AN: This has one been one crazy roller coaster of uploading daily. It's been exhausting but fun! Sad to see this event end tomorrow.

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Day Five: Kings And Queens

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It's their third and final year at U.A. and Katsuki was not having any of Class 3-A's slacking off. Currently hiding away in the library studying his ass off for the end of the semester tests before graduation. It was crunch time but everyone around him were too focused on the very last official school dance, sports competition, and cultural festival.

Unless it was absolutely mandatory for him to care – he won't.

Stacks of books covered his vision from the library's entrance; pens, highlighters, notebooks and a binder with loose pages to scribble down notes on were all sprawled over the long rectangular wooden table he's occupying alone. His Bakusquad knows not to him disturb when he's on 'study mode' but of course that never stopped any of the idiots he likes to call friends.

"Yo! Dude, congrats! Check it out!" he hears Eijirou's all too familiar voice getting closer to him.

"Lucky bastard! You already have a girlfriend!" Denki's voice could be heard right behind.

"Hey, I thought we agreed to not barge in!" Hanta lectured, a few paces behind the ketchup and mustard duo.

All three guys came barreling in, zig-zagging their way through the rows of empty tables just to reach the temperamental blond – who was trying his best to keep calm by pushing his stack of books closer to his lowered head to make a smaller barrier as he continued to jot down notes.

"Sorry, Katsuki, these two just couldn't wait to tell you the news" Hanta keeps his annoyed tone even, apologizing on behalf on all three of them knowing that while he had no say in this, here he was too, disturbing their friend trying to seriously study for upcoming exams.

"Didn't you hear us!" Eijirou and Denki slam their palms firmly down the table, jostling the balance of the stack of books in front them.

Katsuki calmly readjusts his stack of books, sets his pen down and looks up to both impatient guys. Pushing the middle of his black rimmed glasses back up on the bridge of his nose, he exhales. "We're not in the damn courtyard" scarlet eyes glare at them, "this is the library, have some fuckin' respect!"

Eijirou is the first to roll his eyes, not caring as long as the head librarian wasn't shushing them which she probably would've if only she was anywhere in sight. "Whatever, man. We wanted to be the first to show you that you've won!" he digs into his front pocket to take out his phone. Unlocking it, he scrolls down their school's website to show him the front page of announcements.

Katsuki takes the offered phone from Eijirou's hand to read that he had received the most votes in the popularity contest for their upcoming cultural festival. This time, Principal Nezu decided to spice things thanks to All Might's suggestions and was planning on having an American style carnival. Class 3-A had chosen to run a speed-dating game with a 'King' and 'Queen' of their liking. The male nominees were hand-picked by the girls seeing as there's only six of them. Once they had six male classmates they agreed on, they went around other divisions to cast votes. The guys had no idea who was even nominated until the results were in. For the girls, they nominated themselves and saw who would overall win.

The screen had them listed by what place they received, not showing exactly how many votes each guy got.

Katsuki Bakugou – 1st place.

Eijirou Kirishima – 2nd place.

Shouto Todoroki – 3rd place.

Hanta Sero – 4th place.

Mashirao Ojiro – 5th place.

Denki Kaminari – 6th place.

"Ugh, this was my chance to shine and you assholes beat me to it!" Denki dramatically complains, the wound of placing in dead last was still sore.

"Hah?" Katsuki rereads the list a good three times before it sinks in, "I don't want it" he shoves Eijirou's phone right back into his chest.

"You can't back out, after all the hard work and time the girls invested in doing this!" Eijirou tries to reason with him, trying to make him have a bit more of a heart on this matter.

"I never agreed to this stupid ass speed-dating shit, okay? Just leave me outta it, I've got more important things to worry about" Katsuki gives them no room to argue with him, getting up from his seat he takes off his glasses and puts them back in their protective case. He cleans up his scattered mess and decides to continue studying in the privacy of his own room instead.

All three guys stare at the moody blond shove all his things back into his backpack and walk out on them.

The next day, anyone who even dares as to look in Katsuki's general direction is asking for a brawl.

