"Did you hear?!" Mina screeched as she came rushing in Kirishima's room Kaminari and Sero hot on her tail.

Bakugo was sprawled out across the bed with Kirishima squished between him and the wall sitting crossed legged. They both glanced up from their phones at the loud entrance.

"Oh good Bakugo's here too! So?! Did you guys hear?"

"Uh, about?" Kirishima asked with a chuckle.

"Midoriya and Todoroki!"

"Uh, no?"
"Why the fuck would I care about either of them?" Bakugo questioned

"Because," Mina said with an eye roll "It's probably the most drama that's ever happened in class 1A and we absolutely have to talk about it!"

Kirishima rolled his eyes "I mean we've literally been attacked by villians multiple times, but yeah sure, the most drama."

"Just tell them what happened!" kaminari shouted before anyone else could speak

Mina looked at the boys in front of her with mischief in her eyes

"Midoriya asked out Todoroki!"

"Huh?" Bakugo so elegantly asked with a look of pure disbelief

"Let me tell you all about it…"

"Todoroki!" Midoriya shouted with a smile stretching across his face.

The other boy looked up from his seat at the lunch table and gave a slight smile. A few other people glanced their way after the loud call, but Midoriya didn't notice. He was too busy being wrapped up in his own head, because again he was gladly reminded that that small smile only ever gets revealed to him. Midoriya walked over to tug at Todoroki's arm.

"Are you done eating? I was wondering if you wanted to go sit outside with me before we had to go back to class?"

"Sure." Todoroki let Midoriya pull him out of his seat and out of the cafeteria.

They walked side by side out of the building to take a seat on a bench. Once they were seated Midoriya intertwined his fingers with Todorokis.

"Is this okay?" He asked as a blush burned cheeks.

"It is." Todoroki tightened his grip and Midoriyas blush spread to burn the tips of his ears.

Midoriya wanted to ask Todoroki if he could hold his hand in the hallway, but he didn't know what they were, and he didn't know if Todoroki would be okay with other people knowing or seeing.

"What are you thinking?"

Midoriya snapped his head up. Was he mumbling again? "Ah, nothing!"

"You can tell me." Todoroki gave his hand a tight squeeze.

"It's just… I want to hold your hand in the hallway… I don't know what other people will think, or if you'll mind."

Todoroki gave him a confused look. "You could have just asked. I wouldn't mind."

"You don't care if people see us?"

"I wouldn't be holding your hand now if I cared, or gone on a picnic date."

Midoriya gave a nervous giggle "That makes sense."

"Are you nervous what people will think?"

"Maybe a little?"

"I don't think anyone is gonna care. Not anyone who matters anyway."

"So, when we walk back to class I can still hold your hand?"

Todoroki gave him that small smile once again and he almost melted

"I didn't plan on letting go any time soon."

They did walk back to class holding hands, and Midoriya was shocked that nobody seemed to even notice. He didn't catch anyone staring and having Todoroki standing next to him gave him a new confidence about it all.

Once they found themselves standing outside their classroom dorm he felt himself hesitate.

"We don't have to walk in holding hands if you're worried about it." Todoroki offered

"I think I'd rather not for now if that's okay?"

"Of course it's okay." Todoroki let his hand go and Midoriya felt like all of him was suddenly cold.

But he wasn't ready for everyone in 1-A to know. He wasn't ready for all the gossip. So he accepted that he'd just have to wait until they were in the dorms later to feel his warmth again, but that was okay. It gave him something to look forward to.

They walked into the room together and Midoriya blushed when he caught Urarakas knowing glance.

Later that day Midoriya found himself walking back to the dorms plagued by an important question he still needed an answer for. What were him and Todoroki? They hadn't really talked about it. Just cuddled, went on a date, and held hands a little bit. So could Midoriya call him his boyfriend? He really hoped so.

