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You chicken, you coward!
The bell went off ages ago yet the bakusquad was still in UA, talking about their day while they slowly returned back to the dorms. Being too immersed in “important conversation “, they didn’t realise how slow they were going, that was until they heard a familiar roar.
“Could you extras move it! Fucking taking so long” Yelled Bakugou.
He had better things to do, after the war ended, he still had to take some medicine, cook for class 1-A and do his homework. He didn’t have time to walk around with these slowpokes.
“Woah bakubro, chill out man, don’t wanna make that heart go overboard!” Said Kirishima.
“Shut up shitty hair, my heart can take it, it’s my heart we’re talking about.” Bellowed bakugou back.
Safe to say Kirishima didn’t say anything back.
“Say, did you guys hear about Midoriya, besides Bakugou and Todoroki, I heard he’s really popular with the ladies!” Exclaimed Mina
“Mina you’re right! That guy has the full on black card of the dating world, bro can get any chick he wants!” Kaminari huffed.
They were right, Izuku really was popular and had awesome qualities to be a perfect boyfriend. Not for Katsuki though, plus he doesn’t deserve Izuku after what he put him through. To top it all off, he’s even quirkless again, which definitely makes Katsuki feel like his heart exploded again. He doesn’t even know why Izuku forgave him, he doesn’t think he should be forgiven. It makes no sense! These thoughts reflect back on Katsuki's face as his eyebrows knit together.
“Yo Bakugou, you aight man?” Sero asked.
“I’m fine, don’t worry about me just because I’m like this,” Katsuki warned. “You shitheads don’t leave me alone do you.”
By the time they finished talking, they were already at the dorms but they had no clue what was about to happen soon.
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“Hi Deku kun!” Uraraka said. They were in the common room, Izuku on the sofa and Uraraka who just walked in.
“Oh hey Uraraka san! You alright?” answered Izuku.
“Are you up to anything? If it’s not too much trouble, could you help me with the math homework? It’s impossible, It hurts my brain!” Uraraka grumbled.
“Actually I’m not too good myself, Kacchan on the other hand is awesome at math! You should ask him, even if he’s a little scary” exclaimed Izuku.
He knew Katsuki was very loud but with his heart currently healing, he’s gotten quieter. Once the loudest in class 1-A, now one of the quieter ones instead.
“HUH! YOU THINK I SHOULD ASK BAKUGOU KUN?! You think he’d actually help me?”
“Definitely! Especially now he’s a little calmer because of his heart! In fact, he gave me a math book yesterday that you could use!" Said Izuku.
“Really? That would be awesome Deku kun! Plus I'd rather try a book first instead of going straight to Bakugou kun…” said Uraraka.
“Say, now that I think about it, are you planning on confessing to the Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight anytime soon? He has the hots for you! I’ve seen him staring at you so many times!”
Uraraka was now standing in front of the sofa and Izuku turned beet red.
“H-huh?! Whatnoofccoursenot! Kaachan would never like me like that! We just got closer after the war, that’s all!” Izuku’s voice was now squeaky and octaves higher, blushing madly as he talked about his crush. This silly little crush developed once he realised he had feelings for the certain blonde, it definitely didn’t help that he was with Katsuki a lot more now. As much as he wanted to admire Katsuki from afar, he seemed to find himself pinned on a training mat, sparring sessions am I right?
“DEKU KUN YOU’RE THE DEFINITION OF BLIND! It’s so obvious to everyone but you!” Uraraka sighed.
“ I actually have great vision, thank you very much! And no I will not be confessing to Kacchan, I’d rather do tons of press interviews than do that! Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a math book to find for you” Izuku replied.
Izuku got up from the sofa and prettily walked towards the elevators to his room. Izuku didn’t actually know where he left it but he was sure he could find it. Uraraka just stared at the elevator in disbelief, could THE wonder duo not realise that they liked each other?! A door clicked open and revealed the bakusquad that started to wander into the warm common room.
“Hey there Chako! You alright?” Mina asked. “Yeah I’m alright, just waiting for Deku kun to give me something.” Uraraka said.
“Oh that’s right, mr saved the entire world and Bakugou's boyfriend, if he got the balls to actually say something to Midoriya.” Sero was brutal with that line! He sounds like he has a death wish. “What are you saying tape dispenser?! You wanna run that by me again!”
“Bakugou kun, he does have a point, everyone can tell that you and Deku kun like each other. I also swear I heard a first year thinking you two were already together.” Uraraka nonchalantly said.
“No way Raka! You being for real? That’s actually hilarious!” Denki laughed.
“HAH? Fuck you pink cheeks you don’t know nothin. All of you including that shitty extra is wrong” Katsuki was pissed, as if Zuku liked him back.
That’s complete bullshit. And people thought they were dating?! Is this some sort of joke?
“Bakugou kun I’m serious! Maybe you should just talk to him instead of being so stupid and oblivious!” Uraraka yelled.