He's ready to kick anyone's ass out on the U.A. parking lot with how pissed he is. His day had started off normal: went to class, took notes, ignored the stupidity around him and joined his friends in the main cafeteria for lunch. It's there that his world comes crashing down when he sees Mina giddily dragging his girlfriend to the center of the room while holding her hand up. Everyone cheered and hollered, even wolf-whistled. That wasn't the worst of it – what was boiling his blood was the fact that his girlfriend was wearing that revealing cheerleading outfit that he hasn't seen since their first year. With the way Mina was holding her hand up, her midriff was fully exposed and if anyone braved to tilt their head – they could probably catch the glimpse of a bra.

Katsuki angrily claws at the cafeteria table, feeling his inner palms begin to spark.

"Hey, everyone! Let me introduce you to your Queen! Ochako~" Mina announces with the brightest smile while jumping in her spot. She goes on to remind everyone that the carnival will be taking place on that upcoming Saturday night and to make sure to sign up online early to be guaranteed a slot in the speed-dating game.

Ochako meekly waves her free hand around, thanking everyone for the kind compliments but she knows. She can feel her boyfriend's aura from their distance and isn't looking forward to detonating that ticking time bomb. Luckily, she's given a couple of hours to avoid him while she attends a last-minute group meeting between the girls right after school to make sure that everyone was on the same page and what to expect of their carnival duties.

Heading back to her dorm in the evening, she knows she can't just ignore him and sleep it off. It's Wednesday night and she doesn't want him to stew in his grumpy mood for two whole days. So, she decides to go diffuse this whole situation as peacefully as she's capable of and presses the button on the elevator to take her to his dorm instead. The good thing about Heights Alliance was that they hadn't switched rooms in the three years they've been students.

Ochako doesn't bother to knock on his door, knowing that he was already expecting her. She quietly twists the doorknob to find him laying on his bed, wearing his glasses with a pen tucked around his right ear, orange laptop with a bunch of pink stickers she decorated it with propped on top of a pillow on his lap in front of him. The only acknowledgement that he's given her is the briefest shift of his eyes looking up to see that she's making her way towards him before going back to scrolling through his opened tab.

When she sits on the edge of his bed, he moves his legs to accommodate her and sees that he has a small notepad to his side filled with his neat cursive writing.

"Katsuki…" she bites her bottom lip before going on, "I'm honestly surprised that I won… we were all so sure that Momo would" she and the girls had calculated that either Momo or Mina would win the votes due to their popularity. It turns out that their school wanted to further piss off Katsuki by making him compete against his own girlfriend – everyone at U.A. knew they were exclusive.

The 'King' and 'Queen' of the speed-dating game would have to claim a date at the end and take said date around the remaining hours of the school carnival. Each potential date participant had donated a set amount of money in order to play and that money would then be going towards a charity that their class would later decide on. It seemed like an unfair speed-dating opportunity when both 'King' and 'Queen' of the game were already dating but at least they were doing some good by trying to earn as much money as they could for charity.

"I'm not mad over you winning" he tells her without looking up from the notes he's scribbling down, "I'm fuckin' furious at what Mina had you wear" he confesses, still boiling over the skimpy little cheerleading outfit. He doesn't care what she wears but when she starts getting cat-called, wolf-whistled and whatever other animalistic quip – oh, that's when he'll give all those assholes who call him a villain on a daily basis a show. They want him to so badly act like a villain then they better give him a reason to defend Ochako from being degraded.

Ochako looks down to her clothes, she changed out of the tight cheerleading outfit back into her school uniform as soon as they walked out of the cafeteria. She wasn't about to continue giving the other guys in school a show and definitely would've felt cold during her group meeting. Now, she changed again into comfy grey cotton sweat shorts and one of Katsuki's old black t-shirt with a white skull design. It fits her baggy and like a dress, her shorts barely visible from how the shirt fits her. "Well that's Mina for you" she shrugs, both knowing that they can't change their wild friend.

