It has been three years since graduating from U.A hence it was pretty normal for Uraraka Ochako to be surprised when she saw a familiar face at the mall. She was out waiting for Tsuyu. It has been three months since they last saw each other plus she needed a new phone. She was grateful that finally their day offs match. She was silently sitting and looking around and doing so, a glimpse of spiky ash blond caught her attention.

Even though she saw him in the news, Ground Zero seems taller and more built in personal. He was in his casual clothes and was also wearing his signature scowl. She noticed the few scars he had on his arms, which was a little visible considering she was meters away from him.

He might have sense her long stare for when she look up from admiring those scars, she spotted him staring directly to her. It was only for a few seconds but Uraraka would not deny the slight chill she felt under his gaze. She shrugged it off by waving at him and giving him a small smile which was ignored as expected.

'Still the same Bakugou.' She smiled to herself not bothered by the small cold reunion they had. Bakugou might not remembered her. She bet he didn't recognize her since she knew he had a problem identifying extras' faces.

She let her thoughts linger as she waits. After few minutes, her best friend arrived and they both got into shopping. It was almost seven when they decided to stop by at their usual diner place.

"Oh, he must have thought I'm one of his fan girls!"

"It's kind of a shock to me knowing he has fan girls."

Uraraka giggled, "Well, girls likes his undercut. I also think it's pretty cool! Though his hair is still this 'spiking spiky'."

"Spiking spiky."

The two continued as the night goes on.

A week goes by and Uraraka knew that seeing Bakugou in the mall last week would be the last time, considering that he doesn't go to their get-togethers. However, she was completely wrong. For the second time, she met Bakugou in his casual attire in the grocery store.

"Do you want your eyes to explode?"

"Hn?"

"I said stop fucking staring!"

"Oh! Sorry, sorry. I just can't believe I'm seeing you again."

Bakugou clicked his tongue, "Move." She quickly moved aside to let him and his cart to pass through. As much as Uraraka wanted to ask how he was doing, of course she couldn't. It must have been weird for him since she was staring too much.

"Geez, still grumpy." She sighed and walked to the opposite direction.

The third time she saw him was two weeks after the grocery incident and Uraraka made sure not to stare. Her eyes might really explode if Bakugou caught him staring. Lowering her head and eyes on her feet, she stride forward the free table in the coffee shop. She quickly heard a hiss right after she sat down.

"What the fuck, round face."

Well, it wasn't her fault their table was next to each other. She failed to notice, it might feel a bit awkward but there is no way she will get up and look for another empty space. She breathe deeply then looked up to him with a smile, "Hi."

"I see you've become a stalker."

"Hey!"

Bakugou paid no attention to her after the snarky remark. He was constantly on his phone casually taking a sip of his drink. Uraraka huffed, "I'm not a stalker."

"Whatever."

"I live near here."

He continued to ignore her.

She knew the man was not there to chit chat with her so he lets him, she minded her own business and by the time when she needed to leave, she noticed the empty space he had left.

It has become usual now for Uraraka to see Bakugou at different places in her area. She'd grown accustomed on meeting him unexpectedly either outside work or while working. Unplanned meet-ups with him was mostly quiet and full of cusses and snarky comments. Snarky or not, the small chats they had was enough for Uraraka as long as she had someone familiar to talk to. Living far away from her parents was hard and it became harder when Tsuyu was required to move out of their area despite working under the same hero agency. So she always grab the opportunity to initiate conversation with him.

She had also established a friendly relationship, not that Bakugou would say that they were actually friends but they spar together. Uraraka knows that fighting with a hero named Ground Zero was worthwhile.

This week, she saw Bakugou in the gym sitting while chugging on his energy drink. She walk towards him and called him which earned her a grunt in response. She stopped in front of him and raised her fist,

"What, you wanna fight again?"

She shook her head and slightly move her fist, "Rock-paper-scissors!"

"What? No."

"Oh, come on. I already lost three times to you and I hate doing errands. Maybe I could win this game."

Bakugou grunted and put his drink away, "You actually think you'll win against me." She smiled cheekily as the man raised his fist to her.

"This is plain stupid."

"Start with rock! Rock-paper-scissor! Look the other way!"

"It's a draw! Rock-paper-scissor!" Uraraka managed to pull a scissor while Bakugou was of paper, she quickly pointed her finger upward. "Shit." Bakugou knew he made the wrong decision on playing the stupid game when he looked up. He lost. Everything was fast and unexpected. The next thing he knew, Uraraka slapped him hard enough for him to float.

He was dumbfounded and at the same time floating. He didn't know Uraraka was going to pull on an Acchi Muite Hoi game all of a sudden. He thought it was a simple shitty rock-paper-scissor game. He was so plain fucking stupid he fell for her trick.

She jumped, "I won! I won!"

"Put me down, round face!"

"Oh." She quickly put her finger pads against each other and let out a soft release.

He glared at her in annoyance, "Fucking poor trick you pulled on me, huh."

"Sorry, I thought you knew." She put her hand against the back of her head and shot him an apologetic smile. "Let's spar, I'm ready now!" She stride to their usual area to get away from his murderous aura.

They had their usual sparring for more than an hour and after doing their solo routine, Uraraka bid her goodbye to Bakugou as she knew he would stay an hour or two more in the place.

"Oi."

"Hm?"

"What the fuck do you want?"

She was a bit confused, "Uh… are you trying to fight me?"

"No, idiot. I lost, right."

Her lips turned to a small 'o', "No, it's just a small game. And as you said before, it's a trick." Uraraka giggled when she remembered the scene, "Stop laughing!"

"I'm not laughing!" She smiled, "Well, if it's still valid, maybe I want you to host our get-together next week."

He groaned, "I'm not doing that."

"Or you could just be there." She looked at him, "That'll mean a lot." Her signature warm smile appearing on her face before she turned around and walked away whilst waving off goodbye to him.