Hello, people! I am so excited for this story, and I hope you're just as excited as I am. I just got this idea randomly and decided, Oh what the heck, let's do this. But first, I want to make a few things clear. This is set in a quirkless AU. And this is going to focus more on friendship and family than romance, but there will be some pairings later on, probably. The only pairing that I have decided yet is KiriKami. Others will be decided when I get there. And this is going to be told entirely from Katsuki's P.O.V. And, the Bakusquad refer to each other by their first names except for Katsuki who uses nicknames or last names. Lastly, the Bakugou family is sort of dysfunctional, but they still love each other. And, obviously, beware of Katsuki's mouth. Right, that's all. Now let's start the story!
Chapter 1 :
When I wake up in the morning, it's fucking 6 am, because no matter what Kirishitma or Pikachu might tell you, I am a fucking morning person. And for good reason, too.
Reason #1. If I wake up early, I have time to get my morning exercise, which helps me to keep calm throughout the day, because God knows I need it, what with having to deal with Shitty Hair and Elekid throughout the whole day. Yes, I am always fucking calm, fuck you Kirishima, Kaminari.
Reason #2. My parents aren't up that early to annoy me first thing in the morning, so I can get some very much needed peaceful me time. My parents, specifically the hag(who is my mother), are so nosy and annoying and don't seem to know anything other than snooping into other people's business. My old man always says that the hag and I are totally alike, but I think that's just a load of bullshit. The hag's insufferable, whereas I am fucking awesome.
Reason #3... Well, I don't actually have a reason 3, but the first two reasons are valid enough for a third one to not matter.
OK, back to the point. When I wake up, it's 6 am. I brush my teeth thoroughly and then get my morning exercise. I head on downstairs to get my breakfast, only to see that my parents are already seated on the dining table, having breakfast themselves.
What is the point of getting up early if they are going to be up anyway? Now I am starting to doubt the validity of my own points.
Pops gestures for me to join them and I did. He greets me with a good morning, which I return, although I do not think that the morning was good at all. I can practically feel the tension between the three of us. I actually do make an effort to be nice to my old man, 'cause he's not like the hag or me. He's the most normal out of us and he never raises his voice against me or the hag, and I know we don't make anything easy for him. Sometimes, it just seems as id he's afraid to intervene, that he's just a coward.
But a few years back, when the hag was going through a particularly hard time, she once told me that my dad was a really brave and strong person. Although I don't usually see it, I don't doubt it either because if there is one thing I know about my mother, it's that she doesn't lie.
We might not talk properly a lot, but when we do, we don't lie.
The hag's voice brings me out of my musings. "Katsuki, you're up early," she says, passing me some food. I examine the breakfast for a moment before accepting it with a nod.
"I'm always early, and besides, I could say the same about you," I say nonchalantly, and maybe sort of rudely. It's not that I intentionally try to be rude to her or that I hate her or anything. In fact, she's actually one of the few people i do have respect for and look up to. But we don't seem to be able to communicate in any other way. Or maybe it's just what we like to do.
Wow, we're both really shitty people. Sometimes, I wonder why my old man hasn't left us already.
Maybe that's exactly why the hag thinks he's strong and brave.
I finish my food quickly, not because I want to get away or anything, but because I just really like it so much. One great point about the hag is that her cooking is first class. And I am so fucking glad that she passed this skill on to me. But the only people who have ever gotten the chance to eat my cooking are my so called 'friends'. It's always the old hag who cooks at home, even though she's really busy.
As soon as I've finished eating, I head back upstairs to my room. I make sure that my bag is packed and then put on my school uniform. My uniform is not a girl's one, but a boy's, because there is no fucking way I am putting on that skirt. My uniform, coupled with my short hair in first year, always had people mistaking me for a boy. But who cares what a couple extras think?
My hair's gotten slightly longer now, almost enough to tie in a ponytail. Just last week, Kirishima made a joke about how people won't mistake me for a guy anymore now and I decked him for it, but now that I am looking at my reflection in the mirror, I realize that he is right. I do look slightly more girlish than before. But Shitty Hair totally had it coming for trying to comment on my appearance. At least Kaminari had enough sense of self-preservation to keep his mouth shut.
I start fixing my hair, only to be interrupted by that annoying ringtone of my phone that Ashido had set up and would not let me change. Cursing inwardly, I pick up the phone, only to see that the called ID is 'Shitty Hair', which makes me curse outwardly as well.