Katsuki closes the lid of his laptop and places his notepad on top of the computer. He tiredly sighs while moving the pillow and opens up his arms for her to crawl into him. She happily obliges, finding her place on his warm chest. Ochako slightly tilts her head up to kiss his jawline and snuggles back into his back.

He wraps his arms protectively around her, gently placing his head on top of hers and closes his eyes. He's exhausted from all the studying he's been doing lately. First time in his life that he's actually paranoid with receiving low marks on his test scores. He feels like he's breezed through their first two years but now in their third and final – he's doing everything in his power to remain ranked third in their class.

She knows that he's calmed down, now that she's here with him, always having that soothing effect on him. He wants to say more, do more, but his tired drooping eyes won't allow him. Her favorite shampoo has a faint smell of roses that evade his senses, easily knocking him out. When she feels his body lean further into her, she already knows that he's fast asleep. Ochako touches his wrists to change his body's density to make it easier for her to get out of his hold. With much care, she adjusts him on his bed, taking the pen from his ear and removes the excess pillows propping him up from under him. She leans over his body to take away his laptop so he doesn't crush it later in the night when she knows he'll toss and turn. Finally, she leans down to lightly take off his glasses, placing them back in their protective case and kisses his cheek with a soft, 'good night.' Turning off his lamp's light, she leaves his dorm.

On Saturday, the day of the carnival, Katsuki and Ochako get to wear a cheap gold plastic matching set of a crown and tiara to showcase that they're Class 3-A's 'King' and 'Queen.' To no one's surprise, their game already has a line that corners around the cotton candy and deep-fried desserts booth. Students all eagerly waiting to get their turn to 'date' either or both of the royalty.

Ochako is sweet and friendly with her dates. She giggles at the appropriate times in their conversations, even gladly taking pictures with them when shyly asked.

Katsuki is fuming, being glued to his seat with one of that grape pervert's sticky balls. He's seething, baring sharp teeth and barking at all his dates to hurry the hell up and leave him alone.

His Bakusquad of Mina, Eijirou, Denki, and Hanta all wear disappointed looks on their faces. They really thought that this plan would work of getting Katsuki to have fun instead of lock himself up all the time to go study. Their plan had blown up right in their faces but maybe, just maybe it could be salvaged when the quartet of friends haven't accounted for one very important factor.

Katsuki himself.

They watch as Katsuki takes hold of his chair and kicks his table down during a transition period when his next date hadn't made her way to him yet. He didn't mean to knock the table over but he was too busy to care, knowing that he won't be getting out of this damn chair anytime soon. He scrapes the chair on the floor with each jump towards Ochako's table.

"Hey, dipshit! Scram!" he yells, shoving her date out of his place.

The student hastily jolts out of his seat, being considerate enough to take the chair and runs off with it. Ochako is too stunned by Katsuki's brash actions to even lecture him about playing along for at least one more hour. They both know that, that was never going to happen as he wiggles around to get comfortable. Perfectly aligning his seated position to face her from across the table. He places his elbow on the table, cradling his cheek in his palm as a mischievous smile graces his slowly fading, annoyed expression.

"How 'bout it?" Katsuki starts when she raises a curious brow to wait for him to further elaborate. "Do you wanna ditch this shitty game and go out on a date with your King?" he casually asks, clearly bored and having more than enough of this. "I'll buy you a corn dog" his final nudge makes it seem as if that's the deal breaker.

It took him a while to put the pieces together but he knows exactly what his friends were trying to do for him when they paired the couple up to win the popularity contest. He's entertained them by sucking it up and enduring the speed-dating for as long as he could but if they want him to goof off for one single night – he'll do it but only if Ochako is at his side and for that, he needed to call it quits for both of them from their roles as the chosen royalty.

He hears her melodious giggles that he secretly can't get enough of.

Ochako amusedly shakes her head, unable to hide her smile as she nods. "Your Queen would love that"

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Done! To be continued.

Poor Denki really wanted to be King! In the end, once they ditched – Bakugou gave the crown to a hyperactive Denki and Ochako thought it was only fair to give the tiara to a flustered Kyouka~

See ya tomorrow!

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