The Aftermath
After the new couple finished dancing, things started to slow down. The girls gave Ochako some advice while the boys did the same for Izuku. After a while, the party started to come to an end, and everyone began to clean up.
"So let me get this straight, you guys spent the last month trying to come up with plans to get us together, only for something to go wrong every time you tried something?" Izuku asked after Iida explained what their class had been doing behind their backs.
"Yeah, we were going to let it happen naturally, but someone got a bit too impatient, and got me to help him come up with a plan." Kirishima answered, throwing a couple of paper plates into the garbage.
"Really? who was that?" Ochako asked, genuinely curious.
"You are not going to believe this, but it was actually Bakugou!" Kaminari responded, pointing to the blond.
"… WHAT?!" the couple practically screamed, staring their classmate.
"Yeah, what of it?" Bakugou said, glaring at Kaminari for telling them that.
"It's just that, you are the last person I expected to want to help us with this." Izuku responded.
"Well I did, I wanted you to stop fucking around. It was getting really annoying." Bakugou said, looking away.
"Ok, if you say so… thanks Kacchan." Izuku said, walking away with Ochako's hand in his.
Once they had finally finished cleaning up, everyone sat around in the common area, resting after the long day. Eventually, everyone decided to go to sleep, they had a long day of training tomorrow, and they needed the rest.
After giving Ochako a kiss on the cheek, which just about everyone went "AWWWW" to, they went their separate ways, off to their rooms.
A couple of hours later.
Bakugou was laying in his bed, unable to get any sleep. He just wasn't tired tonight for some reason. Then suddenly, he heard a knock on his door. Thinking it was probably just Kirishima asking to borrow something, he went to open the door so he could say no to his friends face. What he wasn't expecting was to see Izuku standing there.
"What do you want Deku." Bakugou asked, sounding as annoyed as he could.
"I want the truth." Izuku said with a very serious look in his eyes.
"About what?" Bakugou asked, very confused.
"Why did you want to help me so bad? I know you, and you wouldn't of wanted to help me if you were just 'annoyed' about it." Izuku responded, looking Bakugou straight in the eyes.
"I was telling the truth Deku, go to bed" He said, starting to close the door, only for Izuku to stop him.
"Kacchan" Izuku said.
"… Ok fine" Bakugou finally said, giving up. "I guess, it is because part of me still considers you my friend."
If there was anything Izuku was expecting Bakugou to say, it certainly wasn't THAT.
"…Huh?"
"It's just that, you were my first friend, and before coming here, you were my only real friend I ever got. Those other guys, yeah they called me their friend, but that was because they saw how strong my quirk was, and wanted to be able to say that they were friends with a great hero. They weren't my real friends. But you, you were my friend before I even got this quirk, and I guess that just means more to me than I thought. Sure, you still piss me off and annoy me way too much, but you are still my friend Deku" Bakugou finally finished.
After all of that, Izuku was silent, contemplating what he was just told. Then finally, he smiled. "Thanks Kacchan."
"Just go to sleep Deku. And don't think this changes anything, I am still going to be number one and crush you beneath my boot, got it?!" Bakugou practically yelled.
"We will see about that!" Izuku said, smiling as he walked away.
After Izuku got back in the elevator, Bakugou started to turn around to head back to bed, only to stop half way because he saw Kirishima looking out of his room.
"… What?" Bakugou asked.
"You DO care!" Kirishima responded, pretending to wipe a tear from his eyes.
Bakugou then remembered the conversation they had that started this whole thing, and smiled. "Just go to sleep hair for brains."
The End
So, did I ever mention that my head cannon is that Bakugou bullied Izuku because he wanted to protect him? Well, yeah. It makes kind of sense, after all, Izuku was quirkless, so if he stuck with Bakugou or continued to pursue his dream of being a hero, he would only end up getting himself killed. Though after a while, it would just escalate to downright bullying, but the fact that he still cared was still there, and the fact that he also considered Izuku a friend was still there too. I also wanted to have Izuku and Ochako find out what their friends have been up to, it just seemed right. Anyways, I am actually going to be going to work right after I post this chapter, so I probably won't have time to get a one shot out today, but I promise that one will happen tomorrow. I already have a few ideas for some stories, including meeting parents, their first date, and a super important one that I feel like it will have to happen in their relationship eventually: Telling Ochako about One for All. Really excited to start on that last one, I just really like the idea, and what I am planning on doing with it is something that I think is pretty different, especially considering what kind of story this was. I guess that right now, the order is going to be Date, Parents meeting, One For All! I want to do the One For All story last for reasons that I will say then! So I will see you next time, in To Plan A Date!
