Chapter 26: Fireworks & Explosions

When you and Todoroki got back to the group, they all swarmed around you two.

"And where have you two been? It's already dark!" Mina was the first one to greet you guys.

"I bet they went on a romantic date...!" Hagakure sighed dreamily, her hands together and were resting on her cheek if you were to guess.

"They must have been making out!" Kaminari put a hand underneath his chin as if he was really pondering on it.

"For that long?! That's so manly, Todoroki!" Kirishima gave Todoroki a hard slap on the back.

Todoroki blushed and had to catch himself from stumbling forward.

"Is that true, y/n?" Momo asked curiously.

"Huh?! N-no, we just lost track of time!" You put your hands up defensively and then you put your hand behind your head.

"Do you believe that, Bakugo...?" Kirishima asked, turning to the ash blonde.

Up until now, you could have sworn Bakugo had been sulking.

"Fuck off, shitty hair..." Bakugo scowled.

Midoria looked across worriedly at Bakugo. He seemed unusually quiet. "What's wrong, Kacchan...?"

Bakugo balled his fists in anger and turned to Midoria with a glare.

"DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT, YOU DAMN NERD!" Bakugo gritted his teeth and turned to the rest of them. "AND YOU EXTRAS SHOULD JUST SHUT YOUR GODDAMN MOUTHS! I DON'T GIVE A CRAP WHAT ANY OF YOU HAVE TO SAY!"

All of a sudden, you felt Bakugo pull you by the hand, leading you away from the group. They were left just standing there, wondering where the hell you two were going.

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"Ahh! Where're we going? The festival's probably closing soon."

Despite your protests, Bakugo ignored you and continued to drag you along with him.

He finally stopped and pulled you down with him. You two were crouching and hiding behind a large wooden cart with a white sheet over it.

"Shut up for a sec." He hushed.

You did as you were told but gave him a curious look. You watched as he peeked his head over the cart and then quickly grabbed something from within it. He ducked back down next to you and held up a few fireworks. There was a shit eating smirk on his face.

"Fireworks?" You tilt your head.

"Boom." He had a mischievous glint in his crimson eyes.

"But you can't take those, that's stealing."

"They were planning on using them tonight anyways so I'm just using them first."

"Hey, what're you two doing-?" Your ears twitched at the sound of an unfamiliar man's voice yelling out to you guys.

"Shit." Bakugo cursed and hastily pulled you up with him by the hand again and you two took off running.

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You two stopped running when you guys felt safe and the adrenaline of getting caught wore off.

You were still catching your breath when you noticed you guys were at a clearing. "Your face-" You paused to take in another deep breath. "when you heard that guy coming...was priceless!" You laughed.

"Eat shit-" He started in between breaths with his hands resting on his knees.

"And he probably only saw us because of your Hedgehog hair sticking out!" You giggle, pointing at his spiky ash blonde head.

"and die, cat girl!" He finished his sentence but had on a smile as he tugged on one of your ears. It was a playful tug that didn't hurt so you ended up just smiling back at him.

After you guys calmed down, he handed you a sparkler.

It took you no time at all to light it up with your quirk. Bakugo was amused to see how happy and excited you were to see and play with the bright light and sparks.

You noticed Bakugo didn't have a sparkler. "Where's yours?" You waved the sparkler in front of him.

"Don't need one." He scoffed and you watched as he produced sparks in his hands.

"Hmm..." You turned your back to him for a second and then turned back around with the angriest expression you could muster. "WHAT'D YOU JUST SAY, FURBALL?! I'M GONNA BE #1! DIE...!" You impersonated Bakugo and pretended the sparkler was your explosions.

"I hate you."

You laughed. "I'm just kidding. Your explosions are way cooler and better." You say sweetly as your sparkler died out. You could tell that inflated his ego. "But you know, I disagree. I don't think you hate me...I think you like me." You teased.

His eyes widened for a second. "Go to hell." He walked away from you and you chased after him.

"Oh, you must really like me."

"Get out of my way."

"Was it the ears? It's the ears that got you, right?"

"Leave me the fuck alone!"

"If I didn't know any better, I'd think that you lo-"

"Shut the fuck up!" Bakugo immediately cut you off and slammed you against one of the many trees that were around.

Your eyes widened when you realized just how close he was hovering over you. It was your own fault you were in this position since you kept pushing him. You felt your cheeks turn as red as his yukata.

He looked down at you and you looked up at him, both of you were silent for what almost seemed like an eternity. Unfortunately, you couldn't read his thoughts just by the expression on his face so you were shocked when he leaned down and kissed you on the lips.

His warm lips smacked over yours in a forceful manner. He could taste the slightest hint of cherry from your lipstick. His tongue traced over your lips teasingly. Your e/c eyes were half-open in pleasure when he slid his tongue into your mouth. You couldn't do much since his strong arms kept you trapped in place. You reached out your hand attempting to bring his head even closer, but he caught your wrist in his large hand. He made you keep it at your side. This made you tingle all over from sheer nervousness and utter excitement.

Your breath hitched once his lips left yours. You looked up at him once more, he had his hands stuffed in the pockets of his yukata and was looking away from you. There was a slight tinge of color on his cheeks and his lips were a little fuller due to the blood flow from the kiss.

"So, you do like the ears then?"

"DIE, FURBALL!"

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After the moment passed, Bakugo made his way to the side and picked up the biggest firework.

"Get ready for a show, furball!" He smirked and sparks were emanating from his hand.

"Wait!" You called out and went over to join him. You stole the firework from his grasp and he glared at you. "I'll light it up. You're too rough and impatient! You might end up blowing us up!"

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO, CAT GIRL?! I'M NOT ROUGH AND IMPATIENT-!" He began to shout, but it was too late. You lit the firework with a small flick of your wrist like a match.

You shrieked because of fright and jumped into Bakugo's arms when the firework whizzed wildly out of your hands and flew straight into the air. You buried your face in his chest while he held you bridal style with your arms around his neck.

Before either of you could say anything, there was an ear-piercing boom in the air as the firework burst into beautiful colors that painted the night sky. In that moment, you guys suddenly forgot about everything around you. You were sure everyone at the Cherry Blossom Festival was watching now too.

"This is amazing!" You exclaimed, unable to look away at the beautiful sight.

You didn't notice in between the commotion of the firework but Bakugo kept looking down to steal glances at you. He was glad you were enjoying this moment too. You two stared in awe until the firework disappeared.

"Didn't know you were such a scaredy cat." Bakugo sneered. Despite his words, he set you down rather carefully. You were a bit surprised, you thought he would have just dropped you by now.

You furrowed your eyebrows, even though you knew he was just teasing. "I'm not! I just never lit a firework before! Sorry I'm not used to explosions like you are!" You stuck your tongue out at him.

He simply made an arrogant sounding "Tch!" in response and you watched as he went over to the rest of the fireworks and lined them up. He used his quirk to light them up one by one. To your surprise, he was actually very cautious and careful, making sure not to explode a single one by accident. You were highly impressed by the control Bakugo had over his quirk since one wrong move could result in a harmful explosion. He stood back and watched as each firework shot across the sky.

The fireworks and explosions in the air were dangerous, fast, and intense. Kind of like the way I feel about him... You thought blushing while shifting your attention to the explosive ash blonde instead of the fireworks. Bakugo must have felt your gaze on him because his crimson eyes met your e/c eyes and he flashed you that shit eating grin that you hated but also loved.

A/N: Thanks for reading! I hope you Bakugo fans love this chapter as much as I do! Hehe