on a bench, covering his red face with one hand and groaning like he's being tortured.
Maybe he's tired of spending time with Izuku.
"It's okay if you don't want to! You probably have better things to do!"
"Shut up, nerd," Katsuki narrows his eyes at him, still blushing. "Now we're going to do this whether you like it or not!"
Izuku smiles at him, knowing he's trying to tell him he still wants to spend time with him in his own way.
"Let's go to that other store too!"
This time, Izuku is a bit tired so he sits next to Katsuki and decides to wait for Ashido there. She manages to take Kirishima and Kaminari with her though.
Katsuki and he start talking about their jobs and Izuku probably was more tired than he initially thought because he closes his eyes for what it seems like a second and the next time he opens them he's on Katsuki's lap on the back of Kirishima's SUV.
"It's okay, nerd. We're almost there."
"I took a couple of pictures of you two at the mall!" Ashido says happily, turning around to look at him from one of the front seats. Kirishima chuckles, but he has to keep looking ahead since he's the one driving.
Katsuki grumbles something Izuku can't quite catch before pulling him closer.
"I already sent them to you, Blasty! Don't worry!"
Fortunately, he's completely awake by the time they get home. He thanks Katsuki's friends and promises to hang out with them again soon.
They order takeout and spend the rest of the day inside Izuku's house.
As promised, Izuku puts on the new clothes he bought and shows them to Katsuki.
"Can I take pictures?" The pro hero asks, looking suddenly shy for a moment.
"Of course, Kacchan!"
***
It's not until a few days later that he sees the pictures Katsuki posted on his Instagram account, and that's because a couple of Izuku's coworkers urge him to look at Dynamight's new post.
Intrigued, he immediately opens Instagram and sees the pictures Ashido probably took at the shopping center. They're both distracted, Izuku is clearing talking, and Katsuki is giving him his undivided attention. There's another one of both of them in front of a comic book store; Izuku was rambling about one of his favorite characters then as Katsuki listened to him with a soft smile on his face.
The last one makes him tear up a bit; Izuku is asleep, head on his friend's shoulder and Katsuki has his lips pressed against his curls.
It's a shame he wasn't awake then. He would've liked to feel that kiss.
His heart skips a beat as he finally looks at the caption.
Love of my life.
Izuku manages to call Katsuki even though his hands are trembling; he knows he's on patrol, but Izuku needs to know if it's real or not.
Katsuki answers almost immediately.
"What is it, Izuku? Are you alright?"
The genuine concern in the pro hero's voice makes a few tears slide down his cheeks. He wipes them off with his sleeve.
"I saw the post."
"Oh," Katsuki sounds nervous. "It was... Pinky suggested it, but–"
"Did you mean it?"
"I never say or write anything I don't mean. I'd never joke about something like that," the pro hero mumbles before taking a deep breath. "You are the love of my life, Izuku."
"I feel the same," he starts sobbing. One of his coworkers asks if he's okay and Izuku nods before rushing out of the office.
"Are you at work?"
"Yes, but–"
"I'll be there!"
He ends the call before Izuku can say anything else.
As his heart beats inside his chest like crazy, Izuku gets out of the building.
Time goes surprisingly slow as he waits for Katsuki. The first thing he sees are the explosions in the sky, before pro hero Dynamight lands in front of him.
"Kacchan, I–"
He doesn't give Izuku the opportunity to speak because lips crash against his almost with hunger.
It's an amazing kiss that makes Izuku's toes curl; he regrets that he has to breathe because that means he needs to pull away at some point.
"What about your patrol, Kacchan?"
"Shitty hair is covering me." Katsuki smirks, looking really good in his hero suit. "Izuku, I want to be with you. I want to take you on dates, buy you cute things, make breakfast, lunch and dinner for you, and all that ridiculous stuff couples do."
Izuku chuckles before pulling him down to give him a kiss on the cheek.
"I'd like that too."
"I really need to go back to work, but I promise I'll see you tonight." He says before giving Izuku a kiss that leaves him breathless.
***
Katsuki makes another post that evening; Izuku blushes when he sees a photo of himself wearing the short shorts and the very tight shirt Ashido convinced him to buy.
He's really hot, isn't he? Well, too bad for you because he's already taken, losers! HE'S MINE!
He's officially Dynamight's boyfriend and now all his fans know it too.
Izuku is aware it won't be easy to be in a relationship with a public figure like Katsuki, but he's absolutely worth it.
They'll make it work somehow.