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It was a Friday night at UA High. Bakugo and his friend Deku, well Izuku now, were both walking together to the local “POP! Culture” store.
Since their first year at UA, they have changed much, along with their relationship. Most people figured that they had been dating for quite some time now from how close they seem. Although they had only recently started dating. With their new relationship, not much changed. They were still just as close. They still did the same stuff. They still went to the same places. They still had the same traditions, one being that they go to this store every Friday. They had stopped during middle school due to the bullying, but now they are back to it.
They both had a fair share of “nerdy” interest, which is their main reason for going to this store specifically. Izuku enjoyed All Might, of course. He also liked music, cars, Gundam and old magazines. His music taste happened to fall under the emo genre, causing Katsuki to always tease him about it. Katsuki liked All Might, other super heroes, cars, Star Trek, and a plethora of different anime.
When they arrived, the owner greeted them and showed them a new shipment of building kits that had come in. He had become accustomed to the both of them being there every Friday with the exception of a few times.
Izuku marveled at the Gundam kits that had come in, a limited edition Real Grade of his all time favorite gundam, RX-78-2. He squealed like a little girl when he saw it. Katsuki noticed it was his favorite and scoffed as soon as he heard him squeal. He was so glad to see Izuku happy. He didnt seem happy lately. He was different, recently. Katsuki didn't know what to do or how to even bring it up to him, but he was trying.
“That’s your favorite one, right?” Katsuki questioned even though he already knew the answer.
“Yes! Yes! It is! It’s RX-78-2!!” Izuku happily exclaimed.
Katsuki, not knowing what to do, ruffled Izuku’s hair and muttered something about how he’s such a nerd. Then he walked over to the manga section, not wanting Izuku to see what he’s looking at. Katsuki quietly started planning to buy him the gundam for his upcoming birthday. He knew he wouldn’t spend the money on himself. Especially recently. Izuku has been very…distant. He had barely been eating. He had barely talked or anything. He had also started wearing more full-coverage clothes, even though it had been pretty hot outside. Katsuki had known about him struggling in middle school but he had hoped with his whole heart that he wasn’t getting that bad again. He had asked him about it but he brushed it off. Like it was nothing, but it was something. Something that had been bothering him for a while that he wasn’t ready to say.
They looked around for a while, finding some things they like, talking, and taking pictures. A few fans of theirs were also stopping by the store and saw them. They all freaked out and started screaming something about how hot Dynamight and how cute Deku looked in their last fight broadcasted on TV. The three girls were very excited to see them and asked for a photo as well. All of this overwhelmed Izuku, not in a bad way, just a lot to process. After they left, Katsuki teased Izuku about how he was blushing during all the compliments and talk about him. He nervously laughed and told him that he was doing the same.
After about 45 minutes of looking around, they started walking back to UA, hand in hand. Neither ended up buying anything.
“Hey, Izuku?” he inquired quietly.
“Yes? You sound worried.” he worriedly questioned.
“I’m fine. It’s just..are you okay? Like really? Lately you just don’t seem..like you. And I don’t want your bull saying that you're fine because I know you're not or at least there's something going on. Come on, Izu. Just talk to me. I’m worried about you.” Katsuki quickly explained looking detached.
“Can we talk about when we get back? I promise I’ll tell you everything, just give me a bit. I promise, Kacchan.” Izuku wearily suggested.
Katsuki huffed, dissatisfied with such suspense and worry.
They continue to hold hands, even if it is a bit awkward after that question. Once they arrived at the dorms, not many people were there. Most people went home over the weekend. So the two quietly went upstairs to Katsuki’s dorm because that’s where they usually hang out. Katsuki sat down on his bed first waiting for Izuku to come next to him or at least sit at his desk. Izuku awkwardly sat next to his boyfriend.
“So, you ready to tell me what crap has been going on?” he started with.
Izuku just scooted closer to him, looking for comfort, a small noise came from him from the confrontation.
Katsuki quickly noticed and tried to comfort him by pulling him closer to him, holding him.
While he was comforting his boyfriend, he saw that his pant leg rolled up. There were cuts. A lot of them. He stared at them, stunned. -How hadn’t I noticed? I’m so stupid- he thought. He now knew why he was wearing these clothes. He didn’t want him to see. He pulled down his pant leg back down for him, trying to make him more comfortable with him.
He noticed. Of course he’d noticed Katsuki covering them back up. -Maybe he didn’t see and was just pulling it down. Oh my gosh I don’t want him to find out. I don’t need him to worry.- he thought. He was so terrified that he had seen his leg, causing him to freeze in place. Barely even breathing.
“Hey, Izuku? You okay?” The blonde asked worriedly looking at him.
An unrecognizable noise came from Izuku. He couldn’t speak then. No words could physically come out. Oh he hated when this happened. -Just talk! Everyone else can so why can’t I?!-He angrily thought to himself