"What do you want?" I demand.
"Yo, Katsuki!," Kirishima's annoying voice greets me, "You ready? Denki and I are just waiting outside your house!"
I roll my eyes. As if I did not know that. Kirishima and Kaminari always wait outside my house, even on times when I'm not going to school and want to have nothing to do with them. Correction: Mostly on times when I'm not going to school and want to have nothing to do with them.
"Yeah, I already know that," I said and abruptly ended the call.
I fix my hair, pocket the phone, and pick up my headphones as well, because I am going to need something to tune out to when the two idiots start flirting. Ugh, gross.
Before leaving, I take one last look at my reflection. My hair is spiked up just enough, I am sporting my trademark scowl(so that people will know to stay the fuck away from me without having to verbalize it), my shirt fits just right, and my pants have a baggy texture to it.
Perfect, perfect, perfect. Like always.
I head out of the house, but not before reassuring my parents that I won't be causing any trouble at school. Kirishima and Kaminari are waiting for me outside the house, just as they had said. As soon as they see me, Kirishima greets me with waves and Kaminari with a 'Yo'. I nod at them in acknowledgement, and the three of us start walking to school.
"Man, Mina's still not back from her vacation and Hanta's got the flu! The bakusquad won't be complete without them!" Shitty Hair exclaims dramatically while Pikachu nods vigorously.
I roll my eyes at him. I really don't get why they like to include me in their band of idiots, or why they've named the group after me, when I'm the one who is most against the idea, the one who just gets roped into their idiotic shenanigans. Fuckers.
Kirishima and Kaminari keep talking about meaning stuff, which I am perfectly content with, as long as they keep me out of the conversation. But of course, that's too good to be true.
"Hey, Kacchan, it's your first day of senior year, 'cause you didn't attend the first month due to the suspension. How do you feel?" Kaminari asks me.
I glare at him when he says that name, that annoying nickname given to me by my childhood friend/rival/pest, and then scowl because of the subject matter. Right, the suspension. Late into my second year, I had gotten suspended for three months, which means I ended up missing the first month of my third year. A month's load of schoolwork. Kirishima and Kaminari offered to show me their work, but their handwriting were like scrambled eggs and I couldn't understand jack shit.
"Load of bull," I say, "If the school had just been man enough to own up to their own mistakes, I wouldn't have been suspended and therefore missed a whole month of work. What a fucking nightmare."
"Well, you know how it works. They needed someone to take the blame and considering your.. er, personality and record, you were the most reasonable choice. I still feel horrible though, that you were the only one who got such punishment. We were all at fault," says Kaminari.
"No!" I exclaim, suddenly feeling rather furious, "None of us were at fault! It was the school's fucking fault, and they should have owned up to it!"
"Whoa, whoa, chill dude," says Kirishima, patting me on the back and then promptly bouncing back as soon as I try to hit him. Damn, he knows me too well.
The two of them drop the subject soon enough, and I decide that it's time for me to tune them out. I put on my headphones and start listening to Metallica songs. Ah, nothing like some good heavy metal to get me to relax. Yes, I am capable of relaxing. Fuck off Kirishima, Kaminari.
I am shaken out of my stupor by Kirishima when we get to the school building. And I mean that Kirishima is literally shaking me. I quickly shove him off and send a nasty glare to Kaminari for laughing. He immediately shuts up, but I can see that he's still holding back his laughter, which causes me to smack him on the head.
"Ow!" he cries indignantly, "That hurt Katsuki!"
"Good," I say, smirking, "That's what it's meant to do."
Kirishima grins at us, "Race you both to the classroom!" and then promptly takes off towards the school building. Kaminari soon follows him while yelling about how it was totally unfair that Kirishima got a head-start.
A grin spreads itself across my face. "Die, you shitnerds, I'm the one who's gonna win!" and with that, I set off after them, determined not to lose. Because victory is in my fucking name, and there's no way I'm letting those idiots get the better of me.
I have really, really, really shitty friends. But I wouldn't trade them for the world.
And cut! Next chap, we get to see IcyHot and Deku, so you better get excited! I tried to keep the characters in character(lol!) and I hope they aren't too OOC. Katsuki's relationship with the bakusquad, Izuku and Shouto are the most important elements of the story. And her parents too. It feels rather to weird to refer to Katsuki as she. But you should all get used to this. Until next time!
P.S. Victory actually is in Katsuki's name. Look it up.
