Chapter 1 : Beginning
"Kacchan!"
Katsuki turned around. The familiar voice, brimming with warmth and sunshine greeted him as he was instantly enveloped in a hug. Katsuki returned the hug enthusiastically, breathing in that familiar and soothing scent. He immediately felt better.
"Izuku! Took you long enough. How long were you planning to make me wait?" asked Katsuki.
"Sorry Kacchan, I had to complete some chores before mom let me go out. What are we going to play today?" Izuku asked, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
"Can you guess what I have in store for you, Izuku?" asked Katsuki. He couldn't keep the grin off his face and he lifted up his fists in front of Izuku. Concentrating hard, Katsuki managed to generate some sparks on his palms. Seeing Izuku's face going from confused to utter shock and then an excitement rivalling his own sent tingles down his back.
"KACCHAN YOU GOT YOUR QUIRK!" shouted Izuku as he tackled Katsuki to the ground, hugging him tight. "THIS IS SO COOL KACCHAN!"
"Get off Izuku," groaned Katsuki but his voice contained no irritation. Neither did he attempt to push Izuku off of him. He was happy. He finally had his quirk. He was one step closer to his dream of becoming the world's greatest hero.
Izuku was still on top of him, gushing about Katsuki's quirk. Katsuki reached out and ruffled Izuku's soft curls. "Now we just have to wait for your quirk to manifest. You remember our promise, right?"
Izuku closed his eyes in satisfaction as Katsuki petted his head. "Mmmmm of course I do Kacchan! We're going to become the strongest duo when we become heroes!"
"You got that right Izuku! All villains will tremble at our names. I'm gonna be the strongest hero and you'll be my strongest partner. Together we'll be invincible!"
"Yeah!"
Izuku opened the door to his classroom. The familiar scene greeted him – Uraraka, Tsuyu and Iida were talking about the new movie that came out last week. Kaminari, Sero and Ashido had their eyes glued to a concert video on Jirou's phone. The others were busy doing their own thing. Midoriya's eyes immediately went to the desk in front of his – Bakugo's. Kirishima had his arms slung around Bakugo's shoulder as he rattled off about a new action anime that was airing. Bakugo had his usual scowl on his face but didn't shove off Kirishima's arm either.
The usual sting in his heart resurfaced as Midoriya looked at Bakugo. By this time, he had learned to live with it. Approaching his desk, Midoriya sat down and took out his notes. He needed to input some new information on the versatility of Kamui Woods' quirk that he had noticed the previous night.
"Good morning Midoriya," a voice greeted him. Turning around Midoriya came face to face with a pair of heterochromatic eyes.
"Good morning Todoroki-kun," smiled Midoriya. Ever since the Sports Festival and the whole fiasco with Stain during their first year at U.A. Todoroki had become more friendly and open with Midoriya. He could now honestly say that Todoroki was his closest friend after Uraraka and Iida. "Did you finish Midnight sensei's homework?"
"I did. You?" asked Todoroki as he placed himself on Midoriya's desk.
"I had some trouble with a few parts but I think I did a decent job."
"If you want I could always help you out with English. It's one of my stronger subjects," offered Todoroki.
"Thanks a lot Todoroki-kun. I'll be sure to take you up on that offer sometime." Midoriya couldn't help but smile at Todoroki's considerateness. They were already second years and Todoroki had come long way from his stoic stance towards his classmates.
"Actually…there's something I wanted to ask you Midoriya." Todoroki hesitated, gauging Midoriya's reaction.
"Hmm? You can ask me anything Todoroki-kun." Todoroki opened his mouth but his hesitation was clear in his face. Midoriya tilted his head in confusion. Normally Todoroki was very outspoken. What did he want to ask him that had him hesitating so much?
"Ummm so…about this Saturday…would you mind if we go out to see a movie or something? Uraraka was telling me about this new movie she went to see with Iida and Tsuyu and it got me curious and…ummm..."
"Ohhhhhh Todoroki-kun! Are you asking Midoriya out on a date?!" Ashido's shrill voice rang out in the classroom. Suddenly everything went silent as all eyes fell upon her first, and then towards Midoriya and Todoroki. Midoriya could feel the temperature of his face rising a good few degrees.
"No Ashido-san. It's not a date," clarified Todoroki.
"Then you won't mind if Kaminari and I come along too right? We haven't seen the movie either." The playfulness in Ashido's voice was apparent. Midoriya glanced at Todoroki. He didn't seem fazed by Ashido's teasing but Midoriya could detect a faint tinge of red colouring his cheeks as well.
"You're most welcome to Ashido-san," replied Todoroki coolly. Ashido was midway to doing a victory dance when Todoroki interrupted her again. "But I hope you'll be able to make time considering both you and Kaminari have supplementary classes with Aizawa-sensei. I'm not sure he'll be very forgiving considering you two are the only ones who failed the midterms."
Well…that effectively shut Ashido up. "Boo! Todoroki you're mean! You didn't have to remind us of that!" complained Ashido as she started lamenting over how supplementary classes with Aizawa sensei were akin to being in hell.
When Todoroki was sure that he had distracted the attention of the class, he turned back towards Izuku. "So…you in?"
"Sure. I don't think I've got anything planned for Saturday," replied Midoriya, trying hard to cool his face down.
"Whoa Bakugo you're gonna burn the desk!" Kirishima's panicked voice drew Midoriya's attention to the desk in front of his.
Smoke was coming out of Bakugo's hand. Izuku immediately recognized the telltale signs of Bakugo's anger. He had been on the receiving end of it for a long time after all.
"Kacchan is something wron-"
"I'll tell you what's fucking wrong Deku. Stop planning your disgusting lovey-dovey date right next to my ears. It's fucking annoying the hell out of me. Shove it in front of people who actually care about you, you useless piece of shit," shouted Bakugo turning towards him, his red eyes livid.
Izuku shouldn't have been shocked. Not after all these years. He really shouldn't. But he never learnt. His heart squeezed painfully in his chest. Stop! He had promised himself he won't let his feeling show. Not to Kacchan. Never to Kacchan.
"Why don't you mind your own business Bakugo?" Todoroki snapped back immediately.
"I was until you opened your fucking mouth you half-and-half bastard!"
"Todoroki-kun! Bakugo-kun! This kind of behaviour is not acceptable inside the classroom. I'm going to have to ask you both to stand down immediately." Iida came rushing forward, waving his hands in his signature robotic manner.
Bakugo gave them both one last glare as he sat down on his chair. Todoroki looked like he still had things he wanted to say. However, thinking better of it, he just squeezed Midoriya's shoulder and offered an apologetic smile. "We'll talk about the plan later then," he said before going to sit down at his own desk.
Midoriya sighed inwardly. Disaster averted. He was still smarting from Kacchan's vocal outburst. Given that he had been subject to it since his middle school days, it shouldn't be affecting him like it was. As he gazed at Bakugo's back in front of him, his longing resurfaced once more. Longing for those bygone days of treasured friendship they had shared before everything went south.
Midoriya couldn't help it.
After all, he had been in love with Bakugo ever since he was twelve.
A/N : Hello everyone. I'm back with another story. I've actually had the whole plotline for this magically appear to me when I saw a particular video on Youtube and heard the song (since I can't post the link, it's called "Tododeku X BakuDeku X KiriBaku - Lost My Mind" by Bakugou Edit Compilation on Youtube) and I've been meaning to write about this idea for a long time. It's still in the initial process of development so updates might be a bit irregular but I hope to pick up the pace soon. I'm just testing the waters for now. Do let me know in the comments what your initial impressions are of the chapter.
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