“OH SHUT THE FUCK UP PINK CHEEKS! THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IDIOT!” Now Katsuki was mad, why are these extras trying to put false hope in his brain, they don’t even know Izuku like he does.
“Bakugou! Uraraka!” Mina screamed.
“What are they doing? Are they crazy!” Jirou squeaked.
“OH MY DAYS, BAKUGOU YOU CHICKEN, YOU COWARD! YOU CAN'T FACE YOUR FEELINGS BECAUSE YOU'RE PATHETIC AND WEAK!” Uraraka screamed.
“ I CAN LIVE WITH THAT, AT LEAST I'M NOT A PSYCHOPATH THAT THINKS IZUKU IS IN LOVE WITH ME!” Katsuki barked. Uraraka was not being held back by Shoto, who was in the kitchen but came out to see what the commotion was about. Similarly, Katsuki was being held back by Kirishima. Now due to the commotion going on, most of class A was in the common room which consisted of Denki, Jirou, Sero, Mina, Kirishima, Shoto, Iida, Tsuyu, Momo, Uraraka and Bakugou.
“ATLEAST I'M NOT A COWARD! GO ON SAY IT, IF YOU WONT ACCEPT THAT DEKU KUN IS IN LOVE WITH YOU, SAY YOU HATE HIM! GO ON, SAY IT! SAY IT-!!!”
A water bottle was chucked straight towards Uraraka, thankfully it didn’t have water in it to make it heavier but the metal water bottle still packed a bit of a hit. Said water bottle belonged to none other than Katsuki, the black minimalistic design with his full name in orange lettering. He had it in his hand while walking back to the dorms and now it had fallen to the ground. Everyone in the common room was focused on Uraraka and Katsuki so nobody had seemed to hear a green headed figure walk in a few moments prior. He walked in just as he heard Uraraka yell her first outburst. He was confused and concerned, what happened while he was gone!
“YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW I FEEL! YOU HAVE NO IDEA AND YOU NEVER WILL CAUSE YOURE SO STUPID! ALWAYS THINKING WITH YOUR HEART INSTEAD OF YOUR HEAD ILL KILL TO BE THAT WAY!” Bakugou screamed.
Everyone was quiet now, they knew Bakugou mostly kept to himself and didn’t really express any vulnerability but it was painful to hear him yell like this. The guy that was usually yelling was now on the verge of tears. Their explosive blonde was now pouring his feelings out.
“IF I TOLD HIM HOW I REALLY FELT ABOUT HIM, HED LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND FOR ME! HIS HOPES, HIS DREAMS, HE’D SACRIFICE EVERYTHING!” Bakugou yelled.
Everyone knew he was right though, they knew Midoriya would do that. He’d prioritise Katsuki over anything, making sure he would be okay over his own self, being the selfless person Midoriya was. Izuku just stared in shock, he didn’t know what to say, he could tell Katsuki was about to cry, his voice was trembling with every yell and he could see his eyes getting glossy. Izuku felt like he wanted to cry while watching this go down, it hurt him to see Katsuki hurt.
“IF HE KNEW THE TRUTH, HE'D DO IT! THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON HE IS! AND I…” Katsuki took a breath in, tears now unwillingly falling from his eyes. “ I WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN TO HIM!!!”
You could hear a pin drop but it wasn’t quiet for long. Katsuki’s heart monitor that was strapped to his wrist was now blaring warnings that his heart rate was dangerously high. Although nobody could move or say anything, they were too shocked about Bakugou's outburst to say anything or do anything. Can you blame them? Imagine seeing your abrasive and short tempered classmate wail his feelings out in such vulnerability, on top of that, the whole outburst is about another boy in their class.
It only took one warning beep from the heart monitor for Izuku to speak. “K-kacchan?” Izuku softly spoke. Ruby eyes snapped towards where the voice was coming from and Lo and behold it was Izuku Midoriya in the flesh. He’d heard everything, stupid meltdown. So what did Katsuki do?
He pulled a Izuku and made a run for it, heart monitor beeping and all. Bad move. He ripped out of Kirishima's grasp while he heard the red head say a “wait!” His heart was hurting so bad, it felt like someone had put weights on it, it felt heavy. He only made it out the door until he heard a loud voice ring out a “KACCHAN!”
He was so done, he had only made it to the end of the brick flooring until he collapsed. Staring at the night starry sky, his heart wasn’t taking it. The panic, the yelling, it wasn’t behaving at all! The last thing Katsuki saw was fluffy green hair and teary emerald eyes staring at him with such concern.
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Bakugou awoke to his ceiling, he was no longer outside. He slowly sat up and his eyes shifted to the rest of his room where he noticed 3 figures.
Recovery girl, Aizawa sensei and Izuku.
Fuck, as much as he wanted Izuku there, this was gonna be embarrassing.