Said boy was walking beside him right now and he could so easily reach out and grab his hand. He was tempted to, but they were walking with pretty much everyone else in their class.

Todoroki nudged him in the arm "You're doing it again."

"Ah! Sorry!" Midoriya wasn't sure if he meant mumbling, or just zoning out.

"If you want to hold my hand you know you can." Todoroki said quietly.

Se he had been mumbling…

"I'm still a little nervous." He gave Todoroki a shaky smile.

"That's alright, we don't have to. But when we get upstairs I'm not letting you go."

Midoriya legs almost gave out. Todoroki was pretty dang good at making him feel like he could die immediately. Spontaneous combustion.

"How can you just say things like that!"

"What? Does it bother you?"

"No! No… just wasn't expecting it."

"You are blushing pretty bad." Todoroki nudged him in the arm again with a small chuckle.

It was almost silent and it was beautiful and Midoriya almost died again. No doubt making his blush even worse than It already was.

They took the stairs up towards Todoroki's room and were now all alone. Everyone else had pretty much opted to stay and hang out in the common area. Midoriya happily took the other hand in his. He hoped the way his heart pounded in his chest would never go away from such a small touch.

"Hey, Todoroki?" Midoriya asked staring at his feet.

"Yeah?"

"We're dating, right?"

"Well, we've had some study movie dates, and that lunch date, so yeah, I'd say we're dating."

"Wait!? You thought of those nights watching movies as dates?"

"You didn't?"

"I had no idea you liked me! I just thought you wanted to hang out as friends!"

"Oh, I knew you liked me."

"Oh my god, that's so embarrassing… how?"

"You just get really nervous around me, but in a good way. It's cute. I thought you were going to blow up on the spot when we cuddled."

"Spontaneous combustion!" Midoriya exclaimed "I thought I was going to too!"

"I'm glad you didn't. That would have been hard to explain to Aizawa."

Midoriya had to laugh at that. He couldn't tell if Todoroki could tell when he was being funny, he seemed all too serious when he said things like that.

"So, if we're dating, can I call you my boyfriend?"

Todoroki blushed, it was hardly noticeable, a light pink dusting his cheeks but Midoriya thought it was adorable.

"Yeah, you can."

"Can… can I kiss you?" He whispered, nervous to even hear himself ask.

"Yeah… you can."

Todoroki had to lean down a bit to meet the freckled boys lips with his. It was quick and soft but it was enough to light up Midoriya's body with electricity. He almost thought he'd activated his quirk.

"Let's go in" Todoroki said not an inch from his face.

Finally walking into Todoroki's room Midoriya was elated to finally be alone and just be with his boyfriend.

Bakugo could feel the blood pulsing through his veins, the beating of his heart loud in his ears. He was absolutely fucking livid, and he had no goddamn reason to be.

Yeah, sure, he normally got mad having to listen to anything about that stupid nerd and all of his stupid accomplishments, but hearing about his love life? Apparently that was Bakugo's breaking point because he could practically feel his self control slipping out of him with every shaky exhale.

"Uraraka had practically been stalking them the whole time and they didn't even notice she was there! And then Uraraka told me and the other girls!" Mina said with an excited giggle.

"Yo, Bakubro, you alright?" Kaminari asked throwing Bakugo a confused look.

Bakugo wanted to respond but the only thing that came out of his mouth was practically a growl.

"Uh, maybe you guys should leave? I'll do damage control." Kirishima said nervously as he ushered the others towards the door.

They went willingly but with muffled complaints and Bakugo could make out a faint "What the fuck is his deal?" that set his teeth on edge.

What the fuck was his deal? He was so angry he could hardly form a coherent thought about it.

Kirishima came back over to the bed and cautiously took a seat besides the blond. He didn't say anything for a few minutes just sat next to Bakugo to let him cool down. Once he was cool enough to touch, literally, Kirishima reached out and put a hand lightly on his knee.

Bakugo snapped his eyes up to glare at Kirishima, but he didn't move away.

"What's up, man?"

"I'm fucking pissed."

"Yeah, no shit," Kirishima snorted "Why?"

Bakugo turned his gaze away to stare at the floor in front of him. He really didn't have an answer, so with a frustrated sigh he gave a slight shrug.

"Dude, you can't just," Kirishima mimicked the meak gesture.

"I just- it's just so fucking frustrating, I guess? Like, who the fuck wants to hear about that?"

"I know you don't like Midoriya, but Mina just likes to gossip. And it is kind of cool, like they're the first couple in our class. Typical high school stuff, ya know?"

"That's not even it. Well it is but… but it's not just that I don't fucking like Deku, which is way more fucking complicated than that anyway, it's just, fuck I don't even know what i'm just fucking… unnerved? That sounds so fucking stupid. I don't fucking know!"

"You're unnerved... by Midoriya dating Todoroki?"

"Yeah! Fuck, no? It's just why would he do that?"

"Ask Todoroki out?"

"Yes!"

"Because he likes him?"

"So fucking what? I don't wanna fucking know about it. He shouldn't have fucking done that. It's so stupid." Because Bakugo wouldn't have. Because being a hero needs to be the main focus. Why would Deku willingly add distractions? Why would he put anything in front of his goals? What if their relationship didn't last and any time they had to work together in the future they couldn't do their fucking jobs? There were just too many down sides. Friends, sure, but more? That wasn't something Bakugo was ready to take a step towards even if he might want to. So why the fuck does Deku get to?

Kirishima stared at Bakugo blankly. "So let me get this straight. Midoriya and Todoroki dating just really fucks you up that much? And not because you don't just dislike Midoriya? So fucking what Bakugo? Is it because they're gay?"

Bakugo almost fucking choked on his tongue. Where the fuck did Kirishima pull that out of? "What the-"

"Are you so fucking unnerved because Midoriya and Todoroki just happen to both have dicks?"

"Kirishi-"

"Is it just so fucking gross to you? You just can't imagine something like that?" Kirishima was almost shouting now. Clenching his fists until his knuckles turned white.

"I can't imagine choosing-"

"Oh!" Kirishima interrupted again "So you can't imagine choosing to be gay? News flash asshole! It's not a fucking choice!"

"Fuck! Kirishima let me fucking talk!" This conversation was spiraling and Bakugo could hardly keep up.

"No! Fuck you!" Kirishima snapped standing up from the bed, his shoulders tense. He glared at Bakugo anger flashing in his eyes "Fuck you."

"Why the hell are you so fucking mad-"

"Because I'm gay Bakugo!" Kirishima bawled. His eyes grew wide and the color drained from his face.

He didn't give Bakugo a chance to process this sudden declaration. He left the room as quickly as those words had left his mouth.

Sitting in the heavy silence all alone gave Bakugo plenty of time to panic. He couldn't catch his breath, this was the worst anxiety he'd felt in a long time and that was fucking saying something. But this was real and it was happening outside of his control and it shouldn't even be happening in the first place. Kirishima thought he was homophobic? What the actual fuck. Kirishima is gay? What. The. Fuck. Bakugo knew this time if he didn't figure out how to fix it he would lose Kirishima for real. And it would be his fault, and it was be over a fucking misunderstanding. A straight up lie. BAkugo knew he had to do something and he could only think to talk to one person.

"So, why do you need to talk to me Bakuboy?"

Mina sat crossed legged on Bakugo's bed back leaning against the wall. When Bakugo had texted her and asked her to come to his room she bounced in not even five minutes later radiating joy and he could practically feel the will to annoy him coming off of her in waves, until she noticed the absolute look of panic on his face that is. So she closed the door behind her, made her way over to his bed and without asking out right why he looked like he might cry any second, she pried in the gentle way he needed.

"I swear to god, if this leaves this room, if this leaves the two of us I'll fucking blow you up racoon eyes."