“Bakugou your heart is okay now but don’t put it on so much unnecessary stress, you know this! Just because the doctors have done surgery on it does not mean you can treat it as it was before the war.” The recovery girl said.
“Yeah I know, my bad for causing trouble.” Bakugou replied. As the recovery girl left his dorm he heard Aizawa sensei speak up.
“ I got a rundown on what happened so I won’t bother right now but if this happens again there will be consequences, do you understand Bakugou?” Aizawa stated. “Yeah aight Sensei, I understand.”
“Good now take some rest, Midoriya will take care of you and you’ll get the day off tomorrow, anyone else can catch you up to speed. This isn’t up for negotiation, now I’ll leave to let Midoriya take care of you.” Aizawa said.
Katsuki had his “you’ve got to be kidding me” face on as he heard what his teacher had told him, how bad did his heart act up? And he better not pull the same shit again when Izuku was going to take care of him. Now in the room was Katsuki and Izuku awkwardly standing near the bed.
“Uhm I’m sorry Kacchan, I just offered to look after you because it just blurted out of my mouth and I just wanted you to be okay cause I had no clue what was going on because I don’t know heart things-“
“Izuku calm down,” Bakugou stated. “You’re mumbling again.”
“Oh right sorry Kacchan.” Izuku sheepishly said.
“How…how much of that did you hear?” Bakugou asked, his voice getting softer by each word. He wasn’t sure if Izuku had even heard him or not.
“Well, I heard enough to know how you feel about me.” Izuku said. FUCK! This was bad.
“Although, I wanted you to know that your feelings are reciprocated Kacchan.” Wait what? Izuku likes him back?
“Yo-you like me back?” Katsuki questioned, voice dripped in confusion.
“I do Kacchan, I’ve liked you since forever, although I never knew how to tell you, I was too worried and scared.” Izuku softly spoke, eyes not meeting up to Katsukis. Katsuki couldn’t believe it, how the hell did he like him?!
“Why? Why do you like me! After everything I did to you! You still like me?! You’re insane Izuku, if I was in your position I would hate me so much!” Katsuki barked. “Kacchan, I understand where you’re coming from and I-“
“NO YOU DONT GET IT! I just…” Katsuki stopped himself, he didn't want his heart to beep off emergency services or anything. His eyes flicked down to his hands and he could feel his eyes getting wet again, yet this time around, he had more control over his tears.
Then he felt it, strong arms wrapped around his frame. Izuku had pulled Katsuki into his chest, softly rubbing his arm with gentle hands. Katsuki didn’t know what to say, in fact he didn’t say anything.
“Kacchan, I’m really sorry you think that, I know why you feel that but you’ve apologised, and I’ve forgiven you. I don’t want you to feel like everything is your fault, you’ve changed as a person and you’ve proven that to me.” Izuku's words were dripped with such compassion and care that Katsuki couldn’t stop the small tears from falling down. As he softly wept, Izuku held him in his hands, playing with his hair. They stayed like that for a bit until Katsuki's cries turned into little sniffles.
“Thank…you” he croaked out, this was so embarrassing, he was glad he was with the person he cared so much about.
“Of course Kacchan, please talk to me about anything, I don’t want you suffering alone, I’ve talked to you about so many things before it’s my turn to repay the favour, Mkay?” Izuku replied. His voice was soothing to Katsuki's ears, it calmed him down. In the end, the duo found themselves in Katsuki's bed as they drifted off to sleep. Hands intertwined as they fell themselves into a deep slumber, knowing that they had each other.
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Katsuki's day off consisted of him being taken care of by Izuku, although with all his protests, he couldn’t get Izuku to leave him alone.
“You’re going to get behind on class work!” Katsuki said.
“Kacchan I’ll just ask other people for their notes!” Izuku said, handing him a bowl of miso soup. It was basically the only thing he knew how to decently cook. “Plus, it’s already the end of the day, I don't know what me going to class now would do. Maybe give me a angry Aizawa sensei”
Katsuki took his bowl and muttered a thanks, then he took a sip.
“Hey this isn’t that bad nerd, although I think we can both agree mine is better.” Katsuki smirked.
“Really?! Ahh that’s so sweet of you Kacchan! I know your cooking is better than mine but that’s such a relief to hear!” Grinned Izuku.
They started to eat in silence, Izuku sitting across from Katsuki. After a while, Izuku reached his hand over and intertwined his fingers with Katsukis so that they were holding hands. They stayed like that until they heard their classmates walking through the doors. Katsuki instinctively tried to take his hand away but Izuku held firm, reassuringly firm. “Kacchan, it’s okay.” Izuku whispered.
Katsuki knew he was right, his classmates had gotten the hint that Katsuki wanted to forget the earlier events so they didn’t mention it, or the fact that the wonder duo were holding hands.
Everyone just went and minded their own business, some off to their rooms or the bathrooms, leaving Izuku and Katsuki to continue eating their soup in peace. Hands laced together, forever and ever.