"I know, and it won't. So, really, what's up?"

Bakugo sat down next to her on the bed and ran a shakey hand through his hair.

"I really, really fucked up with Kirishima, and I really don't even know where to begin to fix it."

Mina leaned back against the wall and hummed. "Well, I'll definitely try to help as long as I think it's worth helping."

"What the fuck does that mean?" Bakugo knew he sounded desperate but that was not the response he was expecting.

"If you really fucked up like you said than you could have hurt Kirishima to the point where I don't want you guys to make up. He's one of my best friends, and I'll fucking drop you right here if I think you fucked up too."

Bakugo swallowed dryly. That was fair, but it was all a misunderstanding and he just had to explain it. He was pretty bad with his words, anyone and everyone knew that by now, but this was pretty damn important.

"Okay, but I need you to hear me out all the way through. Because it was all a misunderstanding."

Mina nodded and looked at him expectantly. It was now or never if he wanted her help.

"After you guys left before and Kirishima stayed behind we talked about Deku and Icy hot and I was pissed."

"Yeah, trust me, we know."

"Yeah but Kirishima thought I was mad because I'm against it because they're guys, he fucking thinks I'm homophobic."

"Oh… okay."

"And then he… well he yelled at me a bunch and told me to fuck off pretty much but I'm not… I don't care that they're gay that's not why I was mad."

"Why did you get so mad then."

Bakugo looked down at his lap. He didn't know if he was ready to admit it to himself, let alone someone else, but he really need to get this shit straightened out.

"It's complicated."

"How am I supposed to know you really didn't mean it unless you tell me what you were actually trying to say to Kiri?"
"I just got mad because it's stupid to put a relationship in the way of your goals. Deku wants to be the number one hero how is he supposed to do that with someone in the way?"

"That's pretty dumb." Mina chuckled

"What the hell? How?"

"Because it's not your life Bakugo, Midoriya and Todoroki are allowed to do whatever the fuck they want without your opinion. And if Midoriya doesn't become the number one hero because he lets himself get distracted with life than you just have a better shot at it so why would you care? Also you literally can't know that would slow him down at all. I think this is really about you."

"About me…"

"Yeah I think you're putting yourself in Midoriya's shoes and you can't wrap your head around the situation. Which tells me at least two things."

"Oh yeah? What's that?" Bakugo rolled his eyes

Mina gave him a wicked smirk "That you totally have a crush on someone AND you have no idea what to do about it."

"And if that's true?"

"Well I could help you figure that out after the Kiri thing. So why didn't you just tell this to him?"

"I tried! I couldn't figure out how to put it into words and by the time I did he was already so sure of the reason and wouldn't even fucking let me talk!"

"You know why he was so mad, don't you?"

"Yeah… you know too?"

"Oh yeah, he told me he's gay a while ago. I know he was really worried about you finding out and not being cool with it so he probably started panicking. He's honestly probably just super sad and didn't know how else to respond."

"Well he's a fucking idiot, I wouldn't fucking judge him or some shit. And if he just let me talk this all could have been resolved."

"It still can, but I doubt he wants to talk to you at all. He probably won't go anywhere near you."

"Fan fucking tastic."

"But I'll help with that. I'll get you two alone together, you just gotta plan what you wanna say to him. Make sure you get to the point quick he's not gonna want to listen."

"Thanks."

"Wow wow wow! Blasty said thank you!"

"Shut the fuck up, and get out of my room."

"Oh hold up! What about that crush?"

Bakugo could feel his cheeks get warm "It's not important."

"Hell yeah it is! You're clearly thinking about it a lot if Midoriya getting a boyfriend freaked you out so much."

"I'm really not I have enough shit to worry about. It hardly crosses my mind."

"You're a dirty liar. Who is it?"

"Racoon eyes…"

"Come on Bakugo, It's not that big of a deal."

"Alright fine, I'll tell you…"